Black Dog is the opening song on Led Zeppelin’s untitled fourth album of 1971. The song has earned a certain iconic reputation, perhaps primarily because of (1) its almost ritualistic call and response structure, (2) Robert Plant’s extraordinarily high, almost unearthly vocal solos, and (3) the magnificent yet mysterious power of its famous riff. This was originally created by the bassist, John Paul Jones, and is executed with great charisma by Jimmy Page (guitar) and Jones (bass) playing in octaves, with a suggestion of 5-beat phrasing, while John Bonham pounds out an off-beat pattern of four to a bar underneath.

MUSICAL EXCERPT USED IN THIS VIDEO

Black Dog from Led Zeppelin IV

You can hear the complete recording of Black Dog here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yBuub4Xe1mw&t=1s

A live performance from 1973 can be watched here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6tlSx0jkuLM

A more recent performance from 2007 can be watched here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fpigDGf6vXM

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