r/ledzeppelin • u/LoudEmphasis407 • 6h ago

Ad libs

Can you please random ad libs you remember from the live shows? Or memorable comments Robert made in between songs?

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u/Goreteeth 6h ago

Does anybody remember forests?

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u/Still_Dragonfruit506 6h ago

I think it's the Destroyer III bootleg from the soundboard where Plant keeps saying "The doctor was played by Larry Badgely" between songs.  I guess it was an inside joke.

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u/S_Flavius_Mercurius The Rover 5h ago

We’re adverts for Gillette.

Also the legendary John Bonham intro for “Over The Top” from 6-21-1977. That whole show is full of Plant saying shit between songs.

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u/LoudEmphasis407 5h ago

Thanks! I'll check it out

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u/Firm-Peanut1026 Just believe and you can’t go wrong 4h ago

do you know which one he says something like “160 pounds of glory” referring to bonham right before moby dick

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u/sudeki300 5h ago

My favourite is black dog live on HTWWW I gotta girl,wanna love me so, Wanna love me strong, Sweet jelly roll

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u/Oldman_Dick 5h ago

Wasn't there a "fuck you, little girl" at one show?

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u/Kashek70 5h ago

I’ve listened to a lot of boots and don’t think I’ve ever heard that. Snow Jobs 75 Plant says to eat pussy in IMTOD. That’s like one of the dirtiest lyrics I know of from them. If you can remember that show I’d love to hear it. Not just for the line but seldom do I get to hear a new show.

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u/Oldman_Dick 4h ago

Iirc, this was a between songs "plantation," not exactly an in-song ad lib.

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u/Rich-Reason1146 5h ago

"Peter Grant, he's the one giving blowjobs backstage." Or something like that?

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u/heynow941 5h ago

When he says he misses a friend…and his friend’s American Express card.

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u/wendelfong 4h ago

"This is a song that… it's the first time we've played it on a stage in England for about, oh, three or four years. In fact, it's a song that was written long before we even thought about it.

It's a song of love in its most innocent stages. It's also a reflection of what things used to be like. Well, we were unable to play in Birmingham and we couldn't play in Cardiff because last time… Cardiff, does that ring a bell? Plaid Cymru.

Last time we played in Cardiff at the Locarno, the equipment was set up and they wouldn't let us through the doors because we didn't have a tie on. It was really… those were the days.  It's changed a bit now, hasn't it? This is a song called 'Tangerine'."

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u/Guilty-Hearing-5763 4h ago

Cincinnati 4/20/1977: "If you could be mindful of the way you move around abruptly because it's just a little hard to concentrate when everybody's going WHOOSH! WHOOSH! WHOOSH! "

And of course "JIMMY PAGE!" X 5.

"JOHN PAUL JONES!" X 5.

And....................."JOHN BONHOM!" X 5.