I know us old folks may not look like it but we had the greatest era of music from the 60s through the 80s. Live performances, NO autotune, no place to hide with these groups. Talent and superb musicianship. Nice to see the current generation discover what we knew all along. Kudos to you all for starting the journey. Edit: I am astonished by the response to my comment. It's been very interesting to read what people of all ages/eras are saying. Good to know that great music and performers are still appreciated now and hope the next generations discover them too.

@eileenbaran7040

7 ай бұрын

Amen

@Jo_Kuiper

7 ай бұрын

I agree, we had the best time.

@darylhoskins5696

7 ай бұрын

Yup born in 57 and we had the Best looking Cars too!

@sirrodneyffing1

7 ай бұрын

We were free.

@dianenecaise1776

7 ай бұрын

​@@darylhoskins5696born 56, you bet we had a great time and didn't even know it!

Nobody that grew up with Led would say they were overrated Stairways to heaven is a masterpiece 🤷‍♀️🇨🇦💕

@andersdottir1111

Ай бұрын

And their fourth album probably the best ever made.

@sythiadawn

Ай бұрын

Overrated? What a joke! Under appreciated more likely!!

@AdrianneMalden

15 күн бұрын

And their worst favorite song, lol.

@jeffdarnell7942

13 күн бұрын

I believe it's still the biggest selling Song of all time.

@AdrianneMalden

12 күн бұрын

@@jeffdarnell7942 Read they just were inducted into something in Europe, can't remember!! Anyone?

Jimmy Page didn't just play cause he knew how to, he played with his heart and soul in every note

@hugov1253

2 ай бұрын

Yes

@randallcauley9484

2 ай бұрын

Play It Loud one of my favorite bits of musical documentary and music lore

@prussian5770

2 ай бұрын

And he is absolutely top tier. Jimmy, Prince ,Hendrix, Beck...

@maryannturton9830

Ай бұрын

There it is...

@maryannturton9830

Ай бұрын

I loved watching him grinning ear to ear when Heart honored them at the Kennedy Center!🎸🎙🎶😁

I first heard Led Zep when I was 13 yrs old & at 62 yrs old I still think they & Pink Floyd are the greatest bands of all time. Thanks for the upload!

@jenniferdaulby5519

3 ай бұрын

I agree with you! For my 21st birthday present my dear ol Dad gave me a ticket to London to see Pink Floyd's 'The Wall' at Wembley Stadium. Best life decision ever. Best wishes from Australia 🇦🇺 ❤

@madamelebuff

3 ай бұрын

Back at you, from NZ, that trip would have been magic Thank you, Dad! What an amazing memory he gave you. 🌌@@jenniferdaulby5519

@theodoreritola7641

2 ай бұрын

Dont you use head phones ?70s music sounds better than ever that way

@denvergriffin5555

2 ай бұрын

Ditto - exactly the same ages then and now. Not a day goes by that I do not have Led Zep on the speakers for some period of time. Saw Page & Plant Unplugged at Red Rocks several years ago - 10,000 people, not an ass hit the chair all night, everyone knew every word to every song. They are incomparable to those of us who have gotten there, and know. (And yeah, Floyd is pretty good too.)

@matt0395

2 ай бұрын

I agree my friend I was 12 now almost 46 you boomers and us gen xrs had it the greatest music ever to grow up to

Nothing is overrated about this group. They are musical gods

@KateBates22zabu

8 ай бұрын

Funny but when I saw LZ in early 70's Robert Plant closed with Stairway- he looked like a God, I was enthralled.

@BP7BlackPearl

8 ай бұрын

Dont say that to Peter Townsend, lol

@mstewart109

8 ай бұрын

I totally agree brendasmith9429. This was my teen years. #1 group for over 50 years in my book. The 60s and 70s were the Filet Mignon of music variety and pure raw talent. We were so lucky.., this guy won't stop talking. So I am leaving.

@alanFconrad

8 ай бұрын

amen

@BP7BlackPearl

8 ай бұрын

@@SA-gs2ib like who? They plagerised? Oh my, I better go throw my zep albums out. "First time ever I saw your face" by Roberta flack. She neither wrote it, nor was it written for her, it was written decades before she did it. Oh, I better throw that one out too. I dont think there is a band in America that doesnt have some sort of lawsuit going on concerning copyright infringements. I use to go to concerts with Bobby Blotzer, drummer of "Rat" and he has lawsuits going on constantly regarding the name of the band and other copyright infringements. Lawsuits in music is extrememly common. When the Levee Breaks was written by Memphi Minnie in 1929, Zep re did it, so what?

Anyone who told you they are overrated didn't grow up listening to this band. They are one of the GREATEST bands to ever grace this earth.

@francishughes542

8 ай бұрын

Surely you mean "THE" ?

@amystreasuresdesign

8 ай бұрын

So true.

@ChanelStuff

7 ай бұрын

​@@francishughes542absolutely THE GREATEST band EVER. I have no idea who else he/she had in mind when they said ONE of.... SHEESH... this is PERFECTION

@cherylhurst7093

7 ай бұрын

My question is overrated as compared to whom????....

@Onny_Ponny

7 ай бұрын

THE greatest, and will never be surpassed.

You may, or may not know, the drummer on the Heart version is the son of the original Led Zepplin drummer.

@patriciaclements9457

2 ай бұрын

I knew. Jason's Dad taught him well.

Glad I grew up when I did, when music was music. The artist wrote and performed their own stuff. No gimmicks. You had to have real talent. I don't think anyone will be listening to today's music 50 years later

I'm 72 and this song still touches me. Led Zeppelin has a very special place in music history that can never be duplicated. The four members were great by themselves, but together they were magic.

@karinwolf3645

7 ай бұрын

I am, too, and I think these guys changed rock forever!! 💋💖💋💖🌵🌵👵🐺🖖

@vicki1120

7 ай бұрын

I'm the same age as you. I never get tired of this incredible music.

@BigDaddy-dr8gf

7 ай бұрын

I'am just a little younger than you at 70. I had the great opportunity and pleasure to see Led Zeppelin in 1973, at Kezar Stadium, in San Francisco. I remember that they came on a little late, but the performance was worth waiting for. Lee Michaels filled in the time while we were waiting for Zeppelin and for a duo group (organist and drummer) he did a bang up job. Those were good times.

@karend169

7 ай бұрын

Yes. I am in the same boat. These bands will live forever.

@tamabogert9494

7 ай бұрын

Truer words were never spoken.

Overrated? Overrated? Oh I don't think so! 😂 One of the best rock bands EVER! I'm so glad that I grew up with this music!

@TucoBenedicto

4 ай бұрын

Even putting personal taste aside, in sheer terms of talent, skill and execution the entire band was a concentrate of absolute excellence. Jimmy Page a solid contender for the title of best guitarist alive, John Bonham doesn't even need to contend as pretty much everyone agrees he's been the most skilled drummer in rock's history, Robert Plant had such a charismatic and iconic voice and John Paul jones is up there as one of the best keyboardists on the scene.

@MKitchen75

4 ай бұрын

not overrated and i im glad I grew with this music

@buffalobuilders8058

3 ай бұрын

The greatest pure kick ass rock band ever!!

@Oldschoolnana

3 ай бұрын

I'm sick to my stomach. Who thinks that? Long live Zeppelin.❤❤

@johndonovan6840

3 ай бұрын

THE best!!!

I am 73 years old and I grew up listening to some of the best rock bands in the entire world 🌍. Led Zeppelin is at the top of my list ....and let me tell you, it's a long list ! Rock on brother's and God Bless 🙏🙏🤘🤘❤️❤️👏👏

This song defined a decade and a generation. Led Zeppelin was the world’s first supergroup in terms they were truly larger than life.

The song is about a wealthy woman who bought everything she ever wanted without ever giving anything back and now wants to buy her way into heaven, and finding out it doesn't work that way. It goes on to explain that it's never too late for introspection and to make positive changes within yourself...reflected in the lyrics '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'. A brilliant metaphor and a legendary, musical masterpiece.

@aimeethompson1457

3 ай бұрын

I agree I think it has a lot of symbolism also from The Lord of the Rings and Tolkien

@geofthompson3844

3 ай бұрын

Thanks for sharing this information 🙏. I obviously know the song and the basics of what it was about, but I didn't know the full details.

@AnunnakiDNApe

3 ай бұрын

@@aimeethompson1457 of course, the song is about the elvs leaving middle earth to the west. Its the journey of those that were leaving the middle earth.

@wesbaumguardner8829

3 ай бұрын

@@AnunnakiDNApe Absolute classic!

@wesbaumguardner8829

3 ай бұрын

None of us know what is on the other side of death, if there is anything at all.

Overrated? Someone lied to you!! 4 of the greatest musicians to ever come together! Watch more live performances!!!

@gethriel

8 ай бұрын

The song, not the band. The song is their worst piece of crap. Almost nothing else is.

@chrismaverick9828

8 ай бұрын

@@gethriel wow... I've never been blindly huge on Zep, but even I can admit this is one of their greats. The reason Plant hates when people cover it is because no one can really do it justice....except Heart.

@CliveAdlam-yn8uz

8 ай бұрын

​@@gethrielNONSENSE.

@tedthesailor172

8 ай бұрын

They were so powerful together, no studio could contain them...

@johncarlo2630

8 ай бұрын

Truth!

Your reaction made my heart ever so happy.

Led Zeppelin: When 4 artistically inclined skinny nerdy geniuses with a penchant for Tolkien form a band and change the world.

@annfisher3316

Ай бұрын

Here's to hairy toes 🍄

This is a live version, no second takes, no safety nets, nothing. And though, still as close to perfection as you could dream of. Wow.

@theodoreritola7641

3 ай бұрын

70s talent for sure

@martha6153

3 ай бұрын

No fancy dance moves, just rock and roll music😀

@maiiam6062

Ай бұрын

Totally agree! REAL music

@kaysie11dh

18 күн бұрын

The best version in my opinion.

I wouldn’t trade going thru the teenage years late 60’s early 70’s for any other time in history. 60’s to 80 literally the best music in history

@joewestern6387

4 ай бұрын

Amen.

@mikes9759

4 ай бұрын

Yeah some great memories!! I saw these guys and a lot of the others!

@Tyler-xd9rb

4 ай бұрын

Glad you cut it off at 1980. 80"s metal, unlistenable. The good bands after that were few and far between.

@dilleydoll1001

4 ай бұрын

@@Tyler-xd9rbI’d say Prince was an exception.

@lollieq1

3 ай бұрын

Amen

This song is routinely voted number one of all time. Robert Plant is 75 years old and still killing it with new music take a look

It’s simply the greatest rock song ever composed. A masterful song that will still be listened to 100 years on .,

Oh mercy mercy. Each member of this band was a master of their craft. At 68 I remember how groundbreaking and amazing this band was at that time and they sound equally remarkable today. Robert Plant used his voice like an instrument. So so good. And by the way this old lady has to say he was the hottest man is those tight jeans and that HAIR. He’s still just as good today. What a time for music! Enjoy!!

@oldeskoolnana7543

8 ай бұрын

I agree. This old lady thought the same.😂😂😂

@KiltedGreen

8 ай бұрын

As did this old man 😉

@sandywa3057

7 ай бұрын

I couldn’t have said it better! I’m 66 and this takes me back to the best years of my life…I thank God that I grew up when I did! This old lady still remembers how hot that gorgeous man was in those tight jeans..and that gorgeous hair!

@amelias.2509

7 ай бұрын

Ditto! It's hard to believe it was real sometimes. ❤

@donnam5891

3 ай бұрын

The man just oozed sensuality & charisma. 😊

I think the fact that this song is 50 years old and still kicks ass says it all!

@waynerogers6621

6 ай бұрын

52 years old. I was at a Zep concert in 1971 when they introduced it acoustically

@misstlc7136

6 ай бұрын

​@@waynerogers6621Legendary

@LoriOnTheBrightside

6 ай бұрын

Exactly! I wonder hwhat music produced today will still be widely listened to in 50 years

@frankaq3951

6 ай бұрын

​@@waynerogers6621I was only six in 1971, but I bet that was some concert! So cool. I've always been a Zeppelin fan.

@warrenturner397

5 ай бұрын

@@LoriOnTheBrightside None!

This was why Jimmy was watching hearts guitar players solo so clisely during their tribute !

Yes youngsters They are our ROCK AND ROLL GODS EVERY WORD EVERY TWANG OF THE GUITAR Enjoy My babys I'm 65 yrs old I will never forget when I saw them for the 1st time 1974

At 70 years old, it does my heart good watching someone from the younger generation discover this music. LZ will be in my soul forever. I'm so glad you liked it so much.

@craignewman6709

6 ай бұрын

I thank you and your generation for this wonderful gift of music I feel the art has lost its meaning in regards to todays music

@Susany7727

6 ай бұрын

High school prom theme for me.

Can't be said enough - there is nothing overrated about Led Zeppelin. They were a spectacular expression of what rock and roll could be, and that song is a quintessential expression of what they could do. And this is live. No studio gimmicks or cleaning up. You're hypnotized by Page because of the music. He's not showing off, shredding for the sake of shredding - he is completely in the music.

@kevinmcconnell3641

6 ай бұрын

Shredders bore me!!

@holgerhupfer9651

6 ай бұрын

True

@MsAppassionata

5 ай бұрын

@@kevinmcconnell3641 Me too. I’d rather hear a guitarist play one note with passion than a shredder playing a million notes like a machine.

Zeppelin played with and through their HEARTS and SOULS❤

Saw them play in 1973 in a 3 hour concert !! I had just turned 21 and in my first band. 49 years later I sang Stairway To Heaven at my 70th birthday. It will also be my funeral song. This song inspired me in so many ways in my life and I want to leave it saying THANK YOU. The greatest ever rock band 🎸 and never to be forgotten or bettered ❤️❤️❤️🙏

This is when you actually had to have talent to be a star, or in their case ROCK GODS!! No auto tune, drum machines or backtracks, just pure talent! All of them!

@chrisdaldy-rowe4978

8 ай бұрын

Here here... all these wanna be rock bands hahahha

@paolobenmore3504

7 ай бұрын

True.

@stacivanscoten6787

7 ай бұрын

Yes!!!!

@juliafox7904

7 ай бұрын

❤

@MrMZaccone

7 ай бұрын

Yeah. Too bad that in the case of Zep, it was so often someone else's talent. They've settled suits for plagiarism six different times.

These guys were probably the best rock band ever. No pitch correction, just totally amazing music night after night. No one did it better! Pure Rock Gods❤

@kaysie11dh

7 ай бұрын

No probably about it

@Hexon66

7 ай бұрын

I don't think anyone would have accused them of using pitch correction for Plant's voice.

@user-oi1ov3nj1k

7 ай бұрын

They are the F*cking best alright!!! No one can touch them. PERIOD,

Zeppelin was exhilarating to see live but their perfection is really amplified by their studio work. I recommend listening to their album tracks. Srsly life changing musical chemistry.

The BEST music came from the 70's without a doubt! Unforgettable!!

"Overrated." Possibly coming from people who don't have the breadth of musical experience or understanding of how complicated, original, and truly talented this band is. This isn't even their best song, definitely their most famous song, but not their best. By their own admission, that song would be "Kashmir," an epic song that showcases all their talents in one powerhouse tune.

@Jims_Camera_at_dawn

8 ай бұрын

This song suffers from being so great it was overplayed. Some people just got tired of hearing it many times a day for years. Any list of best rock songs that doesn't have this in the top 3, isn't worth a crap. To (fake) quote Bogart, "Play it again Sam." Or in this case Zep.

@williamsowder9573

8 ай бұрын

Maybe over played but never over rates. :)

@1skyofrog

8 ай бұрын

Bonzo in 4/4, Jimmy in 3/3, they meet every 12 beats. Really cool.

@betsybabf748

8 ай бұрын

How to say one is arrogant without saying one is arrogant.

@Jims_Camera_at_dawn

8 ай бұрын

@@betsybabf748 Play You're So Vain by Carly Simon to them.

Plant could cry and scream. But every word was clear. No fakery, no auto tune. Masters of their genre.

@Lynda007-

5 ай бұрын

Love his voice!

@louquay

5 ай бұрын

Lol rock fans with their obsession with auto tune. Every record Plant was ever involved in had some degree of auto tune applied.

@Lynda007-

5 ай бұрын

​@@louquay hey genius. Auto-Tune was created in 1997. Led Zeppelin began playing in 1968. They did not use autotune.

@donthomas7090

5 ай бұрын

ROCK STARS for real Plant would wear the blouse 👚 of one of his female lovers on stage. Straight Player. 😅😅🎉

Led Zeppelin = Rock Gods.

They were rock gods. Whenever you went to a Led Zeppelin concert there were no other bands there. They always played for around three hours. I was lucky enough to see them three times and I would gladly camp out for a few days again to see them again.

John Bonham still regarded today as the best rock drummer of all time.

@HughCorbyCruick

8 ай бұрын

With all due respect, perhaps more like one of the best. Neil Peart of Rush?

@MJEvermore853

7 ай бұрын

@@HughCorbyCruick, 40 yrs after his death, John Bonham is sill regarded as the top rock drummer of all time in the majority of polls. Drummers themselves have ranked him the highest for decades.

@ThatWasThenThisIsNow-yn1eq

Ай бұрын

Ooopa, you opened the can of all time best drummers; Neil Peart.

@johnbrkopac7283

Ай бұрын

This is just a super dumb argument that keeps circulating like an endless whirlpool. Were these guys in competition? Is there a trophy for best? What are the criteria for best? Keith Moon was a pioneer of rock drumming. Bill Bruford was in that league. What's the point of this? Why cant you just enjoy the music bro.

@AdrianneMalden

15 күн бұрын

And what a tribute to his father. Jason is one talented dude. I hear the only song's solo Jason could not duplicate was in Money Dick. When Jason plays that song, and the solo starts getting intense by 10, he stops and lets a video of Dad do the rest. Beautiful tribute.

And I have to say Robert Plant’s vocals are phenomenal

@jamesshelley5912

4 ай бұрын

That's not the only thing, apparently.

@958298bordeaux

3 ай бұрын

I love him

There is a book written about them fittingly named “ When Giants Walked the Earth” . They are the GOAT.

It’s all about the energy. Led Zeppelin are Rock Royalty. True Rock Gods, worshipped by millions.

One thing that doesn't get appreciated enough is just how damn good JPJ and Bonham are keeping the tempo and maintaining the rhythm in the background.

@MsWarriordiva

8 ай бұрын

Exactly!!!!

@5705michael

8 ай бұрын

True that! John Bonham the best drummer ever, and is there a musical instrument that JPJ cannot play?!

@kikivon3501

8 ай бұрын

I think Bonham gets a lot of attention as top 5 best rock drummers of all time. JPJ does get overlooked IMHO

@goldwater1984

8 ай бұрын

Agreed.

@ghettostreamlabs5724

8 ай бұрын

If you can get this version (from Song Remains the Same) playing on something with a good subwoofer, his bass drum work is INSANE on this version of Stairway.

I don't know how anyone could say they are overrated. Robert's unique voice, the best drummer to ever live and one of the best guitar players in the world, all in one group. Not to mention all the great songs they have.

@francishughes542

8 ай бұрын

Dont forget to mention J.P.J. who was a classically trained musician, & sometime played the bass with his feet, while playing keyboards..

@kathyhansen2820

7 ай бұрын

Ohhhhh yeah

@robertwarren7428

7 ай бұрын

@@francishughes542 He was the glue that held it all together

@TUCKANDROLLE

7 ай бұрын

Don't forget john Paul jones

@archangelgabriel5316

7 ай бұрын

Its only overrated to young kids who truly havent experienced shit.

“To be a rock and not to roll.” is a great line from the song 😆

It is beautiful. Did you notice the transition between the 6 string and the 12-string Jimmy Page had that guitar made for this song. I graduated in 74, the 70s were a wonderful time to be young, alive, and listening to the FM radio .how about Frankenstein bye Johny and edger winter ,studio the best.

The Greatest Rock Band Ever!!! Whomever told you they were overrated…Never talk to them again. 10 studio albums, not one songs sounds alike. Writer, producers, just Robert Plant, Jimmy Page, John Paul Jones and John Bohnam!

Jimmy taps into the spirit world and brings it through him - that's why it's hypnotizing. Tom Petty once said, "All the great songs are already written, you just have to reach into the ether and get them." Jimmy did and does that

@terryangell9687

3 ай бұрын

I was gonna say, it's because he's high AF and channeling something from out in the Universe.

@ceridwenattwood5784

2 ай бұрын

Interesting quote from Tom Petty. It's rather astonishing to me how many songwriters (words and/or music) say things like "the song just wrote itself"--which is close to what Robert Plant said about Stairway. I'm not going to say because they're high (although Jimmy certainly looks that way, even in this clip, which, if I understand the timeline right, pre-dates his heroin days), but I have come to think that they are tapping into *something*--the music of the spheres, the spirit world, God, or what-have-you. Not just LZ, but all these songs that are writing themselves. With Stairway, LZ just got a bigger part of it, or got closer to the heart of it, or something--whatever "it" may be.

@christopherlees1134

2 ай бұрын

This is the correct answer.

@MsThebeMoon

2 ай бұрын

Well, with a little plagurism - but hey they own it when they do it. Speaking of Zepplin not Petty.

We had the GREATEST artists and music ever produced when I grew up in the 70s and I was fortunate to see MANY of these bands live in concert including Zeppelin

@MsThebeMoon

2 ай бұрын

I seen quite a few in the 70's but missed so many more. If I have regrets it's that I didn't go to enough concerts. I never got the chance to see Led Zeppelin live.

Maybe the hypnosis from Jimmy’s guitar is from Bonham backing him on the drums. As I understand it, most drummers play off the bass but Bonham plays with the guitar. And he often plays in a different time than the guitar. Bonham can be credited with much of Zeppelin’s sound that took them so high above the rest.

@caryllane3929

Ай бұрын

The hypnotic effect of Jimmy’s guitar playing is his fascination with harmonics. He came up with some of the most unique tunings and beautiful tones on the planet. He’s mesmerizing because he created atmosphere and emotion. Yes Bonham and the others contributed, but that guitar solo could stand alone and still be timeless and captivating. There was Beethoven, Bach, Mozart and now Page. He’s truly the Mozart of Rock guitar.

My brother taught himself the guitar with this song. He ended up learning to play the guitar, bass guitar, harmonica, cello, and saxophone.. yet never learned to read music. At his funeral (at 21 years old), we played a recording of him playing Stairway to Heaven. I was only 14 at the time, but this song has always held a special place in my heart.

@dallassukerkin6878

8 ай бұрын

Oh man, that breaks my heart to hear, my friend, but also for a memory to be forged from the playing of music by a musician is poetic to its soul.

@doglifehub

8 ай бұрын

Sorry for your loss ❤

@angieallen9129

8 ай бұрын

So sorry for your loss, my friend 😢

@rainmakerjim

8 ай бұрын

wow… sorry for your loss. Your story gave me goose bumps. like a dejavu. I lost my big brother in 1980. he was 21 at the time. He and I loved concerts (and he could drive before I could). our first concert?… Led Zeppelin in ‘78 at the centra-plex in Baton Rouge. We had tickets to Led Zeppelin in the Superdome earlier in the year that was cancelled due to John Bonham’d death. This song was one of his favorites and it brings back memories of the Zeppelin concert in Baton Rouge, just my brother and I, out on a school weekday night (with permission), getting our ear drums blown out. it’s an all time great song… the anthem of my generation.

@markuse3472

8 ай бұрын

Hello. I hope you believe that there is a God, and I hope it is the one found in The Bible. I beg, if you want to see him again, I guarantee you he will without question be resurrected in the paradise Earth that will soon come. I beg of you, find Jehovah God and you will come to an accurate understanding of the truth, regardless of what nay-sayers say.

In my opinion, the reason Page's guitar work is so mesmerizing is because he has the ultimate rhythm section with JPJ and Bonzo, who create many amazing rhythm pockets, and Page is a master of playing slightly out of the pocket then back in and then back out and in and so on. In this way, it is like watching someone walk a trapeze line that loves to pretend he might fall off at any moment, but somehow never does. You can't look away even though you know he will always pull it off successfully.

@LeonardoPostacchini

7 ай бұрын

I was actually going to say almost the same, the drums and bass is so well laid out that anything on top of it works, then Jimmy pours in with such heart on top of that which makes it impossible to not get entranced.

@charlessarver8350

7 ай бұрын

He actually also strived to mesmerize with his guitar by his own admission. Kashmir was heavily influenced by middle eastern trance music and Jimmy himself was very into magic again by his own admission. So much so he even at one time once owned the home that was once owned by Alister Crowley.

@dealwolfstriked272

7 ай бұрын

Yes exactly! Bonzo and Page would let the other lead at times in songs and that is a big part!

@MJEvermore853

7 ай бұрын

Led Zep’s music always has a unique dynamic because of Bonham choosing to follow Page’s guitar. Jones follows Bonham. It is the pairing of Bonzo and Jimmy that gives their music the unique power it has. And I have to disagree with you about Page… Page could play guitar with that same mesmerizing quality with anyone or just by himself like he has and it still sounds absolutely prolific, whether JB or JPJ are present or not. If you listened to him with the Yardbirds for instance, you’d know what I mean. Granted though, JB & JPJ really are the BEST rhythm section of all time, IMO. But Page wasn’t one of the greatest players just because of the rhythm section in LZ.

Because It Is ''DEEP'' ! Everything Came From The HEART & SOUL ! Our Music Was The "GOOD" Before The "BAD" & The "UGLY" Came Around !

This song's timeless...the amazing riff. The incredible voice ...the drums...the keyboard. Put these together dude and you have pure Zeppelin...No effin auto tune!!! Plant and Page will live forever. 60's and 70's were the best time to live. We were free and we fought for what was right.

This was what growing up in the 60’s and 70’s meant to us baby boomers!! When I saw them live, Robert Plant said this was a song of hope!! That’s what us teenagers truly believed!!❤️

@HAbarneyWK

7 ай бұрын

Lucky you!

@juliemanarin4127

7 ай бұрын

I was a teen in the 70s too! They were magnificent!

@donpaxton8381

7 ай бұрын

I too was a teen in the 70’s and grew up around what “I” considered the best music ever

@cvent8454

7 ай бұрын

Proud Baby Boomer. Our music rocked!

@Bluetopazcrystal

7 ай бұрын

Yes we had/have the best music. As a child born in 1950 I can truly believe that. I am still loving the tunes.

NO AUTO TUNE!! Everytime they played a song they played it different too. Pure genius!

@cynthiawatson6104

7 ай бұрын

Or sang it differently especially when drunk as hell. Front row center 1977 in San Diego. LOL

@Lynda007-

6 ай бұрын

Yes!! We were so lucky! Led Zeppelin, Queen, and so many others.

@rishavpaudel5021

5 ай бұрын

​@@cynthiawatson6104San Diego was a pretty great show what are you on about

@cynthiawatson6104

5 ай бұрын

@@rishavpaudel5021 Never said it wasn't. Said Plant was drunk as hell. I was front row center. Wasn't hard to tell he was drunk.

@Quaid3000

5 ай бұрын

​@@cynthiawatson6104or played it differently when strung out on heroin 😢

It was a privilege to see them live in Western Springs Auckland in the summer of the early 70s Whoop Whoop fuckn awesome ❤️❤️❤️❤️

I was there at this live concert. 1973 Madison Square Garden.....Greatest moment in my life!

Little old UK produced some of the best rock bands of all time, great to see there being rediscovered many years later

@catgray1

4 ай бұрын

True statement!

@lollieq1

3 ай бұрын

The UK produced some of the best bands ever.

@user-uq9kq7ss2j

3 ай бұрын

Definitely the UK rocks

@alexyerncarrigan3640

3 ай бұрын

Siempre lo he dicho: el rock es americano pero los grandes del rock son ingleses todos.

@morriypoulsen1238

2 ай бұрын

Jimi Hendrix had to go to London to make a name for himself, The management in USA did t want

I'm now 66 years old. Welcome to my high-school years. This was true rock baby! I'm so glad you're hearing and enjoying it. ❤

The song is a masterpiece. It's message is loud and clear...if you listen very hard...and more relevant today than ever! Zeppelin were always transcendent, and would take me away to other realms that very few bands could reach or even dream of. Just magical!

These guys were kids when they wrote this. Lots of Tolkien etc. BUT they were masterful musicians. They will always be the daddy

You commented about cultural connection and Machu Picchu this band was singing about all the ancient legends of Norse, Pict and Celtic cultures. My ancestry is this and Led Zepplin captures it exquisitely! I am so blessed to have grown up in the 60’s & 70’s because the music changed the world and I had a front row seat!🤩💕🌈

@angelagardner5230

6 ай бұрын

lucky you

@lynnieb

6 ай бұрын

AMEN! Wasn’t it the best?

@sallymarkey3759

6 ай бұрын

Exactly! Exactly! And if my old Irish grandmother could hear it, she would recognize it! And feel the same way.

@pashapasovski5860

6 ай бұрын

Tolkien trilogy is their main inspiration!

@birdsinparadise3113

3 ай бұрын

Yes, they are British. It's renaissance stuff, myths and legends, lord of the rings. I don't think people realize how old the books are. We read the hobbit in grade 5 , and I'm 64

This song takes you on a journey that starts off slow and beautiful and builds to a crescendo. Jimmy Page's guitar is hypnotic because it's almost like he's in a trance when he plays. Robert Plant sings so seductively and artfully the words with so much meaning. Its a masterpiece.💕

@corinnem.239

6 ай бұрын

They wove a spell with their guitar & voice over their audience.

*Boomer here: I sincerely hope Gen Z takes away one big lesson from this song. No machine, no computer, no bot will ever top human talent, passion, and creativity. Machines and computers, they can do many things humans can't do. But not the arts, not [real] music. Never lose real music. In a way, you already have. Rap isn't music, it's talking. 60s, 70s, and 80s... that was real music. It changes your mood, your mind, and your thinking. Never give up real music, nothing replaces it.*

Zeppelin, psychedelics, long hair, tight jeans was a perfect Friday night in the 70's for us. No autotune, strong mesmerizing vocals, lyrics that live on for eternity. 💜

Firstly, these artists played without autotune. They were major talents, they played from a deeper sense of what the music meant. The words are indeed profound, it was the age for penetrating our deepest illusions. Thanks for the look back😊

@a-blivvy-yus

5 ай бұрын

I feel like "they don't use autotune" is something you can safely assume from "the band started in the 1960s" xD some of their music is 30 years older than autotune is.

Imagine listening to this as a young teen. These guys were gods. I can’t believe I grew up with this magic.

@juliemanarin4127

7 ай бұрын

Me too...thank God!! I'm 63.

@OZMAN1964

7 ай бұрын

The last of the real music, we boomers are lucky.

@chitowntiger1

7 ай бұрын

I was 16 staying at my buddies house one night. He woke me up in the middle of the night and said, I just heard the greatest song ever. I'll never forget it.

Great!! WE had the best music ever which is why it's still played. Pink Floyd!!!!

I think the fact that I'm still overwhelmed by it 55 years later says it all. it's Genuis.

5:32 “I’m sorry, I’m awfully distracted right now. LOOK AT THAT THING”! The best quote in any music reaction video EVER!! Thanks Sebs 🤣😂🤣

@stacymoore7348

7 ай бұрын

Now..we are all looking at that thing..............

I loved Ann & Nancy performing for Zeppelin at Kennedy Center Honors. Literally made me cry.

@catgray1

4 ай бұрын

Their performance at the Kennedy Center was freakin' phenomenal!!! I listen to it often. ❤❤❤

@lorijenvey9276

4 ай бұрын

Just watched it again yesterday for about the twentieth time and cried.

@nighthawkde4522

4 ай бұрын

IMO, the best cover of Stairway ever.

@porthole2

4 ай бұрын

What about Shane Fontayne playing ‘that’ song in front of the world for ‘that’ guy !

@0lliekelm328

4 ай бұрын

the kennedy centre is superb, but there is always a but, 2 choirs the best studio musicians at the time , bonzos son on drums the fabulous wilsons sisters out front came close to what these 4 gods played on a regular basis.

I'm 61 years old and I can remember loving everything Led Zeppelin did in the 70s. As to why Stairway to Heaven was so important, I remember it being played at every dance. The meaning is very interpretive in rock. Lyrics were personal but not obvious so everyone could apply them to themselves differently. Back then they didn't put lyrics with the album, maybe to make you "listen very hard". Beautiful music. They were the best amongst tons of great artists, all heartfelt and devoted to their craft.

music is my religion - led zeppelin is my church

It's sad to think there will never be music written like this again.

@wyerenthbludragon7549

7 ай бұрын

Absolutely agree with you! Very sad. Original music not derived or borrowed from other music is hard to find now. Music so unique that you can name that song in 3 notes and played by consummate musicians, sung without auto tuning. Just not common now.

@oldnick4707

7 ай бұрын

I love these guys and was born in the late sixties. Always will love it! One of my favorite bands, also Floyd Etc., but have lived long enough to Dig Mudvayne, lol, Korn and Slipknot and hundreds of other great bands! LOL!!

@fluxrider7027

7 ай бұрын

@@oldnick4707 Pink Floyd was another phenomenal band. Decades later I still remember how my skin felt the first time I heard Comfortably Numb.

@oldnick4707

7 ай бұрын

@@fluxrider7027, Yeah, I think I started out with 'Dark Side of the Moon' I guess when I was a kid, then checked out all their earlier stuff and was pretty blown away by all of it!

@fluxrider7027

7 ай бұрын

@@oldnick4707 I've had the pleasure of literally seeing three or four different people experience that floyd moment where suddenly they start noticing the music that they've never noticed before, and instantly become a pink floyd convert. (I had that moment myself as well, although i wasn't watching me have it...)

One of the ultimate rock performances ever caught on film. The lighting on Plant was damn near perfect.

@galileogalilei7782

8 ай бұрын

El parece un ángel azul

I grew into adulthood with this music and could not make out the lyrics, but the intense guitar playing and the sweep of the melody could catch me up and admire it.

'67 baby here. Have to appreciate the era. Then and now, there are bands/groups that are just timeless. Seems as though they were dropped into the world by something greater! Music, of all types, moves us together and forward. Politics and division be damned. Rock on!

Why so important? We were not distracted by social media. This is how artists communicated with their fans. I have had the feelings you described when listening to Zeppelin, Lynyrd Skynyrd, and Stevie Ray Vaughan. Their performances reached into my heart and poured their souls into mine. No matter how many times I hear their music, I still get chills. Long live real music forever!❤

...what moves you is "soul"... they're not just playing music - they express emotions... it's the greatest band in history !!

As someone from this generation growing up with such great music from the Beetles, the Stones, Manfred Man, the Mommas and the Papas and so many more, nothing had ever come close to this. As you said, it was a huge catalyst for change. Zeppelin opened the door for the next generation of music.

This week, Stairway is no. 9 on the charts! 50 years later!!!

How did we go from this type of music with so much soul, passion, talent, heart, to today's complete opposite music? Smh 😔😩😢

@ThePeaceMakerIII

4 ай бұрын

We took a wrong turn at Albuquerque..Quote from Bugs Bunny.

@bellabunnell3174

4 ай бұрын

There's still a lot of great music but nothing compares to the 60's and 70's.

@Lori-py1br

4 ай бұрын

@@bellabunnell3174 Not like this. I think we all agree. Real. Raw. Rock.

@Ladal292

4 ай бұрын

Came the bean counters and they take no risks.

@almabyars6614

4 ай бұрын

posers

This band was made up of four immensely talented people. Each one an inspiration to all rock bands that followed in their foot steps. The Godfathers of Rock!! IMO, They're literally the best rock band in history!!

@paulcollins5586

8 ай бұрын

Along with free, jethro tull genesis...flower kings.

@MsZepfreak

8 ай бұрын

@paulcollins5586 They're all relevant. But, we're not talking about them right now. We're talking about Led Zeppelin. Plus, none of the 3 you mentioned can stand against Zeppelin, not ever!

@paulcollins5586

8 ай бұрын

Plants timing is way off in this video so not as good. @@MsZepfreak

@MsZepfreak

8 ай бұрын

@paulcollins5586 I don't think so... this is a superb performance. I find your comment ridiculous. Plant is a professional and very used to performing live, his timing is never "off" He is the GOAT for a reason!!!

@DjNikGnashers

8 ай бұрын

@@MsZepfreak Floyd are 10 times better than this bunch of musical thieves.

I can’t believe someone said Led Zeppelin was overrated. That’s rich.

The best Rock band ever, with the best singer, lead guitarist and drummer EVER. That guitar was especially made for Jimmy.

It amazes me that this band was only a group from 1968 - 1980 & it will live on forever. Robert Plant continued his solo career of course, but it still surprises me when I realize their span was only 12 years. They are all legends.

@jormalonnberg1578

8 ай бұрын

Band really did not continue after John Bonham, drummer of Led Zeppelin, died 1980. So there you have reason why it ended 1980.

@Augirl78

8 ай бұрын

It’s the music! God I’m aging myself but back in the day, music went somewhere. It was not all the same beat over and over again. It had depth.

@Zeta9966

8 ай бұрын

You mean like how The Beatles were together for 8 years, or Jimi Hendrix was only around for 4?

@markjohnson4217

8 ай бұрын

Listening to and watching Zeppelin was like witnessing an atomic bomb detonation. They were spontaneous and daring and when they played together onstage, the sheer power was terrifying. One reactioner said it best when she watched them perform Dazed and Confusedi live. : "this should be illegal!'

@cathybrookeburt2616

8 ай бұрын

Correct. Mind boggling the music produced in that timeframe. @@Zeta9966

That hypnotic feeling is what Zeppelin fans know as their 5th element. When the 4 of them were playing together they created something greater than themselves. Since John Bonham died it hasn't been duplicated.

@colinglen4505

8 ай бұрын

That hypnotic feeling was demonstrated superbly in the song Kashmir.

@melanieshelby476

8 ай бұрын

Guy got me with asking "what is your stairway?"

@SouthernArtist77

8 ай бұрын

It was new, it was something we had never heard before, they were wild, sort of like our version of Elvis, plus side was they freaked out our parents and they yelled “turn that sh:t down!”

@beachhunting69

8 ай бұрын

1+1+1+1=5

@mrtom3297

7 ай бұрын

First I've heard of 5th element but it puts it perfectly; you cannot believe there are only 4 of them. Something to do with constructive interference?

It is the genius of LED ZEPLIN that entrances music lyrics and takes you away from everything. It does that to this day.

I'm 64 , saw them 15yrs. GREAT

When you talk about Led Zeppelin, you are talking about 4 guys who were musicians with a capital M. These guys each knew their instruments profoundly well and it shows in the quality of their music. They were then and remain to be today a beacon among rock bands because of what they put into, and what they could pull out of their music. I believe there is a word for that, and that word is legend.

Sometimes there is no explanation for greatness. It just is. These guys got together and took us to places we had never seen.

@elitetrainercynthia7394

8 ай бұрын

They are best.

@christineputman4850

8 ай бұрын

Thank you

@aldunlop4622

7 ай бұрын

Pure Art…

I saw Led Zeppelin perform April 8, 1970 in Dorton Arena, Raleigh, NC. I was 17 and that was best concert to this day I ever saw.

They are Rock Royalty Gods among Men

Dive deep...you've only scratched the surface!!🎵 Robert Plants voice is so much more powerful than shown here. He was voted the top voice in rock history many years in a row🎶🎵

@matthewmille

8 ай бұрын

And if you listen to an interview he had several years back, you’ll see he’s a very smart and well spoken gentleman.

I’ve been listening to Zeppelin since the mid 70s. Just listened to II again today. Never gets old, they are timeless. Jimmy Page is a genius as they all are.

I went to their free concert at Golden Gate Psrk in 1973. Wonderful hearing "Stairway to Heaven"

I've been teacher of and poetry teacher as well as a poet for over 30 years, I fell in love with Led Zeppelin in 1985 I was 15 and I just now completely understood the lyrics to stairway to heaven. It takes that long.

If I had to choose one group to listen to the rest of my life it would be Zeppelin. ❤

they were all in their mid 20s here, incredible confidence and stage presence. the greatest rock band of all time.

@margaretflounders8510

6 ай бұрын

Jimmy was a session player they all wanted, and he was 16 and just out of Westminster College I believe...excuse if memory is wrong, I'm almost 83yr.old female still in love with Robert, Jimmy, Paul and wish John was still with us all....

@jeremymerrifield219

6 ай бұрын

@@margaretflounders8510 wonderful that a lady even older than I, still gets that Zeppelin love 💜💚

Led Zeppelin is the best rock band and Robert Plant will always be the golden god of rock.. I am 66 years old & I still listen to LedZep. Stairway to Heaven is my all-time fave🔥🔥

Jimmy is hyptnotic because he plays so loose and at the same time so inspired you feel the music as he created it