Today's Technology Can't Create This Legendary Led Zeppelin 70s Rock Classic | Professor of Rock

How Led Zeppelin created their biggest hit song, their only top 10, the provocative 70s smash Whole Lotta Love through rough waters including conservative radio programmers and later a lawsuit. Jimmy Page’s Riff has been called the best ever, Robert Plant’s evocative vocal and the incredible rhythm section of John Paul Jones and John Bonham, this song is a bonafide rock classic.... Coming up.. the story of a provocative Top 5 smash created by a daredevil supergroup that challenged the gatekeepers of commercial radio conservatism...and wound up being sued for violation of copyright laws. There’s a whole lotta yearnin’ ...and a whole lotta schoolin' NEXT on Professor of Rock.
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Rolling Stone writer Steve Pond called Led Zeppelin the “last band of the 60s, and the first band of the 70s. Zeppelin was truly the band that captivated a new generation of fans that were not members of the personality cult of the 60s. Critics did not like them, but an emerging culture of uninhibited young fans grabbed on to Zeppelin IMMEDIATELY… It was a new age of fans- captivated by provocative music & a path of life they could call their own.
The song that characterized the approaching individualism of the 70s was released in November of 1969….Led Zeppelin’s ”Whole Lotta Love” In the early 60s; while most of his peers were busy groaning about acne & finding the right turtleneck, the great Jimmy Page worked tirelessly to become one of England’s most sought-after session players by the time he was only 18.
He was known as “Lil’ Jim P” to avoid confusion with another highly used studio musician named Big Jim Sullivan. If an artists needed a guitarist, they either went to Lil Jim, back in those days.
As the decade rolled along, Page was featured on a variety of notable recordings by the likes of Marianne Faithful, Johnathan King, Brenda Lee, Van Morrison, the Kinks, and even The Who.
Jimmy provided rhythm guitar licks for The Who on their first single “I Can’t Explain.” In ’66, Page got the idea of assembling a super group with Keith Moon & John Entwistle from The Who- Jeff Beck & John Paul Jones. When the guys talked about how they thought the supergroup would be received, Keith Moon shot back that the group would “go over like a lead zeppelin,” In other words, it would be a disaster.
I should note, however, that some say the quip actually came from Entwistle. Regardless, the joking remark stuck with Page, and he would bring it to the forefront a few years later. Late in ’66, Page replaced bassist Paul Samwell Smith and joined his buddy Jeff Beck as one of The Yardbirds. Less than two years later, Beck, too, departed, and despite frantic efforts to keep the band together, The Yardbirds imploded. Page went back to his idea of forming a supergroup that shared the same musical vision, and the tenacity to bust the status quo.

[@ProfessorofRock]

POLL: They created so MANY classic albums, what is your pick for the greatest Led Zeppelin album back to front?

[@timothygutkin5711]

2

[@fumblebunny1993]

Houses of the Holy

[@nelrock3641]

Houses Of The Holy was the first Zep album I ever bought and remains my favorite today.

[@DDKaraokeOutlaw]

4

[@stephenbrown4211]

Hands down Physical Graffiti. Every track is just a masterpiece.

[@hoozat007]

One memory that comes to mind regarding this song is from when I was about 17 in the late 70s. My dad bought the family's first real stereo system, you know with the various separate components and two big speakers. He set it up, we listened to a couple songs, and he asked what I thought of the sound quality. I was surprised by the question... he didn't generally ask my opinion about anything. My dad was very much from a different generation--there was a 40 year age difference between us. I told him it was pretty good but I didn't think it had enough bass. The next day he packed it all up and returned it to the store. I assume he must have asked the sales person for something with more bass sound and came home with a different system. He set it up again and asked if I thought this one was any better. The song I chose to test it... Whole Lotta Love. Killer bass on that track, especially in the outro. I don't know what he thought of the song, he never offered an opinion. He just seemed happy that I was satisfied with his purchase. I miss him.

[@chrisgerardy2877]

Awesome story! I can totally relate with my Dad.😀

[@sinjonbradberry4475]

Beautiful story. Thanks for sharing.

[@boston_octopus]

I feel your sadness at missing him. How wonderful that your dad leaned on your judgment! Bless him and you.

[@solosyd]

Your dad loved you enough to get the right gear for you.

[@godisamulti-racialhermaphr7560]

You had a cool Dad!

[@denisefarmer366]

I saw Zeppelin at a small Chicago club in late 1968 or early '69, as a senior in highschool. The impact this unknown band (at the time) had was enormous. At that little club in 1968 I became a life long fan. The 60s was a troubled and turbulent decade with the war and 3 high profile political assassinations, especially for teens, and finally we had a band with power, frankness, rebellion and talent to match the mood. Now a granny at age 71, I still crank up the volume on whole lotta love 💕.☮️

[@ms-jl6dl]

Mee too. I'm the youngunn at 60.😄🤘

[@crungefactory]

2-7-69 kinetic playground, Chicago! Wow. You were lucky!

[@michaelduhan4987]

Yeah

[@dinorockwell3196]

Kinetic Playground

[@robertkirchner8857]

That is pretty cool. My friend was in London in 1969 and he remembers seeing Zeppelin advertised for a Concert that evening. You are very fortunate to have seen them before the rest of us were able to know them. Especially in a small venue. I was able to see them in Mannheim Germany in the summer of 1980, 3rd to their last show.

[@teresacandeloro5687]

There will never be another Zeppelin. When those 4 guys came together we were given a gift of timeless music that can never be matched.

[@adamwal4591]

you're right there will never be another... because they would have been shut down for plagiarism do to stealing music is not allowed.

[@teresacandeloro5687]

@@adamwal4591 OMG please find something new or different. Everyone has heard it and still no one cares! It's soo worn out! It's actually laughable because it's all you got. Led Zeppelin created MANY timeless masterpieces all by themselves.

[@adamwal4591]

@@teresacandeloro5687 Eurotrash cover band that stole "their" music.

[@SealofPerfection]

@@adamwal4591 Pure stupidity. The only thing that would have happened is what DID happen: The original artist sued, they came to an agreement and the original got paid. The original should be grateful that the mighty Led Zeppelin chose one of their songs that nobody would have ever heard again otherwise. The only reason we're even talking about "You Need Love" by Jimmy Dixon is because of Led Zeppelin.

[@adamwal4591]

@@SealofPerfection "great" bands don't need to steal their music. PS It's Willy Dixon.

[@salvadorcamacho9151]

The best ever. I was 4 years old and mind you my family was on our way to church early Sunday morning (7:30am) and we were listening to the radio (am) on station 690 Khj with the reel Don steele and whole lotta love came on, I told my dad to turn it up, me being the youngest of 6 , he told everyone in the station wagon to be quiet because my song was on. I may have been only 4 , but I will never forget that day.

[@billhorstkamp98]

Great story, Mr. Camacho

[@tommyabernathy9880]

Led Zeppelin is a one-time thing in the entire history of the earth. Including any past or future civilizations. One time, and we got it. 🍻

[@cherryvalley5000]

There was no one else. There never will be.❤️🎶

[@tommyabernathy9880]

🍻

[@jamesaron1967]

Yes, Led Zep will never be equalled, and was never equalled even back in Atlantis or the Silurian Civilization of the late Carboniferous..

[@jamesmccormick875]

Back when I was a kid in the 80’s, 1987 and I was 13, my dad bought me a stereo for my room for Christmas. Inside where the cassette tape drawer was my dad had bought and placed every Led Zeppelin album! It was the best Christmas gift I ever got.

[@sonnypate6808]

Seeing Zeppelin live in Cincinnati in the spring of '77 is my greatest musical experience. I quit my job because my boss told me I could have the day off. At the last minute he changed his mind. Jobs come and go but this is Zeppelin. I wouldn't have missed it for any reason.👍☮️

[@pipepicasso8112]

I live around Cincinnati, and I'm so jealous. I would have been 7 at the time, so that wasn't going to happen for me.😕

[@brucewightman5168]

Good your boss was a dick anyways lol. I had a pt time job for 6yrs at a local small steel shop and my boss lent me his big old cad sev to take 8 of us for VH lol thanks MARIO lol

[@sonnypate6808]

@@pipepicasso8112 I live North of Portsmouth Ohio. I was 17 and it was a amazing show. I've been to well over 100 concerts and that one is the most memorable.👍☮️

[@jeffinphx517]

You did the right thing, your boss is in a senior living center, yelling at imaginary kids to "get off my damn lawn!"

[@darylhoskins5696]

Was there also my friend , Free ticket by friend for my Birthday!!

[@khoreis818]

My dad hated rock music and I played LZ's Hotdog for him. He said "Now that's music!" to which I replied "That's Led Zeppelin!". Great memory

[@DonByronDukeoftheArctic]

"Imitation is the highest form of flattery." All the haters need to realize that. Nothing is new under the sun. For the skeptic that mock Led Zeppelin for imitating other bands, they need to create their own language, because they are committing plagiarism by speaking words created by our ancestors. By no means is this directed at The Professor. This is directed at everyone else that calls Led Zeppelin "thieves." Loved this episode. I've been a Zep fan for five decades.

[@lovehate4666]

When I was a boy of about 9 yrs old my "cool" aunt was babysitting me. I was looking at her albums and was attracted to the cover of Zeppelin Four. I asked if I could listen to it. She put it on the turntable, plugged in the headphones and my life instantly changed. This music will live forever.

[@sconni666]

I remember hearing it blaring from my sister's bedroom in 1978. I was eight years old. The next day I asked my parents for a guitar and I've been playing ever since 🎸🤘

[@nelsonnichols922]

Led Zeppelin II was the 1st record I ever bought back back in the seventies when I was but a mere teenager. We all certainly thought that Led Zeppelin was the greatest band in the world!

[@Toberofthetrees]

Maybe you all certainly thought that Led Zeppelin was the greatest band in the world -- Because Led Zeppelin IS the greatest band in the world! 😉🙃😎

[@horseyhorselips3501]

In my area for decades the local radio station 97Rock Buffalo NY once a Year had a battle Stairway to Heaven vs FreeBird as greatest song of all time

[@mgibby63mg]

Zeppelin 2 is my favorite album of theirs

[@cruellaclose722]

We still think that!

[@marymargaretmoore9034]

Aren't they?

[@robster7316]

Zep's recordings are timeless classics that will still be played for decades, possibly centuries to come. Such a rare combination of raw musicality, artistry and smart, innovative, production. They truly captured lightning in a bottle. One must-see is the KZbin video of Jimmy Page commenting on the making of Stairway to Heaven as he plays the record. Fascinating!

[@jamesha175]

agreed - here it is here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/enXSZXZ3Zph_mLs

[@robertacolarette1594]

I’ve watched that video several times. It’s so interesting listening to him describe what he was after composing Stairway. And his smile at the end is so gracious. It’s like the man doesn’t know he’s a genius.

[@todddickinson3262]

Zep just does something physiologically altering to me like nothing else I ever heard… I can’t describe it accurately, but I feel it instantly every time I immerse myself in the sonic ocean that is Led Zeppelin.

[@damonjones9606]

It's spiritual, they're transporting you spiritually. I love the band by far, but there's some spiritual deception in there. Plant knows it but won't say it outright. He just says he was "naive"

[@ericstewart9742]

@@damonjones9606 I have to think though, if Led Zeppelin was getting help from the spiritual realm, they would’ve played better live than they did.

[@jrooksable]

ZEP SUCKS!👿

[@beachcomber4141]

Here here!!!

[@starshiptrooper7670]

Todd, that was a very "heavy" statement dude. I can only compare it to a molecular reconstruction experience I had at a party. Someone passed me a bottle so yeah, I took a few slugs. The morning sunrise at the park was pretty far-out. Crap, the Head Nurse just called lights out. I'll catch you on the parallel plane Space Cap'n.....

[@MyName-pl7zn]

To any of the younger music lovers on here you need to hear all of the led zeppelin albums, they owned the 70s for good reason. They electrified the blues like no one else. As Muddy Waters said the blues had a baby and named it rock and roll. Great review professor of one of the best band ever!

[@ProfessorofRock]

It's interesting how blues inspired Zep and the Stones and then how Buddy Holly and Elvis more middle of the road rock and pop inspired the Beatles...

[@MyName-pl7zn]

@@ProfessorofRock I never thought of that but it is absolutely true, well said

[@ciangannon3880]

If by no one else you mean; Jimi Hendrix, Cream, Taste, Jeff Beck, Mountain and a whole list of others, I suppose you're right

[@jvduckmanton7162]

Man alive I remember hearing it at school, we had a really cool music teacher, I ran home after school, emptied my money box and ran to the local music store. Man , I can’t believe that’s about 47 years ago, once home I cranked it to 10 and let it ripi….in fact I still do it to this very day.

[@horseyhorselips3501]

When I was in High School our Art Teacher was our Radio Station CLosed Circit in School to Cafeteria and Home Rooms and Study Halls during split assemblies 1973-1974 School Year for Me. And we got to play it all From Grateful Dead 💀 to Doors , Jimmy Hendrix on and on NRPS’s Panama Red

[@JamesJones-mm2nm]

There is nothing left to say about Zeppelin! Just cherish the memories!😊👍 from a 70 year old!

[@terryhollis1787]

I can’t type enough about my feelings and thoughts I have for Zeppelin. Every musician in the band were phenomenal.

[@jlynnc9559]

Saw them in Houston in 1977. All the bands came through Houston back in the day. My mom stood in line at a department store to buy our tickets for us since we were in school. Mom was the best.

[@garouski]

I was driving home one night and listening to Whole Lotta Love when I was pulled over for speeding. The officer asked me if I knew how fast I was going and I said no - I was listening to Whole Lotta Love. He paused for a moment, returned my license, and told me to keep it under the speed limit. He understood what I was talking about.

[@diatonicdelirium1743]

I want this to be true ;)

[@jasomkovac9115]

@@diatonicdelirium1743 ,really, could well be possible though. My dad liked Zep, Iron Butterfly, CSN Y, Moody Blues, and a whole bunch more. Went to many a concert with him.(I was 20 or so, not a small kid), he didn't like Frank Zappa though, thought he was obscene. Go figure.

[@LouisHansell]

A few observations: Re: 'the greatest riff ever': Many music organizations have voted WLL number 1. The satiric online magazine 'The Onion' once did a story about the sad state of pop music. They reported that the remedy riff that would save the world from the poor state of pop music was a riff on sheet music found protected deep in a vault in a mountain, a riff that, once it is released at the right time to save music, can only be played by Jimmy Page. Some of the old blues artists who made songs popular in the era of recording were actually recycling songs performed by an even earlier generation of blues artists. Consider a Boeing 787. It is fundamentally the result of the Wright Brothers' idea, only after decades of progress and refinement. So, the LZ songs are the Boeings of the early blues masters/Wright Brothers. Yes, they are similar, in the same tradition, but also their own, completely different pieces. You have just reviewed, and we still listen to a song recorded 52 years ago, in 1969. Did anyone in 1969 listen to a 1917 song? Professor, I heard then twice at MSG. After their concerts, no one wanted to leave. At one of those concerts, after their 3-hour set, I was wondering what song was even left for them to play. Then they played WLL. Amazing moment. Professor, you do amazing work!

[@kooringagnd]

The Wright brothers themselves copied an Australian aircraft designer. Where did the alledged original artists get their musical id as from?baby copying earlier musicians. As pointed out by Oasis' and dozens of other musicians, "We walk on the shoulders of giants".

[@gummiesrule88]

@@kooringagnd As Newton is supposed to have said about Kepler, "if I have seen far, it is by standing on the shoulders of giants....." Zeppelin did that, and became a giant themselves....

[@billhorstkamp98]

Absolute truth. usually it’s young people who are saying they stole their music. That’s how the blues have always gone. For example, lead belly didn’t write midnight special. In fact, they don’t even really know who did. It was one of his biggest hits though.

[@htoneninety-nine8726]

Robert has the best Rock voice that has ever existed the sincere emotion in his voice is unmatched.

[@catherinewilliams9680]

Hell, his voice still rocks.

[@Frank-pb2rh]

Amen Br!!!the greatest!!and I heard Zeppelin when they first hit the radio ,his voice was almost haunting!!!but it drew you in and I wanted to hear more like an addiction!!love Zeppelin especially Robert's voice!!!

[@robritchie1473]

Back in the late 60's I was way ahead of my friends, in the music I was listening to. FM radio was new, and referred to as underground radio. I loved buying a new album and turning my friends onto them, sometimes playing them a song on the telephone. I had been to a Pink Floyd concert, where they had sound effects playing from a reel-to-reel tape recorder, and I thought that was uncool. So when a friend of mine played Led Zeppelin for me (on the phone), I thought they were real Trippy, but told him they could never duplicate the songs on stage without a tape playing the far-out sounds, until................................... I went to a Led Zeppelin concert, and realized Jimmy Page was making those sounds playing his guitar with a violin bow! I became a fan for life!!!

[@williamcabell142]

Your COOL! Don’t hurt your wrist trying to pat your back.😂

[@jotacalvo]

What can be said about LZ that hasn’t already been? Arguably the greatest guitarist, bass player, drummer, and lead singer/front man all in one super group. No one compares to Jimmy Page in the combination of player and songwriter, borrowing from so many styles and influences, he was like a musical genre sponge. Imo the truest musician in the band was Jonesy, nearly unmatched in his capabilities on bass. Just The Lemon Song alone should put him in the ranks of all time greats. He never repeats any runs in that song. He’s like an inexhaustible source. And that’s not even getting into his contributions of keyboard and mandolin. Plant…listen to the Danmarks Radio version of How Many More Times and you realize that he was even a better singer than the studio made him out to be. And Bonzo pretty much stands on his own too. Nearly unmatched in his playing on Physical Graffiti on songs like Wanton Song. And yet, all this talent, and somehow the sum of all the parts still doesn’t equal what they became as a group. Every song in their catalog is special, some of them life-changing. I could go on, but like I said, what can I say that hasn’t been said already? They were not of this world. JMO

[@joeyank2451]

Agreed

[@alanparedes2034]

You should write a 📖book.

[@annakimborahpa]

How about the fact that they didn't use auto-tune?

[@jamesaron1967]

@@annakimborahpa The truth is nobody really needed it back then. That alone says something..

[@billhorstkamp98]

Very well said. It might be just your opinion, but it’s the opinion of a lot of people I know, including myself.

[@steven3484]

I can listen to Zep's songs over and over again, getting the same strong mood altering experience every time. One of their best tunes, Ramble On, can evoke the feelings of wanting to get up and out of town, if only in our imaginations. The blues rock of Robin Trower and Jimi Hendrix are a close second.

[@Hbomb731]

I was 6 years old. I listened to the radio every night to take my mind off of the “eyes watching me” from the knot filled panels on my walls. The radio gave me comfort above my parents telling me “the eyes” are watching over me to protect me from what ever evil my mind conjured, a boy with a heathy imagination and scared of the night. As I fell into twilight, the radio offering me an attempt at peaceful sleep, I suddenly awakened at the terrific screams and moans of a mad scientist, demons at the door! Scratches and cry’s!!! Then: BOMP BOMP! That RIPPING lead guitar!!! BOMP BOMP! Again more screaming lead guitar!! …. I was hooked! I had to have it! LED ZEPPELIN ll. The next morning I begged my mother for the $7.00 it cost to purchase the album, my very first album! Ive been playing guitar ever since. It made an impact on my life!

[@gulfgypsy]

In their prime, Led Zeppelin was a force of nature. No other band had the power to shake you to the core of your soul and hours after a concert, you could still feel their music pulsing through you .......

[@trafyknits9222]

Many of the sound effects on "Dark Side of the Moon" were done by an elderly couple whose main work was in the movie industry. Those man-made, creative effects are the real deal, not some computer-generated facsimile. Those were the days.

[@jamesweldon9726]

“Whole Lotta Love” is one of the best examples of tape “print-through” out there. That’s what is happening in the middle part where Robert Plant sings “Wa-ay down inside Woman you need” …you can, when you don’t have any background noise in the room, hear Plant faintly singing those lines right BEFORE he is heard in the mix of the song. It’s kind of like a reverse echo, but not the kind Adam was talking about. Print-through happens when magnetic tape with sound on it is pressed against another part of the tape without sound on it, for a period of time. Such as on a tape reel. The magnetism of the tape is enough to make watered down copy on the next layer of tape on the reel. Page could have edited most of this out, but it sounds so cool, I’m glad they didn’t.

[@briangerrard420]

This jam was my introduction to Led Zeppelin. I was with a friend at his friends house & he asked me if I heard of Zeppelin as he put the album on a turntable. My life changed at that moment. I never forgot that day & why I was there in the first place. 🤘😎🤘

[@splifftachyon4420]

I was mesmerized by that freak out section as a teenager and it was one of the pieces that fueled my interest in more experimental music. The thing I particularly like about it in this song though is how well it integrates with the rest of the song...it feels natural and organic and I can't imagine the song without it.

[@Macdelaven]

In the late 70s, I was driving through Chicago listening to WLS-AM playing Whole Lotta Love. That version skipped the freak out section. I was shocked to say the least.

[@JdoubleU1222]

Are you sure you didn't mean "natural and orgasmic?" 😄

[@davidsimmons9763]

@@Macdelaven I lived in Woodstock Virginia in The Shenandoah Valley. At night, I could pick up WLS and WABC in NYC on a little one speaker transistor radio that I kept by my pillow. Even at that low quality, I was blown away by WLL! Both stations played it! All next day, I couldn’t wait to hear it again that night! When I finally bought the album and listened in headphones, I was waylaid!!!

[@VangeliRock]

To this day, there is no other song that rivals the mid section of that song. The mood, the sounds, everything about it was original and unique, and still is.

[@davecarroll4163]

A Whole Lotta Love is a great song even with the "borrowed" parts. The vocals and musicianship are hard to top. One othe things I love most about Zepplin is that their albums are so solid as a whole. The songs you don't hear on the radio are just as good. Amazing what they did in such a short period of time. Thanks again for another great video, Adam!

[@ProfessorofRock]

Thanks Dave!

[@MrDeengels]

It’s about what you do with the song, they elevate the borrowed parts and created a timeless classic that changed music.

[@mgibby63mg]

The lyrics only are the "borrowed" parts...

[@cynthiamclellan6745]

Yeah, Led "borrowed" quite a bit over the years💰💰💰

[@SealofPerfection]

@@mgibby63mg And only just a little bit of the lyrics.

[@clivehorridge]

Zeppelin was the first band that really grabbed me. At home in Birmingham UK in the late 60s my rather strict father wouldn’t allow “pop” music to be played, so with no money to speak of, I had an old valve radio and some cheap headphones (used to listen to pirate Radio Caroline broadcasting from a ship in the North Sea and Radio Luxembourg) then came Zeppelin I and II which I played relentlessly on an old stack mono Decca turntable. Led III became my favourite - Tangerine - That’s the way - Friends - somehow you could make the lyrics fit the turmoil of adolescence… well that’s how I remember those amazing times. Even better that John Bonham was a “local” (born and raised in nearby Reddich) and Robert Plant lived in Halesowen close to where I worked. I was a Brummie, and he was a Blackcountry lad, of course I never ever met him, but the local districts in the Midlands were close and tight-knit - I felt I knew him 🤣 and I loved Wales too, still do, I lived there for 15 years. That’s how it was … memories from a 68 year-old fan now living in Romania. ❤️🇷🇴👍🏻

[@rgkavendek]

I could never, EVER get tired of Led Zep!!! It shocks me that they never had another number one hit on the charts!!! Whaaat????

[@kellylappin5944]

That’s because they aren’t generic.

[@TheCharlesAtoz]

They never did, not even this song. Number #1 in our hearts though.

[@2degucitas]

I had a 1960's era toy that ran on batteries. It was a Larry Tate from Bewitched looking bartender shaking a martini, then pouring it. It made a noise that sounds EXACTLY like that downward riff.

[@thebouncinghearts]

Love the stories about your Dad Adam, they always add a real perspective, and give a nice personal touch...Here's to Dads everywhere!

[@deanharris6496]

Agree Made me like this so much more with that personal touch and having the Blackfoot ID connection.

[@suzannerobbins6293]

I never could get into Led Zeppelin….I was such a fan of the early sixties music that Zeppelin just didn’t move me! I went on to enjoy lots of groups from the 70’s, and Queen really caught my attention! I guess I evolved to newer sounds! I was an early Beatles fan…a senior in 1964 when the Beatles arrived over here. My brother in law had returned from England, and the army, and said he was glad to be back in the USA and away from the Beatles….that was 1963! They were here the following year! I personally liked them a lot! I have rambled on again about my music likes! I find myself going down many roads, and remembering so many things from my youth! As I said I am eclectic and some days start out listening to country, and end the day with Freddie Mercury! I am glad you give us so much information! I loved Good Vibrations! Had it played at my 50th anniversary party! This channel has grabbed my attention!

[@Swamie55]

I'm listening to you and the way you put everything together, and suddenly I'm transported to 1969 -75 era of my life, and it is wonderful! Thank you Adam!

[@diatonicdelirium1743]

Funny thing, I was born in '69 but my main listening era is exactly 1969-75 - seems the creative juices were overflowing in that era. Perhaps the musical development of the sixties combined with maturing electronics for musical instruments? Still love the mellotron, such as used by King Crimson for example.

[@diatonicdelirium1743]

Let me throw in a random gem from Captain Beefheart: This Is The Day (Live From London/1974) Be dazzled by the sweet tone of Dean Smiths' guitar.

[@doplgangr]

Whole Lotta Love is one song that I remember exactly where I was when first heard it: Thanksgiving weekend, 16 years old, zooming on the freeway through Portland, OR, in a convertible with the top down, at night, with my foster sisters and a couple of guys from a local band. This song blasting on the radio, my sisters and I completely blown away hearing it. Over 50 years ago! Good times.

[@eddiecarter9831]

I liked that you used the clip from This Might Get Loud, where Jack White and The Edge look like school kids when Page starts playing the opening riff to "Whole Lotta Love." Though it is very easy riff to play on guitar, nobody plays it like Page. There is an attitude and a tone in those fingers that no one else can produce!

[@LawrenceCarroll1234]

I love the history that this program brings out - it’s beautiful! Interweaving his dad’s history with it, the Professor makes this all even more precious and delightful. Thank you for this - and all of your programs on the music scene that we grew up with.

[@MsRmaclaren]

Led Zeppelin rocks my world every day. I have all the albums. I cruised every weekend with Zep blasting in my 8 track. When any one asks me favorite album or song I say, "Led Zeppelin" every time!

[@fumblebunny1993]

In 1975, I wanted an 8-Track so bad and the one I wanted was $39.99 at Radio Shack. That was half my weekly take home pay! I just had to make do with my AM radio :)

[@farfoe5106]

I bought that 8-track in '72 and spent nearly all I had for it. I installed it in my '63 Corvair Monza. We were poor twenty somethings at the time sharing a house together and couldn't afford a stereo system, so we would park the Corvair next to the house and run wires from the car to speakers inside the living room. It was hard on the car battery and someone had to run outside to change cartridges, but it worked! And Zeppelin II was a favorite!

[@dtw63]

I’m a huge Led Zeppelin fan. I had the opportunity to see Robert Plant in concert a few years back in Oklahoma. My seat was on the balcony looking down at the stage. After they finished a song and the applause quieted down I said “ I love you Robert!” He looked up at me like “ Shut up Dave!” Lol. Love the Zeppelin!

[@ronnieharp8940]

You have very quickly became one of my favorite channels ever. You bring back sooo many awesome memories from the 80’s. Thanks for everything you do and keep the awesome videos coming

[@pietop55]

Led Zeppelin IS the greatest rock n roll band...Ever! I was 13 years old in 1969 and bought the album because of the song Whole Lotta Love. I found that I loved all the songs. The artwork I couldn't stop looking at. I then bought the first album. I still have those first seven albums. The band has been my favorite ever since then. I'm very pleased I ran across this site and enjoyed listening to the Professor! Thank you very much!

[@kayvanepps8297]

I remember very well when Led Zeppelin blasted onto the scene way back when. Awesome band - I've been a fan since that first album.

[@gregvidito3383]

Had a bad experience with laced LSD back in 70,s and basically almost lost my mind by falling from a car and hitting head. lost my connection to the world while this was playing on the radio in my car in front of my girlfriends house. They got me inside and called around for a professional to help. He arrived and sat and watched me until I became semiconscious and yelled at me to look at him. I opened my eyes and saw this face staring at me. I gripped his hand and he yelled again. I suddenly felt more connected to the world. He saved my life, I would have been swept away by this experience. Thank you, whoever you are. ❤️

[@BillGraper]

Somehow I didn't get into Zeppelin until about 10 years ago. I only knew "Stairway To Heaven," which is in my all-time top 25 favorite songs. I finally decided it was time to get the Zeppelin tunes into my musical life. They were more of an album band, and I was all about the top 40. I think seeing "Whole Lotta Love" peaking at #4 in '69/'70 is what started my curiosity. I listened to it & loved it. That's when I went down the rabbit hole & never looked back. I never knew "Whole Lotta Love," because it didn't play on the radio. It wasn't even played on the oldies show I listened to in the late 80's, as far as I know. I now understand. I get the whole Zeppelin vibe! 😎

[@michaelsexton70]

Just goes to show, you're never to old...

[@fumblebunny1993]

Welcome to the fan club 🌞

[@bufordman1976]

I listened to zed zeppelin back in the early 90s in high school in so. Cali.

[@flyingfishsurf]

Remember that Zepp stole Whole Lotta... from Willie Dixon. They also stole Stairway To Heaven from the band Spirit. Page embellished them and took them to new levels, but still, they were plagiarized.

[@supasoulproductions]

@@flyingfishsurf'You Need Love' is Blues. There is a long tradition of relentless 'borrowing' when it comes to the blues . The main thing that Zep did wrong was not giving credit. And the court said no to the Spirit lawsuit of Taurus v Stairway to Heaven. Similar but not plagiarized. It's a fine line between inspiration and copying. I am not saying Zep never crossed the line. But they paid for it when the courts said so. And I don't let it get in the way of my enjoyment of their music.

[@phillipharrison2836]

Whole Lotta Love was on the jukebox in the local, small town, milk bar. When lads my age 15 to 20 had heard this it was played more and more. The volume was just right for a jukebox and the playlist often had repeats of the song. No sooner had it finished it would be selected again, and again. The guy running the place was in his mid 50s I guess and got to the point where he could stand it no longer and would just go over and pull the cord out of the socket, scowling back to behind the counter. Looking back it was a good laugh to get him riled up again the next day. Needless to say when the record distributor came next time it was taken off the machine. Something rarely done on the most played song.

[@paulandrews6706]

I remember the first time I heard ‘Immigrant Song”! It was during the Album Rock/FM era that I so miss. To hear newly released albums on the radio played in whole with no commercial interruption was fantastic. Thank you for the history behind the music. New subscriber and bing watching all your KZbin videos daily.

[@robinmackey4102]

My best friend, Rick, had a souped-up 64 Galaxy with an 8-track in it. One day after school on our daily cruise, he pushed in his latest acquisition, and Whole Lotta Love comes out Full Blast! That was it for us. It wasn’t long before that tape was completely worn out.

[@staceyroberts3468]

Ya know, I’ll click on other channels that review music and only get into a few seconds before I stop watching. I don’t know how u consistently make every post soooo interesting, but u always do! Even if it’s an artist I’ve never been interested in, or song, by the time u share ur opinion… I’m hooked 😆. U r excellent at ur craft! No wonder u get interviews with the top artists constantly 😎

[@mza2195]

I think it’s the personal stories along with the great interviews make the show magic. Bands I grew up listening to become new again. Memories pop up and road trips remembered, specific stretches of road are remembered. I agree with you, the Professor is awesome 😎

[@Tanadduunn7267]

I'm just 21 but I kinda have the same experience as a lot of people. In 2018, I just got into my car about to pair my phone to the car. The radio was on (my dad drove the car earlier and listen to an oldies radio station) Whole lotta love was just started. I was hooked I just sat there doing nothing just listened to the radio. I have always been a fan of 70s music but not quite into rock music. That evening I drove 1 hour to the record store that I usually went to with my dad. I end up buying 1-3 Led Zepplin albums because there are the only album that has their name in front. I listening to the 2nd album and my dad said he have the 4th album. So I realize there are more. Now I am the proud owner of all Led Zepplin vinyl record albums and a young fan who wish to go to Led Zepplin concert (seems like that would definitely be impossible). To quote Steven Hyde from "That 70s show" "play more Zepplin".

[@mqtty72]

I have so much respect for the band for placing the value of the artistic concept of the album above all else.

[@daveweed2765]

I can't say my favorite song by Zeppelin. If I had to pick one it would be Kashmir. Driving through the woods stoned with a girlfriend looking for a party, man Jimmy Page really makes you more high than the pot. The riff on Kashmir is... enchantig??? Intoxicating??? We never got to the party and just kept rewinding the one song.

[@narq5099]

As much credit as Led Zeppelin has been given... it is still not enough. Acknowledged as they are for being rock gods... and they're still underrated. I just love Zep so damn much.

[@padmakshkhandelwal1832]

Me too, they are so loved and appreciated, but I completely agree they still feel underappreciated, there are so many aspects to them in which they are unmatched.

[@RobertMJohnson]

they need to be held to account for stealing so many riffs from other artists

[@padmakshkhandelwal1832]

@@RobertMJohnson oh right, Communication Breakdown, Dazed and Confused, Babe I am Gonna Leave You, Good Times Bad Times, Whole Lotta Love, Heartbreaker(2 GOAT riffs imo), Moby Dick, Ramble On, Thank You, Bring it on Home, Immigrant Song, Black Dog's 3 riffs, When the Levee Breaks, Going to California, Misty Mountain Hop, No Quarter, Over the Hills and Far Away, Song Remains the Same, The Ocean, The Rain Song, Dancing Days Custard Pie, The Rover's several riffs, Houses of the Holy, Trampled Under Foot, In the Light's 3 riffs, Ten Years Gone, In My Time of Dying's multiple riffs, some little songs named Stairway to Heaven, Kashmir, Achilles Last Stand (with just about a dozen riffs) are all stolen!! Right, thanks where you all this time, man. Oh right, they stole all of them from a less known band named Led Zeppelin and their lead guitarist Jimmy Page. Oh my God, what a bunch of cheaters they are.

[@narq5099]

@@RobertMJohnson “Immature poets imitate; mature poets steal; bad poets deface what they take, and good poets make it into something better, or at least something different. The good poet welds his theft into a whole of feeling which is unique, utterly different than that from which it is torn.” -T. S. Eliot Led Zeppelin, like the Beatles, were the "good poets" of music.

[@SealofPerfection]

@@RobertMJohnson Who cares? All the original artists got paid. That is how it was done. They should all be grateful that Zep did their material, otherwise it would have remained forgotten.

[@jamesfeldman4234]

I remember when I first heard Led Zeppelin in early 1969 as a child. The band was already featured on FM stations in a (then) new category called "Progressive Rock." The band was a new and exciting "SuperGroup," a concept that basically started with The Who, where every musician in the band was a force to be reckoned with. When my brother brought the LP home, we played it over and over. Reading the notes on the back of the cover, I noted the engineer was a familiar name to me, Eddie Kramer, who was then best known as the engineering genius behind the Jimi Hendrix Experience sound. Eddie Kramer was one of the unheralded heroes of the great sounds from that era.

[@flightnavigator8999]

Professor of Rock, you are the best I’ve seen or heard in this field of music. You would have been the best on television 📺 back in the days when it was popular on MTV, which if it’s still on air is junk. Thanks for the time and educational videos!!!!

[@russellewandowski843]

Zeppelin. Greatest rock and blues band EVER!!!

[@uncommonsense5876]

I think Led Zeppelin is greatest band all time. More than Iconic. They're THE symbol of that era, hands down. The symbol, as a band, of rock music.

[@reidstone1975]

The first time I heard LZ2 I had not yet been born. My father cranked the old Dynaco system as my mom sat with her belly up against the loudspeakers.

[@2Nu]

I remember first hearing of the name 'Led Zeppelin' back around 1973 when a close family friend (who was about 4 years my senior and had introduced me to the Beatles some 5 years prior) was TOTALLY enamoured by them. Up until then, He and I were devout Top 40 music devotees but LZ changed all that and I wasn't yet musically mature enough to appreciate their raw, no holds barred Blues and testosterone driven perceived musical cacophony. I was then a budding aviation nerd and well read on classic airship lore and deridedly referred to them as 'Graf Zeppelin' go figure lol. I didn't really catch on to their mistique until 'Physical Graffiti' came out. Great memories..

[@Chunda8]

It's cool to note that Page ruled their studio production, and deliberately rotated the other production staff from the label. He changed them for each record so everyone would know he was mainly responsible for their consistent sound.

[@WeaponsEducation]

Led Zeppelin never recorded a bad song.

[@RobertMJohnson]

and stole scores of songs

[@WeaponsEducation]

@@RobertMJohnson You are silly! Did Elvis Presley ever write a song? Did Frank Sinatra? Did Elton John? Did Meatloaf? People like you are like Satin. Always putting hate out there.

[@RobertMJohnson]

​@@WeaponsEducation if you're feeling are hurt, that's on you for being afraid of the truth and not having the courage to grow up. I don't give a f about elivs, sinatra, john, meatloaf. did the beatles and beach boys write songs? yep. did cream? yep. did AC/DC? yep. did van halen? yep. did Guns? yep. so did pearl jam. zep wrote some songs, also, but there are few great rock bands that stole as much as did zeppelin. this is a FACT. and you are like a middle school girl to this point.

[@WeaponsEducation]

@@RobertMJohnson My feelings are not hurt! I have thick skin. I do know how the music business works. Every band gets ideas from other bands. Plus it all stems from classical music. Take care no worries. Tom

[@gokhanersan8561]

Not true. They did record fillers,’like any other band. But, each album had minimum 4 solid tracks. Houses of the Holy, IV, and the double album Physical Graffiti had concentrated more solid tracks then the rest.

[@josephtrusty9737]

The thing about Zep is that they took music to a whole nother level.

[@BarbNeillBottle]

My favourite band back in the day, without a doubt. I still have my collection of Led Zeppelin tee shirts, programme from Knebworth 1979 and, of course, vinyl albums.

[@billhorstkamp98]

I have all their vinyl albums. I even have a couple bootlegs on vinyl. I wish I could say I saw them like you can.😊✌🏼

[@timcotton1782]

Absolutely love the Petty T-shirt. As a Valley dude from the 70s, Free Fallin' is the anthem of my coming of age.

[@rigovalenz]

As much as I love the intro riff from Jimmy Page on Whole lotta love..... it's the JPJones bass lines that brings shivers....

[@Jreb1865]

Agreed...That bass line drives the whole song into the stratosphere...

[@randallbates9020]

So I have a neat story about Whole lotta love from 1977. I was in Jr high and 13 years old, so was my best friend Peter but Pete was a real big Stones fan and personally I could take or leave the Stones or easily completely live without them. I had Zep 1 and Zep 3 on 8 track and he had a few Stones tapes. One Friday night we went to the record store ( remember those ) and each bought an 8 track, he bought Miss you by the Stones I bought Zeppelin 2. I called him early Saturday morning and said come over I have a joint to smoke. He was there in ten minutes, lol. I had my stereo system set up and ready to go with the speakers on each side of my bed. We were laying there getting stoned and laughing when I turned on Whole Lotta Love full blast....... I can still hear him like it was yesterday yelling this song is blowing my fucking mind. Lmao 🤣. He was never the same and he never bought another piece of music from the Stones. VICTORY. LOLOLOLOL. True story.

[@Fuphyter]

I love Led Zeppelin! 💜 Jimmy, Bonzo and JPJ were all incredibly talented musicians. Add Robert Plant's vocals...perfection. I knew they took licks here and there, especially from older blues songs. Haven't many bands done the same?

[@larryburnett4960]

I'm sure there are only 24 frets and 6 strings on a guitar so im sure it happens a lot

[@allthings2allmen]

Wish I could say I remember the very first time I ever heard Led Zeppelin, but I do remember hearing "A Whole Lotta Love" & "Stairway To Heaven". Both songs are haunting, each in it's respective fashion. I think I can remember feeling a sort of eerie vibe as a young kid. I didn't listen much to Zeppelin until I was in my early 20's. I had to play catch up with so much Classic Rock from the 60's 70's & early 80's. I like Black Dog, Ramble On, & Immigrant Song among many others. Yeah They totally rocked! That's for sure. They are another groundbreaking band that has no equal!

[@gretchenlittle6817]

I spent many a night doing 70s things, coming home, and putting on the headphones to listen to "Whole Lotta Love." The "freakout" and its following power guitar riffs blew me away. Still, I gotta agree with those who said that "Houses of the Holy" stands as my favorite Zeppelin album.

[@flamencoprof]

LZ fan from the start. My schoolmate called me on the phone, said "You gotta hear this!", held the phone handset at the end of its cord thru the door to his home's lounge, where his Dad's Hi-Fi was cranked up playing Led Zep I. I went to a downtown record shop, where instead of the top shelf behind the counter showing a row of the Top Twenty LP covers, there was just a row of LZ1 covers. The person in the queue in front of me bought the LP, as did I, and the person behind me. That is the impact of LZ at the time.

[@jayburdification]

I would love to have been a witness to the first Led Zeppelin rehearsals. They figured out pretty quickly that they had amazing chemistry and their sound just took off.

[@MJEvermore853]

John Paul Jones has stated several times that when they first got together in that room at that first rehearsal, they only played a couple of notes, and Jones was awestruck at how powerful they sounded. He could hardly believe it.

[@davidsimmons9763]

I’m pretty sure that the first song they played was “Train Kept Rolling”. They were all 4 blown away!!!

[@andersAnders-zi2ei]

I'll never forget when I was visiting my cousin in Midland Texas. We were both rock loving 13 year old boys at the time and he wanted me to hear these guys first album that he had just bought. It was Led Zeppelin and I was blown away! I'm 65 now and love them just as much now as I did then. But that first time hearing them.............WOW

[@padmakshkhandelwal1832]

I first heard it from my dad and I was very young, the riff intro till the weird part and after it, I loved it right away but it took me some years to become used to it and what else can you say, one of the greatest riffs ever made( and the coolest) arguably Plant at his best, one of Bonzo's best grooves(which makes it like the top ten greatest drum grooves) and some of his best fills and stupidly loud, bombastic and massive. I often overlook JPJ on this track, but he plays phenomenal everytime. One of the greatest songs ever made and a timeless classic hope it never fades away.

[@jonbradley4789]

I am beginning to understand how thoughtful your channel is.

[@irishis3]

I waited on Jimmy Page when they were touring in 78. I kept that tip for years because it came from his front pocket!

[@238839]

1979, I was 17 in grade 10. A huge KISS fan (still am). Myself and fellow classmate and guitar player, Willy Short, often spoke of KISS and others. He one day said..."Do you know Led Zeppelin?" "Yeah' I have heard of them and Stair Way to Heaven, but that's about it." He then told me that he was bringing in a Zeppelin album the next day and said give it a chance...just listen to it...especially the first song, Whole Lotta Love. Well I did that with a bit of apprehension I might add. Next day, I went home for lunch with Willy's Zeppelin album, Led Zeppelin II. I put it on and that very first riff had me sold. I listened to it repeatedly in its entirety and was simply gobsmacked and mesmerized. I was supposed to bring it back but told him I was so knocked out that I would bring it back tomorrow...he was simply beaming that I was hooked. About a week or so later (lol) I did bring him his album back but only after I bought my first Led Zeppelin album, Led Zeppelin II. The whole album is a master piece...bar none. Thank you Willy Short , wherever you are, for helping broaden my musical direction in a most wonderful way.

[@jimg9613]

My first concert ever.....A gangly nerdy teenager with busted glasses, jammed into standing room only......They came busting out with "Immigrant Song", and probably played two or three more songs before pausing to acknowlege the crowd, and the intensity grew from there. To me, they were larger than life. I wound up seeing them 7 more times through 1977.

[@paulpurser8864]

I don't have a favorite Led Zeppelin album, but Going to California is my favorite song. We also had a Carl & Don's in my home town - also from Idaho.

[@keithguidry2841]

The greatest band ever!

[@peterkoning21]

Why do I think there was a longer version of "Whole lotta Love", like 14min ?? My youth !!! The best and in the world EVER !!!!!!!!

[@codydahl8225]

When I was 12 my uncle took my siblings and I on a road trip to a family reunion. He played Led Zeppelin on cd in the car. It blew my mind. I begged for a zeppelin album for Xmas that year. When I opened the wrapping paper and got the Les Zeppelin Early Days greatest hits album I ran to my room and played it immediately. I went to bed with headphones on every night for months listening to that album. It absolutely rocked my world. The opening riff of Whole lotta love still sends shivers down my back.

[@danneeson7056]

Before Zeppelin and Whole Lotta Love there was Cream and Sunshine of Your Love. Both with unforgettable intros. Had the two Zeppelin 45s in 1970 and played the shit out of them on my younger sisters crappy portable turntable. Still sounded great to me.

[@Krullmatic]

This is the first song I heard from Zep back in 82, when I was 12, on my sister's cassette. I was absolutely blown away! That's what started my love affair with them, and Rock in general. They're why I started playing guitar. My sister always had the best music! My brother, not do much lol.

[@carmstrong6507]

The first song I ever heard from Led Zeppelin is Over The Hills And Far Away back in March 1994.

[@ProfessorofRock]

What'd your brother listen to?

[@ProfessorofRock]

Great song!

[@Krullmatic]

@@ProfessorofRock My brother would to all the top 40 usually. No offense to these bands, but Air Supply, Loverboy, Cliff Richards. Like I said, my sister had the best albums. Zep, Bad Company, Journey etc. She used to listen to this one band called Shooting Star. They were really good! If you haven't heard them, look them up sometime. My first album that I bought when I was 11 back in 81 was the record Paradise Theater from Styx. My dad gave me the money to buy for cleaning out his Semi. He was a truck driver. I loved the song Too Much Time On My Hands. I would always buy a whole record or cassette when I liked a song. I never did fool with singles. Love you and your show man! God Bless you and your family, and stay safe!🙏❤🙏❤🙏

[@poetsdreamsatc]

@@carmstrong6507 Over the Hills and Far Away is one of my absolute favorites of Zeppelins. Fantastic song!

[@jamescashman7783]

Led Zeppelin has been my therapist for the past 50 years during Good Times/Bad Times

[@OldiesButGoodiesPro]

Thanks for the belly laugh. Distortion from a 100 watt Marshall Plexi with EL34 “values.” Almost as good as the newscaster talking about poloponies. As a lifelong professional musician, I love your behind the scenes stories of the great old songs. Props to you for the great content. But, being the “Professor of Rock”, you desperately need to know they’re referring to tubes. The Brits call them valves… not values. 😜

[@mattrogers1946]

I know, right?

[@davidpeck596]

I was with my dad when I first heard this song. It was 1970 or 71 I was 9 or 10. We were in the car at night driving back from my grandmother's house. My dad was not a rock fan but he was letting me listen to the top 40 am station. When this song came on I was blown away, I knew instantly that I was hearing the future of Rock and Roll. My dad didn't say a word until the freakout part, he spoke up and said "sounds like the radio station is getting attacked" and added, "I hope everyone's okay". I remember thinking that was funny and at the same time endearing because he was kind of digging it in his own way.

[@tyrannicaltypomichaeltester]

For those crying rivers About Plagiarizing nonsense. Everybody stole something from the all the way back from the dawn of time. Second and most importantly Zeppelin elevated those bits to levels the originals could never hope to reach and made them global. Lastly Zeppelin is in the history books as the most covered and sampled band IN HISTORY, any genre. So take your Tissue and wipe those tears and Just enjoy the greatness that its zeppelin

[@southjerseyjim5049]

My brother purchased Led Zeppelin II upon it’s release in November of 1969. He would begin his Saturday mornings playing his favorite albums. The ONE band, and especially this ONE song, burned itself into memory as Zeppelin sounded like NOTHING else. WLL was majestic and menacing. And as terrifying as it was to a five year old, the riff was infectious, pleasurable and profound.

[@stevevice9863]

Thanks for the credit to Willie Dixon. I hope he was paid well in the settlement. So many British rockers were inspired by Delta Bluesmen. Those old guys labored in obscurity and poverty for most of their lives, but their genius drove so much of early rock and roll, and generated a "Whole Lotta of Wealth" for others to benifit from.

[@tedwojtasik8781]

Well, the irony there is that Dixon really never wrote anything, he stole all those songs from other unknown bluesmen from the south. All the old-timer blues guys like Muddy Waters & Buddy Guy etc. knew this and kinda looked at Dixon more as a savvy businessman than a writer or musician.

[@MJEvermore853]

@@tedwojtasik8781 - The TRUTH. 👍

[@thearab59]

The point is to do something new and hopefully better with the song, no musician will really object to that. The plagiarism cases are usually taken by representatives of the artists, not the artists themselves.

[@andifisaytoyoutomorrow0]

Excellent delivery Professor, your storytelling is top notch. Thanks.

[@deanfotti4866]

I have great memories of this song and the early Led Zeppelin albums. I was too young to appreciate the music when my Dad had these originals, but he would play them on the cabinet-style record player we had in our house. He was a drummer in his younger days and played in high school bands with the likes of future legends Randy Bachman and Freddy Turner - all from the same school that one one Neil Young attended. I was only 4 or 5 at the time but I clearly remember hanging of the side of the cabinet to watch the record on the turntable - transfixed by the Atlantic label going round and round with this strange music swirling around from speaker to speaker. I also clearly remember being fascinated by the album cover from both Zep II and III. If you remember the LZ III album cover had a rotating disc that moved small photos around cutouts in the design on the cover - magic for a curious young kid - and to this day I remain a fan of military bomber jackets that adorned the cover of LZ II (and very likely a subliminal influence on my becoming a pilot in later life!). My appreciation of the actual music didn’t come until a few years later when I was a teen and a good friend sat me down to listen to LZ IV. I was hooked and it reminded my of those earlier albums that I recovered from my Dad’s collection. Whole Lotta Love remains one of my all time favourites along with the Immigrant Song and Kashmir. I would have loved to see them live!

[@dustinbyerley7226]

It really surprised me when you said “three cords in the truth my friend.” I remember hearing that when I started making music when I was 16 and it’s always been my motto for everything I do. Love your work! Thank you.

[@rustysjourney]

I was 10 years old when I first heard of Led Zeppelin. At that time I was listening to The Partridge Family, The Jackson 5, and The Osmond Brothers. At 10 years old it was all Top 40 and Bubble Gum. As I got older and I to my pre-teen and early teen years I was listening to a lot of albums with headphones. Once I heard Whole Lotta Love in stereo I was mesmerized and hooked on Led Zeppelin. They went on to become my favorite band (like so many others). Because of them I fell in love with R&B and Blues. I fell in love with early Fleetwood Mac and other bands like that. But Zeppelin would always be number one in my heart. To this day, they remain my favorite band and I feel the best rock band in the world. One thing sticks out about this band, and although Page was the guitar player and Page the vocalist, Page used his instrument like and extension of vocals and Plant’s voice was like that of an instrument. They way Eddie Van Halen and David Lee Roth did or Neal Schon and Steve Perry did. Zeppelin was everything. Blues, rock, country, folk, and so much more. The most versatile band of all time. They were great songwriters. The music and the lyrics are top notch. It just wasn’t Stairway To Heaven when it came to the music and lyrics. There is track after track. Thank you for this feature.

[@davidsimmons9763]

My story is almost identical!!!

[@jasonbean2764]

Zep played a show at Tampa Stadium in the mid '70's. I didn't go, but my sister did. About 3 songs in, it started raining. The lads quit the stage. A riot ensued. Compare that with The Who in 1989. They created their own mini thunderstorm while playing "I can see for Miles and Miles" and just played on.:)

[@nbenning25]

The great thing about Led Zeppelin’s body of work is that every song (~70 songs) is unique in it’s own right. No “hit cloning!” Love them!