Led Zeppelin 2007 - Jimmy Page Interview (BBC)

Jimmy Page chats to Fiona Bruce about the upcoming reunion concert in London.

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• Led
• Zeppelin
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• Page
• Fiona
• Bruce
• Reunion
• 02

[streetparade]

Such a charming man. That smile could melt a glacier and so can all those guitar riffs.

[corpsefacecollection]

6:45 hey! how dare you cut Page's talking. Shut Up!



[musicmann1967]

I love how Pagey doesn't answer some of the questions dead on, and spins his own version of an answer. Very clever and very "on message" as they say in politics. He's so charming and pleasant that you hardly notice. I wish there were at least 30 minutes more of this interview! I love this guy. Cannot wait for the O2 concert to be released on dvd!!!

[ChocolateAndGuitar]

I had an orgasm while just experiencing the most awesome moment of my life!

[rrtodd95]

@streetparade They didn't list it as traditional on their album they listed themselves as authors.

[streetparade]

@rrtodd95 In fact, the only way he would have known that the song was not a trad. folk song was if Page had been able to transport himself to Berkeley, CA at the age of 15-16 and heard it played on an obscure Berkeley radio station - because that was the only place it was played until Baez recorded it and failed to note the writer - listing it as Traditional. Now, I know he's known for practicing magic and maybe he was able to pull that trick off at a young age - but it seems real unlikely.

[streetparade]

@rrtodd95 First off, nobody's sued for plagiarism, you're sued for copyright infringement. In the case of Dixon, Plant lifted some lyrics from You Need Love, in the case of the Lemon Song they used parts of Killing Floor in the song. Clearly they knew about Dixon's lyrics and Killing Floor. Just as clearly they had NO IDEA that Babe, I'm Going to Leave You was not trad. folk because, there was no writing credit on the source Baez album and to anyone with ears the music is VASTLY different.

[streetparade]

@rrtodd95 You're not reading my responses. Go listen the the Baez version the music barely resembles the song. Here you go again. Direct from Wikipedia: The band was inspired to cover the song after hearing Baez's version. Both guitarist Jimmy Page and singer Robert Plant were fans of Baez. Baez's original album had indicated NO WRITING CREDIT. No writing credit means they did not know who wrote it....a reasonable assumption being that it was a traditional folk song as Baez is singing.

[streetparade]

@rrtodd95 You're not reading my responses. Go listen the the Baez version the music sounds NOTHING the same. Here you go again. Direct from Wikipedia: The band was inspired to cover the song after hearing Baez's version. Both guitarist Jimmy Page and singer Robert Plant were fans of Baez. Baez's original album had indicated NO WRITING CREDIT. No writing credit means they did not know who wrote it....a reasonable assumption being that it was a traditional folk song as Baez is singing.

[rrtodd95]

@streetparade Babe I'm Gonna Leave You was a straight ripoff.

The words and music where identical.

If all they did was sample, why where they successfully sued for plagiarism multiple times?

[streetparade]

@rrtodd95 Here's just a few songs with parts lifted from LZ: Rhymin' & Stealin' (Beastie Boys), Lyrical Gangbang (Dr. Dre), Bad (Michael Jackson), Life's So Hard (Tupac), Vietnow and many more (Rage Against the Machine), Riverboat Song (Ocean Colour Scene), Life in the Fast Lane (The Eagles), Communication Breakdown (The Ramones). Hopefully, you get the drift - but somehow I doubt it.