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Plant has my maximum respect for the way he follows his own path, it would so easy to have gone like Jagger and others. After the Zeppelin reunion show, he skipped the after-party and went for a pint in his regular pub.
Actually people in general were more sophisticated and morally upright because they/we hadn’t been completely corrupted by sex sex violence crap music me me me ambitious foolish now mine shite
@@mikeaaron2819 are you trying to say that famed Led Zeppelin, the rockstars known for their touring habits with women and drugs, were not corrupted by sleeping around and drugs?
I can only imagine what he would brought the world as not only a drummer but what led zeppelin would have gone onto achieve, yes there was discussion of it winding up anyway but, one can only imagine.
He was putting on a fake posh voice, so was Robert plant. Plant is from Brum ffs! Unless you were a Beatle, having a regional accent went against you in Britain in those days.
He was voted as the best drummer ever.Freddy Mercury as front man.Geddy Lee as the best Bassist and Jimi Hendrix as the supergroup.Hmmmm I'd put jack Bruce as No 1 Bassist and Jeff Beck as best guitarist.
There's something so strange with this video. While the footage has aged like any footage from 1970, Led Zeppelin's music is so blissfully timeless that it feels weird seeing it in such an ancient context.
It's weird because I'm so used to hearing their music in a digital remastered format, but to see it in the context of the actual era it was released in, played on deteriorating film that was then transferred to videotape, is fascinating
John Bonham was happy and talkative. Robert Plant was quite and let his buddy talk. Frontmen usually aren't like that. They always want all of the attention. This was a happy time for them. They were best friends since high school.
I met Plant in a pub back in about 2012, waited till he was leaving before I asked him for a photo. What a nice guy, very chatty, the musicians he was with were wanting him to hurry up as they were waiting outside but he was happy to talk and would have no doubt talked a lot more. He asked where me and a mate were from, recognising our accents. Then he proceeded to tell us about when he played in small clubs and pubs around Neath before they hit it big time. They say you should never meet your heroes, well he is an exception to that rule he was a humble dude, and as you can see from this interview a tidy, well spoken bloke. Mad to think they are in their early twenties here.
Not sure why they say you should never meet your heroes - prolly said by someone who's expectations were simply too high. I've met a few of my 'heroes' over the years and came away with great (albeit brief) memories.
@@SilentKnight43 Yep some, if not most, are awesome characters. Had a pint with Joe Strummer only months before he tragically died. Total gent. Same can be said for Paul Weller and Lemmy from Motorhead. However, never bother trying to talk to Van Morrisson. As much as he is genius and I love his music he is not a sociable person (that is my generous definition of it lol) but then I can understand after decades of dumb interviews and fan adoration you have every right to tell someone to eff off. They are only human after all :)
@@martin-1965 I hear ya'. My favorite meet-up was with Canadian hockey hero Paul Henderson. Had the opportunity to have a 15min one-on-one chat a few years back and he was very personable and friendly. But I get that some folk aren't overly approachable - and that's fine. As you say, after so many years of meeting people, enduring stupid interviews and questions...it must be tough to find the patience to talk with total strangers. Kudos to those who do.
@@SilentKnight43 It is, ,to some extent, all "part of the job" I know, but since cameraphones, some people are really rude and expect their heroes to be performing monkeys for them. I have been fortunate enough to meet and work with a lot of my heroes over the years but I have never asked for a photo or autograph. That's just me I guess. I have nice memories of meeting them (well most of them haha) and that is good enough for me. Treat them with the respect you would treat any other human being and they will generally appreciate it :)
@@kai326 Yeah, they say that's what really started the drinking because his social anxiety was so severe. Then the drinking got way out of control. When he was sober, he was said to be a sweet man, when drunk, pretty scary.
Gofahk Yusalph I love that....people forgot who this host was after 10 years Zep is still considered one of the if not THE best rock and roll band in history.
Well yeah, it was definitely a legitimate question at the time. I think it's just one of those things you can laugh at in the context of looking back from today, knowing what legends they are considered now.
It isn't, however, an usual question to ask at the time. Not a lot of bands made it, so it makes some sense. When you think about it now, it is absurd, but not too absurd.
First time that I have ever even heard John Bonham interviewed. He seems like such a great human being not to mention his immense talent as a drummer. Such a shame that we lost him so young. Undeniably the greatest drummer of all time.
500 years ago I'm sure they would not be confined to the fields of the peasants but somewhere in a court involved with royalty. And Page: he'd be a necromancer.
Great interview. History’s painted Bonham (my favorite drummer) as a wild man, a reveler of mythic proportions, so it’s great to see that he was also a gentle, articulate man. R.I.P. John. We miss you. Plant is equally articulate and looks fantastic with that hair and his “Battle of Evermore” beard.
I agree. The interviewer, although in that Received Pronunciation slightly snooty style, did at least ask some decent questions and was courteous enough to let them answer without interrupting. You wouldn’t get such a good interview now, because they think that they are the stars, not the acts featured (Jonathan Ross and Russell Brand amongst others).
It's not like The Beatles were the same mop tops matching suits lads 8 years later and were left behind. They evolved every week of those 8 years. That said, an average Beatles show was 30 minutes long - whereas Zeppelin performed 3 hr shows every night. Give me a time machine and I'm going to a 1971 Zeppelin show somewhere.
yes the beatles only plasyed short shows,but before the fame they did 8 or 10 hour gigs in hamberg they forget,,,gigs in there main time always had alot of acts
The Beatles only played 30 minutes because the sound equipment available as late as '66 was insufficient to allow them to hear themselves over the screaming girls (or for anyone else to hear them.) They couldn't tell if they were in tune, or in time with one another. They hated it and that's why they gave up touring, despite making tons of money from it. In '63, prior to the #1 records and the screaming girls, they were considered the best live rock & roll band in Britain. No one was "going to see them just to look at them" at that time. Listen to the '69 rooftop performance - they were still a great live band.
This is a great interview. The whole video really encapsulates the turn of the decade. Also, I'm surprised by how charming John Bonham is. Makes his alcoholism ever scarier and more tragic.
Everyone who knew Bonzo said he was a very down-to-earth guy, very sweet. It was because he hated to be away from his wife and family for long stretches that he turned to booze in a MAJOR way. He boozed, but even his son Jason said it was b/c of his being away from the family & his farm, that he turned into the Jekyll/Hyde personality. Very sad.
Because while it wasn't very long John made a very good point. At the time music was changing from being about image (which dominated late 50's and 60's pop culture-it's where the idea of music and image intertwined really began to gel into commodity form) to being more about the music. Zeppelin were known just as much for their substance as they were for their style (and substances). Plus they actually toured. The Beatles image took over so much they couldn't go anywhere and gave up touring years before breaking up. So essentially you have a very astute observation made at a time when musicians weren't known for making such. Hence why it's great.
same for me.. he broke it down well. and now we are able to see how these two groups could almoet simultaneously exist and why the Beatles were eclipsed
English lads were born older. Their culture is older and they are more sophisticated. Better educated, and more philosophical. I learned to love song lyrics growing up in the 70's looking at the album liners of groups like Zeppelin, Yes, Beatles, etc. Their mastery of the english language has always intrigued me. In this country, our language has digressed toward a point from which it originated - in a cave somewhere long ago...
Funny thing, today it's more about looking than listening. Bonham was right, back in the 70's we did not care what a band or a singer looked like, we were more interested in the product being delivered. Sadly, it changed again back in the late 80's
Having been a teenager during the 70's I can tell you, from a female perspective, that looks n image were just as important as it is today. The preoccupation with image definitely took front n center stage with the emergence of the punk scene but it birthed the poet laureate Patti Smith and Joy Division. Hmmmm i think MTV killed it.
actually it change when the Britney Spears and friends were came out. late 80's and early 90's we still got grunge musician who looks like junkie or homeless person.
The interviewer clearly was not familiar with any of their music nor a fan of the genre. It would be like me an American baseball fan meeting 2 famous cricket players from India.
@EricD602 Yeah, in England at the time the older folks were pretty clueless about then current music unless they had pop singles in the charts and obviously Zeppelin didn't release singles in their homeland.
Simple, straight forward and pretty much obliterating everyone else in his path is the way i heard it! And even to this day he remains a legend and an inspiration to drummers all over the world.
@Matthew Hopkins levee breaks, kashmir, black dog, hahaha. but his mix of simplicity and complexity is what made him so good! as plant said "its not what John Bonham played that made him such a good drummer. its what he didn't play"
@mickey7411 get the fuck out of here with that asinine comment. You can praise a guitar player without having to put another one down. Hendrix is the best and thats that, Page is a close 2nd.
"Do you think in eight years, people will hum the tune? I don't think I can hum any of your stuff." 50 years later, and young people like myself are humming Led Zeppelin every single day. Such a disrespectful question.
Bonham was right. Music was changing at that time. It wasn't about being able to whistle a cute melody. It was about watching and listening to new music being played. They had a vision of electrified blues and a heavier rock. The first time I heard Led Zep I & Led Zep II. I couldn't believe what I was hearing. It was so good, there will never be another band like Led Zeppelin...ever.
Bonzo, like many musicians, never appreciated how good he actually was. He did things with drum kit that no one else did, especially when following and sometimes leading bass of JPJ..fills in odd places, etc.Truly an inventive genius. Page said when he died there was no need to continue. Who could have replaced him?.
They had a chemistry that very few bands can a achieve, almost a mental telepathy. It shows on their live recordings where they just seemed to improve at will, so much so that it practically sounded like they played certain parts that way for years. How does anybody walk in & achieve that? Nobody in the band could be replaced, they were 4 as 1.
John not only locked in with Jonesy but he was one the first rock drummers to respond dynamically to lead guitar lines, often mimicking them rhythmically. This especially evident during their live shows. This approach is still used in rock and heavy metal.@@chizorama
40 years ago TODAY,,,,,John Bonham died September 25, 1980. I was driving my Porsche cranking the entire Physical Graffiti album driving on hwy 75. Still dark out but my speakers 🔊 were have a miserable go of it. Next came Presence and so on...........making our way through Georgia. I kept looking upward as the thunder of John and ZEPPLIN played on. It was his playing that got me to become a drummer. R.I.P. and man could you ever play a drum kit. Thank you for your contribution to history and the sound of ZEPPLIN......the balloon ride was f..king amazing.
All zep band members when you hear them talk.. they all seem pretty intelligent lads...they kinda try to keep low key with talking... but their heads are fitted quite well!!
DMSProduktions Well, insulting other artists and how they look or act gets us nowhere. Yes, the industry is less than preferred these days, but it’s no excuse to be rude
RUDE? Are you serious? Telling the truth is NEVER rude droogy! Tell THAT to my psyche AFTER seeing her CAMEL TOE in that pink Vinyl cat suit from last year! OMG! PTSD!
Remember the first time hearing John Bonham, whom I worshipped for like 8 years, SPEAK for the first time. I almost fell out of bed! Bonzo, had been gone over 18 years at that point, but I could feel the 'vibrations' of his voice on my transistor radio, and I kept my hand there. It was really cool, and something I'll probably remember for the rest of my life
Got my Dad to buy a cheap second hand drum kit after hearing Zep. I was 14. Now I'm 51 and still think Bonham was the man. I still play for a band and am astonished at his bass drum technique. He made Zep sound huge. Some of his breaks are epic, Achilles Last Stand being a drum favourite. RIP Bonham, you inspired millions of us.
@@windsofmarchjourneyperrytr2823 achilles is the favorite of musicians that love and know the entire catalog ,anyway its been my favorite more than 20 years ,quite chilling still can give goosebumps esp. pagey's solo s with many lines of overdubs .page was a studio master for his age come on and his overdubs were beyond perfection.satan sold his soul to The Led Zeppelin.
From the 21st century, on the of the things that stands out about Zeppelin's music as compared to "heavy" peers like Deep Purple and Black Sabbath is Page's pop sensibility and his endless supply of memorable melodies (and counter melodies woven throughout the arrangements). Credit probably also due to John Paul Jones in for some of this. True that In 1970, hummable melodies weren't as front and center in many of Page's songs as they would be for the rest of their career, but even this early, "Your Time Is Gonna Come" and "Ramble On" are insanely catchy pop songs that just happen to have heavy drums and guitar mixed in. Funny how hot takes from 1970 look today--"will you guys still be around in 8 years?" The interviewer is basically asking if Zeppelin's music will endure after the screaming teenaged fans of 1970 are gone...errr, yes--yes, this music will endure, for 8 years, and almost certainly for at 800 years.
They became #1 in 1970 and are still #1 today in 2015! Every musician that grew up in the 70's, 80's and 90's has been heavily influenced by their music.
weather they know it or not. there are kids these days playing instruments who have never heard of led zeppelin but are still unknowingly influenced by them. that is what makes a band legendary.
TheMetalVagabond Delgado is right. Hendrix didn't influence Zeppelin, American blues did. Regardless, there comes from time to time, a band or a musician that changes the present course of music with a totally original style. In the past 100 years there have been a few...Elvis, Glen Miller, The Beatles, Hendrix, Black Sabbath, and a few more but none have had the same impact as Zeppelin....and who ever started rap... and it was Bonham's beats that the pioneers of rap used early on. From black's in the south singing the blues to Zeppelin to rap it came full circle.
if you judge the importance of an influential artist or band by the length of time they are played on the mainstream radio stations, none have lasted longer than The Beatles, Zeppelin, n Hendrix and of these 3 it's Zeppelin that is still played just as much today as it was in the 90's, 80's, 70's n late 60's.
This is amazing, in all my years as an avid Zeppelin fan I've rarely seen any sort of broadcast with Bonham speaking or even being involved at all. I love this!
Plant prancing around with his stupid bulge in his jeans acting all sexy on stage almost ruined Zeppelin for me. Bonham for sure wanted to punch him in the face for that shit. John was a man's man.
***** you do realize that bonham was plants best friend friend right, they met when they were sixteen, bonzo was there for percy when his son passed away,
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In 1970, I was 12 y/o. Didn't care for Led Zep until I turned 50. LOL!! Greatest Rock band EVER! This old interview is a real treasure. Thanks for posting!
I met Plant in a pub back in about 2012, waited till he was leaving before I asked him for a photo. What a nice guy, very chatty, the musicians he was with were wanting him to hurry up as they were waiting outside but he was happy to talk and would have no doubt talked a lot more. He asked where me and a mate where we were from, recognising our accents. Then he proceeded to tell us about when he played in small clubs and pubs around Neath before they hit it big time. They say you should never meet your heroes, well he is an exception to that rule he was a humble dude, and as you can see from this interview a tidy, well spoken bloke. Mad to think they are in their early twenties here.
In my 43 years of following Zeppelin, this is absolutely the first time I have seen or heard John Bonham in an interview. Now that I have, I miss him even more!
@Mike B Hey Mike, I just realized there is one Zeppelin song featuring Bonham's spoken voice: the intro to "The Ocean" ("We've done four already, but now we're steady, and then they went one, two, three, four...").
At just 20 years old in the 60's they were the best band in the world and still are today 2019 ! This is what you get when you put 4 Masters of music together .The biggest baddest band to ever excist in the world hands down 👍
I remember, the first time I ever heard , led zeppelin I was 5 yrs old. Right off they blew my mind. With Paige on guitar, Jones on bass , The Bonzo on drums laying down a sick beat. And Plant on vocals. I was like WTF. Been a led zeppelin fan ever since, 1978
Jimmy Page: "Say, you know a good drummer?" Robert Plant: "Do I know a drummer? Why? You lookin' for one?" Jimmy Page: "Well, I've been considering (Procol Harum drummer) B.J. Wilson for the new band, but I'm open to suggestions." Robert Plant: "Nah, forget about B.J. Wilson. I got a drummer for ya."
I can't beleive I have never seen this interview before. So amazing on so many levels... Seeing an incredulous press trying to understand the band. Seeing how thoughtful and articulate John Bonham was. Chuckling at Robert Plant having a "few shillings and groats". This is a treasure.
He kissed my hand. Yes, I can type this and look there, where he knelt to kiss my left hand; I almost fainted. I prayed to meet Robert Plant that day. '90s. Starstruck~*~
“In our position, we’ve spent years and years on the road, playing in little church holes, being beaten up and having bricks thrown through the van window. And to have money at last is just another figure in my mind of mass acceptance which is what we all work for. Everybody really wants in the end to be accepted by the majority of people for a talent. And i think that we’ve reached that stage now and its left to us now to keep on coming up with something good.” -Well put, Robert
I can't help thinking about being eighteen years old in 1969 and have enjoyed the Beatles as groundbreakers Led Zeppelin coming up at that time along with so much more incredible talent, we were blessed
Steve F not to mention the horrific car crash when he was with his family in Rhodes a few years before his son’s death, that left him crippled. Robert plant was a cursed man for the last few years of zeppelins existence.
Plant and Bonzo were very close, childhood friends, then when Robert's son died, Bonzo was the only band member to go back home with him. When Bonzo died it really devasted Plant, and he has never forgotten his close friend.
It is mad that Bonham is 22 here. He looks and talks more like a 32 year old, yet in the interview of him when he is with Billy Connolly he is 32 and he looks about 42... Led Zep were always before their time ;) RIP Bonzo
"I don't think i can hum any of your tunes" 50 years later (today): People still humming stairway to heaven cause its so good they cant get it out of their heads.
It’s amazing what the Beatles and Led Zeppelin accomplished, both bands were together for about 10 years or so but no question the greatest rock groups ever, Beatles dominated the 60’s and Led Zeppelin dominated the 70’s and of course Michael Jackson owned the 80’s
Amazingly intelligent well-spoken and switched-on for guys so young! Of course Robert still is very articulate. Bonzo - a formidable talent so sadly missed.
Elvis Presley ruled Rock & Roll, then the Beatles came along and Dethroned him... the Beatles ruled Rock & Roll and then Led Zeppelin came along and Dethroned them... No One has taken Rock & Roll to their Level since... Elvis Presley, the Beatles and Led Zeppelin are like the Holy Trinity of Rock and Roll... they are the Absolute BEST that there ever was or that ever will be in Rock and Roll Music.
***** hey brother, I just want to say that Van Halen and the Original Guns N' Roses are 2 of my All Time favorite groups and they've both made some of the greatest rock songs ever recorded. But no other Rock stars have ever achieved the world wide global phenomenon and cultural impact that Elvis, the Beatles and Led Zeppelin have. Their impact was so huge that people who don't even like Rock music enjoy their songs. People all over the world who don't even speak English, can still sing their songs. Their incredible global impact borders on a religious experience... Rock On!
I am less of a Beatles fan but I have to agree about Elvis and Led Zeppelin. I love both so much! i destress a lot to led zeppelin. i love hard rock and there's nothing more therapeutic to me than a hard driving guitar and mad drumming as a mental release for me. Led zeppelin were certainly game changers. they came along in the 70s and blew everybody out of the water much in the same way elvis did in the 50s. while i love other bands like the stones, the who, pink floyd, the doors, arerosmith, guns n roses and van halen, zeppelin is the top of the heap for me along with elvis. it does my heart good to know robert plant is such an admirer of elvis and has spoken in interviews of the impact elvis had on him at an early age and of meeting elvis while on tour with zeppelin. the greatest rock band + elvis = awesome
Of the three, only The Beatles stopped touring. So, in the moment, I lost interest in The Beatles when they stopped touring, only to get back into their music after Abbey Road came out. Never had that issue with Zeppelin... followed them all the way through.
Jimmy J IMO, The Beatles made the biggest splash on the world scene. No one has ever since made as big an initial impact amongst such a broad spectrum of people.
There could be no Led Zeppelin without Bonham. The Greatest Rock band of all Time had to quit when Bonham died . There could be NO OTHER !!! You made your mark John Henry Bonham, Thank you... RIP . Love, Preacher
The music that Led Zeppelin could NEVER be eclipsed by anyone! They had a certain magic in that dynamic decade of the 1970's. They were all very accomplished musicians, and put 150% into their performances! They will go down in history as one of the best bands of their time!
The Led Zeppelin. lol I love this video/interview. This is a great look back into the past.. Can you imagine being around to catch this broadcast? I'd have loved to live in this place in time.
“It’s not what you are, it’s what you’re playing” classic quote from Bonham Rest In Peace
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@@AndreaAustoni haha thanks andrea I fixed it all good
True quote, but not many are playing just trying to sing these days, musta gave up on trying to play an instrument, so sad 😟
Crazy how music now is the exact opposite.
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Can we just appreciate the fact that, after touring as a rockstar, Robert goes home to his farm to feed his goats?
It's a nice way to come down off of several months of binging on coke and banging groupies
@@georgebaggy 😂😂😂😂
Plant has my maximum respect for the way he follows his own path, it would so easy to have gone like Jagger and others. After the Zeppelin reunion show, he skipped the after-party and went for a pint in his regular pub.
There are so many that lead "normal" lives while they're not at work.
The Led Zeppelin 😂
Bonham was 22 when this was recorded.. he had the wisdom of someone 3 times his age, to go along with his massive talent.
Actually people in general were more sophisticated and morally upright because they/we hadn’t been completely corrupted by sex sex violence crap music me me me ambitious foolish now mine shite
@@mikeaaron2819 are you trying to say that famed Led Zeppelin, the rockstars known for their touring habits with women and drugs, were not corrupted by sleeping around and drugs?
@@scemo39 At that point in 1970? No
@@scemo39 and they weren’t quite as rampant on that front as you would think.
I can only imagine what he would brought the world as not only a drummer but what led zeppelin would have gone onto achieve, yes there was discussion of it winding up anyway but, one can only imagine.
John is phenomenally more articulate than I ever imagined.
I thought he was a heavy set biker type.
@@5hinobiGaijin he was only about 5'7, hard to believe.
He was putting on a fake posh voice, so was Robert plant. Plant is from Brum ffs!
Unless you were a Beatle, having a regional accent went against you in Britain in those days.
@@loungejay8555 tbf it still does unless a news program wants to get one of those "thoughts of the common man on the street" interviews
@@SuperSupermanX1999 that’s really interesting. I didn’t realize English people did that.
John is so young here, he speaks with the wisdom of someone three times his age.
Him & Robert both do, it’s likely their genius showing through.
Bonham at 22... Probably the most influential rock drummer of all time. I don’t know any drummer who hasn’t declared him as an influence. Incredible.
He was voted as the best drummer ever.Freddy Mercury as front man.Geddy Lee as the best Bassist and Jimi Hendrix as the supergroup.Hmmmm I'd put jack Bruce as No 1 Bassist and Jeff Beck as best guitarist.
Keith moon was unique. Funny how he passed so young too. 😢
He used to jokily be angry that Karen Carpenter beat him in a drummer poll once.
He is definitely the oldest 22 year old I’ve ever seen🤣
*Ginger Baker has entered the chat, from beyond the grave
There's something so strange with this video. While the footage has aged like any footage from 1970, Led Zeppelin's music is so blissfully timeless that it feels weird seeing it in such an ancient context.
I was thinking the same thing, its almost like the song was sent from the future.
It's weird because I'm so used to hearing their music in a digital remastered format, but to see it in the context of the actual era it was released in, played on deteriorating film that was then transferred to videotape, is fascinating
Indeed. I have the same feeling.
@@Jgeneraledger23 Very well said. You give me the words to put on what I' m feeling. Thank you.
John Bonham was happy and talkative.
Robert Plant was quite and let his buddy talk.
Frontmen usually aren't like that. They always want all of the attention.
This was a happy time for them. They were best friends since high school.
He celebrated his 23rd yr. birthday in a place called the 'Aerodrome' in Sch'dy N.Y. Look i up
Robert Plant is not your usual frontman. He is too smart to let his ego and insecurities feel people unfomfortable.
Plant is a class act, such a nice and grounded guy. Keep on rocking Percy!!!
I met Plant in a pub back in about 2012, waited till he was leaving before I asked him for a photo. What a nice guy, very chatty, the musicians he was with were wanting him to hurry up as they were waiting outside but he was happy to talk and would have no doubt talked a lot more. He asked where me and a mate were from, recognising our accents. Then he proceeded to tell us about when he played in small clubs and pubs around Neath before they hit it big time. They say you should never meet your heroes, well he is an exception to that rule he was a humble dude, and as you can see from this interview a tidy, well spoken bloke. Mad to think they are in their early twenties here.
Neath the halo of a street lamp...
Not sure why they say you should never meet your heroes - prolly said by someone who's expectations were simply too high. I've met a few of my 'heroes' over the years and came away with great (albeit brief) memories.
@@SilentKnight43 Yep some, if not most, are awesome characters. Had a pint with Joe Strummer only months before he tragically died. Total gent. Same can be said for Paul Weller and Lemmy from Motorhead. However, never bother trying to talk to Van Morrisson. As much as he is genius and I love his music he is not a sociable person (that is my generous definition of it lol) but then I can understand after decades of dumb interviews and fan adoration you have every right to tell someone to eff off. They are only human after all :)
@@martin-1965 I hear ya'. My favorite meet-up was with Canadian hockey hero Paul Henderson. Had the opportunity to have a 15min one-on-one chat a few years back and he was very personable and friendly. But I get that some folk aren't overly approachable - and that's fine. As you say, after so many years of meeting people, enduring stupid interviews and questions...it must be tough to find the patience to talk with total strangers. Kudos to those who do.
@@SilentKnight43 It is, ,to some extent, all "part of the job" I know, but since cameraphones, some people are really rude and expect their heroes to be performing monkeys for them. I have been fortunate enough to meet and work with a lot of my heroes over the years but I have never asked for a photo or autograph. That's just me I guess. I have nice memories of meeting them (well most of them haha) and that is good enough for me. Treat them with the respect you would treat any other human being and they will generally appreciate it :)
For a guy who hammered the drums so hard, Bonzo seemed fairly soft-spoken.
He struggled with anxiety and depression as well, poor guy :(
Watch out for the quiet ones
@@kai326 Yeah, they say that's what really started the drinking because his social anxiety was so severe. Then the drinking got way out of control. When he was sober, he was said to be a sweet man, when drunk, pretty scary.
@@forceofamber like Mike Tyson.
He's got nothing to compensate for.
I love the Led Zeppelin, especially the Kashmir and Dazed and also Confused.
Lmao
Good choices. I really like the Kashmir
Soldier of fortune Yes, The Immigrant Song is cool. I also like the hot dog and the loving living maid.
And good times AND bad times
Don’t forget The The Rover
Still the best band of all time
shame the last five years were a bit shady with the long lay offs and bad luck they had ending with johns death
God damn it Bonham, why'd you have to hit the sauce so hard. Should still be here with us.
Just be glad he was with us as long as he was...gone too soon, tragic....
1.4 litres of vodka a day now that's a rock n roller
Just beacu.. s
General Zodd Alcoholic rock n roller😕
Well, sadly, he did have a disease . . .
"Do you think as musicians, you'll be able to last as long as 8 years?" lmao!
Gofahk Yusalph I love that....people forgot who this host was after 10 years Zep is still considered one of the if not THE best rock and roll band in history.
+Gofahk Yusalph It wasn't like any of them knew of the future, so it was a good question.
Well yeah, it was definitely a legitimate question at the time. I think it's just one of those things you can laugh at in the context of looking back from today, knowing what legends they are considered now.
That was a good one
It isn't, however, an usual question to ask at the time. Not a lot of bands made it, so it makes some sense. When you think about it now, it is absurd, but not too absurd.
Was expecting John's voice to be as big as his drum sound. Shocked
Was expecting John's voice to be as big as his drum sound. Shocked
Walk softly but wield a big stick.
@@Wooley689 Two big sticks
he does those first couple lines at the beginning of "The Ocean". thats where i first heard his voice.
"John's laughing..." My favorite part. They were like brothers.
"It's cool. It's groovy. It's number one. The Led Zeppelin."
My first gig was the zz top
No!!!! They blew hard
@@philkearney0577 Nobody cares
↑↑ :-D:-D
Philip Kearney
I think edgyfinsk would of been interested if it wasn't hairy. Have you tried waxing? No, me neither.
Plant's hair is fantastic.
The whole package was fantastic!
It was beautiful.
Hair porn!
Oh yeah, can‘t get my eyes off
First time that I have ever even heard John Bonham interviewed. He seems like such a great human being not to mention his immense talent as a drummer. Such a shame that we lost him so young. Undeniably the greatest drummer of all time.
There is a short YT video of an interview with Billy Connoly in 1980.
2:33 "Do you think you'll last as long as 8 years." 50 years later, Yoyoka is covering their songs.
And she’s doing quite a great job of it I must say.
never heard of that
@@gv661 ua-cam.com/video/91pz1E8pAOY/v-deo.html
They both look like Medieval Knights
Edward Bliss It's weird to think they were both only like 22 years old at the time, and were sweeping the world.
+matgrat79 "their"
+Edward Bliss Yes.. so handsome. Reminds me of A Knight's Tale haha rock on
Vikings!
500 years ago I'm sure they would not be confined to the fields of the peasants but somewhere in a court involved with royalty. And Page: he'd be a necromancer.
Great interview. History’s painted Bonham (my favorite drummer) as a wild man, a reveler of mythic proportions, so it’s great to see that he was also a gentle, articulate man. R.I.P. John. We miss you. Plant is equally articulate and looks fantastic with that hair and his “Battle of Evermore” beard.
I agree. The interviewer, although in that Received Pronunciation slightly snooty style, did at least ask some decent questions and was courteous enough to let them answer without interrupting.
You wouldn’t get such a good interview now, because they think that they are the stars, not the acts featured (Jonathan Ross and Russell Brand amongst others).
He is sober here, but when he drinks, he becomes a completely different person. It's almost like the Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde.
Plant was stoned! But still kept his philosophy intact! Damm I was 3 years old when this happened. Most influential band in my life.
It's not like The Beatles were the same mop tops matching suits lads 8 years later and were left behind. They evolved every week of those 8 years. That said, an average Beatles show was 30 minutes long - whereas Zeppelin performed 3 hr shows every night. Give me a time machine and I'm going to a 1971 Zeppelin show somewhere.
exactly. This clip would have you think that about the Beatles. This was 1970.
yes the beatles only plasyed short shows,but before the fame they did 8 or 10 hour gigs in hamberg they forget,,,gigs in there main time always had alot of acts
@@missdee4927 they show they are wrong saying the beatles had won 8 years since there fame was 63-70 unless im counting wrong lol
The Beatles only played 30 minutes because the sound equipment available as late as '66 was insufficient to allow them to hear themselves over the screaming girls (or for anyone else to hear them.) They couldn't tell if they were in tune, or in time with one another. They hated it and that's why they gave up touring, despite making tons of money from it. In '63, prior to the #1 records and the screaming girls, they were considered the best live rock & roll band in Britain. No one was "going to see them just to look at them" at that time. Listen to the '69 rooftop performance - they were still a great live band.
@@minstrelofMir include 63 ,, then count to 70 ....... eight years!
This is a great interview. The whole video really encapsulates the turn of the decade. Also, I'm surprised by how charming John Bonham is. Makes his alcoholism ever scarier and more tragic.
well said good sir.
Everyone who knew Bonzo said he was a very down-to-earth guy, very sweet. It was because he hated to be away from his wife and family for long stretches that he turned to booze in a MAJOR way. He boozed, but even his son Jason said it was b/c of his being away from the family & his farm, that he turned into the Jekyll/Hyde personality. Very sad.
Great? What the fuck are you smoking? It was a short pathetic interview. Perhaps I am missing something. Not that I don't love Led Zeppelin!
Because while it wasn't very long John made a very good point. At the time music was changing from being about image (which dominated late 50's and 60's pop culture-it's where the idea of music and image intertwined really began to gel into commodity form) to being more about the music. Zeppelin were known just as much for their substance as they were for their style (and substances). Plus they actually toured. The Beatles image took over so much they couldn't go anywhere and gave up touring years before breaking up.
So essentially you have a very astute observation made at a time when musicians weren't known for making such. Hence why it's great.
same for me.. he broke it down well. and now we are able to see how these two groups could almoet simultaneously exist and why the Beatles were eclipsed
Introducing" The Led Zeppelin " with their new song "Stairway Up To Heaven".
Lmao hahaha
for fuck's sake I am glad it was only the one Led Zeppelin, not The Led Zeppelins.
the lol
it's cool and it's groovy
this one made me "the" lol and "the" like
Is it my imagination or the youth of the 70s seems more intellectual than the youth of 2020
Compared to you they are both significantly more intelligent. Just saying.
The youth today can't even string a sentence together.
@@adrianmurray2400 lol you are an old out-of-touch boomer who’s angry because the world has left him behind. Sad.
No I'm not that old lol. I'm lead to believe that I'm in the generation X category, well I hope so.
Is it my imagination, or have I finally found something worth living for?
Two friends, two legends.
This is awesome to see Bonham. He was an old soul - he was so young in this but doesn't seem like a kid at all. Thanks for posting this. Amazing.
indeed, he was 22 here!
English lads were born older. Their culture is older and they are more sophisticated. Better educated, and more philosophical. I learned to love song lyrics growing up in the 70's looking at the album liners of groups like Zeppelin, Yes, Beatles, etc. Their mastery of the english language has always intrigued me. In this country, our language has digressed toward a point from which it originated - in a cave somewhere long ago...
@GREG Hubbard Robert seems like he has always been very cheeky, which even now makes him look younger..
Funny thing, today it's more about looking than listening. Bonham was right, back in the 70's we did not care what a band or a singer looked like, we were more interested in the product being delivered. Sadly, it changed again back in the late 80's
Not in a popular sense no, but there is plenty of good music and poetry on the ground at a local level I think.
Having been a teenager during the 70's I can tell you, from a female perspective, that looks n image were just as important as it is today. The preoccupation with image
definitely took front n center stage with the emergence of the punk scene but it birthed the poet laureate Patti Smith
and Joy Division. Hmmmm i think MTV killed it.
That's very true.
actually it change when the Britney Spears and friends were came out. late 80's and early 90's we still got grunge musician who looks like junkie or homeless person.
Bonzo speaks truly ❤
Idk why, but I love hearing Bonham talk, he's really smart and has alot to say
This is PRICELESS! The interviewer asked Robert Plant & John Bonham, "Do you think you'll last?" 😳 RIP John Bonham. BEST DRUMMER EVER!!! ❤️🥁
And the answer to that question is yes FOREVER
The interviewer clearly was not familiar with any of their music nor a fan of the genre. It would be like me an American baseball fan meeting 2 famous cricket players from India.
@EricD602
Yeah, in England at the time the older folks were pretty clueless about then current music unless they had pop singles in the charts and obviously Zeppelin didn't release singles in their homeland.
I'm a simple, straight-forward drummer, and I don't pretend to be anything better than I am. - J Bonham.
Simple, straight forward and pretty much obliterating everyone else in his path is the way i heard it! And even to this day he remains a legend and an inspiration to drummers all over the world.
@@rickleblanc8900 Amen.
@Matthew Hopkins levee breaks, kashmir, black dog, hahaha. but his mix of simplicity and complexity is what made him so good! as plant said "its not what John Bonham played that made him such a good drummer. its what he didn't play"
So simple and straightforward he couldn’t be replaced!
Funny considering he once told Plant "You're only half as good a singer as I am a drummer"
Amazing! This many years later and Led Zeppelin is still the absolute greatest band of all time!!
Guss Manning. If I were to pick 2 best players in 1969 - 1970 era. Hendrix and Page would be my top 2 picks without a doubt.
Black Sabbath was the best post Beatles.
@mickey7411 get the fuck out of here with that asinine comment. You can praise a guitar player without having to put another one down. Hendrix is the best and thats that, Page is a close 2nd.
@Jeff Watson Not stoned when I saw them.Simply Amazing !
@Jeff Watson Whatever Duh
You can tell what great friends Plant and Bonham were by their interaction.
"Do you think in eight years, people will hum the tune? I don't think I can hum any of your stuff." 50 years later, and young people like myself are humming Led Zeppelin every single day. Such a disrespectful question.
I can hear Page's guitar solos in my head, but hum them? Ummm...no.
Bonham was right. Music was changing at that time. It wasn't about being able to whistle a cute melody. It was about watching and listening to new music being played. They had a vision of electrified blues and a heavier rock. The first time I heard Led Zep I & Led Zep II. I couldn't believe what I was hearing. It was so good, there will never be another band like Led Zeppelin...ever.
John bonham was and is the greatest drummer of all time
Bonzo, like many musicians, never appreciated how good he actually was. He did things with drum kit that no one else did, especially when following and sometimes leading bass of JPJ..fills in odd places, etc.Truly an inventive genius. Page said when he died there was no need to continue. Who could have replaced him?.
They had a chemistry that very few bands can a achieve, almost a mental telepathy. It shows on their live recordings where they just seemed to improve at will, so much so that it practically sounded like they played certain parts that way for years. How does anybody walk in & achieve that? Nobody in the band could be replaced, they were 4 as 1.
John not only locked in with Jonesy but he was one the first rock drummers to respond dynamically to lead guitar lines, often mimicking them rhythmically. This especially evident during their live shows. This approach is still used in rock and heavy metal.@@chizorama
40 years ago TODAY,,,,,John Bonham died September 25, 1980. I was driving my Porsche cranking the entire Physical Graffiti album driving on hwy 75. Still dark out but my speakers 🔊 were have a miserable go of it. Next came Presence and so on...........making our way through Georgia. I kept looking upward as the thunder of John and ZEPPLIN played on. It was his playing that got me to become a drummer.
R.I.P. and man could you ever play a drum kit. Thank you for your contribution to history and the sound of ZEPPLIN......the balloon ride was f..king amazing.
All zep band members when you hear them talk.. they all seem pretty intelligent lads...they kinda try to keep low key with talking... but their heads are fitted quite well!!
plant loved jim morrison he saw the doors in concert and studied morrison's presence...
"Will you last eight years?" as I laugh and turn up the volume while Heartbreaker is blasting from my sound system.
Enjoy one of the worst solos in recorded music history.
Strange Brew Please do tell why your objectively wrong comment warrants any kind of statement at all
"Enjoy one of the best solos in recorded music history "
Fixed that for ya
@@DropTehBazz Oops another unstable dude
@@runthejudes Please do tell why you subjectively think my comment is objectively wrong.
Ironic how the 'personality cult' is a big part of what's wrong with the music industry today.
YES! Just ASK Nikki Minaj! LOL! Ewww what a horrid creature!
DMSProduktions Well, insulting other artists and how they look or act gets us nowhere. Yes, the industry is less than preferred these days, but it’s no excuse to be rude
RUDE? Are you serious? Telling the truth is NEVER rude droogy!
Tell THAT to my psyche AFTER seeing her CAMEL TOE in that pink Vinyl cat suit from last year! OMG! PTSD!
Personality..celebrity. Look at movie stars.Elizabeth Taylor was known more for her marriages than her career.
Sadly!
I remember watching this on my 8 1/2" t.v. when i was 16. How times have changed and not for good either.
Remember the first time hearing John Bonham, whom I worshipped for like 8 years, SPEAK for the first time. I almost fell out of bed! Bonzo, had been gone over 18 years at that point, but I could feel the 'vibrations' of his voice on my transistor radio, and I kept my hand there. It was really cool, and something I'll probably remember for the rest of my life
Got my Dad to buy a cheap second hand drum kit after hearing Zep. I was 14. Now I'm 51 and still think Bonham was the man. I still play for a band and am astonished at his bass drum technique. He made Zep sound huge. Some of his breaks are epic, Achilles Last Stand being a drum favourite. RIP Bonham, you inspired millions of us.
A fave of mine, too. :) Could never get any band to cover it, tho.
@@windsofmarchjourneyperrytr2823 achilles is the favorite of musicians that love and know the entire catalog ,anyway its been my favorite more than 20 years ,quite chilling still can give goosebumps esp. pagey's solo s with many lines of overdubs .page was a studio master for his age come on and his overdubs were beyond perfection.satan sold his soul to The Led Zeppelin.
Never heard Bonzos (speaking) voice before. I don't think he liked doing interviews. God rest him
@@aquatichighs Why?
Alcoholism is a bitch.
Happy Birthday 🎂 Bonham
BPC 626 oh my gosh calm down😂
@@aquatichighs too bad hell doesn't exist
You better believe that I can whistle a Led Zeppelin tune.
I definitely hum and whistle the guitar riffs, perhaps even too much
Houses Of The Holy (the song) is infinitely whistle/hummable
From the 21st century, on the of the things that stands out about Zeppelin's music as compared to "heavy" peers like Deep Purple and Black Sabbath is Page's pop sensibility and his endless supply of memorable melodies (and counter melodies woven throughout the arrangements). Credit probably also due to John Paul Jones in for some of this.
True that In 1970, hummable melodies weren't as front and center in many of Page's songs as they would be for the rest of their career, but even this early, "Your Time Is Gonna Come" and "Ramble On" are insanely catchy pop songs that just happen to have heavy drums and guitar mixed in. Funny how hot takes from 1970 look today--"will you guys still be around in 8 years?" The interviewer is basically asking if Zeppelin's music will endure after the screaming teenaged fans of 1970 are gone...errr, yes--yes, this music will endure, for 8 years, and almost certainly for at 800 years.
@@jimdixon3470 Indeed. Also, Ramble On will play at my "funeral".
Any Page solo on the albums is a melodic masterpiece. You can sing his solos
I've never heard Bonzo talk before. He has a nice voice
I'm pretty sure you've heard >>> "We've done four already, but now we're steady and then they went, 1... 2... 3... 4..."
@@stayfortea5235Singing in the sunshine, Laughing in the rain . .
They became #1 in 1970 and are still #1 today in 2015! Every musician that grew up in the 70's, 80's and 90's has been heavily influenced by their music.
weather they know it or not. there are kids these days playing instruments who have never heard of led zeppelin but are still unknowingly influenced by them. that is what makes a band legendary.
+TheMetalVagabond more like without American Blues there would be no Led Zeppelin
+Midjael Delgado tbh true
TheMetalVagabond
Delgado is right. Hendrix didn't influence Zeppelin, American blues did. Regardless, there comes from time to time, a band or a musician that changes the present course of music with a totally original style. In the past 100 years there have been a few...Elvis, Glen Miller, The Beatles, Hendrix, Black Sabbath, and a few more but none have had the same impact as Zeppelin....and who ever started rap... and it was Bonham's beats that the pioneers of rap used early on. From black's in the south singing the blues to Zeppelin to rap it came full circle.
if you judge the importance of an influential artist or band by the length of time they are played on the mainstream radio stations, none have lasted longer than The Beatles, Zeppelin, n Hendrix and of these 3 it's Zeppelin that is still played just as much today as it was in the 90's, 80's, 70's n late 60's.
haha this is amazing. the whole beginning is like an SNL skit
+The Universe i thought the exact same thing!!
I was thinking more in line with Monty Python..Snl too tho
The Universe Omg I agree! THE Led Zeppelin LOL
SNL? No idea what that stands for. Most likely some yanky trash that no one else has heard of....
@@kennethkeen4988 go back to your fuckin crumpets
This is amazing, in all my years as an avid Zeppelin fan I've rarely seen any sort of broadcast with Bonham speaking or even being involved at all. I love this!
Zeppelin blows me away today, I can't even imagine hearing zeppelin 1 then.....its timeless.
70s television seems way better than today's
+carnage
it was - more facts, less mind control
so right
It wasn't...we were in the dark.
carnage IT IS HONEY IT IS 😁😁😁
camage ~ This was barely the 70s, April or May 1970... about one toe into the new decade. Still very much a 60s world.
This is why Led Zeppelin was amazing; because it was about the music and not about fame.
Didn't I just listen to Robert Plant talk about how he deep down wants to be "accepted by the majority of people for being a talent?"
Plant prancing around with his stupid bulge in his jeans acting all sexy on stage almost ruined Zeppelin for me. Bonham for sure wanted to punch him in the face for that shit. John was a man's man.
***** you do realize that bonham was plants best friend friend right, they met when they were sixteen, bonzo was there for percy when his son passed away,
Bonham didn't like them flamboyant stage antics.
***** Where was he supposed to put his buldge? Perhaps he should he have had a penectomy and an orchidectomy so he would have been more to your liking? While it's usually very true to females are not sad to see a man with an extra somethin' somethin', it's not always the most wonderful thing to be well endowed, which *_you_* obviously don't understand. People like you that express your deep-rooted jealousy, in hateful ways, talking about us like we're some sort of freak of nature, really do hurt a man's feelings even though *_we usually understand that your attacks are just coming from your shortcoming._* We didn't ask for what we've got between our legs, it's just the way our genes made us. We are people too and we should not be treated any differently. And by the way, back then tight jeans were all the rage.
Plant can only be described as beautiful here. Just perfect.
Greatest band of all time.
Happy Birthday John! You are deeply loved and missed by many
Now Bonzo is the best drummer EVER.......
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Amazing, in one interview you can see the world changing
Yes. The 60s becoming the 70s
Led Zeppelin has been my top rock band for my entire life since I started listening to music in the 60s
In 1970, I was 12 y/o. Didn't care for Led Zep until I turned 50. LOL!! Greatest Rock band EVER! This old interview is a real treasure. Thanks for posting!
A couple of intelligent, thoughtful guys. Not like some of the clowns you see in the music business today.
Thank you. Like youth is youth but this youth is so much more articulate and educated
aint that the truth!!
I met Plant in a pub back in about 2012, waited till he was leaving before I asked him for a photo. What a nice guy, very chatty, the musicians he was with were wanting him to hurry up as they were waiting outside but he was happy to talk and would have no doubt talked a lot more. He asked where me and a mate where we were from, recognising our accents. Then he proceeded to tell us about when he played in small clubs and pubs around Neath before they hit it big time. They say you should never meet your heroes, well he is an exception to that rule he was a humble dude, and as you can see from this interview a tidy, well spoken bloke. Mad to think they are in their early twenties here.
jay dubya amen
Yeeess.. bloody clowns in the music business today.. no talent at all...
In my 43 years of following Zeppelin, this is absolutely the first time I have seen or heard John Bonham in an interview. Now that I have, I miss him even more!
@Mike B Hey Mike, I just realized there is one Zeppelin song featuring Bonham's spoken voice: the intro to "The Ocean" ("We've done four already, but now we're steady, and then they went one, two, three, four...").
Same (four) myself,
At just 20 years old in the 60's they were the best band in the world and still are today 2019 ! This is what you get when you put 4 Masters of music together .The biggest baddest band to ever excist in the world hands down 👍
Second that an I'll add that ever will exist in this world!
@@ronlips6452 Amen Ron Zeppelin will always be around for many generations ✌
I remember, the first time I ever heard , led zeppelin I was 5 yrs old. Right off they blew my mind. With Paige on guitar, Jones on bass , The Bonzo on drums laying down a sick beat. And Plant on vocals. I was like WTF. Been a led zeppelin fan ever since, 1978
Bonham would be 71 today!!
fuckin'ell that old? last i could remember i was 32.
@@johnbonham3972 God bless him. He was the greatest!
🙏🍀
@@johnbonham3972 Mr. Bonham, Do they have video games in heaven?
@@venicalfebgaming73 I hope they do
Jimmy Page: "Say, you know a good drummer?"
Robert Plant: "Do I know a drummer? Why? You lookin' for one?"
Jimmy Page: "Well, I've been considering (Procol Harum drummer) B.J. Wilson for the
new band, but I'm open to suggestions."
Robert Plant: "Nah, forget about B.J. Wilson. I got a drummer for ya."
the world's most best band ever
Charles Elliott Thank God they didn't go for B.J lol
"Only the greatest Drummer ever...Will that be alright Jimmy?"
guy proulx except for a good JB!
And then he found out Robert was right! Well, even more than that, Bonham was the best drummer rock music has ever seen and heard!
It's always awesome seeing these interviews from 50 years ago and seeing what they were thinking. Rest in peace John Bonham.
I can't beleive I have never seen this interview before. So amazing on so many levels...
Seeing an incredulous press trying to understand the band.
Seeing how thoughtful and articulate John Bonham was.
Chuckling at Robert Plant having a "few shillings and groats".
This is a treasure.
"it's not who you are, it's what you play"
Bonzo when he laughs at Plant’s joke is gold 😂
The music they will still create after this interview is insane !
What a thoroughly enjoyable interview.. Thank you very much for posting this!
Nice to see and hear Bonzo and Plant!
If there ever was a stereotypical rock-god - Robert Plant is him.
Might be slash
Ernesto Lavayen It’s Plant.
He kissed my hand. Yes, I can type this and look there, where he knelt to kiss my left hand; I almost fainted. I prayed to meet Robert Plant that day. '90s. Starstruck~*~
Plant invented the rock god. Everyone else is a pale imitation.
Plant started the Rock God archetype. Others copied his aesthetic.
Remember opening that fresh album and staring at it hours looking for meaning. Every album was a mystery to be solved; with story to tell.
“In our position, we’ve spent years and years on the road, playing in little church holes, being beaten up and having bricks thrown through the van window. And to have money at last is just another figure in my mind of mass acceptance which is what we all work for. Everybody really wants in the end to be accepted by the majority of people for a talent. And i think that we’ve reached that stage now and its left to us now to keep on coming up with something good.” -Well put, Robert
That's "church halls" not "church holes". I don't know what a church hole would be.
i love how pissed and unimpressed these reporters are its so funny
I can't help thinking about being eighteen years old in 1969 and have enjoyed the Beatles as groundbreakers
Led Zeppelin coming up at that time along with so much more incredible talent, we were blessed
my Johnny was only 22 here?? baaayyybyyyy... such a mature face and cadence! crushing even harder now... ughhhh...🥰
Wasn't he adorable ? Love the hair, beard, jacket , voice, and face❤
Bonzo kept Plant grounded! They always messed with each other and, after Bonzo died, Plant lost his anchor.
CooManTunes you are so right couldn’t have said it better myself
Plant was crippled when he lost his son. Was never the same after that. Bonham just finished him off.
Steve F not to mention the horrific car crash when he was with his family in Rhodes a few years before his son’s death, that left him crippled. Robert plant was a cursed man for the last few years of zeppelins existence.
They were kids together. Best buddies since they were 10 year olds.
Plant and Bonzo were very close, childhood friends, then when Robert's son died, Bonzo was the only band member to go back home with him. When Bonzo died it really devasted Plant, and he has never forgotten his close friend.
It is mad that Bonham is 22 here. He looks and talks more like a 32 year old, yet in the interview of him when he is with Billy Connolly he is 32 and he looks about 42... Led Zep were always before their time ;) RIP Bonzo
@RainbowDreams30 Nope, he looked 10 years older in that interview because the alcohol addiction aged his physical appearance over the years.
Dazed and confused is one of the most hummable songs I know of
Bonham is so terribly plummy, so very, very cultivated, it's quite the most extraordinary thing.
god life was so much simpler back then
GriefTourist do you know of the Vietnam war by chance because life was not so simple
Depends who life was simple for... the uk the usa or vietnam... and since this isnt about vietnam..... DURRRR
FitzyBoy4 So now its 2018, and yea, life was simpler for most back then Vietnam or not..
Actually if you look at the lottery numbers of that time, they were a lot more predictable
Yes but more importantly, things were more sane
''It all boils down to where it keeps boiling down''..... Plant
"I don't think i can hum any of your tunes"
50 years later (today): People still humming stairway to heaven cause its so good they cant get it out of their heads.
It’s amazing what the Beatles and Led Zeppelin accomplished, both bands were together for about 10 years or so but no question the greatest rock groups ever, Beatles dominated the 60’s and Led Zeppelin dominated the 70’s and of course Michael Jackson owned the 80’s
Incredible rare look at the band who changed the world....
John Bonham is really quite sweet and softly-spoken. And that accent! It's erring on RP vs Planty's Brummie brogue.
Amazingly intelligent well-spoken and switched-on for guys so young! Of course Robert still is very articulate. Bonzo - a formidable talent so sadly missed.
I always loved The Black Dog and Communication Breakup.
haha
and THE GOOD TIMES AND THE BAD TIMES
hehe
Me too. Especially the song, “The Hot Dog”.
@@Aiden-vg4xs The best song on Out From The Indoors!
I ALWAYS HAD A BRANDY AND COKE😂😂
Happy birthday John Henry Bonham, would've been your 66th. You're loved and dearly missed. We love you forever. xxxxxx May 31th 1948 - forever
“Good luck at Madison square Garden” which would go on to be the GREATEST show they ever played! Chills
They are still Awesome!!! Listen to them everyday. Just on better equipment than I thought I could own.
Prior to this video, I've only ever heard John Bonham grunt. Thanks for the vid!
Elvis Presley ruled Rock & Roll, then the Beatles came along and Dethroned him... the Beatles ruled Rock & Roll and then Led Zeppelin came along and Dethroned them... No One has taken Rock & Roll to their Level since... Elvis Presley, the Beatles and Led Zeppelin are like the Holy Trinity of Rock and Roll... they are the Absolute BEST that there ever was or that ever will be in Rock and Roll Music.
***** hey brother, I just want to say that Van Halen and the Original Guns N' Roses are 2 of my All Time favorite groups and they've both made some of the greatest rock songs ever recorded. But no other Rock stars have ever achieved the world wide global phenomenon and cultural impact that Elvis, the Beatles and Led Zeppelin have. Their impact was so huge that people who don't even like Rock music enjoy their songs. People all over the world who don't even speak English, can still sing their songs. Their incredible global impact borders on a religious experience... Rock On!
I am less of a Beatles fan but I have to agree about Elvis and Led Zeppelin. I love both so much! i destress a lot to led zeppelin. i love hard rock and there's nothing more therapeutic to me than a hard driving guitar and mad drumming as a mental release for me. Led zeppelin were certainly game changers. they came along in the 70s and blew everybody out of the water much in the same way elvis did in the 50s. while i love other bands like the stones, the who, pink floyd, the doors, arerosmith, guns n roses and van halen, zeppelin is the top of the heap for me along with elvis. it does my heart good to know robert plant is such an admirer of elvis and has spoken in interviews of the impact elvis had on him at an early age and of meeting elvis while on tour with zeppelin. the greatest rock band + elvis = awesome
***** Not even close
Of the three, only The Beatles stopped touring. So, in the moment, I lost interest in The Beatles when they stopped touring, only to get back into their music after Abbey Road came out. Never had that issue with Zeppelin... followed them all the way through.
Jimmy J IMO, The Beatles made the biggest splash on the world scene. No one has ever since made as big an initial impact amongst such a broad spectrum of people.
There could be no Led Zeppelin without Bonham. The Greatest Rock band of all Time had to quit when Bonham died . There could be NO OTHER !!! You made your mark John Henry Bonham, Thank you... RIP . Love, Preacher
The music that Led Zeppelin could NEVER be eclipsed by anyone! They had a certain magic in that dynamic decade of the 1970's. They were all very accomplished musicians, and put 150% into their performances! They will go down in history as one of the best bands of their time!
Led Zeppelin never recorded a bad song
@Joshua Dowling Rather hear Hot Dog than Jermayker, lol.
@D B No need to demean. His point was good.
hats off to roy harper was their worst song
Maybe not, but The Crunge comes awfully close.
@Jackson bennitt The line where Plant says he's gonna shoot his gf with a shotgun is more than enough to redeem that song
The Led Zeppelin. lol I love this video/interview. This is a great look back into the past.. Can you imagine being around to catch this broadcast? I'd have loved to live in this place in time.
I did and it was freaking awesome.