The studio version of this song is a multi-layered sonic treat. The live versions are fun for fans, but the first experience of Led Zeppelin songs should really be their studio recordings. Jimmy Page's studio prowess is another facet of the band's music.

@daniellegoldsmith9782

Жыл бұрын

Yes!!

@Alewifes_Husband

Жыл бұрын

Agreed, but when you find a rhythmically tight, sonically together live Zep recording, you listen to it 😆

@erinhansen2110

Жыл бұрын

Agreed. The studio version hits super hard and smooth.

@RobertSmith-js2kz

Жыл бұрын

I hear you on that but as live performances go ... this one was damn good. They weren't bored of playing the song yet ;)

@LynneConnolly

Жыл бұрын

most of the reactions on studio versions get blocked.

The Rover, Trampled Under Foot, Achilles Last Stand, No Quarter are a must from Led Zeppelin

@js6729

Жыл бұрын

Especially the live version of No Quarter from the song remains the same

@powerslave9365

Жыл бұрын

@@js6729 great live performance. Led Zeppelin is one of those bands that sounded great live

@rantoppp

Жыл бұрын

I would add Thank You to the list!

@mr.picoboulevard6758

Жыл бұрын

Glad you mentioned The Rover..so underappreciated.

@chrisrowe2308

Жыл бұрын

​@@js6729 Specifically the live version from TSRtS album and not the film. The live album version is from one of the other nights of the MSG shows and Jimmy Page is on another level in that version.

Jay & Amber, PLEASE do another reaction to the STUDIO release of this song!!🤗 This live version does not convey the true musicality of this Masterpiece! You can't even get the gist of certain parts of this song, from this live version. Reacting to the studio version will be like hearing it for the FIRST time! Love you guys!❤💛💚

@ajwalker4416

Жыл бұрын

Yes, absolutely agree. Unless the live version improves on the song, it would be better to listen to the studio version.

@shaykosovac8722

Жыл бұрын

Led Zeppelin live is Energy.

@bradparnell614

Жыл бұрын

You get a lot more clarity with the studio version.

@ajwalker4416

Жыл бұрын

@@bradparnell614 I believe that's always been the way for Zeppelin. It's hard to recreate the multi-layered instrumentals in a live setting.

@larsonsrud2518

Жыл бұрын

American Rock? They are British...

Jay & Amber, you'll love their "Fool in the Rain" and "Living Loving Maid (She's Just a Woman)"!!!

@js6729

Жыл бұрын

Yes!!! Both great Zeppelin songs!

@philiplabossiere3421

Жыл бұрын

Can’t play living loving with Heartbreaker!

@surlechapeau

Жыл бұрын

@@philiplabossiere3421 yeah, unfortunately they did Heartbreaker separately already :(

@js6729

Жыл бұрын

@@philiplabossiere3421 true

@frankieray2873

Жыл бұрын

Yep

The Ocean is one of my favorite Zeppelin songs.

Was able to see them on their 1977 tour. The 100% American rock is actually 100% British rock.

@Howitzer688

Жыл бұрын

Same here first and last night at MSG.

The mighty Led Zeppelin!!!

This song is so iconic. It's also sampled on one of Robert Plant's solo works, "Tall Cool One". Which, if you have not heard that, you should hear that.

@ricksmith-wz8th

Жыл бұрын

That a good one.

@John-tn7nm

Жыл бұрын

The Beastie Boys sample the rift for their song - She's Crafty

@JimmieBuffet-qi3lk

Жыл бұрын

YES ...off of the now and zen CD

@josephgilbert3632

Жыл бұрын

The Beastie Boys also sampled it.

Most rock bands are lucky if they have one or two blue-chip players in the band Led Zeppelin had four that's why their music is so amazing

@geoffrobinson

Жыл бұрын

Plus song writing. You can have great players but you need song writing. Them having a lot of different influences is a great thing

@iceman5006

Жыл бұрын

I agree nobody did it better than Jimmy Page

@Itelkner

Жыл бұрын

Yep, exactly. Jimmy Page's compositional abilities, plus his years in the studio contributing to soundtracks and hits and honing different styles made a huge difference for Zep. John Paul Jones, ditto. On top of four major talents in theIr own right.

@carlgibbons5777

Жыл бұрын

Rush even more so and they do it with 3.

That riff is just GIGANTIC y’all 🤘🏽🤘🏽🤘🏽🤘🏽🤘🏽🤘🏽🤘🏽

You nailed it Amber. 🙂 That's exactly what the Ocean is, the crowds at the concerts. And the 4 year old (3 in the studio version, he updated her age over the years) who won Plant's heart and who he was singing all his songs to is his daughter Carmen. Sweet sentiment... though I got to say, I really hope he wasn't singing *all* his songs to her. Some of them shouldn't be sung to children or to daughters. 😮 Jay, Led Zep is a British band. But they were inspired and influenced by a lot of American music, especially blues, early rock and roll, old school R&B, etc., so I guess you could call it British American rock.

@foxycarm1

Жыл бұрын

And don't forget Robert's major influence, Elvis. He loved Elvis!

@justinatest9456

Жыл бұрын

Nobody gets more out of a first listen than Amber. Looking past the obvious meaning of the word ocean and connecting it to the sea of fans is something only Amber could do. Most reactors whiff on song meanings while watching a lyric vid, while she always picks up on the meaning. She's the best at this by far.

You can tell their Musicality is far above their contemporaries.

@MariaJobson769

Жыл бұрын

That's for sure!!

@MariaJobson769

Жыл бұрын

Led Zep !!!! My favorite band ever!! Glad I got to see them at Madison Square back 72,73? Love Ramble On and Kashmir , my 2 favorites . But they're all good. I wasn't even finished with high school when I bought their 1st album! No radio stations played them yet, no one really knew about them except the "cool" kids. Everyone jumped on board once Stairway To Heaven came out...so much good before that tune! I'm glad I was young at the best time for rock music !☮️

@wiltchamberlainisthegoat13

Жыл бұрын

I’m 58 now. So I was in high school in the very early 80s. So of course, I knew of Led Zeppelin, and I liked some of their songs, but I didn’t pay close enough attention to just how amazingly great Led Zeppelin was. Some of their songs I liked, but I didn’t even know that some of those songs were Led Zeppelin. Tbh, I didn’t fully understand the hype. Now that I’m older, I realize just how BRILLIANT the music of Led Zeppelin is. I now believe that Led Zeppelin has to be one of the Top 5 artists in the history of music since the 1960s to the present. I don’t think there’s ever been another artist like them, and I don’t think there ever will be again. They are a multigenerational talent.

@richardmardis2492

Жыл бұрын

@@wiltchamberlainisthegoat13 Dude- you could be me! I’m 58 as well🤣

The best bumper sticker I ever had on my truck was “I might be old, but I got to see all the really cool bands “ lol. Just a play on your comment Amber 😊

For me picking my favorite Led Zeppelin tune is easy, it's whatever song I''m listening at the time.

My favorite Zeppelin song is what ever I’m listening to at the time. I really could not pick a favorite.

Great reaction!! The Rain Song should be next!🎵👍

I saw them in 1975 and 1977. There is no feeling like when the stage lights come on and you have to make sure it's really them. All of a sudden it's when everybody realizes it's really them! I would not trade anything to be young again now and miss those experiences. Only a handful of bands made the hair on my neck stand up as when you hear Bonzo's drum and they launched into "Rock & Roll" to open the 75 concert. I still feel it.

The Ocean is about the way the crowds looked to the band, like a sea of humanity

Yes, Robert Plant gave a shout out to his oldest daughter Carmen as "the girl who won my heart" who was 4 years old at the time this was filmed in 1973... There was a clip in the Led Zeppelin movie that showed Robert w/ his kids, Carmen and son Karac in 1974. Tragically, Karac died at age 5 in 1977 from a viral infection while Led Zeppelin was touring the States 😪It devastated Robert Plant and his family... he didn't perform in concert again until 2 years later in 1979.

Like I always say, you can't go wrong with Zeppelin. I can't believe you all haven't played Immigrant Song yet, one of my favs

Love me some Zep.

Funky rock and roll! Live Zeppelin! Still the best rock and roll band ever!!!! Love Zeppelin live! They were even better!! Thank you God to let me see them live and grow up as a teenager then!!❤️😆😁

I have bought this album Houses of the Holy over a dozen times in various forms. I wore the cassette out 6 times alone. I have heard every Zep song 1000's of times over last 53 years

@lynnschnekenburger7270

Жыл бұрын

You are a true Zeppelin fan!!! I remember being on vacation in Florida and picking up their the first Lp on 8 track -played it all night long, every night, for 2 weeks drove my friend crazy!!!🤣🤣 ✌❤

The Ocean is my all time Favorite Song By Led Zeppelin

I am so glad you both appreciate the Diversity of Led Zeppelin. Greatest band ever period.🥁🤘☮☘

My favorite Zepplin song! Thanks!

One of my favorite Zeppelin songs. What a banger! As is the case with MOST (not all) songs, I prefer the studio version.saw Robert Plant solo live with Phil Collins on drums. Saw Jimmy Page live with The Firm (Paul Rodgers from Bad Company on vocals). Wish I could have seen Zeppelin live.

@rogerdaly6326

Жыл бұрын

I got lucky enough to see both of the Plant & Page tours. Closest i could get. I've seen Plant solo twice as well.

@danacasey8543

Жыл бұрын

I saw Led Zeppelin in 1974, Page & Plant in 1994, Robert Plant in 2009, and going to see Robert Plant & Allison Krauss June 2023 in Taos, NM. One of the advantages to being old! LOL!

@ryanr5319

Жыл бұрын

​@Roger Daly Ditto exactly. Both Page & Plant tours and Rob solo twice. Now and Zen and Manic Nirvana tours. And as a teenager with my older brother, both Firm tours. The Firm was my first rock concert.

@rogerdaly6326

Жыл бұрын

@@ryanr5319 Regrettably i never got to see The Firm. My first concert was Aerosmith on their Rocks tour. Second was KISS on their Love Gun tour. Third was Van Halen for their Women & Children First tour.

@rogerdaly6326

Жыл бұрын

@@danacasey8543 I'm 58 so i know what you mean. We might be old but we got to see all the good bands !

Thanks, guys.. In my area, they were always introduced as "The Mighty" Led Zeppelin... So true.😉

@sourisvoleur4854

Жыл бұрын

Hammer of the gods!

"Hey Hey What Can I Do" is a great song you should try next. Absolutely awesome, and it didn't even make one of their albums. Lyric video is pretty cool.

Saw this show at the Chicago Stadium. Still the best show ever and Ive seen hundreds.

Hey guys. Deon from Chitown. Been listening for awhile. My best friend passed away two months ago. Very very hard for me. Listening to your reaction to Sam Cookes “a change is gonna come” was so powerful that I finally was able to grieve his death with the emotions you guys brought out of me. I wanna say THANK YOU! Thank you for helping get me thru it. Your presence is so amazing and I appreciate you guys and your energy. Though we prob will never meet, you have a friend for life in me.

@wrutledge1

Жыл бұрын

God bless you brother, praying for you.❤️🙏🏽

What may also make you smile is this song is a nod of appreciation to their fans. The Ocean they're singing about is the 'ocean' of faces in the audiences at their shows . ...quite cool that its for their fans 😊 At least that's what I read about this track...

@troyhyre8043

Жыл бұрын

I agree. In my book, (one of my Zepp autobiographies) Robert describes the ocean specifically as the fans hands all raised skyward and swaying back & forth by the tens of thousands in time with the music. A huge dark lit stadium with throngs of fans getting lit with roving spotlights! It looked like waves in the ocean! How cool.

The thing about Zeppelin, is... yes, they're awesome live, but their studio tracks are so beautifully produced that you just can't hear everything live. Please react to No Quarter. (Definitely studio version) It's a side of them you haven't tapped yet!

the sing and the guitar player were both trying to up (outdo each other) each other, They both were famous for what they did for music. Thats why Led Zeppelin sounded so great.

The Rover is one of my favorite Led Zeppelin deep tracks from the Physical Graffiti album! Some of Jimmy Page's greatest guitar playing is on that track! Great channel guys! Love it!

The Ocean brings out LZ’s swinging big band sound. They knocked this one out of the park!

Great reaction to classic Led Zep. You may be right that they have a lot of American rock influence. But totally a British band.

One of my fav Led Zepp songs,the guitar, drums,Plant's voice just good hard rock.

Saw Zep 12 times! The 2nd & 3RD show of the Song Remains the Same tour in 1973 at MSG, NY is in the movie. The 3rd show my friend & I had 15 row orchestra right in front of Jimmy Page! It was about 3 1/2 hours long and the greatest concert I ever saw & I saw a couple hundred over my 71 years. My ears were ringing for a few days and totally worth it, lol!

Listening to Led Zeppelin live is always better. They have been known for over 50 years to be one of the best all-time live bands ever. Do a reaction to the whole concert Celebration Day in 2007

Amber has it correct, The Ocean was a song about the fans and how the multitude of people in the audience looked like an ocean as they bobbed their heads up and down, resembling the ocean waves. The 4 year old girl who won his heart is a reference to his daughter, Carmen. On the album, he sings three years old but, clearly by the time of this concert, she's 4. Jay, it's ironic you called this "American rock" since it's by a British band. 😄By the way, it wasn't JPJ doing the shredding, it was Jimmy Page. JPJ (John Paul Jones) is playing bass. If you guys love Zep so much, why isn't there any of their merch on your walls? 😉

@Ziliman802

Жыл бұрын

He’s saying JPP, Jimmy Patrick Page. He’s correct

Yes! One of their best, and a great way to close out the Houses of the Holy album from Led Zeppelin. This live version is good, but you should try the studio version.

Zeppelin live gives their songs more dimensions then recorded

As much as I love this song Live you really have to react to the Studio version.

Love the complex rhythm.

Best rock rock band ever. 2 times a rocking. I love love this song 💗

They were always awesome live but you should definitely check out the studio version too! Some of the notes 🎶 that Plant was struggling a little with there (he was starting to have vocal chord issues) were clear as a bell on the record! He got “way up there”👆several times in that song!

I love the contrast between the heavy guitar riff, and the soft "la la la la" bridge.

Love your appreciation for the musicality of Led Zeppelin, they were my favorite band in the 1970’s and still are to this day. I would love to see you react to The Song Remains the Same and The Rain Song from MSG live concert, the transition is wonderful. It satisfies J’s rock edge and Amber’s appreciation for softer rock. To see a younger Zep live, check out their Royal Albert Hall performances such as How Many More Times and What Is and Should Never Be. Amber totally got the lyrics correct; the song is about “Ocean” of fans at concerts and the reference to 4 yrs old is his daughter. He changes her age based on her actual age at time of performance. The published version of song has her age at 3 when he wrote it.

The Ocean was about Led Zeppelin's fans and Robert Plant said, in an interview many years ago that the big audiences at Led Zeppelin concerts reminded him of the sea. Like a sea of people meaning the Ocean reference and title of the song. Also, the four-year-old he was a referring to is Robert Plant's daughter who is his oldest child, Carmen. Who was four years old in 1973. He adored his little girl who is a grown woman now. I am a lady in her fifties who loves classic rock and Led Zeppelin was always one of my favorite bands.

Ahh Yasss!❤ Led Zeppelin. Another amazing one.

Check out their song, Down by the seaside to see a totally different side of Led Zeppelin. It is just so beautiful it's incredible. It's so beautiful. But yeah man this is a great song by them and I'm glad you guys got to it.

Its a song about singing to the fans, remember, Led Zeppelin would easily fill huge arenas, and Robert said the fans looked like the ocean! Cool!! :-)

“That’s the Way” please. That song will make you think. Wayyyyyyy ahead of its time, and also perfect for it.

The 70,s were the best decade, for all genre's of music/ Rock/ Soul/ Blues/ etc! I saw the boy,s live in 1975/ What a party, I was 16😊, my ears were buzzing for 3 day,s!!

In the Light by Led Zeppelin is an outstanding song!

OMFG, I just realized that Carmen Plant is over fifty years old. I still think of her as that little girl with the long fall of golden hair. Damn, I feel OLD. 😭

MUST to listen to the original studio recording to REALLY get it, as noted below. It's a superb production.

Back in 1975 I saw Led Zep 6 consecutive nights….every concert was different…the loudest concert I experienced…my ears was ringing after those concerts….

Two led zep bands ,live and studio. Took me years to appreciate live ,did not realise other bands had hidden extra players, led didn’t

Back in the day it would cost around $18 a ticket to see a big-name band in concert. I could have bought tickets to see Led Zepplin in 1977. But never got around to it. I could kick myself in the head. I did finally see him (Robert Plant)in 2018 performing at the Austin City Limits venue in Austin. Even though he was much older, he was amazing.

I for one am glad you did the live one! Haven’t found a single song yet that wasn’t even more stellar LIVE than the studio version.

Zeppelin music WILL NEVER DIE--- it's too great.. and unique.. I say that because many bands have their own "sound"--- Led Zeppelin always came up with different sounds, riffs, etc. TOTALLY AHEAD OF THEIR ROCK TIME. And don't get me started on Robert Plant... he's still a sexy man today. :-)

Favorite Classic Rock band from the 1970's I enjoyed this. Thank You.

Ocean is the crowd. Well spotted. You are one of the few reaction channels that I believe to be genuine. Kudos.

Saw LZ play at Macon Ga. Coliseum in April 1970. Blew everyone’s minds especially when Page used the violin bow on his guitar during “Whole Lotta Love.” Good times, good times!

I was lucky enough to see them in September 1971. I sat in the 12th row center stage. They kicked off the show with The Immigrant Song and played Heartbreaker, What Is And What Should Never Be, That's The Way, Going To California, Dazed And Confused, Moby Dick, Stairway To Heaven, Whole Lotta Love, Black Dog and more. I paid $6.05 for my ticket and still have the stub.

ROCK & ROLL!!!!!!!!!

Even if you were unaware of the song, it would take maybe 3 seconds to know this is Zeppelin! Either the opening chords, or when John hits his drums! Nice video!

One of my favorite Led Zep songs.

This song is called the ocean because of the waves of their audience. The ocean is their audience and on that, you guys were absolutely correct

If you get a chance to hear My Year Of Dying by Zeppelin it really is a musical masterpiece.

👍I saw Led Zeppelin live in Sydney, Australia, 1972...And believe me they were brilliant!

Love it! Rockin ❤❤Amber always goes to the heart of it when reacting! Love you both!❤❤

Kids, being up against the ropes for 6 times. Zep and Robbie, it is never the same. They trick up with every song they have ever done/ I met Robbie in Eugene OR and asked him why and he said "Honestly, Beautiul One, it is so we don't get bored or our fans either. They can get the album anytime." And he laid one on me. The night of my life!!!

On the album version of this song, the girl that won Robert Plant's heart was only three years old. By the time of this concert, she was four. She was, of course, his daughter.

My favorite Led Zeppelin song!

I seen them in Las Vegas they're outstanding. They had a 60-piece orchestra from India behind them it was called The Page and Plant concert. Here is after John Bonham died Jason Bonham was playing the drums. John Paul Jones was there too. They played all their old songs. To a sold out MGM theater. It was awesome and will never forget it.

Always love your reactions. There's a rock blues Led Zeppelin song you haven't reacted to, and based on some of the things you said in your reaction, I think you will love this song. It's early Led Zeppelin, and they play like they did when I saw 3 of their concerts between 1969 and 1971. The sound quality and video are very good. The song is I Can't Quit You Babe performed live at Royal Albert Hall 1970. If you decide to check it out, it is important to get this particular performance.

Seeing Led Zeppelin in concert in the early 70s was a musical experience that can't be described. I was lucky enough to see them twice back then.

I was blessed to see them live in 1975 at Keil Auditorium in St. Louis. They played for over 3 hours. It was wonderful, but also sad in a way, as I knew I had seen the best band I would ever see. The live clips are from that tour.

Surprised you don't know Jimmy Page is lead guitar, not John Paul Jones (bass, keys). Page is also the driving force behind the sound as a producer and probably one of the top two rock guitarists ever (with Jimi Hendrix).

The Ocean is the Audience. Ocean of people. MIGHTY ZEPP FOREVER 🤟

Genius Rob Squad female member and your first time hearing- YES! The Ocean is about the fans. Specifically the "sea of heads" (not in the Marijuana sense of which 'head' was a 70's term) but just that, a veritiable 'sea' of heads every night that he saw on tour. Well spotted.

Great! What a riff! When the song was released in the Houses of the holy LP Robert sang "She´s only three years old..." so I guess this performance was done a year later so the child is four years old now.

Simply the best. So glad I saw them live in 1977. 🎉🎉

I swear. You guys might be the hardest working content producers on KZread. 😊👍🏼♥️

@darki7119

Жыл бұрын

And the sweetest and cutest too. ❤

Yes, the four year old is about Robert Plant's daughter. The studio version he says 3 years old from a year before

The 4 year old he was singing about was his daughter

An evening with aerosmith led zeppelin and the beatles great line up thanks guys

Best frontman best guitarist best bassist and best drummer = the goats 🐐

John Bonham was a beast on drums!!

I was in my teens in the ‘70’s. Let me tell you, anyone who got a ticket to a Zeppelin concert was much envied.

Anything Zeppelin ...Amazing ❤🎉

"Bonzo" showed out on this! He held this together...hr TRULY was the power!!

This whole album was amazing!!

I understand completely. I have memories that pretty much go along in time with Zep. You younger folks don't. I get it. Thank you for the review.

Led Zeppelin was an ever evolving live act. The arrangements of the songs would change from tour to tour as well as how they transitioned from one song to the next song. For example: The recorded version of "Dazed and Confused" was 6 and a half minutes long. It eventually grew to be 30 minutes in concerts. Plant would adlib lyrics from songs like "Judy Judy Judy" by Johnny Tilloston and "Rock and Roll is Here to Stay" by Danny and the Juniors. Page would reference parts of Gustav Holst's "Mars: The Bringer of Wars" from the classical suite "The Planets". Led Zeppelin kept things interesting for the audience and for themselves with assorted embellishments to the song. The essence of the band was their awareness of what each member was doing on stage and listening and having the ability to react musically if one of them took a detour during a song, extended a solo or did something different. From my own experience, when you are 'in the zone' and open to the muse, there is an, almost, telepathic connection between you and those your are onstage with. 🎸😎

@jrox6091

Жыл бұрын

Or...They're so high they play No Quarter for 20 minutes...on and on and on. As done at the Day on the Green in Oakland, 1976. 🥴 They were great but thank God for the opening bands, Judas Priest & the oh so wonderful Rory Gallagher

Bro! Huge LedZep fan? Welcome! This is one of my favorite live videos...thanks and keep rocking!!!

These MSG '73 concert vids always make the ladies go all googly eyed, for obvious reasons...