Did Led Zeppelin Copy Stairway to Heaven?

[kingcy]

Hold on, bands use, steal, or borrow music and ideas from other bands.

What are you going to tell me next Vanilla Ice stole a song into from Qween.

 

[BBHMagic]

I remember hearing about this a few years ago and its garbage. Musicians borrow from musicians all the time and this really isn't even that close. I'm sure Jimmy heard this at some point and then heard the better version in his head.

And for those that think Stairway is overrated, I think you've just heard it too much and lost your appreciation. I am a Zep fan and can still appreciate that song for the masterpiece it is.

 

[roundball]

Stairway overrated? That's some crazy talk. You could take that guitar solo alone and surround it with six minutes of the band making fart noises and it would still be the greatest tune they wrote.

 

[Acylum]

Stairway overrated? That's some crazy talk. You could take that guitar solo alone and surround it with six minutes of the band making fart noises and it would still be the greatest tune they wrote.

I may have untapped potential as a musician. And to think my piano teacher told my parents they were wasting their money!

 

[SerenityNow]

Happens all the time. No where close to the ghostbusters/I want a new drug comparison.

 

[Cyclones_R_GR8]

I read about this over a year ago and also read that back in the 80's Randy California said he thought the statute of limitations would have run out on this but still never filed suit. Now that he has passed away his family decided that they wanted to get a piece of the pie.
Being that Zepplin played with them long ago I am sure that progression got into Jimmy's head and he played around with it but to claim that Randy "wrote" Stairway to Heaven is just ridiculous.

 

[HFCS]

I read about this over a year ago and also read that back in the 80's Randy California said he thought the statute of limitations would have run out on this but still never filed suit. Now that he has passed away his family decided that they wanted to get a piece of the pie.
Being that Zepplin played with them long ago I am sure that progression got into Jimmy's head and he played around with it but to claim that Randy "wrote" Stairway to Heaven is just ridiculous.

Stairway is the most requested song in radio history. If he wrote it and released it on a record...he had the worse management and record label in history.

 

[CloneIce]

I'm still at work so I can't check out the link but as someone who doesn't buy into all the hype of rock legends(Beatles, Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, AC/DC, etc etc) it wouldn't surprise me. I will definitely check this out once I'm home.

What does that mean that you don't buy into the hype? You don't like their music or something different?

Its not as if borrowing one riff on one out of their many great songs diminishes their awesomeness.

 

[CloneIce]

Hold on, bands use, steal, or borrow music and ideas from other bands.

What are you going to tell me next Vanilla Ice stole a song into from Qween.

David Bowie.Under Pressure.

 

[HFCS]

What does that mean that you don't buy into the hype? You don't like their music or something different?

Its not as if borrowing one riff on one out of their many great songs diminishes their awesomeness.

Everybody borrows at some points in all creative endeavors, but there's a few cases where a band obviously gets to a sound first. Even though they were influenced by American acts the Beatles obviously crafted a sound first. Neil Young obviously got the grunge rock sound decades before others, etc...

Frank Lloyd Wright borrowed from nature, civil engineering and mathematicians but obviously created a style that stays with our culture in its uniqueness. You can find it in any field. Contrarianism doesn't really serve anyone.

 

[tzjung]

Not really related....but one of the greatest covers of this song ever at the Kennedy Center as a tribute to Led Zeppelin. Obvious emotional overtones to Robert Plant with John Bonham's son playing the drums as they were best friends. Anyway, just one of my favorite youtube videos.

[video=youtube;IrUM-uvoI6w]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IrUM-uvoI6w[/video]