Led Zeppelin Research Paper

Led Zeppelin may very well be credited to be one of the most popular in era bands to date. Jimmy Page, Robert Plant, John Paul Jones and John Bonham were a “force that could not be reckoned with” and everybody wanted a little piece of their music. Led Zeppelin holds the largest audience for a single-act show of 77,229 thousand people at the Silverdome in Michigan in 1977. Not believing in radio singles and only having a handful of them Led Zeppelin kept their fans waiting for the full length albums and through their career sold over 69 Million copies of those albums. Touring all over the world and playing a mass 514 shows in only 10 years, no matter who you were you simply could not ignore those who were Led Zeppelin. With that being said

Also studies about how people tend to drift to older music in a, “Music Nostalgia.” The Association for Psychological Science (APS) did a study in 2013 relating to this. Scientists Justin and Krumhansel Zupnick asked 62 college aged students to listen to billboard hits from 1955 to 2009. “The researchers wanted to see which periods of music were most memorable for the participants, which songs conjured up the strongest feelings, and which ones made the participants happy, sad, energized, or nostalgic. “ , “But the more surprising finding — one which the researchers didn’t expect to see — was a drastic bump in memories, recognition, perceived quality, liking, and emotional connection with the music that was popular in the early 1980s, when the participants’ parents were about 20-25 years old. That is, participants seemed to demonstrate a particular affinity for the songs their parents were listening to as young adults” (ASP, 1). Why does this matter? Singer of Led Zeppelin, Robert Plant’s mother, Annie Cain Plant was born in 1920, putting her at 28 years old when Robert was born in 1948. Putting the rest of the band around the same time frame. Placing them at crucial times of music development based off what their parents were listening too. Witch directly relates to the study/ research shown and years

Released in 1971 “Stairway to Heaven,” is believed to be Led Zeppelins most popular song and has been called an “anthem for an era.” This trial is the one and only official accusation made by anyone against Led Zeppelin stealing a song, or in this case a riff. For many, this would be an “ah-ha” moment, Led Zeppelins biggest hit being taken to court for plagiarism. However, the details are almost comical from a certain standpoint. The trial took place June 23, 2016, making it 45 years since the release of the song, and very notably AFTER the death of Randy Wolfe, the man who wrote, “Taurus”. The man who sued Led Zeppelin about the origins of the song is a man named Michael Skidmore, the trustee of Randy Wolfe. It was said in his life time Randy Wolfe never wanted to sue Led Zeppelin even when people pointed out the near 10 second similarity, he was actually extremely against it. From an unbiased bystander point of view, with all the time that has passed and death of the man who wrote the song in question, it looked like a plea to receive money after the recent and highly talked about court case of Pharell Williams 7.2-Million-dollar loss over a plagiarized song. After a week of trial Led Zeppelin won the case, not being charged with the