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  • Led Zeppelin guitarist Jimmy Page talks to Guardian Music Editor Michael Hann about the band's early days, his Welsh weekend with Robert Plant, Live Aid and his relatively undocumented time in Marrakesh.
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  • @andrewblake1985
    @andrewblake1985 Před 4 lety +104

    As much as I am not a Phil Collins fan and I am a Zeppelin fan, I have to say that the drumming wasn't the biggest issue when they played rock and roll at Live Aid. Robert was brutal and Jimmy was not prepared at all.

    • @gary6754
      @gary6754 Před 4 lety +11

      his guitar was out of tune. He literally took the guitar out of its case and began playing.

    • @sirjanska9575
      @sirjanska9575 Před 2 lety +9

      Agreed. Phil's drumming was fine, it was crystal clear as to where the issues lied

    • @edenshaw9004
      @edenshaw9004 Před 2 lety +1

      @@sirjanska9575 he's jimmy page, if it was phils fault then it must of been phils fault

    • @sirjanska9575
      @sirjanska9575 Před 2 lety +4

      @@edenshaw9004 Nice bait dude, no catch today

    • @jamesburkjr2803
      @jamesburkjr2803 Před 2 lety

      Phil was terrible.

  • @5CBGB
    @5CBGB Před 6 lety +349

    Kudos Mr. Interviewer on letting Mr. Page speak without interruption.

    • @vincentwhitley8197
      @vincentwhitley8197 Před 4 lety +7

      Absolutely. They seem to be friends as he is a "very rare" Respectful interviewer. Jimmy is comfortable here and gives awesome detail.

    • @peterrussell3744
      @peterrussell3744 Před 4 lety +3

      C Beck that’s because he wasn’t American.

    • @daffidavit
      @daffidavit Před 4 lety +7

      It's because there was no microphone in his ear with a producer barking at him that he's got 10 seconds until a commercial break.

  • @beginlinuxguru7354
    @beginlinuxguru7354 Před 5 lety +641

    Whenever I listen to Jimmy Page, it reminds me of listening to a polite, classic, English gentleman.

    • @jx14aby
      @jx14aby Před 4 lety +12

      Who mumbles.

    • @chrischristi1818
      @chrischristi1818 Před 4 lety +13

      LOL , I've had an English man straight curse me out ; but , something about that accent just made me shrug my shoulders and think to myself : " Alright ... if he's sayin' THAT ; I probably deserve it ... "

    • @Moto_737
      @Moto_737 Před 4 lety +6

      On cocain

    • @MrKikoboy
      @MrKikoboy Před 4 lety +9

      @@jx14aby and is quite full of himself...

    • @pitapitmanager8613
      @pitapitmanager8613 Před 4 lety +3

      @deekat3279 wow they had groupon back then?

  • @jankarlsson8341
    @jankarlsson8341 Před 7 lety +327

    I really love Led Zeppelin. But on Live Aid Page was probably the most stoned person in the western hemisphere, no one to blame but himself.

    • @andrewdevine3920
      @andrewdevine3920 Před 5 lety +2

      @Marrowbones I see what you did there.

    • @hmobb7838
      @hmobb7838 Před 4 lety +47

      Stoned? Lol no no my friend that was all heroin bud

    • @lynchlychfeld
      @lynchlychfeld Před 3 lety +16

      Are you suggesting that he was so high he caused the drummers to forget their parts? I don't think that's how drugs work pal.

    • @gr26086
      @gr26086 Před 3 lety +22

      Travis Iliades the drummers we’re solid at live aid. Watch the footage. This is just Page’s excuse for a poor performance by him and Plant.

    • @xaviermouratonabo6499
      @xaviermouratonabo6499 Před 3 lety +4

      I wouldn't be Phil Collins advocate any day of the week.

  • @dr.debajyotibose2928
    @dr.debajyotibose2928 Před 4 lety +164

    The Jimmy Page SWAG starts at 10:06, ""wait a minute, 4 guitarists, I can do that on my own." Class !

    • @theloniouscastaneda
      @theloniouscastaneda Před 4 lety +12

      Debajyoti Bose Not really class, if you don’t mind. Humility seems classier. This is sort of braggadocio, but w real justifiable confidence. Imho.

    • @usctrojanfreak
      @usctrojanfreak Před 4 lety +22

      @@theloniouscastaneda pretty much, but you can do that when you're Jimmy freakin Page

    • @march3615
      @march3615 Před 3 lety +9

      @@usctrojanfreak Actually he can do whatever he wants because he is JP....

  • @redshield3296
    @redshield3296 Před 5 lety +48

    I learn the guitar as a child because of this man! I play piano and drums because of Led Zeppelin! I could never thank Jimmy, Robert, John and JPJ enough for how they changed my life.

  • @melancolie83
    @melancolie83 Před 3 lety +47

    When he said everyone was doing “different things” during Live Aid, I thought he was talking about drugs...

  • @napoleonbonerparty1429
    @napoleonbonerparty1429 Před 3 lety +64

    Jimmy so high in Live aid, he didn't need a stairway to heaven

    • @joelreid4676
      @joelreid4676 Před 3 lety +2

      Over the years I was lucky to have a brother, 4 years older. Who started me on concerts. But that being said meant I saw so many shows with really whacked out musicians. Bonzo coming in a verse too early during Stairway and Plant turning around to look at him. Or Keith Moon who dropped his drum sticks non stop as The Who was booed off MSG STAGE after only 75 minutes. They really sucked.. Keith Emerson who liked his Jack. A lot!..Many others. Gary Thain Uriah Heep. Who had some issues. Jimmy did have his problem for many years

    • @302gabe2
      @302gabe2 Před 3 lety +7

      stolen joke

  • @tubesrule123
    @tubesrule123 Před 5 lety +35

    Got to meet Jimmy and JP Jones and it was as cool as you imagine it would be. Completely genuine, funny, and gracious both of them were.

  • @thomasgary1219
    @thomasgary1219 Před 5 lety +5

    I actually got to see Led Zeppelin in concert may 18th 1973 in Dallas TX in my opinion they were truly at the peak of their careers at that time. They put on an over the top show that night. My girlfriend who is my wife of 43 years now snuck around to the back of the auditorium to what looked like a loading dock with a high fence around it. There was noone else around so we sat there and smoked a joint then all of a sudden we heard some sirens in the distance. It was them with a police escort by this time a large crowd of people had gathered behind the fence there were two limos robert and john paul jones and another guy i didn't recognize got out of the first limo and then john bonham, jimmy page, and some girls got out of the second limo we were fairly close and the thing I'll never forget is we were all screaming like maniacs and jimmy was the only one that actually stopped for a few seconds looked up at us smiled and waved no autographs or anything like that but atleast he acknowledged us A moment in my life I'll never forget

  • @JFK1180
    @JFK1180 Před 5 lety +37

    There are so many insainly good guitarists but only one Jimmy Page. My favorite, hands down.

  • @Paolo264
    @Paolo264 Před 5 lety +28

    I'd love to meet Jimmy, share a couple of bottles of wine and ask him a billion questions. Absolute legend.

  • @williamheddy3307
    @williamheddy3307 Před 3 lety +131

    Jimmy page will always be the master of masters. I know there's Clapton, beck and many others, but Jimmy stands alone in the world of any guitar.

    • @jacksondye3446
      @jacksondye3446 Před 2 lety +7

      both page and clapton are over rated imo. SRV and gilmour better :)

    • @justindawson5930
      @justindawson5930 Před rokem +4

      Jimmy Page style of guitar has a certain something that no one else has. Jack White comes close, but he has said that Jimmy was one of his guitar heroes

    • @nicholasprotz4297
      @nicholasprotz4297 Před rokem +2

      @@jacksondye3446 Nah.

    • @gabrielbraga1981
      @gabrielbraga1981 Před rokem +3

      @@jacksondye3446 SRV is dogcrap, 12 bar blues and minor pentatonic abuser

    • @jacksondye3446
      @jacksondye3446 Před rokem +2

      @@gabrielbraga1981 anyone can play the pentatonic scale. However, not everyone can play it like SRV. his tone, dynamics, musical sense and technique were all top notch. His voice, guitar playing and musical ability cemented him as a legend. You strike me as someone who hasn't taken the time to listen to all of mis music objectively.

  • @DJ-mb4gg
    @DJ-mb4gg Před 3 lety +24

    I dont think the drummers were the issue for Live Aid, in fact it was everything else

  • @nogbadthebad2609
    @nogbadthebad2609 Před 4 lety +206

    I remember watching their Live Aid performance as it was broadcast and my heart just broke. The 80s look they had adopted and the piss-poor performance were so sad. What I say to everyone is watch the Live Aid performance and see for yourself who is playing and/or singing badly. It ain't the drumming that is at fault! Page and Plant were truly appalling that day.

    • @ironking76
      @ironking76 Před 4 lety +15

      Yes, like amateurs..

    • @HarveyBacktheBeatles
      @HarveyBacktheBeatles Před 4 lety +3

      Let me ask you this though? Did you seriously feel that as it happened or when you rewatched it? I mean even the MTV VJS say today that they didn't feel that when they saw it. I can only imagine that because of the shock that John showed up and its was now a reunion that audiences all had blinders on. I mean when you watch it it's not great but I'm sure it wouldn't have been noticed if someone was there and had blinders on.

    • @MsHazza73
      @MsHazza73 Před 3 lety +16

      Tony Thompson was brilliant on drums and they had a camera pretty much sitting on Phil. Those two would have known the music backwards.
      Unfortunately for the band (and the fans) it was up front that was just not gelling. Jimmy was all over the place. I don’t know how he can’t see it.
      He can blame the drummers all he wants, the sound and pictures don’t lie. They just need to be man enough to admit it.
      In their defence though, they hadn’t played together for some time.

    • @hkuraguchi
      @hkuraguchi Před 3 lety

      Nogbadthebad he was still great and audience liked him

    • @ekayaniperforms
      @ekayaniperforms Před 3 lety +4

      Page said the pick up band didn’t know the songs. At all. Lesson is never assume ! But hey everyone has a bad show. Everyone no exceptions. Vet your side players.

  • @GuitarLessonsBobbyCrispy
    @GuitarLessonsBobbyCrispy Před 5 lety +94

    Led Zeppelin should play the next Super Bowl half time. That last half time show was terrible!

  • @patrickhd34
    @patrickhd34 Před 5 lety +18

    I was in a swanky hotel in London last year. Wanted a table for lunch, said can I have that one there. Was told no that's reserved for a regular. Turned out to be Jimmy Page. So sat at next table. What people say about him seems to be true. Was all old-school manners and staff loved him. I guess you are like that when you have nothing to prove. Nobody else seemed to recognise him - he clearly liked that.

  • @cosmosaic8117
    @cosmosaic8117 Před 9 lety +715

    "You have to understand, this wasn't the day of twitting on the internet" :)

  • @capri2673
    @capri2673 Před 4 měsíci +1

    It's great an interviewer asks a question and then actually keeps his mouth shut and listens to the answer without going "hmmm", "okay", "yeah", "right", like so many "interviewers" do on CZcams.

  • @sofakingdrunk66
    @sofakingdrunk66 Před 5 lety +52

    Led Zeppelin 1968 to 1980 twelve years of musical masterpieces..

  • @vinnyrac
    @vinnyrac Před 3 lety +72

    The premature deaths of John Lennon and John Bonham robbed the world of music that can only be imagined.

    • @naturalmystery
      @naturalmystery Před 3 lety

      Re John Lennon, watch the show "For All Mankind" on apple tv. You'll get a pleasant surprize when they get to 1980!

    • @davidwolfe6038
      @davidwolfe6038 Před 3 lety +2

      Idk even with bonham alive. Zeppelin was a time bomb. Drugs had killed their performances and page and plant were nearly at a boiling point with each other.

    • @bunglegamingmusic1784
      @bunglegamingmusic1784 Před 2 lety

      And Freddie Mercury and MJ, and many others

    • @Ukraineaissance2014
      @Ukraineaissance2014 Před rokem

      Nah bonhams death may have been tragic but i think it saved us from led zeppelin going to utter garbage in the 80s. Its happened to all bands like that in the 80s. Who listens to the who, pink floyd, rolling stones, the kinks etc. 80s output anymore.

  • @rimbaudscat
    @rimbaudscat Před 5 lety +57

    " I could do that on my own....really" -Damn thing is, he could.! He really could!

    • @charliesanders8549
      @charliesanders8549 Před 4 lety +1

      Not live

    • @neale.kaufman5168
      @neale.kaufman5168 Před 4 lety +2

      Saw Led Zeppelin in 1973...
      They absolutely BLEW DOG..
      THEY SUCKED BEYOND BELIEF....!!!!
      Led Zeppelin was a studio band.....and no you couldn't play three & four guitar parts at once Jimmer

    • @dark_w4rri0r63
      @dark_w4rri0r63 Před 3 lety +7

      @@neale.kaufman5168 they were literally the greatest live band ever

  • @CaliforniaPickin
    @CaliforniaPickin Před 7 lety +569

    Such a GENTLEMAN! I was fortunate to meet him when he was playing with The Firm. He was in a 5 star hotel bar, which we personally designed, and I said to my boss at the time, "I think that's Jimmy Page! And he said who? I said The Greatest Living Guitarist who played with the best rock band ever, that's who!" Then when i'm starring at him, he comes over to our table and he toasts our glasses and says hello ! Im like- Get the F outta here! I read and heard he is like this with everyone. He takes pics and signs autographs outside of his homes. I would love to sit and chat sometime with him. He would be a great interview!

    • @michelletaylor-gill7484
      @michelletaylor-gill7484 Před 6 lety +8

      CaliforniaPickin he chats to the hookers outside his home too! And then he comes and tells me how pretty they are !⭐️️⭐️️⭐️️⭐️️

    • @tayloratkinsmusic
      @tayloratkinsmusic Před 6 lety

      Damn...

    • @michelletaylor-gill7484
      @michelletaylor-gill7484 Před 6 lety +4

      DMM did you set up your channel to write on jimmy? Jimmy like Eric and mark knopfler are talented intelligent artists...they can't take what the industry put them through and they turn to smack. Jimmy desperately wants to stay off smack so I have been helping him in na for 15 years...he picked up a beer in Brazil 2001...that scarlet person came to na 10 years ago she was a waitress then and pretty dumb...page divorced in 2008 as he wanted me to go out with him to keep him sane...I am not interested in celebrity trash that current date who lives at his house is a tranny and IQ minus 5⭐️️⭐️️⭐️️⭐️️😘

    • @snoek1971
      @snoek1971 Před 6 lety +2

      What a great story!

    • @phyllispiscura7007
      @phyllispiscura7007 Před 6 lety +5

      CaliforniaPickin WHAT???? I am a Gemini..and .........At a loss for words!!!! Congratulations... LoL... in any event ...I Can't express ...how for one thing...I would have jumped on him Soooo fast!!!!! LOLOL... OMG....I absolutely love and ADORE him!!!!;! For real I LOVE him!!!;;;;+!!!!!

  • @aylbdrmadison1051
    @aylbdrmadison1051 Před 4 lety +19

    Jimmy Page and David Gilmour were my first _guitar heroes._ Listening to those two and Alex Lifeson, is how I initially learned to play the instrument myself. But that's only one facet of how all three changed my life for the better. The sounds and images, the feelings, their beliefs and convictions, all hold deeper meaning for me. To this day that undefinable element I call _musical mysticism_ that all three bands had in a big way, is still what I like discovering more than anything when listening to new bands.

    • @benjaminz2523
      @benjaminz2523 Před 2 lety

      I totally agree & concur. It was the same for myself, cutting high school in the 90s riding around town with my friends discovering the entire catalog of Zep & Floyd, all of us obsessed with guitar, and I was excelling very quickly on my own. It was truly the mysticism woven into the aura and personality of both groups, and somewhat the Doors, that really touched my soul as a youth and inspired me beyond words. What an amazing time. Terrible grades in school, but I was getting a much better education in other inner realms on my own that would serve me much better in some ways

  • @jonburrows2883
    @jonburrows2883 Před 4 lety +107

    Still blaming Phil for Live Aid. Classy

    • @trouttrout3553
      @trouttrout3553 Před 3 lety +16

      Watch it... you’ll blame Phil, too.

    • @craigbroadfoot1851
      @craigbroadfoot1851 Před 3 lety +41

      @@trouttrout3553 Absolute rubbish, if you watch it Plant had clearly lost his voice and Page was off his head - you can’t blame that on Phil!

    • @Ian-gw2vx
      @Ian-gw2vx Před 2 lety +7

      @@craigbroadfoot1851 Last week I paid to see Phil Collins in Genesis, even though he can no longer drum. I wouldn't walk up the road for free to see any of Led Zep for free. The emperors new clothes.

    • @craigbroadfoot1851
      @craigbroadfoot1851 Před 2 lety +7

      @@Ian-gw2vx Robert Plant also refuses to sing Stairway to Heaven on his live shows, which sums up his arrogant disregard for the audience.

    • @robmorrison1043
      @robmorrison1043 Před 2 lety +9

      @@trouttrout3553 , lol. Ive seen enough of Page playing live ro realize, he STINKS!
      Watch him with Clapton and Beck at an ARMS concert, he was so brutally bad that they were both mortified to be up there with him, and a tech unplugged his cord from the amp.
      I guess that was Phil Collins fault as well!

  • @johntrump2545
    @johntrump2545 Před 3 lety +13

    Page is so mysterious what a guy you could listen to him talk for days! Its unexplainable

    • @jakewhitmore6046
      @jakewhitmore6046 Před rokem +1

      Yes exactly there’s something about him that’s so fascinating

  • @charliebarber7682
    @charliebarber7682 Před 9 lety +236

    Like how Jimmy says twitting instead of tweeting

    • @richardbinder9662
      @richardbinder9662 Před 5 lety +10

      Trump is the leader of the twits.

    • @the_rover1
      @the_rover1 Před 5 lety +2

      that's why it's called 'twitter'. doesn't necessarily have to do with birds' noises, hence...

    • @cafinario
      @cafinario Před 4 lety +2

      A key point in this interview...

    • @dawstep
      @dawstep Před 4 lety

      He says 'tweeting' - it's his accent.

    • @HBC423
      @HBC423 Před 4 lety

      And he's right

  • @banishedfromthedwarfplanet530

    Page has mysteriously turned into an elderly Chinese man.

  • @charlespeterson3798
    @charlespeterson3798 Před 6 lety +81

    I saw them in December, 68', fourth band on a four band show at The Fillmore. Played first obviously. They played the first album 1st cut to last. At the end there was about a 5 second silence. Then music changed forever.

    • @peterk8909
      @peterk8909 Před 5 lety +9

      Charles peterson I was also at this show. They killed. Been a fan ever since. Ended up seeing 7 shows between Madison Square Garden for the recording of the live album and Nassau Coliseum. Great band.

    • @daikuone
      @daikuone Před 5 lety +4

      @@peterk8909 was that Fillmore east or West in SF? In 68 I was 9 yrs old, and only had a couple albums at that point, didn't know Zeppelin until I heard the second album much later. My life changed after that...

    • @peterk8909
      @peterk8909 Před 5 lety

      daikuone East.

    • @johnw8984
      @johnw8984 Před 5 lety +2

      Charles peterson MUSIC changed when Hendrix experience played Monterrey or the BEATLES on ed Sullivan

    • @johnw8984
      @johnw8984 Před 5 lety

      daikuone Fillmore East was in NYC.

  • @GriefTourist
    @GriefTourist Před 9 lety +23

    I was there and it was great.

  • @randolphpatterson5061
    @randolphpatterson5061 Před 5 lety +1

    Thanks for caring enough to present this terrific footage. I almost can't believe I was ever thinking it might not be interesting. I'm sure glad I watched! It's wonderful to see & hear things like this. You made it seem as if I was enjoying their conversation right in my own living room. You deserve to be proud of your inspired work behind the scenes. I've 'liked' & subscribed.

  • @Jackmc2112
    @Jackmc2112 Před 4 lety +50

    I was 20 yards from Jimmy and he was wasted... it was 100 degrees in Phila 7/13/85 as well. Phil has played on two of Plants records and toured with him as well as genesis. Phil was at the top of his game. You were a drooling drunk that day. Own it bro.

  • @keithgoodberg3170
    @keithgoodberg3170 Před 3 lety +9

    I'm a Zeppelin fan but the problem at live aid 85 wasn't the drummer's lol.

  • @odgeUK
    @odgeUK Před 9 lety +50

    Great job by Michael Hann here.

    • @maureenriddle3615
      @maureenriddle3615 Před 4 lety +1

      You have to understand that the girl who was 14 had permission from her parents to date him. Those where different times and they where in love. He treated her like a princess and didnt let her around the industry. She knew exactly what she was doing. Hanging around the Whiskey and such. He was also very young himself.

  • @grimolarose1
    @grimolarose1 Před 5 lety +132

    Wasted at Live Aid yet still blames Phil Collins..

    • @tanveerhasan2382
      @tanveerhasan2382 Před 3 lety +2

      What happened in Live Aid

    • @foreverbooked2964
      @foreverbooked2964 Před 3 lety +24

      @@tanveerhasan2382 possibly the worst rock performance of the century. Robert was sounding bad and Jimmy was so high that he didn't need a stairway to reach heaven. Watch their live aid performance. I bet you can't make it past ten minutes.

    • @tanveerhasan2382
      @tanveerhasan2382 Před 3 lety +9

      @@foreverbooked2964 unfortunately I just watched the whole thing.

    • @foreverbooked2964
      @foreverbooked2964 Před 3 lety +5

      @@tanveerhasan2382 oh you poor soul

    • @dominickl4456
      @dominickl4456 Před 3 lety +20

      @@foreverbooked2964 the best part about live aid was when Jimmy decided to fight a microphone stand

  • @1019caveman
    @1019caveman Před 4 lety +85

    Phil Collin's tells a different story about the Live Aid Gig. And if you watch it I think Plant can't hit the notes and Jimmy's off his head.

    • @davemis40
      @davemis40 Před 3 lety +7

      Plant was on tour with the Honeydrippers and had caught a cold so his voice was hoarse and Jimmy was off his box

    • @Snagprophet
      @Snagprophet Před 3 lety +1

      I think one easy answer is that they were in pain. And of course they were. It's insane to think they were being criticised a few years after Bozo's death. It's painful for anyone to read, see, hear, regardless of what following decade they were born in. He made me care about drumming and he'd been dead for over 20 years.

    • @leelabizbee
      @leelabizbee Před 3 lety

      I actually watched their segment the other night on Live Aid & I need to say Jimmy was off his bonce & played the guitar solo to stairway to heaven perfectly 👌

    • @PastelComGini
      @PastelComGini Před 2 lety +1

      There's a disgraceful video of Page, Beck and Clapton playing Stairway to Heaven, and guess what? Collins wasn't there. Oh, and Beck and Clapton were not the problem, if you know what I mean. I really admire this man, but he had his bad life moments.

  • @markusrose9667
    @markusrose9667 Před 9 lety +116

    This guy is great with dates.

    • @waterwoodguitars6871
      @waterwoodguitars6871 Před 4 lety +15

      Markus Rose jimmy is still to this day very sharp and on it. He remembers everything super accurately. Hope I’m that sharp at his age.

    • @isaacafritsch
      @isaacafritsch Před 3 lety +3

      Remembers everything super accurately, except LiveAid. When he was high as a kite. Although, maybe he is remembering his beer-goggled perception of why that set was so terrible.

    • @laureh2001
      @laureh2001 Před 3 lety

      Collins was awful

  • @janiakowska
    @janiakowska Před 9 lety +37

    Page a legend...a musical genius 71 years old... his music is living

    • @cdreid99999
      @cdreid99999 Před 5 lety

      "other peoples music he stole". There fixed it for ya

    • @liams706
      @liams706 Před 5 lety +5

      @@cdreid99999 nope

  • @gooneybird808
    @gooneybird808 Před 9 lety +32

    i was smiling the whole time i watched this. jimmy is the reason i love music and thrash at music.

    • @rogerrea557
      @rogerrea557 Před 5 lety

      Have you ever heard it drum set played Out Of Tune it does not work

    • @rogerrea557
      @rogerrea557 Před 5 lety

      It makes a bass sound like s***

  • @thomaspick4123
    @thomaspick4123 Před 5 lety +5

    A great band. Every member, great contributions. I was fortunate to see them play at the time of Blind Faith. So much energy live!

  • @ouidacarrington4719
    @ouidacarrington4719 Před 9 lety +126

    I could listen to him all day!

  • @lorisrock-rollshow1741
    @lorisrock-rollshow1741 Před 5 lety +9

    I love to hear him speak about his past💕

    • @jimmyjimmypagessolo
      @jimmyjimmypagessolo Před rokem

      Thanks for the love and support, it’s nice seeing you here

    • @OhJimmeh
      @OhJimmeh Před 3 měsíci

      @@jimmyjimmypagessolowell hi there Jimmy. lol

  • @SpiiderOK
    @SpiiderOK Před 7 lety +714

    Jimmy page could be old Bilbo Baggins

  • @john564holloway
    @john564holloway Před 5 lety +3

    Great interview, Michael. Great questions in such a short interview. And thank you, Jimmy, for taking your time with Michael and all you've done for guitar...

  • @ireneruthfox
    @ireneruthfox Před 5 lety +13

    Seen " Zep " 1969. Boston Tea Party. They played the whole first album. They even did a Beatle cover. 6 month later they where at the Boston Garden. Mind blowing good.

    • @johnbettano6026
      @johnbettano6026 Před 5 lety +3

      I was there as well. Landsdown street saw Janis there as well.

  • @davidreichert9392
    @davidreichert9392 Před 5 lety +483

    Zeppelin at their worst is still better than most bands' best.

    • @davidlishin6455
      @davidlishin6455 Před 5 lety +7

      David Reichert well said

    • @pateagle7191
      @pateagle7191 Před 5 lety +12

      Zeppelin never realesed to the public anything substandard. It was always their very best!

    • @jessbalfour4312
      @jessbalfour4312 Před 4 lety +36

      Really?, Go watch the 85 Live Aid gig again and then you may want to rephrase that statement..lol

    • @BarkaDog
      @BarkaDog Před 4 lety +8

      @@jessbalfour4312 it wasn't as bad as people say it is.

    • @zafieronline4884
      @zafieronline4884 Před 4 lety +7

      I mean... most bands didn’t date 13 year olds at their worst... but sure... yeah better than most

  • @jslute
    @jslute Před 5 lety

    Thank you so much for posting this!!

  • @StuartHanson-fo7iw
    @StuartHanson-fo7iw Před 20 dny

    Live aid tells me it just goes to show how much effort it takes to be led zeppelin?such a unique band and music that can only be achieved with unbelievable effort,even when you’re the best in the business 👍🇬🇧

  • @mountainstartemple6041
    @mountainstartemple6041 Před 8 lety +181

    10:04 He went to see Robert playing and he had 3 maybe 4 guitarists playing ... and Page thought 'wait a minute, I could do that on my own really ' .... LOL - that's so funny and the whole kind of delayed reaction of the crowd is funny!

    • @MrMoon-cg2yy
      @MrMoon-cg2yy Před 6 lety +2

      ROBERT URBAN...So why can't you?
      ..."TOO MANY NEGATIVE Comments"...sounds like you read them all...do you enjoy pissing yourself off?

    • @ozma7339
      @ozma7339 Před 5 lety +4

      Sleipnir Blue I thought that was funny too

    • @ytnewt02amgine
      @ytnewt02amgine Před 5 lety +18

      It's funny because it's true.

    • @bowelrupture
      @bowelrupture Před 5 lety +15

      @@ytnewt02amgine Actually yes. On the recordings Page would play several guitar parts as layers on top of each other. Live he would play the essential parts of it. Listen to the studio and live recording of Rock and Roll. How he merges parts into one guitar part on the live recording.

    • @Sharky165
      @Sharky165 Před 5 lety +10

      @@bowelrupture Yep, the famous "guitar army"! 😁 🎶🎸

  • @blueshowlar
    @blueshowlar Před 5 lety +4

    Wow! What a guy.. What a guitarist. A true superman. Thanks Jimmy for all the music.

  • @JamesThomas-zl9er
    @JamesThomas-zl9er Před rokem +1

    I love the “he had 3 guitarists, and I thought ‘I can do that on my own’” - not a flex, just the truth 🎉

  • @matttaylor4415
    @matttaylor4415 Před 3 lety +26

    Blame the drummers?! Are you kidding?

    • @IcarusX72
      @IcarusX72 Před 3 lety +1

      Lost all respect for him. That is when you are too pompous to admit you F'ed up by being high as a kite and get your sh!t together before a monumental event.

  • @iggytse
    @iggytse Před 5 lety +172

    You can't blame the drummer for Robert Plant singing like a dying cat.

    • @hypolyxa7207
      @hypolyxa7207 Před 3 lety +66

      And Page himself being drugged out of his mind.

    • @Borester
      @Borester Před 3 lety +36

      And his own guitar for being out of tune! 🤣

    • @TheNightOcelot
      @TheNightOcelot Před 3 lety +14

      And Jimmy being drunk/stoned mess

    • @colebrian7197
      @colebrian7197 Před 3 lety +9

      And Robert interrupting his solo

    • @SvenTviking
      @SvenTviking Před 3 lety +24

      Collins was the drummer in both prog rock and Jazz fusion bands, neither of which are genres noted for tolerating bad drummers.

  • @dalymc
    @dalymc Před 3 lety +12

    Oh yeah, Live Aid was the 2 drummers' fault. He forgets that we watched that set live & can ALL watch it now on CZcams despite their removal of that set from the DVD. Nice try Jimmy.

  • @sealteamryx6758
    @sealteamryx6758 Před 4 lety +1

    I discovered zep when i was 12 or 13... led zeppelin the bbc sessions is a cd i had found in my house, and i listened to the live version of Thank You on that album... i listened to that song everyday before going to school lol when i was 13 i got a beginner electric guitar and 10w amp for christmas n have been playin ever since! Thank you jimmy! Youre my favorite guitarist ever

  • @Payton20ADZ
    @Payton20ADZ Před 3 lety +3

    He is just wonderful. The Rain Song still continues to hit my heart as my fav song

    • @craigofadelaide4960
      @craigofadelaide4960 Před 3 lety

      Interesting to hear that. Firstly Stairway was, then Kashmir now it's The Rain Song that's my favourite song of theirs. It's ebbs and flows beautifully. The performance of it on Unledded was so awesome

  • @bigkuyac2224
    @bigkuyac2224 Před 4 lety +3

    Learned to play stairway to heaven including the solo . I realised that not only was page a gifted guitarist he was a musical genius and classically trained.

    • @Snagprophet
      @Snagprophet Před 3 lety +1

      It sad to hear about him being taken to court every time someone buys Spirit's broadcast rights, over chord progression. It's really sad tbh.

  • @bishlap
    @bishlap Před 5 lety +6

    just as you cannot build/put together The Beatles (or other select groups), and even though Jimmy "put Zeppelin together", it's said that no one knew the "magic" that would happen from their first jam together in that garage in London. It's the rarest of the rare to have that perfect storm of talent, energy and chemistry that Led Zeppelin had. I'll admit I grew tired of Zep in mid/late 70's bc it/they were everywhere, but all these years later I realize they were even better than I/we thought whether in their prime or not. I'll sum up w/ this -- How many musical acts, STILL, have the hold on fans like Led Zeppelin does?

  • @wygantsh
    @wygantsh Před rokem +1

    Jimmy Page is a genius for producing a Led Zeppelin experience that was one of kind and will never be repeated

  • @h.j.w2783
    @h.j.w2783 Před 5 lety +12

    "You have to understand, this isn't the day of...sort of...twitting the internet" 😂 what a legend

  • @BostonWhoFan515
    @BostonWhoFan515 Před 9 lety +46

    Love that jacket Jimmy's wearing.

    • @ELLIOT1311
      @ELLIOT1311 Před 4 lety

      xAthene I love the jacket you’re wearing.

  • @paulcadogan7033
    @paulcadogan7033 Před 5 lety +50

    John Bonham was an impossible act to follow. He had his own style and, like Keith Moon, nobody could duplicate it. I remember an interview with Moonie where he described himself as 'the best Keith Moon style drummer in the world".

    • @tonymcquarters6593
      @tonymcquarters6593 Před 4 lety

      Totally incorrect..Bonham was a very average drummer and most drummers could follow his act..and vastly improve on it..

    • @rauldorsman8191
      @rauldorsman8191 Před 4 lety +2

      Tony McQuarters so wrong, pls give a listen to fool in the rain

    • @tonymcquarters6593
      @tonymcquarters6593 Před 4 lety

      @@rauldorsman8191 I know that song and I am so right..even if this was the best of Bonham he still lags behind the great drummers such as Carl Palmer..Bill Bruford. Keith Moon..Neil Peart..

    • @eduardosurname2029
      @eduardosurname2029 Před 4 lety +1

      @Chris Manzi You dont understand anything about drums, dont have hearing for rhythm.

    • @eduardosurname2029
      @eduardosurname2029 Před 4 lety

      Drums are rhythm control, fools! Fools in the rain.

  • @CosmicMerlin
    @CosmicMerlin Před 2 lety +1

    This was an awesome interview. Great chemistry

  • @garysmith4425
    @garysmith4425 Před 4 lety +2

    Their first gig in England was in my hometown Newcastle upon tyne at the mayfair ballroom.

  • @sidneypasquarelli2122
    @sidneypasquarelli2122 Před 5 lety +5

    One of the best guitarists of all time!

  • @srb-ef3zs
    @srb-ef3zs Před 4 lety +10

    I can’t fathom him ever being “nervous”.

    • @chrishorton615
      @chrishorton615 Před 4 lety +1

      That's why he drank before shows up to the 80's, probably one reason he did heroin. He was a bundle of nerves before a show.

    • @srb-ef3zs
      @srb-ef3zs Před 4 lety +1

      @@chrishorton615 would never have guessed he had stage fright!

  • @faeryquene
    @faeryquene Před 9 lety +33

    The story Jimmy tells about the Belgian girl who thought that he and Robert were gay and a couple is hysterical!! :D Silly girl - If I had been so lucky and he'd asked me I would have been off to Scotland with him in a heartbeat!!

    • @Fritha71
      @Fritha71 Před 9 lety +8

      I didn't quite understand when this incident with the girl happened - was this way back in the 70s?
      It is funny because Plant/Page fanfiction has been written for decades and those two definitely made a bit of a tease of the chemistry between them in photos and even on the stage back in the day. Not that they were gay for each other for real but something tells me they were aware of the effect their interaction had on many, mostly female fans, and they played it up. Bless them, rock gods both! =D

    • @rosereichert8365
      @rosereichert8365 Před 9 lety +12

      You and half the female population. Too funny.

    • @faeryquene
      @faeryquene Před 9 lety +3

      ***** Jimmy mentions that the girl knew something already about their (then recent) third album so yes, this incident would have occurred in the early '70s.

  • @JeffBlechman
    @JeffBlechman Před 5 lety +1

    Thanks for the incredible music.

  • @hawaiianfilter
    @hawaiianfilter Před 9 lety +47

    Great interview of the greatest guitarist. I am so glad he provided information regarding Live Aid. It was not Led Zeppelin's finest hour. During the set it just gets worst and worst. So glad they did the O2 show and it was filmed and directed so well. Hats off to Page, Plant, Jones and of course Jason Bonham the son of John Bonham. Saw two dates in Chicago in 1977 and they still standout as monumental shows!

    • @GuardianLive
      @GuardianLive  Před 9 lety +2

      Glad you liked it - we've got the whole thing being published later today (16:00 GMT) if you want to watch more.

    • @BubbaZen10
      @BubbaZen10 Před 8 lety +11

      I've actually gotten sick of people, (AND THEM) saying how bad it was. I'll take their ragged performance over anyone else that day, every time. I was just thrilled to see them together for one day.

    • @hawaiianfilter
      @hawaiianfilter Před 8 lety +5

      I as a Led Zeppelin fan any of their performances is welcomed I agree.

    • @hermanhelmich
      @hermanhelmich Před 7 lety +2

      BubbaZen10 nothing wrong with being a fanboy

    • @BubbaZen10
      @BubbaZen10 Před 7 lety +1

      Herman Helmich Been a fan. Since i was a boy.

  • @MrAitraining
    @MrAitraining Před 5 lety +48

    The drumming was the best thing about Led Zep's performance at live aid.

  • @the_rover1
    @the_rover1 Před 3 lety +2

    5:55 did you notice? he didn't mention Stairway To Heaven, that he did that song on that one as well, he only mentioned The Rain Song and TSRTS.
    6:16 his #1 les paul standard 1958 model is such a beauty. my favourite guitar finish in that particular brown/sunburst.

  • @timallbritton7329
    @timallbritton7329 Před 4 lety +1

    Page and Albert Lee may be the two coolest, nicest guys in music. It just brings a smile to my face.

  • @robertlepine8801
    @robertlepine8801 Před 9 lety +16

    My fav of all time since i was 10yrs old (i'm 51). There are a lot of great players but they all have their own styles ie.Hendrix,Eddie Van Halen etc.I think what sets Page apart from the rest (apart from his playing) is the fact that he's a superb song writer. You hear a lot of great players who can't write a decent song and that fact makes him so much better than the rest..Just an opinion.

    • @juliacarl584
      @juliacarl584 Před 5 lety +2

      Really? Jimi Hendrix was a fantastic song writer as is Brian May. And who else? Eric Clapton has written several great songs. Being a fan should not rob one of his objectivity.

  • @wadesaleeby2172
    @wadesaleeby2172 Před 7 lety +5

    Thank you Jimmy for all the great vibrations and beautiful music you have shared with the world! Come over for a big bowl of vegetable soup and hearty sandwich to warm you up this winter! All the best to you!

  • @benjaminaustnesnarum3900
    @benjaminaustnesnarum3900 Před 5 lety +2

    You can tell he has lived a life of rock'n roll. Wonderful human being!

  • @ciaranmcgreal7966
    @ciaranmcgreal7966 Před rokem +1

    10:09 “Wait a minute, I can do that on my own”… Brilliant 😅

  • @chriskesler4115
    @chriskesler4115 Před 9 lety +42

    jimmy page has left his impresion on many guitarests me included

    • @davidlishin6455
      @davidlishin6455 Před 5 lety +1

      Chris Kesler yes a legend to all guitarist after 1970!!!?

    • @safiramusica
      @safiramusica Před 5 lety +1

      Chris Kesler me too! Last night I was playing dazed and confused, a little bit confused lol.

  • @alancoyle1
    @alancoyle1 Před 2 lety +20

    "The drummers didn't know the material" 😂😂😂😂 Doesn't he know that the performance is on CZcams... and it is pretty clear who doesn't know the material, Jimmy!

    • @philb4462
      @philb4462 Před 2 lety

      I've seen an interview with Phil Collins about that performance and he is very put out that Page blames him for the performance. He is adamant that he was spot on and it was Page and Plant who were the problems. I've seen the footage and I can't see where the problems are around drumming.

    • @CastToVoid
      @CastToVoid Před 2 lety

      Yeaaaaah, Phil might not have been the right drummer for the job, but he knew the songs and played well with John Paul Jones. Robert Plant’s vocals weren’t great that day but it was Jimmy Page’s performance that made it an absolute disaster

    • @j0llyroger889
      @j0llyroger889 Před 2 lety

      If all else fails blame the Drummers...Page was mashed for a start. They were garbage.

  • @davidgraham748
    @davidgraham748 Před 4 lety

    Note the kindness of taking the time to speak to a man and learning about his son. Wow!

  • @frederickberg6781
    @frederickberg6781 Před 3 lety +1

    So well spoken is Jimmy.......had no idea. One of my all time favs!

  • @henkestenke
    @henkestenke Před 4 lety +34

    Can’t blame PhilCo for the ‘Live aid fiasco’!

    • @kellyomalley1873
      @kellyomalley1873 Před 3 lety +1

      Tony Thompson did not know the music!

    • @euphoricolly_6785
      @euphoricolly_6785 Před 3 lety +8

      KELLY O'MALLEY I hate it when my drummer makes my guitar out of tune and make me play ahead of the band..,

    • @davidbaines1425
      @davidbaines1425 Před 3 lety

      PhilCo? Like Bilko..?
      People like you should have limited access to a keyboard.
      "If you can't write the correct things, you can only play for 1 hour a day".
      Said Rupert the journalists' nanny.

    • @henkestenke
      @henkestenke Před 3 lety

      Boo-ho.

    • @Claybraham91
      @Claybraham91 Před 8 měsíci

      @@davidbaines1425 man, this really got to you didn't it?🤣

  • @georgegood9609
    @georgegood9609 Před 5 lety +5

    I love him
    Just the other day plant and page got back together in 95 and did an amazing tour.
    I just love and respect you jimmy
    Thank you

  • @hisoverlorduponhigh90

    We were so lucky to have these guys.

  • @SRSOS
    @SRSOS Před 5 lety

    My brother worked for a record distributor in St, Louis at the time and as a 12 year old, I had a copy of the first album BEFORE it was released publicly. ATCO records did these radio station distribution albums that one band on one side and another on the other side. In between the songs was this cheesy announcer telling you about another great ATCO band or song. On the other album side was Dusty Springfield. Fell in love with the band immediately. Got to see them play (finally!) at the Arena. Thanks for all the great tunes, Jimmy, Robert, JP and John(RIP).

  • @marcorodriguez9162
    @marcorodriguez9162 Před 9 lety +4

    Alexxxandder, you are almost in the right, Zep's live performances were less tidy than the studio recordings, not only Page´s solos but Plant's voice, but remember that LZ is more than perfection performances, indeed, that was irrelevant. They were like warriors in every gig. Just take a look at some epic moments like "Last Achilles Stand" live 1979, Knebworth or "Since I've been loving you", 1973 TSRTS (included "Stairway to Heaven" solo part...

  • @JesusLives
    @JesusLives Před 5 lety +14

    " I could do that on my own....really" LOL amazing guitarists

  • @davidkiefer9875
    @davidkiefer9875 Před 11 měsíci +1

    Jimmy Page is Jimmy Page - and always will be - respect has been earned and will always remain!!!!

  • @Greeneyedhaze
    @Greeneyedhaze Před 5 lety +1

    Oh how I love British rock legend’s voices..They’re so soft and attractive and continue be so from when they were in there prime until now.

  • @markgrant1302
    @markgrant1302 Před 7 lety +173

    gotta love that Phil Collins and the other drummer get blamed. page was hammered off his ass at live Aid, Robert plant couldn't sing the songs at live Aid... clearly there was no rehearsal...but sure we'll blame the drummers.

    • @mightymartianca
      @mightymartianca Před 4 lety +7

      Yeah, Phil got blamed, when he was the only one who seemed to know what to do. The fact was that they were woefully underrehearsed. And they have admitted as much, which is why they rehearsed the hell out of the O2 setlist

    • @kimbostitch7034
      @kimbostitch7034 Před 3 lety +14

      @@mightymartianca Agree, Collins was fine, so was JPJ. Page was lucky to be able to stand up, and Plant seemed hoarse

    • @LieutDan3304
      @LieutDan3304 Před 3 lety

      It sure the hell wasn't Bonzo!! and as they said when they broke up that after losing him there was no other drummer alive that could walk in and do what he did.

    • @Romchikthelemon
      @Romchikthelemon Před 3 lety +3

      Phil says that was no rehearsal and he had no idea about second drummer till the Live Aid itself. He would deny from perfoming and that's easy to understand - he is Phil f'n Collins on the drums.

    • @billhayward4440
      @billhayward4440 Před 3 lety

      @@Romchikthelemon Just listened and it's not a total trainwreck like the WHO'S "Won't get fooled again"

  • @AndersMcTee
    @AndersMcTee Před 3 lety +11

    It seems a bit of a cheek that JP blames the drummers for
    The Live Aid debacle when Plant’s voice had gone and JP was clearly as pissed as a wheel!!!!! 😄

  • @thrasherx9319
    @thrasherx9319 Před 5 lety

    I have been a fan of Jimmy's for over 40 years and I never knew that he was such a thoughtful and down to earth person. God bless the internet.

  • @Snakefinger1000
    @Snakefinger1000 Před 5 lety

    Oh yeah, cool. I've watched this documentary many times but they didn't show the pictures to which they were referring, thanks for posting.

  • @jakq2484
    @jakq2484 Před 3 lety +21

    I love Jimmy but you can’t stand up for Robert when he sounded like Yoko.

    • @joeyhuebner10
      @joeyhuebner10 Před 3 lety +1

      Robert was hoarse after a flurry of solo concerts leading up to live aid

  • @the_original_Bilb_Ono
    @the_original_Bilb_Ono Před 4 lety +348

    you have to understand this is pornography for guitar players..

    • @traviskeeler5655
      @traviskeeler5655 Před 4 lety +18

      Agree whole heartedly my brother....I could listen to any of the three remaining tell tales for hours about the L.Z heyday (although JPJ is rather tight lipped...lol...but he DID have the best L.Z quote of all time.....(I paraphrase)...."It's not just that we were the best band around at the time.....it's that we were soooo much better than whoever was #2!!"......Classic!!

    • @friardave2580
      @friardave2580 Před 4 lety +1

      I wish I could play. But I pop wood anytime Jimmy is on.

    • @vegardyrnes1793
      @vegardyrnes1793 Před 4 lety

      Word!

    • @MultiverseAndy
      @MultiverseAndy Před 4 lety

      The Red LP :O

    • @noeltroy2634
      @noeltroy2634 Před 4 lety +2

      Bang on. I'm riffing one out as I watch it. 🎸

  • @alechamid235
    @alechamid235 Před 3 lety +2

    I love Jimmy, as a person and a musician

  • @99davinci
    @99davinci Před 5 lety

    music royalty when i got my first guitar in 1998 it was d'yer maker i learned C A minor F Then G for the first week i was playing it now i evolved to Mozart and writing classical music thank you Jimmy for being an inspiration Love from Trinidad look what you music Jimmy " led" to it influenced music today and is still im happy to be born in a time where you maverick guys are 500 years from now they will talk about you like Da Vinci and Robert Plant and you Planted a seed years ago that is still growing long life to you Jimmy may you Legacy live on

  • @GlowingBentley
    @GlowingBentley Před 5 lety +6

    Imagine having Led Zep rehearsing next door!

  • @thefabulousstevieg
    @thefabulousstevieg Před 9 lety +8

    Good interview, Michael Hann asks relevant questions, and Jimmy is on good form! But where is the rest of the interview..........???

    • @GuardianLive
      @GuardianLive  Před 9 lety +3

      Funny you should ask, it's coming later today (16:00 GMT).

    • @markgowans
      @markgowans Před 7 lety

      Guardian Members

  • @danrohde9591
    @danrohde9591 Před 5 lety

    When they played Iowa City in January 1969, Jimmy played a colorful Telecaster, but also what looked like a Gibson acoustic arch top for Black Mt. Side. I still can hardly believe how awesome that concert was.

  • @jimmyb4728
    @jimmyb4728 Před 3 lety +1

    For the gratest rock n blues guitarist of all time he is very humble and down to earth.
    LED ZEPPELIN THE GOAT