Paul McCartney says Yoko Ono’s presence during The Beatles’ studio sessions was an “interference”
nme.comPaul McCartney has admitted that Yoko Ono‘s presence during The Beatles‘ recording sessions was “an interference in the workplace”.Ono met John Lennon in 1966 and the couple were married from 1969 until his death in 1980.In a new episode of his new 12-part podcast series, McCartney: A Life In Lyrics, McCartney spoke about about the group’s feelings towards Ono, when she was brought into the studio by Lennon.“John and Yoko had got together and that was bound to have an effect on the dynamics of the group,” McCartney told poet Paul Muldoon (via The Independent).“Things like Yoko being literally in the middle of the recording session [were] something you had to deal with.
The idea was that if John wanted this to happen, then it should happen. There’s no reason why not.”He continued: “Anything that disturbs us, is disturbing.
We would allow this and not make a fuss. And yet at the same time, I don’t think any of us particularly liked it.“It was an interference in the workplace.
We had a way we worked. The four of us worked with George Martin. And that was basically it. And we’d always done it like that.
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