Led Zeppelin stole Stairway To Heaven

WilyCoyote · 16-09-2014 03:12AM #1

Led Zeppelin are on the back foot as Stairway To Heaven court case nears

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xd8AVbwB_6E is where they stole the chordsgot their inspiration. Listen to Spirit's disc and make up your own minds. Zepplein opened for Spirit on a US tour so were able to hear the instrumental.

AlmightyCushion · 16-09-2014 03:26AM

Led Zeppelin are such dirty thieves. Their song Kashmir ripped off Wake Up by Rage Against The Machine.

endacl · 16-09-2014 03:28AM

Love Zep. Don't care.

Effects · 16-09-2014 03:31AM

There's a court case? How come it took so long?

WoollyRedHat · 16-09-2014 03:43AM

Effects wrote: »

There's a court case? How come it took so long?

Ooh, it really makes me wonder.

Turpentine · 16-09-2014 03:44AM

AlmightyCushion wrote: »

Led Zeppelin are such dirty thieves. Their song Kashmir ripped off Wake Up by Rage Against The Machine.

Troubling stuff. Rumours abound that the Zep procured a time-machine some time in the late sixties, whereby they proceeded to also pilfer some vibes off upcoming Black Keys and Royal Blood records. Watch the skies people.

Turpentine · 16-09-2014 03:50AM

WoollyRedHat wrote: »

Ooh, it really makes me wonder.

Is there a bustle in your hedge-row?

jacksie66 · 16-09-2014 03:51AM

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Turpentine · 16-09-2014 03:54AM

jacksie66 wrote: »

Which ripped off puff daddy's come with me..

Everyone knows Godzilla wrote Come With Me originally, Puff Daddy just stole the glory.

WoollyRedHat · 16-09-2014 03:55AM

Turpentine wrote: »

Is there a bustle in your hedge-row?

It's just a spring clean for the May queen.. Zig-a-zig-ah

AlmightyCushion · 16-09-2014 04:01AM

jacksie66 wrote: »

Which ripped off puff daddy's come with me..

They're a bunch of thieves too. They release a song call how I could just kill a man which rips off some of the lyrics of a cypress hill song. Completely disgraceful stuff.

Oranage2 · 16-09-2014 04:22AM

Most over rated song ever!

Kidchameleon · 16-09-2014 08:03AM

"Dazed and Confused" was plagiarized aswell.

Eileen Down · 16-09-2014 08:12AM

And to make things worse, those ACDC brats stole a highway to hell and some git (possibly maybe Liam Gallagher)stole my rope ladder to purgatory.

* shakes fist

Lovely Bloke · 16-09-2014 08:14AM

Zep stole more than STH

googled eyes · 16-09-2014 08:17AM

Zeppelin have settled out of court quite a few times

Hordak · 16-09-2014 08:36AM

Most overrated band of all time. And a boring song.

copeyhagen · 16-09-2014 08:40AM

txfm 'soundalikes' (aka songs that people have sampled others in)

fook me, thousands of court cases imminent!

SEPT 23 1989 · 16-09-2014 08:40AM

One of the greatest bands ever to roam the Earth

16-09-2014 08:43AM

Whole Lotta love guitar riff is an old folk song in reverse.

Tons of their stuff is nicked from elsewhere. Still sounds good :-D

OldRio · 16-09-2014 09:12AM

circadian wrote: »

Whole Lotta love guitar riff is an old folk song in reverse.

And if you play some of their records backwards you can hear the devil. Honest. Creepy.

cloud493 · 16-09-2014 09:13AM

I don't like the Led Zepplin version of that song anyway.

Miss Lizzie Jones · 16-09-2014 09:18AM

Hordak wrote: »

And a boring song.

Tell me about it. I still cringe at the thought of an old boyfriend singing it in my ear while we were on a bus on the way to his parent's house.

Never cared for that song.

humanji · 16-09-2014 09:21AM

SEPT 23 1989 wrote: »

One of the greatest bands ever to roam the Earth

They're no S Club 7.

Didn't Jimmy Page also kidnap some girl and threaten to kill her? Bands just aren't up to the same fun shenanigans these days.

OldGoat · 16-09-2014 09:23AM

Robert Johnson sue everyone.

gerrybbadd · 16-09-2014 09:34AM

Wasn't Jimmy Page a bit of a paedo as well? How come there was no witch hunt for him a la Rolf / Saville?

Beano · 16-09-2014 09:55AM

OldRio wrote: »

And if you play some of their records backwards you can hear the devil. Honest. Creepy.

nah. if you play their records backwards all you hear is the sound of your older brother giving out to you for scratching his records.

OldRio · 16-09-2014 10:05AM

Beano wrote: »

nah. if you play their records backwards all you hear is the sound of your older brother giving out to you for scratching his records.

Unfortunately, I am the older brother and they are my records.:D

The Peanut · 16-09-2014 10:15AM

Always thought Hairway to Steven by Butthole Surfers was one of the cleverer album titles out there.

Irish Guitarist · 16-09-2014 10:55AM

Most of Led Zeppelins lyrics are from old blues songs. They often joined a couple of songs together and gave them new names. For instance How Many More Times uses parts of Howlin' Wolfs song How Many More Years and the Albert King song The Hunter.

Jeff Beck once accused Jimmy Page of stealing his ideas by covering 'his' song You Shook Me, which was a bit rich as it was already a cover of a song written by Willie Dixon and originally recorded by Muddy Waters.

stefan idiot jones · 16-09-2014 01:39PM

I watched this a few years ago, yes they are fcukin' theives.
http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=JyvLsutfI5M

Led Zeppelin stole Stairway To Heaven

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