Stairway to Heaven Backwards - Interpretation
February 17th, 2004I have been pretty excited about the traffic my Stairway to Heaven Backwards page has been generating lately. It has been getting just under the 5000 mark for the last three days. In honor of the high hit count, I have decided to post a few of the comments that I received about the page lately. I am also thinking about creating a place for comments on the actual page.
I suppose I should mention that I am posting these messages verbatim so those of you with delicate sensibilities may find the language in one of the posts offensive.
“Hello..My name is Haukur and I live in Iceland. I just saw your flash thing on stairway to heaven and I think it’s awesome. How in the world did they do that? So I was wondering if you have the rest of the backwards lyrics in text that you can e-mail me? If you could then that would be great.
Thanks in advance…”
Well honestly I don’t know how Led Zeppelin did that, or if they even did it on purpose. I did try reading the forwards lyrics myself and playing them backwards and the backwards recording did sound like the same message you hear when playing the song backwards.
I don’t know the rest of the backwards lyrics in other places in the song so I couldn’t tell you. Sorry.
“HiI have just heard and seen the backwards thing that you made about the song Stairway to Heaven. I have heard these things too but not to the extent that you have showed. There is another part in the song where the lyrics go “your stairway lies on the whispering winds.” I have heard this to say “I smoke weed for Satan” when you play it backwards on the record. There are supposed to be other parts but that is the one that stuck out to me when I heard it. You did well on this. Except on the lyrics part you have them wrong. They go “there are two paths you can go by” you have “there are two paths you can go back.” No big deal. But I always try to tell my friends about this and they never believe me so I will send them a link to it. Thanks a bunch.
BEN”
Thanks for the update. I’ll double check to make sure I have the right lyrics and update the page when I am back in Lethbridge.
“hey man i dont htink thats real cause the lyrics bacwards dont match it fowards there completely different and where the fuck did 666 come from dude its not right..u need to stop telllin ppl fake shit and stop makin up this stuff”
Actually I have to admit I did make up the “reverse lyrics”. I based them on what other webpages said you were supposed to hear and what I, myself, heard. I realize that a lot of people only hear the message when they click on the show reverse lyrics button and play it but nevertheless it makes one think about the power of suggestion and how people hear what they want to, or in your case I guess you don’t hear what you don’t want to.
“im not one to say anything is fake or done for kick’s but my curiosity of listening to this a few times i have to know how did you find out how to reverse it and what besides what you said gave you the idea to do this. i mean i am a “led zeppelin” fan non-the less but like i said its odd how for a song called stair way to heaven it has satantic writings. i mean exactly how would someone figure something like this out?.sincerly.
misa,16″
Well Misa, as far as this being fake, it is what it is. The fact is that when you play parts of Stairway to Heaven backwards, it sounds like there are satanic messages. Now whether or not the messages were intentional is an entirely different story and frankly it makes no difference (that is just my opinion though).
You said something along the lines of how odd it is that a song called Stairway to Heaven has satanic messages in it. I do not think it is actually that odd. Now I am no expert so what I am about to say is mostly opinion. If I remember correctly the song is about Lilith (Adams first Wife in Hebrew Mythology). The lyrics are pretty ambiguous but they tell a story of a lady (notice she is never called a woman - this is significant if you read about Lilith) who is trying to get to heaven. Here is the first stanza:
There’s a lady who’s sure all that glitters is gold
And she’s buying a stairway to heaven
And when she gets there she knows if the stores are closed
With a word she can get what she came for
So instead of getting to Heaven through Christ (as Christian religion teaches is the only way to heaven) she is trying to buy her way to heaven with money. This is sort of alluding to the story of the Tower of Babel in that the people in that story are building their way to heaven. But when she gets to Heaven the stores are closed. I would have thought the word “doors” would have been more appropriate than “stores” nevertheless I guess “stores” emphasizes the idea not only that the doors are closed but also that you cant buy things in heaven. She does know that a password will get her what she wants. I guess the lyrics imply that there is a special word you need to say to get into heaven.
There’s a sign on the wall but she wants to be sure
And you know sometimes words have two meanings
In the tree by the brook there’s a songbird who sings
Sometimes all of our thoughts are misgiven
Frankly I have no idea what the sign on the wall is referring to. It is obviously some kind of message or rules (considering that’s what most signs are). She is uncertain, however, as to the meaning of the sign. Words having more than one meaning could be in reference to the fact that if you play the song backwards you will hear messages but more probably it is just the fact that a lot of times the rules or instructions in life (especially coming from religious sources) are often very confusing. Remember this is all just speculation. The songbird who sings in the tree by the brook also eludes me. I guess a songbird could be a messenger or perhaps an angel—either way the lyrics read that sometimes all of our thoughts are misgiven so whoever or whatever the songbird represents we might not understand correctly anyway. Again perhaps in reference to the fact that words have more than one meaning.
There’s a feeling I get when I look to the west
And my spirit is crying for leaving
In my thoughts I have seen rings of smoke through the trees
And the voices of those who stand looking
Here is my attempt at this stanza. If the song is about Lilith then maybe looking to the west is her looking back on Eden from her new home East of Eden after she was ousted from the Garden for being a bad helpmate to Adam. Her spirit is crying for leaving Eden and she remembers the smoke through the trees (smoke in Old Testament times was often symbolic of the smoke from the cleansing power of god and as such used in burning altars). The voices of those who stand looking would be the Gods talking to Adam in the garden.
And it’s whispered that soon, if we all call the tune
Then the piper will lead us to reason
And a new day will dawn for those who stand long
And the forest will echo with laughter
I would guess that this is talking about how if we all are good believers that Christ will come to earth and lead us to truth. The new day is the millennium and those who stand long are those that never give up their faith. The forest echoing with laughter is a return to Eden.
If there’s a bustle in your hedgerow
Don’t be alarmed now
It’s just a spring clean for the May QueenYes there are two paths you can go by
but in the long run
There’s still time to change the road you’re on
This is the section of the song that when played backwards sounds like satanic messages. If there’s a bustle in your hedgerow could be talking about the wicked people of the earth and the spring clean might be the cleansing of the earth both by water (the Biblical story of Noah and the Ark) and by fire (John the Revelator’s explaination of what’s going to happen before the Second Coming). The two paths you can go by are symbolic and allude to following the path God has set out for us or following a path set by Lucifer. Even in the long run, there’s still time to change the road you’re on. I guess this means you can go ahead and procrastinate the day of your repentance - a different message than you would get from most pastors’ points of view.
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
So if all of this confusing you it’s because you don’t know what is right. The piper’s calling you to join him (still assuming this is Christ calling for you to repent). The lady, Lilith, has her stairway on the wind - not a very solid foundation to say the least.
And as we wind on down the road
Our shadows taller than our souls
There walks a lady we all know
Who shines white light and wants to show
How everything still turns to gold
And if you listen very hard
The tune will come to you at last
When all are one and one is all
To be a rock and not to roll
Woe oh oh oh oh oh
And she’s buying a stairway to heaven
As the artists make their way through life, the road that they chose is leading them to darkness not light. Our shadows taller than our souls. The lady we all know is probably Lilith—shining in white light and showing how everything that glitters is gold. She is however only imitating God. That’s the whole point of the song. The Stairway to Heaven is an imitation created to make you think you can make it to heaven on your own. The tune will come to you at last—it will all make sense one day when all people have united in the one true religion and the rock coming down the mountain will be a solid foundation (not to roll). I think he’s implying that following the path he’s chosen is the right one, but remember the point of the song is imitation. Lilith is still buying a stairway to heaven.
Not that I believe any of this.
June 10th, 2004 at 6:58 pm
That stuff’s really deep. It kinda freaks me out. You really know your bible and mythology, I’m very impressed.
Marshall
June 10th, 2004 at 6:59 pm
on the page where it says ‘whos power is satan’, it sounds sort of like ‘whos power is fake’.
drew
June 10th, 2004 at 8:19 pm
It’s very interesting. I’ve noticed that in the beginning of the song you hear a piper piping. That might correspond with the lyrics in some way.
“In the tree by the brook”
Recalling something I heard in Sunday school, I believe this may have to do with a certain tree in heaven that stands beside a brook. It’s said that the tree grows a different type of fruit each month.
This is what Revelation 22:2 says:
“-down the middle of the great street of the city. On each side of the river stood the tree of life, bearing twelve crops of fruit, yielding its fruit every month. And the leaves of the tree are for the healing of the nations.”
Bellator_Fortus
June 10th, 2004 at 8:21 pm
Its impressive to me how you know this stuff. I heard it as The piper is satan calling and that he is the one way and the laughter was maniacle evilness and everything. Of coarse, i am uber-christian. But you know, it sounds satanic if you think of it that way, it sounds christian your way, and its completely lost to just about everyone else. But thanx for pointing this out. It is comforting to know it more as a christian song. It gives me shivers the satanic way!
Philipe
June 26th, 2004 at 3:37 pm
I think this whole thing is kind of creepy, but is you noticed he sings about two paths, heaven and hell.The two paths in my opinion are playing the record forwards and backwards, so one way (forwards) is a path to heaven and the other (backwards) is a path to hell.
July 21st, 2004 at 4:35 am
I knew about the satanic message when listened back to front, but never bothered to try it. Impressive what you’ve done. I always loved this song (it’s the one I like best by Led Zep), but now… I don’t know. This stuff is creepy. Any feedback from the guy who wrote that song ?
July 27th, 2004 at 10:15 am
someone asked for a comment by the person who wrote the song. luck would have it, there is a comment from robert plant that i know of.
stairway to heaven is probably the deepest song led zeppelin wrote, and possibly one of the most controversial songs in history as to its exact meaning. and what did plant have to say about its meaning?
he said, simply, that the band was so high on “rock and weed” when they wrote the song, that the band has no idea what the song was about either. i’d say that the interpretation on this site is one of the best i’ve read, though.
July 27th, 2004 at 7:22 pm
Uh … Whoa. I agree with the last comment. The different interpretations and backward/forward play seem pretty convincing, but my dad once heard an interview with the remaining members of Led Zeppelin, and all of them denied it having any satanic messages anywhere, backward or forward. Haha, what kind of interview with Led Zep would it be without the token satanic message question?
October 27th, 2004 at 7:27 pm
Everyone I have shown this to have said I’m a creep for thinking that its really amazing! I am so excited about it all, I just want to keep reading more. I want to find out more about these message in songs. Do you know where I can find out more about them?
November 9th, 2004 at 10:14 am
It’s very possible that Led Zepplin was having some fun with playing stuff forward and backwards. You know artists just love to play around with new gadgets. :) And that part where you hear the satan lyrics may have been intentional.
Or maybe it’s just a coincidence. Maybe this is all a bunch of over-analyzing.
So yeah, it doesn’t really matter, in my opinion. It doesn’t bother me if it was intentional, ’cause it’s not all that important. I mean, people are throwing out their records just because it has a “satanic message” in it? I see it as a little fun by the band members. Who knows, or cares, if it’s intentional or if it is really a statement of devotion to satan?
Whatever. :)
– Sid
December 7th, 2004 at 4:51 pm
hi,
my name is jordan. i am a rather big led zeppelin fan and in my search for zeppelin secrets i have came across many things. what my post is about is the refrence to the line in stairway to heaven
” 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” i have found that this could be about the church of satan. the church of satan beleives that in life there are two paths, one is light(god)one is dark(satan). their beleives are that once you start down one path you are stuck on that path. but as you can see in the lyrics
“There’s still time to change the road you’re on” as i can see it this means that even though you have chosen a path there is still time to change your path.
p.s. sorry about any spelling errors.
January 7th, 2005 at 6:06 pm
I really like your interpratation of the song; however, I believe that “And a new day will dawn for those who stand long” means that the followers of christ who dont waver will have a never ending life in heaven
February 14th, 2005 at 9:30 am
That’s pretty freaky. I’m a BIG zeppelin fan and this doesnt change how i feel about zeppelin (although thats still really freaky). Maybe something happened to the band to cause this wildness. Maybe the power of both God and Satan was there, they both did this to let the world know that theyre still there because they(God and Satan) knew that this song would be famous! Now, with the help of modern-day technology, we can finally(after about 30 years)decifer what the backward tracks really say! i am indeed impressed and i’m not blaming led zeppelin for this, but i know for a fact that this is a God-Satan thing. I cannot thank you enough for this.
Thanks again,
Kyle Siverhus,15,wis.
February 18th, 2005 at 11:50 am
I wanted to add. In the lyrics where it says “Yes there are two paths you can go by. But in the long run theres still time to change the road your on.”
Definatly goes with the theme you have put to the lyrics. It IS about Led Zepplin or maybe just Robert Plant(he wrote the song)and the path they have chosen. Which is the same path Lillith chose. To try to find Heaven on earth through worldly things cause she is sure “All that glitters is gold” but if that dont work and “The stores are all closed”
“With a word she can get what she came for.” I think that word would be “forgiveness”. Which goes with that fact that the bible tells us we can always ask for forgiveness at any point in your life and be forgiven. Example: The 2 men with Jesus on the crosses. One of the men asked Jesus to “Remeber me” Jesus “forgave” him of his sins right then, and the man went to Heaven.
It seems to me that Led Zepplin has chosen to take the path of worldy pleasure. Like Lillith. “All that glitters is gold….Buying a Stairway to Heaven…” If that dont work though they are counting on the fact that “theres still time to change the road your on”–”With a word she can get what she came for”
Possibly means “With a word”-Forgiveness- “She can get what she came for”-Heaven.
I think though that sometime later Robert Plant may have had doubts about this plan for his life.
In the live version of “Stairway to Heaven” from “The Song Remains the Same.”
After signing the lyrics. “Yes there are two path you can go by but in the long run. Theres still time to change the road your on.”
Robert Plant say “I hope so”
Which he should cause no man knows when they will die. So what if he dies before he asks for forgiveness?
February 18th, 2005 at 11:52 am
I wanted to add. In the lyrics where it says “Yes there are two paths you can go by. But in the long run theres still time to change the road your on.”
Definatly goes with the theme you have put to the lyrics. It IS about Led Zepplin or maybe just Robert Plant(he wrote the song)and the path they have chosen. Which is the same path Lillith chose. To try to find Heaven on earth through worldly things cause she is sure “All that glitters is gold” but if that dont work and “The stores are all closed”
“With a word she can get what she came for.” I think that word would be “forgiveness”. Which goes with that fact that the bible tells us we can always ask for forgiveness at any point in your life and be forgiven. Example: The 2 men with Jesus on the crosses. One of the men asked Jesus to “Remeber me” Jesus “forgave” him of his sins right then, and the man went to Heaven.
It seems to me that Led Zepplin has chosen to take the path of worldy pleasure. Like Lillith. “All that glitters is gold….Buying a Stairway to Heaven…” If that dont work though they are counting on the fact that “theres still time to change the road your on”–”With a word she can get what she came for”
Possibly means “With a word”-Forgiveness- “She can get what she came for”-Heaven.
I think though that sometime later Robert Plant may have had doubts about this plan for his life.
In the live version of “Stairway to Heaven” from “The Song Remains the Same.”
After signing the lyrics. “Yes there are two path you can go by but in the long run. Theres still time to change the road your on.”
Robert Plant say “I hope so”
Which he should cause no man knows when they will die. So what if he dies before he asks for forgiveness?
March 3rd, 2005 at 5:48 am
I know this is real stuff, I have played many songs backwords and found this same stuff
March 6th, 2005 at 2:12 pm
About the Piper piping at the begginning of the song and some reference; The reference could be to the book of revelations when Angels blow their Trumpets (I believe it was the angels or it could’ve been the four horsemen. Please correct me if Im wrong)
March 9th, 2005 at 12:14 am
i just thought u would be interested to no that apparently jimmy page did black magic and worshippped satan and that rubber plant was quite a christian person and apparently jimmy page did a satanic ritual before writting his prts of the song stairway to heaven and i hav also herd that ther is a part that can be played back that has rubber plant apologising to god for being apart of the satanic song.
March 15th, 2005 at 1:30 am
Here is my interpretation of these lyrics in line:
There’s a lady who’s sure all that glitters is gold
(The Lady is the True Church or the members of the Church (The woman spoken of in Rev 12:13-17))
And she’s buying a stairway to heaven.
(She has accepted the pathway to heaven.)
When she gets there she knows, if the stores are all closed
(She knows the way to heaven which is shut.)
With a word she can get what she came for.
(Through Jesus Christ, Jesus Christ is the word (John 1, Rev 19:13), she can have Eternal life.)
Ooh, ooh, and she’s buying a stairway to heaven.
(She is taking the pathway to heaven)
There’s a sign on the wall but she wants to be sure
‘Cause you know sometimes words have two meanings.
(She understands that there are those that can deceive her)
In a tree by the brook, there’s a songbird who sings,
(The song bird could represent one who speaks truth. The Holy Spirit is often referred to as a Dove, which could be a song bird. The Holy Spirit is one who wispers truth. A tree by the brook is the tree of life… The brook represents the sins that would keep her (the church) from the tree of life.)
Sometimes all of our thoughts are misgiven.
(Sometimes one doubts. It’s interesting to note there is no such word as misgiven. Maybe the words are misgiving instead.)
Ooh, it makes me wonder,
Ooh, it makes me wonder.
There’s a feeling I get when I look to the west,
(The artist is referring to himself. To look to the west means to look opposite of the East. In order to look to the west you must turn your back on the east. Christ will come from the east. I believe the artist is turning his back on Christ.)
And my spirit is crying for leaving.
(His spirit cries for leaving or he would rather be dead. His body was given to him by God and now he despises that which God has given him.)
In my thoughts I have seen rings of smoke through the trees,
(A forest was often the place of satanic worship. Smoke through the trees could refer to a sacrificial burning in the forest.)
And the voices of those who standing looking.
(Obviously those around the fire looking on.)
Ooh, it makes me wonder,
Ooh, it really makes me wonder.
And it’s whispered that soon if we all call the tune
Then the piper will lead us to reason.
(A piper is often referred to someone who would take one away and deceive them such as the pied piper. The piper is Satan who will deceive us, by reason, so it would seem.)
And a new day will dawn for those who stand long
(A new day to dawn refers to the thousand years after Satan has been bound (Rev 20:9).)
And the forests will echo with laughter.
(The return of Satan will cause Satan to laugh once again at God.)
If there’s a bustle in your hedgerow, don’t be alarmed now,
(The bustle means the confusion you may feel by these words, a hedgerow refers to the buffer you may have provided yourself to protect you against Satan.)
It’s just a spring clean for the May queen.
(The May queen, is another reference to Satan the imitator. Easter Comes before May. Christ’s resurrection is celebrated on Easter. May is the time of the celebration of May Day, and the May Queen. May Day is a pagan Holiday that at one time was celebrated with masks much like Halloween. The spring clean for May is what is celebrated on May Day. I believe the lyrics are referring to Satan’s invitation to join him as suggested in the next set of lyrics. This is exactly how Satan operates. First the invitation is marred by a play on words then it is a suggestion and then once he has you it is right there as plain as day.)
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.
(You can always join Satan. These lyrics are for those that are on the pathway to Heaven.)
And it makes me wonder.
Your head is humming and it won’t go, in case you don’t know,
(The humming is the confusion of these lyrics if one understands them.)
The piper’s calling you to join him,
(Satan is calling)
Dear lady, can you hear the wind blow, and did you know
(The wind refers to the deceiving spirits words that will tempt her.)
Your stairway lies on the whispering wind.
(The whispering wind means that through life Satan will tempt her.)
And as we wind on down the road
(As we continue through life)
Our shadows taller than our soul.
(Nearing the end of time.)
There walks a lady we all know
(The Lady is the true church of Christ)
Who shines white light and wants to show
How everything still turns to gold.
(If you do what Christ has asked you can enter the Kingdom of God.)
And if you listen very hard
The tune will come to you at last.
(The tune is the song of the piper that he is referring to.)
When all are one and one is all
To be a rock and not to roll.
(The artist believes that if you listen you can accept and become one with Satan. This is the biggest deception of all. The lyrics are so closely related to what Christ has spoken of but are flatly a deception of the Truth. )
And she’s buying a stairway to heaven.
March 21st, 2005 at 1:13 am
I dont think your interpretation of stairway to heaven is entireley accurate. Not being a christian I really dont agree with you. Consider this song to be about Drugs and rock and Roll. The two paths that plant talks about are towards the world of drugs and addiction while the other is the world of sobereity. I think the message is that Rock and Roll can save our soul not from damnation from God as you suggest but from damnation from Drugs. Art and Music are to be our Saviour. The Songbird who sing is the representative of art— Symbol of the poets or artist (like Plant Himself) spirits. I find Stairway to Heaven to be very poetic resembling the poetry of John Keats. Lets not forget the Robert Plant himself was very Learned. REad “Ode to A nightingale” to see my point. Anyway Ill see write more later.
March 23rd, 2005 at 3:20 pm
I’m not religious but I think all the interpretations presented here are very interesting and worth consideration. I’m impressed with all the thought people have given this song, backwards and forwards. If you’re interested in hearing more backwards clips you can go to http://backmask.wootang.net but there aren’t many interpretations of the hidden messages, whether they were put there purposefully or not.
March 27th, 2005 at 5:24 pm
dude, its pretty common knowledge that the general idea behind this song is “Drugs vs Sobriety”…
“a lady who knows all that glitters is gold”
- drugs, being high = good
“when she gets there she knows, if the stores are all closed, with a word she can get what she came for”
- this seems pretty obvious, a chick going downtown to score some dope… even if its late, and everythings closed, all she has to do is talk to a pusher
“and shes buying a stairway to heaven”
- DRUGS = stairway… being high = heaven
Now its also common knowledge that the band screwed around with occultism, new age stuff - especially Page, who bought Aleister Crowley’s old house for them to party and record music in. So, references to gnosticism, occultism, even straight up fantasy “and in the darkest depths of Mordor… but gollum and the evil one”, etc. in the songs should be a given. Its also fairly common knowlegde that Zeppelin partied HARD at that time - lots of drugs, heavy psychedelic trips, etc.
So basically the power and majesty of the lyrics is really not surprising in context. This particular song is considered a masterpeice because it has all the requisite qualities of such a work. It also happens to be from a time period which was the high-water mark of the psychedelic movement, and thus has an even more powerful and intense mystery to it.
So the multi-dimensional quality CANNOT be understated in this case. Elements of many themes are playing in this song - but the central thesis is about D R U G S. It is imminently obvious (at least to anyone thats tried them) that the “stairway to heaven” is exactly that. In the song, Plant also alludes to the “fall from Eden” and other such “heavenly” myths - to illustrate and flesh out the poetry. In a sense, it is the same conflict. The apple, the stairway to heaven, the fall, the return… Timeless myths in a modern, relevant context. Thats why the song strikes such a chord in people.
March 30th, 2005 at 10:57 pm
this will sound naive.. but im not really caring because i have been bothered by this:
why has no one ever asked anyone from Led Zepplin what its about? why there are satanic messages and so forth… if they have.. where is there comment. i wish to know what the creators think
April 19th, 2005 at 10:13 pm
Hi! I just listened to all the songs that you had and i find them all interesting, the weird al and pink floyd were great i laughed. do you think that pink floyed started it all? just a question, i am a very curious person whom becomes very interested in little things very easily. but i am quite interested in it all, if you have anymore or if you would want a second opinion on a song or something, please give me a message! yes i realize that this is a public commenting area but i am going to put m e-mail up anyways. darkphenoyx@yahoo.com. love your sight i am most definately telling my friends about this sight.
May 26th, 2005 at 5:46 pm
you people… you put far too much thought into this song… now… i will state some stuff about led zeppelin (and other things) that has been wronged.
jimmy page was NOT A SATANIST. he was interested in the occult, but never a satanist.
(here is one part i am not sure about but…) i dont think jimmy page was even interested in the occult until some time after zoso was released.
the occult (or wiccanism) does not have any belief in satan.
the gods (-er… band members) names are:
jimmy page (guitar)
robert plant (vocals)
john paul jones (bass, keyboards)
john bonham (drums)
the only reason these have been interpreted this way is because of over-analyzing and over-interpretation. there was no intended message. get over it. drop the whole fucking thing.
-linkmumbo@aol.com
June 1st, 2005 at 11:15 pm
Hi. Me and my friends were browsing the interrnet and found your website. And we were all wondering what program you used to edit the songs backward. And where i can download that software.
Thanks in Advance
June 1st, 2005 at 11:22 pm
Hi. Its me again Uglee. And i have another question for the backwards songs. Have u seen Little Nikki and in the part where they are all having the party, Adam sandler shows all his friends Chicago backwards, and it said the satanic message. Do u think that was made up to make fun of bands no one likes anymore. or was that real?? Just wondering
Thanks
June 3rd, 2005 at 1:29 pm
jimmy page was an open student of the black magician aliester crowly. The Stairway to Heaven album is loaded with Crowley’s Luciferian teachings,
i borrowed the below from http://www.cuttingedge.org/news/n1957.cfm
when talking about Stairway to Heaven”, Robert Plant claimed to be a ‘musical medium’. He said the following about how he received the lyrics to the song: Plant recalled.
““ ‘I was just sitting there with Pagey in front of a fire at Headley Grange. Pagey had written these chords and he played them for me. I was holding a pencil and paper and for some reason, I was in a very bad mood. Then all of a sudden my hand was writing out the words: “There’s a lady who’s sure, all that glitters is gold, and she’s buying a Stairway to Heaven.” I just sat there and I looked at the words and I almost leapt out of my seat.’”
In 1998, the year when Page and Plant conducted their last world tour, Jimmy Page said the following (taken from the Atlantic Records web site): “When we first got back together, it was so immediately apparent that the two of us were just channeling the music. That’s what we had always had, and it was so apparent that it was there. It was almost effortless.”
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theres alot to look into tho, but the song as a whole does infact seem to be satanic versus. more than the clip displayed on your site and when it nears its end me and a friend hold speculation that it is a spell. ok thats my food for thought.
June 20th, 2005 at 1:51 pm
Dude, i was really really interested in “satanic messages” some are pretty funny, so i looked further into it and saw that not just sopme songs have them, ALOT of them, do, even today’s songs suck as Gwen Stafani - Holla Back Girl, when you play the chorus backwards it says: “I am no horny girrl” and its actually real, download “GoldWave”, download the song and play it backwards on GoldWave, you can hear it, no joke.
June 22nd, 2005 at 9:51 pm
I was listening to the Queen “Another One Bites The Dust” and after the first “its fun to smoke marijuana” thingie it sounds like they say “just take a little…yeah”. incase u cared. Keep up the great work, everything is really cool.
August 13th, 2005 at 6:59 am
“There’s still time to change the road you’re on.” (Satan could use this as a trick to keep people away from the right road. They will die waiting for the “perfect time” to change roads)
Demonic power is beyond human capability. They can empower messages through the telephone of music (just like good messages can be relayed.)
Part of my testimony is that I threw away music that was “ungodly.” There is more power in music than people know. I don’t want to listen to anything that has a negative influence in my life (played forwards or backwards)
September 4th, 2005 at 3:17 am
“”"jimmy page was an open student of the black magician aliester crowly.”"”
So you are saying,,,, that seeing as Crowly died in 47 and Page was born in 44,,,, that from the ages of 1 to 3 he was his student?………..
September 11th, 2005 at 1:28 am
the interpretation of the song is just awesome, one of the best ive ever seen.i have a theory of why there is a satanic message in this song though. jimmy page bought aleister crowley’s mansion, as you know leader of the occult in that period of time. while writing stairway to heaven, they were usually in that mansion. as zumy said near the bottom of the comments list,
““ ‘I was just sitting there with Pagey in front of a fire at Headley Grange. Pagey had written these chords and he played them for me. I was holding a pencil and paper and for some reason, I was in a very bad mood. Then all of a sudden my hand was writing out the words: “There’s a lady who’s sure, all that glitters is gold, and she’s buying a Stairway to Heaven.” I just sat there and I looked at the words and I almost leapt out of my seat.’”
i beleive that after so many years of having occult rituals performed in that house, the devil himself was a part of it and was influencing every move and thought in plant and page’s heads. it may sound far fetched but weirder things have happened in this world. burndtdan also helped to prove my theory by saying
stairway to heaven is probably the deepest song led zeppelin wrote, and possibly one of the most controversial songs in history as to its exact meaning. and what did plant have to say about its meaning?
he said, simply, that the band was so high on “rock and weed” when they wrote the song, that the band has no idea what the song was about either.
That helps my theory because it would mean plant had no idea what he was writing and would be very easily influenced by some other force, i.e. satan.
October 6th, 2005 at 8:02 pm
I have a sound editing program. I took many different files for stairway to heaven and reversed them all. For all of you who say it was a accident (blackmasking), you wrong. They are way to clear and too long for them to be “mistaken.” This song is very well thought through, not from creative drug addicts. Eveyone keeps tring to figure the song out, mabye someone should try to figure out the blackmasking meaning??? Im lost and would like to hear some suggestions.
October 20th, 2005 at 11:32 pm
the entire lyrics are given to the public on this site in one of jeff’s updates or what not, in the lyrics it says plaaaay backwards
well this is the reality of it all…
the very last few seconds of stairway to heaven after he just said “and shes BUYYYYING A STAIRway to heaven…”
there a little whisper…and if turned on REALLY loud its jarbled…like its backwards…but your playing the song forwards….meaning that SOMEONE INSERTED A BACKWARDS MESSAGE INTO THE FORWARDS SECTION…meaning that whoever put it in was meaning for it to be heard only when played backwards….well when played backwards it says
“plaaaay backwards”
meaning that they knew that there was a hidden message in their lyrics, because the “hidden messages” were just their lyrics reveresed, but this is an actual quote thats been inserted…just like all the “fake backmasking” is done, its just normal sound clip thats been flipped….same with this…
so basically they added this first thing like say metallica would go 1 2 3, 1 2 3 before they sung mama said and then they sung
same goes for this song, they say like a little tempo… “plaaay backwards” almost subliminal like and then the backwards message plays
for your info the backwards lyrics are
Plaaaay backwards,
Hear why its sung here, oppositioner..
All on track, all arriving
They all sing, and they are one.
Shall I loathe you now, parishoner?
Oh hear Him, Christian within me.
It stirs my sin, the river,
Oh, she swells with our lousiness.
will all life end for him?
We’re all out of signs,
I know I’m sorta shocked
To hear The Lord,
My God now will save me!
Oh I will never be saved,
Because I live with Satan!
One wish today,
That you’ll all pray for
Three who will make it here late.
Pray now and you’ll see,
The ‘Lord’ turned me on,
But, oh, I was the shaggy fool..
Clothed in agony,
Lost at a height.
There’s no escaping it,
Nor his woes..
So here’s to my Sweet Satan.
Whose little path
Would make me sad,
Whose power is satan.
He’ll give those with him 666.
And there was an evil toolshed,
were he made us suffer sad-ly
Ohohohoh…
“Family won’t get loose,
They’re offered me.”
Always soothes the worker.
Always will be as we know now
“I see ruins,” said he,
“the world they offered me?
Who wished the Lord’s fall?”
If we lose feather,
Say you’ll save me!
And no wimps can bend the rules..
And no wimps can do..
Hunt next to the shore,
‘Cause they see all from there,
See here’s the news,
Who walks with mute grief!
Perhaps no-one found thee…
“Heaven, lift me out,”
Spake the Rave,
“Someday, failed, we’ll lose one line-up,
They’ve gotta leave forsaken.”
And no wimps can do..
And no wimps can do…
He, who say the lords
Thoth have our laws,
that must be superb. Mass is ended..
Over there,
He who should learn thee.
Any moot that serves by my sworn music,
I wish it with snow be shushed,
All for my mass’s sake.
Hear why its sung,
here, oppositioner, Ohh..
He who should show
May make his show worthy,
To look, for us, odd.. sickly,
There’s one chance, take his show.
Hold thy head,
Hear why its sung here. oppositioner.
Who owns this earth built below?
Oh sweet Israel…
I think someone should analyze this very deeply just like the forward version because they reference each other….
October 27th, 2005 at 1:13 pm
The fact is though, if you read the Bible, the piper was basically Satan trying to lead people away from Christ, so even the forewards lyrics are Satanic, just in a deceptive, peaceful way.
It doesn’t matter that Crowley died when Page was three yrs old, because he founded the Church of Satan. His church and teachings still live on to this very day. Whoever says he just did witchcraft is wrong, and anyways, from a devout Christian’s point-of-view, all witchcraft and occult activity is Satanic-whether it acknowledges Satan or not.
November 9th, 2005 at 4:07 pm
Hey all,
I’m a christian ppl, so I believe that there is really something behind Stairway to Heaven (Hell?). And if you listen very hard (maybe if you listen backwards, it was hard when the song was wrote (around the ‘70ties?)). Doesn’t matter, there is only one thing that matters: we, christans, already knew that Satan is there in this world… and shows up sometimes, in kinda freaky ways too… but that’s normal. To all: Jesus Christ has already beaten the Satan, so have no fear, God and Jesus are always with us ;)
Peace!
Rich, 15, from Budapest, Hungary
November 9th, 2005 at 4:09 pm
Yo, I forgot something:
From the backmaskings on this page, only the Pink Floyd and Sway seems to be really strange… But we know that PF was made directly… :|
November 10th, 2005 at 4:49 pm
The stairway to heaven back mask was intense (The 1st time I heard it)… the point is in my opinion led zepplin is the best group ever and if it was intentinal to have messages in the song, more power to them, it takes some skill to do that.
After i heard it i studied on how to make my own subliminal message in a song and it is hard man. and as far as what the song is about iv heard alot of opinions of what the song is about,
some 1 told me it was about a village of dwarfs. i found that real funny only because this was some 1 who didnt care for the group, a friend of mine told me it was about a girl addicted to heroin. that was a good 1, i just think its about all of my ex girl friends. greedy, coniving, backstabing…
anyways there it is.
November 23rd, 2005 at 4:23 pm
i agree with almost all this, the song could hav 1000 means forwards or backwards only the writer of the song would no, i think we hav to eliminate meening till we hav 1 that works forwards and backwards like mine I think he is saying he took the path to satan and is forced to sing, that he is tring to tell us that bolth pathes hav advantidges and disadvantiges like where he says backwards “the was a little toolshed where he made us SUFFER SAD satan” note I uppercased 2 important words. in other parts he saying the path is better so i think he is supportive of bolth paths but hasnt chose 1.
December 22nd, 2005 at 2:16 pm
Hey all,
In Led Zeps’ autobiography, it apparently states that the group stayed with Aleister Crowley WHILE recording the song “Stairway to Heaven”. It is assumed that the group worshipped satan, taught to them by Crowley. I guess, as a part of these satanic studies comes the neccesitie to learn how to speak and write backwards. I believe this is why secret messages were found in the song.
Regardless of the fact that I slightly believe Led Zeppelin deliberately put these messages into the song, much leads me to believe it is all untrue.
The human mind, like everything has glitches. I believe these messages have the physical ability to take over the human brain.
It is a tough debate. IS the human mind corrupted by secret messages, or is “Stairway to Heaven” trying to tell us something?
And as for the “power is fake” I believe it is “faith”, but again remains to be proven.
December 30th, 2005 at 1:23 pm
I think what solid snake said seems pretty reasonable. If the group was so high on rock and weed and what not, they were in a state that could be easily influenced by the devil. And since the devil is crafty and what not he used them to screw with mankind. I don’t think Led Zep meant to do it, they were just caught up in the whole mess.
As far as Page’s affiliation with satanism and what not, well, that’s news to me and I’ll have to look into it.
Really though, I think somebody just oughta confrint the guys and ask.
Meh, whatever. Like somebody said on here, we all know satan exists messes around with guys all the time. It doesn’t change anything, except maybe I’m not gonna listen to Stairway to Heaven before I go to sleep cause it’s kinda creepy. Interesting though.
January 1st, 2006 at 8:25 pm
I don’t think the backward messages in STH should be interpreted the way they are.. If you listened to them without the backward lirycs you wouldn’t know what Robert Plant was saying.. when you listen to the song with the lyrics it just SOUNDS like whats written.Once I was reading a study about it and the professors said that it is clear that if u play anything backwards it is gonna make strange sounds and sound like existing words.The backward lyrics is what confuses our brain to interpret them the way we do, it just sounds like he is saying those messages but he is not, those are just gibberish noises, and sound very similar to what people call “stairway to heaven satanic backward messages”. Stairway to heaven is not a song with intentional backwards messages in my opinion, but Empty Spaces by Pink Floyd is because the backward messages are way too clear,(they are not satanic messages just a cute, fun reversed message in the song Empty Spaces) you can understand them without reading the backward lyrics, if you play the regular version its just gibberish but if you play it backwards you can hear the actual message which means they first recorded it normally then reversed it and put the reversed version on the disc so when you reversed it you would hear the normal version. There is no way for people to have a pact with the devil and have the power to say something and make it become a reversed message, it is all because of the dialect and the way we pronounce words.There is no such a thing as a satanic backward message :) Believe me
January 10th, 2006 at 7:46 am
where can i download this backwards song?
January 10th, 2006 at 4:51 pm
Led Zeppelin’s lyrics were also influenced by Norse mythology (The Immigrant Song) and JRR Tolkien’s writings (Ramble On). If you are familiar with the music of Led Zeppelin, you’ll undoubtedly be able to provide other examples.
“There’s a feeling I get when I look to the west, and my spirit is crying for leaving” could refer to the Elves of Tolkien’s Middle Earth who must depart for the islands to the west.
Without writing a complete dissertation on the subject, the west often represents opportunity and hope, as it did for many of the European immigrants who settled in the Americas. Likewise, to find success in the American market was the goal of most English bands from that era.
This is just one example of how to interpret the lyrics found in Stairway to Heaven.
Ironic that a band influenced by JRR Tolkien (a Christian) would find itself accused of Satanism. Of course, the pursuit of pleasure and experimentation with Easter religions hardly makes Led Zeppelin poster boys for good Christian living. For those who believe in good and evil, one would have to accept the fact that their music could be influenced by the realm of the supernatural.
My personal opinion on this song, specifically? You’ll find what you’re looking for.
January 13th, 2006 at 6:19 pm
When questioned on backwards masking, Jimmy Page has chuckled on numerous occasions that he had a hard enough time getting things to sound right played *forwards* — never mind backwards. The line “If there’s a bustle, etc” has always been the most non-sensical in the entire song (even John Paul Jones has admitted to having no idea what it means) — so who who knows, maybe the young Brits were just having a tongue-in-cheek laugh on us all. It was certainly within their sonic capability at the time to reverse a pre-written so-called “Satanic message”, listen to what it sounded like, and transcribe lyrics to accomplish the “gag” — if that’s what’s going on here. They were four of the most wickedly funny individuals in all of Rock, and playing into the whole devil worship hysteria that was attached to them (and the Stones, and Black Sabbath, and Deep Purple, and Alice Cooper, and…) would / could have been right up their alley. Keith Richards has said words to this effect: after a while you just laugh at the demonic nonsense and start playing into it for fun.
So have no fear kids…it’s either a startling and entertaining coincidence, Page, Plant and a bunch of British engineers goofin on a relentless and (at that time, extremely unfair) music press , or some really otherworldly higher power havin some fun with us all. Wouldn’t that be cool!
– a 2-time ‘77 MSG show veteran
January 22nd, 2006 at 8:34 pm
Hey i think its cool what u did with the backtracking thing but i thik its a coquencadence if thats how u spell it. This song was mad when there didnt have the technology to hear stuff backwards so there would have been no way of doing this back then. But what you have done is very creative and i think it is very interesting
January 26th, 2006 at 9:40 am
Okay I beleave that it may have been intentional but not because they loved stan or anything, if you listen to stairway to heaven normally it say “And if you listen very hard
The tune will come to you at last”
If that’s not saying something I don’t know what will. People use common sense.
January 27th, 2006 at 9:06 pm
hey well i hurd this things about sanatic messages so i reversed it myself and played and actually does have sanatic messages
January 28th, 2006 at 10:37 pm
Smart work!
I have written a blog entry with my own small interpretations in my blog.
Not much…Just a little bit!
January 31st, 2006 at 11:25 pm
I used to be a HUGE Zepplin Fan. I saw them twice in concert in the 70’s, I owned every record they put out, and the band I was in at the time did alot of their tunes. (side note: Peter Stroud, Sheryl Crows lead guitar player, used to do gigs with our band back then as well, and he was also a huge Zepplin fan) My point is, the last band I ever wanted to stop listening to was Zepplin. However, shortly after I made Jesus the LORD of my life in 1979, a friend called me on the phone one night and said he had heard that there were Satanic messages on Stairway to Heaven. He didn’t say what or where it was, so when I hung up the phone, I took out my Zepplin 4 album, put it on my turn table and randonmly put the needel down on a spot on that song. The first thing I heard when I began to spin the record backwards was SATAN. As I continued, I heard not only what has been written above, but other messeges throughout the song. Black Dog had a Satanic message in it as well. I had no preconceived ideas of what the song said backwards, and therefore there was no power of suggestion as stated above, except that it was a satanic message. In addition, I had no motive for it to say something bad, because of my love for their music. After that experience, I went on to study more about the songs origins and the writters inspirations. Most of what is documented above is what I discovered as well. I had to ask myself, is it OK in God’s eyes for me to listen to this. I tried to rationalize that it was maybe just a publicity stunt, even though it seemed (unlike some artist like Pink Floyd, ELO and others, who had intentionally place words in backwards) like it wasn’t intentional at all. Rather something supernarural that satan had minupulated when the door to the occult was opened wide by Page and company. No small coiendience about satanist reading and wriiting backwards either. It made perfect sense spirtually too, due to the fact that everything that satan does is the complete opposite of what God does. With all these questions, I had to come up with an answer for myself. I knew the Bible says in Romans 6:16… Know ye not, that to whom ye yield yourselves servants to obey, his servants ye are to whom ye obey; whether of sin unto death, or of obedience unto righteousness? The Bible also says in Joshua 24:15… choose you this day whom ye will serve…As for me and my house we will serve the Lord. By me contiuning to allow and golrify the blantant praise of satan on the alter of my record player, I was choosing to obey and therfore serve satan. I had the choice, and I chose to serve the Lord. I therefore choose to stop listening to Zepplin. I still listen to all types of music, incl. rock and roll, but I am very careful of what I listen to. I don’t talk about this topic very often because some Christians choose to harp on issues like this so much that people that don’t serve Jesus, sometimes think that God is a God of a lot of do’s and don’ts. He is so much more than that. Turst me, I have seen a great deal of what a lifestyle of choosing to practice sin had to offer in my day, and it was alot of fun. But I am here to tell you, that serving Jesus Christ is a better high than any drug I ever did, and more fun than any sin I ever engaged in. (NO HYPE…this is for real) If you’re contemplating a life submitted to Christ, don’t worry so much about what you can and can’t do for now. Just trust Him enough to give your life to Him and He will take care of the rest. You will never regret it. ..”Choose you this day who you will serve”… If you truly want to accept Him as Lord, all you have to do is ask Him to be LORD over your life and truly mean it with your whole heart. Romans 10:9-10 says if you confess Him with your mouth and believe in your heart that God has raised Him from the dead, you will be saved. If you ask Him to save you from your present way of living and show you a better way, he will do it. If you pray that prayer, take another step and get a Bible and begin to read it. Find other believers that know the Bible well and get them to help you grow in your relationship with God. A good Bible believing chruch is a good place to start, but a day to day one on one realtionship with God is the real key. God bless you and I hope this helped someone. Greg
February 2nd, 2006 at 1:20 pm
Amen, brother
February 3rd, 2006 at 9:40 pm
i nominate that guy for best post on this site
February 4th, 2006 at 11:22 pm
Thanks Spicer
February 8th, 2006 at 12:33 am
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From JB
February 9th, 2006 at 5:03 pm
Somehow I started reading this stuff because my husband was checking it out. It all makes me think that maybe if we all spent a little more time studying the real source of truth, God, and His book (the Bible), and learned how to live and love like Jesus, instead of analyzing song lyrics from which we will never actually have proof of meaning, we might all have more clarity and peace.
February 11th, 2006 at 5:44 pm
I read a website with a completely different interpretation of the lyrics… check it out! it’s pretty interesting - http://reversespeech.com/framestairway.htm
February 11th, 2006 at 8:12 pm
i dont care wether or not the song has a satanic message, any true fan of led zeppelin wouldnt give a sh*t because they are one of the greatest bands of all time
February 14th, 2006 at 10:37 pm
well In my opinion if you look at all the other songs that they did no wonder they came out satanic backwarks second of all in the pipers calling part it also refers to a story with a village and they had a terrable rat problem and A piper guy came to town and said i will get rid of all the rats if you do me one favore of my choosing so the villagers agreed to his terms and the piper played his pipe instrement and all of the rats in the town came out of every where and the piper started to walk away with the rats following like instanced in a spell or something and the villagers rejoyced that the rats were gone then the piper came back and said I did my part of the bargen so now its your turn the villagers said what is it that you want and the piper said I want all of the children of this village the villagers said no and refused so the piper left and at night he played his pipe and all of the kids came walking in a line to his house and no one ever saw them again So I think that this could be an interpretation of the endtimes when the person posessed by the devil known as the antichrist comes he will cure and or give you anything you ever wanted as long as you put the 666 mark on you and sell you soul to him. Ps just to let you know that since all lets in the hebrew alphabet equall to letters and If you find out what the letters mean that is the name of the antichrist the one who after all the christains assend to heaven will rebuild the temple of god in the old testament and in revelations it speaks of it he will sit on the throne and call himself god that is when the jews will all say oh shit because when he rains he rains alone
February 15th, 2006 at 6:43 am
Not even Rain Man can write a good song about Heaven that played backwards has an evil meaning. This is either one of the biggest known coincidences or Satan simply exists wheter you like it or not.
February 15th, 2006 at 2:00 pm
It doesn”t matter wheter Led Zeppelin had satanic members,or not.What matters is that you can hear clear satanic words from a song played backwards. That is weird enough for me !!!!
February 15th, 2006 at 2:16 pm
The song played forwards ,backwards ,all these comments….. seem to have another hidden message !!! How can you convince people that something exists if not making them believe that the things related to it actually exist ??
Think about it !!!
February 15th, 2006 at 2:26 pm
What Brian was trying to say was something like this:
“There’s no Beginning without no End;
There’s no past without a future;
There’s no good without evil;”
February 15th, 2006 at 2:27 pm
P:S My favourite drink is tea and I never Smoked Marijuana.
February 19th, 2006 at 10:12 am
hey. I think what you have shown is very interesting. I think as cool as this is it has been over analyized. I dont know if it was meant to be there or not. One thing id like to say is if jimmy page was interest in wiccan things, they have no conection what so ever with satanism. I am wiccan and know many others, and it has no connection at all. One weird little fact id also like to point out, although i have nothing to do with satanism, is satanism isnt NECERSERILY ( i cant spell, v sorry ) connected with satan. It is the general belife that people are cruel so you may as well be aswell, in a nut shell. It can be conected with satan, but not always. Bit of a misleading name. As much as i dont belive this i cant stop looking behind me now. peace out
March 13th, 2006 at 6:12 pm
i found it funny. the elo one is kind of…..scary….
March 13th, 2006 at 8:29 pm
Another song you should add to your backmasking page is Queen’s “Headlong,” because at the end of the song, all of the bandmembers sing “headlong” backwards over and over, and forwards it sounds like gibberish. I’ve read many times that that’s what they say, but I’d like to hear it, too.
Also, if you listen to Beck’s “Loser,” there’s a part which sounds reversed near the middle. I think it probably says, “I’m a loser baby, so why don’t you kill me?” but I don’t know for sure.
March 14th, 2006 at 9:37 pm
Thank You! I finally found songs that share my beliefs! All hail Rev. Anton and bow to Satan!!!!
March 14th, 2006 at 10:26 pm
Anyway, seriously, I think you guys are overanalyizing the song. They probably put “satanic messages” in the song to stir up controversy and frankly, it worked. The lyrics are just wierd because they sound cool together .
-Snarker
March 15th, 2006 at 6:57 pm
I tried this wiht my lp and my computers version and its kinda legit there not all exactly the same as this dude said but they are very close
March 17th, 2006 at 1:55 pm
The part where it says “There are to paths you can go by, but in the long run, there’s still time to change the road your on.”, when you reverse it, it says part of that Satanic Message! Godly, then, Evil. And its kinda weird, saying you can change your path, like you have a chance, then reversing it and saying thing about Satan.
March 24th, 2006 at 2:51 pm
the real reason for the forwords lyrics are on another blog. its about building a stairway outside of jiimy page’s castle to get to his perfect view that he called heaven. the song bird is jimmy [page singing by a tree. the sign on th ewall is a sign saying keep the fuck out. jimmy page had this on his door. if you find these you will understand. for the backwords i have my own interpretaion of the back words lyrics. i have heard them on the studio recording and on the live version of how the west was one. my in terpretation goes like this
When it says opstioner it is talking about saten. he is singing to satan. all on trak all arriving. is everyone getting to church. on track is them on the right track is them being in a relationship with god.all singing all as one is them worshoping god. the mass is the church mass obviously. in in sin goes the river. the river swells. meaning its upset with him for selling his soul to the devil. consider that it is said that the members of led zeppelin sold thiere souls to the devil. the lord speaksto him and he is suprized. will god save him.. no cause he sold his soul to the devil witch is said by i cant be saved for i live with satan. all pray for three to come in late. three meaning the other three members in the band. the evil toolshed is mr. crowleys old house. perhaps were they sold hier souls to the devil in a ritual? skip down to hunt near the shore. he is out side of heaven trying to get in. he thinks no one can see him. someday =when he dies, failed=cant get into heaven, and gotta leave forsaken=cant change and get into heaven cause he sould his soul to the devil. no wimps can do refers to wimp being someone who gives into satan. no wimp can get into heaven. ok so now mass is ended. he wants satan to hear his show. and asks that all bad that comes from his sowrn music be shushed with snow. this may refer to he regrets selling his soul and doesnt want his music to lead others down the road to hell. he uses snow to fight fire. hot vs cold.
there is more i wanna hear some of your responses first
March 29th, 2006 at 7:30 am
I can’t believe this. Okay, you can hear him pronounce for example the word ‘path’ a bit oddly, but can you imagine the work it’d take ?
It’s prolly just a lucky coincidence and since one noticed and started spreading it, the whole world got upset with it.
Anyway, it is a very beautiful song and I’ll keep enjoying listening to it ^_^
It’s always nice to analyze.
Love, Luna.
March 30th, 2006 at 12:08 am
G’day Robert Plant here.
Sorry about the weirdness of this song. we were all a bit mashed. dont take it too seriously.
It is part of the human psyche to look for codes where codes do not exist, and it gets taken really far.
dog rof kool natas rof kool tnod. READ THAT CODE BACKWARDS FOOL. By the way everyone keeps playing it on guitar and it gets annoying.
Well, see ya im guna go get pissed with jimmy
GOD BLESS
March 30th, 2006 at 9:24 am
Hi, i live in Norton and think that this is some freaky crap. I have heard of it and didnt see it until the other day.
March 31st, 2006 at 9:40 pm
im still scared of this stairway to heaven thing :(
April 4th, 2006 at 10:04 pm
i know this sounds crazy, i’m just putting this out there. what if the band had not intended to put this satanic backwards message in, but while partying hard and on drugs some or all of the band members were possessed (by satan or whatever) in their weakened state and the song was written during this 20min trip/possession. This is just as believable as thinking a full song could be perfectly recorded to have a full length backwards message in the age of records. the fact that the band partied in the house of a known satanist such as mr. crowley makes this seem more likely. the devil is always trying to get his meesage out.
ps. cory jon seems to know more about what he’s saying than myself
April 6th, 2006 at 5:52 pm
I’d have to say the whole backwards thing is interesting. But, I want to add something to your analysis of the song. When you were talking about the bustle in your hedgerow part…seriously look up all those weird words and tell me it’s not suggesting something else. Something every woman goes through.
April 6th, 2006 at 6:12 pm
Hey! I love your site! I reversed the whole song and listened to it. This is what I got (I did try to put it in the other area. It wouldn’t let me, must be full…)
Stairway to Heaven Backwards
Play backwards, hear words song here oppsitioner…
He-ey man, on with you…
There is something going on…
Now I’ll loose (use?) you now oppsitioner…
Only when we’re singing we be with…
And only when we see the river…
Now she’s stoned but I have her shoe…
All a long he’s been in this room…
All the time he’s been in this room watching us oppisitioner…
And now he’s all in within me…
Ohhh… you will see because he highly awaits thee…
I’m wishing that, because he undistinguishable (necredi or something?) (and?) me…
Because he really (I’m low?) he turned me on…
I was the shaggy fool in agony because of him h*** ya…
Ohhh…
There is no escaping it…
Ohhhh ya, Here’s to my sweet Satan…
the one whose little path, would make me sad…
whose power is Satan…
He gives thoose with him 666…
And in a little toolshed he made us suffer, sad Satan…
Ohhh Ohhh Oh Ohhhhh…
He will give all those 0 firmly…
While he lets you sword…
And to me, wingman…
While he looks at the either there World firmly…
I wish it was fall, if it’s loose feather…
He’ll stay there…
There’s no escaping him ohhhh (you?)…
There’s no escaping ohhhh… (nooo or newww?)
Because Alexis sees us all firmly…
See undeterminable (uschlidoodles?)…
Waltzes him…
He says that (he tells us or them?) so firmly…
He lifted me out and undeterminable (tells me? told me?) so firmly…
(and) Said undeterminable (oschladdodles?), no matter…
And nanally, phys-ed (pe, gym)…
Ahhhh… There’s no ecaping oohhhhh….
There’s no escape ohhhh….
He sat on top of the World’s nastiest…
To his loothered losses and…
For them I…
He loose them firmly…
In the World’s fastest I lost my sword cliched…
I wish it would snow wishing…
All the mile (time? Mime? Mine?) ya…
Says it…
If he would answer me oppsitioner…
Ohhhh…
If he showed (snowed?)…
Thankfully If it snowed wonderful…
To all of us…
For us in this city…
One shed’s that he shed’s…
Some one hit me…
Yea he’s making me oppsitioner…
Would scissors make ya (built/build it?)…
I wish he would answer it(tell us it? loose it?)…
Now, i wan’t you to know this is not nearly perfect. A lot of the stuff doesn’t sound right! And, well, doesn’t sound like it should be there. I got some of the ideas from others like, “play backwards”, the reversed “If theres a Bustle…” and “I wish it would snow”. But otherwise, its all what I made up. (NOTE: If you say almost anything, it will work. This is just what I picked up.) I noticed “firmly” a lot. Well, enjoy!
May 3rd, 2006 at 11:39 am
Could Jimmy Page really just be a medium between us and the spirits. Really what he does musically is completely un-human anyway. I’m not exactally sure about all the Satanic/Christian symbolism. I do know that you will talk about and contemplate some crazy things and theories when you are using drugs. Everything does have a meaning and maybe it just all boils down to Jimmy Page having some connection with with our souls. Their music has always been more “felt” than listened to. Why do you think there are so many fans? Exactally! Beacause their music gives people a reason to think. I dont think you should interperet their song one way b/c you’re Chirstian or another because your a Satatinst. No one knows what Jimmy and Plant meant but themsleves. People that really write music with meaning are writing from with in. These guys weren’t like artist these days. They didnt really care if you liked thier music or not…it wasnt about you…it was all about them expressing thier feelings and experinces at the time. All these interpertations of Stairway to Heaven are really cool to read. I like to see people try to guess what they were actually thinking at the time. All I can say is listen to any Zeppelin song…its an experince! And thats what they want it to be…its almost like they are trying to explain their “high” they were feeling at the time…its kind of one of those things you cant really explain…you just know. So my advice to everyone is just know that Jimmy Page is a God on the guitar and if he had to sell his soul to the devil to get that way…who cares…we love what he can do…and no one else has ever played or come up with such unique tabs that grab ahold to your heart! Led Zeppelin will Rock on FOREVER!
May 11th, 2006 at 1:09 pm
man o man i dont really no where to start i am definatly one of the biggest zeppelin fas out there and i am so confuzed. i love zeppelin to death and i just cant see them putting something like the “satanic messages” which are in stairway to heaven in that song. i was about 13 when i first heard the song backwards and i was so depressed. i am infact christian and i do belive in God, but i am not going to let that stop me from listening to zeppelin because they are the best band who ever lived and ever will live. i just have one question, what did the band have to say about all this satanic message crap. please get back to me i am sooo confuzed and dont really no what to think of it all. well all i really do no is I LOVE LED ZEPPELIN
May 12th, 2006 at 12:22 pm
I absolutely think this whole thing is a waste of intellectual potential but an interesting thing to me is the fact that the Beatles actually recorded a song over tracks played backwards with some straight riffs thrown in here and there. But I’ve never heard anyone try to play “Tomorrow Never Knows” backwards “backsampled” (or should that be “forward”).
As far as I know, of the great rock bands of the 50’s and 60’s, they were the first to experiment with tracks played at different rates, backwards, etc.
May 20th, 2006 at 11:18 pm
You can pretty much say anything and it will sound like it sort of makes sense when you play it backwards. This is because of how the mind interprets sound. As you may have noticed, on jeffmilner.com someone did a project on the led zeppelin song played backwards based on perception of the mind. He handed out one lyric page to the teacher with the backwards lyrics and played the song backwards. The teacher with the lyrics page was the only person in the whole class who heard the “Satanic” message.
-evan
May 29th, 2006 at 5:13 pm
there’s only one way to rock his name is Jesus,dont go too deep,
that is the trick of the devil. Speaking from experience as a former
pot smoking mystic.
June 3rd, 2006 at 7:27 am
well…i guess i just chanced upon your page…and i think its pretty brilliant wat ur doing!!..
…i guess it finally boils down to what one wants to believe…and see..
its impossible for me to imagine how anyone would manage to put a double meaning…but nething’s possible right….
…but nice site…and u’ve definately put some thought into it..
well..must be time consuming..
…keep updating though..
would love to go thru more i gues..
..and btw..
the hit me baby one more time..
hahahah tttly kickass!!
hahah
regards
shreya..(india)
June 7th, 2006 at 2:05 pm
I want to know about rhainnon backwards can you do this for me?
thanks
Donnette
June 10th, 2006 at 6:16 pm
I just read what you have said and i think its very interesting, the song having that sort of meaning. I like the site too Jeff it looks really good now from when i last looked at it.
Keep it up bro !
July 1st, 2006 at 3:59 am
Hey im from Iceland, I think this is cool on http://www.reversespeech.com you can see most of the reversials, and you can study it to.
see yah!
July 5th, 2006 at 7:17 am
ok, i’ve been interested in the whole playing backwards thing, and i can say pretty much for a fact that for the bustle in your hedgerow part, LED DID NOT BACKMASK THAT PART. I RECORDED MYSELF singing it, imitating the accent as best as i could, and when i reversed that clip, i heard the so-called messages in my own voice. Creepy.
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March 30th, 2006 at 12:08 am