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I think you mean Lead Zeppelin...

• toyg 5y ago
  uhm, no...? https://wordhistories.net/2021/09/20/lead-balloon/ https://wordhistories.net/2021/09/20/lead-balloon/ It's a common idiom in political discourse. Or was this a bad joke?
  • mellavora 5y ago
    the band chose the name Led Zepplin as a pun on the phrase lead balloon.
  • deleted 5y ago
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  • accountofme 5y ago
    The band Led Zeppelin is called that because keith moon(iirc) from the who said forming the supergroup "would work as well as a lead Zeppelin". It was a historical joke :)
• hardlianotion 5y ago
  That would be Led Zeppelin...