{"id":69554,"date":"2023-12-13T22:45:02","date_gmt":"2023-12-13T22:45:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/beststarnews.com\/?p=69554"},"modified":"2023-12-13T22:45:02","modified_gmt":"2023-12-13T22:45:02","slug":"paul-mccartney-on-how-he-avoided-beatles-songwriting-battles-with-john-lennon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/beststarnews.com\/music\/paul-mccartney-on-how-he-avoided-beatles-songwriting-battles-with-john-lennon\/","title":{"rendered":"Paul McCartney on how he avoided Beatles songwriting battles with John Lennon"},"content":{"rendered":"

Now And Then \u2013 The Last Beatles Song official trailer<\/h3>\n

Together Sir Paul McCartney and the late John Lennon are the most successful songwriting partnership in music history.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s hardly surprising, then, that when Macca speaks out on that intimate creative relationship, fans of The Beatles are all ears.<\/p>\n

The 81-year-old recently posted a clip on the subject, promoting the paperback edition of his book The Lyrics 1956 to the Present, which has seven new song commentaries.<\/p>\n

Asked about conflict during songwriting with Lennon, he said: \u201cThere was never that much battling, because if someone said, \u2018I like this better\u2019, it was generally a better idea. So you\u2019d give into each other as long as it was a better idea.\u201d<\/p>\n

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McCartney continued: \u201cThere weren\u2019t many disputes because we were writing like this [facing each other] with acoustic guitars. And y\u2019know I\u2019m coming up with a bit of a line and then he\u2019s following it up; just ping-ponging ideas. I look back on it and think, \u2018Yeah you were a good collaborator\u2019. At the time, it just felt good and we respected each other.<\/p>\n

\u201cSo sometimes I\u2019d bring something in and he\u2019d go, \u2018Well there you are, that\u2019s it\u2019. And it was nice. I just got the stamp of approval. I think Paperback Writer was a bit like that because I\u2019d pretty much worked it all out like a letter\u2026 And I\u2019d do that sometimes with his songs [like] Nowhere Man.\u201d<\/p>\n