I do get sceptical as well that Paul is claiming all these authorships (or at least major contributions) to some of johns best songs. Who knows the truth but with John unable to confirm it does strike me as a little opportunistic of Paul.
As a matter of fact, Paul and John have agreed on their credits on most songs, who wrote what and how much. There are just one or two songs they haven't agreed on. In My Life is one of them.
I wonder how it would have played out if Paul was the one that got murdered?
Anyone know the earliest mention by Paul that Blackbird was about the civil rights movement? The earliest mention I can find is ....2002.
I had heard the song was about race relations, but no idea the inspiration was this specific:
I can see a definite allegorical connection to the civil rights movement. I can certainly see Paul making statements about the past that reflect a cloudy power of recollection, but I don't see why he would make this up. But people have puzzled me with untruths before so anything's possible.
Feel free to disagree but if so please try and provide some quotes or dates to back up your viewpoint.