I think Zeppelin knowingly teased/tested the patience of their fanbase with strange songs like "Roy Harper", "Four Sticks and "The Crunge". Coincidence they did it 3 albums in a row? One could argue they were trying to expand musical tastes, I guess?
This is Zeppelin at their absolute peak. Their fluidity, power, musical depth and breadth were at their top in '72-'73. Absolutely stellar album, and criminally underrated
FUN FACT, TRUE STORY: When I was five (1974), I had this album - already had a bit of a record collection, thanks to a turntable 4th-birthday gift from my grandparents - and brought the vinyl to my kindergarten class' show-and-tell. On the way to school, I wrote the band name and album title on the cover in ball-point pen (still have it); my ultra-cool mom spelled it out for me as she drove us so that I could spell it correctly. We played the album in class... the entire thing. Also, my classmate brought in Steve Miller Band's The Joker that day. What a badass day of show-and-tell that was.
that sounds like the best day ever!! my copy of HOTH and a good chunk of my collection have other people's initials written on the covers. other collectors may hate it but i think they're so special that way
Not their best work, but some great tracks in spite of the rest. I have all the albums I ever bought....if the jacket cover is damaged/tattered, there's a story, and that means provenance. I understand when buying used vinyl, you usually stay away from damaged/tattered jackets, but it's not unusual to see a collection of tattered covers from many, many moves. They're pretty much cardboard after all.
@@TheReal1953 Just like an old book with a mug stain or spill mark, these items carry a history of stories, ones you can recall and enjoy again (like this one for me) and that's part of the reason that vinyl is the best.
Wow, thank you for the reminder. _Houses of the Holy_ , _The Dark Side of the Moon_ , _Larks' Tongues In Aspic_ , _Sabbath Bloody Sabbath_ , _Quadrophenia_ , _Countdown to Ecstasy_ , _Selling England by the Pound_ , _Brain Salad Surgery_ ...all released in the same year. Still blows my mind just thinking about it....
Listening to Houses of the Holy, I can't keep my mind from thinking it is Zeppelin saying "Hey you guys, we don'k make esclusively blues rooted songs!" The apotheosis of this statement is "The Rain Song": I'm a musician, and I can tell for sure that this music is Page slapping everybody's faces and saying: "hey, do you think I can play only blues and exotic eastern-oriented songs? Well, listen to this..." It is so harmoniously intrincated! Almost a prog song. This song is so fucking brilliant that, for me, it'd have worked as good as if it was an instrumental. Nothing against bluesy songs: after all, may zep's favorite is their debut...
To me this is pure Zeppelin , this is what they wanted to do , they did not care about critics just what they wanted to do as a band at this time , the lp always brings me back to the spring and summer ! Great job Abbey! Oh yes the Ocean is criminally underrated!
it's funny you say this is pure zeppelin: i've seen others say this is the least "zeppelin" zeppelin record! it was a turning point for sure, leaving their comfort zone and never looking back. and you're right, HOTH is such a spring album!
@@abigaildevoe this was my band since Zep II and when this came out I just heard them as a band doing what they want as a group just my opion, I loved your thoughts didn’t agree with All of them but good thoughts .
thank you! i've been waiting to debut the plantie shirt. it was definitely homemade, probably in the 70s, maybe to look like his. i can only speculate though!
Abby, you shouldn't be surprised at your success, you are more than half my age and know more than I will ever know about classic rock/music in general. Doesn't hurt that you embrace the fashions of the era's also. You walk the walk and talk the talk!!! You are authentic and legit!!! I do wonder though if you were 22 in the 60's if Vinyl Monday would have focused on Swing music and Jazz from earlier eras?
thank you so much :) having so much information come out on these records in the decades following does help with walking the walk. you just didn't hear from so many points of view at once back then oh man if vinyl monday was a thing in the 60s...i think that's exactly what i'd be doing! all these musicians were listening to delta blues and jazz while making their records - rob tyner was a full-on beatnik before MC5. that's exactly what i'd do
Hearing the live version of Over The Hills & Far Away on How The West Was Won was such a sonic revelation. The studio version is cool, but the live version blew my face off! It's so assaultive. Houses Of The Holy is loaded with awesome memories for me. Dancing Days, The Ocean & The Rain Song are songs that still give off summer vibes. Kudos for calling John Paul Jones Led Zep's secret weapon. As a bass player, I'm in awe of his insane playing on The Song Remains The Same. Only Jonesy could play it like that. Thanks Abby!
This reminds me of the 80's when I was a teenager and my whole life was Led Zeppelin, eventually you grow up and you still enjoy the music but you're not as obsessed about it as you were when you were young
Remember getting this album back in the day, it was the Rain Song that caught my imagination, had to 1979 to finally see the band... now at 62 I'm still playing all their albums. ❤
Never thought about it but you are right the Rain song and No Quarter are thought of as stand alone and the album as a whole was never given it’s rightful place.🤘
Hi, I'm Jim, I have a lot of records too :-) In fact you inspired me to hook up my stereo for the first time in years and start listening to my vinyl again. I had forgotten how good they sound. I set it up in the basement with 4 speakers and a subwoofer and I sit right in the middle. It's heaven. BTW, I thought I was going crazy until I realized that you replaced the pic of the girl on the album with one of you! LOL
Great. I turned 65 last May and LZ for Houses at Kezar was my first concert....'They're changing the weather...." violin bow for Dazed, the clouds roll in,,, Full band, sun is shining again. man, about 10 years ago, i stop by a B&N while my wife goes shopping. See a "Guitarist" mag from the UK. hmmm, LZ on the cover. That was from this gig !!! Pricey so passed. She bought it for me. btw, fave track,,,,The Ocean,,,,always loved that 'do woopy'. ending oh, so good :).
Adore HotH--such an excellent episode, thanks Abby!! I'm a new-ish subscriber and just wanted to say it means so much to hear a woman's voice on music-tube, talking about music I love but that sometimes feels a bit gate-kept--you're brilliant and such a wonderful storyteller, thank you for doing what you!
As an old dude i appreciate what you provide, i got a couple of bans on youtube for sharing this, after appealing and informing them they were not naked the tyrants relented.
Dyer Maker is my favorite song on the album. The reggae beat is often mentioned but I really like the way that it is a tribute to old time rock'n'roll. Robert seemingly channelling every rock singer that ever existed including people like Ricky Nelson, James Brown (listen to him pleading, "please, please" at the fade out), and Doris Troy ("Just One Look"). Jimmy Page takes a very James Burton sounding lead break on the song which is so spot on. It is like a love letter to old rock.
I distinctly remember my first listen to HOTH and my brothers and I looking at each other saying "what's happened to his voice?". The use of the Theremin after the line-(the dogs of Doom are howling more) made the hair on my neck stand up! It was also used to good effect live with Dazed and Confused. I have several boots from the 77 Tour were D&C is FORTY FIVE minutes long. I know I go on about live Lps, there some wickedly creative stuff in those jams. This was well supported work. 👍👍
I think that's my biggest problem with this album, RP's voice is artificially high pitched (on some of the songs.) JP went overboard with the "record slow, then speed up" technique from When the Levee Breaks", I think.
Houses of the Holy, and especially Over the Hills and Far Away, were a huge hit around the Great Lakes. Like a massive hit, as big as stairway to heaven. Even still today if you toss on the radio you are guaranteed to hear "Over the Hills" if you listen long enough. At least here in Canada that is. It has to do with the Michigan/Ontario Auto boom in the 70's. At that point the Great lakes area had the biggest economy in the world. This album is like the ultimate Nostalgia for the good ol' days.
Can confirm, as a Midwesterner I was raised on Zep. My engineer father, born in Minnesota, moved to Michigan to work in the auto industry in the 70s. Zep owned FM radio here, and still does. By the time I was in 6th grade, I had been immersed in their music for years. Other bands that were abnormally huge in this area: Grand Funk, Bob Seger, etc. Midwest rock
Abigail, your thoughts on how the playlist for HOTH should have been.......SPOT ON! l had never thought of it that way but yes, would have made much more sense. Excellent video and love your segments. Keep up the great work.
not a huge Zep fan here but this album rocks. Dyer Maker is genuinely a great song, and was the song that is basically the reason I learnt about music theory and chord progressions. also congrats on 10k!
Must say -over the years I'd gone in and out of Zeppelin as a fan, of course, but I think it was last summer when I had a real hankering to hear them again, searched my cabinets for any LPs of theirs, and hear them again I DID! I have all their stuff on I tunes, and most of the LPs on vinyl itself - I just need #1 and I'll be happy.
@@JohnSmith-rk6jy because i don’t enjoy their music, i find it boring and repetitive, Plant’s voice annoys me, their lyrics are mind numbingly awful and Page is a pedophile. pretty simple really
@@SurferJoe1 Keef too. Lots of legendary musicians from that time weren’t very fond of Zeppelin. Pete was nice enough to say it may have been out of jealousy of their hugeness that he didn’t like them. I mean they set the record for biggest crowd twice.
LUV this video Abbie! BTW, my favorite track from Houses is "Over The Hills and Far Away", I always loved the harpsichord at the end, I always got chills hearing it, the distant echoey sound--Somebody in the band must have heard that in real life before they put that on the record.
Wow, I can't believe this month was the 50th anniversary of HotH, thanks for celebrating this with your lovely overview! I clearly remember buying this record when it first came out, unwrapping the cellophane and listening to it for the first time when I was 12. I was already a fan even at that young age but specifically remember waiting for this one with high expectations. At my first listen, I was not disappointed. The first track The Song Remains the Same is so many-colored, so multi-layered, and each song that follows also delivers. The Crunge is one of its most fantastic pieces because its groove is not only rich but because as any guitarist, bassist or drummer can attest its time signatures and changes are perfectly complex, there is no other song quite like it. The Rain Song too is a masterpiece. I was lucky to see them live in Los Angeles in 1977 at the LA Forum, 33rd row! I enjoyed your analysis of the cover art as well because I've always thought this album cover was beautiful and I do not remember ever hearing any controversy regarding the naked boy and girl in the photos. I've always seen it simply as a wonderful tribute to the hippie poster aesthetic of the late 1960's.
The first 4 Zep albums are like the first 4 chapters of my rock n roll bible but i really think HOTH is where they came completely into their own sound largely leaving the blues borrowing behind despite some 'joke' songs. I once had a shirt with the cover art on it. I didn't think much when I bought it but never felt comfortable wearing it in public. No Quarter is truly epic!
My intuition was that they knew they proved they were GOAT level after IV, so they decided that they just wanted to have fun with this album. Fast froward to this year, and I read a recent Jimmy Page interview. He basically said that you can tell they had fun making this album. They were under no stress. Thanks for such a fun video.
Wow I just tried this album first time (because of your video) just listening to AirPods from my phone and I’m already loving this. These songs are so easy to listen to. Wow.
Great video and I totally agree about the title track belonging to this album. It was the only time Zeppelin ever had a title track and it's so crazy it don't even appear on the album. The Crunge would be a perfect side 4 Physical Graffiti track. My favorite Houses Of The Holy track is easily No Quarter, shows how much that critic knew bashing it.
"Since some of you seem to have the media comprehension skills of swiss cheese, holes and all, I'm gonna use the ... art as a teaching moment here." You had me at that! New sub here. Keep it up. I grew up with these albums and enjoy your 'zoomer' take on them. Well done!
In 2010 I was on Hollywood Boulevard playing and singing every song I could think of. I took a moment, smoked a cig and settled into D minor, hardly audible at first until I got to the Riff - Ba-da-da-da-da, ba da-da-da-da-...ba da da du-da-dah...No Quarter. I was singing in Robert Plant's range because I can. I closed my eyes to concentrate on a slow-burn guitar solo. I finished the solo and opened my eyes and there were a dozen folk a few feet away filming on their phones. First time experience for me. Zep. Plus 15 bucks in the tip can.
I love how your favorite old albums are the same as all my favorite old albums. I thank the RUclips algorithm gods for offering up your videos because your channel has instantly become one of my favorites.
In 1974 I would play albums, loudly, in my apartment on the weekends and I got to know what the building liked and did not like. No one ever protested HOTH (leaving off the Grunge). Folk also liked In a Silent Way (Miles Davis) and Ravel's Bolero. Also the neighbors liked All Things Must Pass. I lived in a pretty hip old crumbling Deco (1930) building. Iggy Pop lived in the basement apartment, 50 bucks a month.
Best years in USA....70's..ahhhhhhhhh..best years of my life...Thanku...for the awesome memories...I played all of the songs ...even used the violin bow on Dazed and Confused....Theremin whole lotta love.. Miss them times.
Justice for The Crunge! I thought it was fun especially with Plant's line at the end, but what made me appreciate it more was Joshua Redman's version. Just something about a sort of funky jazz version that just works and I love Brian Blade on drums. p.s. heard your new tracklisting and it was straight fire 🔥
Jason Justice for D'yer Mak'er lol ! Way back in '84 I was in fourth grade and my uncle had this on 8-track, I ended up trading another tape to him for HOTH. At the time I hated it minus D'yer Mak'er. That little reggae flavored ditty was addictive to me. Even still, I ended up recording over the whole 8-track, making it a mixtape of radio songs, lol. Flash forward to grade six and I order HOTH from the Columbia House record club on cassette. At this point I am immersed in Zeppelin and the album really clicks with me. After 37 years of history with it, it is now my second favorite LZ album behind PG. D'yer Mak'er has devolved to my second least favorite, with The Crunge being my least favorite song here. Having said that, I love the whole thing front to back. Another amazing episode Abbie, long-winded comment but I had to get it all out haha.
Eyyy another Hipgnosis appreciator! I initially knew of them through their work with Black Sabbath in the late '70s on Technical Ecstasy and Never Say Die!, and later through UFO, Scorpions, Wishbone Ash, 10cc, Renaissance, Genesis, and the Alan Parsons Project. Honestly can't get enough of their work , wonderful vid!
Definitely responsible for some of the most iconic cover art ever. I think my two favorite Hipgnosis covers are those for Pink Floyd's 'Wish You Were Here' and Led Zeppelin's 'Presence'.
@@barrymoore4470 I like those too! Though in the case of the former, it's moreso the rest of the packaging that I like, especially the photos of the faceless man in the desert and the diver in Mono Lake (my copy is unfortunately in dire need of some new gluing). My 10 fave Hipgnosis covers would be: 1. The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway - Genesis (1973) 2. Pyramid - The Alan Parsons Project (1978) 3. Force It - UFO (1975) 4. Scheherazade and Other Stories - Renaissance (1975) 5. Deceptive Bends - 10cc (1977) 6. No Smoke Without Fire - Wishbone Ash (1978) 7. Difficult to Cure - Rainbow (1981) 8. Peter Gabriel - Peter Gabriel (1980) 9. Freeze Frame - Godley & Creme (1979) 10. Quark, Strangeness and Charm - Hawkwind (1977)
@@Philoceratops Thanks for this great list! Of these, my favorite is also that for 'The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway', surely one of the most artistically complex and impactful of album covers. I also am particularly fond of the cover for 10cc's 'Sheet Music' (1974), with that fascinating trompe-l'oeil effect of fabric being stretched over and into the picture plane.
I love the track Dancing Days, it's my favourite LZ song. The Rain Song would also be in my top ten. The album is brilliant but, like you said, it gets overlooked by the two (even better) albums released either side of it. Great review Abby, I liked your revised track listing too. Long Live Vinyl Mondays!
What I find amazing about Zeppelin is with the 11 years as a group and the 9 studio albums produced, of all the songs they recorded, how few of them were not very popular. Usually an album has maybe 3 to 4 great songs and the rest are filler. It's the opposite with Zep. I would say that there are maybe 10 in their entire catalog that are not that great. Truly a testament to their talent and work together to really make timeless music!
Love your comment about III and HOTH being sister albums - I completely agree. I always trust people who say HOTH is their favorite bc it means you’re willing to listen to the full LZ experience
Sorry you had to endure the scorn of the Elders over the BF episode, but you smack back very nicely. 🙂 Your take on the BF cover vs. the HotH cover is spot on. With your outfit choice this week you may have inadvertently invented Robert Plant cosplay. If you don't already have it scheduled yet, a great 50th anniversary album to cover from 1973 is Innervisions from Stevie Wonder.
I like the artsy composite album art. I don't have any problem with it any more than I have a problem with a photo of someone taking a picture of the marble statue of David, dropping it into photoshop, and then colorizing it with psychedelic colors.
I never minded The Crunge much but you make a good point that two “jokey” songs do hurt the record a bit. Trading it out for The Rover alone would make HOTH as good as the first four.
This is the greatest live band, was at their last American concert in Oakland. Always love the live stuff! ✌️😎🎸🎶🎵🎶🎵🎶 p.s. Abigail, you are one cute lady!
Oakland which year? Their 77 concerts at the coliseum were a disaster. They were all using and Bonham had serious bowel problems due to excessive drinking. Also there was an infamous assault backstage. That tour was not a highlight for them.
What do I think? It is my favorite Zep album and has been for years. TSRTS is an incredible opener, and for my money the greatest windows down driving song of all time (though Plant's pitched up vocals are a bit grating near the end). I love almost everything else too, but I can never forgive them for giving the Cringe a spot on the record over the title track. I think it was a joke that only they thought was funny and by album number five no one could tell them "No". Shoutout to the inner gatefold image as well, the colors are gorgeous and the imagery has such an air of mystery with the light peeking over the wall. Feels like a secret photo of an ancient ritual
By the time I started listening to Led Zeppelin, at the time I was already listening to bands like The Sisters Of Mercy, The Mission, The Cure, etc. But... when I heard "No Quarter" for the first time, it felt like I'd heard the first Gothic Rock song ever created ! Jimmy Page has just started a RUclips Channel in the last couple of days. And, his first post is a reworking of an opening track for Houses Of The Holy "The Seasons". Just RUclips -- Jimmy Page The Seasons .
this is easily my fave Zep album along with LZ4, also congrats on 10k! ALSO, completely unrelated but when I went to a Lana del Rey listening party, I saw MC5’s Kick Out the Jam in my local record store and I instantly thought of you!
While this isn't my favorite Led Zeppelin album (their untitled fourth album hits that mark), this might be the best analysis of a record I've heard yet on RUclips! I really appreciate that you not only describe liking (or not liking as much) various aspects of the work, but delve into the reasons why. And it was a fascinating new angle for me to consider parallels between 'Led Zeppelin III' (for me the weakest of their first run of six consecutive classics) and 'Houses of the Holy', which I agree is a mixed bag, but still a securely canonical entry in the Led Zeppelin corpus. And this album does enshrine two of my all-time favorite Led Zeppelin tracks, "The Rain Song" and "No Quarter". Great job, all around!
The most "fun" Zep record for me. Has a looseness and a diversity of sounds that none of the others have. Not my favorite (that would be Graffiti), but probably the one I listen to the most.
When I first saw your video pop up, I thought you were going to be one of the kids on the front cover of Houses Of The Holy 😆 thanks for your vinyl posts
As the daughter of a rock and roll drummer/ boomer I find this a super weird comment. My Dad and his mates only ever wanted me to listen to music~especially theirs!!
I dig your revised track sequence, got me thinking how I would rearrange the album. I think the first side of Physical Graffiti is perfect so I'd leave The Rover there, swap Over The Hills and Rain Song for better flow, and keep The Crunge at the end of side one for comic relief and give side two a bit of an overhaul so the album goes like like this: side 1 The Song Remains The Same Over The Hills And Far Away The Rain Song The Crunge side 2 Dancing Days Houses Of The Holy No Quarter D'yer Mak'er The Ocean that makes fora 24 minute second side and more than 20 mins on a side makes for crap sound quality so either The Ocean or Houses would have been on the chopping block, but we have the technology to move songs around now that we live in the future. keep rockin
you would break up no quarter and the ocean?? interesting choice! your side 2 was full of surprises. and i don't disagree with your swap of rain song and over the hills
Tight crossfade between Dyer and Ocean since they have similar tempo. I always thought No Quarter was too close to the end and I always found myself waiting for Over The Hills during Rain Song when I was young and impatient 😊
Abigail, when you proclaimed Side 3 of Physical Graffiti as the greatest side, I knew we're kindred spirits. So few people see it this way... only the more insightful ones do. ;) As for HOTH, hands down the 3 shining stars are The Rain Song (masterpiece), No Quarter (best prog rock ever), and The Ocean (as you said, criminally underrated). HOTH is a melting pot of sounds and textures and I like the sequencing you proposed. New to your channel, but I'm definitely subscribing.
the crunge defenders: gather your torches and pitchforks here :) what's your favorite song on HOTH? comment here!
Over the hills and far away
@@Conosur04 mine, too.
The 🌧️ Song
Over the hills and far away, sort of like a compact stairway to heaven.....
I think Zeppelin knowingly teased/tested the patience of their fanbase with strange songs like "Roy Harper", "Four Sticks and "The Crunge". Coincidence they did it 3 albums in a row? One could argue they were trying to expand musical tastes, I guess?
it’s quite possible “the rain song” is the greatest song ever made by anyone.
Amen...🌧☔⛈
PERRY COMO - "Catch A Falling Star" 🖤♠
That's your opinion.... but you're right! 😅
Absolutely
Get ahold of yourself man
This is Zeppelin at their absolute peak. Their fluidity, power, musical depth and breadth were at their top in '72-'73. Absolutely stellar album, and criminally underrated
Shit album .horrível 👎🤑
Perfect álbum 👏👏👏🇧🇷
imagine calling anything related to Led Zeppelin "criminally underrated" LOL 😂
FUN FACT, TRUE STORY: When I was five (1974), I had this album - already had a bit of a record collection, thanks to a turntable 4th-birthday gift from my grandparents - and brought the vinyl to my kindergarten class' show-and-tell. On the way to school, I wrote the band name and album title on the cover in ball-point pen (still have it); my ultra-cool mom spelled it out for me as she drove us so that I could spell it correctly. We played the album in class... the entire thing.
Also, my classmate brought in Steve Miller Band's The Joker that day.
What a badass day of show-and-tell that was.
that sounds like the best day ever!! my copy of HOTH and a good chunk of my collection have other people's initials written on the covers. other collectors may hate it but i think they're so special that way
Undoubtedly, mass juvenile delinquency ensued.
Not their best work, but some great tracks in spite of the rest. I have all the albums I ever bought....if the jacket cover is damaged/tattered, there's a story, and that means provenance. I understand when buying used vinyl, you usually stay away from damaged/tattered jackets, but it's not unusual to see a collection of tattered covers from many, many moves. They're pretty much cardboard after all.
@@SurferJoe1 Continues to this day.
@@TheReal1953 Just like an old book with a mug stain or spill mark, these items carry a history of stories, ones you can recall and enjoy again (like this one for me) and that's part of the reason that vinyl is the best.
Wow, thank you for the reminder. _Houses of the Holy_ , _The Dark Side of the Moon_ , _Larks' Tongues In Aspic_ , _Sabbath Bloody Sabbath_ , _Quadrophenia_ , _Countdown to Ecstasy_ , _Selling England by the Pound_ , _Brain Salad Surgery_ ...all released in the same year. Still blows my mind just thinking about it....
want a run that’ll blow your mind? abbey road, in the court of the crimson king, and LZII were all released in 4 weeks from september-october of ‘69
@@abigaildevoe Fun Fact: _In the Court_ and _Hot Rats_ were both released on October 10th, 1969. Groundbreaking stuff....
And that was the year I turned 16!
What a year!!! 😎
No love for aerosmiths debut??
Agree with you on ideal resequencing.
I thought it was a breath of fresh air from the other four albums. I was there when it came out and still enjoy it today. Love the bass lines.......
Wow , Robert Plant copied your hairstyle
Listening to Houses of the Holy, I can't keep my mind from thinking it is Zeppelin saying "Hey you guys, we don'k make esclusively blues rooted songs!" The apotheosis of this statement is "The Rain Song": I'm a musician, and I can tell for sure that this music is Page slapping everybody's faces and saying: "hey, do you think I can play only blues and exotic eastern-oriented songs? Well, listen to this..." It is so harmoniously intrincated! Almost a prog song. This song is so fucking brilliant that, for me, it'd have worked as good as if it was an instrumental. Nothing against bluesy songs: after all, may zep's favorite is their debut...
I think the first 3 songs on this album is the best stretch of their career. Such a genius sequencing
How about the vocals on the first track?
@@zodiac6968 so strange and i love it
@@pedronight2150 The vocals or the song itself?
@@zodiac6968 the vocals
@@pedronight2150 Wow! i always thought it sounded like he'd been sucking helium.
"It's four already and now it's steady, One, Two Three......." - The Ocean.
Love it.
THANK YOU! I could never make out what he was saying before the countdown.
To me this is pure Zeppelin , this is what they wanted to do , they did not care about critics just what they wanted to do as a band at this time , the lp always brings me back to the spring and summer ! Great job Abbey! Oh yes the Ocean is criminally underrated!
it's funny you say this is pure zeppelin: i've seen others say this is the least "zeppelin" zeppelin record! it was a turning point for sure, leaving their comfort zone and never looking back. and you're right, HOTH is such a spring album!
@@abigaildevoe this was my band since Zep II and when this came out I just heard them as a band doing what they want as a group just my opion, I loved your thoughts didn’t agree with All of them but good thoughts .
Physical Graffiti Side 3 is the most underrated chunk of music in Zeppelin's entire discography and I just adore it ❤
Diggin your hair homage & blouse choice to Plant😀😂😂
thank you! i've been waiting to debut the plantie shirt. it was definitely homemade, probably in the 70s, maybe to look like his. i can only speculate though!
@@abigaildevoe it’s funny cause right after I sent that comment,came to the part in vid where you showed photo of him with dove haha!!
@@michaelmalone306 perfect timing then!
Abby, you shouldn't be surprised at your success, you are more than half my age and know more than I will ever know about classic rock/music in general. Doesn't hurt that you embrace the fashions of the era's also. You walk the walk and talk the talk!!! You are authentic and legit!!! I do wonder though if you were 22 in the 60's if Vinyl Monday would have focused on Swing music and Jazz from earlier eras?
thank you so much :) having so much information come out on these records in the decades following does help with walking the walk. you just didn't hear from so many points of view at once back then
oh man if vinyl monday was a thing in the 60s...i think that's exactly what i'd be doing! all these musicians were listening to delta blues and jazz while making their records - rob tyner was a full-on beatnik before MC5. that's exactly what i'd do
Hearing the live version of Over The Hills & Far Away on How The West Was Won was such a sonic revelation. The studio version is cool, but the live version blew my face off! It's so assaultive. Houses Of The Holy is loaded with awesome memories for me. Dancing Days, The Ocean & The Rain Song are songs that still give off summer vibes. Kudos for calling John Paul Jones Led Zep's secret weapon. As a bass player, I'm in awe of his insane playing on The Song Remains The Same. Only Jonesy could play it like that. Thanks Abby!
This reminds me of the 80's when I was a teenager and my whole life was Led Zeppelin, eventually you grow up and you still enjoy the music but you're not as obsessed about it as you were when you were young
This is the sound of my childhood. My parents were hardcore hippies.
I'm pretty sure you can just guess the scents of my childhood.
A lot of incense and pot. And probably B.O.
Remember getting this album back in the day, it was the Rain Song that caught my imagination, had to 1979 to finally see the band... now at 62 I'm still playing all their albums. ❤
My favorite Zeppelin album is usually the last one I listened too.
same here, they all have such different strong and weak points
Awesome comment!!
I remember seeing the album as a kid and thinking, “what is this?” It was ultimately just more album art to me. No big deal.
The mood change whiplash in the transition from D'yer Mak'er to No Quarter borders on farcical
Easily my favorite Led Zep album, mainly because it hasn't been overexposed like the rest. Rain song is one of my favorite songs period.
Never thought about it but you are right the Rain song and No Quarter are thought of as stand alone and the album as a whole was never given it’s rightful place.🤘
Digging the Robert Plant hairdo 😉 Congrats re. 10,000!
haha thanks!
I love "The Ocean". Played bass on our cover of it in the seventies. I have some great memories of playing that one.
Hi, I'm Jim, I have a lot of records too :-) In fact you inspired me to hook up my stereo for the first time in years and start listening to my vinyl again. I had forgotten how good they sound. I set it up in the basement with 4 speakers and a subwoofer and I sit right in the middle. It's heaven. BTW, I thought I was going crazy until I realized that you replaced the pic of the girl on the album with one of you! LOL
Great.
I turned 65 last May and LZ for Houses at Kezar was my first concert....'They're changing the weather...."
violin bow for Dazed, the clouds roll in,,,
Full band, sun is shining again.
man, about 10 years ago, i stop by a B&N while my wife goes shopping.
See a "Guitarist" mag from the UK. hmmm, LZ on the cover.
That was from this gig !!!
Pricey so passed. She bought it for me.
btw, fave track,,,,The Ocean,,,,always loved that 'do woopy'. ending
oh, so good :).
Adore HotH--such an excellent episode, thanks Abby!! I'm a new-ish subscriber and just wanted to say it means so much to hear a woman's voice on music-tube, talking about music I love but that sometimes feels a bit gate-kept--you're brilliant and such a wonderful storyteller, thank you for doing what you!
:) this means a lot, thank you so much! it's good to know my presence is appreciated
The Rain song is not only my favorite on Houses of the Holy....it's my favorite Led Zeppelin song period. 🕊️♥️
Like the tribute hair, same color and style!
As an old dude i appreciate what you provide, i got a couple of bans on youtube for sharing this, after appealing and informing them they were not naked the tyrants relented.
Zeppelin 3 is my all time favorite,the diversity is astonishing.
Both me and my guitar teacher have spent hours gushing over how great the rain song is
Dyer Maker is my favorite song on the album. The reggae beat is often mentioned but I really like the way that it is a tribute to old time rock'n'roll. Robert seemingly channelling every rock singer that ever existed including people like Ricky Nelson, James Brown (listen to him pleading, "please, please" at the fade out), and Doris Troy ("Just One Look"). Jimmy Page takes a very James Burton sounding lead break on the song which is so spot on. It is like a love letter to old rock.
You called it...”it’s too hard to pick a favourite”😊
Your track sequence makes for an actually really great LZ album, Abigail.
HOTH got me through the pandemic. Driving into work everyday listening to HOTH. Its one of my favorite Zep albums!
I distinctly remember my first listen to HOTH and my brothers and I looking at each other saying "what's happened to his voice?". The use of the Theremin after the line-(the dogs of Doom are howling more) made the hair on my neck stand up! It was also used to good effect live with Dazed and Confused. I have several boots from the 77 Tour were D&C is FORTY FIVE minutes long. I know I go on about live Lps, there some wickedly creative stuff in those jams. This was well supported work. 👍👍
I think that's my biggest problem with this album, RP's voice is artificially high pitched (on some of the songs.) JP went overboard with the "record slow, then speed up" technique from When the Levee Breaks", I think.
the ocean is my absolute favorite Zeppelin song!!!!
Houses of the Holy, and especially Over the Hills and Far Away, were a huge hit around the Great Lakes. Like a massive hit, as big as stairway to heaven. Even still today if you toss on the radio you are guaranteed to hear "Over the Hills" if you listen long enough. At least here in Canada that is.
It has to do with the Michigan/Ontario Auto boom in the 70's. At that point the Great lakes area had the biggest economy in the world. This album is like the ultimate Nostalgia for the good ol' days.
Can confirm, as a Midwesterner I was raised on Zep. My engineer father, born in Minnesota, moved to Michigan to work in the auto industry in the 70s. Zep owned FM radio here, and still does. By the time I was in 6th grade, I had been immersed in their music for years. Other bands that were abnormally huge in this area: Grand Funk, Bob Seger, etc. Midwest rock
Abigail, your thoughts on how the playlist for HOTH should have been.......SPOT ON! l had never thought of it that way but yes, would have made much more sense. Excellent video and love your segments. Keep up the great work.
not a huge Zep fan here but this album rocks. Dyer Maker is genuinely a great song, and was the song that is basically the reason I learnt about music theory and chord progressions. also congrats on 10k!
Must say -over the years I'd gone in and out of Zeppelin as a fan, of course, but I think it was last summer when I had a real hankering to hear them again, searched my cabinets for any LPs of theirs, and hear them again I DID! I have all their stuff on I tunes, and most of the LPs on vinyl itself - I just need #1 and I'll be happy.
????? How? How is that possible? How can you not be a Zeppelin fan???
@@JohnSmith-rk6jy because i don’t enjoy their music, i find it boring and repetitive, Plant’s voice annoys me, their lyrics are mind numbingly awful and Page is a pedophile. pretty simple really
@@JohnSmith-rk6jy I was surprised a few years ago to hear Townshend say he doesn't like Zeppelin. Likes the four guys, not their music.
@@SurferJoe1 Keef too. Lots of legendary musicians from that time weren’t very fond of Zeppelin. Pete was nice enough to say it may have been out of jealousy of their hugeness that he didn’t like them. I mean they set the record for biggest crowd twice.
Totally agree with the Physical Grafitti opinion. Side 3 is wonderful.
LUV this video Abbie! BTW, my favorite track from Houses is "Over The Hills and Far Away", I always loved the harpsichord at the end, I always got chills hearing it, the distant echoey sound--Somebody in the band must have heard that in real life before they put that on the record.
I'm so glad your channel was suggested! Finally, talking about my favorite thing... Classic LPs. Your presentation was soooo GOOD.
Wow, I can't believe this month was the 50th anniversary of HotH, thanks for celebrating this with your lovely overview! I clearly remember buying this record when it first came out, unwrapping the cellophane and listening to it for the first time when I was 12. I was already a fan even at that young age but specifically remember waiting for this one with high expectations. At my first listen, I was not disappointed. The first track The Song Remains the Same is so many-colored, so multi-layered, and each song that follows also delivers. The Crunge is one of its most fantastic pieces because its groove is not only rich but because as any guitarist, bassist or drummer can attest its time signatures and changes are perfectly complex, there is no other song quite like it. The Rain Song too is a masterpiece. I was lucky to see them live in Los Angeles in 1977 at the LA Forum, 33rd row!
I enjoyed your analysis of the cover art as well because I've always thought this album cover was beautiful and I do not remember ever hearing any controversy regarding the naked boy and girl in the photos. I've always seen it simply as a wonderful tribute to the hippie poster aesthetic of the late 1960's.
Your observation about IV and PG being sister albums and III and HotH too is spot on! I’d never noticed that before, and you’re so right.
The first 4 Zep albums are like the first 4 chapters of my rock n roll bible but i really think HOTH is where they came completely into their own sound largely leaving the blues borrowing behind despite some 'joke' songs. I once had a shirt with the cover art on it. I didn't think much when I bought it but never felt comfortable wearing it in public. No Quarter is truly epic!
Listening to you talk about Zeppelin is better than therapy. Please do a Presence video #JusticeForPresence
Her face is so perfect it is hard to concentrate on anything else!
Love ‘The Rain Song’ (and your sense of humor!). Actually had a chance to walk on the Giant Causeway in. Northern Ireland. A beautifully scenic place.
My intuition was that they knew they proved they were GOAT level after IV, so they decided that they just wanted to have fun with this album. Fast froward to this year, and I read a recent Jimmy Page interview. He basically said that you can tell they had fun making this album. They were under no stress. Thanks for such a fun video.
Wow I just tried this album first time (because of your video) just listening to AirPods from my phone and I’m already loving this. These songs are so easy to listen to. Wow.
Led Zeppelin's 5th racket. I love it.
Great video and I totally agree about the title track belonging to this album. It was the only time Zeppelin ever had a title track and it's so crazy it don't even appear on the album. The Crunge would be a perfect side 4 Physical Graffiti track. My favorite Houses Of The Holy track is easily No Quarter, shows how much that critic knew bashing it.
"Since some of you seem to have the media comprehension skills of swiss cheese, holes and all, I'm gonna use the ... art as a teaching moment here." You had me at that!
New sub here. Keep it up. I grew up with these albums and enjoy your 'zoomer' take on them. Well done!
I love your aesthetic, also this is my favorite LZ album ever.
I love The Crunge and D'yer Maker
My favourite Zeppelin album
The D'yer Maker thing comes from a joke...
"My wife's gone to the West Indies." "Jamaica?" "No, she wanted to go".
Spot on! You really do your research and you make it fun and entertaining as well. 👍🏻
In 2010 I was on Hollywood Boulevard playing and singing every song I could think of. I took a moment, smoked a cig and settled into D minor, hardly audible at first until I got to the Riff - Ba-da-da-da-da, ba da-da-da-da-...ba da da du-da-dah...No Quarter. I was singing in Robert Plant's range because I can. I closed my eyes to concentrate on a slow-burn guitar solo. I finished the solo and opened my eyes and there were a dozen folk a few feet away filming on their phones. First time experience for me. Zep. Plus 15 bucks in the tip can.
Thank you for feeding my current Led Zeppelin obsession!
of course! nothing like going through a zeppelin phase
@@abigaildevoe Haha The thing is that jimmy page is my wallpaper and i have 3 photos of him next to my bed.
Mine never ended
You've had your first taste of RUclips drama, that means your channel is about to go places
i am nothing if not an instigator
Go Abigail ! what a joy you are.
I love how your favorite old albums are the same as all my favorite old albums. I thank the RUclips algorithm gods for offering up your videos because your channel has instantly become one of my favorites.
In 1974 I would play albums, loudly, in my apartment on the weekends and I got to know what the building liked and did not like. No one ever protested HOTH (leaving off the Grunge). Folk also liked In a Silent Way (Miles Davis) and Ravel's Bolero. Also the neighbors liked All Things Must Pass. I lived in a pretty hip old crumbling Deco (1930) building. Iggy Pop lived in the basement apartment, 50 bucks a month.
You're making me want to put on In A Silent Way right now!
i will take any excuse to listen to in a silent way
@@abigaildevoe Oh yeah! It's a great album. Thanks from Scotland! x
@@abigaildevoe - there are perfect albums and then there's Miles.
@@Drforrester31 - you must comply.
Best years in USA....70's..ahhhhhhhhh..best years of my life...Thanku...for the awesome memories...I played all of the songs ...even used the violin bow on Dazed and Confused....Theremin whole lotta love.. Miss them times.
Justice for The Crunge!
I thought it was fun especially with Plant's line at the end, but what made me appreciate it more was Joshua Redman's version. Just something about a sort of funky jazz version that just works and I love Brian Blade on drums.
p.s. heard your new tracklisting and it was straight fire 🔥
Jason Justice for D'yer Mak'er lol !
Way back in '84 I was in fourth grade and my uncle had this on 8-track, I ended up trading another tape to him for HOTH. At the time I hated it minus D'yer Mak'er. That little reggae flavored ditty was addictive to me. Even still, I ended up recording over the whole 8-track, making it a mixtape of radio songs, lol. Flash forward to grade six and I order HOTH from the Columbia House record club on cassette. At this point I am immersed in Zeppelin and the album really clicks with me. After 37 years of history with it, it is now my second favorite LZ album behind PG. D'yer Mak'er has devolved to my second least favorite, with The Crunge being my least favorite song here. Having said that, I love the whole thing front to back. Another amazing episode Abbie, long-winded comment but I had to get it all out haha.
Eyyy another Hipgnosis appreciator! I initially knew of them through their work with Black Sabbath in the late '70s on Technical Ecstasy and Never Say Die!, and later through UFO, Scorpions, Wishbone Ash, 10cc, Renaissance, Genesis, and the Alan Parsons Project. Honestly can't get enough of their work , wonderful vid!
Definitely responsible for some of the most iconic cover art ever. I think my two favorite Hipgnosis covers are those for Pink Floyd's 'Wish You Were Here' and Led Zeppelin's 'Presence'.
@@barrymoore4470 I like those too! Though in the case of the former, it's moreso the rest of the packaging that I like, especially the photos of the faceless man in the desert and the diver in Mono Lake (my copy is unfortunately in dire need of some new gluing). My 10 fave Hipgnosis covers would be:
1. The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway - Genesis (1973)
2. Pyramid - The Alan Parsons Project (1978)
3. Force It - UFO (1975)
4. Scheherazade and Other Stories - Renaissance (1975)
5. Deceptive Bends - 10cc (1977)
6. No Smoke Without Fire - Wishbone Ash (1978)
7. Difficult to Cure - Rainbow (1981)
8. Peter Gabriel - Peter Gabriel (1980)
9. Freeze Frame - Godley & Creme (1979)
10. Quark, Strangeness and Charm - Hawkwind (1977)
@@Philoceratops Thanks for this great list! Of these, my favorite is also that for 'The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway', surely one of the most artistically complex and impactful of album covers. I also am particularly fond of the cover for 10cc's 'Sheet Music' (1974), with that fascinating trompe-l'oeil effect of fabric being stretched over and into the picture plane.
I love the track Dancing Days, it's my favourite LZ song. The Rain Song would also be in my top ten. The album is brilliant but, like you said, it gets overlooked by the two (even better) albums released either side of it. Great review Abby, I liked your revised track listing too. Long Live Vinyl Mondays!
What I find amazing about Zeppelin is with the 11 years as a group and the 9 studio albums produced, of all the songs they recorded, how few of them were not very popular. Usually an album has maybe 3 to 4 great songs and the rest are filler. It's the opposite with Zep. I would say that there are maybe 10 in their entire catalog that are not that great. Truly a testament to their talent and work together to really make timeless music!
Agreed. And most of the not-so-stellar ones are on Presence!
Disagree, I love the album Presence
Are you in my head? You keep hitting all my favorite records!
The Crunge is one of my favorite Zeppelin songs.
The bass is just so dirty fonkaay on that!
The whole song is funky as hell.
Love your comment about III and HOTH being sister albums - I completely agree. I always trust people who say HOTH is their favorite bc it means you’re willing to listen to the full LZ experience
Your videos are so enjoyable!!! Def one of my favorite vinyl channels
No quarter is so good. Listen to into driving at night in the snow/rain
Sorry you had to endure the scorn of the Elders over the BF episode, but you smack back very nicely. 🙂 Your take on the BF cover vs. the HotH cover is spot on.
With your outfit choice this week you may have inadvertently invented Robert Plant cosplay.
If you don't already have it scheduled yet, a great 50th anniversary album to cover from 1973 is Innervisions from Stevie Wonder.
I like the artsy composite album art. I don't have any problem with it any more than I have a problem with a photo of someone taking a picture of the marble statue of David, dropping it into photoshop, and then colorizing it with psychedelic colors.
If they had been more careful with this album it would have been the best album of all time: as it is it's one of the best. As for no quarter -- wow
I never minded The Crunge much but you make a good point that two “jokey” songs do hurt the record a bit. Trading it out for The Rover alone would make HOTH as good as the first four.
This is the greatest live band, was at their last American concert in Oakland. Always love the live stuff!
✌️😎🎸🎶🎵🎶🎵🎶
p.s. Abigail, you are one cute lady!
Oakland which year? Their 77 concerts at the coliseum were a disaster. They were all using and Bonham had serious bowel problems due to excessive drinking. Also there was an infamous assault backstage. That tour was not a highlight for them.
Not really. Actually they were a great studio band and their live concerts were different
I was born in the 60's so you know i have this LP.
One of the greatest albums ever made. No quarter...a prelude to grunge
i love this connection, thank you for phrasing what i couldn’t quite put my finger on in the moment
I'm watching you at the truck stop here in Indiana and I come inside and they are jamming zeppelin on the radio
What do I think? It is my favorite Zep album and has been for years. TSRTS is an incredible opener, and for my money the greatest windows down driving song of all time (though Plant's pitched up vocals are a bit grating near the end). I love almost everything else too, but I can never forgive them for giving the Cringe a spot on the record over the title track. I think it was a joke that only they thought was funny and by album number five no one could tell them "No". Shoutout to the inner gatefold image as well, the colors are gorgeous and the imagery has such an air of mystery with the light peeking over the wall. Feels like a secret photo of an ancient ritual
By the time I started listening to Led Zeppelin, at the time I was already listening to bands like The Sisters Of Mercy, The Mission, The Cure, etc.
But... when I heard "No Quarter" for the first time, it felt like I'd heard the first Gothic Rock song ever created !
Jimmy Page has just started a RUclips Channel in the last couple of days. And, his first post is a reworking of an opening track for Houses Of The Holy "The Seasons".
Just RUclips -- Jimmy Page The Seasons
.
Thanks for having a nuanced view on the album cover “subjects”. A lot of extremes nowadays and I agree a lot of this stuff is case by case
this is easily my fave Zep album along with LZ4, also congrats on 10k! ALSO, completely unrelated but when I went to a Lana del Rey listening party, I saw MC5’s Kick Out the Jam in my local record store and I instantly thought of you!
thank you! MC5 at a lana del rey listening party is hilariously on brand for me i love it!!
You are...a Vinyl Venus...with arms!
While this isn't my favorite Led Zeppelin album (their untitled fourth album hits that mark), this might be the best analysis of a record I've heard yet on RUclips! I really appreciate that you not only describe liking (or not liking as much) various aspects of the work, but delve into the reasons why. And it was a fascinating new angle for me to consider parallels between 'Led Zeppelin III' (for me the weakest of their first run of six consecutive classics) and 'Houses of the Holy', which I agree is a mixed bag, but still a securely canonical entry in the Led Zeppelin corpus. And this album does enshrine two of my all-time favorite Led Zeppelin tracks, "The Rain Song" and "No Quarter".
Great job, all around!
This album should have been a masterpiece, as it is it's just brilliant.
“The Crunge” makes WAY more sense on Graffiti. ❤
The most "fun" Zep record for me. Has a looseness and a diversity of sounds that none of the others have. Not my favorite (that would be Graffiti), but probably the one I listen to the most.
When I first saw your video pop up, I thought you were going to be one of the kids on the front cover of Houses Of The Holy 😆 thanks for your vinyl posts
You are simultaneously every boomer’s worst nightmare and greatest fantasy - a beautiful young woman who knows her shit about classic vinyl!
this is everything i've ever wanted to be in life THANK YOU
As the daughter of a rock and roll drummer/ boomer I find this a super weird comment. My Dad and his mates only ever wanted me to listen to music~especially theirs!!
Thanks for making me feel very old.
I dig your revised track sequence, got me thinking how I would rearrange the album. I think the first side of Physical Graffiti is perfect so I'd leave The Rover there, swap Over The Hills and Rain Song for better flow, and keep The Crunge at the end of side one for comic relief and give side two a bit of an overhaul so the album goes like like this:
side 1
The Song Remains The Same
Over The Hills And Far Away
The Rain Song
The Crunge
side 2
Dancing Days
Houses Of The Holy
No Quarter
D'yer Mak'er
The Ocean
that makes fora 24 minute second side and more than 20 mins on a side makes for crap sound quality so either The Ocean or Houses would have been on the chopping block, but we have the technology to move songs around now that we live in the future.
keep rockin
you would break up no quarter and the ocean?? interesting choice! your side 2 was full of surprises. and i don't disagree with your swap of rain song and over the hills
Tight crossfade between Dyer and Ocean since they have similar tempo. I always thought No Quarter was too close to the end and I always found myself waiting for Over The Hills during Rain Song when I was young and impatient 😊
Abigail, when you proclaimed Side 3 of Physical Graffiti as the greatest side, I knew we're kindred spirits. So few people see it this way... only the more insightful ones do. ;) As for HOTH, hands down the 3 shining stars are The Rain Song (masterpiece), No Quarter (best prog rock ever), and The Ocean (as you said, criminally underrated). HOTH is a melting pot of sounds and textures and I like the sequencing you proposed. New to your channel, but I'm definitely subscribing.
She has Robert plant’s hair from the 70’s!!
no joke, one of my nicknames in college was plantie!!