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Led Zeppelin Cleared of Plagiarism

Going Forward · 2016-06-23 21:42:33

http://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-36611961 First, does anyone hear the similarity? What do you guys think, should Spirit have gotten a slice from Stairway to Heaven? Here's another close call for Horslips and Jethro Tull:

23-06-2016 9:42pm

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http://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-36611961

First, does anyone hear the similarity?

What do you guys think, should Spirit have gotten a slice from Stairway to Heaven?

Here's another close call for Horslips and Jethro Tull:

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#2 24-06-2016 9:48pm

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course not,its a somewhat similar chord progression and whilst that song is quite boring and generally rubbish stairway to heaven is a masterpiece.

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#3 24-06-2016 10:46pm

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The song remains the same.

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#4 27-06-2016 1:48pm

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bit like when killing joke took nirvana to court over 'come as you are' (versus killing jokes '80s'). Then again, both of them nicked the riff from the Damned anyway('Life goes on').

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#5 04-07-2016 11:41am

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UrbanSprawl wrote: »

course not,its a somewhat similar chord progression and whilst that song is quite boring and generally rubbish stairway to heaven is a masterpiece.

Yes the Spirit track is so "boring and generally rubbish" that a lot of people believe that Zeppelin clearly ripped it off :rolleyes:

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