The Beatles disbanded in 1970, but the cracks were there for years prior. John Lennon and Paul McCartney were best friends and songwriting partners, but the competition for "top Beatle" undergirded the tensions in the group until they finally drove the band apart. This became obvious during the recording of their Magical Mystery Tour album. Each wrote and promoted a song that the other called "meaningless."
The two songs were McCartney's "Hello Goodbye," which was conceived during a word association game with Brian Epstein's assistant Alistair Taylor. The other was "I am the Walrus" by John Lennon, which was written in fragments over several LSD trips. Lennon meant it to be surreal and enigmatic, but also insisted it made sense. But which song would be the first single off the album? The battle between the two musical giants laid the groundwork for the eventual end to the Beatles. Read the story of the two songs that drove Lennon and McCartney apart at Mental Floss. Both videos are included.
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