Beatles records were the result of ‘suffering and torture’, according to John Lennon

It’s no secret that the separation of Beatles it was bitter. After years of tension between Paul McCartney, George Harrison It is Ringo Starr, John Lennon announced his departure from the most important band of the 20th century – but the musician was frustrated with the band’s sound a few years ago.

In the early 1960s they worked with great enthusiasm. In the second half of the decade, however, the four Beatles weren’t as excited to play together anymore, and according to Lennonworking on the last couple of albums was “torture” (via Gold Radio UK).

In his last interview before he was murdered – by the time he had reconciled with paulMcCartney – Lennon opened up with the writer David Sheff about the creative process of the last albums, mainly let it be (1970), considered by the musician one of the worst of Beatles.

[…] It’s torture every time we produce something. You Beatles they don’t have any magic that you don’t have. We suffer like hell whenever we do anything, and we have to fight each other. Imagine working with Beatles… it is difficult.”

Still in the interview, Lennon noted that it was always tense in the studio, even when they created their best work. Given the dislike of John by the music of Beatlesit is not surprising that he was the first to leave the band.

And even though tensions in the group had been high for some time, his bandmates were still stunned by Lennon’s announcement – especially Paul McCartney. “There was a meeting and John walked into it, and the other Beatles and I were in this room and John walked in and said, ‘I’m leaving the Beatles’… We were stunned,” he said. paul The NPR.