Jimmy PAGE: The GREATEST Arrangement EVER Made..??
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- Опубліковано 23 вер 2024
- Led Zeppelin
Determining whether "Stairway to Heaven" clinches the title of the "greatest" song is subjective. Nonetheless, its indisputable musical excellence, poignant lyrics, and enduring cultural impact make a compelling case for such recognition.
From the moment its gentle, finger-picked introduction meanders into your ears, "Stairway to Heaven" by Led Zeppelin stands as not just a testament to rock 'n' roll, but as an epitome of musical artistry. Here's why this 1971 masterpiece can genuinely stake a claim as the greatest song ever.
Sources and References:
- BBC TV
- Led Zeppelin Official
- Wikipedia
- Led Zeppelin IV Documentary
Led Zeppelin
- Jimmy Page
- Robert Plant
- John Bonham
- John Paul Jones
DISCLAIMER
While "Stairway to Heaven" holds a special spot for many, there exist countless other songs that strike deep chords with various individuals. The true beauty of music lies in its diversity and its remarkable ability to forge personal connections with each listener.
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Determining whether "Stairway to Heaven" clinches the title of the "greatest" song is subjective. Nonetheless, its indisputable musical excellence, poignant lyrics, and enduring cultural impact make a compelling case for such recognition. Why this 1971 masterpiece can genuinely stake a claim as the greatest song ever..??
You know, there is no unanimity, everyone has their own personal taste. For me it is the most beautiful piece of music I have ever heard, along with Beethoven 9th Symphony. Two different musical genres that awaken in me a torrent of inexplicable emotions …someone said that Stairway is not the best song ever recorded, it is the best spell ever cast because more than half a century later it still enchants people…and STH’s magnificent solo was voted by Guitar World as the best of all time (I agree!) 😊
@@MusicMinutes1 well one thing I can say, it is consistently voted number one, on Classic Rock countdowns. Those countdowns of top 200 to 500, rarely has Stairway dropped to number two, & the people vote on the countdown list. For the July 4th weekend countdown 2024, Stairway once again was voted number one. Matter of fact, Led Zeppelin had more songs on that list, then any other band, including The Beatles as a band. The Beatles if including solos, only had two more then Led Zeppelin.
@@MusicMinutes1 There can be no dispute whatsoever that this song is #1 on the Rock genre, by the least. Everyone knows this song! As soon as it begins, I want to cry bc I know the greatest song ever is playing and it is so fucking beautiful 😍
@@joannlabbe3437 it’s made many cry, males & females, that’s the amazing emotions Led Zeppelin can bring out in people. They always take you on some kind of journey, the put so much passion into their music, you know they really love what they do.
I think that if the song had slowed down after Jimmy's solo it would have been boring and too long but what grabs my attention every time is when Robert comes back with that heavy rock sound and beat after Jimmy's solo. It's the perfect transition for me anyway. It gets me every time. It's my favorite part. Especially the last verse "To be a rock and not to roll". I interpret that verse as saying you need to stand strong and not run away from your problems.
Jimmy Page’s guitar solo on Stairway to Heaven and David Gilmour’s guitar solo on Comfortably Numb are by a distance the 2 best guitar solos ever recorded.
Nesmith solo on Monkees Theme tune a close third, or Harrison leads on Yesterday
So many great rock guitarists to mention, but Page will always hold the #1 spot for me!!
Jimmy, Im so happy for you that after a that effort, to have Robert come by and put the lyrics you agree go with the tunes you have produced! You said, you'll never forget him standing t h ere against the wall when he writes 90 percent of the lyrics that you both put in motion. A commitment and compliment to your work must be thoroughly rewarding!
I know I have read that Jimmy said that Robert made-up 40% of the lyrics on Houses of the Holy off-the-cuff. He just had that gift, they were a band that just jelled completely, much more than the sum of their parts.
Music Minutes? Did you send an audio msg?
James Patrick Page + Robert Antony Plant + John Richard Baldwin + John Henry Bonham, the juggernaut of Valhalla, best band EVER.
Greetings from Danmark 🤜 🇩🇰 🤛
Il brano dei LED ZEPPELIN è il più grande e influente di tutti i tempi ❤❤❤
Still kicking that ass...The Mighty Led - Zeppelin!. I been rocking their music for 50 yrs personally. I don't know what I want to hear when I get in my truck...screw it! I will start with Zep can you cant go wrong putting on some zep and putting it in drive. :)
@@GSDjrbites LOL! Big Log!
It's OUR anthem-belongs to all of us-anyone,we all read into it from the perspectives of our own lives. It's become an immortal song, interpreted differently by each generation uniquely chiming with their experience. It's become a classic piece of music forever, other ages , times will have theirs. I'd love to hear the "rightful successor " to Stairway to Heaven, it's unlikely I will,but I'm grateful to have absorbed this masterpiece so many times & many more!
"Stairway is music to be enjoyed with all your senses: ears, heart, skin, mind... let yourself be enveloped by the opening chords, float in the lightness and delicacy of the flute, absorb all the nuances of the vocals, let your heart beat to the heroic rhythm of the drums, delight in the intricate melodic web woven by the Lord of the Strings, and feel the full glory as you reach ecstasy at the climax when you touch the heavens."
I had been responding to the comment made first bc it was so smart and sthing there's no denying. No matter what your own interpretation the dream archetype is there for all to enjoy😊
Marcia? It says, one hour ago, edited. Can that be true?
@@joannlabbe3437
Hi Joann, I edited because there was a typo. I just described what I feel when I hear STH. This song is my anthem, I was born listening to it, it’s my “umbilical cord” with Zeppelin and even having heard it thousands of times, I feel totally enveloped by the timeless beauty created by four absolutely genius men ❤
THE GREATEST BAND EVER HANDS DOWN !!!!❤😊
I have undoubtedly played Stairway through my stereo over a thousand times. It's like hearing it for the first time, every time.
How many times reversed to hear the brilliant backmask?
Stairway is beautiful & brilliant, though I’ll admit that for awhile I was over it, it was so overplayed. The live at MSG, made me love it again, & appreciate its beauty. They also have some other beautiful & brilliant original songs, that were very rarely played on the radio, that deserved the praise like Stairway. All four were/are masters at their gifts, & are The GODS Of MUSIC! John Bonzo Bonham, is still missed so much by fans, even after all these years.
Definately the BEST Bann in the world. I mean still is today.
Rain Song is a Masterpiece too
Ten years gone is another
@Guitarplayer724 you stole my reply! Ten Years is just beyond superlative! For me it is their greatest, the solo is almost unJimmy like, quite sparse, very lush.
Amazing music 😢 it's you cry , it's you laugh, one cannot go wrong with a song like that 👏🏼. It's the truth song. Stairway to heaven 💟
Stairway To Heaven is a Masterpiece.
When the song begins, I immediately feel like crying bc its' so fucking beautiful.😊
Its just the greatest song ever. Edge is so cool . jimmy is a master writer of music.
When I first heard it I knew exactly what was being conveyed. When all is one and one is all. What more do you need to understand.
In my 72yo opinon, as a boomer it was pure magic in the sense of its composition, the lyrics were interesting ad curious, so its a hypnotic song that keeps the mindset wondering of its meaning, but its meaning is up to the listener, and it still that way today. I was hearing it as a young man and today it has the same feeling today. My opinion of course.
The Best song ever made
Second only to Revolution 9
Thank you for allowi g us i nto yr brain as you say it was all very determined to be as it is, progressing more and more!
I had pondered the meaning of this (my favorite) song for years until one day I was watching a reaction video to the song, and the viewer started to try to dissect its meaning. It suddenly occurred to me that the key to the meaning of the lyrics was the line "and it makes me wonder". The most repeated phrase in the song.
The Best Song Ever!❤ From The LEGENDARY BAND❤
Led Zeppelin 🎉🎉🎉❤❤😂 LOVE THEM ALWAYS ❤ GOD BLESS YOU AND YOURS 😇🥰 (RIP) JOHN BONHAM 😢 Rock On😊 Stairway is my favorite song still to this day❤
Led Zeppelin' album IV is the best album of all time, I love its mysterious cover and the most beautiful song on the planet Stairway to Heaven. Thank you.❤️❤️
Imagine being so confident that you release an album with no band name or album name on the cover. Everybody knew what it was though, no words necessary. And, In my opinion, Houses of the Holy topped it, and Physical Graffiti topped that. Nobody will ever come close to the string of great records that they made, each one better than the previous ( mostly ). If the only song they ever recorded was Kashmir, people would still be talking about it. Or Stairway. Or Dazed and Confused. Etc. Etc.
Well said!:-D
@@ryanjones4150 Poor Tom?
Pure love
This was the first epic rock song and set the example for all future "epicness" in rock. There are other bands who later did similar things and I always say, "oh that's their Stairway."
Not to take anything from "Stairway", since I agree that it could be the GOAT. But, I think of "Nights in White Satin", which came out in 1967, as being the first epic rock song.
Child in Time a candidate?
Hands down the greatest song ever written!
It is a masterpiece that cannot be denied
Quite simply: its beauty is in its lyrics and its music that builds which allows us the listener to attach on to the ride, hold on, and be thrusted into the musical heavens!
The song is open to interpretation. Reminds me of the experience of riding a roller coaster for the first time. You experience the ride with all the twists and turns not wanting the ride to end.
I know my analogy is silly but for me it’s like tubing on a gently flowing river,you are totally immersed in the slow movement of the water,as you progress down the river it begins to move faster and faster, you know it’s happening but you can’t see what and where it will take you until you reach the boiling rapids bouncing among boulders and waves of water constantly being drawn into an invisible flow until finally being thrown into the calmness of the widening channel,spent and exhilarated.This is my interpretation and totally mine and yes you may borrow it free of charge.
Plant said that the lyric " if there's a bustle in your hedgerow " means spring has arrived.
They cal The Rolling Stones the greatest band only because Led Zeppelin is done making music.🤘
I would never call Rolling Stones the best they may think they are but they arent
LZ has so many great songs it's hard to pick just one. Then there's Pink Floyd too.
It is one of the best backmasking feats in music, right up there with best of The Beatles who rule at it
I've often wondered whether "And You and I" by Yes was inspired by stairway to heaven. Starting with the soft acoustic guitar, then Having Rick wakeman alloweed yes to create a more classical middle section. But the theme, structure , mood and andersons usual metaphorically obscure lyrics make the two compositions quite similar.
Greatest For sure!!
I believe Robert sometimes thinks those days were somewhat immature and it is a great tell of someone's character to look back reflect and mature into the great singer he is even today! Perhaps it was the partying or seeing things much differently as you grow. For me, I think the lyric "If there's a bustle in your headrow, don't be alarmed now" is a GREAT lyric, Robert not so much. Great Robert research! Thanks!!
OK this is my steward of Heaven blurb first time I listened to stairway to Heaven and I think this is so cool I was six years old and they used to play with my fathers a track player not the recording at the music tapes and he had Led Zeppelin fourth album he said the third album in the first, so no I went by the covers and I always bypass that one. The guy with the bunch of sticks on his back on this day I threw in inside from the beginning so first thing I heard on it I heard black dog I think that was the first song and they listened always do it to heaven my mother found me and she said why are you crying? I was so embarrassed a little boy and I didn’t want to be seen crying over something like music I couldn’t even speak because I was afraid I was gonna my voice is gonna crack, so I just clean my mouth shut, looking at her and the music playing in my ears and I’m reading my mother’s lips. Why are you crying and I pointed at the headphones she reached out and took the headphones to listen to it. She goes to make you sad I said no, she said oh you really really really like it? Yeah OK it’s a good thing, but the headphones back on that was that I was playing it from beginning to end by the age of 12 oh my Guitar
Number one rock song of all time. But Zep’s best song is Kashmir.
Hmmmn, in your opinion. For me Ten Years Gone is their best. The actuality is there is no best, just personal favs. There is the power of Zeppelin, from day to day you change to another song, another journey!
All I know is that when I’m checking out guitars at the music store, the employees get upset if I start playing Stairway.
Rain song great also
Precursor to the "Power Balled"?
well....if it isn't,....then what would top, or equal it?
Have You Never Been mellow by ONJ?
Is that even a question?!!!
Great video but the part with the AI generated voice could have been left out tho
While i don’t think it’s the greatest song ever written, i do think it’s in the top three and certainly one of the finest pieces of music ever put down on tape. Great video and well done. I would like to add that they could very well be the front runners for the 2nd greatest rock band ever, the greatest band of all time has been given to the Beatles already. Led Zeppelin could definitely be the 2nd tho.
No way Zeppelin surpass the beatles by a country mile.
@@gsxrkz bro the Beatles are already known as the greatest rock group of all time, no point in disagreeing. You may not like it but that’s the way it is.
@itslikethesamebutdifferent8020 totally disagree.
@@gsxrkz good for you. I also disagree that Elvis is the king of rock, ain’t gonna do a thing to stop him being known as the king of rock. See how that works?
No@@itslikethesamebutdifferent8020
Great song , but not as good as " The rain song" " In my time of dying" and the absolutely iconic" Kashmir" !
Have you ever noticed that towards the end of these videos using the AI voice, the voice begins to lose it's ability to pronounce words properly? It's like that AI voice is getting tired or something.
I'm for bringing back actual humans again....
God Bless!
Not even the best LZ song IMHO, that accolade for me goes to Kashmir, but there are quite a lot of similarities between the two.
Is this assembled by AI? Good grief, the thumbnail is a picture of Richie Blackmore!
It's not, it's definitely Jimmy Page.
The guy who starts to narrate ruins the video. Why are you using this guy?
Jimmy Page is a real human being and in no way can be duplicated by AI. It's a shame this video was ruined by an AI narrator., I can't watch past the first 30 seconds.
A BAND CALLED SPIRIT SONG CALLED . TARUS.
TOOK JIMMY FOR COPY
RIGHTS. FOR BEGINNING TO
THE SONG. I THINK THEY
WENT TO COURT.
Zeppelin won the case. Twice.
The band name is Spirit and the album is Taurus. It had nothing to do with Stairway, and Zep won
I prefer Since I've Been Loving You but it's all in the ear of the beholder
Reminds me of a Spirit song....
I sent a pic I made to show my appreciation. I hope everyone likes it! Rock on!
Zeppelin are not song writers in comparison to The Beatles, The Stones or The Who,, but they put out some great music!!
Definitely one of the greatest,right up there with Pink Floyd
Sorry, but this isn't it... TEN YEARS GONE is Page's Mountain Top MASTERPIECE!
I grew up listening to Zeppelin in the 70's. They were a very good band but are WAY overrated.
With no disrespect meant, I do not agree. I’ve listened to a lot of music a lot, and thought about it a lot. And Led is among the greatest.
Let me stop this video 1 second into it. 1: there is no greatest song ever! 2: I like Stairway but not more than Hotel California or Smoke on the Water or Hey Jude or and the list goes on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on! I bet reggae fans don’t think it’s the best song ever! What about country fans? Jazz fans? Classical music fans? Hip hop fans. I’m sick of this greatest, #1 blah blah blah! Thumbs down 👎
Love Zeppelin but Stairway to Heaven is by far my least favorite song.
Mr. Carruthers is a bullshitter.
Great song, but it’s no Bohemian Rhapsody 🤘😎🤘🙏
Blahhbh
Sorry, he stole Taurus opening from Spirit.
It’s epic but they have better.
Who m-fer? Who?
? Omg!😢
Thousands of amazing and wonderful songs. To call any one THE BEST, is merely a sign of a juvenile and ego-tripping personality! However, Stairway to Heaven is remarkable 😊.