▁Love " ▁to ▁be ▁among ▁the ▁Beat les ' ▁fin est ▁songs ▁and ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁few ▁highlight s ▁among ▁their ▁record ings ▁from ▁the ▁Mag ical ▁Myst ery ▁Tour – Y ellow ▁Sub marine ▁era . ▁In ▁his ▁opinion , ▁L enn on ' s ▁det ract ors ▁fail ▁to ▁disc ern ▁between ▁" sh allow ▁and ▁u top ian " ▁when ▁rid icul ing ▁the ▁song ▁as ▁soci ally ▁irrelevant , ▁and ▁he ▁adds : ▁" one ▁may ▁as ▁well ▁comp lain ▁that ▁Martin ▁Luther ▁King ▁was ▁a ▁poor ▁singer ▁as ▁critic ize ▁L enn on ▁on ▁fine ▁points ▁of ▁political ▁strategy ; ▁his ▁role ▁was ▁the ▁Po et , ▁not ▁the ▁Political ▁Organ izer ." ▁ ▁In ▁Gran ada ▁Television ' s ▁ 1 9 8 7 ▁document ary ▁It ▁Was ▁Tw enty ▁Years ▁A go ▁Today , ▁comm emor ating ▁two ▁dec ades ▁since ▁S gt . ▁Pe pper ▁and ▁the ▁Summer ▁of ▁Love , ▁several ▁of ▁the ▁interview ees ▁were ▁asked ▁whether ▁they ▁still ▁believed ▁that ▁" L ove ▁is ▁all ▁you ▁need ". ▁Harrison ▁was ▁the ▁only ▁one ▁who ▁une qu iv oc ally ▁agreed ▁with ▁the ▁sentiment . ▁Ask ed ▁why ▁this ▁was , ▁he ▁told ▁Mark ▁Ellen ▁of ▁Q ▁magazine : ▁" They ▁all ▁said ▁All ▁You ▁Need ▁Is ▁Love ▁but ▁you ▁also ▁need ▁such - and - such ▁else . ▁But ▁… ▁love ▁is ▁complete ▁knowledge . ▁If ▁we ▁all ▁had ▁total ▁knowledge , ▁then ▁we ▁would ▁have ▁complete ▁love ▁and , ▁on ▁that