Hooo-weee, how you guys doing this fine day? Today's entry is that quintessential rock song, Whole Lotta Love, off of Led Zeppelin II. It's probably redundant to mention, but this song is A CLASSIC. It doesn't get much more rock and roll than this. It's raw yet well-produced, raunchy, naughty, and packs enough punch to knock out King Kong. It's also been a go-to it seems for the Youtube folks to react to, so there were a whole lotta entries (see what I did there).
This dude here has a kick ass poster in the background, and he's watching a live performance of Whole Lotta Love at the Royal Albert Hall in 1970. And boy, does this version rock your face off. Yes my man, this song gets NAUGHTY. Bonzo shows himself to be Led Zeppelin's secret weapon: posessing a power, versatility and grace unmatched event to this day. LOL at Sex Anthem.
He never ceases to entertain. I believe he was a little perturbed by the middle part where Robert Plant sounds like he's having a Whole Lotta Love lol. It's fun to see how the song is affecting him, I'm like man, I still feel that way after 867454265784665390000 times of hearing the song. You can see his face as the crazy sounds kick in, with the left/right panning in the headphones and all that.
This duder here knows what time it is! Robert Plant is the greatest voice in rock. The guy also was enjoying the ride during the famous middle section freakout and it was beautiful to see. I applaud you, my good man for surviving the ride. That stuttering guitar riff is one of the most recognizable in rock music, period. Bonzo did something different with this song in that the drums followed the riff of the guitar instead of just a plodding rock beat, giving it punch and power.
We can't forget the ladies; we gots to give the ladies some love! She is great, but I don't think she was quite ready for Zeppelin to bring it so hard. It looks for all the world like Robert Plant has her under his spell. Just go for it, girl, I been under his spell since I was like 3 years old lol. I believe she had a whole entire moment, maybe two or three. Yes, Led Zeppelin is an experience, often a sensual one. Robert Plant's performance was always racy and intensely sexual. Added to the hard, driving sound Zeppelin was known for, makes them quite shocking even to this day. ROCK AND ROLLLLLL.
As usual, I saved the best for last. For real this time, this has got to be the greatest Zeppelin reaction, in fact the greatest reaction to anything in the history of mankind, ever. WARNING: Language, but man. This is so hilarious. AND THEN THE VOICE KICKED IN. And he sat up and paid attention. Ol' boy seems to be having the experience of his life. JUST GO WITH IT, MAN. He was losing his whole mind to this and I am glad to get to go along the craziness with him. He does a pretty good approximation of the vocals, I ain't gonna lie. I mean, I wouldn't really be surprised if the middle freakout part was a live sex tape with music over top of it. Crazier things have happened.
I had to collect myself for a minute but all right, here's the deal: The song is the first song on Led Zeppelin II, setting the standard for any rock song to come after. It was based on a song recorded by Small Faces a few years before titled You Need Loving, itself a cover of a Muddy Waters song written by famed bluesman Willie Dixon. The vocal delivery is modeled after Steve Marriott of the Small Faces rendition of the tune, but the song was changed and morphed into something raw, new, and dangerous. The middle freakout section has become infamous, even more so when American radio tried to cut the track down to make it more radio friendly, but Led Zeppelin refused to release a shortened version of the song as a single; FM radio made their own, catapulting the song into history. The section included sexually charged wails by Robert Plant, percussion by Bonzo, and the strangled, otherworldly sounds of a device called a Theremin. Adjusting the controls and waving your hand around the antennae of it caused the different tones of the scary sounding machine and Jimmy Page used it to devastating effect in the studio and during live performances.
Fun personal fact: I used to make my mom play this song on her 8-track player and rock out to it, then literally freak out during the freak out part. As a 3 year old it made me think of a tornado or a freak storm, tearing through a valley and ripping everything apart. Good times!
Sources: https://www.businessinsider.com/led-zeppelin-whole-lotta-love-oral-history-how-it-was-made-2016-12
https://ultimateclassicrock.com/jimmy-page-whole-lotta-love/
https://www.songfacts.com/facts/led-zeppelin/whole-lotta-love
And here's the version of You Need Loving by Small Faces. Steve's vocals are still blowing my mind.
I had to collect myself for a minute but all right, here's the deal: The song is the first song on Led Zeppelin II, setting the standard for any rock song to come after. It was based on a song recorded by Small Faces a few years before titled You Need Loving, itself a cover of a Muddy Waters song written by famed bluesman Willie Dixon. The vocal delivery is modeled after Steve Marriott of the Small Faces rendition of the tune, but the song was changed and morphed into something raw, new, and dangerous. The middle freakout section has become infamous, even more so when American radio tried to cut the track down to make it more radio friendly, but Led Zeppelin refused to release a shortened version of the song as a single; FM radio made their own, catapulting the song into history. The section included sexually charged wails by Robert Plant, percussion by Bonzo, and the strangled, otherworldly sounds of a device called a Theremin. Adjusting the controls and waving your hand around the antennae of it caused the different tones of the scary sounding machine and Jimmy Page used it to devastating effect in the studio and during live performances.
Fun personal fact: I used to make my mom play this song on her 8-track player and rock out to it, then literally freak out during the freak out part. As a 3 year old it made me think of a tornado or a freak storm, tearing through a valley and ripping everything apart. Good times!
Sources: https://www.businessinsider.com/led-zeppelin-whole-lotta-love-oral-history-how-it-was-made-2016-12
https://ultimateclassicrock.com/jimmy-page-whole-lotta-love/
https://www.songfacts.com/facts/led-zeppelin/whole-lotta-love
And here's the version of You Need Loving by Small Faces. Steve's vocals are still blowing my mind.
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