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Stairway to Heaven 20:35 - Jun 9 with 10926 viewsGowerjack

One for the guitarists and musicians on here.

As you may be aware Led Zeppelin are being sued by the family of former Spirit guitar player Randy California claiming they copied his song Taurus in the famous and very lucrative Stairway to Heaven.

Have a look at this for instance..



So my question is guilty or not guilty?

And yes before any smart alec chimes in I know they have previous in this respect but I'm genuinely interested in what the guitarists on here make of it....

And it makes me wonder....

[Post edited 9 Jun 2016 20:44]

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Stairway to Heaven on 08:59 - Jun 10 with 1862 viewsClinton

Stairway to Heaven on 21:12 - Jun 9 by dickythorpe

Too stoned to realise someone else had already come up with their ideas.

Any nirvana fans ever listened to a scottish band called the vaselines? They predate nirvana by quite a few years.


Randy C must have been stoned too if it took him this long to spot the rip off

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Stairway to Heaven on 09:07 - Jun 10 with 1861 viewssherpajacob

I'm more of a Blackmore, Bryan May fan myself.

It seems to me it's the estate of Randy California with $ in their eyes, The publicity alone must be generating some extra royalties.

A,few bars are very similiar, but stairway is more than just a,few bars.

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Stairway to Heaven on 09:20 - Jun 10 with 1852 viewsLord_Bony

Stairway to Heaven on 22:01 - Jun 9 by Darran

When The Levee Breaks is the best one they wrote anyway.


We always kick off the second half set with "Whole Lotta Love"...never fails..

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Stairway to Heaven on 09:23 - Jun 10 with 1848 viewsDarran

Stairway to Heaven on 09:20 - Jun 10 by Lord_Bony

We always kick off the second half set with "Whole Lotta Love"...never fails..

http://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=whole+lotta+love&source=web&cd=1&ved=0a


That's one of the best songs they wrote too.

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Stairway to Heaven on 10:10 - Jun 10 with 1826 viewsWarwickHunt

Stairway to Heaven on 09:23 - Jun 10 by Darran

That's one of the best songs they wrote too.


I trust you're being ironic there, old fruit...
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Stairway to Heaven on 10:16 - Jun 10 with 1824 viewsdickythorpe

Rolf Harris wrote Stairway to Heaven. FACT
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Stairway to Heaven on 10:22 - Jun 10 with 1812 viewsDarran

Stairway to Heaven on 10:10 - Jun 10 by WarwickHunt

I trust you're being ironic there, old fruit...


Oops my mistake Top Of The Pops wrote it didn't they.

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Stairway to Heaven on 10:46 - Jun 10 with 1803 viewsLord_Bony

Stairway to Heaven on 10:22 - Jun 10 by Darran

Oops my mistake Top Of The Pops wrote it didn't they.


Warra rip off...


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Stairway to Heaven on 10:57 - Jun 10 with 1785 viewsItchySphincter

Back to the OP - I'm surprised anyone can say it's a coincidence. The phrasing, melody and timing are the same - Jimmy Page simply and skillfully embellished it with and additional ascending melody line. I wonder why it's taken so long for this to get as far as it has now because I definitely read about this over a decade ago.

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Stairway to Heaven on 11:14 - Jun 10 with 1762 viewsNeiltheTaylor

Stairway to Heaven on 07:09 - Jun 10 by Gowerjack

I've not heard this one before...

Sort of proves my point however



Plant stole his singing style too...

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Stairway to Heaven on 11:35 - Jun 10 with 1747 viewsPhaedrus

Stairway to Heaven on 11:14 - Jun 10 by NeiltheTaylor

Plant stole his singing style too...


How long until a celebrity sues a lookalike for stealing his likeness? Be interesting. Come down to age I suppose. If the lookalike was older he could sue the younger guy for plagiarism. Or something.

And what is good Phaedrus, and what is not good. Need we ask anyone to tell us these things?

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Stairway to Heaven on 11:44 - Jun 10 with 1740 viewsPhaedrus

I wrote a song that bore a striking similarity initially to Alabama by Neil Young. I had never heard that song. How could I have plagiarised it?

And what is good Phaedrus, and what is not good. Need we ask anyone to tell us these things?

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Stairway to Heaven on 11:48 - Jun 10 with 1737 viewsmonmouth

Stairway to Heaven on 11:44 - Jun 10 by Phaedrus

I wrote a song that bore a striking similarity initially to Alabama by Neil Young. I had never heard that song. How could I have plagiarised it?


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Stairway to Heaven on 13:22 - Jun 10 with 1672 viewsItchySphincter

Stairway to Heaven on 11:44 - Jun 10 by Phaedrus

I wrote a song that bore a striking similarity initially to Alabama by Neil Young. I had never heard that song. How could I have plagiarised it?


I can play five chords on the guitar and when I put them in a certain order it sounds like 'Hey Joe'. I've heard it before though so did I plagiarise it?

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Stairway to Heaven on 13:41 - Jun 10 with 1666 viewslondonlisa2001

Stairway to Heaven on 13:22 - Jun 10 by ItchySphincter

I can play five chords on the guitar and when I put them in a certain order it sounds like 'Hey Joe'. I've heard it before though so did I plagiarise it?


If you tweaked the order a little to sound like 'Hey Jude' you'd probably make more money ;-)
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Stairway to Heaven on 14:40 - Jun 10 with 1455 viewsWarwickHunt

Stairway to Heaven on 11:14 - Jun 10 by NeiltheTaylor

Plant stole his singing style too...


He allegedly turned down Led Zep who then turned to Plant.

His early albums are well worth picking up.
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Stairway to Heaven on 14:42 - Jun 10 with 1454 viewsWarwickHunt

Stairway to Heaven on 13:22 - Jun 10 by ItchySphincter

I can play five chords on the guitar and when I put them in a certain order it sounds like 'Hey Joe'. I've heard it before though so did I plagiarise it?


It's virtually impossible to copyright a chord sequence...
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Stairway to Heaven on 14:58 - Jun 10 with 1437 viewsdailew

Stairway to Heaven on 21:12 - Jun 9 by dickythorpe

Too stoned to realise someone else had already come up with their ideas.

Any nirvana fans ever listened to a scottish band called the vaselines? They predate nirvana by quite a few years.


Didn't Nirvana have to pay royalties for their only decent song apart from teen Spirit?


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Stairway to Heaven on 15:19 - Jun 10 with 1421 viewsdailew

My favorite piece of plagiarism is from this.


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Stairway to Heaven on 15:45 - Jun 10 with 1397 viewsItchySphincter

Stairway to Heaven on 14:42 - Jun 10 by WarwickHunt

It's virtually impossible to copyright a chord sequence...


I doubt they're real chords anyway! You can't copyright a drum part either apparently although I don't know if that's different for a score.

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Stairway to Heaven on 22:09 - Jun 10 with 1338 viewsDarran

http://www.billboard.com/articles/business/7400389/inside-the-stairway-to-heaven

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Stairway to Heaven on 15:55 - Jun 11 with 1288 viewsBrynmill_Jack

Stairway to Heaven on 21:02 - Jun 9 by Darran

Don't f*cking care if they're found guilty they should cough up STH is an awesome song.


It's f*cking awful ! Led Zepp did far better than that. I think sometimes these "classic" songs are the ones most morons like en masse. Like you.

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Stairway to Heaven on 19:03 - Jun 11 with 1259 viewsphact0rri

I dunno, Led Zepplin tend to steal music from blues guitarists everyone knows that!

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Stairway to Heaven on 16:54 - Jun 16 with 1167 viewsDarran

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/jun/15/led-zeppelin-stairway-to-heaven-pl

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Stairway to Heaven on 17:07 - Jun 16 with 1162 viewsdailew

Looking at that picture they should rename it "Stannah Stairlift to Heaven".

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