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So Sgt. Pepper took you by surprise
You better see right through that mother's eyes
Those freaks was right when they said you was dead
The one mistake you made was in your head
Ah, how do you sleep?
Ah, how do you sleep at night?
You live with straights who tell you you was king
Jump when your momma tell you anything
The only thing you done was yesterday
And since you're gone you're just another day
Ah, how do you sleep?
Ah, how do you sleep at night?
Ah, how do you sleep?
Ah, how do you sleep at night?
A pretty face may last a year or two
But pretty soon they'll see what you can do
The sound you make is muzak to my ears
You must have learned something in all those years
Ah, how do you sleep?
Ah, how do you sleep at night?
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superchaval
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14/11/2005
10:22:07
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yes, I totally agree with this chap (verupepper)I NOTICE THE DIFFERENCE TOO, it's obvious, they were 4 lads with different styles, thoughts, and everything, that's why the beatles were THE BEATLES, because of the fickleness of the band...Still, John was, is, and will be my favorite, till the fuckin' day I die
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verupepper
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13/10/2005
19:18:19
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Puto Dude!!!! Lennon was young when he died!!! 40 is too young to die!
Malcogido de mierda! Qué carajo t pensás???!!! Pelotudo! seguro tenés 15 años!! Sure you are 15, dude, asshole!
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verupepper
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11/10/2005
23:09:20
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music_dude: I´m not a retard, I know damn well that john died on december 8 1980, YES; he was 40 years old NOT 41 (please try to calculate well if you wanna come aginst my comment) he turned 40 on october 9 1980... I´m not a fucking idiot. Maybe I didn´t express my self quite well, I mean that HIS DEAD PROMOVE A REVOLUTION EVEN TIL TODAY, not a ravolution in america, hahaha... a raevolution of what? disco music? vih start? punk movement? Of course, I´m not talking about all that!
And I´m so fucking tired about this topic, the beatles lasted exactly the time they need to became THE BEST BAND FOR EVER AND EVER and it couldn´t be possible without paul, ringo and especially GEORGE HARRISON, the beatles were 4, lennon is my favorite, but I can see the differences! (who´s guilty or not... pluf! I don´t care)
So MUSIC_DUDE, go around and get you knocked up! (and I know you are a man)
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ooo_baby_beatles
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12/07/2005
02:04:40
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god, it's funny how you guys get so worked up about this whole thing. it's simply this:
paul was multitalented. he was a wonderful singer, guitar player, piano player, and even a better drum player than ringo, as john stated.
john is by far my favorite beatle and my biggest idol but let's face it, the 70's were a hard time for everyone. in the end he turned out to act pretty maliciously. during the 60's they all got along and he was a wonderful guy, great sense of humor and everything. and he was just as good of a musician and writer that paul was, perhaps better. his songs had more meaning than paul's, although i would never discredit paul's songs b/c i love them.
it's obvious to me that there was no one great beatle, they were all great in their own ways. john had deeper thoughts, he was a thinker, a philosophical, brilliant man. while paul wasn't as much of this,[ he didn't think so much into things[ and they both created wonderful songs, unique in their own ways. not to mention that george and ringo went on to put out their own solo albums. [although i have not heard them personally i've heard good things about them and i am CERTAIN they were both also great musicians.]
and don't EVER say that it was good that john lennon died. he may have had a time in his life where he wasn't the most pleasant to be around, but he WAS DEFINITELY a funny, warm, caring man in the 60's. even besides that, NO ONE DESERVES TO DIE. HOW DARE YOU SAY THAT. and i'm guessing that whoever wrote that irreverant remark did not live through the termoil and sex and drugs of the 70's. not to mention the fact that they were in the spotlight of the media and the press and the WORLD.
[i hate it when people think they know everything about celebrities lives, like they knew them personally, like they were there. you can't badmouth someone b/c of what you read somewhere. that's completely unfair.]
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cutechick
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11/07/2005
02:53:47
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first of all, to everyone who's a huge john lennon fan, and this includes me, paul mccartney was one of his best friends of all time so if u bad mouth paul, you're bad mouthing john's best friend. Second of all, if john lennon was alive he'd smack u guys for being so stupid! The songs are Lennon/Mccartney because l comes before m in the alphabet to be fair and the songwriting company they shared was MacLen, so there! Third of all, it was yoko ono who messed up the beatles, not paul, not john! They are all geniuses, especially paul and especially john! Paul's lyrics are amazing and if u don't like them, just try and write something even half as good!
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superchaval
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30/06/2005
09:01:25
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ohh ,by the way, to be 40 means you're Old???, gimme a break, age isn't measured by the years, but for the heart and soul.
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superchaval
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30/06/2005
08:49:39
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O.k.,The following isn't for Paul, YES!, LENNON DIED IN THE MIDDLE OF A REVOLUTION! It was in the early eighties when the New Wave begun blowing minds and disco music was finally ending, If you don't call that a revolution, then what the hell is it??. And guess what??, almost every new wave band or solist admit Lennon was an inspiration to them. Take for example : Bono and David Bowie.
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aron4him
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18/05/2005
18:12:19
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In the end, months before John was tragically taken, Paul and he seemed to put all bad past feelings behind them. They talked, via telephone, about John once more recording an album after a 5-year break(John was inspired after hearing Paul's single "Coming Up" on the radio, which John said was McCartney's best work in years).
Yoko, by all accounts by former workers of Lennon's and of the Dakota, tried her best to keep Paul's calls from reaching John. It's even been hinted by former associates that it was Yoko who tipped Japanese authorities off about Paul possessing marijuana on his planned concert in Tokyo, which resulted in him being arrested and incarcirated for 10 days.(Paul tried phoning John while in NY two days before saying he had some "potent stuff," but Yoko said that John was unavailable) Yoko is vague about the whole thing when confronted about it, while Paul said it wasn't a big deal and just "leave it at that."
John, however, appeared to have a falling out with George, because of Harrison's autobiography" I,Me, Mine." George barely mentions Lennon at all in the book, a fact which John made known to Paul. Paul later recounts,"John was definately upset at George about that. I made my peace with John. George never did."
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aron4him
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16/05/2005
20:39:51
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Music_dude, you're right. The only revolution that happened in the 80's was the Reagan Revolution, which helped to bring about the fall of communism and put socialism on the defensive.
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aron4him
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16/05/2005
20:31:37
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This is to support the post by Nonneluap.The old cliche was that John was a word person, and Paul was a music person. George Martin, the great producer of the Beatle albums, commented though,"That's too simple too be true. John could write some great music, and Paul could write some great lyrics."
John, together with Yoko, no doubt wrote the worse "Beatle" song ever, the infamous "Revolution 9", which is on The Beatles(White Album). Paul wrote the most popular Beatle song(musicologists call it a perfect song, a rarity)--"Yesterday". Even the song that John always regarded highly and his best work as a Beatle,"A Day In The Life," had significant contributions from Paul,for example the line,"...I'd love to turn you on", as well as the bridge(...Woke up, got out of bed..) were Paul's lyrics. Lastly, the incredible 24-bar orchestral middle and end were Paul's idea and creation.
This is my response I guess to those who want to belittle Paul while putting John up on a pedastal. In truth though, they brought out the best musically in each other, and neither of their respective solo work quite matches up, in general, to their collaborative work in the Beatles.
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aron4him
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16/05/2005
19:47:54
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Ringo wrote a song called "Early 1970", shortly after the F4's break-up, which talks about each of his former Beatle mates in a good-hearted way. The first verse talks about Paul, the second about John, the third about George, and the final one about himself:
"Live on a farm, got plenty of charm, beep, beep,
He's got no cows but he's sure got a whole lotta sheep. And a brand new wife and a family, And when he comes to town, I wonder if he'll play with me.
Laying in bed, watching TV, cookie!
With his mama by his side, she's Japanese.
They scream and they cried, now they're free,
And when he comes to town,
I know he's gonna play with me.
He's a long-haired, cross-legged guiter picker, um-um.
With his long-legged lady in the garden picking daisies for his soup.
A forty acre house he doesn't see,
'Cause he's always in town
Playing for you with.
I play guitar, a-d-e.
I don't play bass 'cause that's too hard for me.
I play the piano if it's in C.
And when I go to town I wanna see all three,
And when I go to town I wanna see all three."
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music_dude
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07/05/2005
02:10:15
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Nerdanel, your a fucking idiot. Lennon died when he was forty or forty one, and there was no revolution in 1980 you tard.
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verupepper
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21/01/2005
21:45:13
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I’m Nerdanel but with a different nick, you know what’s going on with paul? He can’t stand that lennon is a legend, he’s the beatle who died young and in the middle of a revolution, besides john is the icon of peace and for a whole generation!
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superchaval
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04/10/2004
22:46:55
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ok, ok!! let's take it easy dear fellow. It's genius, I had a mistake, so what???, I never said Paul is a bad MUSICIAN, because he isn't. He is an inspired bassist, and well, he knows how to play almost every instrument in the world, and his songs, at least the structure of them are very impressive, and that's what I like about Mc'cartney, HIS MELODY. What I do NOT LIKE about him are of course his lyrics and his comments of him being the real brain inside the beatles, because non of them was. And you have to agree with this: It's useless to change the lyric credits, the partnership is known around the world as Lennon/Mc'cartney, not as Mc'cartney/Lennon, and the History of music puts it that way, the two great composers of the XXth century. As you said ,the four of them were genius, and that's the truth. Each member of that great Band was important, and all of them gave the world their contributions in music and in songwriting, even Ringo, who I admire so much.
That's all I have to say, this time... Thanks for your comments, and I hope you understand me.
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harley_davidson
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10/08/2004
15:28:38
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two best mates had a bust up things got sung and things got said in 1992 i saw mc cartney peform at parramatta stadium his words that night to introduce the last song of the night were
this song was sung by my best mate
he then sang imagine
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jaz
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09/07/2004
07:58:14
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HEY ! HEY! take it easy superchaval and nerdanel..Try to calm down
with your PARANOTIC comments against Paul..
Im just being biased here and Im no hater to any of them.. you see,
John had always been an activist, AND FOR YOU SUPERCHAVAL—
THAT MAKES HIM A LEGENDARY BEATLE! PLEASE TRY TO
RESPECT ON PAUL’S SIDE…
I would say, Paul is borne musician, traced-talent
to his father, and there really is a great TANDEM of the two, one writes
diligently, creating a lyrics while other one harmonizes in making a good
tune, that’s what Beatles are made for, If I would comment between them,
its pretty obvious John was kinda talented in the concept of the lyrics..as I have said,
He is truly an activist. We cannot blame why, maybe it’s becoz John’s Father was a soldier.,, while Paul is the most FLEXIBLE in playing instruments..HIS TALENT
WAS IN HIS FATHER’S BLOOD>> To all PAUL HATERS there .. MAYBE HE IS bad enough to criticize - John’s too much using for “C- CHORD”And about their rivalry, THERE IS NO SUCH ‘A BIG DEAL.. if they had to disband whether one of them is an EGOTIST, or too BOSSY..the thing is they contribute their best in the music industry!
THEY ARE “ALL” Genius! G-E-N-I-U-S !!
HEY SUPERCHAVAL, TRY TO CHECK YOUR MISPELLED “GENIOUS”
*ahem!*
THAT’ALL! PEACE TO EVERYONE!
-jaz-
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superchaval
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15/05/2004
08:38:59
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Yeahh, Thank God Lennon isn't alive,he is a LEGEND NOW, and Mc'cartney isn't. For real, Face it!, Lennon songs were way much better than Mc'cartney's, even when they were still in the Beatles!. I dare to say that Paul was lucky the last two years in the Beatles, he wrote two or three songs that became hits (hey jude, let it be...) But during the entire beatle career Lennon had much more hits and HE wrote more songs than Paul, that's a fact!. Have you seen the Anthology lately??? it's funny that all the good ideas came out of paul's mind. All you can hear in the anthology is paul saying: "Yeahh, that was my idea...". Anyway, If Paul is John's friend (still), why the hell is he changing the credits of the songs??? a TRUE FRIEND would never do that, FACE IT PAUL, JOHN WAS THE LEADER AND THE GENIOUS!!!!!!!!
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OneBadDog
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26/01/2004
22:23:37
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nonneluap. I do enjoy Paul's good songs after the Beatles: all five of them.
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nonneluap
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04/01/2004
04:59:56
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lorettab, this is an interesting page about the whole story. Includes the comments made by Paul in Melody Maker and the response from John, and also the truth about How do you sleep.
http://www.geocities.com/~beatleboy1/dbmmak71.int.html
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nonneluap
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04/01/2004
04:49:03
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There is no proof that Paul McCartney has ever attacked Lennon in his songs. Why Macca is always being attacked by Lennon's fans ? it's amazing. Lennon has a lot of crappy songs in his few albums too. Why some people can't enjoy the good songs that are there for us ? Thanks god that Paul is still alive. I Also recommend Ringorama the last album from Ringo, it's really good.
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OneBadDog
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29/11/2003
06:44:40
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Mc Cartney's songs about the feud are Three Legs", "Too Many People" and "Dear Friend." Id addition, "Heart Like a Wheel" is thought to be a satire on John's musical style at the time.
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lorettab
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21/11/2003
18:38:51
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Hey there if any body knows--- what are some of the songs that Paul did that tells of the conflict and/or his responces? Is there a website that tells the story?
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nerdanel
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22/10/2003
21:13:10
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Do you know anything about the Beatles?!!!!! Lennon made this song with George Harrison, so, if you say that john is an asshole, maybe, for you all, harrison is an asshole too... paul was a very bad group partner at last times, becouse he always controled the others guys. If Lennon needed to made this song, he deserved our respect, he is a genius, he expressed him self!
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MrKite
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11/10/2003
17:42:02
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Lennon and McCartney were besyt friends for a long time, its sad that they should fight like that, it doesnt matter whos fault its was, personaly I think they both could have handled the situation better, but...
Anyway, whats important is that they made up before Lennon passed away and thus parted as friends.
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OneBadDog
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11/10/2003
06:10:33
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Mc Cartney did plenty to deserve this. Mc Cartney started all of this ugliness by suing the other three Beatles and by slamming John first in songs like "Too Many People." Furthermore, with a few notable exceptions, ex-Beatle Mc Cartney did nothing but fill the world with fluffy, meaningless and yes, silly love songs. At least Lennon tried to remain relevant after the breakup of the Beatles.
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