Led Zeppelin gettig sued over Stairway to Heaven
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Hey, now...
I have a LS CD that has a live version of "Freebird" on it, and it runs over 10 minutes. Simply awesome.
1morethan8
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Maddog 521
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Wasn't the song awarded the Best Song of the 20th Century?
forindooruseonly
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Led Zeppelin was pretty notorious for borrowing riffs and melodies. Led Zeppelins first US tour was opening for Spirit, so...
Over the years, the writer of the ripped off song was magnanimous about the whole thing. Interesting blog about it below. I guess now that he is gone, the family has decided to get him some recognition and some cash in their pocket.
Led Zeppelin: Plagiarism? ?Stairway to Heaven? | Turn Me On, Dead Man
I don't like Led Zeppelin for a number of reasons, including the fact they stole Dazed And Confused from another artist. Lots of artists pilfer music. It's really common. But Led Zeppelin became notorious for it. There's lots of information outs there on it, but they're such a popular band that it doesn't seem to mar their reputation.
I suppose it doesn't help that I absolutely despise classic rock. Ugh.
Over the years, the writer of the ripped off song was magnanimous about the whole thing. Interesting blog about it below. I guess now that he is gone, the family has decided to get him some recognition and some cash in their pocket.
Led Zeppelin: Plagiarism? ?Stairway to Heaven? | Turn Me On, Dead Man
I don't like Led Zeppelin for a number of reasons, including the fact they stole Dazed And Confused from another artist. Lots of artists pilfer music. It's really common. But Led Zeppelin became notorious for it. There's lots of information outs there on it, but they're such a popular band that it doesn't seem to mar their reputation.
I suppose it doesn't help that I absolutely despise classic rock. Ugh.
Yes it was, about 35 years before the century was over.
I gotta admit, that song is a classic.
All four hours of it.
Jim
Okay but, what about the Dixie Chicks?!?!?
Sorry, I forgot, no one cares about them! Including me!
Sorry, I forgot, no one cares about them! Including me!
Interesting thread. I was listening to an old Howard Stern show on Sirius today (don't judge me...), and he was interviewing an author/rock music historian that wrote a book on this very subject of LZ blatantly ripping off other song writers. They played side-by-side recordings, and there is no doubt they have directly plagiarized a bunch of people, and did not give writing credit/money to the original song writers. In the creative arts world, this is very bad form.
The author tied all but on of the songs from LZ1 to other artists, and LZ never credited any of them at the time. There have been subsequent lawsuits and awards. I still think LZ is a kick *** band, but I lost a lot of respect for them after hearing all of this. But hey, it's only rock and roll, and I like it...
amazingflapjack
US Veteran
If indeed they did steal anything, the one's they stole it from should be grateful that Zeppelin played their stuff!!!!
Well, I love "classic rock." Although, when I first listened to it, it was just "rock." Funny how classic means old...I guess I am a classic too.
Fishslayer
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I call our local classic rock station "The Led Zep station." 2 or 3 of the same dozen or so songs every hour whether you want it or not. :barf:
The final straw was, get this... Robert Plant was coming to San Diego so the programming director came up with the brilliant idea of "All Led Zep, ALL day long!"
He went alphabetical & I think I made it into the G or H before I couldn't take any more...
Fishslayer
US Veteran, Absent Comrade
A sign in our local music store's guitar section:
Waynes World ('92) - No stairway, denied - YouTube
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If i never hear "Stairway" again for the rest of my days i would be happy.
Same goes for "Freebird".
These songs just got way too much airplay for me.
Don't get me wrong I love BOTH groups and grew up listening to
them. But every time i hear either of these songs i just wish the DJ
would have played a different song like "The Rain Song"
or " Gimme Back My Bullets".
Chuck
Same goes for "Freebird".
These songs just got way too much airplay for me.
Don't get me wrong I love BOTH groups and grew up listening to
them. But every time i hear either of these songs i just wish the DJ
would have played a different song like "The Rain Song"
or " Gimme Back My Bullets".
Chuck
Dennis The B
US Veteran
What did seniors in high school request for "last dance", before "Stairway..."?
I graduated in 1969...and what we wanted for the last dance (in fact, the last few dances) at each school dance was something slow and romantic...to set the mood. Something that you could dance to while holding each other closely, barely moving, just enough so the chaperones wouldn't come tell you to move apart. I remember things like "Knights in White Satin", "Crimson and Clover", "Unchained Melody", "Blue Velvet", "Put your head on my shoulder", "Only the lonely", "When I fall in love", "Angel of the morning", and even older hits like "The Great Imposter", "Smoke Gets in your Eyes", "Teen Angel", "The House of the Rising Sun", and so many more that I can't recall right now. The doowop groups, the early Elvis songs, the Everly Brothers, and even some country songs like "Crazy" by Patsy Cline...and so on.
What a good time that was...
That's a very interesting position that you've got on this controversy. After listening to the recordings by the original artists (the original songs ripped off by LZ), I believe you've got a very, very good point. LZ's versions sounded much better! Still outright plagiarism though...
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