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I still have it very difficult about the Chiffons He's so Fine and Harissons My Sweet Lord"
You can hear some "similarity" but a 100% plagiarism?
Didn't they suit George because of his fame? or does anyone here agrees, or disagrees? There are probably thousands of songs like this.
The Doors: Hello, I love you versus The Kinks: all day and all night.
If you base yourself on the fact that the most used chords are A B C D E F G , it sounds logic that a lot of songs are similar.
I even have all The Fleetwood Mac songs, and one of their songs, has an identical intro as the track before. For me it was confusing, I was thinking that I recorded the same song twice.
PURE HYPOTHETICAL: You write a song, but you have a signed contract with a Label, but you change label 1 week later, and the first song composed while you have a new contract with a new label, is almost exactly the same as the song before, ARE YOU FACING LAWSUITS?

About music and lyrics: WHAT HAPPENS WHEN HEARING A SONG FOR THE FIRST TIME: Do you just listen to the music, and not to the lyrics, or do you start with the lyrics.

I have an almost identical theory. When "boy meets girl, or girl meets boy" I think that everyone of us starts to look ONLY to the body of a nice human being, and not at all, because a lot of people still tell that the looks are not important. Bull***, if I see a beautiful girl, ... I see... BEAUTIFUL.., just this phrase tells me a lot. You always start with what you see, and later on you start to explore (lyrics) and (in a man's case) the innerside. That can be sometimes VERY disappointing. What I mean is when you hear a song: the melody is the most important part, but after hearing that song 3 times, and with (baby) lyrics, yo start to dislike that song.
I agree that in a lot of cases, see early pink floyd we have to listen more than once, before appreciating the song.

There has to be a lot of "tribute bands" but were can you draw a line, and does anybody has an idea of them. I heard that some of them are better than the original, and which group is most used, as example to start a tribute band, like the Beatles, like Abba ( a nice name for a tribute band should be Baba.

COMPARE/
VENTURES VERSUS SHADOWS
They were, are both great, and shadows. The original members were founder Ken Pavey , Terry Smart on drums , Norman Mitham on guitar , Ian Samwell on guitar and Harry Webb (= Cliff Richard) on guitar and vocals. They called themselves the drifters, but in the USA, was a group with the same name. For a short period : Cliff Richard and the drifters. Changing members: hank marvin (lead) and bruce welch (rhythm guitar). They performed a long time without bass player, until the change of the line up, Samwell: bass.
Here in Europe they had a huge success as Cliff Richards band & as band alone.

The "tribute bands" in Europe: impossible to count. My best friends plays bass in such a band, sometimes they have a gig, and the lead guitar, played by an aquantance is almost exactly kike they played.
He even has the "Burns" like Hank Marvin played (special, & expensive serie) and the fender stratocaster too. Don't ask him to play another NON SHADOWS song, because he is lost.
About the ventures, I just know that they are "ANOTHER SEATTLE band", sold over 110 million albums, but were not really "that" popular in the USA, but big in Europe, and in Japan.Who knows more about this groups.

I own a Martin, electro-acoustic, sounds great, but I own also very high priced guitars without electronics. I do have a 2 mics, and an acoustic amp and placing these mics in front of a guitar, trying to avoid "feedback". I am just afraid to put preamps in it, destroying in a way of speaking my instrument.

I feel really sorry for him, he never had the opportunity to be and act as a child, because of the fact that he performed when he was almost a baby.
One thing I can't understand is, being the owner of the songs of the Beatles (I think he sold them back) that every time they plaid yesterday: $$$$$$, in fact if you are able to write a song, selling millions of copies AND WITH A DECENT CONTRACT, a thing that we, getting a lot older, would subscribe knowing exactly how, is almost impossible when young, 20 years, BLINDED by SUCCESS, they just sign to earn fast $$$.
- How is it possible that he could purchase those rights?
- He is still a child, and will always be, and contact with other kids is a very normal thing when you ARE a kid.
- The fact that he, considered once as the richest artist on earth, lost so much money. SHARKS, EMPLOYEES KISSING HIS FEET (but CERTAINLY NOT FOR FREE) all the money he paid to avoid law suits?? I think if as parent you just mentioned that your son stayed with Michael, they want his money so bad, that it makes me sick.
Guikty or not: situations like this makes me sick, when I see how greedy people are.
I love money, who doesn't, but I am maybe a curiosity, having a few relations with billionaire girls, and when I knew it I broke the relation because I don't want to be owned by... Sometimes I regret a relation, she was so beautiful, sweet, but addicted very bad to alcohol. I am just writing stuff not belonging here, I just wanted to tell, using myself, how most of the people are.
And once the $$$ source is dry, they start writing about their experiences.