Guest Blogger: Dan 2

Led Zeppelin is considered to be one of the most successful and influential heavy-metal pioneers. Originally named The Yardbird’s, the band’s name was changed in 1968 to Led Zeppelin by guitarist Jimmy Page. Singer Robert Plant and Guitarist Jimmy Page were very interested by British folk music, the occult and mythology. These interests influenced the “feel” of Led Zeppelins music, with the acoustic guitar slowly playing at the beginning of some songs, then the heavy-metal screaming near the end. Some emotions in Led Zeppelins songs are love, hatred, happiness, sadness and darkness. I would say that Led Zeppelin is like the band Pink Floyd in that it’s more about the lyrics than the hard instrumentals. Led Zeppelin invented heavy-metal music and that style of rock worked because of how good they were. One song that is memorable to me and a lot of others is “Stairway to Heaven”. A lot of people agree that this song is the best rock song of all time. It starts off slow with the acoustic guitar through about the first four minutes and then the electric guitar comes in with the screaming, then back to the acoustic to finish off the song. The song is about a woman who is rich and whose life goal is to make a lot of money. But in the end she is trying to buy her way into heaven and it doesn’t work like that. Heaven is for the people that give and care for others not just themselves.
There's a lady who's sure all that glitters is gold
And she's buying the stairway to heaven.
I do agree with the critics about Led Zeppelin. The critics from Rolling Stone talk about how Led Zeppelin is one of the best if not the best rock band of all time. With numerous hits how could anyone disagree? In my opinion Led Zeppelin is the best rock band of all time, because of the amazing songs and the guitar playing of Jimmy Page. Led Zeppelin is definitely worth the time to listen to and the money to buy their numerous cds.