2007-04-04 04:43:03 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Entertainment & Music ➔ Music
some honky tonk preachers pretend that if you listen to the song in the wrong way you may hear some devil incantations!
what the hell it's just a great song!
2007-04-04 05:04:53 · answer #1 · answered by wild horses 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The first attempts at lyrics, written by Led Zeppelin vocalist Robert Plant next to an evening log fire at Headley Grange, were partly spontaneously improvised and Page claimed, "a huge percentage of the lyrics were written there and then".[5] Jimmy Page was strumming the chords and Robert Plant had a pencil and paper. Plant later said that suddenly, "my hand was writing out the words, 'There's a lady is sure [sic], all that glitters is gold, and she's buying a stairway to Heaven'. I just sat there and looked at them and almost leapt out of my seat." Plant's own explanation of the lyrics was that it "was some cynical aside about a woman getting everything she wanted all the time without giving back any thought or consideration. The first line begins with that cynical sweep of the hand ... and it softened up after that. I think it was the Moroccan dope!"
2007-04-04 04:51:02 · answer #2 · answered by autie5162 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I like "Stairway to Free Bird"
But seriously folks, I have not heard of a story(there may be one!) As much as I like Led Zeppelin, "Stairway" is one of the most over played songs on the planet.
2007-04-04 04:50:32 · answer #3 · answered by surffsav 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
One day James and Bob were hanging out at the beach. James had his nylon 6 string with him. He was messing around with some chords using a chromatically descending bass line. Bob was messing around with some poetry about a lady who's sure all that glitters is gold.
Many drugs were consumed. Many.
That's how the beloved song got started. I heard Page explain this story in an interview one time.
Hence: Don't look for deep meaning behind the song. Just go, "wow, man."
2007-04-04 04:52:27 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I believe the true story was told in the band bio, "Hammer of the Gods." Page wrote it in 15 minutes after reading Robert Graves, "The White Goddess", a treatise on the Celtic Goddess cult and it s origins.
2015-07-01 07:36:19 · answer #5 · answered by M. J. Bee 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
First song I ever learned to play on my acoustic. Also learned how to play the flute part, and the drums...
Check out the "real" story at www.songfacts.com. Actually, you can get info on tons of songs over there. The bonus is you get to see what regular people have to say about their interpretations as well. Very cool.
I love the stuff about the backwards satanic messages.
2007-04-04 05:17:21 · answer #6 · answered by D J 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'd never heard there was a story. Now if you want to hear about the infamous Led Zep Mud Shark incident...
2007-04-04 04:46:21 · answer #7 · answered by Blue Oyster Kel 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋