Jury decides that Led Zep did not rip off Spirit for "Stairway to Heaven".
Of course there are a finite number of possibilities to 12 tone western music. Also
there are certain sounds that we like more than others, that become popular, are copied....and others not so much. Last there may be some tones or notes (in the utmost high or low registers) that many may not hear or appreciate.
Therefore, Spirit's Taurus, written before Stairway ....which Plant / Page can't remember, although Plant possesses a copy of the song (album) / Zep opened for Spirit in the late sixties on several occasions... will just have to settle for sounding a like Stairway. A case of injustice...maybe the song written by Randy California should have been called "Gemini".
http://gizmodo.com/5962375/is-it-possible-to-run-out-of-new-music
Mo
Of course there are a finite number of possibilities to 12 tone western music. Also
there are certain sounds that we like more than others, that become popular, are copied....and others not so much. Last there may be some tones or notes (in the utmost high or low registers) that many may not hear or appreciate.
Therefore, Spirit's Taurus, written before Stairway ....which Plant / Page can't remember, although Plant possesses a copy of the song (album) / Zep opened for Spirit in the late sixties on several occasions... will just have to settle for sounding a like Stairway. A case of injustice...maybe the song written by Randy California should have been called "Gemini".
http://gizmodo.com/5962375/is-it-possible-to-run-out-of-new-music
Mo
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