Showing posts with label Puff Daddy. Show all posts
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Monday, October 9, 2023

On this day 09 October

 He really is a musical genius, you know.

1999 09 October On This Day Jimmy Page at NetAid
  • 1966 The Yardbirds-Southampton, England at Southampton Gaumont Theatre
  • 1972 Led Zeppelin - Osaka, Japan at Osaka Festival Hall
  • 1995 Page & Plant Unledded Tour - Boise, ID at BSU Pavilion
  • 1999 Jimmy Page - East Rutherford, NJ at Giants Stadium - Net Aid

1999:
NetAid was an anti-poverty nonprofit organization to raise awareness of and money for anti-poverty projects. It was created in 1999 as a joint venture between the United Nations Development Programme and Cisco Systems and is now a part of Mercy Corps.

NetAid was launched with concerts that took place at Wembley Stadium in London, Giants Stadium in New Jersey and the Palais des Nations in Geneva.  The concerts were broadcast live on MTV, VH-1, the BBC and other broadcasters to 60 countries, as well as radio broadcasts that would reach 120 countries, making the concerts the widest heard live musical performances in history. The shows were meant to promote NetAid's website, where donations could be accepted. The website got 2.4 million hits, and the $830,000 for NetAid was the largest amount raised online to date.

Jimmy Page performed with Michael Lee, Chris and Rich Robinson (from The Black Crowes), and Guy Pratt as his backup band. He also joined Puff Daddy for the song Come With Me.

The Giants Stadium NetAid show generally got poor reviews - except for Jimmy Page.
"Thank God, then, for Jimmy Page. After reuniting Led Zeppelin to mixed results at Live Aid, Page made up for it here as he ripped into an instrumental of Dazed and Confused that showed no signs of age. Page evoked the golden age of the Guitar Hero and stadium rock -- complete with the scent of many a burning joint. And it only got better when Black Crowes Chris and Rich Robinson came out for a rejuvenated In My Time of Dying and brutal Whole Lotta Love.
~Marian Montgomery NetAid concert review  
Jimmy Page debuted Domino (later to become Embryo No. 2 in It Might Get Loud but not performed in full) at NetAid. Domino was never officially released and this was its only live performance. 
NetAid Setlist
1. Come With Me (with Puff Daddy)
2. Dazed And Confused
3. Domino
4. In My Time Of Dying (with The Black Crowes)
5. Whole Lotta Love (with The Black Crowes)
1999 Jimmy Page NetAid (David Atlas photo)

2012 Jimmy Page at Celebration Day movie premiere in NYC

2014 Jimmy Page in Tokyo for an author book signing (stamping, in this case) Ross Halfin photo 



♪  Led Zeppelin (Osaka Japan at Osaka Festival Hall, 09 October 1972) 
♪  Page & Plant Unledded Tour (Boise, ID at BSU Pavilion, 09 October 1995) 
♪  Come With Me (Jimmy Page, Puff Daddy, NetAid 1999) 
♪  Jimmy Page - Net Aid (East Rutherford NJ at Giants Stadium, 09 October 1999) 

Tuesday, August 8, 2023

On this day 08 August

 Expect the unexpected.


1998 08 August On This Day Jimmy Page with Puff Daddy
♪  Come With Me/Kashmir(Godzilla soundtrack) Soundcloud

  • 1966 The Yardbirds - Detroit Lakes, MN at Detroit Lakes Pavilion
  • 1967 The Yardbirds - Ann Arbor, MI at The Fifth Dimension
  • 1969 Led Zeppelin - San Bernardino, CA at Swing Auditorium
  • 1971 Led Zeppelin - Montreux, Switzerland at Montreux Casino Hall
  • 1998 Jimmy Page with Puff Daddy 
The Yardbirds 08 August 1969


1969
:
Jimmy Page broke a string right off the bat at this show, and it was so hot in the southern California auditorium that his guitar wouldn't stay in tune.

1971:
The casino at Montreux was so packed that Peter Grant tried to talk Claude Nobs into piping music outside to the overflow crowd.

Montreux  08 August 1971




1998:
For some reason some people seem horrified that Jimmy Page collaborated with Puff Daddy (as he was then known) on this hip-hop rap version of Kashmir, yet it is an example of the wide-ranging musical mind of Jimmy Page to have done so. In fact, the song went platinum in the US. Jimmy Page and "Daddy" (as Jimmy Page refers to him on his website) performed the song on Saturday Night Live. In the censored version of Come With Me, Godzilla's roar masks Daddy's obscenities, yet Gozilla isn't given credit as a guest artist.

Note that while 08 August is the date stated on the website to be when JP first heard the final mix, the movie soundtrack, film, and single had already been released by then.

  • Jimmy Page & Puff Daddy performed the song on Saturday Night Live 09 May 1998
  • The soundtrack album was released 19 May 1998
  • The film was released 20 May 1998
  • The single was released 9 June 1998
  • The single peaked at #2 on the Billboard chart on 25 July1998
  • The remix maxi-single was released 28 July 1998


Thursday, March 17, 2016

On This Day 17 March

Fascinating... but I'll take the original, thank you very much.
1988 17 March On This Day Jimmy Page with Puff Daddy, New York
AUDIO Come With Me 
  • 1969 Led Zeppelin - Gladsaxe, Denmark at Danmarks Radio
  • 1973 Led Zeppelin - Munich, Germany at Munich Olympiahalle
  • 1975 Led Zeppelin - Seattle, WA at Seattle Center Coliseum
  • 1986 Jimmy Page The Firm - Daytona Beach, FL at Ocean Center
  • 1995 Page & Plant Unledded Tour - Little Rock, AR at Barton Coliseum
  • 1998 Jimmy Page visits Puff Daddy in NYC to hear 'Come With Me' overdubs

1969:
Led Zeppelin was filmed for Danish TV in black & white in front of a polite audience of fans and friends, and aired a few months later in May.
1969 Led Zeppelin, Gladsaxe at Danmarks Radio

1973 Led Zeppelin, Munich

1986 Jimmy Page / The Firm (Daytona Beach?)
1998:
Jimmy Page recorded his guitar track for Come With Me on 17 February at CTS Studios in London. On this day in March he and Robert were in New York to promote the upcoming release of Walking Into Clarksdale and their US tour.



♪  Full set (Led  Zeppelin, Gladsaxe Danish TV 1969) YouTube
♪  Dazed and Confused (Led Zeppelin, Munich 1973) YouTube
♪  Sick Again (Led Zeppelin, Seattle 17 March 1975) YouTube
♪ Come With Me (official video) YouTube
♪ Kashmir (Led Zeppelin, Physical Graffiti) YouTube

♪ Mage Music 1 playlist at YouTube
♪ Mage Music 2 playlist at YouTube
♪ Page & Plant playlist at YouTube





Friday, October 9, 2015

On This Day 9 October

He really is a musical genius, you know.
1999 09 October On This Day Jimmy Page at NetAid
  • 1966 The Yardbirds-Southampton, England at Southampton Gaumont Theatre
  • 1972 Led Zeppelin - Osaka, Japan at Osaka Festival Hall
  • 1995 Page & Plant Unledded Tour - Boise, ID at BSU Pavilion
  • 1999 Jimmy Page - East Rutherford, NJ at Giants Stadium - Net Aid

1999:
NetAid is an anti-poverty nonprofit organization to raise awareness of and money for anti-poverty projects. It was created in 1999 as a joint venture between the United Nations Development Programme and Cisco Systems and is now a part of Mercy Corps.

NetAid was launched with concerts that took place at Wembley Stadium in London, Giants Stadium in New Jersey and the Palais des Nations in Geneva.  The concerts were broadcast live on MTV, VH-1, the BBC and other broadcasters to 60 countries, as well as radio broadcasts that would reach 120 countries, making the concerts the widest heard live musical performances in history. The shows were meant to promote NetAid's website, where donations could be accepted. The website got 2.4 million hits, and the $830,000 for NetAid was the largest amount raised online to date.

Jimmy Page soloed, with Michael Lee, Chris and Rich Robinson (from The Black Crowes), and Guy Pratt as his backup band. He also joined Puff Daddy for the song Come With Me.

The Giants Stadium NetAid show generally got poor reviews - except for Jimmy Page.
"Thank God, then, for Jimmy Page. After reuniting Led Zeppelin to mixed results at Live Aid, Page made up for it here as he ripped into an instrumental of Dazed and Confused that showed no signs of age. Page evoked the golden age of the Guitar Hero and stadium rock -- complete with the scent of many a burning joint. And it only got better when Black Crowes Chris and Rich Robinson came out for a rejuvenated In My Time of Dying and brutal Whole Lotta Love.
~Marian Montgomery NetAid concert review  
Jimmy Page debuted Domino (later to become Embryo No. 2 in It Might Get Loud) at NetAid. Domino was never officially released and this was its only live performance. I wonder if we'll get to hear it on Jimmy Page's next album.
NetAid Setlist
1. Come With Me (with Puff Daddy)
2. Dazed And Confused
3. Domino
4. In My Time Of Dying (with The Black Crowes)
5. Whole Lotta Love (with The Black Crowes)
1999 Jimmy Page NetAid (David Atlas photo)

2012 Jimmy Page at Celebration Day movie premiere in NYC

2014 Jimmy Page in Tokyo for an author book signing (stamping, in this case) Ross Halfin photo 



♪  Stand By Me (Led Zeppelin Osaka 1972) YouTube
♪  Full set (Page & Plant, Boise 1995) YouTube
♪  Come With Me (Jimmy Page, Puff Daddy, NetAid 1999) YouTube
♪  Domino (Jimmy Page, Net Aid at East Rutherford 1999) Youtube

Saturday, August 8, 2015

On This Day 08 August

Expect the unexpected.

1998 08 August On This Day Jimmy Page with Puff Daddy
♪  Come With Me/Kashmir(Godzilla soundtrack) Soundcloud

  • 1966 The Yardbirds - Detroit Lakes, MN at Detroit Lakes Pavilion
  • 1967 The Yardbirds - Ann Arbor, MI at The Fifth Dimension
  • 1969 Led Zeppelin - San Bernardino, CA at Swing Auditorium
  • 1971 Led Zeppelin - Montreux, Switzerland at Montreux Casino Hall
  • 1998 Jimmy Page with Puff Daddy 
1969:
Jimmy Page broke a string right off the bat at this show, and it was so hot in the southern California auditorium that his guitar wouldn't stay in tune.

1971:
The casino at Montreux was so packed that Peter Grant tried to talk Claude Nobs into piping music outside to the overflow crowd.
1971 Led Zeppelin Montreux
1998:
For some reason some people were horrified that Jimmy Page collaborated with Puff Daddy (as he was then known) on this hip-hop rap version of Kashmir, yet it is an example of the wide-ranging musical mind of Jimmy Page to have done so. In fact, the song went platinum in the US. Jimmy Page and "Daddy" (as Jimmy Page refers to him on his website) performed the song on Saturday Night Live. In the censored version of Come With Me, Godzilla's roar masks Daddy's obscenities, yet Gozilla isn't given credit as a guest artist.

Note that the date stated on the Jimmy Page website is likely not accurate.

  • Jimmy Page & Puff Daddy performed the song on Saturday Night Live 09 May 1998
  • The soundtrack album was released 19 May 1998
  • The film was released 20 May 1998
  • The single was released 9 June 1998
  • The single peaked at #2 on the Billboard chart on 25 July1998
  • The remix maxi-single was released 28 July 1998


♪  Full show (Led Zeppelin, San Bernardino 1969) YouTube

Saturday, May 9, 2015

On This Day 09 May

Jimmy Page appeared with Puff Daddy on Saturday Night Live on May 9, 1998.
They perform "Come With Me"

1998 09 May OnJimmy Page & Puff Daddy on Saturday Night 
  • 1969 Led Zeppelin -  Edmonton Gardens,: Edmonton AB CA
  • 1985 The Firm -  Brendan Bryne Arena, East Rutherford NJ USA
  • 1986 The Firm - Hara Arena, Dayton OH USA
  • 1998  Jimmy Page with Puff Daddy - Saturday Night Live, NYC USA 



♪ Page & Puff Daddy, Come With Me (Kashmir) Soundtrack, Godzilla


1969 Led Zeppeli at Edmonton Canada/Edmonton Garden
  link to The Edmonton Journal review

2014 09 May Jimmy Page honored at Berklee College of Music, Boston

2014 09 May Jimmy Page honored at Berklee College of Music, Boston





Saturday, October 20, 2012

Alchemy: Led Into Gold (Part 4) The 1990s

The colours, the textures, the tones; the blood, the flesh, the bones ...
                    ~ Jimmy Page, jimmypage.com On This Day 14 October 1994

Mage Music 25

Alchemy is not an overnight-wonder kind of Magick. It is a process of methodical experimentation that takes time to not only perform – which is actually the last step in the process - but to think, design, experiment, analyze and rethink, and then reattempt the Work - repeating until the Magick has created the new reality. Alchemy is not a Magick for the weak-willed or undisciplined. It does not provide immediate gratification. It is unforgiving: Either it is performed perfectly or there is no Magick at all. “Almost” is not nearly enough for Alchemy.

Yoda: "Do or do not. There is no try."
Jimmy Page seemed to come out of the 1980s with a renewed enthusiasm for reincarnating himself. Mr. Page appeared onstage with numerous bands during that time, essentially auditioning while having a good time.

He was seeking a combination of musical components that would recreate or reinvent the Magick he had found so successfully with Led Zeppelin. The problem, of course, was that accomplished musicians of the caliber of Mr. Page would be already involved with established bands and not interested or able to experiment outside their comfort zones. These musical egos wouldn't want to have their own music challenged by proximity of a Master Mage who wasn't looking for musicians to musically follow or to be followed by, but to collaboratively engage in the a creative Magickal process that follows the Mage's vision.

It takes 100% to be successful in Magick. Trying doesn't make it – doing is all that counts. Of course, Yoda knew that just any old action – the “do” part – doesn't raise a spaceship out of the swamp; it has to be the perfect action. And the only real way to learn the perfect action is by trying - experimenting, testing, over and over and over until the perfect action is discovered - and then there is no more “try”. Luke had already received training, he knew what to do. He’d fallen into try and Yoda knew that. Believe me; even Yoda didn't raise a spaceship the first time he made the attempt.

And Jimmy Page wouldn't find the perfect components for post-Zeppelin musical Magick right away, either.

You can never go back 
In a 1993 MTV Most Wanted interview, Jimmy Page said of David Coverdale: "…within the creative side.... he's as passionate about the music as I am.” Coverdale had decided to retire, but the invitation to work with Jimmy Page was a rare opportunity not to be ignored and Coverdale tossed thoughts of retirement out the window.

In that same interview, Mr. Page admitted he had been totally uninspired prior to that point. The Whitesnake singer was a mature and accomplished musician whose abilities could help break Mr. Page out of his musical (and Magickal) stasis. Jimmy Page’s need was for artistic co-creators, strong musicians who would contribute to the music and thereby the Magickal process yet who would submit to the Mage’s Magickal vision.  David Coverdale was not only available, but qualified. 

“It was nice to present ideas - some pretty off the wall, chord sequences and things,” Jimmy Page said. “David would get an immediate grasp on them, and come in exactly with the right emotional factor, the right passionate factor.”

The subtext, given the post-Zep work Jimmy Page had done by that point with Robert Plant, was that the Page/Plant collaboration wasn't a viable solution. After David Coverdale took his musical rejuvenation back to Whitesnake, the disharmony of the musical goals of the two former band mates of Led Zeppelin became obvious. This is not surprising - Robert Plant had been going his own way musically for more than a decade. His voice and his musical vision had changed. Performing reworked versions of Zeppelin classics within Jimmy Page’s vision was no longer compelling to Mr. Plant - as the mid-1990s Page/Plant musical product clearly shows.

If nothing else demonstrates the impossibility of recreating successful alchemy with changed components, it is the music of Page and Plant in 1990 and in the subsequent No Quarter years. They couldn't go back. It couldn't be Led Zeppelin, and even if it was good music it wasn't Magickal. As Robert Plant put more of himself into the music, Jimmy Page increasingly seemed to fade. He seemed be in a holding pattern, an accompanist rather than a creator. By 1995 Kashmir had changed so much from the original vision that none of the Magick was left.

Change happens
Whether you want it to or not, nothing stays the same. The alchemist must make constant, if minute, changes in the process to account for every factor that is no longer the same as it was the last time the process was performed. The second round of Page/Plant collaboration that resulted in Walking Into Clarksdale revealed the beginnings of Jimmy Page’s finding his Magickal power again.

Sometimes, however, it pays to throw the baby out with the bathwater. Sometimes it takes radical change to forge ahead.  Jimmy Page had the desire and the will to change and so rather stay with something good musically but not pushing the Magickal envelope enough, the quest continued.

Although many fans decried the Page/Puff Daddy partnership, we know that Jimmy Page has been attracted to working with soundtracks in the past.  And although the musical presence of Mr. Page in this version of Kashmir is not obvious, the chance to play with a visual component adds a new twist to the Work - there is a strange scent of Magick to it. Kashmir and Godzilla? Who could have imagined it, yet it seems to fit its purpose.

Ultimately, even when a Mage is in a place that feels wrong, with sufficient desire and intention he will return to what feels right if he will allow the Magick to lead him. Although Jimmy Page continued to experiment with new partnerships into the next decade, the most Magickally touched of the Work still rested in the Music Mage himself. Behold the Master performing Domino: Rhythm and the Magick through the voice of a guitar. The Force was with him.

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Future posts:

Led Into Gold (Part 5) Jimmy Page in the 2000s
The Chicken/Egg quandary (the neurophysics of music)



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YouTube Playlist - Alchemy: Led Into Gold (Part 4) Jimmy Page in the 1990s

Individual songs

1990 Page & Plant, Wearing & Tearing (live) Knebworth
1993 Page & Coverdale, Absolution Blues (studio) Album: Coverdale/Page
1994 Page & Plant, Kashmir (live) No Quarter: Jimmy Page and Robert Plant Unledded with the London Metropolitan Orchestra & Hossam Ramzy Ensemble
1995 Page & Plant, Kashmir (live) Irvine Meadows, Irvine California, 3 October 1995
1995 Page & Plant, Thank You (live) Irvine Meadows, Irvine California, 3 October 1995
1996 Page & Plant, Thank You (live) Japan
1998 Page & Puff Daddy, Come With Me (Kashmir) Soundtrack, Godzilla
1998 Page & Plant, Whiskey From The Glass (studio) Album: Walking Into Clarksdale
1999 Page & The Black Crowes, What Is And What Should Never Be (live) US Tour
1999 Jimmy Page, Dazed and Confused (live) NetAid
1999 Jimmy Page, Domino (live) NetAid