Doctor Robert It was about myself. I was the one that carried all the pills on tour." In a 2009 article entitled "Twisted Tales: The Beatles' Real-Life Dr. Robert Had the Feel-Good Cure for Celebs" several other people were speculated to be the real-life Dr. Robert. They were: When "Mojo" magazine released "Revolver Reloaded" in 2006, part of a continuing series of CDs of Beatles albums covered track-by-track by modern artists, "Doctor Robert" was covered by Luke Temple. According to Ian McDonald: Doctor Robert "Doctor Robert" is a song by the English rock band the Beatles. It was released in 1966 on
The Beatles (album) advises those who "talk about destruction" to "count me out". Lennon then follows the sung word "out" with the spoken word "in". At the time of the album's release – which followed, chronologically, the up-tempo single version of the song, "Revolution" – that single word "in" was taken by the radical political left as Lennon's endorsement of politically motivated violence, which followed the May 1968 Paris riots. However, the album version was recorded first. Further to the betrayal they had felt at Lennon's non-activist stance in "Revolution", New Left commentators condemned "The Beatles" for its failure to offer a political