In 1965, the Beatles were at the top of the charts and developing their latest album that included a psychedelic rock song inspired by an LSD trip, Peter Fonda and past memories.
“She Said She Said” all began in the mid 1960s when the band needed a break from the US tour. Their manager at the time rented them a house to relax in, but due to fans trying to break in and crowding the house, a heavy security detail surrounded the home. The Beatles found themselves unable to go out, and instead invited people in.
Musicians of the era like Joan Baez, Roger McGuinn, David Crosby, the Byrds, and even Fonda were invited. “She Said She Said” came about during a time when John Lennon and George Harrison had just started taking LSD earlier in the year.
During one day at the home with Fonda, the actor, Lennon, Harrison and Ringo Starr were all having a trip while sitting in a large sunken bathroom. According to Fonda’s book, Don’t Tell Dad, Crosby came to find him because Harrison was having a bad experience while on LSD and thought he was dying.
“I told him that there was nothing to be afraid of and that all he needed to do was to relax. I said that I knew what it was like to be dead because when I was 10 years old I’d accidentally shot myself in the stomach and my heart stopped beating three times while I was on the operating table because I’d lost so much blood,” explained Fonda.
Lennon happened to have walked by and heard Fonda says that he knew what it was like to be dead and commented, “You’re making me feel I’ve never been born – Who put all that sh#t in your head?’…”
In his own recollection of what happened, Lennon actually had no idea why Fonda was there, as he wasn’t a major actor yet and hadn’t done Easy Rider. He found it bizarre and was perplexed by Fonda whispering in his ear that he knew what it was like to be dead. He recalls how “we kept leaving him, because he was so boring. It was scary, when you’re flying high.”
Some time later, Lennon remembered the interaction and began developing “She Said She Said” on an acoustic guitar at his Kenwood home in Surrey. He once recalled that it had “vaguely to do with someone who said something,” with its lyrics referring to Fonda’s death experience.
“She Said She Said” was the first song that was worked on for their Revolver album, and Fonda immediately clocked where Lennon got the inspiration from, despite having never acknowledged it. Another often-debated fact about the song is that it’s one of the rare Beatles tracks that McCartney didn’t play on
The song is considered one of the Beatles best, and its backstory and sound ushered in acid rock, a genre that bloomed in Britain and America in the wake of Revolver.
Related: In 1973, Dustin Hoffman Smoked Pot With Paul McCartney and told the Beatles Icon a Story About Picasso That Led to an Underrated Rock Classic
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