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In reply to the discussion: WOW! Robert Plant Hints at Led Zeppelin Reunion Next Year [View all]Bennyboy
(10,440 posts)103. Stairway to Eskaton!
Please. If one dog was left to die on it's own please let it be this one.
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I think Stairway to Heaven was actually lifted from Davy Graham as well
sweetloukillbot
Feb 2013
#33
I still have a lot of respect for them, but they have shelf-life issues with me
BeyondGeography
Feb 2013
#81
i felt that way as well re: clapton. i thought that the original layla compared to the newer
leftyohiolib
Feb 2013
#63
You got proof of Beck and Clapton paying them from the goodness of their hearts?
brett_jv
Feb 2013
#54
In college (1980 or so) I bought a Yardbirds album that had Sonny Boy Williamson playing on it
indie9197
Feb 2013
#99
you know, they should have given credit, but at least they made something amazing out of it
JI7
Feb 2013
#39
So you'd be ok with money owed to you for your work going to someone else...
harmonicon
Feb 2013
#87
Get no argument from me on that point. Black musicians were treated abominably.
bluesbassman
Feb 2013
#82
"Immature guitarists borrow, mature guitarists steal" - Screamin' T.S Eliot
Tom Ripley
Feb 2013
#108
I'd rather watch the videos of their great performances from the early 1970s.
Comrade Grumpy
Feb 2013
#10
A-E-F? Now that's a fuckin' progression I'd like to hear a blues player pull off!
harmonicon
Feb 2013
#91
I just gave it a try...A-E-F lends itself quite well to the blues (the use of slide gives it...
Tom Ripley
Feb 2013
#106
No, it would be more like you taking money out of the pockets of current rail yard workers.
harmonicon
Feb 2013
#92
Racist Americans forced these English guys to put their names to songs they didn't write?
harmonicon
Feb 2013
#95
Well, I wasn't trying to get laid by telling you the truth about Led Zeppelin.
harmonicon
Feb 2013
#83
Your Bachelor's, Master's, and PhD are in what? Mine are in music composition.
harmonicon
Feb 2013
#86
I also always thought that was a classy move on the part of Led Zeppelin (a band not known for...
Tom Ripley
Feb 2013
#109
How about this ... the 3 Led Zeppelin songs I DON'T like ... that's easier ...
brett_jv
Feb 2013
#59
Without John Bonham, it will be a Led Zeppelin tribute band in which Plant, Page, and Jones...
Tom Ripley
Feb 2013
#107