Editing Beatles for Sale (section)

===="I'm a Loser"====
Music critic [[Richie Unterberger]] singles out "[[I'm a Loser]]" as "one of the very first Beatles compositions with lyrics addressing more serious points than young love".{{sfn|Unterberger|2005a}} Rowley considered it to be an "obvious copy of Bob Dylan", as when Lennon refers to the listener as a "friend", Dylan does the same on "[[Blowin' in the Wind]]".{{refn|group=nb|The Beatles had already used "my friend" in this way in their 1963 B-side "[[I'll Get You]]" and in their March 1964 single "[[Can't Buy Me Love]]". In the case of those two love songs, MacDonald says the form of address conveyed "the casual etiquette of a coolly unromantic new age".{{sfn|MacDonald|2005|p=105}}}} He also said its intention was to "openly subvert the simple true love themes of their earlier work".{{sfn|Rowley|2002}} In Riley's view, "I'm a Loser" inaugurates a theme in Lennon's writing, in which his songs serve as "personal responses to fame".{{sfn|Riley|2002|pp=118–19}}{{refn|group=nb|Later examples, according to Riley, include "[[Help! (song)|Help!]]", "[[I'm Only Sleeping]]", "[[Baby, You're a Rich Man]]", "[[Don't Let Me Down (Beatles song)|Don't Let Me Down]]" and "[[Instant Karma!]]"{{sfn|Riley|2002|pp=118–19}}}}