Interviewing the Beatles

  • Reporter: I'd like to direct this question to messrs. Lennon and McCartney. In a recent article, Time magazine put down pop music. And they referred to "Day Tripper" as being about a prostitute...
  • Paul McCartney: Oh yeah.
  • Reporter: ...and "Norwegian Wood" as being about a lesbian.
  • Paul McCartney: Oh yeah.
  • Reporter: I just wanted to know what your intent was when you wrote it, and what your feeling is about the Time magazine criticism of the music that is being written today.
  • Paul McCartney: We were just trying to write songs about prostitutes and lesbians, that's all.