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john lennon once said "never use 'just' in a lyric - it's lazy" (i paraphrase) and i think he might have had simmilar opinions on such things as "trivial". sad
by zabzonk 4y ago
john lennon once said "never use 'just' in a lyric - it's lazy" (i paraphrase) and i think he might have had simmilar opinions on such things as "trivial". sadly, we will never know.
- lowercased 4y ago* He used 'trivialities' in a song (When I Get Home) * She was "just" seventeen (arguably that was Paul's line, but John didn't override it, and kept his name on it) * "(Just like) Starting Over" has 'just' in the title and lyrics. * "Just" gimme some truth. * "I'm just a jealous guy" Rules are meant to be broken, perhaps? Or maybe he would just cop to being lazy?
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- zabzonk 4y ago> Rules are meant to be broken, perhaps? Or maybe he would just cop to being lazy? both? the quote i paraphrased was from hunter davies' authorised biog of the beatles but i still think it is a good rule
- lowercased 4y agoi don't completely disagree. I wonder how much of that was a flippant remark, how much his own views changed in the intervening years.