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Originally Posted by blastingas10
That was the point I was trying to make but apparently the Beatles themselves were arrogant pricks who thought they were gods gift to the earth. I'm not so sure about that. They were pretty modest and actually joked at the praise they received from some musicologists at the time. There's of course the famous joke about Lennon thinking that aeolian cadences sounded like some kind of "exotic bird". They were never really hesitant to confess who their influences were. I can think of several interviews when they spoke of the influence that Bob Dylan had on their music.
I would definitely say that Zeppelin was a lot more arrogant than the Beatles. They weren't as original and you could even say they plagiarized, or "heavily borrowed" other artists music for their own songs. Not saying the Beatles didn't do that, but zeppelin did it to a greater extent.
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The Beatles might have been arrogant but it's maybe they were more secure than being arrogant. The Beatles countless times credited Bob Dylan and Smokey Robinsion for being an influence on them. George basically idolized Bob Dylan. Paul McCartney has gone on record saying Pet Sounds for influencing them. John Lennon said he embarrased performing "Twist and Shout" live because he thought it was done better by soul artists. The Rolling Stones were much worse in giving credit who they were influenced by. George Harrison and John Lennon who were good friends with the Rolling Stones criticiized them for not being forthcoming in the Beatles influence on them.
Everyone has influences and everyone borrows. One of rock and roll first major hits Chuck Berry "Maybelline" was based on some country song from the 1940's. The Beatles "I Feel Fine" is based on an R&B hit and gave the original song writer credit for it's influence.
Led Zeppelin takes the cake they would take large portions of other people songs like "Dazed and Confused" and give themselves the writing credits. I really like Led Zeppelin though but it's hard to respect how arrogant they were.
09-25-2012, 11:09 AM
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