FIRST TIME REACTING TO LED ZEPPELIN "When the Levee Breaks" 

Plants harmonica makes a mountain man leave his home.

Agree 100%. His harmonica playing makes audible and/or underlines the fear, the anguish, helplessness of the people's situation re. the flood. And just technically: epic harmonica playing.

💙💙💙💙💙💙

Allmost like Tyler

he’s playing the guitar, that’s why it’s screaming and moaning and crying, there actually isn’t a harmonica in the song it’s actually the electric guitar and there’s a metal pipe on the finger

Willie Nelson's harmonica player, The Devil. Pretty dang fine. This guy just doesnt' know music.

advantager355 I think Robert Plant is playing it

@@earldeanpowell Umm, what?

🤣🤣🤣 lost it

@@AntisocialSka1 Robert Plant played harmonica (harp). Had to look it up. en.citizendium.org/wiki/When_the_Levee_Breaks_(Led_Zeppelin_song)#Overview . Long review on link. Goes into a lot of detail. Had no Idea Plant was that good. Those guys came from a blues background tho and there is a lot of harp in that music genre.

"John B's what I'm here for" Smart guy, he was the most talented musician in the band, which is saying something. "Crying won't help you, praying won't do you no good" Memphis Minnie and her husband wrote this song and they were tough alright.

Honestly

But then who would be Eminem's hype man?

Since when does Plant need a hype man?? 😂 Robert Plant and Zep was the most hype band on planet Earth, by themselves lol

This guy is cracking me up. 😂😂😂

That's my favourite thing by the Zep, if anyone 'd asks me to tell them my top 10 songs, I would put only Led Zep songs in it...

It"s true, I never heard a single bad song by Led Zeppelin

It was called acid, lol trust me you had to be there.

Memphis Minnie wrote the lyrics back in the day. Jimmy Page, Robert Plant, John Paul Jones, & John Bonham touched that shit... Robert Plant is playing harmonica...

Saim // hats off to Roy Harper is the only one I can’t listen to

Word lol

@Leon Anderson Then it was a harmonica twice today!

That's pages guitar

Andrew Schultz damn right n still remember til this day when my dad came home, I’m 8, it’s late n he puts on zep, says “son you’re about to listen to the greatest rock band ever” levee breaks starts 😉🤘

thank you, captain obvious.

@@Vb98765, you needed the lesson.

@@ICLight412, your Dad taught you well.

Andrew Schultz Best Band Ever! Geniuses!❤️

Should listen to Tom Petty don't know how it feels for more harmonica

@@dallasbroders5609 I love that one too~

Last time I heard a harmonica was on sponge bob 😂

Harmonica brought to you by Robert Plant in this instance.

I'm literally LOL at it!

Has he done the Immigrant Song yet?

This guys facial expressions are second to none

@@michaelt3308 that's Robert plant on the Harper dude

great!! Love both and not many people will react to music that so different

the wonderful about this channel and couch

Big facts lol

That's a true music fan right there lol. I do that alot lol

Oh yeah

I never knew that!! Thanks for the info!!!

Lee McIntyre mick jagger no slouch on the harmonica either 👌

Lee McIntyre didn’t they loop this backwards or something so the “ echo” was at the front or something?

@@cherrymcgregor535 It was done with echo , but the "Loop" effect was accidental!! Same thing happened with "Whole Lotta Love"!🎶

The echo was an accident that they feel in love when they were bouncing down tracks on a multi track reel-to-reel. It's called the "E.R.P." effect from them having multiple heads ( Erase, Record, Playback). I used to use it in the production studios back in the late 80s. Naturally, they made it work better than me. lol

YUP

Multi-track recording!!! Led Zeppelin used this technology often and made awesome songs because of it!!!

We loved it

True that

Amen to that!

Absolutely spot on - what times they were.

Didn't know we were so lucky to have such talent in those days. It was just music.

Yes, they get it!

It's like hearing these songs again for the first time.

@Lucas Magee Same.

Oh I agree.. when i went to prison and played in a band the best part was watching these guys who have never heard any of this music before, show up sit down and close their eyes and bang their heads to what they were listening to

Yes his reaction to war pigs is the greatest and i was a rap fan during 90’s still am of the 90’s era and select few today. But when I heard zeppelin, and sabbath for the first time change my life forever

Roland J Gutierrez - Same here, brother. 57 and getting all jacked up that ‘our’ music is being rediscovered.

wished i lived in that time. i only know one other person my age that listens to that kind of music besides me

I have just discovered this channel. It's like living my teenage years all over. I love his reactions!!

You should see him react to Drowning Pool.

do yourself a favor and watch his reaction to Freebird. it's his best reaction and it drew me to his channel where i hang out every day. DA'S TUFF

I don't know man, In My Time Of Dying is pretty filthy

Oh yeah man it is filthy. It's stanky and I LOVE IT!!!

ehhhh, dont leave BB out of that conversation.....The thrill is gone is up there with it

Led Zeppelin = Blues+

also try Buddy Guy - Baby Please Don't Leave Me

Snap, I just posted the same thing and then saw your comment. :)

Thanks for the Info.

Yep , the 70's greats borrowed at times. Why I get Pissed when people say hip hop sampling isn't art.

@@ericpirillo7260 sure it is. Sampling is like DIY home hacks. Taking stuff that's lying around the house you don't use anymore and creating something new and different that people can appreciate. They see it in a different way than most people.

@@davespringer777 yep agreed for the most part

truth! 100% swamp sound. I think Robert Plant was a blues singer when he et the other members of the band. It's obvious he studied blues music. And Jon Bonham (the drummer) was a jazz drummer. Their sonic roots go right back to the Black American artforms.

That blues filter is broken and I'm cool with it

Yes...the best thing that ever happened..!!

Bayou swamp blues... you nailed that!

It gets dirty quick! My #2 Zep song. #1 is black dog.

I love your comment. I'm 52 and rockin out as well. Zeppelin is ageless... Where one is all and all is one

Right???? I love Shaq! He gets it. Music is the best experience hands down. Sixty years young here, I'm still rocking

57 and right there with ya😀😀❤

Isn’t it a joy watching him discover these geniuses! I am so happy I found these videos.

38 here and rocking it like no other. it's beautiful to see Shaq's reaction to these legends.

I wish he did bro Jimmy Paige destroys that track with his 🎸

How about ten years gone???????

yes... and the guy who said ten years gone... another amazing song.

Since I've Been Loving You is one of Page's best solos.

Bro dont blow his mind like that

Me too brother.

John Bonham, IMO WAS Led Zeppelin. Them breaking up after his death was an extremely smart move!

@@Touchit1958 you under estimate the rest of them

Neil Peart is better in my opinion but Bonham is a bad boy too.

Sorry, but Bonham is simply the best along with Buddy Rich.

Stuart Damon Sorry, strongly disagree. Neil was a transitional drummer. He could play a variety of music and notes. Not even close bud.

Levi Rodgers Levi, I have the greatest respect for Neil Peart. I love Rush, Spirit if Radio, and Tom Sawyer. He is one of the best. I’ve seen both of them in concert. (My Ages is showing, lol) However, I have never seen anyone as good as John Bonham. Speed, Power, Creativity, and ability to Extend convinced me. That said, I respect your opinion and LOVE Neil with all my heart. Also one of the best. He is awesome and obviously your best! 👍 God Bless!

Stuart Damon Likewise! 👍

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Without question! Led Zeppelin is in a class above all others and my solid favorite. Everybody else are just bands.

the whole track was slowed down also, giving it's unique, darker, more stretched sound.

@@ripster9713 yes. They did.

And also they recorded the drums in the hall of a castle, that’s the sound

2cool4u can’t forget Bonham on the drums

And the greatest rock drummer of all, John Bonham

The soul is John Paul Jones...

Damn right!

THIS

Sure is.

Memphis Minnie was a queen

Damn, nice job... you're exactly right

ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-swhEa8vuP6U.html

I remember learning about it during a college history course.

I hate to break it to you but I don't think 58 years old is considered a youngster

@@carlneoh5843 It's called irony mate, you'll get it one day...

I think if Bonham could speak to us from Heaven he'd say "Keep sampling me, and I'm still drunk."

Word

I agree brother, Bonham bangs it home, liberal

Rob Soergel He has no clue who Jimmy Page is though lol

@@noahbrown9708 he does now

They’ve even used lyrics and title from a song written by delta blues artists from the 20´s (written by Kansas Joe McCoy and sang by memphis Minnie his wife)

yessssssssssssss

Tup Shaq be catchin all them lil dips in dives lobe this guy!

He is good, got a great ear. Love his real reactions. He reads lyrics to help him understand the music. It's all good, I'm here thumbs up and subbed in.

Cheers to that 🍻

God bless New Orleans, as the band’s time there clearly inspired this song, amongst others from their discography.

AMEN!!!

Love the live version of "In my time of dying" it's a song from the deep South of Merica, would you believe.

Love the (live) version of "In my time of dying" it's a song from the deep South of Merica. Would you believe?

And Jimmy Page ran it thru an echo.

word. came here to make sure this info was known and bumped up. Plant and Page had such a unique sound everyone swears they did a deal with the devil for talent and fame.

@@Sco3000 correct, and the whole track was compressed and slowed down.

I’m picturing Plankton blowing into that harmonica.

That was the great harmonica work of Mr. Robert Plant...the lead singer! And the late great drummer John Bonham had a nickname of Bonzo! I was lucky enough to see them when I was 16 in 1977 on their last North American tour! Love your show!

hahahahaaaha for real comedy..love this shit

Kathy .Brinkley I saw them on that tour too! Did they do the whole green laser light pyramid swirling around Jimmy as he played with the violin bow? I loved that!

Guess he never heard the Junior Wells (Hendrix era) story !!!

cardiac19 I mean Pink Floyd would be in that debate as well

ryan c the counter to Floyd is song vs album. Floyd’s albums are second to none. But they are operas. They tell stories from a start to a finish. Once you take the songs out of the opera not all of them work. They’re still good but not as great. Led is songs. Play any song on its own and almost all are awesome. They don’t need the opera to make them that much better. Example, “Hey you,” great song on its own. But in its place on the album... so much better. Dang, now I don’t know if that made my point or yours. I’ll stick with Zeppelin as the GOAT band and Pink as the GOAT story tellers.

cardiac19 No question! My dad would blare LED Zeppelin Every weekend. His Moto was “ if’s it’s to loud your to old!”

ryan c same with The Rolling Stones

Weeelll, I have to put in an argument for the Dio version of Sabbath.

He falls into it 100%

SHAQ WOULD YOU LOOK UP ERIC GALES GIMI MY JIMI FIX AMAZING GUITAR PLAYING BY A BROTHER

Yes ,, you the man shag. We loving you in Lagrange Ga.

Not by a country mile. He’s way behind the others and reviews songs months after the others have already done them.

@@MegaArchiebald Then why are you on his channel?

eaglefly 18 obviously you are a man of taste!

Common Ground, brother.

@@FourTwenT who cares, I just play.

@@FourTwenT me to. As I said, who cares, I just play.

@@FourTwenT I'm aware but he posted 4 months ago. Clearly he didn't respond but when I posted regarding your comment, you replied almost immediately so I responded. I'll just crawl back into my cave then. Stay safe, stay at home, all the best :)

Every song of theirs is great.

Shame on both of you

M S who said that? “You hate Ben so you must love Obama!” Great logic

M S it’s not a liberal conservative thing. Good people with common sense don’t listen to Shapiro because he promotes fascism and extreme right wing ideology. On top of that, he lacks any sympathy whatsoever. Obama was a war criminal

M S are you kidding? He has repeatedly called for repeal of the ACA, denies climate change, wants to overturn roe vs wade, and has been on record saying he doesn’t care if innocent Muslim civilians are killed in the West Bank by Israeli soldiers. The man is a fascist. Do a little research

Absolutely

Exactly we were young in them days 💚💜 63 and still in love with Led -Zeplin. 💖

Marie Theresa Hughes Im 56 years old 🤘

Harmonica is double or triple tracked on this. But classic, no complaints!

Brian May called him incomparable in Freddie Mercury tribute concert.

My favorite is Hey Hey What Can I Do.....but this is a very very close 2nd!

Hands down, it’s my number one favorite Zeppelin song.

Hey guys really. I think it's too early for that ... I mean, he just got crazy about the harmonica in this song. Who explains the Theremin to him? He needs a bit more experience so that his brain does not burst😉

stephenc44 would love it if he did The Rover aswell

I love led Zeppelin... But for some reason I absolutely cannot stand the constantly repeating sound in that song. It seems to drive me mad.

trampled under foot

@Jamie ASHCROFT more cowbells 😅

Bro Heartbreaker is the reason for so many people learning the guitar. Took me years to figure out how he did them dives without a whammy bar.

ya i like the live version of No Quarter from the 2007 Celebration Day reunion concert!! do that one!

Robert Plant on harmonica

I recommend holding off on Kashmir for a bit. May not be ready for it yet. Since I've Been Loving You and In My Time of Dying next. ALSO, TREAT YOURSELF TO MOBY DICK - it is all about John Bonham

A black guy reacting to good black music. Hardly earth shattering lol

@@zmoney1212 You might be right, but that doesn't mean what Paul said doesn't hold water. Man, you are the proverbial turd in the punch bowl.

The first few beats almost knocked him out of his seat. He's amazed by this type of music, and he enjoys it. I'm happy that we as a country can gather around and enjoy good music regardless of race. Still, along with politics, the biggest divisor of this country. He bridges that gap very well.

@David Hargreaves So you live in England is what you are implying?

@David Hargreaves uhhhhhhhh... Zlatan is referring to the fact that "When the Levee Breaks" is a country blues song written and first recorded by Kansas Joe McCoy and Memphis Minnie in 1929. The lyrics reflect experiences during the upheaval caused by the Great Mississippi Flood of 1927. But that doesn't change the fact that like @Thomas Sullivan says, he's a turd in a punchbowl.

Sherry Peters 🔥 is right!!

Me too, I respect that about him

They we a cultured, educated band. No way their parting phrase was “We out”

That's, in essence , what they said, " it over." In 1980, when Bonham died, they had been making albums & touring heavily for 11 years. They had already more than made their mark, the first band to sell more albums than the Beatles, in 1969. And the same lineup the whole time. Like the Beatles, a new member in such an iconic band would have never worked, for the band OR the fans. Cultured as they may have been, Jimmy Page would have considered it high praise, indeed, to say, " we out." Btw, l had some dealings with their road manager, Richard Cole. He was a rascist little bitch, punk ass motherfucker. As it turned out, the band didn't like his punk ass much either. During what would become the film, Song Remains the Same, tens of thousands of dollars were stolen, in cash, out of the hotel safe. Guess who the fuck they suspected... that's right, Richard punk ass Cole.

@@nick260682 Come on dude it's a joke injecting modern culture to the past. It's like saying Washington was like "Nah fuck it, we out of this union. Give us some representation or we finna pop off some shots"

@@12bar145ne Surprised Peter Grant (Zeppelins' great manager) didn't break every bone in Cole's body if that's true. Cole worked directly for Grant. Grant was paid 20% of Zeppelin's earnings (by his own admission) out of which he paid Cole out of his own pocket as road manager. Grant was the best manager in the business, had managed The Yardbirds before Zeppelin, which was why he and Jimmy Page were so close, and was one tough mother******. He negotiated, what was for that time, the highest advance ever given a band by a record company with Atlantic records. Zeppelin stayed with Atlantic their entire career.

It’s a cover song 1929 by Memphis Minnie and Kansas bob

Exactly!

Meets Shaq's brain, causing visual aneurysm.

So effing true. Loved Zep for over 50 yrs. and still counting. I've heard Led Zep on all forms of media storage mankind has had since late 1950's. Digital makes them immortal. Almost.

Know and love

So true!

And bonham is the thunder

Mottahead 71 baby 🥰

Hingle Mckringleberry and then listening to the No Quarter release... 🤯

Amen!!!!

"In My Time of Dying" too!

Please Kashmir

Lol no it won’t

THE GREATEST ROCK BAND OF ALL TIME

@@zindi1138 Amen.

jon bonham*

@@malificent JOHN Bonham

@@nyrockchicxx John HENRY Bonham !!!

Yes needs to do that one!

Only question I have is which version?

@@livinaftermidnight9651 live would be my preference! But I'd take studio too.

@@bobbilowery2975 live is my preferred as well. Jason Bonham does an outstanding job on this song on Celebration Day.

@@livinaftermidnight9651 I totally agree!! He makes his Father proud, if he can see it!! (Not sure how I feel about the after life thing)

Ikr??? Lol

I'd love to listen to *any* music with him.

Jeff Libby This Guy knows how to react to a song to the fullest...which I like. There’s another reactor on RU-vid that doesn’t know how to react to a song.

An idea: Have an on-screen audience

It’s a Harmonica today😂

Preach it brother!

Amen.

Pretty much. Nailed it.

They don't make em like that anymore. John Bonham? No one else like him. One in a million.

According to Geddy Lee, John Entwhistle is the best bassist of all time. Therefore, Geddy Lee is the best bassist of all time.

I agree 😁

Ro Tru when the blues had a baby she called it rock & roll, peace & love

Mine too. The grove in this song is so juicy. So bluesy & soulful!

@@revkenwiz that's exactly it!

As a zep fan from day one, from their first album, this is my favorite song also. OSH :-)

Rock (at least in the beginning) was just blues played by white kids. That's what made it more acceptable to 1950's America. A huge portion of Zeppelin's songs are either covers of, or borrow heavily from pre-existing blues songs. If it wasn't for liking Zeppelin as a teenager I'd have never been inspired to find their influences and appreciate blues artists for what they gave the world. It's also hard to look back and see the way the genres were segregated unfairly and the way black artists were never fully appreciated in their time.

kept thinking he was talkin about the Bills old coach Marv...

same.

Great musical piece but watching a reaction would definitely be something new

4th movement is better

Beethoven- Moonlight Senota

@@TheBlackQueen It's too long and I feel like there are more slow / boring parts, but it is very good! I like 2nd Movement better

Thon Bushcraft Slow? Do you not recall the epic high choir hymns of Ode To Joy? Literally one of the greatest moments in music history!

Definitely about the Mississippi river flood in the twenties I'd say. Killed thousands of people.

written and first recorded by Kansas Joe McCoy and Memphis Minnie in 1929.

Awesome but not an African/American but an American that was black.My parents were born in Cuba but they're American & so am I cause I was born here..#LongLiveZeppelin.

drServitis I’ll bet joe McCoy didn’t have an animal like bonzo wailing drums for him.

The Great Flood of 1927....it was said that you could get on a boat in downtown Monroe, LA & go 70 miles east to Vicksburg, MS and not hit any dry land. It was that bad.

Barracuda yesss

Heart! Yeah man. The vocal parts on "Alone" give me goosebumps

Cherry Bomb

herrzimm Also anything by Janis Joplin or Jefferson Airplane

Don't forget Blondie and The Pretenders!

Gunhedd ooh I don’t know that story. I’ve loved Led for 50 years. Gotta read that story

I've been posting wither for weeks!!! Amd ice nine kills!!

Kendall Stephens same I keep begging for wither and coach keeps sleeping on it!!

@@Shellacious Man he'd love it!!!

Also tech n9ne straight out the gate featuring serj from system of a down

No doubt! I get a kick outta watching him, the man gets excited now

Yeeeee