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The songwriting partnership of John Lennon and Paul McCartney<\/a> is one littered with highs and lows. <\/p>\n When The Beatles broke up, it was pretty evident that the two had gone in completely separate creative directions. They have both had their own ideas about what made a good song, and they were very different. Paul McCartney wanted to write pop songs, and John Lennon wanted something more hard-hitting.\u00a0<\/p>\n It was this variety of ideas that got in the way of the band ever being able to truly connect towards the end of their run together. The break-up was pretty messy, as band members went to the press to talk about some of the songs their counterparts had written and essentially tore them to shreds.\u00a0<\/p>\n Paul McCartney was a big fan of his song \u2018Hello Goodbye\u2019, but the same couldn\u2019t be said for John Lennon. Their differences of opinion on this were a big reflection of how much their attitudes towards creativity were changing<\/a>. \u201cThat\u2019s another McCartney,\u201d said Lennon. \u201cSmells a mile away, doesn\u2019t it? An attempt to write a single. It wasn\u2019t a great piece; the best bit was the end, which we all ad-libbed in the studio, where I played the piano.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n Of course, while the end of the band may have been somewhat turbulent, it\u2019s worth remembering that there was a time when they all got along. When John Lennon and Paul McCartney were once two halves of the same mind. They loved the music that one another made, and were also big fans of the same kinds of artists. One of the songs that they both loved when they initially started making music was \u2018Be-Bop-a-Lula\u2019 by Gene Vincent. <\/p>\n \u201cIf the oldies but goldies come on (the radio), it\u2019s one of my favourites,\u201d said Lennon. \u201cIf I hear \u2018Be-Bop-a-Lula\u2019, I can hear it over and over again. Every time it comes on, I switch up the thing, and I have the record still.\u201d<\/p>\n Their mutual love for the song went a lot deeper than just the sound, it was built into the foundation of The Beatles. When John Lennon and Paul McCartney first met, McCartney knew he wanted them to make music together. When they first started talking about their influences and what artists they liked, their mindsets aligned, and as a mini audition, McCartney decided to play a cover of the song. It was a mutual adoration for this track that cemented the two\u2019s early bond, and that allowed them to go on and make such good music together.\u00a0<\/p>\n Further reading: From The Vault<\/p>\n \u201cNow this is the first record I ever bought when I was a kid,\u201d recalled McCartney, \u201cand I saved up my pocket money for months, and then I took the bus downtown to the record shop, and I remember going into the back of the shop and listening to the record and loving it.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n He concluded, \u201cIt was just very early days of rock\u2019n\u2019roll<\/a>, so it was just such a thrill, and then I got back on the bus, went home and played it endlessly, and these memories of Gene Vincent and the Blue Caps singing \u2018Be-Bop-A-Lula\u2019 will stay with me forever.\u201d<\/p>\n
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