Talk:My Sweet Lord

Vaisnava prayers section

The whole "Vaisnava prayers" section is completely superfluous. Aside from maybe the first couple sentences, it shouldn't be in this article. It completely detracts from anything having to do with the song and goes off about various Hindu chants. Don't wanna edit it, but somebody should. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.36.123.153 (talk) 22:47, 29 September 2008 (UTC)

Release date

Evidently January 1971, must refer to England, because here in the U.S. this single was released In Novemebr 1970. It was number one by Christmas 1970. -- Tom A. Roberts

Clapton on guitar?

A new addition to the article says Clapton played guitar. I know he played on the album but was he on this song? Sounds like George's lead (stylistically), and acoustics, to me. I don't have my CD with me so I can't check the sleeve notes. Anyone? --kingboyk 15:33, 2 March 2006 (UTC)

[1] says it's true, but I'll reword it to remove the, er, humour, I suppose you'd call it. At a push. --Cherry blossom tree 22:56, 2 March 2006 (UTC)

It's still bothering me. Clapton may have played on the track, but it's not one of his famous contributions. Why is it in the first line of the intro? Why are the other session musicians not listed? The emphasis on Clapton makes it seem that it was a Harrison/Clapton collaboration, but as far as I know he was just a (very famous and highly esteemed) session guy. --kingboyk 19:42, 6 March 2006 (UTC)

Clapton may be on guitar. He did do some takes on the song, but I don't know whether these were used or not. --Tom A. Roberts

WikiProject:The Beatles

Added info box and a cover image.--Dakota ~ ° 06:23, 6 March 2006 (UTC)

Did some expansion concerning the suit and royalties on adopted article.--Dakota ~ ° 02:46, 10 March 2006 (UTC)

This is the "First Beatles single to #1 on both sides of the Atlantic" ??

Is that correct? It sounds wrong somehow. Could it be first POST Beatles single by a Beatle to hit #1 ? The Beatles had a LOT of #1s I thought... See 20_Greatest_Hits and 1 (album) all hits that hit #1 somewhere. (but maybe?? none that were both?) There is another source for this data but I can't think of the article title off hand. Nice work on the cleanup overall! ++Lar: t/c 06:24, 10 March 2006 (UTC)

It was wrong. You are right (first post breakup single by a Beatle is right). I reworded it. Harrison was an interesting person.--Dakota ~ ° 07:39, 10 March 2006 (UTC)

cryptomnesia as replacement for "unintentionally plagiarized"

cryptomnesia seems like it's not necessarily the only replacement for unintentionally plagiarized.. (ised) so I suggest we consider not using the term unless we have a cite that it was that specific condition that caused the issue. ++Lar: t/c 10:44, 20 March 2006 (UTC)

You beat me to it Lar. It's a lovely word (a new one for me), and if that's what happened, great. However, I've only ever heard it referred to as "unconscious plagiarism". It might have been cryptomnesia, or it might have been that by sheer coincidence he wrote the same melody. I don't know which it was. --kingboyk 10:47, 20 March 2006 (UTC)

It's actually quite relevant to Yesterday (song), which was in fact a McCartney original but it came to him in his sleep and he didn't know if it was someone else's tune or not :) --kingboyk 10:50, 20 March 2006 (UTC)

Sections tag

Right after I added a bit of length to this article, someone added a tag saying it needs to be divided into sections. I actually thought of that as I was adding the material, but now that I look at the article again, I am not sure how you would do it. You could have two sections (after the first paragraph), and the second section could be called "Legal Controversy" but I am not sure what the first section would be called. If you try to divide the information after the first paragraph but before the lawsuit information into more than one additional section (for a total of three or more), some of the sections would be only a few lines long, and would look silly. It might be better to leave it as it is. 6SJ7 00:42, 4 July 2006 (UTC)

Trivia

The songs riff was used in the Oasis Song Supersonic. This sounds like original reasearch, and if there is no citation added it should be deleted.

origins

I've heard that GH composed the tune by inverting some other song, i.e. flipping high and low notes, and of course backed into "He's So Fine" by bad luck. Anyone know what that song was (assuming it's true)? Seems to me that belongs in the article. —Tamfang 06:53, 2 August 2007 (UTC)

The song was "Oh Happy Day", a Christian song that's in the public domain. Doc Strange (talk) 01:54, 19 February 2008 (UTC)

B-class

I have reviewed this article and think that it deserves a B-class. If it had a bit more information, and a lot more references, it could be a GA. egde 17:11, 12 May 2007 (UTC)

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Other Versions

• Rilo Kiley's song "Silver Lining" has a guitar riff which is structurally similar to "My Sweet Lord".

Shouldn't this read "Rilo Kiley's song "Silver Lining" has a guitar riff which is structurally similar to "He's So Fine"? Just curious. --- It doesn't stick. (talk) 04:45, 17 July 2008 (UTC)

• Les Fradkin (Record Producer, guitarist and former original cast member of Beatlemania (musical)) has a cover version of "My Sweet Lord" featuring a guest appearance from Richie Furay (of Buffalo Springfield, Poco and the Souther-Hillman-Furay Band) and Lon Van Eaton (former Apple Records recording artist). It has sold particularly well as an Apple iTunes single and has helped establish Fradkin as a prime exponent of Beatles cover material in the modern era.

I find the last line somehow out of place, weasel words? Regards, Oscar (192.94.94.106 (talk) 21:46, 9 January 2009 (UTC))

Agree. It's unsourced, POV, and reads like an advert. Removed. Ward3001 (talk) 21:51, 9 January 2009 (UTC)

All about Krishna?

"The song is primarily about Hindu God Krishna."

I find this statement overly simplified, offensive, and incorrect, and the citation for it is notably biased. The song does include parts of a Hare Krishna mantra, but it also includes the word "hallelujah" which is a Christian reference. Harrison was a proponent of the belief in religious unity, and that Krishna and God were aspects of the same entity.

Note the following passage from http://www.songfacts.com/detail.php?id=1172 that refers to this (I haven't tracked down the original source).

'Harrison wrote this about the Eastern religions he was studying. The lyrics contain references to the Hare Krishna faith, with some of their mantra written into the lyrics. Harrison said he was pointing out that "Hallelujah and Hare Krishna are quite the same thing."'

The claim as it currently stands is misleading.

--Doc (talk) 15:32, 26 April 2010 (UTC)

It's a well-known fact that Harrison sings about Krishna in this song. [2] Here's the full quote from Harrison's interview:

Well, first of all «Hallelujah» is a joyous expression the Christians have, but «Hare Krishna» has a mystical side to it. It’s more than just glorifying God; it’s asking to become His servant. And because of the way the mantra is put together, with the mystic spiritual energy contained in those syllables, it’s much closer to God than the way Christianity currently seems to be representing Him…My idea in "My Sweet Lord", because it sounded like a "pop song, " was to sneak up on them a bit. The point was to have the people not offended by "Hallelujah, " and by the time it gets to "Hare Krishna, " they’re already hooked, and their foot’s tapping, and they’re already singing along «Hallelujah», to kind of lull them into a sense of false security. And then suddenly it turns into "Hare Krishna, " and they will all be singing that before they know what’s happened, and they will think, «Hey, I thought I wasn’t supposed to like Hare Krishna!»…It was just a little trick really. And it didn’t offend. For some reason I never got any offensive feedback from Christians…

--Gaura79 (talk) 17:03, 26 April 2010 (UTC)

Well, you're getting feedback from this one. Why worship any other God than Jehovah? He is the all powerful God. This has really unimpressed me. I thought George was holy! But he was a Hindu. :( Benjamin908 (talk) 22:08, 20 December 2011 (UTC)

To a Vaishnava, Krishna and the God of the Christians are one and the same. So My Sweet Lord is about Krishna, but also about Allah, Jehovah, Rama, etc. He believed in religious unity, as you say, but believed Krishna to be the original and most special form of God. Jonchapple (talk) 13:02, 29 November 2010 (UTC)