If you're looking for a good way to break the ice with that family member you haven't seen in a long time, perhaps this is the way to get the conversation rolling. Using only his hands, Gerry Phillips performs Led Zeppelin's "Stairway To Heaven" using what is commonly referred to as "hand farts". The beginning is a bit slow going, so if you find the person you're showings attention waning it might be a good idea to skip to the solo which, in a word, is everything. Skip to 5:50 if you really want to be amazed, but really this whole video is gold. ...
- 11/20/2017
- by Mick Joest
- GeekTyrant
Led Zeppelin were cleared of copyright infringement charges on Thursday — when a Los Angeles jury decided the band did not steal from Spirit’s “Taurus” when writing “Stairway to Heaven.” Led Zeppelin Found Not Guilty In Copyright Suit Zeppelin frontman Robert Plant and guitarist Jimmy Page were accused of copying key note patterns in the […]
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- 6/25/2016
- by Shantel Whitaker
- Uinterview
Led Zeppelin have won a copyright infringement case over their classic song 'Stairway to Heaven'.
A federal jury rejected a lawsuit alleging that songwriters Jimmy Page and Robert Plant stole the opening guitar riff of the anthem from a tune written by the late Randy Wolfe.
An eight-person jury decided there was not enough evidence to support claims by the estate of the late Spirit songwriter/guitarist that the beginning of Stairway to Heaven was grabbed from Spirit instrumental Taurus on Thursday (23Jun16) after a week-long trial in Los Angeles.
Page and Plant testified during the trial, insisting they had no knowledge of Wolfe's Spirit track before they composed Stairway To Heaven. They were both cleared of any wrongdoing on Thursday morning.
Before his death, Wolfe was often asked about the similarities between his 1968 instrumental and Led Zep's 1971 tune, but he always refused to take legal action.
Upon his death,...
A federal jury rejected a lawsuit alleging that songwriters Jimmy Page and Robert Plant stole the opening guitar riff of the anthem from a tune written by the late Randy Wolfe.
An eight-person jury decided there was not enough evidence to support claims by the estate of the late Spirit songwriter/guitarist that the beginning of Stairway to Heaven was grabbed from Spirit instrumental Taurus on Thursday (23Jun16) after a week-long trial in Los Angeles.
Page and Plant testified during the trial, insisting they had no knowledge of Wolfe's Spirit track before they composed Stairway To Heaven. They were both cleared of any wrongdoing on Thursday morning.
Before his death, Wolfe was often asked about the similarities between his 1968 instrumental and Led Zep's 1971 tune, but he always refused to take legal action.
Upon his death,...
- 6/23/2016
- GossipCenter
After a week-long trial - and two years of legal posturing - Led Zeppelin have won the copyright lawsuit claiming that they had plagiarized the music for their beloved classic, "Stairway to Heaven." Following a day of deliberation, the eight-member Los Angeles jury reached an unanimous decision that guitarist Jimmy Page and singer Robert Plant did not lift the song's iconic arpeggiated intro from the California band Spirit's 1968 instrumental, "Taurus." Witnesses say the rock legends warmly embraced their defense team as the verdict was read. Following the decision, Page and Plant issued a joint statement: "We are grateful for the...
- 6/23/2016
- by Jordan Runtagh with Philip Boucher and Peter Mikelbank
- PEOPLE.com
Previous | Image 1 of 37 | NextHeart at Rosemont Theater, Rosemont, Illinois, June 12th, 2015.
Chicago – The recent viral YouTube video of Heart’s “Stairway To Heaven” performance – before the surviving members of Led Zeppelin – proved once and for all that Ann and Nancy Wilson of that legendary band are good enough to make Robert Plant, and fans new and old, weep tears of joy. Numerous musical trends and band personnel have come and gone since Heart’s 1976 debut “Dreamboat Annie,” but at its cardiac core the most celebrated sister act of rock continues to beat on as strong as ever, while keeping their love alive.
Heart was the headlining act – backed by hometown hero Dennis DeYoung singing the music of Styx – at the 14th Annual Birthday Bash of the Chicago radio station “The Drive” (97.1 FM). The event took place at the Rosemont (Illinois) Theater on June 12th, 2015, and from the opening guitar scream of “Magic Man,...
Chicago – The recent viral YouTube video of Heart’s “Stairway To Heaven” performance – before the surviving members of Led Zeppelin – proved once and for all that Ann and Nancy Wilson of that legendary band are good enough to make Robert Plant, and fans new and old, weep tears of joy. Numerous musical trends and band personnel have come and gone since Heart’s 1976 debut “Dreamboat Annie,” but at its cardiac core the most celebrated sister act of rock continues to beat on as strong as ever, while keeping their love alive.
Heart was the headlining act – backed by hometown hero Dennis DeYoung singing the music of Styx – at the 14th Annual Birthday Bash of the Chicago radio station “The Drive” (97.1 FM). The event took place at the Rosemont (Illinois) Theater on June 12th, 2015, and from the opening guitar scream of “Magic Man,...
- 7/2/2015
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
Harvest/Emi
In terms of hysterical moral panics over pretty prosaic pop culture, the Satanic subliminal messages in rock music scare ranks somewhere between all the people burning Beatles records after John Lennon’s ill-advised Jesus crack and the time a large portion of the American population genuinely believed that playing Dungeons & Dragons would turn kids into occult-obsessed serial killers (mainly it just made them spend a lot of money on dice and get good at maths). And yet somehow it lead to congressional hearings, court cases, and an attempted bill to stop the practice of backmasking in music.
Backmasking is exactly what it sounds like – recording some vocals and reversing them, then concealing them within a regular song. Starting with the rise of the Christian right in the late seventies and reaching fever pitch in the following decade, people with way too much time on their hands decided that...
In terms of hysterical moral panics over pretty prosaic pop culture, the Satanic subliminal messages in rock music scare ranks somewhere between all the people burning Beatles records after John Lennon’s ill-advised Jesus crack and the time a large portion of the American population genuinely believed that playing Dungeons & Dragons would turn kids into occult-obsessed serial killers (mainly it just made them spend a lot of money on dice and get good at maths). And yet somehow it lead to congressional hearings, court cases, and an attempted bill to stop the practice of backmasking in music.
Backmasking is exactly what it sounds like – recording some vocals and reversing them, then concealing them within a regular song. Starting with the rise of the Christian right in the late seventies and reaching fever pitch in the following decade, people with way too much time on their hands decided that...
- 9/5/2014
- by Tom Baker
- Obsessed with Film
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