Living is easy with eyes closed

dani | bisexual | feminist | 24 I just really like the Beatles, man personal: hvppyvngst

[fruithalo]

women be

having undiagnosed adhd 

[thisaspamlmfaoo-deactivated2018]

Yes but it’s cute

[adhighdefinition]

cute?!

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I don’t think ‘cute’ is the right term to use here…

[sgt-paul]

PAUL MCCCARTNEY on stage at the 36th Annual Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame Induction Ceremony; October 30, 2021, Cleveland, Ohio. © Kevin Mazur / Dimitrios Kambouri

[sgt-paul]

PAUL MCCCARTNEY at the 36th Annual Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame Induction Ceremony; October 30, 2021, Cleveland, Ohio. © Kevin Mazur / Dimitrios Kambouris

[mccartneymadness]

John Lennon, Halloween, 1980

[beatlesincolour]

[thebeatlelove]

John Lennon has the best facial expressions

[motherlennon]

The Beatles in Texas | September 18, 1964

[georgemccharmly-deactivated2021]

The Beatles + text posts 3/?

[unamedwatcher]

[malchay]

So, I looked in the comments, expecting to see discourse or historical background etc, but I found none. Therefore, I decided to learn more and add background. Apparently this machine was used because of polio because polio paralyzes your lungs. According to the wiki article on this bad boy, patients would spend two weeks in there sometimes. They still have these machines, though much, much more modern but they’re barely used at all anymore: “In 1959, there were 1,200 people using tank respirators in the United States, but by 2004 there were only 39. By 2014, there were only 10 people left with an iron lung.” (x)

[meowren-deactivated20190915]

I’ve read about one man who still lives in an iron lung. He taught himself how to breathe again by gulping down air, but it’s quite laborious because of the paralysis. His name is Paul Alexander, and he’s a lawyer. He’s 71 years old and has spent 65 years in an iron lung. Wild, right? He’s been working on a memoir that he was inspired to write by the recent resurgence of cases of polio caused by anti-vaccers.

Source: https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.cbc.ca/amp/1.4414081 (can’t hyperlink because I’m on mobile, apologies)

[thecringeandwincefactory-deacti]

It’s amazing to me to recognize that we only defeated polio in this past century - that my mother’s father had it (he got lucky, it only deformed his feet and thereby kept him out of a couple wars); my mother got the big vaccination that left her upper arm scarred; and by the time I was vaccinated, polio basically didn’t exist. My grandfather must have been born like around 1900, so - in the space of less than 75 years, this was no longer something that parents dreaded the possibility of every summer.

[derryderrydown]

In the 1950s, my mother would go to the corner shop. The owners had a daughter a few years older than my mum. She lived in an iron lung in the back of the shop. Vaccinate your fucking kids.

[shadowphoenixrider]

Reminder that children were in these iron lungs. Children who just wanted their mums and dads, or wanted to cuddle their precious stuffed toy, but couldn’t because of the nature of these machines. Crying because they don’t want to go in this big scary tank, but if they don’t go in the iron lung they would die.

And there’d be hospital wards of these.

This BBC documentary is an excellent one to watch, first as just as a history into the polio vaccine’s creation and why it was important, but also to get a glimpse of the iron lungs in action - 6:58 is when you can see footage of children in these things.

The polio vaccine exists so children wouldn’t have to have a machine breathe for them. All vaccines exist because we don’t want people to suffer. Please vaccinate and get vaccinated.

[luharibol]

Pattie Boyd / John & Cynthia

[luharibol]

[goodmorning-goodmorning]

[michonnegrimes]

END OF PART ONE - INTERMISSION | Help! (1965) dir. Richard Lester

[ienjoythebeatles]

missing the highest point in austin

[ljblueteak]

Paul McCartney by Mary McCartney

[andthebandbeginstoplay]

[cultofbeatles]

the beatles moments i think about a lot 

thinking about if paul ever found out it was John who touched him and not the other dude 

when the interviewer spit on george 

the mockers and marbles interview 

“we were just trying to write songs about prostitutes and lesbians is all.”

“what kind of girl do you like?” “john’s wife.”

the whole train scene from a hard days night with the old man arguing with them 

“and the rest of you if you’ll just rattle your jewelry.”

their studio bloopers 

their last interview together from 1966 where they were all so pissy and john looked like a karen 

paul admitting to doing lsd

“JOHNNNNNN” “WHAAATTTTTTT”

george being asked if he wanted to hear led zeppelin’s first album 

“i think they look great” “well i think they look dopey”

“she’s a drag. a well known drag.”

this long tall sally performance 

“shut up while he’s talking”

“we’d like to say-” “SHUT UPP!”

“of course i love him. of course i love him. i love john as i loved him. you can’t change love. there’s no reason on earth why i should hate him.”

“it’s like barbara fucking walters”

that help scene where they all dressed up and looked like their older selves 

eric lennon

“knock knock” “who’s there” “john the baptist”

this paul interview where we talked about beatles songs 

when paul was sick during an interview and john was worried 

and he’s still going in 2020 :,)

this interview 

“what’s next on the agenda?” “a song.”

“where’s the bus”

“what’s the matter with you phillip it’s the last fucking verse.”

when george harrison invented reaction videos 

their iconic first press conference 

“thanks for the purple heart” “silver! silver!” 

paul talking about his best times with george 

“yoko sat in that very chair” george: imma head out now 

george harrison’s dad passed the vibe check 

aunt mimi’s interview 

that cursed shakespeare play that they did 

the beautiful ringo and george interview from the 80′s that i love with all my heart 

“that’s when you discover other things…”

pushing each other into on coming traffic lmao

this interview breaks my heart 

the in my life live performance..oh wait there never was one. and that’s my villain origin story.