Your channel is such a breath of fresh air. Especially compared to all other so-called "reaction" videos that are pure pantomime - unnatural, theatrical, with little to say and disinterested in the actual music. You are doing a great job noticing all the nuances of production, the different instruments, the vocals. And what is totally refreshing is your sincerity and well-poised delivery. Keep up the good work. I hope your channel in time gets as many likes and subscribers as it deserves.
Probably the best and most iconic rock songs of all time. Followed closely by Bohemian Rhapsody by Queen and Comfortably Numb by Pink Floyd (live at Pulse concert) 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
JPJ’s contributions are huge and integral but most of the composition, songwriting, arranging and producing was done by Page. There’s a group out there that wants to give excessive credit to JPJ. He is amazing and integral but not a rock visionary like Page. Stop it!
The singer (Robert Plant) introduced it as a song about hope. I call it a song about a gold-digger who thinks gold (money) can buy anything, even her way into heaven.
A lot of people don’t know that the guitar solo in this song is actually the THIRD one he came up with in the studio. I’ve always been curious what the other two could have been.
Stairway to Heaven is like a Led Zeppelin "sampler" of everything they do: Light, Shade, acoustic, electric, mythical lyrics, great vocals, Rock, great instrumentation, drama, everything. GOATs.
@@AirplayBeats This band has a catalog that is vast, and incredibly diverse. The live performances are a whole other world. You are just scratching the surface. When you think you know them, they hit you in a completely new way that is stunning. Heavy metal, hard rock, heavy blues, acoustic, ballads, electric funk, reggae, salsa, country, prog rock, rockabilly, soul.....their catalog is very wide and vast, but worth the journey. Each one of the band members are considered either the best or among the very best at their respective positions: Robert Plant (vocals), Jimmy Page (guitars + mandolin), John Bonham (drums), and John Paul Jones (bass, keyboards, mandolin). Best recommendation is to start at the first album and work your way thru all 9. If you don't want to do that, here's a few suggestions to give you some "range": Black Dog In My Time Of Dying Heartbreaker Immigrant Song Fool In The Rain Dazed and Confused Achillies Last Stand Trampled Underfoot Ten Years Gone Babe I'm Gonna Leave You Literally, I could have put 50 suggestions down here and any of them are amazing. Just like you said: "three for three" - if you do all 100 or so songs you'll end up saying: "Led Zep doesn't make a bad song." Good luck on the journey.
@@tektoniks_architects well you just took all the words right out of my mouth, thank you for that, saved me a lot of time but I am going to add one of my favorite song "Rumble On" 🤟🤪
@@AirplayBeats .. U two dudes got the jist of the instrumental build up , but U r off on the message of "Stairway to Heaven" = it is a song of hope ...... 🎶 and if U listen very hard ; the tune will come to U at last 🎼 💡
According to vocalist Robert Plant "The lyrics were a cynical thing about a woman getting everything she wanted all the time without giving anything back." Since then, however it has come to have as many different meanings as there are listeners, which, to me is perfect because then everyone can make it their own. Guitarist Jimmy Page produced all their albums but they were 4 master musicians that could and did, take music wherever they wanted.
Three Irish farm boys sharing the same bedroom and our Mum would allow us one song at reasonable volume before all went quiet to be ready for work with our Dad the next day. This was played many nights. Next to that was 'Little Wing'. Stairway was played at every one of our weddings. Rest in Peace Mom and Dad, you beautiful souls.
Bro as a fellow irish, how was your mam letting you listen to just a song before bed😂 unless you meant going to work with your da as a kid, my bad if that’s the case
Page was the engineer and the driver, Bonham was the fireman, Jones the conductor, and Plant the signalman, 'all aboard for the most glorious R&B, non- stop express'!
Yes they worked with different engineers, but it’s all about how Page wants it to be. Thankfully they had complete control over their music, otherwise it might not have been this great. Page with his brilliance not only playing, but in the booth too, an absolute music genius.
The “flutes” sound like traditional baroque English music played my minstrels in Medieval times…but the flutes are an instrument called a “recorder”. (You know what recorders are…elementary school music class?)
i've heard this song easily a thousand times and the lyric "and as we wind on down the road; our shadows taller than our soul" gives me goosebumps every single time. i don't know if i can say that about any other song.
It's spiritual, not religious, there's a difference! It means a lot of deep different things to alot of people! Robert Plant is the singer. It's a beautiful song and always one of my favorites! To me it's about paying attention to your inner spirit and living life right, staying true to yourself! Been singing it since I was a young teenager ...yes, I know every word!! Great music, great reaction! ❤👊🎶🎤💃
When Ann Wilson and Heart played at the Kennedy Center honors for Led Zeppelin You know Robert Plant had to like Ann Wilson who doesn’t? he doesn’t allow no one to copy his music, remake nothing. Never has and never will. It took a lot for him to release that go watch that version. Kennedy honors award Ann and Nancy Wilson from Heart, surprise guest on drums the late brilliant John Bonham son Jason.. plant and page were surprised. Take note that Jason is playing Johns drums wearing his fathers famous Bonham hat so is the choir in back .. so touching and amazing
High school graduation a lifetime ago and MacArthur Park and Stairway to Heaven were on the ballot for our graduation song. It wasn't even fair. Arguably one of the greatest rock songs ever put to page. If not the greatest. Great reaction to a truly legendary classic!
Four musicians brought together by God. No other way to explain it. By far the greatest rock band who ever lived. Gifted individually and together changed rock forever.
She’s trying to buy her way into heaven. But her stairway lies on the whispering wind (it’s fragile). The Piper (God) is calling her to join him and there’s still time to change the road you’re on.
I think she's a junkie and the Piper is a dealer leading her down a path to a heroin overdose - that's the stairway to heaven. "The stores are all closed but she can still get what she came for." I think the song speeds up because she got her fix and it ends the way it does because she's dead.
Really rate you guys. If you haven’t done Kashmir then do it. It’s what all members of the band call their greatest…along with this. The last two minutes in particular is other worldly. Close your eyes and let it take you there! You’ll know what I mean when you hear it. (No pausing on the last two minutes 😅)
Your comment is 100% correct! I would also recommend pulling up the lyrics. Read them along with the song but don't let them distract from the instruments.
This would lead you into the discovery of the Greatest Female Rock Band. Heart. Sisters Ann and Nancy Wilson. Their Tribute to Led Zeppelin at the Kennedy Center Honors - Heart - Stairway
Simply the greatest song ever written by the ONLY band who could have composed it. The mastery of language and musicianship exemplified by masters of their craft. They heightened the art of composition. My favorite band ever and it’s not even close ❤️
Thank you! You guys have quickly become one of my top reactor channels. Your honest reaction, musical knowledge, and willingness to experiment with different music from the 70s and 80s. I'll be listening keep up the good work.
"Imagine seeing them live!" Saw them at Madison Square Garden - they played 4 hours - crowd went crazy and started climbing up the stage - front of stage collapsed - I've seen hundreds of concerts but that was the greatest live show I ever saw.
Jimmy composed pieces of this song for months...when they came to record there were still no lyrics...as they practiced it Robert sat with a small pad of paper for 45 min and wrote them...they then recorded this magnificent piece in 2 hours and 3 takes...best rock song ever.
Thanks for this, guys! NOW, please react to Heart covering Stairway to Heaven live at the Kennedy Center Honors in the presence of Led Zeppelin! You won't regret it!
I agree, very cool seeing the 3 members, watching their song being played to them. Should be noted that Led Zepplins' drummer ( John Bonham) passed away years ago and that his son is the drummer on this version.
Recommend seeing the Heart in concert rendition at the 2012 Kennedy Center Honors for Led Zeppelin, vocalist Robert Plant was visibly moved to tears; it's a brilliant song and the engineer/producer is guitarist Jimmy Page, he had worked as a studio hand for years around London since he was very young, he learned all kinds of cool studio skills and tricks
I'm a 64 year old white guy...heard this song for the first time when I was 11 yrs old (youngest child, listening to my older siblings tunes). You two had the same reaction I did 53 years ago! Cheers brothers...welcome to the Zeppelin tribe!
These men are unequalled in their synergy. The four of them make the 5th element which is the essential Led Zeppelin - each a master of their instrument. Rock gods of lore.
Nice! Yes indeed they are the G.O.A.T.S 🙌🏼 Y’all gotta check out there phenomenal live performances you’ll definitely be amazed by how talented each member of the band is 💯💯
“Stairway…” is considered one of the greatest masterpieces in Rock history. I am a die hard Zep fan since I was 13 (I am 62). I have seen them twice. The best test of great music (any genre) is how well they perform live. Look for Zeppelin live! “Since I’ve Been Loving You”
I ❤ Your channel! Great reaction and not over reacted. You guys are funny and knowledgeable about the classic rock genre . Keep up the great work and having an open mind! ❤️ ✌️ music 🎶 😊
The band has described this as a song of hope. Listen to the Heart tribute at the Kennedy Center honors of this song. Performed in front of the band's surviving members. You won't be sorry.
Greetings from Canada. Not flutes... that is the bassist/ keyboards man, John Paul Jones on three different recorders (live, he emulates the recorders on Mellotron). So we're glad to see you enjoy... but you GOTTA see this Stairway to Heaven LIVE MSG, NYC, 1973 to approach their true impact. Have soothing refreshments handy! Peace, love and bellbottoms.
Oh no, the moment they start this song, we that were around back in the day when all the great music was coming out right and left, knew this song on the first bar. :D This is their number one song, and Kashmir is their masterpiece. You really need to watch their live version of this song, if you haven't already. It's beyond great. :)
The song basically concerns materialism that cannot get you to heaven. There is a tribute to Led Zeppelin at the Keenedy Center which is a must see, complete with strings, horns, choirs, and Heart (Ann and Nancy Wilson) providing the lead vocal. It is the best tribute I have ever seen in my 65 years of life. Enjoyed your reaction, TY.
1979 Knebworth UK. Many people had started to stand up and jam, but those sitting on the grass behind them could now not see, bottles started to be thrown, angry words started to be said. Zeppelin stopped the show. The 4 or 5 (long time ago can't remember all the details) massive spotlights they had at the front of the stage were aimed at the audience, Robert Plant came to the mic and said "we will not continue until everyone is sitting down" with the spotlights sweeping across the stadium everyone slowly settled and sat. As soon as the last person's ass hit the ground the lights went out the stage lit up and the intro to Stairway started. INSTANTLY everyone was one their feet. It was awesome, I was blessed.
All VERY due respect to the awesome Ann Wilson who NAILED IT. Nobody could sing this like Robert Plant. How is he not the greatest? He does so much James Brown/Elvis/ ELVISH and more....Listen to Song of the Siren by Plant guys(thank me later). I just dont see who can do what hes done and so...effin amazingly😊. I mean who? Yes many greats. I love many singers dearly. Truly. But who has the body of "nobody can do this better" work as he does? Its insane to me. Imo
Bonzo is equal to other best drummers ever. One he based Moby Dick entirely upon...Buddy Rich did Moby Dick first amazingly. But Bonham copied him and rock fans had no clue. Bonzo is equal or better than all drummers. Nobody would say "I'm better". Nobody has!
The producer (engineer) was the guitarist, Jimmy Page. Audiences didn't hold lighters up in those times. Robert Plant who wrote the lyrics said people could interpret them as they wished. The band wasn't particularly religious. I think it's about finding out there's more to life than material wealth and there are some things you just can't buy.
Hey, Guys. There was no engineer that could make this band add the instruments as this band did. Each instrument including the guitar, and drims were all done by the Musicians.
Oh Yeah 👍🌿... Heavy Blues influenced by the Mo Town Era - Song kinda just all came together naturally, Jimi Page into mysticism / occult.... Special musicals, extraordinary Ives, often regarded as the best rock band of all time ... Each member, very talented and schooled in music, they are the fore fathers heavy metal ( blues )..... 👍☀️💯
I secondthirdANDFOURTH that suggestion! Ten minutes of slow burn blues then controlled chaos and thunderous fury and gospel pleadings! Magnificent, one of the best things Humanity's ever done.
You REALLY should listen once to Heart-Stairway to Heaven. Kennedy Center Honors. An Event honoring the band. The band members were in the audience watching. One of the original band member's sons is on Drums. Obama and hs wife were there. Lead singer from Heart did lead vocals. Robert Plant, the lead singer was crying. The song done amazingly well.
I love you guys....watching fish out of water listening to music you have never heard....rush steely Dan led zeppelin.....you guys are great....I love when people open there eyes to new things....keep it up.....Danny andropoli ....si ny
Thanks to you pointing out the cymbals in other songs (Steely Dan), for the first time I consciously noticed when the cymbals came in here. Thanks for your education--I'm enjoying my music more! And your enthusiasm is healing. :) Could you please clarify your names? La and Chi, from my left to right? Peace.
Please play the Kennedy Center Honors for Zep. Heart & a and stage full musicians performed a great cover of Stair Way to Heaven with the band watching from the balcony. You can tell they loved it. John Bonham's (R.I.P.) son Jason Bonham was on drums.
Yay everyone was up with their lighters… mesmerizing!! Total FIRE!! All four guys were goats in their own right. The song can mean different things to different people spiritually… I like the line.. you can always the change the road you are on… that is like hope…. So it is a spiritual song for me! It also totally rocks… as it did 50 plus years ago when I first heard it!❤
Just for an interesting contrast check out Heart doing this in front of Led Zep at the Kennedy Center Honors. It’s an iconic performance that had Zep mightily impressed.
4:15 No, not everybody is there quite yet. In fact John Bonham takes quite a while to come in after this, which is what is so powerful about this incredible build and makes this one of the most favorite rock songs of all time.
Your channel is such a breath of fresh air. Especially compared to all other so-called "reaction" videos that are pure pantomime - unnatural, theatrical, with little to say and disinterested in the actual music. You are doing a great job noticing all the nuances of production, the different instruments, the vocals. And what is totally refreshing is your sincerity and well-poised delivery. Keep up the good work. I hope your channel in time gets as many likes and subscribers as it deserves.
Thank you so much!!
Probably the best and most iconic rock songs of all time. Followed closely by Bohemian Rhapsody by Queen and Comfortably Numb by Pink Floyd (live at Pulse concert) 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
For real
Word!
Agreed!
The official number one rock song of ALL time
Still falls number one or two, on top 100 or 500 lists every year.
John Paul Jones, bass, keyboards, arraingment, songwriting. Unsung hero
He’s brilliant-a genius.
Not at all...
Never knew he wrote this!
JPJ’s contributions are huge and integral but most of the composition, songwriting, arranging and producing was done by Page. There’s a group out there that wants to give excessive credit to JPJ. He is amazing and integral but not a rock visionary like Page. Stop it!
Oh yeah, and Page wrote this song (music)
The singer (Robert Plant) introduced it as a song about hope. I call it a song about a gold-digger who thinks gold (money) can buy anything, even her way into heaven.
A lot of people don’t know that the guitar solo in this song is actually the THIRD one he came up with in the studio. I’ve always been curious what the other two could have been.
Stairway to Heaven is like a Led Zeppelin "sampler" of everything they do: Light, Shade, acoustic, electric, mythical lyrics, great vocals, Rock, great instrumentation, drama, everything. GOATs.
This song for sure had alllll the elements in it. Thanks for watching.
@@AirplayBeats This band has a catalog that is vast, and incredibly diverse. The live performances are a whole other world. You are just scratching the surface. When you think you know them, they hit you in a completely new way that is stunning. Heavy metal, hard rock, heavy blues, acoustic, ballads, electric funk, reggae, salsa, country, prog rock, rockabilly, soul.....their catalog is very wide and vast, but worth the journey. Each one of the band members are considered either the best or among the very best at their respective positions: Robert Plant (vocals), Jimmy Page (guitars + mandolin), John Bonham (drums), and John Paul Jones (bass, keyboards, mandolin).
Best recommendation is to start at the first album and work your way thru all 9. If you don't want to do that, here's a few suggestions to give you some "range":
Black Dog
In My Time Of Dying
Heartbreaker
Immigrant Song
Fool In The Rain
Dazed and Confused
Achillies Last Stand
Trampled Underfoot
Ten Years Gone
Babe I'm Gonna Leave You
Literally, I could have put 50 suggestions down here and any of them are amazing. Just like you said: "three for three" - if you do all 100 or so songs you'll end up saying: "Led Zep doesn't make a bad song."
Good luck on the journey.
@@tektoniks_architects well you just took all the words right out of my mouth, thank you for that, saved me a lot of time but I am going to add one of my favorite song "Rumble On" 🤟🤪
@@emilymartinez6961 I love Ramble On ! And that bass!
@@AirplayBeats .. U two dudes got the jist of the instrumental build up , but U r off on the message of "Stairway to Heaven" = it is a song of hope ...... 🎶 and if U listen very hard ; the tune will come to U at last 🎼 💡
According to vocalist Robert Plant "The lyrics were a cynical thing about a woman getting everything she wanted all the time without giving anything back." Since then, however it has come to have as many different meanings as there are listeners, which, to me is perfect because then everyone can make it their own. Guitarist Jimmy Page produced all their albums but they were 4 master musicians that could and did, take music wherever they wanted.
honestly... "When the Levee breaks" is probably one of Zeppelin's best and definitely worth a listen.
Also "You're time is gonna come", "What is and what should never be", "Ten years gone", "Babe I'm gonna leave you"....!
Just listen to it everything they've got because everything they've got is worth listening to.
Check out John Paul Jones with the Playing For Change Band When the Levee Breaks
I’m waiting for it & their reaction 🇦🇺
No doubt, incredible song 👍
Three Irish farm boys sharing the same bedroom and our Mum would allow us one song at reasonable volume before all went quiet to be ready for work with our Dad the next day. This was played many nights. Next to that was 'Little Wing'. Stairway was played at every one of our weddings. Rest in Peace Mom and Dad, you beautiful souls.
Bless Ireland 🇮🇪 free Palestine 🇵🇸 🙏 🙌 👏 ✨️ ❤️ 🇵🇸
Bro as a fellow irish, how was your mam letting you listen to just a song before bed😂 unless you meant going to work with your da as a kid, my bad if that’s the case
Their "engineer" is the lead guitarist, Jimmy Page.
Page was the engineer and the driver, Bonham was the fireman, Jones the conductor, and Plant the signalman, 'all aboard for the most glorious R&B, non- stop express'!
Yes they worked with different engineers, but it’s all about how Page wants it to be. Thankfully they had complete control over their music, otherwise it might not have been this great. Page with his brilliance not only playing, but in the booth too, an absolute music genius.
Saw these guys on the 77 America tour. Incredible. Best concert ever.
The “flutes” sound like traditional baroque English music played my minstrels in Medieval times…but the flutes are an instrument called a “recorder”. (You know what recorders are…elementary school music class?)
i've heard this song easily a thousand times and the lyric "and as we wind on down the road; our shadows taller than our soul" gives me goosebumps every single time. i don't know if i can say that about any other song.
The last line is my favorite, ever. "To be a rock and not to roll."
Greatest rock band ever. Led Zeppelin are ancient….modern….and futuristic all at the same time. They influenced everyone.
is there a greater band ever in world history ? - NO !
Agree with you... personally, l don't think of LZ as a rock band . A variety band? Some of their best songs are not rock...cheers
It's spiritual, not religious, there's a difference! It means a lot of deep different things to alot of people! Robert Plant is the singer. It's a beautiful song and always one of my favorites! To me it's about paying attention to your inner spirit and living life right, staying true to yourself! Been singing it since I was a young teenager ...yes, I know every word!! Great music, great reaction! ❤👊🎶🎤💃
Robert Plant is from another time.❤
The first philharmonic I heard play this…. The conductor said “this will be revered like Mozart in 200 years”.
Oh yeah. Turn on the black lights, break out the bong, and put on some Led Zeppelin. 😄
Not religious, per se, but there is definitely a spiritual vibe to this song.
When Ann Wilson and Heart played at the Kennedy Center honors for Led Zeppelin You know Robert Plant had to like Ann Wilson who doesn’t? he doesn’t allow no one to copy his music, remake nothing. Never has and never will. It took a lot for him to release that go watch that version. Kennedy honors award Ann and Nancy Wilson from Heart, surprise guest on drums the late brilliant John Bonham son Jason.. plant and page were surprised. Take note that Jason is playing Johns drums wearing his fathers famous Bonham hat so is the choir in back .. so touching and amazing
Ann Wilson did a good job , emotional
High school graduation a lifetime ago and MacArthur Park and Stairway to Heaven were on the ballot for our graduation song. It wasn't even fair. Arguably one of the greatest rock songs ever put to page. If not the greatest. Great reaction to a truly legendary classic!
I don't know if you guys are aware, but Stairway to Heaven is the most requested song on the radio world-wide in history.
Arguably the best guitar solo in rock history. Definitely in top 5.
Jimmy Page broke all the rules with the construction of this song...and it works!
Four musicians brought together by God. No other way to explain it. By far the greatest rock band who ever lived. Gifted individually and together changed rock forever.
as soon as you hear “and as we wind on down the road” it’s like a completely different song
This song was always voted number 1 on every rock n roll radio station Memorial Day weekend when they’d do their top 500 rock count down songs!
I remember that. This was always number 1
I remember those days. Even March madness brackets this would be #1.
@@stevemd6488it still is every year, lowest it’s gone is number two.
She’s trying to buy her way into heaven. But her stairway lies on the whispering wind (it’s fragile). The Piper (God) is calling her to join him and there’s still time to change the road you’re on.
I think she's a junkie and the Piper is a dealer leading her down a path to a heroin overdose - that's the stairway to heaven. "The stores are all closed but she can still get what she came for." I think the song speeds up because she got her fix and it ends the way it does because she's dead.
Really rate you guys. If you haven’t done Kashmir then do it. It’s what all members of the band call their greatest…along with this.
The last two minutes in particular is other worldly. Close your eyes and let it take you there!
You’ll know what I mean when you hear it. (No pausing on the last two minutes 😅)
Your comment is 100% correct! I would also recommend pulling up the lyrics. Read them along with the song but don't let them distract from the instruments.
Also "You're time is gonna come", "What is and what should never be", "Ten years gone", "Babe I'm gonna leave you"....!
YES!! If only I could go back and experience all of this for the first time again.
Now you know why this is considered the greatest rock song ever written....Led Zeppelin = The GOATs
This would lead you into the discovery of the Greatest Female Rock Band. Heart. Sisters Ann and Nancy Wilson. Their Tribute to Led Zeppelin at the Kennedy Center Honors - Heart - Stairway
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led zeppelin they were and are gods, and they knew it, unmatched.
Probably the most iconic lead break of all time, but as time goes on, I appreciate Bonham on the drums more and more. Insane.
Simply the greatest song ever written by the ONLY band who could have composed it. The mastery of language and musicianship exemplified by masters of their craft. They heightened the art of composition. My favorite band ever and it’s not even close ❤️
I love watching younger people react to the old classic rock greats. Makes me envious that they get to hear it for the first time.
"Something big's coming"
Great call on that one. 👏
"To be a rock, and not to roll" 🤘
Thank you! You guys have quickly become one of my top reactor channels. Your honest reaction, musical knowledge, and willingness to experiment with different music from the 70s and 80s. I'll be listening keep up the good work.
Thank you so much!
"Imagine seeing them live!" Saw them at Madison Square Garden - they played 4 hours - crowd went crazy and started climbing up the stage - front of stage collapsed - I've seen hundreds of concerts but that was the greatest live show I ever saw.
Jimmy composed pieces of this song for months...when they came to record there were still no lyrics...as they practiced it Robert sat with a small pad of paper for 45 min and wrote them...they then recorded this magnificent piece in 2 hours and 3 takes...best rock song ever.
Headley Grange 😁
The summer this came out, all us kids would have the transistor radio on in the yard, and we'd stop when this came on and sing along.
Thanks for this, guys! NOW, please react to Heart covering Stairway to Heaven live at the Kennedy Center Honors in the presence of Led Zeppelin! You won't regret it!
Yes that is a must watch. Best cover of any song i've ever heard.
Probably should react to some Heart tunes first.
I agree, very cool seeing the 3 members, watching their song being played to them.
Should be noted that Led Zepplins' drummer ( John Bonham) passed away years ago and that his son is the drummer on this version.
That was an epic performance!🎶🥁🎸
Yes, the long version.
Check out 'Heart' covering this song at the Kennedy Center Honors!! It had the band (LZ), weeping in their balcony box!!
Recommend seeing the Heart in concert rendition at the 2012 Kennedy Center Honors for Led Zeppelin, vocalist Robert Plant was visibly moved to tears; it's a brilliant song and the engineer/producer is guitarist Jimmy Page, he had worked as a studio hand for years around London since he was very young, he learned all kinds of cool studio skills and tricks
I'm a 64 year old white guy...heard this song for the first time when I was 11 yrs old (youngest child, listening to my older siblings tunes).
You two had the same reaction I did 53 years ago!
Cheers brothers...welcome to the Zeppelin tribe!
These men are unequalled in their synergy. The four of them make the 5th element which is the essential Led Zeppelin - each a master of their instrument. Rock gods of lore.
This song just builds and builds higher and higher incrementally… just like a stairway to Heaven 💫
Nice! Yes indeed they are the G.O.A.T.S 🙌🏼
Y’all gotta check out there phenomenal live performances you’ll definitely be amazed by how talented each member of the band is 💯💯
We are definitely going to look into their live performances. Thanks for watching!!!
“Stairway…” is considered one of the greatest masterpieces in Rock history. I am a die hard Zep fan since I was 13 (I am 62). I have seen them twice. The best test of great music (any genre) is how well they perform live. Look for Zeppelin live! “Since I’ve Been Loving You”
Jimmy Page was the producer for all of Zep, the engineer was Andy Johns. Lots of interviews with him on RUclips (RIP Mr. Johns)
PAGE: "I was taught as a studio musician that you never speed up. I was keen on writing a song that broke that cardinal rule."
I ❤ Your channel! Great reaction and not over reacted. You guys are funny and knowledgeable about the classic rock genre .
Keep up the great work and having an open mind!
❤️ ✌️ music 🎶
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The band has described this as a song of hope. Listen to the Heart tribute at the Kennedy Center honors of this song. Performed in front of the band's surviving members. You won't be sorry.
It’s not a flute, the sound is produced by recorders played through a mellotron used by John Paul Jones.
Every senior prom in the early 70s them was Stairway to Heavan.
Greetings from Canada. Not flutes... that is the bassist/ keyboards man, John Paul Jones on three different recorders (live, he emulates the recorders on Mellotron). So we're glad to see you enjoy... but you GOTTA see this Stairway to Heaven LIVE MSG, NYC, 1973 to approach their true impact. Have soothing refreshments handy! Peace, love and bellbottoms.
In your head forever, every led Zeppelin song you hear, will be your next favorite song 🙃🙃🙃😆😅😅😂😂😂🤣🤣🤣😭😭
Oh no, the moment they start this song, we that were around back in the day when all the great music was coming out right and left, knew this song on the first bar. :D This is their number one song, and Kashmir is their masterpiece. You really need to watch their live version of this song, if you haven't already. It's beyond great. :)
"Since I've Been Loving You", is another great one !!
"And as we wind on down the road, our shadows taller than our souls..."
The song basically concerns materialism that cannot get you to heaven. There is a tribute to Led Zeppelin at the Keenedy Center which is a must see, complete with strings, horns, choirs, and Heart (Ann and Nancy Wilson) providing the lead vocal. It is the best tribute I have ever seen in my 65 years of life. Enjoyed your reaction, TY.
A point is made, a stairway goes up and down.
Soundgarden - Sleep tight, Boot camp, Holy water, Overfloater, limo wreck and so on another Seattle royalty rabbit hole
Deftones - Knife party, Digital bath, Be quiet and drive far away, you’ve seen the butcher, Rx queen and so on
Guys, this is the greatest rock song of all time.
1979 Knebworth UK. Many people had started to stand up and jam, but those sitting on the grass behind them could now not see, bottles started to be thrown, angry words started to be said. Zeppelin stopped the show. The 4 or 5 (long time ago can't remember all the details) massive spotlights they had at the front of the stage were aimed at the audience, Robert Plant came to the mic and said "we will not continue until everyone is sitting down" with the spotlights sweeping across the stadium everyone slowly settled and sat. As soon as the last person's ass hit the ground the lights went out the stage lit up and the intro to Stairway started. INSTANTLY everyone was one their feet. It was awesome, I was blessed.
All VERY due respect to the awesome Ann Wilson who NAILED IT. Nobody could sing this like Robert Plant. How is he not the greatest? He does so much James Brown/Elvis/ ELVISH and more....Listen to Song of the Siren by Plant guys(thank me later). I just dont see who can do what hes done and so...effin amazingly😊. I mean who? Yes many greats. I love many singers dearly. Truly. But who has the body of "nobody can do this better" work as he does? Its insane to me. Imo
Bonzo is equal to other best drummers ever. One he based Moby Dick entirely upon...Buddy Rich did Moby Dick first amazingly. But Bonham copied him and rock fans had no clue. Bonzo is equal or better than all drummers. Nobody would say "I'm better". Nobody has!
Ann Wilson did this well in front of Obama honoring LZ ..you know that right? Lol
The producer (engineer) was the guitarist, Jimmy Page. Audiences didn't hold lighters up in those times. Robert Plant who wrote the lyrics said people could interpret them as they wished. The band wasn't particularly religious. I think it's about finding out there's more to life than material wealth and there are some things you just can't buy.
That makes sense. Thanks for watching!!
We held up matches , not everybody had lighters , I’m not sure if those big lighters were even around. Your real smokers had the silver lighters.
@@dickcnormis1444 Refillable butane lighters called "Zippo" lighters.
@@THXx1138 Yes , that’s right . I couldn’t remember the name. Thanks
ICONIC AND TIMELESS
When there were polls for top rock song, this always was the #1 song.
A slow build to the highest of highs all the way to heaven that song was a stairway
The Perfect Song. Period.
Jimmy page, guitarist, produced stairway to heaven. The engineer was Andy Johns. Classic song 🔥🔥🔥
Review the Song remains the same live version,it blows the studio version away,IMO.The solo is rated as one of the best of all time.
Hey, Guys. There was no engineer that could make this band add the instruments as this band did. Each instrument including the guitar, and drims were all done by the Musicians.
1969-1973 are the best 5 years in rock & roll history
There are strands of “Lord of the Rings” in this song ( as well as others!). “When I look to the West” is a classic Tolkien reference.
I love songs that are poems and that rhyme.
This is the best at both.
And the very slow end is epic.
Spot on.
Y'all really need to look up the live version of this tune on RUclips. It's even hotter than the studio version.
Oh Yeah 👍🌿... Heavy Blues influenced by the Mo Town Era - Song kinda just all came together naturally, Jimi Page into mysticism / occult.... Special musicals, extraordinary Ives, often regarded as the best rock band of all time ... Each member, very talented and schooled in music, they are the fore fathers heavy metal ( blues )..... 👍☀️💯
I saw them live in 1970 and they played this as a new song coming out on their next album. Best live performing group I ever saw, by far.
Watch Led Zepplin live at Madison Square Garden “Since I’ve Been loving you” it’s incredible!
1973
I would recommend “In My Time of Dying” both the recording and the live performance at Earl’s Court in 1975. Amazing song.
I secondthirdANDFOURTH that suggestion! Ten minutes of slow burn blues then controlled chaos and thunderous fury and gospel pleadings! Magnificent, one of the best things Humanity's ever done.
The 4 symbols album has so many great songs , Black Dog & When the levee breaks are 2 very different songs but are both epic in their own way.
The official #1 Classic Rock song of all time. Thanks for your reaction.
"Whoooo" best Stairway reaction out there. The joy is real. You only get to hear Stairway for the 1st time once. And THAT was exactly my reaction.
You REALLY should listen once to Heart-Stairway to Heaven. Kennedy Center Honors. An Event honoring the band. The band members were in the audience watching. One of the original band member's sons is on Drums. Obama and hs wife were there. Lead singer from Heart did lead vocals. Robert Plant, the lead singer was crying. The song done amazingly well.
Live...50 yd line Tampa Stadium..1971...there are no words....one of the best nights. In my memories! (And my 21st birthday)
I love you guys....watching fish out of water listening to music you have never heard....rush steely Dan led zeppelin.....you guys are great....I love when people open there eyes to new things....keep it up.....Danny andropoli ....si ny
Thanks to you pointing out the cymbals in other songs (Steely Dan), for the first time I consciously noticed when the cymbals came in here. Thanks for your education--I'm enjoying my music more!
And your enthusiasm is healing. :) Could you please clarify your names? La and Chi, from my left to right? Peace.
Jimmy Page, Zeppelin's guitarist, produced Zeppelin's albums.
Please play the Kennedy Center Honors for Zep. Heart & a and stage full musicians performed a great cover of Stair Way to Heaven with the band watching from the balcony. You can tell they loved it. John Bonham's (R.I.P.) son Jason Bonham was on drums.
That flute is actually a mellotron played by John P Jones.
Yay everyone was up with their lighters… mesmerizing!! Total FIRE!! All four guys were goats in their own right. The song can mean different things to different people spiritually… I like the line.. you can always the change the road you are on… that is like hope…. So it is a spiritual song for me! It also totally rocks… as it did 50 plus years ago when I first heard it!❤
John passed away only 32 years old. Devastating to this day.
Just for an interesting contrast check out Heart doing this in front of Led Zep at the Kennedy Center Honors. It’s an iconic performance that had Zep mightily impressed.
They sure were!!! Ann Wilson did a great job!!!
In the live version Plant says "this is a song of hope", I think it turned out to be that through times, it lifts you up.
Led Zeppelin = Rock Gods .
You need to do Stairway to Heaven LIVE at Madison Square GArden. MASTERPIECE
You guys have been to the top of the mountain , and....it is good. 🎸🤘🔥
4:15 No, not everybody is there quite yet. In fact John Bonham takes quite a while to come in after this, which is what is so powerful about this incredible build and makes this one of the most favorite rock songs of all time.