I was there! But I was so wasted that I don't remember a note! My recollection of that night is a Huge Scottish football fan kicking the shit out of people in the tube train on the way home!! Ah! Great memories!!!.....
This song has 12-string guitar, mandolin, steel guitar, a bit of bass at the end as well as a hint of dulcimer. It's working title was "The Boy Next Door" and Robert introduced it as such in concert a few times. It's a song of some of their more unpleasant observations of sociological/ecological issues of the time and Robert's questioning of the status quo. They were often harassed in some places for their long hair ("gonna let your hair hang down"). When touring, they'd try to go to local blues clubs but were often told not to go to "bad" neighborhoods ("darker sides of town"). Not to mention the burgeoning awareness of pollution, etc. and peoples' often willingness to ignore it ("fish in dirty water dying" "all you do is stand and cry"). One of the rare songs where the bit of bass at the end is actually played by - Jimmy. He said Jonesy had already left the studio and while he was adding overdubs, he played bass and added it. While no JPJ, Jimmy did start in The Yardbirds with playing bass until he could move to co-lead guitar with Jeff Beck so it wasn't the first time he'd touched the instrument. This song would become part of what they'd call "the acoustic set" when performed in concert. Zep never recorded with anyone else in mind (certainly *not* radio) other than producing the type of music they wanted. It's a beautifully pastoral sounding song.
Thank you for the backstory! I will definitely have to re listen to this song, the lyrics definitely went over my head so im really interested to see what plant said
Great input as always, Henrietta! One thing you mentioned got me curious, maybe you've soaked up some info about it: When they went to Blues clubs while touring, like you mentioned, do you know if they ever got invited up on stage to "sit in" with a band or just do a little jam? I recall reading somewhere that Bonham played drums occasionally while at some club or another. It would be fun just to know if/that they did that, even if of course there are no recordings, or even names of songs played, thanks.
@@joescott8877 I don't know if they ever got onstage with the "house band" at any of the clubs but I do know they occasionally went into impromptu jams with friends at parties, or whatever. In fact, I recently posted a quote from Robert when someone asked if Zep had ever played with Hendrix. According to Robert: “I remember Hendrix coming up to Bonzo at a club in New York,” the singer recalled. “And in those days everybody used to jam. It was a place called Steve Paul’s Scene. It was Buddy Miles and Hendrix and [Jeff] Beck. There was loads of us. Me, Rod Stewart, people all over the place.” He continued: “[Hendrix] came up to Bonzo and he said, ‘You know what? You got a foot like a rabbit.’ I also know a time when Plant, Bonzo, and Jonesy went over and jammed with Black Sabbath during Sabbath's recording time, so there are allegedly tapes of it that are lost to time. I've heard of another jam with members of Zep, The Jeff Beck group, and Jethro Tull. I've also read that Jimmy and Robert would jam with local musicians during trips to Morocco and India. There are pictures of Jimmy jamming onstage during a Bad Company concert, Mooney surprising Zep in concert and taking over for Bonham near the end of their concert, and, of course, Bonzo and Jonesy playing in McCartney's Rockestra and Back to the Egg album. These last three wouldn't count as "jamming", per se, but with the creativity of the time with all these super-talented musicians around, I think it would stand to reason that some fun jams took place occasionally.
@@henriettaskolnick4445 Wow and Double WOW!! LOL< nice lineup of anecdotes there, thanks! I'd heard of but had forgotten about some of those, others were totally new. I've heard the Keith Moon crashing the stage on a bootleg (He makes a very brief , funny, and drunken little speech, lol). I still wanna get my hands (well, ears, really!) on that very FIRST time they jammed with THEMSELVES, playing "Train..." in that tiny room but, as JPJ recalls, just looking around at each other with uncontrollable grins cos they knew they really had something! But, alas, don't think they recorded it.
Led Zeppelin NEVER tried to make a radio song. They never wanted a single. Jimmy Page worked hard to make the album flow from one song to another that would draw you in. If you wanted to hear a song, you had to buy the album.
Robert Plant - lead vocals. Jimmy Page - acoustic guitars, dulcimer, bass, vocal harmonies. JPJ - mandolin, vocal harmonies. John Bonham - tambourine. The song is about how he wants to see the world, yet how the world exactly is. In the U.S. they see the hippie movement but also pollution , race riots, protests against the Vietnam. Written at Bron - Yr-Aur.
@@juliemanarin4127 there’s a live where it shows him playing it, I’m not sure which concert. All four sit at the front of the stage, & play a song. I’ll see if I can find it & let you know.
I personally love this song. Page and Plant wrote and recorded it (on a tape recorder) during a walk they took, with guitar in hand, while on "retreat" in the countryside. If you'd like to hear it live, "That's the Way" was often performed as part of an acoustic set during concerts, and there is footage of that during their 1975 Earls Court performance. Excellent! And yeah, no. They didn't write any song with the thought in mind of how much radio time it might get. Edit: As an aside, this song is one of the first that they authorized for use in a movie.
Man whenever i hear the backstory it makes me want to go back and listen to the song, i still do regardless but hearing that is beautiful, will definitely have to check out that earls court performance, thanks for commenting!
@@ToMitoReacts1017 Yeah, taking long walks, sitting around writing music. That was when they grew beards (no electricity and no running water at the cottage). They were looking a little wild and wooly for a while there. ;) The next song you'll be reacting to is one of the three acoustic songs of that set. It's called "Bron-Y-Aur Stomp", which is a misspelling printed on the album. It's named after the cottage, Bron-Yr-Aur (located in Wales) to which they retreated after a whirlwind of concert tours. Great song and a fun one to watch them perform. Edit: The third song of the set was "Going to California", another excellent song but from album 4. So much great music coming your way. ;)
I love your reaction videos bro. And I love the GOATS!! ALSO, when Robert said nothing really matters cause everything born is born to die. But I think everything matters while we're down here man, one day we'll be at the next life, up or down, and then we'll see how much Everything mattered down here. Thx man.
Oh 1000% i feel like everything we do matters but it doesn’t at the same time you know? we are paying off karma and breaking generational curses from our previous generations so that it doesn’t carry over to our offspring, and fulfilling our missions and “purposes” while we are here but at the same time it doesn’t matter because we “die” , ying and yang, black and white, equilibrium, balance, lol i could go hours but you get what i mean, i appreciate you my friend, stay up ✊🏽
Props my brother. You're the first I've seen react to this very cool Zep song. I actually taught myself how to play it. Until next time, stay well and poppin for fresh!
A song about prejudice and environmentalism....there are beautiful live versions of this are worth checking out....including during the mid-1990's Page/Plant era.
I bet “Hats Off to Roy Harper” will be your LEAST favorite!😂😂😂😂 Remember, “Hey Hey What Can I Do” upon completion of this album! It fits perfectly and it a FANTASTIC tune!!
@@ToMitoReacts1017 I understand, there’s a couple songs I’m not crazy about, I don’t hate them just not my favorites. If you’re interested I found a long live version of Dazed & Confused. On another page a guy told me how to find it. I’m on an IPad so it might be different on a computer. The main UTube page, all the way to the left is an icon that looks like an old plane propeller. It it & you’ll get a list of different categories, hit music, then type in Dazed & Confused long version. Some are only audio, one is video too it’s like 35 minutes long. It’s at Earls Court, Plants opening introduction is funny, & Page has a great solo in it. I’ve seen a better one, but none can be seen now, it shows him really using the bow. Just an FYI:
This song will grow on you , this is the album that does need more listening to , not quite as immediate as the others. You should definitely check the live version of this song from Earls court which forms part of what they called the acoustic set and is just charming ( i think they had to let John Bonham have a lie down after Moby Dick!!! ) It is the other 3 sitting right at the front of the stage with acoustic guitar and Mandolin. point of interest right at the end of the clip if you look by JPJ s feet you will see the base pedals he uses for when he is using his hands for another instrument. This set also includes Bron y aur stomp which is where you are heading. When you do your next live sessions you could try those two also the live of the immigrant song and without fail Since i been loving you
Aww i like that you are truthful & yea no they never released a single until...hmm cant member at this moment im groggy right now heh (but i am sure maybe someone else will be able to say) & yea that to me anyway is another reason i do so LUV **MyBelovedLedZeppelin** cuz it happens with me too like i am not even sure what it depends on but my most very favs are like constantly changing & like going back & forth it is a pretty awesome & wild thing to me bout them in particular cuz with ANY other bands i have concise & clear favorites amongst other bands i **Luv** but nope not with **LedZep** it is ever changing & rotating **Luvit**
Always! Never want to lie and say i like something when deep down i don’t and often times the stuff i don’t like at first tend to grow on me over time off camera so it all works out in the end, and yea i know what you mean about having clear cut favorites for certain artists and other artists favorites are revolving, those artists i wanna keep in my rotation forever, and Led Zeppelin is certainly becoming one of those for me!
John Bonham played spoons and backup singer on the acoustic songs. Jimmy had a real head for business foreseeing FM radio and how they played whole sides of albums at a time so that’s how he engineered all their LPs. I highly recommend you watch his “interview“ at Oxford Union. It’s a very interesting look inside the mind of Jimmy Page. As usual, these acoustic songs are so much better live. Look up Earls Court 75, believe it’s 5/25/75 bc the version from 24th was restricted. ua-cam.com/video/vVi6rMo2Ppo/v-deo.htmlsi=BM1buGt4pV03YSj5
Will add that to my notes to react to, will also have to check out that page interview as well, thank you for always providing interesting details and commenting!
Even Lester Bangs loved this song. Says alot !
WHOA ha that DOES say a LOT! YAY!!! **Lester Bangs** **Rocks**
Earls Court live 75 is Godamn beautiful!..
I was there!
But I was so wasted that I don't remember a note!
My recollection of that night is a Huge Scottish football fan kicking the shit out of people in the tube train on the way home!!
Ah! Great memories!!!.....
My personal fave of this is the BBC version, the dripping guitar notes, oh, man!
This song has 12-string guitar, mandolin, steel guitar, a bit of bass at the end as well as a hint of dulcimer. It's working title was "The Boy Next Door" and Robert introduced it as such in concert a few times. It's a song of some of their more unpleasant observations of sociological/ecological issues of the time and Robert's questioning of the status quo. They were often harassed in some places for their long hair ("gonna let your hair hang down"). When touring, they'd try to go to local blues clubs but were often told not to go to "bad" neighborhoods ("darker sides of town"). Not to mention the burgeoning awareness of pollution, etc. and peoples' often willingness to ignore it ("fish in dirty water dying" "all you do is stand and cry"). One of the rare songs where the bit of bass at the end is actually played by - Jimmy. He said Jonesy had already left the studio and while he was adding overdubs, he played bass and added it. While no JPJ, Jimmy did start in The Yardbirds with playing bass until he could move to co-lead guitar with Jeff Beck so it wasn't the first time he'd touched the instrument. This song would become part of what they'd call "the acoustic set" when performed in concert. Zep never recorded with anyone else in mind (certainly *not* radio) other than producing the type of music they wanted. It's a beautifully pastoral sounding song.
Thank you for the backstory! I will definitely have to re listen to this song, the lyrics definitely went over my head so im really interested to see what plant said
Great input as always, Henrietta! One thing you mentioned got me curious, maybe you've soaked up some info about it: When they went to Blues clubs while touring, like you mentioned, do you know if they ever got invited up on stage to "sit in" with a band or just do a little jam? I recall reading somewhere that Bonham played drums occasionally while at some club or another. It would be fun just to know if/that they did that, even if of course there are no recordings, or even names of songs played, thanks.
@@joescott8877 I don't know if they ever got onstage with the "house band" at any of the clubs but I do know they occasionally went into impromptu jams with friends at parties, or whatever. In fact, I recently posted a quote from Robert when someone asked if Zep had ever played with Hendrix. According to Robert: “I remember Hendrix coming up to Bonzo at a club in New York,” the singer recalled. “And in those days everybody used to jam. It was a place called Steve Paul’s Scene. It was Buddy Miles and Hendrix and [Jeff] Beck. There was loads of us. Me, Rod Stewart, people all over the place.” He continued: “[Hendrix] came up to Bonzo and he said, ‘You know what? You got a foot like a rabbit.’ I also know a time when Plant, Bonzo, and Jonesy went over and jammed with Black Sabbath during Sabbath's recording time, so there are allegedly tapes of it that are lost to time. I've heard of another jam with members of Zep, The Jeff Beck group, and Jethro Tull. I've also read that Jimmy and Robert would jam with local musicians during trips to Morocco and India. There are pictures of Jimmy jamming onstage during a Bad Company concert, Mooney surprising Zep in concert and taking over for Bonham near the end of their concert, and, of course, Bonzo and Jonesy playing in McCartney's Rockestra and Back to the Egg album. These last three wouldn't count as "jamming", per se, but with the creativity of the time with all these super-talented musicians around, I think it would stand to reason that some fun jams took place occasionally.
@@henriettaskolnick4445 Wow and Double WOW!! LOL< nice lineup of anecdotes there, thanks! I'd heard of but had forgotten about some of those, others were totally new. I've heard the Keith Moon crashing the stage on a bootleg (He makes a very brief , funny, and drunken little speech, lol). I still wanna get my hands (well, ears, really!) on that very FIRST time they jammed with THEMSELVES, playing "Train..." in that tiny room but, as JPJ recalls, just looking around at each other with uncontrollable grins cos they knew they really had something! But, alas, don't think they recorded it.
If memory serves Plant wrote this one for their fans.
And the performance from Earls Court released on the Led Zeppelin DVD is absolutely magical.
Get the Lead out! What a great piece of poetry! The GOATS!
Pretty insightful for something that was released 10/05/01970. 53 years ago.
I was fortunate enough to see him do this live we got a bump
Led Zeppelin NEVER tried to make a radio song. They never wanted a single. Jimmy Page worked hard to make the album flow from one song to another that would draw you in. If you wanted to hear a song, you had to buy the album.
My thoughts exactly, they never try , its all organic
They did not really care for the singles but the record company Atlantic issued them anyways from every album ..
@@VIDSTORAGE I think it was like one per album. Band hated it.
Robert Plant - lead vocals.
Jimmy Page - acoustic guitars, dulcimer, bass, vocal harmonies.
JPJ - mandolin, vocal harmonies.
John Bonham - tambourine.
The song is about how he wants to see the world, yet how the world exactly is. In the U.S. they see the hippie movement but also pollution , race riots, protests against the Vietnam. Written at Bron - Yr-Aur.
Plant mentions Bonham paying tambourine, either I this live or somewhere else LoL. A beautiful song, & yet sad too.
Plant plays tambourine in the Earls Court live version.
@@katyharrs278 I watched it afterwards, & yes he did. I know I saw or heard in & interview, where Plant mentions Bonham on tambourine.
@@sicotshit7068on the studio version I think it was Bonham on tambourine
@@juliemanarin4127 there’s a live where it shows him playing it, I’m not sure which concert. All four sit at the front of the stage, & play a song. I’ll see if I can find it & let you know.
Fantastic 💞💞💞
This live is MAGNIFICENT!
Oh YAY Eeep **Excited** to see how ya feel bout this one! Oook goin in...
❤
I personally love this song. Page and Plant wrote and recorded it (on a tape recorder) during a walk they took, with guitar in hand, while on "retreat" in the countryside. If you'd like to hear it live, "That's the Way" was often performed as part of an acoustic set during concerts, and there is footage of that during their 1975 Earls Court performance. Excellent! And yeah, no. They didn't write any song with the thought in mind of how much radio time it might get. Edit: As an aside, this song is one of the first that they authorized for use in a movie.
Man whenever i hear the backstory it makes me want to go back and listen to the song, i still do regardless but hearing that is beautiful, will definitely have to check out that earls court performance, thanks for commenting!
@@ToMitoReacts1017 Yeah, taking long walks, sitting around writing music. That was when they grew beards (no electricity and no running water at the cottage). They were looking a little wild and wooly for a while there. ;)
The next song you'll be reacting to is one of the three acoustic songs of that set. It's called "Bron-Y-Aur Stomp", which is a misspelling printed on the album. It's named after the cottage, Bron-Yr-Aur (located in Wales) to which they retreated after a whirlwind of concert tours. Great song and a fun one to watch them perform.
Edit: The third song of the set was "Going to California", another excellent song but from album 4.
So much great music coming your way. ;)
A nice live version can be found on "How the west was won" CD collection
I love your reaction videos bro. And I love the GOATS!! ALSO, when Robert said nothing really matters cause everything born is born to die. But I think everything matters while we're down here man, one day we'll be at the next life, up or down, and then we'll see how much Everything mattered down here. Thx man.
Oh 1000% i feel like everything we do matters but it doesn’t at the same time you know? we are paying off karma and breaking generational curses from our previous generations so that it doesn’t carry over to our offspring, and fulfilling our missions and “purposes” while we are here but at the same time it doesn’t matter because we “die” , ying and yang, black and white, equilibrium, balance, lol i could go hours but you get what i mean, i appreciate you my friend, stay up ✊🏽
Beautiful song, maybe try the live version at Earls Court 1975,that's Robert playing the tambourine at the end, you can just hear it.😊
Props my brother. You're the first I've seen react to this very cool Zep song. I actually taught myself how to play it. Until next time, stay well and poppin for fresh!
A song about prejudice and environmentalism....there are beautiful live versions of this are worth checking out....including during the mid-1990's Page/Plant era.
Beautifully written song
I bet “Hats Off to Roy Harper” will be your LEAST favorite!😂😂😂😂
Remember, “Hey Hey What Can I Do” upon completion of this album! It fits perfectly and it a FANTASTIC tune!!
No no no don’t say that man lol, now thats going to be my favorite off the album (edit: yea i think you were right 😭 Bron-Y-Aur is amazing tho!)
Every song they do is great, but there may be a handful that you won’t fall in love with. For different people, that is a different handful of songs.
Exactly, and i never know if it’ll grow on me over time with wherever i am in life and maybe then it’ll resonate
@@ToMitoReacts1017 I understand, there’s a couple songs I’m not crazy about, I don’t hate them just not my favorites.
If you’re interested I found a long live version of Dazed & Confused. On another page a guy told me how to find it. I’m on an IPad so it might be different on a computer. The main UTube page, all the way to the left is an icon that looks like an old plane propeller. It it & you’ll get a list of different categories, hit music, then type in Dazed & Confused long version. Some are only audio, one is video too it’s like 35 minutes long. It’s at Earls Court, Plants opening introduction is funny, & Page has a great solo in it. I’ve seen a better one, but none can be seen now, it shows him really using the bow. Just an FYI:
This song will grow on you , this is the album that does need more listening to , not quite as immediate as the others. You should definitely check the live version of this song from Earls court which forms part of what they called the acoustic set and is just charming ( i think they had to let John Bonham have a lie down after Moby Dick!!! ) It is the other 3 sitting right at the front of the stage with acoustic guitar and Mandolin. point of interest right at the end of the clip if you look by JPJ s feet you will see the base pedals he uses for when he is using his hands for another instrument. This set also includes Bron y aur stomp which is where you are heading. When you do your next live sessions you could try those two also the live of the immigrant song and without fail Since i been loving you
Aww i like that you are truthful & yea no they never released a single until...hmm cant member at this moment im groggy right now heh (but i am sure maybe someone else will be able to say) & yea that to me anyway is another reason i do so LUV **MyBelovedLedZeppelin** cuz it happens with me too like i am not even sure what it depends on but my most very favs are like constantly changing & like going back & forth it is a pretty awesome & wild thing to me bout them in particular cuz with ANY other bands i have concise & clear favorites amongst other bands i **Luv** but nope not with **LedZep** it is ever changing & rotating **Luvit**
Always! Never want to lie and say i like something when deep down i don’t and often times the stuff i don’t like at first tend to grow on me over time off camera so it all works out in the end, and yea i know what you mean about having clear cut favorites for certain artists and other artists favorites are revolving, those artists i wanna keep in my rotation forever, and Led Zeppelin is certainly becoming one of those for me!
It grows on you for sure but yeah doesn't smash you in the face and take hold like allot of their tracks
John Bonham played spoons and backup singer on the acoustic songs. Jimmy had a real head for business foreseeing FM radio and how they played whole sides of albums at a time so that’s how he engineered all their LPs. I highly recommend you watch his “interview“ at Oxford Union. It’s a very interesting look inside the mind of Jimmy Page. As usual, these acoustic songs are so much better live. Look up Earls Court 75, believe it’s 5/25/75 bc the version from 24th was restricted.
ua-cam.com/video/vVi6rMo2Ppo/v-deo.htmlsi=BM1buGt4pV03YSj5
Will add that to my notes to react to, will also have to check out that page interview as well, thank you for always providing interesting details and commenting!
John paul jones on the mandolin