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  • Love the Plant

  • this man makes me melt like butter next to fire his voice and just his over all sexiness even now i think hes like 70 and i swear id soo give him viagra lol

  • lucifer who was the most beautiful creation was in charge of the choir that is why he uses music many times for his own purposes, God the Almighty is still the Creator of All...

  • it may be close to 25 years old. doesn't matter. it is a real classic

  • good...very good song :)

  • Well actually thats how I wanted it to be. I know how to spell buddy.

  • Sooo... what are you sayin?

  • Great song. Keep on keepin on.

  • oh... well why didn't you just say that in your first post?

  • Who is this is?

  • A guy on youtube

  • Gt3TT

  • What is Gt3TT?

  • Great song. Keep on keepin on.

  • It's actually spelled keeping.

  • Actually.

  • Doesn't his voice kind of sound like Led Zepplin?

  • ya think?

  • It does, he's robert plant from led zepplin.

  • Never knew that.

  • ive listened to this song so many times i never get tired of it.I just wish that Led zepplin would tour with Plant something Ive wanted to see since I was little

  • i'am the crazy man on the ship of fools!!

  • I'm sorry but looks like you're sharing that designation with me. =)

  • Christ I THOUGHT THIS WAS THE GOOD SONG

  • yeah, you are looking for World Party

  • World Party song by the same name blows... It falls under the category of 'shit retro'. Plants 'Ship of Fools' is timelessly good :D

  • ite....I was just pointing him in the direction he was lookin to go.

  • A poem indeed!

  • i love this song

  • awesome song i love it

  • only waited 20 years for this thankyou

  • it is pilot of the storm

  • I am the fire, of the storm.......

  • um....as far as I can tell, its PILOT of the storm, the same line is in kashmir..its in a few Led Zeppelin/Robert Plant songs

  • "who claims no man is an island

    while i land up in jeopardy..."

    very cleaver play on words. Plant does similar stuff in the tune, Big Log.

  • "shakin and stirred" plants best album > check it out!

  • This is one of the better videos from the 80's. It even stands against many of the videos we see today. Robert always did have a good creative spirit. He was a very equal part of what Zeppelin was doing...and his own career stands well on its own. Not many mega group singers can pull that off.

  • The most beautiful song, I've ever heard...

  • tuneeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee­eeeeeeeeeeeee.

  • robert plant rocks but the video is kinda

    weird

  • Genialer Musiker und dazu noch so viel Gefühl!

  • exactly I was JUST thinking

  • I saw him in 1988 in St. Louis' Municipal outdoor venue in Forest Park. FANTASTIC show!

  • How is it possible to create something this good?

  • @SpaceAce92 - I LOVE that "Now and Zen" album.

  • please tour with led zeppelin Robert Plant I need to see it soo bad

  • i was in my teens in the 80s, and every week we had new songs that are all classics now, not to mention some landed on miami vice. those were the days.

  • although this is one of my favrite songs by robert, I prefer him in Led Zeppelin

  • doug boyle really lived up to jimmy page with his albums with plant.

  • there's a lot of flourishes in this video - even though the song is so calm and sweet and singular

    i wish the director would have said, "robert, we know you can groove, but let's be quiet on this one"

  • Excellent, could not have said it better blondie

  • I got to see Robert Plant in the 80's and let me tell you he sounds the same live as he does on a record, cd or mp3 player, he has a voice that just makes you want more! I would see him again and again and again!:-)

  • I am catholic, I am a 3rd degree Mason, I am a father of a family and I played drums in a rock band. I am, that is all.

  • wonderful video !!!!

  • Cem Akkılıç Led Zeppelin ''search the google''

    Robert Plant Antalya Turkey

    The love remains the same in Antalya concert video.

    Camera and special effects:Cem Akkılıç

    3 July 2007 Antalya Open Air Theatre

    62 min. Live concert DVD

  • ok i admit it! i'm a catholic! but i do not say that rock is "satanic" ROCK IS NOT SATANIC!!! what! cos there's a rumour that says that stairway to heaven is satanic when it goes backwards??? i dont care! all i care about is listening to 60s-80s rock! i love jesus ofcourse but i do not make a fuss about songs like highway to hell! it's actually a metaphor! not cos bon scott wants to go to hell! he says that being a rock star is so hard that it's like being in hell!LONG LIVE HEAVY METAL!(60s-80s)

  • greatest open-minded statement. i whole heartedly agree. that whole bunch of junk. its about the music and how melodies and beautiful lyrics come together to inspire people. a wonderful thing music.

  • god gave u ears ,so why dont yoy just listen to music instead !!!!!

  • maybe it's cos i wanna get this music back so we can lsiten to it again, duuuh!!

  • Well said, couldnot have said it better myself, although I am not a catholic, but what the hell, ehhh heck.(sorry, couldnot resist that)

    We all love music, that is the reason to come here and listen, I thought, not to post unpolite reply's and cursing others because they think different.

  • thanks man, i mean comeon! jsut cos i'm a catholic it doesn't mean i'm against rock, i love rock so much that i don't even have the guts to make a small joke about it.i prayed to god that if rock is satanic, he'll gimme a sign, all i met is a bunch of rockers at school, that goes to show for me, it isnt satanic, rock on everyone!

  • You are welcome sweety, but I am a dutch lady, and no man, for what that matters....lol

  • @blazingvolcanoe - I was raised Catholic and went through 12 years of Catholic schools. The sexism turned me completely off and I left all that in the rear view mirror over 40 years ago. I am a happy agnostic today. People like Rick Santorum need to shut up and stop pushing their beliefs on other people. LONG LIVE ROCK!

  • @TCall2004

    bless you mate

  • @blazingvolcanoe Jeez, dude... Relax.

  • Still Makes Sense Today!  :)

  • Beautiful song, and fantastic guitar work by Doug Boyle.

  • great tune...and on the religion stuff...religion is a form of brainwashing...if you believe..fine..if you dont believe...fine...but dont post all your fucked up religious views during an uncle robby tune.

  • A Capstone of Robert Plant's work.

  • What's the deal with the hand signals? Anyone know?

  • It has its history way back, check out Stair-way to heven, his signum

  • I've heard this song many times, but this is the very first time I've seen this video!

  • wow guys plants on and ur talking about jesus ill end this FUCK JESUS FUCK RELIGION KEEP IT OUT OF HERE YOU BIBLE HUMPING FAGGOTS

  • This song is amongst my favourites, although I listen to heavy metal and such. Its just so beautiful and has a deeper meaning than most other songs. I LOVE IT!

  • i like this song why are you guys fighting about stoopid shit.also if someone doesnt believe in God doesnt that mean more room in heaven for you,so why get mad

  • i've always thought it amazing when a song can totally transport my mind to another place all together, it's like magic. And not all songs, even some great ones, do it for me. But this one does. Rain Song and Polly Come Home are some of my other favorites. What songs transport Your mind to a different plane?

  • kashmir is that way for me. I'll throw on a pair of headphones close my eyes and I'm driving to kashmir. Swear I can feel the sun on my face

  • But the holy..... the profane.... they're all helpless ly the same. Wishful... Hopeful.... never really knowing.

    If you all like good songs. Check out "I am the ride" by Chris Smither. It may put some perspective on this argument for every one.

  • I am the ride isn't listed under Chris Smither

    songs, are you sure that's the name of the song?

  • you know i personally don't give a shit who beieves in God or not. Personally, I don't either as far as HIM having a hand in the world. However, why does everyone want to knock those who do. do you want to be knocked down because you don't? NO! I'm sure the pathetic ignorant atheists are the one's disapproving the comments about God. you do it for attention i think. the atheists i know are not mocking those who believe just stupid people such as yourselves. so, fuck you.

  • there is no god..grow up you little children.

  • hahaha wow

  • There may be no proof, only faith, and hear-say passed on for years and years (reliable sources apparently) But the hell with it, if there is a god, i know for a fact i hate him, and i don't wish for his forgiveness because i'll never forgive him for taking my dad away from me. Anyway!... back to the topic of this video... it's a genius piece of music aswell as the lyrics, beautiful song.

  • An honest thought is worth more then many great speachs....

  • maybe you know the answer to this...do you think this song is alagorical to the LOTR? I know many of zepplin's songs were...but this song reminds me of the end of the third one when they board the ship to head west...? any thoughts?

  • And what makes you think it was not the devil who caused your loss? This is exactly what the devil wants you to think.. He wants you to place blame to God when it was Satan who did it all along.

  • You're being just as bad as him spouting your opinion the way you are.

  • and you're being just as bad as us, right mother fucker? you're stupid. grow up and quit jumping in. you're one of the many blind people in this world who make it a crappy residence. so fuck you and your non-believing ass.

  • Grats on completely missing my point and jumping to insults. Insecure, eh? That's okay.

  • Love this one. Great guitar work from Doug Boyle. Think I'll dig out my old "Now & Zen" tape!

  • there is a god

  • kieate youm cavrone what do you know

  • why not just love the music? I Do!

  • EXACTLY!

  • your an atheist aren't you?

  • never cared for jimmy page or john bonham but always thought plant had a good voice.

  • who cares what he is

    he is fucking legendary

  • Marvelous

  • Love this song.

  • robert plant.. crap???? eh yeah ok good one, led zeppelin.. fookin brilliant!!!

  • Besides the lyrics are clear.And stranger still my self control I can't rely on anymore.

    New tides surprise - my world it's changing

    Within this frame an ocean swells - behind this smile I know it well.Beneath a lover's moon I'm waiting

    I am the pilot of the storm - adrift in pleasure I may drown

    I built this ship - it is my making

    And furthermore my self control I can't rely on anymore.I know why - I know why

    Crazy on a ship of fools

    Crazy on a ship of fools

    Turn this boat around.

  • I'm sorry-- I must have missed that part of my education that said that one's religion had anything to do with musical talent. That would be relevant how?

  • well most artists base their creation on something as simple as a title on a magazine cover to just about anything.....ask Robert Plant otherwise nothing you can say would be bable to debunk me.

  • I just have to say..... Wow, it almost seems that you have discovered another deeper meaning to this song and it's lyrics. But for real... Obvisiously you have no idea, and please do not post BS like this. BTW Did YOU ask RP?????

  • I ronic - Ship of fools was related to the 'ark of salvation'...and in past times cities would load their mentally challenged and sail them out to sea.....many died without their families and some were cured.

  • if this song on the album the honer drippers

  • Why does this song make me feel like drivin' warm rain and soft summer wind at the same time???

  • thats gay

  • Best thing anyone's ever written on this entire website. kingofthebingo and 'warm rain and soft summer wind' is probably eating a warm dick right now.

  • one of my favorite songs !!!

  • Oh my God... I love his voice! And he is sooo beautiful! Mmm.... His voice is magic!!

  • I just heard this song a the radio. I'm speechless! The melody is so intense and leering. He's my favorite lyricist. The only reason the 80's had some okay music was because of the musicians from the 60's-70's. "IIIII know, whhyyy ooo." Just beautiful. I guess Plant's 39, if this is in '88. Well, it's time for me to buy "Zen and Now." Zee you great fans later:)

  • Great song!

  • He's so lovely. I'm ever the hippy. LOL

  • Dear Viewer:

     This song is one that puts Robert Plante in the poetic realm of Bob Dylan, John Lennon and Jim Morrison. He's actually making 3 and 4syllable words rhyme! Dan K., Grafton, Mass.

  • I had forgotten how much I loved this song. I adored most of his solo stuff in the 80's.

  • Why don`t you concentrate on this song`s beaty instead, it`s such profound of a song...

  • now and zen was a great album back in the day

  • now and zen is a great album

  • Welsh and English. His wife is East Indian I think.

  • I attended a show on this tour. That puts me in my forty's? Yikes, how depressing.

  • Tell me about it, I took my then good friend to see Plant and Cheap Trick at Saratoga Performing Arts Center on this tour... fast forward about 20 years and we were discussing how a band could do it justice at our wedding (Ended up using Back in the High Life Again by Winwood instead)... yay for us olde phartes!!! :)

  • Ok Atiamutonvnad, what an obtuse commentary. There was junk in the 80's like now, the difference being, in the 80's at least they were musicians not just 'artists' unable to create music, and 'sampling' other musicians riffs and adding words that (oh my god) rhyme! Wow, and to think they can probably hardly spell the words, its like, amazing creative talent for these new 'artists'. Please. I'll take the 80's.

  • Lol, if I had to pick a time period it'd be the 70s for me. 80s was the time of awful style and a lot of bad things. Plus most of the music from the 80s I dont really like.

  • I agree.

  • Roberts religion is Muslim, I dont know about his ethnicity.

  • AHAHA he's not muslim. He is christian, but to save face he say he's a theist.

  • From what I read he is or at least was a muslim.

  • There are some crazy misinformed people out there who shouldn't have access to type writers lol. Mr. Plant is a muslim as Thomas Jefferson.

  • Lol can't trust anyone nowadays can ya? Haha, well thanks for the info, don't like being misinformed!

  • Your welcome:) I love your channel! You have great taste in music my friend. Rock on!

  • Thanks man! You too!

  • and if he really was? people, what's your problem?

  • You're the only one with a problem. We're all Robert Plant fans here, nothing less. One of the greatest talents of our century. This song gives me hope.

  • for your info jimmy page was satanist

    not robert plant

  • if you are not in tune with music which has nothing to do with the faggots that read the bible. there is more meaning to music than a shitty bible written by a fucking moron. point being made music cant compare to religion because music is far greater than any god can imagine. for gods have no imagination becuase they have no depth beyond the depth that draws themselves. religion is bullshit, its a crutch, robert plant relates to no similaic crutch. (please correct me on my spelling}

  • You truly disgust me, how could you ever say that anything is better or greater than God! You truly are an idiot, it's scary to know that there are people out there like you.

  • apart from the fact that there is no god. it is scary that there are people out there like YOU who have been spoon fed religion and are stupid enough to believe it. go read a book (other than the bible). on another note, good song. *thumbs up*

  • U must have a lot of hatred in you to say that a human actually has more imagination than God. God imagined u and made u. So u are so narrow minded. I feel sorry for u. Find yourself and find peace in you.

  • I somewhat agree with that, but I'm not saying anything to go against the song or gods, or n e thing. The song is great, but ya it does have a lot of religion in it & I don't exactly believe in n e thing religion related, so ya. ^^"

  • Actually Robert Plant is muslim.

    P.S. you obviously dont know what a satanist is.

  • Anyone on here ever heard of sarcasm?

    My comment in regards to Robert Plant being a Satanist was a dig at the idiot Thumpers out there, not at Robert, he is the man!

  • why do u ask? what diff would it make?

  • I notice the time reviews on these videos are getting longer and longer. Must mean everyone is turning in to an old fogies. I dont think the ship of fools song came out until the mid eighties. I remember the eighties. I think they were a terrible period of time. Cold war and bad politics, and no DNA data at that time to keep people safe. No computers except for the military. Then walla! Microsoft invented what the military already had. Hmm? They played with our lives too much. Thanks Robert,

  • came out in spring of 88' ....oh by the way,folks are turning to the classics cause the music of today sucks so bad!!!

  • for years i've wondered why metal bands mention 'ship of fools' in their lyrics...now I know

  • What is ashame is that most musicians can't name the guitarist that played on this track and most of Now and Zen..."Doug Boyle's" guitar work on this disc and song is beautiful and haunting...and as far as Post Zep work, probably the best guitarist Plant worked with. If Zep hadn't existed everyone would know his name...but since Page is such a ghost in Plants musical panorama, no one will remember this other guy. Peopl place too much emphasis on what has been, and miss was is...

  • You are the fools and youtube is the ship. I have practically worshipped this guy since my earliest youth. I love playing with your silly little minds. Robert Plant is the best.

  • tardwhisperer, once when I was a teen I wanted to feel special too like you, no need to show it, chill out and enjoy the music

  • TARDWHISPERER obviously listens to music with his head up his arse

  • G-R-E-A-T song. OUT---STANDING lyrics!

  • awsome song

  • Music & videos are often illusions..Mend to be. A picture of feelings. Robert Plant is full of rhytm and music inside.

    If you listen to Plant"s experiments with india-sounds...on audio as well as in concert you will realize that the man is full of rhytm and has a sound-ear like not many else.

    Great calm song full of hope

  • always loved this lovely calming song, plants amazing voice hits the spot yet again,

    true classic !!!!!

  • TARD WHISPERER go stand in a corner and slap yourself untill forgiven better still bang your head instead you little ankle

  • fuck you older

  • tardwhisperer, you're such an idiot for saying plant is a bad singer...

  • Love this man's voice!

    So much wonderful music from him from the late sixties to today. He is THE REAL "Elvis" in my opinion. Modern music's pre-eminent voice. Tasteful and intelligent as always

  • Robert Plant is a Rock God, and Led Zeppelin to millions around the world is the Greatest Rock Band ever because of RP. You must be very young, because I remember the glory days of Led Zeppelin. Your comment doesn't make any sense. I would never understand if you don't care for Robert's singing, why you would waste your time spamming his videos. I personally love his voice and have done so since first hearing him with LP in the early 70s. His voice is unique and unparalled.

  • You say that they could have been better with someone else?!?! If they had anyone other than Plant, half of the songs they have would be nonexistent. In a jigsaw puzzle, if you take a piece, you don't get the whole picture. In the band if you take away ANY of the members, you don't get Led Zeppelin. They were all so perfect together.

  • I love Robert Plant. Such class.

  • Yeah, alot of ppl dont respect his post zeppelin career, but they dont see that robert is one of those artist who really do expand in their music intersests.

    I love his songs.

  • get a life! what are you talking about imagery for when the man has been out since before the age of video? he was so great and sounds wonderful in live clips, and his voice doesn't age. you're not worth replying to but i did anyway, since i just saw him a few days ago. he is just about the best singer alive and the only person out there who is worth the admission price!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!