Beatles FAQ

In the film Help  The Beatles living together in the ultimate bachelor pad. Four doors lead into a miraculous shared space, with all mod cons. No boring housework to worry about. 

I am like a chameleon, influenced by whatever is going on. If Elvis can do it, I can do it. If the Everly Brothers can do it, me and Paul can. Same with Dylan. John Lennon I could feel myself climbing a spiral walkway as I was talking to Dylan. I felt like I was figuring it all out, the meaning of life.”  Paul McCartney In their early lyrics, Lennon and McCartney broadly stuck to the Tin Pan Alley lyrical format: essentially I love you/please love me too .  This allowed for some quirky takes: Paul's When I'm Sixty Four, for example, took a very unusual perspective for a teenage songwriter. But at some level the words usually circled back to the trials and tribulations of romantic love: I Want to Hold Your Hand, From Me to You etc. Along Came Bob Two factors disrupted this approach. One was practical - there are only so many ways to say 'I love You' and The Beatles success demanded the rapid production of new material. The other was their desire to keep ahead of their...

Paul & Mary McCartney Paul McCartney has recently suggested a ‘subconscious’ inspiration for the line I said something wrong/Now I long for yesterday  was his regret at once chiding his mother for ‘talking posh’:

 

57 Wimpole Street where Paul lived with the Asher family

Worldwide sales of physical singles are difficult estimate accurately but we can say the following.

In 1962 Brian Epstein was the best man hastily arranged wedding of John Lennon and Cynthia Powell in Liverpool. 

The 'Paul is Dead' rumour began in early 1967. The Abbey Road cover photo provided new 'clues.' 

  The most famous photo in the history of pop music was what artists call a 'happy accident'.