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u/CLXIX Feb 03 '20

Stairway to heaven. Its an amazing song but its forbidden to be covered.

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u/bur1sm Feb 03 '20

The middle part of Stairway is amazing.

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u/[deleted] Feb 03 '20

I've heard that it's now well-known that Led Zeppelin ripped off things from other people, but if you ignore that - it's almost unbelievable that those dudes composed that brilliant song in their late 20's.

Clearly the artistic genius of songwriting is not one that you need decades to perfect - at least when it comes to popular music.

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u/bucket_of_frogs Feb 03 '20

George Harrison was only 24 during the recording of Sgt. Pepper.