Song rip-offs (quote, guitar)

boo boo · 03-03-2008, 04:41 AM

By ripping off of course he means they asked some band to let them use a riff for a song even though it ended up being a different riff altogether.

Theres more to Stairway to Heaven than just the f*cking opening riff anyway.

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Originally Posted by Crowquill

Yeah because Led Zeppelin are only guilty of having stolen this one thing. This Zepfanboy denial is ridiculous. You can google Led Zeppelin plagiarisms and you'll find countless examples of musical theft.

And most of them are invalid and biased.

TheBig3 · 03-03-2008, 10:23 AM

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Originally Posted by boo boo

By ripping off of course he means they asked some band to let them use a riff for a song even though it ended up being a different riff altogether.

Theres more to Stairway to Heaven than just the f*cking opening riff anyway.

And most of them are invalid and biased.

Yeah the opening arpeggio isn't the reason the song is amazing but some people just close thier eyes tighly and hold on for dear life with the one argument they have.

If it wasn't for Zep hate, Spirit would be where exactly? Does anyone know any other song by them without googling it? Or having googled it in the past? How many Spirit albums do you own?

I was verbally accosted by the same "did you know" rhetoric at the grocery store one time. And the know it all there had to let me know everything Zep did was stolen. This argument is officially on par with the tabloid news.

Vandyman · 03-03-2008, 11:53 AM

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Originally Posted by TheBig3KilledMyRainDog

Yeah the opening arpeggio isn't the reason the song is amazing but some people just close thier eyes tighly and hold on for dear life with the one argument they have.

If it wasn't for Zep hate, Spirit would be where exactly? Does anyone know any other song by them without googling it? Or having googled it in the past? How many Spirit albums do you own?

I was verbally accosted by the same "did you know" rhetoric at the grocery store one time. And the know it all there had to let me know everything Zep did was stolen. This argument is officially on par with the tabloid news.

I happen to own 3 Spirit albums, although they have been packed away in box's with my other albums for many years now. It would be easy for many, many people to tell you that Spirit had a pretty big hit with "I got a line on you". Also, did you realize that Zeppelin used to open for Spirit back in the late 60's. Hmmmmmmm, think that may be where they heard the song Taurus??? I am by no means saying that Spirit is even close to as popular as Zeppelin. But the fact is, Zeppelin stole that riff, end of story, why can't you just admit they did and get on with it. Are you so into Zeppelin that it hurts you to hear anything like this about them?
Also, the lead guitarist from Spirit used to play guitar with Hendrix's first band.
Their drummer has played with Taj Mahal, Rye Cooder and April Wine
Their keyboard player was the keyboard player for Nazerath
Their Bassist was Bass for Firefall and Heart
And Jay Ferguson went on to have his own solo hit's
I would rather go see a concert with all those groups than one with Led Zeppelin, The Honeydrippers, and The Firm any day. As a matter of fact, I would take Hendrix alone over Zeppelin. I might even choose Spirit and The Partridge Family over Pages sloppy old worn out stolen licks.

sleepy jack · 03-03-2008, 02:04 PM

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Originally Posted by Zero1986

Besides nearly every artist rips off someone else. Spirit probably ripped that song off someone.

From who?

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Originally Posted by boo boo

And most of them are invalid and biased.

I think the multitude of the accusations says alot, even if most of them are invalid.

boo boo · 03-03-2008, 08:01 PM

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Originally Posted by Crowquill

I think the multitude of the accusations says alot, even if most of them are invalid.

Actually no, blues purists and indie fans alike have a very strong hatred for Zep, and they're the ones making these accusations.

Vandyman · 03-03-2008, 08:45 PM

I never said I hated Zep. I was really into them once apon a time ago. When I was a teenager my walls were covered with their posters. I still like many of their songs, just not all of them. Stairway to Heaven may have been the most overplayed record of my time. There used to be a commercial for WXRT in Chicago saying how they never overplayed records, at the end of the commercial they held up a pizza and said, this used to be Stairway to Heaven. After all is said and done, they still coppied that song from Spirit, the end.

sleepy jack · 03-03-2008, 08:53 PM

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Originally Posted by boo boo

Actually no, blues purists and indie fans alike have a very strong hatred for Zep, and they're the ones making these accusations.

So all of these accusations of plagiarism are completely wrong and inaccurate?

boo boo · 03-03-2008, 11:15 PM

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Originally Posted by Crowquill

So all of these accusations of plagiarism are completely wrong and inaccurate?

I never said that was the reason.

As opposed to you saying the accusations are legit for the simple reason that they exist.

03-03-2008, 08:45 PM	#6 (permalink)
Vandyman Music Addict Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Colorado Posts: 59	I never said I hated Zep. I was really into them once apon a time ago. When I was a teenager my walls were covered with their posters. I still like many of their songs, just not all of them. Stairway to Heaven may have been the most overplayed record of my time. There used to be a commercial for WXRT in Chicago saying how they never overplayed records, at the end of the commercial they held up a pizza and said, this used to be Stairway to Heaven. After all is said and done, they still coppied that song from Spirit, the end.