In Memoriam – Stairway To Heaven
In Memoriam – Stairway To Heaven
Stairway To Heaven
Released November 1971
Voted #3 in 2000 by VH1 on its list of the 100 Greatest Rock Songs
In Memoriam – Stairway To Heaven – Note
“Stairway to Heaven” is described as progressive rock, and hard rock.
The song consists of several distinct sections, beginning with a quiet introduction on a finger-picked six-string guitar and four recorders in a Renaissance music style and gradually moving into a slow electric middle section, then a long guitar solo (5:34–6:44), before the faster hard rock final section, ending with a short vocals-only epilogue. Robert Plant sings the opening, middle and epilogue sections in his mid vocal range, but sings the hard rock section in his higher range which borders on falsetto.
Another interesting aspect of the song is the timing of the lead-up to the famous guitar solo. While staying in 4/4 throughout this section, most of the accents shift to the eighth notes. This makes the rhythm figure challenging for some musicians, but adds a feeling of anticipation to the approaching guitar solo.
Jimmy Page has likened the song to a sonic orgasm.
In Memoriam – Stairway To Heaven – Jimmy Page
Jimmy Page told Rolling Stone in 1975, “We were careful to never release it as a single.” So, Led Zeppelin refused to release the song as a single, which forced buyers to buy the entire album. Despite pressure from Atlantic Records, the band would not authorise the editing of the song for single release, making “Stairway to Heaven” one of the most well-known and popular rock songs never to have been released as a single.
Jimmy Page: How Stairway to Heaven was written – BBC News
Subscribe to BBC News www.youtube.com/bbcnews Stairway to Heaven was one of the biggest rock songs of the 1970s – loved, imitated and sometimes parodied. Now Led Zeppelin’s classic track is back on the turntable, on a re-mastered version of the band’s fourth album.
The band’s final performance of the song was in Berlin on 7 July 1980, which was also their last concert until 10 December 2007 at London’s O2 Arena; the version was the longest, lasting almost fifteen minutes, including a seven minute guitar solo.
In Memoriam – John Bonham
In Memoriam – John Bonham
John Henry Bonham
May 31 – 1948 – Died September 25 – 1980
English musician and songwriter, Drummer for the British rock band Led Zeppelin.
In Memoriam – John Bonham – Legacy
Bonham was esteemed for his speed, power, fast bass drumming, distinctive sound, and “feel” for the groove. He is regarded by many as the greatest and most influential rock drummer of all time.
Rolling Stone magazine ranked him number 1 in their list of the “100 Greatest Drummers of All Time”.
In Memoriam – John Bonham – Death
On 24 September 1980, Bonham was picked up by Led Zeppelin assistant Rex King to attend rehearsals at Bray Studios for a tour of North America, to begin 17 October in Montreal, Canada – the band’s first since 1977. During the journey, Bonham asked to stop for breakfast, where he drank four quadruple vodka Screwdrivers (16 shots between 400–560 ml, also equivalent to 9-13 American standard drinks).
The Death of John Bonham (Mini-Documentary)
This is a bit of a different thing from what I usually upload: a little retrospective on the death of John Bonham and his significance to the rest of the band. I edited this clip together in 2015.
He then continued to drink heavily after arriving at rehearsals. The band stopped rehearsing late in the evening and then went to Page’s house, the Old Mill House in Clewer, Windsor. After midnight on Thursday, 25 September, Bonham fell asleep; someone took him to bed and placed him on his side. Led Zeppelin tour manager Benji LeFevre and John Paul Jones found him unresponsive the next afternoon.
Bonham was later pronounced dead at 32 years old.
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The Tomb Of The Unknown Soldier
July 2, 1937 – Present
Arlington National Cemetery
Changing of the Guard – Tomb of the Unknown Soldier
Changing of the Guard – Tomb of the Unknown Soldier – Arlington National Cemetary
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Changing of the Guard
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Grave Sites – Changing Of The Guard
The Tomb Of The Unknown Soldier
July 2, 1937 – Present
Arlington National Cemetery
Tomb of the Unknown Solider-Guard calls out crowd
This is part of the changing of the guard at the Tomb of the Unknown Solider in DC. Toward the end, the crowd starts to get loud and the Sentinel calls them out