McCartney Times

Sometimes the best ideas arise out of listlessness rather than hard-graft. Popular opinion states that masterpieces must be quietly honed to perfection. Though some of The Beatles’ best works were made this way – especially in the early days – a large proportion of them originated not from some desire to craft a song for the ages, but from feelings of boredom and lethargy.

In a way, this is unsurprising. Writing songs without a set purpose puts the songwriter’s inner-editor on the back burner. If they’re writing simply to “pass the time” as George Harrison was when he wrote ‘Bluejay Way’, the impulse to write according to a sure-fire formula is far less palpable, meaning that the composer is more likely to come out with something true to their own vision, something unique and novel.

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Source: The song George Harrison wrote simply to “pass the time”