The song John Lennon wrote to hint at The Beatles break-up
In the story of Hansel and Gretel, the two children leave a trail of breadcrumbs to find their way home. In the story, the breadcrumbs are an ineffective means of mapping a route, as animals eat them, and the children can’t find their way back. In this song, John Lennon wrote a line which he says was a ‘crumb’ for both Beatles fans and Paul McCartney to hint that he was leaving, but like Hansel and Gretel, the reference was hard to follow, and it didn’t make the news of their disbandment any easier to take. The main contributing factor that led to The Beatle’s massive success was the songwriting partnership of John Lennon and Paul McCartney. Yes, people were also drawn in by the band’s style, likeability and live show, but without the songs to back it up, they wouldn’t have reached the heights they did.
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