I'm 64 year old blk Man so back in the early 70ies I head Zeppelin and fellbin love. Went to Afghanistan in 07 and took a box set of Zeppelin and while driving the hummer on patrol I had the ear phones on and this guy from my squad ask what was I listing to. I let this white brother hear it and they tripped out. A 50 year old brother listing to Zeppelin. I love it worked out to it fell asleep listing to it in the tint.
It's unusual, yes. As a white dude myself, I often had to go outta my way (obnoxiously) to introduce rock music to my blk friends. They were often blown away by the many samples used in hip hop but more often than not they just didn't have the attention span to appreciate it. That sounds kinda/sorta racist but I don't know how else to explain their reluctance to realize the roots. Even though the ROOTS of rock and roll have their origins in BLK music to begin with. It's frustrating.
45 years ago Led Zeppelin lead a 15 year old white suburban kid to a lifelong love of the Blues. Muddy Waters, Robert Johnson, Albert King, B.B. King, and so many others.
Yeah, I'm 57 now, Australian, but this and the Doors and Cold Chisel from Australia turned me on to the Blues, and I got right into it in the 1970s, most of my LPs were black guys singing blues.
In an interview, Robert Plant once said that the day John (Bonham) died, so did Led Zeppelin. Thus ended the greatest rock band of all time. But Led Zeppelin will live on forever and will always be the band to be remembered as the very best of their generation.
@@chellj8175 I remember that day as well. Page and Jones would have sought another drummer and continued but Robert Plant was a firm NO on that. He and Bonham were buddies long before Led Zeppelin. For him, it was over.
,.... OK. Bro.!.... But to me it's more like a rolling thunder ~ announcing an F5 - tornado that approaches at any second to our poor souls 😮😮😮!!! BERNIE GERMANY 😊
Breaks my heart that brothers don't listen to Zeppelin. All these British rock groups say they got their inspiration from Blues and soul music. Stones, Bad Company etc. These guys are true musicians.
It's what they had to work with. There was nothing else to turn to. It was the black blues artists that the British groups learned all of the basics from. They didn't try to directly copy it but used it as their guiding inspiration. They idolized those black bluesmen. Rory Gallagher played with Howling Wolf on some sessions and was praised by him for "getting it". Rory wrote a song called "Mississippi Sheiks" which is a tribute to the The Mississippi Sheiks who were a group of black artists who performed and were very popular back in the day. I have only seen one video of Rory performing the song and it is great. The vocals are a little muted but the guitar work is exceptional. Definately worth taking a look at . I watch it quite a bit . I really appreciate it. Rory was great!
Picture these guys as young British lads sitting down and listening to old American blues albums from the 1920's to 1950's that most Americans largely ignored. Especially Delta Blues. They listened, learned and made it their own. LedZeppelin!!
Led Zeppelin was one of so many Brit bands that ELECTRIFIED classic Black blues that "invaded" England in the 1940s and 1950s after America kind of turned its back on the blues. A whole new world for the rebirth of THE BLUES to impress and entertain. Throughout the 1960s, English musicians saw the beauty and heartache of the blues and plugged them into their electric guitars and keyboards plus large drum kits that morphed into the BRITISH INVASION, bringing The Blues back to where they started, the U.S.!
They also listened to newer blues like from the 60s with Stax and Chess records. This was cutting edge to those english lads and they listened, learned and sat and played it and honed it until it was perfection. No white guy in America could ever come close to the sheer raw and and true blues background of House of the Rising Sun as Eric Burdon. And the Stones breathed blues music. Same with Page and Plant.
One of the American bands who embraced blues wholeheartedly was ZZ Top. Billy Gibbons idolizes Muddy Waters, and you can see his influence from his playing to his singing.
got tears in my eyes. just came to the realization that Led Zeppelin's music will NEVER die and live on forever. future generations will discover it just like we did in the 1970's and just how this generation is discovering it now. enjoy the ride kids. there's so much out there ready to be discovered by this amazing band ! 👍🤙😎🤘✌
Now you know why us old folks say there is no good music nowadays. When you spend your early years listening to these guys and seeing them in concert it is hard to find anything remotely as good as this.
I'm 65 and I would have said the same thing a few years ago. The thing is, is that there is still good music out there. There are young bands and musicians out there. They simply don't get any promotion or press and have to make a living playing live shows or selling their own stuff on line. You just have to seek it out. There are good bands out there. Just look for them.
Because you don't look hard enough man. Radio may be dead, MTV is dead, but rock music is still being made in that old style but its not spoon fed to you like the 70's/80's. For example Bandcamp is chock full of classic style rock music made by newer bands but because major labels have moved away from rock long ago, these bands are on smaller labels you have to look up yourself.
Led Zeppelin, especially Robert Plant are huge Lord of the Rings fans. They love the lores of mythical Earth. Ramble On, is a great story example and one of my favorites. I'm 65 now and still listen to it daily, to get the tired bones moving,lol. Love your channel. ✌️❤️🤘
Bonzo (John Bonham) on drums. When he passed in 1980, the band agreed that without any one of their members, especially John, there was no Led Zeppelin. The band ended on his passing. Not one of these four could be replaced by anyone.
@@justinthyme5382 Yes I remember a video of LZ rehearsing and not notice the drummer JB was not behind them playing. it was his son Jason playing and the other guys didnt even realise the difference.
I heard in an interview or something that when the band played on stage the group ended up gravitating around the drums. The members during the shows all ended up crowded into an area that was close by the drumming. I also heard in the mid 70s Robert Plant was growing restless and wanted to spread his wings and explore other music without the band. Plant had also had a huge fight with his bff Bonzo and was so upset he told Peter Grant he wanted to leave the band. Or have Bonzo fired.. Grant told Plant he could go out on his own but, he would never fire Bonzo. He would fire Plant before Bonzo as he was more needed and important then Plant. Grant knew the value of Bonzo and how irreplaceable he was. Bonzo held the key and with JPJ were the driving engine of the group while Page and Plant were the showmen and enterrainment.
I love it when Robert Plant lead singer plays harmonica, John Bonham aka Bonzo on drums, John Paul Jones aka Jonsey or JPJ keyboards and Bass and of course Jimmy Page lead guitarist, producer and engineer. Best F’n band of the 70’s and the rock gods of my youth🥰✌🏻
This song was written about the great Mississippi river flood of 1927, that is why you hear all the Mississippi blues undertones ! I dig you guys' appreciation for great music.
The band members were huge Delta blues fans and took a private tour of the Mississippi Delta area in the 70s back way before the blues revival in the late 80s.
Maybe but the actual story being told is of a man being done wrong by his woman. He is about to cry a river of tears and the Levi will not hold them. The levy is gonna break
@@Briand-ei1gs Now that I can relate to. Levees dont exist in San Diego, so if it was about a real flood, means nothing to me. I was listening to a Stevie Nix song, "stop dragging my heart around", I told my teen daughter, that is the female version of "dazed and confused",
My house flooded a few years back, as the water was rising all I could think was “crying won’t help ya, and praying won’t do you no good” . This song gave me weird comfort during a life changing event. Nice to see this reaction, thanks!
Led Zeppelin is the greatest band that ever was. They also happen to be the best soundtrack to blaze up with. Go put on a Zep album, ANY Zep album, and hit that shit. They are all designed to be rollercoasters for the mind. . .
The three of you should be so proud of your heritage. This is an original blues song that Led Zeppelin have interpreted. They are standing on the shoulders of ( black) giants . No blues no led zeppelin and so many other British bands . As I say I hope you are so proud - you deserve to be.
In my opinion, this is the most powerful rock tune ever recorded. Just supernaturally deep. You felt this poor singer drowning in a flood - like you said - Katrina
You should check out the cover A Perfect Circle did of this song during their concert at Red Rocks. The feel of the song changes to something etherial and haunting and totally gorgeous.
When many bands from the 70s are forgotten, Led Zeppelin will be remembered, imho, because of their ability to interpret the blues tradition with talent and creativity.
I have been into Led Zeppelin for over 50 years. Still my all-time favorite hard rock band. The had the best G.O.A.T. drummer, best lead guitarist, and lead vocalist, rock front man.
GDAY ..NAH…IAN PAICE/ DEEP PURPLE…..HANDS DOWN BETTER ,..MORE TECHNICAL….J.B. WAS JUST A CLUNKING HACK IN COMPARISON…( HAVING SEEN BOTH IN CONCERT WAY BACK WHEN..)
back in '69 zeppelin performed a Live mini concert at a Danish television studio to promote their first album and introduce the band to the public. they performed on a small stage in front of about 30 kids that had no idea that what they were about to witness would go down in history as one of the most pivotal moments in Rock history. Plant and Bonham were in their late teens and Page and Jones were in their early 20's. they performed 4 songs, "communication breakdown", "dazed and confused", "babe I'm gonna leave you" and "how many more times". the entire concert is like 30 minutes long but OMG is it worth it.
Raw and in charge, that concert is a whirlwind, audiences back in the day were in a state of shock! Try them next year 1970 in Royal Albert Hall, their growth in one year is stunning! Enjoy. 🎸
All great, heavy rock, has a kernel of blues in it. Sometimes, a big lump of it. That's where the passion is...to my ears anyway. Carlos Santana talked about the importance of passion in a solo. I think he's right. Besides, this tune rocks!
I have seen videos of cool bands in the late 60's on Danish TV. Right now I am thinking of Melanie, singing Lay Down, with all her might and a phenomenal, nationally known chorus backing her up! The audience looked like they were viewing a painting. Tough audience. Even I, back in the day, who danced like SpongeBob Square-pants with a dash of MMA training, would have been on my feet for that performance. I am sure it is a cultural thing, but to my American brain, it looked like they put mannequins in the Audience. Eventually '--she and her gang got them to clap in time.
The 1st Album was the first Album I ever had, my brother passed it down. Even knew where the skip was. I think it was their absolute best!!! Though I loved all of their work.
I'm askin', "Is your mind blown? Tell me, is your mind just blown?" Four white cats pumpin' this soulful funkiest GRIND out over 50 Years ago? Wha-a-a? Makes the mind swirl, doesn't it? Beautiful, just beautiful! This band is the greatest treasure I've had the pleasure of listening to for 53 years now.
Punk, blues ,country ,metal, classic rock, pop, indian music....led zeppelin does it all. That's why the critics were hard on Led Zeppelin every new album. Because they would experiment and do different things on every album to the point where people would not like it because they were comparing it to what they did on their previous album. And then it would get popular because it was undeniably good.
John Bonham was a beast on the drums. That monster, heavy drum line was the cement foundation that held the entire group up. That's why, when he passed away, they just said it isn't Zep without Bonzo and disbanded.
another one of theirs you'll absolutely love, is their cover of the song "in my time of dying." "in the light" is one of theirs that will take you to church. and "ten years gone" will get ya, too.
Psychedelia, folk, country blues,Chicago blues, heavy rock , Indian , Arabic, music Zep did the lot , no drum machines vocoder's or the sterile sound's that seem to permeate a lot of music today, totally unique , a time when artist's of all musical genre's could do their own thing without corporate intervention brainwashing the masses into just listening to the same old crap, MTV comes to mind. keep on rollin guy's and dig deep there are treasure to be found .. love, peace and enlightenment from the U.K .
That drum line is my favorite of all time. So damn solid but that little stutter gives it just a touch of syncopation that's like a quick little shuffle. It drives a mean groove, man.
When you get to know Led Zeppelin, it becomes like a religion. Blues and rock mixed is my favorite. Led Zeppelin IV and Houses of the Holy are my personal favorite. Great video guys.
Im 60 years old and i rock them like i'm 20 again!!!! Never get enough of Zeppelin!!! We can only imagine what their full potential could have been if Bonzo hadn't died!!!!😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢
More Harmonica please!! Group called Blackfoot. 2 songs one called Train Train the other called Highway Song . If you gentlemen never heard of them. Love the old 70s southern bluesy rock!
John Bonzo Bonham on drums was the insperation to most modern day drummers some say the best rock drummer ever some other great songs , Lemon Song , Black Dog ,Kashmir,
England was infatuated with America’s blues/jazz sound….Many English acts fused America’s sound with rock/roll and created music that stands the test of time…Shout out to the Bluesmen that influenced all of these artists.
John Bonham was a big guy whereas I feel like a lot of drummers aren't. He just had a tremendous amount of power when he played. Incredibly talented... RIP
His recording IS AMAZING! It was recorded in a zhouse called Headley Grange. The did this live with each person in a different room* John Bonham's Drum Kit was set up in a Stairwell! REALLY LISTEN* they were literally playing off each other. Amazing*
there's an old saying that a rock guitarist will play 3 chords in front of 10,000 people and a jazz guitarist will play 10,000 chords in front of 3 people...😉
Probably go with Elvis. Led Zep took inspiration, rifts, lyrics or sometimes the whole song. Elvis on the other hand, just took the whole song every time. Thing is alot of very early artists did. Even some early blues and jazz was covers or heavily influenced by folk songs. Thing is nobody ever had rights to songs before this early stage of music, so there was nothing to sue for. Most people later either paid, gave credits or gave a pay out before using the music.
@seeks252 Elvis never actually took songs from anyone. Unlike Zeppelin, Elvis didn't put out covers without ctediting the original composers. In fact, songwriters were clamoring to get Elvis to record their songs. Leiber and Stoller in particular. And unlike zeppelin, who in many cases did not credit the original composer until they were legally compelled to, the songs Elvis recorded and properly credited brought recognition and payment to the composers.
@@neillenet291 never said he didn't. But he still covered people's songs. Like a crazy git too, hardly one original song. Everyone knows Led Zep covered songs, but not many know Elvis did. Only original thing he did do was die on the shitter 🤣🤣
I’ve seen Robert Plant many times in concert! He’s a musical genius. He and Alison Krauss are in concert and you should listen to the new spin on this song! We all went crazy when the bridge of this song started. I absolutely love Led Zeppelin’s music forever!
Guys, I am so glad that you understand the music. LZ plays so much blues. And they also were able to move beyond. I love the fact you do as my mother who was a classical concert pianist said, if the music moves you its great. One of my saddest days was, we were together driving down by River des Peres and they announced that Louis Armstrong had died. She pulled over we both hugged and cried.
Awesome guys 😎 the drummer is considered one of the top 3 drummers of all time. Perhaps #1. You said it right, when the levy breaks gotta go to Chicago
Keep going down this rabbit hole it never gets boring.. only about 100 more songs to go 😊 GOTTA DO SINCE IVE BEEN LOVING YOU LIVE AT MADISON SQUARE GARDEN 73 it wont get blocked ever.gotta see them at their height of their powers
I remember when I first played this vinile on my home stereo I was only 10. This music has stayed with me my whole life. They were four guys from London, they changed the global perception of blues music and shaped at least two generations of hard rock/blues lovers. These guys are simply giants, and also incredibly humble and down to earth. You've gotta love them, there's no other way.
Gentlemen welcome to our music party. We grew up listening to this marvelous music. I saw them twice live, and it was astounding. Keep rolling through their catalogue, and you’ll be amazed at the soul, and musicality of Led Zeppelin.
well i've been a led head for along time. i first saw them in '73. ppl don't realize at the time, and still now they are the 4 greatest musicians to ever be assemble in one band. check out- Since i've been loving you- MSG 1973
Helluva cool reaction, guys! This band will surprise you--always! They will surprise you with their RANGE, their SPECTRUM, and they will surprise you with how damn well they NAIL anything in that range they try their magical musical hands at! Rock on--y'all have tapped into the best!
The reverb on the drums draws me in The Harmonica gives the song energy. The band just melds so much sound in a brilliant way. This brings me back to my college days in the 70's
iirc the drums were recorded in a relatively small but 2 story high foyer in a townhouse, which is where the echo on drums comes from, not from any post-processing.
has roots in Mississippi delta blues style.... check out R.L. Burnside... he's gone now, the original, genuine delta bluesman... but he was the master of these syncopated rhythms that runs thru a track like this one... and it's maybe one of Zeppelins best.. for sure Led Zepp were a fan
It really does seem to encapsulate that drive and desperation around a heavy storm and the rising water on the levees down south. I am not a fan of covers in general but every song Zeppelin covered, they really mastered it.
The man in the middle, sorry I don't know your name, personifies everything live ever loved about Zeppelin. Just getting lost in this song, and the drums! Jesus! I smile when I hear this the same way you do. Love it.
I really enjoy your Zeppelin reactions and would love it if you reacted to them more frequently. ;) They were in a class of their own and no one could touch what they did. Pure magic. Led Zeppelin was composed of four of the most gifted musicians out there. Truly the GOATs. Jimmy Page - guitar/genius producer John Paul Jones - bass/keys John Bonham - drums/percussion Robert Plant - vocals/lyrics/harmonica Edit: If you want to do a deep dive, I suggest starting with album 1, track 1 and just keep on going. Incredible to think how young they were when they recorded their first two albums (aged 24, 22, 20, 20 respectively).
It just shows that black or white are connected through music. Let's come together through music. It is the universal language. We could sit in a room together, and bond through nothing ❤ but music
The drummer, John Bonham, often considered possibly the greatest drummer of all time. The particular drum sound on this recording itself is legendary, and a whole myth and mystery has arisen around it. Sometimes cited as the most sampled drum sound of all time. Though it is believed there was some kind of echo used on the bass drum, it is often said that the natural sound of the room he was recording in was particularly unique, and accounts for much, as well, of course, as the very heavy hit of the guy playing the drums...
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I'm 64 year old blk Man so back in the early 70ies I head Zeppelin and fellbin love. Went to Afghanistan in 07 and took a box set of Zeppelin and while driving the hummer on patrol I had the ear phones on and this guy from my squad ask what was I listing to. I let this white brother hear it and they tripped out. A 50 year old brother listing to Zeppelin. I love it worked out to it fell asleep listing to it in the tint.
Respect to you for your service. Good taste as well!
You're a badass! Thank you for being brave man
Gave a bit of comfort. Thank you for everything you have given us.
It's unusual, yes. As a white dude myself, I often had to go outta my way (obnoxiously) to introduce rock music to my blk friends. They were often blown away by the many samples used in hip hop but more often than not they just didn't have the attention span to appreciate it. That sounds kinda/sorta racist but I don't know how else to explain their reluctance to realize the roots. Even though the ROOTS of rock and roll have their origins in BLK music to begin with. It's frustrating.
Fuckin' to Zep has made many women happy in my life experience.
This song was written 94 years ago! LZ recorded it 42 years later. Here we are 52 years later enjoying it. Unbelievable !!
The very definition of "timeless!"
Great music is ageless.
Isn't that just amazing!
Not quite the same song though.
Yes, and become better than source, and did not fallen in the forgiveness....
45 years ago Led Zeppelin lead a 15 year old white suburban kid to a lifelong love of the Blues. Muddy Waters, Robert Johnson, Albert King, B.B. King, and so many others.
Albert King Gone but not forgotten the only other lefty that is as good a Jimmy Hendrix
Yeah, I'm 57 now, Australian, but this and the Doors and Cold Chisel from Australia turned me on to the Blues, and I got right into it in the 1970s, most of my LPs were black guys singing blues.
In an interview, Robert Plant once said that the day John (Bonham) died, so did Led Zeppelin. Thus ended the greatest rock band of all time. But Led Zeppelin will live on forever and will always be the band to be remembered as the very best of their generation.
I remember the day Bonham died !!! It was awful when Plant said they were done. He loved Bonham !!
@@chellj8175 I remember that day as well. Page and Jones would have sought another drummer and continued but Robert Plant was a firm NO on that. He and Bonham were buddies long before Led Zeppelin.
For him, it was over.
@@chellj8175 Best friends
Bonham's drumming is literally like the relentless force of water rolling over everything in sight.
Great image!
,.... OK. Bro.!.... But to me it's more like a rolling thunder ~ announcing an F5 - tornado that approaches at any second to our poor souls 😮😮😮!!! BERNIE GERMANY 😊
Fuck yeah
Perfectly said! You’re so right, John’s drumming depicted the force of the water when the levee broke! Great analogy! This tune is ageless!!
Love John Bonham and his son
Still rocking to Zeppelin at 76years. I'll never stop!!!!!
Me to at 65
DITTO! ☮️💓🇬🇧
Brilliant
❤
Breaks my heart that brothers don't listen to Zeppelin. All these British rock groups say they got their inspiration from Blues and soul music. Stones, Bad Company etc. These guys are true musicians.
Exactly the British groups listened to and in turn the influence was reflected in so many of their songs.
It's what they had to work with. There was nothing else to turn to. It was the black blues artists that the British groups learned all of the basics from.
They didn't try to directly copy it but used it as their guiding inspiration. They idolized those black bluesmen.
Rory Gallagher played with Howling Wolf on some sessions and was praised by him for "getting it".
Rory wrote a song called "Mississippi Sheiks" which is a tribute to the The Mississippi Sheiks who were a group of black artists who performed and were very popular back in the day.
I have only seen one video of Rory performing the song and it is great. The vocals are a little muted but the guitar work is exceptional. Definately worth taking a look at . I watch it quite a bit . I really appreciate it. Rory was great!
A lot of brothers listened to Zeppelin. Another brother turned me on when I was in the military and subsequently I have turned my children on them.
Picture these guys as young British lads sitting down and listening to old American blues albums from the 1920's to 1950's that most Americans largely ignored. Especially Delta Blues. They listened, learned and made it their own. LedZeppelin!!
True. Love led zep
Led Zeppelin was one of so many Brit bands that ELECTRIFIED classic Black blues that "invaded" England in the 1940s and 1950s after America kind of turned its back on the blues. A whole new world for the rebirth of THE BLUES to impress and entertain. Throughout the 1960s, English musicians saw the beauty and heartache of the blues and plugged them into their electric guitars and keyboards plus large drum kits that morphed into the BRITISH INVASION, bringing The Blues back to where they started, the U.S.!
They also listened to newer blues like from the 60s with Stax and Chess records. This was cutting edge to those english lads and they listened, learned and sat and played it and honed it until it was perfection. No white guy in America could ever come close to the sheer raw and and true blues background of House of the Rising Sun as Eric Burdon. And the Stones breathed blues music. Same with Page and Plant.
One of the American bands who embraced blues wholeheartedly was ZZ Top. Billy Gibbons idolizes Muddy Waters, and you can see his influence from his playing to his singing.
Hangman was another. I was watching an old old John Wayne movie and an old Mexican woman was singing it.
got tears in my eyes. just came to the realization that Led Zeppelin's music will NEVER die and live on forever. future generations will discover it just like we did in the 1970's and just how this generation is discovering it now. enjoy the ride kids. there's so much out there ready to be discovered by this amazing band ! 👍🤙😎🤘✌
Been reading Comments. "YOU GUYS HAVE DEVELOPED A FOLLOWING"
Memphis Minnie was a woman. A legend.
And Kansas City Joe McCoy was also a pioneer of the music as well
One of my fav Led Zeppelin songs! Love them ❤️
Now you know why us old folks say there is no good music nowadays. When you spend your early years listening to these guys and seeing them in concert it is hard to find anything remotely as good as this.
I'm 65 and I would have said the same thing a few years ago. The thing is, is that there is still good music out there. There are young bands and musicians out there. They simply don't get any promotion or press and have to make a living playing live shows or selling their own stuff on line. You just have to seek it out. There are good bands out there. Just look for them.
Because you don't look hard enough man. Radio may be dead, MTV is dead, but rock music is still being made in that old style but its not spoon fed to you like the 70's/80's. For example Bandcamp is chock full of classic style rock music made by newer bands but because major labels have moved away from rock long ago, these bands are on smaller labels you have to look up yourself.
Led Zeppelin, especially Robert Plant are huge Lord of the Rings fans. They love the lores of mythical Earth. Ramble On, is a great story example and one of my favorites. I'm 65 now and still listen to it daily, to get the tired bones moving,lol. Love your channel. ✌️❤️🤘
Bonzo (John Bonham) on drums. When he passed in 1980, the band agreed that without any one of their members, especially John, there was no Led Zeppelin. The band ended on his passing. Not one of these four could be replaced by anyone.
Except his Son.👋🎶🦘hi from Perth Australia.
Amen
@@justinthyme5382 Yes I remember a video of LZ rehearsing and not notice the drummer JB was not behind them playing. it was his son Jason playing and the other guys didnt even realise the difference.
I heard in an interview or something that when the band played on stage the group ended up gravitating around the drums. The members during the shows all ended up crowded into an area that was close by the drumming.
I also heard in the mid 70s Robert Plant was growing restless and wanted to spread his wings and explore other music without the band. Plant had also had a huge fight with his bff Bonzo and was so upset he told Peter Grant he wanted to leave the band. Or have Bonzo fired.. Grant told Plant he could go out on his own but, he would never fire Bonzo. He would fire Plant before Bonzo as he was more needed and important then Plant. Grant knew the value of Bonzo and how irreplaceable he was. Bonzo held the key and with JPJ were the driving engine of the group while Page and Plant were the showmen and enterrainment.
I always thought of Bonzo as a percussionist. He was more than just a drummer for the band, incorporating many instruments into his work.
I love it when Robert Plant lead singer plays harmonica, John Bonham aka Bonzo on drums, John Paul Jones aka Jonsey or JPJ keyboards and Bass and of course Jimmy Page lead guitarist, producer and engineer. Best F’n band of the 70’s and the rock gods of my youth🥰✌🏻
Absolutely right!!
Have you heard the original
Great comment!
Plant is underrated as a harp player.
Same same ❤❤❤
Led Zeppelin blended blues, soul, funk,and hard rock like no one before or since! The original GOATS
This song was written about the great Mississippi river flood of 1927, that is why you hear all the Mississippi blues undertones ! I dig you guys' appreciation for great music.
Memphis Minnie and her male counterpart I don’t remember his name maybe you do…
The band members were huge Delta blues fans and took a private tour of the Mississippi Delta area in the 70s back way before the blues revival in the late 80s.
Maybe but the actual story being told is of a man being done wrong by his woman. He is about to cry a river of tears and the Levi will not hold them. The levy is gonna break
@@Briand-ei1gs Now that I can relate to. Levees dont exist in San Diego, so if it was about a real flood, means nothing to me.
I was listening to a Stevie Nix song, "stop dragging my heart around", I told my teen daughter, that is the female version of "dazed and confused",
Flood responsible for spreading a lot of music across the Midwest after 1927.
The most magnificent band ever! Robert on that harmonica!
Incredible!!!
My house flooded a few years back, as the water was rising all I could think was “crying won’t help ya, and praying won’t do you no good” . This song gave me weird comfort during a life changing event. Nice to see this reaction, thanks!
Led Zep can’t be pigeonholed. Four insanely talented Musicians.
Led Zeppelin is the greatest band that ever was.
They also happen to be the best soundtrack to blaze up with.
Go put on a Zep album, ANY Zep album, and hit that shit. They are all designed to be rollercoasters for the mind. . .
100% agree
I REMEMBER WHEN THIS SONG BROKE. HOLY FUCKING SHIT .
I agree IMMENSELY!
Most definitely
First time I lit up at 17 the people I was with had the good sense to put on a Zep album. Mind blown!
The three of you should be so proud of your heritage. This is an original blues song that Led Zeppelin have interpreted. They are standing on the shoulders of ( black) giants . No blues no led zeppelin and so many other British bands . As I say I hope you are so proud - you deserve to be.
Zeppelin was often thought of as a rock band, but at heart they were a blues band.
In my opinion, this is the most powerful rock tune ever recorded. Just supernaturally deep. You felt this poor singer drowning in a flood - like you said - Katrina
You should check out the cover A Perfect Circle did of this song during their concert at Red Rocks. The feel of the song changes to something etherial and haunting and totally gorgeous.
You realize, don't you, that the lead singer is playing the harmonica?!?! The immense talent in this band.
When many bands from the 70s are forgotten, Led Zeppelin will be remembered, imho, because of their ability to interpret the blues tradition with talent and creativity.
I have been into Led Zeppelin for over 50 years. Still my all-time favorite hard rock band. The had the best G.O.A.T. drummer, best lead guitarist, and lead vocalist, rock front man.
what about the glue that held them 3 forces of nature together. the brilliant JOHN PAUL JONES. bassist multi instrumentalist and arranger.
The drummer, John Bonham, was arguably the best rock drummer EVER, and the whole band were pretty much equally talented.
Who would argue with you? I wouldn’t.
No argument from me.
I’m with y’all !!! 😀😢🙏💕
And he did it on a 5 piece kit!
When you're good,..you don't need 20 drums!
GDAY ..NAH…IAN PAICE/ DEEP PURPLE…..HANDS DOWN BETTER ,..MORE TECHNICAL….J.B. WAS JUST A CLUNKING HACK IN COMPARISON…( HAVING SEEN BOTH IN CONCERT WAY BACK WHEN..)
Four Sticks....off this same album. So good....
back in '69 zeppelin performed a Live mini concert at a Danish television studio to promote their first album and introduce the band to the public. they performed on a small stage in front of about 30 kids that had no idea that what they were about to witness would go down in history as one of the most pivotal moments in Rock history. Plant and Bonham were in their late teens and Page and Jones were in their early 20's. they performed 4 songs, "communication breakdown", "dazed and confused", "babe I'm gonna leave you" and "how many more times". the entire concert is like 30 minutes long but OMG is it worth it.
Raw and in charge, that concert is a whirlwind, audiences back in the day were in a state of shock! Try them next year 1970 in Royal Albert Hall, their growth in one year is stunning! Enjoy. 🎸
All great, heavy rock, has a kernel of blues in it. Sometimes, a big lump of it. That's where the passion is...to my ears anyway. Carlos Santana talked about the importance of passion in a solo. I think he's right. Besides, this tune rocks!
That version of " babe" is probably their best imo. Nothing but raw talent 💯🔥
I believe that was in ‘68 because I saw them at the Winterland when the first album came out in ‘69. 😊
I have seen videos of cool bands in the late 60's on Danish TV. Right now I am thinking of Melanie, singing Lay Down, with all her might and a phenomenal, nationally known chorus backing her up!
The audience looked like they were viewing a painting. Tough audience. Even I, back in the day, who danced like SpongeBob Square-pants with a dash of MMA training, would have been on my feet for that performance. I am sure it is a cultural thing, but to my American brain, it looked like they put mannequins in the Audience. Eventually '--she and her gang got them to clap in time.
British rockers loved- LOVED the Blues masters. To say the blues master were an influence...
The opening drum beat has been sampled in hip hop many many times. John Bonham was the truth.
Can’t help but think of 'Rhymin & Stealin' every time I hear this.
The 1st Album was the first Album I ever had, my brother passed it down. Even knew where the skip was. I think it was their absolute best!!! Though I loved all of their work.
Although a British band…Zeppelin’s biggest inspiration was The Delta Blues. More Please!
“Baby, I’m Gonna Leave You”
Led Zep helped bring classic, but ELECTRIFIED, blues back to their birthplace -- America!!!
Soundtrack of my youth. Makes me happy to see people hearing it for the first time and being blown away.
I'm askin', "Is your mind blown? Tell me, is your mind just blown?" Four white cats pumpin' this soulful funkiest GRIND out over 50 Years ago? Wha-a-a? Makes the mind swirl, doesn't it? Beautiful, just beautiful! This band is the greatest treasure I've had the pleasure of listening to for 53 years now.
Punk, blues ,country ,metal, classic rock, pop, indian music....led zeppelin does it all.
That's why the critics were hard on Led Zeppelin every new album. Because they would experiment and do different things on every album to the point where people would not like it because they were comparing it to what they did on their previous album. And then it would get popular because it was undeniably good.
They put out four of the best albums of all-time in 3 years
Written by Memphis Minnie and her husband Kansas Joe McCoy 1927 about a flood in Mississippi. It's on YT
We are now farther in time from the Led Zeppelin version than it was from the original version. 😮
this makes me so happy to see people being open and exposed to music. No gatekeeping just all love! Have a whiskey and a blunt and enjoy!❤❤❤❤
LZ superfan here. Led Zep was one of the most versatile bands ever. They cover every genre, at times mixing it all up in the same song. 😎
Robert Plant on harmonica is so good. Great Zep!
John Bonham was a beast on the drums. That monster, heavy drum line was the cement foundation that held the entire group up. That's why, when he passed away, they just said it isn't Zep without Bonzo and disbanded.
Bonzo & JPJ *made* that band.
Loving it
another one of theirs you'll absolutely love, is their cover of the song "in my time of dying." "in the light" is one of theirs that will take you to church. and "ten years gone" will get ya, too.
A very good cut to plow the furrow by....😉
Psychedelia, folk, country blues,Chicago blues, heavy rock , Indian , Arabic, music Zep did the lot , no drum machines vocoder's or the sterile sound's that seem to permeate a lot of music today, totally unique , a time when artist's of all musical genre's could do their own thing without corporate intervention brainwashing the masses into just listening to the same old crap, MTV comes to mind. keep on rollin guy's and dig deep there are treasure to be found .. love, peace and enlightenment from the U.K .
Younz guys reacts are just too eff'n cool.❤. Bonzo was nicknamed the BEAST.
Zeppelin ... A childhood journey that never ages ... Shame we are ... 😉
One of my favourites from my favourite band. Although, they're nearly all my favourites!!
That drum line is my favorite of all time. So damn solid but that little stutter gives it just a touch of syncopation that's like a quick little shuffle. It drives a mean groove, man.
There's a lot of blues rock from southern US bands that's pretty good.
When you get to know Led Zeppelin, it becomes like a religion. Blues and rock mixed is my favorite. Led Zeppelin IV and Houses of the Holy are my personal favorite. Great video guys.
And Physical Graffiti
True!!!! I can't let go!!!❤
Probably the greatest blues band ever, from either side of the pond.
ZEPPELIN BADASS GOAT!!!!! Robert on the harmonica is always killer!!!!!
The late greyt John Bonham on them drums!!
Im 60 years old and i rock them like i'm 20 again!!!! Never get enough of Zeppelin!!! We can only imagine what their full potential could have been if Bonzo hadn't died!!!!😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢
More Harmonica please!! Group called Blackfoot. 2 songs one called Train Train the other called Highway Song . If you gentlemen never heard of them. Love the old 70s southern bluesy rock!
John Bonzo Bonham on drums was the insperation to most modern day drummers some say the best rock drummer ever some other great songs , Lemon Song , Black Dog ,Kashmir,
I'm glad that you listened to the studio version! Led Zeppelin's best recordings are from their studio versions!
England was infatuated with America’s blues/jazz sound….Many English acts fused America’s sound with rock/roll and created music that stands the test of time…Shout out to the Bluesmen that influenced all of these artists.
I love ❤️ seeing people enjoy listening to zeppelin
Truly fantastic 👏
I love the way they start it out bluesy, do a rock break, and then back to blues. GENIUS! Then of course the vocals of Robert Plant!!!! OMG
Bonzo is Fire!! His drumming is powerful and FIRE!🔥🔥🔥🔥
John Bonham was a big guy whereas I feel like a lot of drummers aren't. He just had a tremendous amount of power when he played. Incredibly talented... RIP
His recording IS AMAZING! It was recorded in a zhouse called Headley Grange. The did this live with each person in a different room* John Bonham's Drum Kit was set up in a Stairwell! REALLY LISTEN* they were literally playing off each other. Amazing*
It’s never to late to learn an instrument and play it for fun- even three chords can. get you far in rock. 😊
3 chords? That wouldn't do it!
there's an old saying that a rock guitarist will play 3 chords in front of 10,000 people and a jazz guitarist will play 10,000 chords in front of 3 people...😉
@@kurtborchers6178 Lou Reed once said "One chord in a song is fine, two is pushing it, but three and you're into jazz".
@@juliemanarin4127 it’s a start and it’s amazing how many songs you can play. 😊
The fact that Led Zeppelin is still listened after 50 years speaks for itself. Saw them Three times in the 70”s , Great Highschool Memories! 😎🎸🎶
Great cover of a Memphis Minnie and Kansas Joe McCoy song. No one did covers better than led zeppelin.
And CCR ...
@@billyrampersad1750 AGREED!!!! CCR is phenomenal.
Probably go with Elvis. Led Zep took inspiration, rifts, lyrics or sometimes the whole song. Elvis on the other hand, just took the whole song every time. Thing is alot of very early artists did. Even some early blues and jazz was covers or heavily influenced by folk songs. Thing is nobody ever had rights to songs before this early stage of music, so there was nothing to sue for. Most people later either paid, gave credits or gave a pay out before using the music.
@seeks252 Elvis never actually took songs from anyone. Unlike Zeppelin, Elvis didn't put out covers without ctediting the original composers. In fact, songwriters were clamoring to get Elvis to record their songs. Leiber and Stoller in particular. And unlike zeppelin, who in many cases did not credit the original composer until they were legally compelled to, the songs Elvis recorded and properly credited brought recognition and payment to the composers.
@@neillenet291 never said he didn't. But he still covered people's songs. Like a crazy git too, hardly one original song. Everyone knows Led Zep covered songs, but not many know Elvis did.
Only original thing he did do was die on the shitter 🤣🤣
I’ve seen Robert Plant many times in concert! He’s a musical genius. He and Alison Krauss are in concert and you should listen to the new spin on this song! We all went crazy when the bridge of this song started. I absolutely love Led Zeppelin’s music forever!
Guys, I am so glad that you understand the music. LZ plays so much blues. And they also were able to move beyond. I love the fact you do as my mother who was a classical concert pianist said, if the music moves you its great. One of my saddest days was, we were together driving down by River des Peres and they announced that Louis Armstrong had died. She pulled over we both hugged and cried.
My best friend once gave a description of Zep that I think is profound and insightful. It was an apt, simple, and thorough summary: “They meant it.”
Awesome guys 😎 the drummer is considered one of the top 3 drummers of all time. Perhaps #1. You said it right, when the levy breaks gotta go to Chicago
Dope
In the early 70s I saw them in concert...twice Seeing them preform this and others was amazing.
One of the best if not THE BEST Zepplin tunes. It’s got it all.
Keep going down this rabbit hole it never gets boring.. only about 100 more songs to go 😊 GOTTA DO SINCE IVE BEEN LOVING YOU LIVE AT MADISON SQUARE GARDEN 73 it wont get blocked ever.gotta see them at their height of their powers
One of my favorite songs by my favorite band.
This song is like a powerful slow moving train...So glad you did the recorded version!! The live changes it up too much..js✌️💞
I remember when I first played this vinile on my home stereo I was only 10. This music has stayed with me my whole life. They were four guys from London, they changed the global perception of blues music and shaped at least two generations of hard rock/blues lovers. These guys are simply giants, and also incredibly humble and down to earth. You've gotta love them, there's no other way.
Also check the Kennedy Centre honours, just unbelievable
Babe im gonna leave you is my fave Zeppelin song,,,studio version of course !!!!!!!!!! THANKS
Memphis Minnie gets much respect for writing this! Thank you LZ for bringing it back to life!
Gentlemen welcome to our music party. We grew up listening to this marvelous music. I saw them twice live, and it was astounding.
Keep rolling through their catalogue, and you’ll be amazed at the soul, and musicality of Led Zeppelin.
well i've been a led head for along time. i first saw them in '73. ppl
don't realize at the time, and still now they are the 4 greatest musicians to ever be assemble in one band. check
out- Since i've been loving you- MSG 1973
Helluva cool reaction, guys! This band will surprise you--always! They will surprise you with their RANGE, their SPECTRUM, and they will surprise you with how damn well they NAIL anything in that range they try their magical musical hands at! Rock on--y'all have tapped into the best!
This band was a one of a kind band. No other has even come close to this band!!!
The reverb on the drums draws me in The Harmonica gives the song energy. The band just melds so much sound in a brilliant way. This brings me back to my college days in the 70's
iirc the drums were recorded in a relatively small but 2 story high foyer in a townhouse, which is where the echo on drums comes from, not from any post-processing.
Wrong. It's both. Yes, reverb effects were applied to the drums.
@@tektoniks_architects - oh, you were there? Cool, tell us about it!
has roots in Mississippi delta blues style.... check out R.L. Burnside... he's gone now, the original, genuine delta bluesman... but he was the master of these syncopated rhythms that runs thru a track like this one... and it's maybe one of Zeppelins best.. for sure Led Zepp were a fan
This music made a LOT of us made us wish we could play an instrument, and a lot of us went out and learned.
This song is amazing !! There are a few lives of this that I strongly recommend. Any LED ZEPPELIN song is excellent, but the lives are epic !!!❤
It really does seem to encapsulate that drive and desperation around a heavy storm and the rising water on the levees down south. I am not a fan of covers in general but every song Zeppelin covered, they really mastered it.
The man in the middle, sorry I don't know your name, personifies everything live ever loved about Zeppelin. Just getting lost in this song, and the drums! Jesus! I smile when I hear this the same way you do. Love it.
Led Zeppelin are still the most important band in Rock n Roll history.
Zeppelin hit a deep, deep vein of creativity that will never be matched. The recording techniques stand the test of time and still sound fresh today
I really enjoy your Zeppelin reactions and would love it if you reacted to them more frequently. ;)
They were in a class of their own and no one could touch what they did. Pure magic. Led Zeppelin was composed of four of the most gifted musicians out there. Truly the GOATs.
Jimmy Page - guitar/genius producer
John Paul Jones - bass/keys
John Bonham - drums/percussion
Robert Plant - vocals/lyrics/harmonica
Edit: If you want to do a deep dive, I suggest starting with album 1, track 1 and just keep on going. Incredible to think how young they were when they recorded their first two albums (aged 24, 22, 20, 20 respectively).
they've been doing many Zep reactions, I've been watching everytime!
Where are they? I only see two
@@26shedan Doing a search on their channel, I only see three Zeppelin reactions in the past three months.
It just shows that black or white are connected through music. Let's come together through music. It is the universal language. We could sit in a room together, and bond through nothing
❤ but music
The drummer, John Bonham, often considered possibly the greatest drummer of all time. The particular drum sound on this recording itself is legendary, and a whole myth and mystery has arisen around it. Sometimes cited as the most sampled drum sound of all time. Though it is believed there was some kind of echo used on the bass drum, it is often said that the natural sound of the room he was recording in was particularly unique, and accounts for much, as well, of course, as the very heavy hit of the guy playing the drums...
NO HE WAS AND STILL IS WITH ME RIP
Recorded at Headley Grange with the Drums in the front entryway and the mic's upstairs
Im a new fan of you guys!!!
On my top 10 of all time. Puberty wouldn't have been the same without this one. 😅