Sir Paul McCartney has refuted long-standing claims that his actions were a primary reason for The Beatles‘ split in 1970, and revealed John Lennon was the main instigator behind ending their unrivalled 10-year plus career.
The reissue of his ‘McCartney‘ solo album has once again raised questions surrounding the final months of the legendary band, with McCartney’s insistence on releasing the album at the time cited as one of the main causes of friction between the four members at the time, as well as his own alleged desire for main control of the Apple company.
Blame for the split is also often laid on the relationship between John Lennon and Yoko Ono, and McCartney, during an interview with Absolute Radio, has claimed while Lennon’s relationship may not have been a problem with his band mates, it did lead to Lennon finally wanting to walk away from The Beatles.
“Basically me, George and Ringo said ‘Does this have to be final, could we do a couple of gigs or can we think about this tomorrow?’, but John was off with Yoko and he was saying ‘No, no, it’s great, I feel a release’ and all that. So that was kind of final,” said McCartney.
Expanded editions of ‘McCartney’ and ‘McCartney II‘ were released this week.
Um, nothing like putting the most negative spin possible on this. Gees, what is wrong with you people. It is COMMON KNOWLEDGE that John quit the band first. Why do you think John was so pissed when Paul announced the split in 1970? Because John wanted to be the one to announce it. As he said, “I created the band, I ended it.” Paul is not “laying blame” on John. He’s giving the facts. But, as usual, the press reaction it to take Paul’s words and use them against him. Please, read any biography of John Lennon that’s been published in the last 20 years and you get the EXACT same story. John quit first, and his quitting signaled the end.
Well, to be completely accurate, Ringo quit first. Then George. But they both came back. John’s announcement that he wanted “a divorce” as he put it, was serious. Again, NONE OF THIS IS NEWS.
And your story is filled with inaccuracies. The other 3 Beatles weren’t upset that Paul was coming out with a solo album. They were arguing about the TIMING of it. They wanted McCartney to be postponed so that Let it Be could come out first.
Seriously, read Peter Doggett’s book on all this. Because your story is flat out wrong.
First of all why do they keep talking about this every two months? There are more reasons why John quite. He had personal issues outside of the Beatles like a love child issue. Now this love child is coming into an inheritance because John outsmarted his wife Ono. I mean get to the point and put it on the news already. Why are we still delaying? It is the biggest story in music history bigger than Maria Schriever’s scandal.
Typical journalism putting a spin on McCartney’s words – how dare he even suggest it was the sacred Lennon’s fault? I love Lennon but it’s clear he was acting like a right prat towards the end.
Paul McCartney is the Greatest Ever, period.