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JPJ Interview on AOL {Very Long}
- Subject: JPJ Interview on AOL {Very Long}
- From: Tim Friez <zepper@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 17 Nov 1997 21:44:32 -0500
HubMeg: You'll be chatting with John Paul in a few moments!
HubMeg: Welcome John Paul!
HubMeg: Let's take a question from the audience!
Question: If you could jam with any musician(s) from any era who
would
it be and why?
John P Zep: Jphn Bonham and Jimi Hendrix
John P Zep: I don't think I need to say why!
Question: What do you think were the unique qualities that
Zeppelin
brought to rock?
John P Zep: Musicality
John P Zep: diversity
John P Zep: power
John P Zep: !
John P Zep: let's see... a good stage show
John P Zep: and commitment!
Question: What Zeppelin recording do you feel features your most
creative bass work?
John P Zep: Oh, that's a hgard one...
John P Zep: Which one doesn't?
John P Zep: I hate false modesty!
John P Zep: "The Lemon Song" is famous
John P Zep: I quite like the bass lates thate are tight in with
Bonzo
John P Zep: bass lines, that is
John P Zep: Any live recording of "Dazed and Confused"
HubMeg: Here's one from Bluesluvr:
Question: did you help in the release of the new bbc release ?
John P Zep: Yes I did.
John P Zep: Tapes were circulated and...
John P Zep: we all amde a decision on what best versions to use
John P Zep: we tried to get as much good stuff on as possible
HubMeg: Welcome to Hub Music's chat with John Paul Jones of Led
HubMeg: Zeppelin!
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HubMeg: of Led Zeppelin!
HubMeg: Quinsmann asks:
Question: How do the "younger" bands react when they find out you
are
producing their work?
John P Zep: Initially...
John P Zep: they're terrified!
John P Zep: but I think they get frightened that I might want to
change
them
John P Zep: and that they might not be able to tell me what they
want
John P Zep: and what theyd on't want
John P Zep: hopefully, they find that I'm pretty sympathetic
John P Zep: and that if I'm going to produce a band
John P Zep: that i'll let their personality come out
HubMeg: Shrav1 asks a related question:
Question: Do you like any new artists?
John P Zep: Some songs from some artists, I think.
John P Zep: Some of Radiohead
John P Zep: there's a single from the Eels that I like
John P Zep: I like some of the English drum & bass/jungle
John P Zep: I like bluegrass as well, at the moment
HubMeg: ModemSetu asks:
Question: If Page/Plant tour after their album is released...and
they
wanted you to join
Question: them...would you?
John P Zep: No, I think they've missed their chance now.
HubMeg: You're chatting with John Paul Jones! Let's give some stuff
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HubMeg: "Stairway" by hitting INTERACT!
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Question: Did the XYZ (former Yes and Zeppelin) project ever
really
exist?
John P Zep: No! It was pretty much a pressthing, I think.
John P Zep: It was one of those things you read about
John P Zep: and wonder, "Are they talking
John P Zep: about us?"
HubMeg: Welcome to Hub Music's chat with John Paul Jones of Led
HubMeg: Zeppelin!
Question: Did you make up the bass solo in the Lemon Song on the
spot?
John P Zep: The word is improvise--
John P Zep: And YES!
Question: What's the best thing about this Live at the BBC album?
John P Zep: It's teh sound of a young, enthusiastic band.
John P Zep: It's a very raw sound.
John P Zep: A cocky young band at the height of its powers.
John P Zep: And John Bonham,
HubMeg: You are chatting with one of the greatest rockers of all time --
HubMeg: John Paul Jones of Led Zeppelin!
Question: Jonesy, on your upcoming solo album, is it going to be
entirely musical? No vocals, or
Question: do you sing? And are you doing and No Quarter style jazz
improv on it?
HubMeg: 10 part question!
John P Zep: Entirely musical? Don't you mean instrumental?
John P Zep: The answer is yes--
HubMeg: You'd make a good editor.
John P Zep: it is instrumental --
John P Zep: no vocals
John P Zep: no guitar
John P Zep: no jazz
John P Zep: Pure Rock!
John P Zep: (with some funny noises)
HubMeg: Ho1Ho asks:
Question: you have such a smooth driving bass style who was your
influence
John P Zep: A lot of bass players from a lot of different
John P Zep: styles of music
John P Zep: To name a few...
John P Zep: James Jameson
John P Zep: from motown
John P Zep: Duck Dunne (booker t & the mgs)
John P Zep: and some of the great jazz players
John P Zep: such as charles mingus
John P Zep: and Scott LaFaro
HubMeg: When you buy Led Zeppelin: BBC Sessions through Tower
HubMeg: Records, you get a bonus CD featuring the new video for
HubMeg: "Whole Lotta Love" and an exclusive montage featuring every
HubMeg: song that the band ever recorded. It's trippy. Check it out by
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HubMeg: Kickpedal asks:
Question: Will we be seeing any professional live video i.e. Earls
Court
'75, Seattle '77 released
Question: in the future for public consumption
John P Zep: it's always possible.
John P Zep: every now and again we feel we ought to
John P Zep: look at this stuff
John P Zep: some of it is good, some not so good
John P Zep: it would be nice
John P Zep: to see some of it out there
HubMeg: MRKITE asks:
Question: I know that you have worked with Lenny Kravitz in the
past do
you consider him to be
Question: one of the most talented younger musicians today as i
do?oh by
the way you do realize you are
Question: the best bass player in rock music historyright?
John P Zep: Is that Lenny Kravitz writing in?
John P Zep: if it is, i better say that he's pretty good too.
John P Zep: he actually approached me
John P Zep: by saying that his bass player left
John P Zep: just before the MTV video awards
John P Zep: he was trying to think of who to use
John P Zep: and he said to me
John P Zep: "why not call the guy i took it all from in the first
place?"
HubMeg: Here's another from the audience for John Paul Jones:
Question: Tell us abou the new "Whole Lotta Love" video. I
beleive some
of the footage has never
Question: been seen before.
John P Zep: Yes, it certainly surprised me!
John P Zep: There's a funny little bit where
John P Zep: Robert and I seem to be doing some strange
John P Zep: Martian dance together.
John P Zep: Don't knwo where tehy found it.
John P Zep: but it's a good video. i must be biased.
HubMeg: You'll be able to see the world premiere of the video online
right
HubMeg: after the chat. Stay tuned and we'll take you there!
Question: what do you feel is your best performance on the
keyboard?
John P Zep: oooh...
John P Zep: There's a piano solo on "No Quarter"
John P Zep: at one of the old Court shows
John P Zep: that was particulary successful
John P Zep: (Earl's Court, that is)
John P Zep: I can't tell you to listen to the bootlegs --
John P Zep: Robert will kill me!
HubMeg: Here's one from Mendenk:
Question: What do you think of the current state of rock?
John P Zep: Well, I don't know about America
John P Zep: but in England it seems to be harking back to the 60s a
lot.
John P Zep: As I was on most of teh stuff on the 60s that they took
it
all form
John P Zep: I can't say that I'm happy to hear it all again.
HubMeg: SevlleSTS asks John Paul Jones of Led Zeppelin:
Question: What did it feel like in 1985 when you played Live Aid
in
Philly and at the end of
Question: 'Stairway' all 92,000 fans were singing along.
John P Zep: It felt like we hadn't been gone.
John P Zep: Walking on stage was just like coming back home.
John P Zep: It was very exhilirating.
Question: What were your thoughts on Hammer Of The Gods? We all
know
that Percy hated it.....
John P Zep: It's a very sad little book.
John P Zep: It made us out to be sad little people.
John P Zep: He ruined a lot of good, funny stories.
HubMeg: Let's give some stuff away! To win a Led Zeppelin prize
HubMeg: package (including a poster and laminate) be the 5th person to
HubMeg: send the COMMENT "Kashmir" by hitting INTERACT!
Question: kashmir
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Question: will zep be playing at the atlantics 50 th anniversary
John P Zep: There is no Led Zeppelin.
John P Zep: And there's certainly no plans for any reunion of the 3
remaining members...
John P Zep: that i know of.
HubMeg: Doogdgs asks this question:
Question: John Paul what was your favorite band that seemed a
precursor
to the Zep sound i.e.
Question: Cream , Traffic, Jefferson AIrplane, et al?
John P Zep: Possibly Vanilla Fudge.
John P Zep: I know that sounds odd, but they really were
John P Zep: extremely powerful
John P Zep: plus they had a great stage show
John P Zep: They had two great voices.
John P Zep: and we became great friends --we supported
John P Zep: them on teh first tour.
HubMeg: Welcome to Hub Music's chat with John Paul Jones of Led
HubMeg: Zeppelin!
Question: Did "The girl I love" evolve into "Moby Dick"?
John P Zep: It kinda sounds like it, soesn't it?
John P Zep: I think it must've.
John P Zep: It was a Pgae riff.
John P Zep: I must admit, I preferred teh "Moby Dick" verison as a
riff.
HubMeg: Senoir8 asks:
Question: what advice can you give to the younger generation of
musicians out there?
John P Zep: Keep your ears open.
John P Zep: Listen to as much music as you can.
John P Zep: Of all different types.
John P Zep: And listen to the pother people that you're playing on
stage
with.
John P Zep: Think not just how you should sound... but how the band
should sound
John P Zep: and work towards that
HubMeg: You're chatting with John Paul Jones. Here's a gossipy
HubMeg: question (the kind we all wanna ask...)
Question: is richard cole's book an accurate account of all the
partying
on tours you guys did?
John P Zep: It's accurate about his partying!
John P Zep: I don't think he knows who else was there with him!
HubMeg: You're chatting with John Paul Jones! Click button #4 on your
HubMeg: Hub Clicker (keyword: Clicker) to download clips of Led Zep
HubMeg: songs "Traveling Riverside Blues" and "Stairway To Heaven."
Question: What is "Kashmire" about? And why the fascination with
Tolkien's Lord of the Rings on
Question: the 3rd and 4th Zep albums?
John P Zep: That's a question for Robert.
John P Zep: It's about a journey to Morocco
John P Zep: but you'd get pretty lost if you went by "Kashmir".
John P Zep: Robert was into all that fairy stuff.
HubMeg: A musician in the audience wants to know:
Question: What kind of basses do you like to play?
John P Zep: I have my basses made for me by
John P Zep: a guy called Hugh Manson
John P Zep: he's just today delivered a 10-string abss
John P Zep: which i will be using on the record and on the following
tour.
Question: What do you consider to be Zepplins best album??? And
would
you change anything
John P Zep: You could always change things.
John P Zep: I like Physical Graffitti a lot.
John P Zep: but I like most of every album.
John P Zep: There's a lot to like.
John P Zep: But when you listen to your own music back
John P Zep: you always think you could've done better
John P Zep: but..
John P Zep: make another album!
HubMeg: Shabeel asks:
Question: why don't you play with PAge and Plant anymore? You
would
still make great music together
John P Zep: Their plans didn't include me.
John P Zep: Although it did seem to include my music.
Question: Do you think Bonzo is the best drummer of all time?
John P Zep: Of all time, of all places.
John P Zep: That's one of the nice things about listening to the BBC
Sessions
John P Zep: I get to hear him live and well recorded.
HubMeg: To ask Led Zeppelin bassist John Paul Jones a question, hit
HubMeg: the "Interact" button on your screen. Then ask away! Interact
HubMeg: NOW. Please wash your hands thoroughly after interacting...
HubMeg: Benplayin asks:
Question: Plant says "Kashmir" truely defines Zep.....Page says
"Stairway"....what is your opinion?
John P Zep: "Stairway to Kashmir"?
John P Zep: Thatwould be a long track!
John P Zep: They have everything that Zeppelin is about. they have
similar
John P Zep: dynamice to songs like "Baby, I'm Ginna Leave You"
John P Zep: Things off teh first album...
John P Zep: That whole acoustic,heavy... journey, really
John P Zep: It's hard talking about siongs in the abstarct
John P Zep: I could play it for you!
HubMeg: Zephead24 asks John Paul Jones:
Question: What is the meaning of Zoso?
John P Zep: Oh lord!
John P Zep: I really don't know! Jimmy came up with it...
John P Zep: He said it was something to do with Saturday...
John P Zep: but we all chose our signs at dfifferent times
John P Zep: Bonzo and I got them from teh smae book
John P Zep: Jimmy got his from who knows where?
HubMeg: You're chatting with John Paul Jones of Led Zeppelin. Here's a
HubMeg: question that keeps coming up:
Question: Do you have an ill feelings towards Page & Plant over
the No
Quarter tour/album? Did
Question: you WANT to be involved, whether they asked you or not?
Did
they ask you?
John P Zep: In the reverse order...
John P Zep: BNo, they didn't ask me
John P Zep: I woul;d've certainly thought about it at the time
John P Zep: And it was hurtful, at the time
John P Zep: we were very close
John P Zep: but...
John P Zep: time passes!
Question: Is it true what they say about playing Stairway
backwards?
John P Zep: I should think it'd be very difficult!
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HubMeg: package (including a poster and laminate) be the 5th person to
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HubMeg: WhoArU4 won!
John P Zep: Congratulations!
Question: Why do you use Marshall guitar cabinets instead of Bass
cabinets in your rig
John P Zep: I didn't know that I did!
John P Zep: With the last tour I did with Diamanda Galas?
John P Zep: My 8 string bass was in stereo
John P Zep: and teh bass head went through SWR bass cabinets
John P Zep: and the high end went through Marshalls.
HubMeg: Gearheads.... Zoso7395 asks:
Question: How do you like the recently released Symphonic
Zeppelin?
John P Zep: I haven't herad it...
John P Zep: I've heard mixed reports
John P Zep: And a lot of people have asked me over the last 10 years
or
so to do something similar
John P Zep: I just couldn't bring myself to. I think we made the
definitive version.
HubMeg: What did you think of the Moog Cookbook version of Whole Lotta
Love?
John P Zep: They got quite a good groove -- I thought it was
hilarious.
John P Zep: I thought it was a bit cowardly using real drums,
though.
John P Zep: I laos notcied that they used my solo from "All of My
Love"
from "25 or 6 to 4" (the chica
John P Zep: so they've obviously been doing their homework!
HubMeg: You are chatting with John Paul Jones of Led Zeppelin.
HubMeg: Karsey13 (perhaps a budding bassist) asks:
Question: What age did you start playing the bass?
John P Zep: 14.
John P Zep: I became professional at 16.
HubMeg: Breath79 asks:
Question: What is your favorite Zep album cover? Favorite cover
of all
time?
John P Zep: The one with the wheel!
Question: have you ever been to the rock-n-roll hall of fame in
cleveland ohio
Question: Tell us more about your new project:
John P Zep: Blues based and acoustic rock
John P Zep: but using a lot of computer processing and electronics
John P Zep: over a live rhythm section
Question: Did you write the "Black Dog" riff?
John P Zep: Yes. I did.
John P Zep: it came to me on a train coming back from rehersel at
Jimmy
Page's house.
John P Zep: I'd been listening to a song on a Muddy Water's record
John P Zep: called Electric Mud, which had a long, rambling blues
riff
John P Zep: and i thought i'd like to try something with a similar
form
HubMeg: GOneill21 asks another song-specific question:
Question: What influenced you in writing the keyboard part for
Stairway
to Heaven?
John P Zep: Really, a reaction to what Jimmy was playing on
acoustic
guitar
John P Zep: I think he had already started writnibg it with robert
when
tehy were away in tehir
John P Zep: cottage in Wales and Jimmy had lots of different part
sof it
John P Zep: which we put together, the two of us
John P Zep: at Hedley Grange
HubMeg: You are chatting with John Paul Jones. To ask a question, hit
HubMeg: Interact. Aucheff asks:
Question: What do you think of Jason Bonham ?
John P Zep: He's a good drummer, he reminds me
John P Zep: of his dad a lot.
John P Zep: When we played with him at the 40th Anniversary
John P Zep: HE WAS THE ONLY ONE WHO KNEW ALL THE LINKS
John P Zep: BETWEEN THE SONGS
Question: do you miss touring?
John P Zep: yes, that's why i went out with diamanda galas
John P Zep: and that's why i'm going out as soona s my record is
released.
Question: CD or Vinyl?
John P Zep: Cd's arent perfect
John P Zep: but i prefer to hear my msuic without the surface noise
and
pops that vinyl
John P Zep: used to have
John P Zep: on the other hand, the artwork is more fun
John P Zep: on vinyl
HubMeg: Well, we just have time for about one more question for John
Paul Jones...
Question: What is your fondest Led-Zeppelin memory?
John P Zep: ummm... playing at the Boston tea Party
John P Zep: for 4 and a quarter hours
John P Zep: with 45 minutes' worth of songs
John P Zep: now that's what i call improvising!
HubMeg: In just a minute, we'll take a look at the world premiere of
Whole Lotta Love.
HubMeg: Anything you want to add John?
John P Zep: Enjoy the BBC Sessions!
John P Zep: I wish Bonzo was here to hear them..
HubMeg: Thanks so much, John Paul!