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  • @AnthonyRenzulli
    @AnthonyRenzulli Рік тому +458

    John Bonham mixed himself and he did it while performing. He also knew how to tune his drums and how to hit them. Then, there is his playing and creativity. This video touches on all of that and we are all fortunate to hear it. It also showcases his love for Bernard Purdie.
    I like to think he's up there with Jeff Beck making a whole lotta sound.
    Long live BONZO 🙏🥁🎶

    • @jaggass
      @jaggass Рік тому +11

      Some say when you see lightning and hear thunder that's just Keith Moon blowing stuff up.

    • @paradisepipeco
      @paradisepipeco Рік тому +3

      @@jaggass I feel bad now that I told my drummer he couldn't crash at my house. I told him to work the high hat. After all, it worked for Abraham Lincoln.

    • @D_sull93
      @D_sull93 Рік тому +3

      great drummer but he def didnt play anything soft so its hard to say he mixed himself. What he did was play everything wih the same consistency and power. Alot of drummers dont play that hard

    • @HueyRocks23
      @HueyRocks23 Рік тому +1

      Along with Screaming Lord Sutch

    • @commonhuman6327
      @commonhuman6327 Рік тому +2

      John was the heart beat and back drop of LZ. One mistake can kill you.Timing makes or brakes everyone.
      ,

  • @thomasdixon3235
    @thomasdixon3235 6 років тому +9386

    And he does this without even looking like he's moving in the video.

    • @tontoepstein6860
      @tontoepstein6860 5 років тому +256

      That's the most amazing part of it.

    • @jokkergar
      @jokkergar 5 років тому +310

      @@evening4092 Are you a downie?

    • @safwannizam2932
      @safwannizam2932 5 років тому +59

      ANIM it was a joke

    • @richardmcnally2056
      @richardmcnally2056 5 років тому +20

      I can see him hittin’- u wouldn’t be hearing anything if he wasn’t whackin’ - what’s wrong with you dude’s?

    • @harrydennis2922
      @harrydennis2922 5 років тому +12

      No, but you are for falling for that bait.

  • @artysanmobile
    @artysanmobile 4 роки тому +3292

    Truly one-in-a-million talent. The rest of the band made the perfect decision to just stop when they lost him. There’s just no replacing that.

    • @TomUK7
      @TomUK7 4 роки тому +103

      I was literally just thinking this. Listening to this track makes me understand much better why they decided not to continue without him.

    • @american_warrior724
      @american_warrior724 4 роки тому +27

      They must've been really good friends

    • @artysanmobile
      @artysanmobile 4 роки тому +73

      American_Warrior Robert Plant and John Bonham were very close friends outside of the band.

    • @jeffeffinggluck
      @jeffeffinggluck 4 роки тому +29

      same with Beastie Boys when Adam died.

    • @MrAvocado575
      @MrAvocado575 4 роки тому +38

      Same when Freddie died. Oh wait....

  • @Ash_Hudson
    @Ash_Hudson 3 роки тому +1849

    That "faahkin 'ell" is one of the most English things I've ever heard.

  • @chrishinton9209
    @chrishinton9209 Рік тому +116

    Them ghost notes are still haunting the studio to this day!!

    • @paradisepipeco
      @paradisepipeco 3 місяці тому +2

      *_"I ain't afraid of no ghost."_*
      ~~ Remo Ludwig McTubtrasher

  • @lou5007
    @lou5007 4 роки тому +728

    “FUHKIN HELL”
    “ʷʰᵃᵗ ᵗʰᵉ ʰᵉˡˡ’ˢ ᵍᵒᶦⁿᵍ ᵒⁿˀˀ”

    • @sk8taway
      @sk8taway 4 роки тому +20

      Lou ONE, TWORRA

    • @mattmeberg3382
      @mattmeberg3382 4 роки тому +46

      “One.........T One TWOOWA One, two, One two tweee fo”

    • @MusicArteTux
      @MusicArteTux 4 роки тому +3

      you mean funking hell

    • @augustoarganaras7955
      @augustoarganaras7955 4 роки тому

      thanks for the subtitles bitch

    • @sutterismine
      @sutterismine 4 роки тому +3

      @@augustoarganaras7955 Ouchy Wouchy Someone's Grouchy

  • @MrVesimelooni
    @MrVesimelooni 4 роки тому +2445

    Everytime I try to play this, I can get to the "Fahkin' Hell" part. It's all down hill from there

    • @deansley174
      @deansley174 4 роки тому +17

      🤣

    • @MrSpawnlord
      @MrSpawnlord 4 роки тому +11

      ...brilliant

    • @avbhayes
      @avbhayes 3 роки тому +12

      MrVesimelooni I just cried with laughter out loud with your comment! Too funny. Cheers

    • @LuzMaria95
      @LuzMaria95 3 роки тому +3

      😂😂😂😂😂

    • @gregdana6754
      @gregdana6754 3 роки тому +19

      That sound like Plant in the booth after Bonzo "...the hell'z going on???"
      ....lol

  • @feef2991
    @feef2991 3 роки тому +326

    You know he’s iconic when you forget how the song goes and instantly remember it just from the drum track.

    • @DG-sf9ei
      @DG-sf9ei Рік тому +8

      4.1 million and rising views of nothing but drums for several minutes......only John Bonham

    • @jonathang23956
      @jonathang23956 4 місяці тому

      How can you remember fool in the rain!

  • @MdhLV
    @MdhLV Рік тому +234

    Drummers know how difficult this song is to master. Took me years and many hours trying over and over to come even close. The ghost notes he does. The kick dynamics. The high hat dynamics. It's unreal

    • @johnanthony4475
      @johnanthony4475 Рік тому +15

      Being able to play this groove is definitely a right of passage.

    • @IAmInfinitus208
      @IAmInfinitus208 10 місяців тому +15

      ​@johnanthony4475 Even the Rosanna shuffle too. Bonzo and Porcaro are crazy good!

    • @jeffjefferson8137
      @jeffjefferson8137 10 місяців тому +1

      i’ve been playing for about six years. i can play it, not great, but it will never even come close to how perfect it sounds with bonham playing

    • @ront769
      @ront769 9 місяців тому +3

      Unreal is right. My first time hearing the isolated drum track. The beat was mesmerizing and the long snare run was incredible. I'll never forget what I think I just heard!

    • @t-bone2019
      @t-bone2019 8 місяців тому +7

      And that thunder foot of the bass pedal! He was amazing!

  • @hippasusofmetapontum6447
    @hippasusofmetapontum6447 5 років тому +2747

    It is said that atomic clocks in the International Space Station get their tempo from Bonzo

    • @tune7333
      @tune7333 5 років тому +18

      ha ha doubt it ..he speeds a up a smidge on the bell....but who cares..its still perfection

    • @Luckzzz
      @Luckzzz 5 років тому +14

      @notyuu Except nobody knows this loser. He plays shitty music.. I love metal but he and his band are shit , sorry. My opinion, peace! :)

    • @brooksward6406
      @brooksward6406 5 років тому +26

      AngryKoala Insane are you joking?

    • @Henry-uv9xu
      @Henry-uv9xu 5 років тому +3

      Marshall Ward trolling

    • @silkcustoms520
      @silkcustoms520 5 років тому +4

      This is how Bad John Bonham was.
      *** Jeff Porcaro who is one of my all time favorite Drummers took the Beat from “Fool in the Rain” to create his Drum Beat and Fills on “Rosanna”
      Cool Video !
      ua-cam.com/video/NMI81yIlT0Q/v-deo.html

  • @kewkabe
    @kewkabe 4 роки тому +1707

    The sound engineer deserves as much credit as Bonham... nobody was able to capture a monster drum sound like that until Zeppelin.

    • @keeleye7225
      @keeleye7225 4 роки тому +136

      YES, thank you. Recording technique of heavy rock of this kind was still in its infancy, so the engineers really treading new ground here.

    • @campcrafter4613
      @campcrafter4613 4 роки тому +176

      That would primarily be Page. I have read a few interviews where he talks about it. mic placement for depth and fullness etc.

    • @matthewstephens6848
      @matthewstephens6848 4 роки тому +60

      The Beatles should get a mention too I think. I'm sure they were the first to close mic every drum.

    • @jordoncollins1332
      @jordoncollins1332 4 роки тому +89

      That would be Mr. Jimmy Page. Brilliant as a sound guy, and should be known as much, if not more so, for his groundbreaking studio micing and record my techniques he developed than his riffs and music. JP even went so far as to use a different sound engineer on each of the first several albums, so that it couldn’t be mistaken who was really responsible for the “Zeppelin Sound” - JP of course.

    • @mikebro341
      @mikebro341 4 роки тому +27

      Jimmy Page was never a sound engineer! Although he was the producer on this record. Leif Mases was the sound engineer.

  • @DPK99ATown
    @DPK99ATown 3 роки тому +591

    Amazing he’s able to drum so well without even moving. Now that’s a drummer!

    • @DG-sf9ei
      @DG-sf9ei Рік тому +12

      Bonham's execution was more trick than the video tape speed at the time.... so all we're fortunate enough to see is a blurred still shot.

    • @nvrmnd405
      @nvrmnd405 Рік тому +2

      Not like drummers of nowadays

    • @rocknroll5941
      @rocknroll5941 Рік тому +1

      I made an Isolated Drum track of The Rover and of you could check it out, that would be so great

    • @yuothineyesasian
      @yuothineyesasian Рік тому +17

      Moving is overrated.

    • @DPK99ATown
      @DPK99ATown Рік тому

      @@yuothineyesasian for sure. Why move when you dont have to?

  • @niceworkmicrosoft
    @niceworkmicrosoft 5 років тому +644

    The heartbeat of Led Zeppelin :)

  • @NicoleKrawczyk
    @NicoleKrawczyk 4 роки тому +680

    I somehow think Bonzo would appreciate the fact that the isolated drums to one of his best performances- where people of the future go to to admire his legacy -start with FAH-KIN 'ELL!

    • @ChemBustaRhymes
      @ChemBustaRhymes 3 роки тому +3

      I am not sure he would appreciate that fact, that I love to listen to his drums, but can't stand Led Zeppelin at all :)

    • @davidb5173
      @davidb5173 3 роки тому +34

      Chem Busta Rhymes aren’t you a hipster

    • @joekurtz8303
      @joekurtz8303 3 роки тому +5

      🥁 M A C H I N E. 🥁

    • @sharinganchidori100
      @sharinganchidori100 3 роки тому +10

      @@ChemBustaRhymes you dont like zep and yet here you are. Stfu and piss off mate. Bonzo would indeed have found it funny and probably wouldn't of liked you already.

  • @colinstewart7123
    @colinstewart7123 2 роки тому +525

    Not many people get just how technically accomplished this guy was. Metronomic timing, rimshots for fun and a 32 measure single stroke roll like it's nothing 👌

    • @foto21
      @foto21 2 роки тому +53

      I'm amazed how greasy funky his beats are, and how far off the beat he can roam with the snare, seemingly at leisure, until the moment he needs to land back on the money and he always does. He does this regularly inside of measures. It's fricking nuts.

    • @beanzburriton4263
      @beanzburriton4263 Рік тому +34

      funny thing is, he doesn't know anyof that stuff, he plays by ear and by feel, the best way to learn is to get that damn sound to come out of your head

    • @kalebsawyer9020
      @kalebsawyer9020 Рік тому +23

      @@beanzburriton4263 Exactly. If you asked him we would say “I’m just playing the drums”

    • @josephramone5805
      @josephramone5805 Рік тому +7

      Not many people?! What are you talking about? He's widely considered the greatest rock drummer of all-time. With all due respect, but you must have been living in a cave for the past 50 years!

    • @Lastofthefreenames
      @Lastofthefreenames Рік тому +10

      @@josephramone5805 What I think he means is that even though many people know him as the best, they can't appreciate why he is the best.

  • @oompaloompadoompa-de-doo3614
    @oompaloompadoompa-de-doo3614 7 місяців тому +35

    The fact that he’s deep in his alcoholism at this point so there’s a good chance he’s either hungover or a little drunk during this just makes it that more disturbing how freakishly good the man was

  • @bennito2463
    @bennito2463 5 років тому +3202

    Who else finds this extremely satisfying

  • @InScienceITrust
    @InScienceITrust 7 років тому +1517

    Bonham's drum rhythm is a song
    all its own.

    • @kennethbaldonado4348
      @kennethbaldonado4348 6 років тому +10

      In Science I Trust 🤘🏼

    • @jamesmcginnis9446
      @jamesmcginnis9446 6 років тому

      In Science I Trust 😎 definitely maybe .time tells all .

    • @andrewjackson5704
      @andrewjackson5704 6 років тому

      In Science I Trust That it is.Just learnt to play it a true work of art

    • @terryurquhart2413
      @terryurquhart2413 6 років тому

      In Science I Trust n

    • @terryurquhart2413
      @terryurquhart2413 6 років тому +4

      This is absolutely brilliant ... I love these isolated tracks ......
      How do these guys make these up ..?.. Genius !

  • @poopnukem4079
    @poopnukem4079 Рік тому +89

    People don't talk about Bonham's left foot enough - listen to the fill at 1:35 and onwards while he's playing the ride pattern , masterful timekeeping. He made the simplest things sound so musical.

    • @colinbrown3314
      @colinbrown3314 Рік тому +16

      His left foot is what separated him from 90% of drummers. Unbelievable time keeper.

    • @argentsilver928
      @argentsilver928 Рік тому +8

      Wow that’s a great observation. I’ve listened to this song and this isolated track a million times actually haven’t noticed that. Pretty incredible he was able to do that

    • @Jonathan_Doe_
      @Jonathan_Doe_ 9 місяців тому +1

      The rides overdubbed on the chorus. Listen to the snare, there’s flams gone by on that would be impossible given the ride hits… I think Bonham did work out the independence to play triplets on the ride and left foot hi hats on 1234 to play it live though.

    • @Giantcrabz
      @Giantcrabz 8 місяців тому

      The eye of the storm hi hat is my fav

    • @user-dx1be3ol5y
      @user-dx1be3ol5y 8 місяців тому

      🎉

  • @SPGRAMPA1
    @SPGRAMPA1 3 роки тому +663

    That drum line is so sick I’m shocked nobody’s every sampled it

    • @wouterhumme3051
      @wouterhumme3051 3 роки тому +101

      Rosanna by TOTO is heavily influenced by this ;) there's a video of the drummer explaining how he used and combined it, very awesome, look it up ;)

    • @wouterhumme3051
      @wouterhumme3051 3 роки тому +2

      ua-cam.com/video/NMI81yIlT0Q/v-deo.html

    • @crystalearth33
      @crystalearth33 2 роки тому +4

      My favorite part of this song

    • @thomasnelson5758
      @thomasnelson5758 2 роки тому +46

      @@wouterhumme3051 Yup, combined it with Bernard Purdie's Purdie Shuffle used on Steely Dan's 'Babylon Sisters', three great songs inextricably linked by virtuosic drumming

    • @foto21
      @foto21 2 роки тому +13

      I would bet this has been sampled, it's just been slowed down or reworked so much, it isn't quite identifiable. I would bet the fills/transitions have been sampled. Then again, sampled music has its limits, and Bonham is a shining example of the virtue of a human drummer in your band. If you've got a drummer like this, and you can't get it done, something is wrong with you. This guy has got the entire audience grooving before anyone even plays or sings a note.

  • @frslas
    @frslas 5 років тому +1350

    Bonham and Jones, the secret weapons of Led Zep.

    • @seifbensalah4574
      @seifbensalah4574 5 років тому +80

      They are all some powerful weapons. You can't beat led zeppelin at anything.

    • @paintednumbers4713
      @paintednumbers4713 5 років тому +20

      I was wanting to learn to play Rosanna then watched Porcaro explain where he got the main lick from. Then I had to go learn the half time shuffle from Fool In The Rain and pretty much have it down; Rosanna is another story.

    • @podcastpotpourri6040
      @podcastpotpourri6040 5 років тому +6

      Fuckin’ A!

    • @gary6754
      @gary6754 5 років тому +59

      JPJ is the secret weapon.
      Bonham is a lead instrument

    • @mscloudherder329
      @mscloudherder329 5 років тому +2

      LedFingers ...that is really true.

  • @ATIHpss64HM
    @ATIHpss64HM 3 роки тому +190

    John: fahkin' 'ell.
    Robert: what da hell iz goin' on???
    John: one, tw- (audio cuts) one... two-ah! One, two, one two thee four!
    (BEST DRUMMING EVER INTENSIFIES)

    • @v1e3g1a2n
      @v1e3g1a2n 2 роки тому +3

      Ahh, it's Robert yelling that. I thought it was a woman. 😄

    • @brianmcawesome
      @brianmcawesome 4 місяці тому +2

      ​@@v1e3g1a2nThata how you know its Plant.

  • @rajivdriven
    @rajivdriven 3 роки тому +1207

    Is it wierd that I prefer listening to this more than the actual song itself?

    • @richevans609
      @richevans609 3 роки тому +25

      Not at all...

    • @CptCool-xt8ht
      @CptCool-xt8ht 3 роки тому +13

      Same here

    • @ProGaming-cw1qy
      @ProGaming-cw1qy 3 роки тому +30

      It’s the drums that makes the music lively

    • @bontrent2723
      @bontrent2723 3 роки тому +15

      Slightly.....But fully understandable.

    • @ronaldbean3355
      @ronaldbean3355 3 роки тому +18

      Plant's performance really kills this song for me, id love to hear the original tracks with a new vocal but itll never happen. Bonham kills it tho

  • @dancollins8296
    @dancollins8296 2 роки тому +44

    Probably the best drum track of all time.

  • @leokimvideo
    @leokimvideo 5 років тому +1354

    You would never ask John to do another take. He seem to just bang out perfection in a single take

    • @joeysahouria5058
      @joeysahouria5058 4 роки тому +77

      leokimvideo I think John’s only second take was on Stairway, and he was PISSED at Jimmy. Hence the powerful drumming we hear on the released track.

    • @vinceemery5943
      @vinceemery5943 3 роки тому +51

      You just never hear the failed takes that’s why

    • @apparit10n
      @apparit10n 3 роки тому +79

      I would wager a guess that the "Fahkin 'ell" is a result of the previous take he clearly wasn't happy with. :)

    • @austin78993
      @austin78993 3 роки тому +35

      @@vinceemery5943 I agree. I'd be willing to bet that there's almost never a drum take that doesn't take a lot of tries. Honestly, you can hear in this one he starts the count in and they clearly recorded over the last count in covering over a prior take where he fucked up. So obviously he didn't get it in one take. Nobody is perfect.

    • @kriglum0760
      @kriglum0760 3 роки тому +55

      Well obviously in the ocean they had done 4 already, but now they’re steady 🙄

  • @StamfordBridge
    @StamfordBridge 6 років тому +148

    Sitting on a bench in the cafeteria area of my junior high school. That's where I was when a kid rushed in and said John Bonham was dead. Aside from "Are you sure?" and "Oh my God," we just sat there in silence. Hard to overstate what Led Zep meant to us then.

    • @lunarmodule9915
      @lunarmodule9915 6 років тому +1

      Good grief. The man wasn't a god.

    • @dh4767
      @dh4767 5 років тому +13

      Infinite Wisdom his influence is that of one.

    • @lunarmodule9915
      @lunarmodule9915 5 років тому +1

      Give me a break kiddies. I grew up on Led Zeppelin and raised children. If you broke down in tears or suffered from shock when this drunk croaked, or any musician for that matter, you need your priorities straightened out. Even as a teenager. Sounds like your parents need to spend more time with you or you need to get out of the house and chase cars or something.

    • @billcarson5698
      @billcarson5698 5 років тому +2

      Infinite Wisdom The 'ell he wasnt man! May not av been a GOD but he sure was gifted by one! And a WHITE BROTHER to top it off!

    • @BlottoForever
      @BlottoForever 5 років тому +5

      @@lunarmodule9915 Oh shut the fuck up. And change your name to something more befitting.

  • @aquawicket
    @aquawicket 2 роки тому +49

    One of the greatest drum lines ever recorded.. ever..

    • @mikeoxlong8272
      @mikeoxlong8272 8 місяців тому +1

      Check out "the Purdy shuffle". That's where bongo got this busy from.

  • @anthonyolsen3079
    @anthonyolsen3079 2 роки тому +35

    He has such perfect timing it sounds like a loop for the first minute and a half

  • @razorsedge5145
    @razorsedge5145 6 років тому +71

    Listening to just the drum tracks alone really makes you understand the immense talent he had.

    • @ruthjohnson4380
      @ruthjohnson4380 5 років тому

      Avalanche Fan Off the subject but, Go Avs!

    • @liams706
      @liams706 5 років тому +2

      @Donde Merlin jackass

  • @davefieramosca6974
    @davefieramosca6974 4 роки тому +417

    I've been a drummer for forty years, when the doctor checks my pulse it sounds just like this...

    • @carlneoh5843
      @carlneoh5843 2 роки тому +9

      Bonzo remains in our hearts, literally

    • @foto21
      @foto21 2 роки тому +2

      THat would be a cool video actually.

    • @Kylefassbinderful
      @Kylefassbinderful 2 роки тому +8

      I've only been a drummer for 39 years so needless to say mine only sounds like Lars, unfortunately lol

    • @davefieramosca6974
      @davefieramosca6974 2 роки тому +4

      @@Kylefassbinderful no problem have a dose of Bonzo's Montreux it should clear it up. 😄

    • @puromichoacan8339
      @puromichoacan8339 2 роки тому

      noseamamonprimo 😅🤣😅😆🤣

  • @TheKitchenerLeslie
    @TheKitchenerLeslie 2 роки тому +41

    When you start with a Purdie Shuffle, you're already winning... but those fills are insane!

  • @trombone7
    @trombone7 2 роки тому +62

    How can a beat be so lush, busy, and laid-back at the same time ?

  • @spencersandlin5681
    @spencersandlin5681 5 років тому +830

    Lmao, Robert at the beginning "the hell is going on?"

    • @HotChip343
      @HotChip343 4 роки тому +91

      Spencer Sandlin almost sounds like fuckin Monty python I love it lmao

    • @kevinalbus721
      @kevinalbus721 4 роки тому +54

      "WHAT THE BLOODY HELL IS GOIN ON!?"

    • @rodneylee4026
      @rodneylee4026 4 роки тому +21

      What WAS going on? Take number 73?

    • @zarekmichalski4995
      @zarekmichalski4995 4 роки тому +28

      Spencer Sandlin I’ve literally listened to the first ten seconds like twelve times in a row just to hear bonzo go fockin ell and Robert say the hell is going on.

    • @RKTologist
      @RKTologist 4 роки тому +17

      RodneyLee Most likely a techinical error, people in studios get pissed when things take too long, especially when everyones ready to go.

  • @brockolsen3689
    @brockolsen3689 6 років тому +501

    I've been a guitarist for over 34 years. My introduction to music came when I was 12, at that time Milli Vanilli and MC Hammer were what was on the radio and I decided I just didn't like music, it wasn't for me. Then I was visiting my dad for Christmas that year and he had just got a portable CD player and wanted me to hear it. I picked out Led Zeppelin Remasters because I thought the album cover looked cool, I had no idea who they were. I put it in and the first thing I heard was Good Time Bad Times . . . BOOM BOOM! That first hit was like an awakening, I'd never 'felt' music before that moment, it was like a drug, and my god those drums. My dad found me hours later still listening, I couldn't turn it off, the needle was in too deep and I knew there was no turning back now. If you've ever seen the movie Almost Famous where the boy finds his sister's record collection, he opens up The Who's Tommy and finds a note saying "listen to Tommy with a candle burning and you will see your entire future". That was what that moment was like for me. I was hooked, obsessed, addicted. Music became my religion from that moment. It wasn't until years later that I learned Bonzo played that song with a single bass pedal. Jesus! After all these years I've realized that even though I'm a guitarist it wasn't Page, Hendrix, Gilmour, or Iommi that sparked the flame for me, it was the mighty John Bonham.

    • @josephblanchard6248
      @josephblanchard6248 6 років тому +7

      Rotor Hed wow. great post! thanks for sharing! any other stories like that?

    • @stringbender11672
      @stringbender11672 6 років тому +6

      cool story indeed!!!

    • @jonatanbefrits5609
      @jonatanbefrits5609 6 років тому +3

      Good Times Bad Times was when I discovered music, ha! I was 12.

    • @pvtrichter8816
      @pvtrichter8816 6 років тому +2

      so you started with the worst introduction to music possible! BUUUUT thankfully the music world redeeemed itself to you [ i don't mean that to sound facetious!] with that in mind you mention it's like a drug and that may be the best kind of NATURAL HIGH !! ENJOY the Holidays!!

    • @emlix1
      @emlix1 6 років тому

      Amen to that, Brother.

  • @davemustaine9776
    @davemustaine9776 2 роки тому +35

    That beautiful wide space between the kik and the snare never changes even when he switches to the ride.. absolute perfection.

    • @simonsimon325
      @simonsimon325 2 роки тому +5

      Sounds like a pendulum scraping back and forth across the floor. It's perfect.

    • @acidbass
      @acidbass Рік тому +2

      There is a waver in time around the 2.30 mark

    • @davemustaine9776
      @davemustaine9776 Рік тому

      @@acidbass the waver was in your brain waves from playing too many videos games. Deaf and stoopid

  • @laurieguenther5898
    @laurieguenther5898 3 роки тому +139

    That snare drum is just so awesome! the best sound behind a drum. NOBODY can copy it. that's bonham's secret drum tuning. everybody wants that same sound but can't have it

    • @masswellwiley6688
      @masswellwiley6688 3 роки тому +2

      For sure!!

    • @MrKuritza
      @MrKuritza 2 роки тому +4

      Well i heard somewhere they recorded the drum part for this song inside an open wide hall with a high ceiling, which echoed really hard. If im not mistaken it was page's idea to do so.
      So i believe it really affects they way the snare sound is percieved

    • @SpankyHam1993
      @SpankyHam1993 2 роки тому +14

      @@MrKuritza nah that was „when the levee breaks“

    • @randosavage1459
      @randosavage1459 2 роки тому +1

      @@SpankyHam1993 pretty sure he was down a hallway for that one

    • @theonlydjtopcat
      @theonlydjtopcat 2 роки тому +2

      @@randosavage1459 he was at the bottom of the stairwell at Headley Grange for WTLB!

  • @tonys2705
    @tonys2705 6 років тому +571

    There was no way to listen to a led Zep song without finding yourself listening to Bonham's drumming. What a tragic loss.. He was a force unto himself. Miss him much.

    • @samuelmorado4707
      @samuelmorado4707 6 років тому +2

      Tony S i agree 110%

    • @emmonsable
      @emmonsable 6 років тому +3

      The Jason Bonham Experience is the closest thing you'll get. Totally worth it too. Every piece of that band is spot-on.

    • @Steven_Ray99
      @Steven_Ray99 6 років тому +5

      Except in Bron-Yr-Aur. His drumming sucked.

    • @drumr72
      @drumr72 6 років тому

      Well said Tony and not easy to do...plenty of great insight in these comments. You NAILED though.

    • @joelinvirginia5198
      @joelinvirginia5198 6 років тому

      +1 on Jason Bonham LZE They are phenomenal - if you've never heard them, go to a show - they're touring with Foreigner again this year as they did last year -- the absolute best Led Zep experience you'll ever hear. Lead singer is amazing young Plant voice clone - incredible. And Jason does his father proud and sticks closely to every nuance of his dad's playing. The only "true" tribute band in my mind.

  • @donaldthompson8328
    @donaldthompson8328 5 років тому +1367

    The crazy part is that he is probably so shit faced here and still holding that beat

    • @crazydavec3861
      @crazydavec3861 5 років тому +95

      I've played a few gigs in my time, less so now, but my personal experience, a glass of beer before and I'm good to go, anything more than a pint and it's all over the place. Dunno about Bonzo, my guess is he was fully functional under all kinds of erm... influences, shall we say!

    • @bob733333
      @bob733333 5 років тому +70

      Sounds like he was on something more stimulating than alcohol.

    • @bob733333
      @bob733333 4 роки тому +14

      @Greg Elchert 40 shots? Would be unconscious way before 40 unless he was slamming them as fast as he could. Sounds like Suicide.

    • @bob733333
      @bob733333 4 роки тому +3

      @Vesperi Randsau Were you there or what?

    • @bob733333
      @bob733333 4 роки тому +3

      @Vesperi Randsau Sounds like he was killed and they lied about him drinking 40 shots. Don't believe shit just because they seem credible. Do you know the person who John was with?

  • @HamCubes
    @HamCubes 3 роки тому +71

    I don't know anything about drumming, but Bonham's drumming sounds like a whole orchestra; by which I mean it produces pitched sounds, like a melody!
    And I am embarrassed that I only just now realized why Tom Drums are so-named; they sound like saying, "Tom," with every strike. Incredible!

    • @BeesWaxMinder
      @BeesWaxMinder Рік тому +1

      EXCELLENT observations!!

    • @didncozosksma4466
      @didncozosksma4466 Рік тому +2

      A true master of the drum kit can make it sing, Bonham was one of the few who could.

    • @RockandrollNegro
      @RockandrollNegro Рік тому

      "Tom-tom" is not derived from the sound it makes. It comes from the Ceylon term _thammattama_ which literally translates as "drum and drum" or 'pair of drums.'

  • @linux4868
    @linux4868 3 роки тому +202

    3:03 ->>> As a brazilian I approve this samba 100% !!!! :)

  • @mikemccourt6225
    @mikemccourt6225 7 років тому +2436

    You had me at fa-king 'ell

  • @outlawsaint3012
    @outlawsaint3012 5 років тому +441

    People who say Bohnam was basic don't really understand what he's all about. It was about the groove, the feel, the power, the finesse, the patterns, not just pure soulless technique.

    • @joeydrums2473
      @joeydrums2473 5 років тому +57

      Outlaw 86 who has ever said this

    • @outlawsaint3012
      @outlawsaint3012 5 років тому +5

      @@joeydrums2473 a few people

    • @el34glo59
      @el34glo59 5 років тому +26

      @@outlawsaint3012 A few people have said that. People who don't know shit and think people like Peart with 60 drum sets make you great. I know alot of great guitarists when it comes to speed , and they're out if work because they're a dime a dozen

    • @Boognish_
      @Boognish_ 4 роки тому +37

      Bonham has never been mentioned as a basic drummer... If anything, he's mentioned as one of the more technical rock drummers of all time.

    • @mattysguitarjourney9057
      @mattysguitarjourney9057 4 роки тому +12

      Agreed. What Bonham didn't have by way of "technical chops" he made up for in groove. Untouchable from that standpoint. But from a technical basis? Bonham did not have the greatest chops. Bonham couldn't touch Purdie or Vinnie Colaiuta for instance, from a technical standpoint. But man did he have groove... and those guys could never SOUND like Bonham.

  • @backbeat3451
    @backbeat3451 3 роки тому +179

    I'm writing this on September 25th 2020,exactly 40 years to the day of the Great man's death
    He's still untouchable, no matter how many session drummers can "knit a scarf" with one hand, they Still can't do That ☝️

    • @billmaglis6207
      @billmaglis6207 3 роки тому +7

      Too right Back Beat , forever untouchable my man. The greatest ever, will continue to mesmerise future generations long after we're all gone

    • @unclemonster48
      @unclemonster48 3 роки тому +2

      I can’t imagine Jason growing up without his dad period. Then comes the second hardest part playing drums and everyone expecting his dad. Jason came into his own technique but how tough was it getting there.

    • @bobyost42
      @bobyost42 3 роки тому +3

      @@unclemonster48 make no mistake Jason Bonham is a hell of a drummer in his own right, and has worked very hard to be the drummer he is! The fact that he could do it with the specter of his legendary father looming over him makes it all the more incredible! Good on him.

    • @unclemonster48
      @unclemonster48 3 роки тому +1

      @@bobyost42 my point exactly he’s made his own way and developed his own style. But just in the early days living in dads shadow would have been tough on anyone. Legendary name he carries on in the percussion world.

    • @bobyost42
      @bobyost42 2 роки тому

      @Air Conditioner overrated or not the fact is that he is revered among drummers the world over, some think he was the greatest of all time and to say otherwise is heresy, while others (like you) think he was average at best. I think the truth lies somewhere in between. That there is a debate more than 40 years after he died shows that he did something right, no matter what our opinions might be.

  • @drumgk
    @drumgk Рік тому +8

    The amount of power, endurance, precision, and grace! I was feeling fatigued just listening. Amazing!

  • @trizie8613
    @trizie8613 5 років тому +745

    The part from 0:00 to 4:47 is so good

  • @Robert_11911
    @Robert_11911 7 років тому +350

    every note is perfectly placed within that groove. Thats what made him so great! - RIP John!

    • @Robert_11911
      @Robert_11911 7 років тому +3

      Thank you, yes, you can see every ghost note is spot on in this groove.

    • @Robert_11911
      @Robert_11911 6 років тому +5

      I meant that every note John Bonham played was perfectly placed and spot on in every groove he ever played.

    • @lovesilk1
      @lovesilk1 6 років тому +4

      That is what blows me away! He seems to have had the ability to focus equally on all four aspects separately AND simultaneously WHILST knowing ahead of time how it would sound. I mean what human being is capable of that? !!!

    • @bcdrummer1962
      @bcdrummer1962 6 років тому +1

      Robdrums Studios couldn't agree more Bonham never hurries to get to 1

    • @Robert_11911
      @Robert_11911 6 років тому +2

      BC Drummer - You are correct. He was one of a kind. ;)

  • @racerx1189
    @racerx1189 3 роки тому +21

    This man truly held the Hammer Of The Gods in his hands. What a talent! 🥁💪

  • @brainscott8198
    @brainscott8198 3 роки тому +21

    When he rides that crown, to quote Little Richard about seeingJimi Hendrix play: "He makes my big toe shoot outta my boot!!" Lol

  • @gitnote
    @gitnote 6 років тому +569

    That sounds Purdie Good

    • @mr.145
      @mr.145 5 років тому +16

      I guess rhythm isn't copyrighted or Bernard would be a due a few bob.

    • @bogonzales672
      @bogonzales672 5 років тому

      I saw what you did there. Hehe.

    • @hahnsmantra7276
      @hahnsmantra7276 5 років тому +2

      And Purdie approved

    • @CDJF1
      @CDJF1 5 років тому +5

      It's close to Purdie's shuffle but with his own twist....Plus Bernard loves his spin on it so all is good.

    • @Kreln1221
      @Kreln1221 5 років тому +9

      Jeff Porcaro borrowed a bit too on Rosanna...

  • @wolfbrother2474
    @wolfbrother2474 4 роки тому +111

    RIP to the greatest drummer to grace this world. Listen to that sound. Glorious and better than anything that came before or since

    • @wolfbrother2474
      @wolfbrother2474 4 роки тому +1

      @trufiend138 just my opinion. Peace

    • @MrAvocado575
      @MrAvocado575 4 роки тому

      @trufiend138 the op must not have heard Dave Grohl amirite

    • @unclemonster48
      @unclemonster48 3 роки тому

      Played with a gusto and vigor not ever matched again. I don’t think it would have mattered what brand kit he was behind. It would have always sounded like Bonzo

    • @dobermanguy9437
      @dobermanguy9437 3 роки тому +2

      The Bonham was a great drummer so was Neil Peart

    • @knuckleheadnoogy3261
      @knuckleheadnoogy3261 2 роки тому

      Gene Krupa, Sing Sing Sing, Carnegie Hall, 1938, GOAT.

  • @goldenrick9704
    @goldenrick9704 3 роки тому +19

    The consistency of the groove is amazing exactly what you’d expect from the best to ever live.

  • @cinnamon5287
    @cinnamon5287 3 роки тому +12

    Legendary John Bonham beat! Jeff Porcaro had inherited and sophisticated bonzo’s half time shuffle playing Rosanna. Music never die.

    • @glauciab
      @glauciab Рік тому +3

      The great Jeff Porcaro explains in his instructional video that Rosanna Is a merging of two drum lines of Bonham: Rock 'n Roll shuffle and fool in the Rain. Jeff Is another Genius disappeared too early... Mushanga drum line of Toto Is another jewel of music. ❤️

  • @kurtgreenwood5441
    @kurtgreenwood5441 4 роки тому +60

    I could listen to Bonzo isolated for entire days!
    So melodic as a drummer, surreal at time

  • @benmccool6227
    @benmccool6227 6 років тому +33

    Absolutely absurd. So much going on, yet so utterly effortless. What a drummer. What a legend.

    • @alvarovaldez2026
      @alvarovaldez2026 5 років тому

      I agree. The way he plays the kit is absurd. He is beyond human.

  • @mccards
    @mccards 3 роки тому +10

    The BIG BOOM of Bonham. Distinct, transcendent and unmistakable.

  • @rebelguy9487
    @rebelguy9487 2 роки тому +33

    That moment when you realize that the isolated drum track is better than the actual song.........bloody legend, Bonzo! ❤

  • @sr.elboogie9262
    @sr.elboogie9262 5 років тому +203

    Best drummer to ever live . . . Civilization should be grateful .

    • @MG-jy5qx
      @MG-jy5qx 5 років тому +1

      Sr. El Boogie I definitely am

    • @markconiglio7769
      @markconiglio7769 4 роки тому +7

      Best rock and roll drummer. Not best drummer. Watch buddy rich

    • @simonmathoulin2329
      @simonmathoulin2329 4 роки тому +11

      He pisses on buddy rich

    • @skulleton
      @skulleton 3 роки тому +2

      Tony Williams. Bonham was pretty good though.

    • @mrgrey361
      @mrgrey361 3 роки тому +3

      @@markconiglio7769 Not even best rock drummer. There were other guys in the 70s who smoke Bonham on drums. The guy is so f'in overrated it's not funny.

  • @ledzep310
    @ledzep310 6 років тому +178

    When you take a listen of this it becomes obvious why Jimmy, RObert and John Paul wouldn't continue without him.

    • @windsofmarchjourneyperrytr2823
      @windsofmarchjourneyperrytr2823 6 років тому +1

      They did, and I don't see that Jason plays like his father at all. Wrong drum kit. Wrong feel.
      I shut the video off in under 60.seconds, and glad i didnt buy it (from the library). It just felt SO WRONG.

    • @ledzep310
      @ledzep310 6 років тому +13

      They continued without him? that's news to me Michelle M. Aside from a couple of special occasions they reunited for - there was never any new material released under the name Led Zeppelin after Bonzo died.

    • @Eliath1984
      @Eliath1984 6 років тому +14

      Todd is correct.. they never released any material post John.. Jimmy Page went back to doin Jimmy things and producing.. Plant went onto his solo career.. JPJ collaborated with other artists on projects. the only thing they would do together after that was the occasional remembrance show with Bonzo's own son

    • @dustinpomeroy8817
      @dustinpomeroy8817 6 років тому

      TightSqueeze Jam to my knowledge they interviewed a few drummers and came to a realization that The Song Couldn't Remain the Same without him and it just didn't feel like Led Zeppelin without Bonham

    • @lzltti6775
      @lzltti6775 5 років тому

      @@ledzep310 I mean... Coda, but yeah..

  • @chrissett4245
    @chrissett4245 2 місяці тому +1

    I've loved this groove since high-school 1976...
    Thanks for posting

  • @chpash07
    @chpash07 3 роки тому +13

    I can listen to this all day...

  • @ant1952
    @ant1952 4 роки тому +898

    I wish my dad would beat me the same way Bonham beat that drum, I’d respect him more.

    • @erichan8880
      @erichan8880 4 роки тому +13

      Damn, that's good

    • @ooo1833
      @ooo1833 4 роки тому +4

      Are you a drum?

    • @matriarch5515
      @matriarch5515 4 роки тому +8

      Beating a kid and making music from the sound of his bones breaking!

    • @KingOfBboys
      @KingOfBboys 4 роки тому +18

      @@matriarch5515 Now THAT'S avant-garde.

    • @LuzMaria95
      @LuzMaria95 3 роки тому +1

      😂😂😂😂

  • @SnoutyPig
    @SnoutyPig 5 років тому +290

    At one point it sounds like a drumline performing salsa music. Like, a whole drumline. It's incredible.

    • @joellebrodeur1015
      @joellebrodeur1015 5 років тому +4

      It it's incredible. I want to shake my bon bon😂

    • @sr.elboogie9262
      @sr.elboogie9262 5 років тому +1

      That's what I thought years ago when I first heard it ... Some thirty plus years ago. When it first came out.

    • @ronsullivan9068
      @ronsullivan9068 4 роки тому +6

      Awesome mofified 'Purdy shuffle' here, I love the 'fucking hell! at the beginning, what feel! What a sad loss!

    • @adopequeenatyrantkingaboss8057
      @adopequeenatyrantkingaboss8057 4 роки тому +5

      It's hard to believe that's only 1 person. Hammer of the gods all right!

    • @karenwalkersginglass
      @karenwalkersginglass 4 роки тому +5

      It IS salsa! They even threw in the whistle!

  • @TheAxe4Ever
    @TheAxe4Ever 2 роки тому +17

    Notice how he bounces the bass drum beater back, then buries it to the head depending on what feel he wanted during the shuffle parts. Everyone always comments on John Bonham’s power in his drumming. And they’re not wrong on that. But his feel was so incredible as well!

    • @chrisrva710
      @chrisrva710 Рік тому +1

      It’s very apparent in The Ocean too

    • @DG-sf9ei
      @DG-sf9ei Рік тому

      No, I can't notice that since he's so trick we're just seeing a still shot here. I do hear it tho.....

    • @TheAxe4Ever
      @TheAxe4Ever Рік тому +1

      @@DG-sf9ei Lesson time. Definition of Notice. Noun: The act of observing or PAYING ATTENTION to something. Verb: To become aware of…..So yes, you can NOTICE something by listening.

  • @jeffcochran2195
    @jeffcochran2195 2 роки тому +12

    Man at 1:09 I swear sounds like an engine with a nice strobing cam cruising slowly by. Best drummer in the universe! By far! 💯❤ rest easy my brother

  • @ace1usmc
    @ace1usmc 4 роки тому +26

    UNREAL. What an incredible groove he laid down. There will never be another like John Bonham.

  • @SmoothRuffian
    @SmoothRuffian 5 років тому +2867

    This is not an easy beat. For those of you who don't play.

    • @faioladrums
      @faioladrums 5 років тому +218

      riingram. It’s so freaking hard I’ve been trying to master it for years

    • @mrticka
      @mrticka 5 років тому +305

      Actually it is fricking hard even for those who play!

    • @howardthemallard1717
      @howardthemallard1717 5 років тому +58

      Bruh imagine not playing polyrhythms

    • @bobyost42
      @bobyost42 5 років тому +135

      It's just a very slightly modified Purdie shuffle... look it up!!

    • @jendel42750
      @jendel42750 5 років тому +85

      Nah, it's easy. Nothin' to it. Piece a-cake, bro. A cinch, I tell--oh, wait a second. Gee, why am I tryin' a-play this, but it don't sound so good how I do it? Know what? You're right my friend.This part IS hard t'play!

  • @lewikono2781
    @lewikono2781 2 роки тому +2

    dude, I'm not even a drum guy and this blows my mind. just the isolated drumming sounds phenomenal. you can really tell that he was doing something different to everyone else.

  • @jeffjefferson8137
    @jeffjefferson8137 10 місяців тому +2

    i could listen to isolated bonham for the rest of my life and be happy

  • @blazemordly9746
    @blazemordly9746 6 років тому +1322

    John Bonham was the 'Led' of Zeppelin.

    • @jonnytongaII
      @jonnytongaII 6 років тому +4

      Yup...

    • @TubeYouGuru
      @TubeYouGuru 6 років тому +31

      One might say he was the Zeppelin that carried them to stardom.

    • @mtsilvagt
      @mtsilvagt 6 років тому +2

      Blaze mordly Shaddap,you fool inda rain !!

    • @JD2CYLINDERNUT
      @JD2CYLINDERNUT 6 років тому +15

      John Bonham was Led Zeppelin....

    • @bradyblackburn4863
      @bradyblackburn4863 6 років тому +12

      JD2CYLINDERNUT Along with Plant, Page, and Jones.

  • @lloydsunset
    @lloydsunset 5 років тому +299

    I come here and play this to check and see if my clocks second hand works correctly

  • @olivelo-fi4173
    @olivelo-fi4173 2 роки тому +5

    I can listen to this over and over.

  • @raffaelesrocknroll1210
    @raffaelesrocknroll1210 3 роки тому +7

    25th september 1980 - 25th september 2020 - 40years without Mr. Bonham.

  • @bobjr7322
    @bobjr7322 4 роки тому +33

    sounds like a drum loop , amazing timing

  • @admiral37
    @admiral37 6 років тому +134

    The late Jeff Porcaro of Toto explains how he came up with the "Rosanna Shuffle" and gives credit to Bonham's shuffle on "Fool In The Rain." The video is on UA-cam.

    • @josephbrashears8558
      @josephbrashears8558 5 років тому +18

      admiral37
      Partially correct. He gives credit to Purdy's shuffle and one of Bonham's tunes. Bonham got his inspiration from Purdy. In the end, it's all Purdy.

    • @schmarotzke8205
      @schmarotzke8205 5 років тому +3

      The video where Jeff ate a sandwich before filming and keeps burking all the time? Love that one :D

    • @stevefowler2112
      @stevefowler2112 5 років тому +1

      yeah I've seen that...took balls for Jeff to openly admit it.

    • @bobyost42
      @bobyost42 5 років тому +2

      @@stevefowler2112 no balls just honesty & giving credit where it's due...

    • @erykeryk
      @erykeryk 5 років тому +1

      That’s why they paid him the big bucks.

  • @DavidSmith-kk5so
    @DavidSmith-kk5so 4 роки тому +11

    My neighbors get this played to them very loud on a regular basis if they piss me off. Stunning piece of musical brilliance !

    • @rrs_13
      @rrs_13 3 роки тому

      Why do you reward them if they piss you off?
      If you'd did this to me I'd be the worst neighbour ever. Then again, if you did this to me maybe I'd show up with an amp and bass or guitar to jam along.
      Maybe we'd be best neighbours.
      I am confused because of this paradox.

  • @marciashiraishi5891
    @marciashiraishi5891 2 роки тому +3

    I walk two hours daily. Good headphones and Led Zeppelin. With Bonham guiding me I never miss a beat!

  • @shawnrw3727
    @shawnrw3727 5 років тому +14

    He had a way of creating very unique patterns , very outside the box . Plus he’s real heavy on the skins , just really mashing hard . That’s a true rock drummer .

    • @ek3910
      @ek3910 2 роки тому

      You can tell it’s a big man hitting those drums

  • @thewintergardener2873
    @thewintergardener2873 6 років тому +107

    Best of his era, and arguably the best Rock drummer ever... He's the reason I bought a drum kit... Can't imagine what Zeppelin would have sounded like without Bonzo.. That's probably why they didn't carry on without him..

    • @delhidelirium9091
      @delhidelirium9091 6 років тому +1

      or Carmine Appice.

    • @marcleach75
      @marcleach75 6 років тому +12

      He was outstanding, I put Danny Carey in a class above just like mr. Bonham.

    • @calkaseus
      @calkaseus 6 років тому

      *quite

    • @samganci6305
      @samganci6305 6 років тому +9

      As emphatically as I can say, fuck Ginger Baker. Bonzo is a superior player in so many ways. Go back and listen to Cream. Baker's drumming is ham-fisted and unsophisticated. John Bonham brought nuance, ghost notes, rudiments and soul to rock drumming. Ginger Baker isn't fit to shine his shoes.

    • @samganci6305
      @samganci6305 6 років тому +8

      A "primal style of drumming" lol...yep. That's what I was trying to say. Sunshine of your love sounds like a neanderthal bashing out 8th notes for 5 minutes - So edgy and primal! I don't like Ginger Baker's playing because it's lame and unsophisticated. Listen to any of Baker's drum solo's on youtube and he's exposed as a completely one-dimensional player. What you hear is a person bashing out 8th notes and 16th notes without any use of patterns, dynamics or grooves. Unlike Bonham, Baker doesn't incorporate rudiments into his playing at all. He plays everything simply alternating "Right-Left-Right-Left." It may have been groundbreaking for its day but when compared to a groove master like Bonham, it sounds like Animal from the Muppets. I'm a gigging drummer, btw. I've been playing drumset for 25 years. I teach lessons if you're interested ;). You can learn all of my ignorant, tone deaf ways.

  • @user-cm8so2tt4t
    @user-cm8so2tt4t 9 місяців тому +5

    Just listen to how full this epic sound is. Fantastic playing. The drums are singing their own song. John Bonham might even have been 'tipsy' when playing this amazing beat, that's how great he was.

  • @PerfectSense77
    @PerfectSense77 4 місяці тому +1

    Completely unmatched to this day. Every drummer wishes they had even half of Bonham's groove when they sit down on the kit.

  • @alexscott730
    @alexscott730 6 років тому +48

    That picture still was taken when Bonham played with Paul McCartney and Wings on one song.

    • @phucket01
      @phucket01 6 років тому

      Alex Scott does drums look like North drumset..

    • @billolson4986
      @billolson4986 5 років тому

      Those drums were a short lived line called Stacatto. Similar design to North, as they were both fiberglass shells.

  • @BoneyWhy
    @BoneyWhy 6 років тому +112

    I still lament the loss when hearing this stunning groove. The touch and brilliant work with ghost notes makes it hard to imagine where he would have taken the art.

    • @HOWYOUDOIN884
      @HOWYOUDOIN884 6 років тому

      I'm too lazy to Google ghost notes

    • @DwayneCreates
      @DwayneCreates 6 років тому +4

      Ghost notes are those quite little pitter patter hits on the snare that aren't as loud as the harder hitting snare.

    • @nagone11
      @nagone11 6 років тому +4

      His ghost notes game has yet to be duplicated....sorry....There are and there have been other great drummers but this man stands out as one of the first among equals...

    • @CGE1053
      @CGE1053 6 років тому

      Pate Yate

    • @laodis
      @laodis 6 років тому +3

      The drum track is the exact rythm from Bernard Purdie's, the "Purdie Shuffle", democratized and recorded on hundreds of albums about 10 years before Fool in the Rain came out

  • @pullthereins
    @pullthereins 3 роки тому +4

    One of my all time favorite drum beats!!! So truly original and unique in its style and performance. This mans spirit animal was an octopus off the southern coasts.
    And then comes that crazy ride. Like a ray of sunshine in a rainy day.
    I can only imagine the look in Ringo’s face when he first heard this. I imagine his cigarette fell to the floor and broke into a million shards of broken glass.

  • @Tedg58
    @Tedg58 3 роки тому +1

    The absolute greatest. I was sitting at a stop light in So Cal listening to KLOS when the news broke of his passing. And that was the end of Led Zeppelin because no one could ever replace him and rightly so. Love you Bonzo.

  • @Ronnybengt
    @Ronnybengt 6 років тому +76

    This groove..kills me everytime....so swingin....so powerful

  • @phideauxiii
    @phideauxiii 5 років тому +662

    wish they could do this with achilles last stand

  • @erichanhauser3190
    @erichanhauser3190 2 роки тому +5

    One of the best tracks Bonzo ever laid down.

  • @featherinthewind333
    @featherinthewind333 2 роки тому +6

    Beautiful, no-one could hit that sweet spot between straight ⅛s and swing like this man,

  • @jdb79jdb79
    @jdb79jdb79 6 років тому +97

    Most drummers got into a grove with the bass, Bonham got in the grove with the guitar. It's really cool how he brought jazz and blues tricks over to rock especially since very few were doing it at the time.

    • @kevinmyrick218
      @kevinmyrick218 5 років тому +3

      Very true. He laid the drum tracks and grooved to pages guitar work.

    • @audiorage82407
      @audiorage82407 5 років тому +1

      @@yoink1029...where the hell did that come from

    • @MaachoMaan
      @MaachoMaan 5 років тому +2

      @@yoink1029 - Great! Another dipshit thinkin' he's knowin' 'bout rock and roll history! What time are you due back in "BoysTown"??

    • @patrickmacleod2415
      @patrickmacleod2415 4 роки тому

      @@yoink1029 while it was wrong, it wasn't pedophilia. Pedophilia is a psychological disorder of being attracted to pre-pubescent children. She was a teenager. It also has nothing to do with John Bonham.

    • @namdo8610
      @namdo8610 4 роки тому

      You can always have arguments about the greatest singer / vocalist / bassist / guitarist ... but drummer? Bonzo no contest. He laid the foundation for modern drumming with his groove and fast paced shit. That's what makes drummer great

  • @anuragmishra1315
    @anuragmishra1315 5 років тому +232

    Best drummer ever, hands down.

    • @davidpierce9949
      @davidpierce9949 5 років тому +16

      Nah. I wouldn't say hands down. Neil peart is as good

    • @stevefowler2112
      @stevefowler2112 5 років тому +7

      No argument here...I'm a huge Zeppelin fan and have even run acclaimed buddy rich solos before and after with John's live solo's...to me John's are more impressive and complicated.

    • @HarryManback0
      @HarryManback0 5 років тому +3

      A lot of newer drummers really destroy anything he ever played. Matt Garstka and Gavin Harrison for example. Watch Garstka play The Woven Web, you can't say that Bonham ever played anything close to that.

    • @Jimiballos
      @Jimiballos 5 років тому +13

      Harry Manback, how do you think Bonham would go on Matt's drum kit?.
      He would destroy a modern drum kit with 2 kick pedals etc, etc. Remember Bonham only had a 5 piece drum kit.

    • @danemclaughlin8364
      @danemclaughlin8364 5 років тому +3

      Trilok Gurtu with John Mclaughlin
      Peter Erskine with weather Report
      Check out these guys holy fuckenell

  • @kirkmasters7147
    @kirkmasters7147 3 роки тому +2

    You can hear his slurred speech in the beginning, hammered drunk and still delivers perfection......His playing and sound set the vibe and carried Zeppelin.

  • @medicatedmoviereviews5764
    @medicatedmoviereviews5764 2 роки тому +6

    One of the smoothest drum tracks of all time.

  • @anonymous-hk6ge
    @anonymous-hk6ge 5 років тому +1335

    How did Bonham do this entire song in one take without even the slightest tempo mistake? I swear he must have had a drum computer as a brain or something

    • @tune7333
      @tune7333 5 років тому +226

      nope...back then only musos who had talent got deals...thats how it worked back in the day....a small detail often forgotten today and it shows.... etc etc

    • @Paul-fb1em
      @Paul-fb1em 5 років тому +120

      And lots of practice over the years.

    • @dougtull4594
      @dougtull4594 5 років тому +59

      Before Pro-Tools.

    • @WhereThereDude
      @WhereThereDude 5 років тому +58

      good old metronome

    • @massapower
      @massapower 5 років тому +40

      IT'S CALLED TALENT ..And lots of grooving timing 😎🤘

  • @MrReedfry
    @MrReedfry 4 роки тому +19

    Simply kills it! What a percussionist, and I normally don't even listen to drums. Unless it John Bonham or Neil Pert...those two I can listen to anytime. Masters!

    • @muppetrowlf1473
      @muppetrowlf1473 Рік тому +2

      Try Terry Bozzio. Saw him with Jeff Beck. Mind blowing doesn’t cover it.

  • @Happy57
    @Happy57 2 роки тому +3

    Such an awesome drummer love these guys I'm 64 still playing them every day especially number 4

  • @nezbit8989
    @nezbit8989 3 роки тому +5

    This is the best thing I’ve heard in ages! Absolute class! That’s a drummer who is naturally a drummer in his soul👌

  • @drumsport
    @drumsport 4 роки тому +5

    Nobody can play this groove with more power, but I love Jeff Porcaro's smooth replication of this beauty. RIP Gents.

  • @DJHastingsFeverPitch
    @DJHastingsFeverPitch 6 років тому +8

    I've heard people try to cover this, but no one can even come close to "The Sound" that Bonham had. It's like he could bring the drums to life with the flick of his wrists.

  • @shakeyjake3125
    @shakeyjake3125 3 роки тому +15

    I'm gonna blast this on my system all day and night so the neighbors think I'm a drummer.

  • @electraluxx
    @electraluxx 2 роки тому +2

    My goodness. Every time I come back to this I am awed by his power and swing. Such a great player.