First Time Hearing Led Zeppelin - Stairway To Heaven (Reaction!!) 

This song never gets old.

Many people consider this “the GREATEST song in Rock and Roll History”.

I would imply you're hearing more the influence they had on Metallica more than hearing a song by them. It has a Fade to Black-ish song structure in its build may be the song you're referring to??

Live next, followed by Kennedy Center Honors Tribute by Heart, please.

In My Time of Dying is one of my favorites.

So true 👍

Wow, that was such a great description! Needs more likes.

Nice word picture, Kevin! As I read I imagined hearing *Stairway* live in concert with mobs of fans soaking it in. Can you even imagine? Lighters waving instead of cell phones...

That is the best description of how Stairway... Make me feel. Thanks for saying that

So accurate ❤

Soooooo Lucky. Glad I was part of it to tell my kids about it. They LOVE Love Love it.

I'm 48. You, my friend are very lucky. I never heard led zepplin until I was 10

I always ❤ it and still do!!!! So happy to have been born in 1963!

For shizzle. 🥹

Yes we were soooooo lucky

Tinnitus in exchange for amazing music is worth it

Same in 75 at earls Court.

Yeah, man..I saw Led Zeppelin in Tampa Stadium in 1973..one of my favorite experiences...

@@t.j.payeur5331 I was tre.. fk! I had the time to see deep purple 8 times but Led zeppelin no way, too late sht! luky you ;)

Old Western? Omg no way! I was 15 when this song was released! Fabulous then and still fabulous all these years later. I also saw them live. Nothing better!

YES!!! Watching Robert Plant's reaction to that tribute is absolutely other world!! CHILLS and TEARS!!

Battle of Evermore. That was great

Love that one so much! Heart was amazing! The Kennedy Center Honors that year was very good.

Plant was reduced to tears, and Jimmy was reacting like the consummate musician he remains - almost like a schoolboy who can't believe someone just came damn close to stealing his ball. JPJ, well, Jonesy is their secret weapon, and they all know it. Great to see Jason on the kit. Great tribute that was.

Absolutely, Heart's rendition was epic!! Definitely watch that, it includes their late drummers Son playing too.

I'm 51 and was raised on this. You know it's good when people are still playing it sixy years later!

Agree 1000%

Saw Robert Plant with the Sensational Space Shifters at the Sydney Opera House a couple of years ago. The bloke still has it!

There is a video of Robert Plants son and his band doing this

Never mind "one of the"... it's been voted *the* greatest rock songs ever.

Same here. We had that album in the 70's. Great song!I just turned 67 too btw. 😊

Makes me sad bc all the real music is gone. I'm 34 and my dad brought me up on EveryLed Zep album ever. No joke, he had all of them lol

Great job Dad🥰

😅Love this so much😂 My very favorite band ever!!!! And I love so many others, but Led Zeppelin is Legendary no one can touch them💯 All Zeppelin songs are great you need to do a Zepp.athon 📀 to know how really great they are!!!Thank you for show your the Best 😅

4 Songs of our Youth , Stairway , Free Bird , Roundabout, We Won't Get Fooled Again.

I’m so sorry to hear about your brother. You know that he lived and loved his music, you honoured him with this awesome song… his stairway to heaven was not quiet nor alone. He heard your music and felt your love and still does. Hold on, sweetheart, just hold on. 🫂🫂🫂

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I'm so sorry. Have learned being older is more painful than we ever expected. Take care

@@KalahariMeerketlovely thoughts…❤

God bless you and your beautiful brother

They were my first concert MSG 1977 June 10th and they blew me away and they became my favorite band ever I saw page and plant twice after JB passed away

Omg

Immigrant song

Wowwww..... how could you ever top that!

Wow

My grandparents said the same thing. Now we are the grandparents and saying the same thing (Michael Jackson, Madonna Ac/DC, Whitney Houston, Prince) etc. More genres and artists than ever today, which has provided enormous variety and choices. Today, I listen to songs and bands nobody has heard of.

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It’s still a heart touching moment watching John Bonham’s son playing with Heart and the amazing approval and the amazement on the faces of Led Zeppelin listening to the performance. If you get a chance, watch it. You will not be disappointed.

Definitely epic.

Which is saying a LOT because he's made it known several times that he's, generally, not a fan of people's covers of the song. I think the addition of the choir, orchestra, and most importantly John's son playing the drums using his dad's kit and wearing his hat really got him.

I agree, this MUST be the Live version to react to. Incredible. I remember going to a college pub in the early 1970s and Heart was the band. Who would have thought, she would perform Stairway at the Kennedy Center honoring Led Zeppelin.

Today's Music.......Generally that's an oxymoron.

This song, it brings you on a journey, first it beckons you to follow, then it holds your hand, then it runs and pulls you along and finally you are moving at warp speed with it. For today's music people are corrupted by social media content overload so there is a quick gratification impulse, if it doesn't do something within 3 seconds it is mentally swiped. Another thing is music was not so direct to audience, they actually have to be curated by many levels before they would reach a radio station and even get airtime. Now someone makes music and stream it and it reaches mass audience immediately. Not that it's a bad thing but it caused so much "noise" and what social media algorithm does is it doesn't curate according to what's good, but what's liked by more people. And that's all well and good if what's good is what's liked, but like I mentioned now people want a quick/instant gratification instead of a journey so what the algorithm pushes out would be those instead and yes they do well cos those are liked by many and so the social media gets to serve more ads and earn more money and those pushing out bad but popular music also earns more money so kind of everybody wins but the effect is good music is lost.

​@@thenandeInteresting assessment.

Tool comes to mind. Today is so oversaturated with mediocrity. But the gems are out there.

@@thenande Nothing in the past 40 years has even come close to Led Zeppelin

same

Amen, fellow Baby Boomer!

Funny you commented…. I’m 60 in 8 days and feel the same. As an RN who has worked in LTC I made special playlists with ‘40’s & 50’s music to play for the clients. Then there’s the middle aged, cheaply dressed creepy ‘guy’ who goes in and plays old wartime music on the piano or banjo: have thought, recently, they best start Stepping it up in those homes… clients will start saving puréed food to throw at them!!! 😂 I’ve started a playlist of ‘60’s, 70’s, 80’s and even the odd newer tune that caught me… these classics will ALWAYS Rule… but the playlist is for Me IF I ever Have to live in a ‘home’ too! BYOM!!!! 😁💖🎶

I wish I could have been there...

I do too! It was epic truly the best time of my life@@foschti24

Keep on rockin😊

I really think it was a beautiful thing he did. Wear it well!

Bet Dad has the CD Box Set 😅

Well I love your Dad!! he had courage and great taste in naming you after one of the greatest guitar players and composers in history. I’m 66 and an art teacher at a very conservative school. I adore them and I always will. God bless bless you.

Sounds completely awesome ❤

I grew up listening to led zeppelin with my dad. He had all the albums on cassette in his truck. I was in 4th grade, music teacher asked us who our favorite band was. He was blown away when I said led zeppelin!!!. I'm the same age as you. I lost my dad last year. One of my favorite last memories with him. I got him out of the house for one of the last times. I said let's go take a ride in the car.....we have a 73 dodge challenger stroked and bored 340 and a 4 spd. He got in, looked at me and said.....this might be the last time I ride in this car(it was) so if we going for a ride. We're going for a fucking ride! Crank up some led zeppelin and let's go!!!! I did just that. I beat the hell out of that car. Never drove it so hard but he had fun. Led zeppelin cranked and slamming gears!

I’m 66 also, and our junior prom was also based on this song!! Love everything about Led Zeppelin….hands down the best band in my lifetime! There’s no one better, and the memories made listening to them are etched in my brain. They are on my music list pretty much every day of the week.

True…. And it was often the tracks that were very different that stood out as classics.

And with any gathering friends & family at your funeral. No other song needed.

Made me smile!!!

That’s a great story.

Amazing

It will be played at mine as well.

What an absolutely wonderful anecdote! I, too, lost classmates during HS, and immediately after I graduated. These hit us hard, and bewildered us. I believe they also helped us. They helped us grow in experience and wisdom from a tender age, and prepared us for things to come.

I have been to a funeral that played this. Not a dry eye in the chapel. It is a beautiful choice.

Me too!

74 years old, my 52 year old son just passed, we both have this song on our WAKE playlist. Be pisitive people, less effort.

74 here too and cry every time I hear it.

Well said! 71 here and it's one of 2 on my list. (The other is "Oh Well"..Fleetwood Mac, for the lyrical sentiments & irreverence).

Agree. I'm 63. We had the best rock n roll. And, it was cheap/reasonable to attend a concert. Sometimes 2 and 3 bands playing.

And Canada.👋🇨🇦

Amazingly perfectly said!

I'm in my 70's brother or sister , I'm still there , never left .'TO be a rock and not to roll .Respect, best wishes.

At 68 I can still rock !!!

72 years old and I still cry through most of this classic testament to excellence.

The song was an accident, the words don't really make sense, and it's the greatest rock song of all time,

it’s as if I was walking up a stairway to heaven. literally :)

You are absolutely right. I will never get tired of this song. (And I won't tell you how old I am.😊)

Amen

@@ghost_z17_08slow down

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It still is.

I'm 62 and it made me cry listening to this today.

Turned 69 today chills all over! It never gets old

Me too!

I’m 62. And still love Led Zeppelin….

You ate so old, lol. I'm only 69. We feel the same about LZ. Grew up in Scotland and this was my teens.

Listen to the live video of Zeppelin at Madison Square Garden in 1973 first. Than watch the tribute version.

@@AngeloMarcheschi-vj9em That is exactly what I was going to suggest. You've got to be familiar with the studio version to fully appreciate the live version, and you've got to be familiar with the song to fully appreciate the tribute.

This song is number one on most best of lists. Any list that doesn't have this song in the top 5 is a worthless list.

I agree... what can anyone say after that. At 65, im so gld to know we have such appreciation for what this is in common

The Live version of Zeppelin @ Madison Square 1973 is absolutely incredible. I was born that same year and will be forever grateful I had aunts & uncles who turned me o to this incredible band when I was 3 years old. I have All of their albums (yes I said albums, lol) thanks to my uncle. You will always go on a journey listening to this band. So glad to see you appreciate the music. ❤️

Agree Robert plant is the best so is Bonham on drums

Lightning In a Bottle. One among few such cases, across the entire medium...

I think about that sometimes…23 years old and you wrote the best song of all time.

Definitely top 5 but in my opinion it's David gilmour

Not to take away from Jimmy in any way but John Paul Jones composed and played all the multiple recorders(Renaissance period flutes), as well as the electric piano harmonies following Jimmy’s guitar parts.

Ain't that the truth

Word

For real. Best results, get high AF and chil out on the lake at night. Effing fabulous. 🤟

​@kathigreen1479 it's great without that. But your scenario sounds amazing. Gotta try it sometime

it makes em wonder

Exactly. I just wrote something very similar on Polo listening to Dazed and Confused

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Right?! First time heard this in my dads car as a kid, I had chills. The build up is one of the best of all time.

Amen

AMEN and hell yeah!

Yeah maybe but please don't ever talk over Stairway? Respect, please..

@@a.scribe474 Big thumbs up to that !

I pity those whose first exposure to this was that chopped version. When I first heard that ABOMINATION, at 15, I was *angry*. Called the station to complain. Had to apologize to the DJ when I realized that he was as taken aback by the time as I was, forced to play it because it was ‘station policy’.

Roundabout by Yes is another very long song

I was at that show at the Garden it was one of the best concerts i have seen, I also saw them at the Nasus coliseum on Long Island.

I was there. You can’t even imagine.

​@vincentjacovino9097 wow! That is awesome. One of their absolute best live performances. What a treat!

Mine too 👍

Epic! Yes, it’s a lyric for the ages. It would make a great tattoo.

Love this song, however that is the one line from the song I never agreed with... There are two paths you can go by, but there's no time to change the road your on. You make a choice and none of us know when our time is up.

@@yosemitegirlCA Ooh, that would be one big tattoo. Lol

Same Here,, although I am A Techno fan, 2 Cellos, Beethoven,

Then I was 15 and my older cousin had the 8-track in his Gremlin. Greatest thing he ever did for me... Our music rules!!!!

I'm 56 as of February, and I've always said I was born a generation to late. While my generation was listening to hair bands, I was listening to this and all the rest of the 50s to 80s

55. Professional musician partly because of this band. I knew at 8 yrs old... Bonham just oozed pure rhythm. Having siblings 10 yrs older than me, I always was hearing incredible music! Blessed to grow up in an Era where music was REAL! Not, AI,Autotune, track filled Total CRAP! Thank you for being rel bruh!

How lucky are you to have this in your youth! I grew up in the 80s and kept going to the ‘old’ songs for good reason ❤

she's there

Thank you

Beautiful story!

There are a few exceptions to this, Free Bird live and Do You Feel Like We Do are better live than the original studio versions.

It bugs me when a younger reactor watches a song from a band but they start with a live video 20 years after the fact, when the singers have peaked and are fading...I feel they might not like it as much because somethings lacking...

Agree with you. I often love the live versions. Have very fond memories of seeing 70's bands in concert. But I went to the concert already being a fan. We were already in love and when you love something, you love it minor flaws, quirks, creative departures and all. Some live versions do exceed expectations. And some leave the studio version far behind. But I think most of the time it's best to experience a live performance as a fan, which is how it was meant to be.

DEF... first time listens on live versions.. suck

save for maybe a handful... Skynyrd in Oakland... Queen Live Aid... Phil Collins in the Air... there's def a few live spots that can do... but 99%... def don't

It played every hour on most FM rock stations for years. It was consistently voted the #1 rock song of all time.

Amen to that. Music was Music then

MTV

BEST ERA

Yup - here in UK I guess a lot of us were hearing it on Radio Luxemburg in the evening complete with the fading ;)

There's none better. The boomer generation had the best music ever written.

Dang. I grew up on this and many others. I was 16. Still the best.

Oh yeah❤❤❤

And the variety. It was all GENUINE. Synthesizers were in use, but only as another, alternative instrument. They weren't really something that were used to generate instrumental tracks in place of having talent and actually playing instruments. And singers SANG. Studio mixing, yes. Autotune, NO.

​@reggiefokes6677 I smirk whenever someone says "Okay, Boomer." HA! We were SO MUCH COOLER and more authentic back then than they are now! Our music was AWESOME. AND we knew how to entertain ourselves, survive, and have fun WITHOUT a portable computer/phone or social media or much in the way of video games. (We had Pong, LOL.)

Yes, 70s rock was the best, and Led Zeppelin was the best of them.

Yes they do. Check out the album The Hazards of Love by The Decemberists. Absolutely amazing concept rock opera. By the end of it, you won't even have noticed that hour go by; it's transcendental. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-Qvw1CVOSmik.html

@@TomatoFettuccini Thank you.

Oh please. Good music has only been extinct for about 12- 13 years. The 00s were full of classics.

You should check out Greta van Fleet ;)

Don't forget the incense! I'm right there with you❤

It was my trippin' music! ❤

oh yeah-I’m 74 and remember sitting in a friend’s dorm room the first time I heard this.

Girl I’m 29 and I couldn’t either 😂 college for me consisted of sitting on the beach every single night getting high and listening to zeppelin or Pink Floyd

It reels you in, just about like all zeppelin songs played in stadiums throughout the US ! 50 years and still hear the Immigrant Song and others !!!

I knew Jimi Page when he was only 122 years old.

Gandalf has spoken..

You were probably babysat by Charlie Watts or Willie Nelson😅

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Aww God bless you ❤️😍! I am 61 years of age and I remember listening to this song on my little record player, after my sister and I bought the album 😁. Good memories ❤

And I bet your kids and grandkids know this music, too. My kids do, real well.

Exactly what I was trying to say. That version can bring me to tears.

100% agree. Might be the best cover of any song I've ever heard.

Jimmy Page as well.

Yes, it's great. President Obama awards them the Kennedy Center Honors. At those shows, the artists don't know who's going to perform. And, they're all great. Jack Black is hysterical at the beginning when he's telling anyone who might not know who Zeppelin is, all about them. Then, the music starts, the people there are celebrities, other musicians, and politicians jamming to Zeppelin. Heart was asked very last minute to perform this song. I think it was just a few days. But, John Bonham was the drummer and when he passed away, they didn't feel right about trying to replace him. So, they dissolved the band. A surprise drummer plays for Heart and it's Jason Bonham, John's son, that's really when Robert Plant started tearing up. They were all visibly moved, but it really got to Robert. There's another surprise in that performance that I'm not going to tell you about but just be prepared to have your goose bumps to have goose bumps. It's amazing.

Really enjoyed watching you enjoy this!

Same! Last dance song at every school dance in the 80s and 90s... Cuz it's so long

I agree and I’m obsessed with all music but stairway is #1

68 yo and the beginning of my journey into heavier guitar rock.

I know. My jaw dropped that a person in North America, over 20 had never heard Stairway to heaven. Seems, in Canada anyway, every kid that picks up a guitar learns this tune first.

Loving it as my number 1 song ever since it was first released.

OFC he has heard it too. He's just bullshitting his way to making money of gullible people. LOL

It sure doesn't.

Initially, no one appreciated them, their name came from an insult..But Jimmy knew what he had

I was over forty when I could listen to it again, and enjoy it. In LA radio market it was always playing! Thank God I Got to see them live, twice in one week! What a fun time that was ! I love them again and glad I took that break. PLANT AND I HAVE THE SAME BIRTHDAY, SO.... And, if you've never heard Heart, do it for Zeppelin, with Bonhams son on drums, it's a must, KENNEDY CENTER HONORS. With a Chior !!! Zepplin dudes, were crying. Make sure you just get the remastered album... Ps Metallica lead their $#!T, from Zepplin.

Let's call it the "crescendo " .

Listening to the song after she passes will bring joy to your heart. Trust me.

Maybe. I know I cannot watch the video my brother in law did of my mom for her funeral. It's been 9 years and I still cannot do it. As for your mom seeing Led Zeppelin in the beginning that would have been so great. The drummer of Vanilla Fudge became friends with John Bonham and they bonded over drums. Bonham was a fan of his before they played with Fudge. I've seen videos on youtube of Led Zeppelin when they started out. Their first performance in 68. they are on here and I wonder if a short video was done in Vancouver.

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​@@DianeLake-sw3ymYes, the name of Vanilla Fudge's drummer is Carmine Appice. Phenomenal drummer in his own right, but John Bonham will always be my favorite.

Thank you so much for sharing your story. Hearing how you & your mom have bonded with this song over the years is very touching and wonderful. Getting to spend time listening to music with my dad before he passed earlier this year was truly a blessing. It’s been five months and for me it’s been nice to set aside some time when I can to honor dad’s memory by listening to one of his favorites (Michael Hedges “Aerial Boundaries”) and then playing something I’ve discovered lately that I think he would like while keeping him in my thoughts (Julian Lage “Tributary”). I’m so grateful for the love of music he instilled in me. Best of luck on your journey friend. 🙏🏼

Magical times before Nancy screwed it all up.

Agree at 70 years old!

I still get the chills too! A masterpiece!

At 71 I remember seeing then live they are the best rock group EVER!

Yep! 63 years old

I'm 2 months shy of 72. I only listen to classic rock as my years are coming to an end...SO MANY great memories!!

Same here! I remember hearing it for the first time back then, and it hasn't aged at all - unlike us sadly

Dito 63

ditto... Im 64... remember watching this in the movie theater when I was 16. I still have my vinyl. Its in my will .... when Im in my box... tell the chapel to turn it up to 11 and rock the pucking crap out of the masonry.

@@ozziebob08 YES !

85 years here and I still pull the rig to the shoulder and shudder

Masterpiece

yesssssssssss

Mystical you are very perceptive

Well said, I like your description.

Timeless and precious!!❤❤❤❤❤

Well said!!!

It's like tripping. Starts off slow and mellow, gradually builds into intense and takes you for a ride, and then slowly brings you back down.

Not really. I think Led Zep travelled by limo and private all the time.

Well whoever was singing stairway to Heaven sounded and looked just like Led Zeppelin? Seriously, it really happened in Tuscaloosa Alabama in 1972.

Hell yeah 👍👍👍

@@ehemple Don't let justthefacts bring you down. Jealousy is an evil thing. Let him stew in it.

You just echoed what I was thinking exactly! We picked the best song of the year every year in high school. Every year Stairway was voted #1. Even 8 years after it was released. It was undeniable! Best tune ever hands down.

1980 Grad here!

Word

I was a senior in 1971. Still love this.

For the 70's and 80's Casey Cason did the best 100 songs of all time on every new year's eve. Freebird was always 2nd and Stairway was always 1st. Since Skynyrd was my favorite band I was hopin' they'd get it one year lol. Amazing the staying power of good music from any genre!!