I loved your excitement, appreciation, and descriptive language on the different aspects of this one. As you noted, the entire song has a fast driving energy. I love your take on the guitar riff, and your appreciation for the strong drums and lively bass, along with your take on the lyrics which I think does have some parallels to their early career when they were willing to do whatever the publishers wanted. As they became successful they were able to call the shots, not as obligated to do what the record execs wanted them to do. There is a lot to like in this song, including the multiple voice parts and harmonies that you noticed. Great song and great reaction!
I feel a lot of joy from you, Amy, in your response to this song. I so enjoy seeing you begin to compare and contrast bands and styles and the timelines where their musics intersect.
This is one of my favourite songs by The Beatles. There was a lot of music in the first half of the Sixties that sounded similar as everyone rushed to get on the Pop bandwagon, Paperback Writer was such a departure from everything else. It's such a tight-sounding song, the timing of everyone is spot on, in later albums the songs could sound rather loose.
My mum worked at Philip Son & Nephew for a couple of years. The rear entrance was Close to Mathew Street, location of the Cavern Club where the Beatles regularly performed.
I always liked this one too. It is perfect mid-period Beatles with some of their early energy and some of their later psychedelia and a heavy driving bass beat. And the lyrics are quirky and funny!
John wrote those background vocal harmonies. According to one or the other, either George or Paul pointed out, "We can't do that, it's Frère Jacques!" John replied, "No it's not . . just sing it," So when they recorded it George and Paul winked at one another and literally sang Frère Jacques. Once the mix was completed and this was recognized, they all decided to leave it. A little levity left in to generate many future smiles.
Wow. I've heard this song countless times and never noticed the "Fere Jacques" lyrical harmony in the background, and you discovered it on your first listen!
I remember a bit about Paul coming into the session excited that he had "the next single". He had the riff too. I don't think he offered the riff to George. It was his answer to John's Day Tripper.
It is mainly a McCartney composition. From wikipedia: Lennon told Hit Parader in 1972 that "Paperback Writer" was primarily written by McCartney: "I think I might have helped with some of the lyrics. Yes, I did. But it was mainly Paul's tune." Speaking in 1980, Lennon described "Paperback Writer" as "son of 'Day Tripper' - meaning a rock'n'roll song with a guitar lick on a fuzzy, loud guitar - but it is Paul's song".
@@fredrichenderson5551 No actually that's a fact. Daytripper was written by Lennon but he let McCartney sing lead. Look it up. It's typical Lennon lyrics anyway.
These are beautiful lyrics, in which they apparently talk about themselves with a touch of humor (Amy has spotted it) about the Beatles as pop musicians, and John as a writer. The "trigger" guitar riff is awesome, a precursor to hard rock (I always hear AC/DC in it). And the beautiful vocal harmonies are set to a psychedelic baroque canon. One of my favorite songs, a capsule of immediate and colorful energy, the perfect union between simplicity and complexity, each in its place, as Amy points out, in a very easy and fluid listening, a lot of fun.
Wow, I had never made the connection between "Paperback Rider" and "I Want to Tell You" before, but now that you mention it, I can see the similarity in the guitar.
I'd never made the connection either but it's even more than just the guitar riff -- the big event in both songs is this wonderful sunburst of layered harmonies that then get countered by this almost snarky, cutting guitar part. I'm willing to bet that George's song had a strong influence on Paul when he wrote "Paperback Writer".
This was the single which changed my opinion of The Beatles. Up to this point they were OK but no more. I think I agreed with Aunty Lil (although I didn't know that at the time 😀). The Kinks had released the witty "Dedicated Follower Of Fashion" earlier in the year and The Who had "Substitute" but The Beatles still had moon-June lyrics. Then they released this!! [Amy does a great analysis so I won't repeat it here]. This single was released before "Revolver" (in the UK anyway) and was a great teaser about what was to come. The Kinks "Sunny Afternoon" was released a week earlier so there were two superb songs fighting for my money. In the end I bought neither as my friends were quicker off the mark (I suspect I bought "My Lover's Prayer"/"Don't Mess With Cupid" by Otis Redding instead). Notes: 1) When the lads are singing "Paperback Writer" at the beginning I am reminded of newspaper sellers shouting out the latest edition 2) VLAD: I TRUST YOU WILL BE GETTING AMY TO REACT TO "RAIN"
The b-side Rain and the next single Penny Lane, should be heard before the next album. It wouldn't hurt to revisit Strawberry Fields at this point, either.
Great to have you back on The Beatles 150. Yes, Lennon and Harrison are singing 'Frere Jacques'. I checked and this song was recorded 13th-14th April 1966, thus preceding 'I Want To Tell You' (2nd-3rd June 1966). The B side of the single, 'Rain' which lots of your followers would like you to review, is generally agreed to be The Beatles' finest B side (MacDonald, Revolution In The Head).
Re being silly; One of the things that is very British is when quite talented/educated people are just silly with no motive other than just a bit of fun. That is very Beatles and then very Monty Python. Quite often you get something quite avant garde and then they just uncut it with silliness (I am the walrus ... oompah, oompah, stick it up your jumpah (sweater) - not sure if you've been there yet)
Don't forget Lennon *was* a paperback writer: 2 best selling books by the time this was written. Surely a friendly dig at John's adventures in his own write.
The guitar riff is also very similar to the little guitar interjection at the end of "Got to Get You into My Life". For me, this is harmony singing at its rawest and finest, and the verses set up the harmony spots so well. With this song and "Revolver", they are doing amazing things with 1 and 2 chord songs. They have a very HQ color video for this song.
Frère Jacques? I'd always thought they were saying "paper back writer" in the background, so I went back and listened again and darned if it sounds like you're right. All these years and I never caught that, but you catch it on the first listen!
It shouldn't surprise me that a classical musician would show such a lively and just appreciation of Ringo, but it did, at first, and it's always delightful. Much as people love him, they often seem even now not to realize what an extraordinary musician he is...I think the lyric here is parodying the "kitchen sink" realism and "Angry Young Man" tendency among working-class English writers, that was then a recent cause celebre.
Do we need 20 people in the comments section to write the same thing? It was initially a mistake but then they explained at length it was mainly a Paul song
Ringo's drumming is even more impressive on Rain, the flipside of the single. He was very proud of that. And in actuality, the song was recorded much faster, then slowed down to put the vocals on. After playing with tape loops, John wanted the whole song sung backwards, so they appeased him by reversing the vocals at the very end. Surprise, the word rain sounds pretty much the same forwards or backwards.
Yes indeed, Ringo took off with his drumming in "Rain". It almost sounds completely ad-libbed bar for bar but it's actually a very coherent composition. My man Ringo! Starting with my first hearing the Beatles in January 1964, Ringo's distinctive drumming caught my ear and inspired me to take up percussion in elementary school band the next year at age 10. I'm still loving them 60 years later: Breatles, Ringo, and drumming!!!
You're right 👍🏻😊 I think it's common knowledge that Paul wrote it mainly. I wonder where she got that erroneous information from ... Wikipedia also sais the song is primarly written by Paul 👌
@@sniffrat3646 I heard the same story for 'Taxman.' Apparently, after many attempts by George to play the solo, Paul had a go and nailed it first time.
I always figured the frere Jacques thing got in there as they were working out their harmonies. I bet one of them noticed a similarity and I'd not be surprised if George Martin made suggestions how to work it in. This is a great song. It's very interesting how they recorded this and did the tracking, very very creative and excellent production and engineering.
Great to see genuine enjoyment and appreciation of non classical music by a trained classical musician. Very sweet and cogent response, underlining the fact that the Beatles really were something! The only thing is the adverts!! They are driving me mad...tho i realise you need monetisation
Amy, the reason for, that Paul McCartney wanted the "Frère Jaqque" part in Paperback Writer was, that his then biggest and by himself most appreciated musical rival, Brian Wilson of The Beach Boys, on the groups 1965 album The Beach Boys Summer Days (And Summer Nights!!), included And your dreams come true as his and Mike Love´s own song, but whose melody was actually french and composed already in the 18th century. Frère Jaque is also a childrens song from about the same time and composed in France. The greater rock groups and artists of the 1960s, like The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, Bob Dylan, The Mamas and the Papas and The Beach Boys, enjoyed sending each other little musical and lyrical messages in their songs.
This period of the Beatles (and the next year, say) is IMHO arguably their best output ever but somewhat annoyingly there isn't really a definitive album like Revolver. Instead we get a mish-mash of standalone singles and movies sound tracks - Yellow Submarine + Magical Mystery Tour, where the track list is not even consistent across countries. And then we get on to the later albums which I love too but the point is that they are well defined, whereas the Yellow Sub / Magical Mystery period is rather a mess, despite being (arguably) their best period. Penny Lane anyone?
It’s a total Paul track written on a challenge from John who dared him to write something in third person and apparently written in 15 minutes. It’s one of my favorite Paul songs.
Tommy Boyce and Bobby Hart in 1966 used Paperback Writer and the other side of the single, Rain, as inspiration for the Monkees first hit, Last Train to Clarksville., especially the guitar riff. In the 1990s, you can hear a bit of that same influence in the driving guitar on the Gin Blossoms' Hey Jealousy.
This was another double-sided single à la late-1965's "Day Tripper/We Can Work It Out". The other side of the "Paperback Writer" single was John Lennon's "Rain", which is a trip in itself. (you must listen to it!) These two tracks were recorded during the Revolver sessions.
@@scottamichie Where two voices are singing different parts simultaneously, it’s somewhat subjective as to which is singing “lead”, but in “Day Tripper”, most people would identify the part that McCartney sings in the verses, and the part that Lennon sings in the choruses (both of which are slightly louder in the mix and include phrases during which the other singer is silent) as THE melody. In other words, you’re both right, and you’re both wrong. They share the lead.
Hard to believe, but the Beatle songs get better and better as the 60s come to its close :0) 'Rain' was the B side to this single I believe. Another wonderful piece of music. Great review as usual! :0)
I believe Paul's guitar riff. I've heard bootleg recording sessions ( two takes) where they are just recording the guitar, and Paul seems to be on guitar. He plays the opening chords on guitar that are sung then starts the riff on the recording.
It's interesting, isn't it? Jazz players quote melodies from other songs in their compositions; can anyone think of another song in which the background singers are singing lyrics from another song while the lead singer is singing entirely different lyrics? The only similar song I can think of is "I've Got a Feeling", where John and Paul are singing entirely different lyrics simultaneously. But Paperback Writer is really different.
Such clever lyrics. "Based on a novel by a man named Lear, And I need a job and I wanna be a, Paperback writer" Also "If you really like it, You can copyright it, It will make a fortune for you overnight, Paperback writer".
Interestingly, whilst George did some vocal harmonies, I'm not sure he contributed anything instrumentally here, except some tambourine. Pretty unusual. He did play bass during recording of the rhythm track but this was wiped and overdubbed afterwards by Paul, who of course also plays the iconic lead riff.
If i found out Lennon wrote this, it'd swing me decisively into the "John" camp i absolutely love this song. (I'd better clarify that i don't believe he did) ❤️
Its awesome with a great riff. i was once in a karaoke sing off with some young dudes in a bar singing 90s song , me singing older songs. It got competitive , whose music was the best ?? , of course i won , because this is a kohinoor diamond . I also sang ` Long Train Running` just sayin.
Awesome reaction! Please react to the band LOVEBITES and their song EDGE OF THE WORLD (Live 2019 from Tokyo), they are an all girl metal band from Japan. They are classically trained and sing in English.
Singles have an A and a B side. Since listening to songs not on an album seems to be an afterthought, maybe you can do a shorter reaction to both sides simultaneously. Beatles B sides deserve some love too! You will not be disappointed.
I loved your excitement, appreciation, and descriptive language on the different aspects of this one. As you noted, the entire song has a fast driving energy. I love your take on the guitar riff, and your appreciation for the strong drums and lively bass, along with your take on the lyrics which I think does have some parallels to their early career when they were willing to do whatever the publishers wanted. As they became successful they were able to call the shots, not as obligated to do what the record execs wanted them to do. There is a lot to like in this song, including the multiple voice parts and harmonies that you noticed. Great song and great reaction!
I love this song. Beatles vocal harmonies are the most pleasing sounds on earth
It's a McCartney composition primarily - the lyrics, the guitar work. The flip-side of the single RAIN was all John in response.
Rain is an even better song.👍🏻
@@Revolver1981 Yes.
mainly a Paul composition
The echoing 'Paperback Writer' evokes 'Read All About It' shouted by newspaper sellers .
I feel a lot of joy from you, Amy, in your response to this song. I so enjoy seeing you begin to compare and contrast bands and styles and the timelines where their musics intersect.
This is one of my favourite songs by The Beatles. There was a lot of music in the first half of the Sixties that sounded similar as everyone rushed to get on the Pop bandwagon, Paperback Writer was such a departure from everything else. It's such a tight-sounding song, the timing of everyone is spot on, in later albums the songs could sound rather loose.
Rain!
You should listen to the "B" side, "Rain". It is also good.
Maybe my favourite Beatles song
I think "Rain" was Ringo's personal favorite in regards to his own drumming work (going by memory here).
@@tonymilone5458 Yes. He has said that many times.
*great.
Fantastic in my book.
Congratulations on hearing Frere Jacque. I was listening to this song for almost 60 years without hearing it!
One of the greatest guitar riffs ever.
The b-side, Rain, is one of my top ten Beatle songs.
A two chord wonder! Excellent!!!
My mum worked at Philip Son & Nephew for a couple of years. The rear entrance was Close to Mathew Street, location of the Cavern Club where the Beatles regularly performed.
That was Paul's guitar part. Side B of the single, "Rain", is one of their deeper songs.
I always liked this one too. It is perfect mid-period Beatles with some of their early energy and some of their later psychedelia and a heavy driving bass beat. And the lyrics are quirky and funny!
John wrote those background vocal harmonies. According to one or the other, either George or Paul pointed out, "We can't do that, it's Frère Jacques!" John replied, "No it's not . . just sing it," So when they recorded it George and Paul winked at one another and literally sang Frère Jacques. Once the mix was completed and this was recognized, they all decided to leave it. A little levity left in to generate many future smiles.
Wow. I've heard this song countless times and never noticed the "Fere Jacques" lyrical harmony in the background, and you discovered it on your first listen!
One of the coolest guitar licks ever!
I remember a bit about Paul coming into the session excited that he had "the next single". He had the riff too. I don't think he offered the riff to George. It was his answer to John's Day Tripper.
It is mainly a McCartney composition. From wikipedia:
Lennon told Hit Parader in 1972 that "Paperback Writer" was primarily written by McCartney: "I think I might have helped with some of the lyrics. Yes, I did. But it was mainly Paul's tune." Speaking in 1980, Lennon described "Paperback Writer" as "son of 'Day Tripper' - meaning a rock'n'roll song with a guitar lick on a fuzzy, loud guitar - but it is Paul's song".
Daytripper was written by Lennon though. Although he let McCartney sing lead.
@@Revolver1981wrong again
@@fredrichenderson5551 No actually that's a fact. Daytripper was written by Lennon but he let McCartney sing lead. Look it up. It's typical Lennon lyrics anyway.
@@Revolver1981 They share lead: McCartney in the verses, Lennon in the choruses.
@@fromchomleystreet Yeah but I mean McCartney sings the entire song. Which means he's the lead vocalist on it.🙄
These are beautiful lyrics, in which they apparently talk about themselves with a touch of humor (Amy has spotted it) about the Beatles as pop musicians, and John as a writer. The "trigger" guitar riff is awesome, a precursor to hard rock (I always hear AC/DC in it). And the beautiful vocal harmonies are set to a psychedelic baroque canon. One of my favorite songs, a capsule of immediate and colorful energy, the perfect union between simplicity and complexity, each in its place, as Amy points out, in a very easy and fluid listening, a lot of fun.
Wow, I had never made the connection between "Paperback Rider" and "I Want to Tell You" before, but now that you mention it, I can see the similarity in the guitar.
I'd never made the connection either but it's even more than just the guitar riff -- the big event in both songs is this wonderful sunburst of layered harmonies that then get countered by this almost snarky, cutting guitar part. I'm willing to bet that George's song had a strong influence on Paul when he wrote "Paperback Writer".
This was the single which changed my opinion of The Beatles. Up to this point they were OK but no more. I think I agreed with Aunty Lil (although I didn't know that at the time 😀). The Kinks had released the witty "Dedicated Follower Of Fashion" earlier in the year and The Who had "Substitute" but The Beatles still had moon-June lyrics. Then they released this!! [Amy does a great analysis so I won't repeat it here]. This single was released before "Revolver" (in the UK anyway) and was a great teaser about what was to come.
The Kinks "Sunny Afternoon" was released a week earlier so there were two superb songs fighting for my money. In the end I bought neither as my friends were quicker off the mark (I suspect I bought "My Lover's Prayer"/"Don't Mess With Cupid" by Otis Redding instead).
Notes:
1) When the lads are singing "Paperback Writer" at the beginning I am reminded of newspaper sellers shouting out the latest edition
2) VLAD: I TRUST YOU WILL BE GETTING AMY TO REACT TO "RAIN"
The b-side Rain and the next single Penny Lane, should be heard before the next album. It wouldn't hurt to revisit Strawberry Fields at this point, either.
Great to have you back on The Beatles 150. Yes, Lennon and Harrison are singing 'Frere Jacques'. I checked and this song was recorded 13th-14th April 1966, thus preceding 'I Want To Tell You' (2nd-3rd June 1966). The B side of the single, 'Rain' which lots of your followers would like you to review, is generally agreed to be The Beatles' finest B side (MacDonald, Revolution In The Head).
Re being silly; One of the things that is very British is when quite talented/educated people are just silly with no motive other than just a bit of fun. That is very Beatles and then very Monty Python. Quite often you get something quite avant garde and then they just uncut it with silliness (I am the walrus ... oompah, oompah, stick it up your jumpah (sweater) - not sure if you've been there yet)
Amy has that shock coming! Incidentally, Beethoven also included a few bits of deliberate silliness in his music.
It would be a shame not to analyse Rain!
Please
The Beatles didn't have to go that hard with a song about being a paperback writer, but they did it. They did it for us.
Respect to Paul’s aunt for her request.
Don't forget Lennon *was* a paperback writer: 2 best selling books by the time this was written. Surely a friendly dig at John's adventures in his own write.
The guitar riff is also very similar to the little guitar interjection at the end of "Got to Get You into My Life".
For me, this is harmony singing at its rawest and finest, and the verses set up the harmony spots so well.
With this song and "Revolver", they are doing amazing things with 1 and 2 chord songs.
They have a very HQ color video for this song.
Frère Jacques? I'd always thought they were saying "paper back writer" in the background, so I went back and listened again and darned if it sounds like you're right. All these years and I never caught that, but you catch it on the first listen!
Pretty sure Paul was the main writer on this one.
Virgin Rock: This is ABSOLUTELY, from both lyrics and music, composed - and on lead vocal - by Paul McCartney from beginning to end.
This may be the first Beatles recording where Paul used his Rickenbacker bass. The bass sound is really prominent and clear in this recording.
No, it wasn't. The Rick was used a lot on Rubber Soul, for example on Michelle
It shouldn't surprise me that a classical musician would show such a lively and just appreciation of Ringo, but it did, at first, and it's always delightful. Much as people love him, they often seem even now not to realize what an extraordinary musician he is...I think the lyric here is parodying the "kitchen sink" realism and "Angry Young Man" tendency among working-class English writers, that was then a recent cause celebre.
This is one of my top Beatles tracks!
Paul (primarily) wrote Paperback Writer, not John.
Do we need 20 people in the comments section to write the same thing? It was initially a mistake but then they explained at length it was mainly a Paul song
Wikipedia also sais it's mainly a song by Paul ☝️😊
To answer your question, Paperback Writer came first, recorded in April 1966. George brought in I Want To Tell you in June.
It is an influential song for its time, most notably "Last Train to Clarksville", the first Monkee's big hit
It’s a McCartney song and he is singing the lead vocal
Ringo's drumming is even more impressive on Rain, the flipside of the single. He was very proud of that. And in actuality, the song was recorded much faster, then slowed down to put the vocals on. After playing with tape loops, John wanted the whole song sung backwards, so they appeased him by reversing the vocals at the very end. Surprise, the word rain sounds pretty much the same forwards or backwards.
Yes indeed, Ringo took off with his drumming in "Rain". It almost sounds completely ad-libbed bar for bar but it's actually a very coherent composition. My man Ringo! Starting with my first hearing the Beatles in January 1964, Ringo's distinctive drumming caught my ear and inspired me to take up percussion in elementary school band the next year at age 10. I'm still loving them 60 years later: Breatles, Ringo, and drumming!!!
I never heard that Lennon wrote it. wow. I'm not sure I believe it. By the way, Paul played the lead riff.
You're right 👍🏻😊 I think it's common knowledge that Paul wrote it mainly. I wonder where she got that erroneous information from ...
Wikipedia also sais the song is primarly written by Paul 👌
I heard it's because George couldn't play the guitar lick so Macca did it. It's a tricky riff alright!
@@sniffrat3646 I heard the same story for 'Taxman.' Apparently, after many attempts by George to play the solo, Paul had a go and nailed it first time.
I always figured the frere Jacques thing got in there as they were working out their harmonies. I bet one of them noticed a similarity and I'd not be surprised if George Martin made suggestions how to work it in. This is a great song. It's very interesting how they recorded this and did the tracking, very very creative and excellent production and engineering.
Great to see genuine enjoyment and appreciation of non classical music by a trained classical musician. Very sweet and cogent response, underlining the fact that the Beatles really were something!
The only thing is the adverts!! They are driving me mad...tho i realise you need monetisation
Amy, the reason for, that Paul McCartney wanted the "Frère Jaqque" part in Paperback Writer was, that his then biggest and by himself most appreciated musical rival, Brian Wilson of The Beach Boys, on the groups 1965 album The Beach Boys Summer Days (And Summer Nights!!), included And your dreams come true as his and Mike Love´s own song, but whose melody was actually french and composed already in the 18th century.
Frère Jaque is also a childrens song from about the same time and composed in France.
The greater rock groups and artists of the 1960s, like The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, Bob Dylan, The Mamas and the Papas and The Beach Boys, enjoyed sending each other little musical and lyrical messages in their songs.
You need to do the song Rain (it was the b-side to Paperback Writer) to complete the Revolver sessions.
This period of the Beatles (and the next year, say) is IMHO arguably their best output ever but somewhat annoyingly there isn't really a definitive album like Revolver. Instead we get a mish-mash of standalone singles and movies sound tracks - Yellow Submarine + Magical Mystery Tour, where the track list is not even consistent across countries. And then we get on to the later albums which I love too but the point is that they are well defined, whereas the Yellow Sub / Magical Mystery period is rather a mess, despite being (arguably) their best period. Penny Lane anyone?
PAUL WROTE THIS
"becomes a little bit ... mirage..."
The word you are reaching for is *trippy* 😂
One of my favorite Beatles' singles.
At last!!!! One of my all time favourites ❤❤❤❤❤
Great song
Another great dissection of a Beatles classic! I’m curious if you’re seeing the genius that was the Beatles!
It’s a total Paul track written on a challenge from John who dared him to write something in third person and apparently written in 15 minutes. It’s one of my favorite Paul songs.
Tommy Boyce and Bobby Hart in 1966 used Paperback Writer and the other side of the single, Rain, as inspiration for the Monkees first hit, Last Train to Clarksville., especially the guitar riff. In the 1990s, you can hear a bit of that same influence in the driving guitar on the Gin Blossoms' Hey Jealousy.
You here
❤ Can't wait to watch this reaction video 🤞😃
thanks for the fun :)
They incorporated the french children rhyme Frère Jacques ,into the song .
This was another double-sided single à la late-1965's "Day Tripper/We Can Work It Out". The other side of the "Paperback Writer" single was John Lennon's "Rain", which is a trip in itself. (you must listen to it!) These two tracks were recorded during the Revolver sessions.
Paperback Writer/Rain was not a double A side.
@@BigSky1 I stand corrected. I probably said that because I prefer "Rain" over "Paperback Writer". 😀
John Lennon didn't write Paperback Writer. Day Tripper is the Lennon composition with McCartney as lead.
And very rare because of that
John sang lead in Day Tripper.
???? wow... you are incredible wrong.
Check any tv show where they play DT - here in TH-cam- and tell us later
John sang lead on Paul’s ‘Every Little Thing.’
@@scottamichie Where two voices are singing different parts simultaneously, it’s somewhat subjective as to which is singing “lead”, but in “Day Tripper”, most people would identify the part that McCartney sings in the verses, and the part that Lennon sings in the choruses (both of which are slightly louder in the mix and include phrases during which the other singer is silent) as THE melody.
In other words, you’re both right, and you’re both wrong. They share the lead.
Fun Fact: this was Frank Zappa's favourite Beatles song
John and George indeed sing "Frere Jaques" in the background on the second verse
Not vindicated at all. This is McCartneys song 100%
Hard to believe, but the Beatle songs get better and better as the 60s come to its close :0) 'Rain' was the B side to this single I believe. Another wonderful piece of music. Great review as usual! :0)
This was definitely a Macca song. Not Lennon.
They had all the cockiness and cleverness of Mozart during this period
I believe Paul's guitar riff. I've heard bootleg recording sessions ( two takes) where they are just recording the guitar, and Paul seems to be on guitar. He plays the opening chords on guitar that are sung then starts the riff on the recording.
McCartney wrote this song.
John barely had anything to do with the composition of this song, as he's stated himself.
It wasn’t Auntie Lil that gave them the impetus to move on from teeny bop love songs, it was Brian Wilson’s reversal on Today!
It's interesting, isn't it? Jazz players quote melodies from other songs in their compositions; can anyone think of another song in which the background singers are singing lyrics from another song while the lead singer is singing entirely different lyrics? The only similar song I can think of is "I've Got a Feeling", where John and Paul are singing entirely different lyrics simultaneously. But Paperback Writer is really different.
The song with a riff that is MOST reminiscent of this one is “Day Tripper”, which I think was one of the singles Amy skipped.
Mix back bloodlines
In fact it is a Paul McCartney song with a little help from his friends. Love it but the B-Side "Rain" is probably a bit more interesting.
Such clever lyrics.
"Based on a novel by a man named Lear,
And I need a job and I wanna be a,
Paperback writer"
Also
"If you really like it,
You can copyright it,
It will make a fortune for you overnight,
Paperback writer".
Oh, Amy, please dont bypass Rain on the B side of this.
Wonderful.
Interestingly, whilst George did some vocal harmonies, I'm not sure he contributed anything instrumentally here, except some tambourine. Pretty unusual. He did play bass during recording of the rhythm track but this was wiped and overdubbed afterwards by Paul, who of course also plays the iconic lead riff.
If i found out Lennon wrote this, it'd swing me decisively into the "John" camp i absolutely love this song. (I'd better clarify that i don't believe he did) ❤️
Its awesome with a great riff. i was once in a karaoke sing off with some young dudes in a bar singing 90s song , me singing older songs. It got competitive , whose music was the best ?? , of course i won , because this is a kohinoor diamond . I also sang ` Long Train Running` just sayin.
Paul composed and played the guitar riff
Wouldn't miss 'Rain'?
The unwritten rule in the Beatles was whoever sang lead on the song was usually the primary composer.
Is this The Beatles best single? In my opinion YES!!!! Even Frank Zappa loved this song.
Awesome reaction! Please react to the band LOVEBITES and their song EDGE OF THE WORLD (Live 2019 from Tokyo), they are an all girl metal band from Japan. They are classically trained and sing in English.
It's a Paul McCartney song - sorry. He played the guitar riff too
This was written by Paul.
This is a second song which has some French words. In this case, traditional song “Frère Jacques” on the last verse accompaniment.
Definitely a McCartney song, no Lennon style in it though he might have added a few lines
Yep paul song
Yes, it's Frere Jaque
I'd like to start listening to Stravinsky. Where should I begin?
The Firebird Suite.
Get used to that, then you're ready for The Rite of Spring.
@@z0n0ph0ne Thank you! I'll follow your advice!
Sorry, but where are you guys taking those informations from? The song was written by Paul!
Wait until you get to 'All You Need is love' they do the same again
this song is written by Paul
You single jeremy
Singles have an A and a B side. Since listening to songs not on an album seems to be an afterthought, maybe you can do a shorter reaction to both sides simultaneously. Beatles B sides deserve some love too! You will not be disappointed.
Now that I think about it, it seems like that riff was reversed for this one.
Inverted sequence and it sounds good because it keeps with the theme
"Rain" is even better.
Nah not the riff anyway
Is Almost Paul song he played even the guitar riff..