This is one of my very favourites Zepp songs. It was written after Robert had suffered a terrible car accident on a Greek island and he and his wife were badly injured. For tax reasons, he was unable to be with his family at home to recuperate and this song was written in California with Jimmy where he was marooned. The band had been unable to tour because Robert was confined to a wheelchair for a year and he had to record his vocals from his wheelchair. At one stage, he wasn't sure he would walk again. It was a dire period for Led Zeppelin. Tea for One is so plaintive; full of emotion and pain, and actually these sentiments run right through Presence. I think. it is a measure of Jimmy and Robert's musical dexterity that you can truly feel their emotion when you listen to this song.
Tea for One is another slow intense classic blues song that Zeppelin does like no one else can do quite as intense. They have done several throughout their career, and to me are always highlights - I Can't Quit You, Since I've Been Loving You, I'm Going to Crawl. This one is among Jimmy's best blues solos - the best and most sublime line having just been talked over.
I could tell this song wasn't a hit for you when you started talking through it and pausing rather early on. For me, this is their best blues song. It is drenched in emotion. It's almost like 2 songs for the price of 1; you have all of the lyrics part, which is phenomenal...but that solo...my goodness! It is speaking just as loud, and dare I say it, even more eloquently than the vocals. It turned heartache into luxurious, exquisite suffering; it turned it into art. Yes, please do CODA - although it was released after Bonzo's passing, it is an effort of all 4 and deserves to be heard. It came about because Atlantic Records said the group still owed one more album in their contract so Jimmy had to dig deep for some unreleased material from various stages in their career. There wasn't much because Physical Graffiti had already used up a lot of that material. He did manage to find a few things and both Robert and Jonesy came to help overdub things where they could. What a horrifying situation; there'd been so much pain and sadness at the end. With all the backstory behind its creation, it deserves respect and a listen.
@@helenespaulding7562 I hope he listens to some of these songs after he is done a few times. With Zeppelin, some songs that don't hit you at first end of being favorites later. This is not a "favorite" of mine but I do like it. But I was not a fan of it at all until listening to it many times. Some Zep songs just grow on you.
@@boki1693 yes. I did not like this song the first time I listened probably because it followed Achilles (the best song of all time). This song has so much emotion. Some guiltars gently weep while Jimmy's sobs unapologetically
That was one of the best blues rock songs ever, the emotion is so intense, and the guitar solo is one of the most beautiful in the history of rock, Jimmy was the best at making a guitar have emotion, definitely my favorite blues song by them
The In Through The Outdoor album is on the same level as Presence, in a way an overlooked album. It is the last album before the death of drummer John Bonham. The whole album is great, with a very diverse arrangement of tracks. Bass player John Paul Jones shows his talents on the synthesizer and keyboards on a lot of the songs which at the time fans weren't really into that sound. But there are amazing songs like Carouselambra, Fool In The Rain, Hot Dog, and the song I'm Gonna Crawl which is a crushing Blues song.
It’s about pain. A pain of loss so strong that you can’t see see straight, life around is suspended in this self induced pain of a loss you caused and so regret. Musically brilliant 🍃 close your eyes and absorb the pain
this song is best listened to sitting in a dark room after a couple of beers (or your favorite herbage). i also prefer hearing it through speakers instead of headphones to fill the room with bluesy goodness.
I believe Zeppelin never played this live, however when Page and Plant toured together years after Zeppelin disbanded they did ply it. You can find it on UA-cam.
When Plant and Page got back together in the 1990s and toured the world this song was substituted for Since I've Been Loving You in Japan. Like SIBLY during that tour it was backed by the string section of an orchestra which meant the performances had to be played as rehearsed. The Plant and Page reunion did not have the long jams of Led Zeppelin but still produced some memorable moments in the Unledded video made by MTV. The fade-out of final song Kashmir did turn into a jam with Page, the band and the Egyptian ensemble. The cellists and violinists sat back and enjoyed the ride.
Yeah I could tell you weren’t feeling the vibe when you started talking so much. It’s full of the pain of loneliness and sorrow. Perhaps you haven’t been to that place yet emotionally and cannot relate. But to me, the entire song just weeps….gorgeous blues playing by Jimmy and Robert’s voice is full of depression and longing
Absolute Masterpiece...I highly recommend listening to their last song on their last album, the song is "I'm Gonna Crawl"...no one knew at the time but what a tremendous way to send off..
We do want to listen to Coda. Hey Hey was not on the original release of Coda. The original album had 8 songs but the re-release included many others, including some rough, unfinished tracks. There are at least 4-5 videos of Page & Plant performing Tea for One on tour in 1996. Honestly, I'm not a fan of any of those performances. In an interview with Dave Schulps of Trouser Press (Oct 1977), Page said that the song: ' ... was the only time I think we've ever gotten close to repeating the mood of another of our numbers, 'Since I've Been Loving You'.
@@jann1800able The original Coda album release in 1982 included: - We're Gonna Groove - Poor Tom - I Can't Quit You Baby - Walter's Walk - Ozone Baby - Darlene - Bonzo's Montreux - Wearing and Tearing Hey, Hey and Travelling Riverside Blues first appeared on the 4-Disc box set released in 1990, along with a White Summer/Black Mountain Side mix and a Moby Dick/Bonzo's Montreux mix.
I don't know if anyone has mentioned it but Plant, his wive, kids and Page's daughter were involved in a bad car accident in Greece. Plant's wife almost died and Plant's legs were badly broken and he almost never walked again. He was in a cast and wheelchair when they recorded this. This song was about the seperation he felt because of tax reasons he couldn't be in the UK with his wife, who was also still healing from the accident.
My personal ranking of ending tracks from Zeppelin’s 8 studio albums: 1. When the levee breaks 2. Sick again 3. How many more times? 4. I’m gonna crawl 5. The ocean 6. Bring it on home 7. Tea for one 8. Hats off to (Roy) Harper
Man you've got to listen to 10 Ribs & All Carrots Pod Pod (Pod), I'm sure you've read that title in the tracklisting. It's an instrumental bonus song on the remastered version of Presence and it is a beautiful, beautiful piece of art. It feels like travelling over the ocean at dawn sitting on a cloud. Such emotion 👌
Plant wrote the lyrics while feeling homesick on the road during a US tour. He created the lyrics while sipping tea at the Plaza Hotel in NYC. "I think it was just a reflection of the total anxiety and emotion at the period of time during which it was recorded. It's true that there are no acoustic songs, no mellowness or contrasts, or changes to other instruments." - Jimmy Page
If you would listen to “Since I’ve Been Loving You” from their 3rd album I think you would agree that this beautiful song is a continuation of the same blues riff
With respect to In Through the Out Door: By 1979 Jimmy was strung out on heroin and Bonham was drowning in alcohol. Zep hadn't released a studio album in over 3 years, while disco, punk and new wave had taken over the airwaves. Classic Album-Oriented-Rock was down for the count, notwithstanding Pink Floyd's last great effort (The Wall). By all accounts, Led Zeppelin should have been down and out. And while many Zep fans remain critical, JPJ took the lead on In Through the Out Door and knocked out an album that spent 7 weeks at #1. No, it didn't sound like classic Zeppelin, but it was right for the times. In this album you can hear the foundation of Robert Plant's very successful solo career. Zeppelin ruled the 70's. LZ 2 opened the decade at 7 weeks at #1, while Out Door closed of the decade (almost...October 79) at #1. On October 27 1979, Led Zeppelin's entire catalogue re-entered the Billboard Top 200 charts. What greater legacy could you ask for?
You should've been a classic rock music professor at the Yale School of Rock, with your mug on a plaque hanging in the main lobby of Yale as a shrine. In other words, you are impressive with your knowledge! lol
So good to see how healthy and clean Jimmy has been for decades now he replaced the Jack Daniels and now drinks a ton of water a day and has stopped smoking for decades as well...he is happy and healthy
@@ptxaholic Tektoniks, Henrietta, Helene, to name 3, are a wealth of information. I usually hold off going into too much detail because I know those 3 are going to come in and correct me if I mess up. 😉 And Julie is like, the biggest fan. She knows every video available.
SalvoG , This track is a slow burner , a bit like a fine wine that ages well , this track gets better the more you listen to it . Presence and In Through The Outdoor always get underrated let’s face it they had massive prior albums to live up to . But the albums both have huge tracks of their own . The week prior to 4th august 1979 I will never forget as a teenager camped in fields around Knebworth we listened from a distance to a then unknown track with Bonham warming up to In The Evening …..And in thru the outdoor was released shortly afterwards …Sweet memories .
Tea For One is definitely in my Top 10 LZ songs, and one I regularly listen to. I am a big, big fan of LZ's bluesy efforts! If you are after the more upbeat, *happy*, or *fun* music, this song isn't for you. But life isn't always *happy*, and Tea For One just pours on the emotion, and expresses the desperation of loneliness and isolation so well! I consider it a masterpiece!
It is a good blues song but I am like you on this being that I like the upbeat vibe on this album the best ..It has the best sound production in the drum area and a overall bright contrast as a whole ..
I love your reactions. You’re honest, not over the top, and you give thoughtful feedback. The fact that you’re taking a song-by-song look at an artist when doing reactions is really valuable. It’s great to take the good with the bad, and the so-so. It’s not all about instant gratification and only hearing the great songs for the views. You want to get to know an artist and their body of work. It’s so much more rewarding than cherry picking what you want and what you don’t. I’m looking forward to the conclusion of LZ. Other groups you might consider doing afterward are Cream and Pink Floyd. Cream has a small body of work with a lot of live recordings. Pink Floyd is a popular band to do reactions to, but I haven’t seen many start from the first album and go track by track. Almost more than the music, Pink Floyd is a journey of experiences if you listen to their whole discography. They changed and grew significantly with every record. You might also consider doing a track by track of the Beatles. Again, a lot a reactions, not any song by song journeys. Although it is hard with the Beatles because of how their music was released in different parts of the world. That was a band that changed and grew. They literally changed music forever.
Let's just get it out of the way BEFORE In Through The Out Door starts: In the song: "In The Evening," Jimmy is NOT bowing a guitar. That is a device called a Gizmotron....look it up.
I think Presence is underrated, and a solid album, but can't rank it above any of the albums that came before it. Led Zeppelin's quality for their first albums was so high, that when it started to slip, it was seen as a disappointment, but objectively, Presence stands on its own as a very good album.
This was bluesy, gotta be in the mood! Definitely do CODA, it’s got a lot of cool earlier recordings. Do Nobody’s Fault but Mine and Sick Again live at Knebworth!
Jimmy said this was a nod to "Since I've Been Loving You", though it's giving off the lonesome vibe. more than the sexual one. The guitar solo following the break is in my top 5 of his, and is just so eloquent.
Zep never played this one live either, but Page/Plant played it very rarely, only a handful of times. Here's one of them.. ua-cam.com/video/JylchnnO02A/v-deo.html
This song speaks to the emotion experienced by separation from someone you're madly in love with, but who wants space from you. I've been there a. long time ago and the lyrics resonate and take me right back to those painful emotions. Eventually the lady married me , and we're still together, so all was well in the end...for me. Presence was LZ's lowest selling album, but as a true Zep head, I've always considered it seriously under rated.
You need to get all liquored up, sittin in the dark thinkin about all the shit you been thru in your life, and listen to this. This song will fit the feeling.
They pretty much didn't have many concerts on the end of their career: this album came out in '76, their '77 tour was stopped because Plant's 5yo boy died suddenly, and, when they attempted another tour in '80, Bonzo died and Led Zeppelin ceased to exist..
Many fans claim this is just a LZ rip off of their own song, Since I've Been Loving You and many hate the song for that. It is in a way a sequel song.... and like movie sequels they divide the hard core fans when a sequel (or one that seems to be one)comes out. Was LZ losing their creativity? Digging in old wells? Anyway, I like the song for what it is. Another LZ banger
Have you done the live version of Dazed and Confused from the Madison Square Garden concert ? I highly recommend it. Must be viewed in it's entirety to catch the explosive guitar soloing towards the end. You may have to pause it a few times to get it to post.
the next album is plant and jones as the driving force. as by this time page was real bad into heroin and bonzo the drummer was heavy into drinking. plant and jones would work together, then at night the other 2 would come in and put their parts on the songs. by this time things have been going bad. 1975 plants car crash, then while touring presence, he gets a call his little boy died, then 1981 bonzo dies.
"In Through The Out Door," in my honest opinion, is second only to "Physical Graffiti" in the Zep catalogue! "Carouselambra," "All Of My Love," "I'm Gonna Crawl," and even the peppy rockabilly throwaway "Hot Dog," are all an awesome shift in direction without losing one iota of power! Too bad it was to be the last!
I don't believe they played Tea For One live as Led Zeppelin, they may have, but Page and Plant certainly played it during their first tour together in the mid 90's. If you are doing all of Zeppelin's officially released albums then Coda must be included. Sure, it's not a 'studio album' but it has some really great original material on it. I love your reactions and it is nice to se you go from a novice, a sceptic, to a real fan over the last few months.
Such consummate musicians...as a musician myself, it still boggles my mind how they put this together...because Jimmy and John Paul had to map out the basic structure. The rhythm section and rhythm guitar had to be laid down first, and Jimmy also had to explain to John Paul and Bonham where he wanted to go with the soloing, and then Jimmy had to work it out with Robert to know where the lyrics would go. Because all the soloing was put on last. I have a feeling it was all a high-wire act, and that they went into it as hit or miss, and it just happened to work. Amazing! Zeppelin didn't play this live, and you're right, it wouldn't have fit in with their 1977 set. "Tea For One" is a very down tune, somber and almost grieving the classic era of Zeppelin. The song has a very mature feel, and Robert's singing is maturing as well, which takes another great leap forward on "In Through The Out Door." The only problem is that Robert will be dealt a devastating and soul-crushing blow before getting there. Then they'll make one more exceptional album before the band as a whole is defeated by their demons. But before saying goodbye, Bonham treats us to a master class of drum magic with "Fool In The Rain," an unbelievable Zep classic. Enjoy!
This is one of my very favourites Zepp songs. It was written after Robert had suffered a terrible car accident on a Greek island and he and his wife were badly injured. For tax reasons, he was unable to be with his family at home to recuperate and this song was written in California with Jimmy where he was marooned. The band had been unable to tour because Robert was confined to a wheelchair for a year and he had to record his vocals from his wheelchair. At one stage, he wasn't sure he would walk again. It was a dire period for Led Zeppelin. Tea for One is so plaintive; full of emotion and pain, and actually these sentiments run right through Presence. I think. it is a measure of Jimmy and Robert's musical dexterity that you can truly feel their emotion when you listen to this song.
This song grows on you over time.
It’s in my top 10 of Led Zeppelin songs
Tea for One is another slow intense classic blues song that Zeppelin does like no one else can do quite as intense. They have done several throughout their career, and to me are always highlights - I Can't Quit You, Since I've Been Loving You, I'm Going to Crawl. This one is among Jimmy's best blues solos - the best and most sublime line having just been talked over.
I could tell this song wasn't a hit for you when you started talking through it and pausing rather early on. For me, this is their best blues song. It is drenched in emotion. It's almost like 2 songs for the price of 1; you have all of the lyrics part, which is phenomenal...but that solo...my goodness! It is speaking just as loud, and dare I say it, even more eloquently than the vocals. It turned heartache into luxurious, exquisite suffering; it turned it into art. Yes, please do CODA - although it was released after Bonzo's passing, it is an effort of all 4 and deserves to be heard. It came about because Atlantic Records said the group still owed one more album in their contract so Jimmy had to dig deep for some unreleased material from various stages in their career. There wasn't much because Physical Graffiti had already used up a lot of that material. He did manage to find a few things and both Robert and Jonesy came to help overdub things where they could. What a horrifying situation; there'd been so much pain and sadness at the end. With all the backstory behind its creation, it deserves respect and a listen.
Great comment yet again Henrietta!
@@helenespaulding7562 thanks Helene; you are too kind, as always.
@@helenespaulding7562 I hope he listens to some of these songs after he is done a few times. With Zeppelin, some songs that don't hit you at first end of being favorites later. This is not a "favorite" of mine but I do like it. But I was not a fan of it at all until listening to it many times. Some Zep songs just grow on you.
@@boki1693 we will revisit songs absolutely
@@boki1693 yes. I did not like this song the first time I listened probably because it followed Achilles (the best song of all time). This song has so much emotion. Some guiltars gently weep while Jimmy's sobs unapologetically
It was played live by Page and Plant a few times in Japan.
That was one of the best blues rock songs ever, the emotion is so intense, and the guitar solo is one of the most beautiful in the history of rock, Jimmy was the best at making a guitar have emotion, definitely my favorite blues song by them
Him and David Gilmour
@@marymargaretmoore9034 Yes very true, Gilmore's solo on Dogs is outstanding, among a few others
@@Ledzepnut sorrow, Comfortably Numbers
If your a blues fan, you will luv this song!! Pure blues.
I love the crawling bluesy pace of this song kind of like “Since I’ve Been Loving You” on Zep3 and “I’m Gonna Crawl” on ITTOD. Great song!
This is one of Page's best studio guitar solos (and he has some great ones)!
This song and Since I’ve Been Loving You are two of my slow blues emotional favorites.
This is probably my favorite Zeppelin song it just takes me to another place
Me too ❤️
Me too!
me too. But I especially love Page & Plant's version in Japan
This is one of my favorite Jimmy Page solos
One of Jimmy’s best work. He is playing Robert’s subconscious thoughts…as always. Genius.
The In Through The Outdoor album is on the same level as Presence, in a way an overlooked album. It is the last album before the death of drummer John Bonham.
The whole album is great, with a very diverse arrangement of tracks. Bass player John Paul Jones shows his talents on the synthesizer and keyboards on a lot of the songs which at the time fans weren't really into that sound.
But there are amazing songs like Carouselambra, Fool In The Rain, Hot Dog, and the song I'm Gonna Crawl which is a crushing Blues song.
Try For Your Life at the 2007 O2 concert. Great live version, but has Jason Bonham on drums and he does a good job.
That effect is jimmy using his fingers real fast on the strings. Its called guitar playing 101.
It’s about pain. A pain of loss so strong that you can’t see see straight, life around is suspended in this self induced pain of a loss you caused and so regret. Musically brilliant 🍃 close your eyes and absorb the pain
I loss he caused? To what are you referring? Robert’s loss or Jimmy’s? To clarify, if you think of Robert ….he wasn’t driving.
@@helenespaulding7562 I was referring to the lyrics. “But by my own choice I left you woman, and now I can't get back again”.
@@christophermorris7616 ah, yes…….the self-imposed tax exile….at a horrendously bad time for them both. Maureen was in so much pain…
this song is best listened to sitting in a dark room after a couple of beers (or your favorite herbage). i also prefer hearing it through speakers instead of headphones to fill the room with bluesy goodness.
It's my favorite led Zeppelin song till I hear the next led Zeppelin song
Tea for One and Achilles Last Stand are the two songs that stand out above all the others on this album.
Nah, sorry disagree, I d put Nobody’s Fault But Mine up there on the Top, but the album itself is great.
theres a HUGE amount of fantastic live stuff from them!!
The entire 26 minutes of Dazed and Confused from the Madison Square Garden concert ! Prepare to be mind blown by the guitar soloing towards the end.
Jimmy in interview on once said this was his favorite lead.
Plant was singing from a wheelchair...
I believe Zeppelin never played this live, however when Page and Plant toured together years after Zeppelin disbanded they did ply it. You can find it on UA-cam.
My fav songs on the Coda album: We're Gonna Groove and Poor Tom
Yes. Absolutely do Coda. There’s some fantastic stuff on there.
Thank You!! I enjoy watching Your channel, especially the Zeppelin Albums!!💪😁
I love this song
This was totally zeppelin blues!
When Plant and Page got back together in the 1990s and toured the world this song was substituted for Since I've Been Loving You in Japan. Like SIBLY during that tour it was backed by the string section of an orchestra which meant the performances had to be played as rehearsed. The Plant and Page reunion did not have the long jams of Led Zeppelin but still produced some memorable moments in the Unledded video made by MTV. The fade-out of final song Kashmir did turn into a jam with Page, the band and the Egyptian ensemble. The cellists and violinists sat back and enjoyed the ride.
8:29 is special to me i don't know why. Just sounds and feels like the tear drops of the guitar
This song is the epitome of restraint. When you'd expect it to kick in, as Led Zeppelin is wont to do, it smooths back into pure blues.
Yeah I could tell you weren’t feeling the vibe when you started talking so much. It’s full of the pain of loneliness and sorrow. Perhaps you haven’t been to that place yet emotionally and cannot relate. But to me, the entire song just weeps….gorgeous blues playing by Jimmy and Robert’s voice is full of depression and longing
Or it be he’s as white as Wonder Bread
Absolute Masterpiece...I highly recommend listening to their last song on their last album, the song is "I'm Gonna Crawl"...no one knew at the time but what a tremendous way to send off..
If you are a fan of blues rock this song should blow you away. If you are not, it is merely.... great 😎
Intense, yet relaxing...
Tea for one never played live with Zeppelin but it was played live with Robert Plant and Jimmy Page
The technique/effect is just shredding. Every guitarist does it, some better and faster than others.
You've done Kashmir from the 2007 reunion but there are also some other really good performances from this concert. Also the Earl's Court concert 1975
We do want to listen to Coda. Hey Hey was not on the original release of Coda. The original album had 8 songs but the re-release included many others, including some rough, unfinished tracks.
There are at least 4-5 videos of Page & Plant performing Tea for One on tour in 1996. Honestly, I'm not a fan of any of those performances.
In an interview with Dave Schulps of Trouser Press (Oct 1977), Page said that the song: ' ... was the only time I think we've ever gotten close to repeating the mood of another of our numbers, 'Since I've Been Loving You'.
hey hey what can i do and travelling riverside blues were added to the coda album i think.
@@jann1800able The original Coda album release in 1982 included:
- We're Gonna Groove
- Poor Tom
- I Can't Quit You Baby
- Walter's Walk
- Ozone Baby
- Darlene
- Bonzo's Montreux
- Wearing and Tearing
Hey, Hey and Travelling Riverside Blues first appeared on the 4-Disc box set released in 1990, along with a White Summer/Black Mountain Side mix and a Moby Dick/Bonzo's Montreux mix.
I don't know if anyone has mentioned it but Plant, his wive, kids and Page's daughter were involved in a bad car accident in Greece. Plant's wife almost died and Plant's legs were badly broken and he almost never walked again. He was in a cast and wheelchair when they recorded this. This song was about the seperation he felt because of tax reasons he couldn't be in the UK with his wife, who was also still healing from the accident.
Carlos Santana called this solo "The greatest solo put on record."
Can’t wait for In Through the Outdoor! It has 2 of their greatest songs and 2 big radio songs!
The next album is, In Through The Outdoors
My personal ranking of ending tracks from Zeppelin’s 8 studio albums:
1. When the levee breaks
2. Sick again
3. How many more times?
4. I’m gonna crawl
5. The ocean
6. Bring it on home
7. Tea for one
8. Hats off to (Roy) Harper
Tea For One is top 5 Zeppelin songs for me.
This song is a trip.
Gotta do For Your Life 2007 and Nobody's Fault But Mine 1979 at Knebworth!!
Anything is great but i love NO QUARTER LIVE!!!!
Yes I believe they did play it live.
Beleive us, the next album is great!
Man you've got to listen to 10 Ribs & All Carrots Pod Pod (Pod), I'm sure you've read that title in the tracklisting. It's an instrumental bonus song on the remastered version of Presence and it is a beautiful, beautiful piece of art.
It feels like travelling over the ocean at dawn sitting on a cloud. Such emotion 👌
Jimmy totally Peter-Greening it up in that intro. Superb touch playing in a minor key blues.
Plant wrote the lyrics while feeling homesick on the road during a US tour. He created the lyrics while sipping tea at the Plaza Hotel in NYC.
"I think it was just a reflection of the total anxiety and emotion at the period of time during which it was recorded. It's true that there are no acoustic songs, no mellowness or contrasts, or changes to other instruments." - Jimmy Page
If you would listen to “Since I’ve Been Loving You” from their 3rd album I think you would agree that this beautiful song is a continuation of the same blues riff
Zep loved doing long songs in concert, thats why their shows were 3hrs
I'm Gonna Crawl is intense and another fave
Hey Salvo, you never did Immigrant song live 1972 outdoors Australia. That's one to check out
My favorite song from this album and the song has been played live but not as much as I would of liked
With respect to In Through the Out Door: By 1979 Jimmy was strung out on heroin and Bonham was drowning in alcohol. Zep hadn't released a studio album in over 3 years, while disco, punk and new wave had taken over the airwaves. Classic Album-Oriented-Rock was down for the count, notwithstanding Pink Floyd's last great effort (The Wall).
By all accounts, Led Zeppelin should have been down and out. And while many Zep fans remain critical, JPJ took the lead on In Through the Out Door and knocked out an album that spent 7 weeks at #1. No, it didn't sound like classic Zeppelin, but it was right for the times. In this album you can hear the foundation of Robert Plant's very successful solo career. Zeppelin ruled the 70's. LZ 2 opened the decade at 7 weeks at #1, while Out Door closed of the decade (almost...October 79) at #1. On October 27 1979, Led Zeppelin's entire catalogue re-entered the Billboard Top 200 charts. What greater legacy could you ask for?
You should've been a classic rock music professor at the Yale School of Rock, with your mug on a plaque hanging in the main lobby of Yale as a shrine.
In other words, you are impressive with your knowledge! lol
So good to see how healthy and clean Jimmy has been for decades now he replaced the Jack Daniels and now drinks a ton of water a day and has stopped smoking for decades as well...he is happy and healthy
@@ptxaholic 😂 Thanks. But there are many others here even more knowledgeable.
@@charlesgervais4673 Show me who?? Lol. I literally just go to your comment to get educated
@@ptxaholic Tektoniks, Henrietta, Helene, to name 3, are a wealth of information. I usually hold off going into too much detail because I know those 3 are going to come in and correct me if I mess up. 😉 And Julie is like, the biggest fan. She knows every video available.
SalvoG , This track is a slow burner , a bit like a fine wine that ages well , this track gets better the more you listen to it . Presence and In Through The Outdoor always get underrated let’s face it they had massive prior albums to live up to . But the albums both have huge tracks of their own .
The week prior to 4th august 1979 I will never forget as a teenager camped in fields around Knebworth we listened from a distance to a then unknown track with Bonham warming up to In The Evening …..And in thru the outdoor was released shortly afterwards …Sweet memories .
You can really tell Jimmy Page was in pain with his addiction,So sad.I love this solo so much ❤️
Tea For One is definitely in my Top 10 LZ songs, and one I regularly listen to. I am a big, big fan of LZ's bluesy efforts! If you are after the more upbeat, *happy*, or *fun* music, this song isn't for you. But life isn't always *happy*, and Tea For One just pours on the emotion, and expresses the desperation of loneliness and isolation so well! I consider it a masterpiece!
Same with I'm Gonna Crawl, it's raw. I think the sound of the synths (not the arrangement) are the only thing that make it sound dated.
Yes to CODA!
both this and in through the out door (ittod) are seriously underated
Yeah man Listen To Coda,Poor Tom ,Walters Walk 👍
Great great song
Page Plant played this live in Japan in 98.
Love ❤️ 🎵
It is a good blues song but I am like you on this being that I like the upbeat vibe on this album the best ..It has the best sound production in the drum area and a overall bright contrast as a whole ..
I love your reactions. You’re honest, not over the top, and you give thoughtful feedback. The fact that you’re taking a song-by-song look at an artist when doing reactions is really valuable. It’s great to take the good with the bad, and the so-so. It’s not all about instant gratification and only hearing the great songs for the views. You want to get to know an artist and their body of work. It’s so much more rewarding than cherry picking what you want and what you don’t.
I’m looking forward to the conclusion of LZ. Other groups you might consider doing afterward are Cream and Pink Floyd. Cream has a small body of work with a lot of live recordings. Pink Floyd is a popular band to do reactions to, but I haven’t seen many start from the first album and go track by track. Almost more than the music, Pink Floyd is a journey of experiences if you listen to their whole discography. They changed and grew significantly with every record.
You might also consider doing a track by track of the Beatles. Again, a lot a reactions, not any song by song journeys. Although it is hard with the Beatles because of how their music was released in different parts of the world. That was a band that changed and grew. They literally changed music forever.
Thank you so much for this comment. I just try and be myself. The beetles…that may be a possibility
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Let's just get it out of the way BEFORE In Through The Out Door starts: In the song: "In The Evening," Jimmy is NOT bowing a guitar. That is a device called a Gizmotron....look it up.
I think Presence is underrated, and a solid album, but can't rank it above any of the albums that came before it. Led Zeppelin's quality for their first albums was so high, that when it started to slip, it was seen as a disappointment, but objectively, Presence stands on its own as a very good album.
Salvo,,,this is nice 👍
Don't skip in through the out door! You didn't come this far to only come this far.
This was bluesy, gotta be in the mood! Definitely do CODA, it’s got a lot of cool earlier recordings. Do Nobody’s Fault but Mine and Sick Again live at Knebworth!
Jimmy said this was a nod to "Since I've Been Loving You", though it's giving off the lonesome vibe. more than the sexual one. The guitar solo following the break is in my top 5 of his, and is just so eloquent.
Zep never played this one live either, but Page/Plant played it very rarely, only a handful of times. Here's one of them..
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I love this live Tea For One. The solo almost makes me cry. Jimmy Page is the best at showing emotions through his guitar.
@@ruthjohnson4380 along with Gilmore…IMO…
This song speaks to the emotion experienced by separation from someone you're madly in love with, but who wants space from you. I've been there a. long time ago and the lyrics resonate and take me right back to those painful emotions. Eventually the lady married me , and we're still together, so all was well in the end...for me. Presence was LZ's lowest selling album, but as a true Zep head, I've always considered it seriously under rated.
This one and I'm Gonna Crawl off of In Through The Out Door are there last two great blues songs.
You need to get all liquored up, sittin in the dark thinkin about all the shit you been thru in your life, and listen to this. This song will fit the feeling.
They pretty much didn't have many concerts on the end of their career: this album came out in '76, their '77 tour was stopped because Plant's 5yo boy died suddenly, and, when they attempted another tour in '80, Bonzo died and Led Zeppelin ceased to exist..
Many fans claim this is just a LZ rip off of their own song, Since I've Been Loving You and many hate the song for that. It is in a way a sequel song.... and like movie sequels they divide the hard core fans when a sequel (or one that seems to be one)comes out. Was LZ losing their creativity? Digging in old wells? Anyway, I like the song for what it is. Another LZ banger
Have you done the live version of Dazed and Confused from the Madison Square Garden concert ? I highly recommend it. Must be viewed in it's entirety to catch the explosive guitar soloing towards the end. You may have to pause it a few times to get it to post.
Yeah, he’s done it.
P.S. Led Zeppenlin as a group. Never performed this song Live.... only Page & Plant 1996....
hey hey what can I do was a B side, Hots On For Nowhere is classic off this album,
If I remember correctly, Presents was made after Robert Plant was involved in a car accident.
the next album is plant and jones as the driving force. as by this time page was real bad into heroin and bonzo the drummer was heavy into drinking. plant and jones would work together, then at night the other 2 would come in and put their parts on the songs. by this time things have been going bad. 1975 plants car crash, then while touring presence, he gets a call his little boy died, then 1981 bonzo dies.
1980……September or October date
@@helenespaulding7562 You are correct Bonzo passed away 9/25/80. One of the saddest days I remember it well. As does every other Zep fan.
Surprised you didn't click with this one! In my top 3 for sure
"In Through The Out Door," in my honest opinion, is second only to "Physical Graffiti" in the Zep catalogue! "Carouselambra," "All Of My Love," "I'm Gonna Crawl," and even the peppy rockabilly throwaway "Hot Dog," are all an awesome shift in direction without losing one iota of power! Too bad it was to be the last!
Zep blues at its best ✌🏻
I don't believe they played Tea For One live as Led Zeppelin, they may have, but Page and Plant certainly played it during their first tour together in the mid 90's. If you are doing all of Zeppelin's officially released albums then Coda must be included. Sure, it's not a 'studio album' but it has some really great original material on it. I love your reactions and it is nice to se you go from a novice, a sceptic, to a real fan over the last few months.
You should watch the video jimmy page and Robert plant Oakland 1995 ! Awesome concert! They tore it up!!!
yup do coda
tea for 1 is a latter day version of sibly
Aren't Blues songs just simply the very best?
Only played live in Japan 1996
Check out everyone Makes it Through on Coda . Its a different version of in The Light.
Such consummate musicians...as a musician myself, it still boggles my mind how they put this together...because Jimmy and John Paul had to map out the basic structure. The rhythm section and rhythm guitar had to be laid down first, and Jimmy also had to explain to John Paul and Bonham where he wanted to go with the soloing, and then Jimmy had to work it out with Robert to know where the lyrics would go. Because all the soloing was put on last. I have a feeling it was all a high-wire act, and that they went into it as hit or miss, and it just happened to work. Amazing! Zeppelin didn't play this live, and you're right, it wouldn't have fit in with their 1977 set. "Tea For One" is a very down tune, somber and almost grieving the classic era of Zeppelin. The song has a very mature feel, and Robert's singing is maturing as well, which takes another great leap forward on "In Through The Out Door." The only problem is that Robert will be dealt a devastating and soul-crushing blow before getting there. Then they'll make one more exceptional album before the band as a whole is defeated by their demons. But before saying goodbye, Bonham treats us to a master class of drum magic with "Fool In The Rain," an unbelievable Zep classic. Enjoy!
oh...good Gawd!! Yes, listen to Coda...the evolution of the band in one album!
Masterpiece 🍵 4 🙎♀️💛
Been looking forward to this one. It's my favourite on this album but not sure if you'll like it