There may be some here who have yet to hear this funktastic lick by JPJ on the rough cut of "Levee." First six seconds, especially, are the shit. ua-cam.com/video/SB5YDAX5_Ug/v-deo.html
Battle of evermore Led Zeppelin is one that has a lot of Lord of the rings influence in it also. Robert and Sandy Dennys vocals are just insane on the song. Thanks guys.
@@vandalayindustries3057 The latter. If I live to be 100 I will always treasure how lucky I was to experience this music & see so many of the greats live. 😊✌️🌻🌻
@@vandalayindustries3057 The latter. If I live to be 100 I'll still remember getting to experience this music & see so many of the greats in concert. Wouldn't trade it for the world. ✌️🌻🌻
I think Plant liked adventure stories in general, although Tolkein in particular. Kashmir, I think, draws inspiration from the novel and film, "Lost Horizon."
I just noticed…..at the end…Robert says several time, “searching for my baby”. His latest album with Alison Krauss has a song on it called “Searching For My Baby”. How funny…..a theme …..
The tapping during the song is John Bonham tapping on a guitar case to get the sound effects... Just brilliant. Great reaction and Peace out guys ✌️ ☮️
This on this cut and some of i heard is too loud and takes away/almost annoying at the beginning of the song, like fake electronic drum beats-just hit the button-while song is at a 5 db level, these are at an 8 too overpowering in the remix production.
This song always brings me right back to listening to this in 1983 when I was 15 in Boston. Tripping on purple microdot mescaline with about 50 friends on the railroad tracks. We had a big boom box tons of beer and the leaves were falling because it was fall. Great song!
Just FYI, purple microdots are acid, not mescaline. A dose of mescaline is around 200 to 500 milligrams, and you couldn't come anywhere close to fitting that into a microdot. You could maybe fit about 5 milligrams into a microdot, and then you'd have to take 40 or more to get high. But LSD, which averages about 100 _micrograms_ (not milligrams) per dose, can easily fit in a microdot. I'd be real careful about taking LSD these days though, as a lot of it is some form of 25-NB, which unlike LSD is very toxic and potentially fatal. You pretty much have to really _really_ trust your source, or do an Ehrlich test to make sure. You just can't trust drugs anymore. I'm glad I quit drugs a long time ago, well before all this fake shit atarted ahowing up. In any case, we sure had some fun back then, huh? Well, good times, bad times...
I did a dose of purple microdot and it was around 1983, too. My cousin and I went on a bicycle ride at midnight. Our plan was to find his friend and wake him up. We did, around 2am. He was not amused .
@@jackgilchrist You are probably right but back then they called it mescaline. Another name was orange sunshine and double barrel purple micro dot. I’ve only taken one each and window pain acid once. Was good times but most those kids I hung around with were dead before they reached 30. They lived hard and fast and payed for it.
There's LOTR references all throughout LZ's discography. Even Stairway to Heaven, "There's a feeling I get when I look to the west and my spirit is crying for leaving" is a reference to the elven desire to leave Middle-Earth and return to Valinor.
Imagine being 12 years old and being exposed to a seemingly endless plethora of music like this. It's only many years later that I have realized that I lived in the best of times.
I'm a J.R.R. Tolkien nut. I have all his books and I'm very happy with what Peter Jackson did to bring the stories and characters to life. Excellent. Jackson needs to tackle "The Silmarillion" next!
Finally. Got the Led out with my original favorite Zepp tune, before I heard When the Levee Breaks. Been requesting it from other reactors for years with no luck. Thanks. Now try Boogie with Stu, with Ian Stuart on piano!
My father passed away in 2015. We weren't close. LED Zeppelin and motorcycles were the only thing we had in common. Leaving his memorial service the day before his birthday, I turned the key. This song started from the beginning. Ramble on Pop.
really great bass line. have never heard a guitar bridge like that before or since making it even more unique and original. Bonham's drumming is in a class by itself in this melody. As usual. And Plant brings a reference to J.R.R. Tolkein into the mix. Only several other compositions of theirs does this. Once again unique and individual.
I went to school for audio engineering, and songs like this one were what got me interested in recording and mixing. The guitar solo with the two parts in different octaves panned left and right caught my ears when I was a kid. Led Zeppelin had several songs with very interesting things in the recording and/or mixing.
John Paul Jones went nuts on the bass guitar, awesome! While you are on the 2nd album "The Lemon Song" and "Heartbreaker" are a must reaction if you haven't done them already.
JPJ is a fuck Beast on this song. Great verse Riff and that spiral run is fantastic to isolate your attention on a re-listen. John Bonham is drumming with the Butt end of his sticks on Jimmies empty guitar case. Sounds like Bongos. Genius.
Maybe my favorite Led Zeppelin song. Their early music from 1969 was the Best in many people's and music critic's opinions. The Albums titled "Led Zeppelin1 and II" were so raw and gritty with that Bluesy influence. Thanks
I enjoy listening to your takes & reactions, just a compliment as you both are insightful and good communicators. You promptly say many of the same things I've said over the years hearing that song many hundreds of times since the eary 70s. It's really a damn good song and as a bass player myself, I love how JPJ just lays down a fluid straightforward masterpiece.
I had read Lord of the Rings about two years before this record dropped! To say I LOVED this song is an understatement! Peace - from between Kelowna and Vernon in “super natural” BC!
Word. I’m a drummer and there are certain Bassist that are so fundamentally good it amazes you I saw Zep in 1977 in Oakland obviously to see John Bonham but JPJ just blew me away. That’s happened only a handful of times for me. Remember seeing Stanly Clark or Billy Sheehan play. About 5 years ago going to go see drummer Jeff Campitelli play and seeing Angeline Saris play Bass with him just flooded me I stopped watching him and started asking who in the hell is that bassist. 😂. JPJ is probably one of the best UNSECRET secret weapons in music
The honors ceremony for LZ at the Kennedy Center in 2012 was a well deserved recognition for what this band has given to the world. The pinnacle was Heart performing Stairway To Heaven. I have never seen a more moving cover than what was put together for this cover. The array of singers and musicians was almost beyond belief, a choir wearing Bowler Hats (John Bonham used to wear a Bowler Hat often), to what appeared to be a full orchestra were coreograhed in an epic manner. The icing on the cake came as a surprise to LZ, John Bonham's son Jason was playing drums (Jason had told LZ he had a previous committment and could not make it). I have never seen a better tribute in my 67 years of life! Thanks for reacting to Ramble On, a favorite of mine and many others as well.
It’s the stereo mixing I’ll remember. Back in the day, riding around blasting songs like this on a car stereo. Just sounded soooo good . This and What Is and What Should Never Be.
There is a very beautiful electric guitar melody being played in the background during the 3rd verse that most people miss, even when I have tried to point it out while listening. It is one of those subtleties that makes LZ's production so great. Once you hear it, you can't miss it whenever you hear this song. My favorite song ever. The lilting verse, the thundering chorus.... fantastic!!
Favorite fall song. Bonham tapping on a drum or guitar case. My wife gave me a beautiful yellow lab pup 20 years ago. He had huge paws so I named him Bonzo.
Hey you guys I can not believe you have not reacted to Led Zeppelin's masterpiece The Rain Song please for the love of God react to it. Oh and No Quarter too. 🙏🏼✌🏼♥️
The battle of evermore is the song related to Lord of the rings Robert is a huge fan sam will absolutely love it and in the song is the only duet with Robert on the track
I 2nd everyone talking about the great bass lines in this song, a masterclass. The whole 2nd album has particularly great bass playing, though JPJ's always great on all the albums. Ramble On is one their great songs, but there are so many.
In these years the new 'thing' was 4- channel sound and bands were heavily mixed from LF to RF and also included LR & RR! The sound continually swirled back & forth with headphones...it was the style of the times
Best bass line ever. Maybe the best vocals ever. Maybe some great minimalistic guitar thrown in. A masterpiece, to say nothing of a great line about Gollum. Oh, Gollum's precious!
LOL...I was hoping you would catch those Tolkien references. Their magic was every song gave you something different...that was the fun in going out and getting each new Zeppelin album, when released, and listening to every song; front to back. hey recorded but 108 songs. And that amount still kept them in 2nd place in Rock Albums sold by a group; second to The Beatles; w/213 songs. Says a lot about the quality of their songs. Wasn't until that Queen movie, recently came out, that Queen took the #2 spot...after all of those years.
There are so many sounds you can make within rock. It is a very broad genre, especially 70s rock. Robert's stolen girl: "I like the way he calls me 'Precious.'" FWIW, the "Battle of Evermore" refers to ring wraiths once.
"Evermore" rhymes with "Pelennor," The name of the large plain (the "Pelennor Fields") where Sauron's army deployed for the Battle of Minas Tirith, in "The Return of the King." Amusingly, the guys who created the Faerun setting for Dungeons & Dragons included a large marsh where famous battles took place in the past. The "Evermoors." 😃
Yes, that bass is doing a lot of the work. But I also feel this is one of Plant's most honest recordings. It's something I think he would still defer to today. Although I don't know how much he rates the Lord of the Rings references.
If Sam likes Lord of the Rings inspired, listen to “The Battle of Evermore” from Led Zeppelin 4.!
Yeah! Featuring the late great Sandy Denny on guest vocals along with Robert.
she'd dig it the most! i was never into Tolkien but that's one of my favorite Zep songs!
Totally agree
LOTR is nothing without Sam.
@@ronaldmorgan7632 All hail Samwise Gamgee, hero of the Free Peoples of Middle-earth.
JPJs bass line is a musical masterpiece on its own !!!!!
In every bass players top 10 favorite Zep... for me #1 👍
It carries the entire song along.
It is SO sweet. If it was in physical form it would be dripping chocolate.
One of the most beautiful bass line ever.
There may be some here who have yet to hear this funktastic lick by JPJ on the rough cut of "Levee." First six seconds, especially, are the shit. ua-cam.com/video/SB5YDAX5_Ug/v-deo.html
Battle of evermore Led Zeppelin is one that has a lot of Lord of the rings influence in it also. Robert and Sandy Dennys vocals are just insane on the song. Thanks guys.
The way john bonham and john paul jones played off each other is truly superb.
Hell Yeah Y'all
The best percussion I've heard!
How spoiled we were expecting this level of music & always getting it. The good old days.😊✌️🌻🌻
couldn't agree more , this was our natural , and we thought it would last forever , ahhh , days of future past.....
@@vandalayindustries3057 The latter. If I live to be 100 I will always treasure how lucky I was to experience this music & see so many of the greats live. 😊✌️🌻🌻
@@vandalayindustries3057 The latter. If I live to be 100 I'll still remember getting to experience this music & see so many of the greats in concert. Wouldn't trade it for the world. ✌️🌻🌻
Robert was so obsessed with Tolkein he even called his dog Strider.
Me too...
I think Plant liked adventure stories in general, although Tolkein in particular.
Kashmir, I think, draws inspiration from the novel and film, "Lost Horizon."
@@thomashiggins9320 regarding Kashmir …no. You might think so, but no. Long story, but if you research it just a bit, you’ll get the answer.
I just noticed…..at the end…Robert says several time, “searching for my baby”. His latest album with Alison Krauss has a song on it called “Searching For My Baby”. How funny…..a theme …..
@@thomashiggins9320he loved Welsh and Norse mythology…….medieval history,….
Led Zeppelin "No Quarter" (Studio Version First) 🔥❤️🔥
Tool does a great version of it also
No Quarter is a beast of a song. Studio version first absolutely.
The bass line is a thing of beauty.
The Bass in this is so much of the song ! The flow of the bass notes is beautifully done ! Pay attention to it more ! He is all over the place !
You SHOULD know that, requests for Zeppelin will never end.
Around here, local rock stations 'Get the Led Out' on a regular basis. You never have to wait too long to hear one of theirs.
Sounds familiar. Bay Area?
@@48mastadon Maybe there as well. But this is Northeast Ohio. Cleveland has some well-known rock stations.
The tapping during the song is John Bonham tapping on a guitar case to get the sound effects... Just brilliant. Great reaction and Peace out guys ✌️ ☮️
This on this cut and some of i heard is too loud and takes away/almost annoying at the beginning of the song, like fake electronic drum beats-just hit the button-while song is at a 5 db level, these are at an 8 too overpowering in the remix production.
The bass line is fantastic!!!
The smile on Sam's face when Robert mentioned Gollum is priceless. 😊
This is the song that first grabbed me, It's the bassline and the drums. Great tune....
This song always brings me right back to listening to this in 1983 when I was 15 in Boston. Tripping on purple microdot mescaline with about 50 friends on the railroad tracks. We had a big boom box tons of beer and the leaves were falling because it was fall. Great song!
i wanna party with you, dude.
Just FYI, purple microdots are acid, not mescaline. A dose of mescaline is around 200 to 500 milligrams, and you couldn't come anywhere close to fitting that into a microdot. You could maybe fit about 5 milligrams into a microdot, and then you'd have to take 40 or more to get high. But LSD, which averages about 100 _micrograms_ (not milligrams) per dose, can easily fit in a microdot.
I'd be real careful about taking LSD these days though, as a lot of it is some form of 25-NB, which unlike LSD is very toxic and potentially fatal. You pretty much have to really _really_ trust your source, or do an Ehrlich test to make sure. You just can't trust drugs anymore. I'm glad I quit drugs a long time ago, well before all this fake shit atarted ahowing up.
In any case, we sure had some fun back then, huh? Well, good times, bad times...
I did a dose of purple microdot and it was around 1983, too. My cousin and I went on a bicycle ride at midnight. Our plan was to find his friend and wake him up. We did, around 2am. He was not amused .
@@jackgilchrist You are probably right but back then they called it mescaline. Another name was orange sunshine and double barrel purple micro dot. I’ve only taken one each and window pain acid once. Was good times but most those kids I hung around with were dead before they reached 30. They lived hard and fast and payed for it.
i can't tell you how many people i've met who've said, "THIS is my favourite led zep song!" . . .
This is one of my more favorite of their songs. I've found myself playing it back-to-back-to back on road trips.
I would agree that The Battle of Evermore would be a fantastic follow up to this song. I love it, nearly as much as I like this one.
There's LOTR references all throughout LZ's discography. Even Stairway to Heaven, "There's a feeling I get when I look to the west and my spirit is crying for leaving" is a reference to the elven desire to leave Middle-Earth and return to Valinor.
Imagine being 12 years old and being exposed to a seemingly endless plethora of music like this. It's only many years later that I have realized that I lived in the best of times.
One of my favorites of theirs, no doubt.
I'm a J.R.R. Tolkien nut. I have all his books and I'm very happy with what Peter Jackson did to bring the stories and characters to life. Excellent. Jackson needs to tackle "The Silmarillion" next!
This is one of the best production pieces that Jimmy had created.
Finally. Got the Led out with my original favorite Zepp tune, before I heard When the Levee Breaks. Been requesting it from other reactors for years with no luck. Thanks. Now try Boogie with Stu, with Ian Stuart on piano!
Great road song
Love this song!! ❤
My father passed away in 2015. We weren't close. LED Zeppelin and motorcycles were the only thing we had in common. Leaving his memorial service the day before his birthday, I turned the key. This song started from the beginning. Ramble on Pop.
The only known “ live” performance video is on the “ Celebration Day” show recorded in late 2007, some 40 years after the studio version!
Not the only Led Zeppelin song about Lord Of The Rings. Also check out Misty Mountain Hop
Love love love the bass
No Quarter (album version) and then Live MSG 1973
really great bass line. have never heard a guitar bridge like that before or since making it even more unique and original. Bonham's drumming is in a class by itself in this melody. As usual. And Plant brings a reference to J.R.R. Tolkein into the mix. Only several other compositions of theirs does this. Once again unique and individual.
Check out "Battle Of Evermore" off Zep 4. It goes deep in Tolkien references.
Another great one from that album is What Is And What Should Never Be
I went to school for audio engineering, and songs like this one were what got me interested in recording and mixing. The guitar solo with the two parts in different octaves panned left and right caught my ears when I was a kid. Led Zeppelin had several songs with very interesting things in the recording and/or mixing.
John Paul Jones and Master Bonham , greatest rhythm section ever.
I bought this on vinyl when it was first released, and it was my favorite cut on the album.
Those were the days!
John Paul Jones went nuts on the bass guitar, awesome! While you are on the 2nd album "The Lemon Song" and "Heartbreaker" are a must reaction if you haven't done them already.
JPJ is a fuck Beast on this song. Great verse Riff and that spiral run is fantastic to isolate your attention on a re-listen. John Bonham is drumming with the Butt end of his sticks on Jimmies empty guitar case. Sounds like Bongos. Genius.
I was a teenager in the 70's. Wow what music we had! What a time. The radio was playing 24 hrs aday We heard the best music ever made first! ❤
One of my favourite from Led Zeppelin! ❤
Maybe my favorite Led Zeppelin song. Their early music from 1969 was the Best in many people's and music critic's opinions. The Albums titled "Led Zeppelin1 and II" were so raw and gritty with that Bluesy
influence.
Thanks
Led Zeppelin is my generations Beatles.
One of my favorites from Led Zep II. I was 15. Classic.
Gallows Pole from Led Zeppelin 3 will knock your socks of ...
Its Jimmy Page's favorite from the album. And i totally agree...❤
Do In My Time of Dying or In the Light both from Physical Graffiti.
I enjoy listening to your takes & reactions, just a compliment as you both are insightful and good communicators. You promptly say many of the same things I've said over the years hearing that song many hundreds of times since the eary 70s. It's really a damn good song and as a bass player myself, I love how JPJ just lays down a fluid straightforward masterpiece.
I had read Lord of the Rings about two years before this record dropped! To say I LOVED this song is an understatement!
Peace - from between Kelowna and Vernon in “super natural” BC!
Thanks for the reference! I went to high school and some college in Kelowna 1965-1971. And I love Lord of the Rings too.
Gotta love this one!! Keep going v with Zeppelin!!
You guys are "old" people listening to this....imagine hearing it at the age 17 or 18. We had the bestest music back in the day.
JPJ really was the foundation that the rest of the group built marvels of musical architecture on top of. 💗
Word. I’m a drummer and there are certain Bassist that are so fundamentally good it amazes you
I saw Zep in 1977 in Oakland obviously to see John Bonham but JPJ just blew me away. That’s happened only a handful of times for me. Remember seeing Stanly Clark or Billy Sheehan play. About 5 years ago going to go see drummer Jeff Campitelli play and seeing Angeline Saris play Bass with him just flooded me
I stopped watching him and started asking who in the hell is that bassist. 😂.
JPJ is probably one of the best UNSECRET secret weapons in music
Definitely check out 'Misty Mountain Hop' and 'Battle of Evermore' for more LOTR Zeppelin goodness!
Ramblin on is my favoite Zepplin song
Ramble On
I recommend "Nobody's Fault But Mine".
Thanks for more Led Zeppelin
Lord of the rings song ❤
Its cool that one of the members read lord of the rings back in the 60's
Yeah, loved the bass-forward mix. Long-time fave. Used to play it.
😊❤
The greatness of this cannot be better. Mighty.
Feeling right at home ; - with every new tune you hear ! Get surprised & in love - EVERYTIME
Autumn was always time for me to go, this song takes me back there. Thanks guys😊
“Girl” is symbolic of the Ring.
The honors ceremony for LZ at the Kennedy Center in 2012 was a well deserved recognition for what this band has given to the world. The pinnacle was Heart performing Stairway To Heaven. I have never seen a more moving cover than what was put together for this cover. The array of singers and musicians was almost beyond belief, a choir wearing Bowler Hats (John Bonham used to wear a Bowler Hat often), to what appeared to be a full orchestra were coreograhed in an epic manner. The icing on the cake came as a surprise to LZ, John Bonham's son Jason was playing drums (Jason had told LZ he had a previous committment and could not make it). I have never seen a better tribute in my 67 years of life! Thanks for reacting to Ramble On, a favorite of mine and many others as well.
It’s the stereo mixing I’ll remember. Back in the day, riding around blasting songs like this on a car stereo. Just sounded soooo good .
This and What Is and What Should Never Be.
There is a very beautiful electric guitar melody being played in the background during the 3rd verse that most people miss, even when I have tried to point it out while listening. It is one of those subtleties that makes LZ's production so great. Once you hear it, you can't miss it whenever you hear this song. My favorite song ever. The lilting verse, the thundering chorus.... fantastic!!
fav zeppelin song
Great warm up a few weeks before the start of Zeptember.
Favorite fall song. Bonham tapping on a drum or guitar case. My wife gave me a beautiful yellow lab pup 20 years ago. He had huge paws so I named him Bonzo.
Hey you guys I can not believe you have not reacted to Led Zeppelin's masterpiece The Rain Song please for the love of God react to it. Oh and No Quarter too. 🙏🏼✌🏼♥️
The battle of evermore is the song related to Lord of the rings Robert is a huge fan sam will absolutely love it and in the song is the only duet with Robert on the track
If you really want to hear a Led Zeppelin baseline and drum song - The Lemon Song is a must.
I 2nd everyone talking about the great bass lines in this song, a masterclass. The whole 2nd album has particularly great bass playing, though JPJ's always great on all the albums. Ramble On is one their great songs, but there are so many.
Funky little tune from all those years ago. We loved it..
They recorded this album when they were touring, one of the big reasons so much energy in the entire masterpiece.
Called LED ZEPPELIN II
Hey guys There is many many more Led Zeppelin. My next Zeppelin request would of been "Trampled Underfoot"
I did hear the tapping sound you hear at the beginning is John Bonham tapping his drum sticks on jimmy page's guitar case.
In these years the new 'thing' was 4- channel sound and bands were heavily mixed from LF to RF and also included LR & RR! The sound continually swirled back & forth with headphones...it was the style of the times
The girl's name was Mary Sue. 😆
Robert's been a big-time Ringer since the 60's.
❤ (6:00) I think you hit the nail on the head right there. Not only do they create songs from all different styles of music, they do them all well!!!
I love that effect sitting way back in the mix. It sounds like he’s kind of high-pitched whispering. Yes, that’s it. That’s all I have to add. Lol.
Best bass line ever. Maybe the best vocals ever. Maybe some great minimalistic guitar thrown in. A masterpiece, to say nothing of a great line about Gollum. Oh, Gollum's precious!
Black Sabbath,Led Zeppelin,Deep Purple the holy triad of rock music🤘
John Paul Jones was Zeps secret weapon. He could play anything that had strings like a virtuoso. And he showed it on this track
Know nothing about Tolkein but just a bloody good track. 💣💣💣
Journalists: "Why are all your songs about sex, or Lord of the Rings?"
Zeppelin: "Nah those are about sex too."
(not a real quote, just a joke)
😂I never heard that quote.
@@neilmartin99 It's just a joke, not real.
@@Tijuanabill Good one.
Add some sound treatment on that back wall and you guys are golden
There is also Misty Mountain Hop.
Ramble on means to keep rambling on forward on the journey and Don't stop!
To Ramble is to roam with no particular destination in mind.
How you two appreciate this music without being stoned is mindboggling.
It's quite easy for those who appreciate music.
The live version from 2007, is fire !
LOL...I was hoping you would catch those Tolkien references. Their magic was every song gave you something different...that was the fun in going out and getting each new Zeppelin album, when released, and listening to every song; front to back. hey recorded but 108 songs. And that amount still kept them in 2nd place in Rock Albums sold by a group; second to The Beatles; w/213 songs. Says a lot about the quality of their songs. Wasn't until that Queen movie, recently came out, that Queen took the #2 spot...after all of those years.
Traveling riverside blues, nobody's fault but mine. What is and what should never be
The opening drum beat is JOHN BONHAM 🔥 beating on a guitar case!💯❤️✌️
Zeppelin ='s bangers
page is a master producer
The lyrics are Gollum And the Evil One crept up and slipped away with her☺️😉
There are so many sounds you can make within rock. It is a very broad genre, especially 70s rock.
Robert's stolen girl: "I like the way he calls me 'Precious.'" FWIW, the "Battle of Evermore" refers to ring wraiths once.
"Evermore" rhymes with "Pelennor," The name of the large plain (the "Pelennor Fields") where Sauron's army deployed for the Battle of Minas Tirith, in "The Return of the King."
Amusingly, the guys who created the Faerun setting for Dungeons & Dragons included a large marsh where famous battles took place in the past.
The "Evermoors." 😃
@@thomashiggins9320 FWIW, King Pellinore is a character from Arthurian lore.
You should do back to back. Album then Live. To hear the variations. Good luck! Keep calm and carry on.
❤❤❤Robert ❤❤❤
Yes, that bass is doing a lot of the work. But I also feel this is one of Plant's most honest recordings. It's something I think he would still defer to today. Although I don't know how much he rates the Lord of the Rings references.