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Justice Department Sides With LED ZEPPELIN In 'Stairway To Heaven' Copyright Case
Blabbermouth ^ | August 16, 2019 | N/A

Posted on 08/16/2019 9:20:59 PM PDT by DoodleBob

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To: Mr_Moonlight

Satisfaction comes from “Nowhere To Run”...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K3L-nJMyMPI

http://theconversation.com/i-cant-get-no-satisfaction-50-years-later-the-song-that-almost-never-was-42796


41 posted on 08/17/2019 4:52:48 AM PDT by a fool in paradise (Denounce DUAC - The Democrats Un-American Activists Commitee)
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To: Mr_Moonlight

>>”Taurus” doesn’t even come close to the entire composition nor performance that is “Stairway”.

John Lennon only used a line from Chuck Berry’s You Can’t Catch Me in Come Together but it was enough to permit mobster Morris Levy to sue Lennon over the infraction.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/You_Can%27t_Catch_Me


42 posted on 08/17/2019 4:56:05 AM PDT by a fool in paradise (Denounce DUAC - The Democrats Un-American Activists Commitee)
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To: qam1

The guy lays it out well.

Not guilty. No way.


43 posted on 08/17/2019 5:03:17 AM PDT by Lakeshark (Trump. He stands for the great issues of the day. Stay the course!)
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To: Tired of Taxes

I actually think the Stones were the best cover band of all time.


44 posted on 08/17/2019 5:13:26 AM PDT by EQAndyBuzz (Trump is President and CEO of America, Inc.)
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To: DoodleBob
Greatest. Band. Ever!!!

Italian Trulli

45 posted on 08/17/2019 5:19:02 AM PDT by God luvs America (63.5 million pay no income tax and vote for DemoKrats...)
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To: DoodleBob

The punishment for plagiarism must be the gallows pole!


46 posted on 08/17/2019 5:52:12 AM PDT by Freestate316 (Know what you believe and why you believe it.)
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To: Freestate316

Best comment in this thread. You win!


47 posted on 08/17/2019 5:56:31 AM PDT by DoodleBob (Gravity's waiting period is about 9.8 m/s^2)
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To: DoodleBob

The punishment for plagiarism must be the gallows pole!


48 posted on 08/17/2019 6:31:05 AM PDT by Freestate316 (Know what you believe and why you believe it.)
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To: Lurker

Geez, I thought they were terrible. We walked out.


49 posted on 08/17/2019 6:31:37 AM PDT by LS ("Castles made of sand, fall in the sea . . . eventually" (Hendrix))
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To: qam1

Super explanation.

Have you ever seen the youtube of 40 rock songs done with the same exact chord progression? (”Don’t Stop Believin’” was one).


50 posted on 08/17/2019 6:36:29 AM PDT by LS ("Castles made of sand, fall in the sea . . . eventually" (Hendrix))
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To: LS

How about these six so-called “country” songs.....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FY8SwIvxj8o


51 posted on 08/17/2019 6:41:09 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: DoodleBob

I would have liked to have seen someone go up to Peter Grant back in the day and try to tell them that Zeppelin was ripping off other artists.


52 posted on 08/17/2019 6:42:30 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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I don't think most people would have been stupid enough to say that to Grant's face...they'd have used a process server dispatched to Swan Song's corporate offices. Then Grant would have dispatched Richard Cole to the law office of the plaintiff.

Zeppelin were certainly creative in their own right. As I said Achilles Last Stand is a masterpiece. They also inspired countless musicians and bands. Of course Jimmy Page gets Rock's Roman Polanski award, after 1970 or so there were not a very good live act, and so on. Net-net I like them, but I'd rather be honest with facts than be a bot-nobody looks good in brown lipstick.

53 posted on 08/17/2019 6:57:12 AM PDT by DoodleBob (Gravity's waiting period is about 9.8 m/s^2)
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To: Seruzawa

Rock was stolen from old blues men anyway


54 posted on 08/17/2019 7:03:20 AM PDT by Pollard (If you don't understand what I typed, you haven't read the classics.)
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To: DoodleBob

George Harrison got sued for “My Sweet Lord” because they said it was a ripoff of The Chiffon’s “Hes So Fine.” Harrison said: “it’s the same chords but not the same song.”


55 posted on 08/17/2019 7:11:23 AM PDT by 4yearlurker (A big mouth doesn't make a big man.~John Wayne)
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To: LS

Anyone can have a off night. I saw Aerosmith back during the Monsters of Rock day’s. They were awful. Just awful. Tyler was so drunk he fell over and face planted on stage. They played for about 4 songs before Jeff Beck saved the day and politely ushered them off stage.

He played the entire Blow by Blow album and then dig into his stuff all the way back to the Yardbirds. 2 hours later it was over. He was amazing. Just amazing.

This was at Comiskey Park in Chicago. Ironically enough a large cooling unit caught fire when Aerosmith was playing. Fortunately the fire was quickly sniffed out and no one was injured. That could have broke real bad.

L


56 posted on 08/17/2019 7:16:30 AM PDT by Lurker (Peaceful coexistence with the Left is not possible. Stop pretending that it is.)
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To: EQAndyBuzz

So the Stones copied, too, eh?


57 posted on 08/17/2019 7:22:23 AM PDT by Tired of Taxes
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To: a fool in paradise

True. A lot of bands were playing cover music back then.

But did they all pretend to write the music? Plant and Page had their names listed as the writers.


58 posted on 08/17/2019 7:26:04 AM PDT by Tired of Taxes
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To: a fool in paradise

Never heard that before, but it’s a great tune.


59 posted on 08/17/2019 8:04:21 AM PDT by Fiji Hill
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To: 4yearlurker
Ironically, Led Zeppelin "ripped off" Harrison with The Rain Song, though in truth they considered it paying homage to George. Per Wikipedia, George Harrison was reportedly the inspiration for "The Rain Song" when he made a comment to Led Zeppelin drummer John Bonham, about the fact that the group never wrote any ballads. In Light and Shade: Conversations with Jimmy Page, biographer Brad Tolinski quotes Page: "George [Harrison] was talking to Bonzo one evening and said, 'The problem with you guys is that you never do ballads.' I said, 'I'll give him a ballad,' and I wrote 'Rain Song,' which appears on House of the Holy. In fact, you'll notice I even quote 'Something' in the song's first two chords." However, there is some disagreement about exactly what was said by whom.
60 posted on 08/17/2019 8:07:10 AM PDT by DoodleBob (Gravity's waiting period is about 9.8 m/s^2)
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