The Beatles by Steve Turner

Author:Steve Turner
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Carlton Books Ltd
Published: 2009-09-10T04:00:00+00:00

SEXY SADIE

‘Sexy Sadie’ appears to be a song about a girl who leads men on, only to make fools of them, but was written about the Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, after John had become disillusioned with him. Knowing that he could never record a potentially libellous song called Maharishi, he titled it ‘Sexy Sadie’, but on the demo recording of the track he let rip with a string of obscenities directed towards his real quarry.

There were two reasons why the Beatles decided to leave Rishikesh. They had been told that the Maharishi was only after their money and a rumour suggested he had made a sexual advance to a women on the course. It unnerved them and the three Beatles told the guru they were leaving. Pressed to explain their decision, John reportedly said, “Well, if you’re so cosmic, you’ll know why.”

Paul Horn, who remembers them leaving, believes the fall-out was inevitable: “These courses were designed for people who had a solid background in meditation. The Beatles didn’t have the experience and I think they were expecting miracles. George was really interested but Ringo wasn’t into Eastern philosophy at all. John was and always sceptical about anything until it had been proven to him. Paul was easy-going and could have gone either way.

“The big fuss came because there were some people there who were more interested in the Beatles than learning to meditate and they became hangers-on. One woman was really into the Beatles and started all this crap about the Maharishi making passes at her. There were a lot of rumours, jealousies and triangles going on and she got back at the Beatles through saying this about the Maharishi. The bottom line, though, is that it was time for them to go home. This was just the catalyst.”

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