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"Sue Me, Sue You Blues" is a song written by English musician George Harrison, released on his 1973 album ''Living in the Material World''. Harrison initially let American guitarist Jesse Ed Davis record it for the latter's ''Ululu'' album (1972), in gratitude to Davis for his participation in the Concert for Bangladesh. When writing the song, Harrison drew inspiration from the legal issues surrounding the Beatles during the early months of 1971, particularly the lawsuit that Paul McCartney initiated in an effort to dissolve the band's business partnership, Apple Corps. The inclusion of "Sue Me, Sue You Blues" on ''Material World'' marked a rare example of a secular composition on Harrison's most spiritually oriented album. Recorded at the Beatles' Apple Studio in London, the track features his extensive use of the dobro-style resonator guitar, as well as musical contributions from Gary Wright, Nicky Hopkins, Klaus Voormann and Jim Keltner. The song's musical mood and lyric recall aspects of old English square dance, a quality that some writers identify as mirroring the changing of sides amid the lawsuits relating to the Beatles' break-up. Some critics have compared the track with John Lennon's "How Do You Sleep?"; Stephen Holden of ''Rolling Stone'' magazine described it as a "clever Lennonist diatribe".〔 Harrison performed "Sue Me, Sue You Blues" throughout his 1974 North American tour, utilising a funk-inspired arrangement that featured musicians Willie Weeks, Andy Newmark and Tom Scott. For these performances, Harrison modified the lyrics to reflect the former Beatles uniting against manager Allen Klein. The song's title was a phrase that Harrison and commentators adopted when referring to Beatles-related legal issues during the 1970s. A film clip containing Harrison's 1971 demo of "Sue Me, Sue You Blues" appeared on the DVD accompanying the 2006 remaster of ''Living in the Material World''. ==Background and composition== As third songwriter to Lennon and McCartney,〔Tillery, p. 87.〕 George Harrison had written about his experiences regarding the disharmonious atmosphere within the Beatles during the late 1960s,〔The Editors of ''Rolling Stone'', pp. 40, 180.〕 in compositions such as "Not Guilty",〔Clayson, p. 253.〕 "I Me Mine",〔Greene, p. 115.〕 "Wah-Wah"〔Leng, pp. 85–86.〕 and "Run of the Mill".〔Allison, p. 153.〕 The latter two songs, which reflect on the failing friendships among the Beatles,〔Inglis, pp. 25, 27.〕 appeared on Harrison's critically acclaimed triple album ''All Things Must Pass'', released in November 1970,〔Schaffner, pp. 142, 209.〕 seven months after Paul McCartney's departure had initiated the band's break-up.〔Tillery, pp. 85, 90, 161.〕 On 31 December of that year, McCartney filed suit against Apple Corps and his former bandmates at London's High Court of Justice,〔Doggett, pp. 153–54.〕 in an effort to free himself from the legal obligations imposed on him by the Beatles' partnership,〔Schaffner, p. 136.〕 and particularly from manager Allen Klein.〔Sounes, pp. 275–76.〕〔Woffinden, p. 43.〕 Author Robert Rodriguez describes the situation as an "unfathomably sour turn of events" that "mystified" the public and angered fans of the Beatles.〔Rodriguez, p. 6.〕 Beginning on 19 February 1971, the court heard reports from Harrison, John Lennon and Ringo Starr of McCartney's attempts to control the band,〔Badman, pp. 27–28, 30.〕 and McCartney's equally unflattering assessment of Klein.〔Doggett, pp. 155–56, 157–58.〕 Although the other three former Beatles had presented a united front against McCartney since his April 1970 departure from the band,〔Hertsgaard, p. 309.〕 the recent publication of Lennon's scathing comments to ''Rolling Stone'' editor Jann Wenner, about McCartney, Harrison and Starr, added to the ill-feeling surrounding the group.〔Rodriguez, pp. 3, 6, 24, 28.〕 On 12 March, High Court judge Mr Justice Stamp ruled in McCartney's favour,〔Sounes, p. 279.〕 appointing London accountant James Spooner as Apple Corps' official receiver.〔Doggett, pp. 162–63.〕 While Lennon reportedly unleashed his anger that day by throwing two bricks through the windows of McCartney's St John's Wood home,〔Badman, p. 32.〕 Harrison channelled his frustration into a new composition, "Sue Me, Sue You Blues".〔Leng, pp. 126–27.〕〔Doggett, p. 157.〕 Harrison biographer Simon Leng suggests that the song "takes a nearly impersonal overview of the Beatles' self-infliced legal wounds".〔Leng, p. 127.〕 In his 1980 autobiography, ''I, Me, Mine'', Harrison describes the opening verse as being "vaguely based on the Square dance type of fiddle lyric":〔 In Leng's opinion, the song's lyrics "revel in the certainty that lawyers are an easy target for general scorn and a quick way of securing a common denominator".〔 During the second verse, the line "''It's affidavit swearing time''" reflects real-life events – whereby Harrison, Lennon and Starr all submitted their statements to the court via affidavit〔Badman, pp. 27–28.〕 – before Harrison concludes: "''Now all that's left is to find yourself a new band.''"〔 In the third verse, Harrison predicts the eventual outcome of the lawsuit:〔 Author Ian Inglis identifies Harrison's use of the plural form "''we''" in the lyric as evidence of his hope for "a shared and sensible outcome" for the former Beatles, since the situation "disadvantages them all".〔 While Harrison biographer Dale Allison interprets a degree of animosity towards the other Beatles in the song's lyrics,〔Allison, p. 112.〕 Leng argues that they are directed solely at the legal profession.〔 Inglis similarly dismisses the idea that Harrison was targeting his former bandmates; instead, the song expresses "frustration rather than hostility" and addresses the "absurdity" of the situation.〔Inglis, p. 39.〕 Inglis writes of "Sue Me, Sue You Blues": "It makes clear that amid the legal arguments, financial requirements, and technical language ... there are four former friends who are powerless to control events."〔 Regarding the song's square-dance theme, Leng suggests that folk dancing's cycle of about-turns and to-and-fro movement reminded Harrison of the Beatles' "seemingly endless, and pointless, legal orbits around one another".〔 The song's lyrics are set against a blues-based bottleneck riff,〔Woffinden, p. 70.〕 typical of Harrison's work at the time with the dobro.〔Leng, p. 108.〕 Played in his favoured open E tuning,〔Spizer, p. 254.〕 "Sue Me, Sue You Blues" was one of a number of bottleneck-inspired Harrison compositions from the early 1970s.〔Harrison, p. 234.〕 The song title soon became part of regular Harrison parlance, as evidenced by his appearance on ''The Dick Cavett Show'' in November 1971,〔Rodriguez, p. 321.〕 when he used the phrase to goad Capitol Records boss Bhaskar Menon over delaying the release of the ''Concert for Bangladesh'' live album.〔Badman, p. 55.〕 Commentators similarly adopted "sue me, sue you blues" as a description for the litigation surrounding Harrison and his fellow ex-Beatles throughout the 1970s.〔Schaffner, p. 191.〕〔Woffinden, p. 44.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Sue Me, Sue You Blues」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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