First Time Hearing Led Zeppelin - Stairway To Heaven (Reaction!!)

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[@jam1870utube]

This song never gets old.

[@ElDuderino716]

Many people consider this “the GREATEST song in Rock and Roll History”.

[@shanevaters1615]

I would imply you're hearing more the influence they had on Metallica more than hearing a song by them. It has a Fade to Black-ish song structure in its build may be the song you're referring to??

[@wentibbetts7833]

Live next, followed by Kennedy Center Honors Tribute by Heart, please.

[@jayhensley7681]

In My Time of Dying is one of my favorites.

[@kevinwheesysouthward9295]

This song slowly embraces you, gently lifts you up, beats the living hell out of you, then lightly places you back to where it found you but you aren’t the same anymore

[@maddyp.w.6326]

So true 👍

[@bernadettecartin]

Wow, that was such a great description! Needs more likes.

[@jtischCB]

Nice word picture, Kevin! As I read I imagined hearing *Stairway* live in concert with mobs of fans soaking it in. Can you even imagine? Lighters waving instead of cell phones...

[@arthurlerma]

That is the best description of how Stairway... Make me feel. Thanks for saying that

[@tammymcavoy3541]

So accurate ❤

[@qvmarlins3506]

Imagine growing up when this music was THE music and just taking it for granted. We were so lucky.

[@YvonneMelvin]

Soooooo Lucky. Glad I was part of it to tell my kids about it. They LOVE Love Love it.

[@craigborchert6150]

I'm 48. You, my friend are very lucky. I never heard led zepplin until I was 10

[@DrCarlaSeleme]

I always ❤ it and still do!!!! So happy to have been born in 1963!

[@jeffw2228]

For shizzle. 🥹

[@sunmoonstars2272]

Yes we were soooooo lucky

[@annebryant7450]

I saw them in 1973 and when they did this song people 3 miles from the stadium complained about the noise!! I'm now 70 and have tinnitus. SO worth it!

[@brettdowdy7608]

Tinnitus in exchange for amazing music is worth it

[@andyhalstead3949]

Same in 75 at earls Court.

[@t.j.payeur5331]

Yeah, man..I saw Led Zeppelin in Tampa Stadium in 1973..one of my favorite experiences...

[@MrMetalzeb]

@@t.j.payeur5331 I was tre.. fk! I had the time to see deep purple 8 times but Led zeppelin no way, too late sht! luky you ;)

[@redts12]

Old Western? Omg no way! I was 15 when this song was released! Fabulous then and still fabulous all these years later. I also saw them live. Nothing better!

[@BrentMoore-ks9ek]

I'm 74 now and all alone. My baby brother passed away 2 months ago at 67. His band in the 70s was called starway! And they played this song at the end of his funeral. I still cry. Please pray

[@KalahariMeerket]

I’m so sorry to hear about your brother. You know that he lived and loved his music, you honoured him with this awesome song… his stairway to heaven was not quiet nor alone. He heard your music and felt your love and still does. Hold on, sweetheart, just hold on. 🫂🫂🫂

[@Scrapper202]

🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏

[@marymeissner4664]

I'm so sorry. Have learned being older is more painful than we ever expected. Take care

[@AdgTee21]

@@KalahariMeerketlovely thoughts…❤

[@CarmellaStrock]

God bless you and your beautiful brother

[@UncleSpellbinder]

I'm 59 years old and can remember hearing this for the first time. Seeing someone in 2023 getting the same joy warms my heart. One of the greatest rock songs EVER recorded.

[@ConspiracySmurf]

I'm 51 and was raised on this. You know it's good when people are still playing it sixy years later!

[@gxl5892]

Agree 1000%

[@goldenchild4835]

Saw Robert Plant with the Sensational Space Shifters at the Sydney Opera House a couple of years ago. The bloke still has it!

[@MelodyMan69]

There is a video of Robert Plants son and his band doing this

[@jimreadey4837]

Never mind "one of the"... it's been voted *the* greatest rock songs ever.

[@phillipgibbs9673]

Imagine your 17 years old and your first concert is LedZepplin in Atlanta at Atlanta Stadium in 1973. I was blown away.

[@dennisimpallomeni5599]

They were my first concert MSG 1977 June 10th and they blew me away and they became my favorite band ever I saw page and plant twice after JB passed away

[@roxannemorrison608]

Omg

[@dennisimpallomeni5599]

Immigrant song

[@geetraveler5870]

Wowwww..... how could you ever top that!

[@andresromoleroux6095]

Wow

[@madelinemichelle1502]

First time I heard this I was in my room alone. Sat on the floor and just listened. By the end I had tears running down my face. This is my generation's classical music. It will never die.

[@lauraburger1272]

They honored Led Zeppelin at the Kennedy Center and HEART did a cover of this song … you think your hair stood up listening to this… wait till you hear and watch that! Totally Amazing 🤩

[@LivesinReno]

YES!!! Watching Robert Plant's reaction to that tribute is absolutely other world!! CHILLS and TEARS!!

[@user-yo4tb9zv9w]

Battle of Evermore. That was great

[@imma1287]

Love that one so much! Heart was amazing! The Kennedy Center Honors that year was very good.

[@starjunkie5328]

Plant was reduced to tears, and Jimmy was reacting like the consummate musician he remains - almost like a schoolboy who can't believe someone just came damn close to stealing his ball. JPJ, well, Jonesy is their secret weapon, and they all know it. Great to see Jason on the kit. Great tribute that was.

[@masalasue]

Absolutely, Heart's rendition was epic!! Definitely watch that, it includes their late drummers Son playing too.

[@melaniemoore4652]

I'm a 75 year old lady and this was our music... all the time... so now you see what we REALLY miss. Great to see your reactions!!!

[@thomaspalumbo6482]

Amen, fellow Baby Boomer!

[@annettefalconer]

Funny you commented…. I’m 60 in 8 days and feel the same. As an RN who has worked in LTC I made special playlists with ‘40’s & 50’s music to play for the clients. Then there’s the middle aged, cheaply dressed creepy ‘guy’ who goes in and plays old wartime music on the piano or banjo: have thought, recently, they best start Stepping it up in those homes… clients will start saving puréed food to throw at them!!! 😂 I’ve started a playlist of ‘60’s, 70’s, 80’s and even the odd newer tune that caught me… these classics will ALWAYS Rule… but the playlist is for Me IF I ever Have to live in a ‘home’ too! BYOM!!!! 😁💖🎶

[@foschti24]

I wish I could have been there...

[@user-po1vi5ep9n]

I do too! It was epic truly the best time of my life@@foschti24

[@tomwilson5822]

Keep on rockin😊

[@chriswebb7155]

I'm 67 and this was the music of my youth. How privileged I was to grow up in a time of superbands and real music played on real instruments. So glad people of today can still enjoy these timeless classics.

[@yvonnepeters1914]

Same here. We had that album in the 70's. Great song!I just turned 67 too btw. 😊

[@Jordan-ly8lz]

Makes me sad bc all the real music is gone. I'm 34 and my dad brought me up on EveryLed Zep album ever. No joke, he had all of them lol

[@roberta7727]

Great job Dad🥰

[@roberta7727]

😅Love this so much😂 My very favorite band ever!!!! And I love so many others, but Led Zeppelin is Legendary no one can touch them💯 All Zeppelin songs are great you need to do a Zepp.athon 📀 to know how really great they are!!!Thank you for show your the Best 😅

[@roastedright]

4 Songs of our Youth , Stairway , Free Bird , Roundabout, We Won't Get Fooled Again.

[@SheffieldSteve791]

youve just listened to one of the seven wonders of the world ... Led Zeppelin, the stars were aligned when these four got together

[@TheBlibit]

Well said!

[@mildredslayton8778]

Oh you are not lying this is the best band ever they are legendary and their music will live on forever

[@trout825]

There is a reason this is the number 1 song of all time to so many people. I cry every time I listen to it.

[@Ladyloves1]

same

[@jimmycobain4027]

My Dad named me after Jimmy Page. I'm 38 and I grew up on Zepp. Best times of my life were sitting on the floor listening to my Dads Zepp records with him. Miss ya Dad ❤️

[@Mrkaycee7]

I really think it was a beautiful thing he did. Wear it well!

[@TheRjpiper]

Bet Dad has the CD Box Set 😅

[@timpress3555]

Well I love your Dad!! he had courage and great taste in naming you after one of the greatest guitar players and composers in history. I’m 66 and an art teacher at a very conservative school. I adore them and I always will. God bless bless you.

[@chanelfallon5248]

Sounds completely awesome ❤

[@blakephipps4466]

I grew up listening to led zeppelin with my dad. He had all the albums on cassette in his truck. I was in 4th grade, music teacher asked us who our favorite band was. He was blown away when I said led zeppelin!!!. I'm the same age as you. I lost my dad last year. One of my favorite last memories with him. I got him out of the house for one of the last times. I said let's go take a ride in the car.....we have a 73 dodge challenger stroked and bored 340 and a 4 spd. He got in, looked at me and said.....this might be the last time I ride in this car(it was) so if we going for a ride. We're going for a fucking ride! Crank up some led zeppelin and let's go!!!! I did just that. I beat the hell out of that car. Never drove it so hard but he had fun. Led zeppelin cranked and slamming gears!

[@jewelzinaz]

Watching Robert Plant’s eyes when being honored at the Kennedy Center while Heart performed this song was indescribable bliss for me.

[@Trump2024Kentucky]

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[@charlesalexander2492]

It’s still a heart touching moment watching John Bonham’s son playing with Heart and the amazing approval and the amazement on the faces of Led Zeppelin listening to the performance. If you get a chance, watch it. You will not be disappointed.

[@Denisellen]

Definitely epic.

[@pustulio81]

Which is saying a LOT because he's made it known several times that he's, generally, not a fan of people's covers of the song. I think the addition of the choir, orchestra, and most importantly John's son playing the drums using his dad's kit and wearing his hat really got him.

[@MikeKauaiHawaii]

I agree, this MUST be the Live version to react to. Incredible. I remember going to a college pub in the early 1970s and Heart was the band. Who would have thought, she would perform Stairway at the Kennedy Center honoring Led Zeppelin.

[@kenasmom59]

I'm 65 and this is my era of music. Watching you fall in love with this song is just so wonderful. ❤

[@cerwelt]

I’m 66 and our junior prom was based on this song. The gym was amazing, castles, stairways leading to the ceiling, into clouds and heaven. When the band finally played this song we all sang along. It was awesome. We had special lighting and strobes. Best memory ever. The stuff they call music today doesn’t even touch the talent demonstrated here. The music today is created to sell, be popular and nothing more. The music from our era was created to touch souls and it changed us. It changes whoever hears it.

[@santawilliamson5108]

I’m 66 also, and our junior prom was also based on this song!! Love everything about Led Zeppelin….hands down the best band in my lifetime! There’s no one better, and the memories made listening to them are etched in my brain. They are on my music list pretty much every day of the week.

[@daviddempsey8721]

True…. And it was often the tracks that were very different that stood out as classics.

[@paulnelson5713]

If anyone tries to tell me that today’s music is in the same category as LedZeppelin, come up for air guys,this is on a different level ❤❤❤

[@charlesyateschalfant]

Today's Music.......Generally that's an oxymoron.

[@thenande]

This song, it brings you on a journey, first it beckons you to follow, then it holds your hand, then it runs and pulls you along and finally you are moving at warp speed with it. For today's music people are corrupted by social media content overload so there is a quick gratification impulse, if it doesn't do something within 3 seconds it is mentally swiped. Another thing is music was not so direct to audience, they actually have to be curated by many levels before they would reach a radio station and even get airtime. Now someone makes music and stream it and it reaches mass audience immediately. Not that it's a bad thing but it caused so much "noise" and what social media algorithm does is it doesn't curate according to what's good, but what's liked by more people. And that's all well and good if what's good is what's liked, but like I mentioned now people want a quick/instant gratification instead of a journey so what the algorithm pushes out would be those instead and yes they do well cos those are liked by many and so the social media gets to serve more ads and earn more money and those pushing out bad but popular music also earns more money so kind of everybody wins but the effect is good music is lost.

[@bernadettecartin]

​@@thenandeInteresting assessment.

[@philmorgan3316]

Tool comes to mind. Today is so oversaturated with mediocrity. But the gems are out there.

[@carch7243]

@@thenande Nothing in the past 40 years has even come close to Led Zeppelin

[@stringcus]

I’m 156 years old and still love this.

[@stringcus]

I knew Jimi Page when he was only 122 years old.

[@jonchambers8864]

Gandalf has spoken..

[@qvmarlins3506]

You were probably babysat by Charlie Watts or Willie Nelson😅

[@sophiabee8924]

❤😂

[@chrishopkins5651]

😂😂😂😂😂

[@vshewett4333]

At 70, I may be old, but we saw all the best bands😄 My generation has songs that will survive the ages.🎸

[@cindycluff2159]

I’m 61 and this is the music of my generation. Love Led Zeppelin

[@gospyro]

My junior year in high school (1980) a friend was killed in a car accident. His younger brother played this song at his funeral. Shortly after his brother hit “play”, while the mellow opening is still playing softly, some adult goes over and turns the volume WAY UP! We all just smiled at each other knowing what was coming!! By the end the windows in the little chapel were literally shaking! (no way, at this point, was anyone going to walk over and turn it back down). It was PERFECT, and if there is a heaven, my friend was there laughing his ass off!!!!!

[@patpalermo9157]

Made me smile!!!

[@dawncheshire-gibson1859]

That’s a great story.

[@sappytheclown4849]

Amazing

[@MrRickSteele]

It will be played at mine as well.

[@patriciarossman8653]

What an absolutely wonderful anecdote! I, too, lost classmates during HS, and immediately after I graduated. These hit us hard, and bewildered us. I believe they also helped us. They helped us grow in experience and wisdom from a tender age, and prepared us for things to come.

[@jenniebond]

I’m 70 and I still get chills when I hear this song!! ❤❤

[@imagem812]

I'm 62 and it made me cry listening to this today.

[@ellenlewis9860]

Turned 69 today chills all over! It never gets old

[@baileyride]

Me too!

[@deborah1russell.russell745]

I’m 62. And still love Led Zeppelin….

[@kenrussell1635]

You ate so old, lol. I'm only 69. We feel the same about LZ. Grew up in Scotland and this was my teens.

[@lakesidegirl1]

I'm 64 and would never trade our music before and after also...it was intoxicating.....

[@bonitahamm8238]

Agree. I'm 63. We had the best rock n roll. And, it was cheap/reasonable to attend a concert. Sometimes 2 and 3 bands playing.

[@horsevoyeur7361]

I'm a 75 yo female and I can't count how many times I listened to this while getting high, with headphones on and candles burning Unbelievable memories. Now I'm gonna listen to WholeLotta Love... The ultimate headphone song❤👍

[@nancym24021]

Don't forget the incense! I'm right there with you❤

[@tstubert]

It was my trippin' music! ❤

[@diandeva]

oh yeah-I’m 74 and remember sitting in a friend’s dorm room the first time I heard this.

[@user6623]

Girl I’m 29 and I couldn’t either 😂 college for me consisted of sitting on the beach every single night getting high and listening to zeppelin or Pink Floyd

[@mtwmn8009]

85 yr.old w. woman here... can't agree w you more! Hope someone plays it while they burn my old bones.

[@karak7005]

I have been to a funeral that played this. Not a dry eye in the chapel. It is a beautiful choice.

[@sythiadawn]

Me too!

[@suesmith2289]

74 years old, my 52 year old son just passed, we both have this song on our WAKE playlist. Be pisitive people, less effort.

[@punk7066]

74 here too and cry every time I hear it.

[@RZSilver888]

This song bound all us boomers together....the stoners, geeks, jocks and those that never fit in any category. It was a prom theme in every high school in America much to the chagrin of administration but secretly the teachers grooved too. Doubt there will ever be a time like that again....pardon me now while i crank up my Bluetooth and relive my teen years.

[@abelis644]

And Canada.👋🇨🇦

[@scoobydadog246]

Amazingly perfectly said!

[@CliveAdlam-yn8uz]

I'm in my 70's brother or sister , I'm still there , never left .'TO be a rock and not to roll .Respect, best wishes.

[@brentmcmahon8188]

At 68 I can still rock !!!

[@CapinCooke]

72 years old and I still cry through most of this classic testament to excellence.

[@jakeryzo899]

This is what happens when the best vocalist, guitarist, bassist and drummer get together.

[@dorrengilbert804]

This is one of those songs that will stick with you the rest of your life.

[@colleen6050]

Jimmy Paige is one of the greatest guitarists of all time. He wrote the music, Robert Plant wrote the lyrics when he was 23 years old. One of the greatest R&R songs in history.

[@EileenGoehring-lb8hy]

Agree Robert plant is the best so is Bonham on drums

[@maxnovakovics2568]

Lightning In a Bottle. One among few such cases, across the entire medium...

[@thesongsyouwrote]

I think about that sometimes…23 years old and you wrote the best song of all time.

[@Musicmaneuvers]

Definitely top 5 but in my opinion it's David gilmour

[@videogeekin]

Not to take away from Jimmy in any way but John Paul Jones composed and played all the multiple recorders(Renaissance period flutes), as well as the electric piano harmonies following Jimmy’s guitar parts.

[@poloreacts27]

By the time I hear that live tribute, I will have learned the song and fallen in love with the track all over again. This one was special. Thanks for watching

[@AngeloMarcheschi-vj9em]

Listen to the live video of Zeppelin at Madison Square Garden in 1973 first. Than watch the tribute version.

[@heidiv5488]

@@AngeloMarcheschi-vj9em That is exactly what I was going to suggest. You've got to be familiar with the studio version to fully appreciate the live version, and you've got to be familiar with the song to fully appreciate the tribute.

[@Jims_Camera_at_dawn]

This song is number one on most best of lists. Any list that doesn't have this song in the top 5 is a worthless list.

[@LionHeart12357]

I agree... what can anyone say after that. At 65, im so gld to know we have such appreciation for what this is in common

[@jenniferplumley1921]

The Live version of Zeppelin @ Madison Square 1973 is absolutely incredible. I was born that same year and will be forever grateful I had aunts & uncles who turned me o to this incredible band when I was 3 years old. I have All of their albums (yes I said albums, lol) thanks to my uncle. You will always go on a journey listening to this band. So glad to see you appreciate the music. ❤️

[@robertranger6612]

A lot of people say they remember the first time they heard Stairway. I can’t it just seems like it has always been a part of my life

[@gdiup9241]

💯

[@sanditaranto4980]

You haven't heard Zeppelin until you've heard this one: Led Zeppelin - Immigrant Song (Live 1972)

[@gen.barnakey__]

Stairway, regarded as arguably the best rock song ever for almost 50 years.

[@guinnesstrail6799]

It still is.

[@N-A-uw5fp]

It’s not just a song, it’s a work of art! 🎉

[@user-bl6ne3hc6n]

The song was an accident, the words don't really make sense, and it's the greatest rock song of all time,

[@ghost_z17_08]

it’s as if I was walking up a stairway to heaven. literally :)

[@cates2613]

You are absolutely right. I will never get tired of this song. (And I won't tell you how old I am.😊)

[@satori03]

Amen

[@timmynormand8082]

@@ghost_z17_08slow down

[@pamelatrane9833]

Still gives me goose bumps every time I hear this song. I am 68 . This is my generations theme song 🎵

[@angelblue1956]

I am 68 years old and I have listened to Led Zeppelin since the late 60s and I still enjoy them.

[@user-cv2sf7ll4j]

I was 17 when this was released, and am almost 70 now. It sounds as good today as it did back then. I was privileged to grow up when this type of music was around - and they certainly don't make music like this today! Awesome!!!

[@gregellis9995]

Same Here,, although I am A Techno fan, 2 Cellos, Beethoven,

[@jenscheibner792]

Then I was 15 and my older cousin had the 8-track in his Gremlin. Greatest thing he ever did for me... Our music rules!!!!

[@TheRjpiper]

I'm 56 as of February, and I've always said I was born a generation to late. While my generation was listening to hair bands, I was listening to this and all the rest of the 50s to 80s

[@mi.dogman4438]

55. Professional musician partly because of this band. I knew at 8 yrs old... Bonham just oozed pure rhythm. Having siblings 10 yrs older than me, I always was hearing incredible music! Blessed to grow up in an Era where music was REAL! Not, AI,Autotune, track filled Total CRAP! Thank you for being rel bruh!

[@vickigreen9545]

How lucky are you to have this in your youth! I grew up in the 80s and kept going to the ‘old’ songs for good reason ❤

[@TheCharlesAtoz]

It never ceases to amaze what this song does to people.

[@robertprice6830]

Ain't that the truth

[@Kim-hc5si]

Word

[@kathigreen1479]

For real. Best results, get high AF and chil out on the lake at night. Effing fabulous. 🤟

[@vilseck95]

​@kathigreen1479 it's great without that. But your scenario sounds amazing. Gotta try it sometime

[@JJRamos14]

it makes em wonder

[@donnawilkinson5536]

I’m 68, and this song still stops me in my tracks. It thrills me to watch you listen to it, knowing what’s coming, and the reaction on your face to it. This was some of the 70’s best of the best. So glad you can appreciate it like us olders. ❤

[@kathycuster1714]

I think when we were growing up we didn't realize that music like this would ever go away. Nothing compares to the music of my youth! Nothing like it now!

[@bradhutchinson3275]

Zeppelin refused to cut it down to 3 min for radio saying you can't take the journey in 3 min. And it is still the most requested song on FM radio. 4 of the best rock musicians at their peak! The live version at Madison Square Garden is incredible.

[@martinbaxter4783]

I pity those whose first exposure to this was that chopped version. When I first heard that ABOMINATION, at 15, I was *angry*. Called the station to complain. Had to apologize to the DJ when I realized that he was as taken aback by the time as I was, forced to play it because it was ‘station policy’.

[@RebeccaTaylorTillery]

Roundabout by Yes is another very long song

[@vincentjacovino9097]

I was at that show at the Garden it was one of the best concerts i have seen, I also saw them at the Nasus coliseum on Long Island.

[@StephanieWilloughbyWPMG]

I was there. You can’t even imagine.

[@Bryan-jd7os]

​@vincentjacovino9097 wow! That is awesome. One of their absolute best live performances. What a treat!

[@patricksilvius2645]

My high school senior quote is from this. "Yes there are two paths you can go by, but in the long run, there's still time to change the road you're on."

[@scottgraham1055]

Mine too 👍

[@yosemitegirlCA]

Epic! Yes, it’s a lyric for the ages. It would make a great tattoo.

[@Mr.Bluesky1]

Love this song, however that is the one line from the song I never agreed with... There are two paths you can go by, but there's no time to change the road your on. You make a choice and none of us know when our time is up.

[@nanapam6376]

@@yosemitegirlCA Ooh, that would be one big tattoo. Lol

[@HeatherCooper52]

I'm 72 and have heard this track hundreds of times, and I still get chills at "As we wind on down the road, our shadows taller than our souls"

[@deidrelin1804]

Yesss!!!

[@Tyler-wl8kq]

BEST SONG IN HISTORY OF MUSIC, I want it played at my funeral before I’m cremated

[@d.j.langehennig6330]

This is just one incredible example of the depth and richness of the music we enjoyed back then.

[@reggiefokes6677]

There's none better. The boomer generation had the best music ever written.

[@katelesage]

Dang. I grew up on this and many others. I was 16. Still the best.

[@michaelhatem6085]

Oh yeah❤❤❤

[@PhoenixRisen63]

And the variety. It was all GENUINE. Synthesizers were in use, but only as another, alternative instrument. They weren't really something that were used to generate instrumental tracks in place of having talent and actually playing instruments. And singers SANG. Studio mixing, yes. Autotune, NO.

[@PhoenixRisen63]

​@reggiefokes6677 I smirk whenever someone says "Okay, Boomer." HA! We were SO MUCH COOLER and more authentic back then than they are now! Our music was AWESOME. AND we knew how to entertain ourselves, survive, and have fun WITHOUT a portable computer/phone or social media or much in the way of video games. (We had Pong, LOL.)

[@firstfreonwarrior]

They don't make it like this anymore, we were such a lucky generation to grow up with wonderful music like this.

[@Klm242]

Yes, 70s rock was the best, and Led Zeppelin was the best of them.

[@TomatoFettuccini]

Yes they do. Check out the album The Hazards of Love by The Decemberists. Absolutely amazing concept rock opera. By the end of it, you won't even have noticed that hour go by; it's transcendental. kzbin.info/www/bejne/h6faYnaMhLign80

[@firstfreonwarrior]

@@TomatoFettuccini Thank you.

[@DestinyAwaits19]

Oh please. Good music has only been extinct for about 12- 13 years. The 00s were full of classics.

[@mountainpepsi9991]

You should check out Greta van Fleet ;)

[@jasonoffutt5365]

At the time, Led Zeppelin, arguably, had the best singer, drummer, guitarist, and bassist in rock music. They were so good it wasn't fair.

[@michellemassa5498]

Led Zep!! Greatest Band of all Time!

[@jesseowyang6686]

No sir, I don't think you'll get sick of this song. I've been listening to this song for 40 years... I have never not wanted to hear it. On of the best tracks in HISTORY!

[@user-mj1tu2qs7q]

It reels you in, just about like all zeppelin songs played in stadiums throughout the US ! 50 years and still hear the Immigrant Song and others !!!

[@user-wg9gx1pp4w]

Robert Plant was only like 22 when this song came out... what talent... blows my mind

[@ConnieBrown-gu6bb]

I was fortunate to have been raised on this caliber of music. There is no one today who can compete with this talent💕

[@marilynmartin2202]

I’m telling ya, we had some of the best music in the 60’s ❤️

[@TheDivayenta]

Polo, the Kennedy Center in DC honored Led Zeppelin and had other legends perform their music. LZ was there too. You’ve got to see HEART ( Ann and Nancy Wilson) doing THIS song. They had Robert Plant in tears. ❤

[@sandrafazackerley9526]

Exactly what I was trying to say. That version can bring me to tears.

[@chmod1777]

100% agree. Might be the best cover of any song I've ever heard.

[@rhiannonrede]

Jimmy Page as well.

[@robinaddis-vaughn7271]

Yes, it's great. President Obama awards them the Kennedy Center Honors. At those shows, the artists don't know who's going to perform. And, they're all great. Jack Black is hysterical at the beginning when he's telling anyone who might not know who Zeppelin is, all about them. Then, the music starts, the people there are celebrities, other musicians, and politicians jamming to Zeppelin. Heart was asked very last minute to perform this song. I think it was just a few days. But, John Bonham was the drummer and when he passed away, they didn't feel right about trying to replace him. So, they dissolved the band. A surprise drummer plays for Heart and it's Jason Bonham, John's son, that's really when Robert Plant started tearing up. They were all visibly moved, but it really got to Robert. There's another surprise in that performance that I'm not going to tell you about but just be prepared to have your goose bumps to have goose bumps. It's amazing.

[@rhiannonrede]

Really enjoyed watching you enjoy this!

[@Christopher-Baltimore]

You’re smart to start with studio versions when doing older songs. That’s how we all first heard them, how we know them, how we remember them, how we relate to them, connect to them. Studio versions are special, just like seeing the bands live was a special opportunity. This recording is the ultimate example; it is a perfect coming together of four great musicians in time, captured on tape for eternity, never to be changed. It is definitive.

[@RichardinNC1]

There are a few exceptions to this, Free Bird live and Do You Feel Like We Do are better live than the original studio versions.

[@SolarTiger]

It bugs me when a younger reactor watches a song from a band but they start with a live video 20 years after the fact, when the singers have peaked and are fading...I feel they might not like it as much because somethings lacking...

[@RanchHanded]

Agree with you. I often love the live versions. Have very fond memories of seeing 70's bands in concert. But I went to the concert already being a fan. We were already in love and when you love something, you love it minor flaws, quirks, creative departures and all. Some live versions do exceed expectations. And some leave the studio version far behind. But I think most of the time it's best to experience a live performance as a fan, which is how it was meant to be.

[@drysiftwizard3469]

DEF... first time listens on live versions.. suck

[@drysiftwizard3469]

save for maybe a handful... Skynyrd in Oakland... Queen Live Aid... Phil Collins in the Air... there's def a few live spots that can do... but 99%... def don't

[@michelleburke5537]

That song was an instant classic. A masterpiece.

[@marywright5348]

I love seeing folks react to legendary music for the first time. The best is experiencing Led Zeppelin live in front of you. There truly is nothing like my generations music.

[@sawman3364]

I'm coming up on 64yo. I saw Zep's last show ever in L.A. 6/27/77. I played "Stairway" for my mom one time back in the day, I opened the album so she could read the lyric's and as she listened and read she started to cry. I think she understood at that moment why I loved the music so much. I hope to see her again at the top of the stairway one day.🙏💔

[@satori03]

she's there

[@sawman3364]

Thank you

[@itsmommy100]

Beautiful story!

[@sentachadwick4226]

You need to watch Ann Wilson sing this in tribute to Led Zeppelin at the Kennedy Center Honors. It’s a masterpiece!

[@tracyann6936]

I've probably rewatched that performance 50 times. It was touching to see their reactions, you know that it took them back. Yes...anyone that hasn't seen it, it's a MUST!!❤

[@esmed779]

Yes it’s amazing

[@user-mt1gz1bv6m]

Ann Wilson stairway to heaven

[@UBrickIFix]

Oh yeah. She's a goddess.

[@damonbrown4548]

Just watched it again! Amazing performance! Always brings a tear to my eyes! ❤

[@barryjoslin432]

I can't stop watching the Iron Man desk metal thing spinning bottom left.

[@stormchaser419]

Almost every hard core rocker understands the majesty of this song and Led Zeppelin. They are rock n roll royalty for sure right up there with The Doors, The Rolling Stones, Deep Purple and The Who. Before the American hair bands came on the scene, it was all UK for great rock. Van Halen then entered the scene.

[@MikeKauaiHawaii]

I was in my teens when Led Zeppelin put this out. I bought the vinyl, and this became #1 on my list. I was at a stage in my life where I didn't know what I would do in life. This song taught me I could choose which way I could go. It changed my life forever. I still tear up listening to it. In 3 days I am turning 71. I have been married for 46 years to my sweetheart. I have two wonderful children and two lovely granddaughters. If not for Stairway to Heaven, I don't know. It took hold of me and never let go. Still my number 1.

[@kimnapier8387]

Aww God bless you ❤️😍! I am 61 years of age and I remember listening to this song on my little record player, after my sister and I bought the album 😁. Good memories ❤

[@judithboulden3456]

And I bet your kids and grandkids know this music, too. My kids do, real well.

[@davidkaye821]

Polo: "You feel the song is growing. You know something's coming." Folks who have loved this song for fifty odd years: "Dude, you have NO idea. But we're really glad you're about to find out." :) I don't know how it's possible not to have heard this song before, but it was AMAZING watching you react for the first time. Thank you!

[@gabrielk2295]

Exactly. I just wrote something very similar on Polo listening to Dazed and Confused

[@helmutradkejr13]

😮

[@JohnB-mo4kq]

Right?! First time heard this in my dads car as a kid, I had chills. The build up is one of the best of all time.

[@acooksla]

Amen

[@bernadettecartin]

AMEN and hell yeah!

[@rhondaburke5700]

I'm 61, no one had music like our era.

[@Alcat11]

I was 15 the year Stairway to Heaven dropped, every time it played on the radio I would blast the stereo and play my air guitar like I was live on stage, it still takes me back to that time…

[@axis2946]

Imagine living in the 70's like i did and you hear this on radio on average at least 3 to 5 times per week. And the cherry on top is that you knew that 10s of thousands of people were listening at the very same moment. It was a mind blowing time. ORGASMIC❤❤❤

[@Supplementarian]

It played every hour on most FM rock stations for years. It was consistently voted the #1 rock song of all time.

[@teripd424]

Amen to that. Music was Music then

[@larrycastro5113]

MTV

[@larrycastro5113]

BEST ERA

[@patrickfox-roberts7528]

Yup - here in UK I guess a lot of us were hearing it on Radio Luxemburg in the evening complete with the fading ;)

[@michaeldudek7831]

I was a College student in the 70's when someone brought this record into our dorm room. We lost our collective minds and played it over and over until we lost consciousness. So happy to see a new generation discover and thrill to this song!

[@bergy48]

Watching you hear this for the first time had me in tears. Through you part of me heard this again for the first time. I'm a 65 year old man and just want to thank you. I never even thought about having a moment in life like this. So again I thank you

[@guinevere4365]

Hey hello to you youngsters!!! I’m 77 and just an old hippie who never grew up‼️‼️🌈 OMG all these Stairway plays are heaven sent!! Love it all!!! ‼️🌈🐾🐾🇺🇸🪴😇🎵🎶🪴🤠

[@johnz.2871]

I'm 70 years old and I remember the first time I heard it. I get goose bumps when I hear it now just as I did when I heard it the very first time. Your reaction is the same as it is for me even today. Great job.

[@user-cv2sf7ll4j]

Same here! I remember hearing it for the first time back then, and it hasn't aged at all - unlike us sadly

[@markpirmann2567]

Dito 63

[@ozziebob08]

ditto... Im 64... remember watching this in the movie theater when I was 16. I still have my vinyl. Its in my will .... when Im in my box... tell the chapel to turn it up to 11 and rock the pucking crap out of the masonry.

[@markpirmann2567]

@@ozziebob08 YES !

[@billbeames1552]

85 years here and I still pull the rig to the shoulder and shudder

[@debra-vs]

I'm 68 years old. I feel very privileged to have heard the amazing music of the 60s and 70s when first released. The music in those decades was epic.

[@justagirlsd3000]

Magical times before Nancy screwed it all up.

[@G8AR]

Memories of the last dance with my high school sweetheart in the 1970s. Forever etched in my memory. It never gets old.

[@debilombard1435]

Let me set the mood, back then. The apt. door opens, you hear this playing on the record player.. smoke filled room, psychedelic posters everywhere lit by black lights. That my friend was the early 70's. Miss those days. ☮️♥️🎤🎸🎶🎶

[@baskervillebee6097]

A few years back Led Zeppelin won at the Kennedy Center Awards. They had Heart sing this song with a choir backup and the original drummer's son showed up as a surprise. Robert Plant cried. Please watch it. It is amazing.

[@lloydwhittle77]

Heart done it so much justice.

[@MsYvonnebaker]

My favorite ❤️

[@jasonbauer5488]

It was ok, but the fact they cut the song short was really not cool.

[@janw491]

Love love that version

[@cluckie]

Watch it. Watch the guy’s reactions. The parts that caused a reaction in you cause a reaction in them. I’ve lost count of how many times I’ve watched it.

[@pimentelcarlos7600]

You reaction captures the reason why this is considered one of the best rock songs of all time.

[@IrishEyes-333]

This was a time when artists wrote their own lyrics and music, most were bands, amazing guitarists, drummers that made you feel it in your chest and beautiful unique voices...I feel privileged to have grown up in this time and saw many in concert, in a time that concerts were super affordable!

[@terrikrucina2023]

Im 63, my ex is 69 and he got me into Zepplin. Thanks for sharing this song...brought tears to my eyes...

[@davebane1865]

Imagine having never heard "Stairway to Heaven"... there is a whole world of music that we all got to experience that so far exceeds the "artists" of today...

[@lisacalistro4357]

No doubt, music these days, you really wonder. 😮😮😮

[@juliemurphy1968]

Check out The Big Push, Ren Gill

[@bethmackey839]

Lots of great music today too

[@katiewright1267]

Absolutely 💯, Sad that music today is filled with auto tune and no true emotion from the soul.

[@dgeneeknapp3168]

"artists" really said it. What passes for creative today is something else. It's stultifying. I mean the raunchy lyrics is the most obvious...they act like no one ever sang about adult topics before the new age. I'd love for that crowd to hear about EVERYTHING ZZ TOP did. About EVERY song they ever did was about sex...Pearl Necklace was graphic. The little kids wouldn't even KNOW what they were talking about singing along...I know I didn't in highschool 😂. Years later you're listening, to them, and you're suddenly 😳😎.

[@charleneosborne344]

I'm 65, and our generation had the best music by far... Especially if you consider what they call good music today!

[@troyclaerhout2412]

I'm 38 and I agree, with 90s grunge and alternate rock being a distant 2nd.

[@carch7243]

@@troyclaerhout2412 Far distant

[@denisemcdougal6445]

Agreed

[@katehaynes5735]

Agree as well! I grew up with hair bands (which I liked) ... but the rock station in town doubled as the classic rock station and my dad still had his reel to reel so I also got The Doors and Creedence (et al), I was VERY lucky to be schooled by my parents, local rock radio, etc., and grew up with a large catalogue of rock music.

[@pamelasharp4766]

I totally agree! I'm 65 also and still jam to my 70's music..Best ever!!

[@robine.mcwilliamssaylor7805]

"How do you describe how great that is?!?!". Exactly Im 60. Never ever gets old...

[@charliek60]

At age 63 this still gives me shivers and believe me I have heard the song for 45 years . Music transcends time. This is proof!

[@patpalermo9157]

Agree at 70 years old!

[@susanwrowald1096]

I still get the chills too! A masterpiece!

[@nancybrody5896]

At 71 I remember seeing then live they are the best rock group EVER!

[@williamwade3507]

Yep! 63 years old

[@sherryherrick6567]

I'm 2 months shy of 72. I only listen to classic rock as my years are coming to an end...SO MANY great memories!!

[@user-ot6yb9nr2m]

This is when music was music, pure poetry. that tells a story. Love Led Zeppelin

[@paydn202]

my whole life I heard this song as a 10yr old and i still remember "there's this feeling i get, when i look, to the west"

[@markredmon382]

I was fortunate enough to grow up listening to this music.

[@tylero8595]

My mom saw LZ in Vancouver before they were big. They opened for Vanilla Fudge. I think it was in 1968 or 69. She always says this when this song comes on. Every Sunday I take my mom out for brunch. On the way back we drive through the farm lands near her house. Its nice and slow. We talk and just chill. I always put on Stairway to Heaven for her. Its her favourite song. She is in the twilight of her life now. I think of only her now when I hear this song. I know I wont be able to listen to it after she isnt here anymore. But for now I can and do with her. She is the best mum. Cheers yall.

[@pocho689]

Listening to the song after she passes will bring joy to your heart. Trust me.

[@DianeLake-sw3ym]

Maybe. I know I cannot watch the video my brother in law did of my mom for her funeral. It's been 9 years and I still cannot do it. As for your mom seeing Led Zeppelin in the beginning that would have been so great. The drummer of Vanilla Fudge became friends with John Bonham and they bonded over drums. Bonham was a fan of his before they played with Fudge. I've seen videos on youtube of Led Zeppelin when they started out. Their first performance in 68. they are on here and I wonder if a short video was done in Vancouver.

[@lesblatnyak5947]

🙏

[@charlesm9929]

​@@DianeLake-sw3ymYes, the name of Vanilla Fudge's drummer is Carmine Appice. Phenomenal drummer in his own right, but John Bonham will always be my favorite.

[@papacarl2002]

Thank you so much for sharing your story. Hearing how you & your mom have bonded with this song over the years is very touching and wonderful. Getting to spend time listening to music with my dad before he passed earlier this year was truly a blessing. It’s been five months and for me it’s been nice to set aside some time when I can to honor dad’s memory by listening to one of his favorites (Michael Hedges “Aerial Boundaries”) and then playing something I’ve discovered lately that I think he would like while keeping him in my thoughts (Julian Lage “Tributary”). I’m so grateful for the love of music he instilled in me. Best of luck on your journey friend. 🙏🏼

[@ehemple]

When I was 24 years old I owned a jingle company in Birmingham, AL. I was asked by the studio I worked at if I wanted to drive one of three limos to pickup Led Zeplin and the take them to their private jet after the concert. I got to stand at the edge of the stage about 10 feet from where this amazing song was performed live. After the concert was over I drove three of the group to the runway where they boarded their private jet. Once in a lifetime experience.

[@justthefactsplze]

Not really. I think Led Zep travelled by limo and private all the time.

[@ehemple]

Well whoever was singing stairway to Heaven sounded and looked just like Led Zeppelin? Seriously, it really happened in Tuscaloosa Alabama in 1972.

[@ghanahumber937]

Hell yeah 👍👍👍

[@mountainwarrior8387]

@@ehemple Don't let justthefacts bring you down. Jealousy is an evil thing. Let him stew in it.

[@SusieRN]

The first time I saw them live was in my home town in San Diego, it was 1973 or 74 can’t remember. It was my boyfriend his best friend and me riding their Harley’s down the freeways to the convention center. We snuck 1/2 pints of Jack in our boots. After the concert we went to the beach and partied with a bunch of other Led Zeppelin fans with bonfires up and down the beach. Totally legal back then. So much crazy fun that night. Jimmy page would play his guitar with a violin bow and everyone was in such awe. I saw them 2 more times live and I feel so lucky I grew up in the 70’s the greatest rock legend ever.

[@portiawashington765]

In 2012 I think, Led Zeppelin was honored during the Kennedy Center Honors by Heart and they did a great job. The remaining members of Led Zeppelin were there.

[@PeterTea]

This song slowly builds in intensity, almost imperceptibly, to arguably the most climactic moment in rock n roll. Welcome to Led Zeppelin.

[@wiliamwidlacki7459]

Well said!!!

[@reggiefokes6677]

It's like tripping. Starts off slow and mellow, gradually builds into intense and takes you for a ride, and then slowly brings you back down.

[@Ltomast]

This song was released in 1971. By 1979 I was a senior in high school and it was regarded by most rock music fans as the greatest rock anthem of all time. 44 years later it’s still the undisputed best. Thank you for sharing your first impression. It is a song for the ages.

[@robandkrissy]

You just echoed what I was thinking exactly! We picked the best song of the year every year in high school. Every year Stairway was voted #1. Even 8 years after it was released. It was undeniable! Best tune ever hands down.

[@lightningbug276]

1980 Grad here!

[@psalveta8498]

Word

[@stephenmiller6690]

I was a senior in 1971. Still love this.

[@johndalessandro6433]

For the 70's and 80's Casey Cason did the best 100 songs of all time on every new year's eve. Freebird was always 2nd and Stairway was always 1st. Since Skynyrd was my favorite band I was hopin' they'd get it one year lol. Amazing the staying power of good music from any genre!!

[@michealrausch5743]

I've heard this song so many times, that I take for granted how great a composition that it truly is. Watching you hear it for the first time made it fresh for me again! Thanks from a jaded, crusty 70 year old.

[@JohnnysCafe_]

I say this is one of the best songs ever written and performed beautifully.

[@paulinedengler6465]

This song was such a huge part of my teenage years that it is hard to believe someone may not have heard it. GREATEST song of all time.

[@ssphotopinup]

Same! Last dance song at every school dance in the 80s and 90s... Cuz it's so long

[@laurabella13]

I agree and I’m obsessed with all music but stairway is #1

[@oldmanriver1955]

68 yo and the beginning of my journey into heavier guitar rock.

[@wendypeacock-frail]

I know. My jaw dropped that a person in North America, over 20 had never heard Stairway to heaven. Seems, in Canada anyway, every kid that picks up a guitar learns this tune first.

[@raysearch-iu3fr]

Loving it as my number 1 song ever since it was first released.

[@uncnorseman2670]

Some of us have heard this song over a thousand times, and it still never loses it's novelty or shocking brilliance after all these years!

[@wyldeyouth]

OFC he has heard it too. He's just bullshitting his way to making money of gullible people. LOL

[@kristinenewsom311]

It sure doesn't.

[@vincentwhitley1119]

Initially, no one appreciated them, their name came from an insult..But Jimmy knew what he had

[@planetclaire820boulder8]

I was over forty when I could listen to it again, and enjoy it. In LA radio market it was always playing! Thank God I Got to see them live, twice in one week! What a fun time that was ! I love them again and glad I took that break. PLANT AND I HAVE THE SAME BIRTHDAY, SO.... And, if you've never heard Heart, do it for Zeppelin, with Bonhams son on drums, it's a must, KENNEDY CENTER HONORS. With a Chior !!! Zepplin dudes, were crying. Make sure you just get the remastered album... Ps Metallica lead their $#!T, from Zepplin.

[@planetclaire820boulder8]

Let's call it the "crescendo " .

[@dizzmancan]

THere is a reason it is widely regarded as the greatest rock and roll song of all time. I envy you. being able to listen to these songs for the first time. What a joy. Kashmir, Immigrant song, When the levee breaks, going to california, the list goes on and on. FOr fun, go watch the kennedy center honors when anne and Nancy wilson of heart did this song with Bonzo bonhams son on drums with a gospel choir... the guys from led zep had tears in their eyes.

[@cindyparsons6609]

Stairway to Heaven and Free Bird were the biggest songs of the 70's. Both with unbelievable solo's

[@theresalogsdon765]

True

[@user-mp5bq4gc7v]

I agree

[@yogimarkmac]

I had a dream once that I went to the "Magic Kingdom" -- Led Zep and Skynyrd were there jamming together!

[@ana34602]

Agree

[@TheresaLyonhart]

I loved Eric Clapton’s “Layla”.

[@stoicepictetus833]

Medieval to heavy rock in one song; astounding, sophisticated and without boundaries. LOVE this song!

[@chuckdavis5300]

Masterpiece

[@johngrimkowski598]

yesssssssssss

[@clifftanton8385]

Mystical you are very perceptive

[@kellydwightfields2281]

Well said, I like your description.

[@19sacajawea52]

Timeless and precious!!❤❤❤❤❤

[@steve1991]

And now you understand why it is almost universally agreed upon that this is the greatest rock song ever written.

[@jaydee45]

RIP Joh Bonham. When he passed Led Zeppelin disbanded. No way they could carry on without him. I was very blessed to see them in concert in Munich, 1970. Rock On y’all !!!

[@KRAEMERP2010]

We got a Led Zeppelin cover band in my country, they got 2 drummers, because as they say, they need it to give the same dynamics as Bonham provided..

[@andrewblack1575]

My Dad was John's Coke roady

[@rebeccahopkins9522]

You’re so lucky. I grew up in the 90’s, but this was my music of choice. When all my peers were grunge, I was a hippy child, displaced, late and wrong, born in the wrong decade. By the time I was a teen, they’d long been disbanded and John long passed on 😢 I would have given my left kidney and half of my right to have been alive in the time of Zeppelin. 😂 Just to see them live. Still my Favorite band of all time. And in my humble opinion, the greatest pure rock band that ever was, or ever will be. You were so, so lucky. ♥️

[@rebeccahopkins9522]

@@KRAEMERP2010craziest thing of all is, John wasn’t playing with a double bass kick drum. He did those fills with A SINGLE LEG AND DRUM. My dad was a drummer so I get it. That’s still so effing incredible to me. He truly was one in a billion.

[@mariodenaro7923]

how is it possible to have never listened to this song today?

[@tonyakay286]

I love Led Zeppelin so much that they helped me get through Breast Cancer. Music is therapy..❤

[@tammikit5310]

Prayers for u. Kick that Cancers A**. ❤️

[@glens911]

Music therapy is the best. Congratulations on getting through breast cancer

[@robertboston7872]

Best wishes ❤ stay strong