THIS WAS A TRIP!..Led Zeppelin - When The Levee Breaks | FIRST TIME HEARING REACTION

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  • Опубликовано: 27 ноя 2024

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  • @oreally8605
    @oreally8605 2 года назад +663

    A blues player named Mephis Minnie wrote and played this song in the 1930's about a flood in 1927 in Mississippi.... Led Zeppelin after pressure paid homage to her a couple years later after her death in the early 70's..

    • @rachelles3275
      @rachelles3275 2 года назад +84

      Memphis Minnie and Kansas Joe Mccoy were the original artists. Just a guitar and voice. Here is a link ruclips.net/video/swhEa8vuP6U/видео.html
      Led Zeppelin turned it into a beast of a song with those drums.

    • @richdiddens4059
      @richdiddens4059 2 года назад +22

      Maria Muldaur, of Midnight At The Oasis fame, is part of the Blues Preservation Project and did a whole album of covers of pre-WWII Memphis blues by female singers. Most are pretty good but some are a little raw. Album title and lead song is Richland Woman Blues.

    • @oreally8605
      @oreally8605 2 года назад +13

      @@rachelles3275 Rob & Amber should react to her version the original.

    • @arsenalmanic
      @arsenalmanic 2 года назад +18

      Led Zeppelin - "since ive been loving you" (remastered)
      That's the one guys. Robert Plant is a heck of a singer

    • @catofthecastle1681
      @catofthecastle1681 2 года назад +7

      @@rachelles3275 Original recording! No one knows who the original artists were!

  • @mowgli2071
    @mowgli2071 2 года назад +50

    I don't always listen to this song, but when I do, so does the neighborhood

    • @Slademanxx
      @Slademanxx 14 дней назад +2

      Whenever i play it my neighbours throw bricks through my windows so they can hear it better.

  • @Wa1kerBros4Ever
    @Wa1kerBros4Ever 7 месяцев назад +12

    Amber gets so deep into the music that I grew up on - it's so great that she "gets it" and just absorbs these wonderful tracks that you are discovering. Both of your reactions are a joy for an old guy like me to see.

  • @fperu1463
    @fperu1463 2 года назад +50

    Amber: once again you surprise me. Your critique is more true and right on than any music critic of the time.... 1960's baby. You are wise beyond your years

  • @ckennedy7401
    @ckennedy7401 2 года назад +28

    Led Zepplin IV ... One of the very best rock and roll albums. Ever.

  • @jameswhooley3766
    @jameswhooley3766 2 года назад +217

    the harmonica is like a warning siren, Amber nails it once again

    • @jameswhooley3766
      @jameswhooley3766 2 года назад +8

      I've heard this song a million times but when you said that it was like I was hearing it for the 1st time the hair stood up on my arm Thanks for that :)

    • @fastecp1
      @fastecp1 Год назад +4

      Yep, she's really good at doing that

    • @RogueOstriches7
      @RogueOstriches7 Год назад +1

      I always heard the harmonica as the sound of wind and breaking houses. I heard the deep drawn out bass in the back as a siren like you hear in the south when a tornado comes in.

    • @badgerno194
      @badgerno194 Год назад +2

      The story behind Robert Plant stealing a harmonica from a famous Blue Harp player who was quite abrupt to Robert (this before he was a Rocknroll God)..he’s a great Harp player himself..each & every member of Led Zeppelin we’re brilliant !!!

    • @matthewgordon3281
      @matthewgordon3281 Год назад +2

      Yeah, I hear harmonica like that, and I can almost feel a train going by.

  • @pattyestrada6
    @pattyestrada6 2 года назад +346

    Yes finally!! Isn’t this just one of the best songs ever!!!! Bonzo’s drums 🙌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼 and Robert’s harmonica! ❤️

    • @lesliesylvan
      @lesliesylvan 2 года назад +2

      pattyestradao
      Uhhuh! 💯

    • @allieren
      @allieren 2 года назад +2

      Yes! I’ve been waiting!

    • @matthewdrake4385
      @matthewdrake4385 2 года назад +8

      Whole Led Zeppelin 4 is CLASSIC. No filler on the whole album.

    • @bernardsalvatore1929
      @bernardsalvatore1929 2 года назад +6

      I think this might be the one and only John Bonham drum riff that I could play and I'm not really a drummer I'm talkin about air drums!!😁😁😎

    • @mikep6222
      @mikep6222 2 года назад +2

      Can't say its easy to pick a favorite Led Zeppelin song. I'll name a few top of the list so to speak. "10 Years Gone" "No Quarter" "Gallows Pole" "That's The Way" "Hey Hey What Can I Do" "Immigrant Song" and "Nobody's Fault But Mine"

  • @jeffreymitchell7969
    @jeffreymitchell7969 9 месяцев назад +28

    Led Zeppelin was the greatest blues band that ever existed.

    • @raschapman
      @raschapman 5 месяцев назад +4

      Arguably the greatest blues based rock band. They weren’t a blues band. And to be more specific the best heavy blues based rock band is more accurate. Amazing for sure.

  • @larryrendon4494
    @larryrendon4494 2 года назад +18

    One of my favorite Led Zeppelin song, along with Kashmir

  • @joycekunzelman7435
    @joycekunzelman7435 8 месяцев назад +16

    Plants voice is another instrument in the band. And the harmonica is an extention of it.

  • @hebneh
    @hebneh Год назад +66

    Being an old man who heard this song when it was first released, it’s so enjoyable to watch and hear people experiencing it for the first time.

  • @juliemanarin4127
    @juliemanarin4127 2 года назад +101

    There's nobody like Zeppelin!! Greatest ever!

  • @Jamesscearce
    @Jamesscearce 2 года назад +90

    This is a must react Led Zeppelin song... showcases what they do best... take a blues song, electrify it with virtuoso performances by some of the finest musicians to form a four piece band. A stone cold groove.

  • @timelesstravelclub6240
    @timelesstravelclub6240 2 года назад +282

    Wow… I’ve been enjoying this song for decades and have never heard the harmonica as a warning or a siren as you described it. BUT THAT IS SPOT ON! Thank you for the newly appreciated perspective.

    • @jeanstrickland2445
      @jeanstrickland2445 2 года назад +24

      I’ve never thought of it that way either but it does sound like a siren ✌️

    • @RobSquadReactions
      @RobSquadReactions  2 года назад +45

      Hey thanks! Sometimes I feel crazy, knowing someone else understood is cool!

    • @jeanstrickland2445
      @jeanstrickland2445 2 года назад +25

      @@RobSquadReactions That’s what music is supposed to do to you, there are so many places you can go inside all different kinds of music ,just depends on where you want to be.

    • @RobSquadReactions
      @RobSquadReactions  2 года назад +17

      @@jeanstrickland2445 ❤️ yes

    • @nickcrisp7252
      @nickcrisp7252 2 года назад +14

      @@jeanstrickland2445 I just posted that very comment and then found you'd beat me to it - "that's what music is supposed to do to you"!

  • @gregusmc2868
    @gregusmc2868 Год назад +33

    One of the most foreboding vibes of any Zep song. The sense of dread and impending doom and the total helplessness when dealing with the force of nature-like the Mighty Mississippi-is brilliantly captured in this song. You feel transported in time and you’re sitting on the levee in 1927 and realizing that you are powerless and your life is about to change forever. One of my top 3 Zep songs ever. 👍🏼❤️

    • @Charlesbaker3017
      @Charlesbaker3017 Год назад

      You can almost feel the water..see it rise..and rise..

  • @nancymjohnson
    @nancymjohnson 2 года назад +133

    John Henry Bonham- was the perfect timekeeper in this song. No help from any electronics like used today. He hit hard and perfect!!

    • @magicmike6961
      @magicmike6961 2 года назад

      The Governor

    • @MK-he1jz
      @MK-he1jz Год назад +1

      In every song! #bonham

    • @tonyhallen1062
      @tonyhallen1062 Год назад +6

      Sorry to contradict, but they did run the drums through an echoplex to get that echo. But that was just a small tweak and does not change the great playing. He was the perfect fit in an all-star band.

    • @JG-zt5vr
      @JG-zt5vr Год назад

      ​@@tonyhallen1062 It was recorded in a stairwell.

    • @patriciapowell6047
      @patriciapowell6047 Год назад

      @@JG-zt5vr That was Stairway actually

  • @jackndan6603
    @jackndan6603 2 года назад +59

    These drums have been replicated but never duplicated. Amazing sound.Thanks guy's😃🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦

    • @pattyestrada6
      @pattyestrada6 2 года назад +4

      Amen 🙌🏼

    • @timelesstravelclub6240
      @timelesstravelclub6240 2 года назад +4

      It’s as if John Bonham said, “Ok, here’s the kick. Now you guys fill in the rest around me.”

    • @scottallencarr
      @scottallencarr 2 года назад +1

      Less than 6 min. in you're so correct@Not just LZ since of course, but even more y'all's "mix" is perfect volume as well. ;-) 8-)

    • @AmigoKandu
      @AmigoKandu 2 года назад

      ruclips.net/video/XZYDDX1DHDU/видео.html

  • @davewildermuth7519
    @davewildermuth7519 2 года назад +36

    Believe it or not, this song dates to 1929; it's about a flood in Mississippi two years earlier. Next Stops:
    Led Zeppelin, "Travelling Riverside Blues." "Ramble On," "D'yer Mak'er"
    Derek and the Dominos, "Layla" (supergroup featuring Eric Clapton and Duane Allman)
    Cream, "Crossroads"

    • @matthewdrake4385
      @matthewdrake4385 2 года назад +2

      Great choices.

    • @bobhalvorson4374
      @bobhalvorson4374 2 года назад +1

      Agree, Cream “Crossroads” from the Wheels of Fire album. I think they said later that this was when they were the most together.

  • @M63Tod
    @M63Tod 2 года назад +17

    One of the best songs of all time. Excellent reaction.

  • @vichess7315
    @vichess7315 Год назад +16

    Pretty sure Led Zeppelin is the greatest rock band of all time.

  • @giannalynnwreckingco.7110
    @giannalynnwreckingco.7110 2 года назад +32

    At 5:30 Amber gets completely and totally lost in the harmonica solo. Never seen such a reaction to music by anyone like she had. Epic.

  • @jbunte31
    @jbunte31 2 года назад +46

    Zeppelin's "In My Time of Dying" is another one that'll take you on a ride!

    • @jimmuratori5625
      @jimmuratori5625 2 года назад +4

      I would pay the guys to do this song. However Jay's head might actually blow up on this one. This is in my top 3 of Zep songs. Killer, killer song.

    • @chrislira3574
      @chrislira3574 2 года назад +4

      Bonzo’s drumming on that song is to die for.

    • @PeterTea
      @PeterTea 2 года назад +2

      Definitely!

    • @bobbarringer5381
      @bobbarringer5381 2 года назад +1

      I was about to suggest In My Time. One of my top 5 Zep tunes, might be my favourite.

  • @wwekidder123
    @wwekidder123 2 года назад +122

    Led Zeppelin is the most bluesy band in the history of rock bands 💯

    • @w.geoffreyspaulding6588
      @w.geoffreyspaulding6588 2 года назад +2

      Well, Zep is my favorite band, but most bluesy? Canned Heat? Humble Pie? Early ZZ Top? Rolling Stones? Others I can’t think of right now. Zep did blues GREAT, and Plant is fantastic blues singer and Page plays great blues guitar, but I think I might give the nod to HP on that one. Or CH. even Plant talks about Canned Heat bringing back the real blues.,,

    • @wwekidder123
      @wwekidder123 2 года назад +2

      @@w.geoffreyspaulding6588 I definitely respect your opinion we all have our faves mine obviously is led Zeppelin in the hard rock blues category second for me would be Grand funk railroad for sure 👍

    • @w.geoffreyspaulding6588
      @w.geoffreyspaulding6588 2 года назад

      @@wwekidder123 Ah…….you said most bluesy of rock bands. Then you said HARD rock. If you say the most bluesy of hard rock bands, then I agree completely! 👍

    • @cyndiebologna7365
      @cyndiebologna7365 2 года назад

      @@w.geoffreyspaulding6588 yup agree

    • @MetaFootballTV
      @MetaFootballTV 2 года назад

      Can't label LZ.
      They are prog rock, too.

  • @johnkonertz8042
    @johnkonertz8042 2 года назад +84

    Blues music was a major influence for Zeppelin!
    You can't go wrong with any of their tracks. Arguably the best rock band of all time

    • @thorfinsky1427
      @thorfinsky1427 2 года назад +3

      @James Buckingham I like the Beatles but I'd rather listen to Led Zeppelin over the Beatles every time.

    • @kevinmcfarlane2752
      @kevinmcfarlane2752 2 года назад +2

      @James Buckingham, the OP did say best ROCK band. The Beatles aren’t rock. Personally I wouldn’t compare The Beatles with Led Zeppelin but with other pop. It would be more appropriate to compare Led Zeppelin with, say, Deep Purple.

  • @richardcramer1604
    @richardcramer1604 2 года назад +142

    When the Levee Breaks is one of the reasons Led Zeppelin 4 is considered to be one of the best Led albums. Every song on 4 is a masterpiece, there isn't a dog on the whole album other than Black Dog (pun intended). Back when you listened to the entire album, the order of the songs on the album was significant, for instance the song immediately preceding the heavy blues Levee is a light airy song Going to California, the contrast makes Levee even heavier.

    • @MrMambott
      @MrMambott 2 года назад +2

      Its been my long distance bike ride grab for 30 yrs, Nothing better than drifting along the highway on the cruiser with The Levee blowing in your ears 🙂

    • @m.hunterstevie2081
      @m.hunterstevie2081 2 года назад +3

      The capper on one of the tightest albums of all time… like you said, every track is strong in its own way in often contrasting styles. But this track brings it all to a close in such a strong way, and the last sound you’re left with is that little Page riff echoing in your head. Perfection.

    • @10Shun
      @10Shun 2 года назад +7

      Led Zepellin IV is one of the best albums period

    • @TangoNevada
      @TangoNevada 2 года назад +3

      Listening to an entire Album is sadly a thing of the past for many of the younger generations. It's more just Playlists. I miss the days of sitting in a Beanbag chair, smoking a joint in a candlelit room with headphones on and listen to an entire Vinyl Album. Every and Anyone that claims to be into to music needs to experience this at least 10X with the best records of these time periods.

    • @davidmeyers9368
      @davidmeyers9368 2 года назад +1

      Definitely was going to California following

  • @donnak7974
    @donnak7974 2 года назад +16

    My generation had the BEST music because of the incredible talent. Always copied...never duplicated.💜

  • @stevesmart170
    @stevesmart170 2 года назад +50

    This song is 100 percent a genuine eargasm.

  • @Pilodon
    @Pilodon 2 года назад +137

    If you two didn't absolutely fall in love with this song it would have broken my heart a little bit. I have been madly in love with this song for about 35 years. One of the first songs that showed me that music could be completely transcendent. For something completely different, you should try Fool in the Rain next. You will both fall in love with that one too. Promise.

    • @w.geoffreyspaulding6588
      @w.geoffreyspaulding6588 2 года назад +6

      Transcendent is the word all right.

    • @Reclining_Spuds
      @Reclining_Spuds 2 года назад +2

      "Fool in the Rain" great choice!!! 👍

    • @philweeks8459
      @philweeks8459 2 года назад +2

      When debating who the best rock drummer is, it normally comes down to Peart vs Bonham. My vote ALWAYS goes to John. I use "Achilles Last Stand" and in purpose contraction, "Fool In The Rain" to win the debate.

    • @henryviii6341
      @henryviii6341 2 года назад +1

      Bet you like me NEVER imagined 35 yrs later kids be watching it like this and feeling the same as us.
      Best concert ever was Led Zep O2. wished seen them earlier. no excuses. I was into More Heavy Metal in the 70s like Deep Purple etc.
      Also saw Black Sabbath and Motörhead Hard Rock Calling a few years ago. they were magnificent both bands. Think Lemmy passed on soon after.

    • @lauraroberts2250
      @lauraroberts2250 2 года назад

      Yes! Fool In The Rain! Love it!

  • @carlyngresham2180
    @carlyngresham2180 2 года назад +24

    I'm 61 and grew up on country and Motown. Thank you for the reactions to rock! Feel like I'm catching up to the music with you guys ❤️

  • @gjmarr1
    @gjmarr1 2 года назад +67

    The album was recorded at Hedley Grange. The drums were setup in a hallway with a really high ceiling. One mic was suspended from the ceiling which picked up the size of the room. They also added some reverb. The total sound is incredible.

    • @stevensapyak7971
      @stevensapyak7971 2 года назад +2

      3.13.22. Every time I hear this song I think of them recording it at Hedley grange, because we have a 4H ☘️chapter here in mid Michigan named Studley Grange, every time I see their sign during the fair every August for their food cafeteria I think of this song! L O L

    • @SvenTviking
      @SvenTviking 2 года назад +3

      Brand new drum kit as well.

    • @paulhopkins1905
      @paulhopkins1905 2 года назад +4

      Thats been debunked, the delay sound was recorded with a Binson Ecorec, not some acoustic magic

    • @Rick-or2kq
      @Rick-or2kq 2 года назад +2

      @@paulhopkins1905 Rick Beato tells the story.

    • @moosic2i
      @moosic2i 2 месяца назад

      Nope, the delay sound was recorded with a Binson Ecorec, not some acoustic magic!

  • @jscarp15
    @jscarp15 2 года назад +2

    You two are just the BEST

  • @bradsullivan2495
    @bradsullivan2495 2 года назад +25

    Three (among many other) classic Zeppelin songs: "Rock and Roll" "Misty Mountain Hop" "Trampled Under Foot"

  • @derwoodbowen5954
    @derwoodbowen5954 2 года назад +103

    The entire Led Zepplin IV album is special. It starts with Black Dog. Side 1 ends with Stairway to Heaven. When The Levee Breaks is the finisher to the album. Loved this one my whole life.

    • @RemixedVoice
      @RemixedVoice 2 года назад +3

      When the levee breaks is my favorite song of theirs and it's not close lol.

    • @travis8981
      @travis8981 2 года назад +2

      Can’t really go wrong with any song on Led Zepplin IV truly awesome

    • @Genesisrequiem
      @Genesisrequiem Год назад

      @@billcourtneyguitar cope

  • @Newfie-zc7ug
    @Newfie-zc7ug 2 года назад +13

    Anyone who argues about the best rock band ever, has to listen to this . PERIOD !

  • @jamesgonzales5285
    @jamesgonzales5285 2 года назад +13

    Led Zeppelin is one of those bands that you just can't decide which song is your favorite!!!

    • @erniearambula3525
      @erniearambula3525 10 месяцев назад

      I know I know all led zeppelin songs are my favs.

    • @stebstebanesier6205
      @stebstebanesier6205 Месяц назад

      It's easy to pick a favorite...it's the song that is playing at the moment.

  • @raymondohlsen5054
    @raymondohlsen5054 8 месяцев назад +2

    The perfect way to listen to Led Zeppelin: eyes closed, moving to the music!

  • @leehanson1416
    @leehanson1416 2 года назад +270

    The drums. Ask any sound engineer, this is the holy grail of drum recording, and has never been exactly re-created. Drums are really hard to record, and the room is a huge part of what's happening. Tuning the drum heads is also a huge factor, as the the heads vibrate sympathetically with every other drum head in the room. IOW, the bass drum head makes the snare drum heads vibrate in sympathy. Every part of the drum kit reacts to every other part of the kit.

    • @sunshynff
      @sunshynff 2 года назад +8

      True, but they also put some delay and a little reverb in the mix and it is easily re-created.

    • @normansawatzky4778
      @normansawatzky4778 2 года назад +28

      They got that sound from a stairwell!!!! Creativity at it's best!

    • @m.ericwatson968
      @m.ericwatson968 2 года назад +7

      I had read that Bonzo played it one third faster during recording then they slowed the tape down to give the drums extra boom and sustain

    • @AmigoKandu
      @AmigoKandu 2 года назад +7

      Binson Echorec reverb device bought by Page himself, delivered the echo!
      Here's a great vid, with sound engineer Andy Johns, who recorded Led Zepp;
      ruclips.net/video/XZYDDX1DHDU/видео.html

    • @bishlap
      @bishlap 2 года назад +12

      Jimmy ALWAYS knew how to record drums better than anyone -he learned what not to do as a studio musician... that's not to say he didn't have a little help from Eddie Kramer and the Johns brothers, but the magic of ZEP's sound was ALWAYS Jimmy Page.

  • @BradCooney
    @BradCooney 2 года назад +37

    You two are my favorite reactors. I love how ya'll get lost in the song. It's also so nice to see your generation (you two) appreciating and preserving my generation's music. Led Zeppelin was a band I grew up listening to all the way back in the 1970's. I'm 56 years old now, and still ROCK to the Zepp!

    • @RobSquadReactions
      @RobSquadReactions  2 года назад +5

      ❤️

    • @Reclining_Spuds
      @Reclining_Spuds 2 года назад +4

      @@RobSquadReactions please react to at least one Zeppelin song a week. "Fool in the Rain" will be a great choice!!! 👍

    • @robertbrenneman5367
      @robertbrenneman5367 2 года назад +2

      Ditto

    • @bobothepittie5578
      @bobothepittie5578 2 года назад +2

      56??? You're just a puppy.... I'm 70 and feel the same way.

  • @Gashouse69
    @Gashouse69 2 года назад +47

    So many memories of High School hanging out at my friend John's house. Sitting in a circle on his bedroom floor having a "safety meeting". Blacklights on, fishnets hanging from his ceiling. Blacklight posters of our favorite bands on the wall. Lava lamp glowing in the corner. And this album blaring from his speakers. Good times indeed.

    • @naenae796
      @naenae796 2 года назад +4

      You just stated exactly where I was as I first experienced Led Zeppelin down to the black lights and glow-in-the-dark posters !
      Only my friend’s name was Vickie !

  • @michaelhoward900
    @michaelhoward900 Год назад +4

    This sound is "swampy" the best description I can come up with.

  • @jessegurrola
    @jessegurrola Год назад +9

    This song is a journey from beginning to end. One of my top Zep songs.

  • @jollyrodgers7272
    @jollyrodgers7272 2 года назад +32

    50 years, or so, later - it thrills me that someone is just diggin' this masterpiece for the first time. Amazingly, the original is around 90 years old. I think you should hear FOOL IN THE RAIN next, from LZ's album 'In Through The Out Door' - and dig the transitions.

  • @wonsworld61
    @wonsworld61 2 года назад +55

    I hope that you realise how lucky you are in being able to listen to these tracks for the first time. After hearing them before, your expectations are already high. Then the needle drops, the music starts and you are taken away. I can remember saving for this album and then playing it over and over.. and the memories of the parties where this album, and so many others, became the soundtrack to my life. That was my first time, this is yours. Enjoy it :)

    • @RobSquadReactions
      @RobSquadReactions  2 года назад +10

      ❤️

    • @maxsparks5183
      @maxsparks5183 2 года назад +1

      It was great, wasn’t it my unknown friend? The soundtracks of our youth.

    • @wonsworld61
      @wonsworld61 2 года назад

      @@maxsparks5183 .. we just didnt know at the time, how special it would be.

    • @patriciapowell6047
      @patriciapowell6047 Год назад +1

      I was 15 when this came out. Me and my 2 girlfriends could not wait for this next Zepplin album. The day it was released, we bought it, took it home and threw it on the record player, back then we listened to a entire album not a single song. I remember my friend was reading the liner notes and saw there was a song on side two called Stairway to Heaven, she declared that would be her favorite song. Little did we know...

  • @loriferguson686
    @loriferguson686 2 года назад +34

    Two years after Hurricane Katrina, Robert Plant and Allison Krause together appeared at the New Orleans Jazz & Blues Festival and sang this song. It was sooo emotional. There wasn't a dry eye in the crowd.

    • @bothellkenmore
      @bothellkenmore Год назад +3

      How appropriate

    • @kelleewolfe2834
      @kelleewolfe2834 2 месяца назад

      I LOVE then as a duo!!! The two most unlikely artists sing beautifully together..

  • @paulwhite5840
    @paulwhite5840 2 года назад +32

    Guys, I'm looking at my 60th birthday later this year. I have heard this song hundreds of times and still today I get goosebumps every time. You are right. You can get lost in this song. It is their best in my opinion.

    • @craigsmith9775
      @craigsmith9775 Год назад

      Out of all the great tracks Zepplen recorded, this may be my favorite song.

    • @scott1395
      @scott1395 Год назад +1

      I grew up listening to so many of the great music during the late 60s and thru the 70s! They played some songs from some other bands that they got old but I've heard this probably thousands of times and I still really get into it! Led zeppelin is the greatest rock band of all time in my opinion! Their musical talent is incredible!

    • @smooth_sundaes5172
      @smooth_sundaes5172 Год назад

      Me too. The stars were definitely in alignment when these four met. Perfect stoners tune on a warm sunny day!

    • @edwardczarnota4959
      @edwardczarnota4959 Год назад

      Happy birthday I hit 65 i n weeks

    • @Zizzyolson111
      @Zizzyolson111 Год назад

      You be both this month and zep still going strong with me 😊

  • @susanpalmer8931
    @susanpalmer8931 Год назад +9

    This is based on a true event - devastating floods in the late 1920s in Mississippi. it was a blues number originally recorded in 1929 by Memphis Minnie and Kansas Joe McCoy. Robert and Jimmy were both seeped in American blues long before Led Zeppelin was formed. Led Zepp takes traditional blues to another level. This song is also a great example of what a production genius Jimmy Page is. The sonics!!! A very very good reaction - Thank you.☮

    • @ninjar0se867
      @ninjar0se867 3 месяца назад

      Is there a Zep song that's NOT a cover? But they make each one their own,

  • @elizabethfranco1284
    @elizabethfranco1284 2 года назад +26

    Definitely one of their best. Of course it’s hard to find a bad song from them

  • @chriso6719
    @chriso6719 2 года назад +39

    Written and first recorded by Kansas Joe McCoy and Memphis Minnie in 1929 about the Great Mississippi flood of 1927.

    • @itsmedino
      @itsmedino 2 года назад +3

      Hey bud

    • @chriso6719
      @chriso6719 2 года назад +3

      @@itsmedino What's up Dino.

    • @oreally8605
      @oreally8605 2 года назад +4

      Zeppelin did pay homage to her a few years after her death in the early 70's.

    • @AmigoKandu
      @AmigoKandu 2 года назад +1

      @@oreally8605 Her name is listed with LZ members on the album.

  • @joanlajara3939
    @joanlajara3939 2 года назад +28

    Once again, Zeppelin proves they are the most diverse rock band and every song is an adventure! Still my favorite of all time! No one even comes close! Glad you’re getting to know how blusey they really are!❤️

  • @chelsea6804
    @chelsea6804 2 года назад +15

    One of the best parts of this song, and in my opinion what makes it sort of trippy, is that the line between voice and several instruments is challenged and blurred throughout. Sometimes the guitar sounds like harmonica, sometimes the harmonica sounds like voice, and sometimes you can't tell which is which. It's such an awesome song. Thank you for the reaction! Have a fantastic day, y'all!

  • @glennburch1081
    @glennburch1081 2 года назад +18

    So many great LZ songs, but this is probably my favorite. The harmonica is haunting. No band has a right to be this talented. BTW, that was a very young Robert Plant blowing on that harmonica. The drums rounded out the levee breaking, the vocals made it a reality..... the levee broke and we have no place to go as we are about to lose EVERYTHING! Defeated, fleeing for our lives. Great reaction guys,TY.

  • @lancerx1759
    @lancerx1759 2 года назад +51

    "Going to California" and "Battle of Evermore" on same album not so heavy but equally awesome

    • @matthewdrake4385
      @matthewdrake4385 2 года назад +2

      Great slower songs.

    • @jimmyavsfan24
      @jimmyavsfan24 2 года назад +1

      After you check out going to California by Led Zeppelin you should definitely listen to Amy Lee’s version of going to California her voice is ridiculous anyway I always appreciate spending time with you guys love to smiles stay blessed

  • @eximusic
    @eximusic 2 года назад +57

    I really think Zeppelin understood the spirit of the blues more than any other "white" or British rock band. They made it their own, made it relevant in the 70s (and beyond), but really captured the original feel and mood of that great music. Blues isn't all about the guitar solos. It's a groove. Great reaction guys!!

    • @mikemclaughlin3306
      @mikemclaughlin3306 2 года назад

      Ummm..... let's not get carried away
      1)Eric Clapton... white and British
      2)SRV ...... WHITE
      3)John mayall.... white and British
      4) Jeff Healy..... white
      5)George thorogood.... white
      6)ZZ Top..... white
      All of these examples "understood the spirit of the blues" better than led zepplin.. not claiming they are better musicians (some are some are not), but all of them played the blues better.

    • @eximusic
      @eximusic 2 года назад +2

      @@mikemclaughlin3306 Yeah exactly, I don't think Clapton ever really captures the spirit of the blues. Example: Clapton and BB King once did a duet at the Grammy's of the song Rock Me Baby. Clapton started out and you immediately think "rock me baby, OK it's about rocking music". Then BB sings it, swaying his hips, and you suddenly realize the song is about sex. Most blues is about sex by the way. Yes, Clapton, SRV, and Mayall are exactly the people that suck the sex, swampiness, juke joint smoke and sweat out of the blues. However I think ZZ top had a feel for it in their early work, as well as the Rolling Stones. You ever listen to Elmore James? It's definitely not about technically flashy guitar work. As Muddy Waters once said - white guys can play circles around you on guitar, but they don't know how to sing the blues.

    • @mikemclaughlin3306
      @mikemclaughlin3306 2 года назад

      @@eximusic good thing I don't have to believe anything you wrote.

    • @eximusic
      @eximusic 2 года назад +1

      @@mikemclaughlin3306 I know. It usually sounds crazy to white people who aren't familiar with the original Delta blues artists.

    • @mikemclaughlin3306
      @mikemclaughlin3306 2 года назад

      @@eximusic yeah, lol.... but I am. Ive researched, and played for 30 years. What I said was, your OPINION doesn't matter.

  • @Darth_Wafer
    @Darth_Wafer 2 года назад +11

    Every song on 4 is a hit. This is my favorite song off the album. I remember listening to it on vinyl for the first time with my ex a little over a year ago. It was an amazing experience

  • @ClintonHegney
    @ClintonHegney 8 месяцев назад +1

    One if not the most iconic drums ever in this song. I believe it is the most sampled drums of all time.

  • @monalisaganser5813
    @monalisaganser5813 2 года назад +5

    Rock is blues. Digging it as always. SMILE everyone!😃♥️🎸

  • @DavidGarcia-kw4sf
    @DavidGarcia-kw4sf 2 года назад +55

    This album is one of their best. "Battle of Evermore" features guest artist Sandy Denny from Fairport Convention.

    • @headlibrarian1996
      @headlibrarian1996 2 года назад +3

      They should react to Matty Groves or Tam Lin.

    • @robertpearson8798
      @robertpearson8798 2 года назад +1

      She was also with the Strawbs for a little while but that’s a hole that few reactors will jump into.

    • @scottfrench4139
      @scottfrench4139 2 года назад

      This album is absolutely their best, by a pretty good margin. Their only true masterpiece album. The others -- "Coda" excepted -- have some great material but also flaws. This album is flawless.

    • @midgenobby
      @midgenobby 2 года назад

      Sandy Denny.. Buried at Putney Vale Cemetery... Just a simple grave stone.. Tragic death.

  • @kevinmcphail3852
    @kevinmcphail3852 2 года назад +66

    "Crying won't help ya, prayer won't do ya no good " one of the best lines in rock history

    • @RobSquadReactions
      @RobSquadReactions  2 года назад +12

      How did that one slip past us without mentioning! Thank you

    • @DanielTaylorOCMD
      @DanielTaylorOCMD 2 года назад +5

      Part of what makes this song so sad to me, even though it's true, it's the words of someone who has lost all hope.

    • @atorthefightingeagle9813
      @atorthefightingeagle9813 2 года назад +3

      One of my very favourites in rock too. Its devastating when you think about the implications.

    • @matzrat5006
      @matzrat5006 Год назад

      @@atorthefightingeagle9813 Its so true tho.

    • @brucetuter6234
      @brucetuter6234 Год назад +1

      "Prayin'" "prayer" loses so much of the blues feel. All in the details

  • @mufasa6324
    @mufasa6324 2 года назад +20

    Led Zeppelin’s music catalog contains every form of music rock can take…in my opinion they’re the G.O.A.T.s of Rock…

    • @hericiumcoralloides5025
      @hericiumcoralloides5025 2 года назад

      Absolutely fantastic band, but there has been so much innovation, experimentation and development in rock music since them that it's a bit ridiculous to say they contain it all. They have inumerable contemporaries doing stuff they never did too.

  • @robertwoods3750
    @robertwoods3750 9 месяцев назад +3

    imagine living in the times when this is what was expected and zep never failed to deliver. this was the music of my generation , we thought it would go on forever . imagine MY disappointment!.

  • @keninboulder76
    @keninboulder76 2 года назад +7

    What a great reaction! It's how I still feel every time I listen to this song, and it's been 45 years of regular listening to Led Zep.

  • @papabones6307
    @papabones6307 2 года назад +36

    I truly hope you check out 'The Rain Song" by Led Zeppelin. Not only kind of trippy, but beautiful orchestration, along with a mix of acoustic and electric guitar and as usual Robert Plant's voice is on point. "Tangerine" is another good one.

  • @markstokes1401
    @markstokes1401 2 года назад +48

    Led Zeppelin was and is the most versatile and best band ever.

    • @jeestudent103
      @jeestudent103 2 года назад

      I guess queen was more versatile

    • @jeestudent103
      @jeestudent103 2 года назад +2

      But Zep in general is far better

    • @jnl8389
      @jnl8389 2 года назад

      Damn Skippy!

    • @dianelake7802
      @dianelake7802 2 года назад

      I love Queen but, have to say the best band ever was Led Zep. I loved them as a teenager and had all their albums. I listened to them all the time.
      As a grandmother I still love Led Zepplin. And I still love their music and listen to it.
      Their music is beyond just mere Rock. It is above so much

    • @TheMicturation
      @TheMicturation 2 года назад

      bullshit,didnt do anything original until '75 and peaked with Achillies a year later and that was it.Plants first solo effort is more original than 70% of LZ whole catalogue
      Apart from Physical Graffiti & Prescence theyre catalogue overall is pretty ordinary
      sure they may have improved songs with theyre renditions but they werent LZ songs in the first place they were written and performed by others

  • @lauriesandt5371
    @lauriesandt5371 2 года назад +6

    "Babe I'm gonna leave you" is another awesome Zeppelin song.🔥

    • @Jsd_1
      @Jsd_1 Месяц назад

      One of my favs

  • @lauraroberts2250
    @lauraroberts2250 2 года назад +9

    Bonham's extended drum rolls sound like the water thundering down. Love this song.

  • @AndrewMoffitt
    @AndrewMoffitt Год назад +6

    You know what I love watching about you two? You get so caught up in the music that it reminds me to do the same thing every now and again. I spend so much time with music on in the background that I forget that every once in a while, I should just close my eyes and let the sound wash over me. This song has groove and funk to spare, and it's incredibly easy to get lost in. It's one of my absolute favorite Zeppelin tunes.

  • @Tank4Life
    @Tank4Life 2 года назад +9

    Of all their songs, this is my favorite. It combines their sound with American blues.

  • @BensSoZen
    @BensSoZen 2 года назад +7

    We play this one LOUD, whether at work, or in the backyard.

  • @GillDawe
    @GillDawe 2 года назад +5

    It's hard to pick just one, but I really think this is my favourite Led Zeppelin song. Such a freakin JAM!

  • @alanbrown3963
    @alanbrown3963 2 года назад +25

    "Fool in the Rain" is another great groove song. In fact the entire "In Through the Out Door" LP is amazing. It is a shame that Bonham died before they could take the Zep groove into the 80s and beyond. RIP Bonzo!!!

  • @TriumInfinitum
    @TriumInfinitum 5 месяцев назад +1

    Robert Plant's high bluesy searing voice is an integral part that knits the whole feeling of this superb track together.

  • @NathanThurberMusic
    @NathanThurberMusic 2 года назад +28

    This might be favorite Zeppelin song of all time. John Paul Jones (bass player for Zeppelin) was featured in a Playing for Change video recently where they did this song. Also had Derek Trucks and Susan Tedeschi in it. Both worth checking out if you haven't already.

  • @trjbrew
    @trjbrew 2 года назад +17

    This song is a classic among classics!!! Every version of it is awesome, from the original, to this one, and even the London Philharmonic Orchestra.

  • @bosgaurus1
    @bosgaurus1 2 года назад +9

    Amber,
    I'm so glad you heard the train in this song.
    My great uncle was a train engineer way back when from the '40s through the '80s, starting with steam and into the diesel era. One of my first memories is of him taking me down to the shed one night. My childhood was filled with traveling by trains pulled by steam engines.
    The beginning part has all of the sounds of a steam train. The huffing steam is there. The clinks and clangs of steel tracks and chains and cars bumping into each other is there. The long moaning horns and whistles and chugs and chuffs and wheels screaming into the curving tracks at speed... It is all amazingly in there. And then it all becomes a tune to rip up the heart and the singing voice to drag you along. I love this song. Thanks for reacting to it.🥰

    • @RobSquadReactions
      @RobSquadReactions  2 года назад +4

      I love the way you described it. My dad grew up right next to the train tracks and often spoke of the train whistle, that’s instantly what I thought of. The memories you spoke of sound beautiful. Thank you for sharing your story with me ~ Amber

    • @bosgaurus1
      @bosgaurus1 2 года назад +1

      @@RobSquadReactions, you're welcome. Thank you for responding.
      When you get the chance, take the kids on train rides.
      Especially take them to stand near some tracks to watch as trains go by.
      The size and thunder of the sounds and ground vibrations blowing by will stay with them for the rest of their lives.
      Have them do the fist pulling down by the head motion for the engineer to blow his whistle and see if he does it for them. That is every kids jaw dropping moment. 😁

    • @bosgaurus1
      @bosgaurus1 2 года назад +1

      @@RobSquadReactions I forgot to mention the smell of burning coal smoke and the creosote... Memories. Lol!

    • @RobSquadReactions
      @RobSquadReactions  2 года назад +3

      @@bosgaurus1 my grandma took me on an Amtrak, just down to Texas to see a movie. I still remember it. Thank you for reminding me of this experience. I’m going to make it a point for our children to experience the same.

    • @bosgaurus1
      @bosgaurus1 2 года назад

      @@RobSquadReactions 😇

  • @Kitch-hu7tm
    @Kitch-hu7tm Год назад +2

    Zeppelin is a musical pie. It's filled with a spicy dose of blues with a thick crust of rock.

  • @kevinice2841
    @kevinice2841 2 года назад +16

    "When the Levee Breaks" is one of the best songs ever to hear on headphones. Check out Zeppelin's version of Robert Johnson's "Traveling Riverside Blues."

    • @andrewthompson5728
      @andrewthompson5728 2 года назад +3

      "When The Levee Breaks" is best heard in the round, with the bass vibrating your organs and ribs.

    • @paulscibetta2360
      @paulscibetta2360 2 года назад +2

      Traveling riverside blues is my favorite zeppelin song by far. Always loved that one!!

  • @terryhollis1787
    @terryhollis1787 2 года назад +25

    Anyone that doesn’t like Led Zeppelin’s music is not a friend of mine.. lol thanks for reacting to this.

    • @jailaye6929
      @jailaye6929 2 года назад +2

      Actually Terry, I'd rather listen to John Lee Hooker, Albert King & Howlin' Wolf. Zep's up there when I need some Blues though . . .

    • @terryhollis1787
      @terryhollis1787 2 года назад

      @@jailaye6929 yes definitely they were greats. Love them also.

  • @Shrykespeare
    @Shrykespeare 2 года назад +41

    Damn, you just can't go wrong with LZ. For your next dive, I'd recommend "Ramble On", "D'yer Maker", "The Ocean", and "Over the Hills and Far Away." "Ramble On" is awesome because it makes references to Lord of the Rings!

    • @juliemanarin4127
      @juliemanarin4127 2 года назад +6

      Ramble on should be next...spectacular!

    • @ramblerdave1339
      @ramblerdave1339 2 года назад +2

      I've always thought it sounded like a Celtic folk ballad.

    • @matthewdrake4385
      @matthewdrake4385 2 года назад +2

      All the above

    • @mikep6222
      @mikep6222 2 года назад +1

      We used to call "D'yer Maker" the vowel song. As for Lord Of The Rings, might as well throw in "Misty Mountain Hop"

  • @lonnyjohnson2061
    @lonnyjohnson2061 2 года назад +9

    Albums I and II are filled with this kind of bluesy stuff. A must for any fan.

  • @marilynbergh3649
    @marilynbergh3649 2 года назад +1

    Truth be told this song makes me so emotional. Beautiful poetry.

  • @legalizitt
    @legalizitt 11 месяцев назад +1

    I've been listening to this song for 50 years. No lie. Where u bin?? Love ya, mon! Rock on. Welcome aboard.

  • @mikephillips8810
    @mikephillips8810 2 года назад +28

    What a classic. One of the most sampled drum sounds of all time.

    • @brianthompson6019
      @brianthompson6019 Год назад +2

      Rhymin and Stealin by the Beastie Boys was prob the most famous. I had been listening to Zep long before I heard that song and was like Woah! DOPE!

  • @garygold7633
    @garygold7633 2 года назад +11

    I'm so happy that you guys got to experience such an amazing song. This is actually an old song re-imagined but it makes you feel good listening to Bonzo's drumming and Plant's voice along with Jimmy's imaginative guitars and JPJ doing everything else.

  • @evillyn7895
    @evillyn7895 2 года назад +17

    First Stevie and Tom, now Zeppelin's "When the Levee Breaks"! It's a good day to be you guys! I would like to introduce you to "Xanadu" from Rush and Jethro Tull's "Heavy Horses" both are as nearly as mesmerizing as this classic.

    • @timothybenn313
      @timothybenn313 2 года назад +1

      anything by rush is awsesome bro makes missneil even more now hes gone

    • @RitaBowen1
      @RitaBowen1 2 года назад +1

      Indeed it is!

    • @ocogorecki
      @ocogorecki 2 года назад

      Yes, Xanadu! As soon as you said you would be reacting to movies, Xanadu came to my mind immediately!

  • @danfaubert5907
    @danfaubert5907 2 года назад +1

    Must watch "Since I've been loving you"...I get goose bumps every time I hear it...by far one of their best songs IMO

  • @monkface
    @monkface Год назад +1

    This song was designed to keep growing and swirling with layer upon layer. Zeppelin was just so amazing.

  • @paulcwalina7910
    @paulcwalina7910 2 года назад +5

    Definitely in the Top 5 Zeppelin songs. Man, I could recommend just about the entire Led Zeppelin catalog. Page and Plant grew up on the blues music of the 30s, 40s, and 50s -- Muddy Waters, Willie Dixon, Howlin' Wolf, etc. If you're looking for more bluesy Zeppelin, try "The Lemon Song", "Traveling Riverside Blues" and just about the whole first album.
    Zeppelin, though, was so diverse every album was unique. Other great songs "Fool in the Rain", "Achilles Last Stand", "Trampled Under Foot", "The Rover", "The Song Remains the Same", "The Ocean"....Like I said, I could list the entire catalog. Glad you enjoyed this one. Classic.

  • @mt0115
    @mt0115 2 года назад +8

    How you to reacted to this song is how I feel every time I hear this song. When I was in my early twenties listening to this after it came out it just takes one off somewhere for a time. I would slip on the headphones, turn out the lights and listen to this before turning in for the night, can’t go wrong with “when the levee breaks” ☀️😎🍺🇨🇦. Thanks for the song, gotta fix my turntable and get this playing again.

  • @demonhoopa
    @demonhoopa 2 года назад +6

    “When I think of Led Zeppelin I don’t think of blues”
    Said no one EVER lol. You guys made my day :)
    Since I’ve Ben loving you I’d a sick blues song

  • @alfredhernandez9799
    @alfredhernandez9799 2 года назад +27

    I consider this the best Zep song ever. They were at the peak of their powers and the song is RELENTLESS! It is kicking ass from start to finish. You can keep Stairway (it was good when it came out but it's been played to *death* and I'm sick of it), and Kashmir (another great one, but not up to Levee), this one is Zep's crowning achievement.

    • @AU88
      @AU88 Год назад +5

      Strong argument. It’s a top-fiver for sure.

    • @Chris60540
      @Chris60540 Год назад +2

      Totally agree

    • @erikalsgaard8880
      @erikalsgaard8880 Год назад +2

      Its one of the top ones for sure. Stairway is their best song imo but overplayed like you said but its just so good so its a shame its considered to be overplayed.

    • @MichaelCurry_1
      @MichaelCurry_1 Год назад +2

      In my time of Dieng and Since I havce been loving you go with this as the trinity for me

    • @The_OneManCrowd
      @The_OneManCrowd Год назад

      In My Time of Dying is my brother's favorite Zep song of all time.@@MichaelCurry_1

  • @donaldkennedy9573
    @donaldkennedy9573 2 года назад +8

    This is the best song that LZ ever did. And to this day it is still fresh. And still sounds apocalyptic.

  • @LordEagle
    @LordEagle 2 года назад +18

    Yes,,,,Led Zeppelin and Pink Floyd are on another level. They're for the ADVANCED music listener,,,👍😎

    • @riverlove6820
      @riverlove6820 2 года назад +3

      My top 2 bands.❤✌

    • @LordEagle
      @LordEagle 2 года назад

      @@riverlove6820 same,,,👍

  • @KayeWhye
    @KayeWhye 2 года назад +15

    "Trippy" Led Zeppelin song, and one of my favorites is "No Quarter." That is a trippy tune! Glad y'all enjoyed this one. There's an all female Zeppelin tribute band called Zepperella. Their version of this song is not to be missed. I could watch that drummer beat the hell out her kit day long!

    • @neilhoare6155
      @neilhoare6155 2 года назад +1

      Zepparella are mighty fine.

    • @AG-io5wr
      @AG-io5wr 2 года назад +1

      Dread Zeppelin is another cover band.

  • @heronpage3883
    @heronpage3883 2 года назад +1

    Doesn't get any better than this!

  • @mikebethea7652
    @mikebethea7652 2 года назад +2

    This is probably my favorite Led song with “In my time of dying” number 2! Led Zeppelin is my all time favorite band and no one else is close! Keep up the great work Rob Squad!

  • @nickcrisp7252
    @nickcrisp7252 2 года назад +6

    I've been listening to all the Led Zep for many years, but watching you guys, I FELT that you felt it! THAT'S what reaction channels should be! That's what really great music should do to you :))

  • @michaelmcgowen8780
    @michaelmcgowen8780 2 года назад +8

    One of my most endearing memories of When The Levee Breaks is from the 1993 flooding along the Mississippi, Missouri, & Illinois Rivers. KSHE 94. 7 FM in St. Louis played the song repeatedly during that time. It's especially meaningful after the levee broke that guarded the little hamlet I grew up in, East Hardin, IL, which was virtually wiped off the map due to the flooding.

    • @jamesfarmer3775
      @jamesfarmer3775 2 года назад +1

      Oh yeah. "KSHE-95. Real Rock Radio" with a grunt from Sweet Meat...:)

    • @sunshynff
      @sunshynff 2 года назад +1

      Hey!! I grew just outside the Lou, I was raised with KSHE95 always on in the house somewhere!! I ended up being a firefighter in St. Louis County, and my department and also near where I live, have the Meramec River running right through it, a tributary of the Mississippi, if you go to my page, I have drone footage of the last time it flooded, we had to move out of the fires station because it almost got higher than the levee was rated for.

  • @brentcox7772
    @brentcox7772 2 года назад +4

    Yes!!! Zeppelin is so good!!🤘🔥

  • @graysonpitman8959
    @graysonpitman8959 Год назад +1

    My top led zeppelin songs
    1 - Black dog
    2 - Stairway
    3 - Going to California
    4 - Dazed and confused
    5 - Kashmir

  • @jeff3921
    @jeff3921 Год назад +1

    This is truly their masterpiece, their most magical song ...