1128 – Led Zeppelin – Stairway to heaven (1971)

Escrita por Jimmy Page e Robert Plant, foi gravada em 1971 em Londres e lançada em 8 de novembro de 1971 no disco Led Zeppelin IV. A canção tem 3 seções. Começa com um tempo devagar com instrumentos acusticos até entrar os instrumentos elétricos. A seção final é pauleira.

É a canção número 31 da lista das 500 maiores canções de todos os tempos da revista Rolling Stone. Foi criada em Bron-Y-Aur, no País de Gales. É um hino do rock and roll. E seu tremendo sucesso se deu nunca tendo sido um compacto. Os fãs tinham que comprar o disco todo pra ouvi-la.

A revista Guitar World disse que o solo de Page nessa música é o número 1 da história. É uma das 500 canções que deram forma ao rock and roll, na Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Ganhou um Grammy em 2003.

A letra:

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
Oh oh oh oh 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 misgiving

Ooh, it makes me wonder
Ooh, it 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 standing looking

Ooh, it makes me wonder
Ooh, it 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

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

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

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