Tuesday, September 30, 2025
Time: 4:19 PM
Song: Dazed and Confused
Artist: Led Zeppelin
Mode of Consumption: Listening to “Liked Songs” playlist on Spotify.
Link to song: https://open.spotify.com/track/6hu1f1cXSw7OAqhpSQ2zDy?si=c8d2c3c005d24faa
I recorded this
album onto a cassette from a friend’s CD when I was in high school, and I
remember playing it quite often in my GMC truck the first year that I had my
license.
Part of the reason
was image, I am sure. If a friend, particularly a male friend, was riding
along, you wanted to be sure to have something rockin’ to play. You probably didn’t
want the pop station playing “Truly, Madly, Deeply,” by Savage Garden on while
tooling around a fellow offensive lineman.
Ah, those strange
times in life, when social standing and reputation were an imperative. I can’t
say if the pressure to meet expectations is higher for females or males, I just
know the male experience.
Be tough. Listen to
loud music. Like engines. And guns. And so on.
I didn’t check many
of these boxes. I’ve discussed my lack of mechanical skills previously, and I’ve
never touched a gun, and while I certainly played with toys guns as a boy, I
never had much of an inclination to shoot a real one. I don’t fault those that
do, it’s just not something that interests me.
Well, I did like
loud music. Still do when the time is right.
That first year in
the old GMC, I did play this cassette, and I think it also included The Who.
There was a cassette
with Metallica, too. And Ozzy.
Loud. Aggressive. The
sounds for a boy not sure where he was going.
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