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Originally Posted by mdib
I gotta agree that Lennon is turning in his grave about the whole ordeal...
In my opinion Paul and Yoko are a bit nutty over this thing also, but at least Yoko's side of the story it consistent... According to John and Paul's agreement, John puts Paul's name on Give Peace a Chance and Paul puts John's name on his solo album. Or am I misunderstanding their agreement?
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No, you're not misunderstanding it. That's the way I see it, too. And McCartney's first solo album is really the heart of the Paul and John feud. Prior to that album, all three of the other Beatles walked out and "quit" at some point, and it was always, always, always Paul that pep-talked them back into the group. So when Paul released his solo album without their knowledge and quit the group (being the only one of them to file for dissolution in court), it was a sizeable public slap.
Yet, to make matters worse, he released the solo album in April of 1970, less than one month BEFORE the release of the last Beatles album, "Let It Be." It was an obvious example of him trying to undercut the Beatles' publicity.
And then the final topper was that he'd left John's name off the songs, many of which were rehearsed and rehashed by all of the Beatles while filming "Let It Be," even though John stuck to the agreement and put Paul's name on "Give Peace a Chance."
I remember seeing an interview with Ringo where he said that John, George, and Ringo secretly referred to Paul as "Boogaloo," and that's the source of the title of one of Ringo's solo hits, "Back Off Boogaloo."