Classical Composer Reacts to LED ZEPPELIN: RAMBLE ON | The Daily Doug (Episode 835)
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- Опубліковано 15 вер 2024
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In this edition of #thedailydoug, I'm returning to Led Zeppelin II to hear the song Ramble On. I've been grooving on Led Zeppelin lately, and I think this is one of the stronger early songs. I was really taken by John Paul Jones' bass playing in this one. And...we get a bit of middle earth in the song as well! I hope you enjoy!
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Led Zeppelin lyrics: 49% sex 49% Lord of the rings 2% citrus fruits
KASHMIR ? ? ?
😂
Oh Kashmir, right.. 1% citrus fruits, 1% about a desert landscape
I feel like there's a ven diagram here.
Hot dogs, custard pies, tangerines, lemons....these guys had strong stomachs....
John Paul Jones adds so much, what a musician he is.
Yeah! I love it when people recognize his contributions.
An unforgettable bass line for sure.
Doug, you ought to check out JPJ’s solo album “Zooma.” Stellar from beginning to end.
@@markdrechsler5660 I agree. JPJ opened for Crimson when he was promoting Zooma. I really like that album too.
JPJ was Zeppelin's secret weapon or in tamer terms secret sauce imo. JPJ is incredibly talented and is one of the reasons why In Through The Out Door has grown on me more than any Led Zeppelin album.
John Paul Jones........ Quiet, unasuming and pure genuis...... the bass line is perfect. top 5 song
Yeah! I love it when people recognize his contributions.
The bass makes this song for me. It's so silky smooth!
John Paul Jones - The bass, the rhythm, and arrangements- all from John Paul Jones.
Yeah! I love it when people recognize his contributions.
The Zeppelin 2 period was excellent! What Is And What Should Never Be is another experience not to be missed
I agree. And i love Thank you
Got the album on release and my favourite album of any, ever. Have never tired of the emotive musical brilliance. Led Zep so infectious, as Doug is discovering. Some music grows and grows on you & I wonder if Doug listened to it plenty of times maybe it would feature as a top album for him. Of course Rain/Achilles/Stairway etc so special but as an album as a whole LZ 2 tops it for me.
I believe the pitter-patter is Bonham [edit: duh!] tapping on Page's guitar case. And yes, JPJ's bass makes this song!
*Bonham, but yeah 😁
The pitter-patter is a fast-travelling hobbit.
I thought it was Bonham him hitting his hands on his thighs
@@markpietras6440 short strides but big feet
My favorite Led Zeppelin song to play on bass 😁
Over the hills and far away is another great one to listen to
1969's Led Zeppelin I, and a couple of months later Led Zeppelin II, were released. their best music and most raw and gritty Blues. I was a 13-year-old kid back then, and now I just turned 68. It reminds you of how quickly time passes. This is one of my favorites from them, because of the acoustic guitar parts intertwined with the harder electric guitar. They were blended together very nicely.
Thanks
Similar for me - and just turned 68 too! Favourite album ever, still listening. Such a varied, infectious musical masterpiece. Ooh Robert's voice at the end of Heartbreaker. The contrast of Thank You with Bring it in Home say. I remember a comment from a school chum that Led Zep all sounded the same. What. Only recently I discovered that one of the Red Baron's Flying Circus, as pictured on the cover, shot down my grand father in the first world war, so in a way making it an even more historic album for me. They didn't give them parachutes in those days in case they 'deserted' (nice!) but he survived the crash in the light planes they had, though he ended up rambling on to a ripe old age with an artificial leg. I digress.
Zeppelin loves to surprise you. Leave you wanting more. That is why it is SO loved 55 years later!!
Achilles Last Stand of the album Presence, you will be taken to another level! See where Rush got some influence
Great suggestion!
I always believe that this song is in one of most higher level from them!
I think "The Rover" is one of their underrated greats.
Led Zeppelin is the Bach and Beethoven of the 20th century. I hope their music lives on for many centuries.
As there aren't likely many centuries left, it's a safe bet 😁
"How is there not a big, BIG, guitar solo in that?" That's Zeppelin for you - you think they are going to zig, but they zag. I think their philosophy on this song is: leave them wanting more. This is what I love about LZ - they have so many different sounds, and they all seem to work. Whether it is classical, blues, rock, metal... the list goes on... they have been able to integrate at list snippets of all of those into their music. Also, is there a group out there that has used more instruments through their history?? Maybe BOC, using cowbell, but that's about it. 50+ years later, and Zeppelin is still relevant.
Ramble On has always been one of my favourite Led Zep songs. The way it blends acoustic and electric, folk and rock, light and shade to perfection
"Fool in the Rain" is a must if you haven't hit it yet.
one of the GOATS
Most people would agree this is one of Zep’s best. Love the pitter patter. Doug does a great Gollum! Led Zeppelin 1 is one of the if not THE greatest debut album(s) ever.
Boston, The Cars, and Van Halen's debut albums would round out that top 4 list
Most? It’s very subjective. I think it’s one of their more accessible songs for the uninitiated. Not in my top 5 Zeppelin songs.
@@musicdunc Not in my top 5 either. Maybe in my top ten or fifteen? Perhaps I was being a bit hyperbolic? I still think it’s one of their more popular songs among fans. Heck, I don’t put Stairway in their top five either. Regardless, I still rate Ramble On higher than Stairway. For me, I think their best song is In My Time of Dying, but that’s just me. You’re correct in saying that it’s rather subjective. Zeppelin is hard as so many of their songs have a different feel or style from one another, yet they all sound like Zeppelin. I have long said that IMO, they’re the greatest rock band ever, though not my personal favorite, but way up there. I say The Beatles are the most IMPORTANT band, but the one thing Zep and The Beatles have in common is that neither one ever put out a bad song. Not all of them were great, and there are a few from each that might not even be good per se, but none of them bad. All of this is just my opinion.
@@BooEsq04 Actually, for me the other debut album that might be the greatest is Queen 1.
@@BooEsq04 Black Sabbath
Zeppelin and Pink Floyd are the two greatest bands of all time imo, there’s so many hidden songs that are incredible. White Summer/Black Mountain Side has been on repeat recently, it’s purely instrumental and sort of free playing. So good!
I throw the Beatles in There too
Infinite upvotes
You shook me should be next, absolutely incredible
One of their weakest. Just a straight Willie Dixon cover and the song itself is average. They did so much better than that.
There's a nice scene in "It Might Get Loud" where Jimmy plays the rhythm riffs for Ramble On … very cool.
I was already waiting for the next Led Zeppelin. Greatest band ever, there are four geniuses.
Yes, that bass is incredible. Nice Gollum impression!
On UA-cam you can bring up the isolated bass and drum tracks.✌🏻
John Paul Jones says LZ and he never became friends.
I think the band not have been a successful without his bass, keyboards and all his other instrumental inputs. What do you think?
I agree, Doug's Gollum is more Gollum than ... well, Gollum.
Thanks Doug for keeping your interest in Zeppelin. I saw Page and Plant on their Walking into Clarksdale tour in Boston. When they played this live it Blew the Roof Off!!
Doug, I love that you are continuing to take a closer look at Led Zeppelin's music! Two things you might note:
1. Please don't try to look at LZ in light of "pop" music, "hit parade," "singles" rankings! LZ produced albums, NOT singles. These collections of songs are meant to be enjoyed as a whole, not one at a time, like pop songs on the radio. Back when these albums were released, we would run to the record store, buy the newest album, and hurry home to put the record on the turntable, and listen to the entire album, again and again. Only later would we play our favorite songs over and over!
2. After listening to Ramble On regularly for 55 years, I believe this song describes an epic journey that, like the Lord of the Rings saga, takes the narrator to strange new places, encountering danger and pleasure, good and bad people, finding love and heartbreak, but feeling the need to continue the journey above all else.
2a. The LOTR quest was to destroy the ring, not to find it. The Ramble On quest was to play music and find "love" (or maybe, just sex)!
The Rover is a great song. In my time of dying. Nobody's fault but mine.
There are so many of them, please keep going
The best part was actually being there in 69. At 13 we had psychedelic lights in our bedrooms and dressed like the bands we loved. It was a groovy time and hearing Zeppelin and Pink Floyd, The Doors for the first time was a magical thing.
This is my most favorite LZ song! Whenever I'm feeling low, weak, or defeated I listen to it and it gives me such strength and power!❤
My favorite song, period, and I love everything music has to offer. There's a really beautiful guitar riff that Page plays quietly in the background of the 3rd verse that most people never hear, even when I try to point it out. See if you can catch it. The contrast between the verse and the chorus throughout the song, and of course JPJ's bass, are its defining features. The best bass part is in the outro. So excellent.
The drumming is fantastic. Those off- beat bass drum beats are amazing.
You definitely need to explore LZ I-IV album by album. The first album is amazing for a debut and at the time nothing had ever been heard like it. LZ II was their real introduction to a wide audience. LZ III was a more acoustic-oriented album, but has their masterpiece of blues, Since I've Been Loving You. And LZ IV was considered their greatest, every song being a serious hit, and including Stairway to Heaven, When the Levee Breaks, Black Dog, Rock'n'Roll, etc.
Amen to that!
When this album was recorded the band were on the road, and the songs were recorded in different studios on the USA and the UK, the band worked with out a break for the first three years. ❤
that percussion always reminds me of the pitter patter of hobbit feet walking down the road, rambling on.
Damn, I had never thought of that...but now I don't think I can ever unhear it.🙂
My favorite LZ song by far. The bass playing is amazing
Thanks to you Dr. Doug…I’m much obliged ❤❤❤
#rambleon
Along with Kashmir, this is my favorite Led Zeppelin track. IMO, JPJ’s bass is what make this song special.
Zep 2...Such a great album ! Good to hear you wanna check out the early stuff Doug :) In those times, they blew people away with with those first couple albums and left quite an impact still felt :)
Ramble On is a real treat. I knew you'd like it Doug. Who couldn't?
I have LOTS of favorite Zep songs and this is one of them
"How is there not a BIG guitar solo in that?"
It doesn't need one
I can't believe no one is commenting on how freakin' good your Gollum impression is! 10/10!
My all time favourite Led Zeppelin track.
One of my favorite Zeppelin songs, great bass in this one 🔥
Ramble On is my ring tone 📞 the bass drives this song
I play bass and this song just flows. You can kind of get away with a simile at gigs, but learning it note-for-note has been a challenge even though it is relatively simple to transcribe the bass line. It is evidence that the bass line was improvised. If it was composed with intention, John Paul Jones is an alien. JPJ said he improvised it live all the time; at least, I remember seeing an interview where he said as much.
Greatest band in history! Do some live performances!
Robert is a huge fan of LOTR. The 4 of these geniuses were like 4 parts of one amazing musician, live they can follow when one improvises. Such a huge catalog of different types of genres, & masterful at each. Jimmy’s amazing producing mixing etc. shows his true love for what they do. They used different engineers, so nobody could say it was all the engineer, in fact they did what Jimmy wanted. To have total control over all their music was pure genius, that’s why very few singles were released too. Only being together about 2 months, when they recorded their first album, start to finish 4 days & total of about 35 hours. Page & manager Peter Grant funded the recording studio etc. their story is absolutely amazing.
One of the best bass tracks of all time!
The tapping is Bonham tapping on Jimmy’s guitar case. Yes I highly recommend You Shook Me, one of my favorites, with three amazing solos of keyboards harmonica & guitar with amazing drums & vocals.
Yes Doug!!!! One of my fav Zep songs
Not a bad Gollum there Doug :D. If you listen again, notice all the guitar overlays that do different things during the "Ramble On" part and the last verse. Page was so good at that in so many of their recordings.
This is the first song that gave me appreciation for the bass when I was a kid.
Zepp released very few singles in the UK they mainly were for the American market. John Paul Jones is sublime in this track as he is in all of his endeavours.
hey doug, big appreciate and greetings from turkey! i love what you're doing.
And John Paul’s bass is like Berry Oakley’s bass playing in the Allmans. Two of my all time faves. At least I got to see the Allmans a couple of times.
This takes me back to my freshman year in high school, well before the "Lord of the Rings" trilogy became mainstream (my brother gave me the trilogy as a graduation present in 1974, having read "The Hobbit" as a junior in my high school year). To me and my friends, this was just great Led Zepplin rock! We would learn about the LOR's later.
Behind only Kashmir and Stairway, this is my third favorite Zeppelin song.
Bonham is patting on Jimmy's guitar case!
The percussion is JB drumming on Jimmy's guitar case.
Such beautiful song.
Flawless Gollum impression!
Thanks. Your Gollum impression is worth the 2 bucks alone.
Thank you Edwin Kramer.
All My Love is one of my favorite Zep songs. Ramble On is another.
One of their best songs, period.
The "Girl" is the Ring!
The 'reason' "this" was "never released as a single," was that: Zeppelin, (basically) never released singles.
They did release a scant few, but avoided it, as a rule.
One of the few you will find is "The Immigrant Song", which became MORE famous, essentially, for its (otherwise unreleased, non-album) b-side;
the song: "Hey, Hey, What Can I Do?"
This worked, greatly, in Led Zeppelin's favor, in the '70s. They, actively, promoted the album as "a long-form work of art" (along with numerous important late 1960s and 1970s rock bands!) which was intended to be listened to, experienced and "traversed" (analyzed, experienced, thought-about, etc.) as "once piece." A "single entity." A unified entity! AS a WHOLE.
It, also, increased their album sales, greatly (as people could not just go acquire a song they were/felt attracted to and "leave it at that," somehow)!
It, also, increased them/their popular as a concert draw (because they rarely/almost never did interviews or magazine/newspaper stories, AT ALL! --- This made attending concerts one of the FEW ways to see and/or "get in any kind of touch" with this band or its members. To find a more personal aspect to whatever relationship the listener developed!) and added 'a sense of mystery' (which didn't seem to apply to the majority of "singles bands"...and, certainly, not to artists who were more commonly featured in the press or on TV).
..so: It was an attitude and it added to their power and mystery and attraction and the loyalty and fervor of their fans.
Don't look for "Zeppelin singles"...or, rather: DO. ...They will be easy to find, as there are so few!
Please Doug, lets do Zeppelin 1 and then chronologically to the end. Also the great BBC recordings, do not miss
LZII is my favourite album of theirs.
I remember hearing Fool in the Rain in the 70s as a kid. Still top 10 fav
One of the best bass parts of all time!
Get the LED OUT! One of the GOATS
My fist album from this band. I had to own 'em all. I have their music on all types of media. I love mt Song Remaind The Same movie. Great music thats been with me most of my life.
Led Zeppelin was one the first bands I heard as a child. I was very young and would go next door to my best friends house and we would go into his brother's bedroom. He was back from Vietnam and going through some stuff and Zeppelin was his outlet. We would just sit in there for ever and listen. I've been a fan for life. From the first album check out Dazed and Confused or Communication Breakdown.
It's an interesting journey to take from the first album to Presence. I was never convinced by anything after Physical Graffiti really. First album I had from them was Led Zeppelin II...when it was released...Someone lent me a copy of the first album, as a youngster just into my teens...it scared the crap out of me. The shift from album to album was, at the time, slightly disorientating,, there was no typical Led Zeppelin album, each one brought new sounds and textures. Totally agree about JPJ's playing on this track. And...excellent Gollum !! Keep up the good work...looking forward to hearing youreaction to the rest of their catalogue !!
I loved every album!
Notice Bonham playing his drum stool during the verse.🚀
My all time favorite band
I'd love to see you react to any song off the Black Sabbath album Born Again. Particularly the title track Born Again. Trashed, Disturbing The Priest or Zero The Hero would be great as well.🤘
John Paul Jones .... my favorite Zep.
Multi-instrumentalist and arranger who never gets enough credit for Zeppelin's sound.
He, like Page, was a seasoned session musician.
I love to him people giving him recognition.
Ramble On is one of my top five Zep songs.
Ramble On, Heartbreaker and Livin' Lovin' Maid were all radio hits
your Golum's impression is fantastic!
Jonesy!!! He was the real compositional genius that took this awesomely talented power trio to the next level. I’m not surprised “Houses of the Holy” polled high, with all the incredible discography it’s still my favorite. I love these learning opportunities, thanks Doug!
the guitar solo you're looking for is the bass, atleast thats the way ive always taken it, great video as always!
Walking bass line is perfect
Amazing song. The bass line is just insane. I saw them perform this song in concert in 1970.
On your own time you gotta look up the isolated bass track. So clean, so groovy, sooooooo good. JPJ is the g.o.a.t.
No, you have to listen to 1 and 2 fully. I recently saw Led Zeppelin 2 tribute band and I thought they were great, very nice guys who came out after the concert and talked to every. Listening to the show made me very emotional. If you get a chance, check them out.
John-Paul Jones at his best - try No Quarter. Live in MSG... EPIC!!
"The addition of the bass"? THE BASS WAS ALL ALONG THERE FROM THE BEGINNING!!! AMAZING BASS LINE
Great song. Love the bass!
Hi Doug, i suggest you listen to the live version of No Quarter on Zeppelin's double live album The Song Remains the Same. You'll love the guitar solo by Jimmy Page.
I've written a Led Zeppelin screenplay Doug.
Great and fun appreciation! Yes, JPJ's bass is audio honey here. As for the lyrics, it also is helpful to recall that Robert was like 19 or 20 when he wrote of losing his Lady in Mordor, lol. Literally just out of high school, which blows me away to think about. (As I was writing this I heard your Gollum voice from above. It slightly alarmed me, ngl, LOL!)
Ain't it just great. I still can't work out why I wasn't all that into Led Zep back in the day, being very much a Pink Floyd fan, but I sure love their songs now.
That tap tap is Bonham drumming on a plastic garbage can in The entryway of Jimmy Pages house. This is my favorite Led song.
Single kick bass drum people and a magician on bass guitar. The rest is just people.
I Agree with you Doug… let’s go back to Led Zeppelin 1…
The stunning Beginnings!
I am for starting it from the top after listening to Traveling Riverside Blues!!
Glorious bass
Amongst my best sounding records, 1969 !!! 🤯
Such a killer track.
My Zep problem. Every song is my favorite until the next one starts.