Since Led Zeppelin has been in the news recently I found it only fitting to compile this simple video comparing 7 Led Zeppelin songs and the similar songs that preceded them. I hope you enjoy this as much as I did compiling this together.
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In a unanimous decision a court found that Zeppelin’s “Stairway to Heaven” did not steal the opening riff from Spirit’s “Taurus”. In a joint statement Page and Plant said “We are grateful for the jury’s conscientious service and pleased that it has ruled in our favor, putting to rest questions about the origins of ‘Stairway to Heaven’ and confirming what we have known for 45 years,” they said in a joint statement. “We appreciate our fans’ support, and look forward to putting this legal matter behind us.”
Read more about a the LA Times
And of course listen to the two tracks in question here:
Why Dolly Parton has never been mentioned in all of these blows my mind. Listen to this!
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.
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I’ve been covering this “Stairway to Heaven” vs. “Taurus” thing since 2013. Apparently it’s finally really going to court and the boys of Led Zeppelin will have to defend themselves.
A United States district judge, Gary R. Klausner, wrote in the decision Friday that while the chromatic four-chord backbone shared by the songs was “a common convention that abounds in the music industry, the similarities here transcend this core structure.”
A trustee for Spirit’s guitarist, Randy Wolfe, brought the suit against the surviving members of Led Zeppelin in 2014. Mr. Wolfe died in 1997.
The trial, scheduled for May 10, would be the second high-profile jury trial to determine the similarity between two songs in two years, a trend industry experts say may open the gates to more suits. –Did Led Zeppelin Steal ‘Stairway to Heaven’? A Jury Will Decide – New York Times
And here’s the music. I’m still not sure why Dolly Parton is not included in this mess but have a listen anyway:
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.
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