Does This Band Have a 'Stairway to Heaven?!' (w/Martin Popoff)
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- Опубліковано 16 вер 2024
- Join Pete Pardo & Martin Popoff as they discuss some bands that might have their own 'Stairway to Heaven' in their catalog.
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First song that came to mind for me is "Suite Madame Blue" by Styx from the Equinox album.
Excellent choice.
Yes - Roundabout - follows the formula perfectly - 7 mins, acoustic start, jamming verses, great keys break, crescendo ending, acoustic resolve!
Good choice and Starship Trooper is another candidate but for me it has to be Awaken. Everything I like most about Yes and everyone is at their best from Wakeman’s opening keys right through to the resolution at the end. Perfection!
I also agree with Roundabout, and will add Tull’s Aqualung and also Rush’s Xanadu as epics that fit this great musical model.
Iron Maiden's "Hallowed Be Thy Name" is my pick for this -- epic song, great subject, foreboding bells, slow buildup to metal classic...
Good one! Their best song.
Glad to hear "Love To Love" getting an honorable mention. It was the one song that came to my mind immediately.
Was just listening to "Lights Out in Babenhausen 1993" and there's a rippin' version on there.
I instantly thought of "Love To Love"... also "Still Loving You" by The Scorpions.
Agreed. Love to Love is such a rich song.
One of them songs when I first heard didn’t do much for me but it grew and grew and now I love it
So many RUSH songs to choose from but today I will select Jacobs Ladder from Permanent Waves.
When I saw this in my feed, the first thought was The Low Spark of High Heeled Boys by Traffic. It litterally covers a multitude of styles, is the band's epictrack. and a long time radio favorite.
I've always loved the Stones' "Time Waits For No One" From It's Only Rock & Roll. The sweetest, most melodic guitar playing from Taylor & Keef. Epic, beautiful stuff!
Thanks for the shoutout! In that spirit, I Believe In You is Y&T’s Stairway
Forever too
Fly at Night by Chilliwack. If you’re Canadian then you’ll know what I’m talking about. Starts off soft and finishes soft but that 2 minute riffing that occurs halfway thru the song is killer.
Absolutly love this track. Unfortunatly not familiar with much more of their other stuff. Could you give me a listen list?
Last Chance by Shooting Star immediately came to mind, beautiful violin, killer drums, great FM rock anthem.
Blue Oyster Cult “ Astronomy “!😀❤️🎼
My Top 5 "Stairway to Heaven's" songs from the other's...
5. Blue Oyster Cult - Astronomy
4. Scorpions - We'll Burn The Sky
3. STYX - Suite Madame Blue
2. Thin Lizzy - Black Rose
1. Rainbow - Stargazer
And some H.M. here: Krokus "Streamer", Great White "Rock Me", Uriah Heep "July Morning", Iron Maiden "Hallowed Be Thy Name", Gowan "A Criminal Mind", Blue Oyster Cult "Veteran of the Psychic Wars", Metallica "Fade to Black", Jethro Tull "Aqualung"
If the Scorpions have their "Stairway To Heaven", it could only be "Still Loving You".
Beyond the realms of death, Judas Priest!!! 😊
Yes,
Couldn’t agree more
Good call
I was thinking Dreamer Deceiver.
Glen Tipton’s epic, moving solo in the middle of this classic is my favorite solo of all time!
Very obvious pick would be "Aqualung" by Jethro Tull. Some others I think definitely deserve a mention:
Lifeline - Wishbone Ash, severely underrated tune, magnificent riffs top to bottom, love the way it unfolds
Jury - Trapeze, another underrated song
Remember - Baker Gurvitz Army
I just cast my vote for 'Throw Down the Sword' but 'Lifeline' could stand in just as ably.
November Rain is Guns n' Roses' Stairway to Heaven. So is One from Metallica
This is the first one I thought of. It's so blatant.
Yes on November Rain. Fade to Black for Metallica's.
Victim of Changes for sure fits IMO.
Great freaking pick love priest.
Priest has 2 Stairway to Heavens…Victim of Changes and Beyond the Realms of Death.
@@dvaoa2910 Arguably yes! Both incredible.
Thanks for brining up the classic "Who's Behind the Door?" by Zebra which is definitely a song that takes you on a journey. I'm also a fan of "Bears" from "No Tellin' Lies". I had kind of forgotten "Highway Song" by Blackfoot - that is a cool choice. I would put "Dreams" by The Allman Brothers in my list. I'm also very partial to "Remember Tomorrow" by Iron Maiden from their eponymous debut.
That's what I immediately thought of for Zebra. But then, I might say Take Your Fingers from My Hair is as good a choice.
I love Blackfoot, but "Highway Song" is more their "Freebird," imo.
Take Your Fingers from My Hair as well
Haven’t heard many of these… made a playlist with every one, going to hit the hiking trail and listen.
Great show guys
Daaaang. Not a bad tune in the group! So much new music to discover…
How about "Fool`s Overture'" from Supertramp
Sabbath - Sign of the Southern Cross
Dio - Last in Line
Boston - Foreplay/Long Time
Iron Maiden's The Legacy from "A Matter of Life and Death", they have a lot of epics obviously but for light and shade this one takes some beating. Plus it has some of Bruce's greatest vocals IMHO
1.) Eagles - Hotel California
2.) Queen - Bohemian Rhapsody
3.) Lynyrd Skynyrd - Free Bird
4.) Whitesnake - Still Of The Night
5.) Scorpions - Sails of Charon
6.) Toto - Rosanna
7.) Judas Priest - Victim of Changes
8.) Metallica - One
9.) Rush - Entre Nous
10.) Boston - Hitch a Ride
Love Entre Nous such an underrated song
Good list.But I would choose Fade to Black over One. 👍
"Dante's Inferno" from Iced Earth and "Genesis (The Making and the Fall of Man)" from Running Wild come into my mind. And there are more obvious ones like "Bohemian Rhapsody" from Queen and "We'll Burn the Sky" from the Scorpions. Not to forget "Sabbath Bloody Sabbath" from Black Sabbath. I love the fading out solo on that song. For me the song always just started there. What about a cover extending the song at that point?
Possibly too much from a prog POV and maybe missing the point a bit, but a few off the top of my head, avoiding side long epics. Some popped up in honourable mentions
1983 - Hendrix
Medicine Man Live - BJH
Cinema Show (Tony Banks interview said Suppers Ready always came second after stairway in certain lists)
Tam Lin - Fairport Convention
Fleetwood Mac - Oh Well
The Prophet Song - Queen
Harlequin Forest - Opeth
A day in the life - bit short but long for The Beatles at the time and goes through different phases
Like a hurricane - Neil young
Down by the sea - Strawbs
Child in time
Pibroch from Songs from the Wood
Phoenix - Wishbone Ash
Rudy - Supertramp
Vanilla Queen - Golden Earring
Have you heard pt1 / The Voyage / Have you heard pt2 - Moody Blues (slight cheat)
Aphrodite's Child - The Four Horsemen
For Your Pleasure - Roxy Music
Mother Love Bone - Crown Of Thorns...epic & beautiful - R.I.P Andrew Wood.
Excellent choice.
There's a reason Stairway To Heaven is on the radio every single day. It's THAT good
Do you really measure a quality of a song by a number of its air-play on the radio?
There are tons of shit on the radio every single day. It doesn't make them good songs.
Styx - Suite Madame Blue
Thank you for your interesting take on the subject (as always!).
I would recommend Jane'Addiction's "Three days " as a must in the subject matter at hand.
Keep on trucking
First song I thought of. Incredible, incredible song!!!
Come Sail Away
Mistral Wind
Night in White Satin
Badlands winters call. Bonham change of a season. Heart mistral wind.
Saxon’s “ Red Star Falling” is pretty epic and no one talks about it
Good one...
Wasp "Forever free"
Guns'N'Roses "November rain"
Ufo "Love to love"
Heart "Mistral wind"
Jethro Tull "Budapest"
Doc Holliday "Lonesome Guitar"
Agree with a lot of these. However, I would have gone with Magic Power for Triumph and Take Hold of the Flame for Queensryche. A couple of others to consider: Styx-Come Sail Away, Genesis-Suppers Ready or Domino, Iron Maiden-Fear of the Dark, REO Speedwagon-Son of a Poor Man.
Forgot to mention: April Wine-Sign of the Gypsy Queen (and RIP Myles Goodwin who passed away this week)
Diary of a Working Man by Blackfoot is right up there with Highway Song. Great Show!
Diary of a working man is a great and underrated tune. It definitely takes you on a journey and it hits hard.
Great episode again. Glad to see Parents by Budgie getting some love. Couple I would have included: This Lizzy - Roisin Dubh, Atomic Rooster - Death Walks Behind You, Molly Hatchet - Fall of the Peacemakers. Mountain - Nantucket Sleighride and Wishbone Ash - Phoenix.
Definitely Mountain.
Always forgotten: Y&T : I believe in you
Jethro Tull: my God
Black Sabbath: you won’t change me
Triumph: in the night
Teaze: touch the wind
Blackfoot : diary of a working man
Thin Lizzy: still in love with you
Paul Stanley: take me away (together as one)
Kiss: I still love you
Metal Church : gods of wrath
Kansas: carry on wayward son
Judas Priest: beyond the realms of death
Stryper: first love
Aerosmith: kings and queens
Queensryche: road to madness
Krokus: fire
Sound garden: black hole son
Pantera: cemetery gates
Nearly missed a couple more:
Outlaws: green grass and high tides (guitar delicacy)
April Wine: silver dollar ( thank you Myles 🙏💕)
The first song that comes to mind is Fool's Overture by Supertramp
Excellent show as usual guys! I would add "Mistral Wind" by Heart. Guess it fits the subject of the show. Best regards.
Soma - Smashing Pumpkins. Starts very soft slow, builds with more guitar and drums, then hits with the distortion, and solo.
Seasons of Wither -Aerosmith.
Telegraph Road- Dire Straits
A couple obvious ones that I think were missed:
Elton John - Funeral for a Friend/Love Lies Bleeding
Genesis - Supper's Ready
Hendrix - Voodoo Child (Slight Return)
Grateful Dead - Terrapin Station
Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here
Jimi Hendrix didn't do premeditated bombastic. Jimi had vision and did what he felt and it was always authentic and he didn't work with formulas. Jimi was different and above the rest.
@@hesch-tag I love Jimi, but I enjoy "bombastic" music too. Good thing I didn't say Meatloaf - Paradise by the Dashboard Light. Now THAT'S bombastic.
@@57md81 Haha, good point. If it's good it's good. I like the song Innuendo by Queen even though it is bombastic and a calculated attempt to recreate a kind of Bohemian Rhapsody. I like Still of the night by Whitesnake although it is a clear Led Zeppelin rip-off.
Scorpions -- "Sails of Charon" and Helloween -- "Keeper of the Seven Keys" are definitely epic choices
Since you mentioned Scorpions, I'd nominate "Still Loving You" as their "Stairway to Heaven".
I always liked We’ll Burn the Sky
I still think of "Starship Trooper" by Yes.
Neil Young - Cortez the Killer
SAHB - Dolphins
David Bowie - Rock and Roll Suicide
Bob Dylan - Sad Eyed Lady of the Lowlands
Steely Dan - Kings
Rolling Stones - Going Home
Van Morrison - Snow in San Anselmo
The Who's "Won't Get Fooled Again. Also, Elton John's "Funeral for a Friend/Love Lies Bleeding."
Love that Elton John song a lot
We’re only part way through the show, so it may be picked eventually. But of course, the first song I thought of was “Carry on Wayward Son” by Kansas. It took the band over the top and led them into stardom. And it kicked off what could be considered their best album.
The first thing that came to mind is 'November Rain' GnR. watching episode to see if I am right.
I've always believed that Stairway and many songs like it are actually those bands version of The End by The Doors.
I saw Paige & Plant's first tour in the 90s. During their new song they played about 10 seconds of Break on Though. My buddies and I looked at each other stunned but with grins. We just saw Zep play The Doors!
1jammyjerry1 - * Page
'How Will I l Laugh Tomorrow' - Suicidal Tendencies
And Can’t Bring Me Down with its few twists and turns
"Who's Behind the Door"....Excellent Choice Martin...this fits the bill perfectly!
Fight the Good fight by Triumph. Freewill by Rush. Hold Your head Up by Argent.
Heart - Mistral Wind
UFO - Love to Love
Scorpions - Fly to the Rainbow
Triumph - Just A Game
Rainbow - Catch the Rainbow
Fair Warning - Eyes of a Stranger
Michael Schenker Group - Lost Horizons
Rush - The Garden
Manowar - Mountains
Helloween - Music
Kansas - The Pinnacle
Styx - Crystal Ball
Queen - The Show Must Go On
Savatage - Believe
Whitesnake - Judgment Day
20:13 ... I don't think Martin Popoff is much of a Zeppelin fan, period, and I think his primary pastime or at least one of them is thinking how overrated they were. I believe MP has always had it in for Zeppelin, at least that's the impression I get. Since Zep was the "big dog on the block" let's take 'em down.....
Yeah agree one of the most absurd things he has said was he thought the albums weren't produced well. Page v MP on production.🤔😂
First songs that comes to mind are Child In Time - Deep Purple, Behind Blue Eyes - The Who, Fade To Black - Metallica, Victim Of Changes - Judas Priest, and Jacob's Ladder - Rush.
Great mention of Zebra! Love "Who's Behind the Door?", terrific example of this kind of epic buildup song...
I definitely understood the concept as soon as I read the title. A fun excercise. I immediately went to very obvious choices, but when Martin came out of the gate with Slaughter, and Black Crowes, I figured this was even gonna be more fun that I thought! Good one, guys!
Martin is always fantanstic to listen!!!!!
Plot Twist... Led Zeppelin's Stairway to heaven is The Rain Song
Ha! You misspelled "Kashmir". Or is it "Achilles Last Stand"? 🤣
@sitboaf they're both great songs, but they don't have the "build"... they're all in from start to finnish
Dire Straits' Telegraph Road is practically a mic drop in this category.
Dream Theater - Learning To Live
Fates Warning - Still Remains
Ten - The Loneliest Place In The World
Queensryche - Anybody Listening (and Suite Sister Mary)
Pain of Salvation - Icon
Kansas - Song For America
IQ - Harvest Of Souls
interesting concept, my choices that were not mentioned are as follows:
JETHRO TULL - Minstrel in the Gallery
PEARL JAM - Black
BON JOVI - Dry County
FATES WARNING - Eleventh Hour
SYMPHONY X - When All Is Lost
MEGADETH - A Tout Le Monde
IRON MAIDEN - The Book of Souls
MARILLION - Neverland
DREAM THEATER - Finally Free
RUSH - Natural Science
RAGE - Set This World on Fire
HELLOWEEN - Keeper of the Seven Keys
Black by PJ is spot on. Amazing tune.
Greta van fleet - the weight of dreams is absolutely magical and they are bringing back incredible rock music.
YES!!
@@kevinkamphaus6567 I listened to all the haters for too long and decided to actually hear the music and it's freaking incredible
The musicians in Greta are good, but the singers vocals can be shrill and extremely annoying. Do like the fact they are turning young music fans onto guitar based music.
Hi Guys. All very good choices. I have 5 that are not the most obvious. There are more.
1. Savatage - Morphine Child Or Chance
2. Symphony X - The Accolade II
3. Accept - Kill The Pain
4. Candlemass - A Sorcerers Pledge
5. Rush - La Villa Strangiato
Iron maiden-Rime of the ancient mariner.
Nazareth - Please don't judas me
DIO - As long as it's not about love
Gov't Mule - Thorazine shuffle
Doc Holliday - Lonesome guitar
Heart - Crazy on you
Krokus - Screaming in the night
Budgie - Time to remember
Rush - Bravado
Scorpions - When the smoke is going down
Allman Brothers - Gambler's roll
Joe Walsh - The Confessor (7:06)
Moonlight Mile? Stones .. total Closer
Agreed!
Great topic for today.
Here are my choices
Suite Madame Blue by Styx
Diary of a Working Man by Blackfoot
Paradise/The Spell by Uriah Heep
Ambition by City Boy
One of my favorite tracks from Styx.
An interesting conversation .
I would also throw out these ones :
Jethro Tull : Aqualung
Dire Straits : Tunnel of Love
Procol Harum : Grand Hotel
Rory Gallagher : A Million Miles Away. ( live version from Irish Tour '74 )
Pink Floyd : Time , or Comfortably Numb
Genesis : A Cinema Show
Supertramp : Fool's Overture
Neil Young : Cortez the Killer
Yes : Roundabout
The Who : Won't Get Fooled Again
Moody Blues : Tuesday Afternoon
Cheers !!!
"Knights In White Satin" by the Moody Blues
Pete you probably know this already but Burning Shed is reissuing Aqualung,Minstrel In The Gallery and Songs From The Wood box sets
I already have them!
I didn’t know this, and now I’m ecstatic, since those are the only three I don’t have! You’ve made my day - thank you!
and they're crazy cheap for box sets on Burning Shed@@justamops
Black Diamond by KISS - Everything about that song is awesome. From the slow beginning Paul open w/ harmonies, to the solo, to the outer instrumental piece, all the way to the end bass drum droning off on the studio record. It's been a great closer before the encore for them for over 50 years.
If I understand this topic correctly a band's signature song:
Rush -- Tom Sawyer
Aerosmith -- Dream On
Black Sabbath - Iron Man
Boston -- More Than a Feeling
Deep Purple -- Smoke on the Water
None of them are nearly as big a 'Stairway To Heaven' but are big songs in their own right..
Uriah Heep-Paradise the Spell.I always considered this as one song
I am commenting on this before hearing any of the selections, so it will be interesting to see if the guys agreed. Stairway has a three-chord vamp at the end and so do many of the anthems in classic rock. Dream On, Come Sail Away, Freebird, arry On Wayward Son ( a lot of minor descending chords or the ascending patterns in other songs). I've Seen All Good People, Free Bird, Aqualung comes to mind as fitting the bill.
An obvious honorable mention that wasn't mentioned. Green Grass and High Tides by The Outlaws.
Black Sabbath is a toss up for me between Children of the Sea and Falling Off the Edge of the World.
Spiral architect ?
@ACDZ123 that's their Question by The Moody Blues!
And yes the book is available on Amazon!
Iron Maiden - Afraid to Shoot Strangers
Samson - Communion
Saxon - The Eagle Has Landed
Rush - Jacob's Ladder
Stratovarius - Season of Change/Mother Gaia
Vandenplas - Blood of Eden
Magnum - Don't Wake the Lion
Sanctuary - Eden Lies Obscured
Magnum - Soldiers of the Line
Accept - Princess of the Dawn
Angra - Never Understand
Theatre of Tragedy - Phoenix and Masquerader
Crimson Glory - In Dark Places
Pretty Maids - Yellow Rain
Gamma Ray - The Silence
Helloween - Cry for Freedom
Scorpions - Coming Home
Alex Harvey Band - Faith Healer
In the Woods... - Seeds of New Dimension
Makes one hell of a playlist for a long drive!
Love that Martin goes to great detail in characterizing Stairway, to lay a context for the choices.
Molly Hatchet Fall of the Peacemakers was first song to come to my mind
Thanks for the heads up on the Y&T book. I have ordered it!!!
Triumph’s “Ordinary Man” and UFO’s “Love to Love” immediately come to mind!
Free Bird - Skynyrd - mellow then builds up to the long mega jam
Last in Line - Dio
In the End - Rush - acoustic gtr with softly song lyrics, then song kicks into gear...gtr solo near the end, then winds back down at very end
Overture - Def Leppard (1st album)
The Bomber - James Gang
Starship Trooper - Yes
Overture is a great choice!
City Boy - Ambition, Fandango - Time Will Tell, Accept - Princess of the Dawn, Gary Moore - Parisienne Walkways, Velvet Underground - Heroin, Golden Earring - Twilight Zone / Mad Love‘s Coming
Peter Frampton - "Do You Feel Like We Do" also "The Lodger."
Steely Dan - Aja
Rush - Xanadu
Boston - More than a Feeling (an obvious choice)
UFO - 'Love to Love'
For AC/DC, I'd rather choose "Let There Be Rock". As for the Stones, how about "Sympathy for the Devil"? It's epic, and while it sort of stays in the same mood throughout, it does get faster or at least more intense towards the end. "A Day in the Life" is good for the Beatles, but maybe "I Want You (She's So Heavy)" would be a fitting one too.
I was going to bring up Sympathy For The Devil too, so I’ll just comment and second your recommendation.
I would choose “For Those About to Rock” for ACDC.
Totally agree with Let There Be Rock
Great list guys! For me, I have some obvious ones: Queen March of the Black Queen (basically Bohemian Rhapsody part 1), Deep Purple Child in Time, Opeth Ghost of Perdition, Rainbow Rainbow Eyes, Soilwork A Whisp of the Atlantic, Pink Floyd (SO MANY TUNES, but) Shine of you crazy diamond and Testament Return to Serenity. Could go on, but, point made.
radiohead - paranoid android
split enz - stranger than fiction/time for a change
the stranglers - down by the sewer
david bowie - station to station
elton john - funeral for a friend/love lies bleeding
marillion - grendel
Time Was by Wishbone Ash fits this concept to a T - quiet intro evolves into an epic guitar jam that is unrivaled in their catalog
I'm going out on a new wave limb here (Pete won't know if I'm close or not, lol):
Television - Marquee Moon
Siouxsie & the Banshees - Nightshift
The Stranglers - Down In The Sewer
Magazine - Permafrost
Possibly...
Four fantastic tracks!. I'm practically in a state of disbelief that someone picked Permafrost!
@@toddhill7483 'I will drug you & ... ahem ... on the permafrost.' 🤣
BABA O’REILLY - THE WHO
BUDAPEST- JETHRO TULL
Pink Floyd - Comfortably Numb
Heaven and hell by Dio era Sabbath. An epic masterpiece
Children Of The Sea?
My first thought for this was, er, Through the Barricades by Spandau Ballet ... I'll get my coat.
To me "Kings And Queens" iis Aerosmith's "Stairway To Heaven", especially the instrumental solo that happens 3 minutes into the song, I also consider Black Sabbath's "Wheels Of Confusion" to be somewhat of a "Stairway To Heaven" as well as Jethro Tull's "Minstrel In The Gallery"
Great topic! Surprised no one mentioned Comfortably Numb but thanks Martin for mentioning Who's Behind the Door, Hey Jude, and Astronomy!
Suede's got The Asphalt World. Mastodon has two on one album: The Czar and The Last Baron.
Highway Song is Blackfoot's Free Bird...
Green Grass and High Tides - Outlaws
Slow Ride - Foghat
Hotel California - Eagles
Just another idea: The Sensational Alex Harvey Band. "The Last of the Teenage Idols", "Isobel Goudie" and "Anthem".
Wow! I'm surprised you both missed the obvious one that follows the formula and in its time was labeled the bands Stairway. And the song being "We'll Burn the Sky" by Scorpions.
The Cowboy Song for Thin Lizzy.
Awaken. Massive changes, a journey, redefines bombast