Led Zeppelin - Physical Graffiti｜Vinyl Monday

[@troubadour723]

Ten Years Gone contains my favorite of Page’s guitar solos.

[@StonefieldJim4]

So great to hear you sing the praises of In the Light. I first heard that track when I was 12 - back in 1981, and it still enthralls me. It's a mystery to me why it's so overlooked.

[@anderstietz809]

Thank you for your commentary regarding “Groupies”.

[@konowd]

The deep cuts on this album are amazing, I’m glad classic rock radio isn’t running them into the ground

[@abigaildevoe]

me too - came back because i thought of your comment after hearing heartbreaker on the radio for the umpteenth time

[@konowd]

Stairway to Heaven is also famously overplayed to death a million times over as we all know. Radio just plays the first side of Zeppelin four and Kashmir to death, thank God they’re not burning out the real good stuff

[@konowd]

Also always wondered what time Kashmir is in, like Kirk from Metallica once joked, I can only count to four

[@mikeyii]

@@abigaildevoe Followed immediately by Living Loving Maid, album style. It’s always interesting to me that it seems to have become an unspoken rule with radio - forged undoubtedly in the 70s by DJ habits - to do a two-fer. Much like We Will Rock You into We Are the Champions. I think it’s merely an old convention due to the fact that those songs seem to have extremely brief space between them on the vinyl for some reason. Although DJs spinning albums on air is long dead save perhaps college radio or small stations, it’s a habit that just stuck.

[@therichbuddha3277]

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[@MonkeyRush93]

This has always been my favorite record, it’s both their SGT Peppers, AND their White album, all at the same time!

[@biged680]

i see its correlation with the white album more, houses of the holy is more like their sgt p

[@die2no]

It's more like their Exile On Main Street

[@DAVIDGREGORYKERR]

@@die2no Have you noticed that the track A day in the life there is a few seconds of locked groove madness.

[@drlarrymitchell]

It's their Exile on Main Street.

[@airyanawaejah2323]

So which one is their Abbey road?

[@Frank_nwobhm]

"Boo hoo, I store my records in the jacket, go ahead and cry about it" Quote of the year right there. (I do it too Abby. 40+ years, no ill affect)

[@abigaildevoe]

nice to know that quip went over well with a longtime collector haha!

[@Frank_nwobhm]

@@abigaildevoe It was brilliant. I actually started to do the store outside the sleeve thing a year ago, but reverted when I realized it was decreasing my storage space. Side note. There's a well known company that sells a round bottomed static free 2 mil sleeve that is perfect slipping into original paper sleeves and overtly snug jacket situations like this. I don't want to say the name. Lets just say it rhymes with Risk Leapers.

[@whssy]

@@Frank_nwobhm yeah I use those too. They're great. But that said, the MSFL ones Abby uses will slide just fine into most liners too - certainly the heavy duty ones. I just keep them in there and slide the record out without removing the protective liner - solves the creasing problem.

[@davidhawthorne1757]

Peter Grant said that this was the bands best album. The album was almost as big as Peter himself.

[@XFLexiconMatt]

PG is one of the albums I always go back to. Several in the Zeppelin catalog are hard to beat, but this highly regarded.

[@c.e.anderson558]

I'm 63 and just discovered Presence 5 years ago. Boogie With Stu was impromptu jam while tape running. One take all the way.

[@TheLyleB]

The bass line to Custard Pie should be beamed into space so the aliens know how smart we are.

[@dmitrivaloneart8277]

Achilles Last Stand......You are the first I have ever known to say this is their favorite song from Zep. And I cannot agree more! Great video, all your videos are amazing, witty, insightful and well thought out. Thank you for sharing!

[@almishti]

That makes me happy too, Presence is my fave rave album of theirs!

[@geoffstockton]

I’ve been binging your vinyl Mondays episodes and I hope I’m not the only one to request Songs in the Key of Life by Stevie Wonder. Absolutely excellent job on all these.

[@danielhamby9448]

I always made sure the cat was always in the window! I love this album!

[@stingylizard]

Love what you do,thanks. This album is like part of me DNA--it's stuck way down inside at cellular level,man.🎶 1975-everyone bringing their 4 finger lid over to whoever's house to listen to all 4 sides non-stop. Designated doobie rollers and album flippers. Cheers!

[@thermionic1234567]

That makes me think of that song by the Incredible String Band - “A Very Cellular Song.”

[@alexanderednie1205]

In the Light still blows my mind

[@grommet3798]

A monumental effort. Thanks for covering this one! I so hope you'll do Presence soon.

[@kristofftaylovoski60]

And you are very correct for pointing out all the "poor judgement" utilized by all parties concerned when it came to "baby groupies"...

[@kentclark6420]

I just now discovered your channel, and looked through your videos, and for someone your age you sure have a high percentage of top classic artists and songs, or albums! Keep up the good work!

[@timetraveler8777]

Led Zeppelin are my favorite band of all time , so I'm really happy of this episode of vinyl monday , great talk us usual , my favorite of this album are " custard pie", " the rover", in my time of dying" , " the wanton song" and "sick again"

[@ArtbyJoeH]

Always makes me smile to see you young dudes loving up on classic albums 😎👍

[@Chris-lp2ok]

Love the Zeppelin “cough” reference @ 16:53 😜.

[@rodrilefou2091]

I always thought that the cover of this album is one of the best ever, loved playing with the windows as I listened to the songs. Had the feeling that it represents perfectly what Zeppelin was, a mix of that British street sound from the seventies and the mysticism that always surrounded the band. Great review!

[@MojoPin1983]

Interesting tidbit: Jeff Buckley’s favourite band and biggest musical influence was Led Zeppelin. The first album that he ever owned was Physical Graffiti. The apartment building on the cover of said album is on the same street, just doors away, from where Jeff regularly played and recorded his first EP, Live at Sin-e.

[@abigaildevoe]

wow i didn't know that but it makes perfect sense! jeff covered everything from leonard cohen to MC5, no surprise he'd like an album as eclectic as physical graffiti

[@MojoPin1983]

@@abigaildevoe Jeff also said in an early interview that he wanted to make an album that would make people forget about Led Zeppelin II. On the night that he drowned, Jeff was singing along to the opening track on said album - which was playing on his friend’s boombox - just moments before he disappeared, under the waves. Have you heard his covers of Night Flight? The extended version from the album, You and I, includes Jeff giving a shoutout to each member of Led Zeppelin, while talking about how much the song meant to him. Also, in a live rendition of The Way Young Lovers Do, during a concert in Germany, circa 1995, Jeff incorporated a really cool segue of Led Zeppelin’s Four Sticks, in the intro.

[@brianx8550]

the building is also in the video "Waiting on a friend" rolling stones ...Mick is singing on the steps

[@fran98832]

I couldn't agree more on your take of SIDE C being the strongest side of the album and side closers being heavy hits, great video, I loved it ! ! !

[@fenestrosaur]

Wonderful vid! This album never gets old for me, every time I listen to "In the Light," "In My Time of Dying," or "Night Flight" feels better than the last.

[@cindyurban150]

Hi Abby, I so appreciate all the hard work,and research you put into all your videos ! And that goes for your make up,and fashions ! Led Zeppelin were "Rock Gods" in my eyes, I saw them at Madison Square Garden twice. Jimmy Page was a "Merlin" type Magician on stage, dressed in black velvet pants and jacket embroidered with silver sequins of Astrological planets, and signs ! His guitar made sounds I never heard before,and when he got the violin bow out the crowd went wild ! He had "Hypnotized" the audience,and we LOVED it ! Robert Plant was a blond,god from an ancient myth,with a voice that made us believe anything he sang about ! John Bonham The constant beat of excitement,JPJ,the quiet gentlemen who played such an ethereal sound on keyboards.They were everything to us ! Physical Graffiti was not my favorite album though...Led Zeppelin III is my favorite,so artistic, and original. I will always love them !

[@abigaildevoe]

all the accounts of seeing zeppelin in the flesh are similar to yours - they were MAGICAL! it’s one thing to be a great rock musician but they were performers too! what a treat it would’ve been to see jimmy’s costumes in person, they were gorgeous (i’m such a clothes nerd haha)

[@malcolmsmith5271]

Too much to take in in one sitting on its initial release back in ‘75, but over the years my love for this album knows no bounds. It’s sheer eclecticism makes for a engrossing listening experience, and your observations about the track listing were most pertinent. Excellent informative episode once again.

[@abigaildevoe]

thank you so much, it was almost too much to take in for this video! 4/5 listens before the video is A LOT of physical graffiti in a matter of days haha

[@MisterTMH]

Physical Graffitti is possibly the Best Led Zeppelin record and is one of the best double LP.s of all time.

[@markhorton1718]

Physical Graffiti!!! What an iconic record!! I was finally able to make it to NYC this past June and go to Saint Mark's Place. Every hardcore fan really should make the trek to the building on the cover. I even met a couple from the west coast doing the same thing I was. Love your channel Abigail!! ☮❤☮

[@abigaildevoe]

thanks! that trip is on my list for spots to see in NY - but i gotta say, the street in greenwich village where bob and suze did the freewheelin album art takes the priority!

[@marydarko3380]

so glad you covered this record and i definitely fangirled a little cause of the sleeve of the record, i literally had no idea! also i agree with the fact that side 3 is the strongest, i remember hearing ‘in the light’ watching mindhunter and it gave me absolute chills, made me a massive fan immediately. that’s definitely a favourite and down by the seaside, it reminds me so much of school trips to seaside resorts

[@williamcabell142]

They are, and will always be the GOATS, they created their own genre! 😎👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏

[@zephead64]

Fantastic breakdown on this amazing classic. I give you extra props for your very BOLD statement that no other LZ song can unseat Achilles Last Stand as your personal favorite. I would definitely state that one as an incredible high contender as one of my favs since the time that Presence was released. 🎵💜

[@abigaildevoe]

that's the one zeppelin opinion i hold that has yet to be unseated!

[@zephead64]

@@abigaildevoe believe me... when I heard you say that it was Achilles Last Stand I gasped... with pure joy!

[@emiliojoseguimaraes6736]

I love the song “ Sick again!” It’s so rocky! Congrats, Abigail for another great review! 👏👏👏

[@konowd]

Sick Again is about groupies if I understand correctly

[@abigaildevoe]

comment your favorite album art below! the joke about this album totally being delayed because of the jacket lands 100% better on the short version i promise!!

[@emiliojoseguimaraes6736]

I liked your joke 😃

[@peterjetnikoff]

My favourite album cover art has almost everything to do with that moment of breakaway from the influence of older siblings and claiming something as your own. Never Mind the Bollocks Here's the Sex Pistols with its deliberately ugly colour scheme and ransom note lettering felt like just the explosive breaking point I needed at the time. Still have my (now quite unplayably decrepit) copy from 1977 nestling against the wall in my living room, gauche pink and yellow blocks and all.

[@abba_gaba]

Freak Out!

[@tudormiller887]

Great album review. I must admit I don't have this album in my collection. I received Mothership as a gift, so I never bothered to purchase all the Led Zep albums. Totally regret it now. I look forward to your future video on Zeppelin and their 'issues' with The Blues. Watching from London UK. P.S. The whole thing with 70s guitar bands abusing underage girls is pure filth. It's crazy just how common that type of behaviour was accepted and encouraged back then.

[@johnwelch5132]

Great to have you back! And great choice. Bit of Kashmir always welcome. I’d say that sleeve art is better than Some Girls by the Stones…

[@yannmounier2123]

In 1975 i moved to Sydney Australia,the first record that i bought at the music store round the corner of my street:that one ! Sweet memories,thank you Abigail.

[@marcrussell8593]

Another Great job, Abby. I had the original album. My older brother brought it home on November 23, 1975. I was 8 years old. This double album was the first hard rock album my ears EVER heard. THIS is the album that changed my young life forever. His copy was an opening g album, Luke 2 and 4 were. Yours is a single jacket. I listened to all 4 sides,all in one sitting. Incredible double album, if half of it is earlier stuff from the prior albums.

[@alvinhayden8358]

I feel the exact same way about "Hats Off To (Roy) Harper". I always thought that "Hey, Hey What Can I Do" would have actually made a better album closer on III than "Hats..." did.

[@MrsFish7]

... early teenage years (1977 ish, Oxford, UK),...one of my favourite aunts dragged me into a record shop and said 'pick any record you want' .... I picked Led Zeppelin's 'Physical Graffiti' (loved the cover)... probably the best decision I ever made... fell in love with this life changing record... (The Rover...in my top 10 songs ever!!) ... first gig was Zeppelin's second Knebworth show '79.... LP sounds as fresh and exciting today (45 years later) as it did back then.... only other music that has done this for me is Bowie...

[@abigaildevoe]

sounds like one damn cool aunt! you're so lucky to have had this music in your life for so long, and very lucky to have seen zeppelin

[@randykent9594]

Side three is perfect. It encompasses everything about the creativity of the band.

[@jennydeaf9O9]

this channel makes my day, like,,, evry day. thx u abby

[@stevecowder4774]

That album IS truly special, not only for the music inside but for that unique, creative and mystique design, filled with an abundant amount of trivia. Other than Zepp. 3, there’s just no other cover like it. I don’t have nearly the awesome collection of vinyl that you do but at least I do possess this one. I love your favorite song choices but I really dig the epic “ In my time of Dying. “ And that one was never burned out because it was too long to get any airplay, making it even more special for myself. Great demo by the way, Abby.

[@whssy]

The original cover of "Different Class" by Pulp has a similar thing going on.

[@paulduggan5323]

Once again, you have completely nailed it! My thinking is over 90% with you. For me, the most delicious, beautiful and appropriate album sleeve for such a vast sprawling double album. And I agree that “in the light“, “10 years gone“ and “the wanton song” are the true triumph of this album. I would also add “in my Time of dying” to the shortlist amongst four sides of glorious riches.

[@franco426]

The review was like the album, epic and amazing! I think it just might be my favorite Zeppelin album as it has so much amazing stuff on it! I love how it is a top loader and the cover is so cool too!

[@twofromthetrunk9932]

Love watching your vinyl Mondays. Physical Graffiti is one of Led Zeps best. You have such great back stories. Well done.

[@abigaildevoe]

thank you so much!

[@toddhill7483]

Very insightful. Side 3 is my favorite. Gratitude.

[@tomballentine6106]

Really enjoy your channel Abby! Love the fresh perspective on music I've enjoyed for many years. Note about the cover; the New York building was the site of the Rolling Stones "Waiting On a Friend" video. Thank you for your good work!!

[@VurseTV]

Awesome video. I love hearing people talk about albums I love in great detail. A true 10/10 record for me.

[@user-gk1nt6sm2z]

Maybe the best review of anything I have seen. Congrats

[@donleblanc2669]

Oh my gosh .... i,m first comment . Great choice Abigail , i can,t count how many copies of this record i,ve had .... cd / vinyl / 8-track ... yadda yadda yadda .... FYI - that was cool how you did " COUGH " 😜 , that made my giggle !! wonder if you saw my comment on Master Of Reality ( Black Sabbath ) .... amyway ... enjoying your channel !! have a great day Abigail 😊

[@abigaildevoe]

master of reality is in the schedule for december! we love ozzy, gotta celebrate his birthday on the channel!

[@davidlacey2588]

Insightful review, nice work! Always a personal favourite & one of the very few 70s double albums that work.

[@patlampo9288]

Thank you for hilighting this album😃

[@frankbelt633]

Great review. Zeppelin 1 was the first or second long player album I ever purchased in 1969. I was only in the 6th grade. I never spent much time listening to Graffiti. I had moved on to country and bluegrass by 1975. I need to go back and give it a listen with fresh ears. Your review will help me wade through it. Thanks,

[@kowalski3769]

Spot on review! Great album. Practically every song is a keeper!

[@chuckdibble1425]

Abigale DeVowe !! I just found you this week !! Im a punk rocker since 77 but i grew up with the stuff you reveiew.And i appreiate how you do it!! Your depth in research is impressive Its obvoius you have had some communications training and you are doing a great job!! I hope you keep- on going I love your style!!

[@rayk6049]

“Go cry about it” 😂 awesome. Another great review.

[@abigaildevoe]

hahaha i'm glad the audiophile snark is appreciated

[@tremelo8508]

You have those odd thoughts that I have, such as your opinion about Zeppelin 3 and Ray Manzarek being your favorite member of The Doors. So cool to hear those things from a youngster (compared to me) LOL!!! Hats off to (Abigail) Devoe!!!

[@scottnalley8542]

Fav Zep album!! Enjoyed it

[@whssy]

First heard this in 1984 when visiting my French penpal near Bordeaux when I was 15. Her older male cousin lived round the corner in a shabby house and he'd repair motorbikes and stuff. I think she was the "annoying younger cousin who comes to hang out sometimes" and she took me along. He asked what music I liked and said I'd been getting into Led Zeppelin. At this point I had only heard my younger brother's copies of the first 4 LPs (he didn't have a new wave/ Bowie habit to support like I did. He started young with LZ1 when he was about 12) - and he put "Physical Graffiti" on. I knew right away I had to have a copy - it sounded even better than the other Zeppelin I'd heard. Being just 15 I was constantly broke and couldn't afford all the records I wanted, even though ALL of my money went on records - so it would be another few years till I actually did get a copy - it was usually in the "this or 3 other records" price level. I eventually found a second hand copy in about 1988 - years later Discogs revealed it to be a first pressing. I only have this and LZ1 on vinyl - but I do have the CD box set. Where am I going with this? Well - after your LA Woman video last week that makes 2 consecutive videos on your channel covering pretty much the entirety of the English-language music I associate with my various stays in France. Unusual coincidence.

[@abigaildevoe]

unusual coincidence indeed. but a really wonderful story :) i have a batch of albums i will forever associate with travels

[@colingillis5989]

Their best hands down! I was playing my Dad's copy of this at 6 years old and was fascinated with the interchangeable artwork. Great review cheers!

[@Boschini666]

My favorite Zep album ever.

[@shortfuse3776]

one of my favorite albums from one of my favorite bands great review

[@JimiHendrix-es4lv]

With the time signatures, you're right, except that they meet evey 12 beats, not every 12 measures. 4 measures of 3/4 take the same time as 3 measures of 4/4. 12 beats each.

[@LEWDUVA]

First time watching - you caught my attention with PG. Spot on and thoughtful review. Nice work. Achilles' Last Stand - hell yes!

[@abigaildevoe]

thanks so much! glad i could get your attention

[@seankelly1366]

My personal favorite album by Led Zeppelin......amazing record

[@marcusharrison6617]

I have a 1975 new zealand re lease of led Zeppelin physical graffiti album used to belong to my parents its a classic .Seen robert plant live in 1999 solo tour in scandinavia . very proud. brings back a lot of Great childhood memmories

[@michaeloneill1360]

THANK YOU FOR REVIEWING MY FAVORITE LED ZEPPELIN ALBUM!!

[@michaeloneill1360]

1975 Was a Great Year!! Because I saw Zeppelin Live & Had my 1st Girlfriend! (Polite way of saying Lost My Virginity)

[@michaeloneill1360]

Did You Listen to the Album Straight or Stoned??

[@mcolville]

ACHILLES LAST STAND!! !!!

[@AnubidIsAwful]

COLVILLE'S ALIVE

[@robertfmorton]

Love your vids. I really like that for someone so young you are so knowledge and articulate.

[@jonrhythm3686]

This was a fantastic breakdown. She did her homework for this one.

[@dvd4802]

This is my favorite zeppelin album I love your custard pie and all the other songs awesome artwork too

[@guillermocevallos9587]

Just finished watching your Led Zep Physical Graffiti Vinyl Monday vid. As always, a pleasure to watch. Your insight is illuminating and it's obvious you did your due diligence prior to recording your video. This is my favorite album of theirs. I love every song. It did take me a long time to appreciate some of their more "unzeppelinesque" tunes, but just like most anything else, appreciation comes with time and patience for being my fave, I don't own a copy. I'm holding out for a clean OG copy in the wild when i find one. Keep up the good work and looking forward to next Monday's broadcast.

[@abigaildevoe]

the most fun thing about zeppelin is that once you get into the post-LZIV stuff, they really throw out the blueprint of what a zeppelin song "should" sound like and do whatever they can dream up

[@governorbreck2205]

Fun review! There was one other time that Page, Plant, et al, revisited a song from one album while recording another album, at least one other time that I can think of. "Hots on For Nowhere" on the 'Presence' album was actually a reworked arrangement of "Custard Pie."

[@ThiagodMoraes]

Hey Abigail, thanks for that. My all time favorite record by my favorite band, timeless!

[@josemenendez4454]

My favorite Led Zeppelin album

[@johnwilding4664]

Hats Off To Roy Harper is Shake 'Em On Down by Bukka White. This is my favorite Zeppelin album: it is very rich and multi-layered; yes a behemoth. Thus it will take numerous listens to properly absorb. When I saw Pag and Plant in 1998 at the Molson Amphitheatre in Toronto theyopened with The Wonton Song. Interesting analysis.

[@robertcampbell1977]

I saw them three times. For this tour they had a ticket lottery for the show at the Civic Arena in Pittsburgh. M e, my ex and my brother would have had third row center stage seats. However, Robert Plant's son died the day before the show. The best concert to me was during the III tour.

[@tektoniks_architects]

The building is 96-98 St. Marks Place in NYC.

[@jann1800able]

its amazing they never used travelling riverside blues or hey hey what can i do until the deluxe release of coda.

[@vinylrevenge558]

The tape or CD of this when I was in High School (90s) was in probably half the cars in my class. And at home, it wasnt unusual to see a copy either. Like "Exile On Main Street" it is HARD partying music! I did so many times. Great video, entertaining, informative, and without doubt done by the best dressed and best coiffed in the vinyl community. Thanks Xo

[@abigaildevoe]

thank you!! i am nothing if not best dressed

[@jarosawnowosad6973]

@@abigaildevoe You are something no matter how dressed! That's your knowledge about music and your talent to tell about it interesting way, what really matters. The rest is just (really) well-chosen entourage. :)

[@vinylrevenge558]

@@abigaildevoe Everytime guaranteed!

[@audiophileman7047]

You have great taste in music, Abby. In my opinion, LZ's Physical Graffiti is their best album. There's a lot of cool blues in that album; I particularly like the slide guitar in the album. I have a promo vinyl version of it from when it was first released; it sounds terrific, and it's all analogue! 👍💖🎸😎

[@a2zme]

You have a great channel, girl .. not sure how someone so young knows so much about older music but I'm not gonna ask :)

[@terencestephenmoss2159]

Great review again 👏 👌 my favourites 😀 agree with your favourites 😀 I would add In my time of dying into that mix 😀 😊 🙂 😄 What I would say though I still think Led Zeppelin 4 is their masterpiece 😀 😊

[@Stormaggedonx]

Houses of the Holy is my favorite Zeppelin song (it’s extremely nostalgic and sentimental to me) and whenever I play Houses of the Holy (the album) I miss it so bad 😭

[@leeprice9649]

A great album. Been listening to this since it was released. Timeless classic. I agree with you. Riff after riff it doesn’t get much better than this.

[@leighhenry9181]

Fantastic Abby. Love your reviews and love your taste. I’m amazed you don’t have Forever Changes by Love yet, a favourite of Robert Plant and in my opinion the greatest LP of 1967. Thanks for the review of PG and looking forward to my fave Neil Young next week.

[@abigaildevoe]

haha forever changes is my most requested video by a LONG SHOT. still haven't found it in the wild!

[@rickstahl6839]

This is one album that has been missing from my collection and one that I haven't heard until yesterday. Bought a 1st UK pressing that was on eBay from the original owner that only had two plays on it. Unfortunately I have to wait 10 days for it because its coming from England.

[@abigaildevoe]

man that's gonna sound great, enjoy it!

[@gerardfletcher1203]

masterpiece. a fantastic double album. its awesome got better with time. well done on ur review. thanks.

[@paulkazakoff9231]

Probably is in the top 5 double albums of all time as far as rock music goes.

[@Wayner71]

I bought this record as a teen back then and enjoyed getting into it very much indeed. Side 1 is probably the most exciting Led Zeppelin side on any record. The earlier tracks from other album sessions fit into this record seamlessly. I can think of only one record I enjoyed becoming familiar with more than Physical Graffiti and that was The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway by Prog-era Genesis. Cheers.

[@paulf.5261]

The Lamb.... is a brilliant album 😁👍

[@christianhoneyman6779]

Awsome video on an Awsome album. 😀😃😄😁

[@jetnova3788]

Got my favorite one…again!

[@JP-hs6ii]

Swan Song was the name of an instrumental track Zeppelin were working on at the time but never officially released. (on bootleg) The track eventually is re-written as Midnight Moonlight from the first Firm record.

[@Bootradr]

Okay, part 2 for me now... I wish I could remember everything said in the video because boy I had a bunch of comments to make. But my brain is sort of in limbo today with that weird sleep schedule last night. So I'll touch on what I remember. Near the end, you mentioned not liking Hats Off to Roy Harper. I agree with you there. I always thought that was a weird ending to Zeppelin III. But have you heard the alternate disc from the remastered set for that track? I have to admit, I like it a lot more and I don't stop the track like I do on the regular Zeppelin III LP knowing it's the last song. Ten Years Gone is probably my most favorite song on the Physical Graffiti LPs. "Thinking how it used to be, does she still remember times like these? To think of us again... and I do yeah". The first time I heard those lyrics from the song was somewhere in the 1980s when I was young and a teen. I probably couldn't have been much more than 14 or 16 maybe. And that spoke to me then. It wasn't like I had a long life full of experience with love and heartbreak. But somehow I related to that and now it's more like 40 years gone since I first heard that song. I always liked the way Robert Plant describes this song in the 4/27/1977 Richfield Coliseum (near Cleveland) concert. He starts out by saying the song is about first loves. He says "This song is about first loves, the one you never forget, Ten Years Gone". Even though I never knew that for sure back in the 1980s I felt that way about it. My least favorite Led Zeppelin song, used to be Trampled Underfoot until I heard it live, is Kashmir. That song to me is so plain and non changing for the most part that it bores me. Where's Jimmy Page's guitar solo? I forget how long it is but to me it's too long. I don't hate it. I just don't like it either. But it seems like I'm in the small minority when it comes to Kashmir. Like I mentioned a minute ago, I used to think Trampled Underfoot was too stale and non-changing. And the radio version kind of is. But the live performance of that song, with Jimmy's incredible guitar renditions in the solos (like in the Earl's Court 5/25/75 DVD video of the show), was a totally different song. However, Kashmir always stayed the same and it just was my least favorite in the long run. The one thing so cool about Led Zeppelin, and I'll go into it a little more in a minute, is how the song never remained the same. Except for Kashmir dang it 🤔 One thing I really do like about Led Zeppelin is that they are not perfect in how they play things. Or I guess I should say how they played things? They had errors when they played live but they kept going and turned them into something. Whether it was Page's guitar playing and timing or Plant's vocals, they didn't try to come across like they were perfect and those rough spots just made them that much more of a group of real people playing real music live I always thought. What they played live was made up as they were playing it too most of the time. Sure they had the music they would come back to, and they all worked off of both John Paul Jones and John Bonham's rhythms and beats, but they were making the music up as they were playing it and changing it each night live. So how could it get stale? Except for Kashmir of course haha. I've even seen Jimmy Page in recent years talking about how people wanted him to play certain solos a certain way again and how he has no idea how he did it that night in 1975 and he doubted he could ever do it exactly the same way again. He even mentioned listening to the bootlegs and wondering how he did certain things. It was on the fly and it was badass in most cases! And just the idea that these four musicians could play off of each other and read each other the way they did is incredible to me. And this was really throughout their whole career and not just during Physical Graffiti. But the 1975 Physical Graffiti tour was one of my favorites! Really everything from the Gonzaga 1968 era up through Physical Graffiti was my favorite era of Led Zeppelin. I remember the first time I heard Physical Graffiti. I've mentioned this I think in an earlier post? But for a lot of my preteen years going into my teenage years, my dad had been on an anti rock and roll kick and I missed out on a lot of great music as it was going on at the time. It was from my time being alive but even the music from the time before I was old enough to enjoy it. I love music and have from a real young age. And somewhere between probably 1977 and maybe 198x I wasn't allowed to listen to rock and roll. But somewhere around 1980, I started doing it anyway and I just had to be careful when I did it or where I was at. I never really got exposed to Led Zeppelin a whole lot until probably 1983. And when I came across one of my dad's old Led Zeppelin III 8-track tapes, wow, I was hooked. Too bad they didn't have CDs in those earlier 1980s days because albums were kind of hard to hide. But I started getting all of the Led Zeppelin LP's I could and when I came across Led Zeppelin Physical Graffiti I was surprised. And it grew on me more and more as time went on. I don't know if it was the oppression by my dad and the feelings I had inside as I was becoming a teenager or what? But the music spoke to me and I thought that Physical Graffiti had such a wide range of songs, and feelings, on it that I really, really got into it heavily. I didn't like that modern day, which was most of the 1980s hair metal bands, music most of my friends were listening to and I was going back to the stuff that I had not had a chance to hear. The music from between the late '60s and maybe 1980 was the music I was looking for and loving! And Physical Graffiti was definitely one of my go-to cassette tapes, again easier to hide, and albums I loved listening to. I can't remember currently if it was the Page & Plant 1995 or 1998 tour where they started off with The Wanton Song as the opening song on the tour? Actually, it was 1995. But of course being at multiple shows on both tours in my area, I really liked that start! I didn't like the 1995 tour as much as the 1998 tour but I enjoyed both of them. And what better song to start off with after disappearing for 15 years. In 95, they had too much of that Indian music Eastern influence and the songs did not sound like Led Zeppelin as much. They ruined No Quarter for me on that tour. But in the 1998 tour, and even at the end of the 95 tour when they played in Japan in 1996, they opened up and started playing like Led Zeppelin again. They redeemed themselves with No Quarter in 1998 too. I always thought they should have had John Paul Jones with them and toured as Led Zeppelin during that time period. Even with the late Michael Lee on drums, he did a great job of performing the songs with a very Bonham sound, they really should have included JPJ with them. So why am I talking about this right now? I feel like I'm still waking up haha. A much longer story shortened, I really did love Physical Graffiti and the variety of tracks on it. Down by the Seaside, through the years, came to represent a different time and when people were different to me. How do that rings today especially. "You still do the twist, you find that you remember things that way" type of lyrics when the song picks up really seem to hit home. Even today. Especially today! I would have been 8 years old when Physical Graffiti came out in 75. Custard Pie was a rocking song. I loved In My Time of Dying. That became a 1975 Physical Graffiti staple on their tour. Houses of the Holy had such a cool sound to it as well. Boogie with Stu and just all of the songs were so interesting to me, with the exception of Kashmir, that I spent a lot of time listening to the LPs/tapes / CDs (yes it came as 2 CDs when it was originally released on compact discs) as I was growing up and ever since. And now to have it with the bonus, not really even on bootlegs in most cases, tracks on the companion discs, it's amazing to kick back and listen to those LPs. Which if I don't shut up and quit talking to my phone I'm not going to get to put on and listen to Physical Graffiti before I have to leave today. Anyhow, I still have to proofread this message so I better copy it real quick in case it disappears like things sometimes do as I'm trying to compose a message using Google voice to Text. I've got a lot of proofreading and corrections to do too. I think you picked a great album for this review. I kind of gather you don't get into it quite as much but I think it's possible you might like it a lot more as you occasionally revisit it. It may not have the same meanings or desirability to you Abby? But it sounded like you did enjoy it even though you wished it was shorter haha. In my case, I wish it was a 6 LP set. Shoot, I can't even remember how many LPs it comes to with the companion discs now? But it does still come in the same type of packaging and I think it is just three LPs right now with the remastered version put out a few years ago? Other than dust getting in, I like the top loading record cover design too. I thought it was really weird that when I woke up at 1:00 a.m. I was thinking of putting this record on and listening to some of it this morning. It's kind of strange but I guess coincidences do happen. Had I realized today was going to be a video on this LP set, I definitely would have listened to it. Of course I might not have gone back to sleep again at 5:00 a.m. for a couple of extra hours of much needed sleep either. Thanks for the video. I enjoy them even when I don't always agree with your thoughts like on Kashmir. The cool thing is we both definitely like the album and in years to come you'll probably be looking back on some of your favorites thinking about them and what they did for you like I do today with albums like Physical Graffiti. Brian in Fort Worth 🎶😁

[@leonardpirrello1806]

Love your videos. My favorite Led Zeppelin album also my favorite rock band

[@russl9029]

I saw Page/Plant on their Walking into Clarksdale tour in 98 I think it was.....might have the wrong year.....they opened with the Wonton Song and it was the first time I got goosebumps from a concert.....it was almost a spiritual feeling.....I'll never forget that feeling of seeing my heroes for the first time.

[@MacgyverMike1]

Great video abby

[@thomasroth4533]

"Down by the Seaside" is apparently a tribute, sort of, to Neil Young and his album "Harvest". Some find a likenes to Young's "Down by the River" but all I can find that is similar is the title. "Down by the River" is very dark and quite far from a seaside resort.

[@c.e.anderson558]

Kudos for pronouncing Kashmir correctly. 10 Years Gone so complex they played it once on stage with KPJ playing bass with his feet and mandolin . Great song. Great chords .

[@gimmesometruth2003]

Awesome review. Awesome album.