Re: [microsound] Re: soundalikes

[Steve Polta <stevepolta@xxxxxxxxx>]

This is, of course, what fellow Beatle (in subsequent
solo career) George Harrison was successfully sued
for: subconsciously "plagiarizing" the tune of "He's
So Fine" (by The Shirelles, I believe) in his song,
"My Sweet Lord."


> interestingly, I recently heard an old interview
> with John Lennon where he
> said that for a while early in his career, his
> songwriting mo was to make
> up new lyrics to a song he liked. Same melody, same
> feel, same chord
> changes, everything. Then when it came time to
> record, he would try to
> think of a few things he could change to make it
> different without
> changing the overall feel. He didn't give any
> specific examples
> unfortunately.


		
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