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  1. Variations on a theme by Spirit.
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  2. co on  Well yeah but...most music has been plagiarism for about 400 years lol
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  3. co on  I agree, they could have at least admitted it. Whole lotta love is the same as is Dazed and Confused lol
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  4. terrypussypower  lol vague resemblance.
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  5. fatmanpedaling   Actually I love the band lol but seriously they have a record of "borrowing" and considering the genre, shouldn't be embarrassed about it.
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  6. Me Here  That's not the issue here. The issue is that Spirit toured with Zeppelin prior to the release of Stairway and then VOILA, you have the entire intro and verse structure provided by Spirit's Taurus. There is no original music but there is blatant ripoffs.
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  7. terrypussypower  Ignore the truth...lol
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  8. fatmanpedaling  Maybe it's your fail ear training lol
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  9. 216trixie  Both intros are identical for almost 4 bars, that includes the progression, arpeggiation and the counterpoint, this is not speculation lol
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  10. bobwatters  Not really a song it's a composition vehicle, as in: Variations on a theme by Mozart, Variations on a theme by Bach etc..
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  11. No I meant a variation of Spirit...and it was sarcasm since they outright stole it.
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  12. Amory Blaine 127  Uhhh sorry but the entire intro s a rip of Taurus, the rest of the song is a variation. Spirit actually opened for Zep.... Anyway, Zep is great, stairway is a great tune but they are actually great ripoff artists lol Not that it's uncommon in pop music because it is all derivative. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Led_Zeppelin_songs_written_or_inspired_by_others
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  13. terrypussypower  Sure there are differences....but they still ripped off the intro which is one third of Stairway, note for note, the rest is the basic structure of the other 3rd of stairway...it is in litigation as we speak lol
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  14. Jonesy  Yeah he did.
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  15. fatmanpedaling  No the song they ripped off is lol
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  16. terrypussypower  When all else fails resort to fail.
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  17. Bungalow Bill  Maybe? Not sure if it's even relevant.
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  18. fatmanpedaling  4 bars of music including the form, arpeggiation and counterpoint.
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