75 year old listener and longtime led zep lover. What a great song!

I love watching younger people discover their magic.

Physical Graffiti is one of the greatest and most unique albums ever made. Yes, Gospel and the Blues but with the hooks and riffs and drums of Rock and Roll.

Please dont ever forget John Paul Jones. He was just as influential as Page or more so in arangements and overall song structure, he wrote much of the actual music as well as mulit instrumentalist/vocalist. as well as one on the greatest pianist/organist, / guitarist. mandolin. banjo ...ect...

Led Zeppelin isn’t just music, it’s an experience!

They literally made MAGIC! This live in 1975 is killer!! JPJ is really one with Bonham...watch them live. There would not be a Led Zeppelin without ANY ONE of them!!

@johnkayak5488

Жыл бұрын

Right on julie Manarin!

@camusfacel1591

Жыл бұрын

I saw them play Knebworth in 1979 - their last UK gig as the original line-up. I was 16.

@danielcobbins8861

Жыл бұрын

And Plant introduced it by saying, "This is a song that comes from the Deep South of America, and consequently ended up in Earl's Court. Would you believe."

@danrieke9988

5 ай бұрын

"...without ANY ONE of them!!" - word that

Go down this rabbit hole…Led Zeppelin did not write a bad song, seriously…..ever.❤️🎼❤️

Live, one take, in the studio. The live version is astounding.

@juliemanarin4127

Жыл бұрын

Absolutely right!!

@basher5107

Жыл бұрын

Untrue,If you listen at the end of the studio track Bohnam says “I think that’s the one and Eddie Kramer said c’mon in and have a listen.

@michaellamb9596

Жыл бұрын

Has nothing to do with whether it took one take or more. The ending was not written when the band started recording the song. They jammed on it and improvised an ending - you can hear drummer John Bonham say at the end: "That's gotta be the one.", in reference to the improvisation.

@bishlap

Жыл бұрын

MANY of Zep's best tunes were recorded in one take/LIVE-IN-STUDIO, then the overdubs added later, like 2nd guitar or rhythm track... either way, the awesomeness of the Band is OVERWHELMING and nobody EVER sounded so raw and great live in studio.

@charlessutton9103

Жыл бұрын

I think Jim said 11 takes

Old fart here: When I hear younger folks remark on a song’s length as a potential barrier, I think--I guess we just didn’t have so many compelling things competing for our attention back in the day. Things were simpler then. Makes my old-fart soul want to say: what’s wrong…you got somewhere you gotta be? 😹

@juliemanarin4127

Жыл бұрын

Old fart here too! 70s were the best time of my life!!

@ThatGuy-cb3yv

Жыл бұрын

Exactly. Lol

@1313jerry1313

Жыл бұрын

Same here... and some songs are so good, they seem short.

@nowhere982

Жыл бұрын

From one ol fart to another..... What a time we had back then😂🤣😂🤣🎶👍😘still rocking at almost 70 despite the ol bones🤣😂🤣

@timothygrayson

Жыл бұрын

I think music has died out killed off under the craze for morons and hatred for talent. I mean why the hell be ashamed of having a skill of talent or success is beyond me. A cultural implosion where even sex has to be compartmentalised to 3 mins as violence is preferable to the mass. Zeppelin now exist where they belong in the imagination of four lads of nature's invention.

“That’s gotta be the take, right?” LOL Yeah maybe.

@BTipp24

4 ай бұрын

Lol, yeah sounds like a keeper guys

Theres a reason this band was done after John Bonhams passing...the 4 of them created this magic called Led Zeppelin, they came together and created the greatest music to ever grace my ears. RIP JB ! And thank you Led Zep for blazin a musical trail that has yet to be matched.

It's almost as if it transcends music...and goes straight to the soul

This, for me, is the single greatest recording this band ever made. They were at the pinnacle of their fame and at the peak of their power as musicians and as a unit. I read they were dripping wet after that take.

John Paul Jones was right there with Jimmy on that fretless bass. All three musicians were going at together!

@mybrainhurts1856

Жыл бұрын

I'd say all 4 musicians - cuz if Robert Plant's voice isn't an instrument, I don't know what is!! 😁❤️

@juliemanarin4127

Жыл бұрын

They created magic!

@JuniorFarquar

Жыл бұрын

Fretless? Citation, please. Never heard of that on this song. Gotta know.

@anitapaulus937

Жыл бұрын

@@JuniorFarquar google it

@badger8800

Жыл бұрын

@@JuniorFarquar and it's not Jimmy on base is John Paul Jones he had it backwards just saying

This is a Master Piece of music on every level. So glad younger people are getting to hear such quality

Growing up in the 70s we didn't know how good we had it. So much great music. I remember buying my first Zep album and every HS boy I knew had a guitar and tried to play Zep all day while we sat and lit one up. Many of LZs tunes ( like this one) are takes on very old blues/ gospel tunes. We didn't know that then. We just knew we were jammin our butts off and we loved it.

@j.h.3777

Жыл бұрын

I knew how good we had it when I went to concerts and thousands of people clapped and roared as one.

@juliemanarin4127

Жыл бұрын

Isn't that the truth! Best time of my life was in the 70s!

@juliemanarin4127

Жыл бұрын

@@j.h.3777 Absolutely!!

@lesblatnyak5947

Жыл бұрын

No shit ,Led Zeppelin, Yes, Genesis, Jethro Tull, ELP, Queen, Greatful Dead, Zappa, CSNY, Pink Floyd and on to Motown.....

@Mike-rk8px

Жыл бұрын

In the 70’s we though the Carpenters, disco, and the tv show Hee Haw was really awful music.....that stuff sounds beautiful compared to what passes for music today.

Led Zeppelin was the master of keeping you off center and utterly entranced.

I'm 67. I had the great good fortune to see them on the Physical Graffiti tour. I have had the opportunity to see many greats of the 60's and 70's live and to this day, that concert remains among the very best. When you're young, sheer enthusiasm carries you to opinions of what is "the best," which may not be rooted in reality. LZ struggled through much of their career for critical recognition, but the passage of years has proven them to be among, if not at the top of the great ones. Reactions from those who have never heard them, or weren't even alive when they were playing further prove the point. They will endure through time, undimmed.

@mikegonzalez7625

Жыл бұрын

When you are watching a game you always hear Zep songs during a break. No other band can say that.

@RodneyFrazer

Жыл бұрын

So friggin jealous! I was just a bit too young when they were touring (I'm 56) and I always wished I could've seen them live. And, the one concert more than any that I'd want to see would have been the one you went too! Seriously, right when Physical Graffiti was released would be the one I'd choose. PG is their best album

Watching Page do this live at Earl's Court from 1975 is beyond belief! Amazing performance if you get a chance to check it out.

@deandops736

11 ай бұрын

thank you , KZread . do you remember when all we had was memories , and what our elders told us of LZ ?

The drums follow the guitar so well.

its like a tale of two cities, they are all into themselves completely, but into the band completely

Check out the other Blind Willie Johnson cover that they did, Nobody’s Fault But Mine.

they recorded this live in the studio, THIS IS WHAT THEY SOUND LIKE!!!!!!!

This is what happens when all the artists are Phenomenal.

Wow!!! Just wow!!! I am a follower of the messiah, and this song just pumped me up to the clouds!!!! Thx bro I need this!! I mean hey, it’s God and the GOATS of rock n roll, that’s a win win ¡

I guess I'm old. But back then. So much good music being released all the time. I would be buying new LPS regularly. Now. I can't remember the last time I was excited about a released record.

Zeppelin was with Atlantic, however after Zep's five-year contract with Atlantic was over, they worked out a deal with Atlantic to create their own label called Swan Song. Atlantic would still distribute the albums but the Swan Song label would allow Zep to have less interference from Atlantic over creative differences. It also allowed Zep to sign other artists to the Swan Song label. Swan Song was dissolved in 1983 after the band broke up. Physical Graffiti was the first Zep album issued on Swan Song and today, the label is strictly used for reissues of albums that were released by the label when it was active (so, from Physical Graffiti through Coda) except in 2012 the label was resurrected when Led Zeppelin released the live Celebration Day product of their 2007 one-off reunion concert.

@helenespaulding7562

Жыл бұрын

👋🤗😁

@eatthisvr6

Жыл бұрын

they signed bad company didnt they?

@henriettaskolnick4445

Жыл бұрын

@@eatthisvr6 yes

@henriettaskolnick4445

Жыл бұрын

@@helenespaulding7562 👋🤗😁

@w.geoffreyspaulding6588

Жыл бұрын

@@eatthisvr6 yes

Yep, Blind Willie Johnstone, from the good old South London, you can't miss that good ole Elephant and Castle Tabernacle Gospel feel!

Lol. They knew they fucking nailed it. "That's gonna be the one" I wonder what take that was. Probably first. Beginning to end

@juliemanarin4127

Жыл бұрын

I do believe it was the first take

Yo are reacting exactly like we did years ago when we first heard this stuff. Absolute game changer. Nobody had heard anything like this before. We played it over, and over, and over.

Fastest 11 minutes of hard, gospel rock!

This is why my son loves Led Zeppelin! He taught himself how to play the guitar 🎸 ☮️🔥

In 1987, I was 16. Led Zep had been broken up for years and I had never heard them. My friend Paul was a rocker and copied me all their albums onto cassettes. “I think you’ll like this band…”

@7:40, Page does this thing at the beginning of the slide solo where it sounds like a fader is adjusting the tone from deeper and wider to more trebly and distorted, in time to the slide of the guitar...One of my favorite parts of any Zeppelin recording...

@CanAlternateLostTape

Жыл бұрын

That’s a punch-in; the solo was overdubbed

My favorite Zeppelin song. That's a lot considering songs like Kashmir and When The Levee Breaks!

I love your enthusiasm for the music. I suggest the following for your next few reactions: “You Shook Me”, “Lemon Song”, “and “Bring It On Home “ from their first 2 albums. These 2 albums have a soft spot in my heart as I got them both when I was 13/14 years old.

@lesblatnyak5947

Жыл бұрын

Lemon Song

When Physical Graffiti was released in 1975 it was a sensation. In the USA & Canada it was selling 500 copies every HOUR.

"This is one of the most unique songs I've ever heard." You just described the collective work of Led Zeppelin.

When LZ re-negotiated their deal w/ Atlantic they were given their own record label...Swan Song Records. Bad Co was their first signing.

Never forget John Paul Jones! He was the glue that held the other stupendous stars together. He could play so many instruments as required. He may be the quietest one amongst the talent and egos but he was always there!

For another huge Zeppelin epic, with many more twists and turns and time changes, try 'Achilles Last Stand'.

Goose bumps every time I hear this song! What a groove…they took us to church!

MMBx really nailed the whole vibe of this tune,('I don't know what this is, but I love it') and basically that is BONHAM and PAGE (like many times before) just feed off one another... Jimmy will tell you or u can see for yourself how much Bonzo's playing moved/inspired Jimmy by listening or rather watching them LIVE and see how many times Bonham's playing is in synch w/ Jimmy's playing/body movements - Quite a sight to see 2 masters feeding off one another. Another fine example of Led Zeppelin at their best and the world knowing it!

“I don’t know what’s happening right now but I love it” We felt the same way hearing it when it was fresh so long ago.

Based on a traditional blues, as typical. :) I guess there’s Stairway, but I think of this and Rain Song as their true epic bangers. That syncopated drum riff when it kicks in (you’ll know when you hear it) is always when I lose it and can’t sit still. Follow the kick drum through this song. He’s making magic there.

Page loved him some southern blues. I don’t know how he acquired the rights to these songs but they made them masterpieces.

At the end you can hear Bonham ask if that was good enough! Over 11 minutes on one take... yeah, they were gifted!

You gotta watch them do that live to see how Jimmy runs up and down the neck of that guitar playing both slide and finger at the same time.

Such a great deeper cut from the GOATS - one of my favorites and for sure a church session of legendary stature!

"I don't know what's happening right now, but I love it." This was precisely my feeling when I first heard this song.

Incredibly underrated song. It's kind of a standard, but nobody kicked you in the guts with it like LZ.

When they got together the angels gave them the breath of the blues...they were so influenced by black American blues (Sonny Boy Williamson, Billy Johnson, Johnny Lee Hooker, Howlin' Wolf, etc.). They took a lot of songs from these greats and made it updated, but still full of blues.

@booboo8577

3 ай бұрын

Robert Johnson is not an etc., he should be first on the list.....every list.

Great reaction! These guys don't disappoint. Keep going.

@MMBxMOB

Жыл бұрын

Thank you! Will do!

@Kim-J312

8 ай бұрын

​@@MMBxMOBZeppelin is more than music , it's an experience. You need to check out live videos of Jimmy Page playing with a bow on guitar 🎸 and his double neck guitar 🎸 🎸 ❤

I can imagine some kid playing this for the first time on a record and not knowing what he was about to hear because it probably didn’t get radio time. Probably blew a few minds

@danceswithcritters

2 ай бұрын

Yes, bought it on release day, blew my mind.

this is on and off my favourite zeppelin track, achilles last stand being my current favourite. youl LOVE that 1 aswell, another MONSTER drumming track with 1 of pages best ever solos imo

All I can say is welcome to the Led Zeppelin Journey

Many regarded them as a heavy metal band, ha ha! As you said, they did many genres and did them brilliantly!

@VampireJack10

Жыл бұрын

Not metal per se, but metal adjacent. Definitely a massive influence on metal.

Led Zeppelin is one of the greats.

@juliemanarin4127

Жыл бұрын

THE GREAT!

Got to listen to 2 songs thst were always played back to back live and studio versions, "The Song Remains the Same" and "The Rain Song". Greatest band of all time!!!

@juliemanarin4127

Жыл бұрын

YES!!!

@davidenders9282

Жыл бұрын

Live versions were better than the studio.

Bonham was completely self-taught, just a natural.

You don’t hear or see performance’s like this anymore!

John Bonham was lost at a young age, but some years later his son, John Bonham Jr played with the band and you would swear Dad was right back on earth.

I love experiencing the younger generations enjoying the music that we LOVED in the 70s. So many good ones. I hear so many reactors today say that some of the music was "ahead of their times". Nope - it was the start of the times. Musicians today are dipping back to that music and building upon it. 70s music was the base of such good music.

This is why they are the Gods of Rock! New song? One take, no problem. There are no bad Led Zeppelin songs. The four of them together just were magic.

The live is insane!!

Jimmy Page...I love Jimmy Page. That man is so talented. Such a great band. Every single man there has their own thing and together they are magic.

JPJ really kept it together, never really getting the credit he deserved

You should check out the live version jimmy will blow you away

Wow 🍃 speechless. The structure of the journey the four of them bring to us is brilliant. Epic

I was so blessed to see them in concert ! MSG in 1977🫶🏼

the most monstrous drumming ive ever heard in my life!!!!

@callfourzero1931

Жыл бұрын

Even with all the other talent on stage you always recognize Bonham, he was a huge part of Led Zep. Search "Bonham outtakes" on the internet, a bit of nectar for fans. A couple dozen isolated tracks.

They did do the first Hip-Hop song. Its called "The Crunge". :)

@charlessarver8350

Жыл бұрын

They have stated it was their interpretation of disco.

@stevesharpe361

Жыл бұрын

...and of course the original RAP singer 🤣, little Robert Anthony.

@DGW374

10 күн бұрын

The Crunge was a clear tribute to James Brown, The Godfather of Soul.

Swan Song was their own label under Atlantic Records.

When hard rockers do gospel blues and I loved it! Just beautiful 👌

Swan Song is Led Zeppelin's own label they started. It's part of the Atlantic records company. Swan Song Records was a record label launched by the English rock band Led Zeppelin on 10 May 1974. Atlantic was yhe distributor for Swan Song Records.

This song is like fine wine (or a good whiskey for me in particular) , I didn’t get into it much when I was younger but now it’s one of my favorite songs of all time and I’m obsessed with that creeping zombie bass and I play the main riff on my guitar a lot even before I realized it was from this specific song , effing love it!

I saw them in 1976 in MSG in NY, and by then I learned to play it. I never covered it professionally because I played mostly originals, but it remains my all time favorite cover to play.

Man, ya need to play the video along with this. It's even more epic. Led Zeppelin...the greatest ever.

You aint heard The Rain Song yet !

I wish it were possible to choose a top 5 for Zeppelin.

@stevesharpe361

Жыл бұрын

Just can't do it (pick a favourite 5). Everytime I hear a less listened to song, 'Travellin riverside blues' for example, it goes into the list. This happens with many of their songs.

@VampireJack10

Жыл бұрын

​@@stevesharpe361I love that song!

One of the best songs on the best album in the history of music. Gospel, blues and heavy rock melded into a literal firestorm that leaves you breathless when it's over

Hard Acid Blues Rock.

@loadedorygun

Жыл бұрын

My sis is 7 years older, born in 1960 so she was a teenager when all this came out…she called it “acid rock” too, but in a disparaging way like it was music for burnouts. I respect my sister’s taste, and she got her punishment by marrying a nut for Euro metal lol, but how you turn 15 and this music’s coming out, and say “nah,” I’ll never understand lol

@Daisy-sc6tm

Жыл бұрын

Lol my mom said disgusted "Acid Rock?" When I started listening to Led Zep in the 80s

My favorite Led Zeppelin song. I think I could listen to it infinitum.

This is one of the reasons I ❤️ Zeppelin 💯🔥

Physical Graffiti is my all-time favorite rock album. It is peak Led Zeppelin!

One of my favorite Zeppelin songs.

When the Levy breaks 👍 If you haven't already.....😂

It’s like Led Zeppelin walked right up to the pearly gates and let us all in!

Я из России. Мне уже немногим больше 70. г. Я люблю Лед Зеррелин. Это великая группа!

Try their song, No Quarter live in Madison Square garden 1973.

@juliemanarin4127

Жыл бұрын

God yes!

Zep is just stupid good. I mean. Jeez. The more you listen, the more you come to know.

Gotta love it when ya see a whole new generation getting STANK FACE! Especially when ya get to watch somebody hear John Bonham take off and play LEAD DRUMS!!!

John was saying “this is my song!” Lol

This is my Song! Yep!

Lots of British Bands,learned Tradecraft on the Blues.

My girls, know this will be played at my wake.

Cheers for reacting to my favourite Led Zeppelin song. For me this song makes me think of Robert Johnson playing the Delta blues at the crossroads and selling his soul to the devil at least that’s how the legendary goes.

This is absolutely a gospel song. Check out the 1927 recording by the Reverend “Blind Willie” Johnson.

Thanks for your reactions. Get the Led out!

@MMBxMOB

Жыл бұрын

You got it Terry!

Swan Song was the label started and owned by Led Zeppelin, they later signed Bad Company to the label, the label features a famous artwork by Michaelangelo

@marke2289

4 ай бұрын

The artwork was based on "Evening - Fall of Day" by William Rimmer. en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:William_Rimmer_-_Evening_%28The_Fall_of_Day%29_-_81.110_-_Museum_of_Fine_Arts.jpg