Don’t ever overlook John Paul’s Jones’ role in Led Zeppelin. He was not only the bassist but also Led Zeppelin’s music arranger. He was responsible for adapting the instruments, voices, rhythms, and tempo to create a new sound for a piece of music.
@@elainepool8246 I get sick and tired of everybody saying don’t forget JPJ they were all top five in the instrument dept,but if you want to get into arranging JPJ is responsible for the majority of ITTOD which is by far there worst album.
Jimmy Page as the producer wanted the band's recordings to have a live ambiance. He believed distance meant depth and miked the drums accordingly. Page had spent years in the studio as a session musician and had taken great interest in the production side of recording. The band was also given a free hand by Atlantic Records. As a result, Led Zeppelin's production values were exceptional for the era. When the band's catalogue went digital, Page re-mastered all the recordings to recover what had been lost in the process. Listeners got the vinyl sound without the vinyl shortcomings such as rumble. This was only possible because of the quality of the original tapes.
@@HC-iu1vs That was a natural talent, something that could not be learned. The importance of Page's session years to Led Zeppelin were the production values and getting the final sound exactly as he wanted.This does not diminish the role of recording engineers in the process . Most bands recorded their stuff and left, leaving the record producer to put it all together. Sometimes that was best because the producer was especially talented like the Beatles' George Martin but sometimes it was someone trying to get the record out at the least cost.
@@mariai9549 Page says he reads music like a 6 year old reads words. When called in for a studio session he would do what was asked of him. If they needed a solo, he would give them a solo. If they needed a rhythm guitarist, he would play rhythm. He did not need sheet music to do that, he needed only had to hear the music. Page's original music was mostly created playing around with ideas and a tape recorder to record those ideas . He did not compose in the classical sense of transcribing the music as he went along. I think very few rock musicians would have done that. Not all Led Zeppelin songs originated with Page. Other members of the band would have the initial concept to which Page would contribute his ideas. The music might change completely during this evolution. Once in the studio a song might continue to evolve until a final version was produced for the album. Live, the songs would continue to evolve. This was a band of improvising musicians. Nothing was locked down
Whole Lotta Love was recorded on 8 tracks. The rest of the songs were recorded on 16 track equipment. Stairway to Heaven was not released as a single in Europe or the U.S. It was just a radio hit. It was released as a single in some South American and Asian countries by the record companies without direct involvement of the band. In general, Led Zeppelin did not release singles.
I'm still blown away by Good Times Bad Times being recorded in 1968. No decade matches the sixties in terms of the rate of recording tech progress. It was the seventies sound, and telling everyone else to catch up 😁
Seen them with Jason three times myself. Never with John. Sold out shows all three times, seated people were standing all to often for the average looking ages. Incredible performances, if you get the chance, I strongly recommend the Jason Bonham Experience.
@@Dam-a-fence Did you clone yourself or time travel a couple times? Because there has only been 2 public performances with Jason. In 1988 for the Atlantic Records 40th Anniversary Celebration and in 2007 at the O2 in London. Kinda hard to see 3 different shows with Jason on drums for Zeppelin when it only happened the two times outside Jason's wedding reception in 1990.
As others have suggested, the best way to do Zeppelin is to go through all of their albums chronologically. But if you must listen to just one right away, I recommend Since I've Been Loving You from LZ III, a tear-your-heart-out blues with one of the finest guitar solos ever and soaring vocals. Do the studio version first, then check out the live version from 1973 at Madison Square Garden. You'll be impressed.
Heart's homage with 'Stairway to Heaven' (in front of Page, Plant, Jones and Bonham's widow) at Kennedy Center Honors is an amazing thing to experience.
Aloha. I'm 64, went to 2 Zep concerts in one week. One in Portland and one in Seattle. I was 13 or 14. Legends and God's! All of them. Without one member there would be no LZ. That's why after Bonzo passed they went their own ways. Bless them. Also, they never ever released a single. Thank their manager for that. Only LPs or concerts. Much respect 🙏🏽 🫡
I was born in 73 but had a brother who was 12 years older than me so in my preteen years and teen years I played all his albums and he had all the LED Zeppelin albums I used to spin the wheel on 111 and slide windows on physical graffiti and his In In Through The Out Door still had the brown paper bag cover over it which how I fell in love with Fool in The Rain as well. My brother passed away 2 years ago but he lives on in my love for great music thank you for keeping him alive with me.
Led Zeppelin is a once in an existence band. There has never been nor will there ever be another like it. You can say the same thing about artists like Michael Jackson, Prince, Stevie Wonder, The Rolling Stones, etc. The four members are at the top of the line in not only playing their instruments but improvising and writing. Often times, songs like Stairway to Heaven, The Battle of Evermore, among others were improvised on the spot with very few rewrites and rearranging. I have been a musician for over forty years and have enjoyed and played in many genres from jazz to rock to classical to country and more. There are few bands that not only write great songs and improvise new versions live on the spot, but are also able to take the listener to new and amazing cerebral realms that few experience. Pure genius.
"Stairway" is probably the greatest rock song of all-time. Up there with it, Yes' "Roundabout," The Beach Boys' "Good Vibrations," and The Beatles, "A Day in the Life." There are others, but these are all GIANTS based on the songwriting, arranging, performance, and production.
Immigrant Song about my country Iceland, written just after their gig in Reykjavik in June 1970. Land of ice and snow, hot springs and the midnight sun.
Recorder not flute. Google: Why was Stairway to Heaven not released as a single? The band never authorised the song to be edited for single release, despite pressure from Atlantic Records. Page told Rolling Stone in 1975, "We were careful to never release it as a single", which forced buyers to buy the entire album.
Today people throw the word "iconic" around for anything. THIS is an iconic riff. Probably the most iconic of all early rock. I first heard it when I was 12. It had an effect. 😜🤩😆
Speaking of Plant’ voice aging well, it did!! He did have vocal problems at one time, and didn’t want to do Zep songs for a long time, because it was too much strain on his voice! I think he went through some voice training to get it back!! Was so happy to see him get his voice back!
The wind instrument that you hear at the beginning of Stairway is a recorder. It was played by their bassist who was a multi instrumentalist named John Paul Jones. The recorders stop and the Melton starts in their place when the electric guitar kicks in
Jason Bonham on the live Kashmir cut.... Kashmir has two different time signatures in it in the verses. Drummer is playing 4/4, rest of the band is playing 6/8. Incredible.
Stairway to Heaven was not released as a single. Don't know about the US, but Led Zeppelin were not a 'pop' band and they were not interested in 'pop' charts. They (correctly) considered themselves serious musicians and an album band, so they never released any singles at all in the UK (during the time the band was active).
'Pop' music by definition is popular music, pure and simple. As Led Zeppelin were one of the most popular bands in the 70's they literally played pop music.
I had Immigrant Song on 45, b/w Hey, Hey What Can I Do? That single was the only place you could get the latter (at least in the US) until they released Coda.
All four are the best at what they do, creating one of the greatest bands period. Robert Plant uses his vocals literally as an instrument creating sounds and music. Just incredible. Love them obviously. Best always from Cincinnati, f.
The whole Celebration Day concert is a great watch/listen. I've read that for some/most of the songs, they lowered the key at least for Robert Plant's singing. He doesn't have that high range any more. But Kashmir is sung in its original proper key and Robert killed it.
Whole Lotta Love and the LZ 2 album was my introduction to Zep thanks to an older brother over ten years older than me that decided to buy it and bring it home and play it on his cool stereo . From that day I was a Zep fan and got to know them as they went on gradually until Bonham died ..It is wild to see how popular they are and still will be popular and consistently discovered .. The albums should be listened to in the order of the years that they were released...
Man, as an old guy it takes me back to discovering this music (and have now seen you dive into Beatles and Pink Floyd and what not). This is what a lot of us grew up on. I moved onto hip hop, metal, phish, grateful dead, jazz, blues, etc. I think you have a lot you can learn from going back.
As some have mentioned, check out Dazed and Confused live in Madison Garden to see Jimmy playing the guitar with the bow. He actually performed this song with his former group The Yardbirds. They performed it on their 1967-1968 tour but it was called I'm Confused. Their BBC recording is available on TH-cam, with the bow and all. They did change the lyrics on the Zeppelin version. Jimmy also recorded an early version of the song "Tangerine" from Led Zeppelin 3 with The Yardbirds in 1968, titled "Knowing That I'm Losing You"
Kudos to showcasing a song from "In Through The Out Door." Diehard Zep fans tend to dismiss this album due to the clear departure from previous Zeppelin efforts, but the songs were both different AND brilliant. They had the courage to push boundaries in instrumentation, melody and rhythm and each song varied from the other. John Paul Jones co-wrote most of the songs and his unique musical expressions come through.
I'm late Gen X and this is of my parents' generation (although they were more classical (mum) and Dire Straits (dad)!) But it's great to know folks born after '97 love this stuff. My girlfriend's nephew is 19 and playing this stuff on guitar. It's a relief not all are into the autotuned nightmares of recent years (maybe often produced by folks near my age!)
@@becauseisaacWAY. Jason is a great drummer in his own right. Not an alien like his dad, but still highly successful professional drummer today. Currently Plays with Sammy Hagar’s touring band, also in the supergroup Black Country Communion, and tours the world with his own Zeppelin tribute band which is damn good.
Jason studied ALL the bootlegs of Zeppelin concerts he could get his hands on. He knew how his dad had improvised in all the main concerts. Came in really handy during the rehearsals for the O2 when the others couldn’t remember how they ended a song or a particular transition. Jason was a walking encyclopedia. Jimmy speaks about Jason saying, “Well, in Detroit in ‘75 you did it this way… in Chicago in ‘73 you did it that way”. What a resource! 😁
JOHN PERSONALLY TUNED HIS DRUMS TO EVERY ROOM ECHOESTICS THAT HE PLAYED IN. HE WAS VERY METICULOUS N WOULD SPEND HOURS AT IT IF NEED BE. THERE IS SO MUCH GREAT MUSIC THAT YOU HAVENT HEARD YET. YOU ARE IN FOR A INCREDIBLE EXPERIENCE. ROCK ON 👊🖖
Enjoyed watching this video, thank you. FYI, back in the day none of their songs were issued as singles. Tracks were selected to pitch to radio stations to play as default representations of the album and that created a notion that every album had single tracks but no singles for sale. This was a thought and idea by Peter Grant, the band's manager. The thought was, if people want the song make them buy the entire album. Surely this made the executives at Atlantic cringe in their shoes but Atlantic basically gave LZ free full license to do whatever they wanted. We can not definitively determine how sales figures would have been effected if they had issued singles but given how many albums they sold I would say that Peter Grant's intuitions were pretty good.
I had the privilege of meeting Robert Plant backstage when my nephew who is in his band got me a VIP pass. I taught my nephew to play and now he has been in Roberts band since Strange Sensation. I will never get over Robert Plant saying where's the Uncle, I want to meet the Uncle, referring to me. 🤘
Isaac, you need to check out "Dazed & Confused". "When The Levee Breaks", "Nobody's Fault But Mine", "Moby Dick (early live version)", "Bonzo's Montreux", "Achilles Last Stand" and "D'Yer Mak'er" by Led Zeppelin. As a Zep fan and a fellow drummer, you'll understand why i suggested these for you to listen to.
Led Zeppelin brings together all generations, Boomers, X, Millennials, Y, Z. Good music is good music, no matter what age you are. I think many suggestions for next Led Zeppelin advantures go into Since I've Been Loving You (Live at Madison Square Garden 1973) and No Quarter (Live at Madison Square Garden 1973). Great songs and great recordings.
I'm a geriatric millennial and rediscovered all the great music from the 60's and 70's back in the late 90's and early 00's. It's really really cool getting to watch the next generation rediscover this timeless music for themselves!
Baby boomer geezer chick here. I have just now discovered your channel. I searched your list of videos--and you don't have anything by either of my two favorite classic rock bands. The bands are The Moody Blues and The Zombies. The Moodies' most well-known song is Nights in White Satin, but my personal favorites include Your Wildest Dreams, its sequel I know you're out there somewhere, and two rarely-heard songs, You and Me and Vintage Wine. As for The Zombies... their 3 top hits from the 60s were She's Not There, Tell Her No, and Time of the Season. They came back together in more recent years and recorded some new albums. One other song you really need to hear is Old and Wise by the Alan Parsons Project. Colin Blunstone sang lead on that song, and he was also the Zombies' lead singer. WHAT a voice. The first time I ever heard Old and Wise was live, with Colin singing and Rod Argent (Zombies keyboard player) accompanying him on piano. It was utterly mesmerizing. Check it out. You won't be sorry.
You should check out Band Maid sometime. They're an all female rock group from Japan They have an old school rock sound. I suggest these songs: Thrill, Dice, Manners & Bubble
Zep played Live Aid with Tony Thompson after Bonham died. It sucked. On the Celebration Day reunion, Bomham’s son Jason carried the percussion duties and slayed it. I MO, he is the only choice
Thinking back on the literal hundreds of times I've heard StH in various places, high school dances, playing over the radio, blasting at a carnival, if I'm being honest, I got jaded to it, which is a shame. It's nothing short of a musical masterpiece. So cool to see someone's initial reaction to hearing it. It's an incredible song, by an incredible band.
Just like Jason Bonham, Zak Richard Starkey followed his father to play the drums, (born 13 September 1965) is an English rock drummer who has performed and recorded with the Who since 1996. He is also the third drummer to have appeared with Oasis. Other musicians and bands he has worked with include Johnny Marr, the Icicle Works, the Lightning Seeds, and the Semantics. He is the son of the Beatles' drummer Ringo Starr and Maureen Starkey.
8 tracks on Whole Lotta Love. Two guitar (one main, one detuned during solo), one bass, two drum (L&R), one percussion, two vocals (#1 lead/verses, #2 backing/chorus and end vocals) Recorded at Olympic, London April 1969. Mixed in New York at A&R May '69.
greatest band ever! So innovative. broke all the norms and changed rock forever. Stairway was a recorder or mellotron JP jones played. Stairway starts slow and soft then keeps speeding up and getting louder and adding instruments. building to a fanfare and full rock ending.along with great lyrics. greatest song ever!
Isaac, if you want the song that invented the pocket, go back 4 years from Kashmir ('75) to When the Levee Breaks ('71). Holy Christ are you in for an experience.
Pocket existed looooong before Bonham. But I agree that he should hear Levee. I never understand when young drummers haven’t heard that song ……especially if they’ve had any formal training
i think its so cool that page was hands on with the production and mixing of zeps songs and i like to think that a lot of creative choices in the mixes were his choice example being the swell of the guitar when wonton song goes back into the main riff
I'm glad that you caught the flutes in stairway. The main reason for the song is that Page wanted to write a song that continuously picked up tempo. For fool in the rain, Page is getting that sweet tone from a cheapo DanElectro and the Purdy shuffle is the stuff of legends.
OMG just wanted to say YAY YAY & YAY i found someone who LUVZ & Adores "Fool In The Rain" seemingly as MUCH as i DO! Lifelong My Beloved Other Worldly Led Zeppelin Lover since i 1st started listening to them when i was 7-8 yrs old they grabbed me by my SOUL & NEVER let GO! They put in a Trance consistently like an out of body experience that is pure BLISS they are a true Gift & a Treasure to this Planet Best Band EVER to me & i just LUV EVERY single song of theirs & YES that includes "Hot Dog" heh
You want an even better example of Zep's mastery of the pocket, check out The Lemon Song (off Led Zeppelin II), especially the part starting at the 3 min mark. The bass/drums interaction is just phenomenal... Other stand outs, Heartbreaker (same album), Since I've Been Loving You (first album), Achiles' Last Stand (Presence), Ten Years Gone (Physical Graffiti). Live of the Album The Song Remains the Same (1973): Moby Dick (with Bonham's drum solo), Dazed and Confused and The Rain Song (with actual Mellotron ;). Acoustic side, Going to California (Led Zep IV). ANd to understand how the legend was created: Good Times Bad Times, first song on their first album was a statement that could not be ignored (remember that Bonham had 1 bass drum and 1 bass drum pedal ;).
From what I've learned, part of what makes this song so riveting is that most of the band is in 8/8 (or 4/4 really), but the drums are in 7/8, so the drums and instruments only fully coincide on every 8th note.
Yes John Paul Jones used the mellotron, synthisizer, as well as flutes and a piano bass. You should see the Pipe Organ he plays in the Movie The Song Remains the Same.
I was lucky enough to see Plant and Page in concert in 1997. They did 3 songs from their new album (walking into Clarksdale) then ripped into 3 hours of Zeppelin, including Kashmir, whole lotta love and most of their biggest hits. BEST CONERT I WLL EVER SEE> And I went to Woodstock 94 with metaliica, aerosmith, Bob dylan, P. Gabriel, Green Day, Candlebox, and 30 bands total. Zeppelin was still much better.
Hey Isaac thanks for looking back to these great band like you are doing. My first album was Led Zeppelin II. It blew me away. That was in the mid eighties and Led Zeppelin was old to me then too! 😂 I have a recommendation, Aja from Steely Dan. Probably the best album that was ever produced without feeling over produced. One of the songs has the Purdy shuffle. Just spectacular!
Great channel! I really enjoy the reactions to the 20th century rock songs. Your musicianship and production knowledge make the show. Watch Zeppelin's 1st song on their 1st album! Best debut ever? Good Times, Bad Times. Must of made Beatles, Stones, Hendrix worry a bit about the future. Good Times , Bad Times!
FYI - when Jimmy Page and Jeff Beck were in the Yardbirds together..... Jeff was the lead player and Jimmy the rhythm guitar player. you may want to check out Jeff Beck...
Don’t ever overlook John Paul’s Jones’ role in Led Zeppelin. He was not only the bassist but also Led Zeppelin’s music arranger. He was responsible for adapting the instruments, voices, rhythms, and tempo to create a new sound for a piece of music.
Absolutely true. He is so often overlooked but many of the instruments that Zep incorporated was due to Jones experimenting with them first.
@@elainepool8246 I get sick and tired of everybody saying don’t forget JPJ they were all top five in the instrument dept,but if you want to get into arranging JPJ is responsible for the majority of ITTOD
which is by far there worst album.
He was like the Jack of all trades in the band.
Jimmy Page as the producer wanted the band's recordings to have a live ambiance. He believed distance meant depth and miked the drums accordingly. Page had spent years in the studio as a session musician and had taken great interest in the production side of recording. The band was also given a free hand by Atlantic Records. As a result, Led Zeppelin's production values were exceptional for the era. When the band's catalogue went digital, Page re-mastered all the recordings to recover what had been lost in the process. Listeners got the vinyl sound without the vinyl shortcomings such as rumble. This was only possible because of the quality of the original tapes.
One of the things that made Zep unique. Being in the studio so much is maybe why Jimmy is the RiffMaster of guitar.
@@HC-iu1vs That was a natural talent, something that could not be learned. The importance of Page's session years to Led Zeppelin were the production values and getting the final sound exactly as he wanted.This does not diminish the role of recording engineers in the process . Most bands recorded their stuff and left, leaving the record producer to put it all together. Sometimes that was best because the producer was especially talented like the Beatles' George Martin but sometimes it was someone trying to get the record out at the least cost.
@@davidcarter4247 Was Page playing /reading written parts or original music whilst in studio?
@@mariai9549 Page says he reads music like a 6 year old reads words. When called in for a studio session he would do what was asked of him. If they needed a solo, he would give them a solo. If they needed a rhythm guitarist, he would play rhythm. He did not need sheet music to do that, he needed only had to hear the music.
Page's original music was mostly created playing around with ideas and a tape recorder to record those ideas . He did not compose in the classical sense of transcribing the music as he went along. I think very few rock musicians would have done that. Not all Led Zeppelin songs originated with Page. Other members of the band would have the initial concept to which Page would contribute his ideas. The music might change completely during this evolution.
Once in the studio a song might continue to evolve until a final version was produced for the album. Live, the songs would continue to evolve. This was a band of improvising musicians. Nothing was locked down
Eddie Kramer was the engineer/ co producer along with Jimmy Page
Next, for drums and my favourites; when the Levee Breaks and Achilles Last Stand
I couldn’t agree more
Time of Dying might nudge its way onto that list.
Jimmy's solo on Achilles Last Stand gives me chills still, but yes the drums are fantastic
I 2nd, 3rd and 4th that
Moby dick live is the one for drums, more of an extended drum solo than anything else.
Witnessing you experience Stairway for the first time really brought me back to when I hadn't heard the song 8,000 times. Really cool.
Whole Lotta Love was recorded on 8 tracks. The rest of the songs were recorded on 16 track equipment. Stairway to Heaven was not released as a single in Europe or the U.S. It was just a radio hit. It was released as a single in some South American and Asian countries by the record companies without direct involvement of the band. In general, Led Zeppelin did not release singles.
You say 8 tracks...
I say it was recorded on 8 inches.
I'm still blown away by Good Times Bad Times being recorded in 1968. No decade matches the sixties in terms of the rate of recording tech progress. It was the seventies sound, and telling everyone else to catch up 😁
Aussie import
Since I've been Loving You Live MSG 1973...
Jason did his Dad proud 👏 ❤😂
Seen them with Jason three times myself. Never with John. Sold out shows all three times, seated people were standing all to often for the average looking ages. Incredible performances, if you get the chance, I strongly recommend the Jason Bonham Experience.
@@Dam-a-fence Did you clone yourself or time travel a couple times? Because there has only been 2 public performances with Jason. In 1988 for the Atlantic Records 40th Anniversary Celebration and in 2007 at the O2 in London. Kinda hard to see 3 different shows with Jason on drums for Zeppelin when it only happened the two times outside Jason's wedding reception in 1990.
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The Jason Bonham Experience is Jason's band. I was under the wrong impression.
Yes. Yes, he sure did! ❤❤
As others have suggested, the best way to do Zeppelin is to go through all of their albums chronologically. But if you must listen to just one right away, I recommend Since I've Been Loving You from LZ III, a tear-your-heart-out blues with one of the finest guitar solos ever and soaring vocals. Do the studio version first, then check out the live version from 1973 at Madison Square Garden. You'll be impressed.
Simply the All Time GOATS! 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
Heart's homage with 'Stairway to Heaven' (in front of Page, Plant, Jones and Bonham's widow) at Kennedy Center Honors is an amazing thing to experience.
For some incredible drumming, check out Achilles Last Stand
Moby Dick. That is Bonham's solo drumming and about 20 minutes long. Big hit at the concerts.
Their music is electrifying
one of my favourite led zeppelin tracks is Since ive been loving you, very powerful
Yes it’s about his son who passed away
@@magpie234actually All My Love is about his son who passed away not Since I've Been Loving You.
@ sorry that’s correct
simply the best....monster rhythm section at the back, enigmatic guitar genius and sexy lead singer up front...nice one Isaac👍
Aloha. I'm 64, went to 2 Zep concerts in one week. One in Portland and one in Seattle. I was 13 or 14. Legends and God's! All of them. Without one member there would be no LZ.
That's why after Bonzo passed they went their own ways. Bless them.
Also, they never ever released a single. Thank their manager for that. Only LPs or concerts. Much respect 🙏🏽 🫡
^^^^major concert envy!^^^
I was born in 73 but had a brother who was 12 years older than me so in my preteen years and teen years I played all his albums and he had all the LED Zeppelin albums I used to spin the wheel on 111 and slide windows on physical graffiti and his In In Through The Out Door still had the brown paper bag cover over it which how I fell in love with Fool in The Rain as well. My brother passed away 2 years ago but he lives on in my love for great music thank you for keeping him alive with me.
You don't pause during a solo!!!
He can do whatever he wants
@@lipbyno he can’t. How dare he pause Les zeppelin solo omg oh no
It is known.
@IZZY_EDIBLE This kid is a music professional studying popular music. Let him do it his way.
It's a reaction channe -l let the reactor dissect a song the way they want. If you don't like it, simply don't listen to their channe🤨l
Led Zeppelin is a once in an existence band. There has never been nor will there ever be another like it. You can say the same thing about artists like Michael Jackson, Prince, Stevie Wonder, The Rolling Stones, etc. The four members are at the top of the line in not only playing their instruments but improvising and writing. Often times, songs like Stairway to Heaven, The Battle of Evermore, among others were improvised on the spot with very few rewrites and rearranging. I have been a musician for over forty years and have enjoyed and played in many genres from jazz to rock to classical to country and more. There are few bands that not only write great songs and improvise new versions live on the spot, but are also able to take the listener to new and amazing cerebral realms that few experience. Pure genius.
Very strongly recommending the 17 minute studio version of Iron Butterfly’s 1968 orange sunshine soaked romp “In a Gadda Da Vida.”
oh mate, live they were untouchable! they played songs VERY different live, they just went off wherever they felt like goin and it was magical!
Yo bud. They never made a bad song. EVER! I was fortunate to see them twice😅
There is a video/movie LZ did called "The Song Remains the Same." It is long but well worth it if you like their music.
You're a drummer? Levee Breaks...game over.
imtod and achilles!
or Fool in the rain
Good Times, Bad Times,
Dazed (anything from the first album really).. he’s got a lot to enjoy.
"In My Time Dying".....best work ever.....
Levee and Moby Dick, I would say
"Stairway" is probably the greatest rock song of all-time. Up there with it, Yes' "Roundabout," The Beach Boys' "Good Vibrations," and The Beatles, "A Day in the Life." There are others, but these are all GIANTS based on the songwriting, arranging, performance, and production.
Bohemian Rhapsody is in that conversation for sure too.
Immigrant Song about my country Iceland, written just after their gig in Reykjavik in June 1970. Land of ice and snow, hot springs and the midnight sun.
I had that song playing in my head when I visited your beautiful and amazing county in 2016.
I drove the entire ring road and was on the hill with everybody for new years. Incredible country!
The way Jimmy just sssssslides in with that solo is the best i ever heard.
one of my favorite bands
Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd , Megadeth, Scorpions
I love how we are led very gently but surely up that musical staircase! Genius! This would always be in my top ten desert island discs.
Recorder not flute.
Google:
Why was Stairway to Heaven not released as a single?
The band never authorised the song to be edited for single release, despite pressure from Atlantic Records. Page told Rolling Stone in 1975, "We were careful to never release it as a single", which forced buyers to buy the entire album.
Not recorder or flute it was a synthesizer.
@@williamirelan9332it was a recorder
Today people throw the word "iconic" around for anything. THIS is an iconic riff. Probably the most iconic of all early rock. I first heard it when I was 12. It had an effect. 😜🤩😆
As much as I agree, the riff would be lost if a lessor singer was belting out those lyrics!
Speaking of Plant’ voice aging well, it did!! He did have vocal problems at one time, and didn’t want to do Zep songs for a long time, because it was too much strain on his voice! I think he went through some voice training to get it back!! Was so happy to see him get his voice back!
The wind instrument that you hear at the beginning of Stairway is a recorder. It was played by their bassist who was a multi instrumentalist named John Paul Jones. The recorders stop and the Melton starts in their place when the electric guitar kicks in
I always thought it started with recorders but everyone commented that it was electronically produced.
Jason Bonham on the live Kashmir cut....
Kashmir has two different time signatures in it in the verses. Drummer is playing 4/4, rest of the band is playing 6/8. Incredible.
a tension that never breaks
Stairway to Heaven was not released as a single. Don't know about the US, but Led Zeppelin were not a 'pop' band and they were not interested in 'pop' charts. They (correctly) considered themselves serious musicians and an album band, so they never released any singles at all in the UK (during the time the band was active).
'Pop' music by definition is popular music, pure and simple. As Led Zeppelin were one of the most popular bands in the 70's they literally played pop music.
SORRY that is shite logic!!@@PaulKeil
@PaulKeil you're technically correct but the is a diffence between pop music and popular music.
They pretty much defined album oriented radio in the 70s.
I had Immigrant Song on 45, b/w Hey, Hey What Can I Do? That single was the only place you could get the latter (at least in the US) until they released Coda.
All four are the best at what they do, creating one of the greatest bands period. Robert Plant uses his vocals literally as an instrument creating sounds and music. Just incredible. Love them obviously. Best always from Cincinnati, f.
mellotron was used for live "stairway", studio was recorders (the wind instrument).
The whole Celebration Day concert is a great watch/listen. I've read that for some/most of the songs, they lowered the key at least for Robert Plant's singing. He doesn't have that high range any more. But Kashmir is sung in its original proper key and Robert killed it.
These guys were always just sick!!!!!!
My favourite band Zep the GOAT!!
Whole Lotta Love and the LZ 2 album was my introduction to Zep thanks to an older brother over ten years older than me that decided to buy it and bring it home and play it on his cool stereo . From that day I was a Zep fan and got to know them as they went on gradually until Bonham died ..It is wild to see how popular they are and still will be popular and consistently discovered .. The albums should be listened to in the order of the years that they were released...
I have loved Led Zeppelin since 1969!!!! They are the greatest rock band EVER!!!
they NAILED it in 2007!
Stairway to Heaven live is pure GOLD. Definitely recommend ❤
Man, as an old guy it takes me back to discovering this music (and have now seen you dive into Beatles and Pink Floyd and what not). This is what a lot of us grew up on. I moved onto hip hop, metal, phish, grateful dead, jazz, blues, etc. I think you have a lot you can learn from going back.
The open of Stairway is JPJ playing a recorder that was recorded and added in.
JPJ rarely gets the accolades he deserves. He was the glue and every bit as talented as Page and Bonham.
With Bonham , his genuine genius in what he didn't include when playing.
As some have mentioned, check out Dazed and Confused live in Madison Garden to see Jimmy playing the guitar with the bow. He actually performed this song with his former group The Yardbirds. They performed it on their 1967-1968 tour but it was called I'm Confused. Their BBC recording is available on TH-cam, with the bow and all. They did change the lyrics on the Zeppelin version.
Jimmy also recorded an early version of the song "Tangerine" from Led Zeppelin 3 with The Yardbirds in 1968, titled "Knowing That I'm Losing You"
Royal Albert hall version is even more raw😎👍 young and hungry version🤣🤣 before they are the biggest band in the world
Kudos to showcasing a song from "In Through The Out Door." Diehard Zep fans tend to dismiss this album due to the clear departure from previous Zeppelin efforts, but the songs were both different AND brilliant. They had the courage to push boundaries in instrumentation, melody and rhythm and each song varied from the other. John Paul Jones co-wrote most of the songs and his unique musical expressions come through.
I'm late Gen X and this is of my parents' generation (although they were more classical (mum) and Dire Straits (dad)!) But it's great to know folks born after '97 love this stuff. My girlfriend's nephew is 19 and playing this stuff on guitar. It's a relief not all are into the autotuned nightmares of recent years (maybe often produced by folks near my age!)
"Dazed and Confused" from their first album.
This was 07 @the 02 in London.
The drummer is the Great John Bonham's son Jason. 😂
Oh no way!!
@@becauseisaac FYI Robert Plant is Jason's godfather.
@@becauseisaacWAY. Jason is a great drummer in his own right. Not an alien like his dad, but still highly successful professional drummer today. Currently Plays with Sammy Hagar’s touring band, also in the supergroup Black Country Communion, and tours the world with his own Zeppelin tribute band which is damn good.
Jason studied ALL the bootlegs of Zeppelin concerts he could get his hands on. He knew how his dad had improvised in all the main concerts. Came in really handy during the rehearsals for the O2 when the others couldn’t remember how they ended a song or a particular transition. Jason was a walking encyclopedia. Jimmy speaks about Jason saying, “Well, in Detroit in ‘75 you did it this way… in Chicago in ‘73 you did it that way”. What a resource! 😁
"When I was a young child, 13 or 14 years old, my grandfather gave me his iPod."
Well that sounded more ancient than it actually is.
2012 or so 😆
JOHN PERSONALLY TUNED HIS DRUMS TO EVERY ROOM ECHOESTICS THAT HE PLAYED IN. HE WAS VERY METICULOUS N WOULD SPEND HOURS AT IT IF NEED BE. THERE IS SO MUCH GREAT MUSIC THAT YOU HAVENT HEARD YET. YOU ARE IN FOR A INCREDIBLE EXPERIENCE. ROCK ON 👊🖖
Enjoyed watching this video, thank you.
FYI, back in the day none of their songs were issued as singles. Tracks were selected to pitch to radio stations to play as default representations of the album and that created a notion that every album had single tracks but no singles for sale. This was a thought and idea by Peter Grant, the band's manager. The thought was, if people want the song make them buy the entire album. Surely this made the executives at Atlantic cringe in their shoes but Atlantic basically gave LZ free full license to do whatever they wanted. We can not definitively determine how sales figures would have been effected if they had issued singles but given how many albums they sold I would say that Peter Grant's intuitions were pretty good.
It was actually Jimmy Page who insisted on this. He was the producer and band founder and he knew that he wanted the band to be an album band.
Your smile when the Stairway solo kicks in is pure rock fan seeing paradise
I had the privilege of meeting Robert Plant backstage when my nephew who is in his band got me a VIP pass. I taught my nephew to play and now he has been in Roberts band since Strange Sensation. I will never get over Robert Plant saying where's the Uncle, I want to meet the Uncle, referring to me. 🤘
Led Zeppelin were way ahead of their time!🤘❤🤟🤟🤟
you cut off the end of whole lotta love. don't do that.
Isaac, you need to check out "Dazed & Confused". "When The Levee Breaks", "Nobody's Fault But Mine", "Moby Dick (early live version)", "Bonzo's Montreux", "Achilles Last Stand" and "D'Yer Mak'er" by Led Zeppelin. As a Zep fan and a fellow drummer, you'll understand why i suggested these for you to listen to.
Led Zeppelin brings together all generations, Boomers, X, Millennials, Y, Z. Good music is good music, no matter what age you are. I think many suggestions for next Led Zeppelin advantures go into Since I've Been Loving You (Live at Madison Square Garden 1973) and No Quarter (Live at Madison Square Garden 1973). Great songs and great recordings.
Very nice review , looking forwards to more from you. Been a Zep fan since I was 11 in 1970.
Love the shuffle example. Followed.
My favorite band since 1969 ❤
No 2 songs sounds the same 😮😮😮
The greatest band ever ❤
I'm a geriatric millennial and rediscovered all the great music from the 60's and 70's back in the late 90's and early 00's. It's really really cool getting to watch the next generation rediscover this timeless music for themselves!
Baby boomer geezer chick here. I have just now discovered your channel. I searched your list of videos--and you don't have anything by either of my two favorite classic rock bands. The bands are The Moody Blues and The Zombies. The Moodies' most well-known song is Nights in White Satin, but my personal favorites include Your Wildest Dreams, its sequel I know you're out there somewhere, and two rarely-heard songs, You and Me and Vintage Wine. As for The Zombies... their 3 top hits from the 60s were She's Not There, Tell Her No, and Time of the Season. They came back together in more recent years and recorded some new albums. One other song you really need to hear is Old and Wise by the Alan Parsons Project. Colin Blunstone sang lead on that song, and he was also the Zombies' lead singer. WHAT a voice. The first time I ever heard Old and Wise was live, with Colin singing and Rod Argent (Zombies keyboard player) accompanying him on piano. It was utterly mesmerizing. Check it out. You won't be sorry.
Love Led Zeppelin!! My generation!!
Suggestion, you should review album by album in order to see their evolution and life changes their music over the years.
❤🎉
YES i Wholeheartedly AGREE tis absolutely the very best way to "Experience" Led Zeppelin & they course ARE an "Experience" Other Worldly Magical
Agree
You should check out Band Maid sometime. They're an all female rock group from Japan
They have an old school rock sound. I suggest these songs: Thrill, Dice, Manners & Bubble
also...Jimmy Page ,guitarist, also produced all the LZ albums and made sure JB's drums sounded just right
He produced edited & worked very close with the engineers, to get exactly the sounds he wanted.
bonham knew how to tune his kit too
@ yes he did
Zep played Live Aid with Tony Thompson after Bonham died. It sucked. On the Celebration Day reunion, Bomham’s son Jason carried the percussion duties and slayed it. I MO, he is the only choice
Thinking back on the literal hundreds of times I've heard StH in various places, high school dances, playing over the radio, blasting at a carnival, if I'm being honest, I got jaded to it, which is a shame. It's nothing short of a musical masterpiece. So cool to see someone's initial reaction to hearing it. It's an incredible song, by an incredible band.
Just like Jason Bonham, Zak Richard Starkey followed his father to play the drums, (born 13 September 1965) is an English rock drummer who has performed and recorded with the Who since 1996. He is also the third drummer to have appeared with Oasis. Other musicians and bands he has worked with include Johnny Marr, the Icicle Works, the Lightning Seeds, and the Semantics. He is the son of the Beatles' drummer Ringo Starr and Maureen Starkey.
The epitome of a classic! I think it holds the record or in the top 3 longest singles on the billboard charts!
Please. Listen to Since I've Been Loving You by Zeppelin. That thing will absolutely leave you speechless. It's musical perfection. Perfection.
8 tracks on Whole Lotta Love. Two guitar (one main, one detuned during solo), one bass, two drum (L&R), one percussion, two vocals (#1 lead/verses, #2 backing/chorus and end vocals)
Recorded at Olympic, London April 1969. Mixed in New York at A&R May '69.
greatest band ever! So innovative. broke all the norms and changed rock forever. Stairway was a recorder or mellotron JP jones played. Stairway starts slow and soft then keeps speeding up and getting louder and adding instruments. building to a fanfare and full rock ending.along with great lyrics. greatest song ever!
Isaac, if you want the song that invented the pocket, go back 4 years from Kashmir ('75) to When the Levee Breaks ('71). Holy Christ are you in for an experience.
Pocket existed looooong before Bonham. But I agree that he should hear Levee. I never understand when young drummers haven’t heard that song ……especially if they’ve had any formal training
the shuffle in Fool in the Rain is delicious
Gotta do more!!! They are magnificent!!
i think its so cool that page was hands on with the production and mixing of zeps songs and i like to think that a lot of creative choices in the mixes were his choice example being the swell of the guitar when wonton song goes back into the main riff
I'm glad that you caught the flutes in stairway. The main reason for the song is that Page wanted to write a song that continuously picked up tempo.
For fool in the rain, Page is getting that sweet tone from a cheapo DanElectro and the Purdy shuffle is the stuff of legends.
OMG just wanted to say YAY YAY & YAY i found someone who LUVZ & Adores "Fool In The Rain" seemingly as MUCH as i DO! Lifelong My Beloved Other Worldly Led Zeppelin Lover since i 1st started listening to them when i was 7-8 yrs old they grabbed me by my SOUL & NEVER let GO! They put in a Trance consistently like an out of body experience that is pure BLISS they are a true Gift & a Treasure to this Planet Best Band EVER to me & i just LUV EVERY single song of theirs & YES that includes "Hot Dog" heh
Woo!
Check out "Dazed and Confused" live from Madison Square....from The Song Remains The Same. You'll see Jimmy Page weave his magic with the Cello Bow.
the song "moby Dick" is just bohnam going ham on drums the entire time
Supposedly they didn't want Stairway on their set list, but it became so popular they almost had to.
You want an even better example of Zep's mastery of the pocket, check out The Lemon Song (off Led Zeppelin II), especially the part starting at the 3 min mark. The bass/drums interaction is just phenomenal... Other stand outs, Heartbreaker (same album), Since I've Been Loving You (first album), Achiles' Last Stand (Presence), Ten Years Gone (Physical Graffiti). Live of the Album The Song Remains the Same (1973): Moby Dick (with Bonham's drum solo), Dazed and Confused and The Rain Song (with actual Mellotron ;). Acoustic side, Going to California (Led Zep IV). ANd to understand how the legend was created: Good Times Bad Times, first song on their first album was a statement that could not be ignored (remember that Bonham had 1 bass drum and 1 bass drum pedal ;).
From what I've learned, part of what makes this song so riveting is that most of the band is in 8/8 (or 4/4 really), but the drums are in 7/8, so the drums and instruments only fully coincide on every 8th note.
In My Time Of Dying is drumming ecstacy, Achilles of course, all killer!!
The drummer on Kashmir was Jason Bonham , Johns son ! Apologies if you already know
I didn’t!! That makes it so much better
Yes John Paul Jones used the mellotron, synthisizer, as well as flutes and a piano bass. You should see the Pipe Organ he plays in the Movie The Song Remains the Same.
"Stairway To Heaven" is more than THE anthem of the whole rock history, it's THE revelation at all.
Pause when you need to pause. You are listening, that is what is important.
That is a mellotron. John Paul Jones had that until the next gen. of synths replaced it.
I was lucky enough to see Plant and Page in concert in 1997. They did 3 songs from their new album (walking into Clarksdale) then ripped into 3 hours of Zeppelin, including Kashmir, whole lotta love and most of their biggest hits. BEST CONERT I WLL EVER SEE> And I went to Woodstock 94 with metaliica, aerosmith, Bob dylan, P. Gabriel, Green Day, Candlebox, and 30 bands total. Zeppelin was still much better.
JPJ played & recorded the recorders, 2 to be exact, or twice.
There is absolutely nothing bad about “Celebration Day”. Nothing! ✌🏼😎🇺🇸
Led Zeppelin is my favorite band, ......you should should check out Rush sometime, maybe Tom Sawyer first.
ah, Rush. Such an excellent band. Like you Zeppelin is my favorite band. And Rush is up there as well. You can't help but, love rush
Hey Isaac thanks for looking back to these great band like you are doing. My first album was Led Zeppelin II. It blew me away. That was in the mid eighties and Led Zeppelin was old to me then too! 😂 I have a recommendation, Aja from Steely Dan. Probably the best album that was ever produced without feeling over produced. One of the songs has the Purdy shuffle. Just spectacular!
"Since I've been loving you " is a great song also by Led Zeppelin.
My favorite!
Great channel! I really enjoy the reactions to the 20th century rock songs. Your musicianship and production knowledge make the show.
Watch Zeppelin's 1st song on their 1st album! Best debut ever? Good Times, Bad Times.
Must of made Beatles, Stones, Hendrix worry a bit about the future. Good Times , Bad Times!
FYI - when Jimmy Page and Jeff Beck were in the Yardbirds together..... Jeff was the lead player and Jimmy the rhythm guitar player. you may want to check out Jeff Beck...
Brilliance shines bright with Zep. Fool In The Rain is just awesome.
Probably 8 tracks moving to 16 as the 70s progressed, but still amazing to hear the creative results