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Originally Posted by TheBig3KilledMyRainDog
Yeah the opening arpeggio isn't the reason the song is amazing but some people just close thier eyes tighly and hold on for dear life with the one argument they have.
If it wasn't for Zep hate, Spirit would be where exactly? Does anyone know any other song by them without googling it? Or having googled it in the past? How many Spirit albums do you own?
I was verbally accosted by the same "did you know" rhetoric at the grocery store one time. And the know it all there had to let me know everything Zep did was stolen. This argument is officially on par with the tabloid news.
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I happen to own 3 Spirit albums, although they have been packed away in box's with my other albums for many years now. It would be easy for many, many people to tell you that Spirit had a pretty big hit with "I got a line on you". Also, did you realize that Zeppelin used to open for Spirit back in the late 60's. Hmmmmmmm, think that may be where they heard the song Taurus??? I am by no means saying that Spirit is even close to as popular as Zeppelin. But the fact is, Zeppelin stole that riff, end of story, why can't you just admit they did and get on with it. Are you so into Zeppelin that it hurts you to hear anything like this about them?
Also, the lead guitarist from Spirit used to play guitar with Hendrix's first band.
Their drummer has played with Taj Mahal, Rye Cooder and April Wine
Their keyboard player was the keyboard player for Nazerath
Their Bassist was Bass for Firefall and Heart
And Jay Ferguson went on to have his own solo hit's
I would rather go see a concert with all those groups than one with Led Zeppelin, The Honeydrippers, and The Firm any day. As a matter of fact, I would take Hendrix alone over Zeppelin. I might even choose Spirit and The Partridge Family over Pages sloppy old worn out stolen licks.