People just look at me weird when I tell them that this is my favorite Led Zeppelin song. But then again, people just look at me weird no matter what I'm saying...
Its a great freaking song. It also points to you being a zep fan who has listened to their music for a long time. My favorite zep song changes monthly. IMO this should have been on ITtOD. Its a great, great song. I love Plants mature voice on this. He played this live in albany in 1990 and I swear it was the best version I ever heard. Their is video on youtube but its not so good.
This was never performed live by the group prior to Bonzo's death, but this was an excellent performance by Plant. Had one of the best beats of any of their songs.
The original recording off of the Coda album has to my reckoning some of the most brutal drumming that Bonham ever put to tape. The kick drum work is insanely good. I've always enjoyed this footage here, you can see the joy on Plant and Page's faces to be playing live again.
I just read a bunch of the old comments on here. I can not believe how people hate on the music Robert and Jimmy produced in the '90s. I love just about all of it! Chris Blackwell, you need not defend yourself. Your work speaks for itself. This song absolutely ROCKS!
Because it’s too hard hitting for it. Jimmy and Bonzo planned to make a more hard rocking album because ITTOD was kind of soft. Coda was the closest we could’ve gotten to that next album since Bonzo died
Plant wanted W&T, Ozone baby and Darlene on In through the outdoor but Pagey and Bonzo said "hell no! This is not what we're doing!" I'm sure it created a lot of tension and animosity within the three of them. Those three songs has a lot of Bonzo's best drumming and kick pedal work ever!
Motaz - I'm sorry you don't ,ike my drumming but at least I was there and drumming with Robert and Jimmy. Where were you? Easy to slag people off from the comfort of your bedroom. Get out there and do something, prove yourself, THEN you get to comment.
Are you kidding?! His voice sounds super shot compared to when Zeppelin played there in August of '79. Had that damn song been on In through the outdoor like Darlene and Ozone baby were supposed to be as well, he mostly likely would've mastered it like the studio version if they chose to play it live there in Knebworth that year.
Effortless playing on the part of JP, and he definitely looks like he's having fun. Definitely dig this video, very obscure, remember it from the 90's, took me a bit to find.
@GraachAhim i think that's unfair,the drummer done a great job here.This is the first time wearing and tearing is played live,what are page and plant supposed to do WHAT MORE DO YOU WANT
Led Zeppelin never performed Wearing and Tearing live. The song wasn't officially released until after Bonham's death; before then the song remained in the vault. If it was, there aren't any live recordings or bootlegs that exist.
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Does anybody know what Plant is singing in the chorus? I always thought he said, "he goes" or "either" in the studio version, but it kind of sounds like "you know" here.
What an awesome performance this was Plants voice was in top shape and he was really pushing it! it was such a blessing to hear them perform this benefit! Thanks so much for posting it.
the band playing with Plant and Page were Plant's solo band, back in the 90's! Knebworth 1990!!! Still one of the best live recordings of Page and Plant together.....awesome to see them having a ball together...luv JP's facials!! Priceless!
I saw Page/Plant's "No Quarter" tour in Boston---to one side they had about 20 percussionists from Arabic countries, and on the other about 20 musicians playing strings from violins to cellos and more. What a SOUND! And a friend with me leaned over and said, "See? It takes FORTY PEOPLE to replace Bonham and Jones!"
Hear hear ! I loved your drumming, even though you aren't Bonzo ;-) I play Wearing and Tearing in my band, Hats off to Led Zeppelin, and it is great fun!
without John Paul Jones on bass zep is just a shell. Listen closely to the zep albums at the complicated and melodious bass lines JPJones plays it rivals Jimmy Page in technical prowess. The guy grew up an organist playing in a cathedral at age 12. Could and did play Bass, organ, piano, guitar and mandolin on all zeppelin albums. These seesion musicaians they got for this concert couldn't hold his or Bonzo's jockstrap.
