Here are a few of Mark Lewisohn’s great “insights” into the Beatles:
Nothing happened with John and Paul around India, they just grew apart. So John suddenly destroys his hugely important, extremely close, massively successful creative/work partnership of ten years at the PINNACLE of its power in the most disruptive way possible for absolutely no reason whatsoever.
Well, sure, why would John’s PARTNER have anything to do with John trying to sabotage his partnership? Paul WHO? *shrugs*
John’s mysterious suicidal ideation? *shrugs* Who has time to ask questions like this?
John was never addicted to heroin.
He might’ve dabbled a bit, but just for fun. He and Yoko MAYBE “smoked a joint before making love” AT MOST. Lewisohn’s “evidence" is that John is frequently on TV in 1969 looking lucid.
I can barely even address this one. I mean. How grossly incompetent are you, Mark? Newsflash- when you sober up…. you’re sober. Heroin doesn’t incapacitate the user 24/7.
You might think Allen Klein was the hero after reading his (future) book!
Seriously. This fucking asshole said that. About a dirtbag con man who we know for a fact bullied and threatened Paul to his face. And did gross, rapey-sounding shit like call him “the reluctant virgin.” The same guy who drove a MASSIVE, deeply damaging wedge between John and Paul and hastened the Beatles’ demise. And who the three other Beatles ended up suing. OK, Mark.
John’s rushed marriage to Yoko a WEEK after Paul’s wedding to Linda was sheer coincidence. He went so far as to say he hates when people suggest they are in any way related because that “confuses things.” Hmmm. So he’s annoyed by the cognitive dissonance created when his preferred narrative doesn’t square with reality? Yeah, cool. That’s a fucking great attitude for a “historian.”
A couple more things to consider:
Paul’s song Early Days (2013) makes a reference to some know-nothing bitches who claim to know more about his personal relationship with John than Paul himself does. Lewisohn believes that lyric was a swipe directed at him. And rather than be deeply shamed by this info, this self-appointed “expert” who is writing the history of the Beatles appears to be flattered by it! And has since doubled-down HARD on the Ballad of John & Yoko, and aggressively continues with the 1970′s erasure of Paul from Lennon/McCartney.
I mean, there is ONE living member of Lennon/McCartney. You should listen to him.
Paul has subsequently cut off all contact with Mark and Mark now has no access to anyone connected with Paul.
So yeah. BY ALL MEANS, if you are happy with the erroneous, toxic, Rolling-Stone-led, FIFTY YEAR OLD narrative which Lewisohn has FULLY drunk the kool-aid on and now aggressively co-signed….. Then have fun with that!
If you no longer desire these self-appointed “authorities” telling you what to think about material you can MOSTLY access yourself nowadays, then PLEASE, PLEASE do not blindly put faith in this arrogant, self-promoting ass-clown just because he’s got an “official” air.
The Beatles Authorship is a giant shitty boys’ club, just like everything else. They’re not the “best” just because they TELL YOU THEY ARE.
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