# paul mccartney and english accents

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**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [April 16, 2000, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paul-mccartney-and-english-accents/16048 "2000-04-16T01:42:00Z")\
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**Post date:** [April 18, 2000, 5:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paul-mccartney-and-english-accents/16048/21 "2000-04-18T05:15:00Z")

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Beruang wrote:

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> I must respectfully disagree with your assessment that Paul was not a lyricist. I consider “For No One” as the Beatles’ best all-around effort (a purely subjective opinion, granted).

Thank you, thank you, thank you. As a song, as a melody, as a narrative and as a complete work, I’ve always considered “For No One” head and shoulders above “Yesterday,” suffering by comparison only because it came second. “Yesterday” is dramatic, but “For No One” is genuinely heartbreaking.

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