Into that void stepped self-appointed gurus such as L. Ron Hubbard and the Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, whom the Beatles studied with in early 1968. Janov was a similarly charismatic figure selling enlightenment. He declared that primal therapy was “the most important discovery of the 20th century,” going on to say that "The greatest hoax of the 20th century is psychiatry. In the future, there will be no need for a field called psychology. … We would need only 20 percent of the present medical profession since 80 percent of all ailments would be cured by primal therapy" (a term which he preferred over the more common “primal scream therapy,” because it indicated that patients didn’t need to yell to get results).

very cultish if u ask me

say what

During the Help era, right? A whole different meaning lol

Speaking to GQ, McCartney spoke about an activity he previously revealed in his 1997 biography, Many Years From Now. “What it was, was over at John’s house, and it was just a group of us,” he explained. “And instead of just getting roaring drunk and partying – I don’t even know if we were staying over or anything – we were all just in these chairs, and the lights were out, and somebody started masturbating, so we all did.”

In the group were McCartney, Lennon, and three of Lennon’s friends, all of whom would shout out names as they were engaged in the masturbation session. “We were just, ‘Brigitte Bardot!’ ‘Whoo!’ and then everyone would thrash a bit more,” McCartney said.

He added that Lennon would shout names like Winston Churchill’s to put his friends off and that the activity was “a one-off or maybe it was like a two-off.” “It wasn’t a big thing,” he said. “But, you know, it was just the kind of thing you didn’t think much of. It was just a group. Yeah, it’s quite raunchy when you think about it.

“There’s so many things like that from when you’re a kid that you look back on and you’re, ‘Did we do that?’ But it was good harmless fun. It didn’t hurt anyone. Not even Brigitte Bardot.”

“I think John was a little more that way, because thinking back, I remember there was someone in a club that he’d met, and they’d gone back to the house because the wife fancied John, wanted to have s***with him, so that happened, and John discovered the husband was watching,” he recalled. “That was called ‘kinky’ in those days.

this is absolutely absurd

What

shouting out names like they're in a medieval duel

i need 2 do acid man it’s been 2 long

that feeling when everything is so beautiful that u just start crying but ur so happy

this cover hard then a b****

first 2 albums are amazing, i love everything about them

i have a feeling their style changes drastically around the revolver album cuz i’ve tried listening 2 that album so many times & it never clicked

let me not get ahead of myself but i love what i am hearing, very happy, very content

is save me turning in2 a fan of the beatles?

This puts a smile on my face.

I'm curious to hear your thoughts on A Hard Day's Night.

Beatles for Sale is a dud. Just giving you a heads up.

what’s ur fav beatles album?

like not what’s the best but ur personal fav

Whenever I answer questions like this I automatically choose a personal fav. My personal fav is Magical Mystery Tour. It's a cheat code but you'll see what I'm talking about when you get to it.

god bless whoever be doin harmonica, they the real mvp

that’s after sgt peppers i see

god damn man they got a lot of albums holy f*** lol, i’m listening 2 an album a day 2 times, i really really love this with the beatles album like no bullshit

please mister postman

u can tell elvis was a huge inspiration 4 them, at least early on anyway b4 they started taking copious amounts of psychedelics

Only 12 albums in 7 years. No big deal That's their Motown album and it's one of their least favorite albums. It was rushed to capitalize on Beatlemanie but A Hard Day's Night is when they step up their game

they had an album on motown?!

Nah. I meant as in covering a few Motown songs and showing love to Smokey and Marvelletes. Tbh, their American counterpart album Meet the Beatles! is superior to this.

roll over beethoven got a nigga over here like