Showing posts with label Leona Lewis. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Leona Lewis. Show all posts

Thursday, August 24, 2023

On this day 24 August

 Whole lotta international love

2008 24 August Jimmy Page with Leona Lewis - Beijing, China Summer Olympics closing ceremony

  • 1967 The Yardbirds - Nantasket Beach Hull, MA at The Surf Club
  • 1969 Led Zeppelin - Jacksonville, FL at Jacksonville Memorial Coliseum
  • 1971 Led Zeppelin - Dallas, TX at Dallas Memorial Coliseum
  • 1994 Page & Plant – London, England at London Television Centre for band rehearsals with cameras in studio
  • 2008 Jimmy Page with Leona Lewis - Beijing, China Summer Olympics closing ceremony 

Whole lotta history
Led Zeppelin began using Whole Lotta Love in their setlists before the official release of the song on their second album, Led Zeppelin II in October 1969. It was performed by Led Zeppelin 199 times, plus once more at the O2 in 2007 for an even 200. It's no surprise: The magick had been brewing in Jimmy Page's head before the members of Led Zeppelin stepped on the stage together for the first time.
I came up with the guitar riff for “Whole Lotta Love” in the summer of ’68, on my houseboat along the Thames in Pangbourne, England. I suppose my early love for big intros by rockabilly guitarists was an inspiration, but as soon as I developed the riff, I knew it was strong enough to drive the entire song, not just open it. When I played the riff for the band in my living room several weeks later during rehearsals for our first album, the excitement was immediate and collective. We felt the riff was addictive, like a forbidden thing.
~ Jimmy Page, interview by Mark Myers for The Wall Street Journal, May 29, 2014
Like Stairway to HeavenWhole Lotta Love was the subject of a lawsuit for music theft from Willie Dixon. The claim lies in the lyrics, though, not the guitar riffs. The lawsuit was settled out of court in 1985.
“Page’s riff was Page’s riff. It was there before anything else. I just thought, ‘well, what am I going to sing?’ That was it, a nick. Now happily paid for. At the time, there was a lot of conversation about what to do. It was decided that it was so far away in time and influence that… well, you only get caught when you’re successful. That’s the game.”
~ Robert Plant, as quoted by Charles M. Young,  "Robert Plant's manic persona". Musician (Amordian Press) 1990
At the 2008 Olympic performance, lyrics were changed from "every inch of my love" to "every bit of my love," which makes sense for a female singer and a mixed audience venue, even if the new words don't quite measure up to the power of the song.  

2008 Jimmy Page - Beijing, China Summer Olympics closing ceremony

2008 Jimmy Page with Leona Lewis - Beijing, China Summer Olympics closing ceremony

2008 David Beckham, Leona Lewis and Jimmy Page - Beijing, China Summer Olympics

2008 Jimmy Page  - Beijing, China Summer Olympics (Ross Halfin Photo


♪  Whole Lotta Love over the years  ♪

♪ Whole Lotta Love (Jimmy Page with Leona Lewis, Beijing Olympics 2008) YouTube
♪ Whole Lotta Love / Rough Mix With Vocal (Led Zeppelin, Official Music Video 2015 remaster) YouTube

Sunday, February 28, 2016

On This Day 28 February

Hang on to your heads!
~ Robert Plant, Baton Rouge 1975
1970 28 February On This Day Led Zeppelin in Copenhagen

  • 1970 Led Zeppelin - Copenhagen, Denmark at K.B. Hallen
  • 1975 Led Zeppelin - Baton Rouge, LA at LSU Assembly Center
  • 1985 The Firm - Dallas, TX at Reunion Arena
  • 1995 Page & Plant Unledded Tour - Atlanta, GA at The Omni 

1970 Jimmy Page / Led Zeppelin, Copenhagen
(Jan Persson photo)

1970 Jimmy Page / Led Zeppelin, Copenhagen
(Jan Persson photo

1975 Led Zeppelin in Baton Rouge
2009:
Jimmy Page and Leona Lewis recorded Whole Lotta Love for broadcast.  On this day Jimmy Page was at Olympic Studios working with Guy Pratt (bass) and Geoff Dugmore (drums).  Philip Sheppard was the producer for London's sequence in the Beijing Olympics Closing Ceremony and conducted the London Symphony Orchestra for this recording session.  The orchestra members were not told that the "James" that Sheppard was talking to on the intercom in the control room was the one and only Jimmy Page, though given the music they were playing they certainly should have suspected.

2009 Guy Pratt, Jimmy Page & Geoff Dugmore at Olympic Studios
 to record Whole Lotta Love with Leona Lewis




♪  How Many More Times medley (Led Zeppelin, Copenhagen 1970) YouTube
♪  Full set/part 1 unavailable (Led Zeppelin, Baton Rouge 1975) YouTube
♪  Full set/part 2 (Led Zeppelin, Baton Rouge 1975) YouTube
♪  Full set/part 3 (Led Zeppelin, Baton Rouge 1975) YouTube
♪  Full set/part 1 (Page & Plant, Atlanta 1995) YouTube
♪  Full set/part 2 unavailable (Page & Plant, Atlanta 1995) YouTube

♪ Mage Music 1 playlist at YouTube
♪ Mage Music 2 playlist at YouTube




Monday, August 24, 2015

On This Day 24 August

Any requests?
2008 24 August Jimmy Page with Leona Lewis - Beijing, China Summer Olympics closing ceremony

  • 1967 The Yardbirds - Nantasket Beach Hull, MA at The Surf Club
  • 1969 Led Zeppelin - Jacksonville, FL at Jacksonville Memorial Coliseum
  • 1971 Led Zeppelin - Dallas, TX at Dallas Memorial Coliseum
  • 1994 Page & Plant – London, England at London Television Centre for band rehearsals with cameras in studio
  • 2008 Jimmy Page with Leona Lewis - Beijing, China Summer Olympics closing ceremony 

Whole lotta history
Led Zeppelin began using Whole Lotta Love in their setlists before the official release of the song on their second album, Led Zeppelin II, in October 1969. It was performed by the band and by Led Zeppelin's surviving members after John Bonham's death hundreds of times, and no wonder: The magick had been brewing in Jimmy Page's head before the members of Led Zeppelin stepped on the stage together for the first time.
I came up with the guitar riff for “Whole Lotta Love” in the summer of ’68, on my houseboat along the Thames in Pangbourne, England. I suppose my early love for big intros by rockabilly guitarists was an inspiration, but as soon as I developed the riff, I knew it was strong enough to drive the entire song, not just open it. When I played the riff for the band in my living room several weeks later during rehearsals for our first album, the excitement was immediate and collective. We felt the riff was addictive, like a forbidden thing.
~ Jimmy Page, interview by Mark Myers for The Wall Street Journal, May 29, 2014
Like Stairway to Heaven, Whole Lotta Love was the subject of a lawsuit for music theft from Willie Dixon. The claim lies in the lyrics, though, not the guitar riffs. The lawsuit was settled out of court in 1985.
“Page’s riff was Page’s riff. It was there before anything else. I just thought, ‘well, what am I going to sing?’ That was it, a nick. Now happily paid for. At the time, there was a lot of conversation about what to do. It was decided that it was so far away in time and influence that… well, you only get caught when you’re successful. That’s the game.”
~ Robert Plant, as quoted by Charles M. Young,  "Robert Plant's manic persona". Musician (Amordian Press) 1990
At the 2008 Olympic performance, lyrics were changed from "every inch of my love" to "every bit of my love," which makes sense for a female singer and a mixed audience venue, even if the new words don't quite measure up to the power of the song.  

2008 Jimmy Page - Beijing, China Summer Olympics closing ceremony

2008 Jimmy Page with Leona Lewis - Beijing, China Summer Olympics closing ceremony

2008 David Beckham, Leona Lewis and Jimmy Page - Beijing, China Summer Olympics

2008 Jimmy Page  - Beijing, China Summer Olympics (Ross Halfin Photo


♪  Whole Lotta Love over the years  ♪

♪ Whole Lotta Love (Jimmy Page with Leona Lewis, Beijing Olympics 2008) YouTube
♪ Whole Lotta Love / Rough Mix With Vocal (Led Zeppelin, Official Music Video 2015 remaster) YouTube