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Originally Posted by Becky
Exactly--which is why it's kind of pointless to speculate who wrote "the most." I'm only repeating what has been said about the writing process. I find the revelations they make about their writing to be very interesting.
I doubt any of us think that the process is truly 50/50 on every song, but they've written enough songs together that it probably balances out in the end. So why do people feel the need to say that one song is more a Jon song or more a Richie song? It's pretty obvious that fans aren't there are can only guess. Assigning our misconceptions about who wrote what is futile. I feel like IBTFY is more of a Jon song based on what he's said about Dorothea and based on the fact that he was the only one of the two in a committed relationship at the time. That doesn't make my feeling any more accurate than yours! 
I would love it if one day they released a memoir about what they remember about writing each and every song. Now THAT would be an interesting book in my opinion! |
I wasn't claiming to be accurate just saying what I have always felt about the song. Either of us may be right, it was just the way you unconfirmed it in bold type and then didn't really back that up.
I agree with you that I would love to know which songs were Jon songs and which are Richie ones although it may disappoint if you're a particular fan of one or the other and you find that they didn't really write most of your favourites. Like I said though I think it's kind of hard these days to take anything either of them say at face value so don't know if the book would really help.
11-12-2006, 12:42 AM
