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{{cquote|'I'm A Loser' is me in my Dyland period, because the word 'clown' is in it. I objected to the word 'clown', because that was always artsy-fartsy, but [[Bob Dylan and the Beatles|Dylan]] had used it so I thought it was all right, and it rhymed with whatever I was doing. Part of me suspects I'm a loser, and part of me thinks I'm God Almighty.|quotewidth=500px|John Lennon, ''The Beatles Anthology'', p.160|2000}} | {{cquote|'I'm A Loser' is me in my Dyland period, because the word 'clown' is in it. I objected to the word 'clown', because that was always artsy-fartsy, but [[Bob Dylan and the Beatles|Dylan]] had used it so I thought it was all right, and it rhymed with whatever I was doing. Part of me suspects I'm a loser, and part of me thinks I'm God Almighty.|quotewidth=500px|John Lennon, ''The Beatles Anthology'', p.160|2000}} | ||
− | {{cquote|Most of my good songs are in the first person. [[In My Life|'In My Life']], 'I'm A Loser, [[Help! | + | {{cquote|Most of my good songs are in the first person. [[In My Life|'In My Life']], 'I'm A Loser, [[Help!|'Help!']], [[Strawberry Fields Forever|'Strawberry Fields']] — they're all personal records. I always wrote about me when I could.|quotewidth=500px|John Lennon, ''The Beatles Anthology'', p.197|2000}} |
− | {{cquote|I'd started thinking about my own emotions. I don't know when exactly it started, like 'I'm A Loser' or 'Hide | + | {{cquote|I'd started thinking about my own emotions. I don't know when exactly it started, like 'I'm A Loser' or [[You've Got To Hide Your Love Away|'Hide Your Love Away']], those kind of things. Instead of projecting myself into a situation, I would try to express what I felt about myself, which I'd done in my books. I think it was Dylan who helped me realise that — not by any discussion or anything, but by hearing his work.|quotewidth=500px|John Lennon, ''Rolling Stone'' Interview, RS74|4 Feb 1971}} |
{{cquote|Looking back on it, I think songs like [[I'm a Loser|'I'm a Loser']] and [[Nowhere Man|'Nowhere Man']] were John's cries for help. We used to listen to quite a lot of country and western songs and they are all about sadness and 'I lost my truck' so it was quite acceptable to sing [[I'm a Loser|'I'm a loser']]. You didn't really think about it at the time, it's only later you think, God! I think it was pretty brave of John. 'I'm A Loser' was very much John's song and there may have been a dabble or two from me.|quotewidth=500px|Paul McCartney, ''Many Years From Now'' by Barry Miles|1994}} | {{cquote|Looking back on it, I think songs like [[I'm a Loser|'I'm a Loser']] and [[Nowhere Man|'Nowhere Man']] were John's cries for help. We used to listen to quite a lot of country and western songs and they are all about sadness and 'I lost my truck' so it was quite acceptable to sing [[I'm a Loser|'I'm a loser']]. You didn't really think about it at the time, it's only later you think, God! I think it was pretty brave of John. 'I'm A Loser' was very much John's song and there may have been a dabble or two from me.|quotewidth=500px|Paul McCartney, ''Many Years From Now'' by Barry Miles|1994}} |
Revision as of 21:04, 14 September 2011
"I'm a Loser" | ||||
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Song by The Beatles | ||||
Album | Beatles for Sale | |||
Released | 4 December 1964 | |||
Recorded | 14 August 1964, EMI Studios, London |
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Genre | Folk rock, country rock | |||
Length | 2:31 | |||
Label | EMI, Parlophone, Capitol | |||
Writer | Lennon/McCartney | |||
Producer | George Martin | |||
Beatles for Sale track listing | ||||
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“ | 'I'm A Loser' is me in my Dyland period, because the word 'clown' is in it. I objected to the word 'clown', because that was always artsy-fartsy, but Dylan had used it so I thought it was all right, and it rhymed with whatever I was doing. Part of me suspects I'm a loser, and part of me thinks I'm God Almighty. | „ |
—John Lennon, The Beatles Anthology, p.160, 2000 |
“ | Most of my good songs are in the first person. 'In My Life', 'I'm A Loser, 'Help!', 'Strawberry Fields' — they're all personal records. I always wrote about me when I could. | „ |
—John Lennon, The Beatles Anthology, p.197, 2000 |
“ | I'd started thinking about my own emotions. I don't know when exactly it started, like 'I'm A Loser' or 'Hide Your Love Away', those kind of things. Instead of projecting myself into a situation, I would try to express what I felt about myself, which I'd done in my books. I think it was Dylan who helped me realise that — not by any discussion or anything, but by hearing his work. | „ |
—John Lennon, Rolling Stone Interview, RS74, 4 Feb 1971 |
“ | Looking back on it, I think songs like 'I'm a Loser' and 'Nowhere Man' were John's cries for help. We used to listen to quite a lot of country and western songs and they are all about sadness and 'I lost my truck' so it was quite acceptable to sing 'I'm a loser'. You didn't really think about it at the time, it's only later you think, God! I think it was pretty brave of John. 'I'm A Loser' was very much John's song and there may have been a dabble or two from me. | „ |
—Paul McCartney, Many Years From Now by Barry Miles, 1994 |