LED ZEPPELIN - WHEN THE LEVEE BREAKS | REACTION

[@jamelakajamal]

Ok So the Good outweighed the bad, I’ll do more of LED ZEPPELIN WITH ONLY 2 or 3 Pauses or none at all👍🏾 Thanks for the support Love Y’all 🙏🏾

[@kurtborchers6178]

if you can find it on here, which you should be able to do, check out the live version of "Since I've Been Loving You" from the Song Remains The Same soundtrack. it will leave you speechless. "No Quarter" from the same show will do the same.

[@1225baystreet]

Jamel_AKA_Jamal Hey brother you really need to check out over the hills and far away by Led Zeppelin I promise it will blow your mind it’s my favorite song of theirs and that says a lot… Keep doing what you’re doing peace and love

[@stephenspero3201]

Jamel_AKA_Jamal Robert Plant on the harmonica/vocals. I gave you the history of this song with your LAST LZ reaction. This is a remake by Memphis Minnie and Kansas Joe based on the 1927 Mississippi flood that devistated 7 states. Check out "Gallows pole" from LZ III. The lyrics of which go back to a poem from the 1500s and has been done by many people before LZ. The lyrics have changed a bit from each artist but the song remains the same. (Pun intended). TYVM for the reaction. Keep doing what you are doing! Peace, love, and Hope.

[@TabRoss1st]

Jamal, we do want to see your reaction. It reminds us of how we felt the first time we heard zepp all those years ago. It makes us old guys proud that there are young folks like you that love real music. You've got your main fader on your board too far to one side. That's why we're hearing too much on one channel. Rerecord this and check your balance on your board. And we're not potheads. That's a silly Hollywood stereotype. Nobody is smoking dope sitting on as hilltop in a car somewhere unless they're just stupid. Lol, luv ya brother

[@chargen7224]

the breaks didn't bother me at all, in fact, to me it was Needed to HEAR

[@todddavis240]

I caught my daughter listening to Led Zeppelin on her boombox. I told her to turn it off. She said "why daddy".... "because we have bigger speakers downstairs" :P

[@jeffdietz630]

What a good parent you are!!!

[@jst2889]

Boom box? That right there proves this is made up. This never happened. Even if this was just an attempt at humor...it’s awful. Just as bad as if it actually happened, which it most certainly did not. Equally cheesy and unforgivable. You’re daughter doesn’t listen to zeppelin nor do you.

[@johngluck6938]

@@jst2889 Shut up!

[@kaoskat5111]

Legend...

[@pulamusic]

Dude! My daughter and I share a passion for headbanging to AC/DC.

[@darkmagus64]

When I was a young man back in the day, living in the hood listening to this, black folks thought I was crazy. It was white boy music as far as they were concerned. I’m glad that time is over and you can appreciate what ever sounds good.

[@baghdadbob121]

All good rock from the late 60s and 70s came from Blues.

[@moonietwoeyes]

I use to get the same crap when I listened to Motown and Philly R&B. But music sets us free.

[@darkmagus64]

@@moonietwoeyes music has no race. I like what I like and everybody should close their eyes and listen.

[@livinaftermidnight9651]

Ironic thing is this was originally "Black" music!

[@Jmatt455]

That's awesome. I can't believe I just read that. When I was young, one of my best friends moved to Olean, NY for a couple years to live with his dad. When he came back, he was a Motown nut, and we all thought it was "Black music". But the more we listened with him, the more we came to love it. It became, with the "Other Rock N Roll", the soundtrack of our lives. Recently, PBS aired a series called "Country music". I highly recommend it, for any music fan. You'll learn that before electricity, people made up and played their own music with family and friends. Everybody did it. there was no "Black music" or "White music". It was just "Music". When the recording industry began, they were the ones who started separating and labeling music by race. Most of the "Classic rock" bands of the 60's and 70's grew up fans of, listening to, idolizing The Blues.

[@vidyadhar66]

Why am I addicted to watching a black man smiling thru my faves of music of my youth. Ill tell you i am 77 and still love it. LOVE to Jamal

[@c2itccase9]

Alan Vidyadhar I come here for the music🤓

[@c2itccase9]

Alan Vidyadhar I watch BCP (Black Conservative Patriot) to make sense of the news. Now this? I think I’m turning African-American, I really think so.

[@noelv1976]

He's right. When I grew up, black kids would make fun of me for listening to rock. Times sure have changed

[@denisesf5]

Ditto...but Im 60. 😄🤣🤣

[@XHuntinatorX]

@@c2itccase9 ... BCP is good stuff!

[@stacypollock9289]

This is what happens when every member of the band ....is a genius. It's rare. Very, very, rare.

[@johnnyscans]

That's how I explain LZ to people. Ask any rock fan to list their top 5 bassist, guitarist, vocalist and dummer. It's almost impossible to keep all four members out of the top 5, and if someone argued number 1 for each of them, I wouldn't call them stupid.

[@robdeskrd]

The Mars Volta, what was accomplished by Omar Rodriguez-Lopez & Cedric Bixlar was profound..... Their 1st Album Deloused in the Comatorium is a eulogy for a friend of theirs Julio Venegas who jumped off a bridge, 2 years before that he had O.D.ed and was in a coma for 7 days the album & 13 page poem tell the story of what he dreamed then....... The 1st, 2nd album Francis the mute & 5th album Noctourniquet are my favorites......

[@gregmckenzie2497]

Only 2 other bands come to mind where every member was a virtuoso musician. Cream and Rush. I reserve judgement on Cream because I'm not as big a Clapton fan as most folks but Ginger Baker and Jack Bruce are. Also Geddy Lee Alex Lifeson and Neil Peart. In my humble opinion.

[@christinecollins6648]

The Who, and Cream too

[@highplainsdrifter9995]

YES!

[@robertrouse4503]

That is a harmonica. Robert Plant plays it.

[@JeepersCreepers2013]

Pretty sure they did something with the haromica when they were in the studio to get that sound. I want to say they played it in reverse and while they were mixing, so they laid two harmonicas down on top of each other.

[@robertrouse4503]

Uh, we like to call that multi-tracking in the music business.

[@ladyjane8855]

Robert Plant still tours, although I don't think there are many tickets left for September (Indiana). He does the odd Led Zep number, including this one.

[@quikmart1]

I think he's referring to a line Page does in the second half of the song, which actually does mimic the harmonica in the opening, not only in melody, but harmonica-like sound. Maybe he read about it, but wasn't clear about where it was going to happen. What all that says to me is - he's actually trying to give fresh reactions. He reads about it, and then he waits to hear it. I like it. I I like this man.

[@JeepersCreepers2013]

All of their music sounds better on the studio versions. I'm not quite old enough to see them live, but from what I have seen they never got the same sound live. Not that they didn't sound great... they're awesome... just enjoy the music track and effects they were able to come up with.

[@FourFish47]

I'm a 60 year old white woman who - back in the day put on headphones and laid back listening to Zeppelin cranked and the music just fills your body. So blessed to be a teenager in the 70's

[@bigwillie5717]

I was a kid in the 70’s and envy you! Although I’m thankful for being a teen in the 80’s, the 70’s were better. We had Bonham!!!

[@deborahgray5294]

ME TOO !! LOVED THE 1960'S AND 70'S !!! I HAD A HUSBAND THAT WOULD NOT MISS A LIVE CONCERT HE DRAGED ME TO EVERYONE HE WAS INTERESTED IN HE SAID I ONLY LIKE BUBBLEGUM MUSIC LIKE THREE DOG NIGHT AND OTHERS GLAD HE EDUCATED ME BACK THEN

[@shawl777]

I’ll never forget being 13, sitting in stunned silence by the radio when I first heard Ten Years Gone. Physical Graffiti had just been released. Back then me and my friends would call each other up and say “turn on Wxxx, they’re playing Zeppelin!!” Yes we were blessed to be teens in the 70’s with so much exciting and great music. 😁

[@doublehelix1185]

So true!

[@saguarotreker]

What was my dad thinking, when he bought a big ass stereo with big ass speakers in a house with my 16 year old ass. The neighbors hated me, cause they KNEW it wasn't my dad listening to Zep! Though my mom turned my on to Iron Butterfly...

[@dn5101]

I'm a 51 yrs old black man and was turned on to Zeppelin in the early 80's and have been in love with their sound since.

[@MarkWinn-rl1nk]

I'm a white man, it's about the music 🎵,f,,, the rest.😢music music music ❤ so KOOL this man

[@andrewthomson870]

"The intro was so sick, I forgot they were gonna be singing" 😂 What a line!

[@shelleysparks210]

My deceased first husband was a drummer in a rock band in the 70s. He caught one of John Bonham’s drumsticks at a concert & gave it to me as a token of his love ❤️. I’m 66 now & love them as much as ever.

[@dannysunay8099]

Do you still have the sticks!?

[@shelleysparks210]

@@dannysunay8099 Sadly, no. Two hurricanes & fifty years later...but I still have the memories.

[@andreasantinelli7213]

@@shelleysparks210 fuck them hurricanes lmao

[@libraryminnie7674]

Now this gave me the chills, it is overwhelming. My first and best boyfriend played the drums and thought John Bonham was LIFE. And he was not wrong.

[@agentsmith110111]

@@libraryminnie7674 He was right. Bonham played with his soul dripping though his hands into the drums. It's passionate.

[@cary19642003]

That's Robert Plant playing the harmonica at the beginning.

[@rodneygass]

reminds me of a slow rollin freight train. so soulful!

[@tonypauline225]

@@rodneygass listen to the live version of Bring it on Home from How the West Was Won...

[@danielledumont5492]

Duh

[@donniehagy5125]

Wow, Cary, I did not know that--and I'm 68 years old and have been listening to Zeppelin forever! You can learn something new every day! Thanks!

[@TheCamarosBand]

Plant the singer and Bonham the drummer were only 22 when this album was recorded. Let that sink in.

[@sixteenstringjack]

Holy crap

[@malorie8557]

Page was only 5 years older. It's crazy to think they were so young. Unfortunutely they didn't last long. After Bonhams and Robert Plants sons death, they ended. Also, Page bought Allesiter Crawley's house. Just my tidbits on the group lol. Robert Plant still does solo work though!

[@terasasanders8155]

I was 15 yrs old and LZ was MY Favorite Band !! saw em 2 times in concert at the Garden.....

[@Fuphyter]

Holy sh*t!!! I didn't know that.

[@rongreen1103]

Deep

[@apiii73]

This song came out when I was 18. Now I am a hermit living in a cabin in the woods in the Pacific Northwest. I put this song on a loop and blast it for hours. The Forrest loves it!!!

[@georgehollingsworth2428]

Don't let the levee break brother.

[@anicheintime72]

You do you! Only way to live!

[@jont2576]

I hope every man or child who ever loved led zeppelin would live to do the same one day.

[@erinelizabeth9153]

The forest does love it!

[@fredyardley1522]

No, that is really a harmonica. The singer is Robert Plant he also plays harmonica. The guitar player is Jimmy Page, he’s playing the droning guitar part and the slide guitar.

[@strattuner]

YES AND THEY ARE GENIUS,and the member of rolling stones said they'd never make it,i believe he said it would go over like a lead zeppelin,shows what he knows

[@fredyardley1522]

Actually, it was Keith Moon that said the “Lead Balloon” quote. When Page started this band he was going to call it The New Yardbirds. Keith Moon told then “ Don’t do it. It’ll go over like a lead balloon.” Page took the joke a step further and called it Led Zeppelin. Keith was considering leaving The Who to play with Page and Jones but in the end he decided to stay with The Who.

[@strattuner]

thanks for telling me this,this is old news that is relative today,explaining the past to the new kids on the listen to real music

[@laughingdaffodils5450]

@@fredyardley1522 The Who were the biggest rock band in the world and history, until Led Zeppelin took it away. The two bands sniped at each other quite a bit over the years. Both incredible bands IMHOP, but the rivalry was very real.

[@anthonycastelluci9225]

Yeah, and there is some great footage of Robert Plant playing harmonica. And a great pick of him on the giant Led Zeppelin poster.

[@sarahvanucci597]

I am almost 65 yrs old. I was 14 when I started listening to Led Zepplin. You HAVE arrived my son!

[@loganirwin1123]

sarah vanucci Awesome. I love that I’m sitting on my ass on my off day at 20 years old and having conversations with people from the era of real ingenuity in music. How much I’d love if I could get together with my friends and talk about songs like this. I’m just glad some of y’all did get that chance

[@Johnsmith-yk5kj]

Same here Sarah !

[@vladtheinhaler93]

First time I heard Zepp I was minus a few months old, you could say I arrived, even before I 'arrived'!..

[@michaelt3308]

Can't say "son" that's racist... 😛

[@Prebound_]

Im 42 and started listening to them when i was 14, as well. I cant even imagine what it was like listening to them in the 70's.

[@ployd0017]

Something about watching you listen to my favorite songs makes me feel like I'm hearing them for the first time again. They keep giving me goosebumps lol.

[@Sauron191]

I get what you mean!!! I’m sitting here feeling like m hearing it for the first time again .... This track defies nature .. It’s timeless, never gets old, just wonder what Aliens will think once radio transmissions of this track get captured by any SETI device they may have .... Think it would blow them away too.

[@ZippyTripped]

That music and goosebumps thing? It's genetic, either it happens or it doesn't. It happens for me too and I'm really glad that it does.

[@maryl3299]

Exactly my experience. Thanks, Jamal! 💛

[@sharollambert9017]

That's exactly right relive the 1st time again so enjoy ya

[@jonlove9750]

I think what makes it better is that WE know what is coming and enjoy his surprise.

[@BlehgarySD]

Personal opinion, but this is arguably one of the best LZ songs ever made.

[@marym.5025]

One of the most underrated LZ songs of all time.

[@gerardovivanco5631]

No, Gary........it's not a personal opinion... It's a bonified, scientifically, musical, verifiable fact. This is one of LZ's crowning achievements!

[@mariobergnini8897]

@@gerardovivanco5631 disagree, a very good song, definitely the sexiest song they ever made but not the best, and technically it's a cover so they didn't "make" it. But I can think of a few songs better. Rain song, misty mountain hop, going to California, your time is going to come.

[@deveryshepardson3640]

IMO you could say the very same thing about most songs of their first five or six albums. I would go with The Rain Song but this song is an amazing achievement. They did many “covers” (generally reworked and. Whatnot,) but that doesn’t devalue those songs or Led Zeppelin’s version of them.

[@mariobergnini8897]

@@deveryshepardson3640 it def does not but you do have to factor it in when your talking about the best song they ever CREATED lol

[@jamesbaka1206]

We care about your input. That’s actually why We watch it brother

[@PaulGaither]

Agreed. A reaction video isn't shit if they aren't giving input.

[@jaystone728]

where do you roam about bro

[@purpleprincessang6812]

Amen!!!!!!!!!

[@swamprabbit66]

Love to hear what you got to say man! Keep it coming!!

[@ga0425]

I dig what you have to say. It’s insightful & impressive how you listen with your mind & ears wide open. To catch as many nuances, to be able to listen to the individual instruments & hear the sum of them within a song ON YOUR FIRST LISTEN blows me away. The mark of a true music lover and one of the marks of a high intelligence & deep intellect. Experiencing your reactions often cause me to feel deep emotions on the level of the music itself & always take me back to the feelings I had when I first heard many of the songs you react to. Thank you for all of that and thank you for sharing. *respect*

[@seekingwisdom5156]

Zeppelin went back to their roots on this track. They started out as a blues band. Robert Plant was sic on the harmonica.

[@tak4140]

Just so you know, Jamel...Robert is playing the harmonica. Jimmy is getting busy with the 12 string on his double neck. John Paul is laying down the groove on the bass and Bonham is kicking it on the drums.

[@Ram44]

Timothy Key Jimmy didn’t a doubleneck yet. This was played on his Fender XII as was the 12 string on Stairway. He got the doubleneck in early 1971 so he could play Stairway live. He also started playing other songs live in 1971 on it like Four Sticks, Gallows Pole, Celebration Day, and the Eddie Cochran cover Weekend. Celebration Day would be played on the Les Paul when it was back in the set in 1973.

[@kimbunchalastnames5357]

one of the best guitarists in rock'n'roll. one of the best bassists. THE best vocalist. and THE best drummer -- maybe in all music, ever.

[@robbygee2539]

@@velvetbees they used a repeater.

[@avonlave]

The bong-rattling bass of John Paul Jones

[@robbygee2539]

@@velvetbees - They used 2 M-160 microphones and a Benson Echorec delay in conjunction with the acoustic qualities of the Headley Grange lobby which did in fact provide resonance, but the echo is produced by the delay device in studio.

[@3434arc1]

I must admit that it's satisfying to watch successive generations of savvy people with good taste in music fall in live with Zeppelin's unique brilliance.

[@millward130]

agreed

[@sqonk21]

My grandkids...15, 13 and 9 love Led Zeppelin...this song they rock out 😄🤟

[@BlindVeganRescue]

They will be relevant in 100s of years. They are like Mozart or Beethoven of our generation. This music is timeless.

[@jtalaski820]

I concur.. one of the best, and it's about time, different generations find this music. Much like a book, music has went digital, and people don't get the excitement that was once had by going to a physical location, and buying a physical, tangible item that had just the song you wanted.

[@alexgibson8153]

You sir, have just been introduced to the greatest band of all time.

[@rockford2523]

The Doors are the greatest band of all time🤩. Led Zeppelin is a close third.😂

[@rockford2523]

FiatDuster The Who is 10th on the list.

[@rockford2523]

Tracy D I agree with you 100%! Great response! Thanks 😊

[@Himel_Creeper_Bros]

I get the love for all the bands folks are talking about but Led Zeppelin is/was the best.

[@rockford2523]

Bobby Himel I think Led Zeppelin is great, but just not as good as The Doors and Beatles.

[@chickmcgee1000]

It’s great seeing a younger generation hearing this stuff. Love listening to you explain how you feel about it.

[@mytwirlykittylove2986]

larry borrowman Me too. As I watched him enjoy one of my all time favorite songs, he brought such a big smile to face. I loved seeing him really get into it.

[@pauldovel8647]

Ima 13 year old girl, my dad showed me this music , I absolutely love Zepplin

[@markrestad9149]

Written and first recorded in 1929 by country blues legends Kansas Joe McCoy and Memphis Millie. Incredible song.

[@montigue1974]

40 years later LZ amplified their music to the masses. Incredible!!!

[@stevenmarquis2073]

Hope they got royalty off this.

[@wch7251]

Greatest rock band of all time. Everyone else fighting for second.

[@michaelmcdonald8452]

“I know y’all don’t care about my input.” Uh... false. That’s what we’re here for!!

[@vickieray]

Michael McDonald agreed!! We love watching his reactions and listening to his input! Also love it when he does the “shoulder shrug” ♥️♥️

[@MegaMoe63]

Totally agree well said!

[@ArchoniusXXVII]

Precisely. I’m here directly for your input Jamel. I know the tunes, I don’t know your perspective.

[@2pikbone]

Yup, came here to see you enjoy this song.

[@maggieg60]

Yes, we absolutely want to hear your opinions here. This is a group effort, Jamel. Peace and love to you...♥️✌️

[@sbeck2639]

Found Led Zepplin when I was 16. Now I'm 61, and still loving them.

[@themo.]

Me too!

[@gailsiegel1808]

Never gets "old".

[@larryh.4629]

Youngster what took you so long? Better late than never aye. Rock on

[@blaqmarc]

I first heard this in 1988 senior year and Hendrix now I’ll be 50 and I’m the only black kid amongst other black kids at that time in a predominantly white high school that listened to all music. I don’t believe in listening to music that matches my skin tone. I am diverse.

[@sosmra]

I’ve been listening since 1970 to Zeppelin and still listen to them now, so glad to see Jamal enjoy this , it brings me back to my bedroom and listening to this for the first time .

[@jktz122]

when the levee breaks is a cover of a song written by memphis minnie and kansas joe goes back to 1929 about the great missipii flood of 1927

[@Sirala6]

The music of American Rhythm and Blues presented by Jimmy Page!

[@AmandaHugandKiss411]

Thsnk you, a lot of people don't know that zeppelin covered many old forgotten blues songs

[@amrak5028]

@@smf5190 Hi, Steven, I have been sitting here reflecting a bit on a story I read. St. Petersburg, Missouri, which lies on the banks of the Mississippi River. Huckleberry Finn, a poor boy with a drunken bum for a father, and his friend Tom Sawyer, a middle-class boy with an imagination too active for his own good, found a robber’s stash of gold. Huck is none too thrilled with his new life of cleanliness, manners, church, and school. However, he sticks it out at the bequest of Tom Sawyer, who tells him that in order to take part in Tom’s new “robbers’ gang,” Huck must stay “respectable.” All is well and good until Huck’s brutish, drunken father, Pap, reappears in town and demands Huck’s money.

[@stephenlowton1911]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/jWa5nomsqM-sgdk Memphis Minnie - When the Levee Breaks

[@1ACL]

@@stephenlowton1911 thank you i prefer her version.

[@rica325]

Jamel, I’m a 72 yr old man who was born at a time of an amazing music revolution. I saw Led Zeppelin 7 times thru my late teens and early adulthood. Several of they’re concert’s at the LA Forum left me literally speechless and thankful. Words can hardly describe how blessed my ears and eyes and soul were for this incredible experience. It does my heart good to see your honest reactions to a truly remarkable band. Born to do it!

[@ragtie6177]

I was there with you. Many times.

[@soniadenison1690]

I'm jealous 😂

[@seanmurphy7947]

You’re so lucky. That’s like watching Babe Ruth play baseball.

[@Rita-zq6op]

Agree!!!

[@Rita-zq6op]

I was one of the lucky ones to see them live and also lift Dazed and Confused lololol

[@DonaldKoller]

I always say when John Bonham plays drum it's like a train rolling down the tracks, his timing is impeccable. Pick any song.

[@danielmullane933]

Has a way of playing with you, think the beat s coming then pulls it back.

[@bobalberson2547]

So crisp on everything.

[@williamsifton6270]

That's right on

[@gamer9]

Well that's were they say the perdie shuffle came from

[@bluespectralmonkey]

he’s right

[@Davek111]

Welcome to my entire childhood. And this shit still doesn't get old.

[@veronicalake2751]

My childhood Too.! As Child I told my mom when I get older I'll understand what Led Zeppelin means? 2020 We Are Living Led Zeppelin songs Now. Bible we Read But Music we're more into. Father God Gets Us From Every Way He Can to Show we are his Children.!

[@jeanportway3128]

I think it my childhood great, love it

[@1981windsor]

i thought everyone just loves the music that was popular during their upbringing but i love me some 90s alternative but can just feel in my bones this music is gold

[@biglemon204]

Fuckinay right.

[@BillMcSwain]

Damn Straight

[@kkh42792]

The beginning is actually a harmonica played through a guitar amplifier with distortion, echo, and chorus effects

[@billfroberg245]

My guess, it’s John Paul Jones on the harmonica. He was the primary acoustic guitar player and keyboardist for the band. One hell of a mandolin player as well.

[@O_Towne_Bear]

@@billfroberg245 Plant

[@melissarose0126]

@@billfroberg245 it is Robert Plant playing the harmonica. Listen to Nobody's Fault But Mine from Presence. He kills it on that one too.

[@PopePeterJames]

Bill Froberg it was Robert Plant on Harmonica.

[@davidsanchez7521]

HARMONICA Electric!!!!!

[@thekarmafarmer608]

Plant plays a harmonica, not Page on guitar. But you`re right. Sometimes it`s really hard to know how far their genius will take the sound. As with most Zep songs, the track tends to present one emotional surprise after another and pushes the high up and up. It can be quite bewildering and uplifting even if you`ve listened to these songs for 40 years or more. I feel my facial muscles tightening and shiver up my back when I see someone listening for the first time because you kind of relive those newer moments with the track. Got to be the best band of all time. Come on...

[@brucejensen140]

Jamal, This makes me smile! In the mid 70's when I was in college I had a black room mate and we were on the track team together. I introduced Led Zeppelin to him, and he turned me on to Parliment (Funkadelic). It was a fair trade for sure. Love your reaction to this one!!

[@tinatammaro1694]

Perfect! Both my favorites too. Glad I saw both then too.

[@davidgregory5371]

You both learned a lot Just thinking bout it that may be the fairest trade of all. Parliament,Zepplin. Prefect

[@stanhegeman8751]

I went to school in Pittsburg, KS. At that time the only white member of Parliament was the trumpet player Rick Gardner. His wife Marilyn, who was also on the live album as a trumpet player, although uncredited, was also a student and I had the pleasure of being a guest at their house where Rick had his platinum albums displayed on the wall. It was awesome. So are your reactions, Jamal. I enjoy your channel very much. Peace out to you as well.

[@henrycareaga4943]

Bruce Jensen you both won.

[@JoeKentMagic]

"Tear the roof off tha Mutha Sucka !! "

[@celebnorz3noldoli]

Dude, I live at the other part of the world and I can't imagine how it feels in LA or suburbs, but I have to tell you - your words are the words of a real man. Only 100% man with self respect has guts to declare, that his former taste or a range of interests was limited, due to some social conditions. Most people would never admit and stay forever in their limited culture range (so called comfort zone). Respect Jamal.

[@glock-hm3ro]

Павел Семерджян man I said same basic thing to Jamel...I have much respect for him opening up his mind to other genres of music

[@centralscrutinizer9591]

hell yeah

[@fritty9927]

Павел Семерджян Damn straight brother

[@CthrutheLInEs]

Ты совершенно прав Павел. Он настоящий и храбрый человек.

[@thisismagacountry1318]

Please pass the Stolichnaya

[@albacore101]

John Paul Jones plays all kinds of instruments. Most underrated..

[@blgeiger71]

Definitely a multi-talented individual! I play bass and he's one of my personal favorites. Another multi-talented individual that I am a huge fan of since his debut in 1991 with "Let Love Rule" - John Paul Jones joined Lenny Kravitz on stage for a live performance of "Are You Gonna Go My Way" and it's incredible. Check it out...

[@littlemonkeys4903]

When Led Zeppelin ended, and Page and Plant regrouped without Jonesy, it took a full orchestra to replace him..... definitely underrated. John Paul Jones is a musical genius.

[@ImYourOverlord]

Oh, JPJ is highly respected :D

[@danchristopher7957]

🎯

[@rigelmoon9030]

He's extraordinarily rated high as a multi-instrumentalist and a highly sought-after studio musician. He's a produce and arranger with an extensive musical background. His dad started teaching him piano at 6 years old. Both parents were professional musicians. And, it shows on him.

[@billwood1372]

I love watching your reaction to the music I grew up on. A young black man listening to white man music based on black man blues. It all comes together full circle and gives us this music from this amazing band. Talented, raunchy, raw, and not in the least bit commercial or auto tuned. They played for to express themselves. Not for the fame or money. They just had to put their feeling to music and that's timeless.

[@patrikpettersson6101]

😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@rocketrose2165]

well, maybe a teeny bit for the money.

[@jst2889]

It sounds like a harmonica because it’s a harmonica.

[@sthubbins4038]

I honestly did not know it was a harmonica for the first twenty-five years I’ve loved this song. Firstly, I could not conceive that Robert Plant was that good at the harmonica (and I still can’t). And secondly, the various sounds Page is wringing out here is bizarre and astonishing. He perfectly melds the distorted bottleneck slide into the harmonica at the end, I just assumed he was doing it in the beginning as well. Hell, I still can’t figure out some of the stuff he’s doing at the end. At one point it sounds like he drunkenly stumbles into an oven grate. And maybe he does. So, yeah, maybe it is a harmonica. Or maybe it’s Jimmy Page brushing a robot’s teeth with a cord of rebar.

[@songsmithy07]

@@sthubbins4038 definitely a harmonica

[@mikem.4911]

en.citizendium.org/wiki/When_the_Levee_Breaks_(Led_Zeppelin_song)

[@cbh440]

Some people call it a harp, for some reason.

[@jasonhacker7270]

Robert Plant on harmonica

[@Cherrysmith2809]

The combination of Jamal and his comments and then all the commenters giving historical and musical background is just fabulous!! 💥

[@haroldjacobs3679]

I spent the entire yesterday watching this dude dig on the tunes I was listening to back in my teens. I was up to 3 am and exhausted. Exhilerated is more like it. I really dig this guy he has so much feeling.

[@markjensen2762]

Dude. Rabbit hole got me here two weeks ago. Damn. Me too. I need some sleep.

[@moonshaddow55]

Mee too! And a few of the other reactors as well.

[@bingload]

I think this song actually has its own soul. It's my favorite song from Led Zeppelin. Just amazing

[@Marktellerman]

If only we could all arrive at Zeppelin. There’d be nothing left to argue about in the world.

[@cherylparkell1360]

🤗💜

[@terriquinlan7683]

Interesting thought. I would say that it's a stretch if I didn't know better.

[@rickducharme7429]

This song (one of many) is a testament to the great things that can come to pass from cross cultural pollination. The British bands of the sixties reinterpreted Black American blues and knocked it out of this world. These guys had an amazingly original take on the genre.

[@cremetangerine82]

Absolutely, I has always disliked the term “British Invasion”, as if the great music coming from Britain to American was a military’s action. It was an exchange of great music.

[@chrisparrish6229]

Well said!!!!

[@davidcammilleri5526]

Jamel when this music came out we went nuts. Best of times. Best band ever. Listen to No Quarter and Kashmir. Mind bowing.

[@larryrowe5259]

Cryin' won't help you, prayin' won't do ya no good. Best line ever.

[@Eugene_Connor]

That line came from the original version (by Memphis Minnie and Kansas Joe McCoy). Zeppelin changed the lyrics some, but left that in.

[@mikehendo4144]

I’m a 51 year old black man that has been listening to Zeppelin for 35 years. The band was incredibly talented. Page and Bonham are the most upfront musicians, but John Paul Jones was the glue to the band. And incredible bassist that complemented JB. Jones is an incredible keyboardist that would rival any other as the best. John Paul Jones is the most important member to this band hands down..

[@sourisvoleur4854]

He also played mandolin (such as on Going to California), IIRC.

[@shannonjames8876]

Well said

[@waltmoryn48]

This Song is about a flood that happened on the Mississippi River in the deep South around 1929.

[@williammarx7800]

Many would say Bonham was the glue but it's a matter of opinion I guess. One thing is for certain..no band before or since can touch their combined talent. The only band that comes close is Rush.

[@bubbazametti2292]

He left the ceremony. Every one else stayed. funny that.

[@kevingeorge548]

This is why they are the greatest band ever! I think all four of them are from another planet. There is no way four human beings can be that talented!!

[@Juancho-2024]

hubo una epoca donde 4 hombres de liverpool reinventaron la musica y la imortalizaron para siempre.. primeros, los unicos y los mejores seran THE BEATLES, luego todo lo demas..

[@PNWgal66]

Best Band Ever!

[@samuelito316ns]

@@Juancho-2024 Los beatles fueron pioneros si, pero Led Zeppelin los superaron en todas las medidas posibles, lo siento por los fanboys de los beatles pero LZ es la mejor banda de todas

[@ladudination]

Jamal, we love your reactions to our OLD school favorites. . We are all hopefully trying to be the best humans we can be.. Thanks my friend and dear brother!

[@slipknot7424]

I feel sad for people who haven’t been able to hear music like this their entire life but it’s fun watching people hear it for the first time. You can see your whole outlook on life change with every song, Awesome. You think you feel this music now just eat some mushrooms out in the middle of the mountains sitting around a campfire and your whole outlook on everyone and everything will change forever, guaranteed. 😁

[@Callie0715]

I remember sitting around a campfire back in the 70’s listening to Led Zeppelin, stoned out of my mind. I’m 69 now, don’t get stoned anymore, an occasional glass of wine. But I still love and appreciate this music, of the 60’s and 70’s.

[@mixer6166]

My first album was Zeppelin II, but I had them all of course. I left the arm up to play it over and over. Only old people like us know what that means! Lol

[@AKICITA]

Ohhhhh HELLS YEAH!!!!! BTW- That's the singer Robert Plant makin that harmonica CRY!

[@andreajackson2925]

Princes let's go crazy and this are the best intros I have ever heard on song...step on the song and not playing from the gate!

[@nadinemarie3811]

Vocalist Robert Plant is not only an awesome singer but he totally rocks the harmonica. 🔥🔥🔥

[@ImYourOverlord]

Oh, my brother...you've finally gotten to the gods themselves. The greatest rock band of all time. The mighty Led Zeppelin :D

[@DocFlay]

Best quote "That intro was so sick, I forgot there was gonna be singing" 👍

[@BardovBacchus]

"I know y'all don't care about my input" DUDE! I *am here* for your input. If I just wanted to listen to the song, I'd just play the song... This was one of the first full albums I ever owned. Zeppelin is incredible...

[@jerrydelafuente284]

They are called "The Hammer of The Gods" for a reason. They are the Godfathers of Heavy Metal, but they never forgot the Blues masters that inspired them.

[@johnschlechty1287]

Jamel: thank you so much for taking us on the journey with you. The whole experience confirms Duke Ellington's philosophy: "there's only two kinds of music; good music and bad music." If it's good, don't matter what genre, gender, race, creed or color. My tastes are pretty broad but your reaction videos have turned me on to some great music that I missed out on coming up. Thanks again.

[@rigelmoon9030]

You canned it, man.

[@thegalavantingbachelor7786]

WHEN THE LEVEE BREAKS was written by Memphis Minnie (June 3, 1897 -- August 6, 1973) was an American blues guitarist, vocalist, and songwriter. She was the only female blues artist considered a match to male contemporaries as both a singer and an instrumentalist.

[@terrylocke1808]

Of course, but it didn’t sound like the way zep did it. It’s like Hendrix and all along the watch tower. His version IS THE version. Period.

[@craighall9813]

Big fan for nearly fifty years and I still get those chills.

[@tmcgrenere]

It fills my heart to see youth appreciate a classic.

[@kepajoy]

After school before my folks got home, I would lay on my floor with a speaker by each ear and blast this album. My girl friends were listening to whatever cute band was on MTV, but Led Zeppelin and The Who were my jams.

[@patrickfulmer9596]

"When the Levee Breaks" is a blues song written and first recorded by Joe McCoy and Memphis Minnie in 1929. Harmonica in D.

[@CrayCruz]

I've heard that Led Zeo "borrowed" a lot from Blues Legends from the past and just added their unique flavor of rock n roll. Problem was they rarely gave credit where credit was due. At least, that's how I heard it.

[@PhreakPhantom]

@@CrayCruz actually, there was no law back then that they were obligated to mention the originals writers. That's why they didn't give credit. However, whenever they played one of these tunes live back in the day, Plant would always introduce the audience to the original writers.

[@kevinkerr3960]

Like Blind Willy Johnston. I think.

[@TheCornishCockney]

where did minnie come from?

[@patrickfulmer9596]

@@TheCornishCockney Algiers, LA (Lizzie Douglas)

[@redsquare2]

Led Zeppelin songs are like paintings-each one a masterpiece filled with untouchable invisible magic.

[@spinynormanbest6410]

OR.....copies of other people's music

[@brianwood7480]

And this song is definitely the Mona Lisa.

[@athurfaizal3081]

Kashmir and When the Levee Breaks

[@brianwood7480]

@@athurfaizal3081 I couldn't agree more with your choice of "paintings" Arthur. For over 50 years we have been fortunate enough to get invited into the "living, moving stories, mental films and pictures" conjured up like magic, by modern-day musical geniuses like Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, EL&P & ELO. Hundreds of years ago, Beethoven, Mozart & Vivaldi were the (out-of-box) rock stars. Try listening to Beethoven's Pastoral Symphony on a great sound system with "big" speakers. It's the musical story of the agricultural revolution in Germany. It'll blow your mind in an awesome way. Cheers to y'all, and have a great weekend.

[@bjmcmahon722]

​@@spinynormanbest6410True

[@dianerobinson5336]

John Bonham's drumming DRIVES this song like a locomotive steaming down the track!!

[@robertmiller1655]

Yup. That's why they called him the 'timekeeper.'

[@marksingo2177]

Never been a rock drummer like Bonham...

[@benjaminpotaka6846]

John Paul Jones bassline 😯

[@brianadams5996]

To me Bonham drove every led zepoelin song. The drum playing on many songs was not appreciated as much as it should be. It is the harmonica Plant is playing it.

[@brianadams5996]

@@marksingo2177 ever watch Buddy Rich play? Amazing. It almost looked like his playing went from live to animated like a cartoon.

[@paulwicht6294]

This is an amazing cover of “When the Levee Breaks" ,a country blues song written and first recorded by Kansas Joe McCoy and Memphis Minnie in 1929.

[@nwmonk3105]

Best blues harmonica solo ever. Long live Robert Plant!

[@markschattefor6997]

Okay, but also listen to Magic Dick playing whammer jammer, Full house by the J Geils Band.

[@kathynicholson103]

Or "Train, Train" by Blackfoot

[@kustomride]

Or at least on par with Canned Heat's Alan Lee ... listen to John Lee Hooker sing the praises of him: kzbin.info/www/bejne/r4ioeYFnnpVjedU

[@misterfathersir]

@@kustomride It was Alan Wilson AKA Blind Owl. He played the best blues harp ever.

[@kustomride]

@@misterfathersir : Thx. '60s mixup with Canned Heat and Ten Years After. Whoops.

[@Androyd09]

I think a reviewer said it best: Led Zeppelin is known for their crushingly loud interpretation of the blues.

[@esoteric0781]

I love seeing these reaction videos. Its like the older i get the less frequent i find new songs that really do it for me and seeing people hear these amazing songs for the first time really bring you back and remind you how it feels to find something new that just blows your mind.

[@andrewpetik2034]

Well put!

[@mikes6970]

I love watch or playing our music ,im 60+. blows some these youngies away ... real music .... so rewarding now ...

[@pmar27]

Yes exactly. Fresh ears!

[@u4riahsc]

I feel so sorry for all the people who did not get to experience all these bands live in concert. The concerts were epic!

[@Rita-zq6op]

Agree!!!!

[@graciekattan6618]

Please don’t rub salt in our wounds 😢

[@sammybeck7794]

I love it when you do any Led Zeppelin because it's fun to watch you get into it. What can I say? That's what Zeppelin does to you

[@magikmalick]

Ten Seconds Back would be a great name for a jam band. Great reaction, man.

[@saginawdan]

Man...I was thinking the same.

[@cathiedavidson6844]

Watching your reaction takes us back. Reliving that pure bliss we felt when we first heard this.

[@iammsmorales]

Amen!

[@lauraeichenberger4636]

It all started with the blues. Over time, no one "owned" the blues. The blues doesn't care about color, social status, money -- only the blues. We all feel it! (And, if you don't, I feel really sad for you 'cause you are missing out on sharing soul-shaking connection with the rest of us.)

[@davidarbelaez4395]

Here’s the deal. Led Zeppelin did their blues homework.

[@smc8440]

Robert Plant was front row center to all of the epic blues and jazz singers at the height of their prime. But he turned into something of his own. He’s the first to say it was not possible without the rest of the band. Humble guy. He doesn’t know it but we’ve been a a thing for over 40 years. 😉

[@PRGeisler]

Led Zep is the blues on acid...

[@rsixx6548]

sure did, god knows they stole enough from other artists before them.

[@themadafaka6839]

Like the Rolling Stones, blues was led zep's daily diet in their youth.

[@joelara3283]

They also "acquired" lots of blues music from poor black folks in the south. Just saying ..

[@hertfordable]

I was in high school when this came out and remember all of us discussing the latest Zeppelin album. Amazing band

[@elizabethkelley3992]

Watching you discover this music feels like discovering it all over again. Love it!!!

[@kjstj]

❤

[@No_Hate_2024]

It tickles the shit out of me how many reaction videos don't understand that that's a harmonica. The thing that made them great was that it was a blues band disguised as white guys from England who could actually play and sing. Every one of them was at the top of their craft. Not a rock fan, but this may very well be the greatest band ever. Even their "bad" songs were amazing.

[@waitwhat564]

Of course. I’m 62. I grew up with them. It’s a harmonica lol

[@Bevoe]

Led Zeppelin’s biggest early influence? Black American blues music.

[@beanixdorf6977]

Them and Tolkien

[@deanl0]

Truth be told , influence by it for sure, but copy they mastered it..

[@launabanauna8958]

Facts.

[@cactaceous]

Influence and they really ripped off a lot of songs too.

[@speckledove]

I been saying! Waters!!!!!

[@qthelost]

This is Led Zeppelin putting a great 1920's blues song through the Led Zeppelin machine and turning it into something extraordinary. The song was originally inspired by the Great Mississippi Flood of 1927.

[@BigLou5150]

Qthelost yup one of the greatest cover bands of all time!!!

[@ladyjane8855]

@@BigLou5150 The original is available on Google. This is no cover, more of a remake. I'd find it for you but can't be bothered 😂

[@annatrog56]

Thanks for that info...I love knowing the background.

[@innosanto]

Led Zep have used so many things from other songs but used it very well

[@taunoctua245]

I grew up on Zeppelin. More recently, I think about Hurricanes Ike, Harvey, Rita, and Katrina. I used to work on the levees here in Texas in my 20's.

[@zerozer0z]

John Bonhams drum intro alone makes this song amazing. You can just feel the sorrow in the song. I love all the emotion that bleeds through. You are absolutely right this song is an experience. One of my all time favorite bands. Im glad you liked it and thank you for your reaction.

[@bob426hemi]

I’ve been watching reaction videos for some time. Yours is one of the very best because it was so authentic. Clearly you were moved. Your comments about South Central LA were passionate and bordered on prose. You may have set the bar for the best expression of why and how this music has affected us like it has. Thank you.

[@se9f282]

Jimmy Page, as the producer, took the finished recording and slowed it down ever so slightly, giving it that slogging, punch-your-gut, heavy feel. Genius.

[@ensnipe2000]

And the drums out in the foyer for the hollow sound

[@coleenschinbeckler2625]

Been listening to Led Zeppelin since I was a teenager in the 70’s and still do! One of my faves is, “Ramble On.” 😊

[@bradhill1099]

I love going on musical adventures with you Jamal...I was born in 68 and I'm glad to see a young person with artistic curiousity...

[@schuster4950]

One of Led Zeppelin best songs! And one of my favorite Zeppelin songs

[@itsmadfar]

It took a generation of British rockers - Led Zeppelin, Eric Clapton, the Stones, just to name a few - to recognize the incredible power of the Blues - and its potential to shape rock and roll. And that they did, creating a genre of rock that took its breath from Black American soul.

[@billbeliakoff5589]

To borrow a line from a Muddy Waters song, "the blues had a baby, and they named it 'rock and roll '.

[@dongiovanni6796]

Early Jethro Tull, The Faces / Rod Stewart, Pink Floyd, to name a few more pure blues based bands.

[@paigeharrison3909]

The song was originally written in the 1920's after a flood on the Mississippi River. 1928, I believe. How much you want to bet it was originally written by a black American?

[@adenauerlemos7926]

The Yardbirds was one of the first bands that used play Blues/Rock . Jimmy Page, Eric Clapton, Jeff Beck. The British Rock bands at the 60's and 70's valued the blues more than the Americans do.

[@kimbunchalastnames5357]

john mayall and the bluesbreakers. they were a starting point for that generation of british rockers. from wikipedia: "Among those with a tenure in the Bluesbreakers are Eric Clapton and Jack Bruce (later of Cream), Peter Green, Mick Fleetwood, and John McVie (who would form Fleetwood Mac), Mick Taylor (the Rolling Stones), Aynsley Dunbar (Frank Zappa and The Mothers of Invention), and numerous other musicians."

[@bobgipson9330]

Both Robert Plant and Jimmy Page were huge fans of "black blues" of the 30's and 40's. If you really listen you can here it in their music. To me this is a perfect blend of black blues of times past and rock and roll of the 70's. I'm glad youve discovered Zep and are a fan.

[@redag1405]

It’s true. They call it the “British invasion” but they really took the sound from black American blues players.

[@dannysunay8099]

I always wondered, how come american musicians did not pick the blues to sort of reinvent their sound??

[@thomasaghotmail]

@@dannysunay8099 oh they did. You can hear the Blues in every song Joe Perry or Eddie Van Halen plays.

[@itdano]

Hell yeah, man. Kickin' back on top of Mulholland on the hood of your car on a Friday/Saturday night with a cold drink listening to Led Zeppelin or Pink Floyd...man, that's the dream.

[@fishouttawtr]

Hey Dan, listening to KMET, perhaps or maybe KEZY on the am side !!!

[@vlrissolo]

When it's so good you could cry, you know they got talent... the lyrics in addition make it all happen. The start-up music with the crying harmonica is so sexy. This song had it all!

[@randallsmith7885]

“I am listening to epicness”. Indeed we are. Love your appreciation of the genre.

[@TheMarshmelloKing]

When people can genuinely come together, regardless of race or other superficial differences, and appreciate and really feel great music, that means all the world to me.

[@tedygaper9174]

Music has a way of doing that…closing cultural and generational gaps.

[@tony69em]

@@tedygaper9174 yep. That's how the world is meant to be.

[@michellewheatley2007]

Music can be one of the great equalizers if people approach it with an open mind and heart.

[@elizabethpiccolo5534]

Let’s face it, they captured lightning in a bottle. Zep will always rule.

[@ImYourOverlord]

Facts, dear lady! Facts! :D

[@darrenvuono2466]

Crazy that this was a cover of a song from the 1920’s. Thats how much these guys appreciate music!

[@sidneysummers8791]

love to see when someone discovers something I've loved my whole life.

[@kellypedron8388]

Glad to see that SOME members of the younger generation appreciate "real" music; music from the days when there was no autotune, just four exceptionally talented musicians who were able to create timeless sonic landscapes with their instruments and their voices.

[@GWGuitarStudio]

That harmonica sound is created by running a harmonica microphone through a distorted guitar amplifier. Cool sound!

[@heyhuey4429]

They used to take CB style microphones with the push button key and throw them out in the rain and mud to get them all nasty. They would tape the key open and wail.

[@7rays]

And looped backwards...

[@MB_MN_19]

7rays looped backwards, it sounds like My Sweet Satan. Devil worshipping music right there. 🤣

[@ghostchasr68]

Robert Plant is playing the Harmonica...

[@mattrobillard5650]

ghostchasr68 I was gonna say...isn’t that the case?

[@johnjackson8975]

This guy is a fan of music. I love these reaction vids. No matter the genre. This man appreciates great music.

[@davidwatts3495]

You’re a Top Man Jamal. Thank you for letting me remember my youth. My mum would shout up the stairs, ‘Turn it Up’.

[@saltymermaid5244]

That's what I say to my 9 year old! I've been playing rock music to him since he was in the womb. Trying to prevent shitty music taste in adulthood 😆

[@PearlLover]

That's the music I grew up on back in the 60's and I'm 60 now.

[@zztij]

Yeah, Me too..!!!

[@haagatha]

Me three. 🎶 👍

[@somegirls2002]

I still listen to it every day. It sounds like he has a channel out. Page's guitar is NOT coming up at all.

[@chargen7224]

Wicked... im from 73

[@juliemanarin4127]

Me too!

[@bobreich3534]

You being speechless for a few seconds after the song was the highest compliment you or anyone could have. Enjoy your channel

[@kaychristensen4394]

This tune comes atcha from every direction, layer upon layer, one tap on a cymbal, the perfect words, that voice, the grim scenery set by the prelude to the lyrics, making you feel as if you're literally inside the music.