The lyrics never approached "Stairway To Heaven" level scrutiny, but were still subject to some interesting interpretations.Jimmy Page's interest in the occultist Aleister Crowley, combined with the image of the Hermit (from the Tarot) in the album art and the band's disappearance when they set off to Headley Grange to record, led some listeners to conclude that the titular dog was some kindThe song really cemented itself in guitar culture when the 1992 hit movie âWayneâs Worldâ arrived in theatres. The movie is all about a couple of slackers, Wayne and Garth, who love rock music, and they love Stairway to Heaven. When Wayne goes into a guitar shop, he picks up a guitar and starts to jam, but he gets through two notes before The forbidden riff is an urban legend in the music scene. It refers to segments of music that are banned from being played in guitar stores due to their popularity. Stairway to Heaven is not actually banned from guitar stores. The joke, while probably as old as guitar stores themselves, increased in popularity after it was featured in the hit Yes. Fortunately, they didn't show the backwards "lyrics" right away in this video - that way, it's easy to see/hear that the supposed hidden messages are just chosen arbitrarily. With the lyrics in front of you, you suddenly hear some of it (even though it doesn't work for all of them, e. g. I did absolutely NOT hear the word "Satan" at 7:52). Here are my own backwards lyrics for the infamous Stairway to Heaven passage. It comes out as a kind of prayer: Lord, Lord hears, to mock we'd Satan (though on all-ill path) who'd make me sigh, whose power is fake! Heal, give those within sick, sick, sick.
Zeppelin was the biggest band of the 70s, there was the whole "play it backwards and it's about Satanism" thing, it's a great combination of prog and hard rock, it builds and builds toward the climactic end. Makes a perfect storm to create an iconic song. I have heard it a million times, so it isn't my personal favorite Zeppelin song, but it
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âStairway to Heavenâ by Led Zeppelin. Misheard Lyrics: And thereâs a wino down the road Original Lyrics: And as we wind on down the road Since its release in 1971, many have suggested that when you play Led Zeppelinâs âStairway to Heavenâ backwards, it contains demonic messages instructing the listener to embrace Satan. HRJY3Ez.