Rapper FIRST time REACTION to Led Zeppelin - Stairway To Heaven (Live at Earls Court 1975)

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Rapper FIRST time REACTION to Led Zeppelin - Stairway To Heaven (Live at Earls Court 1975)
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[@gjermundnorumbugge7373]

This is one of the most famous songs EVER. PERIOD. One of the most important songs in rock history. Every guitar player knows how to play this song. It is just that Iconic, and it also an absolute master piece

[@Mr.Ekshin]

Definitely not their best performance of this tune. Robert's voice was shredded after the surgeries in the 73/74 time frame. And by this time 'Stairway' was basically a boring (but required) song for them in every show. They're just going through the motions.

[@lisadavenport2390]

Yes 🙌 my all time fave rock song 🎶

[@sicotshit7068]

@@Mr.EkshinI agree, & Page’s solo isn’t as great as Madison Square Garden (1973), MSG is their best live performances.

[@ryanr5319]

They can play until the lead. 😅

[@romanfedrich6967]

@@Mr.Ekshin Stairway to Heaven should come with a warning: STUDIO VERSION ONLY! This performance was so lacking in the classic beauty of the song it was downright embarrassing. My brain needed a reset after being knocked off course trying to follow the rhythm of the song. "Does anyone remember laughter?" WTF!

[@williamlewis9350]

Still stirs the hearts of burned out old hippies everywhere.

[@lindakoschwitz7098]

damn straight!

[@alisonholland7531]

We're not burned out - my grandkids can't keep up with me 😂

[@user-bh4zl2dd1h]

"my man look like he trippin'". Dude, it the 70's and they were the biggest rock band ever, they were higher than the stratosphere.

[@marcialynn6257]

Lol I know It's funny my husband was a teen I was still.young but I grew up with it n I knew how high bands were then lol😅

[@hopcat500]

He probably was trippin' Led Zepplin was the "poster child" for the rock star lifestyle!!!

[@SaganTheKhajiit]

No joke. If they could, they'd list LSD as a co-writer for this song.

[@DevInvest]

Song was made for Indica 😂

[@BiscuitBoy1972]

@@hopcat500 Ooooo Yeah!!

[@mikefetterman6782]

The song was the MOST REQUESTED song in the US radio stations from 1973 until 1999. Every single year.

[@christinahosey9746]

It was the theme for my sophomore prom (1988), I love them but didn't listen to the song for years due to it being overplayed.

[@garysteinert8040]

It means nothing. It means everything. It means what you want.

[@guyray1504]

It ROCKS.

[@marknorthrup4897]

well, that was just a stupid thing to say, sorry.

[@ginger1860]

The quote I used in my Senior yearbook came from this song: in this life there are two roads you can go by but in the long run there's still time to change the road you're on. True to this day ... never too late to take control of youre life. 💞

[@carlahelin5203]

If you learned to play guitar this was one of the first tunes learned, back in the day.

[@kidpoker007]

Under the Gym at my HS it was painted on the wall...."There's still time to change the road your on"

[@PianoDentist]

@@carlahelin5203 Also, the song banned from most guitar stores. 🤣

[@carlahelin5203]

@@PianoDentist 😂🤣😂🤣

[@shanegooding4839]

​@@PianoDentistAlso Smoke on the Water!😂

[@jamesknox7171]

The "flute" sound you hear is actually a keyboard called a "Mellotron" played by John Paul Jones. Any time you hear a wind instrument, pipe organ or an orchestral sound like violins and cellos, it's JPJ by himself playing all those parts on the Mellotron.

[@doomhunter697]

Sometimes the 'strings' you hear is Jimmy Page using a cello bow on his guitar.

[@juliemanarin4127]

​@doomhunter697 well that's true too 😊

[@michaelcollins5563]

...and the sound the mellotron is playing is a recorder. Jason brought one home from school and that gave John the idea that was passed on...

[@tracyd3522]

I thought the “flute sound” was a bass recorder? Was that possibly on the album only?

[@doomhunter697]

@@tracyd3522 It was the analog Mellotron keyboard, which had flute (and other instruments) sounds of different notes on tape loops for each key. Sort of a pre-digital 'synth'.

[@uksuef7218]

You have to take in the fact that they are British and this is a very British song full of references to the landsape and natural world. The hedge row is a feature of the countryside here - they run along all the small roads in the rural areas and are full of small trees plants wild flowers and provide habitat for insects birds and animals . Around May they burst into full beauty and life and that is what he means by the bustle its the coming back to life in spring. The hawthorn tree which has white blosson in May and is therefore called the May queen is a pre christian symbol of spring and re birth . Robert Plant was influenced by the intelligent end of the hippy movement in the 60's and that included rejecting materialism and searching for spirituality. The woman who belives all that glitters is gold is searching for happiness through expensive shiny things whereas the path to true hapiness is being connected to the natural world - the forrest the brook etc. RP 's home was in Wales which is the western most part of the UK - that is where he returned to seek peace when he wasn't touring so that is looking to the west. you can also hear this quest for spirituality in the songs Kashmir and Achilles last stand. the two paths are materialism or sprituality. There is a gentle and beautifully expressed reminder that we are not immortal . Different people hear the song in different ways but those are the themes. Jimmy Page had that guitar made to perform this song on stage so that he wouldn't have to change guitars in mid performance . the whole song is a constant progression in tempo volume and intensity its almost imperceptable as it happens - its genius. I hear it as a musical representation of increasing life force as the spring takes hold but that may be just me. You should listen again because you were distracted by trying to make sense of the lyrics , you should try the madison square garden 1973 performance as that is widely regraded as the best version and i do think the vocals are better- thats not criticism you weren't to know . To dive in further you should know they are regarded as the best blues rock band - try since i been loving you live at MSG or for some straight rock try black dog same concert.

[@joshoberg9797]

Best explanation I've heard. Think you nailed it.

[@aura81295]

@@joshoberg9797 agreed. I kept scrolling through comments to determine if I might try to explain my own interpretation. One of the wonderful things about art, including language, is that it often CAN be interpreted in different ways. We all have our preferences which makes diversity so critical. Honestly, it doesn't even matter all that much what the author/artist intended. It is the appeal to those who experience the creations that matter most.

[@uksuef7218]

@@joshoberg9797 Thanks for that - i should say that i live in the south west of englnd and am surrounded by hedgerows so i'm with RP -they are about to do their magic !!!

[@melissasecrest8223]

This is the best explanation and interpretation of this song I have ever experienced...and I have been listening to this song, with adoration and awe, for more than 40 years. It meant one thing to me as a kid...then a teenager...then a college student who thought she knew it all. After I had kids the meaning changed for me, and then later, after my mom died it changed and expanded again in the most beautiful ways. I cannot watch the Wilson sister's tribute at the Kennedy Center with Jon's son Jason Bonham in his trademark bowler hat, without bawling my eyes out and jumping to my feet. Wow. Thank you so much

[@uksuef7218]

@@melissasecrest8223 Thanks for that! Where would we be without this song and usually very enjoyable to watch new people find it. It took me ages to pluck up the courage to watch the Hart version but it was a really good tribute and very emotional because of the 3 sitting there. Imagine playing the guitar solo in front of jimmy page!! If anyone wants to see the hedgerows if you google English hedgrows and look at the images there are plenty - you'll be able to see what it is . the song translates and becomes universal because everyone has a thing which makes them happy, no matter where you are in the world - it might be the beach or kicking a football in the park with your mates . whatever makes your heart sing. The clips of Robert with his wife and children playing in the welsh countryside from the song remains the same film explains everything about him, i think.His reluctance to sing this later may be a question of Paradise lost because of his little boy. all love s

[@alexharbison4411]

Plant has said many times that the meaning of the song is open to different interpretations except for the first verse. First verse is about the excesses of life and where those excesses lead. Nice reaction

[@CosmicVagabondPixie]

i also read that Plant himself also said he interprets the song differently every time he hears it **RockON!!!**

[@ingridgabelo2934]

Led Zeppelin.... mucho que decir de ésta gran banda. Ésta es su obra maestra pero su catálogo es enorme!! Zep fué muy superior en sus grabaciones de estudio. En vivo, considero que Deep Purple fué muy superior, sin desmerecer al todos los miembros de la banda. Son fascinantes!! Gracias por el bello recuerdo 😊💙

[@janineivey03121]

Robert Plant wrote those in about 30 minutes after Jimmy Page had finished the music. He was so young, and to be so astute and able to relay the immensity of life , is mind boggling. This has so many meanings to us, and these change as life changes

[@suzannemagisa3246]

He said in an interview that he made up the words as a stream of conscience while in the studio after reading The Hobbit. Many of their songs have references to The Lord of the Rings (Misty Mountain Hop) which was released about the same time. I read the books when this song was just released way back in the early 70's.

[@RockinMamaT]

Jimmy Page is the GOAT. He was a pro years before Zeppelin and is still collaborating on stuff today. We can argue Stevie Ray Vaughan and Jimi Hendrix but unfortunately they passed early in life. Jimmy being 80 the man's talents span decades❤ RIP Bonzo❤

[@greenogre22]

jimmy page in my opinion is overrated because he‘s been always a bit sloppy in live situations to the extent that for instance their live aid concert slot got erased from the recording, according to their own wish. actually i find you can see and hear it here as well, it just looks impressive with his gear and style. but i know jimmy page is one untouchable holy cow for many. of course he‘s created monumental stuff, just saying. there are a lot of other greats which i think are better. it also depends on which approach in guitar playing you prefer. hence it‘s all matter of taste.

[@lisadavenport2390]

Amen on Bonzo 🕊️ His son is really good drummer 🥁 and only appropriate that he got to play with them in his father’s place but none like Bonzo

[@Dreyno]

@@greenogre22Their Live Aid slot wasn’t rehearsed and Jimmy Page had a serious drug problem. He’s sloppy live because he improvised live. Hendrix was sloppy live too for the same reason. Slash tends to stick to the studio versions and is really tight as a result. Jimmy’s reputation for sloppiness actually doesn’t come from his live playing. It was from his practice of using the best take of something even with a mistake in it. His earlier session work didn’t have mistakes because he wasn’t the producer. With Led Zeppelin he decided the best take didn’t need to be perfect, just the most fitting.

[@sicotshit7068]

Exactly! I think Jimmy hands down the greatest guitarist, he had one or more solos in every amazing song they made. Then factor in his producing mixing etc. let’s not forget, finding these other three GOATS or should I say GODS of music.

[@sicotshit7068]

@@greenogre22your going to throw live aid in there, you call it sloppy in live concerts, it’s improvising to creat longer solos. He plays with passion & his soul, even when his addiction was so bad, he still was greater then the others some claim to be great.

[@user-eg6ys7nm8g]

The upper neck of this double-neck-guitar is with twelve strings for a natural chorus effect; the lower neck is with six strings for the "normal" use.

[@Mike-rk8px]

It’s a 1971 Gibson EDS-1275 double neck. I’m a guitarist and I was I tried one once in a guitar store in Manhattan, it does sound incredible, but it’s VERY heavy and actually quite uncomfortable and awkward to use. There’s a reason guitar players will usually play just one song with one, then switch over to a regular 6 string. They also range in cost from $6,000 to $20,000 depending on options and how customized you make it.

[@scottgummow7152]

The singer, Robert Plant was a big fan of lord of the rings books, so he’s writing is mystic. That’s how he gets a lot of his lyrics

[@vladtheinhaler93]

Oh, *that's* why his writing is mystical!..🤔

[@jaybabel9360]

Live at Madison Square Garden is definitely the best version of this song. You should check that out. Peace

[@lorigrass1]

I agree. Yes, of course, this performance is enjoyable, but the Garden's is outstanding.

[@TammyM36]

YES

[@jidypowell8783]

Madison Square is a good version but I am partial to the LA Hollywood Bowl. Check out How the West was Won.

[@brucefollett8117]

After 50 years of this being my favorite song, I've realized that the pivotal lyrics in this song are "it makes me wonder". Those words are repeated several times. That is exactly what the rest of the lyrics are meant to do: make the listener wonder. Plant would introduce this song by telling the audience "I think this is a song of hope". What more do we need?

[@paulburgess3088]

Been listening to this song for 50 years and I'm still learning WTF it means so you got some distance to go man. Changes over time and with your perspective on life. As an 18-year-old, just F'n cool rock. As a 69-year-old, an incredible mantra about life, longing and belief.

[@scapito]

💯 agree, the meaning has changed as I've aged

[@jamesstone1595]

Gold digger

[@militarymom8967]

This song truly shows that awesome music meets you where you are in life.

[@ernestpacheco8148]

I believe this song is a prophecy. This may sound weird but it aligns with what's going on today. A shift a change of a new day and age that is yet to come. If you listen really hard the tune will come to you at last... Yes ,there is a lady we do all know. ? Associated with the color gold... West ... stores... Sign on the wall. She will lead us to reason. Look at those lyrics . What pops into your mind. It might surprise you. It's a prophecy. ; )

[@annkline6183]

Back in the day, I really didn't know half the words & just thought she was trying to buy DRUGS, SORRY GUYS!! Do love the song then/now!

[@fairebianca]

I can say that I saw them live in concert at Capital Centre, Largo, Maryland (Washington DC suburbs), May 30, 1977. Can you believe that the tickets were only $9.50.!!

[@AthanImmortal]

That's about $50 in 2024, so yeah I can believe it lol.

[@staceyshaffer180]

I saw them July 17th, 1977 at the Seattle King Dome, paid $12.50 for my ticket.

[@claranielsen3382]

I think I paid $8.50 when we saw them in Dallas April 1st, 1977. In Lubbock most concerts were $7. 00. It's crazy how much they are now.

[@donnamccullough1546]

I saw them at the Capitol Center too! Same concert!

[@Anne.Pinkerton]

I saw the Stones in New Orleans for $15!! Still have my ticket stub!

[@DianeLake-sw3ym]

Whoever put Led Zeppelin is Mount Everest my respect. Not only is Zeppelin the GOAT of bands but, is made up by all four being GOATs. No one is better than any of these four.

[@happyphotoshooter]

Totally agree. A close second is Rush. The amount of sound they produced with three members is crazy. But they are a decade later, so the music is very different.

[@GottaDance56]

They are each spectacular in their role in the band. Together they are exponentially greater than the sum of their parts.

[@christinahosey9746]

Totally agree!

[@michellesummers1010]

All of them are absolutely the GOAT!!!

[@dawnbailey910]

They had Grand Funk Railroad as their opening act, and sorry they got rid of them because the lead guarist was better than Page!!!!

[@SM-ri2df]

AND THE GODS CAME DOWN TO PLAY !!! EVERY SONG ON EVERY ALBUM IS UNBELIEVABLE , NOT ONE BAD SONG !!! THIS WAS A 5 NIGHT RUN AT EARLS COURT IN LONDON AND END TO A DAMN NEAR 2 YEAR WORLD TOUR.

[@danettecrossley7912]

I remember radio stations would play this song for 24 hours straight, considered one of the greatest songs ever

[@betsybabf748]

You can't buy your way into heaven. You only can gain entrance with who you are and what you give back to others. You can always change "the road you're on", who you are as a person.

[@theodoreritola7641]

ONLY Jesus Christ Gods son is the REAL TICKET TO HEAVEN BY BELIVING HE DIED FOR YOU PERSONALY AND TRUSTI NG HIM ONLY I HAVE A HEART FULL OF PEACE KNOWING IM HIS AND HE IS MINE FOR EVER BECAUSE MY TRUST IS IN JESUS CHRIST ONLY

[@stevedimakis7403]

Money doesn’t buy paradise…It’s a rallying call to those who see the Money Game for what it is…that’s how I interpreted the lyrics. Just thought I would share 😂

[@Traveler77Fly]

Live at The Medison square garden is the gig to watch.

[@juliemanarin4127]

Yes yes yes

[@JoyL351]

Agreed. RP's vocals were more subdued at this gig. At MSG, he really cuts loose.

[@tinagilbert8902]

❤💯YESSSSS!! That should've been his introduction to Zep Live! NOTHING beats the MSG performance.👊 Earl's Court is good but... MSG "Stairway" is magical, ethereal really.🤗

[@TammyM36]

YES

[@amyperkins2008]

So when I was in 11th grade, in 1998, we did a semester of poetry in my English class. And one part was analyzing song lyrics as poetry. This was one of the songs we analyzed. And you are correct....the lady is sure that all the glitters is gold and she's buying a stairway to heaven...she thinks that she can buy her way in. But the song potties and talks about how there's two paths you can go down, and it's never too late to change the path you're on. Also it says the piper is calling you to join him...which means there's always going to be temptation. You have to analyze the lyrics too. Then you'll get the full grasp of how amazing this narrative actually is.

[@nikita8370]

❤ When I taught high school English, I gave my students a music poetry presentation assignment after breaking down a few iconic tracks. Stairway to Heaven was top of my list and the presentations were phenomenal, never forget it!! ❤

[@poisonlady1965]

We did the same in my sophomore year. I graduated in 84/

[@poisonlady1965]

We did the same in my sophomore year. I graduated in 84.

[@Morgaine]

The narrative is even more amazing if you understand the song is full of Pagan imagery your high school mates wouldn't pick up on. "There's a feeling I get when I look to the West" West is that land of Faery. "The Piper is calling you to join him." The Piper is Cernunnos, the Great Horned God, calling you to come to the woods. The May Queen is the Fae name for the Great Mother Goddess. The two paths are Christianity & Paganism. "And as we wind on down the road, our Shadows taller than our souls, there walks a Lady we all know who shines white light ..." The Goddess is right there to be followed. This is a Pagan anthem that's been played on radio for decades.

[@romanoperelli7018]

Quoting an article I've read: "As the song itself notes, “Sometimes words have two meanings.” The meaning behind “Stairway’”s words seem, if nothing else, infinite. Lyrically, the tune has dazed and confused many a mind-altered listener with its vague take on duality for the better part of a half-century. But, more often than not, lyrics say more with how they feel than what they really mean, and while “Stairway” is seemingly a song about the inevitability of death that’s really a song about fear but actually a song about greed… or something…" It's hard to give a logic meaning of the lyrics, remember those were the times when musicians were writing their songs under the influence of every kind of substance, in this case LSD.

[@otnoirhc]

LSD is awesome!

[@Leogoth68]

The back masking tells another story. This song is not about a stairway to heaven. "sometimes wards have two meanings".

[@StarryVelvetSky15]

​@@Leogoth68Backmasking. There's something I haven't heard in a long time. 😂 The Satanic Panic era was a such a wild time.

[@jamesdignanmusic2765]

"...the tune has dazed and confused many..." I see what you did there.

[@rubyleuty9417]

We all know someone like this lady. It is a woman who gets what she wants no matter the cost.

[@sumonjamal1653]

'Stairway to Heaven' was written organically in 1971 while Led Zeppelin were recording their 4th album ('Led Zeppelin IV') out in the English countryside... Guitarist Jimmy Page kept working on the music while singer Robert Plant wrote lyrics in the next room... Plant was a fan of Tolkien (author of 'Lord of the Rings' ... 'The Hobbit') and he often drew lyrical inspiration from the fantasy world... 'Stairway to Heaven' was open to interpretation - but Plant was likely commenting on his observations of how people view the paths to the afterlife... or what some r willing to do in life to ascend to a better place ... a promised paradise... John Paul Jones (bass/ keyboards) later added his own bits to the song. By 1972, the epic song 'Stairway to Heaven' was the #1 song requested on FM radio... Even though it was never released as a single, its success pushed the 'Led Zeppelin IV' album to 24 million sales in the US alone and made it 1 of the top 5 albums of all time 🤘🤘 The song became so popular that Elvis Presley knew it (Led Zeppelin had visited Elvis in Graceland numerous times and the band were huge fans... Zeppelin were devastated when Elvis passed away in 1977, the same year Robert Plant lost his son) According to Robert Plant, his lyrics often had British humor... Led Zeppelin was often shrouded in mystery cos they never appeared on TV and kept their distance from the press... There were rumors that Jimmy Page was practicing black magic and involved w/ the occult, so that made them appealing to a young audience. However, that implied 'supernatural' menace that Led Zeppelin became a burden over time... especially after a series of mishaps plagued the band, starting w/ Zeppelin being robbed of their tour revenue in NYC at the end of their 1973 tour... Robert Plant's car accident in 1975 that sidelined him for nearly 2 years... Jimmy Page abusing he+++n... John Bonham (drums) escalating his drinking and violent behavior... the death of Robert Plant's son in 1977 from a viral infection... And finally, the tragic death of John Bonham in 1980 that ended led Zeppelin... As a solo artist, Robert Plant was never keen on performing 'Stairway to Heaven' live in concert... He had a problem w/ the Zeppelin song 'In my time of dying'... (It was a song about death) especially after the death of his son in '77... It took years before Plant was eventually more comfortable performing Led Zeppelin songs in concert.

[@8cylinderstolife737]

It’s about someone trying to buy their way into happiness “heaven”. Money cannot buy happiness and no matter how hard you try there will be shortcomings. This band is the greatest collection of Rock talent in 1 group (top 5 lead singer, top 5 guitarist, top 5 drummer all time)

[@vickilagesten8919]

You said that so much better than I did!

[@desertdee1]

You forgot about John Paul Jones. Without him, we may not have the greatest band ever. :)

[@8cylinderstolife737]

@@desertdee1 JP is great, but I don’t go consider him to be top 5, and being named after him I’m not being biased. 😉

[@mikenastasi8927]

John Paul Jones is a musical genius and the greatest musician in Led Zeppelin. Besides being a multi-instrumentalist, there's his song writing and arrangements. A lot of the songs were arranged by him.

[@desertdee1]

@@mikenastasi8927 Absolutely! He was a musical genius!! I don't think 8cylinder knows very much about JPJ, or he wouldn't think that.

[@pamelaparrish1100]

I was in high school during the late 70s. We had live bands at prom and nobody danced but to slow songs. Stairway to Heaven was everyone's favorite because it was so long. The least favorite for prom was Freebird. We would start out slow dancing then as it sped up nobody knew what to do so everyone went and sat down. The only fast song everyone stood up for was Sweet Home Alabama

[@Jellybean0009]

All of the prom themes were Stairway to Heaven ☺️

[@shirleygarcia8092]

According to Robert Plant, the lyric writer, its his 23 year old guys take on faith. 💜 Keep going on the the LZ train! There are no bad Led Zeppelin songs. 💜

[@karagi101]

Faith in what? Buying your way into Heaven?

[@dannyrhollingsworth4200]

Check out Led Zeppelin song Kashmir ( Celebration Day )

[@davidhabgood]

Arguably the most beautiful and icon rock song ever. I forget just how good it is until you I revisit it. The top neck on the guitar here is a 12 string the bottom neck a normal 6 string. The 12 string gives "jingly" tone.

[@michlkwitz]

The jangly sound comes from the doubling of the strings. The two low E, A, B and G strings are all tuned an octave apart and the two B and high E strings are tuned to the same octave, so you get a really full, droning sound. The double neck is integral to both "Starirway to Heaven" and "Hotel California".

[@AngeloMarcheschi-vj9em]

Yes it's Zeppelin song. It's the most played song in radio history. The GOATS at work

[@karensilvera6694]

A friend in HS said the song means 2 different things - 1 when you're straight and the other when you're stoned lol. Funny I can still see him saying that in my memory and that was 1975.

[@ricksurratt9034]

This was our class song my senior year…😊

[@user-fc8lz1cg4x]

Mine too...73? 😊

[@juliemanarin4127]

​@@user-fc8lz1cg4x mine in 1978!

[@TheScamper44]

Same for my Sr. Prom!

[@kevinmarshall854]

The EAGLES play the double guitar on their song "HOTEL CALIFORNIA". And it is probably one of the best guitar solos in any song EVER!!! You need to watch it live video of their performance.

[@texasnewt]

Yeah, and there is a Bon Jovi😊 concert in Russia, where the lead guitarist makes fabulous use of a double neck (12 string/6 string) guitar.

[@desertdee1]

That is John Paul Jones on the Keyboard. Greatest Song ever, and it was only 4 young guys. Talent and skill!

[@Trac489]

What a song, what a band, for always in our hearts.

[@christopherone1]

yes, always. They're so beloved.

[@chadmandel5604]

The greatest rock band of all time. All 4 members are the top of their craft

[@betsybabf748]

In the 80s, this is what we listened to getting ready for dances and stuff, even though the song was from our parent's generation. My mother's only truly wild night as a teenage was almost getting killed at a Led Zeppelin concert. After the concert, everyone in the parking garage started up their cars, unaware that the Hell's Angels had shut the entrances to the garage, sending many, including my mother, to the hospital for carbon monoxide poisoning. She was only 16, and she said that night was terrifying and unfortunately the reason I was not allowed to go to concerts until I graduated high school. 🤣🤣

[@jacquisampson-marat5277]

My two fav Led Zep songs are Kashmir and The Immigrant Song.

[@rhondapease8516]

My mom was born in 1917 (RIP) and The Immigrant Song came out in my senior year of high school. One day when I came home from school the radio was on and this song was playing. My mom was dancing up a storm in the kitchen to this song while preparing supper!😊

[@juliemanarin4127]

Ten Years Gone! No Quarter! Battle Of Evermore! In The Light! And...and...and!!!

[@juliemanarin4127]

​​@@rhondapease8516I was born in 1960...have loved them since I first heard them when I was 10 in 1970! Sorry for the loss of your mom 😢❤

[@rhondapease8516]

@@juliemanarin4127 Thank you for the condolences. ♥ My mom lived a very long and joyful life. She loved music. She was a coal miner's daughter and was brought up with plenty of singing and folks playing instruments. My dad was a musician in a band when they met so music was everywhere in our house.

[@amykiel]

Same. Kashmir & Immigrant Song are the best. Dazed and Confused easily third.

[@lisadavenport2390]

There is another live verson where Robert Plant’s vocals are really really great and he goes really high but this was a good version and guitarist Jimmy Page actually played his guitar on another song with a bow as in violin or chello bow. Jimmy was a master m- They all were - but as far as meaning - I think it will always remain a mystery but just good to jam to

[@justkaron]

Plant sounds like his vocals are strained in this version. He doesn't even try to go high as usual. Usually, his voice is clearer and stronger. Right, first verse about materialism. Rest of song, according to Robert Plant, open for interpretation, intentionally.

[@johnmcfarlan3672]

The KZbin 10:40 version is definitely my fave. Nails the highs! But, it's LZ's song, they can sing it how they want.

[@lisadavenport2390]

@@johnmcfarlan3672 true They are the best band of all time

[@williamcabell142]

The all time GOATS! 😏🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@timpwhit]

In the Middle Ages, the Catholic Church would sell "indulgences" to rich people who were dying to absolve them of their sins before meeting their Maker. This practice became one of the reasons Martin Luther rebelled against what he saw as the corruption of Christ's word by the Vatican and formed the Protestant Church. Essentially, he was protesting the idea you could buy your way into Heaven. I don't know if that history influenced the writing of this song, but that is what it reminds me of.

[@juliemanarin4127]

Yes! You're right!!

[@timpwhit]

@juliemanarin4127 Ironically, I learned that history growing up in Catholic schools lol.

[@themove1904]

The MSG live one from 1973 is the one you should be doing

[@juliemanarin4127]

Yes yes yes

[@mandarinlearner]

Madison Square Garden

[@kidpoker007]

Every summer in the 70's when the Rock stations did their countdown of greatest rock songs this was always #1

[@AlanEvans789]

And the 80's, and the 90's, 2000's, 2010's and now into the second decade of the twenty first century.

[@lauramittler]

It was highly unusual for radio to play songs over 3 minutes. Off the top of my head, the other was Hotel California by The Eagles, which also had a double necked guitar, and the only song that I know of to have, in place of a guitar solo, a guitar duet. The live version is soooo good. Also, when you are trying to figure out what songs of the 60's and 70's are about, keep in mind most everyone was stoned out of their minds, especially when writing songs!!!

[@dekulruno]

Don’t forget Freebird, and they topped it with a guitar trio instead of a solo

[@DanalynTuthill-yl4hd]

Radio played Don McLean's "American Pie" and that was 8 mins. long

[@lauramittler]

Absolutely. I was going off the top of my head. Love both Freebird and American Pie. Paradise By The Dashboard Lights is another one, although being a rock opera, it didn't get as much play. Inna gotta da vida, (know I misspelled that title) was one, too, back in the 60's, I think it was 7 minutes. Actually, I think it was the first very long song to get radio play. Great track.

[@sabinasabina2010]

Don't forget Queen Bohemian Rhapsody and the Beetles Hey Jude were both way longer than 3 mins.

[@JaneWalters-ni7se]

They were the biggest band on the planet and knew it. That's why Robert Plant is swaggering around like he owns the world. He did. It's just a trip, the spring faerie woman is coming out to see the world. May day. The May pole. Drinking ale and mead. Just groove with it!!

[@kelticink]

U gotta listen ti the original album version..its the best and gits way harder. Love this channel..plant,page,Jones, Bonham ..greatest rock band ever. U and Don doing the album original will be badass

[@andypayne2743]

I think it’s the definitive version. Live is good too, but prefer the album.

[@yinunit]

I've been listening to this song for 40 years and I still am not sure what it means but to me it means that we are all connected We are all one and all of us have to go up that stairway to Heaven at some point and the trip cannot be bought. When the Piper comes to call you home it will lie on the whispering wind. A hedgerow is a hedge - you know separating fields. Songs like this were made in many altered states. There's a folk-lore aspect with a bit of magic mentioning the May Queen, smoke in trees etc..

[@a.dariuskamali8248]

It references Celtic and Norse mythology. Also the last line 'To be a rock and not to roll'' references Rock & Roll--and also make me weep.

[@dianel222]

Double neck guitar. Top is 12 string for a fuller strummed sound. Bottom neck 6 string used for beginning picking and then lead solo. 70 yr old female guitar player who still plays this. 💜💜💜🎸🎸🎸

[@juliemanarin4127]

He even picks the 12 string!

[@glennallen239]

This is one of the most Iconic songs along with Freebird and a few other songs.

[@alifhashim3752]

This is said to be the most listened to song on radio to this day. Played more often by radio DJs around the world than any other song.

[@murrayspiffy2815]

*_Stairway to Heaven_* - is the very - *absolute* - center of Rock and Roll Music. Every other song is a reverberation from the inside out from Stairway.

[@robertnewcombe284]

you need to see the other live version of it , its so so much better... Zeppelin the GOAT

[@mikenastasi8927]

Robert Plant has said that the lyrics just came to him. He just started writing and the lyrics came out. He didn’t know what he was writing.

[@katarzynaukasiak3927]

The lyrics are full of occult meaning . No wonder why he doesnt share what the song is about.

[@mikenastasi8927]

@@katarzynaukasiak3927 Yup

[@anitawright7169]

Led Zepplin are icons! This is their song. Love your reaction! ♥

[@jdbroders64]

The better live performance is the 1973 Madison Square Concert which is legendary and IMHO the best live Zeppelin performance with the original members ever recorded. They were all on fire and just killing it. Pick any song from that concert and you won't be disappointed. As for this performance, Plant's vocals weren't quite there and if I remember right he was actually sick and you can hear it in some of the breaks in his vocals.

[@jdbroders64]

Ugh, Madison Square Garden (MSG) concert. Still killer.

[@markstearns8029]

It means you can not buy your way into heaven, she is trying to buy her way in. change that road your on, your stairway lies on the whispering wind. Laughter, peace, joy, kindness is the way my brother it never changes.❤❤❤❤❤

[@hairball7529]

Every performance is different. I was lucky enough to see them live. Standing room only! No chairs in Hawaii 🎉💪🎶

[@TheRaxification]

Led Zeppelin is quintessential listening. They have no parallel. Great choice.

[@bamabythebay]

This is Led Zepplins song. Another great song is, A whole lotta love and Kashmir ❤

[@Kreistor]

Doubled guitars are for stage performances, typically. The top is 12 string for chords and lower is 6 string for picking. On stage, unless you jnsert a gap for the guitarist to switch guitars, the lower quality dual lets you switch quibly. In the studio, you play your best 12 string for chords and best 6 string for picking and lay them on different tracks. The double guitar is a compromise.

[@juliemanarin4127]

Jimmy actually picks the 12 string too!!

[@JPindanga]

This song is about honor, value, freedom of speech. Respect! It a hymn against opression and money!

[@davidpowell2356]

Here to the end my brother. 40! P.S. No one gets it. Just rock to it.

[@thegothfolk]

In my Senior Highschool english class one of our extra credit assignments was to disect the lyrics to this song. Still remember that teacher, Mr. Lowe ( Mr High) with fondness 30 years later❤

[@lesblatnyak5947]

The GOATS of rock. Now check out the GOATS of prog and a band called Yes and a song called Roundabout off the Fragile album. ✨️🎶✨️

[@mjtribby6328]

Take a look at the MSG 1973 version. Great performance.

[@revaflowers3115]

Some songs have a life of their own.Stairway To Heaven, Bohemian Rapsody,Another Brick In The Wall, American Pie, Imagine, Enter The Sandman are a few of them. Don Felder plays a Schrammel in Hotel California.

[@seanriley5291]

Best Rock drummer of all time!!

[@ta2gypsy]

"my man looks like he's..." many rock groups did U.S. tours (sometimes 20 plus shows in a brief time frame) I'm not making excuses I only know how much energy they give still true to their art Stairway is an encore of finale piece. After a 2 or 3 hour show things don't come out a crisp. Bear that in mind vocals is an instrument as organic as it is. tyvm for honest reaction.

[@wandafarmer7669]

This song is timeless. I love this song 🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@stellamorgan482]

I'm glad you dove into the lyrics. Honestly I've known this song my whole life & never truly understood the lyrics...I just love the song! Since you did that search I kind of get it now. Lol Shoot, I should have dove into the lyrics years ago!

[@jamesdignanmusic2765]

The flute sound (which was a flute on the album version) is a Mellotron keyboard - used since the 1970s to provide a lovely lush accompaniment to music - everyone from the Beatles to Screaming Trees has added it to their music. As to the song's meaning, people have written university theses trying to work that out. It's a wonderful mystery, and you can read many different things into it. Twin-neck guitars are rare, but very useful if you need two different guitar sounds or tunings on a song. In this case, Jimmy has a 12-string for the acoustic parts and a 6-string for the lead break.

[@brucey86]

I enjoyed your reaction to Led Zeppelin, STH. I agree with the 2 path interpretation for the main part of the song. I did some digging, since they are an English band, and one interpretion I found re: 'If there's a bustle in your hedgerow, don't be a lawman'. I'm pasting the info: A hedgerow is a hedge that surrounds many estates in Britain. Bustle, or noise or activity, used in this sense, means a disturbance close to home. Something's happening in your world! - Keep up the good work, I'm 75 and was very into the prog rock era, with PF being my favorite group. I saw them twice in 90 and on their pulse tour in 95. Jimmy Page and David Gilmore are 2 of the best lead guitarists from that era.

[@annrock6454]

FYI, the lyric is don’t be alarmed now not don’t be a lawman….if something’s stirring in your bushes you might be worried!

[@jennifermorris6848]

Love the honesty. I love that you let it penetrate you. To me it is a song that feels like it means something before I understood it.

[@tanyaweathersby9393]

Everyone in the 70’s was tripping if they were lucky❤❤❤Robert❤❤❤Led Zeppelin greatest music forever❤❤❤❤

[@christineenright7491]

I was in college when this came out. I never understood exactly what was meant but I loved Robert Plant's voice, Jimmy Page's guitar playing. I just remembered it playing in a room of folks dancing and bobbing their heads. It wasn't called the era of " drug,sex and rock n' roll for nothing.

[@emjay4921]

This is more than music...this is a piece of art

[@LifeLiver.]

A Friggin MASTERPIECE !

[@tonirutan3665]

Finally you got to Led. The perfect example of rock and roll. There's so many different genre's of rock and roll. I believe you have gotten to see that.

[@billcain7821]

Getting the Led out I love it, one of the best bands ever to come together (Key words here is one of the best). To help answer your question about the double guitar the top is a 12-string used mainly as back up guitar for a fuller sound so to speak and the bottom is a 6-string lead guitar which is used for solos like you're hearing here. In today's rock world it is unusual to see anyone using one of these. But back in the late 60's and through a lot of the 70's it wasn't all the uncommon as it is today.

[@webbtrekker534]

Mosrite guitars have been around since the early 1950's but the concept goes back to the Renaissance. The first Mosrite double neck guitar was given to Joe Maphis a country music star and another was made for his protegee the 11 year old Larry Collins part of The Collins Kids duo with his sister Lorie. Both were monster guitar players. Larry passed this last January. Check out both!! You won't regret it.

[@jahpurple1]

Saw them 1972, 6th row center,.. Got married 2 days before but I had these tickets so I went to the Spectrum in Philly for my honeymoon... Glad I chose Zeppelin 🎵🎼🎶💜🥰

[@mothermaclean]

My mum used to play this on her guitar 🎸

[@aries37]

Led Zeppelin -- YUP got the Box Set

[@user-pv6ek9ch1s]

Love love love Stairway to Heaven! My second favorite is Kashmir, both the studio version, and the one they did live at the Celebration Day concert! I grew up raised on all kinds of music, from classical to classic rock, bluegrass to country, arena rock, to heavy metal, R&B to Motown, gospel, and some Hip Hop, but somehow I missed out on Led Zeppelin until last year. They weren't really played in my house unless one of their songs came on the local rock radio stations, and Stairway To Heaven was always on the radio, so I knew that one. Didn't really start paying attention until the band was mentioned in my favorite TV show, and by then I was already in my early 40's. Been doing a lot of catch up since then, and have half of their albums in my Playlist. Keep rocking Man, love your reations!.

[@pumpkinhead34]

Now you have to watch Heart sing this at The Kennedy Center tribute to Led Zeppelin

[@allenruss2976]

If you like the double neck then you'll love Cheap Trick when Rick Nielson pulls out the seven neck

[@lennypointer9312]

This band is the Reason there is the term, Rock Gods!!! As for the double Guitar, check out Steve Vai’s Heart triple neck or even better, The Hydra.

[@davidsleith7222]

great reaction cheers; my dad was nuts about zepelin and after me picking up a guitar and learning piano at age 15 ( in 50s now ), he really wanted me to learn this song in particular, everytime i asked asked him wtf the lyrics meant he would chuckle and shrug and say "whatever u want them to mean" so i put zep on back burner and continued my musical journey. later on in life, the more i dived into zep and the more i studied theology, the more this song made sense, even though robert plant once stated the lyrics are purposely vague so that the listener can interpret it as they see fit. All band members also stated that every time they played this on stage, it emotionally drained them. couple of things that may add context for you though, the guitarist jimmy page was deeply into the occult, had assigned nordic runes to each band member, plant the singer was deep into eastern philosophy, rings through the trees to me refers to native american indians sending smoke signals and that connecting to nature is more beneficial to ones emotional wellbeing than glittering gold/money and such worldy pursuits. they also did a shedload of mind bending drugs, the singer plant, also wore blouses of the women he was sleeping with onstage, all 4 of them were top of their fields as session musicians, truly gifted, it was easy for them, when the drummer bonzo died, they disbanded and now sit at the top of rock and roll legend and for good reason, they were also very gifted at folk music. they truly were 1 of a kind. hedgerow == a row of hedges. mayqueen is a reference to pagan religions that existed before christianity appeared, queen mab ( she has other names ). the piper is a reference to the devil, or the pagan god pan.

[@Ol_Blue]

Definitely. Hearing it over again and again along with researching/understanding the lyrics. The musicians just blend it together. Yes, the Mt. Everest of rock, esp. at that time. Catalog and sound was before their time.

[@davidgill1659]

Can I recommend, Cat Stevens and also Dusty Springfield for future listens

[@jlstock_1]

Never stop in the middle of a guitar solo! Also- Zeppelin never plays the song the same way. The solo from previous night was completely different and just as good or better.

[@walter_lesaulnier]

I got to hear that live in concert twice- 1979 and 1981. Changed my life.

[@renelpatat]

This is legendary! My senior prom’s theme, in 1977, was Stairway to Heaven! It was beautiful and brilliant! Led Zeppelin and Journey were two of the history making bands of all time! Few have multi-platinum records and the very few made diamond status, Journey hit diamond status, a rarity! It’s so hard to choose between all of the great music then and thank you for bringing back the true classics back into the limelight where they truly belong! I play Stairway to Heaven on piano and it’s tough to do without singing! Love this one, man!

[@heartwork8318]

The top half of the guitar is a 12 string and the bottom is a 6 string, having them in one lets him switch without changing guitars. LZ is in my top 5 bands of all time 🤗 I am pretty sure the song was written while they were stoned AF! 🤣❤️‍🔥✌🏻🫶🏻

[@davidgill1659]

Classic Song

[@mikefetterman6782]

The "Flutes or recorders" in the background are actually John Paul Jones on the mellotron (early version of a sythnesizer, but analog). The Beatles were the first to develop and use it.

[@alastairmcintyre4752]

Led Zeppelin ARE rock !

[@JokerInk-CustomBuilds]

You should react to the Immigrant Song by Led Zep. ->Let them gallop!