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Jimmy Page, Leona Lewis Bring Rocking End to Beijing Olympics

8/25/08, 9:15 am EST

Photo: Getty

The 2008 Summer Olympics finally concluded last night in Beijing, bidding goodbye to Michael Phelps, the Redeem Team and Usain Bolt, but not before handing off the baton to London, England, who will host the 2012 Olympics. Acting as delegates for the U.K. were Leona Lewis and Jimmy Page, who came together to perform Led Zeppelin’s “Whole Lotta Love.” There was some outcry about the song’s lyrics prior to the performance, but Lewis tactfully changed the song’s words from “every inch of my love” to “every bit of my love” while singing from a three-story high pillar. Check out the performance at the NBC site, even though it sounds like Lewis is singing from the opposite end of a tunnel.

[Photo: Getty]


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clench | 8/25/2008, 11:39 am EST

Unfortunately I can’t get the video to play on my Mac!

ddj | 8/25/2008, 8:15 pm EST

you ain’t missing shit. wait you are missing shit. It was as bad as the London mayor’s teeth.

Mari | 8/25/2008, 8:28 pm EST

here in Brazil it was to early in the morning.. I didn’t wake up to see it…

NEWYORKJSW | 8/25/2008, 8:29 pm EST

ddj: No it reality was very Stunning to hear and see page perform thier first 1969 hit !

Wonder why Robert did not do the singing, oh yeah then it would be a Zeppelin show
ans that is for NEXT YEAR !

Amazing James Patrick Page playing in front of hundreds of millions of Chinese and the world on TV !

Mari | 8/25/2008, 8:29 pm EST

I mean, too* early

james | 8/25/2008, 10:59 pm EST

Leona Lewis is HOT! and Jimmy can still lay down hard rockin’ quitar

saman | 8/26/2008, 9:10 am EST

that was great !

Richard Johnson | 8/26/2008, 10:00 am EST

It LOOKED good but unfortunately the sound was truly awful. I don’t think the Chinese hosts wanted to be over shadowed by the majesty which should have been Led Zeps finest. Pity they didn’t crank up the Birds Nest stadiums speakers to max rather than leaving it set to 1.

cure58 | 8/26/2008, 11:36 am EST

Did’nt anyone notice they were both mimicking both the vocals and Pages playing??? Page is an icon and does’nt need to stoop to such low levels!!!

peter | 8/26/2008, 12:21 pm EST

leona is hot and jimmy page is still the man

hd | 8/27/2008, 8:17 am EST

I agree with you ddj, it was HORRIBLE!! It didn’t look good, the sound was amazingly bad, and no one could understand what she was “singing”. Overall, if you missed that performance, you did yourself a favor.

GY | 8/27/2008, 11:11 am EST

Sounded good from Asia. Every word was clear. You guys got the bum end of the feed. Very clean audio!

GY | 8/27/2008, 11:13 am EST

Sounded good from Asia on broadcast. You guys are getting the bum end of the feed. Every word and lick was crystal clear.

nick | 9/26/2008, 12:12 pm EST

jimmy page is sooooooooooo awsom!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!111

Mikie | 1/7/2009, 10:34 am EST

God bless Jimmy Page….

tom | 4/23/2009, 3:43 pm EST

dont you talk about leona like that she is awsome and will always be in my book but the guy i dont who the hell he is lol

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