“They played a piece from some classical 1600 concerto this morning on a local radio station. Sounded identical...”
Led Zep’s lawyers made that point by saying the riff was a standard chord progression that has shown up in lots of pieces of music, and on which the plaintiff owned no copyright anyway, so how could it possibly be stolen, especially 40 years later?
3 strikes.
My question: what, exactly, is a “bustle in your hedgerow” and how can I tell if I have one?
Well, when I was in high school, a “bustle in your hedge row” meant a shapely young lady in full swing... ;-P
“If there’s a bustle in your hedgerow don’t be alarmed now.
It’s just a spring clean for the may-queen.”
(”What it is, it’s the beginning of Spring, it’s when the birds make their nests, when hope and the New Year begins. And it’s nothing to do with any of that weird stuff you read about in America!” Robert Plant. Meaning if the bushes are rustling, don’t worry, it’s the new wind of spring. The May queen.)