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Bittersweet 'Stairway to Heaven' cover moves Robert Plant's Heart


Some songs should never be covered — and Led Zeppelin's seminal hair-rock ballad "Stairway to Heaven" usually belongs at the top of the list. However, even the grizzled rock gods themselves are clearly moved during Heart's rousing rendition at the Kennedy Center Honors on December 2. Complete with orchestra, choir and a President nodding in the audience, it's undeniably fabulous and you can almost feel the love and memories fill the room. If you don't get a chill when the choir kicks in at 4:20 and Robert Plant's eyes well up, you might want to consider a soul transplant.

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PostPosted: Sun Dec 30, 2012 12:09 am 
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Here is the full tribute to Led Zeppelin...includes performances by the Foo Fighters, Kid Rock, Lenny Kravitz and Heart (same as the clip posted above).


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PostPosted: Sun Dec 30, 2012 12:10 am 
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That was GREAT!!

Great version by Heart and great to see Led Zep reaction

I knew nothing about this event... looking for more info

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Buddy Guy, Dustin Hoffman, David Letterman, Natalia Makarova, and Led Zeppelin to Receive 35th Annual Kennedy Center Honors
America to Celebrate the Careers of Seven Extraordinary Artists, Sunday, December 2, 2012


[Gala will be broadcast on CBS on December 26, 2012 at 9:00-11:00 p.m., ET/PT]


The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts has announced the selection of the seven individuals who will receive the 2012 Kennedy Center Honors. Recipients to be honored at the 35th annual national celebration of the arts are: bluesman Buddy Guy, actor and director Dustin Hoffman, comedian and television host David Letterman, ballerina Natalia Makarova, and rock band Led Zeppelin. While Led Zeppelin is being honored as a band, keyboardist/bassist John Paul Jones, guitarist Jimmy Page, and singer Robert Plant will each receive the Kennedy Center Honors.

"With their extraordinary talent, creativity and tenacity, the seven 2012 Kennedy Center Honorees have contributed significantly to the cultural life of our nation and the world," said Kennedy Center Chairman David M. Rubenstein. "Buddy Guy is a titan of the blues and has been a tremendous influence on virtually everyone who has picked up an electric guitar in the last half century; Dustin Hoffman's unyielding commitment to the wide variety of roles he plays has made him one of the most versatile and iconoclastic actors of this or any other generation; David Letterman is one of the most influential personalities in the history of television, entertaining an entire generation of late-night viewers with his unconventional wit and charm; Natalia Makarova's profound artistry has ignited the stages of the world's greatest ballet companies and continues to pass the torch to the next generation of dancers; and Led Zeppelin's John Paul Jones, Jimmy Page and Robert Plant transformed the sound of rock and roll with their lyricism and innovative song structures, infusing blues into the sound of rock and roll and laying the foundation for countless rock bands."

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http://www.kennedy-center.org/programs/ ... ts/honors/

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I don't watch any commercial tv anymore, so I wasn't aware of this broadcast. :62

But thanks to YouTube, I get to see what I missed! :91

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Heart always does great covers of Zep!

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Here's the complete video of the 35th Annual Kennedy Center Honors (2012)


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''Some songs should never be covered" [...]

I did enjoy the choir and instrumentals, as well as Led's reactions, but give a nay vote to the Heart soloist.
Stairway to Heaven should NEVER be covered; the utter impossibility of doing justice to this song should preclude any attempts, thus sparing the singer/band humiliation and embarrassment.
Just the beliefs of this old hippie still miffed at missing Woodstock.


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I had the privilege of seeing Buddy Guy at a Blues Fest in Dallas years and years ago. Now that man was AWESOME!


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How cool! I haven't seen any guitar greats in concert. :(

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