Led Zeppelin . . . thieves?

O.K we all love LZ, but it is very interesting to actually hear the music that "inspired" many of our favorite songs. Several are plagerized almost note for note, but most are fairly obvious copies of tunes from the fifties and sixties . Most are blues tunes, but many are folk songs. Apparently JP and RP have been recently fessing up to the more blatent ones. Good for them, they made tons of money and they should come clean and give song writing credit where credit is due.

You'll probably end up listening to some but not all of these, but if you have the time and the bandwidth it is all pretty interesting stuff.

Part 1 Some of the more blatent ones, including the famous Willie Dixon song "You Need Love"

Part 2 Very interesting especially the song that influanced Stairway to Heaven

Part 3 A odd mix, some obscure but most are easily recognizable

Enjoy, and then go listen to LZ IV again and reassure yourself of their musical genius.