Led Zeppelin - Black Dog (Osaka 1971)

Led Zeppelin playing Black Dog live in Osaka, Japan. This concert was before Led Zeppelin IV, so the fans had never heard it.

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• black
• dog
• osaka
• live
• 1971

[culinaryrocks]

he could have hit the high notes if he wanted. He simply chose not to.

[registerman07]

Before plant's voice really started to go after "Houses of the Holy," it seemed he chose to hit the high notes some nights and not others. It still doesn't change the fact that he was one of the best vocalists in rock history!

[sonhouse50]

They're playing it 'way' too fast.

[CliffinAZ]

Also, he had already fatigued his voice a bit from a heavy tour schedule (and oversinging too much at one of the shows previous to this one I believe). Anyone who criticizes--note that you cannot sing 100% at every show when you're singing songs that are as challenging as these. And they were on a really brutal tour schedule. If you want to hear him really wailing on this song, listen to the first time they did it live in Belfast March 1971 (here onYouTube)-where his voice was fresh.

[CliffinAZ]

JustinPierce, true his voice was much better in '77 than it was in '75, but he still couldn't hit the high notes with the range, power, tone or clarity that his voice had from '69-'71. When I listen to some of those concerts from 1969 I think that the people in the back row must have felt a breeze when he hit the high notes. To compare, just listen to a concert from '77 (better than '75) compared to '71 or earlier.

[AbsoluteZeroMusic]

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[culinaryrocks]

justinpierce1226 what do you think of plant singing zeppelin songs much softer with band of joy. I really don't like it as i prefer the zeppelin era version

[JustinPierce1226]

@culinaryrocks I'll help you end it lol. My grandfather was a roady with Led Zeppelin and still remains a close friend of Page and Robert. Here is the background: Robert Plant did NOT do vocal warm ups or practice much. The band was pure and chaotic and irratic. His voice started taking a toll from not resting it properly, and in the face of what people often believe, he evolved his voice into a pure state. 1974 his voice had gone. He got surgery. By 1977 his vocal power returned.

[bratdoll332]

To Registerman07

You're right. His voice did go after Houses of the Holy. He still sounded good though. I like the way he sounded in '68 and '69. But now, not so much.

[jimihendrixtribute]

@culinaryrocks another limiting factor was that he had an unsuccessful throat surgery in late '72

[DeltaGaryGordon]

God damn Jimmy can't keep up with Jonesy. JPJ, musical genius.