From: KPJ (kpj@sics.se)
Date: Mon Feb 14 2000 - 06:05:55 MST
It appears as if Spike Jones <spike66@ibm.net> wrote:
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|John Lennon song: My Sweet Lord. Part of the lyrics go
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|...Give me light, give me life, keep me free from birth...
Perhaps James Wetterau <jwjr@ignition.name.net> wrote:
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|That song is by George Harrison, not John Lennon. Harrison's music
|company lost a lawsuit accusing him of plagiarizing the 1962 Chiffon's
|song "He's So Fine" melodically. Harrison more or less conceded at
|trial that he must have heard the song in the past and subconsciously
|been aware of the two motifs his song had in common with "He's So
|Fine". He thus lost the case for subconscious plagiarism. The
|damages portion of the case dragged on for years, and I'm not sure it
|was ever resolved completely, though it ought to have been for now.
Maybe Michael M. Butler <butler@comp-lib.org> wrote:
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|The lyrics are from a different song on the same album, I think.
The 1991 Compact Disk ``Living In The Material World'' which contains the
song ``Give Me Love'' (a.k.a. ``Give Me Peace On Earth'' which started this
thread) does not mention the Chiffon's nor any lyrics author except for
George Harrison.
One may thus assume that lawyers have been fed, and the lawsuit(s) settled.
Let us now leave this thread to gather dust in the extropian archive vaults.
Summary of music data:
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Name: Living In The Material World
Duration: 43.58
Band: George Harrison
US Release: 29th May 1973
CD-Number: CDS 7 941 102
All tracks written and produced by George Harrison
except trk 9: produced by George Harrison and Phil Spector
All tracks published by Harrisongs Ltd. except tracks 1 & 3 published by
"Material World Charitable Foundation".
(p) 1973 The Copyright In This Sound Recording is Owned by EMI Records Ltd.
(c) 1991 EMI Records Ltd.
Song: Give Me Love (Give Me Peace On Earth)
Duration: 3.36
Track No.: 1
Composer: George Harrison
Vocals: George Harrison
Year: 1973
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Lyrics:
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Give Me Love (Give Me Peace On Earth)
George Harrison
Give me love
Give me love
Give me peace on earth
Give me light
Give me life
Keep me free from birth
Give me hope
Help me cope, with this heavy load
Trying to, touch and reach you with,
heart and soul
OM M M M M M M M M M M M M M
M M M My Lord...
PLEASE take hold of my hand, that
I might understand you
Won't you please
Oh won't you
Give me love
Give me love
Give me peace on earth
Give me light
Give me life
Keep me free from birth
Give me hope
Help me cope, with this heavy load
Trying to, touch and reach you with,
heart and soul
OM M M M M M M M M M M M M M
M M M My Lord...
PLEASE take hold of my hand, that
I might understand you
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