It’s so good, in fact, that we couldn’t help but wonder how the most famous and sleazy saga in rock history might have been different if the Brit bombers had been a quartet of goddesses from the get-go. Here’s how it might have gone: 1) The cover of Led Zeppelin I features two zeppelins. 2) The drum-driven instrumental is titled “Moby Clit,” not “Moby Dick.” 3) Zeppelin records twice as many albums and tours well into the ’90s, because it’s not caught up in juvenile cock-rock antics.
This article appears in Nov 15-21, 2006.