Guitarist highlighted one of the biggest qualities of his own band and pointed out that such a feature was missing in FAB Four – and other contemporaries
Beatles and LED ZEPPELIN They are two of the greatest bands in rock history. The first practically redefined the parameters of popular music as a whole, while the second was fundamental to the development of hard rock and heavy metal. Both groups, coming from England, promoted different revolutions, each in their own way.
However, there is a big difference between the two names cited. At least according to Jimmy Page, guitarist and producer of Zeppelin, who addressed the issue in an interview of 1997 to Guitar world (via Far Out).
At the time, Page discussed the launch of compilation BBC Sessionswith live records recorded during LED participation in the British station BBC. Both their band and the Beatles were often in the communication conglomerate.
Hence the comparison of Jimmy emerged. For him, Liverpool’s Fab Four didn’t offer so much surprise when he played live – different from his own group, adept at improvisations.
“Compare our BBC sessions with, say, the Beatles recordings on the BBC. I bet a penny against a dollar that if they have two or three versions of the song ‘Love Me Do’ Or something like that, all will be identical. This is the difference between us and our contemporaries: Led Zeppelin was really moving the music all the time. ”
Also during the interview, Page reflected on the decision to launch, almost three decades later, the recordings that generated the compilation BBC Sessions. The guitarist again quoted the improvisation as the great quality of Led Zeppelin.
“What I find more exciting in these recordings is to compare the different versions of the same songs. It’s interesting to listen to how a song as ‘Communication Breakdown’which appears three times, evolved from presentation to presentation. It’s like looking at a diary. BBC sessions show in graphic detail how organic the group was. Led Zeppelin was a band that changed things substantially each time he played. The two presentations of ‘You Shook Me’ These are particularly good examples of what I’m talking about. The version that opens the album is not bad, but does not compare to the second version, recorded only a few months later. ”
This was only possible, according to Jimmy, through the strong rapport between the members. Besides him, the band was complete by Robert Plant (voice), John Paul Jones (low) and John Bonham (battery).
“The interaction between me and Robert grew up to leaps and bounds. It was a subtle indication of how the band was starting to get together. We were becoming increasingly united at telepathy.”
Jimmy Page is not a big fan of the Beatles
Jimmy Page’s statement about the Beatles is not surprising. Although it was not disrespectful, the guitarist never hid that he is not the greatest lovers of the work of John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr – Like his colleagues, he was much more linked to American music.
In an interview with Alan Freeman’s radio program in 1976, Page pointed out that “The first records of the Beatles have nothing special”. For him, the last albums are the best.
“When they were at the time of Magical Mystery Tour (1967), they were really going somewhere. ”
You can say that the reciprocal was true. George HarrisonIn particular, he didn’t like Led Zeppelin when he first heard his debut album.
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