Still plenty of better songs to choose from.  Kashmir, Black Dog, Ramble On, Misty Mountain, No Quarter, Levee, Over the Hills, Trampled, etc, etc.

Top 50 Led Zeppelin Songs:
 No. 50: ‘For Your Life‘
No. 49: ‘The Song Remains the Same‘
No. 48: ‘In the Evening‘
No. 47: ‘Good Times Bad Times‘
No. 46: ‘Ten Years Gone‘
No. 45: ‘The Wanton Song‘
No. 44: ‘Your Time is Gonna Come‘
No. 43: ‘All My Love‘
No. 42: ‘Houses of the Holy‘
No. 41: ‘Thank You’
No. 40: ‘Custard Pie’
No. 39: ‘Since I’ve Been Loving You‘
No. 38: ‘In the Light‘
No. 37: ‘The Rain Song‘
No. 36: ‘Four Sticks‘
No. 35: ‘Bron-Y-Aur Stomp‘
No. 34: ‘The Rover‘
No. 33: ‘The Ocean‘
No. 32: ‘You Shook Me‘
No. 31: ‘The Battle of Evermore‘
No. 30: ‘Fool in the Rain‘
No. 29: ‘Celebration Day‘
No. 28: ‘Nobody’s Fault But Mine‘
No. 27: ‘Communication Breakdown‘
No. 26: ‘Bring it on Home‘
No. 25: ‘Out on the Tiles‘
No. 24: ‘What is and What Should Never Be‘
No. 23: ‘Immigrant Song‘
No. 22: ‘Achilles’ Last Stand‘
No. 21: ‘Heartbreaker / Living Loving Maid‘
No. 20: ‘Gallows Pole‘
No. 19: ‘Dancing Days‘
No. 18: ‘Friends‘
No. 17: ‘Going to California‘
No. 16: ‘Trampled Underfoot‘
No. 15: ‘Babe, I’m Gonna Leave You‘
No. 14: ‘Over the Hills and Far Away‘
No. 13: ‘When the Levee Breaks‘
No. 12: ‘That’s the Way‘
No. 11: ‘Rock and Roll‘
No. 10: ‘No Quarter‘
No. 9: ‘How Many More Times‘
No. 8: ‘Misty Mountain Hop‘
No. 7: ‘Ramble On‘
No. 6: ‘In My Time of Dying‘
No. 5: ‘Dazed and Confused‘
No. 4: ‘Black Dog‘
No. 3: ‘Stairway to Heaven‘
No. 2: ‘Whole Lotta Love‘
No. 1: ‘Kashmir‘

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But yeah, total jip.  What is it they say?  Good artists create.  Great artists steal?

The line is: "Good artists copy, great artists steal." Famously uttered by one Steve Jobs, who then declared "thermonuclear war" against Samsung for copying his rectangles with rounded corners.

Btw, thanks for shedding light on the subject! 



FU Stairway to Heaven!!   

Quote from: Deep Funk on July 07, 2014, 06:16:08 AM

Quote from: OJneg on July 07, 2014, 05:32:51 AM

Funny how the LZ versions are usually head-and-shoulders above the originals...

Not everybody likes Robert Plant's vocals. I consider Ian Gillian and Dave Byron from that time to be better vocalists.

Hand-and-shoulders above, depends on you preferences I guess. When you prefer the Led Zeppelin Rock'N Roll antics I can understand. Led Zeppelin is a fun listen.

Maybe I'm getting carried away. I just hate when people say an artist "stole" another artists songs. It's not as if their rendition adds nothing to the original. It's not as if their performances added nothing to the world of music. Led Zeppelin (or any other artist who's done similarly) aren't akin to patent trolls; they had to add some sort of original thought to make the piece their own. It's really only with the commercial aspect of the music industry that a song can be "stolen".

Hmm...I'm not in total agreement with that.  I think the majority of this stuff is blatant short cuts to cash in on a commercial market and take the easy way out.  Every case needs to be examined but I think we already have quite a few links that show a very non-artistic and wholly commercial intent by a number of 'artists'. 

Music is a very pervasive sub conscious thing that sort of permeates all aspects of culture.  Once it gets out there, it sort of permeates the ether of our existence without even being fully aware of its presence.  So it's very easy to inadvertently regurgitate a distant memory or experience without being fully aware.  That's just an honest mistake.

I think we want to be focusing on pretty clear and deliberate fraud by those looking to make a buck the easy way.