[peel] Festive 50 1976

[Alasdair Macdonald]

Comedian Iain Lee has claimed on several occasions that he has never
heard Stairway To Heaven.

2009/2/14 John <john_ukea@...>:

> And out of my speakers poured the sound of Led Zeppelin's  Stairway
> To Heaven.
>
> Now, here is where I have to admit what, to this day, still
> embarrasses me when I'm reminded of it – I did not recognize the
> track, I didn't know it, I'd never heard it, nor heard of it.  There
> was I, convinced that I was au fait with the
> current/popular/progressive rock world, only to discover that I
> didn't know the track that the whole of Britain – well, listeners to
> John Peel's show – had voted as their favorite track.
>
> I did, however, buy the LP within a few days of first
> hearing `stairway'.  Not because it was so clearly something that was
> missing from my record collection, but because after a couple of
> replays of my tape of the programme I really did like the track - and
> it remains a favorite to this day.
>
> So there you are – my confession.  I feel much better now :)