As we continued to talk and get deeper into how “Stairway to
Heaven” was really a great song, we all slowly realize that we were talking
about two different songs. All of my
fellow camp counselors who were white had no idea who The O’Jay’s were and I
wasn’t talking about Led Zepplin. I only
heard Led Zepplin’s “Stairway to Heaven” maybe once or twice and they had never
even heard of The O’Jays.
After our shock that we were speaking about two different
songs by two different artists, we also realize that “The Boss” wasn’t the same
either. In my house “The Boss” refers to
Diana Ross. You probably guessed by now they were talking about Bruce
Springsteen.
Led Zepplin – Stairway to Heaven was released in 1971
The O’Jays – Stairway to Heaven was released in 1975
Bruce Springsteen is known as “The Boss”
Diana Ross – The Boss was released in 1979
After all the years I
can appreciate Led Zepplin’s “Stairway to Heaven” but when I say “Stairway to
Heaven” I’m still talking about The O’Jays song. I still rarely listen to Bruce Springsteen
because he sounds a lot like Cher or Cher
sounds like Bruce Springsteen. When I speak about “The Boss” I’m talking about Diana
Ross.
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