First Time Hearing Led Zeppelin - Stairway To Heaven Reaction - IS THIS ACTUALLY WORTH ALL THE HYPE?
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"Is it worth the hype?" It is universally thought of as one of the great rock songs of all time......yes it is worth the hype
Not one of the greatest...THE GREATEST.
Not as good as "Simon says" by 1910 fruitgum company....but close.
I think Kashmir is the better song -- the integration of South Asian music with the hard rock is just masterful.
Stairway to Heaven is, arguably, the greatest rock song ever written, but Kashmir creates something utterly unique.
@@Idol76 That's funny, but believe it or not, some of the girls my brothers and I hung out with loved bubble gum.....so, some good memories of even bubblegum music🙄
@@rubroken bubblegum definetly was popular.
This song gave me chills the first time I heard it, 52 years ago, and every time since. One of the best songs ever, from any genre.
This is, officially, the #1 Classic Rock song of all time. Led Zeppelin - LEGEND. Thanks for your reaction.
agreed
NO LIVE VERSION! This one is perfection which can not be improved upon. The greatest rock song ever recorded.
I completely agree.
A comparison is not necessary. The live version is excellent too.
Probabely !
The live version is a downer. Plant messes up the ‘Rock and not to roll’ bit and Paige fumbles the start of the guitar solo.
@@andrewmorton9327 I guess Page, who was an incredible guitarist, was just drinking often much to much and played, performed on stage really drunk and so he was more stumbling on the stage and often missing the strings when playing and also missing the right note, tone or chord.
I'm 56 years old and this song STILL gives me chills everytime I listen to it.
The magic of this song is: no matter what mood I'm in, when this song comes on I always sing along to the end. Nothing matters while this song is playing.
"Does anybody remember laughter?"
Its the mighty Led Zeppelin. They were rock n roll alchemists and magicians. They were only around 10 years but their impact on rock music is something akin to a large meteorite striking the Earth. They left a huge impression that's still being felt today.
Love in the break where he says " they just can't build anymore " just before Zep unleashes the Kraken.
John Bonham the drummer is not just the percussions, he has a sense of groove, a musicality, that makes him one of those rare drummers that add to the melody.
I realize it was 45 years ago but when a radio station played the top 500 songs of all time each year this was always number one. ❤️❤️❤️ we studied the lyrics in English class too. I love to see young people hear this for the first time.
MY TAKE IS THAT THE LADY IS NOT A GOLD DIGGER BUT MOST PEOPLE DISAGREE, WHAT SAY YOU? MOST PEOPLE ARE IN A ZONE BY THE TIME THE LAST LINES ARE SUNG. I BELIEVE THEY SHOW HER IN A GOOD LIGHT!
In the Netherlands we have something similar in our biggest radio station called the top 2000. People can vote for the best songs and they will play them from 2000 to #1 in the last week of the year. It almost always ends with Bohemian Rhapsody or Hotel California, but stairway to heaven is always a top 10 song.
When Giant's Walked the Earth 🌎 Led Zeppelin ❤
It was voted the Best song of the decade (70’s) by multiple music entities at the time. ❤️🔥🎸
I can't believe anyone under 50 has never heard this song. It's a staple of classic rock stations everywhere and is at the top of almost every classic rock playlist.
In my opinion, it is usually better to check out studio versions first. Even when good live performances exist there are aspects to studio performances that can’t be matched.
Was saying the studio version the drums sound much better.
The fact, that up to this day people argue about, if it is worth the hype, makes it worth the hype. As long as people talk about it, it's still relevant and people over more than one generation read their own meaning in the lyrics of it. THAT makes it worth it. One of the greatest songs ever.
❤exactly! The question actually made me giggle.
A true rock fan can be walking through a mall, our other public venue, hear the first few cords of this amazing song and stop in his/her tracks to revel in the musical journey. Just a timeless classic.
Welcome to the top of the mountain!... I dont care how overplayed it is, its still the best song of all time.... perfection in every way!!!... Now hold on to your pants because Zeppelin was once of the most creative and multi faceted bands of all time... from light to heavy and everything else inbetween!!! More TK 😊
I'd put Queen at the top for being the most creative band. They did everything you can think of.
No side by side Freebird is better
@@vinniedixon1140 For many years queen was my second favorite band after Zeppelin. Very creative and very diverse, but in my opinion, no more than Zeppelin. Both of those bands as well as the Beatles evolved extremely quickly and had a wide range of musical styles and for that reason are three of the greatest and most creative bands of all time.
@@kevinlese633No.no.no..UK .have had supergroups and magical bands who are Top ..US has Single singers who are Top..
Arguably the best rock song ever. I was so lucky to have grown up as so many amazing bands were really at the peak of their artistry. I know everyone says that the music of their generation is the best music, but my generation can provide the proof with music like this.
A song that never gets old. Just never walk in to a guitar shop and play "Stairway to Heaven" 🤣 I had a Stairway to Heaven fabric poster/flag hanging in my bedroom as a teenager and this is one of the first songs my Dad taught me to play on guitar. Definitely one of the bands in my earlier years that I followed heavily. Thanks for posting!
One of the keys to the "building of the song" as you kept mentioning is that the tempo increases throughout the song. This is incredibly unusual for most popular music and was the key to the power of this song. I've seen Jimmy Page describe this and how it was intentional when he wrote it. What is more incredible is that Robert wrote the lyrics in about half an hour and threw in bits and pieces of Tolkien references which were common in his lyrics in the early 70's. Good reaction. It was thoughtful and not just OMG! which gets so old. Nice to know you really listened.
I’ll never forget way back when how cool it was when I first heard Plant singing about how “Gollum, the evil one, crept up and slipped away with her-er…”!! Or “‘Twas in the darkest depths of Mordor, I met a girl so fair…”
Guys - this song is 52 yrs old ! and its better than 99% of the stuff today , as are ALL of their songs , please give it more than one listen .
Pretty sure you haven’t listened to 99% of the ‘stuff today’ either.
No its better than 100% of the "stuff" today!!!!!
Better than 100%
great review! Love hearing folks First time reaction - still hard to believe for me that so many folks have not been exposed to this song - I practically grew up with it thru HS and college
A great cover of this song, played Infront of the band
Heart - Stairway to Heaven Led Zeppelin - Kennedy Center Honors HD
If you want to know Heart before watching this, Heart Barracuda, is a 70`s hit of theirs.
Okay, great thank you! We know nothing about them so jumping into the cover performance of LZ doesn't seem like a prudent approach!
@@barsandbarbells2022 It`s from the show where LZ entered Hall Of Fame, with the late Drummers son on Drums. It`s sort of a tribute more then a cover.
This song was the most requested song in rock radio history !!!
Sublime, hypnotic, mesmerising LED ZEPPELIN, best band EVER.
Greetings from Danmark 🤜🇩🇰🤛
I Remember the DAY this album came out!! I DIDN'T STOP PLAYING IT for MONTHS!! STAIRWAY TO HEAVEN , GREATEST ROCK + ROLL SONG EVER for ME❤❤❤😁🤯🎸🔥🐐🐐🐐🐐🐐🐐🐐🐐🐐🐐!
That would be 71 or 72. That album IV had no title or writing on it. Word is they did that because many music critics crapped on their previous album LZ III.
This is one of those songs it matters not what some think because history is already written.
You two are growing on me. Great chit chat rewiew, seriously one of the better analysis/review. Great Job Sam and Phil!
Yes Ditto:Definitely do a live version!
I recommend the one from Madison Square Garden in 1973. A MUST
When I got my first job in high school in the mid-'70's (as a restaurant dishwasher), I took one of my first paychecks and splurged on my first four rock albums: the "White Album" by the Beatles, Pink Floyd's Dark Side of the Moon, Black Sabbath's Paranoid and Led Zeppelin IV, which has this song on it. In other words, I was a typical, long-haired "dazed and confused" 1970's kid. I'm a dazed and confused 64 y.o. now, but I still love this song, despite the fact that it was played 8 million times on FM radio throughout my teenage years. Thanks for reacting to it! 🤠Always makes me nostalgic...
I liked your reaction - and let me add something to your thoughts on this song: most modern songs follow a simple format - you have the first stanza, usually followed by a short lull, then the 2nd stanza, then the first chorus, then a 3rd stanza and then you repeat the chorus. At that point, most songs will just repeat the chorus several times before ending. What makes this song amazing is that there is no chorus. Rather the song follows the traditional 3 Act structure of storytelling. Remember - Western literature embraces Aristotle's 3 Act play structure: Act 1: The Introduction; Act 2 Conflict; Act 3 Resolution. This song is so beautiful because it flows like a play. In Act 1 you have only vocals and simple guitar as we learn about the empty materialism of our flawed protagonist, in Act 2 the drums are introduced as we are told that empty materialism can never give us fulfillment and that there is so much beauty in the natural world outside the realm of man's wealth; and here's my interpretation - in Act 3 our protagonist fails to learn life's lessons as she insulates herself at her final moments of life with her wealth, believing that her wealth can give her eternal happiness. She is wrong but she will never learn nor change her ways. This song is a tragedy. It reads like a Greek tragedy. Brilliant lyrics, music and structure - all combined. That's why this song is often thought of as the greatest rock song every. That's my 2 cents. I'm glad you reacted to it and thanks for sharing. I enjoyed it.
When I first heard thin the 70's I was a boy and it made me cry, still making me cry now!
Those lush, shimmering chords on the 12-string are the most beautiful sounds Jimmy Page ever got from a guitar. Now turn the record over and go for “When the Levee Breaks.” An old blues from the 30s, also played on the 12-string. It’s the darkest, angriest sound Page ever got from a guitar.
Led Zeppelin- “Since I’ve Been Loving You”
High school dance, early 70s, this song comes on: oh great, slow dance? Fast dance? What do I do?
63 yrs old...
I've always loved the first line leading into the faster pace...
"If there's a bustle in your hedgerow, don't be alarmed now... it's just a spring clean for the may queen".
"Yes there are two paths you can go by, but in the long run, there's still time to change the road you're on".
The woman at the beginning is on the wrong path... she thinks all that glitters is gold, and she thinks that the path(stairway) to heaven, can be found by accumulation of wealth/material goods... he later says that her answer lies on the whispering wind.
"And if you listen very hard, the tune will come to you at last".
"To be a rock, and not to roll".
(you ended it just a touch too soon) OH... I see on my sidebar you decided to do a live... I'm headed there now, just for fun.
NICE!👍🏼✌🏼🇨🇦
You should definitely watch Stairway to Heaven Led Zeppelin - Kennedy Center Honors live preformence. Its a tribute to Led Zeppelin with them attending the audience. Although obviously preformed not by them but it's done so amazingly well and honestly one of the most powerful live performances you can watch for this masterpiece of a song.
The greatest rock band of all time! Your journey is only beginning.
Thank you for a refreshingly mature analysis and reaction to this legendary group and their iconic song that will last through the ages with all the other songs that can never be bettered. 👍😎
Our pleasure!
Heart did a wonderful tribute to them of this song with them in attendance.
*Phil and Sam* 1000% you MUST do the live version.! *Specifically* from MSG 1973.! MSG being Madison Square Garden.!!! Oh and I left you a gem comment on your Metallica Creeping Death reaction yesterday...! Have a significant day U 2.....
Robert said the song is about a woman who has chosen the road to become as wealthy as possible & thinjs she can buy her way to Heaven. But as he sings "there's two paths that you can go by, but in the long run, there's still time to change the road you're on"
Perhaps the best rock song of all time / iconic and masterful! Zeppelin 4 album is a masterpiece from beginning to end. I’m blessed to have grown up during the best era of rock music!
I can’t believe I’m old enough to say “back in the day” but the extra sound came from a keyboard. It was a great instrument to add layers to a song. The only cover of this song that comes close to the original is Hearts tribute to Zeppelin at the Kennedy Center Honors. They had a full orchestra +.
LED ZEPPELIN THE GREATEST BAND OF ALL TIME!
A couple of things to mention. Years ago there was a Kennedy Awards Honor show to pay tribute to people and Led Zeppelin was honored on that show with different musicians paying tribute by covering their songs live on stage. To set the scene the surviving members of the band, Robert Plant (singer), John Paul Jones (bass/keyboards etc) and Jimmy Page (guitar) were in the balcony watching the tribute. Also sitting next to Page was David Letterman who was also being honored in this show. You need to watch the video of Ann and Nancy Wilson from the rock group Heart covering Stairway to Heaven…you mentioned the great guitar solo in this song. Imagine trying to play that solo with the iconic Jimmy Page watching you. LOL I wont give anything else away but that video is definitely worth a reaction.
I have 3 kids in their 20's. I made sure I exposed them to this era of rock music. It is the music of my childhood.
GOAT band. Best catalogue on the planet
How could you have never heard "Stairway to Heaven?" That still blows my mind.
YES, you should do a live version.
You've never heard "Stairway ?" Ever been outside? This band was a monster for decades.
A Rock Classic!
Led Zeppelin were/are the greatest talent of musicians incl the Beatles. TY sir and mam for your Zep reviews. Oorah🙏🏽💪🏽🇺🇸💪🏽
The absolute masterpieces... This song, Bohemian Rhapsody, November Rain, If I can Dream (Elvis Presley the white suit version), Nothing Else Matters, Always, Private Investigations, Hurt (which you reviewed) Most of Pink Floyd, ELO, some songs will last forever. Thank you so much for your reviews.
Jimmy Page, the guitarist, was a prominent session musician before forming Led Zeppelin. He is the lead gutars, composer and producer of all LZ albums. But yet he gave rooms to bandmates grew and expanded in some songs. Now Robert Plant has wonderful solo careers.
I can remember Jr. High School, whe had dances in the gym back in 1974, and this song was played. We looked forward to it because you could initially slow dance to it and put your arms around the girls.... just that was our "Stairway to Heaven"!
The drums, perhaps the greatest lead ever composed, vocals, the arrangement, John Paul Jones production putting this all together and wow how fast 7 and 1/2 minutes flies... But how the hell is this really then 1st time, this song got more air play than anything out there.
Just saying back in the day always live. It was so much better.🎉 Not always the sound. But the experience was so awesome.❤ Thank you so much for jamming. Led Zeppelin 🎉get the Led out!!🎉 YES😊 Love you guys keep on rocking.❤
I remember the highschool dances we had. We would go to football games, then have a live band in gymnasium and a dance. That was in 71 through 72. Then we moved away. Graduated in 74.
Her Journey is His Journey is Your Journey...the two paths are for everyone
I just saw a mini doc where Jimmy Paige said they wanted to create a song where layer after layer built up to a crescendo. I'm paraphrasing here but it made total sense. The song takes you on quite a journey.
When I was a teen, I was very into LOTR and the whole Fantasy genre. Needless to say, this was my favourite song of that time. Definitely one of the GOATs!
One of the forbidden riffs 😂. Such a legendary song
It may be the greatest song ever written
Every year from the 70s thru the 90s the radio had a national top 500 songs of all time countdown
And every year Stairway To Heaven was the No.1 song
"That guitar solo was sick"
Sick indeed. Very perceptive!
Led Zeppelin always intended to have acoustic elements in their music, on their albums acoustic ballads are interspersed between rock songs!
Best rock song ever written
Alright, I've been watching you guys for a while now and you finally got me. Subbed.
"You had to be there" has never applied to a song more fittingly. (Well, perhaps Eruption from VH) This song defined a generation. A moment in music history.
Have a listen to kashmir at celebration day led zeppelin a lot older but they have still got the magic incredibly talented rock band voted best rock band of all time by your hall of fame one of so many groups that I listen to and enjoy so much I consider myself to be so lucky at the age of 73 as a teenager in great Britain I grew up with loads of extremely talented groups and singers pink floyd led zeppelin the stones the beatles the kinks the who queen genesis moody blues the troggs manfred man the list goes on and on all unique but wonderfully talented great reaction try kashmir you won't be disappointed
“…and it can’t build anymore…” right before Page and Bonham are about to blow their brains out.
"You Shook Me" is awesome . Dive down the rabbit hole, you won't be disappointed
THE GREATEST BAND EVER HANDS DOWN!!!!❤😊
Heart - Kennedy center honors sings this song. Fantastic version.
Yes, you should do the Live from Madison Square Gardens, and while I'm at it, the Heart version at the Kennedy Center Honors to Led Zeppelin is also amazing! ❤
This song is like half a century old, but it just never gets old...
Robert plant vocal.john bonham drums.jimmy page guitar.
John paul jones keyboard.rated the no1 song of all time
The last song at every high school dance in the 80's, long enough to get the courage to get that kiss you have been wanting 😂 😂
It’s never too late to change, but the best time to do it is right now, because time is limited, and we never know.
Speaking of heart with the song alone 13 years ago
Madison Square Garden 1973 is the live version of this that is epic over the top!
First performed live at the Ulster Hall in Belfast, Northern Ireland.
Yes x 100. The thing about popular music in the 70's was that music took its time, there was no rush to get somewhere and this is a perfect example. Somewhere in the 80's I think songwriters and musicians felt like they had to get to the hook or grab and hold the listener in the first 5 seconds or it was over and they started writing that way which was unfortunate. Driven by record companies no doubt. The music I love the most doesn't care about time, just the story, just the journey.
Mindblowing...yes ....for 2023......HOW DO YOU THINK WE FELT IN 1971???
I’m 62 years “young” and the moment that I heard this masterpiece on the (new) FM radio. Led Zeppelin became my everything musically. And, I had already heard “Dark Side Of The Moon” but this?! As soon as they came our way in 1977 in Madison Square Garden I had tickets for 2 nights!
That, that you think is a flute is John Paul Jones on keys. I have been listening to this for 52 years and it never get old.
The studio version was done with a wooden alto and tenor recorder. They only used the keyboard on some live versions.
Stairway to Heaven by Led Zeppelin and Bohemian Rhapsody by Queen are 2 songs that are the best of all time.
I love the guitar solo.
Robert(I can sing any note in human history at this point in my youth)Plant!
This was the slow dance at the end of school dances in the 70s. If you and your partner really hit it off, you kept slow dancing through the harder rocking parts.
Kashmir, Ramble on, Over the Hills and Far Away. Start with the first album and work your way to the last. That's called "getting the led out!"
I suggest watching the Kennedy Center honors of Led Zeppelin, where Stairway to Heaven is performed by Heart.
Listen and watch "Stairway to Heaven" live at Madison Square Garden 1973!
Live version from Madison Square Garden 1973, guitar solo is insane!
YES
Actually, the song to me is much like a stairway. It keeps climbing, then the band finally gets there.
that squinty grimace face when Robert Plant comes back in on the guitar solo ....
one cant help it!
This song came out in my first year of high school. It was the year I learned about death. I lost a couple of friends to the war in Viet Nam and a couple more to alchohol and fast cars, one to acid and one to heroin. One went through the ice and drowned. I went to a lot of funerals that year and this song played at every one of them. To me it will always be a funeral dirge that brings a tear to my eye and puts a weight on my heart.
Got to shut your eyes for this one. Classic
So mellow...wait for it. She is right, it builds.