I've never understood why this album gets a bad rap. Its fantastic.

@edwardcapobianco2975

11 ай бұрын

Right on.. Presence is an asskickin album . Maybe not as good as House's of The Holy and physical Graffitti but it's still Zeppelin and that's what matters

@mr.snicker-doodles7081

11 ай бұрын

Who's giving it a bad Rap..?? It's been one of my favs since the day it was released!! And ALL of these songs except for this one got an S-load of airplay.

@mojoboogie3074

11 ай бұрын

As with Zep III, I believe it’s because it wasn’t what fans expected following the three previous albums - Zep 4 through Physical Graffiti. Much like Zep 3 following the 1st two albums.

@edwardcapobianco2975

11 ай бұрын

@@mr.snicker-doodles7081 the critics rated it as Zeps worst album. You know how they were back in the 70s with Zeppelin. Especially Rolling Stone. They never gave zep credit. Everyone loved Zep except those idiots!!! The so called music experts. The same ones who voted Karen Carpenter drummer of the year over John Bonham!! No I'm not exaggerating !!! Presence as far as I'm concerned is a tremendously good album and For Your Life is one of my all time favorite Zeppelin tracks!!!!

@liontone

11 ай бұрын

It’s an amazing album.

I don't want to live in a world with no Led Zeppelin.

Carlos Santana said this is the greatest solo ever put on record.

Some great British blues for ya! Just yet another example of why Jimmy Page gets my vote for greatest guitarist ever.

@DanielWebb-th4ik

Ай бұрын

we thank Britain for led zeppelin bro

I can't believe I never listened to this song before. Thanks to you, I now have. What a beautiful, almost torturous vibe. ❤

@lesblatnyak5947

11 ай бұрын

Welcome! Chokes me out. 🙏🍁

@darrenherbst5572

11 ай бұрын

I can’t believe it either

@freethinker--

11 ай бұрын

Better late than never mate 👍

@APAL880

11 ай бұрын

I only heard it recently myself after years of listening to their first 4 albums through and through.

@retiredfirelt586

11 ай бұрын

Just bought it on I Tunes 😎

“Presence” is musicians’ favorite Zeppelin album.

7 albums in sor far. Hardly any misses. and to think, what they did live blew this stuff out of the water. Truly the best band of all time.

@davidgreene7676

8 ай бұрын

you are so right about that!

@johnwdaley4727

8 ай бұрын

Amen.

Gotta be one of the heaviest blues songs ever. A masterpiece.

Jimmy's solo on this is otherworldly 🔥

@jamieburgess1460

11 ай бұрын

So, what world does it sound like?

@algoner4421

11 ай бұрын

It really is just an emotional escape. This song, headphones, eyes closed...forget it, they are taking you someplace.

@Newfie-zc7ug

10 ай бұрын

@@jamieburgess1460 Zeppelin World !

@jksinorbit

10 ай бұрын

Yeah you just don't want it to end...

@davidreilly8888

10 ай бұрын

He is THE blues master.

You heard the man "This has got to be the best blues he's ever heard". I've been listening to this Lp since it was released and everything before and since and he's right it doesn't get any better! PEACE LOVE LED ZEPPELIN

One of the most soulful and heart wrenching solo’s ever recorded . I don’t know of any other guitarist who can convey so much emotion . That’s why he is my all time favourite. The man FEELS !

The only slack this one got was because it followed Graffiti, and they couldn't tour off it until Plant's leg was healed. So they waited until 77 to hit the road. And in the meantime, dropped a live record and a movie. So it got a short run in the order of things. Page has said this solo on Tea for One was among his favorites (Achilles and Stairway also mentioned). It is a fine piece of work. Regal blues, as only Zeppelin could. You're right. Nobody hits the blues they way they did. They took it to a different sonic plane. Great, great record. I am really pleased to see you both enjoy this one, as I figured you might, just as I did all those years ago when I first heard it. This whole record still holds up very well.

The song title and the song as a whole, was meant to evoke Robert's loneliness while being separated from his family during a most difficult time. (Edited to add) It's an unusually introspective lyrical output from Robert as it's also a reflection of some of his life choices as he sings "There was a time that I stood tall, in the eyes of other men/But by my own choice I left you woman, and now I can't get back again". My interpretation of the first line is he'd been on top of the world but his accident humbled him by showing him his mortality. My interpretation of the second line is it was his choice to embark on the journey that is LED ZEPPELIN and life, for good and bad, was never the same. Some consider it a sister song to Since I've Been Loving You and I can kind of see it. To my ear, SIBLY sounds like a young man's heartache - feeling worried about a relationship, wondering why it's going wrong, the crushing blow of being told you're not wanted anymore. Tea For One sounds to me like a more mature person's pain; he wails against the pain but he's also mature enough to recognize that regardless of how we feel, pain of some sort is a part of life. It's almost a weary resignation. The guitar translates emotion into some of the most exquisitely beautiful suffering - it is raw anguish set to music. Jimmy said this was done in two takes, one with the guitar solo and one without. For me, this is blues elevated to heavenly heights and is my favorite blues song of theirs. I'm so glad you enjoyed the entire album and mentioned not understanding why it often seems dismissed because I don't get it either. It's a solid album with many gems.

@Greg-io1ip

11 ай бұрын

Sometimes Zeppelin's song titles are riddles about what the song means. This one is summing it up in British style. Having a Tea Alone is nice, but not when she left you.

@helenespaulding7562

11 ай бұрын

Thank you Henrietta. My thoughts exactly but you said them more eloquently than I would have. 🤗😁

@henriettaskolnick4445

11 ай бұрын

@@helenespaulding7562 Hey there Helene! Thanks and always great to see you. 😃

@helenespaulding7562

11 ай бұрын

@@Greg-io1ip and in this case, he had left….. but not because he wanted to. Tea alone for any reason not of your own choosing, is a shame.

@susanpalmer8931

11 ай бұрын

wonderful analysis - Thanks, Henrietta. Hope all is well. ☺☮

Page has always been my favorite guitar player. He's the reason I play. No one is more innovative, passionnate, and diverse. Amazing

YES!! Waited patiently for this one and it was worth the wait. Y’all liked it as much as I knew you would!! Thank you for this one!!

@ericbeggs746

11 ай бұрын

When are you going to start on ITTOD album.... anxiously waiting. :)

I feel like this song is the twin sister to since I’ve been living you. The main difference is that this one was recorded when the band was hurting, weakened even. Whereas with Since I’ve been living you was recorded when they were on the top of their game and ascending.

@neillenet291

11 ай бұрын

100%

@Cosmo-Kramer

11 ай бұрын

This song is way better than SIBLY.

@edwardcoit9748

11 ай бұрын

I heard it as the less attractive sister to Since I’ve been loving you.

@blackdog9951

11 ай бұрын

Yep, I’ve always preferred this one. Authentic blues here.

@BronYrAur26

11 ай бұрын

I would add that this one has zero keyboards, whereas JPJ's keys ate prominent on SIBLY

Such a TIGHT band. Their ability to play off each other, then integrate, and fall back out of integration, is mind blowing - particularly when, in many of their songs, the drums are a completely different timing than the guitar. Jimmy Page & John Bonham's musical relationship in many of their tunes is almost destiny...with JPJ holding the whole thing together, and Robert Plant's fantastic vocals lending to independent melodies and/or call-and-response: makes evident their combined GENIUS!!! ...and, THEN, to top it off: Jimmy Page's engineering of their final product to our awaiting ears - PRICELESS TREASURE!!! It's freakin' SOUL MANA!!!! So GLAD that ya'll dig them!!! GREAT to hear these tunes!! THANKS for the GREAT REACTIONS, GUYS!! HUGS!! ❤❤❤❤❤❤

@awmerriam4

11 ай бұрын

Absolute truth!

@sicotshit7068

24 күн бұрын

Everything you said was the truth, Plant’s vocals are another finely tuned instrument, his notes & delivery is perfect for each song.

After all the great blues Zep gave us, they top them all with this one, a masterpiece.

Every guitar player should listen to Jimmy's solo here. It's without question one of, if not his best So soulful and deep down. I've always felt that their music often conveys such attitude, but not in a negative way at all. More like, "we're going to play what we want to play, and how we want to play it" and it comes through so strongly in "Tea for One." I appreciate the musicianship and craft in this song more and more every time I hear it. Thanks so much @AirplayBeats for the review.

It's official your true Zep fans! Welcome to the world to where if you ever hear someone say, "Led. Zeppelin wasn't t that good!!!" You have the proof that that person is quite insane!!😂

I have never heard this song, but I think it has become my favorite ZEP song. I agree the best blues song I have heard.

They definitely love their blues, even the blues covers they did, they kept those songs alive. So many of those blues covers, the majority would have never heard them. They added & definitely did them justice, no other rock/blues band could do them Justice like Led Zeppelin.

Today keeps getting better. Thanks to LA and Che. This album did not get its just due. Thanks fellas as always fantastic reaction. Appreciate it 🙏 ❤

The way Plant sings the emotions, the phrasing of the bass and drum, black music.

Glad you loved it guys. Extremely underrated. No groups over that period of a time span even comes close to Led Zeppelin 1 album to what you just heard. The ideas, production and musicianship are second to none. So very sad it's coming to an end soon after this.

You guys are killing it! Welcome to the 70s. I was 15 years old in 1975 I was turned on to Led Zeppelin and Marijuana. I owned every Led Zeppelin album. You young guys enjoy!

@workingman6681

11 ай бұрын

Me too. Aug 5th 1965👍Get the lead out!!!

At 8:52 or so, right after Plant sings "And now I can't get you back again," I think that one chord change may be the most moving moment in this profoundly moving song. Some of Jimmy's most soulful notes are played here. Few rock songs can tear me up. This one does it.

I've been waiting for you guys to hear this gem .... THE BEST BAND ever, ever

Talk about an under appreciated gem! That tempo shift at the beginning is some next level stuff. Page said something along the lines that he had to dig deep to pull off this solo. Such a great, slow burning blues piece. It’s sort of the cousin of Since I’ve Been Loving You. One of the few times that a Zeppelin piece sounded similar to another. Granted they picked the right track to sound similar too.

Your reaction to this was an absolute pleasure. You did the whole album proud. As to the intro to Tea, I always “suffer” a slight pang, coz WOW, what a cool tune it sounds like it’s going to be, if it continued as such. The turn it does take, is, of course, a beauty. Jimmy, in a league of his own.

@rbmtn4879

11 ай бұрын

I wish they did build that intro into something more creative and fun like they always did. But it quickly turned into a gilded version of Since I Been Loving You. Nothing here we hadn't heard before.

Greatest rock blues. Perfection no others need apply

The only time that I know that this was done live was during the Page/Plant tour…..it’s on youtube and it’s excellent.

@sicotshit7068

24 күн бұрын

That’s all I’ve seen too, it’s to bad the band didn’t do it live. There’s several I wish were live, with the visuals too, a couple were live with just audio. I’d have loved seeing lives of, You Shook Me, & Four Sticks & of course Tea For One.

ASTONISHING final track to a VASTLY underrated album. Now it's on to the stunning finale of Led Zeppelin's career: "In Through The Out Door", which stands side-by-side with "Physical Graffiti" as my two favorite LZ albums. I've been of this opinion for more than 40 years. 😃

Glad you boys seem to be enjoying your journey down Led Zeppelin way. They sure are special!

Gentleman ..all the amateurs think this is Since I've Been Loving You part 2. Far from. That song was expressing there love for the blues and their virtuosity. Tea for One is a time stamp of the bands inner struggles from Roberts car accident recover , exhaustion and Jimmys heroine issue. Jimmy is playing Roberts subconscious once again.. You can feel the yearning, pain and loneliness in the vocals and guitar ... It's a wonderful song and far different meaning than SIBLY.. The guitar overlays and masterful delicate blues playing is a testament of Jimmy's genius. Page and Plant did this live. It's on you tube with a false beginning and Plant laughing .

@Greg-io1ip

11 ай бұрын

I remember when Jimmy Page cited SRV better than he could ever be when he heard SRV. But Jimmy Page could definitely get a lot by holding back and taking that slow beat dripping with soul. SRV could do it all, and felt it in his bones, but until he got sober, he was wanting to fill notes with notes and a few more in between just to prove he could. When restraint can deliver just as much if not more in many songs. Like this example.

@johnwalsh9144

11 ай бұрын

@@Greg-io1ip What makes Jimmy's playing different than the other greats is the soulful delivery he displays over and over. It is an innate quality that few are blessed with and fewer still can find the proper release for. He helped create a band that never relied on him to master every verse, every song, every album, or every show, like so many others mentioned in the same sentence with him. While his greatness and his shortcomings are on full display in the music, he never strove to outshine his mates, but rather support them and draw out their very best on every project they completed (and as we found out later, some they didn't complete). He could have insisted on stealing the show from the start, but his vision never included himself in that role. He was content rather to supply ideas and help guide their path, taking on the role of an equal player within the music and I think we all benefited from that!

Thank you for diving into Led Zep. My mom bought me Physical Graffiti when I was like 16… 1976! It paved the way to true appreciation. I still have the vinyl 47 years later!

Its almost unfair that 1 band can do so much. Their library is just ridiculously great. Never has been, or will be another band like Zeppelin.

@Newfie-zc7ug

10 ай бұрын

and trust me.....don't argue with people with who don't think so .. :) it's not worth it ......... Peace and Love

Hi guys, Zep can really create a mood, they capture emotions in their sublime music...glad you heard this..

You were lied to about this album right? It's great. I'm excited for you to dive into In Through the Out Door. They really branch out into some different styles and vibes I think you guys will appreciate

@jenniferfoster1692

11 ай бұрын

Yes, I'm so excited about In Through the Out Door...love that whole album so much.

Thanks, guys, you have given me greater appreciation of this album. The genius was always there but needed to be pointed out to me. This last track was a Page masterpiece, not only with the guitar but the arrangement and production. Sheer genius.

The Beatles started the full album phenom. Every cut stands on its own. Back in the 70s on record and in concert no one was in a hurry to finish a song. It took as long as it took. Now we're back to singles/ downloads of A SONG. Im so happy to be 61 abd have lived the life I did. Its a pale imitation of life now, IMHO

really enjoy sharing in appreciation for these musical geniuses

This song is bucket fulls of agonizing lonliness and despair in authentic minor key blues in expert hands.

@joescott8877

11 ай бұрын

Couldnta said it better! And no one coulda PLAYED it better...

Thank you, or Led since the eighties here in Brazil, show accompany you!

IMHO, this is one of the greatest blues songs I've ever heard in my life!! I mean wow, these guys could play anything and make it sound great!! Signed the GOATS

What made the guitar part extra special was that Page played a blues song without relying on blues scales. It has a jazz fusion Jeff Beck feel. Plant’s amazing soulful vocals moan and soar over Page’s guitar tapestry, all the while being anchored in rock by Jones and Bonham. Just great.

Yes! One of their best blues workouts with Plant and especially Page shinning. Awesome sound to say the least! They just are crazy good, stop you in your tracks good. Thanks for taking the Zeppelin journey with us old fans. The guitar tone of the Rock Gods. Enjoy! 🎵🎸🎤🎹🎶

This song is one of my all time favorites.

Honestly this song was one I never listened to that much before. Now that I am older I can appreciate it more. Thanks for reintroducing me to this one. I will probably listen to it several times over the next few days. My favorite rock band still has things left for me to rediscover!

@joescott8877

11 ай бұрын

I have a secret shame that I too didn't revere/listen to this tune nearly as much as it deserves back in my Idiot Youth (as opposed to my current idiot adulthood!). I KNEW it was a slow bloozy thing, but was too impatient or whatever, thinking "Battle of Evermore" and suchlike were enough "soft Zeppelin" for me. Well, that has changed, and now ALL of Zeppelin still isn't enough! I dislike ZERO songs of theirs.

In through the out door - JPJ’s time to shine

My favorite song - so sad and lonely........

Presence is a great album. It is my favorite of all Zeppelin albums top to bottom.

One of my all time favourite songs ! The whole song is so atmospheric and the solo gives me chills . Creating an atmosphere is something Led Zep does incredibly well . I plate this song once while I was driving at night through heavy fog ! It was magical !

What a way to top off a banger of a hard rock album!

Some info. Jones was famously a multi-instrumentalist, bringing keyboards into the band’s sound to widen their scope. Both Jones and Page took turns playing the mandolin on the group’s folk material, while Bonham occasionally lent his voice to harmony vocals with Plant on songs like ‘The Ocean’ and ‘Bron-Y-Aur Stomp’. Plant was the lead always, no exceptions, that was set in stone, overdubbed his own harmonies. Page picked up the steel guitar along the way, he had never played it before and it sounded like a slide. On Your Time is Gonna Come the other band members lent their harmonies. That was an absolute rarity. All of their responsibilities were set in stone, just the four of them, that was a magic they weren't going to mess with.

Heavy Heavy Blues on this one😮

That final guitar piece (10:54 on the vid), echoing in each ear, mournful, pained, yet brimming with beauty and emotion, the perfect end to a perfect song to end the album. Pure joy to the ears, sauce for the soul.

And thats why Led Zeppelin is their own genre

That was great, you guys help us hear these songs fresh again. Thanks. Page's rhythm guitar work, or whatever you'd call the basic track there, is just a beautiful thing. His playing on whole track is great, but that backing chord stuff is really something, so musical. I always loved Presence, don't know why some people don't.

Awesome number. One of my faves; admittedly one among many from Led Zeppelin, naturally!

Yes, you've heard them do this before. This is basically Since I've Benn Loving you, Part 2

@Cosmo-Kramer

11 ай бұрын

No, this song not only stands alone, but it's better than SIBLY, by a long shot.

@davidreilly8888

11 ай бұрын

Disagree. This song carries a different melancholy vibe.

@wc1994

11 ай бұрын

This blows Since I been loving you out of the fucking water

@davidreilly8888

11 ай бұрын

@wc1994 NOTHING blows that away. One of the best songs ever recorded. From the vocals to the keys, drums, guitar. Pure emotion.

@Cosmo-Kramer

11 ай бұрын

@@davidreilly8888 Way overrated. Probably Zep's most overrated track of all.

Led Zeppelin never played the song live, but Page & Plant did on their 1998 world tour. The first 20 seconds of this song is the biggest tease and always leaves me wanting mote of it. Looking forward to you tackling In Through the Out Door now

Bonzo played jazz drums on "How many more times" (first album). GREAT reaction as usual!

You'll only listen to this a gazillion more times

Бесконечно прекрасно.

My #4 all-time favorite Zeppelin song. Many fans of the band are surprisingly unfamiliar with it.

🎉Led Zeppelin.....nothing to say ! G.O.A.T. 🎉

I’ve always loved this album. Such a good reaction!

Bonz plays similar part on "What is and what should never be". JPJ was quoted as saying that was HIS fave Zeppelin track...

Absolutely brilliant song

It's been good for the soul seeing the way you two cats feel this music. For me you will always be present in the house of Presence.

I could be wrong, but I think you guys are going full steam ahead on to Zep's final studio album (not counting the also-worthy-but-posthumously-released "Coda") "In Throught The Out Door." There you'll find ANOTHER slow-but-sweet blues number called "I'm Gonna Crawl" and a masterpiece of Bonzo's drumming and JPJ's keyboards called "Carouselambra." Also the Latin-influenced "Fool In The Rain." As well as--oh, well, just listen, you'll see, lol! They will NOT let you down!

This perfect is perfect. Fantástic blues

My favorite zep song. Like 3 or 4 guitars playing at the same time. Super nasty. Gotta luv page. Headphones a must.

I first heard this album in 78, I liked it, but didn't think it was up to snuff comparatively and I often SKIPPED this song cuz I thought it was too long and slow. (that was 14 year old stupid me). But hearing this now, omg, you just learn to appreciate the finer , slower, things in life. I'm 59 now and I wanted this song to never end. Sometimes taking your time has a payoff. Thanks guys.

@sicotshit7068

24 күн бұрын

I’m 63 now, & I’m wishing time was going as slow as the lyrics say in it. Now it seems like a month is over in the blink of my eyes.

This is Jimmy’s album with his guitar front and center through the entire record. It’s an outlier with the absence of any of JPJ’s usual keyboard contributions, but it’s so heavy with its raucous guitar driven riffs I feel like it’s a real statement from Jimmy with this being an album he had to make.

When I saw Buddy Guy last month, on his last tour, he spoke of the irony of the bands from the UK brought blues music to the US, how so many of us didn't know at first they were turning us on to blues roots music that started here. He mentioned Led Zeppelin, Rolling Stones, Eric Clapton even the Beatles, although when they sang blues songs, it wasn't in the blues style. There's old photos of Mick Jagger and Keith Richards in the 60s, holding several blues albums of Muddy Waters, Howlin Wolf, etc. So many of us were clueless. Until blues musicians began performing and making records with some of those UK musicians.

This is the 1st new Zep LP I heard! Driving home to NC from PA with my Dad and Nobody's Fault But Mine comes on the AM radio... I cranked it and he was not happy

How Many More Times live at Royal Albert Hall has the band skipping through several genres with incredible footage of Bonz and even a little of JPJ. I know you guys will love it!! 🙏🏼

Zep never did it live but Page and Plant did an incredible performance of it in Japan in ‘96 - check it out.

Greasy Deep in the muck swamp swimming emotional painful BLUES!!! Really incredible tune. Please Guys, do song by song on their last two albums!

Guys...thanks so much for giving me a new appreciation for this amazing song. You are in for a wild ride coming up. ITTOD is intentionally a keyboard driven album. Carouselambra is jpjs masterpiece. Interesting that the vocals on it are turned way down. I believe this was intentionally done by page. Plants great lyrics are directed at him for not being around when his son passed away. "...where was your helping. Where was your bow..." Three favorites are All my Love, Fool in the Rain, I'm gonna Crawl. Please consider doing Coda as well. Some real gems on there. Thx again.

FINALLY someone reacts to the Best most underrated Zeppelin song ever !

I got this album for Christmas 1977, I was 11 yrs. old. Lapped it up. It's minor bues. Page at his creative peak as far as Zeppelin records. You had to know the 'heads' around you who listened to them. Nothing off this record was on FM. Until years later. There were a lot of scary players then. John McLaughlin, Jeff Beck, Robin Trower, Bill Nelson, Al DiMeola are just a few. FM media didn't pump more progressive unless they broke through the charts; Stevie Wonder, Boston, Fleetwood mac, Kansas, Aerosmith. Presence was the most progressive rock Zeppelin did. Critics panned it. Though they sold out concerts since 1969, a massive following.

Yep,Tea for One is a very special blues song.

This has a similar groove and chord progression to “since I’ve been loving you” but this is way better in my opinion

@wc1994

11 ай бұрын

Way Better indeed!!!

In my opinion, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Georgie Thorogood etc etc... This is the jumping off point for all of them, you can hear so much of their playing tone, attack and drive seems to echo from this song

Great song, I have been fan of this band since I was kid. Haven't heard it a long time. Wow I felt like a kid again. Thank you both. Have you you listened to Since I've been loving you? Cheers

Thank you for all your reactions. You guys are truly awesome. Please when you do The Song Remains The Same, PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE when you get to No Quarter, react to the ORIGINAL release. NOT any of the later "remastered" shit or the version in the movie. Many Zep freaks will absolutely agree with this.

@andrewtrotter9023

11 ай бұрын

100%. The remaster of No Quarter from TSRTS cuts off almost 2 minutes of Page’s greatest live solo (in my opinion).

In Through The Outdoor Is Next, Don't Miss It!!!.

I cannot wait for the next album, In Through the Out Door! The very 1st song on it, In The Evening....ooh yeah. Can't wait til you hear how LZ would've gone into the 80s sounding like.

As soon as I saw the name of this song, I knew you guys would dig it

I luv seeing you guys getting into this, I can remember listening to this on an 8- track boom box. The thing just ate up my batteries 😅😊

I listen to or watch this Tea for One reaction at least once if not a couple of times a week.

Wow! Why I listen to reactions, the new appreciation I get for songs I never really noticed before!💯🔥🔥🔥☄

Wow! I totally forgot how awesome this song was!! Thanks for bringing it back to me. I’m gonna have to dust off my Presence CD and listen to this one again with the phones on!!

@wc1994

11 ай бұрын

I dusted off my copy the other day. I've loved this album since the first time I heard it over 40 years ago

I got into led zep somewhere between the release of their third and fourth album. I had these later albums but never really appreciated them as much because I was stuck on their earlier sound. Thanks for listening to these. I'm ready for them now. I caught up and it's almost like having some brand new really great led zep now that i'm nearly 70 years old. Thanks for reminding me these exist.

one of my favorite records from zep, and this song is one of there best

This is my favorite Zeppelin song it's always taken me to another place

Great job guys you need to get some live performances watched under your belt !Madison Square Garden Performances yeah boy