He did sound a bit hoarse but you need to be able to hear yourself through the monitors. They were set up while already on stage. Not much of a sound check either.
Ironically if Plant had as originally billed played a solo set rather than this reunion we'd probably have got a much better performance. Certain a properly rehearsed one.
@Randy Rodes And to think that in the Bohemian Rhapsody movie QUEEN is actually threatened as in "after not rehearsing in a long time you are going to play next to bands such as LED ZEPPELIN, ELTON JOHN, DAVID BOWIE. .... AND THEY STILL STOLE THE SHOW !!!
Because its not him.... Its Paul Martinez, and the whole thing was a fucking mess, Page was junked out, Collins was pissed and luckily had a second drummer 'as he does often' Tony Thompson who carried him, can even see parts where Phil isnt playing and Robert plant was way off his game. It was a fucking mess that seriously damaged the reputation of one of the worlds biggest bands and they all blame each other for it to this day...... They all fucked up and we all saw it.... LIVE
He and Phil Collins held it together as best they could but tbf they help from Paul Martinez and Tony Thompson. Page and Plant were an absolute mess and embarrassment.
2:14 Jimmy Fights with the mic 2:34 Plant realizing he shud not be here 3:55 Jimmy "Did anyone hear that?" 6:23 them drugs hit and you forget eryting 7:46 Phil Collins "What's this song called?" 8:11 METTTAAAALLLIIICCCAAA 9:15 Phill collins "Lets finish this FAST" 11:43 Jimmy "who pushed me MFer"
What a lot people forget …. Nobody thought Led Zeppelin would happen again. Bands were coming together left and right to be apart of this event that day. I skipped high school class that day with friends to watch this once in a lifetime show. As the rumor built during the day that this was going to happen, nobody gave a crap how good it was on stage. The fact it happened was what made it a special event.
Oh I must respectfully disagree! Everyone who loved Zep was expecting a superb performance but got majorly let down. Plants voice was off and did Jimmy even tune 🎵 his guitar 🎸? Phil was all wrong ( in my opinion) . But, in 2007 with Jason on 🥁 drums had the groove just right and they shined. A happy ending 😊 Page, Plant and Jones brought their “A” game too.
I love my led zep but it’s just a bad performance but as a 9yr old watching this I was thinking it was the best thing yet my older brothers all were like “what’s going on?” And they were right but still love LZ
Im 55 years old, Graduated high school in 1986 and I just wanted to say that i absolutely Love Led Zeppelin.... I wish I could personally thank all 4 of them, Robert, Jimmy, John Paul and John B. Thank you for all the great Rock and Roll Music and wonderful memories associated with it... Thank you, Thank you, Thank you a million times over. Your music is part of the soundtrack of my life!!!!
Hey guys this is not only gonna be in front of a full stadium but it’s gonna broadcast live across the world, think we should practice? Nah let’s wing it.
It wasn't their best show. But they didn't have anything to prove. They already done did that in the 70's. Plus it's only partial Zeppelin, and Page was still strung out on heroine. Plant, probably a qualeude or 3. It probably sounded great to them. Haha!
@@Peachie4011 Yeah but it was a real bummer on the day because they had been one of the top live acts - they basically started arena rock - and everyone had been waiting all day, for something we thought would never happen, but then it turned out like this. Then for years we all remembered them for this horrible day, not for the giants they had been. That's why O2 was so important; they proved that they still had it, and now we all remember them as giants again. I'm kind of glad they never went on tour after that, because their reputation is secure now. P.S. I think you'll find Plant was clean by the end of the 80's; which is why 'In Through The Out Door' is pretty much a Robert Plant and John Paul Jones album; because those two were clean, while Bonzo was a raging alcoholic and Jimmy Page was a heroin addict.
@@WinslowLeach1974 haha compared to the new pop music yes. but listen to their concert in royal albert hall 1970 or how the west was won that's some ream Zep!
Jimmy Page : "This blonde guy next to me must be the singer"... Robert Plant: "Now... where's west? Hope I turn my head in the right direction" Phil Collins: "Help!!! Somebody get me out of here!!" John Paul Jones: "Thankfully no camera is taking footage of me... I'll claim later I was not on that show"
@@entangledbandaustralia6671 Zeppelin is probably the Greatest band after the beatles,there were many things that led to this fucking awful performance,zeppelin in the 70s were in a different league to everyone
Me and my girlfriend frequented a little club in Chicago in the late 80s or 90s. Approaching the club we saw a Little van pull up and my girlfriend said, David Coverdale just went in. She loved led Zeppelin and whitesnake. But when we got in we both realize it was Robert plant. She was so mesmerized, she refused to approach him.. So I went over and said, my girlfriend is so afraid to meet you. And he said, well wheel her on over then. As he approached to kiss her, she turned her head and he kissed her on the cheek. He was so gracious. I will never forget it
@@binaychhetri6984 How so? I would like for you to expand on that point if you please. Really, the insight is valuable and appreciated. Listening to Zeppelin's last performance ( Berlin, 7th July, 1980 ) is listening to the showcase of a wreckage with only Jonesy holding it all together.
It's weird that two seventies bands, Queen and Led Zeppelin, both performed. One gave arguably the greatest performance of the twentieth century and the other took a combined total of 27KG cocaine before the gig.
Haydn Evans Not to defend LZ for this, but there is a difference. Queen were active in the early 80's and were touring The Works into '85. Led Zep hadn't played live for 5 years and had lost their original drummer. Doesn't excuse them for not rehearsing though (which Queen did)
And those late 80's shows were awful too. That's why they did the "reunion" in 2007 because Plant said they didn't want to be remembered that way, so they rehearsed like crazy & did the 2007 reunion which was good because they took it seriously. I know several old heads who saw them in the 70's & they all said that LZ were one of the sloppiest live bands they ever seen. Angus Young said out of all his contemporaries, LZ were the worst live band of them all. John Paul Jones said that during the 70's Page, Bonham & Plant were "more interested in the sex & drugs as opposed to the rock & roll." He said he was an outcast in their social scene because he wasn't into doing coke & booze all night & molesting pubescent girls like his band mates. He said they were always too hung over to rehearse & that's why the shows were crap. The reason they got it right in 2007 was because Page & Plant finally grew up & took practice & rehearsal seriously & also for the fact that they are now creepy old men & too old to be molesting underage girls.
For Gen X this was huge. The only chance we got, as teenagers, to see Zep was in 1980 - and then Bonham died. And they said, "forget it!" - they weren't touring again, ever. So - five years later, it was huge that they were gonna do a live set - with Peak Phil Collins, no less. It was really a testament to how big an event Live Aid really was. It may not have been 1972 Led Zeppelin, but that there was any LZ at all was a big deal.
I was in my early 30s when I went to this show .Saw Zep in great form in1969 & 70. At Live Aid they were ragged BUT the guy next to me was 17 and for him hearing Stairway to Heaven LIVE right in front of you was a dream come true. It was a great moment flaws and all.
Agree; most of the acts at Live Aid played professionally structured and crafted sets. LED Zep goes out there a complete mess just winging it. That’s Rock and Roll!!
Yeah we sat up all day and night to watch this in the UK more or less just waiting to see Led Zepp and in spite of how shit this clearly is, at the time I was ecstatic to see them playing live on the TV.
Only Led Zeppelin fans will see the sloppiest, most drug fueled disaster of a set in the history of rock and roll and twist it into "yeah thats why they were the goats"
For all the critics on here who weren't even born yet, in 1985, when this happened, when it seemed as though it would NEVER happen again, this was the greatest thing in the world.
Sarah Goaman That’s a cheap comment. Sir Plant always sang that line as a way to symbolize the spirit of the song even in his earlier days. - From a shitless slave region of humanism being suffered under hoon-tribe-originated-parasitism and kiki'she' collectivism which is known as the name 'Korea', whose dwellers always steals and begs from Japan's original history which clearly inherited sincere humanity in Ancient Cudara more than its 'original' dwellers in hometown.
nah, after Bonham's death that Jimmy went 3 years without picking up the guitar and sank into drugs (which explains his shitty performance in this and other shows from 80's), and the voice of the Robert is still good even today (obviously not as much as when he was young, but still very good) but that day he had the flu, in addition to the cold and the pressure of singing in front of the whole world after years apart from the band
I was 15 and thought I was young then. Damn look at how young they were! We all watched it as it came on TV and made sure not to miss the performances. Almost none of us could have recorded it then. We had live TV, cassettes and LP’s only. If you missed Power Station or Zeppelin performance or others, you wouldn’t be seeing it for a long time again.
Tommy Ripple you’re so stupid. You apparently don’t understand anything about music history. Watch the interview with Jimmy Page talking about he thought this show was atrocious
Collins wasn't even told they got another drummer on stage. He said he would have walked out of the situation if he could. Plant lost his voice, Page was stoned out of his mind and couldn't play. The other drummer ignored Collins. Phil couldn't hear anything but the other drums, so he had to follow and do his best. The disarter wasn't the fault of Phil Collins. It was skipping the rehearsing and the drugs (especially Page's drug use). Most importantly, it was the fact that in the past John Bonham patched up the mistakes of Plant and Page, with his impecable sense of rhythm, and that was the key of success for Led Z. Zeppelin died with Bonham. John Paul Jones was sharp as always, the most professional musician, but sadly, the most ignored member of the band.
It was all the ridiculous narrative that formed where Phil Collins had to play multiple venues with as many bands as he could. Jimmy wasn't ever happy with Collins being involved, but they had a chat beforehand about the numbers - especially the intro to Rock and Roll and he agreed to go along with it. Jimmy explained the tricky timing of the famous false start intro and Collins agreed with everything he said (and presumably made exactly the same mistake everyone makes when they cover that song). They also weren't using their own techs and Jimmy just trusted that they would be looked after by people who actually knew what they were doing. They came on to the intro of Rock and Roll and it seemed that Collins really had no idea how the tricky intro even went and he completely murdered it. All of Jimmy's guitars were out of tune, it was ridiculous. Jimmy always prided himself on the sublime quality of Led Zeppelin and John Bonham and I don't think he ever forgot or forgave Collins for that.
Andrew Hopkinson He did his best. He couldn’t sing his high notes already since 1975 and he retried to do his higher note at the beginning and worked out a little bit. - From a shitless slave region of humanism being suffered under hoon-tribe-originated-parasitism and kiki'she' collectivism which is known as the name 'Korea', whose dwellers always steals and begs from Japan's original history which clearly inherited sincere humanity in Ancient Cudara more than its 'original' dwellers in hometown.
I just saw an interview where Jimmy said “it was the drummers fault.Phil Collins didn’t know how to play Rock n’ Roll.” Yeah, the drummers and the kilo of blow you did in the helicopter on the way to the show!
You are not kidding. I've had tears streaming down my face from laughing so hard and just when I think they can't get any funnier, I scroll down a little more and laugh a little longer.
Pretty freaking good . Legendary artists who loved their work. You could tell that they were very passionate about their performance and its quality. Phil is one of my favorite artists of all time. Vocals and drums, just amazingly gifted. I hope he pulls through these tough times in his life. So thankful for all the great music these artists have given us.
It doesn't matter because THEY ARE LED ZEPPELIN. Bro, Robert Plant could spit on my face and i would thank him so much that i would die of thankfulness.
@@margiekinlaw4260 to be fair, they saw Queen that day the same way we see them now, on a screen, albeit a much larger one and surrounded by several thousand people. I say this because Zeppelin played at JFK in Philly while Queen of course played at Wembley in London
Obviously you have never seen video of Keith Richards singing "Happy" at the L.A. Forum in 1975. He was so wasted that Mick had to take over the lead vocal. There are several postings of it on UA-cam.
Jimmy had only had one hour to practice for this show because for the prior month before, he was too busy inhaling blow up his nose. Again, total disrespect on his part toward his craft and the paying audience.
If you asked Jimmy, it was all Collins' fault. I guess Collins told Jimmy to come late, not tune, sniff truckloads of drugs, run into the mic stand repeatedly, add superfluous effects to the guitar and forget the songs... I haven't even mentioned Plant's "performance". Yup, ALL Collins' fault... I'm just so glad it was recorded 🤣😂🤮💯🏆🥳
I was there and it was Epic You had to b there to even understand and I also saw Zep in the 70’s in their heyday People were starving for any Zeppelin they could get back then and if u listen to the crowd it didn’t sound like any haters among the 110k people there Add to the fact that the Goodyear blimp was flying overhead when they came out
Me: _(listens to the live aid album on Spotify)_ * wonders why led Zeppelin's performance isn't included * Also me: _(Watches this video)_ *understands...*
If only Tony had been allowed to carry this all on his own! Stardom can really be a shitty thing for some. Flying around the world…come on man,Really?!
Jimmy was stoned as hell. He later criticized Phil Collins as "bashing away" randomly but Phil was saving their bacon by covering Jimmy's many mistakes and the fact Robert's voice sounded like a lovesick water buffalo. JPJ did as much as he could to rescue this car accident of a performance.
Eric Beer I beg to differ! Phil sucked too! His timing was WAY off. Not saying that Jimmy was good though. He was a hot mess and was probably drunk or something.
Phil didn't even play though out most of it. Plant didn't tell him they had another drummer besides him. He just acted like he was playing and let Tony bang at it. And when you are as high as Page was you have no business being up there at all. Phil has said if he had been told Tony was playing with them he wouldn't have even gone on, he did it because Plant asked him too, they are still friends.
On the guitar we have lil wayne On lead vocals we have Chad kroeger On the drums we have phil Collins And finally on the bass we have the rest of Led Zeppelin
@@YeshuaHaMaschiah Yes, this Led Zeppelin performance was weak compared to their others but they never reversed. At least they showed up. Also, Phil Collins is no John Bonham but that doesn't make him a lousy drummer. He just did not know Zeppelin tunes clearly.
I was just watching a piece on Phil’s perspective on this performance taken from his recent book. Figured I’d rewatch this. Eeek. This is worse than I remember it watching it from my parents’ living room. I LOVED Zep and was so excited to have my parents check this out when they came on. I was humiliated when my mom asked me why the guitar player couldn’t play. Jimmy and Robert have always been a little rough but the drugs and alcohol and lack of practice just took this to lower than low.
Exactly....I didn't mind either listening to it live on the radio. I was just happy to hear them playing live together for the first time in almost 5 years......give them a freakin' break.
1st of all. It was the sound at this entire concert that caused the bad recording of this. Go back and watch any of the Live Aid concert and you realize it wasn't that the bands suck. It was the quality of the sound and certainly the recording equipment. I was glued to my parents tv for most of it. Poor Phil catches grief for his performance and that's mainly because the camera guy kept panning to just him and not the other drummer who was bashing the crap outta the 1st song. You gotta give them all credit for even being there and realize how hard it was for them to try and do this on a moments notice. Led Zeppelin hadn't played together in over 5 years up until this moment. Im still very grateful for this and had they chosen to reconcile, I would've been 1st in line for tickets and buying all the following albums. Long Live Led Zeppelin, Rock n Roll will never die. ❤
@@Twistypoo... moments notice.... they did not rehearse with Phil Collins who flew in straight to the gig ... I thought they did well... Queen had a week but they made it count... millions benefitted in Ethiopia... that was live aid 85 ..a memorable day .. watched it live in London.. deserted streets.. great day
I just finished reading Phil Collins book and he talks a lot about this particular show. Robert Plant asked him to do something with just the two of them. And then he said we'll bring Jimmy along. And then he said John Paul Jones will be joining as well. And then Phil found out they were practicing with another drummer while he was stuck in England. By the time he flew over on the Concorde he said Jimmy was already out of his mind and the environment was somewhat toxic. He really didn't even want to go on but they had made such a big deal about him flying over on the Concorde that he had to do it. And some parts during this show he even air drummed where he didn't want to compete with the other drummer who had practiced and was not thrilled that Phil was the second drummer. Overall Phil felt the performance was pretty much a train wreck.
The other drummer was the late great Tony Thompson. Tony was highly respected as a "timepiece" and had some powerful chops. But it seems like everyone in the band had set their clock to a different time zone. At least Tony put it on his resume and moved on down the road...🎩🎼🎩
Queen rehearsed and used a sequencer, that's why they sounded so professional, go back and listen to it again and watch carefully for instruments being played that are not on the stage, it was a very computer programmed set
@@valley_robotlol shut up, that was only the case for radio Gaga which had a synth loop, like any synth pop song of the period. Everything else was 100% live, they sounded professional because they are extremely talented and they practiced a lot.
@@GeneralTomanhus the bass synth on radio ga ga is a sequencer, A sequencer is a music computer, there are four guys on stage yet, you can here piano when Fred is not playing, it's a backing track
From Phil Collins’ autobiography, Not Dead Yet: I know the wheels are falling off from early on in the set. I can’t hear Robert clearly from where I’m sat, but I can hear enough to know that he’s not on top of his game. Ditto Jimmy. I don’t remember playing Rock And Roll, but obviously I did. But I do remember an awful lot of time where I can hear what Robert decries as ‘knitting’: fancy drumming. And if you can find the footage (the Zeppelin camp have done their best to scrub it from the history books), you can see me miming, playing the air, getting out of the way lest there be a trainwreck. If I’d known it was to be a two-drummer band, I would have removed myself from proceedings long before I got anywhere near Philadelphia. Onstage I don’t take my eyes off Tony Thompson. I’m glued to him. I’m having to follow - he’s taking the heavy-handed lead and has opted to ignore all my advice. Putting myself in his shoes, he’s probably thinking, “This is the beginning of a new career. John Bonham isn’t around any more. They’re gonna want someone. This could be the start of a Led Zeppelin reunion. And I don’t need this English fuck in my way.” I’m not judging him, god rest his soul. Thompson was a fantastic drummer. but it was very uncomfortable, and if I could have left that stage, I would have left, halfway through Stairway... if not earlier. But imagine the coverage of that? Walking off during The Second Coming? Who the fuck does Collins think he is? Geldof really would have had something to swear about. After what seems like an eternity, we finish. I’m thinking, ‘My god, that was awful. The sooner this is over, the better.” There’s one more moment of horror. backstage, MTV VJ Alan Hunter is waiting to interview Led Zeppelin. The sweat still damp on our brows, the bad taste still ripe in my mouth, we gather outside the caravan of doom. Back in the studio, he’s teed up the interview with the words: “On a day for reunions, probably the most anticipated is the Led Zeppelin reunion. Now right here, an interview with the reunited members…” Hunter starts asking questions, and it’s quickly obvious that nobody is taking him seriously. Robert and Jimmy are being difficult, giving vague, cocky answers to straight questions; John Paul Jones is still quieter than a church mouse. I feel sorry for Hunter. He’s live on air, a worldwide audience is waiting with bated breath, and these guys are making him look like an idiot. In a shutting stable door after the horse has bolted style, Led Zeppelin won’t let the performance be included on the official Live Aid DVD. Because, of course, they were ashamed of it. And I find that I am usually the one blamed for it. It couldn’t possibly be the holy Led Zep who were at fault. It was that geezer who came over on Concorde who wasn’t rehearsed. He was the culprit. That show-off.
I always laugh when I hear Page blame the drummers for the sloppiness. 2 minutes in an he’s tripping over mic stands and looks like he’s coked out of his mind. 2:13 I love Zep but I’d bet my life that John Paul Jones is the only person on stage who practiced anything before showing up.
I come back here once a year just to hear Robert struggle to sing "its been a long time since I rock and rolled" right as the camera turns to Jimmy who's stuck in a mic stand.
Saw this live on tv in the northeast US with my parents when I was 10. Waiting all day sweating our asses off in the July heat...I didnt know the difference between a good and bad show at that point. I was seeing the mighty Zepp live and that was magic.
I think that that night they still weren't the usual Led Zeppelin, but people responded favorably and that's the important thing...all bands have their black afternoon and you shouldn't judge a Rock legend so harshly... They will always be Led Zeppelin.
you people are retarded. this wasn't even close to as bad as everyone making it out to be. if anything give Jimmy props for being in the state he was and still being able to play like he did
When you're 17 years old and stoned it was awesome. I was there and now I'm 53. It sounded a lot better up close. I'd still rather say I was there than not 😀
1985 was the year I cleaned up my act. I never smoked or really drank before but was overweight, having headaches, eating shit. Changed that, became a healthfreak regarding food, went to the gym, ran my miles, did not take mayo, sugars, and so on, lost a lot of weight. I was 20 and very aware of reality. Unfortunately I lost it all.
I think this is brilliant..its what Rock n Roll is all about.. totally unpredictable and mesmerising... everyone forgets this was a last minute mish mash...you know what i mean?
Christine Morse Just have them listen to the MSG ‘73 concerts (The Song Remains the Same). Absolutely flawless performances at their very peak. That’ll stop the mocking real quick lol
No....you're incorrect. Although not Zepps finest hour, they will think how great our Mom is to like an explosive, raw, unrehearsed, seat of the pants set of rock music performed by excellent musicians. And if I'm wrong...let them continue enjoying what....they....like...which is.................................................hmm...
@@dlcjr1775 Jimmy is out of tune real bad. Either he didn't notice or didn't care, for I just can't believe he would go on stage without a spare guitar. At some points he just makes plain mistakes. Phil was trying to follow the other guy, yet he never screwed up. He was blamed just out of frustration because the two superstars just couldn't be wrong.
I remember giving the other guitar player in my band shit about the way he was playing the solo when we covered Stairway and he just said " at least it's better than Jimmy played it at Live Aid"
Nice to see a lot of folks coming out in support of Phil Collins on this one. There's no point in me repeating what's already been said, Plant's sore throat, Jimmy being sky high and also over improvising way too much. Also the sound system is atrocious! I've honestly never understood why Collins takes the blame for this.
It’s like knocking Manchester United or George Micheal I guess - bias or snobbery or prejudice Many of these guys perhaps are ‘conservatives with long hair ‘ or haven’t heard his playing live on anything let alone the early stuff or with ‘ brand x ‘ . I’ve noticed this with Rush fans also - ‘ their ‘ drummer or guitarist etc “ is the best “ ....who gives a fuck ? It’s supposed to be Rock not Classical & it makes me not wonder why Punk had to happen ! Alan White Philip Collins, Bill Bruford Neil Peart Ian Paice Guy Evans , therey’re all better than many for Christ sake...love from wessexshire PS I misread your comment but there are plenty of pricks giving Phil a hard time tho. Led Zep were as big business as Collins’ solo stuff anyway !
Lol watching it after reading all the comments was the real climax of laughter, i dont feel so bad not being able to keep up with the studio recorded sound now that I've aged and my fingers have that stiffness I knew would find me.
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Jimmy is so high he doesn’t needs a stairway to reach heaven
i think he is drunk
vladimir Alvarez I don think so 😳
Didn’t Jimmy kick his heroin habit before this?
I think he kicked it by this point. They just didn't rehearse hardly at all I believe
Its said they took a lot of coke backstage but idk
Queen fans : YASSS LIVE AIDD
Led Zeppelin fans : please don't remind us about that tragedy
Not Led Zeppelin, no JOHN BONHAM!!!!!
Lol damn right
May Plant Starr Water Yes so sad but I have to agree 😪
No Bonzo= No Zep! Magic gone 😪
We were better
Robert Plant: "It's been a long time since I've Rock and Rolled"
Me: ye I can tell
He did sound a bit hoarse but you need to be able to hear yourself through the monitors. They were set up while already on stage. Not much of a sound check either.
Ironically if Plant had as originally billed played a solo set rather than this reunion we'd probably have got a much better performance. Certain a properly rehearsed one.
HAHAHAHAHHAA BIGTIME ahahaha
@Randy Rodes JAJAJAJAJAJAJAJAJA HAHAHAHAHAHAHHAAH YESSS BIGTIME
@Randy Rodes And to think that in the Bohemian Rhapsody movie QUEEN is actually threatened as in "after not rehearsing in a long time you are going to play next to bands such as LED ZEPPELIN, ELTON JOHN, DAVID BOWIE. .... AND THEY STILL STOLE THE SHOW !!!
John Paul Jones is always impeccable, even here
Any idea why he’s never on screen
JPJ played the keyboards with his hands & the Bass guitar with his foot pedals . JPJ & Bonham gave Zep their Wall of Sound .
Because its not him.... Its Paul Martinez, and the whole thing was a fucking mess, Page was junked out, Collins was pissed and luckily had a second drummer 'as he does often' Tony Thompson who carried him, can even see parts where Phil isnt playing and Robert plant was way off his game. It was a fucking mess that seriously damaged the reputation of one of the worlds biggest bands and they all blame each other for it to this day...... They all fucked up and we all saw it.... LIVE
He and Phil Collins held it together as best they could but tbf they help from Paul Martinez and Tony Thompson.
Page and Plant were an absolute mess and embarrassment.
@@Adirtybirdnot sure Collins was pissed - pissed off more like and pretty tired.
Hadn't he already played a set in the UK prior to this?
That was definitely a good year to be a Queen fan ...
@Matthias Jan Brungers you dumb?
@Terrence Reardon and Friends Podcast Podcast their #1 hits say otherwise
@Terrence Reardon and Friends Podcast Podcast daddy chill
Terrence Reardon and Friends Podcast Podcast they stopped perfoming in the US because mtv banned their video, not because of sales lol
i love both bands zep & Queen
20 minutes of Dazed And Confused
like in the 1971 - 1972
best comment ever
LOL
That'd be too short!!
Jaja😂
“Jimmy, what effects do you want on your guitar?”
“Yes”
“MORE!”
Turn up the terrible and a tad more awful
Chorus. CHORUS.
And, a little more C-H-O-R-U-S!
Well said..
if you can hear the strings, the depth isn't set high enough. what is a note? i just want to hear a washing a machine when i pick the string
I saw Zeppelin in 79 at Knebworth, it’s amazing how much Plant had changed in just 6 years.
Like Axl Rose from 1993 to 2001
How so? 🤔
The moral of the story here: rehearsal is definitely a good thing.
@@user-hy5jy7sf9j drugs are fine
@@user-hy5jy7sf9j yeah 😁
Who needs a rehearsal when you have a stairway to heaven!
And make sure your drummers know the beat...sigh
They weren’t allowed to rehearse in order to do sound checks for this concert. It was back to back.
2:14 Jimmy Fights with the mic
2:34 Plant realizing he shud not be here
3:55 Jimmy "Did anyone hear that?"
6:23 them drugs hit and you forget eryting
7:46 Phil Collins "What's this song called?"
8:11 METTTAAAALLLIIICCCAAA
9:15 Phill collins "Lets finish this FAST"
11:43 Jimmy "who pushed me MFer"
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Hilarious, can't stop looking at these clips!!!!
😂😂😂
Now that's funny
excellent description of the facts 🤣🤣
If they ever make a zeppelin biopic, live aid would definitely not be their ending scene.
It would be at the most, referenced - as an awful disaster...
Knebworth would be a good one.
It would be very funny end.
Celebration day should be the ending
It would probably be the band announcing they were done after Bonhams tragic passing
The only time I've ever watched a UA-cam video and not tapped on the skip button during the commercials ....
😂
You need to get out more !
There are no commercials.
Me: Where is the skip button?
Button: I'm not punishing myself by being here. YOU clicked on the video.
Imagine a Led Zeppelin movie but it's made with Bohemian Rhapsody formula. Live aid at the end of the movie
Alvin Niel oh no. It will have bad ending instead. Interesting for two sides of the coin story tho
@@ivalicetifalucis i know
@@ivalicetifalucis that's why i tell people to imagine it
To disperse the crowd ??😂
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
This was, without doubt, one of their performances.
Yes
It was a fantastic performance ... by JPJ.
worst performances. 🤦🏻♀️
Yes it was definitely a performance, a totally shite one...
The best show
One of the greatest live Led Zeppelin performances ever.....did not occur on that night.
I was there and it was still great
Very true
But thankfully it did in 07!
@@craggymozzer plants voice is gone and page was pissed out his brain, and its phil collins fault ??
@@craggymozzershut up 😠
What a lot people forget …. Nobody thought Led Zeppelin would happen again. Bands were coming together left and right to be apart of this event that day. I skipped high school class that day with friends to watch this once in a lifetime show. As the rumor built during the day that this was going to happen, nobody gave a crap how good it was on stage. The fact it happened was what made it a special event.
Oh I must respectfully disagree! Everyone who loved Zep was expecting a superb performance but got majorly let down. Plants voice was off and did Jimmy even tune 🎵 his guitar 🎸? Phil was all wrong ( in my opinion) . But, in 2007 with Jason on 🥁 drums had the groove just right and they shined. A happy ending 😊 Page, Plant and Jones brought their “A” game too.
Summer School?
@@robertcurtright4706 July 13, 1985… had to be.
@@robertcurtright4706 And on a Saturday no less.
High school class?? It was in a Saturday!!🤷♂️
Ah yes, the Star Wars Holiday Special part of the Zeppelin canon.
I would say best comment but there so many good ones here. Stay classy
I was thinking that too!
Four years later this is still a great comment.
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I just keep clearing my throat hoping it helps Plant's voice.
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Plant was actually sick with a bad cold, still no excuse for Page's out of tune guitar
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OMFG! Even i did it subconsciously a couple of times. Before i read your comment and realised what i was doing 😂
In his defense, Rock and Roll is extremely hard song to sing. Back in the 70s, he usually didn’t even attempt most of those notes live.
"Wanna whole lotta drugs..."
Yes, I'm a huge Zep fan but let's face it a horrible performance.
What whole lotta coke
I love my led zep but it’s just a bad performance but as a 9yr old watching this I was thinking it was the best thing yet my older brothers all were like “what’s going on?” And they were right but still love LZ
I wanted to hear a Whole Lotta Love and all I get is a whole lotta nothing up 'er.
Im 55 years old, Graduated high school in 1986 and I just wanted to say that i absolutely Love Led Zeppelin.... I wish I could personally thank all 4 of them, Robert, Jimmy, John Paul and John B. Thank you for all the great Rock and Roll Music and wonderful memories associated with it... Thank you, Thank you, Thank you a million times over. Your music is part of the soundtrack of my life!!!!
Did you call and donate?
@@SSNESSgood point. ✌️👍✌️. 🤣
Really? JB passed 1980. Weren't you in 6th grade?
Did you, by chance, finish high school at a younger age than others?
I don't think this is the video to post this comment 😅😅
It's clear that the deal they had with the devil expired on July 12, 1985.
Lmfao underrated 😂😂😂
It's actually expired when Bowman death
Haha
Paimon was like "Haha suckers"
Vince Zeller how about the o2 then? Never doubt jimmy’s businessb
It's really a miracle that Jimmy page was on his feet
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Was he??
Hidden lines holding him up. Only explanation. Explains him hitting the mic stand too. Operators were drunk.
Did you see him sweating??
He looked like he just hiked across the Sahara.
In his book Phil collins said on stage he could literally see drool coming out of jimmy’s mouth. Nice.
Took me a good 30 seconds to recognize whole lotta love
1:47 rock and drugs
6:20 drugs
6:33 whole lotta drugs
11:56 stairway to drugs
Lmao😂
Name of the band? Drugs Zeppelin
@@Biodroid11😂😂😂
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Hey guys this is not only gonna be in front of a full stadium but it’s gonna broadcast live across the world, think we should practice? Nah let’s wing it.
It wasn't their best show. But they didn't have anything to prove. They already done did that in the 70's. Plus it's only partial Zeppelin, and Page was still strung out on heroine. Plant, probably a qualeude or 3. It probably sounded great to them. Haha!
@Noble Failureswhen did he say he was trying to replace John? He was just playing drums for the show.
@@Peachie4011 Yeah but it was a real bummer on the day because they had been one of the top live acts - they basically started arena rock - and everyone had been waiting all day, for something we thought would never happen, but then it turned out like this. Then for years we all remembered them for this horrible day, not for the giants they had been. That's why O2 was so important; they proved that they still had it, and now we all remember them as giants again. I'm kind of glad they never went on tour after that, because their reputation is secure now.
P.S. I think you'll find Plant was clean by the end of the 80's; which is why 'In Through The Out Door' is pretty much a Robert Plant and John Paul Jones album; because those two were clean, while Bonzo was a raging alcoholic and Jimmy Page was a heroin addict.
Maybe because I'm not really a Zep fan the performance didn't bother me, I like some good sloppy rock and roll, Zep was good here.
@@WinslowLeach1974 haha compared to the new pop music yes. but listen to their concert in royal albert hall 1970 or how the west was won that's some ream Zep!
Jimmy Page : "This blonde guy next to me must be the singer"...
Robert Plant: "Now... where's west? Hope I turn my head in the right direction"
Phil Collins: "Help!!! Somebody get me out of here!!"
John Paul Jones: "Thankfully no camera is taking footage of me... I'll claim later I was not on that show"
Thompson: "I'll be the next Led Zep drummer! Get that english fuck outta my way!"
Nailed it! Phil said "If I could've walked off stage mid-show, I would've!"
I think you summed up the situation pretty well. And if anyone ever claims that LZ are/were better musicians than Genesis I show them this.
@@entangledbandaustralia6671 Zeppelin is probably the Greatest band after the beatles,there were many things that led to this fucking awful performance,zeppelin in the 70s were in a different league to everyone
I honestly think Phil had the most impossible shoes to fill and did a great job filling them
Jimmy Page sounds like me trying to sound like him!
bob z'dar ha, that's a great description. I'm with you on that. It's like when a golf pro shanks it on TV and you're like, hey I can play like him.
XDD good one
Hahaha
lmfao :-)
Not! In your dreams
Me and my girlfriend frequented a little club in Chicago in the late 80s or 90s. Approaching the club we saw a Little van pull up and my girlfriend said, David Coverdale just went in. She loved led Zeppelin and whitesnake. But when we got in we both realize it was Robert plant.
She was so mesmerized, she refused to approach him..
So I went over and said, my girlfriend is so afraid to meet you.
And he said, well wheel her on over then.
As he approached to kiss her, she turned her head and
he kissed her on the cheek.
He was so gracious. I will never forget it
Wheel her on over? What?? Was she in a wheelchair? ♿️
John Paul Jones deserves respect.way more respect.
He is the only class act in Zep.
Dont get me wrong, as much as i love them but all others are pussy, Yeah even Bonzo
@@binaychhetri6984 How so? I would like for you to expand on that point if you please. Really, the insight is valuable and appreciated.
Listening to Zeppelin's last performance ( Berlin, 7th July, 1980 ) is listening to the showcase of a wreckage with only Jonesy holding it all together.
Like Entwistle, Jones was "the quiet one" who deserved more recognition and meters on film. All things considered, both drummers here did great.
i think the only one not drugged, same wife since 1968.
@@binaychhetri6984 what do you mean?
It's weird that two seventies bands, Queen and Led Zeppelin, both performed. One gave arguably the greatest performance of the twentieth century and the other took a combined total of 27KG cocaine before the gig.
Haydn Evans Not to defend LZ for this, but there is a difference. Queen were active in the early 80's and were touring The Works into '85. Led Zep hadn't played live for 5 years and had lost their original drummer. Doesn't excuse them for not rehearsing though (which Queen did)
Black Sabbath did a really good performance
I agree Black Sabbath featuring Ozzy Osbourne was great xD
Whole Lotta drugs
how could you forget Judas Priest??
It’s comforting to know that Zep redeemed themselves for one last time in 2007 before closing the book
And 95
They played Atlantics 40th anniversary concert in 88
What happened in 2007?
@chwthomas09 that was even worse than this. Ever see Heartbreaker from the 88' show?
And those late 80's shows were awful too. That's why they did the "reunion" in 2007 because Plant said they didn't want to be remembered that way, so they rehearsed like crazy & did the 2007 reunion which was good because they took it seriously.
I know several old heads who saw them in the 70's & they all said that LZ were one of the sloppiest live bands they ever seen. Angus Young said out of all his contemporaries, LZ were the worst live band of them all.
John Paul Jones said that during the 70's Page, Bonham & Plant were "more interested in the sex & drugs as opposed to the rock & roll." He said he was an outcast in their social scene because he wasn't into doing coke & booze all night & molesting pubescent girls like his band mates. He said they were always too hung over to rehearse & that's why the shows were crap.
The reason they got it right in 2007 was because Page & Plant finally grew up & took practice & rehearsal seriously & also for the fact that they are now creepy old men & too old to be molesting underage girls.
For Gen X this was huge. The only chance we got, as teenagers, to see Zep was in 1980 - and then Bonham died. And they said, "forget it!" - they weren't touring again, ever.
So - five years later, it was huge that they were gonna do a live set - with Peak Phil Collins, no less. It was really a testament to how big an event Live Aid really was.
It may not have been 1972 Led Zeppelin, but that there was any LZ at all was a big deal.
Agreed, really shitty performance but even then it’d be awesome to see them anyway
Yeah, it wasn't a great performance, but as a 16 year old who'd just discovered Zep...I. Did. Not. Care. Just to see them live on stage was amazing!
@@stefmon68 exactly, I would’ve loved it too
I was in my early 30s when I went to this show .Saw Zep in great form in1969 & 70. At Live Aid they were ragged BUT the guy next to me was 17 and for him hearing Stairway to Heaven LIVE right in front of you was a dream come true. It was a great moment flaws and all.
Agree; most of the acts at Live Aid played professionally structured and crafted sets. LED Zep goes out there a complete mess just winging it. That’s Rock and Roll!!
@@apparaoapparao Well said! rather disappointing considering other of the top acts there. Should have been amazing....
Yeah we sat up all day and night to watch this in the UK more or less just waiting to see Led Zepp and in spite of how shit this clearly is, at the time I was ecstatic to see them playing live on the TV.
Only Led Zeppelin fans will see the sloppiest, most drug fueled disaster of a set in the history of rock and roll and twist it into "yeah thats why they were the goats"
The fact that Jimmy Page had the audacity to blame this atrocity on Phil Collins astounds me.
Jimmy page was an arrogant asshole to other musicians and his fans. How many songs did he not write and attribute them to "page-plant?" Douche.
He wrote all the songs you douche
Doesn't matter douche. Respect your craft and the paying audience. A douche is not be responsible. Lord jimmy looked like a douche up there.
This comment was read out on the Do Go On podcast about Live Aid this week! 😂😂😂
Never underestimate the arrogance of this washed up douche. How many songs did he attribute to "page-plant" when they didn't write them. A-hole.
Anyone who says drugs aren't harmful should watch this performance.
I saw Zeppelin there. I'm still high
Aye, just sae Naw.
For all the critics on here who weren't even born yet, in 1985, when this happened, when it seemed as though it would NEVER happen again, this was the greatest thing in the world.
It was also one of their worst shows. Plant and Page out of tune most of the time and, yes, I am old enough to give my opinion on Zep. ;)
No it wasn't. I was born in '68 and this was absolute shite.
Zeppelin sucks still
And then the honeymoon period wore off...
I guess your standards must be pretty low then lmao
What I love about this performance is seeing them together again. What I hate about this performance is seeing them together this way...
What I love about this performance is seeing them together again. What I hate about this performance is hearing them together again.
Me - son I'm telling Zeppelin is the greatest band ever
Son - dad I found a concert video
Me throwing his phone in the toilet and flushing it
Son: It's the Beatles and you know it
the next guy no sir.
It is not ok to lie to your son. LZ are great, but the greatest? Maybe as a cult, but not as musicians.
@@luvittodeath7031 then what's the greatest band of all time? please don't say Queen
Ahmad Daffa Queen is great, top 5. But it’d be
1 Zeppelin
2 Stones
3 Queen
4 Doors
5 Who
"Does anybody remember laughter?" Yes, after watching this and reading the comments 😂
Sarah Goaman
That’s a cheap comment. Sir Plant always sang that line as a way to symbolize the spirit of the song even in his earlier days.
- From a shitless slave region of humanism being suffered under hoon-tribe-originated-parasitism and kiki'she' collectivism which is known as the name 'Korea', whose dwellers always steals and begs from Japan's original history which clearly inherited sincere humanity in Ancient Cudara more than its 'original' dwellers in hometown.
Damn this is a assault on my ears but when I saw it at the time I was all over it but than again I was 9
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@@아홉시똥덩이떼몇달간 dude you're fkin weird man
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In Jimmy's head, it sounded heavenly.
“What drugs would you like before the gig?”
Jimmy: YES
@@nohandle74 Funny though.
So not funny. And so so old. I wish it would go away already like every other stupid millennial created trend
Yes herioin
We did good COKE back then , weed and speed pills, Yup I was there in Philly
@@talearingo248 ok boomer
John Bonham is a true martyr, he saved Led Zeppelin from the 80's.
Lmao oof
Omg lol
nah, after Bonham's death that Jimmy went 3 years without picking up the guitar and sank into drugs (which explains his shitty performance in this and other shows from 80's), and the voice of the Robert is still good even today (obviously not as much as when he was young, but still very good) but that day he had the flu, in addition to the cold and the pressure of singing in front of the whole world after years apart from the band
Kevin R Ahhh hell no! Zeppelin always did their own thing. They weren’t trying to be trendy.
LJTherimin How would you know that? He did plenty of drugs after Bonham’s death. He managed to get off of smack even after that tragedy.
It'd been a long time since they rock and rolled...and it shows.
Lmaooo
lol
Geldof is lucky these 3 guys showed up for his little concert.
Hahahaha. Good one!
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I was 15 and thought I was young then. Damn look at how young they were!
We all watched it as it came on TV and made sure not to miss the performances. Almost none of us could have recorded it then. We had live TV, cassettes and LP’s only. If you missed Power Station or Zeppelin performance or others, you wouldn’t be seeing it for a long time again.
Apparently even John Bonham wrote a letter of complaint he said It was the worst thing he’d heard
Lmao
bahahaha
He was doing somersaults in his grave.
dammo 1977 Fuck off you sorry piece of bison shit. You need punched for that comment.
Tommy Ripple you’re so stupid. You apparently don’t understand anything about music history. Watch the interview with Jimmy Page talking about he thought this show was atrocious
Collins wasn't even told they got another drummer on stage. He said he would have walked out of the situation if he could. Plant lost his voice, Page was stoned out of his mind and couldn't play. The other drummer ignored Collins. Phil couldn't hear anything but the other drums, so he had to follow and do his best. The disarter wasn't the fault of Phil Collins. It was skipping the rehearsing and the drugs (especially Page's drug use). Most importantly, it was the fact that in the past John Bonham patched up the mistakes of Plant and Page, with his impecable sense of rhythm, and that was the key of success for Led Z. Zeppelin died with Bonham. John Paul Jones was sharp as always, the most professional musician, but sadly, the most ignored member of the band.
2:11 Worse yet, nobody told Jimmy Page that mic stand was going to take a swing at him.
It was all the ridiculous narrative that formed where Phil Collins had to play multiple venues with as many bands as he could. Jimmy wasn't ever happy with Collins being involved, but they had a chat beforehand about the numbers - especially the intro to Rock and Roll and he agreed to go along with it. Jimmy explained the tricky timing of the famous false start intro and Collins agreed with everything he said (and presumably made exactly the same mistake everyone makes when they cover that song). They also weren't using their own techs and Jimmy just trusted that they would be looked after by people who actually knew what they were doing. They came on to the intro of Rock and Roll and it seemed that Collins really had no idea how the tricky intro even went and he completely murdered it. All of Jimmy's guitars were out of tune, it was ridiculous. Jimmy always prided himself on the sublime quality of Led Zeppelin and John Bonham and I don't think he ever forgot or forgave Collins for that.
Page claims he was coke 🤣 out of him mind
@@balke7935 page himself was completely dysfunctional back then and blamed everybody else ....
@@sikkies yeah I guess that’s likely part of it.
Robert said it best... " Its been a long time since I rocked and rolled " ... yeah, it has Robert, and it showed...
Sounds like he didn't do any vocal warm ups. His voice eventually go there.
Andrew Hopkinson
He did his best. He couldn’t sing his high notes already since 1975 and he retried to do his higher note at the beginning and worked out a little bit.
- From a shitless slave region of humanism being suffered under hoon-tribe-originated-parasitism and kiki'she' collectivism which is known as the name 'Korea', whose dwellers always steals and begs from Japan's original history which clearly inherited sincere humanity in Ancient Cudara more than its 'original' dwellers in hometown.
I was down in front the whole time they were on stage. I had a great time.
I'm sure you did. However, you didn't hear great music, you heard a very shambolic performance from one of the greatest bands ever.
The version I recorded on video from the BBC broadcast stood up to repeat playing.
Duran Duran following them looked chit scared.
I just saw an interview where Jimmy said “it was the drummers fault.Phil Collins didn’t know how to play Rock n’ Roll.” Yeah, the drummers and the kilo of blow you did in the helicopter on the way to the show!
This is the best comment section ever. Period.
Truuuuuue
Want a more epic one? Go see the cover of About a girl by Puddle of Mudd
You are not kidding. I've had tears streaming down my face from laughing so hard and just when I think they can't get any funnier, I scroll down a little more and laugh a little longer.
Laughing my tits off 😂
Don't leave out Vince Neil comment sections ever
I was at that show. I don't think a lot of people in the audience noticed that this was a "bad performance". The overall vibe was a really happy one.
You were lucky!!!! Bad performance for Led…? Who cares!!!! You saw Fucking Led Zeppelin and Queen!!!!!
They were too high to tell...lol. sounds like Lil wayne on guitar.
Pretty freaking good . Legendary artists who loved their work. You could tell that they were very passionate about their performance and its quality. Phil is one of my favorite artists of all time. Vocals and drums, just amazingly gifted. I hope he pulls through these tough times in his life. So thankful for all the great music these artists have given us.
It doesn't matter because THEY ARE LED ZEPPELIN. Bro, Robert Plant could spit on my face and i would thank him so much that i would die of thankfulness.
@@margiekinlaw4260 to be fair, they saw Queen that day the same way we see them now, on a screen, albeit a much larger one and surrounded by several thousand people. I say this because Zeppelin played at JFK in Philly while Queen of course played at Wembley in London
This should have been shown at every DARE high school lecture.
6:22 Holy Jesus, that's the most wasted I've ever seen anyone be on a stage - and I work for a cover band.
Obviously you have never seen video of Keith Richards singing "Happy" at the L.A. Forum in 1975. He was so wasted that Mick had to take over the lead vocal. There are several postings of it on UA-cam.
@@45vinyljunkie No one beats Amy Winehouse...sad to watch
Oasis live at Wembley 2000 (second night).
Go on son.
and you will NEVER write a song that anyone would ever pay to hear
@@cultfilmfreakreviews People have already paid money for my music. Not many, but enough that it ain't as worthless as your opinion.
He had more voice cracks in 22 minutes then i had in 5 years
At least I can say I play guitar like Jimmy Page
In 1985
maybe even better!
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If you actually can, I'd gladly hire you.
Lol
Way better
That smile that Robert gives looking at Jimmy at 12.36. I always think what was he thinking in his mind at that precise moment.
He was thinking "Damn Jimmy, you're higher than eagle piss"
He was thinking, “The Who is so much better.”
He was thinking “no wonder I went solo”
He was thinking “ Wish Steve Howe was playing next to me”
2:13 To be fair, the mic stand did attack first.
Hahahahahaha
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At 11:39 Jimmy is seeing allusions or delusions!
fuck😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
I find it funny how Live aid gave birth to arguably one of the best live performances ever... And this.
Looks like a band that hasn’t played together in 7-8 years.
Still my favorite.
Glad they did Celebration Day.
SOUNDS LIKE IT TOO!!! M.O'B
Even in a rehearsal room.
realmente llevaban cinco años sin tocar.
They actually haven't played together in 5 years, and Jimmy was high af
Whew! I was feeling bad about thinking "this kinda sucks". Glad I checked the comments : )
Jimmy & his drugs having a great time never translated to his guitar fretboard having a great time.....ever.
“It’s been a long time since I’ve rock and rolled.” - Yeah... no shit.
LMFAO
Imagine you were a huge Zeppelin fan and this is the show you went to and finally got to see them live
I think this performance proved bonzo was the heart and soul of this band, but toward his end, he had checked out too.
Then you say : "At last I can see!! I am not blind anymore!!"
@@jeffworob3453 more like the band fell apart after the death of Bonham. But remember that they only had 1 hour to practice for this performance.
Jimmy had only had one hour to practice for this show because for the prior month before, he was too busy inhaling blow up his nose. Again, total disrespect on his part toward his craft and the paying audience.
They were sloppy a lot in concert during the '70s, particularly during the latter half.
Sounds like Jimmy hasn't tuned his guitar since the last time they played.
well it's probably because of the bends but it's a doubleneck so it shouldn't be out of tune that fast
It’s actually not his he got given it as he arrived on staged hence why it was so poorly out of tune
@@dansharp5275 lol you don't get the joke
1973-
If you asked Jimmy, it was all Collins' fault. I guess Collins told Jimmy to come late, not tune, sniff truckloads of drugs, run into the mic stand repeatedly, add superfluous effects to the guitar and forget the songs... I haven't even mentioned Plant's "performance". Yup, ALL Collins' fault... I'm just so glad it was recorded 🤣😂🤮💯🏆🥳
I was there and it was Epic
You had to b there to even understand and I also saw Zep in the 70’s in their heyday
People were starving for any Zeppelin they could get back then and if u listen to the crowd it didn’t sound like any haters among the 110k people there
Add to the fact that the Goodyear blimp was flying overhead when they came out
“Does anyone remember laughter?”
Not after this dear god
Me: _(listens to the live aid album on Spotify)_ * wonders why led Zeppelin's performance isn't included *
Also me: _(Watches this video)_ *understands...*
Understandable, have a nice day ✌️
They asked for it not to be included and made a donation instead.
@@redpine8665 no, they didn’t allow it to be included. Not quite the same
This comment section is golden😂😂🖤
Right?? Laugh after laugh after laugh. People brought their A game to this comment segtion
If only Tony had been allowed to carry this all on his own! Stardom can really be a shitty thing for some. Flying around the world…come on man,Really?!
It always amazed me that any good local cover band, always seems to do Led Zeppelin better live, than Led Zeppelin themselves!
What the fuck are you talking about 😂
@@jmoriarty8000this was also my reaction 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 led zeppelin live is better than any other band live.
@@cunatake7828 Ya they really are
Because of too much dose of coke! 😂
Plant walking off stage, yeah we fucking nailed that
Plant next morning, get the lawyers on the phone
Jimmy was stoned as hell. He later criticized Phil Collins as "bashing away" randomly but Phil was saving their bacon by covering Jimmy's many mistakes and the fact Robert's voice sounded like a lovesick water buffalo. JPJ did as much as he could to rescue this car accident of a performance.
@LJTherimin Phil never had a chance to rehearse with Jimmi and Robert and minus John Paul Jones they all sounded bad.
Eric Beer I beg to differ! Phil sucked too! His timing was WAY off. Not saying that Jimmy was good though. He was a hot mess and was probably drunk or something.
Phil didn't even play though out most of it. Plant didn't tell him they had another drummer besides him. He just acted like he was playing and let Tony bang at it. And when you are as high as Page was you have no business being up there at all. Phil has said if he had been told Tony was playing with them he wouldn't have even gone on, he did it because Plant asked him too, they are still friends.
@King Delevingne Spot the fuk on...
@King Delevingne One of the defining bands of hard rock and the 70s. You know nothing.
On the guitar we have lil wayne
On lead vocals we have Chad kroeger
On the drums we have phil Collins
And finally on the bass we have the rest of Led Zeppelin
Actually, THAT line up wouldve sounded better than this piece of crap performance. :)
JPJ is pure gold.
@@YeshuaHaMaschiah Yes, this Led Zeppelin performance was weak compared to their others but they never reversed. At least they showed up. Also, Phil Collins is no John Bonham but that doesn't make him a lousy drummer. He just did not know Zeppelin tunes clearly.
You summed it up perfectly!
Drums and Bass showed up to play, that's about it.
I was just watching a piece on Phil’s perspective on this performance taken from his recent book. Figured I’d rewatch this.
Eeek. This is worse than I remember it watching it from my parents’ living room. I LOVED Zep and was so excited to have my parents check this out when they came on. I was humiliated when my mom asked me why the guitar player couldn’t play. Jimmy and Robert have always been a little rough but the drugs and alcohol and lack of practice just took this to lower than low.
Looks and sounds like a wedding band covering LedZep.
Nah. I was in a bar band, we covered some Zep and we sounded way tighter than this. At least we were in tune.
Wed Zeppelin
God bless John Paul Jones for being the nicest human being and the most talented and professinal musician of the band.
He really is the king. We love that guy
The absolutely underrated member of Led Zeppelin.
jimmy was just so messed up here. Robert was great
@@Cinder_311 except he has no voice but ok.
The life of a bassist in a rock and roll band... plant sounds like he got faceplant, while jimmy.... ohh Jimmy, you tried, you really really tried.
The crowd didn’t seem to mind.
Exactly....I didn't mind either listening to it live on the radio. I was just happy to hear them playing live together for the first time in almost 5 years......give them a freakin' break.
We didn't.
Common People in a concert are deaf by definition. I don't know why but only musicians realize the mistakes
doesn't mean it's good
I know it wasn't good, but I was there. In the excitement of the moment, they sounded good.
1st of all. It was the sound at this entire concert that caused the bad recording of this. Go back and watch any of the Live Aid concert and you realize it wasn't that the bands suck. It was the quality of the sound and certainly the recording equipment. I was glued to my parents tv for most of it. Poor Phil catches grief for his performance and that's mainly because the camera guy kept panning to just him and not the other drummer who was bashing the crap outta the 1st song. You gotta give them all credit for even being there and realize how hard it was for them to try and do this on a moments notice. Led Zeppelin hadn't played together in over 5 years up until this moment. Im still very grateful for this and had they chosen to reconcile, I would've been 1st in line for tickets and buying all the following albums. Long Live Led Zeppelin, Rock n Roll will never die. ❤
That doesn’t explain Queen sounding incredible.
@@Twistypoo... moments notice.... they did not rehearse with Phil Collins who flew in straight to the gig ... I thought they did well... Queen had a week but they made it count... millions benefitted in Ethiopia... that was live aid 85
..a memorable day .. watched it live in London.. deserted streets.. great day
Queen sounded great, the Cars sounded great, it wasn’t the sound people.
It's never a good sign when the microphone stand fights you..... and wins....(2:14).
😂😂😂😂 top 10 anime battles Jimmy Page vs Microphone Stand
@@pedrosm0459 LOL......did they blame Phil Collins that the microphone stand beat up Jimmy Page?
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Two minutes in and Phil Collins was wishing Concorde had never been invented.
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I just finished reading Phil Collins book and he talks a lot about this particular show. Robert Plant asked him to do something with just the two of them. And then he said we'll bring Jimmy along. And then he said John Paul Jones will be joining as well. And then Phil found out they were practicing with another drummer while he was stuck in England. By the time he flew over on the Concorde he said Jimmy was already out of his mind and the environment was somewhat toxic. He really didn't even want to go on but they had made such a big deal about him flying over on the Concorde that he had to do it. And some parts during this show he even air drummed where he didn't want to compete with the other drummer who had practiced and was not thrilled that Phil was the second drummer. Overall Phil felt the performance was pretty much a train wreck.
he shoulda stayed in England...he wanted to be bigger than the event itself...
This is 100% correct. He was a total cornball ham then. 80s version of Dave Grohl
Dude. Just look at whole lotta love. He don't know the song. The one Who did a mess was Phil Collins.
Couldn't agree any more. All of you were horrible.
The other drummer was the late great Tony Thompson. Tony was highly respected as a "timepiece" and had some powerful chops. But it seems like everyone in the band had set their clock to a different time zone. At least Tony put it on his resume and moved on down the road...🎩🎼🎩
This is hard to watch and listen to from one of my all time favorites. Queen killed it
Queen rehearsed and used a sequencer, that's why they sounded so professional, go back and listen to it again and watch carefully for instruments being played that are not on the stage, it was a very computer programmed set
@@valley_robotlol shut up, that was only the case for radio Gaga which had a synth loop, like any synth pop song of the period. Everything else was 100% live, they sounded professional because they are extremely talented and they practiced a lot.
@@valley_robotDo you mean a vocoder? It wasn't a computer programmed set.
@@GeneralTomanhus the bass synth on radio ga ga is a sequencer, A sequencer is a music computer, there are four guys on stage yet, you can here piano when Fred is not playing, it's a backing track
@@valley_robot bro you're as high as jimmy page
From Phil Collins’ autobiography, Not Dead Yet:
I know the wheels are falling off from early on in the set. I can’t hear Robert clearly from where I’m sat, but I can hear enough to know that he’s not on top of his game. Ditto Jimmy. I don’t remember playing Rock And Roll, but obviously I did. But I do remember an awful lot of time where I can hear what Robert decries as ‘knitting’: fancy drumming. And if you can find the footage (the Zeppelin camp have done their best to scrub it from the history books), you can see me miming, playing the air, getting out of the way lest there be a trainwreck. If I’d known it was to be a two-drummer band, I would have removed myself from proceedings long before I got anywhere near Philadelphia.
Onstage I don’t take my eyes off Tony Thompson. I’m glued to him. I’m having to follow - he’s taking the heavy-handed lead and has opted to ignore all my advice. Putting myself in his shoes, he’s probably thinking, “This is the beginning of a new career. John Bonham isn’t around any more. They’re gonna want someone. This could be the start of a Led Zeppelin reunion. And I don’t need this English fuck in my way.”
I’m not judging him, god rest his soul. Thompson was a fantastic drummer. but it was very uncomfortable, and if I could have left that stage, I would have left, halfway through Stairway... if not earlier. But imagine the coverage of that? Walking off during The Second Coming? Who the fuck does Collins think he is? Geldof really would have had something to swear about.
After what seems like an eternity, we finish. I’m thinking, ‘My god, that was awful. The sooner this is over, the better.”
There’s one more moment of horror. backstage, MTV VJ Alan Hunter is waiting to interview Led Zeppelin. The sweat still damp on our brows, the bad taste still ripe in my mouth, we gather outside the caravan of doom. Back in the studio, he’s teed up the interview with the words: “On a day for reunions, probably the most anticipated is the Led Zeppelin reunion. Now right here, an interview with the reunited members…”
Hunter starts asking questions, and it’s quickly obvious that nobody is taking him seriously. Robert and Jimmy are being difficult, giving vague, cocky answers to straight questions; John Paul Jones is still quieter than a church mouse. I feel sorry for Hunter. He’s live on air, a worldwide audience is waiting with bated breath, and these guys are making him look like an idiot.
In a shutting stable door after the horse has bolted style, Led Zeppelin won’t let the performance be included on the official Live Aid DVD. Because, of course, they were ashamed of it. And I find that I am usually the one blamed for it. It couldn’t possibly be the holy Led Zep who were at fault. It was that geezer who came over on Concorde who wasn’t rehearsed. He was the culprit. That show-off.
I always laugh when I hear Page blame the drummers for the sloppiness. 2 minutes in an he’s tripping over mic stands and looks like he’s coked out of his mind. 2:13 I love Zep but I’d bet my life that John Paul Jones is the only person on stage who practiced anything before showing up.
@@cb24203 To be fair, the mic did attack first.
@@jklavz lol gotta watch out for those mic fairies
We all know better. We have ears
Whose idea was it have two drummers? The set probably would have been fine if they just had Tony
I come back here once a year just to hear Robert struggle to sing "its been a long time since I rock and rolled" right as the camera turns to Jimmy who's stuck in a mic stand.
Brilliant
Saw this live on tv in the northeast US with my parents when I was 10. Waiting all day sweating our asses off in the July heat...I didnt know the difference between a good and bad show at that point. I was seeing the mighty Zepp live and that was magic.
"It's been a long time since I rock n rolled!" Oh, we can tell.
Gotta love how these important moments in rock history are immaculately preserved in the highest quality possible on this internet page.
there are so many Led Zeppelin concerts I wished I could have gone to... this is not one of them
I think that that night they still weren't the usual Led Zeppelin, but people responded favorably and that's the important thing...all bands have their black afternoon and you shouldn't judge a Rock legend so harshly... They will always be Led Zeppelin.
Having experienced this as it happened, I can say that this "reunion" was far better as an idea than as a reality.
you people are retarded. this wasn't even close to as bad as everyone making it out to be. if anything give Jimmy props for being in the state he was and still being able to play like he did
Can't have a reunion when one of the members is DEAD.
When you're 17 years old and stoned it was awesome. I was there and now I'm 53. It sounded a lot better up close. I'd still rather say I was there than not 😀
1985 was the year I cleaned up my act. I never smoked or really drank before but was overweight, having headaches, eating shit. Changed that, became a healthfreak regarding food, went to the gym, ran my miles, did not take mayo, sugars, and so on, lost a lot of weight. I was 20 and very aware of reality. Unfortunately I lost it all.
Nah, it was still horrible. I remember being horrified.
Given up the drugs I hope
First line Robert Plant sings 'It's been a long time since I rock and rolled' Ha ain't that the truth
I think this is brilliant..its what Rock n Roll is all about.. totally unpredictable and mesmerising... everyone forgets this was a last minute mish mash...you know what i mean?
My God! I hope my kids never find this video - they will mock me forever being into Led Zeppelin in my youth!
Christine Morse Just have them listen to the MSG ‘73 concerts (The Song Remains the Same). Absolutely flawless performances at their very peak. That’ll stop the mocking real quick lol
These guys should of rocked the show! I was so depressed after seeing it but hey guess they had a bad performance. It happens.
@@lindamoore3729 . It seems to happen on just about every Zep live video I ever watch.. Page just always messes up live
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No....you're incorrect. Although not Zepps finest hour, they will think how great our Mom is to like an explosive, raw, unrehearsed, seat of the pants set of rock music performed by excellent musicians. And if I'm wrong...let them continue enjoying what....they....like...which is.................................................hmm...
12:31 Plant smiling after Page playing a wrong note literally made my day 😂😂
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I’m confused. The band sounds not tight, but Robert Plant sounds terrible. What did Page or Phil Collins do to fuck up?
@@dlcjr1775 Jimmy is out of tune real bad. Either he didn't notice or didn't care, for I just can't believe he would go on stage without a spare guitar. At some points he just makes plain mistakes. Phil was trying to follow the other guy, yet he never screwed up. He was blamed just out of frustration because the two superstars just couldn't be wrong.
this concert was a wrong note.
Ikr lmao
I remember giving the other guitar player in my band shit about the way he was playing the solo when we covered Stairway and he just said " at least it's better than Jimmy played it at Live Aid"
Love how jimmy page is the one singing the first two choruses of whole lotta love
The way Plant looked at Jimmy at 12:33 haha, he knew he was doing something wrong. 😂😂
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He gave him the stank eye 😂
He's looking at him like wow .. are you really playing like that smh
HA ' Saw that!
We should all just all just appreciate that this moment in time has been captured.
Nice to see a lot of folks coming out in support of Phil Collins on this one. There's no point in me repeating what's already been said, Plant's sore throat, Jimmy being sky high and also over improvising way too much. Also the sound system is atrocious! I've honestly never understood why Collins takes the blame for this.
It’s like knocking Manchester United or George Micheal I guess - bias or snobbery or prejudice Many of these guys perhaps are ‘conservatives with long hair ‘ or haven’t heard his playing live on anything let alone the early stuff or with ‘ brand x ‘ . I’ve noticed this with Rush fans also - ‘ their ‘ drummer or guitarist etc “ is the best “ ....who gives a fuck ? It’s supposed to be Rock not Classical & it makes me not wonder why Punk had to happen ! Alan White Philip Collins, Bill Bruford Neil Peart Ian Paice Guy Evans , therey’re all better than many for Christ sake...love from wessexshire PS I misread your comment but there are plenty of pricks giving Phil a hard time tho. Led Zep were as big business as Collins’ solo stuff anyway !
Probably a case where they couldn’t accept Bonos replacement
He gets the blame because Jimmy Page publicly said it was Phil's fault; that his drumming couldn't keep up.
@@unknown-p5j5x Yeah, as if Plant remembers any of this.
@@unknown-p5j5x Jimmy couldn't handle a mike stand, never mind figure out what two drummers were doing in the background.
Lol watching it after reading all the comments was the real climax of laughter, i dont feel so bad not being able to keep up with the studio recorded sound now that I've aged and my fingers have that stiffness I knew would find me.
18:35 even the tambourine wanted no part of this dumpster fire
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The tambourine had already suffered enough of a bashing and wanted nothing more to do with this train wreck.
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I'm genuinely laughing out loud here, I read your comment and thought what on earth is he on about.
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