Is there a reverse message in Stairway to Heaven? Does the song _Stairway to Heaven_ contain Satanic messages? > Oh here's to my sweet Satan. > The one whose little path would make me sad, whose power is Satan. > He will give those with him 666. > There was a little tool shed where he made us suffer, sad Satan.[[1]]( Personally, I couldn't really discern any of those words until I listened a few times. The band, however, denies this claim. > Led Zeppelin audio engineer Eddie Kramer called the allegations "totally and utterly ridiculous. Why would they want to spend so much studio time doing something so dumb?" [Davis, Stephen. The Hammer of the Gods (1985) p. 335] > > Robert Plant expressed frustration with the accusations in a 1983 interview in Musician magazine: "To me it's very sad, because 'Stairway to Heaven' was written with every best intention, and as far as reversing tapes and putting messages on the end, that's not my idea of making music."[[2]](

I strongly suspect they didn't add a message on purpose:

1. They say so clearly in your quote. Why would they lie? There are many bands who play Satanic rock with Satanic lyrics, all in the open. _There is no reason for Led Zeppelin to lie!_

2. Pareidolia need to be accounted for. A serious study of back masking and pareidolia was performed in the early 80's and thoroughly debunked it[[1]](

3. Even the proposed lyrics don't really mean much: "whose power is Satan"? "He will give those with him 666"? I would expect a Satanic message to at least mean something and to be grammatically correct...

4. When Led Zeppelin wanted to speak about a controversial subject, they did so by using metaphor and double meaning, not by using back masking.