Any Beatles fan knows that Yoko One wasn’t the sole reason the Beatles broke up. Things had been getting tense among them before Yoko even came into the picture. The group was going through a long, slow “death” and when she came into the picture it was kind of like the straw that broke the camels back.
The final demise was when they couldn’t agree on who to manage them to replace Brian Epstein.
Anyways, I’m was watching clips of the Beatles making the “ Let it Be” album. John had Yoko sitting in on all the sessions. Not just hanging around in the control booth or hanging around on the outskirts, she was sitting right among them as they played.
And I knew that the other three Beatles didn’t like her and resented her being there. They had been together almost ten years and their rule from the very beginning had been “NO wives or girlfriends in the studio while they worked.
But it just hit me of the scope of Yoko being there. Years later Paul would say they allowed her there because John loved her and John and Yoko never like to be separated (even when they went to the bathroom).
But watching these clips I just realized how awkward and uncomfortable it must have been. All three Beatles forced themselves to be nice to her and accept her. But here’s the greatest band on earth, who have been together ten years, who went through all the craziness of Beatlemania, having most of the world love them and being successful beyond anyone’s imagination, and here was Yoko. This presence suddenly thrust on them. They were on their best behavior but some of the dislike and hostility must have come out sometimes.
I mean they are all literally within 10 feet from each other and there was most likely enormous pressure to keep up their quality of work and make good music and top themselves and here’s this newcomer who infiltrates their inner circle of being the most successful band.
It just amazes me and just shows their greatness and ability to work under tremendous pressure.