'Rubbish' Beatles song that neither John Lennon or Paul McCartney wanted to take credit for
It was a big commercial hit for the band. As The Beatles' primary songwriters, John Lennon and Paul McCartney were responsible for the majority of the band's hits. The two brought contrasting approaches to their music, often meeting in the middle to create magic.
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."
In the early days they would write together in Paul's childhood home on Forthlin Road in Allerton. But as they grew older and artistic differences emerged, they often would write independently before presenting their compositions to each other for finishing touches.
Regardless of how the songs were written, all of them composed by John and Paul during their time in The Beatles received the joint credit of Lennon-McCartney. This occasionally led to disagreements as to who was the primary creative force, as was the case on 'Eleanor Rigby', which the ECHO recently looked at.
This was also the case - but in a light-hearted manner - with the song that shared a double A-side single with 'Eleanor Rigby'. 'Yellow Submarine' was released alongside it, with the single hitting record store shelves on August 5, 1966.
Written as a children's song by John and Paul, it was sung by Ringo Starr. Both 'Eleanor Rigby' and 'Yellow Submarine' were departures from what had come before from The Beatles - in their own very different ways.
The idea for the track came to Paul while on holiday in Greece, where he enjoyed an iced dessert that was yellow or red, and was known in the area as a submarine. John also had the idea of living in a submarine during an acid trip.
The psychedelic idea became an almost nursery rhyme style song, sung by Ringo. It performed very well commercially.
Source: liverpoolecho.co.uk/Dan Haygarth
