The artist Paul McCartney said lifts people’s spirits: “It’s such fun”
Paul McCartney has always been a child of all of his influences. Whether it was listening to the old records that his father was listening to in his prime or […]
Is the barbershop in Beatles song ‘Penny Lane’ a real place?
The Beatles song ‘Penny Lane’ is chock-full of nostalgic tit-bits from the band’s youth in Liverpool. Paul McCartney wrote the song in response to John Lennon’s similarly evocative composition ‘Strawberry […]
Why does John Lennon draw breath in the chorus of ‘Girl’ by The Beatles?
By late 1965, The Beatles had conquered the world. They’d done pretty much everything there was to do in the pop stratosphere and so decided to expand their musical horizons […]
The Beatles Song That Paul McCartney Was Scared to Record
In the broad scope of the Beatles‘ career, “Love Me Do” isn’t their most sophisticated. We can’t imagine that a band that was later able to play songs like “A […]
John Lennon Seemed ‘Supernaturally’ Aware of His Looming Death: ‘He Had a Feeling Something Was Coming’
Years before John Lennon’s death, a psychic warned him he would be shot while in America. His first wife, Cynthia Lennon, said this premonition hung over him while The Beatles […]
The Black Sabbath song recorded at John Lennon’s house
Is there anything to say about Black Sabbath that hasn’t already been said? It’s not just that they’re icons of heavy metal, but the world of music would be completely […]
The one lyric George Harrison wanted to change: “If I were to rewrite”
George Harrison never usually had the same kind of time in The Beatles as John Lennon or Paul McCartney had. He certainly had the talent to continue making incredible material, […]
“I’d never write like that now”: the song John Lennon hated
There are plenty of stories of songs John Lennon hated, but they’re usually written by others. Especially at the end of The Beatles, he was more than happy to dish […]