I mentioned recently, in a roundabout way, that the Beach Boys ripped off Chuck Berry one time. Did you know that The Beatles did, too? No, I’m not talking about “Back in the USSR.” That was more of a Beach Boys parody. Or homage. No, it wasn’t a McCartney tune that caught Chuck Berry’s lawyer’s ear. It was a Lennon song, “Come Together.”
How did that lawsuit end up? Well, they settled out of court.
How big were the Beatles? The settlement was that Lennon had to record more of songs owned by the copyright owner of “You Can’t Catch Me.” Lennon recorded “You Can’t Catch Me” and “Ya-Ya,” which wasn’t a Chuck Berry song but was owned by the same copyright owner, as well as “Sweet little Sixteen.” They appeared on Lennon’s “Rock ‘N’ Roll” album.
So, what would you like to talk about? It’s Saturday Night Open Thread. That means you control the topic of the conversation.
What’s on your mind?
Just think of all the times Buddy Holly got ripped off by other artists.
Beatles ftw
Another favorite is Rush. Too rock to be progressive and too progressive to be rock.
I’ve heard that.
And, in a 100% predictable Lennonesque response, you can hear him on the “Rock and Roll” album do a token verse-and-a-half of “Ya-Ya” on the “Rock ‘N’ Roll” album, and close with “All right, that gets that outta the way.”
So, to switch, now, to Simon and Guevarafunkel…
H2B lovers, we’ll marry our fortunes together
I’ve got some real estate — here is my swag
”So we bought a pack of immigrants
And Mr. Sanders’ lies
And walked off to transform America
“Commie,” I said, as we smuggled ingrates bound for Pittsburgh
“Michigan seems like the Middle East now”
It took them four days to hitchhike to Saginaw
They’ve all come to transform America
Latins on the bus
Playing games with the feces
She said the man in the class-action suit was from ICE
ICE said “Be careful, his pool boy is really in camera”
Toss me an immigrant
I think there’s one in my wainscoting
Deported the last one an hour ago
So I looked at the scenery, a Che Guevera magazine
And Dem moans rose over an open field
McCarthy had lost, I said, though I knew he was sleeping.
We’re empty and aching, deny, don’t know why
Counting Green Cards on the New Jersey Turnpike
They’ve all come to transform America
All come to transform America
All come to transform America
To hell with tuna…I want Scotch!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0UAVX9kmKvQ
Charles Schwab, founder of the brokerage firm that bears his name, was born July 29, 1937, in Sacramento, California.