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Originally Posted by j.w.
But Page & Plant didn't know anything about levees or floods or about losing their livelihoods. So when I listen to Zeppelin & I try to connect with the songs, I just end up feeling Page is a huge dick & that he & Plant are both posers.
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They aren't asking you to believe that they have experienced floods or losing their livelihoods first hand just because they wrote a song about it. Most of us haven't experienced true disasters in our life. But most of us have known someone who has. You don't have to survive a natural disaster to qualify to write a song or poem or book about it. We all know what drowning is. Most any adult knows what a levee is and what disaster is impending if it breaks. We all can imagine what it would be like losing our house and possessions to a tornado or flood or fire or earthquake and we can sympathize with and relate to those who suffer from them.
When The Levee Breaks is a great song that "artistically" conjures up the appropriate mood for the context of the song. You may have valid reasons for not liking Plant and Page on a personal level. A lot of rock stars are pricks and wouldn't give you the time of day. But calling them posers for the reason you mentioned is absurd.