[Fledermaus]

This was posted a month ago or so. Some Zeppelin hating FReeper said Page stole the song.

I had to let him know Page wrote it. And after The Yardbirds called it quits they told Page it was all his.

Clapton was briefly in tge group. Beck quit not long after Page came on.

The founders were not happy with the studio pushing short radio play songs. They wanted to do more substance.

[ifinnegan]

Page stole everything he ever did.

Jim Holmes won the lawsuit and was credited.

[frank ballenger]

Yardbirds history.

Page, Beck, Clapton -—can’t we find someone who knows how to play guitar for this group? Should we use a classified ad?

[plain talk]

“Some Zeppelin hating FReeper said Page stole the song.”

Huh? No hatred here. But yes LZ stole the core of Jake Holmes’ 1967 song entitled Dazed and Confused including the song title which they didn’t bother to change. :-) The original was just a folk song and Page/LZ added all the breaks, solos and turned it into a monster song.

Jake Holmes opened for the Yardbirds in a NYC concert where Page no doubt heard the song. Lawsuit in 2010 with a settlement in 2011.

No ill intent IMO. Page transformed an unknown folk song into the rock masterpiece it became. Yeah he should have at least provided credit on the album. But this was the early days of rock and Page and others were sloppy about such things.

All bands copy from one another. Listen to Richie Blackmore’s interview where he elaborates on where many Deep Purple licks came from. Due to all the lawsuits however things have tightened up in that regard in more recent times. There are levels of copying though.

You can listen for yourself. Cheers.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pTsvs-pAGDc

I prefer LZ’s version.

[Captainpaintball]

I had to let him know Page wrote it. And after The Yardbirds called it quits they told Page it was all his.It was stolen from Jake Holmes, the greatest commercial jingle writer of all time. This is common knowledge.

This story begins in 1967, when the Yardbirds toured the U.S. With Jimmy Page at the helm, the British blues band began moving in a heavier, more experimental, and more psychedelic direction. Among their openers on this tour was a folk singer named Jake Holmes. Only Jim McCarty—the Yardbirds drummer—witnessed Jake’s opening set on an August night in Greenwich Village. As Holmes sarcastically recalls, “That was the infamous moment of my life when ‘Dazed and Confused’ fell into the loving arms and hands of Jimmy Page.”