What Did The Beatles Think of Led Zeppelin?
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- What Did The Beatles Think of Led Zeppelin? Was Led Zeppelin Fans of The Beatles? Why Did Jimmy Page Compare The Satanic Stairway To Heaven Theory With The Paul Is Dead Theory? What Led Zeppelin Song Did George Harrison Inspire?
All of these questions are answered in this video. Everything the Beatles and Zeppelin said about each other.
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Thank you George for prompting Jimmy to write the masterpiece, "The Rain Song"!
Yes indeed!!
Both bands achieved enormous success, however, I have to agree with both Jimmy Page and Robert Plant in that both bands are entirely different 'entities." But, if you look back at Led Zeppelin's September 17,1970 interview in New York (I believe) Jimmy was asked a question by a member of the American press, what he thinks of the Beatles and if he respects their music, he said: "I think they're great", and said in a manner of speaking 'it's what you prefer (musically) us or them', he is telling us it's which music do you prefer (the public) and he is right. Led Zep always respected the Beatles and vice a versa. This press conference took place literally like less than a month before Led Zeppelin III was released.
@@Nicholas-dreamlove Agree. Art is subjective. One culture's art is probably nonsense to another.
I Love them both. Essentially two different styles from two different eras.
Agreed. I am not a Led Zeppelin fan per se, but I certainly recognize and acknowledge their great talent and what they achieved, which was massive. Simply a preference on my part for the Beatles.
Listen to the opening two chords of “The Rain Song”. You’ll notice they are the same two that open “Something”, George’s song. This would seem to substantiate the story that the Rain Song WAS an homage and answer to Harrison.
If you play your vinyl copy of Stairway to Heaven backwards, it will f/u your needle.
True, unless you install a DJ style cartridge which is designed for back cuing. But yes a typical phono cartridge is not designed for backwards rotation.
😂😂true
😂 and it says...nothing! Lol
Elvis, Beatles, and LZ are in leagues of their own. Art is art. How does one compare Rembrandt with Van Gogh or Picasso? How does one compare Bach, Mozart and Beethoven?
You put Elvis, who did not write a single song, in the same group with brilliant song-or-music writers?I You were being funny, right?
@@GeorgeTel100Agreed
@@GeorgeTel100 Unlike Led Zeppelin, Elvis didn't steal other people's songs and claim he wrote them.
Just look at the song writing credits on Zeppelin's original albums and compare them to the song writing credits on Zeppelin's re-issued albums !
NOTICE ANY FUCKING DIFFERENCE ?????????
Led Zeppelin, "brilliant song writers" ??????
LOL !!!!!!!!!!!!
The only time the proven plagiarists, Led Zeppelin, gave credit where credit was due was when serious legal action came their way !!!!!!!
@golfhound Nailed it, Mate!
@@Stublinsky I agree with you 10000% - Every time I say what you said here to Zep fans it gets ugly very quickly - to tell them the real truth about zep's song-writing """abilities""" is like professing support for Trump in the midst of Chicago! I was ONLY referring to the Beatles and the Classical Composers. And btw, I respect any pop songwriter whose music I may not care about more than I do Zeppelin!!!!
Two unbelievable bands .... I would like to go back in a time machine to watch Led Zeppelin in their prime .... Must have been awesome.
I was a teen in the 70s...best time of my life!! I will get in that time machine with ya!
@@juliemanarin4127 cool 😎
Love both bands but love Zep much much more.
Beatles best pop band
Led Zepp best rock band
The Beatles had lot shares in founding basic of the Modern Rock.
I see where you’re coming from but the beatles were not a pop band
Beatles were a bit of everything, they were really diverse and made many types of music.
"Asked". Not "axed".
I stopped the video and came to the comments for this.
@@TravisEarsman Lol, you KNEW someone had to call it out! 🤣
@@circuitdesign yes because it’s so annoying to me that I didn’t even watch the rest of the video.
For me it’s apples & oranges. Yes they were both in a league of their own, and I love both bands.
However the Beatles didn’t not rarely tour. Until 1966, they toured constantly. It’s just that they rarely played over…say…25 minutes or so, unlike Zep and all other rock-n-roll acts in the 70's that played two-plus hour concerts.
From an article in Far Out:
Ex-Beatles guitarist George Harrison was in attendance at the show, and he was blown away by what he saw and heard during the three-hour show. Afterwards, the party became one of the most notorious instances of hedonistic abandon in the history of Led Zeppelin. It was written in a news report at the time that the band was in “rare destructive form” and madness ensued, including ‘The Quiet One’, Harrison throwing a chunk of birthday cake at the birthday boy.
Regardless of the antics, Led Zeppelin had left an indelible musical mark on George Harrison. “Fuck me!” he allegedly said backstage. “With the Beatles, we were on for 25 minutes and could get off in 15.”
True, but in their Hamburg Germany Days, they were playing 8 to 10 hours a day with little break time. Amphetamines can work wonders and that is how they initially got so tight as a band.
Jealousy of Led Zeppelin amongst the biggest names (Clapton, Rolling Stones, Beatles) was big. Zeppelin took it to another level, plain and simple. They went huge and it worked. You don’t have to go there to make great music, and you risk making an ass of yourself, but Zep pulled it off incredibly.
Led Zeppelin was a great rock band as rock bands go, but in 300 years when people write about great music and composers it will be Bach, Mozart, Beethoven, and the Beatles.
When I listen to Led Zeppelin, they are my favorite band. When I listen to the Beatles, they are my favorite band. These 2 groups cannot and should not be compared. They are both the greatest ever and will live on throughout the ages.
No one can deny what the Beatles achieved or meant to so many. But apropos Led Zeppelin; in the words of John Paul
Jones: "Let`s face it,......it`s the best bloody band there ever was".
Yep exactly
I agree that the Led Zeppelin is in a league of their own and their success was massive, just like the Beatles who were in a league of their own. I also feel the Rolling Stones have been massively successful and are in a league of their own withall 3 groups breaking ground in different directions in different ways with different styles. SO, I feel all 3 groups have been amazing irock pioneers and the cumulative effect of what they accomplished in those early years may never be equaled. They changed music forever.
One thing that's true here is the Beatles were more about image and Zep was more about music. The Beatles were more of a pop band while Zep was a true rock band and the 2 had completely different types of music. For musical talent, Led Zep was superior to the Beatles and Ringo knocking Bonhams drumming is a joke as Ringo was an average ordinary and relatively unexciting drummer while Bonhams drumming was a lot more technically advanced. In any event, it all boils down to what you like. Some liked both bands just the same while others liked one or the other better.
Early in their career the Beatles were heavily imbedded with soul, blues and rock. When they hit big they were more poppy, then when they stopped touring, they went back to their rock/soul/blues roots and added different styles of writing to their collection, but…At their heart they were always a rock band, so to call them pop, well you seem to lack any real knowledge.
@@danduntz2539 And yet they were always referred to as a "pop combo" from the time they got big so yeah, my lack of knowledge as you say still tells me they were a pop band. Sorry if you think different.
This is just silly. Ill informed guff.
It's not about "true rock band" - it's about "true GREAT MUSIC"! Bach was not a "true rock band" but 300 yrs later he's downloaded more than 50% of rock stars that were hot just a decade ago!!! What made the Beatles so immortal is the QUALITY of music, not the STYLE of music (which is Led Zeppelin) - Style always wins today, quality always wins tomorrow......
huh??!!! Both bands were great....but the Beatles produced more creative, fascinating music & lyrics by far.....just list the songs written by each Beatle during their careers
Big fan of Zeppelin. Great info. Thanks 🤙
My favorite Zep song was Ramble On
I think “TheRain Song” opens with the same 2 chord intro that George used in “Something”
It does...purposely
@@juliemanarin4127 I know that
John Bonham was a big Wings fan and followed them around for a few dates on their Wings Over America tour. He's actually seen backstage, along with Harry Nilsson, in the documentary that came with the Rockshow DVD re-release. Jimmy Page is mentioned by name in the song Rockshow on Venus and Mars. John Paul Jones was in Give My Regards to Broad Street.
I was a huge Zeppelin fan but I’m sorry there is simply no comparison with The Beatles.
The Beatles didn’t just change music they changed culture reinvented the wheel.
Zeppelin at the end of the day were simply a hard rock and blues band.
You never heard Led zeppelin 3 ? Or battle of evermore ect 🚬🗿plenty of not hard rock or blues tunes in thier catalog .
Plenty of weak songs in Beatles catalog ? Imho
@@mikemealey3661
Had the first 5 albums saw them live in ‘71.
A great band but for creativity and innovation they’re simply not in the same class as The Beatles.
@@ArchieFatcackie You had to cross the line. There's nothing wrong with simply saying you love both. But, you're objectively wrong. Both bands were equally creative and equally diverse. The fact is, The Beatles were THE 60s band, and Zeppelin was THE 70s band.
And to say Zeppelin was "simply a hard rock and blues band" is stunningly ignorant. You "had the first 5 albums" and you still say that? You need to actually listen to those albums.
@@Dirgnimai7
I wore the needle out and yes I love both bands I’m not hating on Zeppelin but they’re simply not racing with The Beatles for groundbreaking creativity.
@@ArchieFatcackie And yet, they are. Clearly you have forgotten or are choosing to ignore the fact that a lot of The Beatles' "creativity" came from George Martin--which is perfectly fine. With Zeppelin, on the other hand, it was all by them. Page produced them. JP Jones wrote and conducted any orchestral scores. Their creativity is equally as high-level as The Beatles.
You can make subjective statements, but that doesn't mean they have any relation to objective truth.
Jimmy page on the beatles "the early records were nothing to really write home about but by the time they were at magical mystery tour it was really going somewhere"
Jimmy was right...as always
I wonder why he would be surprised that John liked "Stairway to Heaven"? I can readily see why John would be drawn to it.
I don't like it when people try to compare bands like this. They were 2 very distinct and original bands with their own sound. The only difference is that The Beatles were playing for years before LZ were a band and, more or less, influenced them. By how much is the question.
There's no way to compare The Beatles, Zeppelin, The Who, The Rolling Stones...all fantastic but all different styles which is why they are all legendary
Slow down a bit mate, it sounds like your speech has no commas or full stops in it. That aside, interesting info.
He does seem to just "Ramble on" doesn't he? Lol
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Would have been really cool if Zeppelin did Rock and roll circus.
Perfect!!!
One hundred years from now, people will still be listening to The Beatles. Led Zeppelin, probably not so much. :)
A comparison between Led Zeppelin and the Beatles is like a comment I heard someone say years ago - "Comparing apples and oranges? No, you're comparing apples and carburetors!"
I always use _apples and space shuttles._ 🙃
Both bands were great…different, but great. They both carry the banner of rock proudly. Everyone has their preferences, but most fans of either band like the other too. It’s like the silly Stone vs The Beatles argument. Sure you can argue, but again I love both bands, but would pick The Beatles if I had to choose. Thank god we don’t!
Also if ya dig and enjoyed this video 😀 you may also enjoy the song " Most of All " By Glenn Kaiser and Where Roses Grow Live by Rez Band Awesome songs check them out. I remember hearing the song by Led Zepp " In My Time of Dyin " during my drug years and made me think about death and Jesus. Then a hippy friend that dug Jesus told me more of Jesus love and forgiveness and how I could also know Jesus love. So in 1981 I cried out to Jesus and wow man He came into my life and I had and have so much joy and peace and now know that through Jesus when I die I will be with Him in Heaven. Hey Jesus loves each of you also and yall can know Him if you are at all open. Just cry out to Him and a good question to ask yourself if you were to die today would you go to heaven ? And if yes why ? To find out more please read the Gospel of John in the Bible or check out the movie on CZcams. 😀
0:59 "axed about"?
zeppelin was innovative on every album. they widened the planets musical landscape with every release. z always innovative and original. the beatles did 3 minute 'diddies'. zeppelin had more musical talent than nearly any band thats ever played . its very clear.
The Beatles came over first and seemed very candy rock early in the 60s...not my type of music and they just played on stage. Zeppelin were a DYNAMIC FORCE and NOBODY could touch them...studio ir especially live!! They are MAGNIFICENT!!
In truth, the Beatles music was far more complex than that of Led Zepplin. Itzhak Perlman, the great classical violinist had his children listen to 30 minutes of classical music and 30 minutes of the Beatles every day when he was teaching them music theory.
Axed?
I'm surprised I didn't hear a smoke detector chirping low battery in the background.
Good info , did the narrator die after recording this ? Good god man ! Take a breath 😮
George hung out on tours with Zep
ive never been a beatles fan.
Led Zeppelin played other peoples music like stairway to heaven and a whole lotta love
Both bands are legendary .
Leave it alone.
Which is better, football or baseball?
I think Led Zepplin was a good band but to compare them to the Beatles and say that they came close to that same success and others haven't gone farther, that's delusional. Many bands have surpassed Led Zepplin but i'm sorry they don't come close to what happened with the Beatles. There are many bands I love way more than the Beatles but it's about numbers not opinion.
"Axed about"??
The backwards message in stairway is def intentional, that’s why some of the lyrics don’t make any sense or aren’t even words, both Beatles&zeppelin did that
One has Nothing to do with the other
Who cares what the fans did their their albums? Played them forward, played them backwards, didn't play them at all. As long as they bought them.
I'm not sure how accurate this video is. As far as I know McCartney nor Lennon ever commented publicly about Led Zeppelin. Harrison used to go to their shows early on. I don't know what Starr thought about them. There's nothing on record that I know of except that Bonham pickes Ringo up at a party and through him into tge swimming pool.
Lol!! Bonham thew Ringo into a pool?? THAT IS HILARIOUS!! 😂😂 Bonzo was a beast!!
@@juliemanarin4127 yea Ringo was interviewed a few years ago and joked about it. All those rockers knew each other back in those days.
I recorded stairway on my fostex multi tracker and flipped the tape over and played it. Says oh sweet Satan very clearly.
"And Paul is DEAD" Masterful from Page, Crowley would be proud
Really dude? That was the rumor that a Beatles song said backward Paul Is Dead...we were all talking about it. And you didn't know if it were true or not since in the 70s we had no internet...no computers...no cell phones to find out!
Beatles were too until Strawberry fields lol
Both bands = Excellent Artists
Billy Shears is decent though.
I never thought much of it untill I saw Billy Scheafers school picture🐸🍿same school as Paul.
Then when the French team examined his teeth💥🔨something is definitely amiss 👌
Billy Shears apparently was more talented than the real Paul McCartney. All the greatest songs were written in the "Shears" era lol. Honestly, I can't believe people still buy this conspiracy theory lol
@@andrewvincent7299 Explain Macca Memoirs of Billy shears which confirms it among other revelations
It’s like comparing apples to bowling balls , no Beatles had the ability to compete with Pages musicianship They could of course compare and were slightly better at lyrics , the one fact the Beatles and stones and kinks and who , etc started in the pop dominated early 60s When rock and roll pioneers were gone and the teen idols started hitting the charts , and Page was part of that early 60s music Being a session man , after that the yardbirds. and they were not a pop oriented group then came cream , which opened up even more heavy music The similarities between comes in the fact that each band pushed the envelope, and where more diverse. with styles .
Beatles changed from period like the early middle to later , Zeppelin changed from album to album &…
And yet if you talk with classical musicians, the opinion about the Beatles musicianship is exactly the opposite. The great violinist Itzhak Perlman taught his children about music theory using classical music and the Beatles as foundational.
@@bb62bb62 it’s good for an urban legend, but as a musician my self , with the exception of Paul they were marginal, that’s not a put down , you don’t need to be a Beethoven to play pop music . John George and Ringo all talked about their limitations on their instruments, any classical motif’s would come from George Martin . Cheers
”The Beatles rarely played live”😮😅
Is this narrator saying "aksed?" The word is 'asked.'
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What do Pink Lady apples think about gruyere cheeese I dont know or care but sod it they go down well together
Axed? Asked. Slow down talking
Zeppelin didn't do lollipop music like the Beatles all four members of Zeppelin were much better than the Beatles and way better musicians personally the monkeys were just as good as the Beatles
Monkeys?? You just lost all credibility and this explains why your judgement is clouded...stay off drugs
when axed
a-s-k
ABBA was bigger than the Beatles.
nice joke or are you insane?
The Beatles and Led Zeppelin?
LOL !!!!!!!
Besides being a musical act, the Beatles were a worldwide social and cultural phenomenon.
Led Zeppelin was just a very successful rock band.
In terms of cultural impact, Led Zeppelin wasn't in the same league as the Beatles !!!!!
Beatles not a real rock band....they can' t play live no decent song. Ringo critizing Bonham......😂😂😂😂😂 . McCartney play all the drums in their records. Ringo stay in the band just for P R. Tbe worst drummer of all time....talking about "Moby Dick " solo....😂😂😂😂
They can't play live?????!!!!!!!!!! and talk about song writing..??? Whole lotta love???!!!! I personally love the song but it pales in comparison to anything written by the Beatles....it is like Wild Thing,
Stairway is about hell...and Satan.
And selling your soul to Satan.
It's the darkest, evil-ist song of ALL time
Take a breath, for god's sake. Digital editing.
Please learn how to pronounce the word asked! You axed it three times in your video!
Typical, appallingly researched statements regarding The Beatles. "The Beatles rarely performed live?"!!!
In their first 4 years of fame (1962 - 1966), they did approximately 300 live shows per year, plus radio series, 2 albums and 4 singles (per year!).
And, as producer Glyn Johns (who engineered a couple of Zeppelin albums, and whose brother, Andy, produced several Zeppelin albums) said, when he first played George, Mick Jagger and Pete Townsend the first Zeppelin album, they all hated it.
Should I go on? Because I could. Get your facts right.
Beatles such original, life affirming music; Zep such overcomplicated, show off, rip off of blues and folk music by scumballs. Deep Apples and Oranges.
Both bands were great ……but the Beatles cast their net a little wider in terms of versatility and variety of different styles of music …..let’s not forget The Beatles sound like Led Zeppelin before Led Zeppelin sounded like Led Zeppelin in…… Helter Skelter….released in 1968 ….Whole lotta love released in 1969….Beatles were the first to break ground in many areas of music…they will not be BEAT
Helter skelter doesn’t sound like zep lol
Debatable….many music analysts consider Helter Skelter groundbreaking heavy metal song ….maybe not exactly Led Zeppelin but as I musician myself Helter Skelter has more going on than the only 3 notes Whole lotta love…lol
Beatles
Awful narration, punctuation serve the purpose of marking pauses for phrases or complete sentences. This sounds like one monotonous sentence. You or AI should do better!
Pink Floyd is better than the Beatles
STONES are BIGGER ! ! and THE Who and Pink Floyd are bigger than LZ !
Dude, take a breath!
Ridiculously stupid thumbnail.
So Billy is Satan? 🤣 i know about it, all the time.
It's exhausting to listen to and keep up with this avalanche of words, at least if english isn´t your native tongue. Chill down at least a little.
Zeppelin was a cover band
Rolling Stones???? Better than both
So overrated what did the Zeppelin ever write??
Led Zeppelin is the most overrated band of all time…they are no where near the Beatles…its not even close
Beatles were for girls ....Zep for men...pop vs rock.... Beatles were the Taylor Swifts of their era.... Zeppelin the Toms Brady....
I love Zepplin, but they & no one else was ever even close to what the Beatles achieved. The Beatles entrance & impact was completely earth shattering, and we're still feeling the shockwaves. Nothing like it. Not opinion, but FACT!!!!!!
NO WAYYYYY. Zeppelin were geniuses! Not so with Beatles members. Zeppelin on stage were so intuitive and in sync that they never played a song the same way twice. Think about that! Beatles played exactly what the record sounded like.