The Beatles song that sent John Lennon storming out of the studio
With tensions growing between John Lennon and Paul McCartney, one song on the famous White Album sent things to boiling point.
John Lennon and Paul McCartney are two of the most beloved figures to ever emerge from this city. From the early days of The Beatles, the duo formed a songwriting force that some regard as the greatest ever in popular music.
But as we all know, the harmony between these two creative geniuses didn't last. In a new article for Far Out Magazine, journalist Jack Whatley has looked into the recording of one particular McCartney track that made him so furious that he left the studio in disgust.
As Whatley describes, as the split grew between Lennon and McCartney, they moved from writing songs together to working separately on their numbers before coming together in the recording studio with George and Ringo to record them. The rule of thumb was generally that whoever wrote the song got to sing it.
The article explains how this process had initially seen McCartney take the lead on the creative process, most notably with the creation of the masterpiece that was Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club. While the album is one of the most beloved amongst Beatles fans to this day, John Lennon later said it was his least favourite album - partly because of how dominant his fellow songwriter was in the creative process.
Source: Liam Thorp/liverpoolecho.co.uk
