Might not know this one the other side of the Pond but Market Square Heroes was always a rousing end to any Marillion show Hey Jude Paul McCartney. Knebworth 1990. (It’s on TH-cam) Songbird Fleetwood Mac Going Home Dire Straits American Pie Garth Brooks (Rock meets Country)
I am a teenager today and I am still discovering music from Zeppelin to AC-DC to all sorts of Metal and such, and I am enjoying the process every step of the way!
Good for you man. I was born in 87 so this stuff was a bit before my time too, but I remember getting my first few tastes of classic rock and just going deeper and deeper into everything it has to offer. And going through the Zeppelin catalog really was an amazing experience. And you have it all here at your finger tips with TH-cam and Spotify. Enjoy this period of discovery!
Caught my 8 year old, standing on his bed, in front of his mirror, classic rock radio cranked to 11, playing air guitar. I just smiled and closed the door. He was in his happy place and so was I.
Yea, someone who was an older person that'd been around the band Slade when they were forming said that they should find some other singer than Noddy Holder because all he could do was scream and make a bunch of noise and they'd be better off with someone else. Slade went on to sell more singles in less time in England than The Beatles did and probably influenced more bands than any other Rock group ever, Ozzy Osborne himself said Noddy Holder probably has the greatest voice ever in the history of Rock. Scream and make a bunch noise indeed, he sure did, all the way into the record books.
On a different note, but on the same line; Billy Graham was told in Bible school that he could not preach by one of his instructors. So much for opinions of some educators.
Everything Zeppelin touched was gold. Battle Of Evermore, Living Loving Maid, Black Dog, Rock and Roll, Whole Lotta Love, Stairway To Heaven!! Literally Everything 🤘
In the evening was my favourite. It’s off the in through the out door album. How old ami? I swear I was 18 yesterday! 😢 My mind thinks I’m 25, but my body reminds me I’ll be 60 in a few months. 🤔🤷🏼♂️
Exactly. To call the impromptu composition of a rock classic by the greatest rock band in history a "total accident" is pure clickbait. But I still love you, Adam. Lol!
Zeppelin IV & Physical Graffiti are my favorites, but I love all of their albums to various degrees. I go through phases where I will listen to their earlier albums then switch it up to the later ones. I have also spent countless hours listening to bootlegs of their concerts. They were truly the greatest rock and roll band!
Rock amd roll is one of the best rock songs ever. That is why 100s of bands have covered it and continue to do so. Everyone in the room lights up when rock and roll comes on the radio
This is my perfect album - there isn't a weak song on it. And it perfectly personifies the band and all their influences and facets in one incredible album. Balls out rock, soft acoustic, mandolin, four sticks and that crazy time sig on Black Dog. It's a masterpiece. I have the four symbols tattooed on my back now...
Went to see Van Halen for their 5150 tour. BTO opens, that already makes it great. Van Halen does their thing, amazing. Come back on for the encore and Sammy brings out Ann Wilson and you guessed it, they blew the roof off of the arena in Seattle with a blazing cover of RocknRoll. What a way to end that show.
I also saw VH on that tour with BTO, both bands were really great. I wasn't fortunate enough to see Ann Wilson at the show I attended but it was very enjoyable anyway.
I saw the same tour but it sounds like you got the better deal with Ann Wilson showing up. Honestly, I have fonder memories of BTO than VH from that show. Eddie was hungover and the venue had waaay to much security.
Led Zeppelin helped make me a rock star with my group of friends for a couple of weeks. I heard LZ 1 on KMET in L.A., hustled down to the local record store to buy it, and gathered all my homies together for a memorable listen. Who really cares if their records never hit #1 - it doesn't change how we feel about them. In relation to that, there should've been separate categories - rock 'n roll, soul, mellow rock, etc.
This should be the band that is too good for chart success. There are so many songs of theirs that are just too magnificent to compete with all the ordinary, poppy, top 40-ish songs vying for the top spot. Zep are in a league of their OWN.
@@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980 absolutely. Tell that to Beatle's fans who think their favourite band is untouchable. Just because they sold more albums than anyone else doesn't necessarily mean they were the best. Beaver has hundreds of millions of views on TH-cam and a hundred million followers but him and his music will be completely forgotten in 20 years or even sooner!
Adam you're not alone with the memories of jammin with these fantastic songs, I used a hair brush for a mic & have very fond memories of my dad & the things we both liked & enjoyed the time we spent together!! I think about him daily. There literally hasn't been a single day that's gone by since I lost him in 2001 that he hasn't been in my thoughts & I talk about him VERY often. The other person who meant the world to me was grandma. My dad's mom, I was extremely close to her & I can't wait to join them... one day!! Thanks for all that you do, your love of music & your memories & stories of your dad.
All albums have an interesting and genius level of execution. It’s hard for me to pick a favorite. Yes, Kashmir is the best all genre song of all time, but I won’t commit to the best LZ album. They, in my opinion are the best band in history.
One of my first favorite songs as a kid. I was so young that I didn’t even know who the band was. I just knew I love everything about it. Still love this song.
When you are a rock god group it was so easy for them to pull this off, they will rock on into rock history, true legends 😎💕Everything Led Zeppelin did was a #1 hit in my eyes
One of the best parts about the professor is Rock is when the show is over, you know you're going to going to go listen to the whole song...probably with headphones, and you're going to sing or play your air guitar... and I'm right there with you...
My parents had one of those huge wood furniture peices with record player inside. Played Black Dog and Rock and Roll whenever they were out. I actually would listen to side one endlessly for months (I was 10) before actually turning record over for another favrite Misty Mountain Hop plus When the Levee Breaks and Going to California . Eventually blew out the speakers. This song and album made me a Zep fan forever. Another great show and background story. Thanks!
I agree 100%!! I dig deep into the songs of bands to find nuggets that most never listen to and Zeppelin is one of those bands, along with Deep Purple and Foghat and Savoy Brown.
Love zeppelin they are one of few bands I don't have a favorite song frome. . It changes depending on my mood . Might be houses of the holey or it might be immigrant song or the battle for evermore . Depends on my mood and they could do it all.
I have a very distinct memory of hearing this song for the first time. It was 1985 and I was 14. I was hanging out in a video arcade on Friday night. There was a juke box playing and a friend of my sister's went over and put on "Rock and Roll". He looked at me and winked and said "you're gonna love this." I was blown away. Every time I hear it, I am 14 again playing pinball in that arcade.
Led Zeppelin III is nearly a concept album. It shows the connection between then-modern rock and old folk music, from old songs like "Gallows Pole" to the oldest field recordings, as emulated in "Hats Off to (Roy) Harper".
It's a tossup for me between III and PG as their best. Roy Harper is also actually an interesting artist. I've got a bunch of his on CD. He's also the person that did the vocals on Pink Floyd's "Have A Cigar". And, he did an album with Page in the 80's, (What Ever Happened To) Jugula.
Professor, always appreciate your channel, but especially when you cover songs by arguably THE BEST band in rock music history, from one of the most important albums ever recorded. Loved this episode so much, I watched it twice! Thank you for sharing another episode on the band that has been and always will be #1 in my heart.❤🙏🏻✌️
III was my first Zep album. I was like THIS is Zeppelin? Gimme more! It wasn’t long before I had them all, including the Hey Hey What Can I Do single. Still my favorite rock band.
Thank you so much for this video ❤ Today is my birthday and this made it start off with the best feeling in my heart. They are my all time favorite ❣️ When I was a teenager, barely in high school, I sat in a car (a long boat of a car 😉) and we smoked a 1/4 ounce while listening to the radio. The station was playing Zeppelin A to Z. I just sat there so stoned in my own little world. That night they became my all time favorite band. I have never been the same 😁
I am an US Air Force brat, moved from Hawaii to Utah in 1971, talk about a culture shock, but was 2 of the best years of my life...I was blessed to see Led Zep in Salt Lake City right after I graduated high school, 1973, and they had just come from Atlanta and since I was born in Georgia was special, for no reason at all! I love your channel, like many bands, I grew up waiting to see what is next....I actually lifted(stole) 20$ from my Dads sock drawer and bought Led Zep 2, and I actually ended up telling him about it, he just laughed...Please, no more sad dog stories. I teared up watching you tell the story....Keep on keeping on bro!
Zeppelin's been my favorite R&R band for over 40 years. "They Who Can Do No Wrong". Love it all. So sad we all have to get old. Rock and Roll is far from my favorite LZ song, but they're all good. Great post.
Zep 3 is probably my favorite album, since I’ve been loving you is the greatest rock song ever imo and my all time favorite. The solo is Page at his best and Plant’s vocals throughout are insane
While difficult to pick my favorite Zeppelin album, III is definitely a contender for favorite. I got that album, along with After the Gold Rush, and Sweet Baby James for Christmas 1970. I was 13 and on my way to being a lifelong fan of Zeppelin.
Adam, I guessed it when to 22 but when you said 47….😮 Shocked beyond belief. I was in a band where we opened our set with Rock And Roll and that set the tone for us the rest of the night. They sang every song with us and the drunker they got, the more fun we had! Thanks for sharing stories about your youth and your dad.
This was a song that made the bonfires brighter, the nights cooler, and the teens wilder back in my youth... Hat tip to the gang from Shawnee HS Medford NJ, and all the parties at the Field, the Maze, and Bottle Hill...!
My brother and I were Beatles / Stones fans from the early 60’s… But, you better believe we bought Zeppelin IV…. Played it over and over… (earned a spot next to our hallowed Beatles albums) I still remember, all these years later, the Visceral… mind blowing feeling “Rock and Roll” sent through me, the first time I heard it!!
Oh man, when I first heard Zep, it changed the whole game to me! I bought every album through In through the Out Door! I had these on 8 tracks, albums, cassettes, then CDS! Now have them on Apple iPhone!
I'd bet that that's a big part of why they never had a number one hit. You're not going to go buy a single of Rock And Roll backed with Four Sticks when you already have the album, unless you're a completionist.
Love Zep!! Love Rock and Roll! How this sing didn't chart higher is beyond me. They WERE Rock and Roll! Love the episode Professor! This indeed is a biggie as you promised. And yesterday was Breakfast Club detention day 39 years ago. 🎉🎉
Back then, the Billboard weekly chart rankings were based on a combination of record sales and radio airplay. One theory for a lower charting peak position can be why would one purchase the single if they like the whole album. Another theory is that some singles are chopped up edited versions of the album cut to make it radio friendly and perhaps the record buyer would prefer the full-length version. As Billy Joel once said about his song "Piano Man", "It was a beautiful song, but it ran too long, if you're gonna have a hit, you gotta make it fit, so they [Columbia Records] cut it down to 3:05."
It didn’t chart higher because it was 1971, and songs like this just didn’t make it onto Top 40 radio, which unfortunately ruled the airwaves back then
I'm incredibly disappointed that my cable channels didn't put The Breakfast Club on this weekend. Every once in a while they slip stuff like that in, they put Lost Boys and License to Drive on a couple weeks ago and I realized on my own that it was the anniversary of the day Corey Haim died. One night they put on Midnight Express, I was doing some research on it and realized it was the anniversary of the day Billy Hayes was arrested. They aired it again a few days later on what was the anniversary of his escape. None of this was explicitly mentioned, it was just done. It reminds me of the day a local radio station played Sister Christian and Jessie's Girl back to back with zero mention of Boogie Nights, they just did it.
Little regard was paid to the FM radio market. That is where Led Zeppelin and other much ignored music of the day was playing. It's long lasting popularity has proven it's value. Young people are still putting aside today's music for "Zeppelin" over what otherwise is considered "THEIR" music.
I like this Professor of Rock show as much as I used to like listening to the Casey Kasem’s Weekly Top 40. Great job creating something new but also recreating the magic of that show. From the way you tell the stories to the mixing in of parts of the song, it’s like Weekly Top 40 meets a vocal version of Pop Up Video! Great stuff - thank you. One of the best channels on all of TH-cam!
I've been in more bands than a computer can add together, and it seems that every single cover band (with the exception of a country band and a dance band) and an original band played this song. For every rock band, this song is required playing where other hall of fame songs aren't. That shows the power of this over everythung else.
I bet some others have touched on this already, but the main reason Zeppelin never performed quite as well as one might expect on the singles charts is because their singles were always released weeks, months, or even years after that song had already been featured on an album. In this instance, while Zeppelin IV was released in early November of 71, Rock and Roll wasn’t released as a single until February of 72. Everybody had heard the song by the time the single came out. Otherwise, tremendous video as always brotha🤘
I love that you and your father have that connection with music. Music is so important but fathers even more so. Thank you for what you do with this channel. ✌️
I've heard the album called "ZOSO" along with all the ones Adam mentioned, as well. Rock and Roll was the perfect song placement on that album. It's a perfect mixture of heavy songs alongside quieter ballads and tracks. Great stuff!! Seeing Adam's dad on this vid, and knowing how he helped shape this channel, was awesome!!!
As a side note: I wonder how many of us watch these vids from the Professor and go straight to the vid to watch it (adding hundreds of thousands of views to that song). It would be really interesting to see updates on the number of views after a professor of rock video. The Professor of Rock is closing in on a million subs for this channel, that's alot of ppl.
This is my FAVORITE Zeppelin song. Gets you up out of your seat as soon as Bonham hits those drums. My brother's band used to do this song (many years ago when I was a teenager lol) and it brings back a lot of memories of listening to them practicing this song in our basement.
@@ProfessorofRock If you ever get a chance to see Get The Led Out do it! They are a great Zep "tribute" band. I don't usually do tribute bands, but these guys are so good you will swear they are Zeppelin. The lead singer actually played a Robert Plant type lead singer in the show Vinyl. You won't be disappointed.
Hey Adam, with your immense love of music and seeing you play the broom, I've wondered if you play any instruments. When I first heard Bonham play, I knew I had to play drums and I did. Lately I've been learning to play guitar. I'm 63 and I figure you're never too old!👍😎🎸🥁🎶
One of my favorite albums is "Dark Side of the Moon." Problem is any singles from the album just doesn't sound right. It's a case of the whole being greater than the parts.
Was the first vinyl I bought in my live: "Whole lotta love" on a side and " Rock and Roll" on b. Still remember me listening it. And I love it till today!
"Presence" was the album that made LZ IV the 'yesterday's best LZ album' Their ability to inject lots of variety into rock music without having to take on the 'progressive rock' label is remarkable, to this day
In 1977, I was backstage at the Oakland Coliseum two-day LZ shows as a volunteer with the Rock Medicine Section of the Haight-Ashbury Free Medical Clinic. They did Rock and Roll as the encore at that show. There was a gorgeous blonde behind the band and to the side, who was dancing, shaking every bit of her to the ultimate rock tribute. It was the hottest thing I ever saw in person in my life. I don't know who it was; a groupie or a friend who got lucky, but it was a moment in rock and roll history that maybe only me and a few others witnessed.
I can't even imagine Led Zeppelin not having a number 1 hit. I will tell you that they are on my short list for #1 rock band. Yes, I might get confused when I think about whether they could possibly be above the Beatles and Pink Floyd but they are still up therein my Mt Rushmore of rock.
The 70s undoubtedly was the most eclectic decade musically. From pop to singer-songwriter to soft rock to soul to jazz to disco to punk to heavy metal - all had a shot in the charts.
Great vid professor. Two reason why Led Zep singles didn't sell so well 1/ Most fans wanted the Albums so why waste money on a single 2/ They never released any singles at all in the UK stating that the charts were so poor they didn't want to be associated with them. Its just a case that some bands had singles successes but poor albums sales, and some like Led Zep and Pink Floyd were the opposite
@@petercena9497 I was going to mention them but wanted to keep my post short. The 'problem' for them was their albums were quite different from their singles and hence their traditional audience didn't buy Albums. A few 'glam rock' bands were like this which also effected their audience numbers when touring.
@@henrytoor3917 Here in the states, their first single "Little Willy" almost killed any chance of them being taken seriously. Too bad since they were pretty good.
Jayanna Kelley Probably because Page had already shown destain about Zeppelin doing singles. Plant is open in a 1975 interview about his utter dislike of the singles charts, so I wouldn't say it was just down to Peter Grant.
I have to tell you, this channel is easy to watch. It is a great music channel, but you get the fact that the message is important and needs to be heard un-cluttered. When you speak, no music. Everyone hears the message and not distracted by music in the back ground. So many content creators talk over muic or noise and message lost. Bailing out of videos halfway through and letting them know why but 0 changes leads to unsubscribing channels I liked. I refer you to channels as the perfect format for information videos. Keep up the great work you do Adam. Always a THUMB UP from me.
Nothing kills a video more than overly loud music over important dialog. I hate when that happens and it goes on far too much. Professor of Rock is a pro and his videos are always top-notch!
I remember as a young newly married graduated engineer in a new home on a quiet street having a house party for all my friends. Needless to say, a few alcoholic beverages were drank. At about 5:00 in the morning I woke to find everyone passed out, all the doors and windows wide open and "When The Levee Breaks" playing on repeat on my new CD player in full blast on my Bryston Amp and Klipsch speakers. How and why none of my new neighbors didn't phone the police still bewilders me to this day :)
Love Led Zeppelin myself and had all their albums from the release dates back in the day. The low show on the charts was because the band was an FM stereo radio band as they had very few singles and they tended to be too long for regular rotation.
@@RadioMartyT1B Every album is a masterpiece let me guess you head got fried on acid and your a Greatful Crap fan right ? There's 3 guitar players and then everyone else HENDRIX ,VAN HALEN AND PAGE THEN EVERYONE ELSE don't know what you think your hearing!
In 2001 (I was 21), I was a leader at a youth retreat. One of the other leaders (in his 40s) and I were discussing how there wasn't much good new music being released. A Jr high student overheard us, and said, "You guys think there are no good new bands??!? Have you heard Led Zeppelin???" My older counterpart proceeded to educate the young lad on the band's history
Led Zeppelin III is one of their best albums and a necessary change of course. Experimentation was a big thing then. By the time "Rock and Roll" had hit, its success or lack of may have become irrelevant, since "Stairway to Heaven" had become a juggernaut overwhelming everything in its way. Robert Plant's favorite album was "Forever Changes" by Love, and seemed to influence a lot of his writing. Zeppelin proteges "Bad Company" looked to be a huge singles/albums band but that was short lived.
The thing about the fourth album and Rock and Roll, is that what could easily be a standard rock tune in the hands of other artists, the track takes on a sort of sonic mysticism, as do all of the other tracks on the fourth album. The mystique of the band hangs heavy over every single track on it, and it’s shrouded in an almost unearthly aura that makes it difficult to describe and pin down. To this day, I still have difficulty describing it, and I have never seen or heard anyone else adequately describe the atmosphere it conveys.
So Zeppelin is my favorite band. From the other songs on the top 5 that week it just feels like everyone was feeling a little more mellow than Rock and Roll. I think Rock and Roll is probably more familiar to most people then those 5 tracks, so time has evened things out.
All the best Classic Rock Songs are usually done on the spot with It's all original chemistry driven band members and not where band members like today interchange like Baseball Trading Cards. Great stuff as always PROFESSOR ! 😁👍
I played High School basketball in the 70's. Before i left my house to go to the school to play I played Rock and Roll at the highest volume my speakers could take. It got me really hyped up for the game. My mom never said a word about the volume that it was set on when I was leaving the house. All she'd say is good luck. But it was by far my favorite song!
I remember that year when Zep 4 arrived. They played stairway on the Loop in Chicago one night and we sat in the car listening as a family. I was 4. Great memories from that time. I also, had that Rockin Robin single, haha! Love the 70s
I"ve never been a big Led Zepplin fan and this song is just not one for my personal taste, but their song Stairway To Heaven to me is in the top 10 greatest songs of the rock and roll era.
I agree, I remember back in the year 1980 there was a rival to Casey Kassims American Top 40 called The Weekly Top 30 hosted by Mark Elliott, they had a special countdown for the greatest songs in Rock history up until that point. Stairway To Heaven was voted the #1 song on that list.
When this came out, everyone in our area called it Zoso, after Page's drawing on the album We called it the Zoso album. We never called it 4 and I personally still call it Zoso.
Radio was controlled and paid to do what they did. Led Zeppelin didn't need radio by all their sell out concerts, that was proof right there. They didn't need radio then or now.But the music lives on forever.
I only discovered Led Zeppelin long after they disbanded on oldies stations, because at the time they were making the music, my local rock channels just did not play their music... AT ALL. Criminal! They are my favorite band now.
Bringing out the Led! Awesome! 🤘🏽 Our children love Led Zep and with good reason: we played it for them 😊 Hard to believe it wasn’t #1. Thanks for the content, it’s always so good.
Ah and yes we have two copies of 4. The first copy belonging to my husband who wasn’t very tender with his albums (almost none of them are playable) and mine that plays beautifully (as all of mine are 😂)
I have always thought this song was more literal. My dad (same age as Paige) told me that the music he had grown up with in the 50s had just disappeared. He went to Vietnam in '66 and came back to a different world. The simple blues based rock and roll was gone. Since Zeppelin was a blues band and Paige loves guys like Link Wray, this song was sort of a love letter to an era that had vanished. It is the same as Lucas making American Graffiti in 72. That way of life was gone and not coming back.
Led Zeppelin IV is my all time favorite LZ album. It was the first Led Zeppelin album I owned. Rock & Roll is just a pure simple classic. What more can be said?
Saw Led Zepplin. There last concert, 1977? In Los Angeles, CA. The show had been postponed - rescheduled. My buddy and I bused Greyhound 130 miles to the show. Had to get scalped tickets, $10 ea. Were sweating the cost. Bought them off two hot chicks, who were giddy. Because they just scored getting invited backstage. Soooo, my buddy and I got our two seats, first row, floor, left corner of the stage. Right in front of speaker stack and a full view of the guys. W. O. W. !!! Special treat: Keith Moon slipped in to bang drums w/ Bonham. What A Trip.
Led Zeppelin III doesnt get enough love, and its my personal favorite because it really shows how great they were with stuff outside of the standard "rock & roll" genre with more bluesy, acoustic, and almost jazzy approach on the album. Led Zeppelin IV however, is no doubt an undisputed classic, and it is a must own for every music fan out there.
Professor, the reason Zep didn't chart well on the singles chart is probably because the band and their fans were album oriented. Back in that day, if you liked to rock, you bought the album for the entire experience. It just wasn't cool to buy the single.
By the early '70's it became pointless to buy singles because you knew they'd be included on an album released around the same time. Perhaps children were still buying singles but with Led Zeppelin they knew their older brothers and sisters would have the albums containing those songs.
You are absolutely right about the radio back then. While there were exceptions you would pretty much only hear LZ on FM radio whereas the charts were most from AM so FM bands just did not get the same exposure. There were many artists that you just would not hear much, if at all, on AM radio. FM would sometimes play whole sides of albums. Something that just would not happen on AM. Have a look at the Billboard Top 100 for 1969 for example and look at the all the super songs and look at the number 1 song "Sugar, Sugar". I mean really? It would be interesting to see you do a show on how radio worked back then. Nice episode. I had bought Whole Lotta Love on 45 when it was charting I think for 90 cents and later bought LZ II, III and IV and others.
I wasn’t around back then but I see why FM was more popular! Because from what I’ve been told AM only played flavorless Top 40 bounce most of the time.
It’s a shame when I see many people claiming they’ve heard this song all they need to, and don’t need to hear it anymore. This song will always get the hairs on the back of my neck to stand up, as soon as I hear the drum opening.
A lot to be said for Robert Plant's influence (or influenced by) the 70s English electric folk scene. Rockers like him and Ian Anderson weren't shy about letting some of that show through on their albums. They weren't going soft on Zepellin 3, folk music was going hard and heavy ! And rock and roll was the folk sound of the day, it was the music that most folks were listening to. But I'm a long time Steeleye Span fan so I suppose I would say something like that. Rock on Professor 🙂
My buddy and I go jogging on the national mall once a week. We jog to music. Just passing through, so 30 seconds of rock is not anything to rage about. When I play Led zepplin, everyone joins in and sings along as we pass. No other band has that honor.
Another thing you mention early on is the young generations discovering the ever so deep well of talent and magical music of long ago . they have years and years of excitement with something new many times a day. Gosh I feel so lucky to have grown up living through all that thrilling genius and exposure to live in your face talent . Thanks AR.
Poll: What is your pick for the greatest "encore" song in rock history?
Surrender.......... Cheap Trick.
We Will Rock You/We Are the Champions
Might not know this one the other side of the Pond but Market Square Heroes was always a rousing end to any Marillion show
Hey Jude Paul McCartney. Knebworth 1990. (It’s on TH-cam)
Songbird Fleetwood Mac
Going Home Dire Straits
American Pie Garth Brooks (Rock meets Country)
Kiss rock n roll all night.
Piano Man - Billy Joel;
Rosalita, Thunder Road - Bruce Springsteen.
I am a teenager today and I am still discovering music from Zeppelin to AC-DC to all sorts of Metal and such, and I am enjoying the process every step of the way!
Good for you man. I was born in 87 so this stuff was a bit before my time too, but I remember getting my first few tastes of classic rock and just going deeper and deeper into everything it has to offer. And going through the Zeppelin catalog really was an amazing experience. And you have it all here at your finger tips with TH-cam and Spotify. Enjoy this period of discovery!
Zeppelin was and still is so ahead of it’s time man. No band nowadays can even touch their feet.
Still, people say that about so many bands.
Johnny. Many bands from this era couldn't be touched nowadays. But for me Zeppelin is the most untouchable
They were the best at rehashing other people's songs and plagiarizing lyrics.
@@Executioner_of_TimeHaha tired old cheap shot nonsense from mom’s basement.
@jetcat132 Haha, tired old rehashed mom's basement comment. That's about as original as Zep was.
Caught my 8 year old, standing on his bed, in front of his mirror, classic rock radio cranked to 11, playing air guitar. I just smiled and closed the door. He was in his happy place and so was I.
What’s hilarious is Robert Plants choir teacher told him he should take a shop class. He didn’t have any future singing. 😂
You find bad critics all over. 😂😊
Yea, someone who was an older person that'd been around the band Slade when they were forming said that they should find some other singer than Noddy Holder because all he could do was scream and make a bunch of noise and they'd be better off with someone else.
Slade went on to sell more singles in less time in England than The Beatles did and probably influenced more bands than any other Rock group ever, Ozzy Osborne himself said Noddy Holder probably has the greatest voice ever in the history of Rock.
Scream and make a bunch noise indeed, he sure did, all the way into the record books.
@@dukecraig2402 and all the way to the bank!
Thank the Lord he didn’t listen to the choir teacher!
On a different note, but on the same line; Billy Graham was told in Bible school that he could not preach by one of his instructors. So much for opinions of some educators.
Everything Zeppelin touched was gold. Battle Of Evermore, Living Loving Maid, Black Dog, Rock and Roll, Whole Lotta Love, Stairway To Heaven!! Literally Everything 🤘
The Ocean, Ramble On, and Good Times, Bad Times are my faves.
In the evening was my favourite. It’s off the in through the out door album. How old ami? I swear I was 18 yesterday! 😢 My mind thinks I’m 25, but my body reminds me I’ll be 60 in a few months. 🤔🤷🏼♂️
10 years gone, Kashmir, Rain Song…
Exactly. To call the impromptu composition of a rock classic by the greatest rock band in history a "total accident" is pure clickbait. But I still love you, Adam. Lol!
@@paulredinger5830 Young punk! ;)
Zeppelin IV & Physical Graffiti are my favorites, but I love all of their albums to various degrees. I go through phases where I will listen to their earlier albums then switch it up to the later ones. I have also spent countless hours listening to bootlegs of their concerts. They were truly the greatest rock and roll band!
I have never heard a bad LedZepplin song in my life and I'm soon to be 65. I love every single one of them.
I imagine many people dislike Hot Dog. It was always too country sounding.
@@mylovesongs2429 I actually love that song lol!
Candy Store Rock is pretty terrible....so is Misty Mountain Hop.
@@RadioMartyT1B i always liked Misty Mountain Hop.
Me too
Rock amd roll is one of the best rock songs ever. That is why 100s of bands have covered it and continue to do so. Everyone in the room lights up when rock and roll comes on the radio
The Zeppelin catalog has so many playable hits its has to be the most high energy collection from any band.
For anyone discovering Zepplin for the first time, I envy you. It’s a fabulous experience.
This is my perfect album - there isn't a weak song on it. And it perfectly personifies the band and all their influences and facets in one incredible album. Balls out rock, soft acoustic, mandolin, four sticks and that crazy time sig on Black Dog. It's a masterpiece. I have the four symbols tattooed on my back now...
It's so hard to pick a favorite Zeppelin album or song. I'm amazed how their music stands the test of time.
Went to see Van Halen for their 5150 tour. BTO opens, that already makes it great. Van Halen does their thing, amazing. Come back on for the encore and Sammy brings out Ann Wilson and you guessed it, they blew the roof off of the arena in Seattle with a blazing cover of RocknRoll. What a way to end that show.
I also saw VH on that tour with BTO, both bands were really great. I wasn't fortunate enough to see Ann Wilson at the show I attended but it was very enjoyable anyway.
I saw the same tour but it sounds like you got the better deal with Ann Wilson showing up. Honestly, I have fonder memories of BTO than VH from that show. Eddie was hungover and the venue had waaay to much security.
So cool!
If this was in 1985, I saw the same tour. Sammy and the Circle also did this song when I saw them 2015.
Holy ####, if there was a bootleg of that, it should get a million freaking views! 🙌
Led Zeppelin helped make me a rock star with my group of friends for a couple of weeks. I heard LZ 1 on KMET in L.A., hustled down to the local record store to buy it, and gathered all my homies together for a memorable listen. Who really cares if their records never hit #1 - it doesn't change how we feel about them. In relation to that, there should've been separate categories - rock 'n roll, soul, mellow rock, etc.
This should be the band that is too good for chart success. There are so many songs of theirs that are just too magnificent to compete with all the ordinary, poppy, top 40-ish songs vying for the top spot. Zep are in a league of their OWN.
Zeppelin 2 3 Houses Graffiti Presence and In Through The Out Door all were at number 1 for weeks but no they never had a number one song.
@@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980 absolutely. Tell that to Beatle's fans who think their favourite band is untouchable. Just because they sold more albums than anyone else doesn't necessarily mean they were the best. Beaver has hundreds of millions of views on TH-cam and a hundred million followers but him and his music will be completely forgotten in 20 years or even sooner!
Listening to them on the mighty met still makes me feel lucky to be alive to witness them!
Adam you're not alone with the memories of jammin with these fantastic songs, I used a hair brush for a mic & have very fond memories of my dad & the things we both liked & enjoyed the time we spent together!! I think about him daily. There literally hasn't been a single day that's gone by since I lost him in 2001 that he hasn't been in my thoughts & I talk about him VERY often. The other person who meant the world to me was grandma. My dad's mom, I was extremely close to her & I can't wait to join them... one day!! Thanks for all that you do, your love of music & your memories & stories of your dad.
All albums have an interesting and genius level of execution. It’s hard for me to pick a favorite. Yes, Kashmir is the best all genre song of all time, but I won’t commit to the best LZ album. They, in my opinion are the best band in history.
One of my first favorite songs as a kid. I was so young that I didn’t even know who the band was. I just knew I love everything about it. Still love this song.
When you are a rock god group it was so easy for them to pull this off, they will rock on into rock history, true legends 😎💕Everything Led Zeppelin did was a #1 hit in my eyes
In our hearts, where classics truly belong.
One of the best parts about the professor is Rock is when the show is over, you know you're going to going to go listen to the whole song...probably with headphones, and you're going to sing or play your air guitar... and I'm right there with you...
So right. Have been singing billy squier all day after saw the excellent analysis of that much under rated singer.
Rock and Roll is my favourite all time song. Whenever I listen to it, it is indeed a really good day.
My parents had one of those huge wood furniture peices with record player inside. Played Black Dog and Rock and Roll whenever they were out. I actually would listen to side one endlessly for months (I was 10) before actually turning record over for another favrite Misty Mountain Hop plus When the Levee Breaks and Going to California . Eventually blew out the speakers. This song and album made me a Zep fan forever. Another great show and background story. Thanks!
Zeppelin was the most awesome band ever!! Not just the hits, but all of the deep cuts too! Very few songs I would throw out of a set!!!
All four guys made the magic.
I agree 100%!! I dig deep into the songs of bands to find nuggets that most never listen to and Zeppelin is one of those bands, along with Deep Purple and Foghat and Savoy Brown.
Love zeppelin they are one of few bands I don't have a favorite song frome. . It changes depending on my mood . Might be houses of the holey or it might be immigrant song or the battle for evermore . Depends on my mood and they could do it all.
This album will always be on the playlists of the younger generation. It will continue to hold up unlike the songs that topped the charts of that era.
I have a very distinct memory of hearing this song for the first time. It was 1985 and I was 14. I was hanging out in a video arcade on Friday night. There was a juke box playing and a friend of my sister's went over and put on "Rock and Roll". He looked at me and winked and said "you're gonna love this." I was blown away. Every time I hear it, I am 14 again playing pinball in that arcade.
Led Zeppelin III is nearly a concept album. It shows the connection between then-modern rock and old folk music, from old songs like "Gallows Pole" to the oldest field recordings, as emulated in "Hats Off to (Roy) Harper".
A great transition into a new decade.
My daughter's boyfriend asked me what my favourite led zeppelin album was; i replied led zeppelin 3
It's a tossup for me between III and PG as their best.
Roy Harper is also actually an interesting artist. I've got a bunch of his on CD. He's also the person that did the vocals on Pink Floyd's "Have A Cigar". And, he did an album with Page in the 80's, (What Ever Happened To) Jugula.
@@brolinofvandar one of my older recordings is a reworking of "Hangman" from the Jugula album.
4 is a total master piece in Rack History for sure and love most all styles of music Great episode!
For a minute I thought you were from Boston. ❤
Who doesn’t smile when this guy talks?
What an incredible delivery, voice, pitch and emotion.
Great job. Thank you.
His voice reminds me of Jim Belushi’s voice
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Professor, always appreciate your channel, but especially when you cover songs by arguably THE BEST band in rock music history, from one of the most important albums ever recorded. Loved this episode so much, I watched it twice! Thank you for sharing another episode on the band that has been and always will be #1 in my heart.❤🙏🏻✌️
The critics never liked Led Zeppelin. But the public never listened to the critics.
The power of Zeppelin compels you ...
III was my first Zep album. I was like THIS is Zeppelin? Gimme more! It wasn’t long before I had them all, including the Hey Hey What Can I Do single. Still my favorite rock band.
Hey Hey What Can I Do is the best!
I rode my Schwinn Stingray to the Jack in the box. Juke box had Hey Hey what can I do. Spent lots of dimes there.
Adam, I think it is great that you have this outlet to remember musical interactions with your dad. Music unlike anything else can spark our memories.
I didn’t know Ian Stewart played piano on “Rock And Roll”. Wow!
THE Ian Stewart. How bout that?
Hence “Boogie with Stu” on Physical Graffiti
Thank you so much for this video ❤
Today is my birthday and this made it start off with the best feeling in my heart. They are my all time favorite ❣️
When I was a teenager, barely in high school, I sat in a car (a long boat of a car 😉) and we smoked a 1/4 ounce while listening to the radio. The station was playing Zeppelin A to Z. I just sat there so stoned in my own little world. That night they became my all time favorite band. I have never been the same 😁
Happy birthday!!
Happy Birthday! I hope you have a great day!
Happy Birthday Lynnette 🎂
I am an US Air Force brat, moved from Hawaii to Utah in 1971, talk about a culture shock, but was 2 of the best years of my life...I was blessed to see Led Zep in Salt Lake City right after I graduated high school, 1973, and they had just come from Atlanta and since I was born in Georgia was special, for no reason at all! I love your channel, like many bands, I grew up waiting to see what is next....I actually lifted(stole) 20$ from my Dads sock drawer and bought Led Zep 2, and I actually ended up telling him about it, he just laughed...Please, no more sad dog stories. I teared up watching you tell the story....Keep on keeping on bro!
Zeppelin's been my favorite R&R band for over 40 years. "They Who Can Do No Wrong". Love it all. So sad we all have to get old. Rock and Roll is far from my favorite LZ song, but they're all good. Great post.
Haha, we all grow old.
Zep 3 is probably my favorite album, since I’ve been loving you is the greatest rock song ever imo and my all time favorite. The solo is Page at his best and Plant’s vocals throughout are insane
For me, "Since I've Been Loving You" is the Mount Olympus of Rock.
Zeppelin, my favorite band as a teen starting back in 1983. Records, tapes and later cd’s. Had their music playing everywhere. A staple on Boomboxes.
For sure. A staple!
I’m also obsessed with Led Zeppelin, and I’m 17!
While difficult to pick my favorite Zeppelin album, III is definitely a contender for favorite. I got that album, along with After the Gold Rush, and Sweet Baby James for Christmas 1970. I was 13 and on my way to being a lifelong fan of Zeppelin.
And then the next year would be a game changer.
What great Xmas presents 🤘
Adam, I guessed it when to 22 but when you said 47….😮
Shocked beyond belief. I was in a band where we opened our set with Rock And Roll and that set the tone for us the rest of the night. They sang every song with us and the drunker they got, the more fun we had!
Thanks for sharing stories about your youth and your dad.
This was a song that made the bonfires brighter, the nights cooler, and the teens wilder back in my youth...
Hat tip to the gang from Shawnee HS Medford NJ, and all the parties at the Field, the Maze, and Bottle Hill...!
My brother and I were Beatles / Stones fans from the early 60’s… But, you better believe we bought Zeppelin IV…. Played it over and over… (earned a spot next to our hallowed Beatles albums) I still remember, all these years later, the Visceral… mind blowing feeling “Rock and Roll” sent through me, the first time I heard it!!
Mind blowing indeed!
It doesn’t get any more rock and roll than that.
Oh man, when I first heard Zep, it changed the whole game to me! I bought every album through In through the Out Door! I had these on 8 tracks, albums, cassettes, then CDS! Now have them on Apple iPhone!
@@ProfessorofRock Apples and Oranges are great until you've tried a Peach! 🎸☮️💕
@@zeppelinfan9360 Apples and oranges are still just as great, along with peaches.
honestly, did they ever really "need" a number one hit?
They most certainly did not. I agree with you. They weren't a "hit" band. They were an albums band.
They’re one who I can say are way too good for one.
They don't even need a single at all!
I'd bet that that's a big part of why they never had a number one hit. You're not going to go buy a single of Rock And Roll backed with Four Sticks when you already have the album, unless you're a completionist.
They never released ANY singles in their UK homeland. I think that says it all about their distain for the singles charts.
One of my two favorite Led Zeppelin songs. It's a toss up between Rock and Roll, and Kashmir. Stairway is 3rd for me. Love the clip of your Dad!
Love Zep!!
Love Rock and Roll!
How this sing didn't chart higher is beyond me. They WERE Rock and Roll!
Love the episode Professor! This indeed is a biggie as you promised.
And yesterday was Breakfast Club detention day 39 years ago. 🎉🎉
Roger! Rock on!
Back then, the Billboard weekly chart rankings were based on a combination of record sales and radio airplay. One theory for a lower charting peak position can be why would one purchase the single if they like the whole album. Another theory is that some singles are chopped up edited versions of the album cut to make it radio friendly and perhaps the record buyer would prefer the full-length version. As Billy Joel once said about his song "Piano Man", "It was a beautiful song, but it ran too long, if you're gonna have a hit, you gotta make it fit, so they [Columbia Records] cut it down to 3:05."
It didn’t chart higher because it was 1971, and songs like this just didn’t make it onto Top 40 radio, which unfortunately ruled the airwaves back then
I'm incredibly disappointed that my cable channels didn't put The Breakfast Club on this weekend. Every once in a while they slip stuff like that in, they put Lost Boys and License to Drive on a couple weeks ago and I realized on my own that it was the anniversary of the day Corey Haim died. One night they put on Midnight Express, I was doing some research on it and realized it was the anniversary of the day Billy Hayes was arrested. They aired it again a few days later on what was the anniversary of his escape. None of this was explicitly mentioned, it was just done. It reminds me of the day a local radio station played Sister Christian and Jessie's Girl back to back with zero mention of Boogie Nights, they just did it.
Little regard was paid to the FM radio market. That is where Led Zeppelin and other much ignored music of the day was playing. It's long lasting popularity has proven it's value. Young people are still putting aside today's music for "Zeppelin" over what otherwise is considered "THEIR" music.
I like this Professor of Rock show as much as I used to like listening to the Casey Kasem’s Weekly Top 40. Great job creating something new but also recreating the magic of that show. From the way you tell the stories to the mixing in of parts of the song, it’s like Weekly Top 40 meets a vocal version of Pop Up Video! Great stuff - thank you. One of the best channels on all of TH-cam!
I've been in more bands than a computer can add together, and it seems that every single cover band (with the exception of a country band and a dance band) and an original band played this song. For every rock band, this song is required playing where other hall of fame songs aren't.
That shows the power of this over everythung else.
I bet some others have touched on this already, but the main reason Zeppelin never performed quite as well as one might expect on the singles charts is because their singles were always released weeks, months, or even years after that song had already been featured on an album. In this instance, while Zeppelin IV was released in early November of 71, Rock and Roll wasn’t released as a single until February of 72. Everybody had heard the song by the time the single came out. Otherwise, tremendous video as always brotha🤘
♦️ *Zeppelin is amazing!* ♦️
Absolutely!
yessir!
@@ProfessorofRock - Any chance of an episode about Sweet?
@@ProfessorofRock Dubble that
Yes they are!
I love that you and your father have that connection with music. Music is so important but fathers even more so. Thank you for what you do with this channel. ✌️
I've heard the album called "ZOSO" along with all the ones Adam mentioned, as well. Rock and Roll was the perfect song placement on that album. It's a perfect mixture of heavy songs alongside quieter ballads and tracks. Great stuff!! Seeing Adam's dad on this vid, and knowing how he helped shape this channel, was awesome!!!
As a side note: I wonder how many of us watch these vids from the Professor and go straight to the vid to watch it (adding hundreds of thousands of views to that song). It would be really interesting to see updates on the number of views after a professor of rock video. The Professor of Rock is closing in on a million subs for this channel, that's alot of ppl.
This is my FAVORITE Zeppelin song. Gets you up out of your seat as soon as Bonham hits those drums. My brother's band used to do this song (many years ago when I was a teenager lol) and it brings back a lot of memories of listening to them practicing this song in our basement.
It lights a fire under your butt!
The groove is great too.
@@ProfessorofRock If you ever get a chance to see Get The Led Out do it! They are a great Zep "tribute" band. I don't usually do tribute bands, but these guys are so good you will swear they are Zeppelin. The lead singer actually played a Robert Plant type lead singer in the show Vinyl. You won't be disappointed.
'Rock and Roll' was one of the first Zeppelin songs I learned to play on guitar.
Hey Adam, with your immense love of music and seeing you play the broom, I've wondered if you play any instruments. When I first heard Bonham play, I knew I had to play drums and I did. Lately I've been learning to play guitar. I'm 63 and I figure you're never too old!👍😎🎸🥁🎶
If Adam is a pianist, then I’d be so delighted!
i so wanna get a guitar. I won't turn into a Nuno Bettencourt, but i think i could get decent.
@@mylovesongs2429 go for it! It's so much fun!👍😎🎸🎶
Possibly controversial take: Led Zeppelin IV would still be one of the greatest rock albums of all time even if it DIDN'T include Stairway to Heaven.
I doubt you’re wrong.
Zep & Floyd were so album oriented they did not release some of the best songs ever as singles, & we already had the album anyway. Rock on.
Very true. Rock on Darryl!
who would want a song good enough to get played on the radio?
One of my favorite albums is "Dark Side of the Moon." Problem is any singles from the album just doesn't sound right. It's a case of the whole being greater than the parts.
Rush too. Fifteen and twenty minute instrumental songs were not written for radio.
They strove after the role model that is Sgt. Peppers.
Was the first vinyl I bought in my live: "Whole lotta love" on a side and " Rock and Roll" on b. Still remember me listening it. And I love it till today!
"Presence" was the album that made LZ IV the 'yesterday's best LZ album'
Their ability to inject lots of variety into rock music without having to take on the 'progressive rock' label is remarkable, to this day
It will soon be an April morning
The sheer variety in their catalog is unprecedented.
In 1977, I was backstage at the Oakland Coliseum two-day LZ shows as a volunteer with the Rock Medicine Section of the Haight-Ashbury Free Medical Clinic. They did Rock and Roll as the encore at that show. There was a gorgeous blonde behind the band and to the side, who was dancing, shaking every bit of her to the ultimate rock tribute. It was the hottest thing I ever saw in person in my life. I don't know who it was; a groupie or a friend who got lucky, but it was a moment in rock and roll history that maybe only me and a few others witnessed.
I can't even imagine Led Zeppelin not having a number 1 hit. I will tell you that they are on my short list for #1 rock band. Yes, I might get confused when I think about whether they could possibly be above the Beatles and Pink Floyd but they are still up therein my Mt Rushmore of rock.
The 70s undoubtedly was the most eclectic decade musically. From pop to singer-songwriter to soft rock to soul to jazz to disco to punk to heavy metal - all had a shot in the charts.
Great vid professor. Two reason why Led Zep singles didn't sell so well 1/ Most fans wanted the Albums so why waste money on a single 2/ They never released any singles at all in the UK stating that the charts were so poor they didn't want to be associated with them. Its just a case that some bands had singles successes but poor albums sales, and some like Led Zep and Pink Floyd were the opposite
In the U.K. Sweet were singles champs but couldn't sell albums.
Back then being pigeonholed as a singles band was not a good thing.
@@petercena9497 I was going to mention them but wanted to keep my post short. The 'problem' for them was their albums were quite different from their singles and hence their traditional audience didn't buy Albums. A few 'glam rock' bands were like this which also effected their audience numbers when touring.
@@henrytoor3917 Here in the states, their first single "Little Willy" almost killed any chance of them being taken seriously. Too bad since they were pretty good.
I thought it was Peter Grant who put his foot down about releasing singles?
Jayanna Kelley
Probably because Page had already shown destain about Zeppelin doing singles. Plant is open in a 1975 interview about his utter dislike of the singles charts, so I wouldn't say it was just down to Peter Grant.
I have to tell you, this channel is easy to watch. It is a great music channel, but you get the fact that the message is important and needs to be heard un-cluttered. When you speak, no music. Everyone hears the message and not distracted by music in the back ground. So many content creators talk over muic or noise and message lost. Bailing out of videos halfway through and letting them know why but 0 changes leads to unsubscribing channels I liked. I refer you to channels as the perfect format for information videos. Keep up the great work you do Adam. Always a THUMB UP from me.
Thanks Brian!
While my friends are watching TikTok “influencers”, I am watching Professor of Rock.
Nothing kills a video more than overly loud music over important dialog. I hate when that happens and it goes on far too much.
Professor of Rock is a pro and his videos are always top-notch!
Absolute favorite band of all time,never wrote a bad song.
some might say a song like Hot Dog sucked. It was too country sounding.
I remember as a young newly married graduated engineer in a new home on a quiet street having a house party for all my friends. Needless to say, a few alcoholic beverages were drank. At about 5:00 in the morning I woke to find everyone passed out, all the doors and windows wide open and "When The Levee Breaks" playing on repeat on my new CD player in full blast on my Bryston Amp and Klipsch speakers. How and why none of my new neighbors didn't phone the police still bewilders me to this day :)
Love Led Zeppelin myself and had all their albums from the release dates back in the day. The low show on the charts was because the band was an FM stereo radio band as they had very few singles and they tended to be too long for regular rotation.
My husband and I have tickets to see Robert Plant and Allison Krauss in Telluride this summer. We are so excited for this concert of a lifetime!
So cool! Let us know how it is!
That‘a awesome! I’d be pumped!
THEY ARE THE GREATEST ROCK BAND EVER NO BAD SONGS ,NO BAD ALBUMS ,GREATEST ROCK BAND EVER!
They have plenty of bad songs....
@@RadioMartyT1B Every album is a masterpiece let me guess you head got fried on acid and your a Greatful Crap fan right ? There's 3 guitar players and then everyone else HENDRIX ,VAN HALEN AND PAGE THEN EVERYONE ELSE don't know what you think your hearing!
LMAO @@RadioMartyT1B
@@RadioMartyT1Buh huh sure 🙄🖕
Great home video of Adam and great to see your Dad chuckle while telling the story...
@ProfessorofRock
Every song every album nobody beats zeppelin
Truth 💯
In 2001 (I was 21), I was a leader at a youth retreat. One of the other leaders (in his 40s) and I were discussing how there wasn't much good new music being released. A Jr high student overheard us, and said, "You guys think there are no good new bands??!? Have you heard Led Zeppelin???" My older counterpart proceeded to educate the young lad on the band's history
Led Zeppelin III is one of their best albums and a necessary change of course. Experimentation was a big thing then.
By the time "Rock and Roll" had hit, its success or lack of may have become irrelevant, since "Stairway to Heaven" had become a juggernaut overwhelming everything in its way.
Robert Plant's favorite album was "Forever Changes" by Love, and seemed to influence a lot of his writing.
Zeppelin proteges "Bad Company" looked to be a huge singles/albums band but that was short lived.
The thing about the fourth album and Rock and Roll, is that what could easily be a standard rock tune in the hands of other artists, the track takes on a sort of sonic mysticism, as do all of the other tracks on the fourth album. The mystique of the band hangs heavy over every single track on it, and it’s shrouded in an almost unearthly aura that makes it difficult to describe and pin down.
To this day, I still have difficulty describing it, and I have never seen or heard anyone else adequately describe the atmosphere it conveys.
So Zeppelin is my favorite band. From the other songs on the top 5 that week it just feels like everyone was feeling a little more mellow than Rock and Roll. I think Rock and Roll is probably more familiar to most people then those 5 tracks, so time has evened things out.
It’s been a long time…
Absolutely need a full Live Aid video. At the time it wasn’t seen as a disaster. I was in the crowd and it was absolutely amazing to see live.
All the best Classic Rock Songs are usually done on the spot with It's all original chemistry driven band members and not where band members like today interchange like Baseball Trading Cards.
Great stuff as always PROFESSOR ! 😁👍
I played High School basketball in the 70's. Before i left my house to go to the school to play I played Rock and Roll at the highest volume my speakers could take. It got me really hyped up for the game. My mom never said a word about the volume that it was set on when I was leaving the house. All she'd say is good luck. But it was by far my favorite song!
Rock and Roll is definitely a great song. Love the riffs and the uptempo of it. The outro was short, but very powerful.
No question!
It’s a grumpy mood killer.
LZ III was one my favorites, it was so different from the usual stuff at the time.
Their singles didn't do well because their fans bought the albums. No one wanted the edited and shortened "singles edits."
I remember that year when Zep 4 arrived. They played stairway on the Loop in Chicago one night and we sat in the car listening as a family. I was 4. Great memories from that time. I also, had that Rockin Robin single, haha! Love the 70s
I"ve never been a big Led Zepplin fan and this song is just not one for my personal taste, but their song Stairway To Heaven to me is in the top 10 greatest songs of the rock and roll era.
I agree, I remember back in the year 1980 there was a rival to Casey Kassims American Top 40 called The Weekly Top 30 hosted by Mark Elliott, they had a special countdown for the greatest songs in Rock history up until that point. Stairway To Heaven was voted the #1 song on that list.
Lower end, 7-10.
No doubt.
When this came out, everyone in our area called it Zoso, after Page's drawing on the album We called it the Zoso album. We never called it 4 and I personally still call it Zoso.
Radio was controlled and paid to do what they did.
Led Zeppelin didn't need radio by all their sell out concerts, that was proof right there.
They didn't need radio then or now.But the music lives on forever.
The album was the main focal point with them.
Are you talking pop radio? Because the rock stations played them to death.
I only discovered Led Zeppelin long after they disbanded on oldies stations, because at the time they were making the music, my local rock channels just did not play their music... AT ALL. Criminal! They are my favorite band now.
Bringing out the Led! Awesome! 🤘🏽
Our children love Led Zep and with good reason: we played it for them 😊
Hard to believe it wasn’t #1. Thanks for the content, it’s always so good.
Rock on! Thanks for sharing it with your kids... Raising them right!
Ah and yes we have two copies of 4. The first copy belonging to my husband who wasn’t very tender with his albums (almost none of them are playable) and mine that plays beautifully (as all of mine are 😂)
I discovered them at the age of 12 and dig deep into the rabbit hole once the pandemic hit…I’d love to share my love of them with your kids!
@@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980 I’m glad the new generation is enjoying Led! But the thing is my “kids” are 33, 31 and 26 and no longer live with us lol
@@Fiona2254 Well, I’m 17 and still, this band is the greatest of all time.
I have always thought this song was more literal. My dad (same age as Paige) told me that the music he had grown up with in the 50s had just disappeared. He went to Vietnam in '66 and came back to a different world. The simple blues based rock and roll was gone. Since Zeppelin was a blues band and Paige loves guys like Link Wray, this song was sort of a love letter to an era that had vanished. It is the same as Lucas making American Graffiti in 72. That way of life was gone and not coming back.
Led Zeppelin IV is my all time favorite LZ album. It was the first Led Zeppelin album I owned. Rock & Roll is just a pure simple classic. What more can be said?
Saw Led Zepplin. There last concert, 1977? In Los Angeles, CA. The show had been postponed - rescheduled. My buddy and I bused Greyhound 130 miles to the show. Had to get scalped tickets, $10 ea. Were sweating the cost. Bought them off two hot chicks, who were giddy. Because they just scored getting invited backstage. Soooo, my buddy and I got our two seats, first row, floor, left corner of the stage. Right in front of speaker stack and a full view of the guys. W. O. W. !!! Special treat: Keith Moon slipped in to bang drums w/ Bonham. What A Trip.
Led Zeppelin III doesnt get enough love, and its my personal favorite because it really shows how great they were with stuff outside of the standard "rock & roll" genre with more bluesy, acoustic, and almost jazzy approach on the album. Led Zeppelin IV however, is no doubt an undisputed classic, and it is a must own for every music fan out there.
I love all four Led Zeppelin self-titled. But IV has to be my favorite, followed closely by III.
Really? Doesn’t get enough love? Recognized as one of the great rock bands ever isn’t enough love? Anyways carry on. 🧑💻
@@MIMMarketing...it was roasted by foolish critics at the time, and being the precursor to IV, it sometimes gets overshadowed by it even today.
Led Zeppelin IV is one of the best Rock albums of all time. Rock and Roll is a great song on that great album.
It lives up to its NAME.
Professor, the reason Zep didn't chart well on the singles chart is probably because the band and their fans were album oriented. Back in that day, if you liked to rock, you bought the album for the entire experience. It just wasn't cool to buy the single.
By the early '70's it became pointless to buy singles because you knew they'd be included on an album released around the same time. Perhaps children were still buying singles but with Led Zeppelin they knew their older brothers and sisters would have the albums containing those songs.
You are absolutely right about the radio back then. While there were exceptions you would pretty much only hear LZ on FM radio whereas the charts were most from AM so FM bands just did not get the same exposure. There were many artists that you just would not hear much, if at all, on AM radio. FM would sometimes play whole sides of albums. Something that just would not happen on AM. Have a look at the Billboard Top 100 for 1969 for example and look at the all the super songs and look at the number 1 song "Sugar, Sugar". I mean really? It would be interesting to see you do a show on how radio worked back then. Nice episode. I had bought Whole Lotta Love on 45 when it was charting I think for 90 cents and later bought LZ II, III and IV and others.
I wasn’t around back then but I see why FM was more popular! Because from what I’ve been told AM only played flavorless Top 40 bounce most of the time.
It’s a shame when I see many people claiming they’ve heard this song all they need to, and don’t need to hear it anymore. This song will always get the hairs on the back of my neck to stand up, as soon as I hear the drum opening.
Love the way it all comes together. A rare moment for even the best groups. Not possible in today's world.
A lot to be said for Robert Plant's influence (or influenced by) the 70s English electric folk scene. Rockers like him and Ian Anderson weren't shy about letting some of that show through on their albums. They weren't going soft on Zepellin 3, folk music was going hard and heavy ! And rock and roll was the folk sound of the day, it was the music that most folks were listening to. But I'm a long time Steeleye Span fan so I suppose I would say something like that. Rock on Professor 🙂
Good post Martin!
They were redefining the genre and moving it away from slow, torch-like songs like in the early 60s.
Long time Jethro Tull/Ian Anderson fan, along with Zep are my dear favourites.
Steeleye Span didn't get a lot of airplay where I lived, luckily Fairport Convention did.
My buddy and I go jogging on the national mall once a week. We jog to music. Just passing through, so 30 seconds of rock is not anything to rage about. When I play Led zepplin, everyone joins in and sings along as we pass. No other band has that honor.
Another thing you mention early on is the young generations discovering the ever so deep well of talent and magical music of long ago . they have years and years of excitement with something new many times a day. Gosh I feel so lucky to have grown up living through all that thrilling genius and exposure to live in your face talent . Thanks AR.