The only people who call it “stealing” don’t understand the history and context of blues music. Covering music and referencing other work is a long time blues tradition. Blues music goes beyond lyricism, it’s about feel and what you bring to it. Virtually all of the British blues-rock bands of the late 60s (Cream, Hendrix, Stones, Peter Green’s FM, Bluesbreakers, etc.) covered material and yes, sometimes without giving credit. Even the second wave blues greats like BB King, Albert King, and Muddy Waters covered music from first wave greats (yes, sometimes without crediting). They weren’t “stealing” they were paying homage to their influences. In the end, out of Led Zeppelin’s 90 studio recorded tracks, only 10 are covers or have referenced material and all of which has been credited since the late 80s with back proceeds given to original artists. Music Copyrights were almost nonexistent prior to the 90s, LZ gets vilified for doing what everyone did because of the proportion of royalties. “I don't think that they stole the licks or anything of the sort. I don't know anybody that plays that hasn't borrowed something from somebody," -B.B. King, 1971
Yes, it doesn’t matter how many times you lay it out like this there will always be haters who repeat the mantra like a stuck record. That’s life unfortunately.
Exactly, and that coming from king of the Blues BB KING the late great ZEPPELIN 'S catalogue is like no other, no one sounds like them, what we have since & today owes their roots to ZEPPELIN and acknowledge it even today ... As ZEPPELIN clearly state they were influenced by the music heard when they were budding musicians and as been previously stated helped keep those influences alive but made it their own and always added nit detracted Love em or hate them they cannot be denied. The fact that 50 yrs later people are still debating is testament of their impact on the music scene Long live LED
The Stones were primarily a cover band for three albums, I think (someone correct me if I’m wrong on that), but they never even planned to do original music when they first started.
I was 11 and I bought this album in the winter of 1971; it was cold but I had a new Led Zeppelin album to listen to as a teenager in Regina. I had the two earlier albums and loved this third release despite short-sited critics. Cheers.
Great song. And I. Agree with all that. Anyway in the 70s bands were .more open sourced. Wish I could come up with a 70s word 4 that. Anyway everyone stole each other's stuff. Maybe that's why they were so great. But they we were and are great
For the people that say Led Zeppelin stoled all this music. If it weren't for Led Zeppelin they would have never known the song existed. So if you really look at it Led Zeppelin is honoring their music by bringing it back to life
The issue is more about giving credit and paying the original artist. Yes, all music is derivative, but when the material isn't yours but you put your name on it (to collect ALL the revenue, not sharing with the original artist or their estate, or even mentioning the original artist in the credits), then you are showing disrespect to them. "Honoring their music" would include sharing the profits and giving proper credit, if done honestly. Anyone who has listened to Steeleye Span would know the song existed, by the way. Peace.
@@donthomasdunigan7004 I agree with you 100%. It's just that was the way things were done back then and Zeppelin was far from the only band doing it. They get singled out because of their popularity and fame. I am glad they were forced to acknowledge where they got some of their ideas from but I just don't like the way people(not you) like to make it seem it was only them doing it in an attempt to lessen their talent.
Trouble is they gave their own twist on the songs they used. I've heard the original Whole lotta love and you wouldn't know it until you heard the words. The recent one was Stairway to heaven. It was 6 seconds of the intro. And yeah, there was a slight similarity, but that motiff has been used so many times before then. There's even 400 year old piece of classical music that has it and you can definitely hear it in that.
plus a huge part of folk and blues music is the fact that it gets passed down and reimagined. simon and garfunkel, bob dylan, jackson c frank, bert jansch, and so many others did the same thing.
Led Zeppelin Honored at Kennedy Center, Heart sings Stairway to Heaven, best cover ever, nice to see them honored, still looking good. TRIVIA drummer is son of late drummer of Led Zeppelin, RIP. MUST SEE. Check out Daryl's House, Daryl from Hall and Oats, jams in house with artists from 40 decades, he's better now, Papa was a Rolling Stone with Train is fantastic. Ceelo Green is another one to watch, so many to choose from. Enjoy your channel, bring back many good times, I'm a old Hippie, but we sure had fun!!! Motown please, anything from 60s and 70s🤗
Zeppelin loved to play a lot of old blues songs. But when they did it was great.. And you're right, they have so many songs that it would be impossible for that to happen. Robert and Jimmy wrote most of their songs. So much talent. Definitely gifted
"Your brother brought me silver Your sister warmed my soul But now I laugh and pull so hard And see you swinging on the gallows pole" Now that's some cold blooded shit right there. This song's structure influenced Stairway to Heaven. The song speeds up in a similar way and the drums come in in the middle. It's a helluva tune. Definetly a great, underappreciated Zeppelin song. See? Zeppelin can even do a ho down, banjo and all. Everything but the kitchen sink by the end. PS Zeppelin stealing music is for those jealous types that don't care to scratch the surface of their claims. Anyone that listens to any of the original songs that Zeppelin played would be hard pressed to call it a carbon copy by any stretch of the imagination. Take a song like When the Levee Breaks by Memphis Minnie, the subject matter about the levee breaking and a few bars of lyrics are about the only similarities to those songs. Or even a song like this one, which is based on a medieval song. Lots of people covered it and usually with the protaganist being let free and not killed, like in the Zeppelin version. I would call it influence more than anything. Not to say that some of these song credits that were originally neglected weren't justified. It's not like the record industry was or is a bastion of morality. But saying that Zeppelin merely copied and pasted these songs is the height of arrongance to suggest. They always made a song their own.
I have loved this song for 51 years. It opens side two of "Led Zeppelin III" and is one kick-ass way to start the second side! GREAT Zeppelin song! Fun reaction, too!
Once upon a time there was a band called Led Zepplin. A band like this will never come along again ; Fortunately for us they left a lifetime of music. GOAT
It’s from an old British folk song, and evolved through blues and this is just another evolution. Prickle Holly Bush is a very early variant of the saga
Same way I feel. From 14 to 18 I hardly listened to anything else, but I grew and discovered other music. Zeppelin is still my favorite. Led Zeppelin is the bees knees 😁 so the truth is, Zeppelin didn’t give writing credit in many cases where they simply should have. But the ultimate truth is they took obscure songs and created something really creative, new and inventive and created rock’n’roll like no other band before or since. Gallows Pole by the the is a “traditional song” basically meaning nobody knows who wrote it, but true to form Zeppelin turned into a classic.
Great Bands like the Beatles, Rolling Stones, Yes, and Led Zeppelin are all Torch Bearers for different Musical Genres and Styles. Led Zeppelin pays homage to the men that would play their guitar and sing the old blues songs on the streets of places like New Orleans. Without Bands like Led Zeppelin, this great Blues Music would be lost to History.
Although a long time personal favorite, it's an all-too under appreciated gem. They did some interesting acoustic-based things throughout their career, but there are some particularly outstanding ones. Gallows Pole is obviously great, making rock out of English folk rather than their usual blues influences. Another wonderful foray into English acoustic atmospheres, certainly one of Led Zeppelin's magic moments, is The Battle Of Evermore.
Chod Yes Zeppelin has sampled a lot of songs from old blues artists. This song has over 30 covers from different artists. First version of 1900s is The Gallows Tree by Bentley ball 1920 Lead belly did one of the most famus version The Gallis pole. A traditional folk song derived from The Maid Freed from the Gallows and first famously recorded by Leadbelly in 1939 as Gallis Pole; note that these lyrics differ from the later Led Zeppelin version, which is protected by copyright. . In an interview, Led Zeppelin guitarist Jimmy Page cited Fred Gerlach’s version as the source for their version “Hangman”: “I first heard it [‘Gallows Pole’] on an old Folkways LP by Fred Gerlach, a 12-string player who was, I believe, the first white to play the instrument. I used his version as a basis and completely changed the arrangement”
TALKING ABOUT "LED ZEPP". I HAVE BEEN A LOVER OF THEM MORE OR LESS SINCE THEY STARTED. I WAS BORN NEAR WHERE ROBERT PLANT CAME FROM IN ENGLAND. I DONT CARE IF THEY WROTE CERTAIN SONGS THEMSELVES OR NOT, MANY MORE PEOPLE HAVE DONE THE SAME THING . THE WAY THAT THEY CREATED THE SONG THEIR WAY WAS TO ME JUST FANTASTIC
Hidden gems by Zeppelin - the truth is, for Zep fans, they're all gems and we know them all. For everyone else, hidden gem describes 80% of their music. There is really only one song out of their entire repertoire about which you might not hear praise from serious Zep fans, and that's Hot Dog. It is the only one I'll leave off my playlists.
Zeppelin will always hold the throne, they just had so many styles, you can just listen to their entire discography and never be disappointed by the talent
Yes in their early years they did take a lot of their songs from old blues and kind of redid them in their own fashion, as the years and albums went on they matured and became their own entity, truly one of the best rock bands of all time... bar none!
There is and always will be only ONE Led Zeppelin. For more LZ greatness, the next time you wander over, try Moby Dick live, Going to California and Battle of Evermore. Then go to Battle of Evermore live, covered by Heart for an amazing performance and different sides of the Wilson sisters than you have ever seen!
Helene here: OK, Zeppelin. You asked. Zeppelin was huge and high profile and wealthy, so were an obvious target. It has become “woke” these days to hate on them for “cultural appropriation” which is a concept that did not exist in the sixties and seventies. So it’s applying current norms to behavior from the past and putting modern judgement on it. That’s number one. Secondly, Delta blues was the music that permeated black culture starting around 1900.....kinda like the music of the hill folks in Appalachia...It was heard everywhere in the Deep South. The young Brits in the fifties heard this music and were passionate about it. They heard phrases being used by many different black artists ( backdoor man....killin’ floor...many others) which people like Plant soaked up like a sponge. This music was not known or appreciated by white America. Coming from an old culture which had a hundreds year old tradition of folk music, all in the public domain, I think they honestly looked at blues in the same way. There were no rules, no “etiquette” among musicians and bands over 50 years ago....they often sang on each other’s records, wrote songs for or with one another......as many have said from that time , it was the “Wild West”. Different time, different practices and expectations. Move forward in time and you have different rules, different etiquette and all of a sudden Zeppelin starts getting nailed with law suits....one of which was utterly laughable (Stairway to Heaven) and was dismissed. did they “borrow” from old blues? Yes. Did Robert Plant “sample” phrases from old blues songs throughout his lyrics? Yes. Do current hip-hop artists liberally “sample” riffs from Zeppelin and other rock bands? Yes. What’s the difference? I have my own opinion on that, but I think you can come to your own conclusion. Bottom line: Jimmy and Robert were PASSIONATE about the old Delta and Chicago black blues and they (especially Robert) idolized the blues singers and players like Muddy Waters, Howlin’ Wolf, Robert Johnson, Blind Willie Johnson and a dozen others. That music became a part of his soul and still is. I truly believe they were paying tribute to that tradition, while making it their own through completely reinterpreting it, at a time when that was the norm and accepted. Then times changed and you now have people, mostly young people who were not around then, seemingly to actually relish throwing shade on Zeppelin and sneeringly calling them a glorified cover band. I sometimes think it’s just “virtue signaling” myself. Anyway...long answer, but you did ask, and there’s been allot of water under that bridge, and allot of history, and it’s many more shades of grey than the simple black or white explanation that some people crave. Zeppelin deserves their iconic status. And when some people try to be cool by dismissing them as a cover band, or not being creative and of being only thieves of others work it makes me really ANNOYED. Thanks for indulging me. Peace out.
Very well said. Will add (even though touched on), the members of Zep were HUGE fans of the blues. Yes on a few plus songs they did borrow parts from and others re-made the songs (as many groups have done). Difference was Zeppelin took very raw early blues and changed them so much making it theirs. Not to steal, quite the opposite, these guys were FANS and paying homage to their heroes. Never denying it, giving credit and always saying in interviews how much the Old Blues had an impact on and influenced them. Side note: A few years back Stax Records (Museum) was once again in financial ruin in Memphis. Plant being a huge fan of History, Music and R&R, living in Tennessee at the time heard about Stax being in financial trouble. Robert donated a lot of time and cash to keep it open, update, overhaul etc. This happened quietly, can barely find anything on the web. Only reason I know, visiting there two years ago. Leaving the museum saw a Picture on the wall taken in front of the building with Plant at the new "Re-Opening". Under the picture a thank-you to Plant for keeping the dream alive. Ended up talking to the Manager, who couldn't say enough great things about the Zep front man. Saying they wouldn't be there without him.
I appreciate your eloquence and detailed argument, but may I respectfully disagree with some of your premise? Our culture has evolved (slowly) on a number of fronts, and we very much "...apply current norms to behavior from the past and putting modern judgement on it...". Human rights; slavery, child labor, the right to participate in society for women and African Americans, were all 'acceptable' behaviors at one time. We find them abhorrent and criminal now, and it is entirely appropriate to consider them retrospectively as such. That it wasn't a crime in the past doesn't absolve us today, especially when there continues to be repercussions and profits. By 'crime', I'm emphasizing the seriousness of it, but I'm not suggesting jail. Some 'misunderstandings' of the past are egregious enough that some kind of reparations are necessary to the healing process. It's important in the case of rock and roll, not just for the money or the musical history, but to credit African American music as an essential component of a world-changing art form as well. As you noted, it's not like 'America' is proud of it. I really like your idea that the British might have applied to American 'folk' music what they had always done in their own scene with British folk. I also agree that they would have said (honestly) that they were paying tribute to an art form they loved, and that it was part of every tradition to put your own stamp on a song.I think that may very well have been the case, but still, it's an explanation, not an excuse. Along those lines, though, it is also very appropriate to mention that Jimmy Page knew his instrument well enough to really take the blues and folk ideas to a new level. Often his lines were more nuanced or evolved than straight blues steals; Willie Dixon would never have sued if Plant had written original lyrics. (Didn't "The Led Zeppelin Organization" sue the Beastie Boys for using John Bonham's Levee Breaks kick drum?). Samples, and especially prominent ones, now involve entire divisions at record companies. It's very much business, and has been for some time. accreditation Lastly, but not leastly, I liked Robert Plant as a singer then (less so as a lyricist), but find him absolutely amazing these days. From the avant-country of Raising Sand to any of the Moroccan blues or Celtic psychedelic bands he's been with, and even the last Zeppelin gig/film, he's matured his gift wonderfully.
There's a wonderful live version out there. Also Friends, live page and plant . and Thats the way, song from same live performance. This tour was great. I went,and took our 16 yr. Old daughter. Egyptian band backing them up with some orchestra. Glad we all went. Never happened again around us.
The thing about a song that Zeppelin "covers", it's always been re-arranged and "enhanced" well beyond the original version, to the point that Zeppelin have typically done more in the reworking of the song than the original songwriter did in creating the original song. Listen to the Joan Baez version of "Babe I'm Gonna Leave You", then listen to the Zep version...
Chod, if you want a real treat, listen to “That’s the Way” from this album. It might be the most beautiful song they ever did, and it’s extremely underrated. Not a hard-rocking song. Just a beautiful, precious acoustic gem that I know you’ll love.
I opened an Old English Poetry book in my small town library and found a poem called "A Maiden's (something. Request? Denial?)" I forget. The words and verses are the gist of this song.
Led Zeppelin as many british loved & studied american black blues. And I think they used pieces of others blues as a tribute. But the blues was taken & used by other bluesman through it's history like many old folks songs. I think Zeppelin made it better with their own style & people like myself looked back & listened to Albert King, Muddy Waters, Buddy Guy, Freddie King & others because of them. People want to find faults & claim Zep wasn't as good as they were. But their truly Blues Rock Gods.
They guys in LZ were huge fan of Black American Blues artists.Many of their songs were those blues songs that they reworked into Zeppelin tunes.The steal part is they might have not credited or paid money use of the originals.The thing is,they were responsible for reintroducing blues back to Americans.
In the very early going, especially on the first two albums, Plant used to fill whole songs with old blues lyrics. Sometimes credited, sometimes not. They got sued. But in fairness, blues guys did this ALL THE TIME. They heard something and nicked it. Nobody has been stolen FROM more than Zeppelin, and they've never sued anyone about it.
They got sued for Stairway to Heaven, but they recently won that case. They covered a lot of older artists that they grew up listening to. In some cases they gave them credit on the original release and not later causing some problems. Robert Plant once while introducing a song said that they bought, stole, and borrowed songs.
Led Zeppelin like Jimi Hendrix evolved old time Blues to Outer Space. Just as Muddy Waters and others evolved Country Blues to Urban Blues decades before.
Well said buddy ! You tell me a truly original band ?! Inspiration glasses to come from somewhere ! Look at all the sampling nowadays ! No one seems to moan about that !? 👍🏻
A lot of the blues songs they wrote were in influenced by traditional blues songs that had no copyrights and they use some other blues songs for instance like When The Levee Breaks that was originally done and written by Kansas Joe McCoy and Memphis Minnie in 1929 and the did their own take on that version that sound nothing like it in my opinion, Led Zeppelin was influenced by the blues and they actually helped alot of those artists get the recognition they deserved and put some money in their pockets as well, The Rolling Stones did the same with many of their early songs as well and in turn helped those wonderful Black blues players get to tour with them and help them earn the money they deserved and exposure that they were not getting before.
On the early albums some of the songs had much of their origins in old Robert Johnson , Willie Dixon and Muddy Waters tunes . Because they didn’t necessarily use all of the song , they expanded instrumentals and added other elements that were their own , they were a little naughty by not crediting those artists as writers. Some old songs were out of copyright, some had disputes over ownership and were credited as ‘ traditional arrangement’ Some of the British folk stuff was also “ borrowed “ from artists Jimmy Page had some association with and again some was so old it is referred to as traditional. Robert Plant has admitted on documentaries that “ we are all beggars and thieves “ somewhere along the line. I believe zeppelin adjusted the credits to the original artists on the album labels and sleeves in the 80’ or 90’s. In a recent court case zeppelin were sued for plagiarism of the band Spirit’s song Taurus , from 1969 which has similarities to stairway to heaven. The two bands were on tour together and claimed Page had become familiar with it during this time to appropriate it later on STH. However page produced several examples of similar melodies used in some traditional folk songs from centuries before. Anyone with a bit of knowledge of the blues would’ve recognised the influences , borrowings and nods towards the original songs and artists and the copyright and ownership might’ve been a bit vague 50 odd years ago. I don’t know how deliberately dishonest they were but, I suppose they could’ve been more up front with their credits. Deep Purple have a similar history in their early years of borrowing riffs and melodies.
Robert Plant was TWENTY when this was recorded!! John Paul Jones is one of the best bass players in rock! Other great songs from this 1970 record: The Immigrant Song, Tangerine, and the awesome Since I've Been Loving You! 💜💜💜💜
Chod, I believe there was a lawsuit against Zeppelin from the band SPIRIT, now they said that some of the beginning ryfs to Stairway to Heaven were stolen from them and I also believe it wasn't actually settled until 2016 decades later. Zeppelin won the case. However Spirit is a amazing band if you're into pyicadelic scene which I was/am. PEACE HIPPIE JOE
This is a traditional song, done by many, some in Bluegrass circles. Zep's version is very much Zeppelin's version...just uses the traditional theme. Like Tom Dooley, ya know?
As many early rock bands did, LZ lifted parts from old and/or obsolete folk and blues tunes and put their own riffs and spins on them. They’ve been taken to court several times and have ended up paying settlements and giving proper credits in a couple of cases. It hasn’t diminished my love for them bc their style is so phenomenal, there is just nothing like them. After their first 4 albums (best IMO) they moved into different styles and were writing mostly orig material by then. My go-tos are always 1-4.
Jimmy Page was a member of The Yardbirds. Led Zeppelin initially were going to call themselves The New Yardbirds until Keith Moon (drummer for The Who) told them that name would go down like a lead zeppelin. They adopted that name. Some of the songs Led Zeppelin did were Yardbird covers. The most famous being Dazed and Confused. When the Levee Breaks was a reworking of an old blues song but wasn't exactly a cover. In my opinion, it doesn't really matter where they got their material from. They were lovers of music and had many different influences and wrote a lot of original songs. Anyone criticizing the band for borrowing or "stealing" music from other sources doesn't understand what makes great music or great artists. Musicians play music. Critics masturbate.
Great ! The album III has often been left aside the II and IV given the spotlights. However e.g this song presents phenomenal drumming among other things going on. Personally I tend to keep III their best album.
JOE MORELLO. He inspired john Bonham. He was in the song "Take 5" . If you listen to some of his off riff stuff...some is directly in "Bonzo's Montrose". Even the hand drumming. I'm not sure but I think they both had some connection early on.
There was a huge brou-haha (sp?) about that subject; I do know they "borrowed" songs/licks/phrases from old blues songs but so did a lot of artists in this era. They definitely did not "copy" them exactly or they wouldn't sound like Led Zeppelin. They made them their own, imo. And, of course, much of their work is original.
personally that chatter is from the haters. This song from the 3rd. album is a banger, I loved the first two albums and think that the 3rd. is my favorite album. You should react to "Tangerine" or for that matter any song on it..their all great.
This song is what you would call a "deep cut" meaning, often only true fans would have heard/known this song. Because my mind is a bit twisted; I love the lyrics in this. A guy about to be hanged is trying to do anything to buy his freedom from the hangman. His friends bring nothing because they're too poor; his brother brings silver and gold; his sister comes along and, at her condemned brother's pleading, has sex with the hangman in hopes of securing his freedom. The hangman tells them, basically, thanks for the money and the sex but hangs the guy anyway as he sings "now I laugh and pull so hard to see you swinging from the gallows pole" and you can hear Jimmy, John Paul Jones and Bonham laugh/singing "ah ha ha ha" in the background as the song, which has been steadily speeding up, finally whirls to a macabre end. The banjo in this is played by Jimmy; he saw Jonesy's banjo, and, having never played a banjo before he picked it up, and worked up enough chords out of no where to help create this song. These guys were talented beyond belief. As far as "stealing" goes, I can't add anything more to what Helene already clearly explained. Keep enjoying Zeppelin.
The problem is not really borrowing heavily from old blues songs, it's the renaming them and putting their own names on them. But they have pretty much paid their dues for it at this point.
As to the copyright lawsuits, bear in mind that they only real reason is because they were the wealthiest band on the planet at the time, and skeeve lawyers always seek out the deepest pockets.
Hi. I was in my 20s during the 70s. I am intimately familiar with this music! I would like for you to react to Suite Judy Blue Eyes, Crosby, Stills, and Nash. Released in 1969. Can be found on the Dena Vu lp.
All music builds on what has gone before. Complete invention is such a rare thing in music. Even musical “geniuses” like Mozart took inspiration from their predecessors. Music does not, never has existed in compartmentalised vacuum bags.
The only people who call it “stealing” don’t understand the history and context of blues music. Covering music and referencing other work is a long time blues tradition. Blues music goes beyond lyricism, it’s about feel and what you bring to it.
Virtually all of the British blues-rock bands of the late 60s (Cream, Hendrix, Stones, Peter Green’s FM, Bluesbreakers, etc.) covered material and yes, sometimes without giving credit. Even the second wave blues greats like BB King, Albert King, and Muddy Waters covered music from first wave greats (yes, sometimes without crediting). They weren’t “stealing” they were paying homage to their influences.
In the end, out of Led Zeppelin’s 90 studio recorded tracks, only 10 are covers or have referenced material and all of which has been credited since the late 80s with back proceeds given to original artists. Music Copyrights were almost nonexistent prior to the 90s, LZ gets vilified for doing what everyone did because of the proportion of royalties.
“I don't think that they stole the licks or anything of the sort. I don't know anybody that plays that hasn't borrowed something from somebody," -B.B. King, 1971
EXACTLY this.
your assessment is correct, sir. peace.
Yes, it doesn’t matter how many times you lay it out like this there will always be haters who repeat the mantra like a stuck record. That’s life unfortunately.
Exactly, and that coming from king of the Blues BB KING the late great
ZEPPELIN 'S catalogue is like no other, no one sounds like them, what we have since & today owes their roots to ZEPPELIN and acknowledge it even today ... As ZEPPELIN clearly state they were influenced by the music heard when they were budding musicians and as been previously stated helped keep those influences alive but made it their own and always added nit detracted Love em or hate them they cannot be denied. The fact that 50 yrs later people are still debating is testament of their impact on the music scene Long live LED
The Stones were primarily a cover band for three albums, I think (someone correct me if I’m wrong on that), but they never even planned to do original music when they first started.
Enjoy Led Zeppelin..Great Band..every album was great....Saw them "Live" 3x times at the Garden 75&77...Un- real..
I was 11 and I bought this album in the winter of 1971; it was cold but I had a new Led Zeppelin album to listen to as a teenager in Regina. I had the two earlier albums and loved this third release despite short-sited critics. Cheers.
"other bands are getting close".....play Gallows Pole, order restored
Outstanding! Lmao
Great song. And I. Agree with all that. Anyway in the 70s bands were .more open sourced. Wish I could come up with a 70s word 4 that. Anyway everyone stole each other's stuff. Maybe that's why they were so great. But they we were and are great
For the people that say Led Zeppelin stoled all this music. If it weren't for Led Zeppelin they would have never known the song existed.
So if you really look at it Led Zeppelin is honoring their music by bringing it back to life
The issue is more about giving credit and paying the original artist. Yes, all music is derivative, but when the material isn't yours but you put your name on it (to collect ALL the revenue, not sharing with the original artist or their estate, or even mentioning the original artist in the credits), then you are showing disrespect to them. "Honoring their music" would include sharing the profits and giving proper credit, if done honestly. Anyone who has listened to Steeleye Span would know the song existed, by the way. Peace.
@@donthomasdunigan7004 that's why Zeppelin lost a few Court battles cuz they did not give credit when releasing their versions or covers
@@donthomasdunigan7004 I agree with you 100%. It's just that was the way things were done back then and Zeppelin was far from the only band doing it. They get singled out because of their popularity and fame. I am glad they were forced to acknowledge where they got some of their ideas from but I just don't like the way people(not you) like to make it seem it was only them doing it in an attempt to lessen their talent.
Trouble is they gave their own twist on the songs they used. I've heard the original Whole lotta love and you wouldn't know it until you heard the words. The recent one was Stairway to heaven. It was 6 seconds of the intro. And yeah, there was a slight similarity, but that motiff has been used so many times before then. There's even 400 year old piece of classical music that has it and you can definitely hear it in that.
plus a huge part of folk and blues music is the fact that it gets passed down and reimagined. simon and garfunkel, bob dylan, jackson c frank, bert jansch, and so many others did the same thing.
Led Zeppelin Honored at Kennedy Center, Heart sings Stairway to Heaven, best cover ever, nice to see them honored, still looking good. TRIVIA drummer is son of late drummer of Led Zeppelin, RIP. MUST SEE. Check out Daryl's House, Daryl from Hall and Oats, jams in house with artists from 40 decades, he's better now, Papa was a Rolling Stone with Train is fantastic. Ceelo Green is another one to watch, so many to choose from. Enjoy your channel, bring back many good times,
I'm a old Hippie, but we sure had fun!!! Motown please, anything from 60s and 70s🤗
Zeppelin loved to play a lot of old blues songs. But when they did it was great.. And you're right, they have so many songs that it would be impossible for that to happen. Robert and Jimmy wrote most of their songs. So much talent. Definitely gifted
John Paul Jones really is the secret weapon to Led Zeppelin's already considerable arsenal. Thank you for reminding me to listen a little deeper.
I think yours is the first reaction I’ve seen to this track! Always loved this song.
Yep me too
I love this song, in fact all the third album is great. A little more folky than their other albums.
"Your brother brought me silver
Your sister warmed my soul
But now I laugh and pull so hard
And see you swinging on the gallows pole"
Now that's some cold blooded shit right there. This song's structure influenced Stairway to Heaven. The song speeds up in a similar way and the drums come in in the middle. It's a helluva tune. Definetly a great, underappreciated Zeppelin song. See? Zeppelin can even do a ho down, banjo and all. Everything but the kitchen sink by the end.
PS Zeppelin stealing music is for those jealous types that don't care to scratch the surface of their claims. Anyone that listens to any of the original songs that Zeppelin played would be hard pressed to call it a carbon copy by any stretch of the imagination. Take a song like When the Levee Breaks by Memphis Minnie, the subject matter about the levee breaking and a few bars of lyrics are about the only similarities to those songs. Or even a song like this one, which is based on a medieval song. Lots of people covered it and usually with the protaganist being let free and not killed, like in the Zeppelin version. I would call it influence more than anything. Not to say that some of these song credits that were originally neglected weren't justified. It's not like the record industry was or is a bastion of morality. But saying that Zeppelin merely copied and pasted these songs is the height of arrongance to suggest. They always made a song their own.
I agree, Peter.
Its, "her" swinging, the sister was hung, one word changes the whole meaning of the song
See-saw marjory daw, See-saw knock at my door...
Hell yeah!
Hell! Well said, Peter.
One of my favs from Led Zeppelin
Love this song. I used to spin that wheel on the album when I was a kid to see all the hidden images.
I have loved this song for 51 years. It opens side two of "Led Zeppelin III" and is one kick-ass way to start the second side! GREAT Zeppelin song! Fun reaction, too!
Once upon a time there was a band called Led Zepplin. A band like this will never come along again ; Fortunately for us they left a lifetime of music. GOAT
Friends is another great song from this album by Led Zeppelin. They have so many songs to choice from. But this one is one of my favorites.
Best song Zepp ever did Facts!
"Ten Years Gone" off of Physical Graffitti.
What a great song. I haven’t heard anyone checking it out yet. Cheers. Try “Misty Mountain Hop” and “Four Sticks” both from LZ IV
It’s from an old British folk song, and evolved through blues and this is just another evolution. Prickle Holly Bush is a very early variant of the saga
Favorite Band! First song I heard was, 'The Ocean' when I was 14 (1974)...man! Great review my friend -Cheers!
When the levee breaks possibly the greatest Led Zeppelin song of all time
Same way I feel. From 14 to 18 I hardly listened to anything else, but I grew and discovered other music. Zeppelin is still my favorite. Led Zeppelin is the bees knees 😁 so the truth is, Zeppelin didn’t give writing credit in many cases where they simply should have. But the ultimate truth is they took obscure songs and created something really creative, new and inventive and created rock’n’roll like no other band before or since. Gallows Pole by the the is a “traditional song” basically meaning nobody knows who wrote it, but true to form Zeppelin turned into a classic.
Great Bands like the Beatles, Rolling Stones, Yes, and Led Zeppelin are all Torch Bearers
for different Musical Genres and Styles. Led Zeppelin pays homage to the men that would play their guitar and sing the old blues songs on the streets of places like New Orleans. Without Bands like Led Zeppelin, this great Blues Music would be lost to History.
And Pink Floyd. Good list.
Deep purple
Although a long time personal favorite, it's an all-too under appreciated gem. They did some interesting acoustic-based things throughout their career, but there are some particularly outstanding ones. Gallows Pole is obviously great, making rock out of English folk rather than their usual blues influences. Another wonderful foray into English acoustic atmospheres, certainly one of Led Zeppelin's magic moments, is The Battle Of Evermore.
I agree start with traveling riverside blues band
I could care less what people say about Zeppelin. I grew up with this music, loved it, always will.
💯 👍
Chod
Yes Zeppelin has sampled a lot of songs from old blues artists.
This song has over 30 covers from different artists. First version of 1900s is The Gallows Tree by Bentley ball 1920
Lead belly did one of the most famus version The Gallis pole.
A traditional folk song derived from The Maid Freed from the Gallows and first famously recorded by Leadbelly in 1939 as Gallis Pole; note that these lyrics differ from the later Led Zeppelin version, which is protected by copyright.
. In an interview, Led Zeppelin guitarist Jimmy Page cited Fred Gerlach’s version as the source for their version “Hangman”: “I first heard it [‘Gallows Pole’] on an old Folkways LP by Fred Gerlach, a 12-string player who was, I believe, the first white to play the instrument. I used his version as a basis and completely changed the arrangement”
TALKING ABOUT "LED ZEPP". I HAVE BEEN A LOVER OF THEM MORE OR LESS SINCE THEY STARTED. I WAS BORN NEAR WHERE ROBERT PLANT CAME FROM IN ENGLAND. I DONT CARE IF THEY WROTE CERTAIN SONGS THEMSELVES OR NOT, MANY MORE PEOPLE HAVE DONE THE SAME THING . THE WAY THAT THEY CREATED THE SONG THEIR WAY WAS TO ME JUST FANTASTIC
Hidden gems by Zeppelin - the truth is, for Zep fans, they're all gems and we know them all. For everyone else, hidden gem describes 80% of their music. There is really only one song out of their entire repertoire about which you might not hear praise from serious Zep fans, and that's Hot Dog. It is the only one I'll leave off my playlists.
Yup, the bass line is sick...what a band...
Zeppelin will always hold the throne, they just had so many styles, you can just listen to their entire discography and never be disappointed by the talent
Ten Years Gone please. The Song Remains the Same/The Rain Song Live from MSG in ‘73
Yes in their early years they did take a lot of their songs from old blues and kind of redid them in their own fashion, as the years and albums went on they matured and became their own entity, truly one of the best rock bands of all time... bar none!
There is and always will be only ONE Led Zeppelin. For more LZ greatness, the next time you wander over, try Moby Dick live, Going to California and Battle of Evermore. Then go to Battle of Evermore live, covered by Heart for an amazing performance and different sides of the Wilson sisters than you have ever seen!
Love when the drum and BANJO come in. Led zep and a banjo
Makes me smile every time. I am a big fan of ramble on
The out law trail of the old West! Owl hoots!
Born-y-aur-stomp by Led Zeppelin next please
Since you are a drummer, I think you would love Zeppelin's 'When the Levee Breaks'
Love when Bonham comes in with the "snare - kick" beat!
This is one of those Led Zep songs where I can't figure out how the beat works, but I guess that's part of its amazing charm. I adore this LZ cover.
Tangerine from the same album!!
Frank Gaul One of my favorites from these guys.
Helene here: OK, Zeppelin. You asked. Zeppelin was huge and high profile and wealthy, so were an obvious target. It has become “woke” these days to hate on them for “cultural appropriation” which is a concept that did not exist in the sixties and seventies. So it’s applying current norms to behavior from the past and putting modern judgement on it. That’s number one. Secondly, Delta blues was the music that permeated black culture starting around 1900.....kinda like the music of the hill folks in Appalachia...It was heard everywhere in the Deep South. The young Brits in the fifties heard this music and were passionate about it. They heard phrases being used by many different black artists ( backdoor man....killin’ floor...many others) which people like Plant soaked up like a sponge. This music was not known or appreciated by white America. Coming from an old culture which had a hundreds year old tradition of folk music, all in the public domain, I think they honestly looked at blues in the same way. There were no rules, no “etiquette” among musicians and bands over 50 years ago....they often sang on each other’s records, wrote songs for or with one another......as many have said from that time , it was the “Wild West”. Different time, different practices and expectations.
Move forward in time and you have different rules, different etiquette and all of a sudden Zeppelin starts getting nailed with law suits....one of which was utterly laughable (Stairway to Heaven) and was dismissed.
did they “borrow” from old blues? Yes. Did Robert Plant “sample” phrases from old blues songs throughout his lyrics? Yes. Do current hip-hop artists liberally “sample” riffs from Zeppelin and other rock bands? Yes. What’s the difference? I have my own opinion on that, but I think you can come to your own conclusion.
Bottom line: Jimmy and Robert were PASSIONATE about the old Delta and Chicago black blues and they (especially Robert) idolized the blues singers and players like Muddy Waters, Howlin’ Wolf, Robert Johnson, Blind Willie Johnson and a dozen others. That music became a part of his soul and still is. I truly believe they were paying tribute to that tradition, while making it their own through completely reinterpreting it, at a time when that was the norm and accepted. Then times changed and you now have people, mostly young people who were not around then, seemingly to actually relish throwing shade on Zeppelin and sneeringly calling them a glorified cover band. I sometimes think it’s just “virtue signaling” myself.
Anyway...long answer, but you did ask, and there’s been allot of water under that bridge, and allot of history, and it’s many more shades of grey than the simple black or white explanation that some people crave. Zeppelin deserves their iconic status. And when some people try to be cool by dismissing them as a cover band, or not being creative and of being only thieves of others work it makes me really ANNOYED.
Thanks for indulging me. Peace out.
Cheers Helene!!
Very well said. Will add (even though touched on), the members of Zep were HUGE fans of the blues. Yes on a few plus songs they did borrow parts from and others re-made the songs (as many groups have done). Difference was Zeppelin took very raw early blues and changed them so much making it theirs. Not to steal, quite the opposite, these guys were FANS and paying homage to their heroes. Never denying it, giving credit and always saying in interviews how much the Old Blues had an impact on and influenced them.
Side note: A few years back Stax Records (Museum) was once again in financial ruin in Memphis. Plant being a huge fan of History, Music and R&R, living in Tennessee at the time heard about Stax being in financial trouble. Robert donated a lot of time and cash to keep it open, update, overhaul etc. This happened quietly, can barely find anything on the web. Only reason I know, visiting there two years ago. Leaving the museum saw a Picture on the wall taken in front of the building with Plant at the new "Re-Opening". Under the picture a thank-you to Plant for keeping the dream alive. Ended up talking to the Manager, who couldn't say enough great things about the Zep front man. Saying they wouldn't be there without him.
TRUTH!! THANK YOU
I appreciate your eloquence and detailed argument, but may I respectfully disagree with some of your premise? Our culture has evolved (slowly) on a number of fronts, and we very much "...apply current norms to behavior from the past and putting modern judgement on it...". Human rights; slavery, child labor, the right to participate in society for women and African Americans, were all 'acceptable' behaviors at one time. We find them abhorrent and criminal now, and it is entirely appropriate to consider them retrospectively as such. That it wasn't a crime in the past doesn't absolve us today, especially when there continues to be repercussions and profits. By 'crime', I'm emphasizing the seriousness of it, but I'm not suggesting jail. Some 'misunderstandings' of the past are egregious enough that some kind of reparations are necessary to the healing process. It's important in the case of rock and roll, not just for the money or the musical history, but to credit African American music as an essential component of a world-changing art form as well. As you noted, it's not like 'America' is proud of it.
I really like your idea that the British might have applied to American 'folk' music what they had always done in their own scene with British folk. I also agree that they would have said (honestly) that they were paying tribute to an art form they loved, and that it was part of every tradition to put your own stamp on a song.I think that may very well have been the case, but still, it's an explanation, not an excuse. Along those lines, though, it is also very appropriate to mention that Jimmy Page knew his instrument well enough to really take the blues and folk ideas to a new level. Often his lines were more nuanced or evolved than straight blues steals; Willie Dixon would never have sued if Plant had written original lyrics.
(Didn't "The Led Zeppelin Organization" sue the Beastie Boys for using John Bonham's Levee Breaks kick drum?). Samples, and especially prominent ones, now involve entire divisions at record companies. It's very much business, and has been for some time. accreditation
Lastly, but not leastly, I liked Robert Plant as a singer then (less so as a lyricist), but find him absolutely amazing these days. From the avant-country of Raising Sand to any of the Moroccan blues or Celtic psychedelic bands he's been with, and even the last Zeppelin gig/film, he's matured his gift wonderfully.
Cultural appropriation is an idiotic concept. Music transcends cultural and racial boundaries. It's what brings us together, not separates us.
This entire LZ III album is a masterpiece.
They never let up, too talented.
Hermoso tema !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
There's a wonderful live version out there. Also Friends, live page and plant . and Thats the way, song from same live performance. This tour was great. I went,and took our 16 yr. Old daughter. Egyptian band backing them up with some orchestra. Glad we all went. Never happened again around us.
great stuff. takes me back 50 yrs.
Led III brilliant album inspired by a stay in Snowdonia, Wales.
The thing about a song that Zeppelin "covers", it's always been re-arranged and "enhanced" well beyond the original version, to the point that Zeppelin have typically done more in the reworking of the song than the original songwriter did in creating the original song.
Listen to the Joan Baez version of "Babe I'm Gonna Leave You", then listen to the Zep version...
"Goin Down" Stevie Ray Vaughan and Jeff Beck a jam for the ages !!!
Spectacular 70s Quality.
Chod, if you want a real treat, listen to “That’s the Way” from this album. It might be the most beautiful song they ever did, and it’s extremely underrated. Not a hard-rocking song. Just a beautiful, precious acoustic gem that I know you’ll love.
Cool acoustic tuning as well. Page was incredible with the way he could take DGDGBD and make it flow.
Yes, the finishing touches of Jimmy's acoustic guitar is exquisite...
'Thank you:, not just this reaction but also your next song choice, a great emotional love song from Led Zep with great instrumentals in it too.
Robert is still performing at a very high level!
I opened an Old English Poetry book in my small town library and found a poem called "A Maiden's (something. Request? Denial?)" I forget. The words and verses are the gist of this song.
Led Zeppelin as many british loved & studied american black blues. And I think they used pieces of others blues as a tribute. But the blues was taken & used by other bluesman through it's history like many old folks songs. I think Zeppelin made it better with their own style & people like myself looked back & listened to Albert King, Muddy Waters, Buddy Guy, Freddie King & others because of them. People want to find faults & claim Zep wasn't as good as they were. But their truly Blues Rock Gods.
They guys in LZ were huge fan of Black American Blues artists.Many of their songs were those blues songs that they reworked into Zeppelin tunes.The steal part is they might have not credited or paid money use of the originals.The thing is,they were responsible for reintroducing blues back to Americans.
Led went back and paid the dues to most of the originals. I agree lz had a sound of their own.
In the very early going, especially on the first two albums, Plant used to fill whole songs with old blues lyrics. Sometimes credited, sometimes not. They got sued. But in fairness, blues guys did this ALL THE TIME. They heard something and nicked it.
Nobody has been stolen FROM more than Zeppelin, and they've never sued anyone about it.
They got sued for Stairway to Heaven, but they recently won that case. They covered a lot of older artists that they grew up listening to. In some cases they gave them credit on the original release and not later causing some problems. Robert Plant once while introducing a song said that they bought, stole, and borrowed songs.
A humorous song with its own laugh track. 😂
Best damn backing vocals ever 😎
Led Zeppelin like Jimi Hendrix evolved old time Blues to Outer Space. Just as Muddy Waters and others evolved Country Blues to Urban Blues decades before.
'Bron-Y-Aur Stomp' is another great one off Led Zeppelin III worth checking out.
Great song & band
This "looking shocked" thumbnail everyone does, looks silly but works.
Dude, you are on a roll today, first you reacted to "Loan Me A Dim" and now "Gallows Pole" ! Thank You!
zep liked the blues.............. thats why this folk songs so good
Well said buddy ! You tell me a truly original band ?! Inspiration glasses to come from somewhere ! Look at all the sampling nowadays ! No one seems to moan about that !? 👍🏻
More more more Zeppelin! Lol...how close are those other bands now?
A lot of the blues songs they wrote were in influenced by traditional blues songs that had no copyrights and they use some other blues songs for instance like When The Levee Breaks that was originally done and written by Kansas Joe McCoy and Memphis Minnie in 1929 and the did their own take on that version that sound nothing like it in my opinion, Led Zeppelin was influenced by the blues and they actually helped alot of those artists get the recognition they deserved and put some money in their pockets as well, The Rolling Stones did the same with many of their early songs as well and in turn helped those wonderful Black blues players get to tour with them and help them earn the money they deserved and exposure that they were not getting before.
On the early albums some of the songs had much of their origins in old Robert Johnson , Willie Dixon and Muddy Waters tunes . Because they didn’t necessarily use all of the song , they expanded instrumentals and added other elements that were their own , they were a little naughty by not crediting those artists as writers. Some old songs were out of copyright, some had disputes over ownership and were credited as ‘ traditional arrangement’
Some of the British folk stuff was also “ borrowed “ from artists Jimmy Page had some association with and again some was so old it is referred to as traditional.
Robert Plant has admitted on documentaries that “ we are all beggars and thieves “ somewhere along the line.
I believe zeppelin adjusted the credits to the original artists on the album labels and sleeves in the 80’ or 90’s.
In a recent court case zeppelin were sued for plagiarism of the band Spirit’s song Taurus , from 1969 which has similarities to stairway to heaven.
The two bands were on tour together and claimed Page had become familiar with it during this time to appropriate it later on STH.
However page produced several examples of similar melodies used in some traditional folk songs from centuries before.
Anyone with a bit of knowledge of the blues would’ve recognised the influences , borrowings and nods towards the original songs and artists and the copyright and ownership might’ve been a bit vague 50 odd years ago. I don’t know how deliberately dishonest they were but, I suppose they could’ve been more up front with their credits.
Deep Purple have a similar history in their early years of borrowing riffs and melodies.
The only appearance of a banjo in the Zeppelin canon. From Page's bottomless bag of tricks.
Robert Plant was TWENTY when this was recorded!!
John Paul Jones is one of the best bass players in rock! Other great songs from this 1970 record: The Immigrant Song, Tangerine, and the awesome Since I've Been Loving You! 💜💜💜💜
The live version on 'No Quarter' is worth hearing IMHO.
Chod, I believe there was a lawsuit against Zeppelin from the band SPIRIT, now they said that some of the beginning ryfs to Stairway to Heaven were stolen from them and I also believe it wasn't actually settled until 2016 decades later. Zeppelin won the case. However Spirit is a amazing band if you're into pyicadelic scene which I was/am. PEACE HIPPIE JOE
30 years after this amazing band, Robert Plant seems to thrive...lol
Watch Leadbelly do gallows pole back in the 1930s Led Zep did use the Mississippi delta blues to inspire rock versions of them
Good choice!
Excellent. Thank you peace ✌️
This is a traditional song, done by many, some in Bluegrass circles. Zep's version is very much Zeppelin's version...just uses the traditional theme. Like Tom Dooley, ya know?
As many early rock bands did, LZ lifted parts from old and/or obsolete folk and blues tunes and put their own riffs and spins on them. They’ve been taken to court several times and have ended up paying settlements and giving proper credits in a couple of cases. It hasn’t diminished my love for them bc their style is so phenomenal, there is just nothing like them. After their first 4 albums (best IMO) they moved into different styles and were writing mostly orig material by then. My go-tos are always 1-4.
Seen this track performed by page and plant on the unledded tour in glasgow , with jason bonham on drums and an Egyptian orchestra, amazing song.
Jimmy Page was a member of The Yardbirds. Led Zeppelin initially were going to call themselves The New Yardbirds until Keith Moon (drummer for The Who) told them that name would go down like a lead zeppelin. They adopted that name. Some of the songs Led Zeppelin did were Yardbird covers. The most famous being Dazed and Confused. When the Levee Breaks was a reworking of an old blues song but wasn't exactly a cover. In my opinion, it doesn't really matter where they got their material from. They were lovers of music and had many different influences and wrote a lot of original songs. Anyone criticizing the band for borrowing or "stealing" music from other sources doesn't understand what makes great music or great artists. Musicians play music. Critics masturbate.
Great ! The album III has often been left aside the II and IV given the spotlights. However e.g this song presents phenomenal drumming among other things going on. Personally I tend to keep III their best album.
How can one not like this, or at least tap their toe to the beat?
JOE MORELLO. He inspired john Bonham. He was in the song "Take 5" . If you listen to some of his off riff stuff...some is directly in "Bonzo's Montrose". Even the hand drumming.
I'm not sure but I think they both had some connection early on.
and in no way am I saying LZ stole stuff. They are rock music legends.
There was a huge brou-haha (sp?) about that subject; I do know they "borrowed" songs/licks/phrases from old blues songs but so did a lot of artists in this era. They definitely did not "copy" them exactly or they wouldn't sound like Led Zeppelin. They made them their own, imo. And, of course, much of their work is original.
personally that chatter is from the haters. This song from the 3rd. album is a banger, I loved the first two albums and think that the 3rd. is my favorite album. You should react to "Tangerine" or for that matter any song on it..their all great.
This song is what you would call a "deep cut" meaning, often only true fans would have heard/known this song. Because my mind is a bit twisted; I love the lyrics in this. A guy about to be hanged is trying to do anything to buy his freedom from the hangman. His friends bring nothing because they're too poor; his brother brings silver and gold; his sister comes along and, at her condemned brother's pleading, has sex with the hangman in hopes of securing his freedom. The hangman tells them, basically, thanks for the money and the sex but hangs the guy anyway as he sings "now I laugh and pull so hard to see you swinging from the gallows pole" and you can hear Jimmy, John Paul Jones and Bonham laugh/singing "ah ha ha ha" in the background as the song, which has been steadily speeding up, finally whirls to a macabre end. The banjo in this is played by Jimmy; he saw Jonesy's banjo, and, having never played a banjo before he picked it up, and worked up enough chords out of no where to help create this song. These guys were talented beyond belief. As far as "stealing" goes, I can't add anything more to what Helene already clearly explained. Keep enjoying Zeppelin.
What a song !
Led Zepplin 3 is underrated.
They reworked some old blues songs.
The problem is not really borrowing heavily from old blues songs, it's the renaming them and putting their own names on them. But they have pretty much paid their dues for it at this point.
Great job!
I’m not sure if you’ve heard Achilles Heel off the album Presence, but as a drummer I think its one of Bonhams best.
As to the copyright lawsuits, bear in mind that they only real reason is because they were the wealthiest band on the planet at the time, and skeeve lawyers always seek out the deepest pockets.
Hi. I was in my 20s during the 70s. I am intimately familiar with this music! I would like for you to react to Suite Judy Blue Eyes, Crosby, Stills, and Nash. Released in 1969. Can be found on the Dena Vu lp.
All music builds on what has gone before. Complete invention is such a rare thing in music. Even musical “geniuses” like Mozart took inspiration from their predecessors. Music does not, never has existed in compartmentalised vacuum bags.
Nice choice in a song by Led Zeppelin! Not many reactions to this one! Check out Four Sticks!!🔥🔥🔥🔥
They didn't steal, they gave credit in several interviews. And they always changed it up a hell of a lot anyway
Banjo! Can't recall them using on a song