We react to Led Zeppelin - Good Times Bad Times | REACTION

[@PeterTea]

I don’t care what the neighbors say, I’m gonna jam to Zeppelin, each and everyday…

[@jeremyedwards1093]

Great comment!!

[@CosmicVagabondPixie]

i do too! ✨🎸✨

[@shegocrazy]

Good times.

[@Ledzepnut]

You got that right Peter, Zeppelin never gets old

[@danielgerald4551]

Don’t worry about the neighbors!

[@peterfhere9461]

First track on the first album by a new band. And it blew people's minds.....

[@JoeHicks-ow4rm]

It did mine for sure. Was the first time I'd ever heard hard rock and I was instantly hooked. I can still see my high school buddy putting this on his turn table and cranking up the volume. The second band I heard was Black Sabbath and I've never been the same. Now I'm 70 years old and I'm a big metal head. My favorite band is Slipknot.

[@juliemanarin4127]

It sure blew mine!

[@JoeHicks-ow4rm]

@@juliemanarin4127 me too

[@Fritzw75]

@@juliemanarin4127 and 55 years later it still blows my mind. I saw the greatest rock band on earth The Mighty Led Zeppelin in July 1977 at the Oakland Alameda County Coliseum Stadium. A Day On The Green. It was unfortunately their last North American Concert. It was incredible. I snuck and mini cassette recorder in that day and taped the entire Zeppelin set and still have the tapes.

[@pbrooks4040]

i remember dropping the needle on this one for the first time on release date. my head exploded.

[@jakeenan]

The drumming that was the stand out when everybody first heard it. Nobody was believing that Bonham was doing that kick-drum work with one foot.....the other foot had the hi-hat going throughout like a click-track, keeping everything in line. Straight out the gate....these dudes were not playing around. 😀

[@classiclife7204]

This song holds a special place in every Zep fan's heart: Song 1, Side 1, Album 1. The beginning of a 10-year-long journey.

[@edwardcoit9748]

Ohhh that bass drum. I saw a documentary on the double-bass. It included Bonham even though he used a single bass. His drum sounded like a double.

[@steveullrich7737]

The Genesis moment of LZ.

[@winslow551]

Our mouths dropped open when we heard this song. Immediately hooked!!!

[@jeremymerrifield7244]

I can still recall hearing the opening notes as a 12 year old lad in mono on my old record player. It was the beginning of a Romance that has never ended

[@myrdozer]

You must remember that Radio wouldn't play anything longer than 3 minutes. Great bands finally broke that, but Radio fought it until they couldn't anymore.

[@willyroussel3563]

That's why Jimmy fudged the time on How Many More Times on the album so radio would play it.

[@Starriddin]

This was still the days of AM radio. FM stations started playing longer cuts to be different. It worked!!!

[@SmoothCriminaltripleOG]

Yes, yes, yes, radio back then didn’t like long songs and truth be told artists were told to keep it under a certain time frame.

[@HappyNowCartoons]

I think Stairway to Heaven was one of those songs that broke that levee.

[@DENVEROUTDOORMAN]

Yup top 40 trash Rock Garbage Radio...too many wimps love shot overplayed garbage

[@vicprovost2561]

I agree with others, 1st track, 1st album, you should start there and just keep going in order and do each complete album. It would be your best audio experience ever! 🎸

[@Scoobydcs]

every element was there right out of the gate, the sublime bass playing. the MONSTROUS 20 year old drummer! the soulful and powerful 20 year old singer and the wizard on guitar

[@TheClarita1984]

This song is like the presentation of each member of the band by it's own part and instrument 😊

[@ericjorgensen3911]

That`s WHY you go see them LIVE, extended solos and beats. They were AWESOME live, SO LOUD yet so CLEAR. GOAT Rock/Blues. All the member MESH so well, such a tight band!. Saw them 3x. `69-70 and `77 Yes `69 1st album... man on the moon, summer of love, mini skirts. Great bands. Lucky enough to live in Bay Area so got to see all the Rock bands. 17 in summer of `69, what a great time to be a teen!

[@DavidBurton-m4n]

They played this song to open their 2007 reunion concert (Celebration Day) in London. It is well worth watching!

[@adrianmorris5546]

Led Zeppelin are just immortal such amazing music forever

[@baselanz9854]

"How many more times" on the first album should def be your next reaction. Often overlooked in reaction videos, but it's the song that shows the raw mastery of each of 4 band members the most in my opinion.

[@stevemoss7793]

My favourite track from this album.

[@mongosaqqara]

The Lords of Rock...just gets even better with age.

[@davidboivin7996]

Bonhams triplets on the kick drum got everyone's attention.

[@sicotshit7068]

First I want to say, you are both beautiful, & a beautiful couple. I’ve watched all of your Led Zeppelin reactions, & your reactions together are so cute. What’s really amazing about Led Zeppelin, is they as a band were only together about 2 months when they recorded this album, & an amazing debut album it is. They first released together on August 19,1968, the first song they played together they knew they were great together. They did a 6 gig concert tour to finish out The Yardbirds contracts Jimmy as the last member felt obligated to do. They toured as The New Yardbirds, went back to England & recorded & Page produced mixed & edited the album all in 4 days total of 35 hours. Before the album was released on January 12,1969, the band came to the USA on December 26,1968 & toured some. America fell in love with Led Zeppelin, many great documentaries & interviews with them. The documentary called The Breaking Of America, The Boston Tea Party Led Zeppelin, is a cool listen. As always thank you for your great reaction.

[@ryanr5319]

Thank you both for reaction. This song is a fast little radio tune, by requirements. Then they never followed rules.😊 '69, amazing still way back. Yes, they are eternal. Thank you! Just awesome.

[@steve-qe1sv]

It was like music reinvented!

[@1agondonter]

Nobody ever comments on the heartbeat Bonham throws in with his base drum at the end after Plant sings "you can feel the beat within my heart".

[@williamcabell142]

The ALL TIME GOATS! Fan from the begging! Now 72, and they are as fresh to me, as when first them! BONZO HAS THE BEST TRIPLETS! 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥😎

[@alan73795]

Led Zep were unparelled masters of the opening track: "Good Times, Bad Time" (1), "Whole Lotta Love" (2), "Immigrant Song" (3), "Black Dog" (4), "The Song Remains The Same" (5), "Custard Pie" (6), "Achilles Last Stand" (7), "In The Evening" (8), and I'd add in "We're Gonna Groove" from the Zep-posthumous album Coda (9). Those 9 songs together would make an amazing album on their own!

[@juliemanarin4127]

First song...debut album!! I WAS BLOWN AWAY!

[@susiedawson3349]

The bass drum triplets that Bonham does are amazing!

[@brianmurphy8627]

Guys, you also have to put in in historical perspective. I like that you're approaching it as people who were just hearing the band for the first time. It's an excellent approach. What you also have to take into consideration is the fact these guys were competing for airtime on the radio. Back then, if DJs didn't play your songs, nobody would hear about you. You could only make songs that were a few minutes long, or practically nobody would take a chance on playing your music. This was 1969. The Beatles were still together, the Rolling Stones, Jimi Hendrix, Creedence, The Beach Boys, ad infinitum. The was SO MUCH great music out there already! They had to put their best foot forward, get an audience, then fans and the stadium gigs would come. Well, you know the rest. They did all that, and more. There were never any other band that changed rock as much as Zeppelin, once they had more freedom to create their own music and style. They just needed to get their feet in the door first. 😁❤

[@Ed-yu9xe]

Elie, I like the look. You look good with your hair like that. And Carol you look GORGEOUS as you always do!

[@TheCornishCockney]

WHAT an era. Fortunately I lived the greatest ever era,and it was a massive party.

[@martinbellamy940]

I still have the vinyl copy of the first album that I purchased in 1969 along with other later albums. There are many other tracks to explore.

[@Billp19733]

One bass drum and one pedal. Crazy!!!!

[@juliemanarin4127]

Go through all their albums! WE WERE BLOWN AWAY...first song on the debut album!

[@drewcliff82]

All time classic. Led Zepplin is one of few where every member is close to the top of what they do. Drums, bass, guitar and vocals. JPJ is also a master on the keyboard and synth stuff too. Top 3 all time bad 100%.

[@RuthKing-wm9nw]

54 years ago..damn..the minute I heard that guitar those drums and then Robert Plant...it was a done deal. I still feel the same joy today.😊

[@Randsurfer]

I first heard this freshman year in college and my roommate was a drummer. He pointed out the insane bass drum skill of Bonham. I was an instant Bonham fan.

[@bjwnashe5589]

Bonham rocking triplets on the kick drum. There’s been lots of great drummers, but no one had a better right foot on the bass kick drum. Future drummers started to use double bass drums in order to achieve the same effect Bonham got with one foot and one drum. Amazing.

[@albertzapata1156]

Now you need to start listening to the albums in order song by song and then you will become an official Led Head

[@malcshone4409]

“ You Shook Me” is the third single on that album. If you like harmonica, you’ll love it!

[@phillipharrison7283]

The moon, Woodstock and Led Zeppelin. What a great year 1969 was. I was 17. Thanks for bringing our great old music to the youngsters. Cheers ✌

[@richardfalcon6033]

I was 11 when this came out. But my brother was 16 and he brought it home. I'm in the bedroom probably playing with my Hot Wheels and he's playing this over and over, louder and louder. Next thing I know my head is bobbing, foot tapping. That started me buying records, and I have collected quite the collection of music. A blend of CDs and vinyl. I hangout in my man cave and play music most of the time. I could really show you some great deep cuts on some great albums that you'll probably never hear of. I was able to see Zeppelin in 1975 and 1977. In 75 I was front row center stage. In 77 I was center stage again, only the upper deck in the last row, lol. Seriously, nothing behind me but the wall.

[@mitchellbeston1033]

The first album gives a sneak peek into the variety Zeppelin would provide throughout their career.

[@adamgreener3887]

Another great reaction. Loving watching you both get into Zeppelin & rock in general, on your journey from rap. I started vice versa. Being into Zeppelin, etc at an early age (many moons ago) before the revelation in 1987 (!) of hearing Public Enemy, “Rebel without a pause” which kicked off my long standing love of rap. Whichever genre, you gotta love a good drop & beats (which is one reason I think we all love Zep & great rap). Keep being natural. Stay safe out there. ❤

[@EnglishRalph]

Then straight into “Babe I’m Gonna Leave You”. Great way to start a first album.

[@neillenet291]

Which was the first song they stole from someone else. Anne Bredon.

[@BBaldwin]

@@neillenet291For which they settled. Zeppelin’s version brought notoriety to Anne and increased interest in her catalog! See how that works, dummy? But a myopic, bitter little hater like you can’t fathom that Anne based HER VERSION on a traditional folk progression. Look deeper , if your diminutive brain is even capable of doing so.

[@bilabong4257]

@@neillenet291 you can’t steal if you don’t even know who wrote the lyrics. Joan baez credited it as traditional because she didn’t know who wrote it either. Did she steal it as well?

[@neillenet291]

@bilabong4257 Babe I'm Gonna Leave You" is a folk song written by Anne Bredon in the late 1950s.

[@nightcitypunk8517]

From the moment I dropped the needle on this track for the first time, I've been been a Zeppelin fan.

[@ronaldelliott4373]

Loved your reaction guys. Every drummer (like myself) who heard this when it came out, immediately began copying John Bonham’s bass drum triplets. He noted, the idea first came to him from hearing Vanilla Fudge drummer Carmine Appice. His triplet patterns can be found on a number of Zeppelin tracks. All tastefully done, not overdone. Here I think the barrage was meant to introduce Led Zeppelin to the public. It worked. 🤘✨

[@kevinharalson4538]

When you are 16 and busting out of the nest.. this song was perfect!

[@retiredfirelt586]

This, fine young friends, is what introduced Rock and Roll to us "in the days of our youth".

[@jamesdalton8539]

Saturday mornings cleaning my flat... song #1 on the cleaning playlist... been that way for years, still today!!!! try it!! always takes me back...my school uniform was Levi jeans, cowboy boots and a Led Zeppelin t-shirt (of course also Rush, Van Halen, or any other Rock t-shirt, i had a huge collection...bought my own)!!!!

[@ronaldmorgan7632]

It was difficult in the early 70s as a kid because most of us didn't have money for albums or turntables, so we relied on listening to the local rock stations to satisfy our hunger for rock (and believe me, that was the golden era for not only rock but lots of other genres).

[@billmckee1123]

Awesome!! Love the drums on that song. The second song is even better..!! You guys will get emotional on the second song. Babe I’m Gonna Leave You.

[@CosmicVagabondPixie]

OMG i cant wait to see just how **Blown Away** you are going to be by THIS like i was when i heard THIS for the very 1st time sittin on the floor in my older sisters room lights out headphones on FULL **Blast** & HOLY WoW! tho when i was introduced to **MyBelovedOtherWorldlyLedZeppelin** it was like bout 10 years after they actually began their career as **The Greatest Band EVER!!!** k SO **Excited** to see/hear your **Reactions** k goin in Weeeeeeeee...

[@TonyCentaur]

When you listen to Led Zeppelin and the great rock bands of the late 60's and 70's, you have to ask yourself if music has advanced for the better, and if not, "Why?"

[@shegocrazy]

It's got a very 60s feel....made for radio.

[@GregoryGreock-hz2mg]

You guys are in for a ride with Zeppelin. You just scratch the the surface of there catalog. Enjoy the trip.😊

[@aspenward390]

I heard it later, when I was 13 years old, in 1971. The first four albums were out by then, and I heard them all in one night. My mind was blown.

[@danielb2993]

I remember getting this album when I was 15. The whole street heard it.

[@pauldavis2535]

Stripped down to the elements ❤

[@dennislehman3897]

1969 when I was 21 years old I bought this first album. Loved it.

[@retiredfirelt586]

Damn Bro, you old as hell... I was only 10. 😎

[@davidturner4407]

Please try Going to California, you will be pleased. You two think & react so clearly, perfect harmonizing.

[@rkurniawan4432]

now you guys need to listen to led zeppelin sequentially & hear their progress, also experience the albums theme change, which is an amazing experience.. a led zeppelin experience 👌

[@bowtiefidenine]

The short length is what radio stations were used to back then. Longer songs were just not played by the station 😊

[@jmar7631]

The band had been together for only about two months when they recorded this album, which they did in about 30 hours, including editing. Pretty incredible. At the time, Page was 24, Jones 22, Bonham 20 and Plant had just turned 20. Highly recommend that you listen to all the tracks on it. Great album, and it will give you an idea of just how much these four guys really were on the same wavelength from the get-go.

[@helenespaulding7562]

Hey JMar. Nice to see ya. 👋

[@jmar7631]

@@helenespaulding7562 Hi Helene! :)

[@ateeshh4002]

Try Also - Kashmir - In The Evening - Nobody's Fault But Mine - Rock & Roll - Bring It On Home More obscure & underrated Zep songs - Tea for One ( prelude to Since I've Been Loving You) - Carouselambra - The Battle of Evermore

[@PeterTea]

You should definitely do the “Zepathon.” There’s no musical journey better than that.

[@ruukiiee]

...heard this live in 1969 at a Led concert in Honolulu. I was 16 and wasn't supposed to be at this concert with "older" people...haha...anyway me and my friend were standing about what?...20-30 feet away from the front of the stage...in a dark and dingy old arena...it was awe inspiring...and very loud, you could feel the sound pumping out of the stack of gigantic speakers on stage...yeah I'm that old...

[@msmilie]

This song was the lone single release from the album, and in those days most singles were 2-3 minutes in length.

[@DarthVader-km6ku]

Fascinating perceptive reaction again from you both. I was there when this album first dropped. It was a revelation. It represented one of the most significant transitions between the 1960s pop music and the grand spectacles of the early 1970s. The song is short because we were all used to listening to 3 or maybe 4 minute songs at that time. There were a few ambitious exceptions like the Beatles' Day in the Life, but short songs like this were normal for a single, which this song was (the first single off the album, aimed at radio airplay.) The sound was considered really "heavy" at the time compared to much of what had come previously (although we had also heard Hendrix and Cream etc,) Zeppelin were immediately compared to Cream and the Jeff Beck Group, which were both blues bands with a heavy side, but neither had effectively captured the sound of what the drummer and bass were doing . The clarity of the recording (Bonham's drums, Jones bass in particular) was so much clearer and fatter than Cream, Beck or Hendrix recordings. It just leapt out of the speaker fully formed. It was the birth of the sound of the 70s and the future of rock. The big "epic" Zeppelin came later, and it was Zeppelin who then pioneered all of that massive grandiose stadium thing because Cream had split up and Hendrix had died.

[@nickkahler673]

You ARE experiencing it as we did. Same age and life stage as many of us, just a few years after us. Enjoy!

[@MConchis]

I saw them live in 1969 and they were amazing! So much change occurred in those few years. I started college in 1968. We wore coats and ties to classes. In 1969 we wore, shorts, T-shirts and flip flops. Music was virtually the same.

[@hudsonhollow]

I saw them at Meriwaether Post Pavilion in May of 1969. The only time they opened for The Who. Were you there?

[@MConchis]

I saw them at the 1969 Atlanta Pop Festival in July. 3 days of peace and music!

[@hudsonhollow]

@@MConchis I was at the 1970 Atlanta Pop. Great memories!!

[@davidsmay9421]

I was fortunate to see Led Zeppelin in Pittsburgh's Three Rivers Stadium in 1973, was a great concert. You talk about wanting a song to be longer, they managed to do a 35-minute version of dazed and confused. I think they played for 2 1/2hours. They also featured an 11-minute version of Moby dick with John Bonham playing the drums with bare hands. Hard to remember all as it was 51 years ago. Thanks for this reaction, love seeing your take on the music I grew up with.

[@IanDarley]

Record cutting machines back then were powered by a falling weight (like inside a grandfather clock), it took three minutes to fall, so 45rpm single records were three minutes long.

[@vernhoke7730]

I probably bought this album back in 1970. 12 year old me was hooked. Zeppelin I & II came out in '69, III in '70 & IV in '71. In a 2 year span, we got what would become 4 of the greatest rock albums ever.

[@Roh_Echt]

I know you reacted to Kashmir - Live (back in the day)....but the 2007 Live - Celebration Day performance is pretty cool. Because Jason Bonham, son of original drummer John Bonham (R.I.P.), is on the drums for that concert. Also, the original three, remaining, members are all 60 yrs ±2 yrs.

[@roscoeroberts5787]

Length of songs back in the day was 2minutes. Zep later on broke that format over & over ! THEY WERE NOT ITERESTED IN RADIO PLAY, SO JIMMY P. NEVER LET THE RECORD COMPANIES RELEASE ANY SINGLES ! LATER ON HE STARTED THEIR OWN LABLE (SWAN SONGS) & THE 1sr ARTIST SIGNED WAS BAD COMPANY ! KEEP ROCK 'en !!!!😊

[@VIDSTORAGE]

I cannot be sure about other countries but Atlantic Records did issue singles from every album in the US but the band did not like it because they thought it was bad for LP sales but in turn the radio played singles did help them even if they did not like it.

[@ronaldelliott4373]

And Bad Co isn’t in The Hall of Fame. That’s an Fing crime! Along with ELP, Jethro Tull, Toto… 😵‍💫

[@robertevans2450]

it is as you said, a great introduction...each member had a moment in the song, where they were outside their role, be it altering the tempo on drums for a moment, or the base isolation instead of a fill, Plant's voice, and Jimmy's solo. To keep it an introduction, the song was short, giving great anticipation to what the rest of the album holds....now it's your choice, do you venture on to see what is there or do you put it down and move on to something else? For 1969, this was amazing. For today, still unmatched.

[@alan73795]

Melt your headphones with "Communicration Breakdown" from the same album.

[@tomy.1846]

Such a great first song!!!!!!

[@robertlear2712]

I saw Led Zeppelin perform this song in concert in 1969 and 1970. I also sang the song in rock band I was in at college.

[@FrowningIke]

Wanna be blown away? Stevie Ray Vaughan- Texas Flood - El Mocambo. The greatest guitarist that ever lived.

[@VinE83656]

I suggest you react to the songs on the first album in order. Experience the whole album as it was 55 years ago.

[@Creamstp]

I find you both to be the most entertaining and believable reviewers of the true joy of finding life changing music from the handful of early master music creators who were innovators of their musical styles that still have never been equaled. Zeppelin was a force where all 4 members had monumental talent...monsters in fact. LOVE watching you both...but Carol gets inside and lives the music like we did back in the day when music was EVERYTHING to us and I mean completely. It was a world of true wonder and connection. Led Zep 1 exploded with the same power as so many of that time...but in time it became clear that Led Zeppelin will always be the greatest of them all. BTW... I was at both Friday and Saturday nights concerts at MSG in 1973...pure magic.

[@69zenos1]

I am 68 years old and I was 13 in 1969 and I remember the very first time that I heard this. It is different now for later generations to hear this for the first time. In 1969 there was no other music like this yet. These bands were pioneers. But after decades you are used to hearing similar sounding music for your whole lives. Does that make sense?

[@helenespaulding7562]

It’s almost impossible, in 2024, to “hear”this as we did. I was 22 when this was released. Just that short guitar solo on that first song announced a great new heavy rock band. Other than Hendrix, those distorted sounds that Jimmy was getting and the way he was playing was really new. And yeah, the song was “short” for later Zeppelin, but keep in mind it was part of an album, so it moved directly into the next song ….so there was not a feeling of being let down.

[@paulbykowicz9653]

I seen them LIVE.. '74. BUFFALO,NY

[@billreilly7693]

Zeppelin FOREVER!!!🥁☮☘

[@tomy.1846]

Loving Zep for 40 years! Totally influenced my guitar playing, too!

[@ldwahl6678]

Still remember my 14 year old self being totally wowed when this came out.

[@stevesantistevan2316]

I saw Zeppelin perform this in san francisco 1969

[@George-kv6gm]

The songs were shorter back then because of time limits to be played on the radio. Most of us first heard of a group on the radio, and usually that was an AM radio in the car. FM was around, but lots of folks didn't use it. So my introduction to Led Zeppelin was not via the first album. It was on the radio, and the first song I ever heard by them was Communication Breakdown. I thought they were great, and so I bought the first album. Just the way you read it, I put it on my stereo record player's turntable, dropped the needle on it, and heard what you just heard. I was hooked. Thanks for a wonderful reaction to a great song, and God bless you!

[@patches6309]

Love watching your faces when certain parts of LZ songs hit? The sheer amazed looks and smiles tell me more than anyone could ever write. Enjoy the Led Zeppelin rabbit hole, it is deep and powerful. Great job reacting guys!

[@jameshuston9589]

I'm a man who been living in the woods, on the streets, in the deserts for most of my adult life. I'm 60 now. To see young people from other cultures and countries react to and like what I grew up with is, well, it helps my heart, mind, and soul. There may be hope yet. Thank you. As a man who always carries a guitar, I'm sure Elie knows what he's doing with one. Best to you and yours always.

[@bowtiefidenine]

Thanks for picking my favorite band

[@donscott2681]

Carol !!! Oh, my.

[@MrJeddYoung]

Another great song of this same first album is "Babe I'm Gonna Leave You" - there's a great live version tagged "Danmarks Radio 1969" - it's a fantastic live version because the band is so young - I hope you check it out sometime - thanks for posting this one.

[@user-oe9hj9yl7m]

That’s you introduce yourself to the world. It blew my mind when I first it on. I had read reports of them in the musical papers so I took a chance and bought it the first day it was released. I’ve still got that copy to this day but don’t play it now because I don’t want to ruin it any more.

[@pauldavis2535]

After we heard it then it got better every time Not many heard them live for a while I got to see them in 72 Just them

[@andreweaves7975]

Every Led Zeppelin recording could be longer and many of them are. Unfortunately radio stations would not play a song over 3 1/2 minutes long….That's what it was like growing up in the Stone Age LOL

[@johncagnettajr344]

Yes is freak me out in 1970. I was 14 years old and we thought was new sound “hard blues rock”. Similar to the band Cream which featured Eric Clapton.

[@mikejacobson14]

Listen to Since I've Been Loving You from Led Zeppelin III. I recommend both the studio and the Madison Square Garden versions.

[@ricksiracusa1374]

I was 13 years old (1977) and a KISS fan, I heard this and I never went back. #RSj914

[@PatrickORourke-yz3xn]

It's true this was the first for LZ - But at the time in the circles where bands incubating, swapping members and finding themselves, both Jimmy and JPJ were fairly well known as both performers and session players. This was a different time, though -

[@jeremyedwards1093]

Thanks for this one! “What Is and What Should Never Be” from Led Zeppelin II is a great mellow tune. The chorus is so cool. Plus the Page solo is another great classic!

[@EdKoller]

I'm an ol' white guy, and I just love youse guys grooving to my stuff.😂😂