Did The Beatles release ‘Let It Be’ at the wrong time?
The Beatles are one of the few acts that could be described as having a flawless discography. Even though an album like Yellow Submarine did not necessarily have as much […]
The Ironic Story Behind the Beatles Breakup and How It Went Down at the Happiest Place on Earth
While many people associate the end of the Beatles with the year 1970, the band’s official breakup didn’t happen until years later in the happiest place on Earth. John Lennon, […]
Ringo Starr ‘Never Forgave’ a Beatles Assistant for a Bungled Rescue Mission
Longtime Beatles associate Alistair Taylor said that Ringo Starr was the only member of the band who didn’t constantly ask him to fix his problems. The rest viewed Taylor as […]
“Just a noise”: The Beatles song that John Lennon never listened to properly
Spawning out of the suburbs of Liverpool in the early 1960s, The Beatles unknowingly began forging their legacy as the biggest band of all time. They pushed recording techniques forward, […]
The troubling Beatles song John Lennon regretted writing
There were plenty of famed songs by The Beatles that John Lennon derided as terrible “throwaway” nonsense when looking back on his career. Lennon was never one to hold back […]
‘Here Comes the Sun’: The song George Harrison was frightened to write
As a member of the band that changed the world of music indefinitely, you would assume that George Harrison had carte blanche to do whatever he wanted after leaving the […]
What is a “semolina pilchard” in the Beatles song ‘I Am the Walrus’?
The song ‘I Am the Walrus’ probably has the most over-analysed and dissected set of lyrics of any song in the history of popular music. This is ironic, given that […]
Why George Harrison hated the hippy movement: “A lot of bums”
For a brief moment in time, rock music seemed to be changing the entire world in the 1960s. Whereas most people were opening their minds to the possibilities of music, […]
The moment George Harrison knew The Beatles were over: “It got a bit boring being Fab”
It’s almost impossible to quantify the sheer cultural impact of The Beatles. A group born out of four friends, John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr, converging over […]
The song that Paul McCartney chose over a bottle of champagne
Can you believe that there are still people out there who doubt that Paul McCartney is one of the best songwriters of all time? His work with John Lennon and […]