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The Beatles released their last song \u201cNow and Then\u201d in early November. It\u2019s a good match tonally, as the song is very wistful and melancholic in a way that seems fitting for winter and end-of-the-year reflections. It was also a smart move for stats, giving \u201cNow and Then\u201d a chance to break records \u2014 which it\u2019s still doing \u2014 before the Christmas catalogues started dominating the charts. With this new, final Beatles record, Paul McCartney is naturally thinking about his time in the band, and of course John Lennon, who wrote and recorded the first demo for \u201cNow and Then.\u201d On his McCartney: A Life in Lyrics<\/em> podcast this week, Paul noted how grateful he is that he and John had come together (yes, I did that) again as friends before John\u2019s untimely death.<\/p>\n

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Paul McCartney and John Lennon\u2019s tumultuous relationship has been a sore spot since The Beatles broke up, and now, McCartney is contemplating the possibilities of what would have happened had the pair not rekindled their friendship.<\/p>\n

McCartney, 81, opened up about the \u201cwhat ifs\u201d surrounding the situation in the Wednesday, Dec. 6, episode of iHeartPodcasts and Pushkin Industries\u2019 new podcast, McCartney: A Life in Lyrics.<\/p>\n

In it, he described the pair\u2019s reconciliation as being \u201csuper, super painful,\u201d noting that he was \u201cglad\u201d he was able to mend the friendship before Lennon was murdered in 1980.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was super, super painful,\u201d McCartney shared. \u201cIn the end, there was something I was very glad of when he got murdered, was that I had had some really good times with him before that happened.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cIt would have been the worst thing in the world\u2026 Had he just been killed and we still had a bad relationship. I would have just thought, \u2018Oh, I should have, I should have, I should have,\u2019\u201d he continued. \u201cThat would have been a big guilt trip for me.\u201d<\/p>\n

In 1969, Lennon privately told the band we would be departing in an angry letter. It wasn\u2019t until a year later that the rift between McCartney and Lennon \u2014 which was primarily based in a divergence of creative opinions \u2014 became public knowledge and officially led to the Beatles\u2019 break up.<\/p>\n

At the time, many fans blamed Lennon\u2019s wife Yoko Ono for driving a wedge between the band members, however McCartney has previously addressed this rumor, vehemently denying that Ono was at all involved in the artists\u2019 decision to disband.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

[From Parade]<\/p>\n

Oh man, something in the way (yes, I did it again) Paul describes \u201cI should have, I should have, I should have,\u201d<\/em> gives me chills. That fear is so relatable. And yeah, that would have been so brutal on Paul if things had been left heated and unresolved when John was murdered. They weren\u2019t romantic partners, but they were involved in a deeply dynamic, creative, world-changing relationship. If they hadn\u2019t begun even the barest of a rapprochement, Paul would\u2019ve had to carry that weight (last one, I swear) for the rest of his life. I guess Paul\u2019s holiday gift to us is the reminder to make peace with those we love, cause we don\u2019t know the time any of us have. (Ugh, I hate it when cheeseball sentiments are proven true! Can\u2019t the world leave me to my sass and sarcasm?!)<\/p>\n

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photos credit: STARSTOCK\/Photoshot \/ Avalon, Public Address Presseagentur \/ Avalon, SKR-LONDON FEATURES \/ Avalon and Getty<\/small><\/p>\n

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