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who do you reckon will win. Have a listen to the embedded youtube vid and make up your own minds. Whatever you think about the stairway to heaven track their track sounds very much like the beatles song he plays.
It's not the same piece of music so although simularities, it's a complete crock of sh*te to say it was stolen. Do they own music notes? Of course not.
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led zepp vs spirit on 14:37 - Apr 12 with 4027 views
led zepp vs spirit on 14:28 - Apr 12 by BrianMcCarthy
I think they're in huge trouble. The Stairway-Taurus similarity seems obvious to me anyway.
It's all in the A Minor chord. The fact a Judge has called it on, and the statute of limitations was negated by a 2014 re-master by Zep, has left them with some serious explaining to do.
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led zepp vs spirit on 15:09 - Apr 12 with 3991 views
led zepp vs spirit on 14:37 - Apr 12 by BlackCrowe
Forgotten all about Spirit. Great band and Randy California a great guitarist. That's spotify sorted for me tonight.
Check out Twelve Dreams of Dr Sardonicus, a beautifully crafted album, a mix of rock, jazz, folk and psychedelia. One of my all time favourite albums. Randy was one of the few rock musicians I have met in person. A thoroughly decent gent. Such a sad loss when he died trying to save his son in a surfing accident. I often wonder about Zep, in how much of their stuff was 'borrowed' or heavily influenced by other groups. Used to like them. Can't listen to them at all now.
There aint half been some clever bastards.
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led zepp vs spirit on 15:25 - Apr 12 with 3964 views
Check out Twelve Dreams of Dr Sardonicus, a beautifully crafted album, a mix of rock, jazz, folk and psychedelia. One of my all time favourite albums. Randy was one of the few rock musicians I have met in person. A thoroughly decent gent. Such a sad loss when he died trying to save his son in a surfing accident. I often wonder about Zep, in how much of their stuff was 'borrowed' or heavily influenced by other groups. Used to like them. Can't listen to them at all now.
Yeah that's the one album - got in on vinyl somewhere up in the loft. There's also another i've got called Adventures in Potatoland or something like that - which was a bit patch but had a couple of great tracks.
It's not the same piece of music so although simularities, it's a complete crock of sh*te to say it was stolen. Do they own music notes? Of course not.
"I'm playing all the right notes, but not necessarily in the right order"
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led zepp vs spirit on 15:46 - Apr 12 with 3930 views
Ridiculous litigious culture in America! I'm sure if you look wide enough and far enough back in time, you'll find elements of almost every modern song have been done before. Next I suppose they'll be trying to sue bands for copying drum patterns.
100% of people who drink water will die.
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led zepp vs spirit on 16:18 - Apr 12 with 3894 views
led zepp vs spirit on 15:51 - Apr 12 by johncharles
Loved Spirit, never much liked Led Zeppelin. So guess which way I'll be voting.
Spirit was one of the staples on the tape machine for us old roadies in the seventies. Lovely jazzy piano break...
Never understood these lawsuits,most music of the time was borrowed from old blues chunes anyway. Stairway was written just up the road from Devil's Bridge....pronounced Merkuntlleth....
I read about this before a few years back and I think that the two bands toured just before Stairway was written, the implication/allegation being obvious.
I don't care if they nicked a bit or not, it's still a cracking choon and even the clip shows that Zep took a riff and made into something more glorious.
"The opposite of love, after all, is not hate, but indifference."
led zepp vs spirit on 17:49 - Apr 12 by BrianMcCarthy
I read about this before a few years back and I think that the two bands toured just before Stairway was written, the implication/allegation being obvious.
I don't care if they nicked a bit or not, it's still a cracking choon and even the clip shows that Zep took a riff and made into something more glorious.
fair enough but then come out and give spirit their cut of the royalties or at least admit you sampled a bit of their song. Its not like they're short of a few quid.
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led zepp vs spirit on 18:19 - Apr 12 with 3797 views
fair enough but then come out and give spirit their cut of the royalties or at least admit you sampled a bit of their song. Its not like they're short of a few quid.
Very true.
"The opposite of love, after all, is not hate, but indifference."
That for me conclusively proves that Stairway to Heaven is better. :)
Seriously though - the Zep version seems more melodic. Jimmy Page probably did nick it, or the guts of it. Maybe he knew where and how it had lodged in his brain or maybe not. Getting the LA lawyers involved is pretty unfortunate way for things to go - I'd like to know who's in this 'Estate' or whatever it's called - hopefully not a load of nephews and neices twice removed - if the man didn't get the money when he was alive maybe it's best to leave it.
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led zepp vs spirit on 19:36 - Apr 12 with 3746 views
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As a very young kid he used to gig with Hendrix back in the Café Wha days.
Ed Cassidy, the very tasteful drummer in Spirit was his stepfather
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Due to my almost insane obsession with Hendrix I have a picture of me stood outside the Cafe Wha in my green and white Hooped Rangers shirt. Took us ages to find the place but it was worth it, just to be there I suppose.
My Father had a profound influence on me, he was a lunatic.
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led zepp vs spirit on 07:39 - Apr 13 with 3621 views
led zepp vs spirit on 19:56 - Apr 12 by ted_hendrix
Due to my almost insane obsession with Hendrix I have a picture of me stood outside the Cafe Wha in my green and white Hooped Rangers shirt. Took us ages to find the place but it was worth it, just to be there I suppose.
I'll hold my hand up to that as well.
Felt a bit daft but went and stood outside the Samarkand Hotel for a few minutes on 18th September 1990
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led zepp vs spirit on 09:08 - Apr 13 with 3589 views
led zepp vs spirit on 09:08 - Apr 13 by GloryHunter
How does anyone record a twelve-bar blues song without being sued by everyone else who recorded one previously?
That's true, it's a ridiculous argument. There must be hundreds of songs that have a similar sound.
Listen to this for example, I love the Jam but Start is a complete rip off the Beatles
LA Lawyers would raise a law suite against anyone if there was a sniff of a big payout. The Judus Priest case for example for suicidal lyrics when the record is played backwards at a certain speed and you listen closely. Ridiculous.
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