Bonham had a very rare gift indeed, my piano teacher once said to me to play Chopin to an extremely high level is 25% accuracy and rhythm,25% technique,25% expression and 25% of a very special thing that very few humans are born with, the closest thing to it she said, is being able to literally transfer your emotions through your body and in to your instrument. I believe this is what made Bonham to this day stand out from others. It’s not about technical ability or how fast you can play,it’s something that can’t be learned you either have it or you don’t.
How Robert Plant met John Bonham: John was at a club that Robert was singing at, Robert walked by and John told him "your a good singer you would be better if I was your Drummer."
I thought he said "... the best drummer in the world." Plant asked who's that then?" Bonzo said, "Me." Long time ago so I'm just paraphrasing but it stuck with me.
Achilles Last Stand is Jimmy's magnum opus and it isn't surprising that it may also be Bonham's best drum performance. This song is nothing short of a masterpiece.
He is probably the most 'in the pocket' player ever. It's like he is more perfect then drum machine, and yet, still milion times more musical. Accents, power, timing, slight delays in perfect moments, groove, musicality. It's insane and impossible to actually explain, you have to hear it to understand it.
Old bands had the time & money to rehearse & record enough good takes for a timeless song/album. In cities like NY in the 70s & 80s, you only needed a part time job to cover rent/food, plenty of Americans had fun money to buy records, attend shows & sustain an economy around art. Add in a drinking age of 18 & the cultural zeitgeist of Rock N Roll rebellion amongst the then-young that had never been paralleled in history… Yeah, music was better. Almost everything was, compared to 2024. I’d trade the access to knowledge & hyper-awareness the internet brought & plastic in my body for the blissful ignorance of a superstitious, authoritarian world that at least gave a generation & a half the best material time to exist
Yeah a lot of drummers that never really created their own iconic sound like to take shots at bonzo these days… they didn’t call the man the hammer of the gods for nothin’..
I mean, I admired Ginger's playing but Bonham's sound just captured my ear more. Plus Ginger always came across as a snob who thought he was better than everyone else.
@@David-lb5ot i recall ginger really pissed off jimmy when in an interview jimmy page complained that ginger said the problem with bonham was that he didn't have any "swing" to his drumming. jimmy was like "are u effing kiding me, ginger?? that's what he had the MOST of! God!" Totally agree with Jimmy!
There's this Keith Richards interview where he sort of disses on Bonham a bit, basically slagging his "heavy handed"/less-than-subtle style, etc. But this too easily overlooks how subtle & tricky Bonham could be...he could really swing; it's not all crashing & bashing, a la "When the Levee Breaks." Besides, Page's overall style and the riffs he wrote--it's hard to see how that would work with a Charlie Watts type drummer--Page knew what he needed and recognized it in Bonham. Watts was perfect for Keef riffage, and Bonham was exactly what Page's flavor of hard rock required...no need to diss on Charlie for that!
Jimmy Page, after hearing Bonham play: "That's exactly the sound I want for my band!" Thanks for your great musical sense Jimmy. The same Jimmy, some time later: "Bonzo is the backbone of Zeppelin" There never was nor will be another like him. Bonzo is different. There is something about its beat that awakens strong, transcendental, almost wild sensations. Anyone who doesn't feel anything listening to him playing is dead inside
There's a heartbeat-like quality to his approach, very organic, that few drummers can capture. It's never so precise that it can be adequately duplicated by humans or machines, hence, why the band folded once the heartbeat gave out. A subtle irony, I suppose. They might've been able to record with someone else but live shows couldn't have worked. Wouldn't have been a Zeppelin show.
@@lovewinsall77 I can say that Bonham keeps me in good shape. My daily hiking is to the Zeppelin’s sound e John. I made a playlist with his isolated drum tracks and it’s so stimulating! It’s like the heartbeat, something organic, it has a life of its own, as you said. And I also agree, Zeppelin would never be the same if they had continued without Bonzo. I don’t think any drummer could escape John’s monumental shadow. Jimmy, Plant and Jones were right to stop, a sad but correct decision I think.
I thoroughly agree and I love both those quotes from Jimmy and am forever thankful he put LZ together so perfectly...however if I have one teeny JP gripe, it is that in live shows, he just always seemed to put himself *right* in front of Bonzo. I know we have the solos, but I still watch some stuff and crane my neck trying to see him behind Jimmy!
He was Phenomenal in person, the Moby Dick of Drummers, Fleetwood was Good, he was ahead of his time, but I saw Keith Moon once at a Warehouse, and he Blew me away, if they lived, We would be the recipient s of some kind of Great Music, RAMBLIN, I am too Stoned, jűs sāyīn !😎✌️😎!
I think hes the only drummer you notice in a song. Most people like a riff or tune but that machine behind is pushing thru. And once you are aware you cant ignore his magic. Truely unique. Since then weve all been loving you. 🇬🇧
No other drummer has impacted music like Bonham. His parts were brilliant, he always laid down the perfect groove for each tune, and is still the most influential. That includes Rich and T Williams
He was just so dynamic the way he stretched the beat, the ghost notes, his awesome use of the hi hat. He also does something that a machine can’t do - he subtly speeds up and slows down and also hits the drums harder on crescendos to give the Zep sound that runaway train feeling when they take off. Examples are the second solo on Heartbreaker, Stairway and Ramble On at the end. Lots of examples actually. He either drives or matches Jimmy’s guitar intensity to make the song explode. Really the secret sauce to Zep I think.
How do you feel about the military drum parts? I'm not sure if that was the best choice. They were pressed for time. It does help to divide up such a long song. Sometimes I think it was the right choice. Sometimes I think it sounds too simple and perhaps a little obvious. (Not corny quite, but just....I don't know).
@@Frip36 Zep did that a lot but it’s intended to sound powerful with the guitar rather than be analyzed stand alone. The military style rhythn with guitar shows up in In My Time of Dying and live versions of Bring it on Home.
The intelligence of the bass parts and the subtle dynamic sensitivity and feel for instinctive "human" tempo (like you mentioned) in the drums and how the two combine are really what make this band great. It's the cement between the stones.. if you didn't have it the wall would fall apart and you'd be left with a an out of time guitar and a guy in tight jeans shouting.. "Baby, baby..." etc Lol!
What makes Bonham so special is no other drummer can pull off what he achieves. It'a the same with Keith Moon, both drummers who stitched their personality into their instruments
Being able to keep that double kick in the pocket as long as he does is no easy feat. I can probably do it on my electric kit with a DW5000 but he was playing a wide open 26” kick with an old school pedal. A right foot kissed by god if there ever was one. Rest in power Bonzo ❤️
I did this one too a few years back.. the only Zep song we did. You could always tell who the decent musicians in the room were because it would get their attention and it was the song they always approached you to talk about after the show.
Achilles last stand is the zeppelin best song. Reason being its a ten minute marathon, where all 4 have there foot hard down for the duration of the song. And I mean hard down. Bonzo going mad on the drums as per, page and jpj playing as if there lives depended on it and plant excels as usual. Zeppelin where lightning in a bottle. Just unreal how good they are.
Right, so the Knebworth live version is all the more impressive, Plant's cracking voice at the end notwithstanding. My feeling is that a GOD was listening and got a bit jealous, as these mere mortals were storming heaven.
I'm a life long zep fan since 71 hearing just Mr Bonhams drum tracks really blows me away of the level of his drum skills I became a drummer solely because I wanted to play these amazing drum rifs triplets of course I'm no John Bonham but I owe my love and passion for drumming to the greatest rock drummer of all time !!
Yep, brilliant performance and a real statement of purpose from him. There's also a video with him and Jones isolated in this song (on the Mirko Visi channel) that shows - if anyone needed proof - how tight they were.
I remember buying "Presence" when I was ten years old. I'd been learning how to play, training my ear without really even realizing it, by just, say, if I wanted to learn "S.O.S. Too Bad & Train Kept a Rollin' " from Aerosmith's "Get Your Wings" vinyl LP; I knew I had to be in tune with the album - so I'd find a piece of a song where Joe or Brad just left an A or E string ringing open long enough for me to tune to it... Blah blah blah... All Led Zeppelin LPs up to "Presence/Song Remains The Same," all Queen LPs up to "The Game." But especially "Queen 1, Queen 2, Sheer Heart Attack, Night At The Opera/Day At Races, News Of The World, Jazz, The Game," and I just couldn't do "Hot Space" etc... Theodore Nugent's first LP only. "Frank Marino and Mahogany Rush - Live." All Blue Oyster Cult up to and including "Cultosaurus Erectus." I learned Rick Derringer stuff especially "All American Boy" and "Derringer - Live." But I fckn especially loved "Presence" and still do.
Really cool! Thanks. There’s another video I like as well where Jim Gordon’s drums are isolated on Layla but the other instruments can be heard at a low level.
Something like a miracle, this percussive hold-down to this song. I think Zep's greatest secret weapon - they had several of them - was the musical simpatico between old friends Plant and Bonham. And I don't mean only in the sonic way (voice/drum interplay), but in Bonham's unusually pronounced ability to find the apt, exciting groove and rhythm to match Bob's poetry. Drummers mostly aren't given to such subtleties. Another who had this exceptional skill was Roxy's Paul Thompson. And of course, Bruford. But very, very few others.
Bonham got me started back in 1980 or so. I started playing drums with marching band in 5th grade at prep academy back in the early 70s. I moved to Saxophone in 7-8 grade. I went back to drums because they were cooler for a teenager to play I was more interested in the drums. When I discovered Zep with my friends I would play his parts on tables and on my legs I played everywhere I went. when I finally got a set I could play a lot of his stuff like whole lotta love and black dog. His playing is so inspiring when you start out. He's still just amazing to listen to at 59.
I can remember seeing Jason Bonham play at the Fforde Green venue in Leeds in the 80s but his band were too loud? Always liked his father's drumming and had every album Zep did. He was the ultimate power drummer. I was quite upset when he died he was to me power drums 🥁 God bless John Bonham.
In the late 70's I was in HS, I used to come home put this song on and jam to it on the drums, I actually had it down real well for a HS kid, this song along with many other Zepp songs really schooled my rock drumming. I would chart things out if needed, what I'm trying to say is Bonham taught me a lot, ie: when to keep it real basic, when to not hit the crash on the down beat, when to lay back and at the right time; and then add the killer fill and be fancy at the appropriate time, but to me most importantly as a single bass freak that I am, is that there's a certain art to single bass with a band what I mean is the bass drum and snare really push the band, and if you tap in to that artistry with those two things you can really move people. Of coarse the Hi Hat and everything else, but the way Bonzo played between the Sn & BD really taught me a lot. Thee other important thing is (and it wasn't hard being full Italian) is that you play from you're soul with passion, like it's your last day on earth. There are other progressive drummers out there that are contrive and great at what they do, but it's a pre meditated thought out thorough composition, and I get it, but Bonham could improvise like a Genius, and if ya listen to Page after Johns death that was one of the main reason's Page said they can't go on... This video is pure Gold! It shows the Genius of that BD & SN artistry (and proper fill placement) pushing the band. Sorry long winded, Peace
this is epic,talk about the hammer of the gods man........like many have said,he played the riff him jonesy and pagey were locked on like no other there will NEVER be another led Zeppelin
When Jason inquired Robert about a Led Zeppelin reunion, Robert emphatically stated his love for Jason in memory of his father can't and won't take the place only Robert personally knew Bonzo fulfilled as it was unnamiously decided by Jimmy in the band's inception.
John had so much feel and pocket!! And that right foot was something special too!!! He was my favorite without a doubt. I would rather have great feel like him any day than some chop monster. John had more than plenty of Chops though. Like fool in the rain. He came up with that half time shuffle. A lot of the greatest drummers learned that one off of him. Like Jeff Parcaro used it on Rosanna.
His playing on this this song could be better I think? The way the drums are tuned and he plays hard makes it come alive. I feel anxiety listening to this, almost like the big monster is going to crush me lol. The 🐐 indeed
Bonham had a very rare gift indeed, my piano teacher once said to me to play Chopin to an extremely high level is 25% accuracy and rhythm,25% technique,25% expression and 25% of a very special thing that very few humans are born with, the closest thing to it she said, is being able to literally transfer your emotions through your body and in to your instrument.
I believe this is what made Bonham to this day stand out from others.
It’s not about technical ability or how fast you can play,it’s something that can’t be learned you either have it or you don’t.
over analyzing . it was his gift of drinking beer that made him play better
John Bonham drummed circles around Ginger Baker...No contest
@@albuquerqueturkey1567 Watch Toad drum solo and come back . John Bohnam is the Hobbit and Ginger Baker is the appendices to LOTR
@@albuquerqueturkey1567beware of Mr Baker or he will break your nose
@@mdg1089So drinking beer makes you a great drummer? You don’t know what you’re talking about.
How Robert Plant met John Bonham: John was at a club that Robert was singing at, Robert walked by and John told him "your a good singer you would be better if I was your Drummer."
Plant told that story and added, "..and he was right."
That's why Plant nominated Bonham for Jimmy. The right people at the right time, result: the best rock band in the world!
I thought he said "... the best drummer in the world." Plant asked who's that then?" Bonzo said, "Me." Long time ago so I'm just paraphrasing but it stuck with me.
"I Never had drum lessons, I just played the way I wanted, and got black-listed in Birmingham ....." John Bonham 6/21/1975
Achilles Last Stand is Jimmy's magnum opus and it isn't surprising that it may also be Bonham's best drum performance. This song is nothing short of a masterpiece.
Led zeppelin was unique in all the way!!
He is probably the most 'in the pocket' player ever. It's like he is more perfect then drum machine, and yet, still milion times more musical. Accents, power, timing, slight delays in perfect moments, groove, musicality. It's insane and impossible to actually explain, you have to hear it to understand it.
Yes indeed!! Well said!!!
No click, Rock solid, clean and fast, probably recorded with 4 mics and in one take;Incredible.
As they should be done for ever. Because it works and it´s beautifull.
@@riffdealer And triggers. Awfull and lifeless. Even live they´rs sounding bad.
@@jcsk8yeah so is your mother😢
These old bands had soul ... and that's the priceless essence of good music ! @@riffdealer
Old bands had the time & money to rehearse & record enough good takes for a timeless song/album. In cities like NY in the 70s & 80s, you only needed a part time job to cover rent/food, plenty of Americans had fun money to buy records, attend shows & sustain an economy around art. Add in a drinking age of 18 & the cultural zeitgeist of Rock N Roll rebellion amongst the then-young that had never been paralleled in history…
Yeah, music was better. Almost everything was, compared to 2024. I’d trade the access to knowledge & hyper-awareness the internet brought & plastic in my body for the blissful ignorance of a superstitious, authoritarian world that at least gave a generation & a half the best material time to exist
I still say Bonham was better than Ginger Baker. RIP John 🥁
Yeah a lot of drummers that never really created their own iconic sound like to take shots at bonzo these days… they didn’t call the man the hammer of the gods for nothin’..
Is that even an argument?
I mean, I admired Ginger's playing but Bonham's sound just captured my ear more. Plus Ginger always came across as a snob who thought he was better than everyone else.
Bonham sounds better and more creative and fit the band perfectly! His personality shines through his music.
@@David-lb5ot i recall ginger really pissed off jimmy when in an interview jimmy page complained that ginger said the problem with bonham was that he didn't have any "swing" to his drumming. jimmy was like "are u effing kiding me, ginger?? that's what he had the MOST of! God!" Totally agree with Jimmy!
When I saw them live he was the star of the show.
Michael Schenker has stated that Bonham is his most loved and respected musician of all time.
Interesting fact there pumpkin breath🤔
This is very creative funk drumming in a hard rock band which made all the difference.
Yes - same with Bill Ward of Sabbath - bit of funk or jazziness elevates it to the next level.
There's this Keith Richards interview where he sort of disses on Bonham a bit, basically slagging his "heavy handed"/less-than-subtle style, etc. But this too easily overlooks how subtle & tricky Bonham could be...he could really swing; it's not all crashing & bashing, a la "When the Levee Breaks." Besides, Page's overall style and the riffs he wrote--it's hard to see how that would work with a Charlie Watts type drummer--Page knew what he needed and recognized it in Bonham. Watts was perfect for Keef riffage, and Bonham was exactly what Page's flavor of hard rock required...no need to diss on Charlie for that!
I'm 8 minutes in and I'm exhausted just listening to him play !! That's why he was known as the BEAST !!
Listen to the air in that bass drum. No one else but Bonzo.
Jimmy Page, after hearing Bonham play: "That's exactly the sound I want for my band!"
Thanks for your great musical sense Jimmy. The same Jimmy, some time later: "Bonzo is the backbone of Zeppelin"
There never was nor will be another like him. Bonzo is different. There is something about its beat that awakens strong, transcendental, almost wild sensations. Anyone who doesn't feel anything listening to him playing is dead inside
There's a heartbeat-like quality to his approach, very organic, that few drummers can capture. It's never so precise that it can be adequately duplicated by humans or machines, hence, why the band folded once the heartbeat gave out. A subtle irony, I suppose. They might've been able to record with someone else but live shows couldn't have worked. Wouldn't have been a Zeppelin show.
@@lovewinsall77
I can say that Bonham keeps me in good shape. My daily hiking is to the Zeppelin’s sound e John. I made a playlist with his isolated drum tracks and it’s so stimulating! It’s like the heartbeat, something organic, it has a life of its own, as you said. And I also agree, Zeppelin would never be the same if they had continued without Bonzo. I don’t think any drummer could escape John’s monumental shadow. Jimmy, Plant and Jones were right to stop, a sad but correct decision I think.
@@marciashiraishi5891 May you rock forever.
@@lovewinsall77
Thanks, you too! 😊
I thoroughly agree and I love both those quotes from Jimmy and am forever thankful he put LZ together so perfectly...however if I have one teeny JP gripe, it is that in live shows, he just always seemed to put himself *right* in front of Bonzo. I know we have the solos, but I still watch some stuff and crane my neck trying to see him behind Jimmy!
bestest rock drummer ever to breathe air.
The bestest EVER.
Glad you clarified, because I’d say ANIMAL is the best drummer, period!
He was Phenomenal in person, the Moby Dick of Drummers, Fleetwood was Good, he was ahead of his time, but I saw Keith Moon once at a Warehouse, and he Blew me away, if they lived, We would be the recipient s of some kind of Great Music, RAMBLIN, I am too Stoned, jűs sāyīn !😎✌️😎!
Bestest!! Legend
@@jetcat132 for his time.
I think hes the only drummer you notice in a song. Most people like a riff or tune but that machine behind is pushing thru. And once you are aware you cant ignore his magic. Truely unique. Since then weve all been loving you. 🇬🇧
Neal Peart is another
No other drummer has impacted music like Bonham. His parts were brilliant, he always laid down the perfect groove for each tune, and is still the most influential. That includes Rich and T Williams
2:30 5:27 Wow, always wondered what that drum fill sounded like isolated.
The first one is insane - popping it in there like that. 🎉
@@Twotontessiesounds like an explosion. And it appears totally random. 👍
Every single one of his grooves are hypnotic. Listen to the sheer amount of pocket this man has.
He was just so dynamic the way he stretched the beat, the ghost notes, his awesome use of the hi hat. He also does something that a machine can’t do - he subtly speeds up and slows down and also hits the drums harder on crescendos to give the Zep sound that runaway train feeling when they take off. Examples are the second solo on Heartbreaker, Stairway and Ramble On at the end. Lots of examples actually. He either drives or matches Jimmy’s guitar intensity to make the song explode. Really the secret sauce to Zep I think.
How do you feel about the military drum parts? I'm not sure if that was the best choice. They were pressed for time. It does help to divide up such a long song. Sometimes I think it was the right choice. Sometimes I think it sounds too simple and perhaps a little obvious. (Not corny quite, but just....I don't know).
@@Frip36 Zep did that a lot but it’s intended to sound powerful with the guitar rather than be analyzed stand alone. The military style rhythn with guitar shows up in In My Time of Dying and live versions of Bring it on Home.
The intelligence of the bass parts and the subtle dynamic sensitivity and feel for instinctive "human" tempo (like you mentioned) in the drums and how the two combine are really what make this band great. It's the cement between the stones.. if you didn't have it the wall would fall apart and you'd be left with a an out of time guitar and a guy in tight jeans shouting.. "Baby, baby..." etc Lol!
@@nicknewman7848 Oh that last line about P&P was hilarious!😆
@@ellebrook3413 you clearly have an excellent sense of humour and good taste in rock bands. I salute you.
What makes Bonham so special is no other drummer can pull off what he achieves. It'a the same with Keith Moon, both drummers who stitched their personality into their instruments
Being able to keep that double kick in the pocket as long as he does is no easy feat. I can probably do it on my electric kit with a DW5000 but he was playing a wide open 26” kick with an old school pedal. A right foot kissed by god if there ever was one. Rest in power Bonzo ❤️
bonzo was playing a single kick.
Yeah I meant double kick as in double strokes not in reference to his gear lol
Big guy had a touch like a mountain.
I used to play in a band that was all Zep, and we played this one. By the end of it, I was thankful I somehow got through it! 😅
I did this one too a few years back.. the only Zep song we did. You could always tell who the decent musicians in the room were because it would get their attention and it was the song they always approached you to talk about after the show.
The gallop is JPJ. Artefacts of this are still in this track.
Thanks. I was confused...
Having never actually listen to the full song with all the instruments, this is amazing. I hope the rest is as good
OMG, if you haven't yet made good on that, don't even finish reading this just go and do it, lol!
I hope you checked out the Knebworth 1979 version from the DVD, which is on UA-cam. The most intense piece of rock there's ever been
Always loved that fill at 1:17 ! and that bass drum at 9:08 WOW ! ! !
never distinguished his footwork at the 9;08........thanks
that fill.... "ah, fuck, he's peaked early..." but of course he was keeping some back for later too! 🤟
Yes he had an amazing right foot!!!
Achilles last stand is the zeppelin best song. Reason being its a ten minute marathon, where all 4 have there foot hard down for the duration of the song. And I mean hard down. Bonzo going mad on the drums as per, page and jpj playing as if there lives depended on it and plant excels as usual. Zeppelin where lightning in a bottle. Just unreal how good they are.
Is it just me or is Bonzo getting Stronger the longer this song, & all the other tasking ones go on?!!!
Right, so the Knebworth live version is all the more impressive, Plant's cracking voice at the end notwithstanding. My feeling is that a GOD was listening and got a bit jealous, as these mere mortals were storming heaven.
It was the first Zeppelin song I heard when I was little. I remember listening thinking “wow who are these guys?!?!”
So very well said
I'm a life long zep fan since 71 hearing just Mr Bonhams drum tracks really blows me away of the level of his drum skills I became a drummer solely because I wanted to play these amazing drum rifs triplets of course I'm no John Bonham but I owe my love and passion for drumming to the greatest rock drummer of all time !!
Some people are just born to play drums ....(Gifted) nobody can play with his feel for the drums, it comes from the heart, Bonzo was all heart...
John BOZO Bonham Drummer 🥁🪘God Rest in Peace 🙏 🪦
Ya KNOW - be a drummer my whole life. This is SUCH A GIFT
01:17 my favorite drum fill of all time.
His time signatures are unreal.
His patterns on the kick are supernatural.
Masterful.
You don't know what a time signature is.
@@redrick8900 Be nice. Educate don't criticize.
@@alanrogs3990 That is nice. Now he can look up "time signature" or at least not misuse it when he's trying to pretend to understand drumming.
Yep, brilliant performance and a real statement of purpose from him. There's also a video with him and Jones isolated in this song (on the Mirko Visi channel) that shows - if anyone needed proof - how tight they were.
@@louise_rose I know and when watching them live they can be playing and chatting with other at the same time. Amazing!
It's been said that in drumming, you can either be hard and devastating or highly technical and accurate.
Bonzo and Dave Grohl both have this gift.
Amazing pure feel and groove and no click track...
Plays exactly what the song needed..the master at work 🥁🏴☠️
Lots of noise cancelling and flanger phaser on these drums. Great dynamics. Love it.
I think that's a result of the audio isolation software being used to pull out the drum sounds. We're probably not listening to raw multitracks here
What a frikin groove man , awesome 👍👏⚡
That "Cobham" fill at 1:17 !!!
yeah amazing fill right there
Incredible thanks for posting! J.H.B the legend lives
absolutely colossal
Absolutely incredible!!!!
Bonzo was simply the best rock drummer of all time. This statement sounds very obvious, but people need to be reminded of it.
Wow and damn, simply the finest musician I've heard.
Brilliant! One of my favourite Zeppelin tunes. Drumming is great - love how aggressive it gets at time. Thanks for the upload.
THOR, AT HIS PRIME, BADASS MASTERPIECE..LZ4EVER
I remember buying "Presence" when I was ten years old. I'd been learning how to play, training my ear without really even realizing it, by just, say, if I wanted to learn "S.O.S. Too Bad & Train Kept a Rollin' " from Aerosmith's "Get Your Wings" vinyl LP; I knew I had to be in tune with the album - so I'd find a piece of a song where Joe or Brad just left an A or E string ringing open long enough for me to tune to it... Blah blah blah... All Led Zeppelin LPs up to "Presence/Song Remains The Same," all Queen LPs up to "The Game." But especially "Queen 1, Queen 2, Sheer Heart Attack, Night At The Opera/Day At Races, News Of The World, Jazz, The Game," and I just couldn't do "Hot Space" etc... Theodore Nugent's first LP only. "Frank Marino and Mahogany Rush - Live." All Blue Oyster Cult up to and including "Cultosaurus Erectus." I learned Rick Derringer stuff especially "All American Boy" and "Derringer - Live." But I fckn especially loved "Presence" and still do.
So big sound ! Powerful ! Amazing ! Incredible, unique
timing , sound and smooth the best !!!!
What can you say simply The Best we really miss him
Very grateful for this see you again keep it up Eye Thank You
Love this sooooo much would love to hear “How Many More Times”. Please
incredible work! thank you for the upload sub earned
Really cool! Thanks. There’s another video I like as well where Jim Gordon’s drums are isolated on Layla but the other instruments can be heard at a low level.
Thank you for this!
Unreal playing.
Something like a miracle, this percussive hold-down to this song. I think Zep's greatest secret weapon - they had several of them - was the musical simpatico between old friends Plant and Bonham. And I don't mean only in the sonic way (voice/drum interplay), but in Bonham's unusually pronounced ability to find the apt, exciting groove and rhythm to match Bob's poetry. Drummers mostly aren't given to such subtleties. Another who had this exceptional skill was Roxy's Paul Thompson. And of course, Bruford. But very, very few others.
Oh yeah! John Packel this is sweet, I love it.
Just the best! RIP🎼🌹
Bongo can't be stopped just listen to him play its unreal
Neil Peart and Bonzo in Heaven jamming together. Now that's amazing to imagine.
no, they are buried or cremated. They are not jamming anymore. Hopefully the music reminds.
Just another day at the office for Bonzo, a one of a kind drummer. He’ll live forever!
Excellent!
'Acojonante, como siempre| ¡Gracias|
Bonham got me started back in 1980 or so. I started playing drums with marching band in 5th grade at prep academy back in the early 70s. I moved to Saxophone in 7-8 grade. I went back to drums because they were cooler for a teenager to play I was more interested in the drums. When I discovered Zep with my friends I would play his parts on tables and on my legs I played everywhere I went. when I finally got a set I could play a lot of his stuff like whole lotta love and black dog. His playing is so inspiring when you start out. He's still just amazing to listen to at 59.
Obviously some .... were born for it. THE MAN
Very dynamic.
God bless technology! To hear the master ar work!
Actually my favorite Led Zeppelin album, but really they all are. This you hear the horses galloping into battle
I can remember seeing Jason Bonham play at the Fforde Green venue in Leeds in the 80s but his band were too loud? Always liked his father's drumming and had every album Zep did. He was the ultimate power drummer. I was quite upset when he died he was to me power drums 🥁 God bless John Bonham.
This is the reason Led Zeppelin came to an end in 1980. Once in a generation talent. You can’t replace this man. Period!
⭐🌠🌩 Finally the LIGHTING Fast Drum Fill @ 1:17 Isolated !!!!🌠⭐ Killer Klassic Bonzo
In the late 70's I was in HS, I used to come home put this song on and jam to it on the drums, I actually had it down real well for a HS kid, this song along with many other Zepp songs really schooled my rock drumming. I would chart things out if needed, what I'm trying to say is Bonham taught me a lot, ie: when to keep it real basic, when to not hit the crash on the down beat, when to lay back and at the right time; and then add the killer fill and be fancy at the appropriate time, but to me most importantly as a single bass freak that I am, is that there's a certain art to single bass with a band what I mean is the bass drum and snare really push the band, and if you tap in to that artistry with those two things you can really move people.
Of coarse the Hi Hat and everything else, but the way Bonzo played between the Sn & BD really taught me a lot. Thee other important thing is (and it wasn't hard being full Italian) is that you play from you're soul with passion, like it's your last day on earth.
There are other progressive drummers out there that are contrive and great at what they do, but it's a pre meditated thought out thorough composition, and I get it, but Bonham could improvise like a Genius, and if ya listen to Page after Johns death that was one of the main reason's Page said they can't go on... This video is pure Gold! It shows the Genius of that BD & SN artistry (and proper fill placement) pushing the band. Sorry long winded, Peace
A Powerhouse in action!
John Henry Bonham. None more badass.
Just ……. chills
this is epic,talk about the hammer of the gods man........like many have said,he played the riff him jonesy and pagey were locked on like no other there will NEVER be another led Zeppelin
I feel Bonham was all about the beat within the beat within the beat, with ALS being the epitome.
When Jason inquired Robert about a Led Zeppelin reunion, Robert emphatically stated his love for Jason in memory of his father can't and won't take the place only Robert personally knew Bonzo fulfilled as it was unnamiously decided by Jimmy in the band's inception.
Too Cool
👏 👏
Bravo
I know Bonham's drumming was great on Achilles, but flipping heck! Monster. The fills. The timing. A joy to listen to the GOAT at work.
Thank you x
Bonham ain’t the GOAT Peart is the GOAT.
@@MrChippiechappie OK Geddy
@@MrChippiechappie That's just like, your opinion.
@@MrChippiechappie Take off!
@@MrChippiechappie lol not even close.
The master !! John B
10:23 of non-stop power,timing and fury. Did you hear all the changes and fills? John Bonham often imitated but NEVER duplicated
Real Beast
Brilliant!
I never heard all of the kick drum nuances before
@@SmellyCheeseBro Same here,what a tremendous drum track!
Maybe For Your Life or Royal Orleans some time?
@@joejurick4263 Sure! a little busy this week but if i forget just remind me!!
@@SmellyCheeseBro OK Thank You
Thanks
That’s how it done boys and girls.
The hammer of gods⚡
Monstro...
At 1:20 and 2:48 those fills were 🔥
Bonham, so underrated!
After about 7 minutes the groove is tighter and faster, especially the kick drum.
Unbelievable. Best drummer ever! The pattern at around 9:10 is just amazing. His foot is lightning ⚡️
Yeah those doubles were something else.
Drummer today still can't take this dude !! Was a Breed of his own..
I fucking love this!!!!!
John had so much feel and pocket!! And that right foot was something special too!!! He was my favorite without a doubt. I would rather have great feel like him any day than some chop monster. John had more than plenty of Chops though. Like fool in the rain. He came up with that half time shuffle. A lot of the greatest drummers learned that one off of him. Like Jeff Parcaro used it on Rosanna.
His playing on this this song could be better I think?
The way the drums are tuned and he plays hard makes it come alive. I feel anxiety listening to this, almost like the big monster is going to crush me lol.
The 🐐 indeed
no wonder they stopped playing after his death.... hell.. what drumming!
Bonzo was a monster on the drums. RIP
Eso es magia