# Stairway=what exactly? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 19, 2002, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stairway-what-exactly/137559 "2002-11-19T17:41:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![flood](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/bbe5ce/32.png) [@flood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flood)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2002, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stairway-what-exactly/137559/1 "2002-11-19T17:41:04Z")
ok, ok, i cant take it anymore. the silence is killing me and everyone goes on talking about something else as if this one fundamental question doesnt exist. or maybe its already been addressed and i just dont know it. anyhoo, what the hell is Zeppelin’s Stairway to Heaven all about? i cant get over the fact that so many people have heard the song but no one knows what it means! please help me… ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Walloon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/fbc32d/32.png) [@Walloon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walloon)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2002, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stairway-what-exactly/137559/2 "2002-11-19T18:20:55Z")
Have you checked the Message Boards Archives? There was a thread[here](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=126556&highlight=stairway+to+heaven) about _Stairway to Heaven_ not so long ago. ---
**Author:** ![Gaudere](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e495f1/32.png) [@Gaudere](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gaudere)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2002, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stairway-what-exactly/137559/3 "2002-11-19T19:07:58Z")
[Moderator Hat ON] Moving thread to Cafe Society. [Moderator Hat OFF] ---
**Author:** ![Typo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/5fc32e/32.png) [@Typo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2002, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stairway-what-exactly/137559/4 "2002-11-19T20:39:44Z")
Well, the question served one purpose - I checked Walloon’s link and wound up giggling helplessly for about 15 minutes. Boy howdy, did a couple of those people go a bit overboard! I am now a new fan of **Wendell** and **Johnny LA** for some darn fine work there! Poster1: Is too! Poster2: Is not! Poster3: Well-reasoned rational explanation with line-by-lines, and a polite “please stop insulting me.” Poster1: I don’t like your explanation! Gratuitous insult! In addition, almost every occurrence of the word “to” is in red, which makes it rather surreal. ---
**Author:** ![Typo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/5fc32e/32.png) [@Typo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2002, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stairway-what-exactly/137559/5 "2002-11-19T20:41:08Z")
I was not implying that Wendell and JLA were the ones going overboard, by the way. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Bomzaway](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e480ec/32.png) [@Bomzaway](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bomzaway)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2002, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stairway-what-exactly/137559/6 "2002-11-19T21:07:55Z")
Oh yes you were! ---
**Author:** ![Typo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/5fc32e/32.png) [@Typo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2002, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stairway-what-exactly/137559/7 "2002-11-19T21:19:02Z")
Oh, no, I wasn’t! So there! 😛 Niddly niddly poo poo poo! okay, maybe I did, but it sure wasn’t intentional. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2002, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stairway-what-exactly/137559/8 "2002-11-19T21:46:31Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Typo \* > \*\* > In addition, almost every occurrence of the word “to” is in red, which makes it rather surreal. \*\* That’s a result of the search engine - it highlights the words in the search. the link that was posted was from a search. If you look at the link this appears at the end of the URL: &highlight=stairway+to+heaven ---
**Author:** ![Typo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/5fc32e/32.png) [@Typo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2002, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stairway-what-exactly/137559/9 "2002-11-19T21:53:25Z")
:smack: Thanks for the explanation. I hadn’t run across that before. ---
**Author:** ![flood](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/bbe5ce/32.png) [@flood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flood)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2002, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stairway-what-exactly/137559/10 "2002-11-19T22:32:28Z")
thanks for redirecting me to that thread. its very interesting and sure did clear up alot of things. now i can sleep at night :0 ---
**Author:** ![rmbnxs](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b9e5f3/32.png) [@rmbnxs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rmbnxs)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2002, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stairway-what-exactly/137559/11 "2002-11-23T21:20:57Z")
> [@](#): > > Stairway=what exactly? Gibberish. ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Sexchange](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7ab992/32.png) [@Dr.Sexchange](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Sexchange)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2002, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stairway-what-exactly/137559/12 "2002-11-26T00:10:50Z")
exactly. i’ve heard that Robert Plant just stuck together a bunch of sayings and wove it into a song. (almost…dissapointing) ---
**Author:** ![Koxinga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/4af34b/32.png) [@Koxinga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Koxinga)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2002, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stairway-what-exactly/137559/13 "2002-11-26T00:18:43Z")
I thought it was about natas teews ym dna niap fo esuoh eht.