Do People Fighting Know That This Song was Written Long Before Zeppelin Ever Existed in Life as Humans! i Doubt Any Zep Member Was Alive in 36!!! All Racist Buttholes Just DIE You Make The World A Dumber Place & All You Do is Create More Stupid Ignorant People
@1patinhonalagoa Really No Shit Dumbass Ignorant Dumbfucks Think Rj Stole This Song From Zep!!!! i know It is A Tribute Even Though It IS not The Same Song in Any Way Shape Or Form!!!
There are these things in poetry, art, literature, and music, called allusions. its when you refrence another piece of artistic work in your own creation (often, but not always, as a tribute) and its not stealing.
my grandfather left a legacy that will last a lifetime. I don't play guitar but I do sing my grandfather songs and have a blast doing it. Thanks Grandpaw!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
What an amazing blues artist, wow this is music and rock and roll owe these guys everything in the world ,if it wasn't for blues artidt like him and many others ,their wouldn't be rock and roll.
@DonRMB music is always being stolen. Bob Dylan originally wrote "all along the watchtower" but Jimmy Hendrix didn't steal a phrase, he stole the song and now its on Hendrix Greatest hits and and everyone says he is the best guitarist of all time. the name, "the Rolling Stones" was originally taken from Muddy Waters quote, "I ain't no Rolling Stone" but now its a band known worldwide. we should accept the fact that music is played by everyone for everyone. its cool to hear another version.
@ms7br01 -____-... Hendrix did a COVER wich means Dylan gets CREDITED for the Song. Bob Dylan also has a song called "Like a Rolling Stone", Is just a Phrase is NOT stealing. What Zeppelin did was literally steal songs without CREDITING the original artists. With that said, I still Love Led Zeppelin, theyre one of the best groups ever. Is just that the "stealing songs" issue bugs me a little bit.
robert johnson--IS the greatest guitar player of all time--thatsomebadhatharry--just ask--Joe Perry, Joe Satriani and Eric Clapton etc. etc.--listen more closely young pad-a-wan...
I'd have to disagree with the Jimmy Page part. While he is one of the best of all time, I can think of many more blues guitarists deserving of a higher spot than Page, in blues standards that is, including Muddy Waters, T-Bone Walker, BB King, John Lee Hooker, and Elmore James.
Page was influenced by all of those bluesmen, BUT he is mainly a rock guitarist.
@BasementBeginnings Fuck BB King. Albert King is where its at. But you know a thing or two about the blues by the names ya just dropped. but Page is, in fact a rock guitarist, rock is a form of sped up blues. i am just saying guitarist in general and not their style. At playing the instrument, known worldwide as the guitar, RJ is #1 and Page is #2.
@BasementBeginnings n Elmore James would say the same thing about BB. Him and Al Recored this tune in Chicago way back in yester-year called "The Sky Is Crying". Ya might of heard of it
I love this stuff (aquired taste I'm told) Most artists 'borrow' bits of songs anyway. Whole Lotta Love though,a nick indeed,but listen to You Need Loving (Small Faces,1966) Yeh,they nicked it too,but LZ didn't take it from the source. Sorry,never liked LZ (now the Yardbirds,that's another story..)
Led Zed doesn't pay homage. They play the music as if their own and never giving credit where credit is due. A classic example is Whole Lotta Love. Written by Page and Plant? My ass!
i think its pretty crazy how radically different yet similar this song sounds to Led Zeppelin and Johnny Winters version. I'm glad there are people like old jimmy page that can interpret songs so well into the electrical guitar. just the slightest variation and you have a completely new feel to this song, its awesome :D.
You inspired so many.....Clapton, Keith, and so many more to chop wood with their axes. But mostly, you inspired me cause I know you didn't make a deal but rather worked your ass off.......no shortcuts. Thanx Pops.
@candide777 no microphone ???? This was recorded about 1937 you think we were living like cavemen stoneage time?? No audio recording , radios, microphone WAKE THE FUCK UP Of course he had a microphone and recording equipment.
@canecorsomob no hes right this is ONLY when he recorded its not like all the music he played was being recorded like this, he did pretty much only have his guitar and his voice for his music
@canecorsomob: I think by "no microphone, no amp," candide777 meant "no amplification."
Of course there was recording equipment (although the earliest such equipment did not involve an electric microphone as we know it, but rather a "horn" one sang into).
led zeppelins version is one thing....but can you imagine hearing this man singing and playing this all by himself with no microphone, no amp, no speakers.....just a man and his guitar.....fucking beautiful
I don't understand why you are complaining about Led Zeppelin for stealing the song... did they turn it to something bad for your ears? A great bang plays a great song and you still have something to complain.
Zepp IS my favorite rock band BUT, unlike the Stones who gave credit (AND MONEY) where credit was due; they NEVER credited the true artist behind many of their hits. Did you think RP wrote "Squeeze my lemon till the juice runs down my leg" or "now he's reached the age of 24, and I don't believe he's a baby anymore" . It goes on and on and on. I'm glad they did the songs they did but give credit and pay royalties for fuck sake.
actually zeppelin did steal songs. they never gave credit to willie dixon until he sued them to force them to pay him royalties and list his name on the credits.
@lordvomitus yeah your right, he did sue and got some money and writing credit! zeppelin is frigging great and i have loved theyre music for 30 years but they didnt give any writing credit on theyre albums to where they got the ideas for some of theyre songs! jimmy page took it and made it different and added his own ideas but that still doesnt make it theyres completely!! when your using someone elses music and lyrics thats a cover tune!!! give credit where credit is due!!
Robert Johnson was a genius. His songs have been recreated so many different times by different artists. Eric Clapton devoted an entire album to him and titled it: Me and Mr. Johnson. Clapton also called Johnson the greatest blues guitarist to ever live. I'm a huge Zeppelin fan, but their version doesn't come close.
Tell me one thing: why do I listen to Metallica, AC/DC. Led Zeppelin, and other great bands, but then I listen to this, and even more times than the bands I previously said.
LZ just covered the song...no one stole nothing..there r countless examples of bands or artists covering others..like Guns n Roses covered Knocking on heaven's door of Bob Dylan..they covered the song because it is a great song done by a great singer and guitar player..
@zdragonforce hell no he didn't! He won that off ol' nick fair and square one saturday...cutting heads at the chickenshack. sheeoot, even an ol' sooner like me knows day...still talked about at some of the older chicken fightin' rings down state.
Led Zeppelin is my favorite band and it pisses me off when people say they steal shit from blues artist, you try to rewrite the song and make it sound as good as Zeppelin's version, it is a completely different interpretation of the song from a heavy metal perspective...
The term, "Heavy Metal," was applied to bands like Led Zeppelin through much of the 70s, and even parts of the 80s. As the style we call "Metal" was further defined people moved away from referring to Zep as metal.
@MrMesserschmit your ears might be desensitized with all the metallica youve probably heard... but zeppelin are the purest form of heavy music... just listen to Bohnams fucking drums in good times bad times, double pedal and everything... but if your idea of heavy metal is only slayer or something then I'll proudly say zeppelin is not heavy metal
Led Zeppelin is my favorite band and it pisses me off when people say they steal music from other blues artist, you try torewrite this song and make a version like led zeppelin, its a completely different interpretation...
how can you say they zeppelin stole this song or ripped it blues players always cover eachothers songs and for how original zeppelins version is the only thing thats the same is the lyrics. Jimmy page was inspired by this music
weelitlebaby is correct. It was very common for people to play other peoples songs back then, especially since that is how poor folk heard music. It was almost always from traveling musicians that played what was locally popular, and they tried to throw in some songs of their own as well, as well as do their own interpretations of other peoples music.
They may not have wittingly stole the songs but some of the lyrics did belong to others. Lawsuits have been filed against them but they settled out of court for the most part. It's ironic, yet I can see how it can goad a person who originally wrote a song in the style of the day and barely made a buck from it; then some young bucks come along, take a line or two from their song, interpret it to their style and make tons of money... Was it the lyrics or was it the interpretation?
@LGLG69 That's not what the court settlement implied!!! Look, I love Zeppelin's music, but to say they didn't rip off other bands and people is just foolish. You can go and point at the entire genre of blues and say the same thing, but the only problem is the old greats didn't claim writing credits to work they did not write. For the life of me, I cannot figure out why Jake Holmes never sued them for Dazed and Confused? Use stuff from the past, but give credit where it is due.
@LGLG69 Yeah! OK.......That's why Howlin' Wolf and his "BOYS" paid a visit to the recording studio soon after Zeppelin finished recording "The Lemon Song" to "Collect" royalties ;-)
Recently replaced my old Columbia tape with shiny CD (sorry,not rich or lucky enough for any 78s!). Awesome stuff, don't think much about this 'mastering speed' debate that's still going on. Sounds perfect to my (untrained) ears. Never liked LZ though,sorry (now the Yardbirds,that's another discussion..)
I like Zepp and I like E.C., but this is from a time of pain that they can't imagine. From an artist that can't fully be copied, they'll say that! This work is timeless and inspired all of the great ones we here today", " the ones that acually play" this is simply untouchable. Prince made the movie years ago, and still has'nt released it, he's the one that can do it.
@changobilly22 yes, as not only this..but in zeppelin's version, similar lyrics..however they pay tribute to robert johnson i believe because they worked multiple songs into theirs..right?
Im pretty much getting tired of the people saying that Zeppelin stole songs and all they are is a cover band. Its B.S , if it wasnt for zeppelin then i wouldnt have ever been introduced to blues at all ! I mean like Zeppelin's verson of traveling river side blues, i love to crank that shit because they added their own taste to it.
I always hated the line "Squeeze my lemon till the juice runs down my leg", man, you are insane if you like that!, better let it be "Squeeze my lemon till the juice runs down YOUR leg"
Zeps version is three or four old blues songs mixed together but a lot of their early stuff was three or four old blues song mixed together . LED ZEPPELIN the greatest cover band ever. YESSIR!!!
I really don't understand how people can say Led Zeppelin "stole" this song. They used one line; the songs have nothing else in common. If anything it's a rip off of 'Killing Floor.'
This version is way better than led zeppelins. Jimmy paige could never play guitar like this, if you listen closely, it sounds like 2 guitar players. But Mr.Johnson played this by himself, 1 guitar.
The truth is out led Zep stole all their hits from talented artists before them...They are like a cover band to me now! This really blows...Thieves...
Keep in mind, Led Zeppelin weren't shy to express an outstanding amount of respect for these old bluesmen. If there were no Willie Dixon, Robert Johnson, and Howlin' Wolf, there would be no Led Zeppelin. In it's place, and even standing alone, this is undeniably brilliant.
Grande musica
sandroelo 1 day ago
Classic. Best version done. 'Nuff said.
curtsat15 1 week ago
The best bluesman of them all,just listen to that slide guitar.Awsome.The alternate take is even better!!
LuvBlues64 1 week ago
Is it just me or does Jay Z kinda favor Robert in the photo with the cigarette?
liam71rock 1 week ago
Do People Fighting Know That This Song was Written Long Before Zeppelin Ever Existed in Life as Humans! i Doubt Any Zep Member Was Alive in 36!!! All Racist Buttholes Just DIE You Make The World A Dumber Place & All You Do is Create More Stupid Ignorant People
13dolphins13 4 weeks ago
@13dolphins13 dont be stupid.. led zeppelin's song was kind of a "tribute" to him
1patinhonalagoa 3 weeks ago
@1patinhonalagoa Really No Shit Dumbass Ignorant Dumbfucks Think Rj Stole This Song From Zep!!!! i know It is A Tribute Even Though It IS not The Same Song in Any Way Shape Or Form!!!
13dolphins13 3 weeks ago
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this nigger stole the song to led zepelin
bobbob53629 1 month ago
@bobbob53629 this is forty years older cum bag
slingblade98 1 month ago
@slingblade98 go say those lies to someone else, i ain't no idiot
bobbob53629 1 month ago
@bobbob53629 youve already said aint and N**** so that validates my point you needle dicked little maggot
slingblade98 1 month ago
@slingblade98 Don't feed the trolls.
Seantendo 1 month ago
@Seantendo your right. but racists piss me off
slingblade98 1 month ago
Myles Kennedy did an AMAZING cover of this in Amsterdam. Go watch it NOW. c:
undertakerandhhhrock 1 month ago
How can a man live without blues?
adenketr 1 month ago
the guitar sounds like its sayin "see" after he says "Tenne" so it sounds like Tennessee
CiscoNast 2 months ago
@CiscoNast no he's actually saying tennesse
seriousarchaeopteryx 1 month ago
Standard tuning. Capo at the second fret
Oreon89 2 months ago
Old blues radio app someone done tht yet?
glgrmc 2 months ago
@DonRMB So True.....
SilvioManfredDante85 2 months ago
At the begin when he starts singin, he sounds like homer simpson
Nerdreep 2 months ago
does anybody know the guitar tuning for this song?
jasonu95 3 months ago
i love Robert Johnson and zeppelin version
hipofrito 4 months ago
There are these things in poetry, art, literature, and music, called allusions. its when you refrence another piece of artistic work in your own creation (often, but not always, as a tribute) and its not stealing.
2112Zeppelin 4 months ago
my grandfather left a legacy that will last a lifetime. I don't play guitar but I do sing my grandfather songs and have a blast doing it. Thanks Grandpaw!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Check me on you tube------robert johnson grandson
SteveJohnsonBlues 4 months ago
What an amazing blues artist, wow this is music and rock and roll owe these guys everything in the world ,if it wasn't for blues artidt like him and many others ,their wouldn't be rock and roll.
mickbicca 5 months ago
is it something wrong with me or...there is a devil face on his left side ?...
PDoodek 5 months ago
@PDoodek FUCK!
How the fuck did I not see that!
Dude thats scary as fuck
kildare97 5 months ago
@kildare97 And that's how his legend is one step more real....
PDoodek 5 months ago
Robert Johnson is amazing!
If you like delta blues, check out Rat Stomp :)
youtube.com/user/ratstompmusic
ratstompmusic 6 months ago
the man!!!!!!!!
billtou812 6 months ago
you lot are like a bunch of kids he is the best etc fuck just enjoy the music we love them all for what they do in there own style
bedsitsongbird33 7 months ago
Squeeze my lemon, till the juice run down my leg, thats what im talking about baby
04R1Jason 7 months ago
@04R1Jason
Check out 'Let Me Roll Your Lemon' BO CARTER, Delta Blues'........this one definitely influenced "The Lemon Song."
hopeechangee 7 months ago
why does he look like pele?
sidbanes 7 months ago 2
im trappped inside a machine blues??
sidbanes 7 months ago
0:54-0:57 it sounds like he's saying iv'e got women in facebook
TheJordan4321 7 months ago 40
@TheJordan4321 vicksburg
ryanandpatti 7 months ago
@ryanandpatti i know but it kinda sounds like it
TheJordan4321 7 months ago
@TheJordan4321 he was even more ahead of his time than we thought!
WaldoJeffers25 7 months ago
@TheJordan4321 It's "Vicksburg".
thefringthing 5 months ago
A picture of Robert Johnson should be next to the word "cool" in the dictionary. The man was a guitar genius.
RetroJenny 8 months ago
damn i hate this time period im in..
TakeyoLifebitch 8 months ago
One of this country's greatest singer / songwriters genre be damned.........
mrsurety 8 months ago
Yay for African American Rockers, we started it.
BrownieHigh420 8 months ago 2
The King Of The Blues!
TheMoco53 8 months ago 2
"Squeeze my lemon 'til the juice runs down my leg " well thats a good methaphor.
mario441797 8 months ago 16
@mario441797 ha ha ha ha ha ha ha i know right great metaphor
TheJordan4321 7 months ago
@mario441797 A metaphor that Led Zeppelin totally stole.. I like Zeppelin but damn, give Credit where Credit is due.
DonRMB 4 months ago
@DonRMB Johnson borrowed it from "She Squeezed My Lemon" by Art McKay
Sonate64 4 months ago
@Sonate64 do you know what year Art McKay wrote that?
62jape 4 months ago
@62jape 1937
still the line appears in previous song like "I Want It Awful Bad" by Joe Williams (1927)
Sonate64 4 months ago
@Sonate64 thanks
62jape 4 months ago
@DonRMB music is always being stolen. Bob Dylan originally wrote "all along the watchtower" but Jimmy Hendrix didn't steal a phrase, he stole the song and now its on Hendrix Greatest hits and and everyone says he is the best guitarist of all time. the name, "the Rolling Stones" was originally taken from Muddy Waters quote, "I ain't no Rolling Stone" but now its a band known worldwide. we should accept the fact that music is played by everyone for everyone. its cool to hear another version.
ms7br01 4 months ago
@ms7br01 -____-... Hendrix did a COVER wich means Dylan gets CREDITED for the Song. Bob Dylan also has a song called "Like a Rolling Stone", Is just a Phrase is NOT stealing. What Zeppelin did was literally steal songs without CREDITING the original artists. With that said, I still Love Led Zeppelin, theyre one of the best groups ever. Is just that the "stealing songs" issue bugs me a little bit.
DonRMB 4 months ago
Robert Johnson needs the respect he deserves, he is the roots of Blues.. and influential too so many musicians.
JM13121 8 months ago
its not stealing if its blues music:)
lionellogan 8 months ago
no, you fag
ThatS0meBadHatHarry 8 months ago
@ThatS0meBadHatHarry .... good one
ERICxISxMONTREAL 8 months ago
robert johnson--IS the greatest guitar player of all time--thatsomebadhatharry--just ask--Joe Perry, Joe Satriani and Eric Clapton etc. etc.--listen more closely young pad-a-wan...
burch500 9 months ago in playlist a-rj
undoubtedly the king of blues and best guitar player of all time. beautiful song.
ERICxISxMONTREAL 9 months ago
@ERICxISxMONTREAL Robert Johnson is NOT the best guitar player of all time. What are you talking about?
ThatS0meBadHatHarry 9 months ago
@ThatS0meBadHatHarry Oh, so you're an idiot that doesn't know a thing about playing the guitar. THATS the confusion.
ERICxISxMONTREAL 8 months ago
@ERICxISxMONTREAL Dude, he's right. Robert Johnson was the best Blues Guitarist of all time.
But the best Guitarist of all time was Jimi Hendrix.
BasementBeginnings 8 months ago
@BasementBeginnings RJ is #1 Jimmy Page is #2
ERICxISxMONTREAL 8 months ago
@ERICxISxMONTREAL In blues?
I'd have to disagree with the Jimmy Page part. While he is one of the best of all time, I can think of many more blues guitarists deserving of a higher spot than Page, in blues standards that is, including Muddy Waters, T-Bone Walker, BB King, John Lee Hooker, and Elmore James.
Page was influenced by all of those bluesmen, BUT he is mainly a rock guitarist.
BasementBeginnings 8 months ago
@BasementBeginnings Fuck BB King. Albert King is where its at. But you know a thing or two about the blues by the names ya just dropped. but Page is, in fact a rock guitarist, rock is a form of sped up blues. i am just saying guitarist in general and not their style. At playing the instrument, known worldwide as the guitar, RJ is #1 and Page is #2.
ERICxISxMONTREAL 8 months ago
@BasementBeginnings n Elmore James would say the same thing about BB. Him and Al Recored this tune in Chicago way back in yester-year called "The Sky Is Crying". Ya might of heard of it
ERICxISxMONTREAL 8 months ago
I love this stuff (aquired taste I'm told) Most artists 'borrow' bits of songs anyway. Whole Lotta Love though,a nick indeed,but listen to You Need Loving (Small Faces,1966) Yeh,they nicked it too,but LZ didn't take it from the source. Sorry,never liked LZ (now the Yardbirds,that's another story..)
OldMod67 9 months ago
thumps so well, drums not needed
kirahhusko 9 months ago
Led Zed doesn't pay homage. They play the music as if their own and never giving credit where credit is due. A classic example is Whole Lotta Love. Written by Page and Plant? My ass!
TJMikolich 9 months ago
@TJMikolich voce começa logo com ele "ROBERT JOHNSON" assim ñ vale!!!!!parabens!!!!
soquinhabento 8 months ago
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i grew up in rosedale you all should see it
kenneth7448 9 months ago
I love the RJ and Led Zep versions of this song. BOTH are great
sbhoselover 9 months ago
Happy birthday Mr. Johnson!!
LedZep8014 9 months ago
i think its pretty crazy how radically different yet similar this song sounds to Led Zeppelin and Johnny Winters version. I'm glad there are people like old jimmy page that can interpret songs so well into the electrical guitar. just the slightest variation and you have a completely new feel to this song, its awesome :D.
Fruscianteistheman 9 months ago
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Happy Hundreth Birthday, Mr. Johnson - 8 May 2011
You inspired so many.....Clapton, Keith, and so many more to chop wood with their axes. But mostly, you inspired me cause I know you didn't make a deal but rather worked your ass off.......no shortcuts. Thanx Pops.
XKAHAN1 9 months ago
LED ZEPPELIN FOREVER WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
LedZepplin3853 9 months ago
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@LedZepplin3853 Fuck led zeppelin!!!
6266Slayer 9 months ago
@LedZepplin3853 true man
kildare97 8 months ago
a Legend.
ERICxISxMONTREAL 10 months ago
@candide777 no microphone ???? This was recorded about 1937 you think we were living like cavemen stoneage time?? No audio recording , radios, microphone WAKE THE FUCK UP Of course he had a microphone and recording equipment.
canecorsomob 10 months ago
@canecorsomob no hes right this is ONLY when he recorded its not like all the music he played was being recorded like this, he did pretty much only have his guitar and his voice for his music
LedZeppelin420x 10 months ago
@canecorsomob: I think by "no microphone, no amp," candide777 meant "no amplification."
Of course there was recording equipment (although the earliest such equipment did not involve an electric microphone as we know it, but rather a "horn" one sang into).
badpdx 10 months ago
led zeppelins version is one thing....but can you imagine hearing this man singing and playing this all by himself with no microphone, no amp, no speakers.....just a man and his guitar.....fucking beautiful
candide777 10 months ago
Happy birthday Robert,hoping they serve you tonight with plenty of booze & women down there.
canecorsomob 10 months ago
@canecorsomob You mean up there right?
bryant5266 10 months ago
@bryant5266 he probly means down there considering the stories of him selling his soul to the devil
added23 10 months ago
I don't understand why you are complaining about Led Zeppelin for stealing the song... did they turn it to something bad for your ears? A great bang plays a great song and you still have something to complain.
skulblaka15 10 months ago
"Squeeze my Lemon" Awwh, gotta love the sexual innuendo. Without the blues, we'd have no mentioning of sex in popular music.
SneakyJem 11 months ago 3
this sounds kind of like it inspired Captain Beefheart's "Sure 'Nuff 'N Yes I Do"..
MrChickenFry 11 months ago
@MrChickenFry sure 'nuff 'n yes it did
littlesk8erB3 10 months ago
@MrChickenFry yes, except Beefheart's version is much better
NinetiesYouth 10 months ago
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Zepp IS my favorite rock band BUT, unlike the Stones who gave credit (AND MONEY) where credit was due; they NEVER credited the true artist behind many of their hits. Did you think RP wrote "Squeeze my lemon till the juice runs down my leg" or "now he's reached the age of 24, and I don't believe he's a baby anymore" . It goes on and on and on. I'm glad they did the songs they did but give credit and pay royalties for fuck sake.
KMO325 11 months ago
this guy is the man however zep's version blows this to pieces regardless of what came first.
joeglimmix 11 months ago
God of Blues
brokenwingzzzz 11 months ago
the original sound is great, but the Led Zep version is very good.
Dadoparapa 11 months ago
Why hasnt anyone commented on 'Sure Nuff n' Yes I Do" ? ... Theres some homage.
theivorydome 1 year ago
They got parts of this song on the Lemon song too.
metaldave08096 1 year ago
0.56 "ive got women in facebook"???? :P
robert johnson is the man
chrisfiander 1 year ago
the 1930s must have been incredible.
Jualves1988 1 year ago
@Jualves1988 Yeah...They lived the whole decade in the Great Depression...I'm sure it was wonderful
tittyj2020 11 months ago
great
Jualves1988 1 year ago
anyone know why the alternate take wasn't released on the Box Set ? According to Wiki, there was an alternate take...perhaps it got lost/damaged...
talpajam 1 year ago
Are we gonna see the RobertJohnsonVEVO or what?
OH snap...
carminha53 1 year ago
actually zeppelin did steal songs. they never gave credit to willie dixon until he sued them to force them to pay him royalties and list his name on the credits.
lordvomitus 1 year ago
@lordvomitus yeah your right, he did sue and got some money and writing credit! zeppelin is frigging great and i have loved theyre music for 30 years but they didnt give any writing credit on theyre albums to where they got the ideas for some of theyre songs! jimmy page took it and made it different and added his own ideas but that still doesnt make it theyres completely!! when your using someone elses music and lyrics thats a cover tune!!! give credit where credit is due!!
ozzyhead73 1 year ago
Robert Johnson was a genius. His songs have been recreated so many different times by different artists. Eric Clapton devoted an entire album to him and titled it: Me and Mr. Johnson. Clapton also called Johnson the greatest blues guitarist to ever live. I'm a huge Zeppelin fan, but their version doesn't come close.
TheJuunit21 1 year ago
Tell me one thing: why do I listen to Metallica, AC/DC. Led Zeppelin, and other great bands, but then I listen to this, and even more times than the bands I previously said.
This is AWESOMENESS.
barros1711 1 year ago
this man should be honored way more than he is. robert johnson the truest revolutionary
pistolpete667 1 year ago
@pistolpete667 no question he should be honored, but no one even knows where he is actually buried.
lordvomitus 1 year ago
I'm going to make a deal with the devil for sure, too much inspiration, i want to be that amazing
killerzofsoul 1 year ago
@killerzofsoul the deal was for money and fame(not talent).....i think he woulda still made these kinds of sounds without that deal....
slowlybutfasholy 1 year ago
look in the top right corner of the picture . looks like a face!
bloodybeetroot 1 year ago
@bloodybeetroot
a demon face!!proves he made a deal with the devil!! haha
brokenwingzzzz 1 year ago
blah blah blah.....heh blah blah blah
woh blah blah...yea blah blah blah........
suereed 1 year ago
LZ just covered the song...no one stole nothing..there r countless examples of bands or artists covering others..like Guns n Roses covered Knocking on heaven's door of Bob Dylan..they covered the song because it is a great song done by a great singer and guitar player..
brokenwingzzzz 1 year ago 2
they arent stealing it they are covering it
Monehan 1 year ago
Robert johnson stole the lick from the devil anyway.....
zdragonforce 1 year ago 45
@zdragonforce best comment on this video!
ryandude1994 1 year ago 2
@zdragonforce Lol, technically he traded his soul for all them licks.
LischZeb 8 months ago
@zdragonforce hell no he didn't! He won that off ol' nick fair and square one saturday...cutting heads at the chickenshack. sheeoot, even an ol' sooner like me knows day...still talked about at some of the older chicken fightin' rings down state.
GrigoriZhukov 5 months ago
Led Zeppelin is my favorite band and it pisses me off when people say they steal shit from blues artist, you try to rewrite the song and make it sound as good as Zeppelin's version, it is a completely different interpretation of the song from a heavy metal perspective...
Ibroadcastmyself17 1 year ago 3
@Ibroadcastmyself17 WTF? Since when were Led Zep heavy metal?
MrMesserschmit 1 year ago
@MrMesserschmit
The term, "Heavy Metal," was applied to bands like Led Zeppelin through much of the 70s, and even parts of the 80s. As the style we call "Metal" was further defined people moved away from referring to Zep as metal.
Lagomort 1 year ago
@MrMesserschmit your ears might be desensitized with all the metallica youve probably heard... but zeppelin are the purest form of heavy music... just listen to Bohnams fucking drums in good times bad times, double pedal and everything... but if your idea of heavy metal is only slayer or something then I'll proudly say zeppelin is not heavy metal
Ibroadcastmyself17 2 months ago
Led Zeppelin is my favorite band and it pisses me off when people say they steal music from other blues artist, you try torewrite this song and make a version like led zeppelin, its a completely different interpretation...
Ibroadcastmyself17 1 year ago 2
he is a great guitar player. just wish there was better recording technology back then.
movieguy1326 1 year ago
how can you say they zeppelin stole this song or ripped it blues players always cover eachothers songs and for how original zeppelins version is the only thing thats the same is the lyrics. Jimmy page was inspired by this music
weelitlebaby 1 year ago
@weelitlebaby
weelitlebaby is correct. It was very common for people to play other peoples songs back then, especially since that is how poor folk heard music. It was almost always from traveling musicians that played what was locally popular, and they tried to throw in some songs of their own as well, as well as do their own interpretations of other peoples music.
Lagomort 1 year ago
i love this i preffer it to the zepplin version
fade616 1 year ago
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emmers57 1 year ago
Wow the whole "squeeze my lemon, til the juice runs down my leg" was a pretty dirty lyric for the 1930's
emmers57 1 year ago
@emmers57
agree, I didn't check that at first .
chanimal40 1 year ago
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emmers57 1 year ago
@emmers57 well it's still dirty lol
He is the man. I am a huge Led Zeppelin fan and i really appreciate Johnson, no wonder he's said to be the greatest bluesman ever.
0live0wire0 1 year ago
this is so stripped down and raw i love it... and enough trashin zep why cant anyone like two things at the same time!? its all good to me
lambgtr7 1 year ago 74
@lambgtr7 Exactly, Johnson lived it, wrote it, sang it, Led Zeppelin took it to the next level. I like both equally.
chev2much 1 year ago 2
Zeppelin didn't "steal" songs such as this, they were simply inspired by the great bluesman. They showed that respect by paying homage to him.
LGLG69 1 year ago 73
@LGLG69
They may not have wittingly stole the songs but some of the lyrics did belong to others. Lawsuits have been filed against them but they settled out of court for the most part. It's ironic, yet I can see how it can goad a person who originally wrote a song in the style of the day and barely made a buck from it; then some young bucks come along, take a line or two from their song, interpret it to their style and make tons of money... Was it the lyrics or was it the interpretation?
Irene00007 1 year ago
@LGLG69 I totally agree with LGL. Musical evolution.
Bilco1949 1 year ago
@LGLG69 That's not what the court settlement implied!!! Look, I love Zeppelin's music, but to say they didn't rip off other bands and people is just foolish. You can go and point at the entire genre of blues and say the same thing, but the only problem is the old greats didn't claim writing credits to work they did not write. For the life of me, I cannot figure out why Jake Holmes never sued them for Dazed and Confused? Use stuff from the past, but give credit where it is due.
rydonvan 11 months ago
@LGLG69 Yeah! OK.......That's why Howlin' Wolf and his "BOYS" paid a visit to the recording studio soon after Zeppelin finished recording "The Lemon Song" to "Collect" royalties ;-)
wolfkarel 11 months ago
@LGLG69
So true, and if it weren't for those like Zeppelin and Cream, we'd never know these guys exist.
mussman717word 11 months ago
@LGLG69 yeah but they should have given credit. they didnt on a lot of their songs. look up Led Zeppelin plagiarism on here. its a 3 part vid
ZOSOrulz1 10 months ago
Recently replaced my old Columbia tape with shiny CD (sorry,not rich or lucky enough for any 78s!). Awesome stuff, don't think much about this 'mastering speed' debate that's still going on. Sounds perfect to my (untrained) ears. Never liked LZ though,sorry (now the Yardbirds,that's another discussion..)
OldMod67 1 year ago
my grandfather was an orginal!!!! I'm a student of all his songs!!!!!!!!!
SteveJohnsonBlues 1 year ago
I like Zepp and I like E.C., but this is from a time of pain that they can't imagine. From an artist that can't fully be copied, they'll say that! This work is timeless and inspired all of the great ones we here today", " the ones that acually play" this is simply untouchable. Prince made the movie years ago, and still has'nt released it, he's the one that can do it.
BLKBAR740 1 year ago
i was never a fan of Zepplin...its blasphemy,i know
BUT i always appreciate it em because they were n are great musicians
n its people like them that introduced ppl to other artist like Johnson and Django
n ALL these other amazing musicians
you may not like Zepplin for "stealing" the song,but they opened the door to Johnson n thats not a bad thing
n you may think Zepplins is better,but if it wasnt for Johnson,the "better" version wouldnt exist
gotta give credit where credit is due
changobilly22 1 year ago
@changobilly22 I'm not a fan of Zeppelin either... I'd much rather The Rolling Stones, Pink Floyd and all that good stuff!
tteu123 1 year ago
@tteu123 i love it all
jaqua524 1 year ago
@changobilly22 yes, as not only this..but in zeppelin's version, similar lyrics..however they pay tribute to robert johnson i believe because they worked multiple songs into theirs..right?
jaqua524 1 year ago
Im pretty much getting tired of the people saying that Zeppelin stole songs and all they are is a cover band. Its B.S , if it wasnt for zeppelin then i wouldnt have ever been introduced to blues at all ! I mean like Zeppelin's verson of traveling river side blues, i love to crank that shit because they added their own taste to it.
Thecadillacman92 1 year ago
I always hated the line "Squeeze my lemon till the juice runs down my leg", man, you are insane if you like that!, better let it be "Squeeze my lemon till the juice runs down YOUR leg"
SerchTV 1 year ago
Zeps version is three or four old blues songs mixed together but a lot of their early stuff was three or four old blues song mixed together . LED ZEPPELIN the greatest cover band ever. YESSIR!!!
5150pb 1 year ago
"I want you to squeeze my lemon until the juice runs down my leg."
I always thought Led Zeppelin came up with that one.
thestranger4812 1 year ago
@thestranger4812 They always thought that line was funny so robert Plant sang it alot.
aczeppelindc2908 1 year ago
I really don't understand how people can say Led Zeppelin "stole" this song. They used one line; the songs have nothing else in common. If anything it's a rip off of 'Killing Floor.'
copious11 1 year ago
@copious11 They even stole the riff play them together you will hear what im talking about
5150pb 11 months ago
This version is way better than led zeppelins. Jimmy paige could never play guitar like this, if you listen closely, it sounds like 2 guitar players. But Mr.Johnson played this by himself, 1 guitar.
RE4RULEZ1398 1 year ago
You make like LZ's version better....
But there isn't one great guitarist that has ever been that hasn't been inspired by RJ
he just pours a smooth glass of baddass soul all over you
Swerrv 1 year ago 2
The truth is out led Zep stole all their hits from talented artists before them...They are like a cover band to me now! This really blows...Thieves...
qqqTOXICqqq 1 year ago
damn, I didn't even know led zeppelin covered this song. Hahaha... I jsut love the original
Heisen15 1 year ago
Haha. I love when he says,
"You can squeeze myyyy lemon til' the juice runs down my................. 'Til the juice runs down my leg- you know what I'm talkin about"
Cracks me up every time.
Ironman374 1 year ago
Have you guys ever heard Captain Beefheart's "Sure 'Nuff 'n' Yes I Do"?
SupperOfTheMightyOne 1 year ago
@SupperOfTheMightyOne Great song. It sounds very similar to this which i love.
thezook33per 1 year ago
Robert Johnson, Led Zeppelin or Myles Kennedy from Alter Bridge...This song is simply amazing!! :D
berrymx91 1 year ago
Peter Green did the best cover of this!
MrJoe10000000 1 year ago
Keep in mind, Led Zeppelin weren't shy to express an outstanding amount of respect for these old bluesmen. If there were no Willie Dixon, Robert Johnson, and Howlin' Wolf, there would be no Led Zeppelin. In it's place, and even standing alone, this is undeniably brilliant.
mussman717word 1 year ago
his guitar sounds like crap but he sure can play it
animalman1122 1 year ago
@animalman1122 It sounds different because it's in a different tuning
EvilMan26 1 year ago