Led Zeppelin - Stairway To Heaven

  

STAIRWAY  TO  HEAVEN  

Partamos de la base de que Led Zeppelin no puede considerarse concretamente heavy metal, pero como precursores en lo suyo, son sin duda una banda fundamental para entender el todo, ellos más desde una perspectiva hard rockera, pero es que estamos hablando aún de la década de los sesenta y del inicio de los setenta. Su primer material pues es altamente influyente en lo que hicieron muchos después, algunos centrandose más en el sonido heavy, El cuarto disco de esto británicos se publicó en 1971, "IV", o "Led Zeppelin IV" al ser un disco sin título realmente, y de esa obra quiero dejar en el blog una de esas canciones que son parte de la historia de la música en general, la magnífica "Stairway to heaven", con su lento inicio, pausado y místico, acústico, para luego acelerar el paso y la furia, una fórmula que luego se ha usado mucho y que personalmente suele ser de mi agrado. Dejo un enlace a este pedacito de historia que es "Stairway to heaven" de Led Zeppelin.

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QkF3oxziUI4 

 

There's a lady who's sure all that glitters is gold
And she's buying a stairway to Heaven

When she gets there she knows, if the stores are all closed
With a word she can get what she came for

Ooh, ooh, and she's buying a stairway to Heaven

There's a sign on the wall, but she wants to be sure
'Cause you know sometimes words have two meanings

In a tree by the brook, there's a songbird who sings
Sometimes all of our thoughts are misgiven

Ooh, it makes me wonder
Ooh, makes me wonder

There's a feeling I get when I look to the West
And my spirit is crying for leaving

In my thoughts I have seen rings of smoke through the trees
And the voices of those who stand looking

Ooh, it makes me wonder
Ooh, really makes me wonder

And it's whispered that soon if we all call the tune
Then the piper will lead us to reason

And a new day will dawn for those who stand long
And the forests will echo with laughter

Oh-oh-oh-oh-whoa

If there's a bustle in your hedgerow, don't be alarmed now
It's just a spring clean for the May queen
Yes, there are two paths you can go by, but in the long run
There's still time to change the road you're on

And it makes me wonder
Ohh, whoa

Your head is humming, and it won't go, in case you don't know
The piper's calling you to join him

Dear lady, can you hear the wind blow? And did you know
Your stairway lies on the whispering wind?

And as we wind on down the road
Our shadows taller than our soul
There walks a lady we all know
Who shines white light and wants to show
How everything still turns to gold
And if you listen very hard
The tune will come to you at last
When all are one, and one is all
To be a rock and not to roll

And she's buying a stairway to Heaven

By Nash