'Epic' Beatles songs written by Paul McCartney that John Lennon said were 'junk'
John was not a fan of some of Paul's later work with The Beatles.
As the 1960s drew to an end, artistic differences within The Beatles began to take their toll. John Lennon and Paul McCartney were the primary creative force behind the band's monumental success, with the vast majority of songs written together and jointly credited as Lennon-McCartney.
The two were able to draw the best out of each other as songwriters - with their contrasting approaches often meeting in the middle to create greatness. About their partnership, Music and Musicians magazine's Wilfred Mellors wrote in 1972: "Opposite poles generate electricity: between John and Paul the sparks flew. John's fiery iconoclasm was tempered by Paul's lyrical grace, while Paul's wide-eyed charm was toughened by John's resilience."
But as time went on, they seemingly wanted to do very different things and had increasingly dissimilar views of what their songs should be like. So much so that, as the ECHO has recently looked at, John treated much of Paul's later Beatles work with disdain. He disliked the album 'Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band', which was Paul's brainchild, and he was very disparaging about the song 'Let it Be'.
This was also a theme of the recording sessions for 'Abbey Road'. Though the 1970 album 'Let it Be' was the final to be released by the band, 'Abbey Road' was the last album they recorded.
Source: Dan Haygarth/liverpoolecho.co.uk
