Every artists borrows something from another one way or the other so I think George took a little inspiration from He's So Fine but My Sweet Lord doesn't sound like it except a bit.  

Quoted from Wayne_L.

Every artists borrows something from another one way or the other so I think George took a little inspiration from He's So Fine but My Sweet Lord doesn't sound like it except a bit.  

I'm no expert but I think structualy it's pretty similar.

Quoted from Wayne_L.

I think George took a little inspiration from He's So Fine.  

thats the song by the chiffons yeah ?

Quoted from Mr_Kite

thats the song by the chiffons yeah ?

yes

Quoted from kevin_b

I'm no expert but I think structualy it's pretty similar.

I agree.

Quoted from kevin_b

Phil Spector and Come Together? I don't see a connection

phildoe owns stock in catch seven music.they were seven seas music,they own the rights to you cant catch me with is what come together ripped a line from.
as far as chuck berry was concerned lennon paid tribute to him using the line but the powers that controlled it didn't agree....

Plagarism is bullshit...

I think the main similarities are the chord progression and the vocal melody in the lines "He's so fine" and "My sweet lord"... Besides that, they are anything alike...

First, George's song is more folk-rock where the Chiffons are obviously motown...

Second, George would never be caught dead singing "Do-lang-do-lang-do-lang"...

Third, the Chiffons' writing style for this song is sort of question and answer with the line and "do-lang" bit, whereas George's doesn't do that... Also, the Chiffons' song is talking about the guy where George's talks about his need for God...

And lastly, George's song has a much better and more original sound than the Chiffons'! Their song sounds like every other 10 million songs that came out during the early 60's... They should talk!

Anyway, sorry if my writing sounds poor and my ideas jumbled... I'm tired

^ nah its clear as crystal, especially the doo lang part. shudder.

Everyone that writes music can tell you that sometimes you just re-write excisting songs because they're somewhere in the back of your mind... He probably didn't know it sounded so similar... Even though I think it's strange that no one (the musicians, the recording staff, the record label people etc.) noticed the similarity before they released it, because it really is pretty obvious...

Didn't George or someone close to him buy the rights to "He's So Fine" to get out of trouble? I remember reading something like that...

I agree that, especially now, everything is pretty much rehash, someone said that there are only so many chord progressions, etc., how many blues songs could fill the court dockets? However, George was dead a** guilty, it wasn't a line like he took from James Taylor or a chord progression, it was repeated over and over again note for note. Maybe he didn't think much of it, it just fit and sounded good, but if he would have added the "doodle-langs", it would have been exactly like "He's so Fine".

if he is its dissapointing because it is a great song

I don't think they sound that similar. One's a motown female r + b dance song and the other's a male rock and roll spiritual,acoustic guitar driven song. They may have the same chords,but the feel is completely different.

Quoted from andyec

I don't think they sound that similar. One's a motown female r + b dance song and the other's a male rock and roll spiritual,acoustic guitar driven song. They may have the same chords,but the feel is completely different.

Unfortunately the feel was not the issue. If someone knicks your black car, paints it red with flowers and says "bit the feels different" it's still your car. (a loose analogy I know)

I really don't think he did it on purpose though. George has got talent coming out of his earsm he doesn't need to nick from the Chiffons.