zigmundvoid (December 31, 1969 at 6:59 pm)

Fuck government oppressors who aren't here to protect anybody but power elites and corporate bed buddies! No artist is losing money here! Colrane is not losing a dime but YOU ARE? Piss off and go deal with the criminals in your midst rather than brainwashing the masses into accepting your greed and maintaining the status quo. Over half the prisons are filled with pot smokers compared to all other violent crimes?! Some of us remember we're in control of the roller coaster, thank you Bill Hicks.

vokshumana (December 31, 1969 at 6:59 pm)

I will play Coltrane`s tune in my head during this video, one of the best on Youtube.

fluidjazz (December 31, 1969 at 6:59 pm)

To the fuckwit copywriters who 'claim' they protect this stuff, I'd like to bet this has done more to introduced more people to coltrane than it has turned people to bootlegging. Welcome to the modern world motherfuckers. this is advertising a product not abusing it...

ahsoman (December 31, 1969 at 6:59 pm)

aww man. its the end of the world when you cant listen to a god given peice of inspiration because of greed.if i dont hear it this lifetime hopefully ill hear a comparisson or better in the next life.

jpfarrell68 (December 31, 1969 at 6:59 pm)

AN OPEN LETTER: To all of the nearly 100,000 viewers of this video thank you! However, the audio track was removed due to a copyright claim, thereby forcing me to substitute John Cage's 4'33" audio track in it's place. Unlike the unjust quite you now hear, John Coltrane's Music will NOT be stilled nor silent in the hearts and souls of those of us who find peace in this work. YES - Take umbrage at why this work is now mute, but recall Coltrane's chanted words..."A Love Supreme." - jpfarrell68

willistara (December 31, 1969 at 6:59 pm)

No audio in this

vokshumana (December 31, 1969 at 6:59 pm)

Youtube, there is no sound on this clip anymore, what is the problem?

justverydazed (December 31, 1969 at 6:59 pm)

you're completely right; unequivocally correct. it's a huge injustice to the original blues musicians. i just wish zeppelin would have been more upfront with their adapting of the originals, and , of course, paid for their use. there's probably something to be said for the legal protections of musicians now, in terms of their work, that didn't exist back then. i could be wrong though.

almanacofsleep (December 31, 1969 at 6:59 pm)

Yes but imagain what a lot of those (really rather poor) blues artists felt when they saw Led Zepplein riding around in private jets and mansons, fucking super models etc because of their songs and they don't see a dime.

justverydazed (December 31, 1969 at 6:59 pm)

ehh, i know where you're coming from man but that may be an overstatement. i see their early work (where most of the controversy comes from) as rehashings of old blues songs. Some more similar to than others. They really just didn't give credit where credit was due. I look at like this, and it's in partial agreement with how you put it, they initially became famous largely through adopted blues songs, throwing their own essence in, but their legacy was made by their later originals.