History TearJerker / TheBeatles

* In a way, how the band itself broke up. Four lads who were close friends who just happened to form the greatest rock band the world ever seen, whose musical style was based on ''harmony'', where every performance and singing voice complemented each other... and then they stopped being like that. The breakup of the Beatles was viewed as Earth-shattering news when it happened. There was a reason why people kept hoping the band would get back together during the Seventies -- Lorne Michaels' offer on SaturdayNightLive for the band to reunite for $5000.00 mocked then-ongoing proposals by the networks (and if Paul and John were serious about going down to the studio that very night, it might have ''worked'') -- all because the fans wanted to see them together one more time.

* Their official [=YouTube=] channel (and their Vevo channel) was at one point [[ScrewedByTheLawyers terminated due to copyright claims from UMG_MK]]. This also affected people who posted the Beatles songs on the site, as well as a user named [=McCKLENN=] who uploaded episodes from [[WesternAnimation/TheBeatles The Beatles cartoon show]].

** Also doubles as a slightly heartwarming moment, as Paul wrote it for Julian Lennon after John and his first wife divorced and John was being a bit of an absent dad.

* In a way, how the band itself broke up. Four lads who were close friends who just happened to form the greatest rock band the world ever seen, whose musical style was based on ''harmony'', where every performance and singing voice complemented each other... and then they stopped being like that. The breakup of the Beatles was viewed as Earth-shattering news when it happened. There was a reason why people kept hoping the band would get back together during the Seventies - Lorne Michaels' offer on SaturdayNightLive for the band to reunite for $5000.00 mocked then-ongoing proposals by the networks (and if Paul and John were serious about going down to the studio that very night, it might have ''worked'') - all because the fans wanted to see them together one more time.

* "Hey, Jude" from ''Music/MagicalMysteryTour'' -- sad melody, and there are times when the lyrics don't quite make it better.

** There's something also oddly tearjerking about Lennon's mistake, where he sings "feeling two foot small" instead of "tall". Mostly because "small" has more impact than what the line was supposed to be.

* The other members of The Beatles were very upset when John Lennon passed away in December 8th, 1980 because he was killed by Marc David Chapman. George Harrison was very upset that he had to cancel his recording session.
** At the time, Yoko Ono wrote a tribute song for John Lennon called ''Goodbye Sadness''.

* Recently, Their official Youtube channel (and their Vevo channel for Youtube) was terminated due to copyright claim by [[Main/ScrewedByTheLawyers UMG_MK]].
** Many uploaders who posted the Beatles songs on Youtube are getting banned by UMG_MK. [=McCKLENN=] uploaded episodes from [[WesternAnimation/TheBeatles The Beatles cartoon show]]. UMG_MK claimed the audio track and gave him three copyright strikes. As a result, he was terminated from Youtube because of that.
* On March 9, 2016, Director George Martin passed away at age 90.

* "No Reply" from Beatles For Sale can be particularly moving piece. The melodramatic chords and the audible heartbreak in John's voice can do it for some people.

** Many uploaders who posted the Beatles songs on Youtube are getting banned by UMG_MK. [=McCKLENN=] uploaded episodes from [[WesternAnimation/TheBeatles The Beatles cartoon show]]. UMG_MK claimed the audio track and gave him three copyright strikes. As a result, He was terminated from Youtube because of that.

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** Many uploaders who posted the Beatles songs on Youtube are getting banned by UMG_MK. [=McCKLENN=] uploaded episodes from [[WesternAnimation/TheBeatle The Beatles cartoon show]]. UMG_MK claimed the audio track and gave him three copyright strikes. As a result, He was terminated from Youtube because of that.

** Many uploaders who posted the Beatles songs on Youtube are getting banned by UMG_MK. [=McCKLENN=] uploaded episodes from The Beatles cartoon show. UMG_MK claimed the audio track and gave him three copyright strikes. As a result, He was terminated.

** Many uploaders who posted the Beatles songs on Youtube are getting banned by UMG_MK. =McCLENN= uploaded episodes from The Beatles cartoon show. UMG_MK claimed the audio track and gave him three copyright strikes. As a result, He was terminated.

** Many uploaders who posted the Beatles songs on Youtube are getting banned by UMG_MK. McCLENN uploaded episodes from The Beatles cartoon show. UMG_MK claimed the audio track and gave him three copyright strikes. As a result, He was terminated.

* In January 1994, Paul McCartney was given two tape cassettes by Lennon’s widow Yoko Ono that included home recordings of songs Lennon never completed or released commercially. One tape included the songs “Grow Old With Me” and “Now and Then”.
** Both songs can be tearjerkers within themselves, but what makes it worse is that, on said tape, the words '''"for Paul"''' had been scrawled hastily in John’s handwriting.

** Both songs are tearjerkers within themselves, but what really tugs at your heart is that, on said tape, the words '''"for Paul"''' had been scrawled hastily in John’s handwriting.

** Both songs are tearjerkers within themselves, but what makes it worse is that on said tape, the words '''"for Paul"''' had been scrawled hastily in John’s handwriting.
*** Ow.

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** Paul [=McCartney=] has also admitted that the song has TearJerker connotations for him based on his relationship with John Lennon. Not only did Lennon praise it as the finest song [=McCartney=] ever wrote, but when first playing the song to Lennon, [=McCartney=] was adamant that he'd remove the line "the movement you need is on your shoulders", convinced it was just a placeholder lyric; Lennon, however, believed that that was the finest lyric in the song and insisted [=McCartney=] leave it alone. Since Lennon's death, [=McCartney=] admits that he finds it hard to think of that line without choking up a bit.

** The version from ''Film/AcrossTheUniverse'' -- done by a single a capella boy, a gospel choir, and then played over the image of a young soldier's funeral -- can be very heart-wrenching. Played over the funerals of the soldier ''and the boy'' (the latter of which died in a city riot).

* The other members of The Beatles were very upset when John Lennon passed away in December 8th, 1980. George Harrison was very upset that he had to cancel his recording session. John Lennon died of Homicide by Marc David Chapman.

* Then there is "Julia" from ''Music/TheWhiteAlbum'', which John Lennon wrote for his late mother. In the Music/TheBeatlesAnthology version, he actually starts crying.

* "While My Guitar Gently Weeps" from ''Music/TheWhiteAlbum'' can also do it.

* "Good Night" from ''Music/TheWhiteAlbum''. Although the song itself is usually considered sappy and maudlin, after the emotional rollercoaster that ''is'' the entirety of ''The Beatles'', climaxing with the... [[NightmareFuel preceding song]], it's just some sort of sweet, simplistic release, restoring your sanity when you need it most. In its own way, it's the perfect closer for the album.