Plant & Bonham Interview (1970)

good evening tonight a musical surprise as the Beatles topple further details in today's developments in the mrs. Makai murder trial the final and tragic conclusion to the case of the missing infield children in an interview with a man who's led Kent cricketers to victory after 57 years but first hear this [Music] it's cool it's groovy it's number one the Led Zeppelin the LED what the Led Zeppelin but I'm afraid that you and other dance like you Bob may never have heard of them but this British group has made musical history today readers of the Melody Maker have voted them the top world group the significance is that the Beatles have held this title for eight years but now the Beatles are out eight years ago the Beatles were four clean-cut and clean-shaven young men who had a happy neck a song writing the tunes they wrote and sang were evergreens as hummable and as immortal as I'm dreaming of a white Christmas and autumn leaves but a new generation was growing up a generation to whom Bing Crosby and the Ink Spots meant nothing a generation that demanded a new kind of music music like the music of the Led Zeppelin I think that the last year has seen a bit of a revolution in popular music and the death of the personality cult Led Zeppelin have taken over where the Beatles left off because people are now interested in young musicians rather than in say what Paul McCartney had for breakfast people have turned inwards and they're looking to the young musicians scene Led Zeppelin are good musicians and people are voting for them rather than for an image as they used to years ago we go around for eight years and we think Savur a song of theirs yesterday which had all sorts of variations played upon it do you think of musicians you'll be able to last as long as eight years do you think you'll be inventive enough you know the other thing about being able to whistle the tune being able to hum the tune is you go away I don't think I could hum any of your stuff no but I think it's changing that that's the main thing is he I think that's why the awards have changed because the kids are changing for a start and so is the music changing I think well there's already a single out of whole lot of love an orchestra playing it which is quite interesting really a flute plays what the lead vocal would do so you're saying you're saying that your fans don't necessarily want to whistle the tunes to hum the tune I'd a much more sophisticated than my gently well I hug sorry well not no no not in that sense I I think these days that the let's say the public you know it's not just say the kids because we've had sort of all sorts of people at concerts you know I think that they're coming to listen to what you're playing and not just to look at you and see what you are I mean I remember when I was let's go Matt a few years when I presently see the Beatles because we've mentioned him a few times it was to look at them you know it wasn't you didn't really bother what what you're listening to yes and today it's not what you are if you're playing and well this is interesting we've heard that the personality cult is dead but I'm still going for one of those kind of questions I mean I wouldn't know whether you're a millionaire or not but you must be you must be quite rich now what's it like having money well John's laughing because I don't think I I think I must spend a good five pounds a week and I think I think go to chicken food this is keeping your gift in Kidderminster and yeah but having paid for the good though you've got a little bit left over Oh phew shillings imma go out sometime no I think it all boils down to where keeps boiling down but I mean in our position we've spent years and years on the road sort of playing in little church halls and being beaten up and bricks thrown through the van and to have money at last is just another figure in my mind of mass acceptance which is what we all work for I mean everybody however much they like to deny the fact really wants in the end to be accepted by the majority of people for being either a talent or or a commodity you know I think that we've reached that stage now it's left to us to to keep on coming up with something good so as we'll be at the Melody Maker poll winners awards blah blah yeah yeah yeah Robert Koch John long thank you very much and good luck with you got 40,000 audience and medicine Square Garden in New York thank you thank you [Music] [Music] the Led Zeppelin voted by the fans the number one the world's number one group and first time actually on British television now a matter of cause for concern for South East anglers there's

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Keywords: Led, Zeppelin, Beatles, 1970, BBC, Robert, Plant, John, Bonham, Bonzo, Rare, TV, Interview, Music

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Length: 5min 34sec (334 seconds)

Published: Sun May 21 2006

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[u/Flamingredtiger]

Lol, that dis at the begining of the vid.