Hip Hop Fan's First Listen To Communication Breakdown and I can't Quit You Baby by Led Zeppelin

[@helenespaulding7562]

In the first album, Page had pretty much put together the entire album in his head before he formed the band. Based on black American blues and songs left over from when he was in The Yardbirds. Second album is a scorcher. It was in Zep III that Plant starts to carry the load of being the lyricist for the band, and since he was an avid reader of mythology, medieval history and Tolkien, you begin to get more fantasy references. Zeppelin also starts drawing more on the folk genre for inspiration…..Robert was (and still is) very tuned in to the British folk scene.

[@julienmarquet8612]

OK HÉLÈNE SPAULDING, you're right, but, it's not only Plant who liked the mythological stuffs, you forget, Page was a fan about Allister Crowley, a black magician, he bought the castle, to get all the books, he got into the House! Look at the moment in the video THE SONGS REMAINS THE SAME, when Page climb the mountain, to find himself being the old man the old, ermite! Weird! If they were not all on the same wave link, it won't have been the better band ever! But, your explanation is right, too! Sorry for the mistakes! I'm French, English, ISN'T my native language, sorry! KISSES FROM FRANCE! 😂✌️🇫🇷🌹

[@helenespaulding7562]

@@julienmarquet8612 and being French, you have the correct accents over the “e’s” in my name! 😁. Yes, Jimmy was fascinated by Crawley. But Magik and the occult is a very different thing from mythology and fantasy. Plant and the rest of the band did not share Jimmy’s fascination with Crawley and found it very weird. And yes, the scene you speak of … Jimmy’s fantasy sequence in TSRTS…..Dazed and Confused, I thought was pretty cool. I’ve always thought the meaning of it was The wisdom you seek is to be found within yourself.

[@julienmarquet8612]

@@helenespaulding7562 The right accent, really? 😂🤗👍I'm proud of it, being a frog, French guy! ✌️😂😋Yes, you're right, it's not exactly the same, but, what about GANDALF IN THE LORD OF THE RINGS, OF TOLKIEN?!... IS HE NOT A MAGICIAN? 😂✌️No, you're right, they didn't got exactly the same passions, look at BONZO, he was, a countryman! 😂He like to worked with their hands! But, yet, they were on the same lenghtwave! Truly! Because, I never saw a band, who could improvised so much, and so long on stage! They said it themselves! It was telephatic! But, I'm, really, impressed, a woman knows so much things about led zep!

[@julienmarquet8612]

@@helenespaulding7562 And, yes, I think you're right, about the scene in TSRTS..... Page, was searching something about himself! I read a thing about Plant, who said, he thought he was an ermit! I don't know if it's the right word in English! You know, the people's living alone, out of the world! And, finally, he discovered it was, himself! 😂✌️What a fucking weird scene! I remember, having looked at it, after having taken some LSD, OR MAGIC MUSHROOMS, I DON'T REMEMBER EXACTLY, 😂😂😂😂😂✌️when I saw the sword with all the different colors, I became mad! 😂😂😂😂😂✌️

[@helenespaulding7562]

@@julienmarquet8612 the word in English is hermit… someone who wishes to live in isolation. Jimmy definitely had/has those tendencies…he enjoys his privacy.

[@zeppelinmexicano]

Plant's vocals on Breakdown, a man on a mission, simply without peer.

[@dbclassic8733]

Just revisited this reaction of yours and just brilliant man. Really makes us realise how advanced even the actual sound and recording was let alone the musicanship for guys barely in the their 20:s and in the late 1960's. Regardless the music stands without knowing any of these things - that's why it's great.

[@gavRirvine]

Zeppelin drove us kids wild at school in the UK in the early 70's - saw them at Knebworth in 79

[@robbroome5933]

One of the reasons Page's solos always seem to cut through was he was treble boosting before treble boost pedals were even a thing...he did it by switching his wah pedal on and leaving it fully on rather than rocking it back and forth as players like Clapton would. The man was a sonic genius and his studio knowledge definitely paid off

[@juliemanarin4127]

I Can't Quit You Babe live in 1970 or 71? It was at either Royal Albert Hall or Earls Court...it was UNBELIEVABLE!!

[@kayhardy2871]

I can't quit you - the way that Page's guitar is almost doing a vocal duet with Plant it's so expressive - great the way you wring as much meaning as you can from it and the technique - arghhhhhr !

[@doug1718]

Absolutely killer tune

[@DTH3000]

Zeppelin took traditional American blues and made it big and bombastic!

[@PeterTea]

Another reason, amongst the many, that Zeppelin's production values are amazing is that this album was the first album to be sold only in a stereo format. Up until then most albums were sold in mono or stereo not just stereo. Obviously Zeppelin wanted the best user experience possible.

[@bowtiefidenine]

4 Kids that kicks ass ❤

[@glass2467]

It's complete and utter BS that some people think that Plant's voice is only at its peak for the first 2 or 3 albums. That would be saying that LZ 4 is under par??!! Is Stairway or Going to California, or Battle for Evermore, or really any track on 4 under par?? Or on the next album, Houses of the Holy, is Song Remains the Same, or Rain Song, or No Quarter under par vocally??!! Or on Physical Graffiti, is Kashmir or In The Light, or any of the other tracks under par vocally??? The answer is beyond any argument, definitively NO. Sure, on the first album he was young and full of energy and power, and yes his voice evolved and matured after that. Now beyond the first 6 albums, into Presence and In Through the Out Door, his voice did falter a bit. But Plant worked through it due to his incredible musical knowledge and ability. And it's still brilliant.

[@Dan-zq5wt]

You nailed it about Page! He actually uses clean tones but very trebly and a little thin to create contrast against the heavy rhythm section. You hear this again in the Whole Lotta Love solo. He did lots of cool, clever stuff: cocking the wah pedal in the treble position (one commenter noted) and playing through a rotating Leslie speaker to sound like a trebly organ - that’s the sound of the Good Times Bad Times solo. He also did lots of double and triple tracking for depth and also for harmonies. Page’s creativity in terms of sound, composition and production was totally unbounded. Page also does a lot of original changes to standard blues. In I Can’t Quit You Baby, he does that A to Bflat turnaround that was cool. Hope you feel better!! Really like your intelligent reactions and Zep appreciation.

[@Dan-zq5wt]

One follow up: you used the word “searing” to describe Page’s soloing style. I think that’s a perfect description of what identifies Page’s uniqueness as a player. He’s not always the most technically on point as compared to Beck and Clapton, but he plays with much greater intent for the song, and produces his solos to really grab the listener’s ear. You’re going to hear this over and over again in the Zep catalogue throughout their entire career. Of all the great guitar heroes, including Hendrix, Page was the greatest producer of the songs and all their elements. BTW, Dazed and Confused, wow, talk about searing!

[@Cicero207]

Hang in there brother. Great channel!

[@ziggymarlowe5654]

Missed your vids, hope you're on the mend now. If "Communication Breakdown" don't perk you up, see a doctor, lol. "I Can't Quit You Baby" is one of my favorites, great one to slow dance to with your sweetie. Good to see you back.

[@stratfanstl]

Regarding voices... One of the things that caused Plant's abilities to click with Page was that at 19, it was said Plant almost didn't need a microphone. He had THAT much projection and range. I think the general consensus is that Plant retained this power in live shows probably to the halfway point of the touring for the Houses of the Holy album in 1973. The concert film The Song Remains the Same was recorded towards the end of that tour and THAT voice is no where near what you hear on the 1970 Albert Hall set as a comparison. I think he retained the ability to get the "early Plant" intensity on records through parts of Physical Graffiti but that becomes a fuzzy distinction cuz that's a double-LP of material recorded from the HOTH sessions through part of 1975 so some of the recordings pre-date when he may have blown his voice on the HOTH tour. In a similar vein, you can hear the same thing with Steve Perry's voice. After he joined Journey and they recorded Infinity, Evolution, Departure, Captured (live LP of Captured Tour) then Escape, Perry had "the voice" from Infinity through Captured. His voice on Escape was a bit raspier but at the time most thought it was due to Escape having more hard rock songs on it (besides the ballads) and he was choosing to sing that way. However, Escape was SO successful as an LP, they apparently didn't turn down any dates and by the time they recorded the next album after probably 18 months of touring, Perry seemed to have blown his vocal cords. The sound on "Separate Ways" for example was nowhere close to the earlier stuff. You can't ask singers to deliver at this level for MONTHS straight without jeopardizing the gift permanently.

[@w.geoffreyspaulding6588]

Robert is very lucky indeed that he didn’t damage his voice to the point where he could not have a very successful solo career of over 40 years….

[@yozaseig3870]

I Can't Quit You Baby is brilliant live at Royal Albert Hall 1970

[@effergerg1]

time for some live performances... I can't quit you baby live albert hall 1970

[@robertlear2735]

"I Can't Quit You Baby" is blues song written by Willie Dixon and first recorded by Chicago blues artist Otis Rush in 1956. It is a slow twelve-bar blues ensemble piece, with lyrics about the consequences of an adulterous relationship which is difficult to end. "I Can't Quit You Baby" was Rush's first recording and Cobra Records's debut single. It became a record chart hit as well as a blues standard. Rush updated the song in 1966 with a modified arrangement, which was adapted by Led Zeppelin for their 1969 debut album.

[@henriettaskolnick4445]

They started with blues tropes of the "evil woman", cheating, heartbreak, etc. because that is what was immediately accessible. However, as they began to mesh their musical skills, their style would evolve yet always still sound like Led Zeppelin; they never lost their identity. Communication Breakdown sounds proto-punk to me. I Can't Quit You Baby was originally written by Willie Dixon and recorded by Otis Rush about an affair Rush was in at the time. One of the many things I enjoy about Jimmy's playing is the "voice" he gets out of the guitar is no less important than the actual vocals - outstanding.

[@w.geoffreyspaulding6588]

I agree about Communication Breakdown…….and that’s why I’ve never liked it. Too manic for me.

[@henriettaskolnick4445]

@@w.geoffreyspaulding6588 lol Some punk is good.

[@Scoobydcs]

They were this good straight out of the gate!!!

[@antarcticorb9197]

Keep going song by song like you're doing! Your appreciation is oozing right through my device, and that's refreshing.

[@jamiereed2463]

Great reaction as usual! You seem to grasp in one listen what has taken me years of contemplation! Led Zeppelin is my all time favorite band! My second favorite is Deep Purple ! I think you would love them as well especially their early 70s stuff!

[@Dan-zq5wt]

The last track is a knockout!

[@helenespaulding7562]

So glad you’re back Syed! Hope you are feeling almost like yourself again. Nasty stuff

[@neilandfi]

Good to see you're back in the game, Syed.

[@BalbazaktheGreat]

That, my friend, is a Blues guitar.

[@susanpalmer8931]

Controlled frenzy, then slithery sensual blues ❣❣ Another really perceptive reaction - thanks! ☮

[@sam-om8zs]

I cant quit you baby live at royal albert hall is amazing! You should check it out page is on fire

[@antonballard2212]

You got it spot on!! Great job again and again 👏

[@darrellshirar4411]

Just found your channel yesterday. I like the way you break down the music. There are a bunch of these channels out there. I feel like you were from my era listening to Led Zeppelin in the 70s. Great Job! Hope you do every album.

[@rondarnell949]

Gotta think, there was nothing like this going on. Many other stars didn't really care for it . Most said it was too heavy. Cream is running on empty, Hendrix just started coming up, and Sabbath was still a bar band. This Album is a great part of rock history

[@hemlock399]

It's so too bad you didn't listen to "I Can't Quit You Baby" along with the following track, "How Many More Times". Those 2 songs are absolute electric blues *gold*, & the best two songs on the album, IMO. Plus, there's essentially no gap between them on the album. Since "How Many More Times" is the last track on the album, you might consider pairing the studio track with the live performance "How Many More Times (Danmarks Radio 1969)" - it's an incredible performance!

[@robertlear2735]

Led Zeppelin is The Blues on steroids

[@kentmains7763]

Page wrote most of the lyrics on this album, Plant became much more involved on the second album. This is why the fantasy themes were missing on the first album.

[@j.kevvideoproductions.6463]

I always get a kick out of Page singing during the outro on Communication Breakdown.

[@haroldreid1895]

I've been listening/loving.Led Zep since 1970. I just recently thought of Communication Breakdown a situation of an arguement & his woman is doing the cold shoulder routine

[@MoncurElectric]

IMHO, Plant peaked with Physical Graffiti. He's still a powerful singer.

[@Frankincensedjb123]

Each one of them is like a souped-up Chelby Cobra, muscled up and out muscling everything in sight. Page with those blistering, searing licks, Plant with the screams of a Banshee, and Bonham pounding with the hammer of the gods. Nothing like them.

[@dynjarren8355]

Covid? Please get the Treatments available now! Especially if your coughing. That’s a lung infection and I’d take care it seriously and see a doctor. I wish you well. Take care, man! 👏🏻🎸😎

[@DeborahParham-ve1vp]

Seriously, do something about that lung infection. Too many lung infections that turned into pneumonia are why I am tethered to an oxygen tank now. Take care of yourself. That stuff is nothing to play with.

[@jcoltrane8976]

This riff practically birthed BS’s Paranoid and DP’s Highway Star. It was a seismic shift kind of song.

[@julienmarquet8612]

YOU'RE the best on KZbin guy! First, you're the only one reacting at music I like, who's not asking for money every 5 minutes! And, you're talking English so perfectly, I can understand everything! 😂😂😂😂✌️Because, I'm A FRENCH! YES A FROG! 😂AND, IT'S REALLY COOL, WHEN ENGLISH ISN'T YOUR NATIVE LANGUAGE, TO GET A GUY, TALKING QUITLY, AND CALM LIKE YOU! 😂✌️NOT LIKE THOSE STUPID AMERICAN GUYS, SCREAMING LIKE DOGS, AND I CAN ONLY UNDERSTAND 1 WORDS ON 4! CONTINUE YOUR REACTIONS! YOU ARE REALLY INTELLIGENT, WE CAN SEE IT, IN YOUR EXPLAINATIONS, BUT, YOU COULD JUST, NOT CUT OFF TOO MUCH, TOO OFTEN! WAIT THE END TO EXPLAIN! OR, AT LEAST, DON'T CUT OFF THE GUITAR SOLO, OK ! 😂✌️PEACE FROM FRANCE BRO! ✌️😂🇫🇷🌹

[@sumitamishra5160]

I appreciate how you mention John Paul Jones in most of your reactions , he is indeed the backbone of LZ sound

[@mikefetterman6782]

On "I Can't Quit you Baby" the effect is known as "Tape Delay" or "Slap Back Echo" and is used in a lot of rock a billy and blues music for guitars and John Lennon used it on most of his vocals.

[@mikefetterman6782]

Zeppelin leaned heavier on blues covers the first couple years until they built up their own catalog. Their original goal was to Cream,.... Cream.

[@damonhines8187]

Good to have you back, mate, glad you're feeling well enough, at least to push through any lingering discomfort. Your analyses are still perceptive and incisive as we've become accustomed to, so kudos, and welcome back, brother. I believe Page was still using primarily the Yardbirds-era Telecaster here, with it's signature bite, before switching to the meatier Les Pauls with which he's most often associated, no clue when exactly that transition took place. Live performances from this era are with the Tele too. Always leaned toward Strats, myself...the Jimi influence, primarily, but if I found a Tele with a Bigsby (tremolo arm) at a decent price, I'd be all over it. A late friend offered me one once, then said he'd remove and hold onto the Bigsby, which scotched the deal. Oh well. Just bought an Epiphone SG with P-90s and a Bigsby, so I'm content for now. ttyl8r, cheers.

[@ThaKunzlermichael]

exactly right, 1st album muck electronic sonic blues.....2nd albumn and on more mystic

[@scottlbroco]

You gotta experience: Whole Lotta Love Rock and Roll Kashmir Nobody's Fault But Mine

[@kathleensmith3555]

Glad to hear your feeling a bit better -- Your looking healthy and your energy is positive -- I would love you to watch Eivor someday -- Falling Free -- live is a good start -- or True Love - Original release or a live version she is fabulous --- Thanks for my dose of Zeppelin for today -- I listen to them everyday

[@helenespaulding7562]

Huh. You’re the first person I’ve seen who knows of Eivor ……what a voice! I like her the most when she does traditional songs…gives me the chills

[@kathleensmith3555]

@@helenespaulding7562 I do like her traditional work but she is so talented and many think she only does folk -- Have you heard her song Gullspunnin? -- Its so lovely and she has so much talent as a songwriter in whatever language she chooses -- Ive had her cover of Leonard Cohens song Famous Blue Raincoat stuck in my head for the last week LOL

[@w.geoffreyspaulding6588]

@@kathleensmith3555 Helene here. I’ll go listen to both of those…..thanks! Are you an Aurora fan too?

[@helenespaulding7562]

@@kathleensmith3555 I. Just listened to both the songs you mentioned. Both are lovely. Her voice on Gullspoonun at the end is so pure and crystalline Thanks again!

[@kathleensmith3555]

@@helenespaulding7562 So glad you enjoyed them- I don’t know why I haven’t listened to Aurora yet - but now I think it’s time I do - I’ve seen her name pop up a lot and I bet I’ll love her too

[@cooperstonebadge2228]

yeah page would put a microphone infront of his amp and another behind it to get that space

[@philgoodyear1513]

Well done. Feel better.

[@dmCurator]

Part of the charm of the song is they actually play parts of it just a little bit sloppy which gives it an authentic feel.

[@liamreilly5485]

This album was a rush job at the time and was put together in a hurry so Page could meet contract requirements .These are mainly blues tracks with the Led Zep twist

[@heliotropezzz333]

I think Communication Breakdown sounds like punk before punk was a thing. It's that driving rhythm.

[@stevedahlberg8680]

Great reaction, so many things to be said about these songs and that first album in general. I can't remember if that song, babe I'm going to leave you, is on here. I thought it was. Absolutely phenomenal song that's mostly acoustic but it really shows off plants voice at the time. But yeah everything on all these is clicking and one thing you didn't point out. This preceded what I think of as really sloppy hard origins of punk by really only about maybe five years. And I can hear it all over it. Especially in Communications breakdown. All those barcodes that are sloppy with the intense energy. But I hear it a little bit even though the very bluesy second one. If you notice there's that repeating Barker drift where it goes up a half a step and then back down a couple times in a row. As bluesy as this is, that was in a reduction to a direction that a lot of punk music would go in later.

[@ronsmith2016]

You must react to LZ ultimate song "Achilles Last Stand" off their Presents Album, this song will blow you away!

[@AH-tl8pd]

Love your reactions. One suggestion, you have one more song from LZ I, when you go to LZ III album, react to Since I've Been Loving You Live at Madison Square Garden 1973. should blow your mind.

[@annakermode6646]

Robert Plant singing here aged TWENTY…….. seems he’s lived three lifetimes already

[@danmayberry1185]

SRV: can you hear him on those runs? Did Jimi's London debut affect British style?

[@hpb5495]

Sizzlin guitar..

[@sonofrobert]

Zeps Heartbreaker please. :)

[@w.geoffreyspaulding6588]

He’ll get there…..he’s doing the whole run…

[@sonofrobert]

@@w.geoffreyspaulding6588 Great and really enjoy your breakdowns. Led Zep 2 is very heavy and Plants voice is in it's prime. There is some live stuff on KZbin in '69. Imagine being in the crowd and hearing heavy Zep. People were probably going, what planet are these guys from..lol Do the studio version. Incredible production. Cheers from the Pacific Northwest.

[@w.geoffreyspaulding6588]

You are probably listening to the remastered version. Jimmy remastered the entire catalogue……I think from around 2010-2015……to bring them up to current standards….I could be wrong on the dates, but I’m sure someone on here knows…..😁

[@fredriccartier3576]

LED ZEPPELiN - THE #GREATEST! THE #BEST! THE MOST #BRiLLiANT! AND THE #HE4Vi3ST HARD ROCK METAL BANDS iN THE WORLD !!!

[@pete3883]

U look like , when I heard Hendrix in '67. I was confused?

[@alittlebitofeverything6547]

page goat

[@jbellinger99]

Neil Young - "Cortez the Killer" - a suggestion

[@jbellinger99]

I also suggest one of the most underappreciated bands ever. Over 35 years of great albums, and a reputation built on only one of them, one that hardly reflects their incredible talent .The excellent Cowboy Junkies and "She will call you Baby" (if i had to pick one)

[@jbellinger99]

I have losts of suggestions lol/ Roy Buchanan "The Messiah will Cime Again" or "5 String blues"

[@zosometalgod]

On I can't quit you baby you said Plant smoking and playing the guitar you mean Jimmy Page not plant! Jimmy does all the guitars! And little girl doesn't mean underage! I call my wife that sometimes and she's 33!

[@yankeeboyno7]

Please get the titles correct. It’s ‘I can’t quit you babe’. You’ve done that on a few songs now and it would be nice to take the time to get the correct song names.

[@zosometalgod]

Communication breakdown is proto metal and punk! And Jimmy Page did the producing and mixing John Paul Jones didn't that's why Jimmy Page was a triple threat!

[@paulwhite7972]

It's somewhat ironic that by their end Zeppelin had come to represent the worst aspects and excesses of the 70s rock dinosaurs. Punk came along in 76/77 and made them redundant practically overnight. And yet, here they are at their very beginning with Communication Breakdown and they what do they sound like? A feral punk band! That opening riff could easily have been on the first Damned album, listen to their song New Rose (the first punk single to be released in the UK) and you'll see exactly what I mean.

[@ronsmith2016]

You must react to LZ ultimate song "Achilles Last Stand" off their Presents Album, this song will blow you away!