It was like I was up onstage and I was not even … I was taking care to not pay attention to anything but the exact moment. It’s surreal to me because my experience of those moments was from a whole different perspective. But I’ve seen it a lot because it pops up on social media very often and I get sucked into watching it again and again. Do you often revisit this particular performance in your life? So, I’ll start by saying I’ve probably watched this cover about a hundred times, and each time I find myself getting emotional at the same moments over and over again. Either way, marvel at both the cover and Wilson’s memories of that beloved, award-worthy performance eight years later, in conversation with the rock god herself. But if you still need further confirmation, just wait until the camera zooms in on Plant’s progressively watery eyes. In the ensuing years, this version of “Stairway to Heaven” has generally been regarded as a - if not the - definitive Led Zeppelin cover, which is all the more remarkable after Wilson revealed to Vulture in a recent interview that her rehearsal time barely exceeded an hour. (We’re particularly fond of Page mouthing fuck! when the second choir reveals itself.) Completing the lineup was guitarist Shane Fontayne and drummer Jason Bonham, who, as you can probably surmise, is the son of Led Zeppelin’s departed John Bonham. The Center’s 2020 recipients had yet to be named prior to the postponement (the plan is to do a “ reimagined” version of the show in the spring), which, by our logic, means one thing: We will instead be honoring Ann Wilson’s virtuosic cover of Led Zeppelin’s “Stairway to Heaven” from the 2012 ceremony, which in itself deserves to be inducted into some sort of cultural canon, possibly even awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom.Īs the lore famously goes - and to be concise, for fear of spoiling the magnificent moment for new viewers - Wilson and her fellow Heart sister, Nancy Wilson, were recruited to perform this “Stairway to Heaven” cover alongside a stunningly large orchestra and choir section, which crescendos to the point of Robert Plant, Jimmy Page, and John Paul Jones being moved to various points of weepiness and pride. Photo: CBS Photo Archive/CBS via Getty ImagesĪs has been the inevitable trend for every nice celebration in 2020, this December’s annual Kennedy Center Honors was canceled due to the coronavirus pandemic, depriving viewers of more wondrous sights such as that time Aretha Franklin dropped her fur coat to the ground or when Big Bird redefined what it means to wear a sash.
Ann and Nancy Wilson, live from the Kennedy Center in 2012.
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