John Lennon said he wanted to sing like a siren on The Beatles’ “I Am the Walrus.” He revealed where the siren sounds were supposed to be in the song. Notably, “I Am the Walrus” was commercially ...

Right up until near the end, when things got a little dicey, The Beatles mostly projected an air of harmony to the public. Only after the breakup did we find out that there were occasionally severe ...

Part of the magic of John Lennon and Paul McCartney’s songwriting partnership was their ability to blend the former’s avant-garde experimentation with the latter’s commercial sensibilities, and few ...