John Lennon was never one to beat around the bush when it came to how he really felt about The Beatles songs. But did you know that the late star once described one of his own tracks as basically signifying nothing? Spotted by Far Out Magazine in Lennon’s 1980 Playboy interview, the song in question is Yellow Submarine’s Hey Bulldog.
Lennon said: “I’m not an album person.
“There’s too many fill-ins and padding.
“I like the inspired stuff, not the created, clever stuff.”
And he described Hey Bulldog as: “A good-sounding record that means nothing.”
Originally called She Can Talk To Me, Hey Bulldog has become something of a fan favourite in more recent years.
While Paul McCartney said of the song some 14 years later: “I remember Hey Bulldog as being one of John’s songs and I helped him finish it off in the studio, but it’s mainly his vibe.
“There’s a little rap at the end between John and I, we went into a crazy little thing at the end.
Source: George Simpson/express.co.uk