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Disc and Music Echo
April 23, 1966
Being a Beatle does not present many new problems, not at least for John, Paul, George, and Ringo. By now, they have learned to weather storms, take on critics, and encounter any attacks with raptor-like wit. But John Lennon has found that being a Beatle does have its drawbacks.
One of the biggest is that fans invade the grounds of his Weybridge house, making Saturday and Sunday in peaceful Surrey look like a pilgrimage to the promised land of pop. "I'm fed up with it. Some weekends it gets so bad we go away somewhere to get away from the people who come to gawk," said, John,. "You'd think it was a holiday camp or something. They come with babies, sandwiches, flasks of tea, the lot. What do they think it is here, a national park?
"These people aren't fans. They can't be. I reckon there's something wrong with people who come just to look. If they were young people who come to look where a Beatle lives. I suppose it would be understandable, but it's adults!
"They seem to think I'm on stage every minute. I went out and told them to get away once, because they started camping and having picnics on the ground.
"We all know we've got to expect to have the public chasing us a lot, but this is where I live, and I reckon it's unbelievable to have the house treated as some kind of park. This happens most weekends. Sometimes it's worse than others, but it shouldn't really happen at all.
"People have got cheek. I just can't understand what gets into their minds.
"There's another reason why I find it a big drag. I'd like to think people were doing something better with their spare time than coming gawking around here."
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