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To: epicure who wrote (331253)	12/19/2002 6:42:59 PM
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sir paul agrees with you... story.news.yahoo.com McCartney defends decision to switch songwriting credit Wed Dec 18, 6:02 PM ET LONDON - Paul McCartney on Wednesday defended his decision to reverse the order of the famous Lennon-McCartney songwriting credit and urged Yoko Ono not to overreact. After 40 years of second billing to his late partner John Lennon, McCartney has turned the tables on his Beatles collaborator in his latest project. "Back in the U.S. Live 2002," a two-CD live album, includes 19 classic Beatles songs billed as written by "Paul McCartney and John Lennon." "There's no question this is an attempted act of Beatle revisionism," Ono's spokesman Elliot Mintz said Tuesday. "And it does appear to be an attempt to rewrite history." McCartney's spokesman Geoff Baker on Tuesday defended the switch and said it was not divisive. But on Wednesday the former Beatle spoke out himself and insisted the change was harmless. "I think it is fair and accurate for the songs that John declared were mine to carry my name first," said McCartney. "This isn't anything I'm going to lose any sleep over, nor is it anything that will cause litigation. But it seems to be harmless to me, after more than 30 years of it being the other way. "The truth is that this is much ado about nothing and there is no need for anybody to get their knickers in a twist," McCartney added, using a popular British expression meaning to overreact. (ej-acw)