Jeeeeez John Paul Jones is so good I can't stand it. The sense of melody and the notes he chooses are just so perfect . I like a lot of different bassists of all kinds from Jamerson to Jaco to Family Man but John Paul Jones is the one I respect the most. He is my benchmark. I'm happy being me but if I had to be someone else It would be John Paul Jones
He sorta played the role of the drummer in that he always kept the song going while everyone else soloed around him. Truly the best bass player ever I'd say
Agreed. His playing is very articulate and always makes the most sense. Entwistle is my favorite but he's like all over the place like Hendrix and may have been an alien, not sure anymore 😂
The 75 Earls Court version of this is my fav, especially Jones bass. I hear a lot of people saying that Jones was ‘the forgotten one “. He was the bassist for Led Zeppelin. Nobody is forgetting about him!
John Paul Jones was always kinda forgotten and he said in an interview I can go outside the hotel and walk around and no one bothers me. The other 3 could not say that lol. I was blessed to see Led Zeppelin in 1977 in Oakland, July 23rd one of their last shows in America. It was my first concert.
It's part of why he changed his look so often. Each year he has an almost totally different look, sometimes different looks throughout the year. This as well as being the bassist and not moving much on stage allowed him to walk freely whereas everyone knows what Robert Plant and Jimmy Page look like.
I always loved JPJ 's phrasing. Melodic and syncopated. Such a pleasure to be able to hear these isolated tracks. He and Bonham were an amazing team and so locked in together. My deepest respect to both of them and RIP to Bonzo.
Amazing how he is using the hi-hat. I always thought the audibility of the hi-hat accents were just bleeding through in the absence of other perscussion, BUT no, Mr. Bonham in his brilliance is opening the hi-hat and closing. Spectacular.
He did it all. On Misty Mountain Hop he uses a stick accent on the hi-hat while closing it, hand and foot coming down together for a harder sound. It's on the 'ands' limping through the phrase. I think. Thanks for pointing this out.
There were better players then than now . A lot of the guys in rock bands in the 70s were , like John Paul Jones, classically trained musicians. Jones can play a dozen instruments and has produced albums, composed film scores , arranged string sections and conducted orchestras . There are not many guys in modern rock and roll bands who are musicians of that caliber. If you listen to Yes , King Crimson, Rush , Zappa etc there were great players around in the seventies
@@GerardWaysHun20 : You'd be surprised to know that he used a pick on probably half of the songs they played. I know for a fact that he used a pick on TSRTS when they played the song live. It's unmistakable, but I wasn't sure if he used it for the studio version. Now I know he did. Black Dog, Celebration Day, WLL, Heartbreaker, Immigrant Song, Out On The Tiles, Crunge, D'yer Maker, The Rover, Houses of The Holy, Sick Again, the entire Presence Album, etc -- all played with a pick. :)
It sounds to my ears that John is in fact using that early fifties Precision, pictured in the above thumb for this track. He’s a fantastic pick player!
JPJ used mainly two basses from LZI up to PG, his 60s Jazz Bass with flats (main bass) and his 50s Precision that was used in a couple of songs and most notably in Immigrant Song He also owned a Fender V but he used it in very few songs
@@ricardog.s2505 if we can believe it, he actually used a Black Rickenbacker Bass while on tour in ‘69 for a short time. It could’ve been a rental, I’m not sure. Yes, the ‘62 Jazz Bass w Roto flats and the ‘52 stripped Precision were the workhorses for the first few years of Zep. Sometime in ‘71 he got the maple-necked fretless Sunburst Precision and an 8-string Hagstrom which can be seen in ‘72 Aussie tour pics. Then came the upright/elec bass. The “Bass V” appeared in March ‘73 during the European tour - and used exclusively during leg 1 of the U.S. ‘73 tour. It was also used for the first few gigs of the July leg before returning back to the ‘62 J for the remainder of of the month. Then the Alembic’s came in ‘76 for the ‘77 tour. Occasionally he used the fretless ‘71 for In My Time during the first leg of the ‘77 tour.
I have to make this metaphorical comparison to of all things the 90's elite Dallas Cowboy teams .. Plant is Aikman ( perfect frontman for the talent that surrounded him ) Page is Michael Irvin ( motivating energy ) Bonzo is Emmitt ( the driving force ) and JPJ is a combination of Novacek and Moose Johnston ( unquantifyably vital ) oh and Mr. Peter Grant was that all time great and incomparable O- Line .
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Jeeeeez John Paul Jones is so good I can't stand it. The sense of melody and the notes he chooses are just so perfect . I like a lot of different bassists of all kinds from Jamerson to Jaco to Family Man but John Paul Jones is the one I respect the most. He is my benchmark. I'm happy being me but if I had to be someone else It would be John Paul Jones
He sorta played the role of the drummer in that he always kept the song going while everyone else soloed around him. Truly the best bass player ever I'd say
Agreed. His playing is very articulate and always makes the most sense. Entwistle is my favorite but he's like all over the place like Hendrix and may have been an alien, not sure anymore 😂
Totally agree
@@chiefbrody2173 I always point out Sparks live at Woodstock or Isle of Wight for a good example of what Entwistle brought to his band
Jones & Bonham were a fantastic duo. JP Jones really shines on the isolated track of the Lemon song. Incredible bass.
The 75 Earls Court version of this is my fav, especially Jones bass. I hear a lot of people saying that Jones was ‘the forgotten one “. He was the bassist for Led Zeppelin. Nobody is forgetting about him!
JPJ + Bonzo, my favourite rhythm section of all time.
John Paul Jones was always kinda forgotten and he said in an interview I can go outside the hotel and walk around and no one bothers me. The other 3 could not say that lol. I was blessed to see Led Zeppelin in 1977 in Oakland, July 23rd one of their last shows in America. It was my first concert.
and yet, we can read the same comment about how underrated JPJ was ever since TH-cam was created.
Just STFU, no one in this band was underappreciated.
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It’s hard it shine when you’re standing so close to the sunS
It's part of why he changed his look so often. Each year he has an almost totally different look, sometimes different looks throughout the year. This as well as being the bassist and not moving much on stage allowed him to walk freely whereas everyone knows what Robert Plant and Jimmy Page look like.
I always loved JPJ 's phrasing. Melodic and syncopated. Such a pleasure to be able to hear these isolated tracks. He and Bonham were an amazing team and so locked in together. My deepest respect to both of them and RIP to Bonzo.
Amazing how he is using the hi-hat. I always thought the audibility of the hi-hat accents were just bleeding through in the absence of other perscussion, BUT no, Mr. Bonham in his brilliance is opening the hi-hat and closing. Spectacular.
He did it all. On Misty Mountain Hop he uses a stick accent on the hi-hat while closing it, hand and foot coming down together for a harder sound. It's on the 'ands' limping through the phrase. I think. Thanks for pointing this out.
50 years old. Majorly advanced playing for rock/pop music of the time. Still sounds fresh as a daisy.
There were better players then than now . A lot of the guys in rock bands in the 70s were , like John Paul Jones, classically trained musicians. Jones can play a dozen instruments and has produced albums, composed film scores , arranged string sections and conducted orchestras . There are not many guys in modern rock and roll bands who are musicians of that caliber. If you listen to Yes , King Crimson, Rush , Zappa etc there were great players around in the seventies
One my most favorite Live Led Zeppelin songs!!!
no other song like it
Fuck yeah
Awesome!!!! @ 02:19 - You can hear the pick muting. JP was definitely using a pick on this song.
Looks like he's using a pick in the pic too.... makes me wonder if he used a pick in the TSRTS movie during this tune, always see him using fingers
you can left hand mute while playing with fingers
@@GerardWaysHun20 : You'd be surprised to know that he used a pick on probably half of the songs they played. I know for a fact that he used a pick on TSRTS when they played the song live. It's unmistakable, but I wasn't sure if he used it for the studio version. Now I know he did. Black Dog, Celebration Day, WLL, Heartbreaker, Immigrant Song, Out On The Tiles, Crunge, D'yer Maker, The Rover, Houses of The Holy, Sick Again, the entire Presence Album, etc -- all played with a pick. :)
@@TPBass1224are you sure about Celebration Day studio version? Live no doubt, but to me it sounds finger style on the album version.
@@lucashenry7293 : It's a good question. I'm not really sure, but he definitely uses a pick on "CD" live.
JPJ is the one that made me fall in love with bass guitar...here we are 30 years later, has not lost an ounce of its magic for me
Well sweet Calcutta rain! This rocks
john bonham and ludwig drums tuned tight = match made in heaven
Great comment. So true
Just wow.
It sounds to my ears that John is in fact using that early fifties Precision, pictured in the above thumb for this track. He’s a fantastic pick player!
I read in a Zep equipment list site that he used a 5 string bass - with a high C string (not a low B) for this song.
Yes, it’s called the Fender V. The world’s first five string bass. It debuted in 1965 and CBS decided to end its production by 1972 due to poor sales.
JPJ used mainly two basses from LZI up to PG, his 60s Jazz Bass with flats (main bass) and his 50s Precision that was used in a couple of songs and most notably in Immigrant Song
He also owned a Fender V but he used it in very few songs
@@ricardog.s2505 if we can believe it, he actually used a Black Rickenbacker Bass while on tour in ‘69 for a short time. It could’ve been a rental, I’m not sure. Yes, the ‘62 Jazz Bass w Roto flats and the ‘52 stripped Precision were the workhorses for the first few years of Zep. Sometime in ‘71 he got the maple-necked fretless Sunburst Precision and an 8-string Hagstrom which can be seen in ‘72 Aussie tour pics. Then came the upright/elec bass. The “Bass V” appeared in March ‘73 during the European tour - and used exclusively during leg 1 of the U.S. ‘73 tour. It was also used for the first few gigs of the July leg before returning back to the ‘62 J for the remainder of of the month. Then the Alembic’s came in ‘76 for the ‘77 tour. Occasionally he used the fretless ‘71 for In My Time during the first leg of the ‘77 tour.
The best rhythm section eva, none better !!
John Bonham for greatest rock musician of all time, even surpassing Hendrix. My 2 cents
John Bonham is the Fred Astaire of Drumming. IOW, Bonham is in a Class by Himself.
with those soundtracks we discover the uge work of JPJ too ! so great !
Jones was the best musician Zeppelin.
Page would be the first to tell you that..
John Paul Jones!!!
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I have to make this metaphorical comparison to of all things the 90's elite Dallas Cowboy teams .. Plant is Aikman ( perfect frontman for the talent that surrounded him ) Page is Michael Irvin ( motivating energy ) Bonzo is Emmitt ( the driving force ) and JPJ is a combination of Novacek and Moose Johnston ( unquantifyably vital ) oh and Mr. Peter Grant was that all time great and incomparable O- Line .
grant is to landry! ('70's style)
Gran ritmo
JPJ! JB!
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The hi hat is the most interesting instrument in music.....
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