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Anonymous asked: Someone didn't do their research. That line in Thank You by Led Zeppelin was actually written by Jimi Hendrix, and placed in their song. Jimi is a BLACK man and a legend. Let's see you do better and THEN you can bash their music. Thank you~

Um, fuck you. Here’s why:

That line wasn’t actually written by Jimi Hendrix. The line that was written by Jimi Hendrix, in “If 6 Was 9,” is

If the mountains fell in the sea,
let it be, it ain’t me.

Fall mountains, just don’t fall on me
Go ahead on Mr. Business man, you can’t dress like me

Which is a) not the same thing at all and b) not shitty amateur bullshit.

But what you’re telling me is that Page and Plant stole the lyrics of a black man*, made them shittier, never credited him for them anywhere, and I should praise them for it?

I think that you should be splashed with menstrual blood and set on fire.

*men, actually. There’s this Ben E. King song, you know, “Stand By Me”?

And the mountains should crumble to the sea
I won’t cry, I won’t cry, no I won’t shed a tear

But, you know, whatever.