‘I Want You (She’s So Heavy)’: The Beatles’ final moment in the studio
The year is 1969, and the biggest band in the world is on the brink of breaking up. The once lucrative songwriting partnership between Paul McCartney and John Lennon seems […]
Paul McCartney reveals how he came up with The Beatles’ ‘Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band’ album title
Paul McCartney has revealed how he came up the title of The Beatles‘ iconic album ‘Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band’. Speaking about the 1967 record on a recent episode […]
Paul McCartney Has to ‘Split’ Himself in Half to Sing 1 ‘Sgt. Pepper’ Song
Considering the complexity of The Beatles‘ Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band, it makes sense that Paul McCartney has some difficulty singing one of its songs. He said he was […]
The final Beatles song John Lennon and Paul McCartney wrote together
The contribution to popular music made by both John Lennon and Paul McCartney can never be truly overstated. The partnership spawned some of the world’s most cherished songs and, later, […]
John Lennon Said He Could Have Done ‘Oh! Darling’ ‘Better’ Than Paul McCartney
“Oh! Darling” was released in 1969 on Abbey Road, the last album The Beatles recorded. Written and sung by Paul McCartney, the song was a nod to a more ‘50s […]
The “throwaway” Beatles song meant to “confuse everybody”
John Lennon had a habit of throwing people off his true intentions. That mostly came in undermining his own material, shrugging off interpretations, and simply insisting that he didn’t take […]
Fab Four Fear: The Beatles song that came from being “very paranoid”
When it comes to The Beatles and paranoia, a few songs could act as contenders for being the most anxious. There are the suicidal tendencies of ‘Yer Blues’, the inscrutable […]
Paul McCartney’s Girlfriend Shared Why She Found Him a Bit ‘Embarrassing’
Before The Beatles were famous, Paul McCartney and his girlfriend were able to go to movies and concerts without the constant attention that would soon follow McCartney. When his girlfriend, […]
The Connection Between The Beatles’ ‘Hey Jude’ and Queen’s ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’
The Beatles‘ “Hey Jude” is arguably the Fab Four’s signature song and Queen’s “Bohemian Rhapsody” is undeniably Queen’s signature song. While the two hits sound so different from each other, […]
How The Beatles’ “Michelle” Went From Boozy French Party Song To Smash Hit
If there was a better way to impress girls at house parties than dressing in all black, sitting in a corner with a guitar, and singing fake French, teenage Paul […]