{"id":351055,"date":"2021-10-10T23:58:42","date_gmt":"2021-10-10T20:58:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/paul-mccartney-blames-john-lennon-for-the-beatles-split\/"},"modified":"2021-10-10T23:58:42","modified_gmt":"2021-10-10T20:58:42","slug":"paul-mccartney-blames-john-lennon-for-the-beatles-split","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/paul-mccartney-blames-john-lennon-for-the-beatles-split\/","title":{"rendered":"#Paul McCartney blames John Lennon for The Beatles&#8217; split"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;<strong>#Paul McCartney blames John Lennon for The Beatles&#8217; split<\/strong>&#8221;<\/p>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n        <\/aside>\n<p>He\u2019s not going to let it be.<\/p>\n<p>Paul McCartney is insisting it was bandmate and songwriting partner John Lennon who decided The Beatles couldn\u2019t \u201cwork it out\u201d in 1970 \u2014 and not him, as has been widely reported for five decades.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI didn\u2019t instigate the split. That was our Johnny,\u201d McCartney reportedly told BBC Radio 4 in an interview set to air Oct. 24, when asked about his April 1970 comments pronouncing the end of the band\u2019s long and winding road.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am not the person who instigated the split. Oh no, no, no,\u201d he said, according to a preview of the interview published in The Guardian. \u201cJohn walked into a room one day and said \u2018I am leaving the Beatles.\u2019 Is that instigating the split, or not?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>McCartney said the group\u2019s new manager Allen Klein advised them to keep shut about the split as he negotiated deals on their behalf, but that the now-79-year-old bassist got impatient and spilled the beans \u2014 making him the face of the band\u2019s separation.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/10\/McCartney_.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" alt=\"Sir Paul McCarney recently revealed in a BBC interview that he thinks that John Lennon is the true reason The Beatles split.\" class=\"wp-image-19760332\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/10\/McCartney_.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/10\/McCartney_.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/10\/McCartney_.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Sir Paul McCarney recently revealed in a BBC interview that he thinks that John Lennon is the true reason The Beatles split.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\"> Bryan Bedder\/Getty Images for SiriusXM<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cI was fed up of hiding it,\u201d McCartney told the BBC, according to the report.<\/p>\n<p>McCartney said Lennon\u2019s new passions with wife Yoko Ono \u2014 such as the 1969 \u201cbed-ins for peace\u201d in Montreal and Amsterdam \u2014 were incompatible with the band continuing to write and record together.<\/p>\n<p>Lennon, McCartney said, \u201cwanted to go in a bag and lie in bed for a week in Amsterdam for peace. And you couldn\u2019t argue with that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe point of it really was that\u00a0John was making a new life with Yoko,\u201d he explained. \u201cJohn had always wanted to sort of break loose from society because, you know, he was brought up by his Aunt Mimi, who was quite repressive, so he was always looking to break loose.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/10\/beatles-lennon-mccartney-64.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" alt=\"According to Paul McCartney, John Lennon's (right) passion for his wife Yoko Ono (left) were incompatible with the band continuing to write and record together.\" class=\"wp-image-19760335\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/10\/beatles-lennon-mccartney-64.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/10\/beatles-lennon-mccartney-64.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/10\/beatles-lennon-mccartney-64.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>According to Paul McCartney, John Lennon\u2019s (right) passion for his wife Yoko Ono (left) were incompatible with the band continuing to write and record together.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Brenda Chase\/<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/news\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"2\" title=\"News\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">News<\/a>makers<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/10\/beatles-lennon-mccartney-60.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" alt=\"Paul McCartney said the group's new manager advised them to keep shut about the split as he negotiated deals on their behalf.\" class=\"wp-image-19760345\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/10\/beatles-lennon-mccartney-60.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/10\/beatles-lennon-mccartney-60.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/10\/beatles-lennon-mccartney-60.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Paul McCartney said the group\u2019s new manager advised them to keep shut about the split as he negotiated deals on their behalf.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Fox Photos\/Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>He added that Lennon glibly called the decision to leave \u201cquite thrilling\u201d and \u201crather like a divorce.\u201d At the same time, McCartney called John and Yoko \u201ca great couple.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis was my band, this was my job, this was my life, so I wanted it to continue,\u201d McCartney said of his desire at the time to keep the group together. \u201cI didn\u2019t instigate the split. That was our Johnny coming in one day and saying \u2018I\u2019m leaving the group.&#8217;\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The BBC interview will air about one month before the premiere of director Peter Jackson\u2019s forthcoming documentary about the band\u2019s final days, titled \u201cGet Back.\u201d\n                        <\/p><\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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Paul McCartney is insisting it was bandmate and songwriting partner John Lennon who decided The Beatles couldn\u2019t \u201cwork it out\u201d in 1970 \u2014 and not him, as has been widely reported for five decades. \u201cI didn\u2019t instigate the split&#8230;.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":351056,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/10\/beatles-lennon-mccartney-1.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&w=1024","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[70897],"tags":[117306,6854,66941,39579,66942,30880],"class_list":["post-351055","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-10-10-21","tag-bbc","tag-john-lennon","tag-music","tag-paul-mccartney","tag-the-beatles"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/351055","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=351055"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/351055\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/351056"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=351055"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=351055"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=351055"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}