John Lennon wrote ‘confusing’ Beatles song to hint he was quitting the band | CPT PPP Coverage
Cryptopolytech (CPT) Public Press Pass (PPP)
News of the Day COVERAGE
200000048 – World Newser
•| #People |•| #World |•| #Online |•| #Media |•| #Outlet |
View more Headlines & Breaking News here, as covered by cryptopolytech.com
John Lennon wrote ‘confusing’ Beatles song to hint he was quitting the band appeared on www.express.co.uk by Callum Crumlish.
The Beatles shocked their countless fans when they split up in 1970 – but it was no surprise to the Fab Four themselves.
They had been bickering and embroiled in legal issues for years, and eventually, things came to a head and John Lennon eventually announced he was quitting the band.
Long before the official announcement was made, however, Lennon had already sent a clue to Paul McCartney about his impending exit in music form.
In 1968 Lennon penned the iconic track Glass Onion which included a “crumb” of a hint to what he was about to do to the band.
Speaking in an interview in 1980, he recalled the Glass Onion line “The walrus was Paul” was supposed to create some confusion within the fandom who looked intently at the band’s lyrics.
Lennon explained: “I threw the line in — the Walrus was Paul — just to confuse everybody a bit more. And I thought Walrus has now become me, meaning ‘I am the one.'”
However, Lennon confessed the line also had a secret meaning for the band, as well.
“It didn’t mean that in this song,” he went on. “It could have been ‘the fox terrier is Paul,’ you know. I mean, it’s just a bit of poetry. It was just thrown in like that.”
Lennon continued by pointing out the line was his way of showing his feelings to McCartney.
He said: “The line was put in partly because I was feeling guilty because I was with Yoko and I was leaving Paul.”
Lennon added: “I was trying — I don’t know. It’s a very perverse way of saying to Paul, you know: ‘Here, have this crumb, this illusion, this — this stroke, because I’m leaving.'”
Shortly thereafter, in September 1969, Lennon broke the news to the band that he was leaving The Beatles.
McCartney recalled years later: “John walked into the room one day and said: ‘I’m leaving the Beatles.’ And he said: ‘It’s quite thrilling. It’s rather like a divorce.’ And then we were left to pick up the pieces.”
McCartney refused to stop making music, though: “The Beatles were breaking up and this was my band, this was my job, this was my life. I wanted it to continue. I thought we were doing some pretty good stuff — you know, ‘Abbey Road,’ ‘Let It Be,’ not bad.”
FEATURED ‘News of the Day’, as reported by public domain newswires.
View ALL Headlines & Breaking News here.
Source Information (if available)
This article originally appeared on www.express.co.uk by Callum Crumlish – sharing via newswires in the public domain, repeatedly. News articles have become eerily similar to manufacturer descriptions.
We will happily entertain any content removal requests, simply reach out to us. In the interim, please perform due diligence and place any content you deem “privileged” behind a subscription and/or paywall.
CPT (CryptoPolyTech) PPP (Public Press Pass) Coverage features stories and headlines you may not otherwise see due to the manipulation of mass media.
First to share? If share image does not populate, please close the share box & re-open or reload page to load the image, Thanks!