Comments on: The Top 20 Beatles Songs, #13: “Julia” http://www.americansongwriter.com/2009/09/the-top-20-beatles-songs-13-%e2%80%9cjulia%e2%80%9d/ American Songwriter Magazine Thu, 09 Feb 2012 16:40:07 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.4 By: The Top 20 Beatles Songs, #1: “A Day In The Life” | American Songwriter http://www.americansongwriter.com/2009/09/the-top-20-beatles-songs-13-%e2%80%9cjulia%e2%80%9d/comment-page-1/#comment-4299 The Top 20 Beatles Songs, #1: “A Day In The Life” | American Songwriter Tue, 06 Oct 2009 12:03:14 +0000 http://www.americansongwriter.com/?p=25893#comment-4299 [...] Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds 11. “All You Need Is Love” 12. “Yesterday” 13. “Julia” 14. “Tomorrow Never Knows“ 15. “With A Little Help From My Friends” 16. [...] [...] Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds 11. “All You Need Is Love” 12. “Yesterday” 13. “Julia” 14. “Tomorrow Never Knows“ 15. “With A Little Help From My Friends” 16. [...]

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]]> By: Marcus Horowitz http://www.americansongwriter.com/2009/09/the-top-20-beatles-songs-13-%e2%80%9cjulia%e2%80%9d/comment-page-1/#comment-3800 Marcus Horowitz Fri, 18 Sep 2009 21:10:08 +0000 http://www.americansongwriter.com/?p=25893#comment-3800 Only two lines in the song came from Gibran—and those were freely adapted to suit Lennon's needs—so saying "many of the song's lyrics" come from Gibran is more-than-a-little unfair. And Lennon learned an established fingerpicking style from Donovan? So what? Does that make the song"borrowed"? Great art takes its inspirations and transforms them into something new, fresh and personal. That's exactly what John Lennon did with Julia. Only two lines in the song came from Gibran—and those were freely adapted to suit Lennon’s needs—so saying “many of the song’s lyrics” come from Gibran is more-than-a-little unfair. And Lennon learned an established fingerpicking style from Donovan? So what? Does that make the song”borrowed”?

Great art takes its inspirations and transforms them into something new, fresh and personal. That’s exactly what John Lennon did with Julia.

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