8 Led Zeppelin Songs That 'Rip Off' Other Songs

Considering the number of videos I've made to date about pop and rock song demands, it's really surprising that I've never talked about Lead Zeppelin before Lead Zeppelin is known for making perhaps too clear where influences come from. On multiple occasions Lead Zeppelin have effectively taken

other

people's

songs

, changed some elements and then presented them as their own original

songs

and it is true that on many of these occasions I would say that Leed Zeppelin's version of the song is actually an improvement, but I can't just take

other

people's songs and not give credits or royalties. So today we'll look at eight examples of Leed Zeppelin songs that are based on other people's songs.

This video is also made in collaboration with the excellent YouTube channel. Li Likes Music, they just released a video about Zeppelin's connection to Norse mythology in which I play a cover of Zeppelin's classic song No Quarter, so check it out when you're done here. Perhaps Zeppelin's most blatant uprising is their full-length 1969 song Much Love The lyrics and vocal phrasing of Everything Much Love were taken from Muddy Wat's 1962 song, You Need Love, written by Willie Dixon, Deep Inside, Woman , you need love, deep inside, however, it wasn't actually Muddy Waters' recording of you. "You Need Love" that Zeppelin was getting out of her, it was actually the little faces cover of "You Need Love" that Robert Plant was channeling when he came up with the voice for a lot of love, you need a cool dumb baby, as you can hear , it's not just the letters. almost identical, but the melody, vocal phrasing and style were also very similar.

In 1985, the similarities led to a lawsuit that was settled out of court in favor of Willie Dixon for an undisclosed amount and Willie Dixon also received an official songwriter credit for the song. It seems that Robert Plant wasn't particularly frustrated by the lawsuit, although he claimed that he intentionally lifted the lyrics knowing that he would only be sued if his song was successful, that was it and Nick now happily paid for it so there was a lot of conversation at the time. about what to do, it was decided that well, they'll only get you when you succeed, that's the game, much love, it's not the only Zeppelin song you'll find.

Willie Dixon's Dixon name is also credited on the 1969 Zeppelin song Bring It On. In fact, the song Bring It On Home was originally written by Willie Dixon in 1963 and performed by Sunny Boy Williamson II 6 years later as a tribute to Sunny Boy Williamson, who had died in 1965. Zeppelin recorded their own version of Bring It On Home . However, they intercut Dixon's song with their own original Zeppelin composition now, even though Zeppelin added their own original parts to Dixon's song, their version was still essentially a cover and of course covering another's song. person is not copyright infringement, assuming you pay royalties and credit to the original songwriter who surprised Leed Zeppelin did not do so in 1972.

Arch Music, which controlled the Willie Dixon song, sued Leed Zeppelin and reached an out-of-court settlement for an undisclosed amount and since then, any reissue of Le Zeppelin's Bring It On Home has been credited only. for Willie Dixon and, interestingly, when Arch Music sued Zeppelin in '72, not only was it over, take it home, the case also included Zeppelin's Lemon Song, which Arch Music claimed was lifted from another song they controlled, Killing Floor by Howling Wolf, and this is no surprise considering The Lemon Song actually started out as a Zeppelin lead cover of Killing Default. I should have left you a long time ago.

I should have left you a long time ago. AG in 1968, Zeppelin began playing Killing Floor live and over the following year it developed into what would become The Lemon Song, although Lemon Song has differed from Killing Flaw lyrically and stylistically, the two songs remain very similar, as I mentioned above. Le Zepplin had a habit of covering other people's songs and then adapting them to his own original. compositions, for example, the Zeppelin song Dazed and Confused, began as a folk song written and performed by Jake Holmes in 1967. I'm and Confused Hang On has been daed and Confused for so long.

It is not true that The Yard Birds, who were Jimmy P's band before Zeppelin, covered Homes' song the same year and, as you will hear, this young Bird's cover was already quite similar to what would become D's version of Zeppelin and got mixed up When Jimmy Pagee founded Le Zeppelin, they recorded a new version of Da and got mixed up, which kept much of the instrumentation from the Yard Bird version, but included a new vocal line and lyrics. Paige and the rest of Le Zeppelin must have considered their version of daon confusing, far enough from Jake Holmes' original version that they didn't have to pay him.

However, unsurprisingly, Holmes did not agree with this view and, although it took him until 2010, he finally sued Leed Zeppelin for the use of his song, the case being settled out of court with a no-no settlement. revealed between Homes and Paige and since then Leed Zeppelin's version of Dayson Confused has been credited to Paig inspired by Jake Holmes Jimmy Page's version is inspired by me but they're still my version it's not inspired by anyone I'm just not not inspired by Jimmy Paige, another cover that Zeppelin reused in their own song, is Babe. I'm leaving you, Zeppelin-based babe.

I'm going to leave you in a song with the same name by the folk singer Joan Bers, summer is coming, goodbye, baby. I'm Gonna Leave You was released on her 1962 live album Joan Byers in Concert and on this album it was credited as a traditional tune, meaning it was in the public domain, so when Zeppelin recorded their own version of the song, they also They included the song. As traditional, although apparently unknown to them at the time, this song is not actually a traditional public domain tune. It was actually written by folk singer An Breeden in the 1950s.

The sums are rolling in the summer. Eventually, Breeden received credit from him on the versions by Zeppelin and Joan Buers. Zeppelin's version is now credited to Breeden Jimmy Page and Robert Plant, and Breeden was also reportedly refunded any royalties he was owed. Yet another cover that became a Leed Zeppelin original is Zeppelin's Black Mountain Side, Jimmy Page, based on Black Mountain Side in Bert Janks' arrangement of Black Water's record label Side Js actually considered suing Jimmy Pagee for the similarities between the two songs, but the problem was that Black Water Side is actually a public domain traditional tune, so even though the guitar arrangement that Jimmy Pae had actually lifted was an original JS composition due to Since the overall song was in the public domain, the company decided not to take legal action.

One of the most direct lifts is the opening drum of rock and roll. This iconic drum intro is taken directly from Little Richard's bouncer playing the track's rock and roll was born from an improvisation that occurred when Le Zeppelin were trying to finish their four-stick recording. John Bonham kicked Little Richard's drums and then Jimmy Paage joined in with a Chuck Beres riff, now different from the other example. What we have seen today, the borrowing in rock and roll did not actually lead to any legal action, perhaps this is because rock and roll is a clear homage to rock and roll artists like Little Richard or maybe it is because drum rhythms are different from melodies o Guitar riffs are much less likely to be the subject of copyright infringement lawsuits because they are less distinctive.

One Zeppelin song that landed the band in court, though it's Stairway to Heaven, in 2014 the band Spirit filed a lawsuit claiming that the iconic acoustic guitar intro of Stairway was taken from their 1968 song Taurus, as it was You can hear that they both feature a very similar arpeggiated chord progression in the key of A minor played on an acoustic guitar. Spirit argued that LE Zeppelin would definitely have been aware of their treatise Taurus when they wrote St. Way to Heaven because Zeppelin actually toured with Spirit in 1968 and I think LE Zeppelin probably took inspiration from Taurus when they wrote Stairway to Heaven, but?

Are there enough similarities between these two tracks for Warrant to rate this copyright infringement well in 2020 as the case? was finally settled and the Court ruled in favor of Zepplin, although these two songs are similar, a common central progression, even if they are arpeggiated similarly and played on the same instrument, is not grounds for copyright infringement, as I mentioned at the beginning, this video was made. In collaboration with the excellent YouTube channel, Lil Likes Music, L Likes Music makes excellent videos looking at the history of classic songs and as I said before, they just released a video looking at the connection between Leed Zeppelin and Norse mythology, so go see it. that video and leave a comment letting Christian know I sent you and as always a huge thank you to everyone who supports me on patreon including the names you see on the screen right now and Andre SS said Andy Deacon Andrew Andrew Brown Andrew susman Austin Barrett Austin Russell Bob mckinstry Whitney Parker Cameron oilla Aken Chris cabal Christopher Ryan David Rivers Donald Howard Dr Darren Wicks elenis wenko Eugene Leroy FD Hodor Greg kovsky and Lola Tona heish brockel Bank hernick Kutcher Hugo Miller Ivan Pang Jake Fisher James KO J kokensparger John Dy Josh sandelin Justin Viger Lee lson Mark zhen Max o'e Songwriter Squad Melanie shoner Michael Vivien Nancy Gillard Nathan Lawrence Nathaniel Park Paul Middleton PA Miller PA pisil Peter duny Richard girlfriend Roger clay John Kennedy Steve Daly Steven Lazaro Tim Beaker home Aaron Trisha Adams Tim Payne Victor Levy bidad flowers bladimir COV bti and whan Fairbanks