Some songs are just so trippy!!!…

Disclaimer: Music related post; Preferably you should've listened to atleast a few Zeppelin songs

I was just sitting round and surfing, while listening to a random playlist on Winamp. That’s when it happened… It was so weird. One moment, I was surfing through the numerous tabs that I had opened. The next moment I’d stopped everything that I was doing. That familiar guitar riff rang loud in my ears. That’s when I knew…

I knew that today, I was gonna trip like crazy listening to the song.

Yup… for people who know me well – you’ve guessed right. The song’s Led Zeppelin’s Stairway to Heaven. And yeah, it’s the extended version. Yup, the whole 14:57 minute classic… Considering that this was what I started off with, when I started listening to rock; maybe it just has this unique position in my mind.

By blending in the greatness of Robert Plant’s engaging vocals; Jimmy Page’s mesmerizing guitar riffs & Jones' rhythmic base and Bonham’s eclectic drumming, the song has an existence of its own… In spite of being close to 15 minutes long, it never ceases to amaze me how this song can just captivate you.

You close your eyes and get you can get lost. Your head starts swaying to the music. Your hands automatically curl up and start moving as if you’re playing that 16-string monster. Every pluck of the guitar just seems to resonate on and on, it just pierces your mind. You can feel your pulse quicken as the song moves on. And, as the tempo builds up, you feel that it just couldn’t get any higher. But, to your surprise you’ll find that the song keeps building up, further and further… The uninterrupted 9 minute riff can just elevate you to another plane. Makes you wonder if this is just a song or whether it’s a journey. One that can take you to the surreal, if only you just let go of everything that you’re thinking about and immerse yourself into the music.

As the climax approaches and the distinctive notes blend with the beats, Plant’s vocals come at you… with a vengeance… screaming at the top of his voice, he infuses so much energy into the climax… you can’t seem to stop and wonder about what is happening to you…

“If you listen really hard,
the tune will come to you at last,
when all is one and one is all,
to be a rock and not to roll…”

I don’t know what made me write this post, but I’m amused…
I think I was High… High on music!!… Nothing else can explain it…
But then, its not a big deal… Some songs are just so trippy anyways… ;)