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The Beatles’ “Across the Universe” Was Rooted In Two Major Conflicts of John Lennon’s Life

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John Lennon looks off to the side, Paul McCartney stands beside him smiling
While the Beatles’ “Across the Universe” evokes a nirvana-esque image of weightlessly floating through the cosmos, the song’s creation and final production was rife with conflict. As the song’s main composer, John Lennon, would later explain, he first had the idea for the iconic track after a lengthy argument with his first wife, Cynthia Lennon. […]

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