Nowadays I would say it's one of my favorite Led albums. Very underrated.

@bishlap

Ай бұрын

Presence is a straight ahead hard rock album and very stripped back for a Led Zep record, except for the many LAYERS of guitars. Nothing too fancy, little if any keyboards. I'm surprised it doesn't rate higher w/ Zep fans.

@frankantos

Ай бұрын

A mandatory album indeed❤

@ianhampton1208

Ай бұрын

In my opinion it's the weak second side that lets it down. I've never been a fan of Nobody's Fault But Mine, and Candy Store Rock and Hots On From Nowhere are annoying and weak. Tea For One almost saves it. A stunning slow blues with great singing and guitar work.

Achilles Last Stand is an absolute monster of a song! 🤘

@paulr1193

Ай бұрын

Their greatest IMO.

@CANDOKNOWHOW

Ай бұрын

@@paulr1193Same.. it always been my favorite Led Zeppelin song.

@frankantos

Ай бұрын

Bonzo's most energic performance😮

"I wish I had even half of their talent." If you did, you would easily be better than 99% of all bands that ever walked the earth.

I'll die on the hill that Tea For One is Led Zeppelin's greatest song.

@excrono

Ай бұрын

I’ll join you sir.

My favorite Zeppelin album! Achilles is a Greek name.

@markhill9275

Ай бұрын

So are Soula, Foula, Roula, and Agape! Just ask Con the fruiterer!

This ENTIRE album is 🔥🔥🔥!! IMO, one of their best.

@FogedoBaudit

Ай бұрын

+1

I love your genuine reaction. There is something about listening to Zeppelin for the first time. It brings back memories and justifies how great they were/are. The passion of their commitment to the experience of playing as a band... for the MUSIC... transcends decades.

@excrono

Ай бұрын

Listing this for the first time can enable an objective appreciation of the music with no nostalgia to cloud it. It’s a unique position to approach new music from especially as a mature adult.

Welcome to the Led Zeppelin album that was not supposed to exist! Prior to embarking on a 1976 tour, Robert Plant severely broke his ankle resulting in him being in a wheelchair for most of the year. They decided to record an album instead, but they had no new material. Most of the songs were written in the studio based on jams they had during the sessions. There is very little variation in the instruments - electric guitar, bass, drums and vocals all the way through, not a keyboard or acoustic guitar to be found. Factiod: Achilles Last Stand was called The Wheelchair Song during rehearsals. The title was a play on the legend of Achilles, the strong man whose only weak spot was the heel of his foot. The final title was an "in joke" about Robert's broken ankle.

@frankantos

Ай бұрын

Important points ✌️

The main riff in the first song, _Achilles' Last Stand,_ always makes me think of horses running on a beach, and when the cymbals crash it's like they're splashing through puddles.

Lying on the floor with headphones and listening to the intro of Achilles is how I will always remember this album. The 70's were diverse, and sometimes all it took was a good band and album.

I will never forget Achillies Last Stand at Knebworth Park 1979 I was 18 and just WOW!

@danmayberry1185

Ай бұрын

Oof, my buddies flew from Vancouver to attend Knebworth. When they returned they played Presence non-stop.

The way Jimmy layers guitar tracks on top of each other is genious.

@frankantos

Ай бұрын

Jimmy played all his additional parts in a very ridiculous time because the Stones needed the studio a few days after. He's a guitar master😮

@excrono

Ай бұрын

⁠​⁠@@frankantosRobert Plant is in a cast and in pain, no time left in the studio. “Lads, this could be our finest hour.”

That genuine smile and happy expression, that's the Zeppelin effect alright

Great Lives: Achilles Last Stand: Knebworth 1979; For Your Life - O2 Arena Reunion Concert 2007 (w/Jason Bonham on drums; the only time ever played live).

Your favorite Led Zeppelin album is the one you happen to be listening to, but I listen to Presence more than their other LPs, so I guess it’s my fave.

The mighty “Achilles Last Stand!” 🤘🏽

Achilles Last Stand is the best Rock song yet recorded.

The two opening tracks on this album are so ridiculously good it's not even fair. It's like fishing with dynamite.

Jimmy certainly knows how to produce music...

@houdinididiit

Ай бұрын

Nobody like him. His dedication to the overall experience as a musical journey never gets stale. No matter how many times one listens.

@pbachess

Ай бұрын

Trivia: Death Wish II soundtrack was produced by Jimmy Page. It was recorded at Swan Song Records.

@cliffsmelley5026

Ай бұрын

The time in which he got this album done, on top of all his guitar parts, may make Presence one of the greatest jobs by a producer ever.

Achilles sounds like: ah kill ees, it’s a Greek name

Verdy, I really enjoy your reaction channel. You're such a genuine person.

This Album is a brilliant masterpiece the drumming of John Bonham the bass of John Paul Jones the incredible voice of Robert Plant and the amazing guitar of Jimmy Page they compliment each other such pure magic ❤❤❤

The Heart song Barracuda was inspired from galloping riff of Achilles Last Stand. Also, fyi.. Robert Plant sang from a wheelchair on this album after a automobile accident. I bought this LP new in 76...really good 👍

@_stardust62

Ай бұрын

@@xeyex interesting...I always heard growing up it was Achilles, I'll have to check the other song. Thanks

@ianhampton1208

Ай бұрын

Actually the story I heard was Heart were touring with Nazareth and one of Nazareth said to the Heart girls you p inched that Barracuda riff off our version of This Flight Tonight. They replied no, we lifted it from Zeppelins Achilles Last Stand.

Finally, been waiting for Achilles last stand!

Uh-kee-lees Everytime i hear For Your Life I'm flooded with memories of 10-11th grade riding around smoking and having a blast. This lead is one of my favorites. Juicy blues

I love, love, love rockin’ out with you Verdy! 🔥🎶 Particularly to the one and only Led Zeppelin!

Guitar overdub heaven! I never quite figured out how many overdubs Jimmy added in Achilles Last Stand, but it's a lot. And he's not just doing it because he can, but to create an undulating musical canvas. A sonic landscape designed for earphone listening. One wonders why no one else has ever tried that same formula. Much of the secret to Zeppelins magic dust is the astonishing production and mixing skills of Jimmy Page, and not just the playing of the individuals. Ten Years Gone is another example of this incomprehensible “guitar army” approach to song construction. And the galloping horses rhythm of Achilles would never work if it was a shorter song, a shorter composition. You are riding into battle relentlessly and gets absorbed into the journey, invested in the story. It is too long and too complicated to be a hit, but many, like me, think it is one of the finest arrangements and compositions Jimmy ever created. It is panoramic cinema scope sensory overload. Put your headphones on and crank the volume up! Cheers to miss Verdy 🍺

@JuniorFarquar

Ай бұрын

I have an old Hit Parader mag where Jimmy says, "I got all the overdubs for Achilles done in one night. My head was really spinning."

She does such a perfect job of expressing

Great job VERDY with your reaction to Led Zeppelin there one of the best ROCK BANDS OF ALL TIME.

To me, Presence is the most brutal music ever laid down on a disc.

Heart released Barracuda the year after Achilles' Last Stand. (They began by playing Zeppelin covers, did Battle of Evermore on the Singles movie soundtrack, and of course Stairway for Zeppelin and the Obama's, etc. at the Kennedy Center.)

@excrono

Ай бұрын

Now I need to go down a rabbit hole, I’ll be back in a bit with a single tea cup.

Achilles Last Stand is Led Zeppelin's masterpiece It's probably the best of the best. It's the ultimate rock that will last forever

Love Royal Orleans so funky great riff

Sweet Sister Verdy, thank you again for posting, especially some groovy Zep. Your smile , as usual, has made my day delightful. If I believed in Blessings, your work here would be easily classified as such.

FYI: Achilles is said A-Kill-ease (from the Greek mythology) ... I remember when this album first came out, they just changed the legal drinking age in BC to 19 and that year I could legally go to the bar with my older friends. When I first heard Achilles Last Stand I loved it, but it wasn't until I tried to learn to play it did I realize just how complicated the guitar playing was, I just couldn't get the right cadence (the matching speed and sound) just right. Even now It's still a challenge, but I love the song even more.

I loved it immediately and listen quite regularly. For me, *Presence* is both ancient and futuristic-sounding simultaneously - timeless. 🔮 ‘Candy Store Rock’ and ‘Hots On For Nowhere’ are two songs I adore. When you’re married to the hottest chic, you no longer have to go searching for love... 🛋🍬💗

Achilles Last Stand is my favorite Lex Zep song by far. I am pleasantly surprised that I’m not alone in this.

Il te manque un poster de Zeppelin sur ton mure !!! Fun de voir tes réactions du meilleur groupe Rock de tous les temps … Lâche pas 👍

Love the reaction❤

The very first album I ever bought and my favourite album by my favourite band. Jimmy's solo on "For Your Life" is one of his best and most underrated.

A Kill EE S Last Stand :)

@treetopjones737

Ай бұрын

In Greek mythology, Achilles or Achilleus was a hero of the Trojan War who was known as being the greatest of all the Greek warriors.

@MarkCox21125150

Ай бұрын

@@treetopjones737 Yes. Albion (also mentioned in the song) Son of Poseidon, the Greek God of the Sea makes an appearance as well. Lots of Mythological references in this one (Atlas, etc). A great song!!

@darn1285

Күн бұрын

@@MarkCox21125150 Albion could also reference the traditional name for England. "Albion will rise again" could refer to the re-emergence of the British Empire.

@MarkCox21125150

14 сағат бұрын

@@darn1285 Interesting angle! Could be indeed :)

This has always been my favorite Zeppelin album since I was a kid in the 70s. Thanks, Verdy!

I Like Achilles Last Stand and Nobodys Fault But Mine(Side 2) from this recitd best!! But its All Good. Led Zep 1976

My Favorite Led Zeppelin LP🤘

Yeah Achilles is a Tour de Force, Bonzo just killing that kit!

Thanks for your reaction. This is a very great LP that, in my opinion, it underrated. that said, I am looking forward to seeing your reaction to the live version of Dazen and Confused (MSG 73).

This album should definitely be listened as Vinyl, you get the best of Bonhams drumming. Absolutely beautiful.

Great, genuine reaction as always! I always loved the clever play on words with "Achilles Last Stand" - referencing Achilles' Heel, the only part of his body that was not immune to injury because (in later versions of the myth, anyway) it was where his mother held him when she dipped him in the river Styx to confer invulnerability. And alluding to (Achilles look-alike?) Robert Plant's recent very serious ankle injury In a car accident. In my top three Led Zep songs of all time, although the rest of the album does not excite me quite as much. "Where the mighty arms of Atlas hold the heavens from the earth..." - all the lyrics in the song have specific meaning and often with plays on words. And guitar, drums and bass all absolutely outstanding.

ALS is such a great song, very proggy, very unespected, very underrated!

🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

Very cool that young people still know music 👌

Looking forward to side 2 Your going to love it

Love your reactions Verdy, especially to my fav band, Zeppelin! I think they recorded this in like just 3 weeks, or 17 days or something, amazing. Jimmy stayed up at least one night putting the finishing overdubbed guitars on. "Achilles Last Stand" is, I think, Jimmy's favorite Zeppelin song. Easy to see (hear) why! The whole album is an electric hard rock BANGER! "Tea for one" closes it out on side 2, but is a sloooow, lovely, deeply emotional Blues tune. Fantastic stuff!

Achilles is arguably Zeppelin's finest recorded moment, and that's saying something.

@brovold72

Ай бұрын

It 100% transcends blues at this point

@benaiah2119

Ай бұрын

I agree. Epic and beautiful.

@paulr1193

Ай бұрын

I concur!

@robertsuitsjr6117

Ай бұрын

This is a close second, for me it's Tea for One. But what a way to start and end an album.

@bennythedog93

Ай бұрын

And even if it isn’t your fave… it’s still one of the finest recorded moments!! :-)😊

This is THE underrated Led Zeppelin album! Starts off with a banger, Achilles Last Stand, a precursor to Iron Maiden and other heavy metal acts that followed. Love that you’re finally getting to this gem. Takes a few listens to get into the album as a whole, but it’s well worth it.

@vicprovost2561

Ай бұрын

Tea For One does it for me.

Time has been kind to this album as it has now been seen as underrated as opposed to somewhat disappointing after Physical Graffiti. That always was wrong, incredible performances in Achilles Last Stand and Tea For One. More Zeppelin Magic! 🎵🎸🎤🎹🎶

"Achilles' last stand" is an absolute Masterpiece. And, besides perhaps, "When the Leeve Breaks" and "Kashmir", the apex and summit of John Bonham's magical art of drumming.

@valentinagarciafernandez9031

Ай бұрын

I strongly suggest you to visit their renditions of this song- LIVE👌👍🙋‍♀️

You would think that the Leslie Amp was invented just before this album came out, Jimmy uses it in all the songs on this album. A great but heavy peace of equipment to tour around the world with.

Can't wait for you to hear the last track on the album, IMO that's when Page and Plant peaked.

It’s a very underrated album and I never understood that because I always loved it. I mean it’s all Jimmy on this album. The guitar carries the whole thing.

Ah Just giving Bonzo a breather!

Thanks so much for reacting to this album! Honestly, I’ve only listened to Achilles Last Stand and Nobody’s Fault But Mine (probably my favorite Zeppelin song), so this is a treat for me as well.

Achilles' Last Stand is Zep's most underrated song, and their last great epic. In an otherwise low point in their career, somehow Jimmy Page still managed to orchestrate a Top Five or maybe even Top Three enduring masterpiece.

Another band you should check out is the Warning and their album ERROR Three mexican sisters that play some great rock. 👍

This LP is the begginig of the change of style, it have more in common with the last LP than the others.

An album that most of the people and critics love to hate. It's also not my favourite but Achilles is one of their absolutely top progressive metal tracks. Robert Plant was recovering from a serious car accident at that time and Jimmy Page was working for a long time on the production to get it more or less okay. Their version of the blues gospel song Nobody's Fault but mine (on side 2) is also a highlight. They even did it better on their No Quarter album.

Favorite Zeppelin album!🔥🤘🎶

Big fan of this album. Really like every song on this side. Hope you have a great weekend!

Achilles last stand is a most difficult song to play for the drummer, at something like 146 beats per minute in the fast parts, that is fast, espacially for a long song.

Verdy!!!! 😊Awesome album

Hey Verdy! Excellent channel! "Achilles" is pronounced a-KILL-eez . It was the name of a mythical Greek god.

Love it. The lyrics seem to be about touring and the fun they look forward to having. I think Plant's optimism and love of fun had a lot to do with keeping them together. I got to see them twice back in the day

I enjoyed watching this and listening. By the way, Achilles is a Greek name and is pronounced uh-kil-ees. :)

Achilles Last Stand, Favorite Zep track

In Greek mythology, Achilles (/əˈkɪliːz/ ə-KIL-eez) or Achilleus (Greek: Ἀχιλλεύς, translit. Achilleús) was a hero of the Trojan War who was known as being the greatest of all the Greek warriors.

On Royal Orleans he says his date should’nt sound like Barry White 😮

For Your Life is like a pile driver to your soul.

yay!

YAY YAY YAY Sooo **Happy** ya are doing **MORE** of **MyBelovedOtherWorldlyLedZeppelin** just **Magical**

アニメのかぐや様の藤原と会長のラップ回で、ボヘミアン·ラプソディとアキレス·ラスト·スタンドに似た曲が使われているのに気づいた人いるかな？

Think Robert plant was in a cast and wheel chair from a car accident when he recorded this album.

Maybe I could say this is the first minor Zeppelin's album. But I also have ro say that at the same time it gave me big inspiration as a musician. Here we have some great tunes. Enjoy listening to it again with Verdy. Thank you 😊

Please react to the live version of Achilles Last Stand it’s amazing!!!

❤

Have this album 👍

Yay!

Ah-kill-ees , the Greek hero from the Trojan War. Where we get Achilles tendon in your ankle. Because that’s where Achilles was shot by an arrow. That killed him.

Listen to destroyer 77 Achilles at its finest...

So so pretty

You rock girl

FYIJIC. Achilles was the mightiest of Greek warriors during the Trojan War, invulnerable save for a single spot on his ankle where the gods held his body as they dipped him in invincibility sauce. Brad Pitt played him in the movie Troy. Today we informally call the tendons on the back of the lower leg where the foot joins "Achilles tendons". I suspect that as a footballer you've gotten kicked there many times.

Find the Knebworth concert videos.

Ask big Jim about little Jim and then take in a little bit of Jim Sullivan guitar work interesting documentary. He wanted out of sessions as well

Say what you will but I listen to the greatest music ever made with a pretty little French girl.

I'm not going to define my comment with specifics , suffice to say , if you know you know . How do you get away with it ? Not that I'm complaining . I love it ! I always enjoy your musical reactions , there is nothing fake . You say what you feel and it is so real .

Not my favorite but Achilles is one of their greatest creations. I would say that "Presence" and "In through the out door" both fell short of expectations, though awesome in their own right.

What a Kick-Ass 'Rock 'n' Roll' Band, Do You Not, Think...??

A-kill-eez🎩

a-KEEL-ees. Have you ever heard of Achilles Heel? Basically, that means, your weak spot. If I recall correctly, when Achilles was born, his mother knew of some magical body of water whereby, if you put your hand in it, your hand would forever be completely invincible. Well, she wanted to dip his entire body into the water so, she held him by his heel and dipped him in so, the only place he could be harmed for the rest of his life was that heel. because it's the only part of his body that never touched that water. One day, when he was an adult, he was fighting in a battle and someone happened to shoot him in that particular heel with an arrow and it killed him. That's not the bass, that's the low strings on the guitar. I used to know of a local radio station that had that sculpture on the cover. It's called, "The Object". Your mic is still breaking up.

@JuniorFarquar

Ай бұрын

I have an "Object". Prized possession.

@RedVynil

Ай бұрын

@@JuniorFarquar I wouldn't mind having one, either. I used to have lots of prized collectable possessions `til my evil, greedy ex-sisters had me kicked out of my own house 4 years ago!

I like the channel. Question, are you Dutch? Just wondering

@ianhampton1208

Ай бұрын

She's French Canadian from Quebec

@aguythatworkstoomuch4624

Ай бұрын

@@ianhampton1208 thanks! I was trying to place the accent

@ianhampton1208

Ай бұрын

No problem, I was struggling to work it out when I first come across her. Fortunately she does little question and answer posts when she reaches a milestone, like 10,000, 20,000 subscribers. The last one was for 50,000. So you learn about where she lives and other things like the braces. She's had it tough, with quite a major cooperation on her jaw. But she seems a lovely girl, her parents should be really proud.

@ianhampton1208

Ай бұрын

* that should read 'operation'

@aguythatworkstoomuch4624

Ай бұрын

@@ianhampton1208 so what’s the story with her braces? I was thinking , why does a 25 year old have braces? And you said her jaw? Huh