Each member of Zep was the best at what they did. But their true gift was how well they played together and complemented each other. Best rock group ever!
Bonzo pushes and pulls the timing of the song - in many live Led Zeppelin songs - at various points - Bonham plays behind the beat, on top of the beat and even behind the beat. He was amazing ! ❤
Hi .. I was at that concert way back in 73 Sitting in the 9th row center orchestra . 16 at the time , now 64 . I've been to Many rock concert at MSG since them . Just about all the big names. No band , not even The Who came close to playing with so Much soul & stage presence as Led Zeppelin. ZEPPELIN The Greatest Band Ever!! Trust me I was there .
@@AndrewRooneyDrums I wholeheartedly agree I will go on to say the goat of any entertainmenter(s) No one ever captured the heart and soul like LZ!!! No one ….
Led Zeppelin is a Blues Rock that's the soul sound The Who is Punk Metal I don't know if you ever saw The Who live in concert comparing Zeppelin's Blues with The Who's Punk apples and oranges two sets of fans two different sounds
Bonham was a gifted monster. Powerful gifted and a driving force behind this band. John paul jones and Bonham just amazing together... saying that they all played off each other. Thats what made them so amazing. Thank you for the vid. x
I saw Deep Purple for my first concert when I was in 8th grade. I was lucky enough my brother his gal let me and my gf tag along. We started off with a couple of beers in his 70 GTO and picked up the ladies. The concert blew my mind. The atmosphere was exactly the same and it was a sea of lighters. It was truly a magical time and unless you were there, you can't explain how great it was.
One of my favourite Led Zep songs - epic. Every part of this song is incredible - the vocals, guitar, drums, JPJ on keys. John Bonham is such a musical guy - follows every instrument and adds to the essence of the part. That’s why they disbanded when he died. The most epic song from this series of concerts at Madison Square Garden is NO QUARTER - it is EPIC!!!!!!
I saw them play in 1973. It's hard to find words to describe the experience. Their music seemed to be coming from another plane of existence. Easily one of the best shows I've ever been to.
Funny yeah this video footage was a bit out of sync on the 1st VHS and DVD release but was finally fixed in the Collectors edition and blu-ray. This is one of my favorite live songs every!!! Love your reactions Andrew!! Much love from me here in the United States!! Well kinda United States.
Wouldn't it be amazing if we could go back in time ? If we could go back in time for 24 hours, I'd somehow get tickets and go to see Led Zep at MSG... Andrew, if you get a chance, would love to hear your reaction to Jason Bonham, playing Kashmir at the Celebration Day concert. To my untrained ear, he seems to really do his father's memory proud. Would also love to hear your thoughts on Bonham senior's drums for In My Time Of Dying...
And my favorite part was your reaction to what you said was your favorite part: the imitation of the gobsmacked cop! Hahaha! Enjoy your content - thanks!
This is my favorite live performance, the passion & soul they all put into it, & how amazing the video & sound is for 1973. This live is so much better then the studio version, I watch this at least once a day, it relaxes me.
10:54 Satisfaction for all. This is a master at his craft. Jimmy (all of them really) can pull so much... I don't really know how to even say it. It's just amazing watching him make that piece of wood, strings, and some electronics feel happy and melancholy at the same time. And he does it so effortlessly. I can't even put into proper words what 10:54 is. I'm just amiss at this point.
Saw Zep twice. One of the best was when John Bonham went into his solo during Moby Dick. The front part of the stage parted and JB's riser rolled through the gap to the front of the audience during his solo. It was epic!
Thanks for this one, it was fun to watch! Your comments are lovely. I especially love your comments about the cop. 😂 He looked stunned for sure....might have been the air that he was breathing at a LZ concert in those days. 😎 Love it!
I bet that I saw The Song Remains the Same at the midnight movie In My Hometown Back In the late seventies a hundred times. And it never gets old...Ever. And this has got to be the best song out of the bunch besides the middle part of whole lot of love
Formed in 1968. By This time (73) they had recorded and released 5 albums while touring almost constantly. Yeh, this was kind of their live peak, though they'd been on it for a number of years and went on to put out some of their best tracks after this. They also played their biggest dates live at Knebworth years after this, and those shows were still pretty incredible.
The Mother F'n SMOOTHEST and GROOVEST of them all. When Bonham was on (which admittedly wasn't always) there was no pocket wider and no groove deeper, you better believe! And like you said, still the INTENSITY! Love it, great video!
OH! Hold up. I may need to clarify a comment I made. I said something along the lines of 'out of synch'. That wasn't a critique of the band. The images were out of synch with the music. ie Bonham wasn't playing what was coming through in the audio. Just the way they edited it. Wasn't a critique that the band was off :)
God, the film is totally out of synch. Filmed over several nights and they even had to film new footage before release, there's a great story that John Paul Jones had to wear a wig because he had cut his hair. As a youngster with no lessons, I watched this and tried to understand how the arm movements matched the sound. It took a while!
Revisiting your reactions - Thank you!! My favorite LZ song and my favorite performance of it. It takes me to another place. . . I think Bonham is pretty amazing at MSG overall and this performance was just perfection. Never get tired of watching it. Just a few things - JPJ is playing the bass line on foot pedals. I don't know if you'd get a consensus among LZ fans of when they were at their peak. And I think it depends if you're talking about the band as a whole or not. Many would say that Robert's vocals were best pre 1973 and I've read somewhere maybe on the LZ forum that Jimmy thought the LA Forum gigs in 1972 (on How The West Was Won) was the band at its best (I've never seen that in any of his interviews, though). Also, I don't know that he would say the band had peaked at all. For me, the band was just phenomenal in 1975, but Robert's voice had some issues. The stuff they did in Germany in that brief 1980 tour was awesome. Then again, LZ on an off night was better than other bands at their absolute best.
1971 IMO is their greatest peak as a whole band. Bootlegs from this year are mind blowing even with bad audio. 1973 - Plants voice was beginning to get shot from blowing it out so early with his lifestyle and over performing. They did like 60% of their shows 69-72 and had to have surgery. By 75 his voice was cracking, but still good. 77 -79 was much better but never the same 😪 1975 - Pages peak, but again his best playing was from 69-73. 1977 onwards the heroin kicked in unfortunately. But like always, pulls it off. Bonham never really faulted too hard, but it’s not as noticeable as a voice / lead guitar. Jones of course, was always on point. Creatively though they were pretty solid. Physical graffiti is my favourite album - 1975 but a lot of those songs were from their prime.
I feel that the peak was Summer 1972 - Spring 1973. The recordings (bootlegs) from the European tour of 1973 are among the best concerts they ever did. The American tour of 1973 was fine and certainly had its moments - but it was not as consistently as amazing as the earlier European tour of 1973. The American tour in the summer of 1972 was just about as remarkable as Europe 1973. The Japanese tour of 1972 was not so good. The 1971 Japanese tour was much, much better. Lastly, you can't go wrong with anything form 1970!
Pretty solid, only 75 voice was more solid than 73 but hoarse battling the cold and flu early that tour then coke voice basically the rest of the tour. Wrote about it on presence. Check out 3.21.75 arguably sang better there than most of 73, and for sure the best show from 75. Actually sings R&R, SRTS, pushes his voice greatly for 75
You hit it out of the ballpark with this reaction....best reaction to Since I've been Loving You I have seen, and there alot of them out there on YT. Your song analysis and reaction to the crowd concert setting was spot on! 😜👍🎵🎵 The stunned look on the cop says it all!
Wait till you hear the live audio of his drumming from any track on How the West was Won, especially my pick 😜 And since you also like old video footage, I have a rare video clip I will try to share with you shortly from a bootleg
Andrew Rooney Drums Zeppelin is my go to band. Always have been since about 1969. They are to me just on another level by themselves. Today I’ve been listening to some Steve Marriott & Humble Pie!! That takes me back 🎤🎸🎶
You have to listen to No Quarter from the same concert John Paul is doing a keyboard solo and John Bonham puts in a drum fill that will blow your mind And the older sister song to Since I've been loving you is Tea For One the drums in that are spectacular
This highlights Pagey more than Bonzo. But again I request live 1973 Hamburg I can't quit you. It is 12/8 blues just like this...but Bonzo absolutely goes off in that song. I would love to see your reaction to it!
The bands was started from the ashes of the Yardbirds which originally featured Eric Clapton and Jeff Beck. Jimmy Page was a premier studio musician in great demand and workloads. After Beck burned out with a nervous breakdown on tour in the US, Jimmy inherited the band and once they broke up, he recruited his studio buddy, John Paul Jones who he also knew as a great musician. Finding Plant who lead Bonham was a script written by God.
That face at 2:15, heh. Yeah, this is Zeppelin at the very pinnacle of their power. For me, though, the definitive version of this song is live from "How The West Was Won," in which Jimmy Page plays IMO not only his best solo ever, but The Very Best Electric Blues Guitar Solo Of All Time™️. Change my mind. "Bonham headroom" is such a great phrase. He leaves so much space, and in well-chosen moments, he fills it completely up, then empties it out again. I tell young drummers that if they want a real challenge, they should ignore blast beats and all that nonsense, and try to play this song along with the record, without losing time or rushing. Jedi-level timekeeping.
BBC session since Iv been loving you is the s#*t in my book. Moby dick well that’s harder to pin down, Uniondale 75 tour is my favourite today.. the soundtrack differs from the movie with tsrts and then there’s the garden tapes that’s a whole different story
Jimmy’s greatest solo is the FULL solo from this show of No Quarter on TSRTS. It’s not all on the album, the first minute was cut out. My opinion, of course. :)
1971 was the bands peak by far. This was the year they released arguably their best album. Plant's voice was in near perfect condition singing just like on the studio. Page was amazing this year and only got better the following couple of years. As a whole this was the bands best year imo
73 actually wasnt as great for them as the movie shows it to be. This concert footage was HEAVILY edited and changed to make it perfect for the movie(if you listen to bootlegs from this year youll see what im talking about). This was the year Plants voice "permanently" changed. He didnt sound nearly as good as he does in the movie. As for Jimmy his playing was edited here and there but for the most part he was still phenomenal. Bonham and Jones were on point as always. But yeah 73 was really where the decline kicked in in terms of performance
@@digiorno1142 if you watch closely yes there were actually 3 edits, shot in 74, and Jimmy mimed his playing for about 12 seconds just before the solo, also done in 74
Considering trying a live stream. Maybe next week? Who would be keen for a coffee and chat!? I'm very old and technologically impaired so I'm sure it will be a dogs breakfast but worth a go?
Would really enjoy it, but when you do the live streams I am in the middle of my work day shift ! Lol. Can't help that we are in different time zones 😜
Hi Andrew, I' m an old school drummer from the seventies and now I'm in my seventies . I belong to the era of Cream, Sabbath, Deep Purple, Jimi Hendrix Experience and of course Led Zeppelin in no particular pecking order, as each of those bands drummers styles and technical abilities contributed so much to the bands success. Your channel just came up on a TH-cam suggestion and thought I'd have a look and listen. You're analysis and enthusiastic descriptions as you play some awesome tracks brings a smile.. On this one, if you get a chance, have a listen to the recording ''BBC Sessions'' as on it Bonham's drum sound is epic. Thank You.
When Bohnam died in 1980 Jimmy Page said they’d never reunite unless there was a Bohnam on the drums . Well it took a while but we got Celebration Day ! The last time I played a session where I was doing 12/8 blues my drummer quit !
I paid to see this movie 21 times as a middle schooler. The audio & visual are a millisecond or two off on a lot of the footage in this concert, hey it was the early 70's, everyone was stoned.
The bands peak was ‘73, Plants ‘72. He developed nodes late 72 and was never able to sing the same again. A lot of 73 was ragged for Plant, like 75. But 73 his voice was still younger and when warmed up, like here, had a nice rasp. Very Janis Joplin. Very much physically Graffiti voice (one of my faves) . 73 represented 5 years of consistent touring for the band
2:39 I would say that the first 5 years of their existence were the best, but I have to admit that I am really in love with the bluesy phase at the beginning (especially 1969 and 1970) which went back to Robert who grew up listening to Delta and Chicago blues. Jimmy and John were more on the rougher harder side of Hard Rock. John Paul listened to Jazz and is a classically trained organ player. The band themselves, when asked replied that they thought their best performances were Bath 1970 and The Forum, Los Angeles 1972. Most fans would probably go for the 1977 US tour as their best time. TSRTS movie was recorded at MSG in NYC in May 1973, but was not released until 1976. They overdubbed a lot and the sequences during the movie were shot afterwards with all the band members.
As for Zeppelin at their peak, ‘72-‘73 was definitely the peak for Page. However, this was the beginning of the decline for Plant’s voice - his peak was definitely 1970 imo (watch anything from their ‘70 Royal Albert Hall Show). Bonham and Jones on the other hand just kept getting better every damn year.
The most mind-boggling thing about that Royal Albert Hall show is that you're looking at a 21 year old Robert Plant and John Bonham, in a band that has been together less than a year and a half. It is staggering.
Plants peak was 71 72, he had an air raid siren for a voice! It was wrecked by jan 73 and after this tour he had surgery which failed to fix it, his incredible top end was gone forever
his face when they transitioned into the music for the first verse after Robert does that beautiful a cappella says it all, they were a disgustingly tight band back in the day a literally hive mind, something you cant always get out of practicing, on a level achieved by almost no one.
I love that my Zeppelin brethren have given you choice selections from bootleg recordings/re-mixes (that No Quarter is a brilliant example), this version of SIBLY is an official release though. I have heard hundreds of bootlegs and recording over the years. Started collecting tapes/memorabilia/bootlegs circa 1980. Peak Zeppelin means different things for different people. For me peak Zep might be the shows they did on the American west coast on all of their US tours.There is some great stuff from the 75 shows at Earls Court, London, as well. The 1980 tour trough west Europe has it's moments too. There are good shows from all tours. The 1973 tour is a bit overplayed for me personally but it also depends on my mood. I find some of the overindulgent stuff from the 1977 tour quite brilliant. Perhaps peak Zep for me are a few shows from 1972 mixed with a few of the later 1975 shows (Seattle is a standout as well as May 24th at Earls Court). Some like the earlier shows more than the later tours. To each his own. It might be easier to avoid copyright strikes with bootleg stuff than straight from their records. Jimmy has always been quite lenient with fans collecting live recordings and bootlegs (I wasn't always like that though). He's been known for picking up quite a few bootlegs himself while over in Japan over the years. It should also be noted that Jimmy recorded all live shows from circa 1971/72 on-wards albeit only a feed from the soundboard. Or so I've been told. Soundboard feeds are two channel mixes with a very dry sound, almost no audience noise between songs. Perhaps use them for matrix mixes (SBD+AUD in a composite). The Mike Millard audience tapes from tours in California are usually brilliant (the famous "Listen to this Eddie" bootleg comes to mind, if you want to hear the insanity of Zeppelin and the adulation from their audience, just listen to the first 5 minutes of this and play it FUCKING LOUD with headphones: th-cam.com/video/Q2FN5KZzLCg/w-d-xo.html). Some of Jimmy's soundboards might get released eventually. Who knows. Cheers 🍺
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This has to be the greatest opening guitar solo ever
Stunning Darius
YES! YES! YES!!!
and to the greatest blues song ever
Great song!!!!!! SRV also has great intros
Up there with Shine on You Crazy Diamond for me
not just led zep's peak. This performance is the exact moment in time that human culture peaked.
HA! Love it
This is not Led zeps peak. Their peak was mid 1971.
Each member of Zep was the best at what they did. But their true gift was how well they played together and complemented each other. Best rock group ever!
Yes they each are the GOATS of their crafts, together they are Rock Blues etc. GODS, they bring out the best in each other.
One of the greatest live performances of all time.
No auto-tune, pitch correction and analogue!
I've seen men cry, listening to this song. GOAT.
This is one of my favourite pieces of live music, ever.
It's great Alan!
I believe this is the only song they played at almost every show they ever played from the time it came out.
Me too 😉
Even the cop is mesmerized 😂
Yes! 🤣👌
Bonzo pushes and pulls the timing of the song - in many live Led Zeppelin songs - at various points - Bonham plays behind the beat, on top of the beat and even behind the beat. He was amazing ! ❤
That performance was mesmerizing as shown from the crowd reactions lol imagine the goosebumps in MSG
People think of Zeppelin as only a hard rock band, but these boys could play the blues at a whole different level. Classic…period.
It’s not just how good they are individually. You put your finger on it, the musicianship. The way they support each other is second to none.
JPJ was playing bass with foot pedals, Bonhams a beautifully emotional player
Great info Darryl! I agree he's got it down!
Hi ..
I was at that concert way back in 73
Sitting in the 9th row center orchestra . 16 at the time , now 64 .
I've been to Many rock concert at MSG since them . Just about all the big names. No band , not even The Who came close to playing with so
Much soul & stage presence as Led Zeppelin. ZEPPELIN The Greatest Band Ever!! Trust me I was there .
Wow lucky you Michael!
my older bro was there every nite. i asked him how it was? i dont remember. lol
@@AndrewRooneyDrums I wholeheartedly agree
I will go on to say the goat of any entertainmenter(s)
No one ever captured the heart and soul like LZ!!! No one ….
Led Zeppelin is a Blues Rock that's the soul sound The Who is Punk Metal I don't know if you ever saw The Who live in concert comparing Zeppelin's Blues with The Who's Punk apples and oranges two sets of fans two different sounds
As you know I was there in 73, now Dazed and confused, BOHNAM ROCKS IT
I'd be dazed and confused after seeing that too Eric!
Go well my Man!
@@AndrewRooneyDrums You really should do this too. A killer drum. th-cam.com/video/ZQgYn23Xvck/w-d-xo.html
The boys in the band called Jones jacket the onion suit!
HAHA
Bonham was a gifted monster. Powerful gifted and a driving force behind this band. John paul jones and Bonham just amazing together... saying that they all played off each other. Thats what made them so amazing. Thank you for the vid. x
The gorgeous dark skinned girl with the scarf towards the end was Robert Plante's wife, Maureen Wilson!
At about 3:58 you made an interesting comment: "sitting down". Yes, in the late 60's and early 70's we sat down and listened.
Back when people were playing instruments live and the crowd were there to listen.
LOVE IT
Thanks for more Led Zeppelin ❤
More to come!
God, Page's guitar tone. Astounding.
I saw Deep Purple for my first concert when I was in 8th grade. I was lucky enough my brother his gal let me and my gf tag along. We started off with a couple of beers in his 70 GTO and picked up the ladies. The concert blew my mind. The atmosphere was exactly the same and it was a sea of lighters. It was truly a magical time and unless you were there, you can't explain how great it was.
You paint a great picture
one word..EPIC..
One of my favourite Led Zep songs - epic. Every part of this song is incredible - the vocals, guitar, drums, JPJ on keys. John Bonham is such a musical guy - follows every instrument and adds to the essence of the part. That’s why they disbanded when he died. The most epic song from this series of concerts at Madison Square Garden is NO QUARTER - it is EPIC!!!!!!
The Page/Plant synchronization is otherworldly John Paul and Bohnem’s playing is just in the pocket. So much love for them!
My spine tingles every time in that guitar solo.
Yup!
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Look like a damn rabbit HAHA
Well who goes down the rabbit 🐰 hole but a 🐇
HAHA. Went down the bonham rabbit hole and turned into a rabbit
I saw them at Earl's Court. I was 18 or 19 . Loved it but now I seem to admire them even more. Fantastic reaction by this kiwi gentleman as well
I was fortunate to see Zeppelin 5 times and i was knackered just watching them, how Bonzo did it nearly every night when on tour astounds me.
I saw them play in 1973. It's hard to find words to describe the experience. Their music seemed to be coming from another plane of existence. Easily one of the best shows I've ever been to.
IMO this is by far the most impressive drum performance Bonham did. In a very packed field of excellence. But the way he totally drove this was epic.
Can't separate them. Too many bangers
Funny yeah this video footage was a bit out of sync on the 1st VHS and DVD release but was finally fixed in the Collectors edition and blu-ray. This is one of my favorite live songs every!!! Love your reactions Andrew!! Much love from me here in the United States!! Well kinda United States.
Wouldn't it be amazing if we could go back in time ? If we could go back in time for 24 hours, I'd somehow get tickets and go to see Led Zep at MSG...
Andrew, if you get a chance, would love to hear your reaction to Jason Bonham, playing Kashmir at the Celebration Day concert. To my untrained ear, he seems to really do his father's memory proud.
Would also love to hear your thoughts on Bonham senior's drums for In My Time Of Dying...
And my favorite part was your reaction to what you said was your favorite part: the imitation of the gobsmacked cop! Hahaha! Enjoy your content - thanks!
HAHA Glad you enjoyed!
The call and response between Jimmy and Robert...f*ck yeah. Enjoy your videos btw Andrew! Fun to watch.
Saw them in Glasgow in 1972. My mind was indeed blown.
Ooooooo Jimmy, thank you for playing the guitar. That was unbelievably beautiful
Sure was
This is Superb Live sound quality.! U cant get No better than that..
This is my favorite live performance, the passion & soul they all put into it, & how amazing the video & sound is for 1973. This live is so much better then the studio version, I watch this at least once a day, it relaxes me.
1973 WAS THE PEAK
Your reaction to the crowd and the cop was as much fun as your reaction to Zeppelin!
The images are fascinating for me Anita!
Andrew Rooney Drums I can see. They look like the had some good smoke.
I saw them in 72 and John Bonham gave me his drumsticks after the show
10:54 Satisfaction for all. This is a master at his craft. Jimmy (all of them really) can pull so much... I don't really know how to even say it. It's just amazing watching him make that piece of wood, strings, and some electronics feel happy and melancholy at the same time. And he does it so effortlessly. I can't even put into proper words what 10:54 is. I'm just amiss at this point.
Saw Zep twice. One of the best was when John Bonham went into his solo during Moby Dick. The front part of the stage parted and JB's riser rolled through the gap to the front of the audience during his solo. It was epic!
Thanks for this one, it was fun to watch! Your comments are lovely. I especially love your comments about the cop. 😂 He looked stunned for sure....might have been the air that he was breathing at a LZ concert in those days. 😎 Love it!
HAHA Yes you could be right. Everyone floats home from a Led Zep concert in the 70's!
I bet that I saw The Song Remains the Same at the midnight movie In My Hometown Back In the late seventies a hundred times.
And it never gets old...Ever.
And this has got to be the best song out of the bunch besides the middle part of whole lot of love
I once watched it 26 weekends in a row at midnight movies in Birmingham AL.
Formed in 1968. By This time (73) they had recorded and released 5 albums while touring almost constantly. Yeh, this was kind of their live peak, though they'd been on it for a number of years and went on to put out some of their best tracks after this. They also played their biggest dates live at Knebworth years after this, and those shows were still pretty incredible.
Great info! Thank you
Spellbound security guard: this is the greatest job ever! Always loved that part myself! Nice catch Andrew!
Thanks!
Look at there confidence there movements to every beat there look there presence the best on stage band
I agree Gary!
The Mother F'n SMOOTHEST and GROOVEST of them all. When Bonham was on (which admittedly wasn't always) there was no pocket wider and no groove deeper, you better believe! And like you said, still the INTENSITY! Love it, great video!
I was there, 4th Row center. I get goosebumps watching it... wish this guy would STF up though !
Woah. Tell us about the experience man!
Intense. I was only14 then and it was so frustrating not to be able see them. This was definitely their peak
Listen to the BBC live sessions when they first started. So raw and brilliant..
OH! Hold up.
I may need to clarify a comment I made. I said something along the lines of 'out of synch'.
That wasn't a critique of the band. The images were out of synch with the music. ie Bonham wasn't playing what was coming through in the audio.
Just the way they edited it. Wasn't a critique that the band was off :)
God, the film is totally out of synch. Filmed over several nights and they even had to film new footage before release, there's a great story that John Paul Jones had to wear a wig because he had cut his hair. As a youngster with no lessons, I watched this and tried to understand how the arm movements matched the sound. It took a while!
Revisiting your reactions - Thank you!! My favorite LZ song and my favorite performance of it. It takes me to another place. . . I think Bonham is pretty amazing at MSG overall and this performance was just perfection. Never get tired of watching it. Just a few things - JPJ is playing the bass line on foot pedals. I don't know if you'd get a consensus among LZ fans of when they were at their peak. And I think it depends if you're talking about the band as a whole or not. Many would say that Robert's vocals were best pre 1973 and I've read somewhere maybe on the LZ forum that Jimmy thought the LA Forum gigs in 1972 (on How The West Was Won) was the band at its best (I've never seen that in any of his interviews, though). Also, I don't know that he would say the band had peaked at all. For me, the band was just phenomenal in 1975, but Robert's voice had some issues. The stuff they did in Germany in that brief 1980 tour was awesome. Then again, LZ on an off night was better than other bands at their absolute best.
Great comments Susan! Love it
Totally the Peak!!! True Masterpiece
1971 IMO is their greatest peak as a whole band. Bootlegs from this year are mind blowing even with bad audio.
1973 - Plants voice was beginning to get shot from blowing it out so early with his lifestyle and over performing.
They did like 60% of their shows 69-72 and had to have surgery. By 75 his voice was cracking, but still good.
77 -79 was much better but never the same 😪
1975 - Pages peak, but again his best playing was from 69-73. 1977 onwards the heroin kicked in unfortunately. But like always, pulls it off.
Bonham never really faulted too hard, but it’s not as noticeable as a voice / lead guitar.
Jones of course, was always on point.
Creatively though they were pretty solid. Physical graffiti is my favourite album - 1975 but a lot of those songs were from their prime.
@Huck Finn Jones is STILL on point. dude hasnt skipped a beat.
Fvck you talking about, dude?
I feel that the peak was Summer 1972 - Spring 1973. The recordings (bootlegs) from the European tour of 1973 are among the best concerts they ever did. The American tour of 1973 was fine and certainly had its moments - but it was not as consistently as amazing as the earlier European tour of 1973. The American tour in the summer of 1972 was just about as remarkable as Europe 1973.
The Japanese tour of 1972 was not so good. The 1971 Japanese tour was much, much better.
Lastly, you can't go wrong with anything form 1970!
Pretty solid, only 75 voice was more solid than 73 but hoarse battling the cold and flu early that tour then coke voice basically the rest of the tour. Wrote about it on presence. Check out 3.21.75 arguably sang better there than most of 73, and for sure the best show from 75. Actually sings R&R, SRTS, pushes his voice greatly for 75
Plant kept his voice in large part because he gave up smoking decades ago
You hit it out of the ballpark with this reaction....best reaction to Since I've been Loving You I have seen, and there alot of them out there on YT. Your song analysis and reaction to the crowd concert setting was spot on! 😜👍🎵🎵 The stunned look on the cop says it all!
Wow, thank you!
Your pick is on the way. I promise!!!
God I love this old footage :) Amazing
Wait till you hear the live audio of his drumming from any track on How the West was Won, especially my pick 😜 And since you also like old video footage, I have a rare video clip I will try to share with you shortly from a bootleg
JPJ also uses foot pedals for a lot of bottom end, while on keys.
Bro i love this channel, finally someone who is a real musician who reacts, and who understands what do i feel when i her LZ.
Excellent Juan!
This song makes me just melt 🎶🎸🎤♥️ Just listened to Led Zeppelin III in it’s entirety last night ♥️💙
SO GOOD Vickie!!!
Andrew Rooney Drums Zeppelin is my go to band. Always have been since about 1969. They are to me just on another level by themselves. Today I’ve been listening to some Steve Marriott & Humble Pie!! That takes me back 🎤🎸🎶
Epic! They were on the road when making the album Jimmy went into the studio in Memphis TN and did the solo in one take.
Amazing!
I dont know much about drumming but i know this is the best ive ever heard
You have to listen to No Quarter from the same concert John Paul is doing a keyboard solo and John Bonham puts in a drum fill that will blow your mind
And the older sister song to
Since I've been loving you is Tea For One the drums in that are spectacular
I used to listen to this track a lot as a teenager. Never knew what to do with myself afterwards i would be wrung out!
This highlights Pagey more than Bonzo. But again I request live 1973 Hamburg I can't quit you. It is 12/8 blues just like this...but Bonzo absolutely goes off in that song. I would love to see your reaction to it!
some of bonzo's finest
I prefer the one from Royal Albert Hall 1970, the one released on "Coda."
The bands was started from the ashes of the Yardbirds which originally featured Eric Clapton and Jeff Beck. Jimmy Page was a premier studio musician in great demand and workloads. After Beck burned out with a nervous breakdown on tour in the US, Jimmy inherited the band and once they broke up, he recruited his studio buddy, John Paul Jones who he also knew as a great musician. Finding Plant who lead Bonham was a script written by God.
That face at 2:15, heh. Yeah, this is Zeppelin at the very pinnacle of their power. For me, though, the definitive version of this song is live from "How The West Was Won," in which Jimmy Page plays IMO not only his best solo ever, but The Very Best Electric Blues Guitar Solo Of All Time™️. Change my mind.
"Bonham headroom" is such a great phrase. He leaves so much space, and in well-chosen moments, he fills it completely up, then empties it out again. I tell young drummers that if they want a real challenge, they should ignore blast beats and all that nonsense, and try to play this song along with the record, without losing time or rushing. Jedi-level timekeeping.
Nice Joe! I'll check that one out too!
I second that! How the West was Won from 1972 is the peak of their power! That's why I requested Moby Dick from same 1972 concert. 🥁🥁👍😜
BBC session since Iv been loving you is the s#*t in my book. Moby dick well that’s harder to pin down, Uniondale 75 tour is my favourite today.. the soundtrack differs from the movie with tsrts and then there’s the garden tapes that’s a whole different story
Jimmy’s greatest solo is the FULL solo from this show of No Quarter on TSRTS. It’s not all on the album, the first minute was cut out. My opinion, of course. :)
You really should listen to the studio version. It's a perfect blues rock song. And you can hear the the squeaky bass pedal.
I need to get back to much more Led Zep for sure
Comment should.come with a warning... once I noticed the squeaky pedal, I could never unhear it again....
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MIND BLOWING !!!
Love it!! Led Zeppelin changed my life!!!
Awesome Carrie!
If you want to hear the "Peak of their Powers" check out the two live shows from " How The West Was Won" . Both hand picked by Jimmy. both in 1972.
I've done a few from that show!
Finally someone reacts to the full version. Every reaction version has the beginning solo cut off halfway.
1971 was the bands peak by far. This was the year they released arguably their best album. Plant's voice was in near perfect condition singing just like on the studio. Page was amazing this year and only got better the following couple of years. As a whole this was the bands best year imo
73 actually wasnt as great for them as the movie shows it to be. This concert footage was HEAVILY edited and changed to make it perfect for the movie(if you listen to bootlegs from this year youll see what im talking about). This was the year Plants voice "permanently" changed. He didnt sound nearly as good as he does in the movie. As for Jimmy his playing was edited here and there but for the most part he was still phenomenal. Bonham and Jones were on point as always. But yeah 73 was really where the decline kicked in in terms of performance
@@digiorno1142 if you watch closely yes there were actually 3 edits, shot in 74, and Jimmy mimed his playing for about 12 seconds just before the solo, also done in 74
Considering trying a live stream. Maybe next week?
Who would be keen for a coffee and chat!?
I'm very old and technologically impaired so I'm sure it will be a dogs breakfast but worth a go?
Would really enjoy it, but when you do the live streams I am in the middle of my work day shift ! Lol. Can't help that we are in different time zones 😜
Where do you Live!? USA?
Yes I live in USA West coast Pacific time zone.
Me!!!!
@@finessemuse2123 Hey, breakfast for dinner is a treat at my house. LOL
Always happens to me the same when i see this film ,i can't help thinking about the people going back home knowing they just saw the best band ever
100% Rafa!
JPJ played the bass foot pedals! Also, when he went to the acoustic set with his triple-necked guitar!
That is so true that it's a very hard thing to put fills in 12/8 blues that actually serve the music, I need so much practice in that field!
“Mind Blowing”
Hi Andrew, I' m an old school drummer from the seventies and now I'm in my seventies . I belong to the era of Cream, Sabbath, Deep Purple, Jimi Hendrix Experience and of course Led Zeppelin in no particular pecking order, as each of those bands drummers styles and technical abilities contributed so much to the bands success. Your channel just came up on a TH-cam suggestion and thought I'd have a look and listen. You're analysis and enthusiastic descriptions as you play some awesome tracks brings a smile.. On this one, if you get a chance, have a listen to the recording ''BBC Sessions'' as on it Bonham's drum sound is epic. Thank You.
You will love it!
I did Julie!
Bonhams Moby Dick during this performance is wicked... Total drums... Great reaction. Thank you. 😊
In my time of dying for drums♥️😎
When Bohnam died in 1980 Jimmy Page said they’d never reunite unless there was a Bohnam on the drums . Well it took a while but we got Celebration Day ! The last time I played a session where I was doing 12/8 blues my drummer quit !
That cop stare is GOLD!!!
Wish I could discover zep fresh... What a memory!!
Awesome just awesome
Yes yes yes the cops reaction is utterly gold. As he picks his jaw up off the ground
Exactly Liam!
I paid to see this movie 21 times as a middle schooler. The audio & visual are a millisecond or two off on a lot of the footage in this concert, hey it was the early 70's, everyone was stoned.
I first saw Zep earlier that year. They are still the greatest band for me.
GREAT band. Proper rock stars
The bands peak was ‘73, Plants ‘72. He developed nodes late 72 and was never able to sing the same again. A lot of 73 was ragged for Plant, like 75. But 73 his voice was still younger and when warmed up, like here, had a nice rasp. Very Janis Joplin. Very much physically Graffiti voice (one of my faves) . 73 represented 5 years of consistent touring for the band
Best snare sound of all time
MSG, their best recorded live performance in my opinion.
So good
Just greatness
Though their catalog got deeper with Physical Graffitti, 1973 is probably the peak of Zep as a live band.
Andrew sei fantastico ..simpaticissimo nonché bello...
2:39 I would say that the first 5 years of their existence were the best, but I have to admit that I am really in love with the bluesy phase at the beginning (especially 1969 and 1970) which went back to Robert who grew up listening to Delta and Chicago blues.
Jimmy and John were more on the rougher harder side of Hard Rock.
John Paul listened to Jazz and is a classically trained organ player.
The band themselves, when asked replied that they thought their best performances were Bath 1970 and The Forum, Los Angeles 1972.
Most fans would probably go for the 1977 US tour as their best time.
TSRTS movie was recorded at MSG in NYC in May 1973, but was not released until 1976.
They overdubbed a lot and the sequences during the movie were shot afterwards with all the band members.
As for Zeppelin at their peak, ‘72-‘73 was definitely the peak for Page. However, this was the beginning of the decline for Plant’s voice - his peak was definitely 1970 imo (watch anything from their ‘70 Royal Albert Hall Show). Bonham and Jones on the other hand just kept getting better every damn year.
The most mind-boggling thing about that Royal Albert Hall show is that you're looking at a 21 year old Robert Plant and John Bonham, in a band that has been together less than a year and a half. It is staggering.
Crazy town playing that good that young!
Plants peak was 71 72, he had an air raid siren for a voice! It was wrecked by jan 73 and after this tour he had surgery which failed to fix it, his incredible top end was gone forever
This is stunningly beautiful
I agree. I think ‘72 more so than ‘73. But then even in 1975 pages playing was terrible compared to previous years.
Beautiful 🎶🎤🥁🎸👌
Agree!
his face when they transitioned into the music for the first verse after Robert does that beautiful a cappella says it all, they were a disgustingly tight band back in the day a literally hive mind, something you cant always get out of practicing, on a level achieved by almost no one.
I love that my Zeppelin brethren have given you choice selections from bootleg recordings/re-mixes (that No Quarter is a brilliant example), this version of SIBLY is an official release though. I have heard hundreds of bootlegs and recording over the years. Started collecting tapes/memorabilia/bootlegs circa 1980.
Peak Zeppelin means different things for different people. For me peak Zep might be the shows they did on the American west coast on all of their US tours.There is some great stuff from the 75 shows at Earls Court, London, as well. The 1980 tour trough west Europe has it's moments too. There are good shows from all tours.
The 1973 tour is a bit overplayed for me personally but it also depends on my mood. I find some of the overindulgent stuff from the 1977 tour quite brilliant. Perhaps peak Zep for me are a few shows from 1972 mixed with a few of the later 1975 shows (Seattle is a standout as well as May 24th at Earls Court).
Some like the earlier shows more than the later tours. To each his own. It might be easier to avoid copyright strikes with bootleg stuff than straight from their records. Jimmy has always been quite lenient with fans collecting live recordings and bootlegs (I wasn't always like that though). He's been known for picking up quite a few bootlegs himself while over in Japan over the years. It should also be noted that Jimmy recorded all live shows from circa 1971/72 on-wards albeit only a feed from the soundboard. Or so I've been told. Soundboard feeds are two channel mixes with a very dry sound, almost no audience noise between songs. Perhaps use them for matrix mixes (SBD+AUD in a composite).
The Mike Millard audience tapes from tours in California are usually brilliant (the famous "Listen to this Eddie" bootleg comes to mind, if you want to hear the insanity of Zeppelin and the adulation from their audience, just listen to the first 5 minutes of this and play it FUCKING LOUD with headphones: th-cam.com/video/Q2FN5KZzLCg/w-d-xo.html).
Some of Jimmy's soundboards might get released eventually. Who knows.
Cheers 🍺