Yes, absolutely, so many people talked about Plant's vocals, Page's guitar and Bonzo but forget how truly great JPJ really is. One of the greatest all around musicians of the era.
He had the opportunity to be the Choir Master for the Church of England. I stood about 25ft away from him as he played lap steel bass guitar for his Zooma tour.
Digesting what Bonham is doing on this track is pretty unbelievable. He’s playing a polyrhythmic halftime shuffle based on the Purdie shuffle. Basically he’s playing two simultaneously played rhythms accented with intermittent ghost notes. Just insane.
Is insane the latin feel on the bossa-nova piece is on par with some of the best. Yet, Bonham was always in the pocket and among most the best drummers of the time. When great drummers mature ... they're capable of holding down polyrhythms - it's a sense of feel really and the ability to separate hat each limb is doing.
The isolated drum track: ua-cam.com/video/RddCksr-XhY/v-deo.html From reading the comments, there doesn't appear to be a full length isolated drum track out there - most of them just end abruptly at the fast sextuplet fills at the end of the samba section. The guy who made this version copy/pasted from the first part of the song to get it full length for people doing guitar/bass covers. Doesn't detract from listening to what the master was doing during the song though.. In addition, it's this beat, mixed with the Purdie Shuffle and the Bo Diddley beat on the kick drum that Jeff Porcaro melded altogether to get the infamous "Rosana Shuffle" that is the bane of existence for drummers everywhere (myself included), lol
@@PJBonoVox Jeff Pocaro of Toto. He took Purdie's shuffle, John Bonham's Fool In The Rain shuffle, and Bo Diddley's bass drum beat to create the Rosanna half time shuffle.
Amongst drummers, this is often quoted as one of the greatest drum performances of all time. Because of the simplicity and incredible pocket throughout. It just doesn't let off. John Bonham is a legend for us tub thumpers.
Lex "I wish I could be a fly on the wall back in the day at a party where Zeppelin was playing". Sweetheart I am that fly and they were the pinnacle of the party tunes. Either psychedelic or upbeat island mood, and everything in between. All you needed was Zep and all bases were covered.
@@Cosmo-Kramer He was definitely one of the greatest. Any of the drum Gods would say ; there is no-one greatest drummer. Only different styles and those who master them.
@@Cosmo-Kramer Completely untrue. Unfortunately, there are many drummers that are better.. I've played many Led Zeppelin cover songs in 35 years of being in bands. There are many drummers I would not even attempt to try to cover. I can give you a short list if you need examples. Or a long list, just depends on how many examples you need before you prove it to yourself.
My favorite band. But if you think they’ve never had a bad song, then you’ve conveniently blocked out The Crunge which kept Houses of the Holy from being an otherwise PERFECT album.
@@sleggo I agree that's its not my favorite, but if you take into consideration what they were doing then it's a much better song. They stepped into yet another genre of music and gave a little tribute to James brown. Pretty cool. And pretty cool they knew they could do it.
Someone is definitely playing the steel drums. My guess would be John Bonham, although I can't say that definitively. What I can say with any degree of certainty is that it is definitely not a 1970's synthesizer effect. Peace
@@thewizard6077 Sorry, I wasn't meaning that ALL the instrument sounds were from a synthesiser - just that there was more input from Jones and Plant on this album. Bonham and Page were suffering from substance abuse and would often come in late at night to add their parts. Lex had said she could not recognise the source of some of the instrument sounds.
John Paul Jones, the band's bass player, was a classically trained musician. He could play numerous instruments and really added to the range of music that Zepplin could pull off.
I am cracking up because this is the first time I saw Brad smile,and get enthusiastic about a song,lol.Lex is always having a happy little dance party,or rockin out,and Brad is usually seriously analyzing.
So driving off Blackwell hill, 100+ degrees outside, cloudburst directly in front of me. Fool in the rain blasting and thumping on my stereo. The second the whistle blew in the song, I hit the DOWNPOUR! Windows down, stereo kickin my ass, FOOL IN THE RAIN INDEED!!!
that's cool -- but Led Zeppelin themselves enjoyed seeing people dancing to their music at their shows (don't get me wrong tho, your method sounds good too)
I can’t stress enough how much I enjoy watching Lex appreciate Led Zeppelin. They’re one of my all time favorite bands ever. She obviously “gets it.” Your son will have an innate rock & roll understanding. Love you both. 💜
This song was Led Zeppelin's very last Top 40 hit in America. The song peaked at the #21 spot for three weeks in a row in the winter of 1980. At the same time, their album, In Through The Outdoor, went all the way to hit #1 on the Billboard 200 album chart. What a great album indeed!!!
I really am touched by all the love your viewers give Jones and Bonham. Usually people dive right into Page’s guitar or Plant’s voice (rightfully deserved, of course). Any time spent actively listening will reveal Bonham as a master of his art. But your viewers … they highlight quiet, unassuming JPJ as Jack of all trades, master of ALL. He was a true visionary. Thanks, guys.
The late, Jeff Porcaro. Drummer for the group Toto, was inspired by both Bernard Purdie and John Bonham. When he created the drum groove for Toto's song, "Rosanna". That drum groove, is now known as the "Rosanna Shuffle'.
This drum track has been emulated by countless drummers in the years since its release, in my senior year in high school. One of the best drummers ever, showing off.
This song was never performed live by Zeppelin because the group didn't think the sound came off well. The piano was quite necessary in the song, but with John Paul Jones on piano there could be no bass, and the bass is very important in this track. There is also a twelve-string line at one point in the song and the guitar solo that has to be pulled off. The middle section was a whole other issue as well. Jimmy Page used regular distortion on this song, as well as an obscure effect called a called a blue box, which is a fuzz/octave pedal. This fuzzes (or distorts) the guitar, then drops it down two whole octaves. And Bonzo was drumming to a 4/4, a Purdie Shuffle or a Half-Time Shuffle as it is known in music. Love seeing Lex get completely into the vibe of this groove & I actually saw Brad bobing his head in time as well! Great reaction again guys!
Once again Bonham on the drums drives the groove like a beast! One of my favorite Zeppelin songs. The beat is a triplet-feel half time shuffle. A variation of the `Purdie Shuffle/Rosanna groove. ` The middle part is a samba variation. Apparently they were into that then.
In through the out door was Zeps last studio album. They actually sold the album wrapped in a brown paper bag to prove the fans would come out and buy the album. John Paul Jones and Robert Plant did most of the work as Page was struggling with his chemical habit. In the end, it turned out well, but you can hear and observe the lack of Pages influence.
John Bonham was in his deepest throws of alcoholism and cocaine addiction and rarely showed up for scheduled recording this album, Jimmy Page was the same with heroin addiction. But when they were on, this is what you got! Robert Plant and John Paul Jones had dried up and were the only two that showed up everyday.
That's a story that gets retold over and over, so people believe it. It's not true. Look at the album credits -- they say "Produced by Jimmy Page." That means he was there the whole time.
@@chrismiller7754 Did they play all the guitar? Are those all JPJ solos? Nope. Nothing was different on this album as far as Page's contribution. I get so tired of people trying to further the heroin agenda. Most of it comes from Richard Cole, who was fired and decided to write a "tell-all" which is mostly made up.
I have a hard time believing that despite it having been the running rumor forever. If you find the drum outtakes of this which is extremely easy here on UA-cam, just look for Fool In The Rain isolated drum tracks and it sounds NOTHING like a man lost in drugs and alcohol, it sounds pretty fucking amazing. Did Bonham like to drink, oh hell yeah and I am sure he was using to some degree, but this was not a man who had hit rock bottom just yet.
This song reminds me of childhood. They played this one on the radio. It gets play sometimes, but Fool In The Rain doesn't really find its way on the classic rock regular play list. But when I was a kid, it got plenty of time on my transistor radio.
What a joyful reaction. There is something about Led Zeppelin and you lex, even when you're not sure of what's Happening you just seem to have this instinctive understanding of it. I just love that. As a musician, there is just something about their music what are you playing it or listening to it, that is just so dynamic. They put a lot of work into it and everything and then they had a lot of jam and Improv and all that, but each one of them was just so talented and all four of them worked so well together. It was just one of those rare combinations at the right time that was just stellar. I love this one, and yeah the piano plays the main riff throughout. Some point he's added steel drums in there and the whistle and probably other percussion and that middle fast part that Brad was talking about which to me reminds me of you're in Rio de Janeiro in Brazil during one of their festivals or something and it's just chaos but it's all still very rhythmic and very sexy. And then it comes back to that original thing at the end but just gets a little more loose with it, just having fun with it because it's such a great groove. Don't overlook JPJ on bass!
Thank you so much for this reaction!!! My ALL TIME FAVORITE Zeppelin song!! When my kids were litttle, I'd BLAST this on the radio in the car, and I am now playing this for my 2 year old grandson - who'll dance around like a little crazy man when that breakdown sections hits!! Love this - thanks again!
Yes!!! I love you! Finally a reaction to my fave Led Zep song! I can't believe that it took this long for reactors to get to it!... and I'm glad the first for me was from you two, Brad & Lex. Thanks.
My favorite Zep song ever…speaking from a drummer perspective this song has everything…from the tight shuffle beat to the fast tempo Latin beat in the middle and the compression sounding guitar solo. This song hits all the sweet spots 👍
Lex you are truly Born to Rock girl you can tell you're not faking It you've got led Zeppelin in your soul. Brad just don't know what to say brother you got to be the only person on planet Earth that's not a led Zeppelin fan LMAO
You’ll never go wrong with zeppelin my friends. One of the few time where Brad actually seems to be enjoying it and isn’t sitting outside of the principal’s office. ;) for the love of all things holy react to the official video for traveling riverside blues!
Bernard Purdie - he created the now well-known drum pattern Purdie Half-Time Shuffle that is a blues shuffle variation with the addition of syncopated ghost notes on the snare drum. Variations on this shuffle can be heard on songs such as Led Zeppelin's "Fool in the Rain" and Toto's "Rosanna" (Rosanna shuffle). Purdie plays the shuffle on Steely Dan's "Babylon Sisters" and "Home At Last". Check out Rick Beato's video The Bernard Purdie Interview: Steely Dan, Aretha Franklin & "The Purdie Shuffle" ua-cam.com/video/6uusF1iie88/v-deo.html
Brad, you have to understand that zeppelin songs you have to listen more than once to have a veredict and most of times, you can change your opinion about each song from time to time... Zeppelin is an experience, a journey...
My mom isn't the biggest Zeppelin fan, like Brad, but she likes this song. The musicianship is good as usual and Robert Plant's singing is clear and on point. The lyrics are also pretty easy to understand, a guy waiting for a girl, who thinks he's being stood-up but is waiting on the wrong block instead. A simple but well-executed piece of pop perfection.
One of my favourite Zeppelin songs and one that you can't help to totally rock out too while holding on to your beer and wings making sure you don't look the fool (but still helplessly rocking tho) 🤟🤪
Best part about zeppelin songs is you can just HEAR and love the music before even caring about the lyrics. Their diversity makes them so much fun to listen to, and can then hear the lyrics later
Learning how to correctly play this beat was a milestone for me in my career as a semi-professional and later professional drummer. It requires complete four limb Independence, and the ability to lock into a Groove totally. Every drummer alive knows this beat by name oh, and it is commonly intermingled with Jeff Porcaro's Rosanna beat. The basic version of this was introduced by Bernard Purdie while recording with Steely Dan. It is therefore known as the Purdie Shuffle. Jeff Porcaro reportedly took inspiration from both Bernard Purdie and John Bonham to come up with the Rosanna beat. That beat varies from the Purdie Shuffle, And The Fool in the Rain half-time Shuffle in that it incorporates a clave pattern on the bass drum. All exceptionally difficult to play correctly with the correct feel. Tons and tons of ghost notes with your left hand on the snare.
Wow, not only did you play my suggestion (I'm sure others might have also nominated it, but I didn't see it in the comments, so I'm claiming it, lol), but we actually got a semi-thumbs-up from Brad! Progress! Yes, this is the later Zeppelin. (This is from "In Through the Out Door", their last album before John Bonham's death.) I think the only song you'd done since they started giving the albums titles (the first three are just "Led Zeppelin" and the fourth is untitled) was "Kashmir". So their sound had evolved. If you recall, my other suggestion was "Night Flight". I like Zepp when they're bouncy, what can I say?
The drum work is what makes me like this one so much. Plus I appreciate the humor at the end when he realizes he was waiting on the wrong block the whole time he was doubting her.
Bonzo's Magnum Opus, IMHO. the drums, are playing his version of the Purdee half time shuffle. Listen to it, it's just brilliant. but not simple, this is a drum beat few do well.
Brad would like the Zeppelin acoustic classic, "Hey Hey What Can I Do". It's one of their very best songs, about Robert's dilemma over having fallen in love with a prostitute.
This was LED's last album before the passing of Mr. John Bonham. It was like rock died on that day. We also lost Keith Moon back in those days. Of course, there's Neil Peart 's passing more recently. .All extreme influences in rock and roll as well as jazz.
The single song that got me into Zep when I was a kid back in '80. In Thru the Outdoor was pretty cool too since you could water color the album sleeve.
Everyone knows Robert Plant, Jimmy Page and John Bonham, but John Paul Jones was the best musician in the band. He was a musical genius. Besides bass, he was a multi instrumentalist and musical arranger.
I really love late Led Zeppelin stuff and this song has a clinic of drumming by Bonham. One of the big "what if's" for me is what would have happened if Bonham didn't die and Led Zeppelin remained a group in the 80's. To me, this song is a good example of what they could have been in that era of rock.
Thank you!! This is my favorite Zep song. I'm totally with you, Lex, it's impossible not to move with this song! Also, if you like the reggae feel, check out Dread Zeppelin; they're a Zep cover band that does songs reggae-style with an Elvis Pressley impersonator as the lead singer. Just give it a chance. ua-cam.com/video/9pg-IVRSOEQ/v-deo.html
So he thought his girl had stood him up and went through all these emotions....until he realizes it's HIM! He's the one waiting in the wrong place, the wrong block! A fool in the rain.
Brad: "I like it, it's simple!"
John Bonham, drumming in three different time signatures at the same time: "Am I a joke to you?"
Bonham was so great that he made this complex piece sound effortless and simple
had me rolling!!!!
"i need good lyrics" proceeds to miss every line in every song hes ever heard. DUMB🤤🤤
Lol!
Lmao
John Paul Jones, the bassist, keyboardist, mandolinist, and arranger, was Zeppelin's multi-instrumentalist and all around secret weapon, for sure.
Yes, absolutely, so many people talked about Plant's vocals, Page's guitar and Bonzo but forget how truly great JPJ really is. One of the greatest all around musicians of the era.
This album especially. That's why it's not a bunch of guitar tricks and chasing p*ssy.
Jonesie made Zep the most versatile band of all time. Truly the band's secret weapon if you will.
Definitely the unsung hero.
He had the opportunity to be the Choir Master for the Church of England. I stood about 25ft away from him as he played lap steel bass guitar for his Zooma tour.
Digesting what Bonham is doing on this track is pretty unbelievable. He’s playing a polyrhythmic halftime shuffle based on the Purdie shuffle. Basically he’s playing two simultaneously played rhythms accented with intermittent ghost notes. Just insane.
Is insane the latin feel on the bossa-nova piece is on par with some of the best. Yet, Bonham was always in the pocket and among most the best drummers of the time.
When great drummers mature ... they're capable of holding down polyrhythms - it's a sense of feel really and the ability to separate hat each limb is doing.
The isolated drum track: ua-cam.com/video/RddCksr-XhY/v-deo.html From reading the comments, there doesn't appear to be a full length isolated drum track out there - most of them just end abruptly at the fast sextuplet fills at the end of the samba section. The guy who made this version copy/pasted from the first part of the song to get it full length for people doing guitar/bass covers. Doesn't detract from listening to what the master was doing during the song though.. In addition, it's this beat, mixed with the Purdie Shuffle and the Bo Diddley beat on the kick drum that Jeff Porcaro melded altogether to get the infamous "Rosana Shuffle" that is the bane of existence for drummers everywhere (myself included), lol
It's not WHAT he's playing, it's how he's playing it. Lots of folks can do it in their sleep but no-one I've ever heard can make it sound like this.
Bernard Purdie did it on Home At Last , Steely Dan
@@PJBonoVox Jeff Pocaro of Toto. He took Purdie's shuffle, John Bonham's Fool In The Rain shuffle, and Bo Diddley's bass drum beat to create the Rosanna half time shuffle.
John Bonham really shines on this track. Incredible drumming
Once in a lifetime talent
Every track. There are only a few in my opinion where his talents aren't in full display
Variant of purdie shuffle
The reason I love this song is because of Bonham's drumming. Absolutely superb.
Nothing simple about this song Brad
Amongst drummers, this is often quoted as one of the greatest drum performances of all time. Because of the simplicity and incredible pocket throughout. It just doesn't let off. John Bonham is a legend for us tub thumpers.
The Purdie shuffle!
@@_Billy_Pilgrim It's more than that. The open hi-hat took this groove to the next level.
It's what Bonzo didn't do is what makes him the best drummer ever 🥁🥁🥁🥁❤️
Can you do Achilles Last stand?
Simple????
John Bonham's drums in this song are phenomenal.
Purdie Shuffle
Yeah.. all 3 sets of them 😬
Is all of that island sound him? Amazing
Lex "I wish I could be a fly on the wall back in the day at a party where Zeppelin was playing". Sweetheart I am that fly and they were the pinnacle of the party tunes. Either psychedelic or upbeat island mood, and everything in between. All you needed was Zep and all bases were covered.
This iconic piece of drumming by John Bonham is considered one of the best drum tracks of all-time by us drummers/ percussionist
THE best!
Bonzo was the greatest, and this is my 2nd favorite drum performance of his, following only, "Kashmir'.
@@Cosmo-Kramer
He was definitely one of the greatest. Any of the drum Gods would say ; there is no-one greatest drummer. Only different styles and those who master them.
@@mapexzildjian6361 They have to say that out of humility. But that doesn't make it true. Bonzo was the best, period.
@@Cosmo-Kramer
Completely untrue. Unfortunately, there are many drummers that are better.. I've played many Led Zeppelin cover songs in 35 years of being in bands.
There are many drummers I would not even attempt to try to cover. I can give you a short list if you need examples. Or a long list, just depends on how many examples you need before you prove it to yourself.
John Bonham is killing it on this track.
Finally!!!! This is my favorite Zeppelin song, it just grooves so hard.
My favorite too!
Oh yeah, as good a groove as ever been recorded.
Mine too!
Hard to choose a favorite Zeppelin song, HOWEVER, this one actually IS the best 😀
Led Zeppelin has so many different sounding songs and I love them all
The greatest rock band of all time!
Lex loves Led Zeppelin and wants so bad for Brad to find his way!
Dude says he won’t let her play zeppelin in the house. Lex should dump that loser.
I feel her angst too, lol
Lex is moving to the half time shuffle. Brad doesn’t get it.
@@nicholasprotz4297 EXACTLY FORGET THAT FOOL LEX MAKES ME LAUGH SHE'S CUTE AS HELL
Brad couldn't find his way with a compass, a map, military grade gps, a floodlight and a tibetan mountain guide.
The beginning is piano. John Paul Jones, Led Zepp’s utility infielder and bassist.
Get it Lexy! You just can't sit still to this song. I swear, they never released a bad song, much less a bad album. One of the best bands ever.
THE best!
@@juliemanarin4127 Personally, I couldn't agree more. I was just leaving room for other opinions.
My favorite band. But if you think they’ve never had a bad song, then you’ve conveniently blocked out The Crunge which kept Houses of the Holy from being an otherwise PERFECT album.
@@sleggo I still wouldn't call it a bad song. Not their best work, but you can't always hit homeruns.
@@sleggo I agree that's its not my favorite, but if you take into consideration what they were doing then it's a much better song. They stepped into yet another genre of music and gave a little tribute to James brown. Pretty cool. And pretty cool they knew they could do it.
Brilliance. Pure brilliance. Bonham at his best. RIP legend.
The fast part is like a Brazilian samba. John Paul Jones played his synthesiser a lot on this album. That accounts for the different 'instruments'.
Someone is definitely playing the steel drums. My guess would be John Bonham, although I can't say that definitively. What I can say with any degree of certainty is that it is definitely not a 1970's synthesizer effect.
Peace
@@thewizard6077 Sorry, I wasn't meaning that ALL the instrument sounds were from a synthesiser - just that there was more input from Jones and Plant on this album. Bonham and Page were suffering from substance abuse and would often come in late at night to add their parts. Lex had said she could not recognise the source of some of the instrument sounds.
@@heliotropezzz333 As far as I remember, this album has been considered almost as John Paul Jones' solo album, for example by some music journalists.
John Paul Jones, the band's bass player, was a classically trained musician. He could play numerous instruments and really added to the range of music that Zepplin could pull off.
Lex: seven layers please
Brad: if it’s more than one layer, I need a diaper change.
He would love listening to a child play a shoebox
Brad is ridiculously jealous of RP
What music does this guy listen to?
This song's structure is so complicated they pulled it off as simple. A true masterpiece, I think of my wife everytime I hear this song!
Brad & Lex, great bands like Led Zep evolve over time. You've done over 24 reactions of theirs. Keep on rockin' !
The underrated John Paul Jones does the keyboard and piano parts.
I am cracking up because this is the first time I saw Brad smile,and get enthusiastic about a song,lol.Lex is always having a happy little dance party,or rockin out,and Brad is usually seriously analyzing.
You guys should react to…
Led Zeppelin - Babe I'm Gonna Leave You
🎸🤘
This is so 🔥🔥🔥
I'm an audiophile & this is as great of a vibe as has ever been recorded. Many deep Zepp fans fav!
Adding layers is how song writing works.
So driving off Blackwell hill, 100+ degrees outside, cloudburst directly in front of me. Fool in the rain blasting and thumping on my stereo. The second the whistle blew in the song, I hit the DOWNPOUR! Windows down, stereo kickin my ass, FOOL IN THE RAIN INDEED!!!
When Zeppelin was playing, we weren’t dancing, we were laid back listening. Some were stoned, others just having a beer and listening.
Speak for yourself. We danced our asses off
@@Bear78420 I was speaking for myself and my friends.
Yep! That's how I remember it 😉
that's cool -- but Led Zeppelin themselves enjoyed seeing people dancing to their music at their shows (don't get me wrong tho, your method sounds good too)
@@andrehb Well, I’m sure they did. Every performer wants the audience engaged. It just so happens, that’s not what happened with my friends.
GREATEST ROCK BAND of ALL TIME.
I can’t stress enough how much I enjoy watching Lex appreciate Led Zeppelin. They’re one of my all time favorite bands ever. She obviously “gets it.” Your son will have an innate rock & roll understanding. Love you both. 💜
This song was Led Zeppelin's very last Top 40 hit in America. The song peaked at the #21 spot for three weeks in a row in the winter of 1980. At the same time, their album, In Through The Outdoor, went all the way to hit #1 on the Billboard 200 album chart. What a great album indeed!!!
I really am touched by all the love your viewers give Jones and Bonham. Usually people dive right into Page’s guitar or Plant’s voice (rightfully deserved, of course). Any time spent actively listening will reveal Bonham as a master of his art. But your viewers … they highlight quiet, unassuming JPJ as Jack of all trades, master of ALL. He was a true visionary. Thanks, guys.
The late, Jeff Porcaro. Drummer for the group Toto, was inspired by both Bernard Purdie and John Bonham. When he created the drum groove for Toto's song, "Rosanna". That drum groove, is now known as the "Rosanna Shuffle'.
This has always been one of my favourites by them. They have such a variety of sounds from song to song.
John Bonham is incredible on this track, he really shines
This drum track has been emulated by countless drummers in the years since its release, in my senior year in high school. One of the best drummers ever, showing off.
My god Lex is the greatest thing to watch. One of life’s beautiful ladies I’ve not seen in a long while.
Keep listening to the mighty, mighty Led Zeppelin Lex!!! He'll get it one of these days...👍❤🤙
Gosh-o-mighty is there no end to the Zeppelin catalog!
This song was never performed live by Zeppelin because the group didn't think the sound came off well. The piano was quite necessary in the song, but with John Paul Jones on piano there could be no bass, and the bass is very important in this track. There is also a twelve-string line at one point in the song and the guitar solo that has to be pulled off. The middle section was a whole other issue as well.
Jimmy Page used regular distortion on this song, as well as an obscure effect called a called a blue box, which is a fuzz/octave pedal. This fuzzes (or distorts) the guitar, then drops it down two whole octaves. And Bonzo was drumming to a 4/4, a Purdie Shuffle or a Half-Time Shuffle as it is known in music. Love seeing Lex get completely into the vibe of this groove & I actually saw Brad bobing his head in time as well! Great reaction again guys!
They played Kashmir live.
Jonesy played a Melotron and synth during those.
Once again Bonham on the drums drives the groove like a beast! One of my favorite Zeppelin songs. The beat is a triplet-feel half time shuffle. A variation of the `Purdie Shuffle/Rosanna groove. ` The middle part is a samba variation. Apparently they were into that then.
John Paul Jones could play anything.
In through the out door was Zeps last studio album. They actually sold the album wrapped in a brown paper bag to prove the fans would come out and buy the album.
John Paul Jones and Robert Plant did most of the work as Page was struggling with his chemical habit. In the end, it turned out well, but you can hear and observe the lack of Pages influence.
Glad y'all liked it, one of my favorite Led Zep sound. Think you'd like another one of my favorites D'YER MAK'ER as in Jamaica.
John Bonham was in his deepest throws of alcoholism and cocaine addiction and rarely showed up for scheduled recording this album, Jimmy Page was the same with heroin addiction. But when they were on, this is what you got! Robert Plant and John Paul Jones had dried up and were the only two that showed up everyday.
That's a story that gets retold over and over, so people believe it. It's not true. Look at the album credits -- they say "Produced by Jimmy Page." That means he was there the whole time.
They were magnificent...no matter what!
@@TheKitchenerLeslie True.....Plant and Jones did some great writing on this album, though...with a fine result.
@@chrismiller7754 Did they play all the guitar? Are those all JPJ solos? Nope. Nothing was different on this album as far as Page's contribution. I get so tired of people trying to further the heroin agenda. Most of it comes from Richard Cole, who was fired and decided to write a "tell-all" which is mostly made up.
I have a hard time believing that despite it having been the running rumor forever. If you find the drum outtakes of this which is extremely easy here on UA-cam, just look for Fool In The Rain isolated drum tracks and it sounds NOTHING like a man lost in drugs and alcohol, it sounds pretty fucking amazing. Did Bonham like to drink, oh hell yeah and I am sure he was using to some degree, but this was not a man who had hit rock bottom just yet.
This song reminds me of childhood. They played this one on the radio. It gets play sometimes, but Fool In The Rain doesn't really find its way on the classic rock regular play list. But when I was a kid, it got plenty of time on my transistor radio.
What a joyful reaction. There is something about Led Zeppelin and you lex, even when you're not sure of what's Happening you just seem to have this instinctive understanding of it. I just love that. As a musician, there is just something about their music what are you playing it or listening to it, that is just so dynamic. They put a lot of work into it and everything and then they had a lot of jam and Improv and all that, but each one of them was just so talented and all four of them worked so well together. It was just one of those rare combinations at the right time that was just stellar. I love this one, and yeah the piano plays the main riff throughout. Some point he's added steel drums in there and the whistle and probably other percussion and that middle fast part that Brad was talking about which to me reminds me of you're in Rio de Janeiro in Brazil during one of their festivals or something and it's just chaos but it's all still very rhythmic and very sexy. And then it comes back to that original thing at the end but just gets a little more loose with it, just having fun with it because it's such a great groove. Don't overlook JPJ on bass!
Most versatile band ever. They covered so many different genres.
This is my favorite Zeppelin song. Robert Plant's voice really makes you feel what he's conveying.
Thank you so much for this reaction!!! My ALL TIME FAVORITE Zeppelin song!! When my kids were litttle, I'd BLAST this on the radio in the car, and I am now playing this for my 2 year old grandson - who'll dance around like a little crazy man when that breakdown sections hits!! Love this - thanks again!
Yes!!! I love you! Finally a reaction to my fave Led Zep song! I can't believe that it took this long for reactors to get to it!... and I'm glad the first for me was from you two, Brad & Lex. Thanks.
My favorite Zep song ever…speaking from a drummer perspective this song has everything…from the tight shuffle beat to the fast tempo Latin beat in the middle and the compression sounding guitar solo. This song hits all the sweet spots 👍
Lex you are truly Born to Rock girl you can tell you're not faking It you've got led Zeppelin in your soul. Brad just don't know what to say brother you got to be the only person on planet Earth that's not a led Zeppelin fan LMAO
You’ll never go wrong with zeppelin my friends. One of the few time where Brad actually seems to be enjoying it and isn’t sitting outside of the principal’s office. ;) for the love of all things holy react to the official video for traveling riverside blues!
Bernard Purdie - he created the now well-known drum pattern Purdie Half-Time Shuffle that is a blues shuffle variation with the addition of syncopated ghost notes on the snare drum. Variations on this shuffle can be heard on songs such as Led Zeppelin's "Fool in the Rain" and Toto's "Rosanna" (Rosanna shuffle). Purdie plays the shuffle on Steely Dan's "Babylon Sisters" and "Home At Last".
Check out Rick Beato's video
The Bernard Purdie Interview: Steely Dan, Aretha Franklin & "The Purdie Shuffle"
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I tried for soooooooooo long to get this played...
Thanks everyone for voting this one through.
This song is one of my favorite Zeppelin songs. No matter where I am, if I hear this song I start dancing.
Brad, you have to understand that zeppelin songs you have to listen more than once to have a veredict and most of times, you can change your opinion about each song from time to time...
Zeppelin is an experience, a journey...
Seems like brad dosn't like "experience" or "sonic journey" type of music. Shame really.
Lex, it is a treat to watch you get so excited on the music I grew up on! I felt the same way when I first heard this one.
You can tell Lex was an instant fan from the first time they reacted to Whole Lotta Love 😘
My mom isn't the biggest Zeppelin fan, like Brad, but she likes this song. The musicianship is good as usual and Robert Plant's singing is clear and on point. The lyrics are also pretty easy to understand, a guy waiting for a girl, who thinks he's being stood-up but is waiting on the wrong block instead. A simple but well-executed piece of pop perfection.
One of my favourite Zeppelin songs and one that you can't help to totally rock out too while holding on to your beer and wings making sure you don't look the fool (but still helplessly rocking tho) 🤟🤪
This is my fav Zep, thank you guys!
I would LOVE to see your reaction to Zeppelin's The Rain Song. One of my favorites, and very mellow.
Best part about zeppelin songs is you can just HEAR and love the music before even caring about the lyrics. Their diversity makes them so much fun to listen to, and can then hear the lyrics later
One of the best drum licks ever. Glad you guys broke the Led out!
The best drumming I have ever heard.
This is my favorite Led Zep song, by far. Nice reaction guys.
My all time favourite Zep track , just brilliant
Learning how to correctly play this beat was a milestone for me in my career as a semi-professional and later professional drummer. It requires complete four limb Independence, and the ability to lock into a Groove totally. Every drummer alive knows this beat by name oh, and it is commonly intermingled with Jeff Porcaro's Rosanna beat. The basic version of this was introduced by Bernard Purdie while recording with Steely Dan. It is therefore known as the Purdie Shuffle. Jeff Porcaro reportedly took inspiration from both Bernard Purdie and John Bonham to come up with the Rosanna beat. That beat varies from the Purdie Shuffle, And The Fool in the Rain half-time Shuffle in that it incorporates a clave pattern on the bass drum. All exceptionally difficult to play correctly with the correct feel. Tons and tons of ghost notes with your left hand on the snare.
Wow, not only did you play my suggestion (I'm sure others might have also nominated it, but I didn't see it in the comments, so I'm claiming it, lol), but we actually got a semi-thumbs-up from Brad! Progress!
Yes, this is the later Zeppelin. (This is from "In Through the Out Door", their last album before John Bonham's death.) I think the only song you'd done since they started giving the albums titles (the first three are just "Led Zeppelin" and the fourth is untitled) was "Kashmir". So their sound had evolved.
If you recall, my other suggestion was "Night Flight". I like Zepp when they're bouncy, what can I say?
I purely enjoy watchin' y'all react to the music that rattled my chains back when I was your age or younger. Please just keep on keepin' on!
The drum work is what makes me like this one so much. Plus I appreciate the humor at the end when he realizes he was waiting on the wrong block the whole time he was doubting her.
Love this song . Some really good lyrics and drumming
Lex is literally the cutest thing ever
I just love the way Page comes in with don’t forget about me guitar piece. So good. Bonham super percussion.
Bonzo's Magnum Opus, IMHO. the drums, are playing his version of the Purdee half time shuffle. Listen to it, it's just brilliant. but not simple, this is a drum beat few do well.
Brad would like the Zeppelin acoustic classic, "Hey Hey What Can I Do". It's one of their very best songs, about Robert's dilemma over having fallen in love with a prostitute.
That song is so relatable. I know we've all been through that once or twice.
@@retromania8269 Oh, at least.
"Going to California" is the one I relate to.
@@jefflast9489 That's another one, no doubt.
@@Cosmo-Kramer My favorites are "The Rain Song" and "Ten Years Gone"
The drum solo, the come up and guitar solo….. Magic, mind blowing, unbeatable, genius, timeless and masterpiece.
John Paul Jones knows all the instruments created ever.😊
LOL! I keep catching myself mimicking Lex's moves! Your enthusiasm is contagious!
Great song
This was LED's last album before the passing of Mr. John Bonham. It was like rock died on that day. We also lost Keith Moon back in those days. Of course, there's Neil Peart 's passing more recently. .All extreme influences in rock and roll as well as jazz.
The single song that got me into Zep when I was a kid back in '80. In Thru the Outdoor was pretty cool too since you could water color the album sleeve.
Robert Plant pn vocals
Jimmy Page - electric and acoustic guitars
John Bonham - Drums and percussion
John Paul Jones - Piano and bass
It's Zepplin - Brad has no choice but to like them 🤷♂️😃💖
One of the many amazing aspects of the Band is the variety of sounds. Folk, Hard Rock, Ballads, Disco, Funk..... Epic
Everyone knows Robert Plant, Jimmy Page and John Bonham, but John Paul Jones was the best musician in the band. He was a musical genius. Besides bass, he was a multi instrumentalist and musical arranger.
“Actually wasn’t bad” is the best review I’ve heard from him. Your ears are broke dude
One can only imagine what could’ve been!
Rest In Peace John Bonham. 🙏🏼
You are still leaving a lot of great Led Zep songs unheard. Nobody's Fault But Mine. Wanton Song. Hats Off to Roy Harper. Out on the Tiles.
Great song. One of their best. 👍❤️🇨🇦
I really love late Led Zeppelin stuff and this song has a clinic of drumming by Bonham. One of the big "what if's" for me is what would have happened if Bonham didn't die and Led Zeppelin remained a group in the 80's. To me, this song is a good example of what they could have been in that era of rock.
Thank you!! This is my favorite Zep song. I'm totally with you, Lex, it's impossible not to move with this song! Also, if you like the reggae feel, check out Dread Zeppelin; they're a Zep cover band that does songs reggae-style with an Elvis Pressley impersonator as the lead singer. Just give it a chance. ua-cam.com/video/9pg-IVRSOEQ/v-deo.html
Led Zeppelin - "Friends / Celebration day "is a good combo to checkout..you must listen to them both one after the other
Good track. never really cared about all of my love or in the evening but this song is the best on the album. Just sounds so cool and nice.
The isolated drum track on this is just amazing.
We'll make a Zeppelin fan out of you yet Brad,,,,💥💥💥👍😎
So he thought his girl had stood him up and went through all these emotions....until he realizes it's HIM! He's the one waiting in the wrong place, the wrong block! A fool in the rain.