She Said She Said — The Beatles
Written based on an acid-fueled conversation with actor Peter Fonda, who was telling the boys about a childhood gun accident, in which he shot himself. He told them, “I know what it’s like to be dead,” and when John told him to shut up, he commented, “You’re making me feel like I’ve never been born.”
John recalled:
“We didn’t want to hear about that! We were on an acid trip and the sun was shining and the girls were dancing (some from Playboy, I believe) and the whole thing was really beautiful and Sixties. And this guy - who I really didn’t know, he hadn’t made Easy Rider or anything - kept coming over, wearing shades, saying ‘I know what it’s like to be dead,’ and we kept leaving him because he was so boring. It was scary, when you’re flying high: ‘Don’t tell me about it. I don’t want to know what it’s like to be dead!’”
Fonda commented:
“I had the privilege of listening to the four of them sing, play around and scheme about what they would compose and achieve. They were so enthusiastic, so full of fun. John was the wittiest and most astute. I enjoyed just hearing him speak and there were no pretensions in his manner. He just sat around, laying out lines of poetry and thinking – an amazing mind. He talked a lot yet he still seemed so private.”
