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The Beatles‘ “She Loves You” remains one of the Fab Four’s most famous songs and one of the most famous songs of the whole decade. Notably, “She Loves You” was inspired by another hit that came out around the same time. The earlier track wasn’t as successful.
In the 1997 book Paul McCartney: Many Years From Now, Paul discussed the origin of “She Loves You.” “We must have had a few hours before the show so we said, ‘Oh, great! Let’s have a ciggy and write a song!” he recalled.
“I remember for some reason thinking of Bobby Rydell; he must have had a hit that we were interested in,” Paul said. “I remember thinking of him and sitting on the bed in this hotel somewhere with John in the afternoon daylight.” For context, Rydell’s “Forget Him” was a hit at the time.
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The Beatles wrote countless songs throughout their decade-long career - but not every one of them was a hit. There were a number of songs the band never released as singles, and - as the songwriters - the Fab Four were their own biggest critics. As a result, John Lennon confessed he hated a song from their sixth album, Rubber Soul, which hit store shelves in 1965.
Lennon opened up about his music in the book "All We Are Saying: The Last Major Interview with John Lennon and Yoko Ono", which involved snippets of interviews from 1980, the year he was murdered.
In the chat, he spoke about the song Run For Your Life. The track is a jaunty blues track that, Lennon later confessed, was inspired by a song performed by Elvis Presley.
Lennon revealed: "Yeah, it has a line from an old Presley song: ‘I’d rather see you dead, little girl, than to be with another man’ is a line from an old blues song that Presley did once." The song in question was the King of Rock and Roll's 1955 song Baby, Let's Play House.
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Paul McCartney discussed “Another Day” with a famous producer. He said he wrote the song because he’s a “voyeur.”
The song became a hit in the United States but John Lennon was not a fan of the song.
Paul McCartney‘s “Another Day” portrays a day in the life of a character. Paul once said he wrote the song because he’s a voyeur. Subsequently, John Lennon criticized the song.During a 2021 interview with Rolling Stone, Paul said he’s observant. “Well, I definitely am an observer,” he said. “I sometimes embarrass people because they say, ‘Oh my God, I didn’t think you noticed that.’ ‘Yeah, I did.'” Paul compared himself to George Martin, the musician who produced most of The Beatles’ songs and some of Wings’ material. “Funnily enough, just slightly tangential, George Martin was in the Fleet Air Arm, and he was on a plane, but he didn’t fly the plane — he was called the observer,” Paul recalled.
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Paul McCartney is a titan in the music industry, but many would be surprised to learn about his impact on several movies. He has contributed a few original songs to movies and provided excellent soundtracks to films he did with The Beatles. McCartney has been nominated for three Academy Awards for his cinematic contributions and has won the coveted award once.
McCartney is a Tony Award away from being an EGOT (Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, Tony) winner. Fortunately, The Beatles helped him secure his Oscar back in 1971. The Beatles won the Academy Award for Best Original Song Score for Let it Be. The album accompanied the documentary of the same name, which featured behind-the-scenes footage of The Beatles recording the album.
The album featured several memorable songs, including “Let it Be,” “Across the Universe,” and “Two of Us.” While it received praise from critics, the documentary behind the music is a sour note in the history of The Beatles. The band disbanded in 1970, and the footage shows the rising tensions between the band members that eventually led to the split. It was a bittersweet accomplishment when Paul McCartney won the Academy Award, as the band was no longer together.
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Ringo Starr is probably responsible for more people taking up the drums than any other drummer in history. Yet for some reason, it’s been fashionable to dis his talent, abilities, and style. That’s all rubbish.
The universe needed a special kind of drummer to keep time in The Beatles. Lennon-McCartney-Harrison needed more than someone who could just thump in 4/4 time. Ringo was perfect. Go back through the entire Beatles catalogue and count the times he just laid down a simple backbeat. There aren’t many. Meanwhile, there are works of drummer genius like “Tomorrow Never Knows,” “Rain,” “A Day in the Life,” and “Come Together.” The inventiveness Ringo demonstrates is breathtaking.
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On March 6, 1970, The Beatles released “Let It Be” as a single. It was the group’s final single before Paul McCartney announced his departure. Here’s what Paul had to say about the hit in his book The Lyrics: 1956 to the Present.
In The Lyrics, Paul said that the context in which he wrote The Beatles’ “Let It Be” was “one of stress.” It was a difficult and tense time for The Beatles, who were heading toward breaking up. Suddenly, there was a lot of change, and no one wanted to work together.
John Lennon constantly wanted to be with Yoko Ono. George Harrison wanted to move to India and live like a yogi. Paul wanted to get back to the group’s roots, hoping it’d save them from breaking up. Ringo Starr was down for anything.
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“I Am the Walrus” is one of The Beatles’ most bizarre and surreal tracks. The song was written by John Lennon, who, according to Paul McCartney, also provided many of the weirder moments that improved the track.
“I Am the Walrus” debuted in 1967 as a part of The Beatles’ Magical Mystery Tour movie and album. The song features some of the band’s more surreal and nonsensical lyrics. The track was inspired by the work of Lewis Carroll, specifically The Walrus and the Carpenter story from Through the Looking Glass. In the 1980 Playboy interview, John Lennon said the inspiration for “I Am the walrus” came to him during two acid trips.
“The first line was written on one acid trip one weekend. The second line was written on the next acid trip the next weekend, and it was filled in after I met Yoko,” Lennon shared. “Part of it was putting down Hare Krishna. All these people were going on about Hare Krishna, Allen Ginsberg in particular. The reference to ‘Element’ry penguin’ is the elementary, naive attitude of going around chanting, ‘Hare Krishna,’ or putting all your faith in any one idol.”
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Paul McCartney loved writing songs with John Lennon. However, if he had to choose one of the most exciting things about their time as songwriter partners, Paul said they came at songs from different angles. They were opposites most of the time but complimented each other.
In The Lyrics: 1956 to the Present, Paul wrote that no one was interested in his songs until he met John. In The Beatles’ early days, the songwriting pair wrote at least one song daily and only came close to a dry songwriting session once.
A dry songwriting session was rare for Paul and John because they knew how to work together. If one were stuck, the other would know how to help. “We could suggest the way out of the maze to each other, which was a very handy thing to have. We inspired each other,” Paul wrote.
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Choosing 10 of the weirdest Beatles songs is challenging. The Fab Four produced many strange tunes that have left fans scratching their heads for decades.
Once The Beatles stopped touring, they spent more time in the recording studio and experimented. They’d also discovered LSD and liked smoking marijuana. Here are the top 10 weirdest Beatles songs.
10. ‘Mr. Moonlight’
“Mr. Moonlight” is a strange love song. The way John Lennon sings the verses is also a bit weird. The person in the tune is thanking the moon for giving them their love. It’s not an ordinary romantic song, and the melody is jarring. It’s also one of the most often-forgotten Beatles songs.
9. ‘Nowhere Man’
“Nowhere Man” could be about someone who doesn’t belong, but it’s still weird. The beginning verse paints a picture of someone out of a story like Alice in Wonderland. “He’s a real nowhere man/ Sitting in his nowhere land/ Making all his nowhere plans for nobody.” The song can be interpreted in many different ways. No wonder the song appeared in The Beatles’ Yellow Submarine cartoon.
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