What made Lennon-McCartney click? Slate correspondent Joshua Wolf Shenk has taken a revealing look at the fermentation process that yielded the greatest songwriting duo of our time.
Today's assignment: Click on this link and start reading Creative Pairs: Why Two is the Magic Number. To get you jumpstarted here's an inviting passage from Part One:
When they were writing "I Saw Her Standing There," Paul offered this opening verse:
"She was just seventeen
Never been a beauty queen."
"You're joking about that line," John shot back, "aren't you?" He offered this revision:
"She was just seventeen
You know what I mean"
There it is: Innocence meets sin—an inviting, simple image takes a lusty, poetic leap.
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