Hip Hop Fan's First Reaction to Your Time Is Gonna Come and Black Mountain Side by Led Zeppelin
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Black Mountain Side is another "Borrow". It's from a Irish folk tune called Black Water Side. The tuning, I think is in DADGAD which produces a drone sound on the lower strings and was ver popular in the sixties and seventies. And I don't know if the Dhul is the same as a Tabla but it's a Tabla being played here... All very Beatles lead with their Indian influences... Loving the reaction. Keep on Rocking
Great content! You really know HOW to listen. I owe you a big thanks because at the age 60, I get to listen to Led Zeppelin for the first time all over again... Through your eyes and ears.
This made my day, thanks mate! Im glad these vids give you that feeling again
@@SyedRewinds I was going to say the same thing. I'm almost 63, I remember these songs when they were current, and hearing them again for the "first time", more than 50 years later, is a fantastic experience. Thank you!
What this guy said^^^^^!
Led Zeppelin at its heart, is and always was a Blues Band. Of all the great music they produced, I still think the first two Albums were the best, most raw and gritty music of all.
Thanks
As usual, your insight and obvious enjoyment of Led Zeppelin is fun for those of us who have lived with this music for years. Music that gives the listener a tour of the human condition.
Love this comment and person;
Black Mountainside I think of as kind of a “palate cleanser” between two harder songs. A breather if you will, before the totally manic Communication Breakdown.
Watch the 1970 Royal Albert Hall concert. It's a lot of their earlier stuff, most energy they've ever had on film. It's sensational.
I’m surprised no one has pointed out that Black Mountainside is an uncredited cover of Black Waterside by Bert Jansch, which may be Jansch’s arrangement of a traditional song. Lots of rivalry going on there.
Taught to Page by Al Stewart, who learned it sitting "at Bert Jansch's feet" as Stewart put it. He was called to testify in the court case. He feigned ignorance. Page played on a couple of Stewart's early albums.
I always heard that introductory organ as more funeral, but never as representative of a wedding ceremony. Excellent idea! Your perspective has certainly made me go back to listen again to an album I haven't listened to in way too long. Thank you!
Always loved the organ intro and I think based on what I hear is that your funeral suggestions makes more sense to me.
Any dude that requested this song at his wedding wouldn't be married for very long
That's a great reaction, and you notice so much stuff. But I always have to call out stuff that I felt was important but that didn't get mentioned. In both of those songs, the bass line is so important. And something that happens in, your time is going to come, that you didn't really mention is it's not just all the other stuff, it's the fact that it switches from solo Robert Plant to this huge Unison thing. That Unison singing in a group just transforms everything. It's like there's a guy by himself who's a bit plaintiff, and then this whole core is comes in supporting him going yeah man, you going to pay for this even though you don't even realize it yet. There's a power in that textural change that simply must be addressed. And yeah I think you're right about Black Mountain thing, it's a beautiful piece of instrumental music for the functions as a musical interlude on that side of the album, which is the way everybody was listening to those things back then, it was brand new to move from only singles on the radio for singles on the jukebox or singles at the record store to having entire albums with the sequence of the songs and what leads and what ends aside on both sides and then the overall Arc of the entire album over both sides really matters. It's something that we don't feel today at all because everything is just isolated songs on Spotify. Nobody has any clue where it is in the band's Evolution, or what album is on, or is it part of a larger story arc, it's mostly been lost unfortunately.
Why is the sound quality on your channel so much better than everyone else’s?
Thanks Joseph, I take a lot of time to ensure the quality is top notch. Glad someone noticed lol
Better than Robert? No one. Ability to stress the voice so wonderfully? Yeah, two... Janis Joplin and Joe Cocker. From Canada- Peace, love and bellbottoms.
Great reaction, and it's heartwarming to see a younger person such as yourself discovering and appreciating the music that us oldies grew up with.
Can l suggest a brief fork in the road, that I think you'll enjoy exploring? Black Waterside is an old folk song that Anne Briggs popularised in the early 70's. Her version of the song is stunning, as she has the voice of an angel. It was then reworked by legendary guitarist and folk singer, Bert Jansch. It's his guitar phrasing that you'll recognise in the Led Zep instrumental. I think it might interesting for you to hear how the song evolved in the hands of the aforementioned artists.
No the guiter in the second song is in c6 tuning. Although it does give it and Indian flavour I'm learning to play this not easy I'll tell you. Lol
Try Dire Straits Romeo and Juliet. If you can play that you are finally, a master.
Well observed again and a very fair summing up. My guess is that over the next couple of albums you'll hear those eclectic influences sitting more comfortably in the mix. This is great stuff, and they got better over the next few albums (IMO).
Get ready for the proto-punk Communication Breakdown. Zeppelin definitely had eclectic musical tastes.
Nice reaction, concise breakdown. I love the church reference with Your Time is Gonna Come!
You were right on track when you said listening to the whole album or at least that whole side of that album would have given you a different effect.One reason is that some of these songs spill-over seamlessly into the next song.If you notice "Your Time is Gonna Come"spills over into "Black Mountain Side" then I believe that spills over into "Communication Breakdown",or very nearly so.Incredible album when you think about the time period it came out in,and compare it to other songs of that era,way ahead of it's time.
I don't hear a wedding sound specifically, more like a call to Mass in general. This song was written by Jimmy after a breakup - naturally. It's cool that they all harmonize on it. In addition to the guitars, Jimmy plays a pedal steel guitar. He said he hadn't played one before, and the one he saw was out of tune, but he said he was able to put something together to add to this song. Black Mountain Side is an instrumental in the vein as Bert Jansch. Jimmy used the alternate tuning of D-A-D-G-A-D to help enhance the sitar-like sound and had a tabla played by a session musician. In concert, he would combine this with another instrumental called White Summer that he used to play with The Yardbirds. There's a great, 12-minute performance of it from Royal Albert Hall in 1970. Black Mountain Side didn't stay in the lineup for long, but it would get brought back to their set in the later 70s and would segue immediately into Kashmir.
I’m so glad you seem to be back in full force for Zeppelin input across several channels! 😁 are you following more than Syed, Silas and SalvoG at this point? Just want to know who else might be doing a full Zep run
I don’t think I’ve ever heard that particular segue. That would be cool. Have you seen what Plant has done with Levee with Krauss? There’s a vid of them doing it at Glastonbury last week. The fiddle playing is incredible and the vibe is way cool IMO.
@@helenespaulding7562 I've heard that segue in bootlegs but also, if I'm not mistaken, in the Knebworth performance so you can watch it happen.
It was based on a Bert Jansch song, Black Water Side but this was not an instrumental it had lyrics a very folky song but with that very distinctive picking guitar style from Bert that influenced so many excellent arstists such as Jimmy Page, Paul Simon, Nick Drake, Leo Kottke and Donovan (who also taught the style to George Harrison when they were in India).
@@simply_psi very knowledgeable and informative. Thank you.
I’m a recent follower of your channel and I have to say I think you are one of the most insightful reactionaries on TH-cam!
I wanted to request your reaction to Frank Zappa. His catalog is long and varied. More than 80 albums starting from 1966. I would request “Inca Roads” from the “One Size Fits All” album. 1975. Thanks
I've always loved this song. If you listen carefully right before the drums and acoustic guitar comes in you can hear the air being forced out of the pipes of the organ.
no sitar - tabla is the percussion instrument.
You should check out some Springsteen. New York City Serenade, Jungleland, It's Hard to be a Saint in the City, Streets of Fire
They are magnificent!
You nail it when you reference the way they mixed their music! As great a guitarist as Jimmy Page is, he's an even better producer. It's one of the main things that set him above and apart from the competition. Compare the sound quality of the first Led Zeppelin album and Jeff Beck's "Truth" album from around the same time. They're both on similar territory, but the Led Zeppelin album just sounds infinitely better, musical talent aside.
Actually starting to like your vids, not because oh arent they great but because you are quite insightful for a TH-cam reactioner in terms of music. And the stockbroker shirts are gone lol.
In terms of musical art creation this is the greatest band of all time, only The Beatles come close.
This reaction was…”criminal,” and I’ll tell you why. (It’s not your fault; you don’t know the Zep like we do. I’m 66.)
You can’t end “Your Time Is Gonna Come,” with “Black Mountain Side.” When WE hear the instrumental “Black Mountain Side” finish…WE already hear the intro to “Communication Breakdown.” Do you know what I mean? It’s EXPECTED!!!
The only other Zeppelin songs that pretty much DEMAND that they be played together are, “Heartbreaker” followed by, “Livin’ Lovin’ Maid.” After “Heartbreaker” ends, the next thing OUR brains expect to hear is…”With a purple umbrella and a…”Phipps” in hand…” (the actual wording is: “With a purple umbrella and a fifty cent hat,” but, somehow “fifty cent hat” isn’t what we hear. Check it out and tell me what you hear.) Love your work. It’s the most “intellectual” reaction channel I’ve heard!!! P.S. The Who is another Rabbit Hole that deserves your attention. They’re every bit as sophisticated as The Zep.
Love this song from the first album. One of my favs
Spot on.....
We are seeing you become a Zepp head right in front of our eyes, LOL. Knowing that was John Paul Jones on the organs, referring to Bonzo as Bonzo, it's happening. Welcome to the rabbit hole. Bonzo is drawing you to the force from his grave!. The fact that this was followed up with Communication Breakdown just follows on to your comment about the album experience vs. a track or two at a time. Enjoy the ride.
I seen you mention in a video somewhere that you like concept albums… You should check out Coheed and Cambria. Their whole music career is one long concept piece.
They are telling a sci-fi story, and it spans multiple albums. There are even comics and novels of the story as well.
Great Album
Thats a Gibson j-200 and a tabla played by Viram Jasani and no one knew who the fuq they where when this album was made , but i bet Andy Johns was thinking ‘Fuq me’
A Wedding? I never thought of it like that because the lyrics are about an unfaithful woman so I doubt the marriage will work out.
He literally says he’s going to leave her behind. It’s a good song that I take as a warning to someone who’s unfaithful.
Ie, your going to get what you deserve.
Then the instrumental is a version of Bert Janschs song which is a traditional song.
It sounds like a Hippie tune with the Tabla.
What it really does is setup the contrast to Communication Breakdown which explodes right after, like a bomb going off! CB sounds like Proto Punk! An incredible track full of bombast!
Not sure if you do suggestions from viewers but you should do I talk to the wind by king crimson. Also check out some ccr
Qhats up Andrew, I actually have a King Crimson video coming out soon, hope you'll enjoy that. I'll add this to the list also
The organ intro was apparently influenced by the organ intro on Chest Fever by The Band, which was played by the great Garth Hudson.
The guitar on Black Mountain Side is more or less a lift off of Bert Jansch's Blackwaterside. Page was an admirer of Jansch. It's essentially folk guitar. Jansch also sings lyrics to this. It's an old traditional song.
No wedding for me….sounds more solemn, more funereal
Are you planning on doing a few live vids before moving on to Zep II?
Going to church opening
Can't wait until you get to "Ramble On"
Bert Janschs arrangement ..... should lead into Communication Breakdown.
They recorded the album in two weeks.
36 hours of studio time as I recall
thats nuts! the music must have just poured out of them
@@SyedRewinds Syed, I know you have a life (😉) but you might be well served in digging into a bit of history of Zeppelin. Jimmy Page brought some of those songs with him from The Yardbirds. The rest, he had the arrangements already in his head. He basically got the musicians he thought could pull it off, showed them what he wanted to do, booked the studio and paid for it out of his own pocket….and this was the result. He picked very wisely.
He also produced it, as you no doubt know by now. Peter Grant (whom Jimmy had worked with in The Yardbirds) and Jimmy then took the finished product and shopped it to record labels and got the best deal imaginable with Atlantic Records
But back to the main point: they needed such a short amount of studio time on this album because the songs were already in Jimmy’s head and he got incredibly talented people who could come together and within a couple of months meld into a tight unit and play at this level.
Here’s a quote from Wikipedia
“Recording. Page said that the album took only about 36 hours of studio time (over a span of a few weeks) to create (including mixing), adding that he knew this because of the amount charged on the studio bill.”
Sunday Mass 😆
More like a church service than a wedding I think.
its time for more jimi hendrix! machine gun live, voodoo child (slight return), purple haze (live in atlanta), red house (studio version) and so much more.
also recommend sex pistols “god save the queen”
Hendrix is hard to react to due to copyright issue, but you will defo see a reaction for one of these tracks this week
@@SyedRewinds understandable, maybe check em out on your own time then. his music is timeless and wonderful.
I think this Blackwater mountainside is definitely influenced by a British folk guitarist named Bert jansh check him out jimmy page called him the jimmy hendrix of acoustic guitar.
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It’s that old ass organ John Paul Jones is playing
thank sam shere for that iconic photo of the Hindenburg.
Much appreciated reaction, as expected, Syed. How about Jane’s Addiction, pick a song 😁, I’d hit The Mountain Song, or Classic Girl 1st maybe, and like always, I’d love to hear your reaction to ‘locked in the trunk of a car’ by the Hip 👍
Jimmy Page was a notorious plagiariser, but in the case of Black Mountain Side he didn't bother putting his own spin on it, but lifted the whole thing from Bert Jansch's arrangement of the traditional song Black Waterside.
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Black Mountainside could be 20 minutes long and it would still be too short.
John Paul Jones just doesn't get the props he deserves.
I respect what you have to share about the music but you TALK TOO MUCH and ruin the song.