George Harrison's last words to The Beatles as he walked out of the band
When it was announced that The Beatles were going their separate ways, the world was heartbroken. While it wasn't necessarily a dramatic split, the band, which consisted of John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, and Ringo Starr, was embroiled in a bitter year-long battle riddled with passive aggression and jibes. It was fought in sly remarks, pointed lyrics, petty walkouts, and then the occasional bigger moment, like when Harrison, known as the "Quiet Beatle," walked out on January 10th, 1969. He recounted the pivotal moment in his dairy at the time, penning: "Got up, went to Twickenham, rehearsed until lunch time – left the Beatles – went home."
Harrison, who was 26 years old at the time, appeared to handle his walk out with little to no emotion. He even added other details into his diary entry, like what he had for dinner: "... and in the evening did King of Fuh at Trident Studio — had chips later at Klaus and Christines went home." But even in the moment when Harrison delivered the news to the rest of the band, he was calm and seemingly unaffected.
During the Get Back sessions, when the band was trying to write an album quickly to perform it, planning to make a movie of the process, director Michael Lindsay-Hogg had essentially bugged the whole studio.
He did this with the hope of capturing something juicy and dramatic and efforts somewhat paid off. At one point, Harrison was heard calmly telling John Lennon, "I’m leaving the band now," to which Lennon replied, “When?” “Now," Harrison answered.
Director Michael spoke out about the moment, recalling: "We’d finished the first course when George arrived to stand at the end of the table. We looked at him as he stood silent for a moment. ‘See you ’round the clubs,’ he said.
Source: themirror.com/Ellie Hook
