Here's a short clip from the documentary "It Might Get Loud". Page is listening to Rumble by Link Wray and his Ray Men. It's cool to see a Rock Legend like Page really impressed with someone else's music.
I feel the same way but about so many artists of that time. Jeff Beck and Joe Crocker hit hard. I saw Joe open for Zep at convention Hall on Asbury Park in 1970. My God, what a night.
monokhem jesus. Why does everyone have to start talking about Crowley when Jimmy Page is mentioned? What’s so horribly wrong in black magic or occultism? I’m occultist and a witch myself (partly because of Zeppelin ironically, but it doesn’t matter)
monokhem and how is it stupid that he just happened to be interested about Crowley? I’m too like every occultist. And it’s not stupider than christianity. I know because I was a christian but I converted to Thelema, which is an occultist religion founded by Crowley and it makes much more sense than christianity
monokhem have you even done any research on his writings? And his writing is hard to understand if you don’t look into deeper and search. But seriously. Why is it so important to always to bring up man’s own personal life and beliefs? He didn’t even want to talk about his interest in occultism because of this. Jimmy and Led Zeppelin made awesome music and I think it should be only thing that matters.
monokhem you didn’t understand his writings. And I asked this because I wanted to see what the fuck you are doing here anyway? Because you clearly aren’t Led Zep fan. So what are you doing here? Spreading hatred? Take your negative energy somewhere else and let people enjoy their videos
Gypie Mayo, who played guitar in the Yardbirds in the 90's, once told in an interview that when they did a gig in New York and he was playing one of the classic Yardbirds' solos, he looked up at the audience and discovered that both Jimmy Page and Jeff Beck stood there in front of the stage and they were playing AIR GUITAR!
@ matthew coombs :Reminds me of what I did the first time I ever picked up a tennis racket. @ pcpaulius : Most people over 18 never grow to adulthood because they refuse to take responsibility for their actions. So probably a lot if you meant fucked sexually. If you meant fucked psychologically _by their music,_ then the answer is *obviously zero.* I swear, people will say and do anything to not take responsibility for their own actions. And some even go so far as to say others should not have to take responsibility for _their own actions_ either, lols. Damned immature either way.
Released in March 1958..."Rumble" by Link Wray got to #16 on the US charts...became a BIG hit in the summer of 1958. Bob Dylan called it the "best instrumental of all time!!!" CLASSIC!!!
Best scene in the movie. Not only is Jimmy - I'll call him Jimmy - playing air guitar, but you can see he's turning the air rate-of-vibrato knob on the air amplifier behind him. What a beautiful scene of someone so in love with his life's work/play.
Such a simple riff, but like Jimmy says, "it really does" have _attitude_ . Love how much joy Jimmy exhibits, you can just imagine how the very young Jimmy Page reacted the first time he heard "Rumble." Jimmy is great.
Ambient Blue-eyedMonkey You also seem obsessed with Page, while that girl he was with fucked Bowie, Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Keith Moon, John Entwistle and more. You think all these people are pedophiles then? Sounds to me more like you have it out for Page and choose to see it your own way, while in every book that's been written about it, people have said that none of these musicians knew her age.
This paedophile just popped up on the right side videos pane. Yes Bowie was a paedophile too. While a lot of people who been around them say they were being sucked off by 13-year-old girls under tables....
Maybe to someone else, you're the hero too. ^-^ I think sometimes we forget that we have an impact on the lives of others as well. _Your Life is Your Message._
The little nod he gives when the music kicks in, and when he and Jack White agree about how much attitude the song conveys ("It really does!" "It REALLY does!") just make me smile so hard.
After watching this vid i realized that i was smiling for the whole duration. I got lost watching Jimmy getting lost. 2 minutes of rare true happiness.
You know a guy like Jimmy would have a record collection that would rival the best in the world. And only one of the greatest guitarists ever would put on an air guitar show.
Lets agree to disagree, I just have a problem with Hendrix being the top spot because he didn't play a full game so to speak. His career was cut off pretty early in his life, so were left with our imaginations as to where he would've gone.
Stuart Colman mickster boone Lists of the "best" always lead to problems. I smile as I read your comment, but as long as there are good guitarists, the lists will be seen by someone with different taste and arguments will be started. But personally, I couldn't agree more with the list :)
I love Jimmy Page. He is a human being ... and he shows us all what that experience can be. He lives his passion. I don't feel him being larger than life, or a star above me or anyone. What he IS, is one of us who RECOGNIZES how exciting and beautiful BEING is ... and he radiates it. He encourages you to see your own Light. There are many people like him ... but also, he is the only Jimmy Page ... this is the paradox! And I love how he is genuine with himself. He gets out of his own way ... and lets the Joy of Being be his life. And he's shared it with the World in exactly his own way. And we can each do this. That's what I hear in his music, and in his manner of getting excited and sharing it with others. He is the Child ... and reminds us that the Child is not powerless or to be crushed by adulthood ... but to be upheld ... and that the Child is the genius. Einstein had that awareness too. Yes, I love Jimmy Page!
i ECHO your words so no need to repeat them :) jimmy we love and adore you. you have given such meaning to my life. you will never know how much. Jimmy is very earthly, gentle, sweet, soft spoken, he is not a showoff. a real english gent. i hate arrogance and showy type pl. ones that get all kinds of plastic surgery to the point they're barely human. jimmy is a dying breed.
Children have a wisdom that we are all born with. Jimmy embraces that wisdom, it's so true. He sees and feels the magic in the same way a child can. I could see it best in his speech at the Berklee College of Music. It was exactly this quality that made me want to hug him so badly, lols.
@ Chrissy Margo : _Hate_ is such a strong word to direct at someone just because they are different. I bet Jimmy wouldn't think about them that way. Perhaps that's something for you to think about. Just saying. ^-^
I see the little boy listening to his favorite artists and just enjoying it all day long. I love how it gave and gives him such joy!! Much love to you, Jimmy!!!!❤❤❤❤
This is great watching Jimmy page do air guitar while listening to the great rocker and original rock and roller Link Wray and his Raymen. Two great guitarists. I have been listening to R&R since '56. Duane Eddy is another Rock and Roller I listen to.
When you realize this "old" tune is still as amazing, perhaps more so, than the first time you heard it, you are experiencing something deep. I'm old enough to remember Chuck Berry's "Sweet Little Sixteen" being played on a 45 rpm record changer at party when I was 12, when it was new. The record was HOT and it still is. The look on Jimmy's face says it all. "Rumble" is a special tune and the recording here is still MAGICAL!
Page is such an awesome musician and to see him getting so much satisfaction out of something this simple is really cool. You can see he genuinely loves it!,
Love this! One of the great rock guitar players of all time showing what made him tick. It's still there, right there in his laugh, and smile when that guitar is playing. You can't learn that. You either have it, or you never will. Clearly, Mr. Jimmy Page has it, and he made the world dance. You really can't do more than that.
Jim was 14 years old when RUMBLE was released - all these years later you can see the joy it brings him to hear it - takes him right back to a highlight from his childhood.
what a room of vinyl! I love this clip and love the Rumble. Link Wray made some cool stuff - he had some really good riffs and memorable but simple chord patterns and a real knack of letting a chord just ring and breath for a while and sustain instead of always being so busy like many shredders.
What a fabulous video this is.. To see an absolute legend of the guitar world get so enthused about this song made me buy the 7” immediately. I would give everything as a professional drummer to work with someone like Jimmy Page. He comes across as such a wonderful human being and so very, very humble... He was a quarter of (to me) the greatest rock band that there has ever been and yet he shows the humility and enthusiasm of a newbie here just hearing this tune.. What an absolute freekin legend he is.
What a blessing to have such a human being on Earth, thank you so much for your music! You certainly made a big influence in my life. I just can't thank you enough! I just wish it never had to end........the ride was amazing! Cheer's....
Fred Lincoln 'Link' Wray, Jr. (May 2, 1929 - November 5, 2005), was an American rock and roll guitarist, songwriter and vocalist who first came to popularity in the late 1950s. Building on the distorted electric guitar sound of early records, his 1958 instrumental hit "Rumble" by Link Wray and his Ray Men popularized "the power chord, the major modus operandi of modern rock guitarists",[3] making possible "punk and heavy rock".[4] Rolling Stone placed Wray at No. 45 of the 100 greatest guitarists of all time.[5] In 2013 he was announced as a nominee for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.[6] His musical style primarily consisted of rock and roll, rockabilly and country.[7] Wray's first hit, "Rumble", was banned in New York and Boston for fear it would incite teenage gang violence - a remarkable feat for an instrumental. Before, during and after his stints with major labels Epic and Swan, Wray released 45's under many names. Tiring of the corporate music machine, he began recording albums using a three-track studio he converted from an outbuilding on his brother's property that his father used to raise chickens.[10] While living in the San Francisco Bay Area in the early 1970s, Wray was introduced to Quicksilver Messenger Service guitarist John Cipollina by bassist James Hutchinson.[11] He subsequently formed a band initially featuring special guest Cipollina along with the rhythm section from Cipollina's band Copperhead, bassist Hutch Hutchinson, and drummer David Weber. They opened for the band Lighthouse at The Whisky a Go Go in Los Angeles from May 15-19, 1974.[12] He later did numerous concerts and radio broadcasts in the Bay Area including KSAN (FM) and the Bill Graham venue Winterland Ballroom, with Les Lizama later replacing Hutchinson on bass.[13] He toured and recorded two albums with retro-rockabilly artist Robert Gordon in the late 1970s.[14] The 1980s to the present day saw a large number of reissues as well as new material. One member of his band in the 1980s, drummer Anton Fig, later became drummer in the CBS Orchestra on the Late Show with David Letterman. In 1994, he played on four songs of the album Chatterton by French rocker Alain Bashung Jack Rose cited Wray as an influence,[18] as did Iggy Pop,[19] and Neil Young.[20] Jimmy Page says that Link Wray had a "real rebel attitude" and credits him in It Might Get Loud as a major influence in his early career. According to Rolling Stone, Pete Townshend of The Who once said, "If it hadn't been for Link Wray and 'Rumble,' I never would have picked up a guitar." On October 16, 2013, the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame announced that Link Wray was a nominee for inclusion in 2014
Jimmy, saw you with the Yardbirds (1966?) at the Stockton, Cal. Civic Auditorium without Paul Samwell Smith. Chris Dreja on Bass. Full house, great concert. Still remember those White bell bottoms!
Powerful moment Nov 3 2023, Link Wray finally inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame along with JP's inspirational induction speech and performance of The Rumble.❣
He reminds me of me when I pull out my old Little Richard 45s and re-live my youth. The sheer joy of hearing such music again. The difference is, I waited until I'm 75 to pick up a guitar. Oh well, there's hope for me yet...