"Stairway To Heaven" by Led Zeppelin is the song I chose because it was once one of the greatest songs of all time.
I chose this not because it was my favourite song but because it caught my attention when I were going through songs.
This song was released in 1971 with a running time of almost eight minutes (7:59). This song was composed by the band Led Zeppelin a rock band from England. It was composed by the members Jimmy Page (guitarist), Robert Plan (vocalist and tambourine), John Paul Jones (recorder, electric piano and bass) and John Bonham (drums). It consists of many layers first starting with acoustic then going through to electric.
In 2000, the song was rated 3rd best in the world according to "VH1" on the list of 100 greatest rock songs. Also it was a song that was most requested in the United States of FM radio station in the 1970's, despite the fact it wasn't offically released as a single. In 2007 of November through the downloading sales promoting Led Zeppelin, Stairway To Heaven was #37 on the UK chart.
The song starts as a slow acoustic-based folk accompanied by the recorders then comes an electric intro. The song actually starts at (0.56 seconds into the song). Thus this "folk" section ending at 2:15 into the song and gradually moves into a slow electric section. The guitar solo starts at 5:34 to 6:44 being almost a minute long solo. The drums don't enter the song until 4:18, the drums adding a little bit of percussion to the strings.
I think that this is one of those songs that people are going to remember for a long time. When we are old and our children are growing up it will be one of those songs that our kids will remember as being a great song. This is a song that my mom used to listen to and from her listening to it i got used to it and it made me like it also. When i was younger I was listening to the older music over the "newer" music because it caught my attention. I think that knowing that it was something that my mom liked, someone that I looked up to made me want to like it too. I also heard it a lot when I was younger.
This song makes me think of someone that has passed in my life time that i very much cared for. This person being my sister someone who I looked up to, it helps me think of the good memories we shared together. I think that the song makes me think of her passing and the journey one takes to get there. It makes me think of peace and happiness that she must feel. The starting of the song makes this "journey" more meaningful. The starting of the song says " There's a lady who's sure, all that glitters is gold and she's buying the stairway to heaven". This makes me think of an angel that is glistening in the journey to heaven and the stairway is her journey. She is getting there because she knows that it is the way to go and she will now be safe.
This song is a really good song and I recommend it to anyone who had not heard it before. I think that it could have a similar effect one someone in the same situation or even a different one. It all depends on someones point of view.
I think that this is one of those songs that people are going to remember for a long time. When we are old and our children are growing up it will be one of those songs that our kids will remember as being a great song. This is a song that my mom used to listen to and from her listening to it i got used to it and it made me like it also. When i was younger I was listening to the older music over the "newer" music because it caught my attention. I think that knowing that it was something that my mom liked, someone that I looked up to made me want to like it too. I also heard it a lot when I was younger.
This song makes me think of someone that has passed in my life time that i very much cared for. This person being my sister someone who I looked up to, it helps me think of the good memories we shared together. I think that the song makes me think of her passing and the journey one takes to get there. It makes me think of peace and happiness that she must feel. The starting of the song makes this "journey" more meaningful. The starting of the song says " There's a lady who's sure, all that glitters is gold and she's buying the stairway to heaven". This makes me think of an angel that is glistening in the journey to heaven and the stairway is her journey. She is getting there because she knows that it is the way to go and she will now be safe.
This song is a really good song and I recommend it to anyone who had not heard it before. I think that it could have a similar effect one someone in the same situation or even a different one. It all depends on someones point of view.
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