Welp, that's sexual. . . Vocal ANALYSIS of Led Zeppelin's "Whole Lotta Love" LIVE!
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- I went into this song thinking about Jeff Buckley's death, and how much I appreciate Robert Plant's vocalizations. Cue the primalness during this Led Zeppelin live performance of "Whole Lotta Love" and it takes me quite a few minutes to finally get it! Yeah.
Join professional opera singer Elizabeth Zharoff, as she listens to Led Zeppelin performing "Whole Lotta Love" for the first time.
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Elizabeth Zharoff is an international opera singer and voice coach, with 3 degrees in voice, opera, and music production. She's performed in 18 languages throughout major venues in Europe, America, and Asia. Currently based somewhere between Los Angeles and Tucson, Arizona, Elizabeth spends her days researching voice, singing, teaching, writing music, and recording TONS. She also plays Diablo and Dungeons & Dragons.
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john bone ham is the perfect way to pronounce it :)
Now you need to listen to Jeff's biological father, Tim Buckley. I think you will find there is definitely a genetic connection in their voices.
@@lyvmyk9988 I would suggest Tim Buckley's "buzzin' fly." Or anything from that "happy/sad" album, which is what I know of Tim Buckley, and which is great art through and through.
You need a redo ; tge 1973 version from the garden incorporates 2 more songs and plant matching Jimmy playing a theremin it is sexy as hell and a much better recording
You videos would be better if you spoke less.
I felt like a voyeur watching Elizabeth realize bit by bit what the song was about. She might have blushed a little in 2022 but imagine what was going through our little juvenile minds 50-plus years ago when we first heard this song. Holy crap!! We could not believe this was on the radio. Thank god the censors didn't have a clue. The highlight of my week is having Elizabeth show us what we thought we knew what we have been listening to is only a part of the whole experience. Her reactions are beyond priceless. I never imagined I'd have this much fun at my age. God, I love this woman!
Robert Plant still catching the ladies!
I mean, I should have known going into it. Then I should have known reading the lyrics. I SHOULD HAVE KNOWN!!!
@@TheCharismaticVoice honestly, I’m a middle-aged straight man with a wife and three kids. When I hear Plant belt this. *I* blush and get sweaty palms. And I feel no shame.
What happened to the roof, did Zeppelin blow it off?
Now check out the Lemon Song ;-)
I just wanted to leave some love for Bonzo, what an amazing drummer
😢😢😢
Taken too soon.
@insanityplease
I have a crazy cat that we named Bonzo after him. My other cats are Paige, Harper, Ocean, and Coda. Our deceased cats were named Misty and Kashmir. Yes we have a Led Zeppelin themed clouder of cats lol.
I remember when he passed....he was like a teacher to me in my 16 y/o mind.
god rest to that beast of a drummer and a great guy
What is amazing about Led Zeppelin at this time was Plant and Bonham were maybe 20-21 years old and Page was only 23. Amazing the presence and power they already had. Often imitated but never duplicated ,no-one is like the Golden God, the hammer of the Gods or the Wizard.
/pushes up Zoso-rimmed glasses/ Page was 26, actually. (In fact, this performance is from Royal Albert Hall on January 9, 1970, Page's birthday, and is commonly called "Jimmy's Birthday Party" in bootleg circles.) But point taken. 😀
Page is five years older than Bonzo and Robert. Plant and Bonzo are 21 here and Page is 26.
It still amazes me. I’m 55 black and I’ve lived through decades of music. I heard everything from Funkadelic, Black Sabbath, Michael Jackson, Barry Manilow and all between. It still amazes me that so many people in this generation have not heard the music that we were exposed to. Even though groups weren’t in my favorite genre, I still heard their music. I can only say that we were truly blessed to have all of these great artists that never sampled a song.
I'm 56 and have long felt the same way. Then I started thinking about what I was like in my teens and twenties. The period you are referring to is 40 to 50 years ago. Listening to this for teenagers today would be equivalent to me listening to Mitch Miller, Tommy Dorsey, or even acts from the generation before them when I was a teenager. That was something I had absolutely no interest in doing when I was a teenager. I thought "that was the stuff my parents and grandparents listened to why would I want to listen to that?" You have to remember that to teenagers there are no more unhip, uncool, un with the times people in the world than their parents. I am completely unapologetic about my view that the greatest period of modern music was roughly 1967 to 1987 and I will hold that view until the day I die but I do understand the psychology behind why there are people today who know nothing about music from that period. It's their loss but I understand how it happens.
You’re absolutely correct. I’m 55 also, my boyfriend 54. Listen to music every night. We feel so grateful to hear all the great artists and music. And to have been around for records and stereos!
The answer is quite simple really, it's because they were never really cultured into that kind of music because they weren't even born yet. Whatever today's society says is popular or what the latest trend is, that's what they'll turn to the most because they don't want to be looked down upon by others within their social circles. These younger generations are being taught that newer music is more acceptable from people close to their age range rather than music from people who are much older than them.
They'd much rather fit in with the rest of society rather than taking the risk of standing out from the crowd and being publicly mocked for it. They care way too much about what other people think about their own interests rather than fully embracing what they enjoy the most even If it means losing certain people in relationships. We've raised a generation in our society that don't know how to think for themselves and have become too dependent on other people and will follow whatever the culture says.
@@456jm Good music is good throughout the generations, timelessly sesual. Harmoniously captivating. Iconic
Music was in the air when we were growing up, it was inescapable.
My father always said, "No talking when Led Zeppelin is playing".
Also, it doesn't matter how many times you listen to Led Zeppelin, it's like listening to them for the first time.
Lol 🤣 my dad and mom
Said same no talking over the music. Plus going to record stores to get new release.
That's a great rule! Except on this channel. ;-)
@@TheCharismaticVoiceExcellent rule, but of course because you're the best analyst on CZcams to break down the musicianship of a band/artist, as well as the singer. 😉👌
Nothing compared to "squeeze my lemon until the juice runs down my leg"
You go so much more in-depth, and so intelligent- only you should be allowed to talk@@TheCharismaticVoice
I just turned 73 last November and I had a T-shirt made that read, "I may be old but I got to see all the really cool Bands". I saw Led Zeppelin 5 times all together, the first time at the Texas International Pop Festival, Labor Day Weekend in 1969. The second time I saw them was in 1970 and I saw them perform this song about 15 feet in front of me, I had the same experience seeing them perform "Stairway to Heaven", right in front of me dead center. They were something, had to been there and had to be in times it happened! Great Video, love your critique and appreciation of the best rock and roll band ever, thankyou. Added thought: You said, "It was from another time and culture", great observation!
Well I hope you heard all the really cool bands aswell. 😉😅 Rock n roll can never die!. 💥
The level of envy
You are among the luckiest human beings that ever lived bro
You are a Lucky guy...nice
I am so sad I missed them in Pittsburg don’t remember the date but really screwed up there sound brings feelings back like the feel of season change it’s really hard to explain
This is possibly the best rock song of all time. The "backdoor man" has roots in the blues and means a woman's bit on the side who leaves by the back door. Or possibly not...
Given Zepp's sordid reputation, I'd say that it's more likely the "possibly not.." scenario, lol.
Думаю в то время речь шла всё таки о любовнике,который не заходит с парадного входа в дом замужней женщины)
@@kitsygirl Overthinking it. Backdoor man goes in the back door when husband/boyfriend goes out the front door. Same scenario in "Since I've Been Lovin' You".
@@kitsygirl I think both interpretations are correct. Lol
@@GrantPearson Yes it's s triple-entendre
I saw them in 1975 in LA. Every woman in the audience understood what he was saying. Exactly.
A Led Zeppelin song that was sexual? Jeez, who'd a thunk it?
70’s Robert Plant is the sexiest human to ever grace this planet. Please keep doing more Zep. I love your reactions to Plant. You are all of us, haha.
Absolutely, if sex appeal could be bottled, he was IT.
I'm reminded of the story Ann and Nancy Wilson of Heart tell, that as teenagers they saw Led Zeppelin in concert on one of their early US tours and they were literally shocked by the sensuality of their performance. They said it was like they'd mistakenly walked into an X-rated movie. It was like something they weren't supposed to be seeing.
Oh yeah, sex plays a huge part in this song lol
You need to listen to a later version of it too, because it is different, but similar.
Ha ha ha.. oooh !! ..so much innocent sister .... but enjoy it girls 😊😊😊
When I was little I asked my mom what he meant by every inch of my love 😂 she laughed and said if I was lucky I’d find out
@@nikkiwilliams8508 😊
When you listen to the studio version of this track, whether on headphones or lying on the floor with a speaker either side of your head, it's been my experience that when the "whirlwind " starts in his voice & the music you actually feel yourself being cought in twister & you start to rotate with it!
It's like being on a fairground ride spinning round & round, you actually feel yourself moving?
A masterpiece of musical production & engineering.
Will never be beaten or equalled ever!
Back in the 80's, we used to finish a night of bar hopping by coming home and listening to this, laying between the speakers. It felt like it was moving through your head, back and forth. Very trippy and cool 😅
Riff of riffs, truly iconic. And also it is not about "making love" it's much more raw than that, it's about #×*•ing!😁
Absolutely
Plant was only 21 at the time and already knew how to work a room. Amazing presence. Shame the camera didn't pan over to Page doing his thing with the Theramin. And Bonham's drum fills here are insane. Just 21 himself at this time. What balls this group had!
Hi, this concert was 1977 and Robert was 29 years old. born 1948
Every member was born a master. They are like the MENSA club of music. We are so blessed that 4 masters were born around the same time, in the same place and all found each other. Each person is already a one in a billion so it’s amazing they existed together.
@Pekka Hiltsu this was 1970
@@pekkahiltsu3434 this is not 1977 or even close.
EX:
Page doesn't have the Theremin here yet. He's doing feedback etc with his les paul guitar.
update! The THEREMIN comes in at 15:30!
This song has 100% effectiveness in making my foot heavier while driving.
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
I cant drive 55 either 😂 when a good song is on.
😂😂😂😂
Go easy on the stick my friend.
That was Fun. Nobody in that crowd had any doubts about what the band was saying. We all spoke that language, back then. Glad you liked it.
Led Zeppelin had a huge blues influence. Listen to their earliest stuff. "You Shook Me" Their debut album crushes it!!
If you want a real insane ride by these guys, check out their 30 minute version of Dazed and Confused from the live album The Song Remains the Same. Robert and Jimmy imitate each other's sounds they make throughout and Jimmy plays his guitar with a cello bow for part of the song. It's an experience not to be missed.
That song is definitely helped if you "experience" it in the way its intended
Listening to that version while high is an adventure
Has the youtube version been taken down for good?
@@adammillington256 It looks like the video is down but the audio of the live performance from MSG '73 is still up. There is the live video version from Earls Court in '75 which is still a great version of the song.
Is that the album that only has 6 songs that last anywhere from 30-40 minutes?
"Primal" is a very good description of both Plant's voice and his stage presence in this era.
This reminded me of the time my sweet, old grandmother was happily humming along while "The Lemon Song" played on the radio.
😂😂😂
Love the way you react Elizabeth 😆. I think the sexually explicit break can be traced back to Ray Charles' "What'd I Say", when he and the female supporting singers do a call and response of "ho" ,"huh" moaning. And the lyrics of "Whole Lotta Love" borrows a lot from "You Need Love", composed by Willie Dixon and performed by Muddy Waters.
My 8 year old son said, "I think that man is going to sneeze!"
Robert Plant has a multidrogenous way of both delivering passion and delivering himself up to passion within a song. Very unique
HAHAHAHA
It's no coincidence they compare the big O to sneezing 😅
😂😂😂
Ha ha! Brilliant. As a very young kid I always called this "the sneezing song" when my dad put this on in the car. I used to wonder why he found that so funny.
My favorite Robert Plant quote: An interviewer asked him whether the audience truly appreciated Stairway to Heaven when they played it in public for the first time. He said, “No, they really wanted us to play Whole Lotta Love.”
For anyone wondering, this is at the Royal Albert Hall 1970. The full performance can be found on Led Zeppelin DVD
The 73 all week ( 3 days a MSG NY NY) performances combined for the movie the song remains the same whole lotta love is much better and longer. This song was about Page more or less and she could have used the 1976 movie video of it much cleaner and sounded better PA better . The best part is Page and his blues playing long riffs!
To be honest, this song is one musical orgasm.
It was the cultural epoch of the youth, end of the sixties, the beginning of the seventies,
definitely not prudish, but certainly not oversexed or commercially pornographic like nowadays.
It was the era of the daring experiment, full of innocence, naive hope and experience.
I am 67 years old and it was great.
It was the age of Rock-and-Roll, baby of the black blues, it was “African”.
It felt like coming home of the origins of the musical culture.
In the Serengeti it all started.
But maybe I am drifting on the rhythms of John Bonham.
Nice comment. Makes me think even more about why/how LedZeppelin changed me.
You are so right. As a white guy we saw the Temptations and others. Way before LZ the black bands were making the music and breaking through. And most of them were all girl groups. We loved that music especially Motown.
Four of the best musicians to ever walk the Earth
In good company with the 3 guys from RUSH 😊
nah Taylor Swift is better
😂😂😂
@@MournfulWhispers LMAOOOO! 😂
@@douglasgonzalez7561 what’s funny? 😐
As long as you keep doing Zeppelin, I'll keep watching. Love your channel 🙂
Love a bit of Zepp!
Don’t forget Judas Priest and Iron Maiden
Earls Court! Was there. Now 75yrs old. Pages Guitar sound never sounded better and Plants voice hadn’t been ruined. Band were so tight. Bonham and JLP superb!
@@countycricklewood jelly. Max jelly.
I am taken by your enthusiasm and also your innocence. While the commenters are arguing and declaring this one or that one to be the best, you see the quality in all the performances. I grew up in Hollywood in the 60’s and moved to London in the 70’ s. I saw almost every great band and could not tell you the best. The best was whoever was playing that night and then the next night. You had to be there.
I love the way Elizabeth keeps saying the song is sensual rather than coming out and saying that it’s sexual.
She should take a listen to Black Dog, both the Zep version and the slower version with Plant and Allison Krauss.
To be fair, sex is ultimately a sensual experience, it can fall into that.
Vocals aside, Jimmie Page’s guitar riff on this defines “iconic”!
The first true metal riff in my opinion.
Agree
I would say smoke on the water is the one that is iconic and lot more metal.!
The most iconic riff is Smoke On the Water!That's the first thing every one plays on guitar no matter which part of the globe they are from. Nothing is more iconic than that!
@@fishcurry4life39 Its funny you mentioned smoke on the water like many beginner guitarists Smoke on the Water was the first rift I learned and this was the second I learned and I was so excited even though I know playing 0-3-5 has become a bit of guitar joke I still look back on those days fondly.
In my book, the most quintissential heavy hard rock song.
It's SO GOOD!
Deep purple deserve a piece of that too...but yes. 100%.
@@TheCharismaticVoice PS: Mick Hucknall is still waiting for you. Try "Holding back the years" (always live versions with Mick!) from "Live at Montreux" and the same song live 30 years later. You're most welcome.
There are many other songs deserve that tile.Stargazer(Rainbow),Bohemian Rhpsody(Queen),July Morning(Uriah Heep),and most importantly CHILD IN TIME (DEEP PURPLE)!!
@@opethfan7346 Uriah Heep? Lol They have a few pretty good songs, but they're B grade compared to Zeppelin, Sabbath and Deep Purple.
Elizabeth, you are a very lucky person. You are someone who has such deep understanding and appreciation of music, and gets to experience Led Zep and this song for the first time. I envy you!
9:04 Bonzo keeps perfect rhythm even when the audience is clapping a different tempo. Amazing.
13:49 Ha! I commented too early, because you addressed this point. 🙂
Dying for you to do their song “Babe I’m Gonna Leave You.” It’s my personal favorite of theirs and has absolutely amazing vocals.
Yessss!
I’ve always said that Robert’s voice is an instrument that isn’t just “singing”. He plays his voice so masterfully.
and he is still making music
True that!
The music is coming through his soul instead of his vocal cords.
After a particularly bad day, I watch a new video from Elizabeth. She immediately makes you feel that there is hope and beauty in the world. She is an inspiration.
The moment it dawned upon you the subject of this song was CLASSIC! Your facial expressions kill me. I keep watching your videos, knowing, in advance, what's coming, just to see them. "Ooooh, she's gonna make a face when she gets to this part", is a regular thought, in my head, now.
This was a milestone show in the history of Led Zeppelin....one of their best. Performances across the board are spectacular.
Is'nt it strange that after the BBC recorded the whole concert for transmission, they never actually showed it and put it into storage. Thankfully it was still in good condition when eventually rescued for the Led Zeppelin DVD collection of live performances.
Glooooryius!
Changed my life when I was 12 years old back in 1982 .My sister took me to see the movie The song remains the same!
@@kennethfishwick4061 I was fortunate recently to obtain a soundboard CD of the show....its really a superb show. It really captures them at their virtual playing peak.
What year was this?
Her reaction to "Every inch of my love" is absolutely priceless
what made me laugh about it is when she finally reacted to it, Plant had already sang that line like 5 times in this performance.
She spent the first half or so of the song intently listening to him singing and his technique, without registering what he was actually saying :D
@@jeffkoenig7402 it was the moaning vocalization solo that gave it away for her xD
@@jjt5615 or Black Dog
Girl, we all feel that energy
We were all high at these concerts in the late 1970-80s
Its nice to see and hear a young person who can appreciate a Led Zeppelin performance like this. When I was growing up there was a sense among practically all of us who were into music and radio that this was quality and it belonged to all of us.. It was during a school day when the news came about John Bonham's passing. I can still vividly remember how throughout the halls and gathering places you could feel a sense of loss in the air. Led Zeppelin was the real deal and they helped give us such a great time to grow up.
She finds more in one listening than I have for some 40 years. Incredible uplifting to hear talking about all these nuances.
Another great reaction/analysis, Elizabeth! In the spirit of PG, I'll just mention that the term "backdoor man" means what we'd call a man on the side. When your main man leaves the house by the front door, your other man slips in the back. It's a blues thing. Can you imagine what parents must have thought about Led Zeppelin in an era when The Carpenters were Top Forty material? Both are fantastic musicians, of course, but they hit different.
Ha,
Come on he just wants HER "backdoor"
One was a back door man, the other was a missionary knocking on the front door.
Elizabeth should do a critique of Karen Carpenter. She had such an amazing voice.
So does "squeeze the lemon and let the juice run down my leg" have a non sexual meaning as well?, lol
@@turgidity_city3204 maybe good for a jelly fish sting? 😂😂😂😂😂
I love to watch Elizabeth’s reactions to this song. She “gets it!” I love this lady! She has opened my ears and my mind! Elizabeth is absolutely wonderful! 🎶🎶
I can't imagine that there are people that don't know Led Zeppelin 😅 I've already heard them in my mothers belly 🥰
And so did my son
This is right in with the blues tradition, a lot of early blues songs are actually pretty explicit this is raw and real
Sexual? Oh yes!!! It is amazing what Robert Plant could do with his voice and body gestures. The combination of the instruments and his voice are, and please forgive me, a climax of sorts. Very provocative but also monumental in sound. They are the best ever
Thank ! feel free to reach me out I have something for your …..!!🎊🎊🎋
*ahem*
The entire mid-section is a simulation of sex. Jimmy Page's ripping guitar solo? Well... don't have to think much about what that is.
As an old lady I totally agree that Zep albums were brilliant to make love to...just as long as you didn't make the needle jump and god forbid scratch the album!!😳🥺😳
I was raised on the might Zepp, Black Sabbath and The Doors. This gave me a foundation/springboard into becoming the metalhead I am today \m/
💯🤘
You're hearing now what was once every teenagers anthem back in the day! Played this so many times from 1970 onwards that you never forget all the nuances and, boy, when they all get back into the song after the 'drum solo', well - pure nirvana! Most music today can't touch the sixties and seventies. Thank God!!
Ok, seeing Elizabeth blush late in the reaction was so worth it. Made my day 😊. Best channel on CZcams and there isn’t a close second place.
I love that you say "love making" rather than something more crass but more accurate. It reminds me of when I was a little kid and my parents would watch old reruns of The Newlywed Game where it was always referred to as "making whoopee".
We could go with the Zappa nomenclature: "plooking."
It used to be sacred. To marriage. To love. Nowadays it’s a full contact sport. 😮
"In the butt, Bob."
@@jennifermyers8818
Lmfao 😂💀💀that’s the best description of sex I’ve heard “Full contact sport” hahahahaha
@@davidgessin-mccully3919 it is what it is. 😂
She feels the power of the mighty Zeppelin live. This was one their earliest and most powerful Shows when they really broke out big in the UK. A stunning live recording! Bonzo just goes off!
I heard them for the first time on their first tour at the legendary Boston Tea Party in January of 1969 when I was 18. The original Tea Party was quite small and I stood about ten feet in front of Jimmy Page. A night I will never forget.
Jimmy is using a Theremin for the more avant-garde, experimental section and would also use it in Dazed and Confused (the best live version of it is from MSG and is 28 minutes long - a LOT of improvisation). You mentioned the challenge of bringing a song like this to the record label; fortunately, Zeppelin didn't have to worry about that. When they signed with Atlantic, part of their terms was that the band would have full creative control in every aspect possible. Jimmy produced all their albums and had final say on everything from track listing, cover art approval, and more. Jimmy had been a session musician and had played previously with other bands (most notably, The Yardbirds) and had seen how bands often got taken advantage of by both labels and management, so was adamant that wouldn't happen to his band. This song drew inspiration from You Need Love, written by Willie Dixon and recorded by Muddy Waters. In later years, this song would morph again into a longer improvisational piece. It would still include the Theremin but Robert would add bits of other songs like Boogie Chillun and other bits of blues songs. The best live example is the performance from MSG. You mentioned Jeff Buckley performing this song not long before his passing; in another situation, Chris Cornell (a big Zep fan) performed a version of Zep's In My Time of Dying in his final concert. If you want to react to Zep's live performance of it from Earls Court in 1975, there's a great clip on YT that is 12 minutes and 23 seconds.
It's a travesty that they didn't show Jimmy playing the theremin even once in this recording. It's fascinating to watch.
As I am sure you know he was running the Theremin thru a EchoPlex or other analog delay and playing with the delay controls too.
Zeppelin song's like "Whole Lotta Love" & "Black Dog" were so sexually explicit without using profanity, that a termanology was created for them known as 'cock rock.' Robert Plant although married at this time was known for his sexual exploits with groupies as well as the rest of the band and their exploits with groupies. Zeppelin's hedonistic lifestyle and debauchery is well known and chronicled in rock lore. Thanks Elizabeth for your vocal knowledge on this reaction and in all the reactions you do.
"sex exploits with groupies as well as the rest of the band" might convey a different meaning to what you intended? I have a mental image of him banging Bonzo🤣
Plaster Casters. Hendrix too.
Uhhh it was a little more than just exploits, from today's standards they would be doing jailtime. And definitely not just them, and we are talking girls as young as 14. Bowie, Elvis, many many others. Page's wife today is younger than his daughter, who has the same name.
That isn't what cock rock is.
@@patrickbertlein4626 Glad you pointed this out. Not enough people know this. I "separate art from artist" here given what he was doing was (unfortunately) more okay at the time, but it is worthwhile to note before we glorify his actions.
As others have mentioned, that sound that you found difficult to describe is a theremin. Unfortunately, for some stupid reason, the cameraman never focuses on Page while he’s playing it. If you want to see him playing it, go and watch the version played during their film “The Song Remains The Same”.
No it’s Jimmy playing no theramin was used ever by this band
You are such an articulate LADY! Finally @ 18:00... LOL, you admit you are experiencing what even the un-refined ear heard. The Led Zeppelin, life, love and yes, "Lovemaking"...as you put it. (PG indeed) I have no vocal training but, I know that Led Zeppelin, nay, the whole music world (Opera included), have elements of divine social/musical intercourse that compel mere mortals to stop and listen. I mean, it's primal. Watching your pretty face contort just reminds me of all those hours we spent listening, doing the same. Coming to grips with these feelings as teens, hearing these guys for the first time, back in 1973. Trying desperatly, for instance, to figure out the hormonal 'rites of passage' that this type music would help evoke. Led Zeppelin was a 'once in a lifetime' band. Thanks for the analysis...God love ya!
Alison krauss is such a magical compliment to Robert plant. Please do an analysis of their work together. If you love zeppelin, the work Robert plant and Alison Krauss are doing together is hypnotic. It would be so cool to see your analysis.
Agreed
Roberts Plant's lyrics are based on a 1962 Muddy Waters song written by Willie Dixon called "You Need Love"
Robert Plant's vocals are also copied from "You Need Loving" by "The Small Faces".
@@iancrockert5110 Yeah, I read that too.
@@iancrockert5110 that sounds about right, while watching this I was thinking robert plant was similar rod stewart, in certain ways
@@jameswiblishauser9745 The Small Faces would probably be vocals and guitar by Steve Marriott..... although they didn’t change the name to The Faces immediately.
My first Concert was zeppelin ..
Was 15 and fell in love with Led Zeppelin.
They are the Best Band. On the Planet.
Still listen too them today and so does my grand children..
So fantastic that it took you 18 minutes to realize this is an NC-17 song!
But seriously, your analysis is entertaining and informative. Thanks for a new perspective on music I have been loving for 50 years.
This is my first comment on your site. I’ve been a subscriber for some time now. As someone who is a vast music lover, from Rock to Classical to Opera, and one who has attended many live performances of all these genres (including having seen Led Zeppelin three times beginning in 1969, and Robert Plant several times), I have to say that I am completely enamored by and connected to your videos. As a lifelong music lover (and one who has a well known classical/rock crossover cellist son), you teach me something new with every one of your performance reviews. You are so musically intelligent and interesting that I’m drawn into every one of your analyses. But the most rewarding effect of listening and watching your videos is that you put a smile on my face every time I listen. Your reactions and feedback on so many of these older rock performances takes me back to those absolutely wonderful moments when I experienced them live. I’ll close with this: When I was dating my wife in 1977, she mailed in a money order for chances to get tickets to one of 6 concerts that Zeppelin was performing in New York Metro in June of ‘77. We were lucky to get tickets to a MSG performance and the tickets were for Orchestra seats, Section R. I assumed they were Row R on the floor, but the usher took us to the 3rd row directly in front of Robert’s microphone. Turns out the R stood for “Rotunda”. It was the best concert of my life. Thank you so much for your incredible channel. You make me feel young again.
I was not far away from you at the time. I also went to see them during the '77 tour, except that we saw them at Nassau Coliseum, on Long Island. When the band launched into "Achille's Last Stand," I remember my buddy turning to me and shouting "No way can they pull this off live." But they did. Blew my mind.
@@Tessmage_Tessera Very cool. They were a powerhouse. 3 hour concert with an acoustic set. So glad we had the opportunity to experience that.
Aww, thank you Stephen. And thank you for introducing yourself out from the shadows! I do, and will always do what I can to share my knowledge and experience with all of you, while you all teach me another side of music that I've never explored before. Hopefully we both win!
Wow that had to be freakin crazy to be that close to Robert plant with tickets that y'all basically won.
@@fresnokidsr It was definitely an amazing experience, particularly since I was a huge Zep fan since 1969 when I first saw them (Woodstock Weekend) in Asbury Park NJ. However, they were not “free” tickets in 1977. Zep was so huge back then that when they announced 6 concerts in New York, you had to send in a money order for tickets and “hope” you were fortunate enough to get any tickets. My future wife, who I worked with, said “let’s mail the money order in a “pink envelope” so it will stand out. We did, and voila, 3rd row seats! That’s why I married her!
Now that you've had some exposure to Robert Plant, I'd LOVE to hear your reaction to anything by Allison Kraus and Plant. Two very different voices that blend beautifully. Kraus has that Dolly Parton/Emmylou Harris angelic quality to her voice and the contrast with Plant is wonderful.
I actually said the same thing and then found your comment!
Yes!!!!
Just imagine. Hearing this for the first time late at night on a pirate FM radio station. So atmospheric.
Led Zeppelin is my absolute fave band, and Plant's solo work is phenomenal. I'd love to see you review Big Log or Thru' with the Two Step. Both songs are on Plant's Principle of Moments album. Plant's work with the Honeydrippers is beautifully fun--Sea of Love is a fave.
Hearing the guitar riff for the first time set my (then) 12 year old nervous system on fire ... it still does 50+ years on ... my all-time favorite rock song.
LOVE seeing your reaction to this classic.
'Way way down inside' is where it's at! I think my mother knew this when she banned the record from our living room stereo 🙂
My mom did the same! She was kind of right..but I didn't understand at the time! I thought it was just too loud😊
Best line of the whole video is “ this is about love making” I laughed so hard at her reaction Elizabeth you are so great I think you should do some videos where you sing some of these songs I want to hear you do metal
I was like, did she miss when he said he was going to give her every inch of his love? XD that's uh, not really a metaphor. oh she catches it on like the 4th time! commented before the video was over.
Listen to the Lemon Song, when the juice runs down his leg. 60's and 70's metal either love or protest govt and war. No capping anyone or hurting anyone.
I thought it’s not about love making Elizabeth it’s about sex, raw sex!😂😂.
@@denises9210 Liz is classy
@@MobiusBandwidth yet it makes me laugh how many people that react to this track miss the line just before where he says "Let me be your backdoor man"
Am so glad I first heard this in the 70s. Lucky us. 😊
talent of this band has never been surpassed
The song "Whole Lotta Love" was 5:34 on Led Zeppelin II album originally, Elizabeth. If you think this one is explicit you ought to listen to the "Lemon Song" by Led Zeppelin. I love your reaction videos, thank you for this.
I was going to make the same suggestion. "Lemon Song," from the same album. There's very little left to the imagination on that one.
I saw Zeppelin in 77 .Its cool to see this young girl in joy Hard rock so much . She's adorable
That effects machine was invented by Jimmy Page. Page is a mastermind. Robert was doing his thing, and Jimmy was doing his. Amazing that these 4 got together to make the best rock music of the 70's. Kashmir. the battle of evermore, when the levee breaks, fool in the rain, over the hill and far away, stairway to heaven, I mean the list goes on and on. Jimmy Page is, for me, the greatest rock composer of all time. He stands head and shoulders above everyone else. He produced every album. He was musical director. He wrote most of the music, and half the lyrics. I mean, Say no more. But there is more. Ask Anyone. He is the guy. And he plays his guitar with a bow.
There was Beethoven, Bach, Mozart and now Page. He is the Mozart of Rock guitar. Mesmerizing, mysterious, charismatic Jimmy Page is an extraordinary composer, guitarist and showman. There is no one like him. Utterly magical and pure genius!💘
Probably my favorite live Led Zeppelin is them playing "I Can't Quit You Babe" at that same concert in the Royal Albert Hall. It was still relatively early in their career, and they were at the peak of their raw, powerful rock sound before expanding musically.
"I Can't Quit You Babe" is a heavy blues rock epic, and that performance was memorable enough that they included an edited version on their late album release "Coda". I think it's really a song where you get to see every member shine. All four were incredibly talented, and the way they gel together is amazing.
Without a doubt my fav live performance of theirs. From a technical perspective it was flawless.
Royal Albert Hall is such a better showcase of the band than MSG in ‘73 imo.
"tangerine" "moby dick" "cashmere" "dazed and confused" "the battle of evermore" and "hot dog" I feel runs the entire gamut along with "I can't quit you Babe" there is no genre the mighty zep hasn't conquered.
I mett the Royal Albert Hall Last octobee..
She already did it Madison Square Garden 73 in the 76 movie abd sound track “ the song remains the same
My bad not i cant quit you babe was not it that was CODA sorry
I always enjoy watching Elizabeth's expressions and reactions. The fun part here is that she is so into experiencing and analyzing all the various components that it took her a while to get the "Whole" message of the song. Granted, a lot of us, okay, most of us, hear that part and don't really recognize or appreciate all the components of the composition and performance. Thankfully, Elizabeth helps us appreciate that part. Now that a lot of us are a wee bit older (lol) and can appreciate those aspects.
Still makes me blush ☺️ after all these years. Eee-yow!
This got radio play because, in the early 70's, people bought and listened to entire records. That and FM radio stations had DJ's, who played what they wanted. I worked at a radio station from 2004, to 2020. Witnessed the death of DJ's being allowed to play what they want, to program automation, that picks and schedules all the music in advance. The songs that get played are from Billboards "top" lists per "genre" of music that station plays. All songs and commercial breaks are scheduled, in our case, for a week in advance. It's the same HOT singles over n over. Streaming comes on the scene, now you can listen to anything on demand. Who streams an entire album anymore? I do, but I love music. Most casul listeners probably don't. I agree "it took guts" for Led Zeppelin to do this. It was also a different time, when music was more explorative, had the radio play to support it, AND Ahmet Ertegun, the co-founder & President of Atlantic Records, brought Led Zepplin, and many other legendary artists, to the public.
I loved watching your analysis of this. Led Zeppelin II, was the first record I saved up for. Whole Lotta Love is the first song on the first side. What a way to start an album! It blew me away at 13. It's why I got a guitar, a year later, That was 45 years ago, and it's still such a vivid memory. Still rocking out to Led Zep, and playing guitar. Singing now too, thanks to your vids.
Thank you so much for great content and sharing your love and passion for music with us.
PS - Jimmy Page plays a Theremin in this. Makes the "WeeEEeWoooOooo" sound, through an Echoplex. Plant's vocal and Bonham's drums are also running through the Echoplex, during the interlude section. An early analog, sound delay device which used a loop of tape, with individual record and playback heads. The tape speed could be changed, creating a pitched echo effect, "LoooOoooOOOooVvvee" Also used on the album version, you'll hear an echo before Plant's vocal, it's also the Echoplex. Eddie Kramer, audio engineer Legend, did all that creative studio work, with Zep, Hendrix, too many to list.
“Some sort of primal drum circle.” What a way to describe something I’ve always seen as a bit of a psychedelic trip. Love it!
Your blushing, and reactions to the explicit lyrics were about the cutest thing I ever did see. 😄
This channel is SO great, because Elizabeth gives such detailed and specific vocal analysis, AND she’s a total nerd who is discovering SO much Rock n’ Roll for the first time
John BONEham…close Elizabeth…close. 😂😂😂
I remember when this all came out. I was in high school. Zeppelin was one of the best.
One of the things I love about this song is that it was used as the theme tune for Top of the Pops for about 40 years, so even if you'd never heard Led Zeppelin, as a Brit you can't hear this and not get hyped.
The version that was used for TotP was by Alexis Korner's C.C.S.
@@BenjWarrant Probably because LZ refused to appear on Top of the Pops.
@@heliotropezzz333 The guitar riff was used as the opening theme music.
@@ianlove1215 I know. That's what the top comment says and that's what I remember. I was just saying that they got someone else to do it, probably because LZ refused to have anything to do with TOTP. It's all explained in this thread if you read through.
Led zep didn’t do singles,but I had 7 inch vinyl of this song with the immigrant song on the b side,from the pubs juke box extremely rare
That amazing primal interlude with Bonham's drumming also includes the amazing eerie out of this world sound by Jimmy Page playing the Theremin... which he was well ahead of his time, a wizard of production and sounds.
Was it a Theremin? I assumed that it was guitar work. And The Beach Boys used a Theremin on 'Good Vibrations' back in '66, so they were even ahead of Page (if that's what he's using).
@@terrycunningham8118 It was a theremin through echo delay and his guitar. It's not that he was the first to do it, the moog theremin goes back to 50's, but it was more of the style/method how he uses the theremin.
@@miguellara003 Interesting. Thanks for that..
not sure what sound you're talking about, but at that part Jimmy is playing his guitar with a violin bow
Orgasm put to music.
The prototypical rock voice. This is what every rock singer wants to sound like. Everyone after was doing a Plant impression. Including Brian Johhson.
Here in the UK the guitar riff on this song is known to generations of pop music lovers as the theme song to Top of The Pops, a weekly televised run down of the current top 40 pop songs that ran until 2006.
Always fascinating to watch and hear John Bonham keeping the band together and make the pace in an unrivalled manner. One of the best if not the best rock drummer of all time… Only the good die young. R.I.P. John Bonham.
Jon Bonham is such a legend, his influence on pretty much every drummer that's come after cannot be unstated. He very often tops lists of the best drummers of all time. Even Neil Peart of Rush grew up listening and learning from Bonham. It's funny you mention Danny Carey, since he was heavily influenced by both Peart and Bonham (and in a way doubly from Bonham through Peart).
It's his complex, fast but precise, kick-ass kick-drum that stands out.
I've been a fan from the start and saw them live in 71.
You made me laugh seeing your reaction on this one.
Elizabeth should be a professor of musicology!!! I took a music history class in college and fell in love with all these genres. Wish you wouldve taught the class!!
You handle the "explicitness" of this song with grace. Love your analysis!
The drive in this song is by Bonzo, purposely that way because that is how Page composed the music. They even initially recorded the song with the drum kit set up on a special stage and recorded with an array of mics.I loved your drum circle comment. The shadow vowels are a blues trick used by early blues singers, (and possibly older) the words are nicked from a Willie Dixon song "You Need Love". When we were kids we knew what this song was about, we just hoped our parents wouldn't get it, or worse, the censors. :)
Also, Bonzo takes his physical lead from Page rather than JPJ like most drummers would have done.
Don't worry Elizabeth. We know you want to keep the channel pg and it is adorable watching you explain that cannot happen. Nobody called Dr Ruth a pervert for just reporting on things sexual in nature.
I love watching reactions from a person who appreciates the music as well as the vocals. Led Zeppelin was definitely the complete package musically. I highly recommend watching more from this show. Jimmy Page is a guitar god and does a few things on some of the other songs that will surprise you.
The Improv part on the studio cut is much shorter but it's really cool in its own right. You really should hear the studio version of the song which I guess you probably will. And also, John Bonham is one of the greatest rock drummers ever. And I have a feeling Neil Peart would agree with that. Slightly different times and technologies so it's hard to compare directly, but what Bonzo was doing there with not only all the hand drumming but what he was doing with the kick on the offbeat and of course that hi-hat with his left foot just never waivers, it never freaking waivers - that tempo is solid through that whole section all the way to where they come back in. It's a glorious thing to behold.
And the other thing is he does all this finesse stuff and yet he plays so hard. He was known for just playing so hard. He's a fascinating character and it's too bad he had to go.
Yes, Neil Peart would agree with that. So would just about every major rock drummer in the world. Bonham was hugely influential.
John Bonham is my all time favorite drummer. From the first time I heard Whole Lotta Love his drumming grabbed me by the gut and never let me go.
There is something very tribal, ancestral and spiritual about Whole Lotta Love, while also being graphically sexual in a way that was almost shocking for its time.
Led Zeppelin is my favorite band ever and I love Robert Plant so much! They have so many great songs❤️
Easily my favorite group by far. Not even close.
They are amazing! Perfect chemistry! My favorite band, always! :)
'...Sounds like he's up to something..' - :-) wonderful :-) Such a wonderful combination of joy, compassion, and a very very talented sharp mind in all Elizabeth's analysis (said a very humble non-musician). Thank you!
OK. I looked thru the comments to see if anyone else picked up on this, but didn't find any. Elizabeth didn't listen to the studio version first, so she never heard the "pre-echo" in the last verse, which was a happy accident during the original recording. And, of course, doing it live (at the time), there was no good way (well, maybe Pink Floyd could have figured one out), that they could replicate that sound on stage. But at around 27:00, RP sings "WAYYYYY DOWN INSIDE"..., then at 27:11 someone in the audience says "woman", before Plant can sing it. And Plant pauses and says "ahhh", then "WOMAN...YOU NEED, Yeah...". That acknowledgement of the audience's knowledge and engagement is just awesome!
Good point. I did think how different the live version is but it's fun!!!
There’s a reason why me and a whole lotta other people think, no scratch that, know that this is the greatest band the world has ever known. I’m glad they never made music again after Bonham died. Only the four could create that magic 🪄!
Absolutely incredible band ✊🏽👊🏾
I think it was very respectful and took a lot of guts to call it quits at your height.
Elizabeth, you are one of a kind! I've laughed with you through this whole episode. Me, having heard this song a million times knew the sexuality of it, your face...priceless! Robert Plant puts a lot of sexuality in all of his singing. GREAT JOB!
I really appreciate your discovery of my. Favorite bands. When I was 14 k went to my first concert in San Diego it was Led Zeppelin the opening sons was Led Zeppelin performing whole lotta love. I was overwhelmed you do such a good job analyzing discovering these songs. I’ve always felt privileged to have grown up in the musical era that I did so thank you for your your analysis of my favorite bands your enthusiastic response to these bands bring me a lot of joy
I always loved the groove in this song with the classic guitar riff. Elizabeth your analysis and your pure emotionall reactions just made me appreciate the song even more. Thanks.