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[thedissenters]

My Generation | 2017

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Barry Miles, John Dunbar, Marianne Faithfull, Peter Asher & Paul McCartney at Indica Gallery, 6 Mason's Yard in London, England | September 1965 © Graham Keen

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The Beatles on the day of the recording of A Day In The Life at EMI Studios in London, England | 10 February 1967 © Larry Ellis

"Before we filmed we handed out loaded 16mm cameras to invited guests including, among others, Mick and Marianne, and Mike Nesmith of The Monkees. They were shown what to press and told to film whatever they wanted. The BBC then banned the subsequent video. Not because of the content of the footage, but because the song itself had drug references." ~ Tony Bramwell

[thedissenters]

Linda, Heather & Paul McCartney | 14 April 1969 © Bassano & Vandyk Studios

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Paul McCartney in the studio (1968)

[thestarsarecool]

“I don't dwell on what people say about me. I actually dwell more on what people say about Paul, for some reason. Maybe it's because he can't handle it.”

— Linda McCartney, 1984, interviewed by Joan Goodman in Playboy.

[thestarsarecool]

“And they just dismiss Linda, which is interesting because she’s not that dismissable. She’s actually a very talented girl. She’s a very good photographer for one. Everyone automatically dismisses her singing: She sings out of tune doesn’t she? I had a period when I started listening to them, thinking, Maybe they’re right. I know she’s not the world’s greatest singer, she’s not a front singer, but I liked it when we sang together, we seemed to blend. So I started to use more session singers where there was no question of whether they were any good or not, and I just didn’t like it, it just sounded like session singers to me. So I’ve come back to Linda”

— Paul McCartney, Interview with Paul Du Noyer, 1989

[thestarsarecool]

“I remember very early on apologising because I was so tired, I said, ‘I’m really tired, I’m sorry.’ [Linda] said, ‘It’s allowed.’ I remember thinking, Fucking hell! That was a mind-blower. I’d never been with anyone who'd thought like that: ‘It’s allowed.’ And it was quite patently clear that it was allowed to be tired. I think I’d trained myself never to appear tired. Always to be on the ball. ‘Sorry I’m yawning. I’m sorry,’ which is complete bullshit. It’s a Beatles thing, you had to be there, you had to be on time.”

— Paul McCartney, Many Years From Now

[thestarsarecool]

"I'd love him to give up touring altogether. But it's a bit like being married to a husband who is mad about golf. You might be able to talk him into giving up golf, and stay at home with you and the children but you'd be taking away a part of him. And marriage should be a give-and-take thing. You should each share in the things your partner wants to do.”

— Linda McCartney, Liverpool Echo, December 4th, 1979

[mariannefaithfullism]

Marianne Faithfull photographed by Michael Ward, 1967.

[i-remade-meanmoodyandmagnificent]

Linda photographed by...

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Graham Nash:

Jim Morrison:

Jimi Hendrix:

Eric Clapton:

Brian Jones:

Paul McCartney:

[cokesympathy]

USCHI OBERMAIER photographed by Jochen Harder, 1969

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KEITH RICHARDS and USCHI OBERMAIER, 1975

“With Uschi Obermaier, especially at that time, it was lust, pure and simple. And then she grew on me and entered my heart. We’d draw pictures or use sign language. But even if we couldn’t talk to each other, I’d found a friend. As simple as that, really. And I loved her dearly. We dabbled around off and on with each other in the ’70s, and then she took off with her new love, boyfriend Dieter Bockhorn, to Afghanistan, and she slipped from my mind and my heart. And then I heard that she’d died, of a miscarriage somewhere in Turkey. Which was almost true, but it turned out she was smarter than that. I found out the real story many years later on a beach in Mexico, on the most important day of my life.”

— Life by Keith Richards

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MARIANNE FAITHFULL photographed during the Rolling Stones’ free concert at Hyde Park in London, July 5, 1969

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ANITA PALLENBERG, MARIANNE FAITHFULL, and SUKI POTIER photographed during the Rolling Stones’ free concert at Hyde Park in London, July 5, 1969

[modrockmocker]

I’d characterize our relationship as rather volatile. But we’re not bored. We’re still interested in each other. It’s lusty. We have wonderful children and a lovely marriage. And yes, I expect it to go on forever.

Paul McCartney on his relationship with Linda for Playgirl, February 1985.