02-09-2006, 04:14 PM
Helter Skelter is NOT a Lennon comp.
They sang what they wrote. Paul wrote that song in response to a conversation he had with Pete Townsend, and his comments on having just written the "trashiest, nastiest, thrashiest song...." and Paul said to himself, "oh yeah?"
You can hear Paul's early memory tracks of it on one of the anthologies.
Even on those songs jointly written (really written together or merged parts):
examples being of the former:
A Hard Day's Night
the latter:
A Day in the Life
They each sing their own respective parts of the song that they contributed.
The only Lennon song I've ever heard McCartney play live is Strawberry Fields, during the 1993 tour. That was a tribute. He also did "Something" during the 2003 tour while telling stories about George, and playing them on a Gibson Uke that was a gift from George's collection.
They sang what they wrote. Paul wrote that song in response to a conversation he had with Pete Townsend, and his comments on having just written the "trashiest, nastiest, thrashiest song...." and Paul said to himself, "oh yeah?"
You can hear Paul's early memory tracks of it on one of the anthologies.
Even on those songs jointly written (really written together or merged parts):
examples being of the former:
A Hard Day's Night
the latter:
A Day in the Life
They each sing their own respective parts of the song that they contributed.
The only Lennon song I've ever heard McCartney play live is Strawberry Fields, during the 1993 tour. That was a tribute. He also did "Something" during the 2003 tour while telling stories about George, and playing them on a Gibson Uke that was a gift from George's collection.