“Help!” was supposed to be the title track of the second Beatles film - a slapstick, direct comedy that was originally conceived for Peter Sellers. Comedy or not: The desperate undertone was unmistakable, especially in lines like “And now my life has changed in many ways/ My independence seems to disappear in a haze.” “I really meant it,” Lennon told Rolling Stone in 1970. “The whole Beatles thing was getting out of hand.” By late 1965, Lennon w…
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“Help!” was supposed to be the title track of the second Beatles film - a slapstick, direct comedy that was originally conceived for Peter Sellers. Comedy or not: The desperate undertone was unmistakable, especially in lines like “And now my life has changed in many ways/ My independence seems to disappear in a haze.” “I really meant it,” Lennon told Rolling Stone in 1970. “The whole Beatles thing was getting out of hand.” By late 1965, Lennon w…