Led Zeppelin乐队的前身为“庭院鸟乐队”,1968年10月正式更名为“Led Zeppelin”,成员:主唱:Robert Plant,吉他手:Jimmy Page,贝斯手:John Paul Jones,鼓手:John Bonham,乐队于1969年发行的专辑《LED ZEPPELIN II》被誉为重金属摇滚乐的奠基之作,这张精练了众多摇滚风格,创作狂噪扎人的唱片,定义了重金属是如此一种风格,LED ZEPPELIN在欧美特别是英国人的眼里具有崇高的地位,LZ最伟大的地方是将民族世界音乐融入了布鲁斯和弦,这也是为何Jimmy Page是最伟大的吉他手的原因,他能用一把吉他,以布鲁斯为根基表现出多种音乐风格,但你一听就会辨认出那Jimmy Page,撇开他出神入化的LIVE即兴表演不谈,他的音乐理念直到今天还是前卫的,尽管乐队在多年之后,曾经尝试加入过一些民间音乐,不管他们承认与否,它仍是世界公认的重金属先躯及代言人。
Led Zepplin在其鼎盛期失去了它的鼓手John Bonham,乐队宁愿解散也不再寻找新的鼓手,过了10多年,乐队的核心Jimmy Page和Robert Plant还专门聚在一起出了一张名为《No Quarter》的专辑,意思是“四个角的桌子已经永远缺了一角”,以此回答那些痴心等待他们复合的歌迷们。90年代,摇滚史上最伟大的华丽摇滚乐队失去了它最华丽的一角,但是留下了世界上最光明、最美好的音乐――来自天堂的音乐!
Stairway to Heaven (超级经典, 每个英国人都听过的)
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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, 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 stand 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 forest 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