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Led Zeppelin
The British phrase ‘lead balloon’ is commonly used to describe a bad idea, one whose failure is predictable and inevitable. When Keith Moon started drumming for the band, he said the idea would go over like a ‘lead zeppelin,’ exaggerating the phrase to make it funny. Jimmy Page liked it so much he made it the band’s name. They decided to spell lead wrong because they thought Americans who didn’t know the phrase would pronounce it as ‘Leed.’
The British phrase ‘lead balloon’ is commonly used to describe a bad idea, one whose failure is predictable and inevitable. When Keith Moon started drumming for the band, he said the idea would go over like a ‘lead zeppelin,’ exaggerating the phrase to make it funny. Jimmy Page liked it so much he made it the band’s name. They decided to spell lead wrong because they thought Americans who didn’t know the phrase would pronounce it as ‘Leed.’
