Piers_Williamson Posted February 19, 2022 Share Posted February 19, 2022 Has anyone clocked this yet 11 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Piers_Williamson Posted February 19, 2022 Author Share Posted February 19, 2022 And technically in anything but one place! I also just clocked JPJ's bass stand. Perhaps it came with the venue? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Man Riva Posted February 19, 2022 Share Posted February 19, 2022 … I’m now off to spend the day obsessing about JPJ’s ‘odd’ E string. By 6.30 I’ll have experimented with an array of errant E strings and will be thoroughly frustrated that I still don’t sound like him! 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Piers_Williamson Posted February 19, 2022 Author Share Posted February 19, 2022 And what about the pristine Wallace Amp! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Piers_Williamson Posted February 19, 2022 Author Share Posted February 19, 2022 And was this actually recorded on a five string and/or octaver (rather than what I think is his original Jazz in the vid)? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TimR Posted February 19, 2022 Share Posted February 19, 2022 All those singers, guitarists, harps and drummers. Just the one bass... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bassfinger Posted February 19, 2022 Share Posted February 19, 2022 Never met JPJ but im guessing he's a regular sized guy who just happens to play enourmous basses? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigRedX Posted February 19, 2022 Share Posted February 19, 2022 All Fender basses look enormous on normal sized people. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skidder652003 Posted February 19, 2022 Share Posted February 19, 2022 f*ekin' awful! God, Percy had such an amazing voice back in the day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ezbass Posted February 19, 2022 Share Posted February 19, 2022 1 hour ago, BigRedX said: All Fender basses look enormous on normal sized people. The J bass certainly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wateroftyne Posted February 19, 2022 Share Posted February 19, 2022 It's canny, I like it. But - as it's Basschat - I'm going to nit-pick. The "Don't it make you feel bad / When you're tryin' to find your way home / You don't know which way to go?" verse was always the money shot on the original. But on this, it's... anticlimatctic. Consider that nit picked. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bunion Posted February 19, 2022 Share Posted February 19, 2022 5 hours ago, TimR said: All those singers, guitarists, harps and drummers. Just the one bass... He’s lucky he got on camera at all given the usual interest in the bass player 😄 Wasn’t keen on it at all though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scalpy Posted February 20, 2022 Share Posted February 20, 2022 I’m a sucker for anything with Derek and Susan, plus it’s one of my favourite zep tracks so 👍 from me. Just wish someone in my band could play harp like that. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ezbass Posted February 20, 2022 Share Posted February 20, 2022 50 minutes ago, scalpy said: I’m a sucker for anything with Derek and Susan, plus it’s one of my favourite zep tracks so 👍 from me. Just wish someone in my band could play harp like that. They really are quite the talented couple. DT’s slide playing is always amazing and ST is no slouch either, plus the voice. On the whole, I quite liked the recreation, but I missed the massive drum sound. Should’ve got Jason B to do it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scalpy Posted February 20, 2022 Share Posted February 20, 2022 (edited) 4 hours ago, ezbass said: They really are quite the talented couple. DT’s slide playing is always amazing and ST is no slouch either, plus the voice. On the whole, I quite liked the recreation, but I missed the massive drum sound. Should’ve got Jason B to do it. Massive fan of TTB, got tickets for the palladium later in the year, looking forward to it already. Edited February 20, 2022 by scalpy Missing word 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jean-Luc Pickguard Posted February 20, 2022 Share Posted February 20, 2022 There's a good write up about this track on Rolling Stone: https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/john-paul-jones-re-record-when-the-levee-breaks-1278309/ 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ead Posted February 22, 2022 Share Posted February 22, 2022 On 20/02/2022 at 16:47, scalpy said: Massive fan of TTB, got tickets for the palladium later in the year, looking forward to it already. Me too, going to the Manchester show. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bassfinger Posted February 23, 2022 Share Posted February 23, 2022 On 20/02/2022 at 11:19, scalpy said: I’m a sucker for anything with Derek and Susan, plus it’s one of my favourite zep tracks so 👍 from me. Just wish someone in my band could play harp like that. She has a cracking voice for the blues. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barking Spiders Posted February 23, 2022 Share Posted February 23, 2022 I prefer this, the original, standing at a pithy 3.14 mins. IMO the LZ version goes on way too long without ever going anywhere, clocking in over 7 mins 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4000 Posted February 23, 2022 Share Posted February 23, 2022 1 hour ago, Barking Spiders said: I prefer this, the original, standing at a pithy 3.14 mins. IMO the LZ version goes on way too long without ever going anywhere, clocking in over 7 mins How dare you suggest Jimmy Page didn’t write it? Don’t you know he wrote everything? 😂 Seriously, I much prefer the Zep version, even with Plant’s voice, which I’m not really a fan of. The Zep version is hypnotic, and I love hypnotic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wateroftyne Posted February 23, 2022 Share Posted February 23, 2022 (edited) 3 hours ago, Barking Spiders said: I prefer this, the original, standing at a pithy 3.14 mins. IMO the LZ version goes on way too long without ever going anywhere, clocking in over 7 mins. As an aside, I'm not sure how 'original' the original is. The words, aye, but apart from that iIt's a pretty standard country blues. When people (not you, granted) have a go at Page / Plant pinching from old blues legends, it tends to be conveniently overlooked that said blues legend probably nicked the song from someone else. Edited February 23, 2022 by wateroftyne 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveXFR Posted February 23, 2022 Share Posted February 23, 2022 On 19/02/2022 at 13:29, Bassfinger said: Never met JPJ but im guessing he's a regular sized guy who just happens to play enourmous basses? He's quite small. I saw him live with Them Crooked Vultures. Josh Homme makes most people look short so I didn't think he was short until the end of the Show Dave Grohl stood next to JPJ and he's definitely short. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4000 Posted February 23, 2022 Share Posted February 23, 2022 2 hours ago, wateroftyne said: As an aside, I'm not sure how 'original' the original is. The words, aye, but apart from that iIt's a pretty standard country blues. When people (not you, granted) have a go at Page / Plant pinching from old blues legends, it tends to be conveniently overlooked that said blues legend probably nicked the song from someone else. It’s not just blues though, is it? They have quite a lot of form. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wateroftyne Posted February 23, 2022 Share Posted February 23, 2022 2 minutes ago, 4000 said: It’s not just blues though, is it? They have quite a lot of form. Well.. Stairway, I guess. Any others? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bassfinger Posted February 23, 2022 Share Posted February 23, 2022 (edited) To be fair, the Court ultimately ruled in LZ's favour on appeal for Stairway, making it twice they had won in front of a judge. To be double fair, they never made any big secret about the sources of their of trad and blues inspiration and would happily discuss it if asked in interviews. They weren't deceiving anyone. And they pretty much shut all the detractors up with IV. Edited February 23, 2022 by Bassfinger Caught Jimmy Page going through my bins Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.