![]() Included on 1971’s Imagine is “How Do You Sleep?,” a diss track so positively nasty that it borders on obscene. The line went over most people’s heads, but Lennon got the reference – and fired back with one obvious enough for everyone. On 1971’s Ram, he included a subtle jab at Lennon on the opening track, “Too Many People,” mocking the former Teddy Boy rebel’s sudden fervor for world-peace crusades with the line “Too many people preaching practices.” Elsewhere in the song he sings, “You took your lucky break and broke it in two,” which McCartney later admitted was also directed at his former bandmate. McCartney’s public response was more measured. “Ringo was all right, but the other two really gave it to us. The conversation with magazine founder Jann Wenner touched on McCartney’s supposedly overbearing nature in the studio (“I pretty damn well know we got fed up of being sidemen for Paul,” he seethed), McCartney’s poor leadership following the death of the band’s manager Brian Epstein, and the other Beatles’ reaction to Lennon’s new relationship with Yoko Ono. The generation-defining duo kept their squabbles behind closed doors during the Beatles’ death throes in the late Sixties, but as McCartney made a move to legally dissolve the band’s partnership in December 1970, Lennon took the spat public in the pages of Rolling Stone. Read on for 30 of the most explosive beefs in music history. (See: “Bad Blood,” “Swish Swish,” about 25 percent of all rap songs.) ![]() Others still have inspired an entire sub-category of song that crosses all genre boundaries: the diss track. Others are tragic and have no possible upside as friendships, bands, families and even lives are destroyed in the process. Some feuds are undoubtedly hilarious, birthing otherworldly insults like Liam Gallagher’s “ Potato” and Mariah Carey’s beyond catty “I don’t know her,” both of which will live on until the end of the Internet. Many clashes are over in a flash, while others drag out for years and even decades. The bigger the star, the bigger the ego, and when two tangle, you get a supernova of spite and bile that holds the world in rapture, turning mature adults into spit-flecked children chanting “Fight, fight, fight!” in a circle at recess. Treat yourself.Creative differences, financial disputes, drug abuse, love triangles – in the music industry, the opportunities to butt heads are basically limitless. As for the Caramilk secret angle, well, truth be told there’s no mystery at all: it’s delicious, and now you want one. A Snickers is just a Mars bar with the addition of possibly life-threatening peanuts (overcompensating much?), an Aero is only half a treat due to its substantial air pockets and a Resse Peanut Butter Cup is what happens when cocoa/peanut butter indecisiveness meets aesthetic madness (what’s up with that UFO-like design any way? Could the mighty Hershey corporation not figure out a way to make an entire bar, instead of meekly separating its contents into three wimpy cups?) So instead of those snackbominations (a word I just made up yet should have existed all the while), vote for the sweet sugary simplicity of a Caramilk bar: creamy milk chocolate and smooth caramel. ![]() Activate your Online Access Now Article contentĬaramilk: Perhaps it’s unwise to go on the defensive when there is so much inherent goodness inside a Caramilk bar, but let’s think about the competition for a second. ![]() If you are a Home delivery print subscriber, unlimited online access is included in your subscription. Manage Print Subscription / Tax Receipt.
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