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👍🙏 They were inspired by great blues artists like Howlin’ Wolf. There’s a great Howlin’ Wolf album called The London Sessions which was done with an all star cast backing him, all of whom I am sure you would know.
POLO, just a suggestion/idea 🤔💡 for a future video. Though it might be tough to do, *(w/o TOOL included though 😏)...* Make a *Top 10 List* of your *FAVORITE Songs* that you've reacted to so far already in your Journey on your YT Channel??
As has been already pointed out above, Led Zeppelin were largely inspired by the Blues. Most popular music, including Rock, Country, and Jazz, all have common roots in Blues.
The thing about Led Zeppelin songs is that they get better every time you hear them. There's just too much going on there, to take in the whole thing on a first listen.
One Christmas, my 10 year old son got a CD Walkman. He got into my collection, & walked in the kitchen with his headphones on singing the opening lines. My wife’s jaw dropped, she shouted “What are you teaching him?!” I replied “The Classics,” ✌️❤️🎶
OMG Zeppelin is the best. You dyneed to be high to appreciate every note, word, rhythm, riff. Lord it makes me crazy that people keep inply these great groups of the 60"s and 70's could only compose and perform high. And that everyone listening were in the same state. I vould put on a Zeppelin album today drink my ice tea and be in heaven just listening to them.
YAY This is BEAUTIFUL! I was 8 yrs old & they grabbed me by My Soul & Never Let GO! They consistently put me in a Trance they are just beyond Other Worldly
When I was 14 in 1974, we all knew every word and every change to every Zeppelin song!! We knew it was different and we knew it was nothing anyone had ever heard before! Awesome!! Glad I grew up then!😉😁
After the Beatles broke up is when I was re-introduced to Led Zep and Pink Floyd. These two bands dominated the next 15 years of my life. Everything else I listened to (and I listened to a LOT!) went in-between other stuff by these two bands. Now (as others have pointed out) 40-50 yrs later, my body and my mind perk waaaaaay up whenever some of these songs (like this one) come on, or come around on one of my playlists. This one is top 5 because it was and remains so unique as you pointed out: all the different beats and lines of music going on at the same time, and how those “strings” or “branches” weave together and move apart to rejoin again and come together….and it’s hard hard rock with that drive, mixed with the foundation of blues and some real jazz mixed in here and there too. Even Plant’s singing is different, and very complex….masterpiece if never mainstream….it’s like part of the Canon of rock.
@@kamojet yeah but you're talking about blues that had probably been "borrowed" before as that was very common with the blues. Robert Johnson for example stole a bunch of stuff and made it his own. Zeppelin's sound though was like blues on steroids. The way they attacked the blues was uniquely powerful. Also understand that about 80% of Zeppelin's catalog is original material. A lot of bands were covering blues songs at the time, not just Zeppelin.
Black Dog might not be one of Led Zep's very best songs, but it holds a very special place in our hearts, because it is the very first song on the album "Led Zeppelin IV" --- the album that Stairway to Heaven is on. Back in those days, we always listened to full albums all the way through. So, as soon as you heard those opening sounds of Black Dog, you knew you were in for a rockin' good time that would culminate in the greatest rock song of all time - Stairway to Heaven. We rockers, in those days, really appreciated the technicalities of the music -- so we loved the changing time signatures & complex drum lines. So we didn't really dance to this music. We preferred to close our eyes to hear it better, and then rock out with "air guitar" and wild head thrashing!😆 It seems we were appreciating the music more with our brains than with our bodies. The somewhat chaotic feel of this song reminds me of energy that is just rockin' so hard that it can barely be contained. It sounds to me like they are all riding as hard as they can, but just barely able to keep the song together, by the skin of their teeth!🤣
In 1990 I married a man who worshiped at the altar of zeppelin. Black dog quickly became one of my favorites in their catalog. I was a Beatles girl with some additional spice up till then, but my mind blew open with this song.
Me too! I loved the band, but the ex-bf took it to crazy levels. Went to concerts around the world. Even worked as a drum technician for Twisted Sister just to travel around to catch them! True story! Of course, he turned out to be an abuser, so he is now alone!
I challenge anyone who likes this to listen to John Farnham’s cover of Black Dog. Audio only as he and his band used it as a warm up/sound check song. He didn’t perform it in concerts, but before one gig one of the the sound men pressed the record button. Recorded in early ‘90s when John was in his 40s.
With me, they are always the first!!! 🥇🔥💎 I listen to them so much that I've reached the level where bands are played on the radio, I recognize the Zeppelin influences!!! 🙋🏻♀️
Love Zeppelin ❤❤❤... Misty Mountain Hop, Going To California, Rock N Roll, Ramble On, Over The Hills and Far Away.... so many great Led Zeppelin songs!!!!❤❤
“I don’t know, but I’ve been told, a big legged woman ain’t got no soul”. No one but Robert Plant can deliver those lines like he could. The dude, and the band, were on a whole different level. Led Zeppelin was and still is the greatest rock band ever. Rock. Blues. Soul. Metal. Hard, and heavy, man! There will never be another Led Zeppelin. Thank goodness we have their records. Black Dog to me is definitely a rockin’ banger. It is right there with the some of their best work.
"Big legged woman ain't got no soul" comes from an old blues tune called "Big Legged Woman." It was originally released by Brownie McGhee in 1946. - Google
I'm an old Southern grandma now, but when I was 10, my big sister brought home this album, borrowed my portable Wildcat record player, and insisted I listen with her. I have been a Led Head ever since. Black Dog is not my favorite, but I love it none the less. Glad you appreciate this era of rock music. Led Zeppelin will always be one of the best bands in my lifetime. And that is a lifetime that has enjoyed an enormous amount of wonderful music.
Not a bad list at all. Of course, I'm sure "In my time of dying" not being on there is just an oversight, to be corrected in a future list, LOL. Nah, man, I don't know if I could do such a list and keep it for more than a week, lol. But it's fun to think about, and requires more research, haha!
I was a teen in the 70s...I'm 65. I never really got high...but I have listened to Zeppelin and LOVED THEM since 1970 and THEY ARE STILL MY FAVORITE BAND! Greatest band in history!!
@@juliemanarin4127 That's fine, drugs aren't required to enjoy it, but drugs were responsible for the influence to create it. I've read most of Jimmy's songs were created under the influence of heroin.
Again you're talking about roughly 20% of their catalog but even with those the sound and the way they attack the music is unique. Borrowing the blues has always been a very common practice. But Zeppelin took it to another level and went on to write a bunch of killer original material. 2 things can be true at the same time. Zeppelin can be both heavily influenced and heavily innovative. They are also among the most influential rock bands ever.
This song will forever bring me back to the first time driving a car with a stick shift, on the road and not in driver’s Ed.! My step Dad was exhausted and let me drive his brand new 1979 Mazda RX-7, from Pacifica, Ca to Santa Barbara on the Pacific Coast Highway! I was in Heaven. I asked if he minded the music, he said no and was out and snoring softly. I drove the snot outta that 5 speed. When he awoke he said(calmly),”Ok, Mario, pull over.” I was doing 90 on the first straightaway coming into SB, ans was about to shift into 5 th.😇😁 I’ve loved driving ever since.
Lol me too! I had a 1967 SS Camaro 350 stick! I now have a 68 SS Camaro 454 stick!! My transmissions were all 4 speed. I play Zeppelin while driving it with my kick azz stereo!!
I too used to listen to in my 69 Chevy Nova. I lived in Ventura California. I thought if I put 4 speakers in my car I would have quadraphonic sound. I bought my car in 1979 when I graduated.I was one of the few girls who would rock out to zeppelin. Still do especially when I'm driving my Mercedes. Ain't nothin like it.
Your right Donna best of times. Ashame kids these days don't know what they missed and what real music is. 70's had the best music and yes life was carefree
I thoroughly enjoy watching you discover what I have listened to for 50 years. Led Zeppelin were indeed a "manly" band. While they grew out of the blues; they polished it until it was their own. As you explore their catalog- study more of Plant's personal music. Tall Cool One for power. Heaven Knows for style. Meanwhile- just enjoy. They were ALL talented guys and they will bless you ears and your soul. ❤
This song hits. Plant comes out of the gate swinging and the band follows suit. Solid baseline from Jones, perfect drumming from Bonham and a legendary solo from Page at the end. I love everything this band did, but this tune is a great example of Led Zeppelin firing on all cylinders from the off. You don’t make music like this without insane musical chemistry in a band and these guys had it. The four best individual musicians in one band. It’s a supergroup without the title.
Zeppelin covered a lot of old songs and turned them into rock/blues. They also wrote a lot of their own stuff that was many times experimental in its time.
It's my understanding that John Paul Jones came up with the main riff, and his primary objective was to write a song that kids COULDN'T dance to because of the odd timing. I'd say he succeeded.
I just love music like this because of my parents. They are children of the 60's, my mom is an artist and an OG hippie who still has her vinyl records which she frequently plays when she's working in her studio. I have such happy memories of dancing around the house with her listening to Scarlet Begonias or rocking out to Led Zeppelin. She used to tell me if you always listen to music you will always be happy.
I agree with your Momma. I found this a while back explains me perfectly. She may enjoy this. "Knock on the door to my soul and you will find a ageless hippie with a rock n roll heart and a never-ending hope for peace." Cheers
I see Zeppelin happening in 3 phases: early, which is deeply blues-based and sometimes a bit derivative, but always very creative. Zeppelin II is the high point of this, Whole Lotta Love, Lemon Song, great stuff. At some point, they really melded English folks traditions into that blues rock and you end up with incredible shit that only sounds like them and no one has ever really been able to successfully copy: Over the Hills and Far Away, Stairway, the Ocean, Black Dog, Rock n Roll, Song Remains the Same, the list goes on. This is mid period Zeppelin, and it is glorious and brash. The last couple records deepened into something else that I can't really describe, but I dearly love. A song like I'm Gonna Crawl is 100% in the blues tradition but somehow sounds unique. Kashmir, Carouselambra, In My Time of Dying, Night Flight... these are all unbelievable. The performances have so much spirit. Everyone is playing so creatively. Lyrics and melodies are unforgettable. They are just as good as anything that ever happened in rock and roll music.
One of the funniest things back in the day was watching people try to dance to this song. Best description of the beat of this song is "lumbering blues".
Jon Bonham - genius -- as a singer having to learn this song ------ the drum signature SCREWED me every time - until a player explained - "just follow Bonham". xoxo welcome to the Zepplin worm hole! Love your reactions in NJ!
Absolutely love Bonham’s slightly offbeat rhythm on this one. You’re right, this one has always been a fan favorite - this fan included! Love playing this one on guitar as well 🤘
This is a misleading statement. Of course they were influenced by the blues, but musically it was another level. Making blanket statements like that without qualifying them doesn't do justice to reality.
While recording this album at Hedley Grange in England which is a beautiful farm house, this song was written by John Paul Jones and didn’t have a title yet. When they would go outside writing and hanging out, a Black Labrador would come around and hang out with them. So they named the song for him-her.
When I listen to Zepplin, it always reminds me of being out drinking in bars overseas when i was still active duty in the Navy and I always wish I had a nice cold beer or cider over there still. So many memories when I listen to this. 😎
I’ve always considered the three most popular bands as the Beatles, the Rolling Stones and Led Zeppelin. Zeppelin was extremely influential and owned the 70s, no matter what Rolling Stones fans say.
Love this song. I grew up listening to Zepp thanks to my older brother. Didn't buy my first album til Houses of The Holy was released in early 1973. I was 12. Although I own every Zepp album, HOTH will always be my fave. Black Dog is from the 4th album but I didn't buy that one until much later. Always thought that Stairway to Heaven got overplayed. My "stranded on an island" music will always be Led Zeppelin.
It's not just you! I'm a guitarist and back then I was a beginner and this song drove me nuts trying to play it. It's unique and I can't think of another song similar to it. Best rock group of all time in my opinion.
just as a side note, there is a RUclips audio only of this song used as a sound check for the audio technicians for a John Farnham concert in the late 80's early 90's. Well worth a listen as John is one of the best singers you will ever hear and his backing band are top notch!
Polo, my friend. Jimmy Page at the point that he joined Led Zeppelin had already done so much. A lot of his stuff is uncredited. He was in Yardbirds with Clapton before this. They definitely aren't like anything else the world had heard up to the point where they hit the scene. Pioneers man. Just like Ozzy Osbourne gave us the birth of Metal with Black Sabbath, Led Zeppelin gave us the first sub-genre of Metal - Progressive (personal opinion on that last one). John Bonham said that his sound came from trying to play Buddy Rich drum parts backwards. BACKWARDS! Dave Grohl's drumming is so reminiscent of Zeppelin for a reason. I'm so proud of you for taking this journey. Fan Favorite? I'd say my personal favorite is Immigrant Song. Thanks for everything man!
Jimmy played bass with the Yardbirds while Jeff Beck played lead guitar. Both after Clapton had left the band. Then Jeff left and Jimmy took over. Earlier he played on some Kinks, Them, Donovan and many others as a studio musician. Page is awesome on that first Joe Cocker album.
@@stevetaylorish1and produced all their albums. Zeppelin is Jimmy Page's brainchild. He doesn't tend to get enough individual credit for that IMO. He knew the sound he wanted and found the guys to make it happen.
Led Zeppelin has always been my favorite band. In the 70s I was in high school and it was one of the band my friends and I would routinely listen to driving around together. You should check out the songs "No Quarter" and "In my time of Dying" if you haven't already.
My all time faves by Zep- Ramble On Immigrant song Over the Hills and Far Away In The Evening Bring it on Home Trampled Underfoot They loved old black blues from the south in USA.
My fav Zeppelin song is When the Levee Breaks look up the version done by Playing for Change made a few years ago with John Paul Jones playing guitar and musicians from around the world, fantastic!
Been a fan since 76 or 77 and knew they were the greatest Hard Rock Band on the planet. I was then And I'm still right. How fucking great are the Mighty Zep! Keep up the great work Polo? From Edmonton Alberta I with everyone a fantastic day. Keep your stick on the ice, eh.
Our hometown went without a clear FM station for years in the 50’s and 60’s. Songs like this came through late at night when the nearest FM signal pierced through the interference. Hence, the reason I was always tired in school ! 😂❤❤
A great tune! Any other band puts this out, it's in their top 5. But, this is Zeppelin, so it's in my top 15 for them. No denying Achilles, Stairway, Kashmir, Whole Lotta Love, Dazed and Confused, etc.
This song ranks middle of the road for me. They have so much great music, with such great lyrics! They are without a doubt one of the all time great rock bands!
Widely underappreciated, that one. I started listening to Led Zeppelin during my mid-teenage years around 1990-ish, and my overall appreciation for their music has eroded over the decades since... probably from listening to it way too much. The Rain Song will never get old, though.
I was 11 when I bought this album. I loved its diversity .. from hard rock to blues, to the ballads and the mystical. It was such a unique collection of styles all underpinned by Bonham’s exceptional drumming. To this day in my top 10 albums of all time.
Here’s my rankings 1. Kashmir 2. In the Evening 3. Trampled Underfoot 4. Ten Years Gone 5. Stairway to Heaven 6. Houses of The Holy 7. Over the Hills and Far Away 8. The Ocean 9. Good Times Bad Times 10. When The Levee Breaks 11. Whole Lotta Love 12. What Is What Should Never Be 13. Ramble On 14. Nobody’s Fault But Mine 15. Wanton Song 16. Misty Mountain Hop 17. Hey Hey What Can I Do 18. In My Time Of Dying 19. The Rain Song 20. Black Dog.. so I guess I’d rank Black Dog 20th lol… so many great songs by them
It took me awhile to get into LZ. At first, in my late teens, I didn’t know how to digest the sound. As you said, it didn’t sound like anyone else. I’m glad I began to appreciate them, their sound, and their energy.
Interesting to read various comments about when folks "found" Zep. I was 12 when they bought out, LZ one, I'm here to say my life was changed forever more. I said before, my generation was so lucky to live during the most amazing popular music time EVER!! Keep the Journey going Polo, you are being musically educated.
Well, a lot of Zeppelin's discographies take liberties with old Blues songs from the early 1900s.. they hammered those old tunes into modern rock versions. Of course, they have loads of original work, but they do have quite a number of songs based off much older and relatively obscure toons that deserved to be remade.
1980In the college fraternity house my boyfriend and I listen to this song And a lot of led zeppelin While enjoying substances! Please play the foo fighters at Wembley With 2 of the remaining led zeppelin Guitars!! Great track Love you show
I'd recommend John Farnham (aussie) doing Black Dog as a vocal warm up for his concerts. Mind will be blown at his vocal.ability. Icon status in Australia
For most die hard Zeppelin fans this song is one of the classics to end all classics but it is rarely a favorite mostly because it got played SOOOOOOO much on the radio. Tru Zeppelin fans dig way deeper into their catalog for the personal favorites. The innovation of this song though objectively speaking probably puts it as one of their best. Crazy thing is the bass player wrote this guitar riff!
As a child of the 70’s I loved the mighty Zeppelin! I remember hearing this on a 45 single for the first time. My cousin had it and I don’t remember where she got it but it was just released.
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👍🙏 They were inspired by great blues artists like Howlin’ Wolf. There’s a great Howlin’ Wolf album called The London Sessions which was done with an all star cast backing him, all of whom I am sure you would know.
POLO, just a suggestion/idea 🤔💡 for a future video. Though it might be tough to do, *(w/o TOOL included though 😏)...* Make a *Top 10 List* of your *FAVORITE Songs* that you've reacted to so far already in your Journey on your YT Channel??
As has been already pointed out above, Led Zeppelin were largely inspired by the Blues. Most popular music, including Rock, Country, and Jazz, all have common roots in Blues.
Watch some of their live videos.
The thing about Led Zeppelin songs is that they get better every time you hear them. There's just too much going on there, to take in the whole thing on a first listen.
One Christmas, my 10 year old son got a CD Walkman. He got into my collection, & walked in the kitchen with his headphones on singing the opening lines. My wife’s jaw dropped, she shouted “What are you teaching him?!” I replied “The Classics,” ✌️❤️🎶
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Raise 'em right!😅
Raised em great!! 😂
Good lad. Good dad.
Bet they end up cool. :) Good job!
OMG Zeppelin is the best. You dyneed to be high to appreciate every note, word, rhythm, riff. Lord it makes me crazy that people keep inply these great groups of the 60"s and 70's could only compose and perform high. And that everyone listening were in the same state. I vould put on a Zeppelin album today drink my ice tea and be in heaven just listening to them.
Zeppelin’s been in my life since I was 12 and I am now 62 and is still my all time favorite band, it’s like comfort food, wraps you in warmth.
YAY This is BEAUTIFUL! I was 8 yrs old & they grabbed me by My Soul & Never Let GO! They consistently put me in a Trance they are just beyond Other Worldly
Same!! I'm 65...loved them since I was 10!
@CosmicVagabondPixie I see you on all the Zeppelin reactions...you like me watch them all! 😊❤
When I was 14 in 1974, we all knew every word and every change to every Zeppelin song!! We knew it was different and we knew it was nothing anyone had ever heard before! Awesome!! Glad I grew up then!😉😁
I was 6 in 74, and I heard Led zeppelin on a daily basis. Thanks to my older brother that it your age, thank god for older siblings .
Some of it was heard before. Led Zep did have to pay out a few dollars for tunes they "may have borrowed from".
After the Beatles broke up is when I was re-introduced to Led Zep and Pink Floyd. These two bands dominated the next 15 years of my life. Everything else I listened to (and I listened to a LOT!) went in-between other stuff by these two bands. Now (as others have pointed out) 40-50 yrs later, my body and my mind perk waaaaaay up whenever some of these songs (like this one) come on, or come around on one of my playlists. This one is top 5 because it was and remains so unique as you pointed out: all the different beats and lines of music going on at the same time, and how those “strings” or “branches” weave together and move apart to rejoin again and come together….and it’s hard hard rock with that drive, mixed with the foundation of blues and some real jazz mixed in here and there too. Even Plant’s singing is different, and very complex….masterpiece if never mainstream….it’s like part of the Canon of rock.
@@kamojet yeah but you're talking about blues that had probably been "borrowed" before as that was very common with the blues. Robert Johnson for example stole a bunch of stuff and made it his own. Zeppelin's sound though was like blues on steroids. The way they attacked the blues was uniquely powerful. Also understand that about 80% of Zeppelin's catalog is original material. A lot of bands were covering blues songs at the time, not just Zeppelin.
Me too!! I'm the same age! 😊
One of my favs!! Zeppelin is the best!!RIP John Bonzo Bonham❤❤❤❤
When I listen to Led Zeppelin so does everyone on my block.
Black Dog might not be one of Led Zep's very best songs, but it holds a very special place in our hearts, because it is the very first song on the album "Led Zeppelin IV" --- the album that Stairway to Heaven is on. Back in those days, we always listened to full albums all the way through. So, as soon as you heard those opening sounds of Black Dog, you knew you were in for a rockin' good time that would culminate in the greatest rock song of all time - Stairway to Heaven.
We rockers, in those days, really appreciated the technicalities of the music -- so we loved the changing time signatures & complex drum lines. So we didn't really dance to this music. We preferred to close our eyes to hear it better, and then rock out with "air guitar" and wild head thrashing!😆 It seems we were appreciating the music more with our brains than with our bodies.
The somewhat chaotic feel of this song reminds me of energy that is just rockin' so hard that it can barely be contained. It sounds to me like they are all riding as hard as they can, but just barely able to keep the song together, by the skin of their teeth!🤣
Thank you for getting back to the boys.
In 1990 I married a man who worshiped at the altar of zeppelin.
Black dog quickly became one of my favorites in their catalog.
I was a Beatles girl with some additional spice up till then, but my mind blew open with this song.
Beatles were great, but LED Zeppelin are like a super group because they were all prety much masters of thier classes
Me too! I loved the band, but the ex-bf took it to crazy levels. Went to concerts around the world. Even worked as a drum technician for Twisted Sister just to travel around to catch them! True story! Of course, he turned out to be an abuser, so he is now alone!
I challenge anyone who likes this to listen to John Farnham’s cover of Black Dog. Audio only as he and his band used it as a warm up/sound check song. He didn’t perform it in concerts, but before one gig one of the the sound men pressed the record button. Recorded in early ‘90s when John was in his 40s.
With me, they are always the first!!! 🥇🔥💎
I listen to them so much that I've reached the level where bands are played on the radio, I recognize the Zeppelin influences!!! 🙋🏻♀️
Love Zeppelin ❤❤❤... Misty Mountain Hop, Going To California, Rock N Roll, Ramble On, Over The Hills and Far Away.... so many great Led Zeppelin songs!!!!❤❤
This was the first Zeppelin song i heard and its my favorite still.
“I don’t know, but I’ve been told, a big legged woman ain’t got no soul”. No one but Robert Plant can deliver those lines like he could. The dude, and the band, were on a whole different level. Led Zeppelin was and still is the greatest rock band ever. Rock. Blues. Soul. Metal. Hard, and heavy, man! There will never be another Led Zeppelin. Thank goodness we have their records.
Black Dog to me is definitely a rockin’ banger. It is right there with the some of their best work.
And videos/film!!!
"Big legged woman ain't got no soul" comes from an old blues tune called "Big Legged Woman." It was originally released by Brownie McGhee in 1946. - Google
I'm an old Southern grandma now, but when I was 10, my big sister brought home this album, borrowed my portable Wildcat record player, and insisted I listen with her. I have been a Led Head ever since. Black Dog is not my favorite, but I love it none the less.
Glad you appreciate this era of rock music. Led Zeppelin will always be one of the best bands in my lifetime. And that is a lifetime that has enjoyed an enormous amount of wonderful music.
Another masterpiece by Zeppelin. Great reaction .
Yeah you're right! They are definitely one of a kind!! #legends 🎶✨🎶✨🎶✨🎶✨
"Black Dog" was written by John Paul Jones. Another solid reaction, Polo.
1. How many more times
2. Dazed and Confused
3. Since I've been loving you
4. Whole lotta love
5. When the levee breaks
Not a bad list at all. Of course, I'm sure "In my time of dying" not being on there is just an oversight, to be corrected in a future list, LOL. Nah, man, I don't know if I could do such a list and keep it for more than a week, lol. But it's fun to think about, and requires more research, haha!
In the 70’s we were all high listening to this music
I was a teen in the 70s...I'm 65. I never really got high...but I have listened to Zeppelin and LOVED THEM since 1970 and THEY ARE STILL MY FAVORITE BAND! Greatest band in history!!
@@juliemanarin4127 That's fine, drugs aren't required to enjoy it, but drugs were responsible for the influence to create it. I've read most of Jimmy's songs were created under the influence of heroin.
Alot of their songs are reworked blues and gospel songs from the early 20th century .
Willy Dixon
Again you're talking about roughly 20% of their catalog but even with those the sound and the way they attack the music is unique. Borrowing the blues has always been a very common practice. But Zeppelin took it to another level and went on to write a bunch of killer original material. 2 things can be true at the same time. Zeppelin can be both heavily influenced and heavily innovative. They are also among the most influential rock bands ever.
@@j.d...🎯 100% correct.
Case in point what they did with When the Levee Breaks
A lot? More like 5%.
Zeppelin were just as much influenced by British folk and other stuff.
Blues music/ musicians was a big influence for Led Zeppelin.
Def. in my top 5. I love the parts where John clicks the drum sticks before the music starts back.❤❤❤
This song will forever bring me back to the first time driving a car with a stick shift, on the road and not in driver’s Ed.! My step Dad was exhausted and let me drive his brand new 1979 Mazda RX-7, from Pacifica, Ca to Santa Barbara on the Pacific Coast Highway! I was in Heaven. I asked if he minded the music, he said no and was out and snoring softly. I drove the snot outta that 5 speed. When he awoke he said(calmly),”Ok, Mario, pull over.” I was doing 90 on the first straightaway coming into SB, ans was about to shift into 5 th.😇😁 I’ve loved driving ever since.
Lol me too! I had a 1967 SS Camaro 350 stick! I now have a 68 SS Camaro 454 stick!! My transmissions were all 4 speed. I play Zeppelin while driving it with my kick azz stereo!!
What a great memory!!
I too used to listen to in my 69 Chevy Nova. I lived in Ventura California. I thought if I put 4 speakers in my car I would have quadraphonic sound. I bought my car in 1979 when I graduated.I was one of the few girls who would rock out to zeppelin. Still do especially when I'm driving my Mercedes. Ain't nothin like it.
Wow best band ever the best time of my life so much fun an carefree miss those times
Your right Donna best of times. Ashame kids these days don't know what they missed and what real music is. 70's had the best music and yes life was carefree
Yes, my favorite Led Zeppelin track. Let's gooo!
My favorite band ever!
I thoroughly enjoy watching you discover what I have listened to for 50 years. Led Zeppelin were indeed a "manly" band. While they grew out of the blues; they polished it until it was their own. As you explore their catalog- study more of Plant's personal music. Tall Cool One for power. Heaven Knows for style. Meanwhile- just enjoy. They were ALL talented guys and they will bless you ears and your soul. ❤
This song soothes me like The Battle of Evermore. Makes me sleepy. Heard it so many times . Love it.
Zeppelin is the foundation for today’s greatest bands. Bands have based their entire catalogs on one of Zeppelin’s songs.
This song hits.
Plant comes out of the gate swinging and the band follows suit. Solid baseline from Jones, perfect drumming from Bonham and a legendary solo from Page at the end.
I love everything this band did, but this tune is a great example of Led Zeppelin firing on all cylinders from the off. You don’t make music like this without insane musical chemistry in a band and these guys had it.
The four best individual musicians in one band. It’s a supergroup without the title.
Another great Zep song. They are all good. Some are just better than others. They were King for a time.
Ive always loved how zeppelin can make a piece of music that sounds so ecstatic, exuberant. You really have to haul out the fancy adjectives
The Kennedy center honored them it was unreal😮
Yes, it is one of their best known songs. Overplayed on the radio back in the day. ✌
Zeppelin covered a lot of old songs and turned them into rock/blues. They also wrote a lot of their own stuff that was many times experimental in its time.
This is in my personal top 5.
Kashmir, Black Dog,Whole Lotta Love, Over The Hills and Far Away, Travelling Riverside Blues.
It was fun growing up with Led Zeppelin!
Here we go...!!! 🔥😏😎
It's my understanding that John Paul Jones came up with the main riff, and his primary objective was to write a song that kids COULDN'T dance to because of the odd timing. I'd say he succeeded.
You're right. Still can butt- dance in the car to it, though.
I just love music like this because of my parents. They are children of the 60's, my mom is an artist and an OG hippie who still has her vinyl records which she frequently plays when she's working in her studio. I have such happy memories of dancing around the house with her listening to Scarlet Begonias or rocking out to Led Zeppelin. She used to tell me if you always listen to music you will always be happy.
LUV This! Beautiful
I agree with your Momma. I found this a while back explains me perfectly. She may enjoy this. "Knock on the door to my soul and you will find a ageless hippie with a rock n roll heart and a never-ending hope for peace."
Cheers
Hammer of the god$
I do agree..a little green and Led Zeppelin .perfect combo❤
I see Zeppelin happening in 3 phases: early, which is deeply blues-based and sometimes a bit derivative, but always very creative. Zeppelin II is the high point of this, Whole Lotta Love, Lemon Song, great stuff. At some point, they really melded English folks traditions into that blues rock and you end up with incredible shit that only sounds like them and no one has ever really been able to successfully copy: Over the Hills and Far Away, Stairway, the Ocean, Black Dog, Rock n Roll, Song Remains the Same, the list goes on. This is mid period Zeppelin, and it is glorious and brash. The last couple records deepened into something else that I can't really describe, but I dearly love. A song like I'm Gonna Crawl is 100% in the blues tradition but somehow sounds unique. Kashmir, Carouselambra, In My Time of Dying, Night Flight... these are all unbelievable. The performances have so much spirit. Everyone is playing so creatively. Lyrics and melodies are unforgettable. They are just as good as anything that ever happened in rock and roll music.
Black Dog is a very special one. You can not get it completely on the first time ❤ it gets better the each time you listen. This song is in my top 10.
Right 😂. These guys are 1 of a kind. People can be inspired, influenced ect by others but LZ are the forerunner. Thank you ❤❤❤❤
Definitely a fan favourite.
One of the funniest things back in the day was watching people try to dance to this song. Best description of the beat of this song is "lumbering blues".
They were the best band ever saw them twice in the 70s they ROCK
This song is such a great album opener: it makes me feel very anxious, but in a good way.
This was the teenage
Groovin’ anthem in my
Day! Electric Boogaloo😁
Zeppelin + Mary Jane = some of my best times in college. Hearing each instrument so clearly. Imperfectly perfect!
😢In the light is awesome. Different, surreal, ethereal, and comes with bagpipes. Kinda sounds like bagpipes but it's a synthesizer
You are exactly right.
Jon Bonham - genius -- as a singer having to learn this song ------ the drum signature SCREWED me every time - until a player explained - "just follow Bonham". xoxo welcome to the Zepplin worm hole! Love your reactions in NJ!
Absolutely love Bonham’s slightly offbeat rhythm on this one. You’re right, this one has always been a fan favorite - this fan included! Love playing this one on guitar as well 🤘
They had plenty of inspiration from others. But they took music to places it never went before. Great reaction as always!
Led Zeppelin were definitely inspired by blues music.
Jimmy Page admitted to plagiarism and that he's copied a load of later blues artists.
This is a misleading statement. Of course they were influenced by the blues, but musically it was another level. Making blanket statements like that without qualifying them doesn't do justice to reality.
And British folk, classical, 1950s rock and roll, funk and soul etc. Not just blues.
@@lyndoncmp5751 yes.
While recording this album at Hedley Grange in England which is a beautiful farm house, this song was written by John Paul Jones and didn’t have a title yet. When they would go outside writing and hanging out, a Black Labrador would come around and hang out with them. So they named the song for him-her.
When I listen to Zepplin, it always reminds me of being out drinking in bars overseas when i was still active duty in the Navy and I always wish I had a nice cold beer or cider over there still. So many memories when I listen to this. 😎
I’ve always considered the three most popular bands as the Beatles, the Rolling Stones and Led Zeppelin. Zeppelin was extremely influential and owned the 70s, no matter what Rolling Stones fans say.
Love this song. I grew up listening to Zepp thanks to my older brother. Didn't buy my first album til Houses of The Holy was released in early 1973. I was 12. Although I own every Zepp album, HOTH will always be my fave. Black Dog is from the 4th album but I didn't buy that one until much later. Always thought that Stairway to Heaven got overplayed. My "stranded on an island" music will always be Led Zeppelin.
Love this song. Always grabs my attention!
It’s funky and somewhat jerky with no rules on where they’re taking you. It’s a fun grove to move with. The drums are my favorite in this one.
It's not just you! I'm a guitarist and back then I was a beginner and this song drove me nuts trying to play it. It's unique and I
can't think of another song similar to it. Best rock group of all time in my opinion.
Time signature of the drums was slowed down giving Black Dog a very unique sound.
My faves? Tough question. Kashmir, Stairway to heaven, Since I've been loving you, Ocean. Not necessarily in that order.
I bloody love this track -- played loud and i like you comment that it is 'an Art piece'. Loce your work.
just as a side note, there is a RUclips audio only of this song used as a sound check for the audio technicians for a John Farnham concert in the late 80's early 90's. Well worth a listen as John is one of the best singers you will ever hear and his backing band are top notch!
Polo, my friend. Jimmy Page at the point that he joined Led Zeppelin had already done so much. A lot of his stuff is uncredited. He was in Yardbirds with Clapton before this. They definitely aren't like anything else the world had heard up to the point where they hit the scene. Pioneers man. Just like Ozzy Osbourne gave us the birth of Metal with Black Sabbath, Led Zeppelin gave us the first sub-genre of Metal - Progressive (personal opinion on that last one). John Bonham said that his sound came from trying to play Buddy Rich drum parts backwards. BACKWARDS! Dave Grohl's drumming is so reminiscent of Zeppelin for a reason. I'm so proud of you for taking this journey. Fan Favorite? I'd say my personal favorite is Immigrant Song. Thanks for everything man!
Jimmy played bass with the Yardbirds while Jeff Beck played lead guitar. Both after Clapton had left the band. Then Jeff left and Jimmy took over. Earlier he played on some Kinks, Them, Donovan and many others as a studio musician. Page is awesome on that first Joe Cocker album.
Jimmy Page did not join Led Zeppelin, he created it.
Jimmy Page did not join Led Zeppelin he created it.
@@stevetaylorish1and produced all their albums. Zeppelin is Jimmy Page's brainchild. He doesn't tend to get enough individual credit for that IMO. He knew the sound he wanted and found the guys to make it happen.
@@stevetaylorish1 thanks for your input
Listening to this at 7:30 am!! Getting my day started on a great "note"!
Thanks Polo😊
Led Zeppelin has always been my favorite band. In the 70s I was in high school and it was one of the band my friends and I would routinely listen to driving around together. You should check out the songs "No Quarter" and "In my time of Dying" if you haven't already.
Black Dog is top 5 Zep, for me.
Tool is a Zep derivative, BTW.
My all time faves by Zep- Ramble On
Immigrant song
Over the Hills and Far Away
In The Evening
Bring it on Home
Trampled Underfoot
They loved old black blues from the south in USA.
My fav Zeppelin song is When the Levee Breaks look up the version done by Playing for Change made a few years ago with John Paul Jones playing guitar and musicians from around the world, fantastic!
Been a fan since 76 or 77 and knew they were the greatest Hard Rock Band on the planet.
I was then
And I'm still right.
How fucking great are the Mighty Zep!
Keep up the great work Polo?
From Edmonton Alberta I with everyone a fantastic day.
Keep your stick on the ice, eh.
More live Zeppelin please ❤
Our hometown went without a clear FM station for years in the 50’s and 60’s.
Songs like this came through late at night when the nearest FM
signal pierced through the interference.
Hence, the reason I was always tired in school !
😂❤❤
A great tune! Any other band puts this out, it's in their top 5. But, this is Zeppelin, so it's in my top 15 for them. No denying Achilles, Stairway, Kashmir, Whole Lotta Love, Dazed and Confused, etc.
This song ranks middle of the road for me. They have so much great music, with such great lyrics! They are without a doubt one of the all time great rock bands!
They opened with this song when I saw them as a student in Leicester 1972. Sure got our attention
Some songs are a must watch Live!
It an Experience.
I had this album on 8-track. Those were the days. 😊
“The rain song” is my #1 favorite Zeppelin song.
Widely underappreciated, that one. I started listening to Led Zeppelin during my mid-teenage years around 1990-ish, and my overall appreciation for their music has eroded over the decades since... probably from listening to it way too much. The Rain Song will never get old, though.
Me too...that and In My Time of Dying.
I was 11 when I bought this album. I loved its diversity .. from hard rock to blues, to the ballads and the mystical. It was such a unique collection of styles all underpinned by Bonham’s exceptional drumming. To this day in my top 10 albums of all time.
The hotest song when i was in high school before Vietnam.
Here’s my rankings
1. Kashmir 2. In the Evening 3. Trampled Underfoot 4. Ten Years Gone 5. Stairway to Heaven 6. Houses of The Holy 7. Over the Hills and Far Away 8. The Ocean 9. Good Times Bad Times 10. When The Levee Breaks 11. Whole Lotta Love 12. What Is What Should Never Be 13. Ramble On 14. Nobody’s Fault But Mine 15. Wanton Song 16. Misty Mountain Hop 17. Hey Hey What Can I Do 18. In My Time Of Dying 19. The Rain Song 20. Black Dog.. so I guess I’d rank Black Dog 20th lol… so many great songs by them
The drums sound amazing!
It took me awhile to get into LZ. At first, in my late teens, I didn’t know how to digest the sound. As you said, it didn’t sound like anyone else. I’m glad I began to appreciate them, their sound, and their energy.
Interesting to read various comments about when folks "found" Zep. I was 12 when they bought out, LZ one, I'm here to say my life was changed forever more. I said before, my generation was so lucky to live during the most amazing popular music time EVER!!
Keep the Journey going Polo, you are being musically educated.
Well, a lot of Zeppelin's discographies take liberties with old Blues songs from the early 1900s.. they hammered those old tunes into modern rock versions. Of course, they have loads of original work, but they do have quite a number of songs based off much older and relatively obscure toons that deserved to be remade.
Listen to going to California!
Going to California is best when you listen to it with your eyes closed and let the music wash over you. Truly wonderful.
They say Going to California was inspired by Joni Mitchell.
1980In the college fraternity house my boyfriend and I listen to this song And a lot of led zeppelin While enjoying substances!
Please play the foo fighters at Wembley With 2 of the remaining led zeppelin Guitars!! Great track Love you show
I'd recommend John Farnham (aussie) doing Black Dog as a vocal warm up for his concerts. Mind will be blown at his vocal.ability. Icon status in Australia
I did not realize how good the drums are in this song!!
Black Sabbath,Led Zeppelin,Deep Purple the holy triad of rock music🤘
For most die hard Zeppelin fans this song is one of the classics to end all classics but it is rarely a favorite mostly because it got played SOOOOOOO much on the radio. Tru Zeppelin fans dig way deeper into their catalog for the personal favorites. The innovation of this song though objectively speaking probably puts it as one of their best. Crazy thing is the bass player wrote this guitar riff!
As a child of the 70’s I loved the mighty Zeppelin! I remember hearing this on a 45 single for the first time. My cousin had it and I don’t remember where she got it but it was just released.
My absolute favorite Zepplin song. It's perfect for a road trip.
One of (the many!) favourite Zep songs of mine. The bass and drums really stand out for me.