Led Zeppelin - Cologne 1980 (8mm film w/ sync)

[@LyndaWhite-ju1gj]

It’s still Zeppelin and grateful to see despite poor quality

[@karenjoannawarwick]

Love the 1979/80 period its my favourite

[@ChangeGlory]

Karen Warwick sammmmmmme

[@Ram44]

Wow really? Bonham was clearly deteriorating. He just didn't have the stamina he used to and if you compare tours he's so much more tired as this tour went on. The shows were cut down to 2 hours and Jimmy was also erratic every night having his heroin issues in full swing. They were not in great shape physically and it was only a matter of time before Bonham or Page died for the excess. Cologne (2nd night) was a decent show for that tour. But the tour is what it was - a warmup for the North American tour of late 80 into early 1981.

[@zoso1980]

It's my favorite too - they were reknitting and moving forward. It's tantalizing to think of what might of been.

[@zoso1980]

Ram4 - no doubt those factors were at play in '80. Further, Bonzo was NOT ready to go on the road. Between Jimmy's heroin problem along with Bonham's - which has only been quietly discussed. Bonham needed more time. The anxiety medication clearly was harming him psychologically. The accounts of Bonham's behavior during the taping of All Right Now in '80 showed he was pretty fragile. His outburst on 9/24/80 that Robert should be playing drums and he should sing was alarming because it highlighted depression and extreme anxiety. However, all that aside - what I love about '80 is they through it all - were still trying to push forward and at times the magic was still there. I have the personal opinion if Bonzo hadn't been pushed and was allowed to get his heroin problem under control the events of 9/25/80 would'e never happened. His extreme anxiety was augmented thanks to the prescription cocktail he was on. JPJ has said there was 'personal issues' at home too. It's been said Pat was furious over the heroin addiction. Poor Bonzo.

[@RC-gf8cs]

Saw sept 71.73.75.77.7 times saw em..msg nyc .80 was lowest velocity of all.n i luv zep n co. Saw arms firm outrdr .pg plnt all plnt solos endn wit m.nirv.saw page 17x..but bonzo n page still great but not usin that to full throttle

[@ShafiJ1968]

Very grateful to see a glimpse of the 1980 tour. The cobwebs were getting cleared off, and the Zep was blowing into the 80s. The 1980 Germany tour, like the early 1973 shows in Germany, pick up steam thanks to a good crowd. Hopefully a high quality copy of any of these 1980 shows will turn up.

[@jdmo]

This one on youtube from Rotterdam sounds great - kzbin.info/www/bejne/mKO2Y2uwar6HrLc

[@dylanwatson1287]

Bonzo looked like he was having fun and playing his usual self right up to the firecracker incident in Vienna and the next night at Nuremberg when he passed out after the first three songs. It's like after all that happened, he just didn't care anymore and of course openly laid his true feelings out to Robert on the way to the last rehearsal in Windsor, England. RIP Bonzo.

[@oreldm]

Unless Page went into rehab there was no way Zep was going to have a successful 1980 tour. His health was failing along with Bonham.

[@tobdapup1459]

0:00 Train Kept A Rollin' 0:49 Nobody's Fault But Mine 1:33 Black Dog 2:27 In The Evening 3:31 The Rain Song 4:04 Hot Dog 4:19 All My Love 4:29 Trampled Underfoot 7:08 Achilles Last Stand 7:40 White Summer 7:59 Kashmir 9:45 Stairway To Heaven 13:46 Rock And Roll 16:10 Communication Breakdown

[@jablescreed]

Brilliant band!! Love this footage 🎥 Thx Mark Z! ❤️LZ🎵

[@trent69marc]

I´ve been there! I was 13 of age at that time. Still remember this concert after all these years! Great footage!

[@heikokamann6326]

I've been there too and was able to see the full concert fron the FOH-Stage.

[@robertaames1515]

love led Zeppelin ! all band members are geniuses! so much talent! xo,!!!

[@BoltPin_05]

3:57 Nice to see that Jimmy still did the guitar over the shoulder at the end of The Rain Song :)

[@davidaliberti5742]

Imagine having an I phone back then and filming the whole thing in crystal clear color

[@iadorenewyork1]

Whoever filmed it must have used one of those clunky cameras (40 years ago). Sound and image just terrible. Oh, well. You're right -- current technology would have captured a better concert.

[@jdmo]

Train Kept a Rollin' and Hot Dog!! They sound much improved over Knebworth, though that may only be the difference between the soundboard and the live sound the audience hears. Page in fine form, even the double neck sounds mean. Thanks for posting Mark!!

[@ericponce8740]

I am surprised that the band didn't visually record their 1980 shows.

[@randybutternubs1209]

It was only meant to be a warm up tour for their return to North America. The press wasn’t even invited along for this one. It was more about getting back in shape than putting on a show to be saved for posterity

[@tiffanycurtis4794]

PUMP ME FULL OF LED ZEPPELIN THAT IS ❤

[@chrisellis1089]

I had this when it first turned up on VHS in the early 90's, as an avid collector I can't say I've ever seen it in a color format . .and this does seem like a fairly low gen version at least . .

[@alexkx8599]

Low is a kind and generous way to put it. How about unwatchable?

[@pewsterbaby]

Yeah, know what I think I'm finally looking at? One of those rare 1980 audience 8mm reels! And when you said you remember these first turning up in the early 90's, I recall them too. In my experience, me and another collector would tell each other that we had a guy's list from NORTH CAROLINA and he was the only one who had ANY footage from 1980 yet the 8mm format was silent, no sound. (which was okay cuz we were curious to see anything from '80 at all. It was like the Holy Grail to us...……. and still is.) So this Cologne is a big 17 minute chunk of a set of 4 1980 shows that all add up to 40 minutes approximately.

[@35grandslam]

This is pretty historic footage.

[@dvas2686]

Is it me, or did Bonham just keep getting better every tour?

[@johnsmits2494]

Rather strange comment. At times Bonzo was fine in 80’, but a certain amount of time he just was a human metronome. Page had some troubles but overall he was more consistent than 77’. Not only Plant was kind of lukewarm about this tour, Bonzo was very conflicted and very unsure about this 80’ tour.

[@zoso1980]

He was changing his playing style. Sure he was moving towards more nuance instead of pulverizing, however the '80 tour has pretty good moments laced with those in which Bonzo is clearly not at his best. Hanover isn't a great gig. Berlin isn't his best either. Other shows he's spartan in his fills. Go check Stairway from Vienna. After the firecracker incident, it seems he's pissed and just wants to get out of there. The best moment's of the '80 tour are the first few gigs, then after the Nuremberg incident he slowed down and almost, dragged in places if the tape speed is accurate. That's why I don't like Frankfurt very much. I'm not sure it's the tape dragging or Bonzo really played that lifeless. I think Bonzo's playing was refining itself. His taste and chops would've continued to grow had he got the chance, IMHO.

[@MerkinMuffly]

Bonham got worse, as did Page, both drunk and stoned out of their heads a lot of the concerts in the late 70s. Plant and Jonesy were usually the only sober guys on stage.

[@oreldm]

@@MerkinMuffly Grant was hooked on heroin too along with Page, Bonham and Richard Cole.

[@dylanwatson1287]

One of the very few good shows along with Munich, Frankfurt, Vienna(before some moron threw another firecracker at Jimmy during White Summer)they played that year before the tragedy happened.

[@RoyPage1970]

Frankfurt was the best performance of this tour

[@rodolfo1673]

When I see Zeppelin clips from the beginning of the early 80's and their bootlegs. They sound so great and magnificent, despite Jimmy Page was high on Heroin. But watching this clip makes it seem so eerie and like final days till the Mighty Led made of Zeppelin come to an end with its main heart beat crushing down its ship burning down in flames.... from this show 3 months and some days of 1980 on the 25 of September... the heart beat stop functioning. Bringing down the most powerful and mighty band that lived thru the era of the 70's... if only they could have prevented it. Led Zeppelin would have made awesome music and destroyed the 80's soft mellow music... which some are good hits... but I guess Led Zeppelin wasn't meant to be in the 80's??? Idk but I bet if John Bonham was alive..... man so much to think...... what if...... he was still alive? Keep touring with Zeppelin? Which I know he didn't want to anymore, he was homesick.... who really knows......

[@fiksflix]

Hello Mark Zep (and anyone who can answer this): what is this? There are either multiple cameras filming, or one very active, fast and mobile person (doubtful). So what is the source? Any chance there is more? Ps I love this, thanks for sharing!!

[@oldschoolhawking8191]

They announced a US tour in 1980. I bought 4 tickets. Then Bonzo died. :-(

[@zarhazaak3081]

old school hawking I cannot even imagine how much his death affected them😔I mean think of being jimmy page and in the beginning, search to find a band and than the greatest ban Led Zeppelin was born. He, along with the others put everything they had into the music. Zeppelin was jimmy's baby. They toured together, had a special chemistry and really bonded. There was so much happiness surrounding zep. Imagine all of that just being taken away from you...how would you even go about your life? How awful:(

[@cragkeeper]

@@zarhazaak3081 I disagree.... the end of the magic had already come by 1980. As far as reforming Zep, yes it was tough at first as any death is, but if it weren't for the bad vibes between Plant and Jones , I do think the Zep could have easily flown again. Time heals all wounds. Except for stuff like Jones VS Plant. It's never talked about. Because fans have too much respect. I just calls them like I sees them. But I did enjoy the many years of Plant solo afterwards.

[@RoyPage1970]

You Don't know Jack 💩​@@cragkeeper

[@simeonflake]

This footage looks like it was shot in the 1930s, back when people were still spotting the Lochness monster.... 😃

[@deivisvargas865]

that year 1980 was the collapse fired up like the Hindenburg zeppelin in 1937..

[@zoso1980]

Communication Breakdown!

[@heinrichkolter66]

Ich stand in der ersten Reihe direkt vor Jimmy Page 🔥🔥🔥👌👌👌

[@cragkeeper]

Not sure how this version would have gone over in the USA. All the songs sound like "hurry up, we got to get this over with asap"...... a bit strained. The passage of time is a beeaatch.

[@oreldm]

The funny thing is they were still young

[@hazor777]

Is this really from the 1980 tour ? I would have guessed 1977 .......

[@ChangeGlory]

hazor777 ya it's 1980

[@mariobiseroviliev]

Yes, Absolutely.

[@davidaliberti5742]

hazor777 outfits and all of my love played 1980

[@Jawn-t9p]

Just imagine being JPJ and watching your band slowly fall apart over the years

[@alexkx8599]

I think it is funny how the quality is so bad! It's like some fucking joke!

[@alexkx8599]

When was this? 1939? :)

[@alexkx8599]

Sounds like some slight verberation going on with Robert's vocals. I guess that's because he sounds like someone who smoke, drank, and did drugs. Oh, well.

[@sheatiller2465]

What is verberation

[@kimparish1174]

Bonham and Jones sound great but Page.....

[@keithsuhr6275]

This is awful.

[@Jawn-t9p]

sure is

[@speezbortzappfing3r224]

Jimmy is so sloppy

[@oldschoolhawking8191]

Speezbort Zappfing3r You know what SZ? I seen Jimmy play seven times. Every concert except one, he sounded like shit. The 96 Page/Plant gig at the Cal Expo Amphitheater in Sacramento, Jimmy Page played like he did in The Song Remains the Same.

[@zoso1980]

Jimmy has said, most visibly in '84 while being interviewed with Roy Harper that he never rehearsed. He just went up and did it. Between that philosophy and the heroin you got those teetering moments of greatness and grateness. Further, Jimmy has stage anxiety. If he doesn't settle into a gig, he won't be good. Look at Knebworth 8/11/79. Between P.A. problems, string issues and heroin. He's fighting the whole show. Compare that a week earlier he's better, not perfect but much better.

[@alexkx8599]

How would we or anyone compare that to a week earlier when not only has nothing been released from then but as far as most people know there is no documentation of such a thing? Lol. What are you talking about?

[@zoso1980]

AlexKk Who are you replying to?

[@pointblank8216]

@@oldschoolhawking8191 was that in Brasil? Can you send me a link of that concert please