“I’ve Just Seen A Face” – Episode 100 with Ian Leslie

Have you ever realized that another person will change your life forever? Author Ian Leslie joins us to talk about I’ve Just Seen a Face and his book, John & Paul: A Love Story in Songs. Together, we use Paul’s breathless love song to explore chance, recognition, conflict and the mixture happiness and sadness that can exist in a single moment.

Could this song tell us something about Paul in 1965 or maybe about what he saw in John Lennon years earlier?

We cover:

-Ian Leslie’s John & Paul: A Love Story in Songs
-This song's origins
-John and Paul’s creative and emotional relationship
-Love at first sight, fate, and chance
-The acoustic arrangement and rapid-fire vocal phrasing
-Take 3 from Anthology 4
-The opening of Rubber Soul
-A legendary recording session, Paul's Event Horizon

Check out Ian Leslie:
https://www.ian-leslie.com/

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