See the thing is,sure lots of artists rip off and cover songs, but Zeppelin never credited the original artists. They always credited themselves as the writers. Cocksmokers.
Well considering everyones dog has heard of Led Zeppelin and nboody knows who the fuck Taurus are, they did a mighty fine job for a bunch of copycats.
Ian Anderson and Stevie Marriott both interviewed said everybody was doing it at that time,and it was "open season" on the old bluesmen . Lets give them a little credit for say The Rain Song Ten Years Gone Black Country Woman Achilles Last Stand Hey Hey what can i do Bring it on home Black Dog Since ive been loving you The Ocean No Quarter In The Evening Kashmir (every fuckers had a go at that!) Misty Mountain Hop Ramble On And countless more that continue to amaze 40 yrs on.
I am amazed how peoples love for Zep let their emotions speak instead of their brains ! Of course Zep pulled off some ripoffs, as most every artist does to varying degrees. Copy write protection depends on how much money you have for legal teams and how much your willing to spend to protect what is yours.Fact is...the money does run out !
3:11... that's your entire problem. When Joan Baez does it it's a 'cover', when Zep do it it's 'ripped off'. I agree that they didn't give as much credit as was due but there are two mitigating factors:
1. Zeppelin often significantly rewrote the music and often were just very 'inspired' by the lyrics.
2. A lot of these tunes are old blues numbers passed on in the oral tradition and have been covered by dozens of people over the last century.
The Spirit thing though, that's a little different.
the problem is they give no credit at all to the people who wrote most of their songs, unless the people try and sue them and it gets settled out of court and anyone who knows the phrase "settled out of court" means FUCKING GUILTY!!!
you would never see a cover band claim that they wrote the songs their playing, exept led zeppelin!
Some of these comments are ridiculously nonobjective. I like Zeppelin a lot but for some people who fetishize them as a band, Page or Plant could drop trow and lay a steamy shit on stage and it would be argued to be some sort of untouchable grand rock masterpiece.
They didnt steal music, Zeppelin is one of the greatest bands of all time, Theyre pretty much just like the yardbirds, and i dont see no yardbird rip off songs
watch the video moron! dazed and confused was a jake holmes song with the same name. though led zeppelins version didnt sound exactly like the original jake holmes version, the version jimmy page first recorded (when he was with the yardbirds) had the same music and even the same lyrics, how did he manage to do that without knowing about the original? watch led zeppelin plagiarism parts 1-3 and you will see that most of their good songs are robbed!
I think plenty of musicians have admitted to borrowing ideas from others. Listening to most music today you can find many of the same ideas reshaped and repackaged. A lot of them even ORIGINALLY conceived by Led Zeppelin. I agree the original artists deserve credits and a share of profit, especially in some of the songs with the same song titles. This does not in any way bring Led Zeppelin down from their status as rock gods.
@booyouharlot Since they didn't acknowledge the orignal artists and tried to pass them off as originals.
Jimi hendrix did lots of great covers (hey joe, killing floor, all along the watchtower, sunshine of your love, etc) but he labeled them all as covers ahead of time. Angel wing, castles made of sand, 1984, gypsy eyes, purple haze, and so many others were legitimate honest originals.
zeppelin has done covers of many songs. wouldnt u be honored if they did a cover of your song. im assuming that not many people kno of the prior artists and automaticly assume they were responsible for every note
the intro of "Lady Madonna", which sound exactly like the intro of "Bad Penny Blues", and "Because", which was based on Beethoven's "Moonlight Sonata".
I wonder if Willie Dixon, Sonny Boy Williamson or Howlin Wolf ever paid the people they first heard play their songs? I personally would rather hear the Zeppelin version of all the songs listed. Writing a song and inventing and perfecting a new sound is something totally different. The songs and influences of their past is just a tool in the artistic process. Warhol used the queen and cambell's soup.
@YankeesFlair i love zepplin but you sir are correct the beatles r the greatest band evar!! yea the coverd at the begining but once they discoverd who they were it was all them, zeppelin didnt they kept on with the covers n called em their own
@YankeesFlair I don't know man, every rock band are ripoffs. They've all stolen from Chuck Berry, Little Richard, Willie dixon, you name it. I love them, but that's the truth
re if a guitar lick makes a song (well, credit anyway) When Bowie and Eno were stuck for Heroes Eno said 'I know just the guy who can do it' Robert Fripp came in and made up his lick and went away with his £50 or so session fee. Only in the top ten riffs of the 70's
@peanutbuttertickle another thing we can agree on is that Page, Plant, Bonham, and Jones were among the best in their time at what they did. Not band was more talented in their field than Zep.
Let me put it this way..Suppose you wrote a song in 1950 or whatever the case is then some guy name Jimmy Page comes along 19 years later and makes the song or a good part of it a number 1 and says he wrote it?. You better believe i would get my lawyer and thats just what happened with Willie Dixon His estate had to force the change in writing credits on a number of songs and to the dick that said whats the difference? Millions in UNPAID ROYALTIES to the original songwriter!!
let me get this right, your saying led zep are rip-off artist just because they used a lyric or covered a song. Correct me if i'm wrong but Led zep's influences are mainly blues, and if look into the history of the Blues everybody covered everybodys song's and made it there own. So I ask you this, Are all the greats rip off artest? What differecne dose it make, it sounds good, we like and it fucking work's so SHUT UP!
@joeboyjones It's not about covering songs. If you cover a song you give the writer credit, and they get some of the money from what the song sells. Due to LZ popularity that's upwards in the millions for these artists that all died poor and not given credit for their work. It's not a question of whether they played the song well, it's about respecting other artist and giving credit where it's due
You're right, it is perfectly legal under Fair Use. I'd bet any amount of money that it was Page/Zep's people who complained to youtube. How's that for irony?
every popular artist covered songs beatles, in their early albums like please please me, beatles for sale, with the beatles, the rolling stones covered a shitload of songs, dis vid is stupid, n ur a fucking led zeppelin hater.
True, except that the Stones and the Beatles made sure to credit the original musicians fully, on their albums and often at their live shows. For many years, Zep did not. No one hates Led Zeppelin's music, they were an ungodly terrific band, but as people and as musicians off-stage, they needed some work. Most of that work is done now, and the tracks have been credited and settled, so it's all water under the bridge, anyway.
Yes, but jimmy page was asked many times whether or not he sampled others music, and he said NO. Had he said yes, and credited the individuals he sampled, there would be less of an issue, I think. His opening riffs on "whole lotta love" are magic though. Im no "hater" of zeppelin, I would have rather they just said "yup, we sampled."
Okay, just for the record, Zepp certainly, and famously, ripped off "You Need Love" and "Dazed and Confused." Stairway was similar to, though not a direct ripoff, of Taurus. However, "I Can't Quit You" was always credited to Willie Dixon, and Zeppelin always acknowledged Joan Baez, though the authorship of "Babe" was listed as unknown and the arrangement by Jimmy Page. This kind of thing happened all the time in music back then, especially in the blues. BTW, you left out "Bring it On Home."
its not an issue of "if it were anyone else in the world", its the truth, and it sucks. (to me anyway) The section of guitar that makes the song zeppelin, is stolen. I hope noone here listens to coldplay. They have been sued so many times for plagiarism, I doubt they can even remember.
its been known for sometime that stairway is a direct ripoff of the taurus. maybe a subconscious type ripoff, but the similarities are too close to deny. its been discussed on so many blogs, and in so many forums.
tony WTF it not diirect rip off in anysense, we hear similar introduction that all ! Th only reason it discussed is because it zeppelin if it was anyine else no one would care that the truth!
davy graham's cry me a river was the inspiration for stairways intro.. the melody is an old traditional folk melody way before taurus.. page said before "graham can whistle to me the money i owe him for white summer and stairway to heaven.. shouldnt that put an axe into the taurus garbage.. listen to cry me a river and then talk
also take into mind that if it was ANYONE else like if u and your band was to do the zeppelin to a song and become welll known..noone would lay a hand on you why? YOUR A NOBODY...noone cares about you u could say you wrote stairway and play it noone would care.. but since zeppelin was the most popular band at the time it was a perfect chance for somone to sue..and in reality i dont think that person really cared they have been stole from they just wanted money at least thier producers
and you know you guys ruin alot of stuff the people for and against zeppelin..like who wants to get high sit ina circle and argue about how zeppelin are thefts? there is NO fun to that think about that but like back in the day it was are they santanic and youd go backmask allll thier songs and get all freaked out n shit while ur blazed so yeah THANKS for all you that ruined the greatest thing to do while high and listen to rock n roll.who wants to talk aobut laws and politics high? yeah noone
i looked on the record vinly and none of the songs are credited by anyone so to put credit on stairway and none of the others would be retarted ... and agin they may sound simular butt its defantly reagranged..ALOT...and you know the beatles did the same thing and they admitted to it they woudl take a song.. and rewrite its words.. happyxmas war is over -john lennon.... perfect exsample..john was all for *sharing* music somone make a beatles hate video COME ON YOU WONT DO ITTT...
Also these are not complete songs.There are phrases of a couple of their early material that they used.If you look at their cd willie dixon was credited.DAZED was a version that was done with the yardbirds a band jimmy was in.For arguments sake.WHat about kashmir,song remains,over the hills,good times,communication breakdown,the rover,the ocean,heartbreaker,moby dick,ramble on,in my time of dyeing,thank you,achilles last stand,since ive been loveing you,and on and on......they are filthy rich!?
a) They credited Dixon on the first album but not for the two songs of his that they covered on their second album.
b) The other remaining Yardbirds continue to tour and perform the SAME arrangement of DAZED that Page took to Zep but they rightly credit it to Jake Holmes, not Page.
c) They didn't write IN MY TIME OF DYING, it's on Bob Dylan's first album.
d) The lyrics for SINCE I'VE BEEN LOVING YOU are completely stolen from a Moby Grape song.
Again that`s not true i am looking at zep 2 right now next to heartbreaker is willie dixon`s name,along with page,plant,jonesbonham
since their version is a differant arrangement
Jimmy added to that song as we can hear 1 of the great rock solo`s on that song.And what is the point?like i also said many bands have done remakes of other bands.Just to make my point.HOW about Hendrix,clapton,van halan just
to name a few.all great bands that also put out great original material + did bettor remakes
I'm afraid you're wrong in a couple of places here. Dixon had nothing to do with HEARTBREAKER, it was WHOLE LOTTA LOVE and BRING IT ON HOME that were plagiarized from him on that album. And yes, his name is on there NOW but only because he sued them first.
As for the other artists you mentioned, they ALL GAVE CREDIT on their covers which is something Zeppelin didn't do and THAT is the point of all of this.
There are plenty of bands who have lifted music and lyrics without giving credit, the Small Faces and "You Need Loving", The Beatles and "I Feel Fine", Jimi Hendrix and "Voodoo Child (Slight Return)" are Willie Dixon's "You Need Love", Bobby Parker's "Watch Your Step", and Muddy Water's "Catfish/Rollin' Stone Blues" respectivley.
Yes, I am familiar with those. Though I would hardly call "Voodoo Child" a rip-off because Hendrix regularly covered "Catfish Blues" and introduced it as a Muddy Waters song at the same concerts where he performed "Voodoo Child."
Anyhow, none of it changes what I already wrote about Zeppelin. It doesn't matter what other people have done, wrong is wrong and Zep was wrong to steal these songs.
kevy nova.. get your facts straight.. in my time of dying is an old traditional blues number done so before dylan u have to be an idiot to not know that and sibly shares some lyrics ill admit but it was plants fav band and he already had a theme in his head just needed a little help telling the story.. the hook is plants alone u idiot..dazed is 95 percent zeppelin just like all along the watchtower its a complete remake with so many original elements its insane.. he shoulda been given a half
credit jake holmes im saying.. but page owned the rights to the yardbirds collection so he felt he didnt need to.. plus im sure peter grant had something to do with it.. but half is the most he should have gotten and bring it on home just the intro which was a simple tribute and the rest is completely original with pages amazing riff.. man people are so dumb.. zeppelin is the greatest band ever and this bs is getting way too blown out of proportion its garbage
I said that Dylan had done the song but I NEVER said that he wrote it. In fact, Dylan credited it as "Traditional" yet Page and Plant said that they wrote it. It doesn't matter how old a song is, it is a lie to say that you wrote something that you didn't. As for "Watchtower", it was a completely different version but Hendrix still did the RIGHT thing and gave Dylan credit for WRITING it. As for the rest of your comments, I have guys from NASA trying to decode them right now.
yea but the music is completely original in in my time of dying .. and whats the point of even mentioning dylan then if he didnt write it..why did you do that then..dylan hAD nothing to do with zeppelins.. makes no sense.. but he still took credit for the arrangment dylan did.. so he got royalties either way. and yes hendrix credited it and i said holmes should have gotten a 1/2 credit no doubt.. but does thatmistake make up a career? get the fuck outta here if you think it does.. its garbage
How on Earth is the music "completely original" when the MELODY (y'know, the most important part of a song) is the same? And the only reason I mentioned Dylan was to illustrate that the song had been around long before Zep "wrote" it. I repeat:
It is a lie when you say that you wrote something that you did not. Period.
the melody is traditional and u make your own arrangement.. pages riffs are original.. and the solo is so badass whoever is your fav band would pray to write something so amaazing. and yes i know melody and lyrics are copyrightable but the melody is public domain .. look it up
You are right, "In My Time Of Dying" is Public Domain. And that's what I've been saying all along. Zeppelin DID NOT write it but they lied and said that they did.
and everybody knows dylans was before zeppelins .. but whats your point? what does that have to do with ANYTHING WHATSOEVER OTHER than that it was before.. NOTHING so your saying stuff that have no barring on zeppelin..
AGAIN, my point was that Dylan did his VERSION of the song but DID NOT claim to write it.
Ten years later, Zeppelin did their VERSION of the song but DID claim to write it. (No guitar solo, however awesome it may be, constitutes writing the actual song)
They lied. THAT is my point.
Now PLEASE, sober up a little before replying to me again because I am tired of repeating myself.
off all of their platnum album material lol.They did credit willie dixon on zep 1 and jimmy loved all the old blues players.But there are many bands that have done remakes and some poorly.I happen to like the zep versions bettor than the originals.That`s my opinion. Stairway to heavenwas quite a stretch
if you have an imagination...maybe lol.They still wrote a ton of incredible music.
Led Zep didn't ripoff Taurus"; from the story I've heard, this was told by Randy California's mom & step-dad (Ed Cassidy), Led Zepplin was the opening act for Spirit in the late 60's. Randy pretty much "gave" Jimmy Page that distinctive chord progression from Taurus,as Jimmy & co. really liked Spirit. But when Led Zep recorded Stairway to Heaven in 1971; how could anyone know that it would become one of the most overplayed rock anthems and symbolize the conspiracy of "back-masking"?!
you forgot howlin wolf's killing floor with the lemon song and booker white's shake 'em on down with hats off (to roy harper). those are simply blatant.
They definitely borrowed bits and pieces, but it's sort of impossible not to, there are only 12 notes. And at least it's not like Kanye or something hiphop where the music is being stolen. Then if you look at the taurus versus stairway to heaven, Zepplin changed and added so much more beyond the intro, I think the intro is the shittiest part of the song
zeppelin should make a song called fuck you all...you ruin the joy of music...but wait theyd have to credit me right? you fucking loosers.. who cares aobut goddamn copyrigths and shit all you fuckers download music and go aganst copyright all the time... everyday billions of songs movies etc are downloaded without credit or paying for them so where is your point..there isnt besides music nowadays blows ass..so maybe everoyen should cover or rewirte music it woudl be a fuck alot better
im sorry to break it to everyone but you are all fucking idiots...why dont you go talk to blues man from way back talk to anyone from back then where they got their ideas and *riffs* from...they will tell you FROM OTHER PEOPLE....music was passed on from the cotton fields to your ipod its ALL been done every song ull ever hear has the same god damn 7 notes A B C D E F G in various forms and such so fuckk you all...music is an escape from bullshit like this and you still fuck it all up thx
I'm sorry to break this to you, but Zeppelin on some of their songs they got note by note and melody by melody and sometimes lyric by lyric now thats different than a song structure which you are talking about.
And the point of this video is that Zeppelin didn't even credit alot of those songs that they claimed they wrote!
Is not most music based on that? Zeppelin got some ideas from other songs..i dont see the big deal. I personally think they made all the songs sound much better but thats just me
first of all, dazed and confused we all know is from the yardbirds, but page was in that group and he took that song with him even though another person wrote part of it, and the others songs are just some lyrics, led zeppelin is probably the best band that ever existed, and with a little stupid video you cant say that led zeppelin is bad, or a cover band, or that steals songs.... they dont need, theyre good enough
okayy what you also dont realize is that those songs led zeppelin ripped off of have also been ripped off over and over again from like 20000 different artist before that. blues and rock.. all the songs are almost identical really. its just every band adds their own little flavor to it. blues guys "copy" each other pretty much all the time if what youre saying is true.
well notive thats all there eary stuff in the vid some of there greatest songs that they made in there later yearst like
the song remains the same,in the evening,the rain song,achillies last stand,kashmere and other amasing songs wich i thnik are better than all the songs in the video
Led Zeppelin greatest band in history not really. Only influenced Hard Rock or Heavy Metal. There is one thing to maybe borrow a lryic or guitar riff for part of a song which everyone does. Led Zeppelin took whole melodies or musical compositions for themselves. They were rip off artists about 20 percent of their music. Led Zeppelin fan boys will never admit to this. This coming from someone who loved Led Zeppelin and knew nothing about this until later. It kind of ruined it for me. Sorry.
Wow...let's call it what it is...but maybe we're not realizing that all western music is really the same...It's all the same scale...root-tone-tone-semitone-tone-tone-tone-semitone. Even if the notes are mixed up its still the same audio environment.
lol page was in the Yardbirds so they recorded a song he liked covering... the others are probably simply influences subconscious copies of songs they liked. oh and just because the words "babe im gonna leave you" are in two songs it hardly implies copyright infringement.
it was not ripping off the might have used it as a insparation or borrowed a few riffed allot of artist borrow so what makes all musicans rip offs the probablly did it unknowingly who knows all im concered with is that they are a amazingly awesome band. like patti smith changed up van morrisons gloria and no one complained then why do they put zeppelin down cause of that it makes no sense i think they were original they borrowed and used it in many different ways this video is pointless
men i get reaaly pissed with this!! i worship this guys for years.. this is unbelievable!
they still are very good interpeters, i just dont understand how did they managed to get so much sucess with this songs and no one said nothing! this is indeed one of the most sad moments of my life
If you want to hear "earlier" versions of the so called "stairway to heaven" riff....go on youtube to JOHNNY RIVERS song "summer rain" and listen to the intro. ALSO....listen to the Beatles song "Michelle", the intro. It is a similar 4 chord decending musical half step run. It would be hard to say who was the first to use that chord run....but I am very certain it could be found in songs back to the 1940s big bands and possibly earlier
that riff by Taurus....the one that sounds like stairway to heaven....that riff has been used in a million songs. It's just half steps on a chord run....but I DO see what you mean.
Most of these instances are admitted tribute songs by led zeppelin, like how van halen redid you really got me, or how metallica redid stone cold crazy, read the hammer of the gods zeppelin knows full well what they were doing for most of those songs brought up, they were playing cover tunes, you retards. Infact led zeppelin I was made to mostly be a cover tune album with some some originals to see how they sounded. But the stairway thing was just a coincidince
You have missed the point entirely. There is nothing wrong with doing covers like the other bands that you mentioned, but Page and company actually claimed that THEY wrote the songs. That is where it becomes plagiarism.
to tabwish: you are right....many well known artists have quietly "paid off" artists they ripped off. For example "come together" by the Beatles (john lennon)...he had to pay off. Of course George Harrisons "my sweet lord" was not such a quiet "pay off". Had his ex-manager (con artist) not been the "new owner" of "hes so fine" he could have settled it under the table.
umm..thats interesting about the beatles..thanks...as a kid, getting into music, zep was my favorite, over stones,floyd,etc... picked up the guitar because of Page and Hendrix..
ps. i hope they tour and get someone like robinson or grohl to front, so they could but there own spin on it..plant cant do it anymore..cheers
"Dazed And Confused" was played by The Yardbirds, and, after they disbanded, Led Zeppelin were founded by their former guitarist to be "The NEW Yardbirds". So, nothing's strange if LZ played their song. Which was actually written by J. Holmes but, once again, the key to its success was LZ playing: in fact, NOBODY knows the original tune.
"Babe I'm Gonna Leave You" was thought to be a traditional folk tune, and Page never claimed for its composition, just for arrangement.
"Whole Lotta Love" is notoriously a medley of bluesy cliché. The point is NOT where those riffs come from, but how they are played: Led Zeppelin played them better than anyone else.
"I Can't Quit You Baby" was credited to Dixon since the very first release of LZ1. "Taurus" and STW sound similar? Well, it's just an harmonized chromatic descending scale, there are not million ways to do it. Still Led Zeppelin do it better than Spirit.
hey douche bag they got permission for the people they used songs from. if you wanna go there jimi hendrix took songs from bob dylan but he got permission like zeppelin. and show me one thing that says led zeppelin took credit for any of those songs.
to fishsticks: some old songs have fallen into "public domain"....there for, they don't have to give credit to anyone...unless they want to. For example, the song "stewball" an old brit folk song was taken by John Lennon and turned into "Happy Christmas, War is over"....the Elvis song "love me tender" was directly taken from a very old folk song "Aura Lee".
you may have a point....if the artist gives credit...something like "inspired by old folk song"....at least in the future when people catch on to it....it won't look like they were trying to hide something
Well what I dont get is why they did it in the first place. Its not like no one would know. All the other artists of the time had listened to the same stuff, and the music had much more popularity then it does now. I've heard You Need Love covered by at least 2 other artists prior to Led Zeppelin's.
No they should credit or else people (like millions of Zeppelin fans) will think that Zeppelin or any other band, that does not credit someone, created the song.when they didn't
They can make the song their own all they want...its still not their song
therefore they should credit...take Thin Lizzy's Whiskey in the Jar,just look at the song credits.
They may not know the person who created it but they credited something at least to let people know they didn't write the song. thats my point.
dude zeppelin credited every single one of the artists in the video. They covered these songs on purpose they didn't steal them, they highly respected the people they covered just like how bands today do covers of some of the older stuff. Also a lot of these covers were on their first two albums just when they were starting to get a little popular, they needed songs people already knew to get them even more famous.
dude, have you watched the video? Its that they didnt credit the original authors. This is known. This isn't something this guy made up, you can find dozens of articles on this.
WATCH THE VIDEO. If you doubt it, you can do the research on your own.
btw, think you can actually make a point without resorting to an ad hominem attack?
I do laugh Greatest American Band you are quite a fool!
Led Zeppelin 1 was released as a covers album at the time. The arrangement was all they were credited for on the album. Its amazing how easily people can be convinced of something without even researching the topic. They never claimed these songs as there own it was a tribute album to blues players of the past.
LMAO @ Goby...what an idiot. Anyhow, you have to give credit where it's due whether your version is better or not otherwise it's plagirism plain n simple.
you're fucken retarded! absolutely every song in the world is based off another song or musicia! are you saying every blues band plagirised the man who started blues?
Yeah , but the blues is different because its a chord progression and stuff. Zeppelin delibaretly got the song with the same lyrics and everything. Heck, just watch the damn video
this is either a troll made by someone with a lot of free time to make stupid trolls, the point of "standards" is that no one owns them...folk songs are the same way, as for actual plagiarism in music: ever heard of the subconscious?
everybody just RELAX. It doesn't matter really, especially with blues. and So what if led zep did take a few parts and pieces, shit, you can think of it as damn it they are not original to damn it they took something that was okay, gave it their unique style and made it ten times better. If you actually think about it, there is no one that is ORIGINAL, all music started from one root and this root grew and expanded to what is now multiple genres of music.
Look, the fact remains. We are all inspired by others, we copy, we emulate therefore it shouldn't be shocking that LD was inspired by others.
erikinhawaii 1 month ago
See the thing is,sure lots of artists rip off and cover songs, but Zeppelin never credited the original artists. They always credited themselves as the writers. Cocksmokers.
monkeyturdman7 1 month ago
Meanwhile in the real world, most people continue to enjoy the music Led Zeppelin performed regardless of who owns the copyright.
Ever heard the original 1920's version of Levee Breaks? Yikes.
theredraven 1 month ago
Well considering everyones dog has heard of Led Zeppelin and nboody knows who the fuck Taurus are, they did a mighty fine job for a bunch of copycats.
PROHAMKOB 1 month ago
I don't care because Zeppelin's versions are much better than the original ones.
TaroGabunia 1 month ago
GrantStoke 1 month ago
I am amazed how peoples love for Zep let their emotions speak instead of their brains ! Of course Zep pulled off some ripoffs, as most every artist does to varying degrees. Copy write protection depends on how much money you have for legal teams and how much your willing to spend to protect what is yours.Fact is...the money does run out !
dbrinkm1 2 months ago
This is why Pink Floyd is better
heyo825 2 months ago
3:11... that's your entire problem. When Joan Baez does it it's a 'cover', when Zep do it it's 'ripped off'. I agree that they didn't give as much credit as was due but there are two mitigating factors:
1. Zeppelin often significantly rewrote the music and often were just very 'inspired' by the lyrics.
2. A lot of these tunes are old blues numbers passed on in the oral tradition and have been covered by dozens of people over the last century.
The Spirit thing though, that's a little different.
RaisuliLordoftheRiff 2 months ago
Led Zeppelin FANS ARE THE DUMBEST FUCKS ON EARTH'
mindyourbeezwax 2 months ago
@mindyourbeezwax What makes you say that?
SingNswingin 1 month ago
Led Zeppelin, the best cover band EVER
bogrog 3 months ago 4
@bogrog Damn you, I was just about to post that exact same comment here!
nri222 3 months ago
Idk how Whole Lotta Love is a rip off?! It has one line that is the same so therefore it's stolen? I call BS on all of these
SideSwipers 4 months ago
@SideSwipers It's more than one line. Whole sections of 'You Need Love' were used in 'Whole Lotta Love'
nri222 3 months ago
Most of these are just covers? Plus if the song is good, then leave it at that. Especially if it's as mind blowing as Stairway!
TheRealMcLeann 4 months ago
the problem is they give no credit at all to the people who wrote most of their songs, unless the people try and sue them and it gets settled out of court and anyone who knows the phrase "settled out of court" means FUCKING GUILTY!!!
you would never see a cover band claim that they wrote the songs their playing, exept led zeppelin!
TheStudvalley2011 2 months ago
Ahem...except for that WAS Jimmy Page IN the yardbirds, lmao
gblueslover2 4 months ago
Some of these comments are ridiculously nonobjective. I like Zeppelin a lot but for some people who fetishize them as a band, Page or Plant could drop trow and lay a steamy shit on stage and it would be argued to be some sort of untouchable grand rock masterpiece.
DaithiOMathghamhna 5 months ago 4
@DaithiOMathghamhna hahaha
speednecromancer666 3 months ago
They didnt steal music, Zeppelin is one of the greatest bands of all time, Theyre pretty much just like the yardbirds, and i dont see no yardbird rip off songs
Shame on you for making this video
962rocker 5 months ago
watch the video moron! dazed and confused was a jake holmes song with the same name. though led zeppelins version didnt sound exactly like the original jake holmes version, the version jimmy page first recorded (when he was with the yardbirds) had the same music and even the same lyrics, how did he manage to do that without knowing about the original? watch led zeppelin plagiarism parts 1-3 and you will see that most of their good songs are robbed!
TheStudvalley2011 2 months ago
hahaha..youre a fucking jackass to think that they stole music.
ilsilk 5 months ago
No, Stairway to Heaven is not ripped off. The chord progression is such a COMMON chord progression.
MCRomg 6 months ago
Jimmy was in the yardbirds idiots.\
NJBOY96 6 months ago
whos assed anyway music isjust variation ¬_¬ nothing more
velvetguitar95 6 months ago
Yeah, but see.....they just sound so much BETTER when Led Zeppelin plays them...
Excalibur5094 6 months ago
I think plenty of musicians have admitted to borrowing ideas from others. Listening to most music today you can find many of the same ideas reshaped and repackaged. A lot of them even ORIGINALLY conceived by Led Zeppelin. I agree the original artists deserve credits and a share of profit, especially in some of the songs with the same song titles. This does not in any way bring Led Zeppelin down from their status as rock gods.
sbenson55 6 months ago
It is clear Zeppelin took shitty songs and made them rock.
leddhed 6 months ago 4
since when is covering ripping off?
booyouharlot 6 months ago
@booyouharlot Since they didn't acknowledge the orignal artists and tried to pass them off as originals.
Jimi hendrix did lots of great covers (hey joe, killing floor, all along the watchtower, sunshine of your love, etc) but he labeled them all as covers ahead of time. Angel wing, castles made of sand, 1984, gypsy eyes, purple haze, and so many others were legitimate honest originals.
alexanserg 6 months ago
@booyouharlot since you don't give the original artist credit
rholland101951 6 months ago
there not rip off artists they are cover artists
111vnderbnder111 6 months ago
You know Page was in the Yardbirds right?
WeShotTheMan 6 months ago
I would, if I were properly credited.
birthmarkmusic 7 months ago
zeppelin has done covers of many songs. wouldnt u be honored if they did a cover of your song. im assuming that not many people kno of the prior artists and automaticly assume they were responsible for every note
ViolentEncounter 7 months ago
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ViolentEncounter 7 months ago
the intro of "Lady Madonna", which sound exactly like the intro of "Bad Penny Blues", and "Because", which was based on Beethoven's "Moonlight Sonata".
ZosoWtheMoso 8 months ago
I wonder if Willie Dixon, Sonny Boy Williamson or Howlin Wolf ever paid the people they first heard play their songs? I personally would rather hear the Zeppelin version of all the songs listed. Writing a song and inventing and perfecting a new sound is something totally different. The songs and influences of their past is just a tool in the artistic process. Warhol used the queen and cambell's soup.
ZosoWtheMoso 8 months ago
Can't be any more blatant than this !!
Another reason why the Beatles are the greatest band of all time !!
They were not rip-off artists..
YankeesFlair 8 months ago
@YankeesFlair i love zepplin but you sir are correct the beatles r the greatest band evar!! yea the coverd at the begining but once they discoverd who they were it was all them, zeppelin didnt they kept on with the covers n called em their own
024lizardking 7 months ago
@YankeesFlair I don't know man, every rock band are ripoffs. They've all stolen from Chuck Berry, Little Richard, Willie dixon, you name it. I love them, but that's the truth
Evan42881 7 months ago
You left out 'Bring It On Home' by Sonny Boy Williamson !
masterpadman1951 8 months ago
re if a guitar lick makes a song (well, credit anyway) When Bowie and Eno were stuck for Heroes Eno said 'I know just the guy who can do it' Robert Fripp came in and made up his lick and went away with his £50 or so session fee. Only in the top ten riffs of the 70's
martynhanson 8 months ago
One thing we can all agree on, Led Zeppelin did all of these songs much better
peanutbuttertickle 9 months ago
@peanutbuttertickle what're you trying to say? LZ broke the law and was not punished for that? or what?
ivanoschen 9 months ago
@peanutbuttertickle another thing we can agree on is that Page, Plant, Bonham, and Jones were among the best in their time at what they did. Not band was more talented in their field than Zep.
nuggetboy19 2 months ago
@nuggetboy19 yeah good cover band
sampson3121 2 months ago
Let me put it this way..Suppose you wrote a song in 1950 or whatever the case is then some guy name Jimmy Page comes along 19 years later and makes the song or a good part of it a number 1 and says he wrote it?. You better believe i would get my lawyer and thats just what happened with Willie Dixon His estate had to force the change in writing credits on a number of songs and to the dick that said whats the difference? Millions in UNPAID ROYALTIES to the original songwriter!!
lj3fpe3 9 months ago
Led Zeppelin just blows away!
ivanoschen 9 months ago
let me get this right, your saying led zep are rip-off artist just because they used a lyric or covered a song. Correct me if i'm wrong but Led zep's influences are mainly blues, and if look into the history of the Blues everybody covered everybodys song's and made it there own. So I ask you this, Are all the greats rip off artest? What differecne dose it make, it sounds good, we like and it fucking work's so SHUT UP!
joeboyjones 9 months ago
@joeboyjones It's not about covering songs. If you cover a song you give the writer credit, and they get some of the money from what the song sells. Due to LZ popularity that's upwards in the millions for these artists that all died poor and not given credit for their work. It's not a question of whether they played the song well, it's about respecting other artist and giving credit where it's due
grasperxxx 8 months ago
@joeboyjones is that kind of thinking that leads to crappy artwork, yes it makes a difference, artists should be original.
BODOMmETALwolF 2 days ago
Someone said that Page has photographic memory. If so I think he ran out of film a long time ago.
Chiangmai007 3 years ago 10
Why was the audio cut off for this. It is perfectly legal to use clips of copyrighted material for a documentary.
sfldd 3 years ago 12
You're right, it is perfectly legal under Fair Use. I'd bet any amount of money that it was Page/Zep's people who complained to youtube. How's that for irony?
KevyNova 3 years ago
every popular artist covered songs beatles, in their early albums like please please me, beatles for sale, with the beatles, the rolling stones covered a shitload of songs, dis vid is stupid, n ur a fucking led zeppelin hater.
pablobostero1280 3 years ago
True, except that the Stones and the Beatles made sure to credit the original musicians fully, on their albums and often at their live shows. For many years, Zep did not. No one hates Led Zeppelin's music, they were an ungodly terrific band, but as people and as musicians off-stage, they needed some work. Most of that work is done now, and the tracks have been credited and settled, so it's all water under the bridge, anyway.
blownglasslide 3 years ago 2
Nice audio. Preaching about copyright infringement and doing yourself, eh?
Led Zeppelin didn't copy anyone from the proof you're giving us. ( A bunch of years and song names)
Cheesecow20 3 years ago
Yes, but jimmy page was asked many times whether or not he sampled others music, and he said NO. Had he said yes, and credited the individuals he sampled, there would be less of an issue, I think. His opening riffs on "whole lotta love" are magic though. Im no "hater" of zeppelin, I would have rather they just said "yup, we sampled."
tonytwotime 3 years ago
Okay, just for the record, Zepp certainly, and famously, ripped off "You Need Love" and "Dazed and Confused." Stairway was similar to, though not a direct ripoff, of Taurus. However, "I Can't Quit You" was always credited to Willie Dixon, and Zeppelin always acknowledged Joan Baez, though the authorship of "Babe" was listed as unknown and the arrangement by Jimmy Page. This kind of thing happened all the time in music back then, especially in the blues. BTW, you left out "Bring it On Home."
badpdx 3 years ago
its not an issue of "if it were anyone else in the world", its the truth, and it sucks. (to me anyway) The section of guitar that makes the song zeppelin, is stolen. I hope noone here listens to coldplay. They have been sued so many times for plagiarism, I doubt they can even remember.
tonytwotime 3 years ago
its been known for sometime that stairway is a direct ripoff of the taurus. maybe a subconscious type ripoff, but the similarities are too close to deny. its been discussed on so many blogs, and in so many forums.
tonytwotime 3 years ago
tony WTF it not diirect rip off in anysense, we hear similar introduction that all ! Th only reason it discussed is because it zeppelin if it was anyine else no one would care that the truth!
mjc455 3 years ago
davy graham's cry me a river was the inspiration for stairways intro.. the melody is an old traditional folk melody way before taurus.. page said before "graham can whistle to me the money i owe him for white summer and stairway to heaven.. shouldnt that put an axe into the taurus garbage.. listen to cry me a river and then talk
Gettheledoutstyle 3 years ago
also take into mind that if it was ANYONE else like if u and your band was to do the zeppelin to a song and become welll known..noone would lay a hand on you why? YOUR A NOBODY...noone cares about you u could say you wrote stairway and play it noone would care.. but since zeppelin was the most popular band at the time it was a perfect chance for somone to sue..and in reality i dont think that person really cared they have been stole from they just wanted money at least thier producers
thegnome23 3 years ago
and you know you guys ruin alot of stuff the people for and against zeppelin..like who wants to get high sit ina circle and argue about how zeppelin are thefts? there is NO fun to that think about that but like back in the day it was are they santanic and youd go backmask allll thier songs and get all freaked out n shit while ur blazed so yeah THANKS for all you that ruined the greatest thing to do while high and listen to rock n roll.who wants to talk aobut laws and politics high? yeah noone
thegnome23 3 years ago
i looked on the record vinly and none of the songs are credited by anyone so to put credit on stairway and none of the others would be retarted ... and agin they may sound simular butt its defantly reagranged..ALOT...and you know the beatles did the same thing and they admitted to it they woudl take a song.. and rewrite its words.. happyxmas war is over -john lennon.... perfect exsample..john was all for *sharing* music somone make a beatles hate video COME ON YOU WONT DO ITTT...
thegnome23 3 years ago
Also these are not complete songs.There are phrases of a couple of their early material that they used.If you look at their cd willie dixon was credited.DAZED was a version that was done with the yardbirds a band jimmy was in.For arguments sake.WHat about kashmir,song remains,over the hills,good times,communication breakdown,the rover,the ocean,heartbreaker,moby dick,ramble on,in my time of dyeing,thank you,achilles last stand,since ive been loveing you,and on and on......they are filthy rich!?
stiehlreddog 3 years ago
stiehlreddog, Since you brought it up...
a) They credited Dixon on the first album but not for the two songs of his that they covered on their second album.
b) The other remaining Yardbirds continue to tour and perform the SAME arrangement of DAZED that Page took to Zep but they rightly credit it to Jake Holmes, not Page.
c) They didn't write IN MY TIME OF DYING, it's on Bob Dylan's first album.
d) The lyrics for SINCE I'VE BEEN LOVING YOU are completely stolen from a Moby Grape song.
KevyNova 3 years ago
Again that`s not true i am looking at zep 2 right now next to heartbreaker is willie dixon`s name,along with page,plant,jonesbonham
since their version is a differant arrangement
Jimmy added to that song as we can hear 1 of the great rock solo`s on that song.And what is the point?like i also said many bands have done remakes of other bands.Just to make my point.HOW about Hendrix,clapton,van halan just
to name a few.all great bands that also put out great original material + did bettor remakes
stiehlreddog 3 years ago
stiehlreddog,
I'm afraid you're wrong in a couple of places here. Dixon had nothing to do with HEARTBREAKER, it was WHOLE LOTTA LOVE and BRING IT ON HOME that were plagiarized from him on that album. And yes, his name is on there NOW but only because he sued them first.
As for the other artists you mentioned, they ALL GAVE CREDIT on their covers which is something Zeppelin didn't do and THAT is the point of all of this.
KevyNova 3 years ago
There are plenty of bands who have lifted music and lyrics without giving credit, the Small Faces and "You Need Loving", The Beatles and "I Feel Fine", Jimi Hendrix and "Voodoo Child (Slight Return)" are Willie Dixon's "You Need Love", Bobby Parker's "Watch Your Step", and Muddy Water's "Catfish/Rollin' Stone Blues" respectivley.
Gargansieber 3 years ago
Yes, I am familiar with those. Though I would hardly call "Voodoo Child" a rip-off because Hendrix regularly covered "Catfish Blues" and introduced it as a Muddy Waters song at the same concerts where he performed "Voodoo Child."
Anyhow, none of it changes what I already wrote about Zeppelin. It doesn't matter what other people have done, wrong is wrong and Zep was wrong to steal these songs.
KevyNova 3 years ago
kevy nova.. get your facts straight.. in my time of dying is an old traditional blues number done so before dylan u have to be an idiot to not know that and sibly shares some lyrics ill admit but it was plants fav band and he already had a theme in his head just needed a little help telling the story.. the hook is plants alone u idiot..dazed is 95 percent zeppelin just like all along the watchtower its a complete remake with so many original elements its insane.. he shoulda been given a half
Gettheledoutstyle 3 years ago
credit jake holmes im saying.. but page owned the rights to the yardbirds collection so he felt he didnt need to.. plus im sure peter grant had something to do with it.. but half is the most he should have gotten and bring it on home just the intro which was a simple tribute and the rest is completely original with pages amazing riff.. man people are so dumb.. zeppelin is the greatest band ever and this bs is getting way too blown out of proportion its garbage
Gettheledoutstyle 3 years ago
I said that Dylan had done the song but I NEVER said that he wrote it. In fact, Dylan credited it as "Traditional" yet Page and Plant said that they wrote it. It doesn't matter how old a song is, it is a lie to say that you wrote something that you didn't. As for "Watchtower", it was a completely different version but Hendrix still did the RIGHT thing and gave Dylan credit for WRITING it. As for the rest of your comments, I have guys from NASA trying to decode them right now.
KevyNova 3 years ago
yea but the music is completely original in in my time of dying .. and whats the point of even mentioning dylan then if he didnt write it..why did you do that then..dylan hAD nothing to do with zeppelins.. makes no sense.. but he still took credit for the arrangment dylan did.. so he got royalties either way. and yes hendrix credited it and i said holmes should have gotten a 1/2 credit no doubt.. but does thatmistake make up a career? get the fuck outta here if you think it does.. its garbage
Gettheledoutstyle 3 years ago
How on Earth is the music "completely original" when the MELODY (y'know, the most important part of a song) is the same? And the only reason I mentioned Dylan was to illustrate that the song had been around long before Zep "wrote" it. I repeat:
It is a lie when you say that you wrote something that you did not. Period.
KevyNova 3 years ago
the melody is traditional and u make your own arrangement.. pages riffs are original.. and the solo is so badass whoever is your fav band would pray to write something so amaazing. and yes i know melody and lyrics are copyrightable but the melody is public domain .. look it up
Gettheledoutstyle 3 years ago
i mean the melody for in my time of dying is public domain not melody in general
Gettheledoutstyle 3 years ago
You are right, "In My Time Of Dying" is Public Domain. And that's what I've been saying all along. Zeppelin DID NOT write it but they lied and said that they did.
KevyNova 3 years ago
and everybody knows dylans was before zeppelins .. but whats your point? what does that have to do with ANYTHING WHATSOEVER OTHER than that it was before.. NOTHING so your saying stuff that have no barring on zeppelin..
Gettheledoutstyle 3 years ago
*sigh*
I don't know why I even bother replying to you.
AGAIN, my point was that Dylan did his VERSION of the song but DID NOT claim to write it.
Ten years later, Zeppelin did their VERSION of the song but DID claim to write it. (No guitar solo, however awesome it may be, constitutes writing the actual song)
They lied. THAT is my point.
Now PLEASE, sober up a little before replying to me again because I am tired of repeating myself.
KevyNova 3 years ago
yea that`s right....hmm i believe they ripped
off all of their platnum album material lol.They did credit willie dixon on zep 1 and jimmy loved all the old blues players.But there are many bands that have done remakes and some poorly.I happen to like the zep versions bettor than the originals.That`s my opinion. Stairway to heavenwas quite a stretch
if you have an imagination...maybe lol.They still wrote a ton of incredible music.
stiehlreddog 3 years ago
This guy is a total dick
SnipedGuy 3 years ago
Led Zep didn't ripoff Taurus"; from the story I've heard, this was told by Randy California's mom & step-dad (Ed Cassidy), Led Zepplin was the opening act for Spirit in the late 60's. Randy pretty much "gave" Jimmy Page that distinctive chord progression from Taurus,as Jimmy & co. really liked Spirit. But when Led Zep recorded Stairway to Heaven in 1971; how could anyone know that it would become one of the most overplayed rock anthems and symbolize the conspiracy of "back-masking"?!
xtremenortherner 3 years ago
they never took credit for any of it they rockified these tunes
seventeengobgob5 3 years ago
Check the credits on the albums.
I know these dirtbags claim they wrote the Dixon songs.
radiofreesimulacrum 3 years ago
hahah they are ripoffs
MorbidMacabre 3 years ago
Led Zeppelin still rules so fuck off gay
lastyoucanthinkof 3 years ago
you forgot howlin wolf's killing floor with the lemon song and booker white's shake 'em on down with hats off (to roy harper). those are simply blatant.
aacotter 3 years ago
Check out the video Led Zeppelins "Original"
Songs or something like that.
fishnsticks 3 years ago
Im so devistated. I heard about this a while back, I see now why Plant doesnt want to tour now...
beatler11 3 years ago
In the credits of Led Zeppelin I
- Baby I'm Gonna Leave You has Bredon's name on it
- You Shook Me and I Cant Quit You Babe has Willie Dixon's name
Whole Lotta Love is a monster Jimmy Page riff... and Led Zeppelin all the way...
Yeah Stairway does sound like Taurus but not the whole song... a few opening bars
Deep Purple's Child In Time is a straight lift of "Bombay Calling"... but who even remembers a band called Its A Beautiful Day
who's gonna make a similar video on VANILLA ICE :P
TheRebelWithin 3 years ago
So many get this confused...WHOLE LOTTA IS NOT a PAGE RIFF
IS NOT!
fishnsticks 3 years ago
They definitely borrowed bits and pieces, but it's sort of impossible not to, there are only 12 notes. And at least it's not like Kanye or something hiphop where the music is being stolen. Then if you look at the taurus versus stairway to heaven, Zepplin changed and added so much more beyond the intro, I think the intro is the shittiest part of the song
zano98 3 years ago
zeppelin should make a song called fuck you all...you ruin the joy of music...but wait theyd have to credit me right? you fucking loosers.. who cares aobut goddamn copyrigths and shit all you fuckers download music and go aganst copyright all the time... everyday billions of songs movies etc are downloaded without credit or paying for them so where is your point..there isnt besides music nowadays blows ass..so maybe everoyen should cover or rewirte music it woudl be a fuck alot better
thegnome23 3 years ago
im sorry to break it to everyone but you are all fucking idiots...why dont you go talk to blues man from way back talk to anyone from back then where they got their ideas and *riffs* from...they will tell you FROM OTHER PEOPLE....music was passed on from the cotton fields to your ipod its ALL been done every song ull ever hear has the same god damn 7 notes A B C D E F G in various forms and such so fuckk you all...music is an escape from bullshit like this and you still fuck it all up thx
thegnome23 3 years ago 2
I'm sorry to break this to you, but Zeppelin on some of their songs they got note by note and melody by melody and sometimes lyric by lyric now thats different than a song structure which you are talking about.
And the point of this video is that Zeppelin didn't even credit alot of those songs that they claimed they wrote!
thats the point.
fishnsticks 3 years ago
the real songs that Led Zeppelin have rip-off were way better!
bingbangboumboum 3 years ago
Is not most music based on that? Zeppelin got some ideas from other songs..i dont see the big deal. I personally think they made all the songs sound much better but thats just me
CamRonb68 3 years ago
You forgot "In my time of dying" and "Nobody's fault but mine" from the great Blind Willie Johnson
watch?v=uKj_QHpMy6o
bgbyer 3 years ago
first of all, dazed and confused we all know is from the yardbirds, but page was in that group and he took that song with him even though another person wrote part of it, and the others songs are just some lyrics, led zeppelin is probably the best band that ever existed, and with a little stupid video you cant say that led zeppelin is bad, or a cover band, or that steals songs.... they dont need, theyre good enough
-----LED ZEPPELIN IS THE BEST BAND EVER-------
zinc560 3 years ago
my favorite band, its really a cover band :( hehe
juanca2040 3 years ago
Yeah, but Zeppelin took those songs to an entirely new level. Nobody cares about those other songs. :)
ludwigvan17 3 years ago
They are still a great band, but you have to admit that they DID rip off some songs.
moose656 3 years ago
okayy what you also dont realize is that those songs led zeppelin ripped off of have also been ripped off over and over again from like 20000 different artist before that. blues and rock.. all the songs are almost identical really. its just every band adds their own little flavor to it. blues guys "copy" each other pretty much all the time if what youre saying is true.
rustinpeace999 3 years ago
well notive thats all there eary stuff in the vid some of there greatest songs that they made in there later yearst like
the song remains the same,in the evening,the rain song,achillies last stand,kashmere and other amasing songs wich i thnik are better than all the songs in the video
jay2rocks 3 years ago
This is stupid, Led Zeppelin is still the greatest band in all of history.
freshandlegal 3 years ago 2
Led Zeppelin greatest band in history not really. Only influenced Hard Rock or Heavy Metal. There is one thing to maybe borrow a lryic or guitar riff for part of a song which everyone does. Led Zeppelin took whole melodies or musical compositions for themselves. They were rip off artists about 20 percent of their music. Led Zeppelin fan boys will never admit to this. This coming from someone who loved Led Zeppelin and knew nothing about this until later. It kind of ruined it for me. Sorry.
RooneyIcon 3 years ago
Wow...let's call it what it is...but maybe we're not realizing that all western music is really the same...It's all the same scale...root-tone-tone-semitone-tone-tone-tone-semitone. Even if the notes are mixed up its still the same audio environment.
zano98 3 years ago
you are retarded
weedgamer420 3 years ago
Actually it's clear that you spend a little too much time getting retarded
zano98 3 years ago
lol page was in the Yardbirds so they recorded a song he liked covering... the others are probably simply influences subconscious copies of songs they liked. oh and just because the words "babe im gonna leave you" are in two songs it hardly implies copyright infringement.
dafaton3 3 years ago
so they did covers its not ripping off as losing the added a zeppelin style to the covers so its not really "ripping off"
DeadEndJustice13 3 years ago
gotta credit stuff though
mbirxeotn 3 years ago
it was not ripping off the might have used it as a insparation or borrowed a few riffed allot of artist borrow so what makes all musicans rip offs the probablly did it unknowingly who knows all im concered with is that they are a amazingly awesome band. like patti smith changed up van morrisons gloria and no one complained then why do they put zeppelin down cause of that it makes no sense i think they were original they borrowed and used it in many different ways this video is pointless
DeadEndJustice13 3 years ago
men i get reaaly pissed with this!! i worship this guys for years.. this is unbelievable!
they still are very good interpeters, i just dont understand how did they managed to get so much sucess with this songs and no one said nothing! this is indeed one of the most sad moments of my life
caiusmota 3 years ago
If you want to hear "earlier" versions of the so called "stairway to heaven" riff....go on youtube to JOHNNY RIVERS song "summer rain" and listen to the intro. ALSO....listen to the Beatles song "Michelle", the intro. It is a similar 4 chord decending musical half step run. It would be hard to say who was the first to use that chord run....but I am very certain it could be found in songs back to the 1940s big bands and possibly earlier
inkey2 3 years ago
"I can`t quit you baby" is credited as a Dixon song on the album, so it`s not a ripp off...
croEdHunter 3 years ago
that riff by Taurus....the one that sounds like stairway to heaven....that riff has been used in a million songs. It's just half steps on a chord run....but I DO see what you mean.
inkey2 3 years ago
it sucks that zeppelin stole those songs, but admittedly, they made them better.
DistortTheTruth93 3 years ago
hey douch bag robert plant loved the bules u dumb shit fall down a well
nirvana17nvrmnd 3 years ago
Most of these instances are admitted tribute songs by led zeppelin, like how van halen redid you really got me, or how metallica redid stone cold crazy, read the hammer of the gods zeppelin knows full well what they were doing for most of those songs brought up, they were playing cover tunes, you retards. Infact led zeppelin I was made to mostly be a cover tune album with some some originals to see how they sounded. But the stairway thing was just a coincidince
RattandRoll21 3 years ago
RattandRoll21,
You have missed the point entirely. There is nothing wrong with doing covers like the other bands that you mentioned, but Page and company actually claimed that THEY wrote the songs. That is where it becomes plagiarism.
KevyNova 3 years ago
all i have to say about this is Music is not created in vacuum. That history of musical world all artist take what they hear & learn !!
mjc455 3 years ago
everyone ripped from everyone....the catch is led zeppelin quietly paided off everyone who they ripped...
TABWISH 3 years ago
My understanding is that ZEP did not pay WILLIE DIXON UNTIL HE WAS LONG GONE. THEY FOUGHT being HONEST.. hell with Zep. thieves.
TREYOLDHIPPIE 3 years ago
to tabwish: you are right....many well known artists have quietly "paid off" artists they ripped off. For example "come together" by the Beatles (john lennon)...he had to pay off. Of course George Harrisons "my sweet lord" was not such a quiet "pay off". Had his ex-manager (con artist) not been the "new owner" of "hes so fine" he could have settled it under the table.
inkey2 3 years ago
umm..thats interesting about the beatles..thanks...as a kid, getting into music, zep was my favorite, over stones,floyd,etc... picked up the guitar because of Page and Hendrix..
ps. i hope they tour and get someone like robinson or grohl to front, so they could but there own spin on it..plant cant do it anymore..cheers
TABWISH 3 years ago
i think it's not so wrong cause page was inspired by many blues artist from that time
in some songs led zeppelin put ''hard rock'' music to some blues lyrics...
andy92rockz 3 years ago
is not all music based on plagirism
Pamz111 3 years ago
they toured with spirit, they did covers of eachother, such as fresh garbage, the people of spirit have no problem with this, just you
cluch9 3 years ago
2/2
"Dazed And Confused" was played by The Yardbirds, and, after they disbanded, Led Zeppelin were founded by their former guitarist to be "The NEW Yardbirds". So, nothing's strange if LZ played their song. Which was actually written by J. Holmes but, once again, the key to its success was LZ playing: in fact, NOBODY knows the original tune.
"Babe I'm Gonna Leave You" was thought to be a traditional folk tune, and Page never claimed for its composition, just for arrangement.
cesaresusa 3 years ago
1/2
Well, I'd like to point out a few things.
"Whole Lotta Love" is notoriously a medley of bluesy cliché. The point is NOT where those riffs come from, but how they are played: Led Zeppelin played them better than anyone else.
"I Can't Quit You Baby" was credited to Dixon since the very first release of LZ1. "Taurus" and STW sound similar? Well, it's just an harmonized chromatic descending scale, there are not million ways to do it. Still Led Zeppelin do it better than Spirit.
cesaresusa 3 years ago
hey douche bag they got permission for the people they used songs from. if you wanna go there jimi hendrix took songs from bob dylan but he got permission like zeppelin. and show me one thing that says led zeppelin took credit for any of those songs.
jdavis618 3 years ago
check out the vide on the menu next to this, called "Led Zeppelin's 'original' songs." It goes into greater detail.
Hektor88 3 years ago
Look it up on wikipedia and you'll see they credited themselves on some, not all
like The Lemon Song as well
They got that from Howling Wolf's Killing Joke, I think thats the name of the song.
fishnsticks 3 years ago
Killing floor retard
mattgarvey3030 3 years ago
Don't act like a fucking twat, everyone else knew what I meant and didn't bitch at me.
fishnsticks 3 years ago
Well you didn't know what you meant. Retard.
mattgarvey3030 3 years ago
If i didn't know what I meant I wouldn't of said it you incredible idiot!
I just put the wrong name because I get confused with the band and the actual song.
Get that through your head!
fishnsticks 3 years ago
Oooh your goint to love this new video that I just found...
Enjoy!
And everything will be answered here as to how Zeppelin DID NOT credit alot of the songs to the originators.
/watch?v=BCMDR0yrxMw&feature=related
fishnsticks 3 years ago
Led Zeppelin inproved all those songs
Brandonrockz 3 years ago
The only reason why people said that back then and ignored the originators is because Led Zeppelin where Caucasian.
Those were racist times back then, thats why Zeppelin got all the credit instead of the Blues Musicians of the time.
Although I am still surprised that people thought that Hendrix was the greatest guitarist even back then!
I'd expect them to be so racist to not even pay attention to them, but I guess not.
Anyways i'm getting off topic.
fishnsticks 3 years ago
to fishsticks: some old songs have fallen into "public domain"....there for, they don't have to give credit to anyone...unless they want to. For example, the song "stewball" an old brit folk song was taken by John Lennon and turned into "Happy Christmas, War is over"....the Elvis song "love me tender" was directly taken from a very old folk song "Aura Lee".
inkey2 3 years ago
No, they should give credit, look at Thin Lizzy's Whiskey in the Jar.
fishnsticks 3 years ago
you may have a point....if the artist gives credit...something like "inspired by old folk song"....at least in the future when people catch on to it....it won't look like they were trying to hide something
inkey2 3 years ago
Yup always when your using someone else's work you must cite it.
Just like a school report.
Maybe not a good example, but a nice simple one that everyone can understand.
fishnsticks 3 years ago 2
Well what I dont get is why they did it in the first place. Its not like no one would know. All the other artists of the time had listened to the same stuff, and the music had much more popularity then it does now. I've heard You Need Love covered by at least 2 other artists prior to Led Zeppelin's.
Blucius13 3 years ago
No they should credit or else people (like millions of Zeppelin fans) will think that Zeppelin or any other band, that does not credit someone, created the song.when they didn't
They can make the song their own all they want...its still not their song
therefore they should credit...take Thin Lizzy's Whiskey in the Jar,just look at the song credits.
They may not know the person who created it but they credited something at least to let people know they didn't write the song. thats my point.
fishnsticks 3 years ago
as others previously stated, most songs today are remakes. Such as ManEater and junk. Although, most remade songs, still suck, but tis my opinion X3
TyraWadman 3 years ago
you really have a lot against covers and inspiration.
elluart0609 3 years ago
I am a huge Zeppelin fan, but yes, they really should have credited the artists they took ideas from.
As for making them "better," I usually prefer the originals of the blues stuff.
Hektor88 3 years ago
dude zeppelin credited every single one of the artists in the video. They covered these songs on purpose they didn't steal them, they highly respected the people they covered just like how bands today do covers of some of the older stuff. Also a lot of these covers were on their first two albums just when they were starting to get a little popular, they needed songs people already knew to get them even more famous.
10kokesly 3 years ago
watch the video. It wouldnt exist if Zeppelin credited everyone.
Hektor88 3 years ago
lmfao your stupid! just because some 12 yeard old kid decided to make a video of this on youtube doesn't make him right you fucken dipshit!
10kokesly 3 years ago
dude, have you watched the video? Its that they didnt credit the original authors. This is known. This isn't something this guy made up, you can find dozens of articles on this.
WATCH THE VIDEO. If you doubt it, you can do the research on your own.
btw, think you can actually make a point without resorting to an ad hominem attack?
Hektor88 3 years ago
Robert Plant made the songs they covered sound a lot better.
Anyway, lots of artists copy each other..Who gives a shit.
Examples: CCR, Guns n' Roses, Jimi Hendrix, The Rolling Stones, Sean Kingston (faggot).
hacksonrunescape 3 years ago
I do laugh Greatest American Band you are quite a fool!
Led Zeppelin 1 was released as a covers album at the time. The arrangement was all they were credited for on the album. Its amazing how easily people can be convinced of something without even researching the topic. They never claimed these songs as there own it was a tribute album to blues players of the past.
petewinny23 3 years ago
LMAO @ Goby...what an idiot. Anyhow, you have to give credit where it's due whether your version is better or not otherwise it's plagirism plain n simple.
cory1228 3 years ago
you're fucken retarded! absolutely every song in the world is based off another song or musicia! are you saying every blues band plagirised the man who started blues?
10kokesly 3 years ago
Yeah , but the blues is different because its a chord progression and stuff. Zeppelin delibaretly got the song with the same lyrics and everything. Heck, just watch the damn video
fishnsticks 3 years ago
this is either a troll made by someone with a lot of free time to make stupid trolls, the point of "standards" is that no one owns them...folk songs are the same way, as for actual plagiarism in music: ever heard of the subconscious?
jheves1 3 years ago
so did elvis and hendrix.who gives a shit,at least it sounds good.unlike most covers these days (rap/hip hop)!?.
1973frassrand 3 years ago
everybody just RELAX. It doesn't matter really, especially with blues. and So what if led zep did take a few parts and pieces, shit, you can think of it as damn it they are not original to damn it they took something that was okay, gave it their unique style and made it ten times better. If you actually think about it, there is no one that is ORIGINAL, all music started from one root and this root grew and expanded to what is now multiple genres of music.
juicebored 3 years ago