![]() It took them 39 attempts, after which they added lead vocals and re-recorded the drums and bass guitar parts. The Beatles recorded the rhythm track for this and " Polythene Pam" as one piece on 25 July 1969. The next day, Pinder and Thomas recounted the story to McCartney, who - guitar in hand - strummed and sang "She came in through the bathroom window." Recording In the 2006 DVD documentary The Classic Artists Series: The Moody Blues (DVD UK, released October 2006), Mike Pinder, the former keyboard player of Birmingham R&B band The Moody Blues, states that the inspiration for the song actually rests with an incident that happened to them - a groupie climbing into an open bathroom window in the band's home and spending the night with band member Ray Thomas. ![]() She says that she was asked to retrieve a certain photograph, which she did. Another Apple scruff, Margo Bird, remembers being good friends with McCartney – she would often take his dog for walks – and later got a job at Apple Corps. The scruffs also stole a number of photographs. ![]() I was the one who climbed up and got in." She then opened the front door to let the others in, and they raided his wardrobe for a pair of trousers, which they took turns wearing. We found a ladder in his garden and stuck it up at the bathroom window which he'd left slightly open. ![]() Jessica Samuels, one of the group, says: "We were bored, he was out and so we decided to pay him a visit. McCartney said the song was inspired by Apple scruffs (dedicated fans who hung around outside the Abbey Road studio and the homes of the Beatles), who broke into McCartney's St John's Wood home. ![]()
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