PAUL 1967: “We had been told we’d be seen recording it by the whole world at the same time. So we had one message for the world– Love. We need more love in the world.” PAUL circa-1994: “‘All You Need Is Love’ was John’s song. I threw in a few […]
Yellow Submarine
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GEORGE 1980: “‘Northern Song’ was a joke relating to Liverpool, the Holy City in the North of England. In addition, the song was copyrighted Northern Songs LTD, which I don’t own.” GEORGE 1999: “It was at the point that I realized Dick James had conned me out of the copyrights […]
Music video by The Beatles performing Yellow Submarine. PAUL 1966: “It’s a happy place, that’s all. You know, it was just… We were trying to write a children’s song. That was the basic idea. And there’s nothing more to be read into it than there is in the lyrics of […]
JOHN 1980: “It’s a good sounding record that means nothing.” PAUL circa-1994: “I remember ‘Hey Bulldog’ as being one of John’s songs and I helped him finish it off in the studio, but it’s mainly his vibe. There’s a little rap at the end between John and I, we went […]
JOHN 1971: “I enjoyed it when football crowds in the early days would sing ‘All Together Now.’” PAUL circa-1994: “When they were singing a song, to encourage the audience to join in they’d say ‘All together now,’ so I just took it and read another meaning into it, of– we […]
GEORGE 1980: “‘It’s All Too Much’ was written in a childlike manner from realizations that appeared during and after some LSD experiences and which were later confirmed in meditation.” GEORGE 1999: “I just wanted to write a rock ‘n roll song about the whole psychedelic thing of the time– ‘Sail […]