What Did The Beatles Think of Led Zeppelin? 

@@DougLofstrom not for me. Zep is always my favorite band ❤️

Agreed. The Beatles music was based on folk, early rock & roll, soul music, ballads, the blues, stage music, Dylan lyrics, with later added complex orchestrations and electronic sounds. There were only a few hard rock, heavy metal Beatles songs in the White Album. Led Zeppelin is rooted in the hard rock blues blended with the heavy sound from Cream and Hendrix which also had long guitar solos that were moving into jazz. What immediately set Led Zeppelin apart was Robert Plant’s very high vocal singing which gave the band a unique sound. Multiple heavy metal bands would copy those high vocals. From there Led Zeppelin moved towards the direction of the Beatles adding more ballad sections, acoustic playing and more toned down vocals in a more folk style.

It's been said that Led Zeppelin was to the 70's as the Beatles was to the 60's.

Nicely put. I feel the same, when I listen to whichever, they are my favorite band. I wouldn't have thought to put it that way, but that's exactly how I feel as well.

@@Nicholas-dreamlove Agree. Art is subjective. One culture's art is probably nonsense to another.

Thank god all of the great British rock bands were completely different. The Beatles were or are the greatest singer songwriters at least in rock. Other bands like Zeppelin Stones Who did things better than the Beatles. It’s apples and oranges. There is no doubt that a band that was only together for 7 years is still talked about as the greatest in Rock n Roll is amazing.

The Stones, Zeppelin and Beatles are the most often compared and all 3 couldn’t be any more different than another.

Yes indeed!!

Amen to that! Absolutely brilliant track... it's timeless!

I was a teen in the 70s...best time of my life!! I will get in that time machine with ya!

@@juliemanarin4127 cool 😎

Agreed. I am not a Led Zeppelin fan per se, but I certainly recognize and acknowledge their great talent and what they achieved, which was massive. Simply a preference on my part for the Beatles.

Agreed.

You put Elvis, who did not write a single song, in the same group with brilliant song-or-music writers?I You were being funny, right?

@@GeorgeTel100Agreed

@@GeorgeTel100 Unlike Led Zeppelin, Elvis didn't steal other people's songs and claim he wrote them. Just look at the song writing credits on Zeppelin's original albums and compare them to the song writing credits on Zeppelin's re-issued albums ! NOTICE ANY FUCKING DIFFERENCE ????????? Led Zeppelin, "brilliant song writers" ?????? LOL !!!!!!!!!!!! The only time the proven plagiarists, Led Zeppelin, gave credit where credit was due was when serious legal action came their way !!!!!!!

@golfhound Nailed it, Mate!

@@Stublinsky I agree with you 10000% - Every time I say what you said here to Zep fans it gets ugly very quickly - to tell them the real truth about zep's song-writing """abilities""" is like professing support for Trump in the midst of Chicago! I was ONLY referring to the Beatles and the Classical Composers. And btw, I respect any pop songwriter whose music I may not care about more than I do Zeppelin!!!!

Yep exactly

That’s my bad. 🤣🤣

Monkeys?? You just lost all credibility and this explains why your judgement is clouded...stay off drugs

Abbey Road, White Album, Sgt.Pepper lollipop music?🎉😂 ln Helter Skelter they played hard- rock before Led Zeppelin. You should think before you write nonsense. The Beatles also inspired an entire era of rock musicians throughout the 60s.

They can't play live?????!!!!!!!!!! and talk about song writing..??? Whole lotta love???!!!! I personally love the song but it pales in comparison to anything written by the Beatles....it is like Wild Thing,

From an article in Far Out: Ex-Beatles guitarist George Harrison was in attendance at the show, and he was blown away by what he saw and heard during the three-hour show. Afterwards, the party became one of the most notorious instances of hedonistic abandon in the history of Led Zeppelin. It was written in a news report at the time that the band was in “rare destructive form” and madness ensued, including ‘The Quiet One’, Harrison throwing a chunk of birthday cake at the birthday boy. Regardless of the antics, Led Zeppelin had left an indelible musical mark on George Harrison. “Fuck me!” he allegedly said backstage. “With the Beatles, we were on for 25 minutes and could get off in 15.”

True, but in their Hamburg Germany Days, they were playing 8 to 10 hours a day with little break time. Amphetamines can work wonders and that is how they initially got so tight as a band.

@bowtieguy377 That's a myth. In Hamburg, the Beatles played short sets with breaks in between. They played the same sets over and over then took breaks. They didnt play ten hour gigs. Nobody is booked for ten hour gigs in clubs and certainly not back then.

I stopped the video and came to the comments for this.

@@TravisEarsman Lol, you KNEW someone had to call it out! 🤣

@@circuitdesign yes because it’s so annoying to me that I didn’t even watch the rest of the video.

Right. Irritating for sure. At least you know it's not AI

I didn't even hear it, but I just woke up and am having my coffee. Too bad you missed the rest of the video.

True, unless you install a DJ style cartridge which is designed for back cuing. But yes a typical phono cartridge is not designed for backwards rotation.

😂😂true

😂 and it says...nothing! Lol

In truth, the Beatles music was far more complex than that of Led Zepplin. Itzhak Perlman, the great classical violinist had his children listen to 30 minutes of classical music and 30 minutes of the Beatles every day when he was teaching them music theory.

I agree. All three bands grew up when the culture and the schools were highly regimented. They learned how to play "properly" and THEN they bent the "rules" with intuitive creativity. Too me, that's the BEST recipe for artistic genius...and their legacy will endure for decades to come.

He does seem to just "Ramble on" doesn't he? Lol

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The Beatles had lot shares in founding basic of the Modern Rock.

I see where you’re coming from but the beatles were not a pop band

Beatles were a bit of everything, they were really diverse and made many types of music.

Not really. Beatles were very diverse. So was zeppelin, although their style was more toward hard rock.

EXACTLY...

Early in their career the Beatles were heavily imbedded with soul, blues and rock. When they hit big they were more poppy, then when they stopped touring, they went back to their rock/soul/blues roots and added different styles of writing to their collection, but…At their heart they were always a rock band, so to call them pop, well you seem to lack any real knowledge.

@@danduntz2539 And yet they were always referred to as a "pop combo" from the time they got big so yeah, my lack of knowledge as you say still tells me they were a pop band. Sorry if you think different.

This is just silly. Ill informed guff.

It's not about "true rock band" - it's about "true GREAT MUSIC"! Bach was not a "true rock band" but 300 yrs later he's downloaded more than 50% of rock stars that were hot just a decade ago!!! What made the Beatles so immortal is the QUALITY of music, not the STYLE of music (which is Led Zeppelin) - Style always wins today, quality always wins tomorrow......

huh??!!! Both bands were great....but the Beatles produced more creative, fascinating music & lyrics by far.....just list the songs written by each Beatle during their careers

Jimmy was right...as always

Dude, these guys are greats. They can criticise anyone they want

Ringo actually said Bonham was an incredible drummer. He's been taken out of context here. He was a good friend of Bonham and did not criticise him like it is portrayed here.

Talent =/= objectively perfect musical decisions... ?

For the Beatles he was.

You are right Ringo was the dollar

I completely agree!

They stole almost everything

So did everyone else. Rock and roll was all stolen/adapted from blacks in the the American South.

@@EddieC3336Nonsense, only a few songs in their huge catalog are dubious. Led Zeppelin is still one of the greatest and most influential bands ever.

@HprFcs Even if 1 is dubious it makes them dubious also, there is a laundry list more, hell they stole Stairway from thier opening band, overturned in court but real musician's know, its note for note, Muddy Watters estate is suing, howling Wolf's estate is suing, Chuck Berry's estate is suing, I think they nicked more than a "few".

Hot dog?

@@cowboyfromhelI Another Zeps great tunes. Check it out🔊 🌭🎶🎸🥁

Two awesome bands. Music wouldn’t be what it is without them.

It does...purposely

@@juliemanarin4127 I know that

nice joke or are you insane?

Which is better, football or baseball?

Oh puhleeze!!!!!!!

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I never thought much of it untill I saw Billy Scheafers school picture🐸🍿same school as Paul. Then when the French team examined his teeth💥🔨something is definitely amiss 👌

Billy Shears apparently was more talented than the real Paul McCartney. All the greatest songs were written in the "Shears" era lol. Honestly, I can't believe people still buy this conspiracy theory lol

@@andrewvincent7299 Explain Macca Memoirs of Billy shears which confirms it among other revelations

Really dude? That was the rumor that a Beatles song said backward Paul Is Dead...we were all talking about it. And you didn't know if it were true or not since in the 70s we had no internet...no computers...no cell phones to find out!