how profound... i suppose its the difference between consciously ripping off someones material and unconciously doing it.

It affected my opinion of Led Zeppelin at the time, but then again it was around the time I became interested in Guns N' Roses in a big way, and my tastes were naturally changing> I was shocked at the time, but I got over it. Zeps brilliance was in the recordings of their songs, the way Stairway builds and builds, use of dynamics etc. I look at them as really good record producers now :) Alot of the music I listen to is well-produced, or has interesting studio tricks, thats the type of thing I like learning about, and am currently trying to learn about. And Zeppelin were very good at it, they had 2 great producers in Page and JPJ