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Old 12-01-2012, 05:13 PM   #41 (permalink)
Burning Down
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Some of Led Zeppelin's hits were ripped off from other people, and they failed to credit them. I still like Zeppelin though.

"Dazed and Confused", music originally done by Jake Holmes in 1967. Jimmy Page stole all the music.

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There are others, like the intro to "Stairway to Heaven" was ripped from "Taurus" by Spirit:

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I know that Zeppelin also stole "Babe I'm Gonna Leave You" and only credited the original writer many, many years later after they were sued.

Another rip off I found was "Some Nights" by fun. Sounds exactly the same as Simon & Garfunkel's "Cecilia"

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