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beatletastic side blog, damon (he/him) 🏳️‍⚧️19 - chronic george harrisonism. i love all things music :) ! main/follows from: yellow-canines

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MCHARRISON

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george plagiarised my sweet lord????!??!!??

oh man lmao yeah that's a wild one. it was settled as "subconscious plagiarism" which honestly I'd buy bc like. it's not crazy to think that you'd hear a song and years later think you came up with the tune. there's a reason paul was obsessively playing "yesterday" for everyone to make sure he didn't accidentally steal it- it seems like something that happens frequently. or there was another time ringo thought he came up with a song but it wound up being a bob dylan song lmfao. and of course john's case over "come together". it's not exclusive to george or even the beatles or even white male musicians (although there's certainly smth to be said about how many white male musicians do this shit on purpose) but seems more like the product of constant exposure to music and no one checking them well enough because they're the beatles.

but basically the melody is identical to "he's so fine" by the chiffons & he wound up having to pay $1,599,987 to bright tunes for subconscious plagiarism which he didn't deny as a possibility

one of his quotes on it:

“I wasn’t consciously aware of the similarity when I wrote the song,” Harrison said. “But once it started to get a lot of airplay, people started talking about it, and it was then I thought, ‘Why didn’t I realize?’ It would have been very easy to change a note here or there and not affect the feeling of the record.”

aaaand another where he's a little less charitable lmfao:

“It’s always been in escrow. As far as I’m concerned, the effect the song has had far exceeds any bitching between copyright people and their greed and jealousy.”

(source on all these)

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From what I understand, this lawsuit is one of if not the most important lawsuits in music history. It set so many legal precedents that are still relevant today. Not only regarding copyrights but also about fiduciary duty to prevent other people from making the dirty moves Klein used on George.

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there's a great story about donovan playing a song for bob dylan not realizing he ripped off a dylan song lol...

"When Donovan met Dylan he was very excited and decided to play something for him. Dylan said he liked Catch The Wind, but Donovan said, I've written a new song I wanna play for you. So he played a song called My Darling Tangerine Eyes. And it was to the tune of Mr Tambourine Man! And Dylan was sitting there with this funny look on his face, listening to Mr Tambourine Man with these really weird words, trying to keep a straight face. Then Dylan says, 'Well, you know, that tune ... I have to admit that I haven't written all the tunes I'm credited with but that happens to be one that I did write!' I'm sure Donovan never played the song again!" - D.A. Pennebaker, director of Don't Look Back

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Linda Eastman in THE BEATLES: Get Back (part 3).

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The Beatles at Chiswick House in London, England | 20 May 1966 © Robert Whitaker

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these pictures of john being scared of the kangaroo and paul vibing with it may be my favorite beatles’ pics ever

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when a fake beatlecel says something so yokophobic you just gotta hit em with that paul stare

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just a thing i did

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Beatles/ Gerry & The Pacemakers/Billy J. Kramers and The Dakotas Brian Epstein // June 18th. 1963 .

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it's mcharrison tuesday!!!yet again!!!

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the ladybugs first appearance on the ed sullivan show c. 1964

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rb with close ups bc i spent way too much time on this good lord

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Liking the beatles isnt about liking their music or them as people its about which evil clown with his fun voice and faggoty mannerisms compels you the most