THE PERFECT SONG. | When The Levee Breaks - Led Zeppelin (Reaction)

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  • @Weyland_Yutani_Corp
    @Weyland_Yutani_Corp ปีที่แล้ว +43

    The drum beat that launched a thousand samples.

    • @yankees29
      @yankees29 ปีที่แล้ว

      Numerous hip hop songs have looped that beat.

    • @Shoot3r4k
      @Shoot3r4k 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I think a thousand times is too little

  • @michaelb2388
    @michaelb2388 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    This is Led Zeppelin's interpretation of Mississippi delta blues. I first listened to this track nearly 50 years ago but what's interesting for me in these reactions is seeing what young black Americans make of it, because in a sense it's your own music coming back to you

  • @wadsworthaaron
    @wadsworthaaron ปีที่แล้ว +31

    Arguably the best Zeppelin track ever... it brings out John Bonham's thunder and steadiness; Plant's underrated harmonica and blues chops; JPJ's subtle genius; and Page's ability to dance on the line between technical proficiency & shredding, while creating production brilliance in the studio. It pays homage to the original cut, but they make it their own in a way few others have ever touched.

    • @AntisocialSka1
      @AntisocialSka1 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      One of the best 50 songs of the LZ

    • @bishlap
      @bishlap ปีที่แล้ว +3

      and on the same album as Black Dog/Stairway... amazing output.

  • @user-gk1nt6sm2z
    @user-gk1nt6sm2z ปีที่แล้ว +21

    50 years from now this will still be one of your favorite songs. Trust me.

  • @Peter-zu5jg
    @Peter-zu5jg ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Bonzo's thunderous echo was captured inside Headley Grange by the master , the magician....Page.

  • @gzucc
    @gzucc 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Your attempt at silence is golden. So great to watch how Led Zeppelin broke down my face when I first listened to the track.

  • @JU5TINPDX
    @JU5TINPDX ปีที่แล้ว +11

    2:52 this bridge section is one of my top 5 moments in any Zeppelin song… pure magic. This entire song is just so dense and powerful… unstoppable… like a flood.

    • @yankees29
      @yankees29 ปีที่แล้ว

      It’s absolutely magical

  • @AliasMark69
    @AliasMark69 ปีที่แล้ว +27

    "I LOVE LED ZEPPELIN".... Yeah, we can relate the feeling. Since 1969 hit us in the head with "Good Times. Bad Times" it's all been a great time aboard "The Mother Ship"

  • @36karpatoruski
    @36karpatoruski ปีที่แล้ว +18

    My favorite Zep song, and in my top 10 songs of any kind or genre of all time. Irresistible monster. Blues Rock perfection, electrified and Zepified. There can be no resistance to the onslaught!

    • @yankees29
      @yankees29 ปีที่แล้ว

      Just a thunderous rendition of an old American blues standard.

  • @luckyirvin
    @luckyirvin ปีที่แล้ว +1

    the power and glory of the blues
    bless you for playing the song all the way through

  • @farrellrouse4820
    @farrellrouse4820 ปีที่แล้ว

    This is definitely the perfect song. Arrows straight through my heart.

  • @emilybazeddi1914
    @emilybazeddi1914 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    Your facial expressions were gold in this reaction. This song is pure art.

  • @williamcabell142
    @williamcabell142 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    The GOATS! 😎🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

  • @Peter-zu5jg
    @Peter-zu5jg ปีที่แล้ว +8

    A monstrous song. A personal favorite.

  • @tbu1mi
    @tbu1mi ปีที่แล้ว +3

    You know why you love this? Led Zep loved the blues, That is an American music thing. They helped bring it back. Thank-GOD

    • @tbu1mi
      @tbu1mi ปีที่แล้ว

      YES. English hippies brought back the blues and made sure they got paid.

  • @AliasMark69
    @AliasMark69 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    "A Moment Of Silence".... If you can hear at all after that assault on your ears..... Yeah.. "A Perfect Song" is most appropriate for this one. Another "Perfect" reaction.

  • @clifton8929
    @clifton8929 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    The drums and harmonica are an apocalyptic slice of Zepplin's seismic rhythms, sonic dynamic blues... as forceful and heavy as Zeppelin ever put on record. One of their top 5 songs in my opinion. Great work JMBOY.

  • @AliasMark69
    @AliasMark69 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    Well Worth The Wait.... This ride aboard The Mother Ship is a real BANGER with all the expected musical excellence from The Mighty Led Zeppelin. Plant's vocals, Page's guitar mastery, "BONZO" going BONZO and JPJ providing the foundation for all the magic created.

  • @MsZepfreak
    @MsZepfreak ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Love this song, drums are insane Plants voice is spot on. Jimmy on slide, phenomenal!! Best rock band in history!! Thanks for your reaction, i really enjoyed it. 😊

  • @philipsavickas4860
    @philipsavickas4860 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    4 members merging into the prefect song all bring everything to it plant on the harmonica page on the guitar jpj on bass and bonham on drums with plants vocals

  • @joshuadeshaies7266
    @joshuadeshaies7266 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    The GOATS do it again bro!!! Luv your reactions bro!! Yeah Robert is someone special!!!

  • @Asti.sayAhstee
    @Asti.sayAhstee ปีที่แล้ว +8

    That was a very fun reaction you gave us 😁 My daddy was very good on harmonica. I wish he would have played the blues. Plant killed that mouth organ!

  • @starfire6122
    @starfire6122 ปีที่แล้ว

    This song is a slow moving train coming down the tracks❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥✌️💞

  • @Tigersnack-m7o
    @Tigersnack-m7o ปีที่แล้ว +3

    This is an OLD Mississippi Delta BLUES song from a female blues singer, songwriter, guitarist Memphis Minnie in 1929 about the great flood.
    Can you FEEL the old connection to the Blues.....? THis is white kids taking those Blues and giving it back to them.....

  • @tektoniks_architects
    @tektoniks_architects ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Led Zeppelin 3 seems 10,000 miles away now, doesn't it?

  • @geoffsullivan7902
    @geoffsullivan7902 ปีที่แล้ว

    Welcome to the party…have you heard Kashmir? That one was also sampled ….it’ll melt your face.❤️🎶❤️🔥🔥

  • @barrycohen311
    @barrycohen311 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Zep took a blues song from the 1930s and reinterpreted it into modern blues/rock. It's about the great Mississippi Flood of 1927.

    • @yankees29
      @yankees29 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      A hard, raw sounding song about hard times and harder people…..it really is a perfect song

  • @stevecowder4774
    @stevecowder4774 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Although it’s never easy, if I were to pick an absolute favorite from Zeppelin, it would definitely be this incredible jammer. It’s about as ‘ Zeppelinesque ‘ as they possibly could be. Is it any wonder that these guys were the greatest ‘ Blues’ cover band of all the time ? And what more can be said about that echoing harmonica along with the thunderous Bonzo ?

  • @AnthonyLaMastra
    @AnthonyLaMastra ปีที่แล้ว

    I know exactly how you feel, this is literally my favorite song of all time!

  • @uksuef7218
    @uksuef7218 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    The song is a cover version of an original blues track by Memphis Minnie and Kansas joe Mcoy and relates to a flood event that displaced thousands of people in 1927 . Many delta blues musicians migrated to Chicago hence chicago blues. Led Zep version is brilliant not least because they recorded the drums in a stair well to get the reverb. You might also try the Playing for Change version which brings it right up to date and features world musicians and John Paul Jones which is also epic. Keep going with the rest of the albums you have many treats in store ..... tea for one , im gonna crawl , in my time of dying - too many to mention .

    • @sarahbrown5073
      @sarahbrown5073 ปีที่แล้ว

      Not just a stairwell...the stairwell of a haunted old poor house.

    • @uksuef7218
      @uksuef7218 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@sarahbrown5073 definitely atmospheric ...

    • @yankees29
      @yankees29 ปีที่แล้ว

      This is true blues music. It’s about some tough, old school people living through some tough times. Amazing stuff.

  • @juliemanarin4127
    @juliemanarin4127 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    Yes a perfect song...as they all are! Robert on that harmonica!

  • @cmphighpower
    @cmphighpower ปีที่แล้ว

    One of there greatest songs

  • @rubbersole79
    @rubbersole79 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    John Bonham recorded this drum track in the foyer of some giant castle with huge ceilings in order to acheive this cacophony of percussive wonder.

    • @jonathanmurphy3141
      @jonathanmurphy3141 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Not a castle -but a British Estate (like 10 bedrooms, ballroom, park around, 18th Century, not defensive)

    • @sarahbrown5073
      @sarahbrown5073 ปีที่แล้ว

      Headly Grange. It was originally a poor house, not a mansion. It was the scene of riots in the early 1800s. In court testimony it's claimed the manager kept some of the tenants chained to the walls. It's rumored to be haunted...and it's where Stairway to Heaven and Black Dog were written.

    • @sarahbrown5073
      @sarahbrown5073 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@jonathanmurphy3141 It's now a British Estate. It was built to be a work house for the poor and orphaned....that was what the structure was used for, originally.

  • @Peter-zu5jg
    @Peter-zu5jg ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Page's guitar solo always reminded me of a white hot power line in a frenzy at night.

  • @baskervillebee6097
    @baskervillebee6097 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    In 1927 there was the Great Mississippi flood that killed thousands and destroyed so much that many people went as far as Chicago for jobs. In 1929 this song was written about it. 40 something years later LZ recorded this version. Timeless Delta Blues.

  • @ginog1398
    @ginog1398 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    lets gooooo long live zeppelin man

  • @dimitrasotirakoglou2553
    @dimitrasotirakoglou2553 ปีที่แล้ว

    Me favorite Zeppelin song
    Thank you 😊❤

  • @antarcticorb9197
    @antarcticorb9197 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Next album is a trip....buckle up!

  • @58andyr
    @58andyr ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Wonderful reaction. Well done!

  • @Debcatawba
    @Debcatawba ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I can’t wait till you get to Boogie With Stu by Led Zeppelin.

  • @Xavier-Denis
    @Xavier-Denis ปีที่แล้ว +1

    LOL your silence at the end, says it all. I will not tell you what I was doing when I heard this song for the 1st time. Nope

  • @raffisekzenian2746
    @raffisekzenian2746 ปีที่แล้ว

    The alternate take of this song is even wilder.

  • @jackpiner2500
    @jackpiner2500 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Love LZ and can see you do to... You know great music my friend.....

  • @realitybytez
    @realitybytez ปีที่แล้ว +1

    my atf ledzep song.

  • @kirkhall2099
    @kirkhall2099 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    You just might like their other songs as much or more. Guaranteed. Several years ago California was experiencing record rains. Sall levees were breaking and larger ones where being threatened. I call a radio station to request a song. They didn't take requests. Until I asked them to play. When the Levee Breaks.

    • @victorwaddell6530
      @victorwaddell6530 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Hurricane Katrina , 'Nuff said .

    • @kirkhall2099
      @kirkhall2099 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@victorwaddell6530 Nothing to do with what I posted... When blues musical duo Kansas Joe McCoy and Memphis Minnie wrote "When the Levee Breaks," the Great Mississippi Flood of 1927 was still fresh in people's memories.[2] The flooding affected 26,000 square miles of the Mississippi Delta - hundreds were killed and hundreds of thousands of residents were forced to evacuate. "When the Levee Breaks" is a country blues song written and first recorded by Memphis Minnie and Kansas Joe McCoy in 1929. The lyrics reflect experiences during the upheaval caused by the Great Mississippi Flood of 1927.
      "When the Levee Breaks" was re-worked by English rock group Led Zeppelin as the last song on their untitled fourth album. Singer Robert Plant used many of the original lyrics and the songwriting is credited to Memphis Minnie and the individual members of Led Zeppelin.[1] Many other artists have performed and recorded versions of the song.

    • @victorwaddell6530
      @victorwaddell6530 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@kirkhall2099 I know about that . The Mulholland Damn failure was a great disaster in California history .

  • @kimberlyjohnson8932
    @kimberlyjohnson8932 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Great Reaction

  • @jodyariewitz7349
    @jodyariewitz7349 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    You nailed it , my friend...well said!😂👏👌👍🏻❤❤❤

  • @jonathanmurphy3141
    @jonathanmurphy3141 ปีที่แล้ว

    One of my very favorite Zep' tunes. Based on a Blues record, yet more epic and sonic -the sound of a storm. I lived in Chicago for 9 years -would often play this in transit back from Ohio.

  • @johncarr7198
    @johncarr7198 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    It’s a terrible storm, the moanful sound of the wind(harp & guitar)
    The unrelenting pounding if the surf(drums) with cymbal crashing waves
    And the wind down of the storm like a top losing speed
    Watch them play this live in 1971 at 19 years old. Album only out for few months
    Magical night 🎊😎🎸
    Song is over 50 years old. Match it with today?

  • @AliasMark69
    @AliasMark69 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Suggestion…. I watch several reactors for the past 4 years. Many include their family members or talk about them often. Many do a monthly Favorite Songs Top 10 or favorite artist. Most surprising, or impressive. I think your subscribers would really appreciate you creating that kind of content.

  • @richardbeech2543
    @richardbeech2543 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Great song. Great commentary.

  • @freespirit21newyork
    @freespirit21newyork 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    This song and Kashmir are my favorite songs, i need to listen to the others

  • @666tubedragon666
    @666tubedragon666 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I absolutely love your reactions. You are right LZ 4 is a masterpiece and the final song from the album was the exclamation point! Before you move on to 5 take a moment to see how "When the Levee Breaks" remains a relevant work of art today. A couple years ago Playing for Change collaborated with artist from around the world....and John Paul Jones exclusively plays the bass track....It will blow your mind! th-cam.com/video/LH0-WXUFY2k/w-d-xo.html

  • @davidbell864
    @davidbell864 ปีที่แล้ว

    Dayam JM! You truly appreciate music! And look, kids... there is really such a thing as the test of time. There was plenty of cra.. er.. not very good music in the 70's and 80's, same as there is in the present day. But if people are still listening to stuff from way back when... believe it people, it was good stuff and it is so worth your attention!

  • @jamesrennie-xk1gn
    @jamesrennie-xk1gn ปีที่แล้ว

    Very astute reaction, respect

  • @geargrinder5182
    @geargrinder5182 ปีที่แล้ว

    Rock hard, dirty, filthy, greasy Mississippi Delta Blues.

  • @allisonlopez5089
    @allisonlopez5089 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Great reaction to an awesome tune. I hope you check out Dyer maker ,from House's of the Holy. All the best to you.

  • @stevenmurano7863
    @stevenmurano7863 ปีที่แล้ว

    Can’t argue with that brother! Amazing stuff…amazing band, incredible body of work. This one is near the top for me. The drum intro alone…man Bonham HIT those drums like no one else. Led zep is a pretty deep rabbit hole…well worth going down. So many standouts but…Ten Years Gone, Since I’ve been loving you, Achille’s last stand, the rain song…..just a few more standouts. Another list that could go on for days

  • @nflr92
    @nflr92 ปีที่แล้ว

    They were pretty good

  • @trevorhoward2254
    @trevorhoward2254 ปีที่แล้ว

    There was a time many years ago when the most sampled drum sound was this.

  • @strangeworldsunlimited712
    @strangeworldsunlimited712 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    The very white, British rock bands from the 1960s had this uncanny ability to understand black American Rhythm and Blues, particularly from the Jazz era, and reproduce it into something extra special like this, often better than their white American contemporaries. Led Zeppelin, Eric Clapton, early (pre Buckingham/Nicks) Fleetwood Mac, among others, really did a lot in updating the old southern Blues into the Rock era.

  • @JJ8KK
    @JJ8KK ปีที่แล้ว +2

    There are a lot of people out there who will tell you that Stairway To Heaven is Led Zeppelin's greatest song, but it's only the 3rd best song on the album. When The Levee Breaks is far better & Misty Mountain Hop is second.

  • @guitarjonn7103
    @guitarjonn7103 ปีที่แล้ว

    It's my second fav Zeppelin track, next to "Kashmir". Drums still sound huge to this day. One thing I didn't know about for many years, was that this song is credited to someone named Memphis Minnie with Kansas Joe McCoy, recorded way, way back in 1929. It's a totally different arrangement and Plant changed some lyrics, too. Still, I'm not sure if Minnie got any writing credit from Zeppelin, maybe someone else can clarify. Wouldn't surprise me if she didn't though. Zeppelin financially settled and were forced change writing credits for, I believe, 6 plagiarism cases for stealing songs, in full or in part, from other artists (older blues guys mostly). Even though I still I love 'em overall as a band, that certainly tarnished their reputation for me. Very unnecessary and selfish.

  • @joannparker1977
    @joannparker1977 ปีที่แล้ว

    As a black man, you really need to read up on the background/meaning of this song. And once you do, you will never look at this song the same way again. It’s a really sad song. Very tragic. Thank you Led Zeppelin for your cover. The original is from 1929. Memphis Minnie and Kansas Joe McCoy. It’s disgusting what African Americans were forced to do. Thank you for the reaction. I’m a new subscriber.

  • @Peter-zu5jg
    @Peter-zu5jg ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Masterpiece ?...JMBoy , you are wise. One day....the Indians in the hills will sing songs about you. 🤘😅

  • @joshuadeshaies7266
    @joshuadeshaies7266 ปีที่แล้ว

    Bro, I gotta ask, what is it that you’re looking at when you look to your right? 😊 lol. I’m just curious. Love your reactions to the GOATS!!

  • @enchiladasmith014
    @enchiladasmith014 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Practically every song on every album seemed like a top ten hit and was heard on the radio.
    Nearly every song on every album received air play. Unreal. Like really incredible.

  • @Tigersnack-m7o
    @Tigersnack-m7o ปีที่แล้ว +1

    MAy I recommend PINK FLOYD's song, "TIME"

    • @JMBOYTV
      @JMBOYTV  ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Sure thing, check it out! th-cam.com/video/08ljX0PwgqQ/w-d-xo.html

  • @aaronb4493
    @aaronb4493 ปีที่แล้ว

    👌🏻

  • @stevePsutton
    @stevePsutton ปีที่แล้ว

    One of the most sampled ,copied beats of all time and has found its way into so many songs decades later

  • @jodihart7813
    @jodihart7813 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    So bluesy

  • @RmarkGillmer
    @RmarkGillmer ปีที่แล้ว

    Perfect reaction. Wish I could have told you to close your eyes and ignore the video, it's distracting and it detracts from the enjoyment of the song by filling your brain with irrelevant images. And, BTW, that was Page on the harmonica. keep up the good work.

    • @36karpatoruski
      @36karpatoruski ปีที่แล้ว

      Not s chance. It was Plant on harmonica.

    • @RmarkGillmer
      @RmarkGillmer ปีที่แล้ว

      @@36karpatoruski Old Man here, lost my mind for a moment. You're absolutely right.

  • @pushitlpvo
    @pushitlpvo ปีที่แล้ว

    … this is extinct greatness. Most unfortunate

  • @robertm7071
    @robertm7071 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I bought their first album when it came out and then the second but became bored with them. Their appropriation of others people’s work without giving them credit (including poor Black blues artists) - and hence royalties was disgraceful unlike other British groups who paid royalties to these great Black musicians. Listen to Page playing Black Mountainside (or whatever he calls it) - well, that is Black Waterside by the great folk guitarist Bert Jansch yet Page puts his name after it. . Their music just sounds dull, formulaic and Plant’s screeching vocals irritating, and Bonham’s heavy, severely technically limited drumming monotonous. More recently, I read about their treatment of women while on tour and this was the final nail in their coffin for me. Page was lucky not to be prosecuted for a relationship he had. They are, however, a cult band, and everyone follows each other these days in their adoration. I prefer other British bands who were far more creative without the nauseating baggage Zeppelin have. The subtlety and sheer brilliance of the Sixties was over and Zeppelin heralded the new era. Strangely, Zeppelin were not as popular over here as in America. Maybe our memory of the Beatles and others put Zeppelin in the shade.

    • @AliasMark69
      @AliasMark69 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      There is that side to L.Z.... but that's the case with nearly every group in that business. Hard not to agree with what you said, but the music is a legacy like few others can claim.

    • @robertm7071
      @robertm7071 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@AliasMark69 Thank you for your polite reply. Knowing the Internet I was expecting nothing but abuse. Maybe working next to a bloke for three years at the BBC in London in the 70s who fancied himself as a Plant imitator and screeched his head off all day has something to do with my view. 😂 I wish you well. Hendrix, Cream and the original Fleetwood Mac were my favourites in the 60s.

    • @tektoniks_architects
      @tektoniks_architects ปีที่แล้ว

      While you are on your moral high horse, I didn't hear you mention John Lennon being a deadbeat dad, or beating his first wife while he was cheating on her. I didn't hear you bring up the "Quiet Beatle," George Harrison, effing Ringo's wife either. Maybe you'd best stick to judging the music on its own level rather than apply your moral standards selectively.

    • @AliasMark69
      @AliasMark69 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@robertm7071 Jimi's Experience and Cream, Best 3 Man Bands of all time.

    • @williamcabell142
      @williamcabell142 ปีที่แล้ว

      Shut up....

  • @johncarr7198
    @johncarr7198 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    It’s a terrible storm, the moanful sound of the wind(harp & guitar)
    The unrelenting pounding of the surf(drums) with cymbal crashing waves
    And the winding down of the storm like a top losing speed
    Watch them play this live in 1971 at 19 years old. Album only out for few months
    Magical night 🎊😎🎸
    Song is over 50 years old. Match it with today?