The Beatles members infamously had heated exchanges before and after their breakup, but their relationship was once far from what they ended up with.
For a decade, John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, and Ringo Star stuck together and released hit songs that made them the most influential band in history. Between those years, however, the members started to pursue different agendas and endeavors that led to countless of quarrels and issues.
But before the four fellows suffered a fallout, they appeared in an interview with Playboy (via Beatles Interview), and shared details about their relationship outside the music industry.
The Beatles "Stayed" Together Before Split
According to McCartney, the members really stuck together.
"We needn't always go to the same places together," he said. "In earlier days, of course, when we didn't know London, and we didn't know anybody in London, then we really did stick together, and it would really be just like four fellows down from the north for a coach trip."
However, things changed when they started to have relationships with their girlfriends. After their debut, they reportedly began going out with the women during their off days - except for Lennon, who was already married at that time.
Although the Fab Four established close relationships with other musicians.
Harrison grew close to Eric Clapton. Lennon, on the other hand, started his relationship with Yoko Ono.
The Beatles Breakup Led to John Lennon-Paul McCartney Feud
But even after The Beatles split, its members Lennon and McCartney continuously threw jabs against each other.
In 1971, Lennon appeared in a tell-all interview with The Rolling Stone and opened up about his then-former band, Ono, and his solo career. Elsewhere in the discussion, he was asked what he thought of Harrison's solo album. Instead of giving a direct answer, he included McCartney in his answer and said that Harrison's music project was better than "McCartney's."
Lennon also called McCartney's album "rubbish."
He threw more damaging remarks when he gave his thoughts about the 1970 documentary film, "Let It Be." For the late singer, the film was set up "by Paul for Paul." He then blamed it as one of the main reasons the band ended.
On the other hand, McCartney let go of heavy words in his 2021 book, "The Lyrics: 1956 to the Present."
Per McCartney, he could not understand why Lennon turned nasty.
"John was firing missiles at me with his songs, and one or two of them were quite cruel," he went on. "I don't know what he hoped to gain other than punching me in the face. The whole thing really annoyed me."
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