A great single, but maybe more of a triumph of the studio, with new instruments and gizzmo's. And so precise and well put together.
Only complaint is the lyric, which as with much of Paul's work, seem ever so disingenious. (always my one bugbear about his work.) Just a little deftness could have made this a nice comment on, say, their Beatlemania hits-on-demand days.
Love Rain, but don't believe it to be a better single than the A side (though a better song all round.) Great coupling of songs, in a way anticipating Penny Lane/Strawberry Fields (only better.)
I love this song it's one of my favorites. It is SO incredibly well put together and really creatively done. I mean geez, there is even a typewriter carriage return type effect like the author of the letter that is being sung is typing right then. That's just brilliant. The bass is great, the vocals are great, the harmonies are great and fun, the drumming is great. I love Rain, mostly for that incredible bassline and the drumming, but I don't think it is as good as PW.
I totally disagree about the lyric. I think it's perfect, it's exactly what it should be for the subject matter. He's a weedly young writer trying to ingratiate himself and get himself published and that's exactly what the lyric sounds like. Paul wasn't writing it about being asked to write hits on demand, he was telling the story of someone who hasn't had any hits yet(in this case in writing) but really really wants one.
I don't think there's anything disingenuous about it, except in the way that ambitious young people who are desperate to get ahead can often seem a bit disingenous(or like they are "kissing up").
I thought it's a pretty good portrait of someone in that position, who isn't as sophisticated as they want to seem and Paul would know all about that because back in the early days HE was the one who used to write letters to people trying to get them jobs and I'm sure he wrote letters that in their own ways sounded rather similar to this. It sounds ingratiating, the author trying to appear confident, which because he has clearly never had a success yet, comes off a little ridiculous and trying to sound like he isn't really desperate, when in fact he clearly is.
You know the whole job interview 101 "Why should we hire you for the job, what will you bring to this company"? That's in the letter too(you can have the rights, it'll make you lots of money, just let me get my foot in the DOOR PLEASE!!!"
) . It's all there "see I'm a self-starter, I'm a hard worker, I can make you money".
See I love the story this song tells and I think it's a far better lyric than Rain is, talk about a lyric that doesn't "resolve into anything" John.
