Heh, thing is, you can say that ~last~ comment about 98% of everything he's EVER recorded.
I just got done listening to both of those as I've never heard either one before. I'll be honest, I don't think either were that bad for what they were. I think Stairway was actually done fairly well without turning it into a pop tune. Again, you have to consider the source of the remake. As for Whole Lotta Love, I was pleasantly surprised how she was able to transfer it into a pop tune without straying way off the map in trying to "make it her own" as so many people try to do and utterly fail.
I can definitely think of worse remakes. So, I'll just buy this round and say thanks for showing me two that I'd never seen/heard before:
Why? Well because these two songs had their own thread by one of the members here and it was a pure bashing fest just because of the artist and genre IMO. I would've commented here but I had already stated my case in the thread before and OVH is entitled to his opinion without me rushing to defend songs I've previously made my case with and this thread asked for it as opposed to the other one. 
As I stated with my Smash Mouth post I prefer a different take on a song rather than a replica and I thought the two covers did that relatively well! 
Ahh cool. I missd that thread (I think). Might have to do a search on it.
Here it is for you and other interested parties:
