Editing Rubber Soul (section)

===="Drive My Car"====
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The album opens with a pair of lead guitar parts that are soon rendered off-[[Metre (music)|metre]] by the arrival of McCartney's bass.{{sfn|Riley|2002|p=157}} "[[Drive My Car (song)|Drive My Car]]" is a McCartney composition with substantial contribution from Lennon with the lyrics.{{sfn|Spitz|2005|pp=585–86}}{{sfn|Sounes|2010|p=139}} Harrison, as the Beatles' most knowledgeable soul-music enthusiast, contributed heavily to the recording by suggesting they arrange the song with a dual guitar–bass riff in the style of [[Otis Redding]]'s contemporary single "[[Respect (song)|Respect]]".{{sfn|MacDonald|1998|pp=148–49}} In their joint lead vocals, McCartney and Lennon sing [[Dissonance (music)|dissonant]] harmonies,{{sfn|Gould|2007|p=297}} a quality that is furthered by Harrison's entrance and signifies what Everett terms a "new jazzy sophistication … in the vocal arrangement".{{sfn|Everett|2001|p=315}}

The lyrics convey an actress's desire to become a film star and her promise to the narrator that he can be her chauffeur.{{sfn|Schaffner|1978|p=50}} According to Riley, the song satirises the "ethics of materialism" and serves as a "parody of the Beatles' celebrity status and the status-seekers they meet".{{sfn|Riley|2002|pp=156, 157}} Author and critic [[Kenneth Womack]] describes the lyrics as being "loaded with sexual innuendo", and he says that the female protagonist challenged the gendered expectations of a mid-1960s pop audience, as an "everywoman" with ego and a clear agenda.{{sfn|Womack|2007|p=115}}