Stairway to Heaven
I finally found a 30-second clip to this amazing video by Danish artist Jeroen Offerman, one that I first saw in Wholphin, a DVD put out by the people at The Believer. While this clip hardly encapsulates the true genius of the performance (which is eight minutes long), it's enough to get an idea of the madness. The following is a brief description of the project:
"The Stairway at St. Paul's' documents a performance by Jeroen Offerman, playing with the notion that in the 60-ies and 70-ies certain rock-and-roll recordings were supposed to contain hidden evil or satanic messages when played backwards. One of the most famous examples is Led Zeppelin''s 'Stairway to Heaven'. Offerman practiced for three months to learn perfectly how to sing this song backwards, went to St. Paul's Cathedral in London, a place frequently visited by tourists, to sing it standing in front of the stairway that leads up to the entrance. The video is a live-registration of this event, but the tape is played reversed, so that the song and words can be heard 'normal' again."
"The Stairway at St. Paul's' documents a performance by Jeroen Offerman, playing with the notion that in the 60-ies and 70-ies certain rock-and-roll recordings were supposed to contain hidden evil or satanic messages when played backwards. One of the most famous examples is Led Zeppelin''s 'Stairway to Heaven'. Offerman practiced for three months to learn perfectly how to sing this song backwards, went to St. Paul's Cathedral in London, a place frequently visited by tourists, to sing it standing in front of the stairway that leads up to the entrance. The video is a live-registration of this event, but the tape is played reversed, so that the song and words can be heard 'normal' again."

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