Peter Asher
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359 appearances
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first heard Jul 2026
last heard 7 Jul
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I think it was the lyrics.
First of all, I don't think it's quite true to say that Paul wrote it for the Beatles.
I think he wrote it pre-Beatles, actually.
Oh, that's right.
He was like 16 or something like that, which is extraordinary.
And I think what John didn't like about it was the lyrics.
He thought, please lock me away was an absurd line to put in a song.
And so he would actually say to Paul, okay, I will lock you away.
The song's over.
Everything was.
I'm not as sure I agree with Paul about that.
I think it was something particularly charming and emphasized the closeness of their relationship that they agreed to credit everything to the two of them.
And I think that was actually a very fair division of credit and saved them any arguments.
Because at the beginning, of course, they did actually write together.
The songs they wrote in our house in London, as you point out, were songs that John came over, they sat down together at the piano or together with two guitars facing each other and wrote together.
So I think that even if they just later did it in commemoration of those moments of togetherness and creativity, I think it was kind of a cool thing to do.
There was a little music room in the basement.
And I do remember one particular occasion, shortly after Paul had moved in,
John came over and he and Paul went down to this music room.
They were down there for a couple of hours and then Paul called up the stairs to me in my bedroom and asked if I wanted to come down and hear this song they had just finished writing.
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