PAPERBACK WRITER
“Paperback Writer” is a 1966 song recorded and released by the Beatles. Written by Paul McCartney and John Lennon, the song was released as the A-side of their eleventh single. The single went to the number one spot in the United States, United Kingdom, Ireland, West Germany, Australia, New Zealand, and Norway. “Paperback Writer” was the last new song by the Beatles to be featured on their final tour in 1966. (More from Wikipedia)
Greg Shaw put his faith in what he called “power-pop”: teenage pop music in the standard 3-minute format but backed up with a hard-edged punk rock aesthetic. Pete Townshend coined the term power pop in a 1967 interview to describe the music that his band the Who and Small Faces played; many of the Beatles’ mid-period singles are also in that style, such as “Paperback Writer” and “Day Tripper”. Among American bands, “Time Won’t Let Me” by the Outsiders and “Go All the Way” by the Raspberries are early power-pop hit songs.
(April 2010)
