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Re: Led Zeppelin: Innovators or Plagiarists? Audio of 8 Songs Proving They Might Be the Best Cover Band of All Time

Canon t1i — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 11:56:01 -0000

wonderful post

Re: Led Zeppelin: Innovators or Plagiarists? Audio of 8 Songs Proving They Might Be the Best Cover Band of All Time

CDrates — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 03:38:58 -0000

Led Zeppelin was formed in London 1968 and was the highest grossing touring band of the seventies. Their concerts, often three hours in length, were legendary. With over 300 million albums sold worldwide, Led Zeppelin's boundary-shattering music remains timeless and their enormous energy undiminished.

Re: Led Zeppelin: Innovators or Plagiarists? Audio of 8 Songs Proving They Might Be the Best Cover Band of All Time

Trivia Questions — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 12:34:12 -0000

That's some great stuff. I think most bands use parts of other bands songs, but the way they did it, they were able to create something new, which makes them the best cover band of all time ;)

Ashley :)

Re: Led Zeppelin: Innovators or Plagiarists? Audio of 8 Songs Proving They Might Be the Best Cover Band of All Time

Jerry — Thu, 07 May 2009 14:54:04 -0000

YEE-e-YEE! Preach SON!

Re: Led Zeppelin: Innovators or Plagiarists? Audio of 8 Songs Proving They Might Be the Best Cover Band of All Time

Jerry — Thu, 07 May 2009 14:52:19 -0000

The only similarities were some of the song titles, that's why you only gave us little clips... Pentatonic blues scales are a foundation so you kind of don't know what you are talking about.
Some o the comparisons were so far off it made me laugh. And you reactions were priceless, "DISTURBING RIGHT?" FUCK NO LMAO!

Led Zeppelin always was the definitive rock band, and they always will be... You can't change that, and this article is why.

Oh and thanks for reminding me pick up few albums from the store.

Re: Led Zeppelin: Innovators or Plagiarists? Audio of 8 Songs Proving They Might Be the Best Cover Band of All Time

pharmaceutical grinder — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 15:38:16 -0000

I'm with everyone else on Led's side. It does appear that they have used a lot of other songs for "inspiration", which isn't a crime. Some credit to the other artists would have probably been appreciated more, especially at the time. They just had the talent to really rock them out and bring them to the masses.

Re: Led Zeppelin: Innovators or Plagiarists? Audio of 8 Songs Proving They Might Be the Best Cover Band of All Time

Beatnik — Sat, 28 Feb 2009 15:29:26 -0000

Reeppeeeeeeeeaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaattt!!

enough.

all your fault is not being born 40 years earlier.

Re: Led Zeppelin: Innovators or Plagiarists? Audio of 8 Songs Proving They Might Be the Best Cover Band of All Time

carl sawicki — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 09:35:41 -0000

you guys need something better to do then find plagarism within LZ's tunes other then a few similar notes and bars. we all know that artists cover other artists tunes and make money from it.
get a life morons.

Re: Led Zeppelin: Innovators or Plagiarists? Audio of 8 Songs Proving They Might Be the Best Cover Band of All Time

Angus — Sun, 04 Jan 2009 18:35:20 -0000

The jacket of Led Zeppelin's first album that I saw in '77 [nine years after its release, to be sure, but at least a decade before any album that could be called a Zep "Greatest Hits"] did in fact credit "You Shook Me" and "I Can't Quit You" as Willie Dixon songs, and "Babe I'm Gonna Leave You" as "Traditional" [that is, too old for royalties], because LZ believed, wrongly, that Baez had got it from a public-domain source.
The "Dazed and Confused," comparison, though, is really remarkable.
And Willie Dixon's successful legal action over "Whole Lotta Love" [from Led Zeppelin II] is widely known.

Re: Led Zeppelin: Innovators or Plagiarists? Audio of 8 Songs Proving They Might Be the Best Cover Band of All Time

markpd — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 19:40:45 -0000

I cannot get it to play am i missing a plug in or something

Re: Led Zeppelin: Innovators or Plagiarists? Audio of 8 Songs Proving They Might Be the Best Cover Band of All Time

Knobbly — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 14:43:05 -0000

A cover cover band or a cover band covering a band that coverd other bands

Re: Led Zeppelin: Innovators or Plagiarists? Audio of 8 Songs Proving They Might Be the Best Cover Band of All Time

Robert_Plant — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 10:23:55 -0000

IF you are a TRUE zep Fan......then Bring this blog to to The Lounge where it counts at ....The Traders Den...., you may even find a few live recordings or two.

Re: Led Zeppelin: Innovators or Plagiarists? Audio of 8 Songs Proving They Might Be the Best Cover Band of All Time

silentjay — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 10:08:33 -0000

awesomely stated sheplaysguitarandcriesandsings! I'm with you 100%. there are just way too many bozo's nowadays who just don't get it - you' said it well ! rock on bro!

Re: Led Zeppelin: Innovators or Plagiarists? Audio of 8 Songs Proving They Might Be the Best Cover Band of All Time

sheplaysguitarandcriesandsings — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 04:06:15 -0000

AND TO THE "BIG LED ZEP FAN"...its Bonzo, not Gonzo. Gonzo is hunter s. thompson. bonzo is john bonham.

and why should led zep admit anything? they didnt do anything wrong. words are just words...sounds are just sounds. they are paying homage to their roots.
How about we take an example from REGGAE music.....or other BLUES music..... or FOLK music. its just now in the days of CORPORATE music that people claim that they OWN sounds. you cant own a sound...or sue someone for it...or think that the best band of all time is a sham for going back to the roots and transforming old folk and blues songs into something masterful.
it takes a great master to cover some of these songs. and since zep made them, has anyone else covered them? no. ill tell you why ,because the music industry has no talent anymore.... its erroding from the inside out....screw corporate rock...lets all go back to our roots.
i hate people who bash led zep. if you had some education in music, you wouldnt do that at all. go back home and listen to your backstreet boys cds.

this is the most retarted thing ever.

Re: Led Zeppelin: Innovators or Plagiarists? Audio of 8 Songs Proving They Might Be the Best Cover Band of All Time

sheplaysguitarandcriesandsings — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 03:54:30 -0000

well....old blues men were covering songs for many many many years. and writing credit was never given. led zep did it in the same style. they were just a type of new school blues men...and thats what blues men do is cover old songs from years and years ago. plus, its 12 bar blues... and one more thing, no one ever called robert johnson a plagiarist...but theres no proof he actually wrote any of the old blues songs he played either. so there. led zep just made it mainstream...and combined rock and roll, metal and blues together. therefore being INNOVATORS. enough said. why shit on the best band of all time? some people are just jealous.

Re: Led Zeppelin: Innovators or Plagiarists? Audio of 8 Songs Proving They Might Be the Best Cover Band of All Time

jamespages — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 17:39:24 -0000

ok. I am guilty

Re: Led Zeppelin: Innovators or Plagiarists? Audio of 8 Songs Proving They Might Be the Best Cover Band of All Time

curious — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 23:07:55 -0000

i'm not sure if i missed this somewhere, but i was just wondering if anymore similarities occur on any other albums, besides led zeppelin IV since thats what stairway is on

Re: Led Zeppelin: Innovators or Plagiarists? Audio of 8 Songs Proving They Might Be the Best Cover Band of All Time

ofallon101 — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 18:05:20 -0000

i like to see when the other songs were written if you can find the info and only a few really sound like they could have been considered plagiarism. Zeppelin Rocks

Re: Led Zeppelin: Innovators or Plagiarists? Audio of 8 Songs Proving They Might Be the Best Cover Band of All Time

jahonaaaaaaa — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 01:13:04 -0000

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Re: Led Zeppelin: Innovators or Plagiarists? Audio of 8 Songs Proving They Might Be the Best Cover Band of All Time

bluemu — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 21:12:04 -0000

Oh man it hurts, I have been cheated on all this time. I feel like britney spears now

bluemu.

Re: Led Zeppelin: Innovators or Plagiarists? Audio of 8 Songs Proving They Might Be the Best Cover Band of All Time

Bapudi — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 16:27:16 -0000

I never really liked Led Zeppelin.
Let the hate comments begin.

Re: Led Zeppelin: Innovators or Plagiarists? Audio of 8 Songs Proving They Might Be the Best Cover Band of All Time

silentjay — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 00:15:37 -0000

i guess a piece of lettuce , a tomato , a pickle and a bun are plagiarist for being put on a piece of beef. think about it for a minute.

Re: Led Zeppelin: Innovators or Plagiarists? Audio of 8 Songs Proving They Might Be the Best Cover Band of All Time

BIGLEDZEPFAN — Sun, 13 Jul 2008 10:05:00 -0000

I am a huge Led Zep fan. I saw them on their 3rd to the last live show ever, in Germany, about 3 months before Gonzo died. I heard Stern that day talking about it, the original artists did get a bit of a raw deal, but the real bottom line is this; these songs would never have been heard by the masses if not for Led Zeppelin. Most of these these songs were obscure, living in the ears of only hard core blues lovers until LZ put them on their first album. I do have to take issue with "Your time is gonna come" It really doesn't sound that similiar to the Traffic tune at all. Take care

Re: Led Zeppelin: Innovators or Plagiarists? Audio of 8 Songs Proving They Might Be the Best Cover Band of All Time

marcus — Sat, 12 Jul 2008 17:07:16 -0000

all artists do this... just most pay the people who's stuff they steal or borrow or whatever you want to call it...

Re: Led Zeppelin: Innovators or Plagiarists? Audio of 8 Songs Proving They Might Be the Best Cover Band of All Time

kim garbow — Sat, 12 Jul 2008 16:00:59 -0000

Isn't the use and re-use of various songs by different artists more a characteristic of the blues and folk genres? I had always assumed that many of Led Zeppelin's songs (like many other British bands of this period) were performed and recorded with the implication that no one can take original credit for them as they had been passed on for so long, much like no one can take credit for a folk tale. Whether they abused this notion, i'm not sure, but it seems more likely that Led Zeppelin came along in a time when the record industry was changing greatly in that the business of it was beginning to conflict with its artistic aspects. Where once recycling songs was an accepted form of innovation, it was now a matter of cash in somebody's pockets. Also, Joan Baez didn't even write that song. Some other lady did.