About “Act Naturally” “Act Naturally”, written by Johnny Russell, with a writing credit given to Voni Morrison, tells the tale of someone who has been jilted and, because of that, can play a film part of someone sad and lonely without knowing anything about acting. The Beatles’ version of “Act […]
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RINGO 1966: “I contributed about five words to “What Goes On.’ (laughs) And I haven’t done a thing since!” JOHN 1972: “A very early song of mine. Ringo and Paul wrote a new middle-eight together when we recorded it.” JOHN 1980: “That was an early Lennon, written before the Beatles […]
GEORGE 1977: “If Paul had written a song, he’d learn all the parts and then come in the studio and say ‘Do this.’ He’d never give you the opportunity to come out with something. But on ‘Drive My Car’ I just played the line, which is really like a lick […]
JOHN 1980: “That’s me, writing about this dream girl– the one that hadn’t come yet. It was Yoko.” PAUL circa-1994: “It was John’s original idea, but it was very much co-written. I remember writing ‘the pain and pleasure,’ and ‘a man must break his back.’ …It was amusing to see […]
JOHN 1980: “‘The Word’ was written together (with Paul), but it’s mainly mine. You read the words, it’s all about gettin’ smart. It’s the marijuana period. It’s love. It’s a love and peace thing. The word is ‘love,’ right?” PAUL circa-1994: “We smoked a bit of pot, then we wrote […]
JOHN 1980: “That’s Paul.” PAUL circa-1994: “I think of this as totally by me. It was slightly country and western from my point of view. It was faster, though. It was a strange uptempo thing. I was quite pleased with it. The lyric works. It keeps dragging you forward… it […]
PAUL 1968: “I just started playing it and this tune came, ‘cuz that’s what happens. They just, sort of– they COME, you know. It just came and I couldn’t think of any words to it, so originally it was just, ‘Scrambled Egg.’ It was called ‘Scrambled Egg’ for a couple […]
JOHN 1980: “That’s me.” About “You’re Going to Lose That Girl” Credited to the Lennon–McCartney songwriting partnership, the song was mostly written by John Lennon with contributions from Paul McCartney. Walter Everett and Ian MacDonald both refer to the song as Lennon’s. In his official biography Paul McCartney: Many Years […]
JOHN 1965: “One I do which I like is, ‘You’ve Got To Hide Your Love Away.’ But it’s not commercial.” JOHN 1971: “It’s one of those that you sort of sing a bit sadly to yourself, ‘Here I stand/Head in hand.’ I started thinking about my own emotions. I don’t […]
GEORGE 1965: “We are always worried with each record. With ‘Ticket To Ride’ we were even more worried. There’s bound to be a time when we come in at 19 (on the charts). But this ‘number one’ business doesn’t seem to stop– great while it lasts– but now we’ll have […]
About “You Like Me Too Much” “You Like Me Too Much” is George Harrison’s second composition for the Help! album. The song was recorded on 17 February 1965 for inclusion in the film of the same name, although it was later relegated to the second, non-soundtrack, half.. It was first released on […]
George Harrison’s quote about “Think For Yourself” GEORGE 1980: “‘Think For Yourself’ must be written about somebody from the sound of it– but all this time later I don’t quite recall who inspired that tune. Probably the government.” About “Think For Yourself” “Think For Yourself” was written by George Harrison, […]