#hdys

George, who played lead guitar on How Do You Sleep?, tried to mend fences during the October 3 (1971) opening party for the finally completed € 500,000 (S1.200,000) studios in the basement of Apple's Savile Row offices and distanced himself from the song in the process. "It's a bit sad now that Apple is in the position all four of us planned three years ago. l just wish Paul would use the studio if he wants. It's silly not to. I can't see the four of us together again. But I'd like us at least to be friends. We all own this business and it's doing well and I'd like all four of us to enjoy it now."

Asked about How Do You Sleep?, he said, "It doesn't help at all. I'm glad it wasn't about me. I said to John as we were recording it, 'It's pretty hard on him!'”

HOWEVER you can tell how genuinely hurt and angry john is, from the way he sings it, from the demos, from the line “how do you sleep at night.” some of the more specific lines, like the one about Yesterday, the stuff that’s just straight up mean, have been attributed to klein and yoko. that makes sense, both of them were john’s yes-men at the time and if john was mad at paul, they were gonna back him up on that. but i keep coming back to the demos where john will sing “how do you sleep, babe” or “brother.” both words indicate a DEEP connection and thus a deep hurt. making ““““‘muzak”””””” is not a personal slight to john. neither is being attractive, having death rumors, or……. loving your mother???? all these things are is, in john’s eyes, kind of lame and/or funny.

into the HDYS v RAM discourse again. 

One thing to consider: John and George both released songs of RAM-level “meanness” and plausible deniability. “Crippled Inside,” “I Found Out,” “Wah-Wah,” “Dark Horse” ....I could go on. 

Know why they’re rarely brought up? Because they are normal breakup songs. They are not even CLOSE to being anywhere near the level of HDYS, and the comparison would be manifestly ridiculous.