(Re- Upload) Led Zeppelin - The Lemon Song | REACTION

[@jamelakajamal]

Some Of You May Have Seen This Reaction, It’s on my Vimeo Channel But I think I may have found a loophole to put these videos back up over here😅 (But it’s still Blocked in 4 Countries)

[@BigPete44]

Mel! You slick!! 👀🤣🙌

[@pineconey]

Check out Zeppelin's Traveling Riverside Blues if you haven't.

[@jbranum3087]

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[@mikemorgan8588]

My mom tried to break this album over her knee cuz she thought it was degenerate at the time. Before mainstream knew about the blues, bluegrass, or cajun ..

[@rogerstarkey5390]

Next Led Zeppelin, Custard Pie. Pairs with this!

[@Scott-tw8go]

John Paul Jones kills it on this song!

[@alanwhetstone3922]

He kills it on every song

[@johnpbh]

AIN'T... THAT.... THE.... TRUTH

[@NandR]

That bass line is just perfection. It’s all I can hear when I listen to this song. The man is a master musician. Plays whatever instrument he needs to get the job done.

[@ralphfiligenzi6180]

Bonham and Jones were having a field day with this one.

[@johnathandavis3693]

@@ralphfiligenzi6180 Yes- such a MONSTER group. Amazing....

[@christinehill5496]

John Paul Jones' bass on this one. Christ almighty.

[@TheKitchenerLeslie]

Dude, look up a song called Warsaw (Or the First Breath You Take After You Give Up). John Paul Jones is in his mid-60s on that song and he still kills it!

[@totc6196]

Funky

[@johnleonard2507]

His funkiest bass line with Zep💕

[@TheKitchenerLeslie]

@@johnleonard2507 No, either The Crunge or Living Loving Maid

[@johnleonard2507]

@@TheKitchenerLeslie , the Crunge is super funky, but more repetitive than the middle section of The Lemon Song. Living Loving Maid is more of a straight ahead rock tune

[@justice4all772]

John Paul jones impeccable bass playing as usual .

[@Kakker71]

The bass groove in this particular song is the main reason I have been playing the bass for more than 30 years! :-)

[@ronaldsabourin8835]

Completely underrated as a member of this band. People always talk about Jimmy Page and John Bonham. JPJ is an amazing bass player. I think the reason he's forgotten about is that if you don't have great stereo equipment you might not even hear the bass back there. I know I didn't until around the 90s when I got my first real sound system.

[@johnathandavis3693]

One of the GOAT bass-lines in ALL of ROCK.....

[@ronaldsabourin8835]

@Brian taylor Not an airport. No need to announce your departure. See ya.

[@ronaldsabourin8835]

@Brian taylor your IQ is 44? Strange thing to tell a complete stranger but it does explain why you keep commenting on a channel you unsubcribed from. You do know that the more you comment, the more KZbin thinks you like Jamel's content, right?

[@zosomoso]

I wish the middle jam section continued on for an hour. Pretty much a 6 minute bass solo. JPJ murdered it here.

[@sv3931]

📣💯

[@crystalprice7858]

Tell it!!

[@jam8773]

Preach!

[@johnathandavis3693]

GOAT....

[@patrickolaughlin6027]

JPJ , underrated bass player.

[@ginnyboetel2891]

Is that amazing how a 1930's blues song can get translated into Led Zepplin.

[@toddessary4283]

"'Til the juice runs down my leg" is originally from a Robert Johnson song. Sorry I can't remember which one at the moment, but RJ started it. Zep actually got of their songs and references from old school Mississippi blues, which I've always appreciated about them. This song is basically a cover of "Killing Floor" by Howlin' Wolf.

[@RMosack]

This was recorded in pieces throughout 1969. Page was a whopping 25 years old. Plant was only 21. All four guys churning this out in their early 20s. A-freaking-mazing.

[@eddietorres1000]

I love John Paul Jones Bass Lines on this Song it's a Master Piece

[@thereturnoftheprodigalyams6763]

Badass

[@joeb9600]

💯

[@michaeljimson6918]

Absolutely!

[@iantreefellow]

Always!!!!

[@kenransom560]

JPJ was the perfect frame for the pictures Page would paint .

[@vaportrails7943]

That “squeeze my lemon” line comes from Robert Johnson, “Traveling Riverside Blues”, from 1937.

[@essentialjudge2279]

I've made the suggestion that they should all listen to Robert Johnson first.

[@Erin_A_13]

And 'killing floor' most notably from Howlin' Wolf, but started way back with Skip James.

[@harrystark2251]

sadly, they ere notorious for not giving credit to original writers/performers

[@okantichrist]

@@Erin_A_13 killing floor a Hendrix fave too 👍🏻

[@robertcowan7610]

As Jimmy Page has said: he and Clapton, Richards, Beck, etc - they're all still chasing along after Robert Johnson, still trying to reach the high bar he set.

[@barrywatson754]

The staying power and influence of the Mississippi Delta Blues is undeniable.

[@bobcarr2649]

Possibly JPJ's finest hour. Springy, agile, funky, bluesy and melodic...all at the same time. Gorgeous.

[@t-and-d-productions]

squeeze my lemon has been an old blues joke that's been around since the 30's.

[@hakashaqU812]

reminds me of the old Steve Miller tune.... Really love your peaches want to shake your tree...

[@Barneyrubble241]

It's an old blues song. It's a Howlin Wolf song called "Killing Floor" that they reworked. They stole it like a lot of other stuff. lol.

[@harrambou9468]

Ahhh. That’s a relief

[@NT-fo3me]

Freaky deeky indeed. I was born in the 50s, the oldest of 6 kids with 3 younger sisters and came of age when they were making this great music. When my dad first heard the "squeeze my lemon" lines blasting from my room, he couldn't shut me down fast enough yelling about my little sisters hearing it. Good times.

[@robertcowan7610]

Lol. In certain company you've gotta watch out for the "back door man" lines in "Black Dog" and "Since I've Been Lovin' You" too.

[@ginger4141]

So Jamal did you think Zeppelin was going to sing about actual lemons? 🍋😉

[@catc2552]

😂😂😂😂😂

[@grilledspaghetti]

Probably greatest blues bass performance of all time. JPJ is killing it.

[@christinegilbert1078]

I never get sick of that bass line.

[@ronrock9688]

I don´t either, it´s just f*ckin´ great

[@alastorbehemoth]

Who can be sick of it?

[@franky528]

I never can get sick of this song!!! I'm 65! and i've been listening to it since i was 15!!

[@KopCole]

I’m gonna say Jamel is a HUGE Zep fan now.

[@MisterMikeTexas]

Those old blues songs had strong lyrics for the 30s, 40s, and 50s. And Led Zeppelin could make em their own!

[@Nunya_Bidness_53]

When life hands you lemons, make lemonade

[@lesliemeola8209]

When life hands you lemons, make The Lemon Song

[@brucegwynn8509]

@@lesliemeola8209 even better

[@giftedplanksify]

Livin Lemon Lemonade, ( she's just a woman)

[@sheiladaniels9552]

When life give me lemons, I put them in my iced tea!

[@JD-ku6vd]

@@giftedplanksify 😂🤩

[@Illinimax63]

Full circle buddy ... four British guys rocking the blues

[@Boldaslove71]

Full full circle. 4 Brits, basically stealing old blues music and adding their own flavor. Don't get me wrong, it still rocks! By the 60's blues in America was on the down swing and many Brits:Stones, Clapton, Zep, etc brought it back to the Americans to enjoy. Many, inc Clapton, Stones, SRV did their best to give props to the three kings, Buddy Guy, Chuck Berry. Hopeful some in America can appreciate some of the great great music their ancestors invented.

[@Erin_A_13]

To quote Graeme Edge of The Moody Blues (British band) to America with a laugh in his voice: "We stole your music, repackaged it, and sold it back to you!"

[@scottbegonias313]

The best combination of four men that I've ever heard in my life! They're all Masters at their craft 🔥

[@bobp363]

That walk-off was priceless..Im dying watching it over and over..Early Zepp is still amazing,especially if you havent listened to it in a while..

[@woverby1963]

They all shine on this tune but John Paul Jones absolutely SLAYS it on the bass, never tire of this track.

[@photographerjonathan]

More than 50 years and it seems as great as the day it came out. no one like the mighty ZEP

[@Mike_Nowlan]

I just love the way Jimmy and Robert go back and forth with each other with the vocals and guitar so incredible

[@Haltech007]

That whole song is one long amazing bass solo.

[@mamaperdition9708]

In my opinion nobody Could do rock and blues Like Led Zeppelin 4 extremely talented musicians

[@joeday4293]

I think the best part of the whole breakdown is when Plant sing ls "you ain't nothing but a two-bit no-good jive," and Page's guitar goes "oooooooooh!" behind him, like the "Andy from 'Parks and Rec'" reaction gif. 😆

[@brucesmith8178]

Jamel, my brother, you get it! Led Zeppelin honors old school blues masters like Muddy Waters, Howlin' Wolf (Chester Barnett) and his bass man Willie Dixon!

[@notajp]

Many of the British bands back then took inspiration from the blues. Zeppelin, Cream, the Blues Breakers, and many more...

[@simonhill4021]

Nobody's Fault But Mine - Blind Willie Johnson In My Time of Dying (also called Jesus Make Up My Dying Bed) - Blind Willie Johnson/Reverend J. C. Burnett

[@yolandajohnson8685]

absolutely!!!! lots of classic rock artists give tribute to to blues artists of yesteryear. Eric Clapton is just one of the many.

[@matthewburkart7718]

Gotta give credit to honor them. Not pass it off as your own.

[@mr.knowitall6440]

I love how the "solo" section is a guitar solo, bass solo and drum solo all in one...

[@euphegenia]

Oh man. There is soooo much Led Zeppelin to love. I hope you do a lot of them. This whole album is great (Led Zeppelin II)

[@jamelakajamal]

I Have but they blocked me lol so I’m trying to put my Videos back over here and see if they stay up😅

[@eviekelpie1]

@@jamelakajamal thanks J, one of their best albums, it's all gold! My favourite band of all time!

[@sv3931]

@@jamelakajamal I missed that "wall"! 😁

[@cynlcole4649]

"In the Light", In the light, the light " "Get the Led out" ✌😛

[@markbeach2483]

Check out Killing Floor by Howling Wolf to see where Led Zeppelin got this song from

[@piscator57]

Ripping lyrics from other songs is a long tradition in blues, they all did it long before the british bands came on the scene....

[@joshuadeshaies7266]

Yeah they re-did the song. Zeppelins version way better!

[@johnathandavis3693]

@@piscator57 Yup- How many times have you heard the word "satisfied" in blues/rock songs? Very base concept...I love this music....

[@andrewptob]

@@piscator57 As if they only ripped off the lyrics. Lol. Cmon man.

[@leesvideopage]

And mad props to Hubert Sumlin the baddest American Blues guitarist ever (yeah yeah.. there are the 'kings' of course, but Sumlin wears the crown)

[@RMosack]

JPJ's bass playiing during the breakdown around 2:15 onward is simply epic.

[@raymondgilbert1341]

I always loved this one because JP was thumping the hell out of that bass.

[@johnpreiss3025]

You just want more, more, more, baby, baby, baby, baby,..... Groove on, groove on, brothers n sistas

[@phillhuddleston9445]

There is a big blues influence in all of Led Zeppelin's music but some songs like this are just straight up blues.

[@chrisw3421]

Yeah man! I wish Zeppelin would allow it, they would get way more new fans. Don't risk your channel, we want you around.

[@jaquestraw1]

@Hydin Biden Awesone!

[@nellgwenn]

Traveling Riverside Blues by Robert Johnson (1937) has the 'Squeeze my lemon' line in it. You should do a reaction to it. Then the Led Zeppelin version of Traveling Riverside Blues.

[@yolandajohnson8685]

ABSOLUTELY, EXCELLENT SUGGESTIONS.

[@TheMDJ2000]

Hell of a groove on that song...

[@libraryminnie7674]

Unbelievable, you forget just how beyond good this band is! The creativity and arrangements are beyond belief. You could not get away with songs this length these days. I feel like it is so unusual now for any room is made to showcase the prowess of the band. I regret not making it my business to see them live. Thanks for the gifts you shower us with during a time we still need something to take us out of our heads full with worry. Led Zep forevah!!!!!!!

[@CapAnson12345]

John Paul Jones KILLS the bass on this one.

[@purplefairee]

This song has a history. It's roots go way back to old blues. So glad you did this one.

[@888jimm]

So funky.... You can smell it -Buddy Guy 😎

[@scarletjohnston741]

Buddy Guy is amazing. Saw him live twice. He's smiling the whole time he's shredding. Love him 💝

[@888jimm]

@@scarletjohnston741 - I'm so jelous 😎 I'm a guitar player mostly I plagerize oops practice... playing like Buddy and just caint get close to his sound. His guitar has more notes in it I think 😂

[@rikki030381]

I've seen him more times than I care to admit. He'll also say so funky you'll still taste it in 3 days.

[@JustMe-vk4fn]

Back when we were listening to Led Zepplin, our parents couldn't be less interested in any of it as long as we didn't play it too loud. That was probably a good thing. (for us). Imagine being in your twenties and listening to music like this. I was lucky.

[@intotheblue96]

Oh it's been a long time since we had the freaky deakyness on here! 🤣

[@yyz4761]

I’ve listened to Led Zeppelin since I was a child and in a plethora of amazing songs this is one of my favorites

[@56jsking]

Hands down one of my favorite zeppelin songs. Just kick ass start to finish. 🤘🏻

[@brenna2131]

I do enjoy watching Jamal chide Robert Plant for his not-so-subtle innuendo 🤣

[@stephenhanson3647]

JPJ kills it and Jimmy Page is the best "sloppy" guitar player ever.

[@jasonjason7823]

I always considered it choppy. But absolute master

[@therugburnz]

Sloppy? nah. Killin' yeah

[@jodyguilbeaux8225]

i could not get this song out of my head in the summer time back then, what a great song.

[@racebiketuner]

Thanks Jamel. It's been too long since I heard this. Way too long...

[@trappenweisseguy27]

All bass players know about this song. John Paul Jones is playing a wonderfully slithering line with impeccable tone. Fender jazz bass btw.

[@jimmygreer6172]

I can see Jamel is really digging that funky bass line JPP is rockin through the entire song.

[@rubentullenaar2934]

Inspired by Howlin' Wolf "Killing Floor" and Albert King's "Cross-cut Saw" but references go even back to 1937 with the song "She Squeezed My Lemon" by Arthur McKay. It is said that Led Zeppelin were fiddling around in the studio and recorded this song in one take... simply amazing. Great groove by John Paul Jones on bass.

[@DanEcho67]

John Bonham's drumming just gets those shoulders moving, doesn't it? He was gone too soon.

[@larryronkq586]

Jamel I watched your reaction to Peter Frampton Comes A live from 1976 I have to tell you i laughed so hard and cried for so long i all most peed my pants ,Your a blast brother , It is still one of the top 2 selling LIVE LPS EVER RECORED Thank you so much for personality ,,,

[@roechellebreeding8714]

Now I'm going to have to go watch that one, I've missed it. Jamel, you are awesome, love watching your reactions.

[@yinyangja]

"Children" at the end I think means juice. From the lemon. Leaves his children juice on the floor.

[@harrambou9468]

Congratulations you know how adult activity works. 😂👌

[@ledded1]

I was 12 yrs old in 1969 when I first heard Zeppelin and this album paved the way for the rest of my life.

[@novaleeseabolt6797]

You make my nights !!!!! I absolutely love your show ! Can’t get enough ! Keep on keeping on 😘👍

[@kevinadrian9366]

Rober Plant actually got kicked out of college for singing a version of this song before Zep. Classic.

[@sidneybailey9217]

YOU GOTTA DO SOME RORY GALLAGHER!!! start with Do You Read Me, or Bankers Blues, or Going To My Hometown. You won't regret it.

[@ralphfiligenzi6180]

Hey Jamel thanks for the cool reactions we appreciate it brother. Cheers!

[@louisb5563]

Funny the way you took the headphones off and walked! "All the kids out of the room!"

[@rhiannonvorstag9403]

"I'M GONNA CRAWL".... is A MUST ! please Trust Me when I tell you "it's A Must"!

[@glasgavlen]

It really is!

[@jerry-ny7hs]

Zeppelin is classic and a band I wish I would have seen in 1977 but was only 12 . I started going to rock concerts later that year but regret not being able to see them live. Jamel please react to "Montrose" Rock the Nation . many other good songs on " Montrose " too

[@anonymousowl72]

You could almost pick any track off of the first 4 Zep albums...maybe even the first 6. Anyway, random gem for you is Double O Soul Ray Charles w/ Billy Preston...please. You won’t be disappointed.

[@Mona.555]

I’ve been listening to Zeppelin since their beginning. 3 concerts in early 70’s and…still love them like the first time what an era in music! legendary… how the .... did I get this old? like Ronnie said 🔊🔊🔊

[@markuzvaldez3053]

I loved this haha “you ain’t slick” hahaha such a good reaction. Thank you brotha

[@TimCB900F]

What a way to wake up on this Sunday morning. Lemon song from Led Zeppelin II. Yea baby!

[@eventwice1981]

This is basically Howlin' Wolf's killing floor.

[@StevenCarinci]

Along with Wang Dang Doodle.

[@mavjimbo]

And still sounds a million bucks

[@jaypennebaker9979]

This is my absolute favorite Led Zeppelin song. The bass work by JPJ is just amazing. As for the line in the middle about the lemon, the myth goes, Plant forgot the lyrics during that verse so just started singing the line from an old Willie Dixon song.

[@josepharmsberger7633]

Late night treat, thank you sir.

[@kathyhansen2820]

Can't tell you all how it warms the heart of a going on70 year old how young Black men and women react to my generations music. 70s, 11th row, amazing, good, good stuff.

[@beerblues762]

You need to know where the lyrics come from. The man responsible for these lyrics and many more such as Sweet Home Chicago is Robert Johnson.

[@justice4all772]

four symbols on the label and inside sleeve of Led Zeppelin IV, represent (from left to right) Jimmy Page, John Paul Jones, John Bonham and Robert Plant. ... The idea for each member of the band to choose a personal emblem for the cover was Page's.

[@jrwarner579]

I love that song its got so much grove and Jimmy hits that guitar hard...so soulful !!!!

[@ronettepampaian1898]

I'm a huge ZEPPELIN FAN!! My parents where hippies in San Francisco in the mid 60's to 70's. Our old house is still there.

[@Babystabi]

Jamal, you need to check out ELVIS COSTELLO. “What’s so funny about Peace, Love and understanding?” Goes along with your shirts quite nicely. Costello has dozens of GREAT songs! Allison, Veronica, every day I write the book ........

[@gabrieleghut1344]

Why do I love Led Zeppelin? Because of exactly this album, Led Zeppelin II. The lemon song and whole lot of love is what I first listen to with 16 in 1975.

[@tyrannicaltypomichaeltester]

Yeah your reaction says it all when any Zeppelin song Hits it's automatic amazing

[@peck404]

Great joint song... Kicking back with this entire album 🤪💥💥🧡🎸🎸

[@kmars21]

the killing floor is the section of the slaughter houses in Chicago where they killed the cattle, back in the day apparently a lot of blues men worked there and it was a horrible job

[@michaelteague7260]

This is the music that I grew up with 🎼 🦋 From age 10 & up for me. I still remember listening to this music, & it was beyond everything that I had heard before 🎼. Still feel that🎼🦋 The band pulls from a lot of the Great Blues Artist an edge 🎼 ….Also never understood particular lyric as a young girl. Still have yet to outgrow Led Zeppelin 🎼🦋. Love your reaction also, it’s like getting to listen to it with a new musical ear! It’s Fun ✌️❤️

[@geraldsandlin5180]

sister got married to this song. it was 104 degrees in texas

[@alanwhetstone3922]

I just love a winter wedding LOL

[@bigEratt]

Weird sister and bro in law..Or maybe they didnt know the lyrics at the time..

[@essentialjudge2279]

Should have played "hot dog"

[@johnathandavis3693]

@@bigEratt -Perhaps more of a "honeymoon song" I suppose...

[@bigEratt]

@@johnathandavis3693 🤣

[@tomhernandez7025]

The Lemon song is one of my favorites. John Paul Jones' bass line is awesome!

[@dawgson1756]

The Band of Joy- Hey Joe, Robert Plant singing and John Bonham on drums, you’d approve

[@billholder1330]

JPJ delivers a killer bass lesson on this one - this is how it's done, folks! A true Master at work!

[@kenstanley2567]

George Thorogood "One Bourbon, One Scotch, One Beer", and "Bad to the Bone " please sir? You won't regret it!!!

[@12peekabooo]

Jamal man, I love your content. You had me laughing out loud on this one!

[@anthonypowell6234]

His second mind is in his head. The one on top, that is.

[@eviekelpie1]

😂

[@eviekelpie1]

Well...he was a young 26 year old when he sang this...say no more lol

[@ChrisLawton66]

Second mind means he had second thoughts. He had second thoughts but didn't listen.

[@looneygardener]

His first mind is in his head too

[@anthonypowell6234]

Nope. His first mind was in his pants, and that's why he was in a trap.🤣

[@tommaxfield6039]

The Mighty Led Zep Baby! All 4 members are arguably the best at what they do. As with The Who! Lovin' your reactions Jamel

[@jbranum3087]

Love to see you do "a quick one while he's away" live version by the who.

[@buddygripple7512]

Hopefully the Rock N Roll Circus version

[@johnfitzpatrick3094]

I think the Stones response to that performance was "We give up."

[@immortalserito774]

One word:Epic!

[@yenlard6683]

You need to react to the live version from The Rolling Stones Circus !! Ridiculous 🎧🔥

[@chatterboxjan8]

I had forgotten how great this song was.......live even better..................

[@euphegenia]

I’d love to see you do Ten Years Gone, Fool In The Rain, Going To California. Led Zeppelin has an amazing amount of good songs besides their most famous ones.

[@jamelakajamal]

I’m gonna try to bring all of them over, but I’ve done them👍🏾

[@xladydriver]

@@jamelakajamal Ten Years Gone 👍👍👍😎😊🎶🎶🎶

[@kristiwheels9381]

@@jamelakajamal Bring it on home!.... Another great LZ song

[@eastwestfarm]

This is one of those songs that you definitely get a dose of musical magic from all four of these men. Masterpiece.

[@kevinsunday-white7656]

Squeezin' that stank face again! Quest on brother Jamel! Hope you can make it all work! Good luck.

[@christopherreid9992]

Love This One As Well. Led Zep Is Spectacular!!!

[@stephenparks6002]

Jamel,..you seem like a really genuine good person man.Been part of getting through this pandemic madness.God bless your good soul man.Keep on keeping the faith

[@doobiedave9686]

Oh yeah, Page's guitar, Bonham's drums, and John Paul Jones's bass are all smokin' on this song. 👏👍🤘✌️

[@boyderickson5164]

Your reactions are great! I would love to meet and talk music and movies. Boyd from South Dakota.

[@Nico_Tena]

The bass work on this is so dope!