In 2014, the estate of Randy California, late guitarist for the American rock band Spirit, sued Led Zeppelin for copyright infringement. “Stairway to Heaven” spawned a copyright infringement case. “A bit of a magical guitar, really,” Page said. Page also used that Telecaster during his days with the Yardbirds and on sessions for the first Zeppelin album. It was simply a 1959 Fender Telecaster he got from fellow British shredder Jeff Beck. Zep’s lead guitarist was known to dabble in the occult, but the so-called “magical” instrument he used for his “Stairway to Heaven" solo wasn’t infested with demons or blessed by witches or anything cool like that. Jimmy Page played the solo on a “magical guitar.” “For me, a solo is something where you just fly, but within the context of the song.” Page did three takes-all different-and picked the best one. “The solo sounds constructed-and it is, sort of, but purely of the moment,” Page told Rolling Stone in 2008. Turns out the legendary axman was flying by the seat of his bell-bottoms. Page’s soaring “Stairway to Heaven” solo showcase, which was ranked by Guitar World as the greatest solo of all time, features 50 seconds of face-melting glory. Walter Iooss Jr./Hulton Archive/Getty Images Led Zeppelin's Jimmy Page on stage at New York City's Madison Square Garden on September 3, 1971. “Stairway to Heaven” sounds wicked backwards-Literally. Plant believes the power of the song lies in its “abstraction.” “Depending on what day it is, I still interpret the song a different way-and I wrote the lyrics,” he said. Even Robert Plant isn’t 100 percent sure what “Stairway to Heaven” is about.
Singer and lyricist Robert Plant has said he actually drew inspiration from Lewis Spence’s Magic Arts in Celtic Britain, a book about occult beliefs. According to one theory, the lyrics echo the “The Tale of Aragorn and Arwen,” a story of two lovers told in the appendix of The Lord of the Rings. Tolkien’s epic fantasy novel inspired several of their songs, including “Ramble On,” “The Battle of Evermore,” and “Misty Mountain Hop.” Many Tolkien buffs believe “Stairway” also leads straight to Middle-earth. Long before Peter Jackson’s blockbuster movies, Zeppelin's band members were big fans of The Lord of the Rings. Koh Hasebe/Shinko Music/Hulton Archives/Getty Images More here.(L to R) Led Zeppelin's John Paul Jones and Robert Plant live at Nihon Budokan, Tokyo, in September 1971. The conjecture around that song is hysterical”.Ī teaser clip of the first ever Led Zeppelin documentary was also shared online last month. I know there’s something about ‘bustle in the hedgerow’ and then all that stuff. He continued, “I can’t remember what verse goes where. So, our manager, who was quite a formidable personality, he’d come to the front of the stage in the middle of it all and he’d have the lyrics, just going - like that Bob Dylan thing (during the promo for ‘Subterranean Homesick Blues.’) Anyway, it was very funny”. “It’s a long song (laughter), okay? And I also know that I have a little bit of trouble remembering lyrics - this was back in ’72, ’73. Plant also revealed that the band’s late manager Peter Grant used to hold cue cards for him.
It was an achievement”.Īnother famous Led Zeppelin track “Whole Lotta Love” was voted the Greatest Guitar riff ever a few months ago.
The bottom line is that song has been a remarkable milestone in my life. I’d been carrying the passing of John (Bonham), the passing of my son (Karac) and the whole ’70s whirlwind and where I’d ended up on a personal level. He revealed, “I wept because I was seeing the song in a different light. Robert Plant also explained why he became so emotional after watching Heart’s live rendition of “Stairway To Heaven” back in 2012 which featured Jason Bonham, the son of the late John Bonham. He said, “I have never experienced and probably never will, being in the presence of such a great, eloquent player”. Plant also paid tribute to to guitarist Jimmy Page, describing him as a “great, eloquent player”. But at the same time, it all seemed to fit together naturally”. Whereas I can see the 22-year-old Robert Plant careening towards ne. “Not many people can look back 50 years and see themselves coming straight at them.
“My naivety about lyrics came from the fact that it takes a long time to grow up when you’re on the move so quick”, Plant told Mojo. The album was released in November 1971, selling over 37 million records worldwide.Īhead of the fiftieth anniversary since the album’s initial release, Plant spoke about what the album has meant to him over the years, as well as his work on the record. Led Zeppelin frontman Robert Plant recently spoke about the band’s fourth studio album Led Zeppelin IV.
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