The Led Zeppelin Plagiarism Compendium

So i guess what Im saying is that this point is irrelevant:

"they're version of Nobody's Fault But Mine bears anything more than a passing resemblance to Bukka's stripped-down, lo-fi original is just ridiculous"

I can't comment on that cuz I haven't heard Bukka's, but how you got from that to Led Zeppelin not being a real band = o_O.

you think they're that bad? i'm no fan, mind you, but that's QUITE A CLAIM.

― Daniel, Esq., Thursday, August 19, 2010 12:50 PM (1 minute ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

I'm not a fan.

you think this sounds JUST LIKE the Zep version = you have no ears

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pTsvs-pAGDc

I never said that. Check my post at 12:51. Arrangement and songwriting are two completely different things.

they weren't writing a term paper jeez

so let me ask this, if Led Zeppelin went back and time and wrote the exact same music but gave proper credits/recognition from the bungee, would you be a fan?

a complete and utter ripoff like Dazed and Confused

it is not a complete and utter ripoff fyi

a complete and utter ripoff would have also kept the Zep version under 4 minutes

I suspect that Bill is just butthurt that Sabbath's "War Pigs" is a COMPLETE AND UTTER RIPOFF of Zep's "Good Times, Bad Times"

like just cuz they changed some words around and added a long improvisatory section in the middle and slowed it down doesn't mean it isn't the worst most unforgiveable sin imaginable and btw Sabbath are not a real band

Just because you turn your amps up to 11 and feed Bonham some extra-fine Bolivian prior to recording what was originally a mellow number doesnt justify the plagiarism.

― Sabbath to Ulver: "Suck It" (Bill Magill), Thursday, August 19, 2010 12:46 PM (10 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

just because you take a boring song and make it awesome oh wait

the whole point of music, and especially hard rock music, is to be awesome

led zep and black sabbath were both awesome. case closed.

man what am i gonna do with these fake Led Zeppelin cds
OK I laughed.

anyway ... back to Moka's list:

does Bonham quoting Max Roach in Moby Dick count?

Ok this list totally left off that they lifted "Immigrant Song" from The Osmonds' "Hold Her Tight."

I'm being sued by John Cage for ripping off "4'33" while sleeping

so let me ask this, if Led Zeppelin went back and time and wrote the exact same music but gave proper credits/recognition from the bungee, would you be a fan?

― michangelo wuz a party d00d (San Te), Thursday, August 19, 2010 12:54 PM (28 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

no

I suspect that Bill is just butthurt that Sabbath's "War Pigs" is a COMPLETE AND UTTER RIPOFF of Zep's "Good Times, Bad Times"

― glitter hands! glitter hands! razzle! dazzle! (Shakey Mo Collier), Thursday, August 19, 2010 12:56 PM (27 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

When did I once mention Black Sabbath on this thread?

you just did

hilarious, i mean before that

so let me ask this, if Led Zeppelin went back and time and wrote the exact same music but gave proper credits/recognition from the bungee, would you be a fan?

― michangelo wuz a party d00d (San Te), Thursday, August 19, 2010 12:54 PM (28 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

no

― Sabbath to Ulver: "Suck It" (Bill Magill), Thursday, August 19, 2010 12:23 PM

Ok then, it seems that you don't like them as a band simply cuz you don't like their songs, or in the case of the 'ripped off' songs, the way they perform them. upthread you seemed to be implying that the uncredited ripoff played a large part in your dislike of the music is why I asked.

Correct. I understand i am in the minority

oh this is TOOMUCH

*shrug* I know quite a few people who don't like Zep, it's not a crime.

can't believe led zep ripped off the completely original 100% unborrowed tunes of these blues masters

this thread = The Bill Magill plagiarism of some tedious assholes I went to college with compendium

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this thread = The Bill Magill plagiarism of some tedious assholes I went to college with compendium

― Ground Zero Mostel (Hurting 2), Thursday, August 19, 2010 1:30 PM (6 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

Jeez, sorry for discussing plagiarism by Led Zeppelin on a thread about plagiarism by Led Zeppelin.

When did I once mention Black Sabbath on this thread?

― Sabbath to Ulver: "Suck It" (Bill Magill), Thursday, August 19, 2010 5:24 PM (34 minutes ago) Bookmark

Please to read your own display name.

Again, the question is when i ever mentioned that band on this thread.

great thread.

i never knew the zep ripped off so many truly songs that were 1000% original in the first place.

TRULY

I just hope it gets someone to listen to Spirit, eh? They're a pretty great (if kinda goofY) band.

can't believe led zep ripped off the completely original 100% unborrowed tunes of these blues masters

― hongthrone: norsk arisk synth pop (crüt), Thursday, August 19, 2010 8:29 PM (2 hours ago) Bookmark

^^^ the money shot

The funny thing is, The Yardbirds were doing this shit way before Plant & Page signed on.

I don't think anybody has pointed out yet how the Beatles shamelessly and egregiously ripped off the Rutles in similar fashion, raping their career.

if the Beatles had been a real band they wouldn't have had to rip off Chuck Berry and John Cage

beatles suck

also Tom Waits ripped off Rolf from the Muppets vocally

I've been thinking lately that Lady Gaga might have stolen a couple of things from Madonna, does anyone else think so? Maybe it's just me, but I think "Poker Face" sounds a lot like a sped-up version of "Live To Tell". What a rip off!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Rutles#Lawsuits

Following the release of the 1978 The Rutles album, ATV Music, the then-owner of the publishing rights to the Beatles catalog, sued Innes for copyright infringement. Though Innes hired a musicologist to defend the originality of his songs[2], he settled with ATV out of court for 50% of the royalties and shared songwriting credit on the 14 songs included on the album.

I've been thinking lately that Lady Gaga might have stolen a couple of things from Madonna, does anyone else think so?

omg no!

mama monster is an original.

Thanks to this thread for schooling me on the Jake Holmes track. Nice!

"also I don't think anybody here is saying "plagiarism is a-ok"."

i'm not really here, but i think its a-ok.

I'm waiting for Blind Willie McTell's "Achilles Last Stand" to surface one of these days.

ooh I see we haven't referenced Bonham's quote of Little Richard's "You Keep a Knockin' (But You Can't Come In)" At the beginning of "Rock 'n' Roll" either...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rYr7I4gOSXk

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GonQSHxzb1k