1 00:00:02,000 --> 00:00:07,000 Downloaded from YTS.MX 2 00:00:08,000 --> 00:00:13,000 Official YIFY movies site: YTS.MX 3 00:00:20,563 --> 00:00:22,565 [GOOD TIMES BAD TIMES PLAYING] 4 00:01:54,573 --> 00:01:56,491 JIMMY PAGE: As a kid in England, 5 00:01:56,492 --> 00:01:59,828 we were living in the shadows of the Second World War. 6 00:01:59,829 --> 00:02:01,454 Your parents and your grandparents 7 00:02:01,455 --> 00:02:03,207 had been through two world wars. 8 00:02:03,958 --> 00:02:06,459 And at the end of the Second World War, 9 00:02:06,460 --> 00:02:09,505 there was this great feeling of hope towards the future. 10 00:02:10,256 --> 00:02:11,256 JOHN PAUL JONES: In London, 11 00:02:11,257 --> 00:02:13,842 there was lots of damaged buildings 12 00:02:13,843 --> 00:02:15,343 and craters and... 13 00:02:15,344 --> 00:02:17,388 I mean, it was an après war zone. 14 00:02:18,013 --> 00:02:20,140 There was rationing still. I remember 15 00:02:21,016 --> 00:02:23,893 uh, getting eggs and milk and butter and stuff 16 00:02:23,894 --> 00:02:26,146 with a little book with coupons. 17 00:02:26,730 --> 00:02:28,398 People were recovering. 18 00:02:28,399 --> 00:02:31,568 ROBERT PLANT: Outside of London, in the West Midlands, 19 00:02:31,569 --> 00:02:35,113 it was a post-war, sort of semi-suburban 20 00:02:35,114 --> 00:02:36,323 quiet life. 21 00:02:37,575 --> 00:02:39,618 So America was my dream 22 00:02:39,785 --> 00:02:41,452 because it was a totally different world 23 00:02:41,453 --> 00:02:42,996 to the one that we were in. 24 00:02:42,997 --> 00:02:45,082 [THE TRAIN KEPT A-ROLLIN' PLAYING] 25 00:03:25,664 --> 00:03:27,749 I was listening to this marvelous rock and roll 26 00:03:27,750 --> 00:03:29,543 coming in from America. 27 00:03:30,044 --> 00:03:32,003 And you're hearing all this electric guitar playing. 28 00:03:32,004 --> 00:03:34,589 I mean, it was almost like it was coming from Mars, 29 00:03:34,590 --> 00:03:36,508 even though it was coming from Memphis. 30 00:03:36,842 --> 00:03:40,470 But here in Britain, we were stuck with these musicians 31 00:03:40,471 --> 00:03:42,138 who were really safe, 32 00:03:42,139 --> 00:03:46,351 until this force of nature called Lonnie Donegan arrived. 33 00:03:46,352 --> 00:03:47,686 [JACK O'DIAMONDS PLAYING] 34 00:04:15,172 --> 00:04:17,298 PAGE: I was so mesmerized 35 00:04:17,299 --> 00:04:19,884 by having seen Lonnie Donegan play. 36 00:04:19,885 --> 00:04:21,552 It was like a portal. 37 00:04:21,553 --> 00:04:23,763 It gave some access 38 00:04:23,764 --> 00:04:27,309 to the sort of freedom that you hadn't witnessed in England. 39 00:04:28,477 --> 00:04:29,519 Give it up, Jimmy! 40 00:04:29,520 --> 00:04:31,605 [ROCKING, FUNKY GUITAR SOLO] 41 00:04:36,318 --> 00:04:39,321 So, one day I come to school and I see... 42 00:04:40,239 --> 00:04:42,156 this fellow standing up in the field 43 00:04:42,157 --> 00:04:43,575 with lots of people around him. 44 00:04:44,118 --> 00:04:45,868 His name was Rod Wyatt, 45 00:04:45,869 --> 00:04:48,454 and he's playing the Lonnie Donegan songs 46 00:04:48,455 --> 00:04:50,623 on an acoustic guitar. 47 00:04:50,624 --> 00:04:54,669 So I went up to him and said, "I've got one of those at home." 48 00:04:54,670 --> 00:04:55,837 And he said, "Bring it along 49 00:04:55,838 --> 00:04:58,006 "and I'll show you how to tune it up." 50 00:04:58,007 --> 00:05:01,218 And then he showed me some chords as well. 51 00:05:01,343 --> 00:05:02,344 [MAMA DON'T ALLOW PLAYING] 52 00:05:35,461 --> 00:05:37,421 [JAUNTY GUITAR MELODY PLAYING] 53 00:05:39,381 --> 00:05:42,050 PAGE: I was absolutely inseparable from the guitar. 54 00:05:42,051 --> 00:05:43,718 You know, I'd play it before breakfast 55 00:05:43,719 --> 00:05:45,679 and then play it on the way to school. 56 00:05:46,138 --> 00:05:47,638 I'd go there and want to practice, 57 00:05:47,639 --> 00:05:49,766 but it would be confiscated 58 00:05:49,767 --> 00:05:52,727 and given back at the end of the day. 59 00:05:52,728 --> 00:05:53,812 [SONG CONTINUES] 60 00:05:58,692 --> 00:06:00,485 PAGE: My father was like, 61 00:06:00,486 --> 00:06:04,280 "Well, I don't really understand all this guitar business, but... 62 00:06:04,281 --> 00:06:05,740 "I'm with you on it, 63 00:06:05,741 --> 00:06:08,076 "providing you keep all your schoolwork up." 64 00:06:08,077 --> 00:06:10,328 But my mum was really supportive to the idea 65 00:06:10,329 --> 00:06:13,247 of me carrying on and starting in a group, 66 00:06:13,248 --> 00:06:14,874 and she really believed in me. 67 00:06:14,875 --> 00:06:16,794 I mean, it was really a big deal. 68 00:06:17,711 --> 00:06:21,756 [LIVELY PIANO MUSIC PLAYING] 69 00:06:21,757 --> 00:06:23,634 JONES: My parents were in vaudeville. 70 00:06:24,551 --> 00:06:27,261 My mum was the straight singer in the evening gown 71 00:06:27,262 --> 00:06:28,971 and my father was a comedian. 72 00:06:28,972 --> 00:06:30,307 He would play the piano. 73 00:06:31,850 --> 00:06:33,726 And so I used to travel around with them 74 00:06:33,727 --> 00:06:35,019 to all the bases, 75 00:06:35,020 --> 00:06:36,813 where they'd entertain the troops. 76 00:06:36,814 --> 00:06:39,941 And there would be just one international act after another. 77 00:06:39,942 --> 00:06:43,027 Accordion players and banjo players. 78 00:06:43,028 --> 00:06:44,529 I took all this in. 79 00:06:44,530 --> 00:06:47,282 [LIVELY PIANO MUSIC CONTINUES] 80 00:06:56,333 --> 00:06:58,627 JONES: So I was from that musical tradition. 81 00:06:59,169 --> 00:07:00,586 And it was all the basis 82 00:07:00,587 --> 00:07:02,713 for everything I ever did afterwards. 83 00:07:02,714 --> 00:07:04,174 [SONG FADES] 84 00:07:07,386 --> 00:07:09,387 PLANT: I grew up in the West Midlands. 85 00:07:09,388 --> 00:07:11,889 My father's bloodline is from there, 86 00:07:11,890 --> 00:07:15,144 and my mother's side of the family are Romani Gypsy. 87 00:07:16,145 --> 00:07:17,896 My childhood was very sheltered, 88 00:07:18,730 --> 00:07:21,732 until my parents sent me to a big school in a big town. 89 00:07:21,733 --> 00:07:24,319 Studied to be a chartered accountant. 90 00:07:25,696 --> 00:07:28,823 I mean, I'd really dug a lot of what was going on at school, 91 00:07:28,824 --> 00:07:30,366 but when Little Richard appeared, 92 00:07:30,367 --> 00:07:33,744 it was so provocative and all-consuming 93 00:07:33,745 --> 00:07:35,205 and hypnotic 94 00:07:35,873 --> 00:07:38,708 that it kinda knocked everything else out of the water. 95 00:07:38,709 --> 00:07:40,127 [LONG TALL SALLY PLAYING] 96 00:07:53,223 --> 00:07:56,143 I knew then that all I wanted to do was sing. 97 00:08:12,492 --> 00:08:13,785 PLANT: I mean, that was it. 98 00:08:14,369 --> 00:08:17,038 The syringe was in the arm. Forever. 99 00:08:17,039 --> 00:08:19,208 [MUSIC CONTINUES] 100 00:08:27,257 --> 00:08:29,009 [SONG FADES] 101 00:08:36,558 --> 00:08:38,477 Oh, well, I'm John Bonham. 102 00:08:39,144 --> 00:08:41,646 I always liked making drum sounds when I was a kid. 103 00:08:41,647 --> 00:08:43,065 [LAUGHS HEARTILY] 104 00:08:43,857 --> 00:08:45,901 I got my first drum kit when I was ten. 105 00:08:46,401 --> 00:08:48,778 And we went to see a film with Gene Krupa, 106 00:08:48,779 --> 00:08:50,154 and it was just amazing. 107 00:08:50,155 --> 00:08:52,241 [UP-TEMPO, SWINGING DRUM SOLO] 108 00:08:55,285 --> 00:08:57,287 [UPBEAT JAZZ MUSIC PLAYING] 109 00:09:11,343 --> 00:09:12,344 [MUSIC STOPS] 110 00:09:13,220 --> 00:09:14,720 BONHAM: Up here in the Midlands, 111 00:09:14,721 --> 00:09:17,182 I used to buy completely different records, you know. 112 00:09:17,599 --> 00:09:20,726 Johnny Kidd & the Pirates were a strong influence then. 113 00:09:20,727 --> 00:09:22,813 [SHAKIN' ALL OVER PLAYING] 114 00:10:00,559 --> 00:10:02,435 JONES: You heard it on all the jukeboxes. 115 00:10:02,436 --> 00:10:04,855 Of course, they've got those huge 15-inch speakers. 116 00:10:05,772 --> 00:10:08,066 That's about all you could hear, was the bass. 117 00:10:10,610 --> 00:10:11,986 I heard that and thought, 118 00:10:11,987 --> 00:10:13,863 "That's a sound I would really like to make." 119 00:10:13,864 --> 00:10:14,948 [SONG CONTINUES] 120 00:10:16,867 --> 00:10:19,702 JONES: When I told my father, he said, 121 00:10:19,703 --> 00:10:21,747 "Bass guitar is a novelty instrument. 122 00:10:22,414 --> 00:10:25,083 "And in two years' time it will never be heard of again. 123 00:10:26,460 --> 00:10:28,587 "Get yourself a saxophone, you'll always work." 124 00:10:29,421 --> 00:10:30,588 [CHUCKLES] 125 00:10:30,589 --> 00:10:32,591 So I said, "No. I want a bass guitar, Dad." 126 00:10:33,592 --> 00:10:36,928 He heard me practicing and went, "Hmm, you're coming with me. 127 00:10:37,179 --> 00:10:39,139 "All you've got to do is watch my left hand." 128 00:10:40,098 --> 00:10:41,433 On the piano. So... 129 00:10:42,225 --> 00:10:44,144 I learned all the standards from that. 130 00:10:46,646 --> 00:10:48,022 I had a little band. 131 00:10:48,023 --> 00:10:49,899 We were playing at the youth club. 132 00:10:49,900 --> 00:10:53,611 And I got talking to their very go-ahead young priest. 133 00:10:53,612 --> 00:10:56,030 He went, "We'd really like an organist." 134 00:10:56,031 --> 00:10:59,576 I said, "Well, I could be an organist for you, if you like." 135 00:11:00,077 --> 00:11:02,536 Not thinking anything of it. He went, "Yeah. Okay." 136 00:11:02,537 --> 00:11:04,623 [JERUSALEM ON ORGAN PLAYING] 137 00:11:06,625 --> 00:11:08,959 JONES: In church music you have to improvise. 138 00:11:08,960 --> 00:11:12,546 But as I wasn't very good at playing from music anyway, 139 00:11:12,547 --> 00:11:14,383 I just improvised everything. 140 00:11:15,008 --> 00:11:16,384 I learned the hymns. 141 00:11:16,385 --> 00:11:18,260 I could figure out what the hymns were. 142 00:11:18,261 --> 00:11:21,347 I'm not particularly religious, but it was a good gig. 143 00:11:21,348 --> 00:11:23,475 All right? And he was a really cool priest. 144 00:11:24,059 --> 00:11:28,854 And so I became organist and choirmaster at 14. 145 00:11:28,855 --> 00:11:30,107 [CONGREGATION SINGING] 146 00:11:41,451 --> 00:11:44,329 Which paid me the princely sum of £25 a year, 147 00:11:45,372 --> 00:11:47,040 which bought me a Fender bass. 148 00:11:51,670 --> 00:11:53,338 [MUSIC FADES] 149 00:11:54,381 --> 00:11:57,133 PAGE: I used to go and jam on Thursday night 150 00:11:57,134 --> 00:11:58,467 at the Marquee Club. 151 00:11:58,468 --> 00:12:01,637 And after a period of doing this, 152 00:12:01,638 --> 00:12:04,223 this band called Carter-Lewis and the Southerners 153 00:12:04,224 --> 00:12:05,307 came up to me and asked me 154 00:12:05,308 --> 00:12:07,101 if I'd like to play on their record. 155 00:12:07,102 --> 00:12:09,395 I said, "Yeah, sure. That sounds really good." 156 00:12:09,396 --> 00:12:11,272 So I went along with my kit. 157 00:12:11,273 --> 00:12:13,649 The DeArmond foot pedal and the amplifier 158 00:12:13,650 --> 00:12:16,278 and my brand-new Gibson Les Paul. 159 00:12:17,362 --> 00:12:18,696 And the band would say, 160 00:12:18,697 --> 00:12:20,907 "Well, just make something up for the solo." 161 00:12:21,533 --> 00:12:24,660 By the second run-through, I've already got a part for it. 162 00:12:24,661 --> 00:12:26,746 [UPBEAT ROCK MUSIC PLAYING] 163 00:12:37,757 --> 00:12:40,009 PAGE: And the buzz must have gone around 164 00:12:40,010 --> 00:12:42,303 about this young guitarist, 165 00:12:42,304 --> 00:12:45,807 because I started to get calls for more studio dates. 166 00:12:47,726 --> 00:12:49,643 When I got into this session world, 167 00:12:49,644 --> 00:12:52,230 I was, like, seven years younger than anybody else. 168 00:12:52,814 --> 00:12:57,193 And they didn't have somebody in the old guard, 169 00:12:57,194 --> 00:12:58,652 or the current guard, 170 00:12:58,653 --> 00:13:00,571 who really knew all the influences 171 00:13:00,572 --> 00:13:03,366 and the points of reference that the young bands had. 172 00:13:04,075 --> 00:13:05,868 So, of course, I knew all of it, 173 00:13:05,869 --> 00:13:08,746 whether it was, like, R&B or whether it was blues 174 00:13:08,747 --> 00:13:10,956 or rock, whatever it was. 175 00:13:10,957 --> 00:13:12,791 Everybody was getting these records 176 00:13:12,792 --> 00:13:14,585 that originally came over 177 00:13:14,586 --> 00:13:18,215 maybe with the American merchant vessels. 178 00:13:18,840 --> 00:13:22,134 The R&B boom had kicked in. 179 00:13:22,135 --> 00:13:24,221 [KEEP IT TO YOURSELF PLAYING] 180 00:13:34,314 --> 00:13:36,232 PLANT: I went to see Sonny Boy Williamson 181 00:13:36,233 --> 00:13:38,276 at the American Folk Blues Festival. 182 00:13:38,818 --> 00:13:41,487 It was around the time I was learning to play harmonica too. 183 00:13:41,488 --> 00:13:44,198 So it was just this amazing onslaught 184 00:13:44,199 --> 00:13:48,118 of music from whence we had no idea. 185 00:13:48,119 --> 00:13:51,456 [SONG CONTINUES] 186 00:14:20,277 --> 00:14:23,280 [MELLOW HARMONICA SOLO PLAYING] 187 00:14:25,782 --> 00:14:27,741 PLANT: Sonny Boy was almost everything 188 00:14:27,742 --> 00:14:32,121 that's become my whole entire musical bloodstream really. 189 00:14:32,122 --> 00:14:34,207 [SONG CONTINUES] 190 00:14:39,462 --> 00:14:42,215 But in my own hometown, I had my own hero, 191 00:14:42,966 --> 00:14:44,718 and it was Perry Foster. 192 00:14:45,093 --> 00:14:48,847 And he had this kind of setup called the Delta Blues Band. 193 00:14:49,347 --> 00:14:52,641 And, um, somehow or another, I managed to blag my way 194 00:14:52,642 --> 00:14:54,144 into this band. 195 00:14:55,937 --> 00:14:57,980 I was prepared to be a mod or a rocker 196 00:14:57,981 --> 00:15:00,608 or a beatnik or anything so long as I could sing 197 00:15:00,609 --> 00:15:03,319 and gather these looks around me, 198 00:15:03,320 --> 00:15:05,780 just trying to make it stick on the wall. 199 00:15:08,241 --> 00:15:10,743 BONHAM: I used to play and I used to have a job as well. 200 00:15:10,744 --> 00:15:13,371 I used to be working with my father in the building trade. 201 00:15:13,913 --> 00:15:16,166 Used to be good builders then. 202 00:15:17,083 --> 00:15:18,667 But, you know, the job gradually gets less 203 00:15:18,668 --> 00:15:21,545 and the music more, you know. That's what seems to happen. 204 00:15:21,546 --> 00:15:24,173 You know, we left school and we formed small groups, 205 00:15:24,174 --> 00:15:25,549 and things like that, 206 00:15:25,550 --> 00:15:27,344 and played locally and everything. 207 00:15:28,428 --> 00:15:31,221 You know, for me, soul music was a strong influence then. 208 00:15:31,222 --> 00:15:32,849 [PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLAYING] 209 00:15:37,312 --> 00:15:40,315 [WOMEN SCREAMING] 210 00:15:56,539 --> 00:15:58,457 BONHAM: James Brown was a big favorite 211 00:15:58,458 --> 00:16:00,960 because, you know, the drum sound was just amazing. 212 00:16:01,461 --> 00:16:03,295 I thought, "I'm gonna get that sound." 213 00:16:03,296 --> 00:16:05,382 [SONG CONTINUES] 214 00:16:10,887 --> 00:16:12,262 [CROWD CHEERING] 215 00:16:12,263 --> 00:16:13,597 BONHAM: When I was 16, 216 00:16:13,598 --> 00:16:15,975 I went to see a group with Robert singing. 217 00:16:16,768 --> 00:16:19,896 The gig went incredibly well because he was bloody great. 218 00:16:20,814 --> 00:16:22,439 PLANT: In the crowd watching this 219 00:16:22,440 --> 00:16:26,152 was this larger-than-life guy with his beautiful girlfriend. 220 00:16:27,153 --> 00:16:29,405 He got a hold of me afterwards and he said, 221 00:16:29,406 --> 00:16:31,115 "Well, you're okay, 222 00:16:31,116 --> 00:16:33,868 "but you'd be a lot better with a proper drummer behind you." 223 00:16:34,494 --> 00:16:37,372 And I thought, "Jesus Christ. Here we go." 224 00:16:39,332 --> 00:16:41,208 BONHAM: The first time we played together 225 00:16:41,209 --> 00:16:42,376 we were about 16. 226 00:16:42,377 --> 00:16:43,669 And it was really good. 227 00:16:43,670 --> 00:16:45,755 [SLOW ROCK MUSIC PLAYING] 228 00:16:51,177 --> 00:16:52,512 PLANT: John was amazing. 229 00:16:53,012 --> 00:16:54,889 He was a really powerful drummer. 230 00:16:56,099 --> 00:16:58,809 I watched him with absolute amazement. 231 00:16:58,810 --> 00:17:01,730 He was just fantastic. 232 00:17:02,731 --> 00:17:05,482 BONHAM: But it's so competitive playing locally anyway. 233 00:17:05,483 --> 00:17:08,068 You'd, like, have a time going on the road 234 00:17:08,069 --> 00:17:09,653 and everything would be roses, 235 00:17:09,654 --> 00:17:11,947 and then all of a sudden, no more gigs, no more money. 236 00:17:11,948 --> 00:17:13,783 You're back to where you started, you know. 237 00:17:14,033 --> 00:17:16,536 One time, we were running out of fuel 238 00:17:17,203 --> 00:17:19,913 and I had to siphon gasoline from another car 239 00:17:19,914 --> 00:17:22,583 and I was caught by the police in the middle of the night, 240 00:17:22,584 --> 00:17:25,169 sucking a piece of rubber into a can. 241 00:17:25,170 --> 00:17:27,505 And him sitting in the back shivering, 242 00:17:28,423 --> 00:17:30,425 thinking, "What the hell will Pat say?" 243 00:17:32,218 --> 00:17:35,179 Pat became his wife, and she used to say, 244 00:17:35,180 --> 00:17:38,057 "Don't you dare play with that Planty. 245 00:17:38,600 --> 00:17:40,101 "He's a complete disaster." 246 00:17:40,226 --> 00:17:42,228 [ROCK 'N' ROLL MUSIC PLAYING] 247 00:17:49,319 --> 00:17:52,197 JONES: I left school at 16. 248 00:17:52,447 --> 00:17:54,324 I failed most of my exams 249 00:17:54,491 --> 00:17:56,366 because I'd been playing all night in some club 250 00:17:56,367 --> 00:17:58,577 the night before my O-Levels. 251 00:17:58,578 --> 00:18:00,078 And my dad was saying, 252 00:18:00,079 --> 00:18:03,041 "Well, I can get you a job as a clerk somewhere." 253 00:18:04,375 --> 00:18:06,710 "No, no. I'll find a band, Dad. I'll find a band." 254 00:18:06,711 --> 00:18:08,420 So there used to be a place in London 255 00:18:08,421 --> 00:18:09,838 called Archer Street. 256 00:18:09,839 --> 00:18:11,882 And every Monday morning, 257 00:18:11,883 --> 00:18:15,428 all the local musicians would congregate for work. 258 00:18:16,304 --> 00:18:18,764 And so I went there as a kid. 259 00:18:18,765 --> 00:18:20,516 Every Monday morning, I was there. 260 00:18:20,517 --> 00:18:22,602 [MUSIC CONTINUES] 261 00:18:35,198 --> 00:18:37,658 JONES: And I started getting booked with bands 262 00:18:37,659 --> 00:18:39,452 and in the session scene. 263 00:18:43,081 --> 00:18:46,459 PAGE: Here comes Jimmy Page with his electric guitar. 264 00:18:47,001 --> 00:18:49,169 That's my Les Paul, my Black Beauty. 265 00:18:49,170 --> 00:18:51,839 And this guitar was the guitar 266 00:18:51,840 --> 00:18:53,758 that I played most of my sessions on. 267 00:18:55,885 --> 00:18:57,845 There we are. Going in there to see 268 00:18:57,846 --> 00:19:00,973 what I'm gonna be faced with on that music stand. 269 00:19:00,974 --> 00:19:04,060 [GOLDFINGER PLAYING] 270 00:19:13,570 --> 00:19:15,905 Sessions were a lot of fun in those days, actually. 271 00:19:16,865 --> 00:19:19,074 When I started, I ended up playing a lot of sessions 272 00:19:19,075 --> 00:19:20,450 together with Jimmy. 273 00:19:20,451 --> 00:19:22,870 [MUSIC CONTINUES] 274 00:19:22,871 --> 00:19:25,707 JONES: The Goldfinger session was at Abbey Road. 275 00:19:25,832 --> 00:19:28,125 Jimmy and I were in the rhythm section. 276 00:19:28,126 --> 00:19:29,544 There was a full orchestra 277 00:19:30,128 --> 00:19:31,337 and Shirley Bassey. 278 00:19:35,550 --> 00:19:38,260 PAGE: The whole energy... Just to be in there... 279 00:19:38,261 --> 00:19:41,179 I mean, you know, I'm still a kid, really. 280 00:19:41,180 --> 00:19:43,807 And it's, "Wow. It's Shirley Bassey." 281 00:19:43,808 --> 00:19:46,143 JONES: While you were playing, you could see her. 282 00:19:46,144 --> 00:19:48,479 And she did the whole thing. 283 00:19:49,647 --> 00:19:51,648 Like that. It was wonderful to watch. 284 00:19:51,649 --> 00:19:53,860 [SINGING] 285 00:20:12,045 --> 00:20:15,590 PAGE: These studios would work with ruthless efficiency. 286 00:20:16,257 --> 00:20:18,258 So you couldn't be the one to mess up 287 00:20:18,259 --> 00:20:20,010 so they went into overtime. 288 00:20:20,011 --> 00:20:21,553 Of course, if you messed up, 289 00:20:21,554 --> 00:20:23,181 you wouldn't have been seen again. 290 00:20:35,944 --> 00:20:37,903 There'd be, like, a pocket diary, like this, 291 00:20:37,904 --> 00:20:40,156 that I'd be carrying with me. 292 00:20:40,740 --> 00:20:43,909 I played on sessions with the Rolling Stones, 293 00:20:43,910 --> 00:20:45,994 David Bowie, Petula Clark... 294 00:20:45,995 --> 00:20:48,163 I was on the Kinks' records. 295 00:20:48,164 --> 00:20:50,207 The first Who record. 296 00:20:50,208 --> 00:20:52,543 I mean, it goes right across the board. 297 00:20:53,086 --> 00:20:55,046 But I didn't do anything with the Beatles. 298 00:21:07,684 --> 00:21:08,684 [MUSIC STOPS] 299 00:21:08,685 --> 00:21:11,980 [SUNSHINE SUPERMAN PLAYING] 300 00:21:22,699 --> 00:21:24,950 PAGE: I did quite a lot of work with Donovan 301 00:21:24,951 --> 00:21:27,787 and I really enjoyed working with him. 302 00:21:28,329 --> 00:21:30,998 And Mickie Most was his producer. 303 00:21:30,999 --> 00:21:33,458 [DONOVAN SINGING] 304 00:21:33,459 --> 00:21:36,253 PAGE: These sessions were great 'cause I could watch 305 00:21:36,254 --> 00:21:38,964 and I could ask questions about things, 306 00:21:38,965 --> 00:21:40,298 and I certainly did. 307 00:21:40,299 --> 00:21:43,093 I made it my business to ask engineers 308 00:21:43,094 --> 00:21:46,680 how certain effects were done, like tape echo and reverb. 309 00:21:46,681 --> 00:21:49,474 And you could see the way that they were miking 310 00:21:49,475 --> 00:21:50,977 various instruments. 311 00:21:51,853 --> 00:21:53,687 And, basically, that's what I could do. 312 00:21:53,688 --> 00:21:55,605 I was allowed to sort of do that. 313 00:21:55,606 --> 00:21:58,108 Not only that, I got a chance to have a solo as well. 314 00:21:58,109 --> 00:21:59,444 So that was good. 315 00:21:59,652 --> 00:22:04,157 [BRIGHT, FUNKY GUITAR SOLO] 316 00:22:09,829 --> 00:22:10,829 JONES: I went up to Mickie Most 317 00:22:10,830 --> 00:22:12,290 and said, "Do you need an arranger?" 318 00:22:12,540 --> 00:22:14,958 "You do..." "Yeah, I do arrangements. 319 00:22:14,959 --> 00:22:17,128 "Yeah. All the time." And... 320 00:22:17,754 --> 00:22:19,963 I hadn't really done that before. 321 00:22:19,964 --> 00:22:23,926 But my dad had always taught me never turn down work, right? 322 00:22:24,552 --> 00:22:27,972 And had a great working relationship with him. 323 00:22:29,599 --> 00:22:32,350 He used to drive by in his yellow Rolls-Royce 324 00:22:32,351 --> 00:22:35,270 and drop an acetate through my letterbox 325 00:22:35,271 --> 00:22:39,400 with "You know what we want. It's Friday." And that was it. 326 00:22:39,984 --> 00:22:42,736 I'd be playing bass in sessions all day, seven days a week. 327 00:22:42,737 --> 00:22:44,696 So I had to write arrangements at night. 328 00:22:44,697 --> 00:22:46,490 And then nine o'clock in the morning 329 00:22:46,491 --> 00:22:49,076 I'd go to the session and do the songs. 330 00:22:49,077 --> 00:22:52,204 I did all the arrangements for Herman's Hermits 331 00:22:52,205 --> 00:22:53,456 and Donovan, 332 00:22:54,290 --> 00:22:56,542 and had quite a lot to do with Lulu. 333 00:22:56,667 --> 00:22:57,959 'Cause I did all her arrangements 334 00:22:57,960 --> 00:22:59,044 with Mickie Most as well. 335 00:22:59,045 --> 00:23:00,713 [SINGING] 336 00:23:14,936 --> 00:23:16,686 JONES: I even did film work with her, 337 00:23:16,687 --> 00:23:19,774 like To Sir, With Love, which was a big hit in America. 338 00:23:21,025 --> 00:23:23,611 This was considered the pinnacle of the music business. 339 00:23:24,779 --> 00:23:26,739 My dad was incredibly proud 340 00:23:27,240 --> 00:23:29,199 when people he knew and respected 341 00:23:29,200 --> 00:23:31,827 would come... "I saw your John on so-and-so session 342 00:23:31,828 --> 00:23:34,496 "the other day. He's okay. He's good, you know." 343 00:23:34,497 --> 00:23:35,665 And... 344 00:23:36,249 --> 00:23:37,416 Puffed him up a lot. 345 00:23:41,295 --> 00:23:43,171 PLANT: I was in a lot of different bands 346 00:23:43,172 --> 00:23:44,840 around that time. 347 00:23:44,841 --> 00:23:47,801 And I did a couple adventures in recording studios. 348 00:23:47,802 --> 00:23:51,848 But my parents, they weren't that keen at all. 349 00:23:52,390 --> 00:23:56,477 In fact, when I cut my record, the first single on CBS, 350 00:23:57,186 --> 00:24:00,648 they didn't know anything about it, 'cause I, um... 351 00:24:01,732 --> 00:24:04,985 I was given the alternative of staying in the world of 352 00:24:04,986 --> 00:24:06,362 academia and... 353 00:24:07,530 --> 00:24:10,032 my article... Training for my articles 354 00:24:11,701 --> 00:24:13,828 as a chartered accountant or... 355 00:24:15,329 --> 00:24:17,664 you just go out into the world and do what you gotta do. 356 00:24:17,665 --> 00:24:18,916 So I did. 357 00:24:19,625 --> 00:24:21,169 So I waved everybody goodbye. 358 00:24:21,836 --> 00:24:22,837 [YOU BETTER RUN PLAYING] 359 00:24:29,594 --> 00:24:32,345 PLANT: I knew there were singers who had more chops than me, 360 00:24:32,346 --> 00:24:36,017 but I was just out there, throwing it up in the air. 361 00:24:37,310 --> 00:24:42,148 I had caftans, painted faces, bells ringing, incense blazing, 362 00:24:42,523 --> 00:24:44,358 ...and was just... 363 00:24:44,942 --> 00:24:47,402 BONHAM: Robert used to get into more trouble and mischief 364 00:24:47,403 --> 00:24:49,613 than any other friends I have up here, you know. 365 00:24:49,614 --> 00:24:50,907 It's ridiculous, you know. 366 00:24:52,074 --> 00:24:55,828 John came up to me and said, "Well, what's all that about?" 367 00:24:56,913 --> 00:25:00,081 So I said, "Yeah, you're right. What is that all about?" 368 00:25:00,082 --> 00:25:01,791 BONHAM: It was the end of '67. 369 00:25:01,792 --> 00:25:03,585 We got back together 370 00:25:03,586 --> 00:25:05,921 and the playing went incredibly well. 371 00:25:05,922 --> 00:25:08,007 [MEMORY LANE PLAYING] 372 00:25:21,437 --> 00:25:23,689 PLANT: So we formed the Band of Joy. 373 00:25:23,856 --> 00:25:26,483 We wanted to mix the blues with psychedelia. 374 00:25:26,484 --> 00:25:29,361 We wanted to be a part of that huge movement. 375 00:25:29,362 --> 00:25:31,029 We played at Frank Freeman's. 376 00:25:31,030 --> 00:25:32,907 We played Middle Earth in London. 377 00:25:34,242 --> 00:25:37,203 We went down to Tin Pan Alley and we recorded Memory Lane, 378 00:25:37,745 --> 00:25:40,623 which was my first adventure in songwriting. 379 00:25:41,832 --> 00:25:43,542 Sadly, we never got it released. 380 00:25:44,293 --> 00:25:45,920 And not many people liked us. 381 00:25:46,462 --> 00:25:48,630 But we liked us. 382 00:25:48,631 --> 00:25:50,341 [MUSIC PLAYING] 383 00:26:16,575 --> 00:26:18,493 PLANT: Pat was screaming at John, saying, 384 00:26:18,494 --> 00:26:20,413 "I told you to stay away from him. 385 00:26:20,955 --> 00:26:22,205 "He'll get you nowhere." 386 00:26:22,206 --> 00:26:24,833 And so he went off with Tim Rose 387 00:26:24,834 --> 00:26:27,378 and played I Got a Loneliness and Morning Dew. 388 00:26:27,753 --> 00:26:29,714 BONHAM: That's how it used to go, really. 389 00:26:30,047 --> 00:26:32,465 I mean, we had a kid then. So you'd end up having to get a job 390 00:26:32,466 --> 00:26:34,467 in a professional group to get a little bit of money 391 00:26:34,468 --> 00:26:36,387 to sort of live with, really. 392 00:26:37,305 --> 00:26:40,933 I just fell from favor everywhere. 393 00:26:42,310 --> 00:26:43,936 Things were pretty tough for me then. 394 00:26:44,603 --> 00:26:48,523 I had a brown suitcase and some penicillin, 395 00:26:48,524 --> 00:26:50,317 and I was homeless. I had nowhere to live. 396 00:26:50,318 --> 00:26:51,402 So I... 397 00:26:52,903 --> 00:26:55,406 I got a gig with this band called Obs-Tweedle. 398 00:26:58,367 --> 00:27:00,369 [MELLOW BASS CHORDS PLAY] 399 00:27:06,375 --> 00:27:08,543 I was totally accepted 400 00:27:08,544 --> 00:27:11,005 in the world of being a studio musician. 401 00:27:11,547 --> 00:27:14,674 I had been caught up doing the things 402 00:27:14,675 --> 00:27:18,053 that all of the real old-timers when I joined in were doing. 403 00:27:18,054 --> 00:27:19,429 Like Muzak. 404 00:27:19,430 --> 00:27:22,515 Muzak is what they would call, like, lift music. 405 00:27:22,516 --> 00:27:24,351 You know? Um... 406 00:27:24,352 --> 00:27:28,146 Very, very difficult to do 407 00:27:28,147 --> 00:27:29,439 a Muzak session, 408 00:27:29,440 --> 00:27:31,316 'cause you'd have a whole ream of music 409 00:27:31,317 --> 00:27:33,568 and you'd have to keep turning it and playing it, 410 00:27:33,569 --> 00:27:34,737 and turning it and playing it. 411 00:27:35,112 --> 00:27:37,572 To do that, to actually get halfway through 412 00:27:37,573 --> 00:27:40,533 without being physically sick was quite a miracle. 413 00:27:40,534 --> 00:27:43,412 So I knew 414 00:27:43,913 --> 00:27:46,414 that it was time to sort of come out of there. 415 00:27:46,415 --> 00:27:50,001 All my friends, like Eric and Jeff, were all in bands 416 00:27:50,002 --> 00:27:51,795 and they were having a great time. 417 00:27:51,796 --> 00:27:53,922 And I thought, "I've got a lot that I really want 418 00:27:53,923 --> 00:27:55,591 "to be able to offer." 419 00:27:56,425 --> 00:27:57,967 And Jeff Beck said, 420 00:27:57,968 --> 00:28:00,762 "It'd be really good if you came in with the Yardbirds." 421 00:28:00,763 --> 00:28:02,972 So I thought, "How would you really like to play 422 00:28:02,973 --> 00:28:04,599 "if you had the chance?" 423 00:28:04,600 --> 00:28:07,602 "Right. You do it. Do it now. This is your opportunity." 424 00:28:07,603 --> 00:28:10,147 [OVER UNDER SIDEWAYS DOWN PLAYING] 425 00:28:27,331 --> 00:28:30,500 [SONG ENDS WITH FLOURISH] 426 00:28:30,501 --> 00:28:32,211 [CROWD CLAPPING] 427 00:28:33,838 --> 00:28:36,005 Going into the Yardbirds with Jeff, 428 00:28:36,006 --> 00:28:37,173 it was touring with a friend 429 00:28:37,174 --> 00:28:38,968 and having, you know, a really good time. 430 00:28:39,760 --> 00:28:42,137 But in the middle of an American tour, 431 00:28:42,138 --> 00:28:45,141 he left the band, and I was quite shocked. 432 00:28:45,933 --> 00:28:50,645 But it gave me the opportunity to try a totally new direction. 433 00:28:50,646 --> 00:28:53,398 So I took over on lead guitar. 434 00:28:53,399 --> 00:28:55,651 [GLIMPSES PLAYING] 435 00:29:00,906 --> 00:29:03,241 PAGE: Nobody was interested in the Yardbirds 436 00:29:03,242 --> 00:29:05,118 over here in England anymore. 437 00:29:05,119 --> 00:29:08,580 So we started to really grow our underground following 438 00:29:08,581 --> 00:29:09,874 in America. 439 00:29:10,624 --> 00:29:14,502 And it was just a thrill, an absolute thrill, 440 00:29:14,503 --> 00:29:18,006 just really getting a feel for the West Coast music scene. 441 00:29:18,007 --> 00:29:20,926 [SONG CONTINUES] 442 00:29:25,306 --> 00:29:27,223 PAGE: But we were up against Mickie Most, 443 00:29:27,224 --> 00:29:28,767 who was our producer, 444 00:29:29,268 --> 00:29:31,686 so we were recording all these awful singles 445 00:29:31,687 --> 00:29:34,565 for the AM radio, which was the pop radio, 446 00:29:35,191 --> 00:29:38,360 and I didn't want to be making singles anymore. 447 00:29:39,778 --> 00:29:41,154 Being in America 448 00:29:41,155 --> 00:29:43,698 and seeing the advent of the FM underground radio, 449 00:29:43,699 --> 00:29:46,451 which was playing whole sides of albums... 450 00:29:46,452 --> 00:29:50,164 I knew that this was gonna be the way to go in the future. 451 00:29:50,706 --> 00:29:52,415 So that was my plan. 452 00:29:52,416 --> 00:29:54,709 To make albums that would be played, 453 00:29:54,710 --> 00:29:57,505 a whole side, on the FM stations. 454 00:30:04,762 --> 00:30:06,763 I had this new sound for the Yardbirds 455 00:30:06,764 --> 00:30:08,598 already worked out in my head. 456 00:30:08,599 --> 00:30:12,143 I already knew exactly what I wanted to be doing, guitar-wise, 457 00:30:12,144 --> 00:30:14,103 on the new stuff that I had in mind, 458 00:30:14,104 --> 00:30:15,480 like Dazed and Confused, 459 00:30:15,481 --> 00:30:18,483 which was inspired by Jake Holmes. 460 00:30:18,484 --> 00:30:20,569 [DAZED AND CONFUSED PLAYING] 461 00:30:43,092 --> 00:30:46,679 PAGE: That guitar was given to me by Jeff Beck. 462 00:30:47,346 --> 00:30:50,224 I painted it. I consecrated the guitar. 463 00:30:51,559 --> 00:30:55,104 This is the guitar that takes the full journey, 464 00:30:55,854 --> 00:30:59,941 like Excalibur, the mythical sword. 465 00:30:59,942 --> 00:31:02,778 [WARBLING GUITAR MELODY] 466 00:31:14,832 --> 00:31:17,918 PAGE: I went to a palm reading in LA. 467 00:31:18,836 --> 00:31:20,671 And the palmist said, 468 00:31:21,088 --> 00:31:24,591 "You're gonna be making a decision very soon 469 00:31:24,592 --> 00:31:26,510 "which is gonna change your life." 470 00:31:27,052 --> 00:31:30,639 A meeting happened, like, two or three days after the palmist, 471 00:31:31,223 --> 00:31:32,390 where the rest of the group said, 472 00:31:32,391 --> 00:31:33,684 "That's it. We wanna fold." 473 00:31:35,519 --> 00:31:36,729 I mean, it was a shock. 474 00:31:39,940 --> 00:31:43,818 I immediately went, "Well, now I know what I'm gonna do. 475 00:31:43,819 --> 00:31:45,361 "I'm gonna form my own group, 476 00:31:45,362 --> 00:31:47,740 "and I know exactly what it is that I wanna do with it," 477 00:31:48,365 --> 00:31:51,285 and I just needed to find a powerful vocalist. 478 00:31:51,827 --> 00:31:53,995 And so there was a singer called Terry Reid. 479 00:31:53,996 --> 00:31:55,538 He registered with me 480 00:31:55,539 --> 00:31:57,916 and I thought, "I'm gonna aim for him." 481 00:31:58,626 --> 00:32:02,004 I asked Peter Grant if he could track down Terry Reid. 482 00:32:02,713 --> 00:32:05,006 Peter Grant was the manager of the Yardbirds, 483 00:32:05,007 --> 00:32:07,091 and, bless him, he really believed in me. 484 00:32:07,092 --> 00:32:09,219 This is the thing, that once the Yardbirds folded, 485 00:32:09,345 --> 00:32:10,928 and I said, "Well, I wanna start a group," 486 00:32:10,929 --> 00:32:13,723 he was there. You know? He said, "Great," you know? 487 00:32:13,724 --> 00:32:15,351 And "Whatever help I can give." 488 00:32:15,934 --> 00:32:19,271 Peter Grant and Mickie Most were in the same office, 489 00:32:19,897 --> 00:32:21,606 and they had two desks, 490 00:32:21,607 --> 00:32:24,735 and they more or less faced each other across the room. 491 00:32:26,070 --> 00:32:28,071 The next thing that I hear is, 492 00:32:28,072 --> 00:32:31,199 "Unfortunately Terry Reid's signed a solo deal 493 00:32:31,200 --> 00:32:32,325 "with Mickie Most." 494 00:32:32,326 --> 00:32:33,744 And I... "Oh, yeah?" 495 00:32:34,328 --> 00:32:35,787 - Off the press? - Right. I know that one. 496 00:32:35,788 --> 00:32:37,121 - For you. - Right. 497 00:32:37,122 --> 00:32:38,665 I thought, "Wow. This is super ruthless." 498 00:32:38,666 --> 00:32:41,084 But nevertheless, Terry Reid suggested 499 00:32:41,085 --> 00:32:43,628 a singer from the Midlands in a band called Obs-Tweedle. 500 00:32:43,629 --> 00:32:44,712 And I thought, 501 00:32:44,713 --> 00:32:46,799 "This is an unusual name. This is a bit odd." 502 00:32:47,424 --> 00:32:49,718 He and Peter Grant came up to have a look at me. 503 00:32:51,095 --> 00:32:54,139 He asked me if I knew where he could find Robert Plant. 504 00:32:55,349 --> 00:32:57,726 And I said, "Yeah. Right here." 505 00:32:58,227 --> 00:33:02,021 He was doing some wonderful improvised vocals 506 00:33:02,022 --> 00:33:03,606 and I thought they were marvelous. 507 00:33:03,607 --> 00:33:05,734 So I invited him round my house. 508 00:33:06,485 --> 00:33:08,654 I still had nowhere to live, sadly. 509 00:33:09,154 --> 00:33:12,532 So I took my suitcase and got a train to Pangbourne 510 00:33:12,533 --> 00:33:14,284 and knocked on another door. 511 00:33:15,744 --> 00:33:17,745 PAGE: Yeah. We had a really good connection. 512 00:33:17,746 --> 00:33:20,957 And, uh, I think he was sort of looking through my records... 513 00:33:20,958 --> 00:33:22,417 "I've got that one." You know? 514 00:33:22,418 --> 00:33:24,961 And I played him a Joan Baez version 515 00:33:24,962 --> 00:33:26,587 of Babe I'm Gonna Leave You 516 00:33:26,588 --> 00:33:30,174 and said, "Well, if you can sing that top line there, 517 00:33:30,175 --> 00:33:32,176 "I've got an arrangement that goes with it." 518 00:33:32,177 --> 00:33:35,304 And it just really, really dovetailed together. 519 00:33:35,305 --> 00:33:36,472 It was beautiful. 520 00:33:36,473 --> 00:33:39,350 He just sang beautifully. 521 00:33:39,351 --> 00:33:41,270 [BABE I'M GONNA LEAVE YOU PLAYING] 522 00:33:51,572 --> 00:33:53,824 We knew something was in the air. 523 00:33:55,033 --> 00:33:57,453 I could feel this stuff around me. 524 00:33:58,537 --> 00:34:02,458 Jimmy's guitar playing was just tremendous. Amazing. 525 00:34:05,711 --> 00:34:06,878 Jimmy then said to me, 526 00:34:06,879 --> 00:34:09,047 "Well, we've got this drummer lined up." 527 00:34:09,214 --> 00:34:11,716 And before he went any further, I said, "Wait a minute. 528 00:34:11,717 --> 00:34:13,676 "There is no drummer on the planet 529 00:34:13,677 --> 00:34:16,263 "to compare with John Bonham. 530 00:34:16,680 --> 00:34:18,140 "He's magnificent." 531 00:34:18,474 --> 00:34:20,100 He was playing with Tim Rose. 532 00:34:20,684 --> 00:34:22,226 Jimmy said, "Well, if that's the case, 533 00:34:22,227 --> 00:34:23,811 "let's go and see him." 534 00:34:23,812 --> 00:34:27,356 And I said, "John, you've got to listen to Jimmy play. 535 00:34:27,357 --> 00:34:30,319 "He's amazing." John said, "Not a chance." 536 00:34:31,028 --> 00:34:32,904 I said, "You gotta be crazy. 537 00:34:32,905 --> 00:34:36,575 "You don't wanna do this stuff, playing electric folk." 538 00:34:37,201 --> 00:34:39,786 "Come with me." He said, "Pat would kill me." 539 00:34:39,787 --> 00:34:41,287 "Don't say that." 540 00:34:41,288 --> 00:34:43,457 I said, "I'll talk to Pat, and your mom." 541 00:34:46,293 --> 00:34:50,088 JONES: My wife Mo read that "Jimmy's forming a band. 542 00:34:50,631 --> 00:34:52,049 "You should give him a call. 543 00:34:52,549 --> 00:34:53,925 "See if he wants a bass player." 544 00:34:53,926 --> 00:34:55,134 Like, "No. I can't... 545 00:34:55,135 --> 00:34:57,094 "I've got this to do, I've got that to do. 546 00:34:57,095 --> 00:34:58,846 "I got these... and albums..." 547 00:34:58,847 --> 00:35:00,807 "No," she said. She just insisted. 548 00:35:00,808 --> 00:35:03,769 "Give him a call, please." So I did. 549 00:35:04,353 --> 00:35:07,230 And I said, "Hey, Jim. Heard you're forming a band." 550 00:35:07,231 --> 00:35:08,606 He went, "Yeah, yeah." 551 00:35:08,607 --> 00:35:10,733 I said, "Do you want a bass player?" 552 00:35:10,734 --> 00:35:12,652 He went, "Well, actually, yes. 553 00:35:12,653 --> 00:35:14,821 "But there's a problem." I said, "What's that?" 554 00:35:14,822 --> 00:35:17,490 He said, "Well, the drummer is playing with Tim Rose 555 00:35:17,491 --> 00:35:20,536 "and he's getting 40 quid a week. Can we best it?" 556 00:35:21,829 --> 00:35:23,037 [CHUCKLES] 557 00:35:23,038 --> 00:35:25,207 So we decided, yeah, we probably could. 558 00:35:27,042 --> 00:35:30,545 PAGE: Peter Grant managed to get a two-hour rehearsal space 559 00:35:30,546 --> 00:35:31,797 in Gerrard Street. 560 00:35:32,631 --> 00:35:36,551 So we all get there and I've got my equipment set up. 561 00:35:36,552 --> 00:35:39,428 John Paul Jones is there with his session equipment, 562 00:35:39,429 --> 00:35:41,556 uh, and John's got his drums. 563 00:35:41,557 --> 00:35:44,308 JONES: It literally was just wall to wall amplifiers 564 00:35:44,309 --> 00:35:46,435 and we just picked one up... 565 00:35:46,436 --> 00:35:48,855 "Hello. How are you?" "Right." You know? 566 00:35:48,856 --> 00:35:50,774 "I'm so-and-so. He's so-and-so else." 567 00:35:51,483 --> 00:35:52,859 BONHAM: It was quite strange, really, 568 00:35:52,860 --> 00:35:54,068 meeting John Paul and Jimmy. 569 00:35:54,069 --> 00:35:56,279 You know, coming from where I'd come from, you know, 570 00:35:56,280 --> 00:35:58,155 I'd sort of thought, you know, it was a bit of a joke, 571 00:35:58,156 --> 00:36:00,283 getting telegrams and things, you know. 572 00:36:00,284 --> 00:36:02,660 There's a chance of becoming one of the Yardbirds. 573 00:36:02,661 --> 00:36:04,621 It's like a gift from heaven, wasn't it? 574 00:36:05,163 --> 00:36:07,457 I said the first number that I want to do 575 00:36:08,083 --> 00:36:09,417 is Train Kept A-Rollin'. 576 00:36:09,418 --> 00:36:11,460 Train Kept A-Rollin'. "Do you know it?" 577 00:36:11,461 --> 00:36:14,547 I went, "Nope." He said, "Well, it's a 12-bar." 578 00:36:14,548 --> 00:36:15,631 [SCATS] 579 00:36:15,632 --> 00:36:17,925 "It's got this riff." "Okay. Count it in." 580 00:36:17,926 --> 00:36:19,261 And that was it. 581 00:36:19,928 --> 00:36:21,679 And the room just exploded. 582 00:36:21,680 --> 00:36:24,265 We just kept playing it and doing, like, solo breaks 583 00:36:24,266 --> 00:36:27,143 and all the rest of it, and Robert's improvising. 584 00:36:27,144 --> 00:36:28,978 I'd never heard anything like it. 585 00:36:28,979 --> 00:36:30,771 I was expecting some cool soul singer 586 00:36:30,772 --> 00:36:33,442 and there's this screaming maniac 587 00:36:34,401 --> 00:36:36,904 with this fantastic voice and a fantastic range. 588 00:36:37,070 --> 00:36:38,905 You know, I was like, "What are you doing up there? 589 00:36:38,906 --> 00:36:40,698 "You'll hurt yourself, man." 590 00:36:40,699 --> 00:36:43,911 It was devastating because it seemed like 591 00:36:45,037 --> 00:36:46,996 that had been what I'd been waiting for. 592 00:36:46,997 --> 00:36:48,623 BONHAM: I was pretty shy. 593 00:36:48,624 --> 00:36:51,250 The best thing to do when you're in a situation like that 594 00:36:51,251 --> 00:36:53,586 is not to say much and just soldier along 595 00:36:53,587 --> 00:36:55,379 and suss it all out, sort of thing. 596 00:36:55,380 --> 00:36:57,006 Well, being a bass player, 597 00:36:57,007 --> 00:36:59,050 and he was probably thinking the same thing, 598 00:36:59,051 --> 00:37:00,676 you know, because rhythm sections 599 00:37:00,677 --> 00:37:03,430 are very sensitive creatures really... 600 00:37:04,306 --> 00:37:05,307 Um... 601 00:37:06,141 --> 00:37:09,686 I just needed to know that we could work together. 602 00:37:09,853 --> 00:37:12,021 BONHAM: The first time we played together, you know, 603 00:37:12,022 --> 00:37:14,023 you could tell it was gonna be a good group. 604 00:37:14,024 --> 00:37:15,733 You know, not being sort of flashy about it. 605 00:37:15,734 --> 00:37:17,610 [BONHAM LAUGHS] 606 00:37:17,611 --> 00:37:19,278 - But I am. - [CHUCKLES] 607 00:37:19,279 --> 00:37:20,364 [CHUCKLES] 608 00:37:20,989 --> 00:37:22,198 Marvelous. 609 00:37:22,199 --> 00:37:26,285 When it finally came to a halt, I'm absolutely convinced 610 00:37:26,286 --> 00:37:29,956 that everyone knew that that was a life-changing experience. 611 00:37:29,957 --> 00:37:32,041 And I think there was so much kinetic energy, 612 00:37:32,042 --> 00:37:35,127 so much energy that needed to come out for everybody. 613 00:37:35,128 --> 00:37:36,504 "Let's take it to the next stage 614 00:37:36,505 --> 00:37:38,089 "and let's take it to Pangbourne." 615 00:37:38,090 --> 00:37:40,175 [ROCK MUSIC PLAYING] 616 00:37:49,559 --> 00:37:51,520 PAGE: Pangbourne is on the River Thames. 617 00:37:52,020 --> 00:37:55,106 I remember when I first came across this boat house, 618 00:37:55,107 --> 00:37:57,359 I just thought, "It's absolute magic." 619 00:37:57,901 --> 00:37:59,527 It had a good energy to it. 620 00:37:59,528 --> 00:38:02,990 And it was just a cauldron of creativity. 621 00:38:03,365 --> 00:38:04,699 And this is the house that I lived in 622 00:38:04,700 --> 00:38:07,327 in 1967 through to 1970. 623 00:38:08,036 --> 00:38:11,372 We set up initially in the upstairs of the house. 624 00:38:11,373 --> 00:38:13,249 Where those windows are at the top, 625 00:38:13,250 --> 00:38:14,500 there's a largish room 626 00:38:14,501 --> 00:38:17,503 and that was where we did the rehearsals. 627 00:38:17,504 --> 00:38:19,589 [ROCK MUSIC CONTINUES] 628 00:38:23,385 --> 00:38:26,637 We were overlooking the river. It was beautiful. 629 00:38:26,638 --> 00:38:28,973 And we just got to know each other 630 00:38:28,974 --> 00:38:30,307 and worked pretty hard. 631 00:38:30,308 --> 00:38:31,517 We weren't slackers. 632 00:38:31,518 --> 00:38:33,394 Our aim wasn't to be seen on the telly. 633 00:38:33,395 --> 00:38:36,313 We all wanted to play music very badly. 634 00:38:36,314 --> 00:38:39,192 We were working on the material for the album, 635 00:38:39,693 --> 00:38:42,737 and then we were putting in other material as well 636 00:38:42,738 --> 00:38:44,573 that was gonna fill out the set. 637 00:38:45,615 --> 00:38:48,200 We were rehearsing for days, 638 00:38:48,201 --> 00:38:49,995 and it would have been pretty loud. 639 00:38:50,787 --> 00:38:52,788 You'd hear it. You'd hear it over here. 640 00:38:52,789 --> 00:38:55,666 And I did expect somebody to be knocking on the door 641 00:38:55,667 --> 00:38:57,418 to complain, but nobody did. 642 00:38:57,419 --> 00:38:59,504 [ROCK MUSIC CONTINUES] 643 00:39:05,510 --> 00:39:07,303 BONHAM: We got together very quickly 644 00:39:07,304 --> 00:39:09,180 because there was already sort of a tour 645 00:39:09,181 --> 00:39:11,099 that had to be done by the Yardbirds, 646 00:39:11,266 --> 00:39:13,559 which was a few dates in Scandinavia. 647 00:39:13,560 --> 00:39:15,895 It was convenient that, lo and behold, 648 00:39:15,896 --> 00:39:17,397 there was this tour that we could do. 649 00:39:17,814 --> 00:39:19,857 So we could go there and have the benefit 650 00:39:19,858 --> 00:39:21,442 of playing in front of an audience 651 00:39:21,443 --> 00:39:23,487 away from London and all the rest of it. 652 00:39:24,988 --> 00:39:26,822 PLANT: Off to Scandinavia we went 653 00:39:26,823 --> 00:39:30,242 for our first concert as the Yardbirds. 654 00:39:30,243 --> 00:39:31,786 And we went on an airplane, 655 00:39:31,787 --> 00:39:33,454 me and John sitting next to each other 656 00:39:33,455 --> 00:39:34,872 having a cigarette, 657 00:39:34,873 --> 00:39:37,166 seeing lots and lots of silverware, 658 00:39:37,167 --> 00:39:38,919 knives and forks in front of us. 659 00:39:39,419 --> 00:39:41,253 Stuff that we would normally have stolen 660 00:39:41,254 --> 00:39:42,881 was there in profusion. 661 00:39:43,507 --> 00:39:45,591 Couldn't have even got enough of it in our bags 662 00:39:45,592 --> 00:39:47,718 to get off the plane without having somebody help us. 663 00:39:47,719 --> 00:39:50,137 It was great. Everything was there. 664 00:39:50,138 --> 00:39:52,766 Gin, tonic, people. 665 00:39:53,517 --> 00:39:55,519 People being kind and charming. 666 00:39:56,269 --> 00:39:58,522 Air conditioning. It was... Off we went. 667 00:39:59,022 --> 00:40:00,857 Because you couldn't... What could you do? 668 00:40:02,400 --> 00:40:04,027 Couldn't go back to Mommy then. 669 00:40:04,528 --> 00:40:06,530 [INDISTINCT CHATTER] 670 00:40:09,699 --> 00:40:13,202 JONES: When I told my colleagues and the people that employ me 671 00:40:13,203 --> 00:40:15,162 that I'm giving up session work, 672 00:40:15,163 --> 00:40:17,414 I'm gonna join a rock 'n' roll band, 673 00:40:17,415 --> 00:40:20,251 everybody said, "You're mad. You're completely crazy." 674 00:40:20,252 --> 00:40:22,337 [HOW MANY MORE TIMES PLAYING] 675 00:40:26,174 --> 00:40:28,634 On bass guitar, John Paul Jones. 676 00:40:28,635 --> 00:40:30,053 John Paul Jones. 677 00:40:34,224 --> 00:40:36,726 On drums, John Bonham. 678 00:40:41,481 --> 00:40:43,525 Lead guitar, Jimmy Page. 679 00:40:49,156 --> 00:40:51,073 And myself, Robert Plant. 680 00:40:51,074 --> 00:40:53,660 [BLUES ROCK RHYTHM] 681 00:40:55,078 --> 00:40:57,122 Yes! All right! 682 00:41:05,964 --> 00:41:06,965 Yes! 683 00:41:12,053 --> 00:41:13,846 Yeah! 684 00:41:13,847 --> 00:41:16,433 [BLUES ROCK RHYTHM] 685 00:43:40,869 --> 00:43:42,119 Yes! 686 00:43:42,120 --> 00:43:45,206 [INTENSE GUITAR SOLO] 687 00:45:38,653 --> 00:45:40,655 [SONG PEAKS, ENDS ABRUPTLY] 688 00:45:43,408 --> 00:45:45,117 BONHAM: It went so well, really, 689 00:45:45,118 --> 00:45:47,327 that, you know, the group started to make the album 690 00:45:47,328 --> 00:45:49,913 straight after coming back from Scandinavia. You know. 691 00:45:49,914 --> 00:45:53,126 How long had we been together about then? What, a month? 692 00:45:54,085 --> 00:45:56,712 PAGE: We went into Olympic Studios 693 00:45:56,713 --> 00:45:58,756 at night over a few weeks. 694 00:45:59,591 --> 00:46:03,010 The very first time we go in is the 25th of September 695 00:46:03,011 --> 00:46:04,386 in 1968. 696 00:46:04,387 --> 00:46:07,640 "Arrival time from 11:00 p.m. onwards." 697 00:46:09,392 --> 00:46:10,559 MAN: Let's take one. 698 00:46:10,560 --> 00:46:11,644 PLANT: Right. 699 00:46:12,437 --> 00:46:14,771 There's Glyn Johns, dear Glyn, 700 00:46:14,772 --> 00:46:17,232 at the controls of the Helios desk 701 00:46:17,233 --> 00:46:19,776 that was custom-built for Olympic Studios, 702 00:46:19,777 --> 00:46:21,613 and he was doing the engineering on it. 703 00:46:22,489 --> 00:46:24,573 GLYN: Drumming set one. 704 00:46:24,574 --> 00:46:26,116 PLANT: John, Jimmy, and John Paul 705 00:46:26,117 --> 00:46:29,287 were much more connected in these sessions than I was, 706 00:46:29,996 --> 00:46:32,415 because they were recording it live. 707 00:46:33,374 --> 00:46:35,292 They had to make it work on the floor. 708 00:46:35,293 --> 00:46:36,627 A take is a take. 709 00:46:36,628 --> 00:46:39,379 So it was an electric atmosphere. 710 00:46:39,380 --> 00:46:41,925 And I just tried to land on top of it all. 711 00:46:43,968 --> 00:46:46,678 PAGE: John Paul Jones brought the most amazing bass playing, 712 00:46:46,679 --> 00:46:50,058 and he was quite a force to be reckoned with, musically. 713 00:46:55,230 --> 00:46:57,690 I was very much in love with John's right foot. 714 00:46:59,025 --> 00:47:01,152 [CHUCKLES] I had great respect for it. 715 00:47:01,736 --> 00:47:04,321 And I used to try and highlight it 716 00:47:04,322 --> 00:47:05,698 and help it along 717 00:47:06,324 --> 00:47:08,493 and give it space. [LAUGHS HEARTILY] 718 00:47:09,035 --> 00:47:10,452 GLYN: Uh, take three. 719 00:47:10,453 --> 00:47:13,539 So I could be doing a riff and just leave a note out 720 00:47:13,540 --> 00:47:15,707 and something of his would pop through 721 00:47:15,708 --> 00:47:18,211 and the rhythm would just suddenly come alive. 722 00:47:22,715 --> 00:47:24,717 [GOOD TIMES BAD TIMES PLAYING] 723 00:48:51,971 --> 00:48:53,973 [INTENSE, POWERFUL GUITAR SOLO] 724 00:50:01,040 --> 00:50:03,042 [MUSIC FADES] 725 00:50:06,587 --> 00:50:08,797 Well, I was gonna throw everything I could at it. 726 00:50:08,798 --> 00:50:10,924 You know, I was gonna play acoustic guitar, 727 00:50:10,925 --> 00:50:13,343 I played pedal steel guitar, 728 00:50:13,344 --> 00:50:15,638 I played slide guitar, electric guitar. 729 00:50:16,305 --> 00:50:18,807 I wanted to have so many different textures 730 00:50:18,808 --> 00:50:21,560 and moods on it that the whole album 731 00:50:21,561 --> 00:50:24,896 would just totally arrest the listeners 732 00:50:24,897 --> 00:50:28,985 and take them to a realm that they hadn't been in before. 733 00:50:30,069 --> 00:50:31,695 The guitar's not on a regular tuning 734 00:50:31,696 --> 00:50:33,113 on Black Mountain Side. 735 00:50:33,114 --> 00:50:34,991 It is very much like a sitar tuning. 736 00:50:40,747 --> 00:50:43,750 PLANT: Jimmy and John Paul were really at the top of their game. 737 00:50:44,625 --> 00:50:47,378 They'd played on so many diverse pieces of music 738 00:50:48,421 --> 00:50:50,672 that there was nowhere that they couldn't find themselves 739 00:50:50,673 --> 00:50:52,174 comfortably going to. 740 00:50:52,175 --> 00:50:55,719 So that gave us a whole magnificent bunch of colors 741 00:50:55,720 --> 00:50:56,803 to play with. 742 00:50:56,804 --> 00:50:58,890 [BRIGHT, UP-TEMPO MELODY] 743 00:51:10,401 --> 00:51:12,862 [PLAYING INTENSIFIES, QUICKENS] 744 00:52:10,962 --> 00:52:13,297 [MUSIC FADES] 745 00:52:16,843 --> 00:52:18,344 BONHAM: Jimmy produced the album. 746 00:52:18,845 --> 00:52:19,928 Which was great, you know, 747 00:52:19,929 --> 00:52:21,263 because it's got a different sound, 748 00:52:21,264 --> 00:52:22,390 and I like that. 749 00:52:22,849 --> 00:52:25,100 He had all these ideas of microphone placement 750 00:52:25,101 --> 00:52:27,562 to get distance, so he knew what he wanted to hear. 751 00:52:28,938 --> 00:52:30,897 PAGE: There were some really complex things 752 00:52:30,898 --> 00:52:32,650 that went on during the mixing, 753 00:52:32,817 --> 00:52:36,111 like the backwards echo that comes in You Shook Me. 754 00:52:36,112 --> 00:52:38,864 When you turn the tape round and apply the echo 755 00:52:38,865 --> 00:52:40,448 and then turn it back over 756 00:52:40,449 --> 00:52:42,617 and then you get the echo coming in reverse. 757 00:52:42,618 --> 00:52:46,497 [PLANT SINGING] 758 00:52:55,798 --> 00:52:58,425 PAGE: I was cross-fading from one song into another 759 00:52:58,426 --> 00:52:59,968 and all these sort of tricks, 760 00:52:59,969 --> 00:53:02,429 so that when people listened to the whole album, 761 00:53:02,430 --> 00:53:05,515 as I say, it would just absolutely demand attention. 762 00:53:05,516 --> 00:53:08,518 Well, I mean, it was amazing. Yeah. 763 00:53:08,519 --> 00:53:11,521 I had a pair of those big quad electrostatic speakers 764 00:53:11,522 --> 00:53:13,231 in my front room. 765 00:53:13,232 --> 00:53:15,526 You could sort of sit almost in them. 766 00:53:15,985 --> 00:53:17,903 And I just used to play it loud. 767 00:53:17,904 --> 00:53:19,989 [DRAMATIC ELECTRIC ORGAN MELODY] 768 00:53:35,630 --> 00:53:38,590 If you finance the album yourself, 769 00:53:38,591 --> 00:53:40,550 you're in a much better position 770 00:53:40,551 --> 00:53:43,470 than if you're going in with, like, a demo tape. 771 00:53:43,471 --> 00:53:45,263 So, if you knew what you were doing, 772 00:53:45,264 --> 00:53:48,767 it made sense to complete the album 773 00:53:48,768 --> 00:53:51,312 and then go round and do a deal. 774 00:53:55,274 --> 00:53:57,108 The American producer Bert Berns 775 00:53:57,109 --> 00:54:01,029 had really done a great PR job for me at Atlantic Records. 776 00:54:01,030 --> 00:54:03,990 When he took me there in 1964, 777 00:54:03,991 --> 00:54:06,369 and I said we should aim at Atlantic... 778 00:54:07,203 --> 00:54:08,496 So that's what we did. 779 00:54:17,171 --> 00:54:19,839 JONES: Yeah. Yeah. We'd done our bit, 780 00:54:19,840 --> 00:54:22,300 and Jimmy and Peter were going to convince people 781 00:54:22,301 --> 00:54:24,386 that they really needed it. [CHUCKLES] 782 00:54:24,387 --> 00:54:27,640 Jimmy had the kind of keys to the beginnings of a kingdom. 783 00:54:28,349 --> 00:54:30,600 And he went off to New York with Peter, 784 00:54:30,601 --> 00:54:32,602 and through them, they got to see Jerry Wexler. 785 00:54:32,603 --> 00:54:33,854 [YOUR TIME IS GONNA COME PLAYING] 786 00:55:01,424 --> 00:55:03,675 We put it on, and that was a great moment 787 00:55:03,676 --> 00:55:06,344 to actually be able to play it, regardless of what they thought, 788 00:55:06,345 --> 00:55:10,682 to actually be playing it to, you know, Jerry Wexler. 789 00:55:10,683 --> 00:55:12,810 - [INAUDIBLE DIALOG] - [SONG CONTINUES] 790 00:55:39,003 --> 00:55:41,379 PAGE: Atlantic wasn't allowed to remix anything. 791 00:55:41,380 --> 00:55:42,964 It was perfect. It was done. 792 00:55:42,965 --> 00:55:45,592 The sequencing was perfect. There was nothing... 793 00:55:45,593 --> 00:55:47,762 Certainly no singles are gonna be taken off it. 794 00:55:50,473 --> 00:55:54,059 Having seen a situation whereby singles 795 00:55:54,060 --> 00:55:56,311 have broken the spirit of a band, 796 00:55:56,312 --> 00:55:59,064 I didn't want it to break the spirit of this band. 797 00:55:59,065 --> 00:56:02,984 And I made a point of saying, "We're an album band. 798 00:56:02,985 --> 00:56:04,904 "We're not doing singles." 799 00:56:05,738 --> 00:56:07,989 We could call the shots because we owned the album. 800 00:56:07,990 --> 00:56:09,075 [SONG CONTINUES] 801 00:56:13,579 --> 00:56:16,372 And here I am, signing a contract. 802 00:56:16,373 --> 00:56:19,292 Then there's Peter, looking really cool. 803 00:56:19,293 --> 00:56:21,753 Looking quite like a Mafia don. 804 00:56:21,754 --> 00:56:23,714 [SONG CONTINUES] 805 00:56:41,565 --> 00:56:43,525 JONES: Peter Grant and Jimmy had fixed it 806 00:56:43,526 --> 00:56:47,905 so that Atlantic had no say in what we did whatsoever. 807 00:56:49,198 --> 00:56:51,658 They went there saying, "Look, you want this band, 808 00:56:51,659 --> 00:56:54,370 "and we're gonna give you the music." But... 809 00:56:55,788 --> 00:56:58,373 Peter Grant wouldn't let any record executives 810 00:56:58,374 --> 00:57:00,042 anywhere near the studio. 811 00:57:00,584 --> 00:57:01,835 Or the band. 812 00:57:01,836 --> 00:57:04,462 And they were terrified of him, which was brilliant. 813 00:57:04,463 --> 00:57:06,841 To have that freedom... I mean, it was unheard of. 814 00:57:11,804 --> 00:57:13,805 BONHAM: Rather than keep the Yardbirds name, 815 00:57:13,806 --> 00:57:16,182 the group became strong enough to start fresh, 816 00:57:16,183 --> 00:57:18,184 and it was a decision that we'd change the name. 817 00:57:18,185 --> 00:57:21,271 PAGE: Keith Moon had suggested a name, Led Zeppelin. 818 00:57:21,272 --> 00:57:23,815 I thought that'd be a great name to use. 819 00:57:23,816 --> 00:57:26,651 I thought, "Yeah. That's a terrible name. 820 00:57:26,652 --> 00:57:28,946 "Nobody's gonna remember that." [CHUCKLES] 821 00:57:29,947 --> 00:57:31,698 But I couldn't come up with a better one, 822 00:57:31,699 --> 00:57:33,284 so Led Zeppelin we were. 823 00:57:36,120 --> 00:57:39,373 PLANT: So, suddenly I was a dad and I was nearly married. 824 00:57:40,124 --> 00:57:42,458 And I was in this group that was now gonna be called 825 00:57:42,459 --> 00:57:43,752 Led Zeppelin. 826 00:57:44,253 --> 00:57:47,131 So I went back to my parents with an open heart. 827 00:57:48,007 --> 00:57:49,758 I called up my mom and dad and said, 828 00:57:50,342 --> 00:57:53,511 "You might like to meet your possible, 829 00:57:53,512 --> 00:57:56,890 "most probable, daughter-in-law-to-be." 830 00:57:56,891 --> 00:57:58,559 And so, of course, 831 00:58:00,186 --> 00:58:01,353 they opened the door. 832 00:58:04,773 --> 00:58:09,236 November the 9th, 1968, we played Middle Earth. 833 00:58:09,820 --> 00:58:13,448 And just to celebrate the fact that we did that gig, 834 00:58:13,449 --> 00:58:15,034 I got married on the same day. 835 00:58:15,784 --> 00:58:18,746 Trying to get as many things in in a day as I can. 836 00:58:19,955 --> 00:58:21,789 The car broke down on the way to the gig. 837 00:58:21,790 --> 00:58:23,416 All that stuff, you know. 838 00:58:23,417 --> 00:58:25,418 JONES: We'd figured out what we were gonna play 839 00:58:25,419 --> 00:58:26,878 and how we were gonna play it. 840 00:58:26,879 --> 00:58:29,505 And the first three numbers were just bam, bam, bam. 841 00:58:29,506 --> 00:58:33,092 You could see people going, "What on earth is going on?" 842 00:58:33,093 --> 00:58:35,179 [COMMUNICATION BREAKDOWN PLAYING] 843 00:59:57,344 --> 00:59:59,346 [INTENSE, DRIVING GUITAR SOLO] 844 01:00:43,599 --> 01:00:47,353 [PSYCHEDELIC ROCK GUITAR SOLO] 845 01:01:03,410 --> 01:01:07,247 [PLANT SCATS, VOCALIZES] 846 01:01:24,348 --> 01:01:26,350 - [MUSIC STOPS] - [ALL APPLAUDING] 847 01:01:31,605 --> 01:01:33,106 BONHAM: It's a funny thing, you know. 848 01:01:33,107 --> 01:01:34,774 You couldn't play big gigs in England. 849 01:01:34,775 --> 01:01:35,858 You know, you'd say, 850 01:01:35,859 --> 01:01:37,693 "Do you want to take some dates on Led Zeppelin?" 851 01:01:37,694 --> 01:01:39,112 and all this sort of thing. 852 01:01:39,113 --> 01:01:41,240 People wouldn't even book the band. 853 01:01:42,199 --> 01:01:44,325 PAGE: So Atlantic decided that 854 01:01:44,326 --> 01:01:47,412 the record is gonna come out on the 12th of January, 855 01:01:47,413 --> 01:01:49,247 but only in America. 856 01:01:49,248 --> 01:01:52,209 So Peter gets a tour together for us. 857 01:01:53,919 --> 01:01:56,129 It was Christmas Eve, I think, we had to leave. 858 01:01:56,130 --> 01:01:58,423 BONHAM: You suddenly find the album's coming out 859 01:01:58,424 --> 01:02:00,968 so we sort of had to go to America to play. 860 01:02:02,052 --> 01:02:04,805 I was concerned I wouldn't feel home there at all. 861 01:02:06,056 --> 01:02:07,056 PLANT: Pat kept saying, 862 01:02:07,057 --> 01:02:09,016 "I told you not to work with him." 863 01:02:09,017 --> 01:02:12,437 But she and my wife Maureen were really good friends, 864 01:02:12,438 --> 01:02:16,399 so they had the mutual overview of celebration 865 01:02:16,400 --> 01:02:19,278 for what John was doing and what I was doing. 866 01:02:19,778 --> 01:02:21,196 We just rolled with it. 867 01:02:22,948 --> 01:02:26,784 Going to America was my dream, for every reason. 868 01:02:26,785 --> 01:02:28,662 [BABE I'M GONNA LEAVE YOU PLAYING] 869 01:02:35,961 --> 01:02:39,922 PAGE: We're supporting Vanilla Fudge to begin with, 870 01:02:39,923 --> 01:02:43,218 and they were the only group that took us under their wing. 871 01:02:44,845 --> 01:02:46,762 BONHAM: They're good friends, because they were friends 872 01:02:46,763 --> 01:02:48,182 when we had nothing, you know? 873 01:02:50,434 --> 01:02:52,101 PLANT: Carmine and John Bonham picked up 874 01:02:52,102 --> 01:02:53,936 such a great repartee. 875 01:02:53,937 --> 01:02:55,229 They used to watch each other 876 01:02:55,230 --> 01:02:57,482 and mimic each other and play little parts. 877 01:02:57,483 --> 01:03:00,152 It was a great exchange of energies between everybody. 878 01:03:03,280 --> 01:03:04,948 JONES: Denver was the first show. 879 01:03:05,532 --> 01:03:07,366 Like playing in an aircraft hangar. 880 01:03:07,367 --> 01:03:09,202 PAGE: There wasn't that many people there either. 881 01:03:09,203 --> 01:03:10,828 I thought, "Oh, boy." 882 01:03:10,829 --> 01:03:14,165 But I said, "Look, let's just group together 883 01:03:14,166 --> 01:03:16,417 "as though we're playing in a club, 884 01:03:16,418 --> 01:03:19,670 "and just play to each other. 885 01:03:19,671 --> 01:03:21,047 "Don't worry about whether the place 886 01:03:21,048 --> 01:03:22,798 "is half full or totally full. 887 01:03:22,799 --> 01:03:25,635 "Let's just play for ourselves to get a feel." 888 01:03:25,636 --> 01:03:28,764 [SONG CONTINUES] 889 01:03:38,649 --> 01:03:40,900 PAGE: From the handful of dates with the Fudge, 890 01:03:40,901 --> 01:03:44,862 then we go to the Whisky a Go Go in LA 891 01:03:44,863 --> 01:03:46,740 and then we're going to San Francisco. 892 01:03:55,499 --> 01:03:58,460 [SONG ENDS] 893 01:04:02,714 --> 01:04:04,716 [CROWD CHATTERING] 894 01:04:09,555 --> 01:04:11,264 PAGE: The album is already being played 895 01:04:11,265 --> 01:04:12,890 on the underground radio 896 01:04:12,891 --> 01:04:15,935 and people are really curious 897 01:04:15,936 --> 01:04:18,646 to see this band that they're hearing. 898 01:04:18,647 --> 01:04:22,733 So we were gonna go in there, like, with a hatchet 899 01:04:22,734 --> 01:04:25,987 and just play like we'd never played before. 900 01:04:25,988 --> 01:04:28,240 Just throw everything that we'd got into it. 901 01:04:29,908 --> 01:04:31,659 PLANT: We're backstage at the Fillmore, 902 01:04:31,660 --> 01:04:33,912 and, um, Peter Grant says, 903 01:04:34,663 --> 01:04:36,038 "Well, whatever happens, 904 01:04:36,039 --> 01:04:38,708 "if you don't crack it here, it's over." 905 01:04:38,709 --> 01:04:40,794 [COMMUNICATION BREAKDOWN PLAYING] 906 01:05:28,467 --> 01:05:30,469 [INTENSE GUITAR SOLO] 907 01:06:00,749 --> 01:06:02,709 [PLANT VOCALIZES] 908 01:06:11,176 --> 01:06:13,178 [FUNKY MELODY PLAYING] 909 01:07:12,279 --> 01:07:14,947 [CROWD CHEERING] 910 01:07:14,948 --> 01:07:18,325 We knew after that one that we were on the right track. 911 01:07:18,326 --> 01:07:20,412 [SUGAR MAMA PLAYING] 912 01:07:30,505 --> 01:07:33,090 PAGE: Everything is traveling like wildfire. 913 01:07:33,091 --> 01:07:35,426 The whole thing is just building. 914 01:07:35,427 --> 01:07:37,386 People were bashing down the doors to get in 915 01:07:37,387 --> 01:07:40,222 by the time we played Boston Tea Party, 916 01:07:40,223 --> 01:07:42,141 'cause we were working across the States 917 01:07:42,142 --> 01:07:44,936 from the West Coast to the East. 918 01:07:45,854 --> 01:07:47,938 JONES: On FM radio they would play 919 01:07:47,939 --> 01:07:51,233 one side of your record and back announce that side, 920 01:07:51,234 --> 01:07:54,237 have one word from a sponsor, and then play the other side. 921 01:07:54,488 --> 01:07:55,988 People would just listen to it 922 01:07:55,989 --> 01:07:58,366 and they'd go, "And they're playing in your town tonight." 923 01:07:58,700 --> 01:08:01,660 [CHUCKLES] And so they'd all come on down. 924 01:08:01,661 --> 01:08:03,454 WOLFMAN JACK: Rock 'n' roll with Led Zeppelin. 925 01:08:03,455 --> 01:08:06,500 Robert Plant is here and I know you feel real good now. 926 01:08:06,792 --> 01:08:07,792 [PLANT CHUCKLES] 927 01:08:07,793 --> 01:08:10,211 I'm gonna put another caller on the phone here. 928 01:08:10,212 --> 01:08:12,463 - You're on the air, dear. - Is this Robert Plant? 929 01:08:12,464 --> 01:08:14,673 - PLANT: Occasionally, yeah. - WOMAN 1: Oh, God. 930 01:08:14,674 --> 01:08:16,926 I want you to know that I'm having heart failure. 931 01:08:16,927 --> 01:08:18,135 PLANT: Oh, good God. 932 01:08:18,136 --> 01:08:20,055 Don't tell me. You need a doctor. 933 01:08:20,847 --> 01:08:23,182 WOMAN 1: I just want you to know that you are so sexy. 934 01:08:23,183 --> 01:08:24,600 - It's unbelievable. - Okay, dear. 935 01:08:24,601 --> 01:08:26,018 - Thank you very much. - PLANT: Bless you. 936 01:08:26,019 --> 01:08:27,394 - Next? Next? - MAN: Hello? 937 01:08:27,395 --> 01:08:29,522 I was gonna go see you last night, 938 01:08:29,523 --> 01:08:30,940 but I couldn't get tickets. 939 01:08:30,941 --> 01:08:32,775 PLANT: It was really good last night. 940 01:08:32,776 --> 01:08:34,485 JACK: What's your name? Oh, forget it. 941 01:08:34,486 --> 01:08:35,569 [LAUGHTER] 942 01:08:35,570 --> 01:08:36,654 - PLANT: Hello? - WOMAN 2: Hi. 943 01:08:36,655 --> 01:08:37,738 PLANT: Hi. 944 01:08:37,739 --> 01:08:39,740 WOMAN 2: Hi. Guess what. I think you're a fox. 945 01:08:39,741 --> 01:08:40,908 PLANT: What's that mean? 946 01:08:40,909 --> 01:08:42,827 WOMAN 2: It means you're a very good-looking man. 947 01:08:42,828 --> 01:08:44,036 Far out. 948 01:08:44,037 --> 01:08:45,830 WOMAN 2: I really dug the concert. 949 01:08:45,831 --> 01:08:47,206 I really liked it. 950 01:08:47,207 --> 01:08:48,874 I just really think you're a fox 951 01:08:48,875 --> 01:08:50,584 and keep on doing what you're doing. 952 01:08:50,585 --> 01:08:52,711 PLANT: That's very nice of you. We will. 953 01:08:52,712 --> 01:08:55,966 [SONG CONTINUES] 954 01:09:25,579 --> 01:09:27,496 The anticipation was overwhelming. 955 01:09:27,497 --> 01:09:29,708 I mean, really overwhelming. 956 01:09:49,019 --> 01:09:51,021 [MUSIC STOPS] 957 01:09:58,862 --> 01:10:02,072 To come back to England with what we'd experienced, 958 01:10:02,073 --> 01:10:03,867 I just had to keep quiet. 959 01:10:04,701 --> 01:10:07,995 I mean, over here, the record wasn't out yet. 960 01:10:07,996 --> 01:10:10,999 So I just didn't have anything to say. 961 01:10:12,584 --> 01:10:14,210 People would have laughed at me. 962 01:10:15,754 --> 01:10:18,173 So Bonzo and I used to get together and go... 963 01:10:19,382 --> 01:10:21,801 "Well, what was that?" "Well, I don't know." 964 01:10:22,510 --> 01:10:24,137 "What happened?" "I don't know." 965 01:10:25,347 --> 01:10:29,058 BONHAM: Crikey. It was just amazing. Just ridiculous. 966 01:10:29,059 --> 01:10:30,809 I mean, we came back from America 967 01:10:30,810 --> 01:10:32,227 and we'd gone through a big change. 968 01:10:32,228 --> 01:10:34,021 You know, we were feeling really good, you know. 969 01:10:34,022 --> 01:10:35,648 But it does affect you, you know. 970 01:10:35,649 --> 01:10:37,776 PLANT: I mean, think about it. We're 20 years old, 971 01:10:38,360 --> 01:10:40,737 and suddenly there were drugs 972 01:10:41,279 --> 01:10:42,863 and there was a lot of girls, 973 01:10:42,864 --> 01:10:45,866 and so many characters that suddenly arrive on the scene. 974 01:10:45,867 --> 01:10:50,038 This huge sort of sub-subculture that spins around fame. 975 01:10:50,664 --> 01:10:52,748 Especially fame in its very early stages. 976 01:10:52,749 --> 01:10:55,418 'Cause that's the place where you can smell 977 01:10:56,211 --> 01:10:57,671 something new coming. 978 01:10:57,921 --> 01:11:01,465 It felt good. As it might. [CHUCKLES] 979 01:11:01,466 --> 01:11:03,717 Especially as we were doing it without the press, 980 01:11:03,718 --> 01:11:05,052 who didn't seem to like us, 981 01:11:05,053 --> 01:11:06,888 the few reviews we did seem to get, 982 01:11:07,430 --> 01:11:09,766 the obvious one being the Rolling Stone review. 983 01:11:11,476 --> 01:11:13,394 I remember reading that review, 984 01:11:13,395 --> 01:11:15,772 thinking, "Who are they talking about? 985 01:11:16,898 --> 01:11:18,149 "Do they mean us?" 986 01:11:19,317 --> 01:11:21,193 PLANT: A lot of those writers at that time, 987 01:11:21,194 --> 01:11:23,153 I don't know whether they were studying the music 988 01:11:23,154 --> 01:11:25,322 to criticize it or whether they were more concerned 989 01:11:25,323 --> 01:11:28,326 about the sort of social activities. 990 01:11:28,868 --> 01:11:32,621 But do you really care about other people's responses 991 01:11:32,622 --> 01:11:34,124 if you're playing like that? 992 01:11:34,958 --> 01:11:38,545 Well, the answer is, unfortunately, yeah. 993 01:11:39,671 --> 01:11:41,923 That's where you can come unstuck. 994 01:11:42,924 --> 01:11:47,386 Fortunately, as four guys, we did not care that much. 995 01:11:47,387 --> 01:11:50,223 We were more caring about how we turned ourselves on. 996 01:11:50,890 --> 01:11:53,809 BONHAM: The first album, it just got ripped to pieces. 997 01:11:53,810 --> 01:11:55,310 Like, loads would say, "No. 998 01:11:55,311 --> 01:11:57,062 "I don't like Zeppelin's sort of music," 999 01:11:57,063 --> 01:11:58,231 for some reason, you know? 1000 01:11:58,565 --> 01:12:00,483 So we all thought, you know, it was a bit of a joke. 1001 01:12:01,818 --> 01:12:04,611 We worked really, really hard, 1002 01:12:04,612 --> 01:12:07,282 and people got it, and you could see they got it. 1003 01:12:07,866 --> 01:12:09,783 Then they told their friends that they got it. 1004 01:12:09,784 --> 01:12:10,994 "Get some too." 1005 01:12:11,453 --> 01:12:14,872 The venues are jam-packed, so what people are hearing, 1006 01:12:14,873 --> 01:12:17,124 as opposed to what they're reading, 1007 01:12:17,125 --> 01:12:18,835 is what really makes the band. 1008 01:12:19,627 --> 01:12:21,629 [DAZED AND CONFUSED PLAYING] 1009 01:12:22,714 --> 01:12:24,716 [PLODDING BASS LINE PLAYING] 1010 01:12:28,136 --> 01:12:30,138 [GUITAR CHORD REVERBERATES] 1011 01:12:34,017 --> 01:12:36,310 PAGE: It was exciting to be doing these concerts 1012 01:12:36,311 --> 01:12:38,604 and being able to have this communion 1013 01:12:38,605 --> 01:12:39,813 with the four of us 1014 01:12:39,814 --> 01:12:42,649 and be able to just change, you know, 1015 01:12:42,650 --> 01:12:44,943 things with a sense of humor or an intensity 1016 01:12:44,944 --> 01:12:47,655 or a level of aggression or whatever. 1017 01:12:47,864 --> 01:12:50,491 And this is how connected we are, 1018 01:12:50,492 --> 01:12:52,826 that we can be moving in any direction 1019 01:12:52,827 --> 01:12:54,203 and everyone's following. 1020 01:12:54,204 --> 01:12:56,288 If the guitar's leading, they're all following. 1021 01:12:56,289 --> 01:12:58,373 I can just hold back and change this. 1022 01:12:58,374 --> 01:13:02,295 I mean, the improvisation is just at an extraordinary level. 1023 01:13:02,921 --> 01:13:05,089 With Dazed and Confused, 1024 01:13:05,090 --> 01:13:08,343 the intensity is building. It's positively evil. 1025 01:13:08,593 --> 01:13:13,640 [SONG CONTINUES] 1026 01:13:38,206 --> 01:13:39,207 Uh! 1027 01:15:22,060 --> 01:15:24,604 [PLUCKY, DRAMATIC MELODY] 1028 01:16:12,986 --> 01:16:15,655 [SHRILL, JARRING NOTE] 1029 01:16:24,080 --> 01:16:26,124 [JARRING, WARBLING RHYTHM] 1030 01:16:48,813 --> 01:16:52,275 [VIBRATO INTENSIFYING] 1031 01:17:00,950 --> 01:17:03,202 [UP-TEMPO ROCK MELODY PLAYING] 1032 01:17:55,671 --> 01:17:58,966 [PLANT VOCALIZES] 1033 01:18:13,856 --> 01:18:14,857 Hey! 1034 01:18:52,728 --> 01:18:56,732 [SLOW, SLUDGY CHORDS PLAYING] 1035 01:19:51,871 --> 01:19:54,540 - [MUSIC STOPS] - [CHEERING AND APPLAUSE] 1036 01:20:00,880 --> 01:20:02,172 PAGE: I knew what we had 1037 01:20:02,173 --> 01:20:05,467 and I just really wanted to knock everybody dead with it. 1038 01:20:05,468 --> 01:20:08,678 I had a whole vision for the next album. 1039 01:20:08,679 --> 01:20:11,765 It was going to be very cinematic 1040 01:20:11,766 --> 01:20:16,019 in its approach to how the music is done in the first place, 1041 01:20:16,020 --> 01:20:19,148 let alone what the overdubs and the layers are gonna do. 1042 01:20:19,774 --> 01:20:21,858 So I called for a rehearsal at the house, 1043 01:20:21,859 --> 01:20:24,653 and we rehearsed two new songs, 1044 01:20:24,654 --> 01:20:26,112 Whole Lotta Love 1045 01:20:26,113 --> 01:20:28,115 and What Is and What Should Never Be. 1046 01:20:28,658 --> 01:20:30,910 Jimmy would sit down with an acoustic guitar 1047 01:20:31,327 --> 01:20:33,037 and we'd work the songs out. 1048 01:20:33,663 --> 01:20:36,164 BONHAM: He just comes in and plays what he's written. 1049 01:20:36,165 --> 01:20:38,334 And then we, all together, suss it all out. 1050 01:20:38,876 --> 01:20:42,420 We went into Olympic Studios in April, 1051 01:20:42,421 --> 01:20:45,883 and we're just really excited to be back in the studio again. 1052 01:20:46,300 --> 01:20:49,887 My songwriting capacity is starting to kick in 1053 01:20:51,013 --> 01:20:53,516 because of the color of the playing that surrounded me. 1054 01:20:54,225 --> 01:20:55,642 So, with Whole Lotta Love, 1055 01:20:55,643 --> 01:20:57,852 Jimmy had done some work on the chorus. 1056 01:20:57,853 --> 01:21:01,691 He showed me his riff, which was incredible, really. 1057 01:21:02,233 --> 01:21:04,235 [WHOLE LOTTA LOVE PLAYING] 1058 01:21:14,412 --> 01:21:17,455 PLANT: And for the verse, I just sang a Willie Dixon lyric. 1059 01:21:17,456 --> 01:21:19,834 [SINGING] 1060 01:21:27,925 --> 01:21:29,552 And, you know, it was like... 1061 01:21:30,595 --> 01:21:33,347 I was finding the best bits of Black music 1062 01:21:33,848 --> 01:21:35,807 and putting it through the wringer, 1063 01:21:35,808 --> 01:21:37,018 one way or another. 1064 01:21:38,311 --> 01:21:41,605 I think there's no point in having Whole Lotta Love 1065 01:21:41,606 --> 01:21:42,981 and then having another riff 1066 01:21:42,982 --> 01:21:45,318 which was pretty much the same sort of sound. 1067 01:21:48,321 --> 01:21:51,948 So, the thing with What Is and What Should Never Be 1068 01:21:51,949 --> 01:21:55,285 is that it's got these laid-back, gentler verses 1069 01:21:55,286 --> 01:21:57,120 and then it comes in with... 1070 01:21:57,121 --> 01:21:58,747 I won't call them a power chorus, 1071 01:21:58,748 --> 01:22:01,207 but it's more intensity to it, 1072 01:22:01,208 --> 01:22:03,251 so that you could then illustrate 1073 01:22:03,252 --> 01:22:06,338 John Bonham's power and the group's power as well, 1074 01:22:06,339 --> 01:22:07,673 the whole thing. 1075 01:22:26,108 --> 01:22:27,400 We had this tour coming up 1076 01:22:27,401 --> 01:22:29,903 and I think it's gonna be really a hoot 1077 01:22:29,904 --> 01:22:33,991 to be able to record in various locations in America. 1078 01:22:34,867 --> 01:22:40,163 The idea was to be inspired by, you know, the love of the people 1079 01:22:40,164 --> 01:22:42,500 and to get the reaction of the audience. 1080 01:22:45,252 --> 01:22:47,254 [MOBY DICK PLAYING] 1081 01:23:21,414 --> 01:23:22,706 PAGE: It was just a joy 1082 01:23:22,707 --> 01:23:25,917 to be able to go into studios in the States. 1083 01:23:25,918 --> 01:23:28,461 You've got the energy of being on the road 1084 01:23:28,462 --> 01:23:30,463 and you're actually documenting it 1085 01:23:30,464 --> 01:23:32,257 within whatever you're recording. 1086 01:23:32,258 --> 01:23:34,468 [SONG CONTINUES] 1087 01:23:49,442 --> 01:23:51,818 John Bonham's kit was gonna be spread 1088 01:23:51,819 --> 01:23:54,195 right across the stereo picture. 1089 01:23:54,196 --> 01:23:56,114 So then you could have the placement 1090 01:23:56,115 --> 01:23:58,950 of the instruments within and the layering within. 1091 01:23:58,951 --> 01:24:01,370 [SONG CONTINUES] 1092 01:24:05,541 --> 01:24:06,791 PAGE: He knew how to tune. 1093 01:24:06,792 --> 01:24:08,793 He had the science of tuning the drum. 1094 01:24:08,794 --> 01:24:10,545 So that when he hit it, 1095 01:24:10,546 --> 01:24:13,381 it just resonated out of the top. 1096 01:24:13,382 --> 01:24:14,925 It just projected. 1097 01:24:17,052 --> 01:24:19,012 And he played with his wrists. 1098 01:24:19,013 --> 01:24:20,805 It's not all this forearm smashing. 1099 01:24:20,806 --> 01:24:23,600 But he could also do an accent on the bass drum 1100 01:24:23,601 --> 01:24:26,103 and you'd feel it, you know, more or less in your gut. 1101 01:24:27,730 --> 01:24:29,440 JONES: He was so inventive. 1102 01:24:30,107 --> 01:24:32,484 And inspiring to play with, you know. 1103 01:24:32,485 --> 01:24:35,153 You'd hear the stuff and, well, I don't wanna just go 1104 01:24:35,154 --> 01:24:37,489 [IMITATES BASS LINE] over that. [CHUCKLES] 1105 01:24:37,490 --> 01:24:40,200 I want to do something that'll fit in really well with it. 1106 01:24:40,201 --> 01:24:43,370 That's what I used to like to do best, is to fit in. 1107 01:24:43,871 --> 01:24:46,372 So everybody could be heard. 1108 01:24:46,373 --> 01:24:48,166 That was the important thing for me, 1109 01:24:48,167 --> 01:24:49,667 that everybody could be heard, 1110 01:24:49,668 --> 01:24:52,378 what they were doing, on a Zeppelin record. 1111 01:24:52,379 --> 01:24:55,591 [SONG CONTINUES] 1112 01:25:10,439 --> 01:25:12,441 [THE LEMON SONG PLAYING] 1113 01:25:47,268 --> 01:25:49,395 JONES: We just recorded what we liked. 1114 01:25:49,895 --> 01:25:52,897 I mean, Zeppelin always had completely different influences. 1115 01:25:52,898 --> 01:25:55,233 We all listened to different things. 1116 01:25:55,234 --> 01:25:56,318 And I always said 1117 01:25:56,485 --> 01:25:58,737 that Led Zeppelin was the area in the middle. 1118 01:25:59,238 --> 01:26:00,321 In between us all. 1119 01:26:00,322 --> 01:26:03,409 [SONG CONTINUES] 1120 01:26:15,754 --> 01:26:19,007 PLANT: It was very encouraging to peel back 1121 01:26:19,008 --> 01:26:21,175 the vulnerabilities 1122 01:26:21,176 --> 01:26:24,679 of starting to create a writing partnership with Jimmy, 1123 01:26:24,680 --> 01:26:27,223 where we were breaking down the sensitivities 1124 01:26:27,224 --> 01:26:28,559 and the possible embarrassments. 1125 01:26:29,143 --> 01:26:30,977 Writing is a very intimate thing. 1126 01:26:30,978 --> 01:26:32,479 You expose yourself. 1127 01:26:33,147 --> 01:26:36,983 PAGE: I'd written some lyrics on the first album, 1128 01:26:36,984 --> 01:26:38,568 and also on the second album, 1129 01:26:38,569 --> 01:26:41,321 but I wasn't as confident about my lyrics 1130 01:26:41,322 --> 01:26:43,198 as I was about my guitar playing. 1131 01:26:43,824 --> 01:26:45,992 PLANT: I had to start thinking about 1132 01:26:45,993 --> 01:26:48,328 what do I do as a singer 1133 01:26:48,329 --> 01:26:51,080 and as a guy who's gonna bring melody 1134 01:26:51,081 --> 01:26:52,875 or even a story to something? 1135 01:26:53,292 --> 01:26:56,961 The idea was to inspire him through the music 1136 01:26:56,962 --> 01:26:58,421 to be inspired lyrically. 1137 01:26:58,422 --> 01:27:01,467 And then he came with these lyrics for Ramble On. 1138 01:27:02,092 --> 01:27:03,802 Yeah, this is... 1139 01:27:04,720 --> 01:27:07,014 a rough shot of Ramble On. 1140 01:27:08,057 --> 01:27:11,185 "Leaves are falling all around. Time I was on my way." 1141 01:27:12,353 --> 01:27:15,897 That is the story of my life. 1142 01:27:15,898 --> 01:27:17,399 [RAMBLE ON PLAYING] 1143 01:28:25,634 --> 01:28:29,554 I was really keen to have a lot of texture and layering, 1144 01:28:29,555 --> 01:28:33,182 certainly on behalf of the guitar, with Ramble On. 1145 01:28:33,183 --> 01:28:36,186 It has these various guitar parts that go in it. 1146 01:28:36,478 --> 01:28:39,605 You know, there's, like, guitar rolling 1147 01:28:39,606 --> 01:28:42,066 that is moving over some of the verses. 1148 01:28:42,067 --> 01:28:44,193 Then there's the whole texture of the solo. 1149 01:28:44,194 --> 01:28:49,074 [GENTLE, LILTING GUITAR SOLO] 1150 01:29:01,503 --> 01:29:05,131 It was just a joy to be able to do these tracks 1151 01:29:05,132 --> 01:29:08,342 and everyone do their part and then come back 1152 01:29:08,343 --> 01:29:11,388 and go, "Wow. What's he done with this?" 1153 01:29:12,139 --> 01:29:14,140 PLANT: There were so many diverse places 1154 01:29:14,141 --> 01:29:15,767 that it was coming from. 1155 01:29:15,768 --> 01:29:19,562 The very fact that we were able to be intimate in writing, 1156 01:29:19,563 --> 01:29:21,898 that's the big breakthrough, 1157 01:29:21,899 --> 01:29:23,650 because it's a total exposure. 1158 01:29:25,027 --> 01:29:28,988 As a kid, my parents took me to every mystical mountaintop 1159 01:29:28,989 --> 01:29:32,242 and every beautiful ruin and... 1160 01:29:33,160 --> 01:29:36,954 all that sort of great resonance of another people. 1161 01:29:36,955 --> 01:29:38,040 Well, 1162 01:29:38,832 --> 01:29:40,583 that's what that song's all about, really. 1163 01:29:40,584 --> 01:29:42,960 Me, you, and the other people. 1164 01:29:42,961 --> 01:29:45,422 [SONG CONTINUES] 1165 01:30:23,293 --> 01:30:25,336 Gig after gig, night after night, 1166 01:30:25,337 --> 01:30:28,339 maybe we had 20 songs to choose from at that point in time. 1167 01:30:28,340 --> 01:30:30,341 Soon we'd have 40. 1168 01:30:30,342 --> 01:30:34,011 We'd opened a door to America and there was a glint of light, 1169 01:30:34,012 --> 01:30:37,306 and, obviously, you're gonna sort of kick the door open 1170 01:30:37,307 --> 01:30:40,351 and go in and really... 1171 01:30:40,352 --> 01:30:42,353 It's a massive continent. 1172 01:30:42,354 --> 01:30:44,397 And we really wanted to get the word across 1173 01:30:44,398 --> 01:30:45,941 through live performances. 1174 01:30:49,653 --> 01:30:52,573 We toured horrendously at first. 1175 01:30:52,865 --> 01:30:55,159 We toured for months on end, pretty much. 1176 01:30:56,076 --> 01:30:58,744 Three of these guys had families already 1177 01:30:58,745 --> 01:31:00,538 at that point in time, 1178 01:31:00,539 --> 01:31:03,584 and this is our fifth tour in seven months, 1179 01:31:04,251 --> 01:31:08,005 so they were away from their children for a long time. 1180 01:31:09,173 --> 01:31:11,091 It is difficult when you've got a family. 1181 01:31:11,675 --> 01:31:14,511 I flew with my wife Mo to all the good spots. 1182 01:31:15,220 --> 01:31:16,429 She'd come to New York. 1183 01:31:16,430 --> 01:31:18,639 She'd just take the kids shopping. 1184 01:31:18,640 --> 01:31:20,558 Go to shows. It was great. 1185 01:31:20,559 --> 01:31:22,268 But then they'd go home and leave us 1186 01:31:22,269 --> 01:31:24,730 to get on with touring the rest of the country. 1187 01:31:27,232 --> 01:31:30,735 There weren't tour buses or any niceties in those days. 1188 01:31:30,736 --> 01:31:33,237 It was just like getting whatever transport you can, 1189 01:31:33,238 --> 01:31:36,158 get to the gig, play it, then try and have Richard Cole 1190 01:31:36,533 --> 01:31:39,286 find the next venue, or even the city sometimes. 1191 01:31:40,037 --> 01:31:42,079 You could always tell, when he was like... 1192 01:31:42,080 --> 01:31:44,582 You'd get at a junction and see him going like this... 1193 01:31:44,583 --> 01:31:47,169 You'd go, "No. We're lost again." [CHUCKLES] 1194 01:31:47,878 --> 01:31:50,421 BONHAM: It's so much easier to tour around England. 1195 01:31:50,422 --> 01:31:53,299 If you're in America, you're all day in a hotel somewhere, 1196 01:31:53,300 --> 01:31:55,801 having arguments with bloody, you know, 1197 01:31:55,802 --> 01:31:57,137 turdheads and everything. 1198 01:31:57,721 --> 01:31:59,096 You know, it does affect you, 1199 01:31:59,097 --> 01:32:00,933 like, what's happened previously in the day. 1200 01:32:01,808 --> 01:32:03,517 JONES: It was all commercial airlines 1201 01:32:03,518 --> 01:32:05,436 so you had to get up early in the morning and go 1202 01:32:05,437 --> 01:32:08,857 and sit in some airport waiting for a plane to somewhere. 1203 01:32:10,067 --> 01:32:12,361 But that's how everybody got to hear us in America. 1204 01:32:13,320 --> 01:32:15,948 [BRING IT ON HOME PLAYING] 1205 01:32:41,598 --> 01:32:43,140 BONHAM: We came back from America 1206 01:32:43,141 --> 01:32:44,684 and everybody wanted to book the group. 1207 01:32:44,685 --> 01:32:46,185 And it was like a change of tune, you know. 1208 01:32:46,186 --> 01:32:47,603 JONES: There was no publicity 1209 01:32:47,604 --> 01:32:49,981 and, strangely, you'd get to a British show... 1210 01:32:49,982 --> 01:32:52,275 "How did these people know we were coming?" 1211 01:32:52,276 --> 01:32:54,527 We figured out it was just word of mouth. 1212 01:32:54,528 --> 01:32:55,612 [SONG CONTINUES] 1213 01:33:30,022 --> 01:33:32,481 [SONG ENDS] 1214 01:33:32,482 --> 01:33:35,569 [THANK YOU PLAYING] 1215 01:34:00,802 --> 01:34:03,137 PLANT: I just liked the idea of the stimulus 1216 01:34:03,138 --> 01:34:05,139 of travel and attention. 1217 01:34:05,140 --> 01:34:07,059 What do you know if you don't seek? 1218 01:34:07,184 --> 01:34:08,727 You've got to go out and have a look for it. 1219 01:34:10,270 --> 01:34:15,275 [MUSIC CONTINUES] 1220 01:34:33,710 --> 01:34:35,628 PLANT: We were playing festivals in America 1221 01:34:35,629 --> 01:34:37,588 two years after the Summer of Love. 1222 01:34:37,589 --> 01:34:40,049 I know that really has no real significance, 1223 01:34:40,050 --> 01:34:42,051 but to me it had every significance, 1224 01:34:42,052 --> 01:34:45,846 'cause I was in a place that I really wanted to be, 1225 01:34:45,847 --> 01:34:47,015 emotionally. 1226 01:34:50,602 --> 01:34:53,522 [LIVING LOVING MAID PLAYING] 1227 01:35:22,717 --> 01:35:24,885 JONES: I can remember John doing a sound check 1228 01:35:24,886 --> 01:35:26,679 at Newport Jazz Festival 1229 01:35:26,680 --> 01:35:29,473 and I could just see all of James Brown's drummers 1230 01:35:29,474 --> 01:35:31,642 coming out of different doors 1231 01:35:31,643 --> 01:35:35,355 going, "What the... What is going on here?" 1232 01:35:36,356 --> 01:35:38,816 And he's going... [IMITATES DRUMMING] 1233 01:35:38,817 --> 01:35:41,735 He's going, "Yeah. I know. I know who's watching me." 1234 01:35:41,736 --> 01:35:44,156 [CHUCKLING] But it was great. You know. 1235 01:35:44,739 --> 01:35:48,409 It's what made Zeppelin unique in that way. 1236 01:35:48,410 --> 01:35:50,411 It's just the way he approached rhythm 1237 01:35:50,412 --> 01:35:51,662 and what he did. 1238 01:35:51,663 --> 01:35:57,793 [FRANTIC, POUNDING DRUM SOLO] 1239 01:35:57,794 --> 01:36:01,631 [HEARTBREAKER PLAYING] 1240 01:36:17,147 --> 01:36:20,317 [INTENSE GUITAR SOLO] 1241 01:36:47,385 --> 01:36:48,637 [SONG ENDS] 1242 01:36:51,389 --> 01:36:53,015 PLANT: We recorded all the songs 1243 01:36:53,016 --> 01:36:55,184 for Led Zeppelin II on that tour. 1244 01:36:55,185 --> 01:36:57,229 It was like a kind of hurricane. 1245 01:36:57,729 --> 01:37:01,024 A whirlwind of energy and release. 1246 01:37:02,234 --> 01:37:04,735 We hadn't really had a chance, obviously, 1247 01:37:04,736 --> 01:37:07,446 with the amount of time that we were spending in America, 1248 01:37:07,447 --> 01:37:10,032 to concentrate that much at home. 1249 01:37:10,033 --> 01:37:12,284 So we came back and actually played 1250 01:37:12,285 --> 01:37:13,536 our first British festival. 1251 01:37:13,537 --> 01:37:15,412 ANNOUNCER: Would you welcome, please, Led Zeppelin? 1252 01:37:15,413 --> 01:37:17,248 And, of course, you still wonder, 1253 01:37:17,249 --> 01:37:20,084 is this gonna have any resonance? 1254 01:37:20,085 --> 01:37:21,753 Is this gonna bring it on home? 1255 01:37:35,392 --> 01:37:36,560 Wow. 1256 01:37:38,311 --> 01:37:40,689 [BLUES ROCK GUITAR SOLO PLAYING] 1257 01:37:52,784 --> 01:37:58,248 [PLANT VOCALIZES ON TV] 1258 01:38:02,502 --> 01:38:04,504 [CHEERING AND APPLAUSE] 1259 01:38:07,007 --> 01:38:09,592 PAGE: I've seen a photograph of the first Bath Festival 1260 01:38:09,593 --> 01:38:13,346 but to see moving images of it, well, that's absolutely amazing. 1261 01:38:14,431 --> 01:38:16,056 That was probably the first festival 1262 01:38:16,057 --> 01:38:17,434 that we'd done in Britain. 1263 01:38:17,976 --> 01:38:19,893 And it didn't rain, so it was really good, 1264 01:38:19,894 --> 01:38:21,021 and it was fun. 1265 01:38:23,857 --> 01:38:25,232 PLANT: But how long do you want off 1266 01:38:25,233 --> 01:38:26,567 in between a tour and a tour 1267 01:38:26,568 --> 01:38:27,943 and a tour? Not long, really. 1268 01:38:27,944 --> 01:38:30,280 I mean, we had no idea of fatigue. 1269 01:38:31,239 --> 01:38:33,490 There's just energy and power. 1270 01:38:33,491 --> 01:38:35,368 [I CAN'T QUIT YOU BABY PLAYING] 1271 01:38:54,054 --> 01:38:56,055 MALE REPORTER: At 32 minutes past the hour, 1272 01:38:56,056 --> 01:38:57,807 liftoff on Apollo 11. 1273 01:39:42,852 --> 01:39:44,729 [SONG FADES] 1274 01:39:46,731 --> 01:39:49,025 NEIL ARMSTRONG: That's one small step for man, 1275 01:39:51,778 --> 01:39:54,489 one giant leap for mankind. 1276 01:39:55,407 --> 01:39:57,909 [SONG CONTINUES] 1277 01:40:09,587 --> 01:40:11,171 I can just remember we were in a tent 1278 01:40:11,172 --> 01:40:12,924 and somebody landed on the moon. 1279 01:40:13,508 --> 01:40:14,801 [CHUCKLES] 1280 01:40:17,429 --> 01:40:20,306 I mean, can you imagine just being in America, 1281 01:40:21,141 --> 01:40:23,767 as a kid, more or less, and just looking up... 1282 01:40:23,768 --> 01:40:26,145 You got this thing going on with the music 1283 01:40:26,146 --> 01:40:27,897 and you look up and there's a man on the moon. 1284 01:40:28,982 --> 01:40:31,985 [SONG CONTINUES] 1285 01:41:09,522 --> 01:41:12,024 PLANT: You know, it's a big old world out there, 1286 01:41:12,025 --> 01:41:15,694 and I'm sure that 99% of people are far more interested 1287 01:41:15,695 --> 01:41:19,741 in the fact that these guys got back safely from the moon. 1288 01:41:20,450 --> 01:41:24,204 But the day they got back, that was a big day for us too. 1289 01:41:30,126 --> 01:41:32,878 - [SONG ENDS] - [CHEERING AND APPLAUDING] 1290 01:41:32,879 --> 01:41:35,380 PLANT: That is the biggest deal 1291 01:41:35,381 --> 01:41:37,966 if you're a kid and you want to be a singer. 1292 01:41:37,967 --> 01:41:42,222 You get a gold record. I mean, what happens next? 1293 01:41:43,056 --> 01:41:44,474 Doesn't matter, does it? 1294 01:41:49,521 --> 01:41:51,980 PAGE: I just really wanted to make sure that 1295 01:41:51,981 --> 01:41:55,359 this album was just really gonna get everybody excited. 1296 01:41:55,360 --> 01:41:58,571 I wanted it to be something that they hadn't heard before. 1297 01:41:59,197 --> 01:42:03,033 The acoustics and the electrics and the more radical 1298 01:42:03,034 --> 01:42:04,952 and even avant-garde. 1299 01:42:04,953 --> 01:42:07,204 So, when it came to doing the mix 1300 01:42:07,205 --> 01:42:08,997 for Led Zeppelin II, 1301 01:42:08,998 --> 01:42:12,418 I'd mixed it with Eddie Kramer at A&R Studios in New York. 1302 01:42:13,461 --> 01:42:15,337 I think he did an amazing job. 1303 01:42:15,338 --> 01:42:18,215 And, as was the case with these mixing things, 1304 01:42:18,216 --> 01:42:20,718 there was often more than two hands on the desk. 1305 01:42:23,888 --> 01:42:26,139 I really wanted to do something with Whole Lotta Love 1306 01:42:26,140 --> 01:42:27,642 to stop it being a single. 1307 01:42:28,434 --> 01:42:33,230 So it was gonna have a radical avant-garde section 1308 01:42:33,231 --> 01:42:36,608 in the middle that began with a sonic wave. 1309 01:42:36,609 --> 01:42:40,446 [DISTORTED GUITAR PLAYING] 1310 01:42:42,657 --> 01:42:44,575 PAGE: Then when I put the overdubs on it 1311 01:42:44,576 --> 01:42:46,368 for what was gonna go in the middle, 1312 01:42:46,369 --> 01:42:49,204 I de-tuned the guitar all the way down 1313 01:42:49,205 --> 01:42:53,417 and I was just pulling the strings across and across. 1314 01:42:53,418 --> 01:42:58,298 [PROLONGED NOTES AND FEEDBACK] 1315 01:43:01,843 --> 01:43:03,302 And then there was lots of panning. 1316 01:43:03,303 --> 01:43:05,512 That means moving things from left to right. 1317 01:43:05,513 --> 01:43:08,807 [DISTORTED NOTES PANNING] 1318 01:43:08,808 --> 01:43:11,311 [GENTLE, PULSING DRUMBEAT] 1319 01:43:12,562 --> 01:43:15,481 [PLANT VOCALIZES] 1320 01:43:21,487 --> 01:43:24,908 [HEAVIER, FASTER DRUMBEAT] 1321 01:43:25,742 --> 01:43:27,326 [MUSIC FADES] 1322 01:43:27,327 --> 01:43:29,369 PAGE: And so that was it. 1323 01:43:29,370 --> 01:43:31,789 Led Zeppelin II was completed 1324 01:43:32,582 --> 01:43:34,334 and ready to be delivered. 1325 01:43:35,335 --> 01:43:38,338 [WHOLE LOTTA LOVE PLAYING] 1326 01:45:05,550 --> 01:45:08,720 [UP-TEMPO BONGO RHYTHM JOINS] 1327 01:45:19,731 --> 01:45:21,733 [GUITAR DISTORTION WARBLING] 1328 01:45:28,072 --> 01:45:30,867 [PLANT VOCALIZING] 1329 01:45:40,043 --> 01:45:41,918 [PLANT VOCALIZING] 1330 01:45:41,919 --> 01:45:44,755 [GUITAR DISTORTION CONTINUES] 1331 01:45:44,756 --> 01:45:50,428 [PLANT VOCALIZING IN RHYTHM] 1332 01:46:13,201 --> 01:46:15,870 [MUSICAL ELEMENTS OVERLAP] 1333 01:47:34,323 --> 01:47:35,950 [SONG SLOWS] 1334 01:48:58,532 --> 01:49:02,620 [VOCALIZING] 1335 01:49:05,998 --> 01:49:09,793 - [SONG ENDS] - [CHEERING AND APPLAUSE] 1336 01:49:09,794 --> 01:49:12,713 PAGE: January the 9th, in 1970, 1337 01:49:13,297 --> 01:49:16,299 we played the Royal Albert Hall in London, 1338 01:49:16,300 --> 01:49:19,469 and if we're thinking back a year, 1339 01:49:19,470 --> 01:49:22,681 January the 9th, 1969, 1340 01:49:22,682 --> 01:49:24,642 is when we were playing in San Francisco. 1341 01:49:25,559 --> 01:49:29,230 So this is a whole year's progress. 1342 01:49:29,605 --> 01:49:31,064 PLANT: It was far out. 1343 01:49:31,065 --> 01:49:33,108 I mean, I was just having a great time. 1344 01:49:33,109 --> 01:49:34,442 [CHUCKLES] 1345 01:49:34,443 --> 01:49:36,319 No chartered accountant here. 1346 01:49:36,320 --> 01:49:38,905 This is like a London concert, so, of course, 1347 01:49:38,906 --> 01:49:40,741 this is where the families come. 1348 01:49:41,284 --> 01:49:43,536 Yeah, it's like a gathering of the clans. 1349 01:49:44,412 --> 01:49:46,955 Just to go in there and tread those boards 1350 01:49:46,956 --> 01:49:49,959 was just something else, you know? It was fabulous. 1351 01:49:50,584 --> 01:49:51,751 And it was our own show, 1352 01:49:51,752 --> 01:49:53,671 so we just went out there and did it. 1353 01:49:57,216 --> 01:49:58,592 [CROWD CHEERING LOUDLY] Led Zep! 1354 01:49:59,343 --> 01:50:02,388 Led Zep! Led Zep! 1355 01:50:03,514 --> 01:50:06,851 Led Zep! Led Zep! 1356 01:50:07,601 --> 01:50:10,271 Led Zep! Led Zep! 1357 01:50:11,605 --> 01:50:13,232 Led Zep! 1358 01:50:13,357 --> 01:50:15,776 [CHEERING CONTINUES] 1359 01:50:16,944 --> 01:50:21,365 [WHAT IS AND WHAT SHOULD NEVER BE PLAYING] 1360 01:51:03,908 --> 01:51:05,368 [MELLOW MUSICAL INTERLUDE] 1361 01:51:58,546 --> 01:52:01,507 [MUSIC SLOWS] 1362 01:52:04,844 --> 01:52:07,096 [MELLOW, BLUESY GUITAR MELODY] 1363 01:53:47,863 --> 01:53:49,865 [GUITAR SOLO PLAYING] 1364 01:54:45,170 --> 01:54:47,715 - [SONG ENDS] - [CHEERING AND APPLAUSE] 1365 01:54:51,594 --> 01:54:53,553 [CHEERING AND APPLAUSE CONTINUES] 1366 01:54:53,554 --> 01:54:54,638 Thank you very much. 1367 01:54:58,934 --> 01:55:01,937 [CHEERING AND APPLAUSE CONTINUES] 1368 01:55:07,484 --> 01:55:10,904 [AUDIENCE CHANTING] Led Zep! Led Zep! 1369 01:55:11,614 --> 01:55:14,867 Led Zep! Led Zep! 1370 01:55:16,076 --> 01:55:19,079 Led Zep! Led Zep! 1371 01:55:19,955 --> 01:55:21,165 Led Zep! 1372 01:55:22,249 --> 01:55:24,083 My dad came to see that show. 1373 01:55:24,084 --> 01:55:26,754 He was really proud, which was great. 1374 01:55:28,088 --> 01:55:31,049 Said, "He's got great passion and fire and all that." 1375 01:55:31,050 --> 01:55:32,926 It was really nice. 1376 01:55:34,178 --> 01:55:36,888 BONHAM: John Paul and me, you know, we get on really good. 1377 01:55:36,889 --> 01:55:38,265 I mean, we all do, you know. 1378 01:55:38,849 --> 01:55:40,642 Each member of the group, they're quite different, 1379 01:55:40,643 --> 01:55:43,269 personality-wise, but they're good lads, actually. 1380 01:55:43,270 --> 01:55:45,314 They're, like, a category on their own, really. 1381 01:55:45,981 --> 01:55:48,483 Um, it was at least the middle of '69 1382 01:55:48,484 --> 01:55:50,527 before I got to really know each of them. 1383 01:55:51,195 --> 01:55:52,863 It's a gradual thing, isn't it? 1384 01:55:54,031 --> 01:55:55,698 I could talk about Robert forever 1385 01:55:55,699 --> 01:55:58,201 because I know him so well, really, that it's ridiculous. 1386 01:55:58,202 --> 01:56:01,704 You know? And Jimmy's pretty shy, actually. 1387 01:56:01,705 --> 01:56:04,166 But knowing him like I have, he's really great, you know. 1388 01:56:05,125 --> 01:56:07,543 I like each of them for what they're doing. 1389 01:56:07,544 --> 01:56:09,838 And, you know, I always love playing in the group, 1390 01:56:10,339 --> 01:56:11,965 so I don't need to do anything else. 1391 01:56:14,593 --> 01:56:16,719 PLANT: We got there in the first place, 1392 01:56:16,720 --> 01:56:17,804 on the first day, 1393 01:56:17,805 --> 01:56:19,847 playing Train Kept A-Rollin', 1394 01:56:19,848 --> 01:56:21,891 'cause we were drawn to that moment 1395 01:56:21,892 --> 01:56:23,018 and it worked. 1396 01:56:23,519 --> 01:56:26,730 But all the preamble to that was just out there, 1397 01:56:27,189 --> 01:56:28,440 throwing it up in the air. 1398 01:56:29,024 --> 01:56:31,068 So why should it ever stop? 1399 01:56:31,944 --> 01:56:34,987 If you have something that you know is different 1400 01:56:34,988 --> 01:56:36,280 in yourself, 1401 01:56:36,281 --> 01:56:37,865 then you have to put work into it. 1402 01:56:37,866 --> 01:56:39,534 You have to work and work and work. 1403 01:56:39,535 --> 01:56:41,202 But you also have to believe in it. 1404 01:56:41,203 --> 01:56:43,663 But as long as you can stay really true, 1405 01:56:43,664 --> 01:56:46,416 your aim is true, you can realize your dreams. 1406 01:56:46,417 --> 01:56:47,500 I do believe that. 1407 01:56:47,501 --> 01:56:50,254 I believe that that can be done, 'cause this is what happens. 1408 01:56:54,216 --> 01:56:56,218 [LED ZEPPELIN PLAYING LET'S GET TOGETHER] 1409 01:59:22,281 --> 01:59:23,948 [SONG FADES] 1410 01:59:23,949 --> 01:59:26,034 [SOMETHIN' ELSE PLAYING] 1411 02:00:24,176 --> 02:00:26,011 [BLUES ROCK GUITAR SOLO] 1412 02:01:28,365 --> 02:01:31,368 - [SONG ENDS] - [CHEERING AND APPLAUDING] 1413 02:01:33,328 --> 02:01:34,495 PLANT: Thank you. 1414 02:01:34,496 --> 02:01:36,915 [CHEERING CONTINUES, FADES]