Having replied to one of Willie's replies here this very evening, I caught myself thinking about some of the threads we've interacted at.
I remember having read him write about the Beatles and how they "hard" rocked. Back then that lead me to a sour argument with Miami Mike about our own views on Lennon's approach to music and poetry.
But nevermind, this just made me remember that since I was a kid, I paid attention to "Paperback writer".
Not only because of the addictive guitar riff, which is awesome given when it was written, but also because of the Lyrics. That "Dear Sir or Madam" always made me think of a typical 60s couple...
...and of the sneaky, dirty, magazines I'd read back then, full of Sirs and Madams doing everything but listening to the Beatles. But that's another story.
Great song, and yes, the Beatles did hard rock back then.
What's your favorite hard Beatles song, and why?