THIS IS A TOTAL MASTERPIECE! First Time Hearing Led Zeppelin - When The Levee Breaks Reaction!

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Welcome back, fellow rock enthusiasts! Strap in as we embark on an epic journey with our first-time reaction to "When The Levee Breaks" by Led Zeppelin. Renowned for its powerful blues influence and groundbreaking sound, this track is a staple in the rock and roll hall of fame. Join us as we dive deep into this musical marvel and discover why it's hailed as a total masterpiece by fans and critics alike.
⭐️ WHAT WE DISCOVER IN THIS VIDEO:
Our initial reactions to the thunderous drumming, haunting harmonica, and iconic guitar riffs of "When The Levee Breaks."
Discussing the historical context of the song, its roots in the blues, and how Led Zeppelin transformed it into a rock legend.
Reflecting on the production techniques that make this track stand out, including the innovative recording methods that give it a distinct, powerful sound.
Sharing our thoughts on the song's enduring legacy and its influence on generations of musicians and bands.
🎵 ABOUT LED ZEPPELIN & "WHEN THE LEVEE BREAKS":
Led Zeppelin, one of the most influential rock bands of all time, released "When The Levee Breaks" as the final track on their iconic album "Led Zeppelin IV." Originally a blues number by Kansas Joe McCoy and Memphis Minnie, Zeppelin reimagined it with a heavier, more intense sound, featuring some of the most memorable drum beats ever recorded, which were masterfully executed by John Bonham.
👫 WHO WE ARE:
We're a couple with a passion for music that moves and inspires. Our channel is dedicated to exploring the depth of rock history through first-time reactions, bringing fresh perspectives to classic hits and uncovering the magic that makes each track special.
💬 COMMENT BELOW:
How does "When The Levee Breaks" resonate with you?
What other Led Zeppelin tracks or classic rock masterpieces should we explore next?
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@malcshone4409 5 месяцев назад

Drums like an earthquake. Guitars and harmonica like a swirling whirlpool. This is more than just recorded music. It’s elemental, primeval sonic ecstasy.

@frankfroml.a.4104 5 месяцев назад

" It’s elemental, primeval sonic ecstasy." Woulda never thought of that description for this masterpiece but man, you are absolutely SPOT ON!!

@malcshone4409 5 месяцев назад

@@frankfroml.a.4104 Thanks Frank !

@danmayberry1185 5 месяцев назад

... and only analog recording could reach those depths.

@martinquirk7468 5 месяцев назад

"Hammer of the Gods"

@vicprovost2561 5 месяцев назад

Well said, they are musical art at its highest level, period!

@markhodge7 5 месяцев назад

Bonham's drumming is so clean and masterful. The legend at his best.

@jonathanmilo 5 месяцев назад

His playing magic. People sometimes associate LZ with hedonistic excesses, but Bonham knows how to play to a song with simplicity snd artistry.

@rhoanjenson7475 2 месяца назад

Bonham does not use regular drum sticks, he uses trees..................

@metalmark1214 5 месяцев назад

The lyrics to this song (written by Memphis Minnie in 1927) are based on The Great Mississippi Flood of 1927. Still more great Zeppelin songs for you to discover.

@markhodge7 5 месяцев назад

So many more

@jgsrhythm100 5 месяцев назад

How about they also react to the original ? What makes Zep so great is a wide range of influences from black blues to Celtic folk etc . Exactly what missing with current acts..

@gavinvl06 5 месяцев назад

@@jgsrhythm100nobody wants to hear the original

@jgsrhythm100 5 месяцев назад

@@gavinvl06 Speak for yourself. In my opinion still only listning to what you grew up with? Quite lame. We expect reactors to explore the familiar going back 40 50 years back, yet majority on here unwilling to do the same. If literally 95% of 60's 70's legendary rock bands were all hugely influenced by black blues (soul & funk) perhaps its you that doesn't get it. Most intersting guitarist today? From Niger Africa. The Hendrix of the Sahara Mdou Mochtar check " Chrismitten". Yeah I don't still only listen to what I did since 6th grade. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-y23ewhFf_hs.htmlsi=J50fGvEzYDdghbNn

@jackgilchrist 5 месяцев назад

@@gavinvl06Actually, a lot of people happen to love old blues. If everyone were as dismissive of old music as you there would be no Led Zeppelin, no rock as we know it

@jasonbarlow8263 5 месяцев назад

Robert Plant killing it on the harmonica

@taylortyler1867 2 месяца назад

Only band that could make a harmonica sound that bad ass.

@billtaylor3382 5 месяцев назад

I'm 65. I have been a fan of the mighty ZEPPELIN since 1969 I was 11 yo and for me All their songs are great!🤩

@richdiana3663 5 месяцев назад

Found them in 1970 at 19. They still are untouched as a band.

@bumperu 5 месяцев назад

I'm 71. Had my WTF Led moment in 69 at 16.

@gjamieson1956 5 месяцев назад

What a way to start the Day Zeppelin's Rock and Roll

@bobb9541 5 месяцев назад

I'm 74 and totally agree. One of the greats of our generation.

@deannajones3849 4 месяца назад

My granddaughter is 19 and she's very familiar with Led Zeppelin because of me! I gave her all my old albums to listen to on vinyl!

@leannlaplante3643 5 месяцев назад

At 13, I had to wait for this, or any Zeppelin, to play on the radio. No way would my parents let their daughter buy any Led Zeppelin album. Strange and wonderful feelings are evoked when listening to their music.

@gerardgalgano3752 5 месяцев назад

It's great to hear someone being so open talking about there life. Thanks, and keep the stories coming.

@frankfroml.a.4104 5 месяцев назад

The stars really did align when these four masterful musicians came together to form The Mighty Led Zeppelin!!

@willblood7082 5 месяцев назад

ThIs song was recorded at Headley Grange (an abandoned poorhouse in Headley, Hampshire, England). John Bonham's drumming is what really drives this song. He played in the lobby on a Ludwig kit, using two Beyerdynamic M 160 microphones which were hung up a flight of stairs; output from these were passed to a pair of Helios F760 compressor/limiters set aggressively to obtain a breathing effect.A Binson Echorec, a delay effects unit, was also used.

@lyndoncmp5751 5 месяцев назад

I once got as far as the front lawn at Headley Grange, to have a look around. Then I heard a dog barking so I retreated to the car. I wonder if it was a black dog?

@jameskinstle6874 5 месяцев назад

Are you sure they used the Echorec? I thought it was just the old thumb on the tape flange method (the OG flanger)?

@willblood7082 5 месяцев назад

@@jameskinstle6874 Well obviously I wasn’t there but, everything I’ve ever read says yes, a Binson Echorec was used and not just on Bonzo’s drums but also on Page’s 1961 Danelectro 3021/DC59 guitar.

@jonofalltradesmasterofnone832 Месяц назад

@@willblood7082 I lve not far from the grange and i have made it further than the lawn i have been in that hallway!

@rxlxviii 5 месяцев назад

Most critics at the time hated Led Zeppelin. Just goes to show that you should make your own decisions instead of listening to the critics.

@robertpearson8798 5 месяцев назад

Similar to Rush, critics weren’t very kind.

@ChuckSchickx 5 месяцев назад

Pure. Clear. Clean. Strong. Powerful. Soulful.

@mja4wp 5 месяцев назад

Led Zeppelin kicked open a door that the music industry did not know existed....and everyone followed Zep into a whole new realm...

@Oldschoolnana 5 месяцев назад

How lucky were we to be around when this was new. Glad it will never die. ✌️🌻🌻

@dragonmac1234 5 месяцев назад

Every time I listen to this song I hear John Bonham's powerful beat, and it reminds me he's sadly no longer with us. RIP Bonzo ❤🙏

@arlin4591 5 месяцев назад

Robert Plant (vocalist) is the Harmonica player.

@sicotshit7068 5 месяцев назад

I love when he plays the harmonica, I wish he played it in more songs then he did, he’s amazing.

@mikeg.4211 5 месяцев назад

This is not a metaphor. There was a massive flood when this actually happened in the 1920's, which contributed to a large black migration up to Chicago, which is referenced a couple of times. "All last night sat on the levee and moaned" is dark. "I came to hate you" is dark.

@bumperu 5 месяцев назад

One of the greatest musical combinations in history. British lads playing American blues. Wow!!!!

@patrickquinlan3056 5 месяцев назад

I have been listening to this song for decades and it always stuns me.

@heinzbucksandcastle2053 5 месяцев назад

This music is for eternity.

@soundbreak7 5 месяцев назад

one of the most iconic drum beats of all time

@MLawrence2008 5 месяцев назад

"Cryin' won't help ya, prayin' won't do you no good!" So true. You have to deal with life by your own efforts!

@Olavodorini 5 месяцев назад

i repeat: best band ever!

@johnlove7224 4 месяца назад

The MIGHTY MIGHTY ZEP The best band. Period.

@nedrini1055 5 месяцев назад

Best drum sound of any song ever

@ami3627 5 месяцев назад

"Cryin won't help ya, prayin won't do ya no good."🎶

@lyndoncmp5751 5 месяцев назад

If only people would actually accept that.

@nickface55 5 месяцев назад

Just 4 guys who make this sound, it's more than incredible.

@JPMadden 5 месяцев назад

There is another amazing Led Zeppelin remake of an old song from the 1920s. It's called "In My Time of Dying," a bluesier remake of the gospel song "Jesus Make Up My Dying Bed."

@sicotshit7068 5 месяцев назад

Live version at Earls Court is mind blowing, so damn amazing.

@redpine8665 5 месяцев назад

It's amazing how aware they were of music from the distant past. I mean Gallows Pole is a song that's been around since at least the 1600's! And they had a go at it and made that into a great song too. Incredible really.

@TheNewRevolution 5 месяцев назад

My comment was going to be suggesting "In My Time of Dying". I will like your post instead.👍

@Lodgerizer 5 месяцев назад

"In My Time Of Dying" was also the last song Chris Cornell sang before he did what he did...

@stickman1742 5 месяцев назад

@@redpine8665 A lot of musicians used old songs. Many blues and folk artists just use traditional music. Zeppelin was just doing some of what those artists did all the time.

@nathanwanner..44 5 месяцев назад

This song grabs you by the scruf of the neck and shakes the shit out of you. Absolute classic

@1edinnola 5 месяцев назад

Being from New Orleans, this song pulls at my heart

@DforDelinquent 5 месяцев назад

This is why you two are currently the best music reactors on RU-vid. Well done. This track is absolutely killer.

@curleyqlink228 4 месяца назад

4 Brits in their 20's ripping the delta blues sound in the 70's. EPIC !!!

@robertpearson8798 5 месяцев назад

I think that this is my favourite Zeppelin song, I love that Delta Blues sound.

@jmsmeier1113 5 месяцев назад

My favorite Zep tune is whichever one is currently playing.

@lyndoncmp5751 5 месяцев назад

I would say the "sound" is Led Zeppelin's own sound, not Delta Blues.

@robertpearson8798 5 месяцев назад

@@lyndoncmp5751 I just meant that I can hear the Delta Blues influence in it but agree that it’s their own sound that it’s reflected in. I can hear the Blues influence in much of their music, particularly the first album but I feel it most strongly in this cut.

@lyndoncmp5751 5 месяцев назад

@@robertpearson8798 I can definitely see the influence yes, and obviously the original song is blues. The sound, however, is all Zeppelin's. None of the old blues acts "sounded" like what we hear in this song, from the guitar to the drumming to the bass to Roberts voice. That's all I meant. Zeppelin had their own sound. Cheers 👍

@jmsmeier1113 5 месяцев назад

@@lyndoncmp5751 In the documentary, the song remains the same the band gives American southern blues credit for the inspiration of many of their songs.

@BarryOkanagan 5 месяцев назад

The drums and bassline are out of this world on this one. My favorite song of this album.

@dereks1264 5 месяцев назад

I always find it so enjoyable when youngsters like you two discover how great the music of my youth (I'm 69) was and still is. Keep up the good work - you guys are great.

@eddavison1961 5 месяцев назад

If you love blues, then “Since I’ve Been Loving You” is a must!

@taggart8 5 месяцев назад

Great shout, I feel dazed and confused 🎸

@gilberthdelgadosibaja510 5 месяцев назад

Greetings from Costa Rica, I am 60 years old and I have not seen a band with as many musical flavors as them, their songs are so varied and their creation is out of this world, hugs

@curtiswilson3569 5 месяцев назад

The greatest band ever playing arguably the best song ever.

@arnoldcox9128 5 месяцев назад

That rhythm is out of this world 🔥

@leannlaplante3643 5 месяцев назад

In the Light by Led Zeppelin, I believe you both would enjoy that song too.

@lyndoncmp5751 5 месяцев назад

Very acquired taste that song. I love it but it took me many listens to really appreciate it.

@stevenpozoglou9857 4 месяца назад

The blues on steroids. Hypnotic!

@OutOnTheTiles 5 месяцев назад

Plant was such a great harmonica player along with being an incredible soulful singer. Cheers ✌️

@DeborahParham-ve1vp 4 месяца назад

He still is.

@ginao8935 5 месяцев назад

My favorite Zep song!!😊Gallows Pole should be next.

@walterfletcher8276 10 дней назад

Good Choice!!!

@ChrisLegner-qp1yh 5 месяцев назад

Legendary as this album is, this is the one that made it truly special. A dark, brooding finale that finishes the album perfectly.

@fishboy91 5 месяцев назад

What makes their catalog so great is the fact that no matter what genre a song is in or whether it is loud our soft or electric or acoustic or slow or fast tempo, complex or easy or driven by the drumming or by the melody and his singing...the listener of the song will always have many chances to say during any song..."Wow, that was kind of cool"

@SaxonsGlory 5 месяцев назад

So many GREAT songs from Zepp, and this is one of the classics.

@rickashworth7304 5 месяцев назад

Great reaction, guys! Based on The Great Mississippi Flood of 1927, it is a very good blend of Blues and Rock. Did you know there is a cover of this that is organized by "Playing For Change" that is well worth the listen? Led Zeppelin bassist, John Paul Jones, is a feature in this as well as many other artists... enjoy!

@Bigdave1369 5 месяцев назад

I was checking the comments to make certain that somebody recommended that cover. I hope they see this and check it out...

@Eowyn187 5 месяцев назад

Your thumbnail said it all... imo this def IS the best song they ever did. Also, imo, one of the 10 best Rock songs period. Ever. That harmonica with those drums!! Good God.

@davidleach4689 5 месяцев назад

You really need to do heartbreaker, bring it on home , in my time of dying by Led Zeppelin

@John_Locke_108 5 месяцев назад

Heartbreaker is so damn amazing. Love it when Jimmy adds Greensleeves into the solo.

@ramblerdave1339 4 месяца назад

And "Ramble On"!

@tedalfred9516 5 месяцев назад

Ten years gone is another great Zep tune

@hawaiifranke7637 5 месяцев назад

My very first live concert was Led Zeppelin in 1973. It was gorgeous!

@guillermojuanpastorausejo7597 4 месяца назад

Led Zepellin Super Grupo perteneciente a la era de los genios. No una,si no Muchas Grandes canciones

@AngeloMarcheschi-vj9em 5 месяцев назад

The GOATS at work. The pocket Bonham keeps is outstanding

@alanFconrad 4 месяца назад

powerhouse tune......Bonham totally rocks

@SG-js2qn 5 месяцев назад

IMO, there's like 4 songs in the top tier of the Zep collection: "Stairway," "Kashmir," "Immigrant Song," and "When the Levee Breaks." The next tier is still fabulous ("Dazed and Confused," "Babe I'm Gonna Leave You," etc.), but these top four are just incredible.

@jkbowers56 5 месяцев назад

I know it's almost a sacrilege, but I'd put "Kashmir" in with the 2nd tier songs, and (since a 3rd tier simply does't even exist for Zeppelin) I'd move either "Ramble On" or "Nobody's Fault But Mine" (the slower Plant-Page acoustic version if that counts) up a notch to replace it. For what it's worth, you could write their song titles on little slips of paper, dump 'em in a hat, draw out four at random, and get a winning set every time.

@hoochnyc44 5 месяцев назад

Since I’ve Been Loving You is top 3

@bparker8195 5 месяцев назад

They're all top tier. There is no need to categorize their songs. The musicianship is evident throughout the catalog.

@SG-js2qn 5 месяцев назад

@@jkbowers56 It's a sacrilege. Don't do it! 😄 I find that I can't very easily rank Beatles songs. I can mainly only group them into "like" and "dislike." Not sure why I feel I can fairly clearly rank Zeppelin songs and not Beatles songs. 🤷‍♂

@John_Locke_108 5 месяцев назад

You forgot Achilles Last Stand and In My Time Of Dying.

@kdbadk 5 месяцев назад

Big thanks to Ed Zeppelin, for a well curated list !!!

@TheNewRevolution 5 месяцев назад

Phil you are correct. The drum sound in this song is legendary. I've read in multiple places that it is the most sampled drum sound in history. There are many...many videos just on the iconic drum sound used in this song.

@Pton_reaction_addict 5 месяцев назад

Now it's time for You Shook Me. It will blow your mind. Great review. One the best songs from my favorite band.

@sicotshit7068 5 месяцев назад

Being on their debut album, it definitely shows what each brings to the band, amazing solos.

@lyndoncmp5751 5 месяцев назад

Though it has great playing, it's a pretty mediocre 'song' to be frank. The live version of the other Dixon song on the first album I Can't Quit You Baby from the Royal Albert Hall 1970 is much better.

@Pton_reaction_addict 5 месяцев назад

I like the vocal and guitar being in "unison". That is the unique touch that makes it great to me.

@lyndoncmp5751 5 месяцев назад

@@Pton_reaction_addict Yes I agree, that's great. No complaints on the musicianship and playing. I just don't think the 'song' is all that great. Just a standard, even pedestrian, blues song.

@davidmckenzie420 5 месяцев назад

Now you must see the amazing international collaboration cover--with JPJ on bass!

@w.geoffreyspaulding6588 5 месяцев назад

Playing for Change….

@alicerepooc4475 5 месяцев назад

Tea For One is another great blues from the Presence Album

@TheRealDislikersNotHaters 5 месяцев назад

One of my all time favourites

@charliecochran3035 5 месяцев назад

He played the harmonica through a guitar amp, guving it that otherworldly sound. The harmonica steals the show in this song for me.

@jameskinstle6874 5 месяцев назад

It's more about the mic he used than the amp bro.

@audiotsunite 4 месяца назад

In The Light!

@m_v__m_v 5 месяцев назад

Same album as Stairway to Heaven, Going to California, Black Dog, Rock and Roll, Misty Mountain Hop... insane

@brendo69rock92 4 месяца назад

Best rock album of all time!

@ggvno167 5 месяцев назад

I went to see Led Zeppelin at the Fabulous Forum back in 73. The concert was amazing. What I remember having floor seats and a high pitch ringing in my ears for several days.

@kevinmorrell4155 5 месяцев назад

Amazing! You just don’t get music like that today 🔥🔥🔥

@argonwheatbelly637 5 месяцев назад

I love playing this as a drum cover.

@michaelreeder9931 5 месяцев назад

John Bonham set up his drums in a stairwell with the microphones at the top to get that echo. They are very creative.

@jtf2dan 5 месяцев назад

the hall had ZERO to do with the echo...that was added by a machine.

@dalmac5978 5 месяцев назад

@@jtf2dan Actually, all factors contributed.

@h.w.hilton6819 5 месяцев назад

They used 4 mics placed at different heights in the stairwell to get that specific ambience for the recording.

@RushfanUK 5 месяцев назад

Andy Johns is the guy who set it all up and recorded the drums, he used an echo machine, a binsen to get that sound, contrary to Page’s claims only Johns and Bonham were there.

@sicotshit7068 5 месяцев назад

@@jtf2danthe three story entrance did give the great sound, with added microphones, I believe two. Bonham’s style of drumming of a heavy beat, has made this a highly sampled drum beat. Others would definitely need that amazing entrance at Headley Grange, but they still wouldn’t play like Bonham does. Bonham was so excited with the amazing sound it created, like a kid in a candy store.

@Kavala76 5 месяцев назад

If you guys like blues you should listen to "I'm Gonna Crawl". One of Led Zep's best blues songs and too often overlooked!

@rowenatulley852 5 месяцев назад

I suggest Bring It On Home for your next listen . . .

@jonathanmilo 5 месяцев назад

Because of the reverb effect on the drums, it never worked as a live song. They tried a couple times, but it never captured the majesty of this recording. Absolute magic!

@tommack9395 5 месяцев назад

The Great Mississippi Flood of 1927... country blues song by Kansas Joe McCoy and Memphis Minnie - Minnie wrote the lyric. McCoy's National guitar sounds fantastic on the original recording. John's drums are heavy as hell and Page's slide guitar tracks really shine.

@stevetreloar3129 5 месяцев назад

Yup, ONE of their best!

@deannajones3849 4 месяца назад

One of my favorites!

@dannywachowski5880 5 месяцев назад

A massive dose of flange effect in this iconic cover, awesome!

@BV-nx6vq 5 месяцев назад

One of THE most sampled drum grooves in history 👍

@mikeconway9849 5 месяцев назад

Great reaction, Sam and Phil! Gallows Pole is another great Zep song.

@Zekespeaks 5 месяцев назад

They did an even better version of this with a harmonica in it. Great stuff!

@gablen23 5 месяцев назад

My favourite song from this album, and I can say there are some great ones!

@stevedahlberg8680 5 месяцев назад

I'm so glad you guys decided to react to this. That was wonderful. The whole thing is just a tour de force. Back in the day it was on the radio all the time so it was easy to under appreciate it unless a bit later you became a musician and you're like wow what the hell were they all doing? That's incredible. And really in the end it's just the Synergy of it and how tight they were and the proof is in the pudding because their live shows were spectacular as well. But anyway I'm so glad you reacted to this.

@stevetreloar3129 5 месяцев назад

This is a song you will be listening to for yeeeers!

@lawrencesampson3996 5 месяцев назад

Drum intro is the most sampled piece of music in history

@Alan-lv9rw 5 месяцев назад

Crazy harmonica.

@frankmirra8243 4 месяца назад

I am 63 years old and whenever I get a new car this is the first song I play on the system.

@362chop 5 месяцев назад

Memories of sitting in the back seat convertible buzzed out of my mind and listening to THIS.

@VintageWanderer 5 месяцев назад

That beat has been sampled many times with my favorite being Beasty Boys Rhyming and stealing . Cheers.

@johnp6167 5 месяцев назад

That distorted slide guitar...UGH!!! GOOSEBUMPS!!!

@trendydelquendy 5 месяцев назад

I started playing drums because of this song.

@DogmeatDied989 5 месяцев назад

Levee Breaks, Ramble On, and Over the Hills are my favorites!

@wrldchamps04 5 месяцев назад

This song I describe as FILTHY GOOD.

@joshuadeshaies7266 5 месяцев назад

One of the best from the 🐐's !!¡

@chuckwhite3176 5 месяцев назад

Blues rock at its best.

@jasonbabila6006 5 месяцев назад

Traveling Riverside Blues is another one to consider.

@John_Locke_108 5 месяцев назад

One of my all time favorites.

@robertscotton9339 4 месяца назад

I was at Jazz Fest right after Katrina. A band called Galactica did a phenomenal instrumental cover of this for their encore. It was absolutely surreal and epic.

@vicprovost2561 5 месяцев назад

Masterpiece is right, they do the blues like no one else. Another great song on a n album full of them For a incredible deep cut no one reacts to from the same, 4th album, do Four Sticks, another great and different Led Zeppelin tune for the ages. Enjoy! 🎵🎸🎤🎶

@dsgp7835 5 месяцев назад

There was a lot of great great music in the late sixties and early seventies but when Led Zeppelin appeared on the scene there was absolutely nothing like them, not even close, they stunned everyone. Your album collection was just not complete unless you had their latest release as soon as it came out. It was an exciting time to be a teenager, I was there.

@Eowyn187 5 месяцев назад

4:43 Those expressions!!! No words necessary to know how much y'all were loving this. 🥂

@RonaldRon-se4db 4 месяца назад

Metal joe you're correct. Memphis Minnie was involved with this tune but Kansas Joe McCoy's flavor is stamped on this tune and his delta blues are rooted in the very depths of the "soul" in the song. BUT, If Zeppelin had not brought this mystical feeling, blues -soul-rock version back to us, would Memphis Minnie and Kansas Joe have ever been heard of again? I'm certain I would not ever have known of them. Their totally awesome influence on what so many of us get to hear and to love for the rest of our lives may have been void of these wonders were it not for LZ and their love of blues and specifically "Delta Blues"!!! Thank you guys one and all....

@yenlard6683 5 месяцев назад

Great song that they could never duplicate in a live setting. 🤔

@Dan-zq5wt 5 месяцев назад

This is one of the most analyzed, sampled, talked about songs in the Zep catalogue. So much going on here, and let’s recognize that the wellspring for the majority of Zep’s musical ideas is Jimmy Page. As great as everyone in the band is, that man is a genius. The drums: recorded in a massive stairwell and treated with a device called a Binson echo, and played to massive perfection by Bonham. The guitars were tuned to G, the main riff was played on a 12 string electric. Not sure how Page got that screaming slide tone on the bridge but that should be recognized among his greatest solo playing. I love Plant’s restrained vocals on this song that gives extra power when he explodes with fear and emotion. The harmonica was treated with a backward echo effect Page helped to pioneer. It’s all over Zep I and II. And Plant plays the harmonica brilliantly here. Finally, Page and his engineer Andy Johns do lots of crazy stuff with the panning effects. Page has talked about he pans back and forth to create a feeling of unease and later (about when Plant sings “going down”) he and the engineer slow the track down for maximum tension and place the voice in the center of the chaotic sounds to give the effect of a person drowning in a flood. So yes it’s dark! Lyrically, the song is poignant. Plant wailing “All last night, I sat on the levee and moaned, thinking about my baby and my happy home” in that powerful maelstrom of music always brings a tear to my eye. IMHO, this is the most powerful rock song ever recorded. It’s as if it captured in the past Hurricane Katrina’s impact on the poor of New Orleans. Thank you and great reaction!

@willswomble7274 5 месяцев назад

Astonishing. amazing, life-changing from release on 081171, recorded Headley Grange, Headley, Hampshire, UK Dec. 1970, and ever since. Real talent, real emotion, NO 21C computer fakery!