![]() ![]() Paul had never really quit the Beatles, so it was a shock for them when he announced it.This made the others furious, especially John, who later said that he wished that he had thought of it himself. Paul made the announcement of the break-up of the Beatles as part of his promotion for the “McCartney” album.The reason for this was manyfold, but here’s three: In the early post-Beatles days, it was very much a case between the three of them against Paul. Lennon retorted with a fiery condemnation of Paul on the album “Imagine” in a track called “How Do You Sleep?” in which Lennon says, “The only thing you’ve done was yesterday, and since you’ve gone you’re just another day.” This references the song “Yesterday,” and a post-Beatles McCartney piece titled “Another Day.” This song alludes to John Lennon’s “lucky break” – meaning The Beatles, and how he subsequently “broke it in two.” It also takes barbs at John and Yoko’s self-images as important political figures. I mean, that was a little dig at John and Yoko…there was ‘You took your lucky break and broke it in two.’” “I wrote, ‘Too many people preaching practices,’ I think is the line. “ been doing a lot of preaching, and it got up my nose a little bit,” said McCartney in a 1984 interview with Playboy. The song is one of several instances of “musical sniping” among the four Beatles after the band broke up, the target in this case presumed to be McCartney’s former bandmate and songwriting partner John Lennon. Still, others allege that much more of the song, as well as the Ram album itself, was a calculated slam at Lennon. The line “Too many people preaching practices” referred to Lennon and his wife Yoko Ono’s orchestrated anti-war publicity stunts, whereas “You took your lucky break and broke it in two” calls him out as the member of the group who broke up the Beatles. ![]() ![]() Paul himself admitted that some of the song’s lyrics were about former bandmate John Lennon. Lennon’s digs at Paul were very self-explainatory, whereas the “Too Many People” lyrics which Lennon took to heart were more vague and could have been directed to anyone. It’s an interesting choice, because “Too Many People” is the very song that started the “Lennon McCartney controversy”, and which sparked Lennon to include a parody of the “Ram” cover as a photo which was included with his “Imagine” album and also manifested itself in the song “How Do You Sleep?” on that same, beloved Lennon album. The first was “ Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey“, as you might remember. As the second preview from the new remastered edition of “Ram”, Paul McCartney (or his marketing division) has released “ Too Many People“. ![]()
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