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There's always drama in The Beatles. Rock and roll has always been prone to legendary feuds, but for these Scousers, it was a bomb waiting to explode. In the years leading up to their breakup, it was always one problem on top of another, and the band's internal pressures became impossible to ignore. As childhood friends, their breakup revealed a harsh reality about being in a band: friendship alone isn't enough to sustain a group, especially when business and feelings get in the way.
Songwriting duo John Lennon and Paul McCartney were considered the beating heart of The Beatles. Sadly, the band died when their partnership ended. Evidently enough, there was no heart left to pump blood into the band. As artists, both men soon turned to songwriting to process the fallout, utilizing their talents to release one of the earliest diss tracks in modern music.
"How Do You Sleep?" Arrived a Year After Paul McCartney's Lawsuit to Dissolve The Beatles
It's almost ironic that Imagine, the 1971 album that gave the world the peace-loving anthem "Imagine," also contains one of rock's most brutally personal diss tracks. But Lennon was always full of contradictions. While "Imagine" asked listeners to picture a world living in harmony, another track on the album, "How Do You Sleep?" takes a direct shot at McCartney. A year before the song's release, in December 1970, McCartney had filed a lawsuit to dissolve The Beatles as a legal partnership. After the death of their manager Brian Epstein, the other three Beatles wanted Allen Klein as their new manager, a move McCartney opposed, fearing the shady Klein would gain control of the band's finances.
On one hand, the lawsuit was seen as a protective move against the predatory Klein. However, that didn't mean Lennon understood McCartney's intentions. The dispute over management was only one of several issues straining their songwriting partnership. Another major source of conflict revolved around McCartney's — and other Beatles' — open discomfort with Lennon's partner, Yoko Ono. Lennon frequently brought Ono into studio sessions, which McCartney found to be disturbing since the recording space was meant for members and essential staff only. To Lennon, he thought the band were the "most bigheaded, up-tight people on earth."
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"How Do You Sleep?" was far from subtle, aiming at how McCartney could sleep knowing the situation between them. The song opens with a Sgt. Pepper reference, pointing toward Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, an album often considered McCartney's brainchild. From the first line alone, it's clear where "How Do You Sleep?" is headed. The song becomes even more obvious with its "Yesterday" reference, arguably McCartney's most famous work. Using cheeky wordplay, Lennon attacks by saying that McCartney's post-Beatles career is insignificant — the man who created "Yesterday" is now "just another day."
Not everything in "How Do You Sleep?" is obvious. The line, "Those freaks were right when they said you were dead," references the infamous "Paul Is Dead" conspiracy. The urban legend claimed that McCartney had died in a 1966 car crash and was secretly replaced by a look-alike. Much of the rumor was prompted by news of McCartney's deteriorating health since 1966. The following year, The Beatles were accused of hiring a McCartney impersonator to cover up his death. In Lennon's song, it suggests that McCartney was no longer the same person the singer knew as a childhood friend.
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Paul McCartney's Diss at John Lennon and Yoko Ono Sparked "How Do You Sleep?"
All the gloves are off during the post-break Beatles era. Not only did members have the freedom to pursue their solo endeavors, but it also meant they now took a no-holds-barred approach to everything — from their responses to the press to the songs they created. "How Do You Sleep?" was partly prompted by McCartney's track "Too Many People" from his second solo album, Ram, released on May 17, 1971. In a Playboy interview, McCartney later admitted that the song contained a small, cheeky jab at Lennon and Ono — one that Lennon apparently didn't take lightly.
"He'd been doing a lot of preaching, and it got up my nose a little bit. In one song, I wrote, 'Too many people preaching practices,' I think is the line. I mean, that was a little dig at John and Yoko. There wasn't anything else on it that was about them. Oh, there was 'You took your lucky break and broke it in two.
They'd take one small dig out of proportion and then come back at us on their next album."
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