Mike Johnston <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> BTW... Paul's "Flaming Pie" album is a great one. Maybe I'm amazed. > >Except that it's called "Flaming Pie." Paul never had a knack for words. >John was the poet. Did you ever hear the story about the original words for >"Michelle"? Paul's original lyrics had "Scrambled Eggs" as the trope for >"Michelle" and the song was about _breakfast_. George Martin and Lennon had >to talk him into writing better lyrics for it. He's a great melodist but not >a great lyricist.
Oh Mike, you got that one all messed up! "Scrambled Eggs" was the temporary title for "Yesterday", not "Michelle" (you can sing it: "Scrambled eggs, All I really want is scrambled eggs..."), and Paul never intended to keep the lyrics, he just made up some words quickly to keep the structure while he was working on the music. "Flaming Pie" is from a forward he wrote for one of John Lennon's books. He said that they were given the name "Beatles" by a vision who appeared to them on a flaming pie. Kinda weird, but probably deliberately so considering the material in John's book in which it appeared! (And Paul had his share of great lyrics too: Eleanor Rigby, Fixing a Hole, etc.) -- Mark Roberts www.robertstech.com - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
