Human Rights

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Il miglior assolo di chitarra?
E' sempre "Stairway to Heaven"
di PAOLO MENZIONE
ROMA - Qualcuno storcerà il naso, altri si domanderanno sdegnati, "E dove sono i Deep Purple?". Che piaccia o no, l'assolo con chitarra di Jimmy Page in Stairway to Heaven, il leggendario brano dei Led Zeppelin del 1971, resta il più amato di tutti i tempi. Lo era nelle preferenze dei lettori di Repubblica.it alla fine del '99 (migliore canzone del secolo) e lo è anche oggi per un campione di circa duemila fan sfegatati del rock, molti dei quali chitarristi professionisti, interpellati dalla rivista inglese Total Guitar per un sondaggio appunto sul migliore assolo rock.
Articolo

Led Zeppelin
Stairway To Heaven
There's a lady who's sure all that glitters is gold
And she's buying a stairway to heaven.
When she gets there she knows, if the stores are all closed
With a word she can get what she came for.
Ooh, ooh, and she's buying a stairway to heaven.

There's a sign on the wall but she wants to be sure
'Cause you know sometimes words have two meanings.
In a tree by the brook, there's a songbird who sings,
Sometimes all of our thoughts are misgiven.
Ooh, it makes me wonder,
Ooh, it makes me wonder.

There's a feeling I get when I look to the west,
And my spirit is crying for leaving.
In my thoughts I have seen rings of smoke through the trees,
And the voices of those who standing looking.
Ooh, it makes me wonder,
Ooh, it really makes me wonder.

And it's whispered that soon if we all call the tune
Then the piper will lead us to reason.
And a new day will dawn for those who stand long
And the forests will echo with laughter.

If there's a bustle in your hedgerow, don't be alarmed now,
It's just a spring clean for the May queen.
Yes, there are two paths you can go by, but in the long run
There's still time to change the road you're on.
And it makes me wonder.

Your head is humming and it won't go, in case you don't know,
The piper's calling you to join him,
Dear lady, can you hear the wind blow, and did you know
Your stairway lies on the whispering wind.

And as we wind on down the road
Our shadows taller than our soul.
There walks a lady we all know
Who shines white light and wants to show
How everything still turns to gold.
And if you listen very hard
The tune will come to you at last.
When all are one and one is all
To be a rock and not to roll.

And she's buying a stairway to heaven.