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In the 1970s, the Nixon administration attempted to deport John Lennon and Yoko Ono, and Bob Dylan was among those who spoke out in their defense. Lennon and Ono had spoken out about the U.S. president and the war in Vietnam. In response, the administration initiated deportation proceedings. Dylan wrote a letter arguing that they should be allowed to stay.
In 1972, Nixon was up for reelection, and Lennon and Ono were aggravating him. They sang “Give Peace a Chance” at anti-war rallies and organized “Bed-ins for Peace.” The Nixon administration responded by ordering the couple deported. They argued that because he pleaded guilty to cannabis possession in 1968, he could not remain in the country.
Lennon understood that the move was a political play.
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In 2005, Cynthia Lennon released her autobiography John, detailing her experience living with The Beatles member. Before that, however, the celebrity explained that she tried to avoid “the Lennon Legend.” Here’s what we learned about Lennon’s first wife.
To the world, John Lennon was a songwriter and vocalist for The Beatles. The musician was also husband to Cynthia Lennon, born Cynthia Powell. The two were married in 1962.
Together, Cynthia and John had a son — Julian Lennon, born in 1963. After John Lennon met Yoko Ono at an art exhibition, he quickly fell in love. As a result, he divorced Cynthia Lennon in 1968 and married Ono shortly after.
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Paul McCartney has written many iconic songs in his music career. These songs often have memorable harmonies and titles but also contain unforgettable titles. Many of his most famous titles include “Hey Jude,” “Yesterday,” “Live and Let Die,” “Maybe I’m Amazed,” and “Band on the Run.” McCartney does have a unique way for coming up with song titles, which could explain why he is a music pioneer. In an interview with NPR, McCartney discussed his songwriting process. The former Beatle said he always starts by fumbling around with his guitar or piano to find a chord and melody he likes. Once he discovers the music, he finds some words or a quick phrase that starts the writing process.
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Paul McCartney has been touring for decades, whether he’s with The Beatles, Wings, or his solo career. The artist often performs in his native country, the UK, but he often comes to America to entertain his millions of fans across the Atlantic. While he enjoys touring worldwide, there are two particular things Paul McCartney likes about performing in the U.S. In an interview for his website, Paulmccartney.com, the former Beatle discussed his GOT BACK tour, his 15th tour as a solo artist. The tour began in April 2022 and concluded in June 2022 with a performance at the Glastonbury Festival in England. McCartney has been performing for decades and in front of sold-out crowds possibly thousands of times.
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Ringo Starr once admitted that Paul McCartney had to call the rest of The Beatles to come to work. Paul always assumed the role of boss in The Beatles, whether he liked it or not.
The Beatles are frequently recognized as one of the best rock ‘n’ roll bands. However, like everyone else, they didn’t exactly want to come to work every day. “They” meaning George Harrison, John Lennon, and Ringo.
Besides being late for The Beatles’ first official meeting with their soon-to-be manager, Brian Epstein, because he was bathing, Paul was always punctual and ready to take on anything in the recording studio and beyond. He was often the overachiever, which later morphed into an authoritative, bossy demeanor.
Paul often called the rest of The Beatles to come into the recording studio after none of them showed up. In Martin Scorsese’s documentary, George Harrison: Living in the Material World, George explained he, John, and Ringo lived close to each other in Surrey. John would pick them up, and they’d smoke a lot of marijuana while Paul waited for everyone in the studio.
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The Beatles, also known as Liverpool’s Fab-Four, were responsible for some of the greatest hits of all time during their brief timespan.
John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr burst onto the music scene in 1963 and became superstars across the globe.
However, everything good has to end, and the band left fans heartbroken after splitting in the 1970s.
But why did the band’s members decide to go their separate ways? Here we take a look at all the different reasons for the split.
There are numerous factors attributed to the break up of The Beatles, who parted in the 1970’s.
The sudden tragic death of their manager Brian Epstein in 1967 is thought to have been a huge contributing factor. After Epstein died of a medical drug overdose, the band were forced to take business matters into their own hands, which added extra stress to their already chaotic lives.
While Lennon, Harrison and Starr wanted Allen Klein, manager of the Rolling Stones, to take over, McCartney proposed his father-in-law’s company take charge and became unhappy when he was outvoted.
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Yellow Submarine, Ringo Starr’s turn on Revolver, has been a gateway for children into the music of the Beatles since its release in 1966. A new reissue of the album makes that relationship more explicit: Giles Martin, son of original producer George and the sonic custodian of the Beatles catalogue, says his “de-mixing” of the album – using AI to separate individual instruments that were originally squeezed together on four tracks – was done in part with a playlist-listening younger audience in mind.
Martin recently told Variety that his teenage children listen to old and new music side by side, veering from Fleetwood Mac to Billie Eilish and Olivia Rodrigo. “[W]hat I want to make sure is that when people hear the Beatles, that it has the same dynamic as the other stuff they’re listening to,” he said. He added that 1969’s Abbey Road, recorded on a then luxuriant eight tracks and the first Beatles album not released in mono, stands out from the band’s catalogue as “it sounds more hi-fi than the other Beatles albums”. This might be, he proposes, one reason why it performs so well on streaming services.
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One challenging aspect of being a famous musician is balancing having a family while on tour. Many artists don’t take their kids on tour with them. However, Paul McCartney did bring his children on tour with him and still believes it was great for them.
While The Beatles were his musical family, Paul McCartney has a large family outside of music with five kids. He raised four of his children — Heather (legally adopted by McCartney), Mary, Stella, and James — with his wife, Linda, who he remained with until her death from breast cancer in 1998.
In 2002, McCartney married Heather Mills, and the two welcomed their child, Beatrice Milly, in 2003. Heather and Paul separated in 2006 and divorced in 2008. McCartney is currently married to Nancy Shevell, who he met in 2007.
In an interview for his website, Paulmccartney.com, the “Live and Let Die” singer explained what it was like to tour with his kids. McCartney called it “interesting” and “wacky” but was happy he decided to bring his family with him. He believed it was a helpful experience for his kids as traveling to various locations became a part of their education.
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After The Beatles broke up, Paul McCartney noticed a difference in the way the public perceived himself and John Lennon. He believed that traits people thought of as marks of creative genius in Lennon were seen as flaws in himself. McCartney also noted that people thought of Lennon as a deep thinker but didn’t think of him the same way. He didn’t believe that Lennon was a more profound thinker than him.
Lennon was murdered in 1980, and McCartney believes that fans rewrote history to make his contributions to The Beatles seem more substantial.
“The minute John died, there started to be a revisionism,” McCartney told Rolling Stone in 2001. “There were some strange quotes, like, ‘John was the only one in the Beatles.’ Or ‘Paul booked the studio’ — I don’t want to get into who said what, but that was attributed to someone who very much knew better. ‘John was the Mozart; Paul was the Salieri.’ Like, John was the real genius, and I was just the guy who sang ‘Yesterday’ — and I got lucky to do that.”
McCartney said that he tried to ignore this, but he couldn’t help but feel hurt by it.
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Paul McCartney and John Lennon were friends and collaborators for years. While their relationship grew fraught in their post-Beatles days, they repaired their friendship before Lennon’s death in 1980. Long before the public breakdown of their relationship in the early 1970s, McCartney and Lennon had a breakthrough emotional moment while in Florida. McCartney shared what they bonded over.In 1982, McCartney released the song “Here Today,” which he wrote shortly after Lennon’s death.
“What about the night we cried/Because there wasn’t any reason left to keep it all inside?/Never understood a word/But you were always there with a smile/And if I say/I really loved you/And was glad you came along/Then you were here today.”
The song was about his relationship with Lennon and referenced specific moments in their friendship.
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