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

wheelieman — Sun, 20 Nov 2005 21:08:09 -0800

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!!!!!)

By: ludwig_van

ludwig_van — Sun, 20 Nov 2005 21:13:26 -0800

"Stairway to Heaven as Schubert would have written it, not to mention Beethoven, Mahler, Miller etc., yes it's: The Stairway Suite."

By: pompomtom

pompomtom — Sun, 20 Nov 2005 21:17:52 -0800

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"

By: pompomtom

pompomtom — Sun, 20 Nov 2005 21:18:31 -0800

oops... looks like I'm wrong about Dread Zeppelin....

By: Miko

Miko — Sun, 20 Nov 2005 21:18:39 -0800

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?

By: rebirtha

rebirtha — Sun, 20 Nov 2005 21:18:42 -0800

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.

By: Miko

Miko — Sun, 20 Nov 2005 21:19:08 -0800

Oops. I just noticed. Sorry!

By: intermod

intermod — Sun, 20 Nov 2005 21:20:56 -0800

This URL might not work, but you get the idea.

By: soundslikeobiwan

soundslikeobiwan — Sun, 20 Nov 2005 21:20:59 -0800

Have you tried, like, looking?

By: Robot Johnny

Robot Johnny — Sun, 20 Nov 2005 21:32:33 -0800

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.

By: Aknaton

Aknaton — Sun, 20 Nov 2005 22:00:47 -0800

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.

By: Aknaton

Aknaton — Sun, 20 Nov 2005 22:03:03 -0800

Oops, it's the Beatnix version on that April Winchell page. Cool! Thanks, AskMe!

By: apple scruff

apple scruff — Sun, 20 Nov 2005 22:10:49 -0800

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

By: kirkaracha

kirkaracha — Sun, 20 Nov 2005 22:12:36 -0800

Dolly Parton's cover is supposed to be good.

By: stovenator

stovenator — Sun, 20 Nov 2005 22:15:20 -0800

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

By: Robot Johnny

Robot Johnny — Sun, 20 Nov 2005 22:57:37 -0800

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.

By: solid-one-love

solid-one-love — Sun, 20 Nov 2005 23:04:59 -0800

Dread Zeppelin covered it twice on different studio albums, interestingly. Both are good.

By: Clay201

Clay201 — Mon, 21 Nov 2005 00:20:33 -0800

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.

By: AmbroseChapel

AmbroseChapel — Mon, 21 Nov 2005 00:49:26 -0800

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!

By: Scram

Scram — Mon, 21 Nov 2005 00:54:41 -0800

Would you count Spirit's "Taurus" stolen by Led Zeppelin and renamed "Stairway to Heaven"?

By: yerfatma

yerfatma — Mon, 21 Nov 2005 04:31:37 -0800

No, given that the song did not remain the same. Just some of the music.

By: gwint

gwint — Mon, 21 Nov 2005 08:26:39 -0800

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

Actually, that's the Butthole Surfers.

By: Space Kitty

Space Kitty — Mon, 21 Nov 2005 10:47:39 -0800

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!)

By: wheelieman

wheelieman — Mon, 21 Nov 2005 14:05:32 -0800

where can I get a copy of that space kitty?

By: Space Kitty

Space Kitty — Mon, 21 Nov 2005 16:08:01 -0800

Easy as pie.

By: turbodog

turbodog — Tue, 22 Nov 2005 16:29:05 -0800

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.

By: mosessmith

mosessmith — Fri, 05 May 2006 10:09:21 -0800

There's a clip of the reverse Stairway video here.

By: Ber

Ber — Fri, 05 May 2006 12:49:22 -0800

How could Hendrix cover Stairway to Heaven, he was dead before it was written?