Led Zeppelin - Stairway To Heaven (REACTION)

[@brandonboucher7090]

The “flutes” sound like traditional baroque English music played my minstrels in Medieval times…but the flutes are an instrument called a “recorder”. (You know what recorders are…elementary school music class?)

[@brentfreeland5834]

This is actually a keyboard called the Mellotron

[@kramerbassplayer]

​@@brentfreeland5834 no it isn't, JPJ was playing a recorder at his suggestion.

[@SovietHistoryLessons]

Your channel is such a breath of fresh air. Especially compared to all other so-called "reaction" videos that are pure pantomime - unnatural, theatrical, with little to say and disinterested in the actual music. You are doing a great job noticing all the nuances of production, the different instruments, the vocals. And what is totally refreshing is your sincerity and well-poised delivery. Keep up the good work. I hope your channel in time gets as many likes and subscribers as it deserves.

[@AirplayBeats]

Thank you so much!!

[@lisalaursen3684]

Probably the best and most iconic rock songs of all time. Followed closely by Bohemian Rhapsody by Queen and Comfortably Numb by Pink Floyd (live at Pulse concert) 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@johndrake3472]

For real

[@AlfredoNader]

Word!

[@garyking6519]

Agreed!

[@lesdavis2318]

The official number one rock song of ALL time

[@sicotshit7068]

Still falls number one or two, on top 100 or 500 lists every year.

[@coolguy473]

"To be a rock, and not to roll" 🤘

[@mattsmith8901]

Four musicians brought together by God. No other way to explain it. By far the greatest rock band who ever lived. Gifted individually and together changed rock forever.

[@KathyVandusen]

Your absolutely right

[@tektoniks_architects]

Stairway to Heaven is like a Led Zeppelin "sampler" of everything they do: Light, Shade, acoustic, electric, mythical lyrics, great vocals, Rock, great instrumentation, drama, everything. GOATs.

[@AirplayBeats]

This song for sure had alllll the elements in it. Thanks for watching.

[@tektoniks_architects]

@@AirplayBeats This band has a catalog that is vast, and incredibly diverse. The live performances are a whole other world. You are just scratching the surface. When you think you know them, they hit you in a completely new way that is stunning. Heavy metal, hard rock, heavy blues, acoustic, ballads, electric funk, reggae, salsa, country, prog rock, rockabilly, soul.....their catalog is very wide and vast, but worth the journey. Each one of the band members are considered either the best or among the very best at their respective positions: Robert Plant (vocals), Jimmy Page (guitars + mandolin), John Bonham (drums), and John Paul Jones (bass, keyboards, mandolin). Best recommendation is to start at the first album and work your way thru all 9. If you don't want to do that, here's a few suggestions to give you some "range": Black Dog In My Time Of Dying Heartbreaker Immigrant Song Fool In The Rain Dazed and Confused Achillies Last Stand Trampled Underfoot Ten Years Gone Babe I'm Gonna Leave You Literally, I could have put 50 suggestions down here and any of them are amazing. Just like you said: "three for three" - if you do all 100 or so songs you'll end up saying: "Led Zep doesn't make a bad song." Good luck on the journey.

[@emilymartinez6961]

@@tektoniks_architects well you just took all the words right out of my mouth, thank you for that, saved me a lot of time but I am going to add one of my favorite song "Rumble On" 🤟🤪

[@TheDivayenta]

@@emilymartinez6961 I love Ramble On ! And that bass!

[@momdaugtherduo0204]

@@AirplayBeats .. U two dudes got the jist of the instrumental build up , but U r off on the message of "Stairway to Heaven" = it is a song of hope ...... 🎶 and if U listen very hard ; the tune will come to U at last 🎼 💡

[@henriettaskolnick4445]

According to vocalist Robert Plant "The lyrics were a cynical thing about a woman getting everything she wanted all the time without giving anything back." Since then, however it has come to have as many different meanings as there are listeners, which, to me is perfect because then everyone can make it their own. Guitarist Jimmy Page produced all their albums but they were 4 master musicians that could and did, take music wherever they wanted.

[@davehackett8848]

John Paul Jones, bass, keyboards, arraingment, songwriting. Unsung hero

[@hughjarrett4736]

He’s brilliant-a genius.

[@melchiorvonsternberg844]

Not at all...

[@medb8882]

Never knew he wrote this!

[@Dan-zq5wt]

JPJ’s contributions are huge and integral but most of the composition, songwriting, arranging and producing was done by Page. There’s a group out there that wants to give excessive credit to JPJ. He is amazing and integral but not a rock visionary like Page. Stop it!

[@Dan-zq5wt]

Oh yeah, and Page wrote this song (music)

[@howabouthetruth2157]

I don't know if you guys are aware, but Stairway to Heaven is the most requested song on the radio world-wide in history.

[@DDCCO61]

Three Irish farm boys sharing the same bedroom and our Mum would allow us one song at reasonable volume before all went quiet to be ready for work with our Dad the next day. This was played many nights. Next to that was 'Little Wing'. Stairway was played at every one of our weddings. Rest in Peace Mom and Dad, you beautiful souls.

[@ernstthalmann4306]

Bless Ireland 🇮🇪 free Palestine 🇵🇸 🙏 🙌 👏 ✨️ ❤️ 🇵🇸

[@medb8882]

Bro as a fellow irish, how was your mam letting you listen to just a song before bed😂 unless you meant going to work with your da as a kid, my bad if that’s the case

[@hog7203]

Oh yeah. Turn on the black lights, break out the bong, and put on some Led Zeppelin. 😄

[@hplar1960]

I'm a 64 year old white guy...heard this song for the first time when I was 11 yrs old (youngest child, listening to my older siblings tunes). You two had the same reaction I did 53 years ago! Cheers brothers...welcome to the Zeppelin tribe!

[@infantry4lyfe252]

honestly... "When the Levee breaks" is probably one of Zeppelin's best and definitely worth a listen.

[@2869may]

Also "You're time is gonna come", "What is and what should never be", "Ten years gone", "Babe I'm gonna leave you"....!

[@kevinsattler6603]

Just listen to it everything they've got because everything they've got is worth listening to.

[@airwolf2001]

Check out John Paul Jones with the Playing For Change Band When the Levee Breaks

[@denisemangan1413]

I’m waiting for it & their reaction 🇦🇺

[@fasteddie617]

No doubt, incredible song 👍

[@ernstthalmann4306]

"Something big's coming" Great call on that one. 👏

[@Hylofear]

Probably the most iconic lead break of all time, but as time goes on, I appreciate Bonham on the drums more and more. Insane.

[@OutOnTheTiles]

Greatest rock band ever. Led Zeppelin are ancient….modern….and futuristic all at the same time. They influenced everyone.

[@momdaugtherduo0204]

is there a greater band ever in world history ? - NO !

[@johnwdaley4727]

Agree with you... personally, l don't think of LZ as a rock band . A variety band? Some of their best songs are not rock...cheers

[@kyleray1756]

i've heard this song easily a thousand times and the lyric "and as we wind on down the road; our shadows taller than our soul" gives me goosebumps every single time. i don't know if i can say that about any other song.

[@barbarachieppo9603]

The last line is my favorite, ever. "To be a rock and not to roll."

[@TheFarmanimalfriend]

Led Zeppelin = Rock Gods .

[@danconroy8293]

Every senior prom in the early 70s them was Stairway to Heavan.

[@HellsRide]

led zeppelin they were and are gods, and they knew it, unmatched.

[@m.ericwatson968]

"And as we wind on down the road, our shadows taller than our souls..."

[@bobbyn.9773]

Now you know why this is considered the greatest rock song ever written....Led Zeppelin = The GOATs

[@pagangwynne3627]

1979 Knebworth UK. Many people had started to stand up and jam, but those sitting on the grass behind them could now not see, bottles started to be thrown, angry words started to be said. Zeppelin stopped the show. The 4 or 5 (long time ago can't remember all the details) massive spotlights they had at the front of the stage were aimed at the audience, Robert Plant came to the mic and said "we will not continue until everyone is sitting down" with the spotlights sweeping across the stadium everyone slowly settled and sat. As soon as the last person's ass hit the ground the lights went out the stage lit up and the intro to Stairway started. INSTANTLY everyone was one their feet. It was awesome, I was blessed.

[@burb92]

One of the greatest songs ever.

[@teddykgb3865]

I love watching younger people react to the old classic rock greats. Makes me envious that they get to hear it for the first time.

[@brenready2277]

It's spiritual, not religious, there's a difference! It means a lot of deep different things to alot of people! Robert Plant is the singer. It's a beautiful song and always one of my favorites! To me it's about paying attention to your inner spirit and living life right, staying true to yourself! Been singing it since I was a young teenager ...yes, I know every word!! Great music, great reaction! ❤👊🎶🎤💃

[@barbarachieppo9603]

Robert Plant is from another time.❤

[@MrDeengels]

Simply the greatest song ever written by the ONLY band who could have composed it. The mastery of language and musicianship exemplified by masters of their craft. They heightened the art of composition. My favorite band ever and it’s not even close ❤️

[@albertoramirez6388]

Not religious, per se, but there is definitely a spiritual vibe to this song.

[@MichaelBrown-x1q]

The Perfect Song. Period.

[@audreybiester8309]

Their "engineer" is the lead guitarist, Jimmy Page.

[@Rhialto-the-Marvellous]

Page was the engineer and the driver, Bonham was the fireman, Jones the conductor, and Plant the signalman, 'all aboard for the most glorious R&B, non- stop express'!

[@sicotshit7068]

Yes they worked with different engineers, but it’s all about how Page wants it to be. Thankfully they had complete control over their music, otherwise it might not have been this great. Page with his brilliance not only playing, but in the booth too, an absolute music genius.

[@deanhovey8348]

Eddie Kramer was thier recording engineer as well as Jimi Hendrix's Jimmy was producing really ... Jimmy's recipe' John Paul Jones Arrangements mostly

[@billymcelwain531]

Every genre has its star on top and this Stairway to Heaven orbits the very top of rocks best.

[@queefreak666]

1969-1973 are the best 5 years in rock & roll history

[@mgalarama1529]

The summer this came out, all us kids would have the transistor radio on in the yard, and we'd stop when this came on and sing along.

[@Sober2003]

This song was always voted number 1 on every rock n roll radio station Memorial Day weekend when they’d do their top 500 rock count down songs!

[@stevemd6488]

I remember that. This was always number 1

[@Kopeboy22]

I remember those days. Even March madness brackets this would be #1.

[@sicotshit7068]

@@stevemd6488it still is every year, lowest it’s gone is number two.

[@jamesbrooks7886]

In your head forever, every led Zeppelin song you hear, will be your next favorite song 🙃🙃🙃😆😅😅😂😂😂🤣🤣🤣😭😭

[@user-li4rv1vf5q]

When Ann Wilson and Heart played at the Kennedy Center honors for Led Zeppelin You know Robert Plant had to like Ann Wilson who doesn’t? he doesn’t allow no one to copy his music, remake nothing. Never has and never will. It took a lot for him to release that go watch that version. Kennedy honors award Ann and Nancy Wilson from Heart, surprise guest on drums the late brilliant John Bonham son Jason.. plant and page were surprised. Take note that Jason is playing Johns drums wearing his fathers famous Bonham hat so is the choir in back .. so touching and amazing

[@Dan-yz4qz]

Ann Wilson did a good job , emotional

[@davidbooth7778]

Arguably the best guitar solo in rock history. Definitely in top 5.

[@thewraiths8963]

The first philharmonic I heard play this…. The conductor said “this will be revered like Mozart in 200 years”.

[@vixybanker]

“Stairway…” is considered one of the greatest masterpieces in Rock history. I am a die hard Zep fan since I was 13 (I am 62). I have seen them twice. The best test of great music (any genre) is how well they perform live. Look for Zeppelin live! “Since I’ve Been Loving You”

[@Peter-zu5jg]

You guys have been to the top of the mountain , and....it is good. 🎸🤘🔥

[@THXx1138]

These men are unequalled in their synergy. The four of them make the 5th element which is the essential Led Zeppelin - each a master of their instrument. Rock gods of lore.

[@MarkNeighbors-y8y]

Saw these guys on the 77 America tour. Incredible. Best concert ever.

[@myniecemadethis]

High school graduation a lifetime ago and MacArthur Park and Stairway to Heaven were on the ballot for our graduation song. It wasn't even fair. Arguably one of the greatest rock songs ever put to page. If not the greatest. Great reaction to a truly legendary classic!

[@lisarhae9692]

Check out 'Heart' covering this song at the Kennedy Center Honors!! It had the band (LZ), weeping in their balcony box!!

[@m.ericwatson968]

Recommend seeing the Heart in concert rendition at the 2012 Kennedy Center Honors for Led Zeppelin, vocalist Robert Plant was visibly moved to tears; it's a brilliant song and the engineer/producer is guitarist Jimmy Page, he had worked as a studio hand for years around London since he was very young, he learned all kinds of cool studio skills and tricks

[@DougJantz]

#1 song of the 1970s!

[@RuthKing-wm9nw]

Live...50 yd line Tampa Stadium..1971...there are no words....one of the best nights. In my memories! (And my 21st birthday)

[@Sifuthc]

The song is really about hope and your journey to the end of your destination.... This is the number 1 Rock Song of All time ..........

[@myownchannel247]

This song just builds and builds higher and higher incrementally… just like a stairway to Heaven 💫

[@bernakeene126]

"Since I've Been Loving You", is another great one !!

[@ungenerationed9022]

The band has described this as a song of hope. Listen to the Heart tribute at the Kennedy Center honors of this song. Performed in front of the band's surviving members. You won't be sorry.

[@mikebrady44]

"Imagine seeing them live!" Saw them at Madison Square Garden - they played 4 hours - crowd went crazy and started climbing up the stage - front of stage collapsed - I've seen hundreds of concerts but that was the greatest live show I ever saw.

[@jackiesueann3476]

I ❤ Your channel! Great reaction and not over reacted. You guys are funny and knowledgeable about the classic rock genre . Keep up the great work and having an open mind! ❤️ ✌️ music 🎶 😊

[@958298bordeaux]

Theyre my favorite band!!! Enjoy your downloads! Theyre all alive in their 70's not touring but, Bonham's son has a Zeppelin tribute band who tours. He plays drums, I saw them in Boston in June this year

[@958298bordeaux]

People were going CRAZY😂

[@CPACK1]

My favorite song ever.

[@SIXX2772]

ICONIC AND TIMELESS

[@mongosaqqara]

Jimmy composed pieces of this song for months...when they came to record there were still no lyrics...as they practiced it Robert sat with a small pad of paper for 45 min and wrote them...they then recorded this magnificent piece in 2 hours and 3 takes...best rock song ever.

[@MrRjnr]

Headley Grange 😁

[@TexasMagnolia]

This would lead you into the discovery of the Greatest Female Rock Band. Heart. Sisters Ann and Nancy Wilson. Their Tribute to Led Zeppelin at the Kennedy Center Honors - Heart - Stairway

[@pumasgoya]

Nah

[@leegoldsmith8395]

Page said to plant I want to write a song that will define us for life ,and he did just that

[@bjcee1108]

This was the number one song every year, back in those days. We had the best music.

[@TheMikeman1971]

Hey guys love the Zep huh ! Always expect the adventure !Also reading the lyrics with the song is a very different feeling !

[@kenstewart427]

Jimmy Page, the founder of the group and guitarist, was also the producer of the albums. Stairway to Heaven is considered by many to be the greatest rock song ever recorded (certainly one of the top 5 rock songs ever recorded along with the likes of Bohemian Rhapsody by Queen, Comfortably Numb by Pink Floyd, Like a Rolling Stone by Bob Dylan, and one of my all time favorites, Light My Fire by the Doors), and Stairway to Heaven is one of the most played songs in the history of FM radio....it is also considered one of the greatest guitar songs in history as well...mindblowing to think this came out in late 1971 on what is known as the Led Zeppelin 4 album, making the song 53 years old as of Nov. 2024...it was never released as a single due to the length of the song-the record company pressured them to edit the song down in order to release it as a single, but the band refused...smart move-it led to bigger album sales....Led Zeppelin 4 is one of the biggest selling rock albums in history!

[@27thangel23]

Greetings from Canada. Not flutes... that is the bassist/ keyboards man, John Paul Jones on three different recorders (live, he emulates the recorders on Mellotron). So we're glad to see you enjoy... but you GOTTA see this Stairway to Heaven LIVE MSG, NYC, 1973 to approach their true impact. Have soothing refreshments handy! Peace, love and bellbottoms.

[@mattwilliams5368]

You review Zepplin i be here for every one!

[@terrylucaspoetrycoach4489]

Thanks for this, guys! NOW, please react to Heart covering Stairway to Heaven live at the Kennedy Center Honors in the presence of Led Zeppelin! You won't regret it!

[@jasonstarnes6873]

Yes that is a must watch. Best cover of any song i've ever heard.

[@martinhamburg2301]

Probably should react to some Heart tunes first.

[@martinleger5554]

I agree, very cool seeing the 3 members, watching their song being played to them. Should be noted that Led Zepplins' drummer ( John Bonham) passed away years ago and that his son is the drummer on this version.

[@ragjamrock]

That was an epic performance!🎶🥁🎸

[@MAYNARD927]

Yes, the long version.

[@petewade9675]

Watch Led Zepplin live at Madison Square Garden “Since I’ve Been loving you” it’s incredible!

[@robertasirgutz8800]

1973

[@smith9808]

Really rate you guys. If you haven’t done Kashmir then do it. It’s what all members of the band call their greatest…along with this. The last two minutes in particular is other worldly. Close your eyes and let it take you there! You’ll know what I mean when you hear it. (No pausing on the last two minutes 😅)

[@SnoBear626]

Your comment is 100% correct! I would also recommend pulling up the lyrics. Read them along with the song but don't let them distract from the instruments.

[@2869may]

Also "You're time is gonna come", "What is and what should never be", "Ten years gone", "Babe I'm gonna leave you"....!

[@trailryder5813]

YES!! If only I could go back and experience all of this for the first time again.

[@antarcticorb9197]

Jimmy Page broke all the rules with the construction of this song...and it works!

[@cdfdesantis699]

The official #1 Classic Rock song of all time. Thanks for your reaction.

[@baytownbert2]

Guys, this is the greatest rock song of all time.

[@blablawolfwolf]

Stairway was simply a song of hope.

[@nickv4073]

PAGE: "I was taught as a studio musician that you never speed up. I was keen on writing a song that broke that cardinal rule."

[@jamesridgeway8005]

"Whoooo" best Stairway reaction out there. The joy is real. You only get to hear Stairway for the 1st time once. And THAT was exactly my reaction.

[@davidnorman530]

I saw them live in 1970 and they played this as a new song coming out on their next album. Best live performing group I ever saw, by far.

[@Desiree.N.M]

Nice! Yes indeed they are the G.O.A.T.S 🙌🏼 Y’all gotta check out there phenomenal live performances you’ll definitely be amazed by how talented each member of the band is 💯💯

[@AirplayBeats]

We are definitely going to look into their live performances. Thanks for watching!!!

[@rickb4079]

Thank you! You guys have quickly become one of my top reactor channels. Your honest reaction, musical knowledge, and willingness to experiment with different music from the 70s and 80s. I'll be listening keep up the good work.

[@AirplayBeats]

Thank you so much!

[@Blue_Loon]

I love listening to you guys. Legit as hell. Keep up the amazing work. Please!

[@Animal_Liberation_V]

You guys need to do the LIVE version at Madison Square Garden 1973. Thats an unforgettable experience. Plus us Zepheads always love Zeppelin LIVE 😊 and you guys will love it! If you havent done Stairway LIVE yet that is.

[@scotttrainer9704]

The singer (Robert Plant) introduced it as a song about hope. I call it a song about a gold-digger who thinks gold (money) can buy anything, even her way into heaven.

[@glennburch1081]

The song basically concerns materialism that cannot get you to heaven. There is a tribute to Led Zeppelin at the Keenedy Center which is a must see, complete with strings, horns, choirs, and Heart (Ann and Nancy Wilson) providing the lead vocal. It is the best tribute I have ever seen in my 65 years of life. Enjoyed your reaction, TY.

[@hklinker]

Led Zeppelin had a cultivated image as the best of the heavier rock bands of the late 60s-early 70s. It helped that a lot of what they played sounded really good. Stairway to Heaven was typically in the #1 spot for things like a top 500 Greatest Songs of All Time Weekend on radio stations. I remember so well the song being played by bands at school dances that when I hear it now I’m taken back there. It was just about 50 years ago.

[@holysmokes5817]

A testament to what inherent talent, quality assorted drugs, fate and assistance from unseen powers can produce... Cheers 🍄🌲🍄✨💥🌈

[@teresakoslosky3053]

Yay everyone was up with their lighters… mesmerizing!! Total FIRE!! All four guys were goats in their own right. The song can mean different things to different people spiritually… I like the line.. you can always the change the road you are on… that is like hope…. So it is a spiritual song for me! It also totally rocks… as it did 50 plus years ago when I first heard it!❤

[@JayRo-xp1nt]

You guys are the best first reaction podcast by far . Knowledgeable and passionate and joyful over the music 👍

[@Rona-en7re]

as soon as you hear “and as we wind on down the road” it’s like a completely different song

[@bkniker]

It just doesn't get any better than that. 👍✌️

[@johnegloff2914]

Kashmir gentlemen, thank you for doing the best reactions, your so far ahead of other reactors, incredible, stairway live 1973 Maddison squar garden l & other songs, please, thanks again

[@zenpuppy6025]

My first time going to a concert was Led Zeppelin at the Boston Garden. It was awesome 😎.

[@anitapaulus937]

I would recommend “In My Time of Dying” both the recording and the live performance at Earl’s Court in 1975. Amazing song.

[@joescott8877]

I secondthirdANDFOURTH that suggestion! Ten minutes of slow burn blues then controlled chaos and thunderous fury and gospel pleadings! Magnificent, one of the best things Humanity's ever done.

[@spursgog835]

It’s not a flute, the sound is produced by recorders played through a mellotron used by John Paul Jones.

[@willlloyd9480]

I love to see your journey with LZ By houses of the holy you are quoting ‘bonzo’ and ‘JPJ’ Listening to all this stuff for the first time is incredible

[@ronaldfrank2076]

Greatest Band Ever!!!

[@dannyandropoli1744]

I love you guys....watching fish out of water listening to music you have never heard....rush steely Dan led zeppelin.....you guys are great....I love when people open there eyes to new things....keep it up.....Danny andropoli ....si ny

[@robertwalker1803]

Best song of all time…period.

[@nonofinn7136]

In the 70's EVERY band played this, at our high school dances, as the last song. It was the only way we would go home!

[@willblood7082]

Jimmy page, guitarist, produced stairway to heaven. The engineer was Andy Johns. Classic song 🔥🔥🔥

[@GTLyons]

#StairwayToHeaven #LedZeppelin #AirplayBeats thumbs up and shared !

[@amycohen3873]

Y'all gotta see the Kennedy Center Honors Led Zeppelin one day.. the whole thing is cool but the Stairway was awesome beyond words.. their reaction to their own music is cool AF!

[@johnscharnhorst3432]

We saw page and Plant at The Rosemont Horizon in Chicago It was incredible look up the video for Chicago and you will go completely insane about how they do and the people that they have in the concert with them it's the Cairo Egyptian something something It's in it's incredible I hope you see it

[@danw2276]

SIMPLY PUT. A MASTERPIECE! THANKS