snoop1130 Posted March 3, 2021 Share Posted March 3, 2021 ‘Stairway To Heaven’ at 50: The song that ushered in the era of the guitar hero By Mark Beaumont Robert Plant and Jimmy Page on stage (Shutterstock) When Jimmy Page strapped on a double-necked guitar at Belfast Ulster Hall on 5 March 1971, the audience no doubt thought they were about to be bombarded with twice the rock. They’d already been savaged by the live debut of blues Cerberus “Black Dog”, their first taster from Led Zeppelin’s forthcoming fourth album, and were eager for the world’s hottest hard rock band to keep the pedal to the formative heavy metal. Then Page plucked out a gentle pastoral arpeggio redolent of arcadian glades, medieval minstrels and all manner of nonny-nonnyness, a refrain crying out for classical recorder accompaniment. Full Story: https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/features/stairway-to-heaven-led-zeppelin-anniversary-b1810378.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post fangless Posted March 3, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted March 3, 2021 (edited) 4 hours ago, snoop1130 said: Page plucked out a gentle pastoral arpeggio redolent of arcadian glades, medieval minstrels and all manner of nonny-nonnyness, a refrain crying out for classical recorder accompaniment. Can anyone explain the above? I thought plain English was the language on the TV Forums! Or am I in the wrong page here? PS; Who is/was Jimmy page? Edited March 3, 2021 by fangless PS; added 3 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Sujo Posted March 3, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted March 3, 2021 2 minutes ago, fangless said: Can anyone explain the above? I thought plain English was the language on the TV Forums! Or am I in the wrong page here? PS; Who is/was Jimmy page? Led zeppellin guitarist. The description you refer is like left handed braille after a nite on the turps. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post chickenslegs Posted March 3, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted March 3, 2021 (edited) 16 minutes ago, fangless said: Can anyone explain the above? I thought plain English was the language on the TV Forums! Or am I in the wrong page here? PS; Who is/was Jimmy page? The description is a bit floral, but quite accurate ... A more typical Led Zeppelin track ... Edited March 3, 2021 by chickenslegs 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Saraburi121 Posted March 3, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted March 3, 2021 21 minutes ago, fangless said: Page plucked out a gentle pastoral arpeggio redolent of arcadian glades, medieval minstrels and all manner of nonny-nonnyness, a refrain crying out for classical recorder accompaniment. Had to google a few words but is an accurate statement. Jimmy Page, one of the best guitarist ever. Led Zeppelin rock on! 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Donekys Posted March 3, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted March 3, 2021 Was that a serious question? "Who is Jimmy Page?" 4 1 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Justgrazing Posted March 3, 2021 Share Posted March 3, 2021 (edited) " A mystical , musical caravan towards an irresistible horizon encapsulated L Z's approach to their craft .. swirling , relentless , ominous even but woven with a intricacy that is their hallmark " .. A journo's take on the Led Zep track Kashmir released 1975 and now one of the most sampled for commercial and tribute purposes rock tracks .. Edited March 3, 2021 by Justgrazing Sp 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thujone Posted March 4, 2021 Share Posted March 4, 2021 This is an interesting performance of the old classic.. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LFxOaDeJmXk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fangless Posted March 4, 2021 Share Posted March 4, 2021 8 hours ago, Donekys said: Was that a serious question? "Who is Jimmy Page?" Yes! I asked as I could not be bothered to Google it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kerryd Posted March 4, 2021 Share Posted March 4, 2021 Rolling Stone considers Stairway to Heaven to be the 31s Greatest Song Ever. Out of literally every song ever recorded. But then again, they have Nirvana's "Smells Like Teen Spirit" at #9 so I have to question their sanity. Especially as they list Bob Dylan's "Like a Rolling Stone" as the #1 Greatest Song ever.https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/500-greatest-songs-of-all-time-151127/bob-dylan-like-a-rolling-stone-2-54028/ And as much as I love the Beach Boys, I really can't see how "Good Vibrations" ranks as the 6th Greatest Song ever. All such lists are subjective of course and many use different criteria (weeks on the charts, album sales, awards, etc) to determine the "greatest" and no doubt may add personal favourites (or delete ones they don't feel are deserving). PlanetRadioUK lists Stairway to Heaven as the "Greatest EVER Rock Song" and most of their Top 100 seems pretty spot on though there's a few on the list I've never heard of (no doubt as their survey and reponses are UK-centric and some of the bands probably never had a large Canadian/American presence). 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
car720 Posted March 4, 2021 Share Posted March 4, 2021 2 hours ago, fangless said: Yes! I asked as I could not be bothered to Google it. Boy, are you in for a bombardment. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post UncleMhee Posted March 4, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted March 4, 2021 11 hours ago, fangless said: PS; Who is/was Jimmy page? Nevermind.....I don't know who fangless is either. 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BritManToo Posted March 4, 2021 Share Posted March 4, 2021 39 minutes ago, Kerryd said: Rolling Stone considers Stairway to Heaven to be the 31s Greatest Song Ever. Out of literally every song ever recorded. I consider it No.1 the wobble board is amazing .......... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BritManToo Posted March 4, 2021 Share Posted March 4, 2021 (edited) No2 must be Sweet Child of Mine .......... (props @Crossy for finding this masterpiece) Edited March 4, 2021 by BritManToo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toolpush Posted March 4, 2021 Share Posted March 4, 2021 11 hours ago, Donekys said: Was that a serious question? "Who is Jimmy Page?" Jimmy Page used to frequent the TQ in Pattaya. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony125 Posted March 4, 2021 Share Posted March 4, 2021 1 hour ago, toolpush said: Jimmy Page used to frequent the TQ in Pattaya. TQ =Tahitian Queen 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phetphet Posted March 4, 2021 Share Posted March 4, 2021 16 hours ago, fangless said: Can anyone explain the above? I thought plain English was the language on the TV Forums! Or am I in the wrong page here? PS; Who is/was Jimmy page? I think it's called "waxing lyrical". 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PatOngo Posted March 4, 2021 Share Posted March 4, 2021 7 hours ago, fangless said: Yes! I asked as I could not be bothered to Google it. Nevermind, stick with Marilyn Manson and Kanye! ???? 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fangless Posted March 4, 2021 Share Posted March 4, 2021 6 minutes ago, PatOngo said: Nevermind, stick with Marilyn Manson and Kanye! ???? Who are they? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PatOngo Posted March 4, 2021 Share Posted March 4, 2021 4 minutes ago, fangless said: Who are they? When you look in a mirror, do you ask "who are you?" 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fangless Posted March 4, 2021 Share Posted March 4, 2021 54 minutes ago, PatOngo said: When you look in a mirror, do you ask "who are you?" No! Do you? What was the point of your question re-mirrors? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Justgrazing Posted March 4, 2021 Share Posted March 4, 2021 Big guitar and big flares .. J P dressed accordingly with his twin neck .. Stairway is a great track among many that flowed from the collective unit in their time together : In the Evening and All of my Love amongst others .. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thujone Posted March 4, 2021 Share Posted March 4, 2021 I'll try again. This is an interesting video. www.youtube.com/watch?v=2cZ_EFAmj08 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony125 Posted March 12, 2021 Share Posted March 12, 2021 On 3/4/2021 at 4:39 PM, Justgrazing said: Big guitar and big flares .. J P dressed accordingly with his twin neck .. Stairway is a great track among many that flowed from the collective unit in their time together : In the Evening and All of my Love amongst others .. I had several pairs of pants like that back in the day, we called them "bell bottoms" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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