Breaking Down A Led Zeppelin Classic
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- Опубліковано 10 лис 2023
- In today's episode, we break down Led Zeppelin's classic "Thank You"
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Rick, I think it’s important that you do an in depth interviews with JP, JPJ and RP whilst they are still with us. To talk not about their lives but their music and how the 4 of them put it together. You are one of the few people who can do this.
Can you throw some more initials around? JK
@@Jon....... hahahhaa 🤣
It's also "important" to have the buy-in for an in-depth interview with all the players you just mentioned. Probably wouldn't be very easy. Those chaps have been dealing with interviews for the last 50+ years.
The Zep guys are not interested in talking about the band and their music. What hasn't been said. Page has been forced to when he's released anything Zep related.
@@jakeenani would love to actually hear JP in studio discussing gear and recording. He mainly talks to journalists who can only talk in surface level ways
Also i love hearing Jimmy talk about his influences
Hey Rick. An interview with John Paul Jones would be great, too. He's a superbly talented multi-instumentalist, and we know he has his own large share of Led Zep stories to tell. Not to mention all the other musicians and groups he's worked with (ex. Them Crooked Vultures). If he'd do it, I'm sure it would be a great interview session.
JPJ is my favorite member of Led Zeppelin. He doesn't get the attention Page and Plant (and Bonham) get, but he was basically their musical go-to man.
I've always viewed John Paul Jones as a private dude, a quiet guy. I don't think he would be up to an interview with Rick.
I've always thought JPJ is the most competent and professional musician in Zeppelin.
@@strangeuniverse1199 he did a solo interview with Conan O'Brien, that I remember seeing on UA-cam. I think he would do an interview with Rick that focused on music and not the celebrity cheap stuff, Rick's interviews are more about that. I'd like to see an RB/JPJ interview too.
@@jimmycampbell78I he produced my favorite rock album of all time the butthole surfers independent worm saloon
Rick is the undisputed ‘John Madden’ of the music game, providing play-by-play analysis and commentary.
I'm waiting for the video game to be released. Hear me out: It would be like fantasy football - you get to pick your own players/singers, gear, songs, etc. Then using AI, make it all happen. Then, have a place to post your masterpieces for everybody to rate. C'mon Rick, you can pull it off!
No offense to your intentions - I’m sure it’s well meant - but that’s not nearly enough praise.
There are thousands of coaches who can point out that the RB chose the 2 hole over the 4. I’ve never heard anyone come close to having the level of comprehension AND the ability to communicate effectively this infinite chessboard we call music.
On that note, I’d call him the Gary Kasparov of music. Haha.
Joe Biden should create a Music Ambassador post and designate Rick for life. And that’s not a joke.
@@thefevertalkingThere is already such things as cultural ambassadors for the USA. Go find out how to nominate him and do so!
You see, the reason Jimmy Page played an A major voicing there is because the song is in A, and he wanted the key to be major
If that is true - who would be his Brett Favre? ;)
Rick, for me, you can never do too much Led Zeppelin and Beatles.
Thank You🎸
This song was was what my first wife and I chose as our wedding song. She passed in 2004. It will always hold a special meaning to me until my time is done.
Sorry for your loss...
It's a beautiful song... So sorry for your loss. Be strong...never give up hope. In my belief you will be together with her again ❤️ All the best, Per (DK)
So sorry for your loss , this was my wedding song and my sister in law’s wedding song as well
I’m so sorry for your loss. It is also our wedding song.
I've been divorced for more than 10 years, but I still remember the songs at our wedding. I remember things as they happened during certain songs... sometimes these things strike so deep, deeper than our ability to remember them, but they happened, and when they come by and knock on the door, it's always special, even if it hurts.
'If the sun refused to shine, I would still be loving you' is one of my favourite lyrics EVER.
It’s topped only by, “When mountains crumble to the sea, there will still be you and me.”
@@Greg-om2hb yup. I don't think many can top Plant for romantic lyricism in my eyes. Jeff Buckley is a close second though!
@@jcarys91 Buckley was a Plant fan.
This Zeppelin song makes me cry. The lyrics are so unique and the music is just beautiful
"Thank You" is one of my top 5 favorite Zeppelin songs. Beautiful!
aaaah wish I could've caught this live!!! I can talk about zepp for days
you NEED to interview robert one day !!!
My favorite acoustic guitar solo of all time is in this song. Absolutely incredible
Having taught elementary school for twenty-one years in the past, you are a fantastic teacher, Rick! You’ve helped inspire me to play again and get after it! Knowledge is power!
The tone of that blue Les Paul is absolutely amazing. What a beautiful instrument.
That’s his signature Les Paul.
@@216trixieFor good reason.
I sang this song to my wife on our 10th anniversary. We're 31 years married now. The words are magic.
This song is so beautiful it always makes me wildly emotional. It feels so final. So complete. Like it’s wrapping up an amazing story.
Watching one of my current day heroes taking a huge risk teaching music theory over a relatively modern day classic tune. Love you Mr. Beato! Thank you for moving music forward. This is a deep lesson. ❤
LONG LIVE THE WHITE BOARD.
I dont get how is he taking a huge
risk??-
@@jerald6023, well, teaching music theory isn't very sexy.
Thank You and Songbird (Fleetwood Mac) are my 2 favorite love songs. Played both of them at my wedding.
Dang it Rick!!!! I'm just as old dozer operator that plays guitar and I'm doing it right but all this mixolydan theory is way over my head but I love the way you describe it and it makes sense to me hearing it!!!!!! Thank you!!!! No pun intended!!!!!!! I've never learned how to play properly because I wanted to sound like me and not everyone else. Mission accomplished!!!!!! But im learning so much about music proper because of your experience!!!
Glad you're bringing out the board again. The reason I got hooked on your channel was seeing some of the earlier white board vids.
So glad you did this song. Never thought people like you would talk about it since it's more of a deep cut
That is such a beautiful song, one of my favorite Zep songs.
1982 was my freshman year at high school. All the kids were trying to convince me that Motley Crue were next big thing. It simply did not work for me. My brain was steeping in the depths of Hammond Organ outro of this song - and all of LZ2 really and after hearing all of it, that sealed it up for me. I knew at that young age that this band could not be topped. This tune was written around an organ piece brought in by Jones of course, but Robert’s lyrical content made it the perfect love song. This sort of followed what happened with Your Time Is Gonna Come from their previous album. Jones walked in with these classically tinged organ lines (which JSB would likely love if he were among the living) and they wrote around them. Jones was the Swiss Amy Knife of that band.
Sounds like we followed similar arcs at the exact same time.
Ah ha! The plot thickens. So you know exactly that strange, weird time that was the dawn of the eighties. Things started rapidly changing by this time. Hell, I thought Atari Pong and ColecoVision were the BEST things on earth - all the while kids today will NEVER know what it’s like to grow up without a device in their hands. All we had were three channels and you had to GET UP off the couch to change em! Music by 1983 was so digitized, corporatized and sterilized that bands like the Allman Brothers were suddenly looking at each other saying “how do compete with Eurythmics and Flock of Seagulls, man?” No one quite knew what to do. Now MTV was rampant and you HAD to have a video to accompany any song you put forth. Many times if said of Zeppelin, that; they were the perfect band at the perfect time. They really were too. The internet sucked the WOW-factor out of many things. We grew up at the last great twenty year span that was the eighties & nineties. After 2001 everything took a steep nosedive.
Thank you for covering Thank you probably my second or third fave Zeppelin song 🙏
One of my favorite slower Zep songs!
More than any other band ever, Zep was so ingrained in the Zeitgeist of the American youth in the 1970’s. And this particular song was one of the reasons why.
If I did not know it was beato, I would think it was a madman trying to prove aliens exist via strange mathematical notation. E flat goes on the four, but D over B makes lydian rock n roll. It goes around so you hear A. Staring maniacly into the camera. Pet detective doing an instant replay of a football game.
I love this song, & i really dig what Jimmy does with this song in the Page/Plant days, Page went off on the solo, his way of personally thanking the fans for their undying support & loyalty- as a guitar player of 40+ yrs,inspired by Over the Hills & FarAway, I really dig what Jimmy does with the Bm & E ( kind woman,I give you..).he playes the Bm up on the 8th fret, gives it a little Hendrixy riff, then plays the E up on the neck as well, giving it a similar Hendrix-like accent riff- Page & the boys were the best rock band ever-
23:18 secondary supertonic… twoing the five. Very cool. I actually understood that. Two years ago all that would have been waaaay over my head ❤
PHENOMENAL video Rick!! I'm a longtime drummer teaching myself Music Theory and Piano so I "THANK YOU" very much for all the wisdom and insight into this beautiful world we call MUSIC...🙏🙏🙏
Yes the whiteboard!!!😃
I also love Chris Cornell's cover of this song, his voice just hits the soul😘
Rick, you need to do a Jimmy Page interview. He would sit down with you for an hour or two.
Hear, hear 👍
Page would never do that. Sheesh, get real 🙃 As, say, Billy Gibbons never would, too... These guys would never waste their time with some hack... if you dont get it, you understand nothing
@zeppelinn Scio me nihil scire ? 😜 Tak to jo...
@zeppelinn Vím, že nic nevím, Jirko 😎
ὅτι ἃ μὴ οἶδα οὐδὲ οἴομαι εἰδέναι.“
nebyl to ale Sokrates, ale Platon
Page and Jones together would be awesome!
You're the best! You make me look at music in a whole new way. I love it, thank you Rick
Really enjoy your "whiteboard lectures". I've been revisiting some of the older ones in the last couple of weeks. Great to see a new one!!!
Tori Amos makes some really beautiful music. The way her voice just wraps around you is amazing.
A great video Mr. Beato. Thank you for breaking down the harmony and musical architecture behind this Led Zeppelin classic. As a guitarist and fan i salute you!
I first listened to this tune at a Robert Plant concert in January 1994... Dude, how damn lucky and fortunate this makes me feel.
John Paul Jones was very well versed in music theory, could read and write music from childhood. His knowledge was deep and wide. But Jimmy knew music organically and from experienced in so many varieties and styles with and astounding ear t be able to just play what he heard. But I do beleive that there was a lot more rigor in "composition" that what is generally known.
This is fantastic @RickBeato, thank you for doing this.
I’d love to see you do a dive on some of their more harmonically complex songs, such as The Rain Song, Four Sticks, In The Light, Friends, Since I’ve Been Loving You & Ten Years Gone.
It’s fun watching you get excited about explaining artists changes. I’d vote for a video on Wilson’s, God Only Knows. Anything Nilsson as well.
Carry on sir & cheers!
Have u ever covered The Rain Song? 🤔
Thank You? Was my first intro to Zep as a new comer from Jamaica to Canada when this album just came out. I never heard stuff like this before. I WAS HOOKED AND LISTENED TO THIS ALBUM OVER AND OVER AND OVER
The BBC version of Thank You has the best solo ever played, IMO. The absolute pinnacle of this song
No Quarter version for me, but I will definitely look this one up 👍
The BBC version is brilliant
The best solo played on the BBC sessions was on Immigrant song.
@marcwechter3332 Great solo. I prefer the How The West Was Won Immigrant Song solo
BBC is excellent.
The Thank You solo from "live from Blueberry Hill" is best ever.
I am so glad I subscribed. I get so much from all your videos, interviews, sessions, et al. While I am kept from real engagement with your material because I work 3 jobs and I am an old man, I have enough theory to appreciate and GRASP your musical points. Thank you so much for bringing this to the web. You are awesome.
I just got chills imagining an interview with Page .and Jones ! OMG Rick youve got to ...Could you ? How would you ? what would you? for posterity Rick and all that is Holy
"Thank You" on BBC Sessions is still the best recorded live performance in the history of rock music.
my favourite Zeppelin song!!! Love this!!
Rick I have no idea what you are talking about (drummer) but happy to listen and learn. Great job
You are a very unusual drummer
Thank you for your wealth of knowledge, I have expanded my world of music immensely. Thank you.
Love this song. Chris Cornell’s cover on The Stern Show is my favourite. Great lesson Rick, Thank You. ✌🏼
It's also on his Songbook tour album.
Ii can recommend also Beth Hart's Album "A Tribute to Led Zeppelin" ...this is a great performance and also u can enjoy all the Led Zeppelin Songs with a modern sound.
No shave November!! I’m with you, Rick!
Wow, thank you Rick. This is definately a master class for those with an ear to hear. Or as they say now "If you know, you know"
Thank you maestro!! You're teh best and I always learn cool things from you. Great song choice too!!
I've always looked at the I/Flat 7/ 4 as rocks version of Jazz's 2/5 cord progression.
that song inspired me to my first own sing when I was 18 or 19. So I‘m quite connected to it ❤.
I’ve worked with music theory for years and put my emphasis on feel these days while trying to not over think theory. When Rick starts talking about something technical my first thoughts are, he’s over complicating it. But, then I unusually learn a new perspective.
For secondary dominants, I was like, here we go, over complication. And i always looked at that idea as you can drop a V chord to lead into another chord if it sounds good. Just something you can do.
Never thought about it as “secondary dominant.” But, looking at it that way, I learned something new. Interesting way to think about it. You can probably also add in ii-V instead of just V as the secondary dominant. It’s just a new perspective on how to think about it.
Hey Rick I think you are awesome all of you and appreciate what you do ❤
16:00 I’m really glad you said that - page knew what he was doing … all my life I’ve heard how they had no idea what they were doing. Long before I studied music as intensely as I have the last 6-7 years I knew it was way more than coincidence the level of sophistication in the music. The counter was always JPJ was the musical mastermind, and he surely was - but he was complimentary to Page and plant and no ham for that matter. The quartet had huge musicality and knowledge that I feel they have never ever been given 5% of their due.
Most of their songs concentrate on the upbeat, changing and complex time signatures. Most people cannot play even their most popular overplayed songs correctly . Almost Always off beat or off on the melody
I digress
True nobody captures the nuance, or proper chord voicings.
Page knew what he was doing. But how many rock composers don’t and just nail it off intuition? I bet it’s a lot.
The short answer to all such explorations is that the starting point of analysis represents a facet of (or viewpoint) what is being observed. "Relationship, relationship, relationship". If a variety of approaches strengthens understanding it has been worth it.
JPJ absolutely knew what he was doing lol. He was arranging the Page and Plant notions, and is and extremely competent and educated session musician and producer in his own right.
Page didnt need Jonesy to arrange anything, only ITTOD (when he was wasted) . Now, Jonesy WAS an arranger - for Donovan and others in mid 60s.. but thats all.. Forget this nonsence for once.. JPJ was a great bass player, keyboards too... but arranging and producing Zep was all Jimmy Page, himself
@@tomasvanecek8626 That's not the whole story. I'm sure you'd consider Black Dog to be a Zeppelin classic: that's all JPJ, and he had to teach them how to play it as well. There must be other tunes that we'd be surprised to learn was more JPJ than Page.
lol yeah more JPJ than JPP, to myself however(also having a dead wife) it’s about as a guitarist the magic is the magic, placement of the notes is well, someone else’s concern!! To earn compositional credit adding a bass line isn’t enough, lol it’s aaaa about structure(how big a boy are u) get ur oven mitts off my royalties!!
Lmfao rock bands their pure delight, even Gabriel era Genesis, break it down like this: Who’s writing the most stuff? Well, they’re the Leasder!!!! Lmao it’s true o its true
@@Novotny72 Yep, Good Times Bad Times, Out on the Tiles.. those were Jonesys riffs.. maybe some more.. I know Zep through and through, my journey with them started in 1971,2.. so I dont need anyones lectures, you know ? 🤗
@@tomasvanecek8626 you definitely need a lesson on why punctuation is important.
Thank You on the BBC Sessions is my favorite Zeppelin song. The record version is good but no where near as great. I’d love to see someone break down the live BBC version. It rocks. And I’d argue it makes it even more beautiful despite the heaviness added
I remember discovering the BBC Sessions album. I couldn't help myself from putting it on for quite some time.
I remember when I first heard this song… I was thinking the same thing, 1 to D-flat 7 to 5 in a mixolydian chord progression…😁
In all seriousness, I love this breakdown and analysis of amazing songs.
Please do La Villa Strangiato..
It's my favorite song on Led Zeppelin II ♥
What is the name of the song 😢
@@Moe-gg1wy "Thank you"
@@stefan_becker you're welcome. but what's the name of the song?
@@DanOffGridInWyoming"Thank you" is the name of the song
@@leaningtower73 I suspect that Stefan was speaking in jest.
Great job Rick. Thank You.❤
Rick,
Interesting breakdown of this song by my favourite band.
I agree, a JPJ interview would be great... and a Michael Schenker interview would be another great one.
Schenker is the man!
Rick you are a star for us musos. Any chance analysing some Supertramp ?
That would be SO great. Love the songs of Roger Hodgson in particular. BR, Per (DK)
Wow, a lot different and new stuff for me to learn here!! 😮😊 🎉 !!! And definitely love the Whiteboard !! Seeing it helps stick in my memory and starts to settle in and Saving this to be watching more than once!! And parts are familiar but will eventually get the group together at once and solid and learn Creativity !!!
Been waiting for this one Beato. Nice
Just bought the bundle man. Love this song.
Perfect explanation. Thank you the video.
Wow, you covered Thank You! My fave Zep song. Was expecting one of their more popular tracks.
This song, Was our first dance for the bride and groom at my wedding 22 years ago. Wasn’t copied by a band. We had a DJ play the original which is what we wanted anyway. Just food for thought. Funny thing was when it started playing older guests were sorta in a daze😮 it was really sweet though. It wasn’t my first thought to use this song at a big formal wedding with over 100 people but hey, it worked perfectly. A beautiful wedding song. FYI 😊
Btw thank you for all you do Mr. guitar man. Love you.
- Jones definitely knew how to apply the theory you’re explaining and could’ve worked with Page in the chord construction. There seems to be someone else singing the part “little drops of rain….” with Robert. I know Bonham sometimes sang choruses live, so it may be him. Great song and of course the bass and keys parts are what make JPJ a legend.
It’s Jimmy singing with Robert
Thank you for you in depth look at Thank You. It has always been a favorite...but...has anybody heard Train's cover version? It's from their fantastic album Train Does Led Zeppelin II. They do the entire album first song to last. Absolutely amazin'...'n Thank You is a perfect rendition. I put it right up there with the original-classic!
Hello John, I am just hearing their version. Awesome.
This was my first dance with my wife at our wedding. So cool to see it broken down.
Fun Story: I just finished watching Thor Love & Thunder and still Sweet Child of Mine is ringing in my ears. So I immediately had the melody of Sweet Child of Mine in my mind when I heard this chord progression you were playing, which is, you probably already know, the „same“ as in Sweet Child of Mine. 😊
No. Sweet Child of Mine's chord progressions are just like Thank You's!!
Agreed! An interview with JPJ Would be classic!
I love the Abby road album🍏 behind Rick. 😁
There is playing songs---and then there's guys who can really NAIL it. Rick is showing us the difference.
Thank You, love this song!
This is very informative. Thank you.
I want to see Led Zeppelin live
Great video Rick 🤘
How
Many songs of
Led Zep has Rick broken down. There can never be enough
Lol
Rick, it was sunny for me when I was in Deutschland, 12SEP2024 to 12OCT2023. I did see the EDM School. And it did not rain. Yes, Berlin is nice.
Don't forget Jonesy was a studio musician and arranger.
Thought Rick might be doing Chris Cornell's version...never knew Tori sang it too. Different but brilliant.
Chris Cornell performed it on Howard Stern and it was magic, but it's also his live solo album. His covers are phenomenal
@@Garythefireman66 yeah, that whole live album is brilliant. Nothing Compares 2 U for example.
Rick you really must do the Rain Song...the ending is the most beautiful piece of music I've ever heard
A great deal of their work, and the work of many not only English but also American and yes Australian hard rock bands, are mixture of elements of old Scotch Irish folk music, and it's derivative forms in American early bluegrass and blues. You said the word "Celtic", Wishbone Ash.
wow. brilliant idea, thx rick
Longtime viewer...started playing guitar while deployed to Afghanistan. I play on and off..but based on this vid, I'm buying your course and committing!
Led Zeppelin are the goats 🐐
Rick, I just came across this "episode" and love it! I have followed your channel for several years and love it. I also love Led Zeppelin and this song especially...very powerful. Around 25 mins into it you suggest that the chords and notes within inspired R. Plant's melody. Could be. But my question is what came first, Plant's lyrics and melody or Page's music? I will forever want to know. When I have the time I devour documentaries I find( or fed to me) re: all the brilliant musicians I grew up with working in the studio, creating the music of my life. Rick, please try to interview any or all of the remaining members of Led Zeppelin. You ask the questions and craft your interviews like no other, and it would be so enlightening for all to gain some insight into this enigmatic band. Thank you!
The Acoustic Cover that Chris Cornell did of that song is fucken amazing ❤ Cornell 🎤 🐐 🙌🏻
Agreed! 💯🎯
Fantastic song!
Every live solo that Jimmy played of that song were sraight greatness. I missed the white board
Great class professor 😊
I think this is the only guy I sub to who shouts at me. And I'll take it, any day
Haha! I was about 10 feet from the microphone that’s why I shout :)
It's worth noting that a lot of traditional Celtic music utilizes the flat 7th sound also. Hence that "lonesome" Appalachian sound... Ha! I made this comment about 5 minutes before Rick mentions "Celtic"!
Page plays both the D pentatonic minor and D PentatonicMajor scale during the solo on his live performances When he does the Penta Minor parts it really gives his solo an edginess On record he stays with D Penta Major / D major scale It’s always interesting to play over this progression. So common in many songs like Can’t you see/Marshall tucker band
Ya Jimmy’s solo on the BBC sessions from 71 is amazing.
@@OutOnTheTiles it is. Check out also Blueberry Hill bootleg. Just saw some vid posted from behind the stage
Great lesson