more debunking and notes:
"Communication Breakdown" - apparently derived from Eddie Cochran's "Nervous Breakdown."
Sounds nothing like Eddie Cochran's song. Possibly influenced slightly by, like a song in the back of your mind as you write a new one, but not anything that could be taken to court over, which plenty other cases are with Zeppelin.
"Custard Pie" - uncredited cover of Bukka White's "Shake 'Em On Down," with lyrics from Sleepy John Estes's "Drop Down Daddy."
Hats off to Harper could correctly be called a cover of Shake Em On Down, but Custard Pie just takes some lines from a few blues songs and mases them into something new, just like their take on Travellin Riverside Blues which aside from three lines has nothing else to do with that particular Robert Johnson song.
"How Many More Times" - Part one is an uncredited cover of the Howlin' Wolf song (available on numerous compilations).
Howlin Wolf's song was How Many More Years really isnt that similar to HMMT other than the title, and in fact is typical of Plant borrowing from multiple songs including The Weavers, Sonny Boy Williamson, field recordings from Alan Lomax, The Hunter, all mashed into one. Much more complex than just stealing a song note for note. Should someone have been credited. yeah, but it doesn't harm the artistry in that song for me. They take all these blues influences and mash them into something new and their own, just like blues musicians had done for decades.
"Moby Dick" - written and first recorded by Sleepy John Estes under the title "The Girl I Love," and later covered by Bobby Parker.
Not even close. Listen to the original Girl I Love. Hahahaha! The riff from Moby Dick has the same chord structure of Zep's cover of it (found on the BBC sessions), but even that's not that close.
"Nobody's Fault But Mine" - uncredited cover of the Blind Willie Johnson blues.
"Since I've Been Lovin' You" - lyrics are the same as Moby Grape's "Never," though the music isn't similar.
From what I recall, you're ttalking like two lines that may be kind of similar. Since I've Been Loving You is Zep once again taking a million influences and creating something their own - it's bluesy but not blues, soulful but not soul...
"Stairway To Heaven" - the main guitar line is apparently from "Taurus" by Spirit.
chord structure similar to the opening intro, but even the guy from Spirit doesn't think Jimmy stole it. At best, Jimmy had heard it and it influenced him subconsciously, but this is not a blatant rip off.
"Communication Breakdown" - apparently derived from Eddie Cochran's "Nervous Breakdown."
Sounds nothing like Eddie Cochran's song. Possibly influenced slightly by, like a song in the back of your mind as you write a new one, but not anything that could be taken to court over, which plenty other cases are with Zeppelin.
"Custard Pie" - uncredited cover of Bukka White's "Shake 'Em On Down," with lyrics from Sleepy John Estes's "Drop Down Daddy."
Hats off to Harper could correctly be called a cover of Shake Em On Down, but Custard Pie just takes some lines from a few blues songs and mases them into something new, just like their take on Travellin Riverside Blues which aside from three lines has nothing else to do with that particular Robert Johnson song.
"How Many More Times" - Part one is an uncredited cover of the Howlin' Wolf song (available on numerous compilations).
Howlin Wolf's song was How Many More Years really isnt that similar to HMMT other than the title, and in fact is typical of Plant borrowing from multiple songs including The Weavers, Sonny Boy Williamson, field recordings from Alan Lomax, The Hunter, all mashed into one. Much more complex than just stealing a song note for note. Should someone have been credited. yeah, but it doesn't harm the artistry in that song for me. They take all these blues influences and mash them into something new and their own, just like blues musicians had done for decades.
"Moby Dick" - written and first recorded by Sleepy John Estes under the title "The Girl I Love," and later covered by Bobby Parker.
Not even close. Listen to the original Girl I Love. Hahahaha! The riff from Moby Dick has the same chord structure of Zep's cover of it (found on the BBC sessions), but even that's not that close.
"Nobody's Fault But Mine" - uncredited cover of the Blind Willie Johnson blues.
"Since I've Been Lovin' You" - lyrics are the same as Moby Grape's "Never," though the music isn't similar.
From what I recall, you're ttalking like two lines that may be kind of similar. Since I've Been Loving You is Zep once again taking a million influences and creating something their own - it's bluesy but not blues, soulful but not soul...
"Stairway To Heaven" - the main guitar line is apparently from "Taurus" by Spirit.
chord structure similar to the opening intro, but even the guy from Spirit doesn't think Jimmy stole it. At best, Jimmy had heard it and it influenced him subconsciously, but this is not a blatant rip off.
