The Beatles polaroids taken during the filming of The Magical Mystery Tour; 1967.
When they weren’t checking out their fans, they were either listening to their own songs blaring on the radio or watching clips of their arrival on the TV, often, Ellis recalls, with the sound off so they could continue to listen to themselves on the radio. “I got the impression they were enjoying it all,” he says.
Perhaps Paul more than anyone. He kept his Pepsi radio close at hand, spinning the dial from station to station, perpetually in the search of the sound of his own voice.
He’s less animated on the train to Washington D.C., a few days later, but that may have been because George and Ringo had taken center stage, delivering drinks and cracking jokes for a delighted press corps. When the Maysles’s camera finally finds Paul, sitting alone in an armchair, he looks lonely and glum. “I’m not in a laughing mood, even,” he tells the camera.
So, you know, that’s the incredible side of George.
Paul McCartney and George Harrison photographs by Bob Bonis
The Beatles - Here Comes the Sun
“Here Comes The Sun was written at the time when Apple was getting like school, where we had to go and be businessmen: ‘Sign this’ and ‘Sign that’. Anyway, it seems as if winter in England goes on forever; by the time spring comes you really deserve it. So one day I decided I was going to sag off Apple and I went over to Eric Clapton’s house. The relief of not having to go and see all those dopey accountants was wonderful, and I walked around the garden with one of Eric’s acoustic guitars and wrote Here Comes The Sun.” - George Harrison
Below is the handwritten lyrics by Harrison:
