I know, nobody cares what I think. But I just want to use this soap box to say that Stairway to Heaven is the most overrated overplayed song of all time. Just thinking about it makes me squirm, (not in a good way).
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There was a very good Australian comedy (kinda; they used comedy to examine serious subjects) show in the 80âs called The Money or the Gun?.
One of the showâs running gags was that theyâd have a different band on each week, always doing a cover of Stairway, but in radically differing styles. There were pseudo-B52s, pseudo-Doors, late and early Beatles versions, a banjo version, etc. etc.
And I just found this playlistâŚ
(the first one is a private vid, but the rest of 'em seem fine)
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But you canât copyright borrowing from Bach. At worst, Led Zeppelin ripped off Spirit referencing Bach.
Sure, I agree. Some people have noted the similarity between âCommunication Breakdownâ and Eddie Cochranâs âNervous Breakdownâ, and similarities between âHow Many More Timesâ and Howlin Wolfâs âHow Many More Yearsâ and âSmokestack Lightninâ both (lyrics from one, riff from another.) But again, those songs were changed more than enough to warrant them being considered Led Zep compositions. I think they later gave Wolf partial credit (probably because theyâd already been sued for âThe Lemon Songâ and âBring It On Home.â)
[edit: âten notes in a song thatâs more than five minutes longâ well. . . the first part of âAmazing Graceâ is ten notes, and is pretty distinctive, if someone used it people would immediately notice, so the actual number of notes might not always be the issue. The fade-out refrain to âHey Judeâ is ten notes, though one part repeats, and that song is about five minutes-- you couldnât get away with stealing that unattributed.]
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