The Summertime Project That Signaled the Beginning of the End for The Beatles

No matter how much you might like to, it’s impossible to force someone to care about something as much as you do, and that’s especially true when you’re in a band. This was a lesson Paul McCartney and George Harrison were experiencing in real time during the making of Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band. Both men felt disillusioned and disgruntled, but for opposite reasons.

In a 1990 interview, McCartney threw his ex-bandmate under the bus with accusations of flippant—and sometimes all-around absent—behavior during the recording process for Sgt. Pepper. “During the making of Sgt. Pepper, George hadn’t shown for most of the album, which was unusual, as we normally showed for our recording sessions.” McCartney said that the album didn’t interest Harrison, adding, “I think he was building a swimming pool.”
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McCartney’s brow furrowed as he mentioned the summertime project he believed was taking up most of Harrison’s time, as if to further emphasize how much less important something like that would be in the face of the next Beatles album. McCartney said that although he made the choice not to say anything, he thought it was a “bit dodgy.” George Harrison Had a Different Perspective From Paul McCartney.

To Paul McCartney, George Harrison was remarkably absent from the recording process of Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band. The guitarist appeared preoccupied with other life experiences, whether building a swimming pool, as McCartney suggested, or marinating in his recent adventures through India, as Harrison might’ve said.

Source: americansongwriter.com/Melanie Davis

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