"Stairway to Heaven" by Led Zeppelin

<p>Do you hear a faint.... bustling? It's coming from your hedgerow. It's not just a spring clean for the May queen... it's a new episode of Strong Songs, straight from the Internet to your eardrums!</p> <p>Yes, Strong Songs is back from the holidays and ready for a lush new year of thumps, pops, sizzles, and higgada-buggadas. On the first episode of 2020, Kirk goes deep into Led Zeppelin's "Stairway to Heaven," a song that develops with unusual subtlety, from those quiet opening guitar arpeggios to that howling, rocking culmination.</p> <p><strong>Band/Artist:</strong> Led Zeppelin</p> <p><strong>Album:</strong> <em>Led Zeppelin IV</em> (1971)</p> <p><strong>Composed by:</strong> Jimmy Page and Robert Plant</p> <p><strong>Listen/Buy:</strong> <a href= "https://music.apple.com/us/album/led-zeppelin-iv-remastered/580708175"> Apple Music</a> | <a href= "https://www.amazon.com/Led-Zeppelin-IV-Deluxe-CD/dp/B00M30SPMU/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=Led+Zeppelin+IV&qid=1578445151&sr=8-1"> Amazon</a> | <a href= "https://open.spotify.com/album/1Ugdi2OTxKopVVqsprp5pb">Spotify</a></p> <p><strong>------</strong></p> <p><strong>ALSO DISCUSSED:</strong></p> <ul> <li>"Black Dog" also from <em>Led Zeppelin</em> <em>IV</em></li> <li>Clips from <em>Wayne's World</em>, 1992, and a <a href= "https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/7684914/waynes-world-anniversary-alice-cooper-penelope-spheeris"> Billboard magazine retrospective</a> with director Penelope Spheeris</li> <li>"Taurus" by Spirit from <em>Spirit</em>, 1968</li> <li>"The Mandalorian" by Ludwig Göransson from <em>The</em> <em>Mandalorian</em> soundtrack, 2019</li> <li>"Bohemian Rhapsody" by Queen from <em>A Night at the Opera</em>, 1975</li> <li>"Grace" by Jeff Buckley from <em>Grace</em>, 1994</li> <li>A clip from <em>Jeff Buckley Live at Sin-é (Legacy Edition)</em>, 1993, which is a really incredible live compilation and you should listen to it</li> </ul> <p><strong>------</strong></p> <p><strong>OUTRO SOLOIST: Kirk Hamilton<br /></strong></p> <p>Kirk is, well, the host of Strong S