Talk:We Can Work It Out

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[edit] POV

obvious and egregious POVBadgerpatrol 01:53, 11 February 2006 (UTC)

Yupe. "(...) their masterpiece "A Day in the Life" (...)"

Even though i agree that 'A Day in the Life' is a masterpiece, it's major POV warning to describe it as a masterpiece on this site, right? I remove that word. MatteusH 09:48, 24 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Did Yoko write this?

An "unreconstructed northern male chauvanist", and where does this come from? How has this been proven to be a fact. As a long time fan of the Beatles, one thing that I do know is that (and I have read this in interviews with Paul McCartney) sometimes he wrote lyrics to song that fit the melody. Not all of his songs corresponded with any kind of reality. What does Yellow Submarine say about Paul? Nothing. I don't think We Can Work It Out proves that he was knuckle-dragging womanizer in 1965. Swatson1978 20:00, 3 April 2006 (UTC)

Yeah, I don't like the language in that paragraph, either. Seems POV. Should be re-written -6/19/06

[edit] John's contribution

Whereas John takes credit for the middle eight, Paul's assessment is that he brought the song to John and they then wrote the middle eight together. There should be no dispute as to whether John contributed to this song, but can someone tell me why any view John Lennon brings forward is generally accepted as 'truth', while Paul's views are often regarded merely as apocryphal?192.153.194.200 17:59, 27 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Collaboration

I think you'll find quite a few examples of John and Paul collaborating as much as they did on this song later on in their career. 'We Can Work It Out', Paul brought to John in a half-written stage, and they wrote the rest together. Many songs on 'Rubber Soul', 'Revolver' and 'Sgt. Pepper' share this quality.

It wasn't until 1968 that their close writing partnership sort of came to a halt.--84.208.240.143 (talk) 08:23, 7 December 2007 (UTC)