I don’t, too distracting, but if I did and could only have one artist on loop, I’d probably go for Led Zeppelin Now, one song only on loop, there’s a challenge. Gotta say even my favourite songs would drive me over the edge on continuous play! Variety is the spice of life.
Neil,
I recall the first time I heard,
and saw, Led Zep's Immigrant Song being played. It was in Vietnam.
There was a very different group of soldiers known as LRRP's (long range reconnaissance patrol) on some compounds. These guys would be inserted deep into indian country to go "snooping & pooping" on the enemy. The job of these 4 or 6 guys was
not to make contact ....but to locate, sit & hide, watch & report enemy movements and concentrations. They were always vastly outnumbered, and a long ways from quick help. After several days they would move far enough away to call for extraction by Huey. Sometimes they were spotted and had to run for their lives....
In any event - it was a tense way to make a living. So when they returned to their hooch in a rear area, and after speaking only in whispers for days while observing the bad guys - they liked to let go a bit.
In their bunker they had a big 7" reel to reel TEAC tape deck, some massive speakers and 2 large light organs.
The first time I heard the Immigrant Song blasting out of that bunker I thought they might be practicing some kind of sacrificial rituals in there. Bright, colored lights were keeping time with the massive bass! It was my 1st experience with Led Z. - and with light organs!
I never fail to think of those guys when I hear that song, or any track from that album....
(I think LRRP's were the first to carry the light weight freeze dried rations...?? Add water, put the bag next to the body, let it warm, etc.)
(..."how could the enemy not know where they were - when they were inserted by a noisy helicopter?" Good question: the Huey would touch quickly at several different places in a large area - right at dusk. At one hover - these guys would jump out, lay prone and wait for at least 3/4 of an hour, before moving into the trees)
Stig