Stairway to Heaven vs Child in Time

Stairway to Heaven. As Logan says, "Child in Time" is probably derived from "Bombay Calling".

Stairway to Heaven is between 200 and 300 in my top 1000 songs of all time. Child in Time is in my top 100.

Dick Heath wrote: Logan wrote: I much prefer the track "Bombay Calling" that inspired "Child in Time" by It's a Beautiful Day (and Beautiful Days' was an adaptation of the be-bop jazzer Vince Wallace's "Bombay Calling":  Great riff.   As stated a number of times in PA: which was in turn  lifted from J.S.Bach and stated so in the line notes for a remastered issue of IABD album.   Johann Sebastian was targeted by a number of prog and heavy rock musicians at the end of the 60's and early 70's and indeed Wendy Carlos did a whole synth album Switched On Bach and later the complete Brandenburg Concertos.  BBC 2 did a complete programme on why Bach's music appealed so much - particularly the Brandenburgs  - in the early 70's .

Thats pretty interesting, didn´t knew that, or that child in time is inspired by another band either.

I don´t know Bachs original theme, but i think Deep Purple made the best out of it 

I don't know.

Mind_Drive wrote: Dick Heath wrote: Logan wrote: I much prefer the track "Bombay Calling" that inspired "Child in Time" by It's a Beautiful Day (and Beautiful Days' was an adaptation of the be-bop jazzer Vince Wallace's "Bombay Calling":  Great riff.   As stated a number of times in PA: which was in turn  lifted from J.S.Bach and stated so in the line notes for a remastered issue of IABD album.   Johann Sebastian was targeted by a number of prog and heavy rock musicians at the end of the 60's and early 70's and indeed Wendy Carlos did a whole synth album Switched On Bach and later the complete Brandenburg Concertos.  BBC 2 did a complete programme on why Bach's music appealed so much - particularly the Brandenburgs  - in the early 70's . Thats pretty interesting, didn´t knew that, or that child in time is inspired by another band either. I don´t know Bachs original theme, but i think Deep Purple made the best out of it

I did notice a Bach-like influence to it, but then that's not uncommon.  That is interesting, thanks Dick.  I used to have that Switched on Bach album (given to me by someone when I was five -- my father would not have approved), and as a kid, the Brandenburg Concertos was a particular favourite of mine (think I was attracted to the cover art on my parents' album initially).  Been too many years since I listened to Brandenbug.... I've been moving back more to "academic" music  (stopped listening to much of the music at one time because it made me too emotional). Do you know which particular Bach piece it was lifted from?  Perhaps it should have been named something like "Variations on Bach's....).

Logan wrote: [QUOTE=Mind_Drive] [QUOTE=Dick Heath][QUOTE=Logan]Do you know which particular Bach piece it was lifted from?  Perhaps it should have been named something like "Variations on Bach's....).

I don't listen to either : Mainly cos of overplay so its a draw no vote

For what it's worth (given the origin of Child In Time), the opening riff of Stairway is virtually a direct lift of the melody of Spirit's Taurus, from their first album. 

Logan wrote: If "Bombay Calling" was lifted from Bach's Brandenburg Concertos, I was wondering which particular concerto, and which movement (assuming there is one in particular) it was based on (since I don't have the music available at home, I'd like to search youtube for it).

both great songs, they just don't write 'em like that anymore