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About This Track
“Paperback Writer” is a 1966 rock song recorded and released by The Beatles. Credited to Lennon/McCartney, the song was released as the A-side of their eleventh single. The single went to the number one spot in the United States, United Kingdom, West Germany, Australia, New Zealand and Norway. Written in the form of a letter from an aspiring author to a publisher, “Paperback Writer” was the first UK Beatles single that was not a love song (though “Nowhere Man”, which was a single in the U.S., was their first album song released with that distinction).
One of McCartney’s aunts reportedly requested that he write a song with some other theme than boy–girl relationships. British disc jockey Jimmy Savile claimed that McCartney’s inspiration came from seeing drummer Ringo Starr reading a book. “He took one look and announced that he would write a song about a book,” he said. In a 2007 interview, McCartney recalled that he wrote the song after reading in the Daily Mail about an aspiring author, possibly Martin Amis. The Daily Mail was Lennon’s regular newspaper and was often in the studio when The Beatles were writing songs.
The song’s lyrics are in the form of a letter from an aspiring author addressed to a publisher. The author badly needs a job and has written a paperback version of a book by a “man named Lear.” This is a reference to the Victorian painter Edward Lear, who wrote nonsense poems and songs of which John Lennon was very fond (though Lear never wrote novels).
One of McCartney’s aunts reportedly requested that he write a song with some other theme than boy–girl relationships. British disc jockey Jimmy Savile claimed that McCartney’s inspiration came from seeing drummer Ringo Starr reading a book. “He took one look and announced that he would write a song about a book,” he said. In a 2007 interview, McCartney recalled that he wrote the song after reading in the Daily Mail about an aspiring author, possibly Martin Amis. The Daily Mail was Lennon’s regular newspaper and was often in the studio when The Beatles were writing songs.
The song’s lyrics are in the form of a letter from an aspiring author addressed to a publisher. The author badly needs a job and has written a paperback version of a book by a “man named Lear.” This is a reference to the Victorian painter Edward Lear, who wrote nonsense poems and songs of which John Lennon was very fond (though Lear never wrote novels).
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voorisdogfc wrote:
I'm 48, Played this song all day long when i was 8.
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xtwntraphq wrote:
Paperback Writer / Rain Ask for a better 45? :)
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obscurecendo wrote:
BASS
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MIKEH3875 wrote:
I'll never forget as a young kid discovering music for the first time in the early 80's and seeing 1962-1966 a double beatles album.That album was gold for a young kid just finding the beatles.
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AlCapwnUK wrote:
i think that norwegian wood is the real starting point of later beatles, this is damn good though. this and rain are certainly oasis' favourite records though
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promisedeyes wrote:
One of the songs that invented powerpop, so I adore it especially <3
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crawlpalmetto wrote:
Boom!
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traytray89 wrote:
hell to the yeah!
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PartySanCTG wrote:
For me, this song + "Rain" signals the moment in the Beatles' career where shit just got real.
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DGreenHat wrote:
I want to fuck this quitar riff...
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Jeronimmo66 wrote:
Great!
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Kirill88 wrote:
OMG, THAT BASS!
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davidbowiegirl wrote:
Great song.
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mgpixlab wrote:
★★★★★★★★★★
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grxai2 wrote:
paaaperback wriiter
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Karmageddonx wrote:
This is The Beatles' best guitar riff, no doubt about it. Amazing.
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rasen-virus wrote:
dat bass
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DanJL76 wrote:
FRERE JACQUES [5] Love the bassline.
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burwellian wrote:
FRERE JACQUES [4] ...Awesome song! :)
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Badscaremonger wrote:
Ringo опеть без дела
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