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"It started in
'73 with Phil and fell apart. I ended up as part of mad,
drunk scenes in Los Angeles and I finally finished it off on
me own. I can't begin to say, it's just barmy , there's a
jinx on that album." -John Lennon
On September 26, 1969, Apple Records issued Abbey Road, the
last and most popular album the Beatles recorded. The LP
opens with Come Together, a Lennon-McCartney composition
that was actually written entirely by John. The first line,
"Here come old flat top, he come grooving up slowly" is
suspiciously close to, "Here come old flat top, he was
grooving up with me," a lyric from the 1956 Chuck Berry
single, You Can 't Catch Me. John admitted being influenced
by Berry while writing Come Together but denied plagiarizing
his work. Nevertheless, Morris Levy, president of Roulette
Records and the head of Big Seven Music Corporation (publishers
of You Can't Catch Me), filed suit against John for
copyright infringement. As with most legal action, the case
took years to come to trial and months to settle. (www.bootlegzone.com) |
