Jimmy Page - Interview with Julie Brown 1988 (MTV)

A short but sweet rare interview with Jimmy Page at the MTV studios with Julie Brown. This was aired sometime in October of 1988.
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[@vizmetro]

I've been a Led Zep fan about 30 years now. I met Jimmy Page last week, bumped into him in the street, and shook his hand!!!! A true gentleman and my hero !!!!

[@mitzara25]

vizmetro wooooww I envy you so much thats so cool

[@stephenbrindley246]

Jimmy Page is one of the best human's on this planet for sure a very gentle soul.

[@kokothegreat5583]

Where dude??

[@davehoward22]

I saw him in london few years back.....didnt speak to him mind

[@kokothegreat5583]

@@davehoward22 lucky man..I'd get sick in my underpants

[@DrDeath26]

Not trying to come off as bragging here, but I've been fortunate enough to meet *Jimmy* on 5 separate occasions. Each and every time he was so kind, so polite and so friendly. The first time, on his *Outrider* tour in 1988, he spent 30 minutes with me and a couple of friends. He was just the greatest. So... as rich and well known as he is, he's still very down-to-earth and very approachable. He's a living legend and one amazing person!!!

[@DrDeath26]

Just be yourself. Don't act like he's some rock god, just walk up and ask if you could talk with him. Of course, this depends on the situation and how many people are around. But if you can find him alone or somewhere where there's only a few people, just be nice and you'll be amazed at how accommodating he is. He's just a really nice guy, no ego at all, very friendly, very polite and just an amazing person!

[@mitzara25]

Dr Death That's so great that he is so nice, I wish more people were like him. Lucky you btw that's so cool certenly something to remmember your entire life

[@TheLoyalShadow]

Dr Death i would love to hear about the other occasions

[@DrDeath26]

The last time was in 1998 on the *Page/Plant* tour and after meeting him four times and him always being so nice, I wanted to give something back to him. I had read that he is really into bootlegs, collecting *Zeppelin* boots all the time, so I had this idea... Back in 1992 when he was working with *David Coverdale* they went to a bar in *Reno, NV* to jam and *Jimmy* ends playing with the band for nearly an hour and a half. And, through my sources at the time, I had a copy of this. So I copied that and it was funny, because it was after the *Page/Plant* show here and they were going back into the hotel where there were hundreds of people waiting for them. They each had three big security guys with them and as he was walking towards me I just stepped out in front of him and one of the security guys told me to move. But *Jimmy* either recognized me or was just so cool that he told the security guy it was okay. It was then that I brought up the time he and *David* went to the *Reno* bar and that I had a copy of that. I gave it to him and the look on his face was utter shock! He couldn't believe that someone had recorded that night and the recording had gotten out. But at the same time, he really thanked me, it was like it really meant something to him to receive this. So, after four meetings and getting autographs and photos, it was nice to just give something to him that I knew he would enjoy.

[@clockworkgirl7387]

Dr Death Aaaaaah,you Lucky son of a gun!Meeting Jimmy once would be a dream come true for me,let alone 5 times!Happy to hear how friendly and warm he is in real life!The man is my guitar Hero!

[@srslywhatever]

Look how shy and fidgety and flirty he is. Ugh I would LOVE to interview him but I probably wouldn't be able to contain myself if he slightly leaned towards me and looked and smiled at me like that.. Ah Jimbles!

[@AtomicBlast00]

srslywhatever that's drug my dude it makes you itch like that

[@srslywhatever]

Look, there's also people who are actually naturally shy and itch like that in uncomfortable situations. Like me. Sure I know his history haha but it's not always drugs and by 1988 he had already quit the hard stuff

[@AtomicBlast00]

👌

[@Brickcellent]

Nah I'm pretty sure that's drugs.

[@shivapejman8155]

srslywhatever he's fidgety cause he's getting off of heroin.

[@MissKimRose]

Still charming, still wildly talented. Don't really care about the drugs, it's nobody's business but his.

[@deborahdeborah8724]

.....except for how it affects his health, but I agree!

[@dm2156]

Almost all of zeps live recordings, he's wasted and playing like absolute shit, I honestly can't watch some of them, they're horrible

[@arvidalexatsinch1163]

The way girls feel about Jimmy is the opposite of how they feel about me.

[@AH-rk3ks]

Arvid Atsinch B

[@_Singularity_]

nice, I think he meant that to be humorous

[@noname.___]

@EyeDee bru

[@jpjonesh6247]

Me too

[@standandeliver8376]

🎻🎶

[@marciashiraishi5891]

Jimmy is so cute... adorable smile 🥰

[@tiffanycurtis4794]

marcia shiraishi YES HONEY 😁😁😁😁

[@mrswaaktaar1975]

I love his sweet voice. I could listen to him for hours ❤

[@robintaylor485]

His T-Shirt is hilarious “JIMMY SWAGGART’s HOME FOR WAYWARD GIRLS”

[@MJEvermore853]

I thought that was hilarious too! 😅🤣

[@Nighthawk5210]

God he's soooooo adorable but can bust out a monstrous riff like nobody's business. Legend.

[@AMarie-wp4wk]

The flirting in this interview reminds a little bit of the interview with Roger Taylor and Sally

[@rogertaylor9900]

A.Marie Same!!

[@ayshajajaja]

"Hello Sally, very well thanks nice to be here" .. yes.

[@allancerf9038]

Jimmy's got the "i just quit drinking a fifth a day are those ants crawling on me?" heeby-jeebies - LOL.

[@AtomicBlast00]

Allan Cerf pretty sure he was on drugs

[@ayhamshaheed7740]

Machinima MHD he might not have been. During that tour, he played REALLY well - too well for a drugged / drunk jimmy page

[@Allan-et5ig]

@@ayhamshaheed7740 No, no, Ayham. I meant that he evidences (in my opinion clinically) the behavior of a FORMER heavy drinker. While retiring and perhaps shy in the 70's, he didn't exhibit the freakish nervousness he has since the late 80's. Playing well - on that tour? I'm not so sure that he did, sounds like you too are a musician (me as well) and we all have our opinions. I'm a big fan of the guy and obviously he leaves a very solid legacy.

[@ayhamshaheed7740]

Allan ah I see you meant former fair enough. I’ve never met a heavy drinker or drug addict etc so I’m not too sure as to what behaviour to expect. I’ve only seen two or three shows, and usually or the zeppelin songs, so based on those his playing seemed pretty good, particularly on the latter tours. Just my opinion though

[@Allan-et5ig]

@@ayhamshaheed7740 you're not missing anything by not having been around drug addicts! Have a great week.

[@smileygaga1234]

they are flirting to each other xD

[@RickDanner]

are you from the Philippines?

[@tiffanycurtis4794]

Scarlet Sarmiento HE IS HANDSOME I WOULD FLIRT TO 😂✊🏾

[@MeeMee-gz5vp]

It's them curls. There's magic in the curls. Lol

[@nellycol7559]

Absolutely!!

[@noahbtwofouronethree3225]

He did always love the younger chicks lol

[@alext2566]

Everyone saying Jimmy is on drugs here, this was years after he got clean. It's more likely he's just bit nervous. It's just more obvious because he isn't sedated with booze and heroin like he was in earlier years.

[@mjh5437]

At last,someone who knows what they`re talking about!!..He`d been clean for years by 1988.

[@bluecuracao6478]

Nah I think he is on sweet coke, too much extra movements, even I with my adhd don't fidget like he does

[@alext2566]

@@bluecuracao6478 I think he's just nervous sitting next to that stunningly gorgeous lady. Infatuation is a hell of a drug too!

[@RockChick63174]

You know nothing. He's always fidgeted. ​@@bluecuracao6478

[@robertacolarette1594]

I love the T shirt, “Jimmy Swaggart’s Home for Wayward Girls”. Perfect! The Brit sense of humor.

[@peachyguitar3858]

i love his voice, its adorable

[@sa65cn1]

Jimmy ....Such a flirt!!!

[@mthomas1973]

I will never forget how excited I was to see this on MTV when it premired. This was my very first concert. Outrider tour 1988. Awesome show!

[@tiffanycurtis4794]

LOOK HOW HE IS GLARING AT HER SHE IS BUEATIFUL HE LOVED THE LADIES 👩🏼‍👩🏾👧🏼👩‍ AND THE LADIES LOVE HIM HANDSOME TALENTED MAN❤

[@TammyM36]

He’s so charming & classy. ❤ love him

[@NewarkBay357]

The greatest guitar player ever!!!

[@missdee4927]

Downtown Julie Brown! She was a great MTV VJ and so pretty. lmao at Jimmy's shirt.

[@joseluislowe1463]

Shit is crazy he is 44 on here & looks like hes in his 20s

[@marykazhimo5921]

he has that baby face, he even looked the youngest in zep even though hes the oldest.

[@gorankling6097]

@@marykazhimo5921 Bonzo looked like he was the eldest in the band.

[@peterdavies4623]

@@gorankling6097 Agree. Did Bonzo ever look young?

[@johnbaxter3676]

Love Jimmy beyond, but he looks every day of 44 to me.

[@simraarif4163]

*60s

[@swimlaps1]

NIce interview! Downtown Julie Brown at 25. Wondered what happened to her-since MTV.

[@isis5319]

That smile always 😍! I Love him 🐉🎸

[@ridetheblinds8425]

Love his response when the lady corrects herself and says “The GREAT Jimmy Page” he looks so shy about it.

[@dragonflyflutterby2952]

The great Jimmy Page, I wouldn’t be able to speak. I would have to get tickets though. 🎸💙🙏🏼😁

[@makaylanicole2735]

Omg Jimmy is soooo cute

[@mrswaaktaar1975]

Yeeees!!

[@missbateman3250]

he was flirting with her. so cute ❣️

[@MattSmith-iq1ld]

I will say it forever, "Outrider" is one of the most underrated records ever done. "Hummingbird" could have been a Zeppelin classic. Same with "The Only One." The three instrumentals are great as well. Especially "Emerald Eyes."

[@captainbeastazoid7084]

Emerald Eyes was good...

[@marions.120]

Damn, can’t believe MTV is actually doing something that has to do with music. The good old days! ✌️😵‍💫🎸🎶🎵🎶🎵🎶

[@jackiedawes1184]

Ive always loved jimmy hes beautiful

[@stevecarver4906]

GOOD TIMES BAD TIMES AND REALLY STONED TIMES

[@punishmentforall]

He sounds a bit hoarse ... but otherwise looks good considering his years of drug intake. He's 44 yrs old in 1988.

[@Pensa_a_un_numero]

44 is old?

[@Ori0987]

ASCILTO Are you dumb

[@bryanlafferty4631]

I️ loved to hear that his first mention was “in my time of dying”. One of the first zep songs I️ learned and I️ just love that track

[@rosekittygraykittyjackkitt9676]

I have no idea why everyone keeps saying Jimmy is fidgety here. He just has beautiful body language.

[@bayukebab3248]

Yeahh. Until today. His moves while interviewing sure extra, but his body movements while playing guitars are just so satisfying to feel the rhythms. I love it.

[@rosekittygraykittyjackkitt9676]

@@bayukebab3248 I am so in love with Jimmy's body language was well! Jimmy is so sweet, yet godly, but you never would want to piss him off. He'll get ya!

[@rosekittygraykittyjackkitt9676]

chex

[@rosekittygraykittyjackkitt9676]

check!

[@maryrudelich9000]

Good chemistry there.

[@Marine_Ret]

Notice his T-Shirt “Jimmy Swaggart home for wayward girls”

[@stevef4010]

I was at one of those NY shows. Epic.

[@Anna-nj6xx]

Actually a really nice interviewer :D

[@TheHumbuckerboy]

Good to hear Jeff Healey getting a mention , what a fantastic player he was !

[@sword-and-shield]

Never seen him so fidgety...thx for the vid brother

[@bramstayer]

love Jimmy he once had an idea for a double album 1 side blues one rock one side acoustic and one side experimental i am STILL URGING him to RECORD THAT hes obviously not into touring at this point but hey an album I will take it also how COOL that he gave such props to the now late great Jeff Healy what a sweet man HE IS thats MY JIM!! SAW 3 gigs. I'VE seen Robert 4 times but they were together at knebworth 1990.. I'm grateful there's so much material of Jim chatting. Legends never die....❤

[@sophiehanssel2017]

Guitarists in rock bands always make the girls go crazy, don't they?

[@MJEvermore853]

Nah, not really a lot of guitarists have that effect in my opinion. Jimmy just has something magical about him to make us females go nuts like he always has 😍

[@joshuakeelsmusic]

You can hear the Intro to Michael Jackson's The way you make me feel video at the very last few seconds of this video. The old man is saying "You dont know about women"

[@joshuakeelsmusic]

same here lol

[@mjt11860]

love that t-shirt. wish i could read the rest of it.

[@dvdfrnzwbr]

wycovintage.com/product/1980s-jimmy-swaggart-shirt/

[@JohnOShaughnessy]

Jimmy seemed a little taken in by her :)

[@geraldobrien7323]

2:12 Wow, that was a short song.

[@tiffanycurtis4794]

Gerald O'Brien 😂😂😂😂

[@bigpoppa5732]

Down-town Julie Brown!! I like the other one as well

[@logancleary374]

Really cool seeing Jimmy talking about Jeff Healey

[@williambock1821]

Love his shirt

[@SteveAJonesEntertainment]

Regarding the original recording and air dates...when she says he's going to tear up New York he says he's played two shows in the suburbs ("Nassau and the Meadowlands") then near the end mentions he is "playing tonight". When they run the upcoming dates it begins with Nov 4. Therefore there are only three possibilities for when this interview was recorded...Sat, Oct 29th (he played in Worcester, MA), Sun, Oct 30th (he played in Philly, PA) or Thu, Nov 3rd (he played in New Haven, CT). Jimmy was staying in town at the UN Plaza Hotel for all of these dates.

[@bigdaddydaddy3203]

The Philadelphia show was my first concert I was so tired in school the next day I was 12 yrs old what a night to remember

[@MJEvermore853]

@@bigdaddydaddy3203...I wouldn't have been able to think about school at all that entire day 😊

[@GreenerHill]

20 years after the start of Led Zeppelin.

[@charlesdjones1]

He had already been performing on TV 32 years before this, it blows the mind really. A very long career he's had for sure.

[@TheSpiritWalk]

Got to see him bust out the bow with the Firm, the whole reason for going.

[@SpookyElectric319]

"Jimmy Swaggert's home for wayward girls"....Wonder where that is? Do tell us Jimmy?

[@srslywhatever]

+Celtic Lady. I just googled and a Jimmy Swaggart actually does exist. He is an American Christian music singer, Pentecostal pastor, author, radio and televangelist (wikipedia) hahaha great :D

[@SpookyElectric319]

+srslywhatever it's Jimmys tongue in cheek, dry Brit wit!

[@summer18ca]

+Celtic Lady. Jimmy Swaggert was or still is a preacher and a very good one... the reason for the shirt... Swaggert was caught with a prostitute while he was married and preaching.

[@Tonguefunsome]

That meaning,they're both cut from the same cloth? If I remember correctly Swagggert paid extra to have the whores daughter watch them fornicate.

[@majormal1]

Swaggert is also 1st cousin of The Killer himself Jerry Lee.

[@KendraAndTheLaw]

ya gotta love jimmy

[@leMskbomber911]

LOVE HIS SHIRT!!! LMAO!!

[@kabali1788]

Full of love !.

[@rokarolla]

jim lookin good here. Caught this tour in Worcester ma

[@jpjonesh6247]

Pages shirt is fucken hilarious

[@jillellen2631]

He's really antsy without a guitar in his hand isn't he?

[@ProfessorKenneth]

Lol.. yeah ok...!🙄

[@marks8432]

@@ProfessorKenneth haha. It's called drugs

[@RockChick63174]

​@@marks8432he's sober here, ass. Get over it.

[@susannelson7216]

Flirting yes indeed !!!

[@eileeneversheim8997]

I love him

[@zoso73]

Hangover voice. Love it.

[@MmmKayHuuNay]

I thought the girl was Sade?

[@tiffanycurtis4794]

She Is Hot And Jimmy Knows It😂

[@jimmessina]

1988, at the sounds The way you make me feel by Michael Jackson.

[@astridleed8381]

I was myself on "drugz" here the other day, then i thougt about this interview, and i just realised that he must've been on some kinda substance, during it.

[@GuyGuinivereOfficial]

Astrid Leed yea no he was. ):

[@tiffanycurtis4794]

Astrid Leed I HOPE YOUR OK GIRL OVERCOMING ADDICTION IS HARD STAY STRONG SWEETIE 🙏

[@amitabhp666]

That t-shirt tho.. XD XD

[@YManCyberDude]

Must've been the "Outrider" album. I bought that one on cassette when it came out… Or was it CD …

[@katherinetutschek4757]

At 0:35 the nose scratch was contagious haha🙃

[@frankiebella7808]

Jimmy makes me nervous damn "😒😳

[@psypher8184]

What's Jimmy's t-shirt? I want one!

[@rosekittygraykittyjackkitt9676]

Julie B is nuts! The very last thing Jimmy is on stage is relaxed. At the very least, he is very intense, but mostly, he is pissed off/enraged, more than anything else because with the exception of Bobby, Jimmy is always surrounded by stage clowns who refuse to his stage direction. He gets just as pissed as Ritchie Blackmore, only he expresses it differently, but just as brilliantly, creating so many new and different sounds along the way due to the constant and never ending feedback/distortion from the friction of morons who insist on surrounding him...

[@isaacshaver6218]

He's wearing a "jimmy swagert home for wayward girls", Shirt !lmao.

[@jameswright1879]

Jimmy page played in a Syrian Mosque on November 9th 1988?

[@johngratz8001]

It was in Pittsburgh. I was actually there.

[@kiaraflorenxia4448]

2:06 HIS FACE LOL

[@dudarego1]

What is written in his shirt about Jimmy Swaggart?

[@felixthelmocevallosmorales7218]

Jimmy Page 09/01/44 78 años

[@MeeMee-gz5vp]

Jimmy sounds congested, like he has a bad cold.

[@EuphoriaPiana]

He most likely has a cold & bronchitis, or the flu; he looks a bit feverish and slightly green around the gills.

[@charlesdjones1]

He was probably smoking 3 packs a day at this time tbh.

[@Marine_Ret]

The fidgeting is the after affect of heroine use.

[@LuzMaria95]

😍♥️

[@andyman2462]

I can't decide if he's going through withdrawals or if he's feeling it.

[@sexobscura]

both

[@andyman2462]

@@sexobscura i think your right

[@user-wr5hx6qg3s]

I don't think he's ever been comfortable with one on one interviews. It's 2020 and he still looks uncomfortable at times. If you give him an instrument or record album to play during the interview he seems more relaxed.

[@RockChick63174]

Long passed his addiction.

[@MrTrapito0]

japones jimmy?

[@leebaron3230]

Jimmy Page said he had a "Disdain" for a certain band that was popular in the 80's... What does that even mean?

[@cwtabbs1]

Lee Baron It means that he has a larger vocabulary than you.

[@_Singularity_]

It probably means he didn't like them

[@MissPepsi-pc5ox]

He means that he didn't like some of the bands in the 80's! Too bad music is music 🎶 as long as you hear the beat that's it!🎶🎤🎸📻🎷🎺🎻🪕🥁

[@missdee4927]

Well a lot of them sucked so it's hard to guess.

[@streetlevel4996]

Also if ya dig and enjoyed this video 😀 you may also enjoy the song " Most of All " By Glenn Kaiser and Where Roses Grow Live by Rez Band Awesome songs check them out. Also I remember hearing the song by Led Zepp " In My Time of Dyin " during my drug years and made me think about death and Jesus. Then a hippy friend that dug Jesus told me more of Jesus love and forgiveness and how I could also know Jesus love. So in 1981 I cried out to Jesus and wow man He came into my life and I had and have so much joy and peace and now know that through Jesus when I die I will be with Him in Heaven. Hey Jesus loves each of you also and yall can know Him if you are at all open. Just cry out to Him and a good question to ask yourself if you were to die today would you go to heaven ? And if yes why ? To find out more please read the Gospel of John in the Bible or check out the movie on KZbin. 😀

[@areafortyone]

He acts like he's got Parkinson's Disease...Or had too many cups of coffee that day.

[@gordonm.7387]

Cups of opium...

[@areafortyone]

Yeah, that too...

[@YManCyberDude]

Drugs . . . He was into them . . . Really into them . . .

[@jackfrost3919]

gonna have to say cocaine is a helluva drug haha!!

[@WuBloodKin09]

It’s called drugs, wake up...life happens you must be a resident of a graveyard!

[@dvdfrnzwbr]

He was a bit squirrely

[@guitagoeswawwaaawww447]

2:15 *We Got Music From KZbin* What?

[@goodoldcarburetors5592]

U2

[@glinkykitty]

I love dis a country picka 🤪

[@835g]

he doesn't feel comfortable without a guitar in his hands

[@JJJJJVVVVVLLLLL]

Swaggart Tee!!!

[@ariimoanacotter2873]

Fuuuuck Yeaaaa Jimmmeeeeeeyyyyy

[@juliestrauss5988]

Jimmy swaggert ...what does that say?

[@juliestrauss5988]

+Hitch Slap (Hitchslap) oh Jim!! lol he is amazing in so many ways lol

[@jennifervalentine3596]

“Jimmy Swaggart’s Home for Wayward Girls”

[@robinvann6663]

💚💙

[@nane6]

0:49 🥰 I wonder what was on his mind....

[@ProfessorKenneth]

Heroin😅

[@nane6]

@@ProfessorKenneth he was over it by then

[@DougZbikowski]

Jimmy has always been a pit nervous in interviews

[@melonsoda7219]

that interviewer have sexy voice!

[@georgegood9609]

Jimmy should have made music last few years Why he stopped who knows He was young forever then boom hes gotten so old

[@thedanstack]

Heroin withdrawals?

[@maxyuri5901]

He looks like joji

[@jasontotz]

Both of them touching their nose… powder days…

[@RockChick63174]

He was clean.

[@momspaghetti420]

0:49

[@ortrist7044]

Yeah I saw that, what was the look for Jimmy 😳

[@jennirayl]

WHAT THE HELLLLLLL