Fascinating examination of the Lennon-McCartney partnership in Slate. Detonates the conventional wisdom that Lennon wrote the bluesy, depressing songs and McCartney the sunny pop tunes. Apparently, it was much more complicated than that.
Which leads me to a minor point. As a student of history, I've come to believe that any nonfiction book, history, biography, or otherwise, could be tremendously improved if the author ended each chapter with "Of course, it was much more complicated than that."
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