Paul McCartney Couldn't Listen to The Beatles' 'Happiness Is a Warm Gun' the Same Way
Paul McCartney felt The Beatles’ “Happiness Is a Warm Gun” was “very Lennon.” The song hit differently for him after John’s death.
George Harrison praised the song during one of its many, many studio takes.
Paul McCartney met with Linda McCartney the same night as the recording of The Beatles‘ “Happiness Is a Warm Gun.” Subsequently, he said he couldn’t listen to the song the same way after John Lennon’s tragic death. Giles Martin, the son of Beatles producer George Martin, gave fans some interesting insight into the track.
In the 1997 book Paul McCartney: Many Years From Now, Paul discussed one of the early times he met Linda. “I said, ‘Come on over, then,’ and she arrived the night when we were doing ‘Happiness Is a Warm Gun,'” he recalled. “She arrived at the house and phoned, and I had [The Beatles’ road manager] Mal [Evans] go round to check that she was all right.
“She remembers the fridge had half a bottle of sour milk and a crust of cheese, a real British fridge,” Paul added. “She just couldn’t believe the conditions I was living in.”
Source: Matthew Trzcinski/cheatsheet.com
