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Robert Plant is criminally underrated for his harmonica playing. He blows the most haunting sounding harp I have ever heard.
your right Led Zeppelin started their root core and sound from southern blues. Jimmy page actually learned how to play the guitar listening to old vinyle records of the most influential blues artist like muddy waters, and lead belly. Jimmy and Robert were already fans of old American Blues musicians even back around 1965
I wanted to hear more in their repertoire.
The SOZO is Jimmy Page, the circle with the leaf is Robert Plant, the three circles are the drum kit, the last is John Paul Jones
Thanks for writing this. That is what I'm constantly thinking while listening him play harmonica.😊
JIMMY PAGE is ZoSo… John Bonham is the 3 circles
For a nearly 60 year old man, it fills my heart with joy to know that young people like yourself are discovering and loving Led Zeppelin. The fact that you recognise John Paul Jones driving bass on this deserves a special mention.
The four runes are as follow Zoso was Jimmy Pages, the circle with a single feather was Robert Plants, the circle with the three leafs was John Paul Jones, and the three interlocking circles was John Bonham's.
*This is a song written by MEMPHIS MINNIE, a Black Lady Blues guitar player. Everyone raved about how good she was*
This is one of my favorites from Led Zeppelin. Okay, you asked a lot of questions, so here goes:
1) This song was recorded at the Grange, a castle in the English countryside that had a tall, open stairwell. Bonham’s drum kit was set up at the bottom of the stairwell. A microphone was suspended from above over him. There was also a slight delay induced, which helped with the tremendous sound that was produced when it was recorded. The others played in another room. It was not easily reproduced in concert, but Bonham’s heavy beat & kick carried the song forward.
2) Robert Plant played the harmonica throughout the song, which was rather hypnotic.
3) The difference between Memphis Bell & Kansas Joe’s version versus Led Zeppelin’s version is that the lads slowed the beat down from the original. It made a world of difference in the feel of the song. And of course, the addition of the heavy drum beats, which were not present in the original.
Led Zeppelin recorded many songs that were based on old traditional folk tunes, such as Gallows Pole, and also experimented with things like a cello bow used on Jimmy Page’s guitar and also a theremin. They also used acoustic guitars and mandolins, the latter played by John Paul Jones. BTW, JPJ is brilliant on Bass Guitar, keyboards, recorder, and the mandolin as previously mentioned.
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the original
Headley Grange
Dang.
Yep.. the story of this songs recording is almost as good as the song itself and fits it so well. I don't know what my favorite Zep song is but this is certainly one of them. EPIC!
❤ I think this probably the best 'comment' I've ever read on UA-cam 👏I knew Robert Plant played the harmonica on this but JB playing drums at the foot of a stairwell! I wish more comments were like this
You sir are one of the only reactors too mention the bassist..John Paul Jones is absolutely one of the most underated bassists in Rock History...period.
And a great keyboard player
@@martyjones3523 Damn Skippy! Misty Mountain Hop Anyone? ..lol
Definitely gets lost in the conversation when he definitely should not be
And he calls them Zeppelin not Led. Nice!!
Growing up jones was often at the top of best bass player lists. Not sure where you lived.
This drum riff is one of the most sampled drum tracks of all time. It’s iconic. Bonham’s drum style has incredible bounce.
@@anthonyv6962 wow that a lot of information. Way to flex 💪
@@anthonyv6962 Funny you must be looking at a different list.
Amen break and funky drummer would like a word with you...
ROBERT PLANT QUOTE, "We were gods."
Beastie Boys did
I don't know if it my age or I take for granted that everyone should know Led Zeppelin, when I hear someone say it is the first time hearing them blows my mind. But I am glad they are reaching new listeners....Robert Plant is playing harmonica
The feather is Plant, Zoso is Page, the 3 interlocking circles in Bonzo and the semi circles is Jones
I don’t think that anyone will ever reach the sheer level of cool that Zeppelin was at for this track. I’m not saying that it’s the greatest song of all time, but it just might be the damn coolest. What a way to finish an album…
…..And it was first recorded in 1927.
And the song was written like, 100 years ago
Understand, the magic of Zeppelin was between these 4 boys. When John Bonam died (alcohol poisoning) ... Robert, Jimmy and JPJ were shook. They were there when Bonzo was found passed away due to asphyxiation (on his own vomit). They knew immediately that the magic of Zep had was done. It was the 4 of them that created the magic and no one could ever fiil Bonzo's place. Robert could not go on without Bonham.. Anyway, John Bonham and Robert were so close that John Bonham even asked Robert to be his son's godfather. RIP John Bonham❤ Great rection...💞
Not quite, JPJ & one of the techs found John, shortly thereafter, Jimmy turned up. I have posted this elsewhere: I saw an interview of JPJ from 2003, where he discusses this. He said John was not a member of Led Zeppelin, he was 25% of Led Zeppelin. He said they quickly realized they could not go on.
All four of them rooted their music to the deep Southern Blues. They took this Blues fan into the Rock world. I thank them.
Robert plant was the 4th instrument in the band
Bonham had a couple of tricks in his bag. First he was a trained jazz drummer , so super smooth and fast. But also he was a BRICK LAYER so had super strong arms. He could just hit harder than anyone else. A legend.
Thanks for the facts Ned. His drumming is mesmerizing 🔥🔥🔥
Bohnam was not as hard a hitter as people think. However you nailed it with him being a Jazz player, where many of his influences came from. Lots of drummers in the 80's tried to emulate Bonzo (without a lot of success) trying to hit harder and harder, the "trick" as it were of his huge sound, was his ability to articulate and be dynamic. Playing very soft with a snap to it then being able to hit harder increasing the volume, making him sound massive. That sound all came from his wrists. In this song the HUGE drum sound came from Page's set up with the Mic's. Watch the movie 'It Might Get Loud' , Page explains how they recorded it, very cool! You're also 100% correct John Bohnam was a LEGEND!! Cheers.
His son, Jason, is close as.
Jimmy Page found an old house with a high staircase that had perfect acoustic resonance which really accented Bonhams drums. Page having been a studio musician knew the art of mixing, reverb, and mic placement. Being a musical genius by the age of 16 didn't hurt either. I saw them live three times and was blown into another universe each and every time. No band ever had the hitting power of a live Zeppelin concert. Every lame hair band, punk rocker, and pretender tried to copy them. 40 years later I saw Jimmy play with the Black Crowes in New Mexico, and it was just AWESOME!
Alister Crowley owned that house at one time.
Yeah, that's how Jimmy came to find the house in the first place. He was infatuated with mysticism and Crowley in particular. I would love to have been a fly on the wall when they recorded that LP. Mind-blowing to say the least! @@MinneapolisSkip
That's Robert Plant on the harmonica. They got those tremendous drums by recording them in a big stairwell. They hung the mikes a storey or two up from the floor. That combined with Bonham's intensity and the size of his drumsticks created that huge full sound.
No, the stairway did barely anything to the sound quality. It was the delay effects that Andy John incorporated in the tracks. This myth is getting out of hand
@@ohboi9578 Jimmy Page has referred in interviews to the importance of that choice, and how afterwards engineers were running around looking for stairwells to record in. He talks about it here starting at 1:50 and describes the process and effect in detail. ua-cam.com/video/JM5UDL4l5jQ/v-deo.html
Actually, it was both. Yes, effects were applied to Bonham's drum sound to create greater reverb. But Jimmy's miking techniques were a gigantic innovation in recording history, recording the ambient sound of a band with his distance miking, rather than recording directly from the instruments only. Zep captured their sound in the room differently than other bands, and the difference is unmistakable. So you are only partially correct.
It was recorded in the stairwell at Headley Grange, but also was processed through a Binson Echorec.
NO! Zozo is Jimmy!!! Robert is the circle with the feather in it. Several ways to interpret that symbolism….the circle represents the circle of life, or eternity. The feather can represent a feather quill, which is what people used to use to write with…and Robert was the “writer” or lyricist of the band. Bonham is the three entwined circles. If you watch live footage, you will see he had that symbol on his drums.
I'm so glad that your generation is discovering and appreciating the 1970s rock music that I grew up on. I wonder why nobody makes this kind or music, or music this good anymore. I conclude that society is still trying to digest and process the work of bands such as Led Zep. I hope and expect that 200 years from now Led Zep will be as popular as Bach is today.
They will be, they will.
I think Metallica have a good go at it , and i'm 64 !!!
I’m trying! lol
But as a self contained entity it’s taking time. I intend to be the Harry Nilsson of hard rock, I’ll never tour, I just wanna make recorded music.
It's not a lack of talent, it's the industry men and their manufactured bands that don't write their own music and just aren't invested in it in the same way.
Greta Van Fleet. Check them out, even Robert Plant was impressed.
I love seeing people hearing zeppelin for the first time. I've been listening my whole life and still amazed every time I hear zeppelin. Just the best. 😎
LED ZEPPELIN WAS ONE BAND ELVIS REALLY LIKED AND RESPECTED, HE SAID THEY WERE "REAL" MUSICIANS! THEY ARE TRULY ONE OF THE GREATS!!!! AND YES!!! ROCK & ROLL COMES FROM THE BLUES!!!!!
My 2 favorites! #1 EP, #2 LZ ❤❤
The guys in Led Zeppelin grew up loving Elvis. Imagine what Elvis could have done into the '60s and '70s if he were allowed to do what he wanted and not what his manager wanted. All of the great rockers of that age wanted to collaborate with Elvis.
@@melissak3857 Queen is in there for me too
Some did @@dreamweaver1603
IMO, the three main parts of John Bonham's signature drumming are: 1) The triplets on the bass drum, 2) The funky groove, and 3) the way he beats those skins like they owe him $$$$$.
Best Band Ever for 60 years I have been listening.
Bonzo’s son Jason does a great job stepping in for his dad. Watch him perform with Heart doing Stairway to Heaven. Led Zeppelin we’re honorees at the Kennedy awards. Jason is a chip off the ol block. Not to leave out Ann and Nancy Wilson doing a bang up job on Stairway to Heaven!! I’m not one for other people touching classic songs, but the arrangement was breathtaking. Robert Plant had tears in his eyes….. simply amazing!
I got to see Bonham at The War Eagle Supper Club in lil ol Auburn AL and there were not many ppl there and being a drummer in a local band got to hang out backstage and after with Jason and was one of the few times I almost fanboied out lol. He was so cool humble and layed back it was like hanging out with my band mates. Got to play a little with him too. Awesome time!
A very young Robert Plant on that harmonica which is hauntingly accentuated by Bonhams drummig........ I believe LZ at their finest! My favorite song by this group. Thanks for reacting.
"When the Levee Breaks" might be Led Zeppelin's greatest blues interpretation track (and the best recorded). Bonham's drumming and Plant's harmonica play make the sound, but JPJ's bass line is the groovy glue holding it all together (it's so cool that you picked up on how much it made the song). This is one of my favorite Zeppelin tracks in their legendary catalog.
LZ and others from the '70s are timeless sounds. I'll never get tired of listening to those guys. This song in particular sounds as fresh today as it did back in the '70s.
I know all the songs dude. And now that you listen to Led Zeppelin the rock gods. You'll be hooked forever. There'll never be another band like Led Zeppelin. The respect they had for each other. The way they can read each other's minds and just go out there and play, they were always spot on . The Times will never be those times ever again. And everything they did they had to work extra hard at. All the time they put into everything. There was no Google back then. They are just so awesome. Jimmy Paige's a meister. Hes the brains of Led Zeppelin. And put them all together wow and look what we have.
zoso is Jimmy, feather is Robert, 3 circles is Bonham other one is John Paul. The harmonica is being played thru a small guitar amp cranked up and distorted. Everything is being treated heavily with delay and reverb and phasing effects. No violin bow used on this song. Mostly that was on Dazed and Confused.
The cello bow was used on three Zeppelin songs: Dazed and Confused, How Many More Times, and the intro of In The Light. Most people incorrectly state that In The Evening used a bowed guitar as well, but a different device was used on that song - a gizmotron, not a bowed guitar. Jimmy used the cello bow for several songs in concert, but it was used on only 3 tracks as far as studio versions are concerned.
Just saw blackie. Like your name,lol!
@@tektoniks_architects Yep good info thanks
@@jmatthewssmith Thanks. I had a black stray cat with a paw missing that I adopted. She lived at my recording studio and was named Blackie. And then Pawless was then added later by a well known rock singer from LA.
@@tektoniks_architects Whole lotta love!
Invest in a good set of headphones you will hear so much more . Jimmy produced every album. He was a master when it came to studio work and innovation. Things like Reverse echo, phasing . Distortion (cutting slots with a razor blade in the speaker of his amp.) Then going to a 16 track recording that would allow many overdubs. Then mic placement to capture the thunder of Bonzo. Using and perfecting using a Chelo bow. Using a 1920's Theramen,(The wizzard stick) ,then putting it thru a mixing board to tweak the sound. Led Zeppelin I forever changed the way music was recorded, produced, managed and played. Every band that followed were heavily influenced by these 4 Master musicians who were the best . They didn't play their instruments, they were as one with there instruments. And they where so in tune witn each other they had this musical ESP ,There will never be another band that could do what they did. And have the kind of impact they had . Jimmy Page changed the way every band would record their albums .And nobody mentions Perer Grant he was realky the 5th member of the band. He didnt take any shit from any promoter .prior to LZ thr promoters and the venues made 89-90% of the ticket sales. Peter Grant pit a end to that. And turned the tables. Now Zeppelin was getting 80% of yhe ticket sales the promoters would get 10% and the venues would get 10% . Peter took care of everything . Allowing the band to focus on one thing , the music. Every band was now getting paid a high percentage of the ticket sales. Changing the industry forever
I agree with everything you said…except the spelling of cello. Lol. 👍
What you wrote is the reason why Page will always be on the Mt. Rushmore of guitarists. His chops in the studio are second to none. While other greats would leave after a session...Page was just getting started.
Back in '68 club operators were always very dodgy. Small time gangsters sometimes. Grant was just more "forthright" and less easy to scam and intimidate.
Perfectly said!
@@Escherlife I failed English class. Haha i was busy doing bong hits and cranking up Zeppelin hiding in the camper of my truck. During that class 😂
Hard to believe that at one point it became really unfashionable to like groups like Led Zeppelin.
It is good to see that their music is now being appreciated by a new generation.
Zoso is Jimmy -- the feather is Robert -- John Bonham is the 3 interlocking circles and John Paul Jones is a Celtic knot -- Jimmy didnt use the cello bow often but when he did it sure made a impression -- Dazed and Confused especially Live version is a good example -- also he uses it in Whole Lotta Love too -- Jimmy also would sometimes use a theremin which has a similar but more sci fi sound to it --- very trippy
Oddly this song is roughly 93 years old at this point. Led Zeppelin did this remake/cover in 1975 of the Memphis Minnie song of the same name from 1929.
Yes the greatest band to ever grace the stage. They were then , They are Today, and will forever be tomorrow. You need to do a reaction of," Dazed and Confused " live from 1973. The movie The Song Remains the Same. You will see the Master Jimmy doing things with his guitar that will blow you away. Using a Chelo bow and with some of the best live improvising ever filmed. This is probably the best live performance ever filmed by any band of any Era. You will never listen to music the same . After experiencing how high they set the bar. Every other band will now sound empty to you. I dig watching you experiencing Zep for the first time.
My favorite song
Every band will sound empty? As phenomenal as Zeppelin’s music is, that’s a gross overstatement. You don’t have to be that dramatic for people to comprehend the majesty of Led Zeppelin.
“ Stairway to Heaven”……. Number one song of all time. Period.
One of my favorite Zep songs is "Achilles Last Stand". Bonzo was the conductor on this runaway train! I think you'll like this one!
That's absolutely correct. Rock & Roll was birthed by the Blues, among a lot of other stuff, but really the heart is the blues. And the tradition of the blues, and its predecessors, was to pass it down. Songs and stories would be taken or borrowed from one artist to the next. Over decades, and hundreds of years in some cases.
Yeah, The Beatles mentioned Muddy Waters, that lake down south...(or so some white reporters thought).. Lol.
If you think about it, a lot of the sounds and structure came right out of the church ,mixed in with hillbillies singing on their front porch ,playing acoustic instruments ,then add in the harmonies from the choir. You can hear the gospel influence on the old ,slow blues numbers especially. I saw Lenny Kravitz a bunch of times live and he does a number called, Let Love Rule. He closed quite a few shows with that when I went to the concerts. He did an extended outro and people exited the show to this song. The Gospel influence was so prevalent it was kind of amazing. I felt like I was in an electrified Church, just too good!!
The Beastie Boys sampled this song's iconic drum beat on the first song off Licensed to Ill, Rhymin' and Stealin'. It's actually the first thing you hear on that album is Bonham's beautiful beat. It's been sampled innumerable times since then too.
Bonhams signature is called "Bonham Triplets" in the drumming world. It is now a recognized technique.
Everything these guys did was top shelf, Zep signature stock. I've never heard the harmonica played like that. The raw tone, the highs and lows, slow, steady burn and that light touch coming after. Just spectacular tone, approach, and touch. Throw in Bonham's thunder with Jimmy's piercing slide, nothing like it. There's a reason they're the top selling rock band of all time. Simply singular.
They are outsold by both the Beatles and Queen.
Bonham had the jazz swing; the hihat pushes on the 4th and 5th beats and there's a "stagger" after every two measures where there's a slight gap, like Parliament's kind of dirty funk. You can't put this beat in a drum machine, it has to be played.
I see this track as a sibling to In My Time Of Dying; not that similar to listen to, but very much Big Band / New Orleans.
You're absolutely right to get the Southern Delta blues connection.
I think those are 32nd notes he starts on the snare which is not common but great drummers can do it…and then he transfers them down the rack of toms, keeping the rhythm and maybe skipping some beats but not breaking the pattern. That’s nuts.
Ghost snare
@@christopherquiroz9582 It's why I started playing drums... and then actually beginning to understand what happens at 11:23 is why I gave up!
This song is a reworking of the song originally recorded by Memphis Minnie and Kansas Joe McCoy in 1929 about the 1927 flood of the Mississippi Delta. Their sigils, in order from left to right, are Jimmy's (said to be the alchemical symbol for Saturn which rules Capricorn, which is Jimmy's sun sign), then John Paul Jones' (it's an interlaced triquetra overlaying a circle, said to represent confidence and competency), then Bonzo's (three intersecting circles, said to represent "father, mother, child" or some have said it represents the Trinity - it also resembles the symbol for Ballantine beer), last is Robert's (the feather is said to represent the Egyptian goddess of justice, Ma'at. It is also the symbol of scribes/writers and Robert was the primary lyricist. The circle is said to represent life). This was one of the most sampled songs in early hip hop. There was a lot of production on this song. Bonzo's drums were set up in the entrance hall of Headley Grange (a place they were staying at to rehearse and record in) with mics placed around and hanging above his drum kit to help get that wonderful sound while also feeding it through a Binson Echorec and compressing the final product. Jimmy used a slide to help give the guitar that stretchy sound and he and Jonesy used a modal structure to give the droning tone. Reverse echo was added to the harmonica played by Robert and various effects were added to his vocals. If all this weren't enough, the vocals stayed at the same speed, however the instruments were slowed a half step in production to further assist with the sludgy, back water blues style sound.
I still find it funny that they gave credit to Memphis Minnie for the song, even though the only thing that sounds like the original song is the lyrics. And then they gave no credit to the people they directly ripped off (Dazed and Confused most notably).
@@eximusic No, Jake Holmes is credited for Dazed and Confused.
@@henriettaskolnick4445 Only after the 2010 lawsuit from Holmes. Sorry I have the original vinyl - no credit to him.
@@eximusic I understand that, but my point is they did give credit. The music industry is full of artists who "begged, borrowed, and stole"; blues legends stole from other blues legends, as well as Elvis, the Beatles, the Stones, etc. No, it's not right to not give credit however if one gets called out, they should all get called out.
@@henriettaskolnick4445 Maybe I'm not understanding your point. They were
"forced" to give credit for that song by court order 40 years after the album came out (Dazed and Confused). There are several other songs they have been accused of stealing and not giving credit for. Although I think the Stairway to Heaven by Spirit/Randy California was ridiculous. This has been discussed ad nauseam all over the internet. Most borrowed cases by other artists involve a melody or chord progression, not melody, lyrics, and chord progression like Zep.
Jimmy Page used to win a lot of bar bets, because of John Bonham's single bass drum kit. People thought Bonham played a double bass drum or used 2 pedals, because of how fast he could kick it.
21:10 you nailed it again! robert used his voice like an instrument and jimmy made the guitar sing, together they were just sublime when they played off eachother
Yes, yes. What you’re hearing is a harmonica. It’s played by Robert Plant, the singer
Led Zeppelin IV also contained a fifth symbol, a smaller one that was used as an asterisk after “The Battle of Evermore” on the album’s inner sleeve. This symbol was chosen by guest vocalist Sandy Denny, who contributed vocals on the track. Also taken from Koch’s Book of Signs, the symbol depicts three equilateral triangles joined at the points.
Sandy Dennys song 'Who Knows where the time goes ?" with The Fairport Convention is an amazingly beautiful song , apparantly simple and musical - well worth listening too? ua-cam.com/video/OkOB57UcYk8/v-deo.html
This song will always occupy a a special place in my heart, thanks in part to a particular event I got to be a part of. We were in the midst of rebuilding New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina when Robert Plant came to play Jazz Fest in 2008 (it was with Allison Krause, not Zeppelin obv.). He and Allison basically played their entire collab collection but hardly any Zeppelin, which was still fine, but they closed out the show with a haunting rendition of "When the Levee Breaks" which obviously hit super hard with those locals in attendance. The weather was gloomy, and as I stood taking in the performance, and old, shirtless hippie with long hair and an ancient wizard-like beard walked straight across the crowd in front of the stage. He held his head down in reverence as he walked, one arm stretched straight up in the air, and clenched in his fist fluttering in the wind was an old tattered black Led Zeppelin flag. That moment with haunt me forever.
As others have said, that's Robert Plant on harmonica. If you want to hear one of the most badass harmonica solos, react to the song "Nobody's Fault but Mine." Plant was a monster on the harmonica.
You ever listened to anything from Playing for Change. There is a version of When the Levee breaks in that and John Paul Jones is featured with a whole bunch of other artists from all over the world.
Yes, highly recommended
It's the mix of JB's drums, in particular that snare. It's a Ludwig Supraphonic. Legend.
It makes me sooooo happy that young folks like you are embracing the genius of the greatest band of all time…they need to live on through each new generation.
Thank you for helping that happen.
Bonham is one of the most (if not the most) sampled drummers in hip hop.
Peace
Moby Dick live is a MUST!
There's a few different versions with different drum kits, all are absolute fire 🔥
The Beastie Boys sampled the opening drum beat.. Bonham used a large drum kit made by Ludwig ..
To paraphrase Muddy Waters..."the blues had a child and they called it Rock and Roll."
Zeppelin the greatest rock band of all time!
Every single song...none better!! Greatest!! Robert on that harmonica!!
The Mighty Zeppelin.
The circle with the feather is Robert. The three circles is Bonham. The three connected arcs is Jones. The Zoso symbol is Jimmy. The Zoso symbol is taken from a sixteenth century manuscript by mathematician Giancarlo Cardano, and it is the symbol for the astrological symbol of Saturn, which is the planet dominating Jimmy's astrological sign.
That's Robert playing on the harp; he was actually quite good at it. This drum pattern is just quintessential Bonzo.
The next Zeppelin song you need to listen to is " nobody's fault but mine" Zeppelin at it's blues Best!!!! It's one of my favorites. The Drum work on this one is awesome and the base line Mmmm. You ask about Memphis Minnie's version of this song, UA-cam Music has it. It was re release on a CD in 1997.
Robert Plant is well known for using his voice as an instrument. He has often stated in interviews, only partially in jest, that he had to figure a way to get some vocals in there outside of the regular verses. Otherwise with Jimmy’s looong solo’s and the three musicians jamming, he could have been standing around onstage for 15-20 minutes twiddling his thumbs. Robert is still singing and touring…and yes, he sings in many genres…..now mainly folk, Country, Americana, rockabilly……and he las a lovely, emotive voice.
"When the Levee Breaks" is a country blues song written and first recorded by Memphis Minnie and Kansas Joe McCoy in 1929. The lyrics reflect experiences during the upheaval caused by the Great Mississippi Flood of 1927. A great cover and rework by Zeppelin.
His iconic beat on this has been heavily sampled indeed. I'm pretty sure several others of his as well.
Back in my college days this was my favorite song. This is an old blues song that they adapted. Many rockers did that back in the day. If you haven't already heard it, you should react to their cover of In My Time Of Dying, a very old gospel song. Try to catch a live recording of it so you can see Jimmy's amazing guitar work.
Plant even said, during the 1975 Earl's Court Concert,"This is a song that comes from the Deep South of America, and consequently made it to Earl's Court. Would you believe?" Then they started playing "In My Time of Dying."
yep!
I saw them in the late 70's at the age of 15 years old. Three shows sold out within 4 hours. they had to be purchased in person. no internet no phone calls. John Bonham was amazing! have attended well over 100 concerts since. Not only the best it wasn't even close. Prince , rolling stones, Janet Jackson, eric clapton, bruce springsteen, steve miller, BB king, buddy guy, Heart, were all up there. The just on a different level. Thanks, I enjoyed your reaction. I suggest reacting to the 29 min version of kennedy center honors featuring Led Zeppelin
I love your appreciation and enthusiasm for Led Zeppelin’s music. It’s refreshing to see such sincere responses in 2022.
Just something to keep in mind that can not only help here but in lots of aspects of life - Occam’s Razor - the simplest, most obvious answer is usually the correct answer. If you are hearing a Harmonic sound, especially before digital effects, then it’s most likely a Harmonica. And indeed it is Robert Plant in the Harmonica.
Have you heard “What is and What will Never Be”? “Ten Years Gone”? “In My Time of Dying”? “No Quarter?” All remarkable tunes by the kings of all rock.
Also, for recent music, have you heard any Band-Maid? I recommend you check out
- “From Now On” - official live video
- “Domination” - official live video
- “Manners / Black Hole” - official live video
- “No God” - official live video
Take care and rock on 🤘🏼🔥🎶✌🏼😀
Andy Johns is the genius engineer on this.
Here's the deal:
"Johns and Page had the idea to set up a pair of microphones on the second floor of the stairwell to capture the larger than life sound they were hearing. They ended up using a stereo pair of Beyerdynamic M160s which helped give it that resonant but slightly muffled sound.
Since Headley Grange was not a traditional recording studio, a mobile truck had to be brought in to handle all the recording. For the making of this record, Led Zeppelin used the mobile recording studio built for The Rolling Stones just a few years prior.
Back in the truck, Johns compressed those two room mics with a pair of Helios F760s. The compressed drum tone was then sent through Page’s Binson echo unit to help give that ambience and slapback effect. Although I would imagine they used close mics on the kick and snare, it is rumored that the final drum tone on the recording is just a balance of those two compressed M160s run through the Binson. The song was recorded at a faster tempo then slowed down on the tape machine, which helped with the overall lo-fi sound and swampiness of the groove."
Headley Grange is a house, they set the drums up in the stairwell of the entrance.
They did not use close mics on the snare and kick (bass drum), according to Andy.
2 mics a delay and compression. That's it. The rest is all Bonham.
Those 4 musicians each were pure genius! And Jimmy produced all their albums too!
I paraphrased what I heard from Jimmy on the documentary with The Edge and Jack White called "It might get loud". I dug that clip more than any other insight because it's my favorite part of my favorite song from my favorite band. Lol I also grew up on the movie The Song Remains The Same.
It was actually Glyn's little brother Andy Johns that engineered this. Glyn did Led Zeppelin 1 only. Andy worked on tracks that were on Zep 3 and 4 and a few things that ended up on Physical Graffiti.
@@BlackiePawless oh shit you are correct... I'm making an edit. 🤘
Southern Blues, Chicago Blues...blues. Yes. Correct. That was harmonica, BTW. Played by Robert Plant. He's great there too. All the lead singers from those days played harmonica. Plant, Daltry (Who), on and on. They all did. Bonham is an alien. You are correct about everything you say. He had a jazz backround (again, all those groups had some jazz backround...even black sabbath), and a true swing in his beats, with a heavy hitting rock edge. So unique. John Paul Jones, unsung HERO of Zep. They are all rock godz.
Zeppelin are the most sampled band in history! You've probably heard parts of their tracks in quite a few songs by other people. :)
And James Brown "Funky Drummer".
One of Bonham's best tracks that is highly respected and covered on UA-cam is 'Fool In The Rain'. He's not pounding like crazy but doing a masterclass in subtlety of ghost notes and swing, as well as a Brazilian party beat in the middle. A great example of his versatility.
Also, rock and roll was birthed by mixing the blues and country music way back in the day.
Yessir. Highly underrated song and album. I’m a 40+ year Zeppelin fan and ITTOD is in my top 3 albums.
That's my OTHER favorite LZ song. Levee and Fool -- two of Bonzo's very best.
Muddy Waters said ( the blues had a baby an they named it rock & roll ).
Wow! That’s an amazing way of looking at it.
Jimmy is zoso Bonham is circles jpj is circle with 3 "leafs" and plant is the feather
That's the facts
John’s drum sound - and overall approach - is as identifiable as a Fender Stratocaster guitar slung over Jimi Hendrix’ shoulder. This particular drum track was recorded in a 300 year old mansion in England. They set his drums up (he just took delivery of his famed Ludwig Green Sparkle kit that day) in the stairwell. It had a tall ceiling (this stairwell) and all the natural ambiance of that location basically did it! His raw talent and that location basically did it for this track. It’s beyond legendary.
That and an echo effect from a Binson Echorec.
Led Zeppelin reformed for one concert--and Bonham's son played drums just as did his father--it was quite astonishing.
Bonham's son is now playing drums for Zeppelin. The symbols in order Jimmy Page, John Paul Jones, John Bonham, Robert Plant.
Jason Bonham played for Zeppelin twice…..both “one-offs”. He does have his own Zeppelin tribute band. Jason, I believe, was the drummer for Jimmy Page when Page toured his solo album Outrider. He was also in the supergroup Black Country Communion with Master guitarist Joe Bonamassa about ten years ago. Jason is now, I believe, the drummer in Sammy Haggar’s band. He is not Zeppelins current drummer, since Zeppelin hasn’t existed since 1980.
@@w.geoffreyspaulding6588Sammy has an Black Drummer ,Can’t think of His name but He’s Good!
You are the best, my dude. Keep grinding. 🔥
Thanks David!
David ...he talks and pauses way too long...I mean 23 minutes, come on.
I just found you dude. Nice reaction man. I just joined your channel. Zoso is Jimmy Page, the 3 interlocking circles is Bonzo, the feather is Robert and the triquatra interlocking the circle is John Paul Jones. Nice observations on this one. In the intro, Robert was playing the harmonica throughout the song. Once Bonzo passed away - it was over.
The planets were in perfect alignment when this four got together.
Bron-Y-Aur Stomp
LZ III is my favorite LZ album.
The feather is Plant, the lyricist. He’s also the harmonica player. Jimmy is playing the guitar with a slide.
I think Robert Plant's voice is the epitome of both Rock and Blues.
I luv the slow swampy feel...what a cool contrast to their usual rocking catalog
This is my favorite song from album IV, but it also has Black Dog, Stairway To Heaven and Going To California, among others, crazy!
Rock and roll was birthed primarily from a combination of Blues and early country or you might even say hillbilly. But it was the two influences coming together to create rock and roll in the 1950s.
Ahhh gotcha, thanks Steve!
You are correct, Muddy Waters has a song called “ the blues had a baby and they called it rock-n-roll”!
Led Zeppelin is the greatest band of all time!
What a ride. Haunting harmonicas
I never appreciated drums until I did a deep dive into this song. It's the most underrated song imo.
JB is the OG GOAT (Neil from RUSH is also a GOAT). My favorite song from my favorite all-time band!! This was a new drum set that his tech set up in the hallway stairwell of Headley Grange where they recorded the album. You can watch a clip from the documentary Jimmy Page was in called "It might get loud" it changed the way drummers looked at recording and setting up forevermore. To think bands didn't want JB in their bands because he played too loud and hard is so crazy. Roberts a bad man singing and playing Harmonica! Watch OZZY play Harmonica on the "Rehearsal of The Wizard" video when Black Sabbath reunited. Ozzy hasn't lost a thing singing or playing the harmonica. It's an awesome video. Geezers black string black bass is wicked as hell. BTW - The Beastie Boys sampled more Led Zeppelin drums than anybody I believe. Paul's Boutique is ridiculously great. Last edit - look into Robert Johnson and The Crossroads - he was one of the OG's of the Delta Blues and said to be the person who met the Devil at the crossroads for his talent. (I say SRV is modern day version IMO)
"When the Levee Breaks" is a country blues song written and first recorded by Memphis Minnie and Kansas Joe McCoy in 1929. The lyrics reflect experiences during the upheaval caused by the Great Mississippi Flood of 1927.
Zoso is Page, three circles is Bonzo, feather in circle is Plant, and circle with the three things is JPJ. There is a fifth that consists of three triangles for guest vocalist, Sandy Denny.
This song was rarely played live because the sound of these drums can't be duplicated. This was recorded in the spiral hallway of a mansion with mics at different levels, with drum echoes bouncing off the walls. This does not diminish the talent of John Bonham one iota. It might have been his idea to record in that spiral hallway.
Nope. Jimmy’s. He and the sound engineer hooked up the mics etc.
@@w.geoffreyspaulding6588 Andy Johns says it was his idea lol
Love your curiosity, thoughtfulness & enthusiasm for new sounds. Great work!!
When the Levee Breaks" is a country blues song written and first recorded by Memphis Minnie and Kansas Joe McCoy in 1929. The lyrics reflect experiences during the upheaval caused by the Great Mississippi Flood of 1927.
Rest in peace, John Bonham. Initially called the New Yardbirds, Led Zeppelin was formed in 1968 by Jimmy Page, the final lead guitarist for the legendary British blues band the Yardbirds.
My favorite Zeppelin song! Robert Plant not only sings, but he can play harmonica. 🔥
In My Time of Dying.....if you think Page/ Bonham were good here..incredible timing/tempo shifts and radically tight.
Cataclysmic.
Hey man enjoyed your reaction. That crazy harmonica sound is Plant playing, but with the echo reversed, so it comes ahead of when the note is played instead of after. When I first read that, I thought damn!! It's like hell's hounds are coming for you!
When Robert sings “Going Down”; the first time thru, near the end,
each time he sings “DOWN”, the note goes slightly lower…’down’ !
Led Zeppelin were top five rock bands. Those top five have best guitars, drums, singers. Jimmy Page, Jeff Beck, Eric Clapton all played together at one time or another...bluesy rock kings!!!
🎤🎤🎤🎤Robert Plant went solo and has two albums. Then he has group HONEYDRIPPERS all classic blues/rock/rockabilly....its KILLER!!!!😎🎶🎵
More than 2 albums... And he's still active, still recording, and still headlining.
He records with others, such as Alison Krauss, and he has 2 bands which are , I believe, both still active. The Sensational Space Shifters, who tend to play larger gigs... Rock, with heavy accents from elsewhere in the World. Then there's Saving Grace, who tend to play smaller gigs, and they play more rootsy and folk-inspired music.
A friend of mine plays guitar in that band, and Plant lives about 5 miles away.
If you were ever to put together a dream team for a music-based quiz, Robert Plant should be the first name on your list. He's in his 70s now, and he is a walking encyclopedia of music !
Cynthia, Robert Plant has released 11 solo albums and 4 collaborative albums, two compilation albums and several video albums. Where in the WORLD did you come up with 2? 🤔
@@neilandfi NEIL! Is this you? Helene here…..Didn’t expect to see you here. Happy Solstice! 🎄👋
@@neilandfi I WISH the SSS were still active! 2022 saw him tour with Krauss and Saving Grace, and I was hoping he’d release something with the SSS lineup in 2023. But he just posted on his webpage that he’s working on new Honeydrippers material…….and will be touring next year….the implication being that it will be a Honeydrippers tour. No mention at all of SSS. I wonder what Justin Adams and……was it Skunk Baxter? Are up to these days….
@@w.geoffreyspaulding6588 I know there have been times when he wanted to work on SSS material, but he couldn't, because Massive Attack were recording or touring. That's how Saving Grace came to be. He formed a band from some of the better local musicians to sort of ... Keep him occupied in between the bigger stuff.
I don't think he realised how popular they would be.
So my guess is that SSS may become active again at some point.
He also has a connection with Simon Emmerson of Afrocelts and The Imagined Village, so I would't be at all surprised if he suddenly cropped up as a member of one or both.
He likes to keep busy.
This is my favorite Zeppelin song!
Mine too
I enjoy your comments and reactions very much! Thank you! I have been a Zep fan for over 50 years and still hear different things each time I play one of their songs
Hey great reaction to my favourite band since I was 12, 13 years old,am now 67, please don't quote me but apparently when zepp were touring in the us in the early days they were supporting vanilla fudge and Bonham heard there drummer doing this double beat thing with his bass pedal so coppied it, again apparently the drummer didn't even realise that was what he does, Bonham said he wanted a double bass drum kit but the rest of the band said you do more with one bass drum than most drummers do with the whole kit,, keep up the great work,UK Billy.
theyre the best band ever, simple as that