I read that in this song George Harrison is complaining about British tax laws. Since they were from Northern England, they were considered "northerners". He is complaning that the only thing that matters, negatively, is that he is a northerner. Everything else, such as 'the chords he plays, the words he says' are irrelevant. He is being sarcastic.
A significant amount of the Beatles earnings went to taxes, so I think this is what triggered his feelings of unfairness
@datim The song in which he criticizes the English tax system of the time is "Taxman". The reference to a "Northern Song" here is to the company set up by the Beatles, Brian Epstein and Dick James to publish Beatles songs, Northern Songs Ltd. Therefore, what George was saying was literally, "It's only a Beatles song." It really has nothing to do with them being from Liverpool, which is not really considered 'the north'. He's really just saying that they could write any old crap and it would still be held in high esteem.
@datim The song in which he criticizes the English tax system of the time is "Taxman". The reference to a "Northern Song" here is to the company set up by the Beatles, Brian Epstein and Dick James to publish Beatles songs, Northern Songs Ltd. Therefore, what George was saying was literally, "It's only a Beatles song." It really has nothing to do with them being from Liverpool, which is not really considered 'the north'. He's really just saying that they could write any old crap and it would still be held in high esteem.
I read that in this song George Harrison is complaining about British tax laws. Since they were from Northern England, they were considered "northerners". He is complaning that the only thing that matters, negatively, is that he is a northerner. Everything else, such as 'the chords he plays, the words he says' are irrelevant. He is being sarcastic.
A significant amount of the Beatles earnings went to taxes, so I think this is what triggered his feelings of unfairness
You refer to "Taxman", also writen by George.
You refer to "Taxman", also writen by George.
@datim The song in which he criticizes the English tax system of the time is "Taxman". The reference to a "Northern Song" here is to the company set up by the Beatles, Brian Epstein and Dick James to publish Beatles songs, Northern Songs Ltd. Therefore, what George was saying was literally, "It's only a Beatles song." It really has nothing to do with them being from Liverpool, which is not really considered 'the north'. He's really just saying that they could write any old crap and it would still be held in high esteem.
@datim The song in which he criticizes the English tax system of the time is "Taxman". The reference to a "Northern Song" here is to the company set up by the Beatles, Brian Epstein and Dick James to publish Beatles songs, Northern Songs Ltd. Therefore, what George was saying was literally, "It's only a Beatles song." It really has nothing to do with them being from Liverpool, which is not really considered 'the north'. He's really just saying that they could write any old crap and it would still be held in high esteem.