She was over 60 years old doing this still had the serious pipes. Always impressed everytime I watch this.

Ann Wilson is one of the greatest singers ever. I'm listening to music over 60 years, this is one of the greatest performances ever!! Phenomenal performance! Best of success on yr channel

The three guys they keep showing are the three remaining members of led Zeppelin. The drummer on the song is Jason Bonham son of John Bonham who is the drummer that died years back. The tribute was for led Zeppelin. Ann and Nancy Wilson have their own legacy and are worth doing some reaction videos too, but they have been doing led Zeppelin songs as part of their repertoire for decades. Check out barracuda, crazy on You, magic Man, dog and butterfly, alone, keep your Love alive etcetera to understand what heart is about, epic band and epic performance to honor led Zeppelin

Jason Bonham looks to the heavens at the end, his dad was smiling down.

Your friend probably (hopefully) shared with you that the drummer here (Jason Bonham) is the son of the deceased Led Zeppelin drummer John Bonham. And the 3 old guys in the audience at this Kennedy Center Honors performance were the surviving Zepp members. Also, the 2 females featured were Ann and Nancy Wilson. The sisters from Heart.

@lenstgelais7652

4 жыл бұрын

Gene Theroux indeed I have watched it live my best band ever the best band of all time Led Zeppelin yeeesss baaabyyy 🥰👌👌

@Zazu1776

Жыл бұрын

3 old guys, lol...dam

The drummer is Jason Bonham who was about 10 years old when his dad, John Bonham died. John was the drummer for Led Zeppelin and this was a tribute to the surviving members at the Kennedy honors. The hat that Jason was wearing (and the choir at the end) was the same type his dad wore. Very emotional and just a top notch performance.

I've watched this at least twenty times and I cry EVERY time. EVERY time!

@MsWarriordiva

2 жыл бұрын

I watch it almost daily!

@std882

2 жыл бұрын

I must have watch it 100 times (no exaggeration) and I still get tear up at the last part.

@marcieharreld286

2 жыл бұрын

Join the club!! Feels like I'm heading towards watching it about 1000 times!! Hard to resist when it pops up!!!!🤘🤘🤘🎶🎼🎵🔥🔥🔥

@dorindacunningham9452

2 жыл бұрын

Here's goes the chills again

Can you imagine the Wilson girls (Heart) and the stress they had to have been through. They agreed to take on one of the most iconic songs of rock & roll, made famous by one of the most iconic R&R bands of all time...and Ann Wilson NAILED it. She performed a difficult, amazing song, in front of the band that made it great and THEY gave her a standing ovation. Beautiful.

@taino20

3 жыл бұрын

Yes, they went through a lot of stress, as did everyone in this performance. Imagine playing Jimmy Page's guitar solo in front of Jimmy Page!

The Kennedy Center Honors, are to honor different people of the arts. Not every artist receives this recognition The drummer playing with Heart is the son of Zeppelins original drummer, John The whole band were being honored. Heart kicked butt!!!

Heart did the song as a tribute to the entire band of Led Zeppelin at an award show at the Kennedy Center. The guy playing drums in the round Bollo hat was the son of Led Zeppelin's original drummer who died many years ago (His name was John Bonham). That son has now grown up and also plays drums and agreed to play drums in this award show representing his father. His name is Jason Bonham.

I cried the first time I watched this as well. Seeing the original members of the band watch it. And seeing the old lead singer with tears in his eyes. And the joy on Jimmy's face watching the guitar solo.

I love to see that they have that effect on such a young person, and that it touches your heart the way that it does for so many of us oldsters

Nancy Wilson can mesmerize anyone with her guitar skills. Then add Ann Wilson's vocals and it's perfection. No one else could pull this off. Notice Bonnie Raitt in the audience - rockin' it!

One of the reasons Robert Plant looked like he was about to cry during the Heart tribute performance was because he had just prior to the show been talking to his bandmates about Jason Bonham, the man playing the drums and who is the son of the Led Zeppelin drummer, the late John Bonham. Robert Plant was best friends with the father, and told his bandmates that he regretted that they had not invited his son Jason to the Kennedy Center Honors to enjoy it on behalf of his Dad. Then he all of a sudden Jason appeared on stage with Heart and Robert Plant was overcome seeing him.

Buddy with the white hair wrote the guitar for this song. He is legend. I'm sure you will figure it out...

@RaeJaxxon

4 жыл бұрын

steve mak the way he was reacting to the bad really hyped me up! I loved watching him smile throughout the video not to sound weird lol

@lizardwhisperer1403

4 жыл бұрын

@@RaeJaxxon You smiling at Page is what made the video.

@paulkruger491

3 жыл бұрын

I love buddy with the white hair lol.

@Synismyhero

3 жыл бұрын

@@paulkruger491 Buddy with the White hair... haha I love it. much respect.

@MsWarriordiva

2 жыл бұрын

Yes, Jimmy Page.

Isn't this the BEST? I don't know who could've done a better cover of it. And from what I understand, Robert Plant, doesn't usually like it when people TRY to do this song, but he was fine with Heart doing it because he knew they would do it justice. LOVED your reaction. Keep checking out Heart if you haven't. They have some of the most classic of classic rock songs ever too. : )

THE ENTIRE KENNEDY CENTER IS STUNNED. EPIC.

I think from the other comments you know by now who the men in white hair were. This event is held annually in attendance by the President to honour legend from the entertainment industry, this year it was the surviving members of Led Zep and the talk show host David Letterman (they are all wearing the special ribbon find their necks). The whole evening included many other covers of Led Zep songs buy other bands and this cover was the culmination. The ladies on stage have been going as a band (Heart) for some time and Led Zep were their mentors from a young age, believe it or not the lady singing was 60 years old when she did this performance. The original lead singer of Led Zep (the middle man in white hair, River Plant) was the best best friends with the late drummer and hence close to his son Jason. Jason told them he couldn't make this tribute performance sadly, but then he surprised River and the rest of the band by being there that night, playing drums on his dad's actual drum kit and wearing the style of hat his dad wrote. The emotion of all that really got to Robert that night, hence he wells up. The performance was amazing, the choir, the musicians, the vocals, epic. Led Zep were indeed honoured on that night and ever since we have been honoured to watch this, welcome to the club ❤️

Perfect tribute to the greatest rock song of all time.

Ann Wilson with the unmatched voice, her sister Nancy Wilson with the unmatched guitar playing.

I have seen dozens of reactions to this video, and yours is one of the very best ones, Rae. It was truly enjoyable to watch your face as the song developed and expanded. It was clear that this cover really touched you emotionally, (as it did me). Thank you for this, ma'am...

Led zepplin fact : four symbols on the label and inside sleeve of Led Zeppelin IV, represent (from left to right) Jimmy Page, John Paul Jones, John Bonham and Robert Plant. ... The idea for each member of the band to choose a personal emblem for the cover was Page's."bass drum has johns symbol ."bolo hats worn in honor of john Bonham.

What you just experienced was SPIRITUAL! Make no doubt about it.

Rae you need to check out some more of Heart ❤. Check out some of their earlier music, such as Baracuda, Magic Man, Straight on and Cray on you. You will not be disappointed. Ann Wilson the singer was 62 yo here, and her sister playing the guitar was 58. They've been doing this for 50 yrs now, and they rock!!!❤❤

Thank you for your reaction and for not allowing this video to be constantly interrupted. The continued flow is a very important part of this performance.

@scastillo0923

Жыл бұрын

So true, it's the buildup that makes it so amazing!!!❤

THE GREATEST COVER IN THE HISTORY OF MUSIC !!!!

There is an annual event called Kennedy Center Honors which honored a few individuals and groups with a showcase. When we had a real president, that president would show up In this case, Led Zeppelin was honored and Heart was chosen to do the performance. It was a perfect choice as Heart had always been close to the members of Zeppelin. The drummer Jason Bonham is the son of original drummer John Bonham who died when Jason was 10. In the audience in addition to the Obamas were cellist Yo Yo Ma, singers Audra McDonald and Bonnie Raitt and comedian/hosts Jimmie Kimmel and Stephen Colbert. Check out Adam Lambert honoring Cher in a more recent Honors ceremony, sans president.

Nice reaction! This is the three surviving Led Zeppelin members being honoured at the Kennedy Centre in 2012 I think. Various artists performed their songs, and they don't know in advance what to expect, which explains their emotions when seeing it for the first time. "Buddy with the white hair" is Jimmy Page, the Led Zeppelin guitarist, in the middle is Robert Plant their singer and the third one is John Paul Jones their bass player. All three were pretty much the best at what they did, and John Bonham, the Led Zeppelin drummer who died in 1980, is regarded as being the best rock drummer ever. The band ended when he died. As you say, the bowler hats are a tribute to him as he used to wear one from time to time (the band is British after all!) and the drummer here is his son, Jason, which is a nice touch. Well done if you've bothered to read through this, and good luck with getting more subscribers. You deserve it !

Rae ".....your reaction and body language during this was genuine, you are definitely a lover of music. No one likes a fragmented video so it was smart that you let it played.

Quite Simply. They SLAYED!

Rae , You are beautiful inside & out, your reactions are beautiful.❤️👍🙏

Great job sweetie. I’m much older than you and I absolutely adore your appreciation for this music. Continue to open your heart and imagination to great pieces of art from the past. These pieces will provide keys and roadmaps to your well rounded future.

What other music and band can get a President and First Lady rocking out other than Led Zeppelin and Heart!!

Yes.....you felt that! Anyone who isn't moved by this is souless

The older guy with the white hair is Jimmy Page the guitarist for Led Zeppelin. The guy twirling his mustache Robert Plant the singer for Led Zeppelin and the gentleman to his left is John Paul Jones Bass player and keyboard for Led Zeppelin. The 3 remaining members.

The greatest cover ever...by far!

The most famous guitar solo in rock history

As below this makes me cry! Bit of history for You. Right Bert P and John Bonham were best mates and he sadly died in 1980. The band couldn’t continue! The drummer on the video is his son! Jason... John B drank a lot, he hates being on tour and just wanted to be with his family. We lost one of the best the day he passed! Great to see a young lady loving this tho... Bless ya massive thumbs up.

This video has a permanent bookmark on my desktop. I just have to have this every now and then.

Hands down best tribute ever.

Rae of sunshine the tribute was Beautiful but not as Beautiful as you love the video and those amazing eyes WOW! Now I'm in awe of you

I've watched this over 50 times.. because of Jsson played drums.. he just like his father john

Your reaction was the same as mine the first time I heard this cover. I know the original song from when it was first released, but this cover is something else. A grand production, orchestra, choir, the works and the video itself is great quality. This cover does the song justice for sure! I liked that you let this one play through, sometimes it cool to stop and talk a bit here and there, but with a song of this level, letting it go is great! Thanks for sharing your reaction, you seem like a genuine person that's genuinely enjoying music.

Is anyone else wondering how they pitched this to the lead guitarist? "Hey, Shayne Fontaine, we need you to play THE most legendary guitar solo ever, in front of The Legend himself - and he WILL study your performance. No pressure!"

The old geezers they kept showing going insane are the members of the original band. Amazing musicians, man. They've inspired and were the model for every band that followed them. I highly recommend you watch Since I've Been Loving You live at Madison Square Garden in 1973, and also recommend you see Trampled Under Foot Live at the O2 Arena 2007. That was their last concert and they absolutely killed it. Great reaction, I'm glad more and more people are discovering Led Zeppelin :)

This was amazing, especially to know someone else feels the same emotions as I felt, when listening. God bless

It's hard not to cry, it's so beautiful, well sung, and with Led Zep.

Music is food for the soul

That was a great reaction.....real as they come. You seem to be emotionally connected to the music almost instantly .....which makes it real for the viewer (lol....like me). Zeppelin is Zeppelin ...can’t replace that, but this version is incredible. Keep it up....maybe give Rush a go.....Tom Sawyer or The Spirit of Radio.....either way. Stay Safe and keep them coming.✌️

@fmw63

4 жыл бұрын

Another vote here for Rush next!!!

This is the most beautiful song i have ever heard stair way to heaven live by led zeppelin best band ever and ever will be case dismissed

THAT was an awesome reaction! On another note, your eyes..your smile 😍😍😍

Love your reaction when you saw the Obamas girl! They weren’t doing a tribute to the drummer. The Kennedy center honors are given to people in the arts who have contributed to their field. They give it to musicians and others. It was set up by John Kennedy’s family. Really enjoyed your reactions. The white hair dude is Jimmy Page. He was sitting with the remaining members of Led Zeppelin, Robert Plant & John Paul Jones! They were honoring Led Zeppelin.

An amazing performance by an amazing group for another amazing group in front of amazing people at an amazing event. ❤️

i have to listen to this at least 2 times a week, my meds for the week

This is rock royalty singing gospel to the rock n' roll gods.

What a great reaction! The men they kept showing are the members of Led Zeppelin. Drummer is the son of the original drummer who passed away. I tear up every time i watch this. Ann and Nancy Wilson (Heart) are amazing and the only ones who can cover Led Zeppelin and do the songs justice.

The power of music is at 9:38. Love your reaction! I've been listening to this for 40 years and this version makes me cry as well.

The first couple times I saw this I thought Robert Plant wasn't enjoying it as much as Page and John Paul, but I later read that Plant and John Bonham were extremely close, and he looks at Jason as a son. So he was fighting back the tears because he said he didn't want to weep through the entire performance. Also read an interview with Nancy Wilson from a couple days after this appearance, she said she got a lot of accolades but was only worried about Page, John Paul and Plant being ok with her performance. At a big dinner they had afterwards, Plant approached her, and held out his hand and said, "I can't stand that song" Nancy said she almost burst out in tears, Plant realized he spoke ahead of his train of thought and said, "NO NO, I mean I have found it dreadful over the years because it is covered so often, and until tonight, I have never heard it done justice, thank you my lady" and kissed her hand. Nancy said, if I die tomorrow, I've lived a full life with that compliment right there.

@brianadams429

2 жыл бұрын

Jason is Roberts godson. There was a interview of Robert where he said he called Jason to invite him to join them at the show, but Jason told Robert he wouldn't be able to attend because he had previous engagement. So when they announce Jason at the very beginning Robert stands and points at him like you sly dog. He wanted to surprise them.

Great job reacting. You felt the passion that flowed from all who participated in the performance. No one could expect more. Again great job. I just subscribed and I'm looking forward to seeing more of your reactions.

You just dont listen to great music ,you experience it .

I stumbled across this rendition on reaction videos today and after about a dozen new searches I came across yours and had the same emotions with this performance! Your my new favorite🥰Keep up the good work❤👍🎶

Girl. this reaction made me smile so damn hard... Thank you.

Your reaction was perfect. I've seen this multiple times, and I cry every time. ❤

Well done Ms. Rae.. Enjoy you're journey with Led Zeppelin..

You have to be the best reaction I have seen for this clip. And you are adorable.

Bless your heart for just showing respect to this awesome tribute

I have seen this 100 times and I still get a tear in my eye!

Your emotion was raw and the look on your face put me there, too, and I've seen Heart and Led Zeppelin several times in my life. I thank you for that.

Best reaction. So genuine.

WOW! so beautifully done. THe vocals, the violins, the guitar and choir,... something about enjoying good music with someone that makes it even better!

I loved watching you react to this video. It is so great to see women rocking the hell out of an amazing song. I’m so glad you seem to love it. I’m older than you, but younger than this song and it has just been loved generation to generation. So fun to see!💙

You're not alone girl. I have seen this video a hundred time and it Still brings me to tears. Sisters Ann and Nancy Wilson and the rest of the band are the only ones who could pull this off in front of the remaining members of Led Zeppelin and get a standing O by them, but that choir is what put it over the edge, even Robert Plant couldn't hold back his watering eyes when they came on. And then Jimmy Page putting his stamp of approval of the guitarist rendition of what he created decades ago.

LOVE IT! You'll do well ... and I'll stick around to see it happen. Respect.

The buddy with the white hair is the legendary Jimmy Page aka the wizard/greatest guitarist of all time to alot of people. You have to now go down that Led Zeppelin rabbit hole can't stop. Please checkout Babe I'm Gonna Leave You by the mighty Led Zeppelin.

Your reaction is priceless! So real!

Beautiful reaction friend 🤘

Awesome reaction...I better not come back and see any thumbs down for this!!!

Listen to "Since I've been Loving you" Live at msg 1973... it's every bit of good as beautiful as this one.

Nancy Wilson is considered one of the best female guitarist ever ,she just a great guitarist period .

That reaction right there made me hit that subscribe button. I saw from the beginning you got it felt it knew it. Congrats

Anne and Nancy also covered other Led Zeppelin songs with band Love Mongers

Great Reaction Dear!! It's a Powerful Song!! Referred to as a Balid when it was released! But any time you hear it, especially when Done This well, evokes an emotional Reaction from ANYONE!!🎶😘

Wonderful reaction young lady. I was in the 9th grade in 1969 when this band came out.

Great reaction. You do know that the 3 old guys in the balcony were Led Zeppelin, great job beautiful. I just subscribed.

love when a reaction is as good as the video being played, was great watching you just get into this song, and video tribute to led zepplin., good form, well done. by the way, cool T-shirt...

best reaction ever!!!!!!!!! gets me too.

Listen to the original studio version. The live version from 1973 is fantastic, but the studio version will give you a baseline to listen from. Also, more Led Zeppelin and, please, more Heart -- a fantastic band in their own right.

Great reaction to one of the greatest rock anthems in history. Nancy and Ann Wilson really do this tune total justice. If you like amazing female lead singers, try the Finnish Symphonic Metal band Nightwish and their song "Ghost Love Score" from the Wacken Outdoor Festival. This band is wonderful and their female singer, Floor Jansen, is considered to be one of the finest vocalists on this planet. Usually when people hear her sing for the first time they get goose bumps and full body chills. That reaction has been called a "Floorgasm". Keep doing reactions like this one and never stop searching for music that produces personal deep felt emotions. That is what great Art is all about. Enjoy!!!

Keep doing your thing girl!!!🤘🏼🤘🏼🤘🏼💜

THANK YOU for not pausing! ❤️ And yes, the Obamas! Our current president has yet to attend a Kennedy Center Honors ceremony. HEY-you should react to some Heart! “Crazy On You” or “Magic Man”!

Hey Rae! My name is Ray too 😂😎 Just became a sub of yours. I am 57, retired and under quarantine. I grew up with this music and for some reason, I get entertainment from watching younger generations react to this stuff. I can see you are very smart and get this kind of genre of music and it's timelessness. Well done! 😍😍😍

This was a really great reaction. It felt really honest... I especially loved the moment the choir was revealed--there was a moment where it seemed like you forgot all about the recording and were just drawn straight into it.

You must see Jack Black introduce for this celebrate, then You'll understand why Robert Plant cry when he saw a chorus in bowlers. Greatings from Poland :)

@PeterTea

4 жыл бұрын

Led Zeppeliiiiiiiiiiiiiiiin!!

you made me cry too, love this

No , the got induced into the rock n roll hall of fame on this video..

Today marks the 40yr anniversary since John's death. Another heartbreaking fact was Robert Plant and John were best friends since turning teenagers...when the 3 other members learned/told he died, it was Robert Plant who personally went immediately to John's mother's home to inform her of her son's death...He didn't want her or Jason, the guy drumming in this video that her son and the little boy's father had died. From that second forward, Led Zepplin as a recording, touring, playing together group ceased to exist. All 3 of these closest of friends would not consider any replacement for their best friend John Bonham. If you were not aware of TODAY BEING THE 40TH ANNIVERSARY OF JOHN'S DEATH...Consider 40 years have passed since Led Zepplin existed and ceased to exist anymore...40 years since That Tragic event and news devastated the rock world...but more importantly family and friends, not just fans. The tragedy occurred during their prime as they were at the pinnacle---just hitting their stride...(Today/Yesterday depending on where are in the world I should have said)...Jason posted a video that someone took of him today @ his father's gravesite...Jason was on his knees today holding onto his father's headstone & it wasn't staged or planned as can tell by that video...although just a child his heart still breaks as can be seen with him @ his father's gravesite... Each year, from the little info there is about this tragedy w respect to Robert Plant...for those of us who have lost family and those close to us it does seem the years have a way of filtering out bad things, the sharpness and depth of pains although always with us just not as debilitating or overwhelming as were initially....time seems to allow us to reach a point where one can cope and live moving forward...However, for whatever reason, Robert Plant still agonizes over his friend's death. I've watched many reaction vids to this specific video and of course the original airing...I'm old and forget so many younger people have no clue who "the old grey hair man" is...That is a Rock n Roll God...a living legend who he and the band are the greatest rock band of all time bar none!!! They were massive influencers of the sisters who sang...Wilson sisters (actually sisters)...in fact, they started off as a Zepplin cover band due to the suddenness of Led Zepplin not touring, recording, performing, or being in public as a "band" ever again until eventually in 2007...they performed one concert with Jason playing the drums..more than 60 million people attempted to get tickets...they have been offered by multi-billionaires such as Richard Branson of Atlantic/Virgin Records & others as much as $250-$300 MILLION DOLLARS to perform just one more concert...they still denied...to them, it is a matter of principle, not money..it would discredit all the years of not doing and they feel, Robert specifically that would be insulting to John and he knew his heart and soul wouldn't be in it... Lastly, the Drum-set, trap-set being used by Jason, from what the rumor mill says, was his father's and not just his father's but the actual set which was used in the studio when recorded Stairway to Heaven...And Yes, Heart nailed it...R Plant was fighting back the tears the entire time...while the God, Jimmy Page was watching and listening to every chord being played especially during the solos...of, not just this one but also of Lenny Kravitz tribute which preceded this one...it was balls to the walls as well... The only thing I did not like or appreciate was the sawed-off, weak, and horrifically bad taste introduction made by Jack Black..he thought he was being funny..but stating those guys are going to hell and will be there is also a contradiction to the meaning behind Stairway to Heaven which involves sincerity, love and can not be bought...something his words could have been written to honor and not push the asshole meter as far as he did...lost all respect for his short fat-ass after that...but that's just me...beyond him, it was amazing

Beautiful reaction by a beautiful woman

Just by that reaction I'm subscribing. Very honest reaction

atta girl! that's how ya do it :O). an excellent tribute to an Iconic band1

Your reaction is awesome. This is what music is meant to do.