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IMHO this song Achilles is the GOAT of all rock songs!! This song can not be rivaled by any band. It’s utterly amazing in ALL Aspects!!! Thx guys!! Really appreciate your reactions!!!
This is one of their tracks that gets better and better every time you hear it... And I've heard it hundreds of times. The influence of this track on future rock is enormous.
This was the first Zep album I bought on release. I had just been introduced to the music of Zep and had overdosed on Physical Graffiti. Whilst the album hasn't aged that well this song still sounds as awesome as it did that day in 76 when I bought it. Plants voice sounds better than ever, JPJ's bass playing driving it along. Pages multiple layers of genius. And then there's Bonzo. More energy in his playing than can be heard in most others bands entire catalogue. Drumming to another level. Some of the fills on here take my breath away.
Jimmy’s solos pick you up and tell you a little story and then place you back down. What a legend. Going to see Robert tonight in Toronto for the last show on the tour. Have second row floors. Can’t wait! Cheers ✌️❤️🇨🇦
Yeah, Presence is way underrated. Most people focus on Page’s playing, but this album is ignored and it makes no sense because this is a guitar album front to back with some of Page’s most emotive and compositionally layered guitar parts in the catalog. Tea for One is some of his most melancholically beautiful and forlorn guitar work ever…can’t wait for that one.
AGREED. "For Your Life" is BRILLIANT as well and has some of the best Time Signature Changes/drumming in their entire Catalog... I also think Jimmy's Solo on FYL is one of his ALL TIME best - NEVER TIRE OF HEARING IT - gives me chills every time.
“If they ever tell my story let them say that I walked with giants. Men rise and fall like the winter wheat, but these names will never die. Let them say I lived in the time of Hector, tamer of horses. Let them say I lived in the time of Achilles.” Robert, Jimmy, John and John were truly gods that once walked the earth. This is just one masterpiece that proves it.
Nothing new to say but John Henry Bonham was a lovely stupendous freak of nature on the kit, Jonsey's pic is included in Websters fictionary next to the word "fluidity mastery gone-wild", Plant took his stunning gifts from the higher powers and from his hard labor and gifted society with mic dropping stuff never really heard before or since and Page didn't play fair, he played the electric guitar like they did up in the mountains in the 13th century 😮
I didn’t like this album when it came out but 40 years later I finally hear the genius. The emotion of Page’s guitar in Tea For One takes you to another dimension. This song, which I hated as a teenager, has aged like fine wine. It’s when you isolate the bass, drums and guitar and hear the interplay, do you finally get the tune, as famously put in one of their more well-known songs.
A composed masterpiece. I can only imagine that it was a sweaty workout because of the length of the song. Great job of deep diving into the bands background.
This is their most "uncomfortable" albums but has some GREAT tunes. Nobody's Fault is certainly a standout as well and one of my favorite overall Zeppelin tracks.
"In My Time of Dying"...YES!!! When Bonzo takes over on that song, I swear he's playing LEAD DRUMS!!!!! And the "Achilles Last Stand" from Kebworth...I defy anyone to watch that and believe that Bonzo was mere months away from a death by alcohol...he is a frickin TACK DRIVER on that song!
Love your Great Reactions. Saw Zep at the Los Angeles Forum in 1977. At this concert Achilles Last Stand and Nobody's Fault But Mine represented the Presence Album. Those live versions without all the guitar overdubs sounded so raw and furious. 😺
Really one of the greatest songs in rock and roll history. This is one of John Bonham's shining moments. Produced by the genius that is Jimmy Page. Just listen to that rhythm guitar during the solo. The trudging bass of JPJ is incredible.
Good afternoon Sir and Madam. Firstly I must apologise for my late response to your reaction to this colossal masterpiece. I have been in Norway 🇳🇴 and there is no wi fi on glaciers. I bought “ Presence” in 1976 and a friend asked me to describe ALS to them. All I could think of was “ Kashmir on steroids n speed”. Know what I mean guys?? Thank you both once again for everything you put in to these reactions, it’s much appreciated.
There you are @malcshone4409 !! I was wondering where you got off to. LOL. Hope you had a wonderful trip. I was thinking "Immigrant Song on steroids" but potayto-potahto 🎸
It's hard to speak succinctly about this song as so much is happening. The number of guitar overdubs is staggering. I believe it was Rick Derringer who stated Page was the most overworked guitarist in history, based on this song alone. You covered Bonham's contributions and I can tell which parts of the song are playing on the isolated drum track. Thanks for covering the context, history and cover song. This is what makes your treatment unique. Looking forward to Nobody's Fault but Mine, Hots on for Nowhere, and Tea for One. Also, thanks for introducing me to a couple of Rush albums. I've heard their hits but not the entire albums. It was fun and informative.
This record contains two of Jimmy's three mentioned favorite solos: Achilles and Tea for One (Stairway being the other). Also the young girl next to the teacher is the same child model featured on the cover of Houses of the Holy. Some thought it was Plant's daughter but its not. There's a feature about Hipgnosis, the cover art people, somewhere on You Tube which discusses this and interviews the woman who is now middle-aged. I enjoy your thoughtful reviews and graphic art. I'd love to be able to hear your running commentary which is often muted. Its the contemporaneous reactions which tend to be the best.
I waited so long (in my head) for this album release to be met with critics saying Page was lackluster and dull and Plant had given up and had no voice left and Bonzo had lost his beat and JPJ had no direction....once again utterly wrong missed the whole point. When Robert and Jimmy finished the song they had a meeting with John and John and spent a couple of days explaining the song concept and let them write their part...put the finishing touches in the hands of the gods...lol...I loved loved loved it...but I thought there was no way they could ever play such a complex studio cut live....but they did of course....please listen to this live at Knebworth 79' LZ were not normal at all...Page dripping lackluster juice....hahahahahahahahahaha
Maybe look into Barracuda - Heart. I Wonder if you can feel the rhythmic connection when released a year after this song ? Heart always said Zeppelin were the band that first inspired them. Their drummer is VERY much a fan of Bonzo. You know your time signatures like a drummer 👍 There's no easy Zeppelin songs when you try to cover them 😐
Thankfully the dragon didn’t devour him, and he made it out the other side… I saw him and Robert on their 1998 tour and Jimmy was absolutely brilliant!
@@JU5TINPDX yeah man took him a while but he got his shit together and the 90s was great. Maybe not great new material but playing the classics tho. His best new material was with Coverdale
Largely agree, but listen to his solo on “I’m Gonna Crawl” from In Through the Out Door. Different, not epic, but pure Blues and emotion- harking back to “Since I Been Loving You” and “I Can’t Quit You Baby”. Sheer Class.
@@tomfabozzi5353 yeah I love that one. But his mind and hand just weren’t connected like they use to be pre 77. Mostly live as he can rec 100 takes if he wanted to in the studio.
In 1976, as RUSH was changing direction (after 2112), into a more progressive stance, Zep was also changing their sound into this guitar monstrosity. Being a huge Page fan, this is music to OUR ears!! This represented the future of the Led Zeppelin sound. It was raw and exciting and a glimpse of great music to come. There is some real cool Bass and Drum Isolated versions of Zeppelin music on the RUclipss and THIS song Isolated with just the drums and bass is amazeballs (as Mike starts playing isolated drums)!! Robert Plant and John Paul Jones would highlight their last studio album leaving Jimmy a bit sad. Was there a split starting, in the Band.?. John and Jimmy were hanging out more, celebrating while Robert and JPJ were more focused on the job at hand. The eighties were coming, and a more Pop style was becoming more popular, and Robert Plant leaned into that style as Jimmy was not so much. A lot of the early 70's partying style was gettin' old, and Zeppelin fell victim to those extremes. RIP. The 80's saw Hair Bands and Posers somewhat poking fun at the previous generation. Music took a turn and I too started "working all the time, seemed to me I could live my life better than I think I can". Haven't heard of Dream Theater, Let's GOoooo!! Great work on the "Digging Deep' excerpt! Music Audio fantastic! Thanks once again!
I know they claim it to rely on formula but there is a blues song on every LP. And I think you me comment it appropriate about immigrant song. III- immigrant song PG -wanton P- Achilles ITTOD-Carouselambra
@@verginithe no, you’re missing the point entirely. I said Rush is my favorite band. That doesn’t make them the greatest band in the world, that just makes them my favorite. To me, Led Zeppelin is the quintessential rock band and always will be. However, I listen to Rush more than I listen to zeppelin at this point in my life.
I always associated the Object pictures from the Presence album with a more Twilight Zone-is feel for some reason, although the Kubrick-esque Monolith take I get too.
Loved the Kubrick. Achilles and Tea for One. The beginning and the end. Something something Vikingr. In celebration for a King. Imagine if Kubrick had made Rendezvous with Rama. Dev is stunning as always. Mike just looks a little older, but still wonderful.
No record in the history of rock had more pre-sale orders than Presence. It contained no acoustic guitars - all steel pedal - and no keyboards or piano. The music was written entirely by Page, with some input from Bonham (I'm not talking about lyrics). In contrast, the band's next and final album, In Through the Outdoor, was all Jones and Plant (and Page, too gone on heroin, and Bonham, even deeper into his alcoholism and cocaine use, hated it). As Plant said about Presence: it is hard to listen to. "Achilles Last Stand" has been ranked as one of Led Zeppelin's "Almost Great" songs, like "In the Light" from Physical Graffiti. "Achilles" is also, according to Page, his most complicated and difficult guitar solo. Anyhow....if you consider the time period this album was written and produced, it really "doesn't fit" with the times. And I don't mean that it was ahead of its time, like you could say Zeppelin's first six albums (all of their catalogue) were. I mean the album was an isolated affair; it was so scaled down as to be almost unrecognizable. You knew it was Zeppelin, but on the heels of Physical Graffiti, you just scratched your head and said, "Okay...it's good...great...or is it?" When you consider what was "big" in music when Presence his the street, it's not hard to see why Presence was a struggle for fans. There was an awful lot of good music out there: Frampton put out "Frampton Comes Alive," Boston's first album, the new Deep Purple lineup, Blackmore formed Rainbow, the Scorpions and Priest were killing it, AC/DC, Aerosmith, Kansas, Kiss, Thin Lizzy's Jailbreak, Rush 2112 (say that again -- 2112!), and more. So for Zeppelin -- and even Sabbath with Technical Ecstasy -- to have a "down" or "different" album wasn't the end of the world. There was a sense that, in some fan circles, Zeppelin and Sabbath had run their course. Some fans had moved onto newer sounds. Anyhow, I love Presence. It's a great album. It's a little out of time and out of place for both Zeppelin and rock. Yet, it is where Zeppelin was at: a hard spot, a tough run. Their '77 USA Tour would show the world that they were back...until they weren't, and the tour was quickly canceled due to the death of Plant's son Karac.
As fierce as the playing was, I always thought the drum sound got short-changed on this album, like the micing didn't suit the room and there were phasing problems. Especially the snare has none of it's usual depth and sparkle - just kind of a 'clunk'. Nevertheless...
Why does he say they were a trio? They always leave out John Paul Jones like hes some red headed stepchild. Its weird since he brought so much to the band.
Swept New York a glancing kiss To those who claim they know Below the shrieks the seaman hears The Devil's in his hole NOT Below the streets will steam and hiss. Just ask Robert. I did.
Ironically, as amazing and unparalleled as the musicianship is on this track, I find Plant's vocals to be almost annoyingly nasally throughout. There are more than a few LZ songs that, imho, would have been as good, if not much better, without Plant's incessant wailing, this being a great example of which I speak.
That's sad to hear you feel that way, but that's why we all enjoy music in our own way, and appreciate some instruments over others, although to me Plant's singing is just another instrument in the song, way different than most other vocalists, they were about singing, Robert was about being another instrument, which is what makes him the greatest rock vocalist ever
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IMHO this song Achilles is the GOAT of all rock songs!! This song can not be rivaled by any band. It’s utterly amazing in ALL Aspects!!! Thx guys!! Really appreciate your reactions!!!
It has been copied by iron maiden there whole career?
It's almost impossible to play it's going so fast Page claims it's his most difficult to play to write ..but it's INCREDIBLE.
Definitely hard to play live😊
The live version from Knebworth is killer.
This is one of their tracks that gets better and better every time you hear it... And I've heard it hundreds of times. The influence of this track on future rock is enormous.
This was the first Zep album I bought on release. I had just been introduced to the music of Zep and had overdosed on Physical Graffiti.
Whilst the album hasn't aged that well this song still sounds as awesome as it did that day in 76 when I bought it. Plants voice sounds better than ever, JPJ's bass playing driving it along. Pages multiple layers of genius.
And then there's Bonzo. More energy in his playing than can be heard in most others bands entire catalogue. Drumming to another level. Some of the fills on here take my breath away.
Epic great hard rock long gallop song Led zeppelin.
I love the album Presence. Two of my favorite Led Zeppelin songs. Achille's Last Stand and Tea For One. The rest of the album is really good as well!
Jimmy’s solos pick you up and tell you a little story and then place you back down. What a legend.
Going to see Robert tonight in Toronto for the last show on the tour. Have second row floors. Can’t wait! Cheers ✌️❤️🇨🇦
Yeah, Presence is way underrated. Most people focus on Page’s playing, but this album is ignored and it makes no sense because this is a guitar album front to back with some of Page’s most emotive and compositionally layered guitar parts in the catalog. Tea for One is some of his most melancholically beautiful and forlorn guitar work ever…can’t wait for that one.
AGREED. "For Your Life" is BRILLIANT as well and has some of the best Time Signature Changes/drumming in their entire Catalog... I also think Jimmy's Solo on FYL is one of his ALL TIME best - NEVER TIRE OF HEARING IT - gives me chills every time.
The drums and bass are phenominal. What a great piece of music this is.
Extremely intense song. Love it. The goats.
Double opposable thumbs up!! Presence is definitely overlooked as a led zeppelin album
I 100% agree with you. This is my favourite song. Period. A Prog Rock Tour De Force.
LED ZEPPELIN FOREVER, FOREVER LED ZEPPELIN!!! GREATEST BAND OF ALL TIME!!!
“If they ever tell my story let them say that I walked with giants. Men rise and fall like the winter wheat, but these names will never die. Let them say I lived in the time of Hector, tamer of horses. Let them say I lived in the time of Achilles.” Robert, Jimmy, John and John were truly gods that once walked the earth. This is just one masterpiece that proves it.
It’s classical music with rock instruments.
Every time I get a new pair of speakers, I listen to this song first.
Jonesy's picked eight-string bass guitar playing's criminally overlooked on this song, in general.
Nothing new to say but John Henry Bonham was a lovely stupendous freak of nature on the kit, Jonsey's pic is included in Websters fictionary next to the word "fluidity mastery gone-wild", Plant took his stunning gifts from the higher powers and from his hard labor and gifted society with mic dropping stuff never really heard before or since and Page didn't play fair, he played the electric guitar like they did up in the mountains in the 13th century 😮
I didn’t like this album when it came out but 40 years later I finally hear the genius. The emotion of Page’s guitar in Tea For One takes you to another dimension. This song, which I hated as a teenager, has aged like fine wine. It’s when you isolate the bass, drums and guitar and hear the interplay, do you finally get the tune, as famously put in one of their more well-known songs.
The “ ambience” in TFI is extraordinary. It sounds like LZ1 again!
John Henry Bonham 💪
Love this album!
Me too! One of my favorites. 👍🏻
A composed masterpiece. I can only imagine that it was a sweaty workout because of the length of the song. Great job of deep diving into the bands background.
For my money, this is the best LZep song…amongst many, but this one really speaks to me.
This is their most "uncomfortable" albums but has some GREAT tunes. Nobody's Fault is certainly a standout as well and one of my favorite overall Zeppelin tracks.
When you listen to the drums you can hear the guitar.
thanks for your reaction....this is probably the most underrated song and solo of led zeppelin....
Love the Interview with Robert Plant ...Isolate John Bonham tracks were MIND BLOWING.
One of my favorite Zeppelin albums. You are right - straight forward, stripped down rock. This album really showcases John Bonham.
It's Jimmy's guitar orchestra. And Bonzo is magnificent.
Dream Theater did an amazing cover of this song in their live Led Zeppelin medley performance.
"In My Time of Dying"...YES!!! When Bonzo takes over on that song, I swear he's playing LEAD DRUMS!!!!! And the "Achilles Last Stand" from Kebworth...I defy anyone to watch that and believe that Bonzo was mere months away from a death by alcohol...he is a frickin TACK DRIVER on that song!
One of my favorite all time songs.. They killed it!
This is my favorite Zep track since I was a kid. Monster riff, awesome guitar playing. Thanks for sharing :)
Love your Great Reactions. Saw Zep at the Los Angeles Forum in 1977. At this concert Achilles Last Stand and Nobody's Fault But Mine represented the Presence Album. Those live versions without all the guitar overdubs sounded so raw and furious. 😺
We are listening to these performances in an upcoming video!
@@MusicforBusyPeople I always look forward to your Led Zeppelin reactions. You two are so great❤
Really one of the greatest songs in rock and roll history. This is one of John Bonham's shining moments. Produced by the genius that is Jimmy Page. Just listen to that rhythm guitar during the solo. The trudging bass of JPJ is incredible.
This is in my top 3 ZEP songs. Page and Bonzo killed this shit. Great song and great video. Thanks guy and lovely lady.
This is the most epic song ever! 😎👍
They had the basic foundation for the changes from the live Dazed and Confused extended jams.
Yeah their 75 DAC esp, earls court 5.24 is a great reference evens jimmy solo solo break down. It’s basically this solo just quiet and delicate
This is a great friggin' song!!!!!!!
Good afternoon Sir and Madam. Firstly I must apologise for my late response to your reaction to this colossal masterpiece. I have been in Norway 🇳🇴 and there is no wi fi on glaciers. I bought “ Presence” in 1976 and a friend asked me to describe ALS to them. All I could think of was “ Kashmir on steroids n speed”. Know what I mean guys?? Thank you both once again for everything you put in to these reactions, it’s much appreciated.
There you are @malcshone4409 !! I was wondering where you got off to. LOL. Hope you had a wonderful trip. I was thinking "Immigrant Song on steroids" but potayto-potahto 🎸
It's hard to speak succinctly about this song as so much is happening. The number of guitar overdubs is staggering. I believe it was Rick Derringer who stated Page was the most overworked guitarist in history, based on this song alone. You covered Bonham's contributions and I can tell which parts of the song are playing on the isolated drum track. Thanks for covering the context, history and cover song. This is what makes your treatment unique. Looking forward to Nobody's Fault but Mine, Hots on for Nowhere, and Tea for One. Also, thanks for introducing me to a couple of Rush albums. I've heard their hits but not the entire albums. It was fun and informative.
I was in the same boat with Rush. Just heard the hits.
Keith Richards said that about Jimmy after hearing the track for the first time.
This record contains two of Jimmy's three mentioned favorite solos: Achilles and Tea for One (Stairway being the other).
Also the young girl next to the teacher is the same child model featured on the cover of Houses of the Holy. Some thought it was Plant's daughter but its not. There's a feature about Hipgnosis, the cover art people, somewhere on You Tube which discusses this and interviews the woman who is now middle-aged.
I enjoy your thoughtful reviews and graphic art. I'd love to be able to hear your running commentary which is often muted. Its the contemporaneous reactions which tend to be the best.
Thank you @Ed9870 If it is something we say again later, I sometimes mute it to avoid interrupting the music.
I waited so long (in my head) for this album release to be met with critics saying Page was lackluster and dull and Plant had given up and had no voice left and Bonzo had lost his beat and JPJ had no direction....once again utterly wrong missed the whole point. When Robert and Jimmy finished the song they had a meeting with John and John and spent a couple of days explaining the song concept and let them write their part...put the finishing touches in the hands of the gods...lol...I loved loved loved it...but I thought there was no way they could ever play such a complex studio cut live....but they did of course....please listen to this live at Knebworth 79' LZ were not normal at all...Page dripping lackluster juice....hahahahahahahahahaha
Amazing bass and drums and jpj on keyboard
John Bonham 👊
Thanks for all the extra information very good
Oh yeah!... glad to see your back to the Zep catalogue... Achilles is a masterpiece but my fave to crank up from Presence is Nobody' Fault!
We gonna do all the Zeppelin no matter how long it takes! Lol
A great song. Bonham has some really amazing beats on this album. Here he featured the crash cymbals. 🙂
Maybe look into Barracuda - Heart. I Wonder if you can feel the rhythmic connection when released a year after this song ? Heart always said Zeppelin were the band that first inspired them. Their drummer is VERY much a fan of Bonzo. You know your time signatures like a drummer 👍 There's no easy Zeppelin songs when you try to cover them 😐
Amazing song, and guitar solo. Jimmy’s last stand really . He peaked by 75 then started the downhill slide chasing the dragon.
Thankfully the dragon didn’t devour him, and he made it out the other side… I saw him and Robert on their 1998 tour and Jimmy was absolutely brilliant!
@@JU5TINPDX yeah man took him a while but he got his shit together and the 90s was great. Maybe not great new material but playing the classics tho. His best new material was with Coverdale
Largely agree, but listen to his solo on “I’m Gonna Crawl” from In Through the Out Door. Different, not epic, but pure Blues and emotion- harking back to “Since I Been Loving You” and “I Can’t Quit You Baby”. Sheer Class.
@@tomfabozzi5353 yeah I love that one. But his mind and hand just weren’t connected like they use to be pre 77. Mostly live as he can rec 100 takes if he wanted to in the studio.
@@derekjackson1039 THE FIRM WAS AWESOME!
The live version from Knebworth '79 is as epic as it gets. Bonham's poor snare drum should have filed charges!
The girl in the classroom pic is the same girl on the cover of “Houses of the Holy”. I’ve always thought that was kind of cool 😁
That IS interesting
Speaking of drumming songs you’ll LOVE Fool in the Rain on the next album: IN THROUGH THE OUT DOOR.
In 1976, as RUSH was changing direction (after 2112), into a more progressive stance, Zep was also changing their sound into this guitar monstrosity. Being a huge Page fan, this is music to OUR ears!! This represented the future of the Led Zeppelin sound. It was raw and exciting and a glimpse of great music to come. There is some real cool Bass and Drum Isolated versions of Zeppelin music on the RUclipss and THIS song Isolated with just the drums and bass is amazeballs (as Mike starts playing isolated drums)!! Robert Plant and John Paul Jones would highlight their last studio album leaving Jimmy a bit sad. Was there a split starting, in the Band.?. John and Jimmy were hanging out more, celebrating while Robert and JPJ were more focused on the job at hand. The eighties were coming, and a more Pop style was becoming more popular, and Robert Plant leaned into that style as Jimmy was not so much. A lot of the early 70's partying style was gettin' old, and Zeppelin fell victim to those extremes. RIP. The 80's saw Hair Bands and Posers somewhat poking fun at the previous generation. Music took a turn and I too started "working all the time, seemed to me I could live my life better than I think I can". Haven't heard of Dream Theater, Let's GOoooo!! Great work on the "Digging Deep' excerpt! Music Audio fantastic! Thanks once again!
I know they claim it to rely on formula but there is a blues song on every LP.
And I think you me comment it appropriate about immigrant song.
III- immigrant song
PG -wanton
P- Achilles
ITTOD-Carouselambra
I subscribed in hopes for more Rush stuff but this is truly my favourite zeppelin song.
It’s so original and doesn’t sound like anything else they did
I have that Dream Theater album. Thought they were awesome at convers, especially Zeppelin.
Rush is my favorite band of all time but Zeppelin is the greatest band ever.🔥
a backhanded compliment
@@verginithe how?
@@jimtatro6550 if you say they are the best then they would be your favorite (or else youre Canadian)
@@verginithe no, you’re missing the point entirely. I said Rush is my favorite band. That doesn’t make them the greatest band in the world, that just makes them my favorite. To me, Led Zeppelin is the quintessential rock band and always will be. However, I listen to Rush more than I listen to zeppelin at this point in my life.
@@jimtatro6550 then you think Rush is the greatest if thats your favorite, or youre a Canadian
I always associated the Object pictures from the Presence album with a more Twilight Zone-is feel for some reason, although the Kubrick-esque Monolith take I get too.
Loved the Kubrick. Achilles and Tea for One. The beginning and the end. Something something Vikingr. In celebration for a King. Imagine if Kubrick had made Rendezvous with Rama. Dev is stunning as always. Mike just looks a little older, but still wonderful.
I read both Clarke books so long ago, I can't remember which one I liked better. Lol
@@MusicforBusyPeople You and me both my friend.
JP said that Kashmir was his favorite.
I don't think so, I'm pretty sure Jimmy thought Achilles was the quintessential Zeppelin song, at least I thought I heard him say that
Mostly it was a funk album. And it's prolly my favorite
The Black Object = The Internet
Lol
the main picture is taken at the London boat show , Earls Court
Isn’t Bonham the driving force of this song? For me he is,was
There are very few actual Promo Objects that were made. Very valuable if you can find a true original one ! Seriously
Another commenter mentioned there was a Pawn Stars episode featuring The Object. I think he bought one from a guy for close to $4K.
The show Pawn Stars has a show about the Object.
Oh wow, I didn't know! Thanks, that is cool.
This does seem in some ways a sequel to Immigrant song, or the main course following the appetizer.
No record in the history of rock had more pre-sale orders than Presence. It contained no acoustic guitars - all steel pedal - and no keyboards or piano. The music was written entirely by Page, with some input from Bonham (I'm not talking about lyrics). In contrast, the band's next and final album, In Through the Outdoor, was all Jones and Plant (and Page, too gone on heroin, and Bonham, even deeper into his alcoholism and cocaine use, hated it). As Plant said about Presence: it is hard to listen to. "Achilles Last Stand" has been ranked as one of Led Zeppelin's "Almost Great" songs, like "In the Light" from Physical Graffiti. "Achilles" is also, according to Page, his most complicated and difficult guitar solo. Anyhow....if you consider the time period this album was written and produced, it really "doesn't fit" with the times. And I don't mean that it was ahead of its time, like you could say Zeppelin's first six albums (all of their catalogue) were. I mean the album was an isolated affair; it was so scaled down as to be almost unrecognizable. You knew it was Zeppelin, but on the heels of Physical Graffiti, you just scratched your head and said, "Okay...it's good...great...or is it?" When you consider what was "big" in music when Presence his the street, it's not hard to see why Presence was a struggle for fans. There was an awful lot of good music out there: Frampton put out "Frampton Comes Alive," Boston's first album, the new Deep Purple lineup, Blackmore formed Rainbow, the Scorpions and Priest were killing it, AC/DC, Aerosmith, Kansas, Kiss, Thin Lizzy's Jailbreak, Rush 2112 (say that again -- 2112!), and more. So for Zeppelin -- and even Sabbath with Technical Ecstasy -- to have a "down" or "different" album wasn't the end of the world. There was a sense that, in some fan circles, Zeppelin and Sabbath had run their course. Some fans had moved onto newer sounds. Anyhow, I love Presence. It's a great album. It's a little out of time and out of place for both Zeppelin and rock. Yet, it is where Zeppelin was at: a hard spot, a tough run. Their '77 USA Tour would show the world that they were back...until they weren't, and the tour was quickly canceled due to the death of Plant's son Karac.
Tabkoul awaits me ! No Achilles no Barracuda .
As fierce as the playing was, I always thought the drum sound got short-changed on this album, like the micing didn't suit the room and there were phasing problems. Especially the snare has none of it's usual depth and sparkle - just kind of a 'clunk'. Nevertheless...
Never heard of Dream Theater? You should definitely delve.
Bonzo let loose
Albion is the ancient name for England
no talking while Zeppelin is playing
id put my money down that Iron Maiden made a career off this songs galloping sound
Why does he say they were a trio? They always leave out John Paul Jones like hes some red headed stepchild. Its weird since he brought so much to the band.
Trio of musicians + singer
did you get to 'as long as I have you? you stopped short 😑
Swept New York a glancing kiss
To those who claim they know
Below the shrieks the seaman hears
The Devil's in his hole
NOT Below the streets will steam and hiss.
Just ask Robert. I did.
You can count to 5 😂
Ironically, as amazing and unparalleled as the musicianship is on this track, I find Plant's vocals to be almost annoyingly nasally throughout. There are more than a few LZ songs that, imho, would have been as good, if not much better, without Plant's incessant wailing, this being a great example of which I speak.
That's sad to hear you feel that way, but that's why we all enjoy music in our own way, and appreciate some instruments over others, although to me Plant's singing is just another instrument in the song, way different than most other vocalists, they were about singing, Robert was about being another instrument, which is what makes him the greatest rock vocalist ever
This album made me forget about Led Zeppelin. Awful, tedious filler.
Seriously? Achilles, Nobody's Fault, and Tea for One are fantastic songs, some of their best work
@@Ledzepnut Boring, heartless.
@@OzzybinOswald LOL okie dokie