Check out Heart’s cover of stairway to heaven live at Led Zeppelin’s Kennedy honors. It is from a few years back now, but one of the few covers that lives up to the original.
Such a shame you didn't do the LIVE version at Madison Square Gardens 1973 Performing live (waaay before electronic wizardry you get to see Plant with the audience and not to be outdone Page does the joint best rock guitar solo of all time while JPJ and Bonzo conjure up the Led Zepp magic spell😉
It certainly is a work of art, and very accessible to people not familiar with their catalog. I love the song, definitely worth the recognition. I am a massive Led Zeppelin fan, having listened to them for 40 years. Personally songs like Kashmir, The Rain Song, and Ten Years Gone are way better. I do love live version of Stairway to Heaven.
In the 80’s it was put out that this song was played on one radio station or another around the world every 12 minutes. Given the length of the song, that is pretty much continuously.
The fact that Stairway builds musically and increases in tempo was integral to the original concept. It's even clearer on a relisten. Led Zeppelin music is usually more complex that it seems on first hearing it -- they were masterful!
I turned you off because you insisted on singing over Robert!!! These reactions are supposed to be about what you're supposedly reacting to and NOT YOU!!!! Sorry, I found you obnoxious and I won't be tuning in again. ✌️
Maybe, maybe not. I suppose it depends on my mood but I will also suggest Pink Floyd's Another Brick in the Wall. Then there are dark horses - Hotel California by the Eagles and ZZ Top's Sharp Dressed Man. My current mood states definitively that the greatest rock song is that classic by the Doors - Riders on the Storm.
Yes indeed. The entire song is one slow building ascent upwards.... up the stairway if you will.... it's simply marvelous. Truly a musical treat for the soul :)
Vocally speaking, Stairway is probably the LEAST vocally challenging song in the entire Zeppelin catalog. She needs to hear 20 year old Plant doing live stuff... back before he trashed his voice.
The true genius of this song is that from the first note to the last, the tempo continually speeds up, but it is so subtle, you don't notice it until you are completely enveloped in the journey. It's brilliant.
Now you need to see the tribute to Led Zeplin at the Kennedy Center, Stairway to Heaven. If you do the drummer is John Bonhams son. It also is a great performance.
Pleaseeee pleaseeee doooo it, You won't regret it, watch Jimi, John Paul and Robert cry about the performance is great, and the introducción by Jack Black is a thing to remember... You got to do it Magie, You are the best 🤘🤘🤘🖤🖤🖤🔥🔥🔥🔥
I mean no matter how much I like other bands and songs this truly deserves it's long label as the GOAT of all rock songs , so hard to deny no matter what💯
... and that is why Stairway to Heaven has been one of the most well known tracks of classical rock for more than 45 years. No AutoTunes, drum synths, etc. All done with pure talent, skill.
No comment says "I am an opinionated young twerp" quite like "No comment says "I'm a dumb old fart" quite like feeling the need to add that there was no autotune, etc... (blah, blah, blah)". Just saying. Maggie obviously gets it.
When I saw Led Zep in concert, Stairway to Heaven lasted for over 15 minutes--incredible experience. Totally riveting performance by the entire band. Part of the draw of the song when it first came out for Led Zep fans was knowing what a powerhouse Robert Plant and the band as a whole were. That quiet, contemplative opening was like the itsy-bitsy spark quietly burning down a cord that you just knew was going to lead to a big explosion, you just didn't know when. By the time it came, you were wound up tighter than an E string about to snap with anticipation.
This was the song that my wife wanted playing at her funeral. So you can imagine that now I have very mixed emotions when I listen to it - the joy of such a beautiful song and the memory of the worst day of my life. A powerful remembrance of this music and the sunlight blazing through the stained glass windows of the church onto her wicker coffin. I would have wanted "Turn of the Century" by Yes for her so now I have two wonderful songs that reduce me to tears whenever I hear them :rueful smile: Here we go ... the solo begins and suddenly I can't see. EDIT: On a rather less 'heavy' emotional note, why has it taken this long for me to connect the Maggie Renee, whose album "Craziest Feelings" I have on my phone, to the opera singer whose reaction channel I like so much?
I think it takes a few hundred listens before you're not distracted by everything else in the song to start realizing what an insanely great arrangement it is. So subtle up to the drum drop, then it really takes off. Little doubt in my mind why people love this song so much even if they can't articulate why.
the greatest rock and roll band of all time. He also joined up with Allison Krause and recorded two albums, with their first 1 winning 2 grammy awards. incredible range, and a great frontman
Thank you I loved this. I bought my first album Led Zeppelin-2 when I was 14 years old back in 1969. At 67 years I'm still a big Zeppelin fan. Also, Semper Fidelis from an old Marine Corps Sergeant.
@kathymc1569 thank you, I always tell people the same thing. It was an honor to serve our great Nation and beloved Marine Corps. Semper Fi from an old Marine Sergeant.
@Maggie: Robert Plant: Lyrics, vocals, occasional harmonica Jimmy Page: Electric and acoustic guitar (occasionally with a cello bow), along with occasional mandolin and theremin, also composer/producer/engineer (they did have an outside producer/engineer, but Page was inextricably involved in every aspect) ' John Paul Jones: Bass guitar, bass pedals, organ, piano, mellotron, synthesizer, mandolin (plus many others not used in the band), secondary composer John Bonham: Drums, drums, and more drums. Peace.
I can’t remember a band with a deeper musical repertoire. Maybe the original Grateful Dead had that kind of musical versatility but I can’t think of anyone else on that level.
Robert Plant is still singing (marvelously, I might add). He's done two CDs with Alison Krauss. He was heavily influenced (as were many singers of his era) by Blues.
The magic of Led Zeppelin is in the ebb and flow of energy that’s like a musical roller coaster. Their ability to change direction can catch you by surprise like a judo master throwing you on your back.
You HAD to be a teenager at a dance to appreciate the fact that this was THE "slow" and that the most important thing in your life was to find the right person to dance to this song with because it was always played at the end of the night and you know...
The Kennedy Center Honors of 2012, which honored Led Zeppelin (among others) is a real must see. The highlight was Ann and Nancy Wilson performing a very unique version of 'Stairway to Heaven,' with a small orchestra (and chorus), which received a standing ovation from the remaining Led Zeppelin members, as well as the entire audience. I hope you make time Maggie, to view and react to it, it is a real treat.
John bonham's son played the drums that night as well. From what I understand the drum set he played on that night as well as his hat were his dad's. Ann and Nancy were always great with Heart but their cover of Stairway to Heaven brings a tear to my eye every time I watch the video
It cannot best the original, but the performance can stand alongside it. Ann's vocals are close enough to Plant's that at times they are indistinguishable, and her own style added to it in other places is exactly what a tribute performance should be. Plant hates when bands try to cover Stairway, but he absolutely loved that performance, likely because the scale was able to fit the song so much more than the original performances did. He finally found that level where the performance matched what he wrote.
Great English hard rock band from the late 60's-80's. "Stairway To Heaven" is their most famous song but they have a huge library of hits such as "Good Times Bad Times", "Dazed & Confused", "Communication Breakdown", "Ramble On", "Whole Lotta Love", "Immigrant Song", "Black Dog", "Rock & Roll", "The Ocean", "Over the Hills & Far Away", "The Rain Song", "Trampled Under Foot", "Kashmir" etc.
Describing Led Zeppelin as merely a " hard rock band" is quite the understatement! Few, if any, artists/groups can come close to matching LZ's diversity of style and genre, while maintaining a signature Led Zeppelin "sound" throughout their work. More than just a rock band -- Timeless music. Timeless talent.
There's a great photograph of Robert Plant from back in the day. Zep was in the middle of a performance, and earlier that day there had been a wedding or something nearby where they had released doves as part of the ceremony. While The band was playing live to thousands of people, a photographer backstage snapped a pic of Robert Plant reaching out a hand, and the dove landed on it.
@@protonneutron9046 Bach created western music. He is called the father of music. Jazz bands learn Bach, the Beatles and all major modern bands try to learn 1% of Bach. For the fun, just listen to toccata and fugue by Bach played in 1700s. It's rock and roll :). Je mastered everything in music. Bach is not only considere as the greatest composer of all time but as the greatest mind known in western history.
@@samfischer-l6p Actually the Gregorian chant was the beginning. But keep practicing with Google. But a formal education is superior to using Google. Also first is not equal to best. Nice Straw man attempt though
@@protonneutron9046 don't understand what you try to say.about education. I listen to ledzep since kid and Bach since some years now. The only Google I see here is your answer. You said nothing but talking about Gregorian chants. It is as empty as a key word you put on search bar. You should read more. All source of knowledge is good as soon as you have the intellectual ability to process it.
I went to high school in the late 80's and this was such a fun song at school dances. The first part you were slow dancing then when it went up tempo everyone split up and started dancing fast.
This was always the last song of every dance I attended in the 80s. But we slow danced the whole time. Ngl my first crushes happened listening to this song as we danced.
Bless your heart. You have a long way to go to understanding the fullness of the actual music of this song, the lyrics, and the vocal symphony. It's on another level of anything you can comprehend at this time. Keep rising and learning!
This song is so complex and unique and that's why it's one of the greatest rock songs of all time. These guys were firing on all cylinders when this came out in 71.
You should react to more Led Zeppelin these dudes are genius. Next gotta be "Whole Lotta Love", "Kashmir", "Since I’ve Been Loving You", "Black Dog", "Immigrant Song", "Over The Hills and Far Away" and so many others
I want to see her react to immigrant song. I think at least part of it she'll have heard somewhere. And it will be an "oh I had no idea this was that song" moment. I love it when she realizes those moments, they always make me smile.
I was 15 years old when this song Hit the radio. I had the privilege to grow up during the greatest music of all time. the music today is absolutely garbage
Kinda don’t know how you’d follow up the music that came out in that era. Brilliant musicians were seemingly everywhere. Occasionally, they combined and approached the genius that was Alex Zeppelin. By the time Bonham had died, bands pretty much gave up on being masters of their instruments and settled for quick-cash pop music.
When gas was 35 cents a gallon and a steak dinner $2 and bach pad rent $40 a month, you could afford to chase your dream. The retailers and lessors figured that out by the 90s.
@@RideAcrossTheRiver I lived out in the country then. One time we were in my friends car, 1/2 way home and running low on fuel in a snow storm. after a night on the town. The three of us were able to scrape up 52 cents, emptying our pockets and searching on the floor of the car. The station attendant asked: “52 cents of gas, how far is that going to get you? My friend (the driver) replied: “ 52 cents closer to home.” Fortunately. We made it.
Heart did this song for them at the Kennedy Center and brought a tear to Robert Plants eye and Jimmy Page was smiling ear to ear...A definite must see...In fact I am gonna go watch it now.
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Back in the day, we listened to music differently. Because you all have a 24/7 mind where everything floods in, you don’t seem to have as much imagination. We literally dissolved into what we were listening to! And a sort of fantasy film went on in our minds, not really a film, but we were much more involved in the music, than you seem to be today.
It’s a joy to see new reactions to very old songs like this. It was recorded Springtime 1971 and released November that year, when I was 17 years old. I can’t believe it’s over 50 years ago!! Thank you Maggie. Please do more Zeppelin when you can. Best Wishes from 🏴 England.
Maggie, live versions of "Stairway to Heaven" are much longer. The one from "The Song Remains the Same" is the one most reactors pick. As others have said, the Heart cover of "Stairway to Heaven" for the Kennedy Center is worth checking out. It's one of the best covers ever done. Ann and Nancy Wilson of Heart are both huge Led Zeppelin fans. They would cover some of Led Zeppelin's songs in concert.
Unfortunately the live version from Song Remains the Same isn’t very good. Jimmy fumbles the solo and Robert fumbles the song’s end completely destroying the vibe.
Heart tribute "Stairway to Heaven" honoring remaining members Plant, Page and JPJ, Jason Bonham on drums (surprise guest performance), Kennedy Center Honors 2012. Phenomenal...enjoy. This was fabulous!! ❤👍🏽
I was 14 when this was released in the final version in 1973 began to play on Top 40. It totally blew me away. This is such a masterly crafted an enveloping song, I thought this must the greatest rock composition/execution of all time. I still feel that way when I'm listening almost 50 years later!
Led Zeppelin is a group of my youth and to me personally, the favorite ever. The legendary Robert Plant and Jimmy Page took us straight to heaven. This time, my favorite commentator, Maggie Renee, helped them with that. Thanks Maggie, I wish there was more of that in the future. It is worth recalling these legends.
Now listen to the Band "HEART" Ann and Nancy Wilson pay tribute to Led Zeppelin at the Kennedy Center singing Stairway..Many have said that it is the best cover of this song..And Ann Wilson is considered by many to have the best female Rock Voice..
Say, "Music that builds from quiet to massive climax" and I think of 3 pieces: "Bolero," "Ode to Joy," and "Stairway to Heaven" -- with the latter being my favorite. Soooo many memories attached to this song (I'm 65), there's still *some* decent music being made, but songs like this... well, I haven't heard one anytime recently.
@@wallyran it's completely disrespecting Heart and Zeppelin calling it a cover. A cover is when one artist puts another artist song on their album. This is a tribute, seeing that the original artist is sitting in the audience being honored for their body of work. Heart calls it a tribute, Zeppelin takes it as a tribute. Call it what it is because anything less is just a slap in the face.
This is one of the most iconic songs of our generation, written/performed by one of the most influential bands. Jimmie Page is considered one of the best guitarists of our generation.
The most amazing thing about Stairway is how it creeps up on you from beginning to the lead break, then grows in intensity to its peak, then just drops to the end -- leaving you HIGH and INTENSE ... going WTF!?!?
He holds your focus because of his immaculately subtle control of dynamics... technique! Edit: I've never seen you talk less and let the transitions happen as in this video lol. And you actually said "subtle" so, you did pick up on the magic that is Robert Plant. You wanna hear technique on this tune, Kennedy Center, Heart paying tribute to Led Zeppelin, as others have suggested! It'll make your day lol Excellent video!
"Never change the tempo" just doesn't apply to this piece. There's so much going on with it that it's useless to even try to point it out. I will only say one thing about John Bonham's drumming in this piece - the piece goes nowhere without his power and timing. Just fabulous. It's no wonder they could not continue on without him.
Check out the best tribute ever when Ann and Nancy Wilson (Heart) performed this live at the Kennedy Center Honors for Led Zeppelin, and they performed it in front of the band. You will be amazed :)
The anthem of my generation. The first time I heard Stairway I was in a park with a girl we listened to it on the radio it is a memory I will never forget. The girl I would like to forget! LOL
“…I could listen to that about 700 times more…”. Lol! I love this beautiful young opera singer! Especially since at my advanced age I grew up listening to Stairway To Heaven about 7,000 times back in the 70’s!
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Now you need to SEE from Kennedy center Heart's rendition (with Bohnam's son on drums) - which is great not only as a new arrangement and performance but also for the living Led Zeps' reactions to it. Jimmy Page had grown to hate the song over the years (understandable reasons though not shared the sentiment) but said Anne Wilson made him like it again.
Not winds at the beginning, but a keyboard instrument, the Mellotron. Each key plays a mechanical tape loop, this time a medieval recorder. The same machine was used by the Beatles in Lucy In The Sky, and by Herbie Hancock in Chameleon.
There are two lines which seem to target those professionals who react/analyze this song "8:30 Your head is humming, and it won't go, in case you don't know" and " 11:40 and if you listen very hard, the tune will come to you at last". Well Done!
Not Pan flute. Your first instinct was correct: Wooden recorders. They were as ubiquitous in the 1970's as the Ukulele was in the early 2000's. My sister and I both had our own, and we learned to play this together. Then we hit each other with them.
Recorders :) This song came out about the same time that fantasy became widely popular with English-speaking youth: Tolkien's Ring trilogy and The Hobbit, Roger Zelazny, and when Dungeon's and Dragons became more mainstream. The use of Medieval/Renaissance textures in music of the early 70s, was a part of the fantasy-themes music. Check out early Jethro Tull: Thick as a Brick, Aqualung ("up to me"), or Minstrel in the Gallery (Ian Anderson's costuming in live shows). The entire song is an extended creascendo. THink of it as an extemded "Mannheim Roller." :) Thanks for the reaction!
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So right !!
Check out Heart’s cover of stairway to heaven live at Led Zeppelin’s Kennedy honors. It is from a few years back now, but one of the few covers that lives up to the original.
check out since Ive been loving you by Led Zeppelin live. to see them in action. Its gonna blow your mind
Such a shame you didn't do the LIVE version at Madison Square Gardens 1973
Performing live (waaay before electronic wizardry you get to see Plant with the audience and not to be outdone Page does the joint best rock guitar solo of all time while JPJ and Bonzo conjure up the Led Zepp magic spell😉
In my Time of Dying by Led Zeppelin.
Presence album.
Drastically different from Stairway to Heaven...
This song is considered by a lot of people to be the greatest rock song of all time. Personally, I think that label fits just fine.
Truth!
It certainly is a work of art, and very accessible to people not familiar with their catalog. I love the song, definitely worth the recognition. I am a massive Led Zeppelin fan, having listened to them for 40 years. Personally songs like Kashmir, The Rain Song, and Ten Years Gone are way better.
I do love live version of Stairway to Heaven.
That's a crazy call but I concur lol
In the 80’s it was put out that this song was played on one radio station or another around the world every 12 minutes. Given the length of the song, that is pretty much continuously.
It's my all time favorite
Zeppelin is 4 men who were masters of their craft that the stars somehow aligned and let them come together. Nobody does it better.
And this song and album are from when they were arguably at the top of their powers. Absolutely epic songcraft and musicianship.
Yep, best rock album ever! 🎸😎👍
The Beatles, Queen and Pantera were likely the same, four masters and destiny wanted them to be together
One word "TOOL"
70's were the peak of instrumental confluence.
The fact that Stairway builds musically and increases in tempo was integral to the original concept. It's even clearer on a relisten. Led Zeppelin music is usually more complex that it seems on first hearing it -- they were masterful!
I turned you off because you insisted on singing over Robert!!! These reactions are supposed to be about what you're supposedly reacting to and NOT YOU!!!! Sorry, I found you obnoxious and I won't be tuning in again. ✌️
Why do people not articulate comments
The fact that and as a ...
Are all people seem too say these days
@@EnglishSaxons yeah that's something one's supposed to add to the conversation, right?
I WOULD SAY THIS IS A SLIGHTLY GREEK NAME 😁
way more complex
The gradual increase in tempo represents climbing a 'Stairway To Heaven". A perfect song at every level. Absolute 'masterpiece'.
the brilliant thing is ... there's no increase in tempo. Every layer adds depth and intensity but doesn't change in tempo.
And the song is only 51 years old 😏 Still holds up today as a masterpiece 😉
I heard it a million times but that guitar solo still bring tears to my eyes
The live version is even better!!
Never cried to a song before this. It truly is an absolutely beautiful song.
Same, since the early 70's 🤘
Played this song at my 49yo wife's funeral. We were high school sweethearts, married for 27 years.
Cry every time
Holeee Molee......
My prayers.......
Not only the greatest rock song of all time, I consider it " The National Anthem of Rock," period 🙂
I think it's only real competition for best rock song is Queen's Bohemian Rhapsody.
@@stefanlaskowski6660 nice pick 😉
Maybe, maybe not. I suppose it depends on my mood but I will also suggest Pink Floyd's Another Brick in the Wall. Then there are dark horses - Hotel California by the Eagles and ZZ Top's Sharp Dressed Man. My current mood states definitively that the greatest rock song is that classic by the Doors - Riders on the Storm.
@@Walker_Bulldog There's a boat load
of songs that can claim the title " rock anthem. " I realize that now
@@daimionhollins528 Isn't it wonderful to have such good music to select from?
I'm 65 and it's nice to see a trained vocalist appreciate the music I love :-) Gonna look for more Of Maggie's reviews.
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This is the masterpiece of the greatest rock band ever.
Yes, this is the greatest song of all time.
It’s got everything you want to hear in a rock song, and it’s perfectly executed.
Yes indeed. The entire song is one slow building ascent upwards.... up the stairway if you will.... it's simply marvelous. Truly a musical treat for the soul :)
This was perhaps Led Zeppelin's most popular tune. Robert Plant has one of the greatest voices in rock music history.
Vocally speaking, Stairway is probably the LEAST vocally challenging song in the entire Zeppelin catalog. She needs to hear 20 year old Plant doing live stuff... back before he trashed his voice.
@@Mr.Ekshin Correct, for example Honolulu Sep 6 1970, there is THE VOICE!!!
@@Mr.Ekshin 100% !!!
the greasted
GREATEST ROCK SONG EVER for ME!!!!! 🤯🎸🔥🐐🐐🐐🐐🐐🐐🐐😍😁
The true genius of this song is that from the first note to the last, the tempo continually speeds up, but it is so subtle, you don't notice it until you are completely enveloped in the journey. It's brilliant.
This is the Gold Standard of rock music. :-) :-)
Now you need to see the tribute to Led Zeplin at the Kennedy Center, Stairway to Heaven. If you do the drummer is John Bonhams son. It also is a great performance.
I agree I think you would enjoy Anne Wilson’s tribute.
Not to mention the background singing and the addition of a huge choir!
It's a truly amazing tribute !
Pleaseeee pleaseeee doooo it, You won't regret it, watch Jimi, John Paul and Robert cry about the performance is great, and the introducción by Jack Black is a thing to remember... You got to do it Magie, You are the best 🤘🤘🤘🖤🖤🖤🔥🔥🔥🔥
She almost recreated the background singers while listening lol. This is a must :)
I mean no matter how much I like other bands and songs this truly deserves it's long label as the GOAT of all rock songs , so hard to deny no matter what💯
... and that is why Stairway to Heaven has been one of the most well known tracks of classical rock for more than 45 years. No AutoTunes, drum synths, etc. All done with pure talent, skill.
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No comment says "I'm a dumb old fart" quite like feeling the need to add that there was no autotune, etc. Just talent.
@@jacksavage2205 Ah, a butthurt little kiddie without talent, are ya?
No comment says "I am an opinionated young twerp" quite like "No comment says "I'm a dumb old fart" quite like feeling the need to add that there was no autotune, etc... (blah, blah, blah)".
Just saying. Maggie obviously gets it.
The number one song of our era. Zeppelin ruled. It was a great time for music. So many great bands back then.
When I saw Led Zep in concert, Stairway to Heaven lasted for over 15 minutes--incredible experience. Totally riveting performance by the entire band.
Part of the draw of the song when it first came out for Led Zep fans was knowing what a powerhouse Robert Plant and the band as a whole were. That quiet, contemplative opening was like the itsy-bitsy spark quietly burning down a cord that you just knew was going to lead to a big explosion, you just didn't know when. By the time it came, you were wound up tighter than an E string about to snap with anticipation.
Would love to hear the 15 minute version!
If this is the Greatest Rock Band Ever, then this song is Greatest Rock Song Ever! JIMMY PAGE FOREVER!!!!
It still sounds as fresh as it did the first time I heard it! Timeless classic!
I've been listening to STH for a good 45 years. Thousands of times probably. Never once did it feel old. I still love when JP's guitar solo kicks off.
This was the song that my wife wanted playing at her funeral. So you can imagine that now I have very mixed emotions when I listen to it - the joy of such a beautiful song and the memory of the worst day of my life. A powerful remembrance of this music and the sunlight blazing through the stained glass windows of the church onto her wicker coffin.
I would have wanted "Turn of the Century" by Yes for her so now I have two wonderful songs that reduce me to tears whenever I hear them :rueful smile:
Here we go ... the solo begins and suddenly I can't see.
EDIT: On a rather less 'heavy' emotional note, why has it taken this long for me to connect the Maggie Renee, whose album "Craziest Feelings" I have on my phone, to the opera singer whose reaction channel I like so much?
I think it takes a few hundred listens before you're not distracted by everything else in the song to start realizing what an insanely great arrangement it is. So subtle up to the drum drop, then it really takes off. Little doubt in my mind why people love this song so much even if they can't articulate why.
Renee please coment MUSE next and after t zevenhonderd time you still cant compliment the Zeppelin
How about jefferson airplane white rabbit could you please put a reaction to this please
the greatest rock and roll band of all time. He also joined up with Allison Krause and recorded two albums, with their first 1 winning 2 grammy awards. incredible range, and a great frontman
*SO* true! "Raising Sand" is literally my favorite album of the last 20 years.
Thank you I loved this. I bought my first album Led Zeppelin-2 when I was 14 years old back in 1969. At 67 years I'm still a big Zeppelin fan. Also, Semper Fidelis from an old Marine Corps Sergeant.
Glad you enjoyed it!
@kathymc1569 thank you, I always tell people the same thing. It was an honor to serve our great Nation and beloved Marine Corps. Semper Fi from an old Marine Sergeant.
@Maggie:
Robert Plant: Lyrics, vocals, occasional harmonica
Jimmy Page: Electric and acoustic guitar (occasionally with a cello bow), along with occasional mandolin and theremin, also composer/producer/engineer (they did have an outside producer/engineer, but Page was inextricably involved in every aspect)
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John Paul Jones: Bass guitar, bass pedals, organ, piano, mellotron, synthesizer, mandolin (plus many others not used in the band), secondary composer
John Bonham: Drums, drums, and more drums.
Peace.
I can’t remember a band with a deeper musical repertoire. Maybe the original Grateful Dead had that kind of musical versatility but I can’t think of anyone else on that level.
Fun reaction because I'm 63. I was a teenager when this came out; so throughout the whole intro, I knew what was coming. All good wishes.
Robert Plant is still singing (marvelously, I might add). He's done two CDs with Alison Krauss.
He was heavily influenced (as were many singers of his era) by Blues.
Interesting duo but it works incredibly well. Two wonderful singers. Raising Sand is a great album, haven't heard the new one yet
@@ajlangdon78 I haven't heard the new one yet (I own the first one) either.
And won 4 Grammys!!!
Oh, as far as Blues go, I highly suggest you listen to the studio version of a Led Zeppelin song called Since I've Been Loving You.
@@JohnSmith-pn1kq sines I been loving you and dazed and confused is so underrated man
The magic of Led Zeppelin is in the ebb and flow of energy that’s like a musical roller coaster. Their ability to change direction can catch you by surprise like a judo master throwing you on your back.
I've watched many reactions to LZ's songs and that has been a regular comment by most, that they change things mid song alot, like 2 songs in one.
Well said
That’s a great metaphor. My black belt is in Taekwondo so no throwing here but I’ve taken side kicks to the ribs that had similar meaning 😅
You HAD to be a teenager at a dance to appreciate the fact that this was THE "slow" and that the most important thing in your life was to find the right person to dance to this song with because it was always played at the end of the night and you know...
This is the song that tenacious d's song tribute is about
The Kennedy Center Honors of 2012, which honored Led Zeppelin (among others) is a real must see. The highlight was Ann and Nancy Wilson performing a very unique version of 'Stairway to Heaven,' with a small orchestra (and chorus), which received a standing ovation from the remaining Led Zeppelin members, as well as the entire audience. I hope you make time Maggie, to view and react to it, it is a real treat.
Well said, mate!
John bonham's son played the drums that night as well. From what I understand the drum set he played on that night as well as his hat were his dad's. Ann and Nancy were always great with Heart but their cover of Stairway to Heaven brings a tear to my eye every time I watch the video
It cannot best the original, but the performance can stand alongside it. Ann's vocals are close enough to Plant's that at times they are indistinguishable, and her own style added to it in other places is exactly what a tribute performance should be. Plant hates when bands try to cover Stairway, but he absolutely loved that performance, likely because the scale was able to fit the song so much more than the original performances did. He finally found that level where the performance matched what he wrote.
Great English hard rock band from the late 60's-80's. "Stairway To Heaven" is their most famous song but they have a huge library of hits such as "Good Times Bad Times", "Dazed & Confused", "Communication Breakdown", "Ramble On", "Whole Lotta Love", "Immigrant Song", "Black Dog", "Rock & Roll", "The Ocean", "Over the Hills & Far Away", "The Rain Song", "Trampled Under Foot", "Kashmir" etc.
Describing Led Zeppelin as merely a " hard rock band" is quite the understatement! Few, if any, artists/groups can come close to matching LZ's diversity of style and genre, while maintaining a signature Led Zeppelin "sound" throughout their work. More than just a rock band -- Timeless music. Timeless talent.
no "since I've been loving you"?
@@ferpiovani6837 -- I would ALWAYS include Since I've Been Loving You in any list of LZ greata!
@@debbystasinopoulou4696 no Babe I am gonna leave you? or Tangerine?
In my time of dying the ultimate song hard to really pigeon hole it but a song of absolute greatness
There's a great photograph of Robert Plant from back in the day. Zep was in the middle of a performance, and earlier that day there had been a wedding or something nearby where they had released doves as part of the ceremony. While The band was playing live to thousands of people, a photographer backstage snapped a pic of Robert Plant reaching out a hand, and the dove landed on it.
Dove in one hand, bottle of beer in the other, looking happy. Kezar Stadium
This is why I can say I am lucky that have grown up during the 60's/70's immersed in the best music in human history.
I'm a led zep fan but the best music in history have been written 300 years ago and it's called Johannes Sebastian Bach
@@samfischer-l6p Not the greatest outside that genre.
@@protonneutron9046 Bach created western music. He is called the father of music. Jazz bands learn Bach, the Beatles and all major modern bands try to learn 1% of Bach. For the fun, just listen to toccata and fugue by Bach played in 1700s. It's rock and roll :). Je mastered everything in music. Bach is not only considere as the greatest composer of all time but as the greatest mind known in western history.
@@samfischer-l6p Actually the Gregorian chant was the beginning. But keep practicing with Google. But a formal education is superior to using Google. Also first is not equal to best. Nice Straw man attempt though
@@protonneutron9046 don't understand what you try to say.about education. I listen to ledzep since kid and Bach since some years now. The only Google I see here is your answer. You said nothing but talking about Gregorian chants. It is as empty as a key word you put on search bar. You should read more. All source of knowledge is good as soon as you have the intellectual ability to process it.
The work of genius is what got you here!
Sometimes Song's shouldn't end.
And should going on forever and forever and never stop
This truly is one of them....
The Greatest Song of all time.
Stairway to Heaven has been a number one rock song for years
I went to high school in the late 80's and this was such a fun song at school dances. The first part you were slow dancing then when it went up tempo everyone split up and started dancing fast.
This was always the last song of every dance I attended in the 80s. But we slow danced the whole time. Ngl my first crushes happened listening to this song as we danced.
Beautiful, beautiful, beautiful. The guitar is legendary. Many, many of us grew up playing "air guitar" to this one.Thank you for listening!
Bless your heart. You have a long way to go to understanding the fullness of the actual music of this song, the lyrics, and the vocal symphony. It's on another level of anything you can comprehend at this time. Keep rising and learning!
This song is so complex and unique and that's why it's one of the greatest rock songs of all time. These guys were firing on all cylinders when this came out in 71.
The greatest song ever made!
This isn't the best of their songs but it was the most requested song of all time, and played the full 10 minutes on Radio stations
You REALLY need to listen to the "Battle of Evermore!"
The lyrics will shed light on the influence LOTR had on the band.
Jimmy Page should have been the music director.
Also, "Ramble On."
despite what Plant says Stairway to Heaven is also about the LOTR
Yes it’s the companion song that leads into stairway on the album
You should react to more Led Zeppelin these dudes are genius. Next gotta be "Whole Lotta Love", "Kashmir", "Since I’ve Been Loving You", "Black Dog", "Immigrant Song", "Over The Hills and Far Away" and so many others
I want to see her react to immigrant song. I think at least part of it she'll have heard somewhere. And it will be an "oh I had no idea this was that song" moment. I love it when she realizes those moments, they always make me smile.
Four Sticks and Communication Breakdown too
I was 15 years old when this song Hit the radio. I had the privilege to grow up during the greatest music of all time. the music today is absolutely garbage
Kinda don’t know how you’d follow up the music that came out in that era. Brilliant musicians were seemingly everywhere. Occasionally, they combined and approached the genius that was Alex Zeppelin. By the time Bonham had died, bands pretty much gave up on being masters of their instruments and settled for quick-cash pop music.
Try bands like Tool, and other MJKeenan bands he fronts like Pucifer. They are good and I am old and still like them.
When gas was 35 cents a gallon and a steak dinner $2 and bach pad rent $40 a month, you could afford to chase your dream. The retailers and lessors figured that out by the 90s.
@@RideAcrossTheRiver I lived out in the country then. One time we were in my friends car, 1/2 way home and running low on fuel in a snow storm. after a night on the town. The three of us were able to scrape up 52 cents, emptying our pockets and searching on the floor of the car. The station attendant asked: “52 cents of gas, how far is that going to get you?
My friend (the driver) replied: “ 52 cents closer to home.”
Fortunately. We made it.
@@joewestern6387 Great art needs time and freedom.
Led Zeplin is the height of music. The goat! Please listen to more
so very, very nice to be able to share this amazing music with someone who's never heard it before.!!
Oh Jeeez! THOSE were the DAYZ!!
Heart did this song for them at the Kennedy Center and brought a tear to Robert Plants eye and Jimmy Page was smiling ear to ear...A definite must see...In fact I am gonna go watch it now.
yes it was epic!
Maggie,.if you want to hear Plant's vocals on "Since I been Loving You", LIVE at MSG.
Jaw dropping.
I am 71 years old. I grew up in the 60s and 70s. And we bar none have got the best rock band ever.
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Jimmy Page one of the very very best guitarists who ever lived👍👍👍.and this great song one of the very very best songs ever too🎵👍👍👍
Oh, the hours I spent as a teen in my room listening to this song.........
The tempo changes are part of what makes this possibly the greatest rock song of all time.
Have you seen HEART do this at The Kennedy Center Honoring LED Zepplin...? AMAZING
John's son Jason plays drums with them.
Not only does Jason play drums he plays his dad's drum kit and wears his dad's Derby hat at the Kennedy honors.
@@kurtsaxton823 bowler hat!
Back in the day, we listened to music differently. Because you all have a 24/7 mind where everything floods in, you don’t seem to have as much imagination. We literally dissolved into what we were listening to! And a sort of fantasy film went on in our minds, not really a film, but we were much more involved in the music, than you seem to be today.
This is a master piece of all the times. One of many…
you adding your voice at the 10:20 mark was honestly one of of greatest things i’ve heard added to a song
It’s a joy to see new reactions to very old songs like this. It was recorded Springtime 1971 and released November that year, when I was 17 years old. I can’t believe it’s over 50 years ago!! Thank you Maggie. Please do more Zeppelin when you can. Best Wishes from 🏴 England.
It's only the "GREATEST ROCK N ROLL SONG EVER!!""
Greatest Rock band ever.
Wow! This is still and always will be Great! Led Zeppelin👊
Maggie, live versions of "Stairway to Heaven" are much longer. The one from "The Song Remains the Same" is the one most reactors pick.
As others have said, the Heart cover of "Stairway to Heaven" for the Kennedy Center is worth checking out. It's one of the best covers ever done. Ann and Nancy Wilson of Heart are both huge Led Zeppelin fans. They would cover some of Led Zeppelin's songs in concert.
Unfortunately the live version from Song Remains the Same isn’t very good. Jimmy fumbles the solo and Robert fumbles the song’s end completely destroying the vibe.
Starway to heaven isn't a Song.. It' s a journey......😊
Heart tribute "Stairway to Heaven" honoring remaining members Plant, Page and JPJ, Jason Bonham on drums (surprise guest performance), Kennedy Center Honors 2012.
Phenomenal...enjoy.
This was fabulous!! ❤👍🏽
Was Amazing!!
Keep in mind, a huge chunk of your audience has heard that song 100 to 500 times.
I was 14 when this was released in the final version in 1973 began to play on Top 40. It totally blew me away. This is such a masterly crafted an enveloping song, I thought this must the greatest rock composition/execution of all time. I still feel that way when I'm listening almost 50 years later!
Led Zeppelin is a group of my youth and to me personally, the favorite ever. The legendary Robert Plant and Jimmy Page took us straight to heaven. This time, my favorite commentator, Maggie Renee, helped them with that. Thanks Maggie, I wish there was more of that in the future. It is worth recalling these legends.
Now listen to the Band "HEART" Ann and Nancy Wilson pay tribute to Led Zeppelin at the Kennedy Center singing Stairway..Many have said that it is the best cover of this song..And Ann Wilson is considered by many to have the best female Rock Voice..
The greatest song ever recorded. All apologies to Tenacious D's "Tribute", of course.
To be fair, theirs was not the greatest song in the world, it was just a tribute. It might have been Stairway they played for all we or they know
"The greatest song in the world's tribute" is precisely tribute to Stairway... - the greatest song.
Hey, don't dis Tribute. Now that was a truly awesome song. The awesomest in history.
I love how you can't decide if you are playing air guitar, air piano, or air drums
Say, "Music that builds from quiet to massive climax" and I think of 3 pieces: "Bolero," "Ode to Joy," and "Stairway to Heaven" -- with the latter being my favorite. Soooo many memories attached to this song (I'm 65), there's still *some* decent music being made, but songs like this... well, I haven't heard one anytime recently.
Don't forget Hey Jude
@Maggie Reneé you should check out the cover of this song that the band Heart did at the Kennedy center Honors in 2012, it's an amazing cover.
It was an amazing tribute. There is a difference.
Absolutely! I was skeptical even with the Wilson sisters talent but it turned out to be one of my fave covers if not my #1 fave.
It was a truly amazing tribute. The Wilson sisters really knocked it out of the park. It was a fantastic cover tribute to Led Zeppelin.
Would love to hear you react to Heart's cover.
@@wallyran it's completely disrespecting Heart and Zeppelin calling it a cover. A cover is when one artist puts another artist song on their album. This is a tribute, seeing that the original artist is sitting in the audience being honored for their body of work. Heart calls it a tribute, Zeppelin takes it as a tribute. Call it what it is because anything less is just a slap in the face.
Wow! Great review, Maggie! Methinks you are now ready for "When The Levee Breaks" by these boys..
This is one of the most iconic songs of our generation, written/performed by one of the most influential bands. Jimmie Page is considered one of the best guitarists of our generation.
The most amazing thing about Stairway is how it creeps up on you from beginning to the lead break, then grows in intensity to its peak, then just drops to the end -- leaving you HIGH and INTENSE ... going WTF!?!?
He holds your focus because of his immaculately subtle control of dynamics... technique!
Edit: I've never seen you talk less and let the transitions happen as in this video lol. And you actually said "subtle" so, you did pick up on the magic that is Robert Plant.
You wanna hear technique on this tune, Kennedy Center, Heart paying tribute to Led Zeppelin, as others have suggested! It'll make your day lol
Excellent video!
Thank you for your suggestion. 😊
WOW... found by accident and NOW after watching how you dig your 1st Led Zeppelin i MUST now go watch where you're going to hear Whole Lotta Love!!!
"Never change the tempo" just doesn't apply to this piece. There's so much going on with it that it's useless to even try to point it out. I will only say one thing about John Bonham's drumming in this piece - the piece goes nowhere without his power and timing. Just fabulous. It's no wonder they could not continue on without him.
Bonzo, the Hammer of the Gods!
Love your name!
My grade 6 teacher was the one to introduce me to this song, and I'm so grateful that she did
👍🤩
Check out the best tribute ever when Ann and Nancy Wilson (Heart) performed this live at the Kennedy Center Honors for Led Zeppelin, and they performed it in front of the band. You will be amazed :)
The anthem of my generation.
The first time I heard Stairway I was in a park with a girl we listened to it on the radio it is a memory I will never forget.
The girl I would like to forget! LOL
Totally want to see you react to the live version now. Gotta see the swagger and flair Robert brings live.
The gradual shift of this masterpiece catches you off guard the first time. I loved seeing this happen with you real time 😁
Hello from New Hampshire Beautiful young lady!! I know that you would enjoy Heart's version of this song!! 😎🤘❤🔥🎸🎧🎙.. Great Reaction!!!
“…I could listen to that about 700 times more…”. Lol! I love this beautiful young opera singer! Especially since at my advanced age I grew up listening to Stairway To Heaven about 7,000 times back in the 70’s!
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I remember hearing Robert Plant thinks the studio version of Since I’ve Been Loving You is his best vocal performance.
"How did we get here?" THAT is exactly why this song is a classic and so loved, for the journey it takes it you on.
Now you need to SEE from Kennedy center Heart's rendition (with Bohnam's son on drums) - which is great not only as a new arrangement and performance but also for the living Led Zeps' reactions to it. Jimmy Page had grown to hate the song over the years (understandable reasons though not shared the sentiment) but said Anne Wilson made him like it again.
Not winds at the beginning, but a keyboard instrument, the Mellotron. Each key plays a mechanical tape loop, this time a medieval recorder. The same machine was used by the Beatles in Lucy In The Sky, and by Herbie Hancock in Chameleon.
you should do more zeppelin, they were all MASTERFUL musicians
The live concert versions really are the best they really go off, so good
There are two lines which seem to target those professionals who react/analyze this song "8:30 Your head is humming, and it won't go, in case you don't know" and " 11:40 and if you listen very hard, the tune will come to you at last". Well Done!
Not Pan flute. Your first instinct was correct: Wooden recorders. They were as ubiquitous in the 1970's as the Ukulele was in the early 2000's. My sister and I both had our own, and we learned to play this together. Then we hit each other with them.
Recorders :) This song came out about the same time that fantasy became widely popular with English-speaking youth: Tolkien's Ring trilogy and The Hobbit, Roger Zelazny, and when Dungeon's and Dragons became more mainstream. The use of Medieval/Renaissance textures in music of the early 70s, was a part of the fantasy-themes music. Check out early Jethro Tull: Thick as a Brick, Aqualung ("up to me"), or Minstrel in the Gallery (Ian Anderson's costuming in live shows). The entire song is an extended creascendo. THink of it as an extemded "Mannheim Roller." :) Thanks for the reaction!