McCartney Times

Say what you like about The Beatles, but they certainly knew when to call it a day. There was none of that ‘why don’t we make a funk-fusion bongo album’, with the Fab Four. Equally, there were no reunion tours or latent attempts to transform their output into a West End Jukebox musical. No, when the time finally came for The Beatles to part ways they did so without looking back.

George Harrison saw The Beatles’ demise coming from a mile off. Of all the Beatles, Harrison had the most complex relationship with fame. Unlike John Lennon, who used his status to establish himself as a countercultural preacher-for-peace, George regarded fame as innately destructive. It is perhaps for this reason that he once said he stopped enjoying being in The Beatles when they became famous. Sure, it made them rich, but it also made them complacent. In those early days, McCartney, Lennon, Harrison, and Starr were honing their craft. As such, everything was new and unknown, and the emphasis was on becoming a better musician, a better songwriter rather than making another hit album.

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