hork'd Thomas Irvin sounds off on Similar Sounding Songs.

The Rain Song by Led Zeppelin vs. Being Simple by the Judybats

There’s a story that goes with this. A friend of mine asked me what I thought of the Judybats. One of the things I told her was that I thought their song Being Simple sounded a lot like The Rain Song by Led Zeppelin. Turns out she’s friends with a guy from the band, who sends me an email stating in no uncertain terms that the Judybats would NEVER steal something from Led Zeppelin, and furthermore, he didn’t know the Zeppelin song in question. Well, that’s just fine. I never said they ripped off Zeppelin, I just said the two sound similar. Hear for yourself.

via waxy   ¶ 4:03 PM