C'mon, let's not overstate the complexity or originality of Stairway to Heaven! "4-chord progression is common."http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/04/11/led-zeppelin-members-face-trial-to-decide-whether-they-stole-sta/ …
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@jonathanweisman it's also closely derived from a common guitar study
@Bjornapoor Didn't Lynyrd Skynyrd basically do it in reverse & call it Free Bird? I can't believe this lawsuit is going forward.
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@jonathanweisman John Fogerty once got sued for copying his own style, so who knows? -
@Bjornapoor Also Led Zeppelin copied old black bluesmen routinely they get sued over the 1 time a white prog rock guitarist feels slighted? -
@jonathanweisman my recollection is they did settle with a few blues artists' estates
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