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[ManaByte]

Paul McCartney says John Lennon responsible for Beatle breakup

Paul McCartney has revisited the breakup of The Beatles, flatly disputing the suggestion that he was responsible for the group’s demise. Speaking on an episode of BBC Radio 4’s “This Cultural Life’…

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“I didn’t instigate the split,” McCartney said. “That was our Johnny.’’

When asked by interviewer John Wilson about the decision to strike out on his own, McCartney retorted: “Stop right there. I am not the person who instigated the split. Oh no, no, no. John walked into a room one day and said, ‘I am leaving The Beatles.’ Is that instigating the split, or not?”

McCartney expressed sadness over the breakup, saying the group was still making “pretty good stuff.”

“This was my band, this was my job, this was my life. So I wanted it to continue,” McCartney said.

Peter Jackson has his 6-hour documentary about the break-up coming over Thanksgiving, but as part of that they also let him restore Let It Be and they'll be releasing that as well.

 

[GeekyDad]

He couldn't have said that. Paul's been dead for almost 50 years.

 

[*Nightwing]

 

[T8SC]

Such a shame, if they had continued, The Beatles could've been as big as BTS.

 

[mcjmetroid]

What did John see in her anyway

 

[Bernd Lauert]

 

[Artoris]

What did John see in her anyway

"What did John see in her anyway"

a shot gun

 

[Stitch]

Spoiler

 

[newtypepilot]

Lennon had a serious case of yellow fever. It costed him everything.

 

[Quasicat]

That’s funny, because in the Beatles Anthology (during the final hour) each of the living band members said that they were all feeling burned out and thought it was time to move on.
I am pumped to see the Let It Be re-edit. I have the original from my dad and it was obvious that they were a little tired of each other, but the Beatles always said it was a victim of a bad director/editor.

 

[Artoris]

Lennon had a serious case of yellow fever. It costed him everything.

Was it not lead poisoning

 

[ManaByte]

Was it not lead poisoning

 

[Editaur]

 

[jufonuk]

What did John see in her anyway

How the fuck she is seen as some genius is beyond me. It’s shit. Pretentious people are too fucking afraid to be seen to not get it. So they all wank each other off intellectually of course. Fuck off

never forget

 

[triplestation]

doesn't make a difference

theyre still one of the most legendary hip hop groups

 

[jufonuk]

doesn't make a difference

theyre still one of the most legendary hip hop groups

 

[YoshiMadness]

 

[godhandiscen]

John was the ultimate simp.

 

[captainraincoat]

How the fuck she is seen as some genius is beyond me. It’s shit. Pretentious people are too fucking afraid to be seen to not get it. So they all wank each other off intellectually of course. Fuck off

never forget

lol that facial expression.........Erghh WTF

 

[AeonGaidenRaiden]

People like Yoko, the ones that smell their own farts are lets be honest 99% of the time talentless. I mean this whole "art" expression...I dont know who is worse, Yoko making gibberish sounds or people showing up to listen to that gibberish sound, holding a glass of wine in their hands and nodding their head like they understood what the writer wanted to say. Then they give her full attention on social media and high praises but didnt even notice their next door neighbour is an Opera singer. But hey who needs talent to sing Opera right?

 

[Tschumi]

Oh come on, he's cracking in old age, it was clearly not the decision of one member, they just feel apart, maybe Paul was the kind of guy who struggles to break up and John needed to be assertive (he was a wife beater after all) but i don't buy that it would have been John alone

 

[AJUMP23]

It was Yoko that ended the Beatles, but she must be amazing since she got her hooks into John and never let go.

 

[YoshiMadness]

It was Yoko that ended the Beatles, but she must be amazing since she got her hooks into John and never let go.

Knowing John's history with women, he probably got a few hooks in on her.