Yep Slaw and tostado, poor Linda had to suffer that indignity. She was a fine photographer, though. What, John had his wife in his Band, so Paul had to too?!
A lot of Beatle people blame Yoko for the breakup of their favorite Group. I don't---it was going to happen anyway, and in fact should have earlier (listened to the Let It Be album lately? Oh, it's painful.). Actually, Ringo had already quit and was talked back by John, George had pretty much checked out, and the famous Lennon/McCartney writing partnership had long since been a reality. They were very different people in 1969 than they had been in 1963, and the era of the solo singer/songwriter was in full bloom. It was time to move on, separately.
It's too bad it had to end the way it did, with John hating Paul, Paul bossing everyone around, and even George making snide remarks to John about Yoko. As did George, I found it pathetic that John had to bring Yoko to work with him, as well as just wrong. Being in a Group or Band is a job, a profession, and you just shouldn't bring your Wife (or Mommy) to work with you. Be a man, dude. But Lennon's emotional problems were coming to the surface (remember his flirtation with Primal Scream Therapy? He recorded some of the vocals on his first album under it's spell. Just awful, as bad as Yoko imo), and he was making a fool of himself. Remember him telling everyone what a genius he was? Uh, John, you're suppose to let other people say that about you. How embarrassing.
