Fans Praised Paul McCartney For Defending John Lennon From Howard Stern's Rumors ...
McCartney sets the record straight about Lennon's feelings towards "Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da" in a 2018 interview with Howard Stern.
Lennon's love for Yoko Ono played a role in the breakup of The Beatles, according to McCartney.
McCartney and Lennon reconciled after The Beatles' breakup, bonding over shared experiences and even discussing parenting.
John Lennon's history with The Beatles has been marred by various fan speculations and statements from the band members over the years. But what really divided their supporters was Paul McCartney's complicated relationship with the late musician.
In a 2018 interview with Howard Stern, McCartney set the record straight about how Lennon's love triangle romance with Yoko Ono affected The Beatles. But when the host insinuated something about Lennon "not liking" one of their hits, the richest Beatle went into defensive mode, for which fans commended him.
On September 5, 2018, McCartney went on The Howard Stern Show to promote his 17th studio album, Egypt Station. There, Stern played Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da, and then asked his guest if Lennon "didn't like this song." The Say Say Say hitmaker replied, "Who says? No, John did like this song."
He then shared how they came up with the catchy track. "We went on vacation and we were in Rishikesh (in India) studying meditation with Maharishi [Mahesh Yogi, founder of Transcendental Meditation]," McCartney recalled. "There was a friend of mine, an African guy. He was called Jimmy Scott... And we would jive together... And he would say 'Ob-la-di, ob-la-da, life goes on, brah. Yah, man, yah man.'"
Source: Gia Marcos/thethings.com
