My father always said, "No talking when Led Zeppelin is playing". Also, it doesn't matter how many times you listen to "Stairway to Heaven" it's like listening for the first time.
I saw them live in 1973. Atlanta stadium. We were on the field. They were the worst band I have ever heard. Not one song even slightly sounded like their albums. Then there was a back-and-forth pushing and people getting crushed. I finally was pulled out and lay down in a tiny space, just looking at the sky and trying to breathe. Just at that moment, they started playing Stairway to Heaven and I just looked at the sky and said, "Oh my God, I've died and gone to HELL. More than half the entire stadium left after that. Then my friends and I got robbed in our car by a man with a real gun. @@cubanstallion1
I'm so glad you listened to the studio version. IMO, this should be the first version a person hears. Live performances tend to be geared more for fans who are super familiar with the recordings. The ending solo is so good on the recording. One of the best ever. BTW, it's great that Brad can now listen to the music and not be caught up in lyrics. :)
Well, in this case, the live version they reacted to is pretty amazing, so for me both are equally impressive in different ways, but yeah, at least with this one Brad wasn't distracted by what's going on in Plant's pants ;)
live is sometimes a good performances LZ certainly have that cvovered. But rarely a good version of the song. Some stay close to the Album version mostly. Like Queen. But LZ songs sound very different live. And "different" from perfection means likely worse.
unless you saw them live in 1973 at the packed Atlanta Stadium. Everyone left. They were HORRIBLE!! For me, it was more like it created my 18-year-old childhood trauma.
You know, I'm not sure I ever saw your original reaction to this, but I'm grateful that you're doing the SUPERIOR ORIGINAL ALBUM version, unlike everyone else who is fixated on the live one, which to me is a bit overrated. EDIT: No WONDER, the first time you guys reacted to this it WAS the live version! That explains your newfound appreciation for it here, especially Brad's. Much of the magic of this original version is lost in the live one, and I maintain that for first time listeners to ANY band or song, ALWAYS hear the original version first, because that's the first version WE ALL heard way back when, too! Or at least most of us did. Great job you guys!
From going from Whole Lotta Love to Stairway to Heaven by this group just blew me away back in the day. I am now 69 and consider this one THE greatest songs of Rock and Roll!
Gilmore from pink Floyd said the thing that blew him away about led zeppelin was their ability to go from speeding juggernaut to delicate dragonfly in the blink of an eye
Lex's reactions are often PRICELESS! When she loves some song, there's no need for her to say anything. The look on her face and the joy in her heart is all we need.
I don't care how clichéd it sounds. This is THE BEST SONG EVER WRITTEN. Period. It defies explanation, and I don't know how to describe what this song does to a person. It's not even my favorite Zeppelin song, but there just is no denying that it is their magnum opus, and 1000% deserves all of the acclaim it gets.
@@grogueQ I just feel like their studio and live are so different, that the studio version should be experienced first, so even if you like a given live version better, having heard the studio version may make you appreciate the live version even more. 👍
@@mr.knowitall6440 I agree in 99% of all cases. But in 1% of cases, No Quarter being one of them, I believe the live version is more accessible to the new listener. I think if someone listens to No Quarter off the album they would never go listen to the live version. Most reactors aren't going to listen to both versions of the song, a lot of reactors never go back and listen to the version they just reacted to a second time, even if they loved it. Another example is Elton John's live version of Candle in the Wind. There's no need to go back and listen to the studio version, the live version is far superior. I think basically the reactor should listen to the version that the majority of their commenters are suggesting. I like how some reactors will listen to the studio and the live version in the same video, and in this case you're right they should always listen to the studio version first.
@@grogueQ But in the case of Zeppelin, the studio version is often very different than the live version, because their studio arrangements are so complex. So hearing both versions should basically be mandatory for anyone wanting the true Zep experience...
@@elwray3506 As they sign said in “Wayne’s World”: ACCESS DENIED! Yeah, I usually switch the station or leave the room once this tune comes on, but made a rare exception to see Brad’s reaction this time. He finally got it now that Plant’s bulge is outta his face! Can’t say I’m surprised a bit! 😂
@@movietimeateds69 Ha, it´s a really good song, alright. However, it´s well known, that this song is so popular among aspiring guitareros, that particularily guitar shop staff can´t hear it anymore. Another good example would be "Smoke on the Water". Expect things to get thrown at you, if you dare play one of these at a guitar store.
So glad you chose to go back and listen to the album version!!! Edit: Obviously if I remember correctly I was part of what sounds like a traumatic experience the first go around on this song. Sorry for bringing negativity and thank you for allowing us the opportunity to relive the first time listening to again vicariously through you. So sweet how now Lex wants to know about the lyrics and Brad you were just enjoying the music. Now that I have a 13-year old daughter I realize how personal music is for all of us and there is so much more than just the music that makes the memories so powerful. Brad your analogy of getting the different perspective was bang on too. Love you guys. Appreciate all the smiles along the way.
Yes I also remember being upset when they listened to the live version of this. I probably left some snide comment, lol. I am always upset when any reactor listens to bad advice and goes for a listen to the live version of this instead of going to this first, the definitive version of the song, the studio album cut.
@@mikell5087 Yes, It's great to actually see the people perform the song but I think they should always listen to the studio recorded version first & then check out a live version. Some artists sound almost identical either way.
This could quite possibly be "The Greatest" Rock n Roll song of all time! This is the 1st time I have ever seen Brad seem to be mesmerised ...he seemed to be in a trance...THATS what music should do....
Led Zeppelin IV is one of the top 10 albums in rock history: 1. "Black Dog" 2. "Rock And Roll" 3. "The Battle Od Evermore" 4. "Stairway To Heaven" 5. "Misty Mountain Hop" 6. "Four Sticks 7. " Going To California " 8. "When The Levee Breaks".
Right on Batman! Many people will disagree with me but I have to say Physical Graffiti is Zeppelin's greatest album, it's just filled with ass kicking songs. In my time of dying and 10 years gone ,not to mention every other song on that double album is just too much to overcome, even Zep 4 falls a little short in my opinion.
The most requested song on FM radio during the 70's and for some time after, though never being commercially released as a single & topped the Guitar World reader's poll for greatest guitar solo. Iconic doesn't begin to describe! Brad getting over the trauma and coming around; love it, lol! :)
I find it a sick joke that recently I love rock and roll was voted greatest rock song ever. For decades every labor day the rock stations in NY would play the top 500 songs of all time and every single year without fail stairway to heaven would be number one. Freebird, hotel California, Layla, baba O'Riley, hey Jude would all be up there but it was always stairway as the winner. I know today people know nothing about music ,especially the younger generation but how they can vote that mediocre crap by Joan jett as the greatest rock and roll song ever made is beyond comprehension!! It's not even in the top 1000 never mind number one!
@@Mwoods2272 That’s what I heard was the case with Grand Funk “I’m Your Captain/Closer To Home” as it was long enough for a DJ to be able to take a really hefty dump if they needed to, or stroll out to the parking lot and smoke a bowl real quick.
@@edwardcapobianco2975 I agree, Dude.. but consider the source.. was it Rolling Stone magazine? Look at how they’ve devolved over the years, what a junk rag of corporate asskissers! Whoever “voted” for this is has no business even having a voice in the matter, as it appears to have been pushed for political purposes more than anything else. Just brace yourself for even more ridiculous BS like this in the coming years, as they try to completely ERASE the “classic” rock era altogether just like they tried for years to pretend Jazz never happened. We’re really on a collision course with becoming exactly like the pissed off old jazz guys, and with every year I identify with them more and more.
@@CANDOKNOWHOW absolutely correct bro. R.S. mag were twats they hated Led Zep and never gave them credit for a damn thing!!! This whole new communist, fudge packing ways of doing things is pathetic. Everyone gets a trophy? You get elected because you're a female , colored or gay??or all 3? Since when are those pertinent skills that should get a person elected or a job??? I have nothing against giving a woman top spot if it's deserved! I will say the Wilson sisters from heart, their version of stairway to heaven complete with the choir was absolutely incredible the best cover version hands down I've ever seen of any led Zeppelin song!!! I had goosebumps I was absolutely entranced ,enthralled and just blown away!!! This whole bunch of b******* about awarding people based on their sex or color is just a joke. Regardless of any of that, it's the cream that always rises to the top and that's how it should always be. One thing I can say I'm really happy to see these reaction channels when you get the Young , black couples reacting to rock and roll and the great music of the '60s and '70s. It's funny because the reactions they give are the same reactions I had 40 and 50 years ago about those very same tunes!!! It doesn't matter that the music may be old, it doesn't matter that it was done 50,60 years ago all that matters is the fact that it's absolute magic, absolute quality, a great mixture of some of the most diverse music and quality music ever made. Back in the late 60s through mid 70s , I had a transistor radio and used to stay up late at night listening to it with my earbud and hiding the wire with my long hair because I would get yelled at by my parents for staying up late. The quality, the variety, the lyrical content ,the vocal content and the musicianship of most of that music,even on the top 40 stations was phenomenal. In a matter of an hour you could hear The rolling Stones Frank Sinatra ,Elvis,Elton John, Crosby stills and Nash, Al Green, various Motown groups and so much more. You didn't need to go to the black channel to hear this or the white channel to hear that you got it all in the top 40. And if you wanted deep tracks and More album oriented stuff you would go to FM radio. My point is , when it comes to quality musicianship, deep meaningful lyrics, fantastic harmonies, diverse musical acts, unique sounding bands who sound like no one else, the mid 50s through the very early 80s brought you all of that. It was the best 25-30 years of music, E V E R!!!. Once MTV came out that was the beginning of the end. Music became something based on a visual aspect more so than a musical aspect once MTV started. You had synthesize a pop garbage, candy-assed hair bands and then the worst s*** of all rap music and that was basically the beginning of the end for rock and roll as far as being prominent in top 40 music. You did have some pockets of some good bands over the years. Guns and roses, Lenny Kravitz, Coldplay, Joe bonamassa, Chris Stapleton,Sheryl Crow and The Black Crows to name a few but it doesn't dominate the airwaves like it did in the 60s and 70s!!! It's a whole new world out there where the public wholesale are being forced fed some of the worst music under the sun. It's so great to see Brad and Lexi digging the real stuff, the good stuff, the best stuff. And that's just not an opinion that is a musical fact!!!
You know what I love about you two? Brad is always the one looking serious and he's analyzing everything. The sound, the lyrics and how its put together, and then decides if he likes it. Lex just lets go and sways and moves and gets into it. She FEELS it. That's not to say that one method is better than the other because most of the time you come to the same conclusion. Just saying that you guys compliment each other beautifully. I think if I ever saw a reaction where Brad just let go and FELT the music and swayed and played the air guitar and air drums I'd probably have a heart attack...lol
Analyzing the lyrics is definitely a 'wrong' way for this one. Plant himself admitted a lot of the lyrics are just whatever rhymed + sounded deep on the surface.
40 years ago I was playing this song in my room and my Grandmother who was visiting at the time walked in and said "Oh I like this song. I've heard it before. Who is this??" To which I replied: "A band called Led Zeppelin. I'm getting ready to play the song backwards on my record player (I had the Zep IV album) to hear the satanic messages. Wanna hear it??" --Her response: "Oh I don't think so. I don't think I like them." lol..
I originally thought you were doing yourself an injustice listening to the live version. Always listen to the studio version first my friends. Love you two.
I have the LA bootleg,rated one of thier best shows,when Robert goes" where COOKING",you know your in for a good time,the version on that show is FIRE,in fact the whole band is firing on all cylinders,not like that crap Song Remains the Same.
Same, unquestionably. All the reactors were doing the live version so I assumed there was a blocking issue going on, which was a horrible shame...the studio version is the way it was intended to be heard, and, is simply golden. One of the best songs ever recorded.
@@terryspak5763 I agree. In fact, Led Zeppelin is 1 group that I don't ever think I liked their live version over their studio one. On the other hand, if you're talking about The Allman Brothers, if there is a live version, I generally prefer it over the studio version (i.e. in order, Live at Fillmore East, Eat A Peach, Brother and Sisters, etc.).
@@StevesFunhouse If you want to here a track you might like more live by Led Zep, try this: ruclips.net/video/5UVcsClSzs4/видео.html Hope you like it! :)
@@StevesFunhouse HELL YEAH, Steve! Allman Brothers always better live, and preferably with the Sky Dog when possible. Also, the same is true for The Grateful Dead, as any true Head knows was always better Live, cause they feed off the audience and hated the studio anyways. Their magic was always Live.
You hit it right on the head, Lexie, it's poetry. Don't get too hung up on the meaning. Just listen and if it gets to you, then it's done its job . It's so much fun watching your reactions, how excited you get . Beautiful. Zeppelin are poets. BTW, that "flute" you heard is being done with the keyboard .
Listened to this for 40 years. Bought a sunburst Gibson Les Paul in 1984 because of this song. Learned the solo last year, took me 37 years. Can’t be believe why it took me so long, the piper eventually led me to reason.
When I listen to the studio version it's as though I'm taken on a journey, a quest, to the greatest song/story ever told. It's the simplicity of the music, the progression and transition as the story unfolds. With each lyric you get more, with each strum of the guitar...beauty breathes and lives. Each transition brings more meaningful guitar playing until the drums come in (and yet another transition) that heralds the arrival of syncopation . It is deliberate and glorious in it's movement. It takes a trotting stallion forward into full gallop as the guitar blares and gleefully wails it's freedom of expression artistry battle-cry "and as we wind on down the road...our shadows taller than our souls" we are delivered free of all earthly bounds. This Rock n Roll masterpiece, Stairway to Heaven and Led Zeppelin IV gives me something that few songs/albums can ever promise or deliver.
I don't know a song that more dramatically starts out very soft and gentle and builds so patiently to the part where the drums start then by the end it's rock n roll turned up to 10 with an iconic guitar solo. In my opinion it's the greatest rock song of all. #1. Unbeatable.
This brings me back when my dad used to play this on his acoustic guitar. He’s long gone now. Thank you for giving me that memory when he’d just play the guitar in the living room. Thank you!
Stairway is still my all time favorite song. The beautiful acoustic start, the build up, the explosive finish, and thought provoking lyrics. In my mind, its a simple message. Life is about choices. Whether you're the Queen of England or just a struggling everyday person, your choices in life matter. Some choices lead you to self destruct, others not so.
Ann and Nancy Wilson of Heart did a great job covering this song in the 2012 Kennedy Center Honors with the living members of Led Zeppelin in the audience and the son of the late drummer on stage. It is also an epic performance of this masterpiece.
Im in my 70's though still younger than the artists here. But old enough to have been a Yardbirds fan when Page was with them early in the British invasion sparked by a group named, The Beatles, I think. The Kennedy Center version by Heart with incredible ensemble is the #1 tribute performance I have ever seen. Aside from what my ears told me, the cameras on the audience during said all that needs to be said. All in attendance clearly realized they had been transported for a brief time to a heavenly plateau unattainable for most of us.
I fondly remember being first introduced to Zeppelin with this song and it prompted me to go out to buy the Led Zeppelin IV cassette. A few years after, I started attending teen dances in Junior High. The last song that they always playing was Stairway To Heaven, as the "slow song" to slow dance with a girl. Good memories. Great reaction, Brad & Lex!
I was at a house party in 1970 when I first heard this song. I was blown away ! I pissed off some people that day as I must've played this song a dozen times in a row. There were so many awesome songs on that album but Stairway to Heaven just electrified me. From the smooth beginning, then building up to the most spectacular crescendo ever. Yes, I was a teenage Zep head. Lol !
@@stevenrenton1679 , that was an F up on me. Yeah, the memory is definitely fuzzy. It was sometime during the fall of 1971. I've definitely killed some brain cells throughout the years
The layers of music, meaning and emotions are brilliantly crafted in this song. All 4 guys contribute their unique and powerful instruments that create a sonic dream come alive in our hearts and stays for a life time nestled in our spirits.
I like these revisits to songs. I haven’t seen other reactors doing this. More normal progression to music, rather than speed-running through catalogs and playlists.
One of the reasons we all love this channel is watching Lex react like a gleeful little girl. Even though they are completely different genres of music I put Stairway to Heaven in the trilogy of the three greatest Rock songs of all time. The other two being Queen’s Bohemian Rhapsody and the Eagles’ Hotel California. The three all contain incredible lyrics that can spark hours of debate as to their meaning. They all build up to a crescendo of some of the greatest rock guitar of all time. Of course there are other masterpieces out there but for me, those three are the best of the best.
When I was still little, my father once sat me down on the couch, he pointed his finger at me and said „I will now show you a song. You will stay put on that couch and you will listen to this whole song. This is good music.“ Then he pulled out his Led Zeppelin LP and played stairway to heaven. He turned up the volume and then left the room. I really enjoyed the song and I never stopped loving Led Zeppelin since. I really appreciate what my dad did on that day, it was like he gave me a present.
...when the band members of Zeppelin released this song unto the radio airwaves in the early 70s, I'm sure that they were thinking: "wait until everyone hears THIS one ...." So good. So magical....
If there's a bustle in your hedgerow don't be alarmed now. Rob was writing the lyrics as Pagey played. Jimmy said, "What does that mean?" Rob said, "Let them think about it..."
Just love you guys! Thanks so much for seeing the importance of revisiting some of these all-time classics and being able to hearing them again, for the first time. You are guys fantastic. Lex ... you cannot deny it or hide it, you are a rocker-girl born later than others! Keep em coming guys. I appreciate you both.
I sometimes find the songs that end up as my favorites are ones I didn't quite get the first time around. Sometimes I've thought a song was bland until the 2nd, 3rd or 4th listen when it really clicks for me how cool it actually is.
I did a song analysis of this in high school: it’s about the character Galadriel in Lord of the Rings and the decisions that she made “leading to her buying a stairway to heaven”. For her participation/decision to leave the undying lands to support Middle Earth in the fight against Sauron, she and other elven forces were denied return until…she proved herself by passing on the offer of the One Ring from Frodo during The Fellowship of the Ring journey.
Sorry but wrong book. Robert Plant has spoken many times about the book "Magic Arts in Celtic Britain" by Lewis Spence as being his inspiration for Stairway. "Ramble On" was the song with the most Tolkien refferences, there are a couple of others but not "Stairway to Heaven"
@@alexharbison4411 "The piper" calling you to join him is Lucifer "the light bearer" in Crowlyism and dark magik occultism. Ezekiel 28 says pipes were built into Lucifer's vesture/covering in heaven. "The piper's calling you to join him" "There are 2 paths you can go on" "And it's whispered that soon If we all call the tune Then the piper will lead us to reason And a new day will dawn" "You head is humming and it won't go in case you don't know, the pipers calling you to join him." "And it makes me wonder.........." Recall the line from sympathy for the devil, "what's puzzling you Is the nature of my game" "Mystery" Babylon......."And I saw the woman and I wondered with great admiration" Revelation 17:5-6 The "May Queen" and several other references are from a poem Aleister Crowley wrote.
@@alexharbison4411 stairway to heaven: "There's a feeling I get When I look to the west And my spirit is crying for leaving" This part sounds very Lord of the ringsy.
@@ExperienceEric I always thought it was about a chick buying coke and getting high and the two paths are off drugs or death. Maybe I'm way off here :)
The studio version, in MOST cases, is what should be reacted to. So glad you chose the studio version. I've nearly cried just wishing yall had reacted to studio versions of songs in the past.
Even though it's been played millions of times on thousands of stations over the last 50 years, i love the studio version of this...a beautiful, timeless rock classic
Nice! Glad you listened to the studio version! Stairway to Heaven can't be replicated live. Live versions are great, but the sudio version is a masterpiece.
I love watching you guys enjoying the music from my teenage years! I almost cried tears of joy seeing your love of this masterpiece! I never appreciated this music enough as a young person so I love seeing you kids appreciate it!!! Thanks so much for this!!!
The song is about materialism, viewed through the eyes of this young woman. But the narrator sees the destructive nature of the materialistic west, which he yearns “to leave”. They come across the same woman towards the end of the song who still has the desire for materialism, although it seems the person narrating has finally found a deeper meaning to life
@@mikell5087 everything is open to interpretation Michael. If you don’t have one though, then that’s fine also. To me “to be a rock, and not to roll” can be interpreted differently to just being about “rock and roll” lol
I first heard this in the summer of 1969 and it is still as great as ever. Now, its totally awesome that young people are loving it as much as we did growing up. Thanks you for sharing this.
Always amazes me... the most famous song from a band featuring arguably the world's best drummer, and he doesn't come in for nearly three minutes! A superb song. And people have literally written university theses on what the lyrics mean. Just absorb them and find your own meaning.
To put things in context, this song was always considered the number 1 rock song of all time. The GOAT of rock songs. At least in my day it probably still holds that title today. You will find Queen-Bohemian Rhaposdy and Lynyrd Skynyrd - Freebird up there as well rounding up the top 3.
For much of the 1970's, the "battle" between Stairway to Heaven, Freebird, and Layla raged as to which was the most epic rock song of all time. Wherever you fall on the answer, there is no question that Stairway (and Freebird, and Layla) are at the very top of the list for greatest rock songs of all time, and Zep, Skynryd, and Clapton are all rock gods. Stairway is epically brilliant.
Greatest of their time and era...but there are many ,many great artists who don't get any airtime nowadays and plenty of great rockers and metal guys in the 90s and now who are brilliant.
I enjoyed this so much...I was surprised and happy to hear Brad's reaction...Lex I love watching your reactions and especially this one... Although I am a huge Beatles fan this particular song is my forever favorite...and my grandchildren (15, 14 and 9) love Led Zeppelin and especially this song...Brad's right when he said this song is healing in some type of way...I have always felt that way too every time I listen to it...🤲
Considered by many to be the best rock song ever written. The guitar solo was voted the best ever in Guitar Player magazine back in the day. I know it took me decades to get over my being totally enamored of this song. Heart did a version of this at the Kennedy Center Honors when LZ was inductedf that is a must watch. It got a standing ovation, including from the surviving members of LZ. The vid is on YT.
“How could you not like this song?” 😆 I doubt you’ll read this, but I remember way back when you first watched the live version. I was sitting in my car in the parking lot of a Pot Belly’s eating my food and waiting to drive until after watching. I was so pissed that you went for the live version and (Brad) didn’t get/like it but had hope you might revisit the sing at some future point. So glad you did!! 💙
Delightful reaction. I love how Lex is so completely in sync with the music. I've made this comment before, that I think you really would make a fantastic musician.
Totally correct, you can be listening to a song without listening, it's all about the headspace your in and what stress your under. Glad you returned to it.
Wow I misssssed this song. I play on repeat this and others LZ hits in my early years listening classic rock (2017). Now I'm more a big fan of The doors and early Pink Floyd. No matter how popular this song, the intro is always give my chills. And the guitar solo?? This was the first guitar solo I love in music.
I have listened to this song so very many times since it's release...And I still don't know what it means, but I do know I like it. A lot! Thanks again, you beautiful people!
I would agree, as to the exceptions the one that leaps to mind is Foghat's "I just wanna make love to you", seems like the live version is far better than the studio.
You brought up a good point about the difference between the live version and the studio version. This is some times a reason to see or hear the different versions to appreciate the preformance of the band and how they play the songs. This is also a way to experience the band or singer to listen to see and hear if they are really good or it’s just studio tricks to make the music sound good. This also is a good way to experience songs that maybe good studio songs but maybe even better live because the band or singer is good or better in person.
Brad, this is the reason I always urge first time listeners of ANY song to listen to the studio version first. The vast majority of live versions are inferior, and in many cases, vastly inferior to the studio versions.
Studio versions are more tightly structured, the sound balance exactly suits the music and the lyrics are much clearer. A live version is much looser, even a bit disorganised in that the players can improvise and extend the song, the sound and the experience is more important, so the two are completely different. Both the refined and the raw have their place, although I would tend to agree that it is better to go to the studio version first and then appreciate how that is interpreted differently live.
This song always congers up an image of a babbling brook and all the subtlety of the sound of gently flowing water that approaches the rapids, gaining momentum, finally going over the falls & ending in a tranquil pool below.
Brad, "No idea, I was listening to the sound." - Love that. For me, that was how I always approached Zeppelin. Jimmy Page!! Love Jimmy Page and how he would orchestrate a soundscape with Bonham & Jones. Plants vocals, to me, were a part of the sound, but for years I didn't know all the lyrics. It was the vibe, feel, mystery and energy of the music. Lex, I know how you feel. Decades later, this song still moves me. *Now, unrelated note... you gotta' stop reacting to live versions first. Doing yourselves a disservice. Studio first (as the vast majority of us did) - then live! Zeppelin live is timeless virtuosity, but you need that studio version foundation first. And... who cares what they're wearing (I saw your 1st Stairway reaction, yup pants are tight, but focus on the music, not the attire). Stairway live at MSG '73 is brilliance... sounds pretty damn good too. ;)
I played this in my bedroom when I was a young teen. My mom was really into music and loved older and big band music. After hearing this she was a Zeppelin fan until she passed. Mom was a cool person. Love and miss you, mom. Thanks for everything.
The way I remember, when it came to everyone's opinion about Led Zeppelin back in the 70's man, all I ever heard was "I wish Led Zeppelin was better in concert, I love their music but, they just suck in concert." It seemed like the only reason why people would go to their concerts was just so they could say they did it. Too bad you had to experience that live version man, I know exactly how you felt, you needed to hear this version! They're still part of the greatest era in rock history, the 70's, ya can't change that! Thanks for this reaction, it was awesome!
Considered by not a small number of persons to be "the greatest song in the world." Are they right? ...well, it's definitely up there. Edit: Part of what makes the song so great is the incredible build up that just has you busting out (like Lex was) at the end. Not sure any other song can touch it in that department. Really glad you finally got to hear the album version.
Keep in mind B&L - many of the people watching your videos are people that grew up on this music. I am a regular married white dude in Northern California - I am 69 yers old. Seeing people react to OUR music is wonderful - especially when you appreciate it as much as you do!! Thanks!
My father always said, "No talking when Led Zeppelin is playing".
Also, it doesn't matter how many times you listen to "Stairway to Heaven" it's like listening for the first time.
Your dad was 100% correct
Shhh!
Your dad is a very wise man...✌️
he probably didn't have to worry about the song being blocked..
Nice one, dad.
High fives for doing the studio version, many reactors do the live version...this version is gold.
I like it way more
damn straight. good on you, sir.
I agree
@@cubanstallion1unless we're talking Grateful Dead, I agree. Live Dead is sublime
I saw them live in 1973. Atlanta stadium. We were on the field. They were the worst band I have ever heard. Not one song even slightly sounded like their albums. Then there was a back-and-forth pushing and people getting crushed. I finally was pulled out and lay down in a tiny space, just looking at the sky and trying to breathe. Just at that moment, they started playing Stairway to Heaven and I just looked at the sky and said, "Oh my God, I've died and gone to HELL. More than half the entire stadium left after that. Then my friends and I got robbed in our car by a man with a real gun. @@cubanstallion1
I'm so glad you listened to the studio version. IMO, this should be the first version a person hears. Live performances tend to be geared more for fans who are super familiar with the recordings.
The ending solo is so good on the recording. One of the best ever. BTW, it's great that Brad can now listen to the music and not be caught up in lyrics. :)
Well, in this case, the live version they reacted to is pretty amazing, so for me both are equally impressive in different ways, but yeah, at least with this one Brad wasn't distracted by what's going on in Plant's pants ;)
How many thumbs up can I give you for your comment? Only one, but I'd like to give more! I was about to make a similar comment.
Yeah, the live versions usually suck; this particular song is no exception.
Agreed. Should always listen to the studio version first. Then the live. More impact and lays foundations.
live is sometimes a good performances LZ certainly have that cvovered. But rarely a good version of the song.
Some stay close to the Album version mostly. Like Queen.
But LZ songs sound very different live. And "different" from perfection means likely worse.
"Listening to this song is like healing childhood trauma." Quote of the week!
Childhood trauma
@@jlr108 Completely missed that! TY
yes it truly takes out the penetrating meat and cigarettes out of a victims butt.
truly healing
sending healing led zeppelin vibes :)
Right on. 🔥
unless you saw them live in 1973 at the packed Atlanta Stadium. Everyone left. They were HORRIBLE!! For me, it was more like it created my 18-year-old childhood trauma.
You know, I'm not sure I ever saw your original reaction to this, but I'm grateful that you're doing the SUPERIOR ORIGINAL ALBUM version, unlike everyone else who is fixated on the live one, which to me is a bit overrated. EDIT: No WONDER, the first time you guys reacted to this it WAS the live version! That explains your newfound appreciation for it here, especially Brad's. Much of the magic of this original version is lost in the live one, and I maintain that for first time listeners to ANY band or song, ALWAYS hear the original version first, because that's the first version WE ALL heard way back when, too! Or at least most of us did. Great job you guys!
I agree.
Agreed. With most modern music the live version is better in the context of knowing the studio version beforehand, just my opinion.
Haha...I always yell at my phone when they play the live version first..✌️
Always official version unless its Pink Floyd (after and including DSOTM) and Rush. Those two are better in concert.
@@dennish3032 or iron maiden
I love how Lex is just grinning away the entire time. She looks so happy. It's glorious.
Came to comment the same. ❤ 😊 beautiful 👀
Pure souls resonate imo
And it’s such a beautiful smile!
50 years later it still brings tears to my eyes.
I was 19 in 1972 and stationed in Vietam and Korea during the war. It's amazing how music can bring memories.
Thank you for your service brother!
Thank you for your service sir!
Glad you got back safe Mr Pepper. Regards from London
THANK YOU !!! RESPECT xxxxxx
I was in Iraq and Afghanistan and very true...Certain albums I listened to while there bring me right back.
From going from Whole Lotta Love to Stairway to Heaven by this group just blew me away back in the day. I am now 69 and consider this one THE greatest songs of Rock and Roll!
Gilmore from pink Floyd said the thing that blew him away about led zeppelin was their ability to go from speeding juggernaut to delicate dragonfly in the blink of an eye
I love Lex's reaction when she is feeling it!🔥🔥👍
Lex's reactions are often PRICELESS! When she loves some song, there's no need for her to say anything. The look on her face and the joy in her heart is all we need.
I don't care how clichéd it sounds. This is THE BEST SONG EVER WRITTEN. Period. It defies explanation, and I don't know how to describe what this song does to a person. It's not even my favorite Zeppelin song, but there just is no denying that it is their magnum opus, and 1000% deserves all of the acclaim it gets.
Right in ninja Tony!!!
You could say it's their Swan Song.
500 years from now, Stairway to Heaven will be known as the greatest rock song of our time.
Disagree... It will be the most popular song, perhaps. It's not even Zeppelin's best song. The best rock song ever is "Like A Rolling Stone"/
See you in 2112. Time will tell...
@@MrRezRising , I love 2112, seeing Rush was on my bucket list and I was fortunate to catch their final tour.
Rock is dead, so you may not be found any more wrong than you are now.
"Saturday Night", by The Bay City Rollers.
This track is the ultimate anthem of classic rock.
Easily the most requested song of ALL-TIME
@@danreed5171 What about Free Bird?
@@Henry8VIII8 ooh ooh that smell is better
The studio version of almost any Led Zeppelin song should always be the first one you listen to... 🤘😎
Nothing from the 80s Can top this 70s Giant ,,
I agree. The only live version of any Zep song that's better than the studio is No Quarter. My opinion, of course.
@@grogueQ
I just feel like their studio and live are so different, that the studio version should be experienced first, so even if you like a given live version better, having heard the studio version may make you appreciate the live version even more. 👍
@@mr.knowitall6440 I agree in 99% of all cases. But in 1% of cases, No Quarter being one of them, I believe the live version is more accessible to the new listener. I think if someone listens to No Quarter off the album they would never go listen to the live version. Most reactors aren't going to listen to both versions of the song, a lot of reactors never go back and listen to the version they just reacted to a second time, even if they loved it. Another example is Elton John's live version of Candle in the Wind. There's no need to go back and listen to the studio version, the live version is far superior. I think basically the reactor should listen to the version that the majority of their commenters are suggesting. I like how some reactors will listen to the studio and the live version in the same video, and in this case you're right they should always listen to the studio version first.
@@grogueQ
But in the case of Zeppelin, the studio version is often very different than the live version, because their studio arrangements are so complex. So hearing both versions should basically be mandatory for anyone wanting the true Zep experience...
Never get tired of hearing this masterpiece.
You clearly don´t work at a guitar shop.
@@elwray3506 hahaha my first thought!
@@elwray3506 As they sign said in “Wayne’s World”: ACCESS DENIED!
Yeah, I usually switch the station or leave the room once this tune comes on, but made a rare exception to see Brad’s reaction this time.
He finally got it now that Plant’s bulge is outta his face! Can’t say I’m surprised a bit! 😂
@@elwray3506 no stairway!? DENIED!
@@movietimeateds69 Ha, it´s a really good song, alright. However, it´s well known, that this song is so popular among aspiring guitareros, that particularily guitar shop staff can´t hear it anymore. Another good example would be "Smoke on the Water". Expect things to get thrown at you, if you dare play one of these at a guitar store.
So glad you chose to go back and listen to the album version!!!
Edit: Obviously if I remember correctly I was part of what sounds like a traumatic experience the first go around on this song. Sorry for bringing negativity and thank you for allowing us the opportunity to relive the first time listening to again vicariously through you.
So sweet how now Lex wants to know about the lyrics and Brad you were just enjoying the music.
Now that I have a 13-year old daughter I realize how personal music is for all of us and there is so much more than just the music that makes the memories so powerful. Brad your analogy of getting the different perspective was bang on too.
Love you guys. Appreciate all the smiles along the way.
Amen brother. I hate when they react to the live version of this. The studio version is what everyone knows.
Yes, live versions are a poor substitute 95% of the time - great as a record of an event, but almost never as good as the originally released track.
"So sweet how now Lex wants to know about the lyrics and Brad you were just enjoying the music." Yes, it is! Usually the other way around. 😁
Yes I also remember being upset when they listened to the live version of this. I probably left some snide comment, lol. I am always upset when any reactor listens to bad advice and goes for a listen to the live version of this instead of going to this first, the definitive version of the song, the studio album cut.
@@mikell5087 Yes, It's great to actually see the people perform the song but I think they should always listen to the studio recorded version first & then check out a live version. Some artists sound almost identical either way.
This could quite possibly be "The Greatest" Rock n Roll song of all time! This is the 1st time I have ever seen Brad seem to be mesmerised ...he seemed to be in a trance...THATS what music should do....
Led Zeppelin IV is one of the top 10 albums in rock history:
1. "Black Dog"
2. "Rock And Roll"
3. "The Battle Od Evermore"
4. "Stairway To Heaven"
5. "Misty Mountain Hop"
6. "Four Sticks
7. " Going To California "
8. "When The Levee Breaks".
For me physical graffiti will always be my favourite, but 4 is probably the only led zep album without a single weak link.
Battle of Evermore is so damn good.
Those layered Mandolins into one is beautiful!
#2 on my personal list. Bamger after banger, concluding with "When the Levee Breaks". Wow.
Right on Batman! Many people will disagree with me but I have to say Physical Graffiti is Zeppelin's greatest album, it's just filled with ass kicking songs. In my time of dying and 10 years gone ,not to mention every other song on that double album is just too much to overcome, even Zep 4 falls a little short in my opinion.
Its better than best Beatles album.
The most requested song on FM radio during the 70's and for some time after, though never being commercially released as a single & topped the Guitar World reader's poll for greatest guitar solo. Iconic doesn't begin to describe! Brad getting over the trauma and coming around; love it, lol! :)
I find it a sick joke that recently I love rock and roll was voted greatest rock song ever. For decades every labor day the rock stations in NY would play the top 500 songs of all time and every single year without fail stairway to heaven would be number one. Freebird, hotel California, Layla, baba O'Riley, hey Jude would all be up there but it was always stairway as the winner. I know today people know nothing about music ,especially the younger generation but how they can vote that mediocre crap by Joan jett as the greatest rock and roll song ever made is beyond comprehension!! It's not even in the top 1000 never mind number one!
Radio DJ's liked it too because it was a long song and they could take a bathroom break and get something to drink.
@@Mwoods2272 That’s what I heard was the case with Grand Funk “I’m Your Captain/Closer To Home” as it was long enough for a DJ to be able to take a really hefty dump if they needed to, or stroll out to the parking lot and smoke a bowl real quick.
@@edwardcapobianco2975 I agree, Dude.. but consider the source.. was it Rolling Stone magazine? Look at how they’ve devolved over the years, what a junk rag of corporate asskissers! Whoever “voted” for this is has no business even having a voice in the matter, as it appears to have been pushed for political purposes more than anything else.
Just brace yourself for even more ridiculous BS like this in the coming years, as they try to completely ERASE the “classic” rock era altogether just like they tried for years to pretend Jazz never happened.
We’re really on a collision course with becoming exactly like the pissed off old jazz guys, and with every year I identify with them more and more.
@@CANDOKNOWHOW absolutely correct bro. R.S. mag were twats they hated Led Zep and never gave them credit for a damn thing!!! This whole new communist, fudge packing ways of doing things is pathetic. Everyone gets a trophy? You get elected because you're a female , colored or gay??or all 3? Since when are those pertinent skills that should get a person elected or a job??? I have nothing against giving a woman top spot if it's deserved! I will say the Wilson sisters from heart, their version of stairway to heaven complete with the choir was absolutely incredible the best cover version hands down I've ever seen of any led Zeppelin song!!! I had goosebumps I was absolutely entranced ,enthralled and just blown away!!! This whole bunch of b******* about awarding people based on their sex or color is just a joke. Regardless of any of that, it's the cream that always rises to the top and that's how it should always be. One thing I can say I'm really happy to see these reaction channels when you get the Young , black couples reacting to rock and roll and the great music of the '60s and '70s. It's funny because the reactions they give are the same reactions I had 40 and 50 years ago about those very same tunes!!! It doesn't matter that the music may be old, it doesn't matter that it was done 50,60 years ago all that matters is the fact that it's absolute magic, absolute quality, a great mixture of some of the most diverse music and quality music ever made. Back in the late 60s through mid 70s , I had a transistor radio and used to stay up late at night listening to it with my earbud and hiding the wire with my long hair because I would get yelled at by my parents for staying up late. The quality, the variety, the lyrical content ,the vocal content and the musicianship of most of that music,even on the top 40 stations was phenomenal. In a matter of an hour you could hear The rolling Stones Frank Sinatra ,Elvis,Elton John, Crosby stills and Nash, Al Green, various Motown groups and so much more. You didn't need to go to the black channel to hear this or the white channel to hear that you got it all in the top 40. And if you wanted deep tracks and More album oriented stuff you would go to FM radio. My point is , when it comes to quality musicianship, deep meaningful lyrics, fantastic harmonies, diverse musical acts, unique sounding bands who sound like no one else, the mid 50s through the very early 80s brought you all of that. It was the best 25-30 years of music, E V E R!!!. Once MTV came out that was the beginning of the end. Music became something based on a visual aspect more so than a musical aspect once MTV started. You had synthesize a pop garbage, candy-assed hair bands and then the worst s*** of all rap music and that was basically the beginning of the end for rock and roll as far as being prominent in top 40 music. You did have some pockets of some good bands over the years. Guns and roses, Lenny Kravitz, Coldplay, Joe bonamassa, Chris Stapleton,Sheryl Crow and The Black Crows to name a few but it doesn't dominate the airwaves like it did in the 60s and 70s!!! It's a whole new world out there where the public wholesale are being forced fed some of the worst music under the sun. It's so great to see Brad and Lexi digging the real stuff, the good stuff, the best stuff. And that's just not an opinion that is a musical fact!!!
Undoubtedly THEE most iconic song in the world, as well as bohemian. Classic, I get chills everytime I hear either
I never get tired of hearing this song. Heard It many times since it came out. Like the layering of the instruments as the music progresses.
Percy is not a fan
You know what I love about you two? Brad is always the one looking serious and he's analyzing everything. The sound, the lyrics and how its put together, and then decides if he likes it. Lex just lets go and sways and moves and gets into it. She FEELS it. That's not to say that one method is better than the other because most of the time you come to the same conclusion. Just saying that you guys compliment each other beautifully. I think if I ever saw a reaction where Brad just let go and FELT the music and swayed and played the air guitar and air drums I'd probably have a heart attack...lol
Analyzing the lyrics is definitely a 'wrong' way for this one. Plant himself admitted a lot of the lyrics are just whatever rhymed + sounded deep on the surface.
40 years ago I was playing this song in my room and my Grandmother who was visiting at the time walked in and said "Oh I like this song. I've heard it before. Who is this??" To which I replied: "A band called Led Zeppelin. I'm getting ready to play the song backwards on my record player (I had the Zep IV album) to hear the satanic messages. Wanna hear it??" --Her response: "Oh I don't think so. I don't think I like them." lol..
heard this hundreds of times and it still gives me chills
I originally thought you were doing yourself an injustice listening to the live version. Always listen to the studio version first my friends. Love you two.
I have the LA bootleg,rated one of thier best shows,when Robert goes" where COOKING",you know your in for a good time,the version on that show is FIRE,in fact the whole band is firing on all cylinders,not like that crap Song Remains the Same.
Same, unquestionably. All the reactors were doing the live version so I assumed there was a blocking issue going on, which was a horrible shame...the studio version is the way it was intended to be heard, and, is simply golden. One of the best songs ever recorded.
@@terryspak5763 I agree. In fact, Led Zeppelin is 1 group that I don't ever think I liked their live version over their studio one. On the other hand, if you're talking about The Allman Brothers, if there is a live version, I generally prefer it over the studio version (i.e. in order, Live at Fillmore East, Eat A Peach, Brother and Sisters, etc.).
@@StevesFunhouse If you want to here a track you might like more live by Led Zep, try this: ruclips.net/video/5UVcsClSzs4/видео.html
Hope you like it! :)
@@StevesFunhouse HELL YEAH, Steve!
Allman Brothers always better live, and preferably with the Sky Dog when possible.
Also, the same is true for The Grateful Dead, as any true Head knows was always better Live, cause they feed off the audience and hated the studio anyways. Their magic was always Live.
You hit it right on the head, Lexie, it's poetry. Don't get too hung up on the meaning. Just listen and if it gets to you, then it's done its job . It's so much fun watching your reactions, how excited you get . Beautiful. Zeppelin are poets. BTW, that "flute" you heard is being done with the keyboard .
Listened to this for 40 years. Bought a sunburst Gibson Les Paul in 1984 because of this song. Learned the solo last year, took me 37 years. Can’t be believe why it took me so long, the piper eventually led me to reason.
When I listen to the studio version it's as though I'm taken on a journey, a quest, to the greatest song/story ever told. It's the simplicity of the music, the progression and transition as the story unfolds. With each lyric you get more, with each strum of the guitar...beauty breathes and lives. Each transition brings more meaningful guitar playing until the drums come in (and yet another transition) that heralds the arrival of syncopation . It is deliberate and glorious in it's movement. It takes a trotting stallion forward into full gallop as the guitar blares and gleefully wails it's freedom of expression artistry battle-cry "and as we wind on down the road...our shadows taller than our souls" we are delivered free of all earthly bounds. This Rock n Roll masterpiece, Stairway to Heaven and Led Zeppelin IV gives me something that few songs/albums can ever promise or deliver.
I don't know a song that more dramatically starts out very soft and gentle and builds so patiently to the part where the drums start then by the end it's rock n roll turned up to 10 with an iconic guitar solo. In my opinion it's the greatest rock song of all. #1. Unbeatable.
The fact the drums don't enter until half way through is kinda wild. Totally unique song construction.
This brings me back when my dad used to play this on his acoustic guitar. He’s long gone now. Thank you for giving me that memory when he’d just play the guitar in the living room. Thank you!
Stairway is still my all time favorite song. The beautiful acoustic start, the build up, the explosive finish, and thought provoking lyrics. In my mind, its a simple message. Life is about choices. Whether you're the Queen of England or just a struggling everyday person, your choices in life matter. Some choices lead you to self destruct, others not so.
Ann and Nancy Wilson of Heart did a great job covering this song in the 2012 Kennedy Center Honors with the living members of Led Zeppelin in the audience and the son of the late drummer on stage. It is also an epic performance of this masterpiece.
They killed it! Especially, when the chorus came in! Still gives me chills when I listen to it
The only cover of Stairway I have ever enjoyed.
With the Obamas totally gettin into and off on it!!! OH YEAH
Im in my 70's though still younger than the artists here. But old enough to have been a Yardbirds fan when Page was with them early in the British invasion sparked by a group named, The Beatles, I think. The Kennedy Center version by Heart with incredible ensemble is the #1 tribute performance I have ever seen. Aside from what my ears told me, the cameras on the audience during said all that needs to be said. All in attendance clearly realized they had been transported for a brief time to a heavenly plateau unattainable for most of us.
Yes saw that, did the song justice but then again Ann and Nancy were the best!
The studio recording is more serene than live l love both equally! Plant wrote the lyrics on the spot upon hearing Page play the riff!
I fondly remember being first introduced to Zeppelin with this song and it prompted me to go out to buy the Led Zeppelin IV cassette. A few years after, I started attending teen dances in Junior High. The last song that they always playing was Stairway To Heaven, as the "slow song" to slow dance with a girl. Good memories. Great reaction, Brad & Lex!
Talk about a masterpiece. It broke all the musical rules. Welcome to the peak of rock. 🏔
You two ALWAYS put a smile on my face. Lex’s energy and excitement makes my day. Thank you
Lex has a smile that pours across her face like sunshine. I love watching these two audiophiles encounter good music.
This version of this song just carries me away...so magical....Lie back, shut your eyes and let it roll over you...magnificent...sigh...lol...
I was fortunate enough to have seen them live several times in the 70's. Great band, great song catalog and they rank amongst my all time favorites.
I was at a house party in 1970 when I first heard this song. I was blown away ! I pissed off some people that day as I must've played this song a dozen times in a row. There were so many awesome songs on that album but Stairway to Heaven just electrified me. From the smooth beginning, then building up to the most spectacular crescendo ever. Yes, I was a teenage Zep head. Lol !
Must've been some party Bruce, it was released in 1971...😉
@@stevenrenton1679 , that was an F up on me. Yeah, the memory is definitely fuzzy. It was sometime during the fall of 1971. I've definitely killed some brain cells throughout the years
The layers of music, meaning and emotions are brilliantly crafted in this song.
All 4 guys contribute their unique and powerful instruments that create a sonic dream come alive in our hearts and stays for a life time nestled in our spirits.
I like these revisits to songs. I haven’t seen other reactors doing this. More normal progression to music, rather than speed-running through catalogs and playlists.
Yeah, Brad has a new perspective on Led Zeppelin after listening to the studio version of the greatest rock song ever! :)
One of the reasons we all love this channel is watching Lex react like a gleeful little girl.
Even though they are completely different genres of music I put Stairway to Heaven in the trilogy of the three greatest Rock songs of all time. The other two being Queen’s Bohemian Rhapsody and the Eagles’ Hotel California. The three all contain incredible lyrics that can spark hours of debate as to their meaning. They all build up to a crescendo of some of the greatest rock guitar of all time. Of course there are other masterpieces out there but for me, those three are the best of the best.
One of the most beautifull song if the history.... I can't help but cry when i hear it.... The lyrics are so deep and Robert is an awesome singer 👍👏
I believe that this is one of the greatest songs of the twentieth century not just in rock. A masterpiece
This song is such a gem. Sadly music like this wouldn't make it to the charts nowadays.
I'm glad my generation had radio. Doesn't matter what you listen to. Eventually you come across this masterpiece and maybe discovered classic rock.
Glad you're revisiting this. I've gone to sleep listening to this a ton of times.
Yes! When listening to a song for the first time, its *always* better to start with the studio version.
When I was still little, my father once sat me down on the couch, he pointed his finger at me and said „I will now show you a song. You will stay put on that couch and you will listen to this whole song. This is good music.“ Then he pulled out his Led Zeppelin LP and played stairway to heaven. He turned up the volume and then left the room. I really enjoyed the song and I never stopped loving Led Zeppelin since. I really appreciate what my dad did on that day, it was like he gave me a present.
...when the band members of Zeppelin released this song unto the radio airwaves in the early 70s, I'm sure that they were thinking: "wait until everyone hears THIS one ...." So good. So magical....
It was so good to see a smile on Brad's face while listening to a Zeppelin song...finally! 🙌🏽 Wonderful reaction!
Such a timeless classic that will be listened by many generations
If there's a bustle in your hedgerow don't be alarmed now. Rob was writing the lyrics as Pagey played. Jimmy said, "What does that mean?" Rob said, "Let them think about it..."
Just love you guys! Thanks so much for seeing the importance of revisiting some of these all-time classics and being able to hearing them again, for the first time. You are guys fantastic. Lex ... you cannot deny it or hide it, you are a rocker-girl born later than others! Keep em coming guys. I appreciate you both.
One of the greatest classics of all time. Always a pleasure to listen to.
I sometimes find the songs that end up as my favorites are ones I didn't quite get the first time around. Sometimes I've thought a song was bland until the 2nd, 3rd or 4th listen when it really clicks for me how cool it actually is.
I did a song analysis of this in high school: it’s about the character Galadriel in Lord of the Rings and the decisions that she made “leading to her buying a stairway to heaven”. For her participation/decision to leave the undying lands to support Middle Earth in the fight against Sauron, she and other elven forces were denied return until…she proved herself by passing on the offer of the One Ring from Frodo during The Fellowship of the Ring journey.
Sorry but wrong book. Robert Plant has spoken many times about the book "Magic Arts in Celtic Britain" by Lewis Spence as being his inspiration for Stairway. "Ramble On" was the song with the most Tolkien refferences, there are a couple of others but not "Stairway to Heaven"
@@alexharbison4411 I wonder if the teacher gave her a good grade? 🤣
@@alexharbison4411 "The piper" calling you to join him is Lucifer "the light bearer" in Crowlyism and dark magik occultism. Ezekiel 28 says pipes were built into Lucifer's vesture/covering in heaven.
"The piper's calling you to join him" "There are 2 paths you can go on"
"And it's whispered that soon
If we all call the tune
Then the piper will lead us to reason
And a new day will dawn"
"You head is humming and it won't go in case you don't know, the pipers calling you to join him."
"And it makes me wonder.........."
Recall the line from sympathy for the devil, "what's puzzling you
Is the nature of my game"
"Mystery" Babylon......."And I saw the woman and I wondered with great admiration" Revelation 17:5-6
The "May Queen" and several other references are from a poem Aleister Crowley wrote.
@@alexharbison4411 stairway to heaven:
"There's a feeling I get
When I look to the west
And my spirit is crying for leaving"
This part sounds very Lord of the ringsy.
@@ExperienceEric I always thought it was about a chick buying coke and getting high and the two paths are off drugs or death. Maybe I'm way off here :)
The studio version, in MOST cases, is what should be reacted to. So glad you chose the studio version. I've nearly cried just wishing yall had reacted to studio versions of songs in the past.
Thank you for the studio version that so many of us grew up with. It's by far the best.
Even though it's been played millions of times on thousands of stations over the last 50 years, i love the studio version of this...a beautiful, timeless rock classic
Always such a joy to see Lex react so joyfully to listening to some of my all time favorite songs.
Nice! Glad you listened to the studio version! Stairway to Heaven can't be replicated live. Live versions are great, but the sudio version is a masterpiece.
I love watching you guys enjoying the music from my teenage years! I almost cried tears of joy seeing your love of this masterpiece! I never appreciated this music enough as a young person so I love seeing you kids appreciate it!!! Thanks so much for this!!!
"Like healing childhood trauma" love it! I love seeing Brad blossom :)
The Greatest Band of All Time!!! This is one of their masterpieces!!!
The song is about materialism, viewed through the eyes of this young woman. But the narrator sees the destructive nature of the materialistic west, which he yearns “to leave”. They come across the same woman towards the end of the song who still has the desire for materialism, although it seems the person narrating has finally found a deeper meaning to life
Yes. Bob Plant says this is about an entitled woman. Agree!
Nonsense. It's about the music. The lyrics don't really mean anything. "To be a rock and not to roll."
@@mikell5087 everything is open to interpretation Michael. If you don’t have one though, then that’s fine also. To me “to be a rock, and not to roll” can be interpreted differently to just being about “rock and roll” lol
@@mikell5087 You need to play it backwards and the Dark Lords message will be revealed to you!
@@bluebird3281 HA HA HA!🤣
I first heard this in the summer of 1969 and it is still as great as ever. Now, its totally awesome that young people are loving it as much as we did growing up. Thanks you for sharing this.
Might have been the summer of '72. Stairway came out in late '71.
Always amazes me... the most famous song from a band featuring arguably the world's best drummer, and he doesn't come in for nearly three minutes! A superb song. And people have literally written university theses on what the lyrics mean. Just absorb them and find your own meaning.
I always recommend reacting to Led Zeppelins studio albums before live stuff.
To put things in context, this song was always considered the number 1 rock song of all time. The GOAT of rock songs. At least in my day it probably still holds that title today. You will find Queen-Bohemian Rhaposdy and Lynyrd Skynyrd - Freebird up there as well rounding up the top 3.
OMG, I love it! I've heard this song a million times, and that guitar solo still gives me shivers! Thanks for doing the studio version.
For much of the 1970's, the "battle" between Stairway to Heaven, Freebird, and Layla raged as to which was the most epic rock song of all time. Wherever you fall on the answer, there is no question that Stairway (and Freebird, and Layla) are at the very top of the list for greatest rock songs of all time, and Zep, Skynryd, and Clapton are all rock gods. Stairway is epically brilliant.
I don't recall, "Layla", being a candidate. But, "Baba O'Riley", was definitely in that discussion. My vote always went to, "Stairway".
Stairway always won. Freebird never in top talked about in Canada
If you ask me, Freebird goes on a little too long. And I'd say, Bohemian Rhapsody nudged into consideration when it came out.
Greatest of their time and era...but there are many ,many great artists who don't get any airtime nowadays and plenty of great rockers and metal guys in the 90s and now who are brilliant.
@@dranderson6071 who cares about Canada?
8:57- 9:07 My favourite vocal ever. The way he subtly flips into falsetto at the end. Amazing
That wasn’t falsetto that was all full voice his may seem really high you might mistake it for falsetto
This one and the solo in "Time" by Pink Floyd are the only ones that when I listen to them I can feel them touching my soul.
I enjoyed this so much...I was surprised and happy to hear Brad's reaction...Lex I love watching your reactions and especially this one...
Although I am a huge Beatles fan this particular song is my forever favorite...and my grandchildren (15, 14 and 9) love Led Zeppelin and especially this song...Brad's right when he said this song is healing in some type of way...I have always felt that way too every time I listen to it...🤲
If you look up the definition of Classis Rock, it should say "Led Zeppelin - Stairway to Heaven"! I loved Lex's reaction as the song builds tempo 🤘🎸
Considered by many to be the best rock song ever written. The guitar solo was voted the best ever in Guitar Player magazine back in the day. I know it took me decades to get over my being totally enamored of this song. Heart did a version of this at the Kennedy Center Honors when LZ was inductedf that is a must watch. It got a standing ovation, including from the surviving members of LZ. The vid is on YT.
“How could you not like this song?” 😆
I doubt you’ll read this, but I remember way back when you first watched the live version. I was sitting in my car in the parking lot of a Pot Belly’s eating my food and waiting to drive until after watching. I was so pissed that you went for the live version and (Brad) didn’t get/like it but had hope you might revisit the sing at some future point. So glad you did!! 💙
Watching you two is pure Joy!❤
Delightful reaction. I love how Lex is so completely in sync with the music. I've made this comment before, that I think you really would make a fantastic musician.
Totally correct, you can be listening to a song without listening, it's all about the headspace your in and what stress your under. Glad you returned to it.
Wow I misssssed this song. I play on repeat this and others LZ hits in my early years listening classic rock (2017). Now I'm more a big fan of The doors and early Pink Floyd. No matter how popular this song, the intro is always give my chills. And the guitar solo?? This was the first guitar solo I love in music.
At 6:20 or thereabouts John Bonham adds a jazzy touch to the snare work.. Great!
Perfect song. Perfect guitar solo.perfect band.❤️
Ditto
I have listened to this song so very many times since it's release...And I still don't know what it means, but I do know I like it. A lot! Thanks again, you beautiful people!
... Aaannd that's why, with very few exceptions, you ALWAYS listen to the studio version first.
I would agree, as to the exceptions the one that leaps to mind is Foghat's "I just wanna make love to you", seems like the live version is far better than the studio.
You brought up a good point about the difference between the live version and the studio version. This is some times a reason to see or hear the different versions to appreciate the preformance of the band and how they play the songs. This is also a way to experience the band or singer to listen to see and hear if they are really good or it’s just studio tricks to make the music sound good. This also is a good way to experience songs that maybe good studio songs but maybe even better live because the band or singer is good or better in person.
Brad, this is the reason I always urge first time listeners of ANY song to listen to the studio version first. The vast majority of live versions are inferior, and in many cases, vastly inferior to the studio versions.
absolute nonsense
I agree with you 100%, Beeracuda.
Studio versions are more tightly structured, the sound balance exactly suits the music and the lyrics are much clearer. A live version is much looser, even a bit disorganised in that the players can improvise and extend the song, the sound and the experience is more important, so the two are completely different. Both the refined and the raw have their place, although I would tend to agree that it is better to go to the studio version first and then appreciate how that is interpreted differently live.
You are completely correct. The exceptions to this rule are very rare.
Great point!!!!
This song always congers up an image of a babbling brook and all the subtlety of the sound of gently flowing water that approaches the rapids, gaining momentum, finally going over the falls & ending in a tranquil pool below.
Brad, "No idea, I was listening to the sound." - Love that. For me, that was how I always approached Zeppelin. Jimmy Page!! Love Jimmy Page and how he would orchestrate a soundscape with Bonham & Jones. Plants vocals, to me, were a part of the sound, but for years I didn't know all the lyrics. It was the vibe, feel, mystery and energy of the music. Lex, I know how you feel. Decades later, this song still moves me.
*Now, unrelated note... you gotta' stop reacting to live versions first. Doing yourselves a disservice. Studio first (as the vast majority of us did) - then live! Zeppelin live is timeless virtuosity, but you need that studio version foundation first. And... who cares what they're wearing (I saw your 1st Stairway reaction, yup pants are tight, but focus on the music, not the attire). Stairway live at MSG '73 is brilliance... sounds pretty damn good too. ;)
I played this in my bedroom when I was a young teen. My mom was really into music and loved older and big band music. After hearing this she was a Zeppelin fan until she passed. Mom was a cool person. Love and miss you, mom. Thanks for everything.
This song still gives me chills after all theses years! What an iconic song - one that I NEVER get tired of hearing.
The way I remember, when it came to everyone's opinion about Led Zeppelin back in the 70's man, all I ever heard was "I wish Led Zeppelin was better in concert, I love their music but, they just suck in concert." It seemed like the only reason why people would go to their concerts was just so they could say they did it. Too bad you had to experience that live version man, I know exactly how you felt, you needed to hear this version! They're still part of the greatest era in rock history, the 70's, ya can't change that! Thanks for this reaction, it was awesome!
Considered by not a small number of persons to be "the greatest song in the world." Are they right? ...well, it's definitely up there.
Edit: Part of what makes the song so great is the incredible build up that just has you busting out (like Lex was) at the end. Not sure any other song can touch it in that department. Really glad you finally got to hear the album version.
Absolutely. Without question, it's great.
Now...
Imagine having listened to this song since 1971.
You have some catching up to do.
If you haven't already, check out Heart performing this at Zeppelin's Kennedy Center Honors award ceremony. It'll make you cry, I promise!
Keep in mind B&L - many of the people watching your videos are people that grew up on this music. I am a regular married white dude in Northern California - I am 69 yers old.
Seeing people react to OUR music is wonderful - especially when you appreciate it as much as you do!! Thanks!