McCartney convinced himself to put some beach boys in the Beatles

In February 1968 i Beatles they went to Rishikesh, India, to participate in a spiritual retreat held by MaharishiMahesh yogimaster of transcendental meditation. John Lennon And George Harrison They arrived in Rishikesh on February 16, reached four days later from Paul McCartney And Ringo Starr. The four guys from Liverpool had some friends, wives and girlfriends in follow. The spiritual retreat also participated Mike Love of the Beach Boys And Donovan. During their stay, McCartney, Lennon and Harrison wrote some of the songs that the Beatles then they included in the disc “The Beatles”more known as the ‘White Album’ (Read the review here), published in November 1968.

In a recent interview with American Songwriter, Mike Love He recalled that period by telling that while he was in India he was able to listen to a preview of the songs that would then remain in history. One of these was “Back in the USSR”. These are the words about today’s 83 -year -old Californian musician: “I was sitting all only at the breakfast table when Paul McCartney arrived with his acoustic guitar saying, ‘listen to this, Mike’. ” Flew in From Miami Beach, Boac, Didn’T Get to Bed Last Night. ‘ In short, he made me feel ‘back to the ussr’ “.

The song was not over and in the interview Love says she suggested to McCartney to insert something that was a parody of
“California Girls”
of the
Beach Boys
. “He did not yet have the central part. I said, ‘you have to talk about all the girls in Russia, the Ukrainian girls and the Georgia on my mind, all that stuff there’, which he did. ‘It seems that Sir Paul knows how to create a melody enough enough’. ‘I probably been the first person, apart from his girlfriend Jane Asher, who was there, listening to that song”.

Mike Love
He said he was invited to Rishikesh from
Maharishi mahesh yogi
in person, without knowing that there would also be the

Beatles
. “It was magical. We had a lot of fun. There was a lot of meditation, many Maharishi lessons and a lot of song writing”. He also recalled that on March 15, his birthday, i
Beatles
they celebrated him by writing a song for him. He explains: “The Beatles sang a song and eventually said, ‘Happy birthday, Michael Love, happy birthday’. It’s called” The Spiritual Regeneration Movement Foundation “. If you ever have the opportunity to listen to it, it’s truly incredible”.

During the chat
Mike Love
He also remembered how
John Lennon
he wrote
“Dear Prudence”
another song belonging to the
‘White Album’
. A premise: among the participants in the spiritual retreat there were also the actress
Mia Farrow
and the younger sister
Prudence
who was particularly attentive to the teachings of Maharishi. This is the story of the Beach Boy: “At a certain point Maharishi said: ‘Go ahead to meditate until you feel at ease’. Prudence did not go out for about three days. The maximum that I have ever meditated at once was perhaps eight hours, which is sufficient. That was the order, go ahead meditating until you feel at ease. Prudence took him very seriously”. In the song

John Lennon
Sing: “Dear Prudence, Won’t You as Out to play” hoping to convince her to get away from its meditation.

Speaking of transcendental meditation Love explained that he certainly had a positive and important influence on his life, also for his writing songs. “When I was with a group of people who took or drink, I was able to check me: ‘I feel good to do what I’m doing. I don’t need to participate.’ I improved my lifestyle choices I think that meditation was generally of great help. ”