Paul McCartney's song, John Lennon, was happy not to have written

At the end of their beautiful Beatles series, John Lennon and Paul McCartney wrote about 200 songs together. Obviously, this is a huge amount of material and several songs are among the best of the twentieth century.

But that does not mean that Paul has heard a lot of compliments from John (or vice versa) over the years. In fact, looking back, Paul only recalled a piece that John admitted to love during a recording session. It was ethereal "here, there and everywhere" from Revolver (1966).

Still, John definitely complimented Paul for his work (if not on the face) after the breakup of Fab Four. In one case, John stated that he was considering "climbing" McCartney II a beautiful job. (Of course, he added that he was not listening to Paul's albums at the time, but still.)

In 1980, after all the animosity subsided, John examined most of Lennon-McCartney's songbooks in interviews with David Sheff of Playboy. When he landed on one of Paul's most durable clbadics, he said he would never have wanted to write it.

John greatly admired "Yesterday" but added that it was not for him.

Playboy interviews with Lennon turned into All we say. John (sometimes with Yoko) speaks freely and at length about everything about the Beatles and elsewhere, and it's a fascinating book. When Sheff invites John to browse the Lennon-McCartney catalog, so much comes out.

About "Yesterday," the song had become a little annoying for John because many people thought he was writing it. He could hardly dine without someone coming to thank him – or even singing the song to him. That made him a little crazy.

This exasperation appears in the interview. "Well, we all know 'Yesterday' … it's Paul's song and baby," John said to Sheff. "Well done, beautiful – and I never wanted to write it." Although these ideas do not seem to go together, John explained why he felt so during another conversation.

Basically, it boiled down to words. "They work, do you know what I mean? They are good, but if you read the whole song, she says nothing. You do not know what happened. She left and he would like it to be yesterday – we have a lot, but it does not really solve. "

Later, John considered that Imagine was equal to Yesterday.

Howard Smith, a New York-based broadcaster turned friend with John and Yoko, told the story of John haunted by "Yesterday" in an article by Mojo in 2013. Smith also said that John arrived at his apartment someday (around 1971) with a melody which, according to him, could correspond to the melody of "Yesterday".

This song finally became "Imagine". After asking Smith what he thought – and if it was the equivalent of Paul's clbadic ballad – John would not have let it go. "You'll see, it's as good as" Yesterday "," recalls Smith, remembering John in Mojo.

Of course, it's really an "apples and oranges" situation. As John repeatedly said (as if we needed to hear), he and Paul were very different as songwriters. Just compare John's first solo record to Paul's.

Or choose one of the best-known tunes of the composer duo, such as "A day in the life". You know exactly who "reads the news today, oh boy" and who "woke up, fell off the bed. Paul's talent (and vice versa) was not jealous of the other. There was enough talent to go around.

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