dezel_nipple Posted October 30, 2008 Share Posted October 30, 2008 ...obscure maybe,but still rich. Agreed Les. I Wikipediaed Jake a while back and was suprised to read how many famous jingles he wrote and how familiar they are. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
59LesPaul Posted October 30, 2008 Share Posted October 30, 2008 Agreed Les. I Wikipediaed Jake a while back and was suprised to read how many famous jingles he wrote and how familiar they are. Yeah,Jimmy's definitely testament to potential....be all you can be. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
musictheorydude Posted November 2, 2008 Share Posted November 2, 2008 Almost all their blues stuff is jacked. But its somewhat acceptable considering all blues musicians steal from each other constantly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caroselambra~ Posted November 7, 2008 Share Posted November 7, 2008 yes they did - as Jimmy often shamelessy admits! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Harris Posted November 9, 2008 Share Posted November 9, 2008 what led zep did was take good blues written by old blues people like robert johnson and made them 10 times as good I A-gree Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nutrocker Posted November 20, 2008 Share Posted November 20, 2008 It cheeses me off to no end how Zeppelin gets accused of 'appropriating' other people's songs, yet other artists such as the Stones or Bob Dylan do the same thing and they don't get crucified for it. I mean, ol' Zimmy did "In My Time Of Dying" on his first album, and no mention of Blind Willie Johnson is made: the credits read, "Traditional, arranged by Bob Dylan". He does "It Hurts Me Too" by Elmore James on that gawdawful "Self Portrait" LP, yet the credits actually say, "B. Dylan". I do recall that the Stones did "Prodigal Son" on "Beggar's Banquet", credited to Jagger/Richards...until Reverend Wilkins found out about it (as I recall they thought he was dead) and Mick 'n' Keith were forced to give Wilkins credit for the tune. And, of course, "Love In Vain" on "Let It Bleed" was NOT written by Woody Payne- it's Robert Johnson. Having said that, though, Robert Johnson's songs are a bit of a grey area; they weren't 'copywritten' in the normal sense. At least Robert Plant made a point of giving credit where credit was due when they played some of those tunes live. I won't condone Zeppelin's appropriating old blues songs and making them their own, but they weren't the only ones guilty of it. But I suppose the bottom line is their versions are arguably the definitive ones. I mean, you mention "How Many More Times" to someone, odds are they're gonna say, "Oh, right, Led Zeppelin." Not, "Oh, right, Howlin' Wolf"... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
59LesPaul Posted November 20, 2008 Share Posted November 20, 2008 I mean, you mention "How Many More Times" to someone, odds are they're gonna say, "Oh, right, Led Zeppelin." Not, "Oh, right, Howlin' Wolf"... That depends on who you ask. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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