Robert Plant 'Babe, I'm Gonna Leave You' on Austin City Limits

Robert Plant and his fantastic band The Sensational Space Shifters take on the Led Zeppelin classic "Babe, I'm Gonna Leave You."

About the Episode
Enjoy new classics and fan favorites from music icon Robert Plant. The British superstar sings classics from the catalogs of Led Zeppelin, the blues canon and his solo Americana albums.

About Austin City Limits
ACL offers viewers unparalleled access to featured acts in an intimate setting that provides a platform for artists to deliver inspired, memorable, full-length performances. The program is taped live before a concert audience from The Moody Theater in downtown Austin. ACL is the longest-running music series in American television history and remains the only TV series to ever be awarded the National Medal of Arts. Since its inception, the groundbreaking music series has become an institution that's helped secure Austin's reputation as the Live Music Capital of the World. The historic KLRU Studio 6A, home to 36 years of ACL concerts, has been designated an official Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Landmark. In 2011, ACL moved to the new venue ACL Live at The Moody Theater in downtown Austin. ACL received a rare institutional Peabody Award for excellence and outstanding achievement in 2012.

[cdbrown]

The guitarist is smiling cause he's playing with Robert Plant one of the best songs.

[iTrove]

Thanking God Robert Plant came through this planet in my life time.

[ISEEKSPACE]

One of the most beautiful voices in Rock & Roll. True artistry. They don't make artists like this anymore. Pure talent.

[PitViperX]

I cant believe how incredible he so sounds for his age.  Holy shit!!

[SP]

Some aging rock stars should take notice of how dignified Robert Plant performs at his age. He is not trying to be who he once was. And this is why people should stop asking for a Zeppelin reunion. It is best left to memory or at least to different interpretations that don't border on self parody.

[cherylperry]

If you didn’t grow up in the seventies, you missed a hell of a lot! Decade of the greatest music ever played. Nothing today compares to seventies rock music, today; it’s called classic rock.

[hoghammer]

So me and my girlfriend are sitting around watching this video a few minutes ago. She looks at me dead straight and says, "hey that's that dude that sang with Alison Krauss, he's alright." She said it like he was some third rate opening act. I said honey, thats Robert Plant, the baddest mother fucker to ever walk this planet.

[melissatyree]

Just look at him. Still a golden God all these year later, and singing like he is still with zeppelin.

[bubhub]

Robert Plant needs to be inducted into the Rock n Roll Hall of Fame as a solo act.

[groovemileage]

This is THE way artists age gracefully. So much soul.

[Glyder]

Magnificent. I was a teenager in the early 70s. Thank God. Best time for music on our planet.

[nickchambers]

4:56 I love how Robert’s looking at the guitarist like someone admiring a painting in an art gallery

[andreask]

Always a class of his own. Admire Robert for staying true to himself, exploring ever new territory, and last but not least: for aging gracefully and in dignity. Astounding.

[petervangeli]

Still sounds fantastic 51 YEARS later!!!

[jeffreykipperman]

Amazing that Plant is singing this in the same key that he did over 40 years ago! One of my favorite Zeppelin songs, and this version is so beautiful.

[Quicksilver_Cookie]

I close my eyes and all I can hear is a young Robert Plant. Yes, his singing has changed but not the voice. More like manner, and phrasing. But that signature tone is all the same. Amazing.

[Doubrelle]

not screaming or aiming for impossible notes of his youth but using his voice intelligently to great effect here - the song is always king with Plant and other great vocalists the singers only role is to serve the song, he achieves this magnificently here with equal measures of guile and art

[riccardofranco]

I'm never tired to hear this.... i'm 65.... I love Led Zeppelin and Robert Plant!!

[George]

Children, behold a rock GOD who the likes of which you may never see again.
Plant, Page, Jones and Bonham were, and are irreplaceable..
Enjoy Robert and the rest while we still have them.

[rcallapp]

He only gets better as he ages, He looks like a Rock God!!!