Just interested in what people think of the whole My Sweet Lord/He's So Fine thing. Was the judge right in finding George guilty. Personaly I think probably yes (it's a hard one). And the smell o9f plagarism had been around George before. I think the case and the disastrous Dark Horse Tour pretty well did in George's solo career (until the Wilbury's at least).
i dont know enough about it to have a proper opinion i guess, its sad to think george would actually do something like that.....but how did they prove it!? the chord pattern was the same, ok but i notice similarites in plenty of songs, there just isnt enough different patterns for EVERY song to have a different one.
"And the smell of plagarism had been around George before." ^what do you mean by this kevin?
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"And the smell of plagarism had been around George before." ^what do you mean by this kevin?
Yeah sorry my wording was a bit strong. I was digging for a reaction! Just before Something was released Apple had signed James Taylor, who released a song on Apple called "Something in the way She Moves" and a few critics went "hang on". I've never heard it so have no opinion. Like I said I was kinda poking the hornets nest. Sorry
^i knew he had a song called that, i did notice that yeh...and i thought i wonder if its the same song. but its not of course, i didnt even thing he might of nicked it from there though...lol dont be sorry! i just wondered, if hed been warned before or something. he jsut doesnt strike me as the sort of person who would steal anothers tune.....it was aid that he often had too much material for the beatles to accomodate. or perhaps more than a certain 2 were willing to accomodate for. anyway, he had his own stuff....and i believe it was all HIS own. anyway. i talk too much
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he was found guilty of "subconscious plagarism" anyway. i think George said at the time that if this is so then Chuck Berry could sue every rock and roll band that ever was.
Theres only so many chords in music. I remember reading many times that Ringo would spend weeks trying to write a song and when he would finally present it to John and Paul, there were many times that they would fall down in laughter telling Ringo that he spent weeks rewriting a standard. Crap happens. I dont think George meant to do it, but when listening,,,,it does sound like that song chord wise.
You know that John put a couple of Chuck Berry songs on the Rock'n'Roll album as an out of court settlement over plagarism allegations re Come Together/You can't Catch Me. Maybe because they're such potentially big sellers that they become targets. The Stones/Verve case is another
didnt that happen with joyhn, and chuck berry>? he sued him, because 'come together', sounded like a chuck berrry song(i cant remember the name now, lol).
i think its all bumpkiss..............if music is self expression. then why isn't plagarism a form of flattery?? i think phil spector was responsible for both the john and the george case....
Subconscious plaguirism happens all the time. Really, it does. Take J.K. Rowling and that other book... I foget what it was called, but it was really similar to Harry Potter. I figure, she just read the book, and fogot about it. Then later these images came into her head and hs ethought they were her own imagination.
That's probaly what happened to George, song-wise.
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