What?!! I guess the guitar shop in “Wayne’s World” should add Dolly Parton to the sign… (video: Wayne’s World “No Stairway to Heaven” scene)
I’m not sure how Dolly Parton got away with using Led Zeppelin’s “Stairway to Heaven” in her song “We Used To“. For more Led Zeppelin on this site click here
Update: On June 23,2016 Led Zeppelin was cleared in court for the similarity of “Stairway to Heaven” and Taurus’ “Spirit”. Have a listen.
Read more about that case here
BUT WAIT! THERE’S MORE! This is not the only song Led Zeppelin has been accused of ripping off. And on the other side of things, Many artists have borrowed from Zeppelin.
Led Zeppelin vs. Chicago vs. Green Day vs. The White Stripes
Coheed and Cambria vs. Led Zeppelin
Led Zeppelin vs. Rage Against the Machine
According to this video, Zeppelin covered/stole the intro themselves:
(One to watch for everyone who checks out TSSL.)
Ah, yes. This series is great. I will definitely update the post with this!
You can add The Animals version of ‘The House Of The Rising Sun’ to this page, which sounds a lot like the verse part of the Dolly Parton song. Although I’d imagine it’s a pretty standard eastern folk/rock chord progression…. Still, good find!!
You can add “Taurus” by the band Spirit as well
And then further:
“There is a claim made that the intro of “Stairway to Heaven” was influenced by Spirit’s “Taurus”. OTOH there is evidence that Spirit themselves nicked their song from Davey Graham’s acoustic version of “Cry Me a River”. Graham’s song was issued in 1958, ten years before “Taurus” came out. The video clip for “Cry Me a River” can be found at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tWeejHJxGjs It is quite clear that large sections of “Taurus” was taken from Graham’s song without credit.”
Kyle, Thanks for the Davery Graham link. This is really great. I also came across the Spirit track a while back. I’ll be sure to update this post soon!
The song ‘We Used To,’ really goes off in quite a different direction afterwards.
Indeed, it does.
you guys probably know this, but Dolly does a rippin’ stairway to heaven cover