Musical plagiarism(?)

[Amw79]

Back when I was on Twitter, I made this guide to Led Zeppelin solely to stir the poop-pot and see the angry responses ("...but Whole Lotta Love is awesome"... "...how dare you!...", etc. etc.), but then that attention-seeking ass-clown bought twitter and I left before I could post it. So here it is:

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Close to sticking you on ignore for this sacrilege.

 

[Jimishorts]

5 seconds of the She-Ra

 

[Gwladys St. Glory]

Sue, before you work ends up in the public realm, not that it's great enough to survive that.

 

[tonyhorne]

I remember, back in the day, there being a lot of playground rumours of legal action over these ...

 

[verreauxi]

Close to sticking you on ignore for this sacrilege.

To be sure, Zeppelin is among one of my favorite bands. But some of their stuff is really guff.

 

[summerisle]

Me neither if I am honest. Esp given Page's rep as a musical magpie. Whole Lotta Love was a song performed by another band (Small Faces? Sommet like that) that he nicked, and Dazed and Confused wasnt even written by him. He produced both very differently, but the bare bones of both were not written by him.

That said, Ozzy Osbourne has admitted that Sabbath "wrote" Paranoid while listening to Communication Breakdown!

They've certainly got previous. This is blatant.



:

Led Zeppelin's 10 Boldest Rip-Offs

Whether or not Jimmy Page and Robert Plant stole “Stairway to Heaven,” their catalog is full of blatant musical swipes

www.rollingstone.com

 

[SerenityNigh]

Back when I was on Twitter, I made this guide to Led Zeppelin solely to stir the poop-pot and see the angry responses ("...but Whole Lotta Love is awesome"... "...how dare you!...", etc. etc.), but then that attention-seeking ass-clown bought twitter and I left before I could post it. So here it is:

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Oooooooohhh
(that's my best attempt at Kashmir)

 

[SerenityNigh]

Is the right place to complain again about John Williams, the thieving trumpet?

 

[Hinchcliffe's Corner]

Wish they could get the Sheeran song expunged from history. It's a shameless cash grab with corny lyrics so it'll get played at weddings and anniversaries.

The Gaye family should also being banned from comparing absolute classics to compete dross.

 

[chicoazul]

Back when I was on Twitter, I made this guide to Led Zeppelin solely to stir the poop-pot and see the angry responses ("...but Whole Lotta Love is awesome"... "...how dare you!...", etc. etc.), but then that attention-seeking ass-clown bought twitter and I left before I could post it. So here it is:

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Good morning sir, no one on here loves you as much as me. Please come back to twitter and I shall push this noble quest of yours. If not, and I respect your wishes, could you please tag posters from here who might be in that far right category (apart from @peteblue). Thank you beautiful day please.

 

[Rita_Poon]

This appears to be the place, exhibit one, 1988's Roxette offering...

And would you believe who's come along and borrowed a slice... 2013's notorious Ipswich fan...

 

[Rita_Poon]

Nilsson had permission, so that's ok.

Spoiler: granted she's goin after Carey, but I like my remakes insane...

It's very difficult to expunge this, so be careful.

 

[Nightman]

Gayes estate are claiming $100m in "damages", which seems a bit daft. If part of a song is totally lifted, like The Verve did, then thats a no go, without permission. But like you say, natural chord progressions are, well, natural. That is what got Page/Zep off for Stairway to Heaven.

Not sure how all this stuff works, but Ashcroft has said in interview that he doesn't get any royalties from Bitter Sweet Symphony when used in advertising because it's been changed just slightly that it's not his version, although you wouldn't know - it's such a minor change.

Someone probably knows more about this and can elaborate.