Тёмный

Led Zeppelin, Stairway to Heaven - A Classical Musician’s First Listen, Reaction, and Study 

Virgin Rock
Подписаться 135 тыс.
Просмотров 420 тыс.
50% 1

Your recommendations, along with the “No Stairway to Heaven!” unwritten music shop rule, made me choose Stairway to Heaven as my first Led Zeppelin song. What I discovered digging into this piece of art truly fascinates me. So there: you were right: I’m deep in the rabbit hole now!
Oh, and here’s the link that I promised you for Bolero by Maurice Ravel:
• Boléro - Maurice Ravel...
_________________________
If this is the first time you’re watching one of my videos and you’re curious about who I am and my fields of expertise, follow this link:
• All about Virgin Rock ...
Join the classical musician Amy Shafer in her first listen of Stairway to Heaven by Led Zeppelin and watch her follow-up thoughts and discoveries about this piece of music.
_________________________
If you enjoyed this well enough to support my work, here’s a link where you can “buy me a coffee”… or two :)
ko-fi.com/amyshaferarts
Special thanks to those who are keeping my ko-fi cup supplied:
Yakov Rakhamimov, corepuncher, Brian Benny, Doug O’Neill, Roger P, Callum Leggat, Chad from Canada, Jeremy P, Jack, Bounds Cruise, Richard H, Ury Liv, Jason W, eljimi, Riffraff, Michael Ettner, Yuri, Steven, Christoff.
_________________________
Amy Shafer, LRSM, FRSM, RYC, is a classical harpist, pianist, and music teacher, Director of Piano Studies and Assistant Director of Harp Studies for The Harp School, Inc., holds multiple degrees in harp and piano performance and teaching, and is active as a solo and collaborative performer. With nearly two decades of teaching experience, she teaches privately, presents masterclasses and coaching sessions, and has performed and taught in Europe and USA.
_________________________
Credits: Music written and performed by Led Zeppelin
This video may contain copyrighted material whose use has not been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. VirginRock is using this material for educational, critical, research, and commentary purposes in our effort to promote musical literacy and understanding. We believe that this constitutes a “fair use” of the copyrighted material as provided for in Title 17 U.S.C. Section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, which provides allowance for "fair use" for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, and research. Fair use is a use permitted by copyright statute that might otherwise be infringing.
If you wish to use this copyrighted material for purposes of your own that go beyond “fair use”, you must obtain permission from the copyright owner.
If your copyrighted material appears on this channel and you disagree with our assessment that it constitutes “fair use”, please contact us.

Видеоклипы

Опубликовано:

 

19 июн 2024

Поделиться:

Ссылка:

Скачать:

Готовим ссылку...

Добавить в:

Мой плейлист
Посмотреть позже
Комментарии : 2,9 тыс.   
@keymack2477
@keymack2477 Год назад
School is in! Thank you Amy for another fascinating glimpse into how this song has been put together! I always feel much smarter after enjoying one of your music reactions and I look forward to whatever direction you take next! Thank you for your insightful reaction!!
@spoonunit03
@spoonunit03 Год назад
...and so say all of us.👍
@atomicwedgie8176
@atomicwedgie8176 Год назад
In this song, the Pied Piper is Satan. Page, was deep into the occult and Crawley(Satan worshipper). Plant, is telling the listeners that you can lead a bad life, if you choose, "there's still time to change the road you're on".
@MsAppassionata
@MsAppassionata Год назад
@@atomicwedgie8176 Who told you that the Pied Piper was supposed to represent Satan? I’ve never seen Page mention that anywhere.
@atomicwedgie8176
@atomicwedgie8176 Год назад
@@MsAppassionata Why would he admit it? Album sales would go way down. Page bought the home of Allister Crowley, which was a church that caught fire and burned down with the congregation still inside! Crowley was called the most evil man whoever lived and Page was a devout follower.
@josephwright6154
@josephwright6154 Год назад
@@atomicwedgie8176 you mean crowley
@user-ch5qd3uz3l
@user-ch5qd3uz3l Год назад
"i'm beginning to realize that a lot of rock songs have this guitar solo moment" is the most precious thing I have ever heard
@Plymouth888
@Plymouth888 Год назад
Please have a listen to Rainbow - especially the first 3 albums.
@arguserhardt8244
@arguserhardt8244 Год назад
Isn't it?! It's like someone trying dessert for the first time and saying "I'm beginning to realize that a lot of cupcakes have this frosting part" It's like... YES! THAT'S ONE OF THE BEST PARTS! ISN'T IT WONDERFUL!??
@SecretSpots
@SecretSpots Год назад
What a glorious moment!
@riukrobu
@riukrobu Год назад
I really loved that!
@rubenvalencia7959
@rubenvalencia7959 Год назад
yes indeed, my heart melted after hearing that one! Great commentary, on a great musical masterpiece. I'm now a subscriber!
@UriahBennett
@UriahBennett Год назад
This woman is an absolute treasure she must be protected at all cost.
@nigel900
@nigel900 Год назад
She really should gut out of her protective cocoon and listen to what’s been playing for more than 50 DAMN YEARS! For the love of God… she’s a “music teacher!” Pitiful…
@simoneric8183
@simoneric8183 Год назад
Absolutely.
@georgewachsmuth9201
@georgewachsmuth9201 Год назад
I totally agree!
@Davelakful
@Davelakful 9 месяцев назад
Agree
@alonenjersey
@alonenjersey 3 месяца назад
You got that right. A damn shame I didn't have someone exactly like her when I suffered through music class in my final year of Jr. High.
@palorius
@palorius Год назад
"There was no shock of the transition because it happened so smoothly up to that point ... that when it came it belonged, but at the same time it was unexpected. "- What wonderful praise from one professional to another and only another musician could express it so eloquently.
@traveltrailer7018
@traveltrailer7018 6 месяцев назад
As some one who has listened to this song since the 70’s, the entry of the electric guitar triggers a nostalgia that I cannot explain.
@davidhanson8681
@davidhanson8681 Год назад
This is a song most rock fans have overheard to the point of not hearing at all. You brought it to life again for me.
@gordonthomas4292
@gordonthomas4292 6 месяцев назад
I too have heard it many, many times. But the 1st few notes of Jimmy Pages' lead riff still put the hairs up on my neck
@00wn
@00wn Год назад
OK...that was the best analysis of this song I have ever been lucky enough to witness. Two thoughts ~ #1 - Amy Shafer is the only person on planet Earth, who has permission to pause a guitar solo. # 2 - When Virgin Rock hits 10,000 subscribers, Amy Shafer must play Stairway To Heaven on the harp in its entirety. Brilliant, Amy...absolutely brilliant!!
@richardj9016
@richardj9016 Год назад
Oh, number 1 is hard to agree to, but number 2 makes it an overall Yes
@VirginRock
@VirginRock Год назад
1. Why thank you for the absolution of my sins! Lol. (But really, I think I’ll eventually get to the point that I can find better places to pause and still be able to express myself, but not cause such pain and agony.) 2. I’ll think about it!
@00wn
@00wn Год назад
@@VirginRock 😀
@MarcelVolker
@MarcelVolker Год назад
I think it's safe to say that 10k subscribers is going to happen very very soon 😊
@ssm445
@ssm445 Год назад
If Amy goes for "Comfortably numb" and interrupts the solos, I 'd be genuinely angry though 😄
@dondebomm6329
@dondebomm6329 Год назад
One can not dismiss the musical influence of John Paul Jones on all Zeppelin's songs.
@michaelheller8841
@michaelheller8841 Год назад
JPJ and Bonham were the backbone of Led Zep no doubt. There Rhythms put a charge to their music. Not to take away anything Plant and Page did, they did a little too lol.
@zeppelinfan9360
@zeppelinfan9360 Год назад
@@michaelheller8841 Zeppelin doesn't work if you remove "ANY" of the four! I hope there's clarification 😁 🎸☮️💕
@michaelheller8841
@michaelheller8841 Год назад
@@zeppelinfan9360 I was being sarcastic lol. Most people talk about Plant and Page. In some cases John Bingham being the best drummer. A lot of people don’t talk about JPJ. It is true all 4 made the magic.
@michaelheller8841
@michaelheller8841 Год назад
Bonham meant, freaking typo
@josephlinnell9855
@josephlinnell9855 Год назад
JPJ. THE SILENT ASSASSIN
@contucker9413
@contucker9413 Год назад
How fortunate that these four musical geniuses were not only born as contemporaries but also that they found each other.
@midi510
@midi510 Год назад
I consider it one of God's gifts to us. I consider music on the whole as a gift of God to me/us. I don't think I would have survived past my teenage years without music.
@guzmanbriozzo3178
@guzmanbriozzo3178 Год назад
Si, responde a un momento histórico y un entorno que lo fomentó, por eso hoy en día es más difícil que se dé, por lo menos a ese nivel.
@musicforge14
@musicforge14 Год назад
Get lost conman Tucker Carlson!
@simoneric8183
@simoneric8183 Год назад
What a better definition of the miraclulous existence of Led Zep music than the one you just gave us !
@simoneric8183
@simoneric8183 Год назад
It makes me feel like wanting to do some research on this topic.
@incamoran9532
@incamoran9532 6 месяцев назад
Listening to Stairway to Heaven during a thunderstorm is an old rocker's idea of bliss.
@Brian-wq3qh
@Brian-wq3qh Год назад
One thing I've noticed with reaction/analysis of Led Zeppelin music is that very few reviewers mention the drumming of John Bonham. His drumming is used as an actual instrument not just as a means of keeping the rhythm. He is, in my humble opinion, the greatest rock drummer of all time if not greatest in any style.
@22nola
@22nola Год назад
My thoughts as well. Bonham’s drums drive most of their work and adds so much depth and interest.
@peterolbrisch8970
@peterolbrisch8970 Год назад
Ok, but does that really matter anymore how he is rated.
@Trippin369
@Trippin369 Год назад
Drummers are almost always unseen. Despite the incredible gifts they are blessed with.
@louierivera7512
@louierivera7512 Год назад
Agreed 100%
@annika8207
@annika8207 11 месяцев назад
@@Trippin369Agree completely! Have since the pandemic starting to listen to the dums more specific! ”Discovered” so far: * Michael Shrieve (Santana) * Per Lindvall (ABBA, A-ha) * Ola Brunkert (ABBA, etc) * Jeff Procario (TOTO) * Micky Dee (Motörhead) * Dennis Byron (BeeGees) * John JR Robinson (Lionel Richie, David Lee Roth, Michel Jackson, We are the world * John (Bonzo) Bonham (Led Zeppelin) * Billy Cobham (jazz) * Mel Gaynor (Simple Minds) * Buddy Rich (jazz/storband) * Eric Carr (Kizz) * Albert (Al) Jackson Jr (BookerT MGs, Stax) * Larry Mullen (U2) * Roger Taylor (Queen) * Laust Sonne (D.A.D.) * Brian Tichy (Billy Idol, mm) * Senri Kawaguchi (young Japaneese) And I’m keep looking!😉
@davidcardoso3525
@davidcardoso3525 Год назад
My Mother was a Classically trained musician who had little, if any, time in her life for rock music. I talked her into listening to Stairway & her immediate comment was that it had a "wonderful shape".
@ruraljuror1734
@ruraljuror1734 Год назад
That’s utterly beautiful! 💜
@davidellinsworth22
@davidellinsworth22 Год назад
I'd have paid good money to see her reaction
@blackbob3358
@blackbob3358 Год назад
Was she just patronising you, mr Cardoso, or what ? ( or just her way of telling you to shut up ! )
@davidellinsworth22
@davidellinsworth22 Год назад
@@blackbob3358 any need for that comment?
@ryanbotha9775
@ryanbotha9775 Год назад
Poor stunted creature she must have been..
@Tranderson02
@Tranderson02 Год назад
Come for the reaction, stay for the education! You are a gem.
@charlesblakely1634
@charlesblakely1634 6 месяцев назад
I just discovered Virgin Rock and I'm entranced by Amy's spirit, her intelligence, her passion, and on and on...This is some of the best stuff I've discovered on RU-vid. Keep it up, Amy!
@eatthisvr6
@eatthisvr6 Год назад
Page plays guitar like it's a voice talking to you. Robert uses his voice like and instrument. The combination is sublime
@PhilPage227
@PhilPage227 Год назад
Very well put my friend.
@Daniel-Strain
@Daniel-Strain Год назад
Yes! I've always thought that the call and response of the two guitars from 12:15 to 12:35 (of this video) sounded like two people having a conversation or debate over the paths of virtue and vice, with each argument being answered by the one trying to convince his friend that "there is still time to change the road you're on".
@dianecourtney2724
@dianecourtney2724 Год назад
Great comment
@infodotwtf
@infodotwtf Год назад
This should be a show on PBS. I dig it.
@fidobite3798
@fidobite3798 Год назад
You really have to wonder what planet this nice lady grew up on! It's fascinating to see and hear her reaction to perhaps the best known rock recording in 50+ years and she seems to have never before heard it!
@ItIsRan
@ItIsRan Год назад
I suppose she's not a rock fan, i bet she knows it exists and have listened to a glimpse of it before but never listened to it in it's whole
@adamw13
@adamw13 Год назад
She did say that it's so iconic, even she heard of it, but never listened
@bohbro
@bohbro Год назад
There is also quite a lot of iconic non rock music that a lot of zep fans have never listened to.
@user-nm4eg5te2x
@user-nm4eg5te2x Год назад
Wow 😂 musician? Is she? ....
@thomascordery7951
@thomascordery7951 Год назад
​@@user-nm4eg5te2x Very much so.
@TheEsteban1979
@TheEsteban1979 11 месяцев назад
This woman is magical. I could listen to her for hours. God blessed her with amazing skills.
@kylben
@kylben Год назад
I love the thunder coming through your mic. Even the sky can't help rocking out to Led Zeppelin.
@DavidAntrobus
@DavidAntrobus Год назад
I like to think that was Bonzo reminding us he existed, as if we need reminding.
@katyareads221
@katyareads221 Год назад
At the Kennedy Honors this song was done with an orchestra, rock band and full choir....worth the listen.
@menaceren
@menaceren Год назад
Thank you for that!
@GeographRick
@GeographRick Год назад
I love that version.
@muzik4machines
@muzik4machines Год назад
came here to say that, epic performance
@rogerthomas169
@rogerthomas169 Год назад
Heart did it and it was in front of the three remaining led zeppelin members, one of the top musical moments in tv history
@richardpare3538
@richardpare3538 Год назад
@@rogerthomas169 You meant the 3 remaining members!
@robertfmorton
@robertfmorton 11 месяцев назад
Amy. Please! Don't ever change the way you present your analysis videos. As a 75 year old who grew up with the Beatles, Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd and the rest, you explain why I was hooked from the start. You always entertain AND inform. I learn SO much. From this retired teacher, you are the best! (P.S., I would love you to look at Pink Floyd's 'Animals' album. My favorite).
@ptdoria88
@ptdoria88 3 месяца назад
oh my god NEVER NEVER NEVER STOPS GUITAR SOLO STAIRWAY TO HEAVEN 😮😮😮😮😮😮😮😮😮😮😮😮
@PeterBuwen
@PeterBuwen Год назад
Your harp play of Stairway to heaven was very beautiful. I wished you could play a whole harp cover of the song. 🙃
@robertvirnig638
@robertvirnig638 Год назад
Here is a masterful version from the harp twins. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-2U7TDOtfxts.html
@grandtheftmanualv945
@grandtheftmanualv945 Год назад
Seconded!
@richardj9016
@richardj9016 Год назад
Required
@pekfake
@pekfake Год назад
Yes please
@erelster
@erelster Год назад
When the channel hits 10k subs, she’s doing it.
@nickmcginley4570
@nickmcginley4570 Год назад
I have been listening to this song for about 50 years, and I still listen very carefully every time I hear it, and always discover some new emotional content each time.
@realnewswithleeleffingwell9475
100%!!!
@artistjoh
@artistjoh Год назад
I'm with you on that journey. I bought IV the day it hit the stores.
@jeffburkholder2148
@jeffburkholder2148 Год назад
When the song first came out. As it was played over-and-over on FM radio. I was so bored with it then because it was played so much. Now nearly 50 yrs later I now do love it.
@scottanderson7412
@scottanderson7412 Год назад
I lost a lady friend in 2001 or so, and I was a truck driver at the time when I got to my truck and started the truck, and made my safety check then got back in the truck, exactly when I shut the door to start driving Stairway to Heaven came on the radio, and I started balling my eyes out because I just found out a few hours prior that she past away, and from that moment on I have dedicated that song to her. Her name was Donna Webb, and she died at 48 to do being a heavy drinker, and smoker, and I really enjoyed listening to you going through and explaining the song in more detail. I'm a new subscriber to you, and this is my 3rd time watching you do a reaction, and you have done all of them very nicely. I'm glad I have come across your channel. Thanks again for doing what you do beautiful one.
@steveryan1799
@steveryan1799 Год назад
Hey Scott, nice tribute to your friend.
@davidsender7479
@davidsender7479 9 месяцев назад
Has anyone else noticed the live thunder outside during this... It's makes it absolutely magical !
Год назад
I love when people like you are using the internet right: sharing and transmitting Culture and knowledge. The web is worth it thanks to you! One of my favorite compositors is also using repetition to build different tensions, E. Grieg with "In the lair of the mountain king" or "Ase's death" in the Peer Gynt suite.
@anicecupoftea8303
@anicecupoftea8303 Год назад
Genesis-Firth of Fifth. The piano intro and guitar solo are highlights of a fantastic song. One of my favourites.
@LuisMotrel
@LuisMotrel Год назад
Yes please!
@nanskate
@nanskate Год назад
I agree. One of my favorite progressive Rock songs. But don't forget about the flute.
@MDElam
@MDElam Год назад
Yes: "Firth of Fifth" (or "Cinema Show" or "Supper's Ready")!
@AndrewMoore58
@AndrewMoore58 Год назад
That is an amazing and very special song. One of Tony Banks best piano compositions. I hope Amy does that song.
@ryanwebb6356
@ryanwebb6356 Год назад
Jason Becker, 18 years old he could write and play stuff that would shock Paganini with its virtuosity.
@frankolivito9242
@frankolivito9242 8 месяцев назад
this was one of the first rock songs that pyramided slowly steadily to a super crescendo.every band after that was inspired by this song
@coot1925
@coot1925 Год назад
Thank you Amy. The British voice of Robert Plant is probably responsible for that Celtic feel. The recorders (not flutes) also add to the feel. In the 50 years of being a rock musician I've met a lot of classical musicians and unfortunately most of them are unable to appreciate rock, but you really get it. Music is an art form which is based on feelings and emotions and not necessarily about precision or skill. Whenever I write an instrumental it's always influenced by my surroundings and how I feel at the time. Your rendition on the harp almost made me cry, what a beautiful instrument.
@midkingsteve
@midkingsteve Год назад
Yes! Next you must do their song "kashmir". Another epic song but this time in harmonic minor. And featuring both a full symohonic orchestra and a melotron! Very cinematic.
@cjwagner1
@cjwagner1 Год назад
If you do "kashmir" you might want to also check out the "live from celebration day" video of it on youtube. It is an excellent live version of it in my humble opition. It is from a tribute concert they did in 2007. They had disbanded in 1980 after their drummer John Bonham died. They got back together for this concert with John's son filling in on drums. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-2bZt7-T8oLY.html.
@JohnSmith-pn1kq
@JohnSmith-pn1kq Год назад
With the amount of times she stopped this song, imagine how many times she will stop Caroselambra. Probably every 5 seconds
@Zoso352
@Zoso352 Год назад
@@JohnSmith-pn1kq Hah! Brilliant!
@elizabetholiviaclark
@elizabetholiviaclark Год назад
I'd never heard rock music critiqued quite like this, and now I have a new way of thinking about Stairway to Heaven. Thank you for the research and preparation.
@klausschneider1045
@klausschneider1045 Год назад
One of the finest details in this song is the way the intersections between verses each are shifting the mood to higher levels. Great songwriting.
@HollowGolem
@HollowGolem Год назад
I love that "Stairway" is basically "what happens if you sustain a crescendo throughout an entire song." It just keeps building. Sometimes by adding volume (the switch from acoustic to electric, for instance), sometimes by adding parts (vocals and drums have staggered entries throughout the first half of the song) and then once the volume is maxed, we increase tempo, especially in the solo, and then almost crash back down to the recapitulation at the end. "And she's buyin' the stairway..."
@richardb6260
@richardb6260 Год назад
The surviving members of Led Zeppelin were honored at the Kennedy Center in 2012. Nancy Wilson of the rock group Heart performed a spectacular version of Stairway to Heaven that's well worth seeing.
@Hundhammer
@Hundhammer Год назад
yes, I suggested that to her (and the Zappa version...) in the comments to he announcing video... well worth!
@LeeKennison
@LeeKennison Год назад
Like Dominik, I also mentioned this performance in the announcement video. I hope Amy will be able to view this for her own enjoyment. It will allow her to see a more recent interpretation by Anne and Nancy Wilson, along with band, orchestra, and choir. I have watched this performance many times, and I always have an emotional response to it. Particularly with the surviving members clearly enjoying the performance as they watch. It is outstanding!
@lyndoncmp5751
@lyndoncmp5751 Год назад
They needed the population of a small country to pull that off. Zeppelin just had three musicians and a singer.
@gsparkman
@gsparkman Год назад
In music reactions, the left arrow button is the reactor's best friend. Each tap of the key will "rewind" the music back exactly 10 seconds. Using it creates an overlap of the original stopping point, providing a continuity of the song's progression. Comes in especially helpful when the song is abruptly stopped in the middle a word the singer happens to be singing at the time.
@Greg-om2hb
@Greg-om2hb Год назад
Yes, indeed
@BenC460
@BenC460 Год назад
It's actually 5 seconds but yes it does help the music to flow better when pausing.
@hadz8671
@hadz8671 Год назад
@@BenC460 - Interesting. Only now do I notice that left-arrow goes back 5s whereas J goes back 10s.
@muratomar6502
@muratomar6502 Год назад
Wow, useful information!
@anthonyv6962
@anthonyv6962 Год назад
I would have to agree.
@davidsthubbins176
@davidsthubbins176 Год назад
"Stairway" sounds BEAUTIFUL on your harp. I'm sure we'd all love to hear you play it in its entirety.
@privateislandice
@privateislandice Год назад
Her reaction to Plant's voice after the guitar solo was great!
@tubewayarmy2
@tubewayarmy2 Год назад
Your musical ear is far more intricate than most people, which makes your 'reactions' much more interesting as each song is a musical book of analysis. You are my favorite 'reaction video' author.
@joef5708
@joef5708 Год назад
There is something to be said for formal education too.
@nathandougherty7058
@nathandougherty7058 Год назад
The difference is that this RU-vidr has such a detailed understanding of her subject, that a first listen awakens many ideas within her that she can share with us.. bridges to other concepts that an average, enthusiast might not quite grasp. Much more compelling than most reaction videos. I'm learning so much about so many great pieces of music from her. Addictive!
@eatthisvr6
@eatthisvr6 Год назад
The thing with zeppelin is that all 4 members are equally amazing musicians, there is no stand out member!!
@frankolivito9242
@frankolivito9242 8 месяцев назад
thank you!you picked up on their Celtic and old English feels in their songs ,number 1 rock song of all time!!!
@stevedahlberg8680
@stevedahlberg8680 Год назад
I'm so blown away by playing those two different lines together and demonstrating how they are related. I'm a composer myself and I love that kind of stuff but for whatever reasons, I never made that connection before in this song. Partly because I encountered it when I was very young and would just crank it and go nuts, laugh. Anyway, that is fantastic.
@outsidethewall8488
@outsidethewall8488 Год назад
Plant is also a massive Tolkien fan and this comes through in small lyrical references throughout his career . In this piece some read the line about the lady thinking all that glitters is gold as a shakespeare reference but I read it as a Tolkien reference (all that is gold does not glitter, not all those who wander are lost etc.) Then in the Battle of Evermore he refers to the ringwraiths riding in black and in Ramble On he mentions Gollum and the darkest depths of Mordor- plus the name of the song Misty Mountain Hop is an obvious ode to The Hobbit. Just thought i'd add this on the off chance you or anyone else here is also a Tolkien fan :) *Edited to correct minor errors pointed out in my replies - thank you to those people*
@szeleddie
@szeleddie Год назад
What do mean he "was" a Tolkien fan??? He still is!!! Once you are fan of Tolkien you always be!!!
@johnfarley4492
@johnfarley4492 Год назад
One ring to rule them all...(Clerks)
@julianavery963
@julianavery963 Год назад
He is from Middle Earth, of course!!
@mrjules1982
@mrjules1982 Год назад
"There's a feeling I get, when I look to the West, and my spirit is crying for leaving" Always felt to me as a reference to Valinor.
@jrwalker591
@jrwalker591 Год назад
"Ramble On" he mentions Gollum and Mordor... :)
@bananapuddingpop3867
@bananapuddingpop3867 Год назад
It can't be said enough, this is the greatest rock song ever written. Led Zeppelin, in my opinion, is the greatest band in rock history. (The Beatles are the most important) But Zeppelin is the greatest. They don't have a bad album. They rarely have a weak song on any of their albums. They are the rare band that was always at their peak no matter where they were in their history. You'll be getting a list a mile long of what to listen to next from them. The answer is simply yes....listen to any of their songs. But for me you know the true greatness of a song by listening to a cover. Look for Heart playing Stairway at the Kennedy Center Honors where they were honoring Led Zeppelin. And look at the teary eyed reactions of these once rock gods and now old men as they listen to someone masterfully play their greatest song. It's beautiful to watch Plant react to his own music. We all learn listening to anything by them, but if you must try Kashmire or Babe I'm Gonna Leave You for sure.
@Ninjametal
@Ninjametal Год назад
I love Led Zeppelin, and agree for the most part. I suggest the "CODA" album is crap, but I still think Zeppelin is the greatest rock band.
@joescott8877
@joescott8877 Год назад
From now on, I will adopt your description of Zeppelin = "greatest" (I often also say "best") but recognizing The Beatles as "most important." I think that's inarguable. I used to try to express that by saying Beatles= "greatest," but I think "most important" (or "influential" if you like) is the better choice. I also nominate "Bron-Yr-Aur," "In The Light," and "Achilles last Stand" for examples of Zep's range and structural complexities for this expert to analyze.
@Hartlor_Tayley
@Hartlor_Tayley Год назад
Ramble on.
@rov3r698
@rov3r698 Год назад
As she said “masterpiece “
@coyote4237
@coyote4237 Год назад
Totally agree with you.
@JS-TexanJeff
@JS-TexanJeff 5 месяцев назад
I've been listening to this song since ~1982. Definitely 100's if not 1000's of times. You analyzed and expressed more than I've absorbed in just a couple days listening. Amazing. Thank you.
@brutusl2786
@brutusl2786 Год назад
Boy you got me to listen to Stairway again and wow. This song can’t really be analyzed because it somehow tickles a part of like the back of your brain like something - you can’t really describe it, some kind of cerebral resonance that really can’t be explained. But you have to listen to it loud to let it really get through, and then bliss.
@FearlessRefactoring
@FearlessRefactoring Год назад
wow. when you first played it on the harp I broke into a huge smile. I could listen to that all day. It sounds fantastic.
@Hartlor_Tayley
@Hartlor_Tayley Год назад
I hope she plays more harp too.
@oscarlinebaugh8930
@oscarlinebaugh8930 Год назад
The Harp Twins did this on their harps. It sounds great on the harp.
@zamdrist
@zamdrist Год назад
What a gift it is to witness a person experiencing this song for the first time. So cool!
@richardventus1875
@richardventus1875 8 месяцев назад
It's so wonderful to see someone really 'in tune' with the beauty and virtuosity of Led Zep's music. I don't believe it has been surpassed ever since it was released.
@danceswithcritters
@danceswithcritters 24 дня назад
Yes, exactly! "How naturally and seamlessly it progresses. So well balanced you hardly notice what is being done in that moment, the shift happens almost imperceptibly, and our awareness of it comes after it has already taken place". Brilliant articulation by this lovely young lady.
@lashutterbug
@lashutterbug Год назад
How remarkable that you mentioned Bolero at 29:45, because Jimmy Page and Jeff Beck played together on a track called "Beck's Bolero" in 1967. That track also included John Entwistle and Keith Moon of the Who. And Page himself would revisit that sound by including a "Bolero" solo in the first part of "How Many More Times" on Led Zeppelin's first album in 1968.
@Hartlor_Tayley
@Hartlor_Tayley Год назад
Becks Bolero. I forgot about that one, it perfectly illustrates this concept. Good call.
@kovie9162
@kovie9162 Год назад
When Amy said that it reminded her of a classical piece, I thought of some of Ravel's contemporaries like Debussy and Satie, so I "sort of" had it. 😀
@lyndoncmp5751
@lyndoncmp5751 Год назад
I believe it was John Paul Jones, not John Entwistle. So half of the future Led Zeppelin. 👍
@Hartlor_Tayley
@Hartlor_Tayley Год назад
@@lyndoncmp5751 talking about future zeppelin, I listened to a Yardbirds live bootleg that got uploaded yesterday called Live in New York 1968 and there is a song called “White Summer” which is Jimmy Page playing solo and you can hear him go through some future zeppelin stuff. Whole album is great.
@philjones6054
@philjones6054 Год назад
Very good point you've made.
@midkingsteve
@midkingsteve Год назад
This was honestly one of the best song reviews I've ever seen. Brava. 👏👏👏👏
@grandtheftmanualv945
@grandtheftmanualv945 Год назад
Check out the early videos, luckily there's not many yet, but all of equal quality!
@jodifair3957
@jodifair3957 7 месяцев назад
Plant and Page are masters, but so was John Bonham (drummer) and John Paul Jones (bassist, multi instrumentalist) Zep was Magic meant to happen. You must continue your Zep Journey. I thing you would particularly enjoy The rain Song as well. Led Zep 4/Ever❤
@henryread5301
@henryread5301 2 месяца назад
She's the only one I've heard react to this song and correctly identify the Recorder. Good job girl: 👍
@sixslinger9951
@sixslinger9951 Год назад
Page's guitar solo is the best solo in the history of rock music, IMO. As a guitar player, this solo is not exactly easy because of Page's unique phrasing. It took me a long time to get it ALMOST right. I still come back to it and work on it from time to time.
@Cosmo-Kramer
@Cosmo-Kramer Год назад
You should check out Rockloe's cover of the solo. She's adorable, too.
@george93308
@george93308 Год назад
Probably the most iconic guitar solo of all time. At least for us old folks. Watching young people listen to songs we've known for decades is a bit surreal. Hope you enjoy our generation's music.
@BP7BlackPearl
@BP7BlackPearl 8 месяцев назад
What she is missing is the shifting is done with the drums, Bonzo, a genuis on the drums. He took an instrument, the drums, that is usually accredited to being pounding, loud, driving, but he uses them to make transistions in a way you dont notice at first.
@zeppelinmexicano
@zeppelinmexicano 23 дня назад
What amazes me the most is how they move the tempo and it all hangs together at every step. The power increases with the tempo in perfect steps.
@decodynamo
@decodynamo Год назад
Pleasantly startling and assumption-defying that there's someone like you in the Western world who had never heard this song! Watching your reactions as it proceeded was vicariously gratifying and helped me rediscover it for myself, in a way, having likely heard it hundreds? of times. Since I want to round out my musical appreciation and expand my boundaries, your eloquent analysis has filled my sails with a breath of fresh air. Thanks, Amy!
@paulburke9198
@paulburke9198 Год назад
have to agree Dynamo arts , I've heard this so often ,woudn't have mattered if I never heard it again but this little music lesson has "refreshed" the experience so now I'm no longer "sick of hearing" what is indeed a little bit of rock brilliance so thanks for that Amy Shafer , 🎼🎶💖.
@zebratroopfan6695
@zebratroopfan6695 Год назад
It is amazing how must of us live in self created bubbles. I recently met a guy who had never heard of the Eagles. I thought he was joking but he had never heard of them. He lived and worked in a world that just didn’t listen to this type of music. His bubble of church, work, and friends just didn’t listen to it. He was equally shocked I wasn’t familiar with Frankie Beverly or Lakeside. These bands although not as popular to the general public were very popular in his world.
@kelvincook4246
@kelvincook4246 Год назад
@@zebratroopfan6695 I love Led Zeppelin's music, but talking about the bubbles that people exist in, I've been surprised by the number of people who don't know that Zeppelin was inspired by blues musicians like Howlin' Wolf, Sonny Boy Williamson, Muddy Waters, and Willie Dixon. Who probably also inspired groups like Lakeside.
@JohnProph
@JohnProph Год назад
forget Led Zep....she said she never heard any Beatles songs!!! lol
@kelvincook4246
@kelvincook4246 Год назад
@@JohnProph About 30 years ago or so, I was standing in a check out line in front of two teen girls. They were looking at a People magazine that had Paul McCartney on the cover. And one of the girls said to the other, "... you know he was in a band before Wings." Niether of them seemed to actually know about the Beatles. After I picked my jaw off the floor, I asked what planet they were from. They laughed at me. Felt old then, and I'm really old now.
@AndrewLakeUK
@AndrewLakeUK Год назад
I've listened to this song for most of my life. It has moved from tedious rock song to great monuments music. "He sounds so lonely" is a new take but so true.
@19splat91
@19splat91 Год назад
I’ve listened to this song countless times over the years and never put together the idea of how the music slowly builds, and builds, and builds, (like a stairway) until it gets to the euphoric guitar solo and final verse (heaven). I don’t remember if you described it quite like that but thank you for sparking this realization!
@Cosmo-Kramer
@Cosmo-Kramer Год назад
The song doesn't build, it unfolds.
@cjo2012
@cjo2012 Год назад
I can only merely attempt to share with you what you just made me re-experience. I tell you with, not trying to sound poetic, but with sincerity from my very heart and soul, that after over 45 years of this song being etched into the deepest fiber of my being, through you, gentle and perceptive teacher, I actually experieced all it's emotions as if for the very first time today. I'm 58, loving it since I was 12 or so. Through you I heard it afresh and wept THREE times. As a kid I called it 'The Sacred Song', but I really had no idea why. I knew nothing about Celtic music or mysticism or even metaphor, only how it made me FEEL. Over the decades I became a rock guitarist and singer. I currently am the singer in an occassionally performing Led Zeppelin 'tribute' band. I, unlike Plant, never tire of it. But I understand because I HEARD it hundreds of times, not performed it hundreds of times. I gleaned insights into it over YEARS and years. YOU did in DAYS. The only insight I know is my own is the materialism vs. timeless spirituality one. And again, I had been loving it for over 20 years when I realized that. The fact that it has LAYERED multi-meaning only hit me, again, much later. And things like the gradual overall tempo increase required Page himself to reveal. And not until this very DAY, 2/18/23, did I realize, through you, that there's this incidental CHRONOLOGICAL progression from Medieval to Modern, or from the Classical to Modern time era through the instrumentation. But on the spiritual and emotional side, I have long since been enduring a bit of identity crisis and some depression. By hearing dear Stairway as though for the first time all over again by watching your reaction, and your comments in your listening section about the bare honesty of emotion in the vocal (the FIRST time I teared up) downstream to the 'haunting, lonely vocal', I, in some mysterious way, am reminded of WHO AND WHAT I AM. ...And I have you to thank for it. I'm not a lost loser, I'm a musician and a spiritual seeker. I take things Zeppelin personally, so your beautiful compliments as to the tenderness of the vocal for instance, made me smile deep down inside and made me wish Robert were sitting beside me so I can elbow him in the ribs.☺️ You are a credit to music in general and I can't thank you enough for this in particular. Bless your heart. The forest again, echoes with laughter.🙏😌🙏
@urimaginarystar
@urimaginarystar Год назад
Very well said. I’m 56 and was probably a preteen when I first heard Stairway to Heaven. I never get sick of it, and each time I listen, I discover new depths and meaning in the song.
@sourisvoleur4854
@sourisvoleur4854 Год назад
This is the apotheosis of what a music reaction channel can do. Beyond "I really like it," you have actually given us new ideas and tools for enjoying the song. Thank you!
@radone5896
@radone5896 Год назад
A very noticeable part of Led Zeppelin is how the drummer John Bonham adds fills in off beat places that other drummers wouldn't and Page sometimes plays in seemingly different time signatures than Bonham yet they always end up together as if they have some weird mental time lock. I would highly suggest listening to "The Rain Song" which is actually their most beautiful ballad which has a gorgeous orchestration to it. Lovely to see that a classical musician can love and appreciate a rock band instead of just dismissing the genre, sadly too many rock lovers fail to listen to great classical music that would greatly enrich their lives.
@rob7953
@rob7953 Год назад
I would absolutely love to hear her impression of this song!
@zosomoso
@zosomoso Год назад
100% agree on the Rain Song. Most beautiful chord progression ever imo.
@VGKDean
@VGKDean Год назад
I mentioned The Rain Song too. It’s one of my favorites.
@pinball1970
@pinball1970 Год назад
Not really, he was not jazz or syncopated. Bonham was straight rock. His feel was another planet and his combinations very powerful, between his BD, snare and Tom. Hard to imitate if you naturally lead with a different hand like me.
@pinball1970
@pinball1970 Год назад
When the drums came in you should have let that part have a chance to breathe with you
@PeterTea
@PeterTea Год назад
Glad to see this back up on RU-vid.
@KHallesy
@KHallesy Год назад
Your reactions are wonderful! These are my favorite songs from high school in the 70's!
@joeb4142
@joeb4142 Год назад
Ooooh Amy you are such a gift to the RU-vid reaction/analysis community! Thank you so much for all the time you spend making these videos as well as your knowledge, experience and wonderful teaching ability. ❤️
@ostflut
@ostflut Год назад
I honestly love the way Amy Shafer is deep diving into the songs she's reacting to. For someone like me, who started composing as hobby during the pandemic and never had the chance to study music, it's a marvelous way to learn how songs I love were written.
@ManicQuantummechanic
@ManicQuantummechanic Год назад
Its beauty is in its simplistic elegance that delivers a journey of a soft gentle song transitioning into an epic Rock song that climbs the stairway to Rock & Roll Hall of Fame immortality.
@TheMrPastry
@TheMrPastry 13 дней назад
I have just stumbled upon your video these last two days. I have to say that first I appreciate your describing the nuances many of us have listened to and enjoyed for years, and not realizing the little details and connections. Myself I thank you for giving me a whole new appreciation of these sorts of pieces. I have played this for years (at home- not in a guitar store) on acoustic guitar. I particularly enjoyed your describing and demonstrating the Scottish Snap. I live on Cape Breton Island and Celtic music is a part of the way of life here, and now I hear these melodies and lilts in other things too. Thank you Amy.
@neccron9956
@neccron9956 Год назад
At the time of this song, Plant was into Celtic Mysticism, so that is why this song has a strong Celtic tone to it.
@rogeremmerson
@rogeremmerson Год назад
Your Ravel 'Bolero' connection is fascinating in that Page recorded a version of it with Jeff Beck entitled 'Beck's Bolero'. Thanks, as always, for your thoughtful and thought-provoking analysis.
@KabobHope
@KabobHope Год назад
The "Bolero" connection is interesting. "Kashmir" is even more "Bolero"-inspired with its building toward climax. She really makes me really see the song with fresh ears.
@boki1693
@boki1693 Год назад
I literally just stumbled upon this as I watched this. I knew about the Beck song but had no idea Page and Jones played on it.
@Hartlor_Tayley
@Hartlor_Tayley Год назад
@@boki1693 I think Moon is on drums too.
@vangrod8510
@vangrod8510 Год назад
"Beck's Bolero" is based on Ravel's rhythm but is otherwise original, and the landmark recording session that produced the track was the first step towards formation of Led Zeppelin, famously named in sarcasm concerning the group's future by Keith Moon, who did the drumming.
@Hartlor_Tayley
@Hartlor_Tayley Год назад
@@vangrod8510 you’re right, it is Becks Bolero not Ravels Bolero. What a fantastic riff
@Hubbuster88
@Hubbuster88 Год назад
Amy, May I suggest that in my opinion the smooth progressions throughout the entire song are actually steps as part of a stairway… a stairway to heaven. Btw, I just found your channel about 2 hours ago and have watched about 4 or 5 videos non stop. I like the way you respectfully analyze your first time rock listens even though this genre is not your career choice. Very nice.
@flamencoprof
@flamencoprof Год назад
I was wondering when she would get to that metaphor, hah!
@hermitrob5481
@hermitrob5481 Год назад
Amy is by far the best classical based rock analyst on RU-vid. That I've seen anyway. Wonderful grasp of metaphor as it relates to the real world and fantasy. How important the unspoken or unplayed notes are in musical story telling. I worry for her students as she's only going gain popularity lol.
@Gary_M
@Gary_M Год назад
If you want to hear the "build" of this song intensified in an amazing way, you must check out the cover by the band Heart when they honored LZ at the Kennedy Center. Choirs, orchestra, it's awesome.
@chrisdavies3049
@chrisdavies3049 Год назад
What a wonderful reaction. My mother was a classically trained pianist and music teacher. She was 91 when she passed. When I spoke at her funeral, I stated that my mother had taught me to have an interest in all types of music. Nothing should be out of bounds. It's nice to see you doing the same.
@danexhoax2884
@danexhoax2884 10 месяцев назад
Most of all I'm so glad you're making a point of how modern music is similar to classical music, because so many classical musicians I've met have this high-brow attitude and don't consider pop and rock as "music" at all.
@robcirice6447
@robcirice6447 Год назад
I am a new fan of your musical opinion and honesty. You are educating me as well as you compare one type (genre) of music to your own familiar background of musical taste. Thank you very much.
@MartinMcMartin
@MartinMcMartin Год назад
These break downs amaze me, simple elements which I have heard, but not recognized the significance. Loving this channel and not at all surprised how quickly it is growing.
@jamescooper2618
@jamescooper2618 Год назад
One of my favorite things about this song is the way it builds throughout the song and then quickly diminishes to nothing.
@rickmoyer9983
@rickmoyer9983 Год назад
Rather akin to life, eh?
@stevenpalmer8058
@stevenpalmer8058 Год назад
I absolutely loved your insight into this song, especially as a Scotsman, your expertise has confirmed what I have always thought. 🙂
@john8787
@john8787 Год назад
I could listen all day to her expertise and her breakdowns and new perspectives of the music I've grown up with, thanks Amy ,
@toniyoung5131
@toniyoung5131 Год назад
I clicked on this so quickly I stubbed my finger ;). I'd be fascinated to hear what you think of Kashmir, or The Rain Song.
@joeloedeman5160
@joeloedeman5160 Год назад
Kashmir AND The Rain Song ;)
@midkingsteve
@midkingsteve Год назад
The rain song! Oh my gosh yes!
@smitty1e
@smitty1e Год назад
"Scottish snap" is also called "pointing" among pipers. When your instrument doesn't support rests, you play in a pointed style to add interest.
@revswank
@revswank Год назад
I'm realizing now how much I need a recording of a harp version of this song for my listening pleasure.
@realnewswithleeleffingwell9475
Same
@oldrockr1557
@oldrockr1557 Год назад
Look up the HARP TWINS..2 European sisters who play it on the harp..There is another harp duo that does it but I can't remember the name..Find Harp Twins , the other should come up. The Harp Twins are Cammile & Kenerly.. Check out their whole catalog..AMAZING!!Was just listening to Carry On Wayward SON by Kansas.. Still looking for the othe duo..
@Davey-Boyd
@Davey-Boyd Год назад
Amy, that was incredible. Thank you so much for sharing your thoughts on these masterpieces, while also teaching us some musical wisdom along the way. I really can't wait to see where you go next with this! And you are right, 'Stairway' fits the harp perfectly!
@Hartlor_Tayley
@Hartlor_Tayley Год назад
If Amy was around when Zeppelin made this album they would have her playing on this song.
@custardflan
@custardflan Год назад
Back in the '90s I worked at a newspaper where we would ask visiting celebrities about what book they were reading or TV show or movie they were watching or looking forward to. One time Ace Frehley with Kiss said he was reading Lord of the Rings because he wanted to understand Led Zeppelin better. Some Lord of the Rings references in this song: -- She believes all that giltters is gold ("All that is gold does not glitter" -- The Riddle of Strider. -- When i look to the west and my spiriti is crying for leaving. (The elves long to return to Valanor, the Undying Lands, in the West.) -- Smoke through the trees, the forest will echo with laughter -- all images of the woodland elves or the Hobbits trekking through the Old Forest or in Fangorn Forest. -- A spring clean for the May Queen. Goldberry's washing day. -- Time to change the road you're on. Frodo and Aragorn had time to decide which road to take as they floated down the Anduin. River. -- The "stairway" in LOTR wasn't to heaven, however. It was to terror and Mordo. The way in to a hellish state, but which ultimately by the sacrifice of Frodo and Sam, the world was saved. -- Our shadows taller than our souls. (Sam carrying the Ring up the tower stairs to save Frodo appeared larger than in reality as he went to save Frodo.) -- To be a rock and not to roll. Frodo, at the end, tells Sam that he must not be always torn in two. And there are others I am sure.
@steveryan1799
@steveryan1799 Год назад
Man, I own that big ass book but I have yet to read it. It's many pages with a microfont. Must read it, though, dammit! But first I will finish the most painful read in history, Plato's Republic. I think I'm 3/4 done. God it's painful.
@bobbykokis4933
@bobbykokis4933 Год назад
Yes, my friend was a big LOTR fan and back then would tell me about the influence of it in Led Zep IV
@stevecooper6076
@stevecooper6076 Год назад
Ramble On contains “ In the darkest depths of Mordor, lived a girl so fair, but Gollum, the evil one, crept up and stole away with her.” (as close as I can remember)… A ring reference?
@custardflan
@custardflan Год назад
@@stevecooper6076 Oh yeah.
@UrsaMajorPrime
@UrsaMajorPrime Год назад
If you hear a bustling in your hedgerow.......Samwise busted by Gandalf?
@Bell_the_Cat
@Bell_the_Cat Год назад
What I would give to hear this song for the first time once again.
@kellystauffer5637
@kellystauffer5637 Год назад
To me this song is just about perfect. And it's best enjoyed by just letting it flow over your mind and let it bring you where it will. It's so beautiful. I never get tired of hearing it. The spiritual images it conjures is meant to bring us to a higher place, which I feel it does very beautifully, and the way it gets progressively faster is liberating too. You know whoever you meet along the road we're on are all our brothers and sisters anyway. Seems like we all know this song already.
@sanzalure6091
@sanzalure6091 Год назад
I first clicked to view your reaction to Pink Floyd's « Hey you ». Which led me to this reaction to Led Zeppelin's « Stairway to Heaven ». You have a new subscriber. I have watched a lot of reaction videos by many musicians but very few of them give the lyrics as much attention as you do. And what you say makes sense to me. Thank you! My generation, we did not write many books, or movies. But we did write a lot of songs. That's where our message is shared.
@rickpalacio7
@rickpalacio7 Год назад
This was delightful. I especially loved the part where you compared the song to Ravel's "Bolero" from the perspective of both pieces using some of the same techniques to achieve goals that are actually opposite from each other and both pieces succeeding brilliantly with the same tool box. What I appreciate more and more from your channel is the way that the analysis of the techniques, construction, and, shall I say, "strategies" that musical artists employ can so intimately reflect the content and emotional message they're communicating. It's quite a beautiful illustration of the concepts of "form and content" that are part of all of the arts. Very enjoyable. Thank you!
@pauldouglas9999
@pauldouglas9999 Год назад
Wait until she listens to “Kashmir”
@ruraljuror1734
@ruraljuror1734 Год назад
So gorgeously stated!
@rickpalacio7
@rickpalacio7 Год назад
@@pauldouglas9999 Yes! That's definitely a glorious showcase for repetition in music.
@andyny29
@andyny29 Год назад
Stairway is a great song but my favorite LZ song is Kashmir. I got to see them do it live at Knebworth in 1979. Yes, it’s on RU-vid but you had to be there to see it in person. Kashmir is an Incredible song meant to be performed live. What an experience!
@smeltzmeow
@smeltzmeow 5 месяцев назад
Can’t imagine a better way to first listen to this masterpiece than during a thunderstorm.
@tektoniks_architects
@tektoniks_architects Год назад
This was an extraordinary breakdown....thank you. It's interesting you made a comparison to Ravel's Bolero. Jimmy Page, who composed the music for Stairway, is a musical scholar. Prior to forming Led Zeppelin, he was the most accomplished session musician in London in the early/mid 1960's, and he played on hundreds of songs, everything from Petula Clark's "Downtown" to Tom Jones'It's Not Unusual, to the soundtrack to the James Bond film "Goldfinger." Jimmy often played bits of Chopin in live shows during his playing of his composition, "White Summer." Jimmy is a musical genius, well versed in all musical genres. Prior to forming Led Zeppelin, he collaborated with his friend, guitarist Jeff Beck, on a contemporary"rock take" on Ravel's Bolero which was called: "Beck's Bolero," which he co-wrote. Very impressive work....thank you.
@josbruls
@josbruls Год назад
I was saw in interview with Jimmy Page in which he said that the score of this song came befóre the lyrics and that he and Robert Plant had to think up the lyrics afterwards.
@tektoniks_architects
@tektoniks_architects 10 месяцев назад
@@josbruls Jimmy wrote about 90% of Zeppelin's music (not lyrics), and the music always came before the lyrics.
@simonsaunders8147
@simonsaunders8147 Год назад
'Stairway To Heaven' is one of the top two "rock" songs ever written. It shares the top two spot with Queen's 'Bohemian Rhapsody'. That has to be a must do for you as it is a mix of rock and classical music both of which Freddie Mercury absolutely loved. Top work, m'dear!
@64north20west
@64north20west Год назад
This is the first time someone made me realize that Ravel's Bolero was associated with this song in any way. Page wrote "Beck's Bolero" only 3 years before Stairway, and he apparently drew different inspiration from it each time. This was a heavily intellectual breakdown of a masterpiece. Thank you.
@bobmcculley4785
@bobmcculley4785 Год назад
Thank you for your wonderful exploration of one of my most favorite songs. I found your first listen bringing a tear.
@lbh002
@lbh002 Год назад
I am not sure if our hostess and teacher Amy is ready for Queen's Bohemian Rhapsody, but I look forward to her reaction and study of that bit of fun chaos.
@maryadamec124
@maryadamec124 Год назад
Oh Amy, how I wish you had been my music teacher... maybe I would still be playing today, since I always dreamed of being a concert clarinetist in a large orchestra.... your analysis of music is just stunning, and yes, "Bolero" was one of my favorite pieces, along with "Flight of the Bumblebee." It's no wonder your channel is growing by leaps and bounds, since there has never been a reactor quite so dedicated to the music and its nuances of clarity and emotion... brilliant observations! Please do more Queen, say "Bohemian Rhapsody" or "Millionaire's Waltz" or "Dreamer's Ball" or "The Prophet's Song" or "Innuendo"... all are wonderful songs. Congratulations on your new-found success as a RU-vidr and please keep up the excellent work! Blessings.
@SeansMusicVault
@SeansMusicVault Год назад
Mary, get that old honker out and get your chops back up. A lust for music must be embraced and shared. The clarinet is one of my favourite instruments to use in songwriting as a replacement for vocal lines. There are always local music groups to join and work with in just about every town. May your embouchure be strong, your reeds be true and last a long time without splitting.☮ [edit] Ooh! The Prophet Song would be AMAZING for a reaction!
@maryadamec124
@maryadamec124 Год назад
@@SeansMusicVault Thanks for the enthusiasm, but at age 70, I think my "playing" days are over, just content to enjoy reactors educating the newer generations of musicians... since Queen is the BEST by far, I can never go wrong listening to legends... blessings my friend.
@VirginRock
@VirginRock Год назад
I have a Harp student around your age. As long as we breathe and still move around, it’s not too late to pick up an instrument!
@SealedKiller
@SealedKiller Год назад
​@@maryadamec124 I find Queen to be a good mix of rock, baroque, classical, metal (while still not sounding how you'd expect metal to sound). As a guitarist I can say sometimes Brian May's playing is sometimes very baroque like. It sometimes reminds me Vivaldi and his concerto in D major for lute. Of course he has his bluesy runs and licks but doesn't rely on them at all and rarely actually uses them unless he's improvising the solo. I also read somewhere that he writes solos on paper rather than playing on the guitar as it makes him fall back to patterns that he can play and aren't original.
@stevedahlberg8680
@stevedahlberg8680 Год назад
What an excellent way to close it out. Love it. I know it's long and some would probably call it analytical, but damn. That totally kicked ass. It's great to hear all these ideas and concepts so well articulated and then also demonstrated so well with examples. It's really great. I hope you are still active, I seem to be hitting older stuff first for some reason.
@altbob
@altbob Год назад
You remind me so much of my music theory teacher in college, who I absolutely adored. But you also remind me of how it felt to hear these songs for the first time and the joy of sharing something you love. I get so excited by your excitement over these songs that sometimes it actually makes me cry. Thank you!
Далее
Я ВЫЖИЛ ПОСЛЕ УКУСА ЗМЕИ!
22:56
Просмотров 1,1 млн
OMG! Bei der Hochzeit betrogen 😨 #tricks
00:43
Просмотров 1,8 млн
Alivia Reacts To Led Zeppelin - Stairway To Heaven!!!
11:20
MAYOT - Пох
1:50
Просмотров 151 тыс.
Toxi$ - I GOT U
3:30
Просмотров 856 тыс.
NAYEON "ABCD" M/V
3:42
Просмотров 25 млн
Şəbnəm Tovuzlu - Həsrət Qalasan (Yeni 2024)
3:31
Просмотров 809 тыс.