Paul McCartney stunned the audience at a packed Santa Barbara Bowl by opening his show with the Beatles’ 1965 classic “Help” — a song he hadn’t performed in full since its release six decades ago.Of course Lennon spent the entire 1970s shitting on The Beatles’ entire catalog as only he could, but Help! was one of only two Beatles songs he claimed he’d written that were “real” – Strawberry Fields Forever was the other – so for fans like me it adds an extra layer of "who the hell’s cuttin’ onions all up in here???"
The last complete live performance of “Help!” by the Beatles came in December 1965 in Cardiff, Wales.
John Lennon via his famous 1980 Playboy interview:
LENNON: "When 'Help' came out in '65, I was actually crying out for help. Most people think it's just a fast rock 'n roll song. I didn't realize it at the time but later, I knew I really was crying out for help. It was my fat Elvis period. You see the movie: He -- I -- is very fat, very insecure, and he's completely lost himself. And I am singing about when I was so much younger and all the rest, looking back at how easy it was. Now I may be very positive... yes, yes... but I also go through deep depressions where I would like to jump out the window, you know. It becomes easier to deal with as I get older; I don't know whether you learn control or, when you grow up, you calm down a little. Anyway, I was fat and depressed and I was crying out for help.
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