"How Led Zeppelin Broke Through the Walls Between Islam and the West Posted December 11, 2007 | 02:24 PM (EST)
w/ special guest blogger Salman Ahmed
By almost any measure, the December 10th reunion of Led Zeppelin is among the most anticipated in rock history. And with good reason. Led Zeppelin was the most powerful, mesmerizing rock group of all time.
But beyond unforgettable songs and legendary live shows, Led Zeppelin broadcast a powerful message to fans who were tuned in to their music at a particular frequency--one far more subversive than the Satanic messages the band was accused of "backmasking" into "Stairway to Heaven": Bring the soul of the West and Islam together, it told us, and you can produce a musical force powerful enough to break through the barricade dividing the two civilizations."
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