I know the difference between covering a song and lifting it. To me, they were strongly influenced by such songs, but when you hear them, they don't sound the same.
as a teen i heard that song, dozens of times.lol............and harrison was as guilty as sin.............
now here is a guy that is so enamored with the caterwalling of Robert Plant.............that he has the audacity to actually believe those hacks are more talented than Willie Dixon, and dont think for one minute Kirk that just because you aint heard of someone doesnt invalidate the fact that they ripped him off..............usually you are not a pompuous ass, but in this case you are..
I've been called worse things by better people. (I even sampled that quote actually.....)
Actually just Dennis Wilson and maybe he felt justified - the Manson family lived in his house sponging $100,000 and crashing an uninsured luxury car. Dennis introduced him to Terry Melcher who suggested that he would produce Manson's music and maybe do a movie about the family. About the time Dennis severed ties - so did Terry Melcher but not before he had Manson over to his house. Apparently Manson was furious at Melcher so it was no co-incidence that Melcher's house was selected for Helter Skelter. Unknown to Manson - Melcher & his girlfriend Candice Bergen had moved out and Polanski & Tate had moved in.
i would have more respect for your love of Zeppilin, if you and other fans didnt minimize their serial stealing...saying they copied a few notes here and there, is like saying a tornado is a sudden gust of wind..
Alan Freed had a lot to do with promoting those early black rock and rollers. There were a lot of cover songs where white artists sang black artist hits for white audiences - almost all Pat Boone early hits were covers of black hits. Alan Freed insisted on bringing the original black artists with the original hits.
As I said before who cares if they stole some songs. They did make some compensation even if it was because they had to. Led Zeppelin is one of the greatest rock bands ever.
If they did that Kim Mitchell would probably play more Max Webster songs so he can collect more royalty cheques.q107, stop playing Led!
enough!
Theft is theft and they did it knowingly. You obviously don't know (or care) about artists who try to make a living off their own creations. Real nice for those who say "so what" about theft until they are the victim, then the story changes.
who should care?..you should care.because you are putting cheaters on a pedestal............and you are inadvertantly lowering the standards of rock and roll by describing them as one of the greatest rock bands ever..im old school...we should demand integrity from rock idols and not trivialize music by stating "who cares if they stole some songs"..........never lower the musical bar..........................and i know you said it before, but you are still unconvincing...
Actually, to great extent. So much so that he conceded and was forced to forfeit royalties from that song.
By that point, the progression popularized by Berry had become so normalized in rock music, that it didn't warrant any credit.
Credit yeah. Money no. (Just ask Robert Johnson's estate.) And lip service don't pay the rent as easily as a royalty cheque does.
Quoted for the truth.
