All these judgements about capabilities and performance. This band (especially Jimmy) always offered something different. They were risk takers. Not sure why so many are mad about this performance. I'm grateful it exists.
It kinda makes me mad/sad that people hate on this version . This is one of the best to me and I grew up on this one my dad would play this version all the time telling me this is the best one cause jimmy just goes on and on . He has like two versions of this year and he just goes on and on and on . I gotta love the little things my dad has showed me in life . Especially all the live Led Zeppelin . Thankful for all the bootleg cds he’s giving me through the years
A band at the very end of their life cycle. After all the excess and what give you, Jimmy Page, for all the slop and bum notes was truly a man who was playing from the very bottom of his soul during this tour. A man, a band, with nothing left to prove, nothing left to say, trying to lose themselves in the music and for a fleeting moment go back to the days of old. Many could play cleaner and technically better but none could come close to the sheer emotion of this band at this time. Cherish it forever, there will never be another.
"Many could play cleaner and technically better but none could come close to the sheer emotion of this band at this time." Are you serious? Christ. Page was clearly just messed up here, not pouring his soul out. Any poor musician with a passion will be putting a hell of a lot more emotion into their work than this bunk solo.
austin angler Yes, there was that, too. I believe that may have appeared on Led Zeppelin's "The Song Remains the Same", being a compilation of music videos and concert footage from a 1973 Madison Square Garden gig, New York City, NY....
João Guilherme L. de Camargo Yes, I liked those two added lines...! "Stairway" is one of their greatest hits, sure... Yet not _the_ greatest hit. I classify four songs in Led Zeppelin's top tier (and in no order): "Stairway", "Whole Lotta Love", "All My Love", and "the Kashmir" ... JGL
Yes, with Zeppelin not as active in 78-80. He had a lot more opportunity for vocal rest. In 73-75, especially it's documented he had throat issues, vocal cord surgery and flare up with illness while on the road. Tough for any singer.
Prob one of my fav solos of Stairway. All time. Is it perfect ? No. But theres more feeling and and emotion In it that just teaches out and grabs your soul
I saw Zeppelin five times live from 1972 to 1977 and have hundreds of bootlegs and love Jimmy Page to death. But come on this solo was flat out HORRIBLE! What you may think is some kind of creative emotion to me sounds like a guy struggling to get through and barely able to play, there is no continuity or flow and the phrasing is nothing like he did in early years. You might not want to admit it, but what you are listening to here is a mind and body destroyed by heroin, alcohol, etc.
If you want to hear the studio version, keep listening to that! This is live and improvised! Why would you want to hear the same thing again and again!
I find it really difficult listening to this, pretty sure his heroin has eaten away his ability to be smooth and precise by this time. However they showed what they were made of in 2007 and blew all the critics away. Best band ever imho.
@Cutting Yoko’s bra! Drinking didn't make him look thin as a rail, that was the heroin. He drank from the beginning, he didn't get heavy into herion until the end. His playing at the end was much worse than his playing at the beginning. Playing drunk isn't that difficult, just look at Bonzo
@@HipsterDoofus100 I mostly agree with you, except that playing drunk isn't easy (tipsy is fine, but properly drunk makes you play bad), and (reportedly) Bonzo would actually get drunk after the shows, not right before. At least most of the time, and it shows in the live recordings : he's playing remained largely reliable through LZ's career.
Hmm I can't speak bad of Pagey, but yeah he was kinda struggling on this. Although his later live versions of since I've been loving you were awesome! Maybe he preferred the mellow songs in the 79/80 tours?
His solos got longer and longer over the years for this song. It's absolutely great guitar playing. But it stretched out and diluted the final emotional power of the song too much for me. Unlike the very early 70 solos for Stairway. Just sayin....
@@saleconomos473 Agree, except that it's not good guitar playing at all... It manage to be both pretentious and amateurish ! Aah, heroin and megalomania 😭 Jimmy Page is a hero to me, but that doesn't make me deaf.
@@lucashenry7293 you go out there strung out and write a more emotional solo that that off the top. Y'all hate to much. Why can't y'all just except the slop. He plays with his soul and that's all that matters
@@Andrew-jn9yp "write"? We're talking about improvised live soloing aren't we ? What's your point anyway? I'm not sure I understand. Actually it happens that I already experienced performing (onstage, in front of people) "strung out"... Well surprisingly I played like shit ! Why do you talk about hate? I told you he's my hero. He really is, among a few other guitarists and musicians. But that doesn't mean I'm a deaf fanboy. Stop worshipping, take a stepback and be honest to yourself; this is seriously bad playing.
Why can't y'all just accept the slop? I'm sorry mate for me personally that might be the stupidest fucking thing anyone has ever said in a discussion about the juggernaut that is jimmy page Fucking hell man Why can't we accept the slop? Because we have respect for jimmy page enough to know that he is much better than slop I know you're talking about the human aspect of playing, bum notes and emotion and feel A heroined out jimmy page farting out notes is not emotional or deep or passionate it is depressing full stop mate
Al escuchar el sólo de Page, quiero imaginar que si Bonzo siguiera vivo el sonido de Zeppelin sería distinto; digo por el tiempo en la batería y la limpieza en los instrumentos respecto a utilizar menos efectos.
He was definitely out of it but that's part of the reason this solo really gets the emotions going, really brings out the sad state that Jimmy really was in and then the tragedy of Bonzo, it's the emotions because of the context that makes me put it near the top of my list of his solos
If that's one of his greatest I wouldn't want to hear one of his weakest. Absolutely fucking awful, ham fisted drumming and a scalded cat on vocals. Like so many three piece bands, there's a big hole when they play live. Satch could cover for that, but then I'm comparing real class with the racket on this clip. The only pleasure that gave me was the feeling of relief when it ended.
Still I doubt you could put the emotion into it off the top of your head. Give the man some credit. Call it sloppy and ugly and call out all the bum notes however to me this solo moves me more than any of the others. Sounds like he's crying out for help
Man, you can clearly hear the death of the band on 1:27 timer organ sound. When the reaper needed for them to end so the next british invasion can begin for the 80s supergroup duran duran. Just as the Beatles for the 60s decade, zeppelins 70s decade then Duran before the next zeppelin aka Kingdome come for the 90s. But Pagey didnt listen so the reaper took Bonham to end the band. The Organ sound of death was a sign.
Nah, the Knebworth ones, even the second one, aren't too bad - try any from the 1983 ARMS Tour or the Live Aid one. Those are the rock bottom performances by Page. I always actually liked the Berlin version - the execution is subpar, but the phrasing is really unique.
@@F.Mercurius yes that's why I love this solo. Yea he botched some notes but he's playing from his heart. Idk if this solo reflects how he felt at the time but if it does I can feel it in this solo. Idk if y'all get the chills listening to music but this solo gives it to me
Probably the worst performance from Jimmy Page side on this song.... like ever..... John took the whole song and carried it on his back with his keys....
Such a poor performance by Jimmy. He was off during this period and long way before. I just wish both him and Bonham got help before it was way too late and so Zepp would have overcome anything coming out during the early 80s.
Last night of the '80 tour. Bonham said they were tired. I believe his quote was that they were "chuffed." It was anti-climatic for sure. The first couple nights of the '80 tour are better. Seek out Dortmund of Cologne. Bonzo is pushing. He slowed down a bit midway, but this show you can feel his groove is in the 'I want to get home' mode. Mannheim 7/3/80 was much more energetic and the energy crescendo of the tour.
bocobob It still has most of the same basic structure of his Stairway solos from 73 until then, each segment is just elongated which is why this solo is so so long
bocobob greatness comes from changing it up and taking some chances, and seeing what works live and what doesn't, he's experimenting, this was warm up show before the tour of IN THROUGH THE OUTDOOR was to start, you can bet your ass he listened to this afterword and picked the parts he and John Bonham wanted to keep in and fine tune
This solo stinks so bad, everyone talking about Page “barring his soul” is full of shit. It’s okay that he played a bad solo, we all do, he was human; but there’s no need to try to excuse it with the “soul” argument. Even his tone sucked here. Simply a stinker.
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All these judgements about capabilities and performance. This band (especially Jimmy) always offered something different. They were risk takers.
Not sure why so many are mad about this performance. I'm grateful it exists.
Because it’s ass
now imagine Robert Plant standing there for about 8 minutes and playing that tambourine
Bob Harley yeah 😂
if he'd known he could have gone off stage and had a quick shag
john had so sit for 4 minutes haha!
@@NikAureli This was 1980, he wasn’t into groupies by that point
Robert Plant: my arm is hurt😔
This is the last time they ever played this song live as the original 4
Trevor Phillips this was the last time they played any of their songs that day live
Did not know this, TY ✌️👍
Last time and best ever
It kinda makes me mad/sad that people hate on this version . This is one of the best to me and I grew up on this one my dad would play this version all the time telling me this is the best one cause jimmy just goes on and on . He has like two versions of this year and he just goes on and on and on . I gotta love the little things my dad has showed me in life . Especially all the live Led Zeppelin . Thankful for all the bootleg cds he’s giving me through the years
He was right. Best version ever
It's sweet and sad at the same time...to think that right after that John climbed the stairway to heaven 🥹
A band at the very end of their life cycle. After all the excess and what give you, Jimmy Page, for all the slop and bum notes was truly a man who was playing from the very bottom of his soul during this tour. A man, a band, with nothing left to prove, nothing left to say, trying to lose themselves in the music and for a fleeting moment go back to the days of old. Many could play cleaner and technically better but none could come close to the sheer emotion of this band at this time. Cherish it forever, there will never be another.
Couldn't have said it better
"Many could play cleaner and technically better but none could come close to the sheer emotion of this band at this time."
Are you serious? Christ. Page was clearly just messed up here, not pouring his soul out. Any poor musician with a passion will be putting a hell of a lot more emotion into their work than this bunk solo.
@@fieldstone1934 I don’t recall asking for your opinion
@@semp36445 I didn't ask for yours either but there it is. Suck it up pal, this is a place of public discourse
Well said, he did it first✌️🎶🎶
Best Stairway Solo Yet. Raw emotion is what Jimmy Page is sending here, and I’m receiving. Thank You Led Zeppelin.
Hahahaha not even close…… This is probably one of the worst solos ever. Best live version of this solo is from Orlando 1971.
A song that reminds me if my older sister who went to heaven four decades ago
Sorry for your loss🙏✌️❤️
Mi versión con el solo favorito... Jimmy simplemente volaba y desnudaba su alma... Este era Jimmy... Gracias por esta versión...
This version sounds raw and badass!
Best version ever
I like how it sounds with the piano.
"Does anyone remember laughter?"
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"Hope so."
RP's two famous added lines to "Stairway".
This is really late but there's also "But I've got some good news"
austin angler Yes, there was that, too. I believe that may have appeared on Led Zeppelin's "The Song Remains the Same", being a compilation of music videos and concert footage from a 1973 Madison Square Garden gig, New York City, NY....
+John G. Lewis It does. Also appears in lots of concerts between 72 and 75, where it essencially becomes kind of part of the lyrics.
João Guilherme L. de Camargo Yes, I liked those two added lines...! "Stairway" is one of their greatest hits, sure... Yet not _the_ greatest hit. I classify four songs in Led Zeppelin's top tier (and in no order): "Stairway", "Whole Lotta Love", "All My Love", and "the Kashmir" ... JGL
John G. Lewis I guess that "When the Levee Breaks" is, although being good lyrics in an average song, one of the best, also.
I think Stairway to Heaven is probably the best song ever written ! Thanks to the best band ever Led Zeppelin. ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
Robert sounds better in 1980 than 1975
That's because he got off the drugs.
Yes, with Zeppelin not as active in 78-80. He had a lot more opportunity for vocal rest. In 73-75, especially it's documented he had throat issues, vocal cord surgery and flare up with illness while on the road. Tough for any singer.
By 1977, he'd accepted that he wasn't 19 anymore and adapted his vocal style.
@B C ruclips.net/video/phU_i2ny1es/видео.html maybe its a coincidence but im betting getting off the drugs helped
He had the flu for a good part of 1975 North American Tour...
I think this is the best interpretation
No hay un día que no piense que son la banda más gloriosa de todos los tiempos .
This song takes me away ... into the heaven!
Prob one of my fav solos of Stairway. All time. Is it perfect ? No. But theres more feeling and and emotion In it that just teaches out and grabs your soul
in perfection there is boredom.. in imperfection there is the SUBLIME!
Jimmy Never played any song the same live .Like Jerry Garcia!! This is Genius.
I saw Zeppelin five times live from 1972 to 1977 and have hundreds of bootlegs and love Jimmy Page to death. But come on this solo was flat out HORRIBLE! What you may think is some kind of creative emotion to me sounds like a guy struggling to get through and barely able to play, there is no continuity or flow and the phrasing is nothing like he did in early years. You might not want to admit it, but what you are listening to here is a mind and body destroyed by heroin, alcohol, etc.
The only version that has Page's guitar yowling like an alley cat on a fence at midnite .
Still loving it
Nothing but love here
Sometimes its not the player who plays! Its the soul,that cries out for help. You can feel it.Who knows what going on in Pageys head.
Solo is bittersweet. Got some really interesting licks and things but is also very sloppy. Still love it
Grandes , siempre la fuente q entregan este cultura es falta d valores , no podemos culpar no estuvieron 😢
This band was so good it’s almost scary.
i like this version, even 73~75 much faster.
Vocals were actually pretty good
GODS ON HEARTH....
Ah
..hearth
The tune is waiting, the times here
This is the longer better version 😊for my taste compared to all other live solos
If you want to hear the studio version, keep listening to that! This is live and improvised! Why would you want to hear the same thing again and again!
It’s bad improvisation though
I find it really difficult listening to this, pretty sure his heroin has eaten away his ability to be smooth and precise by this time. However they showed what they were made of in 2007 and blew all the critics away. Best band ever imho.
Except so many of the songs were in different keys because of RP
The Lonely Traveller he had to tune down to because plants voice is shot
@Cutting Yoko’s bra! Drinking didn't make him look thin as a rail, that was the heroin. He drank from the beginning, he didn't get heavy into herion until the end. His playing at the end was much worse than his playing at the beginning. Playing drunk isn't that difficult, just look at Bonzo
@@HipsterDoofus100 I mostly agree with you, except that playing drunk isn't easy (tipsy is fine, but properly drunk makes you play bad), and (reportedly) Bonzo would actually get drunk after the shows, not right before. At least most of the time, and it shows in the live recordings : he's playing remained largely reliable through LZ's career.
Hmm I can't speak bad of Pagey, but yeah he was kinda struggling on this. Although his later live versions of since I've been loving you were awesome! Maybe he preferred the mellow songs in the 79/80 tours?
This version is very different from all the others, especially with the piano and stuff. Plus the solo's really fucking long. Unique but weird.
His solos got longer and longer over the years for this song. It's absolutely great guitar playing. But it stretched out and diluted the final emotional power of the song too much for me. Unlike the very early 70 solos for Stairway.
Just sayin....
@@saleconomos473 Agree, except that it's not good guitar playing at all... It manage to be both pretentious and amateurish ! Aah, heroin and megalomania 😭
Jimmy Page is a hero to me, but that doesn't make me deaf.
@@lucashenry7293 you go out there strung out and write a more emotional solo that that off the top. Y'all hate to much. Why can't y'all just except the slop. He plays with his soul and that's all that matters
@@Andrew-jn9yp "write"? We're talking about improvised live soloing aren't we ? What's your point anyway? I'm not sure I understand.
Actually it happens that I already experienced performing (onstage, in front of people) "strung out"... Well surprisingly I played like shit !
Why do you talk about hate? I told you he's my hero. He really is, among a few other guitarists and musicians.
But that doesn't mean I'm a deaf fanboy.
Stop worshipping, take a stepback and be honest to yourself; this is seriously bad playing.
Why can't y'all just accept the slop?
I'm sorry mate for me personally that might be the stupidest fucking thing anyone has ever said in a discussion about the juggernaut that is jimmy page
Fucking hell man
Why can't we accept the slop?
Because we have respect for jimmy page enough to know that he is much better than slop
I know you're talking about the human aspect of playing, bum notes and emotion and feel
A heroined out jimmy page farting out notes is not emotional or deep or passionate it is depressing full stop mate
Nothing like jamming on stage. That was the LZ trademark.
Al escuchar el sólo de Page, quiero imaginar que si Bonzo siguiera vivo el sonido de Zeppelin sería distinto; digo por el tiempo en la batería y la limpieza en los instrumentos respecto a utilizar menos efectos.
One of Jimmy's greatest solos
are you deaf? I'm a fan of Mr Page but this is clearly the playing of a drunk person.
Joe ...I'm with you...WHY do people patronize? Jimmy was clearly "out of it" here.
He was definitely out of it but that's part of the reason this solo really gets the emotions going, really brings out the sad state that Jimmy really was in and then the tragedy of Bonzo, it's the emotions because of the context that makes me put it near the top of my list of his solos
If that's one of his greatest I wouldn't want to hear one of his weakest. Absolutely fucking awful, ham fisted drumming and a scalded cat on vocals. Like so many three piece bands, there's a big hole when they play live. Satch could cover for that, but then I'm comparing real class with the racket on this clip. The only pleasure that gave me was the feeling of relief when it ended.
@@Zeitgeist971 get a load of this guy
11:15 how Jimmy page can sound like me when i try yo do that?
Relatable
haha so accurate
heroin.
Playing from the elbow might do that
Still I doubt you could put the emotion into it off the top of your head. Give the man some credit. Call it sloppy and ugly and call out all the bum notes however to me this solo moves me more than any of the others. Sounds like he's crying out for help
8:48 he didnt know what notes to play for a few seconds 😭
Robert's voice in a shape similar to 1972 here.
Damn Jimmy, remember 1973? Even Bonham was bored.
Jimmy was on a stairway to heaven
Man, you can clearly hear the death of the band on 1:27 timer organ sound. When the reaper needed for them to end so the next british invasion can begin for the 80s supergroup duran duran. Just as the Beatles for the 60s decade, zeppelins 70s decade then Duran before the next zeppelin aka Kingdome come for the 90s. But Pagey didnt listen so the reaper took Bonham to end the band. The Organ sound of death was a sign.
احبج
The worst STH of all time? Not even close, try the 2nd week at Knebworth.
Something about Page's improv on this solo I really groove to...
lmao that's indeed a rough one
Nah, the Knebworth ones, even the second one, aren't too bad - try any from the 1983 ARMS Tour or the Live Aid one. Those are the rock bottom performances by Page.
I always actually liked the Berlin version - the execution is subpar, but the phrasing is really unique.
@@F.Mercurius yes that's why I love this solo. Yea he botched some notes but he's playing from his heart. Idk if this solo reflects how he felt at the time but if it does I can feel it in this solo. Idk if y'all get the chills listening to music but this solo gives it to me
It's the longest, however it is painful to listen to it. Definitely not the best option. Drums, Bass and piano, very good.
To me,I think the worst Stairway is live aid one…
Page was drunk and Phil wasn’t doing well neither…
Probably the worst performance from Jimmy Page side on this song.... like ever..... John took the whole song and carried it on his back with his keys....
Don't agree wid u .... this is this most long and exclusive version...
When the Singer needs to pee
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😂😂
lol
Such a poor performance by Jimmy. He was off during this period and long way before. I just wish both him and Bonham got help before it was way too late and so Zepp would have overcome anything coming out during the early 80s.
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I'm not really sure how about this version. Yes it's good, but the general guitar haphazardness and the broken structure really ruins it.
Hadok zbi li dayrin dislike , mn niytkom awlad l 97ab!!????? Wash mn niytkom????
Compare this to song remains the same, you can just hear how they're overall slowing down. The solo sounds a bit sloppy at some parts
a bit ?
Rex Ruther this was more of a rehearsal, they were warming up for a tour to support IN THROUGH THE OUTDOOR...
ARTHUR D Duda- This was their last show in Berlin of 1980. After this they would have rehearsed for America, and then toured the U.S.
Last night of the '80 tour. Bonham said they were tired. I believe his quote was that they were "chuffed." It was anti-climatic for sure. The first couple nights of the '80 tour are better. Seek out Dortmund of Cologne. Bonzo is pushing. He slowed down a bit midway, but this show you can feel his groove is in the 'I want to get home' mode. Mannheim 7/3/80 was much more energetic and the energy crescendo of the tour.
@@zoso1980 nah, Jimmy was just drugged out. He started sweating like a pig from them since 77. Then he started to play worse.
Jimmy page is drunk as f*ck 😂😂 terrible solo
yep
Ese es solo no macana
Solo is so unstructured. Not a good period for page
bocobob It still has most of the same basic structure of his Stairway solos from 73 until then, each segment is just elongated which is why this solo is so so long
of course has all the elements just played erratically and just does not flow properly, just chaotic sounding.
well it lacks pitch / meter/ groove...other than that it's awesome :-) He was clearly drunk or high on something.
bocobob greatness comes from changing it up and taking some chances, and seeing what works live and what doesn't, he's experimenting, this was warm up show before the tour of IN THROUGH THE OUTDOOR was to start, you can bet your ass he listened to this afterword and picked the parts he and John Bonham wanted to keep in and fine tune
Nope at this point in his life he was just a mess and it shows in his guitar playing and that's the reality of it.
Near the end jimmy went from horrible to okay.
that was awful. Lol I pity anyone defending it.
This solo stinks so bad, everyone talking about Page “barring his soul” is full of shit. It’s okay that he played a bad solo, we all do, he was human; but there’s no need to try to excuse it with the “soul” argument. Even his tone sucked here. Simply a stinker.