Led Zeppelin - NBC News 1973 (payola)
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- Опубликовано: 16 апр 2017
- Broadcasted on August 31, 1973.
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Remember everyone, you will never be as cool as 1973 Led Zeppelin.
Or so on! 😎
Unless you are 1973 David Bowie.
SirGeorgeButtox,
Bowie was nowhere near as cool as Zeppelin. Geez he used to be on Top Of The Pops. Zeppelin were way too cool to lower themselves to that crap.
@@lyndoncmp5751 you’re right totp sucks
@@lyndoncmp5751 Zeppelin never released any singles. Hence the reason they were never on totp.
Robert really walked out of the car looking that glam
Yes he did. Ooo Ooo Ooo!!!
John Paul Jones had more screen time in that segment than any Zeppelin concert footage in existence😄
*YUP,,, YUP,,, YUP...*
Which is the way he wanted it!
@@jayannakelley9051 Totally true. Love that guy😘
@@emac1652 - Yes❣️ I loved all the Zep band. The way they clicked & were on a sphere all their own 🙌🏻💕
Shit, homeboy got more screentime than Page and Plant combined in this clip. Good for him.
Dear God how I miss going into a record store and spending an hour just looking at album art :(
Rey Galjour records shops as well as head shops with all the bongs, black light posters and Merch in general. Now the kids love the Apple Store. Smh
Me too than when you bought one bring it home then went into the room to read the inside sleeves and listen to the album. Oh man those were the days.
Rey Galjour ME TOO!!!! I miss, Tower Records. This world sucks.
Rey Galjour you can still do it!
Second hand record stores is where I go
"I'm a bit upset there isn't a pool table on board" -Robert Plants
'I'm a bit upset that there's not a pool table on board; apart from that, I think this is about the best way to travel.'
I'm pretty sure that's tongue-in-cheek...
just gotta look at his face when he is saying that, like the most innocent kid, lol.
@@andym28"he is taking the piss" Maybe we're American. But at least we're taught how to talk and write correctly. I never knew Robert Plant carried piss around with him!
C Belcher Even as an American, I respect that wit. 👏
Sandy Holliday I see that you are a well rounded American who has studied other cultures! Of course I’m taking the piss ( a British term for being facetious).
It's obvious it was. They wanted to take it seriously to play into the "spoiled, pampered, rock star" report.
the intro of the airport scene always cracks me up,the way the introduce it its as if they are a mafia clan or something :D
What about when she says, "they are The led zeppelin". 🤦♀️
Jimmy’s jacket at 0:59 is so cool. The most talented and coolest band ever, love Zeppelin so much!
Si la giacca è cool, ma è molto meglio quello che c'è dentro.....
I was definitely fangirling😍
A NUDIE that’s who made his clothes
I love how there was still a major generation gap between tv personalities and rock music during the 70s and even into the 80s.
Zeppelin was four of the most talented musicians ever. Then add in the chemistry they had together. They didn't have to pay DJ's to play their music. The sheer quality of the music they made is what drove them to the top. I'm glad the media didn't like them. They can shove their opinion where their breakfast is.
As if radios played music based on quality lmfao
@@smkxodnwbwkdns8369
Oh please! Spare me the pretentiousness.
You wouldn't know quality music from tiddlywinks.
I’m pretty sure they didn’t even want their music on the radio. They wanted you to buy the album to listen to as a whole and see them in concert. Very simple stuff. This video really fails to demonize them as some rock and roll excess bullshit.
@@jordan3119
True. That's why they refused to release singles from their albums: by it whole or don't hear it at all. Immense integrity
They're definitely not the most talented musicians ever but definitely top 5 of all time.
The 70's press never liked "The Led Zeppelin." Now the press looks like the bunch of fools they always were.
It's no wonder they rarely spoke to them. We see Robert say something here but overall the band kept a mystique during this time. The press always criticized their every move.
Zeppelin played by there own rules and the press didn’t like it
@@markrenkola2959 yeah i heard zeppelin members tried to get in the cockpit back then. not to smart. breaking that rule could have put that band in jail. you don't do stuff like that. WtH was wrong with them?
Yeah, “The Led Zeppelin.” Why did they put “The” in front of their name?
@@laurieguenther5898 Do you know that for a fact? Got proof? If not, WTH is wrong with you?
"they are The Led Zeppelin"🎸
The Horror.. Kids going to record stores and buying albums from talented musicians like Led Zeppelin.
Led Zeppelin was an exception. Most records people bought back then were awful.
Led Zeppelin had a manager that was bad ass he put them first he protected them from the scrubs at record companies and venues, nobody F’d with him without seriously regretting it, Many bands got screwed over by their managers record companies venues, many bands worked like dogs not making a dime while the afore mentioned executives got rich, LED Zeppelin and their Manager are the exception🤙🌺
Exactly. Thank God for Peter Grant.
Peter Grant was not to be fucked with. I feel sorry for any mobster who tried to get a cut of Zeppelin money.
True- Peter Grant changed everything-
It is ironic that Watergate broke around this time and the Government wanted to look into the music industry.
1:15 Awwww, why do i think this is cute?? Bonzo and Jimmy dancin' around to John Paul playin' the piano(keyboard? idk XD)
Anyway, it is so cute!
Hammond Organ
Jajajja si!!!
@rj zander she is
@@colesondilbeck4582 B3?
Pampered? But it's THEIR money that they're spending! They can do with it as they like! How is that 'pampered' when YOU'RE paying for it?
They earned it
It’s not; plain and simple.
And another thing; they’re not elected officials who steal and cheat and lie and use your money for limousines, whores and other miscellaneous bullshitness expenditures .
Long live Rock and Roll 🎸
rj zander I know what it year it was ; it still applies. It’s just an opinion. You don’t need to call people names. Yo are rude and offensive.
Yes they did a contribution and worked hard for it!! They revolutionized Rock and Roll and created some of the most beautiful songs of that time! So beautiful that still now in 2020 are still insuperables!!!
И в 2022 году, тоже!
Zeppelin was n a class of their own. Not a bunch of whacked out ego maniacs. They were more sophisticated and laid back. But Iam sure they had their crazy times. They had nothing to prove they were the best and knew it.
God I love Zeppelin...nobody will ever come close to what they were!
Ahem.. It's The Led Zeppelin.
@@p0llenp0ny
is it, really?
There's a few bands that do blow them away tho...
@@chickentwisties2298
Hahahahaha nice joke
The Led Zeppelin and The David Bowie. I also saw The Jimi Hendrix and The Free.
Weren't the 70's The Best?
I saw THE Led Zeppelin and THE Who together in concert together and THE Bruce Springsteen and THE CSNY in the late sixties... THE TP&the Heartbreakers, THE Allman Bros, THE Eagles, THE Clapton in the early 70's ... really miss THE those days.
I wish those days were now.
ChevKen ... Me, too... it was a great time to be alive... the 40's thru the 60's.
um, I at least wish i were in the 70's XD
I love the the beatles
Bonzo singing 'I do like to be beside the seaside'. Love it!
70s were the best decade for movies and music.. Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, Supertramp, Chicago, all the prog-rock bands with female singers.
I don't think they thought of themselves as being rich powerful temperamental & pampered...Sounds like Betty's a little pissed she's not involved in that world..She could use a ride on that chartered 707.
And a hit off a flippin joint! What a square!
Not the only thing she needed a real ride on something, b!tch has issues just in tone of her voice, lol
@@destroythenarrative7941 Noticed that? Who produced this news piece? They *really* had a hard on for Zepp, the music industry and the amount of money flowing to these artist. Like , "How DARE these young , hard working , former STRUGGLING, musicians and performers become successful and earn an incredible lifestyle"? One that is offered to the public which means it's based around free market ideas. You release a product, if we like we buy. And if we really like , you make a shit ton of money. Again and again.
OH THE HORROR!!!!
@@jeremysears4263 Agreed, if there's any group that earned every cent from their talent, effort and contribution to innovate music ... its Zep
It looked great fun being on that plane. 😉
Have to wonder if this wasn't all orchestrated by Peter Grant the man was an absolute genius
???
I just watched The Led Zeppelin on The You Tube.
THEY ROLLED THAT WAY BECAUSE THEY ROCKED LIKE NONE OTHER....
They keep making insinuations but sight zero crimes, just rumor and innuendo. Just a hit piece on Rock music really.
Seems to be a hint of jealousy in there as well. The reporter probably traveled in a news van that smelled like stale coffee and farts while LZ traveled in a Boeing 720.
Plant disappointed there's no pool table on board... great line, tongue in cheek but pure spinal tap.
Good to know the superstars of the previous generation like Frank Sinatra would never have anything to do with organized crime.
Good one!
Good one❣️🎉🎊😁
Love it..."The Led Zeppelin" LMAO.
Dude that Texas gig.. Best intro ever, please welcome The Led Zeppelin.. An' Bonzo kicks fuck outta' everything..
Royal Albert Hall for me...
Even in late 1973 they were saying that. That's pretty square.
It's a bit of a british thing. People still say band names that way The Pink Floyd and The Cream.
@@andym28 It is actually because people were so shallow in about 69 that that all they could think of was THE Rolling Stones and THE Beatles. Those really did it on the music industry, so whenever something new came out, they just put THE on it ignorantly.
Lol they were all so jealous of Zeppelin 😆
Even Elvis was jealous at that time.
absolutely, they both, the news presenter and that chick sounded mighty jealous. lol.
@@chevken1831 Yea, he was jealous on em all ---
@@chevken1831 Elvis was dead, we have enough truth to not include lies.
@@lunasanja4574 She probably wanted to go to the bone yard with one of them and they all turned her down.
Can you imagine being Robert Plant in the 1970’s 😜
He was the coolest rock star on the planet
The coolest rock star other than his bandmate Jimmy Page, perhaps. Page remains the quintessential rock star to this day. But of course this is opinion...we can all agree that Zeppelin was the greatest!
@@johnr.8275
Yeah the image of Page with that double neck Gibson or Les Paul slung around his neck is hard to beat.
im a bit upset theres not a pool table on board lol
and he meant it ironically and self-deprecatingly.......
Good old dry Brit wit.
Tyrone Camp he’s so freaking funny!
@@herrbrucvald6376 no shit sherlock, don't tell me watson gave you the clue.
$4.00 record albums, I remember that in high school.
I remember scraping together $7.50 for a concert ticket in high school. I saved my lunch and doobie money, which equaled about $2 a day. It was hard because I needed that joint! We would each throw in a quarter and get a couple of joints. When the weed was getting more expensive you could get 2 for $3!
$3.99 for LP, $4.99 for 8 Track
I remember buying Physical graffiti and presence on vinyl together for 14.00
You know 4 dollars was like thirty dollars back in the day right?
It's the stuff we dream about. If we make it, let's make it Big. Alright.
There's no bigger more than led zeppelin at this time
The best rock band that will ever be!!!❤😎❤
In your opinion ol'boy. Many will disagree.
@@JD-eq4dp
No, they won't disagree.
@@JD-eq4dp
Nobody sane would disagree.
1974/ '75 ? 3 Shows in a Row!
San Diego (festival seats)
Long Beach & The Fabulous Forum !!
What a time to be young!
This puts into perspective how young the modern music industry as we know it today was. This entire report is done with a hint of resentment all throughout. It shows that back then they weren't used to musicians making so much money and felt like these particular kind of musicians didn't deserve it as hard rock, glam, and psychedelic was still looked down upon by the generation before it. They have no idea no much money artist would be making today. Even the shitty ones!
@ddjdd wfgggb do you mean "don't make anything" or "don't make shitty music"? If it's the latter I agree but the artist making the most money today tend to be the ones on the lower end of the spectrum when it comes to raw talent. There are a lot of talented artists today but you have to seek it out to find it.
You would be surprised at how little of the money any of these musicians actually get to keep. The jet was a publicity stunt. It’s all an image and part of what they sell to their fans. Reality is they are owned by their record companies whom takes the lions share.
@@tylurmackinnon6217 - Maybe a lot of musicians, Zep was the exception having Peter Grant as manager!
“David Bowie, a flaming red-haired self-proclaimed bisexual...” lol 😆
I like the Led Zeppelin
🤣👍
God Bless Led ZEPPELIN! We only live on earth once.
I'm hoping to see them in rock N roll heaven. 😇😇😇😇 But for now, I'm seeing Robert and Alison on July 8. 🎉🎊😁
Jimmy Page molded the Led Zeppelin mystique and image.
It was an idea he had a couple of years before he gathered the original four together.
At the center of the Led Zeppelin ideal was Jimmy's guitar sound and his ability.
One of the rules of his business dealings that he always stuck with was to avoid ever making any songs that were radio friendly and capable of being a one-hit wonder.
Another rule was to never allow video or filming to get onto TV early on.
He wanted everyone to see them in concert instead.
To feel the experience in person.
Peter Grant demanded way more than anyone else at the time for concert ticket sales profits.
He made it nearly impossible for anyone to run concession stands profiting off of Led Zeppelin.
This is documented in the movie.
Of all the Rockstars in the world from the 70's still alive today, Jimmy Page has managed to escape controversy, bankruptcy, drug rehab, and ANY slump in average sales.
Look at him physically.
He looks pretty good for 79.
He hasn't lost a step.
Stays very busy.
He's my favorite guitar player.
James Patrick Page!
“I’m a bit upset there’s not a pool table on board...”
That’s the craziest news report I’ve ever heard in my life! Like they’re stealing money from taxpayers or something! It’s their dough!
"im a bit upset there isn't a pool table on board"
Ha ha! Jimmy dancing with bonzo on the plane.
What a beautiful life
Man, Led Zeppelin was cool!!!
Geez what happened where are all the rock gods and rock bands now a days? A long ago memory long.live rock!
"They are the Led Zeppelin". I think Mr. Zeppelin and his musicians would take issue with being called that.
Two words: Plant's coat.
Several hundred chinchillas gave their lives for that coat ..
That was Plant's "Hammer of the Gods" coat. You should c his big sword.
Genialny zespół, nic dodać nic odjąć. Pozdrawiam wszystkich.😊😊❤❤❤
Glad I read Mark Blake's biography of Peter Grant "Bring It On Home". I wouldn't have known this segment existed. Thanks for posting Mark Zep. Cheers!
So it’s okay if they own oil companies or make million dollar movies or if was the president but not if you make amazing music for generations and generations.
Yeah right, led zeppelin was/is the best musical group on the globe
73....Houses of the Holy one of their best
Saw in Detroit July 1973
I saw front Led Zeppelin on '73. ( I was 14 !)
Then Zeppelin on Mon. and Fri. in Zeppelin in '75. Front row.
Then there's the Kingdome '77, front row. ;-)
@tacomaPaul, can you send me an email at contact@zepfan.com. Would love to talk to you more
0:51 That coat tho 😍
"Freak rock"!
Zeppelin didn’t bribe anyone their music sold because it was the best.
You can feel the jealous-tension in the woman's voice... I'm sure that while she was recording the voice-over for this, she was thinking that she should have been a rock-star instead of a reporter.
Or at least, a Zeppelin groupie.
@@jeffbauer3425 That’s right!
Zeppelin was seen as very uncool and worshipped by a mostly teenage male fanbase
@@tylurmackinnon6217 Why are you making these ridiculous comments? I was there. You are wrong. Just hush puppy.
@@sherrismith1520 I’m guessing you weren’t part of the hip crowd? Uncool yourself? Yeah.
The music industry was a den of ravenous wolves. One thing about these guys....they knew how to handle their money. Page especially was astute at finance. The guy is highly intelligent...and all, despite the excess lifestyle....all were extremely serious about their craft.
Nope, not page nor any of them had anything to do with the finances. You pulled that out of your ass. They hired managers and business people to handle their money.
You ignorant pos.
@@tylurmackinnon6217 Get help.
@@Kirkunik1 research the facts and stop making shit up, you fucking imbecile.
Robert was on a scholarship at the London School of Economics. He left after a semester to pursue music. His parents were unhappy. Apparently, they were estranged for a while.
Was lucky enough to see them in these days
If the story were written for a high school newspaper class, I would give it a D. Disconnected, illogical and random feints to sensationalism.
Yup, hilarious, early FAKE NEWS FEAR MONGERING bullshit.
Not really. Just because the media isn’t delusional like you about celebrities.
this is a hilarious representation that does not capture the spirit of Led Zeppelin, but Robert is right on with the billiard table missing! ha ha, we were so into that in the 70s and although I was only like 12 or 13 I was pretty good at it... and my favorite bands at the time were Pink Floyd and Led Zeppelin. But truly the she just talks about money, and although Led Zeppelin certainly had their fair share of it, thanks to Peter Grant and Led Wallet Page, the greatest thing was really the buzz their band created, the feeling in the air like electricity when you heard their songs.
Not sure how you'd keep a billiard table level on a 707.
Wonder if they had a pinball machine.
Oh, Led Zeppelin would’ve loved you they specialize in young teenage girls apparently😩😎
and i thought all this wonderful music was enriching my spirit and soul...wot a lost little lamb i was..
Led Zeppelin is much more greater than any US president Can´t compare Presidents pass, Zep remains
they ruled the world
I can't decide if it's weird or badass that Page would party in his stage costumes.
They would have hub cities that they stayed in, so In most cases they would go directly from the stage into the limo then onto the plane, they probably didn’t bother to change until they were back to the hotel in the hub city.
Why even change, if you could walk around wearing drip like that, that’s the way to roll.
They'd just leave the stage and get into the limos and drive directly to the plane. Looks like they're heading to a show here. So all dressed and ready to perform.
Robert Plant aboard the Starship, with a sheepish grin, " Well, I'm disappointed that there isn't any pool table aboard , but in my opinion ' tis the only way to travel!" 🙂
Bad finger was one of those bands that got royally screwed over. Such a tragic story. Yall should check it out
Ha! This is back when promotion was innocent & music was music. This ain’t nothin to Facebook & internet trolling!
"The" Led Zeppelin.
The best part about this is these reporters will never know the fame glory and money Zeppelin makes and the cherry on top is there all in there 20's hahaha 👍 They have the world by the balls !
Why is that the best part? Why do you worship money and fame so obsessively?
@@tylurmackinnon6217 no I don’t but Iam not talented and famous !
It's NOT "THE Led-Zeppelin" - it's "Led-Zeppelin" thank you very much.
GREATEST band ever
Someone get Robert a pool table man, come on. They should've traveled in a real zeppelin for billard stability👍👽
led zeppelin dominated 1973 musically mentally and financially with no hits and tv exposure
Came for Zeppelin, pleasantly surprised by Bowie
haha the press just made themselves look jealous because they were such squares they didn't realize those Led Zeppelin scenes only helped their image.
Great insight to a great band 🤘🏻
This Led Zeppelin kids, they actually played their own instruments!
“The” LED ZEPPELIN? Yeah, they have no idea who they’re talking about!
✌️🤪🎸🎶🎵🎶🎵🎶
April 25'th, 1977, Freedom Hall, Louisville, KY. Led Zeppelin live. What a show!
what the he'll at least. zepplins honest good people we grew up with these guys we been with them through good times and bad one of the best
Led Zeppelin had Talent
Amazing clip!
Gotta Love Led Zeppelin
"They are the Led Zeppelin."
Jeeeeeeeeez....
Anyone catch the cashier register ringing up $3.73 for an album?
Yes, yes, yes!!!!
AT 1:16 TO 1:22 JIMMY ❤️ THEY LOOK SO HANDSOME HAVING FUN THEY DESERVE EVERYTHING ABOUT THE SUCCESS THE MONEY JETS CARS EVERYTHING THIS BAND IS THE BEST BAND THE WORLD HAS EVER CREATED AND PAVED THE WAY FOR IMPOSTERS THEY GAVE PEOPLE OF ALL BACKGROUNDS AND RACES GOOD MUSIC THAT LIVES ON TO THIS DAY NOW YOU GOT A NO TALENT KANYE WORTH MILLIONS NO TALENT KARTRASHIANS JUSTIN BIEBER LIZZO CARDI B AND SO MANY MORE NO TALENT CRAP WORTH MILLIONS AND CANNOT HOLD A CANDLE TO A ZEPPELIN LEGACY WHEN THIS GENERATION MAKE NO TALENT TRASH FAMOUS TODAY THE TERM WHEN IT COMES TO SPENDING THEY MONEY ON THIS CRAP THE TERM A FOOL,AND HIS MONEY WILL SOON PART RINGS SO TRUE 🤦🏾♀️ ZEPPELIN FOR LIFE ✊🏾✊🏾✊🏾
God. We all love Led Zeppelin.
Zep 3 is one of my favourite albums.
I like how the newswoman compares heads of state to hollywood as if they were of equal importance...
That part about the pool table was hilarious 😂
Payola on Led Zeppelin? I wasn't around in the early 70's, but did THE Zeppelin get airplay back then? I read on a bio that they didn't even care much about airplay and promoted their music touring .
But reputedly Grant was in pretty deep with the mob, as was the Atlantic label as a whole, although I don’t think Ahmet Ertegun himself was implicated. I don’t recall whether the feds were able to pin anything on Grant beyond a reasonable doubt, or whether, like with Al Capone in an earlier era, they did not establish a crime (at least not until they got Capone’s tax returns). There were shady doings surrounding Grant and briefcases of money, however, and Led Zeppelin were unfortunately definitely one of the acts caught up in the payola mess. Almost certainly, though, Led Zeppelin and the other artists caught up in the labels’ shady dealings had no idea bribes were being paid or that their careers were being underwritten by mobsters. It was almost all 100% the label execs’ foul play, in cahoots with radio station owners, popular “taste-making” DJs, PR firms, venue owners, concert promoters, and band managers.
@@danopticon Peter Grant did go ahead of the band into cities where the band was scheduled to play a week ahead of time to find out what songs off their first couple of albums we're getting the most AirPlay and then the band would switch songs around in their satin to featured those songs prominently in their set either at the end of the set or during the encores or are set apart song where they were intro the song and explain what the song was about etc. The band itself wasn't intricately involved in the business side other than the fact that they made the money they left everything up to Peter Grant
Peter Grant was not to be messed with but the band made their money through focus on touring and full albums more than singles on radio.
"Freak rock is big this year..."
Bahahaha!!!
What did they think? That they were going to live,and act like paupers? It's called really making it,which you know is happening, when you have your own 707.
Is money “making it”?
get em when they are young.....if you can corrupt the young.....this is how you will be treated.....until you are used up and spit out.