No stairway to heaven!

[KoroJ]

I don't think it would be possible to ruin the original, it's a classic.

Did you never hear / see the Rolf Harris version?

This one is certainly cool though. I just happened to catch it on J2 this morning.

[Kendog]

Did you never hear / see the Rolf Harris version?

Haven't seen that, but it doesn't sound pretty.

[The Pastor]

guitars are only awesome with other intraments or a singer.

[KoroJ]

Haven't seen that, but it doesn't sound pretty.

As I recall, it did cause a bit of an uproar with the PC rockers of the time.

It did include his 'beat-board' thingy and was done in much the same genre as his other music....whatever that genre is.

[Paul in NZ]

Vicki and I have a bit of a collection of Nuevo Flamenco (which if you insist on putting music into boxes - thats where I'd put this) and quite enjoy it!

The Stairway to Heaven track is from a studio album called Rodrigo y Gabriela and it alsom features a Metalica song 'Orion' (believe it or not) and it's actually a pretty damn good album. Comes with a DVD an everything...

We used to be serious Ottmar Liebert fans (saw him live, had the tee shirt etc) but Ottmar does not get much playtime at the moment - I have every confidence he will make a comeback.

[Big Dave]

Pah! It's better on a ukulele.

Tron meets Tiny Tim

[Hitcher]

Knee deep in flowers we'll stray
We'll keep the showers away
And if I kiss you in the garden, in the moonlight
Will you pardon me?
And tiptoe through the tulips with me...

[Templar]

We used to be serious Ottmar Liebert fans (saw him live, had the tee shirt etc) but Ottmar does not get much playtime at the moment - I have every confidence he will make a comeback.

I had an Ottmar Leibert album in the late 90s/early 2k that was awesome, a friend put me onto him when we use to have random music day at work.

Didn't come across him again until a new album last year, which was completely different and I didn't like it at all. Hopefully he heads back in teh direction he was going a few years back!

[Paul in NZ]

I had an Ottmar Leibert album in the late 90s/early 2k that was awesome, a friend put me onto him when we use to have random music day at work.

Didn't come across him again until a new album last year, which was completely different and I didn't like it at all. Hopefully he heads back in teh direction he was going a few years back!

Yeah - I felt the same way - didn't like his later stuff so much.

Check out Poets and Angels which his is christmas album, its very good...

[Hitcher]

Ottmar was in Wellington about 10 or so years ago as one of the star turns for the Festival. Mrs H and I went along. What a band! I thought his drummer had a third leg.

[Paul in NZ]

Ottmar was in Wellington about 10 or so years ago as one of the star turns for the Festival. Mrs H and I went along. What a band! I thought his drummer had a third leg.

The band is called Luna Negra and the bass guitar and drummer are long standing members - others come / go. We saw them on the same tour in ChCh - fantastic talents.

[Curious_AJ]

guitars are only awesome with other intraments or a singer.

guitars are awesome all the time...

[KoroJ]

On the subject of guitarists. I had the pleasure to watch a chap by the name of Norbert Langensiepen play in the town square of Albufiera, Portugal about two years ago. He plays easy listening type music and although the tunes are all old hits and easily recognisable, he certainly adds his own style. I bought one of his 4 CDs but unfortunately he died in August 05.

Don't know where samples of his music can be found though and you certainly wont see it on mainstream.

Found this after my first look into YouTube

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sp12-imI3WU

[Slingshot]

Check out the real meaning of the song "Stairway to Heaven"


And for a guitar solo that I quite like:

[Big Dave]

If you play this backwards it says 'you're playing it backwards, Dopey'