I had to check the timeline on when that song was actually written but it is consistent with a legal feud that Paul and Ringo had that caused them to not be on speaking terms in 1971 and 1972. We know this for a fact because both men were invited to Mick Jagger's wedding to Bianca Jagger which happened in 1971. The wedding planners, knowing of the feud, took great pains to have them at separate tables and not to be together at the event. There was an article I just read about this which I will post when I find it. Here it is:
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"As McCartney and Starr were embroiled in a harsh legal battle, they were seated far apart."
By 1973 Paul and Ringo reconciled and Paul played on the Sweet 16 song. So the timeline of when this song was written is consistent with the Paul and Ringo feud and doesn't serve to prove Harrison authorship.
Basically all the Beatles had fights with each other at one time or another and mostly those fights were the fights of brothers and were resolved to some extent. None of those fights lingered or festered for long periods of time but that song was written during a fight period.
Mick Jagger's 1971 wedding was 'skin-crawlingly embarrassing'
The year 1971 had already been a hectic one for the Rolling Stones. In March, at lead singer Mick Jagger’s urging, they became the first rock band to declare themselves tax exiles from the UK, relo…
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"As McCartney and Starr were embroiled in a harsh legal battle, they were seated far apart."
By 1973 Paul and Ringo reconciled and Paul played on the Sweet 16 song. So the timeline of when this song was written is consistent with the Paul and Ringo feud and doesn't serve to prove Harrison authorship.
Basically all the Beatles had fights with each other at one time or another and mostly those fights were the fights of brothers and were resolved to some extent. None of those fights lingered or festered for long periods of time but that song was written during a fight period.
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