Heart plays Led Zeppelin's Stairway To Heaven, makes Robert Plant cry

[SlyPokerDog]

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[SlyPokerDog]

Amazing! That version kicks ass.

Happy Friday everyone!

 

[Denny Crane]

Heart alway did Zeppelin better than Zeppelin.

They've covered several of their songs.

 

[Further]

Great clip, i feel great.

 

[SlyPokerDog]

Heart alway did Zeppelin better than Zeppelin.

They've covered several of their songs.

LOL! That's such an old man thing to say.

"I prefer muzak versions of songs than the originals."

- Denny Crane

 

[Nate4Prez]

I can't watch the video because I am at work, but I have seen several videos of Heart covering Led Zeppelin and I have been impressed every time.

 

[Denny Crane]

LOL! That's such an old man thing to say.

"I prefer muzak versions of songs than the originals."

- Denny Crane

No, I'm not kidding.

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[Masbee]

Heart alway did Zeppelin better than Zeppelin.

They've covered several of their songs.

Heart said they started out doing covers of Zep from day one and that Zep inspired them to get into music.

In the early 70's it seems every bar band in the U.S. was doing Zep covers.

 

[Denny Crane]

Heart said they started out doing covers of Zep from day one and that Zep inspired them to get into music.

In the early 70's it seems every bar band in the U.S. was doing Zep covers.

Yep.

Now they have 30 years practice doing Zep covers as encores for their regular shows.

 

[TradeNurkicNow]

he's probably crying at the dude butchering the solo

other than that, pretty impressive

 

[crowTrobot]

Heart alway did Zeppelin better than Zeppelin.

the songs they've covered, yup

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[MARIS61]

Zeppelin started out doing old blues covers.

 

[speeds]

Zeppelin started out doing old blues covers.

You mean stealing songs and paying out settlements from lawsuits?

 

[MARIS61]

I like Heart, and I like hearing bands do covers, and that one was fun to listen to.

But I've seen Zeppelin play STH live twice, and it's the difference between professionally performing music in an entertaining manner, and wielding musical wonderment and awe.

 

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http://www.warr.org/zep.html#Thieves

"Babe I'm Gonna Leave You" - A folk song by Anne Bredon, this was originally credited as "traditional, arranged by Jimmy Page," then "words and music by Jimmy Page," and then, following legal action, "Bredon/Page/Plant."

"Black Mountain Side" - uncredited version of a traditional folk tune previously recorded by Bert Jansch.

"Bring It On Home" - the first section is an uncredited cover of the Willie Dixon tune (as performed by the imposter Sonny Boy Williamson).

"Communication Breakdown" - apparently derived from Eddie Cochran's "Nervous Breakdown."

"Custard Pie" - uncredited cover of Bukka White's "Shake 'Em On Down," with lyrics from Sleepy John Estes's "Drop Down Daddy."

"Dazed And Confused" - uncredited cover of the Jake Holmes song (see The Above Ground Sound Of Jake Holmes).

"Hats Off To (Roy) Harper" - uncredited version of Bukka White's "Shake 'Em On Down."

"How Many More Times" - Part one is an uncredited cover of the Howlin' Wolf song (available on numerous compilations). Part two is an uncredited cover of Albert King's "The Hunter."

"In My Time Of Dying" - uncredited cover of the traditional song (as heard on Bob Dylan's debut).

"The Lemon Song" - uncredited cover of Howlin' Wolf's "Killing Floor" - Wolf's publisher sued Zeppelin in the early 70s and settled out of court.

"Moby Dick" - written and first recorded by Sleepy John Estes under the title "The Girl I Love," and later covered by Bobby Parker.

"Nobody's Fault But Mine" - uncredited cover of the Blind Willie Johnson blues.

"Since I've Been Lovin' You" - lyrics are the same as Moby Grape's "Never," though the music isn't similar.

"Stairway To Heaven" - the main guitar line is apparently from "Taurus" by Spirit.

"White Summer" - uncredited cover of Davey Graham's "She Moved Through The Fair."

"Whole Lotta Love" - lyrics are from the Willie Dixon blues "You Need Love."

 

[MARIS61]

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[BlazerCaravan]

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Goddamn. Goddamn. Forget Robert Plant, this is making me cry! Such an amazing voice.

 

[SlyPokerDog]

Goddamn. Goddamn. Forget Robert Plant, this is making me cry! Such an amazing voice.

The female background singers and the choir together was amazing.

 

[BlazerCaravan]

The female background singers and the choir together was amazing.

IT's funny; that's how huge the song sounded to me the first time, y'know. I can see why it blew them away... they finally got to hear it the way we heard it in our heads at 14.

 

[SlyPokerDog]

IT's funny; that's how huge the song sounded to me the first time, y'know. I can see why it blew them away... they finally got to hear it the way we heard it in our heads at 14.

They really seemed to enjoy it.

Here is the full Kennedy Center Honors segment on Led Zepplin. There are some interesting covers.

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[SlyPokerDog]

I thought it was interesting that Dave Grohl choose to play drums instead of guitar and sing.

 

[BlazerCaravan]

I thought it was interesting that Dave Grohl choose to play drums instead of guitar and sing.

He's a drummer first, and how can you not play drums when you're covering Zeppelin... the band with the greatest drummer in rock!

 

[SlyPokerDog]

He's a drummer first, and how can you now play drums when you're covering Zeppelin... the band with the greatest drummer in rock!

I know he was the drummer in Nirvana but he also honored Paul McCartney a few years back at the Kennedy Center and he sang and played guitar for that. Who wouldn't want to cover Ringo, lol.

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He actually does a good job.

Speaking of Ringo it's funny how his crappy drum solos have become so iconic that no one bothers to improve on them, they always imitate them.

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[BlazerCaravan]

A side note: Foo Fighters' cover of Band on the Run is awesome.

 

[jlprk]

Everything here sucks. Tha British Invasion of the 70s was a pale imitation of the same in the 60s.

 

[The_Lillard_King]

Reminds me of what people say about the Beatles. There have been many groups and singers who do Beatles songs and arguably sung better and more pure than the Beatles.

But there was so much more to the Beatles than just how good the song sounds. Feel the same way about Heart doing Led Zeppelin songs. It is a real tribute to Led Zeppelin and Heart deserves a tip of the hat . . . but for those who were moved and shaped by Led Zeppelin and that time period in music, there really is no replacing Led Zeppelin.

That was a great version of Stairway to Heaven, but in no way replaces Led Zeppelin's version. Forget who sings it better, Led Zeppelin and that song defined a time period in music and life for many.

 

[jlprk]

It's like a modern physics professor giving a lecture on relativity, after Denny recounts to us what he felt when Albert Einstein stepped up to the podium. The new guy can't replace that roomful of electricity.

By the way, I was always underwhelmed by Led Zeppelin. Everything besides the 60s sucked.

 

[BlazerCaravan]

It's like a modern physics professor giving a lecture on relativity, after Denny recounts to us what he felt when Albert Einstein stepped up to the podium. The new guy can't replace that roomful of electricity.

By the way, I was always underwhelmed by Led Zeppelin. Everything besides the 60s sucked.

The Golden Age of rock and roll is 14.

 

[Denny Crane]

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