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OK, first I'll apologize if I came off as a "know it all" on this stuff - I'm FAR from it. Just going by what I've heard/seen for 30+ years and I'll STILL admit to not knowing much. Especially since I've always put together the stuff I've seen, heard, and read (from multiple sources) and eventually come up with my own conclusions about such things.

That said, when I read this post about Paul playing the "lead" part to Ticket To Ride, I was (and still am) thinking "What 'lead' part?" Just thinking in terms of "lead BREAK/solo" here, and I couldn't remember if such a thing even exists in that song...

On the other hand, I'm well aware of the different "lead" playing styles that Paul, George, and John had on various songs. I just never thought that "TRR" ever sounded like a "Paul song" to me at all. So, sorry for the mistake.

As for books, as I said, there's a million of 'em. All with twists on the same stories, so it's impossible to say which one is exactly true or not. Doesn't really matter in the long run does it?

I just mentioned that (Spitz) book because I'm currently reading it - and that "In Spite Of All The Danger" was mentioned in it - during a time when John and Paul first started writing songs together - not as a "this is My song" - but more like a "whoever sang it best, did it" kind of thing.

Again, I'm not arguing here - nor do I want to start an argument about anything. Apologies if I came off that way.

But I will say that this is the first time I've ever heard anyone say that TTR was written by Paul. If that's really true, then I'd have to say that he wrote it in mind for John to sing.

Just saying (IMO) that Paul couldn't have pulled it off in such an effective way.

Oh you're dead on about TTR. Even in Macca's bio, he says it's mostly John (read:All John). Although it IS commonly accepted that Macca "came up with" the lopsided drum beat that gives the song so much character,,,

No, no arguements. It's all good.

Cheers

Michael you have probably been asked this many times before but not knowing the answer myself, I am curious. Are you related to Uncle Charlie Lennon?

Eight Days A Weeks IS very Paul and is sung by John.

Paul is, in many ways, a more accomplished and confident singer than John was, so perhaps John took the melody on In Spite of All the Danger to allow Paul to swing some of those harmonies he's so good at.