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The Led Zeppelin Connection
When Robert Plant was about 10 years old, in 1958, he used to do an Elvis impersonation behind the curtains in his living room, arguably looking for a certain ambience that Elvis’ early records had. He used to have a quiff and spent hours in front of the mirror trying to emulate Elvis’ moves. Both him and Jimmy Page used to listen to Radio Luxembourg, a foreign radio station that at the time was the only way to listen to rock ‘n’ roll music in the UK. It couldn’t always be tuned in and it was staticky, but in their homes with ears to the speakers they would pick up fragments of Fats Domino, Buddy Holly or Elvis Presley. Robert’s parents were worried about the influence rock ‘n’ roll had on their son and one day, while he was listening to his favorite music, even pulled the plug off the radio. He didn’t desist of course and it was through Elvis that he learned about the Delta Blues. Rock ‘n’ roll and R&B records were only found in second-hand shops in the UK back then, left behind by Americans or discarded from jukeboxes, so that’s what Page and Plant focused on separately while Elvis was drafted into the army.
What sparked Jimmy Page musically, however, even before discovering Chuck Berry in 1956, was Elvis’ rockabilly classic “Baby, Let’s Play House”, which he heard first on that staticky radio. Even though the allusion in the lyrics about living in sin didn’t hit him until years later, that song, he confessed in an interview, turned him on and sent shivers up his spine, so much so that he decided to take up a guitar left behind at his house and learn to play it. Soon enough, he formed a skiffle band and started to emulate solos from guitarists he liked, especially James Burton (who played guitar in Ricky Nelson’s hits and would later play his famous pink Telecaster in Elvis’ TCB band). Like Elvis, Jimmy would bring his guitar to school and sometimes it got confiscated for the day. He bought a record player in 1960 and got the early Elvis records he liked, such as “Lawdy Miss Clawdy” and “Tryin’ to Get to You”. “That music was refreshing”, observed Page many years later, “when all you heard before was Rosemary Clooney”.
It was only in 1968 however that Page and Plant joined forces and with John Bonham and John Paul Jones formed Led Zeppelin. Rock music had evolved a lot from ‘50s rock ‘n’ roll to 70s hard rock, but Elvis’ influence can be heard everywhere in Robert Plant’s delivery, in some of his stage moves and in the lyrics too (“It's been a long time, been a long time / Been a long lonely, lonely, lonely, lonely, lonely time” - “Rock and Roll” from Led Zeppelin IV). Having watched Elvis for years, Led Zeppelin also learned how to use their bodies on stage to emphasize the feel of the music – striking poses, shaking their hips, thrusting their pelvis and so on. In order to pay homage to how it all started for them, they semi-regularly included Elvis songs in their sets, especially in the long “Whole Lotta Love” medley. It included “That’s Alright, Mama”, “Heartbreak Hotel”, “A Mess of Blues” and others.
The members of Led Zeppelin went to see Elvis live several times over the years, including in 1972 at Madison Square Garden, but it was only in May 1974 that Jimmy Page, Robert Plant and John Bonham were invited to meet him after a concert. Elvis was not a fan of hard rock, but he knew about Led Zeppelin, as they were topping the charts at the time. He would say to his own entourage, “Well, I may not be Led Zeppelin but I can still pack 'em in”. He was actually amused that his step-brother Ricky was really excited that they were in the audience. During the concert that night in Los Angeles he acknowledged them before launching into “Funny How Time Slips Away” with his signature self-deprecating humor, stopping his TCB band and saying that they should all play as if they knew what they were doing because Led Zeppelin was in the audience.
After the concert they were invited to see Elvis and led into a room full of girls – all copies of Ann Margret, as Robert Plant humorously recalls. They were told by Elvis’ entourage not to discuss music with him, so initially they were starstruck and tongue tied. Elvis, who apparently only knew one of their songs, Stairway to Heaven, didn’t talk to them for a little while, until his interest was sparked by Bonzo mentioning his classic car collection. Elvis knew the band members were famous for the groupies and their libertine behavior on tour, so he asked about that and they hilariously denied everything. Jimmy joked that they rarely did sound checks, but if they did all Robert wanted to sing was Elvis’ songs. Elvis was amused by that and asked him which songs he liked and Robert said that he liked the ones with all the moods, like “Love Me”: “Treat me like a fool / Treat me mean and cruel / But love me”. When they were about to leave, Elvis swung around the door frame, looking quite pleased with himself, and started singing that song to them: “Treat me like a fool…” and Robert promptly replied “Treat me mean and cruel…But love me”. They actually talked and had fun for about 90 minutes together. Members of his Memphis Mafia even checked with him several times because Elvis usually saw people for only 10 minutes.
Another memorable meeting took place in his Monovale house, also in LA, this time involving John Paul Jones, the bassist of the band, and Richard Cole, the band’s tour manager, who was a friend of Jerry Schilling. When the two arrived with a bottle of Dom Pérignon, they were surprised to find Elvis in his pajamas and slippers watching TV with the MM. Cole, apparently a bit drunk, started to swear in front of everyone and Elvis didn’t approve, especially since his girlfriend Sheila Ryan was present. Accounts differ but one story says that Elvis jumped up in a karate stance and knocked off his watch and another that Elvis simply asked to see Cole’s expensive watch. What happened for sure is that they all started to swap watches, John getting a jewel-encrusted watch from Elvis in exchange for his Mickey Mouse wristwatch. The evening went on pleasantly, with Elvis quoting several Monty Python routines to his new English friends. Towards the end of the evening, Elvis suggested another exchange. He eyed John, who had been the quiet one all night, lowered his pajama pants beneath his robe and in perfect Monty Python fashion said “Let’s swap pants!”. According to Jerry, the more eccentric Cole was shocked into silence, while John and Sheila bursted into laughter.
The last time Elvis Presley and Led Zep crossed paths is bittersweet, as it happened shortly before Elvis’ death in 1977 when their jets met on the runway at the airport. His other step brother, David Stanley, asked Elvis if he could go with the band that night for their concert. Elvis just looked at him and said, “No.” When he asked Elvis why, he said, “Look at the bottom of your paycheck.” As he entered the limo with Elvis David said they sure have a nice jet. Elvis leaned over and reminded him, “They lease their jet from Caesar’s Palace, I own mine.”
Robert Plant kept singing Elvis’ songs on stage throughout his career. Here he’s singing “Little Sister” in 1979 with Rockpile.
Here he’s sitting on the floor with some records. Note Elvis’ first album is there (thanks Lucy for this).
You can find my other posts on Elvis connections with artists who followed him at this link. So far I’ve written about Jimi Hendrix, Bob Dylan/Andy Warhol, the Clash, Jim Morrison and Quentin Tarantino.
Robert with his lemon in his hand.
January 22, 1973: As per usual, Led Zeppelin rehearse by improvising early rock and roll numbers. This time, their artist of choice is Elvis Presley, and Robert does his funny interpretation of the King's renowned deep voice. Old Refectory, Southampton University, Southampton, UK.
Tracklist:
Drum / Mellotron Tuning
Love Me Tender
Frankfurt Special
King Creole
Love Me Tender

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fucking constant reboot remake reboot remake reboot remake reboot remake!!!!!!!!!! the tv has only been around for like a century you literally cannot be out of ideas already
they’re not
This is an open secret at this point, everybody who works in the entertainment industry can tell you the execs literally, outright say they do not want original properties anymore. With a new property you have to spend the time and money getting people invested. If you make the 34785th remake and staple some nostalgia on it for good measure, you'll make bank because there's already a dedicated group of people to market to. People will watch it if it's good, because it's a revival of something they care about. People will REALLY watch it if it's bad, because hatewatching is almost even more profitable in this day and age. It's all about getting the biggest return for the smallest financial investment, and nostalgia is MUCH more profitable than original projects. It's all corporate bullshit in the end.
So anyway, please support the originals who make it in spite of everything, and please especially support independent creators and projects!
Capitalism destroys art
Everyone who sees this, reblog with your favorite Jimmy pictures please and thanks. Life has been beating my ass lately 😅
Definitely my favourites 👀
There you go😌 Hope you feel better now luv
Why did he go to the gay club?😭Did he go there with Robert?When was it? 1977? I thought only Freddie went there..
Uhhh….
Well. I’m not sure where to start. He hung out at gay bars a lot in the 70’s, like I said, under the guise, officially, of not being recognized. Lots of people go to gay bars regardless of sexual orientation. They’re usually just another bar.
Now for the subtext— a lot of people believe that Jimmy is anything from bisexual to straight up gay, so there’s that angle, as well.
Jimmy loooved drag queens and transvestites. Actually, way more than JPJ so it's surprising to me that it's hardly ever discussed in contrast to Jonesy's tastes which are talked about all the time in and outside the fandom (most likely because of "Royal Orleans"). As Pamela Des Barres told in her book Rock Bottom, Jim would go to these gay bars after Zeppelin shows dressed in his The Night Porter outfit (he liked cosplaying as the girl in the film), take heroin in the toilets with the drag queens, and supposedly take them to his hotel room and have orgies with them.
Audrey Hamilton also mentioned Jimmy's obsession with drag queens, saying that Robert would point out the transvestites hanging around his suite while on tour.
JPJ also gave an interview once where he was asked about the Royal Orleans incident and said (paraphrasing), "there was a member of the band who slept with drag queens, but it certainly wasn't me." You do the math ;)
A long time ago, I used to visit and sometimes post on a gay gossip board called Datalounge, which occasionally had interesting threads about closeted 70s rockers. There was one guy who posted there who used to go to a club in NYC called Club 82 around 1973. It was a former drag bar that opened up to visiting rockers in the early 1970s, but still retained a distinctly queer flavour. This guy claimed to have seen Jimmy, and I quote, "swapping spit" with a "very pretty" young man in a VIP booth at the club. They apparently left together for Jimmy's hotel.
I don't think the guy was lying - why would he bother making shit up about Jimmy Page when there were other rockers from the era who were of far more interest to gay readers, like Bowie, Freddie and Elton?
Simon Napier-Bell (gay Yardbirds manager before Peter Grant, and one-time Jimmy nemesis) is on record as saying he suspected Jimmy was a repressed gay man, and "no wonder he got into transvestism later on."
There was another post on Datalounge from someone who claimed Jimmy hit on his (male) college friend in the early 90s! Again, completely out of left field, no playing to the crowds, and therefore believable.
Bleecker Bob's, McDougal St, 1979
Jimmy Page and Robert Plant at Bleeker Bob’s.
don’t you just know that Jimmy is already considering what features of this vinyl will one day make it collectible on Discogs
You know Jimmy has a Discogs profile, prob posts anon on the Steve Hoffman forums, too
And has a secret account on the Royal Orleans forums
And is probably behind the Dogs of Doom

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I love how when Pagey attempts to evoke a manly phallic gesture it just gets gayer