Rock Gods Recorded This Mispronounced 70s Classic...Then NEVER PLAYED it AGAIN! | Professor Of Rock

How Led Zeppelin followed one of the biggest selling albums of all time, the 70s classic, Led Zeppelin IV with a bold venture that utterly confused their core faithful. It would’ve been a ’no-brainer’ to simply stay the course, and give the fans what they were used to. But Robert Plant, Jimmy Page, John Paul Jones and John Bonham went the other way, and purposely abandoned the heavy blues rock sound they were famous for. The 2nd single from this long play deviation was a reggae song named after the punchline of an old vaudeville comedy routine. Dyer Maker as in did you make her said in a cockney accent…It became one of the most mispronounced song titles in history. From Houses of the Holy, the story of an all time 70s classic rock standard next on professor of rock.
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In ’72, Led Zeppelin was working on new material for the all-important follow-up to the blockbuster success of the monumental blockbuster Led Zeppelin IV…. However If fans were expecting an extension of IV, they were sorely mistaken. The last thing they wanted to do was try to duplicate their past glory.
The exalted foursome of John Bonham, John Paul Jones, Jimmy Page, and Robert Plant entered the sessions for their 5th offering open to anything... except the norm. For the record that would be named Houses of the Holy, Led Zeppelin reveled in a spirit of adventure and imagination, even creating a reggae song that they titled after a joke from an old music hall comedy routine.
Music halls were very popular throughout England from the mid 19th century to the mid- 20th century. The venues were filled with music & comedy- sparking jokes that poked fun at the cockney phonetics of working-class East End London. The jokes were often absorbed from the theater, and used in British pop culture.
Such as the hilarious “my wife” jokes- with two guys having a dialog while speaking to each other in a heavy cockney accent- like this one: First guy says: “My wife’s band recently went on a tour of South-East Asia… Second guys responds, quizzically: “Singapore” First guy answers: "Yeah, and the bassist’s rubbish too,” Then there’s this old gag that the members of Led Zeppelin adopted for one of their songs on Houses of the Holy:
First guy says:"My wife recently went on holiday to the West Indies."Second guy responds: “Jamaica?” First guy answers: “No…she went on her own accord.” The thick cockney accent makes “Did you make her” sound like “Jamaica,” and that’s what the guys decided to name the song.
In the U.K, the song was pronounced “Jamaica,” but in America, the song was always mispronounced- either referred to as “Dear Maker,” or “Dire Maker.” I’ll admit, I used to mispronounce it “ but it made me feel better to know that Casey Kasem also pronounced the song as “Dear Maker” on his American Top 40 Countdown back in ’73. It didn’t help that the lyrics didn’t include the title, and actually had nothing to do with the song title…

[@ProfessorofRock]

Poll: What is your pick for the greatest Led Zeppelin album and why?

[@Shambolicoholic]

I honestly can't pick from the first 4... they all have so many memories for me.

[@Sadioli]

Im torn between Zep 1 and 4 😁🤘

[@stephenbrown4211]

Physical Graffiti hands down. It’s the perfect album, not a weak track on it. About six songs would be in my top ten Led Zeppelin tracks.

[@thebunter]

I have to go with Led Zeppelin IV. Besides the obligatory "Cuz Stairway" it also has Black Dog amongst other great songs. That song has a special memory for me as I remember it being played during swim practices for the Junior/Senior High School team I was part of. Something about swimming while that album being played at loud volumes while you're in the water. The unwritten rule was that whomever was the closest to the edge of the pool as Stairway came to an end had to jump out and flip the album. Good times.

[@Sadioli]

Livin Lovin' Maid is one of my favorites never played live

[@blaineabbott9286]

For me personally, I feel like The Rain Song from the Houses of the Holy Album is one the most Beautiful pieces of music ever created !!!

[@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980]

It’s a perfect song.

[@travis1555]

the live version is better

[@JasonNation72]

Yes, JPJ makes that song a timeless gem with the Mellotron

[@mattmckeon1688]

Nearly all the HoH material was better live. No Quarter was almost a different song on stage.

[@joermnyc]

It’s fun to play, if you’re brave enough to tune it to the album version tuning (live he tuned it in such a way that he only had to re-tune a few strings for the next song, instead of the entire guitar, but it sounds different.)

[@joepalooka2145]

I saw them live in 1969, when they were the opening act for Vanilla Fudge. I was in the third row, centre, right in front of the stage. My greatest rock and roll moment ever, just feet away from the band. They were fantastic. Their set was the entire first album, plus at the end for the encore Robert said "Here's a song from our next album" and they played "Whole Lotta Love".

[@LauraHalvar]

🤘🏻🖤🤘🏽😎

[@ub1953]

similar experience; saw them twice Aug of "69 outdoors close-up and in "73 NYC MSG at one of 3 shows that became film; Song Remains the Same...

[@europa99]

Your experience captures my imagination. How cool it would have been to be there.

[@charlieromeo7663]

You’re a luck dude, “Joe”. Great story.

[@timothyslaughter476]

Zeppelin 1 and 2 is the greatest one two punch in the history of rock and roll. The diversity between those two albums was staggering. Just a totally different sound but complete virtuosity and power. Of course they kept putting out phenomenal music and became the most popular rock band in history. They influenced everyone and yet no one was able to come close to replication of their magic. And please don't tell me about greta van fleet or whatever ....lmao. There's only one Zeppelin.

[@___Will__Ferrell]

Note: Zep's song The Crunge from this same album Houses Of The Holy was a tribute to James Brown's unique music. All in all Zep did many songs honoring specific countries or genres like D'yer Maker (tribute to Jamaican Reggae), Fool In The Rain (tribute to Mexican Mariachi music), When The Levee Breaks (tribute to Blues), Going To California (tribute to American Folk music), Kashmir (tribute to music from India), The Rain Song (tribute to ballads and classical music).

[@GTSN38]

There is no greatest, they're all great. My brother who hung out with Led downtown Chicago, always told me , "Zeppelin never made a bad song". I believe my brother, I don't like every song Led ever made, but I've never heard a bad one. I've been listening to Led since the early 80s and if I had to pick 1 favorite it would be Black Dog, but I love almost everything they did

[@FenderTeleDeluxe]

It’s Physical Graffiti for me. Ten Years Gone is such a superb song…it’s so deep and emotional, and one of those songs that really hits me hard every time I hear it (as The Rain Song from Houses of the Holy does). So many superb tracks on PG…Night Flight, Custard Pie, The Rover, Down by the Seaside, etc. Zep at it’s absolute best, imo.

[@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980]

All these songs are great!

[@Kenboslice3]

My favorite album as well. One because it's just sooo good with all the different musical approaches and arrangements song to song, and two I lost my virginity to Down by the Seaside.

[@darylhoskins5696]

I Like Boogie with Stu!

[@a2ndopynyn]

Sides 2 and 3 of PG are as close to perfection as any "album sides" that have ever been released.

[@usefulidiom]

Have to agree about Physical Graffiti…”In my time of dying” is my favorite.

[@Kenboslice3]

I recently saw Robert Plant perform with Alison Krauss and just hearing him sing live in front of me was surreal enough. Then they performed 3 zeppelin tracks as well. I could have died happy right then and there!

[@danjohnson2986]

In 2002 I saw him open for The Who. I went to see Robert Plant more than I did The Who. And I felt the same way you did. And yes, I think he did 3-4 zeppelin songs. Going to California sticks in my head. I was thinking the exact same thing. I could die happy.

[@1badjesus]

what songs?

[@Kenboslice3]

@@1badjesus Rock N' Roll, The Battle of Evermore and When the Levee Breaks

[@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980]

OMG, that must have been stellar!

[@artigraphmultimedia1489]

Plant/Krauss! Awesome . I saw the first tour with TBone Butnett. The magic of that show is indescribable. I've seen Robert solo 9 times dating back to 1989. 3 times in 2020. 3 Page/Plant shows. Robert is still a force to be reckoned and performing some of the best music around with a genius band. Rock on fellow Plant fans!

[@sochowell3469]

Love D'yer Maker. One of my all-time Zep favorites.

[@BLUESKY-zt1nv]

i used to play Guitar in a 70's Rock covers band and we used to play " Dyer Maker " at every gig , nobody in the crowd ever expected it , we had two female singers ..and it always went down well ,it was fun to play which is why we never dropped the song from our set list.

[@curiousman1672]

Great post. I first bought HOTH in 81'. I am of the Die-r Maker pronunciation. I stand corrected. Can't believe it took 41 years to find that out. Thanks for your excellent ongoing work!

[@kirknelson156]

I have such a hard time trying to pick just one "greatest" led zeppelin album but I still love Houses of the Holy.

[@kenkruhmin6839]

One thing I love about Zeppelin is their diversity. Houses of the Holy Became my favorite album for quite awhile and all these years later I still love it. Thanks for the interesting backstory.

[@petergunn3614]

I remember in an interview a long time ago Page mentioned he always wanted to constantly do something different. Their creativity was off the charts. One of my all time favorite songs of theirs is Fool in the Rain, which is so different from anything they've done prior.

[@poitor5915]

there’s something about the vibe of ‘houses’😵‍💫

[@trevorhoward7682]

The first CD I ever bought was "Physical Graffiti" at a car boot sale. I didn't have a CD player at the time and I already had the vinyl album - the one with the actual windows in the sleeve.

[@tonym994]

it's the last Zeppelin LP that I was familiar with. it has a bright musicality about it. a friend of mine whose a LZ fanatic, can bring me up to date on subsequent LP's, if I wish. I think it's the first record where they didn't do a blues song. they were a great blues band.

[@alukuhito]

Oh, you so diverse. Whenever I think of Led Zeppelin, I think of diverse music. LOL.

[@MasterTapes1960]

What Led Zeppelin did between 69 and 79 can never be achieved again. Their music will forever be timeless.

[@jeffwilliams9181]

Yes timeless is the correct word. My wife was never really into the band until I shared them with her. "never boring" she said. I saw Zep in Long Beach Calif. March 12 1975. I was 17 (WOW). There is some good bootleg of that show on you tube. Won't ever be a another band like this.( lightning in a bottle) 4 really gifted musicians.. There was never a bad song on any album. God Bless Bonzo JEFF

[@cw-on-yt]

You can't discuss D'yer Mak'er without mentioning Plant's final vocal note, the "Oooooooh, yeah!" is a flat-7 note sung against a progression that, in the accompaniment, only ever uses the natural-7 note of the key. It's a blues/mixolydian note, in a non-blues/ionian song! For anyone with pitch sensitivity it's desperately, boldly, fiercely wrong-sounding. And then, if that weren't enough, as he sustains the "oooh" note, he allows the pitch to droop a few cents below even the flat-7 (itself already a halfstep low of the "correct" note), before recovering and melismatically resolving with the "yeah!" It's a classic, oh-so-raw Robert Plant move.

[@theScienceLabLive]

Wow, never noticed that. But now that your mention it, I instantly knew what part you meant.

[@procrastinator9]

(beato)

[@ediebug4757]

I absolutely love that part of the song,& always love when I am singing it at the top of my lungs,and am able to sing the whole oooh, and the yeah!! Lol. Love the song and whole album is phenomenal!!💯

[@beentheredonethat4257]

I personally loved Houses of the Holy. It’s when a band goes away from their strength that you learn who they really are, and you’re then able to see where their strengths & successes came from.

[@simonbarsinister8854]

I agree with Robert Plant. I have always preferred HotH to IV although I love IV. Crazy combination of sounds, songs, and tunes on HotH.

[@barbiejohnson2813]

Thank you soo much Professor🥰🤘✌️‼️for all that you know & share here keeping rock and roll alive for us. I love learning about it. And Zep is my #1everyday. This is a great learning point about Jamaica😂-yeah I'm an American. Sir-You Rock🎸🎶🎵👍

[@Fakeaorta]

Great video. I never knew the backstory to the song title! Thank you for sharing that with us. D'yer Mak'er song is one of my top 5 Zep songs!

[@vixapphire]

The lyric sleeve for the album has the question, "Whatever happened to Rosie and the Originals?" beneath the words for D'yer Mak'er. If you listen to Rosie and the Originals' big hit, "Angel Baby" with its use of piano as the main instrument, you'll quickly hear it's the same chord progression as D'yer Mak'er. It's a pretty short jump to realizing the band was probably hamming it up in rehearsals/warm-up by doing a reggae (i.e., Jamaican) spin on "Angel Baby". Since Zeppelin was known to play older covers like "Smoke Gets In Your Eyes" by the Platters in their live sets from time to time, this would be right in character. Add to that the precedent set by "Rock 'n Roll", which pretty obviously started its life in rehearsal/jam-time as a flattened-out cover of Little Richard's "Keep On Knocking" - right down to its signature drum fill intro - and one need not read too much into whence and what "D'yer Mak'er" was and is. And then there's the Neil Sedaka vocal hook in the verse, which was probably less conscious than the song's fairly self-consciously being a reggae take on Rosie's number. Sure; the foregoing is all my conjecture but it's better-founded than most of the things that have been said about this record!

[@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980]

Wow, I enjoyed reading this! Good observations.

[@derekbuck2369]

Zeppelin is well known for ripping of other peoples music and pretending it was their own (muddy waters primarily). Then they would sue multie other acts they thought were copying their music that they copied from others

[@nilla003]

Exactamundo.

[@edsnotgod]

@@derekbuck2369 duh "Whole Lotta Love" is "Smoke on the Water" with, like, a few extra notes and stuff And Bonzo stole his ZoSo symbol from Ballantine beer. And Charles Manson protege Bobby Beausoleils "Lucifer Rising" soundtrack rules lol cuz Chuckie was the devil doing the devil's business lol page just a loser using guitar string gauges others used before him and way better lol

[@BarryCampbell6822]

Physical Graffiti, as I've aged, but as a kid my favourite was always the 4th album. My brother and I used to steal it out of one another's bedrooms back in the early 1970's, and we managed have dozens of fights while retrieving it, without damaging the cover or scratching the vinyl. It came to mean a lot to us both, and when he passed unexpectedly in 2002, I had the 4 symbols tattooed on my right shoulder along with his name and the date. The 4th album was one of the few things we agreed on as kids.

[@constipatedinsincity4424]

Hey Classmates 👋 good morning!

[@jdizzle3740]

Good morning!!!!

[@bishdizzle67]

Morning! Ready for more lessons from our professor!

[@onlyfromadistance7326]

Good morning! \m/>.

[@ProfessorofRock]

Morning!

[@ProfessorofRock]

You guys are the best!

[@Smedleydog1]

The Ocean is probably the best tune on Houses Of The Holy. I love the syncopation and the way Bonzo plays along with Paige until it changes course at about 3 minutes in and turns into a boogie woogie with a great walking bass. I grew up on Led Zeppelin in the sixties and seventies. They're definitely unique.

[@MyName-pl7zn]

This is the first song my son played live with his band. I couldn't have been prouder at that moment

[@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980]

I love that one.

[@vixapphire]

Also how the main riff of The Ocean is played differently by Jimmy and John Paul. Clearly not a mistake, either.

[@Turanga1i1a]

It's possibly one of the most satisfying album closers ever. With the flourish at the end, one can imagine a circle of friends popping a bottle of champagne and making a toast.

[@poitor5915]

great closer☝🏻

[@tomcast853]

Zeppelin was the first band I remember my dad as liking growing up as I went through his albums. Crosby stills and Nash, the animals, cream, Bo diddley, John Lee hooker, the doors etc. So I got into them and I pronounced its "dyer maker", but never questioned why. Glad to know the real name and reasoning behind it!

[@roivosemraiva]

Thanks for another wonderful informative report on ," D'er Maker" . We in the islands, heard the sound, Djai Maker..Jamaica...

[@tbu1mi]

You, Prof, are the best thing that happened to music since the Marshall amp (the tube one). Your in-depth analysis' are scholarly and so well done I close my eyes so I can hear you better- Just like music. I always loved Zep. I was 15 at the big concert at the Pontiac Superdome. Very exciting, not so good acoustically. Quite dangerous in fact. The point is, I'm 62, love my nice headphones and your back stories of what was really going on with music.

[@dwaynewladyka577]

What Led Zeppelin does from one album to the next is so varied. It provides for some very diverse musical explorations, which are so good. Led Zeppelin are a really great supergroup. May John Bonham and Peter Grant rest in peace. Cheers! ✌️

[@ProfessorofRock]

That's what made 'em great!

[@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980]

They were such excellent musicians.

[@godetonter4764]

In Through the Outdoor was the perfect swansong for such a legendary band. They didn't go out with a bang , they faded out like the end of some popular songs. Their career just seemed like it was complete. They covered so many different types of music, with equal talent and conviction. Not even the Beatles were capable of creating Powerful songs from so many different cultures and styles

[@petermills542]

@@godetonter4764 Can't agree! A pity that they went out with such a whimper. 'In Through The Out Door' was by far their weakest work & much more brilliant stuff would have followed!! Right to stop with Bonzo gone though! ps. not remotely as diverse stylistically as the Beatles!!

[@godetonter4764]

@@petermills542 In Through the Outdoor was brilliant. In the Evening, and All My Love were 2 of Led Zeppelin's best songs. It's my second favorite, or third considering that Led Zeppelin 3 and Presence are a tie for my favorite albums. The only thing wrong with In Through the Outdoor was Hot Dog 🐶. It's not only Led Zeppelin's weakest track, but it's among the worst songs ever recorded in the history of music

[@waynevia6976]

One of the greatest bands ever. Houses of the holy is one of my favorite albums.

[@ProfessorofRock]

IT's a perfect record.

[@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980]

It’s one of the best albums ever made, for sure.

[@poitor5915]

@@ProfessorofRock🤔is that zeps only perfect record☝🏻

[@eggrollorsoup6052]

Man, I just found this channel a few days ago I think. I listened to this very enlightening "trivia" and stuff and thought I definitely have to hit the described button ...to learn I already had (probably a few days ago). Profesor of Rock is a deserved title.

[@mrbusterpants]

Thank You Professor! Houses of the Holy was my first music purchase. @1981, Connecticut ,Bradlees. Wore that cassette out. Keep up the Good Work.

[@stevenking4617]

As a teen, I was just getting into Zeppelin with my dad, as I had just started playing guitar. He gave me the "Houses" album to borrow. I brought it back, he asked me what I thought, and I said I loved everything on it, except for that "No Quarter" song, I thought that was really boring. A few years later, I had matured enough as a musician to appreciate it. "No Quarter" didn't take long after that to become one of my absolute favorite Zeppelin songs (Zeppelin is my favorite band ever, with basically no competition). In fact, I might say that the chorus riff is my favorite Zeppelin riff. (With plenty of competition, in that case!). I know this video is about D'yer Mak'er, but this is my connection to the album. D'yer Mak'er itself has some really weird nostalgia for me. I love it, but it belongs to one of my earliest childhood memories, when my parents were divorced for the first time and I was still trying to make sense of the concept. Dad was playing the song, and I guess I was trying to connect the words with the divorce, empathizing with him or her or both. Maybe a weird thing for a 4-year-old to be doing, but that's where my head was at, and that's where it always goes when I hear this song. Thanks for the video, have you done "No Quarter" yet?!

[@laffertg]

Greatest Band Of All Time. Everyone else takes a back seat

[@neckbone3943]

Isn't it amazing how every song has a place in time it takes you back to. Sound tracks of our lives.

[@Scottyh1110]

My favorite song from my favorite group. Thanks for all the information. Great video. I always vision a marching band recreating this.

[@derrellstumpfel4363]

The Ocean,, Great drum song ... proly my favorite rock drum song,,, i was 14 , had my 1st job as a dish washer in a nice steak house restaurant and this was my 1st Zeppelin album i ever bought .. bought a Honda 50 mini bike and stored it there at the restaurant . so as not to scare my mom lol... we all rode it around the parking lot after work .. Dyer Maker and The Ocean playing on the radio.. great memories ,,

[@joepalooka2145]

Great video. I think "D'Yer Maker/Jamaica" is one of the best songs they ever recorded. The drums and the guitar and bass and the syncopated rhythm is fantastic.

[@tizviz3921]

When i heard the song i was hooked - ( had to find out more of the group - i was 11 years old and memoized!!)..... the bass/drums and that guitar just was so revolution to my ears.

[@bigguy7353]

There's no slash. The first term is the song title, and the second is the name of a country. It's Welsh and isn't pronounced "Jamaica". It's pronounced "Jur Maker".

[@bjs301]

Great song on a great album by rock's greatest group! To this day I am awed by Jimmy Page's genius.

[@ProfessorofRock]

He is a genius. No doubt.

[@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980]

He’s such a legend.

[@kjdotson1972]

Led Zeppelin is, was and always will be the best musicians ever 2 grace our ears with music notes!!!!! God gave those 4 men the talent and ability to change people's lives I firmly believe. #ifits2loidur2old

[@waynecribb4922]

Bought this having not heard any cut off of it. 1st listen... I don't know about this. Afterwards I really enjoyed it the more I listened. Great video. Thanks

[@otakubancho6655]

I grew up listening to all their albums on vinyl,and I love all their albums,but Houses of the Holy is top fav,for the total break from the first four!💖💖💖

[@mdduckman]

Love this album…it’s not perfect but it brings back so many memories of my childhood. My older sister had this album and I remember listening to it a lot. First introduced to it via Dancing Days but quickly discovered the rest of the album’s charms. And I’ve totally been mispronouncing the title of D’Yer Mak’er. Never knew this story. Thx as always for great content! What you do provides so much entertainment and knowledge to those of us who like you have a passion for music!

[@rocketsurgery8337]

Back in the early 80s I called a local radio station 104 WXKE in Fort Wayne and requested the song and was told by the DJ Doc West it was pronounced Jamaker, I never forgot what that. Doc West is still spinning records but the station was sold and is now XKE 96.3. Thank you Doc West for taking me to school.

[@tomthompson5686]

You've convinced me POR, I had forgotten how awesome this whole album is. I came of age in the mid-late 70s. Off to spotify I go to once again enjoy this masterpiece. TY Sir!

[@dannyj5974]

I've actually always wondered this, thanks for doing research! 👍

[@ProfessorofRock]

Thanks Danny .

[@tamilee8872]

Thank you, Adam! 😃 Zep is one of my top 3 fav bands of all time! It is impossible to name just one fav album by them so, I'll name 3. PG, HOTH and III. Different reasons for each. No other band is/was so diverse. ❤️

[@ricardoalon3826]

Great video I really liked this one amazing Zep knowledge!

[@pc-sk6di]

Man, I love the way you talk about your dad. Love the channel and the stories.

[@tvs3497]

I actually bought this album when it came out in '73. I still remember exactly where I was and who I was with when I sliced through the plastic cover and carefully placed the vinyl on the turntable. We almost laughed at D'yer Maker it was so different and unexpected. You sure had to listen several times to the album to get what the band was doing.

[@douglasemonin9]

Houses of the holy was the 1st album I was introduced to by led zepplin. I was taken into the music. I was so enthralled by this album.What a fantastic album! As I got older I had bought every album by them. There is NOT one song on any album that's 2nd rate.

[@Fiona2254]

D’Yer Maker is such a great song! Thanks for the background on it, us in the “New World” from anywhere miss pronounced it sue to the DJs doing so. I learned the correct pronunciation a few years ago. It does sound a little reggae to me so the “Jamaica” pronunciation made sense to me regardless of the cockney accent joke 😂

[@leonSpector]

One of the greatest albums of all times. Well presented - thank you!

[@rogerweiland6384]

The 6.5X14 Ludwig Supraphonic is one of my favorite snare drum sounds of all time. I bought one in 1985, a 1974 model and I still own it. Ludwig still makes it today.

[@tiarawillis5677]

I bought the cassette when I was a teenager in the mid 80's. Nothing compares to Led Zeppelin musically. I still rank them as #1 and greatest of all time, ever.

[@chetbarrasso2396]

Yep!!! I watched the Elvis movie last night! When it was over i said to myself #1 rockstar of all time. Page/Plant Zep in general #2! Fill out the rest yourself.

[@markgrvr1]

Never saw Zeppelin, had deposits on the L.A. forum stop of the "in through the out door" tour. Several years later i became friends with Phil Carson and his son Jack and was invited to go see Page and Plant in San Diego. It was a great night of Led Zeppelin greatest hits. They even preformed "Hey Hey what can I do" met them both back stage. Great night.

[@chetbarrasso2396]

I Love House'!!! Start to finish! I wish the song Houses's was on the album! But even without it.......It's one of my fav's.

[@starmanmacropolicebox6486]

Friend introduced it to me as "dire maker" but I was quickly exposed to alternate pronunciations by various DJs. LOVE "Houses of the Holy". Criminally underrated album from them.

[@cwengl]

The variation between all of the Zeppelin albums is part of their genius. I love that every single album has it's own flavor. Also, D'yer Mak'er is one of my top 5 favorite Zep songs. Pop rock or not, I love it.

[@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980]

Yup, me too. Great take on reggae.

[@poitor5915]

exactly that’s why all zeps catalog should be luved☝🏻

[@Frank-pb2rh]

It's a great Reggae song

[@scottfineshriber5051]

Great story telling. I don’t know how you learn all this stuff! 👏👏👏

[@Macdelaven]

For the longest time it was III because it was the first LZ album I bought (with the spinning wheel album cover) and then it was side 1 of IV, because that was the album I put on when I was getting ready to go out. I have memories of siblings, friends and adventures associated with pretty much every LZ album. Thank you for all your lessons and interviews. Most of your videos remind me and take me back to the excitement I had when those new albums came out. I would record them (so I can play them anywhere) and rarely play the album version again.

[@jeffreyprice1804]

I think the HOTH album was LZ's most diverse and "complicated" album. I loved each song for different reasons. Each song has it's own personality! This album just displays the various sides of LZ.

[@ProfessorofRock]

I think you're right.

[@grahamnunn8998]

It was pretty prog and they would push that on Graffiti and Prescence.

[@treetopjones737]

@@grahamnunn8998 Remember some people being shocked by their last album "In Through the Out Door," expecting heavy rock music.

[@lilmelvin11]

The last "rock concert" I saw was a Plant show. Nice re-arrangement of old Zep tunes and I love how he went forward in his journey. Following John Paul Jones solo work also. Anazing! Love the "classic " history, but some of these fellows are true Artists....moving forward while being aware of the foundations of tradition. Thank you!

[@deanrobert9953]

Die-er Maker? Whoops. Happy to have that corrected! Nice episode prof! 👏

[@laurajarrell6187]

Professor, I'm more in love with the music of my time, because of you, especially Led Zepplin, than ever. And I'm 63! 👍🌊💙💙💙🌊🥰✌

[@elizabethp2395]

When Casey Kasem mispronounces Dyer Maker, we can all feel better. 😂 Great choice, Professor!!

[@ProfessorofRock]

Right?!

[@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980]

I know, right? I always say Jamaica.

[@elizabethp2395]

I'm tellin' ya!!!!

[@firesoulrocker]

I love "Houses of the Holy" and I got blasted in college for liking "Dyer Maker"...but I wasn't a die hard Zepp fan and I was just discovering Led Zepp for myself at that time. Everyone was loving Metallica and I went to Led Zeppelin. That's just me. I loved that whole album.

[@mattmckeon1688]

HoH is my favourite collection of songs on a LZ album. The live versions of those songs are so much better than the studio recordings, though. Fiddling with tape speed on Robert's voice wasn't a good move, IMO.

[@poitor5915]

how can you get blasted with bonzo😵‍💫

[@davidhooper259]

Meh, when really hard and fast metal came along it became a pissing contest about personal ego even if the music was shit. From a music appreciation master class viewpoint HOH is a hard left turn of emotions to the stark yet thunderous beauty of a Tolkienesque venture in the 4th album. Battle of Evermore doesn’t fit with Misty Mountain Hop and those songs sure don’t fit the feel or psychedelia of The Rain Song or No Quarter

[@barbaradascalos4411]

Mid-80's Robert Plant rolling stone interview he mentioned liking the new u.s. bands coming out of SF..which was Testament.. Exodus..Metallica at the time..was amazed the old man knew about SF thrash scene.. guess he was all of 36.

[@sambira]

D'yer Mak'er was one of my favorite Zepp tunes. It is distinctly different than other by a lot and I like that.

[@johnhunsinger2625]

Great episode. I always struggled trying to figure the proper pronunciation of this. I always figured it was “Die R Maker”. I’m glad I wasn’t the only one that struggled with it. On of my all time Led Zeppelin favorites is over the Hills & Far Away however, I’ve really learned to appreciate Bonham’s percussion on Dancing Days.

[@pariahpokemonwesbragg2904]

Another awesome vid!! My first memory of this track was when my family and I were living in Myrtle Beach, SC and I had started listening to local radio stations. I always had a cassette in the deck waiting to record anything that struck me as cool. This was around 1990, or thereabouts, so I was maybe 10 years old. Anyway, this incredible song starts filling my ears and I began to feel a groove in my soul that, up to this point in my life, I hadn't felt before. I had pushed record automatically when the song started..so for days (weeks more likely), my country and western music loving parents had to listen to the song played over and over until, eventually, the cassette tape broke, lol. Good memories!!

[@ProfessorofRock]

Awesome story! So did they learn to LOVE Zeppelin?

[@MyName-pl7zn]

Lol, did that tape "mysteriously " break? I have parents that were all country music too, my dad uses to call my rock music "that ya ya ya music " lol.

[@pariahpokemonwesbragg2904]

@@ProfessorofRock haha..nawww, they still like the old country stuff. I'm very fortunate to still have both around for my daughter's to spend time with and get to know them. As for the tape breaking, I was playing it at the time the player "ate" the tape and I didn't take it out carefully enough...so I can only blame myself, lol.

[@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980]

It is an easily groovy song!

[@sambochen2010]

Adam, great video. I noticed when you were naming the highlights of this album, you didn't mention No Quarter. That's easily one of their best songs and no surprise it was a staple in their live sets. In fact, often the highlight of their concerts. Keep the Zep videos coming!

[@ProfessorofRock]

Ya just an oversight... I love No Quarter.

[@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980]

Yes, great song!

[@tonym994]

'No Quarter' has one of the best riffs I ever heard.

[@OutOnTheTiles]

Great episode!! Great song from a masterpiece album. Zeppelin taking the mick with this song just like they did on “Hot Dog” or “Boogie With Stu” or “Candy Store Rock” or “The Crunge”….. they had fun!!! Greatest band ever. ❤️✌️

[@thegreenbird795]

I'm pretty sure none of those songs were ever performed live either.

[@edsnotgod]

@@thegreenbird795 so what

[@dfolt]

Sir, being a non-native speaker of English I dare say that you are a true professor because you have enlightened me on the meaning of D'yer Mak'er. I had to chuckle, because this brought back memories: Houses of the Holy was the first Led Zeppelin album that I have bought back in 1973, shortly after it had been released. I was barely 13 years old when Led Zeppelin, during their European tour in 1973, played in my tiny little hometown of Offenburg/Germany on 24th March, 1973 (four days prior to the release of HotH, and allegedly one of their best shows ever), and I was allowed to see the concert, together with my best mate and my girlfriend (all being the same age as I). Needless to say that this concert blew us away, and my perception of music has since changed forever. Then, shortly afterwards over the Easter period, I was visiting my aunt in London for the first time. As one can imagine, I was of course overwhelmed by this big vibrant city, particular its enormous record shops where one could get literally anything. So, with the concert still ringing in my ears, I spent around 3 quid for a copy of Houses of the Holy at His Master's Voice record shop, and I am proud to say that I still own it in playable condition in 2022. Actually, as my aunt had been residing in E11, not too far east of the Cockney area, I should have understood earlier what was behind 'D'yer Mak'er', but somehow, we youngsters had also stuck to the American pronunciation. Needless to say that Led Zeppelin still is my favourite band. As to my favourite Led Zeppelin song, it has to be 'Since I've been Loving You' from LZ III. It is such an emotional blues track and Robert Plant's voice as well as Jimmy Page's guitar are just exceptional on LZ III, while the version from the film 'The Song Remains the Same' adds the images to the frantic guitar playing of Jimmy. Always enjoying your "lectures".

[@raytull3922]

Houses of the Holy contains my favorite Zeppelin song, "Over the Hills and Far Away".

[@drakulie]

Led Zeppelin. Greatest band EVER. 👍

[@alukuhito]

LOL. Found the 60-year-old.

[@thanathitchanwinjou9179]

@@alukuhito Found the 7 year old.

[@alukuhito]

@@thanathitchanwinjou9179 Innocent and no interest in gay music. Ping pong!

[@thanathitchanwinjou9179]

@@alukuhito Man, your gay feats were showing ever since the start. What do you even listen to? Baby shark?

[@alukuhito]

@@thanathitchanwinjou9179 Smurfs > Led Zepplin

[@Rocknroll73]

I love HOTH - easily in my top 3 Zep albums along with LZ III and Physical Graffiti. What makes these albums particularly great is the wide diversity of each song. Just go through the tracks on HOTH. Not only is each and every track so unique to the next, but even Plant's vocals go in so many directions throughout. This album is such a creative and interesting piece of work and is way too underrated (just like LZIII).

[@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980]

Not a bad song on HOTH. Listening to HOTH is like taking a ride through a magical kingdom.

[@jonserkspawn7776]

III and Physical Graffiti are my two favourite Zeppelin albums. I fully agree; Houses.... would be my 3rd favourite

[@daemeonation3018]

I don't know. Isn't Hoth a little cold this time of year? 😂

[@novaguy509]

I love this guy’s reviews. His episodes came up on my feed every once in awhile but not consistently. Problem solved I hope. I subscribed to his channel.

[@racim86]

Another awesome video!

[@michaelmcdonald8452]

I imagine I speak for a decent portion of Zep fans when I say I'm fine without a live version.

[@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980]

You are def a hardcore Zep!

[@JamesBrown-fd1nv]

Not me. Some of the best songs are live versions.

[@michaelmcdonald8452]

@@JamesBrown-fd1nv all Zeppelin songs are better live. it's just hard to imagine this one really rocking the house and it would seem they felt the same

[@yeti1002]

Yeah , I'm perfectly fine . Thank you my fellow ZEP fan .

[@gerradfoster8777]

Every road trip I take starts out with a full play through of HOTH. Though the album lacks a thematic seam that brings all the songs together, it has the perfect flow for embarking on an adventure. It also has the potential for a vaudeville moment when you are looking for the bridge. Fans of the album will know what that means.

[@michaelmcdonald8452]

I think it could be argued that no Zeppelin album has what could be considered a thematic seam.

[@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980]

There is not a bad song on there! I love this whole album.

[@joermnyc]

“Where’s that confounded bridge?”

[@gerradfoster8777]

@@michaelmcdonald8452 I was really making the point as a comparison to other contemporary albums like Dark Side Of The Moon. Those albums were produced with the intent that one would listen to it linearly from beginning to end, whereas HOTH was not, but works very well when setting out for a long drive.

[@michaelmcdonald8452]

@@gerradfoster8777 gotcha

[@NiamhCullen]

Houses of the Holy is such a great album. I was so glad to see this song come up. I would live to see you do an episode on Darlene and Bonzo's Montreux. Such beautiful songs.

[@dez1989]

Great picture of "The Professor" Neil Peart, strategy placed above the albums to the left of you! Very nice little nod to the legend! That was nice!

[@bishdizzle67]

Now I know I will pass the test on the meaning of that song. Great lesson as always Professor 🙂.

[@ProfessorofRock]

Thanks Mark!

[@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980]

Me too.

[@fase1doughnut]

I really resonated with the idea that it’s a multiple listen album. I initially really disliked it when I first heard it but after hearing the songs more and more, I think I like it more every time to the point that I now absolutely love it (although it’s still not in my top 3 Zep albums)

[@jaydubya3698]

Agreed. As a kid of the 70s, I came to LZ sort of late...I really started listening to all of their work as a freshman in college in 1980. Before that, of course I knew about Stairway, Whole Lotta Love, and the other major songs, but I hadn't gone deep into the catalog. In the summer of 81, I got a summer job on Maui and I stayed in Kihei with my older cousin and her husband. They had a copy of the album and when I listened to it for the first time, I didn't really like it. I just sounded strange. The only song I dug from the first time I heard it was 'No Quarter.' Over the years I've come to really appreciate and love most of the songs on the album. I still think 'The Crunge' is sort of a crappy song, but I still like "Have you seen the bridge? I ain't seen the bridge...Where's that confounded bridge?" LOL

[@FortessofShred]

An incredible song by an unbelievably incredible band.

[@WalterFrith]

Another great video about the best band of all time. Thanks, Adam.

[@toonswap8511]

I love their early stuff like Good Times, Bad Times. I love their bluesy stuff like Since I've Been Lovin' You. I love their reggae stuff like D'yer Maker (Die-Er May-Ker). I love their softer stuff like Thank You. I love their heavier stuff like Immigrant Song. I love their later stuff of Achilles Last Stand. There are only a few songs that I'll skip past on any of their albums. I just love it all.

[@poitor5915]

their earlier stuff was bad ass☝🏻

[@robster7316]

Zep was such an artistically creative band and Houses of the Holy was sure a big adjustment for listeners when it came out, but it seemed to get a ton of airplay anyway. BTW, love the Cockney accent, Adam! Second career, perhaps? ;-)

[@ProfessorofRock]

Ha ha. Thanks Robster. You are very kind.

[@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980]

I love Houses of the Holy.

[@garylshelton2463]

Thanks for diving into "D'yer Maker". That was a very interesting story about the inception of that title. It really never did make any sense; I just always went with it because of the catchy tune. I was surprised to hear that the song never made a set list for a live concert. I was also surprised to hear that the title was not said in the song. I had always thought the whispered "fire" at the end was "d'yer" and that Robert Plant (or whoever) was saying the name of the song, or at least part of it.

[@bobdamon6216]

Love the back story around the title. Zeppelin is my favorite band of all time. To learn something new about them is always welcome. How about doing an episode about Fool In the Rain?

[@Macdelaven]

HOTH was released just before my 14th birthday, so I got it for a present from my brother. I read it as Die-yer Maker but the first time I heard it on the radio, the DJ gave the correct pronunciation in his lead-in intro. I will admit to being an LZ snob and waited to correct other's mispronunciations for the next several years.

[@ProfessorofRock]

Micky, Thanks for sharing that memory.

[@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980]

I read it as Jamaica.

[@TheWaynos73]

i can’t believe they wrote the amazing ‘For Your Life’ for the Presence album but never performed it live until the Celebration Day concerts.

[@poitor5915]

and far out didn’t just sound awesome☝🏻😵‍💫

[@ryananthony4840]

Great episode!!!

[@LX5477]

Until today I always said Die er maker. Learned some RnR info today. Thx. I am only 53 so still learning. 🤘

[@ej5205]

Gotta go with Zeppelin 4 as their best album. So, so many great songs. Hey Professor, could I make a request? Could you possibly look into and do a video about an criminally underrated 80's bands that almost nobody has heard about but also had members of one of the greatest rock bands of all time. I'm talking about a band called "The Storm" which had in it 3 members of the band "Journey"

[@oneironaut.indigo]

Lz4 is my favorite album from Zeppelin but Houses of the Holy is my second favorite

[@dtw63]

My favorite is the Ocean, last song side 2. Great song.

[@Elwaves2925]

Side 2. There's something you do hear much these days.

[@sebastianquinchia1840]

Ugh, The Ocean, what a fantastic song. It's also my favourite from the album

[@ProfessorofRock]

Great song!

[@Elwaves2925]

@@sebastianquinchia1840 Your comment confused me. 'Ugh' has always meant dislike to me, yet clearly you like the song.

[@sebastianquinchia1840]

@@Elwaves2925 English is a very strange language. I guess I just don't know the right "sound effect" to use at the start of that.

[@dannygray4319]

Saw this in concert with the HOH American tour, always been very close to me heart!

[@chandlerlofton6536]

Dude is a master narrator/ story teller. I always enjoy this show.

[@tektoniks_architects]

Zep's ability to play any genre brilliantly separated them and elevated them above their peers. Their versatility and diversity is unmatched in Rock.

[@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980]

I totally agree with you. They are so extraordinary and legendary.

[@superblip9372]

Uuiik

[@JustinTyme33]

I don’t know if you believe this or if you are just repeating something you heard. This is a ridiculous statement.

[@poitor5915]

you’ve always gotta listen there’s so much diversity☝🏻

[@boofert.washington2499]

Bc Page lifted guitar riffs from others. He's about as unoriginal as they get.

[@kcmichelson4528]

Zep put out so many albums so quickly and where basically almost every track was radio hit worthy. Pretty insane.

[@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980]

I know, right? They’re impressive.

[@poitor5915]

yes any song could hit the airwaves🤔but hang on “hats off to harper”😵‍💫

[@B5Blue1968]

Led Zeppelin II Because of Whole Lotta Love, hands down my favorite Zeppelin song. Growing up in Detroit in the 60's with two older brothers, who listened to many different types of music, i was exposed to a vast variety of music. When i heard Whole Lotta Love for the first time, it blew me away, i was 12 at the time.

[@axe2grind911a]

I absolutely loved this album when it first came out and it remains my all time Zep favorite. Never heard the origin of this title - or it's pronunciation - before this video! For me, this ranks with LZII as my all time faves. These are the ones I still enjoy listening to today. HOTH was certainly the most quirky, unique, and beautiful records ever made.

[@j.s.c.4355]

Absorbing that record is entirely my experience with it. It was the first Zepplin album I ever bought and I had no idea what I was getting. And then I listen to it was like this is Led Zeppelin? But the more I listen to it the more I became fond of it.

[@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980]

Over the years, their music evolved to the point people don’t believe it’s them when they release a new album.

[@RC32Smiths01]

I always enjoyed when bands explore different genres and sounds, and while I know it can be jarring, I think the payoff is very satisfying if you analyze it hard enough! Always appreciate the history of music here.

[@ProfessorofRock]

I agree. It's an interesting song for sure.

[@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980]

I always love it when bands reinvent themselves.

[@counterpuncher01]

You're such a beautiful gym Professor you brighten this world as much as anyone. I'm so happy to see you make a living doing what you love. You deserve to be as loaded and luxurious as any Rock star.... that being said I don't believe that's your style

[@tnrodgers]

It was always said Dire Maker. The pronunciation makes sense now, thanks Adam. I liked the variety of Zep and this song holds that trend. (Rain song still my fav.)