{"id":310608,"date":"2025-08-02T00:40:20","date_gmt":"2025-08-02T00:40:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/310608\/"},"modified":"2025-08-02T00:40:20","modified_gmt":"2025-08-02T00:40:20","slug":"the-surprising-jab-at-paul-mccartney-that-ringo-starr-slipped-into-a-post-beatles-song","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/310608\/","title":{"rendered":"The Surprising Jab at Paul McCartney That Ringo Starr Slipped Into a Post-Beatles Song"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ringo Starr is considered one of the most amicable Beatles<\/a>. He was more or less left out of the three-way fight his former bandmates were entangled in towards the end of their career. But that doesn\u2019t mean he didn\u2019t have opinions on the way things soured. One nasty conversation with Paul McCartney in the middle of their breakup had Starr throwing the gloves off. Though his bandmates said much worse to each other, learn more about the surprising jab Starr gave McCartney in one of his solo pursuits. <\/p>\n

A Fight Between Ringo Starr and Paul McCartney Led to an Insult-Filled Song<\/p>\n

Though Starr has a reputation for being sweet and sympathetic, that didn\u2019t mean he was immune to the fighting. The end of the Beatles\u2019 career was marked by numerous issues. That kind of thing would weigh on anyone, even the middleman. <\/p>\n

While the band was in conversations to end things (the legal part of their partnership, anyway), Starr went to see McCartney, who had all but given up on the band\u2019s future. McCartney, believing that Starr had been sent by the rest of his bandmates and label figureheads, let his anger get the better of him. <\/p>\n

\u201cRingo came to see me,\u201d McCartney once recalled<\/a>. \u201cHe was sent, I believe \u2013 being mild-mannered, the nice guy \u2013 by the others, because of the dispute. So Ringo arrived at the house, and I must say I gave him a bit of verbal. I said: \u2018You guys are just messing me around.\u2019 He said: \u2018No, well, on behalf of the board and on behalf of The Beatles and so and so, we think you should do this.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI was just fed up with that,\u201d he added. \u201cIt was the only time I ever told anyone to get out! It was fairly hostile. But things had got like that by this time. It hadn\u2019t actually come to blows, but it was near enough.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI went to see Paul,\u201d Starr added from his perspective<\/a>. \u201cTo my dismay, he went completely out of control, shouting at me, prodding his fingers towards my face, saying: \u2018I\u2019ll finish you now\u2019 and \u2018you\u2019ll pay.\u2019 He told me to put my coat on and get out. I did so.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cEarly 1970\u201d<\/p>\n

This fight was enough for Starr to take a sonic swing at McCartney. His other bandmates were doing so. Why shouldn\u2019t he get in on the action? <\/p>\n

Lives on a farm, got plenty of charm, beep, beep \/ He\u2019s got no cows but he\u2019s sure got a whole lotta sheep \/ And brand new wife and a family \/ And when he comes to town \/ I wonder if he\u2019ll play with me, Starr sings in his song about the end of the Beatles\u2019 tenure, \u201cEarly 1970.\u201d <\/p>\n

It\u2019s certainly not the rudest thing anyone said to McCartney during this time, but it might have stung a little more considering who delivered the insult. Starr, however, made up for the comment by expressing that he is willing to let bygones be bygones. \u201cWhen I go to town, I wanna see all three,\u201d he sings at the end of this song, forgiving McCartney for their fight. <\/p>\n

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