DR. Music Song key?

[Guido Vacano]

Dave says--

> > Actually, many rock songs are in other songs,
>
> A typo I presume, but true nonetheless....  :)
>
> BTW, did anyone read the letters page in Goldmine? Maybe this is common
> knowledge, but the intro to "Stairway to Heaven" was allegedly lifted from
> a Randy California piece called Taurus on the first Spirit album.
> Apparently, the liner notes to a recent Spirit anthology say that RC never
> begrudged Jimmy Page his success with StH, though ironically someone
> called Little Roger faced legal action, presumably from Led Zep, for his
> use of the StH melody.

Reminds me of my favorite example of "lifting". The main theme of "Sweet
Child in Time" by Deep Purple is exactly the same as a song on It's a
Beautiful Day (can't remember the name of the song--but it's the album
that has "White Bird" on it). Not sure who lifted from whom.

Another example involves Renaissance and Yngwie Malmsteen, though both
borrowed from a classical piece.

Guido

BTW--I don't care whether Metallica are wealthy or not. I just think their
new album is uninteresting (though I'll have to give it a few more
listens before rendering a final judgement :-) ).

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