{"id":181546,"date":"2025-09-25T20:43:08","date_gmt":"2025-09-25T20:43:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/181546\/"},"modified":"2025-09-25T20:43:08","modified_gmt":"2025-09-25T20:43:08","slug":"something-happened-when-i-heard-the-sound-of-that-record-robert-plant-remembers-hearing-elvis-presley-for-the-first-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/181546\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cSomething Happened When I Heard the Sound of That Record\u201d: Robert Plant Remembers Hearing Elvis Presley for the First Time"},"content":{"rendered":"

Music fans can often remember where they were when they first heard their favorite artist. It\u2019s a transformative moment that usually hits like a ton of bricks. Even our favorite artists remember where they were when they heard theirs. Robert Plant<\/a> can remember the first time he heard Elvis Presley. Like everyone else in his generation, Plant thought The King was the paradigm of what a rocker should be. His first introduction to Presley was so impactful that he likened it to a drug trip. <\/p>\n

[RELATED: \u201cI Don\u2019t Know if I\u2019d Like To Work With Him\u201d: Why Robert Plant Was Too Intimidated To Work With Prince]<\/a><\/p>\n

Robert Plant Remembers Hearing Elvis for the First Time: \u201cIt Was an Opiate\u201d<\/p>\n

Like many musicians, Plant was interested in music from a young age. He once recalled listening to the radio, hoping to hear something that wowed him. According to the Led Zeppelin member, the BBC wasn\u2019t interested in what the \u201cyouth\u201d wanted to play. But, every so often, he\u2019d get lucky and hear something invigorating. <\/p>\n

\u201cThere was this sort of haze behind me of English ballads,\u201d Plant once recalled<\/a>. \u201cThe BBC wasn\u2019t very kind to youth culture in those days, but every now and then on\u00a0Two Way Family Favourites\u00a0on a Sunday lunchtime, some servicemen would send messages back to Mom and Dad and request a song.\u201d<\/p>\n

Plant went on to talk about a particular day when the request was for a Presley staple, \u201cHound Dog\u201d. <\/p>\n

\u201cElvis,\u201d he added. \u201cThat was the kind of lock-in. It was an opiate. Something happened when I heard the sound of that record. It certainly made me put my stamp collection to one side for a bit.\u201d<\/p>\n

[RELATED: A Hunk of Rarities: New Elvis Presley Box Set \u2018Sunset Boulevard\u2019 Features Unreleased Tracks from Presley\u2019s 1970s L.A. Recording Sessions]<\/a><\/p>\n

Led Zeppelin and Elvis Presley<\/p>\n

Fortunately for Plant, he didn\u2019t have to admire Presley from afar like the rest of us. According to the vocalist, Led Zeppelin attended many Presley concerts. They even met him backstage, wherein Plant got to sing a Presley staple to the icon himself. <\/p>\n

\u201cWe [Led Zeppelin] went to see him several times,\u201d Plant continued elsewhere<\/a>. \u201cHe was talking to us, and he said, \u2018Well, how do you get on with soundchecks and stuff?\u2019 Led Zeppelin didn\u2019t really do a lot of things like that. But when we did [it was to] try out new equipment or whatever it might be. I\u2019d wanted to sing an Elvis song, and he said, \u2018What is it?\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

Plant often used \u201cLove Me\u201d as a warm-up. Fishing for the chance to sing this song with his hero, Plant mentioned his affinity for this track to Presley. <\/p>\n

\u201cSo we talked about things and said good night and walked down the corridor,\u201d he added. \u201cSuddenly, I\u2019m hailed, and I turn around, and Elvis is swinging out of the room on the doorframe and does an Elvis to me, which we all do, and start singing this song. So the two of us are like the ultimate pub singers that night.\u201d<\/p>\n

The only thing better than meeting your hero is your hero giving you adoration in return. We can\u2019t imagine a better feeling as music fans. <\/p>\n

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