Stairway to Heaven. Bleurgh.
I should explain. When I was in bands in my youth, and we used to look for new guitarists, I had a "No Stairway" rule. It was a bit like The Gong Show, I suppose. I'd ask guitarists what they could show me, and if they played that terrible song, I'd shout "Next!" and throw a hissy fit. I did that a lot.
So you can imagine what I thought when I came across this particular brand of living hell - a page with
Personal favourite? The Hard-Ons' version. Why? It could be me playing it. Enjoy!
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Many (most?) of these versions were commissioned of Australian artists by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation's show, "The Money Or the Gun", hosted by Andrew Denton. I reckon the best of these was by The Whipper Snappers. The Hard Ons version is pretty cool as a cliched song goes. Interestingly, the Far Gone Beauties were a bluegrass band who did loads of rock cliche covers a long long time before Hayseed Dixie hit on the idea.
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