I was a part of or at least witnessed dozens of such conversations when I was a teenager in the '80s. It's probably the thing that led me to skip the song whenever I hear it even though I recognize it as a great song.
Very personal relation to this song; 5 years ago I found my 31 year old son in the floor next to his computer chair, at 12:45 am; he was sitting in a meditation pose ( he was a Buddhist), chin down on his chest, and at first I thought he had fallen asleep. I moved to wake him and discovered he wasn't breathing. I did cpr, called 911, they rushed him off to the ER, where he was pronounced dead of a heart attack. He had been sick for a year with heart and lung damage after going into respiratory arrest at alcohol rehab during detox. So his death was not unexpected but I was in denial that he had become so ill; he was my only son, I loved and love him fiercely still. I will never truly get over his death. But when I went hours after his death to shut down his desktop computer I discovered that the last thing he'd pulled up on screen and watched was the youtube video of "Stairway to Heaven." One day weeks before he died he grabbed my hand as I was walking by him and told me, " You're going to have to let me go, Mom; I've stayed this long for YOU because I know how hard it's going to be for you; but I'm so tired, Mom." I couldn't bear it, instead of just sitting and being with him I was in denial that he was dying. So I truly feel he knew he would die that night I found him, and he listened to that song both for comfort and courage and also as a personal message for me not to worry about him, that he was going on his own stairway to the next place. And then he settled himself in the floor in his usual meditation pose and prepared his soul to go. I feel that to my core, and ever since then this song has a spiritual meaning for myself and my son Daniel and the bond we had. I am 58 now, and he would have been 36 this year.
This song is a vibe fam. In Wayne's World when they were at the guitar shop there was a sign "No playing Stairway To Heaven'. It used to be the go to song for guitarists.
I broke the “no stairway” rule at the guitar shop. But…I was in the acoustic guitar room by myself. So, does that count? I’ll put an asterisk on that one.
Also, the man with the lantern on the album, is the HERMIT in the TAROT DECK. And the symbols, are pagan symbols. He was reading a folklore book (Welsh I think) and it has a lot of that mixed into it. The May Queen, is the personification of Spring and pagan folk festivities such as dancing the May Pole. The bustle in the hedgerow is the basically when the groundhog decides it's spring In the natural world & starts preparing for Spring and rebirth, which is nothing to be alarmed by. (Animals rustling about making babies, etc... 😉) "Don't be alarmed now. It's just a spring clean for the May Queen." The preceding verse says: “And it's whispered that soon, If we all call the tune.. Then the piper will lead us to reason, And a new day will dawn For those who stand long And the forests will echo with laughter” This is reminiscent of Pan, the god of nature, who plays his piper & is safeguarding a lost otter and who is described as “the Friend and Helper”, and enchants those with “intoxicating melodies”. Pan wipes their memories of seeing him, in order to preserve their “mirth and pleasure” so they can remain “happy and light-hearted”. The song goes on to say: “Your head is humming and it won't go - In case you don't know. The piper's calling you to join him. Dear lady, can you hear the wind blow?” The goddess of Spring and the god of Nature (the Piper) are forces of good who draw people away from the mundane life of toil (like searching for material happiness) and leading them instead towards laughter and pleasure.
There are classics, then there are CLASSICS. You guys hit on one of the most beautiful songs ever written. When my mother arrived in the States, this was THE SONG on the radio. It brings tears every time. Super excellent choice gentlemen. Kashmir next 🔥🔥🔥
"As we wind on down the road, our shadows taller than our souls" love the imagery of this- late in the day when the sun gets low, that's when shadows get long or "tall"
This was my mom's favorite song. She played it for me when I was young on my record player and I fell in love with it too. When she passed 2 yrs ago, I played it for her. Every time I am feeling sad, lonely, depressed or just lost in the craziness of life, this song comes on and I feel her presents telling me she is there with me. She found her stairway to heaven and is finally at peace. RIP mom.
I grew up in the 80's with thrash and hair metal but Zeppelin blows all those bands away and I was introduced to Zeppelin by my father who was a drummer in the 60's and actually went to the original Woodstock Zeppelin was his favorite band of all time and John Bonham was his idol I can still remember sitting with my dad for an entire weekend listening to the radio when our local rock station played every song ever done by them at that point so he could record every bit of it
I think most of it is tied into Welsh mythology and folklore. I think I heard somewhere that Plant was reading a book about that at the time. I know the song references the May Queen which is supposed to represent the coming of Spring. The other lyrics seem to fit with the idea that they describe a Spring festival celebration (the piper, the smoke through the trees, the shining light). If you’ve ever participated in something like this or read on the subject it will seem to make a lot of sense. Again, I am only speculating. The lyrics also remind me of the classic movie The Wicker man (the original version) where a policeman goes to an island where the inhabitants use the same pre-Christian laws and celebrations. The movie references a lot of those elements of folklore.
I think y'all would appreciate "Achilles Last Stand." It's a juggernaut and masterpiece. Oh, and you should definitely check out the live version of "No Quarter," especially since you've heard Tool's cover of it.
Trash Talkers this is the band that I compare TOOL to. They have the same formula. Top 5 drummer of all time. Top 5 bassist of all time. Top 5 guitarist of all time. Top 5 vocalist of all time. Great lyrics and great muscianship. ✌
No question. There is a level of excellence that Tool has achieved. Zeppelin and Floyd are the only other two bands I can compare the mighty 4 to. 100% agree my good man 🙌🙌
I completely agree. Maynard has stated that they are product of Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd and Black Sabbath. And its true you can hear the similarities with all of them more so with Sabbath and especially Zep. Very similar patterns and structuring of songs. Not that i think anyone can compare to Page but of all the members in each band Adam Jones and Page sound the most similar as hes Adams direct influence.
I believe Hip Hop fans when they say they haven't heard Stairway a lot more than Bohemian Rhapsody, but I can generally tell when a reactor has been sheltered from music that's not Hip Hop or Rap, which there are a lot of on UA-cam and in the world.
This is a absolute Awesome Reaction. One of my favorite's. I was born in 76 and grew up listening to this music. Still holds it's essence of meaning to this very day. A Classic Never to be forgotten.
The lyrics are two-fold. On one hand he's talking about buying your way into heaven (fake sanctity). On another, he's talking about being true and realizing true knowledge and saving grace comes from a real understanding of the universe (real enlightenment). True spiritual cleanliness is something that can't be bought or bargained with because there is no shortcut (stairway) to heaven.
Really enjoyed watch you guys loving on the music we grew up with. I saw Zeppelin three times back in the 70's twice in Atlanta, GA in 1971 and again in 1978 then in Birmingham, Alabama again in 1978. Best live band ever!!!
Awesome. Heart’s live cover of this song at the Kennedy center honors is unbelievable. Performed in front of Led Zeppelin too! It’s got to be one of the best covers ever performed. Check it out.
This song has the best guitar solo ever created. There is no guitar solo that is more perfect for the song than this one. And legend says he couldn't figure out what to write, so he just went in and on the first take did it. I say legend because there are loads of other stories.
Hands Down!! Dude. When I was a kid, I told my brother that, when I die, I want them to play "Since I've Been Loving You" at my funeral. I know..creepy. What kind of kid thinks about death like that. But true story nonetheless. Haha!! Love it! Thats my JAM!!
Late to the party here, but glad you guys are diving in to the lyrics of this song. There's so much story and mystery in it that everybody kinda has their own interpretation of the meaning as it pertains to their own life and experience. This song means a whole lot to me but might mean a whole lot of something completely different to you guys. Cheers!
I was lucky enough to see them in 2007 in London when they reformed for the Ahmet Ertegun tribute show. It was an unreal experience to see them. They blew everyone away.
Wow wasn't expecting this, this was awesome, such an epic song eh. Would love to see you guys do this same type of analysis with Pink Floyd's Time (please, please, please :)) John Bonham is the drummer and John Paul Jones is the bassist, and you got the other two names right.
This is not the only Rappers React Channel I am watching regularly and I have to admit that I love lyric analyzises more on these channels because you guys ironically get the understanding of the songs real quick where even Metalheads fail. Thx for the reaction. Thumbs up 👍for that!
Bzh Astro Je suis un peu à cheval sur l’orthographe et la grammaire (quelle que soit la langue) mais c’est jamais juste pour critiquer et mépriser (même quand ça pique vraiment les yeux). C’est juste que je me dis « ok il a fait une faute, ça arrive, mais si personne ne lui dit, il apprendra jamais. Et c’est toujours bien d’apprendre. » (Edité pour correction parce que les fautes de frappe ça existe aussi 😁)
Really enjoy your reactions! Yes, music saves those of us with mental illness. For me, watching Reactions is the only time my racing thoughts stop. I love watching the discovery of great music. Please continue down the rabbit hole of Zeppelin! I’ll be keeping an eye out!
This to me sounds what I would've heard in merry ol England circa 15th century of course the first part with the vocals and acoustic guitar and that mellotron in the background sets the mood for the first part of this song and the flute sound is the mellotron
One thing to remember is that among'st other things The Hobbit & Lord of the Rings heavily influenced Jimmy Page's imagery in this song - and many of the lyrics can be tied directly back to those books. It's easy to see references to Elves, Galadriel, The One Ring and numerous other Tolkien creations in it and other songs lean even more heavily into those mythologies. Tolkien was especially loved by British counter culture in the 60's and early 70's and I think Page is trying to use the same sort of imagery to create a feel in this song. So a lot of the lyrics are simply book references but are book references to a hidden world - even in the books most people don't really understand Elves & Dwarves and Magic and Page had a great interest in things beyond the mundane. A ton of Led Zeppelin songs embrace Magic, Mysticism, Mystery, Myth and Medievil history. I think for people growing up in WII and the Post War era in Britain it was very grey and lacking in much joy and beauty which is why they embraced Rock & Roll so readily and Page wanted to take that even further and create little worlds in some of his songs - it's less about the actual meaning and more about creatign somethign that isn't dull and grey and boring.
a nurse I worked with said to me out of the blue " I have 2 tickets to Led Zepplin do you want to go"? im like what are you kidding me an saw them in concert in Manhatten in those days you could smoke right in the coliseum an no one bothered you- to answer your question yeah $$ can buy me some happiness LOL love you guys!
Led Zeppelin have been getting softer with reactions to their songs. A lot more songs are going under their radar. BTW, it's not the band, it's the label, just to clear things up.
have you guys seen the heart cover at the kennedy center honors? with the choir backing and jason bonham on drums (jon bonham's son lol)? it's wild! would love to see you guys react to it! you guys should do a live reaction to some of the full tool shows that are up on youtube, some are for sure good enough quality to enjoy. once you have done their catalogue obviously. just an idea, it would be cool to do a live stream as an event with the trashtalkers/tool crew!
The third and last interpretation Is The Tolkien inspiration. It can be heard in the phrase, "In my thoughts I have seen rings of smoke through the trees," which could be a reference to the smoke rings blown by the wizard Gandalf. There is also a correlation between the lady in the song and the character from the book, Lady Galadriel, the Queen of Elves who lives in the golden forest of Lothlorien. In the book, all that glittered around her was in fact gold, as the leaves of the trees in the forest of Lothlorien were golden.
Robert Plant spent much of the '70s answering questions about the lyrics he wrote for "Stairway." When asked why the song was so popular, he said it could be its "abstraction," adding, "Depending on what day it is, I still interpret the song a different way - and I wrote the lyrics." The lyrics take some pretty wild turns, but the beginning of the song is about a woman who accumulates money, only to find out the hard way her life had no meaning and will not get her into heaven. This is the only part Plant would really explain, as he said it was "a woman getting everything she wanted without giving anything back."
Y'all have to check out Anne and Nancy Wilson of Heart, covering this song, honoring Zep at the Kennedy Honors. The 3 remaining members are there watching and enjoying the show. John Bonham's (the drummer) son Jason is playing the drums with them. It is one of the greatest covers ever.
The statue you talked about (4:00) is really a tarot card ! The Hermit (IX) is the ninth trump or Major Arcana card in most traditional tarot decks. It is used in game playing as well as in divination.
knowledge of one self is most important to find hapiness what you love what you like what you hate what you kinda dont like and slowly start barring off the bad vibes you can out of ur life , money amplifies , so if you know what you like ur good u have something you love doing holding you afloat but if you dont know who you are and dont know what you like you will spend it on everything and anything and then what usually happens is 1 of 3 things .. people lose themselves in the confusion, some pull themselves out through some kind of isolation dave chappelle for example or good influences in their lives pulls them out of said confusion ...writing this was therapeutic somehow .. felt like sharing
A little history, Jimmy Page was a top session guitarist in the 60's. Joined the Yardbirds as the bassist (!). When Jeff Beck left/fired he became the lead. As original members left the band, Page brought in replacements; Robert Plant, John Bonham, & John Paul Jones and toured as the New Yardbirds! The original members stopped Page from using the Yardbirds name, as they owned the name. Page came up with Lead Zeppelin, but changed it to Led Zeppelin, as he thought people would mispronounce Lead. FYI years later Plant was asked about what the lyrics meant and he said I don't know, it was written to sound good not to mean anything.
@@outwest1014 i disagree, id put page above either simply because he can play anything really well (hard rock, soft rock, alternative, blues, country, etc). Hendrix and srv only had one sound, albeit they play it at an incredibly high level.
@@irshkashirkle Your wrong, Hendrix was a session musician, plus toured with Little Richard and the Isley Brothers. The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as named the greatest instrumentalist in Rock History. There is a story about Page and Clapton attending an early Hendrix performance in England. After hearing Hendrix play, it is said that Page turned to Clapton and said "We may need to find new jobs" One last point, there are no Jimi Hendrix Experience tribute bands because no one can duplicate Hendrix. Where as there are a lot of Zeppelin tribute bands.
@@outwest1014 i don't see how that makes me wrong? I said that hendrix played at an incredibly high level and had a distinct sound (ie, hard to replicate and therefore no tribute bands), but i value page's versatility more than that. People play bethoven all the time, that doesnt make him a bad pianist, just really good at making fantastic music.
It's about changing your path in life to live more true to yourself, forget your past mistakes and be less superficial then you at the end find that 'everything still turns to gold' so you can still find happiness (heaven) in life.
Led Zeppelin's 1971 rock classic "Stairway to Heaven" Lyrical Meaning. The lyrics take some pretty wild turns, the song has many different interpretations and imagery! The 3 most accepted interpretations are as follows.. The main interpretation of the song is about a woman’s Greed n power who is in denial. This woman who got everything she ever wanted in life is selfish and is a person lacking of heart and disposition. She lives without sharing or giving back! She does what she pleases and buys what she wants when she wants throughout her life! According to Robert Plant “The first verse is based on the tale of an old materialistic and selfish woman towards the end of her life.” It is clear that this individual equates “heaven” with shopping. Apparently even if “stores are all closed”, she can still get access to “what she came for” “with a word”, insinuating that she is so powerful and wealthy that with just a phone call, the shops will be opened for her. Furthermore, She goes about her life accumulating her riches n money, only to find out (from the piper and narrator) the hard way at the twilight of her existence that her life had no meaning and all her gold money and riches will not get her into heaven. Still… she is in denial! Wont listen… And even tho she has time to rectify her life she is stubborn set in her ways… and still thinks she can buy her way into heaven no matter what She has done or not done throughout her life. Within the second verse. While she is pondering her life “In a tree by the brook”, She stops n listens to the beautiful song of a songbird n thinks about her life but She has doubt and apprehension of heart and mind. “there's a songbird who sings Sometimes all of our thoughts are misgiven” The song brings about the passing of time or the passing years in the ladys life. The song brings up the character of the “hedgegrow” which in reality is a long linear bush like Hedge that divides two fields. The “hedgegrow” can be perceived as your path in life Dividing the good field n the bad field, salvation or damnation. The “Bustle” is the ramifications of your actions taken. “Spring clean” A cleansing or transition like the seasons or years passing. “May queen” is a connotation about fertility and the advent of Spring. “If there's a bustle in your hedgerow, don't be alarmed now It's just a spring clean for the May queen. “Yes there are two paths you can go by” Again referencing to the “hedgegrow.” Path Eventually Then the song premonitions To the greedy woman with references to the piper… The concept of heaven is again brought up though implicitly, as in people having a choice to choose between “two paths” upon which to tread. And once again, “the piper” is present, this time as someone who is “calling you to join him”, as in follow the same path that he is on. And apparently these same people who are on the right path referred to in the third verse as “those who stand long”. The story being told in this section is that if these individuals have a mutual desire to do good n get to heaven “the piper will lead (them) to reason”. The “Trees” is a connotation for human beings. And instead of the trees burning or people damned to hell, “smoke through the trees”, “the forests echo with laughter”. Or people are happy in heaven. It is never specified who “the piper” actually is Though it seems to have a religious reference. I like the fact The greedy lady is told.. there is still Time for her to get to heaven if she changes her ways… then the songwriter drifts into a dream-like world where he describes beautiful, magical occurrences to end each line with a form of truth like, “Lady cant you hear the wind blow” “there's still time to change the road you're on” “your stairway lies on the whispering wind” Moving on.. Still even tho she realizes she cant get into heaven The lady is stubborn set in her ways and wont listen to reason.. Hence “your head is humming” the narrator is talking to her again.. “ and it won't go”, As in you wont listen… “in case you don't know” As if to say im telling u in case u dont know. “The piper's calling you to join him” Change your ways n follow the piper. “Dear lady, can you hear the wind blow” As in wake up n smell the coffee. , “and did you know Your stairway lies on the whispering wind?” The final verses The piper has his group of do gooders with him and is leading them onward.. “And as we wind on down the road” “Our shadows taller than our soul” Walking with a purpose casting a big shadow “There walks a lady we all know” The old greedy lady who didnt want to change. “Who shines white light and wants to show” Who is trying to justify and wants people to know… “How everything still turns to gold” Again thinking she can buy her way into heaven The last verse Is about the people Who heard the pipers warnings and heeded his advice and realized what path “tune” to take… “And if you listen very hard The tune will come to you at last” Next is.. We are all in this together! “When all is one and one is all“ “that's what it is “To be a rock” and not to roll, To be good just and strong like “a rock” “not to roll” fall off, give up or waver…
I have read various people's interpretation of Plant's lyrics for Stairway To Heaven and one of the most interesting was aligning them with the heroes of Tolkien's Lord of the Rings trilogy, which may have more than a hint of truth to it as Plant was heavily into Tolkien. For me, I've always viewed this song as about a woman who is either a drug addict, trying drugs for the first time or upping her drug experience and she either takes too much by accident, or on purpose, and is on the brink of an overdose and possibly death. She may be buying a stairway to heaven. '....There are two paths you can go by but in the long run there's still time to change the road you're on....' We have freedom of choice but with those choices sometimes come (dire) consequences.
after your reaction without looking for it I came across on you tube "jimmy page giving his story on the writing of stairway to heaven" and I thought of you guys right away I didn't listen to it yet but plan to go back to it eventually so check it out someday
Humans have two states of being that aren’t often distinguished. Happiness is a mood and contentment or joy is a condition. Money can give you access to things that make you happy. Happiness is an emotion that comes and goes like all others. Your mood can be happy. Joy is a condition, such as your health or your career status or your living situation. Except joy cannot be taken away by anyone. It is yours alone. You can maintain a state of joy even if your mood is unhappy, sad, angry, or if your health is poor, or if you lose your job. Money cannot buy joy. Contentment brings joy.
Trash Talkers: "We are going to analyze the lyrics in Stairway to Heaven"
Me: "Good freaking luck!"
lmaoooo so true..some of these songs I think u have to be trippin outta ur mind to even attempt it🤣
Haven’t watched the video yet, but never going to happen,lol
It makes more sense backwards
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It's a song without meaning or, you could say, a song with endless meanings. Lol
I was a part of or at least witnessed dozens of such conversations when I was a teenager in the '80s. It's probably the thing that led me to skip the song whenever I hear it even though I recognize it as a great song.
Very personal relation to this song; 5 years ago I found my 31 year old son in the floor next to his computer chair, at 12:45 am; he was sitting in a meditation pose ( he was a Buddhist), chin down on his chest, and at first I thought he had fallen asleep. I moved to wake him and discovered he wasn't breathing. I did cpr, called 911, they rushed him off to the ER, where he was pronounced dead of a heart attack. He had been sick for a year with heart and lung damage after going into respiratory arrest at alcohol rehab during detox. So his death was not unexpected but I was in denial that he had become so ill; he was my only son, I loved and love him fiercely still. I will never truly get over his death. But when I went hours after his death to shut down his desktop computer I discovered that the last thing he'd pulled up on screen and watched was the youtube video of "Stairway to Heaven." One day weeks before he died he grabbed my hand as I was walking by him and told me, " You're going to have to let me go, Mom; I've stayed this long for YOU because I know how hard it's going to be for you; but I'm so tired, Mom." I couldn't bear it, instead of just sitting and being with him I was in denial that he was dying. So I truly feel he knew he would die that night I found him, and he listened to that song both for comfort and courage and also as a personal message for me not to worry about him, that he was going on his own stairway to the next place. And then he settled himself in the floor in his usual meditation pose and prepared his soul to go. I feel that to my core, and ever since then this song has a spiritual meaning for myself and my son Daniel and the bond we had. I am 58 now, and he would have been 36 this year.
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Very sad, RIP
@@heavyrules6699 Thank you. I have been thinking about him a lot lately.
Rest In Peace Daniel - thank you for sharing this story.
@@SentientBeingMusic Thank you for reading. With holidays approaching I miss him even more.
I'm just happy that this is probably a start of a Zeppelin rabbit hole dive
“Our shadows taller than our souls” has always been a favorite lyric of mine
Now that I really think about it...this line is pretty creepy
This song is a vibe fam. In Wayne's World when they were at the guitar shop there was a sign "No playing Stairway To Heaven'. It used to be the go to song for guitarists.
I think it still is
No stairway? Denied
Or Smoke on the Water
I broke the “no stairway” rule at the guitar shop. But…I was in the acoustic guitar room by myself. So, does that count? I’ll put an asterisk on that one.
Vocals by Robert Plant. Jimmy Page on lead guitar. John paul jones on bass. John Bonham on drums. Iconic
Also, the man with the lantern on the album, is the HERMIT in the TAROT DECK. And the symbols, are pagan symbols. He was reading a folklore book (Welsh I think) and it has a lot of that mixed into it. The May Queen, is the personification of Spring and pagan folk festivities such as dancing the May Pole. The bustle in the hedgerow is the basically when the groundhog decides it's spring In the natural world & starts preparing for Spring and rebirth, which is nothing to be alarmed by. (Animals rustling about making babies, etc... 😉)
"Don't be alarmed now.
It's just a spring clean for the May Queen."
The preceding verse says:
“And it's whispered that soon, If we all call the tune..
Then the piper will lead us to reason,
And a new day will dawn
For those who stand long
And the forests will echo with laughter”
This is reminiscent of Pan, the god of nature, who plays his piper & is safeguarding a lost otter and who is described as “the Friend and Helper”, and enchants those with “intoxicating melodies”. Pan wipes their memories of seeing him, in order to preserve their “mirth and pleasure” so they can remain “happy and light-hearted”.
The song goes on to say:
“Your head is humming and it won't go -
In case you don't know.
The piper's calling you to join him.
Dear lady, can you hear the wind blow?”
The goddess of Spring and the god of Nature (the Piper) are forces of good who draw people away from the mundane life of toil (like searching for material happiness) and leading them instead towards laughter and pleasure.
There are classics, then there are CLASSICS. You guys hit on one of the most beautiful songs ever written. When my mother arrived in the States, this was THE SONG on the radio. It brings tears every time. Super excellent choice gentlemen. Kashmir next 🔥🔥🔥
"As we wind on down the road, our shadows taller than our souls" love the imagery of this- late in the day when the sun gets low, that's when shadows get long or "tall"
This was my mom's favorite song. She played it for me when I was young on my record player and I fell in love with it too. When she passed 2 yrs ago, I played it for her. Every time I am feeling sad, lonely, depressed or just lost in the craziness of life, this song comes on and I feel her presents telling me she is there with me. She found her stairway to heaven and is finally at peace. RIP mom.
I grew up in the 80's with thrash and hair metal but Zeppelin blows all those bands away and I was introduced to Zeppelin by my father who was a drummer in the 60's and actually went to the original Woodstock Zeppelin was his favorite band of all time and John Bonham was his idol I can still remember sitting with my dad for an entire weekend listening to the radio when our local rock station played every song ever done by them at that point so he could record every bit of it
God bless your father and your family Happy New Year! 13:38
Love this song. This was my mom's FAVORITE band and when she passed in 2018 we played this song at her funeral. R.I.P. mom ❤
I think most of it is tied into Welsh mythology and folklore. I think I heard somewhere that Plant was reading a book about that at the time.
I know the song references the May Queen which is supposed to represent the coming of Spring. The other lyrics seem to fit with the idea that they describe a Spring festival celebration (the piper, the smoke through the trees, the shining light). If you’ve ever participated in something like this or read on the subject it will seem to make a lot of sense.
Again, I am only speculating. The lyrics also remind me of the classic movie The Wicker man (the original version) where a policeman goes to an island where the inhabitants use the same pre-Christian laws and celebrations. The movie references a lot of those elements of folklore.
A masterpiece and Jimmys guitar playing is mesmerizing
I think y'all would appreciate "Achilles Last Stand." It's a juggernaut and masterpiece.
Oh, and you should definitely check out the live version of "No Quarter," especially since you've heard Tool's cover of it.
Yes
Scott, couldn’t agree more. Achilles Last Stand live at Knebworth - a masterpiece performance!
No Quarter and The Rain Song were so underappreciated.
Trash Talkers this is the band that I compare TOOL to. They have the same formula. Top 5 drummer of all time. Top 5 bassist of all time. Top 5 guitarist of all time. Top 5 vocalist of all time. Great lyrics and great muscianship. ✌
No question. There is a level of excellence that Tool has achieved. Zeppelin and Floyd are the only other two bands I can compare the mighty 4 to. 100% agree my good man 🙌🙌
I completely agree. Maynard has stated that they are product of Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd and Black Sabbath. And its true you can hear the similarities with all of them more so with Sabbath and especially Zep. Very similar patterns and structuring of songs. Not that i think anyone can compare to Page but of all the members in each band Adam Jones and Page sound the most similar as hes Adams direct influence.
John Paul Jones is a monster!
Tool doesn't have either a top 5 guitariste nor a top 5 drummer
Not saying they are bad at all
People don't realize this reaction video has made History. Thank you ,,you guys and Rick Beato.
11:24 🤣🤣🤣🤣 The song was so good he needed a cigarette afterwards.
So many reactors just pretend they've never heard this song before lol. Atleast you're honest guys. +1
Thanks bro that means alot
I believe Hip Hop fans when they say they haven't heard Stairway a lot more than Bohemian Rhapsody, but I can generally tell when a reactor has been sheltered from music that's not Hip Hop or Rap, which there are a lot of on UA-cam and in the world.
This is a absolute Awesome Reaction. One of my favorite's. I was born in 76 and grew up listening to this music. Still holds it's essence of meaning to this very day. A Classic Never to be forgotten.
Arguably the greatest song of all time. Great job again fellas!
‘Since I’ve Been Loving You’ LiVE at Madison Square Garden off the Song Remains the Same DVD perhaps the most iconic live performance in history
The lyrics are two-fold. On one hand he's talking about buying your way into heaven (fake sanctity). On another, he's talking about being true and realizing true knowledge and saving grace comes from a real understanding of the universe (real enlightenment). True spiritual cleanliness is something that can't be bought or bargained with because there is no shortcut (stairway) to heaven.
Really enjoyed watch you guys loving on the music we grew up with. I saw Zeppelin three times back in the 70's twice in Atlanta, GA in 1971 and again in 1978 then in Birmingham, Alabama again in 1978. Best live band ever!!!
Awesome. Heart’s live cover of this song at the Kennedy center honors is unbelievable. Performed in front of Led Zeppelin too! It’s got to be one of the best covers ever performed. Check it out.
This song has the best guitar solo ever created. There is no guitar solo that is more perfect for the song than this one. And legend says he couldn't figure out what to write, so he just went in and on the first take did it. I say legend because there are loads of other stories.
Lead from communication breakdown is better.
Greatest song of all time. No question
The best Led Zeppelin song is "Since I've Been Loving You"
Seriously.
Hands Down!! Dude. When I was a kid, I told my brother that, when I die, I want them to play "Since I've Been Loving You" at my funeral. I know..creepy. What kind of kid thinks about death like that. But true story nonetheless. Haha!! Love it! Thats my JAM!!
Without question Stairway is the most iconic song ever. Not saying the best, there is no best, but definitely the most iconic song ever!
One of the best songs ever, you need to check out heart covering this next, did an amazing job of it 👏
And Robert notoriously hated people covering the song but Heart moved him to tears
Thank you my friend
Believe it or not Mastadon does an amazing cover too
@@jmathieson15 damn I'll have to check that out
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Late to the party here, but glad you guys are diving in to the lyrics of this song. There's so much story and mystery in it that everybody kinda has their own interpretation of the meaning as it pertains to their own life and experience. This song means a whole lot to me but might mean a whole lot of something completely different to you guys. Cheers!
I was lucky enough to see them in 2007 in London when they reformed for the Ahmet Ertegun tribute show. It was an unreal experience to see them. They blew everyone away.
Love Zeppelin!!! And this song! Great choice guys!
Wow wasn't expecting this, this was awesome, such an epic song eh. Would love to see you guys do this same type of analysis with Pink Floyd's Time (please, please, please :))
John Bonham is the drummer and John Paul Jones is the bassist, and you got the other two names right.
This is not the only Rappers React Channel I am watching regularly and I have to admit that I love lyric analyzises more on these channels because you guys ironically get the understanding of the songs real quick where even Metalheads fail. Thx for the reaction. Thumbs up 👍for that!
Next you should react to Deep Purple - Child in Time ^^ Cheers from France ;)
"cheers" c'est mieux mais bravo pour l'effort :D (je fais des fautes aussi quand j'écris en anglais)
@@tithannisk7470 ah ben merci ^^ j'avoue manqué de "vocabulaire" et surtout de la bonne orthographe à chaque fois que je commente en anglais :)
Bzh Astro Je suis un peu à cheval sur l’orthographe et la grammaire (quelle que soit la langue) mais c’est jamais juste pour critiquer et mépriser (même quand ça pique vraiment les yeux). C’est juste que je me dis « ok il a fait une faute, ça arrive, mais si personne ne lui dit, il apprendra jamais. Et c’est toujours bien d’apprendre. »
(Edité pour correction parce que les fautes de frappe ça existe aussi 😁)
I’m so excited for this. Led Zeppelin best band ever 😮
Heart's version at the Kennedy Center Honors will give you chills!
Money can only buy bliss. Bliss is fleeting. Love cannot be bought or sold, because it's priceless/beyond measuring the worth of
Really enjoy your reactions! Yes, music saves those of us with mental illness. For me, watching Reactions is the only time my racing thoughts stop. I love watching the discovery of great music.
Please continue down the rabbit hole of Zeppelin! I’ll be keeping an eye out!
The Best of all time. Led Zeppelin.
"Where all are one, and one is all. To be a Rock, and not to Roll."
“Our shadows taller than our souls” what a freaking line!
This to me sounds what I would've heard in merry ol England circa 15th century of course the first part with the vocals and acoustic guitar and that mellotron in the background sets the mood for the first part of this song and the flute sound is the mellotron
One thing to remember is that among'st other things The Hobbit & Lord of the Rings heavily influenced Jimmy Page's imagery in this song - and many of the lyrics can be tied directly back to those books. It's easy to see references to Elves, Galadriel, The One Ring and numerous other Tolkien creations in it and other songs lean even more heavily into those mythologies. Tolkien was especially loved by British counter culture in the 60's and early 70's and I think Page is trying to use the same sort of imagery to create a feel in this song. So a lot of the lyrics are simply book references but are book references to a hidden world - even in the books most people don't really understand Elves & Dwarves and Magic and Page had a great interest in things beyond the mundane. A ton of Led Zeppelin songs embrace Magic, Mysticism, Mystery, Myth and Medievil history. I think for people growing up in WII and the Post War era in Britain it was very grey and lacking in much joy and beauty which is why they embraced Rock & Roll so readily and Page wanted to take that even further and create little worlds in some of his songs - it's less about the actual meaning and more about creatign somethign that isn't dull and grey and boring.
J.R.R Tolkien loved Led Zeppelin and was happy to let them use his books. He like Zeppelin better than The Beatles
Deep purple - child in time!!!!
Number one song of all time…period.
SUCH A BEAUTIFUL SONG
Just discovered y’all today. Can’t believe y’all only reacted to 2 Zeppelin songs!
a nurse I worked with said to me out of the blue " I have 2 tickets to Led Zepplin do you want to go"? im like what are you kidding me an saw them in concert in Manhatten in those days you could smoke right in the coliseum an no one bothered you- to answer your question yeah $$ can buy me some happiness LOL love you guys!
You HAVE to listen to the live version...it is mind blowing!
Wow the video hasn't been flagged yet. That's a bigger talent than the video.
You guys are the Best. Its big Mark. You helped me figure out my tribute song to my deceased wife Sandi. Im 53 and still reacting like yall. Dueces.
Ahhh this is such a great song! More Led Zeppelin pleeease!
Also, you know it's a great song when the solo isn't there just as filler or to be flashy, but it just adds layers to the music
As the singer and rock god Robert Plant said.."this is a song of hope"
you must see the Led Zeppelin Movie
"the Song remain the same" why,?? you will find out
Getting this in quick cuz I'm sure it's gonna get blocked soon 😂
💯 thought the same thing
Yup
Who will block it?
Led Zeppelin have been getting softer with reactions to their songs. A lot more songs are going under their radar.
BTW, it's not the band, it's the label, just to clear things up.
The Black Queen correct. Zeppelin or their label is extremely strict on their brand protection
You should do No Quarter so you can realize just how fantastic the original is.
Together with the mindblowing TOOL Cover Version !
@@ingovonderluhe2174 They already did the Tool cover.
I second this!
have you guys seen the heart cover at the kennedy center honors? with the choir backing and jason bonham on drums (jon bonham's son lol)? it's wild! would love to see you guys react to it! you guys should do a live reaction to some of the full tool shows that are up on youtube, some are for sure good enough quality to enjoy. once you have done their catalogue obviously. just an idea, it would be cool to do a live stream as an event with the trashtalkers/tool crew!
A lot of people can’t name them, but they’re a super group. Danny Carey said JB was one of his greatest inspirations.
It's like a religious experience every time people hear this song!
The lyrics are well-structured, like a poem, unlike most songs nowadays.
Very nice intro, fast and fun and to the point! The best one so far, I think!
Led zeppelin "the ocean" crazy song
This song has been voted for the last 51 years the best rock song of all time. One time free bird came in first
The third and last interpretation
Is The Tolkien inspiration.
It can be heard in the phrase, "In my thoughts I have seen rings of smoke through the trees," which could be a reference to the smoke rings blown by the wizard Gandalf. There is also a correlation between the lady in the song and the character from the book, Lady Galadriel, the Queen of Elves who lives in the golden forest of Lothlorien. In the book, all that glittered around her was in fact gold, as the leaves of the trees in the forest of Lothlorien were golden.
Robert Plant spent much of the '70s answering questions about the lyrics he wrote for "Stairway." When asked why the song was so popular, he said it could be its "abstraction," adding, "Depending on what day it is, I still interpret the song a different way - and I wrote the lyrics." The lyrics take some pretty wild turns, but the beginning of the song is about a woman who accumulates money, only to find out the hard way her life had no meaning and will not get her into heaven. This is the only part Plant would really explain, as he said it was "a woman getting everything she wanted without giving anything back."
You need to see this live at Madison Square Garden in 1973! Everything from that show is unbelievable!!
Y'all have to check out Anne and Nancy Wilson of Heart, covering this song, honoring Zep at the Kennedy Honors. The 3 remaining members are there watching and enjoying the show. John Bonham's (the drummer) son Jason is playing the drums with them. It is one of the greatest covers ever.
Holding me over till Tuesday
The statue you talked about (4:00) is really a tarot card ! The Hermit (IX) is the ninth trump or Major Arcana card in most traditional tarot decks. It is used in game playing as well as in divination.
Money is a temporary fix. 2B "Happy" is to love yourself.
Robert Plant's voice is amazing in this song. Listen to either Gallows Pole or When The Levee Breaks. F**kin amazing reaction guys. Love your videos.
I would love for you guys to do (Hotel California) by the Eagles
Yes!!! Or like any other Eagles song. Other faves are Take it easy, seven Bridges Road, Lyin' Eyes,... Ahhh, so many
Others woukd call the Tippy Top of the Mountain being Misty Mountain Hop, the song right after this on the album Led Zeppelin IV
🎼There walks a lady we all know! Keep rockin’ it out! ❤️🤘🏻
Wow going big today!!!!
Led Zeppelin GOAT
1 of the best songs every......
The flute was a recorder, played by John Paul Jones. The bassist.
the statue is "the hermit" from the tarot card would probably be the most iconic depiction of it
I remember years ago, one of the members, either Plant or Page I forget, said " there's a feeling I get....when I look to the west" meant the USA
Live version 1973 must listen guitar solo is one of jimmys greatest moments !!!
I think I grew up in the best musical era.... Thanks guys
knowledge of one self is most important to find hapiness what you love what you like what you hate what you kinda dont like and slowly start barring off the bad vibes you can out of ur life , money amplifies , so if you know what you like ur good u have something you love doing holding you afloat but if you dont know who you are and dont know what you like you will spend it on everything and anything and then what usually happens is 1 of 3 things .. people lose themselves in the confusion, some pull themselves out through some kind of isolation dave chappelle for example or good influences in their lives pulls them out of said confusion ...writing this was therapeutic somehow .. felt like sharing
Achilles Last Stand, Dazed And Confused, Immigrant Song, Rain Song, 10 Years Gone, How Many More Times, No Quarter, Moby Dick and so on...
Is there any question why some consider these gentlemen to be some of the best drummers, vocalist, guitarist that ever grace our ears
A little history, Jimmy Page was a top session guitarist in the 60's. Joined the Yardbirds as the bassist (!). When Jeff Beck left/fired he became the lead. As original members left the band, Page brought in replacements; Robert Plant, John Bonham, & John Paul Jones and toured as the New Yardbirds! The original members stopped Page from using the Yardbirds name, as they owned the name. Page came up with Lead Zeppelin, but changed it to Led Zeppelin, as he thought people would mispronounce Lead.
FYI years later Plant was asked about what the lyrics meant and he said I don't know, it was written to sound good not to mean anything.
Jimmy is the best guitarist to ever grace the planet!
@@juliemanarin4127 He's not even close, check Jimi Hendrix and Stevie Ray Vaughan.
@@outwest1014 i disagree, id put page above either simply because he can play anything really well (hard rock, soft rock, alternative, blues, country, etc). Hendrix and srv only had one sound, albeit they play it at an incredibly high level.
@@irshkashirkle Your wrong, Hendrix was a session musician, plus toured with Little Richard and the Isley Brothers. The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as named the greatest instrumentalist in Rock History.
There is a story about Page and Clapton attending an early Hendrix performance in England. After hearing Hendrix play, it is said that Page turned to Clapton and said "We may need to find new jobs"
One last point, there are no Jimi Hendrix Experience tribute bands because no one can duplicate Hendrix. Where as there are a lot of Zeppelin tribute bands.
@@outwest1014 i don't see how that makes me wrong? I said that hendrix played at an incredibly high level and had a distinct sound (ie, hard to replicate and therefore no tribute bands), but i value page's versatility more than that. People play bethoven all the time, that doesnt make him a bad pianist, just really good at making fantastic music.
It's about changing your path in life to live more true to yourself, forget your past mistakes and be less superficial then you at the end find that 'everything still turns to gold' so you can still find happiness (heaven) in life.
Led Zeppelin's 1971 rock classic "Stairway to Heaven"
Lyrical Meaning.
The lyrics take some pretty wild turns, the song has many different interpretations and imagery!
The 3 most accepted interpretations are as follows..
The main interpretation of the song is about a woman’s
Greed n power who is in denial.
This woman who got everything she ever wanted in life is selfish and is a person lacking of heart and disposition.
She lives without sharing or giving back!
She does what she pleases and buys what she wants when she wants throughout her life!
According to Robert Plant
“The first verse is based on the tale of an old materialistic and selfish woman towards the end of her life.” It is clear that this individual equates “heaven” with shopping.
Apparently even if “stores are all closed”, she can still get access to “what she came for” “with a word”, insinuating that she is so powerful and wealthy that with just a phone call, the shops will be opened for her.
Furthermore,
She goes about her life accumulating her riches n money, only to find out (from the piper and narrator) the hard way at the twilight of her existence that her life had no meaning and all her gold money and riches will not get her into heaven.
Still…
she is in denial!
Wont listen…
And even tho she has time to rectify her life she is stubborn set in her ways… and still thinks she can buy her way into heaven no matter what
She has done or not done throughout her life.
Within the second verse.
While she is pondering her life
“In a tree by the brook”,
She stops n listens to the beautiful song of a songbird n thinks about her life but She has doubt and apprehension of heart and mind.
“there's a songbird who sings
Sometimes all of our thoughts are misgiven”
The song brings about the passing of time or the passing years in the ladys life.
The song
brings up the character of the “hedgegrow” which in reality is a long linear bush like Hedge that divides two fields.
The “hedgegrow” can be perceived as your path in life
Dividing the good field n the bad field, salvation or damnation.
The “Bustle” is the ramifications of your actions taken.
“Spring clean”
A cleansing or transition like the seasons or years passing.
“May queen” is a connotation about fertility and the advent of Spring.
“If there's a bustle in your hedgerow, don't be alarmed now
It's just a spring clean for the May queen.
“Yes there are two paths you can go by”
Again referencing to the “hedgegrow.” Path
Eventually
Then the song premonitions
To the greedy woman with references to the piper…
The concept of heaven is again brought up though implicitly, as in people having a choice to choose between “two paths” upon which to tread. And once again, “the piper” is present, this time as someone who is “calling you to join him”, as in follow the same path that he is on.
And apparently these same people who are on the right path referred to in the third verse as “those who stand long”. The story being told in this section is that if these individuals have a mutual desire to do good n get to heaven “the piper will lead (them) to reason”.
The “Trees” is a connotation for human beings.
And instead of the trees burning or people damned to hell, “smoke through the trees”, “the forests echo with laughter”. Or people are happy in heaven.
It is never specified who “the piper” actually is
Though it seems to have a religious reference.
I like the fact
The greedy lady is told..
there is still Time for her to get to heaven if she changes her ways…
then the songwriter drifts into a dream-like world where he describes beautiful, magical occurrences to end each line with a form of truth like,
“Lady cant you hear the wind blow”
“there's still time to change the road you're on”
“your stairway lies on the whispering wind”
Moving on..
Still even tho she realizes she cant get into heaven The lady is stubborn set in her ways and wont listen to reason..
Hence “your head is humming”
the narrator is talking to her again..
“ and it won't go”,
As in you wont listen…
“in case you don't know”
As if to say im telling u in case u dont know.
“The piper's calling you to join him”
Change your ways n follow the piper.
“Dear lady, can you hear the wind blow”
As in wake up n smell the coffee.
, “and did you know
Your stairway lies on the whispering wind?”
The final verses
The piper has his group of do gooders with him and is leading them onward..
“And as we wind on down the road”
“Our shadows taller than our soul”
Walking with a purpose casting a big shadow
“There walks a lady we all know”
The old greedy lady who didnt want to change.
“Who shines white light and wants to show”
Who is trying to justify and wants people to know…
“How everything still turns to gold”
Again thinking she can buy her way into heaven
The last verse
Is about the people
Who heard the pipers warnings and heeded his advice and realized what path “tune” to take…
“And if you listen very hard
The tune will come to you at last”
Next is.. We are all in this together!
“When all is one and one is all“
“that's what it is
“To be a rock”
and not to roll,
To be good just and strong like “a rock”
“not to roll” fall off, give up or waver…
True happiness comes from within, no matter the external stimuli.
Got to do Dazed and Confused
I have read various people's interpretation of Plant's lyrics for Stairway To Heaven and one of the most interesting was aligning them with the heroes of Tolkien's Lord of the Rings trilogy, which may have more than a hint of truth to it as Plant was heavily into Tolkien.
For me, I've always viewed this song as about a woman who is either a drug addict, trying drugs for the first time or upping her drug experience and she either takes too much by accident, or on purpose, and is on the brink of an overdose and possibly death. She may be buying a stairway to heaven. '....There are two paths you can go by but in the long run there's still time to change the road you're on....' We have freedom of choice but with those choices sometimes come (dire) consequences.
Good reaction guys 😎 I'm just hunting through some of your older vids, that I missed, and I'm wondering if you have done 'Dazed and Confused'?
To be a rock and not to Roll...thats all about in this life😊😊😊
I was waiting for some trashtalk ngl
My mother in law went to the same school as Robert Plant. She was either a year older or younger, can't remember which. Very awesome reaction guys!
Jimmy Paige guitar
Robert Plant lead singer
John Bonham drums
John Paul Jones bass
All of them are gods
after your reaction without looking for it I came across on you tube "jimmy page giving his story on the writing of stairway to heaven" and I thought of you guys right away I didn't listen to it yet but plan to go back to it eventually so check it out someday
Humans have two states of being that aren’t often distinguished. Happiness is a mood and contentment or joy is a condition. Money can give you access to things that make you happy. Happiness is an emotion that comes and goes like all others. Your mood can be happy. Joy is a condition, such as your health or your career status or your living situation. Except joy cannot be taken away by anyone. It is yours alone. You can maintain a state of joy even if your mood is unhappy, sad, angry, or if your health is poor, or if you lose your job. Money cannot buy joy. Contentment brings joy.