Though it came late in the year, a pop culture moment of 2012 that was relatively overlooked and quickly forgotten (though not on tumblr, which is where I first saw it) was Heart’s rather astonishing cover of “Stairway to Heaven” at the Kennedy Center Honors. It’s not a song I have ever really liked (perhaps it’s one of those another time/another place situations), but boy howdy if it isn’t something to talk about.
Also, Barack and Michelle bobbed to it. So.
Except, if you watch the actual show, they are bobbing their heads to Blues legend, Buddy Guy. And yes, that’s Dustin Hoffman sitting next to the first lady.