What is "Stairway to Heaven" About?

[Taverner]

OK. have at it.

[TransitJohn]

1. It's about

The Egyptian Book of the Dead, and the Pharoah's journey to the afterlife, or eternal life, however you want to read it. Page big into EBOD/Crowley, et al.

[EmperorHasNoClothes]

3. Very cool animated map, btw.

I like maps. :D

[Taverner]

4. Ya sure the "May Queen" isn't Gadriel?

[flowomo]

2. It's clearly a message to Republicans to vote for Kerry:

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

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

[donheld]

5. Other - who the hell cares what it's about

it's a fabulous song.

[Woody Wood]

7. yeah

indeed it is an incredible song

[donheld]

13. Welcome to DU

:hi:

[tuvor]

6. Other: Something that Dolly Parton can apparently relate to.

She performs the song as faithfully as possible, a la bluegrass, on her new live DVD.

It's as...interesting as you can imagine.

[Taverner]

8. Um....interesting?

Well I guess The Del Rio Triplets covered Light My Fire....

[tuvor]

10. And Whip It!

That reminds me, I'll have to, er, "pull out" my Pee-Wee's Christmas special videotape soon. Man, what a cast!

[Tabasco_Dave]

9. It's about

a song that has been played to death on every classic rock station.

[Tikki]

11. See Paige or Plant or...

Bonham...one of 'em has this girlfriend who lives with him...and while he is on the road she is boinkin' a construction worker...probably a really good looking guy... who is installing a staircase in the house. Zep finds out and writes this song.

Then he writes this song which has the word 'baby' in it and that word gets repeated about a billion times.

[Taverner]

14. I don't follow...

But its late...

[Tikki]

15. Well, yeah....

OK, maybe it was a plumber.


It is late.

[Crunchy Frog]

12. Hobbits! I've got hobbits on my brain right now.

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2004/10/1027_041027_homo_floresiensis.html#main

[JSJ]

16. they gots this stairway, see- that goes to heaven, see