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From: will.dockery@gmail.com (W.Dockery)
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Subject: Re: Dylan's Mishearing of "I Want To Hold Your Hand"
Date: Sat, 22 Feb 2025 12:55:34 +0000
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On Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:46:00 +0000, Geoff wrote:

> On 21/02/2025 8:49 pm, W.Dockery wrote:
>> On Tue, 18 Feb 2025 23:34:13 +0000, Norbert wrote:
>>
>>> Same here.
>>>
>>> I need to correct myself on something.  I wrote, sincerely but mistaken,
>>> that Albert Goldman attributed the change in the Beatles' songwriting
>>> style to their marijuana use.  No; Goldman actually wrote that Peter
>>> Brown ascribed the guys' stylistic changes to pot.  Goldman, in fact,
>>> devoted several eloquent paragraphs to his own argument that the change
>>> in style was due to McCartney's copping of black musical styles.
>>>
>>> And he was right.  McCartney has owned up to this -- to, e.g., his
>>> efforts to play bass like "the Motown Guy," James Jamerson.
>>
>> That's fascinating information.
>
> There is nothing to 'own up about' in being influenced by a particular
> or different style or performer of music.

Definitely, "own up to" is probably not the best choice of words there.