40 years of "Stairway To Heaven?"

[Archae]

Yup, 40 years ago "Led Zeppelin IV" with "Stairway To Heaven" on it was released.

[GreenPartyVoter]

1. That's a lot of Proms! (And weddings too, I bet.)

[Arkansas Granny]

2. Stop, stop!

First I see David Crosby and Graham Nash with white hair and now you tell me this?

[Throd]

3. A truly dreadful song on every measurable level!

I got the album in 1980 for my 13th birthday. The first thing I did was take a steak knife to that song so as not to defile my turntable with such dreck.

"When the Levee Breaks" is still my favorite Zeppelin track.

[Gidney N Cloyd]

4. I'll forever associate it with the assholes in the dormroom next door.

Apparently one of them was packed off to college with a $500 stereo and one goddamn record.

[mulsh]

5. the finest song about shopping since the Stones "Stupid Girl"

n/t

[Generic Brad]

6. I just bought every CD Led Zeppelin ever made

It took me 40 years to be able to afford that (plus winning a gift certificate in a drawing).

[SwissTony]

7. What has Rolf Harris ever done to you?

<http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UBzJQ6ZA6oA>

[Rabrrrrrr]

8. A truly remarkable album all the way through.

Unfortunate that Stairway turned into the popular, over-played monster it did because it is a good song.

I wish Battle of Evermore had been the one to catch on. Or as Plant once said, Kashmir. But that's not on this album.

[hifiguy]

9. "The Battle of Evermore" floored me back in 1972

I noticed a credit to Sandy Denny for vocals on that song and that sent me off looking for this woman with the bewitching voice of whom I had not heard. Finding her, and Fairport Convention, led me down a path that ended up with me owning something like 40 Fairport LPs and CDs, and Sandy's whole catalog.