When Whole Lotta Love goes into freak out mode the power that's unleashed is unspeakable. And when Page gets the violin bow going on Dazed and Confused Live he didn't just take the guitar somewhere new, he took tens of millions of people with him. It's easy to take it for granted today but he was expanding the musical universe. When you compare side by side how out reaching it was at the time and easily it's accepted today you can see that he didn't just push the boundaries; he smashed them.
Scoff if you want but I completely stand by that. Jimmy Page is a revolutionary.
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