The Doors -- yes, them -- do to "Stairway to Heaven" what perhaps always should have been to done to "Stairway to Heaven."
Okay, it's actually some smartass doing a parody of the Doors doing "Stairway," but it's no more obnoxious than the Frank Zappa version.
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It made me smile.
One of my favorite bits of rock criticism came from Mike Nelson, of MST3K.
He noted that Jim Morrison sounds like everybody's dad singing in the shower.
:-)
Hey, Steve: That Doors-esque version of "Stairway" appears with a whole heap of other versions of the song on an album called Stairways To Heaven. It contains 22 (yes, 22) versions of the song (including the Doors-ish one). If you're feeling brave enough, you can hear them all on my blog here.
Peter -- it's from that album? I should have known.
I love the Rolf Harris version, actually...
From Godfrey Daniels' 2nd unreleased album?
ROTP(lumber)
I love Rolf's version, too. But I love almost all of them. I think Stairways To Heaven is a mighty fine album.
My favorite is the version I heard on Dr Demento back around 1978: the music of Stairway to Heaven with the lyrics of the theme to Gilligan's Island.
Too.
Damn.
Funny!
And I like Frank's versions of the song. Especially the throw away little overly loud guitar snippets he would add in the early verses.
Trey
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