Stairway to Gilligan

George K · "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

@taiwan_girl said in Stairway to Gilligan:

@George-K

That was........................ interesting. LOL

From 2006:

More: https://www.ratherrarerecords.com/stairway/

Alas, satire is a form rarely appreciated by those being satirized, as it required a generous sense of humor but one’s place in the scheme of things. Led Zeppelin was not noted for having any sense of humor about itself.

Apparently, both Jimmy Page and Zep’s manager Peter Grant saw Gilligan’s Island (Stairway) as an affront to Led Zeppelin’s image and an infringement of their intellectual property right—even though satire is protected under the First Amendment as not being an infringement on those rights.

Little Roger & the Goosebumps’ fifteen minutes of fame were brief. Within weeks of its release, the group received a cease and desist order from a law firm representing three clients: the publisher of Stairway To Heaven, Atlantic Records, and Sherwood Schwartz. Schwartz was the producer who had created Gilligan’s Island.

In a 2018 interview with Jeff Tamarkin, Clark claimed that:

“The legal issue involved whether ‘fair use’ included this kind of manipulation, complicated by the fact that two songs were defiled. The lawyers were thorough enough to have eliminated an end run by roping Sherwood Schwartz into the complaint. We were not in a position to fight and were ordered to turn over or destroy all copies, tapes, and pressing parts.” (Best Classic Bands)

The group was in no position to fend off such a suit and acquiesced. Thus did a group and a record pass into one of the lesser levels of rock and roll mythology.

“It was Led Zeppelin’s publishing company who kept the song from growing into a hit due to Little Roger’s failure to seek permission prior to releasing the record. The plaintiffs ordered the record to be taken off the market and all copies destroyed.” (Tangent Sunset)

Larry

I love the Puddles Pity Party character. His voice is incredible.

The best version of Stairway I've ever heard is when Heart did it at the Kennedy Center Tribute to Led Zeppelin:

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Doctor Phibes

Larry

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Catseye3

Banning "Mustang Sally"??? What kind of philistines would ban "Mustang Sally"?

Mik

I Puddles

Doctor Phibes

@Catseye3 said in Stairway to Gilligan:

Banning "Mustang Sally"??? What kind of philistines would ban "Mustang Sally"?

The kind who've had to listen to ~~talentless losers~~ improving guitarists play it every day for the last 5 years.

George K · "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

@Larry said in Stairway to Gilligan:

I love the Puddles Pity Party character. His voice is incredible.

The best version of Stairway I've ever heard is when Heart did it at the Kennedy Center Tribute to Led Zeppelin:

Indeed. I love the look on Jimmy Page's face as he was watching it.

Jolly

@Larry said in Stairway to Gilligan:

I love the Puddles Pity Party character. His voice is incredible.

The best version of Stairway I've ever heard is when Heart did it at the Kennedy Center Tribute to Led Zeppelin:

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In her day, maybe the best female voice in rock.

Larry

She could still put them all to shame when that was recorded.

Larry

And in the "I think I'm gonna puke" category...

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Larry

@Mik said in Stairway to Gilligan:

I Puddles

The guy behind the Puddles persona is from Atlanta, and performed (not as Puddles) in a small club there for years.

George K · "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

I'll see your Neil Sedaka and raise you a Pat Boone:

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Larry

O shit

Mik

Loved the choir with Heart. Who was playing the Les Paul I wonder. He kind of mucked it up.

It takes a LOT of courage to play that song for the original band.

Doctor Phibes

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George K · "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

I think it was LuFin's Dad who introduced me to the joys of Richard Cheese years ago. He was quite the hit in the OR, particularly during heart surgery.