Damn, anyone who's played an entire concert and to play something like this as an encore is pretty impressive! I can see how his fingers want to move but Jimmy looks pretty fatigued.
@ung427 But this wasn't an encore, the encore's were Rock and Roll, Whole Lotta Love, and Communication Breakdown; and they were'nt played 'til after Stairway to Heaven.
It hurts my heart to see Jimmy like this. Think I'll go watch a more recent video to celebrate a healthy, drug-free Pagey. We are all blessed that he beat this madness and is still with us!
JImmy is dripping with sweat because he is loaded on boy (heroin). I should know, as a two year addict I sweat like a pig when I change a f***ing lightbulb. GIven that, this is one hell of a performance.
I was there! My first rock concert, when I was all of 13 years old.. I remember the 2 hour delay due to technical problems, the huge video screens (first time at a major outside festival- just as well as they were like ants on the stage from where we were). I vividly recall the amazing laser violin bow sequence in Dazed and Confused, and of course Stairway- last of five encoures! They finally left the stage around 1 am. They don't do concerts like that any more...
The DVD version of this is really good and it is from a Knebworth show, the last tour they did as Zep. I was just out of high school and saw them in '77 tour amazing. Jimmy's style is what he terms loosely tight, he fumbles now and then but his playing is spontaneous and emotional. Drugs, really, who can relate to that era these days and hope to understand everyone was into something back then. Some did not survive it. Drugs have a place in music creation but they are a means to an end. ZoSo...
Btw, this is the second night (11th August) Knebworth show, right? Gave it away when Percy said "I KNEW the way"... Robert's subtle way of telling everyone to up their game ;)
Seriously though, I always feel like there's a lot of power missing from the live performances of Achilles. The studio track is my favourite song of all time and I think it has a lot to do with the guitar orchestra that Pagey slammed together; all those insane, crashing overdubs. Probably why the DVD version is my favourite "performance" of the song, despite it being tweaked and made up of composites of both Knebworth nights.
@kildare97 Ah yes, you are right about it being the 4th, could've sworn I remembered it mentioning the 11th on The Garden Tapes. Oh well.
You're also right regarding '77... but only on certain nights when the mood took them (see: LA Forum), from what I can gather off my bootlegs. I haven't listened to those in a while mind.
@Oblivionator The DVD version of "Achilles" is from the 4 August show. None of the guitar parts were editted. That said, there was a good dose of reverb added and the main guitar solo had delayed added. The live versions, I feel, were always entertaining because they were played so recklessly that you never knew if they'd fall apart.
@tjcoffey I agree with you on that...they were always dancing on the edge of a precipice with this one (Page used to have a quote like that about their way of operating in general). Jimmy just started a website that's pretty cool, where among other things, he cites an important event in his life for each day that you happen to be checking in. Sometimes it's predictable call, but sometimes not at all. Btw, check my site for some interesting music...
When i'm listening to this song i get the most unexplainable feelings, music is just amazing, and i just love these guys for bringing us genius music like this, my life would be nothing without people like this, yes this is a bad version but i find something strangely beautiful about it.
I would love to see a Van Halen or Ozzy Osbourne cover. I don't doubt the talent of the musicians but there aren't many people with the gift of Robert Plants epic voice.
Listening carefully... did anyone notice JPJ is messing lots of notes? All comments blame Jimmy for this "strange" performance, but in my opinion it's not so. Bass line is sloppy. I adore them, each one of them, but that is what I hear.
@TheMsplin I agree i have always noticed John Paul Jones being quite sloppy in this performance of Achilles Last Stand but Jimmy really is not playing well i have to admit, i love the guy and he is a genius to come up with amazing stuff like this, but he was on heroin at this time and he had the flu at this paticular concert, it is not there best performance, but Led Zeppelin will always remain a favourite band of mine along with The Who
Credit to plant he is very professional,he once said when asked about the drug stuff,well someone has to pick up the mike and address the audience,suggesting that one of them i.e him had to stay sober,also i think this was not long after Plants accident when they had not played together ages,although i will say Page was unsackable,he could have gone on stage in whatever state,no one would have sacked him from the band.
@sysrq120 Ha ha the thought of Jimmy getting fired from Led Zeppelin is I don't know what to say. I think people miss the whole point on Led Zeppelin live. For me it's about leaving everything on the stage. You just don't complain about being privy to someone's confession, and that's what this is. If Jimmy had died on stage there would have been nothing left because he gave it away. I feel privileged just to see it. And Jimmy could do more on heroin or detoxing than most "Guitarist" do straight
@nellgwen48 I see what your saying but...poor old bonzo paid the ultimate price for the excesse's.Just an observation not a judgement.Folks can never really be judgemental on these things because if we had the dosh that goes with the fame we cant really say what we would do,or be like,although some do say the music industry and life style that goes with it can be fatal.IDK just my opinion.
@sysrq120 I agree with you as well. Because of the bad playing I'm mesmerized. For the first time I can look past the song and just hear four guys telling me their whole life story. I have HTWWW but now I want this whole thing. For me it's like Amadeus. I am the priest and Jimmy is Salieri. You don't get that with any other band. Other bands get up and play songs, LZ lives their life on stage. And it's that way when they are playing at the top of their game as well.
It is really sad that it was so clear that Zep's days were numbered, especially from this 2nd Kneb. 7:55 Page breaks a string 6:11 Percy sings I KNEW the way. At the end I was just like the guy from 9:26, heartbroken, almost exploding with tears that it is clear this is their last show. Knowing so much they will be leaving us. Clutching in desperation, trying to hold on to what I know from now on will be of no more. Not believing it could really end. There will never be another band like this...
@mikey7619 Yes the song did not start out well and he was looking at the bass player like "oh well" and damn sure Jimmy in his Heroin state of probably withdrawal was not helping. Gotta love em though. They are legends.
Don't complain about Jimmy's performance. If you tried to play having been addicted to heroin, probably you wouldn't even get onto the stage becouse of physical pain which accompanies this addiction. Jimmy as a heroin addict didn't care about focusing on playing as much as before. He thought of heroine instead of playing and heroine craving was thing he felt the most. This was the worst period and thank God he got over it - majority of addicts dies. Keep warm Jimmy! Sorry about my errors.
everyone hating on this performance saying its sloppy and the band is strung out. umm the band is drenched in sweat, this would be a concert, they're probably tired as fuck. give them a break, they're still better than everyone else. ever.
@arweninkashmir When I read a comment with "UMM" I know for a fact you do not know what you are talking about. Of all the recordings of this track NOTHING, and I repeat NOTHING compares to the live version at Hallenstadion in Zurich.
@arweninkashmir True they are still better than everyone else :D But I reallllly find Jimmy underwhelming in the knebworth videos I've seen. It's really evident when you come straight from listening to something from their 75 earls court concert :(
And truthfully, Robert wasn't in his top form here either.
THAT SAID- I love them, and I always will. They are incomparable!
this song is extremely long and difficult to play so anyone who complains about this performance or any other keep in mind you more than likely couldnt do better to save your lives. this is coming from a musician who has played it before
@swgurrl Yeah, but this version is plain sloppy even on the easy bits. This is a prime example of what happens when drugs and alcohol take a toll on the body. You gotta admit it's abit off..
Wow, I have the DVD released in 2003 and they doctored the audio and video big time! It sounds good but after watching this it's obvious that the guitar was redubbed for the DVD.
I started playing guitar because of them. Recently I wrote and recorded some songs. If you want to hear how Led Zeppelin-inspired music sounds 2011 style click on wisztrock. I think you'll like it.
When I saw Page/Plant live in 1998, Jimmy's playing was about 100x better than this. So happy to have seen him get his shit together and be back on top.
I think this song is an expression of pain after aspiring to great heights, achieving great heights, but being wounded grievously in the process. It's an incredibly difficult song, and a very difficult topic to address honestly as an artist. Some versions of this song are much better than others. But Jimmy always LIVED this song when he played it.
What many comments miss here is the pure authenticity of this piece. the internal struggle the demons eating away at Page. The musical performane, Bonham 'keeps everyhing together' look at the overarching effect. It is probably the most authentic piece of live rock music ever seen.
the first thing i think about to attribute to pages "not as good" playing here.. is basicly hes covered with sweat causing his fingers to slip like mad and the sound of the recording.. sounds cool either way to me. better than i could ever do
Unfortuantely this is the back end of Zeppelin, when Plant can't reach those high notes anymore and Page is addicted to Heroin, not to mention the band was unprepared for Knebworth.
@dt089 Being unprepared, I don't agree with that sentiment. Just look to the 8/4/79 show. The band by-inlarge smoked. This performance from 8/11/79 suffers from string breaks, a bitchy PA, Page being off and the 2 channel stereo mix sucking. That said, they did the Copenhagen warm ups before Knebworth. Those warmup shows are both fairly fine with no disasters. It's pretty well understood 8/11/79 suffered more from Page's Heroin addiction and technical problems instead of preparation.
@megashegem This sounds terrible for a reason. Its a bootleg recording of their Knebworth august 4th performance and i dare say its a terrible bootleg. The soundboards from these shows that are used here are very bad and i know because i own both. Yes i agree this song is incredibly hard to play live. In fact page recorded over 10 guitar parts for this song! So to clarify this is not a professionally mixed recording its just a bad soundboard from a imo good show and good performance.
@TheAncientmelody Yeah i meant the 11th. Bad gig for Zeppelin thats for sure. Your also right they didnt use anything at all from the 11th show for the dvd. The one on the dvd has extra guitar dubs to patch up mistakes. My advice check out the 2 Copenhagen warm up shows for Knebworth as they were recorded in the audience on excellent sound equipment.
If you want to hear an honest good live album with the band playing great and not strung out, buy Made In Japan. Zep was great in the studio but live for whatever reason was not very good and rarely tight. At least nothing on youtube and the official live album The Song Remains the Same wasn't much better. I loved Led Zep but never liked them live too much.
@BearReportsss i have never done heroin and broke a string! cut him some fuckin slack...not to mention who gives a rats ass......just because you sucked one cock and ate a hundred pussies, whats that make you? i'm tired of hearing fuckin old tired drug comments about this band.
I'm confused.. if you watch some other videos on here that seem to be of the exact same performance, you can see that it is clearly a different version. like they replayed the song or something. anyone know? i cant figure it out, am i being stupid somehow?
@pogopogopogo3 They played two Saturdays in a row using the same clothes, because the shows were going to be filmed. That's why you hear two different versions of the same song. Also, they played Ten Years Gone on the first Saturday show but not on the second.
@jkoff76 oh geez not another fucking tired ass stupid comment about page and heroin. oh yup here's one jkoff76 gee thanks, gee howa bout him kicken it, and a rock legend who's still alive. not romantic enough asshole?
Bonham was on the shit too!!! ive read that when they were recording in through the out door that Page and Bonham were shooting up right there in the studio.
Page is the sloppiest guitarist ever, seen them at Tampa Stadium in May 1977 when the infamous riot happened. They totally sucked in concert, this was the opening song. They were playing candy store rock when it started raining. Zeppelin walked off stage then the concert promoter told the crowd the concert was canceled and a guy jumped on stage and was shoved off by a cop. About 50,000 plus ppl destroyed everything after that. Personally it was the worst concert I ever went to. Zeppelin SUCKS!
@MasterWitchDoctor I highly doubt you were there, Not only was Achilles not played that night as it was towards the end of the set in 77 and Candy Store Rock wasn't played at all. Fucking dumbass
@DavidVIIIcool I see you weren't there. Mike Pike, the guy I rode there with was holding up some flags and in the Tampa Tribune the next day his arm is on the front page holding his flags and there next to him is me. So look it up, I'm the blond kid on his left.
@MasterWitchDoctor Eat a dick you cunt, too bad you never went to a Zep concert in the '69 - '75 period, would have eaten up any other half assed concerts you'd likely to have attended. Saying "Zeppelin SUCKS!" only shows you have a serious personal issue with them (I mean who in there right mind would actually believe such a thing? All bias and favouratism aside... they really are just that good), no one wants to hear you're bullshit experience in Tampa (doubt you were there -_-) so fuck off.
@jimmyzo3o truth hurt erager? name calling and profanity makes you look like a fool and a ne're do well. oh wait you are so please do us all a favor and put your computer under the back wheel of your vehicle and back over it. can you say ignore?
@MasterWitchDoctor Dude, I couldn't care less. I always ignore these comments (cos they're usually kids), but the fact is you are a blown out wrinkly old sour twat (seeing as you were old to enough to attend concerts in the 70's) and you are on the internet writing comments like zeppelin sucks.... what does that say about you? What a joke, life hasn't been good to you eh? Profanity makes me look like a fool? They're just words, words which are there to illustrate the real fools like you. Peace.
@MasterWitchDoctor And seriously...if you find ANY recorded proof of a concert where they OPENED with Achilles AND played Candy Store Rock, don't waste time arguing with me on Youtube. Get in touch with Empress Valley or one of the other big boot labels. You could probably get a good price for your (bullshit sour-ass fantasy) tape.
@MasterWitchDoctor This statement is so full of inaccuracies it's ridiculous...and it's obvious you're either lying or fried beyond memory. They played Tampa in in June, they never got to Achilles, and they never played Candy Store Rock live. EVER. And most Zep bootleg connoisseurs who are big fans but also severe critics feel that their performance in Tampa was very strong before it was cut off. The May-June thing is no biggie...but the other stuff really shows you up as a liar.
@deslock1 What are the features at play here. Bonham is as tight as ever. Page is on heroin. I honestly think this is one of the most honest and authentic performances of the rock genre ever seen. Yes its loose and a little messy. I believe that THIS IS PRECISELY WHAT MAKES THIS GREAT. Page is fighting his personal demons here. Some of us know what that means. con expressionairre.
@Briansigs I would like to say to all! This is an awful soundboard from this night...The playing is not as bad as it sounds. On this it sounds like page is playing a fisher price guitar. Trust me i have hundreds of Zep bootlegs. For those who clame they know...what the Led Zeppelin dvd. Page is on fire! Anyway yes hard song is an understatement...page recorded over 10 guitar parts for this song. And again terrible sound quality on this
I think I like them even more after this. Who cares if they were shitfaced?? They were rock stars, thats the point isn't it? Or am I missing something...
god, I can't get this song out of my head
MadresFucker 2 days ago
Achilles Last Wreck
TeamSpedAttack 3 days ago
rare rare rare
AqwOtavvio 1 month ago 7
heroin is a hell of a drug
robdavewal 1 month ago
Damn, anyone who's played an entire concert and to play something like this as an encore is pretty impressive! I can see how his fingers want to move but Jimmy looks pretty fatigued.
ung427 2 months ago
@ung427 But this wasn't an encore, the encore's were Rock and Roll, Whole Lotta Love, and Communication Breakdown; and they were'nt played 'til after Stairway to Heaven.
bamf4k 1 month ago in playlist Led-Zeppelin: Both of the Complete Knebworth Shows
I suspect that the quality of the recording is why this video is less than epic.
cubicleclown1 2 months ago
Jimmy Jimmy Jimmy, your still one of the most beautiful people I have ever laid my eyes upon.
allwomn1 2 months ago
Jimmy broke the string on 7:56
CSSpitfire 2 months ago 3
It hurts my heart to see Jimmy like this. Think I'll go watch a more recent video to celebrate a healthy, drug-free Pagey. We are all blessed that he beat this madness and is still with us!
JimmyPageAddict 2 months ago
the performance is fucking awsome, but the picture before you click on the video. Page looks like a zombie from the walking dead.
Grungeman23 2 months ago 4
4:55 Page has made it>!!>! wow...that was something>! he is soo out of his mind and genius in this video! His body is barely holding his soul.
kubiksahara 2 months ago
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chuckbeers 3 months ago
he is sweating like crazy he is so thin also
cronicism 3 months ago
Bonham and Jones carry Page through the 1st solo.
TopHatOnly 3 months ago
JImmy is dripping with sweat because he is loaded on boy (heroin). I should know, as a two year addict I sweat like a pig when I change a f***ing lightbulb. GIven that, this is one hell of a performance.
lokezep 4 months ago
@lokezep yeah youre wright but the reasonjimmy page was so good is because of the drugs
Gregson101 3 months ago
WHo said heroin never worked for people?
tyroneblackman82 4 months ago in playlist More videos from 74BlackDiamond74
I was there! My first rock concert, when I was all of 13 years old.. I remember the 2 hour delay due to technical problems, the huge video screens (first time at a major outside festival- just as well as they were like ants on the stage from where we were). I vividly recall the amazing laser violin bow sequence in Dazed and Confused, and of course Stairway- last of five encoures! They finally left the stage around 1 am. They don't do concerts like that any more...
Paralia11 4 months ago in playlist Led Zeppelin 2
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I'm gonna be honest. I feel like I'm watching a StSanders video.
ChablesMan 5 months ago
He just pushes the string out of his way and carries on. No expression of it! I would have been like @#&%$*# (ratchenfracken)!
boobaloo009 5 months ago
The DVD version of this is really good and it is from a Knebworth show, the last tour they did as Zep. I was just out of high school and saw them in '77 tour amazing. Jimmy's style is what he terms loosely tight, he fumbles now and then but his playing is spontaneous and emotional. Drugs, really, who can relate to that era these days and hope to understand everyone was into something back then. Some did not survive it. Drugs have a place in music creation but they are a means to an end. ZoSo...
CarvinTone 5 months ago
Robert happy birthday from Poland
kaczysta13 5 months ago
no frizzy hair on these guys...wow..
annacramful 5 months ago
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annacramful 5 months ago
Why no highlight of Bonham? The star of this song. :(
Blues353 5 months ago
@Blues353 Bonham and JPJ....JPJ was the one constant in Led Zep, largely overlooked. he was the glue that held them together.
rwoods2k 5 months ago
this song is just somthin else :o especially live!
floresrh2000 5 months ago
thumps up if thaught that you would see Smiagol
supergization 6 months ago
Btw, this is the second night (11th August) Knebworth show, right? Gave it away when Percy said "I KNEW the way"... Robert's subtle way of telling everyone to up their game ;)
Oblivionator 6 months ago
Yeah, I'll take the tweaked DVD version tbh.
Seriously though, I always feel like there's a lot of power missing from the live performances of Achilles. The studio track is my favourite song of all time and I think it has a lot to do with the guitar orchestra that Pagey slammed together; all those insane, crashing overdubs. Probably why the DVD version is my favourite "performance" of the song, despite it being tweaked and made up of composites of both Knebworth nights.
Eh.
Oblivionator 6 months ago
@Oblivionator your wrong on that dvd its just the 4th.
also in 77 This was played amazing
kildare97 6 months ago
@kildare97 Ah yes, you are right about it being the 4th, could've sworn I remembered it mentioning the 11th on The Garden Tapes. Oh well.
You're also right regarding '77... but only on certain nights when the mood took them (see: LA Forum), from what I can gather off my bootlegs. I haven't listened to those in a while mind.
Oblivionator 6 months ago
@Oblivionator listen to more in 77 Achilles was amazing
kildare97 6 months ago
@Oblivionator The DVD version of "Achilles" is from the 4 August show. None of the guitar parts were editted. That said, there was a good dose of reverb added and the main guitar solo had delayed added. The live versions, I feel, were always entertaining because they were played so recklessly that you never knew if they'd fall apart.
tjcoffey 5 months ago
@tjcoffey I agree with you on that...they were always dancing on the edge of a precipice with this one (Page used to have a quote like that about their way of operating in general). Jimmy just started a website that's pretty cool, where among other things, he cites an important event in his life for each day that you happen to be checking in. Sometimes it's predictable call, but sometimes not at all. Btw, check my site for some interesting music...
mielazul 5 months ago
These guys are legends. I would have loved to have been there. Best band ever lived.
ZEP0034 6 months ago
PAGE ! the greatest of all...
janiakowska 6 months ago 3
When i'm listening to this song i get the most unexplainable feelings, music is just amazing, and i just love these guys for bringing us genius music like this, my life would be nothing without people like this, yes this is a bad version but i find something strangely beautiful about it.
Sludge9509 7 months ago
I would love to see a Van Halen or Ozzy Osbourne cover. I don't doubt the talent of the musicians but there aren't many people with the gift of Robert Plants epic voice.
VanHalenLedZeppelin7 7 months ago
@VanHalenLedZeppelin7 yeah his epic shitty voice
juggalokilla222 7 months ago
@juggalokilla222 what the fucks wrong with you? Plants one of the greatest rock vocalists of all time.
Stratocaster21st1994 6 months ago
Listening carefully... did anyone notice JPJ is messing lots of notes? All comments blame Jimmy for this "strange" performance, but in my opinion it's not so. Bass line is sloppy. I adore them, each one of them, but that is what I hear.
TheMsplin 7 months ago
@TheMsplin I agree i have always noticed John Paul Jones being quite sloppy in this performance of Achilles Last Stand but Jimmy really is not playing well i have to admit, i love the guy and he is a genius to come up with amazing stuff like this, but he was on heroin at this time and he had the flu at this paticular concert, it is not there best performance, but Led Zeppelin will always remain a favourite band of mine along with The Who
Sludge9509 7 months ago
@Sludge9509 I agree too. Fortunately they also had lots of wonderful and amazing concerts :)
TheMsplin 7 months ago
@TheMsplin Yes, both amazing bands.
Sludge9509 7 months ago
Jimmy must have been sky high while playing this song
anastogod 7 months ago
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I can hear on Jimmy Page Guitar a Ailester Crowler,shouting loudly, Yeahhh
MrJimmypage32 7 months ago
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I can hear on Jimmy Page Guitar a Ailester Crowler,shouting loudly, Yeahhh
MrJimmypage32 7 months ago
Credit to plant he is very professional,he once said when asked about the drug stuff,well someone has to pick up the mike and address the audience,suggesting that one of them i.e him had to stay sober,also i think this was not long after Plants accident when they had not played together ages,although i will say Page was unsackable,he could have gone on stage in whatever state,no one would have sacked him from the band.
sysrq120 7 months ago in playlist Música
@sysrq120 Ha ha the thought of Jimmy getting fired from Led Zeppelin is I don't know what to say. I think people miss the whole point on Led Zeppelin live. For me it's about leaving everything on the stage. You just don't complain about being privy to someone's confession, and that's what this is. If Jimmy had died on stage there would have been nothing left because he gave it away. I feel privileged just to see it. And Jimmy could do more on heroin or detoxing than most "Guitarist" do straight
nellgwen48 7 months ago
@nellgwen48 I see what your saying but...poor old bonzo paid the ultimate price for the excesse's.Just an observation not a judgement.Folks can never really be judgemental on these things because if we had the dosh that goes with the fame we cant really say what we would do,or be like,although some do say the music industry and life style that goes with it can be fatal.IDK just my opinion.
sysrq120 7 months ago
@sysrq120 I agree with you as well. Because of the bad playing I'm mesmerized. For the first time I can look past the song and just hear four guys telling me their whole life story. I have HTWWW but now I want this whole thing. For me it's like Amadeus. I am the priest and Jimmy is Salieri. You don't get that with any other band. Other bands get up and play songs, LZ lives their life on stage. And it's that way when they are playing at the top of their game as well.
nellgwen48 7 months ago
It is really sad that it was so clear that Zep's days were numbered, especially from this 2nd Kneb. 7:55 Page breaks a string 6:11 Percy sings I KNEW the way. At the end I was just like the guy from 9:26, heartbroken, almost exploding with tears that it is clear this is their last show. Knowing so much they will be leaving us. Clutching in desperation, trying to hold on to what I know from now on will be of no more. Not believing it could really end. There will never be another band like this...
Downwiththebaby 7 months ago 2
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At 1:03-1:04 did anyone notice robert plant's eye popping out of its socket?
mikey7619 8 months ago
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mikey7619 8 months ago
@mikey7619 Yes the song did not start out well and he was looking at the bass player like "oh well" and damn sure Jimmy in his Heroin state of probably withdrawal was not helping. Gotta love em though. They are legends.
KSitz77 8 months ago
Don't complain about Jimmy's performance. If you tried to play having been addicted to heroin, probably you wouldn't even get onto the stage becouse of physical pain which accompanies this addiction. Jimmy as a heroin addict didn't care about focusing on playing as much as before. He thought of heroine instead of playing and heroine craving was thing he felt the most. This was the worst period and thank God he got over it - majority of addicts dies. Keep warm Jimmy! Sorry about my errors.
ptoki8 8 months ago
robert plant the king
MsPiotto 8 months ago
dood, this concert was like 6 hours long
sOaPyiLLuSiON6 8 months ago
everyone hating on this performance saying its sloppy and the band is strung out. umm the band is drenched in sweat, this would be a concert, they're probably tired as fuck. give them a break, they're still better than everyone else. ever.
arweninkashmir 8 months ago 15
@arweninkashmir When I read a comment with "UMM" I know for a fact you do not know what you are talking about. Of all the recordings of this track NOTHING, and I repeat NOTHING compares to the live version at Hallenstadion in Zurich.
timray5103 1 month ago
@arweninkashmir True they are still better than everyone else :D But I reallllly find Jimmy underwhelming in the knebworth videos I've seen. It's really evident when you come straight from listening to something from their 75 earls court concert :(
And truthfully, Robert wasn't in his top form here either.
THAT SAID- I love them, and I always will. They are incomparable!
Sevyn1290 1 month ago
@arweninkashmir OK, maybe they really were tired but they should've been sober enough to give a decent performance.
TaroGabunia 1 month ago
yeah page!!!the king!!!
towar85 8 months ago
mannnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn we get stuck with kanye west and shit its just not fair!!
ainsleywainsley 8 months ago 2
yea page breaks his string at 7:57
shanecombs1993 8 months ago
1:03 i lol`d
CORRDiesel 9 months ago
nah i can't watch that it's too depressing
fuckamericanidiot 9 months ago
this song is extremely long and difficult to play so anyone who complains about this performance or any other keep in mind you more than likely couldnt do better to save your lives. this is coming from a musician who has played it before
swgurrl 9 months ago
@swgurrl Yeah, but this version is plain sloppy even on the easy bits. This is a prime example of what happens when drugs and alcohol take a toll on the body. You gotta admit it's abit off..
ssJotaku 8 months ago
wooh not the best perfomence iv ever heard of them lol but stiill gd
acdcruleurmom 9 months ago
even heroin couldn't hold back jimmi. hahahaha.
nah, i love the man
stoner12008 9 months ago
Wow, I have the DVD released in 2003 and they doctored the audio and video big time! It sounds good but after watching this it's obvious that the guitar was redubbed for the DVD.
Eradicator00987 9 months ago
Ummmm...................
tutupatia 9 months ago
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I started playing guitar because of them. Recently I wrote and recorded some songs. If you want to hear how Led Zeppelin-inspired music sounds 2011 style click on wisztrock. I think you'll like it.
Wisztrock 9 months ago
When I saw Page/Plant live in 1998, Jimmy's playing was about 100x better than this. So happy to have seen him get his shit together and be back on top.
Tajoumaru 9 months ago
I think this song is an expression of pain after aspiring to great heights, achieving great heights, but being wounded grievously in the process. It's an incredibly difficult song, and a very difficult topic to address honestly as an artist. Some versions of this song are much better than others. But Jimmy always LIVED this song when he played it.
mielazul 9 months ago
at 7:57 the high E string breaks and Jimmy keeps on with the song!!
millerhighlife2112 9 months ago 21
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This is so funny :D He's in his own fucking soup, sweated like a wild pig, thanks to heroin, and to top of that the string breaks...
Note that he needed to bend every note he played, after the string broke, because it instantly detunes guitar...
mamakin777 7 months ago
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and he is laughing!
How eceally he went on?
supergization 6 months ago
Jimmy U're my Hero :-*
GeneralEisenhower 9 months ago
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GeneralEisenhower 10 months ago
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MrTrsmusic 10 months ago
What many comments miss here is the pure authenticity of this piece. the internal struggle the demons eating away at Page. The musical performane, Bonham 'keeps everyhing together' look at the overarching effect. It is probably the most authentic piece of live rock music ever seen.
teddingtontcu 10 months ago
This was my favorite song at this concert. I was just 14
TheCozybear65 10 months ago
Happy Mardi Gras 2011!
From Orpheus and Atlas' mighty arma virumque pre cano?
How could they say NO?
Ruff Ruff Ruff
Thor's melting pot of pre-lenten air at gunja~den.
SuperMegaUberGenius 10 months ago
Sloppy awesomness
markpen23 11 months ago
the first thing i think about to attribute to pages "not as good" playing here.. is basicly hes covered with sweat causing his fingers to slip like mad and the sound of the recording.. sounds cool either way to me. better than i could ever do
TheThroney 11 months ago
he has terrible problems with string during this concert, during over the hills and far away he breaks it again xD
jimmydanpage 11 months ago
other guitarists would of stopped playing after a string break..but not the great jimmy page.. he made a 5 string sound golden lol
dannyaudio 11 months ago
Stil sounds awesome
lynroes67 11 months ago
Knebworth 79' AKA The Jimmy Page Sweat Fest. Pagey is my role model but man heroin took over his life at this point
LoCo4GuiTaR 11 months ago
@LoCo4GuiTaR Is that what breaking a string feels like?
oh well. let's keep playing. virtuosity takes no talent whatsoever. it just flows as same as sweet and faraway distance.
SuperMegaUberGenius 10 months ago
love plant's face at 1:04 :)
impeki39 11 months ago
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impeki39 11 months ago
Unfortuantely this is the back end of Zeppelin, when Plant can't reach those high notes anymore and Page is addicted to Heroin, not to mention the band was unprepared for Knebworth.
dt089 11 months ago
@dt089 Being unprepared, I don't agree with that sentiment. Just look to the 8/4/79 show. The band by-inlarge smoked. This performance from 8/11/79 suffers from string breaks, a bitchy PA, Page being off and the 2 channel stereo mix sucking. That said, they did the Copenhagen warm ups before Knebworth. Those warmup shows are both fairly fine with no disasters. It's pretty well understood 8/11/79 suffered more from Page's Heroin addiction and technical problems instead of preparation.
zoso8t0 8 months ago
what heorin does to people...
luiscurtolo 11 months ago
Not one of Pages best performances lol
plcowner 1 year ago
Im a big Zeppelin fan but that was a terrible Jimmy Page. I don't know if he was wasted or he had guitar probs. and he just went with it.
megashegem 1 year ago
@megashegem This sounds terrible for a reason. Its a bootleg recording of their Knebworth august 4th performance and i dare say its a terrible bootleg. The soundboards from these shows that are used here are very bad and i know because i own both. Yes i agree this song is incredibly hard to play live. In fact page recorded over 10 guitar parts for this song! So to clarify this is not a professionally mixed recording its just a bad soundboard from a imo good show and good performance.
TheLegendaryKnives 1 year ago 2
@TheLegendaryKnives I'm pretty sure this bootleg is from august 11th and they put the august 4th performance on the DVD.
TheAncientmelody 11 months ago
@TheAncientmelody Yeah i meant the 11th. Bad gig for Zeppelin thats for sure. Your also right they didnt use anything at all from the 11th show for the dvd. The one on the dvd has extra guitar dubs to patch up mistakes. My advice check out the 2 Copenhagen warm up shows for Knebworth as they were recorded in the audience on excellent sound equipment.
TheLegendaryKnives 10 months ago
@megashegem heroin... 77-79 was crap for him
luiscurtolo 11 months ago
check out teslafieds vidoe of govt mule doing this nye at the beacon....fantastic
MWINEKNOW1 1 year ago
yeah sorry but page sucks, but its amazing to solid bonham is through the whole thing. Im sure he was on shit to, best drummer ever!
DrGolfJam 1 year ago
my god......he made an absolute dogs dinner of one of my faveourite solos, think i'll stick to the album version:P
bridgfordbill 1 year ago
@bridgfordbill This is not the easiest song to play live. And Jimmy Page was obviously on drugs.
DarthPena 1 year ago
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Led Zep SUCKS!!!!!!
drnapls2 1 year ago
Happy Birthday Jimmy!!!
gamper33 1 year ago
Happy Bithday Jimmy....You freak'en HOT Mess!
griffybox 1 year ago 24
Ahhhhhhhha! Ahhhhhhhha!
Ahhhhhhhha. Ahhhhhhhha.
Ahhhhhhhha! Ahhhhhhhha!
Ahhhhhhhha. Ahhhhhhhha.
whenallisone 1 year ago
EPIC
Sludge9509 1 year ago
If you want to hear an honest good live album with the band playing great and not strung out, buy Made In Japan. Zep was great in the studio but live for whatever reason was not very good and rarely tight. At least nothing on youtube and the official live album The Song Remains the Same wasn't much better. I loved Led Zep but never liked them live too much.
stagnate100 1 year ago
@stagnate100 yeah it was probably the heroin
BearReportsss 1 year ago
@BearReportsss i have never done heroin and broke a string! cut him some fuckin slack...not to mention who gives a rats ass......just because you sucked one cock and ate a hundred pussies, whats that make you? i'm tired of hearing fuckin old tired drug comments about this band.
dog1clear 1 year ago
I'm confused.. if you watch some other videos on here that seem to be of the exact same performance, you can see that it is clearly a different version. like they replayed the song or something. anyone know? i cant figure it out, am i being stupid somehow?
pogopogopogo3 1 year ago
@pogopogopogo3 They played two Saturdays in a row using the same clothes, because the shows were going to be filmed. That's why you hear two different versions of the same song. Also, they played Ten Years Gone on the first Saturday show but not on the second.
PRONET27 1 year ago
@PRONET27 Oh so it was two days. I thought of that but I figured they would have changed clothes. Thanks!
pogopogopogo3 1 year ago
Prog Rock on Heroin!!!
jkoff76 1 year ago
@jkoff76 oh geez not another fucking tired ass stupid comment about page and heroin. oh yup here's one jkoff76 gee thanks, gee howa bout him kicken it, and a rock legend who's still alive. not romantic enough asshole?
dog1clear 1 year ago
@dog1clear, alright Richard III, Shakespeare on heroin??
jkoff76 1 year ago
@jkoff76 now your talkin big guy.......lol
dog1clear 1 year ago
Bonham was on the shit too!!! ive read that when they were recording in through the out door that Page and Bonham were shooting up right there in the studio.
Mr1979longhorn 1 year ago
@Mr1979longhorn oh yea, they did it as their wives were having babies huh? probably shot up during christmas dinner too.
dog1clear 1 year ago
LOL, Jimmy looks like he lost 30 pounds playing that song.
What's up with the baggy clothes?
HuckMeHard 1 year ago
one of the most underrated led zep's song... omg this is VERY nice
affeikmksnjfnjnxfsdf 1 year ago
I guess heroin makes you sweat a lot and play like shit.
Cash2112 1 year ago
Wake up, people.......you realize it hot and he is sweating like all get out....
Plus not ever preformance is exactly like a record studio enviroment..........
Please........they are Rocknrolls fathers........
Rock on
italianzephead 1 year ago
Page is the sloppiest guitarist ever, seen them at Tampa Stadium in May 1977 when the infamous riot happened. They totally sucked in concert, this was the opening song. They were playing candy store rock when it started raining. Zeppelin walked off stage then the concert promoter told the crowd the concert was canceled and a guy jumped on stage and was shoved off by a cop. About 50,000 plus ppl destroyed everything after that. Personally it was the worst concert I ever went to. Zeppelin SUCKS!
MasterWitchDoctor 1 year ago
@MasterWitchDoctor I highly doubt you were there, Not only was Achilles not played that night as it was towards the end of the set in 77 and Candy Store Rock wasn't played at all. Fucking dumbass
DavidVIIIcool 1 year ago
@DavidVIIIcool I see you weren't there. Mike Pike, the guy I rode there with was holding up some flags and in the Tampa Tribune the next day his arm is on the front page holding his flags and there next to him is me. So look it up, I'm the blond kid on his left.
MasterWitchDoctor 1 year ago
@MasterWitchDoctor yep. Huge element of "Emperors new clothes" here I think.....
MultiDean75 1 year ago
@MasterWitchDoctor Eat a dick you cunt, too bad you never went to a Zep concert in the '69 - '75 period, would have eaten up any other half assed concerts you'd likely to have attended. Saying "Zeppelin SUCKS!" only shows you have a serious personal issue with them (I mean who in there right mind would actually believe such a thing? All bias and favouratism aside... they really are just that good), no one wants to hear you're bullshit experience in Tampa (doubt you were there -_-) so fuck off.
jimmyzo3o 1 year ago
@jimmyzo3o truth hurt erager? name calling and profanity makes you look like a fool and a ne're do well. oh wait you are so please do us all a favor and put your computer under the back wheel of your vehicle and back over it. can you say ignore?
MasterWitchDoctor 1 year ago
@MasterWitchDoctor Dude, I couldn't care less. I always ignore these comments (cos they're usually kids), but the fact is you are a blown out wrinkly old sour twat (seeing as you were old to enough to attend concerts in the 70's) and you are on the internet writing comments like zeppelin sucks.... what does that say about you? What a joke, life hasn't been good to you eh? Profanity makes me look like a fool? They're just words, words which are there to illustrate the real fools like you. Peace.
jimmyzo3o 1 year ago
@MasterWitchDoctor And seriously...if you find ANY recorded proof of a concert where they OPENED with Achilles AND played Candy Store Rock, don't waste time arguing with me on Youtube. Get in touch with Empress Valley or one of the other big boot labels. You could probably get a good price for your (bullshit sour-ass fantasy) tape.
mielazul 9 months ago
@MasterWitchDoctor This statement is so full of inaccuracies it's ridiculous...and it's obvious you're either lying or fried beyond memory. They played Tampa in in June, they never got to Achilles, and they never played Candy Store Rock live. EVER. And most Zep bootleg connoisseurs who are big fans but also severe critics feel that their performance in Tampa was very strong before it was cut off. The May-June thing is no biggie...but the other stuff really shows you up as a liar.
mielazul 9 months ago
Hurts to watch this :"(
FcBarcaman1193 1 year ago
Page is horrible in this. It's embarrassing.
deslock1 1 year ago
@deslock1 What are the features at play here. Bonham is as tight as ever. Page is on heroin. I honestly think this is one of the most honest and authentic performances of the rock genre ever seen. Yes its loose and a little messy. I believe that THIS IS PRECISELY WHAT MAKES THIS GREAT. Page is fighting his personal demons here. Some of us know what that means. con expressionairre.
teddingtontcu 1 year ago 3
it is as if God himself is playing the guitar
theskiimyster 1 year ago
Jimmy Page is a musical monster !! here heroin addiction but great
tartinovich9 1 year ago
i love the way they play live...you know...particularly page he plays kinda wrong and badly... but it sounds good....=)
tupefuzz 1 year ago
'killing it' Jimmy Page style
beAllbugger 1 year ago
England in April and he's sweating like that??!! He looks like he's just been jogging in the tropics....lol
Rentaghost76 1 year ago
What a freaking mess lol........................
Briansigs 1 year ago 29
@Briansigs I would like to say to all! This is an awful soundboard from this night...The playing is not as bad as it sounds. On this it sounds like page is playing a fisher price guitar. Trust me i have hundreds of Zep bootlegs. For those who clame they know...what the Led Zeppelin dvd. Page is on fire! Anyway yes hard song is an understatement...page recorded over 10 guitar parts for this song. And again terrible sound quality on this
TheLegendaryKnives 1 year ago
@Briansigs what mess are you talking about? fucking greatest guitarist of all time!!
195952 8 months ago
putz que merdão este led... o pedal enluqueceu e as notas estão desconpassadas... muito ácido
HumbertoPoubel 1 year ago
Poor guy is a hot mess here.
OCdodgerfan88 1 year ago
@OCdodgerfan88 drug induced mess
Shafasta1 1 year ago
its actually much easier to play music on heroin john73a is a lil bitch
DeliciousBob 1 year ago
@DeliciousBob how do you know ß have you tried? How does it feel?
misterbrand 1 year ago
I think I like them even more after this. Who cares if they were shitfaced?? They were rock stars, thats the point isn't it? Or am I missing something...
Samgurney88 1 year ago 2
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@Samgurney88 haha if you liked this type in Michael Sutherland guitar solo its this young kid playing some mental stuff
MrDharvey666 1 year ago
in 1979 they are officialy considered rock gods.
Abe91195 1 year ago
@Abe91195 actually in 1979 they were in decline as punk had taken over, in 77 they were gods
Matthew9444 1 year ago
@Matthew9444 oh thats right
Abe91195 1 year ago
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@Matthew9444 haha if you liked this type in Michael Sutherland guitar solo its this young kid playing some mental stuff
MrDharvey666 1 year ago
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@Abe91195 haha if you liked this type in Michael Sutherland guitar solo its this young kid playing some mental stuff
MrDharvey666 1 year ago
They really don't sound good here. Its too bad they were never really "tight" live. They wrote some amazing music!
If Zep could've put together those great complex songs with that "blues" swagger and improvisation live, they would've been absolutely untouchable.
khabibissell 1 year ago
Bonzo is Chuck Norris
Page is Merlin
J.P.Jones is The Architect
Plant is Jesus
gred0sadir0bulla 1 year ago 2
It's a little known fact, out of every 309,311 people there are at least 28 who don't know what music is. :(
Nevermindit132 1 year ago
WITH OR WITHOUT HEROIN..JIMMY IS THE BEST...
SOUNDCHASERX 1 year ago
Thank you God for making Led Zeppelin!
themarkmystic 1 year ago 2
Bonzo!!!
nakaufo 1 year ago 2
i play a little guitar and what jimmy's doing is insane
pureintellectual 1 year ago
i have never seen another musician play so ripped on heroin besides layne staley...both greats!
ETMadScientist 1 year ago
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No one seems to mention how fucking crazey awsome john's drumming is
helter1234 1 year ago
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helter1234 1 year ago
j page catastrophe guitariste nul
07kitara 1 year ago
@07kitara WTF????? you idiot.
Aztlnight 1 year ago
j page catastrophe guitariste
07kitara 1 year ago
@07kitara agree :(
idaniels 1 year ago