‘Watching the Wheels’: John Lennon’s answer to an existential crisis
After every ending, there comes a period of confusion. In an instant, an entire life can look very different. A direction a person has been following for years can suddenly […]
Paul McCartney names his favourite of all his lyrics: “I have no idea where it came from”
Paul McCartney was never exactly known for being as prolific with his pen as John Lennon was. Whereas Lennon was the intellectual member of The Beatles who liked bending his […]
Bruce Springsteen’s favourite song by The Beatles: “It just changed the course of my life”
Whether you grow up to become a musical superstar like Bruce Springsteen or simply a devoted fan, there’s always one band that hits you at the right moment and changes […]
Paul McCartney on the competition between The Beatles as solo artists: “It’s only human to compete”
As the 1960s drew to a close, The Beatles were the biggest band in the world, but they were also on the verge of breaking up. As their fame grew, […]
The Story Behind “She’s a Woman” by The Beatles and How the Band “Turned On” to Create It
When John Lennon and Pete Shotton began a skiffle group at Quarry Bank High School in Liverpool, England, they had no idea what the future had in store. As other […]
The Beatles song John Lennon wrote to mock his fans
Like any musical act that becomes wildly successful, The Beatles had a habit of attracting obsessive fans. At the height of their fame, almost every country in the world had […]
The Beatles masterpiece that George Harrison dismissed as “boring”
For more than 50 years, The Beatles’ album Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band has been regarded as the pinnacle of popular music, a benchmark for all other albums to […]
The George Harrison-Penned Beatles Song That the Band Never Performed Live (And Why)
While The Beatles did their best to perform their most-loved songs while they were still touring, quite a few tracks have never been performed live by the Fab Four. The […]
The Beatles Lyric that Arose from a Hollywood Actor’s Drug-Fueled Ramblings
As The Beatles went worldwide following their humble beginnings in Liverpool, they were exposed to all kinds of experiences that broadened their horizons. That also provided them with songwriting fodder […]
‘Steel and Glass’: the song that kept John Lennon sane during “personal pain”
When John Lennon left The Beatles in 1969, he signified the end of an era. The subsequent disbandment seemed to confirm the demise of the hippie dream as Western society […]