But why, among the many Lennon/McCartney songs from which we may probably
never know what part John and/or Paul had exactly in the collaboration, pick
one where we do have such an explicit quote? Take instead maybe
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eight_Days_a_Week_(song)
On Sat, Oct 9, 2010 at 3:19 AM, Brian Schweitzer <
brian.brianschweit...@gmail.com> wrote:
> As for the example I still think it should be changed: In the case of "She
>> loves you" it is actually known (from the artists themselves as quoted on
>> wikipedia) who composed (both!) and who wrote the lyrics (both!) and thus,
>> following the guidelines: ("It is known whether the artist was
>> responsible for the lyrics and/or the music") the "wrote"-AR should not
>> be used here. I can't find a better example – and don't have the time to
>> search for one right now.
>>
>>
> I understand what you mean, but I think the very nature of the AR would
> make any example only "correct" in the short term - theoretically, any
> writer AR will be clarified to lyricist and/or composer someday, so any
> example will eventually have this problem. With the Wikipedia citation as
> the sole source, I think the example works as a well known case, even though
> there's many other sources which could also be used to clarify from "writer"
> to "composer" and/or "lyricist", in that case.
>
> Brian
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