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I am Icelandic and was at Led Zeppelins gig in Reykjavik in June 1970, absolutely fantastic concert full of LZ I and II, and when I heard Immigrant song for the first time, it brought tears to my eyes, yes they did come to the land of ice and snow and the midnight sun where the hot spring flows. Best regards from Immy in Reykjavik.
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That wave of the guitar is called a "tremolo" effect. You can set it on the amplifier
This song wouldn't be as bad ass as it is if it weren't for John Paul Jones. This man knows how to play the bass
I strongly recommend the live version of this song. It blows the doors off of the studio track and it shows how they could be so in sync and jam like OMG! and also try checking out the live dazed and confused from madison square garden. Song remains the same movie is what it is from. It is long but sooooo worth it. peace to you✌
Yes!
Plants screaming was definitely the highlight of many zeppelin performances. It is after all what made him so easily recognisable among other rock singers.
Since i've been loving you
Is amazing
That wave sound you described was Jimmy page’s link Wray rumble influence comin in
John Paul Jones is the unsung hero here.... Fabulous bass playing!
Just so damn relentless and the vocals are primeval.
Great reaction!! Love this album. "Since I've Been Loving You" is a monster. Great acoustic tracks too like "That's The Way".
Yes, I always loved this album, also. They are the only hard rock group that could have pulled off such effort.
I also love Gallows Pole and Tangerine. Zep can take any song, including an Olde English folk song, and transform it into pure Zep!
First album they are just meeting each other. Second album is largely written, recorded, and produced at different studios while on the road. This album is when they really learn each other. Page and Plant taking a family vacation to to Bron-Yr-Aur, then the band convening at Headley Grange where they rehearsed and worked out the songs, then recorded much of the album using the Rolling Stones Mobile Studio.
The guitar effect you described as waves = tremolo. nice catch on your part.
Yes, check out the live version too. The last half turns into a jam with a killer Page solo.
I read an ancient account that was written by a priest who the Vikings had taken hostage for ransom . He said the Vikings drunken singing around the fire reminded him of growling dogs fighting with each other .
That’s Athelstan! ;)
The bass on this, oh good god, the bass … the peerless JPJ
I love how deep your thought process is. Very inspirational.. xo
Zep always had crack album openers/closers and this is no different. According to Robert when asked about the song: "We weren't being pompous...We did come from the land of the ice and snow. We were guests of the Icelandic Government on a cultural mission. We were invited to play a concert in Reykjavik and the day before we arrived all the civil servants went on strike and the gig was going to be cancelled. The university prepared a concert hall for us and it was phenomenal. The response from the kids was remarkable and we had a great time. 'Immigrant Song' was about that trip and it was the opening track on the album that was intended to be incredibly different." The song was played as the opener throughout their 1970-72 touring then would get used occasionally as an encore before being dropped from their set entirely. If you watch the official video, the video is taken from a concert in Australia but the audio comes from a live concert at the Long Beach Arena in California that was part of the live compilation album called How The West Was Won. Before it begins, you can hear what was called the "LA Drone" which was used to heighten the anticipation before the song started.
Led Zeppelin III my favourite
Zep is often called "the hammer of the gods."
Hi Syed, we politely DEMAND you listen to the LIVE version of this... it's a musical juggernaut, relentless and overpowering...keep up the superb work...
The live version played at Wembly Stadium turns up the aggression to 10! It has a music video as well. Highly recommended!
The song is based on the viking invasions of England. It's written from the perspective of the Norse vikings.
I always assumed it was about the Danish (Norse/Viking) invasions of the 9th and 10th centuries. Not sure the Normans (who were descended from Scandinavian norse) were referred to as Vikings, but maybe they were.
@@Alewifes_Husband Dude, i don't know.
@@avidfather1864 Not sure, either, buddy! I wonder if Page & Plant knew which invasion they were thinking of??
The term Normans refers to the French from Normany. The Normans had a Viking ancestry and invaded from France in the 11th century under William the Conqueror, but this is more about the Viking invasions of Britain in earlier centuries - Eric Bloodaxe and all that. The Vikings eventually settled in England but never conquered all of it, unlike the Norman invasion.
Um…..Normans are not Norse. The Norman invasion of England was in 1066. They were from Normandy in France. The Norse invaders came from Denmark and Norway….hundreds of years before the Normans (9th and 10th centuries) They “came from the land of the ice and snow,”. That’s NOT France. And the Norman invaders were Catholic….not pagans who believed in Thor and Valhalla. You’re REALLY confused, dude.
Led zepp 3 is my favourite zepp album the second half is just brilliant it’s more folk and country inspired.
Led Zeppelin III- Their best!
Led Zeppelin loved Celtic mythology and ancient pre Christian Welsh culture too
Here goes that amazing rhythm section again. Bonzo & JPJ 🙌🙌
Is there a reason why you didn't cover any live versions from Led Zeppelin II? The 1973 Madison Square version of Whole Lotta Love is great.
Love that you talk over the track vs stopping every 5 seconds.
This iconic song used to open their shows in 1970 - 1972, it was always beyond fire and their are many versions on You Tube, try the official video which has live video but the audio is from another show, incredible guitar piercing through the thunder. They also did amazing versions at the LA Forum during that time frame. Zeppelin Rules! Enjoy. 🎵🎸🎤🎹🎶
Saw them 3 times back then. What a lovely time it was.
Great reaction and welcome back to Zeppelin! Led Zep 3 is where they transition more of their style away from blues (although blues still there or not far away). Someone mentioned the Immigrant Song version on How the West Was One. Also listen to BBC Recordings. From 1970-1972, Zep opened their shows with a massive, blistering 1-2 punch of Immigrant Song/Heartbreaker, with Plant wailing and Page delivering unreal, face melting solos. Of course Bonham and JPJ are killing throughout. Check out Bootlegs on CZcams: 9/4/70 in LA, 8/31/71 Orlando and best of all, 9/29/71 in Osaka. Pure FIRE
I heard Zeppelin play this live during the summer of 1970, several months before the album released. One of the highlights of their show.
Nice reaction, thanks. Was hoping you'd react to some live after finishing their second album. If you aren't going to do that and want to see Zeppelin performing close in time to when their first two albums dropped, I highly recommend that you give their 1970 Royal Albert Hall concert a watch if/when you have the time. Outstanding concert and some of the songs they performed during it were, imo, better than the studio versions. Anyway, thanks again. Looking forward to what you think of the 3rd album as you work your way through it.
Another great reaction!! I especially enjoy the way that you break down how the instrumentation makes you feel. It's incredible how these great musicians can make you feel the galloping of horses, or thrashing of oars and other sounds that translate to the lyrics. Fun fact for you. To get permission to use this song in the movie School Of Rock, the star of the movie, Jack Black, videotaped himself singing in front of a huge crowd of people, begging Led Zeppelin to let them use the song in the movie. They succeeded, and the song was featured in a scene where Black sings along to the tune when it comes on the radio in his van, which he is using to transport his students. Now my Brother from another Mother I would love for you to get back to the highest selling American Rock Band in history, Aerosmith! Aerosmith is estimated to have sold well over 150 million albums around the world. One of the best albums ever recorded (in my humble opinion) is Aerosmith's 1976 album "Rocks". I believe that you'll love this album especially the songs "Back in the saddle", Rat's in the cellar", Nobody's fault", "Last child", & all of the rest. Please check this album out. Much Gratitude!!
There’s video of Ann Wilson of Heart killing this song too!
Guitarist here:
The effect on the guitar is called tremolo effect: It periodically cuts on and off the signal.
I don't use it very often, my favorite effect is the delay: czcams.com/video/tadiK-_5iSk/video.html
Loooove this song so much 👍 once they added this to the movie Ragnarok I love it even more.
The band thought it was a jokey song. They never expected the reaction to it being so positive.
If you really want to experience Led Zeppelin I highly suggest you watch their film "The Song Remains the Same". The audio & concert footage is from a performance at Madison Square Garden in 1973 during the tour for their 5th album "Houses of the Holy". Maybe react to the whole film I mentioned then cut it into separate videoor each song. I promise you you'll love the film. Plus the film has since been digitally remastered so the quality for a 1973 production is astounding.
This is important, the next video when you listen to the next tracks friends and celebration day, they’re meant to be listened to together.
The song was also inspired by the sack of Lindisfarne, often cited as the beginning of the Viking era. Christians had burnt the Irminsul- an ancient oak tree that was sacred to a lot of Germanic tribes, believed to be part of the world tree itself. They sailed out in revenge, landed at Lindisfarne, site of a monastery, and sacked it. The part about rebuild your ruins, peace and trust can win the day was their message of tit for tat. we're even, leave us alone. Obviously, it didn't happen. Those opening screams were an approximation of Galdur- Norse primal singing. Listen to "Heilung Krigsgaldr"- Heilung is a group of Nordic people trying to recreate the sounds of a thousand years ago. They sing in Norwegian and English. (English because it's the language almost all Europeans understand) czcams.com/video/QRg_8NNPTD8/video.html
Awesome reaction!!!
My favorite Zeppelin song!! Great reaction dude!! Thanks for sharing this awesome track!! Peace! ✌🏼
This song will wake you up every time
Listen to the live version..POWERFUL
JPJ is fantastic,his bass playing is awesome so are Jimmy,John & Robert.
🔥🔥 Thanks
The only thing wrong with this song is that it's too short.
This is about the Viking invasions of Europe. The Vikings invaded Britain for instance and ended up settling there.
It's about the Vikings
III is my favourite album.
Their Icelandic tribute!🤘🏻🤘🏻
As an Barbarian myself. I say
Cheers!!
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Next to II, III is my favorite LZ album. It's worth going through.
It’s about the Vikings
Live version, do the live version!
Jimmy Page is The Hammer of the God's. He has a book with that title as well. Enjoying your reactions. Randy from L.A.
The Hammer of the Gods is not Jimmy Page's book. It was written by someone else and Jimmy and the other band members always complained that it was not accurate.
@@heliotropezzz333 You are correct. Didn't say he wrote it, but what an awesome moniker to have. Peace!
Great choice again, Syed. You are still in a 3-way tie for most intelligent and interesting reactionary.
It's been two solid months since you've done a Tool reaction
Nice react
Great reaction man.
Btw Pink Floyd recently released a remixed version of Animals and it sounds great. Maybe do an album review of that sometime??
I'm pretty sure the song is about the Viking invasion of the British Isles...
The song is about Vikings.
Syed, you’re priceless! “the wail of a barbarian! “😂😂😂😂
The live version, especially L.A. 1972, is the epitome of Led Zeppelin.
If you watch the official “live” video, you will get a stellar guitar solo from Jimmy…. Very much worth your time to watch it.
The only video to watch with this song is The Viking Kitties.
Another great reaction Syed. To me Robert's vocals really stand out in this song. Imagine what they could have done with today's technology!
They didn't need today's technology.
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When people tell you to listen to the live version, it's only because they absolutely love the artist and can't see it from the point of view of a new listener. They just want you to be a fan so bad they won't even be pragmatic. Live versions suck unless you love the band.
Those Vikings invaded these Islands over 1000yrs ago, and helped forge what we became, but you learn't that in History in school lol
Just because we're vikings, it doesn't make us barbarians.
Thor Ragnorock! Vikings!!
The vikings came to America western shorel.
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I suspect the guitar effect you’re describing is vibrato/tremolo. Here’s a demo of some Fender vibrato/tremolo amps from the period…czcams.com/video/cG80tw6OjSE/video.html … although I’m pretty sure Page was using a Vox AC30 with the tremolo, but it’ll give you the idea.
Vibrato and tremolo are different.
@@argonwheatbelly637 yep. Confusingly, the ‘vibrato’ channel on Fender amps started as true vibrato, but actually became tremolo channels by the mid-sixties, even though they were still labelled ‘vibrato.’ I owned a 73 Fender twin with the ‘vibrato’ channel, and then owned a mid-60s AC30 with the ‘vib/trem’ channel. They were both tremolo channels. I’ve never owned or even played a true ‘vibrato’ channel. Hell, that’s what a whammy bar’s for anyway. Even though it gets called a tremolo bar… you can understand why guitarists of a certain age use the terms interchangeably when describing the guitar effect, not necessarily the musical terms.
Viking war cry
Come on wake up it's a tribute to Richard Wagner the great German composer-it's the Vikings arriving. Valhalla is the home of the Norse gods-when a Viking dies he goes to Valhalla. Listen to Wagner's opera- Wagner's music from the Opera was also played in Apocalypse Now when the helicopters went in an attacked the Viet Cong Village. Listen to Wagner or read about him.
Why do you think it’s a tribute to Wagner? I see no obvious reason.
Valhala is shitting himself!
Although a long time Zeppelin fan this song has always been my least favorite of all...great lyrics despite...the rest of the album though is awesome...looking forward to your reactions to it ✌️
Can't say exactly what this song is *about* but I've heard Plant was pretty enamored with Iceland and penned this after a recent visit. Of course, Iceland was uninhabited when the Norse arrived so not too brutal a colonization (if you don't factor in the Celtic slaves they dragged along).
I think it’s the norsmen coming FROM the land of ice and snow, from the midnight sun where the hot springs flow, which can be no other than Iceland, and the western shore that is their goal is most likely Great Britain.
Weren't there a few Irish monks there before the Vikings? Apologies, I can't remember where I read/saw that.
@@dago87able I'm sure Plant intended this to be about the Viking invasions of Britain but it's not quite accurate as the Vikings invading Britain did not come from Iceland but elsewhere in Scandinavia.
@@coyote4237 There were Irish monks in Britain before the Vikings invaded. The Irish monks came to convert Britain to Christianity and largely succeeded. The Vikings who raided Britain, and eventually settled there, attacked and raided Christian monasteries and abbeys and killed monks, but eventually the Vikings themselves were converted to Christianity as part of a truce agreement with King Alfred the Great. The first series of 'The Last Kingdom' covers the latter part of this period, though it is a fictionalised account.
@@heliotropezzz333 Right, right, I tend to think it’s a poetic license without intention of being exact historically.