Monday, December 1st, 1969

Hit Parader magazine features Keith and John in "My Favorite Records"

Transcription:

Kieth and John, being inseparable friends, have the same three favorites: Beatles' Help and Hard Day's Night and the Beach Boy's Surfer - Girl.

John: The only groups whose records I really like are the Beatles and the Beach Boys as hey were when Brian Wilson was with them, not as they are now. I like these particular Beatles records because I liked the films and thought that they were writing their best stuff at that time. The Beach Boys I choose because Keith and I used to play it in secret when the rest of the guys were keen on R&B. These two groups are more creative than the others and I have more respect for them, because I don't think that a group is a group unless they write their own material. These are the only two I'd pay to watch although I wouldn't pay to hear the Beach Boys as they are now. Their singles aren't strong anymore, they're a record producers dream and you can dissect them and them to pieces.

Keith: I don't really like anything else besides the Beatles and the early Beach Boys, but I preferred the Beatles' old songs to the new ones on Revolver. Lennon has gone a step further and therefore his songs are more personal, but McCartney has stayed the same. I liked their old stuff better although I appreciate their new things. I mean I still look forward to hearing their new single when it arrives.