Led Zeppelin When The Levee Breaks - Lyrics Pictures of the infamous 1927 Mississippi flood Link to original recording: • Memphis Minnie - When ... The lyrics are almost the same but the rest is pure Jimmy Page.
I don't make any money off of this as it is copyrighted. It took about 6 hours to put it together. I saw a lot of Led Zep reactions and no one had a clue what it was about so I thought I would use some of my retirement time up.
Wow, amazing song, amazing video... to think of how your whole world could be torn asunder and there is nothing you can do to fix it. Savor every moment with your loved ones 💔 Thank you for this good use of your retirement. I hope you do more.
Ya, never got to see them. They were going to play in Chicago (I lived in Indy) and the only way to get tickets was to get a coupon from the Chicago tribune and mail it in. I got the paper from the Indy airport but it was not the "metro" edition so it did not have it. I found a airline pilot that was doing a round trip and gave him $20 for five papers to bring back. I went home put on the radio and started dancing until the DJ announced John Bonham had died (20 Sep 1980). I still have the papers with the full page ad.
Man the timing on the snare bass and top hat.... It's freaking perfect Pants and Boots with a couple extra boots in it. I don't know anyone that can pull that timing off that perfectly without electronics.
Nothing but praise of the highest level in this comment section. And rightly so. It's truly a masterpiece. The history behind it is very eye opening as well with deep, deep roots in early blues.
@@plumbum_zeppelin With respect, not so sure about that 1/2 step man. Say, I'm tuned to Black Dog on Led Zep IV, it's from that A tuning I get a straight F key from Page's guitar, for playing along to when the levee breaks. I play black dog & stairway, and everything else in open E. Converted to the Trucks way in 2006 and haven't looked back. What a journey😅
I have read this in several places and heard it discussed by musicians but this is the only place I could find a direct ref in the foot notes on short notice. The pitch may be right on but it was higher before it was slowed down. "Portions of the song were recorded at a different tempo, then slowed down, explaining the "sludgy" sound, particularly on the harmonica and guitar solos." en.m.wikipedia.org › wiki When the Levee Breaks - Wikipedia
@@plumbum_zeppelin I hear ye man. Fair enough point. But with respect, I'm playin a long time (giggin a long time too) and the set up I suggest works for playin along to Led Zep IV, if anyone wants to try it. Wikipedia & several sources might mean well, but they ain't playin it, ain't a guitar and ain't Page on Led Zep IV; my direct source since about 1991.
Its sad too that they never played it live together as a band. I think there is a warm up RU-vid video but I really don't like Page's and Plant's later versions... JPJ's playing for change was not bad
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