One of the most under played zeppelin songs, for me it's one of my favourites, the way it builds and the picture it paints. I love it! Thanks for reacting to it 👏
This is a medieval folk song. :) The cover of the album is also influenced by English folk culture. It's based on a harvest wheel, a tool farmers used to use to tell them when to plant what and when to reap. A visual almanac, of sorts. The LP's cover was a gatefold, and the front half had a wheel fixed into it with a grommet at the center, and a tab cut out at the edge so you could turn the wheel with your finger. All those little pictures that are in circles were actually on the interior wheel, and showed through holes in the cover. The wheel had lots of little images, and I've many a fond memory of listening to the album while my stoned little self played with that wheel. Wheee! (They did something similar with Physical Graffitti, except there the pictures were on the inner sleeves and showed through the "window" holes of the tenement building on the cover.)
Loved spinning the wheel and sliding the sleeve. Give Us A Wink from Sweet was another interactive album sleeve. The eye would wink as you slid the sleeve up and down.
For another side of Zeppelin you should react to "The Battle Of Evermore", it features the mandolin, no drums and the only time they had a guest vocalist, Sandy Denny from the band Fairport Convention who sings an awesome duet with Page.
Jimmy Page had never played banjo before this recording! He borrowed it from John Paul Jones and as usual he was as incredible! Live Zeppelin ❤ RIP John Bonham
When I was a teenager, I didn't like 'Led Zeppelin III' as much as their other albums. Now, older and wiser at 55, it is probably my favorite LZ record. Page, Plant, Jones, and Bonham just had such a remarkable creative output.
My experience is almost backwards. My sister got this album and I was around 7 years old at the time. Without nostalgia, I still think III being their best album as a whole. IV is more hit and miss and the albums after that even more so. But still "Since I've Been Loving You" is bit dragging even if not boring as it was then, "Tangerine" is the prototype "Stairway" and "Hats Off To (Roy) Harper" a mixed bag.
I agree that I felt ZEP III was a letdown after ZEP II. I have always avoided listening to Immigrant Song as the single off that album and it just didn't do it for me
I love that you're getting to some deep cuts with the Classic Rock artists like Zep, The Doors, Deep Purple etc. Basically, any instrument in Led Zeppelin that wasn't the drums, or guitar, was played by John Paul Jones. He was Zep's MVP!
@@X1xone JPJ on bass and mandolin, Page on 6-string acoustic, 12-string acoustic, electric guitar and banjo, Bonham on drums and it sounds like him doing backing vocals. The bass might be the strange upright bass used on Bron-y-Aur Stomp from the same album. A contemporary report said this bass was some sort of JPJ creation cobbled together that had frets filed off. What remained of the frets were loose and were said to have imparted a rattle to the sound. It was used on Bron-y-Aur live but Gallows Pole was only referenced in concerts, not performed. Plant and Page did play it but had the benefit of extra musicians to replace the overdubs. And no JPJ.
@@davidcarter4247I have a bootleg I got in 80 where RP references jpj's bass, where he "bought it in Newcastle-upon-Tyme". It was a standard stand up bass early on.
D'yer Mak'er is pronounced "Jamaica," a reference to an OOOOOLD joke, an approximation to how certain British accents can sound when written out (it's meant to be a shortening of "did yer (you) make her?"). MAN #1: I finally went to the Caribbean with my wife. MAN #2: Jamaica? MAN #1: Nah, she came willingly.
That's interesting except that I'd always thought and maybe heard somewhere long ago that "did you make her?" was a slang way of saying "did you bang her?"
Hey Amber, "When the Levee Breaks" was a *cover song* by Led Zepplin! "When the Levee Breaks" is a country blues song written and first recorded by Memphis Minnie and Kansas Joe McCoy in 1929. The lyrics reflect experiences during the upheaval caused by the Great Mississippi Flood of 1927.
@@rollomaughfling380 Pardon? Apparently you didn't actually listen to the couple discuss things. No problem, I get it, you are too impatient. But, she said she really like Led Zepplin's "When The Levee Breaks". Was just giving some background in case she didn't (or anyone didn't) know, it was a COVER SONG
Far more than a cover song. The music by Zep is very original, they took the lyrics from the old song. People calling these covers are just plain wrong. It's quite likely that that song is actually much older and wasn't even written Memphis Minnie but we'll never know. So in reality it is probably another traditional song that Zeppelin added their own music to.
An English teacher at school played it for us, as the original folk song, this was around the time Zeppelin recorded it, it goes back to before the Americas were colonized, which is why in parts of the USA there are versions of it as folk songs. Originally known as The Maid saved from the Gallows, or The Prickly Holly bush, earliest recordings of it being sung go back to the 1930s.
I always found it hilarious that the protangonist in the LZ's version gets hanged even though his brother pays some silver and gold and his sister give her body to the handman. Talk about a double cross! I always thought the Ahhhh, ah, ah sounds towards the end of the song were meant to be the sound of the hangman laughing. A great old song and one of my favorites from LZ.
One of my favorite songs on the album. It's an old folk song that Zeppelin added their touch to. There are many different versions throughout the years of this old folk song, some, where after everything the hangman receives, he sets him free. Others, like this version, even after getting silver, gold, and the sister's virginity, he still hangs the man. The quickening tempo as the song progresses, is alledged to be the man's increasing anxiety to thhe impending hanging.
This song was originally a poem by Francis James Child, “The Maid Freed From The Gallows”, Later it was interpolated by Leadbelly as “The Gallis Pole”, who surely inspired Zeppelin to put their own spin on it.
Great reaction, Amber and Jay! I don't notice too many reactors listening to this song, so thank you. Even after listening to Zep for many decades, I'm amazed at how all of their songs sound different. And even though each sounds different, you know right away that it is a Led Zeppelin song!
Apr 2, 2021 Jay listened to "Since I've Been Loving You by Led Zeppelin" (same album). It was like his 3rd day on the channel, and he has deprived Amber of this wonderful song. *smiley face
I thought I saw someone else comment that that was the live version that Jay reacted to solo!! If that's the case it would be great if they BOTH reacted to the studio version of Since I've Been Loving You!
@@bernardsalvatore1929 I always strongly suggest that they never react to a live version of a song. They should first hear it the way we first heard it on the radio so they will have that same first experience as we did.
My friends and I were deep into Medieval/Renaisance culture and gaming, so any time a band came out with a song like this we got excited and it went on our playlist. ❤
Led Zep III is often referred to as their acoustic album. It was a change from their usual hard rock to a more acoustic-based sound. Plus banjo! Cheers....
Another to check out is "Battle of Evermore" . The two Wilson sisters of Heart had another group called The Lovemongers which also covered this song which was featured on soundtrack of movie "Singles". One of the great folk songs by Led Zeppelin. A great duet with Robert Plant and Sandy Denny, from Fairport Convention. Jimmy Page does some amazing mandolin playing here.
Friends were too poor to save him. Brother brought silver and gold to no avail. Sister came and took the Hangman by the hand and wore his blood to boiling hot and upon his face a smile. But now he laughs oh so hard, she's swinging on the Gallows Pole!
Oh that cover!!! I had that album. The cover has two layers - the circles with faces are cutouts and you can spin a wheel on the edge to turn the photos to get another set - and another version of the cover art!
@@Whateva67 Ya - a lot of art and band personality went into those covers, and often the inside was several pages of photos, stories about the band, or even the song lyrics. We'd read them over and over while listening to the music. Ahhh.. the days before internet!
Fans and critics were shocked when Zep put out a folk-oriented mostly accoustic album after two heavy blues LPs. III has met a lot of negative critics at that time, nowadays it is considered the biggest step the band made forward to a new sound merging different genres. For a lot of people now 50 years later it is their best work. IV was nothing more than the cummulation of this album and the work they did before. Check out the version on No Quarter by Jimy Page/Robert Plant with hurdy gurdy and other trad. instruments.
The reason they released the Untitled Album, was a response to the critics negative reviews of Zeppelin lll So they made an album for the fans instead, with no name at all on the album cover.
This band was so far beyond their time….a perfect example of 4 dudes that were at the zenith of their abilities and pure energy its almost not even fair!!! My favourite band
Page plays banjo and JPJ plays mandolin, aside from their usual instruments. Led Zeppelin III is definitely the best place to be for some acoustic Zep!
Gallows Pole is one of my favorites. Here is info on D'yer Mak'er" (/dʒəˈmeɪkə/ "Jamaica") is a song by the English rock band Led Zeppelin, from their 1973 album Houses of the Holy. The title is a play on the words "did you make her?" being pronounced as "Jamaica" when spoken in an English accent
Not going to argue with that. First heard Led Zep 1 on its release in ‘69 at our sailing club cadet night - was instantly blown away, and been a massive fan since that day. Can’t describe the excitement I felt waiting for the release of each new album, knowing a new masterpiece was about to land on my turntable ❤
Thanks! A little silver and gold to save two of my favorite people from the gallows pole. May I suggest a band called Crack the Sky? They have many great songs and never achieved the fame they deserve. Try "She's A Dancer" for a little surprise.
Very underrated album by Zeppelin. Page plays banjo, acoustic & electric guitars. John Paul Jones plays bass & mandolin & of course, Plant vocals, Bonham on the drums. How about hitting something from my favorite Zeppelin album physical graffiti. In My Time Of Dying In The Light Ten Years Gone Houses Of The Holy
JAY THIS WAS THE ARLY 70s remember when ACDC USED THE BAG PIPES IN IF YOU WANNA ROCK AND ROLL THAT WAS ALL SO 70DZ Lots of surprises in 70dz rock period
I have this little mental keepsake box of my favorite Zep songs like In My Time of Dying or The Song Remains the Same or When the Levee Breaks (I know it's a cover), but I also have this sort of Oort Cloud of, I don't want to say second-tier but for me, songs that are great but not super-faves like I just noted, such as Achilles Last Stand, Fool in the Rain or Immigrant Song, and Gallow's Pole is one of those. So, love to see some fans get a new experience with this production.
The great thing about Zeppelin was their diversity. From blues, soul and rock each ablem is different. If you want to hear them playing county, check out "Hotdog"
@@falcon4548 True, but I was driving around the first time I ever heard this, came on the radio. I could tell it was Zeppelin, but did not know the song. Looked it up, then drove about 40 minutes to the nearest record store and bought Led Zeppelin III
@@frankleyJ wise decision 🎶🎵🎶🤘🏼🤘🏼… I was 7 years old 1970 when I heard the Immigrant song .. as a little kid listening to AM radio…then the transition to a STEREO (Hi Fi 😁) from my teenage cousin. The beginning of that song seeping out of his room , drew me right in! I said what is this ?! The 2 teenagers looked at me and said Led Zeppelin!! What the hell ya think it is 😠! I dunno…but I knew one thing… I want MORE of this i said to myself! Then within a split second, they said to me get otta here ya little shit this room is for teenagers ONLY! 😢🤣🤣🤣… but I could still hear it through his door that was just slammed in my face! … I kno long winded story but I’ll never forget it and I was hooked ever since 🎼🎵🎶🎶🎶🎵🎵.. The mighty Led Zep… Black Sabbath , Deep Purple, Stones , Jimmi Hendrix etc etc… still to this day I revisit them all 🤘🏼🤘🏼🤘🏼🤘🏼😎 ha ha !
I am always so pleased with your take on all this wonderful music, your understanding of the lyrics, guessing of the instruments (not always right, but thats ok) and your description of themusic and feels
When you bought the original album the cover had holes in so you could see images of the band. Inside the album was a cardboard wheel which you could move to show a different image in the holes.
Amber, I love your t shirt. I had tickets to see Thin Lizzy in the late 70's. I let someone that I thought was a friend sleep in my car cuz he got kicked out of his parents house. He stole the tix out of my glove box so I didn't get to see them. But I did see Zep at Oakland in 1977. There was 2 concerts and I was at the 1st which turned out to be the 2nd to the last time they would play in the US. Zeppelin rules!
Robert Plant continues to have an amazing solo career post Led Zeppelin. This man is in his 70's and still touring. Amber will love "Big Log" and the hypnotic guitar. Jay will love "Tall Cool One" and will be very surprised when he finds out who Plant samples in this song. "Tall Cool One" or "The Hurting Kind" will restore Jordan's faith in Plant as a solo artist. Both are very rockin'
I have a big smile on my face hearing this song and seeing your reactions to it. I love this song, it's wonderful to see you both enjoy and appreciate it too. Wishing you both well and sending peace
My first zeppelin album from my sister when I was six years old, fifty four years later it still gives me goosebumps and hairs on the back of my neck stand up.
One Led zeppelin song that I've been waiting for you to react to , and it's one of my favorites, is " Bron y aur stomp ". It's another one that you may say is outside their box. Let that be your next one, please.
One of my favorite LZ albums. Led Zeppelin 3 was the first album I bought that got with my first paycheck as a teenager and never a regret with that purchase.
Since I was 11and I heard LZ first album Good Times Bad Times I have been a fan I love all their songs I love the diversity in their songs they don' all sound the same they have too many great songs to listen to
you wanna hear Robert Plant's vocal POWER, off of this album, the song, Since I've Been Loving You, wow, you both will be blown away, the bluesy guitar solo, it's an incredible blues song
The whole back side of III was acoustic. Bron Yr Aur Stomp is great fun song about Plant's dog, one of my all time favorites. That's the Way is a beautiful acoustic song. And on the fourth album there were 2 beautiful acoustic songs, Battle of Evermore and Going to California. I always thought the way Gallow's Pole builds and layers instruments reminded me of Page's future guitar orchestra kind of songs, like Stairway, 10 Years Gone, Achilles Last Stand.
Another to check out is "Battle of Evermore" . The two Wilson sisters of Heart had another group called The Lovemongers which also covered this song which was featured on soundtrack of movie "Singles". One of the great folk songs by Led Zeppelin. A great duet with Robert Plant and Sandy Denny, from Fairport Convention. Jimmy Page does some amazing mandolin playing here.
My favorite Zep album, though I know it wouldn't be for most Zep fans. It's a good variety of songs, I find Plant's vocals to be at his best in this album, and it contains Since I've Been Lovin' You which is a favorite of mine.
Yeah, I'm with you. All the acoustic songs are just great and I think "Since I've Been Loving You" might be their masterpiece (sorry, "Stairway") or, at the very least, has Jimmy's best solo in their discography.
The inspired idea of setting traditional British narrative folk ballads to rock music, had been first pioneered by the band Fairport Convention. Their album 'Liege & Lief' is an acknowledged classic of the genre - and the track 'Tam Lin' (check it out!!) a standout ensemble performance - particularly by vocalist Sandy Denny, who would later be invited to sing alongside Robert Plant (on the track 'The Battle of Evermore') on the Led Zep IV album.
The Strawbs were doing hard-core Celtic folk then moved into folk rock and eventually prog rock from 1961 - 1971 and beyond. They still might be going in one iteration or another. At one time they had 3 groups of musicians performing as The Strawbs, 2 acoustic tours and 1 electric tour. ✌️🎶🍁🤘
First album I ever bought with my own money when I was 12. Played to grooves right off it. Scince I've Been Loving You is one of my favorite songs of all time.
I'm perfectly willing to acknowledge that Led Zepplin II and Led Zepplin IV are probably their best albums. But if I was stuck on a desert island and could only have one Zep album, I would have a hard time not choosing Led Zepplin III. It's an amazing album.
Couldn't find a link for that, but I did find this Australia bit, very cool also! MY God, there's sSTILL so much Zeppelin and Zep-related stuff out there I haven't yet seen or heard--GAH! LOL, oh well, the Journey is fun! ua-cam.com/video/omxnvpis7Xc/v-deo.html
Plants vocals are also my favorite on every song, as others have said he could sing the phone book, & make it sound amazing. His range tone & texture, just surpasses any other vocalist, it’s sad he lost much of that with needing surgery. Even on his music today, you still know it’s him. Thanks for your reaction. Not sure if you guys have reacted to You Shook Me, great solos on there, including Plant playing harmonica. It’s a song on their debut album, & shows the individual talents of each of them.
Zeppelin III was their most acoustic album, with the exception of "The Immigrant Song". Check out the tracks "Tangerine" and "That's The Way" from the album too.
And it was such a switch from Led Zep II that it was dismissed for years as a big disappointment. Then they released the runes album, the one without their name on it as a reaction, and they headed for the stratosphere. They felt their music should be able to stand on its own.
For something completely different, you should try listening to the Honeydrippers which is a Robert Plant solo project. Sea of Love, Good Rockin at Midnight, Little Sister are all good choices.Plant can truly sing any song and make it his!
I love this Zeppelin song. Tangerine is my favorite from Zeppelin 3.
Great song, great solo, from a great album III
Immigrant song or Tangerine. Both are top 10 Zep songs.
The entire side B of Led Zeppelin III is acoustic mainly.This band could do anything and always sounded great.
"Floats like a butterfly, stings like an atomic bee."
One of the most under played zeppelin songs, for me it's one of my favourites, the way it builds and the picture it paints. I love it! Thanks for reacting to it 👏
This is a medieval folk song. :)
The cover of the album is also influenced by English folk culture. It's based on a harvest wheel, a tool farmers used to use to tell them when to plant what and when to reap. A visual almanac, of sorts. The LP's cover was a gatefold, and the front half had a wheel fixed into it with a grommet at the center, and a tab cut out at the edge so you could turn the wheel with your finger. All those little pictures that are in circles were actually on the interior wheel, and showed through holes in the cover. The wheel had lots of little images, and I've many a fond memory of listening to the album while my stoned little self played with that wheel. Wheee! (They did something similar with Physical Graffitti, except there the pictures were on the inner sleeves and showed through the "window" holes of the tenement building on the cover.)
Loved spinning the wheel and sliding the sleeve. Give Us A Wink from Sweet was another interactive album sleeve. The eye would wink as you slid the sleeve up and down.
Ha i LUV this!
@@KenRoerden LOL, so much ingenuity poured into keeping the stoners happy! 😆
Lord have mercy everybody must have done that that's old enough. 😂
@Serai3 this is from III, otherwise great explanation
Battle of evermore. With Sandy Denny a fantastic female voice. 🎉
I saw Robert Plant and Allison Krauss in concert in Taos, NM last summer. They did this song. It was great with a blue grass slant. He's still got it!
For another side of Zeppelin you should react to "The Battle Of Evermore", it features the mandolin, no drums and the only time they had a guest vocalist, Sandy Denny from the band Fairport Convention who sings an awesome duet with Page.
No, she sings it with Robert Plant, not Jimmy Page.
@@dogbarbill Oops. My bad.
Jimmy Page had never played banjo before this recording! He borrowed it from John Paul Jones and as usual he was as incredible! Live Zeppelin ❤ RIP John Bonham
Jimmy Page picks up a banjo and just kills with it. Why am I not surprised. The guy is a genius.
The unplugged version on the Page/Plant No Quarter Concert is even better with the use of a Hurdy Gurdy!
Great version!
When I was a teenager, I didn't like 'Led Zeppelin III' as much as their other albums. Now, older and wiser at 55, it is probably my favorite LZ record. Page, Plant, Jones, and Bonham just had such a remarkable creative output.
My experience is almost backwards. My sister got this album and I was around 7 years old at the time. Without nostalgia, I still think III being their best album as a whole. IV is more hit and miss and the albums after that even more so. But still "Since I've Been Loving You" is bit dragging even if not boring as it was then, "Tangerine" is the prototype "Stairway" and "Hats Off To (Roy) Harper" a mixed bag.
Yes, I was also the opposite - liking bands like Jethro Tull, I appreciated the more rural acoustic nature of III. One of my favourite LZ songs!
I agree that I felt ZEP III was a letdown after ZEP II. I have always avoided listening to Immigrant Song as the single off that album and it just didn't do it for me
Zep III was always my favorite! Liked their other albums but LOVED III the instant I heard it.
I love that you're getting to some deep cuts with the Classic Rock artists like Zep, The Doors, Deep Purple etc.
Basically, any instrument in Led Zeppelin that wasn't the drums, or guitar, was played by John Paul Jones. He was Zep's MVP!
I read Page learned to play banjo just for this song.
@@X1xone JPJ on bass and mandolin, Page on 6-string acoustic, 12-string acoustic, electric guitar and banjo, Bonham on drums and it sounds like him doing backing vocals. The bass might be the strange upright bass used on Bron-y-Aur Stomp from the same album. A contemporary report said this bass was some sort of JPJ creation cobbled together that had frets filed off. What remained of the frets were loose and were said to have imparted a rattle to the sound. It was used on Bron-y-Aur live but Gallows Pole was only referenced in concerts, not performed. Plant and Page did play it but had the benefit of extra musicians to replace the overdubs. And no JPJ.
@@davidcarter4247I have a bootleg I got in 80 where RP references jpj's bass, where he "bought it in Newcastle-upon-Tyme". It was a standard stand up bass early on.
D'yer Mak'er is pronounced "Jamaica," a reference to an OOOOOLD joke, an approximation to how certain British accents can sound when written out (it's meant to be a shortening of "did yer (you) make her?").
MAN #1: I finally went to the Caribbean with my wife.
MAN #2: Jamaica?
MAN #1: Nah, she came willingly.
Badoom tish!
That's interesting except that I'd always thought and maybe heard somewhere long ago that "did you make her?" was a slang way of saying "did you bang her?"
I believe it's a Welsh spelling D'yer Mak'er
Ha yep
MAN #1: Next week, she's leaving on tour in Southeast Asia with her band.
MAN #2: Singapore?
MAN #1: Yes, and the bass player is rubbish as well.
When the Levee Breaks is the ultimate, best, rockingest blues rock song ever.
Hey Amber, "When the Levee Breaks" was a *cover song* by Led Zepplin! "When the Levee Breaks" is a country blues song written and first recorded by Memphis Minnie and Kansas Joe McCoy in 1929. The lyrics reflect experiences during the upheaval caused by the Great Mississippi Flood of 1927.
Yeah, we informed them when the song was first reacted to. :)
Are you lost? Commenting on the wrong video? Pumpkin pie tonight, Mister Mayors!
@@rollomaughfling380 Pardon? Apparently you didn't actually listen to the couple discuss things. No problem, I get it, you are too impatient. But, she said she really like Led Zepplin's "When The Levee Breaks". Was just giving some background in case she didn't (or anyone didn't) know, it was a COVER SONG
@@jimmayors2315 Who gives a flying fvck? She likes Zep's version, doesn't matter who did it back in 1929 or whenever.
Far more than a cover song. The music by Zep is very original, they took the lyrics from the old song. People calling these covers are just plain wrong. It's quite likely that that song is actually much older and wasn't even written Memphis Minnie but we'll never know. So in reality it is probably another traditional song that Zeppelin added their own music to.
An English teacher at school played it for us, as the original folk song, this was around the time Zeppelin recorded it, it goes back to before the Americas were colonized, which is why in parts of the USA there are versions of it as folk songs. Originally known as The Maid saved from the Gallows, or The Prickly Holly bush, earliest recordings of it being sung go back to the 1930s.
I always found it hilarious that the protangonist in the LZ's version gets hanged even though his brother pays some silver and gold and his sister give her body to the handman. Talk about a double cross! I always thought the Ahhhh, ah, ah sounds towards the end of the song were meant to be the sound of the hangman laughing.
A great old song and one of my favorites from LZ.
One of my favorite songs on the album. It's an old folk song that Zeppelin added their touch to. There are many different versions throughout the years of this old folk song, some, where after everything the hangman receives, he sets him free. Others, like this version, even after getting silver, gold, and the sister's virginity, he still hangs the man. The quickening tempo as the song progresses, is alledged to be the man's increasing anxiety to thhe impending hanging.
Sounds like the sister gets hanged
One of the most underrated Zeppelin songs ever. The Album too.
Just discovered I’m 40
This song was originally a poem by Francis James Child, “The Maid Freed From The Gallows”, Later it was interpolated by Leadbelly as “The Gallis Pole”, who surely inspired Zeppelin to put their own spin on it.
Lead Belly would be an amazing rabbit hole. The Rob Squad isn't afraid to dig deep into the past.
Thanks for the info on this great song.
Great reaction, Amber and Jay! I don't notice too many reactors listening to this song, so thank you. Even after listening to Zep for many decades, I'm amazed at how all of their songs sound different. And even though each sounds different, you know right away that it is a Led Zeppelin song!
Apr 2, 2021 Jay listened to "Since I've Been Loving You by Led Zeppelin" (same album). It was like his 3rd day on the channel, and he has deprived Amber of this wonderful song. *smiley face
He should do that one again, I think she'd love it!
I thought I saw someone else comment that that was the live version that Jay reacted to solo!! If that's the case it would be great if they BOTH reacted to the studio version of Since I've Been Loving You!
Yes! Please, Jay and Amber, follow this excellent suggestion!
@@bernardsalvatore1929 I always strongly suggest that they never react to a live version of a song. They should first hear it the way we first heard it on the radio so they will have that same first experience as we did.
My friends and I were deep into Medieval/Renaisance culture and gaming, so any time a band came out with a song like this we got excited and it went on our playlist. ❤
This is folk music not medieval or renaissance. It's a bit later than that.
Mandolin is what your hearing 🎸
And the Mandolin parts were played by John Paul Jones
Trampled under foot ! The mighty Led Zeppelin 🎼🎵🎶🎵🎶🎵😎😎😎🤘🏼🤘🏼
Jimmy Page played the 6 & 12 string acoustic Guitars, Electric Guitar & Banjo, John Paul Jones played Mandolin & Bass guitar.
… and the banjo that Jimmy played belonged to John Paul Jones
Always loved the way this song builds...
Led Zep III is often referred to as their acoustic album. It was a change from their usual hard rock to a more acoustic-based sound. Plus banjo! Cheers....
III is my favorite.
Side 2 is mostly acoustic, with a little bit of electric guitar to spice things up, as in Gallows Pole All of Side 2 is brilliant.. Hats off!
Another to check out is "Battle of Evermore" . The two Wilson sisters of Heart had another group called The Lovemongers which also covered this song which was featured on soundtrack of movie "Singles". One of the great folk songs by Led Zeppelin. A great duet with Robert Plant and Sandy Denny, from Fairport Convention. Jimmy Page does some amazing mandolin playing here.
John Paul Jones is playing the Mandolin.
@@tonygourdine512Beat me to it. John Paul Jones plays the mandolin anytime it appears in a Zep song.
I learn something new every day. John Paul on the mandolin. Cool… The Heart rendition is as stellar as the original.
The Mighty Zep! Gotta love it!
anther fantastic Zep song..adore this one...
Friends were too poor to save him. Brother brought silver and gold to no avail. Sister came and took the Hangman by the hand and wore his blood to boiling hot and upon his face a smile. But now he laughs oh so hard, she's swinging on the Gallows Pole!
See you (the guy not the sister) swinging on the gallows pole.
I was waiting for Amber's reaction to that line and I think they both missed it.
Since you liked this one, you‘d have a great time with Bton-Yr-Aur Stomp, also on Led Zeppelin III. True to its name, it‘s a foot-stomper.
yes I love that one and The Battle of Evermore
Yes another all time great!
100%
YESSSSSSSSSS!
One of the few songs written about a dog.
Oh that cover!!! I had that album. The cover has two layers - the circles with faces are cutouts and you can spin a wheel on the edge to turn the photos to get another set - and another version of the cover art!
I still have it! One of the best covers ever.
I miss the old album covers
@@Whateva67 Ya - a lot of art and band personality went into those covers, and often the inside was several pages of photos, stories about the band, or even the song lyrics. We'd read them over and over while listening to the music. Ahhh.. the days before internet!
Fans and critics were shocked when Zep put out a folk-oriented mostly accoustic album after two heavy blues LPs. III has met a lot of negative critics at that time, nowadays it is considered the biggest step the band made forward to a new sound merging different genres. For a lot of people now 50 years later it is their best work. IV was nothing more than the cummulation of this album and the work they did before.
Check out the version on No Quarter by Jimy Page/Robert Plant with hurdy gurdy and other trad. instruments.
The reason they released the Untitled Album, was a response to the critics negative reviews of Zeppelin lll So they made an album for the fans instead, with no name at all on the album cover.
This band was so far beyond their time….a perfect example of 4 dudes that were at the zenith of their abilities and pure energy its almost not even fair!!! My favourite band
This was the COOLEST cover you could spin the pictures untethered cover and they'd change. Awesome. I miss real record covers. Great album. ❤
Page plays banjo and JPJ plays mandolin, aside from their usual instruments. Led Zeppelin III is definitely the best place to be for some acoustic Zep!
That's the Way . . . That's the Way it oughta be . . .
@lodey That would be a great one for them to hit next.
You should check out Bron-Y-Aur Stomp from this album. Criminally underrated. The hard core Zeppelin fans know how good it is though
Jay is correct. They are four legends in the music world. Each, a master of their trade. They were a Super Band before super bands were formed.
So many Zep songs massage my brain. This is one of them. Great reaction
Gallows Pole is one of my favorites. Here is info on D'yer Mak'er" (/dʒəˈmeɪkə/ "Jamaica") is a song by the English rock band Led Zeppelin, from their 1973 album Houses of the Holy. The title is a play on the words "did you make her?" being pronounced as "Jamaica" when spoken in an English accent
Greatest rock band ever! End of story!
Not going to argue with that. First heard Led Zep 1 on its release in ‘69 at our sailing club cadet night - was instantly blown away, and been a massive fan since that day. Can’t describe the excitement I felt waiting for the release of each new album, knowing a new masterpiece was about to land on my turntable ❤
Led Zeppelin is like any great band influenced by all kinds of music and the incorporating it into their sound😊
Thanks! A little silver and gold to save two of my favorite people from the gallows pole. May I suggest a band called Crack the Sky? They have many great songs and never achieved the fame they deserve. Try "She's A Dancer" for a little surprise.
One of my Led Zeppelin FAVES!!! Watching your reactions made me smile ear to ear. This was so fun!
Very underrated album by Zeppelin. Page plays banjo, acoustic & electric guitars. John Paul Jones plays bass & mandolin & of course, Plant vocals, Bonham on the drums.
How about hitting something from my favorite Zeppelin album physical graffiti.
In My Time Of Dying
In The Light
Ten Years Gone
Houses Of The Holy
Led Zep my favorite.
You two rock.
This song does too
Oooh wee! You picked a good one! I remember when this came out. The whole album floored me and my friends. Imagine that.
JAY THIS WAS THE ARLY 70s remember when ACDC USED THE BAG PIPES IN IF YOU WANNA ROCK AND ROLL THAT WAS ALL SO 70DZ Lots of surprises in 70dz rock period
I have this little mental keepsake box of my favorite Zep songs like In My Time of Dying or The Song Remains the Same or When the Levee Breaks (I know it's a cover), but I also have this sort of Oort Cloud of, I don't want to say second-tier but for me, songs that are great but not super-faves like I just noted, such as Achilles Last Stand, Fool in the Rain or Immigrant Song, and Gallow's Pole is one of those. So, love to see some fans get a new experience with this production.
I also love “Since I’ve Been Loving You,” a great blues song from the same album with a fantastic guitar solo from Page.
Thanks! Best I Ever Had (Grey Sky Morning) by Vertical Horizon. Y’all’s channel rocks out loud!!
The great thing about Zeppelin was their diversity. From blues, soul and rock each ablem is different. If you want to hear them playing county, check out "Hotdog"
Zep....soundtrack to my teenage years.
SUCH A DIVERSE BAND!! 😍♥️🐐🔥🎸🥁🎹🎼🎵🎶
Lovin the Thin Lizzy shirt! Awesome song!! It has always been one of my favorites.
First Zeppelin song that blew me away, was Black Country Woman. It's just soooo different, just like Gallows Pole...
This is one of my favorite Zeppelin tunes!
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@@falcon4548 True, but I was driving around the first time I ever heard this, came on the radio. I could tell it was Zeppelin, but did not know the song. Looked it up, then drove about 40 minutes to the nearest record store and bought Led Zeppelin III
@@frankleyJ wise decision 🎶🎵🎶🤘🏼🤘🏼… I was 7 years old 1970 when I heard the Immigrant song .. as a little kid listening to AM radio…then the transition to a STEREO (Hi Fi 😁) from my teenage cousin. The beginning of that song seeping out of his room , drew me right in! I said what is this ?! The 2 teenagers looked at me and said Led Zeppelin!! What the hell ya think it is 😠! I dunno…but I knew one thing… I want MORE of this i said to myself! Then within a split second, they said to me get otta here ya little shit this room is for teenagers ONLY! 😢🤣🤣🤣… but I could still hear it through his door that was just slammed in my face! … I kno long winded story but I’ll never forget it and I was hooked ever since 🎼🎵🎶🎶🎶🎵🎵.. The mighty Led Zep… Black Sabbath , Deep Purple, Stones , Jimmi Hendrix etc etc… still to this day I revisit them all 🤘🏼🤘🏼🤘🏼🤘🏼😎 ha ha !
Page and Plant played a brilliant MTV Unplugged version of this song.
Love the whole Zepplin 3 album. Very bluesy.
I am always so pleased with your take on all this wonderful music, your understanding of the lyrics, guessing of the instruments (not always right, but thats ok) and your description of themusic and feels
Great you have done this one which shows how varied their music is and still can come up with a great track like this , thanks-Colin Ward
Yes Zeppelin can make a Banjo rock.
Love how this song just builds and builds. Great song from a great album.
I haven't heard that one in a while. Excellent.
Acoustic guitar, electric bass, mandolin and then banjo and drums come in.
When you bought the original album the cover had holes in so you could see images of the band. Inside the album was a cardboard wheel which you could move to show a different image in the holes.
Amber, I love your t shirt. I had tickets to see Thin Lizzy in the late 70's. I let someone that I thought was a friend sleep in my car cuz he got kicked out of his parents house. He stole the tix out of my glove box so I didn't get to see them. But I did see Zep at Oakland in 1977. There was 2 concerts and I was at the 1st which turned out to be the 2nd to the last time they would play in the US. Zeppelin rules!
My fav Zep song most days.
Robert Plant continues to have an amazing solo career post Led Zeppelin. This man is in his 70's and still touring. Amber will love "Big Log" and the hypnotic guitar. Jay will love "Tall Cool One" and will be very surprised when he finds out who Plant samples in this song. "Tall Cool One" or "The Hurting Kind" will restore Jordan's faith in Plant as a solo artist. Both are very rockin'
I have a big smile on my face hearing this song and seeing your reactions to it. I love this song, it's wonderful to see you both enjoy and appreciate it too. Wishing you both well and sending peace
My first zeppelin album from my sister when I was six years old, fifty four years later it still gives me goosebumps and hairs on the back of my neck stand up.
I always LOVE Amber's reactions!!
Jimmy is playing his double neck as well as a banjo & JPJ is playing bass as well as a mandolin
The banjos played by John Paul Jones... I believe there's some mandolin in there as well and of course acoustic guitar
One Led zeppelin song that I've been waiting for you to react to , and it's one of my favorites, is " Bron y aur stomp ". It's another one that you may say is outside their box. Let that be your next one, please.
One of my favorite LZ albums. Led Zeppelin 3 was the first album I bought that got with my first paycheck as a teenager and never a regret with that purchase.
Since I was 11and I heard LZ first album Good Times Bad Times I have been a fan I love all their songs I love the diversity in their songs they don' all sound the same they have too many great songs to listen to
The best way to describe Led Zeppelin is. My favorite song is the next one. When i listen to Zep so do my neighbors
What can you say " Perfect "!
you wanna hear Robert Plant's vocal POWER, off of this album, the song, Since I've Been Loving You, wow, you both will be blown away, the bluesy guitar solo, it's an incredible blues song
Traveling Riverside Blues is another one that you must absolutely listen to.
The whole back side of III was acoustic. Bron Yr Aur Stomp is great fun song about Plant's dog, one of my all time favorites. That's the Way is a beautiful acoustic song. And on the fourth album there were 2 beautiful acoustic songs, Battle of Evermore and Going to California. I always thought the way Gallow's Pole builds and layers instruments reminded me of Page's future guitar orchestra kind of songs, like Stairway, 10 Years Gone, Achilles Last Stand.
Another to check out is "Battle of Evermore" . The two Wilson sisters of Heart had another group called The Lovemongers which also covered this song which was featured on soundtrack of movie "Singles". One of the great folk songs by Led Zeppelin. A great duet with Robert Plant and Sandy Denny, from Fairport Convention. Jimmy Page does some amazing mandolin playing here.
My favorite Zep album, though I know it wouldn't be for most Zep fans. It's a good variety of songs, I find Plant's vocals to be at his best in this album, and it contains Since I've Been Lovin' You which is a favorite of mine.
Mine, too, althought I think #1 remains a powerful work.
Yeah, I'm with you. All the acoustic songs are just great and I think "Since I've Been Loving You" might be their masterpiece (sorry, "Stairway") or, at the very least, has Jimmy's best solo in their discography.
Ditto on #3
@@heyheyjk-la Good to hear. Thank you for replying. :)
@@zappa1952 WTG Zappa1
The inspired idea of setting traditional British narrative folk ballads to rock music, had been first pioneered by the band Fairport Convention. Their album 'Liege & Lief' is an acknowledged classic of the genre - and the track 'Tam Lin' (check it out!!) a standout ensemble performance - particularly by vocalist Sandy Denny, who would later be invited to sing alongside Robert Plant (on the track 'The Battle of Evermore') on the Led Zep IV album.
The Strawbs were doing hard-core Celtic folk then moved into folk rock and eventually prog rock from 1961 - 1971 and beyond. They still might be going in one iteration or another. At one time they had 3 groups of musicians performing as The Strawbs, 2 acoustic tours and 1 electric tour.
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Page and Plant reunited 1994-1998 to do some songs and that version of this is 🔥 as well. There is an MTV unplugged version on YT
My favorite Zeppelin song. Great reaction
First album I ever bought with my own money when I was 12. Played to grooves right off it. Scince I've Been Loving You is one of my favorite songs of all time.
I think When The Levee Breaks must be my favorite. The drums and the harmonica, man I tell ya.
They did a really good live acoustic version of this song in 1994.
I'm perfectly willing to acknowledge that Led Zepplin II and Led Zepplin IV are probably their best albums. But if I was stuck on a desert island and could only have one Zep album, I would have a hard time not choosing Led Zepplin III. It's an amazing album.
Jay Jay Jay, surprised they have a banjo? You don't know Led Zeppelin yet! Keep it up!
YES! I am glad they heard this.
Saw Robert Plant & Jimmy Page jam this on a couch while on an Australian talk show back in the 80’s. Magic!
Couldn't find a link for that, but I did find this Australia bit, very cool also! MY God, there's sSTILL so much Zeppelin and Zep-related stuff out there I haven't yet seen or heard--GAH! LOL, oh well, the Journey is fun! ua-cam.com/video/omxnvpis7Xc/v-deo.html
love this track
the unplugged version is amazing
One thing about why I like this Chanel is that they not only react to the song but they bring meaning behind the lyrics, I like it !!
Plants vocals are also my favorite on every song, as others have said he could sing the phone book, & make it sound amazing. His range tone & texture, just surpasses any other vocalist, it’s sad he lost much of that with needing surgery. Even on his music today, you still know it’s him. Thanks for your reaction. Not sure if you guys have reacted to You Shook Me, great solos on there, including Plant playing harmonica. It’s a song on their debut album, & shows the individual talents of each of them.
Zeppelin III was their most acoustic album, with the exception of "The Immigrant Song". Check out the tracks "Tangerine" and "That's The Way" from the album too.
Thar's the Way is so beautiful
And it was such a switch from Led Zep II that it was dismissed for years as a big disappointment. Then they released the runes album, the one without their name on it as a reaction, and they headed for the stratosphere. They felt their music should be able to stand on its own.
That's the Way is perfect!
For something completely different, you should try listening to the Honeydrippers which is a Robert Plant solo project. Sea of Love, Good Rockin at Midnight, Little Sister are all good choices.Plant can truly sing any song and make it his!