You're right that the song was about a man being upset because he thought that he was stood up...but the last few lines reveal that he suddenly realizes that he was not stood up...He was waiting at the wrong corner on the wrong block (Thus the fool in the rain).
I like that, while the guy analyzes the situation, he realizes it is true love and that this can't be happening. Yeah dumbass, you're waiting on the wrong corner! The song is hopelessly romantic.
One of my all time favorite ZEPPELIN songs. I still wish you guys would trust me and do JUDAS PREIST: Riding on the Wind, the studio version only. Y’all are scared and unfamiliar, I get that, but this is a Classic song at the top of their game. Just because it doesn’t necessarily have a lot of likes or views doesn’t make a serious contender. This was way before all that. As you know, this Rock realm is unknown to most of your generation. That’s where I come in. The Old School. It’s a guaranteed banger and just a Badass, high energy, Hard Rock song. You can’t go wrong with it, I promise. You will love it, guaranteed.
This half time, Purde shuffle is so amazing and it took me a long time and a lot of frustration to learn to play it consistently. Now I need to tackle Jeff Porcaro’s version of the groove on Rosanna.
The thing about Led Zeppelin is that you cannot pinpoint their sound cause they were always changing the direction of their music and elevating it. One of the most original bands out there.
I saw an interview where one of several engineers that worked with zeppelin, said Jimmy Page changed engineers with each album so it always sounded switched up, never the same.
Here's the thing: Zeppelin and Nazareth are what I call Jukebox bands. Their styles and influences are all over the place, and 9 times out of 10, if you saw a Zeppelin or a Nazareth record in the jukebox, you played it.
and the very reason why they are considered to be 1 of the 3 bands that make up the Holy Trinity of Heavy Metal Led Zeppelin Black Sabbath and Deep Purple.
That samba break down is just some next level stuff. Amazing that three guys can make all that music. And then you throw in Plant’s vocals on top and you have something truly divine.
I remember the 1st time I heard that whistle, I thought " what is going on here? And how are they gonna back into the shuffle beat?". One of the craziest unexpected transitions, but it works. I was too young to remember most Led Zeppelin albums being brand new. I remember this 1979 one clearly, and this one got top 40 play as well as album-oriented rock stations
I think we owe the samba section to the fact that the World Cup was taking place in Argentina while this was being recorded, and the South American culture was in the spotlight around the world. 🇦🇷
He’s waiting on a street corner in rain to meet his new girl that never shows up. He thinking he’s been stood up. During drum breakdown, our hero realizes he’s standing on the wrong street corner and (imo) the drums represent him running to the right street corner. Super clever lyrics! Great song! Ooh now my body is starting to quiver And the palms of my hands getting wet I got no reason to doubt you baby It's all a terrible mess And I'll run in the rain till I'm breathless When I'm breathless I'll run 'til I drop, hey! And the thoughts of a fool's scattered careless I'm just a fool waiting on the wrong block…
A few other tracks on this album, uncharacteristically buried Bonham way too deep in the mix. How he wasn't at the forefront of "In The Evening" like he is on all of ther other rock classics is a tragedy.
Released in August of 1979, Robert Plants voice is really clear and powerful on this album….very little of the distortion that was present in Physical Graffiti after his throat surgery. The reason is tragic; Robert hadn’t sung with Zeppelin for almost two years because of his sons death and his voice was rested. This is the vocal sound that Plant took into the beginning of his solo career after Bonham’s death in September of 1980. The album leans much more into keys rather than guitar. The reason for that is also sad; Jimmy was dealing with a horrible drug addiction and was late or absent for most recording sessions. Plant and JPJ basically put the album together. Jimmy would come in at night, by himself, and put his guitar work over what had been recorded.
SO interesting. I had never reflected on or heard about the link between what was sad circumstance/happenstance of Plant's resting his voice and thus it sounds different, better, but it makes perfect sense!
Robert’s voice was destroyed by endless touring. I think they recorded ITTOD at ABBAs studios in Stockholm and this was really JPJ and plants album. Much more key board led and by 79 JPJ had many more toys to play with.
"I'm Gonna Crawl" is the best piece on this album, in my most humble opinion. I've never heard Jimmy Paige play with more soul and feeling, Plant's vocals are astounding.
@@highrxhuh…never thought of those as bookends, but you’re right! I always think of SIBLY and Tea for One…..but yeah, your example is better since Good Times is first track on first album.
Yes! You finally reacted to the most unique Zeppelin song! I was stationed in Italy during the early 90’s as an Air Force airman and this song kept my spirits high. Thanks for a great reaction and I knew you’d like it! 😊
@@trevorwalsh9205 as a life-long fan, it's not my favorite song of theirs, but i don't hate it -- in fact, i find it super interesting. it shows them stretching, playing, having fun, trying new things out. it also underlines and points to what we now understand as Robert Plant's long interest and fascination with roots americana music, or american country. it's great! but it really blindsided us all back in the day, haha.
Another example of how Led Zeppelin can surprise you. I can’t think of any other band that could produce such variety in their songs and albums and make a great job of all of them. GOATS!!
That funky buzzy guitar solo is Page using the MXR Blue Box pedal. I can't think of any other song that sounds like it! This is in my top 10. Going to California with the mandolin intro is my favorite Zeppelin. Or Kashmir. Oh! Immigrant Song! Black Dog! Oh forget it! It's like trying to pick your favorite child. I love them all!
@@ruelsmith I don't think too many guitarists liked it much. In the 90's, my husband, a guitar player, would buy old 70s equipment and fix it up in the 90's to resell or keep if he liked the sound. He had a good ear for trying something out and saying this sounds like Alex Lifeson, etc then he would pull out an album to educate me and my 80's ear. Miss the vinyl collection...man not so much.😐
The song is about a guy wiating up to meet a girl for a date and its starts raining while hes waiting on her and he doesnt realize hes standing on the wrong corner until its too late..as in the lyric near the end..."..I'm just a fool standing on the wrong block..."
There are 6 covers to this album, one from each person’s POV. The album came in a brown wrapper so you didn’t know which you were getting. There were also album sleeves you could paint with water to make them in color!
That is so cool! I missed that one! However, in 1979, there was probably an upcharge on $4.99 for a fancy package new release -- a lot of allowance for a 13 year old. Had to buy my own movie tickets and Jordache jeans, too.
I was 14 when this album came out, and this is the only album of brand new Zeppelin music I was ever able to experience. At the time I thought there would be many to come, but for me there was only one.
This was from their last studio album and recorded partially at ABBA's studio in Sweden. It was also at a time that Jimmy Page was going thru a lot of things personally, and Robert Plant and John Paul Jones sort of took over this album as far as direction goes. This in a lot of ways is JPJ's album, and hinted at where they might have gone in the future. I was planning on seeing Led Zep in Buffalo in the fall of 1980, but fate intervened.
I had a friend that won a radio contest to go see them in Landover, Md. in 1980. As you said, fate intervened. The local rock station instead flew them up to Nashville to see Bob Seger. A fine show in it's own right, but it was hard not to be disappointed over what would have been an epic concert!
Great song and Album, Thanks for reacting! The album had 6 different cover artwork that is black and white but wipe with water would change to color. It was sold with paper bag outer cover so unknown which one you bought. I have 4 of the 6 and 2 with bags.---- Wiki explains better...The original album featured an unusual gimmick: the album had an outer sleeve which was made to look like a plain brown paper bag (reminiscent of similarly packaged bootleg album sleeves with the title rubber-stamped on it), and the inner sleeve featured black and white line artwork which, if washed with water, would become permanently fully colored. There were also six different sleeves featuring a different pair of photos (one on each side), and the external brown paper sleeve meant that it was impossible for record buyers to tell which sleeve they were getting. The pictures all depicted the same scene in a bar (in which a man burns a Dear John letter), and each photo was taken from the separate point of view of someone who appeared in the other photos. The photo session in a London studio was meant to look like a re-creation of the Old Absinthe House, in New Orleans, Louisiana. The album artwork was designed by Hipgnosis' Storm Thorgerson. In 1980, Hipgnosis was nominated for a Grammy Award in the category of Best Album Package for In Through the Out Door.
Back in 1992, I was working in the arcade at a waterpark and started seeing a guy who worked maintenance there. We were driving away from the park one evening and this song came on and at the time of that first lifeguard whistle, he blew the one he was wearing! We were in a single cab pickup and he blew my ears out! He and I are still friends all these years later and if we are in a vehicle together when this song comes on, I ROLL DOWN MY WINDOW!!! LOL!!! He has never pulled a whistle out since that first time, but he is a merry prankster and I would not put it past him! *LOVE YOU, WES!*
@@supobostarman Did you graduate in 1981? 70s & early to mid 80s was the best music era for me personally, not that there isn’t other great music, it just has a special place in my heart.🙋🏻♀️
I love the punchline at the end. For all that angst and worry, it just turned out he was waiting in the wrong spot. Seems love can make you pretty careless!
Yes! So glad you got to this one, which is one of their very best. This was one of Bonham's most creative performances, and Plant's lyrics taking a seemingly inoccuos event -- waiting for someone on a corner -- and turning it into a brilliant song.
Another gem from this album was "Hot Dog" which is basically country Led Zeppelin. After they broke up, an album was put out of their unreleased material, with "Wearing and Tearing" a classic Zeppelin tune.
The shuffle beat John Bonham is playing comes from Bernard Purdie. The Purdie Shuffle is used here, and also on Toto's Rosanna, with drummer Jeff Pocaro providing the beat.
@@amb2745 This is the BONHAM Shuffle. It is based on the Purdie Shuffle it has NOTHING to do with the Rosanna Shuffle which came out years later. The Rosanna Shuffle is based on the combined Purdie Shuffle and Bonham Shuffle. SMH
@@theapocalyptist You forgot about the Bo Diddley bass drum beat Jeff Pocaro also uses on Rosanna. Did you hit the bowl of Stupid Flakes a little hard today?? Must have...it shows 😆😆😆😆
Home at Last - Steely Dan 1977, Fool in the Rain - Zeppelin 1979, Rosanna - Toto 1982. One other Steely Dan song too, I can't remember which. Also Neil threw in a lot of ghost notes to fill out other types of beat as well.
Still love the Jeff Porcaro video explaining how he 'stole' this beat and the Purdie Half Time Shuffle and combined them (with a Bo Diddley kickdrum shuffle) to come up with the beat for Rosanna!
@@sonofabite1 So great that THEY were so great that legit debates can occur over their best record! I think few other bands have this happen. People often either like "Early Beatles" or "Later Beatles," The Who and Stones had "miracle phases," then it's generally agreed went downhill. Even Rush is agreed to have a classic, golden, or best period, etc. But it seems almost a crapshoot what your avg. Zep fan will choose as their fave Zep album.
I love this song! Has such a fun groove to it, with it being in 4/4 time, played completely in triplets and sextuplets. Also, JPJ is an incredible musician on multiple instruments. I would bet money that he is the one on the keys.
This was my first personal Zeppelin album given to me by one of my aunts when I was 10 years old. I grew up with Zeppelin in the house always playing, but his was the first Zeppelin album given to me the year it came out. This album was definitely different from the rest (and their last), most likely because they were at a different place in life. Listen to All of My Love, which Robert Plant wrote in memory of his young son who died.
Just proof that when these 4 were together, they could do no wrong. This album is always on the bottom of people's list of Zeppelin albums. Yet, it still jams.
I just grabbed this album on vinyl the other day and was the first time I listened to it in a whole, this song has always been my favorite of their songs. One thing I’ve love about Zeppelin is that, to me at least, not two songs sounds alike through out all of their albums. Another song on this album in that really made me love and respect this band so much is HotDog, has a old school country western vibe and is done really beautifully. I would love to see you two react to Hotdog. Love your content!
YES! This reaction made my day. Thank you for this. Check out their song, "In The Light." Very profound song. Jimmy's got a solo that's pure fire as well! 🔥 🔥 💯❤
- LZ didn't just play music - THEY CREATED/INVENTED MUSIC! THEY EXPERIMENTED WITH MUSIC! They continually explored possibilities. - This is part of what makes them so captivating, and enduring across a long span of time, and generations of fans. Great music/musicians never get old :)
@@neshobanakni Well, ok, WHILE the album was being written and conceived, yes, JPJ was there, not drunk (and maybe heroin?) like Bonham or strung out on H like Page. BUT, and I think this is quite important to keep in mind, Bonham was the ONLY member of the group that went to Karac's funeral, which is I think a huge presence or absence gesture, depending.
Don’t know if it’s been mentioned previously but here goes, go back now and listen to the song again but focus on the lyrics. It’s a story about a guy standing in the rain waiting for a girl who he thinks has stood him up until he suddenly realizes he’s standing on the wrong block and starts to run to get to the proper meeting place so she doesn’t think he’s stood her up!
In Through the Out Door was a different type of Zepplin LP, for sure...more keyboards by J.P.J, and so much more diverse in sound..from this soft-shoe/salsa tune to the country hit "Hot Dog". To me , the record showed if they'd stayed together after Bonham's death, they would've been just as big in the 80's.
It’s been 15 years since I first heard this song in high school, but it’s been my favorite Led Zeppelin track ever since, with Going to California being a close second.
The Purdie Shuffle in action :-) This song and Toto's "Rosanna" are great uses of this drumbeat made famous by Bernard "Pretty" Purdie :-) from the shuffle a train makes on the railroad tracks.
The greatest band in the world I never got to see when I was younger. Great choice of song this is a more upbeat tempo than the usual songs. The cranky old white guy still loving your reactions. Much love to you and yours.
You're right that the song was about a man being upset because he thought that he was stood up...but the last few lines reveal that he suddenly realizes that he was not stood up...He was waiting at the wrong corner on the wrong block (Thus the fool in the rain).
Beat me to it -well said!🫡😉✌️🙏
Thank you for mentioning that I was going to let them know but you did it first!
I like that, while the guy analyzes the situation, he realizes it is true love and that this can't be happening. Yeah dumbass, you're waiting on the wrong corner!
The song is hopelessly romantic.
As opposed to Misunderstanding by Genesis!
One of my all time favorite ZEPPELIN songs. I still wish you guys would trust me and do JUDAS PREIST: Riding on the Wind, the studio version only. Y’all are scared and unfamiliar, I get that, but this is a Classic song at the top of their game. Just because it doesn’t necessarily have a lot of likes or views doesn’t make a serious contender. This was way before all that. As you know, this Rock realm is unknown to most of your generation. That’s where I come in. The Old School. It’s a guaranteed banger and just a Badass, high energy, Hard Rock song. You can’t go wrong with it, I promise. You will love it, guaranteed.
This was one of their last hits as a band from 1979/80. They disbanded just a year later. John Bonham carried this song with those big sticks. RIP.
Was just going to mention Fine Percussion in my comment!
Amber - you're so adorable when you chair dance that I just smiled non-stop way after the end of the video ❤
Reminds me oh high school. Good times!
I love the way the snare pops.
Even the legendary Jeff Pocaro said he combined the Purdie shuffle with John Bonham's shuffle from this song for Rosanna.
As a drummer, this is one of my favorite Zeppelin songs to play, it’s so much fun.
Yeah, that variation on the Purdie shuffle is fun!
The drumming in this is phenomenal. One of my favorite LZ tunes as well.
The Haz-mat guy who picked up our lacquer waste play this bit on Haz-mat drum's .
As a 56 yr old with my first drum kit, my goal is to be able to play this....Such a great song, I hope I get there..👍👍
🙏❤️😎🇨🇦
This half time, Purde shuffle is so amazing and it took me a long time and a lot of frustration to learn to play it consistently. Now I need to tackle Jeff Porcaro’s version of the groove on Rosanna.
The thing about Led Zeppelin is that you cannot pinpoint their sound cause they were always changing the direction of their music and elevating it. One of the most original bands out there.
I saw an interview where one of several engineers that worked with zeppelin, said Jimmy Page changed engineers with each album so it always sounded switched up, never the same.
Here's the thing: Zeppelin and Nazareth are what I call Jukebox bands. Their styles and influences are all over the place, and 9 times out of 10, if you saw a Zeppelin or a Nazareth record in the jukebox, you played it.
queen were like that too
and the very reason why they are considered to be 1 of the 3 bands that make up the Holy Trinity of Heavy Metal Led Zeppelin Black Sabbath and Deep Purple.
Best and most versatile band ever. Led Zeppelin is it.
That samba break down is just some next level stuff. Amazing that three guys can make all that music. And then you throw in Plant’s vocals on top and you have something truly divine.
It actually gets faster and faster.
I remember the 1st time I heard that whistle, I thought " what is going on here? And how are they gonna back into the shuffle beat?". One of the craziest unexpected transitions, but it works. I was too young to remember most Led Zeppelin albums being brand new. I remember this 1979 one clearly, and this one got top 40 play as well as album-oriented rock stations
As usual, always spot on with the commentary buddy. And I will always continue to say - nobody quite like The Mighty Led Zeppelin.
nice reactions
I think we owe the samba section to the fact that the World Cup was taking place in Argentina while this was being recorded, and the South American culture was in the spotlight around the world. 🇦🇷
The drum groove on this is legendary. It's Bonham's take on the Purdie shuffle.
One of Page's prettiest solos.
He’s waiting on a street corner in rain to meet his new girl that never shows up. He thinking he’s been stood up. During drum breakdown, our hero realizes he’s standing on the wrong street corner and (imo) the drums represent him running to the right street corner. Super clever lyrics! Great song!
Ooh now my body is starting to quiver
And the palms of my hands getting wet
I got no reason to doubt you baby
It's all a terrible mess
And I'll run in the rain till I'm breathless
When I'm breathless I'll run 'til I drop, hey!
And the thoughts of a fool's scattered careless
I'm just a fool waiting on the wrong block…
I was checking the comments to make sure someone posted this. I love that line
Wow, I’ve loved this song since 79 and never really got the lyrics. Now that I know, I love more if possible! ❤️
@@suejohnson9095 same! I only recently got it lol
Definitely in my top five Zeppelin songs.
He's a Fool in the Rain because he was 'waiting on the wrong block'.
And as always, Bonzo's drumming is incredible.
A few other tracks on this album, uncharacteristically buried Bonham way too deep in the mix. How he wasn't at the forefront of "In The Evening" like he is on all of ther other rock classics is a tragedy.
It’s so perfect
I love this one! One of my favorite Led Zeppelin songs.
The drumming on this song has such a calypso beat while at the same time incorporating a marching band sound. Very unique.
Released in August of 1979, Robert Plants voice is really clear and powerful on this album….very little of the distortion that was present in Physical Graffiti after his throat surgery. The reason is tragic; Robert hadn’t sung with Zeppelin for almost two years because of his sons death and his voice was rested. This is the vocal sound that Plant took into the beginning of his solo career after Bonham’s death in September of 1980. The album leans much more into keys rather than guitar. The reason for that is also sad; Jimmy was dealing with a horrible drug addiction and was late or absent for most recording sessions. Plant and JPJ basically put the album together. Jimmy would come in at night, by himself, and put his guitar work over what had been recorded.
SO interesting. I had never reflected on or heard about the link between what was sad circumstance/happenstance of Plant's resting his voice and thus it sounds different, better, but it makes perfect sense!
Robert’s voice was destroyed by endless touring. I think they recorded ITTOD at ABBAs studios in Stockholm and this was really JPJ and plants album. Much more key board led and by 79 JPJ had many more toys to play with.
I’m blown out the water!! Y’all did my favorite song ever!!! Wow!!!!
"I'm Gonna Crawl" is the best piece on this album, in my most humble opinion.
I've never heard Jimmy Paige play with more soul and feeling, Plant's vocals are astounding.
Hot Dog, different and great...a Zeppelin country song!
That is a great song 💯💯💯🔥🔥🔥
Play the book ends. Good times bad times and then play I’m gonna crawl.
So good.
That song is a Masterpiece
@@highrxhuh…never thought of those as bookends, but you’re right! I always think of SIBLY and Tea for One…..but yeah, your example is better since Good Times is first track on first album.
Listen to all 9 albums and you'll see that Zeppelin covers all genres of music. They truly are music masters.
Led Zeppelin have so many different genres that they touch on. You should check out the song "Hey Hey What Can I do" .
Peace
Yes.... please listen to Hey Hey...
This is my favorite zeppelin song. Bonzo playing those triplet notes in that shuffle is pure bliss.
I've heard this song many times. This is in my opinion, one of the best drumming. Bonzo😍
This song John BONZO Bonham {DRUMMER} shows why he is the BEST.
Amber....the Undisputed Queen of Chair Dancing😊
Yes! You finally reacted to the most unique Zeppelin song! I was stationed in Italy during the early 90’s as an Air Force airman and this song kept my spirits high. Thanks for a great reaction and I knew you’d like it! 😊
with all due respect, i feel like the next track on the album (Hot Dog) is the most unique song in their list. (IYKYK, right??)
Thank you for your Service!
@@Dr_Bombay I love Hot Dog, but it gets a bad rap from a lot of Zep fans
@@trevorwalsh9205 as a life-long fan, it's not my favorite song of theirs, but i don't hate it -- in fact, i find it super interesting. it shows them stretching, playing, having fun, trying new things out. it also underlines and points to what we now understand as Robert Plant's long interest and fascination with roots americana music, or american country. it's great! but it really blindsided us all back in the day, haha.
I can't even finish before I have to comment! Fool in the Rain is one of my top 5 LZ songs! ♥
My favorite Led Zeppelin song. Hard to pick just one, but this one is mine.
100% agree
Another example of how Led Zeppelin can surprise you. I can’t think of any other band that could produce such variety in their songs and albums and make a great job of all of them. GOATS!!
this song is BEST played in a car, windows down and radio cranked to eleventy hundred 🤘🏽🤘🏽
This is one of my favorite songs from led Zeppelin..
That funky buzzy guitar solo is Page using the MXR Blue Box pedal. I can't think of any other song that sounds like it! This is in my top 10. Going to California with the mandolin intro is my favorite Zeppelin. Or Kashmir. Oh! Immigrant Song! Black Dog! Oh forget it! It's like trying to pick your favorite child. I love them all!
The Blue Box was just an octave pedal that tracked poorly, thus giving it its unusual sound.
@@ruelsmith I don't think too many guitarists liked it much. In the 90's, my husband, a guitar player, would buy old 70s equipment and fix it up in the 90's to resell or keep if he liked the sound. He had a good ear for trying something out and saying this sounds like Alex Lifeson, etc then he would pull out an album to educate me and my 80's ear. Miss the vinyl collection...man not so much.😐
The song is about a guy wiating up to meet a girl for a date and its starts raining while hes waiting on her and he doesnt realize hes standing on the wrong corner until its too late..as in the lyric near the end..."..I'm just a fool standing on the wrong block..."
There are 6 covers to this album, one from each person’s POV. The album came in a brown wrapper so you didn’t know which you were getting. There were also album sleeves you could paint with water to make them in color!
☝️This is true
That is so cool! I missed that one! However, in 1979, there was probably an upcharge on $4.99 for a fancy package new release -- a lot of allowance for a 13 year old. Had to buy my own movie tickets and Jordache jeans, too.
Yup, I had one. This was my favorite Zeppelin album.
@@canonfodder2068 the good o’l days ✌️
i have one set with the watercolor inner sleeve!
I was 14 when this album came out, and this is the only album of brand new Zeppelin music I was ever able to experience. At the time I thought there would be many to come, but for me there was only one.
This was from their last studio album and recorded partially at ABBA's studio in Sweden. It was also at a time that Jimmy Page was going thru a lot of things personally, and Robert Plant and John Paul Jones sort of took over this album as far as direction goes. This in a lot of ways is JPJ's album, and hinted at where they might have gone in the future. I was planning on seeing Led Zep in Buffalo in the fall of 1980, but fate intervened.
I had a friend that won a radio contest to go see them in Landover, Md. in 1980. As you said, fate intervened. The local rock station instead flew them up to Nashville to see Bob Seger. A fine show in it's own right, but it was hard not to be disappointed over what would have been an epic concert!
JPJ is a musical genius.
They did everything, rock, jazz, country, blues
Great song and Album, Thanks for reacting! The album had 6 different cover artwork that is black and white but wipe with water would change to color. It was sold with paper bag outer cover so unknown which one you bought. I have 4 of the 6 and 2 with bags.---- Wiki explains better...The original album featured an unusual gimmick: the album had an outer sleeve which was made to look like a plain brown paper bag (reminiscent of similarly packaged bootleg album sleeves with the title rubber-stamped on it), and the inner sleeve featured black and white line artwork which, if washed with water, would become permanently fully colored. There were also six different sleeves featuring a different pair of photos (one on each side), and the external brown paper sleeve meant that it was impossible for record buyers to tell which sleeve they were getting. The pictures all depicted the same scene in a bar (in which a man burns a Dear John letter), and each photo was taken from the separate point of view of someone who appeared in the other photos. The photo session in a London studio was meant to look like a re-creation of the Old Absinthe House, in New Orleans, Louisiana.
The album artwork was designed by Hipgnosis' Storm Thorgerson. In 1980, Hipgnosis was nominated for a Grammy Award in the category of Best Album Package for In Through the Out Door.
9:45 He didn't get stood up...in the last verse he admits he's a 'fool waiting on the wrong block' 😉
“Just a fool on the wrong blo-oooock”, best line of the song!
Back in 1992, I was working in the arcade at a waterpark and started seeing a guy who worked maintenance there. We were driving away from the park one evening and this song came on and at the time of that first lifeguard whistle, he blew the one he was wearing! We were in a single cab pickup and he blew my ears out! He and I are still friends all these years later and if we are in a vehicle together when this song comes on, I ROLL DOWN MY WINDOW!!! LOL!!! He has never pulled a whistle out since that first time, but he is a merry prankster and I would not put it past him! *LOVE YOU, WES!*
In the evening is simply mindblowing on this album. My favorite Led Zep opus.
I've been waiting two years for this. Thank you for doing this song!! 💯❤👍 👍
The whole Album is Great!!!
Just another example of why they were, are and WILL ALWAYS BE the ultimate rock band.
This is absolutely the real deal and the multifaceted singer himself, Robert Plant!!
Kudos to whomever suggested this one!
Top tier. Choice. Fun!!
Led Zeppelin is an incredibly versatile band. They were so great over the years.
Also as a young drummer at age 10, finding this in my dad's records was life changing. My favorite Zep song. RIP BONZO.
My all time favorite Led Zeppelin song...
My husband and I both love this song , been together since high school 1979 this was our kind of music , thanks for some fond memories 💞
79 for me and my wife too! Yes, it's our music!!! 👍😁
@@supobostarman Did you graduate in 1981? 70s & early to mid 80s was the best music era for me personally, not that there isn’t other great music, it just has a special place in my heart.🙋🏻♀️
@@jeanstrickland2445 1979 for my wife and I.
Think how many thousands of songs you've heard, and only a few have iconic shuffles. This is one of them. Brilliant.
I love the punchline at the end. For all that angst and worry, it just turned out he was waiting in the wrong spot. Seems love can make you pretty careless!
THIS is definitely excellent drum stuff for Amber!
Yes! So glad you got to this one, which is one of their very best.
This was one of Bonham's most creative performances, and Plant's lyrics taking a seemingly inoccuos event -- waiting for someone on a corner -- and turning it into a brilliant song.
My fav part is that samba shuffle ! Sounds like Bonham took us to a whole round trip to Mexico with that drum beat lol 😂
ARRIBA!🎶🌶
Another gem from this album was "Hot Dog" which is basically country Led Zeppelin. After they broke up, an album was put out of their unreleased material, with "Wearing and Tearing" a classic Zeppelin tune.
Absolutely. If they think this is a different Zep sound, Hot Dog will have them staring at each other at the very beginning.
Hot Dog is one of my favorite tracks on that album.
Yup. Love HOT DOG lol 👍
The Bonham Shuffle elevates! 🤘😎
Definitely one of my favorite Zeppelin tunes!!
Love Bohnam’s version of the “Purdy Shuffle”!!
"Bonham's version" of the Purdie Shuffle would be called The Bonham Shuffle.
I see Led Zeppelin and I click over and like immediately -lol
I always liked the wide open sound of this song and album.
This has always been one of my favorite Zeppelin tunes.... Big Smile 🙏❤️
Love this Zep song!! John Bonham shuffle really makes this song
The shuffle beat John Bonham is playing comes from Bernard Purdie. The Purdie Shuffle is used here, and also on Toto's Rosanna, with drummer Jeff Pocaro providing the beat.
@@amb2745 This is the BONHAM Shuffle. It is based on the Purdie Shuffle it has NOTHING to do with the Rosanna Shuffle which came out years later. The Rosanna Shuffle is based on the combined Purdie Shuffle and Bonham Shuffle. SMH
@@theapocalyptist You forgot about the Bo Diddley bass drum beat Jeff Pocaro also uses on Rosanna. Did you hit the bowl of Stupid Flakes a little hard today?? Must have...it shows 😆😆😆😆
this is by far my favorite John Bonham drum groove. based on the legendary Purdie Shuffle.
Home at Last - Steely Dan 1977, Fool in the Rain - Zeppelin 1979, Rosanna - Toto 1982. One other Steely Dan song too, I can't remember which. Also Neil threw in a lot of ghost notes to fill out other types of beat as well.
Still love the Jeff Porcaro video explaining how he 'stole' this beat and the Purdie Half Time Shuffle and combined them (with a Bo Diddley kickdrum shuffle) to come up with the beat for Rosanna!
@@pepp5 "Babylon Sisters." You gotta shake it baby...
@@pepp5 Death Cab's "Grapevine Fires" also has a beautiful Purdie-esque shuffle.
@@tictocbang7443great song. One of my favorites of theirs
Love the entire album. Love this song!
JB IS MASTER CLASS HANDS DOWN!! Always my favorite!!!
Fantastic as always guys. Love when Amber gets into the vibe of the song. Smiles all day long. LETS GOOOO
The lyrics are actually about a person who is actually waiting on the wrong corner for his love!! But the music is so upbeat / exciting
This album doesn't get much love but as a 53 years of being a Zep fan my favorite albums are this one and houses of the holy
59 years....Houses of The Holy also.
Totally agree, except Physical Graffiti over Houses.
@@scottmacdonald1826 46 years for me. Debut album over PG but a close second.
@@sonofabite1 So great that THEY were so great that legit debates can occur over their best record! I think few other bands have this happen. People often either like "Early Beatles" or "Later Beatles," The Who and Stones had "miracle phases," then it's generally agreed went downhill. Even Rush is agreed to have a classic, golden, or best period, etc. But it seems almost a crapshoot what your avg. Zep fan will choose as their fave Zep album.
Thank You by Led Zeppelin -BEAUTIFUL SONG.
I love this song! Has such a fun groove to it, with it being in 4/4 time, played completely in triplets and sextuplets. Also, JPJ is an incredible musician on multiple instruments. I would bet money that he is the one on the keys.
And you would win that bet 👍
I always assumed he was. Who else would it be?
This was my first personal Zeppelin album given to me by one of my aunts when I was 10 years old. I grew up with Zeppelin in the house always playing, but his was the first Zeppelin album given to me the year it came out. This album was definitely different from the rest (and their last), most likely because they were at a different place in life. Listen to All of My Love, which Robert Plant wrote in memory of his young son who died.
My favorite Zep song! There is just so much joy listening to this one!
My all time favorite song by them. Drumming drives the entire song. John taking the wheel. LOVE the turn it takes and Plant's voice is beautiful.
Excellent Album no matter what cover you had.
Just proof that when these 4 were together, they could do no wrong. This album is always on the bottom of people's list of Zeppelin albums. Yet, it still jams.
I just grabbed this album on vinyl the other day and was the first time I listened to it in a whole, this song has always been my favorite of their songs. One thing I’ve love about Zeppelin is that, to me at least, not two songs sounds alike through out all of their albums. Another song on this album in that really made me love and respect this band so much is HotDog, has a old school country western vibe and is done really beautifully. I would love to see you two react to Hotdog. Love your content!
Bonham’s shuffle beat is impeccable.
This is my favorite Led Zepplin song! ❤ Followed very closely by Over the Hills and Far Away!
Me too!
YES! This reaction made my day. Thank you for this. Check out their song, "In The Light." Very profound song. Jimmy's got a solo that's pure fire as well! 🔥 🔥 💯❤
- LZ didn't just play music - THEY CREATED/INVENTED MUSIC! THEY EXPERIMENTED WITH MUSIC! They continually explored possibilities.
- This is part of what makes them so captivating, and enduring across a long span of time, and generations of fans. Great music/musicians never get old :)
This had to be a tough album for Plant. He’d lost his 5 year old son prior to this. Love this song!!
And JPJ was the only bandmate that was there for him.
@@neshobanakni Well, ok, WHILE the album was being written and conceived, yes, JPJ was there, not drunk (and maybe heroin?) like Bonham or strung out on H like Page. BUT, and I think this is quite important to keep in mind, Bonham was the ONLY member of the group that went to Karac's funeral, which is I think a huge presence or absence gesture, depending.
@@joescott8877 Thank you for correcting me! This is the first time I was ever wrong. Today.
Don’t know if it’s been mentioned previously but here goes, go back now and listen to the song again but focus on the lyrics. It’s a story about a guy standing in the rain waiting for a girl who he thinks has stood him up until he suddenly realizes he’s standing on the wrong block and starts to run to get to the proper meeting place so she doesn’t think he’s stood her up!
My favorite LZ song. Just a fool waiting on the wrong block.
This was on their last album before John Bonham death in September 1980. I had my ticket for the Montreal show planned in October 1980 ☹
In Through the Out Door was a different type of Zepplin LP, for sure...more keyboards by J.P.J, and so much more diverse in sound..from this soft-shoe/salsa tune to the country hit "Hot Dog". To me , the record showed if they'd stayed together after Bonham's death, they would've been just as big in the 80's.
Yay!! This entire album is incredible. In the Evening, from this album, should be your next Led Zeppelin. Thanks for this!
It’s been 15 years since I first heard this song in high school, but it’s been my favorite Led Zeppelin track ever since, with Going to California being a close second.
The drums of Bonzo makes Fool in the Rain. This whole album is so different from anything Zep's other albums.
The Purdie Shuffle in action :-) This song and Toto's "Rosanna" are great uses of this drumbeat made famous by Bernard "Pretty" Purdie :-) from the shuffle a train makes on the railroad tracks.
It's the Bonham Shuffle. And Rosanna is the Rosanna Shuffle. Neither of them is the Purdie Shuffle.
The greatest band in the world I never got to see when I was younger. Great choice of song this is a more upbeat tempo than the usual songs. The cranky old white guy still loving your reactions. Much love to you and yours.
In through the out door, led zeppelin's final album 1979, very different side of Zeppelin, 1979
The drum line on this is absolutely next level
We had rock, we had new wave, we had disco, we had classic country, we had it all at once. We were blessed to live during this time.
Their final album is actually one of their best.
Drummers will prove that John's drumming on this song is a classic
Such an awesome song, great reaction
❤❤❤
This song and Kashmir are my favorite Led Zeppelin songs to just kick back and Listen to.
They covered all styles. Want to hear their country side, try Hot Dog.
The GOATS at work love me led zeppelin. You guys rock to zeppelin love it.
The legendary and brilliantly played Bonham shuffle. Epic!
Top 3 all time greatest led songs! Great reaction!
He didn’t get stood up. The fool was waiting on the wrong block 😂!
Bottom’s percussions carried this song!
Lyrics tell an awesomely fun story.