Let It Be (song) over single notes in the left hand. In his review of the single, for the "NME", Derek Johnson admired McCartney's performance and the lyrics' "pseudo-religious" qualities. Although he considered that the melody paled beside some of the band's previous singles, Johnson added: "As ever with The Beatles, this is a record to stop you dead in your tracks and compel you to listen attentively." John Gabree of "High Fidelity" magazine found the lyrics "dangerous politically", but viewed the song as possibly "the best thing musically that McCartney has done". In 2010, "Rolling Stone" magazine placed "Let It Be" at number
The Beatles in India to Harrison's account of his and Lennon's final conversation with the Maharishi, in the 2000 book "The Beatles Anthology", Harrison reminded him of the plan to join Shankar, but the Maharishi was unable to accept it. Harrison added: "That's when John said something like, 'Well, "you're" supposed to be the mystic, you should know.'" While waiting for their taxis to arrive, Lennon wrote the song "Maharishi" (later retitled "Sexy Sadie"), in which he sang: "Maharishi – what have you done? / You made a fool of everyone." In a 1974 interview, Lennon said that they were convinced that the delay