RE: "Cultural Appropriation"
June 28, 2017 at 5:40 am
(This post was last modified: June 28, 2017 at 5:47 am by paulpablo.)
(June 27, 2017 at 8:33 pm)Aegon Wrote:(June 27, 2017 at 12:02 pm)paulpablo Wrote: Or led Zeppelin stealing song ideas off black blues artists,
"Oh, he just stole from me. But I steal from everybody!" -Woody Guthrie
Musicians steal from musicians all the time, ESPECIALLY in folk and blues. I wouldn't even call it wrong.
If you look at the extent that Led Zeppelin stole from earlier blues musicians without crediting them in my opinion it is definitely wrong.
It wasn't even just riffs sometimes it was entire lyrics, and without crediting them.
When it's using a similar riff or chord progression I think it's understandable. But there's entire youtube videos detailing a LOT of their songs directly ripping off so so many earlier blues songs.
I don't think they should be crucified for it, I personally think as I said before that they did a better job of the songs than the people they ripped off. But it would't have killed them to give credit where it's due.
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Impersonation is treason.
