That's the only way to describe it. Very good, my friend ..filthy rotten evil growling beauty...I heard this years ago and I always said it was so motherfucking dirty rotten growling filthy fun!!! It is, too!!! That is the filthiest utter growling like a gutter demon sound I've ever heard.....I have to hear it at least once a day....I can play it, too.. I've been busting acoustic guitar strings since '78 playing hard rock on a delicate acoustic...lol...but yeah man. You described it exactly as I felt it.... Hallelujah to yuh, Mr..
In my opinion the bass actually makes this song what it is john paul jones is amazing. i would also like to hear the drums with it because bonham and jones have such a groovy rhythm section together
The band makes the song what it is. Plant sings amazingly on this, Page wrote an amazing riff which sounds amazing by itself on the intro, Bonham obviously smashing it and JPJ makes the song better with the bass. JPJ improves it but it wouldn't be Heartbreaker without Jimmy or Robert.
@@fuckamericanidiot All four of them had such an amazing synergy...Plant and Page provided the fireworks, but Bonham and JPG didn't really get their due.
@@charlesharper2357 Bonham didn't get his due? He is widely considered one of (if not THE) the greatest rock drummers of all time, and the band broke up when he died. I think he has gotten his due. JPJ was certainly overshadowed by the others, but that's that nature of being a bassist. It's not the glory position in any band.
The growl on this bass line is insane. Makes the song. Jimmy’s guitar work on this gets all the recognition, but this bassline is soooooo under appreciated
Ugh, this man was so underrated and underappreciated. Zeppelin would not have had their unique sound if it wasn't for him. JPJ and Bonham were the best rhythm section.
It isn’t one musician that makes the band great…it is the synergy between the musicians. JPJ didn’t come up with the bass line alone…you know Page had a big hand in it too. All four of them had ability to play well but more importantly had the creativity to put it all together…like Mozart writing for the entire orchestra and drawing synergy from all the instruments.
I tried this tonight with my Jazz Bass and Leslie 145 and got the EXACT same tone! It is on tremelo. That chugging sound at the beginning is a very sensitive mic, very close to the upper horn, getting blasted by the wind. It sounds like the mic was primarily used in the upper horn (not near the bottom drum rotor), which explains the brittle, yet overdriven tone! I placed my mic in similar way and then eq'd it (added a little mids/bass) in the PA and bam, got it right
My dad tells the story of being 17 in ‘69. Buying Zep 1 having never heard of them, but they all had long hair (back of cover) so he bought it. He says about 1 min into Good Times, Bad Times he calls all his friends. They all come over. Minds BLOWN 😳😳😳😳
I bought the first Led Zeppelin album in 1969 and became obsessed with them. My father never could understand "Why do you like this s*** ?" I'm old now but Led Zep still hits me like it did when I first heard 'em.
@@timpenfield5 he's actually using a leslie speaker, a rotating speaker typically used for organs. it causes that warbling/swelling effect. you can hear it spinning in the first couple of seconds of the video
never really cared for heartbreaker until i heard it on a good sound system. now JPJ’s dirty bass tone brings me back daily to listen. he really carried LZII in my opinion
He was definitely playing through the Leslie - that's the tremolo effect you can hear wobbling - but it doesn't really explain the distortion. I've got a Leslie 122 and it doesn't distort anywhere near that much, so I'm thinking it involves another amp in some way, to get that kind of gain.
IMO you can only appreciate a great bass player when you hear them play live. The best of them make feel like they are kicking you in the chest. I wish I could have heard Zeppelin live.
Too much to newbie ears... simply and completely perfect bass tone from rock and roll heaven. I could die after listen to all Zeppelin's bass line isolated
Trevor Kerby Before 'Heartbreaker' was released, Led Zeppelin were about to perform a concert in New York, that morning (or afternoon) Jimmy Page decided he wanted to record a different guitar solo and add it to the previously unreleased song, the solo in this video is actually the original solo recorded for this song. The solo in the recording was added at a later date, then released.
JPJ has long been a rather underrated bassist, for the most part, probably. Ultimately, he tends to be considered one of the great bassists in rock music history; but I, for one at least, think that he has long been greater than just one of the greats... He probably ought to be considered as well as recognized as one of the elites of bassists, in rock music history.
I’ve read a lot about folks saying that the pulsing sound is from a Leslie. Indeed a Leslie gives you some amplitude modulation, but the signature Leslie sound is achieved by pitch modulation created by the Doppler effect from the spinning speakers. I love the sound of a Leslie. Anything put through them sounds amazing. But I don’t hear any phasing in JPJ’s sound. What I hear is his Acoustic 360 set to 11 with a tremolo pedal; this provides that warm pulsing sound. Also a direct signal is sent to the board which provides that gritty treble-y sound to which distortion is added in the verse sections. That’s my theory. I could listen to this all day!!!
Both Jonesy and Macca are just fantastic bass players. Macca is more of a player with his own bass part, but although Jonesy mostly follows the guitar, his licks and his sound are essential to Rock and Roll. Just listen to that power!
I don’t what but there is something that makes this line so much heavier than any other I know of. Like it’s more powerful than buzz but also being lower than standard tuning
@@StNick-xd8tx no...jimmy actually rerecorded the solo at a later date in a different studio which is why the sound/tone is slightly off in the final mix. You can hear the clip and the guitar volume increases as its laid over the last mix the best they could.
This is the kind of brilliance a square producer would reject back then. That's why Page had to do it. A record company man might tell the label "This recording is technically bad, don't put it out."
That interesting upper frequency that rings out kinda made his bass sound like an organ on the record, it’s the only time I’ve ever heard JPJ’s tone quite like that
This baseline is the mile high Tsunami 🌊 on its way. This bass line is California falling into the Pacific It’s Hiroshima and Nagasaki It’s Rampage slamming Arona It’s potent enough to start a young womans cycle It’s potent enough to cause a stroke To rid a house of roaches To induce vomiting To grow hair on ones chest
at 7:08 in my opinion that sound is one of the coolest moments in rock. It sounds like human breath. It sounds like inhaling before the final scream. i always assumed that was the bass sliding up the strings. Am I right?
Rock 'n' roll bands are a drummer and bass player with a wide variety of different singers, guitarists, keyboardists, horns, strings, and an odd other instrument here and there. The foundation is the drummer and bassist. Bonham and Jones are as good as it gets. Look at other pairings. Moon and Entwistle. Fleetwood and McVie. Starr and McCartney. Beard and Hill (RIP.) They go together like peanut butter and jelly. Spaghetti and meatballs. Steak and baked potatoes. Eggs and bacon. Toast and jam. Bonzo and JPJ. Dynamite duo.
Its all cool manIi respect your opinion. I think The Whos Rhythm Section was innovative beacuse Keith and John used there instruments for melody and Time Keeping at the same time.
The Best Rock Bassist ever! Do NOT fall into this BS trap that he’s a simple player, that he's not a flashy, flamboyant, & or not a complicated player, it's TOTALLY Rubbish & it's an insult to his Gid given gift! He's actually the COMPLETE opposite! He’s absolute without a doubt one of the few quintessential expert Rock Bass player & rock Musicians ever, period! If it wasn't for the best rock drummer in the history 🤔 of Rick music, he would have definitely been the best Musician in Zeppelin, He's definitely a ”Musicians” Musician, he can play just about any instrument! you Rock JPJ! Listen to him!!! He's totally rippin’ up! Just listen to how awesome he's playing rock bass in these songs?? He smokin it! Amazing 🎻 🎹 🎸
One of the growliest, evil, dirty, grinding badass bass recordings ever. Long live JPJ
That's the only way to describe it. Very good, my friend ..filthy rotten evil growling beauty...I heard this years ago and I always said it was so motherfucking dirty rotten growling filthy fun!!! It is, too!!! That is the filthiest utter growling like a gutter demon sound I've ever heard.....I have to hear it at least once a day....I can play it, too.. I've been busting acoustic guitar strings since '78 playing hard rock on a delicate acoustic...lol...but yeah man. You described it exactly as I felt it.... Hallelujah to yuh, Mr..
In my opinion the bass actually makes this song what it is john paul jones is amazing. i would also like to hear the drums with it because bonham and jones have such a groovy rhythm section together
I totally agree, but I do love the guitar solo and when the band comes in afterwards it’s total nirvana!
The band makes the song what it is. Plant sings amazingly on this, Page wrote an amazing riff which sounds amazing by itself on the intro, Bonham obviously smashing it and JPJ makes the song better with the bass. JPJ improves it but it wouldn't be Heartbreaker without Jimmy or Robert.
@@fuckamericanidiot
All four of them had such an amazing synergy...Plant and Page provided the fireworks, but Bonham and JPG didn't really get their due.
The bass makes allot of the early stuff funky
@@charlesharper2357 Bonham didn't get his due? He is widely considered one of (if not THE) the greatest rock drummers of all time, and the band broke up when he died. I think he has gotten his due. JPJ was certainly overshadowed by the others, but that's that nature of being a bassist. It's not the glory position in any band.
I think about this bass line daily.
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
I never related to something more
I think about this guitar riff EVERY SINGLE DAY
but you HAVE to listen to this intro LIVE!
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same
I like your profile pic bro
2:08
Have a cigarette, Mr. Jones.
The growl on this bass line is insane. Makes the song. Jimmy’s guitar work on this gets all the recognition, but this bassline is soooooo under appreciated
Ugh, this man was so underrated and underappreciated. Zeppelin would not have had their unique sound if it wasn't for him. JPJ and Bonham were the best rhythm section.
JPJ and Bonzo’s grooves + Jimmy’s riffs >>>>>>>
Better than Entwistle & Moon?
@@jeffinroundlake yes.
It isn’t one musician that makes the band great…it is the synergy between the musicians. JPJ didn’t come up with the bass line alone…you know Page had a big hand in it too. All four of them had ability to play well but more importantly had the creativity to put it all together…like Mozart writing for the entire orchestra and drawing synergy from all the instruments.
I tried this tonight with my Jazz Bass and Leslie 145 and got the EXACT same tone! It is on tremelo. That chugging sound at the beginning is a very sensitive mic, very close to the upper horn, getting blasted by the wind. It sounds like the mic was primarily used in the upper horn (not near the bottom drum rotor), which explains the brittle, yet overdriven tone! I placed my mic in similar way and then eq'd it (added a little mids/bass) in the PA and bam, got it right
Evil , pure evil bass line!
Imagine hearing this in 1969 and having your mind blown
My dad tells the story of being 17 in ‘69.
Buying Zep 1 having never heard of them, but they all had long hair (back of cover) so he bought it.
He says about 1 min into Good Times, Bad Times he calls all his friends. They all come over. Minds BLOWN 😳😳😳😳
Yes, that is how we reacted.@@ezsmith3765
@ezsmith3765 that intro is amazing. The drumming is incredible on that opening. It's a hell of a way to announce yourselves as a band!
I bought the first Led Zeppelin album in 1969 and became obsessed with them.
My father never could understand "Why do you like this s*** ?"
I'm old now but Led Zep still hits me like it did when I first heard 'em.
That riff at 1:26 right after Percy sing “some people cry and some people die by the wicked ways of love” is badassery personified
Spoopysnoo that’s his nickname
Spoopysnoo no need for apologies man, it’s all good
Damn, those bass power chords are just so RAWKIN' TUFF.
Love how Pagey just hangs back and barely plays during the verses. Thought it was him over the top all these years. Turns out it was Jonesy.
Me too ! I alway thought most of this was guitar during these changes. The Jazz really has a different tone.
Masterpiece bass line.
That's a '63 Jazz Bass, with a pick, strung with Rotosounds, with some tremolo....
Fantastic!
Yes, the pick!! Gloriously brutal attack. Very percussive. It almost sounds like a Rick in places.
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not a bass player but curious, when u say tremlow, do u mean vibrato with fingers? or an added effect? pedal? mix?
@@timpenfield5 he's actually using a leslie speaker, a rotating speaker typically used for organs. it causes that warbling/swelling effect. you can hear it spinning in the first couple of seconds of the video
@@noahbenson585 i wanna play with u Noah. Just bought a Dean vintage 1981 Dean guitar. its the shit
never really cared for heartbreaker until i heard it on a good sound system. now JPJ’s dirty bass tone brings me back daily to listen. he really carried LZII in my opinion
Jonesy reportedly used a Leslie speaker to get the "distortion" as well as a pick.
Thanks for the upload! ❤ JPJ!
Its sounds like he was strumming full chords in some parts.
He was definitely playing through the Leslie - that's the tremolo effect you can hear wobbling - but it doesn't really explain the distortion. I've got a Leslie 122 and it doesn't distort anywhere near that much, so I'm thinking it involves another amp in some way, to get that kind of gain.
@@allrequiredfields I think the source of distortion is the tube preamp at max gain, but I'm not totally sure about that
@@allrequiredfields could be board clipping.
IMO you can only appreciate a great bass player when you hear them play live. The best of them make feel like they are kicking you in the chest. I wish I could have heard Zeppelin live.
The bass on the BBC Sessions version of this song will literally kill someone if it's turned up loud enough. It's that fucking heavy.
I dont know how we are able to have this , but this is vital information of one of the best songs a human ear will ever listen to.
This could be released as a single. That’s how good it is.
Heavy bass tone I love it, fits in perfectly.
Too much to newbie ears... simply and completely perfect bass tone from rock and roll heaven. I could die after listen to all Zeppelin's bass line isolated
Trevor Kerby Before 'Heartbreaker' was released, Led Zeppelin were about to perform a concert in New York, that morning (or afternoon) Jimmy Page decided he wanted to record a different guitar solo and add it to the previously unreleased song, the solo in this video is actually the original solo recorded for this song. The solo in the recording was added at a later date, then released.
TheBeatlefan234 this one sounds great too
YOU LIKE BEATLES AND ZEPPELIN. BE MY FRIEND
The solo in the middle section is actually tuned a semi-tone sharper than the rest of the song!
@@ThinWhiteAxe I LIKE BEATLES AND LED ZEPPELIN TOO CAN I BE YOUR FRIEND?
@@cagla3501 I get by with a little help from my friends
It’s funny how JPJ, Paul McCartney and John Enwhistle were not shy of experimenting with their basses
Is it funny how really good musicians during a very experimental period of music were not shy of experimenting with their instruments?
It's not really funny. We're just tickled to hear good bass playing.
Remind me of bass sound in White Album by the Beatles btw. Those guys're amazing
@@newdykung6775 it’s the same bass. A Fender Jazz Master
@@mr.l4461 1962 Fender Jazz Bass
Theres just something so powerful about that chugging bass tone ”tearing” in the verse.
JPJ has long been a rather underrated bassist, for the most part, probably. Ultimately, he tends to be considered one of the great bassists in rock music history; but I, for one at least, think that he has long been greater than just one of the greats... He probably ought to be considered as well as recognized as one of the elites of bassists, in rock music history.
these distorted power chords made the song sound really heavy
almos like Lemmys sound))
Dirty.
He did what a great bass player should do, used what ever made the song sound best..Fingers, pick ,feets.
Oooh, all this AND the live studio take of Page's middle solo! Why can I only like this once?
Ayyyyyyyyyy ! Different take on the guitar solo! Gold baby, gold!
iirc, that guitar solo is on the rough mix version of the song
Really cool to hear.
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@@puromichoacan8339 yes! I made that comment 6 years ago before the deluxe versions were released. And montreux 70 is one of my favorite boots!
I love the wobbly sound of the Leslie cab on this track. It's an example of a perfect bass track in my opinion 🤘
I’ve read a lot about folks saying that the pulsing sound is from a Leslie. Indeed a Leslie gives you some amplitude modulation, but the signature Leslie sound is achieved by pitch modulation created by the Doppler effect from the spinning speakers. I love the sound of a Leslie. Anything put through them sounds amazing. But I don’t hear any phasing in JPJ’s sound. What I hear is his Acoustic 360 set to 11 with a tremolo pedal; this provides that warm pulsing sound. Also a direct signal is sent to the board which provides that gritty treble-y sound to which distortion is added in the verse sections. That’s my theory. I could listen to this all day!!!
That tone is just amazing!
this is so hot?????????????!!!!!!!!
yes it is
Yeah it is
Yeah it is!!!!!!!!
yeah it is
yea but you r hotter
Leslie speaker! That's it. THE most badass bass line in rock!
Watching from Greece.hi everybody.
JPJ is one of the best bass player ever.period.
Love that rotary effect on the bass
I can definitely hear the pick being used, now that you mention it.
Dude, your comment is a truly faithful representation of the Zeppelin sound. They are the best!
Single coil P bass with Rotosound 66s cranked through a Leslie speaker. Gotta love it!
Jazz Bass actually.
Insane how the most calm and "silent" member of LZ created one of the most growliest and dirty bass tones off all time
Colonel Klinck at end " jawohl "
Finger pick'in good!
He's clearly not finger picking in this song
***** its a pun
GOOD ONE!
The grunge scene can thank JPJ...and you're welcome
Long story, but I actually played this song on Les Claypool's actual 4 string bass while it was getting worked on in NY. A few measures that's all. :D
thundering epicness !
huge thanks for uploading this Zach,
1:50 onward is just too awesome
Jonesy puede estar subestimado pero él es el mejor bajista del rock y sin él led zeppelin no sería lo mismo admiro a este hombre y lo amo
FKN love this bass track...he just totally ripped it....one one my fave hard bass tracks...JPJ....SOOOO UNDERRATED.
Underrated by who? One of the greatest, everybody knows that 😉
John Paul Jones hardly underrated!!
JPJ always did have a nasty bass tone. I love it.
Sometimes soft, changes for the song.
This bass line talks to my soul, it's really hard to describe it.
Amazing gritty tone and not only playing root notes.
People arguing over who the best bass player is... That's sad...
Everyone's entitled to an opinion
The best bass player is jack Bruce. End of story!
@@commonsensibility2051 Les Claypool
Its Jaco
James Jamerson
Avec ma Planar 3 , une cellule Goldring Eroica , un ampli Arcam et des enceintes B&W , j’avais ce son
Both Jonesy and Macca are just fantastic bass players. Macca is more of a player with his own bass part, but although Jonesy mostly follows the guitar, his licks and his sound are essential to Rock and Roll. Just listen to that power!
Wow. Completely different guitar solo in the bleedover.
dude im a huge Beatles fan too and i even look up to paul as one of my idles, but paul is not better than john paul jones so deal.
DEFINITELY way in the red recording this.
Like the entire track just yeeted into distortion
Thunder of the Gods!!!!!
My favorite bass tone probably ever
"Jawohl!"
I know right!!! What a cutie!!! :DD
This is freakin METAL ⚡️
That tone is nasty! I love it! 🤘
I believe JPJ came up with the Heartbreaker riff.
I don’t what but there is something that makes this line so much heavier than any other I know of. Like it’s more powerful than buzz but also being lower than standard tuning
2:00 ..what passed for multitrack isolation in 1969.
How are you isolating the bass? Are you just EQ'ing? It seems too clean to have been just EQ'd louder.
Is it me or was the guitar solo completely different then in the original heartbreaker
They re-recorded the solo later.
@@colin8531 I thought it was done in one take?
This is gonna be from the rough mix
@@StNick-xd8tx no...jimmy actually rerecorded the solo at a later date in a different studio which is why the sound/tone is slightly off in the final mix. You can hear the clip and the guitar volume increases as its laid over the last mix the best they could.
@@machinegunmayhem2439 As well as the guitar being pitched slightly higher because they sped up the tape to fit with the original take
Imagine it’s 500 AD and ship full Vikings rowing towards North America
Rowing in pace with this riff.
😳😳😳
What a great tone
Too incredible ❤️
I love this song soo much
He plays as passionately as Jimmy Page. They are cut from the same cloth. Beautiful.
This is the kind of brilliance a square producer would reject back then.
That's why Page had to do it. A record company man might tell the label "This recording is technically bad, don't put it out."
OMG, SO DAM INSPIRED LISTENING TO HIS BASELINES...
Its funny how similar the bass tone in this track is to the bass in Helter Skelter
That’s that golden, scooped and overdriven Jazz Bass tone and it’s why I own one with flatwounds on it.
such a heavy sound
Heaviness and groove👍
Raunchy & addictive!
That sounds rough as Fuq!! And that’s why it *rules!*
That interesting upper frequency that rings out kinda made his bass sound like an organ on the record, it’s the only time I’ve ever heard JPJ’s tone quite like that
I love this bass
Notice the completely different and incomplete guitar solo in the break. Jimmy really struggled at times, but they did write iconic riffs.
equally badass IMO
That bass tone would make Captain Crunch jealous.
This is incredible
This is insane!
Hell,I'd play with mine too,if I had one and it could play like that.Hell if all men's tools were as gifted,we'd live in a world full of Rock Gods..
Skull crusher.
What’s that noise at 4:07? I’ve always wondered
probably just some random noise in the studio that found it’s way onto the mix
This baseline is the mile high Tsunami 🌊 on its way.
This bass line is California falling into the Pacific
It’s Hiroshima and Nagasaki
It’s Rampage slamming Arona
It’s potent enough to start a young womans cycle
It’s potent enough to cause a stroke
To rid a house of roaches
To induce vomiting
To grow hair on ones chest
at 7:08 in my opinion that sound is one of the coolest moments in rock. It sounds like human breath. It sounds like inhaling before the final scream. i always assumed that was the bass sliding up the strings. Am I right?
O Alem 7:08?
Fantastic tone.
BADASSNESS!!!!
Rock 'n' roll bands are a drummer and bass player with a wide variety of different singers, guitarists, keyboardists, horns, strings, and an odd other instrument here and there.
The foundation is the drummer and bassist. Bonham and Jones are as good as it gets. Look at other pairings. Moon and Entwistle. Fleetwood and McVie. Starr and McCartney. Beard and Hill (RIP.) They go together like peanut butter and jelly. Spaghetti and meatballs. Steak and baked potatoes. Eggs and bacon. Toast and jam.
Bonzo and JPJ. Dynamite duo.
One of the NASTIEST riffs ever.
I picture a 6’5” 350 lb. VIKING with a 5ft Axe
This ain’t the version that made it to the album, correct?
Thicc bass tone
Its all cool manIi respect your opinion. I think The Whos Rhythm Section was innovative beacuse Keith and John used there instruments for melody and Time Keeping at the same time.
The Best Rock Bassist ever! Do NOT fall into this BS trap that he’s a simple player, that he's not a flashy, flamboyant, & or not a complicated player, it's TOTALLY Rubbish & it's an insult to his Gid given gift! He's actually the COMPLETE opposite! He’s absolute without a doubt one of the few quintessential expert Rock Bass player & rock Musicians ever, period! If it wasn't for the best rock drummer in the history 🤔 of Rick music, he would have definitely been the best Musician in Zeppelin, He's definitely a ”Musicians” Musician, he can play just about any instrument! you Rock JPJ! Listen to him!!! He's totally rippin’ up! Just listen to how awesome he's playing rock bass in these songs?? He smokin it! Amazing
🎻 🎹 🎸