FIRST TIME HEARING Led Zeppelin "Stairway to Heaven" (REACTION)
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- Опубліковано 26 лис 2023
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INTRO/OUTRO SONG:
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Song: DFFRNT
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I have listened to this song weekly for the past 50 years still get chills. Whole Lotta Love and Black Dog. Enjoy!
For people that don't know Classic rock have a perception of it being non sense. Classic rock has everything! This song is poetic in abstract and they have tons of styles that can not be contained in one box. Check out Immigrant song from them, preferably live 1972, I'm sure you'll recognize it
Welcome to the most diverse subtle musically textured band ever
LED ZEPPELIN, IS LABELED AS CLASSIC ROCK ! HEAVY METAL DIDN'T COME UNTIL LATER .
They play Rock, Blues, Folk, Funk, Reggae, Jazz, Hard Rock and Soft Balads. They can and do it all.
Try their song, "Since I've been loving you" it's a Blues rock fusion. Awesome.
This.
And Fool in the Rain used a samba beat. I love how LZ was open to taking all sorts of music genres and giving them a unique Led Zep twist.
Led Zeppelin was not a heavy metal band, although they were considered the progenitors of metal. They were a hard rock band, heavy on the blues, but even so, their music was incredibly creative and versatile. They kind of created their own music genre. One thing is sure, they were the greatest rock band in history.
Because of the breadth of their catalogue, it's difficult to give just a couple of song recommendations. One has to listen to many to get a full understanding of what they were about. In fact, if you see compiled lists of "essential" Led Zeppelin, they are often 40-50 songs long.
I suppose one way to go about it is to look at the track list of a compilation album called "Mothership", but even then, many excellent songs were left off the album because it was impossible to include them all. With Led Zeppelin, setting the needle on the first track of the first album and working your way through each album is really the best way to go about hearing both the songs that are commonly recommended, and all the hidden gems that are not.
This is considered to be a progressive folk rock song, and one of the best ever written. It would be interesting if you were to compare the studio version to a live performance, perhaps from the 1973 Madison Square Garden concert. It was superb.
Enjoyed your reaction, thanks!
oh sorry man, I just wrote a similar reply and then saw yours...cool. PEACE BRO.
That comment is so long winded. We come here to read comments, not articles.
@@lleew23 I don't know who you're speaking about when you say "we". Clearly, others had zero problems with the length of my comment (at this moment, more "likes" than any other). If you're not interested in reading a comment that is longer than two or three sentences, then don't. Just scroll right on by. Simple.
Well said!
@@jmar7631If you used one less word in your comment, we would have been denied. It was perfect!
I think we all get the head going side to side with eyes squinted when the band comes in! Everyone’s natural reaction. We can’t stop it!
Tell you’re mom Thank You for suggesting this song, or better yet, just play it for her! Thank You is another great Led Zeppelin song!
If anyone thinks Led Zeppelin is Heavy Metal, has never heard them before! They were their own genre in my opinion, because there was no one like them! Blues, Rock, Folk, Classical, Soul etc.
Best band ever. And incredibly versatile too.
By far the best way to react to zep is to go from track 1 album 1 and simply do the journey. They were monsters right out of the gate!! Then they just kept going
Well, Led Zeppelin is a band of many different "styles". From Blues to Rock and everything in between. But the most important for me is that the 4 members are all exceptional talented musicians and they took us on many different journeys at the time, well actually until today.
I am glad you liked it!!
Nice reaction, keep it going, cheers from Berlin 👍☘️😎
Number one song of all time…period.
Led Zeppelin is a genre
Check out "Kashmire", "Whole Lotta Love", "When the Levee Breaks", "Black Dog", "Ramble on", and anything from any album, you will be enlightened and not dissappointed.
Greatest band ever!! Every song is different and amazing!
The thing about great music with esoteric lyrics is it doesn’t tell you what to think. It asks you, “what do you think”. This song has meant many different things to me over the past 50 years. The personal interpretation depends on my circumstance. This is what makes a song timeless, and boundless. Subbed for your journey down the LZ path and hopefully, other great rock bands and songs.
Whole Lotta Love! Dazed and Confused! So many Zeppelin songs will blow your mind....so diverse. Best band ever!!!
I guess it made you wonder too. Zeppelin’s good at that. Check out the song that closes out this album, When The Levee Breaks.
Zepp honored the past , kicked the shit outta their present, and changed the future of Rock.
Your Mum's got great taste in music and you know the rules, always listen to your Mum.
Mom's are always right!!! 🙂
"Battle Of Evermore" has even more amazing lyrics "Bring the balance back". "No Quarter" is like a subset of that songs message of "they carry news that must get through"
"The Rain Song" which portrays the idea that we all must weather the storms of our life, and that all evil things have come through the division of goodness "The Mystery of the Quotient"
"Kashmir" which speaks of the quest for deeper understanding "No provision but an open face, along the straits of fear", and most of the rest of their catalogue about love, and loss,
betrayal, and reconciliation. The term/band name, Led Zeppelin, comes from a derogatory statement from Keith Moon of The Who, who said that they would go down like a lead balloon.
“Oh now oh now oh now Oh” Amazing how 2 silly words can sound so cool! Battle of Evermore!
ZEPPELIN... Can be deep.and or fun..
The GOATS! 😎🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
You will continually be blown away. Just start with their 1st album and go in order. Hear it as we did. Definitely dive down the Pink Floyd rabbit hole as well.
This genre is deep and wide and can go on for a lifetime.
They are rock blues, folk. Do more please. I think Since I've Been Loving You will blow your mind too.
I saw Led Zeppelin in concert in 1969 and 1970. You have to listen to “Kashmir”. Also suggested is “When the Levee Breaks” and “Since I’ve Been Loving You” - the live version from Madison Square Garden in 1963
The Rain Song will blow you away as well.
Minnesota Vikings awesome. Led Zeppelin is awesome.
Great review. Now do yourself a favor and watch Heart perform Stairway to Heaven live at the Kennedy Center Honors - Full Version - while Led Zeppelin is being honored and attending. The drummer is the son of the original Zeppelin drummer, John Bonham who’s passed a while ago. Epic tribute. Shane Fontayne plays the lead guitar and does an admirable job on the solo with Jimmy Pages watching. Remember - Full Version! Other versions cut out part of that iconic solo.
Mum has great taste 👌
Big Led Zepplin fan from their time here. We would smoke up, play it LOUD, and spend hours deciphering it. Plus there are many hints in their live concert movie, when Jimmy Page (guitarist) becomes the Hermit in the Tarot cards. The Hermit is the symbol of someone who has attained spiritual perfection. So to understand the lyrics you need to know that guitarist Jimmy Page was big into the occult, especially Aleister Crowley and Lord of the Rings. He uses LOTR in many of their songs.
INTERPRETATION
There's a lady who's sure all that glitters is gold
>>Reference to Lord of the Rings - “all that glitters is not gold” - is repeatedly used as a motto for “don’t be fooled by appearances”
And she's buying a stairway to Heaven
>>She is one of these people who thinks spiritual development can be bought (ie: prosperity gospel)
When she gets there she knows, if the stores are all closed
With a word she can get what she came for
>>She thinks that if you can’t just buy spirituality, she’s special and the world will make special rules for her (ie: she’s a rich karen)
Ooh, ooh, and she's buying a stairway to Heaven
There's a sign on the wall, but she wants to be sure
'Cause you know sometimes words have two meanings
>>>The signs are there that she’s wrong, but she doesn’t trust being them because they are telling her what she doesn’t want to hear.
In a tree by the brook, there's a songbird who sings
Sometimes all of our thoughts are misgiven
>>>If you just listen to nature, it will show you the truth
Ooh, it makes me wonder
Ooh, makes me wonder
There's a feeling I get when I look to the West
And my spirit is crying for leaving
>>>In Lord of the Rings the elves “look to the west” - the eternal realm over the sea from which they came and are returning to. In the end of the book Frodo and Bilbo are rewarded by leaving Middle Earth and going to eternal life in the lands of the west. The elves are perpetually tempted to return to the perfect lands of the west, their spirits are “crying for leaving” Middle Earth and returning home. Netflix Rings of Power starts with some elves returning to the West.
In my thoughts I have seen rings of smoke through the trees
And the voices of those who stand looking
>>>Reference to the “watchers”, a concept from the occult group which trained Aleister Crowley, the Golden Dawn. These are the Ascended Masters, hidden amongst the world, who can teach spiritual truths if you can find them.
Ooh, it makes me wonder
Ooh, really makes me wonder
And it's whispered that soon if we all call the tune
Then the piper will lead us to reason
>>>Common belief amongst the fans of Led Zepplin’s generation that materialist consumerist society was insane and destructive, and we all needed to “drop out” of it. The 1980’s was a conservative reaction against this hippie ethos. But “the piper” can lead us out of this insanity and into reason. The piper in the fairy story led the children, so add in the saying "unless you become as little children, you cannot enter the kingdom of heaven".
And a new day will dawn for those who stand long
And the forests will echo with laughter
>>>If we follow the piper, and dump this consumerist life, we can bring in a new age and live in harmony with nature and each other
Oh-oh-oh-oh-whoa
If there's a bustle in your hedgerow, don't be alarmed now
It's just a spring clean for the May queen
>>>Common pagan/occultist belief that nature is filled with spirits, and we can become aware of them. This is what so many folk traditions are about - working in harmony with them
Yes, there are two paths you can go by, but in the long run
There's still time to change the road you're on
>>>You might be on this consumerist, career-track, work-slave path, but you can always get out.
And it makes me wonder
Ohh, whoa
Your head is humming, and it won't go, in case you don't know
The piper's calling you to join him
>>>Feeling dazed and confused and unhappy by modern society? - that’s just your natural being calling you to get out
Dear lady, can you hear the wind blow? And did you know
Your stairway lies on the whispering wind?
>>>The woman who thinks you get to heaven by buying stuff should be looking to nature, she won’t find heaven by buying things, the path "floats on the wind" - moving, subtle, natural
And as we wind on down the road
>>>As we go through life
Our shadows taller than our soul
>>>The “shadow” is the aspects of yourself you don’t like and refuse to acknowledge, our “dark side” - and it obscures knowledge of (is "taller than") our true selves (our souls). This is a classic western occult teaching. Also taught by Jung.
There walks a lady we all know
Who shines white light and wants to show
How everything still turns to gold
>>>The lady is an image of a source of true teachings, - read “gold” for “divine”
And if you listen very hard
The truth will come to you at last
>>>If you try, you can hear the truth, which is....(next line)
When all are one, and one is all
>>>”All is one and one is all” is a classic statement of the highest form of spiritual consciousness. Said in Western Occultism, Hinduism, and Buddhism. It is said to describe what you experience as the highest spiritual experience possible.
To be a rock and not to roll
>>>To be solid, unbreakable, but not get pushed around by other people, other forces
And she's buying a stairway to Heaven
As has been said, they have a variety of styles, including softer songs like this. The Rain Song is another. Going to California is another folksy one that is soft and seductive. The Battle of Evermore and No Quarter are creepy and mysterious. That's just a slice of their genres.
The best insight I can give to the lyric of this song is don't dig too deep. This song was written in 1970. Robert Plant was presented with this epic composition and tasked with writing lyrics to it. He was 22 years old. He made the lyrics intentionally vague so that listeners could take from it whatever they wanted. Their music is incredibly diverse; among their most popular songs are Whole Lotta Love, Kashmir, Immigrant Song, and When the Levee Breaks. Among my favorites are How Many More Times, The Rover and In My Time of Dying. Check out their live stuff; that is a whole different experience!
I really enjoyed seeing you discover this iconic song.
You may want to check out Kashmir, pretty heavy.
Best thing to do with Zeppelin to start with the first album (called LZ 1, but actually it's just Led Zeppelin, 1969) and go through every track in chronological order. You will not be disappointed. The first 2 albums are more electric blues based (but amped up amazingly), but there's still plenty of variety.
More Led Zeppelin songs: When the Levee Breaks
Traveling Riverside Blues
Whole Lotta Love
Hey hey what can I do
Kashmir from 2007
So much to choose from..
When the levee breaks is a cover of a true story about the 1927 Mississippi flood. The drum intro is sampled in tons of hip hop and the harmonica by the singer Robert Plant sets a mood that fits the song perfectly. BLUES to the bone!
All the reactions are the same. It's so mellow and beautiful and then...WHOA!..
DEEP Rabbit Hole ! Welcome
Hey just watched your reaction to zeppelin my favourite band from aged 12/13,I'm now 67,I'm a English man Billy, if you go into zeppelin it's a massive rabbit whole, they played hard rock, soft rock, acoustic stuff, ballads, God even reggae on one album, hey please please don't get me wrong cos it's not being big headed, if you listen to what I'm saying you won't go far wrong, to get a taste of zeppelin react to stairway to heaven the live version from madison Square gardens new York, from the same show since I've been loving you, most black American guys and girls have said they didn't know white people could sing the blues like that, always makes me laugh, the rain song live same show, and one they always love is when the level breaks, hope you do watch and react to these, you take care big man, keep up the great work, English Billy.
Love that you’re falling in love with LED Zeppelin in a sort of way. You should start at the beginning and do a complete discography as a series!! Thanks for the share!
Ill never let you go- Steelheart has some powerful vocals,one of my favorites to this day
First off, great reaction! Your " stereotypes " are just that. I used to stereotype Motown until I actually listened with open ears, and at that point, I fell in love.
I came to invite you to the wonders of Pink Floyd. Try the song "Comfortably Numb " and do the live version from the Pulse concert 1994. Like deep lyrics? Like beautiful music that sticks with you? It's all there. You really can't go wrong with bands like Pink Floyd, Led Zeppelin, The Beatles, The Doors. The Rolling Stones and many more. But I'd love to see you try out Pink Floyd. God bless my friend.
This is the first time I've ever watched you, and I just subscribed for Zeppelin. Seriously, do yourself a favor and start from the first song on the first album and go thru their whole catalogue, as many have suggested. I assure you, you won't regret it, and we'll be here for it. With each song, you'll never stop being surprised. You will find that they cannot be pigeon-holed into any single category, and they most definitely are not heavy metal. Their music is extremely diverse and it just never gets old. I know what I'm talking about, I've been listening to them daily for 50+ years. Simply the greatest band ever!
Mom has good taste. ❤
YES, "Close To The Edge" is my favorite band, and song.
This is Led Zeppelin’s most played & popular song, you need to listen to several others at least. They do several great blues/rock songs, the greatest band of all time.
Whole Lotta Love next. Blow your mind...
They do a really good job of the blues.
Mum's a LEGEND
As many have already mentioned, Led Zeppelin are often miscategorized as heavy metal. They may have been an antecedent of heavy metal, but they were always much more than hard rock and heavy metal.
Regarding the name of the band, the story goes that the late drummer from The Who, Keith Moon, heard Jimmy Page's idea for a new band, and he allegedly said that this band was going to go down 'like a lead balloon.'
Zeppelins were rigid airships that were used for a time at the beginning of the 20th century until the ill-fated flight of the Hindenburg disaster in 1937.(Zeppelin I and II reference the Hindenburg disaster on the album covers.) Hence, Le(a)d Zeppelin. The band took the 'a' out in order to remove any confusion about how to pronounce 'lead'.
"I also wanna see what this song is about", ROFL, people have been trying to agree on that for 50 years and the only thing they agree on is that it's brilliant!
Please react to OVER THE HILLS FAR WAY and Ramble on By Led Zeppelin
The lead singer, Robert Plant, has stated in interviews that he really dislikes the label of heavy metal to describe Led Zeppelin, since a good percentage of their songs are acoustic. The band is the greatest musical ensemble, as each of its members are the best at what they do... We will likely never see another band that even comes close to their equal.
Play led zeppelin dazed and confused and you shook me
Genius. That's all.
This is a song of Hope.
Zepplin and AC DC are rock bands. Not heavy metal. Greatest guitarist, drummer, bassist and singer ever in rock. Stairway is the greatest rock song ever. listen to the guitar and drums, listen to the way it was built starting slow speeding up through out, adding instruments. A masterpiece.
Go to their first album, you’ll know after that you joined the greatest party ever- rock n roll😊❤️🎶🎶❤️✅ welcome 🤗
Ya, it took me awhile to appreciate this "finer" music from LZ.
Try since ive been loving you live,from madison square garden 1973!
Your mom has good taste. :)
In tears already. 3:21
'A rolling stone gathers no moss'....
Zeppelin could do it all - heavily influenced by the Blues as was most British Rock. Listen first to the studio versions - keep in mind much Rock music of the 70s was meant to be heard as complete albums not individual songs - so just start at the beginning - and Enjoy my friend !
Excellent review!
The live version is much longer with one of the longest and BEST guitar SOLOS EVER!!!...Led Zeppelin are a hard rock band with songs such as "Whole Lotta Love", "Black Dog" and many others for you to check out...Stay cool.
Listen to "Thank You" and "Babe I'm Gonna Leave" their range is huge
The best band from the UK at a time when there were so many.
To step out of the realm of the expected , check out Black Sabbath “ It’s Alright “ from 1976
Led Zeppelin were the Beatles with louder amplifiers, harder drugs, and blacker blues.
Never met two people who agreed on the meaning of this song. Privilege, commercialism, growth, personal choices? Sure there are more.
You are going to have to do this live❤❤❤❤ to appreciate the Greatness ❤❤❤ you will get another experience ❤
I urge you to dig deeper. Check out when the levee breaks
The lemon song
How many more times
You won't be disappointed
The Lemon Song was my bad girl song! Hahaha I'm glad my parents never really listened to the lyrics! LOL
Led Zeppelin isn’t heavy metal, they have some beautiful mellow songs too. The real talent is, that it’s no voice enhancement, it’s all 4 of them only.
Lucky you
Led Zeppelin the GOATS of rock. Wore out all ten albums. Nice reaction but didn't MLK say don't judge a band by its name. Enjoy the Zeppelin journey. You might enjoy the GOATS of prog, they're called Yes and a song called Roundabout is a good place to start your Yes journey 🙏🍁
Some of the most hardcore metal bands have insane soft songs.
No cap, Face melting in any genre is cool, just need someone to push you there. The rabbit hole you're about to discover will blow other circuit fuzes. Why we are here dude. Just got to share yours too! When the Levee Breaks, Black Dog, Dazed and Confused for getting more of the Led out. if you want to continue...
going to tell everybody about ADDC
If you get a chance you should do a reaction to stairway to heaven live it longer and has some more to it and it’s a experience on its own
Zep will envelope you
Read what the Writer Robert Plant says is summary of Stairway To Heaven...Then what the other band members say....
Please react to the Madison Square Garden Concert version of this song 1973 I think it was.
I am sure when you hear the Grateful Dead, they won't be anything like what you're expecting either.
Check out Alice and Chains. my personal favorite.
Listen to the music, don't try to figure out the lyrics.
Dude start with the first album, and then the next , and the next...Stairway came from Led Zeppelin 4.
Whether this is the only Led Zeppelin song you ever hear, or if you listen to all 7 albums from front to back, to categorize the genre you are listening to so you can rest easy, know this: Led Zeppelin IS NOT Heavy Metal.
Their music is called Hard Rock Blues mostly.
If it’s Blues based, it’s Rock. AC/DC is also Hard Rock.
Picture Big Hair bands of the 1980’s and now you’re talking heavy metal. They use crazy music scales. Van Halen, Ozzy Osborne, Def Leopard, etc. type of bands. But, not Zeppelin.
Enjoy the rabbit hole. Zep is the greatest Rock band of all time. No competition, except to those who don’t know much.
Zeppelin has to many songs to pick one to listen to next. Your best bet is to start with the first album. You need to progress and grow with the band as we did 50+ years ago. Zeppelin isn’t medal
Led Zeppelin were never heavy metal though they may have inspired that genre.
Zeppelin was never a heavy metal band--they defy description except to say they made the greatest ROCK music of the 20th century.
JPJ BEING NASTY ON HIS RIFF
Obviously the "piper' is Satan, and the lady is deceived, and Satan calls for everyone to join him, but we all have our own decision to make in the matter whether to be drawn in by "gold"
or, "To be a rock, and not to roll" or, to be guided by righteousness, and the high calling of God, in Christ Jesus. I could be completely wrong, but that has been my take for over 50 years.
I see literally none of that at all. I see a woman that is living a shallow life, but see choices for retribution and I see opportunities for learning. To be honest the only religious thing I see is the word heaven and I see that as allegorical rather literal.
The band doesn't even take a deep dive into the meaning. Some things referenced in the song suggest it's making a choice between Christianity and Pagenism or the Occult. On the surface it seems more about a woman who thinks money is the most important thing and that she thinks she can even buy her way into heaven. You should take from it whatever it means to you.
Zeppelin falls under no genre.
Led zeppelin predate heavy metal and while some of their style may be part of metal they certainly were never a metal band. From this era black sabbath is the real proto heavy metal band.
Led Zeppelin is not metal. They are a rock and hard rock band. Metal is way more agressive, and in my opinion, much worse than Led Zeppelin's.
Live is better
Studio always first. Then live later
keep learning led z and i will watch all of your reactions to them among the-best musicians of my long life