Talk:How Do You Sleep? (John Lennon song)

message: What on earth is that talk about "answer songs"? Is that in ANY way official? Paul McCartney has said, in the book "Many years from now on", for example that he didn't start, and didn't want to start arguing with John. I can't understand how the lyrics could be interpreted as insults to Lennon, whereas "How Do You Sleep" is obvious. There's a nig difference there.--Deadworm222 21:34, Jan 17, 2005 (UTC)
:I've added a reference in the article to an interview where McCartney talks about the meaning behind some of the lyrics in "Too Many People." Tripscafe (talk) 21:36, 23 August 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Though there is a reference in John Blaney's Lennon book to "Dear Friend," I think that without a quotation from either Lennon or McCartney, it's just speculation as to what McCartney meant by either of the songs. Tripscafe (talk) 21:44, 23 August 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Answer songs

message: Does anybody notice the way "How Do You Sleep?" and "Steel And Glass" sound incredibly similar?--Taylor (talk) 09:35, 18 November 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Yes, you're absolutely right. And as it was written during John's "lost weekend" which the lyrics refer to, we can presume that this time he firstly very clearly talks to and about only himself, and secondly he consciously, deliberately and ironically does so by referring to "How do you sleep". - And this time he clearly exposes himself to mockery and hence qualifies the earlier song in a new way. (Although this one is weaker than it's predecessor, Johns capability of self-accusal and -irony is very sympathetic and should soothe those thinking of the earlier song as being unjust.)--Ascola (talk) 21:21, 6 April 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Similarities with other Lennon songs

message: I've removed this paragraph:
This track also features an unexplained curiosity : although it starts in stereo with the strings tuning up, background "chit chat", throat-clearing and "shush", as soon as the song proper begins (with the lyric "So Sgt. Pepper took you by surprise"), it switches to mono for the remainder of the song. Bearing in mind that by 1971, everything was recorded in stereo, this is a mystery. There may be some quite trivial explanation, or it may have been a "coded" reference by Lennon to McCartney that he, Lennon, should have been regarded as the true avant-garde member of The Beatles, and that Paul was still mired in his "old-time music hall" ways, in thrall to an era perfectly captured by a mono recording.
pending citation.  Highly dubious. Radiopathy (talk) 12:46, 10 March 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: I agree with your decision. Belasted (talk) 15:20, 10 March 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  How do you figure? 

message: terrible article actually, we need sources not original research, so I'm deleting some of it.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.231.28.185 (talk) 02:19, 24 May 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Bias 

message: Having read only a few dozen Beatles' books, I admit to not knowing the whole picture. But in what way are upbeat McCartney songs such as Dear Friend and Let Me Roll It conceived as being an attack on Lennon? Or an attack on anything? (I see the reference to John Blaney's book, above, but I don't have that book.) Piano non troppo (talk) 07:57, 5 July 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Let Me Roll It an attack?  Far from it. Radiopathy •talk•   16:06, 5 July 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Fill me in on sources for McCartney song attacks

message: Here's a video of the exact moment Lennon says "How do you sleep, ya cunt." I'm not sure how to cite it in the article, or if it's citable.. but it is a fact that he said that and I don't believe a citation is needed. 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FJgJATqKieI&t=1m35s
The link cited above is no longer accessible.
From 1975, Lennon says that the song is ultimately about him (John) and that he (John) regrets the association of it to Paul.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ps_O7munVTI  — Preceding unsigned comment added by ErikWilbury (talk • contribs) 22:31, 4 September 2019 (UTC)
thread_title: Citation

message: Did John Lennon play piano or guitar in the song or did he overdub both? In https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p9067LQORNQ Lennon is playing a semi-acoustic guitar. It says in the personnel section that Lennon played piano (alongside John Tout) with Nicky Hopkins on electric piano. What's the accurate information about what instrument(s) Lennon played in the song?--Kevjgav (talk) 08:01, 24 September 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  John Lennon on piano or guitar (or both) 

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