Drum Teacher Reacts: John Bonham 'Achilles Last Stand' - Led Zeppelin (Live at Knebworth 1979)

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[@yonahlemieux6719]

How can anyone listen to this song and NOT say Led Zeppelin is the greatest band to ever exist! Then and now!

[@johngreen2510]

Nobody can hold a Candle to Zeppelin. The best band to ever exist bar none.

[@scottboyer5649]

Freebird! 😂 Bohnam would have killed it with Sabbath!

[@davidstovall8573]

I agree. Nobody comes close!

[@critiq9610]

Yep

[@STW-News-Headlines]

I do not know.. it’s impossible to NOT see that..

[@robertacolarette1594]

Robert Plant described this performance of Achilles as an example of the absolute communication all 4 members had with each other on stage especially Bonham, Page and Jones.

[@AndrewRooneyDrums]

Total connection of all players. Wonderful Roberta

[@scotturban4580]

Rarely mentioned is how bonham's relationship with john paul jones on stage was a contributing reason for him developing into such a great live drummer. Great foundation jones and bonham. One of the best rhythm sections ever.

[@AndrewRooneyDrums]

Totally Scott. Jones is the glue

[@ralphcozzino2796]

The greatest rhythm section ever period.

[@adderon7476]

Page and JPJ took a chance on some seriously talented youths and voila! Rock royalty history was made

[@marklasky3555]

The speed & power of Bonham is unmatched 10:43-10:46 is incredible

[@mariomunozgrasso6327]

Es impresionante.

[@DarthVader-km6ku]

Fascinating to see your reaction. I was at this show. Right near the sound desk. The band hadn't played in England for four years and were incredibly nervous. I had seen them before and I could tell how nervous they were as soon as they started. The last time they had played a full tour it ended in tragedy when Plant's son died. No one knew if they would recover. Punk was in full swing and they thought there was a real chance that no one would show up. There were about 200,000 people there and they had to throw together a second show which drew about 100,000. Jimmy was indeed dealing with problems, as was Bonham although you couldn't tell. This track you watched here was about two hours into the show, which in part explains why Jimmy was so sweaty. It was a hot day in August. When they finished and left the stage, 200,000 people sang "You'll never walk alone" to bring them back. When they came out Plant was almost in tears. It was incredibly moving. They practically saved the record industry that year. Album sales were in the toilet (despite what the newspapers were saying about the enormity of punk.) They sold so many copies of the new album that it brought people back into the record stores.

[@AndrewRooneyDrums]

Wow! Fascinating insights. Thank you

[@paulh3122]

Hello Darth. Great story. What show did you see? I was 16 years old. Travelled from Bathgate, Scotland by hired coach with around forty others on August 3rd to see the show on the 4th. Show ran on late and by the time we got back to meeting point, the shitehouse bus driver went back up the road leaving twenty eight of us behind. Slept in Stevenage and caught the National Express to Glasgow on the Monday. Good times and great memories of the show. Cheers mate. Have a good one 👍

[@DarthVader-km6ku]

@@paulh3122 I was there on the 4th. I could have gone again on the 11th but my wife persuaded me to stay home for her parents' anniversary. Damn what a dumb mistake that was! We drove down the M6 and M1 from Manchester in two vans, about 10 of us. One van got lost and ended up in Bristol! Our van had custom posters in the windows that said things like "Whole Lotta Knebworth". All the way down the motorway people were honking us. It was like a great gathering of the tribe. I'll never forget it.

[@paulh3122]

@@DarthVader-km6ku Hello again mate. Remember almost everything from that weekend 42 years ago. Can hardly remember what I had for dinner tonight. Remember the laser pyramid over Page during Dazed And Confused. Remember the toilets, a big hole dug in the the ground where you had to do your business. Remember Chas n’ Dave and Nicky Horne doing his DJ and getting pelters from the crowd where we were sitting. Still have great memories. Hope we all have time for more. Take care and keep well 👍❤️🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇬🇧

[@gabebabe1]

Thanks for the comment - very interesting

[@nycmaverick]

It's so great when the tempo makes you feel like you are riding along side of Achilles into battle.

[@mimimalone4147]

I wish I could hear a Led Zeppelin song again for the first time.

[@AndrewRooneyDrums]

It's wonderful!

[@DannyintheSpirit]

Wow, that is such a great point you make. I wish that too! I will bet you there are a few unreleased songs in storage somewhere that Jimmy has forgotten about. Maybe they will come to light.

[@MrDeengels]

The whole band is so tight on this song, 4 master musicians. IMO they were operating at a completely higher level of musicianship than any band ever at this point. We take for granted how great they were LIVE!!! No over produced stage show, no back up singers, no one back stage playing rhythm to fill the sound. Just 4 master musicians!!!!

[@dennisdorsey5749]

No doubt they were great at this time in 79 but a little earlier when we had the best of Deep purple and Sabbath they were also the greatest bands live.

[@majestic7s711]

For a split second the camera caught Jimmy smiling at Robert. You could see the absolute joy in his face.

[@AndrewRooneyDrums]

fantastic eh!

[@robertacolarette1594]

For me I think it was Jimmy smiling at Robert as if to say “we’re pulling this off perfectly tonight”. When he wrote it JPJ told Jimmy it couldn’t be done and Ronnie Wood had told Jimmy with so many guitar parts he couldn’t do this alone live. He would need another guitarist for a live performance. Jimmy said “I’m doing it myself”.

[@unclebuck1453]

Its so unreal hearing this song in a faster meter than the recording. Just shows how amazing Bonzo was.

[@AndrewRooneyDrums]

He sure was!

[@fedup3449]

The genius of Bonham was that he played drum lines that accentuated the guitar riffs like i've never heard anyone else do. As for him playing in other bands - well he did b4 Zep. I know his son and wife cus' i lived in Worc's in my early days. Used to bump into Plant quite often at the pub in Wolverley near where Plant still lives now. Used to pool with Jason. Anyway i'm bragging but hey, I can.

[@darrellkastin6738]

Funny, I was about to mention this about Bonham's playing w/ the guitar, unlike Moon who played along with the vocals.

[@AndrewRooneyDrums]

Very musical drummer David!

[@theitalianskunkwhisperer6843]

He did what you said and 20 other things rock drummers never did or could do. I don't think Bonham knew everything he could do or the names of everything what he actually did. He also had his own sound on drums we all know. Millions of drummers and many hit hard but no one has had "their own sound" on drums before or since. It seems there's always something knew I'm discovering with Bonzo that blows my mind.

[@richdiana3663]

There chemistry was perfectly balanced in a group of supremely talented individuals.

[@cliffhughes6010]

3 instruments, one voice. Live! It's hard to believe that Bonzo was drunk a lot of the time and that Jimmy was fighting Heroin addiction. Their timing, understading of each other on stage and awesome musicality is unmatched to this day. No current band can do this kind of thing. Each song was a journey you shared with them.Thank you, guys.

[@MJEvermore853]

Exactly. Bonzo was never drunk during live shows though, or else the songs would have fallen apart

[@peterbartolomeo9574]

BRAVO!!!! Perfectly stated

[@Jnuna535]

I don’t understand how a drum teacher could be unaware of Bonham’s work.

[@seandeal1469]

Yeah me neither. Kind of baffling

[@seandeal1469]

At least he gets the unique singular might of the Zeppelin mystique

[@simonmathoulin2329]

Its totally fake... no one who has ANY interest in drums at all wont have heard of it,

[@Jnuna535]

Dalle Smalhals it’s a good point but I’m a jazz drummer and every jazz player I know jammed to Zeppelin at some point in their life.

[@aWOKEn1445]

"Lightning in a bottle"

[@ginger4141]

That performance was amazing, Those drums sound like bombs going off.

[@AndrewRooneyDrums]

Yup!

[@myfordranger]

machine guns..

[@PaulScherdell]

Such a killer song. The last hours of Led Zeppelin. They were the best blend of art and musical talent.

[@AndrewRooneyDrums]

Indeed Sir!

[@vincentbrightling1686]

Hi Paul. They did a European tour the following year. Assuming you're not aware of that with the 'last hours' comment, although they were playing smaller venues for that tour so it's less well known.

[@sillysausage4549]

Have to disagree. Whatever the technical requirement, I think this song is third rate at best, when judged against their other work.

[@Nred9999]

Silly Sausage Achilles isn’t actually a song where they put a lot of work and production values into. It’s just one of those songs where they just explode and lash upon.

[@tonydeaton2890]

@@sillysausage4549 songs like this are difficult to do in a studio and ambitious in the extreme to reproduce live. You say it's third rate. Give it a try and post the results on you tube. I'll make it easy on you. Try to learn this song and post it.

[@6309irish]

Future generations will return to this performance and marvel at how ferocious Bonzo, JPJ were together

[@betsyduane3461]

It's amazing to think Bonham had this amount of skill while being a major league alcoholic.

[@AndrewRooneyDrums]

Yeah I mean it's just silly

[@HBC423]

The booze can make you more creative

[@macabre_matinee]

He was a TITAN. and yes ultra wasted. It’s better to burn out than to fade away I guess.

[@nickavenoso7851]

@Philip Gannello Why am I seeing you everywhere saying Carl Palmer has better chops in all caps 😂

[@bdavolls]

@Philip Gannello This one? kzbin.info/www/bejne/iJe2qGacnd98qtE

[@johns7097]

When Jimmy Page found John Bonham he knew he found his musical dream come true. He knew he could take his music wherever he wanted and Bonham would be right there.

[@glenchapman3899]

The only concern Page ever had about any of them was Plants lyric writing. Plant very clearly repayed that debt of confidence with interest.

[@tommyplays131]

@@glenchapman3899 his biggest worry was how Plant would handle life on the road and those grueling tours

[@dansullivan8648]

No doubt John and very well said by you. Thank The Good Lord that these 4 found each other and found each other when they did. A band for all time. The entire world is blessed that Zeppelin existed and did what they did.

[@mikegallagher7586]

Page didn't find Bonham. Plant and Bonham played together before they met Page.

[@johns7097]

@@mikegallagher7586 I know that. I didn't mean he literally discovered him. I meant he found him personally as a musician who fulfilled his aspirations for the drummer of his new band

[@jdgoodwin325]

Jimmy Page was battling a heroin addiction during this period. It must've been incredibly difficult for him. But he survived it all.

[@AndrewRooneyDrums]

Legend!

[@libertineish]

Oh thats why Led Zeppelin never had any opening acts haha.. Yeah Jimmy was on smack from 75 to 83..He's probably 120 lbs during knebworth yet the energy and power he produces is mind-blowing.The magic never left the magician.Robert was in a wheelchair for 6 months after the drastic car accident and untimely passing of his son..Bonzo was maybe 250 lbs and alcoholism was taking it's toll during touring yet his machine gun like timing and consistency is unmatched..This Knebworth gig was incredibly emotional for the band as punk and a new form of post punk political music had took over Britain,and rightly so.The times were a changing once more but 250 000 fans in 2 nights,a record for single act,reminded the band of their historic importance and the love and mystic they created...

[@mercedeschance546]

@@libertineish Bands literally didn't want tto play after them, so they performed last. If they did perform before other bands, the crowd wouldn't let them leave. Another band would take the stage after them and the crowd wouldn't have it. Led Zeppelin performs and the show was over period. They were rock gods. When they did live aid and walked in all the other bands were stunned, all eyes on them. Ozzy Osborne was like how the fuck did they get these guys to perform. Even he knew nobody could fuck with them.

[@chimbasue]

Yeah. As awesome as he sounds, you can hear he's slippery.

[@thegoatchild3545]

I heard he recorded all the guitar parts for this song in ONE night.🤯

[@MamawT65]

All of these men were masters of their craft! Greatest band ever!❤

[@AndrewRooneyDrums]

Giants

[@DoobTube71]

Achilles Last Stand is one of Zeppelin's best songs. The album Presence is so underrated. Ten Years Gone is another sleeper Zeppelin classic!

[@AndrewRooneyDrums]

I've done a reaction to Achilles Last Stand!

[@mikegallagher7586]

Yet, this clown had never heard of it.

[@mikegallagher7586]

Ten Years Gone is on Physical Graffiti

[@kristianrodriguez4676]

@@mikegallagher7586he didn’t say otherwise.

[@ronniel879]

This is why they had to stop, you cant replace any of these gents, all world class musicians!!!!!🔥🔥⚡️⚡️⚡️⚡️

[@AndrewRooneyDrums]

True story Ronnie! Unbeatable for sure

[@ryann8680]

The best there ever was or ever will be

[@dan.j.boydzkreationz]

Metallica on the other hand, should've broken up after the Black album of 1991.

[@sailirish7]

@@dan.j.boydzkreationz get that gate keeping bullshit outta here

[@TheMiket0]

Thanks so much for posting this up and for your comments. I was at this concert as a twenty year old, now I’m an old git of 60. Of course Bonzo passed away a few months later and he was very much an accident waiting to happen, but I feel very privileged to have once seen this amazing band. There has never been anyone like them. Nor will there be. The Best.

[@qontinuumgaming5209]

I queue up this video nearly every day. It is my favorite live performance. This performance exemplifies why Bonham is the hammer in the phrase "Hammer of the Gods".

[@AndrewRooneyDrums]

YESSSSS!

[@jonwhite98]

I was there! The videos of this show simply don't do their performance justice! It was awesome... They were on fire. Will treasure the memory 'til the day I expire.....!

[@AndrewRooneyDrums]

I'm jealous Jon!

[@BBaldwin]

You’re spot on with regard to their chemistry. Zeppelin were essentially a cosmic accident. It’s as if some unseen hand arranged for these four to come together at a specific point in time.

[@AndrewRooneyDrums]

You're onto it Bill!

[@gordinistanopolis]

This was from the first show August 4 I was there that night I was 18 . The definite stand outs for me were Achilles , the start of Kashmir the bass drum went through my chest !! and in the Evening which I hadn't heard before . My dad was picking us up so had to leave while they were playing Heartbreaker (one of their encores )never forget walking in the dark across the fields with Led Zeppelin playing in the distance quite surreal

[@AndrewRooneyDrums]

Amazing memories WOW 🙏🙌

[@gordinistanopolis]

@@AndrewRooneyDrums Yeh I checked August 11 Achilles last stand which is on KZbin now and its a dogs breakfast Page was having all sorts of trouble with his guitar no wonder they used this version for DVD etc

[@paulhughes5476]

I was there too, just fantastic, I think this was the band at its tightest on the night!!! I was 16

[@markduckworth6643]

I was sixteen then and had camped for the previous week with friends - do you remember the stampede late Friday night / early hours of Saturday morning when the fence was trampled under foot.

[@Relayer6a]

Jimmy mentioned that he thought Bonham was best coming into a song rather than having drums right at the start. While that doesn't sound like much it shows that as a composer and arranger he didn't just think about the song but also the players. Like a coach in sports putting his players in the best position to win and allowing them to play to their strengths.

[@ricardocastillo5485]

My favorite LZ song by far, for years I thought it was my secret treasure because it's never played on American radio and no one talks about it.

[@FarFromEquilibrium]

Those who know talk less I suppose. It's top 3 with No Quarter and Tea For One imo.

[@bryanguillen9167]

@@FarFromEquilibrium In My Time of Dying is another one I'd add to that list of Zeppelin Epics.

[@geetee2694]

I called our local rock station to request this song for the electric lunch. He goes 'it's over 10 minutes long!. I say 'I know'. He plays me requesting the song, then plays the song. Over the next decade, on that lunch hour, they played me requesting the song followed by the song, a handful of times, that I heard.

[@PeteNociforo]

Front the get go , I have said this is by far the greatest zepp song ever, which with the added caveat, rock aficionados choosing zepp as greatest band ever would make this the greatest song EVER recorded.. EPIC , PURELY EPIC. 2nd favorite for me is something totally different , gallows pole

[@jefftheuma5645]

You would have thought after fifty years a better band would have come along by now. WTF.

[@calzaondrums]

Greatest Drummer ever. Best Band ever. Greatest musicians of all time.

[@AndrewRooneyDrums]

LOVE the passion!!!

[@jgfunk]

Them JPJ bass grooves during Page's solo... Outstanding

[@AndrewRooneyDrums]

100%!

[@Toysinmyattic1]

Incredible performance. No one could have known how close to the end it was for them

[@AndrewRooneyDrums]

Tragic!

[@cdd4248]

Every once in awhile, for a second, I will forget how just fucking great Led Zeppelin is; and then...I am reminded. FYI - loved 1979!

[@juliusmazepin2557]

drum teacher and first time hearing Achilles??? doesn't make sense

[@AndrewRooneyDrums]

It's true Julius! I've never really listened to Led Zep much at all. Just into different stuff :)

[@juliusmazepin2557]

@@AndrewRooneyDrums thanks for answering!!! greetings from Central América

[@jeffreylc]

He’s a Brit to! What rock has he been living under. Wow.

[@Hannahxx1971]

He sounds like an Aussi to me...definitely not British going by his accent 😉

[@beauxguidry5373]

All you are doing is hitting a tube. Anyone can do it, all you do is pick up two sticks and hit something with it. I am also a drummer and I have thought a few people and that is how I introduce it. But, there is a difference between just hitting the drums and actually playing the drums. When you are actually playing the drums, it is controlled chaos. You have to be both chaotic in being uncontrolled in part of it, and then being able to control it enough to make music with it. And the biggest part is that you also have to play your part separately and the same as the rest of the band at the same time. I learned by ear, and that is also harder to explain.

[@jonnytonto5298]

I hope you listened to the studio version after hearing this. This is my favourite Led Zeppelin song. Intense from start to finish, full of emotion, a masterpiece.

[@kellyp9438]

Heroin is a brutal drug but somehow that guy played through it weighing about 110lbs and sweating it out...total pro

[@AndrewRooneyDrums]

He killed it!!!

[@Cristalyn6]

My favorite Led Zep song!

[@toyfreaks]

In this recording, you almost never hear John Bonham and Jimmy Paige play a note at the same time. They have almost perfect syncopation. It's really incredible!

[@AndrewRooneyDrums]

It's like one big breathing, heaving monster at this point

[@davidpeters44]

likely a monitor issue

[@davidferrara1105]

Synchronization* not syncopation

[@toyfreaks]

@@davidferrara1105 I was thinking more "temporary displacement of the regular metrical accent in music caused typically by stressing the weak beat"

[@targetshootr]

The last time we got to see them was on Bonzo's birthday in '77 so RP led the whole stadium singing Happy Birthday. They played for 3 1/2 hours. It was like watching history happen.

[@AndrewRooneyDrums]

Magical!

[@chrisbarlow2131]

I love how Plant wasn't in it just for the money. When they reformed for a one off gig some years ago now, Jimmy wanted to do a world tour. Can you imagine how much the tickets would have cost? But Plant just said "No". He said later he'd done all that stuff for years with Zep and as much as he loved it at the time, musically he just wanted to move on and keep it fresh, by working with other musicians. That decision financially cost him millions. Did he care? Not one bit. Respect.

[@janestill2588]

It's not just about the money it's also loyalty to John Bonham even though his son replaced them for that one concert it's still not the same in his mind they were really a family and I got a lot of respect for that

[@IHWKR]

All said is true. On the other hand some could look at it as being never had the chance to see Zeppelin live and although not in their prime could have finally got the chance. Maybe what is what should never be, but always will be.

[@AndrewRooneyDrums]

Nice thoughts Chris!

[@siskothekid4620]

Dalle Smalhals exactly. It was more about Plant being loyal to Bonzo, nothing to do with anything else.

[@folkme3042]

@@davehoward22 Agreed!When you're a multi-millionaire I don't suppose money is an issue.Also,Plant has always had so many solo projects on the go and since Zeppelin's demise has always done his own thing. You've got to respect the guy for remaining true to himself.

[@1969mikemac]

i always get goosebumps when i hear Led Zeppelin...

[@AndrewRooneyDrums]

yup me too

[@tonycardinal9381]

No other band has come close to these guys,just pure excellence on all levels!🎶💓🎶

[@arthurdduda63]

I drive for a living and the presence album is great start to finish, but this clearly the best track, and I'd listen to it 4 times in a row, and concentrate on the drums, and then the guitar and then the bass and then the lyrics, ... this clip is one of the many that shows Jimmy is the man and always will be he worked a guitar like no one else ... John's timing like you said he's a machine,... isolate the bass sometime, jpj is freaking hammering at the speed of sound.

[@froggycroaked1603]

JPJ and Bonzo what a backbone!!!

[@EdCatlett]

When you really start listening to them and realize that they didn't do any song the same way any two nights it's even more amazing. They are more like old blues and jazz artists who just are so perfect together they are seemingly reading each others minds. Can't play at that pace with that energy and not have amazing chemistry.

[@Senerian]

This is my favorite Zeppelin song. To me, this song some how seems to show case the very best of each members talent in the band. I love this song. Super sharp work by all.

[@anthonysherry2628]

One of my best ever led zeppelin songs, truly awesome

[@AndrewRooneyDrums]

yup!

[@FarFromEquilibrium]

If I was a drum instructor and this was my first time listening, I'd have to drink more than coffee to mitigate my shock. I think I'd have it on repeat for a couple days at least.

[@AndrewRooneyDrums]

HAHA!

[@truthseekerKJV]

The drum loving world has really missed out on not having the Drum Cam set up when Bonham was behind the kit.

[@AndrewRooneyDrums]

100%!

[@sidewayspagan9221]

Dude the respect you showed to my favorite band makes me respect you a lot. Subbed.

[@AndrewRooneyDrums]

I appreciate that!

[@Lewythefly]

This is one of my favorite zep songs, all 10mins of it

[@UlyssesM]

very few reactions of this one. One of my favorite zeppelin songs. Up there with since ive been loving you and no quarter

[@Thesaurcery4U2C]

That's a very hypnotic melody driving that song.

[@AndrewRooneyDrums]

Agree

[@Dokkensound]

Tight as hell and we aren't even talking about the tempo they maintain.

[@AndrewRooneyDrums]

Yes Sir! In the pocket the whole time

[@scottchirco6191]

Zepp had 4 masters at their craft and the chemistry was explosive!

[@jacobfife7273]

Three? I think you mean 4

[@carlospopovich]

And that my friends are the epic sounds of the "hammer of the gods."🎸🥁

[@stealingtomorrowband]

The drum fill at 3:18 is so smooth and quick eso keeping that tempo Bonzo forever

[@AndrewRooneyDrums]

Yes!

[@abztract1]

10:03 Not just 4 dudes but just 3 instruments and a vocalist! AMAZING! Love your reactions and channel teach!

[@AndrewRooneyDrums]

Thanks! Rock on!

[@garyortolano7374]

Frikkin' EPIC !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! R.I.P. Bonzo.I remember the exact moment when someone told me you passed. It broke my spirit for my favorite band.Still.I knew that day that they were...broken and would be no more.

[@chuckm4540]

Achilles Last Stand is just one of the incredible songs off 'Presence,' their second to last studio album. Nobody's Fault but Mine, Tea for One, Candy Store Rock and on and on. One of my all-time favorite Zep albums along with Physical Graffiti.

[@Bluewizard7131]

You would probably enjoy going all the way back to 1969 and watching Bonham perform on How Many More Times live in Danmark radio studio. He was pretty amazing to watch even then. It's a raw gritty early Zeppelin performance that shows how talented they were from the start.

[@mattharvey968]

He just bangs the hell out of those skins!!

[@PeterTea]

An amazing performance!

[@nickgeorgiou7770]

Jimmy Rose The kids in the audience didn’t know what to make of them. I think Zep scared them to death. They weren’t use to such an an explosion. It was the beginning of ride no one ever duplicated or ever will.

[@krauxnotfaux]

This was Page's favorite Led Zeppelin tune.

[@tireoghain82]

I'm not a proponent of that particular substance, but I find it utterly amazing that Page could not only come up with this, but perform it whilst strung out on smack. You're right on the money with Zeppelin being the perfect confluence of artists working on another level.

[@jrooney58]

Your comment about whether Bonham would have fit in with any other band is on target, in my opinion. Though perhaps it should be phrased in the reverse - whether any other drummer could have fit in with the rest of Led Zeppelin. The band itself gave that as it’s official reason for disbanding after Bonham’s death. In an interview years later Page explained that it was impossible to expect anyone else to not only learn the body of music that they had produced, but to learn to adjust to the improvisations that happened routinely from night to night.

[@AndrewRooneyDrums]

Well said Joe! And extra points for the correct surname.

[@davidsipos302]

Keith Moon and John Bonham were very similar in that they were both Extremely High Energy and Creative Artists behind the Kit...Moon though was considered Sloppy a long with Jimmy Page. Moon with Zep would've been a Train Wreck. Bonham with The Who, That's interesting?

[@powmongo]

A few things to note about this performance. This was the 1st time (or one of the 1st times they) they played in 2 years. I don't buy into the excess of touring. John Bonham's brother Mick wrote a book about John and filmed the concert footage. He mentioned this was outside and it was very hot and humid. The stage lights made it more so. John Bonham spent the 2 years off working physical labor on him farms, taking his son Jason to motor cross shows and recording with Wings, and Lulu. He also went to see his favorite soul and jazz artists like James Brown and Count Basie and Jam with them. They rehearsed for this show but indoors. They were ready for this show but no one thought it would be as hot as it was with stage lights making it worse, especially Jimmy Page's side of the stage. That's why he was sweating like he was.

[@dansullivan8648]

Agreed and in my opinion Jimmy was giving everything he had in his soul and so was Bonzo. They couldn't possibly give any more. Legendary performance.

[@mikegallagher7586]

This guy knows *nothing* about Zeppelin or Bonham whatsoever. This wasn't even a reaction. He literally just sat there.

[@adderon7476]

Heroin withdrawal too

[@nbe1998]

Yeah the only warmup they had was the infamous Copenhagen Warmups (23rd - 24th July 1979)

[@JohnBonhamisEverything]

Remember this was the last song and their concerts were done in 3-4 hr sets so John was at THIS level AFTER playing for that long! Would love to see anyone else do that! Legends!!

[@PeterTea]

When I listen to this song I envision myself riding a dragon into some epic battle from times past.

[@AndrewRooneyDrums]

That is accurate. Some kind of medieval battle for sure. Totally epic

[@tomlyons6482]

Peter tea well said, I like the imagery👍

[@siggyretburns7523]

I always invision some musclehead in a loin cloth carrying around an oversized globe.

[@edwardq6697]

"Achilles Last Stand" has been part of my running regimen for years. 10+ minutes of high-energy pounding on the pavement. The studio version is even better with Page's overdubs.

[@jeffmusgrave6467]

There should be no words to describe John Bonham Thunder from a drum set is unexplainable🌩🌩⛈⛈☝😃🐐🐐💪

[@ronniel879]

Talk about TIGHT !!!!! And thats Passion dripping from Jimmy!!!

[@johnroetker5067]

Whole lotta love from the same show. They play it in a funk groove. Just look at each other and go with it.

[@kurtdzinich6700]

Whatever demons Jimmy was fighting during this time, for Anyone to say that Zeppelin "no longer had it" just isn't telling the truth. Yeah, it might not be your cup of tea, but this performance does not Lie! The four of them are totally in the Zone! The bass drums vocals and guitar are totally out of control!! Check out the song list on this performance, it is over THREE hours long Man! Song after song....once again letting the world know, that Zeppelin is still The Rock Band, period. Cheers!

[@propjoe1060]

There's never been a better musical trio in rock music than Page, Jones and Bonham. And when you add the Golden God into the mix, you end up with the greatest rock band to ever exist.

[@missbelled6700]

could just be bonzo and jones on stage and would be a legendary show, talk about a power duo in their own right

[@jiggadaboom]

100% the tightest they had ever been playing live FACT

[@MrDeengels]

We really take for granted how great they were live, this performance shows the lion had very sharp claws still.

[@brianrussell6570]

They were the opening act for Lovin Spoonful when they first went to America..they blew us off the stage ..said the drummer for LS

[@AndrewRooneyDrums]

Amazing Brian! HAHA

[@joshuakanapkey6570]

This is not only my favorite Zeppelin song, but my #1 song of ALL time! Great reaction!

[@gebremenfeskidus9567]

I'm not a drummer so I can't speak to it with any authority. But the thing that impresses me so much about Bonham here is the absolute precision, speed, and power he keeps up without a flaw for 10 minutes or so. Just incredible.

[@anthonysherry2628]

You forgot to mention John Paul Jones, without him, the band might have been different

[@AndrewRooneyDrums]

I thought I kept mention JPJ in all my reactions!?

[@burtreynolds2969]

Might have been ????!!!!

[@ryann8680]

JPJ, the master of any instrument he picked up

[@dragonoftheblackpool6884]

JPJ was the unsung hero. I think he was a big part of what made Bonham great. Nothing better as a drummer than to have an awesome, intuitive in-the-pocket bassist to jam with.

[@dimestorephilosopher3308]

He mentions JPJ being the solid base in the background. Which he always is.

[@TheCamaris]

The reason the band was so tight live...Bonham played to Page...Jones played to Bonham.

[@AndrewRooneyDrums]

NICE!

[@tcplotts]

as a musician, I can only watch knebworth in awe. a legendary band nearing the end of its run, 3 of the 4 not at their best, arguably one of the very toughest songs to play live in an already challenging catalog, and a gassed drummer locked in and one of the greatest guitarists of all time playing two parts while being not exactly sober. what you see is Zeppelin with their B game. And it's still jaw dropping. I hope Bonzo had a cardiologist after this gig. I thought he was going to drop.

[@propjoe1060]

Nobody's Fault But Mine from this Knebworth 79 gig would be a good shout for a reaction. The groove is unparalleled.

[@MJEvermore853]

Anderson Cooper...because it actually was a pretty decent concert and you're a load of sour grapes?

[@Mark-ld5um]

It's funny you mention Iron Maiden, I bet this song was an inspiration for Steve Harris and his bass gallop technique.

[@farrenk2429]

So freaking tight and connected, perfect example :)

[@AndrewRooneyDrums]

Couldn't agree more!

[@TR6Telos]

I was listening to this in 77 as a 18 yr old, still sounds as fresh to me today. My dad would Knock on the ceiling with a broom, I had to turn it up full for those high hats, whooopie.

[@user-zn8vo9qn6z]

“He’s in the zone…” Yep, that’s one way to put it

[@markacuna2828]

Jimmy pages father is sitting on stage too the right watching the whole band perform

[@AndrewRooneyDrums]

Oh wow!

[@msfoto3541]

"Four people at the right place at the right time."

[@booboo8577]

I've always felt that I was the one in the right place at the right time in all of history to be a teen when LZ hit the world and have had an entire lifetime to enjoy them.

[@MJEvermore853]

MS FOTO35.... LZ was quite a bit more than just that...😅

[@yyz4761]

When I was a kid in the seventies my older sister was a Zeppelin fanatic.we shared a tiny bedroom in a tiny apartment which is why I think that I became such a big fan of Zeppelin. We would always sing the “ahahah” part together. What a kick ass song

[@vincentcorrigan5209]

You are 100% correct.. The perfect configuration of time and talent.. Was exactly the right time for these 4 men to make rock history..

[@curtiswilson3569]

I was a professional guitar player who failed at drums. I could barely try to keep up with Page on some songs, and I am way worse on most. I could never imagine being Bonham, he had a much harder job. That said... there is a reason why Led Zeppelin is the greatest band ever... it’s just a inexplicable tightness and talent. Every person in that band was the best at what they did, and that is why when Bonham died, the whole thing stopped.

[@AndrewRooneyDrums]

Didn't mean to delay this one. Just wanted to release it at a time I knew I could watch with ya'll and chat in real time!

[@tinajones7293]

I was there.....

[@stoptheworldiwannagetoff4780]

Led Zeppelin have been a part of my life since I was 11 and I'm 60 now. My favourite all time band at a time when the competition was very stiff! Purple, Sabbath, Free, Uriah Heep, Yes etc.

[@jdgjhn1]

A moment of glory as it was all falling apart.

[@melissasmith1645]

Greatest band EVER!!!! John Bonham was a machine. No one has ever been able to play like him. It took three drummers at Live Aid to try and replace him. They gave it their best shot but couldn't do it. His boy Jason is the only one to even compare. Robert Plant and Jimmy Page are in a league of their own.

[@itsmeagain1745]

I was there - omg...

[@57mab]

"Some" camera time for JPJ - what a talented guy as well.

[@roncornett3021]

john bonham was the reason i started playing drums some 50 years ago and i still shake my head in awe . Zep is a band with no equal Johns feel for the music is beyond great .What a loss ,I cant even think of what he would have done if his life wasnt cut short .

[@ministerofdarkness]

Led Zep’s Prog Epic!! A Rock Masterpiece! 🥁 That Drum break at 10:47 is off the charts in bad Assery!!!

[@AndrewRooneyDrums]

Crazy!

[@mikegallagher7586]

@@AndrewRooneyDrums Wow, that's some reaction.

[@erichharrington1213]

I was lucky to see them in 1977 in Seattle. BLEW MY MIND.

[@AndrewRooneyDrums]

Very jealous Eric!!!

[@Lewythefly]

And heavy metal was born with that Bonham break down