John Lennon Said The Beatles' 'Hello, Goodbye' 'Smells' Like Paul McCartney Wrote It
John Lennon said The Beatles’ ‘Hello, Goodbye” was designed to be a single. He wasn’t a big fan of the track and said it smelled like Paul McCartney wrote it. John revealed his favorite part of “Hello, Goodbye.”
John Lennon said The Beatles‘ “Hello, Goodbye” smelled like Paul McCartney wrote it. Subsequently, John said he wasn’t a big fan of the song. Notably, the track became a hit twice in two different decades in the United Kingdom.The book All We Are Saying: The Last Major Interview with John Lennon and Yoko Ono includes a 1980 interview. In it, John discussed Paul’s musicianship. “Paul was one of the most innovative bass players that ever played bass, and half the stuff that’s going on now is directly ripped off from his Beatles period,” he said. “He was coy about his bass playing. He’s an egomaniac about everything else, but his bass playing he was always a bit coy about.
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