re: John Bonham On The Beatles

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And I can promise you no one in the Beatles would have said a damned thing to him about it either.

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think again

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George Harrison was more noted for hanging out with Zep than any other Beatle, that’s for certain. At John Bonham’s 25th birthday party, it was Harrison who started the debauchery all because he knew the nature of the beast he was about to enter.. so instead of bowing his head and succumbing to what he knew was to come (this WAS John Bonhams party after all…enough said) George decided to take the bull by the horns and get things going. When a photo op. presented itself, Harrison grabbed the top tier of Bonham’s birthday cake and heaved it at the guest of honor. Pandemonium ensued with Bonham throwing anyone he could find into the swimming pool, Harrison included. Jimmy Page, who could not swim and was dressed in a truly expensive lavender suit.. gave up and simply walked slowly and gallantly into the pool, fully dressed. It was hilarious.

On another note, it was also George Harrison who is given credit for The Rain Song. He commented to Jimmy that the trouble with Zep is that there’s not enough ballads. Jimmy wrote The Rain Song, and some say purposefully added the first 2 chords of Harrison’s "Something” as the intro to “The Rain Song”. Upon initial listening, one cannot argue with that logic. No doubt it is true.“

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Have read other places that Harrison was rather in awe of Bonham, Page, and Jones as musicians, to the point of socially interacting with them. While the OP's statement mighty be true (not taken out of context). It sounds at least like this Beatle got along fine with him.

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And I can promise you no one in the Beatles would have said a damned thing to him about it either.

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I think John Lennon would have and with Lennon's violent past, probably to Bonham's face. This is what he said about Mick Jagger when he knocked the Beatles...

John Lennon rips Mick Jagger