Was O'Carolan's Dream the source for Stairway to Heaven?
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Was O'Carolan's Dream the source for Stairway to Heaven?
Have you heard the theory that Led Zeppelin's "Stairway to Heaven" was based on the slow air "O'Carolan's Dream"?
Here's a link to the tune so you can check it out:
http://www.cpmusic.com/tradgif/ocarodr.gif
It's in Am, but transcribes nicely to Em for D whistle. (Drop every note three steps.)
Here's a link to the tune so you can check it out:
http://www.cpmusic.com/tradgif/ocarodr.gif
It's in Am, but transcribes nicely to Em for D whistle. (Drop every note three steps.)
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Hm...that very well could be. I read that there are a number of past references in that song.
The lyrics, written by Led Zeppelin vocalist Robert Plant next to an evening log fire, were inspired by his search for spiritual perfection. A seminal influence was the book Magic Arts in Celtic Britain by Lewis Spence, which Plant had recently read; it contained references to May Queens, pipers, and "bustling hedgerows." The line, "In my thoughts I have seen rings of smoke through the trees," could be a reference to William Wordsworth's poem Tintern Abbey: "...and wreaths of smoke / Sent up, in silence, from among the trees!"
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Re: Was O'Carolan's Dream the source for Stairway to Heaven?
Not to my ear. In fact, that air comes across as a crib from Gregorian chant. Take it to adagio and you'll easily hear what I mean.O'Brien wrote:Have you heard the theory that Led Zeppelin's "Stairway to Heaven" was based on the slow air "O'Carolan's Dream"?
Here's a link to the tune so you can check it out:
http://www.cpmusic.com/tradgif/ocarodr.gif
It's in Am, but transcribes nicely to Em for D whistle. (Drop every note three steps.)
Cheers,
Bill
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Doesn't seem far fetched to me. I hear clear echoes of it.
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Um... Annie ... you play soprano G whistles. I think the echoes are pretty normal for you.anniemcu wrote:Doesn't seem far fetched to me. I hear clear echoes of it.
LOL
Bill
Ye Olde Whistlesmith Saying:
A whistle without a fipple, is just a piece of leaky pipe!
Click the WWW and come have some fun with poems and music and now BOOKS! and check out the preeeety whistles and the T-shirts with attitude!
A whistle without a fipple, is just a piece of leaky pipe!
Click the WWW and come have some fun with poems and music and now BOOKS! and check out the preeeety whistles and the T-shirts with attitude!
Re: Was O'Carolan's Dream the source for Stairway to Heaven?
How do you play the D-sharp accidentals in the Em version? I'm using a standard high-D whistle.O'Brien wrote:It's in Am, but transcribes nicely to Em for D whistle. (Drop every note three steps.)
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billw wrote:Um... Annie ... you play soprano G whistles. I think the echoes are pretty normal for you.anniemcu wrote:Doesn't seem far fetched to me. I hear clear echoes of it.
LOL
Bill
BTW... I *own* them.. three, to be exact, but I very rarely play them so the recovery is nearly complete.
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