The Truth About the Stairway to Heaven Solo...

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This is one of the greatest solos in history. And it's not what you expect...
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[Jerry_Fried]

The greatness of the "Stairway" solo isn't simply in the solo itself, but in its context in the arrangement. It erupts at the climactic moment in the song and provides a real musical catharsis.

[mccloysong]

Both the tone and performance magically fit the recording. His riffs come as sentences that build into a paragraph and when it climaxes, you know you have been told a whole story

[sixslinger]

I think everything about that solo is phenomenal . The phrasing, the tone, the note choice, the build up to it and the crescendo at the end into the final part of the song. It's a perfect and imo the best rock guitar solo of all time and has never been matched since.

[jenniferditty]

I have been hearing that solo my whole life, literally, it came out the year i was born. It was Zeppelin I for me, I am an original metal kid but the blues always brings me back to center.

[terrydonegan]

Nothing makes u feel like the solo to Stairway does.

[drew]

David Gilmour solos like Comfortably Numb and Another Brick In The Wall Part 2 are the same way. Cool stand alone licks that were masterfully blended together to create an iconic solo that is a STATEMENT.

[michaelmclaughlin]

The opening acoustic guitar notes of Stairway are complete perfection. You could not change ONE note. It's completely perfect.

[mikestroud]

I think it is the best solo. Ever. It has a spiritual essence. Legendary song. ❤️❤️😎👍👌💯🎸🎸

[billhuang]

Another great video David. The larger point you're making about segments and making them memorable is spot on I think! These videos are changing the way I think about guitar solos (for the better).

[bishlap]

The reason the solo is so outstanding is there's NEVER been any solo that made us feel so emotional and otherwise... everyone's copied the format from Floyd to the Eagles.... they don't compare, although Comfortably numb (a stairway ripoff) comes close.

[DaveMenzies]

Great points. I recently watched Rick Beato's video on the Stairway solo where he got several guitarists to record their own versions. Rick did his in the style of Peter Frampton. Someone else in the style of Eddie Van Halen. While all were excellent, none came close to the feeling, power and majesty of the original. Page's solo in Since I've Been Loving You is also masterful for the same reasons.

[davidhornbeckmusic]

People that think Page is sloppy and that’s all they listen for are missing a huge part of the picture he’s painting.

[bradp]

BIg part is the interplay between Page and Bonham. Those cannonshot snare hits are epic. Not often are the drums such a prominent part of the guitar solo.

[dabsafe]

Just wondering, but would Jimmy Page get thrown out of a music store if he grabbed a guitar off of the wall and played the “forbidden riff”?

[MWL]

The solo from Ten Years Gone that is on Physical Graffiti, is my favorite JP solo.
Unbelievably moving !

[markv.]

that solo does have amazing playing and tone. ive never heard anybody duplicate it quite right.

[MrJking]

Al Cooper said that when Lynyrd Skynyrd came to the studio to record there was no improv. He said they were a producers dream.

[kwichmann]

Not purely pentatonic. Those strategically placed b6's are really pivotal for the sound.

[da]

Anybody can make a song complicated, it takes a true genius to keep it simple. And, the best solos can be hummed.

[tomjones]

I managed to get through 5 seconds of this before cracking up laughing. “The tone is not amazing the playing is decent but not phenomenal.” Okay chief. 😂