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Hi! I was wondering if you knew any friends of the beatles before their beatles era or curing the early days ! Like they personality how they met each other or even just their name ! Thanks

Hi! A few people from early days or pre-beatle days who I enjoy are:

Klaus Voormann, a German artist who heard the beatles play and pretty much fell in love with them. He actually lived with George and Ringo when they were in Hamburg, and continued to be friends with them throughout their career. He even drew the cover of Revolver! He's had some very sweet things to say about George in particular, I think they really hit it off.

Jurgen Vollmer, a German photographer who was friends with Klaus and also became close with the beatles. Supposedly he's responsible for the mop tops. Sometimes he talks about George almost like he has a crush on him, which is kind of funny.

Astrid Kirchherr, another photographer and friend of Klaus's. Astrid's friendship with John in particular always struck me as very touching. She was dating Stu Sutcliffe when he passed, and I think she and John were hit the hardest by it. There's a letter where she says John told her he wished he could have died instead of Stu, and she talks about comforting him.

Maybe I'm being flowery, but I feel like it's one of the few times where a glimpse at the sheer depth of John's self-hatred is softened by actually getting to see someone comfort him and tell him he's not worthless. So often you see that self-hate and self-punishment and he's all alone in it.

Interestingly, Astrid also seemed kind of sweet on George. Not in a romantic way -- she talks about him the way you'd talk about a 10 year old kid -- but in sort of a wholesome, motherly way.

It's funny, as I'm thinking about it, the friends they made in the early days seemed weirdly soft for George. I think he was so nonthreatening to them, almost like a little kid trailing after them, that they found themselves wanting to look out for him? And then naturally you're sort of soft to someone you feel that big sister/brother instinct towards.

A lot has been written about this group's potentially negative feelings towards Paul and whether those feelings were justified. I think sometimes people just don't get along, especially young people who maybe don't have the most developed social skills. Paul has been pretty open about having kind of an ego problem when he was young and he may have rubbed some people the wrong way. And when you're young you do tend to overreact a bit when you find someone annoying or full of themselves.

Anyway, I'm sure there were other folks they hung around with in the early days, but these are the ones I usually think about. Thanks for the ask!

#ask #anon

good-to-drive

My dream job is to work at the Lincoln museum in Springfield as a historical interpreter interpreting a teenage girl from the 1800s who was all "I want to fuck that old man" about Abraham Lincoln and wrote tragic doomed yaoi about Lincoln and Speed that she printed on a home printing press and distributed via paper route

good-to-drive

Also I'm wearing a giant button that says "Ask Me About My Firmly Held Belief That Conan O'Brien Should Be Cast As Lincoln In A Biopic Focusing On His Years In Springfield." I know it's anachronistic but I need to find my people.

#conan is soooo perfect for Lincoln y'all don't even know #smart and funny and gangly and has an irritating voice (no hate) and capable of both immense gravitas and clownlike relatability #he could tell a filthy joke to a crowd of illiterate farmers in a way that would totally win them over #and then turn around and deliver the Gettysburg address with heartbreaking compassion and gravity #op #shitpost #conan obrien #conan o'brien

My dream job is to work at the Lincoln museum in Springfield as a historical interpreter interpreting a teenage girl from the 1800s who was all "I want to fuck that old man" about Abraham Lincoln and wrote tragic doomed yaoi about Lincoln and Speed that she printed on a home printing press and distributed via paper route

#surely there will be a job opening like this #op #shitpost

ulyssessimpsongrant

Sometimes I genuinely wonder if people really didn’t pay attention or if they’re just out lying about what they were and weren’t taught in history for clout. Because I went to a basic ass public school and like… 99% of the time I learned that.

#oh this is such a pet peeve for me #“I wasn't taught about--” girl we went to high school together they definitely tried to teach you that #related pet peeve is “the media doesn't report on--” followed by something I've been reading about all week #you may have set bbc or cbs or whatever to default to usa/europe but you know you can still read the other sections right?

I don’t really understand what that anon meant by the Beatles fandom being more puritanical than fans of other bands. I’m all for critiquing the romantic narratives we have about the Beatles, but the Beatles fandom is insanely diverse and spans generations and cultures. The Beatles have notably fewer sex crimes on the record than the average all white, all male bands and that has made them more appealing to younger, queerer fans, though sexual transgression is absolutely still a key part of Beatles history and regularly discussed by fans of all creeds. Not that I’d expect tumblr users to seek out the much younger Beatles TikTok and Twitter fandoms, but they constantly mention how the Beatles cheated on their partners. If the Beatles fandom has strains of puritanism, I think it reflects a broader culture rather than being unique. And if we’re talking about capital F fandom, how many other classic rock bands actually generate anywhere close to the level of discussion and engagement we see with the Beatles? At least right now. I definitely agree that Beatles fans are uniquely invested in the personal lives of the Beatles and can whitewash their behavior, but that’s kind of inevitable with any fandom that goes beyond casual consumption.

Sorry for the rant — I get where you and your anon are coming from, but I just think the conversation needs more nuance.

I hear you, but I don't think they were really advocating for critique. Actually, rereading their ask, it seems to be almost the opposite -- they were pointing out that a lot of critique (and praise) of the Beatles is rooted in sex negativity.

I'm also curious why you think the Beatles fandom skews queerer than other classic rock fandoms. I've been around here a while and I've never heard that before, and in my personal experience it's one of the straighter fandoms I've been in.

That being said, I do think straight women gravitate towards the Beatles and Paul in particular because of their wholesome facade. I've talked about this before, but I think part of the reason a lot of Paul stans are highly protective of that wholesome facade is because he represents the only piece of 60s rock and roll that a straight white woman can believe was/is designed for her personally. I get why that would make his cottage core Wife Guy thing very special to someone.

But to translate the Wife Guy thing into Guy Who Doesn't Like Sex really is just barefaced sex negativity. Just because someone is highly sexual and has had a lot of casual sex and continues to want lots of sex doesn't mean they're a better or worse husband.

Not to overfocus on Paul, though -- the other three Beatles are subject to quite a bit of sex negativity as well. It just tends to work against them, whereas for Paul it largely works in his favor.

Like I said in my previous post, the beatles' romantic lives don't entirely reflect well on them, and ignoring their sexuality can make it easier to ignore their misogyny. In that way, the sex negativity that represses Paul to someone scared of his own dick actually makes him look better. For the others, it's more that rightful criticism of their attitude towards women gets tangled with bullshit criticism of grown adults having lots of casual sex.

I also can't really say that I've seen regular discussion of the beatles' sexual transgressions. Honestly, I would have said that tiktok and twitter in particular are pretty bad about falling into these echo chambers of mindless praise.

It's actually pretty fascinating to see how migrants from twitter understand the Beatles. I bumped into someone whose understanding of the Heather Mills situation was that her accusations were entirely about Paul's treatment of Linda. I just don't know how on earth a person could think that makes sense.

Part of it is definitely that they skew younger, and in developed countries gen z is averaging something like a first grade reading level. I'm not dunking on gen z or adult illiterates, but obviously if you can't read at a mature level then it's going to be hard to have an informed and sophisticated opinion about pretty much anything. (If only that were only a problem in the Beatles fandom.)

And I definitely do agree that sex negativity is in more than just the fandom. It absolutely represents a shift in larger culture, coinciding with a shift towards far right populism and this very intense kind of consumerism. All of that informs the Beatles fandom the same way it informs every other part of our culture, and youth culture in particular.

Anyway, I do get what you're saying. But what you're describing just hasn't really been my experience. I think I've probably wound up in different corners of the internet.

#ask #anon

In the Paul biopic there's going to be an absolutely gut wrenching scene where Linda has passed away off screen and the camera stays on Paul's face during the funeral and we see him pass through every stage of grief and the eulogy ("devoted wife, beloved something...") is drowned out by Paul's voice singing Let It Be and there's not a dry eye in the house and it's not until you leave the movie that you wonder why Linda's character had no emotional presence whatsoever at her own funeral

#op #the beatles #the Beatles biopics #Paul biopic #linda Eastman

Ringo's step-daughter is a lesbian, and to his credit he always seems to have been supportive of her.

Ahh that definitely counts as gay-adjacent. And good for him! I think those people who like to bicker about the Wokest Beatle (the Wokle) need to be taking this into account.

#thanks anon!#ask

jumbojohnson

#rbing to main because I'm very proud of my work in this area (matching LBJ to cats)#also PSA that my Robert Caro blog is active again for any who may be interested

I understand the strategy behind those trolls who just accuse you of crazy shit until you reply because I think most of us share this feeling

But I think getting on a city bus and obnoxiously chewing gum would be an objectively more normal and less depressing way to get strangers to pay attention to you

#been getting more of those lately so there might be a callout post about me going around #I'm not going to look into it because one of the most important rules for internet survival is never go looking for bullshit #the bullshit will find you on its own #I'm going to choose to be grateful that I've reached a point where people have to lie about me in order to make me look bad #I mean not really I have a lot flaws and make a lot of mistakes in life #but I'm not making them on the internet at least #op

pauls1967moustache

"If I was a girl, maybe I could go out and..." — Paul McCartney

#whenever a guy starts talking about 'if I was a girl he'd have time for me'#or how all his friends would pay attention to him and be nice to him and give him special treatment if he was a girl #and just generally acting jealous of the attention and niceties that girls get #I remember the Seinfeld episode where Jerry says “if I was a woman I'd be down on the dock waiting for the fleet to come in”#yeah you'd get way more attention and people would treat you nicer if you were a pretty girl #but then you'd fuck everything that moves and suddenly they wouldn't treat you so nice anymore

idontwanttospoiltheparty

It is truly fascinating how the common tumblr narrative around John and Paul somehow makes the guy who literally got violent multiple times over people insinuating he was queer appear more "on board with the whole gay thing" than the guy who said some awkward/dated stuff in interviews a couple of times.

#absolutely wild to think that either of them was on board with the whole gay thing #yoko may be partly responsible here for calling Paul and saying she thought John was gay #well and Paul also for telling people she did that #which was kinda off tbh #this woman was grieving her husband and obviously going through HEAVY shit and questioning everything and you spread it around?#George did seem relatively chill with gay people though or at least chill with drag queens #Ringo I'm not sure? can't think of anything he said or did adjacent to gay people rn

Diana Ross turning me into a worm: Worm that body worm that body you can do it make that body

#op #shitpost #diana ross #would you still love me if Diana Ross turned me into a worm

Stop making lifeless live action remakes of animated movies and start making cute animated remakes of action movies. The Matrix with an all-fish cast.

#the live action actors can voice the fish #Morpheus is like.... an orca probably #so not technically a fish ig #op #shitpost

politicalrpf

Nelson Rockefeller doing push-ups in New Hampshire, 1963.

#work that body work that body #you can do it make your body #he's the hottest girl in town

asurrogateblog

the thing about telling people you love the beatles is that you do have to decide whether you’re prepared to defend john’s honor

#go the other way #“did you know John Lennon was a wife beater?” “yes! did you know Paul and Ringo were also wife beaters?”#“anyway I recommend starting with revolver”

Beatles Biopics as Written by Tumblr: Paul's Film

Beginning with the breakup of the Beatles and focusing in on the 1970s when Paul was running on that sweet, uncut Sad.

September 20, 1969: John tells Paul he's quitting The Beatles. As John beats him over the head and shoulders with a large stick, Paul apologizes profusely and asks John to please reconsider. In retaliation for this, John murders him, to raucous applause.

April 10, 1970: Paul announces his departure from The Beatles, is publicly beaten, and then fired out of a cannon.

April 11, 1970: John tells The Media that Paul McCartney is the greatest fiend to ever walk the earth.

April 12, 1970: Paul releases a statement to the effect that John's comments seem a bit harsh, but his dear friend is entitled to his opinion. In retaliation for this, John murders him, to raucous applause.

A montage set to How Do You Sleep (released Sept 1971) begins. We see Paul sinking into depression and self-isolation, all his selfless overtures to John cruelly rejected. Every time he leaves the house someone throws a tomato at him, and when he tries to sleep he sees only John's laughing face. He bravely soldiers on, taking solace in music and family and nature and his own innate goodness, and briefly in vast quantities of liquor, but luckily the love of his wife quickly cures his alcoholism.

May 17, 1971: Paul releases RAM, considered by modern critics to be the greatest record of all time and the birth of the genre that would come to be known as "Good Music." In retaliation for this, The Media murders him, to raucous applause.

September 13, 1971: Paul adds another child, Stella, to the pack of abandoned and unloved children he has chosen to shelter on his farm. The pack began with his adopted son, Julian Lennon, who had contact with Paul no more than two years ago. Like most fathers, Paul will see him again in at most a couple of decades.

A montage begins, and Family Man Paul sets his life to rights to the delicate poignancy of Blackbird. The world still despises him, but he no longer cares, not when he's Family Man Paul. John publicly admits he was wrong to abuse Paul so cruelly, and Family Man Paul smiles and shakes his head. Oh, John.

December 9, 1980: Paul receives a phone call. We hear only his end of the conversation:

#op #shitpost #the beatles #beatles #meme #beatles meme #the beatles meme #paul mccartney #john lennon #linda eastman #linda mccartney #nancy shevell #heather mills #how do you sleep #let it be #blackbird #the beatles biopics #some of the dates are fudged or made up just fyi

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