Paul McCartney Said All the 'Catchphrases' the Press Used to Make up About The Beatles ..

Paul McCartney said all the “catchphrases” the press used to make up about The Beatles were “quite annoying.” First, the media gave the Fab Four tags that didn’t accurately describe their personalities. Then, they coined a term for their “distinct” sound.

In The Lyrics: 1956 to the Present, Paul wrote that with the press, “you need them and they need you.” However, some of the more annoying things the press said about The Beatles unfortunately stuck.

For instance, the press called what The Beatles did “Mersey Beat,” which took its name from a local entertainment paper. Paul wrote that when The Beatles heard the “catchphrase,” they thought, “Well, bloody hell. That’s so corny.”

Paul added, “We never thought of ourselves as Mersey, we thought of ourselves as Liverpool, and its an important difference if you come from there. But ‘Mersey Beat’ and ‘Mop Tops’-all these catchphrases stuck and were quite annoying.

“You’d do something you wouldn’t even think about, but then it would be a huge story.”

Source: Hannah Wigandt/cheatsheet.com

Read More<<<