The song will come to you at last....

November 20, 2005 9:08 PM

Stairway to Heaven Covers

Looking for people *other then covered below* that covered the epic LZ song;
Stuff I allready have:
Dave Matthews Band (Oh so good intro to All Along the Watchtower)
Doors Bersion (typical Doors style)
Foo Fighters (entertaining)
Dance Mix (Make it stop!!)
Lodon Symphony Orch. (Also did Bakers Street, sweet!)
Far Corporation (I only have heard a 12 inch to this, MAKE IT STOP!!)
Reggae Versions ( I have 2 versions, 1 live with a dj ad killer horn section, dont know the artists, one studio again noy sure of the artists)
Thats it: Any others? (Mp3 links are helpful here and please no Stairway to Gilligan!!!!!)

posted by wheelieman to media & arts (27 comments total)

"Stairway to Heaven as Schubert would have written it, not to mention Beethoven, Mahler, Miller etc., yes it's: The Stairway Suite."
posted by ludwig_van at 9:13 PM on November 20, 2005

Rof Harris, Dread Zeppelin, etc etc etc on the Stairways to Heaven CD... the result of an old TV show called "The Money or the Gun"
posted by pompomtom at 9:17 PM on November 20, 2005

oops... looks like I'm wrong about Dread Zeppelin....
posted by pompomtom at 9:18 PM on November 20, 2005

One of our local acoustic-guitar baentertainer guys used to perform a crowd favorite known as "Stairway to Gilligan's Island." This isn't him, and it's pretty awful-sounding, but, hey. Look around for a full version. How could you leave this out?
posted by Miko at 9:18 PM on November 20, 2005

musicbrainz.org has a rather lengthy list of people who have done Stairway to Heaven. And for the very real possibility that someone has called a different song the same thing, my apologies.
posted by rebirtha at 9:18 PM on November 20, 2005

Oops. I just noticed. Sorry!
posted by Miko at 9:19 PM on November 20, 2005

This URL might not work, but you get the idea.
posted by intermod at 9:20 PM on November 20, 2005

Have you tried, like, looking?
posted by soundslikeobiwan at 9:20 PM on November 20, 2005

April Winchell's multimedia page has several downloadable versions, although if you're looking for serious covers, you might want to look elsewhere. Scroll down.
posted by Robot Johnny at 9:32 PM on November 20, 2005

I have on tape the "Beatles version". It's a nearly-perfect imitation of the Beatles '65 or Yesterday and Today -era Beatles, complete with "the Beatles ooh" and many other cliches. The words, however, are Stairway. Alas, I have never learned its provenance. It's really quite amusing.
posted by Aknaton at 10:00 PM on November 20, 2005

Oops, it's the Beatnix version on that April Winchell page. Cool! Thanks, AskMe!
posted by Aknaton at 10:03 PM on November 20, 2005

From coversproject.com (I'm too lazy to delete the ones you already know, but you get the idea):

* Stairway to Heaven was covered by Rolf Harris
* Stairway to Heaven was covered by Toys Went Berserk
* Stairway to Heaven was covered by Dixie Power Trio
* Stairway To Heaven was covered by Foo Fighters
* Stairway To Heaven was covered by Dread Zeppelin
* Stairway To Heaven was covered by Far Corporation
* Stairway to Heaven was covered by Frank Zappa
* Stairway to Heaven was covered by John Paul Young
* Stairway to Heaven was covered by Pardon Me Boys
* Stairway to Heaven was covered by Dolly Parton
* Stairway to Heaven was covered by Justin Hayward
* Stairway to Heaven was covered by Pat Boone
* Stairway To Heaven was covered by Stanley Jordan
* Stairway to Heaven was covered by Dave Matthews Band
* Stairway to Heaven was covered by Leningrad Cowboys
* Stairway to Heaven was covered by Great White
* Stairway to Heaven was covered by Jana
* Stairway to Heaven was covered by Me First and the Gimme Gimmes
* Stairway to Heaven was covered by The Australian Doors Show
* Stairway to heaven was covered by Ludwig Von 88
* Stairway to Heaven was covered by Jimi Hendrix
posted by apple scruff at 10:10 PM on November 20, 2005

Dolly Parton's cover is supposed to be good.
posted by kirkaracha at 10:12 PM on November 20, 2005

Don't forget "Hairway to Steven" by Dread Zepplin
posted by stovenator at 10:15 PM on November 20, 2005

I just, by chance, found another version... Stairway to Heaven synthesized using an NES audio system, downloadable as part of this compilation. The whole compilation is pretty awesome.
posted by Robot Johnny at 10:57 PM on November 20, 2005

Dread Zeppelin covered it twice on different studio albums, interestingly. Both are good.
posted by solid-one-love at 11:04 PM on November 20, 2005

I can beat all of those!!

A short film in which a guy sings STH backwards while standing in front of the steps leading up to St. Paul's cathedral. The film (including audio) is then run backwards so that the song is (sorta) forwards, but the people in the background and so forth are walking backwards. Seriously. It's called Stairway at St. Paul's.
posted by Clay201 at 12:20 AM on November 21, 2005

The Beatnix version and Rolf Harris and so on are all from an Australian album consisting only of Stairway covers, because a different band covered Stairway every week on a show called "The Money Or The Gun". I say "album" because I don't think it ever made it to CD. I used to own it on cassette!
posted by AmbroseChapel at 12:49 AM on November 21, 2005

Would you count Spirit's "Taurus" stolen by Led Zeppelin and renamed "Stairway to Heaven"?
posted by Scram at 12:54 AM on November 21, 2005

No, given that the song did not remain the same. Just some of the music.
posted by yerfatma at 4:31 AM on November 21, 2005

Don't forget "Hairway to Steven" by Dread Zepplin

Actually, that's the Butthole Surfers.
posted by gwint at 8:26 AM on November 21, 2005

My friend sexyrobot turned me onto "Stairway to Bootleg Heaven" by DJ Earworm. It includes Dolly Parton, Eurythmics, Beatles, Laurie Anderson, Art of Noise, Beastie Boys and Pat Benatar.

It's damn good, and I don't even like Stairway. (Blasphemy, I know!)
posted by Space Kitty at 10:47 AM on November 21, 2005

where can I get a copy of that space kitty?
posted by wheelieman at 2:05 PM on November 21, 2005

Easy as pie.
posted by Space Kitty at 4:08 PM on November 21, 2005

The Beatnix version and Rolf Harris and so on are all from an Australian album consisting only of Stairway covers, because a different band covered Stairway every week on a show called "The Money Or The Gun". I say "album" because I don't think it ever made it to CD. I used to own it on cassette!

I have it on CD, so it did finally make its way to the late 20th century.
posted by turbodog at 4:29 PM on November 22, 2005

There's a clip of the reverse Stairway video here.
posted by mosessmith at 10:09 AM on May 5, 2006

How could Hendrix cover Stairway to Heaven, he was dead before it was written?
posted by Ber at 12:49 PM on May 5, 2006