Evidence receipt / evaluation
Published · transcript-backedIan Leslie: evaluation
16 Apr 2025 Conversations with Tyler Ian Leslie on McCartney, Lennon, and the Greatest Creative Partnership of All Time
“Postman” and others for John. They find the emotional heart of these songs in a way that sometimes the originals, which are a bit neater and have the edges sawn off, were not able to do, and I think that is just what makes them really so powerful.”
Source trail
Everything needed to verify it.
- Speaker
- Ian Leslie
- Attribution
- Verified speaker
- Claim type
- evaluation
- Recorded
- 16 Apr 2025
- Publisher
- Conversations with Tyler
Transcript context
…Two of the best covers for me are “You’ve Really Got a Hold on Me,” sung by John, and Paul doing “Long Tall Sally.” I think those are just amazing, much better than the originals [Smokey Robinson & the Miracles, Little Richard]. I think “Please Mr. Postman” [original: the Marvelettes], as well, is one of my favorites. Again, a lot of the early ones — it’s just this sheer incredible commitment of the vocal: “Long Tall Sally,” Paul; “Please Mr. Postman” and others for John. They find the emotional heart of these songs in a way that sometimes the originals, which are a bit neater and have the edges sawn off, were not able to do, and I think that is just what makes them really so powerful. I have some questions about joint composition. These may be matters of opinion, but how much of “Help” do you think Paul actually wrote?…
Stored transcript either side of the excerpt. The highlighted words are the published quote; the surrounding text is unedited source, never generated.