Stairway to Heaven!

• Stairway to Heaven is considered the most famous rock song of all time.
• It was never released as a single.
• It is rumored to contain backward satanic messages, as if Led Zeppelin sold their souls to the devil in exchange for "Stairway To Heaven." This supports a theory that Jimmy Page bought Aleister Crowley's house in Scotland, which had become a well known Satanic church.
• The song runs for 8:03, but it still became one of the most-played songs on American radio proving that people wouldn't tune out just because a song was long.
• In solo work or with other groups, Jimmy Page would not let anyone but Robert Plant sing this, but he does play it as an instrumental on occasion.
• Robert and Jimmy wrote it in an old mansion called Headley Grange in Headley, Hampshire. It was an old dusty mansion with no electricity but great acoustics. It is the location where they wrote most of the material for Led Zeppelin IV. One night, in front of a fire, Page played a few chords for Robert. Plant said he wrote most of the lyrics right there in front of the fire and that he didn't even feel like he was writing but rather that something else was pushing the pen for him.
• Zeppelin's longest ever performance of this song was their last gig in Berlin in 1980. It clocked in around 15 minutes long. Page was in the mood to solo that day.

led Zeppelin performing Stairway to Heaven from the movie "The Song Remains the Same" -->



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Lyrics to Stairway to Heaven:
There's a lady who's sure All that glitters is gold And she's buying a stairway to heaven. When she gets there she knows If the stores are all closed With a word she can get what she came for. Ooh, ooh, and she's buying a stairway to heaven.There's a sign on the wall But she wants to be sure 'Cause you know sometimes words have two meanings.

In a tree by the brook There's a songbird who sings, Sometimes all of our thoughts are mis-given. Ooh, it makes me wonder, Ooh, it makes me wonder.

There's a feeling I get When I look to the west, And my spirit is crying for leaving. In my thoughts I have seen Rings of smoke through the trees, And the voices of those who standing looking. Ooh, it makes me wonder, Ooh, it really makes me wonder.

And it's whispered that soon If we all call the tune Then the piper will lead us to reason. And a new day will dawn For those who stand long And the forests will echo with laughter.

If there's a bustle in your hedgerow Don't be alarmed now, It's just a spring clean for the May queen. Yes, there are two paths you can go by But in the long run There's still time to change the road you're on. And it makes me wonder.

Your head is humming and it won't go In case you don't know, The piper's calling you to join him, Dear lady, can you hear the wind blow, And did you know Your stairway lies on the whispering wind.

And as we wind on down the road. Our shadows taller than our soul. There walks a lady we all know. Who shines white light and wants to show How ev'rything still turns to gold. And if you listen very hard The tune will come to you at last. When all are one and one is all To be a rock and not to roll……

And she's buying a stairway to heaven.

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