Knebby Posted September 29, 2008 Share Posted September 29, 2008 From an interview in yesterday's Mail On Sunday "No one would ever have thougt to put the two of us together. Led Zeppelin and Leona? It isn't a combination you'd normally think of, is it? But as soon as I was asked by the Olympic committee I was excited. I met Jimmy and he was lovely, I completely knew who he was, because loads of my Aunts were huge fans of his. What amazed me was that he knew who I was. He'd seen me on The X Factor and he even asked me for an autograph for his granddaughter. He was so lovely to me." Lewis tells me that it was she who made the decision to rearrange "Whole Lotta Love" to suit her ow voice. When I remark that many others would never have dared even to suggest such rock sacrilege. Lewis shakes her head, creating waterfalls of long amber curls around her face. "I knew had to change it, to make it into something a bit different, because there was no way I could do the original. I had to make it my own. I told Jimmy straight away. I sat with some producers and we worked it to what we wantedit to be and then called Jimmy.I couldn't actually be in the room while e listened to what we did to his song. BUt after a few minutes he just walked out of the room with a huge smile on his face and said "I love it" "I still can't believe I did that with Jimmy Page at the olympics. Some things are just so big they still don't hit you even when they've actually happened." She also revealed that she and Jimmy were worried about the state their hair etc woud be in by the time they were revealed from their secret hideaways in the top of the bus. Ooh found the link to save me more typing and scanning. http://www.mailonsunday.co.uk/moslive/arti...ys-picture.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reids Posted September 29, 2008 Share Posted September 29, 2008 thanks again, Knebby, for sharing. R Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lucyinthesky Posted September 29, 2008 Share Posted September 29, 2008 I don't know much about Leona, but she seems to be a truely nice person! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MHD Posted September 29, 2008 Share Posted September 29, 2008 What a surprise to learn it was Leona's idea for the rearrangement! Well, imo, she deserves much praise as I loved it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leddy Posted September 29, 2008 Share Posted September 29, 2008 Nice one, she was good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ninelives Posted September 29, 2008 Share Posted September 29, 2008 Very cool - thanks for posting KB I think that's great Leona had some input as to working out an arrangement of the song! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aquamarine Posted September 29, 2008 Share Posted September 29, 2008 Thanks, Knebby. She does sound like a cool person--and it was funny to learn that Jimmy's still worried about his hair, after all this time. Also she confirmed what I have always maintained, that Led Zeppelin is an Aunties' band. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
longdistancewinner Posted September 29, 2008 Share Posted September 29, 2008 Cheers, Knebby. I actually had that copy and read the relevent Pagey bits. The only discrepancy I saw was Leona stating that Jimmy asked for her autography - for his granddaughter. Hard to believe considering she's only a few months old. Still, was a fun little read, and very much enjoyed her stating that at one point all she could hear was Jimmy breathing at the side of her Lucky sod (Leona). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kdh Posted September 30, 2008 Share Posted September 30, 2008 Thank you for the bathroom reading material Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melissa Posted September 30, 2008 Share Posted September 30, 2008 This is great Knebby-I thought it was a fantastic collaboration and even better that Leona does sound like a great person, and was in awe herself as to what she was part of. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FullyLedded Posted September 30, 2008 Share Posted September 30, 2008 Hope Leona and Jimmy do something down the line Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melanie_72 Posted September 30, 2008 Share Posted September 30, 2008 Thanks for the link Knebby. I thought Leona did a great job performing at the Olympics. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Knebby Posted October 1, 2008 Author Share Posted October 1, 2008 Cheers, Knebby. I actually had that copy and read the relevent Pagey bits. The only discrepancy I saw was Leona stating that Jimmy asked for her autography - for his granddaughter. Hard to believe considering she's only a few months old. Yeah we were all laughing at that - "Sure, what's her name?" "Err - Jimmy". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AllisonAdler Posted October 1, 2008 Share Posted October 1, 2008 Yeah we were all laughing at that - "Sure, what's her name?" "Err - Jimmy". :lol: That had me scratching the head a bit as well! Lovely article, by the way--I've really come to appreciate Leona Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lizzy_17 Posted October 1, 2008 Share Posted October 1, 2008 Great post and thanks for the link! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olipticle Posted October 1, 2008 Share Posted October 1, 2008 If she butchers the song ill cry, I mean yeah it could go good but i mean if this chick was good id be listening to her already.... just my two cents Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Knebby Posted October 1, 2008 Author Share Posted October 1, 2008 If she butchers the song ill cry, I mean yeah it could go good but i mean if this chick was good id be listening to her already.... just my two cents Did you miss the Olympics? Its already happened. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LedZep forever Posted October 1, 2008 Share Posted October 1, 2008 lol! Jimmy and his hair! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FireOpal Posted October 1, 2008 Share Posted October 1, 2008 Cracking article - thanks, Knebby. I don't know which to envy more: her stunning looks or her experience of being chained to a pod with Jimmy Page Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Da-Lo Posted October 1, 2008 Share Posted October 1, 2008 I heard that they (Chinese officials) had to sanitize the song lyrics to be more un-sexual... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
longdistancewinner Posted October 1, 2008 Share Posted October 1, 2008 Yeah we were all laughing at that - "Sure, what's her name?" "Err - Jimmy". That's exactly what my boyfriend said! He's still got a way wi' 'em. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vega Posted October 1, 2008 Share Posted October 1, 2008 I heard that they (Chinese officials) had to sanitize the song lyrics to be more un-sexual... WLL has some boy's lyrics, hard for a lady to sing it word for word Leona was fantastic, each time I see her video now it's "Our Leona" for everyone Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olipticle Posted October 2, 2008 Share Posted October 2, 2008 lol i havent heard it yet, i thought it was for a future one lol ill youtube it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperDave Posted October 6, 2008 Share Posted October 6, 2008 lol i havent heard it yet, i thought it was for a future one lol ill youtube it Most of the good quality clips of this performance were pulled by NBC on YouTube in the hours and days following Olympics although you may get lucky since some time has passed as they may not be looking for this as much. I'm sure they did it as it will be part of some Olympics dvd release. Anyway since you were sleeping and not only missed the news as well as the performance of our beloved Jimmy playing the closing ceremonies in Beijing with Leona Lewis here is the full clip for you. Hope you enjoy it and theres only a minimal amount of talking on it. It may take a bit for the clip to load depending on your pc. Just be patient. http://www.nbcolympics.com/video/player.ht...HD_CCB_HL_L1806 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olipticle Posted October 6, 2008 Share Posted October 6, 2008 lol thanks for the post and the link, I got a chance to take a look this morning and was quite surpised and the out come, It sounded pretty sweet if i do say so myself. Good work!!!! Very happy to see jimmy on stage again and the fact he hasnt died his again back to black is awsome! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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