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Led Zeppelin accused

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By (user no longer on site) OP   
over a year ago

So 45 years on, they have been accused of ripping off the intro to Stairway to Heaven from another band! Why this long to expose them!

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By *risky_MareWoman
over a year ago

...Up on the Downs


"So 45 years on, they have been accused of ripping off the intro to Stairway to Heaven from another band! Why this long to expose them! "

It's been around forever - it's not really a convincing case. I guess the ones suing are short of money now maybe?

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By *olgateMan
over a year ago

on the road to nowhere in particular

It's not a very well known song tbh

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By *risky_MareWoman
over a year ago

...Up on the Downs


"It's not a very well known song tbh"

Haha!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Both songs are pony.

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By *rightonsteveMan
over a year ago

Brighton - even Hove!

One of them owned the castle on Loch Ness that Aleister Crowley used to be in.

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By *oggoneMan
over a year ago

Derry

Jimmy page even acknowledged the similarity a long time ago. Isn't this action instigated by the estate of randy california?

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By *rightonsteveMan
over a year ago

Brighton - even Hove!


"Jimmy page even acknowledged the similarity a long time ago. Isn't this action instigated by the estate of randy california?"

Black Dog

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By *oggoneMan
over a year ago

Derry


"Jimmy page even acknowledged the similarity a long time ago. Isn't this action instigated by the estate of randy california?

Black Dog "

I'm just rambling on

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By (user no longer on site) OP   
over a year ago


"So 45 years on, they have been accused of ripping off the intro to Stairway to Heaven from another band! Why this long to expose them!

It's been around forever - it's not really a convincing case. I guess the ones suing are short of money now maybe? "
My thoughts entirely Frisky! x

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By *uke olovingmanMan
over a year ago

Gravesend

What about the similarities between American woman and whole lotta love

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By *ellowbabesCouple
over a year ago

newport/cwmbran

Apparently statute of limitation ran out years ago, but then it was remastered and rereleased a couple of years ago so they get another chance....personally I think its nonsense but what do I know?

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"So 45 years on, they have been accused of ripping off the intro to Stairway to Heaven from another band! Why this long to expose them! "

They were done for Black Dog. To be honest, the Stairway introduction is a common chord progression ... But it does sound very similar to Spirit's Taurus. And they did tour together. I always think copyright and music are not great partners.

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By *iss_Samantha_LovecockTV/TS
over a year ago

bmth /poole sometimes blandford

this is old news ..Taurus by Spirt ..

peter grant the manager was a heavy duty nasty fucker by all accounts and i guess he scared people.

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By *iss_Samantha_LovecockTV/TS
over a year ago

bmth /poole sometimes blandford

anyway they zipped of loads of people .. even whole lotta love was a rip off..i do love them tho .tho not so much since i found out how un original they were

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

The intro chords are a very common progression that has been used in many many songs and there is a similarity between Stairway and Spirits instrumental.

Perhaps its money driven...yet I cant see them winning the case...but hey ! this is America.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"anyway they zipped of loads of people .. even whole lotta love was a rip off..i do love them tho .tho not so much since i found out how un original they were"

You could say the same for the blues. All great players borrow. Mind you, if you have heard Spirit's opening chords to Taurus, there is a case to answer. Not sure whether it is right to pursue this sort of claim in music though.

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By *eMontresMan
over a year ago

Halesowen

The similarity is only a 5 note descending major scale, a harmonic device that has been used countless thousands of times, since Bach, Pachelbel and probably predates them.

I'm aware of Zeps plagiarisms of the past and the out of court settlements, but in this instance I'm inclined to think gold digging.

Whilst Taurus may have provided the inspiration that Page and Plant then developed into Stairway, I don't think it's sufficient to justify a claim of plagiarism in the same way that the likes of Thicke and Ashcroft were found guilty of.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"What about the similarities between American woman and whole lotta love"

Don't forget Whole Lot of Love was a rip off of the Top of the Pops theme.

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By *eMontresMan
over a year ago

Halesowen


"What about the similarities between American woman and whole lotta love

Don't forget Whole Lot of Love was a rip off of the Top of the Pops theme. "

I don't hear any similarities between whole lotta love and American Woman.

It was Willie Dixon they had to pay out over Whole Lot of Love, as it was a direct rip off lyrically with styling and phrasing lifted directly from the Small Faces version, which Plant and Page saw them perform and expressed an interest in the track.

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By *eMontresMan
over a year ago

Halesowen

Ok maybe a slight similarity on part of the melody line, but nothing substantial

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I think whoever wrote it should be flogged with stingy nettles every sunday for a year! awful song!

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By *eMontresMan
over a year ago

Halesowen


"What about the similarities between American woman and whole lotta love"

You'd have to talk the The Guess Who about that, as it was released after Whole Lotta Love

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By *enard ArgenteMan
over a year ago

London and France

Led Zeppelin have never hidden the fact that they were influenced by, and borrowed chord progressions from other genres and artists; and it goes on all the time;

It's just jealousy on the part of people that didn't " make it" the way they did ;

You could sue almost any "blues player" for " borrowing" chords or progressions from any other .

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By *risky_MareWoman
over a year ago

...Up on the Downs


"Led Zeppelin have never hidden the fact that they were influenced by, and borrowed chord progressions from other genres and artists; and it goes on all the time;

It's just jealousy on the part of people that didn't " make it" the way they did ;

You could sue almost any "blues player" for " borrowing" chords or progressions from any other ."

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By *iss_Samantha_LovecockTV/TS
over a year ago

bmth /poole sometimes blandford

actually every one steals bits of other stuff..its bound to happen .theres only so much u can come up with and must be hard finding something totally new

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By *iamondjoeMan
over a year ago

Glastonbury

I'm disappointed having read this thread.

I though they were going to be found to be kiddie fiddlers, Nazis or royals or sommat.

:/

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I read about this 3 years ago. I've had a post it on my wall to remind me to check out the Spirt track but, just never got round to it. Speaking as an (amateur) musican it is hard to come up something completely original so I'm not going to hold it against them.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"I'm disappointed having read this thread.

I though they were going to be found to be kiddie fiddlers, Nazis or royals or sommat.

:/"

Have you heard the red snapper story?

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