Iâve been trying to find confirmation of this but I havenât ever been able to. Was Paul actually hurt when John turned him away when he showed up at fhe Dakota with a guitar? i canât tell sometimes whatâs fanfiction or real life. Thanks.
We will never know the full truth to this, I have heard many sides...
One being Paul went to check on him, seeing as John "disappeared" from public eye, wouldn't take any phone calls, and never left the walls of the Dakota. Many of John's friend were incredibly concerned for him and curious as to why he was "wasting his talent away" in the prison of Yoko Ono. That is a strong statement I am aware, however I do believe the story of Yoko mentally abusing him, and controlling every aspect of his life, to the point he became her pet that she took endless money from. John as we know was not the strongest mentally, and Yoko knew that, she knew he needed Paul, and with that knowledge she turned John further against him, blocking all his calls, and did nothing to help John come out of his depressive state...
Another side, Johnâs side, is that Paul showing up unannounced really flustered him seeing that he had a family and baby to take care of, and dilly dally playing around on guitars just was not possible anymore. I believe he said something along the lines of âthis isnât liverpool anymoreâ, meaning that they werenât kids who could show up out of the blue and play any longer... Though I see Johnâs point, I feel it goes much deeper than this. I feel the John Lennon we all know and love would jump at the opportunity to play with his one time bestfriend, I feel that whoever answered the door that day, was not the John Paul has known and loved for oh so many years. He was simply not himself, and Paul knew that...
I am sure Paul was aware of how far John was gone mentally, and when he was turned away by him, It had to have been hard... However Paul knew John, better than anyone else had or ever will, he had to have known that Johnny was not doing well and that being turned down was just a result of just that. I hurt for John during those years living in the Dakota, he was not well, and anyone that actually knew him could tell you that, but the only person who had full access to him was Yoko. The control she had was disgusting, and I can only wish John had been strong enough to stand up to her and take his life in his own hands. A part of him had to have yearned to play with Paul again that day, just like the old days, just like their days in Paul's bedroom back in Liverpool... In a perfect world some would say...
So yes, I do think Paul was hurt, obviously being turned away by the person that once knew your every move and thought, and you him, would feel like a knife through the heart... but again there had to have been some understanding, and sadness for John on Paul's end... John was not the John he knew and loved, and Paul must have seen that.
I apologize for the lengthy answer to such a simple question, this topic just opens the door to many happenings at the time... I can only wish they got to do that one more studio session that was planned before Johnny passed... in another lifetime my friends<3
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