We react to Led Zeppelin - Dazed and Confused Live at MSG 73 | REACTION 

Hey guys! Apologies for the bad quality of the audio in the video. That's all we could find on Dailymotion and we didn't know it had audio dips 🙏

And all that time JPJ was holding it all down with his bass line in the background not seeking attention. Unbelievable bassist - best ever bar none. Never gets his due credit.

68 years old I've had epic moments in life and being at this concert in 1973 at 17 is one of the greatest. The day of the show we just happened to be in NYC again from Wash., DC. Passing by MSG in a Taxi just at the start of the sold-out concert, we ran to the Box Office and secured 4 unretrieved Will Call tickets for $10 each! It was a miracle and one of the highest & most memorable experiences of my crazy teenage years! I am only realizing now that 4 late unfortunate Souls are probably still upset! Haha!!!

A performance for the ages, Zeppelin will forever be the pinnacle of rock and roll!

The audio dip every ten seconds is brutal. I like when Page went off script @6:20 and JPJ and Bonham were trying to improvise and kept it all together.

You will never listen to music the same now. Nothing compares to this. It is the greatest live performance ever captured on film. From the greatest band to ever grace the stage. Just one of many reasons how they set the bar so high. And continue to this day influence many musicians. The musical esp each have is something that is beyond humanly possible. Each member a master musician that were the best and in tune with their instruments. At such a high level they were all one with their instruments. Something that we haven't seen since. And probably never will. There was not just one standout musician. They were all equally talented. And each played a huge part in making Led Zeppelin original. Without any member there is no more chemistry, no magic. So when Bonzo passed. There was no continuing as a band. Saddest day in my life. I was 17 years old in 1979. I had missed the concert in 1977 it was sold out by the time I got out of school and went to buy tickets. So when the 1980 tour dates were released , I think in November of 1979.. I went out and reserved 2 front row seats. $100 each. The San Diego show was going to be in October. I remember putting a big circle around the day of the show on my calendar. Then I was counting the days until the concert. Then I remember celebrating my 18th birthday(September 5) listening to TSRTS album and getting so excited because it was only 42 days until the concert. Then 10 days later as I was driving to school I heard on the radio that Led Zeppelins drummer had died. There's no way it must be a mistake I told myself. At school it was the talk around campus. I still didn't believe it. When I got home from school I waited anxiously for the 5 o'clock news. And sure enough it was true. Now I'm thinking we'll they will get another drummer and will still tour. Sadly 2 or 3 days later it was formally announced that the band could no longer continue. Then it really hit me I would never get to see my favorite band. I had just lost my best friend who died in a tragic car accident a week after my birthday. Now this Bonzo is gone and the tour has all been cancelled. My whole world just crumbled. I locked myself away in my room with a 12 pack of malt liquor beer and a 1/4 oz of the finest weed. sitting in my bean bag chair. In the dark, with the black light on bringing my walks to life with the florescent Zeppelin posters. Then I put on the first album. Cranked up my hifi 4 speaker surround sound system . Did a couple of bong hits and cried and cried Bonzos drumming living live. I played every album .(I had them all obviously) In chronological order. I did that for 3 days I didn't go to school i couldn't stop playing the records over and over. For 3 days . I couldn't get over the depression, the emptiness the reality. Well I went to get my money back from my tickets. I seen my actual tickets first row center stage. I broke down. The cashier said you can have the tickets. I didn't want them. I didn't want any reminder of this horrible event that never happened.. I would go to every midnight showing of the movie TSRTS seeing it in a movie theater on the big screen in surround sound. The closest I could ever get to seeing them live. It was like you were in the front row of the concert. Something that still brings me to tears today. So I want to thank you for doing your LZ reactions seeing how the music moves you just like it did for me some,40 plus years ago. It brings a tear in my eye seeing how my favorite band blows this younger generation away. Just the same way it blew our minds on our first listen. Every song will take you somewhere in your mind . Being happy or sad .good or bad . Whatever your mood put on a Led Zeppelin album and all your problems and stress seem to fade away. That's why even to this day I need to get the Led out every morning . So much I can say . Bout there's only one word that says it all...GOAT.. You should do a live listening party reaction to the movie The Song Remains The Same. Where the chat room could donate to you guys through the movie. I'm sure you would be surprised on how many viewers you would have watching. Chatting,uniting and donating $ in appropriation and welcoming 2 new Led Heads to the family.

You finally reached the peak of Zeppelins power!! They are without question the coolest, most heavy band of all time!

Led Zep were Rock Gods! Those four combined = Pure Fire! Best Rock band in history!🔥🔥🔥 ✌🏼❤️

They improvised this song every time they played it. They never played it the same way twice. Amazing!!!

this is the holy grail of the live rock n' roll performances.

Carol's right. It's the greatest live performance of all time.

They were, are and WILL ALWAYS BE the ultimate rock band.

Best version ever in my humble opinion

WHEN GIANTS WALKED THE EARTH 🌎 LED ZEPPELIN ❤

Very difficult to beat those four guys. Led Zeppelin are the ultimate rock band. When they stepped out of limousines and planes, everyone knew they were the kings of Rock.

She is Absolutely Gorgeous

cant wait to see this one!... was at the show at MSG in '73... this is THE showpiece of the night and creative outlet for improvising!... Jimmy is something else.... OK, headphones on, here we go!

Once one jams to led Zeppelin life is never the same !!!

Led Zeppelin the greatest rock band ever assembled. 4 icons each of which were masters of their own craft. Long live Led Zeppelin

Thank you for somehow being able to react to this version. Only problem was, I don’t know if you had a loose wire, it kept having micro fade outs, still wonderful though. Thanks again for your reaction.

You really need to watch the whole unedited movie, “The Song Remains the Same”.. shows them backstage, etc. SO GOOD! You get to see each members’ dream sequences.

This is so awesome. I can watch this over and over, and i do sometimes!

They are lightning in a bottle. Best band ever

This is the pinnacle of rock music it cant get any better than Led zepplin in 1973 at MSG playing Dazed and Confused

If you wanted to experience and watch the whole MSG 1973 concert, you could purchase a DVD called The song remains the same.

A time when bands had the bravery and talent to improvise live. Makes the show more exciting for band and crowd-Bravo!

I have watched this over 10,000 times. We once had it playing over and over at my apartment for over a month straight non stop. The entire concert

Total improvisation performance. Roller coaster ride.

Carol' s smile gets bigger as soon as Robert Plant starts..just like mine did the first time I saw and heard him..and still today 50+ years ago lol! This song is such as showcase for the band!

I could watch Carol drool all day.

What a delight it is to see how this affected you both. I followed this band from 1969 onwards. To say they changed my life is not an exaggeration. I saw this film the day it came out in 1976. I drove 50 miles to see it. I saw Zeppelin play live four times. I literally travelled the world to pursue them. I ended up owning recordings of hundreds of their live shows. Watching you reminds me of how profoundly they affected me when I was a teenager. I knew I was in the presence of greatness but there was no way we could ever know how people like you would have the same earth shattering experience more than 50 years later. You have a LONG way to go to really appreciate their greatness. They were different on every night. No show was ever exactly the same. I envy you the journey. You put a huge smile on my face and made me feel young again. Thanks.

Every night Led Zeppelin played it was different... they couldn't help themselves 😂

one of the best drum performances ever

Jimmy at his best

The whole of the MSG 1973 performance is the greatest display of shear talent you may ever see or hear.

The are simply the GOATS! 😎🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

As you enjoyed this one I'd think you'd also like the Whole Lotta Love live from MSG 73? An awesome version with improvisation sections! Great reaction!

They play around the main structure of songs, but everything else is spur of the moment. They just seem to know how to follow along. You can see JPJ question Bonham, when Page started playing going to San Francisco. They are like 4 parts of the same musician, with how easily the flow together. As Jack Black said, GREATEST BAND EVER!

He is playing with one hand, because he has his amp cranked up to 11. When you tap down on the strings, it hits the metal frets, and causes the string to vibrate enough to make the sound. This gets way easier when you have the gain (sort of like volume) turned way up.

Led Zeppelin is from another world!!! Thank you Mr Page, Robert Plant, John Paul Jones and the great John Bohman!!! For me they will be the best band of all time!! Number 1!!!!

It's a jam, within a series of 'anchor points' that they invariably get to. You've gotta love the transitions - my favourite is the lead in to 'San Francisco' in the first 10 minutes. It goes from rock to lounge-jazz, hippy vibes - absolutely seamless - and that interaction between JPJ and Bonham is priceless.

You gotta realize that this MSG ‘73 concert was the foundation of the Led Zeppelin movie “The Song Remains The Same” so there are some edits into the concert footage that portray the four members acting out some of their dreams and musical influence.

Black Sabbath,Led Zeppelin,Deep Purple the holy triad of rock music🤘

One of my fav live guitar solos

Hi Crib couple..when I was a teen in the late 70's early 80's..we were a group of approximately 20 girls and boys and evenly slit between Led Zeppelin and Pink floyd..I was a firm Floydian..but did enjoy LZ without openly acknowledging it for fear if betraying my beloved Pink Floyd..I fondly recall the bragging and boasting from both sides..From Sol in Cape Town..

I defy any band to top that !!!!!

insane performance from zeppelin, as people have probably said by now it’s from their 1976 movie “The Song Remains The Same” which includes their 3 night stay at Madison Square Garden in 1973, probably their peak years

Me and my buddies used to catch the midnight show of The Song Remains The Same many of Friday or Saturday night and this song was its own entity. You had to have patience back in those days (daze) as you didn't have access to stuff like this on the Internet, less instant gratification, but often higher quality of gratification - I still remember the grooves, jams, soul and kickassery from start to finish and I still celebrate the adrenaline release of toxins and pent up stress every time I go down memory lane. They're stil my favorite 50+ years later, obviously it's wonderful to know young vibrant cool reactors like yourselves "get it", mastery of improvised ear genius has no expiration date. Thanks for getting me to listen again, it's been too long since I rock and rolled!!

First note: because they toured so constantly, they often used improv-jam sections of "Dazed and Confused" to develop material for later songs. From about 5:45 to 7:15 in your reaction video, you can hear the origins of what would eventually become "Achilles Last Stand." Some of the guitar picking later in that segment would even become part of Plant's vocal line in Achilles. If you listen close you can hear it already forming here. At about 17-18 minutes in the reaction video you can hear the origin of "Candy Store Rock" in the rolling bass and drum riffs. At 20:30 you can hear the origin of "In The Evening" which would be developed more later. Around 24 minutes there's a bit of what would become "Trampled Under Foot" but it was just a snippet here. As they toured, they would develop these improv threads until one seemed to take on a life of its own, and then they would pull it out of the "Dazed & Confused" jam and put it on an album with its own identity.

Just one song in a 4 hour performance, non-stop!

Raw and pure music from my all time fav band. And after decades of consuming their music, they seem to sound better each time

The GREATEST drummer to ever live!!!!!!

This is why when the drummer died the band broke up because a lot of their songs could go extre long they would just play of each other. Some times a concert would go on for 4 hours. Surprised it didn't get blocked because you didn't take any bricks. I just subscribed.

Mind blowing performance. Thanks for reacting!

Most magnificent performance you will ever see!! Do more from the 1973 msg concert! Try The Ocean and the FULL...best sound version of NO Quarter!! You will love them both!!

ABSOLUTELY GORGEOUS.

Carol!... you want to know how I felt while I was there at this show in NY?!... excited, confused, disappointed... youre gonna ask HOW could I POSSIBLY be disappointed?... so I was 15 years old, I only had the album, there was no internet, no youtube, no live album so the only thing I knew was the original recording... and I LOVED the album version!... so as a young kid it kinda bugged me that it didnt sound much like the record... BUT, I also knew that Page was wailing his ass off and the band was taking no prisoners... I was also sitting a mile away, wouldve been great if I was in the first ten rows!... But thats how I felt at the time.. Of course through the years, and more concerts, and the movie release, and buying every live bootleg I could find, I came to LOVE this version of course!!!.... and I know Im privileged to have been there... and I WISH I could go back and relive it now and not as stupid 15 year old LOL... welcome to the top of the mountain as far as their live performances!!!

Just one song from their 1973 MSG shows....used in the film, The Song Remains The Same. Jimmy's masterpiece.

It's time to sample another signature Zep style: mystical soundscapes punctuated by rocket-launching riffs. Best examples: "Over The Hills And Far Away", "What Is And What Should Never Be" and "Ramble On" ("Ramble On" is top-five Zep). On the other hand, if you want to melt your speakers, look no further than "Communication Breakdown" (first album), wherein Zep introduces adrenaline-fueled punk rock seven years before punk rock existed. Can't wait to watch you react to those four.

I had an encounter with Jimmy in 1983 backstage at Wembley Arena after a CS&N concert. He was much more subdued than here 😂. Actually unassuming,quiet and did not draw attention to himself.

Epic is an understatement! For another, try No Quarter at the same MSG 1973 show. Enjoy!🔥🎵🎸🎤🎹🎶🔥

The extra bit they add in is We’re all Going to San Francisco recorded that Scott McKenzie in the 60s

4 young men, at the very pinnacle of music. We never saw thier like before , we have not seen thier like since. GOATs, never to be matched. I was lucky to have seen them 3 times, well the last was Page and Plant to be fair.

Wow, marathon time. Personally, my thoughts, this is GOAT level

love the jam at the very end some of pages best playing just plays with straight feel

Quintessential live Zeppelin.

THERE'S LED ZEPPELIN!!.... and then everyone else... they can't be out done.. they were innovators ..4 all stars in one band

I think I just saw smoke coming out of Carol's ears.

Its both. It is a concert and they made a movie out of the concert. You can buy the album or watch the movie your choice. Great reaction!

For some reason, this version kept "skipping" every 15-20 seconds or so. Cutting into Jimmy's solos. Even distorting Plant's voice a few times. It almost ruins the whole experience. Try to find a cleaner version & watch it again.

Legendary performance

Diggin your Zeppelin t-shirt!

From the same concert, there are two songs to be played back-to-back. The songs are, The Song Remains The Same and The Rain Song. Jimmy Page is amazing in both songs.

You guys are the BEST.

EPIC, every time! All 27 minutes' worth! Thanks! Stay Safe!

I'm so grooving the youngun's discovering pure GREATNESS 😂😂😂😂😂

Man those audio hiccups every 10 sec are brutal I couldn’t finish watching lol 😅

I saw them live in 1977. I was 19 years old. It’s a shame that you are too young to have experienced the phenomenon of Led Zeppelin in concert. But if you want a taste of what it was really like, watch the movie “The Song Remains the Same”. That’s where this performance is from. It’s as close as you’re going to get to the real thing. Thank you for your videos! Always a delight to see you post another Zeppelin reaction.

WILD I went to see this at the movie theatre and I wish it would be re released ..

Saw this at midnight movies as a Freshman in high school and quit violin that year after seeing Jimmy use a bow and started my guitar journey. Ruined all my bows trying to figure this out. 😂. 40+ years later and it’s still amazing

There’s Led Zeppelin and then there’s everyone else.

My brother George had the name of this song Dazed and Confused under his picture in his yearbook!❤ rip Georgie boy!♥️

Thanks to reacting for Dazed & Confuzed. Yu're amazing couple 🤘

THE BESTTTTTTTTTTT BAND

The drumming man the drumming, the bass omg goat thanks 🙏 great reaction

Now you have to see Whole Lotta Love from this same show!

Wow, congrats on getting a version of this to react TO! I thought YT had totally scrubbed the MSG concert version. EXCEPT for the YT Movies and TV channel, where the whole Song remains the smae movie is available, but then u'd have to line it up just so to react. anyhow, wherever u found it, great! Great reaction to an epic version of this classic song by the best rock band ever!

All the best MSG concert recordings were on the VHS and then the DVD called The Song Remains The Same, there are alternate performances that are here on RU-vid from the same week of concerts but the best ones are from the VHS/DVD.

Once again a MASTERPIECE 😅😊

Elie looked out of breath after that session! 😂 I think its time to call yourselves Zepp Heads! 🤘 Great stuff Cribbies! (As for recommendations - a swerve to comedy - check out Michael McIntyre)

JIMMY PAGE GOAT

This live performance shows off Robert Plant's improvisation skills on vocals really well while also displaying the amazing musical chemistry between Jimmy Page and John Bonham When Jimmy page goes off on one on the guitar Bonham is right there with him never loosing the beat and time

You also really need to see their performance of 'Whole Lotta Love' from the same 1973 concert film 'The Song Remains the Same' and the 'full' performance of the song by the same name 'The Song Remains the Same' which goes right into the 'Rain Song'. All three performances are epic!! This concert at Madison Square Garden was filmed over two nights back to back. The director of the film wanted them to wear the same clothes on both nights so the film has performances from both nights.

I remember first watching this many years ago. It was life changing. I love seeing other people watching this. They get thru the entire song, all the great vocals, guitar, bass and drums. Then for me the finale is watching John Bonham destroy those drums at the end. It's simply breath taking. This concert was when they were at their peak, however John Bonham was playing with a stomach virus and fever. Now you need to watch Whole Lotta Love from this concert. Pay special attention to Jimmy's fingers during the guitar breaks. After playing for 2 and a half hours it blows my mind that he can move his pinkie finger the way he does as my finger would be swollen like sausage. Great reaction you guys. Look forward to more

Second note: In Jimmy's playing the guitar with a cello bow (which seems kinda gimmicky, and it was in part) you can hear some of the origins of what would become the haunting "Kashmir" sound. In addition to that, he literally was doing some of the western mystic/occult/alchemy patterns known as "calling quarters." The imagery you see in the movie sequence there is him acting out his personal connection to the Tarot in the card called "The Hermit" (the hooded figure). He is literally climbing the mountain is search of the enlightenment of self through withdrawal from the world, a process that he could not fully pursue until after their touring years were over. Jimmy is (or at least was) a practitioner of the kabbalistic mysteries.

Bro, I know you enjoyed some HAPPY time this evening.😂😂😂😂😂

You just heard majik, Carol you are too freakin' cute and you guys are freaking beautiful together.❤❤❤

John Bonham was an animal! RIP MR. Goat.

Thanks for reviewing this live version which nobody else has the courage to do at over 26 minutes!

Only John Paul Jones could dare to hold all this heaviness of a band that without him wouldn't even exist together.