The one song John Lennon always struggled with: “I couldn’t get the hang of it”
Any artist is going to have a bit of a love-hate relationship with their voice at some point. Regardless of how many times people talk someone up as being the […]
The song John Lennon wrote to improve George Harrison’s singing: “He could do it”
The Beatles were always meant to be a united front. While people like to think that Ringo Starr lucked into the role of a lifetime in more ways than one, […]
Why did George Harrison hate Neil Young’s music?
With The Beatles, George Harrison was viewed as the quiet member among the pack. While this was true when compared with the opinionated crowd that he kept for company, Harrison […]
Who is “Mother Superior” in The Beatles song ‘Happiness Is a Warm Gun’?
Out of all the brilliant experiments and affectionate homages on The Beatles, the LP generally known as The White Album, John Lennon’s seven-part doo-wop metal opera ‘Happiness Is a Warm […]
Every song by The Beatles featuring John Lennon on bass guitar
Out of the three Beatles guitarists, John Lennon was by far the most reluctant to try his hand at the bass version of the instrument. While he could certainly hold […]
The album John Lennon preferred to ‘Imagine’
There were a number of different factors that contributed to The Beatles’ eventual split; however, for the sake of keeping things savoury, let’s just chalk everything down to creative differences. […]
Every Beatles song that Paul McCartney plays lead guitar on
From the moment he officially joined John Lennon’s teenage skiffle group The Quarrymen, Paul McCartney was the guitarist in the band. He even taught John Lennon how to move between […]
The Beatles album Ringo Starr never liked: “I felt like a session man”
Some of the greatest albums ever created don’t get that distinction until years after the fact. While an artist may pour their heart and soul into a track and make […]
What makes John Lennon’s ‘Some Time in New York City’ so brilliantly sloppy?
By the mid-1970s, John Lennon needed to move beyond his role as a pop songwriter. He had already started making bold strides as a political celebrity, and no amount of […]
How did The Beatles album ‘Sgt Pepper’ get its name?
When it came to naming their albums, The Beatles favoured the funny or straightforward over the obscure. Aside from the back-to-back pun work of Rubber Soul and Revolver, virtually all […]