Comments on: The Beatles Mono Reviews 4 – A Hard Day’s Night (Part One) http://andrewhickey.info/2009/10/07/the-beatles-mono-reviews-4-a-hard-days-night-part-one/ Thoughts on music, science, politics and comics. Mostly comics. Wed, 28 Jul 2010 13:46:15 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: pillock http://andrewhickey.info/2009/10/07/the-beatles-mono-reviews-4-a-hard-days-night-part-one/comment-page-1/#comment-3983 pillock Fri, 09 Oct 2009 07:39:54 +0000 http://andrewhickey.info/?p=916#comment-3983 Wonderful choice of clip for your contention about Lennon's solipsism, HA! I do think this post could very fruitfully be expanded into a Great Big Thing, even as abbreviated as it is...the idea that Lennon's concerns are adult concerns even as they are egocentric concerns is an interesting contrast to McCartney's realization about other people...which, let's face it, when it ends up in Wings makes for some <i>awfully</i> arbitrary-sounding lyrical content, as though he had a great idea for a song (<i>many</i> great ideas, of course) but could only follow his essentially-romantic nose toward what it might best be made to be <i>about</i>. But one thing for solipsism, it'll never leave you lacking for subject matter. Of course as you say, it isn't as though Paul never wrote an "I"-based song (or even a song where the other person was essentially an object, Lord knows!)...and it isn't as though Lennon never wrote a song whose primary focus wasn't on himself... But this is some pretty lucid business you've got going on here, and I might as well tell you I'm going to straight-up lift it for purposes of Thanksgiving-table conversation. Also very much appreciate the Wagner comparison! Wonderful choice of clip for your contention about Lennon’s solipsism, HA! I do think this post could very fruitfully be expanded into a Great Big Thing, even as abbreviated as it is…the idea that Lennon’s concerns are adult concerns even as they are egocentric concerns is an interesting contrast to McCartney’s realization about other people…which, let’s face it, when it ends up in Wings makes for some awfully arbitrary-sounding lyrical content, as though he had a great idea for a song (many great ideas, of course) but could only follow his essentially-romantic nose toward what it might best be made to be about. But one thing for solipsism, it’ll never leave you lacking for subject matter.

Of course as you say, it isn’t as though Paul never wrote an “I”-based song (or even a song where the other person was essentially an object, Lord knows!)…and it isn’t as though Lennon never wrote a song whose primary focus wasn’t on himself…

But this is some pretty lucid business you’ve got going on here, and I might as well tell you I’m going to straight-up lift it for purposes of Thanksgiving-table conversation.

Also very much appreciate the Wagner comparison!

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