4 Times the Beatles Beefed With Each Other Through Music
The Beatles beefed with each other quite a bit through music. It’s not entirely surprising, either. When you’ve been with the same people in a band for the better part of a decade, it only makes sense to get a little bit toxic about your grievances through song. Without further ado, let’s look at four songs that The Beatles wrote about each other!
1. “How Do You Sleep?” by John Lennon
This is probably the most famous Beatles-related diss track out there. John Lennon wrote this song as a response to a few tracks on Paul McCartney’s solo album, Ram, which Lennon believed were digs at him.
Lennon does not hold back at all with “How Do You Sleep?” Some of the lyrics go beyond tame, poetic jabs at his former bandmate. “You live with straights who tell you, you was king / Jump when your momma tell you anything / The only thing you done was yesterday / And since you’re gone you’re just another day” is aparticularly brutal line.
2. “Sue Me, Sue You Blues” by George Harrison
When McCartney broke off from The Beatles, quite a few legal battles were fought. The first few years after The Beatles called it quits were rife with lawsuits, mostly between McCartney and Lennon. George Harrison, watching it all unfold, wrote the melancholy “Sue Me, Sue You Blues” about the depressing courtroom experiences that McCartney eventually won.
Source: Em Casalena/americansongwriter.com
