Led Zeppelin were the most varied rock band of that time. Jimmy Page and John Paul Jones were previously busy studio musicians. They learned to play different styles. Page played on numerous records of the Rolling Stones, the Who but also with folk musicians like Donovan. Page also played guitar on Shiley Bassey's world hit "Goldfinger", but he also recorded elevator music. This gave him a wealth of experience in music of all kinds. Robert Plant is still interested in music from different cultures. He recently released an album with blue grass singer Alison Krauss, but he also loves Arabic music. Led Zeppelin was a band of 4 exceptional musicians. They can still inspire young people like you today, 50 years later.
Page played on Petula Clark's "Downtown," Tom Jones' "It's Not Unusual," Jackie DeShannons "What The World Needs Now Is Love," "Goldfinger," the Rolling Stones "One Hit to the Body," and about 600 other songs. Talk about diversity.
I bought the album the weekend after its midweek release in March of '73 and thought "D'yer Mak'er" was terrific. I've NEVER understood why the critics disliked it so much. It's loopy and hippy and dippy and FUN! What's not to like???
I've always loved this song, Bonham's drum are so heavy behind Page's corny little guitar part, and Plant is so smooth on this. A perfect sunny day song.
By this time, the band was enjoying themselves, as they had already reached the top, and there was nothing else obligatory to do. The fact that they have so many styles in their music only proves the greatness of the greatest band of all time!
No one or no band will EVER replace Led Zeppelin in the annals of rock music, ever!!And watch the pop group The Beatles and rock Icons Led Zeppelin will be played and enjoyed for many decades while most other groups fall by the wayside quickly. Mark my words, you heard it here.
Pronounced " Jer Maker" as in short for Did You Maker Her? - Didge Ya Make Her (accented) - shortened again to simply Jer Maker (Jamaica). From the terrible old joke "my wife went to the West Indies for her holidays. " Jamaica? “ “ No she went of her own accord. "
This song is simply... FIRE! You're right about Zeppelin. Their ability to switch between genres so effortlessly is unmatched in music. And to think that you're only about halfway through their catalog. Enjoy the Zepathon! There's no better ride.
They created ballads, rock, metal, blue, and so many more styles or genre of songs. Now your seeing the creative genius of Zeppelin. They were not afraid to experiment with styles or instruments. Thats why they are the greatest ever!
Diversity and creativity -- the true hallmarks of Led Zeppelin! Some folks ask why they didn't stick to the successful path of previous "hits"? That's what most groups would have done, but LZ kept expanding into new territory and new ways of expressing themselves. That's a big part of what made them so great, and why the loss of John Bonham and premature end of LZ was such a tragic event for lovers of music.
The title track of this album didn't actually make it on the album but appears on the next one 'Physical Graffiti' which was half new songs & half songs that hadn't made the previous 5 albums but the band thought they were good enough to put out. How right they were. Looking forward to you checking out that album.
This song was on the radio 📻 all throughout the 1970s and 1980s. Despite music 🎶 trending toward British New Wave in the 1980s, this song fit right in with the 1980s.This song is timeless and still fresh today.
Zeppelin was incredibly fortunate to be able to play different genres because they had the musical skill, the knowledge of other styles, the creativity to think outside the box and the balls to go for it. So often back then as well as now, bands/artists are pigeonholed and are told what style they are or what style they should be to be marketable/profitable. There's a great scene in the Beatles movie "A Hard Day's Night" where George accidentally walks into an ad agency. The office guy thinks he's there for the new ad campaign and tells George about "Susan" their "resident teen" who appears in commercials geared towards teens to sell products. He basically tells George that people buy whatever Susan is selling because (using today's descriptives) she's an influencer who tells everyone what to do/be to be cool. George refuses the ridiculousness of it and walks out. The artists who could buck the system were few and far between and the ones who did successfully are legends.
This song, more than most of Zeppelin's songs, emphasizes John Bonham's importance to the band and why they had to end Zeppelin when he died. I love this song _because_ of the drumming in it. If it were done by any other drummer, I don't think I would like the song nearly as much.
I remember the first time I heard House of the Holy. It was the 1970s, I was a kid riding in my brother-in-law's 1950s Chevy. He had the 8 track. I thought it was bizarre, most of all D'yer Mak'er. But soon I learned to appreciate it's originality and the whole album.
Led Zeppelin and Queen are the only bands I can think of that have an epic song plus play songs of so many different styles. If you like reggae sounds you should listen to The Police. Start with Every Little Thing She does is Magic - Message in a Bottle - Walking on the Moon - The Bed's to Big Without You Most of these songs are from the album Reggatta de Blanc which means "white reggae" 🎧 💓 🎶
Just no. Silas solo is best. Dad is sooo whiney, has moobs, speculates rather than looking things up and talks too much. GF is sooo smart, man. Friend is too handsy. Let that boy boogie woogie.
I heard this first at age 15 and loved it to bits, a few weeks later I heard Bob Marley for the first time and wondered why a musician from the West Indies would copy an English blues band! DOH!!!
In those days Brit bands weren't hung up with " genre". Llisten Bowie, Beatles Stones, Van Morrison, My wife is on holliday inthe Caribean" "Jamaca?" No, she went oof her own free will".
I’ve always felt that what gives this tune such a catchy and unique feel is John Bonham’s dislike for reggae and his reluctance to play this any other way than his own. Intentionally or unintentionally, the genius of John Bonham
Bonham is a beast on this track!! It’s a fun song. Got a lot of airplay. Robert’s voice is flawless . They are epic, iconic rock gods……p.s. I’m still waiting for you to react to KASHMIR ☮️
It’s pronounced like “Jamaica” and “Didja (did you) make her? It’s from an old Irish(?) joke where a guy says his wife went on a vacation. His mate said “Jamaica?” He, hearing it as “Did ya make her?” responds, “No, she wanted to go.”
Awesome reaction to a very underrated song, I agree with your analysis of any singer or band doing what Led Zepellin did with the many different genres of music, another band that was also just as good was Nazareth during the same era only difference is that they stayed together much longer and released numerous albums. In today's music in the rock scene, there is a new band from Japan called Lovebites that carries the torch in multiple genres of rock and metal. Anyway, you will never go wrong with any and all of Led Zepellin's songs and albums
Silas, I am waiting for you to get onto Physical Graftiti (1975) the next album. You're gonna love it ! (Don't forget to also try Whole Lotta Love & Dazed & Confused live at MSG :o)
Derived from an old joke, where two friends have the following exchange: "My wife's gone to the West Indies." "Jamaica?" (which in an English accent sounds like "Did you make her?") "No, she wanted to go"
There is one other band that can play different genres even more than Zeppelin: Queen. In terms of volume of great songs, Zeppelin & Queen are my 2 favorites.
No Quarter is a cool, trippy tune (which Tool later butchered, lol. I generally like Tool, but I think most bands just shouldn't cover Zeppelin songs). But I really like The Ocean personally. While I still prefer Zep's early blues/rock stuff, I also dig most of their later stuff too, like this one. I used to have every one of their albums and listened to them all. Greatest rock band ever. I'm a rocker above all, but I like a wide variety of music. However, in the rock circles I ran in as a kid, if I'd have put on certain kinds of music my friends would have mocked me into oblivion. But I could listen to Zeppelin and get a variety of sounds and it was still cool, because it's Zeppelin. 😎
I think the title was descended from a terrible joke, wherein someone with a very specific type of British accent asks another person "Jamaica?" as "D'Yer maker?" And the other guy, thinking he'd asked "Did you make her?", replies "No, but I sure tried like hell"...Something like that...From my experience, this song was one of their most regularly played on radio, and probably one of their best known songs among the general populace...
Pronounced "jer make her" as in did you make her (have sex with her) great GREAT so good thanks Been a Zeppelin fan since the 70's still listen to them to this day (musical Genius never goes out of style) but it's amazing rekindling and braking down how the music goes EVERYWHERE on the map
Silas, te recuerdo que te quedan, al menos dos canciones muy diferentes, y muy buenas, de los ZEPP: FOOL IN THE RAIN. AQUILES LAST STAND. en ambas canciones Bonhan está a tope
So you ask what other band can cover so many different genres. The Rolling Stones of course. Probably the only reason Zep started delving into reggae, country, rockabilly etc is to keep up with the Stones who were already doing that.
That's quite a long paragraph. The difference is clear, not only from a perspective of album sales (where lz dwarf the stones) but also concert attendances and overall popularity. Jagger will go to his grave knowing that he couldn't match Led Zeppelin.
It hasn't even started yet but yeah I like it that you're interested in the history about this and Wikipedia will let you go on and on and discover every nuance. But as a musician of a long time and someone that loved them as a kid, I would advise against this. You will already be picking up kind of Vibes and certain facts from the comments on previous videos? Just dive into it make your own opinions, that's what we're here for is to see what you think without being brainwashed by the things that adults think. It turns out in the end it's not brainwashing it's just a whole bunch of people that really have a lot of information, but please just experience it on a real level before you go to the intellectual level. I'm telling you resist this temptation to the dark side!
This'll show my head being in the gutter, but I always thought the title was "Did ya make her," where making it is slang for... uh, bedroom activities, we'll say.
You're not even close. Pronounce it like a contraction for "Did You Make Her", D'yer Mak'er. Here's a joke to help you: Man: The wife went to the West Indies. Buddy: Jamaica? Man: Nah, she wanted to go
Wow you found the suckiest Led Zeppelin song of all time! Even the band hated it! From this album the Rain Song. Essential. Over The Hhills And Far Away? Better yet just skip ahead to Physical Graffiti, their best album.
