Seaver's Time Is Gonna Come

I started this entry right when The Loop began its Get the Led Out intro. Intros are cool, but I take issue with the ENTIRE thing being based around a Jack Black clip. Use part of it sure, mix it in with some other stuff absolutely... but at least get some variety in there. It's especially lame because the clip is from the movie School of Rock where Black was begging the (key word here) living members of Zeppelin to use The Immigrant Song in the film. The living members do not include John Bonham (RIP), so some genius over at The Loop dropped in Robert Plant yelling "John Henry Bonham!" as if it's part of the clip. Not only does it sound like shit, but who refers to Bonham by three names, especially when the other members of the band are referred to by what they've been referred to for ALL OF ZEPPELIN TIME?! Sure, bring up John Paul Jones having three names, but that's what he's always been called. He's fucking JPJ for gawd's sake.

But I digress. Like I just wrote, I started this post right at the top of the Get the Led Out segment. Note the time of the post. Yeah, three minutes late. Seaver's timing is shit. I understand it's Twofer Tuesday* and all that, but Seaver's supposed to be a professional jock. Didn't anyone at Jock School teach him how to backtime?

You may be wondering why I have it in for Seaver? Maybe it's because he's not Byrd. That probably has something to do with it, but it runs much deeper than that. The guy just doesn't understand the importance of Getting the Led Out. It's obvious he's not into it. He's lazy. Byrd understands the importance of rocking in general, and of Zeppelin specifically. He doesn't take it lightly. He turns on the rock so you can kick back, crank it up, crack open a cold one, and Get the Fucking Led Out. But since these bush league DJs have taken his place, I just get angry every night I tune in. So I'm taking action here...

We all understand that typical radio caller doesn't represent the bulk of the audience, right? For the most part, the radio caller just likes to hear him/herself talk. He/she has nothing to say, no insight to provide, and not a thing to add to move the show forward. (Sure there are great callers, but they're few and far between.) All that said, the average radio fan trusts the DJ. The DJ is there to help us rock, to talk to us about rocking, and to entertain us with the rock. We trust the DJ... that's why we're listening to him/her. So when Seaver starts the show with some loser on the phone who can't even articulate what song he/she wants to hear, we're all in trouble. Zander (great name there, Buffy), the previous (pre-Seaver/post-Byrd) keeper of Get the Led Out, pissed me off every night by doing this. I was optimistic at the arrival of Seaver in the evenings after the Zander debacle, but he continues this lousy tradition.

At least we got the courtesy of Seaver talking first tonight. Sometimes he starts the actual segment with a phone call seemingly out of nowhere. He didn't mention shit about Getting the Led Out, but he did intro the caller. But that caller... gawddammit. Buddy, we don't give a shit what you're doing. Grilling? Who the fuck cares. Rocking to The Loop? No shit... so am I. Do I want to hear about it? Are you so fucking interesting that we must wait to Get the Led Out while we hear about your pathetic life? No way. The guy finally gets around to making his request, and so eloquently begins "I think the name of the song is..." and then completely mangles Carouselambra. "I think..."? You think?! What kind of Zep fan are you? Why are you in my life? Get off the air! You're a dick, and Seaver sucks for being your enabler. At least get the name of the song right, you asshole.

After that, Seaver hit a WLUP bumper (with no mention of Get the Led Out) and went right into Trampled Underfoot. Then he played South Bound Saurez. Why two songs from In Through the Out Door? Only Seaver knows. Or doesn't. He was probably in the can.

I'm left here pissed and agitated, and it's not even because of the lackluster set of Zep tunes. I need a drink.

Bring back Byrd!

*(Another point of contention: Twofer Tuesday should mean FOUR Zep tunes... not the usual three.)