Talk:Wait (song)

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[edit] Written by?

I know Paul, in Miles' 'Many Years From Now' states that he doesn't remember John contributing to the writing of this song at all, although it is stated that he did in other sources(like in 'Revolution In The Head'). So far I haven't seen John ever commenting on this song, so what exactly is this co-credit based on?

Any ideas?192.153.194.200 15:06, 26 September 2007 (UTC)

The article may be guilty of overstating the case for a strong collaboration. Paul claims the song or at least doesn't remember if John helped or not. Alan W. Pollack says there is a strong Lennon influence. As you noted, Ian MacDonald says it was a collaboration, but we don't know much about what led him to that conclusion. There is also the song itself, with verses dominated by John's voice and the bridge dominated by Paul's voice. Neither Lennon Remembers or All We Are Saying includes anything from John about the song. Perhaps the article should be edited to reflect more uncertainty about who wrote what. — John Cardinal 21:15, 26 September 2007 (UTC)

Then there's the point of the song 'Every Little Thing' off the 'Beatles For Sale'-album; which is sung mainly by John, written in the style of John, but clearly written by Paul, as both of them attribute it to him. So, had David Sheff, who conducted the Playboy interview, forgotten to ask John about 'Every Little Thing'(like he did with 'Wait'), it would also have been 'given' to John by default, no matter what statement Paul makes in retrospect? Just because he is the singer and the style is much more his than Pauls? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 192.153.194.200 (talk) 12:32, 27 September 2007 (UTC)

Each song is a different case, and the important thing is to present the evidence, with citations, so that the reader can draw the conclusions, not the editors. In the lead sentence or paragraph the editors may choose to summarize, but that summary must be supported by the evidence presented later. Any summary will leave out details and there's a chance the summary will be misleading. If so, we try to improve it. That's what I thought we were trying to do here... — John Cardinal 17:33, 29 September 2007 (UTC)