As far as any guitars sounding alike. you have to remember Jimmy page was a very popular studio guitarist and was sometimes not credited for his work. he was the person who came up with the riff for the Kinks, You Really Got Me Now and had collaborations with many musicians during that era including David Bowie and the Rolling Stones.
I absolutely love Zeppelin, what had happen with their first album in 1969 they did use the words from a lot of classic blues songs, did pay out some settlements but a lot of the musicians were just happy to hear the songs played on the radio some of those songs were forty years old at the time.
I’ve been accused of being American, stupid, not knowing what Ivy League means. IM JUST SAYING 1) If Zep plagiarized all their music they would be broke from law suits – it is ILLIGAL to take others' music and call it your own – hey, I’m agreeing with you! 2) Respected music journalist have declared Zep the greatest rock band of their time 3) Those thieving rock gods are rich, happy and by all accounts, loving parents, and living well is the best revenge against the haters in the world.
LoL the dazed and confused one is total bullshit, the music and lyrics are drastically different, jimmy page made the riffs/solo's etc. with the Yardbirds and brought HIS MUSIC to his new band, you cannot plagiarize yourself.
I understand how this is not ok and it may change the opinion of many LZ fans. I don't agree with taking someone else song and say is yours, but at the same time you probably wouldn't know about this song if it wasn't because LZ took it and make it what it is. The chemistry and magnetism this guys had was amazing and it can be compare to any other band.
Of course Jansch death made the news! Perhaps not the mainstream news that seems to be important to you but by your logic Jade Goody is one of the most important philosophers of the last 50 years! Grow up mate.
Zep did write a lot of great, original music. Enough, in my opinion, to still be credited as one of the all time greats. The only issue here is that Zep should have credited the people they stole/took influence from. End of story.
The Bert Jansch stuff says "traditional folk song" so why you dupes not moaning about Bert Jansch?
Copyright traditionally expired and traditional songs rarely have known authors, it's irrelevant about other recordings and the LZ version clearly differs from BJ's.
LZ has always been my favorite band since the early 70's, until my GF told about their plagarism. Jimmy, Robert, how on earth can you take total credit for so many of your songs? No doubt, you guys took the recoreded music to another level, but damn, this looks really bad. I just hope you're sharing your riches with those (estates) who actually wrote your hits. God Bless.
I don't believe this video mentions that Page lifted the opening guitar piece from Spirit's song, "Taurus," and used it for "Stairway To Heaven." "Taurus" may have borrowed from Davy Graham's version of "Cry Me A River," but it was not a complete lift like Led Zeppelin's steal of Randy California's guitar piece....There are a limited amount of chord progressions in the blues and in rock so things can sound similar but when a long piece is identical or has the same lyrics it's not a coincidence.
The best part is probably 2/3's of these led zeppelin fans hate it when rappers sample other people's music. At least they give the sampled artist credit.
Its not paying respect to an artist if you don't credit them. Sure, music in general is far from original, and artists borrow from each other all the time, but this is blantantly stealing. It's like saying Elvis was just paying respects in damn near everyone of his songs. You can pay homage at a show, not on an album you sell for profit. This is pretty sad, although stealing from black artists is nothing new.
I wish i wouldn't have watched this. I knew Zeppelin stole a lot of their stuff from the old bluesmen, but i thought they were sued and payed them off. I had forgiven them and forgotten it.To think so many artists were never paid. Mother F*ckers.
This comment is not intended as an excuse but rather an explanation; the rules surrounding recording and accreditation were entirely different back when these songs were being recorded. As the composer of this video points out, Page didn't even acknowledge "his oldest friend", Jeff Beck, which should be an indicator of how copyright infringement was perceived during this era.
So what you're saying is pretty much the only virgin material that Page can lay claim to was that 13 year old girl he deflowered in Los Angeles, or was she already broken in by someone else as well?
It's a shame no credit was given. No problems with reinterpreting an earlier piece, it's done all the time, but clearly the original artist should be named. While I hear clear plagiarism on some of the examples, like how DnC was clearly ripped off from Jake Holmes, I can't make out the same similarity in Howlin Wolf's How Many More Years. Tempo, bass line, melody, and general character are quite different. Only the titles seem similar. Influenced by Wolf? Certainly. Copied? Hmm. That's a reach.
wow, if LZ thought it was ok to make money on other artists pieces and not even give credits why the f are my youtube collabs of LZ being blocked, i guess by LZ copyright owners, while im not making a penny and i gave LZ credit?
The fact that they stole the writing credits for songs originally written by the early black blues artists, whose own record labels often fucked them over (see when eric clapton walked into the Chess Records offices only to see the famed Muddy Waters acting as little more than a maintenance man/janitor), is completely reprehensible in my eyes. Give writing credit where its due; thats their whole motivation behind suing the hell out of anyone who dares to use the drum break from "...Levee Breaks"
It's obvious that LZ copied off other artists and they are cock suckers for not crediting and paying royalties, but I have to say their covers of these songs are alot better than the originals.
@TruckAssure BUT copyright laws have existed in this country since 1790 i still find it hard to believe only one person filed a claim if these were all stolen.
Zeppelin improvised a lot when they played live like when they played "How Many More Times". Plant would often throw in a medley of popular blues songs like "The Hunter" before returning to the main song. Borrowing is an important in music.
@grandaddynative Last I checked the beef with Mencia is the fact he'd be int he back of the room deliberately stealing material, and sometimes even doing your material RIGHT BEFORE YOU GOT ON STAGE.
I don't recall Zepplin opening for any of these acts then doing there songs. Also these aren't exact copies, (as Mencia's jokes are) they are merely interpretations. As music requires more than just a series of words in a certain order.
@BenjaminFranklin2u Only difference is Ned had his thief card pulled a lot sooner because of the internet. I'm sure some of these victims went to a concert or two to find out for themselves. There weren't too many options back then to spread the word. The timing is different but it's the same. Ned rewords some of his poachery as well. Different voice is a different tune to me. The double standard is there, we just like Zeppelin and Ned is dead baby..Ned is dead
If you ignore the Blues songs, it's still theft. Dazed and Confused - Jake Holmes, Stairway to Heaven - Spirit 'Taurus', 'Babe I'm Gonna Leave You' - A folk song by Anne Bredon, 'Moby Dick' - written and first recorded by Sleepy John Estes under the title "The Girl I Love,"...this is theft.
If you ignore the Blues songs, it's still theft. Dazed and Confused - Jake Holmes, Stairway to Heaven - Spirit 'Taurus', 'Babe I'm Gonna Leave You' - A folk song by Anne Bredon, 'Moby Dick' - written and first recorded by Sleepy John Estes under the title "The Girl I Love,"...this is theft.
BTW, how many times has Zeppelin been ripped off? They started a whole new genre of music that everyone has been influenced by since…..The Zeppelin Rules All!
honestly I think they just made a mistake by not crediting the original artists. Lots of these songs are traditional and at the time it would have been hard to track down who the credit should go to. I doubt Page was deliberately trying to take credit for this stuff and I would guess that other artists from the period all did the same thing unknowingly... Zep just gets the attention because of how popular they are.
Zep was the perfect package, JBaez would have never rocked even if she was set to do so! They took vocal (melody lines) and rearranged and the songs and put them in heights that even the original artists would've never dreamed of doing so. Being jelous of their success is one thing! but rip-off? gez!
@SmokingHotGuitar Doing good with stealing doesn't make the stealing any less criminal. Zeppelin had talent, and I think Bonham is a sick drummer. But if Zep wanted to do cover tunes, they should've gave credit all the time. Even IF the tunes were remakes more than covers.
These are all blues songs that were played by many different artists. Led Zeppelin got in trouble because they got paid a lot more than everybody else who played them.
um last time i checked a cover is not plagiarism. if they say they've written the song they had no intention of flat out stealing this material. obviously the members of led zeppelin were influenced by these artists and used their songs as an homage. only difference is the fact that led zeppelin is more known
i guess this author didn't watch his own video. if the artists were around when they wrote the songs, they could've said something. the songs are identical on purpose. we call them "tributes" today as they are obvious new versions of older songs.
what do you call it when a rapper lays down lyrics over a sampled beat of a Zeppelin song , and credits the song to " Lil G street boyz" or what the fuck ever ?Which , incidentally has been with Zeppelin more than any other band .
@Malaca314 Ideas are different than entire songs. zep and thier record company should have credited the writers. you can't just speed up and slightly change songs to call your own
@OllianusIV : I'm not disputing the fact that they might have done it better or made the song more popular. I'm disputing the fact that you cannot take the DNA of a song that has already been written, put a twist on it, then take credit for the song, Copyrights do not work that way.
with the invention of the internet and youtube, people are finding out more and more about these sort of things, I love led zeppelin as much as anyone, but i can't really defend them here :/
the only problem i think is when they don't give credit and say claim they wrote it themselves,and yes, that did happen... in the original liner notes credit went to page and plant for a lot of material they were covering, that's why people say they stole.
fuck!I read few years back zep were known to have ripped off a few tunes but didnt realise some were so obvious.much prefer zeps versions though.they mainly seem to off the first album.the music for how many more times is totally different but the vocals are an obvious steal.disagree on communication breakdown though.slight similarities yes,but hardly a rip off.in my opinion zeps best work is there mid era tunes like kashmir,rain song,no quarter,in the light etc.these tunes sound like zep
"The Led Zeppelin version was not credited to Holmes. Page took the title, came up with a new set of lyrics, and changed enough of the melody to escape a plagiarism lawsuit from Jake Holmes" wikipedia...oh you dirty bastard
you guys know that Jimmy Page was a hired guitar player before Zeppelin right? He played the guitar for anyone that hired him in their recordings. he could of been one of them you never know. and also most of these songs that zeppelin so called "stole" probably sold like 5 albums so who cares if zeppelin "copied" these songs. all they did was made songs that no one has ever heard of and made them a lot better.
You know, it's funny that in all discussion about Led Zeppelin ripping off other bands, people forget how many bands ripped off Led Zeppelin. The first Rush album for example was a totally derivative ripoff of Zeppelin. And don't forget about bands like Wolfmother, Jet, The White Stripes, etc.
@Cincinnatus1869 What kind of monkey logic are you using? I am just calling it like it is. And no, judging by the lawsuits against them, not everyone was taken by it, hence the reason they are finally being sued. The lost their previous lawsuit, and no honest judge will rule in their favor when Holmes gets his day in court. Sorry if the facts kill your idealized image but LZ is little more than a great cover band at best talented plagiarists at worst. Be honest and get over it you little baby .
@ramonalejandrosuare how much do you stand to earn if theya re sued successfully ? Are you an attorney ? If they lose the lawsuit , then what ? Is their influence then somehow less prevalent ? Sounds to me like you are a just a bitter little punk with jealousy issues .
@Cincinnatus1869 LOL. You really are dense. Let me set you straight again. 1.) one doesn't have to be a lawyer to hear they crossed the line between plagiarism and inspiration, thus the reason the dudes they ripped off are suing. 2.) I never dismissed their influence only their integrity and songwriting talent. The reason why is because there will always be sheep fans like you. 3.) Get a life and stop defending this glorified cover band against everyone who tells you the obvious truth.
@ramonalejandrosuare maybe you should actually listen to the songs rathet than just repeating what you ahve heard on youtube or read . Then you'd see why its a non - issue . I suppose by 'fans ' you mean people like McCartney , Joe Perry , Brian May , ... all Zeppelin fans . What you say here goes to show that some people are self important morons who exxagerate the importance of the issue .You miss teh point
There are SOOOOOOOOOOO many great Zeppelin songs that are COMPLETELY original, there are a few that take only little bits from older songs an there are a FEW and when I say a FEW I MEAN a FEW, that take enough from the old songs authours should be credited! You are not discovering anything new here! People know this very well and they still love the mighty and original Led Zeppelin!
@Cincinnatus1869 You're missing the point...there's a clear difference between influence and plagiarism. Covering a song without giving credit to the original qualifies as the latter.
This makes me want to puke knowing that Led Zep doesnt allow their music to be used for anything or in any kind of movie or videogame. Still love their stuff though...
I know people would say that Led Zeppelin took these original songs and bring them to a new level and I agree with those sentiments. However, there really isn't an excuse to not credit some of these artist. Imagine if Jimi Hendrix "All Along The Watchtower" which was also a cover that improved on the original was credited as written by Jimi Hendrix. That would be a slap on a face on the original creators of the song. It's really just a basic level of respect on your influence
I see Led Zep’s versions as Andy Warhol’s colored pictures of Marilyn Monroe. Warhol uses another person’s picture and face, yet the piece of art is HIS, coz it’s different from the original, maybe in a subtle way, but still different. Zeppelin might have stolen these songs, which isn’t good at all, but that’s not the reason that made them succesful ! If the originals had been better than the Led Zeps ones then we’d remember them better !
Let’s not be hypocrite, art could never exist without emulation & inspiration, just take a look at Homer, Virgil and Dante, take a look at Disney’s cartoons, they’re often reeditions of written works,
It0s good to let everybody know the names of those who wrote the lyrics and the music of the original songs, but let’s not forget that Led Zep’s versions still rock !!!!
What would happen if a band today did a song that sounded alot like "Over The Hills and Far Away" or "The Rain Song" or "Fool in The Rain"....how many days or hours would it be before Page,Plant and company had them in court ????
i think zeppelin was more innovative than the originals and very talented musicians but not the biggest composers, whathever there are a lot of no plagiarism songs that i love in zeppelin
@123sete123 How can you say they're being more innovative when they're not creating anything? I think the word you're looking for is reinnovating lol.
Since the first caveman hit a stick on a rock to make a beat, everything has been plagiarized. Big whoop. Burn your albums. There would have been no recognition of these artists without Zeppelin and no Zeppelin without these artists. If you have a different opinion of these guys based on this, you may not have ever been a Zeppelin fan in the first place. At the least, your knowledge of music might be a bit limited.
led zeppelin to me is a sort of fake group: is very easy make a disc with music of other persons... you go in every club of a city and you can listen to many "cover bands"!!
LZ Had terrific session musicians in Page and John Paul Jones. But as group they were no songwriters. Plant and Bonham were good but not great, Keith Moon was a better drummer, Pete Townsend a better songwriter, Paul Rogers a better vocalist. Free and The Who were easily better bands. LZ are the most over hyped band of all time.
@woodwaj Right on man you took the words out of my mouth now keep in mind i am a Zeppelin fan but those bands you named are better and that is just for starters.
@locote031 wrong. Page actually copyrighted much of this as original works. He did indeed pass them off as originals and copyrighted them as such so he would get paid for it.
all of u GAy Led zepplin fags (fans) r missing the point Led Zepplin put all of these songs on there first album and credited "THEMSELVES" as the origanal artists and made millions off of other people shit.....They are the Bernie Maddofs of rock n roll...haha.....FUCK U FAGGOTS!!!!!!!!
after seeing this i dont know...i dont think i like zeppelin any more...covering one or two songs is cool but what they did was steal and made millions on it...fuck them
True Story. Zep paid its first plagiarism settlement in 72. Over at Capricorn records, the Allmans Bros were working on Eat and Peach. When the record was about to be released, some fancy Madison Avenue type the label had hired tried to convince the band it wasn't necessary to credit Donovan for the the instrumental Mountain Jam, which was based on his song First There Is a Mountain. Big Gregg Allman told them "Listen, we credit our sources. We're not Led Zeppelin."
White guys piggybacking on the whip-scarred backs of the true troubadors , the men who experienced REAL suffering. These white blues bands knew nothing of true travail. Fuck it clapton was a borderline fascist. Now flame me Bitches.
Looks like a bunch of old brain-dead classic rock fans have taken your video quite offensively, @clashboy1977. Law is the law, stoners. Just because you've never heard of the words "copyright infringement" doesn't mean that Zep gets a free pass because they "made the original better."
The "Oh Rosie" part of "How Many More Times" is from very old black prisoner song. If you check out "Alan Lomax,Negro Prison & Blues Songs Rosie" on YouTube. Rosie dated back Mississippi State Penitentiary at Parchman in 1947.
what about atlantic records? they were all jazz and r&b heads, going back for decades. with their professional legal department.........stood right there in front of god and everybody KNOWING they stole it........AS THEY RELEASED IT.
Ah even more !!! I knew of the Willie Dixon tune and that Percy directly copied Steve Marriott almost note for note. Why didn't they just give credit where it was due ? I loved this band in my teens now i just think that they ( Page and Plant ) are just common thieving magpies as was described by page when his black beauty was nicked. Shameful Koont's are they says Yoda ! Fuckin Wankin Losers . . .
@WonderLlamaRecords cream, hendrix experience, beatles, stones, kinks, yardbird.... yes they covered song but the gave credit. so who's the fucking dumbass now? Dicklips!
I remember when I started to listen blues in my late teens, and was surprices hearing Led Zeppelin song almost every time I bought a record :-)
I never knew about the stuff they ripped of from contemporary bands, because I never was that into 60's rock. But the origins of their blues songs got very familiar.
Who the fuck cares.. Get over it. They took a song & made it better! People do things like that everyday! Mark Zuckerberg did that with Facebook, Aretha Franklin did it with the song Respect & so forth.
@DoggyB22 Did Aretha Franklin claim to write Respect? No. The fact that Led Zeppelin made these songs better is not the point at all...It's the fact that they claimed it as entierly their own. They should have given credit to the people they borrowed this stuff from. Does it make them kind of shitty people for not doing so? yeah maybe a little bit. Does the fact that they didn't make them somehow lose their title as one of the best bands ever? FUUUUUCK no.
@DoggyB22 Did Aretha Franklin claim to write Respect? No. The fact that Led Zeppelin made these songs better is not the point at all...It's the fact that they claimed it as entierly their own. They should have given credit to the people they borrowed this stuff from. Does it make them kind of shitty people for not doing so? yeah maybe a little bit. Does the fact that they didn't make them somehow lose their title as one of the best bands ever? FUUUUUCK no.
@eekman87, so giving no credit to the original artist is not stealing? The other bands say who inspired them or who wrote the original. Look at Twist and Shout, the original sounds nothing like The Beatles version yet the fab 4 don't even add there names to the song writing credit. Led-Zeppelin = thieves
in all fairness led zeppelin just recognized potential and made it good sometimes great...here's a clue we all plagiarize. what language are you speaking right now?
@tamerseeker You call that fair? Just as someone who knew nothing about Led Zepplin other than their having legions of fans, I find it remarkable just how much they lifted from other artists. Fair? FAIR?!?! These guys are despicable.
they went far beyond that though. as in the song dazed and confused. they did this at a time, when they thought,
those artists would just be like some 'one hit wonder' that falls into obscurity and is forgotten. they didn't think there would be an internet one day. They still wrote some pretty decent original stuff, but this poisons the well, and I say that as a long time fan who played a large portion of their music way back in my teens and early 20's.
that is only the introduction and is an anthem, it is not what the song was built around. The beatles credited songs like Twist and Shout, they credited many artists. In fact, Paul Mccartney spent weeks trying to find out if Yesterday was literally an original song, he kept asking people. All artists can take riff here and there, and a little bit here and there, but this is wholesale rip offs, including lyrics and music.
just to add something in fairness. some of the music on that is posted here, are very weak examples. while i do admit they went to far, there are also examples that are unfair against Zeppelin. Stairway to Heaven, although the intro is from that other song, it is really Zeppelins song. Communication Breakdown is there song, I don't feel they were stealing there. A few others as well. Its important that we strike some balance and not go to far the other way either.
I can't quite you babe was directly ripped off. Dazed and confused is another. Black mountain side was a complete steal, the music is practically the same. Even though its a traditional, he took the take and followed Bert Jansch "Black Waterside" so close it was surprising. Bring it on home with the harp, the list really goes on. I can also think of small faces You Need Lovin. They went a little to far with this. It was the pressure of measuring up the Beatles and the Stones.
I think Led Zeppelin while recording this in 1968 didn't expect there will be such thing as YouTube in 2000's, so they thought they'll get away with this ;)
These videos show that Led Zeppelin was the best cover band of all time. But it's a total let down to know that all these songes that Zep tried to pass off as original were just ripped off.
dude a lot of blues songs get covered a dozen times and no credit is given house of the rising sun has been covered a hundred times. no one even noes who wrote it. covering is not stealing it is progress and led zeppelin's sound changed music
I'm not american nor british but if someone sais that british tried to copy ameerican bad newsthe most known bands of rock are british...and Led Zeppelin can do whatever you say except plagerism .l.
@gjc82071 lol, thats bullshit. I'm not trying to be an ass, I just think you may have got some wrong information. At the end of the 60's blues was pretty popular. Muddy has been famous since the late 40's. Muddy was at woodstock along with the Paul Butterfield blues band. Sonny Boy Williamson II was touring Europe and sparked the interest in blues in european musicians. He inspired Led Zeppelin.
As far as any guitars sounding alike. you have to remember Jimmy page was a very popular studio guitarist and was sometimes not credited for his work. he was the person who came up with the riff for the Kinks, You Really Got Me Now and had collaborations with many musicians during that era including David Bowie and the Rolling Stones.
kbacahaley 1 day ago
I absolutely love Zeppelin, what had happen with their first album in 1969 they did use the words from a lot of classic blues songs, did pay out some settlements but a lot of the musicians were just happy to hear the songs played on the radio some of those songs were forty years old at the time.
kbacahaley 1 day ago
I’ve been accused of being American, stupid, not knowing what Ivy League means. IM JUST SAYING 1) If Zep plagiarized all their music they would be broke from law suits – it is ILLIGAL to take others' music and call it your own – hey, I’m agreeing with you! 2) Respected music journalist have declared Zep the greatest rock band of their time 3) Those thieving rock gods are rich, happy and by all accounts, loving parents, and living well is the best revenge against the haters in the world.
54Tangerine 3 days ago 2
Damn...
lawsarejusttogovern 1 week ago
i lol'd
this songs are famous because Zeppelin used to play them
CORRDiesel 1 week ago
and again based on the song and being the song are not the same. they took these old blues guys and made it their own just sayin
steve0aw 1 week ago
LoL the dazed and confused one is total bullshit, the music and lyrics are drastically different, jimmy page made the riffs/solo's etc. with the Yardbirds and brought HIS MUSIC to his new band, you cannot plagiarize yourself.
MrRalfnader66 1 week ago
id like to point out that they said they were covering this. they gave credit to her for babe im gonna leave you just sayin
steve0aw 1 week ago
fuck it the original blew, zeppelin actually made it worth listening to.
MrRalfnader66 1 week ago 3
That's Anne Bredon, not Brendon.
rrbold 2 weeks ago
I understand how this is not ok and it may change the opinion of many LZ fans. I don't agree with taking someone else song and say is yours, but at the same time you probably wouldn't know about this song if it wasn't because LZ took it and make it what it is. The chemistry and magnetism this guys had was amazing and it can be compare to any other band.
niky1189 2 weeks ago
Of course Jansch death made the news! Perhaps not the mainstream news that seems to be important to you but by your logic Jade Goody is one of the most important philosophers of the last 50 years! Grow up mate.
fatmarkstewart 2 weeks ago
Zep did write a lot of great, original music. Enough, in my opinion, to still be credited as one of the all time greats. The only issue here is that Zep should have credited the people they stole/took influence from. End of story.
DamienFknHerbert 2 weeks ago
R.I.P. Howlin' Wolf
quinnweller 2 weeks ago
The Bert Jansch stuff says "traditional folk song" so why you dupes not moaning about Bert Jansch?
Copyright traditionally expired and traditional songs rarely have known authors, it's irrelevant about other recordings and the LZ version clearly differs from BJ's.
RobBCactive 3 weeks ago
LZ has always been my favorite band since the early 70's, until my GF told about their plagarism. Jimmy, Robert, how on earth can you take total credit for so many of your songs? No doubt, you guys took the recoreded music to another level, but damn, this looks really bad. I just hope you're sharing your riches with those (estates) who actually wrote your hits. God Bless.
mark63021 3 weeks ago
Well, there is a thing called "copyright" and a thing called "attorney."
Sooooo.....
I mean is it even possible to argue copyright on a "12 bar blues progression?"
Answer: NO!
toromusic 3 weeks ago
@toromusic lol, butthurt led zep fans trying to defend their cunt of a artist
quinnweller 2 weeks ago
I don't believe this video mentions that Page lifted the opening guitar piece from Spirit's song, "Taurus," and used it for "Stairway To Heaven." "Taurus" may have borrowed from Davy Graham's version of "Cry Me A River," but it was not a complete lift like Led Zeppelin's steal of Randy California's guitar piece....There are a limited amount of chord progressions in the blues and in rock so things can sound similar but when a long piece is identical or has the same lyrics it's not a coincidence.
DougStoneent 3 weeks ago
How hard is it to credit the original authors?
ram0000100 1 month ago
Yeah, I've been complaining about Blackwater Slide for years.
talkingwall 1 month ago
with your time is gonna come it sounds alot like dear mr fantasy by traffic lol :P
willwelsh816 1 month ago
The best part is probably 2/3's of these led zeppelin fans hate it when rappers sample other people's music. At least they give the sampled artist credit.
Rangelife1980 1 month ago in playlist More videos from clashboy1977 8
@Rangelife1980 And producers in hip hop use 5 - 10 sec long pieces but Zeppelin sometimes the whole song!
ArnthorJon 2 weeks ago
@Rangelife1980 to true. i was gobsmacked when i saw this. i would be heart boken if i found out jimi hendrix done this
annabatarowicz 11 hours ago
Its not paying respect to an artist if you don't credit them. Sure, music in general is far from original, and artists borrow from each other all the time, but this is blantantly stealing. It's like saying Elvis was just paying respects in damn near everyone of his songs. You can pay homage at a show, not on an album you sell for profit. This is pretty sad, although stealing from black artists is nothing new.
dankey24365 1 month ago
I hope SOPA gets you
Twiggy316225 1 month ago 6
This video is devastating.
ihasch 1 month ago
I wish i wouldn't have watched this. I knew Zeppelin stole a lot of their stuff from the old bluesmen, but i thought they were sued and payed them off. I had forgiven them and forgotten it.To think so many artists were never paid. Mother F*ckers.
bezzarguy 1 month ago
I've always disliked Led Zeppelin for some reason and never had a solid answer to why I did when people asked..... This is now my answer.
ElwoodBlatchBand 1 month ago
This comment is not intended as an excuse but rather an explanation; the rules surrounding recording and accreditation were entirely different back when these songs were being recorded. As the composer of this video points out, Page didn't even acknowledge "his oldest friend", Jeff Beck, which should be an indicator of how copyright infringement was perceived during this era.
991sublime 1 month ago 2
this deeply burns my heart.... i rather be cheated on :'(
JesusACruz64 1 month ago
So what you're saying is pretty much the only virgin material that Page can lay claim to was that 13 year old girl he deflowered in Los Angeles, or was she already broken in by someone else as well?
horse69outside 1 month ago
It's a shame no credit was given. No problems with reinterpreting an earlier piece, it's done all the time, but clearly the original artist should be named. While I hear clear plagiarism on some of the examples, like how DnC was clearly ripped off from Jake Holmes, I can't make out the same similarity in Howlin Wolf's How Many More Years. Tempo, bass line, melody, and general character are quite different. Only the titles seem similar. Influenced by Wolf? Certainly. Copied? Hmm. That's a reach.
TheAdironDoc 1 month ago
wow, if LZ thought it was ok to make money on other artists pieces and not even give credits why the f are my youtube collabs of LZ being blocked, i guess by LZ copyright owners, while im not making a penny and i gave LZ credit?
sticksbass 1 month ago
Is anyone else making a playlist of the original songs and artists? Thumbs up if you want me to make one.
bg365247 1 month ago 2
Wow. Zep's plagiarism is even worse than I knew about. Just blatant. Greedy bastards, it's not like they wouldn't have been making good money anyway.
subg88 1 month ago
The fact that they stole the writing credits for songs originally written by the early black blues artists, whose own record labels often fucked them over (see when eric clapton walked into the Chess Records offices only to see the famed Muddy Waters acting as little more than a maintenance man/janitor), is completely reprehensible in my eyes. Give writing credit where its due; thats their whole motivation behind suing the hell out of anyone who dares to use the drum break from "...Levee Breaks"
hvylobster2 1 month ago
It's obvious that LZ copied off other artists and they are cock suckers for not crediting and paying royalties, but I have to say their covers of these songs are alot better than the originals.
PumpkinPuffer 1 month ago
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franki1990 1 month ago
@TruckAssure BUT copyright laws have existed in this country since 1790 i still find it hard to believe only one person filed a claim if these were all stolen.
eBossMusic 1 month ago
@TruckAssure True. I did not take that into consideration.
eBossMusic 1 month ago
i've always like blues better cos of the whole raw unpolished sound and emotion.
cheesydarkside 1 month ago
Zeppelin improvised a lot when they played live like when they played "How Many More Times". Plant would often throw in a medley of popular blues songs like "The Hunter" before returning to the main song. Borrowing is an important in music.
Who cares about this? Led Zep transformed music
lezaduke 1 month ago
Who cares? Zeppelin blasted these songs out of the fucking park
lezaduke 1 month ago
Rogan only has issues when it's personal like his BS with Mencia. Joke theif bad and music theif ok. nice
grandaddynative 1 month ago
@grandaddynative Last I checked the beef with Mencia is the fact he'd be int he back of the room deliberately stealing material, and sometimes even doing your material RIGHT BEFORE YOU GOT ON STAGE.
I don't recall Zepplin opening for any of these acts then doing there songs. Also these aren't exact copies, (as Mencia's jokes are) they are merely interpretations. As music requires more than just a series of words in a certain order.
BenjaminFranklin2u 1 month ago
@BenjaminFranklin2u Only difference is Ned had his thief card pulled a lot sooner because of the internet. I'm sure some of these victims went to a concert or two to find out for themselves. There weren't too many options back then to spread the word. The timing is different but it's the same. Ned rewords some of his poachery as well. Different voice is a different tune to me. The double standard is there, we just like Zeppelin and Ned is dead baby..Ned is dead
grandaddynative 1 month ago
"Good composers borrow, great composers steal." --Igor Stravinsky
DamusNostril 1 month ago
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If you ignore the Blues songs, it's still theft. Dazed and Confused - Jake Holmes, Stairway to Heaven - Spirit 'Taurus', 'Babe I'm Gonna Leave You' - A folk song by Anne Bredon, 'Moby Dick' - written and first recorded by Sleepy John Estes under the title "The Girl I Love,"...this is theft.
Knepperify1 1 month ago
If you ignore the Blues songs, it's still theft. Dazed and Confused - Jake Holmes, Stairway to Heaven - Spirit 'Taurus', 'Babe I'm Gonna Leave You' - A folk song by Anne Bredon, 'Moby Dick' - written and first recorded by Sleepy John Estes under the title "The Girl I Love,"...this is theft.
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LovePeaceRnR 1 month ago
Ahhh Shit. I Wish they just Gave Credit I Guarantee They Would still be one of the best bands in history
thesuperchamps 1 month ago
why would you defend a band so hard on the internet?
Kelzibek 1 month ago
BTW, how many times has Zeppelin been ripped off? They started a whole new genre of music that everyone has been influenced by since…..The Zeppelin Rules All!
flynnsam 1 month ago
sorry but this doesn't discredit the greatest band in the world. LED ZEPPELIN RULES ALL!
flynnsam 1 month ago
honestly I think they just made a mistake by not crediting the original artists. Lots of these songs are traditional and at the time it would have been hard to track down who the credit should go to. I doubt Page was deliberately trying to take credit for this stuff and I would guess that other artists from the period all did the same thing unknowingly... Zep just gets the attention because of how popular they are.
fchrgl 1 month ago
Isn't there anything pure?
bushater69 1 month ago
Video fails to mention how Anne Bredon has received royalties for "Babe I'm Gonna Leave You".
Fehnrique 1 month ago 2
Zep was the perfect package, JBaez would have never rocked even if she was set to do so! They took vocal (melody lines) and rearranged and the songs and put them in heights that even the original artists would've never dreamed of doing so. Being jelous of their success is one thing! but rip-off? gez!
SmokingHotGuitar 1 month ago
@SmokingHotGuitar Doing good with stealing doesn't make the stealing any less criminal. Zeppelin had talent, and I think Bonham is a sick drummer. But if Zep wanted to do cover tunes, they should've gave credit all the time. Even IF the tunes were remakes more than covers.
InstinctualJealousy 1 month ago
@SmokingHotGuitar So if I pickpocketed your wallet you would say I just rearranged your pocket?
53moreHP 1 month ago
These are all blues songs that were played by many different artists. Led Zeppelin got in trouble because they got paid a lot more than everybody else who played them.
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zeroceiling 2 months ago
there are no copies. music isnt written law, its feeling,its interpretation...
RocknLester2011 2 months ago
who here wishes the Led Zeppelin versions did not exist?
exsees2112 2 months ago
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um last time i checked a cover is not plagiarism. if they say they've written the song they had no intention of flat out stealing this material. obviously the members of led zeppelin were influenced by these artists and used their songs as an homage. only difference is the fact that led zeppelin is more known
mattwilhelm60 2 months ago
i guess this author didn't watch his own video. if the artists were around when they wrote the songs, they could've said something. the songs are identical on purpose. we call them "tributes" today as they are obvious new versions of older songs.
zeppblimp 2 months ago
@ZeppelinFan757 Zep.....the best cover band in the world..:D
TheTomppa72 2 months ago 32
what do you call it when a rapper lays down lyrics over a sampled beat of a Zeppelin song , and credits the song to " Lil G street boyz" or what the fuck ever ?Which , incidentally has been with Zeppelin more than any other band .
Cincinnatus1869 2 months ago
@AuroraSunset yeah it was 'all that black magic " . Go read the tabloids
Cincinnatus1869 2 months ago
@Malaca314 Ideas are different than entire songs. zep and thier record company should have credited the writers. you can't just speed up and slightly change songs to call your own
MrROTD 2 months ago
@OllianusIV : I'm not disputing the fact that they might have done it better or made the song more popular. I'm disputing the fact that you cannot take the DNA of a song that has already been written, put a twist on it, then take credit for the song, Copyrights do not work that way.
MrRon1507 2 months ago
Blues music right from the beginning was full of Palagarism or borrowing. So's folk music and every kind of traditional music there is. Get over it.
jlbergqvist 2 months ago
holy rap. struggling to remain a fan...
KingsHWY 2 months ago
@DesertFox9103
with the invention of the internet and youtube, people are finding out more and more about these sort of things, I love led zeppelin as much as anyone, but i can't really defend them here :/
InsuperiorTorment 2 months ago
@DesertFox9103
the only problem i think is when they don't give credit and say claim they wrote it themselves,and yes, that did happen... in the original liner notes credit went to page and plant for a lot of material they were covering, that's why people say they stole.
InsuperiorTorment 2 months ago
Can't help but rock out each time the Zeppelin versions come on. Great band, but I guess they weren't talented songwriters.
Gaffelstein 2 months ago
fuck!I read few years back zep were known to have ripped off a few tunes but didnt realise some were so obvious.much prefer zeps versions though.they mainly seem to off the first album.the music for how many more times is totally different but the vocals are an obvious steal.disagree on communication breakdown though.slight similarities yes,but hardly a rip off.in my opinion zeps best work is there mid era tunes like kashmir,rain song,no quarter,in the light etc.these tunes sound like zep
bugeyedmudafuka2 2 months ago 2
"The Led Zeppelin version was not credited to Holmes. Page took the title, came up with a new set of lyrics, and changed enough of the melody to escape a plagiarism lawsuit from Jake Holmes" wikipedia...oh you dirty bastard
ArpeggioBear 2 months ago
you guys know that Jimmy Page was a hired guitar player before Zeppelin right? He played the guitar for anyone that hired him in their recordings. he could of been one of them you never know. and also most of these songs that zeppelin so called "stole" probably sold like 5 albums so who cares if zeppelin "copied" these songs. all they did was made songs that no one has ever heard of and made them a lot better.
dragonsGTO 2 months ago
You know, it's funny that in all discussion about Led Zeppelin ripping off other bands, people forget how many bands ripped off Led Zeppelin. The first Rush album for example was a totally derivative ripoff of Zeppelin. And don't forget about bands like Wolfmother, Jet, The White Stripes, etc.
psyoptica 2 months ago
@Cincinnatus1869 What kind of monkey logic are you using? I am just calling it like it is. And no, judging by the lawsuits against them, not everyone was taken by it, hence the reason they are finally being sued. The lost their previous lawsuit, and no honest judge will rule in their favor when Holmes gets his day in court. Sorry if the facts kill your idealized image but LZ is little more than a great cover band at best talented plagiarists at worst. Be honest and get over it you little baby .
ramonalejandrosuare 2 months ago
@ramonalejandrosuare how much do you stand to earn if theya re sued successfully ? Are you an attorney ? If they lose the lawsuit , then what ? Is their influence then somehow less prevalent ? Sounds to me like you are a just a bitter little punk with jealousy issues .
Cincinnatus1869 2 months ago
@Cincinnatus1869 LOL. You really are dense. Let me set you straight again. 1.) one doesn't have to be a lawyer to hear they crossed the line between plagiarism and inspiration, thus the reason the dudes they ripped off are suing. 2.) I never dismissed their influence only their integrity and songwriting talent. The reason why is because there will always be sheep fans like you. 3.) Get a life and stop defending this glorified cover band against everyone who tells you the obvious truth.
ramonalejandrosuare 2 months ago
@ramonalejandrosuare maybe you should actually listen to the songs rathet than just repeating what you ahve heard on youtube or read . Then you'd see why its a non - issue . I suppose by 'fans ' you mean people like McCartney , Joe Perry , Brian May , ... all Zeppelin fans . What you say here goes to show that some people are self important morons who exxagerate the importance of the issue .You miss teh point
Cincinnatus1869 3 months ago
Every song Led Zeppelin did was ripped off. They cheated the way to the top. They should be fined heavily by the FCC.
pbrick6301 3 months ago
@pbrick6301 idiot
Cincinnatus1869 2 months ago
i knew the original blues tunes that they took credit for but didnt know their folky tunes were also rip offs. how did they get away with this?
01twincam 3 months ago
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There are SOOOOOOOOOOO many great Zeppelin songs that are COMPLETELY original, there are a few that take only little bits from older songs an there are a FEW and when I say a FEW I MEAN a FEW, that take enough from the old songs authours should be credited! You are not discovering anything new here! People know this very well and they still love the mighty and original Led Zeppelin!
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insane396 3 months ago
@mokienatrix fair play
Shiverplus 3 months ago
@Cincinnatus1869 You're missing the point...there's a clear difference between influence and plagiarism. Covering a song without giving credit to the original qualifies as the latter.
AliceNchainz011 3 months ago
Led Zep u fckn liars :@
HeavyMetRulez 3 months ago
You can actually tell the Zeppo song before it's shown. It's bullshit, they should give credit and cash, where it's due.
Hakiblack 3 months ago
This makes me want to puke knowing that Led Zep doesnt allow their music to be used for anything or in any kind of movie or videogame. Still love their stuff though...
Gambit1984 3 months ago
Wow, I'm crushed. Will never be the same. I knew they ripped off some songs, but not so many!
okiebills74741 3 months ago
I know people would say that Led Zeppelin took these original songs and bring them to a new level and I agree with those sentiments. However, there really isn't an excuse to not credit some of these artist. Imagine if Jimi Hendrix "All Along The Watchtower" which was also a cover that improved on the original was credited as written by Jimi Hendrix. That would be a slap on a face on the original creators of the song. It's really just a basic level of respect on your influence
phantomdasilva 3 months ago 2
@EarlsCourt75ProShot
Indeed, I think we're in danger of projecting modern ideas onto a time period that isn't ours.
ryguy000 3 months ago
i mean, they could do all of those remakes.... but thats no excuse for no the crediting the originals
PeacefulHobbit 3 months ago
I see Led Zep’s versions as Andy Warhol’s colored pictures of Marilyn Monroe. Warhol uses another person’s picture and face, yet the piece of art is HIS, coz it’s different from the original, maybe in a subtle way, but still different. Zeppelin might have stolen these songs, which isn’t good at all, but that’s not the reason that made them succesful ! If the originals had been better than the Led Zeps ones then we’d remember them better !
Briffothe 4 months ago
Let’s not be hypocrite, art could never exist without emulation & inspiration, just take a look at Homer, Virgil and Dante, take a look at Disney’s cartoons, they’re often reeditions of written works,
It0s good to let everybody know the names of those who wrote the lyrics and the music of the original songs, but let’s not forget that Led Zep’s versions still rock !!!!
Briffothe 4 months ago
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Briffothe 4 months ago
What would happen if a band today did a song that sounded alot like "Over The Hills and Far Away" or "The Rain Song" or "Fool in The Rain"....how many days or hours would it be before Page,Plant and company had them in court ????
SongSwan 4 months ago 2
i think zeppelin was more innovative than the originals and very talented musicians but not the biggest composers, whathever there are a lot of no plagiarism songs that i love in zeppelin
123sete123 4 months ago
@123sete123 How can you say they're being more innovative when they're not creating anything? I think the word you're looking for is reinnovating lol.
Ivantheterrible666 4 months ago
Since the first caveman hit a stick on a rock to make a beat, everything has been plagiarized. Big whoop. Burn your albums. There would have been no recognition of these artists without Zeppelin and no Zeppelin without these artists. If you have a different opinion of these guys based on this, you may not have ever been a Zeppelin fan in the first place. At the least, your knowledge of music might be a bit limited.
dawgfood22 4 months ago
@dawgfood22
There you go, i agree
EDVM13 4 months ago
led zeppelin to me is a sort of fake group: is very easy make a disc with music of other persons... you go in every club of a city and you can listen to many "cover bands"!!
derriev1967 4 months ago
@derriev1967
No, They only took some ideas from other artists and made something totally new out of them.
EDVM13 4 months ago
@EDVM13 hi pal... sorry, I don't agree, cause I have a creative job (I'm a videomaker , I also write the plot).
I can assure you that the hard part of a creative job is the core of the work, the basic idea.
The other parts are not really important; also they can change in many version (basically it depends of the "style" you're aiming to).
And another part of the question is they didn't mention the names of the songwriters they took the songs from...
derriev1967 4 months ago
But why is Led Zeppelin listed in your "Bands and Artists I like" list clashboy1977? Do you have a love hate relationship with LZ or something?
MichaelChimilangi 4 months ago
LZ Had terrific session musicians in Page and John Paul Jones. But as group they were no songwriters. Plant and Bonham were good but not great, Keith Moon was a better drummer, Pete Townsend a better songwriter, Paul Rogers a better vocalist. Free and The Who were easily better bands. LZ are the most over hyped band of all time.
woodwaj 4 months ago
@woodwaj Right on man you took the words out of my mouth now keep in mind i am a Zeppelin fan but those bands you named are better and that is just for starters.
TheBeaugraham 4 months ago
@locote031 wrong. Page actually copyrighted much of this as original works. He did indeed pass them off as originals and copyrighted them as such so he would get paid for it.
mamacornettesmoney 4 months ago
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all of u GAy Led zepplin fags (fans) r missing the point Led Zepplin put all of these songs on there first album and credited "THEMSELVES" as the origanal artists and made millions off of other people shit.....They are the Bernie Maddofs of rock n roll...haha.....FUCK U FAGGOTS!!!!!!!!
URmotherzAZ 4 months ago
Thank you for informing us about these songs !
SENTINELREPORT 4 months ago
So the originals were good and the Led versions were great....
thisismark1 4 months ago 4
This is an incredibly stupid video. Everyone borrows from everyone in rock.
Nigelxman 4 months ago
after seeing this i dont know...i dont think i like zeppelin any more...covering one or two songs is cool but what they did was steal and made millions on it...fuck them
theartistwhocrys 4 months ago
@jgretsinger86 yeah maybe one or two songs not every song...lol. zeppelin were great but as a cover band
theartistwhocrys 4 months ago
True Story. Zep paid its first plagiarism settlement in 72. Over at Capricorn records, the Allmans Bros were working on Eat and Peach. When the record was about to be released, some fancy Madison Avenue type the label had hired tried to convince the band it wasn't necessary to credit Donovan for the the instrumental Mountain Jam, which was based on his song First There Is a Mountain. Big Gregg Allman told them "Listen, we credit our sources. We're not Led Zeppelin."
SueMePlease 5 months ago 4
White guys piggybacking on the whip-scarred backs of the true troubadors , the men who experienced REAL suffering. These white blues bands knew nothing of true travail. Fuck it clapton was a borderline fascist. Now flame me Bitches.
ElectraOnAzaleaPath 5 months ago 2
Thanx for reminding me once again that Led Zeppelin sound better than any other: ripped off or not
codeplaya 5 months ago 7
Looks like a bunch of old brain-dead classic rock fans have taken your video quite offensively, @clashboy1977. Law is the law, stoners. Just because you've never heard of the words "copyright infringement" doesn't mean that Zep gets a free pass because they "made the original better."
jeepsterjeepster 5 months ago 2
Your Time is gonna come has the guitar riff lifted from Dear Mr. Fantasy.
08stratguy 5 months ago 2
The "Oh Rosie" part of "How Many More Times" is from very old black prisoner song. If you check out "Alan Lomax,Negro Prison & Blues Songs Rosie" on YouTube. Rosie dated back Mississippi State Penitentiary at Parchman in 1947.
vincevega0 5 months ago
THANKS CLASHBOY 1977. truth is where you find it.
rckmmmm 5 months ago
what about atlantic records? they were all jazz and r&b heads, going back for decades. with their professional legal department.........stood right there in front of god and everybody KNOWING they stole it........AS THEY RELEASED IT.
rckmmmm 5 months ago
Ah even more !!! I knew of the Willie Dixon tune and that Percy directly copied Steve Marriott almost note for note. Why didn't they just give credit where it was due ? I loved this band in my teens now i just think that they ( Page and Plant ) are just common thieving magpies as was described by page when his black beauty was nicked. Shameful Koont's are they says Yoda ! Fuckin Wankin Losers . . .
cityboating 5 months ago
@WonderLlamaRecords Cream, Stones, Kinks, beatles ...etc etc all covered songs and gave credit. so who's the dumbass now. Dicklips!
clashboy1977 5 months ago
@clashboy1977 Dude None of them (all great artist) didnt give credit either)
TheRealSonicYouth 5 months ago
@WonderLlamaRecords cream, hendrix experience, beatles, stones, kinks, yardbird.... yes they covered song but the gave credit. so who's the fucking dumbass now? Dicklips!
clashboy1977 5 months ago
So.....
Basically their whole first album.
ZomgGuitarz1234 5 months ago 4
@DevSodDribble
Hey dude, almost 90% of their songs were NOT original.
Are you a songwriter? If not you don't understand -- and never will.
andy18401 5 months ago
@andy18401 90%?
I'd say you failed maths.
Also Saying that Somebody does not understand becuase they aren't songwriters is bullshit
BleachTW 5 months ago
@rovibe
I couldn't stop laughing at your comment, genius !
andy18401 5 months ago
I remember when I started to listen blues in my late teens, and was surprices hearing Led Zeppelin song almost every time I bought a record :-)
I never knew about the stuff they ripped of from contemporary bands, because I never was that into 60's rock. But the origins of their blues songs got very familiar.
Retardretroguy 5 months ago
@eekman87 if you use entire sections of songs and entire lyrics and dont give credit that is stealing actually fyi
iammacbethsfatalflaw 5 months ago 2
Who the fuck cares.. Get over it. They took a song & made it better! People do things like that everyday! Mark Zuckerberg did that with Facebook, Aretha Franklin did it with the song Respect & so forth.
Led Zeppelin is still one of the best
DoggyB22 5 months ago 4
@DoggyB22 Aretha Franklin gave credit to Otis Redding
SwimmingTongues 5 months ago 3
@DoggyB22 Did Aretha Franklin claim to write Respect? No. The fact that Led Zeppelin made these songs better is not the point at all...It's the fact that they claimed it as entierly their own. They should have given credit to the people they borrowed this stuff from. Does it make them kind of shitty people for not doing so? yeah maybe a little bit. Does the fact that they didn't make them somehow lose their title as one of the best bands ever? FUUUUUCK no.
ColtonCernyMusic 5 months ago
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@DoggyB22 Did Aretha Franklin claim to write Respect? No. The fact that Led Zeppelin made these songs better is not the point at all...It's the fact that they claimed it as entierly their own. They should have given credit to the people they borrowed this stuff from. Does it make them kind of shitty people for not doing so? yeah maybe a little bit. Does the fact that they didn't make them somehow lose their title as one of the best bands ever? FUUUUUCK no.
ColtonCernyMusic 5 months ago
@eekman87, so giving no credit to the original artist is not stealing? The other bands say who inspired them or who wrote the original. Look at Twist and Shout, the original sounds nothing like The Beatles version yet the fab 4 don't even add there names to the song writing credit. Led-Zeppelin = thieves
SwimmingTongues 5 months ago
I love thier music but I will admit they are very successful thieves...I'm glad other people have noticed. Give credit where credit is due
TrappedIn1968 6 months ago 12
shameful. i'll never listen to Led Zeppelin with the same ear again. sad really.
Rawego 6 months ago
in all fairness led zeppelin just recognized potential and made it good sometimes great...here's a clue we all plagiarize. what language are you speaking right now?
tamerseeker 6 months ago
@tamerseeker You have to give credit when you cover something, they didnt.
52Tmacfan 6 months ago
@tamerseeker You call that fair? Just as someone who knew nothing about Led Zepplin other than their having legions of fans, I find it remarkable just how much they lifted from other artists. Fair? FAIR?!?! These guys are despicable.
misermania 6 months ago
@tamerseeker
they went far beyond that though. as in the song dazed and confused. they did this at a time, when they thought,
those artists would just be like some 'one hit wonder' that falls into obscurity and is forgotten. they didn't think there would be an internet one day. They still wrote some pretty decent original stuff, but this poisons the well, and I say that as a long time fan who played a large portion of their music way back in my teens and early 20's.
babystinky 6 months ago
What? Should we also infer that the Beatles also totally copied the Marseillese in "All you need is love"? L0L
gnossticc 6 months ago
@gnossticc
that is only the introduction and is an anthem, it is not what the song was built around. The beatles credited songs like Twist and Shout, they credited many artists. In fact, Paul Mccartney spent weeks trying to find out if Yesterday was literally an original song, he kept asking people. All artists can take riff here and there, and a little bit here and there, but this is wholesale rip offs, including lyrics and music.
babystinky 6 months ago
@jroxx11211
just to add something in fairness. some of the music on that is posted here, are very weak examples. while i do admit they went to far, there are also examples that are unfair against Zeppelin. Stairway to Heaven, although the intro is from that other song, it is really Zeppelins song. Communication Breakdown is there song, I don't feel they were stealing there. A few others as well. Its important that we strike some balance and not go to far the other way either.
babystinky 6 months ago
@jroxx11211
I can't quite you babe was directly ripped off. Dazed and confused is another. Black mountain side was a complete steal, the music is practically the same. Even though its a traditional, he took the take and followed Bert Jansch "Black Waterside" so close it was surprising. Bring it on home with the harp, the list really goes on. I can also think of small faces You Need Lovin. They went a little to far with this. It was the pressure of measuring up the Beatles and the Stones.
babystinky 6 months ago
Sheesh! I love Zep, but . . .
triplettam 6 months ago 6
blue is blues
bloodmoney0270 6 months ago
I think Led Zeppelin while recording this in 1968 didn't expect there will be such thing as YouTube in 2000's, so they thought they'll get away with this ;)
nuncjusz1 6 months ago
These videos show that Led Zeppelin was the best cover band of all time. But it's a total let down to know that all these songes that Zep tried to pass off as original were just ripped off.
alexanserg 6 months ago 21
dude a lot of blues songs get covered a dozen times and no credit is given house of the rising sun has been covered a hundred times. no one even noes who wrote it. covering is not stealing it is progress and led zeppelin's sound changed music
ledhead181 6 months ago 2
all those songs sucked until Zeppelin made them better. the best Zep songs were indeed written by Zep such as Ten Years gone and Achilles Last Stand.
niteholler 6 months ago
It's the music business. Everyone rips off each other.
Mr2010Jamie 6 months ago
upgrading ??? art................
jebotejebo 6 months ago
stolen or not,led zep was a damn good band.
LotsOfStuffIsKewl 6 months ago
@gjc82071 there are no positive aspects of plagiarism. idiot!
clashboy1977 6 months ago
I'm not american nor british but if someone sais that british tried to copy ameerican bad newsthe most known bands of rock are british...and Led Zeppelin can do whatever you say except plagerism .l.
rockrroller 6 months ago
fucking british thieves!
StupidFuckingTrolls 7 months ago
@gjc82071 lol, thats bullshit. I'm not trying to be an ass, I just think you may have got some wrong information. At the end of the 60's blues was pretty popular. Muddy has been famous since the late 40's. Muddy was at woodstock along with the Paul Butterfield blues band. Sonny Boy Williamson II was touring Europe and sparked the interest in blues in european musicians. He inspired Led Zeppelin.
BlueRevival 7 months ago