Strange that Led Zeppelin are being sued so long after writing Stairway To Heaven, being accused of plagiarising Taurus by Spirit. Randy California who wrote Taurus (and who had toured supporting Zeppelin) chose not to pursue the matter, but the owners of his estate obviously think there is money to be made. Whilst there are clearly similarities, the progression can also be heard in other songs (Michelle by the Beatles for example).

www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-36022876
www.digitalspy.com/music/news/a790382/le...y-stolen-judge-says/

This video goes into quite a bit of detail showing how the two tunes are similar and how they are also very different:

Andy wrote:
Strange that Led Zeppelin are being sued so long after writing Stairway To Heaven, being accused of plagiarising Taurus by Spirit. Randy California who wrote Taurus (and who had toured supporting Zeppelin) chose not to pursue the matter, but the owners of his estate obviously think there is money to be made. Whilst there are clearly similarities, the progression can also be heard in other songs (Michelle by the Beatles for example).

www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-36022876
www.digitalspy.com/music/news/a790382/le...y-stolen-judge-says/

This video goes into quite a bit of detail showing how the two tunes are similar and how they are also very different:



Taurus sounds like "tales of the unexpected" to me.

The Marvin Gaye vs Robin Thicke case set a precedent and opened up the flood gates, after all, if you can say they're musically similar and win, you can pretty much put any similar sounding songs against each other.

Utpown Funk had 4 more writers added after it was pointed out that The Gap Band's "Oops Upside Your Head" was kind of similar to the small section of vocal at 2:54
youtu.be/OPf0YbXqDm0?t=2m54s

It's a free for all.

We're running out of chord sequences!

JK2006 wrote:
We're running out of chord sequences!That happened a long while ago but these cases aren't based on chord progression.

Interesting that the writer is long since dead - it's his estate that is claiming cash. Another example of the False Allegations Industry.

Jimmy Page pinched loads of things for his 'new' compositions. I know everyone does to an extent, but Page should have appeared on stage wearing mask, a stripy top and a swag bag draped over an arm.

Led Zeppelin cleared of plagiarism

www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-36611961

www.digitalspy.com/music/news/a798938/le...nfringement-lawsuit/