{"id":20725,"date":"2013-12-20T18:21:43","date_gmt":"2013-12-20T23:21:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/?p=20725"},"modified":"2013-12-20T18:21:43","modified_gmt":"2013-12-20T23:21:43","slug":"reflections-or-read-the-surviving-led-zeppelin-members-minds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/reflections-or-read-the-surviving-led-zeppelin-members-minds\/","title":{"rendered":"Reflections, or <em>Read the Surviving Led Zeppelin Members&#8217; Minds<\/em>"},"content":{"rendered":"<iframe class='youtube-player youtuber' type='text\/html' width='425' height='355' src='http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/mf2O3OAQjng?rel=0&amp;fs=1&amp;ap=%252526fmt%253D18' webkitAllowFullScreen mozallowfullscreen allowFullScreen frameborder='0'><\/iframe>\n<p>How did I miss this Ann and Nancy Wilson tribute to Led Zeppelin at the band&#8217;s Presidential Medal of Honor ceremony, or whatever that thing is called?<\/p>\n<p>Oh, I remember now: I didn&#8217;t think it was right that our United States President was taking time out of his work on behalf of our nation (not to mention, I presume, our taxpayer dollars) to honor an English band that made a living off, in part, ripping off the works of American blues musicians. I love Led Zeppelin and don&#8217;t actually care too much about any of that stuff, but I honestly felt myself thinking that that honor should only be reserved for American artists. I&#8217;m not usually prone to such thoughts!<\/p>\n<p>Anyhow, how did I miss this? It&#8217;s spectacular on so many Rock Town Hall levels. The performance features\u2014SPOILER ALERT\u2014amazing shots of audience members pondering the significance of what they&#8217;re watching, meaningful looks, the First Couple, video footage of a dove, a horn section, not one but TWO robed choirs, David Letterman as a member of Led Zeppelin, and Lenny Kravitz, not to mention BOTH Wilson sisters!<\/p>\n<p>I need to watch this about 10 more times to study the reflective, pondering faces on the surviving members of Led Zeppelin and other dignitaries in attendance. Perhaps you will choose to watch along with me and report on what you can read.<\/p>\n<p><em>I look forward to your thoughts<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How did I miss this Ann and Nancy Wilson tribute to Led Zeppelin at the band&#8217;s Presidential Medal of Honor ceremony, or whatever that thing is called? Oh, I remember now: I didn&#8217;t think it was right that our United States President was taking time out of his work on behalf of our nation (not <a href='https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/reflections-or-read-the-surviving-led-zeppelin-members-minds\/' class='excerpt-more'>[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[342],"tags":[70],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20725"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20725"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20725\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20725"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20725"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20725"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}