Led Zeppelin May Have Lifted the Greatest Melody Ever

Ooh, it makes me wonder too.

Talk about a perception issue on epic proportions.

In 1971, Led Zeppelin — frontman and vocalist Robert Plant, guitarist Jimmy Page, bassist and keyboardist John Paul Jones, and drummer John Bonham — put out ‘Led Zeppelin IV’ or “Sozo.”

The album was a detour from the usual for the British super group because instead of the typical blues-rock combo platter, this was a trek into Plant’s and Page’s quest for esoteric meaning, as heard in “The Battle of Evermore,” “Misty Mountain Hop,” “When the Levees Break,” and this little ditty “Stairway to Heaven.”

Among its majestic vocals and near eight minutes of melodies, there is a riff from Page that has been archived as some of the finest work in musical history.

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