[peel] Festive 50 1976

[Riving Ton]

I'm sure you have heard the anecdote about Rolf Harris mullering Stairway to Heaven at Glastonbury?
It turned out that he'd never heard the version by Led Zep either so somebody played it to him. With a shocked look on his face he exclaimed "oh my God! What have I done!"
Lovely!
By the way - Stairway is one of those tracks that I hate also - mainly from the boredom of hearing it on every pub's classic rock selection. Listen to Zep's BBC Sessions compilation (with introductions by Peel hisself - they made some great music!
I had a similar disdain for the likes of Hendrix, Doors etc until you do a bit of exploring and realise how talented they were also.

Pip Pip!

DeeDee




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From: John Gray <jt.gray@btinternet.com>
To: peel@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Saturday, February 14, 2009 7:29:05 PM
Subject: Re: [peel] Festive 50 1976

I am in nodding distance of 60, have been listening to pop/rock music  
since the late 1950s, and to John Peel since at least 1967.  I dare  
say I must have 'heard' Stairway to Heaven in passing, but have never  
actively listened to it and have never listened to a Led Zep album.  
And I really don't feel that I have missed anything.

John Gray


On 14 Feb 2009, at 12:19, Alasdair Macdonald wrote:

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 :)


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