Had the #1 Hit in the WORLD in 1971…ONLY it SOUNDED IDENTICAL to a #1 From 1963!--Professor of Rock
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- When one of the biggest bands in history, The Beatles, broke up, all the members of the band released solo projects almost immediately. The first of the band to have a number-one hit was a bit of a surprise thought... George Harrison. He ended up having one hell of a solo run but his biggest hit My Sweet Lord would also become his greatest trial. Harrison got sued for sounding too much like another big hit from years before… It was a catastrophic lawsuit that nearly destroyed George and plagued his career for years because it put him in a never-ending bout with writer’s block. And it stopped him from recording for years. But in the end, Harrison would have the last laugh. Rock’s most honest songwriter dealing and allegations of plagiarism... This is a story you have to hear to believe next on Professor of Rock.
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Beatles George Harrison grew up in a devout, Catholic home, but when he reached adulthood, he found that the Christian doctrine he was taught as a boy left him unfulfilled. At the height of Beatlemania, George began a quest for enlightenment, and he found it when he discovered the Hare Krishna Movement.
In ’69, with the breakup of the Beatles looming, George met Swami Prahhugpada, the founder of the movement, and that meeting changed his life.
George stated that the meeting with the Swami opened the door to his subconscious, and ignited a creative awakening that foreshadowed the making of “My Sweet Lord,” a manifesto of spiritual unity that was one of the biggest International pop hits of 1971: Overshadowed by the dominance of Lennon & McCartney, Harrison’s prowess as a lyricist & song composition was not widely known. It wasn’t until his songs “Something” and “Here Comes the Sun” were included on the Beatles album Abbey Road, that fans & music critics began to take notice of Harrison’s talents beyond his musicianship. During press interviews in ’69, Harrison proclaimed his desire to make his own recordings.
When McCartney announced that he was leaving the Beatles, and the breakup of the band a foregone conclusion, Harrison committed to creating a solo record. Even though he had recorded the all-instrumental album Wonderwall Music in ’68, and the avant-garde Electronic Sound in early ’69, Harrison had aspirations of putting all of his ideas & passion together with a big producer, and a coterie of vaunted musicians.
George had a ton of material for his new LP, going to back to ’65, including many songs he had written that were rejected by Lennon & McCartney for Beatles records, such as a tune called “All Things Must Pass,” that became the title track to the emergent album: “My Sweet Lord” 
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Poll: What is your pick for the GREATEST SOLO BEATLES Song?
Imagine - John Lennon
Maybe I'm Amazed
Ringo "It Don't Come Easy"
“Photograph” Ringo Starr!!🤘🔥
I'm going to be controversial and say, "It Don't Come Easy," by Ringo.
"My Sweet Lord" is a bonafide classic-Never get tired of hearing it.
It’s about the Hari Krishna. Listen to the background vocals.
@@dtw63 lol
Of course, it was plagiarized. So there's that!
I never get tired of listening to it either but inadvertently it sounds like another song..
The silliest plagiarism suit ever was John Fogarty for sounding like CCR If I may say so Strange days indeed
Most peculiar, mama.
CCR also accused the Hollies for stealing their sound on "Woman in a Black Dress."
@@patmyles4776 funny, I've never thought that 'Woman in a Black Dress' sounded like CCR. These artists need to get a grip.
We'll all his songs do sound the same. But suing him was silly.
Well Fogerty now own the rights to the entire CCR catalog.
All I can add to this is that as a child (with a born obsession with music) my Beatle of choice was always George. And I’m the proud owner of the 45rpm of My Sweet Lord, the original pressing. Still love him. RIP.
George’s personality in bringing talent together was amazing. He was the catalyst in forming the Traveling Wilburys. A great guy.
During the Iraq war, where I was deployed, I was up late working (I’m an Engineer), and it was well pst midnight. Our building at the Victory Base Complex was guarded by Gurkhas. I had my earbuds in and listening to music on my iPad Nano. My Sweet Lord was playing and working alone I was signing along…not realizing a Gurkha was making his rounds. He walked into my office with the a beaming smile. It was the “Hare Krishna” lyrics that caught his attention. He was from Nepal. He was very touched by the song. I’ve never forgotten the experience…your video made me smile!
I heard Billy Preston once say, I believe about this controversy, "There are only seven notes, and only so many ways to arrange them."
Yeaah. Let’s imagine a short 10-note melody. A choice of seven notes for first note, a choice of seven notes for second note, etc. 7*7*7*7*7*7*7*7*7*7 is over 200 million possible songs. That’s not including variations in timing and rhythm, or more realistic longer melodies. There really is a staggering number of possibilities.
If you count the sharps and flats, there are actually 12 pitches to an octave scale.
If you're not a musician, that statement may not seem to make much (if any) sense to you, but if you ask a musician they should can explain it to you, and do so quicker than I can type it, but it IS the truth of the matter.......
With all due respect to Gary Wright, the keyboardist you need to interview is Bobby Whitlock. Our paths crossed in August of 1979. I was blessed to spend 30 minutes talking with Mr. Whitlock. He was at ground zero during the making of All Things Must Pass and plays on nearly every track. His recollections were vivid and personal. His front row seat to the recording of Layla. He told me how Eric Clapton and Duane Allmen huddled together nose to nose working out the legendary guitar lick. But he also said that The George O'Hara Smith Singers line up consisted of George, Eric and Bobby. No Phil. He said the 3 sang there assess off for weeks. Bobby Whitlock is an American Treasure. I highly recommend contacting him. You will not regret it. Great video POR. I really enjoyed it. RNB
I was just about to mention Bobby Whitlock myself. He (and his wife) used to have a long-running residency at one of the music venues here in town, and he would always mention his involvement in All Things Must Pass.
i think he tried to warn George to no avail
I did see an interview with Bobby Whitlock and he did contribute on most of all things must pass. He is amazing on the keyboards
Even though George had some writer’s block, he still wrote some great music between 1970-71, and 1981. Every one of his albums (except Electronic Sounds) has a gem or 2 or more. I miss him and John to this day.
And rest in peace Gary Wright. What a fantastic singer and musician.
Gary's first two albums, are VERY good.....
Yeah I wanted to add that. He wrote photograph for Ringo as well as it don’t come easy. Then give me love was another amazing song, cracker box palace. He was so generous too. He loved Ringo and gave him two huge hits very early on after the break up of the Beatles. Post Beatles, I think George has the best catalog of music. Especially when you add the material with the Traveling Wilburys
"My Sweet Lord" has always been my favorite George Harrison song. I didn't realize the recording was quite so star packed with Eric Clapton, members of Badfinger, Billy Preston, Gary Wright, Ringo Starr and possibly John Lennon. That why the song sounds so rich & deep, instead of canned & recycled backing tracks from a computer.
“What is life”, is my ringtone. When I’m around people and it rings, they always ask, who is that?
I wouldn't have to ask as that is my favorite of George Harrison's many great songs. Lol
I love that song!!!! So many great memories of that wonderful song! 🎵🤗💖✨
I love George Harrison's music! I lived at the opposite end of the block, in Hawthorne, CA, from Mr & Mrs Arias his mother & father-in-law and was casual neighborly friends with them. I didn't get the privilege of meeting George and his wife, Olivia, nor seeing him perform live. I was living there at the time of George's death so my mom & I went there to give our condolences to his mother-in-law and brother-in-law who were home that day.
My Sweet Lord has more in common with Oh Happy Day than He's so Fine and I have little doubts that He's so Fine was inspired by Oh Happy Day too. Imagine being George right after the Beatles break up with all the attention of their music being on Paul and John then having a fantastic smash hit album being hit with a lawsuit because his song went to number #1. Also you you imagine being a fly on the wall during the recording of All Things Come to Pass wow what a room full of musical geniuses. Fantastic episode professor. Rest in Peace Mr. Harrison and thank you for your music
Thanks My Name!
Great comment, My Name and I'm glad you brought up the Edwin Hawkins Singers song. I think "all things come to pass" is not quite the same as "All Things Must Pass." Have a nice day.
@@shiroibasketshoes thank you, you are correct I must have misworded it. You can definitely hear oh Happy Day in George's song but still a completely different song
No. My Sweet Lord and She's so Fine have a descending melody line. Both versions of Oh Happy Day have an ascending melody line.
George was definitely seen as the outcast and this is one more example of why. There are only 7 natural notes and 5 sharps and flats. So it makes sense that there would be limited melodies
Have to say - you have a great presentation style. I remember Kasey Kasem, and he was good at this too. However, you've taken it to the next level, Prof. Well done, as always!
One of the most beautiful songs of all time, by certainly one of the most beautiful people of all times.
There's plagiarism, and then there's inspiration.
Agreed.
The loss in the suit still makes me sick.
@@ProfessorofRock if you copy one it's plagiarism ; If you copy everyone it's research 😉
@@thud9797 truly gross like a maggot on a truck in the Arizona summer
I don't know it was a big song when they were a band. If you sing them the verse and the chorus are the same, I don't know how you don't say that's copied. Even John called him on it.
While I am a Christian, I'm not a particularly religious man. However, this is one of those songs I cry tears of joy nearly every time I hear it.
He was my favorite Beatl. I think he was the best talent in that group. I sure do miss him.
George was so underrated. His music needs to be rediscovered. Even his final album, Brainwashed," recorded as he prepared to leave us, is quite a gem.
George Harrison never got to contribute to the Beatles music as much as he should have been allowed to. Even Paul admits that. I remember when that album came out. Great song
THanks!
I've always felt that way too. He had a lot of good songs that didn't see the light of day. Here comes the sun is a killer.
John and Paul were money hungry. My grandfather, my dad and myself were not Beatles fans at all. The business side of the Beatles was very dirty.
And a great album too. He was the Quiet One.
yeh apple records uncut arricles had terrible management from top to bottom a disaster shsme could have been a really great label
My mom loved All Things Must Pass so much that she bought it on new mediums as they came out. First, on vinyl. Then on 8track, cassette, and cd. It was played a lot in the house and George is still my favorite Beatle.
I just wish George would've gotten someone other than Phil Spector to produce it. Phil's "wall of sound" technique was great...for AM radio.
Yes George was my favorite Beatle and actually never cared for the other's
Lawyers...smdh, there's only seven natural notes in western music. Its impossible not to have similarities between songs.
I was just going to write that myself, but after seeing yours is no necessary for me to say the same thing. I wouldn't want you to sue me for plagiarism... L😂L
@@doaver2.125ditto!
True. You can only copyright melodies and lyrics. This one falls under the same melody
@@doaver2.125 Ha!
Good one.
I remember him releasing Blow Away my senior year in 79.... it is a really good song
One of my favorite songs of all time is Dream Away, which I first heard as a kid at the end of the movie Time Bandits. I didn't realize until years later that it was written by George Harrison.
"Elvis Aaron Presley" his Royal self once stated..."Something" was the most beautiful song he'd ever heard & that tells ya everything you need to know about "The little brother" of The Beatles song writing abilities. No, George was no Lennon & McCartney, but where is the shame in that, he was still friggin George F'n Harrison! 😉
So did Frank Sinatra.
@@FA17HPATRIQT3.0 I see what happened there. Instead of "Shift b" to produce an uppercase "B" your hand lost its place slightly to the right and you fat-fingered "Shift z" followed by typing "n".
@@FA17HPATRIQT3.0 Blame the publicists and the press. Why there should even be titles like that in rock and roll or pop or blues mystifies me as much as the rolling stones being declared the world's greatest rock and roll band...It is smoke and mirrors. A person likes what they like or dislikes what they dislike. For me, the late Jimi Jamison was far more important a singer to me than Elvis Presley because he came along in my teen years whereas Elvis has always been ever present for me...
@@FA17HPATRIQT3.0 yada yada yada
I realize there are a lot of Rolling Stone fans, Led Zeppelin fans, etc. For me, the music is more important, the musical content and sound is more important than whether a band was popular or feted by the music press. My favourite band, Survivor, was probably never appreciated by the press and maybe even considered a "one hit wonder" for just getting "Eye of the Tiger" to hit number one? I have heard most if not all of their music and it is more personal to me than any of the hits by bigger bands of the classic rock era.
Imagine feeling the need to bring suit against the writer of one the most unifying songs ever written... it's a helluva story. Thanks professor!
I learned what an electric guitar is from that song. In my elementary school lunchroom I mentioned that I really liked it, especially the "dweet deeeo, dweet dee deet deeeeeee" part and a friend asked, "Do you know how they make that sound?" I didn't, so I went and found out. 😁
THanks for sharing.
It’s like a country twang.
If I go down the rabbit hole of this memory, I may never get out! I first heard the song just around the time the concert for Bangladesh was announced, which was another magic moment in music history.
I once read a story of a Soldier (WWI or WWII) who was wounded and lost consciousness in a field in France, where he laid for days before being discovered, he wrote a song after returning home to the U.S. which turned out to be a Chant of a Nunnery that was nearby the field wherein he laid wounded and unconscious. So the possibility of being unconscious and unintended is a reality.
Heard and read all these stories growing up. Still the greatest music era.
I've always seen Jorge as the peaceful religious one, John as the laid back cool one, Paul the perfectionist serious one, and Ringo the, well the Ringo of the four. Every group of guys need a Ringo. Thank you Professor 👓.... one of my all time favs.
Something that you don't really hear a lot of people talk about in regards to George Harrison is that as his slide guitar style was totally unique. He used his slide to create some some absolutely transcendent melodies. You can hear it not only on "My Sweet Lord" but all over the All Things Must Pass album, and various other songs including the Beatles' "Something" and "While My Guitar Gently Weeps."
Love Badfinger. Often wonder what impact they would have had on the music industry if they hadn't been screwed over. What a horrible story.
I'm going to get an interview with Joey Molland and tell that story!
@ProfessorofRock - I would love that. Look forward to that interview.
It’s the saddest band ever!
@@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980SadFinger
@@ProfessorofRockI won an autographed CD from the last two alive members. One of my most treasured items.
I was expecting you to say that after all that litigation, it was discovered He's So Fine was inspired by the same hymn as My Sweet Lord.
As a kid, I was sure the line was My Sweet Love, and convinced it was the Beatles, with John Lennon and Paul McCartney singing in the background.
I thought "My sweet love" (and the Beatles) as a kid, too!
Good to hear I wasn't the only one who heard that!!
I'm one of the biggest Beatles fans, and I can tell y'all that some of George's stuff was the best 👌
My favorite Beatle-I love his solo albums, especially ATMP and his eponymous “George Harrison” album. The Wilburys were wonderful too, you can tell they were having fun playing their music together.
Peter Frampton played on My Sweet Lord? Maybe that's why the track comes alive.
Ha ha.
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Makes me love him even more.
😅
Love Gary Wright. Dream Weaver , Love is Alive , I Really Wanna Know You. He would definitely be worth an episode!
AbsoLUTEly; as I noted in another reply, his first two albums are WELL worth owning.....
After the ordeal of the trial that went against him, George Harrison wrote and recorded an uptempo song about that experience titled "This Song" (#25 in 1977), along with an accompanying video that primarily takes place in a courtroom with a circus-like atmosphere.
Good song and a great video!
"This Song" is fantastic & the video is quite memorable.
I’ve seen that video it’s so cool!
That was on the “33 1/3” album, an excellent LP.
@@EricHenning : its 'SLEEPER' track though, is "Pure Smokey".....
The fact that George Harrison was a very spiritual person would lead me to believe that he would never copy someone else's music deliberately !
George Harrison wrote the three best Beatles songs: Here Comes the Sun, Something, and While My Guitar Gently Weeps.
And of all the Beatles, his later work is the best.
YOU is my latest love of his ❤
...and he may have written the three best post-Beatles songs: My Sweet Lord, What is Life? and It Don't Come Easy.
@@jimuhlir25 ANOTHER, ' "Badge" - to say NOTHING of "Give Me Love (Give Me Peace On Earth)".....
My Sweet Lord and He's So Fine are both copies of Oh Happy Day. George even said that, and many of us agree with him.
The Album All Things Must Pass was one of my favourites as a child and teen (still love it) The liner notes were Amazing!
The Plagierism I thought was bollocks! BUT I can see how it could be heard as it as well! This song - is important in music history,... I cna't say more about this album!
The fact no one had anything bad to say about him, doesn't surprise me at all! When he died I haveto admit - I cried - Even when watching that wonderful concert they had for him - even pieces thatthe Monty Python group did of thier hits. HE was the reason why a couple movies of thiers was made! His loss is pretty profound!
Alan Kline was also responsible for the Verve losing 100% of the rights to “Bittersweet Symphony” until Mick Jagger personally intervened to let the band get their long overdue cut of the royalty money!
Decades later it is still one of my favorites.
My favorite Beatles song has always been While my guitar gently weeps.
My Sweet Lord immediately takes me back to my childhood riding in dads '64 Ford! Evidently, that was on the radio alot then, which would have been in the very early 70's.
George Harrison - What is Life, My sweet Lord
Ringo Starr - It don't come easy, Photograph
Paul McCartney - Band on the run, 1985,
John Lennon - #9 Dream
So many more but that's off the top of my head.
George wrote It Dont Come Easy and Photograph for Ringo, a very generous man!
Do an episode on Harrison's "What is Life". One of my favourite songs. My vote for best solo Beatles song.
Imagine being in the studio with all of them musicians. Heaven does exist.
George, what a gentle and creative soul. He was always looking for validation and by joining the Hare Krisna movement he got the love and support he needed. That's how cults get members, by love-bombing and providing purpose. Nevertheless, the music was beautiful and a product of the times it was made in. I hope his soul has found peace. ☮️
I've always enjoyed the song "My Sweet Lord." I remember the controversy very well. While there are some similarities to the Chiffons song "He's So Fine", I never thought it was outright plagiarism. George Harrison has always been an extremely underrated songwriter because he had to live in the shadow of his Beatles band mates Paul McCartney and John Lennon. Frank Sinatra was quoted in saying that the song "Something" is the greatest love song written in the last 50-100 years that never once says "I Love You.". After the Beatles breakup, George Harrison did go on to have a very successful solo career writing and recording many excellent songs. My favorite solo song of his is "What Is Life?"
Thanks Stephen!
Sinatra made a great point.
@@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980 but he gave credit to John and Paul
.....just an AMAZING debut for Georgie - "What Is Life", STILL my ALL-time FAVORITE song - by ANYone.....a BIG part of WHY, was it playing as my father & I were approaching Boston, the former Route 128 exit/s in late spring / early summer of '71 to visit the Prudential Center's observation deck; had rained down MOST of the Pike but, sun broke through JUST (no exaggeration) as that MAGNIFICENT descending guitar line ARRIVED to our ears, and its skyline came into GREATER view - SIMILARLY, earliest remembered emotional association with first hearing Badfinger's "Day After Day" that autumn is a tonally-evocative National Geographic [magazine] bird's-eye view of Lower Manhattan at twilight (Empire State Building, ANOTHER high-storied destination around THOSE parts.....)
Harrison had many hits after his "All Things Must Pass" album. The lawsuit did not slow him down. I know, I was there in the 70s and listening to all his hits on the radio throughout the 1970s.
Reminds me of the Traveling Wilburys. The best of the best. George had such a blending and mellow voice
Incredible voice.
He was an underrated singer.
3:53 Can you imagine being a relatively unknown act, and have George Harrison and Eric Clapton as your touring guitar players? It was Delaney that put a bottleneck slide in George Harrison's hands, and taught him the basics. My Sweet Lord was originally a "gospel jam" that George would just play slide on. George wrote lyrics to it. I don't believe he meant to copy 'He's so fine', but it does sound like it, only better.
Another great video, Professor! 👍🏻
Some of George's compositions are among my favourite Beatles songs, particularly Don’t Bother Me, I Need You, If I Needed Someone, Love You To, Taxman, Within You Without You, Only a Northern Song, It’s All Too Much.
Not to mention “While My Guitar Gently Weeps.”
Long, long, long!
It’s only fitting that “My Sweet Lord” has had more airplay in the 21st Century than any of the other former Beatles and the Beatles’ biggest singles because EVERYONE who ever recorded at EMI/Apple Records during that era is part of the recording of that song. You mentioned most of them in this video, Adam, and it is said that a few more were also involved in the recording of George Harrison’s “My Sweet Lord”, including Steve Winwood, Paul McCartney, and a quickly assembled, hand picked, 22 member, what would today be called “celebrity orchestra” for the string arrangements.
All in all, “My Sweet Lord” IS a meticulously crafted George Harrison masterpiece which required a host of musical instruments, audio engineers, musical, philosophical, and theological influences, and extraordinarily talented friends. A “solo” project which required a host of individuals, instruments, influences, and humility to achieve the vision of a single artist - George Harrison.
In my opinion George is by far the most talented of the Beatles. It's no wonder his song "My Sweet Lord" is ranked much higher than John or Paul's songs. There are few Beatles songs I'd like to hear, There are no John or Paul's solo songs I want to hear. I could listen to George's songs over and over. To compare George to John or Paul is like comparing high end chocolate to tootsie rolls. There really is no comparison. Thanks for sharing the spot light on George.
After all these years, I still can't hear the comparison.
Love that song!! ❤ I love George Harrison's songs the most. They're so deep. My very favorite Beatles tunes to this day. I think the rarity of his songs is what makes them so special. ❤
I love George Harrison's music from his solo career. Dare I say it, but I think as a solo artist, he has the best songs of all The Beatles members. From the All Things Must Pass album to Living In The Material World, and my personal favourite, the Could 9 album, he has an astonishing back catalogue of songs that are rarely appreciated fully
Kinda like when John Folgerdy was sued for sounding too much like CCR 😆
George had such a spirit, he's my favourite of the Beatles. My Sweet Lord (and yes i do believe it was unintentional plagiarism) is a wonderfully uplifting song. But as a teen in the 1980s, Got My Mind Set on You and his work with the Wilburys were my introduction to just how fantastic he was 😎🎸🎶❤️
My Sweet Lord was the first record I bought myself. I was 8 yrs old in 1974 and bought this 45. Isn’t It a Pity was the b-side.
All Those Years Ago….
George wrote "This Song" about this ordeal. To me, "This Song" highlights George's often overlooked sense of humor, with lines like, "This tune has nothing 'Bright' about it." Plus, Eric Idle interjects with "Could be 'Sugar Pie Honey Bunch.' Nah, sounds more like 'Rescue Me.'" The video for "This Song" has Idle and Ronnie Wood saying those lines dressed in drag. "This Song"' is one of my favorite George songs.
Bright Tunes of course being the publisher/owner of My Sweet Lord
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Isn't it strange how different religions divide people rather than to bring them together? Supposedly we all believe in the same God, so why the division?
George Harrison was such a talent, so humble and loved by so many other musicians. So sad he passed from cancer.....I don't believe for one second that George deliberately copied "He's so Fine" , not for one second.
No if he deliberately did it, then we would know he did.
@@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980 I agree. I had heard He's so Fine years earlier and My Sweet Lord never made me think of that song.....People will sue for any reason....Usually it boils down to money.
@@threeballedtomcat9380 some people sue because they’re greedy.
George out out "this song" in 1976 after he lost the court battle, this song peaked in the top forty and sold well it was a play on words with bright tunes publishing co. Hearing both songs back to back yes you can hear similarities but they are two absolute different songs. He wrote blow away and released as a single blow away in 1979, it was a great tune in the middle of disco. Every artist seem to want George playing on their record, George usually wanted to be anonymous but if they insisted he had them put a silly name on the record, he played lead and back vocals on cheech and chongs basketball jones. Yes that tune will take you back.
George is my favorite Beatle.
I never thought it sounded that much like He’s So Fine. It’s the same melody for about three seconds.
no, pretty much the whole song
R.I.P. GEORGE , THANK YOU . THE WORLD is POORER for YOUR ABSENCES. MUCH LOVE. 😘
George was a great musician and kind band mate. If you watch Peter Jackson’s film of Let It Be, you see him help Ringo with Octopus’ Garden. Big fan of Billie Preston & put together Concert for Bangladesh!
George Harrison, my fav Beatle, and Eric Clapton, my fav guitarist- I thought for certain these guys would do more than just collaborate on each others albums one day, but they never got around to releasing 'Clapton & Harrison'. Thanks for stories behind "All Things Must Pass" that I'd never heard before.
So loved this one!!! Thanks for bringing back so many priceless memories!! ❤😊
The refrain opening David Bowie's Let's Dance is from The Beatle's Twist and Shout. Everyone borrows off everyone.
You mean the Isley Brothers' version of Twist and Shout. The Beatles only covered that song, including the refrain.
Yep it's that G 7 chord!
I always found it curious that nobody from the record execs to everyone who worked on it never mentioned the obvious similarities between the two songs. If they had just gotten permission to use the song, it would've avoided the messy litigation and it would have cost a lot less money than it ultimately did.
So true.
Yeah that is strange 🤷
Right. And all this heartache would be avoided.
record execs chase hits and refuse to try almost anything new. If they don't hear a hit then it won't be a hit. Generalizations but from The Beatles era to this day, record companies generally suck, even the independent ones.
Harrison's song _Here Comes the Sun_ is the most-played Beatles song on Spotify by a wide margin, with almost TWO BIILLION plays.
True.
And it’s one of the most beloved songs of all time!
@@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980I read that many hospitals played Here Comes The Sun during the pandemic whenever a patient was discharged after a long and difficult hospitalization.
@@smilinmoo This is amazing! Shows that there is so much hope in this world.
My Sweet Lord and Spirit in the Sky are two of the best spiritual songs ever written.
My sweet lord is def one of the songs that prompted me to pick a guitar at 5 years old and learned to play. The power and crispness of those acoustic guitars…from the first downstroke your hooked. Still one of the best songs ever recorded. As for the copyright charge, that would never have stuck today. You can’t own a chord progression, it’s just nonsense. And who was doing the comparison, were there any musicians? I think not
I didn't know George Harrison sang What is Life, thanks for opening my eyes!
yes i heard a cover recently but cant recall who
@@marktait2371 : there are FOUR of which I know; in order of release, Mark: they are ONJ (actually EQUALS in some aspects) 1971; Shawn Mullins (heard on the 'Big Daddy' soundtrack); Sheryl Crow with Semisonic (IMPOSSIBLE to find now) and Weird Al who turns in a SHOCKINGLY-sincere version.....ruclips.net/video/wXMq3QJwJiA/видео.html
.....Olivia's cover NOT long after (her DEBUT Stateside single of course, ALSO from All Things Must Pass: Dylan's "If Not For You" - which she then quickly 'OWNED') features a COMPARABLY-gifted slide player in John Farrar, and an even MORE-driving choral drum cadence.....ruclips.net/video/GuBn92XDi-k/видео.html
Now I think that He's So Fine was receiving heavy air play back in 1963 when George visited his sister in that great British region of Southern Illonios.
Thanks!
HEY PROFESSOR.....
Loved your piece on Donnie Iris a year or so ago......
So the keyboardist... Marc Avsec went on to be a Music Patent Attorney after the horrible experience of being extorted and sued for plagiarism of Ah Leah....
Also regarding Donnie Iris and the Cruisers:
Following 5 stellar albums DiI + Cruisers from 80 - 85:
1. Bassist Albritton McClain and drummer Kevin Valentine went on to play with Trent Reznor in Cleveland in 86, 87.
2. Kevin Valentine went on to join up with Lou Gramm .... along with Bruce Turgeon and Vivian Campbell to form Shadow King in 91.
They only played 2 live shows in UK in Dec 91.
Per your recent Lou Gramm interview... in 90/ 91... Lou was sabbotaged by Atlantic... per Mick
Unfortunately, Shadow King went nowhere, and their tour was not ffunded and canceled.
Im from East Palestine Ohio... yes, the train crash place in Feb 2023...
Which is next to Pennsylvania, 10 or so miles from New Brighton PA, where DI recorded.... also Ellwood City PA....Donnies hometown....
All of us kids in the early 80s would be enthralled bumping into Donnie at Brighton Hot Dog Shop in Chippewa PA or the K Mart.....
In 2012... i was in Webster NY and bumped into Lou at Wegmans (grocery store) and said i was going to see Donnie Iris and the Cruisers in Sharon PA in a few days....
Went to seebDI and went to see Kevin Valentine and said oh hey Lou said hey.....
Kevin Valentine lives in LA doing movie music.... and played a few tracks on Kiss Psycho Circus in 96... he flys in for the few DI gigs...
Check out DI playing Gimme Shelter in 2023... DIs 80th birthday gig.....
Right on man.... keep the music ALIVE.!!!!!
George was always my fave Beatle
Having loved the Beatles and Motown, I was torn by this lawsuit. The chords and melody yes, but completely different tempo, feel, theme of the songs, mood (girl group pop v country-ringed mantra). George Harrison was too talented to do it deliberately and it wasn’t obvious enough to get picked up by anyone else during the recording process. Having said that, I hope The Chiffons got recognition and money from the court case.
It is so easy to accidentally steal someone else's melody. I had a great one that I played for a friend and he said "it's the same as Free Falling." I tried changing the melody, but ended up just abandoning it.
This was very well done, Adam. Thanks!
This is one of my favorite songs of all time! It never grows old. It always makes me thankful to live where all religion is if not tolerated, at least it is protected. It makes me happy while making me sad. It is simply beautiful.
Jody Miller's version of "He's So Fine" in the early 70s is worth a listen, because it seems DESIGNED to point out the plagiarism. Hearing it is what woke me up to George's mistake. Unconscious plagiarism happens. I've done it myself, and I didn't realize it until 13 years later! And then of course there was Billy Joel's original melody for "Movin' Out," which was literally an unintended copy of Sedaka's "Laughter in the Rain!"
Not to mention Jerry Goldsmith’s main “Rambo 2”theme ripping off Ennio Morricone’s, “The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly’s” main theme!
WOW - I'd NEVER made that association with Neil & Billy, Evan - but, CAN hear it now.....
Paul Simon's Slip Sliding Away was lifted by Sting for Every Breath You Take.
All things must pass, is one of the first albums I bought with my own money, allowance and picking up odd jobs. It is to this day one of my favorite albums. I know the episode is about " My sweet Lord", but I wish you would have at least mentioned the apple jam album in the set. It was also this album that I am a badfinger fan.
Love the song, of the four he was the only unpretentious and heartfelt singer.
Listening to him was very easy.
Not commercial
Not stoned off the wall
Not comically silly
Such a great song. GH is greatly missed from music and life.
one of the greatest records ever! i listen to it daily. they play it all the time n my state of kansas as if he is talking about christianity. i mean it is more then about just that, it is about communing with the devine, which is all around us i believe
Then it was Paul & Linda McCartney went to # 1 with "Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey" on September 4, 1971, Ringo Starr went to # 1 with "Photograph" on November 24, 1973 & the late John Lennon (with Elton John) went to # 1 with "Whatever Gets You Thru The Night" on November 16, 1974 all on Apple Records.
I had this one nailed at the end of the first line of the teaser. George may have been the least likely of the Beatles to first notch a #1 solo hit, but it was still the most fitting occurrence after Paul McCartney and John Lennon forcibly tried to obscure him during the group's final years. He had every right to jump to the front.
Ironically, it took me a while to discover "My Sweet Lord" was a Georgr tune or to learn its title. I didn't initially catch any of the features of the song that got him in trouble over plagiarizing the Chiffons. What I first caught wind of was the copious background vocals. They were like a hook in and of themselves.
Good observation Eric! Thanks for watching!
I agree. As soon as they broke up, it was his chance to shine.
My favorite "Harrisong" is "Within You and Without You."
Georgy by far my favorite Beatles ♥️♥️
George Harrison is another one that we lost too soon. He died of cancer at the too young age of 58 in 2001.
George Harrison is my favorite Beatle. As I’ve grown older, my appreciation for him has grown. His lyrics are so deep and have so much meaning, while it’s also simple as it tells of spirituality and love for fellow man. I love My Sweet Lord, but also What is Life and his much underrated song from 1979 Blow Away. The 1981 song All those years ago gives me goosebumps when I hear it. He really is my favorite Beatles member. BTW, Professor of Rock keep doing what you do! You have the most interesting channel on RUclips!
It wasn't until well into adulthood that I realized my top Beatles songs were penned by George Harrison.
A lot of songs sound like one another. Unless it's blatant plagiarism, chalk it up to the songwriter being influenced by another great song.
John Fogerty got sued for sounding like John Fogerty in CCR with Run Through the Jungle vs Old Man Down the Road. He easily won the plagiarism case because the chord structures were provably different. The standard to lose in a plagiarism case is high.
For sure.
It’s called inspiration.