Why Did Jimi Hendrix NOT LIKE Led Zeppelin?

[@JPVillalobos27]

I have a book with all the Jimi Hendrix‘s interviews. All he had heard was Led Zeppelin’s first album, he wasn’t impressed with the songs but said “ Jimmy Page is a good guitar player”. You might want to fact check before posting clickbait videos.

[@lstarrtna4288]

Correct within a few years that would change for led zeppelin

[@maon7565]

Something tells me 'Physical Graffiti ' would have colored his opinion differently.

[@johnryan3913]

A lot of musicians didn't like Zep. Hendrix certainly knew the equally derivative LZ II.

[@JPVillalobos27]

@@johnryan3913 Jimmy Page knew exactly what he was doing, the blues was extremely popular at the time. I don’t think their approach was derivative. Derived from who? Jeff Beck group maybe?

[@johnryan3913]

@@JPVillalobos27 I was 9 or 10 when those first LZ albums came out. Had never heard the original versions of Killing Floor or Whole Lotta Love. Only later when I got into older music and groups like Jake Holmes and Spirit was I surprised. And yeah Truth is like the blueprint for LZ1....Zep did have its own drama and excitement no doubt.

[@davidsparks6146]

To be honest Jimi didn’t live long enough to experience Pages genuine song writing genius

[@raysearch-iu3fr]

So true. The first two albums borrowed from blues roots, but later albums shined with their own originality. I heard it once said that most artists reach the peak of their creativity between the ages of 27 to 29. If you look at your classic rock collection and note the ages of the artists, this is SO true! For Page, that's the Fourth Album and Houses of the Holy. Spot on!

[@Ourpetsheadsarefallingoff]

A genius recognizes genius. Time isn't a requirement, you either have it or don't. Jimmy has a right to his opinion as one of few immortal players. Never heard the same argument for Page.

[@ThatLad685]

You could almost say that Led Zeplin simply wasn’t apart of the Jimi Hendrix experience

[@Lexwiththeflex]

“Heard it once” 😂😂😂

[@sinnozia]

Pink floyd easily beat them both

[@lgwappo]

Had Hendrix lived 5 more years he would have loved Led Zeppelin.

[@L_Valentino]

Is that a fact?

[@lgwappo]

@@L_Valentino Yes.

[@henrywal]

Muddy Waters entered the chat. Copy and paste

[@danksinatra5977]

​@@henrywal 🍻

[@joel2421]

Nope. Jimmy Page’s rhythm issues playing live never really improved.

[@marshallclark1127]

Hendrix wasnt here for long enough. He never got to hear it all.

[@gregorygermann5975]

Or steal it all.

[@michaelbrickley2443]

Different strokes for different folks. I’m sure Jimi may not have really liked Led Zep in the beginning but taste is taste. And Zep really did steal some songs without giving credit in the early days but as Keith said, we all nick little things here and there. It’s what they fo with it. To Zeps credit, they did acknowledge the sources and I recall having to share some royalties. It all comes out in the wash. To me, sad was the way drugs affected their live shows after 1972. Page has admitted he was never sober after the early days and hardly remembers any of it. Bonzo died from his taste for alcohol and drugs and it broke the band up. Shalom

[@cekalble]

Saw Hendrix with The Band of Gypsie's in 1968 (?). in NYC. He sucked. Nothing but noise. He also was staggering and caught himself from face planting on stage. Buddy Miles was on drums. Basically, The Buddy Miles Band with Jimi Hendrix.

[@michaelbrickley2443]

@@cekalble are you sure it wasn’t you? They recorded the whole Fillmore shows and released a good deal of it. He sounded great on much of it. Bill Graham, among others, had commented on the shows. Nothing negative like you’re saying.

[@Bls-of1ld]

​​@@michaelbrickley2443no zeppelin didnt give credit until they were forced to by the courts.. it was more than just nicking a thing here and there

[@vastucson]

Hendrix never got to hear the band’s best work. Everyone borrows or steals from the artists they admire. The question is: Did Led Zeppelin take it to another level? The answer seems obvious to me. Of course!

[@jonasmarrello2780]

Couldn’t have phrased it better

[@carlostejada1479]

they took coal and made it Gold!!

[@quoilluminentur2981]

@@vastucson Everyone doesn't steal music in the legal sense

[@quoilluminentur2981]

@@carlostejada1479 They stole other's gold and used it to make more gold

[@carlostejada1479]

@@quoilluminentur2981 nah... if you're talking about stairway's "rip off" ... whatever that song is named... that's a joke. Stairway TH. is 100% original

[@Commander746]

Jimi was such a humble dude. He would put so many guitarist before himself as being the best. Class act.

[@nickmorelli832]

Exactly! Well said...

[@twistedspanner]

I think Mitch Mitchell was the perfect drummer for Hendrix just like Keith Moon was perfect for Pete Townshend

[@michaelharding4573]

Mitch Mitchell would have the perfect replacement for Keith Moon in The Who.

[@twistedspanner]

@michaelharding4573 God its hard to imagine at this moment. Cos Moon was so unorthodox. I'd love to listen to just Moon's drum tracks on their own. It's a pity he never made that solo album of his an experimental drumming album similar to his his drum solo on that American TV with gold fish in his perspective transparent drum kit. For Hendrix when they put together the Experience it was a toss of a coin who got the drumming job between Mitch Mitchell and Ainseley Dunbar. I couldn't imagine Dunbar drumming for Hendrix. He was too heavy on the kit. He ended up in Frank Zappas Mothers but he replaced Woody Woodmancy for Bowie's last Ziggy period ' The 1980 Floor Show. Dunbar was so heavy on the drums he ruined the songs. Songs like Space Oddity etc. I remember Ginger Baker comparing Cream to Tbe Jimi Hendrix Experience. We were better. I was better than Moon and Mitchel and of course Eric Clapton was a much better guitarist that Jimi. Poor guy was mad if he thought that. 😀

[@tobewills2665]

He either tried out or stepped in for a short time for The Who...

[@UserUli]

Yeah, both couldnt hold a beat but where good at drum rolls.

[@poindextertunes]

cant stand him. every 2 bars is a tom fill. we get it dude, you’re fast

[@Maria-n6t2d]

I can hear Muddy and the rest of their inspirations, but Zeppelin has ALWAYS admitted they loved the blues. I love Jimi. IMO Led Zeppelin is and will always be the best rock band. I thought it when I was playing them on a portable record player at 11 years old and I still feel the same at 62.

[@CharlenePickett-jq4nv]

Amen

[@newagain9964]

Lolz

[@jeffingram8280]

Every musician and artist steal a little bit from what they hear and see that inspires them. Musicians create music. What could be better? Salutes to them all. Keep the music alive. ❤

[@Lady_A.R]

@@jeffingram8280 Very true !! Because the very first rocker is a Black American woman by the name of Sister Rosetta Tharpe (March 20, 1915 - October 9, 1973).❤️🎵💃🏽🎸 Look her up. She strum them steel string guitars like it was nobody's business.

[@Lady_A.R]

@@jeffingram8280 P.S. All the top rockers gave her accolades (from Chuck Berry, Elvis Presley to Eric Clapton and Keith Richards). 💃🏽🎸🎵🎶🎼

[@johnryan3913]

@@jeffingram8280 It not about inspiration. It's about theft and if you know the sources you know how much Page stole without paying the original sources. I mean songwriters listen to Dazed and Confused by Jake Holmes.

[@gabrielvazamorim4465]

We are not talking about stealing a little bit, like being influenced by a song, what page did was take an entire song from someone else and put his name on it

[@artbehrman7712]

Jimi wasn’t wrong. Love them both though. Zeppelin was my gateway drug into old blues.

[@nate51501]

Love Led Zeppelin, but I think that their first album knocks the hardest! Just my opinion though.

[@mattgambill5543]

Agreed. Page had a heavy blues influence

[@Hundert1]

Led Zeppelin has plenty of originals. All artists borrow from each other. Anything Zeppelin " copied " they only made much better.

[@ReductioAdAbsurdum]

I mean, yeah, he was wrong.

[@Hundert1]

@@nate51501 Have you listed to their double album called Physical Graffiti a while yet? It's great 👍

[@donolaughlin8780]

Mitch Mitchell is an incredible Drummer.

[@richardcarroll9864]

He's ok..

[@rexsephe]

​@@richardcarroll9864he's good but he was no Bonham

[@josedelrio2190]

​@@rexsephe It can't be better said, Bonzo was a developer, Mitchell a good drummer

[@johnwallace3990]

None of these idiots understand Mitch Mitchell is foundational. Shit in their ears. Ignore them.

[@stephenhill8991]

Yes. He was damn good. Listen to Mitch on 'Manic Depression'.. top draw drumming.

[@SimpleTruth1309]

The greatest compliment is to have many other musicians playing your music.

[@johnpeavey4947]

Where’s your source material for this?

[@raqamsonofmanasseh]

The source, Mmmmm so called wyte ppl have stolen everything. Is that source enough for you??!!!

[@ROCKNROLLMODS]

This is the most honest short I've seen regarding page

[@djohanson99]

Very valid question to ask. Probably pulled it out his ass. Big fan of both and never heard anything like this.

[@ROCKNROLLMODS]

@@djohanson99 makes perfect sense. Hendrix was awesome and humble. Page was sloppy and arrogant

[@TruckerLerone]

What you think rock n roll musicians steal black blues music was a secret or something? How did you not know is the question?

[@grim3107]

Life long jimi fan and zeppelin fan what I know about jimi is he was a very genuine gentleman I don’t think this true for a second everyone who’s ever spoken about him has said he didn’t dislike anyone even Pete Townsend who really pissed him off sounds like bullshit to me

[@johnryan3913]

I have a 1970 interview in which Jimi says he doesn't like Zep. He pretty much said the same thing as Keith Richards - respected Page, not Zep

[@TruckerLerone]

Where you around any black people? Ever? You don’t think it’s true? lol, all us black people especially those old enough now know it’s true they stole from black blues artists. Your boy Elvis too

[@Swat-ed5bt]

Both giants and legends ♥️

[@liontone]

I mean, Hendrix stole from classic blues artists too….

[@MikeSmith-cl4ix]

They all do that's how music progresses you take what the greats before you did and improve it you usually don't get far trying to reinvent the wheel.

[@jonsmith848]

The difference is Zeppelin was sued for copyright infringement

[@JulioLeonFandinho]

but he credited people

[@MOLTEN_IMP]

He credited them every chance he got, the blues players

[@stevelauda5435]

Jimi did not try to coerce Bonzo to join him and ditch zep

[@FrankLopez-rm6yj]

Jimmy Hendrix was a favorite guitarist Jimmy page is also a great guitarist

[@CoreyTrevor123]

BS!!!!!! Hendrix never said these things!! WTF are you trying to do?

[@DanoLance]

That makes me feel better, didn't think this was true

[@larrygerry985]

This was not true. Jimmy died in 1970. I would he care about a new band

[@teddykayy]

He did

[@TruckerLerone]

Not only did Hendrix say it, all us black people said it lmao. Where tf u been! You think this was a secret?

[@CoreyTrevor123]

@@TruckerLerone Hendrix wasn’t a racist like you are apparently. He was all about the music. His band was British (white boys) .So wtf are you talking about? When he died, Zeppelin did a tribute to him at one of there shows. When you comment, stick to facts not feelings 🤥

[@hazor777]

This is what “MEDIA” is now. Total BS Where’s your source? Someone who knew someone who knew another that met Jimi Hendrix once? Hendrix showed respect to many (too many to mention) in the London scene and afterwards I don’t believe a word of this , other than Page’s admiration for Jimi

[@carlosoruna7174]

Didnt Hendrix die before Zepelin was a band..

[@Jay-n262]

Zeppelin formed in 68.

[@fringedad6848]

Some of it is true, but the poster decided to make this about race, mentioning blue artists like Waters and Wolf but not mentioning lifts from artists like Jeff Beck and Vanilla Fudge. Like no blues artist ripped off a riff or a phrase or two before Zeppelin. Typical woke wanker post.

[@staxmarshall]

Agree. I've read a lot of Hendrix bios and the only thing I've ever read was that Jimi was once asked what he thought about LZ, and he replied he didn't think anything of them. Nothing positive, nothing negative.

[@GaryArmstrongmacgh]

I agree.

[@williamwilson6499]

Jimi wasn’t wrong…LZ eventually came into their own music and style, but they did plagiarize many early artists.

[@allenmyles5801]

It was the first and second album because he had to put the band together quickly to fill in the tour the yardbirds were already booked on when Jeff beck quit the band. And they were touring and didn’t have time to write many songs until zeppelin 3. Unfortunately Hendrix died or he would’ve enjoyed the other albums. I’m sure!!

[@WickedIndigo]

@@allenmyles5801not having enough time to record original material is not an excuse. They could’ve easily done what they did AND credit the original artists. But they pawned the work off as their own and as original. That’s where the issue is. Nobody would’ve complained if they admitted some of those early songs were more covers than anything else.

[@allenmyles5801]

@@WickedIndigo wasn’t up to them. Was up to Peter Grant and the management and as I said. The yardbirds broke up. Thru already had dates booked. Page knew jones from sessions but they had just met plant and he brought in Bonham and they had a tour to pick up dates from the yardbirds which started off in Finland or Sweden. The black in white footage when page used the bow. Barely had time to rehearse but of course that got better. Easy to say when you’re not in those shoes. Doesn’t really matter. Still legends 55 years later!

[@bryden72]

​@@allenmyles5801 thank you the band was hardly together. When Grant got the 5 album deal. And before anyone had actually heard them lol. That deal was unheard of At the time. Also grant telling venues your getting 10% or we play elsewhere. So zeppelin did borrow some riffs early on, but people don't know guitarist 😂 and successful ones, they all borrowed and reshaped someone else's riff. People need to read Hammer of the gods biography.

[@rodrigoodonsalcedocisneros9266]

​@@allenmyles5801Actually they never stopped plagiarizing. Up until their last album they kept ripping off blues originals. Even the lauded LZIV has like 70% of blues songs rip offs.

[@scr3wtap3]

10 years and one week after Jimi's death, Jimi asked John again, and John accepted.

[@nibsvkh]

🤨

[@itsmeehhh5490]

Nice jokes😂

[@toranada]

oh..... snap!

[@mrsherwood2599]

🔥

[@prezooom4307]

❤❤ Tis the day Ole John Bonham left this world By personal invite from Purple Jimi Hendrix

[@mdm6098]

In the end, everything worked out. I'm glad I lived through this era. So many gifted musicians.

[@Lady_A.R]

@@mdm6098 Amen !!! 🌺❤️🤗🎼 Me, too. I am so glad I was born in the era of great guitar heroes ... And fell head over heels on Elvis Presley (my favorite rocker at that infant age). LOL 😂

[@Hellyeahray21]

Worked out?

[@Wildrover82]

Not for Hendrix it didn't. He died.

[@purplevincent4454]

​@@Wildrover82well everyone does

[@RMR1]

He was right, Led Zeppelin lifted most of their songs from the blues' greats of the early to mid 20th century, but to say they weren't original is not accurate.

[@torito880]

They literally stole songs. How can you call a band original when most of their biggest hits are ripoffs from older blues musicians?

[@lgirl1225]

Most? 😂

[@lgirl1225]

@@torito880most? 😂

[@JPVillalobos27]

@@torito880 Led Zeppelin‘s three biggest hits were Stairway to Heaven, Kashmir and The Immigrant Song … Who did they lifting those from ?

[@jordansmith2461]

​@@JPVillalobos27 You're joking? Stairway was stolen note by note. How the court sided with Led is dodgy imo. Go listen to it & see for yourself.

[@wangbar1]

They were both wonderful.

[@markschulte-b4f]

Hendrix died too soon to hear the masterpieces thst zeppelin created.

[@newagain9964]

Cope harder

[@ixoye56]

He was right at the time, but Zeppelin got better later on.

[@theapostrophewrecks3589]

At ripping off songs? Yes they did get better at it lol

[@JeremyMiller-oy2cl]

​@@theapostrophewrecks3589who did they rip off when they wrote The Song Remains the Same?

[@Ryan_Thompson_Guitarist]

@@theapostrophewrecks3589 They started covering songs less and less as they went on.

[@mrb1619]

​@@JeremyMiller-oy2cl - But they ripped off most of their early work. Robert Plant even said he admired the "negro" blues musicians of the 50s and 60s.

[@WickedIndigo]

@@JeremyMiller-oy2cljust because some songs are original doesn’t mean that others weren’t ripped off. Just the same as if some songs were ripped off it doesn’t mean that others weren’t originals. My point is that you can find the outlier in anything, but it’s silly to do so.

[@chriscrookes7773]

Hendrix never saw Led Zeppelin play. Nor did Page ever see Hendrix play. As for Hendrix asking Bonham to join his band I strongly doubt it. As for telling Bonzo he had a “rabbit foot” on the bass drum, that COULD have happened. Plant says they met Hendrix in the Scene Club in New York. I know way more than most on Hendrix as I’ve been a fan since 1969 and I can confirm that Hendrix and Led Zep were in New York at the same time for two nights on the 31st January and 1st February of 1969. It is also correct that he criticised Zeppelin after their second album for ripping of Willie Dixon. But in 1970 he praised Page’s guitar playing in an interview with Keith Altham. But that’s it. I strongly suspect the rest claimed here is invented bollox.

[@chriscrookes7773]

In a May ’70 interview for Melody Maker, he was asked by Keith Altham what he thought of Led Zeppelin: “I don’t think much of Led Zeppelin - I mean, I don’t think much ABOUT them. Jimmy Page is a good guitar player.”

[@rdhudon7469]

I sat and chatted with Willie Dixon when he was in the middle of his lawsuit . I told him f it were not for Zep I probably would not have gotten into the blues. They were my doorway . They got my mojo working.

[@vernonarmstead8385]

Very True great guitarist who made millions from our music greats as well as Elvis

[@barlowetube]

Jimi lifted a fair bit of material as well .

[@foxbor0]

Jimi didn't rip off the original artists, he credited them. Zeppelin claimed the material was theirs. They stole

[@echoflower5435]

false

[@beatmet2355]

Jimi usually just played covers live. He has relatively few covers on his albums. Most were released posthumously on compilations. Even then, they were credited properly and not passed off as original.

[@foxbor0]

@beatmet2355 apart from Hey Joe, Purple Haze, Spanish Castle Magic, Foxy Lady, etc

[@beatmet2355]

@@foxbor0 Hey Joe is the only cover of those songs. There’s also two on Electric Ladyland, so he only put about three covers on his albums.

[@soundofsmoke383]

Kashmir, Immigrant Song, Going to California, No Quarter, Thank You... My favorite Zeppelin songs are completely original.

[@maxinator317]

you have to remember though that most of those came after hendrix died

[@soundofsmoke383]

@@maxinator317 I know. He was referring to the 1st record

[@davidsellers3639]

They were in competition,Page was a former studio musician as a child,totally different guitarists imo,but they all take from tha old timers,Hendrix didn’t invent the blues,probably find out later it was an Irishman😂

[@sixfoursoul2538]

Going to California was completely left by Joan Baez ... Jimmy page also said he got the whole Kashmir riff from some other sitar player, John Paul Jones probably wrote no Quarter and since he's the most talented person in the band I'm with that one.... But bro Zepplin stole so much shit

[@soundofsmoke383]

Idk how much originality people are expecting. But I'm at the point (as a guitarist) where I've learned to ignore people that say my song sounds like something they've heard. And the sooner you realize everything has been done, the sooner you can start borrowing from your influences.

[@CharlenePickett-jq4nv]

God bless them both!! My two personal favorites!!!

[@dac088]

All musicians 'steel' others' music. This is how music evolves.

[@mr.manes88]

Right. Every single band from the 60s and 70s did covers, inlcuding Hendrix.

[@goddamnslayer]

Cover is quite different than what Zeppelin did 😂

[@MisterMooster]

They stole stuff but changed it plenty enough to make it their own in my opinion, even robert plant admitted this, but it's much ado about nothing, they made a lot of great music and are huge superstars. Copyright laws are too picky, if you make it sound different enough it should be fine in my opinion.

[@yourewrongabouteverything]

​@mr.manes88 all of hendrix best songs are covers 😂

[@JeromeKarhu]

Everyone's flesh and blood is different on strings. And we are all influenced by the ones before us plain and simple....

[@GuitaristPAX]

Excellent Point Sir!! And So True !?!?

[@GalaxyKOI]

The issue is that zeppelin did covers and claimed they were their own songs. Jimmy was very transparent about which songs of his were covers

[@ButchBrown7]

That's deep people cant Comprehend the journey they both where in their element. History was eventually made.

[@Henry-z1y1c]

Jimi was right that zep stole their music from old blues guys. But what does that have to do with Jimi’s opinion of Page’s skills as a guitar player? This video doesn’t answer that question, though it claims to.

[@bloodromance4776]

Page a very very bad guitar player, that's obvious. This is exactly what Jimi thought and Jeff Beck said

[@rodrigoodonsalcedocisneros9266]

Page as a player was poor, as a music arranger and producer he was brilliant. His guitar overdubbing is genius, but as a live performer he was average at most. To be fair, he was probably a better producer than Beck or Clapton, but not nearly as good a player. Jimi was great at both producing and playing, although I do think Page was an even better producer (although less innovative in terms of genre-bending).

[@Val_Cosmos]

​@@rodrigoodonsalcedocisneros9266You do realize, guys, that you both are idi*ots, don't you?

[@GalaxyKOI]

Idk what these other two guys are talking about. Jimmy said in an interview that he thought Paige was a good player

[@HeavehBurtation]

@@bloodromance4776 a very bad guitarist? Jimmy Page? Man you must be the most technicality-focused fan of guitar or something. What, cause he drank before every show? He still sounds fucking amazing in plenty of live footage, so if this is a common take boy is it a new one to me.

[@davidleedougherty6478]

All of this tracks, yet it doesn't diminish my appreciation for either one jot. I believe personally that zeppelin did what they did as an homage to their influences, and yes got lucky along the way. But never were they cold calculating thieves with only their selves in mind. Truly wonderful people each and every one of them beyond just music, and Jimmy page is the reason I picked up a guitar thirty years ago and still haven't put it down, not hendrix

[@SEKreiver]

Jimi admired a Yardbirds song that JIMMY wrote. However, Jimi thought it was Jeff Beck that wrote the song. Beck has always talked trash on Hendrix, unlike Page.

[@elmokirkwood3969]

Beck has no room to speak on Hendrix. Beck is one of the most overrated refer and Jimi is god. (Yes, biased opinion for sure but I’m sticking with it hahaha)

[@rdhudon7469]

Beck was so much better than Jimi in every way .

[@jrtruth1]

The irony about Jimi's admiration for John Bonham cannot go unnoticed. I'm sure they are shredding up in rock heaven today!

[@exspiravit6920]

Anyone who has watched LZ's live movie shows in deeper into the 70s just knows they were great by what they were able to do live. Paige was a VERY creative guitarist and composer especially later in that decade.

[@robr5786]

I always heard they were a disappointment live,mostly because of the amount of studio trickery they used (multi tracked guitars) that couldn't be replicated live,so they used sheer volume to compensate

[@rodrigoodonsalcedocisneros9266]

​​@@robr5786which is true. Just check "Achilles' Last Stand", for instance. It is brilliantly arranged with tons of guitar overdubbing, the epic atmosphere is amazing and enrapturing. Then, hear it live, it sounds hollow and wonky when played by Page, he could never replicate the wizardry he did in studio, sadly.

[@RichardBravo-mj5vw]

Few can say what ever but Led Zeppelin made their music their own enough said.

[@Blu-b4w]

2 Of My Favorite Guitarist of All Time , & To Me , 2 Of The. Best Guitarist ,Changing Music Forever-

[@dannyrecovo3114]

Led Zeppelin and Jimi Hendrix contributed a lot and had different styles . I loved both of their style of music . I don’t care about their opinions we should just admire the tunes they both played .

[@delphinazizumbo8674]

Willie Dixon DID win a lawsuit against them.

[@mikepastor.k6233]

Yeah. Paying a one time amount to settle a court case but no artist is collecting royalties from any Led Zeppelin album. Big difference

[@delphinazizumbo8674]

@@mikepastor.k6233 actually....the recording of those PERFORMANCES as well as other PERFORMANCES still generate revenue....where that goes......Blackrock owns Chess so, who knows, a bunch of racist traitors, probably

[@Wheresthelove7]

Exactly, here's a tip. Now get lost. Its Zeps fantastic reinterpretations that made those songs sound so great. Page is too much of a gentleman sometimes. Its like comparing a guy who discovered fire to a rocket scientist

[@delphinazizumbo8674]

@@Wheresthelove7 Willie Dixon was a GIANT who CREATED THE MUSIC that make jimmi-studio FAMOUS....you heard of HOWLIN WOLF, you heard of MUDDY WATERS? plant TOOK EVERYTHING from them....heard of JIMMY RODGERS? heard of ELMORE JAMES? page wouldn't have A NOTE to play without them...NOT A SINGLE NOTE....learn something, hillbilly...the music you love is DERIVATIVE and comes FROM BLACK PEOPLE

[@badgeholderdave]

Dixon did NOT win a court case..it was settled out of court. By the way, Dixon was the biggest thief of them all. A lot of the songs he put his name on the publishing were not originally his.

[@MA-iridium]

Where did you get that information?

[@caramanico1]

Jimi is the greatest rock guitar player of all time hands down - no discussion needed. However, Jimmy was not only an excellent guitarist he was super versatile, a fantastic songwriter, an excellent producer, a real leader with taste, vision and creativity and at least JImi's equal as a showman.

[@damiens6465]

Jimi borrowed from everyone just like every other rocking roll artist did. It was a gesture of respect to play someone else's song

[@youreatoilet]

True some of the tracks Jimi was most famous for were covers, e.g. Hey Joe, All Along The Watchtower, Wild Thing, Killing Floor. Main difference was he was very transparent about the fact they were covers. Absolutely love Zeppelin too, I just never got why they claimed them as their own when they were so obviously not! Doesn't change my opinion on their music though, both JHE and LZ applied very original approaches to covers/renditions of other artists

[@srdool]

Correct.

[@DaithiONUALLAIN-ow3es]

This is the best tread on who knows music best . Top two you boys are dope as you Americans would say and yourself Mr ‘Correct”you are bang on.

[@jedzxor]

Sorry buddy, that statement is not supported by history and facts. He blatantly stole lots of songs and has been sued several times for it. Good thing he has 200 million and great lawyers.

[@tomcoleman6405]

​@AmarettoSour710 The difference is, Hendrix didn't claim to write those songs.

[@jimce2799]

I don't know how accurate this is because I've been a rabid Hendrix fan my whole life and have never heard him say anything negative about Led Zeppelin or anybody else for that matter. It just wasn't in Jimi's nature to be critical of someone publicly and he was always very humble and modest about his own talents. In a T.V. interveiw when asked "how does it feel to be the greatest guitar player"? He said" I wouldnt know you'll have to ask Duane Allman. On other occasions he said the same about Rory Gallagher and Billy Gibbons. Never heard him say anything about Page. Also, Jimi himself recorded several covers of his blues idols and performed many more live always adding his own style to the songs much the same way Zeppelin did.

[@johnryan3913]

1970 Hit Parader interview

[@chriscrookes7773]

In a May ’70 interview for Melody Maker, he was asked by Keith Altham what he thought of Led Zeppelin: “I don’t think much of Led Zeppelin - I mean, I don’t think much ABOUT them. Jimmy Page is a good guitar player.”

[@johnryan3913]

@@chriscrookes7773 I believe that interview is the same one that was in Hit Parader.

[@TataMataAkrobata]

Surely you were never a rabbit.

[@davemoskot1776]

Of which rabbit 🐇 do you speak of?, asking for Jimmy Page…

[@jaimerosado3896]

When it comes to Led Zeppelin’s first three albums, particularly 1 and 3, I see Hendrix’s point. I remember my best friend in high school once said “I highly recommend the first three Led Zeppelin albums. Well my favorites are the three that followed. And I think that if Jimi Hendrix had lived to hear those albums, he might have changed his tune. (I also prefer Mitch Mitchell’s drumming to Bonham’s.)

[@Ambientnauts]

It’s true Led Zep members In the early days would go down to the docks and buy the import blues albums from the US. Howlin Wolf was a huge influence. So for a while they were rip off artists. But at the same time the signature guitar tones Page developed, the big box drum sounds of Bonham and the unusual vocal stylings of Plant made a unique LED Zep sound signature complete.

[@ATRTAP]

Good artists borrow, great artists steal.

[@banjofrog08]

I love zeppelin but its just kind of a testament to how it easy it was for white British kids compared to black Americans to make it in music at the time.

[@tommccallan8802]

Hendricks was correct until Led Zeppelin got a lawsuit put on them that's when they had to put the name to the writers on a lot of their blues songs

[@anthonycameronnajera8471]

All music is "stolen".

[@michaelhaydenbell]

​@anthonycameronnajera8471 No it's not you complete nitwit lol.

[@pietzsche]

@@anthonycameronnajera8471 The reason you put that in scare quotes is that it's not true.

[@Ignirium]

@@anthonycameronnajera8471 That's what i thought, There's no big deal unless it's blatant and obvious and unadapted, then it's stolen

[@FairyTalesInYoghourt]

@@anthonycameronnajera8471 No. All music is "inspired". "Dazed and Confused" was a pure theft, it's a cover song (from Jake Holmes).

[@ThomasC1879]

Hendrix if I recall correctly was friends with some of the American bands Led Zeppelin ripped off.

[@GalaxyRover1020]

Yes, Randy California the guitarist of "Spirit" stated out playing with Jimi Hendrix when he was "Jimmy James and The Blue Flames. The Spirit track "Taurus' was stolen by Page as the intro to Stairway To Heaven.T

[@sudsysutherland359]

Jimmy Page did steal the using of a violin bow on his guitar from a band called “The Creation”, i can’t think of the guitarist’s name from “The Creation” atm but it’s a true fact.

[@michaelharding4573]

Eddie Philips. I used to see them at the Flamingo Club in London every week 1967..

[@Zoroaster1996]

And that guitarist stole it from violinists.

[@bigol9223]

if that's considered stealing then this whole conversation is invalid lol

[@GiacomoVaccari]

I have researched Jimi’s love for decades and I’ve never seen such a statement before

[@norakat]

Because you play covers/remakes of older songs doesn’t make you less great. Santana also took from older songs like - Oye Como Va from Tito Puentes. But if you listen to both the versions you see they still created something new.

[@GalaxyKOI]

Yes, but claiming covers are original makes you less respectable. Zep was great for sure, but claiming their cover work was original was just scummy

[@SonateSonate]

​@@GalaxyKOIthey didn't claim all their cover work as original

[@GalaxyKOI]

@@SonateSonate yes not all of it but most of the early stuff

[@johnellis1567]

Love Zeppelin but it is true, a lot of their material was gleaned from earlier artists but it don’t bother me none as I have heard some the originals and prefer Zeppelin’s versions.

[@delphinazizumbo8674]

Willie Dixon

[@gregoryzischke1843]

All artists have played what others have prior to them. There are only 12 notes.

[@johnryan3913]

Whole Lotta Love

[@rodrigoodonsalcedocisneros9266]

Dazed and Confused, The Lemon Song, Since I've Been Loving You, When the Levee Breaks, In My Time of Dying, Trampled Under Foot, Nobody's Fault But Mine, and lots of others....

[@jeremysiron9622]

@@gregoryzischke1843 there’s a difference between plagiarizing tracks and not giving credit and just having influences, you’re oversimplifying music also by saying only 12 notes….it’s infinite what you can do with variations of chords phrasing, and everything….

[@garyarms9647]

Jimi was right, they did, but they eventually came into their own sound and rocked the world in an amazing way as one of the greatest to ever do it.❤

[@riffrockband]

Sad that Hendrix didn't live long enough to hear Zep evolve. They started out as a blues band that elevated and energized the music that influenced them but grew into something bigger and better. Best band ever.

[@chizorama]

He knew exactly how & where Zeppelin stole material from blues artists, without giving credit.

[@nicolaspaguirre3656]

Howling wolf was one of jimi ‘s favs and zep copy catted a few of wolf’’’s songs including songs of other musicians . I think wolf got money in court over them stealing from him . Jimi 🤘🏼🤘🏼

[@Hail-Marīyami]

If you listen to page, he literally tries to sing like Howling wolf and Little richard

[@SEKreiver]

@@Hail-Marīyami Where would I listen to that?

[@Hail-Marīyami]

@@SEKreiver listen to Howlin Wolf - Moanin in The Moonlight, that is the blueprint for the whole British rock n roll sound

[@Hail-Marīyami]

@@SEKreiver Listen to muddy waters You Need Love, Led zepplin rip that record as well on whole lotta love

[@youreatoilet]

Lemon Song is zeps take on Killing floor by Howling Wolf, and Whole Lotta Love is their take on You Need Love by Muddy Waters

[@larrydanadavid2435]

Led Zeppelin made their influences accessible to their fan base. The Stones are another perfect example.

[@quoilluminentur2981]

@@larrydanadavid2435 Nobody here disputes they played a part in that exposure. The big difference is LZ didn't give credit to, or, pay royalties to the originators of the songs they used.

[@larrydanadavid2435]

@@quoilluminentur2981 How do you know Jimmy Page never gave any credit to his influences? And as far as royalties, yeah no.

[@quoilluminentur2981]

@@larrydanadavid2435 The bigger question is, how did you *not* know LZ failed to pay the customary credit on their albums to songwriters of songs they used? This has been common knowledge from the time of their first album. They were called out by music journalists and fans, from 1968 on, for recording and publishing other's music as if it were their own, listing themselves as the originators. As to royalties, after legal challenges were brought against LZ, they now currently pay royalties to those with ownership rights of several of the songs they recorded and fraudulently claimed as their own. Plant admitted to the theft in several interviews. He said they figured they wouldn't get caught unless they got famous, so they agreed it was worth the risk.

[@Decapitorr]

Quoil you are right, stones took riffs from muddy waters and little Richard but gave credit

[@Robert-tj3qq]

Jimi should have tried to get JPJ in the studio. He was/is a studio guy and great musician 🌞

[@Rampart.X]

When R&B became a genre it was public domain. There's no theft in Blues. Zep did covers and homages to the icons of R&B.

[@sewerbat4841]

Well the court had a different opinion on that subject.

[@triciajohansen7124]

I LOVE BOTH JIMI AND JIMMY!!!!!❤❤

[@antoniopedrobittenco]

Jimi Hendrix just had the opportunity to hear Led Zeppelin 1 ( wich is a very good album), not Led Zeppelin iv or physical grafitti so his opinion on Led Zeppelin was acceptable.

[@Stoneylfm]

Hendrix always dressed like a rock star ⭐️

[@SuperAnimelover100]

Jimi and Brian Jones were the Best dressed Rock Stars !!

[@janrichards9533]

Like Plant didn’t? Differing styles, but obviously rockers. It hurts my heart what Hendrix said about Zepplin… Here’s the thing…Hendrix was 4 years older than Page. May not sound like a lot, but really, that’s the time frame of our High School careers… In 4 years, a person can mature and learn and perfect MANY things… Had Hendrix lived, who knows?? He might have had to eat his words. Furthermore, had they truly been copying other artists, you really think the original’s would have not stepped up and busted them????? Hendrix WAS before his time! I give him all the respect & kudos he deserves… But Zepplin cannot be dismissed or discounted!!! Together, that band changed the very face of what we call Rock & Roll today!! Period.

[@tktimber418]

There is a difference between dressing like a rockstar and actually being one.

[@Stoneylfm]

@@tktimber418 yea no sh!t

[@SuperAnimelover100]

@@tktimber418 Hendrix and Brian Jones were the best dressed Rock Stars and most deffo were rock stars !!

[@MarkSilva-ld5lf]

AND SHE'S BUYING THE STAIRWAY TO HEAVEN 🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧☝️👌♥️🎵🎶🎼🎤🎤🫶🫶🫶🔥

[@dianerodriguez1650]

How could you not like Jimmy? I don't know about this. They were both exceptional in their own right

[@kanyefuck7018]

Because he's a nonce.

[@addchannelname8688]

Hendrix ripped off classic blues artists just as much as anyone

[@josephking1947]

He didn't steal songs and pretend they was his.

[@addchannelname8688]

@@josephking1947 "...and pretend they was his".... lol of course he stole classic blues. In fact he created an entire compilation album of classic blues songs of other artists called "Blues". Who do you think profited from it?

[@josephking1947]

@@addchannelname8688 Dread Zep stole whole songs lyrics and all, and made out they wrote them , entirely different to what Hendrix did, he's not exactly known for plagiarism whereas Page and Plant are.

[@addchannelname8688]

@@josephking1947 no, it's not different at all. Hendrix, Zep or any who stole classic blues songs changed them in their own style. Whatever you personally think any artist is or isn't "known for" is your issue, not everyone's

[@p0llenp0ny]

@@addchannelname8688 That "Blues" album came out long after Jimi's death. It was put together by producer Alan Douglas who compiled the album using various demos, jams, live recordings. The only people who profited from it were whoever held the rights to Jimi's recordings.

[@jayr.3720]

It's not such an unfair assessment of Zep considering Jimi didn't live long enough to hear Zoso. It's like if you only heard the Stones albums before Aftermath. Of course you'd think they were rip offs.

[@soapboxearth2]

Hendrix didn't shit on Zeppelin

[@TruckerLerone]

Zepplin shit on themselves stealing old black blues musicians music

[@randyn5397]

Stole music or not they were one of the best rock bands of all time

[@deanrane1961]

Hendrix seemed like he was one one of the most opened minded musician & songwriter of his day. I believe If he had lived long enough to hear & see the direction Zeppelin were headed he would have appreciated & even admired their songwriting, individual musicianship, showmanship & production skills - Houses of the Holy, Physical Graffiti etc. C'mon Hendrix woulda loved a lotta that shit!

[@davehoward22]

Doubt he knew much about them considering he died a year after the 1st album

[@topsecret1837]

Yardbirds/New Yardbirds existed

[@Guitarplayer724]

2nd album

[@TruckerLerone]

He knew the old blues songs that they stole word for word

[@WinstonTexas829]

Hendrix knew of what he spoke.

[@musicosergiovaz]

Only Jeff beck compares to jimmy Page' s talent in 70's. All of a hundred others were only beginers comparing with Page. Kashmir is only 1 example of his geniallity. None guitarrist will make songs so refined as Page. Diferent of the others, J. Page and jeff beck leads you to remember the solos and the riffs, not only the riff.

[@mikemealey3661]

He died b4 led zeppelin♡III 🐸✌️

[@gregoryzischke1843]

No he didn't

[@kapturelab]

@@gregoryzischke1843 Yes he did. Hendrix died in September '70, Led Zeppelin III released October '70.

[@SuperAnimelover100]

@@kapturelab You tell it ! :)

[@Guitarplayer724]

@@kapturelablz1 was released late 68 genius

[@kapturelab]

@@Guitarplayer724 Lay off the whiskey. We're talking about Led Zeppelin III. Not only are you wrong about the topic. You're wrong about Led Zeppelin I. Which was released at the start of '69. Stay in school, kids.

[@NunyaBizznus]

Hendrix & Bonham would have been wild

[@MarceloAvero]

Both are right... both were legends. Paradox.

[@michaelstevens972]

Wow I DID NOT KNOW THIS! ABSOLUTE LOYALTY BONHAM

[@bluegrooveracing]

This is AI misinformation. Learn the voices.

[@chriscrookes7773]

You didn’t know it, Michael because it isn’t true. There is no credible evidence that Hendrix wanted Bonzo to be his drummer.

[@mropus1014]

Where’s the proof in these statements?

[@southie3177]

In the pudding

[@chriscrookes7773]

@@southie3177 And where is that ‘pudding’? 😉

[@rodrigoodonsalcedocisneros9266]

They were serial plagiarizers for sure.

[@southie3177]

@@chriscrookes7773 Yorkshire pudding. Delicious 🤤

[@TruckerLerone]

Every older black person in America currently. Ask one. You don’t think we know what the blues sounds like? Lol

[@StamfordBridge]

So ironic. Hendrix was one of the greatest rock guitarists ever, but as for being writers of great music, Hendrix was an ant compared to the elephant that was Zeppelin.

[@moonriverdiver]

With Little Wing, Voodoo Chile, Machine Gun and everything between?!

[@StamfordBridge]

@@moonriverdiver Yes

[@ramonm.mendez2421]

Damn, imagine Hendricks and Bonham having a live concert jam?

[@charlie-j4o7u]

Bonham was a schmuck. He's only praised because he's dead. Overrated at best.

[@quizzical2023]

It’s happening right now somewhere beyond our imagination

[@mikej70]

He did say they copied blues musicians but he had zeppelin albums so he didn't hate them if he did

[@ickystrashcan....anothersm9749]

I heard him praise , Zeppelin

[@janrichards9533]

What songs by Zep remotely sound like Blues? I can name ONE, that begins with blues, but speeds up, and is blues no more!

[@christopherstarr8050]

@@janrichards9533 how about the lyrics of whole lotta love for one example , all knocked off , nothing original

[@DreKC]

I’d like to think that Jimi would’ve come to appreciate Zeppelin in time. He seemed generally quite complementary of other musicians.

[@theguitarmusicchannel]

I would like to think so as well. When Hendrix died, Zeppelin had only just started to get the ball rolling. It was only 1970!

[@superbigbadhatdana1393]

Hendrix died in 1970

[@hansmoleman9720]

Exactly! He only heard Albums 1 and 2! Not the body of Zeppelin work we know today.

[@Jay-n262]

Zeppelin formed in 1968, and they hadn't come close to hitting their peak when Hendrix died. I'd like to know where this guy found this supposed Hendrix quote.

[@eivindgjengstjohansen9625]

​@@Jay-n262 look up the sales of their first two albums...

[@eurostarnamastar3128]

Zeppelin ripped thru hard rock and pushed everyone away... including Hendrix

[@natestakely1478]

We may never know who loved, who despised, who helped and who thwarted. Our current environment gives me vibes that ALL of our history could indeed be contrived.

[@rosenfeldclaudia]

True. Led Zeppelin stole music

[@seabud6408]

Every artist takes from his/her heroes consciously or unconsciously. It’s what you do with it that counts .. how you make it your own, without plagiarism.. note for note copying. Jimi built in the work of people before him.

[@Iggythemovieman]

​@@seabud6408Santana has a creative right to the song Black magic woman even though he did not write the song he just made it his which is b*******

[@JPVillalobos27]

Who did they steal Kashmir, Achilles’ Last Stand and In the Light from ?

[@rosenfeldclaudia]

​@@JPVillalobos273 crapy songs.

[@jimce2799]

No they paid tribute to it. The same way everyone does including the old blues greats in fact they did so more than anyone. How many of the old blues legends covered John Lee Hooker and Willie Dixon songs. In fact they were the two most prolific song writers with more of their songs being covered by other blues artists than anyone. Know your music history before you criticize.

[@verresmilliterres]

There's no way im turning on the hate for Led Zeppelin. They are one of few of the greatest, ever. Jimi heard one album from LZ before he died. On that album are a lot of songs that Jimmy Page used from other black blues players. As the following years went by, there were not. This baiting with youtuber morons is just that, baiting. Stairway To Heaven is Led Zeppelin, not frgn Spirit. The descending am is the only part of STH that they have in common, and even that Jimmy Page plays it further and better.

[@jimce2799]

Amen. All artist learn from their heros and there's nothing wrong with playing tribute to them. They weren't the first or the last to do so. The Byrds made a career out of Dylan covers and in most cases charted much higher than the original version. It also introduces fans to the original artist who they may have never even heard of before somebody covered one of their songs. Thanks for the positive comment and setting the record straight.

[@quoilluminentur2981]

@@jimce2799 They didn't tribute. They stole music and didn't give credit to the originators. This can't be wallpapered over.

[@jerryvahnknight218]

What interview is this from? It all seems far more hypocritical than anything Jimi would say. He also loved Clapton, and this could easily be about him..

[@Joeh1154]

But...Jimi did like Eric Clapton, yes? I mean, the blues and all, y'know.

[@cu6454]

They called Clapton super charged BB King he took it up a notch 🎸 really listen to some live Cream 😁🎸

[@Hail-Marīyami]

Hendrix music was Jazz written all over it, Jazz is Architect for Modern music...

[@Hail-Marīyami]

Zepplin straight up jacked Willie Dixon cadilllac music, and Dixon won the lawsuit...

[@cliftonharmon2403]

Yeah but at that time there was Cream and Blind Faith which is more experimental whereas most of Zep 1 & 2 used alot of Blues covers or lyrics plagiarized verbatim from Blues artists. It wasn't just that they played Blues, they plagiarized the Blues, and Jimi knew many of those players personally through touring for several years with different bands on the Chitterling Circuit

[@michaelharding4573]

@@cu6454 I saw Cream's first gig at the Marquee Club London. A 21 year old Eric Clapton was on fire that night. He played a Les Paul then and it was one of those nights I can never forget.

[@Danny-fs1hk]

Zeppelin is a great band, but Hendrix was spot on about them taking their sound from the Blues greats. And remember, we’re talking about the 60s when Zeppelin, Cream, Fleetwood Mac and countless bands were doing the same thing. And all of those bands were excellent.

[@jbceedeez]

@Danny-fs1hk...Led Zeppelin was unique...when I heard Dazed and Confused...I was done! Plant had to be greatest rock vocalist past, present or future IMO...

[@ryanmeagher6143]

Jimi got his shit from blues greats too. Kind of hard to reinvent a 1-4-5 structure lol

[@carlkennedy8263]

I could point out stuff but they all made people entertained and happy. I loved both their music. Hendrix heard Zeppelin according to his musical influence and it spoiled it for him. But I ignore that and the stuff they came up with to make songs was great.

[@ronblack2700]

Led Zeppelin did rip off other artist.

[@SuperAnimelover100]

Yea true but They knocked it out so they get a pass !!!!!

[@derekfoehr9264]

Jimi isn't the only one to accuse Zeppelin of stealing music.

[@rdhudon7469]

And Zeppelin weren't the only ones stealing music . They all did to one degree or another. Talk to an old bluesman . That is how it always worked.

[@xwhite2020]

You think those tunes Page used were totally original and magically popped out fully formed all on their own. No, everything in music is derivitive. Led Zeps problem was they crossed the line with publishing rights but thats another story.

[@c-r3187]

Jim I was ripping the bones of his songs from the old heads too. He wasn’t raised in a vacuum.

[@_Moses44]

Zeppelin was basically the most famous cover band of all time. Hendrix was spot on

[@kenhoughton5476]

Hendrix did a lot of other people's songs to just changed them like Zeppelin did. Who really cares they both made great music.

[@sunkintree]

@@kenhoughton5476 Hendrix made the music his own. Zeppelin kind of just played the songs as they were lol

[@MJEvermore853]

@@sunkintreethen you never heard a single Zep song you dork

[@eddietasker9110]

Jimi was right 💁🏻‍♂️

[@Chris-w4j]

Led Zepplin's original progressive classic rock sound was inspired by many. Noone sounded like them. I always hear everyone ramble on about Hendrix, for me it was Page. Yes Hendirx did alot for the electric guitar world. Flashy, almost distorted grungy blues and some great acoustic type blues like little wing. Page had a whole range and variety of guitar styles and techniques. I learned alot more from Jimi Page.

[@maxkaasjager5332]

hendrix complaining about someone stealing howling wolf's work; while hendrix himself played killing floor too

[@matthewbartlett3442]

Yeah but he performed it with the context he was doing a cover. He was accusing Zeppelin of stealing riffs and elements of older songs and passing them off as their own (which they did do. Don’t come after me I love Zep but they def plagiarized in early years)

[@johndaugherty4127]

Well Jimi was a natural and jimmy Page was a studio musician.