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16 Apr 2025 Conversations with Tyler Ian Leslie on McCartney, Lennon, and the Greatest Creative Partnership of All Time
“I think you could see even earlier in “I’ll Follow the Sun,” that sense of just keep on keeping on, just a sense of a troubadour with a guitar who’s just going to keep playing and will never get too attached to anybody.”
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- 16 Apr 2025
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…Do you ever, in Paul, hear the influence of Dylan, and if so, where? Yes, I think you can hear it in those songs, like “I’m Looking Through You.” Just the willingness to put his insecurities and his jealousy and almost spitefulness into a song, which, of course, Dylan was just fantastically willing to do, to put a more complex character into a song. I think you could see even earlier in “I’ll Follow the Sun,” that sense of just keep on keeping on, just a sense of a troubadour with a guitar who’s just going to keep playing and will never get too attached to anybody. I think maybe he gets a little bit of Dylan into his repertoire there. I think you see quite a lot of Dylan. It’s most often talked about in terms of Dylan’s influence on John, but I think Paul was the first to get into Dylan and introduce Dylan to the others. Do you hear any Dylan in “Hey Jude”?…
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