05-25-2006, 06:55 PM
Privet, Stefanos!
You knowledge of Russian is impressive
. Probably Page and Plant are well-educated persons, who read much classic literature and listened much to performers of folk and medieval (or even Antique) music?
Probably that`s explanation why this song so emotional, impressive, charming and popular - it remides to the listeners about deep roots and ancient spirit of European culture, and people are impressed not by Led Zeppelin itself but by that ancient essence, which contains this song.
By the way, this question was interesting for me because my interest to ancient music started with... "Stairway to Heaven". In 1988 (it was time of so-called perestroyka) in the USSR for first time was released LP by LedZep with this song. I was a student and for me it was a new song in that time. I was very impressed. After that I had heard for the first time records of Estonian group Hortus Musicus. They performed music of the Middle Ages and the Renaissance. It reminded me of "Stairway to Heaven" and I understood that I liked not Led Zeppelin itself but these medieval influences in thier music. And so I started to listen to the ancient music...
You knowledge of Russian is impressive
. Probably Page and Plant are well-educated persons, who read much classic literature and listened much to performers of folk and medieval (or even Antique) music?Probably that`s explanation why this song so emotional, impressive, charming and popular - it remides to the listeners about deep roots and ancient spirit of European culture, and people are impressed not by Led Zeppelin itself but by that ancient essence, which contains this song.
By the way, this question was interesting for me because my interest to ancient music started with... "Stairway to Heaven". In 1988 (it was time of so-called perestroyka) in the USSR for first time was released LP by LedZep with this song. I was a student and for me it was a new song in that time. I was very impressed. After that I had heard for the first time records of Estonian group Hortus Musicus. They performed music of the Middle Ages and the Renaissance. It reminded me of "Stairway to Heaven" and I understood that I liked not Led Zeppelin itself but these medieval influences in thier music. And so I started to listen to the ancient music...
