Με το αηδιαστικά παρατεινόμενο σασπένς ως προς τις διαπραγματεύσεις (χώρια την πανσπερμία “ερμηνειών” και “αναλύσεων”) αναζητάω καταφύγιο σ’ ένα τραγούδι : είναι το πρωτόλειο της κλασικής επιτυχίας των Led Zeppelin και …μια ακόμα πηγή μήνυσης για τους κατά συρροήν “δανειολήπτες” του rock. Αυτή τη φορά ήταν ο folk – rock singer- songwriter Jake Holmes, δραστήριος κυρίως στη διάρκεα των ’60s. Ο τελικός διακανονισμός απέφερε στους LedZep την υποχρέωση να σημειώσουν δίπλα στην υπογραφή του Jimmy Page την ένδειξη “inspired by Jake Holmes”! 🟡 🟡 With the disgustingly prolonged suspense surrounding the negotiations (not to mention the orgy of “interpretations” and “analyses”), I seek refuge in a song : it is the original version of Led Zeppelin’s classic hit and… yet another source of lawsuits for the serial “borrowers” of rock. Τhis time coming from Jake Holmes, rock-folk singer-songwriter basically active in the ’60s. The final settlement obliged LedZep to note, right next to Jimmy Page’s signature, the indication “inspired by Jake Holmes”!
Am I being choosed? Well I’d just like to know
Give me a clue as to where I am at
Feel like a mouse and you act like a cat
I’m dazed and confused, hanging on by a thread
I’m being abused, I’d be better off dead
I can’t stand this teasing, I’m starting to crack
You’re out to get me, you’re on the right track
Yeah, I’m dazed and confused and it’s all upside down
Am I being choosed? Do you want me around?
Secrets are fun to a certain degree
But this one’s no fun ’cause the secret’s on me
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I prefer the Led Zepplin version. (I just listened to it again.)
Of course it’s better. The problem has to do with LedZep’s “work ethics”. 😃
I remember the title of an article about this years ago, on an English magazine : WHOLE LOTTA LAWSUITS 🤣
Speaking of lawsuits, I remember the George Harrison “She’s So Fine” lawsuit.
Oh that was also a theft alright. But Zeppelin are undisputed champions (They have been sued twice by Willie Dixon alone!)
A great theft (which was never brought in front of a court as it should), is the one The Eagles committed, applying the chords of Jethro Tull’s ‘We Used to Know’ to their hit ‘Hotel California’.
https://youtu.be/5EBQ-ljFlt4?si=8XGlQsPxXtWOr7_z
Fabulous! Thank you!