This is a blues song by in my opinion the greatest rock band ever and this song always chokes me up! They play rock, blues, middle eastern, funk, folk and are considered in the top 3 greatest bands ever
Led Zeppelin is the greatest rock/blues band of all time in my humble opinion, but they are so much more than that. They have so much variety of music in their catalog and they are one of most influential band. 🎸🔥
You should see them do this live at Madison Square Garden 1973. It will blow you mind. They are the best live blues/rock band...the GOATS! The never made a bad record!
Im so glad you listened to the audio version 🙌🏽 The live version is overrated af. More people need to at least listen to the studio version before the live version 👌🏽
Helen Trope i’ve noticed only older white people go crazy for it, more than the studio version. It’s honestly not that great except for the guitar solo. But that’s just my opinion i guess
@@marlon1945 There are 2 great guitar solos in it. The thing about live performances is that you get to see the band and experience the atmosphere as if you are at a live concert, and even though you don't get studio perfection in the performances, it's still astonishing to see what people can do live without any artificial studio aid. Also Led Zeppelin like to improvise at times which is difficult thing to do unless band members are mentally in tune with each other. It's impressive when it comes off well. Often, because of improvisation, no live performance is quite the same as another, so each audience has a unique experience. Perhaps 'older white people' are keener on live performances because they remember being at some of these concerts.
marlon1945 To be fair a lot of younger people don’t understand improvisation in a live setting (a lost art with contemporary music) and are disappointed when live renditions don’t follow their studio versions exactly. The magic of bands like Zeppelin is that they were confident enough in live settings to never preform their songs the same way twice. So each performance was a true representation of the atmosphere at that very moment - sometimes for better or worse. As for the MSG performance, Plant’s vocals are pretty shot as he lost his voice permanently in 1973 so his vocal range is definitely not as strong as it is on the album version, but he still has all the passion. Plant has better performances of SIBLY on many bootlegs between 1970 and 1972. That being said I still think the MSG version is incredible and passionate in its own right, but I do prefer the studio version.
Haha your description of they started is pretty much bang on. The whole band was only 21/22/23 when they recorded this. This fact blows my mind every time I think about it as they were truly gifted to pull this and all their songs off. Zeppelin is the template rock band, pretty much every band after 1969 was inspired by them in some way, whether it was music or how they dressed but nobody ever equalled them. Zeppelin live is even better. Got to do the live version of this in 1973. You’re in for a ride with their whole catalogue. I’d do anything to hear for the first time all over again 😭
Actually, Jimmy Page was somewhat well known from the Yardbirds, and John Paul Jones was a session bassist. Jimmy(Lead Guitarist) met Robert Plant(Vocals) and they decided to try a project. Robert brought in John Bonham(Drums), and they went to a studio and just jammed.....and found immediate sonic chemistry. So the Vocalist and Drummer were garage band type and the Lead and Bass Guitarists were pros. It was a weird alchemy of talent and luck. The rest, as they say, was awesome damned history. Led Zep really didn't have a bad song. Try any of them, and you're in for a good time.
Not exactly garage band type. They were in a band called 'The Band of Joy' before Led Zeppelin. They weren't famous but they did get paid gigs. Robert Plant even had a record out in 1967 before Band of Joy. - very different from Led Zeppelin though . ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-m8-DfoiEiKQ.html
@@heliotropezzz333 Garage bands get gigs.....but Page was far more famous and Jones was known in the industry. Plant and Bonham were relative unknowns. That was my gist. But these guys weren't childhood friends or somesuch. It was serendipity writ large.
@@scottclark3761 Yes I don't disagree with you there. I agree they were relatively unknown both to the world at large and to Page and Jones. I'd looked up 'garage bands' as I wasn't sure what the implication of that term was. This was the definition I found and, I thought they weren't quite as unknown as a garage band as they did do paid performances: "A garage band is a musical group that has obtained little fame or fortune, and therefore is typically relegated, at least metaphorically, to rehearsing and recording, not in a rented studio or while being paid to perform on stage like more successful groups, but rather in someone's garage." Perhaps it's not a distinction worth making though.
I dont think it sounds like Pink Floyd. It sounds like Zeppelin blues. Floyd weren't doing anything like this in 1970. Mind you, Fearless on Meddle is the most Zeppelin sounding song Floyd did hehe. Cheers. Peace.
@John David Mate, Great Gig In The Sky was 1973 and Wish You Were Here was 1975. Since I've Been Loving You was 1970. Zeppelin was doing this first. Just saying. Peace.
