Consistently since the middle 1980s, whenever a local AoR (Album oriented Rock) station has conducted a listener poll of 'all time favorite song', Led Zepplin's Stairway to Heaven has won. IMO, that's not even the best cut off the album in question. Comment and discuss.
ps. Does anyone else think Dazed and Confused another Zepplin cut is superior in almost everyway to StH?
Why is this always voted best RnR song ever?
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, but I liken it to everytime I go see a regular coverband at a bar, they are virtually guaranteed to play Gimme 3 Steps..... 
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HeeHee.... gimmee three steps.... 
I think Stairway is overplayed and overrated. There are plenty of other Zep songs that are way way way better than Stairway.
I think Stairway is overplayed and overrated. There are plenty of other Zep songs that are way way way better than Stairway.Now if I could just find a way to wear live bees as jewelry all the time.....
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I think Stairway is over-dogged on. 
you're more advanced than a cockroach,
have you ever tried explaining yourself
to one of them?
~ alan bates, the mothman prophecies
i've had this with actors before, on the set,
where they get upset about the [size of my]
trailer, and i'm always like...take my trailer,
cause... i'm from Kentucky
and that's not what we brag about.
~ george clooney, inside the actor's studio
a straight edge for legends at
the fold - searching for our
lost cities of gold. burnt tar,
gravel pits. sixteen gears switch.
Haphazard Lucy strolls by.
~ dennis r wood ~
have you ever tried explaining yourself
to one of them?
~ alan bates, the mothman prophecies
i've had this with actors before, on the set,
where they get upset about the [size of my]
trailer, and i'm always like...take my trailer,
cause... i'm from Kentucky
and that's not what we brag about.
~ george clooney, inside the actor's studio
a straight edge for legends at
the fold - searching for our
lost cities of gold. burnt tar,
gravel pits. sixteen gears switch.
Haphazard Lucy strolls by.
~ dennis r wood ~
Good call Luci. It's hip to bash Stairway.
It's not my favorite Zeppelin song, but I can understand exactly why it keeps dominating polls. From the imagery of the lyrics, the production, the building and layering to a crescendo, and the guitar solo, the song brings it really, really well.
Not to mention that Robert Plant is the only human being on the planet to be able to sing the line, "to be a rock and not to roll" without sounding like a blithering idiot.
It's not my favorite Zeppelin song, but I can understand exactly why it keeps dominating polls. From the imagery of the lyrics, the production, the building and layering to a crescendo, and the guitar solo, the song brings it really, really well.
Not to mention that Robert Plant is the only human being on the planet to be able to sing the line, "to be a rock and not to roll" without sounding like a blithering idiot.
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I'm not saying it is a bad song. I love the song. I just think it's played too much and I think there are better Zep songs to chose from.
Now if I could just find a way to wear live bees as jewelry all the time.....
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Oh I agree, with the exception of a live version I haven't heard yet, I have a hard time sitting through it more than once or twice a year.
"There is only one basic human right, the right to do as you damn well please. And with it comes the only basic human duty, the duty to take the consequences." - PJ O'Rourke
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"Men and women range themselves into three classes or orders of intelligence; you can tell the lowest class by their habit of always talking about persons; the next by the fact that their habit is always to converse about things; the highest by their preference for the discussion of ideas." - Charles Stewart
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"I believe there are more instances of the abridgment of the freedom of the people by gradual and silent encroachments of those in power than by violent and sudden usurpations." - James Madison
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"Men and women range themselves into three classes or orders of intelligence; you can tell the lowest class by their habit of always talking about persons; the next by the fact that their habit is always to converse about things; the highest by their preference for the discussion of ideas." - Charles Stewart
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"I believe there are more instances of the abridgment of the freedom of the people by gradual and silent encroachments of those in power than by violent and sudden usurpations." - James Madison
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RIGHT ON!!!Cail wrote:Good call Luci. It's hip to bash Stairway.
It's not my favorite Zeppelin song, but I can understand exactly why it keeps dominating polls. From the imagery of the lyrics, the production, the building and layering to a crescendo, and the guitar solo, the song brings it really, really well.
Not to mention that Robert Plant is the only human being on the planet to be able to sing the line, "to be a rock and not to roll" without sounding like a blithering idiot.
you're more advanced than a cockroach,
have you ever tried explaining yourself
to one of them?
~ alan bates, the mothman prophecies
i've had this with actors before, on the set,
where they get upset about the [size of my]
trailer, and i'm always like...take my trailer,
cause... i'm from Kentucky
and that's not what we brag about.
~ george clooney, inside the actor's studio
a straight edge for legends at
the fold - searching for our
lost cities of gold. burnt tar,
gravel pits. sixteen gears switch.
Haphazard Lucy strolls by.
~ dennis r wood ~
have you ever tried explaining yourself
to one of them?
~ alan bates, the mothman prophecies
i've had this with actors before, on the set,
where they get upset about the [size of my]
trailer, and i'm always like...take my trailer,
cause... i'm from Kentucky
and that's not what we brag about.
~ george clooney, inside the actor's studio
a straight edge for legends at
the fold - searching for our
lost cities of gold. burnt tar,
gravel pits. sixteen gears switch.
Haphazard Lucy strolls by.
~ dennis r wood ~
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It's an epic song, just like "Freebird" or "Don't Fear the Reaper".
"There is only one basic human right, the right to do as you damn well please. And with it comes the only basic human duty, the duty to take the consequences." - PJ O'Rourke
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"Men and women range themselves into three classes or orders of intelligence; you can tell the lowest class by their habit of always talking about persons; the next by the fact that their habit is always to converse about things; the highest by their preference for the discussion of ideas." - Charles Stewart
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"I believe there are more instances of the abridgment of the freedom of the people by gradual and silent encroachments of those in power than by violent and sudden usurpations." - James Madison
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"Men and women range themselves into three classes or orders of intelligence; you can tell the lowest class by their habit of always talking about persons; the next by the fact that their habit is always to converse about things; the highest by their preference for the discussion of ideas." - Charles Stewart
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"I believe there are more instances of the abridgment of the freedom of the people by gradual and silent encroachments of those in power than by violent and sudden usurpations." - James Madison
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Freebird needs some cowbell though.Cail wrote:It's an epic song, just like "Freebird" or "Don't Fear the Reaper".
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Not a huge Zep fan, but I do have a double album in my collection.
I've got to say that Stairway is overplayed on the radio, but I always listen to it in its entirety and think it is an awsome piece of music.
Whether it's their best tune, well that's a personal opinion.
I've got to say that Stairway is overplayed on the radio, but I always listen to it in its entirety and think it is an awsome piece of music.
Whether it's their best tune, well that's a personal opinion.
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Why is Stairway always voted best RnR song ever? Because more people vote for it than any other RnR song, apparently. Bohemian Rapshody is #2 all-time (at least that's what I heard on the local station). Wanna whine about that great tune, too? Go ahead; I might even let you for a while before I pull the plug on your pointless ravings..... 
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Blow away dandelion
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Tell me if she laughs or cries
Blow away dandelion
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"Men and women range themselves into three classes or orders of intelligence; you can tell the lowest class by their habit of always talking about persons; the next by the fact that their habit is always to converse about things; the highest by their preference for the discussion of ideas." - Charles Stewart
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"I believe there are more instances of the abridgment of the freedom of the people by gradual and silent encroachments of those in power than by violent and sudden usurpations." - James Madison
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"Men and women range themselves into three classes or orders of intelligence; you can tell the lowest class by their habit of always talking about persons; the next by the fact that their habit is always to converse about things; the highest by their preference for the discussion of ideas." - Charles Stewart
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"I believe there are more instances of the abridgment of the freedom of the people by gradual and silent encroachments of those in power than by violent and sudden usurpations." - James Madison
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A little embarrassed to say it, but Stairway is my favorite from the ol' Zep boys. I think because I was listening the hell out of it when I went down to visit my friend, fell in love with his cousin (the first time I fell in love), and first started reading Covenant. It's tied to a memory. Like Covenant.
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