In my time of dying – Led Zeppelin, from Physical Graffiti
Oh let's see here, the label says this
is an original composition by the four members of the band from 1974.
Um, wait, didn't Bob Dylan record this song twelve years earlier? I
mean this song was probably 100 years old, but by this time Jimmy
Page's habit of putting his name on other people's songs was well
ingrained. And, after all, you get paid a lot more for writing a song
than for arranging one. This is what Homer Simpson is talking about
when he call Page “one of the greatest thieves of American music”
(And to think he was recently honored by the institution that once
granted me a degree in composition.)
(Sure, Dylan's capable of this too, but
he's usually pretty blatant about it, as if he wants to get caught in
order to promote the source. His recording says “traditional arr.
Dylan” but he probably copped the arrangement from Dave van Ronk or
somebody).
