
Listen to Paul McCartney’s isolated guitar work on ‘Paperback Writer’ down below. Lennon might have claimed that ‘Ticket to Ride’ was the first heavy metal song, but ‘Paperback Writer’ might take the cake on the riff alone. It’s certainly the heaviest that The Beatles had gotten up to that point, letting the distortion and feedback propel the song to exciting new heights. Every song needs an anchor, and the noisy ragged riff that cycles throughout the song just might be the coolest sounding riff in the entire Beatles catalogue. It all does come back to that guitar riff, however. The Beatles-Paperback Writer Intro N/C Pa - per - back wri - ter, pa - per - back wri - ter, Verse 1 G7 Dear Sir or Mad-am will you read my book G7 It took me years to write will you take a. From McCartney’s wild boosted bass lines to Ringo Starr’s runaway locomotive drumming, ‘Paperback Writer’ remains one of The Beatles greatest contributions to pop, hard rock, and psychedelia.

Hearing ‘Paperback Writer’ without those harmonies is a bizarre listening experience, but it just goes to show how many memorable elements the song is made up of. Provided to YouTube by Universal Music GroupPaperback Writer (Remastered 2015) The Beatles1 2015 Calderstone Productions Limited (a division of Universal. McCartney, John Lennon, and George Harrison came up with the layered harmonies that give the song its distinctive hook. When he stepped into the studio during the band’s sessions for Revolver, all that needed to be done was to figure out an intro. Songs similar to Paperback Writer by The Beatles, such as Sunshine of Your Love by Cream, You Really Got Me by The Kinks, All Day and All of the Night by. So still, you stand, gazing across the water, as if you barely breathe.

‘Paperback Writer’ came quickly, with McCartney fleshing out the song’s psychedelic arrangement in quick succession. I see you stand there on the green by the river’s edge, rugged rocks lie between you and the white capped waves. PAPERBACK WRITER (John Lennon Paul McCartney) Unconventionality had become the trend of 1966 for The Beatles even when it came to writing songs for the worldwide singles market.
