10 Beatles Hits That 'Rip Off' Other Songs

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  • @robranney-blake8731
    @robranney-blake8731 3 роки тому +2224

    If you’re going to steal, steal from the best.
    I stole that line.

    • @Pandamasque
      @Pandamasque 3 роки тому +42

      From Pete Best?

    • @alemobra5747
      @alemobra5747 3 роки тому +28

      If you’re going to steal, steal from the best.
      I stole that line, and I stole this line too, and I also stole this line

    • @deanfordi2804
      @deanfordi2804 3 роки тому +3

      Funny

    • @jjsdumbshit2792
      @jjsdumbshit2792 3 роки тому +2

      Aoooooo

    • @Kornknealious
      @Kornknealious 3 роки тому +7

      Rob; you stole it from Igor Stravinsky who stole it from Abraham Linclon

  • @chrisulrich3546
    @chrisulrich3546 3 роки тому +1930

    Paul McCartney: “A bass riff hasn’t got to be original.”
    Vanilla Ice: “Word to your mother.”

    • @matthewadamski2657
      @matthewadamski2657 3 роки тому +40

      Ice Ice Baby

    • @breakingblackmagic7617
      @breakingblackmagic7617 3 роки тому +33

      omg im laughing so hard at this..... wasnt there like a HUGE COURT LAWSUIT OVER THE BASS RIFF RYTHEM... lol cause the riff was the same but off by like half a beat lol

    • @mattkaustickomments
      @mattkaustickomments 3 роки тому +3

      Thank you. Saved me a comment! Lol

    • @WonsPhreely
      @WonsPhreely 3 роки тому +2

      Hahah!!

    • @bolo5340
      @bolo5340 3 роки тому +34

      Beatles songs had way more going on around the bass line so they could pull off using similar bass lines, all music is rehashed anyway - just try playing a 12 bar blues song in key of E and not sound exactly like Pride and Joy by SRV, who rhythmically sounds exactly like every other blues guitar players that ever came before him.
      Style and originality is only difference.
      Ice Ice Baby was 90% stolen bass line from Under Pressure (Bowie and Mercury) BUT
      It has hell of a lot of style and originality and in the end I think Vanella got totally screwed.

  • @panchopuskas1
    @panchopuskas1 3 роки тому +459

    The riff for “I saw her standing there” was used by just about every bass player for just about every 12 bar rock song in the 1960s......I know because I used it myself....you could fiddle around with it but it was the go-to for working on.

    • @inmundo6927
      @inmundo6927 3 роки тому +15

      its 1st 3rd 5th and back.. you can hardly go wrong, and you can hardly avoid it.

    • @richarddoan9172
      @richarddoan9172 2 роки тому +4

      Just a side note. The Beatles song and Chuck Berry song were 16 bars rather than 12, which is even illustrated at 2:21. Still a fair point.

    • @brohio1
      @brohio1 2 роки тому

      Exactly

    • @inmundo6927
      @inmundo6927 2 роки тому +2

      @DOGS LOL blues borrows from folk.. and it stops there cause its the backbone of all music. 1, 4, 5.

    • @Kieop
      @Kieop 2 роки тому +5

      You can't copyright the fundamentals of music, which makes bass riffs difficult to sue over since they tend to anchor the chords on the tonic and dominant, or they have an arpeggiated walking bassline. In this case, they do appear to be an actual singular riff that could be copyrightable, but everyone uses them so.... But Paul's right, people don't really sue over basslines, so "they don't have to be original". That said, he still managed to create quite of few original basslines.

  • @mr7clay
    @mr7clay 3 роки тому +90

    The “I’m Talking About You” bass was based on the rhythm and shape of Henry Mancini’s Peter Gunn theme two years before. It was huge and covered widely so probably every musician heard it.

    • @PaulYoungMinnesota
      @PaulYoungMinnesota 2 роки тому +5

      and after the B 52's Planet Claire, using a Peter Gunn Bass Riff was simply a public domain riff idea

    • @SandyCheeks63564
      @SandyCheeks63564 29 днів тому

      Say his name! Henry Mancini :)

    • @SandyCheeks63564
      @SandyCheeks63564 29 днів тому

      Thanks for setting the record straight

  • @jozsefnemedi8472
    @jozsefnemedi8472 3 роки тому +198

    My piano teacher friend tried to write a piano piece when he was young. He'd not heard Chopin's nocturne in c sharp minor (op posthumus) before and somehow he composed exatly the same chord progression of the beginning of Chopin's piece. Then he was told the truth by someone. Knowing this story I agree with George Harrison's fear.

    • @pseudoprodigy
      @pseudoprodigy 2 роки тому +7

      Your Piano Teacher Friend never heard Chopin’s Nocturne in C Sharp Minor? I don’t believe you

    • @jozsefnemedi8472
      @jozsefnemedi8472 2 роки тому +26

      @@pseudoprodigy he was child in the 60's when there was no internet and probably the piece itself wasn't so widely known as today after the pianist movie. I believe what he said, why would he stuff my brain with such lies?🤝

    • @pseudoprodigy
      @pseudoprodigy 2 роки тому +5

      @@jozsefnemedi8472 That’s like saying I’m a history teacher but I’ve never heard of Gettysburg or Waterloo? And the excuse is there was no internet so how could I have known.

    • @arthurias7693
      @arthurias7693 2 роки тому +17

      @@pseudoprodigy Not really.

    • @pseudoprodigy
      @pseudoprodigy 2 роки тому +3

      @@arthurias7693 I have a bridge to sell you

  • @IndiesoulMusik
    @IndiesoulMusik 3 роки тому +1712

    I feel Chuck Berry deserves more acclaim and acknowledgement in mainstream media. He is literally a GOD of Rock music.

    • @mickavellian
      @mickavellian 3 роки тому +52

      He IS because a nobody says he is ? and LITERALLY no less. ! BTW you are plagiarizing Paul McCartney who has given that credit to Chuck Berry a zillion times. While at ALL level the GOD of rock music is a white boy named Elvis Presley.

    • @voodooinblue3450
      @voodooinblue3450 3 роки тому +82

      Berry never gave credit to his pianist who wrote most of the music to his songs. He also was very much a one trick pony and did influence great songwriters such as Lennon, McCartney, Jagger, Richards - all of whom were and are superior composers to him by a long, long way.

    • @IndiesoulMusik
      @IndiesoulMusik 3 роки тому +75

      @@voodooinblue3450 With all due respect all these "great" rock acts dipped into Chuck Berry's music in order to get their first hits; Stones with "Come on", Beach Boys with "Surfin USA" and "Fun Fun", Beatles with "Saw her standing", all early hits and all lifted from Chuck Berry. Rock music would be NOTHING without him, but I feel he only occasionally acknowledged, not quite a universal household name like his disciples.

    • @voodooinblue3450
      @voodooinblue3450 3 роки тому +20

      @@IndiesoulMusik I completely agree that Berry's influence was huge over these groups, esp the only ones that really counted - Beatles and Stones.
      The Beach Boys and the Animals were greatly influenced too but their paths soon grew short. The Animals went out in a small puff of "Who cares?" as they didn't have a real composer and the Beach Boys creativity died after Pet Sounds with Brian W withdrawing.
      Berry was incredibly important to the start of rock n roll but imo has had more than his due credit. Behind the Beatles, Presley, Dylan and Stones he was ranked the most important musical figure in popular music at the end of last century and again the man never gave credit (even fought it thru court) to the man who co-wrote the bulk of gear credited solely to him.
      Lennon opening with what he did on Come Together was a tip of the hat to Berry same as Jagger when swiping "I can't get no satisfaction" ... ("I don't get no satisfaction" from "30 days").
      However, tho this youtuber would probably assert that Jagger/Richards "ripped off" "30 days" simply because of a five word phrase, Berry's influence over the song was zip beyond that.
      Berry would never have been able to write it as it was too far outside his range as a songwriter. Dylan once quipped to Richards and Brian Jones that he could have written "Satisfaction" - which begs the question "Why didn't you then?" and the same could be thrown at Berry for "Come together".
      "Come together" is clearly Berry influenced but by the time Lennon wrote it, both he and McCartney along with Jagger/Richards (to a slightly lesser extent) had reshaped the composer paradigm of music which Berry had long been left behind from, save for his surprise novelty hit "My ding a ling" circa '72.
      Berry influenced them with writing but only to a point, Holly was just as influential and is known even less than Berry these days imo.
      And Holly was varied in his approach and covered different areas of music which is what gave the likes of Lennon/McCartney and Jagger/Richards to write with the depth to which they did - and Berry didn't - because he couldn't or at least if he could, he never presented it in his 60 plus year career.
      Berry could never have written "Lady Jane", "Midnight Rambler" or "Continental drift", "Strawberry Fields forever", "She said she said" or "Blackbird", but L/M and J/R could write Berry influenced songs such as "I saw her standing there", "Back in the U.S.S.R", "Come together", "Star star", "Connection" and "Flight 505" in their sleep.
      And although I agree that Berry's influence cannot be underrated, to say rock n roll would be "Nothing without him" is taking that point way too far for mine. Elvis, Buddy and Little Richard would argue the point I'm sure if alive. Especially the latter two who were songwriters as well as performers, unlike Elvis. His name shows as co-writer for "Heartbreak hotel" but it's well known it was added as nothing more than an incentive by the real writers for him to record it and "Love me tender" is a bunch of "cat sat on the mat" lyrics set to an old Civil war song "Aura Lea" melody that had been written almost a hundred years before. And again, Presley had nothing to do with the composition of music or lyrics.
      (Sorry the Presley bit was aimed at someone who I can't find now posting that Elvis wrote songs.)
      After all that, I agree that Chuck is a rock god. Just don't agree that he is quite as important as you state.

    • @IndiesoulMusik
      @IndiesoulMusik 3 роки тому +47

      @@voodooinblue3450 I see your point but I feel Chuck Berry is portrayed often either as a tragic caricature, novelty act or as a scandalous figure certainly not revered on the level of Elvis or even Jerry Lee Lewis often gets more respect and both he and Elvis have links to underage girls. Chuck Berry wasn't a one trick pony either, listen to Memphis Tennessee or Almost Grown. For a man like Elvis who never wrote a tune in his lifetime and couldn't play any instrument particularly well, to be still hailed KING OF ROCK is what is truly scandalous.

  • @colywolygaming4643
    @colywolygaming4643 3 роки тому +1124

    Paul McCartney: "A bass riff hasn't got to be original."
    Vanilla Ice after ripping off Under Pressure: 👀

    • @colinbaker3916
      @colinbaker3916 3 роки тому +50

      The Under Pressure riff was sampled for Ice Ice Baby. Sampling didn’t exist in the Beatles era.

    • @jonde4445
      @jonde4445 3 роки тому +24

      @@colinbaker3916 How did sampling not exist? It’s literally just playing someone else’s music.

    • @colinbaker3916
      @colinbaker3916 3 роки тому +69

      @@jonde4445 It’s using the actual recording of someone else’s playing. While you can say George Harrison stole the riff from Watch Your Step, he still had to learn to play it himself, rather than press record and playback.

    • @applehack97
      @applehack97 3 роки тому +10

      @@colinbaker3916 that's direct sampling. You can sample without using the original recording

    • @colinbaker3916
      @colinbaker3916 3 роки тому +36

      @@applehack97 Were you around in the sixties? The term - however you want to use it - didn’t exist. The likes of Paul McCartney and Keith Richards spoke of stealing riffs from, say, Buddy Holly and Chuck Berry. They never even called it sampling when they stuck existing radio recordings on to I Am The Walrus or Revolution 9.

  • @bodyrot2794
    @bodyrot2794 3 роки тому +45

    Like a teacher once told me. “The secret to success is taking something someone already did and making it better.”

    • @chaclon1114
      @chaclon1114 9 місяців тому +9

      Take a sad song and make it better

    • @sherylbegby
      @sherylbegby 4 місяці тому

      A sad song, for example.

    • @stevesanzari7294
      @stevesanzari7294 3 місяці тому +1

      Sounds like a true DemoRat !

    • @Tonetwisters
      @Tonetwisters 3 місяці тому

      Well, there is already a familiarity to it then, so that there is not such a new "wall" that people have to get over or around to be able to come to a liking of it ... If that makes any sense.

  • @PianoVampire
    @PianoVampire 3 роки тому +851

    Such a shame that My Sweet Lord is always associated with the lawsuit, it's such a beautiful song

    • @davidwoods8181
      @davidwoods8181 3 роки тому +106

      Yeah I agree. My sweet lord is way better than He’s so fine

    • @boiivilla6922
      @boiivilla6922 3 роки тому +13

      My favorite... Beautiful music.

    • @rythamdebnath6835
      @rythamdebnath6835 3 роки тому +19

      Harrison bought the song ...

    • @billclinton6040
      @billclinton6040 3 роки тому +30

      You mean, He's So Fine is such a beautiful song. FIFY

    • @kmorri9
      @kmorri9 3 роки тому +36

      I love George and think of them as 2 very distinct songs. But to say he had never heard He's So Fine before...what? How is that even possible?

  • @jaschul
    @jaschul 3 роки тому +206

    Chuck Berry also sued the Beach Boys for "Surfin' U.S.A." ripping off "Sweet Little Sixteen." And as I recall it really is almost a direct copy.

    • @cosmikrelic4815
      @cosmikrelic4815 3 роки тому +42

      yes it is a copy with different lyrics. latterly the beach boys credited chuck berry with the song. if you look it up now it has his name on it.

    • @fnjesusfreak
      @fnjesusfreak 3 роки тому +17

      Almost, not, it's literally the same tune.

    • @theonlyguiltymaninshawshan7909
      @theonlyguiltymaninshawshan7909 3 роки тому +11

      I believe “Surfin’ USA” is now credited as Wilson/Berry.

    • @fnjesusfreak
      @fnjesusfreak 3 роки тому +6

      @@theonlyguiltymaninshawshan7909 I had a 33 of "Endless Summer" where it was actually just credited Berry.

    • @theonlyguiltymaninshawshan7909
      @theonlyguiltymaninshawshan7909 3 роки тому +3

      @@fnjesusfreak seriously? No credit at all to Wilson? That surprises me.

  • @stepheneinbinder2604
    @stepheneinbinder2604 3 роки тому +134

    Two things:
    1. The opening guitar lick to Lennon's "Woman" from "Double Fantasy" sounds like the opening to Rod Argent's "Hold Your Head Up". Then the two songs go in different directions.
    2. In the wake of the My Sweet Lord controversy, there was an interview where Harrison wished there was such a thing as a machine you could feed a melody into, and the machine would say something like "Sorry. You can't use that!"

    • @mbvideoselection
      @mbvideoselection Рік тому +10

      Which we now have!

    • @BobWelchfan
      @BobWelchfan Рік тому +2

      Different but kinda similar.

    • @tallmn1957
      @tallmn1957 Рік тому +7

      I'm a George fan but I don't believe he never heard of HE'S SO FINE. Also both Delaney Bramlett and Billy Preston claim to have been a part of the writing of MY SWEET LORD. Both friends of George claim he knew that he was ripping off the Chiffons. But that was George. He made it a better tune anyway.

    • @didybopintitys
      @didybopintitys Рік тому +1

      @@fredfreddy2338 Honestly just like a lot of these cases, I’d say it’s more gray than definitive. Whether you want to believe it or not, Harrison says in an interview not long after the experience they had him in court playing with musicologists and they found over twenty songs that use the same structure. A great famous example is killing joke and Nirvana, people trashed them for years even now still do for it when there’s over 5-6 songs that use the exact same structure, each not only years before one another but some from artists in different parts of the world who would have had a much less chance of hearing. Now I’m not gonna stand and defend that or even George for that matter it’s just as likely he copied the song and tried to get away with it. But honestly I just think it’s a case of so many others not just the one I listed (which by no means is an end all be all argument just an example) of just not only unconscious similarities but the fact there are only so many notes and so many structures songs are bound to sound similar.

    • @moeb4348
      @moeb4348 11 місяців тому +1

      I once wrote a clever guitar riff and played it to my friend. He went on the internet and the riff already was part of a song that wasn't crazy famous and that I have never heard before. I abandoned the riff and song project, but was happy that I was able to hear something I made up and know that it had merit. It wasn't rubbish like most stuff I come up with! I'll keep messy about with the guitar and perhaps I'll find a riff that has merit and is noteworthy, and is original!

  • @jamesveitch
    @jamesveitch 3 роки тому +69

    Loads of stuff I didn't know here. Thanks for this. Hey Jude is a real leap. But Yesterday is fascinating. Other ones that I've enjoyed hearing the origins of (rhythmic mostly) are Mr Bassman -> I've just seen a face and Daydream -> Good Day Sunshine. I think Paul would often hear a song and think 'Oh I'd quite like to write one like that." Love that about him. The trails that Lennon left behind are often more quixotic. I think that's the first time I've ever used the word quixotic and I think I'm going to do it again. Quixotic.
    Small update: I looked up "Quixotic" and it does not mean what I thought it meant.

    • @ryandennis9897
      @ryandennis9897 2 роки тому +3

      Check out Fleetwood Mac’s albatross and sun king from abbey road

    • @kaz1015
      @kaz1015 Рік тому +1

      🤣🤣🤣

    • @seanknight7698
      @seanknight7698 11 місяців тому +1

      Perhaps “abstruse” or “enigmatic” would better fit your intent here.

  • @kenreeve32
    @kenreeve32 3 роки тому +112

    I remember writing an awesome song in college, bringing it to my bandmates, and having them say, "That's Stand By Me by Ben E. King." They were right.

    • @-dale2051
      @-dale2051 3 роки тому +3

      There's a song by one repper that has exactly the same bass melody.

    • @Simbetam
      @Simbetam 3 роки тому +15

      Weve all done it .. :(
      so hard to be original, especially when starting out

    • @ernesttenesmusstb9074
      @ernesttenesmusstb9074 3 роки тому +10

      LOL. When I was 7, I came up with a parody of Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer. Proud of myself, I sang the song to someone at school, who corrected me at one point. I thought, “you can’t correct me; I wrote this.” Turns out the parody already existed, almost identical to “mine”. What on earth was I dreaming when I thought I came up with it?

    • @ralphcordon5688
      @ralphcordon5688 3 роки тому +5

      Ringo reported, he'd presented
      several times songs he'd "written",
      only to hear from the others that
      they already existed :D

    • @Kaddywompous
      @Kaddywompous 3 роки тому

      I had the beginnings of a great song I was really excited about only to realize later that the melody was Raspberry Beret.

  • @stephenowens8763
    @stephenowens8763 3 роки тому +64

    Chuck got a lot from his piano player, Johnny Johnson,without credit. Keith Richards pointed it out to him.

    • @lamper2
      @lamper2 3 роки тому

      Johnnie sued having been urged to by a jerk-and....he lost the suit (note the actual spelling of Johnnie)

    • @mjt11860
      @mjt11860 3 роки тому +1

      Kinda like the jerk Howard Stern and his fake musicologist friend, who urged the estate of Randy California to sue Zeppelin over stairway to heaven.

  • @piggyroo100
    @piggyroo100 3 роки тому +833

    “All music is rehash. There are only a few notes. Just variations on a theme.”
    John Lennon

    • @pgroove163
      @pgroove163 3 роки тому +70

      😂.... another way of saying we ain't paying anybody

    • @anonymike8280
      @anonymike8280 3 роки тому +22

      @@pgroove163 That's true too. But I also think, take any popular composition in any idiom - jazz, blues, folk, all the genres of mass market popular music - and look around enough and you will always find the previous piece that it is most like. It might be in a different idiom and genre entirely and at first seem very different. But it will be there. it has to be.

    • @frankrizzo5710
      @frankrizzo5710 3 роки тому +21

      @@pgroove163 with good reason. Does everybody who’s ever used a blues shuffle pattern have to pay the original artist who created it? No that would be ridiculous

    • @brianarbenz7206
      @brianarbenz7206 3 роки тому +29

      And all books are rehashed. There are only a certain number of words in the dictionary!

    • @anthonyxuereb792
      @anthonyxuereb792 3 роки тому +9

      That's an over simplification though and almost debases music and music writing.

  • @j.d.p.andrews1458
    @j.d.p.andrews1458 3 роки тому +115

    I am a musician and although I dont have a professional career in music, i can safely tell you every single musician takes and borrow from their influences. It's only a big story when the borrower is blatantly making profit off the original at the expense/neglect of the original.
    If musicians didnt do this man would still be banging two sticks against rocks.

    • @alexmartin-schael7556
      @alexmartin-schael7556 3 роки тому +6

      I came here to make exactly the same comment, so thank you.

    • @thesilvershining
      @thesilvershining 3 роки тому +3

      Exactly!

    • @thebeatlesandqueen8817
      @thebeatlesandqueen8817 2 роки тому +1

      Yup

    • @acoustically9201
      @acoustically9201 2 роки тому +1

      @@CS-xt5qe Professional songwriters largely wrote the songs, borrowing styles from here there and everywhere (!). Studio musicians played on the album tracks (see Bernard Purdie) and The Beatles came in and did some singing. It's what happened with nearly every pop band in that era (including The Beach Boys) but people were led to believe the fab four were different. The Beatles myth of 200 penned songs in 7 yrs is just ludicrous given their schedules, lifestyles, and relative lack of musical knowledge.

    • @elbuchito2907
      @elbuchito2907 Рік тому +2

      Ecclesiastes 1:9
      9 What has been will be again, what has been done will be done again; there is nothing new under the sun.

  • @rocky49able
    @rocky49able 3 роки тому +122

    Most classics are songs inspired by other songs subconsciously or consciously. People aren't born with music. But they are born with the taste and the ability to perceive music in various individual ways.

    • @napalm_lipbalm86
      @napalm_lipbalm86 3 роки тому

      Yes, definately

    • @impacc4182
      @impacc4182 3 роки тому +5

      Another potato defending theft

    • @rocky49able
      @rocky49able 3 роки тому +3

      @@impacc4182 Hi Tomato!

    • @johnmc3862
      @johnmc3862 3 роки тому +1

      @@impacc4182 lol.

    • @seanclark2531
      @seanclark2531 3 роки тому +2

      Yes,much like an oral tradition.This is very evident in the Blues.

  • @rokkarlic4166
    @rokkarlic4166 3 роки тому +978

    The beatles clearly ripped off oasis

  • @ironflazambat5815
    @ironflazambat5815 3 роки тому +230

    “Steal a little and they throw you in jail, steal a lot and they make you a king”

    • @Mancheguache
      @Mancheguache 3 роки тому +19

      I'm gonna use that in a song!

    • @pederriki7819
      @pederriki7819 3 роки тому +14

      led zeppelin in a nutshell
      ... just kidding!

    • @gregberry1812
      @gregberry1812 3 роки тому +5

      Good artists borrow,
      great artists steal.
      Don't detract from their greatness.

    • @TheDirtyredbandana
      @TheDirtyredbandana 3 роки тому +8

      Bob Dylan What's a Sweetheart like you doing in a dump like this.

    • @epipick
      @epipick 3 роки тому

      As the great Tommy Emmanuel once said, "Everybody steals from Chet"

  • @jackkilman8726
    @jackkilman8726 3 роки тому +30

    "Something" also directly lifts the first line of James Taylor's"Something In the Way She Moves." However, Taylor had no problem with it since the Beatles had given him his first recording contract on Apple, and he and Harrison were friends.

    • @theflash1425
      @theflash1425 3 роки тому +2

      I've never researched it, but I heard that it was actually Peter Asher at Apple that heard Taylor performing locally and signed him. The Beatles involvement at that time was merely as the owners of Apple. For those that don't know all the incest here, Peter Asher was the brother of Jane Asher, McCartney's longtime early girlfriend. Jane convinced Paul to assist her brother's duo, Peter and Gordon, by writing two massive hits for them to record, both of which climbed high in the charts, but were never recorded by the Beatles.

    • @TheAerovons
      @TheAerovons 3 роки тому

      That's just a phrase, with no resemblance melodically though.

    • @theflash1425
      @theflash1425 3 роки тому

      @@TheAerovons Actually, not even the phrase is the same. Taylor's says, "Something in the way she moves (or looks my way or calls my name)", while Harrison's says, "Something in the way she moves ME (attracts me like no other lover)", which has a different meaning.

    • @TheAerovons
      @TheAerovons 3 роки тому +1

      @@theflash1425 No, George simply sings "Something in the way she moves."

    • @theflash1425
      @theflash1425 3 роки тому

      @@TheAerovons Actually, we're both right. If you listen to the song, the first time he sings the line, he says, "Something in the way she moves", but when he repeats the line a measure later, he says, "Something in the way she moves me." I could have sworn he said the same thing the first time, but you made me listen to it, and damn if you weren't right!

  • @JVLeroy223
    @JVLeroy223 3 роки тому +68

    How can I not unhear the subtle differences in these songs now? The Beatles and Chuck Berry are brilliant in their own right. I'm glad he was such an influence.

    • @CoCotheTurtle
      @CoCotheTurtle 3 роки тому +2

      I think a lot of people overlook the influence Chuck Barry had on the Beatles, and focus instead on the influence of Chuck Berry. Weird.

    • @priyaxo8116
      @priyaxo8116 3 роки тому +1

      @@CoCotheTurtle Scottish/Irish music had a big influence on rock n roll and that was part of the Beatles heritage ,so it`s swings and roundabouts.

    • @CoCotheTurtle
      @CoCotheTurtle 3 роки тому +1

      @@priyaxo8116 There isn't a person named CHUCK BARRY.

    • @priyaxo8116
      @priyaxo8116 3 роки тому

      @@CoCotheTurtle hahaha I see the typo

    • @uncascrooge2699
      @uncascrooge2699 3 роки тому +2

      There are a lot of Chuck Berry songs that sound exactly like. well, a lot of other Chuck Berry songs. Sometimes the only difference is the lyrics.

  • @AidanORourke
    @AidanORourke 3 роки тому +221

    Fascinating. I never knew about many of those. Considering there are only 12 notes and in pop music, mostly three chords, it's amazing that songwriters are able to produce new, unique songs.

    • @ldgaming4213
      @ldgaming4213 3 роки тому +12

      Not really. There are probably trillions of unique melodies just using those 12 notes, not to mention rhythm!

    • @JacksonOwex
      @JacksonOwex 3 роки тому +7

      @@ldgaming4213 Rhythm isn't always enough to keep people from suing you for "stealing" look what happened to Cold Play!

    • @bobgreen8142
      @bobgreen8142 3 роки тому +7

      There aren't really only twelve notes, there are twelve notated notes in standard Western tuning. There are also many, many other notes between the notes, blues players know how to find them.

    • @epipick
      @epipick 3 роки тому

      Seven, surely? C D E F G A B.

    • @ldgaming4213
      @ldgaming4213 3 роки тому +5

      @@epipick c c# d d# E f f# g g# a a# b

  • @tw9535
    @tw9535 3 роки тому +401

    The ole "it came to me in a dream" trick

    • @DavidBennettPiano
      @DavidBennettPiano  3 роки тому +49

      😂😂

    • @stillaliveplus1forme
      @stillaliveplus1forme 3 роки тому +50

      Paul: oh no my new song from my dream might be a rip off let me sit on it for weeks and tell everyone I know! 😇
      Also Paul: John I love the new tune but that’s chuck berry’s song... let’s slow it down with a swampy vibe so he can’t tell 😈

    • @mikeyaureliush9017
      @mikeyaureliush9017 3 роки тому +16

      So Paul made wise and honorable decisions in both cases.

    • @bee-buzz
      @bee-buzz 3 роки тому +5

      He was sleeping, y'know?

    • @MrThedonhead
      @MrThedonhead 3 роки тому +1

      @@stillaliveplus1forme ob your one of those people

  • @Auntkekebaby
    @Auntkekebaby 3 роки тому +19

    Great video. The Beatles are great and inspired a lot of people but The Beatles were inspired and borrowed/lifted from others. It's important to document.

  • @SceneComparisons
    @SceneComparisons 3 роки тому +336

    the ending riff of Ballad of John and Yoko is the same as the intro of Lonesome Tears in my Eye

    • @DavidTurchickVEGAN
      @DavidTurchickVEGAN 3 роки тому +17

      Which, in turn, seems to have been inspired on the Wabash Blues.

    • @2011littlejohn1
      @2011littlejohn1 3 роки тому +24

      And the beginning is a standard lick from 1000's of rock songs and 1000's more used to end with a sliding 9th chord and so what?

    • @mrfester42
      @mrfester42 3 роки тому +6

      So what! That proves absolutely nothing.

    • @richardk1ify
      @richardk1ify 3 роки тому +2

      @@2011littlejohn1 doesn’t it end on a 6th?

    • @2011littlejohn1
      @2011littlejohn1 3 роки тому +1

      @@richardk1ify Yes you're right. Still very trad rock ending. :) I think they did that on Help too.

  • @hansvandermeulen5515
    @hansvandermeulen5515 3 роки тому +605

    Isn't this how all art works? You build on existing stuff, give it your own twist and release it to the world.

    • @JamoboBorg
      @JamoboBorg 3 роки тому +86

      Take from one place, that's stealing. Take from several, that's influence.

    • @hansvandermeulen5515
      @hansvandermeulen5515 3 роки тому +40

      @@JamoboBorg somebody takes your car so you gotta walk, that's stealing! Copyright infringement is not, neither is plagiarism. You could still be sued for either of those things, but calling it stealing is to redefine that verb although that verb is often used in that context.

    • @maxblatter
      @maxblatter 3 роки тому +10

      That's the case in science, not in art! Science is much, much easier than art (and I say that as a representative of engineering science) ...

    • @StratsRUs
      @StratsRUs 3 роки тому +16

      And give them the credits/ deserved monies.

    • @ralelunar
      @ralelunar 3 роки тому +11

      Musicians don't make art for free, though. Pay those whose credit is due to them

  • @gillmacgillechiaran5651
    @gillmacgillechiaran5651 3 роки тому +119

    It’s not theft, it’s the ubiquitous ebb & flow of talent.

    • @pgroove163
      @pgroove163 3 роки тому +1

      🤣................just give me some truth

    • @kenlieck7756
      @kenlieck7756 3 роки тому

      Flo & Eddie?

    • @impacc4182
      @impacc4182 3 роки тому +5

      Another saying for theft

    • @ps-yk8su
      @ps-yk8su 3 роки тому

      Then why aren’t all musicians rich and famous?

    • @kenlieck7756
      @kenlieck7756 3 роки тому

      @@ps-yk8su For the same reason that all of Wall Street's top financial wizard$ couldn't get together and write a #1 classic jukebox rock hit to save their lives.
      Its all a big Fonzie scheme...

  • @scienceexplains302
    @scienceexplains302 2 роки тому +21

    Harrison’s musical ability made it all the more likely that he could hear a song and remember it, subconsciously, but not overcome the memory leak almost all of us have of forgetting the experience.

    • @CYLITM
      @CYLITM 26 днів тому

      Good point, maybe heard the song but didn't care at all so he completely forgot and only subconsciously remembered.

  • @WesCoastPiano
    @WesCoastPiano 3 роки тому +142

    Everytime I'm done with one of your episodes I get inspired to write music. Thank you for the inspiration David.

    • @DavidBennettPiano
      @DavidBennettPiano  3 роки тому +22

      Thank you!

    • @chiju
      @chiju 3 роки тому +15

      Or in this case "inspired" to "write" music. 😉

    • @anthonyxuereb792
      @anthonyxuereb792 3 роки тому

      @@chiju Just make sure it's your own original music!

    • @AllenFreemanMediaGuru
      @AllenFreemanMediaGuru 3 роки тому

      Inspired to lift notes from famous songs😯

    • @jnagarya519
      @jnagarya519 3 роки тому +1

      So, you admit that you're inspired to steal.

  • @Darm0k
    @Darm0k 3 роки тому +82

    "I'd rather see you dead little girl, than see you with another man"? Damn, that's brutal.

    • @AidanXavier1
      @AidanXavier1 3 роки тому +32

      Lyrics that scream "Normalized domestic abuse"

    • @WakaWaka2468
      @WakaWaka2468 3 роки тому +14

      John was based af

    • @c.j.rogers2422
      @c.j.rogers2422 3 роки тому +7

      Ah, simpler times. ;)

    • @peterthegreat996
      @peterthegreat996 3 роки тому

      Unfortunately all to prophetic

    • @kenwittlief255
      @kenwittlief255 3 роки тому +14

      a lot of 60s music didnt age well
      it would be fun to play at a club with a buzzer on everyones table, and see if you could make it thru any songs without someone being offended
      Sweet Lorretta Martin thought she was a woman, but she was another man BZzZZZZzTTTTT!

  • @danluther1741
    @danluther1741 3 роки тому +84

    One of the best songs I ever wrote & sung to many family, friends & future band mates. One day, a guy who really knew his music said... "Dude, that''s the same chord progression & melody to "Mr. Postman!" My thought immediately was "did I INTENTIONALLY copy that?" My answer to myself honestly was HELL NO! I'm a rocker & that's an OLD pop hit! My conclusion was... Put someone in a room by themselves for decades & tell them to write songs. Eventually some will sound just like someone else's out of pure chance!!

    • @AaronOfMpls
      @AaronOfMpls 2 роки тому +19

      Or subconscious borrowing. Even if you don't remember a song offhand, you might not _entirely_ forget it.

    • @felipefernandes9053
      @felipefernandes9053 2 роки тому +10

      That´s because music is finite!

    • @michaeladkins6
      @michaeladkins6 Рік тому +2

      @@felipefernandes9053 And musicians rarely sue. Its a record company or family.

    • @aurum1235
      @aurum1235 Рік тому

      @@AaronOfMpls yup

    • @Matt.Willoughby
      @Matt.Willoughby Рік тому

      Perfectly natural behavior.

  • @toddmayer6859
    @toddmayer6859 2 роки тому +12

    Recently I heard the amazing updated mix of I'm Only Sleeping. It stuck in my head and some other song kept coming to mind that sounded like it. I finally was able to recall some of the lyrics and found the song: Along Comes Mary, released in March 1966. John wrote I'm Only Sleeping in April 1966. I had heard, I believe it was the video of Paul, where the Beatles listened to a lot of music, including classical compositions to get something to branch off from.

    • @mickavellian
      @mickavellian 2 роки тому +1

      Updated version?? by whom???
      AND there's NO animal as an UPDATED VERSION .
      It is an +interpretation+ and the ORIGINAL WINS

    • @BigBri550
      @BigBri550 Рік тому

      I don't think hanging one's melody on a single note constitutes a copyright, nor would Lennon had to have heard it first to try the same himself. Single note melodies go back at least as far as Gregorian chants.

    • @BigBri550
      @BigBri550 Рік тому

      @mickavellian The actual ORIGINAL mix first appeared on the US Capitol album _Yesterday and Today._ It is not the same mix as the official version later released on Parlophone.
      And I agree - it is still the best mix by far, right down to the fake stereo processing that actually enhanced the track in this case.

  • @kylealanhobbs
    @kylealanhobbs 3 роки тому +39

    The intro to All You Need is Love is a total ‘ripoff’ of the French National anthem! Obviously someone owes some money to Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle! Lol

    • @aneurysma_
      @aneurysma_ 3 роки тому +2

      It's in public domain lol

    • @davewellings6210
      @davewellings6210 3 роки тому +1

      Written before copytwright laws

    • @vovzburau7142
      @vovzburau7142 3 роки тому +1

      Its the example of open citation. Love both great pieces of art! Merci bien for naming Rouget de Lisle.

    • @roberthowes5838
      @roberthowes5838 3 роки тому

      It is the French national anthem stupid!

    • @jrgboy
      @jrgboy 3 роки тому +2

      In the fade out you can hear the brass playing 'In The Mood' which George Martin thought was out of copyright, it wasn't..

  • @davidfranklin5426
    @davidfranklin5426 3 роки тому +45

    5:02: “They just smiled and shook my hand...” “...’No’ was all they said.”

    • @sammaloney1746
      @sammaloney1746 3 роки тому +1

      What's the reference, I can't place it?

    • @gregberry1812
      @gregberry1812 3 роки тому +5

      Take a load off Annie!

    • @sammaloney1746
      @sammaloney1746 3 роки тому +4

      @@gregberry1812 Ah yes the band, good one, thanks!
      Sometimes I spend hours trying to remember what song the tiny little part of the song belongs to!

    • @gregberry1812
      @gregberry1812 3 роки тому +1

      @@sammaloney1746 I wouldn't know the song were it not for the Grateful Dead.

    • @sammaloney1746
      @sammaloney1746 3 роки тому

      @@gregberry1812 Well I much prefer the dead when they're doing their original stuff. But they'd a few great covers too all things considered!

  • @nickchambers3935
    @nickchambers3935 3 роки тому +101

    Imagine finally emerging from the shadow of the two greatest songwriters in the world and gaining confidence in yourself as a solo artist, only to find that you unconsciously plagiarised your biggest hit from another song

    • @terrylodercreative
      @terrylodercreative 3 роки тому +3

      I still think plagiarised is in accurate for many reasons. But fortunately, nobody's opinion matters more than the listener's experience. I'll wager Cole would be way to cool to gripe about it. Especially if he were to hear how MANY people revere and continue to emulate Paul's "Dream"

    • @jnagarya519
      @jnagarya519 3 роки тому

      @@terrylodercreative Cole Porter? Nat King Cole? Natalie Cole?

    • @ianbartle456
      @ianbartle456 3 роки тому +5

      @@jnagarya519 Helmut Kohl?

    • @klaxoncow
      @klaxoncow 3 роки тому

      @@ianbartle456 Nah, Cheryl Cole, obviously.

    • @mrfester42
      @mrfester42 3 роки тому

      You're an idiot. How does anyone go about proving to themselves, or anyone else for that matter, that they unconsciously plagiarized anything. It can't be done. That's the nature of the unconscious. It's unrecognizable because it's unconscious.

  • @richardhunter132
    @richardhunter132 2 роки тому +46

    I find it very hard to believe that George Harrison had never heard He's so Fine; the Beatles were steeped in early 60s American R&B.

    • @ingvarhallstrom2306
      @ingvarhallstrom2306 2 роки тому +16

      It was a big radio hit as well. He may not remember it but no way he never heard it. These people ate music for breakfast....

    • @mikeyerian2562
      @mikeyerian2562 2 роки тому +3

      By steeped you mean, like Led Zeppelin, seeing an opportunity to exploit black music for their own gain.

    • @olavirannisto3552
      @olavirannisto3552 2 роки тому +2

      @@ingvarhallstrom2306 Of course he heard. George got the idea for My Sweet Lord from Bramlett in December 1969, as Bramlett not played He's So Fine on his guitar.

    • @edgarwalk5637
      @edgarwalk5637 2 роки тому +5

      He obviously did, but forgot. It happens often. Running a song by some astute music listeners can help.

    • @olavirannisto3552
      @olavirannisto3552 2 роки тому +2

      @@edgarwalk5637 George heard Bramlett play He's So Fine on guitar in December 1969. He wrote My Sweet Lord that same month, so he didn't have time to forget what he heard. Especially when many people warned him about plagiarism.

  • @haroldmessinger1
    @haroldmessinger1 3 роки тому +109

    Outstanding. I really appreciate the way you break down the songs, show the notes, have the original recordings. One of the very best videos of this kind.

  • @edfaine6644
    @edfaine6644 3 роки тому +36

    “ Want to know a secret, do you promise not to tell” are the opening words to I’m Wishing from snow white. Supposedly, John’s mother would sing it to him at bedtime.

    • @davemitch3389
      @davemitch3389 3 роки тому

      Do you Want to know a secret...That is a "Cover Song" it was not written by John & Paul

    • @mickavellian
      @mickavellian 3 роки тому

      an that was plagiarism???
      That was Johnny remembering MOMMA

    • @johnharris3657
      @johnharris3657 3 роки тому

      @@davemitch3389 I think you are thinking of "Till there was you" which is is from Music Man.

    • @davemitch3389
      @davemitch3389 2 роки тому

      @@johnharris3657 You are right Sir... I will pull my head out of my ass now!

  • @proto-geek248
    @proto-geek248 3 роки тому +82

    There are very few melodies that aren't similar to some other melody out there in melodyland.

    •  3 роки тому +1

      This!

    • @anonymike8280
      @anonymike8280 3 роки тому +1

      Or rhythm. Duh.

  • @essbo53
    @essbo53 Рік тому +2

    What part of a Bealte tune is based on the bassline of Tuxedo Junction and another part of that coming from the chord progression and melodic 'feel' of Moonglow? Hint: Erroll Garner

  • @melvynobrien6193
    @melvynobrien6193 3 роки тому +108

    You can't copyright a bass line; nor even a chord progression; only melodies and lyrics are subject to copyright. The bass line in I SAW HER STANDING THERE is very common in rock and blues, even played in bar bands by players who have never listened to these songs.

    • @Hawthornne
      @Hawthornne 3 роки тому +7

      Maybe in a perfect world. See what happened in the Blurred lines lawsuit. They won cause of a style/groove were similar..

    • @nickpaine
      @nickpaine 3 роки тому +1

      This song was listed as " Seventeen" on Meet The Beatles, I seem to recall.

    • @bolo5340
      @bolo5340 3 роки тому +4

      Like I said in my other comment, you think Nike and Phil Night created the shoe? --- no, but they did add value to it. Same with million other industries, cars, homes, clothing lines, hats, TVs, pools, pool tables, furniture etc.,

    • @terrylodercreative
      @terrylodercreative 3 роки тому +2

      It's funny. We Gotta Get Outa This Place has what I think is a certifiable justifiable bass line that was so identified with the song, it would be hard to pretend you made it up if it was in another song. There are many such bass licks. But then again, lyrics, progressions and melody should all be considered before getting all whacky about stealing someone else's music.

    • @morepanic2289
      @morepanic2289 3 роки тому

      you are talking crap dude.. one thing is style one thing is using the same notes

  • @jrpipik
    @jrpipik 3 роки тому +19

    When Superman creators Siegel and Schuster were involved in legal disputes about the ownership of the character, they wrote a story where the villain copyrighted the alphabet, so everyone owed him a royalty -- and Superman couldn't fight it because it was legal!

  • @Renshen1957
    @Renshen1957 3 роки тому +56

    You left the best part of the My Sweet Lord/He's So Fine controversy...George Harrison eventually acquired the rights to He's So Fine. After the Plagiarism Lawsuit, disputes over damages lingered on into the 1990s, with Harrison’s manager Allen Klein changing sides by buying Bright Tunes, which published He’s So Fine, and continuing the lawsuit after parting ways with Harrison. Harrison ended up being the owner of both songs.

    • @Spaced92
      @Spaced92 3 роки тому +2

      Yeah thanks to stuff like that, he was running out of money and that's the reason the remaining Beatles did Anthology (and why it ended early, George didn't really want to work on Johns unfinished songs).

    • @Renshen1957
      @Renshen1957 3 роки тому +5

      @@Spaced92 The Anthology was what it was a carry over of the first BeaTles at the BBC (which Sir George Martin chose songs for the most part that sounded like his recordings). Not on the Anthology 1 vol. September Rain the best song on the Decca (hangover) Demo, Paul at his best, the Guitars with some dirt, and Pete Best. Also missing from BBC (yes it had to sound like a studio recording), the Six Songs from the Beatles appearance on the BBC, yes grainy off the air recordings, but significant, their first on the air performance, (March 7, 1962) and the last appearance with Pete Best (June 11, 1962). Roy Orbison's ‘Dream Baby (How Long Must I Dream?)’ (no other recording) and ‘Ask Me Why’ first self penned Beatles song to play on the air-waves, and George singing ‘A Picture Of You’. (The other songs were ‘Memphis, Tennessee’
      , ‘Please Mister Postman’). The recordings art studio quality, and from the various BBC recordings enough to fill six CD's although some have issues, there's a recording of the Beatles with Ringo of on drums, Roll Over Beethoven (initial voice over by the announcer), that is the Best live version of George singing with unbridled energy (better than the Star Club version) that's is about as close as you can get to how the Hamburg performances must have sounded and in the clubs in Liverpool and on tour, you know the quote by John on the best material (performances) were never recorded. "We were just a band that made it very, very, big that’s all. Our best work was never recorded. Because we were performers - in spite of what Mick says about us - in Liverpool, Hamburg and other dance halls. What we generated was fantastic, when we played straight rock, and there was nobody to touch us in Britain. As soon as we made it, we made it, but the edges were knocked off.
      George did all right financially before he passed away at 58...At the time of his death, George Harrison accumulated a colossal $400 million according to Celebrity Net Worth. The musician left his entire estate to widow Olivia Harrison and their son Dhani (who looks like a clone of his father).

    • @seanclark2531
      @seanclark2531 3 роки тому +1

      Thank you for your interesting and informative comment.

    • @Renshen1957
      @Renshen1957 3 роки тому +2

      @@seanclark2531 You are welcome.

    • @ScottoftheSahara
      @ScottoftheSahara 3 роки тому +4

      I agree with the Judge: they are the same song with different lyrics. What are the chances of creating the same exact song never hearing the original?

  • @winonebud
    @winonebud 3 роки тому +8

    In those days, everyone stole from each other. It's still done, today. That's what art is. That's why it evolves.

    • @patrickr9417
      @patrickr9417 2 роки тому

      David Lynch said 20 years ago that art is in fact devolving.

    • @adp5R3x
      @adp5R3x 5 місяців тому

      ​@@patrickr9417 David Lynch thinks dead meat is ART 🥩

    • @patrickr9417
      @patrickr9417 5 місяців тому

      @@adp5R3x So do you. Be honest.

    • @adp5R3x
      @adp5R3x 5 місяців тому

      @@patrickr9417 NO - It's NOT 👎
      The Only "art" there is the art of Bulls**t ... a kind of "Never Give a Sucker an Even Break" . Jars of excrement ; meat decaying ...
      If THAT'S the kind of "Art" you want to swallow : CHOW DOWN ! 🍴💩🥄

  • @jnagarya519
    @jnagarya519 3 роки тому +115

    That's how FOLK music works: everyone borrows, and hopefully improves, that which already exists.

    • @devonmoors
      @devonmoors 3 роки тому +2

      Blues music,certainly

    • @jrgboy
      @jrgboy 3 роки тому +1

      Yes, unless someone sued as they did with George Harrison then that's it , you can't make a case for something that is similar to another song & you can't now as the songs are over 50 years old anyway..

    • @jnagarya519
      @jnagarya519 3 роки тому +3

      @@devonmoors "Blues" is also made by folks.

    • @stevenyourke7901
      @stevenyourke7901 3 роки тому +2

      Folk music is not copyrighted because the original composer is unknown. So anyone can borrow an old folk tune and do something with it. Think Woody Guthrie, Bob Dylan.

    • @leonc4657
      @leonc4657 3 роки тому +3

      Lol bullshit. Chuck Berry was robbed by several artist for his art. Beatles were culture vultures

  • @jonas4127
    @jonas4127 3 роки тому +25

    I love how a David Bennett video about the Beatles seems just like a normal David Bennett video

  • @salicemccool9186
    @salicemccool9186 3 роки тому +130

    “Good writers borrow, great writers steal.” - Oscar Wilde

    • @johnmc3862
      @johnmc3862 3 роки тому

      @MichaelKingsfordGray Sure, all intelligent people put their real identities online, dear god.

    • @TAJMofficial
      @TAJMofficial 3 роки тому +4

      Is this a game to see how many famous people we can attribute that quote to

    • @frauleinmona
      @frauleinmona 3 роки тому +1

      Well, that's what they did. *Borrow* . Not *steal* .

    • @BoscoBP
      @BoscoBP 3 роки тому

      @@TAJMofficial what a nice comment... Im gonna go for Picasso?

    • @inmundo6927
      @inmundo6927 3 роки тому

      @@TAJMofficial I think he stole that quote

  • @tangotommi
    @tangotommi Рік тому +2

    Nicely summarized David!
    I struggle with modes in that I have a problem creating the chords to create the tension that will feel good resolving to the root of the mode.
    It’s great watching your analyses. Thanks to Open Ear. It bares the weaknesses so I love being challenged with tonality questions. Have a good holiday season.

  • @alexkaapa
    @alexkaapa 3 роки тому +154

    i never thought i'd say this, but i actually learned lots of new information about the beatles here

    • @DavidBennettPiano
      @DavidBennettPiano  3 роки тому +16

      😁😁

    • @palliaskamen5722
      @palliaskamen5722 3 роки тому +5

      Me too. It got me thinking; my favourite Beatles song is, I Want You (She's So Heavy) Tell me they didn't lift THAT from another musician

    • @pgroove163
      @pgroove163 3 роки тому +4

      @@palliaskamen5722 find out who the musicians were that they lifted riffs or melodies from ..u just might like them just like the Beatles did.

    • @tomasmercado8202
      @tomasmercado8202 3 роки тому +2

      @@pgroove163 yes! That’s really what got me into chuck berry and little richard’s music

    • @pedebe100
      @pedebe100 3 роки тому

      Same

  • @Belgianidiot
    @Belgianidiot 3 роки тому +40

    This would make a fun spotify playlist.

  • @Devan-he4kr
    @Devan-he4kr 3 роки тому +65

    The old guys are a lot more mature about intellectual property. They know it's all borrowed. Today you can get sued for a beat.

    • @nikkothegoblin
      @nikkothegoblin 3 роки тому +1

      Sampling and the legal acceptance of it is going to blow your mind

    • @progrockmorelikefrogc0ck157
      @progrockmorelikefrogc0ck157 3 роки тому

      Yeah but there is something different about coming up with a riff that sounds similar to something and flat out using the same sample

    • @franciscoherrera1219
      @franciscoherrera1219 3 роки тому +1

      Today is when there's nothing original except, original crap.

    • @craigbutterfield592
      @craigbutterfield592 3 роки тому

      @David Wang 4 sharps, ey? I bought the rights to ALL sharps years ago.

  • @CYLITM
    @CYLITM 26 днів тому +1

    11:35 Fun fact: By pure chance, someone recorded the song John's pre-Beatles band played when he met Paul (with an early portable recorder)

  • @reginaldperiwinkle
    @reginaldperiwinkle 3 роки тому +29

    The influence can't be denied in terms of the groove, but Watch Your Step is a pentatonic blues riff and the song follows a standard blues. In contrast, I Feel Fine uses a Mixolydian riff. And then that riff played on G7, D7 and C7 probably creates a bunch of other modes. And then you have a bridge that opens up with a purely major scale, a really clever contrast. The Beatles took the groove of Watch your Step to a different and highly original place.

    • @AustinDunmore
      @AustinDunmore 3 роки тому

      The similarity comes down to the rhythm, and half a bar of melody. If that was grounds for a copyright claim the whole intellectual property rights system would collapse. Bobby Parker is being highly disingenuous here.

    • @terrylodercreative
      @terrylodercreative 3 роки тому

      and when played backwards under the overhead projection of a Pentagram, one can clearly hear Stevie Nicks.

  • @jeff__w
    @jeff__w 3 роки тому +14

    Paul McCartney’s spokesman seems a bit defensive in his response about Nat King Cole’s “Answer Me, My Love.” 8:50 It doesn’t seem at all improbable to me that elements of Cole’s song might have been transfigured unconsciously by McCartney in creating “Yesterday.”

    • @sadlymusic
      @sadlymusic 3 роки тому

      Indipendent by the plagiarism as legal question (here this is evident), "Yesterday" is not a beat song... it comes from the same creative musical matrix by Cole !

    • @ricomajestic
      @ricomajestic 3 роки тому +5

      The only thing thats the same is the word yesterday. The two melodies sound nothing alike.

    • @sadlymusic
      @sadlymusic 3 роки тому

      In the while time of 60y i plaied songs by my own ear (i'm a original composer for pop, progressive-pop, beat, provenzal music, even having dedicated five years of my life quite to write my music in a full time, quite close in myself as isolated from wirld), and i have never listen to one just similar melody as for be "Yesterday", so plagiarizing of the which Cole by origin.
      More, as i already had to comment time ago, the same melody was for "Angelitos Negros" of Antonio Machín singer from '50y in Venezuela, of which version was probability played by Fausto Leali too in the same local of Hamburg where were usual to play The Beatles at their beginnings !
      By the first time i had to listen to this melody by The Beatles, i minded supposing it wasn't by their own creation, so different by the usual beat style !

  • @punkgift
    @punkgift 3 роки тому +39

    I've always thought that My Sweet Lord and He's So Fine sound like Oh Happy Day, which dates back to the 18th century, although the modern arrangement dates from 1967 which is after He's So Fine.

    • @neilafacci5833
      @neilafacci5833 3 роки тому +9

      George said oh happy day influenced his song , not he’s so fine

    • @kevanbrown7620
      @kevanbrown7620 3 роки тому +2

      That's what George was going for, "Oh Happy Day" but he changed it, as he didn't want to copy it, but he ended up changing it so much, it sounded similar to He's So Fine.

  • @T.E.P..
    @T.E.P.. Рік тому +2

    you do an impressive job with your vids .... it's a delight to be subbed. Hope you are having a perfect week! thanks for all the hard work behind these vids

  • @mjcamck
    @mjcamck 3 роки тому +24

    During the Harrison court case, it was, also, pointed out that tunes can imprint in minds subconsciously. George is too talented to have to "steal" anyone else's music. As for RUN FOR YOUR LIFE . . . until, as an adult, I got active in domestic violence prevention, I didn't recognize how horrid these lyrics are although they were NOT meant to be taken literally at the time.

    • @chesterproudfoot9864
      @chesterproudfoot9864 3 роки тому +1

      Yet Harrison did steal music, his album Electronic Sound is just one example. Just because someone is talented does not preclude them from plagiarism.

    • @mjcamck
      @mjcamck 3 роки тому +1

      @@chesterproudfoot9864 - Good AM. I'll acknowledge I never heard "Electric Sound." So, I'll accept your assessment. The point that some legal scholars made during the GH-Chiffons lawsuit was that "plagiarism" requires a conscious intent to steal. (My husband is a trademark & copyright attorney.) A musician turning notes swirling around their SUBconscious into tunes they write is NOT plagiarism. George found it insulting, but turned the episode into a song. I doubt he begrudged The Chiffons who were not nearly as successful, getting a larger piece of the pop music pie. Best Wishes.

    • @chesterproudfoot9864
      @chesterproudfoot9864 3 роки тому +1

      @@mjcamck This Song is a favorite GH tune.

    • @mjcamck
      @mjcamck 3 роки тому +2

      @Critique Everything - You're right. John admitted he had been violent w/ women. He even wrote his regret into "It's Getting Better." The lyrics were, initially, referring to the weather; Paul (the main writer) was inspired during an early Spring morning walk after noticing the warmer temperature. (Temporary stand-in drummer Jimmy Nicole had used the phrase frequently). Later, John added "I used to be cruel to my woman, I beat her & kept her apart from the things that she loved. Man I was mean, but I'm changing my scene." He said his guilt caused him to put more gentleness into both his song lyrics and his behavior. Peace & Love to you.

    • @terrylodercreative
      @terrylodercreative 3 роки тому +3

      Finally, a comment that shows a mature grasp of this type of musical phenomenon. George Harrison's integrity was through the roof. He was gentle, kind, incredibly inventive and skilled. Let both songs be played and enjoyed for what they were meant to be to the listener.

  • @joe47771
    @joe47771 3 роки тому +31

    I agree with Paul about bass lines, just look at drum beats

    • @terrylodercreative
      @terrylodercreative 3 роки тому +5

      12 bar blues, 3 chord progression songs and Straight Rock and Roll all have the same DNA. Even lyrics spin into other songs even though they hover over the one particular passage. The result, a better mouse trap. (It's a metaphor Sluggo).

    • @ianbartle456
      @ianbartle456 3 роки тому +4

      Ha - can you imagine: :You're breathing in exactly the same spot when playing my straight 8ths, ya thieving swine!" That'd be like trying to claim a standard root fifth bass-line in a country progression. Once a bass-line starts to get melodic, it becomes a somewhat different matter. The cat who composed the bass for Billie Jean should have got some money in my view, that line sells the song in a similar way to the way the gtr riff sells Sweet Child O' Mine. Also you're not going to win any friends trying to write new song and totally stealing the bass-line to Come Together. The song may have rested lyrically in part on a old Chuck Berry tune, but Paul and Ringo certainly value-added to that one - they created one of the all-time classic drum and bass combos. George's supportive rhythm part is just that - just colour. The drums and bass carry it.

    • @Kieop
      @Kieop 2 роки тому +1

      @@ianbartle456 Yeah, it's considered a John Lennon classic, but I like to joke that it's a Berry-McCartney-Starkey collaboration.

  • @jeffreyhhatcher3992
    @jeffreyhhatcher3992 3 роки тому +23

    PS: I Saw Her Standing There is pretty much a rewrite of When The Saints Go Marching In.

    • @terrylodercreative
      @terrylodercreative 3 роки тому +1

      It's mystifying to hear people totally miss the point of three chord progression songs and the inevitable circumstance of similar yet distinct work. The cadence of the songs is similar. But denying decades of separation with respect to creative process and this mathematical probability just serve to point out that similarities will happen. The conclusion does not have to be yes or no as to whether one copied the other. Ludicrous reasoning really.

    • @jeffreyhhatcher3992
      @jeffreyhhatcher3992 3 роки тому +2

      @@terrylodercreative You're right; that's what I said :->

  • @carydowney0056
    @carydowney0056 3 роки тому +3

    Fantastic work putting this video together. Comparing and contrasting the sheet music was excellent!

  • @jamiemiddleditch1999
    @jamiemiddleditch1999 3 роки тому +84

    And eventually George Harrison got his hands on the rights to hes so fine. Funny. Pays 1.6million and then eventually buys the song aha. Classic.

    • @deementia6796
      @deementia6796 3 роки тому +14

      He bought the entire publishing company, didn't he? So he ended up with his own money back!

    • @enshen2190
      @enshen2190 3 роки тому +7

      Well well well, how the turn tables

    • @keithkarvelis82
      @keithkarvelis82 3 роки тому +6

      That's a boss move right there lol.

    • @jamesfitzgerald6636
      @jamesfitzgerald6636 3 роки тому +4

      He didn’t, Allan Klein bought the publishing co and George had to pay him over 500,000 dollars the amount Klein paid for the Co

    • @kitemanmusic
      @kitemanmusic 3 роки тому +1

      He liked it so much!

  • @nandohoyer
    @nandohoyer 3 роки тому +40

    I would love to see a Video on Queen!

  • @agreeneish
    @agreeneish 3 роки тому +43

    As a huge Beatle fan I must say damn good stuff sir .. Whatsmore I can't help but think this is the history of the world .. People will always borrow ideas from other people and regurgitate it in their own way .. Usually making it better .. It's like they're saying that's good but I can make it BETTER ..

    • @ianbartle456
      @ianbartle456 3 роки тому

      Isn't there a line on Hey Jude that goes something like that? You are right, and while it's a different field this is also what happens in technical inventions.
      The much-celebrated Apple iPod and iPhone didn't spring fully formed out of a vacuum. Also its probably no accident that the idea of 'inventions' is also a musical concept - it's used in classical music to describe when a composer take a a pre-existing musical idea or theme and then embellishes or develops it into a new composition - an idea not entirely unknown in jazz!

    • @mgtowchampion7961
      @mgtowchampion7961 3 роки тому

      Really ? So what songs or sounds did iron maiden ever steal ? The beatles had no talent.

    • @vrinda5303
      @vrinda5303 3 роки тому

      @@mgtowchampion7961 You have no brain if you think that.

    • @mgtowchampion7961
      @mgtowchampion7961 3 роки тому

      @@vrinda5303 just go away and smoke your drugs.

    • @mgtowchampion7961
      @mgtowchampion7961 3 роки тому +1

      @@vrinda5303 beatles got sued 4 times in court stfu.

  • @bornhuskerfan
    @bornhuskerfan 2 роки тому +6

    Incredibly thorough and well researched video. Great job!

  • @eccentriastes6273
    @eccentriastes6273 3 роки тому +87

    In the Elvis song, the line "I'd rather see you dead, little girl, than to be with another man" is just portrayed as like a romantic thing to say. I feel like John heard that and realized the implications of it are actually really messed up.

    • @Kaddywompous
      @Kaddywompous 3 роки тому +16

      Further, I see nothing wrong with snatching a line like that to comment on it or add a new perspective. It’s like fair use.

    • @graemeross4842
      @graemeross4842 3 роки тому +7

      idk i think the original is dark AF but John real made the line stand out

    • @noahmay7708
      @noahmay7708 3 роки тому +1

      I think it's just some dark comedy

    • @ianbartle456
      @ianbartle456 3 роки тому +8

      I've always read John was a big Elvis fan - so I'm inclined to believe this was a direct, rather than subconscious, lift. I think the dark humour may have appealed to John and what we now know of his flaws and unresolved but growing angst about his own mother relationship, it is sure to have exerted a appeal for him. It's a very out-there cocky thing to assert after all. I agree with Graeme Ross: it is a really dark possessive thing and I'd surely never have considered using it in one of my songs. I doubt Paul would have either!
      I'm quickly reminded of the sunny surface but darker subtext to the line:
      'Every breath you take, I'll be watching you'. In that one, the rather unbalanced nature of the watcher and the watched is underlined and given a level of sinister as soon as you come to the rhyme 'fake'. More of an obsession song than genuine love song. There's not much warm and fuzzy love in Run For Your Life, I think we're probably largely agreed!
      Real Love and especially Woman - well, that's a whole other thing.
      John Lennon was both a complex and deeply talented fella when it came to expressing himself. Very few people like everything he did , but by the same token very few people like nothing he did. He just affected you.

    • @graemeross4842
      @graemeross4842 3 роки тому +1

      it’s weird it’s considered problematic when you think about the stuff rappers say. also who hasn’t figuratively wished something like this, doesn’t mean you really wish someone dead ie “drop dead” John has so many haters

  • @David-ev8jj
    @David-ev8jj 3 роки тому +29

    Harrisons “It’s All Too Much” lifted the lyrics “with your long blonde hair and your eyes of blue” from the song “Sorrow” by the Merseybeats, who also used a riff very similar to the one in “I Should Have Known Better” from A Hard Day’s Night.

    • @proto-geek248
      @proto-geek248 3 роки тому +1

      Surprised that wasn't included

    • @garethb1961
      @garethb1961 3 роки тому +1

      I think that is not disguised. It's almost a sample, not a rip-off. Like Greensleaves in the fade out of All You Need is Love.

    • @David-ev8jj
      @David-ev8jj 3 роки тому +1

      @@garethb1961 Yeah it definitely just a nod to the song, not ripping-off

    • @sammaloney1746
      @sammaloney1746 3 роки тому +1

      @@garethb1961 You mean the fade in right? The fade out is she loves you by the Beatles themselves!

    • @MsAppassionata
      @MsAppassionata 3 роки тому

      I knew about that one. Of course, it was quite a deliberate lift from the original song, but was only done for a small section of Harrison’s recording.

  • @FoiledByFame
    @FoiledByFame 2 роки тому +2

    As someone who has written songs as a hobby for the past 30 years, Every time I'm on to something and realize that I'm coping another artist, I say to myself, "Ah! I'm coping this from "so and so!" We all do it. Influences are powerful; all artists are impressionable; it's how we are wired. In such instances, those of us with integrity ask ourselves, "what is it about this piece of music that is so special?... What are the elements that make it so appealing to me?" And ultimately, how can I use those elements to pay homage to, or present a "tip of the cap" to the artist who inspired it, in a tasteful way without being super obvious and cheesy? You can't just do that ALL the time, but I think every artist is allowed to use some of the same colors and techniques, if there is a reasonable amount of originality and uniqueness in their expression. That's what makes or breaks, (for instance) a good COVER after all.
    I've heard you only need to change a piece of music by 20%, leagally, to avoid copyright issues? It's probably more rewarding to avoid blatantly copying other material all together if possible. (Unless you CAN'T write, and are playing in a cover band, which is also totally fine.) Many people earn a living that way. 👍
    I'm kind of surprised The Beatles did it so often... but I really don't think it hurts their legacy much. They still would have been iconic even without those bits they stole.

  • @honkytonkinson9787
    @honkytonkinson9787 3 роки тому +22

    It’s rare for me to hear something These days that I didn’t know about the Beatles and this video was full of them
    Great video!

  • @greglapointe1311
    @greglapointe1311 3 роки тому +197

    Doesn't change a thing, The Beatles were a great band, very talented, and came along just in time to lead the British Invasion.

    • @pgroove163
      @pgroove163 3 роки тому +7

      completely correct it doesn't change a thing..🕵️.

    • @MrJohnnyDistortion
      @MrJohnnyDistortion 3 роки тому +5

      And they started their invasion from Germany.😃

    • @alejandrolopresti181
      @alejandrolopresti181 3 роки тому +8

      Agreed, if anything they IMPROVED the songs.

    • @uuouuo5480
      @uuouuo5480 3 роки тому +4

      @@MrJohnnyDistortion No, the invasion wasn't started from Germany. Performing in Germany gave the lads the _idea_ to launch an invasion.

    • @MrJohnnyDistortion
      @MrJohnnyDistortion 3 роки тому +1

      @@uuouuo5480
      Oh. They made a good decision regardless.😀

  • @know-it-alltoknow-nothing4150
    @know-it-alltoknow-nothing4150 3 роки тому +9

    0:32 - I've never seen John Lennon happier or more in love with life than this.

  • @corryjookit7818
    @corryjookit7818 2 роки тому +1

    When 12 bar blues are played, I can instantly sing the you the words of about ten different songs. Dizzy Gillespie used to visit Scotland and in company introduced me as his wife. What could I say ? Yes, you guessed right. Acker Bilk tried the same thing. What a carry on it was., but a fantastic time in my life. I met them through my work singing, both were great musicians.

  • @wcrimi
    @wcrimi 3 роки тому +29

    Musicians have been borrowing from each other for many decades. It's also possible that two individuals can come up with a very similar melodies/chords independently.

    • @bluebellbeatnik4945
      @bluebellbeatnik4945 Рік тому

      yeh but most of these are sus and if anyone 'accidentally' lifted a beatles song, they would sue the sh1t out of them, so...

  • @SceneComparisons
    @SceneComparisons 3 роки тому +303

    I see you are using Izotope RX7 to isolate parts of the songs. Well done. Such amazing tool with so many possibilities.

    • @mooghead
      @mooghead 3 роки тому +6

      In 300 years Data from Star Trek will blast out any track from any piece of music ever made from his mouth. Have some patience!

    • @DavidBennettPiano
      @DavidBennettPiano  3 роки тому +69

      I haven't actually used RX7 myself. In this video I either used stems available on UA-cam or, in the case of boosting the bass for "Saw Her Standing There", I used an EQ and then overdubbed my own bass playing! It sounds like a useful tool though so I'll look into it!

    • @SceneComparisons
      @SceneComparisons 3 роки тому +8

      @@DavidBennettPiano you HAVE to use it! It will make your video 100% percent better. It's exactly what you need. Look for the "Music Rebalance" tool.

    • @JohnsysChannel
      @JohnsysChannel 3 роки тому +6

      Izotope literally program witchcraft. It's insane what their stuff can do.

    • @cjay2
      @cjay2 3 роки тому +2

      @@DavidBennettPiano And it will cost you an arm and a leg. $1250USD last time I looked.

  • @Fantumh
    @Fantumh 3 роки тому +44

    The quote from Humphrey Lyttleton is awesome. What a cool guy. Most of these lawsuits, even if they technically have some merit, are nothing more than money grabs.

    • @vdotkog7126
      @vdotkog7126 3 роки тому +5

      Although I liked what he said as well, it does strike me that its because he had stolen before and so it was easy for him to forgive.

    • @sunnydelight5255
      @sunnydelight5255 3 роки тому +4

      Well let’s hope when something is taken from you you keep the same energy and say no merit.

    • @Fantumh
      @Fantumh 3 роки тому +8

      @@sunnydelight5255 What I won't do is sue someone because I'm a greedy asshole who's hoping a court will grant me a settlement. Did you decide to get on youtube and purposely act obtuse just so you can act superior to someone you don't know?

    • @SurferJoe1
      @SurferJoe1 3 роки тому

      Couldn't agree more, a class act. And nothing is really stolen from you if you still have it.

    • @stickman1742
      @stickman1742 3 роки тому +2

      I would say that ALL musicians borrow, steal and copy from others. Some just admit it. If there is an artist out there who claims everything they've done is completely original then they are a liar.

  • @blakesorenson8766
    @blakesorenson8766 3 роки тому +2

    I think the I Feel Fine riff is completely original harmonically, but borrows rhythms from blues songs they liked, definitely by Bobby Parker and those alike. Parker’s riff kinda just tonicizes I while the I Feel Fine riff sets up a simultaneous relationship between I and IV that sounds so original and new to the the standard blues. Not to mention the amazing chorus that strengthens I. The Beatles were so damn genius.

  • @BillGraper
    @BillGraper 3 роки тому +79

    This goes to show, even the GOAT of music had inspirations from artists before them. We're all human. We inspire each other in some way.

    • @kenlieck7756
      @kenlieck7756 3 роки тому +3

      Inspiration vs imitation...

    • @Atlas-Heisenberg_756
      @Atlas-Heisenberg_756 3 роки тому +1

      @@kenlieck7756 Imitation is the highest form of flattery

    • @impacc4182
      @impacc4182 3 роки тому +3

      @@Atlas-Heisenberg_756 not if you don’t credit or pay the people you imitate lol

    • @kenlieck7756
      @kenlieck7756 3 роки тому +5

      @@impacc4182 Flattery was designed as something to distract people from the fact that you're ripping them off!

    • @impacc4182
      @impacc4182 3 роки тому +2

      @@kenlieck7756 exactly

  • @johnyarusso4953
    @johnyarusso4953 3 роки тому +10

    According to McCartney the verses to Hey Jude were directly taken from Save the last dance for me by The Drifters. The chords are identical. Listen when McCartney sings "remember" the verse at exactly the same time the Drifters sing "Don't forget " Very interesting 🤔

    • @Dr0p0fahat
      @Dr0p0fahat 3 роки тому +4

      I made a similar comment. I swear, I didn't plagiarize John Yarusso!

    • @YouTubeallowedmynametobestolen
      @YouTubeallowedmynametobestolen 3 роки тому

      @@Dr0p0fahat No, of course you didn't, Dropofahat. John plagiarized you! You should suit the pants off of him!

  • @nic1922
    @nic1922 3 роки тому +60

    Poor George man. The fact that a lot of today’s hits literally samples old songs, he shouldve never went through that. Imagine if he never got sued and his confidence wasnt shook. He wouldve made more classics. That lawsuit stole songs from us fans that George couldve potentially wrote

    • @tonybates7870
      @tonybates7870 3 роки тому +9

      Yeah, but those songs you're talking about credit the source of the samples. George didn't credit the writers of He's So Fine, probably because he didn't realise what he'd done, and that's why the lawsuit happened.

    • @stevenmaginnis1965
      @stevenmaginnis1965 3 роки тому +2

      He was trying to write a song like "Oh Happy Day" by the Edwin Hawkins Singers.

    • @barnics
      @barnics 3 роки тому +3

      There's a lot more to that story. GH parted ways with his manager before it was resolved, who bought the publishing rights to he's so fine...

    • @mjt11860
      @mjt11860 3 роки тому +1

      I heard or read an interview with Lennon, where he said that George actually knew that he was ripping off that song. They were all not getting along at the time, so who knows whether Lennon was being honest.

    • @graemeross4842
      @graemeross4842 3 роки тому +3

      always thought it was a bit sus he claimed to never have heard the song even though i love George and his song more. It’s good the original writers got credit though

  • @Lea99Jones
    @Lea99Jones 2 роки тому +3

    LOVE that riff in "I Feel Fine!" So did the Beatles, right?

  • @snice.
    @snice. 3 роки тому +36

    It’s so weird that you can accidentally copy in music, but it makes sense. Sometimes when you hear something it sticks with you even when you forget where you heard it from. It happens to me all the time, I’ll have a tune stuck in my head but I won’t remember where it’s from.

    • @amante36
      @amante36 Рік тому

      Lies. Yall say whatever to protect white fragility

    • @snice.
      @snice. Рік тому

      @@amante36 what? I said nothing about race.

    • @amante36
      @amante36 Рік тому

      U didn't have to. We know you people and how yall think.

    • @snice.
      @snice. Рік тому +2

      @@amante36 race has nothing to do with what I said. There is no underlying “it is ok to rip off music from bl@ck people but not from wh1te people.” I know for a fact many artists from that time took ideas from b1@ck musicians. But my comment is only regarding how the mind works and how people can remember certain things but not realize where they are from.

    • @bluebellbeatnik4945
      @bluebellbeatnik4945 Рік тому

      this is why i never release music. i'm scared i've copied someone.

  • @agerray
    @agerray 3 роки тому +11

    I know there are some "Roots of the Beatles" albums but I think a good "win-win" solution would be for the record companies to release a double compilation album - one album of The Beatles and the other of the original artists, who should benefit from the royalites. It would make an interesting project.
    BTW great vid!

  • @jgdegracia
    @jgdegracia 3 роки тому +8

    Yesterday and Answer me my love are two different songs. The similarities pointed out cannot be distinguished by listening to the songs. Try listening to the song. It has also different themes.

    • @vovzburau7142
      @vovzburau7142 3 роки тому +2

      It's ridiculous! The harmony of Yesterday, even if first three notes are alike, makes it totally different - just try to hear, lol.

  • @pebblemusic7430
    @pebblemusic7430 Рік тому +2

    Great video. Very well put together. Good job! Thanks & greets from a snowy Berlin. Chris L

  • @GroinStrain_
    @GroinStrain_ 3 роки тому +9

    If anyone’s ever listened to I’m Sorry I Haven’t a Clue on radio 4, knew Humphrey Lyttelton was an absolute legend. But hearing him talk about not worrying about suing someone for copying a rhythm, just solidifies his legendary status anymore. He was always in life for the enjoyment, not for shallow monetary gains

    • @mochynddu723
      @mochynddu723 3 роки тому

      All respect due The Humph!

    • @jray5363
      @jray5363 2 роки тому

      I’ve never heard of him, but he seemed to understand what music is about! How could you ever be a musician without the influence of others? Take it, make it your own, and let me see where it goes. Not a bad mindset to have. Seems like a cool dude.

    • @Kieop
      @Kieop 2 роки тому

      He would've lost the suit and it would have cost him more than it was worth. Lady Madonna is a variation in the style of Bad Penny Blues. They sound similar, but they are legally different.

  • @TheHarrip
    @TheHarrip 3 роки тому +123

    Noel Gallagher enters the chat and just smirks ☺️
    "If it was easy you'd all do it."

    • @jimilove7773
      @jimilove7773 3 роки тому

      Noel!

    • @MrThedonhead
      @MrThedonhead 3 роки тому +1

      He steals only the same as all the rest only he talks about it all the time. Dylan, Young, Thom Yorke and Chris Martin are just if not as bad.

    • @williamjordan5554
      @williamjordan5554 3 роки тому +2

      He sucks.

    • @Mgray345
      @Mgray345 3 роки тому

      Amazing 😂

    • @jasonlefler3456
      @jasonlefler3456 3 роки тому

      @@MrThedonhead Creep steals from...dammit...I suddenly can’t recall the title.
      Is it The Air I Breathe by The Hollies?

  • @stevena2553
    @stevena2553 3 роки тому +17

    Humphrey Lyttelton was a great man and his quote in this informative vid was very true to his character.

  • @billmercer1229
    @billmercer1229 3 роки тому +2

    Has anyone ever noticed the beginning of “Get Back” and the beginning of “Crazy Arms”by Ray Price ?
    “ Jojo was a man who thought he was a loner “ and “ Now blue ain’t the word for the way that I feel “. Same melody.

  • @artemlyubchenko3022
    @artemlyubchenko3022 3 роки тому +5

    Hi, David, what notation software are you using? Love your videos.

    • @DavidBennettPiano
      @DavidBennettPiano  3 роки тому +5

      Thanks! I use MuseScore - it’s free so try it out 👍🏼😃

  • @pbwauthor
    @pbwauthor 3 роки тому +105

    Well made enjoyable video that simply shows how astonishing the Lennon McCartney genius duo was - they wrote scores of songs and these tiny similarities were all that could be linked to so many pieces of music they wrote. If you look at the great genius Mozart, you'll find a lot of pinched ideas written originally by Haydn who got ideas from Bach - so what? Music is an art that is developed by each new generation of artists.

    • @wokvonrockstein
      @wokvonrockstein 2 роки тому

      Like the Tiny similarities between white skin and pink.

    • @pbwauthor
      @pbwauthor 2 роки тому +8

      @@wokvonrockstein wat ru talking about?

    • @amante36
      @amante36 Рік тому

      U only saying that cuz they white and stole from black musicians so it doesn't matter. Typical of you people

    • @guillaumerusengo9371
      @guillaumerusengo9371 Рік тому

      Tiny! Huh?🤔

    • @dodgeramsport01
      @dodgeramsport01 Рік тому +1

      Dude, do some research. They weren't geniuses. Hell, they didn't even write songs. There was a group of people doing it for them! They are known as the Prefab four!

  • @johnstapleton3917
    @johnstapleton3917 3 роки тому +15

    I love how broad their influences are

  • @magicmusic8
    @magicmusic8 3 роки тому +10

    So to clarify; in the Beatles 8 years of teenage metamorphism to adults; maintaining & freely expressing creativity, fun, passion, love, peace, anger, sorrow, dreams, nostalgia, spirituality,. humanity... all through inspirational music x 205 songs; 10 songs listed sound & were probably inspired by other great music, tunes, riffs & songs.

    • @davefudurich4135
      @davefudurich4135 3 роки тому

      @magicmusic8, this is why the music today 1/7/2022 sucks,reminds me of the /50's before Elvis. sad but true.

  • @RichardBaroneOfficial
    @RichardBaroneOfficial 3 роки тому +7

    The producer of "My Sweet Lord," Phil Spector, would have absolutely been familiar with "He's So Fine" and should have warned George that there could be a problem. I always wondered why he didn't mention it. Instead of fighting it, too bad George wasn't able to do a settlement similar to what John did with "You Can't Catch Me," by promising to record one or two songs from the publisher of "He's So Fine" (though obviously not *that* song) on his next solo album(s). It would have saved dear George so much of his precious time, all that money, and would have spared him the aggravation. Excellent program, by the way. I thoroughly enjoyed it! Thank you!

    • @terrylodercreative
      @terrylodercreative 3 роки тому +2

      Because, as we would come to learn, Phil was an unprincipled, nerdy, sniveling and murderous user.

    • @Johnhr10
      @Johnhr10 3 роки тому +1

      George stated in court that Spector told him he could use the melody. More importantly, the judge ruled that only a run of three notes violated copyright. More importantly, My Sweet Lord is an incredibly produced beautiful song that was the number one record worldwide the year it was released. He's So Fine never ever came close to that popularity.

  • @clouseaux
    @clouseaux 3 роки тому +7

    @7:40 love that Paul is casually piloting an olde timey tugboat and that's just the way it is

    • @ewest14
      @ewest14 3 роки тому

      Every time Paul's doing a documentary interview, he's always driving, piloting, or walking somewhere. I find it hilarious. Like in that documentary, the other Beatles were just sitting in their houses or a studio, and then there's Paul piloting a boat.

    • @Londoneye57
      @Londoneye57 3 роки тому

      @@ewest14 - and your point?

    • @ewest14
      @ewest14 3 роки тому +1

      @@Londoneye57 I was agreeing that I love and find it funny when Paul is moving or doing something when giving documentary interviews. What's your problem?

  • @JohnNiemsMusic
    @JohnNiemsMusic 3 роки тому +22

    When I heard MY SWEET LORD the first time I was singing HE'S SO FINE with it! I find it hard to believe that George never heard HE'S SO FINE but then his new song THIS SONG kicked the whole LAWSUIT out the door! He showed class doing that!

    • @kitemanmusic
      @kitemanmusic 3 роки тому +1

      Like George Michael and the 'Toilet Song'

    • @roberthowes5838
      @roberthowes5838 3 роки тому

      Yeah but what's the better record? Come on!

    • @vernpascal1531
      @vernpascal1531 3 роки тому +4

      @@roberthowes5838 My Sweet Lord is great and that was a stupid lawsuit. If that was enforced you would have to sue the hell out of damn near every country and blues artist.

  • @GusCodella
    @GusCodella 2 роки тому +2

    Thank you David, great job as always!
    Regarding "Yesterday", in addition to the resemblance to "Answer me, my love", there are those who say that the musical structure of "Yesterday" has a certain resemblance to the romantic Mexican song "Bésame Mucho" (1932) by Consuelo Velázquez, which - they say - was inspired by an aria from Enrique Granados' "Suite Goyescas", known as "La Maja y el Ruiseñor" (c.1910) (a certain passage, around minute 3).
    The Beatles used to play a funny version of "Bésame Mucho" sung by Paul in their early performances (before they were famous) as part of their repertoire, so there's a chance that some of that composition may have stuck in Paul's head, and then eventually morphed into "Yesterday".
    What do you think?

  • @ronsandahl274
    @ronsandahl274 3 роки тому +8

    You missed that the Beatles also used that same riff from Watch Your Step as the basis for the bass line of Day Tripper. Day Tripper then was the basis for The Damned's Life Goes on, which then was the basis for Killing Joke's Eighties, which was eventually the basis for Nirvana's Come As You Are.

    • @terrylodercreative
      @terrylodercreative 3 роки тому +1

      Zackly... It's called synergy, inspiration, genre music and a lot of other things. Try listening to most Country songs and figuring out how they're so similar they even rip of lines about trucks, tight jeans, whiskey, beer, boots and others. It's easy to hate the obvious ones. But if people love the songs, I just say...... yeah well I'm fine with that.

  • @NonsuchWorks
    @NonsuchWorks 3 роки тому +6

    Since solo tracks seem to be fair game, Lennon admitted that the opening of "Instant Karma!" is taken from the opening of one of the Beatles' favorite songs, Richie Barrett's "Some Other Guy."

  • @villevmakela
    @villevmakela 3 роки тому +13

    Hi! I would really like to see you do on video on Beatles' outros. That's one thing among others they really mastered and pioneered. Genial stuff.

  • @rain_down_
    @rain_down_ 3 роки тому +2

    Fascinating, and so much there I didn't know about. Given all the famous Beatles' songs they still created the vast majority of their music themselves - most of their very best work isn't mentioned here.

  • @gumbycat5226
    @gumbycat5226 3 роки тому +9

    George's claim re He's So Fine is impossible to credit due to the Beatles' encyclopaedic knowledge of pop songs. You hardly have to search - 4 weeks at the top of the US charts in 1963. John dismissed his claim with a withering, "what do you expect" in his 1980 Playboy interview.
    Another Beatles song whose main idea is ripped off is She's A Woman. John came up with the idea of the stabbing guitar and indeed the very chord progression in the studio but it is a perfect copy of Sugar Bee. This stabbing guitar then features in about a half-dozen other Beatles songs (slightly modified) all the way to Help!

    • @terrylodercreative
      @terrylodercreative 3 роки тому

      Well yeah doc. It's 12 bar blues and a bridge. Accents are just that - accents. That particular one which hits on 2 and 4 is used in a couple thousand other ways.