This was done by a Beatles cover band called "Beatnix" for an Australian television programme which featured lots of different cover versions of this song. If you search for Beatnix on UA-cam you'll find the original video.
I think you will find that it isn't the Beatles, but an Australian group who do Beatles' covers. In the 1980s there was an Australian TV variety show called The Money or the Gun. It had different groups on each week, each group had to play their own version of Stairway to Heaven. Truly magnificent. They even had an opera company on one week doing it as a Wagnerian opera.
Ben Rumbledore Yeah, right, I never understand sarcasm ;) I actually laughed when I saw my own comment from 6 months ago... I really didn't see the sarcasm back then
+Gail Sisk : Best of he day!!! :-D You really had me laugh alone behind my screen! A bit of hmour feels so good (and it's too rare round here), thanx for this! :-D
This is from an album called "Stairways To Heaven" that has the song "Stairway To Heaven" done in the styles of other artist. Beatles (both Beatlemania and Sgt. Pepper era) Elvis, Doors, B-52s, etc. It's actually quite fun. I see at least four videos from it right here on this page.
This is PARODY, people. But if somebody actually believes it's the Fab Four, or starts weighing its musical attributes vs Led Zep's, that's just added humor here for the rest of us.
Australian Group ~ The Beatnix. The video is on UA-cam, and made to look suitably 1964ish John looks exactly like John, but George looks exactly like Paul.
A whole group of bands and singers got asked to sing stairway to heaven for an album and this was one of the versions. I think the album is called "stairways to heaven" we studied it at primary school but that was about 10 years ago now.
@MrTooz3 -- While the early Beatles' sound was truly inspired by the music of Buddy Holly, their later stuff such as Rubber Soul and Sgt. Pepper truly changed the direction of Rock n Roll and pop music in general, paving the way for future acid rock, heavy metal, grunge, punk, etc.
I hate abd love these things. Love as it's fun and as a mop head fan enjoyable but hate that lots of ignorant people will actually believe its the Beatles and recorded the song before Zeppelin. There already a few other posts suggesting this. Sadly
This is clearly the music to "I Want To Hold Your Hand" with the lyrics to "Stairway To Heaven." It's not the Beatles. It's probably a tribute band or something.
The Beatnix is an Australian Beatles tribute band. It is amongst the longest running Beatles tribute shows in the world (wiki) The concept for the band was conceived and assembled in March 1980 by founding member Tony Dean as a live performance entity. Through the years band membership has rolled over. The Beatnix show includes fully authentic musical instruments similar to those used by The Beatles.
The Beatnix is an Australian Beatles tribute band. It is amongst the longest running Beatles tribute shows in the world. but i once read soimewhere that SIARWAY may have been inspired or as a challenge from george harrison to led zeppelin about writing songs SOMETHING
@RockerForLife74 No, it's not. The members of Zep built a time machine, went back in time to the year 1967 after writing Stairway and played it at a small pub in London. All 4 members of the Beatles happened to be there, and they enjoyed it so much, they recorded their own. Which all caused a time paradox, thus resulting in the destruction of that universe, in which the souls of every living being were transported into the universe we now live in, where the Beatnix DID indeed cover Stairway.
Why would the Beatles regress to their early '60s sound to do a Zep cover of a song released in 1970? This is a fake. But kinda enjoyable. So hats off to whoever did this.
@MrTreadingWater i saw the beatnix several times around sydney in the early 90's. the guy who played john lennon even looked a bit like him. they were the closest i'll ever come to seeing the beatles, being born three years after the beatles broke up.
There used to be a satire -based show on OZ telly called the Andrew denton Show - On it every show would feature a main act -or tribute act - who had to do a Cover of Stairway to heaven in their style or the style of the bad they were doing an homage to - hence there actually is a CD out there of these parodies - Including Rolf Harris and the Australian Doors show etc etc doing stuff like this
You can't believe everything you see on the net. Frank Sinatra was the first to sing Stairway to Heaven. He was also the first to sing Light My Fire, Wish You Were Here and Sweet Home Alabama.. Not too many people know that.
Yes, this is indeed a modern recording by The Beatnix, but it is in fact a cover of one of the Beatles' recently unearthed legendary 1964 basement jams (known to most fans as "The Mercy-beat Sessions"). These recordings, a mere 15 minutes worth, were long considered to be the stuff of legend, and since their unearthing on 5 November 2009, have already aroused heated debate amongst Beatles scholars worldwide. Hoax, or the real thing? The jury is still out.
While I doubt this is the Beatles, I still like this a lot. Whoever did this sounds a lot like them and this is a very creative and original cover (as covers should be [or at least enjoyable]).
This is NOT the Beatles, it's the Beatnix! They're an Australian "Beatles" cover band, as in they dress like the Beatles and sing like them, and cover their songs. But they also did several covers of other bands music, like Led Zeppelin, all in the 60's Beatles sound style though.
This is Not The Beatles. It's the Coverband The Beatnix. A Big difference between real or fake. The Beatles Split in 1970. Stairway to Heaven by Led Zeppelin Recorded in 1971.
@WytZox1 Agree! Don't get me wrong - I enjoy The Beatles, The Stones, and The Who. And a multitude of other bands spanning 60s/70s, ALL I view as having some influence on rock. I just can't buy in to The Beatles as everything argument that some people seem to believe. That trivializes the impacts of bands such as I listed, plus Jefferson Airplane, to Allman Brothers, to MC5, Lou Reed, Deep Purple, Sabbath, and an endless list actually. It's a family tree, and The Beatles are only part of it.
The non-discerning listner might actually think this was The Beatles. Seriously good fake. Not quite so taken with the end section (And as we wind on down etc...), but until then it was absolute gold. You, sir, have earned a Like.
@MrTooz3 - Early Beatles were greatly influenced by Buddy Holly. Stones influenced by Blues Artists such as Muddy Waters, B.B. King, etc. Stones indeed appealed to a slightly more hip crowd than the Beatles. And lets not overlook such Brit bands as the Zombies who had a sound way ahead of their time well B4 the Beatles did Rubber Soul or Sgt. Pepper.
@fathergoose368 No, it's not 70-71 but 1989-90 from a TV show called The Money or the Gun. As for Ringo, he was and still is better than Pete Best. He was the best for the Beatles since the others chose HIM and he in fact contributed to the Beatles songs from August 1962 to April 1970. In case you don't know...
@WytZox1 Cutting edge great stuff, take in all years CBGB scene! Right in line with my views... VU/Nico 1966, Cream Fresh Cream 1966, Hendrix AYE 1967, The Who My Generation 1965, Frank Zappa Freak Out 1966, Jefferson Airplane Surrealistic Pillow 1967, Sly & Family Stone Dance To The Music 1968... all in all The Beatles ARE PART of the late 1960s evolution of Rock, but a great deal of their popularity was due to early 60s "50s/Holly" type tunes! Cowboy Junkies Sweet Jane cover GREAT VERSION!
@emasan95 I'm losing your comment thru translation. To be clear: - Led Zeppelin - I love them, my comment was a joke, I was being sarcastic. - The Beatles - I like them, I have all the albums, but I consider them more pop artists than the greatest musicians. Yessss songwriting, many hits blah blah. BUT if I'm given a list of concerts to choose from in the 60s and early 70s, there are literally dozens of bands I go see long before The Beatles come up. I'm not sure if we are agreeing or not?
Hey this is is the song 'I saw her standing there' But some people that sound like the Beatles just sang over it. So that's why it sounds really crappy.
@TheTimotheo i know the beatnix did a version (as did the australian doors show) on the aussie tv show the money or the gun hosted by andrew denton. is this the same? i used to see the beatnix play around sydney back in the early 90's. they also played at a beatles memorabilia thing at darling harbour.
@CentraCross. The Rutles wasn't a Python project. But yeah, Eric Idle was Harrison's main connection to it. Meanwhile, it just dawned on me that the Rutles was also around the time of the whole "Are Klaatu the Beatles" nonsense-which i gather McCartney got obviously fucking sick of hearing about. So i can imagine that Beatles spoofs might have been a generally sore point with him.
I don't know but I just listened to Jim Morrison do it as well and it was like someone wrote a computer program that can take one bands song and then take another bands song and make it seem as if the first were doing the second, except its really not the same.
Sounds just like The Rutles! If you've not seen that mockumentary on The Fab Four check it out please!. It's here on YT. Guaranteed laughs and great original song writing. As for these gents ~ they did a good job as a cover band.
@Evilhenclone Understood on your Beatles and Zep points - I'm a fan of both also. So yes, the Beatles were the "threat", and by Zep's (and Sabbath's) time they made that a reality against the social norms! Early Beatles comes from Buddy Holly, where Zep comes from a blues basis (as their littany of covered blues tracks shows). I'm a drummer and a HUGE Bonzo fan, pretty cool that you knew them! Envious here!
Actually there at least 3 Beatles motifs here. Twist and Shout, From me to you, I wanna hold your hand. Either way you could do that with almost any song out there.
This was done by a Beatles cover band called "Beatnix" for an Australian television programme which featured lots of different cover versions of this song. If you search for Beatnix on UA-cam you'll find the original video.
I think you will find that it isn't the Beatles, but an Australian group who do Beatles' covers. In the 1980s there was an Australian TV variety show called The Money or the Gun. It had different groups on each week, each group had to play their own version of Stairway to Heaven. Truly magnificent. They even had an opera company on one week doing it as a Wagnerian opera.
Yup i wish people would keep from rewriting history-especially if they weren't alive to see it.
+Rick Johnson Really?! Not Beatles? Are you sure?
+himiq For a start, the song was written way after the Beatles early 60s period.
+johnbrown 60 I'm shocked! No say!
+himiq No say....?
I hear they did a version of Smells Like Teen Spirit too...
And THAT, my friend, is a proof, that it's not the real Beatles. Because in the 90s they didn't exist anymore...
MetalViking you must be fun at parties :D
Ben Rumbledore Yeah, right, I never understand sarcasm ;)
I actually laughed when I saw my own comment from 6 months ago... I really didn't see the sarcasm back then
+Gail Sisk : Best of he day!!! :-D You really had me laugh alone behind my screen! A bit of hmour feels so good (and it's too rare round here), thanx for this! :-D
Gail Sisk- I think you're thinking of " Smells Like Fake Tacos"
...You're welcome.
In a rare 1967 interview, John Lennon declared, when asked about this song, "Those blackguards -- that's me bluddy song!"
I also remember the beatles performing despacito. Good times...
That's exactly how the track would have sounded if the fab four had covered the song 60s style. Best cover I've ever heard!!!
1963 was a great year for 70's rock!!!
Wow this is actually one of the best things ive come across in a while !
This is from an album called "Stairways To Heaven" that has the song "Stairway To Heaven" done in the styles of other artist. Beatles (both Beatlemania and Sgt. Pepper era) Elvis, Doors, B-52s, etc. It's actually quite fun. I see at least four videos from it right here on this page.
This is PARODY, people. But if somebody actually believes it's the Fab Four, or starts weighing its musical attributes vs Led Zep's, that's just added humor here for the rest of us.
these people wouldnt even get it if you posted hitler and stalin singin endless love...
Smh , Not Funny . I sure the f..k ain't laughing
Australian Group ~ The Beatnix. The video is on UA-cam, and made to look suitably 1964ish John looks exactly like John, but George looks exactly like Paul.
A whole group of bands and singers got asked to sing stairway to heaven for an album and this was one of the versions. I think the album is called "stairways to heaven" we studied it at primary school but that was about 10 years ago now.
I like it, its really catchy. :P Even though this isn't the Beatles, it's a tribute band.
This is great! Nice mash up. I can't believe all the negative remarks.
@MrTooz3 -- While the early Beatles' sound was truly inspired by the music of Buddy Holly, their later stuff such as Rubber Soul and Sgt. Pepper truly changed the direction of Rock n Roll and pop music in general, paving the way for future acid rock, heavy metal, grunge, punk, etc.
Misleading title. Some people might really believe that it's Beatles.
Only people who have no concept of trolling. And they arguably don't qualify as "real" people.
The Beatnix, not Beatles.
this is a band from australia, the beatnix, recorded in the early 90's. their video singing this is on youtube
I hate abd love these things. Love as it's fun and as a mop head fan enjoyable but hate that lots of ignorant people will actually believe its the Beatles and recorded the song before Zeppelin. There already a few other posts suggesting this. Sadly
This is wonderful! I nearly pissed myself laughing, nice work!
Os Beatles acabaram em 1970, e Stairway to Heaven foi lançada em 1971 no álbum IV.
Great version!
This is clearly the music to "I Want To Hold Your Hand" with the lyrics to "Stairway To Heaven." It's not the Beatles. It's probably a tribute band or something.
You wooooshed yourself my friend
The Band is The Beatnix, a Beatles tribute band from Australia
This is a cover by a sound-alike band.
That doesn't make it any less awesome, though. Good mashup.
You got it wrong, The Beatles already disbanded by the time Led Zeppelin recorded their version . This was recorded 65-66 maybe earlier
These are not The Beatles. They split in '69. and Stairway came along in '71. Simple.
Nonsense, this is even more proof that Led Zeppelin didn't write this song.
Absolute nonsense.
LOL....
I’m pretty sure it’s a joke
The Beatnix is an Australian Beatles tribute band. It is amongst the longest running Beatles tribute shows in the world (wiki) The concept for the band was conceived and assembled in March 1980 by founding member Tony Dean as a live performance entity. Through the years band membership has rolled over.
The Beatnix show includes fully authentic musical instruments similar to those used by The Beatles.
Great memories of 60’s.Rare music.
Beautiful. True talent ...
It's not even them, I don't know how anyone is fooled.
This is a version of Starway made by the beatles cover band called Beatnix from Australia.
The Beatnix is an Australian Beatles tribute band. It is amongst the longest running Beatles tribute shows in the world.
but i once read soimewhere that SIARWAY may have been inspired or as a challenge from george harrison to led zeppelin about writing songs SOMETHING
@RockerForLife74 No, it's not. The members of Zep built a time machine, went back in time to the year 1967 after writing Stairway and played it at a small pub in London. All 4 members of the Beatles happened to be there, and they enjoyed it so much, they recorded their own. Which all caused a time paradox, thus resulting in the destruction of that universe, in which the souls of every living being were transported into the universe we now live in, where the Beatnix DID indeed cover Stairway.
THE BEATLES FOREVER!
Why would the Beatles regress to their early '60s sound to do a Zep cover of a song released in 1970? This is a fake. But kinda enjoyable. So hats off to whoever did this.
silly white boys
It’s a parody/joke
@MrTreadingWater i saw the beatnix several times around sydney in the early 90's. the guy who played john lennon even looked a bit like him. they were the closest i'll ever come to seeing the beatles, being born three years after the beatles broke up.
There used to be a satire -based show on OZ telly called the Andrew denton Show - On it every show would feature a main act -or tribute act - who had to do a Cover of Stairway to heaven in their style or the style of the bad they were doing an homage to - hence there actually is a CD out there of these parodies - Including Rolf Harris and the Australian Doors show etc etc doing stuff like this
This is by The Beatnix, an Australian Beatles tribute band.
You can't believe everything you see on the net. Frank Sinatra was the first to sing Stairway to Heaven. He was also the first to sing Light My Fire, Wish You Were Here and Sweet Home Alabama.. Not too many people know that.
No joking, this is seriously better than the real version. The real version is overrated. (But that's not the reason this is better).
@MrTooz3 sorry, i didnt know you had other comments, good for you, i'm not a guy who like to read old comments
This just proves that all music fits every genera
Yes, this is indeed a modern recording by The Beatnix, but it is in fact a cover of one of the Beatles' recently unearthed legendary 1964 basement jams (known to most fans as "The Mercy-beat Sessions"). These recordings, a mere 15 minutes worth, were long considered to be the stuff of legend, and since their unearthing on 5 November 2009, have already aroused heated debate amongst Beatles scholars worldwide. Hoax, or the real thing? The jury is still out.
wow whatever band this is, they did a great job imitating the early beatles sound
While I doubt this is the Beatles, I still like this a lot. Whoever did this sounds a lot like them and this is a very creative and original cover (as covers should be [or at least enjoyable]).
I wanna hold your hand.
👫
What a riot. I like the "oooo"s
@SouthParkRocks9 Actually, it's bits and pieces taken from different songs and played together in a studio.
This is NOT the Beatles, it's the Beatnix! They're an Australian "Beatles" cover band, as in they dress like the Beatles and sing like them, and cover their songs. But they also did several covers of other bands music, like Led Zeppelin, all in the 60's Beatles sound style though.
The Beatles..The new kids on the block of 60's
led zeppelin was not even thought of yet, this is the beatniks out of australia.
That is the Beatles cover band, "The Beatnix" and it is from the 21st century. Look up the Beatnix folks.
90s from The Money or the Gun by A Denton.
To the people who are declaring that this is fake, and not the actual Beatles ... OH YOU FUCKIN THINK? Nothing gets past you folks.
This is Not The Beatles. It's the Coverband The Beatnix. A Big difference between real or fake. The Beatles Split in 1970. Stairway to Heaven by Led Zeppelin Recorded in 1971.
@WytZox1 Agree! Don't get me wrong - I enjoy The Beatles, The Stones, and The Who. And a multitude of other bands spanning 60s/70s, ALL I view as having some influence on rock. I just can't buy in to The Beatles as everything argument that some people seem to believe. That trivializes the impacts of bands such as I listed, plus Jefferson Airplane, to Allman Brothers, to MC5, Lou Reed, Deep Purple, Sabbath, and an endless list actually. It's a family tree, and The Beatles are only part of it.
What a rare cut. . thanks for posting!
Since when was it proven that the Beatles reunited between 1971 and 1980 and covered Stairway to Heaven? I need some Zeppelin.
Led Zeppelin For Ever and the beatles
The non-discerning listner might actually think this was The Beatles.
Seriously good fake. Not quite so taken with the end section (And as we wind on down etc...), but until then it was absolute gold.
You, sir, have earned a Like.
@MrTooz3 - Early Beatles were greatly influenced by Buddy Holly. Stones influenced by Blues Artists such as Muddy Waters, B.B. King, etc. Stones indeed appealed to a slightly more hip crowd than the Beatles. And lets not overlook such Brit bands as the Zombies who had a sound way ahead of their time well B4 the Beatles did Rubber Soul or Sgt. Pepper.
Hey, i was looking a video, and it's an Australian Beatles Tribute band called the Beatnix, not the Beatles.
@fathergoose368 No, it's not 70-71 but 1989-90 from a TV show called The Money or the Gun.
As for Ringo, he was and still is better than Pete Best. He was the best for the Beatles since the others chose HIM and he in fact contributed to the Beatles songs from August 1962 to April 1970. In case you don't know...
@WytZox1 Cutting edge great stuff, take in all years CBGB scene! Right in line with my views... VU/Nico 1966, Cream Fresh Cream 1966, Hendrix AYE 1967, The Who My Generation 1965, Frank Zappa Freak Out 1966, Jefferson Airplane Surrealistic Pillow 1967, Sly & Family Stone Dance To The Music 1968... all in all The Beatles ARE PART of the late 1960s evolution of Rock, but a great deal of their popularity was due to early 60s "50s/Holly" type tunes!
Cowboy Junkies Sweet Jane cover GREAT VERSION!
People have no sense of humor! Obviously this isn't real. It's a satirical mash-up. And it's funny!
it's by the Beatnix, an australian beatles tribute band
Saturday Night Live did a great job of covering Clarence, the early fifth Beatle. Solid history.
Anyway you listen to the comments....this is very good!
@emasan95 I'm losing your comment thru translation. To be clear:
- Led Zeppelin - I love them, my comment was a joke, I was being sarcastic.
- The Beatles - I like them, I have all the albums, but I consider them more pop artists than the greatest musicians. Yessss songwriting, many hits blah blah. BUT if I'm given a list of concerts to choose from in the 60s and early 70s, there are literally dozens of bands I go see long before The Beatles come up.
I'm not sure if we are agreeing or not?
This is so cool!
@therealsoundserious, it's just meant to be funny. It wasn't easy to make the two things work together, but the Beatnix pulled it off.
Hey this is is the song 'I saw her standing there' But some people that sound like the Beatles just sang over it. So that's why it sounds really crappy.
Great cover song, sounds like the Beatles.
It mad me smile what more can i say?
R.I.P. George Harrison and John Lennon.
I think I prefer Zeppelin-s cover version but you can't deny the Beatles' talent.
Bullshit.
@TheTimotheo i know the beatnix did a version (as did the australian doors show) on the aussie tv show the money or the gun hosted by andrew denton. is this the same? i used to see the beatnix play around sydney back in the early 90's. they also played at a beatles memorabilia thing at darling harbour.
@CentraCross. The Rutles wasn't a Python project. But yeah, Eric Idle was Harrison's main connection to it.
Meanwhile, it just dawned on me that the Rutles was also around the time of the whole "Are Klaatu the Beatles" nonsense-which i gather McCartney got obviously fucking sick of hearing about. So i can imagine that Beatles spoofs might have been a generally sore point with him.
Next do Led Zeppelin-Twist and Shout!
its from an Australian tv show whete tribute acts did performances of Stairway Heaven in the stule of the original acts
FABtastic!!! Best Beatle cover EVER!!!
(It's not them, But it really sounds like 'em.)
BEATNIX, that's not the Beatles
I don't know but I just listened to Jim Morrison do it as well and it was like someone wrote a computer program that can take one bands song and then take another bands song and make it seem as if the first were doing the second, except its really not the same.
John Henry Reaves That was just a Doors cover band
It’s a joke
AHHHH HA-HA-HA-ha-ha-haaaa
I'd almost bet McCartney laughed after hearing this.
WHAT A MIX!
Sounds just like The Rutles! If you've not seen that mockumentary on The Fab Four check it out please!. It's here on YT. Guaranteed laughs and great original song writing.
As for these gents ~ they did a good job as a cover band.
You can hear Yoko Ono on the final chorus
This is actually genius. Who is this really?
NOT the Beatles. Its the Beatnix- a Beatles tribute band. They really nailed it, though, don't you think?
Epic.
Ok. Maybe I was exaggerating. Still, Stairway to Heaven is OK. It doesn't deserve to be called Led Zeppelin's best song. That's just my opinion.
honestly if i didnt know anything about both bands if you told me the beatles wrote this i would believe it haha
Brilliant
@Evilhenclone Understood on your Beatles and Zep points - I'm a fan of both also. So yes, the Beatles were the "threat", and by Zep's (and Sabbath's) time they made that a reality against the social norms! Early Beatles comes from Buddy Holly, where Zep comes from a blues basis (as their littany of covered blues tracks shows). I'm a drummer and a HUGE Bonzo fan, pretty cool that you knew them! Envious here!
I never heard befor !!! Is a new edge to it, but I like the original way better !!!
Actually there at least 3 Beatles motifs here. Twist and Shout, From me to you, I wanna hold your hand. Either way you could do that with almost any song out there.
@Kashmirishable thats because they wrote the original song
They sound like The Beatles but I don't think this is a real Beatles recording. Liked it anyhow ...Eric
It's the Beatmix - search them on youtube.
This song was originally called Stairway to Paradise
This is an Aussie band called The Beatnix
Led It Be.
brilliant