Misery – The Beatles

It was kind of a John song, more than a Paul song… but it was written together.

ポールよりむしろジョンっぽい曲…だね。でも一緒に書いたんだよ。

John and I were a songwriting team, and what songwriting teams did in those days was wrote for everyone. ‘Misery’ was for Helen Shapiro, and she turned it down. It may not have been that successful for her because it’s rather a downbeat song… ‘the world is treating me bad, misery.’ It was quite pessimistic. And in the end Kenny Lynch did it. Kenny used to come out on tour with us, and he used to sing it. That was one of his minor hits.

ジョンと僕は作曲のチームだった。いろんな人のために曲を作ったよ。「ミズリー」はヘレン・シャピロのために書いたんだ。でも歌ってもらえなかった。「世界中が私につらくあたるの…みじめだわ」なんて曲、彼女には合わなかったのかもしれないね。ホントに悲観的な曲さ。でもケニー・リンチはもらってくれたよ。ケニーとはよく一緒にツアーで回っててね、その時に歌ってくれたんだ。彼の地味なヒット曲になったよ。