Beatnix - Stairway to Heaven

[libratune]

This was just too good to pass up. Words don't do it justice. A Beatles tribute band in B/W Video "Ed Sullivan" mode singing the lyrics to Zep's "Stairway" put to the music of a medley of early Beatles tunes.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3WfoccRna6I

[johnallg]

That is fantastically hilarious! They have the early Beatles down pat. With as many times as STH has been played in the last 36 years, think hourly, I would have a very hard time sticking with the Beatles tune when singing. Very well done parody.

[jps]

I am going to suggest that song to a band I am in to do!

[antipodean]

This was one of a series of versions of STH that were commissioned by Australian TV host Andrew Denton for a single series of shows done in the early '90s entitled "The Money or the Gun". Other takes included a Doors tribute version, a B52s tribute version, an Elvis tribute version, a reggae version, a big-band version, a poetry recital and the infamous Rolf Harris version (complete with wobble board) that made the top 10 in the UK amidst a huge amount of controversy - see http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cy5KjaAS7nY for an incomplete video. You will never be able to listen to STH with a straight face after seeing/hearing Rolf's version.

The Beatnix started out as a tribute band in 1980 and they are still going strong. Ironically that means their longevity is more than double that of the Beatles.

[alanz]

Ironically or maybe not every song ever written is better when a wobble board and a didgerido are added.

[winston]

I saw this a while back and it's just as funny as it was then. It's actually a very good rendition IMO.