Led Zeppelin
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That video left out some examples
- "You Shook Me" (another Dixon cover)
- "Black Mountain Side" (Bert Jansch cover)
- How Many More Times (Howlin Wolf cover + Albert King cover)
- Moby Dick (reworked Bobby Parker material)
- Bring it on Home intro (Dixon cover)
- Gallows Pole (Lead Belly)
- Since I Been Lovin You (Yardbirds material)
- Over The Hills and Far Away (Yardbirds material)But faulting Zeppelin for "stealing" is wrong imo. They should have given credit where it was due but they shouldnt be bashed for not writing anything original. The way they reworked the material added so much to it and really made it their own. Not to mention most of their wholly original works (good times, bad times, communication breakdown, heartbreaker, black dog, to name a few) have become iconic rock songs.
Also something people tend to overlook or just arent aware of is that reworking other artist's material (even stealing) is common practice for blues musicians, its a large part of the art form. A lot of the popular versions of blues/rock songs we know and love ("Hound Dog") are covers of other people's material.
Also, Willie Dixon originally wrote a large majority of the most popular blues songs of all time, including I Just Want To Make Love to You, Evil, Bring it On Home, Gone Daddy Gone, You Shook Me, Back Door Man, etc. (the list of notable songs is amazing) Without Dixon, Howlin' Wolf and Muddy Waters to name a couple wouldn't be as revered as they are today.
- Well, and ripping off the Jeff Beck Group as well might be in that list...TheBlueOne
- ..but fuck it, they took something and went somewhere else with it.TheBlueOne
- Right, listen to the original Dazed and Confused and tell me Zeppelin didnt add anything original.Rushmore
- Totally ripped, added to and still the best! I will probably listen to them my whole life.capn_ron