Heres a question?

[Silver Rhoads]

Meh.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JdxkVQy7QLM

Is that your response to show how much another song was stolen?

[chasmcneal]

Meh.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JdxkVQy7QLM

Is that your response to show how much another song was stolen?

Musicians borrow: I have little doubt Randy consciously borrowed Brouwer's work- and he turned it into a friggin' awesome and haunting intro to a cool song that, on the whole, doesn't remotely resemble Brouwer's etude. I don't think it minimizes Randy that he leaned on an influence, nor do I blame Brouwer for saying 'HEY!' At the end of the day though, I don't really think its a big deal.

[sytharnia]

compared to how many songs jimmy page stole from to write "stairway to heaven"...randy using this is a drop in the ocean

[Silver Rhoads]

Meh.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JdxkVQy7QLM

Is that your response to show how much another song was stolen?

Musicians borrow: I have little doubt Randy consciously borrowed Brouwer's work- and he turned it into a friggin' awesome and haunting intro to a cool song that, on the whole, doesn't remotely resemble Brouwer's etude. I don't think it minimizes Randy that he leaned on an influence, nor do I blame Brouwer for saying 'HEY!' At the end of the day though, I don't really think its a big deal.

Well said! It's doesn't bother me either. A few notes are similar. Randy's Diary is a superb and melodic piece of work.