Comments on: It Won’t Be Long

By: Jon

Jon — Fri, 06 Jul 2018 07:43:40 +0000

I was replying to a commenter who said Not A Second Time was his favorite track on the LP. Wasn’t talking about It Won’t Be Long.

By: Jon

Jon — Wed, 04 Jul 2018 04:56:19 +0000

I find it bizarre how defensive Team Lennon gets. I get it, he’s your guy, but how can you not take into consideration Beatles history and John’s personality? Paul didn’t talk about the Beatles in the 70’s, and even though John hated them, they’re mostly what he talked about… not to mention his Playboy interview detailing all Beatles songs was released posthumously in ’81. So now John’s words are set in stone and Paul can’t so much as say he helped John write a song (during a period in which they wrote together all the time) without Lennon acolytes freaking out. John was undoubtedly egocentric and disliked Paul for much of his post-Beatle career so here’s the real question… if Paul did in fact help him write this song (or any song that was mostly John’s for that matter) do you actually think he would unsolicitedly offer that information? I don’t think he would and I think that history proves that he rarely did.

By: Teddy Salad

Teddy Salad — Thu, 22 Mar 2018 19:35:06 +0000

And Jon’s comment is easily one of the top 10 weirdest on this thread!

By: Jon

Jon — Sat, 15 Jul 2017 06:35:00 +0000

wow i never would have thought that was anyones favorite from the album. easily in the top 10 weirdest beatles songs.

By: Jon

Jon — Sat, 15 Jul 2017 06:27:07 +0000

wow i never would have thought that was anyones favorite from the album. easily in the top 10 weirdest beatles songs.

By: MikeP

MikeP — Thu, 11 May 2017 18:43:41 +0000

What’s the matter with you? In the Paul vs. John (silly) debate, you aren’t supposed to be rational! 😉

By: Teddy Salad

Teddy Salad — Thu, 11 May 2017 18:14:33 +0000

I believe Morgatron was being sarcastic.

By: Robert

Robert — Thu, 05 Jan 2017 00:55:11 +0000

He is labeled as a music historian on other music/song websites. Either he fancies himself as one or he is really a music history revisionist is up to the reader’s opinion.

By: Flynn Kelly

Flynn Kelly — Tue, 03 Jan 2017 01:34:15 +0000

Johan is too biased for a forum. He should write a book and learn how to spell obvious. Mccartney wrote Yesterday before 1965 and was a major player in the early songs. If you listen to outtakes of “I want to hold your hand” you can tell who was giving orders.

By: Patricio García

Patricio García — Sat, 04 Jun 2016 06:56:26 +0000

My second favorite too, but after Not A Second Time

By: Dan L

Dan L — Wed, 11 May 2016 11:50:43 +0000

I have exactly the same reaction. It Won’t Be Long, such a firecracker; All I’ve Got To Do, so brooding and exquisite. What a one-two punch to open the album!

By: Graham Paterson

Graham Paterson — Tue, 10 May 2016 10:31:27 +0000

John Lennon in the David Sheff interview says how it was his attempt to write a single and like so many of their songs,(not released in that format), it would have made a great single. A collaboration, but mainly Lennon’s. It was a great way to kick start “With the Beatles”. I instantly loved this song when I first obtained this album.

By: DarrenS

DarrenS — Fri, 29 Jan 2016 16:08:26 +0000

” It´s obvius that McCartney highly admires Lennon´s compositions, and perhaps is afraid that his own songs cannot age as well as Lennon´s.”

And yet it is clearly the case that they do. Odd.

BTW, love this song. It is the song that brought me back to the Beatles 5 years ago.

By: Johan cavalli

Johan cavalli — Sat, 02 Jan 2016 15:55:49 +0000

Yes, Gustavo and Joseph Bruch. One has to differ c o m p o s i t i o n from a r r a n g e m e n t. During the years 1963-1965, or before Yesterday, Lennon was the dominant composer, and that embarrasses McCartney enormously. Therefor, when Lennon was the composer of a song, and McCartney had added something, McCartney claims “it was co-written”. And all musicwriters believe he meant a ” co-composition”. It´s obvius that McCartney highly admires Lennon´s compositions, and perhaps is afraid that his own songs cannot age as well as Lennon´s.

By: cold turkey 1987

cold turkey 1987 — Mon, 11 May 2015 14:59:00 +0000

My second favorite song on the with the beatles lp. The next track, all I’ve got to do is my favorite.

By: Pablo Castro

Pablo Castro — Sat, 27 Dec 2014 07:52:10 +0000

Although there is a video of the Beatles playing it in some tv program, they were only dubbing, and never really perfomed it live.

It´s annoying because it´s the first song on the album and it´s commercially strong, and an interesting composition in the harmonic aspect , starting on the relative chord of the key, with occasional minor key borrowed chord ( C in E major) , and the marvelous chromatic descent on the bridge, which is actually more complicated than in Micchelle, Cry Baby Cry and even Fixing a Hole, because is the chromatic descent of two notes, in four chords in sequence, rather than just only one.

The energy and the cleverness of the lyrics makes it even more interesting, and it´s as powerful as I Want to Hold Your Hand and She Loves You.

By: Bongo

Bongo — Thu, 21 Aug 2014 23:09:28 +0000

Love this song. Especially on the Canadian: “Beatlemania! With The Beatles” mono LP. It is so much louder than the UK version LP and I rarely like to give Capitol records credit for anything!

By: Lukey Boy

Lukey Boy — Wed, 18 Jun 2014 18:53:16 +0000

What’s impressive here is just how much they can fit into a two-minute song. It’s a stunning composition, one of Lennon’s best early ones.

By: Dave

Dave — Mon, 29 Jul 2013 12:30:25 +0000

Hello,i heard a great soulful/Tamla Motown style cover version to ‘it won’t be long’ by the The Beatles,does anyone out there know who did this great cover version?

By: Mariah

Mariah — Mon, 08 Jul 2013 04:58:33 +0000

Paul and George sing:

You left me here on my oooooown
Now you’re coming on hooooome, I should, coming on hooooome

At least that’s what I hear! I looked it up on other Beatles forums, etc., and they say the same thing. I hope I helped! 🙂