"Stairway To Heaven"- The Beatnix

[enigmatic]

Almost as good as The Rutles:

http://recluseshow.blogspot.com/2008/02/staiway-to-heaven-beatnix.html

[cedric]

1. That

was good.

[Orsino]

2. Hilarious! n/t

[meegbear]

3. w00t!

[bbernardini]

4. This was part of a show on Australian public television...

They collected 12 different versions into an album:

http://snipurl.com/1z6cd

[enigmatic]

5. Thanks for this

Hilarious stuff!:thumbsup:

[gmoney]

6. actually it was 22 versions on the Aussie release

Versions as if done by Elvis (Viva Las Vegas-ish), Siouxie, The Doors, The B-52s, Manhattan Transfer, Pet Shop Boys, reggae, orchestral, bluegrass, etc. It's called "The Money or the Gun - Stairways to Heaven" -- also includes Rolf Harris, of "Tie Me Kangaroo Down" doing it in his wobble board style.

Atlantic (Led Zep's label) bought the US rights and essentially suppressed the thing because LZ didn't like it, according to a friend who worked there at the time, like they did with "Stairway to Gilligan's Island" (also on YouTube).

Also, word is that Robert Plant is so tight-fisted, when he opens his wallet, the Queen squints.