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  • I was there, too! With my girlfriend at the time, we had a GREAT DAY! And, yes, I DO Believe it was the first "Day on the Green" Bill Graham ever did...A fine concert, despite the facts that they had been up partying in LA the night/morning just prior to this for Bonzo's birthday & their LA Forum concert,, a fact which Robert Plant alludes to when he says, right at the beginning "It doesn't seem like we should be doing this at this moment, as we've only had about two and a half hours sleep...".

  • I was there! By the time Led Zepp got on the stage I was in a fog.....If I remember correctly(ya never know) I think there was fog surrounding Sutro Tower by the time Led Zeppelin started playing. I got there at 10:00AM and man that was a long day but worth it. I think that was the first Day on the Green. I think it was June2, 1973...

  • pretty cool...but man you had some terrible seats

  • Not too bad for audio and visual back in the day~Ha ;)

  • 1:42 that sure is a lotta dope smoke coming from the stage! :D

  • too short, my high school teacher took me and a friend to this show. I was 14. Took so long for them to get there, hours and hours past. A nightmare sitting on those concrete and wood bleacher seats. Tubes got booed as Quay Lude came on stage, little did they know. Lee Micheals also played and no one seemed to know who he was. Of course when they played in Oakland, July 77, Judas Priest was booed, again little did they know. I thought even with the wait that it was a great show. Atruesaeaof peps

  • The tickets were $6! SIX FRIGGIN BUCKS EACH!

  • @SD1Chargers

    And at the time we were complaining because shows at Winterland were only $4. Lee Michaels played twice because LZ was so late arriving.

  • @ichupichu

    How many times did you see Zeppelin live?

  • @SD1Chargers

    Not really sure, but it was at least 10. First time was in '68 or '69 at a tiny place on the New Hampshire coast called the Hampton Beach Ballroom. Best show was at the Boston Garden in 1971 about a week or two before the release of their fourth album. Three encores that night. The place rocked. Moved to the SF in early 73 and caught the Kezar debacle. They were disjointed most of the show. They didn't get a chance to settle down after arriving 2 hours late.

  • @ichupichu

    I heard there were a lot of great shows in the Garden - my brother in laws wife knew members of Boston and Aerosmith having grown up around Boston. They had some cool stories.

  • @SD1Chargers

    I saw a few good shows there before I moved to San Francisco. Boston had a lot of great old venues. Very small with good sound. The Gaaden is where the big bands played. I saw LZ, the Rolling Stones in 72, and Jethro Tull four times there, among others. The "Thick As A Brick" show was the best Tull show I ever saw and I saw them over 20 times. The Stones show still ranks as a top 5 show of all time, maybe even #1. Mick Taylor was amazing. The place shook.

  • @ichupichu

    Very cool - just a fan or did you write reviews?

  • @SD1Chargers

    Just a hard core fan. I have been lucky to see a lot of great music over the years. Saw the Grateful Dead over 200 times. By far the most of any band. Zappa was another favorite. Saw him over 20 times as well as Santana, Jethro Tull, and a few more. Gets a little blurry over time. Back then a show cost about an hour's worth of work so I went a lot. Winterland had three bands a night with the first act a headliner anywhere else, for $4. Life was good.

  • @ichupichu

    Wow...that's amazing..

  • I saw them 3 times: the irst opening for Country Joe & the Fish's last concert together at Fillmore West, January '69, then saw them headlining at Fillmore West next time they came theough, like 6 months later at which they headlined, then at the ill-fated Black Day at the Oakland Coliseum where Judas Priest and Rick Derringer opened for them, at which they pretty well sucked! Sorry, Pagey, but you lost it when your fingers were broken up at Madison Square Garden by a thrown firecracker

  • I WANT A TIME MACHINE. SOMEONE GIVE ME A FU**ING TIME MACHINE RIGHT NOW

  • Im 62 and this song still rocks

  • LOL Kezar statium.....that must have been cozy.

  • now thats a concert... not like todays lame ass shit. MASS EXODUS to these shows...

  • @Wollenschrank go to hell you cunt

  • @Wollenschrank you suck king kongs ring finger faget

  • Thought -u d dig the PRESS GANG video--if u dig zep. Met Pagey btw -nice bloke -lived up the road from me. Dave

  • I was 30 feet from the stage

  • @unklroskoe show me where exactly:D

  • @unklroskoe dude your probabley like 16

  • @SuperMrmeowmeow lol :P

    I'm 16 :d

  • @unklroskoe your comment is the first comment i have ever liked, out of pure jealousy and amazement

  • @unklroskoe i'm really enious!!!

  • great seats. I hope they were given to you. the kinda seat a sniper would like.

  • check out the band 24 karat under the name greg weiler...they have a chick singer who rocks zeppelin! wow

  • that must suck sitting behind the stage

  • I keep slowing it down to see if I can find a young me somewhere in the crowd,that was a memorable day.

  • @unklroskoe Thats so amazziiinnggg!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • The facts just the facts??? hmmm sounds and reads like kurd55!!!! hell no!

  • Apesar de não ter nada, só a galera é de tirar o fôlego!!

  • Dirty Harry Scene Filmed here the freak with knifed leg chased by clint

  • So this was right after they killed the guy, or right before?

  • Damn they sounded good.

  • I was there, the sound system that day was way off with a lot of echo coming back from apartments and buildings you can see in the background. It mattered not as the GODS of rock and roll spilled their magic all over the stage, whooohoo!

  • damn, I was 6 years old and in SF at the time. If only...

  • My favorite group of all time for real

  • Can we just go back to sleep and somehow wake up in the 70's once again and have a little REAL ROCK breakfast with Zeppelin , Skynyrd, Queen,AC/DC and sprinkle in a bit of Nazareth, Thin Lizzy and some KIss as we head out the door?!!

  • FUCKING TIME MACHINES HOW DO THEY WORK!!

    

  • remember how wonderful concerts used to smell too???? ahhh, those were the days!!

  • yeah..you,re right. best music has been ,made already.

    al least we got video and their legacy to remeber

  • 1973 i was 13 just didnt realise how big they really were ,radio one caroline small cassette player and that was about it except the theme music to top of the pops a band that were never on it ??? who were these gods ?

  • Whats this from??

  • cant believe how many people are there

  • Warner Chappell a blokeado mi video que yo habia hecho con mucho gusto para compartirlo con todos ustedes los fans de LED ZEPPELIN......

  • one guy wants a time machine and one guys hates MTV.

  • I never forget when they did stairway to heaven. The old stadium is torn down now and there is a smaller one now. Another great concert at kezar was when Bill Graham did the Snack Concert to raise money for School sports programs. That was another awesome concert. Those days a long gone.

  • @forfaka

    That's the show where the Grateful Dead broke out "Blues for Allah". Got in for free that day.

  • I was there and after the concert they went out to eat and my dad was their waiter.

  • look at bonzo,s symbols swaying in the wind, classic

  • Thats the biggest fucking concert ive ever seen in my life, you think its gonna show the stage but the camera keeps panning to the right

  • yes

  • I was there!

    

  • Went to this concert in 1973 3 groups preceded led zeppelin some guy with a guitar singing folk music some new group called the Tubes then Lee michales with his hammond organ.We stood up for8 hours well worth it.Probably my best concert ever.

  • ah i wish i couldve been around to see them live, i wonder if there will ever be a great band or artist as innovative, talented, and amazing as them in the future because led zepplein just came out of the blue one day and became great, and it makes me wonder if that will happen again and we just wont see it coming. music today sucks so i hope so....

  • When we went to these concerts remember that there was no MTV,VH1,,,All we had was vinyl records and FM Radio,, and the covers to look at and dream about goin to see our rock legends,,Yes we were stoned but I remember every concert,,Zeppelin,Deep Purple,Ten Years after,Rolling Stones,Tull,Black sabbath,

    MTV Killed it all,,,,,,,,,

  • @galaxy86409

    AMEN BROTHER

  • @galaxy86409 true, so true

  • @galaxy86409 couldn't agree more!

  • ,,well today MTV and VH1 don't mean anything anyhow !

  • @galaxy86409 dude point to be noted to all the music lovers

  • @galaxy86409 dude point to be noted to all the music lovers

  • @galaxy86409 dude ur point should b noted to all the music lovers

  • @galaxy86409 Yeah and now thanks to the 'modern technology' of YouTube we can at least go back their in our memories and try to recapture the moments... :)

  • @galaxy86409 Actually... first it created..THEN it destroyed.

  • @galaxy86409 altough Tv and Internet give us so much new and fresh oppurtunities for music, we arent really using them the good way or just too much.

  • @galaxy86409 Disregarding the amazing Unplugged series of MTV

  • "Good afternoon" ... haha love Robert Plant

  • @DrGolfJam mm

    Hate to burst your bubble, but I was at this concert & it was that selfish, arrogant remark that turned me off to Led Zep forever.

    It was a blazing hot summer day & the concert was to begin at noon. By 11 the stadium was packed with fans on time. Then it is noon. We're all edgy with anticipation. Then 12:30. The heat is intolerable. Then 1:00. No word. Then 2pm comes, we're dying from the heat & out steps this wanker complaining he's late because he slept till noon! Fans to LZ=FU

  • @TheFactsJustTheFacts

    AWWWWWWWW POOR BABY, HAD TO WAIT TO SEE ZEPPELIN IN YOUR LIFETIME :'((((((((

  • @RockAndFunk

    What kind of loser writes in all Caps?

    I saw them when they were somebody. Then you were a nobody and are still a nobody, as you idolize some old men, you effing homo. 

    I bet you would suck their dick if they asked you, wouldn't you, homoboy?

  • @TheFactsJustTheFacts

    If they are old, that makes you old too.  Did it ever occur to you that I might be female? Dumbfuck. PS DOES IT ANNOY YOU WHEN I WRITE LIKE THIS? Hope so.

  • @RockAndFunk

    Honestly, it never occurred that you were a female. Sorry about that.

    But my question remains, "I bet you would suck their dick if they asked you, wouldn't you?

  • @TheFactsJustTheFacts oh stop being a fucking wimp

  • @kildare97

    The only wimp here is some punk like you who idolizes grandfathers who were past their prime before he was born, You're pathetic, really pathetic.

  • @TheFactsJustTheFacts Yep I'm sooo pathetic.

  • @TheFactsJustTheFacts Sounds like your the arrogant one, you were amongst the privileged few people to see led zep in their prime and you complain about it?? I had a total of 3 days traveling to see pink floyd live, i am very proud to have seen them, fuck the wait or traveling.

  • @TheFactsJustTheFacts "Good Afternoon" ... is a selfish, arrogant remark.... ? Screw your head on properly

  • @DrGolfJam

    I can't screw my head on properly because then your mother would complain that I ain't been screwing her properly. Ain't that right, fuckface?

  • @TheFactsJustTheFacts  Would you have rather it snow? I would have just grabbed another cold Budweiser, and waited for WHO cares how long to witness the kings of rock and roll!!!! your last comment is moronic. p.

  • @MegaZephead

    Oh, did I offend your little idols? You are the kind of wanker who would let them shit in your mouth if they asked you, wouldn't you?

  • @MegaZephead

    Too bad you weren't there. But, hey, in 1973 you were still crapping in your diapers. Get some real heros, not these knuckleheads, little man.

  • @MegaZephead

    The only thing moronic is a loser like you who idolizes a bunch of overhyped posers. Grow up, little guy, and stop idolizing old fossils.

  • @TheFactsJustTheFacts Being a dickhead must come easy to you! quit staring at your barry manilow poster punk!

  • @MegaZephead hey don't bring barry into this! hahaha

  • @TheFactsJustTheFacts did he really that's f----d but that was the "daze & confused" day's. Drug's drug's drug's and a little bit more.

  • @TheFactsJustTheFacts ` the heat was intolerable in san francisco...lol yeah right buddy..it was a blazing hot summer day? i must be from a different san francisco.

  • @MrMikeboy41

    You weren't there that day, were you, loser? Put back on your little ear pods on your iPod and STFU, you wannabe jerkoff.

  • @MrMikeboy41

    I was there; you weren't, were you? WTFU do you know? You sound a tad jealous. Go back listening to those lymies on your little iPod

  • @TheFactsJustTheFacts

    Hey fellas, ain't this guy a treat.

  • @MrMikeboy41

    lol.

  • @MrMikeboy41

    I was at that show and it was seriously hot, crowded, and LZ was hours late and put on a half assed show. Easily the worst I ever saw them. Lee Michaels was the best act that day.

    But seriously, CHILDREN, play nice. Do you want to talk about the show or have a pissing contest? So far the pissing contest is winning.

  • @TheFactsJustTheFacts CRY ME A RIVER

  • @ssssssssssssssssss50

    Once your mother promises to give me one last blow job, I will.

  • @TheFactsJustTheFacts your so upset that you have confused moms.lol yours was just naked on the road i drove.i woulndt fuck that ugly ass bithc even if i would be paid

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  • Keep in mind this was San Francisco, the marijuana capital of the world. Everyone was probably so baked they didn't know what was happening.

  • to be in a concert that grand is my dream come true. :)

  • how many people were there?

  • plant is standing in front of like 300000 people and the first thing he says:"good afternon:)

  • @chargers4321 is this the right forum to bring up something like that, dude?!

  • @chargers4321 Bless him, Your brother was a hero who served our country......Im sorry for your loss. We watch things like this and think the 60's and 70's were great, and they were in some aspects.....BUT and this is a big BUT, Vietnam was there and many of men were drafted and killed....not watching Zeppelin shows for 5 dollars.

  • @chargers4321 im not saying it was all roses, at least kids played outside

  • My best friends dad was there.

  • Let's not try to kid ourselves--for every Led Zeppelin, there was The Carpenters. Every age has its good and bad music. Look at today--Second Song by TV On The Radio would stand up to anything from the 70s, 80s, 90s, or 00s.

  • Hate to break this to ya, but $5 back then is the same as $75 now. Zeppelin was the king of capitalist, without it, they would not have existed, nor Ozzy, or Slash.

  • @eebola1701 actually $5 then is about $25 now.

  • I was there! And I found $5 on the ground, so it was a free concert! Also on the bill: The Tubes, Lee Michaels and Roy Harper. Great show.

  • one of my friends dad was there...... lucky shit.......

  • Can someone who grew up in this time tell me what it was like in the 70s? Was it just like today except cool hippie rock music, and less technology? Always wondering and wishing I HAD A TIME MACHINE! Someone help me invent it.

  • @fiomily225 1973...the first concert I ever saw...Led Zeppelin at MSG in NYC.. tickets cost 15.00...FROM A SCALPER!!!... 4 years later...same band, same arena.. I got tickets thru the mail...no ticketmaster in those days.. I got floor seats about the 15th row...cost? $10.50

  • Led Zep was one of the greatest Hard Rock bands in the fantastic 70's followed real close by Purple and Sabbath. Together,this TRINITY of hard rock misicians forged the future of hard / heavy rock bands to follow. These were real magic times. I miss'em so much.

  • I started playing guitar because of them. Yesterday I wrote and recorded one of my first full length songs. If you want to hear what Led Zeppelin-inspired music sounds like 2011 style click on wisztrock.

  • I remember this concert like it was yesterday....lee michaels and the tubes were there..with led zep....

  • I was there. My sister and I were sitting up in the bleachers stage left. They were almost three hours late getting on stage and I believe that's what Robert is referring to after he says "hello," something about "two and a half hours..." (I think Jimmy hurt his hand and that's what made them so late.) The crowd sounds a bit lethargic when Robert takes the stage and starts talking. I couldn't believe how blase everyone was.

  • @Commando2378

    I think the crowd reaction was a reflection of the lackluster performance of LZ. This was my third time seeing them, the first two on the East Coast in 68/9 and 71, and they were sleepwalking through this performance just trying to get it over with.

  • Yeah, they were late but this was LED F**king ZEPPELIN! The moment Bill Graham said "Ladies and gentlemen, all the way from London, England, Led Zeppelin!" I was on my feet, jumping up and down, clapping and screaming. Then I noticed I was the only one standing in my area of the bleachers jumping and screaming.

  • @Commando2378 WTF, if i was there i would have been doing the same as u!!!! was everybody that stoned out of their minds!!!!??? (shame)!!!

  • I was pretty young, younger than most everybody else there, but those guys-Jimmy, Robert, Bonzo and JP- were, and still are, the true loves of my life. Thank you so much for posting this memory.

  • what are you kidding me? , great post. I have one of a rats after birth thats better.

  • Led Zeppelin the best

    

  • 2011

  • 1911.

  • @Wisztrock no 

  • WHAT I WOULD GIVE TO LIVE IN THE 60S AND 70S!!!!!!!!!! I CANT STAND MUSIC TODAY, I WANT A FUCKING TIME MACHINE!!!!!!!!!!!

  • @animalman1122 this is a cool song by a band today called (obits) song /window of my dreams

  • agreed

  • @animalman1122 ...or you could just buy the albums.

  • @baeliat i already have them, but its not the same as being around when they were together and on the news and talked about by kids my age

  • @animalman1122 I was there.  Both decades. And, yeah, it was as kick-ass as you would think it was when it came to music.

  • @animalman1122  No kidding. My ultimate night would start with a 5'9', lithe blond with long hair, halter top, low cut bell bottom jeans, and a handful of joints at a Jimi Hendrix concert in 1969. It could not possibly get better than that.

  • @ClockCutter holy shit man, that would be blessed

  • @animalman1122

    how many more of these comments are there on youtube? there's awesome music today. nowadays you simply have to go look for it by yourselves.

  • @hayzeephantayzee i like the black keys, cage the elephant, pearl jam, some RHCP, but im taking about the electro techno shit

  • @animalman1122

    I'm a rocker but in electronic music there's more innovative stuff happening than RHCP and Pearl Jam. As I said, the problem nowadays isn't that there's no good music. It's become culturally irrelevant but it's still there.  Thousands of great rock bands and also interesting electronic music, both not being played on the radio. Might want to start with Motorpsycho, the Young Gods, Tortoise, Melvins, Goldie, Aphex Twin... There's always been crappy and good music.

  • @animalman1122

    and don't forget Them Crooked Vultures and everything that Josh Homme has ever done.

  • @animalman1122 if you ever find or invent one, call me and i'll join you, get me away from lady gaga, beyonce, justin and all the morons who are producing today what they call music, it's a f--kin joke!!!!!

  • @animalman1122

    Doc: Marty! we have to go back in time.

    Marty: What do you mean doc?

    Doc: We have to go back to see led zeppelin live marty!

  • You mere mortals have now seen the "Thunder and Hammer of the gods" before only known to the souls of valhalla.

  • "Hello ladies. Where can you go when your man smells like me?"

    Hear crowd cheering, Led Zeppelin starts playing.

    Thanks Old Spice Guy!

  • Wow! Great footage. Very rare to see a live video from 1973. It's a bit short but thanks!

  • @TheMegaQueen Apples and oranges, scaramouche.

  • Would have loved to seen this show back then.

  • @BananaJSSI i cant imagine what it would have been like to be outside sun beating down upon my face (OURS) listening to the best band of ALL TIME!!!! just dreaming sorry!!

  • @MegaZephead I think it would have been awesome!!

  • NOBODY writes riffs like Led Zep no more....the only riff that gets any closer is of course "Till Death Do Us Part" by Belladonna, VERY Zep-Style... and their girl singer Luana is SO DAMN SEXY in the video...

  • @thepianostarful check out Titans of Oblivion

  • @thepianostarful I'd also say that Rage Against The Machine have written a few very Zeppelin-like riffs

  • @thepianostarful Ummm, you're equating Belladonna to Led Zeppelin?......ya, I don't think so!

  • I have 38 people on my kill list. That includes Justin B****r

  • is there a complete footage of these shows? most of the videos show parts, i would like to see more of the concert, they are great vids,