The Beatles: Inspiration and Lyrical Progression

girl, but knowing that George wrote it when he was sick and did not want to be bothered (Harrison 97), there was another meaning to be seen.
             From 'A Hard Day's Night,' the song 'Can't Buy Me Love' can demonstrate the beginnings of their songwriting progression. It was not about the regular, everyday boy-girl story in this song. The lyrics are saying to the world that money and material possessions are not everything. Paul wrote most of this song and he said his initial idea was that "all these material possessions are all very well, but they won't buy me the important things" (qtd. in Miles 161). Early on, newspapers began to say that The Beatles were not as wholesome as they immediately sound because the song 'Can't Buy Me Love' was about a prostitute. Paul McCartney replied to their accusations saying, "Personally, I think you can put an interpretation you want on
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