This track is just a pure down home Mississippi Delta blues but cranked to 11 in the way only Zep could do it.

@AirplayBeats

Жыл бұрын

Delta blues!! That’s the description I was looking for.

@Greg-io1ip

Жыл бұрын

I think George Thoroughgood was listening to this over and over to get his sound. Mixed with Buddy Holly. But ultimately it's all going back to cotton picking and sharecroppers sounds. Remember that Elvis's family so poor he grew up a few years with black sharecroppers. He gave credit of his soul rock vibes to that time of his life. But he really should have been more vocal about it. But he did give credit where it's due.

@bradsense7431

Жыл бұрын

@@AirplayBeats Johnny Winter for some Delta Blues. Check out his 1969 LP titled simply Johnny Winter. Recommend songs- “Dallas “ “Leland Mississippi Blues” “When You Got a Good Friend” but whole LP great raw blues.

@franklimper2677

10 ай бұрын

😂😂😂😂

@Chris-kj7de

Ай бұрын

@@Greg-io1ip Watch "Elvis Presley and the Black Community" to see what Elvis contributed to the Black community, which is where he grew up. He was an amazing person.

Bonzo basically recorded this in one take. Dude is another level His touch and sound was a gift to us all

@AirplayBeats

Жыл бұрын

I was wondering if it was a one take

@tektoniks_architects

Жыл бұрын

Recorded live, in the studio, in one take

@Dan-zq5wt

Жыл бұрын

That drum riff after “take me home” is unbelievable. But it’s the production too. Notice how the volume swells to create maximum impact. Bonham and Page were a genius partnership. That’s what gave Zeppelin that special edge - The synchronization between Page and Bonham.

@zosomoso

Жыл бұрын

The whole band recorded this live

@ledzeppacker

Жыл бұрын

I detect some confusion between you two. Basically clueless. Tell the truth about why you do led zeppelin.

We are talking about John Bonham…. in 2023… can we agree he was one of the best ? Yep. ❤️🎶❤️

@marianna007levina3

Ай бұрын

Simply ❤best

I never really understood it as a kid learning to play the drums as to why Bonzo was so in tune with the band and why his playing was so intricate. Then it struck me, he had an affinity for playing with and accenting the lead guitar and the bass at the same time. I've tried to emulate that ever since. This song is perfect example of his ability to do that. One of his most difficult beats to master, other than the shuffle he uses in Fool in the Rain. Most drummers will pick one or the other and they either sound monotone and steady behind the beat (think Charlie Watts) or they are all over the place trying to get attention (think Keith Moon). Bonzo was a master at being both. That's why he is and always will be the greatest drummer of all time.

@joakimkarlsson8995

11 ай бұрын

So true! Very well put. 👍👍

@Philip_LasVegas

10 ай бұрын

Well said!

@JosephMuir-ic2nw

3 ай бұрын

Absolutely true

@JosephMuir-ic2nw

3 ай бұрын

Couldn't say it any better

@irisbaerecke1704

2 ай бұрын

And he simply did so, perhaps because He never studied playing drums, not a single lesson.

People don't talk enough about Jimmy Page as a producer. For me, it was always about the sound these guys got, above and beyond their musicianship and artistry.

@kikivon3501

2 ай бұрын

Facts!!!! JP was an amazing producer, top tier

@Dan-zq5wt

4 күн бұрын

Dude is a genius, plain and simple.

Best rock band ever

As others have mentioned, the album cover was taken from St. Marks Place in New York. What made the album design even more fun is the windows are all die-cut and it came with cardboard inserts in the album that had other images so you could switch around what was showing in the windows by changing the insert. The "Physical Graffiti" title itself came from Jimmy and was meant to evoke the combined physical, mental, and emotional effort it took to record an album with the outward expression of it, exploding it out like "graffiti" to cover the world. It's a double album that includes songs that came from the LZ III days up to the present; it's gritty, raw, hard, balanced with sparkling beauty and fun. It's also the first album released on the band's new record label called Swan Song. This album was so strong, it brought the previous 5 albums back onto the charts. This song is a reworking of the song by Blind Willie Johnson from 1927 called "Jesus Make Up My Dying Bed", which, is itself adapted from older traditional sources and had already been covered by other artists such as Bob Dylan. In it, Jimmy plays slide throughout on his Danelectro guitar set to an open E tuning, Jonesy plays fretless bass and Bonzo's drums pummel you into submisssion. It's yet another great example of Zep's "light and shade" dynamics which allow the listener to flow on a journey of hard rock/heavy blues. The ending was actually just them jamming because they hadn't planned out a proper song ending yet. The chatter at the end is Bonzo coughing, Robert saying "cough" then you can hear Bonzo say "That's gonna be the one, isn't it?" and someone in the booth says "Come have a listen then." as Bonzo replies "Oh yes, thank you." Later after Robert's car accident, supposedly he didn't like to sing the song, feeling it hit a little too close to home. An excellent live performance of this is from Earls Court. If you search for it on KZread, it's called "Led Zeppelin - In My Time of Dying - 1975 Earls Court" and is 12 minutes and 23 seconds.

@richardcurley5798

Жыл бұрын

Thank for all those insights. So interesting. I have heard of the songs origins, but thanks for the details

@henriettaskolnick4445

Жыл бұрын

@@richardcurley5798 you're very welcome! I love discussing all things Zep.

@Greg-io1ip

Жыл бұрын

@@henriettaskolnick4445 I don't know your age but I do remember every Christmas for a few years, as a small child when this album came out as a young teen, when I was little, we each got a cardboard with a picture similar to the album cover. It was usually from England. With usually 25 little paper doors. You open a door each December day, and a little flat wrapped chocolate from England would be behind that paper door. When you take the chocolate, it would have a little scripture or reference to scripture to look up. So every time I see this album, I remember when I was a little kid, and that sometimes we would open the doors early to get more chocolate, and carefully close it to make it look unviolated. I remember siblings stealing chocolates in this technique. I remember I paid very little attention to the sermons and references LoL!

@marymargaretmoore9034

Жыл бұрын

Great info, and suggestion for the live video at Earls Court in '75. Thanks.

@curtjohansen5742

Жыл бұрын

I believe it's open a tuning on the studio album and open g live.

Bonham's Foot is absolutely driving this song...that and JPJ's bass line. A master class.

If there was any doubt…This song proves John Bohnam was the greatest drummer…Ever!

@2869may

Жыл бұрын

One of them for sure...!

@briancullen9575

Жыл бұрын

Rock drummer. I agree.

@pierretoureille7359

Жыл бұрын

Ginger Baker, please

@Cooz.

4 ай бұрын

@@pierretoureille7359no thanks

It is the same building where the Rolling Stones recorded the video for "Waiting On A Friend".

@melvinwomack3717

Жыл бұрын

Yep I can delete my comment now 😁

When you hear the song at full volume with a good sound system, it goes through your body and it transforms you. It is insane to hear at volume. I just wish folks could actually hear that. ❤

@com4tme

10 ай бұрын

This song puts me in a high suspended state. Kinda like Mitch McConnell. If you know what I mean

@briantaulbee6452

7 ай бұрын

At proper volume you not only hear it but feel it as well.

Straight blues song done the Led Zepp way. You gotta love that slide.

This song has some tasty blues, jazz like improvs, slow/fast/slow, Robert scatting, some gospel - just everything poured into that song as one long love song between the band members.

I've always wondered how many more great Zeppelin songs we would have today if Bonzo hadn't died. 😢

My 2nd favorite Bonz recording right after “Nobody’s Fault but Mine” the drum intensity is amazing, the slide work is unparalleled for the era. Killer song

@gerardodoherty9178

Жыл бұрын

@cre8tivone "Nobody's Fault but Mine" is a killer, isn't it? "Presence " is underrated by some but it's one of my favourites.

I had forgotten how good this song is.

The album cover is St. Marks Place in NY city. Jimmy Page later said the song was recorded in “one or two improvised takes.” Those drums…damn.

I used to listen to this song three times in a row while getting right for the everyday grind of an eighth grader life. I was properly pumped when I left the house every morning. "I don't need geometry proofs, I have Physical Graffiti" was my general attitude. It almost worked.

@Greg-io1ip

Жыл бұрын

They made middle school geometry unnecessarily difficult. At that young age, we need to see the application for that algebra and geometry before the 2 inch thick textbook with very few words, mostly numbers in mysterious graphs and symbols. Meanwhile history lessons omitting ugly truth that white nationalist agenda was afraid we couldn't handle. Yet that rocket science geometry and algebra 'was just peachy'. Definitely kept history lessons as last homework to spend time on. It was a conspiracy. At least here in the south (Texas and Florida public textbook board members evangelical white nationalists, documented).

@joescott8877

Жыл бұрын

Ha! Love it! Suck it, caffeine!

The Delta Blues as envisioned by Bonzo, Page, JPJ & the vocal mastery of Plant cranked up to 11. The blues were such a heavy influence on Led Zeppelin’s music. I love you guys reactions.

You guys said in this video what I have been saying for over 35 years, that Bonzo's drums are the lead instrument on this recording of this song. You do have to watch a live performance to hear the end of the song, because they only ever finished it onstage, without the cough. It blew me away when I saw them line in Greensboro in 1977.

This song was originally called Jesus make up my dying bed by blind willie Johnson in 1928 and was covered by Bob Dylan and Led Zeppelin and called in my time of dying .Yes Jimmy is playing his 59 Danelectro slide guitar, but bonzo does steal the show on this one. They play an amazing live version with video from the 1975 show at earls court. I overlooked this song until later in life when I was looking for new zeppelin material. It’s pretty amazing the sound they could make together. They were a band with no limits

@kikivon3501

Жыл бұрын

Blind Willie Johnson was such a monumental talent!!!!!

Done in one take! Yes a slide! This live is unbelievable!

Everything that made Zeppelin great is showcased in this song--their outstanding cover of "In My Time Of Dying". The four right people at the right time. Plant's manic vocals, Page's slide guitar & foot pedal wizardry, and, most especially, the way JPJ's bass and Bonham's drums are locked together, especially in the middle section where they picked things up, as you put it. I submit that Jones and Bonham were the greatest rhythm section in Rock music. Another great reaction, gentlemen. You're both gonna have fun with the rest of this album.

@Greg-io1ip

Жыл бұрын

Bonham & JPJ's percussion and bass foundation really is everything with Zeppelin. It gives the perfect space for Jimmy's original riff work to exist, and Plant had a natural instinct for what he was hearing. He's pretty amazing, even I myself am guilty of not giving Plant his due. He's kind of an odd guy, but as lead singers go a decent chap. But his legendary vocals are so noticable because he knows where to sing, in what parts. Sometimes not where most singers would be. Then adds the grunts and wailing sounds exactly where a blues singer would put them. It was indeed a perfect storm of the correct formula talent. They never had the big dust ups within. Bonham's drinking probably cost them 2+ more masterpieces, but then again: He was 1/4th why any existed at all as well. Common theme with the era, but Zeppelin managed to stay together longer than most great bands. With amazing results.

Another great Led Zeppelin cover of a Blind Willie Johnson song.

Straight up fire! I love that you guys are getting the Led out!

Only Robert Plant can make "buh bye" sound cool.

@chazblitz

Жыл бұрын

Him and David Spade lol.

This song has always been one of my favorites from this album. It builds and builds and just keeps sucking you in.

This song is a MONSTER! The band is obviously generationally great, but Page’s production is on another level in rock. The way he adds a phaser to the key tracks on this album (guitar, drums, vocals) just give it a psychedelic power unique in rock history. Genius

My Mom said this song was blasphemous when she heard it blasting from my room. Soon after my parents bought me headphones. ✌️♥️🎶

@briancullen9575

Жыл бұрын

To your mom’s credit, it sounds like it should be blasphemous. Plant’s screaming/moaning after the “Oh my Jesus part” don’t sound particularly religious. 😂 Knowing that it’s about a man dying helps put it perspective. 😉

@jyork9093

9 ай бұрын

its not blasphemous its closer to the opposite

@dianedavies8291

9 ай бұрын

@@jyork9093 absolutely

@AntonyFleck

8 ай бұрын

You lucky person, I had to buy my own!!

@jamestickle3070

Ай бұрын

It’s quoting Psalms. Your mom needs a Bible study.

Jimmy Page hit the damned jackpot when he found Bonham and hired him. That guy is considered the greatest rock drummer in history by a lot of people and I think he's still underappreciated . He was doing things within the context of songs that most drummers wouldn't attempt. He was creative and powerful

@alexshkoditch4593

Жыл бұрын

Actually, it was Robert Plant who brought Bonzo to the band. When they were still rehearsing as The New Yardbirds, Robert told Jimmy that he knew a drummer that was far better than the one they were using. The rest is history.

@davidhornbeckmusic7487

Жыл бұрын

And as always don’t forget John Paul Jones, the wizard in the background being the glue and enhancing the mood.

Hard blues rock with a psychedelic sprinkle. Top tier!!!

I LOVE BONZO! Insane performance to say the least. And he wasn't at his prime yet.... Rip John your sadly missed but never forgotten

The building is were the Rolling Stones lived when they moved to New York City. There is a Stones video where it begins with Jagger and Richards sitting on a stoop. It's the same building as seen on the Album cover.

@heathcliff8624

Жыл бұрын

Waiting On A Friend!

I've been listening to Led Zeppelin nearly 45 years and I still think this is their heaviest song

Who else, at the end of the song, couldn’t help but hear the opening riff of Houses of the Holy?!

@obyvatel

3 ай бұрын

yes indeed!

All I can say is, Freaking Bonham!!!🥁🥁🥁🥁🥁

I was about 8 or 9 yrs old when i pulled this album from my mom's collection. Layed down on the floor with stereo headphones and that's when i was set free with music.

I think this masterpiece was too much for a one time listen.... give it another go to get it all in... lol Thanks guys !!

‘Those drums were screaming for mercy’ Great take on it. Thank you 🙏

They can't make a bad song of they wanted to.. Love this song

They were blessed with so much talent. And Bonzo was irreplaceable. 😢🙏

That's pure Mississippi Delta blues right there boy

Looks like I'm having a big ol' side of greasy slide playing for breakfast this morning. It goes surprisingly well with my coffee!

The album cover is 96-98 St Marks Place in NYC- part of the village - beatnik, artists, writers and LGBTQ area even back in the 70s

This was a traditional “spiritual” from the 1800s- recorded in 1928 as deep early 1900s blues- and reworked by Zeppelin

4 people who were one. John’s death devastated them and their families.

If you own the vinyl of this album. you can pull out the sheet of the albums name and reinsert with iconic pictures in the windows

I've been waiting for this reaction. Let me get a cup of coffee, my head phones and my feet up. Ok, let's do this!!🎵☕

“The Hammer of the Gods!”

this album is just so great..man chock full of absolute killer songs

Jimmy Page is absolutely on fire in the live version. It's a must see.

@TammyM36

6 ай бұрын

💯. It’s a must see/listen.

Four musicians at the very top of their game. Pure genius.

You nailed it, guys! That is Bonzo and Page doing their own thing! Bonzo usually follows Page’s groove on most songs, but this was Bonzo absolutely driving this song. Plant was just hanging around adding those gorgeous vocals! One of my all time favorite Zeppelin tunes, and there are many

Saw them three times live, superb band

John Bonham's performance here is just stunning!!! one of the greatest drum tracks ever recorded luv u guys!!!

For the sharp-eyed Zep fans out there: the actual buildings from St. Mark's Place have one more floor in height than the buildings on the album cover. That means the real buildings are not "square" in height/width. In order for them to fit perfectly on a square album sleeve, they chopped out one of the floors from the photo to make the shape of the artwork square. As a native NY'er, I figured this out on one of my trips to see these buildings in person. ;)

Bonham and Page drove this one! Sounds so gritty.. I hear this guitar riff in modern groups like the Black Crows ..Great reaction guys 👍

Love your sentiments, and you are right!! This whole record was Bonham at his best. Happy Birthday Bonzo!!

The band forced the label into putting this two disk record out at a specific price point. Their bargaining chip, they could leave the label at anytime for they had fulfilled all their contractual obligation to this point. It is a definite favorite album because the band also did not write songs here specifically to have a radio hit. Thank you both for reviewing Physical Graffiti!

@tektoniks_architects

Жыл бұрын

Not true. In fact, Physical Graffiti was the first album released by Zeppelin's new record label, Swan Song records.

@timcardona9962

Жыл бұрын

"because the band also did not write songs here specifically to have a radio hit"...that's interesting because many of the songs on PG are actually catchier and somewhat smoother than their previous albums

@stevetrivett9334

Жыл бұрын

@@tektoniks_architects you took the words right out of my mouth 👍👍👍

@dogtownczar

Жыл бұрын

@@tektoniks_architects I stand corrected - I read this back in the 80's. I must have not remembered when it occurred but it was what they wanted to put out. There previous record label seems would not do it so they moved on.

Yeah …. That’s right…. When I heard Eddie Kramer says this was cut in one take?? So basically it’s live?? I couldn’t fucking believe it. Bonzo on another level 🔥

I've been trying lately to hear associations between this albums' songs and the songs on the previous albums from the years these songs were recorded. I don't think I've come up with much, and I think that may be because Zep created such a variety of musical styles in their work after their first two albums that everything just sounds like Zep. Anyway, I made these lists so I thought I'd post them in case anyone else is interested. Track Title Past Assoc Album Rec Year 1 Custard Pie 1974 2 The Rover Houses of the Holy 1972 3 In My Time of Dying 1974 4 Houses of the Holy Houses of the Holy 1972 5 Trampled Under Foot 1974 6 Kashmir 1974 7 In the Light 1974 8 Bron-Yr-Aur Led Zeppelin III 1970 9 Down by the Seaside Led Zeppelin IV 1971 10 Ten Years Gone 1974 11 Night Flight Led Zeppelin IV 1971 12 The Wanton Song 1974 13 Boogie with Stu Led Zeppelin IV 1971 14 Black Country Woman Houses of the Holy 1972 15 Sick Again 1974 Chronological order: Track Title Past Assoc Album Rec Year 8 Bron-Yr-Aur Led Zeppelin III 1970 9 Down by the Seaside Led Zeppelin IV 1971 11 Night Flight Led Zeppelin IV 1971 13 Boogie with Stu Led Zeppelin IV 1971 2 The Rover Houses of the Holy 1972 4 Houses of the Holy Houses of the Holy 1972 14 Black Country Woman Houses of the Holy 1972 1 Custard Pie Physical Graffiti 1974 3 In My Time of Dying Physical Graffiti 1974 5 Trampled Under Foot Physical Graffiti 1974 6 Kashmir Physical Graffiti 1974 7 In the Light Physical Graffiti 1974 10 Ten Years Gone Physical Graffiti 1974 12 The Wanton Song Physical Graffiti 1974 15 Sick Again Physical Graffiti 1974

@garysiggelkowsiggelkow5079

Жыл бұрын

Their is no Zeppelin album that sounds the same. And they are all must have albums. Led Zeppelin is the GREATEST Rock Band of All TIME. I'm 63 bought my first Zeppelin album at the age of 12 1972 .

@HollisDuty60

9 ай бұрын

Thank you for posting this. 😊

@dhfenske

8 ай бұрын

@@HollisDuty60 You're welcome!

Live, Earls Court 1975. The best way to hear and see this song performed.

This song was recorded in one take, at least that's my understanding...from what I've read. Amazing!!🤘🤘🤘

This is Jimmy's best guitar work, and LZ most powerful song. They were masters at turning old gospel blues songs into thundering blues rock.

That's my favorite Bonham performance. Just so deeply in the moment.

That building I've passed thru there at least 100 times its in St Marks street in the East Village and when I was invited to have tea with Pagey's girlfriend Scarlett at their hotel a few blocks away I walked passed by there because I was overwhelmed by being in the same hotel that they were staying .....Pagey is playing a slide guitar...indeed! This is as bluesy as u can get!...and Bonzo is killing it but this is Jimmy killing mates

4 guys that were masters at their instruments that made a fifth element called Led Zeppelin.

One of the very best drum tracks ever laid. John Bonham was in flames. So very good!

The live version of this is something to behold!!

This is easily one of my top five Led Zeppelin songs. Their spin on a gospel blues traditional. The interplay between Page and Bonham is transcendent. Great bass line and of course, Plant's voice which is an instrument itself. Ends side one of my favourite Zeppelin album with a bang!!!!

Top 5 Zeppelin song for me. Fantastic. Masterpiece drum song, drum recording, and drum mix. Love the interplay between drums & guitar throughout, and guitar and vocals too. Just f'ing great song, grows on me more and more over the years.

Great Album my favorite Zep album. This will be the last song at my wake when I die.

The live version at Earls Court is a MUST

Check the video titled "Led Zeppelin In My Time Of Dying Mhotership" and you will get the full JPJ experience! The bass is definitely NOT lacking in this live version! If anything the bass and drum are more balanced and the bass line is incredible!

Couldn’t wait to see y’alls reaction to this. My favorite on this album!

None of Jimmy's guitar army, just the boys jamming together.

Listen closely to Robert Plant as he sings...many of his sounds are imitating lovemaking. 'A Whole Lotta Love' is known for the moaning and screaming. It wears you out! Watching my granddaughter's face turn red as she realized the gist of the song was priceless.

I learned how to play drums playing with this album...great drumming throughout

Bonzo's Right Foot on the kick drum on this song still blows my mind , STILL , nearly 50 years down the line .....

I think this is the BEST song they ever recorded

Jimmy Page! that man could strum a flipflop & make it sound good

The Album sleeve had pictures to fill each window of that building.

That band has power

Dude on left "Its Plants vocals that are slapping Dude on right: No its Page's slide guitar that's doing it for me Then Bonham chimes in what about me as he goes stone cold ballistic with the drums Best Zeppelin tune ever

Bonzos drums are massive holy hell!!!! 💥💥💥😍

The building on the cover is the same building The Rolling Stones did their video for waiting on a friend

Live at Earls Court 1975 a must watch to appreciate their musicianship. Also listed in the WIP guys.

@SusanW714

Жыл бұрын

Earls Court is an awesome performance, one of their very best!!!

@AntonyFleck

8 ай бұрын

I was at one of those Earls Court gigs as a teenager ! But sadly I have to admit that I was so wasted I don't remember anything!! My loss!!!....

Kashmir is always the go to song for people from this album. Masterpiece that it is, this has always been a more appealing song to me - In the Light even more so, which you really SHOULD react to.

The GOATS at work

been waiting for this next Led Zep reaction ❤

What an amazing epic song. And that sound as well, just a massive room sound.

That same block in New York on the album cover shows up in a Rolling Stones video "Waiting on a Friend " Mick Jagger sits on one of those step in front of the building

The building on the album cover is 96-98 St. Saint Marks, Place New York NY East Village. It's also famous for the Rolling Stone video "Waiting for a friend", and if you're looking to get it apartment? The rent it's about $3,000 a month for one bedroom.😅

I love this song.

East side Manhattan. One of my teachers lived in one of those rooms. He posted pictures on Facebook. Pretty cool stuff. The Rolling Stones did a video from the steps of the building. Waiting On A Friend.

I have been waiting for y'all to get to this one. !!!

Saw that block on a guided tour. The guide told us that the building is one floor shorter than the album sleeve. The top floor was grafted on so the proportions would fill the cover. Just sayin'.

Originally recorded in 1928. That is an absolute monster of a song. LZ came along and nicked it. Very bloody nicely indeed.

As a drummer for decades; this song requires the most stamina of Bonzo's Considerable contributions...Moby Dick is no slouch either...But; You need a break if you can get through this song, as a drummer.

@BBaldwin

Жыл бұрын

They didn’t “nick it” at all. The arrangement is light years from the original.

All of this was in one take except for the guitar overdubs. I want to say it was the very first take. Not 100% sure of that. If not then it was the second take but no more than that. That’s why you hear Robert’s voice cracking, it was live. That’s what I love about Zep, they leave mistakes in.