is, "Stairway to Heaven," overrated?

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  • brainofPJ
    brainofPJ Posts: 2,361
    yes


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  • DCGARDEN
    DCGARDEN Posts: 515
    yosi wrote:
    You just listen to the Greatest Hits too much to appreciate the other songs.

    What an arrogant statement!

    My friend, I've got all the albums - there are songs on each that arent' popular that I love - Presence has a couple of them, but to call a 7 song album with songs like Candy Store Rock on it, a great album is pushing it

    Sorry if we disagree

    By the way, Tea for one is a good tune, but it's basically Since I've Been Loving You handed to you in a different package
    I'll keep taking punches
    Untill their will grows tired
  • Scratchin a Letter
    Scratchin a Letter Posts: 2,303
    iAmNoKiller wrote:
    Don't fly off the hook about this! Some of my friends and I were sitting around listening to Zep, and the song came on, and two of us actually agreed that it's a little overrated. If you take into context the other great songs they have that aren't actually acknowledged. You can stop anyone off the street who doesn't know shit about Zeppelin, but they'll tell tou S.t.H. is the greatest song ever. What does everyone think.
    it's zepp's most overrated song. not overrated generally though. achilles last stand, the rain song and over the hills are better in my opinion.
  • Klumpie
    Klumpie Posts: 2,649
    The intro of Stairway to Heaven is originally from a band called 'Spirit', the song is called 'Taurus' and was made in 1968.
  • WhiteMaleRat
    WhiteMaleRat Posts: 302
    I don't know, LZ IV has sold like 27 million copies in the US, probably more than double that world wide. The pinnacle song on it is Stairway. Never released as a single.

    The spirituality of the song is terrific for a rock song. The buildup and explosive finish to the song was unusual back then. Most songs were standard timings throughout. It was revolutionary in so many ways. The drumming, the flute, double neck guitar solos - Plant's voice and delivery. True rock anthem that everyone loved - country, blues, jazz, soul - people with all tastes were awed by STH.

    What rock song out there is Stairway's true contemporaries?

    Freebird? More than a Feeling? Born to Run? Kashmir? - notice that most debatable songs came after Stairway. I can't even think of other serious competition. Alive? Smells like Teen Spirit? Back in Black? Sunday Bloody Sunday? - not even close.

    Plus don't forget that STH is 35 years old! It sounds so new and fresh still, unlike the Beatles, Elvis, etc.
    "This guy back here is giving me the ole one more....one more back to you buddy."

    - Mr. Edward Vedder 7/11/03


  • surferdude
    surferdude Posts: 2,057
    Over played but underrated. The solo alone makes the song a classic. The structure of the song is unbelievable. A perfect song in every way.
    “One good thing about music,
    when it hits you, you feel to pain.
    So brutalize me with music.”
    ~ Bob Marley
  • Azwethinkweiz
    Azwethinkweiz Posts: 547
    a little overrated in my opinion. i love the song, but there are so many Zep songs that are better than stairway.
  • ii44
    ii44 Posts: 430
    yosi wrote:
    I don't know, Achilles Last Stand, Nobody's Fault But Mine, Tea for One, For Your Life. Those are all great songs.

    They are, but it isn't.

    Stairway is a truly great song, but its become so overplayed that its become a cliche. Sad.
  • ii44
    ii44 Posts: 430
    WhiteMaleRat wrote:

    What rock song out there is Stairway's true contemporaries?

    Baba O'Riley, Won't Get Fooled Again.
  • soulsinging
    soulsinging Posts: 13,202
    Dick Jones wrote:
    This song doesn't do too much for me. I never put it on and always turn it when it comes on. Overrated, probably.

    I'm losing touch with the old bands, why is that?

    i am too. it's been a long time since i put on one of my led zep or creedence cd's...
  • cjc9
    cjc9 Posts: 5
    Some of you all take this way too seriously. It all boils down to personal preference. It is so subjective (art/music). I might love one thing and the rest of the world hates it but that's my choice. Stairway is a great song but way over played as LedZep has numerous songs that are incredible. It just gets tiresome hearing Rock n Roll and Stairway all the time.
    Caroline Caton
  • iOnlyownMymind
    iOnlyownMymind Posts: 2,959
    absolutely not overrated
  • pjfan020
    pjfan020 Posts: 426
    like everyone said, it's just cliche. It's an amazing song and to me the birth of the ballad. Perfect song structure and delivery which goes to show how talented that band was as a whole. It's been played so many times that you may not like it as much, but listening to that song the first couple times blew my mind and got me into the rest of zeppelin's catalog.
    "Tonight we're just gonna play you some good old American Rock and Roll." tom petty-7-15-05
  • Anon
    Anon Posts: 11,175
    immigrant song
    when the levee breaks
    achilles last stand
    how many more times

    to name a few , are way better than sth. yes, the song is overrated.
  • sponger
    sponger Posts: 3,159
    The live version of Stairway on the Song Remains the Same double-live album is worth a listen and is better than the studio version, IMO. The live album also boasts a ~30min version of Dazed and Confused that is quite mind blowing.
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  • FinsburyParkCarrots
    FinsburyParkCarrots Seattle, WA Posts: 12,223
    WhiteMaleRat wrote:
    What rock song out there is Stairway's true contemporaries?

    .


    A song by a man who was a million times more talented, and never made a penny:


    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GOu9yKhZEYA
  • murph83
    murph83 Posts: 122
    maybe overplayed but not overrated
  • murph83
    murph83 Posts: 122
    sponger wrote:
    The live version of Stairway on the Song Remains the Same double-live album is worth a listen and is better than the studio version, IMO. The live album also boasts a ~30min version of Dazed and Confused that is quite mind blowing.


    yes, that version of dazed and confused is so much better than the album version
  • bubbamackdaddy69
    bubbamackdaddy69 Posts: 576
    I could be BIAS...BUT MY Fav band of all time is Led Zeppelin...I have a Zep tattoo and my dog is named "Zeppelin" BUT....Stairway...is overplayed maybe...but not overrated...It's a classic...I've heard the song like over a billion times but still is a classic.....Reminds me of the last song at a high school dance and I dance with a chick and make out with her....lol..Remember that Sarah , Erin, Tracey, Karen, Krista, Deedra..etc....!!...LOL...haha
    Master of Zen

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