What if the Beatles did 'Strway to Hvn'?

Subject: RE: What if the Beatles did 'Strway to Hvn'?
From: alanabit
Date: 27 Dec 07 - 10:06 AM

That album has been around for some years now. It is a huge amount of fun. I enjoyed the clip very much.

Subject: RE: What if the Beatles did 'Strway to Hvn'?
From: The Fooles Troupe
Date: 27 Dec 07 - 07:13 AM

You mean http://www.digg.com/music/Stairway_to_Heaven,_as_if_done_by_The_Beatles

This comes from the Australian TV comedy show "the Money or the Gun" hosted by a funny bloke called Andrew Denton.
Each week he closed the show with a cover of stairway to heaven in a different genre by many of the popular artists at the time, about 25 all told.
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Andrew Denton wrote and presented the ABC TV series 'THE MONEY OR THE GUN', a surreal tonight show dealing with different issues each week and featuring more than 25 versions of the Led Zeppelin classic 'Stairway To Heaven', including Rolf Harris' unlikely international hit version.

The Money or the Gun: Stairways to Heaven
ABC Music (that's AUSTRALIAN Broadcasting Company, folks) 512-605-2. CD.
This disc is Stairway to Heaven, over and over again, by 22 different artists. Rolf "Tie Me Kangaroo Down, Sport" Harris had a top ten hit in the U.K. (and number 1 on Dr. Demento's show) with his version, and for me it is worth the price of this import disc by itself. It is loony but so infectious now at my house at any time someone is likely to burst out with "ALL TOGETHER NOW: AND SHE'S BUYING A STAIRWAY TO HEAVEN." Apparently this project was three years in the making. According to the wonderful liner notes by Andrew Denton, over 2000 demo tapes were reviewed in the process of choosing the 22 acts that made it to the disc. Among the acts who didn't make the cut were Prince and Weird Al Yankovic each of whom produced versions that were so amazing they "actually made the original sound passé"! (Al PLEASE You've GOT to release yours!) Well, what's here is still pretty amazing: Elvis, the Beatles, the Doors, the B-52s, reggae, grand opera, country, recitation and a lot of other styles; it's a lot of fun.
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see also
Andrew Denton - Wikipedia

Subject: RE: What if the Beatles did 'Strway to Hvn'?
From: Mooh
Date: 26 Dec 07 - 07:54 PM

That was fun. Mooh.

Subject: RE: What if the Beatles did 'Strway to Hvn'?
From: fat B****rd
Date: 26 Dec 07 - 05:18 PM

I was going to say "lovely" but I won't now, 'cos Sedayne said it. Really enjoyed that, 'Celt. The "I wanna hold your hand" bit had me nostalgic as anything. Many thanks to you.
ATB from Charlie S.

Subject: RE: What if the Beatles did 'Strway to Hvn'?
From: Bernard
Date: 26 Dec 07 - 05:08 PM

Brilliant! Particularly impressive is the way they've captured the Beatles early guitar/amp sound so accurately. Many Beatles tribute bands do the voices well, but the backing isn't so accurate.

Subject: RE: What if the Beatles did 'Strway to Hvn'?
From: Jack Blandiver
Date: 26 Dec 07 - 02:15 PM

Lovely

Subject: What if the Beatles did 'Strway to Hvn'?
From: SouthernCelt
Date: 26 Dec 07 - 01:23 PM

Interesting little video of a tribute band (as the early Beatles) doing "Stairway to Heaven" in the style of the early Beatles. See it here.

SC