Did Led Zeppelin steal " Stairway to Heaven ?

Sure sounds like it!

LedZep...best cover band of all time...)))

Totally.

But...

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Not the first time Zeppelin stolen a song.

Who fucking cares. Led Zep was the best, no matter how they found the music. Any song they appropriated, was never a hit until LZ got hold of it.

Look at the related threads below this to see how many fucking idiots have posted the same fucking thing. See Opie, you stole this question from somebody else.

not even anyway close

Hahah well said, rock on!

Similar beginning riff, but that's about it. No vocals...

Can't say it was stolen, but they could have gotten the idea from Spirit and enhanced it....

Nothing like George Harrison's "My Sweet Lord" rhythm that plagiarized the Chiffon's "He's so fine".

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They stole everything,,,,check it out EVERYTHING

Jealous assholes.

All the way back to 1659 by Gio Battista Granata! Go to the following url and listen to the 8th sample down on the page titled: Sonata di Chittarra, e Violino, con il suo Basso Continuo.

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Written centuries before Randy. Whether it be you cannot copyright a chord progression, public domain due to the passing of time etc. The lawsuit doesn't have much merit.

True.

Judge rules that Led Zeppelin's Stairway to Heaven may be partly stolen

A TRIAL IS needed to determine if Led Zeppelin’s Stairway to Heaven copies its opening notes from a song performed by the rock band Spirit, a United States federal judge has ruled.

US District Judge R. Gary Klausner ruled that lawyers for the trustee of late Spirit guitarist Randy Wolfe had shown enough evidence to support a case that Stairway to Heaven copies music from the Spirit song Taurus.
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Fresh news

"May be partly stolen" Could he be any more vague?

Either it is or it isn't. Why does it need a trial?

What a joke.

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NO, there are diffrences in the cords. Sounds like Spirit is needing money. FU Spirit! Led Zeppelin blew you away back then and still does. Never heard of you until now.