This is a matter of history, my history, the history of my generation, to be exact… plus, I’m a sucker for a good beat boxing, basso profundo, and an electric fiddle…; -)

Nothing Else Matters

Interesting that such a deep
Philosophical meditation
Comes from a Heavy Metal band
Metallica

But my favorite version
Rendered by Voiceplay

I saw the beginning of
Heavy Metal

In those days the big names were
The Hendrix Experience
Iron Butterfly
Cream
Steppenwolf
The Rolling Stones
Led Zeppelin
Deep Purple
Black Sabbeth
The Who
Blue Oyster Cult
Vanilla Fudge
Jefferson Airplane
Alice Cooper

But to be fair
They were also known as
Acid Rock

Then came
The Doors
Uriah Heep
Jethro Tull
Spirit
To name but a few

There were too many to count

To be fair
Many tackled existential questions

And truly
Nothing Else Matters

Or very little else
At least musically

–LE – 6/29/25