The Beatles

lead singer, John Lennon. However, the role of Paul McCartney is

often overlooked. It was McCartney, not Lennon who was the

John Lennon and Paul McCartney were in many bands

together before the forming of the Beatles. In 1962, along with

Ringo Starr1 and George Harrison, they formed the rock group

known as "The Beatles". The group featured a modern rock that was

new and popular during the period with John and Paul composing

and doing the leads on most of the songs. They were backed by

George on rhythm and bass guitar and Ringo on drums. George and

Ringo also assisted on backing vocals.

When they first began playing, the main influence inside the

band was John Lennon, who had an uncanny ability to compose songs

at a moments notice with an inspiration that others missed. He

pushed the members of the band during their touring years and was

able to achieve the best possible results from the group.

The band began playing in a Music Hall style that is very

effective for the audiences but was lacking on their albums.

Together with Paul, John began to evolve the band. As the years

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Pepper album was underway, Paul McCartney came up

with the idea of actually creating a band and preforming the

songs as that band.

Pepper's Lonely Heart's Club Band came into existence, never to

see the outside of studio 2 at Abbey Road. The Beatles

final album together was Let It Be released in 1970.

After the breakup, McCartney launched a moderately success-

ful solo career. Ringo was featured in the humorous "Yellow Submarine" As the

group matured, their creativity began to rely more on the effects

and manipulations that they were able to produce in the studio. 9

Fortunately McCartney prevented the track from proceeding any

farther than rehearsal. There were attempts, some more successful than

others, to incorporate the other Beatles into the idea stage. Yoko had a large affect on John, almost completely

altering his style, and inspiring such songs as "I want

her (she's so heavy)" and "Revelation #9". They spent nearly a

year recording various tracks for the album and John's state of

mind was steadily declining. He lived a bizarre and drug ridden life

secluded in his apartment with his wife Yoko Ono and his son. On some occasions, both of those factors may have given

Lennon inspiration for his music, but they greatly reduced his

control and influence in the band. They began to make demands of

the crew:Beatles songs were quite simple in the early days, you

couldn't play around with them too much. Yet McCartney was needed to control

Lennon when he recorded the original version of "Sexie Sadie"

with the verse:

You little twat

Who the fuck do you think you are

Who the fuck do you think you are

Oh, you cunt. The title track,

"Let It Be" is one of the most famous tracks recorded by the

group.

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