DR. Music Song key?

[Christian Mumford]

Guido Vacano wrote:
>
> 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.
>


Then of course its the Doors lifting "Hello I Love You" from The Kinks'
"All of The Day and All of The Night"....and Ray Davies won the lawsuit.

Christian