Paul McCartney Still Considers Lennon’s Opinion

Sir Paul McCartney hasn't let the death of his fellow musician and life long friend stop him from considering John Lennon's opinion on his music. Sir Paul McCartney still uses John Lennon as a ''judge'' of his songwriting. The Beatles legend admits he will scrap lyrics if he doesn't think his late band mate - who was assassinated in 1980 - would have approved of them. He said: ''I imagine myself back into a room with John, and I'll think [about a lyric], 'Ugh, that's no good.' And I'll imagine him saying, 'No, can't do that.' So I'm using him as a sort of judge of what I'm doing.'' The 72-year-old musician found himself feeling emotional at his wife Nancy's 55th birthday party in Tokyo last month because the guests were entertained by Queen and Beatles tribute bands and he was overwhelmed by the uniting power of music. I think it would be kind of odd sitting there and listening to my music being reproduced by cover bands. But that wasn't the case for McCartney. He explained: ''I had a kind of very emotional moment when we were sitting there - it could have been the alcohol." http://nr.news-republic.com/Web/ArticleWeb.aspx?regionid=1&articleid=33546584