Having played this song since my early teens a million times on my acoustic and in later years lead on the electric, i have to say that this performance is a testament to jimmy page's talent as it is quite an achievement to get away with playing this with no vocals. I'd buy the ticket any day!
Page doesn't owe anyone anything. Brilliant music for decades to come - when you write and record the best song in the world, you're entitled to rock it any way you want to. Great to see three of the greatest guitarists on stage together!
I have always been amazed at how Jimmy plays, but also how he dances, almost waltz's with his hack when playing. He is in his own zone for sure. What talented group of players for sure, but Jimmy is so special and always will be.
I love the pure joy on Jimmy's face you can see how much he loves this song and loves preforming it wow amazing and to have Eric and Jeff with him what a epic night.
Whaaa? You just witnessed one of the most historic events of Rock history!! Three of the best rock guitarists of all times on stage at once. Understand that the track you hear of Stairway on the airwaves was done in a studio with that quality recording. These guys were doing this because they are good friends -- no vocals, just good times!!!
Give him a break it was the first time in a long time since Pagey played live after the death of Bonzo he was coming out of some very dark times. Great man that gave joy to millions of fans. Greatest of all time. I remember seeing Clapton in his dark days, they all have bad periods in their lives.
Jamie Vincent I believe this is from the ARMs concert and he came out of seclusion to help out Ronnie Lane and had been dormant for some time, I suggest fans check it out, I've owned it since it came out, EC opened it up followed by Steve Windwood than Beck as Jeff walked off the crowd cheered than it exploded as Page walked out and went on to do stuff from Death Wish not his best performance but dam good considering, side note Stevie sang on the fly reading the lyrics off the floor at points, I like the concert and thought the all did pretty good, seeing the best England has to offer jamming together was pretty cool, that was 83 .
@@James-Lee-Smith I agree. And they never traded off the lead, Page just played the whole thing, and not very good. Clapton and Beck kept looking for an opening, but it never came.
Leave him alone...he was fighting his demons for a lot of years....just as we all do til the day we leave this earth! Doesn't take away from the fact of how gifted he is....legendary talent. Much respect Mr. Page !!
Well, fortunately his demons weren't as bad as syd Barrett. Check out the video of heart singing stairway at the Kennedy center honors. Jimmy page looks great.
Yeah..I'm sure he needs YOU to stick up for him. Laugh!! In his words..I don't care what you want..it's MY song, and I will play it any damn way I want to! Or not even at all, if I don't feel like it..because I have $170 MILLION bucks!!😜 Laugh!!
Money doesn't cure addiction or depression or mean you don't have feelings anymore WTF 😅 if so, then no rich person would battle some of the same demons the poor do. And he did write the song.... Sure he could be a d*ck though. Actually, they were all weirdos. They'd have women do extremely nasty stuff after concerts, once with sea creatures lmao
This is amazing! I was born in 95 and I'm 16 now, and all I listen to is classic rock. Been playing guitar since I was 5 also, and man I've gotta say Jimmy Page is ranked number 2 in my all time favourite guitarists, beaten very slightly by Randy Rhoads (RIP). Jimmy put so much FEELING into this solo! Head down, pick in hand and rocked out!!! What better way to learn that from the greats :)
I saw Randy Rhoads play at the Roxy in West Hollywood, and the songs didn't interest me much, but then he goes into solos from songs of the great guitarists of the the day, Page, Clapton, Beck, Townsend, Blackmore, and others, that got my attention. Note and tone perfect, amazing. He used to work at Licorice Pizza, a record store (round black vinyl, get it?), with another guy, both with Rod Stewart rooster haircuts, somewhere in Woodland Hills on Topanga Blvd., I think. Maybe the other guy was in the band.
One thing I always like about the old guitar heroes like page and Clapton is that the all have their own playing style there is close to their personalities.
THE Reason I started playing guitar as a kid. I used to play with a broom in my mirror pretending to be JimmyPage😄🚀unbelievable. So cool. What a legend. A real inspiration to many guitarists. Unfortunately heroin got a hold of me for two decades. Booze&dope. But I'm clean and sober now and can't wait to get some new guitars!
@@itschallenger They did not steal the tune, it's a progression, it's known as a "line cliche" and most of the song use it. Try to gather some information before commenting.
Unglaublich...weltweit die erfolgreichsten Gitarristen vereint seit der Zeit von den Yard Birds mit der Interpretationen eines der romantischsten Lieder aller Rock Zeiten....einmalig...hoffentlich nicht...solche gemeinsame Darbietungen sollten mehr zu erleben sein...genial...RIP DEAR JEFF BACK...if musik be the food of Love ,then play on...rocking in a free world...give peace a chance... Dr.Ilja Lasaroff from the Land of Orpheus
I was at this concert. It was December 1983 at Madison Square Garden, The ARMS Concert (for Ronnie Lane). Everyone who was anyone played at this show, but Jimmy's silent version of Stairway was the highlight. We didn't care that it was sloppy. We were so glad to finally see him for the first time after Zeppelin disbanded. We were ecstatic and the entire audience sang the lyrics at the top of their lungs. It was very emotional. Jimmy and Paul Rodgers also debuted what was to become The Firm.
I know this sounds crazy but I remember hearing different note at the end of the song, when they were playing after Jimmy’s solo, I could have sworn the notes where completely different, either this is a mandala effect or I have some false memories going on here Edit: Nvm I found the other concert where he’s playing the exact same song with the exact same cloths but the ending notes are different ruclips.net/video/hAwqev7No1s/видео.html
Just to see these three greats together on stage is superlative! The three ex-Yardbirds - Clapton, Beck & Page!!! I saw the Princes Trust Concert in London (one of 2 gigs - the other being the A.R.M.S. gig) in late 1983 before the US Tour that followed.
I think Eric, being the kind of man he is, was looking at jimmie trying to figure out how to help his friend who was obviously loaded and hurting. He still sounded good tho.
Chills them multiplying... and i'm losing the want to live with this shit performance , total crap . no wonder it took 8 months to make the song remains the same from prev known songs, ... abysmal effinf abyssal.. blaaaaggghhhh
If ever Master Guitiarist Jimmy Page made love to his 12-over-6 Double Guitar, this is it. 4 mins in drums. 6 mins in Clapton puts on his own, while Beck plays on equally great as always. But Page rules! On one of his best Melodies ever written! So young...so brilliant.
are you fucking kidding me? This is absolute dog shit. You can go into just about any bar in America or Britain this weekend and find a band who can pull this song off better than this.
well said. Jimmy page was recommended by clapton as he was one of the best guitarists in London at the time, since then Page has influenced music all over the world and has written songs so beautifull they'd make even the toughest of men cry. Ego my arse, stairway to heaven is a legend in it self, deserves to be played by the writer himself.
You can really just see and hear his pain in this. Stairway was a perfect tribute to Bonham from the beginning; it’s just that it wasn’t realized until he was gone. You have to imagine how much sadness and pain is attached to the song after he lost his best friend. That’s definitely evident in his playing here.
Oh, so true are your words, Andrew. The great musicians have died (not so many now in 2019 like there were in the 70's -1995) but their music brings joy and appreciation to the generations who never listened to these greats. My children grew up listening to my music and the millennial music and just guess which they prefer === The Classic Rock, and Jazz fusion/Rock like "The Rippingtons, "Steely Dan". You cannot find any good modern music since the death of "Prince" and so many others. Makes me want to write music the it was meant to played.
I can't get over how many negative comments are on this page. Easy to kick a man down with recently losing his dear friend and greatest drummer ever not to mention the disbanding of Zep' one of if not the greatest band ever. Plus battling a horrible addiction. Yes this performance his hurtfully horrible, but he's a living legend and deserves tones of respect. In his prime years he mops the floor with these guys and they know it, especially Clapton.
Um I love Jimmy. Let's not disparage Clapton here. Or Beck. Jimmy was more original and idiomatic, and he was definitely playing his heart to the crowd.
Clapton Beck and Page its the name of an LP i have, its treasured, its impossible to get the three gearest guitar talents on the stage at the same time, impossible, even today in Nov.2018 you can not find a better player than thd Great Jeff Beck , a complete one off.
I disagree.....SRV blows him off stage and makes him freeze. Stevie Ray Vaughan was the best guitarist that ever lived. He was better than Hendrix, Clapton, Beck, Page, Van Halen....hell....EVERYBODY! ruclips.net/video/2UIptI2rcjg/видео.html ruclips.net/video/KC5H9P4F5Uk/видео.html That's EVERYBODY! ruclips.net/video/uVI7I-WDGx4/видео.html ruclips.net/video/An4uDegHB8s/видео.html Everybody! ruclips.net/video/e0i9PW0W7C4/видео.html ruclips.net/video/56SAxtf-RTg/видео.html
This video makes me so sad. 83? Almost 3 years without his band, direction and life and living almost exclusively in "Henry Hall". He was tragic rock elegance at its finest at this moment, and i love him!
"this is a song of hope" as Robert said. I love Jimmy Page and the way he didn't let himself fall! Now he's 68 and rockin' like a GOD! Well, I love this man :)
In the seventies Led Zeppelin was otherworldly. I remember watching “ The Song Remains the Same” as a teen and being blown away. They were human. It was one moment in time. After Bonzo’s death psychologically how can these guys just bounce back. Nobody can. Page was great. But he’s human also. The music stands on its own. It’s just cool seeing these guys together on stage. Comrades since their teens they all made their mark. They are all icons. Just a moment in time.
all these clowns blasting and discrediting Jimmy page for "stealing" songs is insanity. Stairway was a classic minor key progression and spirit was hardly the first to use it. I suppose one should list the author if they actually cover their song, but Jimmy borrowed bits and ideas but changed them and reworked them to be originals. To discount the musical genius that was Led Zeppelin and their entire catalog because of a small handful of recycled licks and blues lines is just ignorant.
I gotta admit, in my opinion, stairway is certainly not even close to the best of led zeppelin's songs, but I agree in the fact that the people who are trying to discredit perhaps the greatest guitarist of all time are the same ones who can't make sense of the fact that some people are better at guitar than others.
Everybody has their off days sometime or, the other. I think Jimmy does a good job on here. It's like someone says on here, Jimmy was better on his off days than some other guitarists were on their best days. Jimmy Page is no doubt one of the greatest rock and, blues guitarists of all-times and, his combo with the great versatile singer Robert Plant is like the combo in flamenco music of Paco De Lucia and, Camaron. I still love how Robert andf, Jimmy would answer each other musically. Robert would sing a phrase and Jimmy would answer him on the guitar. Zeppelin was one hell of a rock group. Again, Jimmy is usually rated top 5 in any greatest rock guitarists poll. Though you can't let yourself go by those, Page knows where he rates. Jimmy always looked like the great jazz guitarist Larry Coreyell[laugh]! Now that Jimmy's older he looks japanese[laugh]! Yah and, maybe he was high here but, is he the only one who's ever done that? He plays better high than some play sober[laugh]!
rating, degrading, often ignoring the blues bad ass axe players that came before and were the core of many songs, given credit to the rockers, I love Clapton and Mayall especially for bringing those originals back to stage and exposure, so much was stolen, is it about how fast, how felt or is it the deathless mare I ride myself across the pond, over the moon and low around the Bible Belt. My foray into blues originals and contemporaries has changed so many of my opinions, such as what about Gilmore, Tinsley Ellis, Theodis Ealy and damn Son Seals just gets the spirits into me... I don't have an order, and appreciate that as in baseball, a great pitcher, a great player is one who brings it even when not on their best day. Nobody lives in their best moment, nobody lives in their worst. All I do is appreciate, especially when all that hostile debate takes the fun out of it. Who is best, who lets us down, who is king, heavy is the head that wears the golden crown, so they walk on guilded splinters, and many like Mary Barre (Jethro Tull) go under the radar. I dunno, I love them all for whoever they are. What about Weird Al Yankovic, who sometimes surpasses who he is lampooning! It is a hoot TEDDYBEAR, enjoy and thank you for your thoughts here...
Page is a total embarrassment here. An epic failure of titanic proportions. A real friend would have ran on stage an unplugged him to save himself. Clapton most have wanted to just walk off. To put JP in the same league as Clapton is insult to Eric. One thing Page was good at was ripping off and stealing old Willie Dixon and other blues artists songs and claiming writing credits, that he was real good at!
You guys should keep in mind that when Clapton tried to play in the throes of his addiction, he at various times collapsed on stage, nodded off, or produced shit like the rainbow concert. Cut Page some slack here, he's doing relatively ok under the circumstances.
Philip Woodbury ...this is one of the most unbeliavle comments I have ever read: The only thing wrong with the "RAINBOW CONCERT" was the original mix. When it was remixed on c.d.in '94, the full show, you can see it is a different story, man!! Eric's playing is great there! And never in his career, still drunk or stoned, he played as bad and stupidly as J.P. The worst thing for me, if you are a guitarrist, is try to play more than your fingers CAN. The real masters think: "ok, I will play less notes tonight...but well played, with pulsation and clearness"...which is what really makes a guitar sound nice...but Jimmy thinks the contrary: "I have to do the full solo...because I can not improvise a different thing"...even if he runs over himself. This is what a 16 years old guitar player would do to impress his classroom. (Sorry x my English...I am from far away) And sorry to all Page's fans...I used to be one of them..
The worst thing in cases like this, as with other performers, is the nature of the business. No one would tell these 'artists' that they were fucking up. Elvis was a prime example. Too much public expectation and greed drive things -- hence the age-old saying, "The show must go on!"
This show was at Madison Square Garden in NYC on December 8, 1983. The Ronnie Lane ARMS charity concert. Rolling Stone Magazine called it the concert tour of the year.
put the three of them on stage today and Beck would blow them both to bits. Out of the three of them, Beck is the only one to have evolved as an artist over the last 20 years.
So true, but he probably sold the least records so people don't rate him so highly which is silly. Clapton has stayed the same, straight smooth blues. Page...the less said the better.
Was an amazing show i stood right in front of him at the cow palace right on the wall for the camera well. i got the tickets for twenty some odd dollars and thought that was alot of money at the time boy how times have changed
this is actually great for me, this is one of the few times i really felt the music and the performance of it. i wish it all was like that, isnt that what art is..?
I get that Jimmy Page had a lot going on , what's amazing and most entertaining about this version is the way that Beck and Clapton carry the end. They just let Jimmy be out there, the wonderfulness of the charity jams.
i was there for one of the san francisco shows... page was even worse. he forgot to turn off a delay or something, and the first few minutes of the solo was just a jumbled mess. i had seen him play it a million times at the midnight showings of the song remains the same, and i couldn't believe how terrible it was. however.... i also took into consideration that while, yes, he was obviously wasted, this was probably one of the fist times he'd played this song since the death of one of his best friends and the loss of his band just 3 years earlier. i can't even imagine how hard it must have been to have a friend and bandmate die in his house, and then lose the mighty led zeppelin because of it. not sure i would have been able to do these gigs sober, either.
I believe Page hadn't picked up the guitar for a couple years prior to this show. These were his lowest years, heroin addiction, plus it was a couple years after bonhams death and the zeppelin breakup.
Jimmy just the best !!!.......... Led zep The real deal !! His double neck guitar said to be priceless !!. Ya the H is a HELL of a thing......... But he cleaned up and survived and doing very well ...lmao Go Jimmy go ! Joe..
I've got to see page play a few times over the years. they were times he was off. then there's times he was killing it. still better than most guitar players out there.
This is always a joy to hear and to play along on my guitars. I was switching back from 6 to 12 string acoustics thinking, I totally get the need for the double neck lol.
Having played this song since my early teens a million times on my acoustic and in later years lead on the electric, i have to say that this performance is a testament to jimmy page's talent as it is quite an achievement to get away with playing this with no vocals. I'd buy the ticket any day!
Los mejores guitarristas del mundo jimmy page Erlck clapton y jeff beck Stairway to Heaven
Page doesn't owe anyone anything. Brilliant music for decades to come - when you write and record the best song in the world, you're entitled to rock it any way you want to. Great to see three of the greatest guitarists on stage together!
The Yardbirds
I have always been amazed at how Jimmy plays, but also how he dances, almost waltz's with his hack when playing. He is in his own zone for sure. What talented group of players for sure, but Jimmy is so special and always will be.
It was nice to see Eric put things aside and him and Jeff come out to support their friend.
Yes. I found this to be disappointing. But they killed it on Layla
I love the pure joy on Jimmy's face you can see how much he loves this song and loves preforming it wow amazing and to have Eric and Jeff with him what a epic night.
Such a talented guy you are Jimmy Page. One of my favorites by you. ❤️❤️👍
Whaaa? You just witnessed one of the most historic events of Rock history!! Three of the best rock guitarists of all times on stage at once. Understand that the track you hear of Stairway on the airwaves was done in a studio with that quality recording. These guys were doing this because they are good friends -- no vocals, just good times!!!
Give him a break it was the first time in a long time since Pagey played live after the death of Bonzo he was coming out of some very dark times. Great man that gave joy to millions of fans. Greatest of all time. I remember seeing Clapton in his dark days, they all have bad periods in their lives.
+Jamie Vincent Page on his off days is better than most when they think they are styling!
Jamie Vincent yes page had his dark days.....I still love listening to it gettin the bong and just travel
Jamie Vincent I believe this is from the ARMs concert and he came out of seclusion to help out Ronnie Lane and had been dormant for some time, I suggest fans check it out, I've owned it since it came out, EC opened it up followed by Steve Windwood than Beck as Jeff walked off the crowd cheered than it exploded as Page walked out and went on to do stuff from Death Wish not his best performance but dam good considering, side note Stevie sang on the fly reading the lyrics off the floor at points, I like the concert and thought the all did pretty good, seeing the best England has to offer jamming together was pretty cool, that was 83 .
yes at the Bangladesh concert, Eric was having his own bout with herion.
That's no excuse
I am moved to tears by this. If anyone can listen to this and not be moved, there is something wrong. This is artwork in its purest form
Agree
I, too, was moved to tears. This is the shittiest version of this song I've ever heard. It was sad.
@@James-Lee-Smith I agree. And they never traded off the lead, Page just played the whole thing, and not very good. Clapton and Beck kept looking for an opening, but it never came.
@@James-Lee-SmithI agree. It was awful.
Wow, I guess love is blind. Or in your case, deaf. I love Jimmy, Eric and Jeff. But this was awful! Shockingly bad.
Leave him alone...he was fighting his demons for a lot of years....just as we all do til the day we leave this earth! Doesn't take away from the fact of how gifted he is....legendary talent. Much respect Mr. Page !!
Well, fortunately his demons weren't as bad as syd Barrett.
Check out the video of heart singing stairway at the Kennedy center honors. Jimmy page looks great.
Beautifully spoken
Yeah..I'm sure he needs YOU to stick up for him. Laugh!!
In his words..I don't care what you want..it's MY song, and I will play it any damn way I want to! Or not even at all, if I don't feel like it..because I have $170 MILLION bucks!!😜 Laugh!!
Sandra, Much respect for "you" defending Jimmy. Thank The Lord that He helped Jimmy through to the other side and we still have him. 🙏🎸🎶💜
Money doesn't cure addiction or depression or mean you don't have feelings anymore WTF 😅 if so, then no rich person would battle some of the same demons the poor do. And he did write the song.... Sure he could be a d*ck though. Actually, they were all weirdos. They'd have women do extremely nasty stuff after concerts, once with sea creatures lmao
This is amazing! I was born in 95 and I'm 16 now, and all I listen to is classic rock. Been playing guitar since I was 5 also, and man I've gotta say Jimmy Page is ranked number 2 in my all time favourite guitarists, beaten very slightly by Randy Rhoads (RIP). Jimmy put so much FEELING into this solo! Head down, pick in hand and rocked out!!! What better way to learn that from the greats :)
same bro but I was born in 2003 and i'm 17 right now
I saw Randy Rhoads play at the Roxy in West Hollywood, and the songs didn't interest me much, but then he goes into solos from songs of the great guitarists of the the day, Page, Clapton, Beck, Townsend, Blackmore, and others, that got my attention. Note and tone perfect, amazing. He used to work at Licorice Pizza, a record store (round black vinyl, get it?), with another guy, both with Rod Stewart rooster haircuts, somewhere in Woodland Hills on Topanga Blvd., I think. Maybe the other guy was in the band.
Yes i learned Stairway 1 week ago !
Sorry that you missed this era of music! It was purists at the time.
All three of the Yardbirds' lead guitarists on stage at the same time.
Amazing 3 legends
@@johnasaro4342 C'est de la merde !
Amazing !!!
Yes, two are amazing, and one is so messed up that he played like a 12 yr old who has had 2 lessons. BRUTAL, EMBARRASSING performance by Page.
@@robmorrison1043 Two are just looking at each other trying to get in.....
One thing I always like about the old guitar heroes like page and Clapton is that the all have their own playing style there is close to their personalities.
back n the 70s they called me a hippie....... a black hippie at that.......but this shit still sounds good.......1toke at time.
Ernie Finney stay black brother
I'm with you there Brother.
Amen!!!
I hear one good to toke at a time
back then it did not matter as long as you were a hippie. Hendrix could tell you but by 70 he was gone. would be cool to go back though
This is playing with and by EMOTION... This is live and great to experience. I can only wish i was in this performance
robert philip That’s not emotion, that’s heroin.
THE Reason I started playing guitar as a kid. I used to play with a broom in my mirror pretending to be JimmyPage😄🚀unbelievable. So cool. What a legend. A real inspiration to many guitarists. Unfortunately heroin got a hold of me for two decades. Booze&dope. But I'm clean and sober now and can't wait to get some new guitars!
If you wrote the song you get to play it however you want...
yeah but they stole the tune from someone. look it up
@@itschallenger they stole most of their catalogue. I was just makin a joke. Still sounds better than when I play it. 😂
@@itschallenger They did not steal the tune, it's a progression, it's known as a "line cliche" and most of the song use it.
Try to gather some information before commenting.
nope stole it, from a tune from another composer, u do the same dude
and you're blocked for idiocy lol
Unglaublich...weltweit die erfolgreichsten Gitarristen vereint seit der Zeit von den Yard Birds mit
der Interpretationen eines der romantischsten Lieder aller Rock Zeiten....einmalig...hoffentlich nicht...solche gemeinsame Darbietungen sollten mehr zu erleben sein...genial...RIP DEAR JEFF BACK...if musik be the food of Love ,then play on...rocking in a free world...give peace a chance...
Dr.Ilja Lasaroff from the Land of Orpheus
Still amazing after All these years! Weren’t we lucky to have this as ‘our’ music era? Better than Rap with a C!
Anyone else been jumping to the "break down" and the JAM of this song for the past 20 years? Can' t help it!!!!
I was at this concert. It was December 1983 at Madison Square Garden, The ARMS Concert (for Ronnie Lane). Everyone who was anyone played at this show, but Jimmy's silent version of Stairway was the highlight. We didn't care that it was sloppy. We were so glad to finally see him for the first time after Zeppelin disbanded. We were ecstatic and the entire audience sang the lyrics at the top of their lungs. It was very emotional. Jimmy and Paul Rodgers also debuted what was to become The Firm.
He had originally intended it to be instrumental only.
I was at that MSG show, I still have the ticket stub.
Was at this concert too, I swear the place shook when Page walked out on stage. Never heard an ovation like that before - or since.
I know this sounds crazy but I remember hearing different note at the end of the song, when they were playing after Jimmy’s solo, I could have sworn the notes where completely different, either this is a mandala effect or I have some false memories going on here
Edit: Nvm I found the other concert where he’s playing the exact same song with the exact same cloths but the ending notes are different ruclips.net/video/hAwqev7No1s/видео.html
Its like Slowhand n Beck joining mourning the lost of friend of a friend. Beautiful
You can forget the rest of comments about comparisons betwn all 3.
All Time Classic! Every serious guitarist needs to play it 🎸
Just to see these three greats together on stage is superlative! The three ex-Yardbirds - Clapton, Beck & Page!!! I saw the Princes Trust Concert in London (one of 2 gigs - the other being the A.R.M.S. gig) in late 1983 before the US Tour that followed.
I think Eric, being the kind of man he is, was looking at jimmie trying to figure out how to help his friend who was obviously loaded and hurting. He still sounded good tho.
Jimmy is a better guitarist than eric was watching to learn
You’re delusional
Эрик, смотрел и завидовал Пейджу , какое произведение музыки на века!
It's not a perfect performance, it's Hypnotic!
This version gives me chills because of the emotions he was feeling at that time
Especially the heroin
Chills them multiplying... and i'm losing the want to live with this shit performance , total crap . no wonder it took 8 months to make the song remains the same from prev known songs, ... abysmal effinf abyssal.. blaaaaggghhhh
no emotions, just heroin and overdose. Guitarists usually dont go on stage if they are overdosed. Lame page....
I didn't know that being under the influence was itself considered an 'emotion'. ; ]
@@billholt174 i mean when he's sober obviously that's why he's using drugs
If ever Master Guitiarist Jimmy Page made love to his 12-over-6 Double Guitar, this is it. 4 mins in drums. 6 mins in Clapton puts on his own, while Beck plays on equally great as always. But Page rules! On one of his best Melodies ever written! So young...so brilliant.
Seen this years ago but this has to be the best ever version of stairway to heaven on guitar
are you fucking kidding me? This is absolute dog shit. You can go into just about any bar in America or Britain this weekend and find a band who can pull this song off better than this.
The true definition of i don't have a preference: led zeppelin's song with or without vocal
May not have been his best performance. But to me it is very very powerful and makes my heart swell with joy.
I love the way he just went all-out rockstar without worrying about being perfect.
well said. Jimmy page was recommended by clapton as he was one of the best guitarists in London at the time, since then Page has influenced music all over the world and has written songs so beautifull they'd make even the toughest of men cry. Ego my arse, stairway to heaven is a legend in it self, deserves to be played by the writer himself.
At 4:38 Page slobbers on the guitar. So excellent.
Yeah, he does drool some spit, which shows how much his whole body and soul are in this performance. Also, he was high on heroin at the time.
@@ElenaAshe I think it was mostly the heroin lmao
@@ElenaAshe I m n
@@sebastiangamezgodoy3172 Yeah, I'm sure you know it all.
@@RadicalCaveman Jimmy told me actually so
ONE OFF THE MOST BEAUTIFUL SONG OFF THE ALL TIMES...
This is making me cry and I rarely cry😥😭😭😥😭😥😭 so beautiful....my 💓💕😭😭😭
All my love to Jimmy 💓💓💓❤❤❤
Marvellous, moving, men making music .Three guitar gods.Thanks.
beautiful version of one of the best songs I heard in my life, it only takes me to places that I will never travel but that are supernatural
Hands down the greatest rock song of all times
Agreed no matter the version!
We only have one time (1) and it's now, and everybody knows Freebird is the greatest rock song of all time!
I couldn't agree with you more. This is my favorite song of all time. This is definitely a song that I want played during my funeral Memorial service.
This is in a category of its own. God bless Jimmy Page the all time great!😎
To the casket and past it
You can really just see and hear his pain in this. Stairway was a perfect tribute to Bonham from the beginning; it’s just that it wasn’t realized until he was gone. You have to imagine how much sadness and pain is attached to the song after he lost his best friend. That’s definitely evident in his playing here.
Oh, so true are your words, Andrew. The great musicians have died (not so many now in 2019 like there were in the 70's -1995) but their music brings joy and appreciation to the generations who never listened to these greats. My children grew up listening to my music and the millennial music and just guess which they prefer === The Classic Rock, and Jazz fusion/Rock like "The Rippingtons, "Steely Dan". You cannot find any good modern music since the death of "Prince" and so many others. Makes me want to write music the it was meant to played.
Jimmy Page whispered to me in a dream back in 1971, when I was 14 years old; "You shall have no other gods, before me"
I can't get over how many negative comments are on this page. Easy to kick a man down with recently losing his dear friend and greatest drummer ever not to mention the disbanding of Zep' one of if not the greatest band ever. Plus battling a horrible addiction.
Yes this performance his hurtfully horrible, but he's a living legend and deserves tones of respect. In his prime years he mops the floor with these guys and they know it, especially Clapton.
Jimmy had a lot going on and not many could have done any better...
Bloody well said.
You/re right. No need to put down EC and JB, however
Um I love Jimmy. Let's not disparage Clapton here. Or Beck. Jimmy was more original and idiomatic, and he was definitely playing his heart to the crowd.
Maarten de Vries 3 living legends!
So many different paths this song takes us generations of history from the cool people :)
For crying out loud. This is part of our history. Just take it and be happy you got that. That was awesome. Kudo for all those freakin years!!!!!
RIP JEFF BECK. WHAT A GREAT TERRIBLE LOSS . YOU WILL BE REMEMBERED FOREVER. 🙏🏿🙏🏿🙏🏿❤️❤️❤️👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏
Clapton Beck and Page its the name of an LP i have, its treasured, its impossible to get the three gearest guitar talents on the stage at the same time, impossible, even today in Nov.2018 you can not find a better player than thd Great Jeff Beck , a complete one off.
I disagree.....SRV blows him off stage and makes him freeze.
Stevie Ray Vaughan was the best guitarist that ever lived. He was better than Hendrix, Clapton, Beck, Page, Van Halen....hell....EVERYBODY!
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240p, we meet again!
surprisingly this 8-bit version still sounds like it could blow up the world
This video makes me so sad. 83? Almost 3 years without his band, direction and life and living almost exclusively in "Henry Hall". He was tragic rock elegance at its finest at this moment, and i love him!
Jimmy Page is a god on the guitar one of the best ever he influenced so many guitar players
alan lescorbeau, that’ maybe true but it isn’t for this performance.
@@tiplady well, I mean, he's under the influence, so there's that.
Was a god on the guitar. The right verbal time is "was".
@@AlbertoJorgeSoares still is
This is a wonderful rendition. Anyone who does not like it does not know the story.
"this is a song of hope" as Robert said. I love Jimmy Page and the way he didn't let himself fall! Now he's 68 and rockin' like a GOD! Well, I love this man :)
In the seventies Led Zeppelin was otherworldly. I remember watching “ The Song Remains the Same” as a teen and being blown away. They were human. It was one moment in time. After Bonzo’s death psychologically how can these guys just bounce back. Nobody can. Page was great. But he’s human also. The music stands on its own. It’s just cool seeing these guys together on stage. Comrades since their teens they all made their mark. They are all icons. Just a moment in time.
all these clowns blasting and discrediting Jimmy page for "stealing" songs is insanity. Stairway was a classic minor key progression and spirit was hardly the first to use it. I suppose one should list the author if they actually cover their song, but Jimmy borrowed bits and ideas but changed them and reworked them to be originals. To discount the musical genius that was Led Zeppelin and their entire catalog because of a small handful of recycled licks and blues lines is just ignorant.
I gotta admit, in my opinion, stairway is certainly not even close to the best of led zeppelin's songs, but I agree in the fact that the people who are trying to discredit perhaps the greatest guitarist of all time are the same ones who can't make sense of the fact that some people are better at guitar than others.
WOW. This was awesome. Incredible.
My first concert EVER was Zep.
We don't have words to express how beautiful it is!
This is the charity concert for Ronnie Lane ms,This tour is what formed the Firm with Paul Rogers, Saw them at la forum... Thanks for posting
Everybody has their off days sometime or, the other. I think Jimmy does a good job on here. It's like someone says on here, Jimmy was better on his off days than some other guitarists were on their best days. Jimmy Page is no doubt one of the greatest rock and, blues guitarists of all-times and, his combo with the great versatile singer Robert Plant is like the combo in flamenco music of Paco De Lucia and, Camaron. I still love how Robert andf, Jimmy would answer each other musically. Robert would sing a phrase and Jimmy would answer him on the guitar. Zeppelin was one hell of a rock group. Again, Jimmy is usually rated top 5 in any greatest rock guitarists poll. Though you can't let yourself go by those, Page knows where he rates. Jimmy always looked like the great jazz guitarist Larry Coreyell[laugh]! Now that Jimmy's older he looks japanese[laugh]! Yah and, maybe he was high here but, is he the only one who's ever done that? He plays better high than some play sober[laugh]!
rating, degrading, often ignoring the blues bad ass axe players that came before and were the core of many songs, given credit to the rockers, I love Clapton and Mayall especially for bringing those originals back to stage and exposure, so much was stolen, is it about how fast, how felt or is it the deathless mare I ride myself across the pond, over the moon and low around the Bible Belt. My foray into blues originals and contemporaries has changed so many of my opinions, such as what about Gilmore, Tinsley Ellis, Theodis Ealy and damn Son Seals just gets the spirits into me... I don't have an order, and appreciate that as in baseball, a great pitcher, a great player is one who brings it even when not on their best day. Nobody lives in their best moment, nobody lives in their worst. All I do is appreciate, especially when all that hostile debate takes the fun out of it. Who is best, who lets us down, who is king, heavy is the head that wears the golden crown, so they walk on guilded splinters, and many like Mary Barre (Jethro Tull) go under the radar. I dunno, I love them all for whoever they are. What about Weird Al Yankovic, who sometimes surpasses who he is lampooning! It is a hoot TEDDYBEAR, enjoy and thank you for your thoughts here...
Page is a total embarrassment here. An epic failure of titanic proportions. A real friend would have ran on stage an unplugged him to save himself. Clapton most have wanted to just walk off. To put JP in the same league as Clapton is insult to Eric. One thing Page was good at was ripping off and stealing old Willie Dixon and other blues artists songs and claiming writing credits, that he was real good at!
I agree with most of what you said, but he should not have taken the stage in this condition, he had to know he wasn't going to sound good.
Waho Jimmy's signature style hasn't changed a lot. Brilliant upload.
only missing one more person and that would have been the greatest performance the world has ever seen!
RIP Jimi Hendrix
Could of played this upside down inside out 😊
rock's most mysterious guitar player
Well said. A mystery indeed.
@@saleconomos473 ritchie blackmore would be one to me also
Ishara Ganhewa buckethead 2
The mystery is why do so many people think he’s great when he hasn’t been able to play for over 45 years.
@@KevyNova lmao. O2 2007. Proved why he's regarded as one of the pioneers of rock history.
You guys should keep in mind that when Clapton tried to play in the throes of his addiction, he at various times collapsed on stage, nodded off, or produced shit like the rainbow concert. Cut Page some slack here, he's doing relatively ok under the circumstances.
Philip Woodbury ...this is one of the most unbeliavle comments I have ever read:
The only thing wrong with the "RAINBOW CONCERT" was the original mix.
When it was remixed on c.d.in '94, the full show, you can see it is a different story, man!! Eric's playing is great there! And never in his career, still drunk or stoned, he played as bad and stupidly as J.P.
The worst thing for me, if you are a guitarrist, is try to play more than your fingers CAN. The real masters think: "ok, I will play less notes tonight...but well played, with pulsation and clearness"...which is what really makes a guitar sound nice...but Jimmy thinks the contrary: "I have to do the full solo...because I can not improvise a different thing"...even if he runs over himself. This is what a 16 years old guitar player would do to impress his classroom.
(Sorry x my English...I am from far away)
And sorry to all Page's fans...I used to be one of them..
Even off his tree, Page is better than most guitarists out here.
The worst thing in cases like this, as with other performers, is the nature of the business. No one would tell these 'artists' that they were fucking up. Elvis was a prime example. Too much public expectation and greed drive things -- hence the age-old saying, "The show must go on!"
Philip Woodbury i dont know why i love this version so much... its messed ip but i dig it...
wtf - it sounds goddamn great....all ofem
This show was at Madison Square Garden in NYC on December 8, 1983. The Ronnie Lane ARMS charity concert. Rolling Stone Magazine called it the concert tour of the year.
put the three of them on stage today and Beck would blow them both to bits. Out of the three of them, Beck is the only one to have evolved as an artist over the last 20 years.
So true, but he probably sold the least records so people don't rate him so highly which is silly. Clapton has stayed the same, straight smooth blues. Page...the less said the better.
Quel bonheur d'écouter cette musique, un grand jimmy page !
Those fans who saw this concert were very lucky, I can only wish❤️
I love this old music. It brings tears to my eyes.
Was an amazing show i stood right in front of him at the cow palace right on the wall for the camera well. i got the tickets for twenty some odd dollars and thought that was alot of money at the time boy how times have changed
MAN YOU CAN'T GET THERE FROM HERE.........FANTASTIC
RIP Jeff ❤
You will live forever in my heart ❤
this is actually great for me, this is one of the few times i really felt the music and the performance of it. i wish it all was like that, isnt that what art is..?
Happy Birthday Jimmy!
Still listening 2019!
I get that Jimmy Page had a lot going on , what's amazing and most entertaining about this version is the way that Beck and Clapton
carry the end. They just let Jimmy be out there, the wonderfulness of the charity jams.
the pure passion from page is amazing, he was just feeling everything out, and even went into the heartbreaker solo at one point lol
One of the most embarrassing performances ever. Page played like a kid with 2 lessons. Clapton and Beck were mortified to be on stage for this mess.
If you want to call being in a heroin fog "pure passion", I guess that's your prerogative. Of course, you could just be using sarcasm here.
Power of drugs my friend...
i was there for one of the san francisco shows... page was even worse. he forgot to turn off a delay or something, and the first few minutes of the solo was just a jumbled mess. i had seen him play it a million times at the midnight showings of the song remains the same, and i couldn't believe how terrible it was.
however....
i also took into consideration that while, yes, he was obviously wasted, this was probably one of the fist times he'd played this song since the death of one of his best friends and the loss of his band just 3 years earlier. i can't even imagine how hard it must have been to have a friend and bandmate die in his house, and then lose the mighty led zeppelin because of it.
not sure i would have been able to do these gigs sober, either.
"Stairway to Heroin"
He will always be a GUITAR god!!
Hell yeah
He had a great 10 year run and then I think Satan messed up his meds
Clapton? Yes he will be always a god. Jimmy's more like a Cherub..
@@Professorkenneth jimmy blows Clapton outta the water
Yes until live at aid in 85
Three genius of guitar 🎸🎸🎸👏👏
Jimmy... ❤️❤️❤️
My all time favourite song, sooo beautiful. Thank You for You LED ZEPPELIN 🎼🎶🎵🎸♥️💋
I can hear page in this. Not just his guitar.
it is the best of the rest,take me back to those beautifull times of peace,love,joy.god bless my buddys that can play like that and give me joy
Kimberly Cremeans amen sister
Amen too 😎
@mi channnal has nothing to do with the music
@mi channnal what came 1st the chicken or the egg?
The looks on the faces of Clapton and Beck say it all... they're like what the.......?????
Jimmy's the highest guy on that stage at that time!
Love an artist who can feel what they are giving us!
Jim Moore yes
he may have been pissed out of his mind but that guitar work is an absolute piece of art
Man, the 70s were some heavy times for sure. After the decade of the Beatles, shit just exploded. This music moved a generation and still does.
Jimmy Page - the greatest guitarist of all time
and this is a bit of the proof
I believe Page hadn't picked up the guitar for a couple years prior to this show. These were his lowest years, heroin addiction, plus it was a couple years after bonhams death and the zeppelin breakup.
His worst performance was when phil collins joined them on stage...i could have done better(and i love page)
True, Clapton had encouraged page come play ,. He was down depressed
Jimmy just the best !!!..........
Led zep
The real deal !!
His double neck guitar said to be priceless !!.
Ya the H is a HELL of a thing.........
But he cleaned up and survived and doing very well ...lmao
Go Jimmy go !
Joe..
❤ Absolutely love it.Just stunning 👾🐕
Amazing talent on that stage!
That was EPiC and RAW! Love it
Note to self: don't watch this after binging Led Zeppelin concerts, it almost hurts to notice Bonzo's absence
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I've got to see page play a few times over the years. they were times he was off. then there's times he was killing it. still better than most guitar players out there.
Jimmie was doin' a little "exploring& experimenting" on that one. Cool!
Jimmy...I'm waiting to see YOU tour again. Don't waste your legendary talent.
Don’t waste your legendary talent? hasn’t he been playing guitar his whole fucking life. Let the man do what he wants
He can retire all he wants. Who are you to say waste
after this he was like this was so epic in his head... just like I think when I play in my room
heh heh
I remember as a kid I slow danced to this song. It was a time when such music was felt and understood.
Glad the drummer (Simon Phillips possibly?) new what he was doing because I would have had a hard time following the Master.
I was at this concert. Jimmy was aaammmmmaaazingggg
I like how the whole song is so awesome.
EC and Beck ' can we play with your ball please Jimmy ? '
God bless youtube again , I say . And the uploader too of course . Brilliant thanks
I think he does fine.. Why is everybody putting him down??? Cyndy in Alabama
B.B. Norman are you kidding me? That was awful
Because he sucks
Do better lads,then you can speak
From Brazil. Bautifull!!!!!!
Finland.😊
Rip pops, maybe in the next life we can play again.
This is always a joy to hear and to play along on my guitars. I was switching back from 6 to 12 string acoustics thinking, I totally get the need for the double neck lol.