Stephen Tarrant

@LeftinMyHeart1 @historyrock_ Was Let Me Roll It a response to How Do You Sleep? Can't see it myself, and the three year wait makes me wonder.. 🤔

@historyrock_ Paul’s response to “How Do You Sleep?” was “Let Me Roll It,” a dead-on imitation of the PLASTIC ONO BAND album, as if to say “I can do you better than you can.”

The iconic beef between John Lennon and Paul McCartney. It all began in the late 1960s when the Beatles were falling apart. Brian Epstein, their manager, had died in 1967, and the group lost its way. John fell in love with Yoko Ono and began prioritizing his life with her, while Paul wanted to keep the band together and take more control. When Allen Klein emerged as a potential manager, John, George, and Ringo accepted him, but Paul refused because he didn’t trust him and preferred that his father-in-law, Lee Eastman, handle things. That created a huge rift. In 1970, Paul released his first solo album and, shortly thereafter, filed a lawsuit against the other three Beatles to dissolve their partnership. John saw it as a brutal betrayal, as if his best friend had stabbed him in the back in the midst of mourning. John was furious and hurt. Then, in May 1971, Paul released the album Ram, which seemed like a cheerful folk-rock record recorded on his farm with Linda, but was full of poisonous jabs aimed at John. The title track, “Too Many People,” was about people who preach one thing and do another, and John took it as a personal attack: “You ruined the good run we had with the Beatles.” Furthermore, on the cover Paul appeared holding a ram, and on the back cover there were two beetles copulating—a clear mockery of John and Yoko. John took it as a declaration of war. John’s response came that same year with the album *Imagine*. In the middle of a song as pacifist as “Imagine,” he slipped in “How Do You Sleep?,” which is probably one of the savagest diss tracks ever recorded between former bandmates. The lyrics are direct and cruel: he tells Paul that the only thing he’s ever done in his life is “Yesterday,” that his music sounds like elevator muzak, that his pretty face won’t last long, and that even the freaks were right when they said he was dead. George Harrison played slide guitar on the song, and Yoko and Allen Klein helped sharpen the lyrics to make them hurt more. Ringo stopped by the studio while they were recording it and told them that was enough, that they were going too far. John even included a postcard inside the album with him holding a pig, parodying Paul’s cover with the ram. Paul was devastated. Years later, he said that when he heard the song, he thought, “Fuck you, John,” and that the mention of “Yesterday” hurt him especially, because it was his great anthem. There were more songs with jabs from both sides for a while, but little by little the waters calmed. They saw each other again, talked, ate together, and acknowledged that much of it had been the pain of a breakup they felt like a family divorce. Before his death in 1980, John said that “How Do You Sleep?” had been an overreaction to Paul’s little messages and that, deep down, it wasn’t so much hatred as pent-up frustration. Today, Paul speaks of John with great affection and always says he was his brother.

@Mikehomeseller The Kast Off Kinks at the Arlington Arts Centre, near Newbury, Berkshire, six weeks ago.

What is the last concert you attended? #mikesquestions

@roomforravers I saw him at The Bowery District, in Reading, in July 2014. I spoke with him briefly after the gig, and bought his United States CD, which he signed for me.

Remembering Ian "Mac" McLagan who would have been 81 today. #smallfaces

@RockNRoLL_85 Absolutely Live Alive She Cried Live At The Hollywood Bowl Bright Midnight (CD) Live In Hollywood (CD)

@allrockmusic Sea And Sand

What’s your favourite track on this album?

@carlosgvizcaino Wow. Have you played it all?

'The Complete Get Back Sessions' 83 CDs [ yes, 83 CDs. ] #TheBeatles #GetBack

@musicalvagabond There's not one there that I know, or have ever heard, but I'll say Bill Wyman's Monkey Grip, out of band loyalty. 😀

Albums released OTD May 10 💫 what's your favorite?

@historyrock_ I don't ever think about U2

What do you think about U2?

@TheExtremeMusi1 Agree. David Bowie's finest imo

This is a 10/10 album. Agree or disagree???

@VintageRockN_85 Better than Cricklewood Green?

50 plus years & still amazing!

@VintageRockN_85 2 or 3 months ago. Family's A Song For Me.

When was the last time you bought a CD? And which one

Is The Beatles All You Need Is Love a protest song, against the situation in Vietnam at the time? I heard it described as such in a radio documentary this week about the Our World live international TV production in 1967. I can't see it myself.. 🤔

@XMartinsMusicX Guns N Roses - Knocking On Heaven's Door - Live And Let Die David Bowie - Let's Spend The Night Together

My Top 10 Worst Covers 😬 What Are You Adding? 🤔 1. Duran Duran - 911 is a Joke 2. U2 - Fortunate Son 3. Bowie/Jagger - Dancing in the Street 4. Miley Cyrus - Smells Like Teen Spirit 5. Madonna - American Pie 6. Willian Shatner - Lucy in the Sky 7. Avril Lavine - Imagine 8. Tatu - How Soon is Now 9. Mark Ronson - Just 10. Mel C - Anarchy in the UK (yes, this actually happened) 😬

@musicalvagabond The masterpiece that is Van Halen's 1984

which of these 80s albums do you like most? 🎸🎹🎤🥁 #NowPlaying #TalkingHeads #Rush #VanHalen #U2

@luiscalleo Not for me. Don't Believe A Word and Emerald are though.

The Boys Are Back in Town by Thin Lizzy. Is this a 10/10 song?

@historyrock_ I'm not a guitarist myself, and perhaps that makes a difference, but I'm thinking (as usual) why don't Rory Gallagher, Paul Kossoff, Ritchie Blackmore, David Gilmour feature. Maybe if I played, I'd get it.. 🤔

Top 10 guitarists of all time by Rolling Stone Magazine. 1. Jimi Hendrix 2. Chuck Berry 3. Jimmy Page 4. Eddie Van Halen 5. Jeff Beck 6. Sister Rosetta Tharpe 7. Nile Rodgers 8. B.B. King 9. Joni Mitchell 10. Duane Allman

@FarOutMag Work that one out? I can't. I'm still trying to work out how Oasis sold so many records..

Noel Gallagher believes The Velvet Underground are one of the greatest bands in music history. 🎤👇

@Johncox21122 What's it doing on that EMI label? 😮 Doesn't look right to me. Wonder why it's not on Parlophone. 🤔

#TheBeatles Next up Beatles For Sale. What's your fav ?

@TheExtremeMusi1 Meddle

What is YOUR favourite PINK FLOYD album of ALL TIME???

@lippyent Rory Gallagher's Tattoo

What is the last album you listened to? Hmm 🤔 ?¿ Be honest! No judging!