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Xanadu vs Stairway to Heaven


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Xanadu vs Stairway to Heaven  

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  1. 1. Xanadu vs Stairway to Heaven



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Stairway.  Xanadu is great, but it's overrated in my view (particularly the studio version) ...and at the 7 minute mark, there's no reason to go on listening - it just repeats itself after that.

 

Stairway builds and grows and changes and, despite being grossly overplayed, is a wonderful song.  LIfeson's solo at the end of Xanadu is fine..but come on, it can't compete with Page's perfectly phrased solo.  Bonham's playing is also economically perfect - his simple snare fill under "there's still time to change the road you're on" - and the fact that he doesn't hit a crash cymbal after it - is way hipper than a bunch of cowbell what have yous....And again, it's so over exposed, but Jones' recorder counterpoint to Page's main riff off the top is really beautiful.  And Plant is no slouch either.

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