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Pepper four-track tapes themselves belie the "Paul on piano, plus Ringo" account, whatever George's impression of the sessions may've been. I don't think he was paying that much attention.
I realize my love of Pepper is a minority view among the Beatles hardcore. Whatever…I do love it and am thrilled with the new remix. I also think being neither a John man nor a Paul man helps: no offense taken at a McCartney-led project.
When I'm Sixty Four is a knowing pastiche of English music hall fare. Yer Blues is a knowing pastiche of English blooze. Two examples of the same thing, yet certainly not generally perceived as such.
How come?
John ragged on Mr. Kite in the early '70s, but changed his take later on. In 1980: "It's so cosmically beautiful. The song is pure, like a painting, a pure watercolor."
-Dave-