American Reacts to Recording The British Album, Led Zeppelin II!

An American music enthusiast dives into the legendary British album Led Zeppelin II. With its groundbreaking riffs and iconic tracks, Led Zeppelin's sophomore album revolutionized rock music. Join us as we explore its impact, the band's unique sound, and how this album became a cornerstone of classic rock.
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[@Adam_Le-Roi_Davis.]

One of the main reasons why I keep coming back to your channel and have been subscribed for so long is your passion, I love it, please never change.

[@Rachel_M_]

7:29 don't apologise JJ ☺. I appreciate you explaining this technical stuff that I have no concept of. Appreciated ♥ You should do it more often

[@unkyduck]

Reacting to something that you're passionate about ? We're here for YOU ! Get over your impostor problem.....

[@nicw5574]

My favourite band! When I saw you were reacting to this, I think I actually said "Ooohh" out loud 😂

[@JJLAReacts]

You have excellent taste, my friend!

[@nolasyeila6261]

"Oooh" out loud? You need coolin' ..... 😅

[@nicw5574]

@nolasyeila6261 😂

[@miamonan9627]

Watched for Led Zep, had no idea what most of it meant, but your explanations and sounds effects were excellent.

[@karens-jclark4199]

MORE PLEASE !!! Really enjoyed hearing your insight on this JJLA . LOVED this ... Would love more ... About to watch again cos I know I didnt take it all in . JJLA: "Its not rocking science" ... Me: Oh but it is ... Rocking science ... :)

[@ulyssesthirteen7031]

More of this kind of content, please. I enjoy an 'informed reaction'!

[@lindaforbes9940]

Saw John Bonham's 20 min drum solo when LZ played Earls Court in the 70s. Magnificent!

[@JJLAReacts]

OMG - I'm sure it was a masterpiece!

[@louisewilson-hy3ex]

Love the technical music review. Almost did a masters degree in Led Zep II.

[@nicw5574]

I never saw Led Zeppelin live, but about 9 years ago my husband and I saw Robert Plant with The Sensational Space Shifters in the grounds of Glastonbury Abbey. Seeing Robert Plant sing Whole Lotta Love was the biggest tick on my musical wishlist 😊

[@LLMoran617]

Loved this, learnt some stuff. I'm a big Zeppelin (and music) fan - more of this sort of thing please! :)

[@philjones45]

I love watching stuff like this. I don't understand any of it, but it's fascinating. You seem to know what you're talking about JJ, and it's good to see someone genuinely excited by stuff.

[@lynette.]

Great having someone who knows what they are talking about . Fascinating.

[@carlosdeferrer3585]

This content is great, also any documentaries on albums or music movements.

[@simonwilliams7266]

Love this! Hope you do more 🙂

[@threethymes]

Fascinating to hear your informed commentary on this documentary. More of this please!

[@Eppimedia]

This was awesome. Amazing what they were able to do with their equipment. Also amazing to hear that they left various glitches and mistakes in the finished tracks - the polar opposite of what producers do now.

[@lindacrighton]

I found this much more interesting than a lot of reactions

[@22seanmurphy]

I've been subscribed to you since day one because of your knowledge for overall most things and this is yet another fascinating vlog of your skills 🍻.

[@gwaptiva]

For someone subscribed to Record Like a Pro's channel, and someone that at one point had the ambition to become a recoding engineer/producer but had to bail due to lack of ... well.. brains, I love this content.

[@alanmoss3603]

That was excellent! Thanks!

[@alwynemcintyre2184]

It's interesting having someone who can explain the complexity of the recording studio equipment to us, those that have less understanding of how a recording studio works. Plain English explanation most helpful.

[@esraeloh8681]

Robert Plant literally Didn't say he thought he was crap, the guy said he had doubts about being able to continue No but I did watch the whole thing, technical & all, I just had to put that out there, luv ya honey buns.

[@carolweight5972]

Loved this review, luv to learn, how much gets retained that is a different matter. Technical maybe but it's Led Zeppelin so everything is worth listening to. Thank you

[@stuartanderson3479]

Very interesting, I hope you do more like this. 👍

[@drewb3565]

Really enjoyed your reaction and knowledgeable insight, keep being you buddy this was great

[@juliaedwards7027]

Thanks for sharing! Nice review and great content for me! Although I'm totally not techy, it was explained really well. And Led Zeppelin are right up my street! I'm too young (just!) to know them when they were together. But I saw their reunion gig in 2007. Mr P lives about 4 miles from me, so I've bumped into him a few times. Plus , I'm only two separations from knowing JP.! 😂 They are legends! 😍

[@epicduckdoctor]

Much, much more of this type of content please JJ.

[@iantrott9152]

An excellent video review, thank you so much for adding your studio knowledge :)

[@kenhobbs8565]

A great video and thanks for adding explanation and context. I really did help and not too technical.

[@nolasyeila6261]

I participated in a Top 10 Rock Vocalist discussion online recenty and I voted Robert Plant No. 1, as did the majority. How strange he didn't think he was good enough. Nice to know he wasn't a flog. 😅

[@nolasyeila6261]

My OTT admiration for Jimmy Page just increased exponentially..I didn't realise how involved he was in the production side. And played the theremin!

[@Phil_Kawana]

Excellent explanations. I know it sounds a little silly when you describe a limiter, but not to people who don't know what they do or how they affect a sound. I'm enough of a nerd that I would have happily watched if this was twice the length. Recording is such an art in itself, loved hearing your perspective.

[@juliemanarin4127]

Listen to each album! Unbelievable!!

[@ianreadman5041]

This is so interesting, love it!!

[@smeechdog1]

Didn't understand half of what was said (or why it was important) but loved the enthusiasm so was still an enjoyable watch. feel free to cover more of what you love, even if plebs like me don't get it. Peace and love.

[@RabidJohn]

I can well believe Robert Plant was insecure when they recorded the first album. Jimmy Page and John Paul Jones were already legends in the music business, and he was just an up and comer when he auditioned to be lead singer of Jimmy's band, the New Yardbirds.

[@gisbrei]

I love videos about music history

[@spursgog835]

Fantastic reaction 🤘🇬🇧

[@peterwooldridge7285]

Great content

[@PeterTea]

I believe the theramin might be the oldest electrical instrument.

[@Angeljay-h35]

Happy birthday JJ x

[@nolasyeila6261]

I thought he said 23 January?

[@Angeljay-h35]

Yeah you're right. 😂

[@jerry2357]

I always think of the Theremin as the Star Trek instrument (it was used to create the theme tune of the original series).

[@Cleow33]

This is great content. I don't think I would watch (or understand) the original video...too many technical names etc, but i enjoyed your reaction. Think I'm going to go and listen to some Led Zep now.

[@xanadodebz2866]

'LET ME SEE IT ON A MAP'!!! Please say it again JJ... 😊

[@nikosalmpanis-ty3jt]

Black Sabbath,Led Zeppelin,Deep Purple the holy triad of rock music🤘

[@lesblatnyak5947]

Led Zeppelin the GOATS of rock. Still have all their albums that are worn-out. GOATS of prog YES and their song Roundabout is a peach off the Fragile album ✨️🎶✨️

[@thabudmaster]

not too technical, we LOVE gear ;)

[@sicotshit7068]

I believe most of the work was done by Jimmy, he knew exactly what he wanted the sound to be. Plant was still under contract for some records he recorded, that why he wasn’t able to have credit on LZ I. I had heard somewhere else, may by Jimmy, there were several different engineers on LZ ll. Since they recorded in like 11 different studios, Jimmy said he was carrying the tapes through airports from place to place. Imagine doing concerts likely every night, & recording etc. during free time. There’s a great interview with Jimmy, telling a lot of this stuff, not only the greatest guitarist but producer & mixer too. Albums weren’t the only thing cheap then, tickets were often $4 & $5, most of my tickets the 70’ were $7.50 or & $8. Most I paid for a ticket was $12.50 for a four band concert, well known bands, I only remember one Lynyrd Skynyrd (I was to drunk). My understanding, their first album was recorded mixed etc. in 4 days over about 30 hours. Other bands were surprised how quick they got albums written produced recorded etc. thanks for your video & explanation.

[@BadMoonandStars]

Yes. This is good content. 👍

[@tonibaker3823]

jj if you like it we like it tyxxx

[@steveparkes]

Ian Curtis's Vox was a 6 string and Jimmy's is a 12 string. At the time Ian bought his the coffin and tear drop shaped Vox's were available quite cheaply. When I tried to buy one ten years later things had changed somewhat and Vox's, Jaguars and Jazzmasters had become really expensive but Mustangs were dirt cheap until somebody else made them famous a few years later. I love the PAF sound and glued in necks but the Les Paul weighs a ton and I don't like the neck shape so I'd have stuck that sexy Tele :) I also had that exact same Vox wah pedal given to me by a friends Dad who used it in the late 60's in his band.

[@onbedoeldekut1515]

The 60 cycle hum IS prevalent on traditional single-coil pups, but any guitarist worth their salt (on any type of pickup) should employ correct potentiometer practice when standing mere feet in front of a loud amplifier, and takes note of how the sound dynamic changes as the venue fills up, compressing the available 'air' in which the soundwaves vibrate and return to the musicians onstage..

[@zeeblats]

Led Zeppelin: Whole Lotta Love [No Overdubs] Led Zeppelin Rarities channel

[@carolineskipper6976]

Hahaha- most of this was far too technical for me - but I DO know what a Theramin is!!!!!! Thanks for your 'Idiots Guide' to all the knobs and bits and bobs!!!! It was fun to see you appreciate the content in this!

[@davidpreston9909]

As a completely non-technical person who, on another channel, watches a bearded Scotsman dissecting and analysing the workings of miscellaneous electronic devices, I think this was not too technical at all.

[@chiefaberach]

If you want to get into music reactions, I recommend watching Hi Ren by Ren. He recorded this 9 min song in his friend's basement, but didn't have the landlord's permissions they only got 4 takes. The sound of the song is from 1 take, with video taken from various takes. It's not just a song, it's a masterpiece in musical & theatrical performance. If you enjoy that, you'll have many recommendations from the fanatical RENegades 😁 He plays many different styles, and collaborates with very talented independent artists too.

[@KateSander22]

Made it to the end! I think…… wait, is this a dream? Only joking, I learnt a lot about knobs! 😆

[@johnallsopp6324]

Over my head but I loved it. I love watching music nerd stuff.

[@chrisofnottingham]

It reminds me of the Clint Eastwood approach to directing movies. Yes, you can make it a bit better if you spend a huge amount of extra time on it but in the end the whole thing is either going to work or not work. And a lot of people spend a lot of time trying to polish a turd :-)

[@JillHughes-n1h]

Very interesting . I have the original LP

[@lillired857]

Bill Baily meets Paul MCcartney

[@nolasyeila6261]

One technical thing I learned from an audio engineer friend was "don't play with knobs if you don't know their jobs".

[@randomistmech]

Back then it was analogue, 2 days was probably still fast, but with limited options they probably couldn't play with all that much compared to the ridiculous number of processors, plugins and tools available in modern DAWs. Much more of the effort would be put into getting the initial recording right so there was less work to do in post, because that processing was much harder. And the uneven tape, what that would sound like is a through 0 chorus effect.

[@alexfletcher5192]

Not just Abbey Road. I think 'Houses of the Holy' knocked Elvis off the top (live by satellite from Hawaii). Given that he was essentially the starting point for everything, that was a feather in their cap. I take the point that everything takes too long now, because you have endless options.

[@philjones45]

You don't see rings like that these days!!

[@Tgs-z9w]

Cast me in your next project 😮

[@W0rdsandMus1c]

Is this good content? yes, yes, yes, Robert Plant is from my area, he is playing with Bob Dylan at a 3,000 venue in November, the last time I saw Dylan was at Blackbush airfield, there was so many people there, we were right at the back (no giant screens then) the stage was the size of a matchbox and Dylan the size of an ant, but the sound system was amazing.

[@nodiggity9472]

Last time I was this early, Led Zep II hadn't even been recorded yet.

[@JJLAReacts]

Wow, you survived! Congrats!

[@5555paulkelly]

Boring? Best content ever..!

[@Tgs-z9w]

My jammos had ac

[@tieganmccusker3034]

You should react to some vids on “The Cranberries” and the history between England and Ireland. Dolores O Riordan is a legend and their drummer Fergal Lawler is also amazing 👌

[@nolasyeila6261]

Great suggestion, love Dolores, and that would be interesting learning about The Troubles, etc., though a shame JJ does seem nervous about playing more than a snippet of music and Zombie would need to be seen in full, I feel. Not sure I understand why as other reactors will play an entire song to react to and don't seem to worry about copyright. I guess there's a good reason, just don't understand it myself.

[@redcustard]

I guess this might not get the views it deserves but I loved it. I'm also a musician so...

[@roberteatwell6827]

Was to technical but at the same time very interesting.

[@malcomflibbleghast8140]

plz do a vid on delia derbyshire.

[@onbedoeldekut1515]

'Journalists' (like displayed here) often mythologise their subjects and what they play through, distorting the truth with their reverence.

[@Tgs-z9w]

I thought you dint know what led zepplin was a air ship empire state building toped ip with a docking / roio transmission to make it taller than. The chryster

[@chrisofnottingham]

Great video, not too technical at all for me

[@malcomflibbleghast8140]

yeah good vid, many brits into their hifi gear, and a wee bit geeky about sound, on an amateur lvl.

[@Tgs-z9w]

Bag pipes jj i ll alwwys l9v3 you 😅

[@rickb.4168]

To quote The band Bad News. “Jimmy Page didn’t write Stairway To Heaven, until he was 25. I could play it when I was 18!”

[@JJLAReacts]

😂

[@rickb.4168]

@@JJLAReacts Bad News was a spoof band for a comedy group called The Comic Strip Presents. If you’ve ever heard of the Brit comedy the Young Ones. Then several of them were in it.

[@rickb.4168]

@@JJLAReacts I just rewatched it. (It’s on You tube) he actually said “I could play Stairway to heaven when I was 12, Jimmy Page didn’t write it until he was 22. I think that says quite a lot!” 😂

[@nolasyeila6261]

Kermit the Flog... the fame went to his head.

[@JJLAReacts]

LMAO 🤣

[@sharpskilz]

This is not too technical

[@neuralwarp]

Meh. How about some UB40 ?

[@Blackcountrybloke1976]

Incredable black country group but robert plant open up my mate dad business. bostin bloke

[@JoeWilson738]

No views in 14 seconds, you’ve dropped off.

[@nolasyeila6261]

Soz...bathroom break😅

[@JJLAReacts]

NNNNNOOOOOOOooooooo.................

[@ansfridaeyowulfsdottir8095]

Good GRIEF! I cannot BEAR your Fake, Late Night FM, irritating voice. Thanks for the link to the original video. {:o:O:}

[@dorcas9370]

Cripes! So much production work I was completely unaware of. Loved learning so much - you explain the functions of the equipment so even I understood. Excellent - thank you!

[@garryallen7206]

Is this good content? Yes it is. Loved both this and the recent Joy Division video.

[@gracefuller9981]

Hi, the reason I watch a of various reaction channels, is because not all my friends have the same interests, difficult to get a different perspective. I think the only 2 other people that I can listen to talking technical is David Gilmore and Mark Knopfler and now you…. No room for disappointing in the future I really learnt stuff, so will stick and then a refresher course. I also look things up immediately, I think it complements the orator His documentary just got 2.0’ed

[@Sid-gu5qk]

The Les Paul Jimmy got from Joe Walsh was previously owned by Randy Bachman of the Guess Who and BTO.

[@jk-76]

I just subbed half way through the video. Your observations are different from most.

[@altosanon]

Great video. I liked the technical side because you explained it in a way that someone with very little knowledge of recording techniques could understand. Would be happy if you did more like this.

[@onbedoeldekut1515]

Tom Morello plays teles and strats, famed for their glassy tones, but you wouldn't say any RATM song was bright or glassy. Their scale length is only 3/4 of an inch different to a Les Paul, and picking millimetres closer to the bridge will get you a very similar brightness to a Fender 25.5" neck. It's ALL about the speaker cone, and what's put into it by the amp. End of.

[@BrianMac2601]

To be fair I'm clueless but my cousin would probably love it lol. She's a dj. Fck it I'll promote her. Was a weekly resident at the arches (Scottish people know), played in plenty ibiza clubs, got 2 slots a week on groove city radio. CanMac.

[@tobystewart1242]

Yes! Finally, a nerdy music gear vid! 🤘😝

[@anthonyv6962]

Great reaction. Subscribed

[@rogermiller2159]

Guitars, and women

[@rogermiller2159]

After mix it needs to be mastered and then on to the lathe.

[@John-k6f9k]

That's the sound of middle class English guys ripping off old blues guys.