That was a superb review! I received my first ever vinyl copy of Coda in the mail yesterday although I had heard it before on streaming platforms. Will now watch your other Led Zeppelin reviews!
The remaster of Coda, with the additional songs, Traveling Riverside Blues and Hey, Hey, What Can I Do make the album much stronger. Those two songs are classics, IMO.
Loving these Zep videos. Throughout the 70s, Zep and Floyd upheld the high artistic standard and presentation set by the Beatles in the 60s. The power of 4 in rock mythology. Unbeatable. I agree with you about Punk. It helped shake up the complacency of the industry at the time, but never did anything for me musically (aside from providing inspiration to two bands I do love: The Police and Nirvana). Thanks again for the kind plug, Michael. We always appreciate the association and excellent content. Keep up the great work!
You know Bruce, I think if you and I think alike in many ways! And I agree about Pink Floyd! I’m a bit behind launching into them, but I have my Dark Side of The Moon video written! Sop stay tuned! Give Ron a hello from me!
John Paul Jones, could do it all, funk player, groove player, write, arrange, produce. A massive, massive talent, listen to Kashmir, Caroselambra, In the Light, How many more Times, No Quarter, Dazed & Confused, Ramble on, Going to California, Your time is Gonna Come, Achilles Last Stand, I'm Gonna Crawl, Since I've been loving You, Stairway to Heaven, Battle of Evermore, Bring it on Home, Whole Lotta Love... listen to all flavor he adds to Led Zeppelin. There is just so much musical goodness. And funny enough, he probably was quietest member of Led Zeppelin & still brought all that dimension to the group. Now we get to my very favorite member of Led Zeppelin Robert Anthony Plant, what else can I say the greatest pure Rock n' Roll singer I've ever heard hands down. Jimmy said years ago when he heard Robert sing & he heard the "Primal scream" he knew that Robert was the singer for him, the cycle was complete. Robert in his day, could blow most singers right off the stage, explosive raw stage presence & charisma off the chart. He was known as the Golden God, he hit high notes, that could damage your eardrums, his vocal callbacks & mimmicks of Jimmy's guitar notes, just incredible. When Plant sang with power, you felt it like a gut punch, mind, soulful, bluesy, rocker mind boggling good. But his softer register was equally exceptional Stairway to Heaven, All of my Love, Down by the Seaside, Ten Years Gone, Beginning of Going to California, intro of Ramble on, Friends, in his solo career, Ship of Fools, It's like I've never been Gone, Big Log, are a few I could think of. He inspired me to sing & become a singer, I thought I'd become a drummer because of Bonham, but it was Plant in the end. I could sing pretty well at an early age, but I followed him so closely... that over time because of his register & breathing techniques that he used, my immulation skills surpassed what I thought was capable of, I got pretty good. I've had friends & complete hear strangers hear me sing & say 1st awesome job, you don't screech you don't squeal & you actually sound a lot like Robert Plant, I've had musicians tell me my voice register is pretty damn close to Plant's, I love Led Zeppelin that much & Robert Plant, that is a huge compliment. Doesn't hurt having 4 octave vocal range, from David Lee Roth to Jon Anderson, it's been fun singing over the years. Things that plague my voice the most are allergies first, next comes my age. My voice is not what it once was, it's good but allergies are something else. I love Plant's humbleness, when he says in interviews, I don't like way I sound on a lot those records. I can't sing like that anymore, & I know my limitations. He also said I was young & hungry then & a bit cocky, & those times were a life time ago. He also stated in many consideratons of a reunion, I don't just want to become a jukebox, even after Led Zeppelin he kept adapting & changing, you can't fault him for that, he didn't just rest on laurels.
You continually surprise me/us with your unique insights; especially in the case of Coda - you've decidedly changed (improved) my view of this album. Time to give it another listen. Thanx (again)
Thank you Pablo! I’ll be putting this all together in my next 2 LZ videos! Like i said, most bands would have given their bass player to produce this album!😉👌
Love your channel mate 😊👍 I first found your review on presence as it's a bit of a rariety to find any info on that one. I also like how on this and other reviews I've heard you do so far, how you imagine what an album would have been like had certain songs been added. My take on the way pagey set the songs on each album, is that somehow even though they were great songs they may not have fit sonically amongst the other songs..? Jimmy would have been the one staying up all night fitting them all together in his genius mind. And I made a decision a while ago to just trust what he did with the albums. It's a very interesting thought though.. I wonder if Jimmy ever ponders the same questions that we do 😂 Keep up the good work 😊👌
Thank you for this review… no other reactor has done it, that I have seen. I was just listening to it (on vinyl of course) the other day while doing spring cleaning ( must be a bustle in my hedgerow) Diggin’ your channel, lot of insight, can’t wait for your tutorials on Zep live & bootlegs. Will you get into Robert post Zep solo career some day? I ask because again nobody but nobody picks up on reacting to Percy post Zep, IMO he’s had a great solo career. As far as CODA, I too feel Zeppelin only made magnificent albums so…..I’m with you CODA is a win!!!
As others have commented, it's Bonham's Montreux, not Montreal. it was not part of a performance at the festival. Jimmy Page arranged studio time for Bonzo, and it was recorded in September 1976, at Mountain Studios in Montreux, Switzerland, with electronic effects later added by Jimmy Page. Its inclusion on CODA was a fitting tribute to an irreplaceable member of the band!
Ya caught me, Debby! I just knew on review it was wrong, but there was no other footage to use that made my point!😉 and I agree totally with your further info! Thanx!❤️
Montreux is pronounced 'montroo'. This was explained to me by a Swiss guy complaining about English-speakers wrecking the pronunciation. Typically, it is mispronounced as 'montroh'.
I saw LZ in Toronto Dec.69. First song up was a 10 minute Whole Lotta Love and it was the first time hearing it too. Great show and fans rushed the stage upending a few uniformed ushers who were “guarding” the stage. Fortunately we Canadians are basically a decent bunch and helped the ushers back up. Anyway, we ended up backstage due to us 4 dudes helping the opening band Edward Bear’s cube van into the loading zone…Memories!
I love Ginger Baker (have him as #3 favorite rock drummer), but was really offended by his comment in the documentary “Beware of Mr. Baker” that John Bonham “can’t swing a bag of sxxx”. He had some awful comments on Keith Moon too. Fabulous drummer, not a nice person. Spot on Michael on your punk rock commentary!
He’s on MY list as well, 36! I’m currently researching, and plan on doing a part 2 in the future! I’m just deciding wether to do the rest of my top 10, or to do a more complete Top 20! Stay Tuned!👌
Some years ago I went down a rabbit hole on "Poor Tom." I wondered if it had roots in an older ballad, like "Gallows Pole." At the time I found a clip of someone reading a poem called "Poor Tom." The subject matter was completely different, but the meter and rhythm of the poem was quite similar to the drum part on the song. But I went back awhile later and couldn't find it again.
Wow, Sharla! That would be great if we could find out more about that! Especially if that poem was of the old English variety! My latest video on Robert Plant talks about a book of old English poetry that he carried around with him back in the day! Anyone know about this?
“We’re Gonna Groove” was their opening track in concert for an entire tour. Bad ass. And that experimental layered sonic mindscape in the middle-Page at his most brilliant. And Poor Tom my other fave in this release.
I think there is a reason the songs on Coda weren't included on the albums they were cut from. They would have been the weakest songs of each album. And, the production value isn't as good. Sounds like these songs were live jams in the studio and weren't worked up to the final level like the songs that made the album. It's a raw album of B material. Page said it was to compete with bootlegs. So, I don't consider this an official/proper Led Zep album. But, still a treat.
There are more Gems on the album then most would think. Wearing and Tearing is ferocious/ killer, the live version of I can't quit you is incredible, Bonzo's Montreux, Were Gonna Groove, Darlene could have been a top 10 for them if the lyrics were more thought out, Ozone Baby (that riff!!), Poor Tom - I love that beat. My leave favorite is Walters Walk only because of the guitar mix. It could have been more up front, making it guitar driven and rockin'
On this album I enjoyed the remastering of old tunes. Like 'Poor Tom' ans 'I can't quit you Baby'. I find what is not there on new tunes is catching, seducting riffs. But the album gains to be listened to with attention, not as a background ambiance. LZ's great craftsmanship is very present. I particularly enjoy 'We're gonna groove'. Thank you for sharing your enthusiasm, articulated and passionate.
Great review,Michael ! That “I Can’t Quit You” solo from Jimmy is mind blowing. It’s perfect! I really dig Coda. I ran out the day it was released in November of 82 at age 15 and bought it. Took a 2 hr bus ride to downtown Toronto to grab it. Got off the bus, bought the album, and headed straight home to listen to it all night. I was so addicted to the band in high school. I’m still addicted, but more into their bootlegs. Nothing like live Zeppelin….esp 69-73. Love your channel! Looking forward to Presence. ✌️❤️🎸🇨🇦
You know, you sound just like me! I would travel 60 miles to San Francisco, just to do exactly what you just shared with us! You and I might be considered nut-cases, but you and I know better!😉
Love ur Zeppelin videos, have been huge fan for 46 yrs, can't wait for review on Presence the first Zeppelin album I bought when it was released in 76,stunning guitar work by James Patrick 🤘
I bought this album when it came out. After one play I put it away and haven’t listened to it since but, I’ll be listening again. Thanks Michael, love your insight.
Hi Michael, love your channel and am busy working through your back catalogue...But I don't understand when you said that after Bonzo's death that LZ still owed Atlantic records one more studio album,How was that? They left Atlantic to form their ow label Swansong....I would be grateful if you could explain this for me. Cheers Blair from Cornwall, UK
I always put Physical Graffiti as #1 on my list. But then I guess it depends on my mood for that day. I remember waiting for the CODA album to come out. As someone once said "Timing is everything " and to piggy back this on "PG" would have brought it down on my mind. Nothing about the greatness . I just needed one album from Zeppelin. Living in Cleveland in 1980 tickets were already sold out and still months away from there appearing in Cleveland. Felt like the rug was pulled out from under us. Just like any other junkie just one more will help. What a Era what a band
I was a teenager when Coda came out. Even though I was already familiar with Zeppelin's music via friend's records and tapes, this was my first actual purchase of Led Zep product, so this album then has great sentimental value. It's not my favourite of theirs, but I really dig it. We're Gonna Groove and Poor Tom got good FM airplay in Sydney Australia, which is what led me to buy it. The version of I Can't Quit You Baby is worth the price of entry alone, IMHO. Wearing & Tearing rocks. The remaining tracks are great, but the four mentioned tracks are my picks. BTW, I love punk too. As a musician I can relate that a lot of drummers from local punk bands then and now really dig Zep, along with The Who and Sabbath. They pretty much all worship at the altar of Bonham.
Hey! You Rock! my trio is a quartet, The Beatles, Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd and XTC. The only other band besides the Police that grew musically into genius songcraft.
My first bootleg had… We’re gonna groove on it .. it was my favorite ..called something else on cassette cover .. Bought many a Led Zeppelin bootleg cassette from flea market
Led Zeppelin needs to quit arguing with each other about what to release, and release their versions with the best sound! Before their gone and have no control of what the vultures will release after, Ben!👌😉
My understanding of Coda was that it was never intended to be perceived as anything other than an outtakes album with two live tracks, as you noted, cleverly disguised as studio cuts. I was lucky enough to see the band at Knebworth just 16 days before the release of In Through The Out Door. We were initially told that every attendee would receive a free EP of original tracks. However they ran out of time to cut this EP and since Coda it was assumed that the 3 outtakes from “Out Door” were intended for the EP.
Thank you for your review on this album. John passed a day after my 26th birthday. I was shocked and devastated. My favorite drummer from my all time favorite band *gone*. I was a fan since I had heard LZ III on a deep cut FM station in 1970. It was a wtf moment. Nevermind the "plagiarism" accusations that came later, they took music to the next level knocking The Beatles off the charts. Jimi and Janis had passed by then and of course The Beatles had broken up, leaving LZ to take the forefront bar none. I brought Coda when it came out because it was Led Zeppelin's last album I barely got into it because after this there would be nothing...so I thought. Then Jimmy put the live DVD out originally with no title then it later became How The West Was Won which was better than The Song Remains The Same, then years later Celebration Day the best of the live performances IMHO. Zeppelin became the soundtrack of my youth. My young man's blues. There's never going to be another band like them...ever.
Yeah I remember buying this album when it came out and it was bittersweet that there was "new" Zep music but Bonham had died and Led was no more. Many people dog on this album but I think it has some nice leftovers from the past years. I like the almost India feel of Poor Tom, back then it almost made me cry listening to it and looking at all the pictures on the inside cover, It was like looking at old photo albums of your loved ones that have passed away
@@MichaelNoland-TheBottomLine Love this album! I remember in '90 at Knebworth Page joining Plant's band for a few songs and they played Wearing and Tearing, they rocked it!
Interesting review of CODA. One thing tough "Poor Tom" was recorded in 1970 for LZIII sessions not for Houses of the Holy, I understand hypothetically what you mean if they held on to it then put it on Houses. It was cut for LZIII originally to my knowledge. As for CODA so many diss this album and just do not get it. This album of outtakes and few live cuts is better than many other bands best album. Looking forward to checking out your other videos.
@@MichaelNoland-TheBottomLine When you get some time I did a tongue n cheek video on CODA. I fun spin on it would be interesting to get your thoughts on it. th-cam.com/video/oszmhf4Twls/w-d-xo.html
Thanks for posting this, love your channel. Someone told me Jimmy Page has a secret vault on the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean lol. I thought for sure this was it, no more “new” material it’s over.. jump forward to 1993 The new 10 cd remastered box set is released with a couple Jems, “Hey Hey What Can I Do” and “Traveling Riverside Blues” surface.. both are excellent tracks I know Hey Hey What Can I Do was the B side of the Immigrant Song single , wonder why Jimmy didn’t include these on Coda? Anyway let’s find Jimmy’s vault and see what else might be leaking around 😎
I know Julie! Just think how any other band would have thought if they had created CODA! They would have rubbed their hands together and said Finally! We have arrived!😉👌❤️
Michael did u see Elvis Presley with page and moon yet please let me know......also did u see the video of page playing with the beach boys.you should check them out
CODA was the first Zep album that I bought on a cassette format before I bought the vinyl and it is a great album to listen to while you are driving and the cassette was great for listening while being on the road. ..I am gonna get a CD version now and ruin the speakers in my car ..
You know ND, that’s how I usually listen to this album! Driving! Ah the days of cassettes! real warm tape sounds! AND when the metal cassettes came out, even better!
Wow, I love your review ... Like Coda, maybe in the future I hope you are interested in reviewing the Companion Disc tracks of each remastered Albums (especially the 2-disc companion of Coda) ... They are plenty of excellent in-progress songs from the band there to get reviewed ... Don't you think so?
Hello again Mr N ! Tis the Cornishman that lives in Kerry Ireland …what you said about Punk …. Wow I have been trying to find exactly those words about that era …. Being British ex Pat living in Ireland and all ….. a Republican but the Fascist regime well Liz was my first boss . There’s this young dude about 14 , just discovered punk , vinyl and tapes …. I’m restoring his 1981 Phillips turntable in fact …. Going to turn him on to your channel … yes with hindsight the Punk movement was a necessity …. Not a true fan myself either but hey … we did get the Likes of the Clash. the cure et all …. But then morphed into the New Romantics …. But. Just like the spin of a 33 and 1 third everything comes back ….! Great commentary , keep the faith ! ( oh and PS …. Hawkwind …. And) Jethro Tull …. ) Love light and laughter ! That bloke living here on the side of a genuine Cork and Kerry Mountain ….! ( mmmm …… there’s a Thin Lizzy of an idea …) yeah I know …. Busy man ! Peace out !
Hey Michael really love the channel, Bonzo was definitely the heartbeat of LZ but JPJ was the absolute best musician in the overall. Not enough credit goes to JPJ. Anyway I say that with the upmost respect to the other band members. Have a great day. 👍
Lots of people already know this but everybody should know about it. Look up led Zeppelin the soundcheck. I believe it's from Chicago 1973 but I'm not positive. The 32 minute version is incredible. It's edited down from a much longer tape and has been processed very well for maximum dynamics.
For years, when I heard the word 'bootleg' I thought of a cassette I picked out at a flea market as a 12 yr old . It was a bunch of Beatles songs I knew so I asked Dad to get it and it was basically a bunch of screaming girls with barely audible, tinny sounding music buried in the noise. I was disappointed, and Dad said ' it must be a bootleg ' , a term I hadn't heard before. He explained what it meant.
I love Bonham too, but what do you think about the technical brilliance of Rush's Neil Peart? Bonham is more of a great backbeat drummer, Peart plays more like the drums are a lead instrument. What's your take on this?
Bonzo played for each songs requirement ! I think that was his talent. Never one to shift the focus of the songs integrity. Listen to the rain song, brilliant dynamics in this from start to finish. His range of genres was unsurpassed in my opinion
I can’t quit you babe . I was told it was from a sound check at the Albert hall . I agree with the rest of your assessment. Cheers . Wearin and tearing . Is an awesome song 1990 Nebworth Page joined plant on stage to do this song when I heard it I love it . Did you see the video on you tube
Well, I named our 2020 puppy Coda...told the wife it was a musical term (true), it's Italian for tail (true)...didn't mention it was Led Zep's finale. :-p I have noticed a lotta YT Channels pick PG as their #1 ranked LZ album.
Excellent analysis Michael. To say that Coda, or any other album they made, is Zeppelin's worst isn't really saying anything because Zeppelin never made a bad album. Looking forward to what you have to say on Presence and to having the time to catch up on your past videos as well. 👍
You know Steve, on any given day, I concur! Each of these albums are so wonderful, and each with their own identity! Sometimes it can be a ‘mood thang’!
@@MichaelNoland-TheBottomLine Hey Michael only just found your channel totally by accident loving your content obviously very very well informed and intelligently knowledgeable just about to jump into In Through The Outdoor then I shall be jumping back thru your content especially your zeppelin content 😎😎😎
I don't consider Coda a part of the official Zeppelin catalogue, instead it's like things you would find at their garage sale. The album was only released because they owed Atlantic another album. The songs are good, but you can understand why they weren't included on the earlier albums.
Although I agree that CODA doesn’t quite reach the levels of their first 7 albums, I still love the thing ad am grateful that they put it out! As a CODA for their output, I love it! But I hear you, KW! It’s not an album that really gets to their more unforgiving listeners!
Coda for me was a great album, but also tainted with sadness because John had passed, & my favorite group of all time were through. John Bonham to me was & is the greatest rock drummer of all time, he inspired me to play drums. The day he died, a part of me died, weird huh? He was seriously the best pocket, groove player I'd ever heard. The man was a monster player, powerful, bombastic & subtle too!!! Ginger Baker was absolutely fabulous, but he just wasn't my taste, don't get me wrong, as a whole Cream was fantastic. Neil Peart, intricate, versatile, & bombastic, but not a groove player, but La Villa Strangiato, The Weapon were grooved based Rush songs. I used to love Neil's drum solos, but after a while they seemed preditable & repetitive, his death hurt me very much, he was sam damn talented. truly groove based. Look at what Bonham did in Achilles Last Stand, How Many more Times, Fool in the Rain, When the Levee Breaks, Kashmire, Since I've been Loving You, Gallows Pole, Poor Tom, Wanton Song, Hot Dog, I'm Gonna Crawl, Darlene, Celebration Day, Immigrant Song, a lot groove & swing, pocket, man seem to have built in metronome. Think about this Led Zeppelin arrived 50 yrs ago, & people are still stealing from them, their style, their sound. Kingdom Come, & now Greta Van Fleet. Who I do not like, singer is good, but for me vocally annoying, his voice is whiney & irritating, they are not the new Led Zeppelin, no way no how. What about all the hair bands in the 80's Winger, Warrant, Cinderella, White Lion, Great White, Whitesnake, Slaughter......list is even longer I'm they all ripped off The Mighty Led Zeppelin. My 3 Favorite bands are at no 1. Position, & then there is a tie at no 2. Rush & Yes, that's not going change ever. Recently Alan White died, sad devasting news, 50 yrs with Yes. Yes inspired groups like Dream Theater, & Symphony X, others..... because of the prog aspect, also, ELP & Early Genesis, & King Krimson. John Bonham is so well respected as a drummer, most people can't deny it. Now let's talk about Jimmy Pages abilities, where do start, sloppy yes at times, but at times it really works. His tone, his arrangements, his chord structure, sound effects, studio & recording abilities & sensibilties. He could be ever so subtle, & then completely blown everyone away. Listen to Led Zeppelin's 1st album, jesus christ!!! Other musicians were probably just a little terrified of Led Zeppelin. . . just a bit.
Of course I would! But be careful! It’s YOUR great work, and that’s exactly where screenwriters often go wrong! Someone reads it, and then rewrites it! Then before you know it, your screenplay is theirs!
In response to your question, if PHYSICAL GRAFFITI were originally a triple disk release, with the music of CODA included, it wouldn't have necessarily made it BETTER.......nor would it would it have made it WORSE........it WOULD have made it LONGER.....and....MORE EXPENSIVE. :)
You would have a greater appreciation for "Punk" if you were about 10 years younger. Bands of your Era had become too complex and show tickets very expensive. "Punk" was cheap and opened avenues for inexperienced musicians to gain experience. It was so much fun and we got to rock every weekend. Several musical genre grew from it. I believe it deserves a lot more credit than you give it. Love your show and subscribed 👍
I love wearing and tearing! Pretty much metal! Listen to those heavy power chords Jimmy Page plays! And I like Bonzos montreux rough cut on coda's companion disc better! Have you heard that version Michael? And I think Page should of named it Bonzo the God of thunder!
I was so bummed about the breakup, I refused to buy this album when it came out. I went to the record store specifically to get it. But I didn't. I still don't own it.
Hi Michael! Physical Graffiti is either no. 1 on my list of Zep albums....or no. 2 behind the Untitled 4th album....depending on my mood. I believe PG would have been weakened as a triple album by adding the songs from CODA that existed at the time of PG. I believe this version of We're Gonna Groove (like I Can't Quit You Baby) was actually the live cut from Royal Albert Hall 1970 as well, with the crowd eliminated, and some effects/overdubs added. Great song, and some version of this song really belongs on the first album. Wearing and Tearing, IMO, is a track that might represent a stylistic path Page might have steered the band towards had Bonham not died. As you mention, after In Through The Out Door, Jimmy and JB spoke of wanting to move the next album into a harder, more guitar-driven album....and with the birth of punk, I think songs related to the sound of Wearing and Tearing (electric speed metal) would have been a strong contenders for the band's next move. Jimmy and Robert even cover a fabulous version of Wearing and Tearing at a great live show in Knebworth in 1990, if you search around online. I know its sacrilegious to say, and in direct opposition to where many fans go (and I'm sure you too), but I put CODA above Presence, even though Presence has at lease two of Zep's greatest songs on it. The reason I go there is because Presence was a completely "dark" album, recorded at a time of real turmoil for the band, and I think the music perfectly reflects that dark mood. Because of that, it makes it a more difficult album to get-into at times, because you really have to be in that kind of mood. All the other Zep albums were diverse in their song styles - they played light, they played heavy, they played soft, they played a variety of styles, all within the same album.....but Presence was almost uniformly dark. It was a great, great album.....especially Nobody's Fault or Achillies (masterpieces), but I tend to listen to Presence less often than CODA. Presence also has the one song in the entire Zep catalog where I felt Jimmy suffered from creative fatigue (a sign of his addictions of the day, I think) in Tea for One - a brilliant track on its own, but sad in that it is almost a clone of Since I've Been Loving You. One of Jimmy's strengths was that he sounded different from song to song within the Zep catalog, but Tea for One, when viewed in the context of the total Zep arc, was not his best effort, IMO. With CODA, I enjoy the diversity and eclecticism of that album a little bit more. Thanks for a great video, Michael!
As usual Ernie, I think your opinions ROCK! You clearly have listened to these wonderful works of art with an intensity that rivals my own!😉 Yeah the darkness album! You’re gonna want to watch my video on Presence, bro!❤️👍👌✌️
@@MichaelNoland-TheBottomLine Kind of you to say, Michael....but your work is entertaining and thoughtful, and more informed than mine. Thanks for the great content.
Loved this album. I’ll put it before in thru the out door. Why ozone baby and wearing and tearing wasn’t good enough for I.T.T.O.D I’ll never understand. I can think of two songs I’d replace on that album. But that’s how it was. I knew people back then who wouldn’t listen to coda . They just called it leftovers, I called it lost classics found.
In the “Beware Of Mr. Baker” film, Ginger proclaims that: Bonzo couldn’t swing a sack of potatoes...” Now, I’m not sure if this is some deep rooted drummers’ jargon joke...but it’s a little outlandish. Clapton even scoffs when Bonham and Moons’ name are brought up to him. It sounds to me that Eric is verbally supporting his long lost aged drummer buddy (who he ripped off by not including him in SW royalties.) They both know deep down that Bonzo could very well swing. He came from the Max Roach school just like many from that era...so.... Being a mere bass hack such as myself, I’m gonna come right out and say that Bonzo could swing with the best of em! I could go farther and use profanity and insults towards ol’ Ginger but I’m not gonna bother. The proof is in the music. At the end of the day the same drum kit would sound ten different ways when 10 different drummers sit behind that same kit. It’s as simple as that. Everyone is as unique as the fingerprints on their fingers.
I tend to think The Kinks were protypical punk guys. Their lyrics and attitude was punk. And You Really Got Me and All Day And All Of The Night with that staccato riffing, angst and sneering-way punk.
Um…I don’t believe it’s Bonzo”s Montreal…which is what I heard you say, but Montreaux……pronounced Montroe….in Switzerland and the site of great annual music festival. If you said Montreaux, then I apologize. 😁
I knew it! I just had that feeling I didn’t get that one right! Thanx, Helene! My iPad wasn’t letting me on the internet to check for pronunciation! Mymistakes know no limits!👌👍❤️ Like Homer Simpson says “DOH!”
To me, We're Gonna Groove as released here just sounds bad. Yes, I understand the "bootleg sound" however Page's middle section sounds an awful lot like his later playing style of the 80's and it just doesn't fit the older track. I also think I hear that Roland guitar synth from Death Wish II in there and it sounds like crap! Really cool song, but I am pretty sure Page added all those embellishments during his dark years of the early 80's. Just my two cents. Thanks for reading.
The only thing I don't like about CODA is some of the shrill, clumsily repetive hook-lines "My Own True Love". Otherwise a great and underappreciated album.
It is their weakest album by far if you ask me but it is still Led Zeppelin so thus pretty far up the general scale anyway... but... I would have considered it better if they had swapped (the longest track?) "I can't quit you babe" for something else, maybe the track "something else" 😊+ another track? "I can't quit you babe" was already released on LZ I and was the weakest track on that record. Why on earth re-release it to make it seem like another studio version of an already released song? There were better options!
And I agree, Ola! But how many bands would have given their eye-teeth to do something as good! 😉 Zeppelin even at this level pretty much trumped everyone!👌
Good point, WMN! 👌 My brain just works this way, and so I rank everything in life! I’m the kinda guy that says silly things like: “This was my very favorite visit to the Santa Cruz Boardwalk ever!” But in MY mind, I alway mean it as well! And my wife lives with this!👌😉👍
Mike, as always you're great at pointing out aspects that I never thought of. But such a giddy review of Coda comes across as a bit forced to me. As far as punk goes, it doesn't really matter to me about societal influence, shaking up the industry, etc... the MUSIC was pure GARBAGE played by lousy "musicians," and it wasn't/isn't worth spending any of my time or money on.
CODA is a great album, especially considering they only had past unused material to stitch it together! I thought it stood out very refreshingly against a lot of albums embracing the 80s sound! I was just giddy that they put out real Rock at a time when everybody sounded like Flock of Seaguls! Thanx, c1!😉
Coda keeps a bad rap. Mainly because it was mainly tracks that didn't make the cut on other albums ( of course so was much of physical graffiti). And it was released 2 years after they broke up. I like the version of I can't quit you baby on coda better than the one that appeared on their first album. I.love bonzos montreax. Maybe better than Moby dick. Like I said zeppelin.never put out anything bad. Even their bad sings were good.
I actually had the bootleg called “Mudslide “ 1970.!! We’re Gonna Groove was on it!!! It rocks!!!! Also, I had a bootleg from the LA Forum 1970 where it took Jimmy 20 plus minutes to get his guitar tune so he could play “Bron-Yr-Aur” so cool!!! Anyway great video!!!! Keep rocking!!!✌️🤘
Oh those heady days when guitar players actually tuned their own guitars, Mark! No guitar techs in the wings, tuning & even playing the second guitar part incognito! I prefer the REAL Band playing what they can! No hidden secondary performances from back stage, in order to make the song sound more like the record!
In today's music busted industry thinking if a band had this many good songs and even the throw away stuff is amazing Led Zeppelin could have milked a 20 album run. Ozone Baby is such a strong song, has all the sniff of later Zep work.
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That was a superb review! I received my first ever vinyl copy of Coda in the mail yesterday although I had heard it before on streaming platforms. Will now watch your other Led Zeppelin reviews!
The remaster of Coda, with the additional songs, Traveling Riverside Blues and Hey, Hey, What Can I Do make the album much stronger. Those two songs are classics, IMO.
Hi Michael thank you; we go on at 6:30 every Sunday except Easter Sunday we took the day off.
You are so very welcome, brother! We’ll all stay tuned!👌
@@MichaelNoland-TheBottomLine Re listening to Coda right now, enjoying it
I absolutely love “Darlene”. Really enjoying your videos.👍👍
The song swings and rocks. But Plant sounds very rough vocally.
Loving these Zep videos. Throughout the 70s, Zep and Floyd upheld the high artistic standard and presentation set by the Beatles in the 60s. The power of 4 in rock mythology. Unbeatable.
I agree with you about Punk. It helped shake up the complacency of the industry at the time, but never did anything for me musically (aside from providing inspiration to two bands I do love: The Police and Nirvana).
Thanks again for the kind plug, Michael. We always appreciate the association and excellent content. Keep up the great work!
You know Bruce, I think if you and I think alike in many ways!
And I agree about Pink Floyd! I’m a bit behind launching into them, but I have my Dark Side of The Moon video written! Sop stay tuned!
Give Ron a hello from me!
@@MichaelNoland-TheBottomLine Will do!
What a terrific presentation. @Michael, you are born to do this! SUBBED!
John Paul Jones, could do it all, funk player, groove player, write, arrange, produce. A massive, massive talent, listen to Kashmir, Caroselambra, In the Light, How many more Times, No Quarter, Dazed & Confused, Ramble on, Going to California, Your time is Gonna Come, Achilles Last Stand, I'm Gonna Crawl, Since I've been loving You, Stairway to Heaven, Battle of Evermore, Bring it on Home, Whole Lotta Love... listen to all flavor he adds to Led Zeppelin. There is just so much musical goodness. And funny enough, he probably was quietest member of Led Zeppelin & still brought all that dimension to the group. Now we get to my very favorite member of Led Zeppelin Robert Anthony Plant, what else can I say the greatest pure Rock n' Roll singer I've ever heard hands down. Jimmy said years ago when he heard Robert sing & he heard the "Primal scream" he knew that Robert was the singer for him, the cycle was complete. Robert in his day, could blow most singers right off the stage, explosive raw stage presence & charisma off the chart. He was known as the Golden God, he hit high notes, that could damage your eardrums, his vocal callbacks & mimmicks of Jimmy's guitar notes, just incredible. When Plant sang with power, you felt it like a gut punch, mind, soulful, bluesy, rocker mind boggling good. But his softer register was equally exceptional Stairway to Heaven, All of my Love, Down by the Seaside, Ten Years Gone, Beginning of Going to California, intro of Ramble on, Friends, in his solo career, Ship of Fools, It's like I've never been Gone, Big Log, are a few I could think of. He inspired me to sing & become a singer, I thought I'd become a drummer because of Bonham, but it was Plant in the end. I could sing pretty well at an early age, but I followed him so closely... that over time because of his register & breathing techniques that he used, my immulation skills surpassed what I thought was capable of, I got pretty good. I've had friends & complete hear strangers hear me sing & say 1st awesome job, you don't screech you don't squeal & you actually sound a lot like Robert Plant, I've had musicians tell me my voice register is pretty damn close to Plant's, I love Led Zeppelin that much & Robert Plant, that is a huge compliment. Doesn't hurt having 4 octave vocal range, from David Lee Roth to Jon Anderson, it's been fun singing over the years. Things that plague my voice the most are allergies first, next comes my age. My voice is not what it once was, it's good but allergies are something else. I love Plant's humbleness, when he says in interviews, I don't like way I sound on a lot those records. I can't sing like that anymore, & I know my limitations. He also said I was young & hungry then & a bit cocky, & those times were a life time ago. He also stated in many consideratons of a reunion, I don't just want to become a jukebox, even after Led Zeppelin he kept adapting & changing, you can't fault him for that, he didn't just rest on laurels.
You continually surprise me/us with your unique insights; especially in the case of Coda - you've decidedly changed (improved) my view of this album. Time to give it another listen. Thanx (again)
Thank you Pablo! I’ll be putting this all together in my next 2 LZ videos!
Like i said, most bands would have given their bass player to produce this album!😉👌
Jimmy had to ruin the album cover with an upside down cross too pay homage to his idol, Crawley...smh
Love your channel mate 😊👍
I first found your review on presence as it's a bit of a rariety to find any info on that one. I also like how on this and other reviews I've heard you do so far, how you imagine what an album would have been like had certain songs been added. My take on the way pagey set the songs on each album, is that somehow even though they were great songs they may not have fit sonically amongst the other songs..? Jimmy would have been the one staying up all night fitting them all together in his genius mind. And I made a decision a while ago to just trust what he did with the albums. It's a very interesting thought though.. I wonder if Jimmy ever ponders the same questions that we do 😂
Keep up the good work 😊👌
And you’re right Paul! Jimmy vision is the reason we’re still talking about them to this day! Still, I can’t help but wonder!😉😉👌
Thank you for this review… no other reactor has done it, that I have seen. I was just listening to it (on vinyl of course) the other day while doing spring cleaning ( must be a bustle in my hedgerow) Diggin’ your channel, lot of insight, can’t wait for your tutorials on Zep live & bootlegs. Will you get into Robert post Zep solo career some day? I ask because again nobody but nobody picks up on reacting to Percy post Zep, IMO he’s had a great solo career. As far as CODA, I too feel Zeppelin only made magnificent albums so…..I’m with you CODA is a win!!!
Thanx, Kashmir, and yes eventually like with the Beatles, I will be getting into their post Zepp careers, of course!😉👌
@@MichaelNoland-TheBottomLine That’s awesome Michael looking forward to it. Really enjoying your channel.
As others have commented, it's Bonham's Montreux, not Montreal. it was not part of a performance at the festival. Jimmy Page arranged studio time for Bonzo, and it was recorded in September 1976, at Mountain Studios in Montreux, Switzerland, with electronic effects later added by Jimmy Page. Its inclusion on CODA was a fitting tribute to an irreplaceable member of the band!
Ya caught me, Debby! I just knew on review it was wrong, but there was no other footage to use that made my point!😉
and I agree totally with your further info! Thanx!❤️
Montreux is pronounced 'montroo'. This was explained to me by a Swiss guy complaining about English-speakers wrecking the pronunciation. Typically, it is mispronounced as 'montroh'.
@@lib556 whaaaat??!! It's not pronounced Montree-uhx??!! 😆😆😆
@@hurdygurdyguy1 awww…I always thought it had something to do with monster trucks.
@@lib556 "oo", as in "goo" "boo" or "poo"? I think that guy was messing with you, lol.
I saw LZ in Toronto Dec.69. First song up was a 10 minute Whole Lotta Love and it was the first time hearing it too. Great show and fans rushed the stage upending a few uniformed ushers who were “guarding” the stage. Fortunately we Canadians are basically a decent bunch and helped the ushers back up.
Anyway, we ended up backstage due to us 4 dudes helping the opening band Edward Bear’s cube van into the loading zone…Memories!
Just found your channel. GREAT SHOW!!!
I love Ginger Baker (have him as #3 favorite rock drummer), but was really offended by his comment in the documentary “Beware of Mr. Baker” that John Bonham “can’t swing a bag of sxxx”. He had some awful comments on Keith Moon too. Fabulous drummer, not a nice person.
Spot on Michael on your punk rock commentary!
Bonzo pisses rings around Ginger.
Not a fan, personally.
He’s on MY list as well, 36! I’m currently researching, and plan on doing a part 2 in the future!
I’m just deciding wether to do the rest of my top 10, or to do a more complete Top 20! Stay Tuned!👌
😆😆😆 yeah, that was my take of Mr. Baker from the film, great drummer but what an asshole!!
An old bitter crank. Ask George Fludas about that comment. Baker was either jealous or had just lost all of his taste.
Some years ago I went down a rabbit hole on "Poor Tom." I wondered if it had roots in an older ballad, like "Gallows Pole." At the time I found a clip of someone reading a poem called "Poor Tom." The subject matter was completely different, but the meter and rhythm of the poem was quite similar to the drum part on the song. But I went back awhile later and couldn't find it again.
Wow, Sharla! That would be great if we could find out more about that! Especially if that poem was of the old English variety!
My latest video on Robert Plant talks about a book of old English poetry that he carried around with him back in the day!
Anyone know about this?
“We’re Gonna Groove” was their opening track in concert for an entire tour. Bad ass. And that experimental layered sonic mindscape in the middle-Page at his most brilliant. And Poor Tom my other fave in this release.
I think there is a reason the songs on Coda weren't included on the albums they were cut from. They would have been the weakest songs of each album. And, the production value isn't as good. Sounds like these songs were live jams in the studio and weren't worked up to the final level like the songs that made the album. It's a raw album of B material. Page said it was to compete with bootlegs. So, I don't consider this an official/proper Led Zep album. But, still a treat.
"Poor Tom" was recorded during the third album, "Walters Walk" during the "Houses Of The Holy" sessions
There are more Gems on the album then most would think. Wearing and Tearing is ferocious/ killer, the live version of I can't quit you is incredible, Bonzo's Montreux, Were Gonna Groove, Darlene could have been a top 10 for them if the lyrics were more thought out, Ozone Baby (that riff!!), Poor Tom - I love that beat. My leave favorite is Walters Walk only because of the guitar mix. It could have been more up front, making it guitar driven and rockin'
On this album I enjoyed the remastering of old tunes. Like 'Poor Tom' ans 'I can't quit you Baby'. I find what is not there on new tunes is catching, seducting riffs. But the album gains to be listened to with attention, not as a background ambiance. LZ's great craftsmanship is very present. I particularly enjoy 'We're gonna groove'. Thank you for sharing your enthusiasm, articulated and passionate.
Great review,Michael !
That “I Can’t Quit You” solo from Jimmy is mind blowing. It’s perfect!
I really dig Coda. I ran out the day it was released in November of 82 at age 15 and bought it. Took a 2 hr bus ride to downtown Toronto to grab it. Got off the bus, bought the album, and headed straight home to listen to it all night. I was so addicted to the band in high school. I’m still addicted, but more into their bootlegs. Nothing like live Zeppelin….esp 69-73.
Love your channel! Looking forward to Presence. ✌️❤️🎸🇨🇦
You know, you sound just like me! I would travel 60 miles to San Francisco, just to do exactly what you just shared with us!
You and I might be considered nut-cases, but you and I know better!😉
Love ur Zeppelin videos, have been huge fan for 46 yrs, can't wait for review on Presence the first Zeppelin album I bought when it was released in 76,stunning guitar work by James Patrick 🤘
Then I think your really gonna like my Presence review, Paul!
And thank you! I 👌
Thanks love ZEPPLEN. Like your channel good luck with it .
Thanx Dennis for your kind words! And I’ll take that lttle bit 👌of luck!
I bought this album when it came out. After one play I put it away and haven’t listened to it since but, I’ll be listening again. Thanks Michael, love your insight.
Hi Michael, love your channel and am busy working through your back catalogue...But I don't understand when you said that after Bonzo's death that LZ still owed Atlantic records one more studio album,How was that? They left Atlantic to form their ow label Swansong....I would be grateful if you could explain this for me.
Cheers
Blair from Cornwall, UK
Listened to coda the other day Bonhams drumming is off the charts. I had forgotten how good the whole album is. Thanks for your great work.
Thanx Greg! Bonham & Co could do no wrong regarding their music! Only the Beatles can even begin to rival this Olympian band!
Hey , I enjoy everything you put out Michael. I believe that you, might be the leading authority on everything Zeppelin . Keep up the good work 😃👍
Will you do a review of the BBC-sessions?
Yes Ola! It’s coming!
I always put Physical Graffiti as #1 on my list. But then I guess it depends on my mood for that day. I remember waiting for the CODA album to come out. As someone once said "Timing is everything " and to piggy back this on "PG" would have brought it down on my mind. Nothing about the greatness . I just needed one album from Zeppelin. Living in Cleveland in 1980 tickets were already sold out and still months away from there appearing in Cleveland. Felt like the rug was pulled out from under us. Just like any other junkie just one more will help. What a Era what a band
Walter’s Walk is my favorite song n CODA. And that shuffle beat from Poor Tom is unbeatable. CODA deserves more love than it gets.
P.S. Wearing and Tearing is another one of those “Hold My Beer” songs. “Hey punk…think you’re punk? Hold mah beer.
I was a teenager when Coda came out. Even though I was already familiar with Zeppelin's music via friend's records and tapes, this was my first actual purchase of Led Zep product, so this album then has great sentimental value. It's not my favourite of theirs, but I really dig it. We're Gonna Groove and Poor Tom got good FM airplay in Sydney Australia, which is what led me to buy it. The version of I Can't Quit You Baby is worth the price of entry alone, IMHO. Wearing & Tearing rocks. The remaining tracks are great, but the four mentioned tracks are my picks. BTW, I love punk too. As a musician I can relate that a lot of drummers from local punk bands then and now really dig Zep, along with The Who and Sabbath. They pretty much all worship at the altar of Bonham.
Hi Michael, I couldn't agree more about Zep and the Beatles leading the way. I never liked punk it didn't do it for me.
You and I are on the same page Royce!
Can’t wait to see your next video, btw!👌
Hey! You Rock! my trio is a quartet, The Beatles, Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd and XTC. The only other band besides the Police that grew musically into genius songcraft.
My first bootleg had… We’re gonna groove on it .. it was my favorite ..called something else on cassette cover .. Bought many a Led Zeppelin bootleg cassette from flea market
Led Zeppelin needs to quit arguing with each other about what to release, and release their versions with the best sound! Before their gone and have no control of what the vultures will release after, Ben!👌😉
My understanding of Coda was that it was never intended to be perceived as anything other than an outtakes album with two live tracks, as you noted, cleverly disguised as studio cuts. I was lucky enough to see the band at Knebworth just 16 days before the release of In Through The Out Door. We were initially told that every attendee would receive a free EP of original tracks. However they ran out of time to cut this EP and since Coda it was assumed that the 3 outtakes from “Out Door” were intended for the EP.
Thank you for your review on this album. John passed a day after my 26th birthday. I was shocked and devastated. My favorite drummer from my all time favorite band *gone*. I was a fan since I had heard LZ III on a deep cut FM station in 1970. It was a wtf moment. Nevermind the "plagiarism" accusations that came later, they took music to the next level knocking The Beatles off the charts. Jimi and Janis had passed by then and of course The Beatles had broken up, leaving LZ to take the forefront bar none. I brought Coda when it came out because it was Led Zeppelin's last album I barely got into it because after this there would be nothing...so I thought. Then Jimmy put the live DVD out originally with no title then it later became How The West Was Won which was better than The Song Remains The Same, then years later Celebration Day the best of the live performances IMHO. Zeppelin became the soundtrack of my youth. My young man's blues. There's never going to be another band like them...ever.
Amen, Adrian! There’s that darkness most of us felt with the release of CODA! I hear ya, brother!
Yeah I remember buying this album when it came out and it was bittersweet that there was "new" Zep music but Bonham had died and Led was no more. Many people dog on this album but I think it has some nice leftovers from the past years. I like the almost India feel of Poor Tom, back then it almost made me cry listening to it and looking at all the pictures on the inside cover, It was like looking at old photo albums of your loved ones that have passed away
Yes, YT! Poor Tom is such a wonderful track! One of their very best track ever, in my opinion!👌
@@MichaelNoland-TheBottomLine Love this album! I remember in '90 at Knebworth Page joining Plant's band for a few songs and they played Wearing and Tearing, they rocked it!
Yes, YT! I just knew someone out there liked Poor Tom!
@@MichaelNoland-TheBottomLine yep, loved Poor Tom immediately!!
Interesting review of CODA. One thing tough "Poor Tom" was recorded in 1970 for LZIII sessions not for Houses of the Holy, I understand hypothetically what you mean if they held on to it then put it on Houses. It was cut for LZIII originally to my knowledge. As for CODA so many diss this album and just do not get it. This album of outtakes and few live cuts is better than many other bands best album. Looking forward to checking out your other videos.
Thanx for the additional insight, zp! Now you’ve given me homework!👌😉👍
@@MichaelNoland-TheBottomLine When you get some time I did a tongue n cheek video on CODA. I fun spin on it would be interesting to get your thoughts on it. th-cam.com/video/oszmhf4Twls/w-d-xo.html
Thanks for posting this, love your channel. Someone told me Jimmy Page has a secret vault on the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean lol. I thought for sure this was it, no more “new” material it’s over.. jump forward to 1993 The new 10 cd remastered box set is released with a couple Jems, “Hey Hey What Can I Do” and “Traveling Riverside Blues” surface.. both are excellent tracks I know Hey Hey What Can I Do was the B side of the Immigrant Song single , wonder why Jimmy didn’t include these on Coda? Anyway let’s find Jimmy’s vault and see what else might be leaking around 😎
I say we raid his vault and release everything, Eric!😉👌❤️
My goodness...how can I choose a favorite album???
I know Julie! Just think how any other band would have thought if they had created CODA! They would have rubbed their hands together and said Finally! We have arrived!😉👌❤️
Michael did u see Elvis Presley with page and moon yet please let me know......also did u see the video of page playing with the beach boys.you should check them out
I’ll check it out Rick! I’ve been reviewing live versions to album version for my next video, but after for sure!😉
Ok there is also another where Jimmy page plays lead guitar for the beach boys
CODA was the first Zep album that I bought on a cassette format before I bought the vinyl and it is a great album to listen to while you are driving and the cassette was great for listening while being on the road. ..I am gonna get a CD version now and ruin the speakers in my car ..
You know ND, that’s how I usually listen to this album! Driving!
Ah the days of cassettes! real warm tape sounds! AND when the metal cassettes came out, even better!
Probably my favorite Led Zep album. They did what The Beatles tried to do on the Let It Be album.
CODA is Latin for tail, in music it signifies an end, if you look it up, it describes it with more detail
Wow, I love your review ... Like Coda, maybe in the future I hope you are interested in reviewing the Companion Disc tracks of each remastered Albums (especially the 2-disc companion of Coda) ... They are plenty of excellent in-progress songs from the band there to get reviewed ... Don't you think so?
There coming, Donny!
A masterpiece of a band
If I had one question to ask Jimmy Page it would be "why wasn't wearin and tearin" added to "in through the out door". That song just kicks ass!
Yeah should have been put in place of Hot Dog
Hello again Mr N ! Tis the Cornishman that lives in Kerry Ireland …what you said about Punk …. Wow I have been trying to find exactly those words about that era …. Being British ex Pat living in Ireland and all ….. a Republican but the Fascist regime well Liz was my first boss . There’s this young dude about 14 , just discovered punk , vinyl and tapes …. I’m restoring his 1981 Phillips turntable in fact …. Going to turn him on to your channel … yes with hindsight the Punk movement was a necessity …. Not a true fan myself either but hey … we did get the Likes of the Clash. the cure et all …. But then morphed into the New Romantics …. But. Just like the spin of a 33 and 1 third everything comes back ….! Great commentary , keep the faith ! ( oh and PS …. Hawkwind …. And) Jethro Tull …. ) Love light and laughter ! That bloke living here on the side of a genuine Cork and Kerry Mountain ….! ( mmmm …… there’s a Thin Lizzy of an idea …) yeah I know …. Busy man ! Peace out !
Hey Michael really love the channel, Bonzo was definitely the heartbeat of LZ but JPJ was the absolute best musician in the overall. Not enough credit goes to JPJ. Anyway I say that with the upmost respect to the other band members. Have a great day. 👍
Losing Moon and Bonham close like that was devastating to me at the time...
1971: Morrison, Hendrix, Joplin...1980 :Scott, Lennon, Bonham. They all paid the price.
Lots of people already know this but everybody should know about it. Look up led Zeppelin the soundcheck. I believe it's from Chicago 1973 but I'm not positive. The 32 minute version is incredible. It's edited down from a much longer tape and has been processed very well for maximum dynamics.
For years, when I heard the word 'bootleg' I thought of a cassette I picked out at a flea market as a 12 yr old . It was a bunch of Beatles songs I knew so I asked Dad to get it and it was basically a bunch of screaming girls with barely audible, tinny sounding music buried in the noise. I was disappointed, and Dad said ' it must be a bootleg ' , a term I hadn't heard before. He explained what it meant.
I love Bonham too, but what do you think about the technical brilliance of Rush's Neil Peart? Bonham is more of a great backbeat drummer, Peart plays more like the drums are a lead instrument. What's your take on this?
Niel’s very high on my list YT! He’s one of the very best, and in my Top 10!
Bonzo played for each songs requirement ! I think that was his talent. Never one to shift the focus of the songs integrity. Listen to the rain song, brilliant dynamics in this from start to finish.
His range of genres was unsurpassed in my opinion
I always enjoyed JPJ's piano playing on the track Darlene.
Dead on keyboards right there, OTR! Great choice, btw!
But then again, we’re talking Led Zeppelin!
Never cared for this album still don't
I think most would agree with you, but I still love it, Joseph!
I can’t quit you babe . I was told it was from a sound check at the Albert hall . I agree with the rest of your assessment. Cheers . Wearin and tearing . Is an awesome song 1990
Nebworth Page joined plant on stage to do this song when I heard it I love it . Did you see the video on you tube
Well, I named our 2020 puppy Coda...told the wife it was a musical term (true), it's Italian for tail (true)...didn't mention it was Led Zep's finale. :-p
I have noticed a lotta YT Channels pick PG as their #1 ranked LZ album.
I love wearing a tearing! It's pretty much proto speed metal!
Excellent analysis Michael. To say that Coda, or any other album they made, is Zeppelin's worst isn't really saying anything because Zeppelin never made a bad album. Looking forward to what you have to say on Presence and to having the time to catch up on your past videos as well. 👍
Thanx, Jon! And Presence is coming right after my next video!
Gotta love Robert Plant for sticking to his guns for 40 years and never letting Jimmy Page reform Led Zeppelin without John Bonham.
Bonzo played on Paul McCartney's WINGS "Beware My Love" for a demo. Too bad it was not released at the time.
Yes! Most people think he’s only on Rockestra! Thanx Nando, I love that track!
I like this one, and I think that Jimmy mixed this one to bring out Bonham’s drums. This one is not to be overlooked.
I could never understand why , Hey , hey , what can I do " never found it's way onto this album , or any of their others.
You know Adam they did include it on the Deluxe version! Late is better than never!👌😉
Physical Graffiti quite easily my No1 Album of all time !!!!!!
You know Steve, on any given day, I concur! Each of these albums are so wonderful, and each with their own identity! Sometimes it can be a ‘mood thang’!
@@MichaelNoland-TheBottomLine Hey Michael only just found your channel totally by accident loving your content obviously very very well informed and intelligently knowledgeable just about to jump into In Through The Outdoor then I shall be jumping back thru your content especially your zeppelin content 😎😎😎
I don't consider Coda a part of the official Zeppelin catalogue, instead it's like things you would find at their garage sale. The album was only released because they owed Atlantic another album. The songs are good, but you can understand why they weren't included on the earlier albums.
Although I agree that CODA doesn’t quite reach the levels of their first 7 albums, I still love the thing ad am grateful that they put it out! As a CODA for their output, I love it!
But I hear you, KW! It’s not an album that really gets to their more unforgiving listeners!
@@MichaelNoland-TheBottomLine Zeppelin at their worst is better than 98% of all other bands at their best. But still, it is what it is.
Like your vids. However, Poor Tom was recorded in 1970 in the Zep III sessions.
I really liked this album when it came out. I was just glad to get what was new material for me to hear.
Coda for me was a great album, but also tainted with sadness because John had passed, & my favorite group of all time were through. John Bonham to me was & is the greatest rock drummer of all time, he inspired me to play drums. The day he died, a part of me died, weird huh? He was seriously the best pocket, groove player I'd ever heard. The man was a monster player, powerful, bombastic & subtle too!!! Ginger Baker was absolutely fabulous, but he just wasn't my taste, don't get me wrong, as a whole Cream was fantastic. Neil Peart, intricate, versatile, & bombastic, but not a groove player, but La Villa Strangiato, The Weapon were grooved based Rush songs. I used to love Neil's drum solos, but after a while they seemed preditable & repetitive, his death hurt me very much, he was sam damn talented. truly groove based. Look at what Bonham did in Achilles Last Stand, How Many more Times, Fool in the Rain, When the Levee Breaks, Kashmire, Since I've been Loving You, Gallows Pole, Poor Tom, Wanton Song, Hot Dog, I'm Gonna Crawl, Darlene, Celebration Day, Immigrant Song, a lot groove & swing, pocket, man seem to have built in metronome. Think about this Led Zeppelin arrived 50 yrs ago, & people are still stealing from them, their style, their sound. Kingdom Come, & now Greta Van Fleet. Who I do not like, singer is good, but for me vocally annoying, his voice is whiney & irritating, they are not the new Led Zeppelin, no way no how. What about all the hair bands in the 80's Winger, Warrant, Cinderella, White Lion, Great White, Whitesnake, Slaughter......list is even longer I'm they all ripped off The Mighty Led Zeppelin. My 3 Favorite bands are at no 1. Position, & then there is a tie at no 2. Rush & Yes, that's not going change ever. Recently Alan White died, sad devasting news, 50 yrs with Yes. Yes inspired groups like Dream Theater, & Symphony X, others..... because of the prog aspect, also, ELP & Early Genesis, & King Krimson. John Bonham is so well respected as a drummer, most people can't deny it. Now let's talk about Jimmy Pages abilities, where do start, sloppy yes at times, but at times it really works. His tone, his arrangements, his chord structure, sound effects, studio & recording abilities & sensibilties. He could be ever so subtle, & then completely blown everyone away. Listen to Led Zeppelin's 1st album, jesus christ!!! Other musicians were probably just a little terrified of Led Zeppelin. . . just a bit.
Ozone Baby was a strong track, couldve been a single
Physical Graffiti is my favorite & I wouldn’t have wanted Coda added to it. U want to listen to a tribal song Bob Marley & Wailers Rastaman Chant.
Michael let me know if you would like to read the screenplay.
Of course I would!
But be careful! It’s YOUR great work, and that’s exactly where screenwriters often go wrong!
Someone reads it, and then rewrites it! Then before you know it, your screenplay is theirs!
There's no audience in "I Can't Quit You" here because it's a soundcheck, not a live performance before an audience.
In response to your question, if PHYSICAL GRAFFITI were originally a triple disk release, with the music of CODA included, it wouldn't have necessarily made it BETTER.......nor would it would it have made it WORSE........it WOULD have made it LONGER.....and....MORE EXPENSIVE. :)
You would have a greater appreciation for "Punk" if you were about 10 years younger. Bands of your Era had become too complex and show tickets very expensive. "Punk" was cheap and opened avenues for inexperienced musicians to gain experience. It was so much fun and we got to rock every weekend. Several musical genre grew from it. I believe it deserves a lot more credit than you give it. Love your show and subscribed 👍
Underrated album.
I love wearing and tearing! Pretty much metal! Listen to those heavy power chords Jimmy Page plays! And I like Bonzos montreux rough cut on coda's companion disc better! Have you heard that version Michael? And I think Page should of named it Bonzo the God of thunder!
Yes I have! Your right!
I was covering the original package, but I do want to get into some of the bonus material as well!
I was so bummed about the breakup, I refused to buy this album when it came out. I went to the record store specifically to get it. But I didn't. I still don't own it.
I understand those kind of feelings, Scott!
But brother, you’re denying yourself some of their best stuff!😉❤️
I too prefer not to buy posthumous releases.
You're short changing yourself by not listening to posthumous releases. Hendrix is one example. So much good material released after he'd passed.
Hi Michael!
Physical Graffiti is either no. 1 on my list of Zep albums....or no. 2 behind the Untitled 4th album....depending on my mood. I believe PG would have been weakened as a triple album by adding the songs from CODA that existed at the time of PG.
I believe this version of We're Gonna Groove (like I Can't Quit You Baby) was actually the live cut from Royal Albert Hall 1970 as well, with the crowd eliminated, and some effects/overdubs added. Great song, and some version of this song really belongs on the first album.
Wearing and Tearing, IMO, is a track that might represent a stylistic path Page might have steered the band towards had Bonham not died. As you mention, after In Through The Out Door, Jimmy and JB spoke of wanting to move the next album into a harder, more guitar-driven album....and with the birth of punk, I think songs related to the sound of Wearing and Tearing (electric speed metal) would have been a strong contenders for the band's next move. Jimmy and Robert even cover a fabulous version of Wearing and Tearing at a great live show in Knebworth in 1990, if you search around online.
I know its sacrilegious to say, and in direct opposition to where many fans go (and I'm sure you too), but I put CODA above Presence, even though Presence has at lease two of Zep's greatest songs on it. The reason I go there is because Presence was a completely "dark" album, recorded at a time of real turmoil for the band, and I think the music perfectly reflects that dark mood. Because of that, it makes it a more difficult album to get-into at times, because you really have to be in that kind of mood. All the other Zep albums were diverse in their song styles - they played light, they played heavy, they played soft, they played a variety of styles, all within the same album.....but Presence was almost uniformly dark. It was a great, great album.....especially Nobody's Fault or Achillies (masterpieces), but I tend to listen to Presence less often than CODA. Presence also has the one song in the entire Zep catalog where I felt Jimmy suffered from creative fatigue (a sign of his addictions of the day, I think) in Tea for One - a brilliant track on its own, but sad in that it is almost a clone of Since I've Been Loving You. One of Jimmy's strengths was that he sounded different from song to song within the Zep catalog, but Tea for One, when viewed in the context of the total Zep arc, was not his best effort, IMO. With CODA, I enjoy the diversity and eclecticism of that album a little bit more.
Thanks for a great video, Michael!
As usual Ernie, I think your opinions ROCK!
You clearly have listened to these wonderful works of art with an intensity that rivals my own!😉
Yeah the darkness album! You’re gonna want to watch my video on Presence, bro!❤️👍👌✌️
@@MichaelNoland-TheBottomLine Kind of you to say, Michael....but your work is entertaining and thoughtful, and more informed than mine. Thanks for the great content.
Loved this album. I’ll put it before in thru the out door. Why ozone baby and wearing and tearing wasn’t good enough for I.T.T.O.D I’ll never understand. I can think of two songs I’d replace on that album. But that’s how it was. I knew people back then who wouldn’t listen to coda . They just called it leftovers, I called it lost classics found.
Didn't Coda help save the record industries retail slump?
In the “Beware Of Mr. Baker” film, Ginger proclaims that: Bonzo couldn’t swing a sack of potatoes...” Now, I’m not sure if this is some deep rooted drummers’ jargon joke...but it’s a little outlandish. Clapton even scoffs when Bonham and Moons’ name are brought up to him. It sounds to me that Eric is verbally supporting his long lost aged drummer buddy (who he ripped off by not including him in SW royalties.) They both know deep down that Bonzo could very well swing. He came from the Max Roach school just like many from that era...so.... Being a mere bass hack such as myself, I’m gonna come right out and say that Bonzo could swing with the best of em! I could go farther and use profanity and insults towards ol’ Ginger but I’m not gonna bother. The proof is in the music. At the end of the day the same drum kit would sound ten different ways when 10 different drummers sit behind that same kit. It’s as simple as that. Everyone is as unique as the fingerprints on their fingers.
And I wholeheartedly agree, lb! With all due respect to Ginger & Eric, they are just simply WRONG!😉👌
Interesting hypothetical phisical graffiti +coda with-hey hey what can I do added woul have been best
Subbing for Zep content!
Physical Graffiti as a triple?
Top 3.
Led Zeppelin invented punk in 1969 with Communication Breakdown. The returned a decade later to reclaim it with W&T.
You know, Charles, I never thought of Communication Breakdown that way!
Great point!👌I’ll never be able to hear it the same again!😉
I tend to think The Kinks were protypical punk guys. Their lyrics and attitude was punk. And You Really Got Me and All Day And All Of The Night with that staccato riffing, angst and sneering-way punk.
3 member are alive, why don’t you ask them ?????
This is a great drummers album. Try to play Poor Tom constantly. I dare you.
Um…I don’t believe it’s Bonzo”s Montreal…which is what I heard you say, but Montreaux……pronounced Montroe….in Switzerland and the site of great annual music festival. If you said Montreaux, then I apologize. 😁
I knew it! I just had that feeling I didn’t get that one right!
Thanx, Helene! My iPad wasn’t letting me on the internet to check for pronunciation!
Mymistakes know no limits!👌👍❤️ Like Homer Simpson says “DOH!”
To me, We're Gonna Groove as released here just sounds bad. Yes, I understand the "bootleg sound" however Page's middle section sounds an awful lot like his later playing style of the 80's and it just doesn't fit the older track. I also think I hear that Roland guitar synth from Death Wish II in there and it sounds like crap! Really cool song, but I am pretty sure Page added all those embellishments during his dark years of the early 80's. Just my two cents. Thanks for reading.
In truth,LZ owned album to the Atlantic/Swansong deal.I will bother you again, later Mr Noland :-)
Your NEVER a bother, Kevin! Thanx so much!👍
The only thing I don't like about CODA is some of the shrill, clumsily repetive hook-lines "My Own True Love". Otherwise a great and underappreciated album.
Everything after Physical Graffiti was real weak if you judge by their previous work!
It is their weakest album by far if you ask me but it is still Led Zeppelin so thus pretty far up the general scale anyway... but... I would have considered it better if they had swapped (the longest track?) "I can't quit you babe" for something else, maybe the track "something else" 😊+ another track? "I can't quit you babe" was already released on LZ I and was the weakest track on that record. Why on earth re-release it to make it seem like another studio version of an already released song? There were better options!
... better options... like originally including "Hey hey what can I do"
And I agree, Ola!
But how many bands would have given their eye-teeth to do something as good! 😉
Zeppelin even at this level pretty much trumped everyone!👌
Sorry, I can't rank LZ's albums - it's like picking a favorite child... 😕
Good point, WMN! 👌
My brain just works this way, and so I rank everything in life!
I’m the kinda guy that says silly things like: “This was my very favorite visit to the Santa Cruz Boardwalk ever!”
But in MY mind, I alway mean it as well! And my wife lives with this!👌😉👍
I have this LP but haven’t played it in ages. "Darlene" is the only track I can recall and was played on FM radio, if memory serves.
Mike, as always you're great at pointing out aspects that I never thought of. But such a giddy review of Coda comes across as a bit forced to me. As far as punk goes, it doesn't really matter to me about societal influence, shaking up the industry, etc... the MUSIC was pure GARBAGE played by lousy "musicians," and it wasn't/isn't worth spending any of my time or money on.
CODA is a great album, especially considering they only had past unused material to stitch it together! I thought it stood out very refreshingly against a lot of albums embracing the 80s sound!
I was just giddy that they put out real Rock at a time when everybody sounded like Flock of Seaguls! Thanx, c1!😉
Coda keeps a bad rap. Mainly because it was mainly tracks that didn't make the cut on other albums ( of course so was much of physical graffiti). And it was released 2 years after they broke up. I like the version of I can't quit you baby on coda better than the one that appeared on their first album. I.love bonzos montreax. Maybe better than Moby dick. Like I said zeppelin.never put out anything bad. Even their bad sings were good.
Its 6
I actually had the bootleg called “Mudslide “ 1970.!! We’re Gonna Groove was on it!!! It rocks!!!! Also, I had a bootleg from the LA Forum 1970 where it took Jimmy 20 plus minutes to get his guitar tune so he could play “Bron-Yr-Aur” so cool!!! Anyway great video!!!! Keep rocking!!!✌️🤘
Oh those heady days when guitar players actually tuned their own guitars, Mark!
No guitar techs in the wings, tuning & even playing the second guitar part incognito!
I prefer the REAL Band playing what they can!
No hidden secondary performances from back stage, in order to make the song sound more like the record!
In today's music busted industry thinking if a band had this many good songs and even the throw away stuff is amazing Led Zeppelin could have milked a 20 album run. Ozone Baby is such a strong song, has all the sniff of later Zep work.