Having played this song since my early teens a million times on my acoustic and in later years lead on the electric, i have to say that this performance is a testament to jimmy page's talent as it is quite an achievement to get away with playing this with no vocals. I'd buy the ticket any day!
Page doesn't owe anyone anything. Brilliant music for decades to come - when you write and record the best song in the world, you're entitled to rock it any way you want to. Great to see three of the greatest guitarists on stage together!
I love the pure joy on Jimmy's face you can see how much he loves this song and loves preforming it wow amazing and to have Eric and Jeff with him what a epic night.
Whaaa? You just witnessed one of the most historic events of Rock history!! Three of the best rock guitarists of all times on stage at once. Understand that the track you hear of Stairway on the airwaves was done in a studio with that quality recording. These guys were doing this because they are good friends -- no vocals, just good times!!!
@@James-Lee-Smith I agree. And they never traded off the lead, Page just played the whole thing, and not very good. Clapton and Beck kept looking for an opening, but it never came.
I have always been amazed at how Jimmy plays, but also how he dances, almost waltz's with his hack when playing. He is in his own zone for sure. What talented group of players for sure, but Jimmy is so special and always will be.
This is amazing! I was born in 95 and I'm 16 now, and all I listen to is classic rock. Been playing guitar since I was 5 also, and man I've gotta say Jimmy Page is ranked number 2 in my all time favourite guitarists, beaten very slightly by Randy Rhoads (RIP). Jimmy put so much FEELING into this solo! Head down, pick in hand and rocked out!!! What better way to learn that from the greats :)
I saw Randy Rhoads play at the Roxy in West Hollywood, and the songs didn't interest me much, but then he goes into solos from songs of the great guitarists of the the day, Page, Clapton, Beck, Townsend, Blackmore, and others, that got my attention. Note and tone perfect, amazing. He used to work at Licorice Pizza, a record store (round black vinyl, get it?), with another guy, both with Rod Stewart rooster haircuts, somewhere in Woodland Hills on Topanga Blvd., I think. Maybe the other guy was in the band.
One thing I always like about the old guitar heroes like page and Clapton is that the all have their own playing style there is close to their personalities.
I think Jimmy page is the most inspirational guitarist of all time..he's the guy that makes alot of guitarist want to learn the guitar..jeff is the one that makes us put down the guitar..never been much of a Clapton fan
Leave him alone...he was fighting his demons for a lot of years....just as we all do til the day we leave this earth! Doesn't take away from the fact of how gifted he is....legendary talent. Much respect Mr. Page !!
Well, fortunately his demons weren't as bad as syd Barrett. Check out the video of heart singing stairway at the Kennedy center honors. Jimmy page looks great.
Yeah..I'm sure he needs YOU to stick up for him. Laugh!! In his words..I don't care what you want..it's MY song, and I will play it any damn way I want to! Or not even at all, if I don't feel like it..because I have $170 MILLION bucks!!😜 Laugh!!
Money doesn't cure addiction or depression or mean you don't have feelings anymore WTF 😅 if so, then no rich person would battle some of the same demons the poor do. And he did write the song.... Sure he could be a d*ck though. Actually, they were all weirdos. They'd have women do extremely nasty stuff after concerts, once with sea creatures lmao
Give him a break it was the first time in a long time since Pagey played live after the death of Bonzo he was coming out of some very dark times. Great man that gave joy to millions of fans. Greatest of all time. I remember seeing Clapton in his dark days, they all have bad periods in their lives.
Jamie Vincent I believe this is from the ARMs concert and he came out of seclusion to help out Ronnie Lane and had been dormant for some time, I suggest fans check it out, I've owned it since it came out, EC opened it up followed by Steve Windwood than Beck as Jeff walked off the crowd cheered than it exploded as Page walked out and went on to do stuff from Death Wish not his best performance but dam good considering, side note Stevie sang on the fly reading the lyrics off the floor at points, I like the concert and thought the all did pretty good, seeing the best England has to offer jamming together was pretty cool, that was 83 .
THE Reason I started playing guitar as a kid. I used to play with a broom in my mirror pretending to be JimmyPage😄🚀unbelievable. So cool. What a legend. A real inspiration to many guitarists. Unfortunately heroin got a hold of me for two decades. Booze&dope. But I'm clean and sober now and can't wait to get some new guitars!
I was at this concert. It was December 1983 at Madison Square Garden, The ARMS Concert (for Ronnie Lane). Everyone who was anyone played at this show, but Jimmy's silent version of Stairway was the highlight. We didn't care that it was sloppy. We were so glad to finally see him for the first time after Zeppelin disbanded. We were ecstatic and the entire audience sang the lyrics at the top of their lungs. It was very emotional. Jimmy and Paul Rodgers also debuted what was to become The Firm.
I know this sounds crazy but I remember hearing different note at the end of the song, when they were playing after Jimmy’s solo, I could have sworn the notes where completely different, either this is a mandala effect or I have some false memories going on here Edit: Nvm I found the other concert where he’s playing the exact same song with the exact same cloths but the ending notes are different ua-cam.com/video/hAwqev7No1s/v-deo.html
This video makes me so sad. 83? Almost 3 years without his band, direction and life and living almost exclusively in "Henry Hall". He was tragic rock elegance at its finest at this moment, and i love him!
"this is a song of hope" as Robert said. I love Jimmy Page and the way he didn't let himself fall! Now he's 68 and rockin' like a GOD! Well, I love this man :)
If ever Master Guitiarist Jimmy Page made love to his 12-over-6 Double Guitar, this is it. 4 mins in drums. 6 mins in Clapton puts on his own, while Beck plays on equally great as always. But Page rules! On one of his best Melodies ever written! So young...so brilliant.
Unglaublich...weltweit die erfolgreichsten Gitarristen vereint seit der Zeit von den Yard Birds mit der Interpretationen eines der romantischsten Lieder aller Rock Zeiten....einmalig...hoffentlich nicht...solche gemeinsame Darbietungen sollten mehr zu erleben sein...genial...RIP DEAR JEFF BACK...if musik be the food of Love ,then play on...rocking in a free world...give peace a chance... Dr.Ilja Lasaroff from the Land of Orpheus
are you fucking kidding me? This is absolute dog shit. You can go into just about any bar in America or Britain this weekend and find a band who can pull this song off better than this.
Just to see these three greats together on stage is superlative! The three ex-Yardbirds - Clapton, Beck & Page!!! I saw the Princes Trust Concert in London (one of 2 gigs - the other being the A.R.M.S. gig) in late 1983 before the US Tour that followed.
Clapton Beck and Page its the name of an LP i have, its treasured, its impossible to get the three gearest guitar talents on the stage at the same time, impossible, even today in Nov.2018 you can not find a better player than thd Great Jeff Beck , a complete one off.
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well said. Jimmy page was recommended by clapton as he was one of the best guitarists in London at the time, since then Page has influenced music all over the world and has written songs so beautifull they'd make even the toughest of men cry. Ego my arse, stairway to heaven is a legend in it self, deserves to be played by the writer himself.
This show was at Madison Square Garden in NYC on December 8, 1983. The Ronnie Lane ARMS charity concert. Rolling Stone Magazine called it the concert tour of the year.
I get that Jimmy Page had a lot going on , what's amazing and most entertaining about this version is the way that Beck and Clapton carry the end. They just let Jimmy be out there, the wonderfulness of the charity jams.
put the three of them on stage today and Beck would blow them both to bits. Out of the three of them, Beck is the only one to have evolved as an artist over the last 20 years.
So true, but he probably sold the least records so people don't rate him so highly which is silly. Clapton has stayed the same, straight smooth blues. Page...the less said the better.
i was there for one of the san francisco shows... page was even worse. he forgot to turn off a delay or something, and the first few minutes of the solo was just a jumbled mess. i had seen him play it a million times at the midnight showings of the song remains the same, and i couldn't believe how terrible it was. however.... i also took into consideration that while, yes, he was obviously wasted, this was probably one of the fist times he'd played this song since the death of one of his best friends and the loss of his band just 3 years earlier. i can't even imagine how hard it must have been to have a friend and bandmate die in his house, and then lose the mighty led zeppelin because of it. not sure i would have been able to do these gigs sober, either.
You can really just see and hear his pain in this. Stairway was a perfect tribute to Bonham from the beginning; it’s just that it wasn’t realized until he was gone. You have to imagine how much sadness and pain is attached to the song after he lost his best friend. That’s definitely evident in his playing here.
Oh, so true are your words, Andrew. The great musicians have died (not so many now in 2019 like there were in the 70's -1995) but their music brings joy and appreciation to the generations who never listened to these greats. My children grew up listening to my music and the millennial music and just guess which they prefer === The Classic Rock, and Jazz fusion/Rock like "The Rippingtons, "Steely Dan". You cannot find any good modern music since the death of "Prince" and so many others. Makes me want to write music the it was meant to played.
Was an amazing show i stood right in front of him at the cow palace right on the wall for the camera well. i got the tickets for twenty some odd dollars and thought that was alot of money at the time boy how times have changed
this is actually great for me, this is one of the few times i really felt the music and the performance of it. i wish it all was like that, isnt that what art is..?
Even after all the drugs Page kills on the guitar. I think he is unrivaled as a singular guitarist in a band. His rhythm and leads crush. Jimmy loves going off the rails and improving within the tone of the song.
I think Eric, being the kind of man he is, was looking at jimmie trying to figure out how to help his friend who was obviously loaded and hurting. He still sounded good tho.
This is pretty much a Jimmy Page solo and when Slowhand and Jeff Beck jumps in it reminds me of the Yardbirds. My best friend Mike Gibbins used to play the Yardbirds and Cream and a lot of Old school bands that showed me a insight of Rock and Rolls Roots. RIP Mike.
I've got to see page play a few times over the years. they were times he was off. then there's times he was killing it. still better than most guitar players out there.
@@itschallenger They did not steal the tune, it's a progression, it's known as a "line cliche" and most of the song use it. Try to gather some information before commenting.
There's a lady who's sure All that glitters is gold And she's buying a stairway to heaven When she gets there she knows If the stores are all closed With a word she can get what she came for Oh oh oh oh 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 In a tree by the brook There's a songbird who sings Sometimes all of our thoughts are misgiving Ooh, it makes me wonder Ooh, it makes me wonder There's a feeling I get When I look to the west And my spirit is crying for leaving In my thoughts I have seen Rings of smoke through the trees And the voices of those who standing looking Ooh, it makes me wonder Ooh, it really makes me wonder 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 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 But in the long run There's still time to change the road you're on And it makes me wonder 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 And did you know Your stairway lies on the whispering wind And as we wind on down the road Our shadows taller than our soul There walks a lady we all know Who shines white light and wants to show How everything still turns to gold And if you listen very hard The tune will come to you at last When all are one and one is all To be a rock and not to roll And she's buying the stairway to heaven
In the seventies Led Zeppelin was otherworldly. I remember watching “ The Song Remains the Same” as a teen and being blown away. They were human. It was one moment in time. After Bonzo’s death psychologically how can these guys just bounce back. Nobody can. Page was great. But he’s human also. The music stands on its own. It’s just cool seeing these guys together on stage. Comrades since their teens they all made their mark. They are all icons. Just a moment in time.
This is what happens when you don't play live to your fans and fellow guitar mates of equal talents , for several years , throw in a cornucopia of booze and drugs and the rest is history in the making !! For those who think Page is trying to steal the show , he was and these days plays like a total gentleman , giving up the leads to other Legends on stage with him , doing the rhythm thing and is actually happy letting others shine in the spot light and actually passing the torch on !! Class act all the way , take a bow Mr. Page you have earned it !!
I saw led Zeppelin two times. Such a great great band but live they always played out of tune and timing off. Always thought that I listened to the album's too much and I n knew each note and the timing of it all. They couldn't match that live. What a great band they were.
Having played this song since my early teens a million times on my acoustic and in later years lead on the electric, i have to say that this performance is a testament to jimmy page's talent as it is quite an achievement to get away with playing this with no vocals. I'd buy the ticket any day!
Los mejores guitarristas del mundo jimmy page Erlck clapton y jeff beck Stairway to Heaven
It was nice to see Eric put things aside and him and Jeff come out to support their friend.
Yes. I found this to be disappointing. But they killed it on Layla
Page doesn't owe anyone anything. Brilliant music for decades to come - when you write and record the best song in the world, you're entitled to rock it any way you want to. Great to see three of the greatest guitarists on stage together!
The Yardbirds
I love the pure joy on Jimmy's face you can see how much he loves this song and loves preforming it wow amazing and to have Eric and Jeff with him what a epic night.
Whaaa? You just witnessed one of the most historic events of Rock history!! Three of the best rock guitarists of all times on stage at once. Understand that the track you hear of Stairway on the airwaves was done in a studio with that quality recording. These guys were doing this because they are good friends -- no vocals, just good times!!!
I am moved to tears by this. If anyone can listen to this and not be moved, there is something wrong. This is artwork in its purest form
Agree
I, too, was moved to tears. This is the shittiest version of this song I've ever heard. It was sad.
@@James-Lee-Smith I agree. And they never traded off the lead, Page just played the whole thing, and not very good. Clapton and Beck kept looking for an opening, but it never came.
@@James-Lee-SmithI agree. It was awful.
Wow, I guess love is blind. Or in your case, deaf. I love Jimmy, Eric and Jeff. But this was awful! Shockingly bad.
I have always been amazed at how Jimmy plays, but also how he dances, almost waltz's with his hack when playing. He is in his own zone for sure. What talented group of players for sure, but Jimmy is so special and always will be.
Such a talented guy you are Jimmy Page. One of my favorites by you. ❤️❤️👍
This is amazing! I was born in 95 and I'm 16 now, and all I listen to is classic rock. Been playing guitar since I was 5 also, and man I've gotta say Jimmy Page is ranked number 2 in my all time favourite guitarists, beaten very slightly by Randy Rhoads (RIP). Jimmy put so much FEELING into this solo! Head down, pick in hand and rocked out!!! What better way to learn that from the greats :)
same bro but I was born in 2003 and i'm 17 right now
I saw Randy Rhoads play at the Roxy in West Hollywood, and the songs didn't interest me much, but then he goes into solos from songs of the great guitarists of the the day, Page, Clapton, Beck, Townsend, Blackmore, and others, that got my attention. Note and tone perfect, amazing. He used to work at Licorice Pizza, a record store (round black vinyl, get it?), with another guy, both with Rod Stewart rooster haircuts, somewhere in Woodland Hills on Topanga Blvd., I think. Maybe the other guy was in the band.
Yes i learned Stairway 1 week ago !
Sorry that you missed this era of music! It was purists at the time.
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One thing I always like about the old guitar heroes like page and Clapton is that the all have their own playing style there is close to their personalities.
At 4:38 Page slobbers on the guitar. So excellent.
Yeah, he does drool some spit, which shows how much his whole body and soul are in this performance. Also, he was high on heroin at the time.
@@ElenaAshe I think it was mostly the heroin lmao
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@@sebastiangamezgodoy3172 Yeah, I'm sure you know it all.
@@RadicalCaveman Jimmy told me actually so
I think Jimmy page is the most inspirational guitarist of all time..he's the guy that makes alot of guitarist want to learn the guitar..jeff is the one that makes us put down the guitar..never been much of a Clapton fan
This is playing with and by EMOTION... This is live and great to experience. I can only wish i was in this performance
robert philip That’s not emotion, that’s heroin.
Its like Slowhand n Beck joining mourning the lost of friend of a friend. Beautiful
You can forget the rest of comments about comparisons betwn all 3.
Leave him alone...he was fighting his demons for a lot of years....just as we all do til the day we leave this earth! Doesn't take away from the fact of how gifted he is....legendary talent. Much respect Mr. Page !!
Well, fortunately his demons weren't as bad as syd Barrett.
Check out the video of heart singing stairway at the Kennedy center honors. Jimmy page looks great.
Beautifully spoken
Yeah..I'm sure he needs YOU to stick up for him. Laugh!!
In his words..I don't care what you want..it's MY song, and I will play it any damn way I want to! Or not even at all, if I don't feel like it..because I have $170 MILLION bucks!!😜 Laugh!!
Sandra, Much respect for "you" defending Jimmy. Thank The Lord that He helped Jimmy through to the other side and we still have him. 🙏🎸🎶💜
Money doesn't cure addiction or depression or mean you don't have feelings anymore WTF 😅 if so, then no rich person would battle some of the same demons the poor do. And he did write the song.... Sure he could be a d*ck though. Actually, they were all weirdos. They'd have women do extremely nasty stuff after concerts, once with sea creatures lmao
Jimmy, Jeff and Eric together. Mamma mia!!!
Give him a break it was the first time in a long time since Pagey played live after the death of Bonzo he was coming out of some very dark times. Great man that gave joy to millions of fans. Greatest of all time. I remember seeing Clapton in his dark days, they all have bad periods in their lives.
+Jamie Vincent Page on his off days is better than most when they think they are styling!
Jamie Vincent yes page had his dark days.....I still love listening to it gettin the bong and just travel
Jamie Vincent I believe this is from the ARMs concert and he came out of seclusion to help out Ronnie Lane and had been dormant for some time, I suggest fans check it out, I've owned it since it came out, EC opened it up followed by Steve Windwood than Beck as Jeff walked off the crowd cheered than it exploded as Page walked out and went on to do stuff from Death Wish not his best performance but dam good considering, side note Stevie sang on the fly reading the lyrics off the floor at points, I like the concert and thought the all did pretty good, seeing the best England has to offer jamming together was pretty cool, that was 83 .
yes at the Bangladesh concert, Eric was having his own bout with herion.
That's no excuse
THE Reason I started playing guitar as a kid. I used to play with a broom in my mirror pretending to be JimmyPage😄🚀unbelievable. So cool. What a legend. A real inspiration to many guitarists. Unfortunately heroin got a hold of me for two decades. Booze&dope. But I'm clean and sober now and can't wait to get some new guitars!
I was at this concert. It was December 1983 at Madison Square Garden, The ARMS Concert (for Ronnie Lane). Everyone who was anyone played at this show, but Jimmy's silent version of Stairway was the highlight. We didn't care that it was sloppy. We were so glad to finally see him for the first time after Zeppelin disbanded. We were ecstatic and the entire audience sang the lyrics at the top of their lungs. It was very emotional. Jimmy and Paul Rodgers also debuted what was to become The Firm.
He had originally intended it to be instrumental only.
I was at that MSG show, I still have the ticket stub.
Was at this concert too, I swear the place shook when Page walked out on stage. Never heard an ovation like that before - or since.
I know this sounds crazy but I remember hearing different note at the end of the song, when they were playing after Jimmy’s solo, I could have sworn the notes where completely different, either this is a mandala effect or I have some false memories going on here
Edit: Nvm I found the other concert where he’s playing the exact same song with the exact same cloths but the ending notes are different ua-cam.com/video/hAwqev7No1s/v-deo.html
Anyone else been jumping to the "break down" and the JAM of this song for the past 20 years? Can' t help it!!!!
Still amazing after All these years! Weren’t we lucky to have this as ‘our’ music era? Better than Rap with a C!
This video makes me so sad. 83? Almost 3 years without his band, direction and life and living almost exclusively in "Henry Hall". He was tragic rock elegance at its finest at this moment, and i love him!
ONE OFF THE MOST BEAUTIFUL SONG OFF THE ALL TIMES...
"this is a song of hope" as Robert said. I love Jimmy Page and the way he didn't let himself fall! Now he's 68 and rockin' like a GOD! Well, I love this man :)
If ever Master Guitiarist Jimmy Page made love to his 12-over-6 Double Guitar, this is it. 4 mins in drums. 6 mins in Clapton puts on his own, while Beck plays on equally great as always. But Page rules! On one of his best Melodies ever written! So young...so brilliant.
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der Interpretationen eines der romantischsten Lieder aller Rock Zeiten....einmalig...hoffentlich nicht...solche gemeinsame Darbietungen sollten mehr zu erleben sein...genial...RIP DEAR JEFF BACK...if musik be the food of Love ,then play on...rocking in a free world...give peace a chance...
Dr.Ilja Lasaroff from the Land of Orpheus
Seen this years ago but this has to be the best ever version of stairway to heaven on guitar
are you fucking kidding me? This is absolute dog shit. You can go into just about any bar in America or Britain this weekend and find a band who can pull this song off better than this.
Just to see these three greats together on stage is superlative! The three ex-Yardbirds - Clapton, Beck & Page!!! I saw the Princes Trust Concert in London (one of 2 gigs - the other being the A.R.M.S. gig) in late 1983 before the US Tour that followed.
All Time Classic! Every serious guitarist needs to play it 🎸
MAN YOU CAN'T GET THERE FROM HERE.........FANTASTIC
Hands down the greatest rock song of all times
Agreed no matter the version!
We only have one time (1) and it's now, and everybody knows Freebird is the greatest rock song of all time!
I couldn't agree with you more. This is my favorite song of all time. This is definitely a song that I want played during my funeral Memorial service.
This is in a category of its own. God bless Jimmy Page the all time great!😎
To the casket and past it
Quel bonheur d'écouter cette musique, un grand jimmy page !
240p, we meet again!
surprisingly this 8-bit version still sounds like it could blow up the world
This version gives me chills because of the emotions he was feeling at that time
Especially the heroin
no emotions, just heroin and overdose. Guitarists usually dont go on stage if they are overdosed. Lame page....
I didn't know that being under the influence was itself considered an 'emotion'. ; ]
@@billholt174 i mean when he's sober obviously that's why he's using drugs
@@billholt174 Emotion is something you feel it's not perfection. It was painful to watch but I think there is a lot of emotion in this version too.
beautiful version of one of the best songs I heard in my life, it only takes me to places that I will never travel but that are supernatural
For crying out loud. This is part of our history. Just take it and be happy you got that. That was awesome. Kudo for all those freakin years!!!!!
This is making me cry and I rarely cry😥😭😭😥😭😥😭 so beautiful....my 💓💕😭😭😭
All my love to Jimmy 💓💓💓❤❤❤
Marvellous, moving, men making music .Three guitar gods.Thanks.
Clapton Beck and Page its the name of an LP i have, its treasured, its impossible to get the three gearest guitar talents on the stage at the same time, impossible, even today in Nov.2018 you can not find a better player than thd Great Jeff Beck , a complete one off.
I disagree.....SRV blows him off stage and makes him freeze.
Stevie Ray Vaughan was the best guitarist that ever lived. He was better than Hendrix, Clapton, Beck, Page, Van Halen....hell....EVERYBODY!
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All three of the Yardbirds' lead guitarists on stage at the same time.
Amazing 3 legends
@@johnasaro4342 C'est de la merde !
Amazing !!!
Yes, two are amazing, and one is so messed up that he played like a 12 yr old who has had 2 lessons. BRUTAL, EMBARRASSING performance by Page.
@@robmorrison1043 Two are just looking at each other trying to get in.....
Man, the 70s were some heavy times for sure. After the decade of the Beatles, shit just exploded. This music moved a generation and still does.
Jimmy Page whispered to me in a dream back in 1971, when I was 14 years old; "You shall have no other gods, before me"
well said. Jimmy page was recommended by clapton as he was one of the best guitarists in London at the time, since then Page has influenced music all over the world and has written songs so beautifull they'd make even the toughest of men cry. Ego my arse, stairway to heaven is a legend in it self, deserves to be played by the writer himself.
This is a wonderful rendition. Anyone who does not like it does not know the story.
Waho Jimmy's signature style hasn't changed a lot. Brilliant upload.
So many different paths this song takes us generations of history from the cool people :)
I love this old music. It brings tears to my eyes.
The true definition of i don't have a preference: led zeppelin's song with or without vocal
That was EPiC and RAW! Love it
RIP JEFF BECK. WHAT A GREAT TERRIBLE LOSS . YOU WILL BE REMEMBERED FOREVER. 🙏🏿🙏🏿🙏🏿❤️❤️❤️👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏
This show was at Madison Square Garden in NYC on December 8, 1983. The Ronnie Lane ARMS charity concert. Rolling Stone Magazine called it the concert tour of the year.
WOW. This was awesome. Incredible.
My first concert EVER was Zep.
I get that Jimmy Page had a lot going on , what's amazing and most entertaining about this version is the way that Beck and Clapton
carry the end. They just let Jimmy be out there, the wonderfulness of the charity jams.
put the three of them on stage today and Beck would blow them both to bits. Out of the three of them, Beck is the only one to have evolved as an artist over the last 20 years.
So true, but he probably sold the least records so people don't rate him so highly which is silly. Clapton has stayed the same, straight smooth blues. Page...the less said the better.
Love an artist who can feel what they are giving us!
Jim Moore yes
Jimmy Page is a god on the guitar one of the best ever he influenced so many guitar players
alan lescorbeau, that’ maybe true but it isn’t for this performance.
@@tiplady well, I mean, he's under the influence, so there's that.
Was a god on the guitar. The right verbal time is "was".
@@AlbertoJorgeSoares still is
From Brazil. Bautifull!!!!!!
Finland.😊
RIP Jeff ❤
You will live forever in my heart ❤
the pure passion from page is amazing, he was just feeling everything out, and even went into the heartbreaker solo at one point lol
One of the most embarrassing performances ever. Page played like a kid with 2 lessons. Clapton and Beck were mortified to be on stage for this mess.
If you want to call being in a heroin fog "pure passion", I guess that's your prerogative. Of course, you could just be using sarcasm here.
Power of drugs my friend...
i was there for one of the san francisco shows... page was even worse. he forgot to turn off a delay or something, and the first few minutes of the solo was just a jumbled mess. i had seen him play it a million times at the midnight showings of the song remains the same, and i couldn't believe how terrible it was.
however....
i also took into consideration that while, yes, he was obviously wasted, this was probably one of the fist times he'd played this song since the death of one of his best friends and the loss of his band just 3 years earlier. i can't even imagine how hard it must have been to have a friend and bandmate die in his house, and then lose the mighty led zeppelin because of it.
not sure i would have been able to do these gigs sober, either.
"Stairway to Heroin"
It's not a perfect performance, it's Hypnotic!
This is the charity concert for Ronnie Lane ms,This tour is what formed the Firm with Paul Rogers, Saw them at la forum... Thanks for posting
You can really just see and hear his pain in this. Stairway was a perfect tribute to Bonham from the beginning; it’s just that it wasn’t realized until he was gone. You have to imagine how much sadness and pain is attached to the song after he lost his best friend. That’s definitely evident in his playing here.
Oh, so true are your words, Andrew. The great musicians have died (not so many now in 2019 like there were in the 70's -1995) but their music brings joy and appreciation to the generations who never listened to these greats. My children grew up listening to my music and the millennial music and just guess which they prefer === The Classic Rock, and Jazz fusion/Rock like "The Rippingtons, "Steely Dan". You cannot find any good modern music since the death of "Prince" and so many others. Makes me want to write music the it was meant to played.
My all time favourite song, sooo beautiful. Thank You for You LED ZEPPELIN 🎼🎶🎵🎸♥️💋
He will always be a GUITAR god!!
Hell yeah
He had a great 10 year run and then I think Satan messed up his meds
Clapton? Yes he will be always a god. Jimmy's more like a Cherub..
@@The_whimsickal_artist jimmy blows Clapton outta the water
Yes until live at aid in 85
Was an amazing show i stood right in front of him at the cow palace right on the wall for the camera well. i got the tickets for twenty some odd dollars and thought that was alot of money at the time boy how times have changed
he may have been pissed out of his mind but that guitar work is an absolute piece of art
Love how Eric and Jeff keep looking at Jimmy during the solo.
Happy Birthday Jimmy!
Still listening 2019!
this is actually great for me, this is one of the few times i really felt the music and the performance of it. i wish it all was like that, isnt that what art is..?
The looks on the faces of Clapton and Beck say it all... they're like what the.......?????
Jimmy's the highest guy on that stage at that time!
May not have been his best performance. But to me it is very very powerful and makes my heart swell with joy.
I love the way he just went all-out rockstar without worrying about being perfect.
Three genius of guitar 🎸🎸🎸👏👏
Jimmy... ❤️❤️❤️
Even after all the drugs Page kills on the guitar. I think he is unrivaled as a singular guitarist in a band. His rhythm and leads crush. Jimmy loves going off the rails and improving within the tone of the song.
I think Eric, being the kind of man he is, was looking at jimmie trying to figure out how to help his friend who was obviously loaded and hurting. He still sounded good tho.
Jimmy is a better guitarist than eric was watching to learn
You’re delusional
Эрик, смотрел и завидовал Пейджу , какое произведение музыки на века!
7:50 😂 that look of “is he high?”
only missing one more person and that would have been the greatest performance the world has ever seen!
RIP Jimi Hendrix
Could of played this upside down inside out 😊
rock's most mysterious guitar player
Well said. A mystery indeed.
@@saleconomos473 ritchie blackmore would be one to me also
Ishara Ganhewa buckethead 2
The mystery is why do so many people think he’s great when he hasn’t been able to play for over 45 years.
@@KevyNova lmao. O2 2007. Proved why he's regarded as one of the pioneers of rock history.
Jimmy Page - the greatest guitarist of all time
and this is a bit of the proof
The other two were put in the shade... That's some guitar. & playing... Totally in the zone !
it is the best of the rest,take me back to those beautifull times of peace,love,joy.god bless my buddys that can play like that and give me joy
Kimberly Cremeans amen sister
Amen too 😎
@mi channnal has nothing to do with the music
@mi channnal what came 1st the chicken or the egg?
Clapton, Page, Beck with the fabulous Straway to Heaven...waht else?
Artistry at its very best...and they didn’t realize it at the time!
This is pretty much a Jimmy Page solo and when Slowhand and Jeff Beck jumps in it reminds me of the Yardbirds. My best friend Mike Gibbins used to play the Yardbirds and Cream and a lot of Old school bands that showed me a insight of Rock and Rolls Roots. RIP Mike.
I like how the whole song is so awesome.
back n the 70s they called me a hippie....... a black hippie at that.......but this shit still sounds good.......1toke at time.
Ernie Finney stay black brother
I'm with you there Brother.
Amen!!!
I hear one good to toke at a time
back then it did not matter as long as you were a hippie. Hendrix could tell you but by 70 he was gone. would be cool to go back though
Amazing talent on that stage!
EC and Beck ' can we play with your ball please Jimmy ? '
God bless youtube again , I say . And the uploader too of course . Brilliant thanks
I've got to see page play a few times over the years. they were times he was off. then there's times he was killing it. still better than most guitar players out there.
I love it when people who have probably never been on stage criticise this guy!
If you wrote the song you get to play it however you want...
yeah but they stole the tune from someone. look it up
@@itschallenger they stole most of their catalogue. I was just makin a joke. Still sounds better than when I play it. 😂
@@itschallenger They did not steal the tune, it's a progression, it's known as a "line cliche" and most of the song use it.
Try to gather some information before commenting.
nope stole it, from a tune from another composer, u do the same dude
and you're blocked for idiocy lol
There's a lady who's sure
All that glitters is gold
And she's buying a stairway to heaven
When she gets there she knows
If the stores are all closed
With a word she can get what she came for
Oh oh oh oh 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
In a tree by the brook
There's a songbird who sings
Sometimes all of our thoughts are misgiving
Ooh, it makes me wonder
Ooh, it makes me wonder
There's a feeling I get
When I look to the west
And my spirit is crying for leaving
In my thoughts I have seen
Rings of smoke through the trees
And the voices of those who standing looking
Ooh, it makes me wonder
Ooh, it really makes me wonder
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
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
But in the long run
There's still time to change the road you're on
And it makes me wonder
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
And did you know
Your stairway lies on the whispering wind
And as we wind on down the road
Our shadows taller than our soul
There walks a lady we all know
Who shines white light and wants to show
How everything still turns to gold
And if you listen very hard
The tune will come to you at last
When all are one and one is all
To be a rock and not to roll
And she's buying the stairway to heaven
They are the best of all time...
both clapton and beck had jimmy's best intentions at heart,not to show him up but get him out of the darkness he was in
In the seventies Led Zeppelin was otherworldly. I remember watching “ The Song Remains the Same” as a teen and being blown away. They were human. It was one moment in time. After Bonzo’s death psychologically how can these guys just bounce back. Nobody can. Page was great. But he’s human also. The music stands on its own. It’s just cool seeing these guys together on stage. Comrades since their teens they all made their mark. They are all icons. Just a moment in time.
This is what happens when you don't play live to your fans and fellow guitar mates of equal talents , for several years , throw in a cornucopia of booze and drugs and the rest is history in the making !! For those who think Page is trying to steal the show , he was and these days plays like a total gentleman , giving up the leads to other Legends on stage with him , doing the rhythm thing and is actually happy letting others shine in the spot light
and actually passing the torch on !! Class act all the way , take a bow Mr. Page you have earned it !!
Does he know Stairway To Heaven? Know it, he wrote it! Give the guy a chance, he's legendary!
We don't have words to express how beautiful it is!
I remember as a kid I slow danced to this song. It was a time when such music was felt and understood.
7:26 Jimmy be like
"Stand back guys, watch this!"
Oh were there other people on stage with him. I couldn't keep my eyes off him.
Yes
I saw led Zeppelin two times. Such a great great band but live they always played out of tune and timing off. Always thought that I listened to the album's too much and I n knew each note and the timing of it all. They couldn't match that live. What a great band they were.
After this God said: "You had all miracles, you are now going down!"❤
Note to self: don't watch this after binging Led Zeppelin concerts, it almost hurts to notice Bonzo's absence
😔
Hahaha the way Eric look Jimmy kill me out! LOL'
Page feel so inside the music and Jeff and Eric cant follow... Its so funny! :D