1971 living in Pakistan. American teenagers would get together with stereo systems and large speakers - a party sometimes on someone's roof. Someone shows up with Led albums and off we go. Led was the standard - we all knew this. Other bands would come along with a song or two. Led had full albums that always worked. I've listened to Levee probably 500 times since my teen years - it's beyond magic. Something was laid down on those tracks that continues to live. Fun to watch a new generation grasping to figure out what they are hearing and feeling.
But it’s also so much greater because it resonates metaphorically as well. As in “Since I’ve been loving you” when he sings “All my tears, they fall like rain”, rain as a metaphor for grief and the levee as a metaphor for the heart and the mind that will break if the tearful grieving continues.
@@stephenmaclean3422 Agreed. Picking a "literal" song and placing it into the album to support the metaphorical narrative is part of the Art of the Album. Edit: Also, remember that this is not a note for note cover of the original. The arrangement they chose is part of it.
Originally recorded by "Memphis Minnie" and "Kansas Joe McCoy" in 1929, about the Great Mississippi Flood of 1927. "Minnie" got her credit(s) on Zeppelin's album. . . . .
& Slight correction , they weren’t the dads or grandfathers of heavy rock and roll,.. they were the progenitors and creators of the realm. The river runs deep because they knew the wells to draw from. Their boundless energy, enthusiasm and inventiveness is timeless and endlessly fascinating. Enjoy ❤
One of the best album closers ever, with the best drum intro ever. Led Zeppelin rules to this very day. Do the rest of their albums and enjoy! 🔥🎵🎸🎤🎸🎹🎶🔥
Zeppelin was my intro to The Blues when I didn't know it. They pay homage to an art that was dying at the time. Stevie Ray Vaugh revived it further later on. Blues is as American as apple pie.
I grew up in Chicago went to a bar called Kingston mines To watch a famous Blues artist Muddy Waters 5 dollar cover charge Half way through in walks Mick Jagger and starts jamming with Muddy Lots of Rock bands studied and took Blue lyrics from old blues songs By the Way best 5 dollars I ever spent
Don’t feel sad this album has come to its end. There’s 7 more Zeppelin studio albums you can listen to, each one fire in their own way, as well as a live album. And I’ll be here for all your reactions.
Indeed! All merit a listen, but LZII is my fave. 'Ramble On' on it is about as close to a perfect song as one can get. Each part is stellar, especially JPJ's bass, and combined, become greater than their sum, a masterpiece - a metaphor for the band members all being among the top 3 players of their respective instruments and combining into the greatest rock band in history.
Agree. As great as this album is, and all the others, LZ I is my favorite. After the release of this album, even if they’d never made another record, they’d been the greatest rock band that ever existed. As it is, there’s still so much greatest still to come. 🔥🤯🥁🎤🎸🎶🌎🙌🏼😎✌🏼
@@rosalieelliottofficial Hey Rosalie, I came across this original track on a music creator's page here on YT that was kind of 🔥& it's a small account. Out of all the YT reactors you were the one I thought would t❤& react to this song. It portrays mental health awareness & the artist show's his thoughtful gratitude toward the person that's given him this inspiration & strength. Here's the kicker it's a 🤘Metal song about Ren😝, titled: "Tribute to Ren"🤘😝😊 creator is named, Corteliax. 👍
You know don't you when they put these songs out the song critics in the newspapers gave them maybe half a paragraph, they really didn't know what they were listening to they had no concept, their songs it was above and beyond.
This era of ROCK was like a competition of who could write/perform better and like a rising tide it LIFTED ALL BOATS. So many great bands, some never got their due, but, The amount of great music made in that time will never happen again.
@@bishlap Good point 👍🏼 I still can’t imagine songs from today being played in 50 years time. Maybe Coldplay songs?! Anyway, I won’t be around to find out. 😜
@@Ess_Bee56 I don't really know/ probably some SHIT like Adele. Will there still be Taylor Swift fans 50 years from now? 80 year old muthafukkas requesting Taylor in 2075 - LMAO! Later Ess, Peace.
Favorite song on this album is Levee. One of my all-time favorite Zep songs and all-time favorite rock songs, period. Why? The hypnotic power of the drums and the way the guitar and bass work in tandem to accentuate that powerful groove. It’s mesmerizing to me. Always has been
This has always been, to me, one of the most hypnotic grooves in rock. I lose myself in it. The guitar and bass working in tandem on that incredible riff makes it so rich snd full sounding. Rosalie, you were in “analyze mode” here, which is natural. But this is a groove you just have to release yourself to and flow along with it. Turn off your mind and feel its power.
The one and only John Henry "Bonzo" Bonham is the one on this tune for me. This album came out in 1971, not only did he get better, but the whole group did. Unfortunately he passed in1980 and Zep didn't continue after that. Keep enjoying your journey with them. Thanks for sharing your reaction ✌️
The drum sound on this song is one of the most famous in rock history. The drum sound is HUGE. Recorded in an old country house ( Headley Grange) where they were working on the album. The drums were set up in a stairwell several stories high which led to a huge reverb on the drums. Jimmy and his sound engineer placed mics at several levels going up the stairs to capture that reverb. Iconic sound And incredible harmonica from Robert.
Why does this myth continue to persist? Yes, the drums were recorded there using 2 microphones, but the huge reverb sound had nothing to do with the location, and everything to do a binson echorec tape delay unit that was used in the recording by the sound engineer - Andy Johns. There are TH-cam interviews with Johns where he describes the process he used.
@@georgehofgren6123 Yes - and they were positioned there - but the huge echo effect you hear is actually artificial, according to the engineer who recorded it - Rick Beato has a video dedicated to it, which includes footage of Andy Johns detailing his use of an echorec on the drums.
@yogibarista2818 "Why does this myth continue to persist" Because Jimmy Page is actually on film at the bottom of the stairwell at Headley Grange clapping his hands and talking about how the echo gave it that ambience. Bonham's reverb on his SNARE drum was indeed partly because of the reverb coming off the walls. The Binson Echorec was also used. So it was actually a bit of both.
I remember reading somewhere that this song was recorded at a (slightly) faster tempo and then slowed down for the final album version. I don't know if this is true either, but based on that massive - and almost mythical - sound, I just might believe this myth...
Song is a reworked version of an old song. Original IS a country blues song, by Memphis Minnie and Kansas Joe McCoy in 1929, written about the Great Mississippi Flood of 1927.
I absolutely have enjoyed this ride with Led Zeppelin this I think has to be the best album they ever did. I am so glad that you did this and have really liked your breakdowns of all the songs your very good at understanding the entire music package they offer its a real experience for the listener they dont and wont make music like this anymore and I miss it these were true and real musicans that cared about the sound they put out. As always your ride or die forever till the next ride Eyyyyy Ooooo
In the 70's. I took a portable record player to class and played this song to the class as my book report in high school. I can only imagine the conversations shared with family and friends through the years about this girl playing this classic song by Led Zeppelin, When the Levee Breaks as a book report. It's the Buckeyes way!
Love your reactions and analysis 😊 Great album and I hope you continue on and on. That harmonica is Robert plant! Lots of people think of John Paul as just the bass player but he is a musical genius. He plays anything with strings, keyboards and is an arranger, producer with a vast career.
Blues is the root of ALL rock, country, rap, RnB, jazz, big band, and everything but electronica we listen to today. There are elements of blues in almost every song. The blues spawned all popular music of the 20th and 21st century.
Jimmy Page's guitar brilliance, John Paul Jones' instrumental skills, John Bonham's drums beating in your heart and Robert Plant's voice invading your soul, how can you pick a favourite? ❤
This is LZ's Bluesiest of Blues! They all loved the American Blues! The OG Robert is on the harmonica! What was even greater about the harmonica's ghostly sound is how they created it. Produced by Jimmy & their engineer, the track was reversed after recording it and an echo was added to the reversed track to create a reverse echo and then played over the original track to create a haunting ghostly texture! It is so yummy!🤤😉One of their best and 2nd on my list of favs, after Kashmir!
Whatching your reactions just made me smile. I’ve been listening to zeppelin for as long as I can remember and feel that anyone who hasn’t been doing the same is missing out more than they will ever know. Love it ❤😊😊
They used a phaser effect on Robert's vocals towards the end - one of the first psychedelic effects with a watery, shimmery sound, usually used on guitar - and yes it can be heard on Page's guitar in places also. Dave Gilmour and Jimi Hendrix used it a lot too
Dont stop Rosalie, pick another zepplin album and discover more of their amazing work! I watch alot of content like this but i really like your chanel because of you analysis of the songs!
Plant began as an R&B singer in England and has always drifted back to that genre with a rock edge. It’s quite extraordinary how they weave it in and still maintain their rock edge. There has NEVER been a band to get close to this perfection of lightning in a bottle.
All four members of the original band were all spectacular in their personal abilities to play, write and perform but JPJ was the glue that held them together and brought them back down to being able to meld their incredible talents together. He also new his worth and did not need to seek his own celebrity.
I first heard this band in the late sixties, our favorite radio station played the latest bands and we had some awesome parties with their music, brings back good memories.
Sometimes you look for more meaning in the lyrics than really exists. Don't over complicate things. Zeppelin started as a band deep with Blues standards. This song is nothing but a remake...giving a nod to those coming before. Now...if you want to become impressed...listen to the original 1929 recording and see how they made it better by highlighting the drum and bass. It just grooves. By far the best recording on this album.
@kenneth9874 Lyrically...the song is nothing but a remake. Same is true for Johnny Cash's Hurt. It is a remake. No one is arguing the song is now John 's...not Trent's. Same is true here. My point...is she was trying to tie the lyrics to prior songs and create context that simply doesn't exist. Same as she did with Going To California. Robert has discussed their songs quite openly
Don't UNDER-complicate things. This song is real AND metaphorical, because the original writers meant it that way. You are somehow trying to credit them, and yet undervaluing their skill. And then Zep completely transformed the musical soundscape from the original, giving it an urgency and forlorn sadness all their own. And yes, they used it because it was connected to their overall thread of this album.
You are listening to some of the greatest music ever created, and as a professional musician I will tell you that when you’ve heard these songs 1000 times and they have changed your life, that you will still be blown away and inspired.
I have seen several reactions of many young people to Led Zeppelin's music and in their faces you can see how captivating it is. I heard the band for the first time when I was 9 years old in 1970 and it was one of the most shocking things that has happened to me in my life.
Two things: passion and intentional, intelligent variety. Zep gave you these in droves. It didn't dawn on me until much later, probably because back in the day I was just caught in the hysteria that is Zeppelin, but Zep centered its music on passion, thus the utilization of loud, raucous rock, blues, and lyrical sway. For me, the centerpiece of this song is Robert's mouth harp. The intro. alone is worth the price of admission. With Zep, it's about the up and down, in and out, never the continuous, dull, drone. Robert is constantly shifting in volume, attack, and pace. I've listened to some of the greatest harmonica players, even in person, like James Cotton, Stevie Wonder, and Magic Dick, they all have their obvious styles, but I've never heard phrasing like Robert's. He is a highly underappreciated harp player.
To start with, Bonham’s drumming was recorded at Headley Grange, his drum kit was set up in the dramatic entrance & staircase. Some microphones were hung from different levels, & I believe some reverb was done. Many have tried to duplicate this amazing drum sound, but nobody has been able to. It not only takes the where & how, but the magnificent drumming of the greatest drummer ever, John Henry (Bonzo) Bonham. Robert was playing the harmonica, (which he’s excellent at), wish he played it more often. These guys loved the Mississippi Delta, & the Chicago Blues, & that’s the mention of Chicago. The ending of the song, was the chaos of the levee breaking, you could reference hurricane Katrina & New Orleans Louisiana. The flooding for miles & miles is so devastating, many lives are lost, as well as homes & businesses. This song is about the horrific flood of 1927. I highly recommend you do each album, because all their music is absolutely amazing, you could skip CODA. CODA was an album they were contracted to do, but Bonham passed away, it’s songs they discarded so not the greatest. You really seemed to love doing this whole album, you would really love all the others too, & we’ll be here to listen. Thank you once again for your reaction.
Very good! Pioneers. This 63 yr old white boy enjoys seeing you discover what I discovered at 15.... enjoy the journey. It makes me feel good that music can help us cross cultural and age barriers and bond.
One of the most sampled songs ever and an influencer of that Hip Hop beat. As a drummer one of my all time grooves to smash out 😁 I first heard the album in 1975, when I was 12. Looking back it seems odd that Rock'n'Roll, Leeve,, Stairway To Heaven etc , where new and not yet the classics we have now
And “IV” ends with that last and misterious “kerra-kerra/kerranggggg” If Led Zeppelin would stop their discography there (fotunately not) it would be already a titanical, monumental discography anyway.
The best recorded song on the the best Rock album ever recorded. Hands down. You feel like you are swirling down into a descending whirlpool at the end of it. There is nothing "metal" about this. It's all Blues. Robert's singing and harmonica performance were HOF on this song. Bonham's drums are earth shattering. They were the GOATs of the 70's and in some ways of all time.
This has been wonderful watching your journey through this album. It reminded me of my own with all of their albums as a teenager in the 70s. Great stuff.
One of the very first Power Groove riffs you can look back on and identify as such. Very powerful chug that just grooves. Its repatitve but its suppose to be. That riff alone inspired more metal bands than people realize. Its Iconic.
One of my top 4 favorite Zep songs. The depth of the sounds here are captivating. The history of this song adds even more to it. This is real American blues, something which captivated both Robert and Jimmy from their youth. What a fitting way to wrap up an astoundingly fantastic album.
One of my all-time favorite Led Zeppelin songs...John Bonham's drums just drive and drive and drive. You might also want to check out the "Playing for Change" video of this song with John Paul Jones on bass. It features lots of great musicians from all over the world.
Start with the first song on the first album (changed modern rock drumming) and listen all the way through the last song on CODA. They really are an amazing band. The whole package…..best ever in my opinion.
When The Levee… is my favorite song on this album, which is one of my favorite Led Zep albums. Powerful and mesmerizing. This song is intemporal, so bluesy with the harmonica played by Robert. The way they turned this classic blues into something so big and metaphoric is jus magic. As to my favorite band members, as I ply bass, it is JPJ, he is so talented, and so humble and quiet in the same time. Listen to the band Them Crooked Vultures to hear JPJ at his peak in the 2010'.
It was another way of enjoying music that will never come back. Back then you didn't just listen to the songs, you also bought all the specialized magazines to find out how they recorded the drums in that song, the fights between the members, what inspired them to write and make the album covers. People invested a lot of money in hi-fi equipment with the best picks and expensive speakers. All that has ceased to exist forever.
love ur resum. of th 4th album. cool !! my fav. song is both sides , im 59 y.o. , i was 15 when first hearing. in those years i buy at least 10+ copy of the 4th . cassettes,vinyls, cds. and all the new remaster deluxe cds
1971. No computer, no autotune, all talent.
1971 living in Pakistan. American teenagers would get together with stereo systems and large speakers - a party sometimes on someone's roof. Someone shows up with Led albums and off we go. Led was the standard - we all knew this. Other bands would come along with a song or two. Led had full albums that always worked. I've listened to Levee probably 500 times since my teen years - it's beyond magic. Something was laid down on those tracks that continues to live. Fun to watch a new generation grasping to figure out what they are hearing and feeling.
That is probably the best groove in rock and roll, ever.
Don't look at this deeply. The song is literal. Written in 1929 by Memphis Minnie about the great Mississippi flood of 1927.
But it’s also so much greater because it resonates metaphorically as well. As in “Since I’ve been loving you” when he sings “All my tears, they fall like rain”, rain as a metaphor for grief and the levee as a metaphor for the heart and the mind that will break if the tearful grieving continues.
@@stephenmaclean3422 Agreed. Picking a "literal" song and placing it into the album to support the metaphorical narrative is part of the Art of the Album.
Edit: Also, remember that this is not a note for note cover of the original. The arrangement they chose is part of it.
@@stephenmaclean3422that’s why it’s a keeper. It can apply to anyone with added pressure in life
Minnie rocked... loved all those tunes that were covers for sexual innuendo.
It’s wasn’t 1929, it was 1917! 🤨sudo Zeppelin fan!
the greatest band hands down.
The greatest band in history.
Originally recorded by "Memphis Minnie" and "Kansas Joe McCoy" in 1929, about the Great Mississippi Flood of 1927. "Minnie" got her credit(s) on Zeppelin's album. . . . .
The original is almost nothing like this Zeppelin reworking, except for a few lyrics.
@@lyndoncmp5751Zeppelin resurrected it from obscurity and transformed it into a classic
I find the earlier versions interesting and sad. Zeppelin took it to another level and pretty much made it their own. It's a sonic masterpiece.
& Slight correction , they weren’t the dads or grandfathers of heavy rock and roll,.. they were the progenitors and creators of the realm.
The river runs deep because they knew the wells to draw from. Their boundless energy, enthusiasm and inventiveness is timeless and endlessly fascinating.
Enjoy ❤
They had a few of these so called "remake" not giving the original writer credit.
Other than that Zepp rules!
One of the best album closers ever, with the best drum intro ever. Led Zeppelin rules to this very day. Do the rest of their albums and enjoy!
🔥🎵🎸🎤🎸🎹🎶🔥
The Mighty Zeppelin
Zeppelin was my intro to The Blues when I didn't know it. They pay homage to an art that was dying at the time. Stevie Ray Vaugh revived it further later on. Blues is as American as apple pie.
I grew up in Chicago went to a bar called Kingston mines
To watch a famous Blues artist Muddy Waters
5 dollar cover charge
Half way through in walks Mick Jagger and starts jamming with Muddy
Lots of Rock bands studied and took Blue lyrics from old blues songs
By the Way best 5 dollars I ever spent
And how it was recorded simply amazing
Robert on the harmonica. 😊
Don’t feel sad this album has come to its end. There’s 7 more Zeppelin studio albums you can listen to, each one fire in their own way, as well as a live album. And I’ll be here for all your reactions.
Indeed! All merit a listen, but LZII is my fave. 'Ramble On' on it is about as close to a perfect song as one can get. Each part is stellar, especially JPJ's bass, and combined, become greater than their sum, a masterpiece - a metaphor for the band members all being among the top 3 players of their respective instruments and combining into the greatest rock band in history.
The rhythm section owns this song. Thunderous drums and that ominous, relentless bass line...damn.😮
Agreed. Incredible bass work by Jonesy
You really owe it to yourself to go through all their early albums, from the beginning. Some of their best tracks on those.
Agree. As great as this album is, and all the others, LZ I is my favorite.
After the release of this album, even if they’d never made another record, they’d been the greatest rock band that ever existed.
As it is, there’s still so much greatest still to come. 🔥🤯🥁🎤🎸🎶🌎🙌🏼😎✌🏼
YOU GO GIRL 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉LED ZEPPELIN RULES ❤️❤❤❤❤
Every Zep album is worth this treatment! They continue to explore and innovate with every record.
How? A simpleton can make a claim, and even bigger dummy can't back that claim! How did they "explore and innovate" what hadn't been done already?
@@smartenuphumans The same way a simpleton can make claims about claims without supporting their argument I guess?
This song is Epic! One of my favorite Zep songs!
absolutely amazing!
@@rosalieelliottofficial Hey Rosalie, I came across this original track on a music creator's page here on YT that was kind of 🔥& it's a small account. Out of all the YT reactors you were the one I thought would t❤& react to this song. It portrays mental health awareness & the artist show's his thoughtful gratitude toward the person that's given him this inspiration & strength. Here's the kicker it's a 🤘Metal song about Ren😝, titled: "Tribute to Ren"🤘😝😊 creator is named, Corteliax. 👍
Must listen to The song remains the same/Rain song live Madison square garden, i think you’ll love it
You know don't you when they put these songs out the song critics in the newspapers gave them maybe half a paragraph, they really didn't know what they were listening to they had no concept, their songs it was above and beyond.
This era of ROCK was like a competition of who could write/perform better and like a rising tide it LIFTED ALL BOATS. So many great bands, some never got their due, but, The amount of great music made in that time will never happen again.
Facts 💯
I can’t imagine any of today’s music being listened to in 50 years time.
@@Ess_Bee56 wonder if Memphis Minnie thought that same thing while writing "Levee?" 😋🤟
@@bishlap Good point 👍🏼
I still can’t imagine songs from today being played in 50 years time. Maybe Coldplay songs?!
Anyway, I won’t be around to find out. 😜
@@Ess_Bee56 I don't really know/ probably some SHIT like Adele. Will there still be Taylor Swift fans 50 years from now? 80 year old muthafukkas requesting Taylor in 2075 - LMAO!
Later Ess, Peace.
Favorite song on this album is Levee. One of my all-time favorite Zep songs and all-time favorite rock songs, period. Why? The hypnotic power of the drums and the way the guitar and bass work in tandem to accentuate that powerful groove. It’s mesmerizing to me. Always has been
This has always been, to me, one of the most hypnotic grooves in rock. I lose myself in it. The guitar and bass working in tandem on that incredible riff makes it so rich snd full sounding. Rosalie, you were in “analyze mode” here, which is natural. But this is a groove you just have to release yourself to and flow along with it. Turn off your mind and feel its power.
The one and only John Henry "Bonzo" Bonham is the one on this tune for me. This album came out in 1971, not only did he get better, but the whole group did. Unfortunately he passed in1980 and Zep didn't continue after that. Keep enjoying your journey with them. Thanks for sharing your reaction ✌️
The drum sound on this song is one of the most famous in rock history. The drum sound is HUGE. Recorded in an old country house ( Headley Grange) where they were working on the album. The drums were set up in a stairwell several stories high which led to a huge reverb on the drums. Jimmy and his sound engineer placed mics at several levels going up the stairs to capture that reverb. Iconic sound
And incredible harmonica from Robert.
Why does this myth continue to persist? Yes, the drums were recorded there using 2 microphones, but the huge reverb sound had nothing to do with the location, and everything to do a binson echorec tape delay unit that was used in the recording by the sound engineer - Andy Johns. There are TH-cam interviews with Johns where he describes the process he used.
I think i've seen pics of bonzo's drums set in the bottom of the stairwell....
@@georgehofgren6123 Yes - and they were positioned there - but the huge echo effect you hear is actually artificial, according to the engineer who recorded it - Rick Beato has a video dedicated to it, which includes footage of Andy Johns detailing his use of an echorec on the drums.
@yogibarista2818
"Why does this myth continue to persist"
Because Jimmy Page is actually on film at the bottom of the stairwell at Headley Grange clapping his hands and talking about how the echo gave it that ambience.
Bonham's reverb on his SNARE drum was indeed partly because of the reverb coming off the walls.
The Binson Echorec was also used. So it was actually a bit of both.
I remember reading somewhere that this song was recorded at a (slightly) faster tempo and then slowed down for the final album version.
I don't know if this is true either, but based on that massive - and almost mythical - sound, I just might believe this myth...
Listen to their first album. Mind blowing!
Awesome sauce!
Best first song on a first album ever!
Still one of my favorites
This album is also a complete whole from the first note to the last. I don't have a favorite song, I just have Led Zeppelin, the greatest band ever.
My favorite Zeppelin song is the last one I heard.
With Zeppelin the "favorite" changes with time
One of the sickest harmonica parts ever... so dirty!!! Awesome.
Greetings from Canada. Country Rock? Nope: Delta Bottleneck Slide Blues Rock. Peace, love and bellbottoms.
Amen!
I recommend listening to the other albums as well. In order
Song is a reworked version of an old song. Original IS a country blues song, by Memphis Minnie and Kansas Joe McCoy in 1929, written about the Great Mississippi Flood of 1927.
You were mesmerised ... Welcome to Zeppelin 😅
I absolutely have enjoyed this ride with Led Zeppelin this I think has to be the best album they ever did. I am so glad that you did this and have really liked your breakdowns of all the songs your very good at understanding the entire music package they offer its a real experience for the listener they dont and wont make music like this anymore and I miss it these were true and real musicans that cared about the sound they put out. As always your ride or die forever till the next ride Eyyyyy Ooooo
4 is my favorite too.
F-k yeah !!
Nothing better than early Zeppelin.. NOTHING!!
In the 70's. I took a portable record player to class and played this song to the class as my book report in high school. I can only imagine the conversations shared with family and friends through the years about this girl playing this classic song by Led Zeppelin, When the Levee Breaks as a book report. It's the Buckeyes way!
😂😂😂😂 That’s awesome
O H,,,,
Love your reactions and analysis 😊
Great album and I hope you continue on and on. That harmonica is Robert plant!
Lots of people think of John Paul as just the bass player but he is a musical genius. He plays anything with strings, keyboards and is an arranger, producer with a vast career.
Blues is the root of ALL rock, country, rap, RnB, jazz, big band, and everything but electronica we listen to today. There are elements of blues in almost every song. The blues spawned all popular music of the 20th and 21st century.
Prog?
Jimmy Page's guitar brilliance, John Paul Jones' instrumental skills, John Bonham's drums beating in your heart and Robert Plant's voice invading your soul, how can you pick a favourite? ❤
Plus Plant's haunting Harmonica!...
This is LZ's Bluesiest of Blues! They all loved the American Blues! The OG Robert is on the harmonica! What was even greater about the harmonica's ghostly sound is how they created it. Produced by Jimmy & their engineer, the track was reversed after recording it and an echo was added to the reversed track to create a reverse echo and then played over the original track to create a haunting ghostly texture! It is so yummy!🤤😉One of their best and 2nd on my list of favs, after Kashmir!
Robert Plant on the harmonica! So many hidden treasures in their music.
Whatching your reactions just made me smile. I’ve been listening to zeppelin for as long as I can remember and feel that anyone who hasn’t been doing the same is missing out more than they will ever know. Love it ❤😊😊
Great work as always, Rosalie. You're gonna love exploring each of their other records. Might I suggest Led Zeppelin III next.
They stand alone, as the greatest! They are their own genre! The GOATS…PERIOD! 😎🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
They used a phaser effect on Robert's vocals towards the end - one of the first psychedelic effects with a watery, shimmery sound, usually used on guitar - and yes it can be heard on Page's guitar in places also. Dave Gilmour and Jimi Hendrix used it a lot too
The Beatles also used it on George Harrison’s tune “Blue Jay Way” off of Magical Mystery Tour.
Please play THANK YOU
is romantic song
you will love it
Dont stop Rosalie, pick another zepplin album and discover more of their amazing work! I watch alot of content like this but i really like your chanel because of you analysis of the songs!
This is probably my favourite Led Zeppelin song, because of it's power and message, the Blues, the Plant on the harmonica, just insanely good
Plant began as an R&B singer in England and has always drifted back to that genre with a rock edge. It’s quite extraordinary how they weave it in and still maintain their rock edge. There has NEVER been a band to get close to this perfection of lightning in a bottle.
All four members of the original band were all spectacular in their personal abilities to play, write and perform but JPJ was the glue that held them together and brought them back down to being able to meld their incredible talents together. He also new his worth and did not need to seek his own celebrity.
The GOAT!
I first heard this band in the late sixties, our favorite radio station played the latest bands and we had some awesome parties with their music, brings back good memories.
Seeing them in person is how a lot of people describe seeing Micheal Jordan, they were so legendary they didn't seem real.
4/30/1977 Detroit I was 16 and mesmeriized
Incredible job of Reacting to Album.!!!!!!
Led Zeppelin, Moody Blues and Pink Floyd were my jam through out my college experience.
Sometimes you look for more meaning in the lyrics than really exists. Don't over complicate things. Zeppelin started as a band deep with Blues standards. This song is nothing but a remake...giving a nod to those coming before. Now...if you want to become impressed...listen to the original 1929 recording and see how they made it better by highlighting the drum and bass. It just grooves. By far the best recording on this album.
Nothing but a remake? It was resurrected from obscurity and transformed into greatness.
@kenneth9874 Lyrically...the song is nothing but a remake. Same is true for Johnny Cash's Hurt. It is a remake. No one is arguing the song is now John 's...not Trent's. Same is true here. My point...is she was trying to tie the lyrics to prior songs and create context that simply doesn't exist. Same as she did with Going To California. Robert has discussed their songs quite openly
Don't UNDER-complicate things. This song is real AND metaphorical, because the original writers meant it that way. You are somehow trying to credit them, and yet undervaluing their skill. And then Zep completely transformed the musical soundscape from the original, giving it an urgency and forlorn sadness all their own. And yes, they used it because it was connected to their overall thread of this album.
@@davidstick9207 remake?how about transformation
Love your reactions...more ZEP!!!
Look up “When the Breaks” Playing For Change. John Paul Jones and a cast of international musicians.
One of the best versions in existence.
You are listening to some of the greatest music ever created, and as a professional musician I will tell you that when you’ve heard these songs 1000 times and they have changed your life, that you will still be blown away and inspired.
I hear this masterpiece brings me to tears. There’s something ethereal about it, beyond my comprehension, no words, just let it roll over you…
Led Zeppelin is a group. No one special, all are special!
People tend not to notice what an accomplished harmonica player was/is.👍👍👏👏
I have seen several reactions of many young people to Led Zeppelin's music and in their faces you can see how captivating it is. I heard the band for the first time when I was 9 years old in 1970 and it was one of the most shocking things that has happened to me in my life.
Out of their whole catalog this is my favorite
Two things: passion and intentional, intelligent variety. Zep gave you these in droves. It didn't dawn on me until much later, probably because back in the day I was just caught in the hysteria that is Zeppelin, but Zep centered its music on passion, thus the utilization of loud, raucous rock, blues, and lyrical sway. For me, the centerpiece of this song is Robert's mouth harp. The intro. alone is worth the price of admission. With Zep, it's about the up and down, in and out, never the continuous, dull, drone. Robert is constantly shifting in volume, attack, and pace. I've listened to some of the greatest harmonica players, even in person, like James Cotton, Stevie Wonder, and Magic Dick, they all have their obvious styles, but I've never heard phrasing like Robert's. He is a highly underappreciated harp player.
The best Led Zep song and an amazing performance by Plant on vocals and harmonica
Robert kills it on the harmonica
To start with, Bonham’s drumming was recorded at Headley Grange, his drum kit was set up in the dramatic entrance & staircase. Some microphones were hung from different levels, & I believe some reverb was done. Many have tried to duplicate this amazing drum sound, but nobody has been able to. It not only takes the where & how, but the magnificent drumming of the greatest drummer ever,
John Henry (Bonzo) Bonham. Robert was playing the harmonica, (which he’s excellent at), wish he played it more often. These guys loved the Mississippi Delta, & the Chicago Blues, & that’s the mention of Chicago. The ending of the song, was the chaos of the levee breaking, you could reference hurricane Katrina & New Orleans Louisiana. The flooding for miles & miles is so devastating, many lives are lost, as well as homes & businesses. This song is about the horrific flood of 1927.
I highly recommend you do each album, because all their music is absolutely amazing, you could skip CODA. CODA was an album they were contracted to do, but Bonham passed away, it’s songs they discarded so not the greatest. You really seemed to love doing this whole album, you would really love all the others too, & we’ll be here to listen. Thank you once again for your reaction.
This is by far my favorite Led Zeppelin song
Now watch the international collaboration (with JPJ on bass)! AWESOME!
Very good! Pioneers. This 63 yr old white boy enjoys seeing you discover what I discovered at 15.... enjoy the journey. It makes me feel good that music can help us cross cultural and age barriers and bond.
Love this album review & your analysis!
Ha! They're epic! And this song! that guitar just make you glad to have ears!!
One of the most sampled songs ever and an influencer of that Hip Hop beat. As a drummer one of my all time grooves to smash out 😁
I first heard the album in 1975, when I was 12. Looking back it seems odd that Rock'n'Roll, Leeve,, Stairway To Heaven etc , where new and not yet the classics we have now
If you liked the blues here,,,,,Led Zeppelin 1 will be up your alley. It's killer bluesy,,,,💥💥💥👍😎
My favorite band member is, Led Zeppelin.
Four limbs of the same body.
The drummer! John Bonham is amazing on this tract. All 4 shine on this song. All time top 5 song for me!! Great reaction!
And “IV” ends with that last and misterious “kerra-kerra/kerranggggg” If Led Zeppelin would stop their discography there (fotunately not) it would be already a titanical, monumental discography anyway.
I really enjoyed your my all time favorite band.I also enjoy your Annalise of the context of the songs.Thanks.Donnie
Sorry meant to say,enjoyed your reaction to my all time favorite band Led Zeppelin 4 album
This is blues/rock right up into your face
One of my absolute favourite songs with Led Zeppelin. ❤😅
Robert’s Harmonic is outstanding…THATS the blues my Dear, from the turn of the Century! 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
The best recorded song on the the best Rock album ever recorded. Hands down. You feel like you are swirling down into a descending whirlpool at the end of it. There is nothing "metal" about this. It's all Blues. Robert's singing and harmonica performance were HOF on this song. Bonham's drums are earth shattering. They were the GOATs of the 70's and in some ways of all time.
Bonham driving the drums into your soul!! His drumming in this song is like the river that keeps coming and coming with nothing to stop it.
Zepplin, like the Beatles, changed Music forever.
This has been wonderful watching your journey through this album. It reminded me of my own with all of their albums as a teenager in the 70s. Great stuff.
Probably my favorite zep tune!
You Shook Me off their first album may be the hardest nastiest blues ever recorded
There’s a short video clip here on TH-cam of Jimmy Page revisiting where this was recorded and talking about the acoustics etc. very interesting.
yeah - i got the pun immediately - good one - and good video too.
Delta Blues, amazing cover. Seen the MS River at the top of the Nawlins levees.
One of the very first Power Groove riffs you can look back on and identify as such. Very powerful chug that just grooves. Its repatitve but its suppose to be. That riff alone inspired more metal bands than people realize. Its Iconic.
One of my top 4 favorite Zep songs. The depth of the sounds here are captivating. The history of this song adds even more to it. This is real American blues, something which captivated both Robert and Jimmy from their youth. What a fitting way to wrap up an astoundingly fantastic album.
I love when he says , Sat on the Levee & moaned & the harmonica echos his words like off in the distance. Who does this kinda of sound anymore?
One of my all-time favorite Led Zeppelin songs...John Bonham's drums just drive and drive and drive. You might also want to check out the "Playing for Change" video of this song with John Paul Jones on bass. It features lots of great musicians from all over the world.
espeically the chick from New Zealand
❤❤❤Robert ❤❤❤
Start with the first song on the first album (changed modern rock drumming) and listen all the way through the last song on CODA. They really are an amazing band. The whole package…..best ever in my opinion.
When The Levee… is my favorite song on this album, which is one of my favorite Led Zep albums. Powerful and mesmerizing. This song is intemporal, so bluesy with the harmonica played by Robert. The way they turned this classic blues into something so big and metaphoric is jus magic. As to my favorite band members, as I ply bass, it is JPJ, he is so talented, and so humble and quiet in the same time. Listen to the band Them Crooked Vultures to hear JPJ at his peak in the 2010'.
Kings of the Hard Rock Blues
It was another way of enjoying music that will never come back. Back then you didn't just listen to the songs, you also bought all the specialized magazines to find out how they recorded the drums in that song, the fights between the members, what inspired them to write and make the album covers. People invested a lot of money in hi-fi equipment with the best picks and expensive speakers. All that has ceased to exist forever.
Each a grand master, but only the sum of each part makes this band.
love ur resum. of th 4th album. cool !! my fav. song is both sides , im 59 y.o. , i was 15 when first hearing. in those years i buy at least 10+ copy of the 4th . cassettes,vinyls, cds. and all the new remaster deluxe cds