I could probably come up with a list of about ten thousand blues songs with the same notes and progression, but nobody is up in arms over this. Lasting “fame” is a misnomer when “legacy” is much more desirable. Apparently, no one in Harrison’s inner circle got weird about the obvious similarities of his new song to “He’s So Fine.” Maybe the fear of calling a Beatle a thief was stronger than the need to tell the truth. # 88; http://abbeyrd.best.vwh.net/mysweet.htm. # 42; Two months later, Harrison’s version—produced by Phil Spector (surely the Titan of Teen detected plagiarism)—was released as the lead-off single from his triple-album debut All Things Must Pass. )” So I’ll just let that ride, as you clearly cannot adequately express yourself and even if you could, your ideas are not worth considering. # 27; # 94; It’s more than “influence”. # 1; Fame to a dead man is worth less than the coins on his eyes because the two coins will pay Charon to ferry his soul across the River Styx. # 61; Neither song was at the same tempo nor in the same key. # 26; As indicated, try strumming in a continuous down-up, eighth-note motion, while adding emphasis to the indicated beats. The predatory practices of non-musicians and the opinions of the ignorant throwing around words like ‘thief’ are about as offensive as humanly possible. As his former bandmate George Harrison’s debut single blanketed the airwaves, a struggling New York publisher, Bright Tunes Music, must’ve heard divine intervention in the melody of “My Sweet Lord.” It was identical to a chestnut in their dusty catalog, “He’s So Fine.”. If anyone were so moved by my work to absorb it into their own sub consciousness, I’d be so flattered there would have to people around to constantly remind me that I am merely mortal! Andrew, nice cheap shot at lawyers. # 6; Always my favorite Beatle, and I bet he was happy to see that money go to the original artist. Harrison tried to settle out of court. Tho, We All Know That When the Great George Harrison Was Writing “My Sweet Lord,” He Was Not Saying To Himself,….”Oh, I Think I’m Going To Steal the Melody & Notes From “He’s So Fine! Ed Zackary the same as “I Will Follow Him” (Little Peggy March) and “Take My Breath Away” (Berlin, Top Gun soundtrack). .” I have no idea what you mean by “. Most of the litigants have died and only the songs live on. Some of the information above is unfortunately not accurate. Is that the world we want to live in? # 53; https://playback.fm/.../video/1971/George-Harrison-My-Sweet-Lord “My Sweet Lord” is arranged here as a strum-along, and the song hold ups nicely in this setting, despite the lushness of the original studio recording. He was the producer of ‘My Sweet Lord’ and surely he was responsible for the copyright infringement and plagiarism. # 35; “My Sweet Lord” is arranged here as a strum-along, and the song hold ups nicely in this setting, despite the lushness of the original studio recording.