Posted on 11/14/2016 7:37:49 PM PST by Mariner
The early 1970s were a tough time in the lives of The Beatles. The band had dissolved among growing tensions between the musicians, and in 1970 they decided to go their separate ways and officially disbanded the most important group in modern music. By 1971, Paul McCartney found himself in one of the worst spots in his life, one that "he would look back on ... and tell everyone that he'd almost had a nervous breakdown."
It was during this time that relations between The Beatles were at the most volatile, and in 1971, John Lennon sent a scathing letter to his former bandmate and then-wife Linda McCartney. "I was reading your letter and wondering what middle aged cranky Beatle fan wrote it," Lennon's typed and hand-annotated message to McCartney reads.
"Do you really think most of today's art came about because of the Beatles?" Lennon wrote. "I don't believe you're that insane—Paul—do you believe that? When you stop believing it you might wake up! Didn't we always say we were part of the movement—not all of it?—Of course, we changed the world—but try and follow it through—GET OFF YOUR GOLD DISC AND FLY!"
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“Millions of 12-15 year old girls would agree with you. Serious people with good taste in music would not.”
I loved The Beatles and absolutely DETESTED Wings!
My M-I-L says the decline of America started with the arrival of the Beatles. I tend to agree...a group of doper new agers who thought they were bigger than Jesus. I never understood their greatness it certainly wasn’t the lyrics, some of the tunes were a little catchy, but I guess their main fans were teenage girls, so what can you expect?
Yoko was the Muse that gave them all the inspiration! LOL
No flames from me, never liked their music either.
I find it funny that John thinks Linda broke up the Beatles when everyone else thinks it was Yoko that broke up the Beatles.
As the group divided it was clear that John leaned toward pretentious crap and Paul leaned toward commercial pap (Was there ever a more vacuous ditty than “Silly Love Songs” except perhaps the vapid “Let Em In”?) But when they were together, John was nasty enough to tell Paul when his lyrics were stupid and Paul was critical enough to tell John when his tunes weren’t catchy. Together, they sharpened each other. Apart, they both revealed their own musical flaws.
John Lennon was the Beatles, he could have used any 3 of a hundred other young musicians in Liverpool in these days and been the success the Beatles were. The other 3 would never have ever been known.
McCartney proved what a dud he was after the Beatles broke up, teeny bopper elevator bubble gum plastic music.
The Beatles had a good run and so did Wings/McCartney, but the Beach Boys are still playing on.
Surf’s Up English Dudes!
I’m feeling those good vibrations!
I saw Brian Wilson last month w/special guest Al Jardine.
Interesting.
Both of these guys weren’t perfect. But they certainly saw the flaws in the other. I can’t listen to McCartney being interviewed — what drivel.
OTOH, Lennon never seemed to take anything too seriously. It’s funny watching his fans practically deifying him when half of what came out of his mouth was a put-on (and you were hard-pressed to know which half).
“Coming up” is a great Wings song!*
* and maybe the only great Wings song!
I’m old. I was in high school during the dismal winter of 1963-1964, after the Kennedy assassination. The Beatles were only a band, but they sure lifted MY spirits. That goofy-looking group in the weird boots were pure joy.
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There are no ‘muses.’
Lennon & McCartney were well inspired long before any Yoko pagan insanity crept into their art.
Yoko’s foolish paganism led the Beatles down a dark and destructive path that ultimately destroyed them.
Other groups of their era are still productive.
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There was a Freeper article maybe it’s still around that Lennon stated he liked Reagan. After Mccartney started his verbal fellatio on obama and trashed Bush, that did it for me completely.
“Also said Bush was ‘illiterate’ (not a big Bush fan, myself).......but McCartney can’t read music.”
That’s why I totally hate that asshole now. And if you read the history of the Beatles, the Liverpool pub managers all said that Lennon was it’ factor for the group, not the other 3. However, I am a George Harrison fan as well.
I think Lennon was a jerk, but...I will say this, he seemed like he presented himself in a somewhat genuine way.
McCartney...not so much. He has always seemed a bit...oily to me. And being a left wing tool...that seals it.
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