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[Men_in_Boxes]

When you watch Vietnam War media, you always hear Jimmy Hendrix, CCR, The Rolling Stones, The Doors...

The Vietnam War ended for the United States in 1975. Led Zeppelin released Led Zeppelin, Led Zeppelin II, Led Zeppelin III, Led Zeppelin IV, Houses of The Holy, and Physical Graffiti before the war ended.

 

[John Marston]

Didn't do any research but I always thought it was because they asked for a ridiculous amount of money.
I guess Marvel didn't mind for Thor: Ragnarok

 

[AJUMP23]

Because CCR is the music that works better.

 

[Grildon Tundy]

Did Led Zeppelin ever do social or political commentary in their music?

Meanwhile CCR and CSNY did, I think.

 

[Tarkus]

Huge pay wall for their music is why…just like Metallica nowadays

 

[YCoCg]

They're a known band for not wanting their shit anywhere and only relaxed it the past decade. It's the reason why none of their music ever appeared in a Guitar Hero/Rock Band game too!

 

[Men_in_Boxes]

 

[HRK69]

It's obvious you have listened to their music

their focus on fantasy and escapism made them less obvious choices for documentary like realism war films

 

[Men_in_Boxes]

Huge pay wall for their music is why…just like Metallica nowadays

When I think of modern war media, Metallica is the first bad I think of.

 

[Zathalus]

Because the Vietnam War already has an official anthem. Duh.

 

[jason10mm]

I don't think a lot of those bands we associate with Vietnam films were actually all that popular at the time. It's just what was available for the films and it's kinda retroactively defined the generation.

 

[Grildon Tundy]

What are other war era-defining songs? For example, this is a moto song for people who served in Afghanistan and Iraq in the early 2000s:

 

[Lunarorbit]

It's obvious you have listened to their music

their focus on fantasy and escapism made them less obvious choices for documentary like realism war films

Good points about the fantasy content in their music. Imagine hamburger hill with Robert plant signing about smaug.

Actually that could kinda work. The amount of drugs in Vietnam hasn't been experienced during service in any other American war. Led zeppelin and drugs go together hand in hand so kinda surprised we never got Charlie Sheen getting high with Willem dafoe with zeppelin blasting in the background

 

[Futaleufu]

From what I've read they wanted their money in a suitcase in cash after every show

 

[Trilobit]

Seeing as this is a stealth post-zeppelin-songs kind of thread, here's my contribution of the best Moby Dick version.

 

[Laptop1991]

Zeppelin probably wouldn't allow it, Jack Black had to beg them to use a song in a rock film 20 years ago i remember.

 

[RagnarokIV]

Because their songs are ripoffs. Led Zep love plagiarism.

 

[clarky]

Thought it was down to directors mostly wanting American music in their American war films?

 

[RoboFu]

They owned their own music and didn't have to bow to any recording company. Those other bands didn't and had no choice in were there music went.