Depends on the day. Bron-Y-Aur Stomp, probably. (Bron yr Aur, btw, is Welsh for "the gold hill" or some such.) Probably one of the best songs ever written about a dog.
I met Robert Plant in late 1989, glad I got to tell him my favorite Zeppelin album was "In Throught the Out Door" and he seemed appreciative to hear that. My roommate and I were setting up an auditorium on the CU-Boulder campus (along with other kids on event committee) for an Amway convention, in a beautiful old building I guess Plant wanted to see inside of. He sang us a song while we set up the PA, then took down our names for the guest list at his gig in Denver that night. None of us asked him for an autograph, or had a camera. He was asking us questions about living in Boulder and going to CU. Campus was abuzz for a few days -- folks were like oh wow, that guy riding around campus on a Vespa who looked like Robert Plant, really *was* Robert Plant, just by himself!
That’s a cool moment, thanks for sharing it. It’s nice he was so approachable and friendly. Always good to hear. And what a great opportunity you had, especially to interact with him more as a person, (which I always prefer, rather than what superficial “star-struck” people do, “stars” are real people with real lives and interests beyond their public talents, and that’s the side I like to see, rich or poor, known publicly or “unknown”, I just like to hear people’s stories. One can always learn something from almost anyone), and that he showed interest in the local architecture and people, and made you all guests at his gig, and gave you all a little serenade performance, that would be sweet! …And I always say that Hot Dog is my favorite country song, haha…
One of Plant's least favored songs was "Stairway to Heaven". Plant and I share the same birthday. I seen him back in the mid-80s and Big Log was beyond words.
@@HighSpeedNoDrag I wonder if he lost interest in STH because of the many times he had to sing it. It was my favorite, but since it was done to death Kashmir took over from it.
@@gkm3838 It looks to me as if he doesn’t relate to the lyrics anymore. There are a lot of interviews where he seems at peace answering questions about STH, and he states that he was a a different guy in a different time, and the lyrics just don’t hold up.
I lost my daughter when she was 9. There is no reasoning, no explanations, no safe place and no retreat. Everything is a reminder. Nothing can be said to ease the pain. The mind races and spins, sleep is tortuous, and panic is always around the corner. I can relate to Robert Plant staring into his hands quietly, second guessing everything, and retreating to grieve. Rest in peace Karac, my prayers are with you and your family.
You are a miracle for being alive to tell the story. Survival is enough for someone who has gone through that, but I hope you can channel your experience into something meaningful (if you haven't already). ♥
This is by far my favorite episode, Professor of Rock. Our family is dealing with a very sick child and a lot of what you had to say really hit home for me. Thanks for doing what you do both as a music lover, but also as a thoughtful, caring person. Life is fragile.
I hope things have improved for You & Yours over the past month , and Your child is well on the mend & safe at home with a loving family with a great sound track in the back ground and expectations of better things yet to come .
Professor, you outdid yourself on this one. Beautifully recounted, with emotion, empathy, and the due respect that the media never had for Zeppelin, even in a predicament such as this. Your dad was right, you were born to do this. The passion you put into it rises to the occasion and does it justice. I remember listening to All of My Love back in the day and always ending up crying. I could feel Robert's pain so deeply. Little did I know (or maybe it was a premonition of sorts) that almost 40 years later I was to lose my own daughter. The lyrics of All of My Love are a poetic masterpiece born of the deepest anguish a parent can ever endure. As for the album in general, it was always a bit sad for me, as I felt it marked the end of an era. The wild 70's were coming to a close, and in that regard, I sensed that All of My Love was also premonitory of the end of the band itself, which indeed would happen a short time later. Though not my favorite Zeppelin album, it gave me a huge amount of respect for John Paul Jones, whom I always felt was very underrated, both as a member of the band and as a musician in general. I never understood how the die-hard rockers could turn their backs so coldly on the band they had grown up with. It seems to be a recurrent story. When our heroes somehow fail to meet our expectations, we turn on them and destroy them. It happens in art, in sports, in politics, in religion. When will we learn that at the end of the day, they are just frail men and women, much like the rest of us?
Proof that "toxic fandom" isn't just a buzzword nor a new thing at all -- there will always be people who feel so entitled that they presume they can dictate the life / career choices of artists they have (almost certainly) never met, let alone understand....
Definitely your best so far, brave Professor!! Tough guy that I am, your passion for telling the story brought to tears, not once but twice as I lived vicariously through the pain that the best vocalist since Elvis must have been feeling. My mother born in Iceland, my father In England how could I not have become a fan of The Feather? I was told his pain was so great that upon completion of the first take he told Bonzo Page and JPJ that he would NOT do a second take. He was told there was no reason for a second. Bravo Robert Plant!
I had tickets to their 77 show in Pittsburgh when it got cancelled because of the death of Plant's son. Never got the chance to see them, though that wasn't really important in light of what happened. The greatest rock band of all time.
I had tickets to Eric Clapton and didn't get to go. Was so disappointed. Few years later had tickets for AC/DC and didn't get to go. Another big disappointment. Love going to live shows!!!
Excellent episode. I am 65. Lost my mom December 20th. Raised by a widow from 4th grade. She was a great lady. Yes, still guilt and regrets for this and that even tho I was there when she passed and we were good. Mom's Rule! Mr. Plant's story helps me. Wishing everyone that experiences loss, some peace and fond memories. You did a great job on this. Peace and fond memories to you as well with your loss of Dad.
This is such a beautiful song but it's hard to listen to sometimes because of the story behind it. I became a first time father last year at the age of 41. Many rock songs took new meaning to me ever since my son was born. There have been times I could not finish the song without crying toward the end. You really could feel Robert's pain as he sang.
I was a first time father at 33. No words can describe that moment, when you hold your child for the very first time. Everything changes in that second.
Absolutely, the first time holding your child is truly when life changes. Thank the Heavens that my Dad had great taste in music. All the classic rock Gods like Zeppelin, Cream, CCR, KISS.... my love for them came from my Dad. I'm going to enjoy passing down my passion for great music to my son the way you share your passion with us. Mad respect for you dude. 🤘🏼🎶🤘🏼
One of the best songs of this type is called "A Song For Sleeping" by Stone Temple Pilots.. Check it out. Scott wrote that for his son when he was born.
I grew up listening to all of Zepplin. What I didn't recall was that Plant had a son that died. I enteted into in the service in '77 so I was fully distracted from the events of the world. My son was born in '81 and I can't even imagine losing him when he was 6 years old.
Professor-- this may just be your magnum opus to date. Beautifully written and presented, sir. Watching this on Memorial Day weekend in the U.S. ... it has taken me to thoughts of my own father-- a veteran who served in the Pacific theater during Worl War II. We lost dad about 20 years ago. By coincidence, I was blessed to see Zeppelin perform live in St. Louis during their '77 tour. These were my musical heroes at the time. I was 17 & sitting (standing) in the 20th row that night. Thank you for bringing back so many wonderful memories. Another of your stories... well told.
My older brother had been playing In Through The Out Door in the weeks before his death in a car accident November 30, 1979 on his way back from a Kansas/Van Halen concert in Shreveport, Louisiana. So I got his 8 Track tape of the album and listened to it over and over and every night as I slept. I was listening when Bonham died. This album made me become obsessed with drums and I got my first set in March, 1982 and was in a band by Summer. I was finally hired as a singing drummer and played in working bands every weekend for many years and as a fill in when other drummers were out of commission.
Sorry for your loss! It's great you remember what he loved. I never went out of state for a concert except to New Jersey but being from the Philly suburbs our Tri-State area of Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Delaware all seemed the same to me.i never got to attend a Zeppelin concert but Van Halen was my group(Bonzo died before I started to go to concerts) am happy you have great memories of your Brother! 😎🤙
@@billblack8071 We hung out a lot that Fall before his death. We went dove hunting, squirrel hunting, and deer hunting (he got one but I didn`t) and were camping when he left for the concert. I had just started high school. He saw his death coming. He told me to stay out of my friend`s cars because he had a dream about a funeral and started crying and babbling about how he`d been lucky to survive a couple of accidents. It was strange, He died two weeks later.
At least you spent some quality time with him right before. I hope those memories comfort you. As for him seeing it coming in a dream that's kinda eerie but he wanted to protect you most!
So sorry for your loss. I was born in 79 and and born the 1st of November. After attending my cousin's celebration of life from a tragic death from an overdose related to fentanyl. At his service his brother got up and one thing that stuck with me was all we have are our memories. My family on my mother's side has had a lot of tragedy due to drugs and addiction period. But like my cousin said at his brothers service all we have is memories and reflection on the good memories will help us get through or cope. Again I am sorry about your loss and I think it is awe inspiring to hear your story.
@@19reeves79 My brother was one of the original founding members of Kings Messengers, a Christian band. I think he would have been a great drummer. He was always tapping along to the drums. He sang bass and my voice is stuck between not a lot of bass or highs. I can sing Rush but most Loverboy songs are too high and the low vocals in a lot of Country are too low. I had hell trying to copy the extreme high range singers in the 1980s, I tell ya, and almost gave up. But I found I can do Southern Rock, most Country, and Classic Rock and things like the Black Crowes. I had to play drums AND sing Tom Sawyer and Flirtin` With Disaster by Molly Hatchet in our band live on stage. And I somehow did a great job on them at gigs but not so well at practice when we tried them. But the band leader knew that I was better in front of an audience and would make me OPEN the show with the most difficult ones that I claimed were "impossible" and then I`d nail them. Nobody was more surprised by this than me. It really improved my abilities and confidence being in a working band. I started trying acoustic guitar after I quit gigging in 1999 and perform solo now. I did a Stevie Ray Vaughan song with my new Dean acoustic and videoed it.
This is another fantastic song from the great Led Zeppelin! Such a sad story, and it's tragic that Robert and his wife lost their son. My heart goes out to them. It's a parent's nightmare.
I lost my husband of 42 years a few months ago. The words you spoke about your grief after your dad's passing were what I needed to hear today. I feel totally alone without mt right arm and heart, guilty, just beating myself up. You helped me a lot today, hearing that these feelings and more are common after losing a loved one.
I hope you are doing better as time passes. It never really goes away, you just learn to live with it. I hope and pray that you have. I wish you peace and strength in the name of Jesus
All of My Love was our wedding song in March of '89. Avalon by Roxy Music was our closing night song at wedding reception. Thanks for an excellent video about a deeply meaningful song and the longing of our loved ones after they pass. That Mike & the Mechanics song was special to me after losing my Mom last year. ❤️
The point in the instrumental break where the violins drift in is pure beauty. It always washes over me, the interweaving mix of lilting acoustic guitar, strings, keyboard and a drum sound that is heavy in a very different way, almost as a sound of resoluteness, a foundation that never changes, a rock beneath the river. It transports me, every single time.
Many people, like myself, often envy the position of some of these huge rock stars and wish we could've lived their lives. The funny thing is, it seems like guys who lived such high lives like a Robert Plant or Eric Clapton that we celebrate and idolize, also lived lives of unimaginable grief. Whether that comes in the form of becoming a slave to drugs, losing a child or dear loved one in horrific ways, or just downright being depressed and over-worked, it seems many of our music heroes have lived through some sort of personal hell at one point or another. With great highs come great lows, I suppose.
Perhaps another example of this is Brad Delp from the band Boston. Though, I wasn’t exactly a fan of Boston, they were commercially successful for their time. Yet, Delp complained that he had millions of fans but no friends. He was a lonely guy while his personal life was in shambles. Its easy to forget that celebrities are people with feelings just like you and me. They laugh, cry, enjoy, suffer, and go to bed at night with all of it on their minds. Many years ago while growing up in Mojave, a movie was being filmed out at the local airport. A stranger struck up a conversation with me about where to buy a gallon of milk for his ulcer. We ended up talking about the oppressive heat on the desert and life in a small town. After he split to go buy his milk, someone asked me what me and Elliot Gould were talking about. I didn’t recognize that it was Gould that I had been talking to. He was just an ordinary man shooting the s*** with me.
Totally agree! It never ceases to amaze me how incredibly self absorbed fans can be, case in point being The Black Crowes (The Brothers Robinson), who have reunited with some new members for an anniversary tour. The cost was The Magpie Salute and The CRB, which has led fans to hurl accusations of 'sell out', 'for the money', etc. The Magpie Salute was a superb project which Rich Robinson funded (I assume) and steered for a few years. I feel blessed to have had the honour of attending each of their UK tours. 🇬🇧 Their demise, swift and pretty conclusive, was a great loss but it seems that the average fan is oblivious. This is family, siblings, brothers of a feather. 🪶 Rich ditched a supergroup, filled with the Black Crowes finest musicians. He funded a 12 piece band for an international tour, recorded three albums, two of which were original material, and gave up a contract with Provogue and The Mascot Label, to reunite with his estranged brother. Chris, of course, is used to burning his bridges but, the point here is, they are just people. Incredibly talented human beings but just people after all, with all the faults, weaknesses and irrational behaviour that goes with that. Being a Rock God doesn't come with a codicil giving your every breath to those that choose to follow you. Buying a copy of your favourite bands album, or a ticket to their show, is an honour for you. You get to play a copy of something THEY put their heart and soul into. They may appreciate your support but they don't owe you a thing. Their life, just like yours, ebbs and flows and can change at the drop of a hat. Rock God is just their job folks, and when real life or family gets in the way, don't be surprised when they make a sharp exit. 😬
Do you think most people haven't experienced great highs and lows. Everyone alive has experienced great triumphs and losses. Theirs are just made headline new while ours aren't.
@@michaelsteding7720 Of course not. I'm just saying that we tend to put these guys up on a pedestal as if they're greater than human and have lived cushy lives of nothing but luxury, but often forget that they're also just humans who suffer just as much, sometimes more, than anyone else for one thing or another.
“I’m Gonna Crawl” has got to be one of Robert’s best vocal performance’s and Jimmy’s solo has so much feel. It all comes to a close with this beautiful song. Absolutely love “In Through The Outdoor”. Such a great album. Could be my favourite by them. Masterpiece. Great episode!! Thank you.✌️❤️🇨🇦
WELL DONE! Thank you Professor for a deep dive into one of Zeppelins lesser known/acclaimed records. Only in hindsight can the beauty and thoughtfulness of the lyrics, especially All of My Love, be appreciated. A wonderful way to start a beautiful Saturday morning, with your opus of words taking me back to the fond innocence of my youth.
Music has always been one of the greatest and universal ways to heal from anything. It is such a universal language to begin with. Thank you for the story to tell about this classic.
Trying to not bawl my eyes out. Prof of Rock, this is an exquisite story you have shared with us. I had no idea the story behind this song. Listening to 'All of My Love' as a heartbroken teen after being dumped by the love of my life, I assumed/thought this song was about broken up lovers. What sorrow Robert and his family must've endured. Now when I hear it, you can hear the tragedy in his voice, from the deepest of his heart. Thank you again for such a beautiful homage to this song and the beautiful rock band behind it.
The critics are nuts I loved this album! "All of My Love" was a great tribute but my favourite track from this album is "Fool in the Rain". And unfortunately I was living and playing both songs because my baby baby Lilly my dog of 12 years(would have been on 6/6/22) in the pouring rain had to be taken to the vets office. There I had to make the awful decision to end her pain and suffering on 5/23 two weeks before her 12th Birthday. It rained for two days before that and just finally stopped yesterday. My heart is heavy and I miss her soo much! Be at Peace Lilly and I'll see you on the other side! ❤🐕❤😭💔
This song and I'm gonna Crawl are my favorites from this album. I remember watching Song Remains the Same film and gutted to find out afterwards that the precious little mini Robert, Karac, in the beginning of the film had passed away. I can't imagine losing a child and what Robert, Maureen and Carmen went through. This album gave us fans a moment of hope that they were back. But sadly, it wasn't to be. From 1975 to 1980, Robert and his family went through SO much. The terrible car accident in Greece that almost killed Maureen and crippled Robert, Karac's death and then losing his best friend, Bonham in 1980. I'm thankful that Robert chose to continue making music to this day.
You've said everything I was thinking. After so many terrible events, that Robert continued to press ahead and create so much more outstanding music is really inspirational and worthy of admiration. I regret never seeing Led Zeppelin in person, but I have been blessed to see Robert a few times and have loved all of the performances I got to experience.
Robert has most definitely been the most prolific of the remaining members of zep.. I don't know why Jimmy is content to remaster the Zep catalog every so many years and has done so little in the way of new music.
@@drumdad54sdl47 I think of all of them Page had his heart and soul in Zeppelin. It was the hardest on him when Plant closed the door on a full on reunion. The closest was the Page and Plant Unledded albums and tours and of course the glorious Celebration concert at the O2. (We will grateful forget the disaster of Live Aid) But Zeppelin was always his baby and if you're parent you know how hard it is to watch your children leave the nest. I did see him with the Firm, which was great. And perform with the Black Crows, which was fun but not so great, plus the Crows were imploding at the time, I believe. He has done Soundtracks. But nothing as a concrete career as Plant or Jones went on to do.
This was a fantastic episode for me. As a devoted and undying Zeppelin fan this episode filled in a lot of the gaps of what I knew about the band and that album. My eternal respect for paying homage to this album and bringing tears to my eyes feeling Robert’s pain.
This album is one of my favorites. I'm one of those oddballs: this, Led Zeppelin III and Physical Graffiti are at the top for me. I think In Through the Out Door presages the mood of Plant's first two solo albums.
I saw Zeppelin at the LA Forum in 1977. They were brilliant. I remember how heart broken I was to hear about his son. It’s unimaginable the pain he had to feel. Plants voice even today with Allison Kraus is AMAZING.
Funny…Zeppelin’s “worst album” is still leaps and bounds above 99.99% of all other music. I would be absolutely blessed to have such an accomplishment in my repertoire. Nice job Professor, you really capture the art of the moment.
I feel that it is equally important for the artist to produce music for their own soul as well as for ours too. Since Robert Plant produced some ass kicking music in the 80's, thank God he didn't throw in the towel.
Wow. I have to admit that this was my first time hearing this song and the story behind it is really gut wrenching. I think Led Zeppelin are one of the best things ever to come out of the 20th century. I often turn to music in order to heal tragedies and forget about my often tumultuous life in school, so I agree with Nitzsche.
@@adamclark9004 I have heard a lot of their late 60s and early 70s stuff but cannot say I’ve listened to much of their late 70s stuff. Guess I have to do some deep digging this afternoon.
@@adamclark9004 you could linger for years on the first 4 Zep albums so this is understandable. A lot of music has come out since then, so less known works would take time to get to, is my thought.
As a young man I spent many years touring playing clubs around North America. We put together a medley of Zeppelin songs to appease and enjoy. The medley ended with "All of My Love" but instead of only playing part of the song we found that it had such a deep touch on both us as the band as well as the people listening and dancing that we played the whole song. I still love that song and unlike so many other songs that we had played so very many times over and over I never got tired of playing or singing it.
Finally a mention of ABBA in one of your videos! By the way, when the members of the band especially Benny and Bjorn hung out with Page and Plant, Led Zeppelin remarked that Bjorn and Benny were wilder than Zeppelin ever was when it came to women
@@JoeVideoed Back in the 1970s people didn't know of AIDS; but there was effective birth control around. Which means: people felt as though there were no risks and no negative consequences to having sex, which made the 1970s THE most sexually liberated epoch in recorded history, and Sweden was considered particularly liberated at the time, and the sexual mores practiced there would have been shocking to people from most other countries. I think at the time feminist ideology was that marriage and male jelousy were imprisoning women and their sexuality, which is why they sought to overcome those relics a patriarchal past that used these concepts to establish ownership of women. And since what is good for the goose is also good for the gander, they couldn't well expect men to stick to the old standards while women abandon them and married men unabashedly sleeping around became par for the course.
This is a GREAT channel! Growing up in the 60's and 70's, music lyrics were (still are, in ways) my poetry, philosophy, literature, vocabulary (thank you Ian Anderson), and all around emotional window into other perspectives - thereby growing my emathy to a higher degree. I passed this on to my kids who continue to share new things with me. That is what I feel this channel does - thank you! It is very much needed.
I must say..my favorite on In Through the Out Door..i was 6 when it dropped in 79 is Carouselambra. First track on side 2. The beginning..It sounded like some epic song that happy vikings would listen to as they conquer new lands. Bonzo's fills...legendary. It sounded like a rebirth of the band
The In Through the Out Door album was obviously very different from Zeppelin's previous albums, but I think we have to remember that music was in a real state of flux around this time, the 60s rock bands were pretty gassed after a decade of the rock n roll lifestyle, there was disco that had arrived on the scene, punk music as well, heavy metal and new wave were just around the corner. To be fair, with all these new genres and influences no one really new what direction music was going in, how all these influences were going to play out. So for these reasons I cut them some slack with In Through the Out Door. I really think if Zeppelin didn't lose Bonham and they were still together they would have gotten their second wind - like many 60's/70s rockers did in the 80s - and would have released some great music.
All of My Love was one of our prom theme songs in the 80’s. I had no idea it was about his son. Makes me think of the same tragedy Eric Clapton also endured and wrote Tears in Heaven. And like you, Professor, losing my dad and finding a song’s lyrics that resonates within us and brings to mind their impact on our lives. I love the song Leader of the Band by Dan Fogelberg. I cry every time I hear it.
Took a few times to watch after the clip with his son. Thank you for reminding us that reality spares no one. It may help fans to have more empathy when a shows get canceled or when bands break up.
It's a great opener but goes on way to long IMO. It's the same riff over and over with no real variation and Plant's vocals are muddied and buried in the mix. It should have been a 3 minute song that segues into another epic song or acoustic song.
Adam, your reviews are always so thought provoking, shedding new light on iconic music. Always a pleasure to learn the stories behind our favorite music. Outstanding work.
Bonham's support during the tragedy feels true, the bonds made in a RocknRoll band can go deeper than the music especially in the hardscrabble beginning stages. "In Through the Out Door" is actually one of my favorite Zep albums, but it took time. If you haven't listened to it in a while, put it on. Great music.
When I look at pictures of Page and Plant in early 70’s - the first thing that comes to mind is - Rock gods. They fitted that image better than anyone and sounded better than anyone also. They really did have it all in the early 70’s
Oh man, what a great song. You can tell he and JPJ worked well to put all that emotion on vinyl. The synth is just that special piece that pulls it together.
Prof you are an amazing human. I know I am a year late to seeing this video, but it still will bring some peace and maybe a little bit of understanding, to those that have lost a loved one. While I have not had to endure the loss of a child...we have had scares (medical, nature, train crash). Lost my mom when I was just 22...and have lost both my dad and father-in-law (second father to be honest) within the past 13 years. You always wish you have more time to spend in the past with those you love. So now I just pay it forward to honor those that have slipped away...and tell stories to those that didn't get a chance to know them. Thank you again for keeping it real.
I remember being in the PX record section in Stuttgart when someone pulled out "In Through The Out Door" , surprised Zeppelin had a new album out. She remarked to her friend, and then asked me if I'd heard it. I said "Yes. It's really different. Like REALLY different. Not like Zeppelin at all, but I love it" Don't know if they agreed later, but they bought it on my recommendation I still love it
Always thought his song 'Little By Little' from Shaken N Stirred was his coming out of all of turmoil life had thrown upon him. Which is a tremendous song to heal to.
I was late getting into Zeppelin and so this was the first album of theirs that I purchased. I loved it!! I listened to it over and over again. And while it may not rock like their earlier albums it’s a great addition to the the Zeppelin collection and it’s diversity only serves to increase and improve their standing in my eyes.
I graduated high school in 1991 from a small town in Northeast Ohio. "All of My Love" was our theme song for Senior Prom. It was the only song that we could agree upon. The Morrisey/The Cure, Metallica/Megadeth, Violent Femmes/Depeche Mode, and current Top 40 fans all got behind this choice. Led Zepplin was having a bit of a rebirth with my classmates.
Oh man, I graduated in 91 and all I remember from after prom was they played Can't Touch This and Ice Ice Baby at least four times each. Interspersed with More Than Words. I wish I was exaggerating, but I counted. Minimum of four times.. I skipped prom itself. Very cool choice though! Southern Indiana, myself. :)
I remember when the record came out. I didn't buy it, but I liked it. I liked the softer more melodic Led Zeppelin. Honestly it received so much airplay on FM radio that you didn't need to buy it.
I think the only Zeppelin album that didn't get heavy rotation on FM radio after the group disbanded was *Presence.* I just listened to all eight of the records that were issued before the loss of Bonzo, and *Presence* is the only one whose material I wasn't familiar with.
Initially, I was disappointed in Presence, but after hearing it a number of times, it eventually became my 2nd fav of theirs, after Physical Graffiti. Friends & I had tickets to that show in New Orleans at the Superdome. 😥 What can you say?
"Fool in the Rain" is still one of my favorite Zeppelin tracks. Pretty much everyone I know loves this one. So fun to play on the drums. And "All My Love" is one of the tracks I learned to play the drums on. That said, In Through the Out Door is the album I'm least likely to listen to all the way through. I just never connected with the other tracks on this album.
Thanks, Adam, for linking this classic LZ ballad with Mike & The Mechanics' "The Living Years" -- both amongst the greatest examples of songwriters expressing their personal journeys thru the grieving cycle that many of the rest of us struggle to articulate as succinctly as these two bands did!
This was a very emotional episode. Loved it. I was in high school when All My Love came out and it was my favorite song at the time. I guess I didn't realize it was about Plant's son and to learn all this really hits me in the feels. I haven't lost a child, but I have lost my only sibling, my sister, who also loved Led, my parents, which my mom just passed Christmas eve of 22, and TWO husbands. The last one was my true soulmate and I just lost him Oct 1, 2023. My heart hurts and my soul is weary. But this knowledge of the song gives me a new outlook and I'll go listen to it a bunch of times, now. Thank you so much.
Thank you for sharing this story. I never knew this about his son . I always loved that song but now I have a much deeper appreciation for it . So sad. I bought that album new when it came out.The critics were idiots as we know.
Thank you this the best show on the internet. A share this every chance a get What a tragic story thank God Robert kept going I'm sure his son would have wanted to Carry on God Bless the Plant Family Rip I'm so glad Bonzo was there with him One of the greatest front man of all time
I honestly have no personal connection with this song but this episode is done so emotionally and in depth ...... Thank you so much Professor ... Such sad background events and a great storytelling well done ...... Always sending you best wishes ... cheers from Korea ...... |m|_ //-_- _|m/ ...... ...... ......
I’ve just learned the meaning of this song only a few days ago, though I remember it like it was yesterday when it first came out, it got tons of radio play for a long time. I knew about Robert losing his son while they were on tour, and how they almost broke up partly because of it, but I never knew this part and now that I listen to it, I can actually hear the grief in his voice. Very sad but a beautiful song. Fool In The Rain is my favorite song off of this album and probably my favorite of theirs. Great episode Professor.
In Through the Outdoor Was released in a Brown Paper then you would discover which of the 6 Album Covers you got, plus the inner sleeve would colorize if a wet sponge was applied. As a Led Zeppelin fan when this album was released ~ I personally liked it a lot... P.S. it seemed to me this Album was a Picture of what Led Zeppelin's directions they may take as they were about to Conquer the 1980's musically the way they had dominated the 1970's Also it it said that Page and Bonham wanted the next album to be back to their Roots of Harder and Heavier sound they had with their first two albums ~ Greetings from Gotham (aka NYC)
My dad has been a Zeppelin fan since he was a teenager until today so it's only natural that I love them very much too. I grew up listening to their songs and I listen to All My Love often. This song breaks my heart, so much pain and sadness in Plant's voice! Here on RUclips I found an isolated drum track of this song, I think it's perfect, there are Bonzo's grunts and moans. So sad to think that a few years after losing his son Plant would lose his best friend 😔 thank you Professor
I'm from England & that's the best pronunciation of Gloucestershire I've ever heard 🤣🤣 Believe it or not, it's pronounced Glos - ter - shire. Awesome video though, keep up the good work buddy.
This one made me cry. My Dad recently passed away (2/22/22) and as you explained this this song it brought everything back up to the surface. You see, my Dad also lost a son. My brother was just shy of turning five when he was hit and killed by a car. I grew up watching my family just disintegrate and my Dad fall into a downward spiral. So now I can fully understand and appreciate the song in a different than when I was a teen. So thank you Prof - and thank you Mr. Plant - for providing some means of closure. It helped.
I consider Led Zeppelin's "In Through The Out Door" a possible inspiration for Van Halen's shift to the adding synthesizers to their Hard Rock sound on Diver Down,1984, and being fully realized when Sammy Hagar joined the band. "All Of My Love" is a timeless track as proven by today's unfortunate current tragedy in Texas and the grief that is nationwide.
@@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980 I was just entering my teens when In Through The Out Door was brand new, and growing up in that time, I can't even imagine having that over my head. Hopes and wishes for an end to that insanity.
@@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980 so sorry for the tragedies your generation must endure just to get an education. We had guns when i was in H.S in the early 90s but nothing on the scale of what we’re seeing today with our youngsters. Hang in there kid, you have a whole nation pulling for you and hoping that with this latest tragic event, policies will change for the safety of the future of the world. Many blessings.
I Like the "In Through the Out Door" album. "Carouselambra" has always been a favorite track. "In the Evening", "Fool in the Rain", "I'm Gonna Crawl" are all great. Thanks for the great video Professor.
All of My Love is a great song, a very deep tribute by Plant to his son Kirac. When you listen to it you can feel the love he has for his son and the deep loss and pain he's experiencing. When I became a parent myself I found it hard to listen to.
It’s super tragic to lose a child at that young age. I cannot imagine the pain Plant felt when he lost Karac Pendragon. His voice on that song is just heartfelt.
All of my love always brings up memories of the past and pulls at your heart strings for those that we’ve lost!! No one knows what it’s like unless you’ve walked in those same shoes… but plant brings all of those heart retching feels to light in this wonderful song and immortalizes his son’s memory for all time!!!
Fool in the Rain is Top 5 Zep. So good. 👍🏾Jonesy shines on it. Bonham teaches a master class on drums on it. All of My Love is heartbreaking. Don’t know how people hated on this album. 🤦🏾♂️
It's hard to explain how a devastating loss can affect a person musically. My mother was the only person in my family who truly took my pursuit of music seriously. She encouraged me and did everything she could to help me chase the dream... then one night in 2009 she passed away quietly in her sleep, and what was left was an emotional void. Every note I sang for years afterwards either got choked by a lump in my throat or rang completely hollow in my ears, devoid of any feeling or emotional weight. I dropped out of my band and didn't sing or play an instrument again for four years. I was almost 29 when my mother died, and I was 35 before I wrote another piece of music. I just turned 42, and I've only just now regained the level of confidence I had before as a musician. The years I lost cost me a lot as far as chasing the dream goes. I'll probably never achieve now what I might have achieved, but I'm no longer worried about making music for anything other than the joy of it. I can only imagine the monumental effort Robert Plant undertook to keep going.
Hearing you speak of All of My Love and I Believe made tears fall from my eyes. I share a kinship with Robert in that we lost our sons. He has expressed the neverending ache in beautiful song, something I cannot do. Thank you.
My cousin, Michael Lloyd, being who he was & became in the music industry, had me loving music from a very early age. New songs from artists no one's ever heard of, to legends releasing a new song, it all seemed so much larger than life. I was at that Oakland concert. I think the changes were already being heard then, in their music. The problems beginning to encroach upon the notes. But they were Led Zeppelin. The greatest ever. And even at 1/2 or 3/4's, they were far and above, the rest. And that's why there are always going to be people who are haters. Each of them was their own, big talent. But each of them are also only human beings. With all of our frailties, faults, & mistakes. In through the outdoor, to me, was Led Zeppelin, at 1/2 power, and it was still insanely awesome, and one of my favorite albums. Why? Because it came from the heart of two of them. The love of one, who was battling his own issues, after, as Robert plant said, saving him from his despair- but his LOVE kept him drumming with his heart for his friend- And Jimmy Page- always my favorite guitarist, who's talent was just too great to be muted by his own demons. But the music was still Zeppelin, was still the band. It was just more heavily influenced by the two who'd awoken, & had cleaned up their acts. I still hear that albums style, in Robert plants solo efforts. It can't be hidden, because of who & what Led Zeppelin was, became, and still are. Legends. I lost my own son in 2018. And to be honest, the song, "All of my love" did not come to my mind. It was a very hard time, where I couldn't be there either. No one could. He went missing for 6 days, and died alone. So much to deal with, to try and grasp. I understand how Robert Plant must have felt- In the end, there is very little we have actual control over. There's only the illusion of control. And that's what I hear now, as I re-listen to you play these songs, with your own narrative & reaction to these great artists. Robert Plant's a poet. Always thought so. But now, after listening again, with a different frame of mind, I see he's a damn good one, at that.
My second favourite Led Zeppelin album after Physical Graffiti. In fact I bought them both at the same time. All My Love is such an amazing track and was the nearest they got to releasing a single in the UK. But Carouselambra South Bound Suarez and Fool In The Rain are also great tracks
@@D-Fens_1632...thanks for the tip, I'll have to check that out. I remember hearing Zebra and their song, 'Who's Behind The Door' for the first time on our local rock station. I instantly fell in love with it. It reminded me of all the various facets of LZ, without sounding like a bunch of dreadful, soul-less copycats like so many other bands that were to follow. Great band.
Saw Page/Plant in Austin, Texas in 1995. I consider myself very, very lucky to have experienced at least that unique version of Zeppelin. One of the best concerts I've ever attended. This was a wonderful episode. Can't imagine the heartache Robert Plant suffered from... Well, like the name of our band reminds us... we're all just here for a little while. Best to make the most of it! - Manny
I remember reading “Hammer of the Gods” back in the 80’s. So much insight into Zeppelin and their tragedies in that book. Your videos do a nice job coming up with similar insights into bands. Keep up the good work.
I read it back then also, but supposedly a good bit of it's supposed to be malarkey that was made up just for the sake of sensationalism and sales. I can't remember the name of the book that came out after that that's supposed to be much more accurate.
@@dukecraig2402 I'm guessing you're thinking of When Giants Walked the Earth. BTW Hammer of the Gods was always stated as unauthorized, and I'll bet its out of print. I believed it all, but I was also in my early 20s.
@@vcv6560 Yea, me to, I was in my mid 20's or so when I read it, I'd like to read When Giants Walked the Earth if it is indeed the book I remember everyone saying was much more factual. I've got some good stories from interviews with that girl Lori Maddox or whatever her name was that was something like 15 years old when she got hooked up with Paige, could you imagine the shitstorm that would come down nowadays if a rock star did was essentially kidnap a 15 year old girl and take her out of the country? Funny thing is back when that happened that girls parents gave her permission to do what she was doing with Paige, the 70's sure was a wild time.
Professor, at some point I'd enjoy hearing your thoughts on all of the '90s Page/Plant stuff. Having been born in the eighties, and therefore both an eighties and nineties kid, Page/Plant was something embedded into my personal jukebox just as much as the Zeppelin catalog.
NOW I UNDERSTAND why Zep couldn't continue sans BONZO. Not only a drummer but a FRIEND such as that can NEVER be replaced. Thanks Prof for yet ANOTHER great show!
I was 13 when this album came out. I was surprised and happy that Zep had changed a bit. They were not stagnant or dusty like so many other bands. I went on to believe that the drug and alcohol abuse by Bonzo and Page were the catalysts for Plant and Jones taking charge and writing what they wanted. I believed that Plant used this time to get out of the band to be more pop music, as his solo work was very poppy at the time. Your deep dive gives me so much to think about. How could Jones and Page stay away when Plant needed them so much. I n ow am more convinced that Plant left the band, when Bonzo died, because he had no "family" in the other band members, only acquaintances. I hope that has changed throughout the years but what a shame that in his time of need Plant only had Bonzo to support him and stand with him.
I remember when this album came out. It way wonderful. All of My Love was worth buying the entire album. I think the song reflects him speaking to his wife about the tragedy of his son's death. Plant was choosing to accept the pain and move on.. thus "a last the hand is straight to the loom".
I was 18 when ZOSO came out. Led Zeppelin was a mysterious band and the members were ethereal musical gods to me. Zeppelin couldn't get any better, I thought, then Houses came out. While that one didn't capture the imagination quite like ZOSO did, it was still a great collection of amazing work from the band. After that, something changed, a departure in the music. I think they were all changing like I was changing. Moving through life does that to you. Playing LZ IV and V now brings back fond memories of a time long forgotten. But the later albums just didn't connect with me personally in the same way as the earlier material. I'm sorry, Professor, if LZ hadn't put out another album after Houses, I would have been disappointed, but I'd have gotten by. ZOSO was the pinnacle of their career in my mind and Houses their swan song. And maybe my age at the time and striking out on my own musical journey has something to do with my opinion. I just feel real fortunate to have been there and lived through the early days. That magical time of phenomenal music is hard to describe.
I just subscribed and am looking forward to learning a lot more of the back stories on music like this. It makes me appreciate it so much more. Thank you!
Naysayers be damned! This is a fantastic album! Great story about the lead up and making of this album I remember my buddy bought this album and it was wrapped in a brown paper bag jacket we immediately went to listen to it, he didn't like it, I loved it. So i traded an Animal House movie soundtrack album for it. I have listened to In Through the Out Door a hundred time since and found new things each time. I may not have the blazing guitar riffs of Page but John Paul's organ more than make up for it. In the Evening, Fool in the Rain and All of my Love are stellar! I always listen to this album without skipping a track. Do any Zep song or album I all in professor, THE band of the 70s imo
Hey professor, I've enjoyed several of your videos in the past, but I have to say this one is on another level. Your storytelling is compelling, filled with humanity and wisdom. It gave me new appreciation for Plant and Zep and created a moment for me to connect with the memory of my lost dearest loved one. Thanks so much, this was a highlight of my day!
Led Zeppelin didn't make any bad albums because none of the songs were just filler. You always got your money's worth. It's funny how critics didn't like Presence, but did the album sell? It went triple platinum in the US. Imagine what a great band you have when your "worst" album goes triple platinum.
@@jeffw1267 I agree that Led Zeppelin never made a bad album, but I'm constantly encountering people who say Presence was the beginning of the end.... technically, Physical Graffiti is their creative peak, so Presence and In Through the Out Door are less good, but not "bad" , I can understand why many fans don't like In Through the Out Door because it's the one that is..... different
I was 8 when ITTOD was released. I also remember hearing about the death of Mr. Plant's son. At 8 I didn't put 2 and 2 together about All Of My Love was about his son. I finally got it when I was 13 and it broke my heart. I remember sitting in my room listening to it and crying because of the haunting quality of Mr. Plant's vocals. To this day, the synthetic solo mid song has always reminded me of childhood fun....running, climbing, playing and just the fun of it all. The poetry of the lyrics are beyond compare and of such haunting beauty. What gets me everytime about this song is the outro of Mr. Plant singing "I'm a bit lonely". That just hits me in the feels everytime.
Poll: What is the Zeppelin song you CAN'T live without?
Over The Hills And Far Away for me. That or Fool In The Rain.
I may get hell for this ?
The one Led Zeppelin song
I could do without is
Hats Off to (Roy) Harper
@@James_Loveless Could or couldn't?
I would say Since I been Loving You. Ten Years Gone and Going to California
Depends on the day. Bron-Y-Aur Stomp, probably. (Bron yr Aur, btw, is Welsh for "the gold hill" or some such.) Probably one of the best songs ever written about a dog.
I met Robert Plant in late 1989, glad I got to tell him my favorite Zeppelin album was "In Throught the Out Door" and he seemed appreciative to hear that. My roommate and I were setting up an auditorium on the CU-Boulder campus (along with other kids on event committee) for an Amway convention, in a beautiful old building I guess Plant wanted to see inside of. He sang us a song while we set up the PA, then took down our names for the guest list at his gig in Denver that night. None of us asked him for an autograph, or had a camera. He was asking us questions about living in Boulder and going to CU.
Campus was abuzz for a few days -- folks were like oh wow, that guy riding around campus on a Vespa who looked like Robert Plant, really *was* Robert Plant, just by himself!
That’s a cool moment, thanks for sharing it. It’s nice he was so approachable and friendly. Always good to hear. And what a great opportunity you had, especially to interact with him more as a person, (which I always prefer, rather than what superficial “star-struck” people do, “stars” are real people with real lives and interests beyond their public talents, and that’s the side I like to see, rich or poor, known publicly or “unknown”, I just like to hear people’s stories. One can always learn something from almost anyone), and that he showed interest in the local architecture and people, and made you all guests at his gig, and gave you all a little serenade performance, that would be sweet! …And I always say that Hot Dog is my favorite country song, haha…
One of Plant's least favored songs was "Stairway to Heaven". Plant and I share the same birthday. I seen him back in the mid-80s and Big Log was beyond words.
@@HighSpeedNoDrag I wonder if he lost interest in STH because of the many times he had to sing it. It was my favorite, but since it was done to death Kashmir took over from it.
@@gkm3838 It looks to me as if he doesn’t relate to the lyrics anymore.
There are a lot of interviews where he seems at peace answering questions about STH, and he states that he was a a different guy in a different time, and the lyrics just don’t hold up.
I lost my daughter when she was 9. There is no reasoning, no explanations, no safe place and no retreat. Everything is a reminder. Nothing can be said to ease the pain. The mind races and spins, sleep is tortuous, and panic is always around the corner. I can relate to Robert Plant staring into his hands quietly, second guessing everything, and retreating to grieve. Rest in peace Karac, my prayers are with you and your family.
You are a miracle for being alive to tell the story. Survival is enough for someone who has gone through that, but I hope you can channel your experience into something meaningful (if you haven't already). ♥
My mother's heart is breaking with you. So sorry for this profound loss to you and your family. I hate the pain
God bless you! I hope you find peace
My condolences to you and your family. I willl remember you in prayer 🙏 I believe in the power of prayer 🙏
This is by far my favorite episode, Professor of Rock. Our family is dealing with a very sick child and a lot of what you had to say really hit home for me. Thanks for doing what you do both as a music lover, but also as a thoughtful, caring person. Life is fragile.
Prayers for you and your child.
I wish and pray everything works out on the good side Garry and am adding your family and the sick child to my prayers. All my best to you all. 😎🤙
I hope things have improved for You & Yours over the past month , and Your child is well on the mend & safe at home with a loving family with a great sound track in the back ground and expectations of better things yet to come .
I sincerely hope, one month after you posted this, your life is brighter. Love to you and yours.
I lost a little brother to cancer in 78 and lost my mom in 22 so I pray for strength for you as you battle our nemesis in this life ...death
Professor, you outdid yourself on this one. Beautifully recounted, with emotion, empathy, and the due respect that the media never had for Zeppelin, even in a predicament such as this. Your dad was right, you were born to do this. The passion you put into it rises to the occasion and does it justice.
I remember listening to All of My Love back in the day and always ending up crying. I could feel Robert's pain so deeply. Little did I know (or maybe it was a premonition of sorts) that almost 40 years later I was to lose my own daughter. The lyrics of All of My Love are a poetic masterpiece born of the deepest anguish a parent can ever endure.
As for the album in general, it was always a bit sad for me, as I felt it marked the end of an era. The wild 70's were coming to a close, and in that regard, I sensed that All of My Love was also premonitory of the end of the band itself, which indeed would happen a short time later. Though not my favorite Zeppelin album, it gave me a huge amount of respect for John Paul Jones, whom I always felt was very underrated, both as a member of the band and as a musician in general. I never understood how the die-hard rockers could turn their backs so coldly on the band they had grown up with. It seems to be a recurrent story. When our heroes somehow fail to meet our expectations, we turn on them and destroy them. It happens in art, in sports, in politics, in religion. When will we learn that at the end of the day, they are just frail men and women, much like the rest of us?
I loved this, very well said especially the final words. I think like you
Proof that "toxic fandom" isn't just a buzzword nor a new thing at all -- there will always be people who feel so entitled that they presume they can dictate the life / career choices of artists they have (almost certainly) never met, let alone understand....
Definitely your best so far, brave Professor!! Tough guy that I am, your passion for telling the story brought to tears, not once but twice as I lived vicariously through the pain that the best vocalist since Elvis must have been feeling. My mother born in Iceland, my father
In England how could I not have become a fan of The Feather? I was told his pain was so great that upon completion of the first take he told Bonzo Page and JPJ that he would NOT do a second take. He was told there was no reason for a second. Bravo Robert Plant!
I had tickets to their 77 show in Pittsburgh when it got cancelled because of the death of Plant's son. Never got the chance to see them, though that wasn't really important in light of what happened. The greatest rock band of all time.
I had tickets to Eric Clapton and didn't get to go. Was so disappointed. Few years later had tickets for AC/DC and didn't get to go. Another big disappointment. Love going to live shows!!!
I’m so sorry. I was at that Oakland show.
Excellent episode. I am 65. Lost my mom December 20th. Raised by a widow from 4th grade.
She was a great lady. Yes, still guilt and regrets for this and that even tho I was there when she passed and we were good. Mom's Rule!
Mr. Plant's story helps me. Wishing everyone that experiences loss, some peace and fond memories.
You did a great job on this. Peace and fond memories to you as well with your loss of Dad.
This episode was well written, insightful, poignant….well done professor!
This is such a beautiful song but it's hard to listen to sometimes because of the story behind it. I became a first time father last year at the age of 41. Many rock songs took new meaning to me ever since my son was born. There have been times I could not finish the song without crying toward the end. You really could feel Robert's pain as he sang.
I was a first time father at 33. No words can describe that moment, when you hold your child for the very first time. Everything changes in that second.
My dad became a first time father at 35 when he had me. It really changed his life.
Absolutely, the first time holding your child is truly when life changes.
Thank the Heavens that my Dad had great taste in music. All the classic rock Gods like Zeppelin, Cream, CCR, KISS.... my love for them came from my Dad. I'm going to enjoy passing down my passion for great music to my son the way you share your passion with us. Mad respect for you dude. 🤘🏼🎶🤘🏼
One of the best songs of this type is called "A Song For Sleeping" by Stone Temple Pilots..
Check it out.
Scott wrote that for his son when he was born.
I didn't pick up on it till I heard the back story to the song but yes you can hear his pain
I grew up listening to all of Zepplin. What I didn't recall was that Plant had a son that died. I enteted into in the service in '77 so I was fully distracted from the events of the world. My son was born in '81 and I can't even imagine losing him when he was 6 years old.
Top of my list top play on New Years. All of my love.
I discovered that watching a documentary of Led Zeppelin a few years ago. My older brother entered that year as well. Thanks for your service Sir!
Thank you for your service.
Professor-- this may just be your magnum opus to date. Beautifully written and presented, sir. Watching this on Memorial Day weekend in the U.S. ... it has taken me to thoughts of my own father-- a veteran who served in the Pacific theater during Worl War II. We lost dad about 20 years ago. By coincidence, I was blessed to see Zeppelin perform live in St. Louis during their '77 tour. These were my musical heroes at the time. I was 17 & sitting (standing) in the 20th row that night. Thank you for bringing back so many wonderful memories. Another of your stories... well told.
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I am the same age, I saw them on the same tour, only in NYC. Somehow I scored floor seats. Best concert I ever saw.
My older brother had been playing In Through The Out Door in the weeks before his death in a car accident November 30, 1979 on his way back from a Kansas/Van Halen concert in Shreveport, Louisiana. So I got his 8 Track tape of the album and listened to it over and over and every night as I slept. I was listening when Bonham died. This album made me become obsessed with drums and I got my first set in March, 1982 and was in a band by Summer. I was finally hired as a singing drummer and played in working bands every weekend for many years and as a fill in when other drummers were out of commission.
Sorry for your loss! It's great you remember what he loved. I never went out of state for a concert except to New Jersey but being from the Philly suburbs our Tri-State area of Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Delaware all seemed the same to me.i never got to attend a Zeppelin concert but Van Halen was my group(Bonzo died before I started to go to concerts) am happy you have great memories of your Brother! 😎🤙
@@billblack8071 We hung out a lot that Fall before his death. We went dove hunting, squirrel hunting, and deer hunting (he got one but I didn`t) and were camping when he left for the concert. I had just started high school. He saw his death coming. He told me to stay out of my friend`s cars because he had a dream about a funeral and started crying and babbling about how he`d been lucky to survive a couple of accidents. It was strange, He died two weeks later.
At least you spent some quality time with him right before. I hope those memories comfort you. As for him seeing it coming in a dream that's kinda eerie but he wanted to protect you most!
So sorry for your loss. I was born in 79 and and born the 1st of November. After attending my cousin's celebration of life from a tragic death from an overdose related to fentanyl. At his service his brother got up and one thing that stuck with me was all we have are our memories. My family on my mother's side has had a lot of tragedy due to drugs and addiction period. But like my cousin said at his brothers service all we have is memories and reflection on the good memories will help us get through or cope. Again I am sorry about your loss and I think it is awe inspiring to hear your story.
@@19reeves79 My brother was one of the original founding members of Kings Messengers, a Christian band. I think he would have been a great drummer. He was always tapping along to the drums. He sang bass and my voice is stuck between not a lot of bass or highs. I can sing Rush but most Loverboy songs are too high and the low vocals in a lot of Country are too low. I had hell trying to copy the extreme high range singers in the 1980s, I tell ya, and almost gave up. But I found I can do Southern Rock, most Country, and Classic Rock and things like the Black Crowes.
I had to play drums AND sing Tom Sawyer and Flirtin` With Disaster by Molly Hatchet in our band live on stage. And I somehow did a great job on them at gigs but not so well at practice when we tried them. But the band leader knew that I was better in front of an audience and would make me OPEN the show with the most difficult ones that I claimed were "impossible" and then I`d nail them. Nobody was more surprised by this than me. It really improved my abilities and confidence being in a working band. I started trying acoustic guitar after I quit gigging in 1999 and perform solo now. I did a Stevie Ray Vaughan song with my new Dean acoustic and videoed it.
I loved “In through the Outdoor” It was different from their past efforts but a great album all the same.
This is another fantastic song from the great Led Zeppelin! Such a sad story, and it's tragic that Robert and his wife lost their son. My heart goes out to them. It's a parent's nightmare.
I lost my husband of 42 years a few months ago. The words you spoke about your grief after your dad's passing were what I needed to hear today. I feel totally alone without mt right arm and heart, guilty, just beating myself up. You helped me a lot today, hearing that these feelings and more are common after losing a loved one.
I hope you are doing better as time passes. It never really goes away, you just learn to live with it. I hope and pray that you have. I wish you peace and strength in the name of Jesus
All of My Love was our wedding song in March of '89. Avalon by Roxy Music was our closing night song at wedding reception. Thanks for an excellent video about a deeply meaningful song and the longing of our loved ones after they pass. That Mike & the Mechanics song was special to me after losing my Mom last year. ❤️
Great choices!
The point in the instrumental break where the violins drift in is pure beauty. It always washes over me, the interweaving mix of lilting acoustic guitar, strings, keyboard and a drum sound that is heavy in a very different way, almost as a sound of resoluteness, a foundation that never changes, a rock beneath the river. It transports me, every single time.
Gives me goosebumps. Love that instrumental.
Many people, like myself, often envy the position of some of these huge rock stars and wish we could've lived their lives. The funny thing is, it seems like guys who lived such high lives like a Robert Plant or Eric Clapton that we celebrate and idolize, also lived lives of unimaginable grief. Whether that comes in the form of becoming a slave to drugs, losing a child or dear loved one in horrific ways, or just downright being depressed and over-worked, it seems many of our music heroes have lived through some sort of personal hell at one point or another. With great highs come great lows, I suppose.
Perhaps another example of this is Brad Delp from the band Boston. Though, I wasn’t exactly a fan of Boston, they were commercially successful for their time. Yet, Delp complained that he had millions of fans but no friends. He was a lonely guy while his personal life was in shambles. Its easy to forget that celebrities are people with feelings just like you and me. They laugh, cry, enjoy, suffer, and go to bed at night with all of it on their minds.
Many years ago while growing up in Mojave, a movie was being filmed out at the local airport. A stranger struck up a conversation with me about where to buy a gallon of milk for his ulcer. We ended up talking about the oppressive heat on the desert and life in a small town. After he split to go buy his milk, someone asked me what me and Elliot Gould were talking about. I didn’t recognize that it was Gould that I had been talking to. He was just an ordinary man shooting the s*** with me.
Totally agree! It never ceases to amaze me how incredibly self absorbed fans can be, case in point being The Black Crowes (The Brothers Robinson), who have reunited with some new members for an anniversary tour. The cost was The Magpie Salute and The CRB, which has led fans to hurl accusations of 'sell out', 'for the money', etc.
The Magpie Salute was a superb project which Rich Robinson funded (I assume) and steered for a few years. I feel blessed to have had the honour of attending each of their UK tours. 🇬🇧
Their demise, swift and pretty conclusive, was a great loss but it seems that the average fan is oblivious. This is family, siblings, brothers of a feather. 🪶
Rich ditched a supergroup, filled with the Black Crowes finest musicians. He funded a 12 piece band for an international tour, recorded three albums, two of which were original material, and gave up a contract with Provogue and The Mascot Label, to reunite with his estranged brother. Chris, of course, is used to burning his bridges but, the point here is, they are just people. Incredibly talented human beings but just people after all, with all the faults, weaknesses and irrational behaviour that goes with that. Being a Rock God doesn't come with a codicil giving your every breath to those that choose to follow you. Buying a copy of your favourite bands album, or a ticket to their show, is an honour for you. You get to play a copy of something THEY put their heart and soul into. They may appreciate your support but they don't owe you a thing. Their life, just like yours, ebbs and flows and can change at the drop of a hat. Rock God is just their job folks, and when real life or family gets in the way, don't be surprised when they make a sharp exit. 😬
Do you think most people haven't experienced great highs and lows. Everyone alive has experienced great triumphs and losses. Theirs are just made headline new while ours aren't.
@@michaelsteding7720 Of course not. I'm just saying that we tend to put these guys up on a pedestal as if they're greater than human and have lived cushy lives of nothing but luxury, but often forget that they're also just humans who suffer just as much, sometimes more, than anyone else for one thing or another.
Well said
“I’m Gonna Crawl” has got to be one of Robert’s best vocal performance’s and Jimmy’s solo has so much feel. It all comes to a close with this beautiful song.
Absolutely love “In Through The Outdoor”. Such a great album. Could be my favourite by them. Masterpiece.
Great episode!! Thank you.✌️❤️🇨🇦
The end of Zeppelin was like a death to me 😢. I CRIED when Bonzo died! My favorite band all my life was gone!
WELL DONE! Thank you Professor for a deep dive into one of Zeppelins lesser known/acclaimed records. Only in hindsight can the beauty and thoughtfulness of the lyrics, especially All of My Love, be appreciated. A wonderful way to start a beautiful Saturday morning, with your opus of words taking me back to the fond innocence of my youth.
I love Led Zeppelin. I have discovered a lot of their hidden gems in part because of Professor of Rock!
Music has always been one of the greatest and universal ways to heal from anything. It is such a universal language to begin with. Thank you for the story to tell about this classic.
New father? All I can say is take the message from Cat’s in the Cradle to heart. They grow up fast
Without music, life would B flat.
Trying to not bawl my eyes out. Prof of Rock, this is an exquisite story you have shared with us. I had no idea the story behind this song. Listening to 'All of My Love' as a heartbroken teen after being dumped by the love of my life, I assumed/thought this song was about broken up lovers. What sorrow Robert and his family must've endured. Now when I hear it, you can hear the tragedy in his voice, from the deepest of his heart. Thank you again for such a beautiful homage to this song and the beautiful rock band behind it.
The critics are nuts I loved this album! "All of My Love" was a great tribute but my favourite track from this album is "Fool in the Rain". And unfortunately I was living and playing both songs because my baby baby Lilly my dog of 12 years(would have been on 6/6/22) in the pouring rain had to be taken to the vets office. There I had to make the awful decision to end her pain and suffering on 5/23 two weeks before her 12th Birthday. It rained for two days before that and just finally stopped yesterday. My heart is heavy and I miss her soo much! Be at Peace Lilly and I'll see you on the other side! ❤🐕❤😭💔
I am an animal lover, I feel your pain my friend. I am so sorry to hear that.
This is one of my favorite LedZep albums also
I'm an American so I pronounce things however I please!
I personally dont recall the critics or anybody else saying anything bad about this album. I'm old enough to remember. Professor of Rock is not.
Same here Frank F. It wasn't the first time Zeppelin switched it up. When you have musicians of their skill they can do it and easily make it work!!!
This song and I'm gonna Crawl are my favorites from this album. I remember watching Song Remains the Same film and gutted to find out afterwards that the precious little mini Robert, Karac, in the beginning of the film had passed away. I can't imagine losing a child and what Robert, Maureen and Carmen went through. This album gave us fans a moment of hope that they were back. But sadly, it wasn't to be. From 1975 to 1980, Robert and his family went through SO much. The terrible car accident in Greece that almost killed Maureen and crippled Robert, Karac's death and then losing his best friend, Bonham in 1980. I'm thankful that Robert chose to continue making music to this day.
You've said everything I was thinking. After so many terrible events, that Robert continued to press ahead and create so much more outstanding music is really inspirational and worthy of admiration. I regret never seeing Led Zeppelin in person, but I have been blessed to see Robert a few times and have loved all of the performances I got to experience.
one my top 5 led zeppelin songs for sure
Robert has most definitely been the most prolific of the remaining members of zep.. I don't know why Jimmy is content to remaster the Zep catalog every so many years and has done so little in the way of new music.
@@drumdad54sdl47 I think of all of them Page had his heart and soul in Zeppelin. It was the hardest on him when Plant closed the door on a full on reunion. The closest was the Page and Plant Unledded albums and tours and of course the glorious Celebration concert at the O2. (We will grateful forget the disaster of Live Aid) But Zeppelin was always his baby and if you're parent you know how hard it is to watch your children leave the nest. I did see him with the Firm, which was great. And perform with the Black Crows, which was fun but not so great, plus the Crows were imploding at the time, I believe. He has done Soundtracks. But nothing as a concrete career as Plant or Jones went on to do.
This was a fantastic episode for me. As a devoted and undying Zeppelin fan this episode filled in a lot of the gaps of what I knew about the band and that album. My eternal respect for paying homage to this album and bringing tears to my eyes feeling Robert’s pain.
This album is one of my favorites. I'm one of those oddballs: this, Led Zeppelin III and Physical Graffiti are at the top for me. I think In Through the Out Door presages the mood of Plant's first two solo albums.
I agree! When Page and Bonham checked out with addictions, Plant and Jones pick up the ball and made this fantastic album
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Led Zeppelin III has grown on me a lot over the years.
I took really like this album and Hot Dog is one that makes me laugh every time it plays
@@phranerphamily I do too. It is such a silly little ditty. You can't help but giggle a little.
I saw Zeppelin at the LA Forum in 1977. They were brilliant. I remember how heart broken I was to hear about his son. It’s unimaginable the pain he had to feel. Plants voice even today with Allison Kraus is AMAZING.
Funny…Zeppelin’s “worst album” is still leaps and bounds above 99.99% of all other music. I would be absolutely blessed to have such an accomplishment in my repertoire. Nice job Professor, you really capture the art of the moment.
I feel that it is equally important for the artist to produce music for their own soul as well as for ours too. Since Robert Plant produced some ass kicking music in the 80's, thank God he didn't throw in the towel.
I knew it was an ode to his son, but you gave me a greater depth of understanding. Thank you
Wow. I have to admit that this was my first time hearing this song and the story behind it is really gut wrenching. I think Led Zeppelin are one of the best things ever to come out of the 20th century. I often turn to music in order to heal tragedies and forget about my often tumultuous life in school, so I agree with Nitzsche.
You say led zeppelin is the best thing to come out of the 20th century but this is the first time you've heard this song? It was a popular song
@@adamclark9004 I have heard a lot of their late 60s and early 70s stuff but cannot say I’ve listened to much of their late 70s stuff. Guess I have to do some deep digging this afternoon.
@@adamclark9004 you could linger for years on the first 4 Zep albums so this is understandable. A lot of music has come out since then, so less known works would take time to get to, is my thought.
@@wmg1958 You’re right, Bill.
As a young man I spent many years touring playing clubs around North America. We put together a medley of Zeppelin songs to appease and enjoy. The medley ended with "All of My Love" but instead of only playing part of the song we found that it had such a deep touch on both us as the band as well as the people listening and dancing that we played the whole song. I still love that song and unlike so many other songs that we had played so very many times over and over I never got tired of playing or singing it.
Finally a mention of ABBA in one of your videos! By the way, when the members of the band especially Benny and Bjorn hung out with Page and Plant, Led Zeppelin remarked that Bjorn and Benny were wilder than Zeppelin ever was when it came to women
I want to hear more of Adam’s take on ABBA! My school had an ABBA tribute concert just a couple of weeks ago!
How could that be? Their wives were w/ them all the time & they were 2 of the most beautiful women ever.
@@JoeVideoed I think Bjorn was in the midst of a divorce with Agnetha and Benny and Freda’s marriage was on the rocks
@@JoeVideoed Back in the 1970s people didn't know of AIDS; but there was effective birth control around. Which means: people felt as though there were no risks and no negative consequences to having sex, which made the 1970s THE most sexually liberated epoch in recorded history, and Sweden was considered particularly liberated at the time, and the sexual mores practiced there would have been shocking to people from most other countries. I think at the time feminist ideology was that marriage and male jelousy were imprisoning women and their sexuality, which is why they sought to overcome those relics a patriarchal past that used these concepts to establish ownership of women. And since what is good for the goose is also good for the gander, they couldn't well expect men to stick to the old standards while women abandon them and married men unabashedly sleeping around became par for the course.
@@JoeVideoed That doesn’t stop men from being stupid.
This is a GREAT channel! Growing up in the 60's and 70's, music lyrics were (still are, in ways) my poetry, philosophy, literature, vocabulary (thank you Ian Anderson), and all around emotional window into other perspectives - thereby growing my emathy to a higher degree. I passed this on to my kids who continue to share new things with me. That is what I feel this channel does - thank you! It is very much needed.
I must say..my favorite on In Through the Out Door..i was 6 when it dropped in 79 is Carouselambra. First track on side 2. The beginning..It sounded like some epic song that happy vikings would listen to as they conquer new lands. Bonzo's fills...legendary. It sounded like a rebirth of the band
Carouselambra is Great classic song 😊✌️
My Favorite song on the Album
It’s still my favorite Zep song-and that says a lot given how much I love this band.
The In Through the Out Door album was obviously very different from Zeppelin's previous albums, but I think we have to remember that music was in a real state of flux around this time, the 60s rock bands were pretty gassed after a decade of the rock n roll lifestyle, there was disco that had arrived on the scene, punk music as well, heavy metal and new wave were just around the corner. To be fair, with all these new genres and influences no one really new what direction music was going in, how all these influences were going to play out. So for these reasons I cut them some slack with In Through the Out Door. I really think if Zeppelin didn't lose Bonham and they were still together they would have gotten their second wind - like many 60's/70s rockers did in the 80s - and would have released some great music.
Yeah, like for instance Aerosmith with the Pump album
All of My Love was one of our prom theme songs in the 80’s. I had no idea it was about his son. Makes me think of the same tragedy Eric Clapton also endured and wrote Tears in Heaven. And like you, Professor, losing my dad and finding a song’s lyrics that resonates within us and brings to mind their impact on our lives. I love the song Leader of the Band by Dan Fogelberg. I cry every time I hear it.
The story of Conor Clapton is very tragic!
@@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980 I can’t even imagine.
@@tina-marieulery Me neither. Luckily our family hasn’t had the same experience.
Took a few times to watch after the clip with his son. Thank you for reminding us that reality spares no one. It may help fans to have more empathy when a shows get canceled or when bands break up.
I think In The Evening is one of the greatest songs Zeppelin ever made, it's just an awesome song!
In the Evening Rocks & I don't give a Damn about anyone who thinks otherwise
Totally agree. That song was Zeppelin in its true form. A masterpiece for sure.
In the Evening is a Powerful, motivating Song. Pure Rock!
It's a great opener but goes on way to long IMO. It's the same riff over and over with no real variation and Plant's vocals are muddied and buried in the mix. It should have been a 3 minute song that segues into another epic song or acoustic song.
@@IgnorancEnArrogance then listen for 3 minutes & change the track, problem solved, glad to be of service 👍
Adam, your reviews are always so thought provoking, shedding new light on iconic music. Always a pleasure to learn the stories behind our favorite music. Outstanding work.
Bonham's support during the tragedy feels true, the bonds made in a RocknRoll band can go deeper than the music especially in the hardscrabble beginning stages.
"In Through the Out Door" is actually one of my favorite Zep albums, but it took time. If you haven't listened to it in a while, put it on. Great music.
Exactly.
You nailed it, Bill!
To say this was a difficult time for the band would be an understatement but you tell what occurred with sensitivity and respect. Well done.
When I look at pictures of Page and Plant in early 70’s - the first thing that comes to mind is - Rock gods.
They fitted that image better than anyone and sounded better than anyone also.
They really did have it all in the early 70’s
Oh man, what a great song. You can tell he and JPJ worked well to put all that emotion on vinyl. The synth is just that special piece that pulls it together.
Beautiful episode, Professor. I'm very touched. I never knew "All My Love" was for Plant's departed son. No wonder it aches so much,
Prof you are an amazing human. I know I am a year late to seeing this video, but it still will bring some peace and maybe a little bit of understanding, to those that have lost a loved one. While I have not had to endure the loss of a child...we have had scares (medical, nature, train crash). Lost my mom when I was just 22...and have lost both my dad and father-in-law (second father to be honest) within the past 13 years. You always wish you have more time to spend in the past with those you love. So now I just pay it forward to honor those that have slipped away...and tell stories to those that didn't get a chance to know them. Thank you again for keeping it real.
Professor is the most passionate, empathetic appreciator of 70s and 80s pop and rock music. You do good work, buddy!
All My Love is an epic song, and I love hearing it as the penultimate song on my 5-dozen-plus Led Zeppelin playlist.
I remember being in the PX record section in Stuttgart when someone pulled out "In Through The Out Door" , surprised Zeppelin had a new album out.
She remarked to her friend, and then asked me if I'd heard it.
I said "Yes. It's really different. Like REALLY different. Not like Zeppelin at all, but I love it"
Don't know if they agreed later, but they bought it on my recommendation
I still love it
I appreciate your knowledge and down-to-earth personality. If you're ever in the Los Angeles area, I'd love to buy you a drink. Cheers, brother.
This was a powerful story. I really hope that Robert found peace.
Always thought his song 'Little By Little' from Shaken N Stirred was his coming out of all of turmoil life had thrown upon him. Which is a tremendous song to heal to.
That is one of my favorites. I always thought the delivery of the last “I call your name” when his voice breaks is so emotional.
Great song
I was late getting into Zeppelin and so this was the first album of theirs that I purchased. I loved it!! I listened to it over and over again. And while it may not rock like their earlier albums it’s a great addition to the the Zeppelin collection and it’s diversity only serves to increase and improve their standing in my eyes.
This is one of my favorite albums. Would love to see a deep dive on Carouselaramba!
My favorite Zepplin song.
I graduated high school in 1991 from a small town in Northeast Ohio. "All of My Love" was our theme song for Senior Prom. It was the only song that we could agree upon. The Morrisey/The Cure, Metallica/Megadeth, Violent Femmes/Depeche Mode, and current Top 40 fans all got behind this choice. Led Zepplin was having a bit of a rebirth with my classmates.
That such diverse opinions could coalesce to picking "All My Love" is truly amazing!
I’m from Brookfield Ohio close to Youngstown. Where are you from? Just curious. Great post.
Oh man, I graduated in 91 and all I remember from after prom was they played Can't Touch This and Ice Ice Baby at least four times each. Interspersed with More Than Words. I wish I was exaggerating, but I counted. Minimum of four times.. I skipped prom itself. Very cool choice though! Southern Indiana, myself. :)
Well done,sir…well done. The genuine love, respect and kindness that poured from your telling of this tale was immaculate. Thank you.
I remember when the record came out. I didn't buy it, but I liked it. I liked the softer more melodic Led Zeppelin. Honestly it received so much airplay on FM radio that you didn't need to buy it.
I think the only Zeppelin album that didn't get heavy rotation on FM radio after the group disbanded was *Presence.* I just listened to all eight of the records that were issued before the loss of Bonzo, and *Presence* is the only one whose material I wasn't familiar with.
Initially, I was disappointed in Presence, but after hearing it a number of times, it eventually became my 2nd fav of theirs, after Physical Graffiti.
Friends & I had tickets to that show in New Orleans at the Superdome. 😥 What can you say?
This is a particularly touching episode. You really plucked a lot of heartstrings with this one, Professor. Love your channel.
"Fool in the Rain" is still one of my favorite Zeppelin tracks. Pretty much everyone I know loves this one. So fun to play on the drums. And "All My Love" is one of the tracks I learned to play the drums on. That said, In Through the Out Door is the album I'm least likely to listen to all the way through. I just never connected with the other tracks on this album.
Thanks, Adam, for linking this classic LZ ballad with Mike & The Mechanics' "The Living Years" -- both amongst the greatest examples of songwriters expressing their personal journeys thru the grieving cycle that many of the rest of us struggle to articulate as succinctly as these two bands did!
Thank you for this episode, Professor.
Praying for the families in Uvalde.
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This was a very emotional episode. Loved it. I was in high school when All My Love came out and it was my favorite song at the time. I guess I didn't realize it was about Plant's son and to learn all this really hits me in the feels. I haven't lost a child, but I have lost my only sibling, my sister, who also loved Led, my parents, which my mom just passed Christmas eve of 22, and TWO husbands. The last one was my true soulmate and I just lost him Oct 1, 2023. My heart hurts and my soul is weary. But this knowledge of the song gives me a new outlook and I'll go listen to it a bunch of times, now. Thank you so much.
Thank you for sharing this story. I never knew this about his son . I always loved that song but now I have a much deeper appreciation for it . So sad. I bought that album new when it came out.The critics were idiots as we know.
Thank you this the best show on the internet. A share this every chance a get
What a tragic story thank God Robert kept going I'm sure his son would have wanted to
Carry on God Bless the Plant Family Rip
I'm so glad Bonzo was there with him
One of the greatest front man of all time
I honestly have no personal connection with this song but this episode is done so emotionally and in depth ......
Thank you so much Professor ... Such sad background events and a great storytelling well done ......
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I’ve just learned the meaning of this song only a few days ago, though I remember it like it was yesterday when it first came out, it got tons of radio play for a long time.
I knew about Robert losing his son while they were on tour, and how they almost broke up partly because of it, but I never knew this part and now that I listen to it, I can actually hear the grief in his voice.
Very sad but a beautiful song.
Fool In The Rain is my favorite song off of this album and probably my favorite of theirs.
Great episode Professor.
In Through the Outdoor
Was released in a Brown Paper
then you would discover which
of the 6 Album Covers you got,
plus the inner sleeve would colorize
if a wet sponge was applied.
As a Led Zeppelin fan
when this album was released
~ I personally liked it a lot...
P.S. it seemed to me this Album
was a Picture of what Led Zeppelin's
directions they may take as they were
about to Conquer the 1980's musically
the way they had dominated the 1970's
Also it it said that Page and Bonham wanted the next album to be back to their Roots of Harder and Heavier sound they had with their first two albums
~ Greetings from Gotham (aka NYC)
My dad has been a Zeppelin fan since he was a teenager until today so it's only natural that I love them very much too. I grew up listening to their songs and I listen to All My Love often. This song breaks my heart, so much pain and sadness in Plant's voice! Here on RUclips I found an isolated drum track of this song, I think it's perfect, there are Bonzo's grunts and moans. So sad to think that a few years after losing his son Plant would lose his best friend 😔 thank you Professor
I'm from England & that's the best pronunciation of Gloucestershire I've ever heard 🤣🤣 Believe it or not, it's pronounced Glos - ter - shire. Awesome video though, keep up the good work buddy.
I'd put it as glost -a-sha. Americans normally put too much emphasis on the shire.
This one made me cry. My Dad recently passed away (2/22/22) and as you explained this this song it brought everything back up to the surface. You see, my Dad also lost a son. My brother was just shy of turning five when he was hit and killed by a car. I grew up watching my family just disintegrate and my Dad fall into a downward spiral. So now I can fully understand and appreciate the song in a different than when I was a teen.
So thank you Prof - and thank you Mr. Plant - for providing some means of closure. It helped.
A very good post from your heart....so sorry for your loss and your family...my Dad sounds similar to yours...a sincere man with a heart...
I consider Led Zeppelin's "In Through The Out Door" a possible inspiration for Van Halen's shift to the adding synthesizers to their Hard Rock sound on Diver Down,1984, and being fully realized when Sammy Hagar joined the band. "All Of My Love" is a timeless track as proven by today's unfortunate current tragedy in Texas and the grief that is nationwide.
It's DEFINITELY one of my favourite Zepp songs.
You nailed it, Sean. As a teenager who has worried a lot this weekend that I will get shot dead by someone at school, I totally relate to All My Love.
@@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980 I was just entering my teens when In Through The Out Door was brand new, and growing up in that time, I can't even imagine having that over my head. Hopes and wishes for an end to that insanity.
@@brianshaffneraclc Yes. I hope that change is made for the better.
@@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980 so sorry for the tragedies your generation must endure just to get an education. We had guns when i was in H.S in the early 90s but nothing on the scale of what we’re seeing today with our youngsters. Hang in there kid, you have a whole nation pulling for you and hoping that with this latest tragic event, policies will change for the safety of the future of the world. Many blessings.
Your right about All my Love, Professor. My mom passed away on my Birthday, we do feel that guilt. RIP mom!!!
I Like the "In Through the Out Door" album. "Carouselambra" has always been a favorite track. "In the Evening", "Fool in the Rain", "I'm Gonna Crawl" are all great. Thanks for the great video Professor.
Ultimately, music can touch our hearts in ways other things can not do.
All of My Love is a great song, a very deep tribute by Plant to his son Kirac. When you listen to it you can feel the love he has for his son and the deep loss and pain he's experiencing. When I became a parent myself I found it hard to listen to.
It’s super tragic to lose a child at that young age. I cannot imagine the pain Plant felt when he lost Karac Pendragon. His voice on that song is just heartfelt.
All of my love always brings up memories of the past and pulls at your heart strings for those that we’ve lost!! No one knows what it’s like unless you’ve walked in those same shoes… but plant brings all of those heart retching feels to light in this wonderful song and immortalizes his son’s memory for all time!!!
Fool in the Rain is Top 5 Zep. So good. 👍🏾Jonesy shines on it. Bonham teaches a master class on drums on it. All of My Love is heartbreaking. Don’t know how people hated on this album. 🤦🏾♂️
Totally agree. Fool in the Rain was such a departure from their earlier material, it just shows their musical range.
Agree
It's hard to explain how a devastating loss can affect a person musically. My mother was the only person in my family who truly took my pursuit of music seriously. She encouraged me and did everything she could to help me chase the dream... then one night in 2009 she passed away quietly in her sleep, and what was left was an emotional void. Every note I sang for years afterwards either got choked by a lump in my throat or rang completely hollow in my ears, devoid of any feeling or emotional weight. I dropped out of my band and didn't sing or play an instrument again for four years. I was almost 29 when my mother died, and I was 35 before I wrote another piece of music. I just turned 42, and I've only just now regained the level of confidence I had before as a musician. The years I lost cost me a lot as far as chasing the dream goes. I'll probably never achieve now what I might have achieved, but I'm no longer worried about making music for anything other than the joy of it. I can only imagine the monumental effort Robert Plant undertook to keep going.
As much as I dig Led Zeppelin’s early albums, “In through the out Door” is my favorite. JPJ did a remarkable job!
Hearing you speak of All of My Love and I Believe made tears fall from my eyes. I share a kinship with Robert in that we lost our sons. He has expressed the neverending ache in beautiful song, something I cannot do. Thank you.
Such a great tribute to a great band. Such a classy handling of such a sensitive story.
My cousin, Michael Lloyd, being who he was & became in the music industry, had me loving music from a very early age. New songs from artists no one's ever heard of, to legends releasing a new song, it all seemed so much larger than life.
I was at that Oakland concert. I think the changes were already being heard then, in their music. The problems beginning to encroach upon the notes.
But they were Led Zeppelin. The greatest ever. And even at 1/2 or 3/4's, they were far and above, the rest. And that's why there are always going to be people who are haters. Each of them was their own, big talent.
But each of them are also only human beings. With all of our frailties, faults, & mistakes.
In through the outdoor, to me, was Led Zeppelin, at 1/2 power, and it was still insanely awesome, and one of my favorite albums. Why?
Because it came from the heart of two of them. The love of one, who was battling his own issues, after, as Robert plant said, saving him from his despair- but his LOVE kept him drumming with his heart for his friend- And Jimmy Page- always my favorite guitarist, who's talent was just too great to be muted by his own demons.
But the music was still Zeppelin, was still the band. It was just more heavily influenced by the two who'd awoken, & had cleaned up their acts. I still hear that albums style, in Robert plants solo efforts. It can't be hidden, because of who & what Led Zeppelin was, became, and still are.
Legends.
I lost my own son in 2018. And to be honest, the song, "All of my love" did not come to my mind. It was a very hard time, where I couldn't be there either. No one could. He went missing for 6 days, and died alone. So much to deal with, to try and grasp. I understand how Robert Plant must have felt-
In the end, there is very little we have actual control over. There's only the illusion of control. And that's what I hear now, as I re-listen to you play these songs, with your own narrative & reaction to these great artists.
Robert Plant's a poet. Always thought so. But now, after listening again, with a different frame of mind, I see he's a damn good one, at that.
My second favourite Led Zeppelin album after Physical Graffiti. In fact I bought them both at the same time. All My Love is such an amazing track and was the nearest they got to releasing a single in the UK. But Carouselambra South Bound Suarez and Fool In The Rain are also great tracks
Fool in the rain is my favorite!
Check out Randy Jackson's solo acoustic take on Carouselambra, there's a fantastic live version on here.
@@D-Fens_1632...thanks for the tip, I'll have to check that out.
I remember hearing Zebra and their song, 'Who's Behind The Door' for the first time on our local rock station.
I instantly fell in love with it. It reminded me of all the various facets of LZ, without sounding like a bunch of dreadful, soul-less copycats like so many other bands that were to follow. Great band.
Saw Page/Plant in Austin, Texas in 1995. I consider myself very, very lucky to have experienced at least that unique version of Zeppelin. One of the best concerts I've ever attended. This was a wonderful episode. Can't imagine the heartache Robert Plant suffered from... Well, like the name of our band reminds us... we're all just here for a little while. Best to make the most of it! - Manny
I remember reading “Hammer of the Gods” back in the 80’s. So much insight into Zeppelin and their tragedies in that book. Your videos do a nice job coming up with similar insights into bands. Keep up the good work.
Thanks for watching.
Great breakdown. Thanks for the insight.
I read it back then also, but supposedly a good bit of it's supposed to be malarkey that was made up just for the sake of sensationalism and sales.
I can't remember the name of the book that came out after that that's supposed to be much more accurate.
@@dukecraig2402 I'm guessing you're thinking of When Giants Walked the Earth. BTW Hammer of the Gods was always stated as unauthorized, and I'll bet its out of print. I believed it all, but I was also in my early 20s.
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Yea, me to, I was in my mid 20's or so when I read it, I'd like to read When Giants Walked the Earth if it is indeed the book I remember everyone saying was much more factual.
I've got some good stories from interviews with that girl Lori Maddox or whatever her name was that was something like 15 years old when she got hooked up with Paige, could you imagine the shitstorm that would come down nowadays if a rock star did was essentially kidnap a 15 year old girl and take her out of the country?
Funny thing is back when that happened that girls parents gave her permission to do what she was doing with Paige, the 70's sure was a wild time.
Since I've Been Loving You, among so many greats! My favorite band of all time Robert Plant was a golden god!
Professor, at some point I'd enjoy hearing your thoughts on all of the '90s Page/Plant stuff. Having been born in the eighties, and therefore both an eighties and nineties kid, Page/Plant was something embedded into my personal jukebox just as much as the Zeppelin catalog.
NOW I UNDERSTAND why Zep couldn't continue sans BONZO. Not only a drummer but a FRIEND such as that can NEVER be replaced. Thanks Prof for yet ANOTHER great show!
Big fan of the song, and the album. Check out "I'm Gonna Crawl" great deep cut on this one. 👍
Carouselambra too!
I like the fun tune "Hot Dog."
Definitely!
The very last song on the very last album and simply fantastic!
One of Page's best guitar solos ever on that particular song.
I was 13 when this album came out. I was surprised and happy that Zep had changed a bit. They were not stagnant or dusty like so many other bands. I went on to believe that the drug and alcohol abuse by Bonzo and Page were the catalysts for Plant and Jones taking charge and writing what they wanted. I believed that Plant used this time to get out of the band to be more pop music, as his solo work was very poppy at the time. Your deep dive gives me so much to think about. How could Jones and Page stay away when Plant needed them so much. I n ow am more convinced that Plant left the band, when Bonzo died, because he had no "family" in the other band members, only acquaintances. I hope that has changed throughout the years but what a shame that in his time of need Plant only had Bonzo to support him and stand with him.
I remember when this album came out. It way wonderful. All of My Love was worth buying the entire album. I think the song reflects him speaking to his wife about the tragedy of his son's death. Plant was choosing to accept the pain and move on.. thus "a last the hand is straight to the loom".
So tragic and powerful.
'All My Love' has always been my favourite Lep Zep track. Also - Dude - between yourself & Rick Beato you're saving Rock Music :)
I was 18 when ZOSO came out. Led Zeppelin was a mysterious band and the members were ethereal musical gods to me. Zeppelin couldn't get any better, I thought, then Houses came out. While that one didn't capture the imagination quite like ZOSO did, it was still a great collection of amazing work from the band. After that, something changed, a departure in the music. I think they were all changing like I was changing. Moving through life does that to you. Playing LZ IV and V now brings back fond memories of a time long forgotten. But the later albums just didn't connect with me personally in the same way as the earlier material. I'm sorry, Professor, if LZ hadn't put out another album after Houses, I would have been disappointed, but I'd have gotten by. ZOSO was the pinnacle of their career in my mind and Houses their swan song. And maybe my age at the time and striking out on my own musical journey has something to do with my opinion. I just feel real fortunate to have been there and lived through the early days. That magical time of phenomenal music is hard to describe.
I just subscribed and am looking forward to learning a lot more of the back stories on music like this. It makes me appreciate it so much more. Thank you!
Naysayers be damned! This is a fantastic album! Great story about the lead up and making of this album I remember my buddy bought this album and it was wrapped in a brown paper bag jacket we immediately went to listen to it, he didn't like it, I loved it. So i traded an Animal House movie soundtrack album for it. I have listened to In Through the Out Door a hundred time since and found new things each time. I may not have the blazing guitar riffs of Page but John Paul's organ more than make up for it. In the Evening, Fool in the Rain and All of my Love are stellar! I always listen to this album without skipping a track. Do any Zep song or album I all in professor, THE band of the 70s imo
I think Adam needs to do an in depth look at the full album In Through the Out Door!
@@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980 I agree it is a beautiful album, I love every track!
@@MyName-pl7zn I had never heard this while album until today, and I get all the hype!
Hey professor, I've enjoyed several of your videos in the past, but I have to say this one is on another level. Your storytelling is compelling, filled with humanity and wisdom. It gave me new appreciation for Plant and Zep and created a moment for me to connect with the memory of my lost dearest loved one. Thanks so much, this was a highlight of my day!
I've never understood why anyone would think Presence is a bad album, it has Achilles Last Stand, Zeppelin's best song
Led Zeppelin didn't make any bad albums because none of the songs were just filler. You always got your money's worth. It's funny how critics didn't like Presence, but did the album sell? It went triple platinum in the US. Imagine what a great band you have when your "worst" album goes triple platinum.
@@jeffw1267 I agree that Led Zeppelin never made a bad album, but I'm constantly encountering people who say Presence was the beginning of the end.... technically, Physical Graffiti is their creative peak, so Presence and In Through the Out Door are less good, but not "bad" , I can understand why many fans don't like In Through the Out Door because it's the one that is..... different
I was 8 when ITTOD was released. I also remember hearing about the death of Mr. Plant's son. At 8 I didn't put 2 and 2 together about All Of My Love was about his son. I finally got it when I was 13 and it broke my heart. I remember sitting in my room listening to it and crying because of the haunting quality of Mr. Plant's vocals. To this day, the synthetic solo mid song has always reminded me of childhood fun....running, climbing, playing and just the fun of it all. The poetry of the lyrics are beyond compare and of such haunting beauty. What gets me everytime about this song is the outro of Mr. Plant singing "I'm a bit lonely". That just hits me in the feels everytime.
Led Zeppelin,,, greatest band ever!!