It's official your true Zep fans! Welcome to the world to where if you ever hear someone say, "Led. Zeppelin wasn't t that good!!!" You have the proof that that person is quite insane!!😂
Right on.. Presence is an asskickin album . Maybe not as good as House's of The Holy and physical Graffitti but it's still Zeppelin and that's what matters
Who's giving it a bad Rap..?? It's been one of my favs since the day it was released!! And ALL of these songs except for this one got an S-load of airplay.
As with Zep III, I believe it’s because it wasn’t what fans expected following the three previous albums - Zep 4 through Physical Graffiti. Much like Zep 3 following the 1st two albums.
@@mr.snicker-doodles7081 the critics rated it as Zeps worst album. You know how they were back in the 70s with Zeppelin. Especially Rolling Stone. They never gave zep credit. Everyone loved Zep except those idiots!!! The so called music experts. The same ones who voted Karen Carpenter drummer of the year over John Bonham!! No I'm not exaggerating !!! Presence as far as I'm concerned is a tremendously good album and For Your Life is one of my all time favorite Zeppelin tracks!!!!
One of the most soulful and heart wrenching solo’s ever recorded . I don’t know of any other guitarist who can convey so much emotion . That’s why he is my all time favourite. The man FEELS !
in my mind, your comment captured the very essence of LZ..."i dont know of any other guitarist who can convey so much emotion"....i will add to that...to think he captures even more emotion live...is astounding...which he does in his performances....humanity is lucky to have jpp in its era.
You heard the man "This has got to be the best blues he's ever heard". I've been listening to this Lp since it was released and everything before and since and he's right it doesn't get any better! PEACE LOVE LED ZEPPELIN
They definitely love their blues, even the blues covers they did, they kept those songs alive. So many of those blues covers, the majority would have never heard them. They added & definitely did them justice, no other rock/blues band could do them Justice like Led Zeppelin.
At 8:52 or so, right after Plant sings "And now I can't get you back again," I think that one chord change may be the most moving moment in this profoundly moving song. Some of Jimmy's most soulful notes are played here. Few rock songs can tear me up. This one does it.
The song title and the song as a whole, was meant to evoke Robert's loneliness while being separated from his family during a most difficult time. (Edited to add) It's an unusually introspective lyrical output from Robert as it's also a reflection of some of his life choices as he sings "There was a time that I stood tall, in the eyes of other men/But by my own choice I left you woman, and now I can't get back again". My interpretation of the first line is he'd been on top of the world but his accident humbled him by showing him his mortality. My interpretation of the second line is it was his choice to embark on the journey that is LED ZEPPELIN and life, for good and bad, was never the same. Some consider it a sister song to Since I've Been Loving You and I can kind of see it. To my ear, SIBLY sounds like a young man's heartache - feeling worried about a relationship, wondering why it's going wrong, the crushing blow of being told you're not wanted anymore. Tea For One sounds to me like a more mature person's pain; he wails against the pain but he's also mature enough to recognize that regardless of how we feel, pain of some sort is a part of life. It's almost a weary resignation. The guitar translates emotion into some of the most exquisitely beautiful suffering - it is raw anguish set to music. Jimmy said this was done in two takes, one with the guitar solo and one without. For me, this is blues elevated to heavenly heights and is my favorite blues song of theirs. I'm so glad you enjoyed the entire album and mentioned not understanding why it often seems dismissed because I don't get it either. It's a solid album with many gems.
Sometimes Zeppelin's song titles are riddles about what the song means. This one is summing it up in British style. Having a Tea Alone is nice, but not when she left you.
The only slack this one got was because it followed Graffiti, and they couldn't tour off it until Plant's leg was healed. So they waited until 77 to hit the road. And in the meantime, dropped a live record and a movie. So it got a short run in the order of things. Page has said this solo on Tea for One was among his favorites (Achilles and Stairway also mentioned). It is a fine piece of work. Regal blues, as only Zeppelin could. You're right. Nobody hits the blues they way they did. They took it to a different sonic plane. Great, great record. I am really pleased to see you both enjoy this one, as I figured you might, just as I did all those years ago when I first heard it. This whole record still holds up very well.
You guys are killing it! Welcome to the 70s. I was 15 years old in 1975 I was turned on to Led Zeppelin and Marijuana. I owned every Led Zeppelin album. You young guys enjoy!
Such a TIGHT band. Their ability to play off each other, then integrate, and fall back out of integration, is mind blowing - particularly when, in many of their songs, the drums are a completely different timing than the guitar. Jimmy Page & John Bonham's musical relationship in many of their tunes is almost destiny...with JPJ holding the whole thing together, and Robert Plant's fantastic vocals lending to independent melodies and/or call-and-response: makes evident their combined GENIUS!!! ...and, THEN, to top it off: Jimmy Page's engineering of their final product to our awaiting ears - PRICELESS TREASURE!!! It's freakin' SOUL MANA!!!! So GLAD that ya'll dig them!!! GREAT to hear these tunes!! THANKS for the GREAT REACTIONS, GUYS!! HUGS!! ❤❤❤❤❤❤
I feel like this song is the twin sister to since I’ve been living you. The main difference is that this one was recorded when the band was hurting, weakened even. Whereas with Since I’ve been living you was recorded when they were on the top of their game and ascending.
ASTONISHING final track to a VASTLY underrated album. Now it's on to the stunning finale of Led Zeppelin's career: "In Through The Out Door", which stands side-by-side with "Physical Graffiti" as my two favorite LZ albums. I've been of this opinion for more than 40 years. 😃
The Beatles started the full album phenom. Every cut stands on its own. Back in the 70s on record and in concert no one was in a hurry to finish a song. It took as long as it took. Now we're back to singles/ downloads of A SONG. Im so happy to be 61 abd have lived the life I did. Its a pale imitation of life now, IMHO
That final guitar piece (10:54 on the vid), echoing in each ear, mournful, pained, yet brimming with beauty and emotion, the perfect end to a perfect song to end the album. Pure joy to the ears, sauce for the soul.
Talk about an under appreciated gem! That tempo shift at the beginning is some next level stuff. Page said something along the lines that he had to dig deep to pull off this solo. Such a great, slow burning blues piece. It’s sort of the cousin of Since I’ve Been Loving You. One of the few times that a Zeppelin piece sounded similar to another. Granted they picked the right track to sound similar too.
Thank you for diving into Led Zep. My mom bought me Physical Graffiti when I was like 16… 1976! It paved the way to true appreciation. I still have the vinyl 47 years later!
Honestly this song was one I never listened to that much before. Now that I am older I can appreciate it more. Thanks for reintroducing me to this one. I will probably listen to it several times over the next few days. My favorite rock band still has things left for me to rediscover!
I have a secret shame that I too didn't revere/listen to this tune nearly as much as it deserves back in my Idiot Youth (as opposed to my current idiot adulthood!). I KNEW it was a slow bloozy thing, but was too impatient or whatever, thinking "Battle of Evermore" and suchlike were enough "soft Zeppelin" for me. Well, that has changed, and now ALL of Zeppelin still isn't enough! I dislike ZERO songs of theirs.
Your reaction to this was an absolute pleasure. You did the whole album proud. As to the intro to Tea, I always “suffer” a slight pang, coz WOW, what a cool tune it sounds like it’s going to be, if it continued as such. The turn it does take, is, of course, a beauty. Jimmy, in a league of his own.
I wish they did build that intro into something more creative and fun like they always did. But it quickly turned into a gilded version of Since I Been Loving You. Nothing here we hadn't heard before.
Glad you loved it guys. Extremely underrated. No groups over that period of a time span even comes close to Led Zeppelin 1 album to what you just heard. The ideas, production and musicianship are second to none. So very sad it's coming to an end soon after this.
One of my all time favourite songs ! The whole song is so atmospheric and the solo gives me chills . Creating an atmosphere is something Led Zep does incredibly well . I plate this song once while I was driving at night through heavy fog ! It was magical !
IMHO, this is one of the greatest blues songs I've ever heard in my life!! I mean wow, these guys could play anything and make it sound great!! Signed the GOATS
Yes! One of their best blues workouts with Plant and especially Page shinning. Awesome sound to say the least! They just are crazy good, stop you in your tracks good. Thanks for taking the Zeppelin journey with us old fans. The guitar tone of the Rock Gods. Enjoy! 🎵🎸🎤🎹🎶
What made the guitar part extra special was that Page played a blues song without relying on blues scales. It has a jazz fusion Jeff Beck feel. Plant’s amazing soulful vocals moan and soar over Page’s guitar tapestry, all the while being anchored in rock by Jones and Bonham. Just great.
That’s all I’ve seen too, it’s to bad the band didn’t do it live. There’s several I wish were live, with the visuals too, a couple were live with just audio. I’d have loved seeing lives of, You Shook Me, & Four Sticks & of course Tea For One.
Led Zeppelin never played the song live, but Page & Plant did on their 1998 world tour. The first 20 seconds of this song is the biggest tease and always leaves me wanting mote of it. Looking forward to you tackling In Through the Out Door now
That was great, you guys help us hear these songs fresh again. Thanks. Page's rhythm guitar work, or whatever you'd call the basic track there, is just a beautiful thing. His playing on whole track is great, but that backing chord stuff is really something, so musical. I always loved Presence, don't know why some people don't.
This is the 1st new Zep LP I heard! Driving home to NC from PA with my Dad and Nobody's Fault But Mine comes on the AM radio... I cranked it and he was not happy
When I saw Buddy Guy last month, on his last tour, he spoke of the irony of the bands from the UK brought blues music to the US, how so many of us didn't know at first they were turning us on to blues roots music that started here. He mentioned Led Zeppelin, Rolling Stones, Eric Clapton even the Beatles, although when they sang blues songs, it wasn't in the blues style. There's old photos of Mick Jagger and Keith Richards in the 60s, holding several blues albums of Muddy Waters, Howlin Wolf, etc. So many of us were clueless. Until blues musicians began performing and making records with some of those UK musicians.
Thanks, guys, you have given me greater appreciation of this album. The genius was always there but needed to be pointed out to me. This last track was a Page masterpiece, not only with the guitar but the arrangement and production. Sheer genius.
See, People who don'y give it credit are people who don't understand music? Consider yourselves REAL Led Zeppelin fans!!! You guys understand brilliant songwriting!!!!
Who is Jimmy Page ? You see kids, Before there were computers to make music and auto tune, There were these Mythical Creatures that Wrote, Recorded and Produced most of their Own music and played Real instruments, Poetic music that Actually spoke to the Soul and touched the Heart
Every guitar player should listen to Jimmy's solo here. It's without question one of, if not his best So soulful and deep down. I've always felt that their music often conveys such attitude, but not in a negative way at all. More like, "we're going to play what we want to play, and how we want to play it" and it comes through so strongly in "Tea for One." I appreciate the musicianship and craft in this song more and more every time I hear it. Thanks so much @AirplayBeats for the review.
Thank you guys so much. I've listened to Presence many times, but not nearly as often as the other albums. I fear I've drank the kool-aid. With the exception of Nobody's Fault and Achilles, I have given this album short shrift, and thanks to you both I've heard it again with fresh ears. Much obliged.
Your reaction justified years of me wondering why on earth this was underrated overlooked etc.... It is the hardest slow Blues/Jazz soul feel music I've ever heard
Gentleman ..all the amateurs think this is Since I've Been Loving You part 2. Far from. That song was expressing there love for the blues and their virtuosity. Tea for One is a time stamp of the bands inner struggles from Roberts car accident recover , exhaustion and Jimmys heroine issue. Jimmy is playing Roberts subconscious once again.. You can feel the yearning, pain and loneliness in the vocals and guitar ... It's a wonderful song and far different meaning than SIBLY.. The guitar overlays and masterful delicate blues playing is a testament of Jimmy's genius. Page and Plant did this live. It's on you tube with a false beginning and Plant laughing .
I remember when Jimmy Page cited SRV better than he could ever be when he heard SRV. But Jimmy Page could definitely get a lot by holding back and taking that slow beat dripping with soul. SRV could do it all, and felt it in his bones, but until he got sober, he was wanting to fill notes with notes and a few more in between just to prove he could. When restraint can deliver just as much if not more in many songs. Like this example.
@@Greg-io1ip What makes Jimmy's playing different than the other greats is the soulful delivery he displays over and over. It is an innate quality that few are blessed with and fewer still can find the proper release for. He helped create a band that never relied on him to master every verse, every song, every album, or every show, like so many others mentioned in the same sentence with him. While his greatness and his shortcomings are on full display in the music, he never strove to outshine his mates, but rather support them and draw out their very best on every project they completed (and as we found out later, some they didn't complete). He could have insisted on stealing the show from the start, but his vision never included himself in that role. He was content rather to supply ideas and help guide their path, taking on the role of an equal player within the music and I think we all benefited from that!
You were lied to about this album right? It's great. I'm excited for you to dive into In Through the Out Door. They really branch out into some different styles and vibes I think you guys will appreciate
I got into led zep somewhere between the release of their third and fourth album. I had these later albums but never really appreciated them as much because I was stuck on their earlier sound. Thanks for listening to these. I'm ready for them now. I caught up and it's almost like having some brand new really great led zep now that i'm nearly 70 years old. Thanks for reminding me these exist.
Some info. Jones was famously a multi-instrumentalist, bringing keyboards into the band’s sound to widen their scope. Both Jones and Page took turns playing the mandolin on the group’s folk material, while Bonham occasionally lent his voice to harmony vocals with Plant on songs like ‘The Ocean’ and ‘Bron-Y-Aur Stomp’. Plant was the lead always, no exceptions, that was set in stone, overdubbed his own harmonies. Page picked up the steel guitar along the way, he had never played it before and it sounded like a slide. On Your Time is Gonna Come the other band members lent their harmonies. That was an absolute rarity. All of their responsibilities were set in stone, just the four of them, that was a magic they weren't going to mess with.
Wow! I totally forgot how awesome this song was!! Thanks for bringing it back to me. I’m gonna have to dust off my Presence CD and listen to this one again with the phones on!!
Great song, I have been fan of this band since I was kid. Haven't heard it a long time. Wow I felt like a kid again. Thank you both. Have you you listened to Since I've been loving you? Cheers
I first heard this album in 78, I liked it, but didn't think it was up to snuff comparatively and I often SKIPPED this song cuz I thought it was too long and slow. (that was 14 year old stupid me). But hearing this now, omg, you just learn to appreciate the finer , slower, things in life. I'm 59 now and I wanted this song to never end. Sometimes taking your time has a payoff. Thanks guys.
It's official your true Zep fans! Welcome to the world to where if you ever hear someone say, "Led. Zeppelin wasn't t that good!!!" You have the proof that that person is quite insane!!😂
I've never understood why this album gets a bad rap. Its fantastic.
Right on.. Presence is an asskickin album . Maybe not as good as House's of The Holy and physical Graffitti but it's still Zeppelin and that's what matters
Who's giving it a bad Rap..?? It's been one of my favs since the day it was released!! And ALL of these songs except for this one got an S-load of airplay.
As with Zep III, I believe it’s because it wasn’t what fans expected following the three previous albums - Zep 4 through Physical Graffiti. Much like Zep 3 following the 1st two albums.
@@mr.snicker-doodles7081 the critics rated it as Zeps worst album. You know how they were back in the 70s with Zeppelin. Especially Rolling Stone. They never gave zep credit. Everyone loved Zep except those idiots!!! The so called music experts. The same ones who voted Karen Carpenter drummer of the year over John Bonham!! No I'm not exaggerating !!! Presence as far as I'm concerned is a tremendously good album and For Your Life is one of my all time favorite Zeppelin tracks!!!!
It’s an amazing album.
“Presence” is musicians’ favorite Zeppelin album.
I would also say it is also the hardcore Zeppelin fanatics album. Not all hardcore fans but quite a few.
I don't want to live in a world with no Led Zeppelin.
Buddy…I refuse 😂
Nor do I...😢
Man, you could not have said it better than that!!!!! Me Neither!!!!
Some great British blues for ya! Just yet another example of why Jimmy Page gets my vote for greatest guitarist ever.
we thank Britain for led zeppelin bro
@@DanielWebb-th4ik LZ blues
…but we also couldn’t live without Gilmour 😭😂
@@brandonboucher7090 he’s up there for sure
My all time favorite as well
This song is one of my all time favorites.
One of the most soulful and heart wrenching solo’s ever recorded . I don’t know of any other guitarist who can convey so much emotion . That’s why he is my all time favourite. The man FEELS !
in my mind, your comment captured the very essence of LZ..."i dont know of any other guitarist who can convey so much emotion"....i will add to that...to think he captures even more emotion live...is astounding...which he does in his performances....humanity is lucky to have jpp in its era.
The way Plant sings the emotions, the phrasing of the bass and drum, black music.
You heard the man "This has got to be the best blues he's ever heard".
I've been listening to this Lp since it was released and everything before and since and he's right it doesn't get any better!
PEACE
LOVE
LED ZEPPELIN
They definitely love their blues, even the blues covers they did, they kept those songs alive. So many of those blues covers, the majority would have never heard them. They added & definitely did them justice, no other rock/blues band could do them Justice like Led Zeppelin.
They did it live
Presence is a great album. It is my favorite of all Zeppelin albums top to bottom.
Gotta be one of the heaviest blues songs ever. A masterpiece.
7 albums in sor far. Hardly any misses. and to think, what they did live blew this stuff out of the water. Truly the best band of all time.
you are so right about that!
Amen.
I can't believe I never listened to this song before. Thanks to you, I now have. What a beautiful, almost torturous vibe. ❤
Welcome! Chokes me out.
🙏🍁
I can’t believe it either
Better late than never mate
👍
I only heard it recently myself after years of listening to their first 4 albums through and through.
Just bought it on I Tunes 😎
At 8:52 or so, right after Plant sings "And now I can't get you back again," I think that one chord change may be the most moving moment in this profoundly moving song. Some of Jimmy's most soulful notes are played here. Few rock songs can tear me up. This one does it.
The song title and the song as a whole, was meant to evoke Robert's loneliness while being separated from his family during a most difficult time. (Edited to add) It's an unusually introspective lyrical output from Robert as it's also a reflection of some of his life choices as he sings "There was a time that I stood tall, in the eyes of other men/But by my own choice I left you woman, and now I can't get back again". My interpretation of the first line is he'd been on top of the world but his accident humbled him by showing him his mortality. My interpretation of the second line is it was his choice to embark on the journey that is LED ZEPPELIN and life, for good and bad, was never the same. Some consider it a sister song to Since I've Been Loving You and I can kind of see it. To my ear, SIBLY sounds like a young man's heartache - feeling worried about a relationship, wondering why it's going wrong, the crushing blow of being told you're not wanted anymore. Tea For One sounds to me like a more mature person's pain; he wails against the pain but he's also mature enough to recognize that regardless of how we feel, pain of some sort is a part of life. It's almost a weary resignation. The guitar translates emotion into some of the most exquisitely beautiful suffering - it is raw anguish set to music. Jimmy said this was done in two takes, one with the guitar solo and one without. For me, this is blues elevated to heavenly heights and is my favorite blues song of theirs. I'm so glad you enjoyed the entire album and mentioned not understanding why it often seems dismissed because I don't get it either. It's a solid album with many gems.
Sometimes Zeppelin's song titles are riddles about what the song means. This one is summing it up in British style. Having a Tea Alone is nice, but not when she left you.
Thank you Henrietta. My thoughts exactly but you said them more eloquently than I would have. 🤗😁
@@helenespaulding7562 Hey there Helene! Thanks and always great to see you. 😃
@@Greg-io1ip and in this case, he had left….. but not because he wanted to. Tea alone for any reason not of your own choosing, is a shame.
wonderful analysis - Thanks, Henrietta. Hope all is well. ☺☮
FINALLY someone reacts to the Best most underrated Zeppelin song ever !
Carlos Santana said this is the greatest solo ever put on record.
It's a toss up between this one and Since I've been loving you isn't it? Maybe Machine gun too ??
The only slack this one got was because it followed Graffiti, and they couldn't tour off it until Plant's leg was healed. So they waited until 77 to hit the road. And in the meantime, dropped a live record and a movie. So it got a short run in the order of things.
Page has said this solo on Tea for One was among his favorites (Achilles and Stairway also mentioned). It is a fine piece of work. Regal blues, as only Zeppelin could. You're right. Nobody hits the blues they way they did. They took it to a different sonic plane. Great, great record.
I am really pleased to see you both enjoy this one, as I figured you might, just as I did all those years ago when I first heard it. This whole record still holds up very well.
Greatest rock blues. Perfection no others need apply
Jimmy's solo on this is otherworldly 🔥
So, what world does it sound like?
It really is just an emotional escape. This song, headphones, eyes closed...forget it, they are taking you someplace.
@@jamieburgess1460 Zeppelin World !
Yeah you just don't want it to end...
He is THE blues master.
I have never heard this song, but I think it has become my favorite ZEP song. I agree the best blues song I have heard.
You guys are killing it! Welcome to the 70s. I was 15 years old in 1975 I was turned on to Led Zeppelin and Marijuana. I owned every Led Zeppelin album. You young guys enjoy!
Me too. Aug 5th 1965👍Get the lead out!!!
❤❤❤Robert ❤❤❤
Such a TIGHT band. Their ability to play off each other, then integrate, and fall back out of integration, is mind blowing - particularly when, in many of their songs, the drums are a completely different timing than the guitar. Jimmy Page & John Bonham's musical relationship in many of their tunes is almost destiny...with JPJ holding the whole thing together, and Robert Plant's fantastic vocals lending to independent melodies and/or call-and-response: makes evident their combined GENIUS!!! ...and, THEN, to top it off: Jimmy Page's engineering of their final product to our awaiting ears - PRICELESS TREASURE!!! It's freakin' SOUL MANA!!!! So GLAD that ya'll dig them!!! GREAT to hear these tunes!! THANKS for the GREAT REACTIONS, GUYS!! HUGS!! ❤❤❤❤❤❤
Absolute truth!
Everything you said was the truth, Plant’s vocals are another finely tuned instrument, his notes & delivery is perfect for each song.
Page has always been my favorite guitar player. He's the reason I play. No one is more innovative, passionnate, and diverse. Amazing
After all the great blues Zep gave us, they top them all with this one, a masterpiece.
And thats why Led Zeppelin is their own genre
really enjoy sharing in appreciation for these musical geniuses
I feel like this song is the twin sister to since I’ve been living you. The main difference is that this one was recorded when the band was hurting, weakened even. Whereas with Since I’ve been living you was recorded when they were on the top of their game and ascending.
100%
This song is way better than SIBLY.
I heard it as the less attractive sister to Since I’ve been loving you.
Yep, I’ve always preferred this one. Authentic blues here.
I would add that this one has zero keyboards, whereas JPJ's keys ate prominent on SIBLY
🎉Led Zeppelin.....nothing to say ! G.O.A.T. 🎉
In through the out door - JPJ’s time to shine
ASTONISHING final track to a VASTLY underrated album. Now it's on to the stunning finale of Led Zeppelin's career: "In Through The Out Door", which stands side-by-side with "Physical Graffiti" as my two favorite LZ albums. I've been of this opinion for more than 40 years. 😃
Pure Virtuosity!!!
The Beatles started the full album phenom. Every cut stands on its own.
Back in the 70s on record and in concert no one was in a hurry to finish a song. It took as long as it took.
Now we're back to singles/ downloads of A SONG.
Im so happy to be 61 abd have lived the life I did. Its a pale imitation of life now, IMHO
YES!! Waited patiently for this one and it was worth the wait. Y’all liked it as much as I knew you would!! Thank you for this one!!
When are you going to start on ITTOD album.... anxiously waiting. :)
That final guitar piece (10:54 on the vid), echoing in each ear, mournful, pained, yet brimming with beauty and emotion, the perfect end to a perfect song to end the album. Pure joy to the ears, sauce for the soul.
Talk about an under appreciated gem! That tempo shift at the beginning is some next level stuff. Page said something along the lines that he had to dig deep to pull off this solo. Such a great, slow burning blues piece. It’s sort of the cousin of Since I’ve Been Loving You. One of the few times that a Zeppelin piece sounded similar to another. Granted they picked the right track to sound similar too.
Thank you for diving into Led Zep. My mom bought me Physical Graffiti when I was like 16… 1976! It paved the way to true appreciation. I still have the vinyl 47 years later!
Honestly this song was one I never listened to that much before. Now that I am older I can appreciate it more. Thanks for reintroducing me to this one. I will probably listen to it several times over the next few days. My favorite rock band still has things left for me to rediscover!
I have a secret shame that I too didn't revere/listen to this tune nearly as much as it deserves back in my Idiot Youth (as opposed to my current idiot adulthood!). I KNEW it was a slow bloozy thing, but was too impatient or whatever, thinking "Battle of Evermore" and suchlike were enough "soft Zeppelin" for me. Well, that has changed, and now ALL of Zeppelin still isn't enough! I dislike ZERO songs of theirs.
Today keeps getting better. Thanks to LA and Che. This album did not get its just due. Thanks fellas as always fantastic reaction. Appreciate it 🙏 ❤
Your reaction to this was an absolute pleasure. You did the whole album proud. As to the intro to Tea, I always “suffer” a slight pang, coz WOW, what a cool tune it sounds like it’s going to be, if it continued as such. The turn it does take, is, of course, a beauty. Jimmy, in a league of his own.
I wish they did build that intro into something more creative and fun like they always did. But it quickly turned into a gilded version of Since I Been Loving You. Nothing here we hadn't heard before.
Glad you loved it guys. Extremely underrated. No groups over that period of a time span even comes close to Led Zeppelin 1 album to what you just heard. The ideas, production and musicianship are second to none. So very sad it's coming to an end soon after this.
Absolutely brilliant song
I've been waiting for you guys to hear this gem .... THE BEST BAND ever, ever
One of my all time favourite songs ! The whole song is so atmospheric and the solo gives me chills . Creating an atmosphere is something Led Zep does incredibly well . I plate this song once while I was driving at night through heavy fog ! It was magical !
Its almost unfair that 1 band can do so much. Their library is just ridiculously great. Never has been, or will be another band like Zeppelin.
and trust me.....don't argue with people with who don't think so .. :) it's not worth it ......... Peace and Love
IMHO, this is one of the greatest blues songs I've ever heard in my life!! I mean wow, these guys could play anything and make it sound great!! Signed the GOATS
As soon as I saw the name of this song, I knew you guys would dig it
Yes! One of their best blues workouts with Plant and especially Page shinning. Awesome sound to say the least! They just are crazy good, stop you in your tracks good. Thanks for taking the Zeppelin journey with us old fans. The guitar tone of the Rock Gods. Enjoy! 🎵🎸🎤🎹🎶
Beautiful soulful blues!! Love them. ❤️
Zep never did it live but Page and Plant did an incredible performance of it in Japan in ‘96 - check it out.
Yep,Tea for One is a very special blues song.
What made the guitar part extra special was that Page played a blues song without relying on blues scales. It has a jazz fusion Jeff Beck feel. Plant’s amazing soulful vocals moan and soar over Page’s guitar tapestry, all the while being anchored in rock by Jones and Bonham. Just great.
Hi guys, Zep can really create a mood, they capture emotions in their sublime music...glad you heard this..
The only time that I know that this was done live was during the Page/Plant tour…..it’s on youtube and it’s excellent.
That’s all I’ve seen too, it’s to bad the band didn’t do it live. There’s several I wish were live, with the visuals too, a couple were live with just audio. I’d have loved seeing lives of, You Shook Me, & Four Sticks & of course Tea For One.
Led Zeppelin never played the song live, but Page & Plant did on their 1998 world tour. The first 20 seconds of this song is the biggest tease and always leaves me wanting mote of it. Looking forward to you tackling In Through the Out Door now
One of my favorite Zeppelin songs. Excellent blues rock.
That was great, you guys help us hear these songs fresh again. Thanks. Page's rhythm guitar work, or whatever you'd call the basic track there, is just a beautiful thing. His playing on whole track is great, but that backing chord stuff is really something, so musical. I always loved Presence, don't know why some people don't.
This is the 1st new Zep LP I heard! Driving home to NC from PA with my Dad and Nobody's Fault But Mine comes on the AM radio... I cranked it and he was not happy
This is my favorite Zeppelin song it's always taken me to another place
Awesome number. One of my faves; admittedly one among many from Led Zeppelin, naturally!
When I saw Buddy Guy last month, on his last tour, he spoke of the irony of the bands from the UK brought blues music to the US, how so many of us didn't know at first they were turning us on to blues roots music that started here.
He mentioned Led Zeppelin, Rolling Stones, Eric Clapton even the Beatles, although when they sang blues songs, it wasn't in the blues style. There's old photos of Mick Jagger and Keith Richards in the 60s, holding several blues albums of Muddy Waters, Howlin Wolf, etc.
So many of us were clueless. Until blues musicians began performing and making records with some of those UK musicians.
Thanks, guys, you have given me greater appreciation of this album. The genius was always there but needed to be pointed out to me. This last track was a Page masterpiece, not only with the guitar but the arrangement and production. Sheer genius.
Glad you boys seem to be enjoying your journey down Led Zeppelin way. They sure are special!
Plant sings with so much emotion. That’s one little bit of what makes Zeppelin great
This song is bucket fulls of agonizing lonliness and despair in authentic minor key blues in expert hands.
Couldnta said it better! And no one coulda PLAYED it better...
Greasy Deep in the muck swamp swimming emotional painful BLUES!!! Really incredible tune.
Please Guys, do song by song on their last two albums!
You'll only listen to this a gazillion more times
My favorite song - so sad and lonely........
Just goes to show you how diversified they were! Excellent
See, People who don'y give it credit are people who don't understand music? Consider yourselves REAL Led Zeppelin fans!!! You guys understand brilliant songwriting!!!!
Who is Jimmy Page ?
You see kids,
Before there were computers
to make music and auto tune,
There were these Mythical Creatures
that Wrote, Recorded and Produced
most of their Own music and played
Real instruments, Poetic music that
Actually spoke to the Soul
and touched the Heart
Every guitar player should listen to Jimmy's solo here. It's without question one of, if not his best So soulful and deep down. I've always felt that their music often conveys such attitude, but not in a negative way at all. More like, "we're going to play what we want to play, and how we want to play it" and it comes through so strongly in "Tea for One." I appreciate the musicianship and craft in this song more and more every time I hear it. Thanks so much @AirplayBeats for the review.
Thank you guys so much. I've listened to Presence many times, but not nearly as often as the other albums. I fear I've drank the kool-aid. With the exception of Nobody's Fault and Achilles, I have given this album short shrift, and thanks to you both I've heard it again with fresh ears. Much obliged.
This perfect is perfect. Fantástic blues
Bonz plays similar part on "What is and what should never be". JPJ was quoted as saying that was HIS fave Zeppelin track...
What a way to top off a banger of a hard rock album!
Бесконечно прекрасно.
Your reaction justified years of me wondering why on earth this was underrated overlooked etc.... It is the hardest slow Blues/Jazz soul feel music I've ever heard
Gentleman ..all the amateurs think this is Since I've Been Loving You part 2. Far from.
That song was expressing there love for the blues and their virtuosity.
Tea for One is a time stamp of the bands inner struggles from Roberts car accident recover , exhaustion and Jimmys heroine issue.
Jimmy is playing Roberts subconscious once again..
You can feel the yearning, pain and loneliness in the vocals and guitar ...
It's a wonderful song and far different meaning than SIBLY..
The guitar overlays and masterful delicate blues playing is a testament of Jimmy's genius.
Page and Plant did this live. It's on you tube with a false beginning and Plant laughing .
I remember when Jimmy Page cited SRV better than he could ever be when he heard SRV. But Jimmy Page could definitely get a lot by holding back and taking that slow beat dripping with soul. SRV could do it all, and felt it in his bones, but until he got sober, he was wanting to fill notes with notes and a few more in between just to prove he could. When restraint can deliver just as much if not more in many songs. Like this example.
@@Greg-io1ip What makes Jimmy's playing different than the other greats is the soulful delivery he displays over and over. It is an innate quality that few are blessed with and fewer still can find the proper release for. He helped create a band that never relied on him to master every verse, every song, every album, or every show, like so many others mentioned in the same sentence with him. While his greatness and his shortcomings are on full display in the music, he never strove to outshine his mates, but rather support them and draw out their very best on every project they completed (and as we found out later, some they didn't complete). He could have insisted on stealing the show from the start, but his vision never included himself in that role. He was content rather to supply ideas and help guide their path, taking on the role of an equal player within the music and I think we all benefited from that!
I’ve always loved this album. Such a good reaction!
You were lied to about this album right? It's great. I'm excited for you to dive into In Through the Out Door. They really branch out into some different styles and vibes I think you guys will appreciate
Yes, I'm so excited about In Through the Out Door...love that whole album so much.
I got into led zep somewhere between the release of their third and fourth album. I had these later albums but never really appreciated them as much because I was stuck on their earlier sound. Thanks for listening to these. I'm ready for them now. I caught up and it's almost like having some brand new really great led zep now that i'm nearly 70 years old. Thanks for reminding me these exist.
Just love your reactions to zeppelin yep there definitely different can play anything
Bonzo played jazz drums on "How many more times" (first album). GREAT reaction as usual!
Some info. Jones was famously a multi-instrumentalist, bringing keyboards into the band’s sound to widen their scope. Both Jones and Page took turns playing the mandolin on the group’s folk material, while Bonham occasionally lent his voice to harmony vocals with Plant on songs like ‘The Ocean’ and ‘Bron-Y-Aur Stomp’. Plant was the lead always, no exceptions, that was set in stone, overdubbed his own harmonies. Page picked up the steel guitar along the way, he had never played it before and it sounded like a slide. On Your Time is Gonna Come the other band members lent their harmonies. That was an absolute rarity. All of their responsibilities were set in stone, just the four of them, that was a magic they weren't going to mess with.
Been waiting for you guys to finally getting to this song! VIBE!!✌️
Wow! I totally forgot how awesome this song was!! Thanks for bringing it back to me. I’m gonna have to dust off my Presence CD and listen to this one again with the phones on!!
I dusted off my copy the other day. I've loved this album since the first time I heard it over 40 years ago
This is my favorite Zep song ever. I think the best they've ever done. How many more times is #2 for me.
Great reactions!
Most bands didn’t or don’t change things up, LZ you never knew what you would hear, that’s what makes them the absolute greatest. The GOATS!!!
Thank you, or Led since the eighties here in Brazil, show accompany you!
Great song, I have been fan of this band since I was kid. Haven't heard it a long time. Wow I felt like a kid again. Thank you both. Have you you listened to Since I've been loving you? Cheers
My #4 all-time favorite Zeppelin song. Many fans of the band are surprisingly unfamiliar with it.
Never knew about this song, thanks for reviewing and bringing it to the forefront! It is an awesome blues song.
I've always considered this part two of since i've been loving you
Heavy Heavy Blues on this one😮
I first heard this album in 78, I liked it, but didn't think it was up to snuff comparatively and I often SKIPPED this song cuz I thought it was too long and slow. (that was 14 year old stupid me). But hearing this now, omg, you just learn to appreciate the finer , slower, things in life.
I'm 59 now and I wanted this song to never end.
Sometimes taking your time has a payoff.
Thanks guys.
I’m 63 now, & I’m wishing time was going as slow as the lyrics say in it. Now it seems like a month is over in the blink of my eyes.
I have absolutely been waiting for y'all to get this song!!! Possibly my fav Zepp song.