DAZED AND CONFUSED/ROYAL ALBERT HALL '70 VERSION!

Next up in the Royal Albert Hall cover series is Dazed and Confused. Classic signature fills from Bonzo on this one. I love how they played this song in 1970. They were discovering some of the key motifs that would become part of the set-pieces in later years. Watch for a cameo appearance of my mini-conga. 😋
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[@robthetimekeeper2423]

It's always nice to begin the day with a nice big gong hit!

[@keithmounts1305]

Robthetimekeeper gong/bong yeah what he said💁🏻‍♂️😂

[@Bpc_dive]

Man that kick sounds like a bomb going off...

[@bonzoleum]

Starting here 9:58-- THIS IS THE TOP COOLEST SPECIFIC BONHAM USE Of THE GALLOP Of The Bonham Engine By Bonham (and G of course!!!)!

[@BONHAMOLOGY]

😎

[@keithmounts1305]

bonzoleum I’d love to learn this. I’ve tried to catch-on, but can’t quite grasp what’s really going on, much like my life😟😂

[@tObito687]

and yet again King George delivers the gift of his excellence among us peasants!

[@jimbosaul3996]

George Henry Bonham being superlative again. ! amazing. best Bonzo interpreter on the planet !!

[@DAGDRUM53]

George Henry Bonham and Jimbo Page . . . lol.

[@LyndaWhite-ju1gj]

Watching George play this one is like watching Buddy Rich Louis Bellson Ed Shaughnessy and Joe Morello all playing at the same time.

[@piotrwysocki8650]

WOW! KING GEORGE!

[@brianpersons6301]

George, I am just thrilled to watch you play. I know you must put hrs and hrs of seat time in to perfect JHB’s songs like you do. When I sit down behind my kit and work on the stuff you show us I am “ Amazed and Confused “ thank you for sharing your talent with us. Blessings, Brian

[@davewestner]

Drummers, please notice how this gentleman's hands are not being raised up over his head with each and every hit, yet there's still a lot of power in his playing. When a drummer is absolutely bashing on a drumkit with 100% power, the drums will actually choke out and resonate less than if you hold back a little. I've seen a lot of Bonzo videos, and he rarely reached up above his head to hit anything (when he was showboating he would, but not during a song).

[@BONHAMOLOGY]

Thank you, Dave. I really appreciate you noticing and saying this. That is absolutely correct about slaying the drums and the cymbals. There is a threshold, and they will choke out. It's important to use your wrists and forearms to pull the sound out of the drum, not beat it through!I really like that you emphasize that Bonham would lift his hands way up when he was showboating, that's part of the show, but he didn't always do that and especially after 1970 he refined his technique to have more power with control. He even talked about it in an interview. Thank you!

[@davewestner]

@@BONHAMOLOGY You betcha! I think a lot of drummers think hitting harder = bigger sounds when in fact, it's quite the opposite. Every drummer I've ever recorded that sounded huge was playing at a medium volume. And every drummer I've recorded that was bashing sounded small by comparison. Heck, old Joe Morello's drums sounded pretty gigantic, and he was playing quiet enough to hear the upright bass player standing 5 feet away with no amp!

[@dirtydave2691]

@@davewestner Indeed. This ability to hold back some comes with time and experience. As I have matured as a drummer my finesse has increased..........sadly in my 50's my stamina has not!

[@Bradwick1]

Excellent point! The big sound also from playing at a level he can hear the entire room. A metaphor could be having 'big ears' or 'listening deep' to hear the reverb and the sound as a whole. The room acoustics are so good they demand near full attention on listening to the total sound with enough technique to be able to confidently let go and trust technique. Acoustics like that really open up the creativity when the overall sound is so true to the sound in the players imagination. I hear the ecstatic satisfaction of playing in one the best acoustically perfect big rooms ever in Bonham's fills and improv sections.

[@Bradwick1]

6:35 It sounds louder after its played soft. Soft to draw you in, and then build the intensity! Dynamic mastery...huge!

[@Green187420]

Hits from the gong😜

[@peterjuff]

Love these Royal Albert Hall covers!

[@timgawertdrums]

Spot on... hats off to ya George!!

[@BONHAMOLOGY]

Thank you , Tim.

[@brownjenkin3]

That's gold Jerry. GOLD!

[@shoestringplayer106]

CAN YOU MAKE A VIDEO EXPLAING YOUR MUSIC THEORY AND HOW you learned to play?

[@goindrummer7360]

Wow, you made it again. Sometimes I am confused if I am watching Bonzo' rare clip when I see your clip. Amazing and speechless.

[@BONHAMOLOGY]

Thanks so much !

[@batheavy2834]

Insane👌

[@deafralph]

Awesome. I got sick of putting a speaker on my ear. I cant hear with a regular headset, so I built a homemade headset with ear protection with little speakers in each of them. This is the first video to try out with my homemade headset. NICE!

[@dave_sanderson]

Holy. Shit.

[@keithmounts1305]

Killer, George!!!

[@mlaugh3]

you got it down!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Great hand work George.

[@BONHAMOLOGY]

Thanks!

[@Mike-zb7ts]

It's almost spooky hearing you play. You're not playing Bonham. You ARE Bonham. Seriously, it's hard to explain but there's something a little spooky about watching you. You're so good and so spot on it's almost psychologically unsettling. I mean, Jesus Christ, to need counseling after seeing someone play so well has gotta say something about the quality of the player! W.O.W.

[@user-xe6gx6wh4g]

Par excellence I must say. Great drums too.

[@bobweber4140]

Beautiful job george

[@chrisplatt1986]

Simply Brilliant. Very impressive.... well done mate. I love all your vids.

[@j.r.fuertes1820]

Phenomenal! Thank you for posting it.

[@Romerosays]

Wondering how many practice runs does it take for you to have this sequence of beats ingrained in your head?

[@davewestner]

I have a request for you. There's a zep out take called "lighter than air" which is just guitar and keyboards. Would have loved it had Bonzo been around for the recording of the demo. Next best thing I can think of is to hear what you think Bonzo might have done on a song like that. I can imagine a couple of things he may have done. It's a shame Zep ditched it because it's a catchy little number. if you search on YT *RARE LOST SONG* Led Zeppelin: Lighter Than Air you'll find it. maybe he would have played a big rock beat, maybe gone more soft like on Rain Song. perhaps a half time groove? I don't know. Might be fun to do, and would definitely be fun to hear what you come up with!

[@davewestner]

Oh, it's worth mentioning that the timing on that demo is a bit questionable. It sounds to me as if they were trying to drop in some odd bars but hadn't quite figured out how or where. Will be a bit of a pain in the counting department. It does have decent tempo though. Thanks!

[@DirkRadloff]

I love the crash-riding, think this is not popular anymore

[@andrewcruz7595]

AARON GILLESPIE, DAVE GROHL just to name a few

[@markkugs6622]

So cool! Also great job I watch the DVD of that all the time and it is hard to hear all the drum parts. Great playing!

[@joejurick4263]

Thanks George.Excellent,as always!

[@BONHAMOLOGY]

Thank you, Joe

[@joejurick4263]

@@BONHAMOLOGY You're welcome.

[@franciscoalexcalle4977]

amazing!! bravo 👏👏👏👏👏

[@ronm2296]

👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

[@zzrzz6199]

This is amazing!

[@tvs813]

Fantastic

[@LyndaWhite-ju1gj]

Hey George have you ever done a play along with the live version of the Immigrant Song the 1972 version where Bonham is on the Green Sparkle Kit,, hint hint. Just asking. Lol.

[@BONHAMOLOGY]

Hi Lynda, no I haven't. Maybe at some point I'll do the HTWWW tunes.

[@rodolfo1673]

Wow Mr. George couldn't be more awesome your cover of this RAH? You nailed the heck out of it. From the beginning, the middle of the crazy locomotive rhythm section to the anticlimactic of Jimmy Page getting in cue with the whole band back to the beginning of the song. And after all that the final sweet punch of Bonham finishing it up as soon Jimmy stops playing then it sounds like a nice broken up triple, like Bonham saying it on the drums that's a rap! Awesome performance by you George. I keep learning each day how you master these live performances and thank you for sharing with us Bonhamites as Terry Keating says lol

[@BONHAMOLOGY]

Thanks Rodolfo!

[@rodolfo1673]

@@BONHAMOLOGY De nada George. Eres chingon on the drums! In Spanish means you are fucking awesome on the drums!

[@BONHAMOLOGY]

@@rodolfo1673 Gracias hermano!

[@keithmounts1305]

First one!!!! Yay yeah!!!

[@BONHAMOLOGY]

🙌🏼

[@keithmounts1305]

Or conga?

[@NCBushman]

I mean, that’s cool and all.... but do you know... ..WHAT..is the air speed velocity of an unladen swallow?!

[@danv8717]

African or European?

[@BONHAMOLOGY]

😆 Well, you have to know these things when you're a King y'know.

[@keithmounts1305]

Wait? Is that an octobon?

[@BONHAMOLOGY]

Haha, no...its a mini conga

[@keithmounts1305]

BONHAMOLOGY have you seen the pic ( shared on a L/Z fan page on FB )? BONZO playing on the blondes with the mini-conga(s) left of his hats, Plant in the foreground & just able to make out JPJ in background. At somewhere very small. They may actually be tiny concert tom(s).

[@BONHAMOLOGY]

@@keithmounts1305 Yes, I've seen that pic. They're bongos.

[@bonzoleum]

FOURTH!!!!!!

[@bonzoleum]

G you're SSSSLLLLLLAAAAAAAYYYYYYYYIIINNGGG IT!!!!!

[@timgawertdrums]

@@bonzoleum as usual!!

[@BONHAMOLOGY]

@@bonzoleum Thanks T....its a bit of a tough one to sync up with, lots of tempo fluctuations

[@jimbosaul3996]

in weird and strange ways George's work IS NOT inspirational.... somehow it just wants to make me give up !!!!!

[@LyndaWhite-ju1gj]

Jimbo Saul Hang in there Jimbo drummers like George are far and very few between, the last time I saw someone play like this was 3/5/1975 my fourth and final Led Zeppelin concert in Dallas. Audio on KZbin.