Drum Teacher Reacts: John Bonham | "When The Levee Breaks" by Led Zeppelin *PATREON PICK* 

HAHA!

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​@@rjpdev2431 Completely irrelevant time stamp but fair enough

Nice Mike!!!

They were about the sound, the band. That's why when Bonham died the spell was broken. Tragic doesn't even begin to cover it! They changed rock forever! Can you imagine what they would have done over the next 20, 30, 40 years!

zep was a perfect storm of talent, thats why they were the biggest band in the world at the time. a time of huge filled stadiums, that will never come again

If you listen to the live shows you’ll hear the synchronicity between Bonham and PAGE. They play off each other.

I had the same thing happen to me but I think above all else it was a synthesis of all four that made it so special. But Bonham nudges a little ahead of the others because he was the foundation. There is just no way to replace him.

Ditto!!!!!!

Getting sick of zeppelin is like getting sick of BJ's

I think I've listened to it over a thousand times already and I feel the same way. Stranded on deserted island forever track choice.

Try listening to the original. It’s also great!

Not ever?

A Lot of back masking on that harmonica .

@@johnfaulken1951 dude that harmonica was not played backwards at any point in the song LOL

@@Sacksalot 1. Do you understand what "back masking" is? 2. Robert Plant has said in several interviews that the harmonica sound was achieved via back masking the tape.

EXACTLY 🥰

Someone at last mentions Plant's harmonica playing. About time.

Same...but i listen to other bands too

Bonzo was en exorcist FYI he literally drove demons out of souls with his all mighty powerful drum beats Led the power of the drums compel you!!!

I love it Joe!!!

Brilliant!

Now I want this nation of drummers to win gold at the Olympics so they can play this at the ceremony

National Anthem by radiohead is a fun drumming song :D

Nicely put. I'm 67 and saw LZ several times. That drum sound should be patented,so many imitators,but there is only one Bonzo.

I'd believe it. Miking techniques were fairly basic. You get to hear the drummer and not a bunch of fx or quantizing

lazaros lazarou jason doesnt sound like Bonzo.

And might I say Roger Taylor that you are every bit as great as Bonzo! A pleasure to watch & listen to! Thank you Sir!😃

Greatness is a gift. You can’t imitate it, it’s in you. It’s like instinct, you can’t imitate that! JB definitely had that quality.

@@eddievibbert6740 Roger is a fantastic drummer but no not in Bonhams league

Yup it’s a great feel

Yes Luke! I was aware this was legendary. Never got the opportunity to sit down and critically listen

The little detail that some drummers miss is John letting the drum stick bounce on the snair . It gives a reverb echo effect

I give vocal lessons, what's this "Ave Maria" everyone keeps talking about?

@@coolhandluke901 This drum track was actually being fed into an Echpoplex tape delay during tracking.

just a thought. teachers teach, players play, that's why teachers teach, that's the extent of it.

Yes David. YES

@@AndrewRooneyDrums Rick Beato has a nice breakdoen video explaining how they got that drum sound, if you're interested. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-XZYDDX1DHDU.html

Thanks Scott!!!

Many many great drummers,but Bonzo stands alone. His son Jason (black country communion,his band with coverdale) is a cracking drummer too but not the total natural his dad was. GOAT.

I was 6 months old when he passed 💔

Amen brother.

I was 18 in college. Our local rock radio station played every single Led Zep album in its entirety in order without commercial break. All for the love of Bonham and the recognition of their genius.

Nice Damiano!

Too kind Mark. Thanks for watching and the nice words!

Check out SoulTrainBro here on RU-vid. His reaction is incredible too.

@@Ash_Hudson I'm a big fan of SoulTrainBro as well.

This reaction by Andrew is one of my two all time favorite reactions. The other is this one to The Allman Brothers Band, "Whipping Post". Jay's reaction to Duane's slide guitar, and then Gregg's vocals, tickles me every time I watch it. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-71oU8E6aTP4.html

Right on Steve!

A REAL MUSICIAN in other words

Actually "Sick Again" is in my TOP 5 Zep Songs... why does no one EVER mention that song/riff?!

Yes! 'Swampy'

Yeah Jeff. What a weapon!

You catch my cover Carl?

@@AndrewRooneyDrums can you link me???

I read that piece many years ago, Andy also makes it quite clear that it was only him and Bonham present, contrary to Page's claims about the recording and his involvement that he has claimed many times.

Many would agree, but only because they haven't taken any notice of Tool.

@@Ronhickmott I have heard of them and they’re great, but not in the same league as Zep

@@tommyplays131 maybe it's my loss but I couldn't really get right into led zep, had a preference for black sabbath and iron maiden. But tool, well you know their music so there's nothing for me to say. 😎

The Who?

@@natural1952. Definitely. The Who was on par with Zep. Better in my opinion

Yes it's not really for words to define. It's about the feeling :)

HAHA!

Yes absolutely iconic snare sound!

HAHA Jeb!

Should be locked up for that awesomeness

Yup I could listen to this every day

⁠@@AndrewRooneyDrumsnot sure if it’s been mentioned in the numerous replies (and well deserved, I’m really liking your videos and I’m a guitar / bass player) but the drums we hear in the finished song are slightly slowed down, in fact perhaps all of the original tracking instruments. We hear this song in the key of F, but I’d read somewhere years ago about them actually tracking the whole thing faster and in the key of G, intentionally tracked faster to slow the speed down later to fatten the drums… (perhaps a technique they lifted after the opening of Hendrix’, Electric Ladyland, but that’s for another video). not sure if the bass guitar and initial rhythm guitar were also kept but I thought I’d mention it. I loved that you pointed out the hi-hat accents, I’d also mention something I don’t hear mentioned often enough about Bonham and quite a few players from that era. (IMHO) When they (Bonham, Ringo, Mitchell, Baker, Woodmansey, Bill Legend, etc) played an eighth note hi-hat pattern, the amount of time the hat wasn’t being heard between those eighth notes also caused a 16th note pulse,.. even quarter hats felt like an eighth pulse, accentuating the groove as it goes along. Old jazz guy stuff they loved and shared with us, is my guess. Please carry on your good work sir!

Well said Doug! 👌🎶🙏

Considering all the Tolkien references in Zeppelin songs, they'd probably be ok with that comment.

YESSSSS!!! perfect.

Recording the drums in the staircase of Headley Grange sure helped. Powerful stuff!!!

I think they're too sexy to sound like Mordor

Did they meet a girl so fair?

In interviews even Page said they couldnt continue cause no one else have the ability to stay with the rest of the band when they played live and went on tangents..they never played a song the same twice,, Jimmy always said Bonham was a genius

Yeah Wesley! Lovin' it :)

Yup one of the greats. Impossible to duplicate

Oh this is sooooo good

YESSSSS

Thanks so much Ivan!

Ivan Hecimovic Great comment! True.

JPJ holding it all together

HAHAHA YES!

Ahhhhhhhhh hahahhahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahah

DAN!

@@Kim-hc5si 😎😎😎

They better be funky

@Brent Harper Oh I am, for a long time already

HAHA YES!

I was about to say the same thing. Knew this was gonna be legit when the very first impulse was to turn it up, haha!

So good to hear!

That's a great comparison!

@@AndrewRooneyDrums Sinatra sings off beat that’s what make him Unique he has his own sound just like John

Crazy when you are roaming around youtube and run into a comment you know from another channel... happy to know we are both Zep fans Pete...bought a holster from you a couple months back!

So glad to hear that Julius!

@@AndrewRooneyDrums ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-IFn-Ogb8gTM.html please listen to this !!! The final drum fills are awesome ... It's an alternate vers of this tune not used in the album

Thank God for Jimmy!

Greatest drummer of ALL time is a bit strong. Even in his era, there were several outstanding drummers - Bill Ward, Mitch Mitchell, Cozy Powell, Ian Paice - not to mention the older generation who influenced all of the above, like Buddy Rich, Gene Krupa etc. Yes, Bonham was a God of drums - his greatness doesn't need to exclude that of his peers.

@@richardharrold9736 Chill out I will give you Gene Krupa and Buddy Rich. So sorry i did not say "in my humble opinion" What no Niel Peart he should be on YOUR list

everyone talks about the 'Bonham sound', but it's really the Page sound. always has been.

@@willyroussel3563 Peart was of the next generation, if not in calendar years - he only became prominent in the 1980s. Fabulous drummer, of course, and an even finer human being. RIP. Philthy Animal Taylor was another brilliant innovator of that era, the first jazz metal drummer, mixing Bonham, Rich, Moon, and the best of the punk drummers, and as large as life as all the rest put together. Without him, there'd be no thrash metal and none of the progressive technical drummers who came to prominence in the 90s (Haake, Carey et al).

Just tremendous dirty groove!

Thank you!

Hard to argue

Yes Daz. Can't help but be absorbed by this one. Takes over your body!

Wow, thanks Susanne!

I’ve caught up now!

I have!

@@AndrewRooneyDrums the ultimate zap and bonham track for me

Crazy good!

Filthy greazzzy pocket indeed...

Great Troy!

"Don't tell me you guys have never gotten the Led out!"

Exactly bro, Bonzo's beats were off the lead AND bass guitar. Mostly off Jimmy.

The Ocean IS Bonham’s drums.

Spot on. So apparent, especially in this song.

Wow Phil! I had no idea. Thanks so much for the great info man

The original was done by Memphis Minnie and Kansas Joe McCoy about the massive Mississippi River flood of 1927. It was the impetus for the massive migration of blacks out of the Deep South in the late 1920s headed north. Kansas Joe McCoy wrote the song about a man who lost his entire family and his home as a result of the flood.

You nailed it David!

@@AndrewRooneyDrums Check out How Many More Times, from the debut...lethal swing.

Absolutely ! Lessons wont teach you that.

Sooo fat man! Love it

Very hard to recapture

Yes Sarah!!!!

I love it Gian!

@@AndrewRooneyDrums You should do a video reacting to Dave Lombardo! Another drum god!

Lol me 2

The song was originally played at a faster tempo but they slowed the temp down the drums on the record you should look it up its a very interesting way of doing it and i loved the vid

Thanks Derek!

Rock on! :-)

U gotta listen to fool in the rain next

@@kevinmarshall59 I have man!!!! Look back through my vids my man!

Yeah it's genius. And the source (Bonham) makes it easy to capture incredible sound

YESSSSS Gotta have that cafe scene insert when it's this good :)

That's just silly

23 years old

22 is correct. The album was recorded during the winter of 1970 to 1971 and wrapped up in February 1971. Bonzo would’ve turned 23 that May and so he was 22 during the recording and 23 when the album released in November of 1971.

That always blows my mind. How young Bonham was when some of Led Zep's best songs were recorded.

Pop music today is barely music. It's computer

Glad you enjoyed!!!