70s Legends Wrote This Song as a JOKE…TRANSFORMED Them Into The Gods of Rock! | Professor Of Rock

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The story of Led Zeppelin’s 70s rock masterpiece Immigrant Song Although Immigrant Song was written to be entirely tongue in cheek... its humor was almost completely lost on listeners. In fact, this fist in the air rocker was so power-packed that legions lined up to crown its Zeppelin the lords of Rock and Roll. And by then... it was too late to convince anyone that they were more or less joking. Is this smash hit rock’s greatest battle cry anthem? Written by rock’s ultimate guitar hero Jimmy Page and masterfully sung by Robert Plant with John Paul Jones and John Bonham taking it to the highest levels of music
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In the two years since Led Zeppelin lifted off in 1968, Robert Plant, Jimmy Page, John Paul Jones, and John Bonham had sailed a great distance across the sky. Two best-selling albums, hundreds of concerts on both sides of the Atlantic, and congregations of faithful fans had all fueled their flight through the stratosphere. And for better or for worse, this frenzied rocket ride to fame wasn’t slowing down.
The need to get bigger kept accelerating... and the members of Zeppelin were really feeling the fatigue. In the first few months of 1970 alone, Zeppelin had toured the UK, Finland, Sweden, Denmark, Switzerland, Germany, and Austria... and put in an exhausting fifth circuit across America. As spring arrived, band members were ready for a breather. And for Plant and Page, this took the form of an extended rustic retreat into the middle of nowhere.
Their destination? Bron-Yr-Aur, an 18th-century cottage in Snowdonia, Wales where Plant had vacationed as a child. Tranquil and primitive, they lived without running water, electricity, or a telephone. It was perfect silence from the world at large. They would be joined only by Robert’s family, Jimmy’s girlfriend, and a couple of roadies. There in the countryside Page and Plant wrote together, really for the first time. Songs seemed to emerge out of the ether as they roamed the hills, followed the streams, and sat by the fireplace, guitars in hand.
“[It was the] first time I really came to know Robert,” Page said, “actually living together at Bron-Yr-Aur, as opposed to occupying nearby hotel rooms. The songs took us into areas that changed the band. It established a standard of travelling for inspiration … which is the best thing a musician can do.” This creative getaway provided Page and Plant with new material for Zeppelin’s third record, as well as future albums.
When their time was done, Page and Plant left their pastoral sanctuary rejuvenated. And early in the summer of 1970, they rejoined Jones and Bonham to run through the songs for Zeppelin III. Gathering at Headley Grange in the Hampshire countryside and with the help of the Rolling Stones’ mobile studio, they got to work rehearsing. Later, they recorded at Olympic Studios in London and Island Records' Basing Street Studios in Notting Hill.

[@ProfessorofRock]

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[@jammcguire1276]

When you think of immigrants since that time to the present, they are anything but the hordes described in the song.

[@sourdiesel9193]

I liked it from the jump.

[@Gamer1st1]

Can we get an ep or two dealing with some other TV theme hits? John Sebastian’s Welcome Back and Joe Scarburys Greatest American Hero and the like.

[@alenrosanda3320]

@@jammcguire1276 2300””””””””””°

[@fasullamail]

Nice story... but so many ADs it's almost impossible to follow the telling

[@NFAtoys]

The first time I heard Led Zeppelin’s “Immigrant Song” I was in Thailand in the U.S. Air Force in 1970 working on B-52’s in the Vietnam war. They played it on the Armed Forces Radio Network. The first time I heard it I was hooked, and I ordered the album through the Air Force Base Exchange system. 53 years later I still have the same album and pull it out occasionally and play it, even though I can hear the song anytime digitally.

[@Old_B52H_Gunner]

Thanks for keeping those BUFFs flying.

[@pattyandersen5516]

That’s great! I was hooked in that year too. I saw them in Ohio after winning 2 tickets from a radio call in. 3 hours of pure joy. I got to the very front by getting 2 beers served in quart milk cartons and sharing sips to get by folks. Then as the 1st beer ran out, someone gave me a joint for sharing and that got me the rest of the way. Jimmy was wearing his black velvet embroidered dragon suit. Stunning! I’ll never forget that show. We were lucky that Ohio had so many great concerts and prices weren’t like now.

[@NFAtoys]

@@pattyandersen5516 I was born and raised in Cleveland so I'm familiar with all those great concerts that came to town.

[@williamonderlinde5068]

I'll ask this question of you as a longshot. Would you possibly know my brother Herb (Onderlinde) who was in Thailand the at U-Tapao RTAB around then? Skinny white guy around 5 " 8", 160-180 lbs(?) & brownish-blond hair. He also was working on B-52's in the Avionics section. Since he entered the USAF in '68 & separated in '71 or '72, he didn't spend a lot of time in Thailand or his 2nd assignment at Barksdale AFB. I realize the USAF was pretty big then, & IAW the Google Inet, there were 8 bases in Thailand. In those early days of the USAF, they could move a person around a lot, esp. as a single/married unaccompanied ; my first 2 assignments averaged 18 months each. It was cheap for the USAF because as an unaccompanied airman you had SH*T for a weight allowance. Hello Post Office!!

[@NFAtoys]

@@williamonderlinde5068 I was at U-Tapao from July 70-71 in the Avionics Maintenance Squadron (AMS). I was in the Comm / Nav Radio Shop fixing “D” model Buffs and KC-135 Tankers HF & UHF Radio and Interphone systems. The AMS squadron was pretty big with several different specialty shops that repaired different types of aircraft electronics systems, and we worked 24/7 in two different 12 hour shifts. The name doesn’t sound familiar, so he may have been in a different shop, or even on a different shift. We changed shifts every 2 months so we wouldn’t get stuck for a year on either days or nights. We also got one day off a week unless there was a big push going. Of course it was also more than 50 years ago so the memory may have faded a bit over time.

[@juliebridges4233]

If my kids wouldn't get up for school I would put this song on really loud and sing it. Later when they had grown up we were celebrating Christmas at my youngest son's condo with his fiancee. Youngest son wouldn't wake up and my oldest son started humming this song and the fiancee started laughing and said I heard about this. We cranked this song and all three of us sang it. Younger song woke up. 🙂 It was an awesome moment. And yes my kids love Led Zeppelin now. And I was that parent like your dad.

[@flightnavigator8999]

🎉😂❤it

[@deemo7641]

Lmao it also featured on my playlist to wake reluctant kids up

[@TheNightOwls2]

My go to ‘welcome to the new day’ music was Bouzouki music, in particular ‘Zorba the Greek’ played at ‘the neighbourhood is now Greek’ level…on repeat! The only way to stop it was to get out of bed and physically turn it off…..at which point I would confiscate all bedding 😊 I had an 11a.m. Cut off for sleeping off the night before, then it was time to join the real world, brunch was always part of that but you had to be there…or suffer Bouzouki at ear bleed level! There was always that one newcomer who would try to outlast…but none ever did! 😂

[@artistpw]

​@@mamarijkeI would have switched it between Beatles, The Who, Mozart, Beethoven, Bach, Debussey and a few more.

[@tronmartin1]

Years ago, I spent the night at a buddy's house because we had been partying and i did not want to drive home. he woke me up with ELP's (Emerson Lake and Palmer) "Toccata" from their Brain Salad Surgery album. Ah, memories. "Communication Breakdown" was probably the first Zepplin song that I had ever heard. WOW!! That was my awakening to heavy metal!!"

[@Tora-no-shi]

This song literally saved my life. I was sitting listening to the radio about to commit suicide. Right before I was about to do it. the DJ played This song. The "Call to Arms" as it is known sent chills up my spin. Sitting there listening I realized there was more to life than the suffering I knew. I still cry any time I hear this song. I don't cry often, yet this song always moves me.

[@DainaSancho]

What a powerful story, thanks for sharing it!

[@GettingOldBites420]

I hope whatever was bothering you is a distant memory these days.

[@Tora-no-shi]

@@GettingOldBites420 it was over 30 years ago now. I have clinical depression, undiagnosed back then. I also lived in a severely abusive family. I have gotten help since then.

[@michaelherring6223]

Glad that you are still here, friend.

[@markiefufu]

I'm glad you're still with us! I completely empathize as I attempted suicide too, but obviously failed. Missed my own heart by 1/8 of an inch.

[@philip6502]

The first time I was at a Zeppelin concert they were promoting this album. And, they open the set with The Immigrant Song. And, by the way, the opening act (not announced prior to the concert) was YES. They were promoting The Yes Album; opened with Starship Trooper. I was a very pleased 16 year old. 😁

[@suzannemarker9896]

Ty

[@samuelevans9216]

Dude I’m so damn jealous

[@martinportelance138]

Hot damn.

[@debbiebasche7760]

Love the Immigrant Song! Ahhheeeahh Aahh !! :-)

[@aprilk141]

You are old now. Would have been cool to that though.

[@ktmggg]

I saw Led Zep at the Kingdome in Seattle July 17, 1977. I was 14 years old and this was my very first rock concert. Three songs got the loudest cheers: Whole Lotta Love, Stairway To Heaven and Immigrant Song. For some reason the opening act didn't show up. Led Zep took the stage somewhere around 9pm and spent the next four hours lighting up the night. Best memory of my life.

[@escgoogle3865]

I was wee bit to young that concert, my first was AC/DC "For those about to rock" at the SEA Center Coliseum.

[@beverlyatwood7511]

@@escgoogle3865 I was there too! Rock gods!

[@texaspatriotgal1443]

I had hoped to see them but they cancelled the tour due to the death of Plant's young son in 1977.

[@joeyank2451]

Lucky You

[@woodrowsmith3400]

I was there, too!!! Nosebleed section under the Jumbotron. So far from the stage I couldn't see the band, so I'd look up at the screen to get the visuals. So far from the stage that the sound literally took precious seconds to get to me. By the time it got there, the band was doing something else😂 So, I just lit a joint and closed my eyes and melted into the greatest band that has ever lived. What else could I do?

[@cooki10554]

I just have to say that Zeppelin was way ahead of their time! There will never be another band like them!

[@stonefly69]

The "critics" never understood LZ. But the fans did. Greatest Rock Band in History!!!!

[@denverjohnson5640]

Proof critics are areses

[@rodmunce2328]

the men don't know, but the little girls understand

[@MrJett1971]

They’re not even top 20 for me.

[@Knorthcast]

Greatest cover band.

[@andrewhope8698]

@@Knorthcast in a lot of ways, you’re not wrong. Still, what they did with those songs birthed the heavy metal movement

[@nanchesca3950]

I briefly went out with a boy when I was 16 years old and he introduced me to Led Zeppelin. Made me cassettes of all their albums. I listened to those cassettes over and over for years! Led Zeppelin has enriched my life like no other music. Both my kids love them also, so many decades later

[@uncle_ike]

What I love most about Immigrant Song is the long, fast ascending line during the refrain, doubled by Jonesy and Page, followed by the sudden stop--a breath for air--before that brutal riff starts pounding yet again. It's an example of the juxtaposition of opposites that defined Zeppelin: soft and loud, dark and bright, heavy and light.

[@technicolorbutterfly9756]

Well put!

[@gregpickett8816]

The funniest part about that riff is that it is just a plain old major scale iirc. Literally nothing fancy.

[@johnnyera5513]

That is some insightful shi-

[@lauracarter1618]

well said.

[@candicewitzkoske3155]

Yes, and How Many More Times does the same! Freakin love it!!!

[@ThePhoenixAscendant]

Whenever I hear immigrants song, I'm always taken back to the memory of my niece who at the tender age of 2 years old was a hardcore Led Zeppelin fan, And whenever we would put on immigrants song, she would throw her arms out to the sides and twirl dancing to the music. :)

[@robertbeatty1633]

Very cool 😎

[@williamwilson6499]

Immigrant Song…not immigrants song.

[@timothyharrison8953]

My dad, who died in 2008 listened to Zepplin and Conway Twitty, along with Ian Dury and the Blockheads, Jimi Hendrix and at the end was listening to Quiet Riot. His taste was diverse and influenced mine. Makes people I know crazy because when I play my music, it's al over the place. I like Neil Diamond too by the way. Cracklin’ Rosie!

[@morrisgentry8624]

I’m 76. Your dad and I had similar taste in music!

[@charlie-obrien]

There is no such thing as bad music, just music not performed well. Your dad had the right idea about being open to all types of music and to be ready for the new sounds.

[@catsnfashion80s]

Sounds neat to hear all that growing up. Conway Twitty's kids lived near me. I didn't know then but had a boyfriend who used to play in the irrigation ditches with them.

[@Hatari2u]

I am the same way - love almost all music ❤. My playlist will include The Carpenters, Lil Nas x, and Waylon Jennings etc.. I LOVE Elvis Presley’s gospel music even though I am not even remotely religious 😆

[@zoebear1992]

Sweet Caroline!

[@adrianelittle3759]

As a teen in the 70’s, Led Zeppelin was pretty much the soundtrack of my life. I loved their music , and Robert Plant , with that gorgeous hair and crooked smile just ooozed sex appeal! As my son was growing up, I played Led Zeppelin sooo much that he begged me to stop. And so I did…. Until … A short while ago he ran excitedly to me to play a video he’d come across . The video was of a rubber chicken dog toy which sounded exactly like the scream in the Immigrant Song when squeezed. The video creator cleverly laid it over the instrumental track . My kiddo thought if was hilarious! ( it is ) So I took the opportunity to play the actual song to him again, and this time, he loved it. We’ve been listening to Led Zeppelin together ever since. It makes me happy to see him appreciating the music I love so much. He’s been wearing a Led Zeppelin T-shirt to school and introducing his friends to the bands music. It’s become very popular in his high school ( at least with the boys ). A new generation of fans is born. Just goes to show that great music never gets old and that rubber chickens will always be funny 😁

[@chrisbenson6683]

Heh heh 😂 Love it

[@TheUffeess]

During the 70's, my mother and I often took car rides and listened to music on the car cassette player. My father was an alcoholic so these trips were an escape from reality. My mother was born in 1924 but liked rock music. We played a lot of Led Zeppelin... In the mid-90s when I played LZ in the car with my then eight-year-old daughter, she says: "My friends' parents do not listen to music like this, are they dull in the brain?" 😁

[@shugabahfilawegenoni3996]

[@Dirty_Squirrell]

Yes, honey, they are dull in the brain and probably dull to be around.

[@gutsman85_86]

I have my mom to thank for my love of Zep, too, and most of my taste in music - we introduce music to one another to this day! I'll never forget sitting on the floor in front of a record player with Over the Hills and Far Away playing.

[@BikingVikingHH]

Remember, your mom chose to give that alcoholic children. I wonder, are you a single mother yourself now?

[@TJ-id6ee]

@@gutsman85_86 Love that!

[@kyliepollert8341]

Trivia: Jack Black pleaded the surviving members of Led Zeppelin to badly use "Immigrant Song" in "School of Rock". Having a history of refused licenses for their songs, Jack recorded a plea to the members of the band in front of a live audience of 1,000 extras, in which they finally agreed to license it in the movie. This was included on the bonus features of the "School of Rock" DVD.

[@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980]

I love its use in School of Rock!

[@ZIG4ZAG20]

…and it ends up fitting into Thor:Ragnarok perfectly 🤘🖖✌️🥁🎸🥁🎤🎹🥇🍻

[@DimebagDarrenLowe]

Thankyou Led Zep

[@mezmerizer0266]

Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross were lucky enough to get to use the song as well, for a cover on the Girl With the Dragon Tattoo soundtrack.

[@ValRoyD]

Tell me you didn’t watch the whole video without telling me you didn’t watch the whole video.

[@simonbarsinister8854]

I've always loved III. "Tangerine", "That's the Way". Two fantastic songs that are not what most casual fans would recognize or expect from LZ.

[@DaDitka]

Yeah. Led Zeppelin III is an excellent album overall. I played "Gallows Pole" so much it wasn't even funny.

[@simonbarsinister8854]

@@DaDitka Yeah. Great song. Nice name too!!! Bears!!

[@DaDitka]

@@simonbarsinister8854 Dat's rite, my friend!!!

[@SW-fn7cl]

Yeah those 2 songs are etched in my soul 😄

[@brianisaac1575]

My favorite two songs on the LP, and they are perfect for what I'm about to say. I sold plasma for several weeks and stood in the rain for hours to buy two tickets to see them. It was 1977 at LSU campus in Baton Rouge. The show was, and still remains one of the biggest disappointments in my life. They absolutely slopped through every song missing all the nuances that made the vinyl so good, like they couln't care less. Nothing sounded good. Almost as bad as the Stones. So sad. Often I've wondered if they may have been freaked out by all the crazy coonasses.

[@meghantrautman8503]

So, the first time I remember hearing this song, and it's a vivid memory I will never forget, is when I was in high school and the song comes on the radio. My mom, who is a Catholic church volunteer that teaches catichism (Catholic school teaching), started to wail in unison with Robert Plant's opening of the song, and of course my jaw hit the floor. This song is purely a visceral experience for everyone, from all walks of life. It's not a very deep song, lyric-wise, but it's the not the words that grab everyone. It's the primal emotion it brings out in all of us that makes it just a great song.

[@Wrecked_em69]

I was in high school in '87 and enjoyed Zeppelin alot. While thinking I was alone in the stairwell, I badly belted out a Plant scream from 'Immigrant Song' and was rewarded by a fellow student coming up the stairs and perfectly finishing my poor rendition. I was embarrassed but we high-fived regardless...cuz it's Zeppelin!

[@juliereminiec4937]

I actually sing the Valkyries Sword wail in The introduction in Immigrant song

[@joniwood4925]

I was just a child, maybe 6 or 7, on the Gong Show these guys dressed as aliens and did air band to immigrant song. Not only was it my first time hearing Led Zeppelin, it's the first time I can remember being completely blown away by a song, the first time I realized that I have my own personal taste in music instead of simply liking what my parents listened to. Yep, a pivotal childhood memory.

[@thomasrosas5844]

The professor is by far one of the best interviewers and story tellers. He deserves his own show on VH1🤘🏼👊🏼

[@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980]

Or MTV!

[@fortyyearfitness]

He is too good for what vh1 has become…. Maybe the vh1 of 25 years ago.

[@constipatedinsincity4424]

As being a former employee of VH1 those days are gone!

[@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980]

@@constipatedinsincity4424 OMG…that’s so cool!

[@kerryblackburn7850]

Vh1 doesn’t deserve the professor, or his stories

[@danaholloway7150]

I love this song!! In 2007, when LZ played the tribute concert for Ahmet Ertegun at the 02, tickets were rarer than hens teeth. A rock station in Toronto had a pair to give away, all you had to do was call in and do your best intro scream from the Immigrant Song. The best that I heard was a guy who called in (the contest ran between 7:30 & 8am) and let out a loud and gutteral AH-AH-AAAAAHH as he opened the door to his kids' bedroom. In the background was heard the terrified screams of his kids! He got them up for school pretty easily that morning!! I was laughing so hard I almost veered off the road! 🤣

[@martischreiber5206]

My brother in law was head coach of a high school team called in Dowagiac, Michigan who were the Vikings. At the start of every game, they played “The Immigrant Song” and everyone young and old loved it!

[@isbjorneliassen]

My best memory is when my son, being of Nordic descent, started using it as his "walk up song" in collegiate baseball.

[@galahgl]

Led Zepplin is simply the most powerful rock band ever. Several of their songs I describe as an impenetrable wall of sound. The Immigrant Song is one. In the Evening may be the best example.

[@jackhemsworth7515]

No stairway.. denied

[@rebecadelacqua5304]

Well, I'm a huge zeppelin fan. I love all their songs and my life goal is to have all their songs in vinyl records. Zeppelin took me out of depression when nobody did. They helped me when no one did. That's why I love them. Their songs are life lessons and you learn a LOT with them. The meaning behind each of their songs is life-changing. There they are laid secret behind each song. Only a real zeppelin fan understands the meaning.

[@plexibreath]

I remember when that album came out and I got it as a 13 year old kid and proceeded to wear it out. "Immigrant Song" was almost my second favorite of the album, but "Since I've Been Loving You" was the master stroke.

[@catwilliams7538]

Okay...funny story: I am an Historian specializing in Ancient Rome. I was working an archaeological dig in Italy with a bunch of College Youngling Undergrads and we would have music playing while we were working through the hot summer days. One evening, after we got back from the dig site, several of us were talking and one girl looks over and says: "What's the name of that song that goes...aaaAAAAaaaaa-AH...aaaAAAAaaaaa-AH? Does anyone know?" And I looked over and said..."It's called Immigrant Song." She kinda sneers at me...because I'm much older than everyone else there (I'm a Graduate Student in my 50's...because why the fuck not, eh?) and I obviously have no idea what I'm talking about...and she says: "I'm not talking about the song from Hamilton, I mean the Rock Song." At which point I bow up...as you do when you know what the hell you're talking about and someone tells you you're wrong...and responded with: "It's CALLED Immigrant Song...it's by Led Zeppelin...and it came out in the 70's when I was a kid and I have been listening to it ever since. Anything else?" At which...she just kind of got quiet and the other kids looked at me like..."Wow..." Yeah...I won that argument...*laughs*

[@slaphappysmokey1]

Hahahaha! Schooled them!

[@AimeeAimee444]

Amazing how kids think all life began when they arrived 🤣

[@Shango]

Now what the hell is the song from Hamilton? LOL.

[@williamsherman1089]

Kid's today are totally different than when I was a kid. It's like no one puts them in check, their told how great they are from the minute their born. It's crazy

[@margaretImhappy]

This is great!! I used to think we had a new set of LZ fans all over until I realized they were selling LZ t-shirts at Target lol

[@themediamarauder1582]

Love this song. I was a Karaoke host for 17 years. It took me over 10 years to finally get the screams in the beginning of the song. It is a tough song to sing because of the that.

[@killab5505]

This is one of my favorite videos from this channel. My step-father passed away 2 weeks ago. He and I did NOT get along, but I inherited about 40 of his old records. I used to get into so much trouble when I would open up his surprisingly good music collection. Anyway, this record was one of my favorites. Despite our many issues that kept us apart, I always appreciated his taste in music which told me that we must have has something in common. He’s to you John. I hope you’re rocking out in Valhalla 🤘🤙✊

[@joeymorvant161]

I never saw this song as being interpreted as Zeppelin themselves as being real-life conquerors. I just saw it as a story song, as Robert and the band being characters in a musical tale.

[@LouisHansell]

"Immigrant Song" is an example of Page's ability to paint a scene using sound. You can hear the rhythm of the Viking's boat coxswain keeping time for the Viking oarsmen of the low boat, you can see them rowing across the North Atlantic. There plenty of examples of Page doing this. You can hear the horses come galloping in The Battle of Evermore, and in Gallows Pole. In Stairway, you hear the song rise, befitting a stairway to Heaven. Then, Page makes a magnificent sonic statement upon reaching the doors of Heaven, which leads to the ecstatic solo, befitting being in Heaven. You can hear the mourning in songs like In My Time of Dying, and other songs about sadness. Close your eyes and see the rain making rivulets down a window as you listen to The Rain Song. Page was a master of painting the essence of he song, matching the lyrics and genre. Can you name another song in which the sound, lyrics and rhythm match are in sync with each other? There is a classic I left out. And there is a well-known rock song that is, in my opinion, the antithesis of this. Can you name it? Professor, love your channel.

[@Augfordpdoggie]

you said coxswain huh huh haha haah huhhuh

[@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980]

You nailed it! Whenever I hear the song I always think of a pirate ship with immigrants on it or something. It makes sense given the song’s title.

[@robertcowan7610]

Kashmir, and even moreso....Achilles Last Stand.

[@LouisHansell]

@@robertcowan7610 You win! Kashmir is the answer. Close your eyes and picture a caravan crossing the desert. Kashmir is the soundtrack to your imagination. The guitar has the plod of the camels making their way across the sand.

[@DC-ih8bv]

Couldn't have said it better

[@willington-r9b]

I subscribe to a number of channels with a wide range of subject matter - but what links them all is the feeling that you're chatting with a close friend about a particular subject. Watching videos from Professor of Rock is like talking with a good friend who just happens to be an encyclopedia of the greatest artists and the greatest songs of all time. Much appreciated!!

[@Jagangela]

amen

[@mikebeckham55]

Professor you do deep dives on songs and artists like no other. Your knowledge and insightful commentary is priceless!

[@enoughcorruption5975]

Zeppelin hit you with everything! Immigrant song to the Rain Song and they did both better than any other band! There is no argument!

[@mikelyda2292]

All the cool parents had their kids listening to Zepplin in the 70’s and our kids followed the same path in the 90’s and beyond! Love this episode!!

[@Photologistic]

Not many parents encouraged it until fans grew up to be parents.

[@bonniea8189]

@@Photologistic that's what they're talking about, fans who had kids in the 1970s

[@victorylane2377]

I am 51 years old and grew up on Zeppelin. My pick for the most iconic use of this song goes to the Thor movie when he's fighting on the bridge. I jumped out of my damn seat and said f*ck yeah. Then realized I was in a movie theater and sat down quickly. Oops, sorry kids. Lol

[@Edward-bd8iy]

'Thor: Ragnarok'. And I did the same thing in the theater, then head-banged through the rest. I was twelve when I saw the song on the jukebox; I played the B side out of curiosity ('Hey Hey What Can I Do') and my father (WW2) was not amused. For many years, you had to have the 45 of Immigrant Song in order to get 'Hey Hey What Can I Do'.

[@tookymax]

Immigrant Song is OK for me, but the real masterpiece was SINCE I"VE BEEN LOVIN YOU !!!!! That's the real gem on this album.

[@aussiecol2749]

Sure is, bloody amazing track!

[@kenneth9874]

They're both awesome

[@TheMayDog]

It's a fantastic opener, however, I always think the song would benefit from a cutting guitar solo finisher like the one found on the HTWWW '72 live rendition.

[@moncalimarimoncalimari8964]

Out on the Tiles is a great underrated one too.

[@wanderwoman5558]

7 to 11 baby!!!

[@phoenixrising8062]

The reason Immigrant Song resonated so well in the UK is the fact many people on the British Isles have Scandinavian heritage. The Vikings didn't just conquer, they also intermingled with the Anglo-Saxon, and Celtic communities as traders. Especially in the Dane Law regions. Plant is huge history fan of these cultures which make the genetic composition of the UK. Northern Europe share a close genetic haplogroup who had a tendency to fight among itself for arable farming land; the Germanic people with the exception of the Celts.

[@kagestone56]

I was in "HIGH" school then. We would lay on the floor, the room filled with a sweet smoky haze, laying between the speakers and blasting it. Zep was everything. 💚

[@sweetsugarjones]

Quadrophonic!

[@scottklocke891]

Karen Johnstone, Amen to that😄

[@cdragen]

I have to say my favorite part of your videos are the personal memories you have of all these songs, especially where your dad is involved. It brings to my mind all the awesome music my dad shared with me growing up and always makes me laugh, cry, or both. The memory of your dad playing air guitar and lip syncing to Immigrant Song in your garage especially struck a chord with me, as I have very similar memories. Rock on, Brother!

[@Jaloja]

I'm 68 years of experienced and to this day I get goose bumps when The Immigrant song comes on local radio .

[@eddiecarter9831]

The use of "Immigrant Song" in Thor: Ragnarok is one of the greatest fits between song and scene ever in a movie. It seems a little out of place with the rest of III, but Zep was always eclectic. A friend of mine once described them as a heavy folk group, because their lyrics were filled with stories. The Allman Brothers Band has been my favorite for many years, but I've always told my kids that Led Zeppelin was the greatest rock 'n' roll band ever! \m/

[@j_freed]

I agree, except I think every part of that album does fit since at all has the same spooky folksy blues vibe. It’s one of the most cohesive LZ albums for me. It’s really the set up for the next few albums which to many are regarded as bigger accomplishments.

[@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980]

I saw that scene many years ago and loved every minute of it! The

[@sn7miller]

Saw Allman Brothers and Led Zeppelin live more than any other bands. Hard for me to pick between the two

[@flash218ily]

"Immigrant Song" in "School Of Rock" was pretty cool too!

[@CryptoSurfer]

I was thinking the same thing. Awesome use of the song in Ragnarok.

[@DJAvalonArizona]

Zeppelins finest. It starts the album off with the heaviest thing they’ve done and after 2 & 1/2 minutes it quickly goes acoustic. Letting everyone know they can rock hard, and have an acoustic side as well.

[@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980]

It’s what I love about Zep. They’re so talented.

[@Nobodyreallyatall]

Interesting that they say it started as a joke. I think this is where Led Zeppelin discovered that they could be much more than an accomplished Blues homage band, that they were good enough to break all the boundaries and be themselves. The 3rd album is largely a back to traditional blues album. The next three albums exploded with creativity and new energy.

[@pedrochevez2090]

Funny thing about the second track and third track off of Zeppelin 3 is that i consider both to be my personal favorites off that album (Friends and Celebration Day). Both go hand in hand, plus the soft accoustic stringy sound of Friends compliments the heavier electric guitar rock sound of Celebration Day. Just perfect in my take.

[@DJAvalonArizona]

@@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980 For sure..!!

[@DJAvalonArizona]

@@Nobodyreallyatall Totally..!

[@coppertopv365]

Discharged in 2004 from the Army, out of Kentucky. I was Born in ohio, spent all my time up north, and I had a woman I was going to marry down south. When I left the base for a 12 hour drive south.. this Song Came on.. I was leaving the land of ice an snow and going to new lands. I been down south every since, married 16 years.. and it was just so fitting to me to have Led Zeppelin's Immigrant Song Blaring on my drive down.

[@gregorykiernan7849]

The Immigrant Song is the first Led Zeppelin song I remember from my childhood. I was born in 1966 just south of Detroit, Michigan...you know, the home of Motown. Back in those days, AM radios were standard in most vehicles. As FM gained popularity, you could purchase a car with a FM radio, for an upcharge. I remember The Immigrant Song playing on CKLW (AM-Windsor, Ontario)...sitting with my brothers and sister waiting for dad to come walking out of the steel plant after he finished his shift. That young, I didn't know the words...but I never forgot that sound. It's still one of my favorite Zep songs!

[@AchillesWrath1]

Thanks for the history lesson. I always figured AM and FM came together at the same time. I never knew AM was once upon a time more popular. Always thought that was for like long distances and stuff. Actually i never knew what good AM radio was to be honest.

[@mondayquarterback9174]

The other popular am station was Keener 13. Detroit born & raised, Cheers! 🍻

[@shannonlute2735]

I don't know when or where I first heard Immigrant Song, but I do remember my son randomly trying to sing whatever lyrics he could understand one day and telling me at 6 years old that he loves Rock and Roll! Edit: he is only 8 now.

[@marnilong2302]

I was turned on to Zeppelin in the mid 80's when I was a teenager and have hooked ever since. Best rock (Classic rock/Blues) band ever! I have all their music and still jam out to them today. Timeless!

[@juliao1255]

I fell in love with Led Zeppelin the first moment I heard Immigrant Song (age 12 or 13). Then I listened to everything they did, and loved them more and more. They are my hands-down favorite rock-legend band. But pick a greatest intro? I can't do that!

[@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980]

I fell in love with them the moment I heard “Stairway”. “Immigrant Song” was the second song I heard from them.

[@bobablaw1298]

As strange as it seems, Fast Times at Ridgemont High got me into Zeppelin with Kashmir. "Relax. My dad's a TV repairman, and he's got a gnarly set of tools!" I was in highschool (1989, I was a Freshman) when I watched that VHS tape repeatedly, though!

[@iohannesfactotum]

When the levee breaks, hands down

[@dearlrogers3498]

I was born in 68 , however I'm an old soul. I had bought all 9 albums by the time I was 13 . Then I heard get yer ya yas out ! And started following the stones bootleg albums from early 70s. The new yardbirds live at the marquee , was a great Zep. Bootleg . I really enjoy Robert plants solo stuff, especially the last 6or8 albums. They really changed music , especially the amount of money bands made playing live , until Zep. bands took about 20 percent . After Peter Grant bands started taking 80. Zep. Was responsible for that big pay out for touring.

[@tnrodgers]

LZ we’re rock masters. They created timeless music that is still being unpacked to appreciation. Heart did a solid cover too. Nice work Adam! I love that you nod to you dad every episode.

[@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980]

I never knew Heart covered this until today!

[@jeannemacaluso162]

Just one of her AMAZING LZ covers. What a talent!

[@adamwal4591]

"rock masters" HAHAHAHAHAHA If they were "rock masters" then they wouldn't have stolen so much music and tried calling it their own.

[@johnbrooks9523]

@@adamwal4591 You can't create the greatest "Rock Pallaces" on Earth if someone hadn't come before you & made some bricks. LED ZEPPELIN found some beautifully crafted "Bricks", foundations perhaps... and deftly stacked those bricks into a towering "EMPIRE" of awe inspiring Rock Pallaces like no other Rock ARTISTS before or since. All credit by all means to those who created mere bricks. We carefully examine the magnificent finished works of Led Zeppelin and we stand in awe & enjoy every single note. Whilst fools gaze at a pile of bricks & moan. Enjoy your bricks.

[@jdearing46]

I really enjoyed their zeppelin 3 album, but I will say that I really do love how artists can make just the instruments tell a story. Complete with emotions and depth of character.

[@Sherwoody]

One of the cool things about the original vinyl of Zeppelin 3 was the cover. It had little cutouts on the outside cover and you could spin around an inner cover that changed the pictures.

[@nedhorner]

@@SherwoodyBEST PACKAGING EVER. Sadly, I only have a CD player but the packaging was the same, but smaller. I played with it for days.

[@crazypomp927]

My band I was in with my friends in high school covered Immigrant Song a couple times. We had no hope of hitting the high note on the wail so I suggested we go the Kurt Cobain route and just scream as loud as we could, but not only the singer, all four of us at once just screaming. It was a lot of fun to perform it that way 😆😁

[@persistentpedestrianalien8641]

When you said you took the Kurt Cobain route I thought you were going to say you got fucked up on drugs and killed yourself. 🤔

[@nonameman7114]

Zeppelin deserves the title of “Greatest Rock Band” IMO. Consistent albums with the same quality as their first. It’s also just very rare to have a band where every member is equally as talented as the other.

[@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980]

They’re awesome!

[@leoborganelli3558]

Only other band I can think of where the members are all top five with their instruments is Rush

[@pinkled4429]

@@leoborganelli3558 I'd also add Cream, Jimi Hendrix experience

[@johnwatts8346]

@@leoborganelli3558 rush are just nothing compared to zeppelin.

[@llamalad1295]

I would say Rush is one of the only bands you CAN compare to zeppelin.

[@jayholewinski]

Led Zeppelin III was one of my favorite albums from the band. And I was a HARDCORE fan for many years. I love all their experimentation of musical styles. And most of that went over most people's heads.

[@duromusabc]

The beginning of the song is cool 😎- especially Robert Plant’s blaring “AAAAHHHH -AH!” with the drums and electric guitar 🎸

[@ProfessorofRock]

It's AMAZING!!!

[@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980]

It always puts a huge smile on my face and pumps me full of energy the minute I hear it!

[@DDKaraokeOutlaw]

Immigrant Song is my all time favorite Led Zeppelin song. Such a driving beat.

[@benjaminisaac9184]

Lifted from Lucifer's Friend - Ride (in) the Sky when Led Zeppelin toured Germany at the same time as Lucifer's Friend, in March 1970 before they went to Iceland in June.

[@marieroberts5458]

I'd heard tell that the wail Plant let loose was an homage to Bali Hai in the Rodgers and Hammerstein musical South Pacific.

[@Haldurson]

Honestly, it was Zep's folkier songs that got me to start listening to them. My mom played and taught folk guitar and so I grew up with lots of folk and folk rock music in the house. It wasn't just folk that she sang, but that's music that we both could bond over. And I fell in love with their song, "Ramble On" (and not just because I also liked Tolkien). I never was much for metal, except for Zeppelin, and a few songs here and there. It was the Bluesier and Folkier songs of theirs that actually hooked me. Don't get me wrong -- I eventually started to like harder stuff like "A Whole Lotta Love". But "Ramble On" for me is the best.

[@j_freed]

That was absolutely the coolness of their sound… Led Zeppelin had so many old school tastes and influences in Pop and Folk music that they appreciated. Huge Elvis fans and Presley was very Country. Newer bands do not have that advantage, so they often sound more like a pastiche of 1970s bands. They lack the capacity for “weirdness… “

[@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980]

The folkier stuff is great, but I like the more banging rockers! Don’t worry, I love all of their stuff though!

[@vjr5261]

I totally relate to what your saying. Whole lotta luv almost scared me when I was in the 7th grade.

[@kennyhagan5781]

The Rain Song is the absolute most romantic tune you can play for your partner during those special moments. I am speaking from experience here.

[@halweilbrenner9926]

Yes. Special to me too.

[@MichaelB-gi4lt]

I first heard this song at the age of 11….It blew my mind. That was over 45 years ago and I’ll never forget it. Truly a beast of a song!

[@tonytravels2494]

Boom!

[@IronSikh44]

IMO the definition of musical legends are those artists who created their own path / genre. The Beatles, Stones, Floyd, The Who, Sabbath and of course, Led Zeppelin! Amazing group!

[@jesusbuddhacultcom8130]

The Smiths ?

[@jgibs6251]

The Kinks

[@bronconv]

The Cure

[@thewicked8642]

My dad was a huge Led Zeppelin fan. I used to listen to his albums on my record player and I grew a love for them as well. My dad went to several of their concerts. He would tell us how bands used to play 3 - 4 night shows in the same venue, so he would go to all 3 or 4 shows each time they came around. Anyhow, when I was a teenager Robert Plant toured with Allanah Myles and I took my dad to the concert. This was in 1990 at the Sacramento Cal Expo. They had a pretty cool stage setup, part of which had movie screens on each side of the stage that were comprised of smaller rotating triangles. When the triangles stopped rotating, they would play images on the screens that they made. When Immigrant Song was played, they showed images of Vikings coming ashore, jumping out of their boats and kissing the sand of the beaches, etc. I was one of the best concert experiences I've ever had, and it was great to share it with my dad.

[@ricardocastillo5485]

The music of the 60's and 70's was so overwhelmingly creative and abundant that critics actually crapped on LZ III...unimaginable. We had no idea how lucky we were at the time, it's like better than all the music of the past 35 years combined.

[@fivestring65ify]

@@the11thhour77 The music died when Nirvana hit the scene in the early 90's. The 80's had great music just like the 70's.

[@Jeremy5speed]

Zeppelin was so far ahead of their time! Still sounds great after 50 years. No small feat!

[@DavidMartinezMusic]

Just like your dad, my dad listened to Led Zeppelin and they have been a big influence on my musically since the day I started writing and performing. When I graduated from Junior College in 1998, my Dad took me to see Page/Plant as a gift. Epic!!

[@stephenrpell3194]

They are the ultimate rock band in my personal opinion. Pink Floyd is a different animal and perfect in their unique way, but the Zep are the top of the rock mountain.

[@bbb8997]

nope, yArdbiRds are the ultimate band, zep couldn't pull it off live.

[@minigrande1939]

​@@bbb8997there's about everyone in the world laughing at your comment

[@jerrybiv1441]

There’s NO way I can do that song justice by selecting a “Favorite” part, it is a MASTERPIECE of music, between the guitar riffs, Iconic Solo’s & the outstanding drumming, With Robert Plant’s Vocals, it’s a FLAWLESS SONG

[@BrickIntyre]

My man, this was the first video of yours I've ever seen, and what a debut! The year was 1988 and my dad was driving me home from the record store. I had just bought "And Justice for All" with my allowance (I was 12). On the way home he let me listen to it in the car and I was like "these guys are the best!" And while my dad liked Metallica...he knew what I didn't. We got home and I ran up to my room to finish listening to the cassette. I don't remember what song I was on when I heard it....from downstairs. Ah-aaaaaaah, ah! I shut my tape deck down and followed the music into the family room where my dad had the vinyl spinning and a shit-eating grin on his face. "THIS is Led Zeppelin." Your description of that song stirred everything in me that I felt when I heard this track for the first time. This is an awesome channel. And you have such an old school radio DJ voice and I am here for it! Bravo!

[@Wonderhussy]

What a great story! Your dad is awesome

[@robert-trading-as-Bob69]

We OWE our parents, who shared their music with their ungrateful children... those seeds planted a love that often blossomed later, without a proper thank you from us to them. It was only after my dad passed away that I thought to thank my mother for the gift they gave my brother and I. I told my mom how sorry I was not to be able to thank dad too. My mom reminded me of those days when I was my dad's caregiver, when I'd turn off the TV and play themed tours of 50s to 80s music for them. We'd talk about the songs and I'd find the next song based on where the discussion took us. Mom told me that my dad really loved those special music only days, and he commented to her on how surprised he was that I chose HIS favourite songs each time. My dad had suffered slight brain damage from oxygen starvation which left him feeling isolated as it was hard for him to communicate with anyone. He had his own TV in his room and watched nature shows alone. In his last year and a half I drew him out with my monthly music days. If I had known, I would have done that on a weekly basis. Music therapy... I didn't realize that's what I was doing. After talking to mom about that, I began to give us weekly music days as I became my ailing mothers caregiver. How rewarding those days were! They are both gone now, but the memory of those special days listening to each other over great music remains my best memory of them.

[@padmakshkhandelwal1832]

I remember I was like 11 years old when my dad first played it in the car. He and I went crazy with the headbanging. Meanwhile, my mom was wondering what the hell was that scream, she believed it was a bat scream! For a few months hence, we called Immigrant Song as The Shrieking Bat Song! That metal power chord riff, the galloping bass and the forever loud, heavy, thunderous and tight drums; this song is a metal classic for the ages, may long live the mighty Led Zeppelin!

[@stevelane5885]

I had the good fortune to attend that Bath Festival of Blues and Prog 1970. I was under the stage sharing a joint with Grace Slick with Led Zep pounding away above our heads! An experience never to be forgotten!

[@Veklim]

I actually don't remember a time when I didn't know this song, I was lucky enough to grow up with a truly ecclectic mix of music courtesy of my parents' tastes so Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd and Deep Purple lived alongside the likes of Rimsky Korsakov, Tchaikovsky and Mozart in my early musical life (not to mention the slew of other genres and artists vying for space in my infant audioscape). Immigrant Song is one of those pieces which has existed for me longer than my own memory serves, and it still hits deep every time. It is relentless and otherworldly, savage and ethereal, all at once. Truly a masterpiece.

[@mtjsmith70]

I saw them open with Immegrant song in San Antonio in 1972. It was a life changing moment that I will never forget! Jimmy and Jonsies opening power chords was so powerful it knocked the floor crowd back a step like a wave across the arena. I've never seen or heard anything like that since.

[@grantmarshall2447]

It’s Led Zeppelin…..God’s of rock. They could do it all with that incredible foursome. What an amazing time in rock music they were in.

[@nigelthomas589]

One of the all time greatest rock songs! Robert was inspired by the Icelandic sagas and genealogy, Jimmy's dissonant riff inspired Nirvana et al, Jonesy's epic bass lines and Bonzo's thunderous rhythm capture lightning in a bottle!

[@discokillers8674]

Man you are a walking thesaurus! Your content is top notch. You do such a great job putting these out. Superior to many. They can't touch your story telling or your content. Love it.

[@nunnayrbznz3576]

I love this show! Makes me proud to have shared this music with my kids... when old folks are the coolest.

[@joey0077d]

My older brothers played this song when I was a kid. I remember hearing this every night going to bed. I was 5 when this came out. So for 52 years I’ve been rocking to the song. Never got old and never will. Thanks for sharing your video. 👍🏼

[@krysti2]

Well done, Adam!!*. One of my favorites so far...LZ is heavily represented in the music I listen to EVERY DAY!! Immigrant Song (a live version) is absolutely stunning every time! Kudos for always bringing such infective enthusiasm to every subject in you present.

[@proffmongo]

Led Zeppelin III was my first Zepp album. I've always considered "Since I've Been Loving You" one of their best songs.

[@robertacolarette1594]

I love Jimmy’s riff in Immigrant Song. I also love learning more about Zeppelin from you. Your stories are so rich with tidbits from the past that have been obscured by time. Thank you. ❤️

[@davidcook2513]

Have you listened to the bass line? The run that Jones plays during the refrain is outstanding.

[@johnshields6852]

To see them at their apex, 1973 MSG in NY, Plants vocals, Pages guitar, they were as tight as any show I'd seen, put on headphones and the opening # is chilling.

[@lewiscrow]

This song is one of my cringiest garbled lyric stories. The chorus sounded to me like "Always sleeping. Catching up. I wanna go. Where is the western show?" Man, was I far off. And I loved how they used it in Thor: Ragnarok.

[@WeaponsEducation]

There are two bands that my teenage daughters have to listen in the car with me. led Zeppelin and The Beatles. I tell them between those two bands you have a massive catalog of music perfection.

[@iost5459]

This guy gets it

[@herrqwertz3567]

Ma man

[@thegoon8447]

Beatles suck

[@nostradamus7648]

When I listen to RUSH, everyone listens to RUSH.

[@nostradamus7648]

@@thegoon8447 Yes, that's why they sold SO MANY MORE ALBUMS THAN YOU,...because they "suck".

[@cgizz1964]

I'm a sci-fi fantasy novelist and the first paragraph of my third novel, and what I consider my greatest work, was completely inspired by the Immigrant Song. Using all of my meager talents and skills from five decades of writing and my love for Led Zeppelin and Vikings it elevated the first page of my novel to a height I never could have achieved without that song. Thank you, Robert Plant and Jimmy Paige! We are not worthy!

[@JohnDoe-qw4gc]

My best friend and I "borrowed" his brother's Zep albums when we were in 5th grade in the early 80s and dubbed them to cassette. I will always remember walking to school and watching the sun rise to the soundtrack of Zep III.

[@blacktiger675]

I totally connect w/the Professor's memory with his dad. My dad too listened to everything but ultimately rock and in fact saw Sabbath 5 nights in a row at The Whiskey! He also saw Zepplin several times although, sadly, can't remember most of them now. Anyway, I too always won when bragging about my dad! And in fact, my dad was taking me to see Zepplin for my 13th birthday (and as my 1st concert) when sadly Bonham passed away. I remember crying my eyes out for a week. Zepplin will ALWAYS be my absolute favourite band!!

[@CrochetNewsNetwork]

I purchased at an auction a digital version from a reel to reel live tape of Led Zepplin at the Whisky from 1969. Crazy history I have.

[@mudman619]

LZIII is one of THE MOST underrated albums of all time for any band, any era, any genre.

[@misterwombat]

In my house, dad -did- listen to Conway Twitty, but mom rocked! She introduced me to the Beatles, the Animals, the Moody Blues, and Zeppelin.

[@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980]

Your mom has some great taste!

[@PozerAdultRacingTeam]

One of their most epic songs, can't help singing when it comes on the radio.

[@lindamariscal6277]

I'm a Led Zeppelin Robert Plant fan! Been since I was 7 yrs old! I'm 58 yrs old, love Led Zeppelin

[@jaycarter9526]

My sister had this album when it came out. I would place it on the turntable. Drop the stylus on the very first Led Zeppelin song I would hear: Immigrant Song. Eleven years old. Truly a life changing moment. I could now feel life as I should. Thank you Hammer of the Gods

[@googleeyeseyes4033]

Since I’ve been loving you Is the GREATEST cover of any of their blues songs, period, if one can’t feel that song to their bones, gut, soul, heart, they haven’t got any of the aforementioned, it’s such a moving blues song and the vocals, all instrumentation were impeccable and beyond criticism, I get the goose bumps and gut knot to this day, they outdid even the first and second albums blues covers, imho.

[@YouKnowWhereYouWentWrong]

My one & only problem with "Immigrant Song" (one of a few early 70's tracks that can be called 'heavy metal') is that wasn't mixed and mastered to have the heft it truly deserves. There are so many great guitar parts hidden in it. That bass line, my god. And John's drums sound like they are under water.

[@frederickmcleish7683]

Just imagine: 8 years old and totally enthralled by an album my brother bought which I appropriated from under his nose. While later, especially when I picked up a guitar, I was entranced by “Since I’ve Been Loving You” which I have to admit will still bring me to tears l was immediately drawn to Immigrant Song as a young child. Started something, I can tell you that!!

[@s.engelsman4521]

We have the same story! My brother had great music on his 8-tracks that I also "adopted" when he went to college. He went country, but I stayed faithful to rock. I developed a lifelong

[@s.engelsman4521]

Love for Zep mainly because of those three albums and esp. Immigrant Song as a 7yr old. 😍😁😎👍❤️

[@brrblack497]

Always loved Jimmy Page's tones. Growing up in Alaska in the 70's this song always spoke to my soul.

[@dananderson1188]

I had a cool mom, Led Zeppelin 3 was an album my mother bought me a Christmas gift. I was totally Blown Away by the selection of albums that she bought me and I still have it today

[@tomlangley6236]

I have listened to and loved this album for going on 50 years. I have yet to hear a true Zep fan say anything negative about LZ111. Anyone who doesn't care for it just doesn't under LED ZEPPELIN!

[@suzanne5971]

I love that picture of you as a young boy, and your Dad. Led Zeppelin provided the music of my preteens and teens. We lived through the best music of all time.

[@daveg4633]

I remember getting led zeppelin 111 and went to my girlfriends house to listen to it on her record player. She wanted to fool around but I spent the whole day playing it over and over. I remember getting goosebumps the whole time. I sill listen to the entire album to this day, and sill have the same feelings it's just simply magical.

[@Toobula]

I loved the energy of I and II but III was always my favorite. I still play Tangerine on my guitar from time to time. Lovely song.

[@Jimi_Lee]

The first two were some of the best blues based rock ever, but they would have faded if they had stuck with that genre that was being done to death by everyone. III was a transition album, and suffered a little as they refocused their musical energies. Ensuing albums all explored new kinds of sounds, but with confidence and a more deliberate direction.

[@pibly7784]

My older brother had this LP. I remember picking up the cover. It had this wheel embedded into the paper that you could turn. Then he played the Immigrant Song for a few minutes before the land line phone rang and he left to go over his friend’s house with the album. I always remember that distinct “ Aaahhh AAAHHHH Ahhhh” call at the beginning of the song.

[@iDuckman]

The Flock! A forgotten and much underrated band. Members later merged into the Mahavishnu Orchestra. They brought classical and jazz into rock, and deserve some respect.

[@MissouriJohnson]

My stepfather when I was growing up in the '70s and '80s had an extensive LP collection and massive sound system. He had albums from early "Rolling Stones" to "Live Catfish" to "The Knack" and just about everything in-between. He would make the house shake from Rockin out. Used to annoy me as kid, but now I look on those days fondly.