"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. When blues musical duo Kansas Joe McCoy and Memphis Minnie wrote "When the Levee Breaks", the Great Mississippi Flood of 1927 was still fresh in people's memories. The flooding affected 26,000 square miles of the Mississippi Delta - hundreds were killed and hundreds of thousands of residents were forced to evacuate. The event is the subject of several blues songs, the most popular being "Backwater Blues" by Bessie Smith (1927) and "Mississippi Heavy Water Blues" by Barbecue Bob (1928). Ethel Douglas, Minnie's sister-in-law, recalled that Minnie was living with her family near Walls, Mississippi, when the levee broke in 1927. The song's lyrics recount the personal toll on a man who lost his home and family. Despite the tragedy, biographers also see in it a statement of rebirth.
"Crying won't help you, praying won't do you no good. When the levee breaks, mama you gotta move . . . " The flange on Plant's voice matches the slide guitar sound.
Zeppelin is the greatest band of all time. Idc what anybody says. 4 guys who were tight. There producing techniques revolutionized the music industry. Absolutly legendary
@@sicotshit7068 Agreed Brother. He was also an amazing lyricist, something that seems to me to get overlooked, perhaps due to the creditation. I am a Page man at heart, but without Plant or Bonham (or I guess John Paul Jones (No Quarter, Battle of Evermore) ) there would be no Page. Some of the greatest lyrics in music were written by Robert Plant, imo.
Pretty sure they talked to Grand Funk Railroad, who did it with only 3 members. Also, during a 1970 concert where Grand Funk Railroad opened for Led Zepplin on the Zepplin tour by their manager Peter Grant because they were out-performing Led Zepplin. After Grant went on stage and demanded they quit playing on the spot. It became a near riot as fans stormed the stage. After GFR was made to leave the stage over 1/2 of the crowd left the concert before Zepplin took stage & asked to have their money refunded. From that day own Led Zeppelin never allowed Grand Funk Railroad to be in the same concert with them. This is a 1000% true story & anyone should look it up for more details
These guys have always worked off each other. They talk through their instruments to each other. That's what has always made them unique and otherworldly. I listen to them as much now as I did growing up. In essence...I've never stopped!
There's a lot of Zeppelin wizardry on this song's sound. They hung a couple mics in a stairwell to record the drums and the sound was then passed through some type of compressor to obtain a breathing effect. Parts of the song were recorded at a different tempo and then slowed down. There was a reverse echo on the harmonica. Like I said, a lot of awesome Zeppelin wizardry
This drum beat has been sampled so many times, but nobody can get it just right. I think some have tried it at Headley Grange too, in the 3 story entry.
Robert Plant has a 3 octave voice, steeped in old blues and rock n roll. Jimi Page and John Paul Jones (LZ’s secret weapon), both sought after session players, all come together with Bonham’s genius beats. There will be no other band like this… ever.
Welcome to the God Mode of rock and roll. I can hear this song a thousand times and never tire of it. Bonham is on fire. It’s like the ocean is crashing through the low country.
This band was SO TIGHT, they "moved as one" on six or seven different instruments at a time!! RARE thing to have that quality.....NEVER be another ZEPPELIN!!! THIS ONE is a BANGER, as ALMOST ALL OF THEIRS ARE!! ENJOY!!!🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
There was the new sound of the British Invasion of the Sixties. And then there came Zeppelin and masterpieces like Levy which completely rewrote the record book for how the blues could be presented. It was a new invasion. They took us by storm!
You are the first reacter in dozens that I've seen to mention the flange on his voice. Haha. That's awesome. 👏👏👏👏 But you make a good point. The difference is - in the 70s, yes, you want flange on everything. Kashmir has it on the entire drum track. Now, it's a little much.
There is no added effects on Roberts voice because of any remastering process. This entire mix sounds exactly the same way it did when I played it on vinyl back in the 1970's. Awesome reaction! Peace
Page said any remastering he’s done is very minimal, they really didn’t need much. He also did the transferring to CD’s, their music is his baby’s, & he wants to preserve all of it.
I saw LED Zeppelin two days in a row day on the green 4 and 5 Oakland CA.the last time they played in North America. The weekend plants son passed away. RIP...
Every thing LED ZEP have done is pure fire. Saw them perform Live at the Alley Pally (Alexander Palace) London in the early 70's in my early teens 🤯🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
You're right, it's an older song written by Blues musicians almost 100 yrs ago about the Great Mississippi floods of 1927. Those were literal levees he was talking about. And they talk about 'going to Chicago' because the floods in the South were a big part of the migration of African Americans from the South up to the North, cities like Chicago, Detroit, St. Louis etc. It's impossible to pick a favorite LZ song but this is one of my absolute favorites. Great reaction!
Swampy Delta blues! You can visualize that train chugging thru the delta past the levee. Robert Plant duet with Allison Kraus called Can’t Let Go is more current Robert singing (in his 70’s) is freaking awesome
@@davidrust7397 Yeah, but I got 20 likes so I can't change it now. It took me years before I realized Elton John was singing "hunting the horney back toad." So yeah, my brain is now forever fixed on "weep and mourn." I'm going to call Robert and tell him that my lyric might be better. "Hey, Robert, "Weep and Mourn" got 20 likes...so yeah...🎸🎤🎸🎤
Been listening to this since I figured out how to use the turntable 50 years ago. Has always been a part of me. Going to California is my favorite groove on this album, but this is also a standout for me. Love your take. Keep it up
Makes me think of Hurricane Katrina, too. I'm guessing it originally related to the Mississippi Flood of 1927 and the Great Migration. Good music is timeless like that.
I saw Robert Plant (Led Zep lead singer) sing this song last week with Allison Krause live in Raleigh. Allison and another member of the band played fiddles and absolutely killed this song!!! Robert still sounds great at 75.
Robert Plant on the harmonica. Based on the song by Memphis Minnie and Kansas Joe Mc Coy in 1929, about the Great Mississippi Flood of 1927. btw, you should def. check out JPJ covering the same song in "Playing for Change." It's amazing.
"Hey Hey What Can I Do" is another excellent song (aren't they all, though?) you would really like. It's yet again another example of just how many different types of music these guys could create at a phenomenal level.
I didn't know this when I was a kid, but apparently this is a cover from the 1920's ish maybe.it was 40's I don't quite remember, but a cover none the less, was blown away when I learned that
My favorite of Plant on the harmonica is You Shook Me. With Jones on the Hammond, then Plant on the harmonica, followed by Page, the solos section of that song is a trifecta.
Andy Johns was the sound engineer who produced this masterpiece Mugs? He used twin Beyer Dynamic microphones on the snare and they laid this track and several others on this album in the hallway of an English countryside Bed & Breakfast Jimmy Page found. He was walking down the stairwell and dropped a coin. When it bounced down the stairs? He heard the Reverb!! They laid this track down and it became Rock History from there on! Another great job Mugs!! Thank you for always bringing the professional critique with thee best music.
'Get The Led Out', an American LZ tribute band specialize in sounding like the recordings of LZ with all the incidentals and effects! and 'Levee' is no exception! BTW this song was a Memphis Minnie song.
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.
I still say you need to watch the May 25,1975 In My Time Of Dying at Earls Court, it will blow your mind. That date is the cleanest visually & audibly.
Led Zeppelin was known for experimenting with sound in music, and back in ‘71 the vocal effect in question was likely new technology, or being used in the song in an experimental way for effect, not bc of vocal quality. I think it was meant to sound like going under water or drowning.
@@josephlinnell9855 no Lodi California where John Fogerty from CCR is from. It's like two towns away from my hometown. But it's well known for flooding and putting up sandbags
@@paulettelamontagne6992 Well Lodi N.J. when I was a kid had the same problem with flooding from the Saddle Brook River. They since have much improved but they still get the occasional flood. Played in bands myself. We would do the Jane's Addiction version without the loud guitars. Just acoustic bongo and bass.
Dude, you definitely are one of the most real reactors on YT, no doubt. I know you mean what you say and are actually at least interested in this music.
For about 53 years I have loved the sss sss sss sound I guess from the hi hat. Along with everything else about this tune. They tried to play it live once or twice but couldn't make it sound like it should .
Zeppelin toured the states. When they were in Louisiana NO, I believe it was Robert, He said there's no way these Levee's can handle the ocean. So, there you go.
Back in the 70's while I was in high school LZ was my favorite band with Rush a close second. They pioneered many new sounds and styles, I mean Jimmy Page using a bow to play Kashmir...who'd have thunk it. Fast forward to 2024 and now that I'm in my 60's I find that I love metal more than anything else especially the new progressive, metalcore and symphonic bands.
They were going for an "effect" in this song with Plant's voice. They never "needed" to make him sound better. It was the "mood" of the song. The harmonica part Plant played was heavily effected too. Check out the effect on his voice on "What is and What should Never Be". Very cool.
Dude! Nice analyses of the sense of despair that lies at the heart of this song. Very well done. That said, if you'd like to know what the events of the Great Flood of 1927 led to, watch the fantastic 1995 documentary, "The Promised Land," narrated by Morgan Freeman. It's based on the equally excellent book by Nicholas Lemann, "The Promised Land: The Great Black Migration and How it Changed America." The displacement caused by the 1927 flood laid the foundation for what would happen right after WWII.
I just subscribed to your channel. 🙂 Great reaction. Good observations. So glad you are "discovering" and listening to QUALITY Music and Bands. Led Zep The Who The Stones = Musicianship is on another level. You should check out the band YES and Supertramp. Peace.
Great reaction. So much Zep to try, I recommend "Custard Pie" and "Nobodys Fault But Mine". Also, check out Robert Plant with Alison Krauss ("Polly Come Home" ). Thanks!
unforunately i've never been able to find a live version of this song, and i've heard a lot of speculation about the 'harminoca' in the song, whether if it was a harmoica or a guitar add-on type device. Without a live version, i'm not sure that will ever be answered. Regardless, it is a fantastic performance! and if anyone has a link to the live rendition, i'd love to see it.
Everyone talks about Plant's singing, but yes, he was a first-rate harp-player too! It seems like it was not unusual in the late-60's for lead singers to also play at least a bit of harmonica, take Mark Farner for example of Grand Funk Railroad. But Plant was not just a good player, but a damn good harmonica player IMO.
Check out the fire on one of Robert's best blues/gospel performances on Baby Come on Home. A truly deep, deep, deep Zeppelin cut that very few people have reacted to.
The early to mid 70s was a very progressive time for rock with technology starting to play a major influence on the production of music. It was a very experimental time. They rarely played this song live.
Definitely natural disaster. Remake of a Memphis Minnie and Kansas Joe McCoy song from 1929 about the 1927 floods along the Mississippi River. Top 5 Zeppelin track. I've only heard one live performance of this, Chicago 1975, and Robert has the flu...
I can see you appreciate the depth and raw emotion of great music of many genres...You should dive down the Mike Patton rabbit hole, widest vocal range of all time and is the most versatile artist to date IMHO...He's done everything from R&B to Opera, and from metal to just the most insane blends of Jazz, funk and metal in the same song...Try "Matador" by faith no more, "il cupo delore" from a small opera project...Then blow your mind to the realization its the same guy and check out his "across 110th street" cover by his band peeping tom
Led Zeppelin only played this song live a handful of times in the first 5 or 6 shows of their 1975 U.S. tour. I always wondered why this wasn't played more often by them as existing audience and soundboard recordings at the time revealed the song sounded great live. Jimmy Page had broken his finger at the very start of that tour, and they may have added the song to the set since his slide guitar riffs didn't require a lot of fast finger movement. That's just a guess though.
The song is based on a historical event. The vocal flange was meant to evoke being under water. Drowning. Sorry if this was already pointed out. Didn't have time to scroll.
"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. When blues musical duo Kansas Joe McCoy and Memphis Minnie wrote "When the Levee Breaks", the Great Mississippi Flood of 1927 was still fresh in people's memories. The flooding affected 26,000 square miles of the Mississippi Delta - hundreds were killed and hundreds of thousands of residents were forced to evacuate. The event is the subject of several blues songs, the most popular being "Backwater Blues" by Bessie Smith (1927) and "Mississippi Heavy Water Blues" by Barbecue Bob (1928).
Ethel Douglas, Minnie's sister-in-law, recalled that Minnie was living with her family near Walls, Mississippi, when the levee broke in 1927. The song's lyrics recount the personal toll on a man who lost his home and family. Despite the tragedy, biographers also see in it a statement of rebirth.
Great info, thanks man!
John Lee Hooker also did Tupelo about the same flood. Incredibly sad story though.
"Crying won't help you, praying won't do you no good. When the levee breaks, mama you gotta move . . . " The flange on Plant's voice matches the slide guitar sound.
@@Sunyataji here comes the flood water , time to get going !
Zeppelin is the greatest band of all time. Idc what anybody says. 4 guys who were tight. There producing techniques revolutionized the music industry. Absolutly legendary
@@amast3rMind69 they my second favorite, after sabbath
Pink Floyd
THAT'S ROBERT PLANT ON The hamonica
He When crazy with it
@@MugnifyRTShe’s a great harmonica player, he only plays it in a few songs, certainly not enough.
@@sicotshit7068 He played it more on the early live.
@@AleisterCrowley. I’m not saying he need to on all songs, I just wish he did more often, I love a great harmonica player & that Plant is/was.
@@sicotshit7068 Agreed Brother. He was also an amazing lyricist, something that seems to me to get overlooked, perhaps due to the creditation.
I am a Page man at heart, but without Plant or Bonham (or I guess John Paul Jones (No Quarter, Battle of Evermore) ) there would be no Page.
Some of the greatest lyrics in music were written by Robert Plant, imo.
I still haven't figured out how these guys in their early twenties created such sophisticated lyrics and music ...
This is not their lyrics, but I get your point. Most of their songs are totally theirs.
Pretty sure they talked to Grand Funk Railroad, who did it with only 3 members. Also, during a 1970 concert where Grand Funk Railroad opened for Led Zepplin on the Zepplin tour by their manager Peter Grant because they were out-performing Led Zepplin. After Grant went on stage and demanded they quit playing on the spot. It became a near riot as fans stormed the stage. After GFR was made to leave the stage over 1/2 of the crowd left the concert before Zepplin took stage & asked to have their money refunded. From that day own Led Zeppelin never allowed Grand Funk Railroad to be in the same concert with them. This is a 1000% true story & anyone should look it up for more details
That’s what happens when you get 4 geniuses together 😂😂😂✌️
@@rjlane3475 Agree 💯 It’s insane to think about
Best band to ever walk planet earth led zeppelin
@@mr.zeppelin9384 Maybe after The Beatles and Pink Floyd.
@@karagi101Close seconds…
This song chugs along like a heavy train that don’t stop.
Nice. I love you. You put my experience to words. The words.
I think of it more like a heavy rain.
These guys have always worked off each other. They talk through their instruments to each other. That's what has always made them unique and otherworldly. I listen to them as much now as I did growing up. In essence...I've never stopped!
John played like he trying to split the drum heads. ❤
There's a lot of Zeppelin wizardry on this song's sound. They hung a couple mics in a stairwell to record the drums and the sound was then passed through some type of compressor to obtain a breathing effect. Parts of the song were recorded at a different tempo and then slowed down. There was a reverse echo on the harmonica. Like I said, a lot of awesome Zeppelin wizardry
but All analog! Pure Brilliance!
This drum beat has been sampled so many times, but nobody can get it just right. I think some have tried it at Headley Grange too, in the 3 story entry.
That drum groove is NASTY! This is in my top 3 Zeppelin songs. So many different dynamics and skill sets. And did i mention the f---in' GROOVE?!
Robert Plant has a 3 octave voice, steeped in old blues and rock n roll. Jimi Page and John Paul Jones (LZ’s secret weapon), both sought after session players, all come together with Bonham’s genius beats. There will be no other band like this… ever.
That swampy, muddy, dirty, desperate, swirling sound ... and Bonzo keeps on driving the train to Armageddon. Great stuff.
Dude, I fucking LOVE your channel. You're so open minded, humble and honest!!!
Welcome to the God Mode of rock and roll. I can hear this song a thousand times and never tire of it. Bonham is on fire. It’s like the ocean is crashing through the low country.
This band was SO TIGHT, they "moved as one" on six or seven different instruments at a time!! RARE thing to have that quality.....NEVER be another ZEPPELIN!!! THIS ONE is a BANGER, as ALMOST ALL OF THEIRS ARE!! ENJOY!!!🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
If you want to hear him rip some harp you gotta listen to 'Nobody's Fault But Mine' from their album Presence. Ya gotta do it Mugs!
Absolutely!!!
Perhaps Led Zeppelin's best song in my opinion.
My favorite Zeppelin song and Robert bringing the fire with that harmonica
There was the new sound of the British Invasion of the Sixties. And then there came Zeppelin and masterpieces like Levy which completely rewrote the record book for how the blues could be presented. It was a new invasion. They took us by storm!
The late 60s produced some of the greatest bands ever. so many huge talents in the game at that time
Agree 💯
❤❤❤Led Zeppelin ❤❤❤then there’s everyone else
You are the first reacter in dozens that I've seen to mention the flange on his voice. Haha. That's awesome. 👏👏👏👏 But you make a good point. The difference is - in the 70s, yes, you want flange on everything. Kashmir has it on the entire drum track. Now, it's a little much.
There is no added effects on Roberts voice because of any remastering process. This entire mix sounds exactly the same way it did when I played it on vinyl back in the 1970's.
Awesome reaction!
Peace
Page said any remastering he’s done is very minimal, they really didn’t need much. He also did the transferring to CD’s, their music is his baby’s, & he wants to preserve all of it.
flanger effect at the end of the song symbolizes the breaking of the dam and the sounds of voices and music as if from under water
I thought about that too! But it didn’t come to til after
I saw LED Zeppelin two days in a row day on the green 4 and 5 Oakland CA.the last time they played in North America. The weekend plants son passed away. RIP...
Love hearing your musical insights - this is one of my favorites and you picked up production keys I have missed! Love it!
Every thing LED ZEP have done is pure fire. Saw them perform Live at the Alley Pally (Alexander Palace) London in the early 70's in my early teens 🤯🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
Robert defined his music from the black blues masters. Everyday Everyway.
Thanks for the Led Zeppelin ❤
My favorite band ever
It's a cover of a 1928 song about the great flood of 1927. He talks about going to Chicago for work because industry in the south was wiped out.
According to the album credits, Robert Plant himself was on the harp. Pretty impressive.
You're right, it's an older song written by Blues musicians almost 100 yrs ago about the Great Mississippi floods of 1927. Those were literal levees he was talking about. And they talk about 'going to Chicago' because the floods in the South were a big part of the migration of African Americans from the South up to the North, cities like Chicago, Detroit, St. Louis etc. It's impossible to pick a favorite LZ song but this is one of my absolute favorites. Great reaction!
You're one of my favorite reactors. 100k right around the corner my friend. Nice going.
Swampy Delta blues! You can visualize that train chugging thru the delta past the levee. Robert Plant duet with Allison Kraus called Can’t Let Go is more current Robert singing (in his 70’s) is freaking awesome
Indeed!
Mean ol' levee taught me to weep and mourn...
I believe it is "weep and moan"
@@davidrust7397 Yeah, but I got 20 likes so I can't change it now. It took me years before I realized Elton John was singing "hunting the horney back toad." So yeah, my brain is now forever fixed on "weep and mourn." I'm going to call Robert and tell him that my lyric might be better. "Hey, Robert, "Weep and Mourn" got 20 likes...so yeah...🎸🎤🎸🎤
Been listening to this since I figured out how to use the turntable 50 years ago. Has always been a part of me. Going to California is my favorite groove on this album, but this is also a standout for me. Love your take. Keep it up
Oh I just noticed Plant does a Woo hoo part that is mimicking Howling Wolf's vocal in Smokestack Lighting I think 🐺🌙
Makes me think of Hurricane Katrina, too. I'm guessing it originally related to the Mississippi Flood of 1927 and the Great Migration. Good music is timeless like that.
I saw Robert Plant (Led Zep lead singer) sing this song last week with Allison Krause live in Raleigh. Allison and another member of the band played fiddles and absolutely killed this song!!! Robert still sounds great at 75.
I love their duet on “Quattro”, it moves me.
It's Zeppelin! Period. No mix, just pure genius!
The harmonica evokes Little Walter's sound..
Great review for a great song.
Robert Plant on the harmonica. Based on the song by Memphis Minnie and Kansas Joe Mc Coy in 1929, about the Great Mississippi Flood of 1927. btw, you should def. check out JPJ covering the same song in "Playing for Change." It's amazing.
"Hey Hey What Can I Do" is another excellent song (aren't they all, though?) you would really like. It's yet again another example of just how many different types of music these guys could create at a phenomenal level.
I didn't know this when I was a kid, but apparently this is a cover from the 1920's ish maybe.it was 40's I don't quite remember, but a cover none the less, was blown away when I learned that
we are now farther away in time from this version of the song, than led zeppelin was from the original version when they covered it.
Binham's drums are like the river that just keeps coming and nothing is gonna stop it. Relentless!!
My favorite of Plant on the harmonica is You Shook Me. With Jones on the Hammond, then Plant on the harmonica, followed by Page, the solos section of that song is a trifecta.
Andy Johns was the sound engineer who produced this masterpiece Mugs? He used twin Beyer Dynamic microphones on the snare and they laid this track and several others on this album in the hallway of an English countryside Bed & Breakfast Jimmy Page found. He was walking down the stairwell and dropped a coin. When it bounced down the stairs? He heard the Reverb!! They laid this track down and it became Rock History from there on! Another great job Mugs!! Thank you for always bringing the professional critique with thee best music.
'Get The Led Out', an American LZ tribute band specialize in sounding like the recordings of LZ with all the incidentals and effects! and 'Levee' is no exception! BTW this song was a Memphis Minnie song.
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.
I still say you need to watch the May 25,1975 In My Time Of Dying at Earls Court, it will blow your mind. That date is the cleanest visually & audibly.
Led Zeppelin was known for experimenting with sound in music, and back in ‘71 the vocal effect in question was likely new technology, or being used in the song in an experimental way for effect, not bc of vocal quality. I think it was meant to sound like going under water or drowning.
My favorite band ever!
Right on I actually got a notification this is a great song I used to play it all the time when I lived in Lodi
Lodi N.J. ?
@@josephlinnell9855 no Lodi California where John Fogerty from CCR is from. It's like two towns away from my hometown. But it's well known for flooding and putting up sandbags
@@paulettelamontagne6992 Well Lodi N.J. when I was a kid had the same problem with flooding from the Saddle Brook River. They since have much improved but they still get the occasional flood. Played in bands myself. We would do the Jane's Addiction version without the loud guitars. Just acoustic bongo and bass.
Dude, you definitely are one of the most real reactors on YT, no doubt. I know you mean what you say and are actually at least interested in this music.
For about 53 years I have loved the sss sss sss sound I guess from the hi hat. Along with everything else about this tune. They tried to play it live once or twice but couldn't make it sound like it should .
Long live Rock!
Yes Robert on the harp
4 musical geniuses at work 😂😂 Great reaction and Peace out ✌️ ☮️
Zeppelin toured the states. When they were in Louisiana NO, I believe it was Robert, He said there's no way these Levee's can handle the ocean. So, there you go.
Robert Plant said that when he first heard the blues, he became a citizen of the world
Back in the 70's while I was in high school LZ was my favorite band with Rush a close second. They pioneered many new sounds and styles, I mean Jimmy Page using a bow to play Kashmir...who'd have thunk it. Fast forward to 2024 and now that I'm in my 60's I find that I love metal more than anything else especially the new progressive, metalcore and symphonic bands.
This has always been my favorite song by Zep, with Trampled Under Foot #2
The singer Robert plant plays the harmonica.
Stellar harp
They were going for an "effect" in this song with Plant's voice. They never "needed" to make him sound better. It was the "mood" of the song. The harmonica part Plant played was heavily effected too. Check out the effect on his voice on "What is and What should Never Be". Very cool.
🫵You Godamn right!
Yes Robert Plant plays the harmonica🥰
Some of us are living this right now.
Dude!
Nice analyses of the sense of despair that lies at the heart of this song. Very well done.
That said, if you'd like to know what the events of the Great Flood of 1927 led to, watch the fantastic 1995 documentary, "The Promised Land," narrated by Morgan Freeman.
It's based on the equally excellent book by Nicholas Lemann, "The Promised Land: The Great Black Migration and How it Changed America."
The displacement caused by the 1927 flood laid the foundation for what would happen right after WWII.
This was a very astute critique. Really enjoyed this!
Great to hear someone else's opinion on one of the greatest bands in the world
I just subscribed to your channel. 🙂 Great reaction. Good observations. So glad you are "discovering" and listening to QUALITY Music and Bands. Led Zep The Who The Stones = Musicianship is on another level. You should check out the band YES and Supertramp. Peace.
You definitely forgot Pink Floyd!!! Wtf
Great reaction. So much Zep to try, I recommend "Custard Pie" and "Nobodys Fault But Mine". Also, check out Robert Plant with Alison Krauss ("Polly Come Home" ). Thanks!
The Greatest...all of them the best of the best...Jimmy Page is literally the maestro of our day.
“How Many More Times”’is a great song
unforunately i've never been able to find a live version of this song, and i've heard a lot of speculation about the 'harminoca' in the song, whether if it was a harmoica or a guitar add-on type device. Without a live version, i'm not sure that will ever be answered. Regardless, it is a fantastic performance! and if anyone has a link to the live rendition, i'd love to see it.
Everyone talks about Plant's singing, but yes, he was a first-rate harp-player too! It seems like it was not unusual in the late-60's for lead singers to also play at least a bit of harmonica, take Mark Farner for example of Grand Funk Railroad. But Plant was not just a good player, but a damn good harmonica player IMO.
Check out the fire on one of Robert's best blues/gospel performances on Baby Come on Home. A truly deep, deep, deep Zeppelin cut that very few people have reacted to.
The Rainsong! The best of zeppelin!
This song - #3 best Zep song.
#2 - Led Zeppelin III (whole album)
#1 - Led Zeppelin "CODA" - It's out takes that didn't make albums. But, SOOO good.
Amazing rebirth of the song …and of course Led Zep credited original artists on the album cover. ❤
Mad respect on the nice audio playback.
Thank you Sir.
Do more!!! Robert...the singer...on the harmonica!
The early to mid 70s was a very progressive time for rock with technology starting to play a major influence on the production of music. It was a very experimental time. They rarely played this song live.
oh this gonna be good!
Good catch on the flanged lead vocal. It's on the original vinyl mix from the 70's
According to the website Who Sampled, this song has been sampled on 255 other songs.
Never gets old
Definitely natural disaster. Remake of a Memphis Minnie and Kansas Joe McCoy song from 1929 about the 1927 floods along the Mississippi River. Top 5 Zeppelin track.
I've only heard one live performance of this, Chicago 1975, and Robert has the flu...
Robert is a very good guitar player aswell most people do not know it
I can see you appreciate the depth and raw emotion of great music of many genres...You should dive down the Mike Patton rabbit hole, widest vocal range of all time and is the most versatile artist to date IMHO...He's done everything from R&B to Opera, and from metal to just the most insane blends of Jazz, funk and metal in the same song...Try "Matador" by faith no more, "il cupo delore" from a small opera project...Then blow your mind to the realization its the same guy and check out his "across 110th street" cover by his band peeping tom
Led Zeppelin only played this song live a handful of times in the first 5 or 6 shows of their 1975 U.S. tour. I always wondered why this wasn't played more often by them as existing audience and soundboard recordings at the time revealed the song sounded great live. Jimmy Page had broken his finger at the very start of that tour, and they may have added the song to the set since his slide guitar riffs didn't require a lot of fast finger movement. That's just a guess though.
Robert Plant has one hit from the 80's called I'm in the Mood for a Melody
If you think Bonzo is playing "Boom Bat" here, you'd be on to something. There are more than a few hip hop acts who sampled this beat.
Great cover. No one did covers better than Zeppelin
I especially loved the way they tastefully evolved those tunes, adding their killer Zeppelin flair to them, making them their own.
The closest anyone comes to covering tunes were Van Halen.
@@josephlinnell9855 Creedence Clearwater Revival did great covers
The song is based on a historical event. The vocal flange was meant to evoke being under water. Drowning. Sorry if this was already pointed out. Didn't have time to scroll.
Another one of their bestest