# Name This Beatles or McCartney Song **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 17, 2003, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-this-beatles-or-mccartney-song/162072 "2003-03-17T19:40:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Jinx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c6cbf5/32.png) [@Jinx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jinx)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2003, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-this-beatles-or-mccartney-song/162072/1 "2003-03-17T19:40:44Z")
I barely only know the first few lines, but I think it’ll be enough for Beatles and McCartney fans. It may even be from a newer Beatles song, such as the last few (posthumous) releases of the group in the mid 1990’s. Here goes: Sitting on a doorstep blah ble blah bi blah bi blah I can see (half-rest) you there… Any takers? Help! I need somebody! 😃 Thanks, - Jinx …All the clueless OPosters where do we all come from? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![ruadh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/d2c977/32.png) [@ruadh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ruadh)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2003, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-this-beatles-or-mccartney-song/162072/2 "2003-03-17T19:44:58Z")
That’s Julian Lennon, I think it was called “Valotte”. ---
**Author:** ![Murcielago](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/da6949/32.png) [@Murcielago](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Murcielago)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2003, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-this-beatles-or-mccartney-song/162072/3 "2003-03-17T19:51:22Z")
Yep. Julian admits that album was crafted to sound John-like. ---
**Author:** ![Jinx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c6cbf5/32.png) [@Jinx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jinx)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2003, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-this-beatles-or-mccartney-song/162072/4 "2003-03-17T20:14:00Z")
A-ha! That’s why I couldn’t place it! And, I apologize to the McCartney fans for thinking it sounded like Paul. I’m not good at telling them apart by sound alone…unless I had the benefit of hindsight! Also, I apologize to the Lennon fans for NOT thinking it just might be Lennon, or a son… - Jinx ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2003, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-this-beatles-or-mccartney-song/162072/5 "2003-03-17T22:54:54Z")
I thought it WAS John when I first heard it. Very creepy. ---
**Author:** ![Boo\_Boo\_Foo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e274bd/32.png) [@Boo\_Boo\_Foo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boo_Boo_Foo)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2003, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-this-beatles-or-mccartney-song/162072/6 "2003-03-17T23:17:59Z")
Indeed, still, to this day, it makes me sad that Julian Lennon and Paul McCartney don’t record together on occasion. My thinking is this - regardless of whether it would be improper or not - there’s no denying that the “timbre” of Paul’s and John’ voices merged together amazingly well - in the same way that the “timbre” of the Wilson brothers and their cousins ALSO blended together well. It would just be lovely, assuming Julian was up for it, to lend his distinctive “timbre”, which is eerily like his father’s, to Paul’s voice once again. ---
**Author:** ![maia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f6c823/32.png) [@maia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/maia)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2003, 9:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-this-beatles-or-mccartney-song/162072/7 "2003-03-18T09:23:23Z")
I loved his first cd. A lot. His voice, though like his father’s, had a distinction of it’s own.