Remember When? The Beatles Held a Funeral for Themselves With This Iconic Album
In the late 1960s, the Beatles had cast such a large shadow over the world that not even the band could escape from under it—until they opted to “kill” the […]
What is the least successful Beatles album?
The opening line to Steve Martin’s memoir reads, “I did stand-up comedy for eighteen years. Ten of those years were spent learning, four years were spent refining, and four were […]
The songs The Beatles walked out on: “We thought we’d seen the last of him”
Such is the immense cultural swell behind the tsunami known as The Beatles that it is hard to imagine as anything other than the titans of pop music they have […]
Ringo Starr’s most unique drumming in The Beatles’ discography: “I played differently”
There is a myth that goes around that Ringo Starr wasn’t a great drummer, and that is no small tragedy. The true cost of this falsehood is that it perpetuates […]
‘I Want You (She’s So Heavy)’: The Beatles’ first true heavy metal song
There has always been a longstanding debate about when the first sounds of metal came into the world. Most people would point to something like the first Black Sabbath for […]
The Beatles album Paul McCartney said freed them: “We were pretending”
Nobody could have predicted the mammoth success story that The Beatles became during the 1960s. From a teenage skiffle band in Liverpool, the group became global ambassadors for a new […]
The Beatles receive Grammy nomination for ‘Now and Then’
The nominations for the Grammys 2025 have been announced. Among the most notable nominees were The Beatles who stand a chance of securing yet another win thanks to ‘Now and […]
“The Rule”: The moment Paul McCartney dismissed George Harrison’s ideas for ‘Hey Jude’
Within the unity of The Beatles, Paul McCartney and George Harrison operated under a consistent unspoken rule that ideas could flow freely. While working on a song, anyone could suggest […]
“It isn’t egomania”: The line John Lennon wrote about feeling different from most people
Part of the beauty of songwriting is its subjectivity. Although a musician may pen a composition with a specific muse or inspiration in mind, pulling from their own experiences and […]
The Paul McCartney song that “invented” the new school
Most artists can’t get away with saying that they paved the way for the future. Even if someone goes into the studio trying to make something no one else has […]