FM dj's always played "Heartbreaker" right along with "Living Loving Maid" right in line after it as one piece of music. I cannot hear them divided like this without some aural pain. lol
"with a purple umbrella and a fifty cent hat" whoops I got a little ahead of myself there, lol. Page and Jones both being highly sought after studio musicians really contributes to the zeppelin sound and production. JPJ's bass line on this track is just Nasty!
Heartbreaker, for me, is the epicenter for the birth of "Heavy Metal." Whole Lotta Love + Heartbreaker from this album marked the beginning of the 1970's super-heavy sound.
Totally agree, others pioneered hard rock/metal before them BUT they really brought the sound to a whole new level, damn they sounded better in a recording studio from half a century ago than anyone has in many decades. Jimmy Page is an all time musical genius with the guitar and the studio, he is our Mozart.
Guess you didn’t read all the comments saying you should listen to this paired with the next song. It’s almost painful to NOT hear it moving directly into Living Loving Maid. Our ears expect it.
Totally classic, signature Zep as you say. What gets me in this song is Jones's saucy bass sliding in main verses. Thick! Still waiting for your dive into Tool. 🌀
One of the heaviest sounding tracks ever and the guitar solo has to be one of the best ever! Amazing tune, in concert was not as perfect BUT incredible improv that laid waste to many an audience. Great stuff, my favorite Zeppelin album, they went for the throat on this one! 🎵🎸🎤🎹♩
I'm a guitarist, but when I play this song, outside of the main guitar riff, I basically play along with JPJ. His bass rules this song. He's got some major distortion on that bass. From what I heard, Ihe used a Leslie 145 on tremolo. That chugging sound at the beginning is a very sensitive mic, very close to the upper horn, getting blasted by the wind. The mic was primarily used in the upper horn (not near the bottom drum rotor), which explains the brittle, yet overdriven tone!
Some knowledge I learned about recording: The sound of two guitars here and in other songs with only one guitar player comes from the so called doubling, the same guitar part gets recorded two separate times with slightly (or sometimes huge) different settings on the sound options of the amp. Because this and the slightly different playing of the riffs this "fills up" the tone and sounds "fatter". The bassist John Paul Jones was as I know one of the first bassists who used an overdrive effect, which "fattens" up the sound in addition.
Led Zeppelin were recorded by two brothers, Glyn and Andy Johns. Both of whom were very experimental, some of their recording techniques are closely guarded secrets!
When they play this live the guitar solo goes on for much longer and Jimmy adds so much improv, including some classical music played on his guitar. He pioneered some tapping techniques if I’m not mistaken, even inspired Van Halen with a live version of this solo. Someone can confirm if I’m correct about that
With LZ, there are a handful of songs where some live versions far exceed the studio quality. Heartbreaker is one example. In my opinion, the Live album "How the West Was Won" from 1972 has the best version of Heartbreaker, Moby Dick, That's the Way, and Over The Hills and Far Away. Unlike other bands, LZ plays songs differently live, and even a little differently every time they perform it. Most of their songs are indeed better in studio, but specifically the ones I've mentioned are better in those particular versions. I highly recommend at least checking out the ones I've mentioned off camera, if not on camera. Trust
When Jim Morrison was alive he had been working on a spoken word album of his poetry which he had never completed. In 1978, the doors took the recordings and mixed them into an album called "An American prayer". This album is a real lost classic. If you are interested in hearing Jim Morrison's poetry and how it was used in his writing for the door songs, check out this album. You may not want to do it as a reaction Piece because it is quite explicit.
In the recording studio it is normal to do dubbing which entails putting one guitar on top of the other which you of course can do in the studio but not live since Pagey only has two hands
Hey Bobby, curious what you think. Do you think it's better to play this and Living Loving Maid as a pair like they do on the radio? Or to play them separately as they were originally intended?
@@deadchannel3274 well they are meant to be played together, the same for the MSG 1973 live version of The Song Remains the Same/The Rain Song....but its not the end of the world lol
I'm glad you didn't play this with Living Loving Maid (She's Just a Woman) immediately following. US radio stations (I don't know about UK) used to do that all the time and Jimmy hated it. He said the songs had nothing in common and didn't sound alike so he couldn't understand why they'd be played together. I suspect it was because Heartbreaker ends so abruptly, that it felt natural to let the next song run right after it like Queen's We Will Rock You/We Are the Champions, that way the radio personality had about 7 minutes before they had to play something else. Yes, you're correct that the solo was done after. Here's a quote from Jimmy to Guitar World in 1998: "The interesting thing about the solo is that it was recorded after we had already finished 'Heartbreaker' - it was an afterthought. That whole section was recorded in a different studio and it was sort of slotted in the middle." Edited to add: I never considered Annie as being a prostitute. I always thought of her as a free-spirited woman who went about and did what she wanted while men flocked to her as she went around breaking hearts.
I agree. Even though radio stations often did, it wasn't Zeppelin's intention that they be "linked" evidenced by the fact that they performed Heartbreaker a lot but never Living Loving Maid.
@@jmar7631 For a different reason, though: Jimmy refused to play Living Loving Maid live. As to playing both together, I feel it’s just because they’re back-to-back on the album and they flow together so well, plus that’s the way we always heard them (since we grew up playing albums, not singles). Honestly, I feel this way about all zeppelin songs, they all flowed together, like the ordering was ordained from above and the belonged that way. This is also why Mothership never felt quite right. 😊
The guitar sound: Page had his Gibson Les Paul modified so he could control the phasing of the pickups. Creates a very thick sound. He did not use much actual overdrive distortion, just very high volume which creates overtones and natural distortion.
I used to be in Live Zeppelin, the best damn tribute ever! When I first learned this (also the first time I heard it) I smirked when that vocal came in. Cool as.
JPJ is doubling Page’s guitar with a heavily distorted bass riff. JP’s heavy tone is classic Les Paul through either a Marshall or Plexi. And it’s somehow both super heavy and funky at the same time. That’s Zep’s secret sauce!
When you do living living maid, make sure to go back substantially into this song so you can experience the combination. That's the way it is always played and I'm positive it was meant to be listened to that way. It's just strange as can be to have it stop and not go immediately into that next beat, laugh.
I don't think Annie was his soul mate, lol. Calling him by another guys name in the middle of a passionate moment is a punch to the gut. That guitar solo in the middle is out of this world. 'Livin Loving Maid' sort of melds into Heartbreaker. Thanks for the shout out! Still having fun with your analysis of all this great music.
Syed, really appreciate your thoughtful and insightful reactions. You’re seeing a lot of comments of the linkage of Heartbreaker/Living Loving Maid etc. Going track by track for Zep is awesome but can’t ignore the Jimmy Page album concept where some songs flow into each other or there are interesting fade outs (like Thank You). When you get there, on III you have Friends/Celebration Day and when you get Over the Hills and Far Away on Houses of the Holy make sure you listen to whole thing before cutting to final comments.
Without listening more closely, what I think you are noticing in that riff was either one guitar layer that has been doubled through a very slight delay to add a little thickness and then they end up getting panned pretty far left and right. It could possibly be a second guitar layer that's just played really close but I really don't think so. What you have to really take into account is that bass. It's epic on this song. What you were hearing as that really low undertone was the low residence and warmth of his bass guitar but you were probably missing the staccato attacks on it that just become part of the overall mix. But at any rate, he's playing right along in unison with the guitar. So with the guitar having that effect on it and the bass tracking right along with it at a much lower frequency and warmth, it creates an absolutely killer riff.
Jones is picking away on bass and coming through (what sounds to my ears) to be a Fender Virbrolux amp. He could very well keep up with Jimmy and is an extremely experienced session cat himself. Essentially, he was the bands’ second guitarist.
I don't think she's a hooker. In the 60s a goodlooking rocker guy who wasn't famous didn't need that and in fact it was not cool. BUT, in London, New York and my stomping grounds San Francisco and even Austin Texas there were THE TOP CHICKS who would have several guys at a time and you needed to "Lay some money down" for concerts, clothes, clubs etc. Look.at Patty Boyd (Layla) and George Harrison/ Eric Clapton. Anita von Pallenberg and Marianne Faithful and Mick/ Keith tension. Jerry Hall publicly dumped Bryan Ferry for Mick.
I think that's John Paul Jones playing bass lick to lick with Jimmy. That's the undertone.
What you said sounds like 2 guitars is Jimmy Page on his Less Paul and John Paul Jones playing the same cords at the same time but on his bass
FM dj's always played "Heartbreaker" right along with "Living Loving Maid" right in line after it as one piece of music. I cannot hear them divided like this without some aural pain. lol
It just does not sound right leaving out Living Loving Maid.
I had the same thought, but Ryan was having none of it! 😅
Spot on,it was quite frustrating,it’s a part one,part two song for me.
A must!
The bass tone on this god level
That growling bass from JPJ gets me everytime!
"with a purple umbrella and a fifty cent hat" whoops I got a little ahead of myself there, lol. Page and Jones both being highly sought after studio musicians really contributes to the zeppelin sound and production. JPJ's bass line on this track is just Nasty!
john paul jones kills it on the bass great bass line
John paul jones is playing the riff with Jimmy!
Heartbreaker, for me, is the epicenter for the birth of "Heavy Metal." Whole Lotta Love + Heartbreaker from this album marked the beginning of the 1970's super-heavy sound.
Totally agree, others pioneered hard rock/metal before them BUT they really brought the sound to a whole new level, damn they sounded better in a recording studio from half a century ago than anyone has in many decades. Jimmy Page is an all time musical genius with the guitar and the studio, he is our Mozart.
@Dragon Ball fans can't read It is not BUT they were a big influence to help start the genre. I lived that era.
I concur …along with Communication Breakdown and Dazed.
I saw Led Zeppelin in concert in November 1969 and August of 1970. They performed Heat Breaker both times. They were electrifying in concert.
Trying to choose the best Jimmy Page solo. Just can't do it, too much greatness to choose from.
Guess you didn’t read all the comments saying you should listen to this paired with the next song. It’s almost painful to NOT hear it moving directly into Living Loving Maid. Our ears expect it.
truth
You’ll survive
@@ryandrohan8186 you know, Ryan…..I think I just might! 😏
Personally I don't mind either way considering they were never meant to be a pair anyway. They both work just as well on their own, maybe better
I feel the same away about Friends and Celebration Day on LZIII...they just belong together no matter what
Totally classic, signature Zep as you say. What gets me in this song is Jones's saucy bass sliding in main verses. Thick!
Still waiting for your dive into Tool. 🌀
One of the heaviest sounding tracks ever and the guitar solo has to be one of the best ever! Amazing tune, in concert was not as perfect BUT incredible improv that laid waste to many an audience. Great stuff, my favorite Zeppelin album, they went for the throat on this one! 🎵🎸🎤🎹♩
Me too, I'm still amazed how heavy the album is!
Cheers
I'm a guitarist, but when I play this song, outside of the main guitar riff, I basically play along with JPJ. His bass rules this song. He's got some major distortion on that bass. From what I heard, Ihe used a Leslie 145 on tremolo. That chugging sound at the beginning is a very sensitive mic, very close to the upper horn, getting blasted by the wind. The mic was primarily used in the upper horn (not near the bottom drum rotor), which explains the brittle, yet overdriven tone!
Great track!
With a purple umbrella and a fifty cent hat
Living, loving, she's just a wo……..
Dammit.
Some knowledge I learned about recording:
The sound of two guitars here and in other songs with only one guitar player comes from the so called doubling, the same guitar part gets recorded two separate times with slightly (or sometimes huge) different settings on the sound options of the amp. Because this and the slightly different playing of the riffs this "fills up" the tone and sounds "fatter".
The bassist John Paul Jones was as I know one of the first bassists who used an overdrive effect, which "fattens" up the sound in addition.
Gotta redo this one man and roll into the next song, "Living Loving Maid" as they were almost always played together on FM radio... "Back in THE day"
Always been one of my favorite guitar solos since.
Led Zeppelin were recorded by two brothers, Glyn and Andy Johns. Both of whom were very experimental, some of their recording techniques are closely guarded secrets!
And sometimes, Jimmy had to sit on them hard to try new ideas that he had….like reverse echo. From what I’ve read and heard from Page.
Interesting tidbit I never knew. Thanks for the info. They are brilliant.
When they play this live the guitar solo goes on for much longer and Jimmy adds so much improv, including some classical music played on his guitar. He pioneered some tapping techniques if I’m not mistaken, even inspired Van Halen with a live version of this solo. Someone can confirm if I’m correct about that
With LZ, there are a handful of songs where some live versions far exceed the studio quality. Heartbreaker is one example. In my opinion, the Live album "How the West Was Won" from 1972 has the best version of Heartbreaker, Moby Dick, That's the Way, and Over The Hills and Far Away. Unlike other bands, LZ plays songs differently live, and even a little differently every time they perform it. Most of their songs are indeed better in studio, but specifically the ones I've mentioned are better in those particular versions. I highly recommend at least checking out the ones I've mentioned off camera, if not on camera. Trust
When Jim Morrison was alive he had been working on a spoken word album of his poetry which he had never completed. In 1978, the doors took the recordings and mixed them into an album called "An American prayer". This album is a real lost classic. If you are interested in hearing Jim Morrison's poetry and how it was used in his writing for the door songs, check out this album. You may not want to do it as a reaction Piece because it is quite explicit.
I feel like he'd love The Ghost Song. Great track!
In the recording studio it is normal to do dubbing which entails putting one guitar on top of the other which you of course can do in the studio but not live since Pagey only has two hands
Hey Bobby, curious what you think. Do you think it's better to play this and Living Loving Maid as a pair like they do on the radio? Or to play them separately as they were originally intended?
@@deadchannel3274 well they are meant to be played together, the same for the MSG 1973 live version of The Song Remains the Same/The Rain Song....but its not the end of the world lol
This is my favorite song by led Zeppelin
Love that page solo
This song definitely has at ti tude. But then again Zeppelin oozed with attitude.
I'm glad you didn't play this with Living Loving Maid (She's Just a Woman) immediately following. US radio stations (I don't know about UK) used to do that all the time and Jimmy hated it. He said the songs had nothing in common and didn't sound alike so he couldn't understand why they'd be played together. I suspect it was because Heartbreaker ends so abruptly, that it felt natural to let the next song run right after it like Queen's We Will Rock You/We Are the Champions, that way the radio personality had about 7 minutes before they had to play something else. Yes, you're correct that the solo was done after. Here's a quote from Jimmy to Guitar World in 1998: "The interesting thing about the solo is that it was recorded after we had already finished 'Heartbreaker' - it was an afterthought. That whole section was recorded in a different studio and it was sort of slotted in the middle." Edited to add: I never considered Annie as being a prostitute. I always thought of her as a free-spirited woman who went about and did what she wanted while men flocked to her as she went around breaking hearts.
I agree. Even though radio stations often did, it wasn't Zeppelin's intention that they be "linked" evidenced by the fact that they performed Heartbreaker a lot but never Living Loving Maid.
I also agree! If it was meant to be played together, they would have done it live, but they didn’t.
@@jmar7631 For a different reason, though: Jimmy refused to play Living Loving Maid live.
As to playing both together, I feel it’s just because they’re back-to-back on the album and they flow together so well, plus that’s the way we always heard them (since we grew up playing albums, not singles). Honestly, I feel this way about all zeppelin songs, they all flowed together, like the ordering was ordained from above and the belonged that way. This is also why Mothership never felt quite right. 😊
The guitar sound: Page had his Gibson Les Paul modified so he could control the phasing of the pickups. Creates a very thick sound. He did not use much actual overdrive distortion, just very high volume which creates overtones and natural distortion.
I used to be in Live Zeppelin, the best damn tribute ever! When I first learned this (also the first time I heard it) I smirked when that vocal came in. Cool as.
JPJ is doubling Page’s guitar with a heavily distorted bass riff. JP’s heavy tone is classic Les Paul through either a Marshall or Plexi. And it’s somehow both super heavy and funky at the same time. That’s Zep’s secret sauce!
In person the power of the band is atomic. Clean power. No band has ever equaled that. Some are louder but none more powerful. Phenomenal.
Dirty, filthy bass by JPJ!
Like your reviews your knowledge of music arrangements. Thanks keep it up. Love your zeppelin breakdowns are great.
When you do living living maid, make sure to go back substantially into this song so you can experience the combination. That's the way it is always played and I'm positive it was meant to be listened to that way. It's just strange as can be to have it stop and not go immediately into that next beat, laugh.
I don't think Annie was his soul mate, lol. Calling him by another guys name in the middle of a passionate moment is a punch to the gut. That guitar solo in the middle is out of this world. 'Livin Loving Maid' sort of melds into Heartbreaker. Thanks for the shout out! Still having fun with your analysis of all this great music.
You gotta see this live from a filmed concert 😁 Thanks! ☮
On the next track, play from the Guitar solo on this track and let it carry into the next track
Syed, we need you back and moving to Zoso and beyond man!
Syed, really appreciate your thoughtful and insightful reactions. You’re seeing a lot of comments of the linkage of Heartbreaker/Living Loving Maid etc. Going track by track for Zep is awesome but can’t ignore the Jimmy Page album concept where some songs flow into each other or there are interesting fade outs (like Thank You). When you get there, on III you have Friends/Celebration Day and when you get Over the Hills and Far Away on Houses of the Holy make sure you listen to whole thing before cutting to final comments.
Man, you are doing a great job! More Dylan though is needed.
This reminds me of being 16 listening to this in 1976.
Best ERA of rock music 🎵🎵🎵. How fortunate we were.
Page is a magician good way to put it zeppelin is not my favorite band but they have my favorite guitarist
You will notice the harder blues vibe of Zep 2 and 4 is similar.
Likewise Zep 1 and 3 have a shared psychedelic folk vibe.
Without listening more closely, what I think you are noticing in that riff was either one guitar layer that has been doubled through a very slight delay to add a little thickness and then they end up getting panned pretty far left and right. It could possibly be a second guitar layer that's just played really close but I really don't think so. What you have to really take into account is that bass. It's epic on this song. What you were hearing as that really low undertone was the low residence and warmth of his bass guitar but you were probably missing the staccato attacks on it that just become part of the overall mix. But at any rate, he's playing right along in unison with the guitar. So with the guitar having that effect on it and the bass tracking right along with it at a much lower frequency and warmth, it creates an absolutely killer riff.
The next time you listen to this song, follow it up with, “Livin’ Lovin’ Maid.” It’s CRIMINAL, if you don’t!!!
That double guitar sound you hear is John Paul Jones playing the same chords as Jimmy Page.
Jones is picking away on bass and coming through (what sounds to my ears) to be a Fender Virbrolux amp. He could very well keep up with Jimmy and is an extremely experienced session cat himself. Essentially, he was the bands’ second guitarist.
Page = GOAT
Heart Breaker & Living Loving Maid should never be played separately. That's how you 'get the Led out'. Thanks for the reaction
Who felt the earth shift when the abrupt ending was NOT instantly thrown into Livin Lovin Maid?
Hi, you should have linked living lovin' maid with no pause straight into it
It's the bass mate, the 'undertone'
I don't know in this case, but page often used a 12 string, which naturally sounds as if it were double tracked.
The mixing was all John Paul Jones , the bassist.
So Fun 🔥🤣❤️
Must be followed by Living Loving Maid.
Heartbreaker is a song about how they were robbed of 250k from the drake hotel in ny 1972
After listening to the Zeppelin album....try Van Halen’s debut album.....Van Halen......a defining album
👍👍👍👍👍👍
Robbie krieger wrote light my fire not Morrison!
Feels incomplete without "Living Loving Maid" - maybe the songs' pairing isn't a British thing
I don't think she's a hooker. In the 60s a goodlooking rocker guy who wasn't famous didn't need that and in fact it was not cool. BUT, in London, New York and my stomping grounds San Francisco and even Austin Texas there were THE TOP CHICKS who would have several guys at a time and you needed to "Lay some money down" for concerts, clothes, clubs etc. Look.at Patty Boyd (Layla) and George Harrison/ Eric Clapton. Anita von Pallenberg and Marianne Faithful and Mick/ Keith tension. Jerry Hall publicly dumped Bryan Ferry for Mick.
Oh no, he missed the second part..lol
Fail…you have to listen to Heartbreaker and Live in Love in Maid together