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[alwaystoreturntome]

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TWO OF US They were the best of friends: how they got along I want to hold your hand: their physical interactions Perhaps Affectionately: their displays of affection Depiction of Lovers: suggestions from them or by others regarding the nature of their relationship Daring people to ask while still being afraid of the question: allusions to their sexualities Paul and John singing together Their Story Their Music Them

IN MY LIFE - john John's Favoritism: John's preference for Paul over others John's Possessiveness: John's attachment to Paul John watching Paul John talking about Paul John's

HERE, THERE AND EVERYWHERE - paul John by Paul: pictures of John captured by Paul Paul watching John Paul talking about John Paul grieving over John Paul's

MISCELLANEOUS Beatles on Paul and John: George and/or Ringo’s take on Paul and John’s relationship Drawings: blogs drawings of Paul and John Opinions: blogs opinions on Paul and John's dynamic Gifs

[lincoln-duncan]

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[pauliebunny]

they say so much by saying nothing

[alwaystoreturntome]

When we sang together, Paul and I would share the same microphone. I’d be close enough to kiss him. 

[johnlennonhauntingthenarrative]

STOP THE WAY HE CONTINUOUSLY RUBS HIS CHEST WHERE JOHN PLAYFULLY JABS HIM

[jonesbrianshining]

John Lennon

[asurrogateblog]

Very curious about the evidence for them ordering 3 hotel rooms? If you have any of it on hand.

hello hello! this is what I have readily available, from the sale of the beatles....bedsheets

now, one could fairly argue that there was more than one bed in at least one of these rooms, but at the same time, I don't think it's even up to the imagination which pair of them shared a room, and after quotes from paul like "I slept with john a lot" and "in bed", imo its a pretty safe bet that there might've only been one bed

but I'm not satisfied with a safe bet! I browsed around for publicly-available hotel floor plans and couldn't find any above the first few floors. so :) instead I called the san francisco hilton at the listed address in the top right corner and asked them. obviously it's possible that things have changed in the last sixty years, but at least currently, rooms 1548 through 1550 are indeed all single king bed rooms (specifically on the 15th floor in tower 3, which was the one already constructed in 1964. thank you hilton staff)

so I'm about as sure as I can be that paul and john deliberately chose to sleep in the same bed together long after they had the money for their own rooms and beds.

which could mean nothing!

[sadeyedladyofthelowlands]

This is 10000% canon I did not make it up.

[johnentwlstle]

[ipayinblood]

Paul can’t even handle it

[elafranco2024]

Baby, John was not soooo funny…

John was funny but your reaction as if he was the most talented comedian who ever lived.

[lucy-in-the-skiess]

If he was a girl I would be so disappointed

[alwaystoreturntome]

[nerolikestowander]

I am NOT okay :))))

[menlove-archive]

HOWARD STERN: Here's what the book claimed- your sexuality was so powerful over him, he was so enamored of you, so attracted to you, almost- PAUL: Wow. STERN: -that you could have your way with him. Not sexually- ROBIN QUIVERS: Did you feel a power over him? PAUL: [rapidly shaking his head] No. STERN: -but in business. That you had a- that he was sort of at your mercy because he was so in love with you. That was the theory in the book. PAUL: Well, you know, I mean- I like that theory. [laughs] STERN: Wish that could've been true. PAUL: No, man.

(x- translation from portuguese by @todayesterday here) (x) (x)

[whizzoqualityassortment]

Sir Raging Bisexual strikes again.

[oopshidaisyy]

it really is a shame john never got to see the eyes of the storm pictures because if someone photographed me like this I’d marry them on the spot

[oopshidaisyy]

(tags by @slutty-oranges)

this reminds me of something the national portrait gallery’s senior curator wrote in the book:

the pic in question:

but “although X is in the foreground, john is the focus” could honestly refer to quite a few of the photos in the book

[pauls1967moustache]

you know how being songwriting partners is like marriage and songwriting is like sex and making an album is like being pregnant and songs are like your children. i don't even have anything to add to this it's just like. ok! yeah! what more can any of us do with this? you said it, man. sure!

[pauls1967moustache]

People were reblogging this like it applies to other people. No, listen. This is about a specific guy. One guy in particular said all of this. This isn’t me romanticising music - Paul McCartney is mpreging himself with songs. He literally said this. He songwriting married John Lennon and then they had songwriting sex together in John’s attic which Paul called “Daddy’s Room.” Do you understand? I am barely even paraphrasing the words that came out of his mouth. This isn’t about the art of creation, it’s about inventing a pseudo-marriage with your best friend when you are 15 because it’s the 1950s and you’re repressed and British and they haven’t invented bisexuality yet and this is the only way you can have sex with him and have his babies, and then you spend the rest of your life Saying Things instead of admitting you think your friend’s hands are sexy and you want to suck his fingers. But you do still call his hands beautiful. You say this with words that are in the bible. And by you I mean just this one (1) guy (Paul McCartney) who did in fact say this about the guy he wrote songs with (John Lennon). It was a specific instance of these words coming into existence from the vocal cords of Sir Paul McCartney. No one else said all of this.

[undying-love]

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PLAYBOY: “Do you stick pretty much together off-stage?”

JOHN: “Well, yes and no. Groups like this are normally not friends, you know. They’re just four people out there thrown together to make an act. There may be two of them who sort of go off and are friends, you know, but…”

GEORGE: “Just what do you mean by that?”

JOHN: “Strictly platonic, of course. But we’re all rather good friends, as it happens.

1965, Playboy Interview

This reminds me of:

"Nobody ever said anything about Paul's having a spell on me or my having one on Paul! They never thought that was abnormal in those days, two guys together, or four guys together! Why didn't they ever say, "How come those guys don't split up? I mean, what's going on backstage? What is this Paul and John business? How can they be together so long?" (Playboy, 1980)

This:

John's self interview, 1974. It's interesting beacuse he is the one asking the questions too. It's also odd because there wasn't really any talk in the media at the time about John and Paul having a relationship, or at least not that we're aware of.

This:

JOHN: I was trying to put it 'round that I was gay, you know-- I thought that would throw them off... dancing at all the gay clubs in Los Angeles, flirting with the boys... but it never got off the ground." Q: "I think I've only heard that lately about Paul." JOHN: "Oh, I've had him, he's no good." (Hit Parader interview, 1975)

And this:

Reporter: How do you like not having any privacy? Paul: We do have some, you know. John: We just had some. We just had some before, didn't we, Paul? You tell them. (San Francisco press conference, 1964)

[bowielit-deactivated20250905]

watching old beatles interviews is so funny because paul will be talking and here comes john tickling his back or smacking his head or touching his thigh or fingering him like relax brother no one's taking him from you

[carolsturka]

“A body of work was produced that I don't believe he alone could have produced, or I alone could have produced. It was only me that sat in those hotel rooms, in his house in the attic; it wasn't Yoko, it wasn't Sean, it wasn't Julian, it wasn't George, it wasn't Mimi, it wasn't Ringo, it wasn't Miles. It was me that sat in those rooms, seeing him in all his moods and all his little things, seeing him not being able to write a song, and having me help, seeing me not able to write a song and him help me.”

Paul McCartney: Many Years From Now by Barry Miles

[abluefoxinawildwood-deactivated]

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Woke up this morning. Blues around my head. Ain't no need to ask the reason why. Went to the kitchen. Lit a cigarette. Blew the smoke rings in the sky. Just got to let it go. Just got to let it go.

Mm, it's real life. It's real. It's real life. It's real. Let go. Let go. Let go. (scats) Mm, let go. Mm, let go. Well, it's real life. It's real. Yes, it's real life. It's real. Let go. Let go. Like the mighty river flow. From the ocean to the shore. Let it go. Let go.

Picked up the paper. Read the Daily News. Nothing doing anyway. Same old BS. Doot doot doot doot cruise. Nah nah nah nah now. Let go. Let it go. (laughs) No, what am I doing? Why don't you let it go? Why don't you let it go? Mm, it's real life. It's real. Yes, it's real life. It's real. Let go. Let the mighty river flow. Let go. Let go. Oh, rock your balls, you... Woke up this morning. Blues around my head. No need to ask the reason why. Went to the kitchen, and I jumped back into bed. Something nasty in the sky. No need to be afraid. No need to be afraid. It's just real life. Real life. It's just real life. Just real life. Went up the mountain to see what I could see. Nothing doing nowhere. Went to the seaside. Had a cup of tea. Went to.... Why must we be alone? Why must we be alone? It's real love. It's real. Woke up this morning, blues around my head. No need to ask the reason why. Went to the kitchen, and I ran right to my bed. There's something funny in the sky. Why must we be alone? Why must we be alone? It's real life. Mm, it's real life. (whistles) Was I just dreaming or was it only yesterday? I used to hold you in my arms. And now a baby, and another on the way (laughs) la la la la la farm (laughs) Why must we be alone? Wah wah wah wah wah wah wah. (scats) If it don't feel right, don't do it. If it don't look right, look right through it. If it don't feel right, don't do it. Just call him on the phone.

[thewalrusespublicist]

Finally found it! For reference to anyone who hasn't seen/heard these demos and the newspaper clippings. Got it wrong about them sitting on a farm wall (must be thinking of a different photo) but otherwise! The whole thing together is quite ... something.