Blogcritics: Comments on More Lennon stuff on the way

Comment by jimbo

Sat, 24 Jul 2004 01:08:42 EDT

I have a great portrait of Lennon on my site jimboartmusic.com

Comment by Phillip Winn

Mon, 23 Jun 2003 11:12:46 EDT

Paul sounded a bit like a money-grubber at first, but having heard both sides of the story, I side with Paul. It's ridiculous that Yoko Ono makes more money than Paul from a song that even John Lennon clearly said that Paul McCartney wrote. It doesn't matter now, since Paul dropped his efforts, but that just demonstrated how much of a shrew Yoko is to me. "Yoko has a lot of material and would have kept quiet if she didn't think it was good enough to be released." Or, of course, if she felt she could make a buck or two...

Comment by Hazy Dave

Mon, 23 Jun 2003 11:00:42 EDT

And my reply to this post demonstrates that maybe Paul had historical precedent as well as the right to change the order of the credits. It's not as if Paul was suddenly claiming credit for John's "In My Life" or trying to remove Lennon's name from "Yesterday"... I wonder if any of these Lennon demoes were recorded before 1970. It would be interesting to see whether the contracturally required "Lennon-McCartney" credit would be attached in such a case...

Comment by Eric Olsen

Sun, 22 Jun 2003 13:24:34 EDT

Paul has dropped this crusade now - heis no longer pursuing the reversal of credits. Please see this post for more.

Comment by Temple A. Stark

Sun, 22 Jun 2003 12:55:17 EDT

The change to McCartney-Lennon is one of the pettiest things ever to help tarnish a legacy for the sake of .............. ? I don't care how justified he feels in doing it, he didn't need to. Period. It dropped my respect for the man down a notch or two.