[ifinnegan]

Of course it’s an utter rip off.

This is based on a technicality, not that it’s not a rip off.

[DoodleBob]

Oh, I get the technicality. Perhaps stated more clearly, I don't understand how any rational adult can listen to Taurus and Stairway and not see the plagiarism.

I've read many comments and heard many people who try to explain it away...ya know, they were carrying on in that Blues tradition of borrowing, it's not an EXACT ripoff like Ghostbusters blah blah blah.

Zepelin has sold more albums than I will ever sell, they are world famous (probably famous on other plants, too) and John Bonham is arguably one of the most influential drummers ever. And as I said, Achilles is a masterpiece. But can't we just ONCE be honest and acknowledge the "crime" herein? It's not like they pulled a Milli Vanilli...but they did take someone else's idea without compensation.

[be-baw]

“Of course it’s an utter rip off.”

I had never heard of “Taurus” by Spirit so I checked it out on youtube. There are some similarities in the intro, but I don’t see it as a ripoff at all.