FIRST TIME HEARING LED ZEPPELIN "Black Dog" 

You help me reappreciate songs I've heard 1 million times.

When your gast has been flabbered you’ve been well and truly Zepped.

"I'm flabbergasted" is one of the best reactions in the history of RU-vid.

YOU'RE blown away by this? Imagine how I and all my friends felt 45 years ago when we all heard it for the first time. . This was music from another PLANET. . Another UNIVERSE. . . Another Plane of EXISTENCE!!! Our tiny minds were fried (in the BEST way) and we are still loyal fans to this day when we are in our late 60's and early 70's

"I'm flabbergasted." Sums up most Zep songs right there.

In 2019 one man obliterated racism by listening to classic rock.

This dude is seriously entertaining. Moves to the music better in his chair than most do on their feet. He presents very unique and colorful perspectives. Led Zeppelin's work was absolute brilliance, and I love seeing today's youth digging the music that I grew up with all those decades ago.

Shaq, the irony is the way your generation uses the word "drip" is exactly the same meaning it was 45 years ago. That's word. ✊

That moment when youngsters realize modern “slang” ain’t so modern after all 😂

I knew when Robert Plant belted out “Hey Hey momma!” You would be hooked! Lol

Led Zeppelin is the greatest rock band of all time.

I just stumbled on Shaq about a week ago...and let me tell you this man can feel a beat no matter where it’s coming from...he makes me love music again because he knows what lyrics and beats can do to a mans soul...it’s good to see a man push in’ love and feeling...and not let the stereotypes divide us no matter the genre...I don’t know a whole lot about the man but I’m feelin’ the vibe he’s puttin’ out...Livin life with a open mind...I’m feelin it!!!!! Keep bringin’ it.

“Y’ALL DON’T KNOW NONE OF THE RULES, DO YA?” Such a perfect description, hahaha. Led Zep was never interested in playing by the rules.

I suggest you listen to Whole Lotta Love by the Led Zep. And don't forget these songs were written and recorded 40+ years ago with minimum technology. Amazing musicians and awesome producers performed miracles. Agreed?

this one was the shot heard round the world for me--first time I ever heard Zeppelin. I was sitting on the living room floor playing with toys when I was 4 years old. Mom drops the needle--something was ALWAYS playing on the stereo at our house. To hear her tell it, as soon as "HEY HEY MAMA SAID THE WAY YOU MOVE GONNA MAKE YOU SWEAT GONNA..." my head whipped around and I stared at the record player, dumbfounded. on stuck, stoopid. she couldn't get my attention for a looooooooong time into the song, and she had to grab my chin and turn my head to face her before I was even aware of anything else in the world. Been pretty much like that ever since. For another 43 years now. LOL

Love your reaction to this band. I'm a 59 year old black man and have loved all of their music since I was 14. Rock on bro

Who is gonna tell Shaq that Robert Plant had another band named The Honey Drippers?

I wasn’t ready for all that😂man I laughed the whole time seeing the joy Led Zeppelin brought to your ears 👍🏻👍🏻

Back in the day, we all hung out and knew the music. I miss some of the seventies. It was great and our parents freaked.

Led Zeppelin is simply the greatest rock band ever. All members were powerhouses! John B. Not only could play so well but his sense of timing was incredible.

Yasss!!!! The mighty Led Zeppelin!!!!! Oh yeah!!!! Love it ❤️ I was head bangin with yah 🤣

Im black and Led Zepplin was the hardest classic rock ever.

"I'm flabbergasted" -Shaq 2019

Love this dude. I smile every time I watch this video. Black dog is my favorite Led Zep song. And I LOVE Led Zeppelin!

Oh n yea - the genius of this song is that the drummer is in 5/4 time while everyone else is in 4/4 so it sounds like there’s an extra jump in the song. Fucking brilliant...! Xoxox

John Bonham!! Best drummer EVER! He sounds like he's hitting them drums with a damn tree trunk!

May I say, my friend, as an Englishman who was appreciating this when it came out, I can't understand your words easily but you remind me of how I felt when I first heard this almost 50 years ago. Thank you for making me feel it again through your honest reaction.

Black dog was my alarm between ages 13 and 16. Years later I still can’t get enough of anything by Zeppelin. Saw Robert Plant last summer in concert, what a guy!

The reason you're having trouble headbanging to that part is because the drums and guitar are in two different time signatures! If you try to follow the drums, it makes the guitar seem off beat and vice versa.

You gotta react to Led Zeppelin - Kashmir

Y'ALL DON'T KNOW NONE OF THE RULES!!!!.. 😂😂😂😂😂 Cause THIS band threw all those rules right out the window Brotha!!

It's funny how this song has that deep soulful groove feel that makes you want to move, while at the same time totally confusing your timing.

Mothership is just a compilation but Led Zeppelin IV, the album that's kicked off with Black Dog, is indeed a "banger."

@4:50 Yes, he IS hitting the bell...of the ride cymbal. One of my favorite things that many drummers don't do ENOUGH

I can't get enough of this dude. He kills me.

58 years old/young, still banging my head to this stellar music! Pretty much right in time with the reaction video, too, LOL!

3:07 .. that's John Bonham folks .. no one played the drums like that dude. #RIP

You are a pleasure to watch sir. Instant good feelings watching you explore new music. When I was 13 me and my friends were on a bus into the city discussing whether Def Leppard or Led Zeppelin were the better band. We'd just starting playing music, I chose drums cause I found a pair of drumsticks at my house though no one really played. (We were clearly young dumb kids because Def Leppard are no where near the mightiness of Zeppelin). Anyway, I got home and asked my Dad. And he got this Led Zeppelin DVD out and put on Achilles Last Stand live at Knebworth, England in 1979. Two things happened. Led Zeppelin became my favourite band instantly. My top three of all time. And I invested all my time into learning how to play drums. 16 years later, I've been on the most amazing musical journeys playing drums as a focal point of my life. Actually life changing. That's my story. Let me know if you want to react to my band coach ;)

He is hitting the "bell" , its the center part of a cymbal

This guy is my favorite youtuber to give reactions. His reactions are flamboyant and energetic but authentic. He also is funny af. Love you Shaq.

"...I dont know but I've been told, big leg woman ain't got no soul..." The best line in the song.

@no life shaq, mothership was a remastered compilation of zeppelin songs. Black Dog was originally release on Led Zepplin IV. Often considered the greatest rock n roll album. As far as "honey drip", that's that old delta blues influence. You may be surprised to know these guys were primarily influenced by 30s, 40s and 50s blues artist. The even covered a few of those songs. Musically, these guys broke all the rules all the time. I'm impressed you heard that. The time signatures in this song is the most extreme example of that beside maybe Kashmir. John Bonham is the drummer. He is the most sampled drummer!!! Quote below from the drummer to the singer on the time signatures of this song. Well we can’t count from where you stopped because your vocals might be different. Your voice might go on half a beat and we‘re gonna be fucked. - John Bonham to Robert Plant

He's discovering music from the brief era in human history where the best music was created and will never be created again.

Led Zep's music is based on old school African American blues music. They rocked it up and this is the result. So awesome to see a young fella fall in love with it :)

The 70s had the best music of all time.

Looks like Coach is getting the Led out today. Please react to any Boston song!!!

Great video! Great to see young people getting into the classics. I also love it that you're a Steelers Fan!! The "bell" that you were talking about around 4:48 is called the bell portion of the cymbal that John Bonham was playing- that is the part of the cymbal right in the middle that protrudes up. Keep up the great energy and fun!

When he was about to pause but it was too good to stop

Love this dude! New drinking game whenever he says "hold up "take a drink

All I can say as a Black man is thank you to my siblings for listening to almost every genre of music as a kid that Led Zeppelin isn't foreign to me.

I haven't vibed to this song that hard in years, you've got a contagious energy

Nicely done...I heard this song for the first time when I was probably 14 (50 now) and felt the same way you did! "I wasn't ready for all that"....PERFECT. You Rock!

So now as I listen to the radio I think to myself "oh my man Shaq needs to react to this song". How the hell did you take over my life/mind? Lmao!

Led Zeppelin immigrant song! For sure, as you would say my man...... It's tough, bro its tough!

“I’m flabbergasted” I lost it. 😂😂😂

Love it! BTW, Mothership is a Greatest Hits/Compilation album. Black Dog was from their fourth album, which doesn't officially have a title, though most people call it either Zeppelin 4 or Zoso (they titled it with runes, one for each member of the band, and the runes sort of look like they spell Zoso). So that's your trivia box checked for today!

I still want to see you react to "In my time of dying" by Led Zeppelin

Yeah Coach, back on Zeppelin. React to In my Time of Dying or Since I've been Loving You.

You are killing me! You bounce from stank face/head banging to shocked/clutching your pearls!! 🤣

No one ever made a weird prog rhythm groove like that and they probably never will again

Check out "Whole Lotta Love" from Led Zeppelin II. That will really blow your mind (in a good way of course!) The bell sound at 4:50 is made by hitting a ride cymbal on the flared part in its center.

Led Zeppelin and Shaq? I clicked on this so fast all the windows in my house exploded.

His genuine reactions to great music of all genres is awesome. he has a great mind for music.

The Mighty Led Zeppelin, one the most influential bands of the 70’s killer, all band members very talented, Page, and Bonzo, Plant, Jones, perfect Storm

"Mothership" is a box collection. It has most of their best songs. The original album was "Led Zeppelin IV".

Bonus for pulling out "flabbergasted" 😂😂 awesome react!!

The 😳 on shaq’s face after hearing “a big leg woman ain’t got no soul” was priceless. Too funny.

man, that intro made you clutch your pearls. cracking me up. good stuff

That sound is the bell of the big ride cymbal. Another great reaction!

It's nice to see someone react to a band I love and they like it as well! :) I enjoy watching your videos!

Being a drummer man, you might appreciate the fact that he had to have special drums made 24 in Long just for him. John Bonham was a bricklayer his father was a bricklayer and so on with amazing strength in wood nearly every session break the face of a drum off and having to improvise for the rest of the set. He was a true animal of drums

Shaq communicates so well with us viewers that it's amazing. I like him coz he hear/listen the music without prejudice and with his heart.I check 80% of his reaction videos for 10 time,no joke.Keep it up coach and stay open minded.Much love from SERBIA

Ted Nugent - Stranglehold You’ll love it, coach. I ain’t ever told a lie

Since I've been loving you...Jimmy pages guitar solo, my favourite in 1977!

How can anyone thumbs down this jam or our man's reaction? Impossible not to love this play...

"Honey drip..." "I'm flabbergasted" I love it.

Like Christmas🎅 in July when I see you doin' Zep Shaq👍

Hey Shaq Mothership is a greatest hits album, thats why it has all led Zeppelin bangers on it =)

The "bell" sound you're hearing, is John Bonham hitting the top of his ride cymbal.

You really brought back the feeling we had when we were kids listening to this back in the day! You may know this already, but all of those British musicians loved black American blues and, as you can tell from the lyrics, it's obvious that they used many of the same types of themes. Rock and roll, baby!

Man, you're the best! I love watching your reactions to Rock & Metal songs.... you're a music fan thru & thru!

Best rock group of all time

There is such joy in seeing someone discover the classic rock brilliance of these songs. We all knew it, but seeing this is cool

That album is a collection of their greatest hits. This is the best reaction so far. They caught you completely off guard. One of my all time favourite songs.

Mothership is like a greatest hits album coach. Songs are from different albums. They are all great! You gotta check out "The Crunge"

Hilarious every time you hit the viewers with the “HOLD ON BAY-BHEE”

Mothership is a compilation album so every track is great yeah. It culls from about 5 prior albums, each of which had 2 to 5 excellent songs apiece. Mothership has like 80% of their great songs.

It's crazy I grew up with led zepp from mainly my dad although my mother also likes them but every time I go back (and I must have heard most of their songs hundreds if not thousands of times) I find something different wether it's a way bonzo bends the beat, a lyric I understood rather than just heard or just notice how tight they were as a band to be able to play such a complex part totally separately then come back together effortlessly. Truly the greatest band to play instruments.

This is amazing. The reaction he is having to this song is probably exactly what the Led Zeppelin members had when they first heard the original blues version.

Led Zeppelin whole lotta love or the lemon song.

If you want to hear there range you need to react to SINCE I BEEN LOVING YOU this is the song that made them my favovite band of all time!!

Jimmy page was and is one of the best ever.

Shaq at 5:04 he’s using the center of the ride cymbal to make the bell sound lol

love the hip hop songs and vids, but man im still a fan of this classic rock. something special about every single noise being made by a dude with an instrument.

Im black and the 1st time I heard Black Dog was at 16 in 1972 on a.m. radio while in a car going out of town with my parents. At 1st listen it sounded to my young ears like someone doing a rough ass Elvis impersonation. After about the 3rd listen instead of of thinking how odd it was I found myself loving it. Been a big Zeppelin fan ever since.

I have an odd Led Zeppelin song that I'd like to see you react to, and that's "In The Light". It's an astoundingly crafted song that combines Eastern Influences, Hard Rock, Synth Leads, and differences in syncopation during the breakdown that boggles the mind. I think you'd enjoy it.

I love how you mix it up with the genres. I hear my favorite zeppelin tunes and learn about other genres (hip hop) as well. Would you ever consider talking about your favorite reactions and why? I and many others would love to hear that!

I've been waiting for your monthly Led Zeppelin review. Excellent!

Love your energy and positive vibe. Great YT channel.

Now that was FUN!! You are now touched by the Led. I'm 62 years old and still turn it up LOUD!!! Thanks! I enjoyed this very much! I'm learning new lingo. I'm thinking to listen to some rap and hip hop and put up my reaction! Keep doing what you do! You are making the world a better place!!