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Led Zeppelin's "Whole Lotta Love"

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Hartbeat

Music Commentary, Music Interviews, Onesong, Comedy, Music

4.9876 Ratings

🗓️ 6 February 2025

⏱️ 71 minutes

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Summary

Thieving magpies or just pioneers of interpolation?  Join Diallo and Luxxury as they unpack Led Zeppelin’s legacy of musical borrowing through the lens of “Whole Lotta Love.” They touch on a few other major cases of accused plagiarism from the band, from “Dazed and Confused” to “Stairway to Heaven,” break down the legendary guitar solo from “Whole Lotta Love,” and discuss why the Muppets’ Animal is the best drummer to learn from. Cancel your unwanted subscriptions and reach your financial goals faster with Rocket Money. Go to RocketMoney.com/onesong today. Have you ever dreamed of starting a business? Go to tailorbrands.com/podcast35 for 35% off all Tailor Brands services today. Get to Insurify.com to compare car insurance quotes in real-time and start saving today! Songs Discussed: “Whole Lotta Love” - Led Zeppelin “Whole Lotta Love” - Ike & Tina Turner “Dazed and Confused” - Led Zeppelin “Dazed and Confused” - Jake Holmes “Dazed and Confused” - The Yardbirds “You Need Love” - Muddy Waters “Hoochie Coochie Man” - Muddy Waters “You Shook Me” - Led Zeppelin “I Can’t Quit You Baby” - Led Zeppelin “Stairway to Heaven” - Led Zeppelin “Taurus” - Spirit “Chim Chim Cher-ee” - from Mary Poppins “Turn the Heater On” - New Order “Why?” - LUXXURY

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0:00.0

Luxury, today's song by a group of blues indebted Englishmen is a classic rock staple.

0:06.4

Opening with a guitar riff that was voted the number one guitar riff of all time by BBC Radio 2 listeners,

0:12.2

this song helped bring the band's success across the pond to the United States,

0:16.3

becoming their first gold certified hit.

0:18.8

That's right, D'allel, but amidst all that success, there has been some controversy

0:21.8

around the songwriting credits and inspiration,

0:24.3

not just for this song,

0:25.6

but nearly all of the songs by one of my favorite bands,

0:28.5

let's not get it twisted,

0:30.0

but part of their heritage and part of their history

0:31.9

is about where did they borrow,

0:33.8

where did they pilfer, where did they steal from,

0:36.4

and was it even borrowing, pilfer, where did they steal from? And was it even borrowing,

0:37.9

pilfering or stealing to begin with? We've got the stems, we've got the original songs

0:41.6

they're derived from, and we'll decide, is it plagiarism or just plain old inspiration?

0:48.5

Today on one song, we're showing a whole lot of love to whole lot of love by Led Zeppelin.

0:53.9

Oh, that's a good time, baby, baby, I see it. on a whole lot of love to whole lot of love by Led Zeppelin.

1:11.1

I'm an actor-writer-director and sometimes DJ Diallo-Riddle. And I'm producer, DJ, songwriter, and musicologist Luxury, aka the guy who whispers,

1:15.6

Interpolation.

1:16.6

And if you want to watch one song, please go to our YouTube channel and watch this full episode.

1:21.6

And while you're there, please like and subscribe.

1:23.6

All right, luxury, we hinted at it at the top of this episode, but today we're going to take a slightly different approach

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