No one can touch the greatness of Jimmy Page not vai not no one except maybe Hendrix. I would like to see this well coiffered african american woman with the dark shades on do a Deep Purple or a Black Sabbath song after she had just finished screwing a Zeppelin.
Obviously Zep knew exactly what they were doing when they licensed her to sing it. It wasn't released by her in a vacuum - and it introduced it to an audience that probably didn't know it existed.
@UGHETTO21 O_o you seriously have no fucking clue what you;re talking about you bell end. Travis would actually SLATE the face of John Bonham. How the fuck can you even compare Jimmy and Travis considering they both play different instruments you musically retarded bottle of dick wash! Seriously get some fucking proper musical intelligence then you have a right to say something. Seriously comparing Jimmy and Travis has to be on of the most fucking retarded things ive ever witnessed!!
aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa what the fuck vai what the fuck i thought you had more sense
its not good interpreting if you hit the notes or sing good... to sing this song good, you have to understand the lyrics and the music.... yeah she sings good and all but she doesnt understand a fuck about this song. she's only singing. that destroys this song. basically she sucks.
@fenderguy97 thats steve vai. a guitarist of greater or at least equal talent to page. and this is coming from a guy who has the 4 symbols inked down my arm. People cover other peoples songs, in their own style so get the fuck over it.
"It's called a cover you dumbasses, it's not supposed to sound like the original ."
It's not supposed to sound like the original but it's supposed to capture the magic of the original song in a new package, this one honestly doesn't. The girl is a great singer no doubt but I can't feel this cover.
Travis Barker does NOT deserve to sit behind the drumset on this song. He is NOTHING compared to what Bonham is. Bonham is almost universally loved even 40 years after playing drums on this track. Barker is almost universally (by people who can actually tell what a good drummer is, at least) hated.
Mary J. Blige fucked up the vocals. That is all.
Also, this whole performance is retarded. If you're not going to perform all of Stairway, don't fucking perform it.
@RazrHack (by people who can actually tell what a good drummer is, at least) = by people who can't play drums and arent able to play one of his patterns.... so please keep quiet...
I need to see a shrink now. This messed me up. This is like watching a train wreck full of misfit toys. Thanks for the post traumatic stress disorder.
I mean, it's alright with covers, and the point in covers is of cause not always to get as close to the original as possible, but really, I feel like something just died inside me after listening to this..
who in the hell does she think she is attempting to even try and pull this song off. if she was an actual contestant on american idol the judges would have ripped her a new one.
Boo hoo that's not Jimmy, they missed the point of the song, they've done this and they've done that... What a bunch of time stuck, deaf, simpho-rock (that you all called "hard rock" LOL...) loving, old farts. I can't believe that all you music lovers don't even recognize Steve Vai, let alone a girl named Orianthi... And she messed up some lyrics??? Hahahahaha!!! Be happy that this lot even bothered to remind as all of Led Zeppelin but in the 21st century kind of way.
I wonder if da audience knows the whole song. I bet they dont but they just cheer cuz its American Idol. This cover's respectable but u have to do da whole song, never cut it short
@gstrummerirwin well they cut out the long warbly part, even i dont like that part of the song, im always listening to stairway and waiting for that part to pass. the rest of it is pure awesome!!!!!!
@316reign According to you. In this world, people are going to do whatever they want, regardless of what you think, feel, or believe in. I didn't particularly like this cover, but I also don't like the original either.
When it's on a show like this, and it's a "supergroup" made up of musicians who you would never expect to play together, what do you think is going to happen?
Travis Barker is a great drummer, but he shouldn't be up there with these people.
I agree with what someone else said about Orianthi- she's boring.
And during the solo, wtf is Mary J Blige doing? She looks like she's heaving, not dancing. Overall, really bad performance. Or as Randy would say "it was pitchy, dawg."
God I really can't stand orianthi's playing. its so damn BORING. she just drops some scales while looking pretty. Shame on them for not giving the whole solo to steve vai.
@JeremieGalan777 Keys are not better than others. If Zeppelin had done it in this key, you would be saying how a version in A minor would be terrible. You're just used to it.
@panamanian911 well maybe im used to the original, and the original vocals.. too much curly voice, very much pop/r&b style, and the intro plucking just like you said, im not used to it.. very high and after plucking the strings, the notes stops fast, and the tempo.. they add much speed...
but orianthi sure did cool in here.. :D cheers.. :D
Why do you people always forget to mention "STEVE VAI" on guitars, Orianthi is nothing compared to STEVE. you should wiki on Steve whoever put this video in here
sacrilege
girfu7 1 week ago
I only disliked this because Vai wasn't even mentioned.
TheCaseman777 2 weeks ago 2
@TheCaseman777 true that
plusff 1 week ago
fuckin A
iPurpleProductions 1 month ago
No one can touch the greatness of Jimmy Page not vai not no one except maybe Hendrix. I would like to see this well coiffered african american woman with the dark shades on do a Deep Purple or a Black Sabbath song after she had just finished screwing a Zeppelin.
nicky196427 1 month ago
must be sunny in there..
Jturnock93 2 months ago
I clicked this video to see Steve Vai
chriskimguitar 2 months ago
sounded like shit. dont change greatness. do it right or leave it alone.
GabrielTheGuitarist 2 months ago 3
whos the chick playing the guitar though?
Enoned 2 months ago
Obviously Zep knew exactly what they were doing when they licensed her to sing it. It wasn't released by her in a vacuum - and it introduced it to an audience that probably didn't know it existed.
sfvalues 3 months ago
disgraceful, Stairway to Heaven is classic rock not some shitty pop song
Bstuchlik 3 months ago 2
@Bstuchlik Amen Brother
falconxcrunner09 3 months ago
idgaf who travis parker is, its not jimmy
UGHETTO21 3 months ago
@UGHETTO21 hes only one of the best drummers of all time
murdock2k8 2 months ago
@UGHETTO21 O_o you seriously have no fucking clue what you;re talking about you bell end. Travis would actually SLATE the face of John Bonham. How the fuck can you even compare Jimmy and Travis considering they both play different instruments you musically retarded bottle of dick wash! Seriously get some fucking proper musical intelligence then you have a right to say something. Seriously comparing Jimmy and Travis has to be on of the most fucking retarded things ive ever witnessed!!
followthroughmate 2 months ago
@followthroughmate chill the fuck out , i thought travis was some fucking guitarist , fuck
UGHETTO21 1 month ago
@followthroughmate
did... did you just say travis BARKER would slate the face of... John Bonham...?
somos999 1 month ago
That was disgusting.
Poscopic 3 months ago
aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa what the fuck vai what the fuck i thought you had more sense
gunnut1989 3 months ago
49 Dislikers? WHAT THE FUCK
Phaellos 3 months ago
Let me tell you that if I'd have the chance I'd totally kill that black bitch.
006sick 3 months ago
Turned a fucking perfect song into crap. this just destroyed my day...
Sandfriend1 3 months ago
i can't stand how they only show mary j blidge. When you have Travis Barker AND Steve Vai there, i could care less about her. Travis FTW!!!!
xthephobiatheoryx 4 months ago
wow horrible
romangeneralbob 4 months ago
its not good interpreting if you hit the notes or sing good... to sing this song good, you have to understand the lyrics and the music.... yeah she sings good and all but she doesnt understand a fuck about this song. she's only singing. that destroys this song. basically she sucks.
CeGanB 4 months ago
Watch this video for Steve Vai and Travis Barker.
TheKnifeslinger 4 months ago 2
@2malebus How is she singing it wrong? She's interpreting it.
GMMStrat3 5 months ago
3:28-3:33 lulz
EricMadeAMillion 5 months ago
omg! if i was jimmy page i would so sue that fucking guitarist !
fenderguy97 5 months ago
@fenderguy97 thats steve vai. a guitarist of greater or at least equal talent to page. and this is coming from a guy who has the 4 symbols inked down my arm. People cover other peoples songs, in their own style so get the fuck over it.
mattl2k6 4 months ago
a black blonde singing stairway to heaven in shades WOW! shes singing way too fast
ixcreme 5 months ago
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ixcreme 5 months ago
i love Travis Barker, but they should have probably had Dave Grohl Playing, as he has more of that Bohnam Swing to his style.
Ianfett2291 5 months ago 2
travis barker is fucking AWESOmE!
erikg1990 5 months ago 13
It's called a cover you dumbasses, it's not supposed to sound like the original .
BlazerMMA 6 months ago
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"It's called a cover you dumbasses, it's not supposed to sound like the original ."
It's not supposed to sound like the original but it's supposed to capture the magic of the original song in a new package, this one honestly doesn't. The girl is a great singer no doubt but I can't feel this cover.
SirDashdot 5 months ago
if only john Bonham was still alive R.I.P.
badbadbabys 6 months ago
Travis Barker does NOT deserve to sit behind the drumset on this song. He is NOTHING compared to what Bonham is. Bonham is almost universally loved even 40 years after playing drums on this track. Barker is almost universally (by people who can actually tell what a good drummer is, at least) hated.
Mary J. Blige fucked up the vocals. That is all.
Also, this whole performance is retarded. If you're not going to perform all of Stairway, don't fucking perform it.
RazrHack 6 months ago
@RazrHack Agree 100%
Berserkedy 6 months ago
@RazrHack (by people who can actually tell what a good drummer is, at least) = by people who can't play drums and arent able to play one of his patterns.... so please keep quiet...
erikg1990 5 months ago
The singing is horrific but the guitar isn't bad and Travis Barker is always awesome
smello6 6 months ago
BOOOOOOOO!
XxToHellAndBackxX 6 months ago
WHAT THE FUCK IS THIS?!?!?!?! WHOS THIS BITCH RUINING MY SAWNG!
XxToHellAndBackxX 6 months ago 2
i only looked this up because of travis
lehewych123 7 months ago 7
Whats this shit? This isnt led zepplin! why i oughtaa......... is that Travis Barker? You are forgivin American Idol. :P
A7XGroupie767 7 months ago 3
Black people ruin music nowadays...
NitroTheRhino 7 months ago 2
@NitroTheRhino haha that's so true and i'm not even racist..
Berserkedy 7 months ago
This shows why Led Zeppelin was such a special band and why there will never ever be anyone like them. This was positively awful.
Geotubest 7 months ago
I need to see a shrink now. This messed me up. This is like watching a train wreck full of misfit toys. Thanks for the post traumatic stress disorder.
Geotubest 7 months ago
I mean, it's alright with covers, and the point in covers is of cause not always to get as close to the original as possible, but really, I feel like something just died inside me after listening to this..
Jappi17 7 months ago
well... that ruined my night
campaus000 8 months ago
to quite Don McLean,, this is " the day the music died"
marlenus1969 8 months ago
Agghhh that solo made me cry and the singing was terrible. That was a desecration. Fuck everybody who covered this song on that day.
fenderguy0982 8 months ago
Drums are badass. Vocals are okay. Guitar solo is shit.
Gav404 8 months ago
Don't send a woman to do a mans job...
automattic1101 8 months ago
@automattic1101 hahahahahah! nice answer!
2malebus 8 months ago
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automattic1101 8 months ago
fuck this cover...fuck mary k blidge or whatever her name is..
johny9693 8 months ago
Sigh this would of been soo much better if she wasnt attempting to sing it ....
WeeMan131191 8 months ago
Travis Barker is god.
cocunut200 8 months ago
@cocunut200 not even close
iamtheipodman 7 months ago
Badass
IceboxDI 9 months ago
Vai obviously did this to use that awesome guitar...
travisforencich 9 months ago
Adam Lambert should sing this. Not her.
chela2000 9 months ago 3
Mary J whatever can not rock at all.
blues2oo 9 months ago
Shit, awful disrespect
lamky 9 months ago
couldnt lsn to the entire thing....it was too annoying!! SHES TOO ANNOYING!! She just killed my favorite song of all time......great, thx a ton -_-
Razanalkatkotah 9 months ago
Shes singing too fast....
idareyou101 9 months ago
for shame, Mr. Vai ...... for SHAME
abdulsadiq 9 months ago
its to damn fast....
molestthedecapitated 9 months ago
worst fail ever
who in the hell does she think she is attempting to even try and pull this song off. if she was an actual contestant on american idol the judges would have ripped her a new one.
billgatesthc 10 months ago 2
mary j looks like fucking dr. octopus from spiderman!! gotta thumbs me up for that!!
lordrevanchist 10 months ago 3
@lordrevanchist lmao omg that made my day lmao
molestthedecapitated 9 months ago
You can't do this song in 5 minutes. you just CANT.
xgUmDrOpSx52 10 months ago
@TheAftermathWorld No, he was good too.
TheInamanica 10 months ago
Christ she sucks so bad. Chris Brown needs to date her too. Orianthi and Vai are the only ones who didn't suck.
TheInamanica 10 months ago
Boo hoo that's not Jimmy, they missed the point of the song, they've done this and they've done that... What a bunch of time stuck, deaf, simpho-rock (that you all called "hard rock" LOL...) loving, old farts. I can't believe that all you music lovers don't even recognize Steve Vai, let alone a girl named Orianthi... And she messed up some lyrics??? Hahahahaha!!! Be happy that this lot even bothered to remind as all of Led Zeppelin but in the 21st century kind of way.
vladimirgalesev 10 months ago 3
@vladimirgalesev fuck the 21st century, i want to go back to the 70's.
Enoned 2 months ago
and she messed up some of the lyrics -.-
beardigady 10 months ago
never mind thats not jimmy page. and they destroyed this song, in the worst way possible.
beardigady 10 months ago
at least they had jimmy page play it. Well I think thats him.
beardigady 10 months ago
FAIL
bossramone 10 months ago
Of course the one blonde girl blew it, i thought barker would.
AvAkennyAvA 10 months ago
vai shouldve been lead
irounilmfir 10 months ago
I wonder if da audience knows the whole song. I bet they dont but they just cheer cuz its American Idol. This cover's respectable but u have to do da whole song, never cut it short
gstrummerirwin 11 months ago
@gstrummerirwin well they cut out the long warbly part, even i dont like that part of the song, im always listening to stairway and waiting for that part to pass. the rest of it is pure awesome!!!!!!
FreakinKoolMedia 10 months ago
@FreakinKoolMedia Da whole song kicks ass. U gotta love it!
gstrummerirwin 10 months ago 2
@gstrummerirwin i guess XD who doesnt get the led out?!
FreakinKoolMedia 10 months ago
go mary
brighterside2010 11 months ago
dude they are killing the best song in the world why are they not put tho justice ?
ebyjon 11 months ago
i wish there was a version were only travis remixes the song that way its still rock
robbiesilverwolf 11 months ago
idk why people dont like this. she did pretty damn good!
ayesophie 11 months ago
there are some songs that you just don't cover, STAIRWAY TO HEAVEN IS ONE OF THOSE SONGS! FUCK YOU MARY J BLIGE!
316reign 11 months ago
@316reign According to you. In this world, people are going to do whatever they want, regardless of what you think, feel, or believe in. I didn't particularly like this cover, but I also don't like the original either.
Chiraisu 11 months ago
When it's on a show like this, and it's a "supergroup" made up of musicians who you would never expect to play together, what do you think is going to happen?
Travis Barker is a great drummer, but he shouldn't be up there with these people.
I agree with what someone else said about Orianthi- she's boring.
And during the solo, wtf is Mary J Blige doing? She looks like she's heaving, not dancing. Overall, really bad performance. Or as Randy would say "it was pitchy, dawg."
SWeetfilms91 11 months ago
TRAVIS BARKER TRAVIS BARKER TRAVIS BARKER. WOOT WOOT.
raymondwarner1555 11 months ago 2
I do not liked... She's singing wrong..
2malebus 11 months ago 23
@2malebus it's not wrong, its her own spin on it.
HarveyBacktheBeatles 8 months ago
Ann Wilson can do Robert Plant like no other....just my opinion.
ImSuperHaute 11 months ago 2
God I really can't stand orianthi's playing. its so damn BORING. she just drops some scales while looking pretty. Shame on them for not giving the whole solo to steve vai.
flicfan416 11 months ago
i dont like the key of the song... the original key is better...
JeremieGalan777 11 months ago
@JeremieGalan777 Keys are not better than others. If Zeppelin had done it in this key, you would be saying how a version in A minor would be terrible. You're just used to it.
panamanian911 11 months ago
@panamanian911 well maybe im used to the original, and the original vocals.. too much curly voice, very much pop/r&b style, and the intro plucking just like you said, im not used to it.. very high and after plucking the strings, the notes stops fast, and the tempo.. they add much speed...
but orianthi sure did cool in here.. :D cheers.. :D
JeremieGalan777 11 months ago
It would have been better if idol got led zeppeling to do the performances.
angelcakebby24 11 months ago 25
@angelcakebby24 yeah.. but dont let vai and orianthi out of the number...
JeremieGalan777 11 months ago
@angelcakebby24 yeah but Jimmy lost his touch after the 80s in his heroin addiction compared to before as in MEG '73.
trooper5280 11 months ago
This have to bee a joke
TheKakenation 1 year ago
would have been great had AI been able to get plant to sing it
smithdsmit 1 year ago
mary j blidge can touch Plant....... this song should not be covered bottom line. But travis and steve kill it.
MeatJackn 1 year ago
@MeatJackn I meant cant, please dont rape my comment.
MeatJackn 1 year ago
as i've said before, fixate your eyes and ears to what Steve Vai is doing... Orianthi's licks won't matter..... \m/
kotzy210 1 year ago
Orianthi killed this song that was the worst solo ive heard in my life.
rocknrollradioz 1 year ago
The band sounds fantastic! As for Blige........more like Mary J. "out of tune" Bilge.
colmthedon 1 year ago
Wow. Blige absolutely butchered this classic.
Payne2225 1 year ago
who's the girl on the guitar .. to the left?
tats1385 1 year ago
@tats1385 Orianthi
LOLCOPTER 1 year ago
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deviney2005 1 year ago
Why do you people always forget to mention "STEVE VAI" on guitars, Orianthi is nothing compared to STEVE. you should wiki on Steve whoever put this video in here
kotzy210 1 year ago
@kotzy210
yeah! actually i started listening to vai 1st before knowing that orianthi existed lol
gnayiew95 1 year ago