British guitarist reacts to Jimmy Page jamming a solo on the fly 

This version of Dazed and Confused probably contains a couple dozen riffs or pieces, and he just goes on and on. His creative genius is off the charts. He's always been my favorite, not simply for his playing, but his writing, producing, and general over all artistic / creative skills. There really is no other like him. To me he's the 8th wonder of the world.

One of the things that makes Page different is that he’s totally fearless. He goes places that aren’t ‘musically correct’, sometimes paints himself into a corner and gets into trouble but finds his way out. And in the process, he took you places that other guitarists wouldn’t have dared go to. Fearless!

Jimmy Page- No one even comes close! Everyone else bores me! Only Page holds my interest. His Spontaneous Combustion way of playing is unmatched and unduplicated. Its unbelievable and incredible!!!

Sloppy or not, Jimmy Page has more interesting ideas in a few minutes of improv then most of his guitar playing critics manage in a lifetime.

Jimmy was at his BEST live, you never knew what he would do because HE did t know what he would do, it’s amazing that the other three were able to keep up, master craftsmen

fun fact at 2:28 you can hear his tone change and that’s because the camera man stepped on his wah pedal and turned it on!! he has to walk over and push him out of the way to turn it off (without missing a beat, I might add)

As sloppy as Page may have been at times, it simply worked perfectly. Live Zeppelin was all about the feeling and vibe. Page was and still is one of the absolute greatest writers for the guitar from an orchestral approach. Page was the connection between Les Paul and many other players when it came to having what seemed like a thousand guitars playing at once. Yeah, I wish I played guitar as sloppy as Jimmy Page! A musical genius of our time, period.

this is a 30 minute dazed and confused, the whole thing is jimmy on another planet!!!

While Jimmy is wailing away just listen to the rhythm section. I'm a guitar player so i love a great solo like anyone but Bonham and Jones were TIGHT.

Jimmy was anything but "sloppy" until the latter days of Zeppelin...there's a lot of hate for Zep's commercial success, but anyone who was around back then, there's millions of dejected guitar wannabe's that gave up trying to sound "sloppy" like Jimmy.

Jimmy may have been a little sloppy, in today's standards, but you heard the notes and you knew what he was playing. And he is a genius acoustic composer. I just learned The Rain Song and what he does with alternate tuning is amazing. Love Jimmy!

I have to agree that Zeppelin was an incredible improv band. Thats what makes great live music special. They could go off the rails, but Jimmy could usually cue Bonzo to reel it back in. When they were spot on it was magic. They took a lot of risks but it usually paid off. They were that good at it. Sloppy? Sometimes, but the slop usually led to something amazing. You build ideas that way. Zeppelin on a bad day in 1980 is better than most anything out there today. 73 & 75 were incredible.

For years I would turn on my surround sound and light up my Marshall and Les Paul an sit on the carpet against the couch and rip this whole concert on guitar. Jimmy is amazing in celebration day, rain song, the middle of dazed and confused. When he is on, no none, no one could have touched him. No one.

Jimmy was on fire In 73!! Incredible.

He was a very popular and sought after sessions guitarist for years. So. he can play technical and proper when he wants. He just took from all those experiences and made his own sound. He had fun, you can tell by watching him!

Always enjoy your commentary. I'm 65, and we used to call Page's playing "loose" not sloppy. I mean that in a good way. I prefer that to the precise, pre-planned work...which is amazing also! Keep on rocking, brother!

Sloppy? Give me that sloppy all day and twice on Sunday Pure, raw, uninhibited excitement. The best!

Everybody has an opinion but any one who says sloppy is just not a person who knows music or just is not into zep which is fine but Page has said himself that he is not a technical player he goes for a sound a feel he is always pushing the boundaries and when you do that you crash once in a while like evil Kenevil but when he’s on he is amazing I love the emotion in his playing soft hard choppy smooth bottom line it moves me period!!!!!!!!

Jimmy Page had the best rhythm section in rock and roll backing him up, so he could afford to be a little sloppy sometimes...and it worked. Oh Lordy, did it work.

Jimmy was my first guitar hero. He always played like a train just about to run off the tracks.

JP! my absolute favorite! (no offense Fil). I think that some people thought Led Zeppelin to be "sloppy" because they did so much improvisation. That why no two concerts were ever exactly the same! They were an incredibly "tight" band and could play off each other without effort. Obviously Jimmy is in "the zone" here! LOVE!

The idea that a lot of guitarists consider Jimmy Page "sloppy" does his playing a great disservice. The sonic palette from which Jimmy derived his ideas was so, so varied and wide but also very personal. He played what he felt and expressed such a huuuge amount of ideas and sounds throughout the years as to be mind boggling, Although I've heard some dreadful work from Jimmy when he was obviously wasted, when he is on, there is nobody who sounds like him in tone, ideas or expression. In general, to say that he "missed" something is to suggest that one would know what Jimmy was going for in the first place. But if he's only judged for not being as technically accomplished as John McLaughlin or the like, then it's a waste of time.

it was just about to get good..zep that is..

I had read in an article some years ago that Kirk Hammett said that this version of Dazed and Confused was an encyclopedia of guitar knowledge! It certainly is a great everytime I listen to it

I grew up absolutely jamming to TSRTS... Hands down, best solos by Jimmy Page EVER!!! Have you reviewed the boogie jam part of Whole Lotta Love ??? Absolutely freaking incredible jam!!! Gives me goosebumps still, even after seeing it probably 200 times ..., Love your channel bro, keep up the awesome reviews !!! Hello from America my friend!

To me page is god on the guitar

At their best, Led Zeppelin could (musically) play with fire, and get away with it. This clip is a great illustration of this and a stunning example of why they were/are so revered. Thank you for posting this.

Okay, he makes some mistakes but that’s because he playing a hundred notes a second and his fingers are flying all over the Fretboard. Of course he’s going to miss a few notes. His right hand can barely keep up with the left! The players making sloppy comments are jealous cause they can’t even approach his speed! He was the fastest gun in the West back then! Even now he’s blazing fast!

I'm so glad you played this particular clip, because when people wanna bag on Page & say he's sloppy, I always want to play them this specific live solo- it's incredibly clean AND fast- not to mention,improvised! but Page,like other true greats was much more than just a great guitar player- he was a visionary, a producer, a songwriter, arranger, recording artist, performer- each member of that band was incredible- & the chemistry they had is unmatched to this day! I heard Over The Hills And FarAway on the AM radio back around '74, it really caught my ear & my fancy- I knew I wanted to do that- now 50 years later, I can say I fulfilled the desire to learn how to play guitar on a professional level ,make music & perform & record- but there is still an intangible element to it all, & that's where the magic occurs-

not sure what was in that orange juice back stage but jimmy was on fire in this concert.. every song.. epic.

Jimmy page was a beast of a player at the top of his game. But later in life due to a secret drug addiction after the band broke up he stopped playing I believe for a while and that’s apparent when he’s in a concert with Eric Clapton you can see Eric has brought him along as his friend and to inspire jimmy back into playing. As jimmy was very rusty in that concert. But in his prime of playing he was a monster

Jimmy was almost impressionistic as a player - it probably carries over from his art training. Not really always precise, in a classic sense, but like impressionistic painters, always had form, and intent. Calling Page sloppy is like calling Monet sloppy.

undoubtebly no 1 rock band ...scary thing is how far no2 was behind them.

Dazed and Confused from their concert movie The Song Remains The Same, excellent!. Jimmy's solo on No Quarter from the same concert movie is quite brilliant. His playing on Since I've Been Loving You, which is in the movie but not on the soundtrack, is brilliant as well. Word of warning though, do not watch that movie while under the influence of acid. It could cause one to become extremely annoyed with Robert Plant's screeching and moaning.

I think Jimmy Page and Duane Allman were the best of there era when it comes to jamming like this, albeit completely different styles. And Duane was no slouch when it came to a signature tone/feel either,lol \m/

They were one of the greatest bands on the planet, if not the greatest. If Page is sloppy, it is pleasing a great many people. Page was bold playing off the cuff, and never sticking to rigid rules. Sloppy needs credit , if it sells nearly 300 million albums.

Page and Plant to some extent were able jam right on the edge of control because of Jones and Bonzo being so solid a foundation. When those guys locked in they were the best rhythm section ever Bonzo always in the pocket and Jones so freakin solid always there. I don't think Jimmy's technique was sloppy just that when you ride that close to the edge you fall off sometimes. The Song Remains the Same version of No Quarter is Page at his rippin best!

I know I was supposed to be paying attention to Mr. Page. But those drums were pushing me against my will (in a good way). What a force of nature Led Zepplin was.

Sloppy or not, there is more heart and more interesting ideas in this than the vast majority of rock players manage to convey. And, yeah, his phrasing and feel is so unique and funky!! IMO a lot of the "slop" is rhythmically brilliant! and very hard to copy.

Page is the master guitarist of improvisation every night is different check out USA and Germany 1973 dazed and confused recorded live no group played this good ever page and bonham are unbelievable!!!!! The proof is there listen if you dare!!!

A very good explanation of Jimmy Page style of play. Thank you.

To the people saying page is too sloppy ...No one can play like page people try but can't. this is improvising at its finest. you wont catch steve vai playing like this or joe satch (great players) because they don't have pages mindset. It's hard to try and emulate page he has infinite sounds that'll make you wonder how he even does that. his sloppiness makes him unique and a little slop doesn't hurt anybody it just adds to the guitar lore. All the greats had a pinch of slop ( Duane allman, hendrix, roy buchanan, clapton etc) slop is part of the guitar lore just the right amount though.

My all time fave band!!!! Each and every member a unique talent in their own right! From my teeny bopper years at the age of 12-13 I fell in love with LED Zeppelin! The first songs I heard on my transistor radio were Immigrant Song & Whole Lotta Love. I have followed them ever since & now my grandchildren even love them! With You Tube I can watch them jam anytime I want. It is amazing to me that this year marks Led Zeppelin’s 50th anniversary of their beginning. I watch this particular video quite often. I can just see the way your face lights up & your big smile that you really like them, too!

No one was playing like that until Jimmy Page came along. After Jimmy stepped on the stage a new wave of playing took hold.

Until this universe explodes, Jimmy will be forever remembered.

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Jimmy is the king of improvisation in his live performances, it's kind of cool that he can do that I think he was is and always will the best guitarist of all time

No one can create on the fly such magnificent music. He pulls magic out of thin air every time

This is the song/performance that made me pick up the guitar years ago. Haven't put it down since.

Those guys just clicked so well together! They said the first time they got together, the room just exploded with incredible sound. Would have been awesome to be there!☺

A lot of my guitar playing friends have said that Jimmy Page, even though he is a legend, was a very sloppy player. Man! If I could only play the sloppy! LOL! Another awesome video!

Jimmy Page is a deep cat who needs to be making music. It’s unfortunate that Jeff Buckley is gone, because I could have seen those two collaborating.

Hey, I know I'm a couple years late here, but this reminded me of some of these great 2021 pandemic performances that have been popping up on RU-vid occasionally with preformers all playing together but from different locations and countries and such. The performance I'm thinking of is a truly phenomenal cover of _Zeppelin's Good Times Bad Times_ by RU-vid artists Paulie Z (singer), Mr Jimmy (guitar), Tony Franklin (bass) and an 11 year old drummer, believe it or not, named Yoyoka who is a force of nature. The performances are so good and beyond entertaining that I think you would enjoy watching it even if you don't want to do an analysis of it. Phew! Sorry! Bit of a long comment.

Jimmy to me is the best guitarists ever. I love Jimmy's ❤️ he is the master

Jimmy Page reacts to Jimmy Page :'D Sorry but I can't get over the similarity

I like how Robert Plant compliments Jimmy Page's guitar. His singing really matches what Jimmy is doing. Great video. Cheers!

For $6.00 U.S you would get 5/hrs of Zeppelin Live in '73 .Extended jams were the norm back then, improvised solos, songs merged into 3,4,5 other songs & back again. Great era of musicianship across all genres. Being flawless and playing to a grid wasn't a thing yet. Thank God for that. Free-style Rock'n'Roll. \m/ Fil.

its like the whole group were reading each others minds when playing on stage.very unique & talented musicians combined their talents to make music that was more than the sum of its parts.the movie version of the song remains the same/ rain song was a HUGE demonstration of their vast versatility in musical skills.a holy shit moment,

Man, what can you say about this concert? This is why I picked up guitar 25 years ago. I think the intro solo and mid solo on Since I've Been Loving You is the best solo Jimmy plays. It's complete emotion. And Roberts vocals...! If you could review that sometime, appreciate it! But really every band member at this time was incomparable and on top. Even John Paul's bass playing is inspiring. Great review here!

Jimmy was never sloppy, I'd say just an out of control groovy looseness. This still gives me goose bumps after 42+ years. I grew up listening to Jimmy and he was one of my guitar heroes.

*JIMMY PAGE IS GOD !*

Zep movie footage. Movie editors left out Misty Mouton hip n over the hills and far away. This instrumental was from dazed and confused. All you Zep fans watch. The documentry It might get loud featuring Jimmy page. Page is the man.

People say sloppy............he was improvising 9 times out of 10 meaning he had no clue to what he was going to play next

Page's Heartbreaker live solo is what inspired Van Halen to create Eruption. That was the spark to change guitar playing.

Just the SRTS album alone qualifies Jimmy to be the best. Every note, every phrase, the way each phrase stops and goes onto the next is so masterful. No one comes close. Give me Jimmy at his sloppiest over anyone else at their best any time.

Well, F#CK ME!!! Excuse the expletive, Fil but there's no other word for it! Thank you!

I love Led Zeppelin

Bonham was incredible too!!!👍😎

What's particularly cool about Jimmy is how low he hangs his guitar.

EXCELLENT commentary, Fil. I've watched that clip of 'Dazed' countless times and it always inspires me.

" the song remains the same" i think Greta van Fleet has watched this movie a time or two .

Another you should really really check out is The Firm: Live In Peace(Live) Just three years after that dreadful jimmy performance at the ARMS concert. Clean for a year and pretty much back on his game. I think you and your fans would love it

There's nearly 20 minutes of Jimmy soloing in the full version, not a single mistake

What I love about Page’s playing is that it always has interesting shapes, breaking from one idea to the next. In this little clip, he’s got maybe six, seven or more ideas that include separate rhythm changes. I mean who does that when soloing? This is what sets him apart from all the other players. He is like an idea manufacturing plant. Amazing

What a great clip to feature!!!!!

If you listen to a bunch of different recordings of their jams across the years you'll find a lot of the same themes throughout, with some being dropped or added - or the order changed - as time went on. The structure overall would would be there, but the length of each theme (and what each muscian exactly played) could change from night to night.

Eric Clapton calls Jimmy Page 'The Riff King'

I agree with you Fil, about having the melody and feel , with all that being expressed through the fret board. For me personally, as a guitar teacher you know, having the technical skills is very important and necessary..... it's what you do with your playing as an individual, that shines through. Almost like expressing your inner soul through a guitar , giving us all the most fantastic of MUSIC!!!! Just my opinion though. I am by no means a professional musician , just a huge fan of rock music. Love ya Fil, ROCK!!🎸☮️

In my own extremely humble opinion if God ever made a better guitar player he kept him for his self

If he plays like crazy , that’s what we all loved about him…he is a master at his craft…how could u not enjoy this sound!!!!? I grew up with it…..it’s only rock and roll and I Like It!!!!like it live it Yes I do!

You always... Always know when it is Page: Rock God....

Sorry to disappoint, but there's hundreds of bootlegs where he plays this solo almost the same. It's not improv it's very well worked out. That said, he is STILL my favourite guitarist ever

Jimi Page played lead guitar on the title track on Al Stewart's album: "Love Chronicles" which was basically all acoustic ballads. Yes he can play to anything!

My first hero was Ace Frehley. '75 or so, I got turned onto Hendrix and many others. What always impressed me about Page was I'd hear him solo and I'd think that's EXACTLY what I'd have played

Oh look at that...jimmy page reviewing jimmy page PS : To me you look a lot like a young Jimmy Page. 😋

Phil....Love Pages style live. Open to improv 100%!!! Studio versions are like what you do at work....to master a recording..filter out distotions. Live performances are like SaturdayNight Play time.letshave fun and get connected spiritually. Ill take Pages freestyle over Clapton or Anyone elses Page was like Zappa in that he was a true Grandmaster of guitar and of music...acustics

Really good clip! This was Zeppelin in 73 at the garden in New York. They are all in thier prime here and it shows Big time! The set list incredible. From the first A chord of RockN Roll to the straight on attack of since I've been loving you to the best 12 string playing on the song remains the same anyone will ever see to the note for note perfection at the end of Stairway all improvised is sheer genious by Page and all of the band clearly proving they were the best band in the world! There will never again be four greater musicians on stage at the same time!!!

Watching this in October 2023 and just WOW and thanks.Your face lightes up as you watch Jimmy Page play.🤘

I played this entire concert along with the album quite a few times. It was a helluva show in my room, trust me. I was sweating at the end. Good. God damn. Times.

👍🇬🇧❤ 1973 WHEN JIMMY HAS HIS MOJO & BROWN SOUND AT TOP FORM.......IS THE BEST GUITARIST IN THE HISTORY OF THE WORLD 🎸......BY FAR !!!!!!!...... NOT EVEN 2ND BEST CAN TOUCH HIM........

PAGE IS GOD!!!

Jimmy's my fav. The king of the riff and his jams light my hair on fire

The “Brown Sound” in all its glory here. Dazed live was a evolving work in progress. If you look at their tour schedule from the ‘73 tour and go back and listen to boot recordings you’ll hear where all this jamming came from and led up to. They ran this workout six out of seven nights for like eighteen months straight. Total ensemble type jam. It was like a flock of birds in that everyone would follow a particular idea and run with it….until the next one. Many of the musical passages heard in Dazed ‘73 can be traced back to live performances back to ‘69.

For what is worth, Jimmy could boogie and move in a super fun and very sexy way. I wish the kid from Greta Van Fleet would invest some energy in moving like this. Chuck Berry used to have this kind of fun too. It’s the FULL PACKAGE.

I knew if I patiently went through your catalog of videos you'd get to my favorite guitarist and group. Jimmy has been my favorite since I first saw their live movie nearly 40 years ago.

🖐🏼 Stop right there Yet the song remains the same cement hymn as the greatest guitar Player EVER!!!! Yes there is Jimmy Hendrix But he just does not have the library.. Jimmy is making that guitar scream orgasm. That's what it takes to play the guitar.. Not memorizing scales Up-and-down the neck like a robot.. You've got to have soul And Jimmy is the soul keeper.. Nice section you picked out of the movie.. The whole movie is a jam session... That's why they played 3 hours 4 hours a night, Probably why Robert Plant lost his voice so many times.. Even the Beastie Boys recognize. If I could play guitar I'd be Jimmy Page

A real pleasure to see The Man Himself featured.

He’s got those massively long fingers on that thin neck 59’ Les Paul he bought from Joe Walsh for $1,200. USA 🇺🇸

Wingsofpegasus, same here Fil and if I forgot to tell you , your doing a great job and I enjoy your analysis very much Thank You !

Yeah, Jimmy got really sloppy live during the last few yrs of Zeppelin. The Heroin took it's toll. But if you look at 1975 and before, no one can touch him live, much less in the studio. Hell, watch "Over The Hills & Far Away", 1973 at Madison Square Garden and you'll see how great he was live: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-0Az-TuYb4h0.html