Can you imagine what a cool place 1970's London and the music scene must have been! Led Zeppelin, Deep Purple, Rolling Stones, Pink Floyd etc, what a time to be alive.
Fun fact: This song is called Black Dog because they were having trouble coming up with a name for the song when they recorded it. And at that time a stray black dog was wandering around the studio. They said that if they didn't come up with a name soon they'd just call the song Black Dog.
This song was my introduction to Led Zeppelin. I was in Jr high and a high school girl invited me to her room and played this for me. I've loved them ever since.
@@stevelennox8575 Both, I'm guessing. That's the way it was for me. I was introduced to L.Z. by a 15 year old girl (daughter of friends of my parents) when I was about 11 & a half. Blew my mind.
The partnership between Bonham and Jones forming the spine was the perfect foundation for everything plant and Page did. Once the melody was hung onto the foundation it was allowed to be set free. Along with a handful of other groups, they changed our definition of music forever. Thank you for the reaction. 😃
Oh heck, you'll be told off for writing "One of...". Many will insist on either complete allegiance or nothing! I'm with you. Zeppelin are one of my Top 5 bands.😀
I'm 74 years old and I got to see Led Zeppelin in concert 5 times altogether, first time was at "The Texas International Pop Festival" Labor Day weekend 1969. It was just two weeks after Woodstock but basically the same line up of bands and then some! I had a T-Shirt made a few years ago that says, "I may be old but I got to see all the really cool bands". I grew up in the best of times and that my friends is a fact, I wouldn't trade it for anything! Love your channel, you're my new go-to! ((:
I’m a boomer and I had the pleasure of first listening to Led Zeppelin’s music as it was being released. I also saw them live in 1977. I was listening to them earlier today, and I told my wife we’ll never hear a band this good again.
@@lyndoncmp5751 Led Zeppelin's 1977 North American Tour was the eleventh and final concert tour of North America by the English rock band. The tour was divided into three legs, with performances commencing on 1 April and concluding on 24 July 1977.
I think I've been following you since your first Led Zeppelin reaction, and what's fascinating about you going on a journey like this is that at this point you can really do it justice when you talk about it; it's great. Black Dog is actually a fairly complicated work. I'm glad you shouted out JPJ on the bass because he is always a linchpin in their overall sound. And I like that you noticed how it was harmonizing with the guitar, or rather vice versa, actually, but you noticed it. And then you simultaneously tied it in with John Bonham over there on the drums. All four members of this band functioned like clockwork, like the perfect jigsaw puzzle, and yet it was loose and organic and overflowing with energy and creativity, and it came out easily, despite how ambitiously it's crafted.
The rhythmic underpinnings of this song are actually incredibly complex. Counting the beats is not so easy and if you ask me what the time signatures are, I have no idea. Somehow they all arrive at the same place at the same time. Genius! The studio recording is actually much better and plants reaches some notes he does not attempt in the live version. The studio version also benefits from multiple guitar tracks by Page. As always, great reaction.
My cousin gave me an 8-track tape of Led Zeppelin in the mid 1970s. I was 16. Another song where you can reality hear Robert’s vocal acrobatics is the 1979 performance of Kashmir. The late John Bonham’s drumming in that performance is exceptionally phenomenal. John’s son Jason was playing the drums in the Kennedy Center Honors dedication performance by Heart.
This and their "Rock and Roll" are still faves to play! .... and "Stairway...", of course. Audiences seem to like our covers/versions too - so much opportunity to improvise and extend! Robert's stage presence, his ad libs and interaction with the audience is a very hard act to follow.
When you said Plant was "making love to the crowd" you got the whole vibe of what Zeppelin was. They went where the music took them, and it was frequently dripping with s * x!
I remember exactly where I was the first time I heard this song. Blew me away!!! So much fun seeing other people discovering these songs. Thanks for posting your reaction!!
Seen Led Zeppelin 2 times, once in 1977 on April 1, 1977 Toronto, at the Maple Leaf Gardens, then on October 17 , 1980 in Montreal, at the Montreal Forum, and my best friend bought tickets for Robert Plant's solo tour on June 10, 1985 at The Pacific Coliseum, Vancouver, BC, Canada!! Led Zeppelin are truly amazing live and so sexy!! Robert Plant during his solo tour was amazing as well and just as sexy , like fine wine he ages so well! Had front row tickets to all 3 shows!! Going to see Robert on Wednesday Aug 14 at 7:00 PM at The Queen Elizabeth Theatre Vancouver, BC Can't wait!!! ❤️🥰🤘
Black Dog. Named after a dog that was hanging around the recording studio during their 4th album recording secessions. An early review of a live Led Zeppelin show stated that when Jimmy Page played a solo it was like a chainsaw. Once Jimmy started all hell broke loose!
One of their best known hits and another banger from them. From the same album & concert. Do Rock and Roll for another classic. Enjoy pretty lady! YOU Rock. 🎵🎸🎤🎹🎶
Great song and great reaction, Led Zeppelin are one the best combinations of talents that ever graced the rock world. Individually they were so influential as game changers.
I was born at the end of 1966 and Zeppelin definitely ended up being my favorite band of all time. Unfortunately I was just a little bit too young to catch them live before 1980 but it didn’t matter. I still love them to this day. I love the fact that 3 out of 4 are still around to this day. I remember getting a 4 CD set in 1990 of their great music remastered by jimmy page.
I was born the year of, The Dark Side of the Moon. Listened to Pink Floyd, Led Zeppelin+ so many more because of my parents.. so many childhood memories going back to my toddler years..
I love this track. I used to play it in a band and it was very challenging. Several times during the song the drums play in a different time signature and it seems out of time but it all comes back in. Very difficult to concentrate on these sections. masterpiece
Such a great song, everything Zeppelin does so masterfully. Robert is a charismatic and to use your words, sassy af frontman, which makes watching their live performances that much more captivating. I’m still crushing hard 40 years after listening to my first LZ album, on which Black Dog is the first track.
After you finish listening to Pink Floyd's The Wall, I hope you'll listen to Led Zeppelin's The Song Remains The Same. It was filmed in 1973 and released in 1976. This, Queen's Live At Wembley, and Talking Heads Stop Making Sense are probably the three greatest concert videos ever recorded.
The two times I saw Zeppelin live they opened with "Communication Breakdown" from the debut album, produced by Jimmy Page and his vision for the band was clearly established.....(Page produced all the Led Zeppelin albums.....)
I grew up in the 60's and 70's listening to Zeppelin and Floyd. Amazing times. But I could watch you listening to them all day long! In fact I just have. You're so beautiful and engaging ❤
This 1973 performance is iconic, and I was fortunate to be at this show. But you REALLY need to hear the original studio version, MANY may not agree with me, but it blows away the live performance. Roberts voice was so much better two years earlier And the power and excitement of the original studio recording is incredible!
@@Childofbhaal I agree the live solo is great, but I still really love the studio solo. It’s very unique and different than any other solo he ever recorded!
so happy to hear that you are digging them! I saw them 3 times starting in March of 1970. There was nothing like them before or since. so glad you can appreciate and keep the magic going.
I love Led Zep (my very first album purchase was one of theirs) and agree that they have an amazing stage presence. However, in the case of Black Dog, I have to say that I prefer the studio version.
I credit this song as my introduction to adolescence and teenage hormones. It was an epiphany the first time I heard it. A whole new world was opened up.
Just for the record this song was written by the basss player, in his head. He didnt write it down. While riding a train thru London. On his way to rehearsal. One of the only song not written by plant and page
The title is a reference to a nameless black Labrador Retriever the band used to see wandering the Headley Grange studio grounds. The dog would disappear in the evening and return exhausted in the early morning, before resting all day and repeating his evening sojourns.
If you want to see another classic live band, try some early 70's Allman Brothers (Live At Fillmore East). I don't think anyone else matched them at the time. Led Zeppelin didn't have a reputation as the "tightest" live band, but they had those magical moments that came from improvisation. The Allman Brothers were no exception.
Achilles' Last Stand, the studio version from the Presence album; The Lemon Song, the studio version from Led Zeppelin II; Babe, I'm Gonna Leave You, the studio version from Led Zeppelin I; Dazed and Confused, the live version from this same 1973 Madison Square Garden show.
Surprisingly, this song was left off the live album accompanying the film, but Rock'n'Roll and especially Celebration Day, the first two tracks, make up for the omission.
What you said in your into was exactly the way you approach music, just let take you where ever it takes you to, and then you can get a greater appreciation of what you just experienced, enjoyed your reaction to LED ZEPPELIN, in my humble opinion these 4 Gods of rock are still shining Bright, and always will, P.S. Loved your cat.,Peace and Love ,on your musical journey.
Hi Stacey, love your reactions to Zeppelin. It reminds me of when I bought my first Zeppelin album. You would love "Going to California. And "over the hills and far away
That's funny you mentioned that. My mom wouldn't let me go see them in MPLS, but my friend from church got to go. Later, my cousin stood in line for 6 hours to get main floor tickets in 1980. I finally got to see Jimmy Page perform in the band The Firm. He did his violin bow solo from Dazed and Confused! So great!
Fun. That was Led Zeppelin live. A lot of that fun came from not being restrained by carefully rehearsed songs. One contemporary band even had the same onstage banter night after night. Every member of LZ could improvise within the framework of the song. Plant was quite chatty between songs and would swap or improvise lyrics based on his mood and audience. Page's solos stretched out and shortened and evolved. The rhythm section, Bonham and Jones, would improvise, keeping it fresh for them and the audience. Whole songs would come and go from one night to the next. No two Zeppelin concerts were the same. Plant was in his day the ultimate rock god. He was sexy, he was charming, he was warm. Jim Morrison from the Doors was very sexual but there was very little charm or warmth.The other front man, Page, put his heart and soul into every performance, strutting about making magic. Who do you watch - Plant or Page? You come back again, which is what people did in increasing numbers until offstage events, such as the death of Plant's son, and the way in which touring drives band members into bad decisions started taking its toll. The fun had faded somewhat when Bonham died and opened the door for the band to exit with its legacy intact. A correct decision too many other bands have failed to take.
Happy to see you enjoy these performances from 1973. You may want to check out some of the performances from their 2007 reunion concert at O2 Arena in London. It's interesting to see how their approach to the music has changed. In 1973, these men were all in their late 20s. At the O2 concert, they were all in their mid-60s. At O2, the drummer was Jason Bonham, the late John Bonham's son. This may be of interest to you. And yes,. they perform "Black Dog".
I read a few years ago that tht "Led" part of the na me was due to Bonham's drumming style. According to the article he was famous for hitting the drums "as heavy as led"
Thanks for resuming the Led Zeppelin journey. Studio version is great also. Always wondered what the meaning and title of the song was. The title is a reference to a nameless black Labrador Retriever the band used to see wandering the Headley Grange studio grounds. Interestingly, the title is never mentioned in any of the lyrics of the song.
Stacey, new here and just finishing your reactions. May I introduce you to the Greatest Guitarist Ever! The Pride of Texas - Stevie Ray Vaughn. Taken too soon, 33 years ago while going from one show to another, his helicopter crashed. Stevie never forgot the poverty he came from and was one of the most beautiful human beings I’ve ever known. I would love to see your first reaction to be: Life Without You - live from Capital Theater A song written to his late guitar tech. You’ll see how this perfect artist works through tech difficulties and,the beauty of Stevie. Lastly, SRV is always watch live.
Love the Heartbreaker solo tease..my favorite is the tease in Since I've Been Loving you (Paris), and I think that's before they even wrote Heartbreaker. Feel like he had that solo mapped out for years and had to waited for a song like Heartbreaker.
I haven't heard much music that moved like this on first hearing. It's been almost twenty years since I've found any. Led Zeppelin was a vehicle for Jimmy Page to show off his unique style of guitar. Wait till you heear Zep's 'Achilles.." on the 'Presence' album. And 'Friends' on their third album.
Those skimpy little mid rif tops he wore are actually “ Trophies”. How many bands can you count that had their own jet liner, with a working fireplace?????
If you are up for it, they did a 30 minute version of Dazed and Confused from this same concert. The original song was only 6 minutes long on their debut album. It's a total jamfest with about 5 minutes of Jimmy Page doing a solo playing his guitar with a cello bow!
After John Bonham's death, Robert plant released a song called sea of love. You gotta check it out . Its called, the Honeydippers by Robert Plant - Sea of Love
Interesting comments about the bass being in the mix. I agree wholeheartedly! Sadly, in Zep's 2007 Celebration Day recording, the bass is almost inaudible, reduced to just a low rumble without any definition. Sad.
I'm a Rock guy and was a teenager in the 70's, and yes, my parents couldn't stand Zep and never mind Black Sabbath! Seriously, Led Zeppelin is the greatest Rock band ever IMHO.
Now you need to listen to the whole live version of dazed and Confused from the same concert/movie is about 26 minutes. Or also whole Lotta love.. The song remains the same/the rain song No quarter and John Bonham drum solo Moby Dick also live in my time of dying and Achilles last stand
This is the opening track from Led Zeppelin's 4th album (Untitled... but often called 'Led Zeppelin IV') in 1971... it became the top 5 biggest selling record of all time, right next to Michael Jackson's 'Thriller'... AC/DC's 'Back in black'... and has sold 24 million copies in the US to date. At the time, Led Zeppelin were selling millions of records and selling out concert tours in Europe and N. America... but the press and media were attacking them routinely in print. The 1970 album 'Led Zeppelin III' was a mostly acoustic album, and it sold somewhat less than the big record 'Led Zeppelin II' ... and the band was fed up w/ the criticism that their music was no good... They wanted to diversify their sound and not be known only as a 'heavy rock band'... The 4th album was completed in 1971 and had the epic track 'Stairway to Heaven' as the centerpiece of the record... It had heavy rock tunes like 'Black dog' ... 'Rock and roll'... 'When the levee breaks' ... and also had acoustic tracks like - 'The Battle of Evermore' ... 'Going to California'... 🔥🔥🤘🤘 The band decided that they wanted to show everyone that the music mattered... not just the name Led Zeppelin. The 4th album was released w/ no title... no band logo ... no photographs of the band... and each Zeppelin member would be represented by 4 symbols on the album's spine... 'Stairway to Heaven' became a #1 phenomenon on radio and the 'Led Zeppelin IV' album went into the top 5 charts and affirmed Led Zeppelin as the biggest rock band of the 70's decade.
