Led Zeppelin gettig sued over Stairway to Heaven
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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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M3Stuart
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Not only did LZ steal that song, they joked about it for years whenever it was pointed out - and it was publicly mentioned, and jokingly acknowledged as stolen by LZ, hundreds of times. I'd first heard that, and LZ joking about it, back in the early 80's.
Close but......
Close but no cigar. It's very similar, but it ain't the same. This is not nearly as blatant as George Harrison's ripoff of 'He's So Fine" to make his song "My Sweet Lord".
Close but no cigar. It's very similar, but it ain't the same. This is not nearly as blatant as George Harrison's ripoff of 'He's So Fine" to make his song "My Sweet Lord".
DaGOOSExyz
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I liked many LZ songs, not all but one of the few heavy rock bands
that had some music I would listen to. I don't know if they copied
or not but jeese I think it's to late to be making charges now. LZ
music has been all over the place for forty years. What were they
waiting for? I say don't give them credit or a penny.
that had some music I would listen to. I don't know if they copied
or not but jeese I think it's to late to be making charges now. LZ
music has been all over the place for forty years. What were they
waiting for? I say don't give them credit or a penny.
