162: LED ZEPPELIN I - Album Dive

“You really like…my limousine…you like the way…the wheels roll…you like my seven-inch…leather heels…and going to…all of the shows…BUT…”

Exactly ONE year, ONE month, and ONE day before the rain, thunder, bells and tritones of Black Sabbath’s debut “delivered” heavy metal upon the world, the release of the eponymous debut from Birmingham (England, NOT Alabama) quartet LED ZEPPELIN marked the “birth pains” of what was yet to be born in rock and metal, unleashing a darker, grittier and heavier sound unlike anything anyone anywhere had ever experienced before.

Prepare to rosin up your bow and know what it means to be “shook” before you start “pumping them in” and “pumping them out ”and ingesting a plate of bacon wrapped, shrimp stuffed, jalapeno poppers that we hope won’t result in any unwanted “burpin’ and fartin’, squirtin’ and shartin’” or unanticipated “boom doom” when you JOIN US for a dive into the “pre-birth” of metal with the heaviest debut album to have ever emerged from Birmingham in the late 60’s as we tackle the crushingly heavy, blues infused, cockrockian, pre-metal sonic fury of LED ZEPPELIN.

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Show Notes:

(00:01): “Ummm, don’t you mean #Exodus?” / #cuntlery #kuntlery or perhaps even #quntlery (depending on your needs and which level you’re dealing with) / It’s unbelievable that we’ve managed to play #oldschool #MichaelBolton on this show (which just happens to be a “tangentional” teaser for our #HairMetalSpectacular) / ***WARNING*** #listenerdiscretionisadvised / ***WELCOME BACK TO THE METAL NERDERY PODCAST!!!*** #beerjizz and #pearlsinthecooler / #bunkerpoongiftshoppe / #thisepisodesclinkyoftheepisode #Fireball / Don’t smoke at a gas pump, but if you ARE thinking about doing it… / #thisepisodesbeeroftheepisode #SamuelAdamsBostonLager #SamuelLAdamsMotherFuckingBostonLager #patriotbeer #fivepercentABV #gooddaydrinkingbeer #markthetime

(06:18): Another reference to #SweetwaterBarAndGrill and some #localmetal #holeinthewall / #southernfried #Godsmack / #shortlived #danishmacnugget / This episodes WE’LL PLAY YOUR SHIT-AH!!! #swampmetal #Silversel #GeorgiaMetal (And a sampling from their album #Inexorable) #awwwman / “A #shittonne of #voicemails” and #thevoicemailsegment ***GIVE US A CALL AND LEAVE US A VOICEMAIL AT 980-666-8182!!!*** #thepostisback #twofer #turddumpsterfire #newqyuhlur #windmills #anothervoicemail / “You’ve gotta build the #infrastructure”/ #comedygenius #refillday #memories #jackpot / #legallybinding #lordofthering #fingernoose / ***Hit us up on the socials on #Instagram or #Facebook or the email at metalnerdery@gmail.com *** “Oh yeah, almost forgot #thejingle for #WellPlayYourShitah”***

(21:32): #shootingtoofarforward #thehumanslingshot and #whoopsiedoodles / #TheDocket LED ZEPPELIN I / Another great quartet of lads from Birmingham (England, not Alabama) / “You went forwards before you went backwards” and the journey of discovering the #LedZeppelin and #BlackSabbath catalogs / “Everybody’s got a path” / #futureepisodeidea #notboring / A #tangentional moment of Bolton and #MiamiVice and #LonelyIsland / Update on #antihot2022 / #canyoubeadoll? / Led Zeppelin I was released one month, one day, and one year prior to #BlackSabbath: Jan. 12, 1969 (vs Feb. 13, 1970) / #mathjokes / #theloreofyore regarding how the mighty #LedZeppelin got their moniker and a bit of backstory (which we may or may not have discussed on our Zeppelin #InsideTheMetal episode). / An interview regarding Led Zeppelin reunions after the passing of John Bonham / #LikeFatherLikeSon / A powerful #skinsman behind the drum kit radically impacts a band’s overall sound & dynamics. / #blackdog

(36:10): GOOD TIMES BAD TIMES #killeropener #thefirstnewalbum (“Perhaps the beginning of #shred?”) “I know what it means to be alone…” / The first ever #cockrock #guitarhero band and the influential power of #JimmyPage / Another #tangentional #futureepisodeidea / “The #Metallica of the 70’s” / (Don’t take credit for someone else’s original work by trying to pass it off as your own. #karmaisreal) / ***See also the #AnneBredon version*** / The #prequelversion #justgo / BABE I’M GONNA LEAVE YOU #whodiditbetter #emotionallyheavy #thesoundofshrooms #stuckthelanding / “The most intense part of this song…you can hear the hurt” #earlyemoASMR / #heavyunplugged / A #tangentional note regarding #Ozzy

(51:39): #theydogodowneasy #markthetime YOU SHOOK ME #translation #backwardsecho (WAY back before we had #stateoftheart #recording and #protools) / #dualkeyboardsolos and some #harmonica #hahhh (“That’ll be the new laugh…”) #theending (Dig that #homemade #backwardsreverb) / Some innovative production techniques regarding #microphoneplacement / DAZED AND CONFUSED #melaninated #microphonehair (Can you spot the “very similar” riff that sounds “very familiar” to another young metal band from Birmingham?) #alltheballs “Lots of people talking, few of them know, soul of a woman was created below…” #readthoselyrics / “It’s an odd sound…” / #bowsolo #waitforit #letsgo / Setting the foundations for #thenextwave of rock (which is #metal) and the beginning of #albumrock / The heaviness and darkness of Zeppelin’s sound relative to their peers at the time (like #TheWho)

(1:08:45): #killeropener #sidetwo (what about #LeadZeppelin?) “Get ready to turn to page #111 in the #metalhymnal and prepare to embrace a #Frankensteined #ZeppelinHymn YOUR TIME IS GONNA COME (“Messin’ around with every guy in town…”) / #ZeppelinUnplugged #instrumental BLACK MOUNTAIN SIDE (***Could someone please #summonthebowlloader and then pass the #hookah?***) / “It just sounds weird…” / “The first ever “thrash” song?” #alldownstrokes COMMUNICATION BREAKDOWN (This definitely would have been a better #killeropener for #sidetwo) / A most monumental #returnoninvestment / #inthesackofthebankofknowledge

(1:18:43): A #WillieDixon cover I CAN’T QUIT YOU BABY #nasty #dontdenythepowerof #Bonham / The evolution of Zeppelin’s sound from the first few albums to the later one. ***Go check out our Led Zeppelin #InsideTheMetal #episode***/ See also #TheHunter / The soundtrack to the #bandintroduction by Bobby at their early live shows. HOW MANY MORE TIMES (“I was a young man I couldn’t resist…”) / “I’m sorry, what was that?” / Wait, HOW many!? “He’s pumping them in and she’s pumping them out…” / #OhRosie #OhGirl #waitforit / #DanzigImpressions #futureepisodeideas #baconwrappedjalapenoshrimp #boomdoom / Tracklisting adjustments and alterations / THANK YOU FOR JOINING US FOR THIS EPISODE OF THE METAL NERDERY PODCAST!!! #untilthenext #markthetime #clearance ***CHECK OUT OUR VIRTUAL #BUNKERPOONGIFTSHOPPE AT metalnerdery.com/merch and purchandise some merchandise*** / #blooperreel #outro #outtakes #hecantouchit #longlivemetalnerdery #hehahuh #bigone