You're right that the song was about a man being upset because he thought that he was stood up...but the last few lines reveal that he suddenly realizes that he was not stood up...He was waiting at the wrong corner on the wrong block (Thus the fool in the rain).
I like that, while the guy analyzes the situation, he realizes it is true love and that this can't be happening. Yeah dumbass, you're waiting on the wrong corner! The song is hopelessly romantic.
One of my all time favorite ZEPPELIN songs. I still wish you guys would trust me and do JUDAS PREIST: Riding on the Wind, the studio version only. Y’all are scared and unfamiliar, I get that, but this is a Classic song at the top of their game. Just because it doesn’t necessarily have a lot of likes or views doesn’t make a serious contender. This was way before all that. As you know, this Rock realm is unknown to most of your generation. That’s where I come in. The Old School. It’s a guaranteed banger and just a Badass, high energy, Hard Rock song. You can’t go wrong with it, I promise. You will love it, guaranteed.
That samba break down is just some next level stuff. Amazing that three guys can make all that music. And then you throw in Plant’s vocals on top and you have something truly divine.
I remember the 1st time I heard that whistle, I thought " what is going on here? And how are they gonna back into the shuffle beat?". One of the craziest unexpected transitions, but it works. I was too young to remember most Led Zeppelin albums being brand new. I remember this 1979 one clearly, and this one got top 40 play as well as album-oriented rock stations
I think we owe the samba section to the fact that the World Cup was taking place in Argentina while this was being recorded, and the South American culture was in the spotlight around the world. 🇦🇷
This half time, Purde shuffle is so amazing and it took me a long time and a lot of frustration to learn to play it consistently. Now I need to tackle Jeff Porcaro’s version of the groove on Rosanna.
The thing about Led Zeppelin is that you cannot pinpoint their sound cause they were always changing the direction of their music and elevating it. One of the most original bands out there.
I saw an interview where one of several engineers that worked with zeppelin, said Jimmy Page changed engineers with each album so it always sounded switched up, never the same.
Here's the thing: Zeppelin and Nazareth are what I call Jukebox bands. Their styles and influences are all over the place, and 9 times out of 10, if you saw a Zeppelin or a Nazareth record in the jukebox, you played it.
and the very reason why they are considered to be 1 of the 3 bands that make up the Holy Trinity of Heavy Metal Led Zeppelin Black Sabbath and Deep Purple.
Released in August of 1979, Robert Plants voice is really clear and powerful on this album….very little of the distortion that was present in Physical Graffiti after his throat surgery. The reason is tragic; Robert hadn’t sung with Zeppelin for almost two years because of his sons death and his voice was rested. This is the vocal sound that Plant took into the beginning of his solo career after Bonham’s death in September of 1980. The album leans much more into keys rather than guitar. The reason for that is also sad; Jimmy was dealing with a horrible drug addiction and was late or absent for most recording sessions. Plant and JPJ basically put the album together. Jimmy would come in at night, by himself, and put his guitar work over what had been recorded.
SO interesting. I had never reflected on or heard about the link between what was sad circumstance/happenstance of Plant's resting his voice and thus it sounds different, better, but it makes perfect sense!
Robert’s voice was destroyed by endless touring. I think they recorded ITTOD at ABBAs studios in Stockholm and this was really JPJ and plants album. Much more key board led and by 79 JPJ had many more toys to play with.
He’s waiting on a street corner in rain to meet his new girl that never shows up. He thinking he’s been stood up. During drum breakdown, our hero realizes he’s standing on the wrong street corner and (imo) the drums represent him running to the right street corner. Super clever lyrics! Great song! Ooh now my body is starting to quiver And the palms of my hands getting wet I got no reason to doubt you baby It's all a terrible mess And I'll run in the rain till I'm breathless When I'm breathless I'll run 'til I drop, hey! And the thoughts of a fool's scattered careless I'm just a fool waiting on the wrong block…
I was 14 when this album came out, and this is the only album of brand new Zeppelin music I was ever able to experience. At the time I thought there would be many to come, but for me there was only one.
A few other tracks on this album, uncharacteristically buried Bonham way too deep in the mix. How he wasn't at the forefront of "In The Evening" like he is on all of ther other rock classics is a tragedy.
Yes! You finally reacted to the most unique Zeppelin song! I was stationed in Italy during the early 90’s as an Air Force airman and this song kept my spirits high. Thanks for a great reaction and I knew you’d like it! 😊
@@trevorwalsh9205 as a life-long fan, it's not my favorite song of theirs, but i don't hate it -- in fact, i find it super interesting. it shows them stretching, playing, having fun, trying new things out. it also underlines and points to what we now understand as Robert Plant's long interest and fascination with roots americana music, or american country. it's great! but it really blindsided us all back in the day, haha.
Another gem from this album was "Hot Dog" which is basically country Led Zeppelin. After they broke up, an album was put out of their unreleased material, with "Wearing and Tearing" a classic Zeppelin tune.
"I'm Gonna Crawl" is the best piece on this album, in my most humble opinion. I've never heard Jimmy Paige play with more soul and feeling, Plant's vocals are astounding.
@@highrxhuh…never thought of those as bookends, but you’re right! I always think of SIBLY and Tea for One…..but yeah, your example is better since Good Times is first track on first album.
There are 6 covers to this album, one from each person’s POV. The album came in a brown wrapper so you didn’t know which you were getting. There were also album sleeves you could paint with water to make them in color!
That is so cool! I missed that one! However, in 1979, there was probably an upcharge on $4.99 for a fancy package new release -- a lot of allowance for a 13 year old. Had to buy my own movie tickets and Jordache jeans, too.
Another example of how Led Zeppelin can surprise you. I can’t think of any other band that could produce such variety in their songs and albums and make a great job of all of them. GOATS!!
Home at Last - Steely Dan 1977, Fool in the Rain - Zeppelin 1979, Rosanna - Toto 1982. One other Steely Dan song too, I can't remember which. Also Neil threw in a lot of ghost notes to fill out other types of beat as well.
Still love the Jeff Porcaro video explaining how he 'stole' this beat and the Purdie Half Time Shuffle and combined them (with a Bo Diddley kickdrum shuffle) to come up with the beat for Rosanna!
That funky buzzy guitar solo is Page using the MXR Blue Box pedal. I can't think of any other song that sounds like it! This is in my top 10. Going to California with the mandolin intro is my favorite Zeppelin. Or Kashmir. Oh! Immigrant Song! Black Dog! Oh forget it! It's like trying to pick your favorite child. I love them all!
@@ruelsmith I don't think too many guitarists liked it much. In the 90's, my husband, a guitar player, would buy old 70s equipment and fix it up in the 90's to resell or keep if he liked the sound. He had a good ear for trying something out and saying this sounds like Alex Lifeson, etc then he would pull out an album to educate me and my 80's ear. Miss the vinyl collection...man not so much.😐
@@supobostarman Did you graduate in 1981? 70s & early to mid 80s was the best music era for me personally, not that there isn’t other great music, it just has a special place in my heart.🙋🏻♀️
This was from their last studio album and recorded partially at ABBA's studio in Sweden. It was also at a time that Jimmy Page was going thru a lot of things personally, and Robert Plant and John Paul Jones sort of took over this album as far as direction goes. This in a lot of ways is JPJ's album, and hinted at where they might have gone in the future. I was planning on seeing Led Zep in Buffalo in the fall of 1980, but fate intervened.
I had a friend that won a radio contest to go see them in Landover, Md. in 1980. As you said, fate intervened. The local rock station instead flew them up to Nashville to see Bob Seger. A fine show in it's own right, but it was hard not to be disappointed over what would have been an epic concert!
Back in 1992, I was working in the arcade at a waterpark and started seeing a guy who worked maintenance there. We were driving away from the park one evening and this song came on and at the time of that first lifeguard whistle, he blew the one he was wearing! We were in a single cab pickup and he blew my ears out! He and I are still friends all these years later and if we are in a vehicle together when this song comes on, I ROLL DOWN MY WINDOW!!! LOL!!! He has never pulled a whistle out since that first time, but he is a merry prankster and I would not put it past him! *LOVE YOU, WES!*
@@sonofabite1 So great that THEY were so great that legit debates can occur over their best record! I think few other bands have this happen. People often either like "Early Beatles" or "Later Beatles," The Who and Stones had "miracle phases," then it's generally agreed went downhill. Even Rush is agreed to have a classic, golden, or best period, etc. But it seems almost a crapshoot what your avg. Zep fan will choose as their fave Zep album.
The Beatles, The Stones, Zeppelin, and The Doors could change it up. They all dabbled in many genres with love and respect. One more reason why they’re all classic rock legends.
I love the punchline at the end. For all that angst and worry, it just turned out he was waiting in the wrong spot. Seems love can make you pretty careless!
The shuffle beat John Bonham is playing comes from Bernard Purdie. The Purdie Shuffle is used here, and also on Toto's Rosanna, with drummer Jeff Pocaro providing the beat.
@@amb2745 This is the BONHAM Shuffle. It is based on the Purdie Shuffle it has NOTHING to do with the Rosanna Shuffle which came out years later. The Rosanna Shuffle is based on the combined Purdie Shuffle and Bonham Shuffle. SMH
@@theapocalyptist You forgot about the Bo Diddley bass drum beat Jeff Pocaro also uses on Rosanna. Did you hit the bowl of Stupid Flakes a little hard today?? Must have...it shows 😆😆😆😆
Yes! So glad you got to this one, which is one of their very best. This was one of Bonham's most creative performances, and Plant's lyrics taking a seemingly inoccuos event -- waiting for someone on a corner -- and turning it into a brilliant song.
- LZ didn't just play music - THEY CREATED/INVENTED MUSIC! THEY EXPERIMENTED WITH MUSIC! They continually explored possibilities. - This is part of what makes them so captivating, and enduring across a long span of time, and generations of fans. Great music/musicians never get old :)
Great song and Album, Thanks for reacting! The album had 6 different cover artwork that is black and white but wipe with water would change to color. It was sold with paper bag outer cover so unknown which one you bought. I have 4 of the 6 and 2 with bags.---- Wiki explains better...The original album featured an unusual gimmick: the album had an outer sleeve which was made to look like a plain brown paper bag (reminiscent of similarly packaged bootleg album sleeves with the title rubber-stamped on it), and the inner sleeve featured black and white line artwork which, if washed with water, would become permanently fully colored. There were also six different sleeves featuring a different pair of photos (one on each side), and the external brown paper sleeve meant that it was impossible for record buyers to tell which sleeve they were getting. The pictures all depicted the same scene in a bar (in which a man burns a Dear John letter), and each photo was taken from the separate point of view of someone who appeared in the other photos. The photo session in a London studio was meant to look like a re-creation of the Old Absinthe House, in New Orleans, Louisiana. The album artwork was designed by Hipgnosis' Storm Thorgerson. In 1980, Hipgnosis was nominated for a Grammy Award in the category of Best Album Package for In Through the Out Door.
@@neshobanakni Well, ok, WHILE the album was being written and conceived, yes, JPJ was there, not drunk (and maybe heroin?) like Bonham or strung out on H like Page. BUT, and I think this is quite important to keep in mind, Bonham was the ONLY member of the group that went to Karac's funeral, which is I think a huge presence or absence gesture, depending.
Don’t know if it’s been mentioned previously but here goes, go back now and listen to the song again but focus on the lyrics. It’s a story about a guy standing in the rain waiting for a girl who he thinks has stood him up until he suddenly realizes he’s standing on the wrong block and starts to run to get to the proper meeting place so she doesn’t think he’s stood her up!
Just proof that when these 4 were together, they could do no wrong. This album is always on the bottom of people's list of Zeppelin albums. Yet, it still jams.
The singer didn't get stood up. He was waiting on the wrong street. If anything, he was standing her up. That's why he was running until he was breathless. Thematically, this song and Silhouettes (1957), by The Rays, and covered by Herman's Hermits, are very similar.
Zeppelin bassist John Paul Jones and vocalist Robert Plant were inspired by samba beats that played during the 1978 FIFA World Cup tournament in Argentina.
YES! This reaction made my day. Thank you for this. Check out their song, "In The Light." Very profound song. Jimmy's got a solo that's pure fire as well! 🔥 🔥 💯❤
This was from the last Led Zeppelin album 'In through the out door' in 1979... It was written and recorded in late 1978 in Sweden, a year or so after singer Robert Plant lost his son Karac to a virus... According to their security guy Richard Cole, the sessions were rather somber and there was no partying like before. Jimmy Page (guitar) said he wanted Zeppelin to record 4 EP's and release them separately over the next year or so... However, Page was also struggling w/ a heroin addiction and wouldn't show up for sessions... John Bonham (drums) was also struggling w/ alcoholism. So, it fell on John Paul Jones to write a bulk of the music for the new album... he used his keyboard and arranging skills to use w/ the new synthesizers available in the studio. Robert Plant wrote the lyrics and melodies, including the song 'All my love' - to his late son. Jimmy Page was only somewhat involved and John Bonham complained that it wasn't a 'heavy rock' album... The plan to release 4 EP's fell through because there wasn't enough material from the sessions. Led Zeppelin announced 2 massive shows @ Knebworth, England to launch the coming new album 'In through the out door'... it was the first time they had played live in 2 years. The album became a massive comeback hit, charting at #1. A year later... John Bonham passed away from alcohol asphyxiation, and Led Zeppelin called it quits. In 1982, Jimmy Page collected Zeppelin's unreleased songs and put them out as the 'Coda' album.
I love this song! Has such a fun groove to it, with it being in 4/4 time, played completely in triplets and sextuplets. Also, JPJ is an incredible musician on multiple instruments. I would bet money that he is the one on the keys.
From wikipedia: (since they explained it better than I could) The original album featured an unusual gimmick: the album had an outer sleeve which was made to look like a plain brown paper bag (reminiscent of similarly packaged bootleg album sleeves with the title rubber-stamped on it), and the inner sleeve featured black and white line artwork which, if washed with water, would become permanently fully colored. There were also six different sleeves featuring a different pair of photos (one on each side), and the external brown paper sleeve meant that it was impossible for record buyers to tell which sleeve they were getting. The pictures all depicted the same scene in a bar (in which a man burns a Dear John letter), and each photo was taken from the separate point of view of someone who appeared in the other photos. The photo session in a London studio was meant to look like a re-creation of the Old Absinthe House, in New Orleans, Louisiana.
As a musician, when I was in high school band, I attempted to get our director to do this for our marching show. Unfortunately it didn't happen. What a joy it would have been if we had 😁
This is what happens when Jimmy Page isn’t in complete control, his addictions had a firm grasp on him, and Bonham as well, so this last album is more of Plant and JPJ’s influence. A lot of Zeppelin fans don’t like it, but I love it. Drummers love this track because Bonham’s playing a very tricky shuffle beat that sounds easy but is not. This was recorded in 1978 while the World Cup was going on in Argentina, so the Samba section in the middle is a product of the South American culture making its was around the world at the time. The opening track “in the evening” and the closing track “I’m gonna crawl” are two of my favorites. Great reaction as always guys! 👍
