[Rajah]

Look on YouTube - Songs that sound the same - I think it is. There are heaps of them.

Check out this one. Stairway To Heaven is so unoriginal.

[ViolenceIsGolden]

Originally Posted by Rajah

Look on YouTube - Songs that sound the same - I think it is. There are heaps of them.

Check out this one. Stairway To Heaven is so unoriginal.

Damn, the greatest rock song of all time copied or coincidence? Who knows. I gotta look more into Spirit. Never heard of them but I've never been that big into late 60's acid rock. That Spirit song had a eerie feel to it. I remember as a kid the first time I listened to the song Because by The Beatles from the Abbey Road album I got a similar eerie feeling listening to it. It's almost like the song is magical and spiritual. A lot like Zeppelin seemed to be but Zeppelin is more hard rock and a pre runner to metal music.

[Rajah]

The irony is Led Zeppelin actually supported Spirit in the late 60's.

[ViolenceIsGolden]

Originally Posted by Rajah

The irony is Led Zeppelin actually supported Spirit in the late 60's.

You never know. If the bands were close maybe Jimmy Page inspired the Spirit song and then Zeppelin made their take on it. I just don't know. I'll have to hear that whole Spirit song. It sounds similar but I'm guessing it dosen't start off slow, rock out then end slow like Stairway.

[Rajah]

The song, Taurus, is a instrumental that goes for just under 3 minutes. The Stairway similarities start around the 44 second mark.

"Guitar World Magazine, April 1997: "[Randy] California's most enduring legacy may well be the fingerpicked acoustic theme of the song "Taurus," which Jimmy Page lifted virtually note for note for the introduction to "Stairway to Heaven.""

It is "widely accepted" that Jimmy Page "borrowed" the progression for Stairway. Spirit seem flattered more than anything as no legal action has ever taken place, unlike some acts.

[ViolenceIsGolden]

Here are some of my favorite songs that I feel are very underated or just never get any recognition today. I hope all of you check them out.

Alman Brothers Band- In Memory of Elizabeth Reed
Alice Cooper Be My Lover
AC/DC- Big Balls
AC/DC- Ride On
AC/DC- Touch Too Much
AC/DC- Walk All Over You
Accept- Fast as a Shark
The Animals- Sky Pilot
Badfinger- Rock of All Ages
Barry and the Tammerlanes- I Wonder What She's Doing Tonight
The Beach Boys- Darlin'
The Beach Boys- Forever
Bon Jovi- Bed of Roses
Bob Segar- Mainstreet
Blue Oyster Cult- Flaming Telepaths
Blue Oyster Cult- Cities on Flame With Rock N Roll
Blue Oyster Cult- Astronomy
Black Sabbath- Changes
Black Crowes- My Morning Song
Big Star- September Gurls
Canned Heat- Going Up the Country
The Cyrcle- Turn Down Day
David Bowie- Life on Mars (David Bowies best song)
Deep Purple- April
The Doors- Alabamba Song (Whisky Bar)
The Doors- Unknown Soldier
The Eagles- In The City
Emerson Lake & Palmer- Lucky Man
Electric Light Orchestra- Telephone Line
Dick Dale and his Del Tones- Secret Surfin Spot
Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons- Seems Like Only Yesterday
The Hollies- The Air That I Breathe
The Hollies- I Can't Let Go
Hanoi Rocks- Boulevard of Broken Dreams
Hanoi Rocks- Don't You Ever Leave Me
The Kinks- Waterloo Sunset
The Kinks- Dedicated Follower of Fashion
King Crimson- I Talk To then Wind
Led Zeppelin- Tangerine
Led Zeppelin- Thank You
The Left Banke- She May Call You Up Tonight
Love- No Matter What You Do
Marshall Tucker Band- 24 Hours at a Time
Metal Church- Start The Fire
Motley Crue- Same Ol' Situation
Motley Crue- Rock N Roll Junkie
Nivana- The Man Who Sold The World(live)
Ozzy Osbourne- Mr. Crowley
Pink Floyd- See Emily Play
Pink Floyd- Learning to Fly
Queen- It's Late
Queensryche- Breaking the Silence
Ramones- Judy is a Punk
Ramones- Time Bomb
Ratt- Dance
Ratt- Wanted Man
Ratt- Your In Love
Raspberries- I Wanna Be With You
REO Speedwagon- Time For Me To Fly
REO Speedwagon- Roll With The Changes
Rolling Stones- As Tears Go By
Rolling Stones- Tell Me
Rush- By Tor and the Snow Dog
Rush- Fly By Night
Sammy Hagar- Your Love Is Driving Me Crazy
The Seeds- Can't Seem To Make You Mine
The Sex Pistols- My Way
Simon and Garfunkel- I Am a Rock
Slade- Goodbuy T' Jane
Spacehog- In The Meantime
Status Quo- Pictures of Matchstick Men
Steely Dan- Rikki Don't Lose That Number
Sunrays- I Live For The Sun
T Rex- Jeepster
T Rex- 20th Century Boy
Traffic- Low Spark of High-Heeled Boys
Traffic- Paper Sun
The Troggs- With a Girl Like You
Twisted Sister- Shoot Em' Down
Twisted Sister- The Price
Uriah Heep- July Morning
The Who- Boris the Spider
The Who- I'm Free
The Who- Anyway, Anyhow, Anywhere
The Who- The Kids Are Alright
Yes- Close to the Edge

Anybody else got any good underated songs I should check out that you really enjoy but are not ranked highly?

I also reccomend anybody with sirius sattelite radio to listen to Underground Garage Rock channel 25. You must listen to that if you love any of these songs. It is without a doubt the best music channel on sirius radio.

[Myers]

Originally Posted by Rajah

Your not looking in the right places. I love the old style hair metal from the 80's and these days I'm leaning towards more Melodic Rock. As far as rock releases go for the year of bands I like it's been great.

One of my favorite albums this year is by a band called W.E.T featuring Jeff Scott Soto on vocals. He sung on early Malmsteen records as was singer of Journey for about 12 months.

Yeah I have that album too, it's very good. I was talking about the mainstream and what you see on T.V. I don't know how many times I saw the black eyed peas performing on my television screen this year. Every time I kept thinking " how is this popular", it's not any good.

[Rajah]

I've given up on mainstream rock, although I don't mind some it. I visit a couple of rock sites and get mot of my music from there. I read the reviews and download it. If I was to reply on mainstream for Rock I'd have a very small and crap collection.

[Renegade™]

^ Don't you like Nickelback, 3 Doors Down anyways?

[Rajah]

I like Nickelback, went and saw them a few weeks ago. 3 Doors Down have a few good songs. Not much else out there in my book on the radio.

Most of what I listen to never gets played on the radio.