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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

morelaak — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 15:11:01 -0000

okay.

are you completely aurally challenged? VOCALS makes all of that "gonna sound the same" shit you're spouting fly straight out the window.

not convinced on I can't quit you? are you KIDDING? the lyrics are EXACTLY THE SAME. SO. when the LYRICS are the same, and they SOUND the same, it's not up to slow blues sounding like slow blues. its up to the same song sounding like the same song.

i agree, Dazed and Confused is a little hard to hear. but you can't shrug off the lyrics and go based on the track alone. if they DIDN't have the lyrics, i'd be more inclined to agree with you, that their style is easily emulated, and that there are others that sound very similar, but are not the same. HOWEVER. the fact that the lyrics ARE the same (or painfully close) make it IMPOSSIBLE to overlook.

Besides, they gave credit AFTER THE FACT on greatest hits. so they WERE plagiarized, and you are arguing a moot point.

kthxbai.

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

mrsleep — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 17:11:35 -0000

They did not try to play it off as their own.
On the original releases, the original artist is credited.
When you look at greatest hits albums, you are looking at albums created by their record companies (usually to fulfill a contract). In such a situation, it's easy for the record company to be a bunch of ninnies and falsely attribute writing credit to the band.

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

shaun76 — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 00:56:35 -0000

exactly! I agree that blues will sound the same, but using the same words is ridiculous. I would have NO problem with this if they hadn't omitted the original writers. And adding them on the Greatest hits album is basically an admission of guilt. Sad thing is, the royalty checks started from the greatest hits album - no retro for the years before that album.

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

YahooSerious — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 00:22:42 -0000

Oh come on....anyone singing/playing slow blues is gonna sound the same. I'm not convinced on "I can';t quit you".
Nervous Breakdown...not even close
Black Mountainside...not enough to accuse plagarism, but some similarities
Your Time is Gonna Come...a little...kinda like saying "Welcome to the Jungle" sounds like "You Really Got Me". But there is that riff in there.....
Dazed and Confused...WTF! Woah....seriously, WTF!
You Shook Me....I knew this was a cover when it came out...you mean to say they tried to play it off as one of their own. My god...I'm getting more pissed the more I check this out.
Babe I'm gonna Leave You...nah, don't hear it. But these fucking rock star millionaires owe some money to a couple of these cats...a LOT of money