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@beaujeste16 ай бұрын
No thanks - I’ll give it a miss and Spitz’s book…
@andhewonders6 ай бұрын
Bert Weedon is worth a look at.
@MrLefrog16 ай бұрын
Why would I pay for Docs when I can find them everywhere for free?
@dingbatjack12346 ай бұрын
No
@ItsMe-fs4df6 ай бұрын
Nice, I don't watch nearly enough stuff over there 😁
@tmage235 ай бұрын
John Paul Jones was a happily married family man (married to this day to the same woman since 1967) who usually separated himself after the gigs. He would stay in a separate hotel (later Jimmy and Robert would go so far as staying on separate floors from Bonham because he was so out of control), and generally had little contact with the rest of the band that wasn't related to music or business. He wasn't completely immune from the rock and roll lifestyle and by his own admission did more drugs than he'd care to admit but he always kept it low key and was nowhere near the legendarily debauched monsters that Page and Bonham were.
@arthegon4 ай бұрын
Hmm, bassists and drummers live in each others back pockets musically, but at least for two of the most iconic early rock bands, they had very different takes on how to live life. The other band being The Who.
@mjh54374 ай бұрын
@@arthegon Keith Moon was a Loon,John Entwistle was no angel either I assure you lolol
@alfching24993 ай бұрын
@@mjh5437 They were all head cases back in them days,I remember seeing them at the Marquee Wardour St 1965 They wernt that great but we're They loud
@kingstumble6 ай бұрын
I knew Robert Plant pre Led Zep. We are from the same part of the Black Country. I used to play in the resident band at a weekly blues club (The Ship and Rainbow Wolverhampton if anyone remembers it) and Planty as he was known, was a regular visitor. He was always more than willing to get up on stage and jam with us. We used to joke it was harder to keep him off the stage. But when he wasn't singing he was a quiet sort of bloke believe it or not.
@lisazonfrillo96746 ай бұрын
I met Robert Plant in Narragansett Rhode Island in 1991 at the Pier House Inn he got drunk tall dude !
@juliemanarin41276 ай бұрын
I believe it
@philipdru92906 ай бұрын
Robert was probably the lesser of the evil.
@rickchyczewski5766 ай бұрын
The set of pipes he had back then still make the hair on my arm stand up. His version of hey joe with band of joy maybe? Incredible. Those pipes eluded him after 72 and he was just an average singer after that but damn...when he was young I would have given an arm to see him sing live.
@brockgan89415 ай бұрын
@@rickchyczewski576 Smoking and abusing your vocal chords 24/7 will do that. Such a shame.
@reallymysterious45205 ай бұрын
Rise and Fall of Zeppelin ? They never fell ...
@minners715 ай бұрын
Just what I was thinking.
@BlueBlazer475 ай бұрын
They broke up after one of their best albums, sadly.
@hippielady1234 ай бұрын
Zeppelin is still rising
@shadrach62994 ай бұрын
Never ever
@ivanthecheese91194 ай бұрын
They are legends and legends never die!
@baalbezub68485 ай бұрын
“Hammer of the Gods” was the quintessential biography, read it 5 times as a teenager.
@TheEvilDrR4 ай бұрын
"Led Zeppelin changed the sound of music." Truer words were never spoken. I was there, and I have the hearing loss to prove it. The first band I paid to see, 1977. No regrets. Zero. Regrets. Long live Rock 'n' Roll.
@TheMorelia5Ай бұрын
I was lucky to see Led 2 times best concert. I ever watch. Best hard rock band
@mrosaka16 ай бұрын
Worked for LZ building the stage etc at Knebworth in 1979. Best 6 weeks of my life. My maths teacher was also John Bonhams form master at school.
@1fnklown5 ай бұрын
we had a teacher that said he went to every philly show ever
@jimhunt15926 ай бұрын
Normally I wouldn't confront someone in public like this, but since you made me sit through an ad for Nebula to see only a part of your documentary, I feel justified this time. I signed up for Nebula through an ad on legal eagle which promised that if I signed up and continued a bundle of Curiosity Stream and Nebula that would be mine for as long as I kept my subscription paid up. Well, I did - but you didn't. After a few years I got a notice that I'd no longer be able to subscribe to both for one low price. So now I subscribe to neither service as I don't really trust either of you to keep your word to consumers.
@RebeccaTurner-ny1xx5 ай бұрын
Streaming services are rip-offs.
@jimhunt15925 ай бұрын
@@asnark7115 Do you realize you just gave a content maker ( Mary Spender) your time of day? Perhaps you should take your own advice.
@matturner68905 ай бұрын
Damn that's pretty scummy. No subs from me, Mary!
@garydiamondguitarist5 ай бұрын
@@RebeccaTurner-ny1xx Specifically music streaming services are helping kill not just live music but music in general if you care about new artists. It's always been hard to make a living from being a musician full time which is why for most it's never their main occupation, but it's ironic in an age you can get the output from most artists at your fingertips, we're all being put in a position where we're making so little from it. I have a feeling that's partly why artists like KISS and Bruce Springsteen are selling off their back catalogues for huge sums while it's still worth something - them and their accountants probably know something we all don't. If you really want to support an artist you need to buy their merch which is usually the thing they get the biggest cut of, so shirts, fridge magnets, physical album releases (vinyl/CD) in cases where that benefits them too. Sadly that's the economy of the music business - it wasn't great when I started in the 90s and it's only really gotten worse since then.
@Airhead3485 ай бұрын
It's a shame they can legally do that. No one has ethics.
@dangroat44384 ай бұрын
The thing about Led Zeppelin that made them such a great band was the fact that you had 4 very fine musicians with totally different personalities come together to create music that has stood the test of time. Like all bands they had their high points and low points, but they stuck with their formula throughout their carrier as a band and losing John Bonham upset that formula. It could never be the same again and they all knew it. In this case they made the right decision to disband when they did because a key piece of them was now gone and it could not be easily replaced by just any drummer. The Who was another example of this. When they lost Keith Moon they lost a presence they simply could not easily replace but tried to carry on anyways. Sometimes it is better to just let it fade into the sunset and let the legacy of the music speak for itself.
@John-cr2tn6 ай бұрын
Jpj said of that train kept rollin that he looked up halfway thru and everybody had a huge smile on their faces and he knew the band was set
@samr.england6136 ай бұрын
They knew they had something special when the four of them first got together and jammed! And Jimmy Page had no idea how truly great they, as a band, would become. Jimmy later said as much.
@p0llenp0ny6 ай бұрын
I love how he adds at the end "It was pretty bloody obvious, to be honest." lol
@JP-hs6ii6 ай бұрын
The first time I heard Led Zeppelin a few years into their existence, it was Led Zeppelin and everyone else. The songs, production and musicianship were untouchable. They are as relevant to me today as they were when I first discovered their music.
@ACDZ1236 ай бұрын
I leaned towards Sabbath more as I got older ...vol 4 and sabotage are heavy metal perfection
@lyndoncmp57516 ай бұрын
Yeah. Light years ahead of their contemporaries.
@lyndoncmp57516 ай бұрын
@ACDZ123 I got bored of Sabbath quickly. One trick ponies.
@robbierichards39116 ай бұрын
@@lyndoncmp5751it's Led Zeppelin that are the one trick ponies. It's just rip off white man blues. Iommi invented heavy music and Sabbath were a million times more innovative than LZ. War pigs? Symptom of the universe? Supernaut? The sheer amount of riffs is almost too hard to believe. It's ridiculous.
@markstokes14016 ай бұрын
@@robbierichards3911 one trick ponies? LZ covered all genres of music. Most versatile band ever.
@rickya38776 ай бұрын
So you give us a juicy question in the thumbnail (that you don't explain or answer) and then proceed to give us a regurgitated history of the band 🥱
@ChasingTone6666 ай бұрын
It’s called click bait.
@drewbacsi5 ай бұрын
Absolutely agree
@Edward-MTBKR5 ай бұрын
Really! It's like "Hey guys, I made a video about someone's book" LOL.
@rickya38775 ай бұрын
@@Edward-MTBKRLol YES!
@1fnklown5 ай бұрын
at least it was Zeppelin
@Matsyendranath7925 ай бұрын
No more monsters than anyone else would be in that position - if they had had the talent.
@yogeshbhandari10404 ай бұрын
Led Zeppelin rises everytime the moon orbits the earth or the earth orbits the sun ! They never fell because they will be remembered as the best rock band ever !
@gthofalcon35465 ай бұрын
Led Zeppelin, the four greatest musicians in the world, all in the same band, period. Thee only band out of the thousands I've heard that I remember exactly where I was the first time I heard them.
@JeffferyHarbisonАй бұрын
My mother worked at the BX in Germany. Tons of people were coming in and buying "Meet the Beatles". So she bought one for me and my two brothers. Ten years later I was a very different person
@timothyclaffey91386 ай бұрын
I was lucky enough to see LZ twice in the summer of '69 at a relatively small venue in Chicago called The Kinetic Playground. And what made it even better was the 3 band bill each time as was common in those days. First show was Savoy Brown, Jethro Tull and Zep. A few weeks later it was Lighthouse, Santana and Zep! It's hard to put into words anything that would capture the overwhelming joy and power of these shows which were unlike anything any of us had ever seen. The sheer volume, the psychedelic stage lighting and the magnetic moves of Plant, Page and Anderson were captivating. These are precious memories.
@rickchyczewski5766 ай бұрын
I am incredibly jealous of you. That must have been glorious. I was still in the oven until july of 69.
@d.l.l.65785 ай бұрын
I used to be able to walk to Kinetic Playground, I lived close to it. I saw Johnny Winter there. Winter tore up the stage when he was young.
@Jimmy-iy7zi4 ай бұрын
Saw Zep back in the day 8 times. A friend of mine's brother in law (he was older and knew squat about Zeppelin and Page) recounted a story from The Firm era American tour. He was traveling on business and came to his hotel rather late and being hungry, wanted to have dinner. He enquired in the hotels restaurant but was told the kitchen was closed for the night. There was a group of people seated in the dining room. One of them, upon overhearing his plight, invited him over to their table to share in their food. This person, my friends brother in law found out, was none other than Jimmy Page himself!
@a2ndopynyn3 ай бұрын
That tracks with everything I've heard about Page. A legit good guy.
@Zack-Hates-Youtube5 ай бұрын
Pretty much everything in this video can be found in a few minutes online or reading a Led Zeppelin Wikipedia article. Given how surface level the info is here, there's no way I'm going to nebula to pay a premium; no matter how much I enjoy Mary's content.
@GSDjrbites5 ай бұрын
HAHAHA righto...I knew most if not all this information when I was 14 (1979). I first "discovered" Zeppelin in 77 and have worn out all forms of recording mediums of all their albums...cant stop myself from that being my "go to" music. Nebula...only the smart folks use this medium!! All the other mediums are SHIITE!! according to Mary's rehash history channel. Sorry I may be a bit of a negative Nancy. I want to be 1st to hear stuff I knew 45 yrs ago. Like Neil Youngs PONO...My hearing is shit now so I could enjoy hearing an MP3 just as much as a analog vinyl Album these days.
@garydiamondguitarist5 ай бұрын
Yeah I know, literally having read a couple of books about them, it's all old news that's gone over in greater detail there, but her presentation of it is fine.
@ericvantassell68095 ай бұрын
thanks for the heads up. we won't wait
@DirtyDirkDiggler5 ай бұрын
@@garydiamondguitaristterrible presentation - at what point did she answer (or even touch upon) the question posed in the name of the video?
@garydiamondguitarist5 ай бұрын
@@DirtyDirkDiggler Perhaps the question you should be asking yourself is, why are you asking that of a complete stranger? If you don't agree with someone that's fine but that doesn't magically grant you the right to demand answers from them because of it 😂
@TheRealBozz6 ай бұрын
If this is the first half, I can't say I'm going to be missing anything by not seeing the second half. Additional cudos for the click-bait title.
@mjh54374 ай бұрын
"Kudos"
@demoskunk3 ай бұрын
Yup. Total clickbait. Thumbs down from me.
@latenightlogic6 ай бұрын
Nah, tuned out at that opening. I’m not watching something I can’t finish.
@bandav_lohengrin4 ай бұрын
Smart man. I wasted 14 minutes if my life watching this
@Relayer6a6 ай бұрын
I remember the "Led Zeppelin Binge". You would just sit down with a few friends and starting with Led Zeppelin I play every album from beginning to end, non stop. That was the only band we would do that with.
@DougieNelson826 ай бұрын
And PInk Floyd
@1fnklown5 ай бұрын
That's probably why the term Zeppeleptics got popular in NJ
@goodbyebluesky57705 ай бұрын
@@1fnklown Don't forget to add "Zeptember" A month long tribute to the greatest band ever
@arthegon5 ай бұрын
Used to do a thing annually called the Rolling Stones Marathon...
@1fnklown5 ай бұрын
@@goodbyebluesky5770 93.3 GET the Led Out, I used to love hearing that, you knew something good was coming on the radio at work or where ever.
@triaxon37913 ай бұрын
Black Dog.. wicked track. Turned on so many younger with that being their first to hear,. Zeppelin changed my life, and I've seen it change so many others too. Gr8! Peace ☮💜Love
@wanderwoman46956 ай бұрын
The 70's WERE epic Rock years. Lived it.
@mj.l5 ай бұрын
70s rock is garbage
@bnd4ever486 ай бұрын
I only saw this video not the full video and it's pretty accurate, I've met Jimmy a few times thru my friendship with his girlfriend Scarlett and I can guarantee to you that he is not a monster and one of the sweetest chap I've ever met, very soft spoken and sweet, during that era drugs, sex and rock and roll went hand in hand with each other, that said Jimmy has been clean from drugs, drinking and smoking for decades so he is doing great🐉🙏🏻
@martinherts19676 ай бұрын
Totally agree! I met Jimmy in 2005, a real Gentleman and I met Scarlett in 2018 from memory, she is an incredible Lady and amazing poet. Have seen her reading twice and still talk occasionally via Instagram. They are both beautiful Souls.
@Airhead3485 ай бұрын
People should get banned for making these titles trying to besmurge great muscians! It's a shame?Mary would stoop sooo low
@mj.l5 ай бұрын
@@Airhead348 jimmy page is a rapist though. you should get banned for being a fucking dog
@alexkx85995 ай бұрын
Preeeetty sure, Scarlett, was NOT his girlfriend since that is his daughter. CHARLOTTE, was Scarlett's mother so...
@CorkDave15 ай бұрын
I have met Jimmy and can say he is such a down to earth person, very decent and giving. This KZbin article is shallow at best
@heartoftherose5 ай бұрын
The synchronicity of exposure to good music and the emerging technology of electrification and amplification deserves some credit, without denying the talent of knowing what to do with it.
@robertmccoy99015 ай бұрын
No mention of The New Yardbirds. I don't know how many shows were performed under that name, but word is that was Zeppelin.
@jimred57003 ай бұрын
I worked in London with a smashing chap from Denver Colorado. In 1975 he managed to get two tickets to see Led Zeppelin at MSG during their Physical Graffiti tour. The tickets arrived 4 weeks before the show and he said him and his brother hardly slept a wink until the big day. He said the concert was so good, so unforgettable that he sometimes wonders if he dreamt the whole thing. He also said that when Kashmir began it felt as though the building was about to collapse.
@markdonovan15406 ай бұрын
I only saw them live once, at Knebworth Festival in the UK in August 1979. I'd been to a lot of festivals and concerts by then, even at 20 years of age, and I'd say that Led Zeppelin live stood head and shoulders above most. Their sound and energy on stage was epic.
@gingercat7776 ай бұрын
How far back were you?......wasn't it fun trying to find your mates when you went for food/drink/toilet?
@markdonovan15406 ай бұрын
@@gingercat777 Uff, I was up the hill about 50m infront of a first-aid tent, which was handy because I needed stitches after a fight with someone during The Tubes...So ended up seeing the show through one eye! Luckily, my ears were unscathed!
@gingercat7776 ай бұрын
@@markdonovan1540 Yup, it was that kind of day and night 😊
@markdonovan15406 ай бұрын
@@gingercat777 The thing is I was trying to stop someone pestering a poor guy bombed out in a sleeping bag. He took a wild swing at me, I ducked and he fell over. Then out of the blue his mate punched me in the face from the side, thinking I'd hit his mate FFS...
@juliemanarin41276 ай бұрын
Above everyone!!!
@grog55646 ай бұрын
They were always the Yardbirds 2.0 to me. I listened to blues back in my high school days, the Yardbirds and Fleetwood Mac were my two favs followed by John Mayal and the Animals. The 60's -70's were the best for music, I pity the kids today.
@contemposuits19835 ай бұрын
I don't don't feel that they were Yardbirds 2.0. The Yardbirds mostly recreated classic blues tunes with some of their own originals where as Led Zeppelin took some of those tunes and went to a whole new level with them. If anything, the Yardbirds, as they were, were actually holding back Page.
@grog55645 ай бұрын
@@contemposuits1983 Jimi Page formed Led Zep to complete contractual obligations that the Yardbirds had, he even called them The New Yardirds at their first gigs. You can search on KZbin and watch Dazed and Confused and other Zep tunes by the Yardbirds. You will appreciate Plante over Keith Relf in short order.
@mj.l5 ай бұрын
led zep were Gary Glitter 1.0
@alfching24993 ай бұрын
I pity the way this country has gone and its heading,at 77 I've seen some changes but never thought I'd see days like these no hopers
@balloonmarsupials42595 ай бұрын
LZ1 was just 24 years after WW2.
@gerardoh53655 ай бұрын
Blues/Folk/eclectic/creative rock
@Jtcatch22 күн бұрын
Best band and most versatile . Album after album was awesome
@Chrisdrumz6 ай бұрын
I've read Hammer Of The Gods and lots of other Zep books but the Spitz book(which I'm currently reading) is certainly my favorite. Delves much more into the music process than HOTG yet it also includes all the other behind the scenes and on the stage tidbits.
@mattrogers19466 ай бұрын
Hammer Of The Gods was Cole's pathetic money grab after he was sacked by the band.
@Chrisdrumz6 ай бұрын
@@mattrogers1946 Cole didn't write HOTG. It was written by Stephen Davis. Cole WAS however a primary "source". He did however write his own book about 20 years ago. I read it but remember little about it.
@samr.england6136 ай бұрын
@@Chrisdrumz Have to agree, mostly, with Matt here. Cole was, as I understood HOTG's, the main writer behind the book. And tho, from what I've read about what Page and Plant said about the book, it was somewhat truthful and accurate, but exaggerated. Who knows? Who really cares? All that will matter to posterity is Led Zeppelin's music.
@Chrisdrumz6 ай бұрын
@@samr.england613 The contrast between HOTG and Spitz' book is striking. HOTG is mid 80's schlock for the most part. It has it's moments but Spitz' book is thoroughly enjoyable and knowledge filled.
@samr.england6136 ай бұрын
@@Chrisdrumz I'm enthralled, and will check out Spitz's book. But, emphatically, all that's ever to going to matter, to posterity, is Zeppelin's music.
@224Nisqually6 ай бұрын
I parked cars for the Seattle Pop Festival in 1969. The condition for my labor was that I could stop to watch Iron Butterfly and Led Zeplin. Led Zeplin didn't even have an album out yet. They played less than half an hour. At my Senior Prom, Heart played. Nancy also graduated that year from a neighboring high school. Heart played more Led Zeplin than anything else. Zep had two albums out by then. Whole Lotta Love was a game changer.
@dl3g3nd456 ай бұрын
Interesting.
@keneisner34456 ай бұрын
Led Zeppelin is the band's name.
@chriskennedy28466 ай бұрын
@@keneisner3445 and to add insult to injury, Led is actually spelled "Lead." As far as "Whole Lotta Love" being a game changer, I agree. It ushered in a new way to rip off other people's songs and musical styles while packaging it as original. Listen to The Small Faces version of "You Need Loving."
@randydoak66386 ай бұрын
@@chriskennedy2846 The freak out section of Whole Lot of Love Ruined what could have been a passable hard rock song.
@keneisner34456 ай бұрын
@@chriskennedy2846 It certainly was a game changer for Willie Dixon's bank account!
@certifiedreviews8485Ай бұрын
Rock began and Zeppelin became the amplifier - in more ways than one!
@axnyslie5 ай бұрын
Wow what a great story. Sadly one that will never be repeated in history again. That era is long gone.
@vracan4 ай бұрын
Yeah with pop music today being very generic and VERY basic cookie-cutter musically thanks to technology making artists lazy and lower income unfortunatley
@simonpayne82526 ай бұрын
You cant talk about Led Zep without including their manager Peter Grant.
@MarySpender6 ай бұрын
You need to watch the whole thing 😂
@earthsign75686 ай бұрын
True enough. He was the muscle when it was needed. The music industry was a dog show!
@anuraggdeshpande2866 ай бұрын
@@MarySpender does the nebula one have more about rise as well?
@simonpayne82526 ай бұрын
@@MarySpenderOh hello! Well, I enjoyed your taste anyway.
@deemika6 ай бұрын
And their road manager Richard Cole.
@andrefelixstudio28336 ай бұрын
And we are all very fortunate to be on the planet to get to hear and see all these events happen!
@alfching24993 ай бұрын
It was one big pilgrimage in the 60s and 70s going to see all these groups I see hundreds of them in clubs pubs and a tiny bit of outdoors which could be uncomfortable most of the time.
@rgiramonti5 ай бұрын
Your insight from being there in the '70s and knowing everything about everything is astonishing. You must be a very content person.
@hippielady1234 ай бұрын
I dont see any monsters, just great rock n roll artists
@dougthornton68845 ай бұрын
First saw LZ on Long Island, NY in 1971. Still the loudest concert to date. Left awestruck and never to forget. Saw them again at Madison Square Garden 2 nites in a row for their Physical tour. Years later I met Eddie Kramer at a studio I managed in Hempstead NY. It was like meeting a god.... Never again will I be rocked by music like Led Zep did to me back then....
@lupcokotevski29075 ай бұрын
Highly recommended: the recent brilliant video essay on Led Zeppelin entitled Mad, Bad and Dangerous to Know by the Foul Quince youtube channel, which is of the highest level out there.
@ElmanAuthement5 ай бұрын
I saw Zeppelin twice, in 1975 and 1977. Tickets were 7.50 US dollars. Glad I was part of that time. Although I appreciate no, the medium of KZbin to learn much of the groups we knew very little about. Back then, Rolling Stones magazine was our only source of information and your our local rock radio station.
@steelesaldutti6 ай бұрын
Not a fan of this 2 part paywall model
@daethe6 ай бұрын
Shouldn't care that much about some random persons opinion to sit through the first half anyway
@rorybninetythree6 ай бұрын
Lemme rephrase this for you: “Give me what I want for free because you owe it to me for nothing because I have been conditioned to assign no monetary value to creativity and content. Despite you putting days of effort at a time into these videos, built off the back of years of hard work getting to this point, even in the face of poor, increasingly unpredictable revenue on KZbin, which your livelihood hangs in the balance of, give it to me for nothing” Support her on her platform of choice or don’t, but think before you post.
@Newton-Reuther6 ай бұрын
You've made one comment on this channel. Mary Spender's making videos for fans, not random incels on the internet. Move on.
@Stratocus6 ай бұрын
@@rorybninetythree Or let's put it another way. I'm 74 years old and supporting two people on the fixed income of Social Security and simply can't afford the extravagance of exclusive video content at a price. KZbin is the best I, and a lot of other people, can do and, frankly, I'd rather not be fed teaser videos like this as part of a sales pitch to get me to spend money.
@rorybninetythree6 ай бұрын
@@Stratocus so because of your situation, every creator should make ‘extravagant’ content at a loss for the benefit of all? beyond your own point of view, consider the systemic problems of platforms like KZbin that might have caused this situation, rather than the creators themselves. My sympathies to you, I believe that education should be free and open, but we conflate education with media and the costs associated in its production, and we don’t unfortunately live in a world where artists can create exactly the art they want to and support themselves by giving it away for nothing. It is systemic; KZbin’s revenue model, content moderation policies, greed of its centralised billionaire owners who do NOT care about you or the welfare of the creators that generate ad revenue for them, so they’re forced away. It isnt a huge ask to say “hey, KZbin isn’t working out for me, but I’m over here trying to shift away from this broken unsustainable model”. Best wishes, I hope we can all get to utopia one day, I personally don’t think late capitalism will be in the picture like it is now though. If you’re ever getting something for free, remember you are the product.
@jamestreible45455 ай бұрын
Imagine a group consisting of Page, Beck, Moon and Entwistle. That would have really changed things in the rock world.
@splitimage137.6 ай бұрын
Lucky for me: the first half of music documentaries are always the most interesting. I enjoyed this.
@seanrobinson64075 ай бұрын
I very much loved that period of musical history, learned to play guitar and idolized all these bands as a young man. I heard many of them did sketchy things but didn't think about it much and also wrote it off as hype. Now as a more mature person, I can't help but to be disgusted by the debauchery among many celebrities, politicians and wealthy people. I've come to realize much more about evil in this world.
@Spaceghost224 ай бұрын
Wot? Literally the greatest rock 'n' roll band in history... they never fell!
@ImYourOverlord6 ай бұрын
They were singularly awesome. Extraordinary. Innovative. Passionate, dedicated. Their accomplishments far overshadowed their challenges. It would have been fantastic had they been able to record and release another studio album.
@Skypie616 ай бұрын
Mary. You have to understand how important FM radio was in North America during the 70's. FM was vital to bands like Zep. The DJ's were part of the magic sauce and its such a shame that crap like Spotify et al have taken over...especially when it was free...
@1fnklown5 ай бұрын
After the internet Itunes and all that it seems like my culture from 70s to early 2000s is over,.
@sneakerset5 ай бұрын
The talent pool was deep for on-air personalities around Los Angeles during the superstation era - KMET , KLOS (KABC), KROQ, KNAC, KPPC, etc. Prior to FM underground , local AM Top 40 stations and their Boss Jocks ruled the roost.
@billyz50885 ай бұрын
~~ sadly the FM radio of the early 70's - with it's freewheeling style - playing deep cuts - and even entire records - gave way to the late 70's - with it's soulless, corporate drone of predictable playlists and then the great DJ's mostly faded away - MTV took over the 80's - then the 90's gave us concert ticket prices a thousand times higher than the 70's - even when adjusted for inflation ..
@mattg59785 ай бұрын
I had the fortunate chance to talk to jimmy page at a fundraising event when i was a teenager. I wanted to get his autograph but event security wouldn’t let me within sight of him. Somehow he happened to see me and pushed his people aside to come up and say hello. I was so starstruck I didn’t know what to say but he kept on a small conversation about how busy things were. Very nice man.
@martinwhitfield13625 ай бұрын
Answer - both. Now move along folks.
@TroyNaumu8086 ай бұрын
Rock Gods or Monsters? They were human just like any of us mere mortals. Big fan of Sir James Patrick Page (OBE).
@stevekubien66806 ай бұрын
SIR Jimmy? When did that happen?
@athmaid5 ай бұрын
A fan of his music, sure. Personally I find it hard to be a fan of him as a person considering how he took advantage of his fame to get away with both immoral and illegal activity. At around 29 years old he had a girlfriend who was 14 then. Now he dates a woman 46 years younger than him. And he's just one of many who somehow got away with this.
@MrRidleyDog5 ай бұрын
@@stevekubien6680 2005
@PaulFormentos4 ай бұрын
@@athmaid Pagey also avid Crowley lover.....
@mjh54374 ай бұрын
@@IO1070IO The Rappers of today are even worse than all those old Rockers,look at R.Kelly,P.Diddy and all the rest.
@stitchgrimly61676 ай бұрын
Keith Moon said "that'll go down like a lead balloon". John Entwistle replied "more like a lead zeppelin". Why does no one ever tell this story correctly?
@mikeg29396 ай бұрын
Funny she got this wrong because it's well documented.
@chrisfitzmaurice74845 ай бұрын
Zep's first album is closer to WWI than it is to today.
@y2kbug585 ай бұрын
Mathematically yes, but culturally no. There was a massive cultural watershed in the 60s with pop, the Pill and penicillin.
@michaeljordan68926 ай бұрын
As a old over the hill roady and sound guy - who worked for the band on a tour - BOTH
@johnniewelbornjr.89406 ай бұрын
Superb and well produced... Led Zeppelin was my introduction to rock music as I entered high school and they, in turn, introduced me to their influences over the subsequent years as I entered radio in my junior year and worked in broadcasting until 1993. I made a brief return for two full years (almost to the day, 2001-2002) in what had become the classic rock format. By then, everything had changed in both radio and artists. I thoroughly enjoyed your documentary. Well done, for the "family tree" of various bands and others within the music industry was incredibly intertwined back in those days and this shines a bit of light upon those relationships that many might not be familiar with.
@will420high46 ай бұрын
Led Zeppelin is a straight up Human Legend! The way they changed music is almost "supernatural", trully amazing individuals that together ascended to a "god" like status, every heavy rock band wanted to be like them and just like Black Sabbath, they pioneered entire genres that can be traced back to them! The world would literally not be the same without Led and Sabbath and I'm sure glad they did, my style of life and music (as of millions of people ever since) has always been what it is thanks to those contributions!
@gonr.24266 ай бұрын
I dont care what others call Led Zeppelin.....for me they were MONSTERS....bigger than life!!!!
@samr.england6136 ай бұрын
I loved it when people claimed that their incredible wealth and fame was the result of signing, in blood, a contract with Satan! (You know, selling their souls to the Evil One in exchange for wealth and fame.) For years I've pointed out that, if all it took to be that rich and famous was to sign a deal with the Devil, then there'd be a whole lot more Led Zeppelin's out there! hehe
@samr.england6136 ай бұрын
Or, maybe Satan only wants to buy the souls of truly talented people.
@gonr.24266 ай бұрын
Well...if that were the case Zep would be the Devil by itself.@@samr.england613
@alfching24993 ай бұрын
No pop music has ever been bigger than life,if you think it has you must lead a strange life
@barbaraspector66892 ай бұрын
I must say that Robert Plant exuded Lust all over the stage. Never saw a sexier man in my whole life. Now I’m 76 and he’s still got it. That was 1969!
@albertarguelles32625 ай бұрын
I was lucky to see their Starship parked on the tarmac at Miami International in the early 70's. Wow it was Unbelievable to see. Really cool looking plane.
@spyderlogan49926 ай бұрын
The authorized documentary 'Becoming Led Zeppelin' STILL hasn't found a distributor. A work in progress version was screened in September 2021 at the Venice Film Festival and Jimmy Page, himself, was there...Now?...Crickets...
@Ice-Fall5 ай бұрын
In June of '77, Zep played their shortest concert, ever, at the old Tampa Stadium. Just two songs, then the thunderclap and rain came, stopping the show. A riot ensued, the band left, and even though the PA announced they would play the show the following night., they never returned. Yep, I was there, and opted for this concert instead of Pink Floyd, in Miami, during the Animals Tour.
@greg6L6GC5 ай бұрын
The music never fell.
@PhilipOgden-m7z5 ай бұрын
From Led Zep 4 I was a devotee of this incredible band. A very good minidocumentary.
@f-u-nkyf-u-ntime5 ай бұрын
I have always loved Led Zeppelin, John Bonham died when i was 15, before i had a chance to see them live, i think i might have cried. The closest i got was watching The Song Remains the Same in quadraphonic sound on the big screen. Absolutely mesmerising. I had every album, of course, and loved them all. Their live stuff absolutely rocked. My favourite studio track, very hard choice, i think, is Ten Years Gone.
@brewcrew58545 ай бұрын
i was 15 too or 14 but anyway i think i recall a group of us were planning to go to a show scheduled at madison square garden that year but his death put the kibosh on that .
@billycox4755 ай бұрын
Died the same year and from the same cause as Bon Scott
@mleon19585 ай бұрын
I'll never forget what Ginger Baker said of John Bohnam; " He couldn't swing a bag of shit!". Obviously, he was referring to his supposed lack of swing on the drums.
@andyhinds5425 ай бұрын
But then again that's Ginger Baker for you. I have never been blown away by Ginger Baker's drumming. Being an opinionated asshole doesn't make you a great musician or a drummer.
@billyz50885 ай бұрын
@@andyhinds542 ~~ Ginger was very good at what he did - which was much different than what Bonham did - but Baker was not only known to verbally tear others down - he would start a barroom brawl at the drop of a hat - so he was willing to back up his opinions - right or wrong - with his blood & guts - the man was a true maniac ..
@Frip365 ай бұрын
Finally after some 40 plus years of rock documentaries a critic hits the giant sized nail on the head, that most rock-dock-heads have always missed; either from being thick, or vindictive. Bob Spitz (paraphrasing): "Zeppelin changed the sound of music. They had the volume. The unconventional vision. The stage attack. But most crucially...THEY HAD THE MUSIC. THE GREAT SONGS. TONS OF THEM!" 10:05
@kimberleyann77025 ай бұрын
Compared to debauchery of today those lads were choir boys and extremely talented.🇨🇦Love my Zeppelin
@toddmoore23246 ай бұрын
Don't fall off your high horse, child. Ta ta.
@Anglo-Saxon-Patriot4 ай бұрын
When on earth did Zep fall? They still rule the world as the greatest band ever to grace this planet. Yes, like all of them back in the days, they did things that some feel were inappropriate, and they are right, but that does not make them evil, it makes them human. These were four ordinary guys thrown into a situation that few would be able to handle, and that was total and utter adulation from millions of people. The fact they continued to make exemplary music speaks volumes for just how down to earth they were underneath the weird stuff that happened to all rock idols of their era. I have been a rock and blues musician for over 50 years, without the fame and success they achieved, but enjoyed myself and have no regrets whatsoever. The question I ask myself, is what would I have done had I achieved the fame and adulation these four guys achieved? I fear the answer that is fairly obvious and I may not like what I see in the mirror every morning I wake up. Yet these guys are doing just fine because they rose above the weird stuff like the legends they are.
@robertthurman98665 ай бұрын
In the early 70's two bands went on a rampage through the UK and Europe. Each of the breaking attendance records the prior group had set. Led Zep was one of the groups. Sadly the other imploded. That group was around 5 years, they recorded 6 albums, 3 world tours and at the time they broke up the oldest member was 22. Two members of the group formed a new band and Zep immediately signed them to a record contract. The new groups first album debuted at #1 or #2 world wide. That band was FREE and Rogers and Kirk formed Bad Company. FREE really deserves close look.
@TheTickingClocks6 ай бұрын
Even in 2024, this is Led Zeppelin's world. We're just part of it. Mary, your voice is priceless. Thanks for doing what you do. Beautiful work.
@thehightenor25966 ай бұрын
Everyone should watch "The song remains the same" ..... then you'll "get" what Zeppelin is about. I love that film ever since I was a teen.
@goodbyebluesky57705 ай бұрын
I remember watching it in a movie theatre. We were blown away! The surround sound along with full size visuals. My friends and I, must have watched that over 100 times!
@blainemullins62855 ай бұрын
That’s all we had until Jimmy Page released that double DVD of live material. I still cannot make it through the 20 minute drum solo on Disc 1. I liked Disc 2 because it had various performances.
@recvehicle88885 ай бұрын
What are they about other than ripping off other musicians
@omegalast8005 ай бұрын
...when the Twin Towers appeared, the only time they appeared,.. at the start of Stairway'...a shiver ran down my back. The stairways ultimately became exactly that.. for those still trapped inside, stairways to heaven...
@blainemullins62855 ай бұрын
@@recvehicle8888 They did take the Jeff Beck Groups’s sound and run with it, claiming it as their own. Plant also sang like Steve Marriott until he found his own voice, which was feminine and finally masculine by 1979.
@TheRRstar5 ай бұрын
Excellent (as usual) ! I love the way it was put together.
@studioblackhorse20246 ай бұрын
It seems you have fallen into the trap of being the poorly informed critical hack producing clickbait rather than being an original creator of meaningful content. You may be judging yourself by your intentions but the world will judge you by your actions. Try sticking to subjects you know through first hand experience and leave the clickbait and hearsay alone.
@novo_msc5 ай бұрын
OK, after many years of seeing ads for Nebula, you've just sold me a subscription :)
@carolmartin44136 ай бұрын
Ok. My head is spinning from all the names..historical and current..all the renowned musicians surfaced to tell a story. I have loved Led Zeppelin for 50 years. I still love their music. I still feel a need to protect them when others degrade them. This intro vid is nice. I could relax and listen. I need to now hear the whole story. Ok Nebula...now you've got my attention. Thanks, MS. 👍
@samr.england6136 ай бұрын
It really doesn't matter what anyone says about Led Zeppelin. Their music speaks for itself, and that's all our posterity will care about: The Music!
@luvbasses54876 ай бұрын
First album, first song: GTBT. It was as apparent as a massive head-on collision and if anything else changed Rock drumming overnight. Jimmy’s production skills shone brightly with this first record. It’s’ crisp sound set it apart from everything else coming out of London in early 1969. Jimmy had caught lightning in the bottle with this group I think it’s safe to say!
@davidshepack24846 ай бұрын
Headline asks a question, then proceeds to give a history that everyone has heard....no thanks
@rickya38776 ай бұрын
Exactly!
@johngraydon5065 ай бұрын
I bought Terry Reids( Mickey Most’s produced mfp album ) in the sixties and I still play it, its truly brilliant and Terry Reid a world class act & vocal
@edteller58216 ай бұрын
Mary, This was really interesting. Thanks for putting this together and sharing it. 😎
@DukesMusic845 ай бұрын
London in the 60s was absolute mayhem. The collection of rock n'roll talent they had in the same room was like nothing we've ever seen. Zeppelin was like an all-star team, I vote for rock gods.
@texasproud33326 ай бұрын
I would say based on I was around at the rise of Led Zeppelin they created music that will never be forgotten also fame and fortune does affect people differently but there music says it and also the fact that three founding members are alive and well they have given awards to numerous to mention and at 67 years old my ringtone on my phone is Kashmir
@stellamariesmithson14316 ай бұрын
Good choice of ringtone.
@whisper24416 ай бұрын
I'd be lucky to name 2 LZ songs, and I'm 58. Just saying many of us think differently.
@parislibby6 ай бұрын
Mine's Whole Lotta Love 😍
@johntaft7715 ай бұрын
Most excellent documentary and treatment of THE GREATEST ROCK BAND, EVER! It so cool that nearly 60 years later they still have a growing fanbase, and people such as yourself do a great job shining their light to new listeners. Keep it up. I first heard them via LZ II in the summer of 1969 when my brother came home for college Summer Break. I was all of nine years old and I found "my" music. My friends and I collected their albums as they were released and we saw them in concert in 1975 and 1977. Good times, indeed!
@HardRockMaster75775 ай бұрын
LZ II was released in October of 1969. That's when I got into LZ at the age of 14.
@davidsfollys6 ай бұрын
Mary thats a fantastic presentation. Thank you... Csn I suggest gary moore as a suitable subject for your consideration?
@kaysie11dh4 ай бұрын
Mary! You have such a beautiful posh accent!! I’m from east London so not the same British accent as you haha! I love the sultans of swing video you did!
@drewbacsi5 ай бұрын
Good, clickbait-y title, but absolutely nothing new said here
@stevenwelp71655 ай бұрын
Wow, Mary! I first watched you about four years ago, but only briefly. You have matured and settled into a gifted producer and music historian.
@theplanetruth6 ай бұрын
LOVED THIS, MARY. GREAT JOB. Nebula sounds amazing.
@mushin02475 ай бұрын
There's a lady who's sure all that glitters is gold And she's buying a stairway to Heaven When she gets there she knows, if the stores are all closed With a word she can get what she came for Ooh, ooh, and she's buying a stairway to Heaven
@thinman86216 ай бұрын
Thank you, Mary Spender, for putting this together. Fascinating.
@Trobtwillis6 ай бұрын
9:33 Brunette did not write "Train Kept-a Rollin'" but his cover version did influence other covers by Yardbirds, Led Zeppelin, and Aerosmith. If I remember correctly, the song was written by Tiny Bradshaw.
@patrickjordan22336 ай бұрын
Page & the boys embraced the idea that live music was to be a show, a spectacle... They weren't even the first (or even best?) but they were the first to embrace it holistically/band context... "Putting the Show into showbusiness"... "Method acting" when (especially @ a young age) when the "Act" becomes their 'normalozed reality'? - cinema & TV has lots of these stories (wrecked childhood actors...).
@kensalazar50665 ай бұрын
Terry Reid did not recommend Bonzo. It was Plant who told jimmy about John. And john refused to consider it for several weeks, and didn't return any phone calls. Finally after several telegrams, and coaxing from Plant and Grant he agreed.
@sadiqmohamed6816 ай бұрын
Since Zeppelin have been my favourite band for more than 50 years. I first heard them on John Peel, and immediately saved up to buy the first album. Then I saw them live at Shepton Mallet in 1970, and Earls Court in 1975. By far the best rock band I have seen live! Plant is still my favourite rock singer, and he still has the voice and tours. Magic. I enjoyed this segment of the doc, so you finally sold me. I have ordered Bob's book, and signed up to Nebula! I would like to have paid for the Lifetime account, but since I am now 73 and a pensioner, I have joined the Annual sub crew. I'm going to watch on my TV. I will have to work out how to cast it. If not I will just run a long lead from my laptop. I've always liked the professional way you approach your work. Take care and keep up the good work.
@dohanddonuts57166 ай бұрын
After my dad ended his tour in Vietnam he was stationed in Petaluma, CA. My dad was on duty one night and he was listening to a FM radio station. FM was like pirate radio, they were more likely to play harder music. He said the woman disc jockey had a "friend" with her. If you have ever seen WKRP In Cincinnati, it was like when Venus was on duty with a female companion. Anyways, she goes I have a friend here listen to this. She played Led Zeppelin II side one. She came back on the a the end of side one, said the guy with her was blowing her mind, and played side two. He said you never heard anything like it. He actually still has Zep II & III on cassette. On a funny note, I first heard Zeppelin on Beavis and Butthead.
@dancahill95855 ай бұрын
It was the 70s, it was a different time. It was the beginning of a time where Musicians could actually make good money in music, and they had a Manager, Peter Grant who made sure they weren't being ripped off, which was strange in that time in Music. It's not surprising that a bunch of musicians, mostly in their 20s, with all the money in the world, lead lives of excess. Especially back then when you didn't have all the social media pressure to behave.
@eybaza60185 ай бұрын
People just didn't know what to do with all that money all of a sudden
@kaysmith54956 ай бұрын
I had read that LZ was not as they were publicly represented. Since some of them were married, they put out stories of sex and groupies that were false. Supposedly they simply just went back to their hotels and got some much needed sleep after their concerts. Anyway, that’s what I read and I have no idea if it’s true or not. I did meet a woman who was president of the Colorado LZ fan club. She met Plant personally and said he was a real gentleman. She had photos in her home.
@ilguitaro6 ай бұрын
Then you need to read the book written by their road manager for practically their entire existence, Richard Cole. His book, 'Stairway to Heaven; Led Zeppelin uncensored'.....they were far worse than anything I ever imagined....quite disgusting, actually.
@cobrakai99696 ай бұрын
@@ilguitaro That book has been said to have been highly exaggerated due to Cole being recently canned by LZ at that time. Not like he's going to be nice about anything.
@ilguitaro6 ай бұрын
@@cobrakai9969 Well he didn't get sued.....
@HardRockMaster75775 ай бұрын
These Rock'n'Roll Geniuses, can be a Gentleman all day long, and can be rockin' 'till the break of day, with someone else. Yes, it's that complicated.
@rickchyczewski5765 ай бұрын
@@ilguitaro you mean the heroin addict that ripped them off for 200k? Maybe some of that book was true but ulterior motives abound.
@niclightfoot43295 ай бұрын
I have stopped watching channels that force advertising. I pay KZbin to not get advertising, I will not watch content that forces advertising down my throat!
@user-otzlixr4 ай бұрын
Please, keep us updated on all of your viewing habits…
@jessekulbe18554 ай бұрын
Just skip through
@JamesRook6 ай бұрын
Love Led Zep for the music, and hate them for, unlike the Rolling Stones, not giving the song credits to so many of the blues artists they stole songs from and claimed as their own.
@mattrogers19466 ай бұрын
If you did a little research before posting, you'd discover those old blues guys ripped off each other long before any of the guys in Zeppelin were even born....