I know us old folks may not look like it but we had the greatest era of music from the 60s through the 80s. Live performances, NO autotune, no place to hide with these groups. Talent and superb musicianship. Nice to see the current generation discover what we knew all along. Kudos to you all for starting the journey. Edit: I am astonished by the response to my comment. It's been very interesting to read what people of all ages/eras are saying. Good to know that great music and performers are still appreciated now and hope the next generations discover them too.
@@katehamilton7240 Led Zeppelin's songs like "Ramble On," "Misty Mountain Hop," and "The Battle of Evermore" directly reference The Lord of the Rings, Stairways To Heaven is also rumoured to be about the relationship between Aragorn and Arwen.
Graduated HS in 69 . Played in garage bands like half the kids in my school , at least it felt like that . Never even tried a Zeppelin song , we had no chance :)
Turned 70 a few months ago. We had the music, we had the cars, we were blessed more than we could possibly know at the time. Now I realize just how fortunate we were. If you weren’t there at the time, sorry, but you’ll never feel it.
58 and still diggin LZ. The studio version is better than this but this is still something special. I tried to put a few Zep songs in my band back in 2008 but my guitarist and drummer capitulated before I could get the words out...noting, LZ was very complicated music, which required a high level of expertise.
I totally agree. Page doesn't solo aimlessly; he slowly builds and builds and builds... then explodes in a way that pulls everything together like a spiritual epiphany!
@orionoutdoorsandworkshop5617 That's because he had many years of studio experience prior to Zeppelin; he was a masterful Producer as well as a masterful in-stage musician.
@@raysearch-iu3fr i know. all that said, i still say many people do not realize this about zep. there were tons of just as talented musicians at the time that should not be shadowed by zep.
And the lead guitarist, Jimmy Page, ain't too far behind either. HIs mastery of the instrument, different and highly inventive chording, and general fret coverage puts him among an elite few. Particularly, for the era he played within, where guitar work on this level was still somewhat of a new thing.
With the exception of Phil Collins, and the drummer of Grand Funk Railroad. I saw Grand Funk in the 70s in concert. Never saw a drummer tare up the drums like that. He also did a drum solo.
I totally agree brendasmith9429. This was my teen years. #1 group for over 50 years in my book. The 60s and 70s were the Filet Mignon of music variety and pure raw talent. We were so lucky.., this guy won't stop talking. So I am leaving.
@@SA-gs2ib like who? They plagerised? Oh my, I better go throw my zep albums out. "First time ever I saw your face" by Roberta flack. She neither wrote it, nor was it written for her, it was written decades before she did it. Oh, I better throw that one out too. I dont think there is a band in America that doesnt have some sort of lawsuit going on concerning copyright infringements. I use to go to concerts with Bobby Blotzer, drummer of "Rat" and he has lawsuits going on constantly regarding the name of the band and other copyright infringements. Lawsuits in music is extrememly common. When the Levee Breaks was written by Memphi Minnie in 1929, Zep re did it, so what?
The song is a masterpiece. It's message is loud and clear...if you listen very hard...and more relevant today than ever! Zeppelin were always transcendent, and would take me away to other realms that very few bands could reach or even dream of. Just magical!
I'm 68 years old and was so fortunate to see them live in Philadelphia when i was 17 yrs. It was truly amazing to be there. ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤ Its now Nov. 2024. I feel young when i hear this!!!!!!!!!!!
I'm 72 and this song still touches me. Led Zeppelin has a very special place in music history that can never be duplicated. The four members were great by themselves, but together they were magic.
I'am just a little younger than you at 70. I had the great opportunity and pleasure to see Led Zeppelin in 1973, at Kezar Stadium, in San Francisco. I remember that they came on a little late, but the performance was worth waiting for. Lee Michaels filled in the time while we were waiting for Zeppelin and for a duo group (organist and drummer) he did a bang up job. Those were good times.
I agree with you! For my 21st birthday present my dear ol Dad gave me a ticket to London to see Pink Floyd's 'The Wall' at Wembley Stadium. Best life decision ever. Best wishes from Australia 🇦🇺 ❤
Ditto - exactly the same ages then and now. Not a day goes by that I do not have Led Zep on the speakers for some period of time. Saw Page & Plant Unplugged at Red Rocks several years ago - 10,000 people, not an ass hit the chair all night, everyone knew every word to every song. They are incomparable to those of us who have gotten there, and know. (And yeah, Floyd is pretty good too.)
@@francishughes542absolutely THE GREATEST band EVER. I have no idea who else he/she had in mind when they said ONE of.... SHEESH... this is PERFECTION
What must be remembered is that these guys NEVER APPEARED on TV, Radio interviews, you only saw them in concert, and the mystery and rarity changed everything, the definition of FAME WAS NEVER THE SAME. Today simply can’t compare.
I am 73 years old and I grew up listening to some of the best rock bands in the entire world 🌍. Led Zeppelin is at the top of my list ....and let me tell you, it's a long list ! Rock on brother's and God Bless 🙏🙏🤘🤘❤️❤️👏👏
I know, I miss the good Ole days when people had raw talent. Today its so fake with dancers & show sparks, auto-tune & dubbed voices. Sad. The best talent does not get promoted unless its satanic & or perverted lyrics.
I am 83 years old and I lived the 50s, 60s, 70s, 80s, 90s and I enjoyed all the legends before they were legends. One of my favorites is Steve Ray Vaughn and of course all the others. Blessings to all. I am still active and driving. Life is precious! Enjoy it! ❤❤❤
The song is about a wealthy woman who bought everything she ever wanted without ever giving anything back and now wants to buy her way into heaven, and finding out it doesn't work that way. It goes on to explain that it's never too late for introspection and to make positive changes within yourself...reflected in the lyrics 'who shines white light and wants to show, how everything still turns to gold, and if you listen very hard, the tune will come to you at last'. A brilliant metaphor and a legendary, musical masterpiece.
@@aimeethompson1457 of course, the song is about the elvs leaving middle earth to the west. Its the journey of those that were leaving the middle earth.
Yes, the lyrics are all derived from Alchemical and Rosicrucian symbolism concerning the inner transformation of the soul from base materials into Gold. It speaks to the subconscious mind. On top of this, the music building and building, reinforces the journey.
The DOORS best American band of all time ❤ together only 54 months 1965 1971, sold 80 + million albums, still sells 1+ million a year to this very day ❤
This is when you actually had to have talent to be a star, or in their case ROCK GODS!! No auto tune, drum machines or backtracks, just pure talent! All of them!
I'm 63. I cannot listen to Queen, Hotel California, American Pie anymore coz I overdosed. I listened to those songs so much that I cannot listen anymore. But Led Zep.........I will never get sick of.
Can't be said enough - there is nothing overrated about Led Zeppelin. They were a spectacular expression of what rock and roll could be, and that song is a quintessential expression of what they could do. And this is live. No studio gimmicks or cleaning up. You're hypnotized by Page because of the music. He's not showing off, shredding for the sake of shredding - he is completely in the music.
At 70 years old, it does my heart good watching someone from the younger generation discover this music. LZ will be in my soul forever. I'm so glad you liked it so much.
Well, my fellow melomaniac friend, I am a 63 year old native Appalachian white woman. My life has been a struggle for the most part. There are some of us who have had the blessed fortune of experiencing a deeper reality. Some of us have learned that the only eternal treasure is in an awakening to the miracle of each of our own existence. Life is that gold. In the Gnostic Gospels, Jesus says that the kingdom is all around and people just don't see it. All holy religions, Buddhism, Lao Tsu, Hindu, Christianity, ect., have said the same.
If you think about it in terms of is inspiration, lord or the rings, it perpetuates the same meaning - the one ring was that gold, but the power it brought took man to demise with obsession. To release it was to release oneself from its grip, and the hobbits lived that way, joyous and close to nature.
They literally had the best drummer top 3 lead guitarist top 3 front man and 1of the best bassist of all time and the most played song ever on the radio so who is the goat if not them
Led Zeppelin is the best rock band and Robert Plant will always be the golden god of rock.. I am 66 years old & I still listen to LedZep. Stairway to Heaven is my all-time fave🔥🔥
Glad I grew up when I did, when music was music. The artist wrote and performed their own stuff. No gimmicks. You had to have real talent. I don't think anyone will be listening to today's music 50 years later
Oh mercy mercy. Each member of this band was a master of their craft. At 68 I remember how groundbreaking and amazing this band was at that time and they sound equally remarkable today. Robert Plant used his voice like an instrument. So so good. And by the way this old lady has to say he was the hottest man is those tight jeans and that HAIR. He’s still just as good today. What a time for music! Enjoy!!
I couldn’t have said it better! I’m 66 and this takes me back to the best years of my life…I thank God that I grew up when I did! This old lady still remembers how hot that gorgeous man was in those tight jeans..and that gorgeous hair!
If you can get this version (from Song Remains the Same) playing on something with a good subwoofer, his bass drum work is INSANE on this version of Stairway.
@@gethriel wow... I've never been blindly huge on Zep, but even I can admit this is one of their greats. The reason Plant hates when people cover it is because no one can really do it justice....except Heart.
Even putting personal taste aside, in sheer terms of talent, skill and execution the entire band was a concentrate of absolute excellence. Jimmy Page a solid contender for the title of best guitarist alive, John Bonham doesn't even need to contend as pretty much everyone agrees he's been the most skilled drummer in rock's history, Robert Plant had such a charismatic and iconic voice and John Paul jones is up there as one of the best keyboardists on the scene.
These guys were probably the best rock band ever. No pitch correction, just totally amazing music night after night. No one did it better! Pure Rock Gods❤
*Boomer here: I sincerely hope Gen Z takes away one big lesson from this song. No machine, no computer, no bot will ever top human talent, passion, and creativity. Machines and computers, they can do many things humans can't do. But not the arts, not [real] music. Never lose real music. In a way, you already have. Rap isn't music, it's talking. 60s, 70s, and 80s... that was real music. It changes your mood, your mind, and your thinking. Never give up real music, nothing replaces it.*
Sorry, but musicians now take short cuts. They can't sing, barely play. But apparently today's musicians and singers can perform on the manager's couch to get gigs.
Jimmy taps into the spirit world and brings it through him - that's why it's hypnotizing. Tom Petty once said, "All the great songs are already written, you just have to reach into the ether and get them." Jimmy did and does that
Interesting quote from Tom Petty. It's rather astonishing to me how many songwriters (words and/or music) say things like "the song just wrote itself"--which is close to what Robert Plant said about Stairway. I'm not going to say because they're high (although Jimmy certainly looks that way, even in this clip, which, if I understand the timeline right, pre-dates his heroin days), but I have come to think that they are tapping into *something*--the music of the spheres, the spirit world, God, or what-have-you. Not just LZ, but all these songs that are writing themselves. With Stairway, LZ just got a bigger part of it, or got closer to the heart of it, or something--whatever "it" may be.
I love this channel, thank you. I graduated HS in 1979. Every garage band played this. As to the meaning, some say it was a poke at the Catholic Church and their pay to play game. Others will tell you it is a statement that tells us, don’t believe in BS. I lost my only child to a drunk driver. At age 13 she bought the poster with the last verse. I asked her why, she said it is a great song! I pushed and she said, I don’t think God buys the church BS and just wants us to love each other. She was correct and when I am grieving I go into her room and read that verse. You don’t buy your way to heaven, you live with kindness, unselfishness and LOVE.
My brother taught himself the guitar with this song. He ended up learning to play the guitar, bass guitar, harmonica, cello, and saxophone.. yet never learned to read music. At his funeral (at 21 years old), we played a recording of him playing Stairway to Heaven. I was only 14 at the time, but this song has always held a special place in my heart.
wow… sorry for your loss. Your story gave me goose bumps. like a dejavu. I lost my big brother in 1980. he was 21 at the time. He and I loved concerts (and he could drive before I could). our first concert?… Led Zeppelin in ‘78 at the centra-plex in Baton Rouge. We had tickets to Led Zeppelin in the Superdome earlier in the year that was cancelled due to John Bonham’d death. This song was one of his favorites and it brings back memories of the Zeppelin concert in Baton Rouge, just my brother and I, out on a school weekday night (with permission), getting our ear drums blown out. it’s an all time great song… the anthem of my generation.
Hello. I hope you believe that there is a God, and I hope it is the one found in The Bible. I beg, if you want to see him again, I guarantee you he will without question be resurrected in the paradise Earth that will soon come. I beg of you, find Jehovah God and you will come to an accurate understanding of the truth, regardless of what nay-sayers say.
Stumbled across this take of yours. I had the fortune of seeing them live, not once, but twice. 1973 and '75 respectively. Now 70 and still a Zep head!!..
The Greatest Rock Band Ever!!! Whomever told you they were overrated…Never talk to them again. 10 studio albums, not one songs sounds alike. Writer, producers, just Robert Plant, Jimmy Page, John Paul Jones and John Bohnam!
@rigafraction1653 In the era the song was released it was common for songwriters to give the lyrics to multiple bands, so I wouldn't call it stolen. Are you telling covers are stolen?
Led Zeppelin is the kind of band that makes you believe in magic. Their music transcends sound and becomes an adventure you might expect from a Took, but not a Baggins.
Yes youngsters They are our ROCK AND ROLL GODS EVERY WORD EVERY TWANG OF THE GUITAR Enjoy My babys I'm 65 yrs old I will never forget when I saw them for the 1st time 1974
Was there in Tampa stadium in 74(?) when this was there last song..almost midnight, cold night, stars were out. Me and my college roommate. Wow. Never forget.
It amazes me that this band was only a group from 1968 - 1980 & it will live on forever. Robert Plant continued his solo career of course, but it still surprises me when I realize their span was only 12 years. They are all legends.
Listening to and watching Zeppelin was like witnessing an atomic bomb detonation. They were spontaneous and daring and when they played together onstage, the sheer power was terrifying. One reactioner said it best when she watched them perform Dazed and Confusedi live. : "this should be illegal!'
That hypnotic feeling is what Zeppelin fans know as their 5th element. When the 4 of them were playing together they created something greater than themselves. Since John Bonham died it hasn't been duplicated.
It was new, it was something we had never heard before, they were wild, sort of like our version of Elvis, plus side was they freaked out our parents and they yelled “turn that sh:t down!”
In my opinion, the reason Page's guitar work is so mesmerizing is because he has the ultimate rhythm section with JPJ and Bonzo, who create many amazing rhythm pockets, and Page is a master of playing slightly out of the pocket then back in and then back out and in and so on. In this way, it is like watching someone walk a trapeze line that loves to pretend he might fall off at any moment, but somehow never does. You can't look away even though you know he will always pull it off successfully.
I was actually going to say almost the same, the drums and bass is so well laid out that anything on top of it works, then Jimmy pours in with such heart on top of that which makes it impossible to not get entranced.
He actually also strived to mesmerize with his guitar by his own admission. Kashmir was heavily influenced by middle eastern trance music and Jimmy himself was very into magic again by his own admission. So much so he even at one time once owned the home that was once owned by Alister Crowley.
Led Zep’s music always has a unique dynamic because of Bonham choosing to follow Page’s guitar. Jones follows Bonham. It is the pairing of Bonzo and Jimmy that gives their music the unique power it has. And I have to disagree with you about Page… Page could play guitar with that same mesmerizing quality with anyone or just by himself like he has and it still sounds absolutely prolific, whether JB or JPJ are present or not. If you listened to him with the Yardbirds for instance, you’d know what I mean. Granted though, JB & JPJ really are the BEST rhythm section of all time, IMO. But Page wasn’t one of the greatest players just because of the rhythm section in LZ.
This is BEST DAMN BAND HANDS DOWN! I got turned on to Zep when I was 14.....over 50 yrs ago. They Rocked my World Then and still Rocks My World Today. I am doing a drawing of this song. Will be framed and in my studio forever! Love them..
Firstly, these artists played without autotune. They were major talents, they played from a deeper sense of what the music meant. The words are indeed profound, it was the age for penetrating our deepest illusions. Thanks for the look back😊
I feel like "they don't use autotune" is something you can safely assume from "the band started in the 1960s" xD some of their music is 30 years older than autotune is.
This song takes you on a journey that starts off slow and beautiful and builds to a crescendo. Jimmy Page's guitar is hypnotic because it's almost like he's in a trance when he plays. Robert Plant sings so seductively and artfully the words with so much meaning. Its a masterpiece.💕
Absolutely agree with you! Very sad. Original music not derived or borrowed from other music is hard to find now. Music so unique that you can name that song in 3 notes and played by consummate musicians, sung without auto tuning. Just not common now.
I love these guys and was born in the late sixties. Always will love it! One of my favorite bands, also Floyd Etc., but have lived long enough to Dig Mudvayne, lol, Korn and Slipknot and hundreds of other great bands! LOL!!
@@fluxrider7027, Yeah, I think I started out with 'Dark Side of the Moon' I guess when I was a kid, then checked out all their earlier stuff and was pretty blown away by all of it!
@@oldnick4707 I've had the pleasure of literally seeing three or four different people experience that floyd moment where suddenly they start noticing the music that they've never noticed before, and instantly become a pink floyd convert. (I had that moment myself as well, although i wasn't watching me have it...)
“I can taste the psychedelics from here, bro.” Love it! 😂 I once had a dream where I was asked to sing on stage and was basically pushed out in front of a massive audience before I could even reply. when I turned around, there was Robert Plant (and the rest of the band) handing me a microphone. Once you hear this band, they set up shop in your subconscious and refuse to leave. They’re that profound. 🧡
PS. I forgot to mention that the song captures many images from English folk music. The use of the female as the main character dates back to the faerie queen, the spirit of the land, war on the horizon (smoke through trees), the road, choices to be made, are all understood motifs in folk music. There was a folk revival as well as British blues in the mid 60s. T Rex came from that folk movement Bert Jansch and John Renbourne, too were hugely popular guitarists. Zep IV was written in a cottage in the Welsh countryside, surrounded by nature and deep in the mystical mythical countryside. Im sure that's why it digs deep into the soul, like the equally deep Battle of Evermore. Hope that helps not confuses anyone not aware of the rich heritage of British music. Plus Zep are absolute masters.
@@catherinecrow5662 It was a great time for acoustic guitar playing too. So many great bands - Incredible String Band, Shirley & Dolly Collins, Pentangle, Fairports, Steeleye Span, John Fahey, John Martin, endless list...
Love your comment on context and history. Thank you. Just one quibble; the album that came out of Page and Plants time in the Welsh countryside was Zep III, not IV.
5:38 Robert Plant is the epitome of a beautifully balanced masculine & feminine energy! Gorgeous man!!! I’m too young to have seen Led Zeppelin but I saw Page & Plant when I was in high school, they toured in the late 90’s. Also saw John Paul Jones on his solo tour. It was a very small venue and he stayed and signed autographs; I was soooo young and star struck, I don’t think I said a word! 😂
This was what growing up in the 60’s and 70’s meant to us baby boomers!! When I saw them live, Robert Plant said this was a song of hope!! That’s what us teenagers truly believed!!❤️
I don't know how anyone could say they are overrated. Robert's unique voice, the best drummer to ever live and one of the best guitar players in the world, all in one group. Not to mention all the great songs they have.
Simply phenomenal, without equal by anything today , the greatest era in music full stop, will never be forgotten ,from the soul, thank you for revisiting this greatness
the kennedy centre is superb, but there is always a but, 2 choirs the best studio musicians at the time , bonzos son on drums the fabulous wilsons sisters out front came close to what these 4 gods played on a regular basis.
Maybe the hypnosis from Jimmy’s guitar is from Bonham backing him on the drums. As I understand it, most drummers play off the bass but Bonham plays with the guitar. And he often plays in a different time than the guitar. Bonham can be credited with much of Zeppelin’s sound that took them so high above the rest.
The hypnotic effect of Jimmy’s guitar playing is his fascination with harmonics. He came up with some of the most unique tunings and beautiful tones on the planet. He’s mesmerizing because he created atmosphere and emotion. Yes Bonham and the others contributed, but that guitar solo could stand alone and still be timeless and captivating. There was Beethoven, Bach, Mozart and now Page. He’s truly the Mozart of Rock guitar.
I was 18 when this came out and will never forget it. I was dating a drummer in a rock band when he brought this album home in 1969. How many times did we listen to it? Countless times!
Wanna get your mind blown? Now go watch them perform this at Celebration Day at the O2 arena, when they reunited for a one-time concert in 2007. They were in their late 50's - early 60's and sound almost the same as they did here. Here's the thing: John Paul Jones is widely-regarded as one of the greatest bass players of all-time. John Bonham is generally considered a top-five drummer of all-time. And you know Jimmy Page's credentials as an all-time guitarist. Add in Robert Plant's vocals, which can't be replicated, and you get 4 all-time greats at their craft who formed one of the greatest bands of all-time.
I’ve been listening to Zeppelin since the mid 70s. Just listened to II again today. Never gets old, they are timeless. Jimmy Page is a genius as they all are.
When you talk about Led Zeppelin, you are talking about 4 guys who were musicians with a capital M. These guys each knew their instruments profoundly well and it shows in the quality of their music. They were then and remain to be today a beacon among rock bands because of what they put into, and what they could pull out of their music. I believe there is a word for that, and that word is legend.
Robert Plant’s and Jimmie Page’s music goes right to the soul. It makes you think, it makes you feel, and for me, it makes remember the days of my youth. There were so many great bands, but Led Zeppelin will always be the best.
Why so important? We were not distracted by social media. This is how artists communicated with their fans. I have had the feelings you described when listening to Zeppelin, Lynyrd Skynyrd, and Stevie Ray Vaughan. Their performances reached into my heart and poured their souls into mine. No matter how many times I hear their music, I still get chills. Long live real music forever!❤
Saw them play in 1973 in a 3 hour concert !! I had just turned 21 and in my first band. 49 years later I sang Stairway To Heaven at my 70th birthday. It will also be my funeral song. This song inspired me in so many ways in my life and I want to leave it saying THANK YOU. The greatest ever rock band 🎸 and never to be forgotten or bettered ❤️❤️❤️🙏
You commented about cultural connection and Machu Picchu this band was singing about all the ancient legends of Norse, Pict and Celtic cultures. My ancestry is this and Led Zepplin captures it exquisitely! I am so blessed to have grown up in the 60’s & 70’s because the music changed the world and I had a front row seat!🤩💕🌈
Yes, they are British. It's renaissance stuff, myths and legends, lord of the rings. I don't think people realize how old the books are. We read the hobbit in grade 5 , and I'm 64
"Overrated." Possibly coming from people who don't have the breadth of musical experience or understanding of how complicated, original, and truly talented this band is. This isn't even their best song, definitely their most famous song, but not their best. By their own admission, that song would be "Kashmir," an epic song that showcases all their talents in one powerhouse tune.
This song suffers from being so great it was overplayed. Some people just got tired of hearing it many times a day for years. Any list of best rock songs that doesn't have this in the top 3, isn't worth a crap. To (fake) quote Bogart, "Play it again Sam." Or in this case Zep.
Greatest musicians ever! The stars aligned, the planets aligned, the earth opened up and gave us Led Zeppelin! Robert’s voice is an instrument just like page, jones and bonhams instruments. I feel so blessed to have lived in these times!
Some of their songs were influenced by ancient Celtic myth, allegory, magic, JRR Tolkien’s Lord of the Rings- but whatever they created with their many albums, transported me to heaven- still does✨.
I'm 70 and I've been thrilled by LZ songs for 50 years, but today, seeing your reaction to this live show, I felt like it was my first time viewing LZ. Emotions at it's purest. Thank you.
Me too, I’m pretty much flabbergasted at the reactions that these young people have of the music we grew up with….im not familiar with all the new stuff but it sounds as if all they know are kind of fake performances,
Jimmy was a session player they all wanted, and he was 16 and just out of Westminster College I believe...excuse if memory is wrong, I'm almost 83yr.old female still in love with Robert, Jimmy, Paul and wish John was still with us all....
That was such a huge song when I was in high school!!! Check out Zeppelin's Achilles Last Stand... We use to always say we need some Led for the head...I still do and always will!
I know us old folks may not look like it but we had the greatest era of music from the 60s through the 80s. Live performances, NO autotune, no place to hide with these groups. Talent and superb musicianship. Nice to see the current generation discover what we knew all along. Kudos to you all for starting the journey.
Edit: I am astonished by the response to my comment. It's been very interesting to read what people of all ages/eras are saying. Good to know that great music and performers are still appreciated now and hope the next generations discover them too.
Amen
I agree, we had the best time.
Yup born in 57 and we had the Best looking Cars too!
We were free.
@@Thataintnothingborn 56, you bet we had a great time and didn't even know it!
I think the fact that I'm still overwhelmed by it 55 years later says it all. it's Genuis.
66 and yeah. They are a legendary band with some of the greatest songs ever performed. The World disagrees with anyone who thinks they are overrated.
I literally fell in love at 17yo. This sounds like When the West was Won Live. I saw this concert after the loss of Karac 1977.
I am 64.... back in high school, every party at somebody's folks' basement party had to wrap up... they put Stairway To Heaven on the stereo.
Led Zeppelin: When 4 artistically inclined skinny nerdy geniuses with a penchant for Tolkien form a band and change the world.
Here's to hairy toes 🍄
Nailed it!
how did Tolkien influence the music? The lyrics?
@@katehamilton7240 Led Zeppelin's songs like "Ramble On," "Misty Mountain Hop," and "The Battle of Evermore" directly reference The Lord of the Rings, Stairways To Heaven is also rumoured to be about the relationship between Aragorn and Arwen.
Drugs, sex, and Rock and Roll!!
I just turned 70 and grew up with music like this...welcome to my world!
You got that right brudda I was in high school, long hair and all 😅
Graduated HS in 69 . Played in garage bands like half the kids in my school , at least it felt like that . Never even tried a Zeppelin song , we had no chance :)
Turned 70 a few months ago. We had the music, we had the cars, we were blessed more than we could possibly know at the time. Now I realize just how fortunate we were. If you weren’t there at the time, sorry, but you’ll never feel it.
65 here and this was my childhood.
58 and still diggin LZ. The studio version is better than this but this is still something special. I tried to put a few Zep songs in my band back in 2008 but my guitarist and drummer capitulated before I could get the words out...noting, LZ was very complicated music, which required a high level of expertise.
Nobody that grew up with Led would say they were overrated Stairways to heaven is a masterpiece 🤷♀️🇨🇦💕
And their fourth album probably the best ever made.
Overrated? What a joke! Under appreciated more likely!!
And their worst favorite song, lol.
I believe it's still the biggest selling Song of all time.
@@jeffdarnell7942 Read they just were inducted into something in Europe, can't remember!! Anyone?
Page hypnotizes you bc he's getting the guitar to TALK TO YOU and you're just trying to interpret and understand the complex language 🔥
I feel that Carlos Santana plays the same way. Love them both.
I totally agree. Page doesn't solo aimlessly; he slowly builds and builds and builds... then explodes in a way that pulls everything together like a spiritual epiphany!
Page over-dubbed guitar track over guitar track on most of their studio tracks. fooled you didnt he.
@orionoutdoorsandworkshop5617 That's because he had many years of studio experience prior to Zeppelin; he was a masterful Producer as well as a masterful in-stage musician.
@@raysearch-iu3fr i know. all that said, i still say many people do not realize this about zep.
there were tons of just as talented musicians at the time that should not be shadowed by zep.
And amongst all of that, virtually unseen, the greatest drummer in history!
YEP
And the lead guitarist, Jimmy Page, ain't too far behind either. HIs mastery of the instrument, different and highly inventive chording, and general fret coverage puts him among an elite few. Particularly, for the era he played within, where guitar work on this level was still somewhat of a new thing.
With the exception of Phil Collins, and the drummer of Grand Funk Railroad. I saw Grand Funk in the 70s in concert. Never saw a drummer tare up the drums like that. He also did a drum solo.
Ohhh hell yeah! Best rock drummer ever...hands down!! Although I do agree Don Brewer of GFRR could pound the skins!
the drummer tried out for other bands who wouldnt have him. he actually got lucky that he fit in with these guys. not the greatest but one of them.
Jimmy Page didn't just play cause he knew how to, he played with his heart and soul in every note
Yes
Play It Loud one of my favorite bits of musical documentary and music lore
And he is absolutely top tier. Jimmy, Prince ,Hendrix, Beck...
There it is...
I loved watching him grinning ear to ear when Heart honored them at the Kennedy Center!🎸🎙🎶😁
Nothing is overrated about this group. They are musical gods
Funny but when I saw LZ in early 70's Robert Plant closed with Stairway- he looked like a God, I was enthralled.
Dont say that to Peter Townsend, lol
I totally agree brendasmith9429. This was my teen years. #1 group for over 50 years in my book. The 60s and 70s were the Filet Mignon of music variety and pure raw talent. We were so lucky.., this guy won't stop talking. So I am leaving.
amen
@@SA-gs2ib like who?
They plagerised? Oh my, I better go throw my zep albums out.
"First time ever I saw your face" by Roberta flack. She neither wrote it, nor was it written for her, it was written decades before she did it. Oh, I better throw that one out too.
I dont think there is a band in America that doesnt have some sort of lawsuit going on concerning copyright infringements. I use to go to concerts with Bobby Blotzer, drummer of "Rat" and he has lawsuits going on constantly regarding the name of the band and other copyright infringements.
Lawsuits in music is extrememly common.
When the Levee Breaks was written by Memphi Minnie in 1929, Zep re did it, so what?
The song is a masterpiece. It's message is loud and clear...if you listen very hard...and more relevant today than ever! Zeppelin were always transcendent, and would take me away to other realms that very few bands could reach or even dream of. Just magical!
I'm 68 years old and was so fortunate to see them live in Philadelphia when i was 17 yrs. It was truly amazing to be there. ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤ Its now Nov. 2024. I feel young when i hear this!!!!!!!!!!!
One of my few regrets - never getting to see them live 😭
I have so many memories around their music. They came flooding back.
I'm 72 and this song still touches me. Led Zeppelin has a very special place in music history that can never be duplicated. The four members were great by themselves, but together they were magic.
I am, too, and I think these guys changed rock forever!! 💋💖💋💖🌵🌵👵🐺🖖
I'm the same age as you. I never get tired of this incredible music.
I'am just a little younger than you at 70. I had the great opportunity and pleasure to see Led Zeppelin in 1973, at Kezar Stadium, in San Francisco. I remember that they came on a little late, but the performance was worth waiting for. Lee Michaels filled in the time while we were waiting for Zeppelin and for a duo group (organist and drummer) he did a bang up job. Those were good times.
Yes. I am in the same boat. These bands will live
forever.
Truer words were never spoken.
I first heard Led Zep when I was 13 yrs old & at 62 yrs old I still think they & Pink Floyd are the greatest bands of all time. Thanks for the upload!
I agree with you! For my 21st birthday present my dear ol Dad gave me a ticket to London to see Pink Floyd's 'The Wall' at Wembley Stadium. Best life decision ever. Best wishes from Australia 🇦🇺 ❤
Back at you, from NZ, that trip would have been magic Thank you, Dad! What an amazing memory he gave you. 🌌@@jenniferdaulby5519
Dont you use head phones ?70s music sounds better than ever that way
Ditto - exactly the same ages then and now. Not a day goes by that I do not have Led Zep on the speakers for some period of time. Saw Page & Plant Unplugged at Red Rocks several years ago - 10,000 people, not an ass hit the chair all night, everyone knew every word to every song. They are incomparable to those of us who have gotten there, and know.
(And yeah, Floyd is pretty good too.)
I agree my friend I was 12 now almost 46 you boomers and us gen xrs had it the greatest music ever to grow up to
Anyone who told you they are overrated didn't grow up listening to this band. They are one of the GREATEST bands to ever grace this earth.
Surely you mean "THE" ?
So true.
@@francishughes542absolutely THE GREATEST band EVER. I have no idea who else he/she had in mind when they said ONE of.... SHEESH... this is PERFECTION
My question is overrated as compared to whom????....
THE greatest, and will never be surpassed.
It never, ever, gets old. Led Zeppelin is still on my music rotation 55 years later. My absolute favorite is The Rain Song
I love that song.
Mine, too!🎉
I adore the Rain Song. Fantastic ❤
What must be remembered is that these guys NEVER APPEARED on TV, Radio interviews, you only saw them in concert, and the mystery and rarity changed everything, the definition of FAME WAS NEVER THE SAME. Today simply can’t compare.
They did TV in the beginning (1969). Copenhagen, Paris. Look 'em up, they're great.
I am 73 years old and I grew up listening to some of the best rock bands in the entire world 🌍. Led Zeppelin is at the top of my list ....and let me tell you, it's a long list ! Rock on brother's and God Bless 🙏🙏🤘🤘❤️❤️👏👏
I know, I miss the good Ole days when people had raw talent. Today its so fake with dancers & show sparks, auto-tune & dubbed voices. Sad. The best talent does not get promoted unless its satanic & or perverted lyrics.
I am 83 years old and I lived the 50s, 60s, 70s, 80s, 90s and I enjoyed all the legends before they were legends. One of my favorites is Steve Ray Vaughn and of course all the others. Blessings to all. I am still active and driving. Life is precious! Enjoy it! ❤❤❤
The song is about a wealthy woman who bought everything she ever wanted without ever giving anything back and now wants to buy her way into heaven, and finding out it doesn't work that way. It goes on to explain that it's never too late for introspection and to make positive changes within yourself...reflected in the lyrics 'who shines white light and wants to show, how everything still turns to gold, and if you listen very hard, the tune will come to you at last'. A brilliant metaphor and a legendary, musical masterpiece.
I agree I think it has a lot of symbolism also from The Lord of the Rings and Tolkien
Thanks for sharing this information 🙏. I obviously know the song and the basics of what it was about, but I didn't know the full details.
@@aimeethompson1457 of course, the song is about the elvs leaving middle earth to the west. Its the journey of those that were leaving the middle earth.
@@AnunnakiDNApe Absolute classic!
None of us know what is on the other side of death, if there is anything at all.
Someone once said there is something supernatural about this. I totally agree! Pure magic!!
Yes, the lyrics are all derived from Alchemical and Rosicrucian symbolism concerning the inner transformation of the soul from base materials into Gold. It speaks to the subconscious mind. On top of this, the music building and building, reinforces the journey.
Led Zeppelin the GOAT of Rock Bands!!
Sorry dude. That title goes to the who.
100%
The DOORS best American band of all time ❤ together only 54 months 1965 1971, sold 80 + million albums, still sells 1+ million a year
to this very day ❤
a year
So true who stones can’t hold a candle to zeppelin
I think the fact that this song is 50 years old and still kicks ass says it all!
52 years old. I was at a Zep concert in 1971 when they introduced it acoustically
@@waynerogers6621Legendary
Exactly! I wonder hwhat music produced today will still be widely listened to in 50 years
@@waynerogers6621I was only six in 1971, but I bet that was some concert! So cool. I've always been a Zeppelin fan.
@@LoriOnTheBrightside None!
I wouldn’t trade going thru the teenage years late 60’s early 70’s for any other time in history. 60’s to 80 literally the best music in history
Amen.
Yeah some great memories!! I saw these guys and a lot of the others!
Glad you cut it off at 1980. 80"s metal, unlistenable. The good bands after that were few and far between.
@@Tyler-xd9rbI’d say Prince was an exception.
Amen
This is when you actually had to have talent to be a star, or in their case ROCK GODS!! No auto tune, drum machines or backtracks, just pure talent! All of them!
Here here... all these wanna be rock bands hahahha
True.
Yes!!!!
❤
Yeah. Too bad that in the case of Zep, it was so often someone else's talent. They've settled suits for plagiarism six different times.
If you love Led ZEppelin you always love them.
I'm 63. I cannot listen to Queen, Hotel California, American Pie anymore coz I overdosed. I listened to those songs so much that I cannot listen anymore. But Led Zep.........I will never get sick of.
You may, or may not know, the drummer on the Heart version is the son of the original Led Zepplin drummer.
I knew. Jason's Dad taught him well.
Can't be said enough - there is nothing overrated about Led Zeppelin. They were a spectacular expression of what rock and roll could be, and that song is a quintessential expression of what they could do. And this is live. No studio gimmicks or cleaning up. You're hypnotized by Page because of the music. He's not showing off, shredding for the sake of shredding - he is completely in the music.
Shredders bore me!!
True
@@kevinmcconnell3641 Me too. I’d rather hear a guitarist play one note with passion than a shredder playing a million notes like a machine.
Makes me cry it’s so beautiful ❤❤❤
At 70 years old, it does my heart good watching someone from the younger generation discover this music. LZ will be in my soul forever. I'm so glad you liked it so much.
I thank you and your generation for this wonderful gift of music
I feel the art has lost its meaning in regards to todays music
I agree!
@@Susany7727 I would have loved that, oh how lucky you were.
I was about 11 the first time I heard this. Loved it then, love it now.
They changed and moulded me. 50 plus yrs of music. Thank you for filling my SOUL.
LOVE PEACE N HUGE RESPECT XXX
Well, my fellow melomaniac friend, I am a 63 year old native Appalachian white woman. My life has been a struggle for the most part. There are some of us who have had the blessed fortune of experiencing a deeper reality. Some of us have learned that the only eternal treasure is in an awakening to the miracle of each of our own existence. Life is that gold. In the Gnostic Gospels, Jesus says that the kingdom is all around and people just don't see it. All holy religions, Buddhism, Lao Tsu, Hindu, Christianity, ect., have said the same.
My sister and I sat down one day to analyze this song's lyrics. We came to the conclusion, it's an "old fashioned" gospel set to rock music. Amen.
If you think about it in terms of is inspiration, lord or the rings, it perpetuates the same meaning - the one ring was that gold, but the power it brought took man to demise with obsession. To release it was to release oneself from its grip, and the hobbits lived that way, joyous and close to nature.
This is a live version, no second takes, no safety nets, nothing.
And though, still as close to perfection as you could dream of.
Wow.
70s talent for sure
No fancy dance moves, just rock and roll music😀
Totally agree! REAL music
The best version in my opinion.
These guys were kids when they wrote this. Lots of Tolkien etc. BUT they were masterful musicians. They will always be the daddy
How old were they when Spirit first released it 3 yrs earlier, and called it 'Taurus'?
This week, Stairway is no. 9 on the charts! 50 years later!!!
Whoa!
Led Zeppelin is the greatest Rock Band Of All TIME
I love Zeppelin much more than the next guy, but c'mon. We all know who the GOAT is and it ain't them.
They literally had the best drummer top 3 lead guitarist top 3 front man and 1of the best bassist of all time and the most played song ever on the radio so who is the goat if not them
@@terryk5928👈 This guy forgets that we all have an “opinion” 🤭
Plant could cry and scream. But every word was clear. No fakery, no auto tune. Masters of their genre.
Love his voice!
Lol rock fans with their obsession with auto tune. Every record Plant was ever involved in had some degree of auto tune applied.
@@louquay hey genius. Auto-Tune was created in 1997. Led Zeppelin began playing in 1968. They did not use autotune.
ROCK STARS for real Plant would wear the blouse 👚 of one of his female lovers on stage.
Straight Player. 😅😅🎉
Led Zeppelin is the best rock band and Robert Plant will always be the golden god of rock.. I am 66 years old & I still listen to LedZep. Stairway to Heaven is my all-time fave🔥🔥
Glad I grew up when I did, when music was music. The artist wrote and performed their own stuff. No gimmicks. You had to have real talent. I don't think anyone will be listening to today's music 50 years later
The music and concerts back then was like a epic revolution. Happy to come from those times.
And I have to say Robert Plant’s vocals are phenomenal
That's not the only thing, apparently.
I love him
He's not bad to look at either.
He's gorgeous
Oh mercy mercy. Each member of this band was a master of their craft. At 68 I remember how groundbreaking and amazing this band was at that time and they sound equally remarkable today. Robert Plant used his voice like an instrument. So so good. And by the way this old lady has to say he was the hottest man is those tight jeans and that HAIR. He’s still just as good today. What a time for music! Enjoy!!
I agree. This old lady thought the same.😂😂😂
As did this old man 😉
I couldn’t have said it better! I’m 66 and this takes me back to the best years of my life…I thank God that I grew up when I did! This old lady still remembers how hot that gorgeous man was in those tight jeans..and that gorgeous hair!
Ditto! It's hard to believe it was real sometimes. ❤
The man just oozed sensuality & charisma. 😊
One thing that doesn't get appreciated enough is just how damn good JPJ and Bonham are keeping the tempo and maintaining the rhythm in the background.
Exactly!!!!
True that! John Bonham the best drummer ever, and is there a musical instrument that JPJ cannot play?!
I think Bonham gets a lot of attention as top 5 best rock drummers of all time. JPJ does get overlooked IMHO
Agreed.
If you can get this version (from Song Remains the Same) playing on something with a good subwoofer, his bass drum work is INSANE on this version of Stairway.
They brought such incredible joy to our generation hearing this for the fist time. We were instantly addicted.
Overrated? Someone lied to you!! 4 of the greatest musicians to ever come together! Watch more live performances!!!
The song, not the band. The song is their worst piece of crap. Almost nothing else is.
@@gethriel wow... I've never been blindly huge on Zep, but even I can admit this is one of their greats. The reason Plant hates when people cover it is because no one can really do it justice....except Heart.
@@gethrielNONSENSE.
They were so powerful together, no studio could contain them...
Truth!
Overrated? Overrated? Oh I don't think so! 😂 One of the best rock bands EVER! I'm so glad that I grew up with this music!
Even putting personal taste aside, in sheer terms of talent, skill and execution the entire band was a concentrate of absolute excellence.
Jimmy Page a solid contender for the title of best guitarist alive, John Bonham doesn't even need to contend as pretty much everyone agrees he's been the most skilled drummer in rock's history, Robert Plant had such a charismatic and iconic voice and John Paul jones is up there as one of the best keyboardists on the scene.
not overrated and i im glad I grew with this music
The greatest pure kick ass rock band ever!!
I'm sick to my stomach. Who thinks that? Long live Zeppelin.❤❤
THE best!!!
These guys were probably the best rock band ever. No pitch correction, just totally amazing music night after night. No one did it better! Pure Rock Gods❤
No probably about it
I don't think anyone would have accused them of using pitch correction for Plant's voice.
They are the F*cking best alright!!! No one can touch them. PERIOD,
I'm 68 years old and zeppelin was the best of my time
I’m 68 also. We really had the very best music! ❤
Exactly!!
Sorry but there are others out there between late 50s to late 80s the best ever and no computer enhancements…
I am also 68 yrs old. Was very fortunate to see them live in Philadelphia.
That Heart performance....just wow....and getting the standing ovation from Led Zepplin. Probably the highlight of Heart's career.
I read that Heart actually did some work/concerts with Robert Plant
Heart paid a massive well deserved tribute to LZ, it was phenomenal to watch them mesmerize everyone at the Kennedy Center.
And with John Bonham's son on drums with them! I'm tearing up just thinking about it!!!
*Boomer here: I sincerely hope Gen Z takes away one big lesson from this song. No machine, no computer, no bot will ever top human talent, passion, and creativity. Machines and computers, they can do many things humans can't do. But not the arts, not [real] music. Never lose real music. In a way, you already have. Rap isn't music, it's talking. 60s, 70s, and 80s... that was real music. It changes your mood, your mind, and your thinking. Never give up real music, nothing replaces it.*
It’s too late. There are no engineers or real producers left. If you want raw it’s all independent artists
Sorry, but musicians now take short cuts. They can't sing, barely play. But apparently today's musicians and singers can perform on the manager's couch to get gigs.
The thirties, forties, and fifties as well.
Big band....
Listen to Tribe Called Quest or De La Soul and tell me hip hop isn't music. Be open to it.
@@ifellicantgetup well said.
Its sad that instruments have been put down and computers have been picked up.
Jimmy taps into the spirit world and brings it through him - that's why it's hypnotizing. Tom Petty once said, "All the great songs are already written, you just have to reach into the ether and get them." Jimmy did and does that
I was gonna say, it's because he's high AF and channeling something from out in the Universe.
Interesting quote from Tom Petty. It's rather astonishing to me how many songwriters (words and/or music) say things like "the song just wrote itself"--which is close to what Robert Plant said about Stairway. I'm not going to say because they're high (although Jimmy certainly looks that way, even in this clip, which, if I understand the timeline right, pre-dates his heroin days), but I have come to think that they are tapping into *something*--the music of the spheres, the spirit world, God, or what-have-you. Not just LZ, but all these songs that are writing themselves. With Stairway, LZ just got a bigger part of it, or got closer to the heart of it, or something--whatever "it" may be.
This is the correct answer.
Well, with a little plagurism - but hey they own it when they do it. Speaking of Zepplin not Petty.
I love this channel, thank you. I graduated HS in 1979. Every garage band played this. As to the meaning, some say it was a poke at the Catholic Church and their pay to play game. Others will tell you it is a statement that tells us, don’t believe in BS. I lost my only child to a drunk driver. At age 13 she bought the poster with the last verse. I asked her why, she said it is a great song! I pushed and she said, I don’t think God buys the church BS and just wants us to love each other. She was correct and when I am grieving I go into her room and read that verse. You don’t buy your way to heaven, you live with kindness, unselfishness and LOVE.
Big plans God has for His people
When you grieve, remember what she might have been spared from. No consolation those living,really. God's will concerning you, ?
79 was just fine
Your reaction made my heart ever so happy.
My brother taught himself the guitar with this song. He ended up learning to play the guitar, bass guitar, harmonica, cello, and saxophone.. yet never learned to read music. At his funeral (at 21 years old), we played a recording of him playing Stairway to Heaven. I was only 14 at the time, but this song has always held a special place in my heart.
Oh man, that breaks my heart to hear, my friend, but also for a memory to be forged from the playing of music by a musician is poetic to its soul.
Sorry for your loss ❤
So sorry for your loss, my friend 😢
wow… sorry for your loss. Your story gave me goose bumps. like a dejavu.
I lost my big brother in 1980. he was 21 at the time. He and I loved concerts (and he could drive before I could). our first concert?… Led Zeppelin
in ‘78 at the centra-plex in Baton Rouge. We had tickets to Led Zeppelin in the Superdome earlier in the year that was cancelled due to John Bonham’d death. This song was one of his favorites and it brings back memories of the Zeppelin concert in Baton Rouge, just my brother and I, out on a school weekday night (with permission), getting our ear drums blown out. it’s an all time great song… the anthem of my generation.
Hello.
I hope you believe that there is a God, and I hope it is the one found in The Bible.
I beg, if you want to see him again, I guarantee you he will without question be resurrected in the paradise Earth that will soon come.
I beg of you, find Jehovah God and you will come to an accurate understanding of the truth, regardless of what nay-sayers say.
I can’t believe someone said Led Zeppelin was overrated. That’s rich.
It’s also not true.
Stumbled across this take of yours. I had the fortune of seeing them live, not once, but twice. 1973 and '75 respectively. Now 70 and still a Zep head!!..
This is just one example of how and why our generation's music hit the top because of pure talent..
NO AUTO TUNE!! Everytime they played a song they played it different too. Pure genius!
Or sang it differently especially when drunk as hell. Front row center 1977 in San Diego. LOL
Yes!! We were so lucky! Led Zeppelin, Queen, and so many others.
@@cynthiawatson6104San Diego was a pretty great show what are you on about
@@rishavpaudel5021 Never said it wasn't. Said Plant was drunk as hell. I was front row center. Wasn't hard to tell he was drunk.
@@cynthiawatson6104or played it differently when strung out on heroin 😢
It’s simply the greatest rock song ever composed. A masterful song that will still be listened to 100 years on .,
Hey, justdoingitjim, I am 71, and ROCKING THIS SONG along with ya!!!! One of the VERY BEST bands, ever.
The Greatest Rock Band Ever!!!
Whomever told you they were overrated…Never talk to them again.
10 studio albums, not one songs sounds alike.
Writer, producers, just Robert Plant, Jimmy Page, John Paul Jones and John Bohnam!
However almost all of their songs were blatantly stolen from other artists. This one was originally Taurus by Spirit, in 1968
@rigafraction1653 In the era the song was released it was common for songwriters to give the lyrics to multiple bands, so I wouldn't call it stolen.
Are you telling covers are stolen?
Little old UK produced some of the best rock bands of all time, great to see there being rediscovered many years later
True statement!
The UK produced some of the best bands ever.
Definitely the UK rocks
Siempre lo he dicho: el rock es americano pero los grandes del rock son ingleses todos.
Jimi Hendrix had to go to London to make a name for himself, The management in USA did t want
This song defined a decade and a generation. Led Zeppelin was the world’s first supergroup in terms they were truly larger than life.
Led Zeppelin is the kind of band that makes you believe in magic. Their music transcends sound and becomes an adventure you might expect from a Took, but not a Baggins.
I'm now 66 years old. Welcome to my high-school years. This was true rock baby! I'm so glad you're hearing and enjoying it. ❤
Right on brudda I'm 66, best time ever
This song is routinely voted number one of all time. Robert Plant is 75 years old and still killing it with new music take a look
And still touring. Amazing stamina.
Yes youngsters They are our ROCK AND ROLL GODS EVERY WORD EVERY TWANG OF THE GUITAR Enjoy My babys I'm 65 yrs old I will never forget when I saw them for the 1st time 1974
Was there in Tampa stadium in 74(?) when this was there last song..almost midnight, cold night, stars were out. Me and my college roommate. Wow. Never forget.
It amazes me that this band was only a group from 1968 - 1980 & it will live on forever. Robert Plant continued his solo career of course, but it still surprises me when I realize their span was only 12 years. They are all legends.
Band really did not continue after John Bonham, drummer of Led Zeppelin, died 1980. So there you have reason why it ended 1980.
It’s the music! God I’m aging myself but back in the day, music went somewhere. It was not all the same beat over and over again. It had depth.
You mean like how The Beatles were together for 8 years, or Jimi Hendrix was only around for 4?
Listening to and watching Zeppelin was like witnessing an atomic bomb detonation. They were spontaneous and daring and when they played together onstage, the sheer power was terrifying. One reactioner said it best when she watched them perform Dazed and Confusedi live. : "this should be illegal!'
Correct. Mind boggling the music produced in that timeframe. @@Zeta9966
That hypnotic feeling is what Zeppelin fans know as their 5th element. When the 4 of them were playing together they created something greater than themselves. Since John Bonham died it hasn't been duplicated.
That hypnotic feeling was demonstrated superbly in the song Kashmir.
Guy got me with asking "what is your stairway?"
It was new, it was something we had never heard before, they were wild, sort of like our version of Elvis, plus side was they freaked out our parents and they yelled “turn that sh:t down!”
1+1+1+1=5
First I've heard of 5th element but it puts it perfectly; you cannot believe there are only 4 of them. Something to do with constructive interference?
In my opinion, the reason Page's guitar work is so mesmerizing is because he has the ultimate rhythm section with JPJ and Bonzo, who create many amazing rhythm pockets, and Page is a master of playing slightly out of the pocket then back in and then back out and in and so on. In this way, it is like watching someone walk a trapeze line that loves to pretend he might fall off at any moment, but somehow never does. You can't look away even though you know he will always pull it off successfully.
I was actually going to say almost the same, the drums and bass is so well laid out that anything on top of it works, then Jimmy pours in with such heart on top of that which makes it impossible to not get entranced.
He actually also strived to mesmerize with his guitar by his own admission. Kashmir was heavily influenced by middle eastern trance music and Jimmy himself was very into magic again by his own admission. So much so he even at one time once owned the home that was once owned by Alister Crowley.
Yes exactly! Bonzo and Page would let the other lead at times in songs and that is a big part!
Led Zep’s music always has a unique dynamic because of Bonham choosing to follow Page’s guitar. Jones follows Bonham. It is the pairing of Bonzo and Jimmy that gives their music the unique power it has.
And I have to disagree with you about Page…
Page could play guitar with that same mesmerizing quality with anyone or just by himself like he has and it still sounds absolutely prolific, whether JB or JPJ are present or not. If you listened to him with the Yardbirds for instance, you’d know what I mean. Granted though, JB & JPJ really are the BEST rhythm section of all time, IMO.
But Page wasn’t one of the greatest players just because of the rhythm section in LZ.
This is BEST DAMN BAND HANDS DOWN! I got turned on to Zep when I was 14.....over 50 yrs ago. They Rocked my World Then and still Rocks My World Today. I am doing a drawing of this song. Will be framed and in my studio forever! Love them..
Firstly, these artists played without autotune. They were major talents, they played from a deeper sense of what the music meant. The words are indeed profound, it was the age for penetrating our deepest illusions. Thanks for the look back😊
I feel like "they don't use autotune" is something you can safely assume from "the band started in the 1960s" xD some of their music is 30 years older than autotune is.
This song takes you on a journey that starts off slow and beautiful and builds to a crescendo. Jimmy Page's guitar is hypnotic because it's almost like he's in a trance when he plays. Robert Plant sings so seductively and artfully the words with so much meaning. Its a masterpiece.💕
They wove a spell with their guitar & voice over their audience.
Exactly!
It's sad to think there will never be music written like this again.
Absolutely agree with you! Very sad. Original music not derived or borrowed from other music is hard to find now. Music so unique that you can name that song in 3 notes and played by consummate musicians, sung without auto tuning. Just not common now.
I love these guys and was born in the late sixties. Always will love it! One of my favorite bands, also Floyd Etc., but have lived long enough to Dig Mudvayne, lol, Korn and Slipknot and hundreds of other great bands! LOL!!
@@oldnick4707 Pink Floyd was another phenomenal band. Decades later I still remember how my skin felt the first time I heard Comfortably Numb.
@@fluxrider7027,
Yeah, I think I started out with 'Dark Side of the Moon' I guess when I was a kid, then checked out all their earlier stuff and was pretty blown away by all of it!
@@oldnick4707 I've had the pleasure of literally seeing three or four different people experience that floyd moment where suddenly they start noticing the music that they've never noticed before, and instantly become a pink floyd convert.
(I had that moment myself as well, although i wasn't watching me have it...)
It puts you into a real hypnotic state. End Of Story!
“I can taste the psychedelics from here, bro.”
Love it! 😂
I once had a dream where I was asked to sing on stage and was basically pushed out in front of a massive audience before I could even reply. when I turned around, there was Robert Plant (and the rest of the band) handing me a microphone.
Once you hear this band, they set up shop in your subconscious and refuse to leave.
They’re that profound. 🧡
You had to be there wow those years were great.......60s to 80s we were so privilage to be alive then.
PS. I forgot to mention that the song captures many images from English folk music. The use of the female as the main character dates back to the faerie queen, the spirit of the land, war on the horizon (smoke through trees), the road, choices to be made, are all understood motifs in folk music. There was a folk revival as well as British blues in the mid 60s. T Rex came from that folk movement Bert Jansch and John Renbourne, too were hugely popular guitarists. Zep IV was written in a cottage in the Welsh countryside, surrounded by nature and deep in the mystical mythical countryside. Im sure that's why it digs deep into the soul, like the equally deep Battle of Evermore. Hope that helps not confuses anyone not aware of the rich heritage of British music. Plus Zep are absolute masters.
Agree, I grew up in the village where Rob Plant lived, the influences are all English and the surrounding countryside
Yes, I loved the early English folk groups ...
@@catherinecrow5662 It was a great time for acoustic guitar playing too. So many great bands - Incredible String Band, Shirley & Dolly Collins, Pentangle, Fairports, Steeleye Span, John Fahey, John Martin, endless list...
Love your comment on context and history. Thank you. Just one quibble; the album that came out of Page and Plants time in the Welsh countryside was Zep III, not IV.
@@w.geoffreyspaulding6588 yeah it was a long time ago.
5:38 Robert Plant is the epitome of a beautifully balanced masculine & feminine energy! Gorgeous man!!!
I’m too young to have seen Led Zeppelin but I saw Page & Plant when I was in high school, they toured in the late 90’s. Also saw John Paul Jones on his solo tour. It was a very small venue and he stayed and signed autographs; I was soooo young and star struck, I don’t think I said a word! 😂
...what moves you is "soul"... they're not just playing music - they express emotions... it's the greatest band in history !!
This was what growing up in the 60’s and 70’s meant to us baby boomers!! When I saw them live, Robert Plant said this was a song of hope!! That’s what us teenagers truly believed!!❤️
Lucky you!
I was a teen in the 70s too! They were magnificent!
I too was a teen in the 70’s and grew up around what “I” considered the best music ever
Proud Baby Boomer. Our music rocked!
Yes we had/have the best music. As a child born in 1950 I can truly believe that. I am still loving the tunes.
I don't know how anyone could say they are overrated. Robert's unique voice, the best drummer to ever live and one of the best guitar players in the world, all in one group. Not to mention all the great songs they have.
Dont forget to mention J.P.J. who was a classically trained musician, & sometime played the bass with his feet, while playing keyboards..
Ohhhhh yeah
@@francishughes542 He was the glue that held it all together
Don't forget john Paul jones
Its only overrated to young kids who truly havent experienced shit.
Simply phenomenal, without equal by anything today , the greatest era in music full stop, will never be forgotten ,from the soul, thank you for revisiting this greatness
Sometimes there is no explanation for greatness. It just is. These guys got together and took us to places we had never seen.
They are best.
Thank you
Pure Art…
Exactly
I loved Ann & Nancy performing for Zeppelin at Kennedy Center Honors. Literally made me cry.
Their performance at the Kennedy Center was freakin' phenomenal!!! I listen to it often. ❤❤❤
Just watched it again yesterday for about the twentieth time and cried.
IMO, the best cover of Stairway ever.
What about Shane Fontayne playing ‘that’ song in front of the world for ‘that’ guy !
the kennedy centre is superb, but there is always a but, 2 choirs the best studio musicians at the time , bonzos son on drums the fabulous wilsons sisters out front came close to what these 4 gods played on a regular basis.
Maybe the hypnosis from Jimmy’s guitar is from Bonham backing him on the drums. As I understand it, most drummers play off the bass but Bonham plays with the guitar. And he often plays in a different time than the guitar. Bonham can be credited with much of Zeppelin’s sound that took them so high above the rest.
The hypnotic effect of Jimmy’s guitar playing is his fascination with harmonics. He came up with some of the most unique tunings and beautiful tones on the planet.
He’s mesmerizing because he created atmosphere and emotion. Yes Bonham and the others contributed, but that guitar solo could stand alone and still be timeless and captivating.
There was Beethoven, Bach, Mozart and now Page. He’s truly the Mozart of Rock guitar.
Interesting
To forget any one of them is a sad thing, remove any one and it doesn't go to that next extreme level.
I was 18 when this came out and will never forget it. I was dating a drummer in a rock band when he brought this album home in 1969. How many times did we listen to it? Countless times!
Wanna get your mind blown? Now go watch them perform this at Celebration Day at the O2 arena, when they reunited for a one-time concert in 2007. They were in their late 50's - early 60's and sound almost the same as they did here. Here's the thing: John Paul Jones is widely-regarded as one of the greatest bass players of all-time. John Bonham is generally considered a top-five drummer of all-time. And you know Jimmy Page's credentials as an all-time guitarist. Add in Robert Plant's vocals, which can't be replicated, and you get 4 all-time greats at their craft who formed one of the greatest bands of all-time.
Thanks for the tip 👍
@@mw78511973 At Madison Square Garden is lightyear better. Truth.
If John Bonham isn't on the drums, isn't not Led Zeppelin.
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I agree but Jason comes very close at The Kennedy Center Honors with Heart!
You do know it was Jason on drums at celebration day?
I’ve been listening to Zeppelin since the mid 70s. Just listened to II again today. Never gets old, they are timeless. Jimmy Page is a genius as they all are.
When you talk about Led Zeppelin, you are talking about 4 guys who were musicians with a capital M. These guys each knew their instruments profoundly well and it shows in the quality of their music. They were then and remain to be today a beacon among rock bands because of what they put into, and what they could pull out of their music. I believe there is a word for that, and that word is legend.
Robert Plant’s and Jimmie Page’s music goes right to the soul. It makes you think, it makes you feel, and for me, it makes remember the days of my youth. There were so many great bands, but Led Zeppelin will always be the best.
Why so important? We were not distracted by social media. This is how artists communicated with their fans. I have had the feelings you described when listening to Zeppelin, Lynyrd Skynyrd, and Stevie Ray Vaughan. Their performances reached into my heart and poured their souls into mine. No matter how many times I hear their music, I still get chills. Long live real music forever!❤
I believe SRV was the greatest guitarist ever but Jimmy Page probably has that distinction among the Heavy Metal group. Personally, I ♥️ the Blues.
Saw them play in 1973 in a 3 hour concert !!
I had just turned 21 and in my first band.
49 years later I sang Stairway To Heaven at my 70th birthday.
It will also be my funeral song.
This song inspired me in so many ways in my life and I want to leave it saying THANK YOU.
The greatest ever rock band 🎸 and never to be forgotten or bettered ❤️❤️❤️🙏
I saw Led Zeppelin perform April 8, 1970 in Dorton Arena, Raleigh, NC. I was 17 and that was best concert to this day I ever saw.
They be playing this song hundred years from now just one of those songs haunting
Simply put !!!! Wow!!!
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You commented about cultural connection and Machu Picchu this band was singing about all the ancient legends of Norse, Pict and Celtic cultures. My ancestry is this and Led Zepplin captures it exquisitely! I am so blessed to have grown up in the 60’s & 70’s because the music changed the world and I had a front row seat!🤩💕🌈
lucky you
AMEN! Wasn’t it the best?
Exactly! Exactly! And if my old Irish grandmother could hear it, she would recognize it! And feel the same way.
Tolkien trilogy is their main inspiration!
Yes, they are British. It's renaissance stuff, myths and legends, lord of the rings. I don't think people realize how old the books are. We read the hobbit in grade 5 , and I'm 64
"Overrated." Possibly coming from people who don't have the breadth of musical experience or understanding of how complicated, original, and truly talented this band is. This isn't even their best song, definitely their most famous song, but not their best. By their own admission, that song would be "Kashmir," an epic song that showcases all their talents in one powerhouse tune.
This song suffers from being so great it was overplayed. Some people just got tired of hearing it many times a day for years. Any list of best rock songs that doesn't have this in the top 3, isn't worth a crap. To (fake) quote Bogart, "Play it again Sam." Or in this case Zep.
Maybe over played but never over rates. :)
Bonzo in 4/4, Jimmy in 3/3, they meet every 12 beats. Really cool.
How to say one is arrogant without saying one is arrogant.
@@betsybabf748 Play You're So Vain by Carly Simon to them.
This was why Jimmy was watching hearts guitar players solo so clisely during their tribute !
Greatest musicians ever! The stars aligned, the planets aligned, the earth opened up and gave us Led Zeppelin! Robert’s voice is an instrument just like page, jones and bonhams instruments. I feel so blessed to have lived in these times!
Some of their songs were influenced by ancient Celtic myth, allegory, magic, JRR Tolkien’s Lord of the Rings- but whatever they created with their many albums, transported me to heaven- still does✨.
I'm 70 and I've been thrilled by LZ songs for 50 years, but today, seeing your reaction to this live show, I felt like it was my first time viewing LZ. Emotions at it's purest. Thank you.
Great memories eh! Miss those days!
I could listen to the song multiple times, never bored. And I went to teen dances with this as the final song often.
Me too, I’m pretty much flabbergasted at the reactions that these young people have of the music we grew up with….im not familiar with all the new stuff but it sounds as if all they know are kind of fake performances,
they were all in their mid 20s here, incredible confidence and stage presence. the greatest rock band of all time.
Jimmy was a session player they all wanted, and he was 16 and just out of Westminster College I believe...excuse if memory is wrong, I'm almost 83yr.old female still in love with Robert, Jimmy, Paul and wish John was still with us all....
@@margaretflounders8510 wonderful that a lady even older than I, still gets that Zeppelin love 💜💚
That was such a huge song when I was in high school!!! Check out Zeppelin's Achilles Last Stand... We use to always say we need some Led for the head...I still do and always will!