Rock and Roll Live Video (Madison Square Garden 1973) Original Records

Rock And Roll (Live at Madison Square Garden, New York, 1973)."Rock and Roll" single 8 November 1971.
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Lyrcis:
It's been a long time since I rock and rolled
It's been a long time since I did the Stroll
Oh let me get it back let me get it back
Let me get it back baby where I come from
It's been a long time been a long time
Been a long lonely lonely lonely lonely lonely time
Yes it has
It's been a long time since the book of love
I can't count the tears of a life with no love
Carry me back carry me back
Carry me back, baby, where I come from
It's been a long time, been a long time
Been a long lonely, lonely, lonely, lonely, lonely time
Seems so long since we walked in the moonlight
Making vows that just can't work right
Open your arms, opens your arms
Open your arms, baby, let my love come running in
It's been a long time, been a long time
Been a long lonely, lonely, lonely, lonely, lonely time

[@georgemichael9106]

No strobe lights no lasers no smoke machines no fireworks just the most kick ass band ever.

[@Rich6Brew]

Well, not at that point in the concert.

[@georgemichael9106]

@@Rich6Brew I saw them four times including this tour and never saw any of that.

[@dantedepascuale1361]

Totalmente de acuerdo Saludos desde Argentina!

[@toe8946]

@@georgemichael9106 heard they did smoke machines for no quarter for this tour. at least at one of the SF shows.

[@georgemichael9106]

@@toe8946 You might be right toe my memory is fading with time now days I’m just happy to remember where my car keys are. lol.

[@barrybirkel4873]

I was at this concert . I was 21 yrs old , never forget that night . Music today in general no where's near this great !!!

[@davep5647]

Wow ...musta been amazing....in fall of 80 we were waiting for tickets to go on sale when my friends dad told us about bonzo.

[@sirknaagdier8760]

holy shit... maybe I got a little jealous.. ok forget "a little" must be amazing!! I was not even walking this earth that time ☺️🤘

[@elianeramasamy1296]

quelle chance, ! c est certainement inoubliable !!!

[@Westcoastrocksduh]

You must be forgetting the poetry of WAP.

[@staflin69]

oh.. my good.. Barry Birkel.. you are like a Good to me for just being there... I do envy you for life..

[@paulojrmsantos8]

A feast for the eyes, a feast for the hears, a feast for the heart, a feast for the soul.

[@eztrisebastian2310]

I was still in my mother's womb when this concert was held. That's why I really like LED Zeppelin❤❤

[@neilmurray7842]

Ladies and gentlemen let me introduce the greatest living guitar player ....

[@alvinw2483]

ONE OF THE GREATEST WITHOUT QUESTION. TO MANY FROM THAT ERA THAT WERE GREAT LOL

[@Loy72bob]

I love The Ritchie Blackmore

[@neilmurray7842]

@@user-ie5kv6ni5h Rory Gallagher

[@RodrigoVargas72]

Whenever anybody says Guitar God to anybody but Jimmy Page, please spank the sob and show them this vid

[@jameswillis494]

greatest rhythm section ever....yep, greatest guitar player.....nope

[@perc3060]

That quality tho

[@Chris-yf7ry]

Amazing considering this is over 50 years ago

[@irfanardiansyah3429]

Ikr, beautiful

[@joenuts4099]

@@Chris-yf7ry its 47

[@brisakruspe]

i can’t believe it

[@austinatkinson4639]

They used some high quality film. Probably 35 mm

[@josephfalco3141]

That drum ending never fails to give me the chills.

[@russellbotoitchi520]

That’s my favorite part

[@keithcarlson7267]

The way Page just points up and then points to Bonzo to do your thing!! Love it!

[@rubyfuselier2925]

I was a teenager when this came out. Listened with my brother when our Mom wasn't around 😂 My brother passed away at 15. I'm on my own now still listening & they're still the best band every! RIP my brother.

[@gerardosierraltaferrer1890]

The archetype of a rock band forever.

[@cruxivar6026]

They've tried but no one ever comes close! Day and Night, light and dark, blonde and brunette, Robert and Jimmy then 2 talented musicians. But don't forget great music and sound. But producers have long forgotten what makes a successful band, No. a great band, No. a band that will never be forgotten and remain a legend till the end of time.

[@andeleon6838]

Guns n Roses and Aerosmith. Blonde flamboyant frontman, brunette hot lead guitarist 😂 pretty sure there are many more, just cant think of others atm

[@joaquinlezcano2372]

@@andeleon6838 blond flamboyant frontman, brunette hot lead guitarist... Pretty much Van Halen

[@benjamins9121]

@@joaquinlezcano2372 I mean Eddie got his idea for double tapping from seeing Zep in LA, LZ's influence knows no bounds

[@joaquinlezcano2372]

@@benjamins9121 it wasn't Steve Hackett 😁?

[@drlove259]

Led Zeppelin is the best band ever. John Bonham is an absolute animal on the drums. He literally hits the high hat about 400 times alone in this song. The guy was literally the sound of Led Zeppelin. No disrespect to the incredible jimmy page and Jon Paul Jones because they are some of the best musicians to ever live. Let’s not forget the voice, the legendary Robert plant. They had it all.

[@isainc2146]

Led Zeppelin>>>>The Beatles

[@utmostzen9602]

@@isainc2146 nah

[@hellcatcharger3736]

Led Zeppelin all the way

[@xgambleyt5572]

Van halen ?

[@drlove259]

@@xgambleyt5572 top ten for sure.

[@ellenschwartz-tn5wi]

I was at this concert !! It was off the chain just fantabulous, I can never forget!!!❤

[@milkylicker6963]

Lucky bastard

[@rap2xtrooper878]

Happy 50th anniversary... Crazy to think these concerts happened half a century ago. They still feel so modern

[@Rich6Brew]

Form is temporary; class is permanent.

[@jayclarke6671]

Led Zeppelin is the only band of that era or before that actually 'still sounds modern' because they were so far ahead of their time. Listen to any other band or act of that era or even the decade after (80s) and it all sounds dated in 2023. That's why they would sell out massive stadiums (100k) long before anyone else!

[@capri2673]

I think they're timeless.

[@gonr.2426]

Not "modern" .......nowadays music is pure bulls**t

[@deanl0]

@@jayclarke6671 Everyone is falling one after the other , and people moved On

[@egobuilders415]

John Paul Jones's bass guitar and John Bonham's drums are so tightly knit together. Soooooo solid.

[@johnnywalkertexas1213]

Best rhythm section duo ever. JPJ is a crazy good multi-intstrumentalist as well.

[@UKAlanR]

But also Page and Bonham - JB enhances specific phrases of Page's playing, and the whole 'leaping in the air' JP thing is set up for Bonham enhancing the dynamics of this track massively.

[@armariobrancocinza8010]

This is incredible Band UP the led

[@jamesgentry4556]

This is why you will never be as cool as your grandparents.

[@ZenZill]

English rock bands were something else.

[@Yooo-ed5kw]

The Stones and Led Zeppelin are at another level

[@sherlyxyuna2779]

​@@Yooo-ed5kwDont forget QUEEN

[@STORMX97]

Don’t forget Pink Floyd

[@GarikRuso]

How many brilliant musicians Great Britain has given to the world! Thank you Country of real musicians!

[@maxsugar6394]

You get 100% from me for this statement. You're right, that's the way it is. I would sign that anytime... Greetings from Munich.

[@inspirationalvideos1966]

We are a small country, so it's quite astonishing, really. My brother is a full-time musician and recording artist, and my father knew John Lennon when they were at school together. He saw the Beatles perform many times in Liverpool before they became famous.

[@user-ew7yb3cm6b]

@@inspirationalvideos1966 wow, that's really something💗Also to think that Page, Beck and Clapton grew up 30 miles from each other. Then became 3 of the best in the world. Catherine/Toronto.

[@sotosalas4403]

Y piratas 😊

[@outmatrix8881]

None of the English people I knew well including my 3 son in laws were fans of rock or knew anything about it. What a coincidence or maybe a rule?

[@cardscubesandcars6587]

0:09 The way Jimmy just walks up from the back of the stage, he's just so smooth.

[@bobdoubter2977]

Exactly. I know there are better players but none so cool and hip as Jimmy Page.

[@cardscubesandcars6587]

@@bobdoubter2977 I don't know, he's the best in my books. He stole lightning from the gods in Dazed and Confused! : )

[@joefriedman9843]

@@bobdoubter2977 Hendrix might be better because he was otherwordly but I agree Page is my favorite and is one of the 3 greatest ever.

[@seaeff6428]

If you haven't seen the video of jimmy page and John Paul Paul jones playing rock n roll with Dave grohl playing drums check it out

[@cardscubesandcars6587]

@@seaeff6428 Oh I have many times, I also love Dave Grohl's version of Ramble On that same concert.

[@bullpup2k394]

This is probably the best quality 70s video ever

[@silviofernandofacio3306]

Yes...is the movie The Song Remains the Same....

[@andrecdsantos]

You can find another giant bands with the same quality video, but its very rare. I recommend searching on youtube for Queen and Journey, they are the only ones I remember in my mind, if anyone knows any more you can leave them in the comments.

[@mr.mojorisin5647]

@@andrecdsantos The Who too

[@venon1515]

No, 70's The Who video is way better.

[@keynshamkeynsham1]

@@andrecdsantos how about some ACDC from 1978 kzbin.info/www/bejne/nZuvYp2rrL-rf5Y

[@marywhite7341]

Jimmy Page was not only the most beautiful rock star he was also a genius. The greatest guitar 🎸 Player in living history. Our very own British Sir lancelot ❤❤❤

[@paulharrisonadventuregearm5457]

Definitely not the greatest guitarist. Prince and John Frusciante are better

[@marywhite7341]

@@paulharrisonadventuregearm5457 In rolling stone he is number 2 behind Hendrix only. We all have opinions and to me JPP is the guitar 🎸 god

[@reflect916]

@@marywhite7341 Rolling Stone doesn't know shit. I would rate David Gilmour as the greatest guitar player and Jimmy Page right after him. Gilmour could touch your soul with a single string bend. Absolute genious. Same for Jimmy. Both are legends.

[@marywhite7341]

@@reflect916 My oh my David is my number 2 with Beck at 3. I know we all have different opinions but ours are so similar. It's Jimmy's riffs and solos for me. However, David is a very close second Zep 4 is my fave album with Atom Heart Mother at 2. Both guys unbeatable by anyone x

[@reflect916]

@@marywhite7341 Yeah, we have a similar taste. Atom Heart is a great album too. I'd put Gilmour as the gretest guitar solo master, and Jimmy as the greatest guitar riff master. I mean the Kashmir riff is just something else. I am extremely obsesed with the Kashmir riff. The greatest riff of all time, never will be a greater one.

[@santiagofavilla7618]

For me this is the best start for a concert.

[@andrewj.c.]

If I only can travel back in time and buy a ticket to this concert...

[@Bulshitero]

Almost 50 years ago but still gives me goosebumps everytime i watch it! One of the most epic opening song in rock history!

[@DrHogfan]

this footage is incredible.

[@brentwerley6762]

Except for one minor detail: Plant should NEVER have opened with it live. Not if he wasn't going to warm up and set his voice first anyway. This is one of his better sounding vocals from the '73 era (although likely VERY cleaned up by Page before release)... if you listen to any of the bootlegs from '73 and '75 as well as live aid '85, he's always clearly not warmed up and ready for it. Any of the shows in which he did it much later in the set (or even as an encore), MUCH better voice. That's any of the '71 and '72 shows, '77, '79, '80, Knebworth '90, solo '94, Page/Plant '95-'98, and even the handful from '01-'02 era I believe. By the '02 and after, starting in '14 I believe, he lowers the key of the music, but still MUCH better voice.

[@rap2xtrooper878]

​@@brentwerley6762​ Yep, this song (and many other songs in this live album/movie) feature overdubs. One particularly noticeable overdub is this version of Rock and Roll's opening line - "It's been a long time since...". This line is a studio overdub featured in the original 1976 concert movie, and you can tell because you can actually hear the real live vocals of this line in the original 1976 live album movie soundtrack. Why the TSRTS movie and its soundtrack had different versions of songs will forever be a perplexing mystery. Interestingly, the 2008 live album remaster actually uses the stronger overdubbed vocals from the 1976 movie as opposed to the real but weaker 1976 live album vocals. To be honest, I don't mind the overdubs - they do improve the songs that feature them, instead it's the cuts they made in songs to make them fit in the movie that annoy me. And yes, I agree that Rock and Roll was not an easy set opener for Plant. The Song Remains The Same (the song) was a far better opener for Plant (not for Page though - it's a really hard guitar song) but at the same time I never really liked it being used as an opener because that would mean that there would be no Rain Song later in the set or at the very most, it wouldn't be connected to TSRTS as it always should have been.

[@marklewis8975]

Yep ❤😂🎉

[@normanbaratelli4651]

I saw them open with this song in Houston and they tore it a new one! Best show I ever saw and I've seen a million!

[@xsellrealty]

was at this concert, the greatest band ever. had to lie to my mother where i was going. it was worth it, people were cheering, crying and having amazing fun. 1 of the greatest nights of my life

[@STORMX97]

What was it like? Were you close to the stage or did you sit far back? And if it smell like drugs there?

[@creativesource3514]

The British made waves in the world of music.

[@AcidHead710]

Just buy the movie, it's worth it

[@Messerschmidt_Me-262]

Movie name?

[@momongalich4933]

@@Messerschmidt_Me-262 THE SONG REMAINS THE SAME

[@rfwisgirl]

Or buy the album

[@JamesSmith-oe1ot]

Got both and saw it at the theatre 1977ish

[@julesrose7738]

Love Zeppelin! Amazing Sound and Videos - perfect in every way. You can tell they were a tight group. True Englishman, who respected each other's talent♥️♥️🇬🇧🇬🇧🎸🎤🎸📀

[@billfraser1491]

I will be always impressed how led zeppelin is composed by four amazing musicians... Normally you have like two very good musician and the rest just do the job, but in led zep there where 4 killers...

[@raspberrycrowns9494]

The Who is also another great example and maybe Rush

[@lundem1072]

@@raspberrycrowns9494 Beatles as well

[@raspberrycrowns9494]

@@lundem1072Don't get me wrong I love the Beatles but I'm gonna have to disagree, amazing song writers but Ringo is just a good drummer, he's no Keith Moon or Neil Peart or John Bonham. But I have to give credit to George Harrison though very underrated guitarist.

[@ohboi9578]

Lundem the Beatles? R u high or what. Dont get me wrong, theyre one of a kind. But not skill wise

[@harryno]

@@raspberrycrowns9494 The Who? Pete is a fine songwriter and musician but hes never in the convo about the great guitarists..

[@oscar35575]

Nothing ever will surpass this. Simply stunning from all those years ago.

[@HannibalLecter-hi4hh]

I love the way Jimmy idolized Plant!! .. That's what helped make them so great!! No matter how good you are, everything is for backing up for the front man!!

[@sotosalas4403]

💯💯💯💯💯💯👌👍👍👍👍😎😎😎😎🇨🇱

[@lukewarm7744]

No tricks no self glorification just pure talent.Their names will never be forgotten.

[@danielbonet5527]

ROBERT PLANT JIMMY PAGE JHON BONHAM JHON PAUL JONES PARA LA HISTORIA ETERNA

[@fishbaitcrab557]

Isn't it refreshing to see an audience without cell phones? Just having fun with some good time rock and roll. I am so lucky to have seen Led Zeppelin not once but twice. Both concerts were pure magic!

[@stevestocker8467]

Amen brother ✌

[@wendygould4476]

Just livin’ in the moment...

[@m42037]

I wouldn't bring my phone to a concert I'd leave it in the car! Back then you could smoke a joint and cigarette inside or outside now big brother says no, only you can buy a 10 dollar glass of beer 😠

[@HamiltonRb]

I saw Zeppelin three times, twice were incredible shows but the 85 Live Aid show was bad. I just felt bad for so many in the crowd that day that was seeing Zeppelin for the first time, and heard how great they were, and probably were a bit disappointed.

[@andrerogerioleandro]

You are lucky and I am jealous!

[@amoghchakravarthi_]

This footage is 50 years old and still compares to every modern concert video out there today

[@_kurohana]

At that time videos were still shot on analog film, which actually has a pretty high resolution compared to some digital cameras even nowadays. That's why some old movies/concerts can be remastered to 4k.

[@Icecube095]

@@_kurohana That's because the analog film also doesn't have real pixels, but rather film grain and by the early 70s the color film technology was already more than 30 years old so the quality was already there. This looks also to be shot on either 16mm (super 16) or 35mm (aka your regular photo film, which is also used for motion picture) film, which is much better than the super 8 (8mm film). Analog has also made quite a little renaissance in the recent years and even bigger movies like Oppenheimer were at least partially shot on analog film. What's even crazier is, that there is still research and development behind analog film making them even better than 10 years ago!

[@sprogbog1197]

This is what we listened to when we was Kids we didn't need Cell Phones we had Led Zeppelin

[@bobdoubter2977]

I just realized something very simple about this group; they are extremely confident in themselves via their music. It is on full display here. It can't just be the music we like.

[@LoneLee2022]

So much talent there.

[@philweeks8459]

Plant has said the same comment in interviews. "We had a humbled arrogance amongst us. When we hit the stage I knew I had the best guys behind me. When my singing was up to their standards, they knew they had the right voice for the group. Some critics have confused our confidence with conceit. They might have been right at times. After all, there was a period when we were the best fucking band on the planet."

[@totc6196]

A well oiled machine imo

[@sanjuro66]

Not only are they talented beyond words, but their stage presence??!!! JEEZ! I always hear radio stations refer to them as "The Mighty Led Zeppelin". Man, that's an understatement.

[@331SVTCobra]

BEST BAND EVER. No other band has ever come close.

[@jimmyf1446]

Stones are up there with them although slightly more blues the stones

[@331SVTCobra]

@@jimmyf1446 The Stones made songs, many of which were very good. Zeppelin made music. my faves: Sympathy For the Devil on Get Yer Yayas Out Gimmie Shelter Heartbreaker Ten Thousand Light Years From Home .... this is borderline hypnosis music. 2120 South Michigan Avenue ...okay, this one is music

[@csbartonorgan83]

Rush?

[@NathanPatra]

Led Zep were so ahead of their time, the audience didn't even know what to do, they loved it so much.

[@LoneLee2022]

Too calm................

[@asensibleyoungman2978]

Do young people today understand the sheer magnitude of Zeppelin? We have to remember that they were the first of a kind. The USA had just recovered from the first British Invasion (mainly The Beatles and The Rolling Stones) and then they were hit by this sonic bulldozer. No one had seen a rock band like this before. Also remember that Zeppelin had a mystique. These days we know every single detail about a band and its members and we overdose on video footage. Back then it was totally different. Zeppelin weren't shown on tv and they didn't even release singles. People had no access to videos or the internet, all they saw were photos in magazines and they listened to the albums. Add to that the symbolism and their tampering with magik (not magic) and you have a very powerful and intoxicating force.

[@Alfie02]

I'm 18 and they're my favourite band. Saw Robert in 2017 for my first live gig. Have all their vinyl. I have DVDs, magazines, books, clothes and more. So yes, some of us do understand the magnitude. I for one, know they were the biggest and baddest of their time

[@jipangoo]

Get over yourself

[@rickslick.]

Good lad you are alfie

[@Gameang123acdc]

This is the most amazing shit I have ever read in my life.

[@reborn5547]

I’m 19, and was shown the music of the past at the restaurant I worked at in Houston. We would only spun vinyl. I was fortunate enough to work behind the bar and actually have these vinyls in my hands. And choose what to play. I knew of zeppelin but was not deep into it at all. And my coworker picked Led Zeppelin 1. And my ears were immediately caught. Been listening to them for not even a year but sat and actually listened to each piece of work. My favorites is lemon song. I hope you are doing well. Salutation and cheers I’m happy we are able to experience this amazing work at the same frequency.

[@kevincharles4505]

This album got me evicted from 3 dorms, 2 homeowners associations and a VA hospital

[@twatquat3322]

Lol

[@andeleon6838]

What a time to be alive

[@mckeown101051]

My name is kevin Casey Mckeown and Page played at my prom with the Yardbirds. Google St. Xavier Prom 1968 and It is there

[@julesrose7738]

@Kevin Charles Cool! 🎸 Jimmy would be so proud to know that! 🇬🇧🇬🇧

[@FRAME5RS]

I keep saying, the rest homes don't know what is coming...we will drive them all nuts with our 70s music. I'm planning on it myself.

[@pamcampbell6991]

50 years later, and it doesn't get any better than that. Sheer, true rock and roll!

[@kefran2a]

uh yeah uh yeah 😛

[@pabloantoniazzi6038]

Just the best all over history music!!!! Long live Led Zeppelin

[@pliccut]

There has never been a guitarist as cool as Jimmy Page 🤟🏻🎸🔥 The ultimate guitar hero!

[@armandodiniz1537]

EstavAmos mudando o mundo

[@jaffleyfifteen5912]

definition of badassery

[@hyacinthlynch843]

SRV was also cool. 😎

[@losttango]

I think you'll find Hendrix was in a different league of cool altogether.....

[@pliccut]

@@losttango Well… yeah! Hendrix was in a league of his own. You got me there!

[@bontrent2723]

The best compliment I can give to Led Zeppelin is...I have to constantly remind myself that I didn`t imagine them.........They REALLY did exist.

[@heronpage3883]

Jimmy's dancing gives me life. 😀

[@TammyM36]

So awesome! Jimmy Page ❤ his style and swagger is unmatched!

[@petrabuytenhek2920]

I was 5 years old when this was recorded. Now almost 50 years later still listening to this legendary band.

[@royfablooo2810]

There will never be a stacked band like Led Zeppelin. Every single member is talented as fuck.

[@solidsnakeeathe]

So sad Plant lost his voice for a few years

[@jorisdejong3631]

Well they were called the second Cream when they started for a reason led Zeppelin as a band got way further than Cream but for the 2 year they existed they ruled

[@sammele88]

Rush

[@iaminbetweendays]

The Police, The Beatles, Elvis Costello, Tom Petty, and The Band were all stacked with talent.

[@taylorkay1826]

@@iaminbetweendays and Eagles

[@jordan-drums9145]

Best Rock And Roll song of all time (change my mind)

[@briancharters8720]

Free bird…but this is pretty good! Sunshine of your Love… White Room… All Right Now…so many great songs! I’m 72 so….late sixties early seventies had the BEST MUSIC EVER

[@philjames6206]

Jeannie With The Dark Blue Eyes, Girl And A hotrod, Summertime Blues, and Be-Bop-A-Lula are all smokin'.

[@marklewis8975]

Back when a concert was a concert . ❤.

[@sebastianscherf8242]

When i was 8 years Old, my aunt surprised me with the Live DVD of Madison Square Garden. i saw Jimmy Page playing the guitar, from that moment on i went to music school and here i am 22 years later. Grateful my family was into that kind of music! purest form of rock n roll!

[@sumansarkar8744]

If you searched for this video, then my friend your taste of music is legendary

[@leave.the.beaten.track.2024]

Led Zeppelin was my favorite band when I was 18. I'm 54 now and it's still my favorite band

[@sotosalas4403]

Los escucho desde los 16'años y ahora con 65años mejor todavía 👌👍👌👍👍💯💯💯💯💯💯😎😎😎😎🇨🇱

[@Lana.357]

Ребята на взводе 😆👋👋👋🔥🔥🔥👍👌Просто космос!!!!! Можно слушать вечно 👍А смотреть как они отрываются...... Мастера музыкального Олимпа!!! Супер..... На все времена👋👋👋

[@mick8018]

Don't ask who's here in 2021 ffs. We never left...

[@arturodelfabbro2634]

I' m here , Always for the Real Music , Never for Today ' s Puppets . This Is It .

[@MrDavis-ic8yh]

Hell yeah Real damn music

[@bluewendigo672]

😄😄😄you right✌

[@stevenpham5641]

In a way, you kind of did 😂

[@henningsrensen2421]

@@stevenpham5641 zep simply the best,just heard guns n roses. They are nothing compaired

[@rodrigobarajas3098]

I'm 21 years old and led zeppelin is one of my favorite bands, they have good music and are rock icons. I would have liked to witness one of their concerts live.

[@heronpage3883]

I saw them 4 times live. The 1st time I saw them I sat in the front row In a 2000 seat' theater. Changed my 13 year old self forever. I'm an old broad now and I don't care because I got to see the best bands, lol!

[@doubletake1238]

Sad to say, but they weren't great live often. If you loved the band, fine, but way better live acts out there from that era.

[@peach495]

@@doubletake1238 They may not have been great often. But, they were great @ Cobo Hall in 1973. I've seen 'em all & these guys were one of the greatest live shows I've EVER seen.

[@rap2xtrooper878]

They were by far the greatest live band in the world for a 3-year stretch from 1970 to 1972 (See: Royal Albert Hall 1970, MSG 1970, Belfast 1971, Osaka 1971, L.A. Forum 1972). After that it was all downhill. Robert lost his voice in 1973 from smoking and singing too much without resting, but the rest of the band were still playing great. The concert(s) in this video (MSG 1973) have the band in their absolute peak as an instrumental trio. Didn't stay that way for long - In 1975, Jimmy broke his ring finger and never fully regained his touch while Robert caught the flu. It didn't help that the band still continued on with these injuries and sicknesses without rescheduling their 1975 U.S. Tour, just listen to their Indianapolis concert that year and it SHOWS that the band was in no state to be performing. The 1977 concerts featured a Plant who had almost fully recovered his singing voice. He couldn't do his siren wails from 1970 anymore, but he didn't have to worry about voice cracks and sore throats anymore. It also had Bonham at his absolute peak as a drummer. Unfortunately, it also featured a Page in the depths of a severe heroin addiction (one of the band's concerts that year had to be paused temporarily because Jimmy had literally lost so much weight that his clothes were starting to slip off onstage). It's a wonder that Jimmy could even wear a guitar at that point, especially for 3 whole hours at each concert. 1979 only had 4 concerts, and miraculously 3 of them were good. Both of the band's 1979 Copenhagen shows were great and the band's first performance at Knebworth that year was excellent, but the band's last performance in Knebworth was horrible. Legend has it that the band spent the entire day prior partying with the Rolling Stones and came onstage the next day drunk and high without any sleep. The band's 1980 concerts could barely be even considered as Led Zeppelin concerts - they changed the setlist and cut out a lot of the band's iconic songs. On top of that, Bonham regressed massively from 1977 due to his alcohol abuse and they actually had to cancel one show because Bonham legit passed out from drinking too much. Couple that with Page's addiction and you have a band that sounded more like a bunch of middle-aged men doing a bad Zeppelin tribute band than actual Zeppelin.

[@boataxe4605]

People like you are why the best bands of the 1970’s will stand the test of time like Mozart and Beethoven have.

[@0rkk0]

how can a 50-yo song sound so fresh? 🚀 🎸🥁

[@sergeigusev4204]

My farther was a fan of vinyl records. Two years ago I bought him a vinyl player & "Led Zeppelin IV" album, cause that was a band of his youth. Now my father is dead, but I'll keep listening to that player and that great band. Great music and fantastic band!👍🏾

[@jayclarke6671]

Did the album kill him?

[@billpoggio3163]

I was aT that concert. Four encores. Incredible energy that you don’t see anymore. I had all their songs going through my head for months. Probably one of the best concerts ever

[@shahnorjebon9501]

Wished I was there also bill... I'm so jealous

[@human7932]

🔥🔥🔥🔥🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘

[@pierrebelanger8656]

HI!!! Bill.........from Montréal. I remember the concert in Montréal back in 1973 ( the same tour,) and they start with rock and roll. That was the best open song for a concert, and WHAT A CONCERT. The best opening song that I hear with birds of prey by Uriah Heep ( it was another concert) and God know's that I seen a lot of concerts, but I will never forget this song in concert. I was simply lucky to be 17 years old in 1973.Thank's god for the shows (yes, I seen LZ 2 times) have a nice day.

[@SlickArmor]

Yeah I miss that energy too. The coke today just isn't the same.

[@watsonira7]

He's in my top three and he's the last one standing. Roy Clark and Jeff Beck are gone. James Marshall and John Scofield then Ray Vaughan and Vernon Reid.....oh sorry I could go on for a while.

[@jimdavis8864]

This is what REAL rock stars look/ sound like.

[@jayvanslayer2787]

RP had the greatest hair for a guy on the planet.

[@t.garcia]

If rock roll was a book, Jimmy would be the main page.

[@domonicdecoco2410]

Smooth

[@STORMX97]

Good pun

[@pedropacheco7335]

i love you

[@Girl_at_the_Beach]

I love Jimmy’s dancing

[@MrJohndl]

Greatest rock band in history. Nothing will ever beat this.

[@LoneLee2022]

The live versions are so much better.

[@adriantomlin2902]

Truer words have never been spoken?!

[@shinpanchi1855]

​@@LoneLee2022 You're right

[@LoneLee2022]

@@shinpanchi1855 I know I'm right! I'm always right. Kinda scary. I thought I was wrong once, but that was just a mistake.

[@VolcanoTimeLapse]

4 naturals..amazing.

[@sexysadie1]

The quality of the video is perfect! Led Zeppelin, OMG!❤❤❤❤🎸🎸🎸🎸🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@rvalenzuel296]

Led Zeppelin is the greatest rock n roll band ever!😎🎸🎹🎶

[@aggelbeatboxer]

Led Zeppelin fan says a led Zeppelin fan.

[@alvinw2483]

ONE OF THE GREATEST !

[@edmchenry3454]

Yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes..............need I say anymore!?!

[@valtervaleriani6268]

whitout dubt bro...

[@LuLu-mp8zb]

Yes, after Queen

[@rustybear5125]

Four of the greatest musicians came together and created lightning in a bottle....we'll never see that again.

[@jpmorgan2363]

The greatest live rock n roll band footage ever recorded IMO. Great camera angle at the start. They were at the top of their game with Jimmy Swaggering on stage in his dragon outfit, Robert with the banana pants, Bonham pounding away like crazy and JPJ holding it all together. Rock gods!

[@emanuelebaccarini6737]

Un brano... una band del genere .... dovrebbe avere miliardi e miliardi di visualizzazioni.... che spettacolo 💯💯💯💯😎

[@biddydibdab9180]

When the rest of us look in the mirror it’s a major shock ..... but when Robert looks in the mirror now it must blow his mind. He was a supernaturally gorgeous man!

[@biddydibdab9180]

@@The_Countess_Bathory I hope they mean you look like him when he was at his most beautiful - not how he looks now.

[@liambrooks3987]

That move jimmy does at 2:52 is so sick

[@JJ33438]

hard to believe this is almost 50 yrs old and still the greatest entertainment ever the energy these 4 create and they synchronization is amazing. yup the real Rock Gods!

[@rogeriogiacomini9085]

Amo esse clássico, para mim essa música é a verdadeira representante do verdadeiro rock and roll, faz jus ao nome ,grande led.

[@bantehayes9973]

Gotta love Page's old live outfits.

[@waltermameli2026]

Went to lots of Rock Concerts growing up on Long Island.....nothing matched this one at MSG in Manhattan.....the building was shaking from the noise of the crowd...for 4 hours it was shaking...could not hear anything on the train going home afterwards.....i was 20 years old and it was the best of times.....

[@nirvanafan500]

Awesome story man thanks for sharing. Sadly I'm the age you were in the 1970s. Looked great

[@waltermameli2026]

@@nirvanafan500 Thanx for the comment.....sadly i never saw Cobain and Nirvana and never will except on film.....Now that would have been equal to Plant and Led Zeppelin i am sure.....

[@nirvanafan500]

@@waltermameli2026 awesome thanks for yours. I love NYC and if I could back in time I'd start from the 70s in NYC watching this concert and all the grates. I agree... So many legendary bands. At least we can re watch performances on film

[@waltermameli2026]

@@nirvanafan500 You have decades ahead of you to make memories better than mine.....nothing better than live Music so never stop Rocking my friend.....

[@jamescarry2670]

Imagine if we had concerts like this now a days ...

[@dr.science_0177]

Eh I like AC DC concert more. It has alot more energy

[@whiteon5627]

A lot of weed and rock and roll! Nothing more!!

[@danielmazur940]

I wish. Not with corona, not with technology we won’t 🤧

[@karenmichael2043]

Led Zep, who could ever come up against them?. August 2023, still listening ❣️

[@rickheron792]

What an intro that was, been listening to this on and off for years, just got to crank up the volume every time, awesome!!

[@LoneLee2022]

CRANK IT!

[@nickhall5959]

4 Rock gods never to be bettered EVER. People make me laugh when they think today's artists are the best but I've yet to see an artist in the last 20 years play their instruments live like these guys did with out computers, looped tracks, or brought in musicians playing behind a curtain. These guys were just pure talent. It's such a pity that John Paul Jones stayed out of the camera angle so much as his bass riffs were the backbone of Zeppelin.

[@RH-YT]

Yeah he was never really shot in most of these videos and neither was John Bonham*. But i think back in them days basses players and drummers weren't considered as cool as guitar players or lead singers 😂

[@venkateshkr3596]

@@RH-YT but they do deserve credit for what they have done to LZ

[@RH-YT]

@@venkateshkr3596 indeed they do.

[@touareg91m]

They have probably the best song ever made (stairway to heaven) but in my opinion, overall, ac/dc were better. Not much better but a little bit better.

[@simpleusername7907]

You should listen to Rush. They're the only ones I can put next to Led Zeppelin when it comes to technical skill.

[@thunder1road]

Whenever I feel depressed or feel disconnected I watch this video and it puts me right back to the good place I need to be in.

[@tombreckenridge6768]

I was one of the very lucky guys to have seen them two nights on the trot in the Famous Green Playhouse Glasgow. Now almost 69 years old and still listening to them as though it was only yesterday, All four were the ultimate musicians,

[@keithcarlson7267]

John Bonham was in god mode during that whole concert! He was just untouchable!

[@ernestoleon6645]

No generation will compete with this.

[@teddyritola2655]

N O P E

[@andrewyanez5285]

A legendary and iconic show. Cost of a ticket for the floor? $5.

[@audreyann1975]

Absolutely incredible! I love Jimmy's body movement when on stage playing his awesome riffs!

[@Wren87]

I’ve never seen a good quality video like this of Led Zeppelin holy shit when those lights came on my jaw dropped

[@BuzzWreck61]

Yeah, almost “major motion picture release” quality 😉

[@user-ey7vb2sv6u]

The best band of the history.

[@LoneLee2022]

Of the history of what?

[@user-ey7vb2sv6u]

@@LoneLee2022 music

[@tbd-1]

Nice to see footage from back in the day that's not loaded up with those odd 70's out of focus spacey fadeouts and effects. You can actually SEE the band here.

[@robertw966]

Saw the Mighty Zeppelin three times as a teen: once in March '75 and twice in June '77 at the Fabulous Forum in Inglewood, CA. My God, don't think I'll ever reach that level of excitement again!

[@decoeric]

The greatest rock band of all time. There will never be another.

[@hyacinthlynch843]

😂 okay. 😂

[@MrKeefrichards]

no, the stones are , get over it.

[@SauceYaHoo]

@@MrKeefrichards lmao good one

[@paulkazakoff9231]

Not the Stones are you kiddin' ? Thin Lizzy !!!

[@soundchaser2061]

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[@tomashudak3641]

Anyone wondering why is the quality so good, it was shot on film and that means that the individual negatives can be rescanned in today's quality or even 4k

[@bluesparrow92]

Interesting. Thank you

[@BFRIZZLE909]

The more you know 🌈

[@robertovalenciavalencia4427]

I don't think.so 👽🙄🚀🍺🍷🎸

[@davidg.9932]

John Henry Bonham would have turned 75 today. May 31, 1948 - September 25, 1980 To this day, any talk of the GOAT drummer, "Bonzo" still comes to mind. He inspired so many drummers.

[@paulmccluskey6862]

Simply doesn’t get any better than this.

[@willrichardson3258]

No other Band has ever brought out the emotions in me that The Mighty Zep does. I'm at work with ear buds in and staring at this in amazement. I could watch it a million times

[@robertacolarette1594]

I love how low slung Jimmy’s guitar is. 😎 The swagger just kills me. 😍

[@carolynfigueroa1489]

I was in the 6th grade when my brother brought his first Led Zepp Album home in the late 70s We put on the vinyl on the turn table until the record had worn out. Then went out and bought a replacement. My love for the band grew and grew as I acquired deeper understanding of their music as time went on. Endless fan. Feel so fortunate to have a household filled with eclectic music growing up - which included Led Zepp (thank you Mom and Dad). As my daughter was growing up I taught her about Led Zepp - and she understands and feels the love for the band as well. Master class band.

[@jenniferling1002]

I never saw them live but my god what an amazing band listen to them every day, makes me smile love them

[@tommymanziel4836]

This is like MJ, Kobe, LeBron, and Kareem all playing on the same team in their prime. Absolute legends

[@dlm9293]

Goddamn was Bonzo the man or what? What a ferocious drummer. With him on the skins behind you, how could you be anything less then amazing?

[@guessmyname6210]

To me, a non musician, his drum kit looks basic. But boy, can he tear it up!!

[@SkippyTheRedKangaroo]

I think Keith Richards described him as an out of control 18 wheeler truck.

[@ClareAlbury-od6xc]

I'm lost for words they're so brilliant 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉😮😮 xxxxx

[@CAG0629]

When Gods walked the Earth.

[@benslade1367]

What a way to start a show, wish I could’ve seen them.

[@rogercross2642]

in 1970 I was fortunate to have a 5th grade teacher named takagi , I never knew his first name, he encouraged us to bring music to listen to and share and that was where johnny butler introduced me to led zeppelin, whole lotto love, I could not believe what I heard over and over I would listen , ( it was a big ten inch single ) it was so incredibly new and different , to this day fifty years later , I've grown old and life itself has grown old but that song remains forever young and I'm left with appreciation and love for the band and if course the individual commitment it took to give the universe the epic musical masterpiece .