“I was the one who listened”: the 1957 song that started John Paul Jones’ musical journey
A major influence.
Led Zeppelin
The 1979 show Robert Plant could have done without: “It didn’t really work”
Taking things way too far.
The 1976 Led Zeppelin song Jimmy Page wrote in one evening: “Has he gone mad?”
The ‘Presence’ album was written in three weeks.
The little-known song that changed the 1960s for Jimmy Page: “That’s wild! That’s serious!”
Turning counterculture inside out.
The 1970 Led Zeppelin song Robert Plant struggled to sing: “A hell of a challenge”
“The full open-throated falsetto.”
Five times support bands destroyed the headliner: “We gotta follow these guys?”
“We blew everybody off the stage”.
The 1970s legend Phil Collins was never able to please: “It doesn’t go like that”
Not treated like an equal.
The band that Jimmy Page couldn’t stand being compared to: “It really pissed me off”
Not the guitarist they thought he was.
