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But some of his lyrics are terrible: how many times can you say "in"? In this world in which we live in...

And "someone's knocking at the door, someone's ringing a bell, do me a favour, go to the door, open it and let them in"...

It's like he was trying to lyricise everyday activities. Very odd.

I say this as a penniless musician in contrast to the very successful Mr McCartney (who plays bass lines like he's playing the tuba, very clever)



In my opinion this is like criticising Picasso's paintings for not being anything close to as realistic as photos.

Fine, it's a valid opinion to dislike either for those reasons, but for many people it was, and is, art that's exciting in part because of its perfect non-perfection.


I think with lyrics most people don't give them a second thought and don't realise what the person is singing about. Most people can't even tell you which instrument is being used in a part of a song.

This is different to visual art - most people can play spot the difference no problem, but with audio most people are deaf to the details, and the lyrics!

Eg. My Sharona - most people don't realise it includes the lyric "I always get it up for the younger kind"....


I wish people would sing about the mundane rather than sex, drugs and crime all day.


I think A Day in the Life fits that requirement.


Why should lyrics have meaning?




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