So glad you like Zeppelin! My fav group of all time... best vocal (robert plant), best guitarist (page), and of course, our Bonham!! Thank you so much, loved the motorcycle comment... I was a. teen back when their albums came out, and lots of great memories!! party hardy!!
I got to see Led Zeppelin in Evansville, Indiana in 1969. What an unforgettable concert that was. I was 17 years old and it was my first concert and we had great seats on the floor of the venue.
Thunder and Lightning from Led Zeppelin. This band descended from Valhalla to amaze and delight us all. You have a few more to get to. Thank you for this one!!
"Black Dog" was the first Zeppelin song I heard, at 14 and had never heard of the band. My friend brought over his little cassette player and said "You have to listen to this." Within 30 seconds that song had grabbed me by the ears and Zeppelin has never let go. "Who ARE these guys?" That was in 1974 and at 62 I've listened to this song (and all of theirs) about a million times and it still gives the same intense driving groove as it did so long ago. Their music has been a central, important part of my life.
First time I heard Black Dog? 1974, maybe 75. Not long back from living in Italy for several years, being as I was a Navy brat. I was 11 or 12. Skipping school (very early in my skipping school vocation) and was stoned out of my head (also early in that vocation and I am ever the light-weight). Hanging out at someone's trailer laying on the floor in the center of my first experience with four Bose 501s. I was introduced to Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, and Frank Zappa that day. Life changing.
@USAFO6 That's a great point. It was sort of a rhetorical question though. I think that it's more of an age thing, rather than cultural. Back in the 70s Led Zeppelin music crossed many demographics, much like the music of Michael Jackson did in the 80s & 90s, or Jay-Z of 50 over the past 20 yrs.
i was watchin' a quiz show the other day a thirty something obviously educated and travelled bloke didn't know the Sgt Peppers album cover. i've seen folk not know Hendrix, Clapton, that said how many musical artists could you name from the late 30's to mid 40's
There's too much good music in the world to pigeonhole yourself into one or two genres. I'm 44 years old, and I'm so grateful my parents exposed me to R+B, rock, reggae, pop, classical, country, etc.
I used to and still ask that same question. It blows my mind that ANY artist, no matter the genre, can create such amazing sounds. I grew up listening to rock/metal, (ty mother)country, (ty to grandparents) and my own personal tastes, almost everything else I have, a little more recently become fascinated with rap. Not sure why I haven't looked into before, other than ignorance, thinking I wouldn't like it. How they are able to just come up with lyrics off the cuff, It freaks me out, and I love it! Don't be harsh about my being late to that party, I'm an old woman now, better late than never. Thanks for sharing young man.
Of course I remember my first time with this song!!!! My brother and I were in Highschool and some friend from my brother gave for some days the Led Zeppelin fourth album and when I heard this song, really in my mind knew that I was going to follow this music and that is true, I went from Hard Rock to Metal, but I am still in Vintage Rock-Hard Rock.
i love watching folks get turned on to new music regardless of the genre. I have been listening to this band since 1968. everybody keep your ears and minds open. music is everywhere.
I’m a guy whom grew up on the west side of Chicago in the 70’s listening to Motown. My aunt was dating a guy who played this song for me which was the first song of LZ I had ever heard. It was the most interesting thing I’d ever heard!! Than I went back to previous recordings and was blown away again. I’ve been with this band every sense. Jimmy Page Guitars, Robert Plant lead vocals, John Paul Jones Bass and keys and John Bonham on Drums.
Led Zep and the other great British rock bands took the great tradition of Mississippi Delta Blues and Chicago urban blues and transformed it - bringing it back to America. The blues gods like Howlin’ Wolf, Muddy Waters and Buddy Guy were revered in Britain and toured there. Led Zep and others went to see them as kids. They were inspired forever.
Music breaks barriers... It’s what touches your soul. I was born in 73 the only girl and youngest out of three boys. My brothers had me listening to all kinds of genres r and b, funk, rock, metal, punk, rap, oldies etc ...Listening to LED ZEPPELIN as a kid I wanted to be in a rock band so bad. Mom can I play the drums please!!
I was 12, in 1974 and I snuck into my older brother's room when everyone gone and listened to several Yes, Pink Floyd, Led Zeppelin, and Steely Dan albums he had, on his high end stereo with 4 Bose speakers cranked up as loud as I could stand it. What an experience for a 12 year old. Changed my musical life forever
This is the song that got me started on Led Zep. I was 11 years old and in 6th grade in 1980. I had just moved to a new school, and some kids were talking about how Bonzo had just died and Led Zeppelin were breaking up. So I naively asked, “who’s Led Zeppelin?” One of the kids looked at me like I just walked out of a cave riding a dinosaur. He asked me where I was from, and I said “California”, and he said, “what, don’t they listen to music in California?” Anyways, he let me borrow his walkman and his Led Zeppelin IV cassette during recess, and I played the first song, “Black Dog” and my life was never the same after. The impact on me was huge, immediate and long lasting. I instantly became a Led Zeppelin and rock music fan. I bought a record player and started buying other Led Zeppelin records, as well as records from rock groups. Now, 40 years later, Led Zeppelin is still my favorite band!
You need to watch them live ...THIS IS BACK FROM THE late 60's, 70's...legendary music! Robert Plant is the singer. All their music is awesome. When the Levee breaks, Babe I'm gonna leave you, In my time of dying. Their from England but they listened to good ole American blues and they lived it.
Jimmy Page on guitar, John Paul Jones on bass, John Bonham on drums, Robert Plant on lead vocals. Just those four. They are legends to rockers. We all know their names, like we know our own. I was a kid when I first heard Black Dog, I was a kid when I first heard most of Zeppelin. Their last album came out when I was 8. The neighborhood I grew up in was full of rockers. So I heard it all. When I was old enough I’d go to shows in the city and buy music in those little record stores that used to be on St.Mark’s place. It was a lot of word of mouth in those days. You had to hang with people who liked the same stuff you liked to be in the know especially when you liked things that weren’t top 40.
1970, 20 years old, riding in a 1968 Fiat 850 Spider with my best friend loaded out of our minds. Bought the new 8 track and drove around Joplin Mo. after dark. Best part? Stairway to heaven came on next. Best band ever. Grand Funk Railroad comes in at # 2.
Going down a rabbit hole with Led Zeppelin!😉 I was in jr high and high school with this! So many great bands in 70's. Pink Floyd, Yes, Genesis, Lyndard Skynyrd, Journey, Boston, Supertramp...the list is endless. I have to say, looking back...I was so fortunate being young and seeing all this Fantastic music! I know I've missed some bands but this time in Music will be timeless. 💜🙋♀️
First time I heard this song, my dad was driving me to school, when I was a kid. He raised me listening to a lot of Zep and The Who, and Hendrix... just all of those rock gods of the 60's and 70's. Put me in a weird position as an 80's baby, but I wouldn't have it any other way. I never understood why the other kids were crazy about New Kids on the Block when they could've been listening to the Beatles, lol.
The lead vocal is from the now legendary, Robert Plant. So many of Led Zeppelin songs are epic. The Emigrant Song is another classic LZ song. It was recently featured in the Marvel movie Ragnorak. "Kashmir" was an LZ song that came later in there time together along with "Trampled under foot".
You said it Steve Menard....I hope these young people realize what it really is all about..this is MUSIC! This is real musicianship...they play their instruments...they sang with real voices. this is when it was real music !!
Led Zeppelin devised their music perfectly for FM radio. It fully engages the brain. Listening to an entire LP is actually exhausting. When the album is done, you're done listening. When you hear a song by itself, it is the most interesting thing there is, and Robert Plant sounds like an old friend. Nothing competes, yet you don't want to listen to them all day. That album changes it up. Maybe you should do "The Battle of Evermore." Jimmy Page picked up John Paul Jones' mandolin, and the song just happened.
Saw Led Zeppelin at the Forum in LA in 1975. During one of their encores (they had 3 that recall) I rushed up to the front of the stage. The next song they played was "Black Dog". During the main chorus of the song, Page would be playing just left of the stage then shuffle all the way to the right as he played the riff. It was surreal, especially since it occurred at the end of a 3 hour performance.
"I don't know, but I've been told, a big-legged woman ain't got no soul". As a big legged woman myself, this line has always cracked me up. GREATEST LINE EVER WRITTEN IN THE HISTORY OF MUSIC lmaooo.
I remember exactly where I was when I heard that song for the first time. I was at my Neighbors house in his older brother's room ,we were about 12-13 smoking a few bowls and tripping on the posters in his bedroom and I was so blown away it was indescribable. I had already owned 2 Zep records but I hadn't heard that one yet. It was a life changer !
I know what you mean Dora, I'm 65 and as I take time to listen to this and think back, I suddenly think WTF? I'm 65? I still see the world through 18 year old eyes and hardly notice my age until... I move, stand up, etc. and then I'm quickly reminded of the mileage I've got on this body of mine, but it beats the hell out of the alternative, am I right? Keep Smiling Dora and remain Happy and Healthy. Hope our paths cross again soon. Later...
You have no idea how deep of a rabbit hole you have encountered with Led Zeppelin if you dare to explore it. One of the most original and creative rock bands ever... possibly top 3 but definitely top 5! You should also look into Steely Dan and Chicago. The Carpenters who I saw you react to is another great rabbit hole to explore.
Led Zeppelin is one of my top rock bands, primarily because of Robert Plant's phenomenal voice range, & because they mixed rock, with blues & jazz!!! I only saw them live once, but it only took once to get the Led in, & it never came out!!! LOL 😄 Keep discovering them, you will not be disappointed, & I look forward to your reactions, because I am never disappointed 👍 👍
Also check Gary Moore and Phil Lynott (Thin Lizzys fronnt man also from Dublin) the only black irish kid in Dublin Growing up) , he took some shit, but went on to lead such a huge band. Theres a statue of him on Grafton Street....the biggest shopping street in Dublin. Oh yeah the song is called Parisienne Walkways. Its a reworingnof an old Gary Moore song called I still Have the Blues For You. Phil wrote new lyricks and they changed it up a bit, but basically still the same riff. Phils line “I remember Paris in ‘49” ....his dads name was Paris and born in 1949. How cool is that,
You asked so I will answer: I first heard the song in fall of 1971. I attended a Led Zeppelin concert in the Boston Garden in September 1971. Robert Plant announced they were going to play a song from their new album (which had not come out yet). The song was Stairway to Heaven. Needles to say, I went and bought the cassette as soon as Led Zeppelin IV was released. Black Dog was the first track and I fell in love with it immediately. Thank you so much for reviewing the song...more than ever, we Americans need to be united and music is one great way to accomplish that. Rock and Roll and it's predecessor blues are one of the greatest gifts of black Americans to us!
I was only 11 years old when this album came out so it's hard to remember the first time i heard this song, but i love your channel and I can tell you have a very good ear for music. The guitarist is legendary Jimmy Page who started his career as a studio musician. He worked with many of the day's top artists including The Who and the Rolling Stones.
@@abovetheinfluence9361 wait until you see them live! Try their live Whole Lotta Love from Madison Square Garden! You will be amazed! They are a pure joy to watch live!
@@abovetheinfluence9361 Robert Plant vocals. John Paul Jones bass, and John Bonham drums, should be one with Jimmy Page as Led Zeppelin! The best band ever, right before Queen! Anything that they played live was better than anyone else could do. Those of us who are old enough have had the great good fortune to have heard them all of our lives! Grew up with them and the other great bands of that time, we've been blessed and we know it! 🎶😎👍🌈🌟🔥!
Jimmy is and will be my favorite guitarist ever. He among others from the early days of Rock were pioneers The riffs that Jimmy created are and were so distinctive, original, creative and just hook you in, his lead work different for every song just seem to flow and enhance every song You have all these speed metal dudes playing and shredding but it gets boring and repetitive ... I believe Satriani said its how he played that inspired him, don't quote me on it Lol. 50 years on theres nothing that made a statement and changed the face of a particular genre like Jimmy & boys did We all have different tastes, They're mine The Mighty Zep 😎
True. A hodgepodge of musicians created the blues in the US and it was ignored until the Brits fell in love with it and created bands such as The Rolling Stones who were just a simple but cool looking blues band.
Zep's music was rooted in the blues. Plant is the first to say he, along with Page, both listened to and were influenced by American Blues...Robert Johnson, Muddy Waters, Skip James, Berry, Elvis, as well as country blues artist Howlin' Wolf, among many more from the 1930-1050s.
I first heard it when I was about 6 or 7, I think. A neighbor two houses down was the neighborhood "bad kid" and played this loud enough that we all could hear. Bring so young I was partially scared, partially intrigued, and drawn to it for both of those reasons. I would pay serious bucks for a whole record of Zeppelin playing that swampy-style blues on the "Hey Baby, pretty baby..." sections.
Very astute of you with the "stop, go, stop go." They were masters of slow/fast, quiet/loud, folk/rock/blues, tension/release. No other group ever did those extremes so well.
I guess it was 91 when I bought this album. And this was the opening track. I still remembering having heard this for the first time on my cassette deck. And then the other songs starting from Rock and Roll, wow I was so hyped as a 15 yrs old metal-head.
Up next from Zep: Stairway to Heaven, When the Levee Breaks, Houses of the Holy, Tangerine, That’s the Way, Going to California.... honestly their whole discography. You can’t go wrong.
@@abovetheinfluence9361 brother if you find the time listen to Trampled Under foot by led zeppelin as a reaction or in private its my favourite song from them.
i was in my brother's car heading to a New Orleans Saints game in 1975, He put the cassette into the deck of his car radio, and this was literally the first Zep song I heard, and immediately fell in love with this band. I was 8 years old at the time. He only had two Zep tapes at the time which were Led Zep IV and Houses Of The Holy. You talk about an introduction to a band. Yep. It was that powerful.
I remember the 1st time I heard this song. It was the week that it came out. I was a teenager in 1971 and was lucky enough to hear all the great music firsthand in the 60's and 70's.
Y’all sleeping on Over the Hills and Far Away, that song is sooo good, from the start to the end. Pages acoustic guitar in the beginning, to the hard rocking verse, to the killer guitar solo, and the build up after the solo right back into the verse, is so clean and nice 👌🏼
There is a song on this album “Four Sticks”. It’s called that because Bonzo used four drumsticks. It’s really different, I think you might like it. Also, the second song on the album “Rock and Roll”, was created when Bonzo was working on “Four Sticks, and got frustrated, and went into a Little Richard drum intro. The band as a whole wrote “Rock and Roll” together there in the studio.
Four Sticks is fantastic! My father (a drummer) absolutely loved it. We'll still throw on that vinyl when we get together. Btw, I'm 66 and he's 89....and still rockin to the Zep!
Battle of evermore is another amazing zeppelin tune. very intense with an almost theatrical feeling to it. great video too. I think you would love it. And man your energy is beautiful!!!
Hey, just found your channel and am really enjoying it! You give some really thoughtful, articulate commentary, and that's something I appreciate. Subscribed; can't wait to see more great content. The thing about Led Zeppelin is that all four members were prodigiously gifted. Plant with vocals, Jones on keyboard and bass, Page on guitar and Bonham on drums. You want to see something crazy? Look up a live performances of "Moby Dick" from any of their live shows. That was John Bonham's drum solo, while the rest of the guys would go off stage, get some water. Or maybe go across the street to the pub and have a pint, while he round abused his kit (and some bongos. And a gong) for about 10-15 minutes, with frankly alarming energy and sheer power. The guy was a monster! And amazingly skilled. Another band to give consideration to is Jethro Tull. About the same era as Zeppelin, also a British band with deep blues roots. The front man doesn't have Plant's range, but he plays a mean flute. Yep. You heard me. Check out "Locomotive Breath" for the whole package, or "Bouree" if you just want to hear Ian Anderson showing off an astounding the flute solo.
I don't remember where I was when I first heard that song but the album had just been released. But I was lucky I was waiting for every one of their albums to come out. Those days were great back then!
I was twenty-one when this -- Led Zeppelin's fourth studio album -- was released in 1971. Almost a perfect album with some of the band's greatest creations including "Stairway to Heaven," "The Battle of Evermore," "Going to California," and "When the Levee Breaks," as well as "Black Dog." I still have the (well played) vinyl album. About as good as rock and roll gets. Oh. . .and really enjoyed your reaction to the album's opening number. 👍
I am going to comment this on every video until you see Stevie Ray Vaughn! The man is an absolute legend. He can play the guitar behind his back better than most players can forwards! Check out the live version of Texas Flood if you want your mind blown 🤯🤯🤯
I was at where I was always at when I was listening to their new songs. Lying on the rug with a stereo speaker at each ear and a head full of smoke. Heaven on Earth, man.
Always a favorite and that groove never gets old! Feel free to check out my live version of "Whole Lotta Love!" ua-cam.com/video/LCKCDOYbLfw/v-deo.html
I heard it lying on the floor in my room after I bought the album in 1971- I was 10. I became a fan with Whole Lotta Love in 1969. Listen to all Zeppelin and you will be hooked. I love the Crunge, it is weird and wonderful and great!
I was at home in Gary, Indiana. It was on a reel-to-reel tape player. It was actually released on reel-to-reel and vinyl. We had lots of those then. This was the mid-70's.
That song is the first track on Led Zeppelin IV. The first time I heard it I was probably 12 years old, standing in my uncle’s living room. Some kid had played stairway to heaven at school, and my uncle had it, but he was like, “I’ll play it, but you have to listen to the whole album.” He put the record on... it had that fuzzy hiss that old records have and then this song just hit me out of nowhere. Chills.
For some reason, Jay, I'm really liking your NASA t-shirt. 😁 Also, one of my favorite Led Zeppelin songs. It was very frustrating trying to learn to play this on drums when I was taking lessons as a kid.
First time for me, I was in NY visiting family. This was the first album I ever bought, got it for Stairway to Heaven (the only song of theirs I knew at the time). The needle dropped on the record and this song MELTED MY BRAIN! I was totally unprepared...but loved it! Still love it after all these years; that first listen is an experience I'll never forget and will always cherish
If you listen closely, you can hear John Bohnam click his drumsticks during the call-answer sections to cue the band after Plant's vocal. That's how they timed it so well!
The timing to come back in from the instrument pauses is incredible. But after they come back in John Bonham (the drummer) is on a different time signature from the rest of the band. Wrap your head around that
Robert Plant on vocals, Jimmy Page on guitar (he kinda set up the band), John Bonham playing the living shit out the drums and the best everyman musician on everything else (bass, keys etc) John Paul Jones. Every one a genius in their own right. First time hearing it? Damn, in a mad house party in the 80s sometime when I was a teen probably, and the vibe was genuinely all about the sex, drugs and rock n roll. Good times, bad times (like the LD song says!)
So glad you like Zeppelin! My fav group of all time... best vocal (robert plant), best guitarist (page), and of course, our Bonham!! Thank you so much, loved the motorcycle comment... I was a. teen back when their albums came out, and lots of great memories!! party hardy!!
I got to see Led Zeppelin in Evansville, Indiana in 1969. What an unforgettable concert that was. I was 17 years old and it was my first concert and we had great seats on the floor of the venue.
Thunder and Lightning from Led Zeppelin. This band descended from Valhalla to amaze and delight us all.
You have a few more to get to. Thank you for this one!!
"Black Dog" was the first Zeppelin song I heard, at 14 and had never heard of the band. My friend brought over his little cassette player and said "You have to listen to this." Within 30 seconds that song had grabbed me by the ears and Zeppelin has never let go. "Who ARE these guys?" That was in 1974 and at 62 I've listened to this song (and all of theirs) about a million times and it still gives the same intense driving groove as it did so long ago. Their music has been a central, important part of my life.
First time I heard Black Dog? 1974, maybe 75. Not long back from living in Italy for several years, being as I was a Navy brat. I was 11 or 12. Skipping school (very early in my skipping school vocation) and was stoned out of my head (also early in that vocation and I am ever the light-weight). Hanging out at someone's trailer laying on the floor in the center of my first experience with four Bose 501s. I was introduced to Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, and Frank Zappa that day. Life changing.
I have been listening to led zeppelin since 1968 6 years old when I first heard them
4 of the greatest rockers ever....I grew up with all of this and beyond...stunning era of music....
Still amazed to see adults who have never heard any Led Zeppelin music.
@USAFO6 That's a great point. It was sort of a rhetorical question though. I think that it's more of an age thing, rather than cultural. Back in the 70s Led Zeppelin music crossed many demographics, much like the music of Michael Jackson did in the 80s & 90s, or Jay-Z of 50 over the past 20 yrs.
Do those people really exist?
i was watchin' a quiz show the other day a thirty something obviously educated and travelled bloke didn't know the Sgt Peppers album cover.
i've seen folk not know Hendrix, Clapton, that said how many musical artists could you name from the late 30's to mid 40's
True, i'm just sayin most folk couldn't bring the answer to mind ,they're faces stuck in stooped smart phone mode, insular life .
There's too much good music in the world to pigeonhole yourself into one or two genres. I'm 44 years old, and I'm so grateful my parents exposed me to R+B, rock, reggae, pop, classical, country, etc.
Dude you have fallin into the rabbit hole of Led Zeppelin!! 😎✌️👍 it is a wonderland of music! 😎
I used to and still ask that same question. It blows my mind that ANY artist, no matter the genre, can create such amazing sounds. I grew up listening to rock/metal, (ty mother)country, (ty to grandparents) and my own personal tastes, almost everything else I have, a little more recently become fascinated with rap. Not sure why I haven't looked into before, other than ignorance, thinking I wouldn't like it. How they are able to just come up with lyrics off the cuff, It freaks me out, and I love it! Don't be harsh about my being late to that party, I'm an old woman now, better late than never. Thanks for sharing young man.
Of course I remember my first time with this song!!!! My brother and I were in Highschool and some friend from my brother gave for some days the Led Zeppelin fourth album and when I heard this song, really in my mind knew that I was going to follow this music and that is true, I went from Hard Rock to Metal, but I am still in Vintage Rock-Hard Rock.
i love watching folks get turned on to new music regardless of the genre. I have been listening to this band since 1968. everybody keep your ears and minds open. music is everywhere.
I’m a guy whom grew up on the west side of Chicago in the 70’s listening to Motown. My aunt was dating a guy who played this song for me which was the first song of LZ I had ever heard. It was the most interesting thing I’d ever heard!! Than I went back to previous recordings and was blown away again. I’ve been with this band every sense. Jimmy Page Guitars, Robert Plant lead vocals, John Paul Jones Bass and keys and John Bonham on Drums.
Glad you enjoyed my era of music...iam 68 but was blessed of some of the greatest rock and roll of all time
Led Zep and the other great British rock bands took the great tradition of Mississippi Delta Blues and Chicago urban blues and transformed it - bringing it back to America.
The blues gods like Howlin’ Wolf, Muddy Waters and Buddy Guy were revered in Britain and toured there. Led Zep and others went to see them as kids. They were inspired forever.
Legendary Jimmy Page is playing guitar.
THOR6471 His skill is LIFE CHANGING. His scale work, and speed is 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
@@abovetheinfluence9361 he is the best there ever was! Also he produced all their albums! And...he is self-taught! Amazing genius!
@@juliemanarin4127 and when you watch him play, you can see the joy it brings him
Page is such a legend and Bonham on drums.....AMAZING!
Actually John Paul Jones (bassist) came up with the lick we all hear in Black Dog................
Music breaks barriers... It’s what touches your soul. I was born in 73 the only girl and youngest out of three boys. My brothers had me listening to all kinds of genres r and b, funk, rock, metal, punk, rap, oldies etc ...Listening to LED ZEPPELIN as a kid I wanted to be in a rock band so bad. Mom can I play the drums please!!
I was 12, in 1974 and I snuck into my older brother's room when everyone gone and listened to several Yes, Pink Floyd, Led Zeppelin, and Steely Dan albums he had, on his high end
stereo with 4 Bose speakers cranked up as loud as I could stand it. What an experience for a 12 year old. Changed my musical life forever
I’m always struck by the fact that this Zepplin music is just Delta Blues with a super cool electric British twist on it.
This is the song that got me started on Led Zep. I was 11 years old and in 6th grade in 1980. I had just moved to a new school, and some kids were talking about how Bonzo had just died and Led Zeppelin were breaking up. So I naively asked, “who’s Led Zeppelin?” One of the kids looked at me like I just walked out of a cave riding a dinosaur. He asked me where I was from, and I said “California”, and he said, “what, don’t they listen to music in California?” Anyways, he let me borrow his walkman and his Led Zeppelin IV cassette during recess, and I played the first song, “Black Dog” and my life was never the same after. The impact on me was huge, immediate and long lasting. I instantly became a Led Zeppelin and rock music fan. I bought a record player and started buying other Led Zeppelin records, as well as records from rock groups. Now, 40 years later, Led Zeppelin is still my favorite band!
Well, Led Zeppelin IS in a class by themselves.
Talk about synchronicity...it was a miracle they even met each other.
Led Zeppelin was always about the drums and they had the finest rock drummer there ever was in Bonzo.
Led Zeppelin riffs are so iconic and unmatchable that they are the standard to which all others should be judged
SINCE I'VE BEEN LOVING YOU
will blow you away
loving this stuff
I dont remember where i was or what i did but what i do remember is Led Zeppelin rocking out and my life changing forever
You need to watch them live ...THIS IS BACK FROM THE late 60's, 70's...legendary music! Robert Plant is the singer. All their music is awesome. When the Levee breaks, Babe I'm gonna leave you, In my time of dying. Their from England but they listened to good ole American blues and they lived it.
Jimmy Page on guitar, John Paul Jones on bass, John Bonham on drums, Robert Plant on lead vocals. Just those four. They are legends to rockers. We all know their names, like we know our own. I was a kid when I first heard Black Dog, I was a kid when I first heard most of Zeppelin. Their last album came out when I was 8. The neighborhood I grew up in was full of rockers. So I heard it all. When I was old enough I’d go to shows in the city and buy music in those little record stores that used to be on St.Mark’s place. It was a lot of word of mouth in those days. You had to hang with people who liked the same stuff you liked to be in the know especially when you liked things that weren’t top 40.
Excellent reaction. Led Zeppelin ooozes with soul.
'When the Leeve Breaks', 'Since I've been Loving you' and the monstrous, the epic 'Achilles Last Stand - and that look at 00:44 - he's hooked....
1970, 20 years old, riding in a 1968 Fiat 850 Spider with my best friend loaded out of our minds. Bought the new 8 track and drove around Joplin Mo. after dark. Best part? Stairway to heaven came on next. Best band ever. Grand Funk Railroad comes in at # 2.
Glad you liked it. Zeppelin is the greatest rock band ever!
Going down a rabbit hole with Led Zeppelin!😉 I was in jr high and high school with this! So many great bands in 70's. Pink Floyd, Yes, Genesis, Lyndard Skynyrd, Journey, Boston, Supertramp...the list is endless. I have to say, looking back...I was so fortunate being young and seeing all this Fantastic music! I know I've missed some bands but this time in Music will be timeless. 💜🙋♀️
First time I heard this song, my dad was driving me to school, when I was a kid. He raised me listening to a lot of Zep and The Who, and Hendrix... just all of those rock gods of the 60's and 70's. Put me in a weird position as an 80's baby, but I wouldn't have it any other way. I never understood why the other kids were crazy about New Kids on the Block when they could've been listening to the Beatles, lol.
Our parents raised us listening to all music. Obviously not other people which is sad. Really too bad
Me too!
The lead vocal is from the now legendary, Robert Plant. So many of Led Zeppelin songs are epic. The Emigrant Song is another classic LZ song. It was recently featured in
the Marvel movie Ragnorak. "Kashmir" was an LZ song that came later in there time together along with "Trampled under foot".
No better band in the world! More Zeppelin please! Especially their live performances...Killer!
your video's make me feel like I'm just hangin with a friend showin them what I like
Dazed and confused Bonzo on drums is amazing, The meistro page plays with a bow
You said it Steve Menard....I hope these young people realize what it really is all about..this is MUSIC! This is real musicianship...they play their instruments...they sang with real voices. this is when it was real music !!
Led Zeppelin devised their music perfectly for FM radio. It fully engages the brain. Listening to an entire LP is actually exhausting. When the album is done, you're done listening. When you hear a song by itself, it is the most interesting thing there is, and Robert Plant sounds like an old friend. Nothing competes, yet you don't want to listen to them all day.
That album changes it up. Maybe you should do "The Battle of Evermore." Jimmy Page picked up John Paul Jones' mandolin, and the song just happened.
It was October of 1983 (I'm 50 now) and someone I just befriended came over and played Led Zeppelin IV on my stereo. That day I saw the light.
Saw Led Zeppelin at the Forum in LA in 1975. During one of their encores (they had 3 that recall) I rushed up to the front of the stage. The next song they played was "Black Dog". During the main chorus of the song, Page would be playing just left of the stage then shuffle all the way to the right as he played the riff. It was surreal, especially since it occurred at the end of a 3 hour performance.
"Makes me wanna buy a motorcycle and just ride out . . ." - just excellent!
"I don't know, but I've been told, a big-legged woman ain't got no soul". As a big legged woman myself, this line has always cracked me up. GREATEST LINE EVER WRITTEN IN THE HISTORY OF MUSIC lmaooo.
I hope we are considering the “Gold Standard”. “When The Levee Breaks” it’s still hard to believe these guys were kids when they released it.
They were ALIENS. No human being can play this perfect
I remember exactly where I was when I heard that song for the first time. I was at my Neighbors house in his older brother's room ,we were about 12-13 smoking a few bowls and tripping on the posters in his bedroom and I was so blown away it was indescribable. I had already owned 2 Zep records but I hadn't heard that one yet. It was a life changer !
I REMEMBER Smoking
Some Good Shit ....🚬
LISTENING TO LED 🚬
back in the day
Im 68 now👏👏👍🇺🇸
I know what you mean Dora, I'm 65 and as I take time to listen to this and think back, I suddenly think WTF? I'm 65? I still see the world through 18 year old eyes and hardly notice my age until... I move, stand up, etc. and then I'm quickly reminded of the mileage I've got on this body of mine, but it beats the hell out of the alternative, am I right? Keep Smiling Dora and remain Happy and Healthy. Hope our paths cross again soon. Later...
You have no idea how deep of a rabbit hole you have encountered with Led Zeppelin if you dare to explore it. One of the most original and creative rock bands ever... possibly top 3 but definitely top 5! You should also look into Steely Dan and Chicago. The Carpenters who I saw you react to is another great rabbit hole to explore.
Led Zeppelin is one of my top rock bands, primarily because of Robert Plant's phenomenal voice range, & because they mixed rock, with blues & jazz!!! I only saw them live once, but it only took once to get the Led in, & it never came out!!! LOL 😄 Keep discovering them, you will not be disappointed, & I look forward to your reactions, because I am never disappointed 👍 👍
Zeppelin will ALWAYS be timeless 👍🔥👍🔥👍😎
You Shook Me,,,off their 1st album. I guarantee you'll LOVE it 👍
That's definitely a good one, too.
Also check Gary Moore and Phil Lynott (Thin Lizzys fronnt man also from Dublin) the only black irish kid in Dublin Growing up) , he took some shit, but went on to lead such a huge band. Theres a statue of him on Grafton Street....the biggest shopping street in Dublin. Oh yeah the song is called Parisienne Walkways. Its a reworingnof an old Gary Moore song called I still Have the Blues For You. Phil wrote new lyricks and they changed it up a bit, but basically still the same riff. Phils line “I remember Paris in ‘49” ....his dads name was Paris and born in 1949. How cool is that,
Can’t go wrong with Led Zeppelin
You asked so I will answer: I first heard the song in fall of 1971. I attended a Led Zeppelin concert in the Boston Garden in September 1971. Robert Plant announced they were going to play a song from their new album (which had not come out yet). The song was Stairway to Heaven. Needles to say, I went and bought the cassette as soon as Led Zeppelin IV was released. Black Dog was the first track and I fell in love with it immediately. Thank you so much for reviewing the song...more than ever, we Americans need to be united and music is one great way to accomplish that. Rock and Roll and it's predecessor blues are one of the greatest gifts of black Americans to us!
Fantastic reaction! Dude you GOTS to hear *When The Levee Breaks* Hard, sexy blues!
Only Robert Plant can make a song written about a natural disaster sound sooo sexy.
I was only 11 years old when this album came out so it's hard to remember the first time i heard this song, but i love your channel and I can tell you have a very good ear for music.
The guitarist is legendary Jimmy Page who started his career as a studio musician. He worked with many of the day's top artists including The Who and the Rolling Stones.
Jimmy Page is now a name I will NEVER forget after this song lol 🔥
Thank you for the kind words and I appreciate you for watching! 😊
I was in my early teens...I have loved them since 1969!
So many! There is a list on the internet.
@@abovetheinfluence9361 wait until you see them live! Try their live Whole Lotta Love from Madison Square Garden! You will be amazed! They are a pure joy to watch live!
@@abovetheinfluence9361 Robert Plant vocals. John Paul Jones bass, and John Bonham drums, should be one with Jimmy Page as Led Zeppelin! The best band ever, right before Queen! Anything that they played live was better than anyone else could do. Those of us who are old enough have had the great good fortune to have heard them all of our lives! Grew up with them and the other great bands of that time, we've been blessed and we know it! 🎶😎👍🌈🌟🔥!
They were 4 of the best musicians of the time..they were known as a Super Group..because 4 elite musicians in one band
I love the sounds of the amps warming up at the beginning... sort of the calm before the storm.
man these chord progressions get me evey time, just so perfect and can never be done again.
Jimmy is and will be my favorite guitarist ever. He among others from the early days of Rock were pioneers
The riffs that Jimmy created are and were so distinctive, original, creative and just hook you in, his lead work different for every song just seem to flow and enhance every song
You have all these speed metal dudes playing and shredding but it gets boring and repetitive ... I believe Satriani said its how he played that inspired him, don't quote me on it Lol. 50 years on theres nothing that made a statement and changed the face of a particular genre like Jimmy & boys did
We all have different tastes, They're mine
The Mighty Zep 😎
When the Levee Breaks. Kashmir. Since I've Been Loving You.
The Brits loved the Blues. Most Americans missed the Blues. The Brits brought it back as Rock and Roll. Crazy.
American had Chuck Berry
Are you sure about that? Rock, Blues, Jazz, Country, Bluegrass all connected; all with origins from the great American South.
True. A hodgepodge of musicians created the blues in the US and it was ignored until the Brits fell in love with it and created bands such as The Rolling Stones who were just a simple but cool looking blues band.
Zep's music was rooted in the blues. Plant is the first to say he, along with Page, both listened to and were influenced by American Blues...Robert Johnson, Muddy Waters, Skip James, Berry, Elvis, as well as country blues artist Howlin' Wolf, among many more from the 1930-1050s.
@@pedrolopez8057 and Lil Richard. He was the real king of Rock n Roll
First time I heard this was in the early 70's when it first came out. Totally trashed at a hash party. Good times. Still in love with Jimmy Paige. ❤
I first heard it when I was about 6 or 7, I think. A neighbor two houses down was the neighborhood "bad kid" and played this loud enough that we all could hear. Bring so young I was partially scared, partially intrigued, and drawn to it for both of those reasons.
I would pay serious bucks for a whole record of Zeppelin playing that swampy-style blues on the "Hey Baby, pretty baby..." sections.
Very astute of you with the "stop, go, stop go." They were masters of slow/fast, quiet/loud, folk/rock/blues, tension/release. No other group ever did those extremes so well.
I spent many weekends as a teenager cruising the back roads, drinking beer and listening to Led Zeppelin!
I guess it was 91 when I bought this album. And this was the opening track. I still remembering having heard this for the first time on my cassette deck. And then the other songs starting from Rock and Roll, wow I was so hyped as a 15 yrs old metal-head.
You need to react to Kashmir next. Will blow your mind... Jimmy Page killing those solos.
Kashmir is my favorite Zep journey...Please take it...!
@@ZeeStranjelz yes mine too. He thinks this one took him for a ride, wait til he does Kashmir lol
Added to the TOP of the list! lol
Yay =)
Always! I also suggest live...anything from the Madison Square Garden performance!
Up next from Zep: Stairway to Heaven, When the Levee Breaks, Houses of the Holy, Tangerine, That’s the Way, Going to California.... honestly their whole discography. You can’t go wrong.
First time I've heard this song I was blown away too
Man oh man... this one did it for me Lol
@@abovetheinfluence9361 brother if you find the time listen to Trampled Under foot by led zeppelin as a reaction or in private its my favourite song from them.
@@abovetheinfluence9361 - I was on a couple hits of purple micro dot at the time 😎😎💛
We were all blown away when we first heard this. Trampled Under Foot is a must too. Not too many reactions out there.
You have much to look forward to, my friend. Just go back to the first album “Led Zeppelin” and start there.
i was in my brother's car heading to a New Orleans Saints game in 1975, He put the cassette into the deck of his car radio, and this was literally the first Zep song I heard, and immediately fell in love with this band. I was 8 years old at the time. He only had two Zep tapes at the time which were Led Zep IV and Houses Of The Holy. You talk about an introduction to a band. Yep. It was that powerful.
I remember the 1st time I heard this song. It was the week that it came out. I was a teenager in 1971 and was lucky enough to hear all the great music firsthand in the 60's and 70's.
Y’all sleeping on Over the Hills and Far Away, that song is sooo good, from the start to the end. Pages acoustic guitar in the beginning, to the hard rocking verse, to the killer guitar solo, and the build up after the solo right back into the verse, is so clean and nice 👌🏼
This whole album is a masterpiece.
Roberts vocals with Jimmy's guitar is the ultimate combo.
Thank you very much
Couldn't agree more! ❤️😎👍
There is a song on this album “Four Sticks”. It’s called that because Bonzo used four drumsticks. It’s really different, I think you might like it. Also, the second song on the album “Rock and Roll”, was created when Bonzo was working on “Four Sticks, and got frustrated, and went into a Little Richard drum intro. The band as a whole wrote “Rock and Roll” together there in the studio.
It is awesome!
Four Sticks is fantastic! My father (a drummer) absolutely loved it. We'll still throw on that vinyl when we get together. Btw, I'm 66 and he's 89....and still rockin to the Zep!
Merri McArthur That’s great! Go Zep fans! I’m 66 as well.
Battle of evermore is another amazing zeppelin tune. very intense with an almost theatrical feeling to it. great video too. I think you would love it. And man your energy is beautiful!!!
Hey, just found your channel and am really enjoying it! You give some really thoughtful, articulate commentary, and that's something I appreciate. Subscribed; can't wait to see more great content.
The thing about Led Zeppelin is that all four members were prodigiously gifted. Plant with vocals, Jones on keyboard and bass, Page on guitar and Bonham on drums. You want to see something crazy? Look up a live performances of "Moby Dick" from any of their live shows. That was John Bonham's drum solo, while the rest of the guys would go off stage, get some water. Or maybe go across the street to the pub and have a pint, while he round abused his kit (and some bongos. And a gong) for about 10-15 minutes, with frankly alarming energy and sheer power. The guy was a monster! And amazingly skilled.
Another band to give consideration to is Jethro Tull. About the same era as Zeppelin, also a British band with deep blues roots. The front man doesn't have Plant's range, but he plays a mean flute. Yep. You heard me. Check out "Locomotive Breath" for the whole package, or "Bouree" if you just want to hear Ian Anderson showing off an astounding the flute solo.
I don't remember where I was when I first heard that song but the album had just been released. But I was lucky I was waiting for every one of their albums to come out. Those days were great back then!
I was twenty-one when this -- Led Zeppelin's fourth studio album -- was released in 1971. Almost a perfect album with some of the band's greatest creations including "Stairway to Heaven," "The Battle of Evermore," "Going to California," and "When the Levee Breaks," as well as "Black Dog." I still have the (well played) vinyl album. About as good as rock and roll gets. Oh. . .and really enjoyed your reaction to the album's opening number. 👍
Led Zeppelin's got a whole lot a soul!!! Great reaction.
I am going to comment this on every video until you see Stevie Ray Vaughn! The man is an absolute legend. He can play the guitar behind his back better than most players can forwards! Check out the live version of Texas Flood if you want your mind blown 🤯🤯🤯
My man Jay welcome to the world of Led Zeppelin
I was at where I was always at when I was listening to their new songs. Lying on the rug with a stereo speaker at each ear and a head full of smoke. Heaven on Earth, man.
One of my favorite Zeppelin songs is Going to California which it a complete 180 of what they're known for. But it's still such a good song.
Try "Whole Lotta Love". Can't wait to see your reaction to it, unless you've already done it and I missed it
Live!!!
Always a favorite and that groove never gets old! Feel free to check out my live version of "Whole Lotta Love!" ua-cam.com/video/LCKCDOYbLfw/v-deo.html
@@juliemanarin4127 😎👍
nordogvids mothers finest, Baby Love
This makes me want to go out and buy a motorcycle and ride off,lol
I heard it lying on the floor in my room after I bought the album in 1971- I was 10. I became a fan with Whole Lotta Love in 1969. Listen to all Zeppelin and you will be hooked. I love the Crunge, it is weird and wonderful and great!
Jay...this group is crazy.... translation....pure genius....How do they write this funky music.....blues collides with rock roll.
I was at home in Gary, Indiana. It was on a reel-to-reel tape player. It was actually released on reel-to-reel and vinyl. We had lots of those then. This was the mid-70's.
For a great Jimmy Page solo and brilliant Zeppelin performance, check out Since I've Been Loving You LIVE 1973.
“Since I’ve Been Living Loving You- LIVE at MSG” is mandatory viewing for all new Zep fans! It’s life changing ..... 😂
Ron Harrison So true!
God yes!!
Essential..... simply an experience... game changer.....measuring stick for any live performance reaction you will do....
Also try the studio version, has a smother more bluesy feel.
That's my favorite Led Zep song. It's just so sexy to me.
That song is the first track on Led Zeppelin IV. The first time I heard it I was probably 12 years old, standing in my uncle’s living room. Some kid had played stairway to heaven at school, and my uncle had it, but he was like, “I’ll play it, but you have to listen to the whole album.” He put the record on... it had that fuzzy hiss that old records have and then this song just hit me out of nowhere. Chills.
Led Zeppelin, Deep Purple, Pink Floyd = TIMELESS. Todays music = Already forgotten.! I aint lyin !
This is so funky ! The blues, dude, had so many babies
For some reason, Jay, I'm really liking your NASA t-shirt. 😁 Also, one of my favorite Led Zeppelin songs. It was very frustrating trying to learn to play this on drums when I was taking lessons as a kid.
Your reaction was exactly like mine was when I first heard this song when I was teenager in 1971. I was blown away
First time for me, I was in NY visiting family. This was the first album I ever bought, got it for Stairway to Heaven (the only song of theirs I knew at the time). The needle dropped on the record and this song MELTED MY BRAIN! I was totally unprepared...but loved it! Still love it after all these years; that first listen is an experience I'll never forget and will always cherish
If you listen closely, you can hear John Bohnam click his drumsticks during the call-answer sections to cue the band after Plant's vocal. That's how they timed it so well!
You just said it makes you want to ride a motorcycle. The song FOR THAT IS --- Steppenwulf - “Born To Be WIld” it will take you away!
Yeah Steppenwolf is a great band .
The Easy Rider version of course
B.O.C. does a great version!
The timing to come back in from the instrument pauses is incredible. But after they come back in John Bonham (the drummer) is on a different time signature from the rest of the band. Wrap your head around that
Robert Plant on vocals, Jimmy Page on guitar (he kinda set up the band), John Bonham playing the living shit out the drums and the best everyman musician on everything else (bass, keys etc) John Paul Jones. Every one a genius in their own right. First time hearing it? Damn, in a mad house party in the 80s sometime when I was a teen probably, and the vibe was genuinely all about the sex, drugs and rock n roll. Good times, bad times (like the LD song says!)
The best most talented4 musicians ever!