Listen to "I Saw Her Standing There"
The opening lines are:
"WELL SHE WAS JUST SEVENTEEN..."
this song came out when they were well into their 20s
I just noticed
pedos?
2006-10-10 11:30:09 · 19 answers · asked by Damn Dirty Ape 1 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Celebrities
They wouldn't be pervs in Canada where the consensual age for sex is 14!!!!
2006-10-10 11:33:47 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 1⤋
No - and this why -
"The age of consent in England and Wales is 16, as specified by the Criminal Law Amendment Act 1885 (for heterosexual acts) and the Sexual Offences (Amendment) Act 2000"
"I Saw Her Standing There"
Paul McCartney - lead vocals
Originally titled "Seventeen"
Originally written on a Liverpool Institute exercise book
A 1974 live version was released as a duet between Elton John and John Lennon
Written in Paul McCartney’s Forthlin Road home in September 1962, the song was co-composed by Lennon and McCartney based on Paul McCartney’s original idea . It is a good example of how they would work together. For example McCartney wrote "She was just seventeen, she’d never been a beauty queen". Lennon however, disliking the rhyme, added inuendo by changing it to "You know what I mean", especially when considering the age of sexual consent to be sixteen (there were many "sixteen" songs, so seventeen was a little more risqué). McCartney apparently lifted the bass line directly from a Chuck Berry number entitled "I’m Talking About You" (1961). The intro count in was left on the final mix as it was felt to be unusually spirited, and captured the moment.
2006-10-10 11:44:37 · answer #2 · answered by SAGAL79 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Paul McCartney who wrote that song was 21 when it came out and had written it even earlier. Sixteen years is the age of consent in the UK, and pedophilia refers to attraction to children. A seventeen-year old might not be a legal adult but is close enough to adulthood that attraction to a seventeen year-old is not pedophilia, you moron.
2006-10-10 13:14:19 · answer #3 · answered by Dunrobin 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
The beatles are English and 16 is the legal age of consent in England so no they arent
2006-10-10 11:55:59 · answer #4 · answered by sadistic_bondagelover 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
No. I think they were in their early 20's when the song was released, and probably wrote it even earlier. And I think the legal age of consent in England is 16.
2006-10-11 03:41:53 · answer #5 · answered by Tony M 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Are you serious...Obviously you meant to put this under the joke and riddle category instead of celebrities category, right? In case you seriously asked this question then I'm thinking you need some therapy and lots of it...
Good Luck in life cause if you actually thought the Beatles were pervs then your gonna need it...
2006-10-10 11:47:49 · answer #6 · answered by jhash61 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
No, you are legal age in Britain at 16. That's when you can quit school and get a job. You can drink and marry at that age as well.
2006-10-10 12:35:59 · answer #7 · answered by moviegirl 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
That was probably one of the first songs they wrote when they were around that age.
2006-10-14 02:02:40 · answer #8 · answered by brit 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Dude, they were just dancing! And "seventeen" went well with the rhythm because it was three syllables and rhymed with "mean."
2006-10-11 14:41:50 · answer #9 · answered by The_Girl_With_Kaleidoscope_Eyes 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
LOL, a new low. Get over yourself already, It's a freaking song.
2006-10-10 11:40:15 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋