"My Sweet Lord"

[Beatleicious]

Sorry if there was already a topic on this song, I didn't see one...

I just love this song! It one of the very few George solo songs that I have heard. Since a lot of you here know so much, http://www.beatlelinks.net/ubb/smilies/images/icons/wink.gif I would love to hear anything you know about this song. Any input would be appreciated. http://www.beatlelinks.net/ubb/smilies/images/icons/smile.gif

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[mindgames]

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Uh, it was a lot like the Chiffons' "He's So Fine".

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[Harbidge]

It honestly does sound like that song. I bought it at a record fair just to make sure, and when listening to it you can hear the same basic chord structure as my Sweet Lord. http://www.beatlelinks.net/ubb/smilies/images/icons/frown.gif

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[Beatleicious]

Yeah, I know that other song, and it does sound similar.

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"I'm really glad that most of our songs were about love, peace and understanding."

-Paul McCartney

[FPSHOT]

This song was inspired by Oh Happy Day from the Edwin Hawkins Singers.

It shows what George did with the Badfinger guitars and the George O'Hara Smith singers, which went through the whole album.

When I first heared this song, at the day of release, I was so proud of George. There was so much airplay and so positively received. It was the day that his other life began.

An amazing song.

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George in I Me Mine; 'I met Kissinger and Ford. Ford was very friendly, Kissinger looked like an Arab, talked like a German and was tanned all over, like Clark Gable, he was a bit like Charlie Chaplin, like a Rutle.

[bearkat77]

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Tahoma, Arial, Sans-Serif">Quote:</font><HR>Originally Posted By Harbidge:
and when listening to it you can hear the same basic chord structure as my Sweet Lord.<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

Just because two songs have similiar chord structure does not necessary mean that the second song ripped off the first one, IMO. Both songs are good, but "My Sweet Lord" is more like an anthem for its time. With all the chaos from the '60s and early 1970, I think his song was what we all needed to reassure us of what we can achieve.

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[old_moon_shining]

I don't wish to comment on the technical side of the music. I don't feel qualified. But I have always thought that it is so superb in so many ways, so much greater than any chord structure, so much more going for it than - '3 notes'. (And that FPSHOT is on page 340 of 'I Me Mine'.)

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[mindgames]

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Tahoma, Arial, Sans-Serif">Quote:</font><HR>Originally Posted By Harbidge:
It honestly does sound like that song. I bought it at a record fair just to make sure, and when listening to it you can hear the same basic chord structure as my Sweet Lord. http://www.beatlelinks.net/ubb/smilies/images/icons/frown.gif

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The first time I heard "My Sweet Lord", I thought, oh, that sounds like another song I know. http://www.beatlelinks.net/ubb/smilies/thinker.gif And then it hit me: "He's So Fine"! But I dont' think it was ripped off, I guess it was just subconscious or something like that.



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This week, the Beatles greatest hits album, "1", is at number thirty-six on the USA album charts. "Wingspan: Hits and History" by Paul McCartney is at number nine.

[FPSHOT]

doo-lang doo-lang doo-lang.

George now has ownership of both songs.

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George in I Me Mine; 'I met Kissinger and Ford. Ford was very friendly, Kissinger looked like an Arab, talked like a German and was tanned all over, like Clark Gable, he was a bit like Charlie Chaplin, like a Rutle.

[darkhorse]

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Tahoma, Arial, Sans-Serif">Quote:</font><HR>Originally Posted By FPSHOT:
There was so much airplay and so positively received. It was the day that his other life began. An amazing song. <HR></BLOCKQUOTE> Mystic, religious, solemn, a real anthem of the '70s... Maybe the best song ever released by a solo Beatle. I really love that song. Who cares if it's like the other one? Plus, as FPSHOT said, George owns both now. http://www.beatlelinks.net/ubb/smilies/images/icons/tongue.gif




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"You either kiss the future or the past goodbye
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[Beatleicious]

Thanks for the input guys.

FPSHOT, I just knew you would answer. http://www.beatlelinks.net/ubb/smilies/images/icons/wink.gif

I think of the song just like you darkhorse, as "mystic, religious, solemn". That perfectly describes it.

Wow, I didn't know that the song was like a 70's anthem. Interesting...

And, it's great that George has ownership of both songs!! http://www.beatlelinks.net/ubb/smilies/images/icons/grin.gif



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"I'm really glad that most of our songs were about love, peace and understanding."

-Paul McCartney

[darkhorse]

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Tahoma, Arial, Sans-Serif">Quote:</font><HR>Originally Posted By Beatleicious:
Wow, I didn't know that the song was like a 70's anthem. Interesting...<HR></BLOCKQUOTE> That's part of my humble opinion. You know, when many people recall the 70's, "My Sweet Lord" comes to their minds, even here in Chile, when music in Spanish gets more success... That's what I meant with "anthem": a song that's symbol of an era. Together with "We Are The Champions", "Hotel California", "Stairway To Heaven" and some others, they're a smybol of that part of the history of music. http://www.beatlelinks.net/ubb/smilies/musicnotes.gif



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"You either kiss the future or the past goodbye
We could fly so high..."

[Beatleicious]

Don't worry darkhorse, I know what you meant. http://www.beatlelinks.net/ubb/smilies/images/icons/smile.gif

And it wasn't just you who said it was like a symbol 70's era song...the others implied it as well.

I meant before that I didn't know what an impact it had. http://www.beatlelinks.net/ubb/smilies/images/icons/smile.gif Which is very interesting...

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"I'm really glad that most of our songs were about love, peace and understanding."

-Paul McCartney