mad dog Posted December 17, 2008 Share Posted December 17, 2008 I wonder if we Zep heads are anti Stairway. I can't listen to that song on a regular basis. I can only listen to it full maybe four times a year. I wonder why I have that elitist attitude. Do you find other Zepheads acting all anti-Stairway when you talk or listen to Zeppelin? Mc7 So, why are you an elitist? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
zep73 Posted December 17, 2008 Share Posted December 17, 2008 I listened it the studio version TWICE today, and drummed to it TWICE yesterday. Again, it's likely that bashing the song by those "in the know" just became the fashionable thing to do, but I don't know. Maybe some people did just get sick of it. I think some hardcore fans resented the fact that because of it, much of the other stuff the band did got neglected. I can see getting burned out on a song, but it really is quite brilliant, and every time I hear it, I go back to a simpler, sweeter, and more innocent time, a time when the future was wide open, and the possibilities were endless... Memories of great times, great places, friends, and lost loves always come flooding back. I certainly don't play it every day, and I would never even attempt to decipher or pretend to know whatever deep meaning everyone seems to think is there. But it still has an enormous amount of sentimental value to me, and therefore I stop what I'm doing every time it comes on and listen to it, and probably always will. I'm sure Robert has his reasons for disliking the song, and if anyone has a right to do so, it would be him. But for my part, I believe it to be a masterpiece of composition, mood, and dynamics, often imitated, never again to be duplicated. It is a defining moment in the history of the genre, and as such should not be diminished.... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Devil's Haircut Posted December 17, 2008 Share Posted December 17, 2008 Well, outside of the obvious hike in expencess that all of us have come to know well since those day's, I just realized that I'm spending the bulk of my disposable income on the same stuff too. That's OK though, we could have joined the Moonies or something like that I AM a Moonie !!!!!!!! and an aRa-C freak !! The go hand in hand you know !! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ally Posted December 17, 2008 Share Posted December 17, 2008 LOL... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Devil's Haircut Posted December 17, 2008 Share Posted December 17, 2008 Oh yeah, did I say I loved Stairway ? Yep, but better say it again to get back on topic. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ally Posted December 17, 2008 Share Posted December 17, 2008 Oh yeah, did I say I loved Stairway ? Yep, but better say it again to get back on topic. I'll add the parental warning Quote Link to post Share on other sites
bnorth Posted December 17, 2008 Share Posted December 17, 2008 I never get tired of hearing it. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bustle In My Hedgerow Posted December 17, 2008 Share Posted December 17, 2008 It might be part of a Led Zeppelin stereotype.. like mudsharks and Crowley.. but that doesn't invalidate the song itself. I think it's a beautiful song.. overplayed and used as a crutch for some pseudo-fans, but it's beautiful nonetheless. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Reggie29 Posted December 17, 2008 Share Posted December 17, 2008 A great song musically and lyrically but a victim of overexposure. It's ironic when I talk to some people about Zep and they say things like, "Oh yeah, they do that Stairway to Heaven, don't they?" "It's their best song!" I can understand Robert's disdain about singing it after all these years, just like the rest of us he hears it on the radio and probably thinks, "fuck, Led Zeppelin is much more than this." Quote Link to post Share on other sites
eternal light Posted December 17, 2008 Share Posted December 17, 2008 What Robert Plant thinks is his problem, not mine. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
bouncing~ship Posted December 17, 2008 Share Posted December 17, 2008 Just let her buy her stairway...she will learn in the end i believe it's stated somewhere that the soul of a woman was created below I can listen to stairway-The Song Remains the Same version that is, all day long. I am anti stairway, but my views follow the msg and not the beautifully orchestrated music. if you can't bare the song then you ain't a true Zep Head. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
eternal light Posted December 17, 2008 Share Posted December 17, 2008 i believe it's stated somewhere that the soul of a woman was created below that concept probably came from some poorly adjusted male Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Wolfman Posted December 17, 2008 Share Posted December 17, 2008 No, I still love it. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
bouncing~ship Posted December 17, 2008 Share Posted December 17, 2008 that concept probably came from some poorly adjusted male daddy should of known better Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Charlotte Sometimes Posted December 17, 2008 Share Posted December 17, 2008 A better question would be:Do you swallow? Well, I'm afraid I'm going to have to deduct 100 points for severe lack of comeback creativity here, but.... Yeah! You wanna hook up after all my operations are complete? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
reids Posted December 17, 2008 Share Posted December 17, 2008 STH is a great song. Radio just played (plays) it too much over the past 35 years. Just don't listen to radio (except for XM's Led Zep station and you'll be alright). R Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Freethinker Posted December 17, 2008 Share Posted December 17, 2008 Stairway was to Led Zeppelin as the Mona Lisa was to Da Vinci, or David was to Michelangelo it's a masterpiece. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Roxie Posted December 17, 2008 Share Posted December 17, 2008 I will never get tired of STH - especially the build up to the last verse. Live / studio - it doesn't matter. That's where it's at for me. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mad dog Posted December 17, 2008 Share Posted December 17, 2008 if you can't bare the song then you ain't a true Zep Head. Gotta agree with you...I say we burn the blasphemous folks at the stake, or is that considered extreme behaviour these daze? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Lizzy_17 Posted December 17, 2008 Share Posted December 17, 2008 I really like STH, but people requesting it during a Robert Plant/Alison Krauss show?? 1) you're lucky enough if you get Battle of Evermore. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
59LesPaul Posted December 17, 2008 Share Posted December 17, 2008 if you can't bare the song then you ain't a true Zep Head. Gotta agree with you...I say we burn the blasphemous folks at the stake, or is that considered extreme behaviour these daze? Gimme a fucking break..... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mad dog Posted December 17, 2008 Share Posted December 17, 2008 Gimme a fucking break..... Ladies and Gentlement we have our first stakeholder.... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
59LesPaul Posted December 17, 2008 Share Posted December 17, 2008 Ladies and Gentlement we have our first stakeholder.... Um,what? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
imPLANTed Posted December 17, 2008 Share Posted December 17, 2008 I'm not sure if everyone's really BASHING the song- I know I'm not. But when you hear it over and over and over again on the radio some of the magic is lost. But then again, as I noted earlier I still love to hear some of the better live versions. Particularly 6/23/77. Great song, a classic indeed. But unfortunately, overexposed. Yes, I would add this to my earlier comment. Thank you. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
imPLANTed Posted December 17, 2008 Share Posted December 17, 2008 So what if its the only one they have heard or know. They KNOW it!! lets not be snobbish about it cos we know more songs than they do. Not to be a jerk or anything, because that really is not my intent, but I kinda like being "snobbish" about this matter. Our appreciation (or in my case obsession) for LZ is why most of us are here and I rather like the company. And don't get me wrong...I like the song. And everyone here has their favorite LZ tune including Stairway, but having the knowledge of their full library and knowing about all the gems that never made it to the radio is I guess what I mean by "snobbish". I'm sure if I told you my favorite song of all time is Kashmir I'd get crap for that and people would call me a Robert band-wagon jumper. Ha! Ha! But right on the heels of that (and I mean close) is In The Light. I just can't seem to get enough of that song. Peace and love (I'm just sayin') Barb Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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