houseisland
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This is probably old for some of you. But it is interesting.
Zepplin plagiarizing or not?
Quoting?
Page had big ears, listening to everything. His love for blues and folk music comes through in so much of what he does. There were credible rumors that if it were not for Yardbirds contractual obligations to perform a number of concerts in Europe, Led Zepplin would not have existed, being formed as the New Yardbirds only to fulfill these obligations; Page may have launched out with something much more like the British folk-fusion group Pentangle, of which Bert Jansch, quoted in the first link below, was a member. Led Zepplin rides the two horses of blues and folk throughout much of their life as a group.
Ripping things off is so easy if you love them. I have a particularly talented singer/song writer nephew who, while he does write many great original tunes, keeps re-writing Green Day and Nirvana tunes unconsciously. If it is pointed out to him, he can see it, but he didn't set out to rip them off and he doesn't see it in the process of writing. He works with words, looking for something to fit under them and Green Day and Nirvana sort of jump in to help out. ;^)
But I am not so sure that everything documented here below is quite so innocent.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JyvLsutfI5M
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zThdTAWQFAQ
Note that comments are disabled for the two Youtube postings. Let's keep any discussion civil.
Zepplin plagiarizing or not?
Quoting?
Page had big ears, listening to everything. His love for blues and folk music comes through in so much of what he does. There were credible rumors that if it were not for Yardbirds contractual obligations to perform a number of concerts in Europe, Led Zepplin would not have existed, being formed as the New Yardbirds only to fulfill these obligations; Page may have launched out with something much more like the British folk-fusion group Pentangle, of which Bert Jansch, quoted in the first link below, was a member. Led Zepplin rides the two horses of blues and folk throughout much of their life as a group.
Ripping things off is so easy if you love them. I have a particularly talented singer/song writer nephew who, while he does write many great original tunes, keeps re-writing Green Day and Nirvana tunes unconsciously. If it is pointed out to him, he can see it, but he didn't set out to rip them off and he doesn't see it in the process of writing. He works with words, looking for something to fit under them and Green Day and Nirvana sort of jump in to help out. ;^)
But I am not so sure that everything documented here below is quite so innocent.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JyvLsutfI5M
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zThdTAWQFAQ
Note that comments are disabled for the two Youtube postings. Let's keep any discussion civil.