I saw Zeppelin in concert when i was 14 (my older sister had to drive me and my boyfriend to the concert). It was 1975 and I feel so lucky to have seen one of their last concerts.
I went in 75' and 77' in Washington State. Tacoma/ Seattle area. I was 17 the first time and 19 the second and last time.🎉❤ I will never ever forget in the 77' concert my friend Betsy Oliver and I were right in the front she was getting squished 😮 it was not good but we had so much fun. And yes she survived it.🎉❤
@@BarbarraBay hey, i'll give you a thumbs 👍 if you change your negative comment to a more positive one on LZ lll please ...... 😭 Pretty please with sugar on top .
Love III, from the Viking attack on Immigrant Song to the Battle of Evermore, it shows the range of style and creative vastness of the band`s talent. All very much J.R.R. Tolkien inspired Lyrics Plant drew from, as he was a huge Lord of the Rings fan. Tolkien is all over the many songs in the Zep`s various songs and albums.
They wanted to prove to the "critics" that they were all around BAND not just heavy metal and blues but a COMPLETE group I mean the album starts off with Immigrant song LoL Rock your brains out off the bat 😁🤣
It has a real cozy countryside vibe to it. Like hip people hangin in the sticks. Everyone was harsh to them, especially Rolling Stone. Think they called them over rated, over applauded? Talk about the pot calling the kettle weed. Critics are wanna be washed up musicians that always look for what they don't like instead of letting what is amazing through. I give them about as much credibility and trust as a politician. I think that's an accurate assessment. I can't name a favorite Zeppelin album. They are all phenomenal. Find myself wandering to LZlll often. Thank you Bonzo, JPJ, Plant and Zofo for all the wonderful amazing memories.
The most productive week in rock n roll history. Those days at the Headley Grange workhouse, where songs of epic proportion could be created in mere hours? It was like picking cherries off 4 of the healthiest trees in the world! Amazing. Can't see it ever being equaled, and certainly never toppled as the pinnacle of rock creation.
@@andrewbecker3700 It sure helped Bowie. He claimed later in his career that he didn’t remember writing a lot of the stuff on some of his best albums Edit: but, yeah, the talent was there, what with Page, former member of The Yardbirds and protege of Clapton and Jeff Beck, not to mention adding the talents of Bonham, Plant, and Jones. They were practically a supergroup at the time of their formation
@@gregbors8364 page wasn’t a protège of beck and clapton, he was a peer. he was making a name for himself in the studio before clapton had been heard of and well before beck.
That’s how it was, I was 17 born and bred in Birmingham, England, and these were “local” lads, John Bonham lived on a farm not 20 miles away from where I lived. Conway Twitty and Glen Campbell just didn’t cut it anymore😂 We were blown away… Best band ever, EVER. Still getting blown away at 70… ❤️
It’s nice to see a documentary that doesn’t have the disclaimer “this is not endorsed by the band”. Nice to hear Led Zeppelin’s music and not meandering background noise. I wonder when “Becoming Led Zeppelin” will finally be released!?!?!?!
Certainly one of the best Led Zepp video's I have seen, the background of the tracks and the key to the symbols really very good, I can recall buying the albums, and as said here, if there was nothing on one album to show who it was by made no difference whatsoever, we just walked into the shop and as said in the video, "can I have the new Led Zeppelin album please" and that was it. Would love to see a good video about the manager Peter Grant, he was the guiding force behind the band and stood up for them above anyone else. So many singers and groups have or had bad management, Peter fought for his guys and made them and himself very well off. Thanks for this, excellent documentary.
Agree. I remember being a boy and listening to that for the first time on headphones. Good God did it shake me to my core. There is something so magical about that entire concert. But yeah… The solo on Stairway still gives me chills every time.
amazing documentary!. It occurs to me 50 years later that I never did notice there was no name on the album. It was Led Zeppelin. Who needed a name on an album.
I am 71 years old and (almost) every day I still listen to Led Zeppelin for me the best Rock &Roll band ever, saw them live once in 1972 in Amsterdam (RAI), unforgettable experience and forever in my memory.
I had tickets to see Led Zeppelin live at Madison Square Garden when I was a wee lad. Then I got the call about Bonham. Tears were shed. But regardless this band was such an integral part of my childhood along with Pink Floyd and of course The Beatles.
@@BarbarraBay Incorrect. There were only about 4 covers max between the 2 whole albums! (You shook me & I can’t quit you. Then Lemon song (Killing Floor) & Bring it on home)
@@jkellytree covers = Babe I'm Gonna Leave You; "You Shook Me"; "Dazed and Confused"; Black Mountain Side; I Can't Quit You Baby"; How Many More Times" (hybrid cover); "Whole Lotta Love"; The Lemon Song"; Moby Dick; Bring It On Home
John Bonham’s approach and sound on drums is as identifiable as a Fender Stratocaster slung over the shoulder of Jimi Hendrix. Is it not? Discussions I’m sure have gone on long into the wee hours - til sunup, about how John achieved his sound. He played like the equivalent of how a boxer dances around the ring - light on his feet, then heavy when called for. He was a master blues drummer. Dig deep into the versions of You Shook Me from the BBC Sessions and listen closely to his playing. It’s remarkable to say the least and his timing impeccable. Fast forward to live renditions of Kashmir from the ‘77 tour and listen to the long, drawn out ending of the opus. Then, try to think of potential candidates for his replacement if auditions were ever held after his passing. Could Phil Collins ever make Kashmir sound like Kashmir? The answer is NO. Could Cozy pull it off? Possibly…but...I’m glad auditions weren’t ever held. There’s no way you could replace John…and have Zeppelin sound like Zeppelin. Without him there is no Zeppelin. When john left us, he took Led Zeppelin with him. Rest In Peace, dear friend.
I'm a African American that grew up listening to the Motown entertainers, and as I got older it was jazz and a little rap, one night in Peoria Illinois, I was riding with one of my coworkers because we did security work in residential areas, this was in 1994, we were in a Chevrolet lumina van that had a helluva sound system, he was Caucasian, I forget what we were listening to on the radio, he pulls out a cassette and ask did I mind if he played it, I said of course you can, after I told him my music preferences, he said I would like you to listen to this song by a group called Led Zeppelin, I said ok, in my stereotyping mind I said " a bunch of white boys screaming loud and playing guitars" I was so wrong " it was the song "Fool in the rain " he maxed out the volume so I could get the full effects of the song, long story short it's 2022 I still play that song it's on my playlist! The fucking drums on that song by John Bonham just blew me away!!!! His energy is off the chain!! I simply love that song, it made me a led zeppelin fan for the rest of my life, I totally understood when John died why they disband, there is nobody on this planet earth can duplicate that man's drumming skills!!!
Your words definitely ring the truth when talking about John Bonham, he was unbelievable!! In the Rolling stone magazine top drummer's that ever lived he was number one, and as you said, no one's close to the skills and energy he had, NO ONE!!!!
@@gregoryingram7561 listen to the song Slow Dancer. It’s from Robert’s first solo record from 1982 called Pictures At Eleven. Cozy Powell plays drums on this track and it’s tremendous. Very close to how John would’ve likely played it.
I had this album/CD. Once my good friend Margaret (she and I worked together) after work we walked out to the parking lot together. We had a particularly hard day at work. We worked for a company that made aircraft parts for planes. We both worked on the McDonald Douglas team. Our parts were delayed. We were “planners” which meant we kept track of the parts and moved them through the shop/plant floor from station to station and conveyed that information to our customer. None of the parts they wanted were nowhere near ready to ship. And of course they needed them yesterday. So very stressful. We walked out to my car, got in, put on “still of the night.” We blasted that song so loud. And we just unwound from the day. Then, played “here I go again” and continued our letting go of the day and de-stressing. It was perfect. Then outta nowhere our bosses came walking up with that grin on their faces like “we’ve heard y’all and seen y’all”. We were embarrassed as they had to of heard for sure. And I’m sure they saw us singing and playing our air guitars and drums. We probably turned every shade of red. But, it was a good time. They never said a word about it. It was awesome. I was twenty three then. I’m fifty nine now. Great memory. ❤️💜💚 When I started typing this it was posting where I meant it to go. With a Professor of Rock video about WhiteSnake. Go figure. ❤️💜💚
Led Zeppelin 4 was my first real Zeppelin experience. Once I got into it, HOTH the PG took over. Then the discovery of LZ 1, II, and III. Then came Presence. This all happened in the summer of 1976 as a 9/10 year old young man learning guitar and drums. This band and their music changed everything for me. I had to mow a whole lotta lawns that summer to start my LZ album collection, but by the time the summer was done, I had the entire catalog up to that point. I got TSRTS for Christmas that year, and the following year, my uncle took to me to see LZ. First and only time to see them live. ITTOD came out in 1979 and I received that on my birthday. THere was no internet back then, but the owner of the record store I frequented told me that LZ was going to be touring the US again in 1980/1981. Obviously, Bonhams death prevented that. Today, I am 56 years old. I spend many hours a week with LZ playing. By far my favorite band of all time and none other is even close. Maybe the Who and the Stones and the Beattles depending on the day of week or time of day, but the Might Led Zeppelin still reigns supreme. All that and a lifetime of memories with this music started with that whirring sound right before Black Dog on LZ4. BTW, my 9yo son discovered LZ on his own and listens to them now.
"Underrated" is not the same as "underappreciated". At least among musicians and those who understand music he is highly rated. He might not have commanded the attention that Page, Plant and Bonzo did on stage but they also called George Harrison "the quiet one" while he was writing some of their best material.
Great comments. JPJ is, above all, a "musician's musician". The more you know and understand about music, the higher you rate/appreciate him. The beauty is, you don't need to know a single thing about music theory to know that he's simply "bluddyBrilliant", and basically two musicians in one.
Unique beyond words..... Without Roberts vocals LED would be nothing... Jp Jones.....Jimmy Page...John Bonham..... ABSOLUTE MAESTROS.. ROBERTS VOICE IS LED ZEPPELIN.
I was 10 yrs old. I stood IN line at Sam the Record Man store in Toronto for hours to get mine and a poster. Great days. I still have the Record and play it almost daily. Thank you LZ. ps..If pressed to say, III is my fav.
LZ3 was the first album I saw on release, an older friend highly recommended it and "Hot Rats" by Zappa I-loved the covers ! He was correct on both counts. I lived in Chislehurst Kent England and remember the stir they caused in Chislehurst caves launching their own table Swan Song.
Ah Sam the record man, that store was so awesome as all of Yonge St and the surrounds including The Village in Yorkville were in the '70s. Always puts a smile on my face...
Anyone else dare to admit that the first copy of Led Zeppelin IV they owned, not heard - owned, was on 8 Track Tape? Loading friends into my parents car, factory installed 8 Track player with shit speakers, and wearing out Zep IV. And, if the tape hadn’t finished, we just kept driving around.
I was just thinking that!! I was in my friend's 1957 metallic purple chevy that he overhauled, passing joint's, kicked back and just cruising.. I remember melting into the seat.. I was still in highschool.. Good time's!! 🎶🤘🎵
I enjoyed this. But you cant really do a FULL documentary on ZEP 4 without including all the songs on the LP. All 8 songs are equal parts of the timelessness and magic of this masterpiece.
As a fanboy of Led Zeppelin Nameless, I was of course born in 1971, 20 years earlier and it would be an even bigger bullseye. Great documentary, thanks for sharing.
That’s a great back story to the drums John played on When The Levee Breaks. I loved the entire story. I love all four of these guys and let’s not forget Peter.
I feel you. I was 13 when “In through the outdoor” tour was about to come around to my area. I had gotten permission to go to the concert. I was eating chicken soup while the TV news was on. The announcement came on about Bonham’s death and it was just devastating, devastating, devastating. I was so close to seeing them.
I get the reverance for the percussion on "Levee"..... it's by FAR my favourite Bonham contribution ever.....but that HARMONICA.....!!!.....for ME that's what brings it home....I've listened to that isolated and it gives me goosebumps EVERY time. There'll NEVER be another group of musicians THAT talented in one band again. Pure. Magic.
I had been meaning to watch this for quite awhile and now having done that I was quite happy to see everyone so positive with the band, it seems lately for me every time I caught something on them it was always fuckin negative talking about the rocky stuff that all bands go through and I got dam tired of it so kudos to you all for this work. Zeppelin lives ya know
Cool documentary for sure but with black dog, one guy credits the riff to Jimmy but it was written by JPJ, you can hear him teaching it to Jimmy on the studio outtakes that have been circulating around since the birth of the Internet.
An, iconic band; a legend in their own right that set the stage for future music to copy, emulate and carry on the tradition. When, i think of bands to stand for rock, they undoubtly ARE the ones. Everything, in my estimation was perfect! (compared to any others!)
The album is a masterpiece, from start to finish. When I decided to get my first tattoo; I wanted something to represent my love of music, so I decided upon the four symbols. I do believe that Zeppelin IV is the greatest music I've ever heard. Second tattoo must involve Physical Graffitti in some way...
The tape machines, indeed did capture a real magic. I am not referring to a "Gee, I really like this album ". No, I mean this album truly pulled a spirit out of the ether , and delivered it to our ears. I am aware of the rumors , but I have never had this feeling about songs.
The best, most perfect, complete Rock album ever made. I think you can make the case of Led Zep 4, Sgt Pepper, Revolver, and Dark side of the moon as being the 4 greatest albums ever made.
Don’t forget Machine Head of Deep Purple…. or Vol 4 of Black Sabbath or Never Mind The Bollocks or…. London Calling or Thriller or a bunch of great albums that came after this one. Open your mind and you will find some more that find the spot, Greatest of them all… how about Back In Black? Or Nevermind… Nirvana or something from Queen? There are a bunch of a very good album in the seventies, eighties and even nineties that earned that we’ll all name “the best”. To me, Led Zeppelin III makes me feel good and if I close my eyes and just flew away with my hair loose in the wind… is that the best album ever….? No, the best is to come 😂❤❤ but it’s my opinion
Stairway is a mostly personal song to many. It’s a “where were you when you first heard it” song. But it invokes deep, even subconscious, emotions unique to the individual listener. For me, among its ownership of my attention, it set the table for my love of another genre, Prog Rock. It opened the door of acceptance for a genre I had been ignoring. That’s just one of the meaningful things, influences, feelings it brought to me. Thanks for the interesting video.
When The Levee Breaks was written about the Great Flood of 1927 that all but wiped out New Orleans, and alot of other places, by Memphis Minnie & her husband, Kansas Joe McCoy. Zeppelin turned it into a masterpiece, and Minnie was given credit; she at that time was in care home in Louisiana and royalties kept her from being kicked out. LedHed Pb 207.20 🎶 🎸 🎹
I think all of Zeppelin's albums had something to offer the listener and they all were influential in one way or another on subsequent musicians. HoH especially influenced the alternative rock of the 90s .
A band...a stage..an audience A Rock n Roll Show No 250 ft video screen....no Lazer lights...no explosive devices....no cell phones..I miss concerts like that..✌️
Thank you! There's some unreleased stuff - I have a few on my channel. "Carrots and Ribs" is one of a handful. "Closer" from Headley Grange is unclear, but could have been a very good song had they worked on it.
Some of the best footage here is the 1971, Sydney '2SM' show. I would have loved to have been there but, alas, I was but seven years old. If we weren't so far away from the US and Europe we might find more concerts down here but alas, as things are we must take what we can get which ain't nearly enough.
They were all great musicians who had a vocalist that really knew how to use his voice as an instrument. Granted that might be an over simplification if trying to explain the magic of Led Zep, it is certainly a big part of it.
I've said this before, and I'm sure I'll say it again, but when it comes to Led Zeppelin, Jack Black at 2012 Kennedy Center Honers said it best:"Better than the Beatles, better than the Stones, even better than Tenacious D."
To me 'Black Dog' is THE Greatest Rock-n-Roll Song Ever recorded. I caught its timing right off. Was a part of my live act for 37+years. Robert's best lyrics, along with Dancing Days, Kashmir, and Achilles Last Stand, and No Quarter. Going to California, what can I say? Just that to me, the Greatest acoustic guitar song ever recorded. Of course, I'm just a 'little' prejudiced, being as it's been homebase for 70+ years. Hahahahah!!! Right ahead of The Battle of Evermore. They are Right about Zeppelin and America, we always thought of them as Our Band, not England's. And we Always filled their venues. And we that were there(I saw them 176 times between '70 & '77)and countless others, either too young or weren't born yet to see them live, Still Love Them. They Rule. The Daze of Led Zeppelin. Long Live Led Zeppelin.!!!!!!! LedHed Pb 207.20 🎶 🎸 🎹
Stairway was a generational song we had one in the 90s smells like teen spirit it's one of those songs that sickens you but you still love it when you hear it lol
The way Zep did the music on their albums was so incredibly magical and special and they "refused" to recreate the music the same way live throughout their whole career, it was always a pet peeve of mine.
They couldn't. Every body in the band was multi-tasking in every song. Several guitar tracks and keyboard tracks. The best thing about Zeppelin was theur fearless sense of adventure and experimentation on stage. Sometimes they got too loose and fell apart but when they were on they were really on. True Zep fans understand this.
Actually when songs were brand new, they often did play them live very close to the studio versions. After a while they'd get bored just doing facsimilies of the songs the same way night after night (even though there'd still be variations) and so the more time that passed from when the songs were brand new the more they switched them up or expanded on them.
Led Zeppelin was the only band where I've heard ever song on every album on main stream radio. Every song! The Beatles didn't do that. The Beatles had time slots where radio would play deep cuts. Zeppelin had all their songs played on the radio.
Watching this reminded me why they were, and still are, so good. Basically R.P invented headbanging and air guitar, what every boy who can't dance loves to do at a gig.
I don't care if it's a cliché, and I don't care if it's overplayed. I've been listening to Stairway for 40 years, and I never get sick of it.
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It's their worst song.
@@JohnSmith-rk6jy the world does not agree with you
@@vanessashaw3351 well. At least I know I don't like it. So If I find one other person that doesn't like it. That means you're wrong.
Now thats funny.
I put it up there with the dreadful anthems that i cannot listen to, since 40 years...
Paranoid
Smoke on the Water
Freebird
Etc...
The music that Led Zeppelin recorded and released between 69 and 79 can never be duplicated. Their music will forever be timeless.
like trouble free transmission :)
Been listening to them since the age of 12...
I'm now 65..
And more obsessed than ever!!!
@@teresagouldie3162well stated
Led Zeppelin completely captured lightning in a bottle... PURE MAGIC!!!
Thanks for posting this.
Glad you enjoyed it!
I saw Zeppelin in concert when i was 14 (my older sister had to drive me and my boyfriend to the concert). It was 1975 and I feel so lucky to have seen one of their last concerts.
I went in 75' and 77' in Washington State.
Tacoma/ Seattle area. I was 17 the first time and 19 the second and last time.🎉❤
I will never ever forget in the 77' concert my friend Betsy Oliver and I were right in the front she was getting squished 😮 it was not good but we had so much fun. And yes she survived it.🎉❤
I was 12 when I seen them at A. S. U. - Gammage Theater in 1977. I had tickets to the 1980 unfortunately John Bonham's death haulted everything.
John Paul Jones deserves to be in the title of the documentary alongside his bandmates.
HEAR, HEAR! Wholeheartedly agree 👍👍👍
Absolutely, one of the greatest bassists.
One of the greatest musicians of all time!!!
Yes, indeed, why isn't he?
JPJ we appreciate your contributions to Led Zeppelin and every thing Rock n Roll .
To be a band that huge and jam on stage is something else. So raw. You just don't get much of that anymore. But there could only be one Zeppelin.
...at that particular time.... they were yesterday they are today and they will be forever the greatest Rock band of all times
Zeppelin 3 is criminaly underrated,people just weren’t ready for it,they should be by now you would think.They wanted zeppelin 2 part 2.
Thanks to all who made this video documentary possible.
It was well produced, written, and edited. A pleasure to watch and listen to.
agreed.
Agree. Very pleasantly surprised.
I like Zep's folky stuff , zep's lll album is a master piece .
III = rubbish
@@BarbarraBay hey, i'll give you a thumbs 👍 if you change your negative comment to a more positive one on LZ lll please ...... 😭 Pretty please with sugar on top .
Love III, from the Viking attack on Immigrant Song to the Battle of Evermore, it shows the range of style and creative vastness of the band`s talent. All very much J.R.R. Tolkien inspired Lyrics Plant drew from, as he was a huge Lord of the Rings fan. Tolkien is all over the many songs in the Zep`s various songs and albums.
@@gib59er56 oh yes , 🙏😉🙏
@@gib59er56 Battle of Evermore is on IV
Being a Led Zeppelin fan from the first album, born and raised in the San Francisco Bay Area, this album was extra special in my life.🎶🇬🇧❤️
I've been a Zep fan since I was 12. I am now 42 and the Magick that this band possess still amazes me.
My favorite band of all time.
right on brother, Im 70, been listening to the mighty Zep since 1969, and see no end in sight.
I've been into Zep since I was 14 in 1987. I'm 50 now and still it sounds fresh.
All albums are a Master Piece,the best Rock&Roll band EVER.
I do not care about critics: for me, Led Zeppelin III is a fantastic album.
It is also my favourite!! Of all time actually!
They wanted to prove to the "critics" that they were all around BAND not just heavy metal and blues but a COMPLETE group I mean the album starts off with Immigrant song LoL Rock your brains out off the bat 😁🤣
Appsolutely correct....no comment !
It has a real cozy countryside vibe to it. Like hip people hangin in the sticks. Everyone was harsh to them, especially Rolling Stone. Think they called them over rated, over applauded? Talk about the pot calling the kettle weed. Critics are wanna be washed up musicians that always look for what they don't like instead of letting what is amazing through. I give them about as much credibility and trust as a politician. I think that's an accurate assessment. I can't name a favorite Zeppelin album. They are all phenomenal. Find myself wandering to LZlll often. Thank you Bonzo, JPJ, Plant and Zofo for all the wonderful amazing memories.
Dude they're all good! Rock on!
Happy Birthday Jimmy Page!!!!! I looved this doc about Led Zeppelin 4... All the songs are incredible...!!!!
The most productive week in rock n roll history. Those days at the Headley Grange workhouse, where songs of epic proportion could be created in mere hours? It was like picking cherries off 4 of the healthiest trees in the world! Amazing. Can't see it ever being equaled, and certainly never toppled as the pinnacle of rock creation.
Yeah, cocaine is a helluva drug, alright
@@gregbors8364 can help or hinder. But the talent was there before the drugs.
@@andrewbecker3700 It sure helped Bowie. He claimed later in his career that he didn’t remember writing a lot of the stuff on some of his best albums
Edit: but, yeah, the talent was there, what with Page, former member of The Yardbirds and protege of Clapton and Jeff Beck, not to mention adding the talents of Bonham, Plant, and Jones. They were practically a supergroup at the time of their formation
@@gregbors8364 page wasn’t a protège of beck and clapton, he was a peer. he was making a name for himself in the studio before clapton had been heard of and well before beck.
Agreed 👍
Led Zeppelin IV “it’s not being sold by the name of the band, but the content of the material”
~Jimmy Page
I have all the Zeppelin albums. This one is my favorite. Been a fan of theirs since the beginning in 1969.
It's a great album, but physical graffiti is best album in my opinion...
@@mickuyleman802 Everyone has their own favorite, and their own opinion as to which is the best album.
That’s how it was, I was 17 born and bred in Birmingham, England, and these were “local” lads, John Bonham lived on a farm not 20 miles away from where I lived.
Conway Twitty and Glen Campbell just didn’t cut it anymore😂
We were blown away…
Best band ever, EVER.
Still getting blown away at 70…
❤️
Jimmy Page was local to me. Epsom Surrey. I'm just down the road.
It’s nice to see a documentary that doesn’t have the disclaimer “this is not endorsed by the band”. Nice to hear Led Zeppelin’s music and not meandering background noise. I wonder when “Becoming Led Zeppelin” will finally be released!?!?!?!
Certainly one of the best Led Zepp video's I have seen, the background of the tracks and the key to the symbols really very good, I can recall buying the albums, and as said here, if there was nothing on one album to show who it was by made no difference whatsoever, we just walked into the shop and as said in the video, "can I have the new Led Zeppelin album please" and that was it.
Would love to see a good video about the manager Peter Grant, he was the guiding force behind the band and stood up for them above anyone else. So many singers and groups have or had bad management, Peter fought for his guys and made them and himself very well off. Thanks for this, excellent documentary.
Jimmy solo in STH still give me chills, after all these years. Especially the one off TSRTS...
Jimmy is FANTASTiC!!!
Agree. I remember being a boy and listening to that for the first time on headphones. Good God did it shake me to my core. There is something so magical about that entire concert. But yeah… The solo on Stairway still gives me chills every time.
amazing documentary!. It occurs to me 50 years later that I never did notice there was no name on the album. It was Led Zeppelin. Who needed a name on an album.
Very well said!
50 years ago and we are still amazed 🎉😎
I am 71 years old and (almost) every day I still listen to Led Zeppelin for me the best Rock &Roll band ever, saw them live once in 1972 in Amsterdam (RAI), unforgettable experience and forever in my memory.
✊ *Ditto*
I had tickets to see Led Zeppelin live at Madison Square Garden when I was a wee lad. Then I got the call about Bonham. Tears were shed. But regardless this band was such an integral part of my childhood along with Pink Floyd and of course The Beatles.
Q: How many ‘perfect’ songs can one put on a single vinyl LP?
A: This many.
Each & everytime I listen to Stairway it lays new tracks in my Soul ❣️
Thanks for this Doc....very well done with resonating commentary 🎯☯️
RIP Bonzo🙏
These guys took major risks in their career. The music was solid all the way through and that is what made them the biggest
ABSOLUTELY!
What risks? The majority of the songs on their first two albums were cover songs.
@@BarbarraBay Incorrect. There were only about 4 covers max between the 2 whole albums! (You shook me & I can’t quit you. Then Lemon song (Killing Floor) & Bring it on home)
@@jkellytree covers = Babe I'm Gonna Leave You; "You Shook Me"; "Dazed and Confused"; Black Mountain Side; I Can't Quit You Baby"; How Many More Times" (hybrid cover); "Whole Lotta Love"; The Lemon Song"; Moby Dick; Bring It On Home
John Bonham’s approach and sound on drums is as identifiable as a Fender Stratocaster slung over the shoulder of Jimi Hendrix. Is it not? Discussions I’m sure have gone on long into the wee hours - til sunup, about how John achieved his sound. He played like the equivalent of how a boxer dances around the ring - light on his feet, then heavy when called for. He was a master blues drummer. Dig deep into the versions of You Shook Me from the BBC Sessions and listen closely to his playing. It’s remarkable to say the least and his timing impeccable. Fast forward to live renditions of Kashmir from the ‘77 tour and listen to the long, drawn out ending of the opus. Then, try to think of potential candidates for his replacement if auditions were ever held after his passing. Could Phil Collins ever make Kashmir sound like Kashmir? The answer is NO. Could Cozy pull it off? Possibly…but...I’m glad auditions weren’t ever held. There’s no way you could replace John…and have Zeppelin sound like Zeppelin. Without him there is no Zeppelin. When john left us, he took Led Zeppelin with him. Rest In Peace, dear friend.
I'm a African American that grew up listening to the Motown entertainers, and as I got older it was jazz and a little rap, one night in Peoria Illinois, I was riding with one of my coworkers because we did security work in residential areas, this was in 1994, we were in a Chevrolet lumina van that had a helluva sound system, he was Caucasian, I forget what we were listening to on the radio, he pulls out a cassette and ask did I mind if he played it, I said of course you can, after I told him my music preferences, he said I would like you to listen to this song by a group called Led Zeppelin, I said ok, in my stereotyping mind I said " a bunch of white boys screaming loud and playing guitars" I was so wrong " it was the song "Fool in the rain " he maxed out the volume so I could get the full effects of the song, long story short it's 2022 I still play that song it's on my playlist! The fucking drums on that song by John Bonham just blew me away!!!! His energy is off the chain!! I simply love that song, it made me a led zeppelin fan for the rest of my life, I totally understood when John died why they disband, there is nobody on this planet earth can duplicate that man's drumming skills!!!
@@gregoryingram7561 sounds about right. Zeppelin has changed many lives around the world. Their music is very intoxicating.
Your words definitely ring the truth when talking about John Bonham, he was unbelievable!! In the Rolling stone magazine top drummer's that ever lived he was number one, and as you said, no one's close to the skills and energy he had, NO ONE!!!!
@@gregoryingram7561 listen to the song Slow Dancer. It’s from Robert’s first solo record from 1982 called Pictures At Eleven. Cozy Powell plays drums on this track and it’s tremendous. Very close to how John would’ve likely played it.
Jason can do it, or as close as anyone will ever get to the master.
I had this album/CD. Once my good friend Margaret (she and I worked together) after work we walked out to the parking lot together. We had a particularly hard day at work. We worked for a company that made aircraft parts for planes. We both worked on the McDonald Douglas team. Our parts were delayed. We were “planners” which meant we kept track of the parts and moved them through the shop/plant floor from station to station and conveyed that information to our customer. None of the parts they wanted were nowhere near ready to ship. And of course they needed them yesterday. So very stressful. We walked out to my car, got in, put on “still of the night.” We blasted that song so loud. And we just unwound from the day. Then, played “here I go again” and continued our letting go of the day and de-stressing. It was perfect. Then outta nowhere our bosses came walking up with that grin on their faces like “we’ve heard y’all and seen y’all”. We were embarrassed as they had to of heard for sure. And I’m sure they saw us singing and playing our air guitars and drums. We probably turned every shade of red. But, it was a good time. They never said a word about it. It was awesome. I was twenty three then. I’m fifty nine now. Great memory.
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When I started typing this it was posting where I meant it to go. With a Professor of Rock video about WhiteSnake.
Go figure.
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And only one Grammy. And even that award was for lifetime achievement. Not one Zep album won…unbelievable
The Grammy didn't recognize rock music.
Grammy sucks
They’re not a Grammy band, but they do around a billion dollars and some of the greatest music ever!
Led Zeppelin 4 was my first real Zeppelin experience. Once I got into it, HOTH the PG took over. Then the discovery of LZ 1, II, and III. Then came Presence. This all happened in the summer of 1976 as a 9/10 year old young man learning guitar and drums. This band and their music changed everything for me. I had to mow a whole lotta lawns that summer to start my LZ album collection, but by the time the summer was done, I had the entire catalog up to that point. I got TSRTS for Christmas that year, and the following year, my uncle took to me to see LZ. First and only time to see them live. ITTOD came out in 1979 and I received that on my birthday. THere was no internet back then, but the owner of the record store I frequented told me that LZ was going to be touring the US again in 1980/1981. Obviously, Bonhams death prevented that. Today, I am 56 years old. I spend many hours a week with LZ playing. By far my favorite band of all time and none other is even close. Maybe the Who and the Stones and the Beattles depending on the day of week or time of day, but the Might Led Zeppelin still reigns supreme. All that and a lifetime of memories with this music started with that whirring sound right before Black Dog on LZ4. BTW, my 9yo son discovered LZ on his own and listens to them now.
John Paul Jones is underrated af.
He is highly rated
"Underrated" is not the same as "underappreciated". At least among musicians and those who understand music he is highly rated. He might not have commanded the attention that Page, Plant and Bonzo did on stage but they also called George Harrison "the quiet one" while he was writing some of their best material.
Among music consumers and music critics…he’s underrated I agree. But Music professionals know he’s brilliant!
Great comments. JPJ is, above all, a "musician's musician". The more you know and understand about music, the higher you rate/appreciate him.
The beauty is, you don't need to know a single thing about music theory to know that he's simply "bluddyBrilliant", and basically two musicians in one.
Only losers "rate" other people.
Unique beyond words.....
Without Roberts vocals LED would be nothing...
Jp Jones.....Jimmy Page...John Bonham.....
ABSOLUTE MAESTROS..
ROBERTS VOICE IS LED ZEPPELIN.
He provided fantastic melodies.
First section of live Led Zep was Sydney Showground concert 1972...my first major outdoor concert. I was 16 and in absolute awe of the band.
I was 10 yrs old. I stood IN line at Sam the Record Man store in Toronto for hours to get mine and a poster.
Great days.
I still have the Record and play it almost daily. Thank you LZ.
ps..If pressed to say, III is my fav.
III is my favorite too
LZ3 was the first album I saw on release, an older friend highly recommended it and "Hot Rats" by Zappa I-loved the covers !
He was correct on both counts. I lived in Chislehurst Kent England and remember the stir they caused in Chislehurst caves launching their own table Swan Song.
III or Houses of the Holy for me. III probably edges out Houses if pushed to choose.
Ah Sam the record man, that store was so awesome as all of Yonge St and the surrounds including The Village in Yorkville were in the '70s. Always puts a smile on my face...
Stairway to Heaven on the original song remains the same is an absolute magical journey….❤❤❤❤
Andy Johns should get a lot of credit for that album. He created mic techniques on this album that engineers still use today.
Battle of Evermore is a great track yet they didn't talk about it Great album from beginning to end.
It is definitely in my top 3.
Just about my favorite track from the album. Wish they would have discussed it.
Unfortunately that's the only time most people have heard Sandy Denny. Her work with Fairport Convention was stunning.
@@worksbydandeprez Matty Groves. Fantastic track.
My favorite of their catalog. The music and Nordic theme captivates.
Thank you so much for uploading this! I had never even heard of this documentary, and it's so great...lots of concert footage I've never seen either.
how on earth is this a proper documentary without including the The Battle of Evermore
Great documentary! Txs for posting 👍🏻🙏🏻
Anyone else dare to admit that the first copy of Led Zeppelin IV they owned, not heard - owned, was on 8 Track Tape? Loading friends into my parents car, factory installed 8 Track player with shit speakers, and wearing out Zep IV. And, if the tape hadn’t finished, we just kept driving around.
I was just thinking that!! I was in my friend's 1957 metallic purple chevy that he overhauled, passing joint's, kicked back and just cruising.. I remember melting into the seat.. I was still in highschool.. Good time's!! 🎶🤘🎵
I enjoyed this.
But you cant really do a FULL documentary on ZEP 4 without including all the songs on the LP.
All 8 songs are equal parts of the timelessness and magic of this masterpiece.
As a fanboy of Led Zeppelin Nameless, I was of course born in 1971, 20 years earlier and it would be an even bigger bullseye. Great documentary, thanks for sharing.
Great documentary! Well done, enjoyed it. 🎸🎶
That’s a great back story to the drums John played on When The Levee Breaks. I loved the entire story. I love all four of these guys and let’s not forget Peter.
Zeppelin 1 and 2 was the biggest one two punch in the history of rock n roll.....then they just continued to knock us out!!!!
O Led Zeppelin está a milhões de anos luz em relação a todas as bandas de rock.💥😎
Led Zeppelin is the great band that ever happened to me when I was 9 years old my bro gave me the song remains the same record that got me hooked
You have a great brother!
Thanks for this great documentary!
Happy birthday Jimmy! Today January 9 th I'm learning g the rain song on my very old strat.
Louche, swagger and uncompromising raw talent, Led Zeppelin, the jewel in the crown of Rock........................................
It deeply upsets me that I can never see them play live. I’ll never be able to experience a Led Zeppelin concert. It’s just devastating.
I feel you. I was 13 when “In through the outdoor” tour was about to come around to my area. I had gotten permission to go to the concert. I was eating chicken soup while the TV news was on. The announcement came on about Bonham’s death and it was just devastating, devastating, devastating. I was so close to seeing them.
i agree- makes me sad
I get the reverance for the percussion on "Levee"..... it's by FAR my favourite Bonham contribution ever.....but that HARMONICA.....!!!.....for ME that's what brings it home....I've listened to that isolated and it gives me goosebumps EVERY time. There'll NEVER be another group of musicians THAT talented in one band again. Pure. Magic.
I had been meaning to watch this for quite awhile and now having done that I was quite happy to see everyone so positive with the band, it seems lately for me every time I caught something on them it was always fuckin negative talking about the rocky stuff that all bands go through and I got dam tired of it so kudos to you all for this work. Zeppelin lives ya know
Cool documentary for sure but with black dog, one guy credits the riff to Jimmy but it was written by JPJ, you can hear him teaching it to Jimmy on the studio outtakes that have been circulating around since the birth of the Internet.
半世紀，50年以上昔の動画にリアルタイム以上の興奮を与えてくれるyoutubeに感謝！
Led Zeppelin music speaks for itself.
Os monstros sagrados do rock: Plant, Page, Paul Jones e Bonham. Led Zeppelin!
An, iconic band; a legend in their own right that set the stage for future music to copy, emulate and carry on the tradition. When, i think of bands to stand for rock, they undoubtly ARE the ones. Everything, in my estimation was perfect! (compared to any others!)
The album is a masterpiece, from start to finish. When I decided to get my first tattoo; I wanted something to represent my love of music, so I decided upon the four symbols. I do believe that Zeppelin IV is the greatest music I've ever heard.
Second tattoo must involve Physical Graffitti in some way...
My first tattoo ever was the band name, I have stung myself.
Love Led Zeppelin, Every album,, Every song. Physical Graffiti is a great album , there all great ❤️❤️❤️❤️👍👍👍👍👍👍
The comment that there's a lot of filler on Physical Graffiti is just not true and frankly baffling.
I was in the club. I paid my dues staring at album covers of great bands, including Zep.
Pretty sure it was John Paul Jones who came up with the black dog riff messing around. Not Jimmy page. Yes, I was there
The tape machines, indeed did capture a real magic. I am not referring to a "Gee, I really like this album ". No, I mean this album truly pulled a spirit out of the ether , and delivered it to our ears.
I am aware of the rumors , but I have never had this feeling about songs.
The best, most perfect, complete Rock album ever made. I think you can make the case of Led Zep 4, Sgt Pepper, Revolver, and Dark side of the moon as being the 4 greatest albums ever made.
Don’t forget Machine Head of Deep Purple…. or Vol 4 of Black Sabbath or Never Mind The Bollocks or…. London Calling or Thriller or a bunch of great albums that came after this one. Open your mind and you will find some more that find the spot, Greatest of them all… how about Back In Black? Or Nevermind… Nirvana or something from Queen?
There are a bunch of a very good album in the seventies, eighties and even nineties that earned that we’ll all name “the best”. To me, Led Zeppelin III makes me feel good and if I close my eyes and just flew away with my hair loose in the wind… is that the best album ever….? No, the best is to come 😂❤❤ but it’s my opinion
Don't forget REM - Green
It's truly great but to me only the 3rd or 4th best among their own catalog. Physical Graffiti is a much better overall album
What Revolver? Who do you mean? 🎶🤗🎵
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The Beatles album Revolver, lot of people ( me included) think it’s actually even better than Sgt Pepper.
The Battle of Evermore...the unforgettable voice of Sandy Denny...The only time they were five....I have this track on my LZ IV and you :-) ???
Stairway is a mostly personal song to many. It’s a “where were you when you first heard it” song. But it invokes deep, even subconscious, emotions unique to the individual listener. For me, among its ownership of my attention, it set the table for my love of another genre, Prog Rock. It opened the door of acceptance for a genre I had been ignoring. That’s just one of the meaningful things, influences, feelings it brought to me. Thanks for the interesting video.
I know exactly where I was when I first heard it.. Great comment.. You are right! 🎶🤘🎵
When The Levee Breaks was written about the Great Flood of 1927 that all but wiped out New Orleans, and alot of other places, by Memphis Minnie & her husband, Kansas Joe McCoy. Zeppelin turned it into a masterpiece, and Minnie was given credit; she at that time was in care home in Louisiana and royalties kept her from being kicked out.
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I think all of Zeppelin's albums had something to offer the listener and they all were influential in one way or another on subsequent musicians. HoH especially influenced the alternative rock of the 90s .
No band comes close! ❣️❣️❣️
Guess their copies of Led Zeppelin IV didn't come with "The Battle of Evermore" or " Four Sticks"
Have lived and will die with the best group ever!!!!
Thanks for posting them. Fabulous. Good time for you. Absolutely, always, anytime, anywhere. Enjoy life with L.Z.
A band...a stage..an audience
A Rock n Roll Show
No 250 ft video screen....no Lazer lights...no explosive devices....no cell phones..I miss concerts like that..✌️
Thank you! There's some unreleased stuff - I have a few on my channel. "Carrots and Ribs" is one of a handful. "Closer" from Headley Grange is unclear, but could have been a very good song had they worked on it.
Red Dwarf I think for the host. Played a very good part in that :-) . Led Zep, just unforgettable. So much passion in it all !
Some of the best footage here is the 1971, Sydney '2SM' show. I would have loved to have been there but, alas, I was but seven years old.
If we weren't so far away from the US and Europe we might find more concerts down here but alas, as things are we must take what we can get which ain't nearly enough.
great documentary on Zeppelin IV ! hearing actual tracks and sometimes close to actual was pure enjoyment
They were all great musicians who had a vocalist that really knew how to use his voice as an instrument. Granted that might be an over simplification if trying to explain the magic of Led Zep, it is certainly a big part of it.
If immigrant song off of 3 which supposedly was a bad album was the only song zeppelin ever made they would still be legendary
Immigrant Song isn't even the best song on III.
Since I've Been Loving You is.☺️
I've said this before, and I'm sure I'll say it again, but when it comes to Led Zeppelin, Jack Black at 2012 Kennedy Center Honers said it best:"Better than the Beatles, better than the Stones, even better than Tenacious D."
The first LP I ever bought, absolute magic.
Where's John Paul Jones in the title, boy!
They forgot his number
To me 'Black Dog' is THE Greatest Rock-n-Roll Song Ever recorded. I caught its timing right off. Was a part of my live act for 37+years. Robert's best lyrics, along with Dancing Days, Kashmir, and Achilles Last Stand, and No Quarter.
Going to California, what can I say? Just that to me, the Greatest acoustic guitar song ever recorded. Of course, I'm just a 'little' prejudiced, being as it's been homebase for 70+ years. Hahahahah!!! Right ahead of The Battle of Evermore.
They are Right about Zeppelin and America, we always thought of them as Our Band, not England's. And we Always filled their venues. And we that were there(I saw them 176 times between '70 & '77)and countless others, either too young or weren't born yet to see them live, Still Love Them. They Rule. The Daze of Led Zeppelin. Long Live Led Zeppelin.!!!!!!!
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Genius of music, legends forever ✌️💯💯🙌🐉🎸☮️
Stairway was a generational song we had one in the 90s smells like teen spirit it's one of those songs that sickens you but you still love it when you hear it lol
Perfect album.
Chris Welsh: great music journalist, wrote a superb early Hendrix biography.
When The Levee Breaks is my favorite LZ song, but LZ II is my favorite of their albums
The way Zep did the music on their albums was so incredibly magical and special and they "refused" to recreate the music the same way live throughout their whole career, it was always a pet peeve of mine.
They couldn't. Every body in the band was multi-tasking in every song. Several guitar tracks and keyboard tracks. The best thing about Zeppelin was theur fearless sense of adventure and experimentation on stage. Sometimes they got too loose and fell apart but when they were on they were really on. True Zep fans understand this.
Actually when songs were brand new, they often did play them live very close to the studio versions. After a while they'd get bored just doing facsimilies of the songs the same way night after night (even though there'd still be variations) and so the more time that passed from when the songs were brand new the more they switched them up or expanded on them.
It always seems JPJ is left out,as if he didn’t count. But is probably the most important in keeping the band together working with Bonham
SIMPLY - THE MOST IMPORTANT ALBUM IN MUSIC HISTORY!
Thank you for posting this and I wonder if there are any rockers out there who heard of a band called URIAH HEEP
Led Zeppelin was the only band where I've heard ever song on every album on main stream radio. Every song! The Beatles didn't do that. The Beatles had time slots where radio would play deep cuts. Zeppelin had all their songs played on the radio.
Worth noting that a fair bit of Physical Graffiti was also recorded during this 6 day session at Headley Grange.
Watching this reminded me why they were, and still are, so good.
Basically R.P invented headbanging and air guitar, what every boy who can't dance loves to do at a gig.
Hey, they were in their prime, and they just did what genius does.