John Lennon’s Ex Says He Wanted to Write with Paul McCartney Again After Beatles Split

May Pang, John Lennon’s ex, says the late musician still wanted to write with Paul McCartney even after the Beatles split.

Pang — who dated Lennon for 18 months from 1973 to 1975 amid the breakdown of his marriage to Yoko Ono — spoke to USA Today in an interview published Friday about recounting her relationship with the legendary musician in her documentary,A lost weekend: Love story.

In a lengthy conversation about how she and Lennon became romantically involved and the details covered in the documentary, Pang, 72, was asked by the reporter if it was “surprising” that Lennon “is thinking ‘Maybe I should start writing with Paul’ again,'” ( in the documentary).

She then explained, “The pressure was off. Everyone was now free to do whatever they wanted.”

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“So in January 1975, Paul and Linda [McCartney] were saying, ‘We’re going to go to New Orleans and make a new album [Venus and Mars].’ So John goes, ‘Oh great, New Orleans, I’ve always loved it,'” Pang recalled.

She continued: “A couple of days later, he’s strumming his guitar and says, ‘What do you think I wrote with Paul again?’ Talk about shock: The reference is like The exorcist, the head is thrown back. And I said, ‘I think that would be great.'”

“Then he says, ‘Maybe we should go down.’ He really wanted to do it,” Pang told USA Today. “I knew if I brought him to New Orleans that would happen.”

The idea that Lennon — who died aged 40 in 1980 — would want to make music again with McCartney, now 81, may surprise fans after the musicians’ now-famous decline in the years following the breakup of the legendary rock foursome in Spring. from 1970.

(L-R) John Lennon, 23, George Harrison, 20, Paul McCartney, 21, and Ringo Starr, 23.

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In an interview for the BBC Radio 4 series at the end of 2021 This cultural life with John Wilson, McCartney set the record straight on the band’s split, revealing that Lennon, not himself, had “instigated” the breakup.

“I didn’t instigate the split. It was our Johnny,” McCartney said when McCartney, Lennon, George Harrison and Ringo Starr decided to go their separate ways.

“I’m not the person who instigated the split. Oh no, no, no,” he continued. “John walked into the room one day and said, ‘I’m leaving the Beatles.’ Does it promote a split or not?”

McCartney said he felt Lennon was “always trying to break free” from the band, as he reflected on what “could have been”.

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(L-R) Paul McCartney and John Lennon sing into the microphone during the taping of a segment for ‘Toast of the Town’ in August 1965.

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“The point of it all was that John started a new life with Yoko. John always wanted to break free from society in a way because, you know, he was raised by his aunt Mimi, who was quite repressive, so he was always trying to escape,” McCartney said of Lennon.

In an interview with Rolling stone In 1970, Lennon did tell his former bandmate that he was “quitting” the Beatles. The link to the interview was shared by the official John Lennon X (formerly known as Twitter) account at the time of McCartney’s 2021 interview.

Fortunately, the two former bandmates later became close again before Lennon’s untimely death at the age of 40 when he was fatally shot outside his Manhattan apartment on December 8, 1980.

McCartney recently remembered Lennon on what would have been his 83rd birthday on October 9.

“Celebrating the birthday of my wonderful friend and collaborator, @johnlennon – Paul 🖤,” McCartney captioned his Instagram post of himself performing in front of a big screen featuring his former bandmate.

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