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  • Dirty F
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    • Jul 2001
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    Isn't it funny how the "greatest rocksong ever" Stairway to Heaven is a rip off

    From the song Taurus by the band Spirit.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stairway_to_Heaven

    Halfway you can find a soundclip.

    Its an exact copy. Isn't that just nuts?
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    • Brother Bilo
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      • Jun 2007
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      #2
      Looks like Spirit could of used a better publicist.

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        • ADL Colin
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          • Feb 2001
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          #3
          pretty freakin' close.

          http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/tabs/...heaven_tab.htm

          http://www.azchords.com/s/spirit-tab...bs-238465.html


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            • MiLo
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              #4
              Originally posted by Brother Bilo
              Looks like Spirit could of used a better publicist.
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                • MRock
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                  #5
                  interesting read ... they are NOT exactly alike ... definately could be influenced though ... I like the backmasking part ... I did a report on that for school in my younger years ... you should hear "Another One Bites The Dust" by Queen backwards ... ha
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                    • Bojangles
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                      #6
                      Interesting.

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                        • notoldschool
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                          Who ever said Stairway to Heaven was the greatest rock song ever. Top ten, Maybe.
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                            • Dirty F
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                              • Jul 2001
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                              #8
                              Originally posted by MRock
                              interesting read ... they are NOT exactly alike ... definately could be influenced though ... I like the backmasking part ... I did a report on that for school in my younger years ... you should hear "Another One Bites The Dust" by Queen backwards ... ha
                              If you did an report on it then you must also know its the biggest bs ever?

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                                • Dirty F
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                                  #9
                                  Originally posted by notoldschool
                                  Who ever said Stairway to Heaven was the greatest rock song ever. Top ten, Maybe.
                                  Plenty of people. And you know that but youre just pissed off with me because i called you a junkie (which you are) and from now on youre gonna be in all my threads to say something stupid right?

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                                    • dig420
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                                      • May 2001
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                                      #10
                                      I'd say influenced is the right word, not plagiarized, and even if it was who cares?

                                      a few bars in the opening chords, big deal. Every blues-based song is a ripoff of a prior blues based song in the long run.

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                                        • evildick
                                          #11
                                          Originally posted by Brother Bilo
                                          Looks like Spirit could of used a better publicist.
                                          Or a better lawyer.

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                                            • Deej
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                                              #12
                                              jesus franck, old news !!!

                                              next you'll be telling us how the doors got the title Inagaddadavida...




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                                                • L-Pink
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                                                  #13
                                                  Originally posted by Deej
                                                  jesus franck, old news !!!

                                                  next you'll be telling us how the doors got the title Inagaddadavida...



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                                                    • campimp
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                                                      #14
                                                      not an exact copy for sure, and even if it were, there are plenty of examples of artists that redid other groups songs and made them much more popular

                                                      best rock song ever? i wouldnt go that far... in my top 5, but not top 1, not even the best zep song if you ask me

                                                      #1 song ever, in my opinion..... Hey Jude , that song just has it all

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                                                        • Chio
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                                                          #15
                                                          Originally posted by Deej
                                                          jesus franck, old news !!!

                                                          next you'll be telling us how the doors got the title Inagaddadavida...



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                                                              cant forget Highway to Hell

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                                                                • Deej
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                                                                  #17
                                                                  Free Bird.

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                                                                    • Deej
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                                                                      #18
                                                                      Originally posted by Chio
                                                                      Iron Butterfly JERK!
                                                                      oops, my bad... same fuckin thing...

                                                                      they were all fuckin drunks!


                                                                      and thats the point

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                                                                        • EonBlue
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                                                                          #19
                                                                          Randy California, the guy who wrote Taurus, was friends with Jimmy Page and gave Jimmy permission to "borrow" that intro.

                                                                          Spirit was an excellent band in their own right but having Led Zeppelin ask to borrow a bit from one of your songs must have felt pretty good.

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                                                                            • JFK
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                                                                              #20
                                                                              Originally posted by Deej
                                                                              jesus franck, old news !!!

                                                                              next you'll be telling us how the doors got the title Inagaddadavida...



                                                                              could of sworn Inagaddadavida... was iron Butterfly

                                                                              oops should of read all the way down ;P
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                                                                                • Deej
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                                                                                  #21
                                                                                  Originally posted by JFK
                                                                                  could of sworn Inagaddadavida... was iron Butterfly

                                                                                  oops should of read all the way down ;P
                                                                                  yea yea ... i mixed em up... i swore i seen jim morrison in the garden drunk as a skunk

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                                                                                    • stereolab
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                                                                                      #22
                                                                                      Originally posted by EonBlue
                                                                                      Randy California, the guy who wrote Taurus, was friends with Jimmy Page and gave Jimmy permission to "borrow" that intro.

                                                                                      Spirit was an excellent band in their own right but having Led Zeppelin ask to borrow a bit from one of your songs must have felt pretty good.
                                                                                      i bet it would have felt even better to get some royalties.

                                                                                      jimmy page "borrowed" TONS of music from other bands.

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                                                                                        • Brother Bilo
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                                                                                          #23
                                                                                          It worked for Elvis, only that was a straight up robbery, not just borrowing an intro.

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                                                                                            • CDSmith
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                                                                                              #24
                                                                                              Originally posted by dig420
                                                                                              I'd say influenced is the right word, not plagiarized, and even if it was who cares?

                                                                                              a few bars in the opening chords, big deal. Every blues-based song is a ripoff of a prior blues based song in the long run.
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                                                                                                • Violetta
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                                                                                                  Im not a huge "Stairway to heaven" fan, but that song wasnt much like. It might remind me of STH, but nothing more
                                                                                                  M&A Queen

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                                                                                                    • AlienQ - BANNED FOR LIFE
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                                                                                                      #26
                                                                                                      I Invented Stairway To Heaven.

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                                                                                                        • MRock
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                                                                                                          #27
                                                                                                          Originally posted by Dirty F
                                                                                                          If you did an report on it then you must also know its the biggest bs ever?
                                                                                                          Yep, that's what my report was done for ... to disprove. I think Ozzy was being sued at the time for that teen suicide also. It was an all out attack on rock music at the time by that parents org ... forget their name. By the way, that Queen song I mentioned, sounds like "It's fun to smoke marijuana" when you spin it backwards, funny as shit
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                                                                                                            • ADL Colin
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                                                                                                              #28
                                                                                                              Originally posted by MRock
                                                                                                              It was an all out attack on rock music at the time by that parents org ... forget their name.
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                                                                                                                • baddog
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                                                                                                                  #29
                                                                                                                  Not as funny as thinking that Stairway to Heaven was the greatest rock song ever.

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                                                                                                                    • Klen
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                                                                                                                      #30
                                                                                                                      Originally posted by MRock
                                                                                                                      interesting read ... they are NOT exactly alike ... definately could be influenced though ... I like the backmasking part ... I did a report on that for school in my younger years ... you should hear "Another One Bites The Dust" by Queen backwards ... ha
                                                                                                                      Nothing special,you heard "it's fun to smoke marijuana"

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                                                                                                                        • notoldschool
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                                                                                                                          Originally posted by Dirty F
                                                                                                                          Plenty of people. And you know that but youre just pissed off with me because i called you a junkie (which you are) and from now on youre gonna be in all my threads to say something stupid right?
                                                                                                                          Yeah, Im a junkie but you are dumber than a box of rocks if you think that song is the best ever.
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                                                                                                                            • tony299
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                                                                                                                              #32
                                                                                                                              Originally posted by stereolab
                                                                                                                              i bet it would have felt even better to get some royalties.

                                                                                                                              jimmy page "borrowed" TONS of music from other bands.
                                                                                                                              Yep the immigrant song borrows from bali hai from the musical south pacific

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                                                                                                                                • V_RocKs
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                                                                                                                                  #33
                                                                                                                                  I once wrote a poem to a girl I was dating that was remarkably similar to a Nine Inch Nails song that came out weeks later. I had never heard their song and there was no way I could have since things like Napster didn't exist and I wasn't a fan of theirs so I wouldn't have heard it in a concert or otherwise.

                                                                                                                                  Really tripped her out. So much so that she broke up with me because it just really weirded her out.

                                                                                                                                  I got high once as a kid and sang the entire Dark Side of the Moon album (while it was playing) as though I had heard it obsessively. I had only heard it once at a party as a kid when I was about 7 years old. Somehow it just flowed out...

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                                                                                                                                    • Dirty F
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                                                                                                                                      #34
                                                                                                                                      Originally posted by baddog
                                                                                                                                      Not as funny as thinking that Stairway to Heaven was the greatest rock song ever.
                                                                                                                                      Faggotdog, if you look closely you will see i typed "greatest rocksong ever"...

                                                                                                                                      Can you with your small mind come up with a reason why i wouldve done that?

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                                                                                                                                        • Dirty F
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                                                                                                                                          #35
                                                                                                                                          Originally posted by notoldschool
                                                                                                                                          Yeah, Im a junkie but you are dumber than a box of rocks if you think that song is the best ever.
                                                                                                                                          God, you are stupid. Unbelievable. Stop smoking that shit dude...the more i read from you the more i see how it polluted your already small brain.

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                                                                                                                                            • Dirty F
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                                                                                                                                              Notoldschool, first of all i put it between "" because i personally don't agree with it.
                                                                                                                                              Then you tell me its not the best rocksong ever and i tell you many people think it is...once again showing that i think otherwise.
                                                                                                                                              And 3rd, you dumb fucking junkie, i said ROCKsong, not just a song but ROCKsong...theres a big difference. Stairway is considered the best ROCKsong by many people, but not by me.

                                                                                                                                              Can you understand that while being stoned? I doubt it after reading all that bs from you lately.

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                                                                                                                                                  #37
                                                                                                                                                  Originally posted by MRock
                                                                                                                                                  interesting read ... they are NOT exactly alike ... definately could be influenced though ... I like the backmasking part ... I did a report on that for school in my younger years ... you should hear "Another One Bites The Dust" by Queen backwards ... ha
                                                                                                                                                  wasn't that the 'i like to smoke marijuana' one? lol. backmasking is pretty funny stuff.

                                                                                                                                                  i think it's funnier that stairway wasn't even close to being zeppelins best song

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                                                                                                                                                    • aico
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                                                                                                                                                      • Mar 2004
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                                                                                                                                                      #38
                                                                                                                                                      to be inspired by another song and to rip one off are two different things. Songs are based on Scales, you can't really change what notes go together and which ones don't.
                                                                                                                                                      Last edited by aico; 02-21-2008, 04:47 PM.

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                                                                                                                                                            • Dirty F
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                                                                                                                                                              #40
                                                                                                                                                              Originally posted by aico
                                                                                                                                                              to be inspired by another song and to rip one off are two different things. Songs are based on Scales, you can't really change what notes go together and which ones don't.
                                                                                                                                                              Yeah and this is clearly a rip off.

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                                                                                                                                                                • notoldschool
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                                                                                                                                                                  Originally posted by Dirty F
                                                                                                                                                                  Notoldschool, first of all i put it between "" because i personally don't agree with it.
                                                                                                                                                                  Then you tell me its not the best rocksong ever and i tell you many people think it is...once again showing that i think otherwise.
                                                                                                                                                                  And 3rd, you dumb fucking junkie, i said ROCKsong, not just a song but ROCKsong...theres a big difference. Stairway is considered the best ROCKsong by many people, but not by me.

                                                                                                                                                                  Can you understand that while being stoned? I doubt it after reading all that bs from you lately.
                                                                                                                                                                  alot of people saying something doesnt make it so. Alot of people think pot should be legal but many would object. Dont you think most people would have to even have heard of the song or band to make it the best rock song of all time. 9 out of 10 people under 30 years old never even heard that shit. Shits irrelevant at this time. decent song but NO where near the best.
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                                                                                                                                                                    • aico
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                                                                                                                                                                      • Mar 2004
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                                                                                                                                                                      #42
                                                                                                                                                                      Originally posted by Dirty F
                                                                                                                                                                      Yeah and this is clearly a rip off.
                                                                                                                                                                      maybe to you, sounds a lot different to me, but I know a thing or two about music.

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                                                                                                                                                                        • Dirty F
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                                                                                                                                                                          #43
                                                                                                                                                                          Originally posted by aico
                                                                                                                                                                          maybe to you, sounds a lot different to me, but I know a thing or two about music.
                                                                                                                                                                          Yeah and i dont know anything about music...

                                                                                                                                                                          Anyway, im really not sure how you can say it sounds a lot different as hes using the same notes...

                                                                                                                                                                          As posted above:

                                                                                                                                                                          http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/tabs/...heaven_tab.htm
                                                                                                                                                                          http://www.azchords.com/s/spirit-tab...bs-238465.html

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                                                                                                                                                                            • Drake
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                                                                                                                                                                              #44
                                                                                                                                                                              After the opening bars, the songs differ tremendously.

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                                                                                                                                                                                • evildick
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                                                                                                                                                                                  Originally posted by notoldschool
                                                                                                                                                                                  alot of people saying something doesnt make it so. Alot of people think pot should be legal but many would object. Dont you think most people would have to even have heard of the song or band to make it the best rock song of all time. 9 out of 10 people under 30 years old never even heard that shit. Shits irrelevant at this time. decent song but NO where near the best.
                                                                                                                                                                                  I think he probably agrees with you, as do I, but that usually doesn't stop rock radio stations from putting it at the top of their "greatest rock song ever" countdowns. I can't recall how many times I have heard that happen. The local station around here does it every year.

                                                                                                                                                                                  I actually can't stand the song.

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                                                                                                                                                                                    • Dirty F
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                                                                                                                                                                                      Originally posted by notoldschool
                                                                                                                                                                                      alot of people saying something doesnt make it so. Alot of people think pot should be legal but many would object. Dont you think most people would have to even have heard of the song or band to make it the best rock song of all time. 9 out of 10 people under 30 years old never even heard that shit. Shits irrelevant at this time. decent song but NO where near the best.
                                                                                                                                                                                      Jesus christ fucking retard!

                                                                                                                                                                                      Man, are you just fucking with me or what?

                                                                                                                                                                                      Seriously man, you cant be this stupid can you? Even after i explain it CLEARLY to you you still go on with this nonsense. Unbefuckinglievable...
                                                                                                                                                                                      Im serious when i say you should quit smoking that shit because you are truly totally fucking dumb.

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                                                                                                                                                                                        • Dirty F
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                                                                                                                                                                                          #47
                                                                                                                                                                                          Originally posted by evildick
                                                                                                                                                                                          I think he probably agrees with you, as do I, but that usually doesn't stop rock radio stations from putting it at the top of their "greatest rock song ever" countdowns.
                                                                                                                                                                                          Hes too stoned or stupid or both to understand this and why i put it between "".

                                                                                                                                                                                          What a fucking moron.

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                                                                                                                                                                                            • Dirty F
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                                                                                                                                                                                              Im truly amazed...and this is someone who called himself very smart, smarter than most people a few hours ago. Weed does funny stuff to people.

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