George Harrison Hearing About Led Zeppelin (Audio)

This is a short bit of audio verite from the Beatles' Let It Be sessions, 25th January 1969. Glyn Johns asks George if he'd like to hear Led Zeppelin's debut album. George is practising "Window Window". Of some historical interest.
Taken from the "Get Back Camera B Rolls Volumes 1" - Disc 1 - "1 Roll 1068B Slate 345 - For You Blue" about 4 minutes in. Not much else there.
Some of the information/subtitles, herein thanks to the comments.

[@boc234]

Glyn Johns from "Sound Man:" So I took my acetate to a production meeting and played it to Mick, suggesting that I felt that the band was going to be huge and therefore we should have them on the show as it would be an enormous coup. My suggestion fell on deaf ears, as Mick did not get it at all. A couple of months later I dragged George Harrison to Olympic on the way home from a Beatles session and played him the master tape with the same result, he didn’t get it either. I found this slightly disconcerting as I could not understand why they did not get what was so exciting to me. Prior to this I had always felt that we all shared pretty much the same taste in music. Jimmy and John Paul Jones were from the same era with the same influences and yet Mick and George openly disliked what they had done, seeing no value in it at all. In any event, they were perfectly entitled to their opinion, and fortunately a large portion of the record-buying population disagreed with them.

[@dylanchangedeverythingfore1312]

Even The Beatles and Stones could be wrong... No one was infallible Dylanordered the Beatles Sergeant pepper album taking off of the turntable when he first heard it said it was way over produced

[@yanshane]

Led Zeppelin was creating hard rock and metal so maybe they just didn’t get it yet? Clearly. Also, Mick and George’s egos wouldn’t allow them any other reaction I suppose. I mean just watch George yawning while Paul creates Get Back right in front of him.

[@deibid7886]

@@yanshane I don't think George yawning while Paul comes up with an idea is an ego thing, the guy was probably just used to it. Also take into account that they spent a lot of time together over the years and a lot of hours in those rehearsals, maybe he'd just woken up or smth.

[@coolmacatrain9434]

But guys, Led Zeppelin (who I love) never were and never became "popular music" . Ask a random stranger of any race, age, sex or background to name some Rolling Stones or Beatles songs and they easily give you between a half dozen and a dozen after a bit of a think - but the average person would be hard pressed to even name "Stairway to Heaven" as a Zep tune. Mick and George's ears were tuned to songs that would be hits or something totally esoteric like Indian music ..Zep fell in the middle somewhere (and still do)

[@genechung9444]

@@coolmacatrain9434 i disagree they have sold diamond records scored top 1 hits and became one of the most appreciated rock groups of all time. Im not even the biggest zep head but i know a few songs. It was a different turn in rock that mick and george must not have been focused on yet

[@grrg1963]

Whole Lotta Lunch was all George was interested in.

[@johannesnoordermeer]

I signed in, just to like this comment

[@slide4180]

Ha - I'm not surprised you missed that reference, but "Is Lunch Ready?" was in fact the working title of "Whole Lotta Love." Only Zep insiders are aware of that.

[@osborndrums]

Nice pun my friend.

[@jopflah416]

slide4180 So you and I and everyone else watching this are "insiders" now!

[@Ziontrainism]

Brilliant.

[@jonahmartinez6374]

"And a kid called John Bonham on drums who's unbelievable."

[@clintcarlson5531]

Never will be another.

[@riseandshine5706]

Clint Carlson Zach hill..

[@fastsavannah7684]

Sorry, “UN... BELIEVABLE”

[@UlyssesM]

He says un fucking believable if you listen closely

[@SaiRam-nz9sy]

The kid became the father of rock drumming.

[@ledzepman36]

"...and a kid called John Bonham on drums"

[@BubbaZen10]

Just a baby he was then, like a cherub!

[@stonecole4703]

Lol yea good catch!

[@alexkx8599]

Lol. With HORNS! :)

[@wildmercuryfilms]

The funny thing is George was about the same age as Jimmy Page and John Paul Jones. I think Bonham was only 20 when Zeppelin began. Zeppelin I came out in January '69, and George was 25 in January '69. George was the "Baby Beatle" as he was more than 2 years younger than John and Ringo, and a year younger than Paul. George was only 15 in 1958 when he joined The Beatles, then called The Quarrymen. It's crazy that Led Zeppelin began 10 years later in 1968, and George was virtually the same age as Jones and Page. George had 10 years under his belt as Zeppelin was just starting. Crazy.

[@billo321]

Page was playing in a recording band, The Crusaders, in 1962. Simple-minded pop tunes, like the Beatles and Cliff Richard, except Page didn't hit it big enough to stick with just one successful, paying pop format. "Looking for work" is why he ended up with Korner and the Yardbirds.

[@Atomicflash500]

Georges answer to wanna hear jimmy page was "is lunch ready "

[@BubbaZen10]

Later, he (George) will tell him that the problem with his band is that they have no love songs. So Jimmy then will write The Rain Song, and start it off with the same notes as Something.

[@liederivative3312]

If you listen closely though, he was like "Yeah, okay..." as in yeah let's listen!

[@sourinseal8907]

Is lunch ready was the working title of whole lotta love

[@georgelumsden4484]

@@BubbaZen10 i never got that comment. Like "thank you" was not a ballad? "Thats the way" "going to california"? Alright george i guess

[@BubbaZen10]

@@georgelumsden4484 For real man! I agree. I'm wondering if he had just not heard those when he said that or what, but it did give us a great song, so ...

[@Colstonewall]

This is amazing! Hearing George Harrison talk about Zeppelin before they're famous. It's like hitting the lottery.

[@mrfester42]

Another idiot talking about something he knows nothing about.

[@mrfester42]

Regarding plagiarizing, you make the mistake that many people make. You hear a piece of music and it sounds like or even matches another piece of music in certain ways and you're convinced that it couldn't be more obvious that plagiarizing took place. You're convinced that it was copied and that just isn't necessarily that case. It has to be shown and proven that the artist intentionally copied a piece of music. As for specific chord progressions, there are so many progressions in such a wide variety of musical styles... especially in popular music, that are used over and over that if it were a simple case of showing that there was a match, there would be so many artists who would be called plagiarists that a large portion of popular music simply would not exist any more. The same holds true for musical phrases and melodies. The fact is that there may be particular elements of a musical composition that are the same in two different compositions and still not have been copied. Song structure and musical composition has a certain "logic" to it that almost guarantees that certain phrases and chord progressions are used more than others. An analogy would be in the use of spoken and written language. There are certain language patterns and "turns of phrase" that we tend to use often. A particular use of certain ways of stringing together words tends to be more comfortable and sound more correct than others. If you were composing a letter or writing a book it would be inevitable that many of these would turn up in your writing and though you may find them used in writings by other authors previously published that does NOT mean that they were plagiarized. The exact same thing holds true in musical composition so even though you may hear parts of a song that are identical with another, that does NOT mean it was plagiarized and that is why INTENT is such an important part of proving if plagiarism actually took place. Even when an artist says that they "stole" something from another artist that is STILL not enough. The whole composition, in its entirety, is most often a big deciding factor in making that determination.

[@BubbaZen10]

You guys aren't very good at staying on topic, huh?

[@mrfester42]

Basically you're correct, mate PLUS I like the way you put it. What these halfwits fail to see is that there's nothing new under the sun and all art is derivative! Most of the people who get on KZbin are of average intelligence and are very poorly educated. They confuse assumptions with facts and don't know how to use logic when reasoning. When making an argument they say, "Nothing could be more obvious" without seeing that THAT is not an argument using reason. With music, they hear two different compositions with parts or sections that are similar or even identical and say "Aha, THAT"S plagiarism" and cannot fathom that it's not necessarily true. "Zeppelin took a musical theme and blasted it it into another stratosphere." The perfect way to put it. You're right mate!

[@jdmo]

In their first year, Zep did a lot of covers but they were paying Willie Dixon the whole time, he's credited with 1/4 of their first album. The Babe I'm gonna leave was an honest mistake - they thought it was traditional, and so did Joan Baez. They then invested willingly on Dixon and Howlin Wolf long before the CD age, the result being that nobody has payed more British money into Chicago blues than Led Zeppelin. So what's Page guilty of, wanting to own his own riffs?? Really, what's he guilty of? Paying his bills better than any British musician before him or after him? These plagiarism claims are made by internet trolls who just say this crap and disappear. Led Zep and Bob Dylan are the two most studied bands in history. In the end , they did the right things, and everyone is satisfied but for some fools on the internet.

[@michaelportaloo1981]

If anyone is interested, the 'is lunch ready' segment is in the key of G.

[@paulsaul6361]

michael portaloo it kinda sounds like Pink Floyd’s “Fearless”

[@RafaelSilvaMayo]

Do you have the guitar tab for that? 😂

[@michaelportaloo1981]

@@RafaelSilvaMayo No. I can provide the lyrics.

[@verticalfish]

It's an unreleased song called "Window, Window". I'd highly suggest checking it out, it's amazing!

[@dumpygoodness4086]

"CAN I GET MORE MAYO IN THE MONITOR?"

[@digthemusicman483]

Funnily enough, the "governor" is the perfect way to describe John Paul Jones in Led Zeppelin. Man was their secret weapon

[@dantwomey4215]

Perfect word selection for J.P.J.

[@neilryan4166]

You've got that right. Very underrated. He didn't need to be in the spotlight.

[@ziggyvertov1829]

His idea to add the Recorder to Stairway. Complete game-changer.

[@JamesBond-ml3zp]

@@ziggyvertov1829 George wasn't interested because of Whatever? So what? I'm in my own Skin now and tired, Hungry or whatever so what's the meaning of this Video???

[@Jamestele1]

Amen. Great at arranging music, probably from his session work, production of big hits from Donovan and others, and his overall multi-instrumental abilities. I'm secretly John Paul Jones BTW! lol

[@80sROCKKKKK]

He says "Jimmy page" so royally

[@krang07]

Jimmy Page!?! Wasnt he with the Yardbirds?... ya .ya. Epic!

[@willturner803]

I think.. is lunch ready?..

[@billo321]

Epic Records.

[@ravenr1420]

80sROCKKKKK Jimmy already had a hell of a reputation due to his session work and time spent in The Yardbirds.

[@Emma-fq9pv]

He was asking, like, “Jimmy PAGE?”

[@BrianCarnevaleB26]

We miss you George Harrison.

[@nochannelmusician769]

Yeah we do!

[@shizuokaBLUES]

We most certainly do

[@MsAppassionata]

Brian J. Carnevale Yes 😢

[@greggtomchick1837]

George created some beautiful songs.

[@fidacuca]

I don't.

[@clash5j]

Well, over the years George had probably heard about dozens of bands that were the "new big thing" and turned out to be....not. So, his reaction is not surprising

[@lawrence-yx1ew]

There was also no internet. It's all word of mouth or reading whatever in the paper or magazine.

[@jonnybirchyboy1560]

More like there were dozens of bands that were already the “big thing.” It was an era of supergroups.

[@richsackett3423]

He knew who Jimmy Page was.

[@ozzymar2869]

But Jimmy page was a respected session player that was very well-known

[@SirGeorgeButtox]

@@ozzymar2869 correct. Jimmy Page was no secret in the recording studios of swinging London.

[@minitvbox4111]

For those who were asking, that little melody George is strumming on guitar is ' Window, Window', a demo he recorded in the late 60's but never released.

[@dantwomey4215]

Sure they did they just called it "I Got a Feeling ". Haha. Cheers

[@mothmanghost983]

"Wanna listen to Jimmy Page's new album, George?" George: "m'kay, but how is that lunch going?" Classic George.

[@WindsOfNeptune]

"...and a kid called John Bonham on drums..." Little did anyone know Bonzo would be recording w Sir Paul in the late '70s lol

[@mdnblues]

That kid ended up being a fucking beast on the drums.

[@dortega12]

recording ?

[@Tyrannosaurine]

dortega12 he was part of the Rockestra and another track came out fairly recently where Bonzo played on an outtake version of it... "Beware My Love".

[@secondcomingofbast9908]

dortega12 He and Jones played on one of Wings albums, either Back To The Egg or Venus and Mars, both of which are very good, underrated albums.

[@Le_Mer]

Kevin Roberts Though , he later added " -who's unbelievable"

[@KermitTheFud]

its honestly quite incredible hearing this. almost like you’re transported back in time to Led Zeppelins early days being told about them for the first time

[@Michael-bb8xd]

That's what I love about youtube. Have the oportunity to listen those historic moments.... thx

[@dwade6322]

YT has given me so much. I love these blasts from the past that otherwise we would NEVER get to hear on television or radio.

[@taybong]

I just love George’s voice and accent, always so melodic. I can listen him talk for hours.

[@Mick_Ts_Chick]

Me too. His voice was so relaxing to me. I love the Liverpool accent, and especially his! 🥰

[@antony9384]

@@Mick_Ts_Chick I’m from Liverpool and I’ve never thought they sounded very scouse tbh. Don’t know what it is

[@Mick_Ts_Chick]

@@antony9384 Well, you'd know better than we would. I just like their accents regardless. It's kind of a comfortable, down to earth accent to me. I like Yorkshire accents for the same reason. 🙂

[@antony9384]

@@Mick_Ts_Chick Oh yeah totally, I love their accents too, just saying I’ve never understood why they don’t sound more scouse like

[@Mick_Ts_Chick]

@@antony9384 Yeah I understood where you're coming from. Sometimes here in the US I meet native southerners who don't or hardly have a southern accent. It's kinda odd to me since my friends and relatives from here all do. Tons of northerners have moved here in the past few years and maybe diluted the southern accent. Not sure.

[@calebkallander4063]

Why are some people arguing Beatles vs Zeppelin? lol, they are both timeless and both bands host incredible musicians that are just so beyond comprehension. Neither are better nor worse than the other, at all.

[@whereisthehook]

Caleb Kallander One of these things is not like the other. One made their own music and didnt steal it from others.

[@mikenicol8618]

The Beatles were incredible song smiths, but incredible musicians ,not so much

[@grahamjarman]

mike nicol paul was a baddass bassplayer, i think more melodic and spontaneous than jpj

[@mauimig380]

Paul and JPJ are 2 of the best ever. Paul is still going strong. Still amazing. Saw him last year? or year before? he was God like. Yes he is (not was) a baddass bass player. He is better than JPJ in some ways, and JPJ is better in some ways. Paul is more leader, while JPJ is more team player. I feel Paul wouldn't have been able to navigate between Page and Bonham, which is what makes JPJ the God he is. That skill is one for the ages. Not that Paul would have never been content to "follow" anyway. LOVE THEM BOTH Never compare them for it is suicidal stupidity to try

[@armandoramos3225]

Caleb Kallander. JPJ is the quintessrntial back up bass player. He doesn't sing, doesn't lead a band, he's just a very goid supporting player who stays in the background unnoticed. He's an awesome bass player, but cannot do everything Paul McCartney does. Paul IS a badass bass player, guitar player, piano player, drum player, you name it player and producer. JPJ not in the same league.

[@Danjoker.]

wow, just when Led Zeppelin came out, the rest is history

[@andythomas706]

Wow?????

[@steveconn]

Not really Stones owned up to '72, then '78 on.

[@shoepermanbutthman2188]

True that Steve. Led fanz unjustifiably think too highly of their band lol

[@jrd690]

Black Sabbath and Deep Purple!

[@filthyanimal874]

jrd690 smoke on the water is a stupid song. Highway star kicks ass.

[@jonathandowling7311]

I think of the Beatles as the quintessential 60s band, and Zep as quintessential 70s. So I think of them as being from different eras but in fact their careers overlapped slightly. There was about an 18-month period from late 1968-early 1970 when both bands were together and recording.

[@justkids2373]

0:26 Imagine almost bumping into George Harrison on the street and not even knowing it..

[@porflepopnecker4376]

Just think, only a year before Beatlemania hit in America he came over to visit his sister and her family and was walking the streets unknown. He already had his Beatle haircut and everything.

[@Goldenrod01]

My grandfather tells me that he once walked past John and George in the street as they came out of a jewellery shop, and they gave each other a nod. This would have been in the mid 60’s when my grandad was in his late twenties, so he grew up on the American rock and roll of the 50’s rather than the Beatles.

[@Super241946]

Cop yourself on.............Oh! what's the use??

[@Goldenrod01]

Super241946 ??

[@ElizaDolittle]

@@porflepopnecker4376 Beatlemania hit the U.S. in 1964. I was 2 years old and my Dad bought their first album. This video had to be around 1969 because that is the year Led Zeppelin produced their first album

[@Ruben-GG]

This is as epic as the recordings of Socrates talking to Plato about his new idea called philosophy.

[@mikejohnson2638]

calm down ffs.

[@Adam-ro8vj]

@lucas l4ux nah they played chord changes and solos with over drive and a nice voice

[@mikejohnson2638]

@lucas l4ux Hush, you clown, you have no idea what you're talking about, you loser

[@mrbass1310]

really? a musician commenting about another musician and band.

[@HotPocketDeluxe]

Socrates and Plato didn’t “invent” philosophy, peasant

[@Zoologic21]

I really like that story about Page writing The Rain Song after Harrison commented that Led Zeppelin were lacking in ballads.

[@wbiro]

Plant created the lyrics and crafted the singing around Jimi's (sorry, 'Jimmy's' - Freudian slip) instrumentals (meaning neither wrote for the other, which goes for the whole band, and the whole genre, for that matter - songs were band efforts, the members creating their own parts).

[@kryllion]

@@wbiro I think I read somewhere that after the second or third album, Jimmy started feeling comfortable with Robert as a lyricist.

[@ralphdesmond]

HEY! I felt the coldness of my winter.

[@markteasdale9283]

I love how they talk about the Led Zep guys like they're a just local musicians in the area.... I guess that's cause they were.... Priceless Rock History right there...

[@robertraymond762]

Crazy.

[@dbohnenberger]

Jimmy Page was in the Yardbirds, not exactly an unknown.

[@eno8759]

They where mostly essentially session musicians, who worked with Nico, Donovan , Yardbirds to name a few. I think that Jimmy Page was also a well known producer around that time.

[@krisscanlon4051]

Although the 2 Brummie lads were mostly unknown...Bonham Plant

[@tudvalstone]

The guy who brought it in obviously had to be very diplomatic, but I would guess he could barely restrain himself from jumping up and down with excitement. That album was something else for sure.

[@BubbaZen10]

Just that first two chord guitar blast, the first time you hear it, is a smack in the face.

[@xmandlt]

One chord. Played twice.

[@BigSky1]

Glynn Johns

[@patrickmacleod2415]

​@Gelmir Curufin The first one was a big hit too (although not as big as the second) and the guy talking about it was their engineer, and he has written himself that he was blown away by it. That is why he is so excited about talking about it here. They didn't have any original songs on it, but it was the playing, arrangements and energy on it that was and still is amazing. It was far from a Black Sabbath kind of music. The members of Black Sabbath were themselves blown away by it.

[@TheJayson8899]

but ton have you even heard it? It's not much heavier than Zeppelin outaside of the title track. Hell, I think a few tracks on Zep 1 are far more heavy rock than anything on Sabbath's debut. Sabbath's debut is fantastic and so is Zeppelin's. I'm not sure which one I like better, they're both incredibly good.

[@sunriseRISE]

George had just turned 26yrs old here in 1969 ------'' Something---While my guitarGently weeps------Its all too much---Not guilty----Blue jay way----Here comes the sun----OLd brown shoe--Long long long--The Inner light----Savoy truffle---Within Without you---I me mine---I want to tell you--Think for yourself---IF i need someone--Dont Bother Me

[@BubbaZen10]

It's All Too Much, Blue Jay Way, The Inner Light and Within You, Without You. (those are, by far, my favorite Beatles songs. The only ones missing are Love To You, Tomorrow Never Knows, Baby You're a Rich Man. that was my favorite Beatles period, were those types of songs)

[@johnrogers9481]

It's All Too Much, one of my favourites. Years later it hit me how good it was. That background high pitched, crunchy, extended lead guitar work on that song blows my mind. Just Awesome. Have a deep listen to that guitar playing.!!!

[@sunriseRISE]

Yes-what a Beatles single the world could of had''Hey Bulldog/Its all Too Much……' double A side john lennon plays as much of the lead gtr on both of these as george giving out xtra magic and joy

[@beechrad1965]

Great comment. Really puts things in perspective.

[@lorrimiller7010]

And George needed a guitarist to help him out.

[@blackswan8651]

George Harrison gives me a warm feeling in voice in music in sight.. profound.

[@sarat10ms58]

Rip George,Bonzo and John!

[@pervotheclown2199]

sarat10m s RIP everyone who has ever lived and then died .

[@whereisthehook]

sarat10m s Living was their first mistake.

[@johnrogers9481]

S.T.U. Everyone who ever lived and had to face death. The lucky ones went in seconds. S.T.U.,, SOAR THE UNIVERSES.!! Who the hell wants to Rest In Peace. WHERE, HOW, HOW LONG,, fuck that. The body is rotting and decaying. Certainly not Resting in fucking Peace.

[@rickh3714]

@@johnrogers9481 S.T.U.I.P ? Or if they wore jeans- S.T.U.P.I.D (Soar The Universe Peacefully In Denim)

[@finckel2682]

Three Johns! John Lennon, John Paul Jones and John Bonham.

[@Eric_Blair]

This is amazing. Remember, it was before everyone was carrying their own personal video recorder. There had to be a 16mm camera rolling to get this intimate, candid interchange.

[@kristopherloviska9042]

Someone was probably filming every single thing the Beatles did. I wouldn't be surprised if film surfaced one day of one or more of them in the toilet.

[@generalyellor8188]

No 16mm film camera recorded sound.

[@qqw743]

This may have been the Nagra audio recordings. Many of the audio and camera recordings during the Let it Be/Get Back process where just rolling all the time and caught little items like this

[@heliogenesi]

or maybe just a microphone you know, as they are literally in a recording session.

[@qqw743]

@@heliogenesi Right, but having a microphone and recording the music is not the same as having a microphone and recording conversations, which studios don't do. Except this time.

[@DietEllie]

I listen to this at least twice a day since it makes me so happy

[@lewis7890]

You know what? I actually think this could single handily be my favourite video on KZbin

[@Dios67]

I think it will go over like a lead balloon.

[@HalfEatenMedia]

At least George Harrison never had to hear “George, you want to hear this new Cardi B song?”

[@koreypaul6698]

Don't think anyone in his circle would present that to him...

[@PorcelainSubmarine]

George said rap was computerized shit

[@alamunez]

Porcelain Submarine - I guess everyone turns into a close-minded pensioner eventually. A shame, really.

[@interstellar618]

Hahahahahahaha!!!!

[@interstellar618]

@@alamunez Im no pensioner ...rap is for the musical illiterati.

[@fppro1679]

".. we said we were going to get together and play and when we did the first thing we asked was what songs everybody knew. Jimmy asked if everyone knew train kept a runnin and they all said they did, so we started playing it... And the sound was unbelievable!"- John Paul Jones on the first song led Zeppelin ever played.

[@fppro1679]

@Shoog Don whatever.

[@WanagiAkicita]

"Is he the one who was in the Yardbirds?" "Yeah."

[@NS-vw8pm]

WanagiAkicita Frankly, I’m surprised he didn’t already know that

[@peacemusic6512]

Whats even funnier the 10CC guitarist wrote I believe 2 of the Yardbirds Hits, at 14yrs old!!! Watch the 10CC band documentary it is awesome they recorded a lot of artists music back in the day before forming 10CC..

[@Julio_Gomes]

The yardbirds are amazing man, eric clapton, jeff beck and jimmy page in one band, all in glorious youth. Holy shit.

[@thediamonddog95]

@@NS-vw8pm Maybe he just asked if he is Jimmy Page whom he knows about.

[@matejebach5487]

@@NS-vw8pm They already copied his style with helter skelter

[@wellesradio]

When you're at work, immersed in what you're doing, starving for a late lunch and some guy wants you to sit down and listen to a record right this second.

[@FigmentSALabel]

You normally explode. George was obviously patient.

[@timothysullysullivan2571]

nah, it's the engineer simply asking george if he wants to listen to it- presumably since they are about to break for lunch. engineers don't interrupt artist sessions to suggest listening to someone else's music.

[@mikeheath1534]

This should be the most watched vid on KZbin. Amazing. It's like George just overheard a storm warning and didn't pay much attention to it

[@marguskiis7711]

Paul is much more interested, it seems. I suppose the guy talking about Page`s new band is Glyn Johns who was the producer of Get Back project and had already made the first recordings of New Yardbirds too. Jimmy Page was very famous already and almost everybody in the business were interested what he would do after break-up of the original Yardbirds.

[@cv_mmo510]

Tru. Zeppelin had a record deal before they'd even played a gig together, due to Jimmy's status in the recording industry.

[@kiloband7430]

Actually Jimmy paid for Led Zeppelin 1 out of his savings, then Peter Grant pitched it to labels. It was technically an indie album.

[@tomhays4537]

Hard to be impressed when you're a Beatle!

[@bobjones9600]

He was hungry

[@TralfazConstruction]

Tom, I think you hit that just right. It would have been without malice or pride, just an intrinsic self-assuredness.

[@acoustichitsfan]

@@TralfazConstruction Well said.

[@bwanadave76]

Unless it's Eric Clapton.😄

[@DimitriMoreira]

@@bwanadave76 who was impressed by jimmy page, Jeff Beck and Jimi Hendrix.

[@K.J.734]

...& a kid named John Bonham on drums, he's unbelievable. 🤟🎶🎵👍

[@nobodyspecial9035]

Poor Ringo may have been in earshot for that comment.

[@Howitchewstofeel5gum]

Man, that time seems like a whole different universe as opposed to today. Different technology, different (and way better IMO) fashion, different music... And so many legends who have already left us since then. John, George, Bonzo, Moony, Hendrix, Charlie Watts... RIP all you legends, you changed the world in more ways and inspired more people than you probably ever even knew.

[@SeanFerree]

I still remember listening to Led Zeppelin I on CD for the first time and how epic it was. Can't imagine hearing it when it was debuted. Would have been even more blown away

[@mnoble2288]

I remember it on 8 track in my ‘69 Fury III

[@dennisgreen4217]

I was very much into The Beatles in the late 70s when somehow I stumbled upon Led Zeppelin I in a record shop and bought it. I was blown away by what I heard that day. Even I knew that it was light years ahead of what The Beatles were capable of, musicianship wise, especially the guitar work. George Harrison as a guitar player, IMHO, was always like "meh". Plenty of guitarists way better than him, even in his own band.

[@Geoduck.]

Yep, exactly right! The first time on my one speaker AM car radio our minds blown jaws dropped. What a great time for real music.

[@Special_Agent_NSB]

George was always my favorite.

[@col.nugget1524]

The two greatest bands of all time.

[@joshi66]

With Pink floyd the three greatest band

[@boataxe4605]

@@joshi66 And The Who makes the top four.

[@onwardandupward-t1g]

Beatles Zeppelin and Floyd.

[@emilioaramalvarado3402]

​@@onwardandupward-t1g100% Agree, if u put those 3 together u have the single greatest music mankind has ever produce

[@unacuentadeyoutube13]

@@emilioaramalvarado3402 Queen is unbelievable too. The thing is their hits are the only thing most people have heard, but they have a lot of really good stuff. Besides their more progressive songs, even in their more poppy ones, they all four knew really well how to serve to the song and Brian May might be my favourite guitarist along with Ritchie Blackmore and Gilmour

[@chilirich]

It's hilarious being on the other side of time and hearing about this new kid John Bonham. I grew up in the Midwest United States and my life was transformed. My spirit was altered. I was thrilled.

[@jamesadcock5235]

u don't get more talented and real than George harrison.

[@DisgruntledPigumon]

James Adcock and hungry apparently.

[@jensclarberg6419]

I mean any of the Led Zeppelin members really.

[@joshi66]

@@jensclarberg6419 no

[@JustineLaLoba]

@@jensclarberg6419 lol......good joke

[@jensclarberg6419]

@@JustineLaLoba Wasn't a joke but hey

[@averyholmes5710]

It's good knowing that The Beatles or at least some members of The Beatles were on good terms with Led Zeppelin two legendary bands

[@studio-flash]

I lived in next street to where George lived, what a great guy he was.

[@richardeast3328]

A member of my favorite group hearing about the beginnings of my second favorite group.

[@JKM395]

Wow. Talk about a moment in history. God bless KZbin. Even though I hate it sometimes, you occasionally find gold.

[@vinaypandey4317]

George's normal conversation sentences were melodious.

[@FullOnRhinosaur]

Damn, I was really hoping to see more of this in Peter Jackson's Get Back. Would've been awesome, in a Doc about some of The Beatles last moments, to share the beginning moments of their successors as the biggest band in the world

[@Patodelat007]

La

[@pfinnerty]

Is this from the get back footage that could have been in the film.

[@hadvezer99]

Same. I just finished episode 2 which ends with the rehearsal on the 25th. Nothing

[@michaelnagy-singersongwrit5667]

They do talk about seeing Fleetwood Mac on BBC television one night in the film.

[@bratislavdragic3059]

Thank you for this. I only wish it lasted longer, maybe his reaction on the album... Just great. Kid John Bonham on drums? Such a strange thing, witnessing the beginning of the legend

[@phillipgeorgiou9274]

This audio is soooo fascinating. Reminds me of the stories you hear about musicians finding about Jimi or going to his shows for the first time. There was no social media - you either heard it live, on the radio, or word of mouth.

[@blackie75]

Wow, what an amazing piece of audio.

[@MrTheBaron]

Now for some Beatles-Zeppelin connection: John Paul Jones did play for McCartney decades later at the Give My Regards to Broad Street. You can see him in the movie in the song "Ballroom Dancing" Bonzo partied with Ringo and George, with Bonzo throwing George off a hotel room to a pool. He also recorded with Macca. You'll hear him on Rockestra and the alternate version of Beware My Love.

[@boc234]

"We were putting together The Rolling Stones Rock and Roll Circus just as the album was finished. So I took my acetate to a production meeting and played it to Mick, suggesting that I felt that the band was going to be huge and therefore we should have them on the show as it would be an enormous coup. My suggestion fell on deaf ears, as Mick did not get it at all. A couple of months later I dragged George Harrison to Olympic on the way home from a Beatles session and played him the master tape with the same result, he didn’t get it either. I found this slightly disconcerting as I could not understand why they did not get what was so exciting to me. Prior to this I had always felt that we all shared pretty much the same taste in music. Jimmy and John Paul Jones were from the same era with the same influences and yet Mick and George openly disliked what they had done, seeing no value in it at all. In any event, they were perfectly entitled to their opinion, and fortunately a large portion of the record-buying population disagreed with them." Johns, Glyn. Sound Man: A Life Recording Hits with The Rolling Stones, The Who, Led Zeppelin, The Eagles , Eric Clapton, The Faces . . . (pp. 116-117). Penguin Publishing Group.

[@shspurs1342]

I 100 percent agree with Mick and George. Most of the hair Guitar bands from the late 70’s to The late 80’s. Site Led Zeppelin and Van Halen as there biggest influences. That says everything to me.

[@glumphyStoned]

@@shspurs1342 what do you mean?

[@genxer9947]

Mick and George were right. Led Zeppelin are completely overrated, absolute shite.

[@glumphyStoned]

@@genxer9947 bro, you are absolute shite

[@katelynneshouse2834]

@@genxer9947 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@rapisor]

"The guvnor bass player" I'm so happy to hear JPJ get described as that

[@mikerosemond9717]

The John Paul Jones session referred to in the clip was actually a Paul Jones (Manfred Mann) session for And the Sun Will Shine and The Dog Presides. As an aside, And the Sun Will Shine is a cover of an early unreleased BeeGees song. The session took place in February, 1968, right before The Beatles left for India. McCartney plays drums on both tracks. His drumming on The Dog Presides is particularly impressive. Also playing on the session were Jeff Beck, Nicky Hopkins, and Paul Samwell Smith. Peter Asher produced the session.

[@johnrogers9481]

George was focused on recording here. A small part of his brain heard,, Jimmy Page, new Kid Bonham... Oh, I'm hungry, is it lunch time yet.? He would later pay Very close attention to Zeppelin. The Beatles ended. Zeppelin, and the next generation of youth were ready and jumped in to fill the vacuum. It happened Very fast. Beatles songs were Still played in the 70's +, +,+ 2017... Beatles and Zeppelin will be played and loved forever. Great music IS great music.!! God?, blessed us with Music.!!

[@thomaspeters5889]

As a pre-teen boy I was delighted to be a part of Beatlemania and when Abbey Road was released I wore the vinyl out. Two years later I purchased the Ram album and wore it out too. But later in High school I sat with friends and listened to Led Zeppelin and we just couldn't believe our ears. Another record destroyed.

[@rinalore]

Wow! I'm a LedZepHead and this is great to hear! I loved George Harrison, as well. May George be playing-in-peace. 🇨🇦✌🏻🎶🎸✍🏻♥️✨🌍💫

[@The_Timinator]

I love the Beatles, those guys were such a dynamic Group. Led Zeppelin was Jimmy Page's band. He was not only a great guitarist, he was the music producer, arranger and composer. Even George knew who Jimmy was, since he was on most Singles released in the UK since the mid 60's. Zep was a unique bit of music history just like the Beatles, respect to all of them.

[@TheCapedWanderer]

George literally asked “is he the one that was in the Yardbirds?” He did not “even know him” as a famous session musician

[@canconservative8976]

@@TheCapedWanderer But all the other British bands did, like the Who and the Kinks etc... because Pagey recorded all their albums, solos for them... Beatles did their own recordings.

[@The_whimsickal_artist]

Love George..his like"is lunch ready" like he couldn't careless.😅👍🏻

[@guilhermechiavoloni]

At 0:49, the guy might be talking about John Paul Jones arrangements on She's a Rainbow by the Rolling Stones where Paul is credited on Percussion, this is my bet

[@calinrang5939]

In the 80s, as regards heavymetal/hair-rock bands in vogue at the time, George Harrison was saying "Sometimes I feel like the guitar solos of these bands are played by the same person". Somehow, he was right.

[@shspurs1342]

Most of those bands biggest influences were Led Zeppelin and Van Halen. Is that a surprise to anyone living on Planet Earth.

[@wbiro]

That is because right handers approach music by copying. What Page did was take electric guitar lead virtuosity into the stratosphere. It was lightyears ahead of everyone else (then copied endlessly by right-handed artists, hence George's observation ,though he was clueless about it).

[@LeGrandeOrange]

@@wbiro Page really didn’t advance lead guitar playing at all. As great as he was as an overall player, he never surpassed Hendrix, Beck, and Clapton as a soloist. And live, well, he was the sloppiest of all of the “great” players

[@kryllion]

@@LeGrandeOrange I have to disagree with part of what you're saying. While I agree that he had less technical guitar-playing ability than all of his counterparts that you mentioned, Page introduced numerous technological and innovations - many before his Led Zeppelin days - that broke new ground on the way guitar solos *sounded*. Page's mastery of sound engineering changed the shape of rock and roll.

[@benkleschinsky]

Must have been incredible to be alive as this music was coming hot off the presses.

[@jamesmckean3221]

But what a time to be three, though. They say that if you can remember the Sixties, you weren't three.

[@ipsurvivor]

I was in Kindergarten when this came out. I got Led Zeppelin Albums later when I was in High School.

[@deborahpaley21]

It sure was.

[@dkgkck3]

Best time to be a teenager. Loved it.

[@greggtomchick1837]

I like how George casually parks his car and walks into the Abbey Rd studio. Amongst the oblivious pedestrians.

[@mytube-b-utoob3182]

I need more of this recording!

[@BobbyMick-c5b]

Arguments over 'greatest' bands are a little silly. The Beatles dominated the 1960's. Led Zeppelin dominated the 1970s. Two very different but supremely talented bands. Their respective cultural impact was enormous, potent & still omnipresent. Neither has, nor likely ever will, be equaled, much less eclipsed.

[@TheMichaelseymour]

"WHOS IN THE GROUP ? ......WELL, JOHN , PAUL ....AND RINGO? ...THEY NEVER TOLD ME !! LOL !

[@fletchermercer4666]

“John Paul?” “He’s like the guv’nor! He’s very young”

[@WeaponsEducation]

So who was the best , "The Beatles or led Zeppelin"? I switch every week!

[@chateaupig826]

One , the loyal wife , the other the filthy mistress

[@Cosmo-Kramer]

Depends how you define, "best". But one thing I'm certain of is that Zeppelin has a big edge in musicianship.

[@The_whimsickal_artist]

The Beatles are the best..but different times. Beatles vs the rolling stones..or zeppelin vs pink Floyd.. zeppelin couldn't touch pink Floyd with a ten foot pole. Zeppelin was a great cover band, great collage artist that's it ..in my opinion. Zeppelin 4 is probably my favourite record. Pink Floyd are just Angelica musicians their music moves me, gives me chills (atom heart mother, obscured by clouds) those records are master piece.👍🏻🇬🇧 How about nirvana vs Alice in chains or nirvana vs pearl jam???

[@ramonaldea1660]

When in studio it is beatles When its live you know its zeppelin

[@putapets5525]

For me Led zepp all the way

[@gianlucad8003]

Awesome, I love stuff like this. Thank you.

[@jaex9617]

Seeing this video 10 years later and it still made my day.

[@yiftach2949]

late into Zepplin rise, george asked jimmy why zeppelin had no ballads, and jimmy proceeded to write the rain song as a result. he even nodded back to George by making the 2 first chords identical to something, which George wrote.

[@yiftach2949]

@2v_5r well yeah but you get what I mean

[@trevormoffat4054]

I want to hear what happens next, when they start playing the album..... and George’s reaction when the lunch arrives!

[@lsufan4138]

Over 50 years later and every rock fan in the world knows these names.

[@835g]

I love these conversations

[@InsignificantNick]

It's cool hearing other musicians of the time talk about an up and coming band called Led Zeppelin. Page is 24. Unbelievable kid on drums. No one knew what they would accomplish. It's just neat.

[@isitreal2742]

a legend hearing about another legend , just wow.

[@1stGeorgiaGirl]

There is no comparison. George and Jimmy had totally different styles.

[@wbiro]

A socially-conscious songwriter going folk vs. an avant-garde virtouso turning up the volume...

[@kodakwhite1696]

Jimmy is a top 3 guitarist all time, big difference mate

[@diffbreak2366]

@@kodakwhite1696 Yeah, but George's strengths in some areas of music subtlety remain unmatched even by Page.

[@vrcimino1250]

Right, George was a genius and Jimmy was super talented. Two different people, all great music. If I had to choose only one band I would definitely take the Beatles collection but Zep 1-4 and P.G. are among some of the greatest albums ever.

[@DimitriMoreira]

@@diffbreak2366 i don't think so. Jimmy composed more songs than the entire Beatles catalog and he had no "McCartney" to help him. He also went from bluegrass to jazz and instrumental to heavy metal. And I'm not even talking about his soloing. Which is only matched perhaps by Hendrix and Beck or May. The Beatles as a "supergroup" from the early 60's were superseded by Zeppelin, which was the "ultimate super group" in the late 60's. However, as George pointed out, not talking about romance didn't do well with ladies, so the Zeppelin-mania was mainly hard rock dudes and wild girls, meanwhile the Beatles-mania was mainly girls. And I'm the son of one! Both bands were and still are amazing, and I love George Harrison even more after his solo career, but he has got nothing on Page. Literally nothing.

[@SuperDave1]

Strange that Page, Jones and Bonham are mentioned while George is talking about the album, but not Plant. Just not, but not important. Cool how they say what an amazing drummer Bonzo is. Just after the release and before Zep were well known!

[@stickman1742]

For some reason, many of the old guard in English rock weren't that sure about Plant. They knew what Page and Jones could do and thought Bonham was fantastic, but weren't sold on Robert. Perhaps his style was a little too different for them.

[@haywoodjblome4768]

Page was probably more well known

[@calderlund2924]

Plant was very young them. No one had really heard of him yet.

[@s.a.2317]

That is interesting, but these are music people, so they might have had keener interest in other players. They didn't live in a world of American Idol or The Voice that obsesses over vocalists.

[@tektoniks_architects]

Plant was an unknown at that time.

[@tomy.1846]

They were all such talented musicians! Cool to hear them chat about each other!

[@trentmont]

That's an amazing recording

[@kiaora12]

Thumbs up for “Is Lunch Ready?”

[@LebanonBologna40]

Just think....in a few short years Bonham would toss George Harrison over the second floor balcony of his hotel room into the swimming pool. LOL

[@LaughingGravy31]

It was a rooftop pool at the Hyatt wasn't it?

[@tcjester3518]

Yep

[@russellbeyers1646]

Probably after about 20 shots of Vodka..!

[@alextubekis123]

Russell Beyers not cool

[@mikew5858]

But quite possibly true.

[@questionblock8949]

*glyn johns* : "Using this contraption called a time machine George, i just returned from the future, Decemeber 8th 1980 infact, and john lennon is murdered. Now, we can stop this from happening thanks to this time machine i just invented". *george* : is lunch ready?"

[@petercallenjr]

Awesome to hear that audio! Legends... all of them.

[@halnwheels]

It’s amazing that something on KZbin for 10 years can suddenly appear in my listing. This is so cool because it shows how George and the others were interested in other important musicians.

[@stitchgrimly6167]

Because of Get Back people are commenting again, that's why.

[@Matrix803]

Lol. I love how the Beatles are all matter-of-factly like "Oh, Jimmy Page? Led Zepplin? How about that.". ^^

[@Chavezoid]

The talent in the UK at the time was amazing. George knew many Jimmys, including Jimmy Page as a session musician who had played with The Yardbirds. That's why he asked "Jimmy PAGE?"

[@kryllion]

Jimmy Page (Little Jimmy) and Jim Sullivan (Big Jim) were two of the most sought-after session guitarists in England at the time.

[@silentforest7147]

Man, this is great.

[@SoftTangerineDreams]

In case anyone doesn't know, George became a big fan of Led Zeppelin but one day approached Jimmy with one criticism; They don't have enough/any ballads. Because of that statement, Jimmy sat down one day and wrote The Rain Song (released on Houses Of The Holy, 1973). The first two chords are the same as The Beatles' song Something as a tribute of sorts to George.

[@HeathBlair]

It’s great to see the video and audio from Get Back and to also see something about Led Zepplin be talked about amongst the Beatles

[@Zoologic21]

Is he the one who was in The Yardbirds? Yeah... back at a time when that was all you could publicly recognize Jimmy Page preforming on... the way George says it so casually, it's really intriguing to think there was a time when Led Zeppelin really were not fully well-known.

[@brainscott8198]

Let's see, now there's "Breakfast In America", by Supertramp..."Supper's Ready", by Genesis...and "Is Lunch Ready", by George Harrison.

[@GregoryBoyko]

I like the comment about John Paul Jones being very young. “He’s 24.” George was what? About 26 at the time?

[@Me-ji2pn]

I recognise the guy telling George about them from new film get back. I think it is Glyn Johns - recording engineer. This was when they were making let it be album. Glyn worked on Led Zeppelin’s the first album

[@markbundy1694]

This is Priceless!!!