Led Zeppelin - Black Mountain Side/Communication Breakdown (REACTION)

‪@AirplayBeats‬ reacts to Black Mountain Side/Communication breakdown by Led Zeppelin
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[@Kashmir.820]

ZEPPELIN =GOATS!!!! Often imitated never duplicated!!!! Nobody does it better!!!

[@garyking6519]

Listening to the album on vinyl, the last note of"Black Mountain Side" is the first note of "Communication Breakdown". Hits you like a freight train.

[@mr.knowitall6440]

You need to hear this pair of songs on vinyl... there isn't even a break, it just hits that last note on Black Mountainside, and "Bam!" Communication Breakdown is ON! 🤘😎

[@lloydbraun6026]

Exactly. I wanted to see their reaction with that change

[@bobtedeman5975]

too late now ... all this music is meant to be listened to without pause at all ... there is ONE groove on each side of an LP ... drop the needle and go for the whole side ... people today have no idea what they are missing. It's tragic because they love music so much.@@lloydbraun6026

[@tektoniks_architects]

If you dissected every single rock act after Led Zeppelin, you would find Led Zeppelin's DNA inside all of them....up until and including today.

[@henriettaskolnick4445]

This is Jimmy playing acoustic guitar with an open tuning of DADGAD. Jimmy sometimes called it his "CIA" (Celtic, Indian, Arabic) tuning because it contained those musical influences. He was accompanied by Indian tabla player, Viram Jasani. It is said to take some influence from Bert Jansch's song "Black Water Side". Jimmy used to perform a version of this called "White Summer" when he was with The Yardbirds that he would rework into this for Zeppelin. There is a great 12-minute video of him performing this (known as "White Summer/Black Mountain Side) with only Bonzo providing occasional accompaniment. Communication is proto-punk. They did their best to always stay ahead of the game and push new horizons whether it was in production techniques, song structure, instrumentation, different genres - everything.

[@owenhershey13]

I love the story of when the four of them first got together to try things out, and they played "Train Kept A-Rollin'" ...and the magic was IMMEDIATELY there. The chemistry was there, right from the start. JPJ said he has a big grin on his face as he realized "this is gonna be good." How right he was!

[@emilymartinez6961]

Thank you for playing more Zeppelin, anytime you play them l will be here, l actually saw them do these songs just like this in concert a few times👍🥰

[@juice-pirate]

Playing these two back to back really just shows how diverse as a band they were. But mostly how talented and incredible Jimmy Page is as a guitarist.

[@johnfrank3177]

Hey guys. Led Zeppelin were the template for many bands to follow. Everyone wanted to sound like them and singers in particular had to step up to the plate. I almost quit singing when I heard "Communication Breakdown!

[@mikecaetano]

"Black Mountain Side" was played on a Gibson J-200 acoustic guitar, according to Wikipedia. The preferred string gauge for that guitar is medium (.013, .017, .026, .035, .045, .056 diameters in inches). Strings of that thickness are not likely to break even when played hard and fast. On the record (and the cd) the gap between the two songs is shorter than what you managed (not faulting you) -- basically just enough time to take a breath before "Communication Breakdown" kicks off. Wikipedia also relates a tale Jimmy Page told about a joint interview he once did with writer William S. Burroughs who suggested to Page that he should visit Morocco to investigate the hypnotic power of Arabic music. Page and Plant followed up on that and the result was the song "Kashmir" from their Physical Graffiti album among several others. Meanwhile, "Communication Breakdown" pointed the way towards punk rock and speed metal in the years that followed. I suspect it may also have inspired the Black Sabbath song "Paranoid". As for the remaining two songs on LZ I -- don't discount the blues just yet! [grin] PS. Page and Jones were session musicians before LZ, so they arrived with studio chops in place. You can hear their work on some of Donovan's tunes, "Sunshine Superman" and "Hurdy Gurdy Man" in particular.

[@TexasMagnolia]

Robert Plant’s always loved “Bluegrass”. He’s just finished his second studio album with Grammy Winning Bluegrass Artist - Allison Krauss. Their Bluegrass version of Zeppelin’s “Black Dog” is fire!

[@Philip_LasVegas]

Raising The Roof is awesome! Saw them here in Las Vegas June 14

[@michaelabbeduto1526]

Saw them in Ft Worth over the summer…the rewrites he does of Zeppelin tunes is amazing!!

[@kentmains7763]

The Mighty Zeppelin.

[@susiedawson3349]

I love watching you two listen, discuss, and appreciate Led Zeppelin. I've been listening to them for 50 years and watching others hear them for the first time is heartwarming.

[@williamclifford6112]

"Your time is gonna come," was the first song on side two.

[@russelbarnes7235]

That was a blast from the past. Gotta listen to some Zeppelin. One of the all time great bands for sure.

[@kenhoyer8601]

the whole time listening to black mountain side, you can't wait in anticipation for them to break into communication breakdown.

[@diptastik5651]

The tabla drums were played Viram Jasani.

[@davidmastro5406]

There is a great film clip of Zeppelin playing "Communication Breakdown" on French tv, in front of a really straight-laced, predominantly middle-aged audience. And they played like maniacs, with Bonham twirling his sticks like he was playing to a crowd of fans at MSG. Check it out.

[@juliemanarin4127]

Watch The Song Remains The Same/The Rain Song live in 1973 at MSG!! My God...absolutely magnificent!!

[@ronniel879]

Led Zeppelin …. Often imitated but never duplicated!!!

[@owl-gd6ce]

communication breakdown one of the first punk songs! they are so talented it's mind blowing! Enjoy and check out dazed and confused from the movie song remains the same. It's long but sooo much good energy from those guys!! Peace to you

[@tannonwraith4692]

Every band wanted to be Led Zeppelin and they still want to.

[@jmar7631]

Nice reaction, thanks. Yeah, you're correct when you say that many groups that came after Zeppelin tried to mimic them and failed. None could capture Zeppelin's magic, they're in a class all their own. Edit: The next two songs are both blues rock tunes. If you want to give a live performance another shot, I highly recommend "I Can't Quit You Baby" (the next track on album 1) from their 1970 Royal Albert Hall concert. Fire!

[@Goobie77]

Damn man I just got goosebumps listening to these again! GONNA 😆breakout those albums and spin ‘‘em some!

[@Philip_LasVegas]

14 years old when this album was released… first cut I heard was Communication Breakdown… hooked me forever

[@scottwilliams8334]

I was already a grown man when Zep hit,25,so I didn't worry about parents. I was the parent.

[@petahpunk]

You guys are phenomenal at breaking down nuances and everything else in music I don't have words for. I could spin vinyl and talk about with ya'll for hours. Well Done, keep it going!

[@ElGordo1959]

Viram Jasani (born 1945) is a Kenyan-born Indian sitar and tabla, composer and musician played the Tabla on this. Bonzo was human after all! 🙃

[@thomasmcgivney4519]

Jimmy Page wanted to build a band were each member was a force one their own. He did nothing by chance. Brilliant 🤟

[@user-qm7qo6yj7z]

You know about music and it's cool listening to you. I was in tenth grade and stopped at the music store on my way home and bought this. A few minutes later I listened to it. So cool!

[@waynemoon5359]

It's really awesome to see your enthusiasm for this band. I was blessed to have 1st row seats 1973, Incredible. Get this, they were only six bucks. For some really high quality vocalists try Space Truckin by Deep Purple or The Wizard by Uriah Heep.

[@johngriffiths118]

8.05 absolutely , he gets it

[@tommathews3964]

Just for the record: “Communication Breakdown” can inspire speeding tickets!

[@anadromous9200]

This song got my transistor radio taken from me by my parents when I was ten, 1974.

[@sheila1965troubles]

Bonzo is just beating the skins with his hands! He was literally just obsessed with the drums from the time he could bang two pots together. Got his first drum set at 7 y/o and was off and running! Jimmy is playing the guitar like a sitar. Here's another funny tidbit when you guys talked about them being playboys - Robert was asked one time what it was like getting head at 35, 000 ft (in the jet they leased for three tours, called The Starship - and he said "the turbulence" - hilarious!

[@MrDeengels]

Communication Breakdown is when music was permanently changed!!

[@zepfanforever6502]

He likes fret buzzing. When the string is picked so hard it keeps vibrating off the neck. He does it a lot in the 3Rd album accustics

[@oliver6749]

Always looking forward to your videos! Keep the Zepp coming

[@carcarjinks1430]

what you said about other bands imitating led zeppelin was very true. ozzy even wrote a song about it called "led clones"

[@Greg-om2hb]

Page and Jones were already established studio musicians before Jimmy put together this legendary lineup and took them on the road as "The New Yardbirds," to fulfill a US tour contract signed before the Yardbirds, for which he was the last lead guitarist (playing alongside Jeff Beck, who had stepped in after Eric Clapton quit), broke up.

[@benjaminbrowardONEOG]

Just another day at the office for these guys on the mountain.

[@verginithe]

this might be the first type of a speed metal song

[@26shedan]

I just love your Zep reactions!!!

[@jimmycompton6352]

My 2 cents on led zeppelin's greatness. I 100% agree that each is the best to do it at their particular craft. Like john paul jones doesn't just play base. He plays organ,piano mandolin and melatron which is basically a keyboard with recorded wind instruments,string instruments etc. He sometimes played base with his feet, while playing the keyboard. Robert plant plays tambourine and harmonica in addition to having and incredible voice. Some live shows jimmy page played mandolin instead of jones on the battle of evermore. On gallows pole jimmy page borrowed john paul jones banjo (had never played one) and played it on the recording.In addition to acoustic and electric guitar (even with a violin type cello bow) along with a thing called a theremin which was something he waved around in front of an amp and created erie feedback type sound.Awesome! And bonzo is just bonzo. But to me there is song writing (lyrics) and music writing. Jimmy page also produced their stuff, and that is where he really shined if you ask me. A lot of people compare him to stevie ray, or jimmie hendrix which i get. But the riffs that he wrote are so iconic and brilliant and some of the stuff he did in mixing and producing, wow.

[@MrDirty-if7gc]

I dig the direction your channel is going and while I love much of the music from the first wave of the British invasion, it's the second wave that has me chomping at the bit! Right on Gentlemen.

[@Greg-om2hb]

"Champing"

[@MrDirty-if7gc]

@@Greg-om2hb I've seen both.

[@MrThumbs63]

Here's a few Zeppelin songs that I haven't seen many, if any, reactions: Nobody's Fault But Mine, I'm Gonna Crawl, Gallows Pole, The Ocean, Bring It On Home, and In My Time Of Dying.

[@davidmastro5406]

The four right people at the right time.

[@scottwilliams8334]

Saw Zeppelin 6 times from 69-75 and 5 more times after that. I don't watch many reaction videos because they talk to much. You guys get right to the point, and song . I'm 75 and all we did was go to concerts when I was a youngster. I don't think there's anyone I haven't seen. 100's of shows. I've got a cigar box stuffed with ticket stubs.

[@mikepouliot3630]

Nobody's Fault But Mine live is also another brilliant piece. Hope you get a chance to review it.

[@paulraiz6360]

Johnny Ramone {The Ramones} once said that he copied the Down stroke used by Jimmy for the riff on Communication Breakdown- an intergral sound for the Ramones

[@susanpalmer8931]

Another great reaction. This is my favorite LZ album. Black Mountain Side - hearing it is one thing - seeing it played is something entirely different. If you're interested - 1970 live Royal Albert Hall - it is part of another number White Summer - virtuoso guitar playing - Jimmy is entirely one with the music - fantastic kzbin.info/www/bejne/oXu0kKWAh5isedU Thanks for taking this journey.

[@soir910]

in love with rock music and led zep since i was 12 - yalls analysis is SO PERFECT! - Im jammin yalls whole led zep playlist

[@paullacroix527]

You guys are on a roll lately with some great classic music.

[@m.r3681]

It was American blues legends, such as Robert Johnson, Howlin' Wolf, Muddy Waters, to name a few that inspired British invasion, rock groups such as Jeff, Beck, The Who, Led Zeppelin, the Beatles, kinks, humble pie, Rolling Stones, and so on..

[@acarter4173]

When it comes to electric stuff, Zep obviously revered the American blues men; their acoustic music inspiration comes from two killer Scottish folk players named Davey Graham and Bert Jansch. It was Graham who heavily experimented with Indian and Middle Eastern music and DADGAD "sitar" guitar tuning.

[@jazzyjay698]

Ah those bloody Scots

[@Ballisticbisquit]

You guys make me 😊

[@leandrodasilvaborges1768]

First metal and speed metal song! Very similar to Paranoid from Black Sabbath!

[@toddmitchell7542]

One of my favorites to crank up, at a red light…….😅

[@johnprice6066]

There is a recording of Led Zeppelin at Royal Albert Hall with Jimmy playing "White Summer/Black Mountain Side". "White Summer" was a feature piece that Jimmy did with the Yardbirds, and it was in DADGAD tuning, if I'm not mistaken. "Black Mountain Side" was in drop C tuning, I think... I'm old and it's hard to remember all this stuff... 😁

[@johnprice6066]

Found it! kzbin.info/www/bejne/oXu0kKWAh5isedU

[@johnprice6066]

An here's a performance from the Julie Felix show of just Jimmy and his J-200... The video is really bad, but the audio is awesome. kzbin.info/www/bejne/opOqoYxrqb-ibJI

[@jaquestraw1]

Fucking guitar solo in communication breakdown is sick. Ground breaking

[@teelurizzo8542]

1:32 - Yes, tablas playing the percussion parts.

[@contacluj758]

Well, this album started both metal with Dazed And Confused and punk rock with Communication Breakdown.

[@ednicholson7839]

There was a great British guitarist named Bert Jansch who made this style acoustic style of playing popular in the 60s. I think Page was accused or ripping off Jansch, maybe even in this song. I like to think he was just heavily borrowing and paying homage. LZ borrowed heavily from many musicians, more than they let on in the early days. "Communication Breakdown" on the other hand is LZ practically inventing a new style of hard rock guitar playing.

[@yampymusic]

Bert Jansch Black Water Side kzbin.info/www/bejne/nGaqlKhmiNtpos0si=D8qeLm6o96a1hH4L

[@TexasMagnolia]

Thank you for doing this “Song” right!

[@michaelstarlings5561]

Hey guys, check out Kennedy Center Honors 2012 Led Zeppelin tribute. Will give you back ground of the band,about 23 minutes for whole tribute.

[@wileyjdraws7594]

Rock groups after 1969 went two ways they emulated either zeppelin or sabbath. I recommend y'all react to evil woman a good introduction to classic black Sabbath.

[@tannonwraith4692]

FYI: rock n roll was banned in Europe during the 60's they made a movie about it called " Pirate Radio" hence most musicians in Britain we're listening to blues and jazz artists before they heard rock and roll. Imagine that.

[@davidreilly8888]

Communication Breakdown is known as the first heavy metal song.

[@philipsavickas4860]

this song is my ringtone communication breakdown lol need the humere in a ring

[@TheRoomfull]

7:55 to 8:30 Man you guys nailed it! ✌️

[@joelliebler5690]

ZEP is just amazing now or maybe more than ever.You guys need to try the early CHICAGO and YES and add The WHO and then compare those fantastic bands or just appreciate all that greatness.

[@ChrisBlair-ev3mp]

Yes, that's a tabla being played by Viram Jasani

[@glennborchert8392]

Fantastic performance live guys if you can find that version.

[@bizzarrosupermann3153]

He's playing a Mandoin untill it gets Electric on Communication Breakdown, then look out!! Great job guys.

[@guinnesstrail6799]

Lifted from Bert Jansch’s Blackwater Side

[@AleisterCrowley.]

I came to Zeppelin out of the blue. Early nineties knew nothing about them UK London they were nowhere on the scene when I became a man, I knew no one that played them or talked about them and I knew a lot of people all across London as a kid, no one was into them they had suffered the SO CALLED punk revolution in the late 70s and the 80s were the 80s, by the time I got to 91 as an 18 year old man growing through that I can tell you Led Zeppelin were gone. Nobody played them, nobody talked about them and that is why I knew nothing about them. I had vaguely heard stairway, but it was a very distant song on the radio as a child. Then one fateful night passing the time as I was wont to do by various means with a few friends and a girl called Lucy, The Doors being my guys, thought I knew what I knew and thought I knew what I knew was what I knew, a friend played a compilation tape and one of those songs was Babe I'm Gonna Leave You. What happened during that song still remains a mystery to me and the conscious mind I inhabit, although repeated many times as I went through the discovery of this band and saw, or perhaps felt such brilliance as to be indescribable, a shortcut like this under the deliberate design of our minds in this life comes with a heavy price I still endure in part to this day. There are things known and then there are things unknown. Led Zeppelin will always be, unknown.

[@sooth6059]

I recommend the live knebworth(I think) white summer/ black mountain side Instrumental so good, Although played on electric

[@009AWB]

By the late 1960’s Jimmy Page had become friends with Eric Clapton who also hung out with George Harrison. I wonder if Black Mountain Slide was influenced by Harrison’s time in India with the Maharishi?

[@Blaze_1961]

Tommy Emmanuel - Initiation This instrumental will blow your mind and leave you speechless.

[@metaphoria3]

Diamond Head was big during this time underrated now but directly influenced bands like Metallica checkout Diamond Head - Am i evil

[@metaphoria3]

Good call pointing out Jimmys hard plucking and SRV attack no wonder he had such thick gauged strings I remember a guy stopped by a jam sesh prob in his 30’s we were in our 20’s he played my guitar allot like SRV kinda looked like him too all dressed up. When he gave it back to me it was tuned different he told me about getting a bigger tone thru thicker strings like Stevie .. my guitar hasnt been the same since

[@Deeraise]

deep cut

[@SK-lk3iu]

Now that you guys are true Led Zep fans, you really should watch or react to the short intro speech by Jack Black to honor them at the Kennedy Center some years ago. Very funny intro, only about 2 plus minutes long. The Kennedy Center honors several icons in the music or dramatic arts and is presented & recorded every year in Wash. DC (except for the Trump years), and there are a lot of DC bigwigs and celebs in the audience there. Of course, there were also other rock stars doing versions of some of Led's best known songs that you can check out. They can be seen sitting up in the balcony with their rainbow sashes & medals.

[@marymargaretmoore9034]

White Summer is also a fantastic instrumental. I believe he is playing a sitar. Have you heard the Wu Tang/Led Zeppelin mashup album? Pretty crazy. Also, have you guys done any Traffic?

[@michaelterry3885]

Its funny guys that , you were both dancing around Sweet home Alabama By Lynyrd Skynyrd The now, and likely forever, reigning southern Rock legends.. But when I was listening, I didn't get that so much... It's crazy because I've been listening to both bands now for well over forty years and ot wasn't until you gentlemen Started your discussion.... That it occurred to me, that the acoustic guitar that you're referring to sounds a LOT like an old Marshall Tucker Band song.. (Can't you see.?..) Maybe give it a listen..? Live version or studio.. Either way you can't go wrong... If you get the opportunity please give it a listen ..? And perhaps you can offer an opinion on my Thoughts ... I dig the channel... It's now a hard runner for my top two favorite channel's you guys are a lot of fun hope you have a brilliant week. Thanks in advance , you are very much appreciated.✌💓🙏 Oh since I mentioned them earlier... I sincerely hope you'll soon take a deep dive into Lynyrd Skynyrd.. That band is a veritable gold mine, of musical miracles..!!! Seriously.👀 Thanks again fellas... ✌😎🤙

[@rogercaruso9337]

Page of plant have that Middle Eastern Egyptian kind of feeling if you see them after Zeppelin breaks up and it's Page and Plant you'll see him do that kind of style even plant nowadays when he plays with his solo bands he has that flare to it John Paul Jones also plays a mean mandolin and me and acoustic he seems to be in the background a lot but he has a lot to do with these songs also

[@sherrelwilson7354]

In my time of dyin- live video please!!

[@metaphoria3]

Nice blues to rock track roster “breakdown” never listened to the album in order like this

[@bh7355]

Listen closely to second verse of CB...a second guitar is played. Sounds just like Chuck Berry

[@davidsaurini4328]

JPJ played the citar along with Jimmy

[@lcn325]

Instrument is known as a sitar.

[@frankbernal1032]

What's up guys? I just saw your Stevie Ray Vaughan Texas Flood reaction video. It's great to see people your age appreciate great talent when they see it. If you want to be blown away by top level musicianship check out Frankenstein by Edgar Winters group 1973 video. It will blow you away!!! Then check out Edgar Winter Johnny Winter Tobacco Road video. Talk about next level. Enjoy, peace.

[@rogercaruso9337]

You need to check out the video for this pretty cool

[@PeterTea]

Jimmy Page is pluckin’ good!

[@kensmith8152]

Someone is playing a sitar in the mix

[@Prone2Thrill]

GOATS - Put "The song remains the same" on your viewing list if you're really a Led fan.

[@Prone2Thrill]

The movie not the aong btw. Should have clarified

[@dii6266]

Did not search it but have you guys seen the Jack Black intro to the Kennedy Center Led Zep thing?

[@alanrodgers4223]

He's Playing A Sitar.

[@827dusty]

Please react to Led Zeppelin in concert, with John Bonham's epic drum solo during the song "Moby Dick." If you already have, sorry. If you haven't yet, then please get on it. You'll never listen to, or picture "Bonzo" in the same way again. It's a masterpiece. Thanks Fellas.

[@anitapaulus937]

36 hours, and Jimmy Page paid for it. Atlantic Records released it.

[@juliemanarin4127]

He produced the album too! 4 musical geniuses! I was 10 in 1970 when I first heard this album...I loved them ever since!! Nobody better!

[@anitapaulus937]

@@juliemanarin4127 I was 16 in 1970. Yeah, Jimmy produced all of their albums. They had the perfect manager for the time as well. He was about the band and prevented them from being robbed blind like Queen and others were.