Stairway to Heaven
Posted by: Peter Stockwell on 18 March 2002
Posted on: 18 March 2002 by Bosh
It doesnt merit an answer - its blatant blasphemy to ruin a good Rolf Harris song
Posted on: 18 March 2002 by Keith Mattox
You haven't anything 'til you heard the
Dread Zeppelin version.
Cheers
Keith.
Posted on: 18 March 2002 by Peter Stockwell
quote:
Originally posted by Keith Mattox:
You haven't anything 'til you heard the http://www.dreadzeppelin.com/ version.Cheers
Keith.
Damn, I forgot about them .... I particularly like in ''black Dog' i think ... "keep a cooling me charlie" ... yes those guys are the greatest Elvis immitators :-)
Peter
Posted on: 21 March 2002 by Rico
Ahhh, Tortelvis has left the building. I do like misty mountain top, but my fave Dread Zep must be
Nobody's fault but mon .
I also have a soft spot for Rolf Harris' cover of Stairway! ("altogether now"...)
Rico - SM/Mullet Audio
Posted on: 12 July 2002 by John C
I tell you what the Dolly Parton version beats the hell out of the original!!!
John
Posted on: 12 July 2002 by JeremyD
I must admit that, once someone had explained what the song was about, I found the Rolf Harris version touchingly ironic.
No, really...
JD
Posted on: 22 July 2002 by Peter Stockwell
quote:
Originally posted by John C:
I tell you what the Dolly Parton version beats the hell out of the original!!!
John
No Kidding ? Dolly does Zep ?
Peter
Posted on: 23 July 2002 by Ron The Mon
It's on her brand new record. I just heard it on the radio and it is outragiously good. It really shows what a fantastic singer she is.
[notice lack of smileys. it really is good!]
Ron The Mon,
Needle-Freak
Posted on: 23 July 2002 by Peter Stockwell
Ron,
Over here radio is crap, and it's impossible to find the Sugar Hill recodings of Dolly, is the new record on Sugar Hill ?
Peter
Posted on: 23 July 2002 by Steve Catterall
Yes its on Sugar Hill, but its absoluetly everywhere. Going Cheap(ish) in Virgin, to 8.99 at cd-wow.com.
The rest of the album is very good as well, so well worth nine quid
Posted on: 23 July 2002 by Peter Stockwell
Steve,
Thanks for the Heads Up, Cd duly ordered from CD wow. 13.95€ including free delivery to France!
Peter
Posted on: 30 July 2002 by Keith Mattox
There's also a brilliant, and long unavailable "cover" by a little band called Little Roger and the Goosebumps, where they took the central melodies to the song and overlaid the lyrics to the Gilligan's Island TV show's theme song, and called the song "Stairway to Gilligan's Island".
Zep's manager, Peter Grant, heard this song once, was inscensed, and immediately sued to have it removed from western civilization immediately.
Turns out that Zep's actual band members never heard the song. When it was presented to one of them (Page, I think) about five years ago, he roared with laughter and said that he would work to have the fallout from the suit reversed.
You can now get the song on the compilation CD "Laguna Tunes". It's a CD of songs produced by a man of that last name, and is the only song on the CD worth putting to disk. But the CD is worth it for those with a sense of humor.
Cheers
Keith.
Posted on: 30 July 2002 by JamH
the latest HMV free magazine says
that dolly parton has recorded 'stairways ...'
she says she asked [page and/or plant] and they
said they did not know what it meant !!
james
Posted on: 31 July 2002 by Steve Toy
I was Peter's guest.
Sorry, FZ just aint my thang!
Bloody hell, my 2k posting is in the Music Room!
Regards,
Steve.
PS: Despite my awful musical tastes, at least I got a re-invite on this occasion.
Peter,
I'll hopefully remember to bring a replacement copy of the
Nitty Gritty Dirt Band - Circle II as I really like this disc, as well as remembering the teabags.
Let your ears do the talking, let your remote control do the walking... [This message was edited by Steven Toy on THURSDAY 01 August 2002 at 03:26.]
Posted on: 01 August 2002 by Peter Stockwell
quote:
Originally posted by Steven Toy:
I was Peter's guest.
Sorry, FZ just aint my thang!
Jeez, Steven, it put you to sleep for four months ?!!!!!
Peter
