Beatlebob63 said

I read 'In his Own Write' and was wondering just that if there was a compleat Being a Short Diversion ...." out there, would love to read that one...

It can be found at http://www.triumphpc.com/mersey-beat/archives/dubious.shtml

mja6758 said

Beatlebob63 said
Paul was also reflecting on johns poems and In His Own Write being published, it's was kind of like 'good for you mate' since John was very private about his writings that's a lot of what the song is about as well and Paul just wrote about it.

John was never, ever, "private about his writings". At school, his handwritten-drawn copies of "The Daily Howl" were passed around. He wrote nonsense pieces for Bill Harry's "Mersey Beat" newspaper on a regular basis, including the most amusing "Being a Short Diversion on the Dubious Origins of Beatles (Translated ...]]> Tue, 19 Feb 2013 20:09:07 +0000 http://www.beatlesbible.com/forum/the-songs/paperback-writer-question/#p66233 The songs http://www.beatlesbible.com/forum/the-songs/paperback-writer-question/#p66233 John promoting A Spaniard In The Works on the BBC1 show Tonight on the 18th June '65.

Very funny clip.

And yeah, it never seemed like John was hiding it.

Beatlebob63 said
Paul was also reflecting on johns poems and In His Own Write being published, it's was kind of like 'good for you mate' since John was very private about his writings that's a lot of what the song is about as well and Paul just wrote about it.

John was never, ever, "private about his writings". At school, his handwritten-drawn copies of "The Daily Howl" were passed around. He wrote nonsense pieces for Bill Harry's "Mersey Beat" newspaper on a regular basis, including the most amusing "Being a Short Diversion on the Dubious Origins of Beatles (Translated from ...]]> Mon, 18 Feb 2013 02:37:39 +0000 http://www.beatlesbible.com/forum/the-songs/paperback-writer-question/#p66161 The songs http://www.beatlesbible.com/forum/the-songs/paperback-writer-question/#p66161 Paul was also reflecting on johns poems and In His Own Write being published, it's was kind of like 'good for you mate' since John was very private about his writings that's a lot of what the song is about as well and Paul just wrote about it.

The only song or songs they did for someone else was for Ringo, you must be mistaking the press article regarding THE MONKEES, because ...]]> Thu, 14 Feb 2013 18:27:23 +0000 http://www.beatlesbible.com/forum/the-songs/paperback-writer-question/#p65847 The songs http://www.beatlesbible.com/forum/the-songs/paperback-writer-question/#p65847 Seems to me there was barely any notion of pop music criticism in 1966, or at least not much reason to take it seriously. And "Paperback Writer" itself was pretty substantial, so what kind of criticism could they have reacted to by seeking out more complexity? It seems to me that, by venturing away from simple love songs with simple rock-band instrumentation and production, they were pondering the possibility of leaving their audience behind - at least they were asked if they were concerned about that by at least one journalist.

But who knows, whether it's essentially "true" or not, I ...]]> Wed, 13 Feb 2013 17:51:08 +0000 http://www.beatlesbible.com/forum/the-songs/paperback-writer-question/#p65831 The songs http://www.beatlesbible.com/forum/the-songs/paperback-writer-question/#p65831 Were the beatles bothered by criticism by that time, especially by the press? I have the mindset that they were so confident in themselves and what they were doing that that the press reaction didnt matter to them that much. I read somewhere that Paperback Writer entered at number 4 in the UK and climbed to number 1 the next week (if thats true) so criticism might have come from that i suppose (not entering at number 1 so someone thought to have a go at the different sound) but at least 1 paper negitively reviewed She Loves You so it wasnt new to them.

Have searched ...]]> Wed, 13 Feb 2013 11:26:58 +0000 http://www.beatlesbible.com/forum/the-songs/paperback-writer-question/#p65818 The songs http://www.beatlesbible.com/forum/the-songs/paperback-writer-question/#p65818 I seem to recall having read in some article (Can't remember where, probably one of the reasons I'm skeptical) that in addition to the usual culprits (strain of touring, studio experimentation, etc.) one of the reasons that the group went in such a different direction with Sgt. Pepper was some negative critical response to "Paperback Writer". I'd never heard of this before, and I can't seem to find any reference to such a thing. Am I to assume that the author of the article was mistaken? (He'd hardly be the first)