It's so great to listen to an informed musical scholar appreciating and explaining Zep!!! It's like going to college and having a master class in your favorite music! I especially loved the way you pointed out the variation in the main riff, and your idea behind what it may convey, very funny and tastefully handled. thanks again, and please keep up the great videos.
I’m so glad my insight resonates with you. I’ve been to many classical master classes in person and have devoured master class videos of Bernstein, Heifetz, Barenboim, Zander, Rubinstein, Celibidache, etc. so I’m wired from a classical music perspective and as a composer to use exegesis and when unpacking a composer’s music and performance. Most importantly, regarding the riff variation: I had originally planned to discuss the live variation of the riff from the movie The Song Remains the Same (but chose not to) which was truly a gorgeous improvised variation of the riff at the end which wrapped up with the band together playing a tertian (mediant) descending figures (E-Db, Bb, G, E) that Page soloed through before they hit the big E7#9 ending (the bit with the gong bursting into flames!). So superb! Janis for the comment. Hope you can subscribe and share!
Wow! That’s cool! Jimmy Page is like an impressionist painter. I know classical musicians who loved the post romantic period (Debussy, Ravel, etc,) actual get the texture of Page and Zeppelin.
Just about all of Page’s riffs ooze sexuality. That was the key element of the band. It’s in the guitar, the drumming, the bass, and vocals. It’s what made them insanely appealing..
That’s why Zepp cover bands never completely get it right. That intense sexual quality is something you’re born with. They were the Kowalskis of rock and roll.
You could take 100 guys all proficient guitar players, and have them play through Carl's rig, and they would pale in comparison. Carl nails this so well...it's all in the fingers and the soul. Big fan here Carl.
@@DrMidnight-oz1rk?? …except he used them! Are you saying you know from Jimmy that he said he refused to use his Les Paul in studio, yet freely employed it live? Please clarify for us.
My favorite part of this song is when the riff changes. I've pointed it out to so many people who've never noticed before. And thank you for the videos, Carl. You're an absolute treasure.
This channel is most brilliant... it looks at Led Zeppelin on/from a different plane than others. Carl's talent is the major reason for this, and combining the music and the emotions/feelings one would get when analyzing Zep in this(Carl's) fashion makes it unique. KEEP 'EM COMING! Thanks, Carl.
Now let's be serious. Just stumbled over this channel and have watched a few videos. This is one of the best rock guitar channels on the Internet - period. I'm super impressed by this guy's playing, passion and knowledge. Keep it up, dude! :-) Greetings from rockin' Sweden
Carl, your passion is so infectious. I’ve played this song a ton, but you really made it come alive and have given me a whole new appreciation for it. Thank you!
Love the “Happy Ending “ connection to the riff change that most people don’t even notice. Also, the swing feel of the solo makes sense. I think younger people can forget these early “classic rock” artists had influences from all over the place. Not everything was a blues tune sped up and played loud.
Your videos are great and full of wonderfull insights. I"ve always said to myself the first Led Zeppelin was actually the Benny Goodman quartet. Bonzo sounds so close to Gene Krupa and , yeah, they are the kings of Swing!
Thought I was the only person to see/hear the sound/fury/talent of Zeppelin when listening to much different genre's of music. I hear Zep in classical, jazz, big band, etc.... Anything w/ Django always has me hearing/imagining Jimmy listening to "The Hot Band" playing along note for note... Of course, Zeppelin took off on a totally different realm, but I hear their roots everywhere. When I was about 13/14 yrs old, my mother came home while I was listening to Shostakovich, gave me the weirdest look as if to say, what is wrong w/ my son? Truth is, I was hearing Led Zeppelin in some of those keyboard "runs." Guess I wasn't alone doing this type of thing?
@@stevenjones6780 oh, definitely... an I always try to make the point to the people who say such and such band (ZEP in this instance) ripped off Buddy Holly or John Lee Hooker, et .al, that if not for these bands, you would have never heard of or listened to JLH (Thanks, Canned Heat) or Otis Rush/Willie Dixon, and all of their influencers along the way. Everything has a start...somewhere.
I have a older brother over 10 years of me and he bought this LZ 2 album home and played it on his cool separate component real stereo system that had awesome bass sound when I was only 6 years but I had feeling to be drawn to this at the time ..There was an instant likability to it and I was a LED HEAD from that day on..
Can I say that it’s a huge pleasure to watch and listen to you explain and enthuse about this amazing music. Like you I’ve been listening and loving it for over half a century. I love that you point out the swing feel the band has down to not just JP But also the colossus behind the drums. Keep it up. These are lovely golden nuggets to cherish
Thank you! It’s paramount to have a swing in this music!! Bonham brought the swing and all of them had such an impeccable sense of groove. That’s why 99% of the interpreters miss the mark.
i love how much you dive into pages feel and groove it’s something i e always loved and appreciated astronomically and i feel like a lot of people over look it and see it as insignificant to technical skill but i always felt he was aiming for how he felt and i dig that my personal favorite guitarist he was just a brilliant mind in the studio and on the stage and i really appreciate you making these videos stay blessed🙏🏻
funnily, the solo of whole lotta love was one of my first solos i managed to play close to the orignal....but it took a long time to realize, that the chromatic ascent at the end was with bends.....i still love it ( and play it) when i' not practicing some other song or riff from Jimmy.....just think..all the stuff they pumped out within a few years....and we're here 50 years later.....still talking and playing it....great...:-D
That’s the nicest thing you can say. I’m touched. You know, I’ve been compiling a list of all the things I wish somebody had taught me when I was 17. I’ll probably do that episode someday. But it’s never to late to learn and grow and feel fulfilled in the joy of growth! Peace my friend.
Man, I’m hooked. I ran across your channel recently and can’t get enough. Your Zep analysis for each song opens up new worlds to me. Like you I’ve been listening to LZ for many decades but not on the analytical level you have attained. Every video gives me so much to think about. Also, your mastery of Page’s riffs is brilliant.
Carl, as you were discussing the 10th intervals with open string, open E in WLL case, I saw my opportunity to share something so insightful, that Jimmy did that very thing in the "fanfare" part of The Ocean, and then of course you pointed that out...LOL! I am so appreciating this as a self-described Zep Obsessed person. I love how you point out the element of musical conversation and sense of humor imparted by Page's playing in this and other videos. I have always wanted to attend a Zeppelin appreciation course (emphasis on Page) and you have delivered it! Thank you for your knowledge, passion and in depth understanding at instrumental , theoretical and emotional/artistic levels to bring us this great gift!
Alex, I can’t tell you how much your words lifted me up! I thank you from the bottom of my heart. I’ll always give you all I’ve got. Peace my friend! Carl PS: if only you were my publicist!!
Thanks again, Carl, I enjoyed the video immensely. I especially benefited from the closing section of your piece where you put a jazz-styling of the guitar solo over the harmonics. I discovered your channel only a day or two ago but you're already one of my favourites. You have great intelligence, passion and joy, and your enthusiasm for the music is infectious. Best wishes from England.
Greetings Tony from England. My home away from home!! So glad you like what I’m doing. I hope to keep it going! Your support means a lot. Stay in touch. Peace, Carl
Incredible! Great exposition! I defy anyone to play the 2-and-a-bit tone bend in the fourth solo response without yanking your head back like you have just unwrapped a strong cheese.
I always thought it was intriguing that after hearing Reeling In The Years by Steely Dan, and being blown away by the tone in '72, it was the song that made me want to play guitar. It wasn't until two years later that I heard Led Zeppelin, then fast forward to present, a while back I read in various places that Jimmy Page thought the guitar lines in Reeling In The Years were some of His Favorites. There is the same kind of "ferocity" in the tone. Great Video as Always
I’ve never heard that tidbit before. Very interesting. Of course Steely Dan also created a new world through sound, like Page and Zeppelin. Thanks for sharing that!
@@CarlBaldassarreMusic This is an interesting 5 minutes of melody progression I created 10 years ago, I suppose the inspiration was Do It Again by Steely Dan. I rushed the recording a bit, I could have done better, but after listening to the tune several times I realized I had made a beginning, middle bridge and ending, and the piece will loop seamlessly. All accident I admit.ua-cam.com/video/iqgkadUiqPQ/v-deo.html
💙Great to have this explained, especially the trick with the D-note. The riff had a head start in the UK via Alexis Korner's cover, under the name CCS (Collective Consciousness Syndicate, I think), in Big Band style, but with electric guitar. It was used for years as the theme for Top of the Pops. That was wonderfully ironic, as the show was geared towards singles, and Zeppelin didn't do singles! Anyone hearing Led Zeppelin 2 for the first time would think at once of that electrifying, terminally modern riff, and the fact that it heralded the most exciting music show for young people. In some guitar shops, Whole Lotta Love is forbidden, Like Smoke on the Water and You Really Got Me! 😁 PS Led Zep 2 opens and closes with amazing riffs. Would you consider a feature on Bring It On Home? The heavy parts of the song are Page originals, but many think the whole song's a cover.
Thank you! Btw…Make sure you’re digging into my past episodes! You might be missing a lot of material that you’re looking for…for example! Composer Plays and Reacts to Led Zeppelin's Bring It On Home ua-cam.com/video/fwThIe3-6Es/v-deo.html
Thanks brother! That’s the philosophy I embrace, and it’s never to late or too early to chase your dreams! Thanks for coming in this journey with me. Please share! Peace out my friend.
That Les Paul is stunning. Im not usually into first fret inlays but that is beautiful. That tone is absolutely stinging. Its fat, chugging and full. Awesome playing. Got to get your subs up, really enjoyed this
:)) so glad you like my LP (1979...we’ve experienced some “amazing” stories together!). I think the tone comes from my head, heart and hands. But the Bognar La Grange pedal has the sweet spot for me.
@@CarlBaldassarreMusic excellent. Finding the right guitar for you is the dream. Im assuming the pedal is Gibbons inspired? My LP has a pearly gates pickup. The sound on yours for the riff is everything I wish mine sounded like,haha. That said, it is likely more down to my playing than the guitar and amp I'm using. Great vids my friend
Glad I found your channel Carl. Inspires me to get back to those fun little riffs I’ve come up with over the years where you just find a groove and roll with it. 40 years worth!
Great observations on the introduction of the major 3rd there! Thank you for this video. This is obviously outside the scope of your video, but in live performances, Page used to add a lot of variation to the rhythm of the main riff, too.
That’s so kind. I’d like these to land on more eyes and ears. I’ve spent a lifetime preparing for this work. I’m just testing the waters here to see if there’s an audience. It takes a lot of time to put these together and I’d like to do more. I’d appreciate all the shares you’re comfortable making! Thanks again!!!
Thanks for your enthusiasm and expertise it really shines through, your love of this track and the craftsmanship involved. It's, one of my favourite, if not my favourite, riffs of all time. I play it every time I pick up a guitar to warm up. I sometimes play about with it but the way it is is perfection as far as I'm concerned. I grew up listening to the Top of The Pops theme tune, which had a somewhat watered down and bastardised version (by CCS if I recall) of it. The first time I played Zep II though, I couldn't stop playing the track Whole Lotta Love, and on a vinyl LP there's that wonderful, stereophonic, sweeping, speaker to speaker effect (missing on the all things to all men, be all and end all, early CDs), mesmerising. It's a relatively simple track, but the nuisances are still there, the little differences in the intro and outro riffs, just superb at so many levels, superb musicianship too, the sum of the parts (whilst great) still adding up to something even greater, synergistic, divine in many respects.
Dont know how deeply you want to get into Zep....or if you want solely from a guitarist’s standpoint or as a listener and fan. If you want a reactor who has done the deepest dive into Zeppelin, I just wanted to suggest Soul Train Bro. He has done the complete discography as well as videos and is now listening to the best bootlegs. Fantastic. Rick Beato has also done a breakdown of one of Zep’s songs. Have fun....
Thank’s mate! So happy I’ve earned your subscription! I spend a lot of the time in the UK before Covid hit. Hope I’ll be back at Abbey Road before too long. Check out some of my compositions/music at Carlbaldassaremusic.com Cheers, Carl PS: Note the Bowler from Christys of London in my thumbnail;)
Most people play WLL on the Bridge pickup.. Live of course, he used the MIDDLE pickup position as he did with Rock and Roll, Black Dog and much other material.. His Middle sound was used more than the others and sounded unique due to a really unusual Neck PAF combined with a much lower powered Bridge Pickup... I explain it in depth on my channel and replicate his 1973 Madison Square Garden Tone for enthusiasts.
Once again my friend... Well done!... I could sit for hours in a room with you talking shop.. You express it much like I do... With passion and love... The uncanny thing about that song.. Especially on the Song Remains the Same Live effort.. He pays a big tribute to Scotty Moore.. Elvise's first guitarist.. Even dare I say there's at times a James Burton kind of thing going on.. LP's and Tele's are so similar sonically... Nice sounding Lester by the way... Keep up the great work!!
So kind! The medley in the middle of whole lotta love on How The West Was Won was the most immaculate display of 50’s and early 60’s guitar work you’ll ever hear. Page was absolutely flawless on that occasion live. If you ever learned bit that note-for-note (feel-for-feel) you’d have enough musical vocabulary and facility to last a lifetime.
@@CarlBaldassarreMusic It gets back to that thing I heard Scott Henderson talk about some 20 years ago... Motifs and litlle melodic lines incorporated with bends.. I could go on for days LOL... I swear I'm insane with this stuff.. But yeah... Intervals and motifs are kind of what I built my vocabulary on.. Rock on!
I'm 53 and know exactly the time and place I first heard it . I had it on vinyl and putting the needle on the beginning of side A and it blew my mind and I was never the same again.
Another great video discussing music theory as it applies to the great guitar of Jimmy Page. I've been enjoying all of your videos, they take a unique and intelligent approach unlike anything else I've found. Looking forward the the next one!
Great to see the main riff played correctly with rhythmic up and down strokes rather than the frantic all down stokes stabbing that so many well meaning guitar teachers and players play it. Check out Jimmy in 'It might get loud' to see the great man playing it the way it should be played. It's rhythmic up and down strokes with key up stokes to catch the bottom E string and double down strokes on the two D notes (open D string and fretted A string at the 5th fret) with a slight bend. The rhythm and the picking strokes are the secret. Like all truly great riffs, it's very simple to learn, but it's all about the way it's played that makes it great. Jimmy is the only person who will ever play it, the rest of us are imitators.
Jimmy varied the riff live quite a bit, especially towards the end part of the song, after the solo, and whatever medley of old rock 'n' roll songs they grooved on. It's there on the Song Remains the Same version, and he varies the riff even more in the version they played at Knebworth in 1979, both of which shows I was at. It sounds very different.
I’ll do an episode on this! The bottom line is my signal chain: head, heart, hands, 1979 Les Paul standard, Bognar LaGrange distortion, fender 65 deluxe. All you need are the first 3 links in the chain and you’re pretty much there. By studying and living the life of each composer, you can conjure their sound! It’s a bit like method acting.
PLEASE continue the Page dives. I mean, I think of Achilles Last Stand, the live version of No Quarter from MSG, Battle of Evermore, etc. I love to hear your understanding of these songs from your composer’s perspective. Thanks for what you do…!
I love what you say about Zep swing. I had a fair exposure to various era's and styles of Jazz in college and then realized how hard swingin' and improvisationaly risk taking the band was. After that, I was able to swing back into the Led with some added weight. In fact, as the years progress, I always hear and subjectify more in the music than the times before. Is this a telltale mark of great art? I think so.
The underlying swing is the reason why most musicians can never get to the heart of the material. They play the “correct” note but they’re not understanding the swing grooves. You can’t play this music properly by only asking the questions What notes to play and How to play the notes…the only question is Why…why did they choose the notes. That’s the source question.
John Paul Jones said before everyone thinks bozo was hammering away on the drums and he said that’s not true bozo had so many things going on subtleties in his playing he was a big fan of The jazz drummers and funky sounds . The whole band was like that you can’t make such diverse music as they did and be a one trick pony . Like the stones they played the same three chords for 60 years and just changed the lyrics. They had some good music but it’s not the same . Just like other guitar players there are a lot of great players but playing is one thing . But writing is another the amount of ideas that came out of Page , are unmatched . One more thing about bonzo he didn’t start playing the drums till he was 16 and he was self taught just like Jimmy . He learned an instrument he said by moving his fingers up and down the frets till it made sense to him no wonder he’s so creative. I can play his songs but I can’t write them. Rock on people
Carl what's the history of that guitar? I recognized the Les Paul custom fretboard. But what year is the guitar? Anyway thank you for this lesson very good and most excellent.
Thank you so much!!! I’m really glad to know you like my content. I hope we can build a following and keep it going. I so have many episodes I’d like to get to! Btw...Rick Beato comparison is high praise...he is superb!
The solo: It's a swung r&b riff that would have been kept as swing in the drums but for JPJ reining in Bonzo to keep it rock instead. Wonderful structure and tension pervades the piece, and it has all the hallmarks of the classic. But that's just me.
They say Page is sloppy. But it’s an intentional recklessness. His swing is that he is a little bit off beat, but he always seems to catch up and resolve the chaos at the right moment.
You should explore the statement that Beethoven's riff in the 5th symphony is like Jimmy's riff. How great are these rock composers? Will whole lotta love be around in 200 years?
Carl,have you ever seen David Wallimann channel? You Guys look like brothers your just the older looking bro and the first time I seen your channel I thought you were him at a glance.
I know your version of the solo isn’t completely accurate and more based on feel but still sounds good. I just wanted to also state that he kicks the wah on. Listen to it.
Wait a minute!! I thought Zeppelin was heavy metal??? LOL. Obviously I'm being sarcastic. You mention swing a lot and I agree. But I also feel a bit of punk in some of his riffs and licks too. People have said that Zeppelin is the father of metal but I think it may be more true to say the father of punk. What do you think?
Speaking of the song's ambiguous tonal quality, this is reinforced by Robert Plant's singing. Plant's melody uses the third scale degree but he tactfully slides around and in between the G to G# area. Which is one of the many aspects that makes him so hard to imitate.
That’s actually how I started: on a croquet mallet at 5 years old! Then, when I started to actually play a real guitar it was like I was “remembering” how to play not “learning” how to play. It was miraculous!
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It's so great to listen to an informed musical scholar appreciating and explaining Zep!!! It's like going to college and having a master class in your favorite music! I especially loved the way you pointed out the variation in the main riff, and your idea behind what it may convey, very funny and tastefully handled. thanks again, and please keep up the great videos.
I’m so glad my insight resonates with you. I’ve been to many classical master classes in person and have devoured master class videos of Bernstein, Heifetz, Barenboim, Zander, Rubinstein, Celibidache, etc. so I’m wired from a classical music perspective and as a composer to use exegesis and when unpacking a composer’s music and performance. Most importantly, regarding the riff variation: I had originally planned to discuss the live variation of the riff from the movie The Song Remains the Same (but chose not to) which was truly a gorgeous improvised variation of the riff at the end which wrapped up with the band together playing a tertian (mediant) descending figures (E-Db, Bb, G, E) that Page soloed through before they hit the big E7#9 ending (the bit with the gong bursting into flames!). So superb! Janis for the comment. Hope you can subscribe and share!
Another classical pianist who stated her other love was Led Zeppelin, it was Condaleza Rice all discerning musicians appreciate Led Zeppelin.
Wow! That’s cool! Jimmy Page is like an impressionist painter. I know classical musicians who loved the post romantic period (Debussy, Ravel, etc,) actual get the texture of Page and Zeppelin.
Just about all of Page’s riffs ooze sexuality. That was the key element of the band. It’s in the guitar, the drumming, the bass, and vocals. It’s what made them insanely appealing..
No argument here. His body movements and sound were inextricably linked. His movements were sensual as were his sounds.
That’s why Zepp cover bands never completely get it right. That intense sexual quality is something you’re born with. They were the Kowalskis of rock and roll.
Always loved how crafty Jimmy was creating his riffs and right to the point!
You could take 100 guys all proficient guitar players, and have them play through Carl's rig, and they would pale in comparison. Carl nails this so well...it's all in the fingers and the soul. Big fan here Carl.
He's way off on this song. It doesn't sound like the recorded. Version because Jimmy didn't use Gibson in the studio.
Jimmy hates Gibson.
@@DrMidnight-oz1rk?? …except he used them! Are you saying you know from Jimmy that he said he refused to use his Les Paul in studio, yet freely employed it live? Please clarify for us.
I really love this series on Led Zeppelin.
Thank you my friend. I hope you heard all my cuts from LZ II
My favorite part of this song is when the riff changes. I've pointed it out to so many people who've never noticed before. And thank you for the videos, Carl. You're an absolute treasure.
Thanks for commenting. I address that variation in my response to Ted Pena above.
This channel is most brilliant... it looks at Led Zeppelin on/from a different plane than others. Carl's talent is the major reason for this, and combining the music and the emotions/feelings one would get when analyzing Zep in this(Carl's) fashion makes it unique.
KEEP 'EM COMING!
Thanks, Carl.
The musicology and history is incredibly delightful! This pleases my inner Juilliard. Never stop!
Thank you kind soul!!
Now let's be serious. Just stumbled over this channel and have watched a few videos. This is one of the best rock guitar channels on the Internet - period. I'm super impressed by this guy's playing, passion and knowledge. Keep it up, dude! :-) Greetings from rockin' Sweden
Carl, your passion is so infectious. I’ve played this song a ton, but you really made it come alive and have given me a whole new appreciation for it. Thank you!
Wow, thank you!
Love the “Happy Ending “ connection to the riff change that most people don’t even notice. Also, the swing feel of the solo makes sense. I think younger people can forget these early “classic rock” artists had influences from all over the place. Not everything was a blues tune sped up and played loud.
Right on!
Your videos are great and full of wonderfull insights. I"ve always said to myself the first Led Zeppelin was actually the Benny Goodman quartet. Bonzo sounds so close to Gene Krupa and , yeah, they are the kings of Swing!
Absolutely. Secret: Use the slow down on UA-cam when listening to a zep track and you’ll hear swing, groove and Krupa like crazy!!!
Yes! Gene Krupa with the Jungle Beat!
Thought I was the only person to see/hear the sound/fury/talent of Zeppelin when listening to much different genre's of music. I hear Zep in classical, jazz, big band, etc.... Anything w/ Django always has me hearing/imagining Jimmy listening to "The Hot Band" playing along note for note... Of course, Zeppelin took off on a totally different realm, but I hear their roots everywhere.
When I was about 13/14 yrs old, my mother came home while I was listening to Shostakovich, gave me the weirdest look as if to say, what is wrong w/ my son? Truth is, I was hearing Led Zeppelin in some of those keyboard "runs." Guess I wasn't alone doing this type of thing?
@@bishlap Lonely as it may at times be, aren't you glad for you expanded horizons in music? I certainly am...
@@stevenjones6780 oh, definitely... an I always try to make the point to the people who say such and such band (ZEP in this instance) ripped off Buddy Holly or John Lee Hooker, et .al, that if not for these bands, you would have never heard of or listened to JLH (Thanks, Canned Heat) or Otis Rush/Willie Dixon, and all of their influencers along the way. Everything has a start...somewhere.
My favorite channel already. Thank you sir.
That’s so kind. Thank you!
Agree!
I have a older brother over 10 years of me and he bought this LZ 2 album home and played it on his cool separate component real stereo system that had awesome bass sound when I was only 6 years but I had feeling to be drawn to this at the time ..There was an instant likability to it and I was a LED HEAD from that day on..
We essentially had the same experience!
Can I say that it’s a huge pleasure to watch and listen to you explain and enthuse about this amazing music. Like you I’ve been listening and loving it for over half a century. I love that you point out the swing feel the band has down to not just JP But also the colossus behind the drums. Keep it up. These are lovely golden nuggets to cherish
Thank you! It’s paramount to have a swing in this music!! Bonham brought the swing and all of them had such an impeccable sense of groove. That’s why 99% of the interpreters miss the mark.
i love how much you dive into pages feel and groove it’s something i e always loved and appreciated astronomically and i feel like a lot of people over look it and see it as insignificant to technical skill but i always felt he was aiming for how he felt and i dig that my personal favorite guitarist he was just a brilliant mind in the studio and on the stage and i really appreciate you making these videos stay blessed🙏🏻
Thank you so much. I really appreciate your comments and engagement! Please spread the word and subscribe!!
Just recently came across your channel and I am very impressed. Keep it up my friend!
Thank you. I hope you subscribed!
funnily, the solo of whole lotta love was one of my first solos i managed to play close to the orignal....but it took a long time to realize, that the chromatic ascent at the end was with bends.....i still love it ( and play it) when i' not practicing some other song or riff from Jimmy.....just think..all the stuff they pumped out within a few years....and we're here 50 years later.....still talking and playing it....great...:-D
Probably my favorite solo as a kid. It’s short but life giving!
Man you are the guitar teacher i needed 20 years ago
That’s the nicest thing you can say. I’m touched. You know, I’ve been compiling a list of all the things I wish somebody had taught me when I was 17. I’ll probably do that episode someday. But it’s never to late to learn and grow and feel fulfilled in the joy of growth! Peace my friend.
Wow great dissection of that legendary riff!! so that's how you play it... wow
Awesome video Carl. I fully appreciate what you have done here.
Thank you!!
132 subscribers - soon to be increased exponentially! Your videos are fantastic
I can only hope! And with everyone’s help maybe it will catch on.
Man, I’m hooked. I ran across your channel recently and can’t get enough. Your Zep analysis for each song opens up new worlds to me. Like you I’ve been listening to LZ for many decades but not on the analytical level you have attained. Every video gives me so much to think about. Also, your mastery of Page’s riffs is brilliant.
That’s so kind. I hope you subscribed! Thank you!!!!
@@CarlBaldassarreMusic I sure did.
Carl, as you were discussing the 10th intervals with open string, open E in WLL case, I saw my opportunity to share something so insightful, that Jimmy did that very thing in the "fanfare" part of The Ocean, and then of course you pointed that out...LOL! I am so appreciating this as a self-described Zep Obsessed person. I love how you point out the element of musical conversation and sense of humor imparted by Page's playing in this and other videos. I have always wanted to attend a Zeppelin appreciation course (emphasis on Page) and you have delivered it! Thank you for your knowledge, passion and in depth understanding at instrumental , theoretical and emotional/artistic levels to bring us this great gift!
Alex, I can’t tell you how much your words lifted me up! I thank you from the bottom of my heart. I’ll always give you all I’ve got.
Peace my friend!
Carl
PS: if only you were my publicist!!
You make such high quality videos - very informative. Love Led Zeppelin.
Me too! Thank you!
Great analytical video Carl....and presented so well. Thanks!
Thank you!!!
Thanks again, Carl, I enjoyed the video immensely. I especially benefited from the closing section of your piece where you put a jazz-styling of the guitar solo over the harmonics. I discovered your channel only a day or two ago but you're already one of my favourites. You have great intelligence, passion and joy, and your enthusiasm for the music is infectious.
Best wishes from England.
Greetings Tony from England. My home away from home!! So glad you like what I’m doing. I hope to keep it going! Your support means a lot. Stay in touch. Peace, Carl
The replication of a good riff in a song creates a hypnotic effect.
Incredible! Great exposition! I defy anyone to play the 2-and-a-bit tone bend in the fourth solo response without yanking your head back like you have just unwrapped a strong cheese.
I always thought it was intriguing that after hearing Reeling In The Years by Steely Dan, and being blown away by the tone in '72, it was the song that made me want to play guitar.
It wasn't until two years later that I heard Led Zeppelin, then fast forward to present, a while back I read in various places that Jimmy Page thought the guitar lines in Reeling In The Years
were some of His Favorites. There is the same kind of "ferocity" in the tone. Great Video as Always
I’ve never heard that tidbit before. Very interesting. Of course Steely Dan also created a new world through sound, like Page and Zeppelin. Thanks for sharing that!
@@CarlBaldassarreMusic This is an interesting 5 minutes of melody progression I created 10 years ago, I suppose the inspiration was Do It Again by Steely Dan. I rushed the recording a bit, I could have done better, but after listening to the tune several times I realized I had made a beginning, middle bridge and ending, and the piece will loop seamlessly. All accident I admit.ua-cam.com/video/iqgkadUiqPQ/v-deo.html
💙Great to have this explained, especially the trick with the D-note. The riff had a head start in the UK via Alexis Korner's cover, under the name CCS (Collective Consciousness Syndicate, I think), in Big Band style, but with electric guitar. It was used for years as the theme for Top of the Pops. That was wonderfully ironic, as the show was geared towards singles, and Zeppelin didn't do singles! Anyone hearing Led Zeppelin 2 for the first time would think at once of that electrifying, terminally modern riff, and the fact that it heralded the most exciting music show for young people. In some guitar shops, Whole Lotta Love is forbidden, Like Smoke on the Water and You Really Got Me! 😁 PS Led Zep 2 opens and closes with amazing riffs. Would you consider a feature on Bring It On Home? The heavy parts of the song are Page originals, but many think the whole song's a cover.
Thank you! Btw…Make sure you’re digging into my past episodes! You might be missing a lot of material that you’re looking for…for example! Composer Plays and Reacts to Led Zeppelin's Bring It On Home
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@@CarlBaldassarreMusic: Thanks - you read my mind! Still getting used to navigating the internet. Found it. Cheers. 🙂
Excellent as usual, variation of the riff was new to me. Never to old to learn. I also have a new saying...Sonic Army love it.
Thanks brother! That’s the philosophy I embrace, and it’s never to late or too early to chase your dreams! Thanks for coming in this journey with me. Please share! Peace out my friend.
That Les Paul is stunning. Im not usually into first fret inlays but that is beautiful. That tone is absolutely stinging. Its fat, chugging and full. Awesome playing. Got to get your subs up, really enjoyed this
:)) so glad you like my LP (1979...we’ve experienced some “amazing” stories together!). I think the tone comes from my head, heart and hands. But the Bognar La Grange pedal has the sweet spot for me.
@@CarlBaldassarreMusic excellent. Finding the right guitar for you is the dream. Im assuming the pedal is Gibbons inspired? My LP has a pearly gates pickup. The sound on yours for the riff is everything I wish mine sounded like,haha. That said, it is likely more down to my playing than the guitar and amp I'm using. Great vids my friend
Glad I found your channel Carl. Inspires me to get back to those fun little riffs I’ve come up with over the years where you just find a groove and roll with it. 40 years worth!
Great observations on the introduction of the major 3rd there! Thank you for this video. This is obviously outside the scope of your video, but in live performances, Page used to add a lot of variation to the rhythm of the main riff, too.
Love your analysis and breakdowns to Page's playing! Your teaching style is approachable, fun, and loaded with passion. Keep up the awesome content!
Thank you! I love sharing my heart and appreciation for this historic music! I’m glad you enjoy it!
You’re nailing it Carl. Great stuff. You truly have the spirit of the band captured in your analysis!
A lifetime of passion is behind it!!!
Just came back for another listen! ....... You are the true rocker!
You deserve so many more subscribers and views
That’s so kind. I’d like these to land on more eyes and ears. I’ve spent a lifetime preparing for this work. I’m just testing the waters here to see if there’s an audience. It takes a lot of time to put these together and I’d like to do more. I’d appreciate all the shares you’re comfortable making! Thanks again!!!
Thanks for your enthusiasm and expertise it really shines through, your love of this track and the craftsmanship involved.
It's, one of my favourite, if not my favourite, riffs of all time. I play it every time I pick up a guitar to warm up. I sometimes play about with it but the way it is is perfection as far as I'm concerned. I grew up listening to the Top of The Pops theme tune, which had a somewhat watered down and bastardised version (by CCS if I recall) of it. The first time I played Zep II though, I couldn't stop playing the track Whole Lotta Love, and on a vinyl LP there's that wonderful, stereophonic, sweeping, speaker to speaker effect (missing on the all things to all men, be all and end all, early CDs), mesmerising. It's a relatively simple track, but the nuisances are still there, the little differences in the intro and outro riffs, just superb at so many levels, superb musicianship too, the sum of the parts (whilst great) still adding up to something even greater, synergistic, divine in many respects.
Thanks for sharing!
Yes very powerful riff and the first Zeppelin tune I heard!!
Another great video Carl! I’m gonna have to get my whole lotta love solo moving with the swing rhythm
That’s the way:))) Swing it baby.
I'm so new (and late - I'm 49) to Led Zep, and I love what you are showing us. Thank you, and a new sub from the UK!
Dont know how deeply you want to get into Zep....or if you want solely from a guitarist’s standpoint or as a listener and fan. If you want a reactor who has done the deepest dive into Zeppelin, I just wanted to suggest Soul Train Bro. He has done the complete discography as well as videos and is now listening to the best bootlegs. Fantastic. Rick Beato has also done a breakdown of one of Zep’s songs. Have fun....
@@w.geoffreyspaulding6588 yes, I've watched Rick Beato! Thank you. I'm becoming immersed, not as a guitarist (I'm not!), but as a fan ...
Much love for my UK friends!!
Way to cool! Every inch of this video was great!
You didn’t think you could slip that pun by me did you? :)) btw...thank you for your support!!
This is great, I love listening to detail explanations like this! New sub from uk, fellow zeppelin fan
Thank’s mate! So happy I’ve earned your subscription! I spend a lot of the time in the UK before Covid hit. Hope I’ll be back at Abbey Road before too long. Check out some of my compositions/music at Carlbaldassaremusic.com
Cheers,
Carl
PS: Note the Bowler from Christys of London in my thumbnail;)
Most people play WLL on the Bridge pickup.. Live of course, he used the MIDDLE pickup position as he did with Rock and Roll, Black Dog and much other material.. His Middle sound was used more than the others and sounded unique due to a really unusual Neck PAF combined with a much lower powered Bridge Pickup... I explain it in depth on my channel and replicate his 1973 Madison Square Garden Tone for enthusiasts.
I always learn something when I listen to you dive into my favorite songs. Really enjoying your videos!
Awesome! Thank you!
So enriching and entertaining with these analyzes and interpretations. Keep up this good work ...
One of the best channels on UA-cam 😎
Wow.. just watched most of your videos this weekend. I love the passion and insight shared here.
WOW! Thank you providing amazing insights. I really appreciated that. Subscribed!
Thank you!! Make sure you check out the other episodes on Led Zeppelin 2 on my channel!
Once again my friend... Well done!... I could sit for hours in a room with you talking shop.. You express it much like I do... With passion and love... The uncanny thing about that song.. Especially on the Song Remains the Same Live effort.. He pays a big tribute to Scotty Moore.. Elvise's first guitarist.. Even dare I say there's at times a James Burton kind of thing going on.. LP's and Tele's are so similar sonically... Nice sounding Lester by the way... Keep up the great work!!
So kind! The medley in the middle of whole lotta love on How The West Was Won was the most immaculate display of 50’s and early 60’s guitar work you’ll ever hear. Page was absolutely flawless on that occasion live. If you ever learned bit that note-for-note (feel-for-feel) you’d have enough musical vocabulary and facility to last a lifetime.
@@CarlBaldassarreMusic It gets back to that thing I heard Scott Henderson talk about some 20 years ago... Motifs and litlle melodic lines incorporated with bends.. I could go on for days LOL... I swear I'm insane with this stuff.. But yeah... Intervals and motifs are kind of what I built my vocabulary on.. Rock on!
Mr Baldassarre,...wonderful!
I'm 53 and know exactly the time and place I first heard it . I had it on vinyl and putting the needle on the beginning of side A and it blew my mind and I was never the same again.
That sound still amazes me!
Another great video discussing music theory as it applies to the great guitar of Jimmy Page. I've been enjoying all of your videos, they take a unique and intelligent approach unlike anything else I've found. Looking forward the the next one!
Thank you!!!
That was great! Thanks so much for sharing your expertise.
Thanks for commenting!!
Best hard rock riff ever played
Agreed
Whole Lotta Loved it, Carl.
Thank you!
Carl that was played perfect the solo perfect
Thank you kind sir!
Love your expression of feeling on this one!
Great to see the main riff played correctly with rhythmic up and down strokes rather than the frantic all down stokes stabbing that so many well meaning guitar teachers and players play it. Check out Jimmy in 'It might get loud' to see the great man playing it the way it should be played. It's rhythmic up and down strokes with key up stokes to catch the bottom E string and double down strokes on the two D notes (open D string and fretted A string at the 5th fret) with a slight bend. The rhythm and the picking strokes are the secret. Like all truly great riffs, it's very simple to learn, but it's all about the way it's played that makes it great. Jimmy is the only person who will ever play it, the rest of us are imitators.
Always heard the major third but never really thought about it. Good point about an ending 👌
It’s one of his Easter eggs!
Carl, another element of the way Page plays that riff is the that he plays the unison D with an upstroke - he does it in all the videos I’ve seen.
Apparently, I'm not the only who noticed this: ua-cam.com/video/vneDRuV3xT0/v-deo.html&ab_channel=RobertBaker
gosh, learned something new today.
never thought of the infamous nokia tune being a proper, actual riff. who would have thought that.
Jimmy varied the riff live quite a bit, especially towards the end part of the song, after the solo, and whatever medley of old rock 'n' roll songs they grooved on. It's there on the Song Remains the Same version, and he varies the riff even more in the version they played at Knebworth in 1979, both of which shows I was at. It sounds very different.
I think your channel is one the best on UA-cam, also I love your tone how do get your tone?
I’ll do an episode on this! The bottom line is my signal chain: head, heart, hands, 1979 Les Paul standard, Bognar LaGrange distortion, fender 65 deluxe. All you need are the first 3 links in the chain and you’re pretty much there. By studying and living the life of each composer, you can conjure their sound! It’s a bit like method acting.
@@CarlBaldassarreMusic thank you, keep these great videos coming
I subscribed your a great teacher and player!!!! thanks
Insightful and informative. And well played.
Thank you! Please share if you know others who might appreciate it. Peace, Carl
PLEASE continue the Page dives. I mean, I think of Achilles Last Stand, the live version of No Quarter from MSG, Battle of Evermore, etc. I love to hear your understanding of these songs from your composer’s perspective. Thanks for what you do…!
Those are all great suggestions! Thank you so much!! I hope you subscribed?? Btw…hit the notification bell. UA-cam is not prioritizing my videos.
When I was young that song would come on my car radio
And I'd stop that car just so that I could listen to the best bit.
Paul's bass - boom boom.
I know. It was thunderous even without the drums!
Videos are great mate!
Carl, thanks agiain, I wish I had a teacher like you 50 years ago. 220th Darrel, hoodmate.
That’s very kind. Thank you.
Enjoyable indeed, and so entertaining.
Thank you sir! Please share!
An example of how the rock falls apart into swing would be the coda from "Black Dog". They become almost silly. Lovely, that.
Love what you do!
Thank you!
I love what you say about Zep swing. I had a fair exposure to various era's and styles of Jazz in college and then realized how hard swingin' and improvisationaly risk taking the band was. After that, I was able to swing back into the Led with some added weight. In fact, as the years progress, I always hear and subjectify more in the music than the times before. Is this a telltale mark of great art? I think so.
The underlying swing is the reason why most musicians can never get to the heart of the material. They play the “correct” note but they’re not understanding the swing grooves. You can’t play this music properly by only asking the questions What notes to play and How to play the notes…the only question is Why…why did they choose the notes. That’s the source question.
@@CarlBaldassarreMusic That is the whole story. The question 'IF' first begs the question 'WHY'?
@@CarlBaldassarreMusic I've got a Gene Krupa story: met his sister- a Catholic nun- years ago. She said: "Oooh, that crazy brother of mine!"
Wow!
John Paul Jones said before everyone thinks bozo was hammering away on the drums and he said that’s not true bozo had so many things going on subtleties in his playing he was a big fan of The jazz drummers and funky sounds . The whole band was like that you can’t make such diverse music as they did and be a one trick pony . Like the stones they played the same three chords for 60 years and just changed the lyrics. They had some good music but it’s not the same . Just like other guitar players there are a lot of great players but playing is one thing . But writing is another the amount of ideas that came out of Page , are unmatched . One more thing about bonzo he didn’t start playing the drums till he was 16 and he was self taught just like Jimmy . He learned an instrument he said by moving his fingers up and down the frets till it made sense to him no wonder he’s so creative. I can play his songs but I can’t write them. Rock on people
Carl what's the history of that guitar? I recognized the Les Paul custom fretboard. But what year is the guitar? Anyway thank you for this lesson very good and most excellent.
I was 16 and this song was sooooo close to being banned. Loved it!
I lived that experience!!
Will you be doing some of Jimmy’s acoustic playing??
Let’s do that down the road. I’d love to. It’s an entirely different universe of sound he creates. If I can build subscribers I’d love to do more!
Hi any chance of boogie mama live solo off song remains the same dvd ? Its gotta be page at his best? Thanks champ 👍
76 was the year zep fan since then.
Great video!! You should have 10X the subscribers!!
Thank you kind sir!!
Led Zeppelin......................... Rules
You are damn good! Great music Forensics ala Rick Beato. LZ is my fav band and I just subs!
Thank you so much!!! I’m really glad to know you like my content. I hope we can build a following and keep it going. I so have many episodes I’d like to get to! Btw...Rick Beato comparison is high praise...he is superb!
@@CarlBaldassarreMusic Thank you ive seen your other LZ breakdowns of the songs and its really informative and a great tutorial.
I can't stand the fact that you know more about led Zeppelin than me... Just kidding I love your channel
Made me smile! Tx
Good job !
The solo: It's a swung r&b riff that would have been kept as swing in the drums but for JPJ reining in Bonzo to keep it rock instead. Wonderful structure and tension pervades the piece, and it has all the hallmarks of the classic. But that's just me.
They say Page is sloppy. But it’s an intentional recklessness. His swing is that he is a little bit off beat, but he always seems to catch up and resolve the chaos at the right moment.
Swinging rock and roll.
You have to bend the D note on the A string out of tune slightly with the open D string to get the real sound.
You should explore the statement that Beethoven's riff in the 5th symphony is like Jimmy's riff.
How great are these rock composers?
Will whole lotta love be around in 200 years?
I’ve thought about doing an episode of all the great classical riffs!
Carl,have you ever seen David Wallimann channel? You Guys look like brothers your just the older looking bro and the first time I seen your channel I thought you were him at a glance.
I know your version of the solo isn’t completely accurate and more based on feel but still sounds good. I just wanted to also state that he kicks the wah on. Listen to it.
Thank you!
Does Page palm mute or deaden the low E at the end of the main riff?
varying degrees of micro muting are ever present.
Have you reacted to The Rover?
It’s on the list!
Didn’t Page play this on his Tele?
I don’t believe so…
Nope, Led Zepp 2 album was recorded with his Les Paul. Led Zepp 1 was recorded with a Tele
Wait a minute!! I thought Zeppelin was heavy metal??? LOL. Obviously I'm being sarcastic. You mention swing a lot and I agree. But I also feel a bit of punk in some of his riffs and licks too. People have said that Zeppelin is the father of metal but I think it may be more true to say the father of punk. What do you think?
Communication Breakdown (1968) is the 1st punk song ever written in my estimation! I agree with you!
Speaking of the song's ambiguous tonal quality, this is reinforced by Robert Plant's singing. Plant's melody uses the third scale degree but he tactfully slides around and in between the G to G# area. Which is one of the many aspects that makes him so hard to imitate.
do since ive been lovin you
Love it!
Yeah, he's good but can he play air guitar?
That’s actually how I started: on a croquet mallet at 5 years old! Then, when I started to actually play a real guitar it was like I was “remembering” how to play not “learning” how to play. It was miraculous!