Talk:The Word (song)

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In the Hit Parader interview John did in 1972, he simply put 'The Word' into the category of songs he and Paul had written together -- NOT among those he'd written alone -- which means Paul must have had quite a bit of input on this one. (I mean, in this interview John completely failed to mention Paul's involvement in the writing of 'In My Life', which naturally leads me to believe that Paul's contribution to 'The Word' must have been even greater than his contribution to 'In My Life', a song John DID give Paul quite a bit of credit for in his 1970 Rolling Stone interview AND in the 1980 Playboy interview. Of course, when 'In My Life' is concerned, John could be guilty of just being forgetful on this occasion.)

In the Playboy interview he also said 'The Word' was written together -- although, being mainly his.

Paul seems inclined to treat this song as a 50/50 composition.

Therefore, just stating that it's 'primarily a John Lennon composition' seems a bit problematic. Saying that they wrote it together, based on John's initial idea, sounds far much closer to the truth.

--84.208.224.234 (talk) 17:51, 6 September 2008 (UTC)

Middle Eights?
Lennon, McCartney and George Harrison sang the song in three-part harmony, while Lennon sang the middle eights.

Middle eights? Being a musician myself, they seem more like verses to me. Democraticmacguitarist (talk) 11:52, 15 April 2009 (UTC)

And as these only consist of four bars, the best you could hope for are middle fours.

The Beatles, John especially, were never really into the technicalities of music. John would refer to nearly everything as middle eights.

Are we saying 'The Word' consists of a repeated chorus and the odd four bar verse, then? --84.208.224.234 (talk) 12:24, 23 May 2009 (UTC)

The use of the harmonium
The use of a harmonium in this particular song and its theme surely alludes to a church and marriage therein etc? Would be nice if someone could find a reference confirming that if true. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mr gobrien (talk • contribs) 21:05, 28 May 2018 (UTC)

Rapid fade out
The song has a very rapid fade out? Does anyone have an explanation if I'm right about that? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mr gobrien (talk • contribs) 21:07, 28 May 2018 (UTC)