Back in 1969, The Beatles split up. On December 8, 1980, John Lennon was murdered outside his apartment in Manhattan. In those 11 years, Lennon, Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr and George Harrison were never all in the same room together. That was one of the many interesting things that McCartney told Howard Stern about the other day on his radio show.
Stern asked his guest, who broke up The Beatles? Without hesitation, he said, “John.” Then he explained what went down. He said, “There was a meeting where, John came in and said, ‘Hey guys, I am leaving the group.'” Was Yoko Ono the cause as many have speculated? Looking back at it now, McCartney says that Lennon was very much in love. McCartney now respects him for that.
McCartney also shared that Lennon liked strong women like his mother, his aunt who raised him and Ono. McCartney said that Cynthia Lennon was not strong and wanted a husband that would stay home with her. That was not John.
After the band split, McCartney and Lennon started attacking each other through their songs. But then one they stopped and the became pals again. Something that McCartney was glad happened before Lennon was shot on that fateful night. Imagine, if they did not.
When it comes to the split, I still think that McCartney had a part in it. But I am biased because my dad once did a play about Lennon and they blamed McCartney for the split.
