BlackDog71 Posted March 31, 2012 Share Posted March 31, 2012 (edited) Whether it's Zepplin, Zeplin, Zeppln, or any others I have ever seen. It bothers me more than it really should when their name gets spelled wrong. Heck, I've even seen Lead Zepplin. UGH! American Idol's web site spelled it "Led Zepplin." COME ON! My question is: Are there any little things about the group that people say, think, or do that bother you? Things people say or think that you as a fan hate? I have many but usually keep them to myself and share them here. It can be anything really. Edited March 31, 2012 by BlackDog71 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheStairwayRemainsTheSame Posted April 1, 2012 Share Posted April 1, 2012 When people reefer to them as he. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rock Historian Posted April 1, 2012 Share Posted April 1, 2012 How Ironic How about when people can't spell "refer" correctly....? Is that the same as Led Zepplin? "Reefer" = marijuana Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rock Historian Posted April 1, 2012 Share Posted April 1, 2012 ^ You, sir, are in no position to bitch about other people's spelling. How did I figure YOU'd come to the calling....It's been a while, can't say I miss you much baby...... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beetleron Posted April 1, 2012 Share Posted April 1, 2012 i actually thought the topic as "people who son't smell" so i moved to fuckin france and spent my time homogenising with you two douche bags Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DAS Posted April 1, 2012 Share Posted April 1, 2012 I was seeing if Best Buy could get the one Zep album on vinyl I don't have and the guy spelled the name "Ed Zepplin" lol. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheStairwayRemainsTheSame Posted April 17, 2012 Share Posted April 17, 2012 How Ironic How about when people can't spell "refer" correctly....? Is that the same as Led Zepplin? "Reefer" = marijuana Typo. I'm well aware how to spell basic words, thank you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jahfin Posted April 17, 2012 Share Posted April 17, 2012 The topic is ironic since the band doesn't spell "lead" properly anyway. So if someone drops a letter from zeppelin it seem okay too. No, it doesn't because they spelled it "Led" on purpose so people wouldn't confuse it with "Lead". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MINI_Zoso Posted April 18, 2012 Share Posted April 18, 2012 (edited) No, it doesn't because they spelled it "Led" on purpose so people wouldn't confuse it with "Lead". What he said! Lead...the heavy stuff. Lead...as in singer as in Robert Plant. Led Zeppelin... definitely not a mistake. Edited April 18, 2012 by MINI_Zoso Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EGod555 Posted April 18, 2012 Share Posted April 18, 2012 I used to always forget whether there were two "L"'s or two "P"'s. But now I know that there is one L's and two P: Led Zeleppin. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jahfin Posted April 18, 2012 Share Posted April 18, 2012 So it's okay if your spelling is screwed up on purpose? Yes. Just ask Def Leppard. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jahfin Posted April 18, 2012 Share Posted April 18, 2012 So you are saying they spelled it that way too so that people wouldn't screw it up? Def Leppard spelled it that way to emulate the spelling and look of "Led Zeppelin". If you want to have their names changed to "Lead Zeppelin" and "Deaf Leopard", well, good luck with that... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jahfin Posted April 18, 2012 Share Posted April 18, 2012 I don't know about Led, but I expect Def Leppard changed it cos most people in the USA pronounce 'Deaf' as 'Deef', don't they? No. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the chase Posted April 18, 2012 Share Posted April 18, 2012 Led Zeppelin looks much cooler than Lead Zeppelin. Def Leppard looks cooler than Deaf Leopard too. Aerosmith ---- Arrowsmith Lynyrd Synyrd ---- Leonard Skinner... who I believe was their High School Gym teacher... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reggie29 Posted April 19, 2012 Share Posted April 19, 2012 (edited) Led Zeppelin looks much cooler than Lead Zeppelin. Def Leppard looks cooler than Deaf Leopard too. Looks had nothing to do with it, purely phonetics. As for Def Leppard, nothing original there. Aerosmith ---- Arrowsmith Lynyrd Synyrd ---- Leonard Skinner... who I believe was their High School Gym teacher... Edited April 19, 2012 by Reggie29 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the chase Posted April 19, 2012 Share Posted April 19, 2012 I would bet it had something to do with it... Jimmy Page didn't play his guitar down around his ankles because it was comfortable.. it looked cool. Of course it was also so us Americans wouldn't mis-pronounce it as Leed... that's a given. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Texas Melanie Posted April 19, 2012 Share Posted April 19, 2012 Pronounce deaf as deef?? Really?! Which Americans? From which region of the States would pronounce it that way? I don't know of any. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Texas Melanie Posted April 19, 2012 Share Posted April 19, 2012 Haha very funny. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joe (Liverpool) Posted May 14, 2012 Share Posted May 14, 2012 (edited) You all seem to have strayed from the original topic,where I come from people say know what I mean like, fortunately I am not one of them, but it is annoying when people spell it wrong especially when advertising goods, Christ all they have to do is look it up first. Anyway stop slagging each other off. Edited May 14, 2012 by joe (Liverpool) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strider Posted May 23, 2012 Share Posted May 23, 2012 Responding to the original question...naturally, these people should be drawn-and-quartered. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Texas Melanie Posted May 23, 2012 Share Posted May 23, 2012 It's not people who misspell Zeppelin who drive me crazy but those who call them THE Led Zeppelin. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jahfin Posted May 23, 2012 Share Posted May 23, 2012 It's not people who misspell Zeppelin who drive me crazy but those who call them THE Led Zeppelin. Wasn't that how some people referred to them in their early days, much like "the Pink Floyd"? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strider Posted May 28, 2012 Share Posted May 28, 2012 Wasn't that how some people referred to them in their early days, much like "the Pink Floyd"? You can blame the English Invasion and lazy reporting for that. When the Invasion hit, it seemed as if all the bands began with "The": The Beatles, The Kinks, The Rolling Stones, The Who, The Animals, The Yardbirds, The Hollies. Even later bands used "the"...The Byrds, The Jimi Hendrix Experience, The Cream, The Velvet Underground, The Band. So the media at the time...particularly the UK media...got in the habit of assuming every pop group was "The _____". Hence, THE Pink Floyd, THE Led Zeppelin, and so forth. It stopped being a problem around the early-70s, as more media outlets replaced the "squares" with more in-tune journalists for their pop music coverage. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strider Posted May 28, 2012 Share Posted May 28, 2012 ^ I've never seen them refer to themselves as 'The Cream', but I really don't care because I don't like them. You're right...I slipped up on that one. Substitute The Moody Blues for Cream, then. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Rover Posted May 28, 2012 Share Posted May 28, 2012 (edited) Peaches Records And Tapes I remember well when the warehouse record store Peaches Records And Tapes opened in Dallas around 1975. When Zeppelin's double-lp Physical Graffiti came out, Peaches advertised this on an outdoor marquee, but the morons who put the letters up, misspelled Zeppelin as "Zepplin". (Not shown in this picture). You would think a large chain store that had as it's main business as records and tapes, could get the spelling right, on one of the world's largest bands at the time. Edited May 28, 2012 by The Rover Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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