With regard to alanabit's nomination of I Saw Her Standing There, the original lines by Paul McCartney were to have been - Well, she was just seventeen. She'd never be a beauty queen, But . . . etc. It was Mr Lennon who suggested the more vague (and suggestive) You know what I mean? I also thought that Bonnie is a bit hard on Teddie O'Neill. It's surely just the style of song, more would-be whimsical than plain awful, more pathos than pathetic. Unfortunately, I was beaten to the Bernie Taupin lines, which I've always thought poor. However, with the 12 days still upon us, I think we ought to thank Slade for the wonderful thought, Look to the future now, It's only just begun. More moronic than oxy, I fancy. Lhiuish, Bobby Bob
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