John Lennon's Ex Says He Wanted to Write with Paul McCartney Again After Beatles Split
John Lennon’s ex May Pang says that the late musician still wanted to write with Paul McCartney even after The Beatles split.
Pang — who dated Lennon for 18 months from 1973 to 1975 amid a break in his marriage with Yoko Ono — spoke with USA Today in an interview published Friday about the retelling of her relationship with the legendary musician in her documentary,The Lost Weekend: A Love Story.
In a wide-ranging chat about how she and Lennon became involved romantically and details covered in the documentary, Pang, 72, is asked by the outlet if it was “surprising” that Lennon’s “mind goes to ‘Maybe I should start writing with Paul again,’” (in the documentary).
She then explained: “The pressure was off. All of them were now free to do whatever they wanted to do.”
“So in January 1975, Paul and Linda [McCartney] were saying, ‘We’re going to go down to New Orleans and do a new album [Venus and Mars].’ So John says, “Oh, great, New Orleans, always loved it,’” Pang recalled.
She continued, “A couple of days later, he’s tinkling on the guitar, and he goes, ‘What do you think if I wrote with Paul again?’ You talk about shock: The reference is like The Exorcist, the head flips back. And I said, ‘I think it would be great.’"
Source: Alexis Jones/people.com
