“John: I’m just trying to ask, do you want it back, Paul? I’m just asking do I want it back, whatever it is. Enough. And if it is enough, I’d have to swallow me ego for you. I’d have to smother me jealousy for you, to carry on for whatever reason there is. I can’t–I’m not putting any blame on you for suddenly realizing it, see, because it was my game, you know. It might have been masochistic, but the goal was still the same: self-preservation. And I knew what I liked about that. Paul: I know, I know that this thing–I feel whatever is it that you have– John: I feel that you have. Because suddenly you’ve got it all, you see. I know that–because of the way I am, at Mendips and I said ‘do you like me?’ or whatever it is. I’ve always um, played that one.”
— Audio recording of John and Paul during the Get Back sessions, discussing the furture of the Beatles.
Can you guys picture Paul saying stuff like this today? Because I definitely can't, lol:
"Then also we were like married, so you got the bitterness. It’s not a woman scorned this time, it’s two men scorned — probably even worse. And I had to make way for Yoko. My relationship with John could not have remained as it was and Yoko feel secure." (1984)
"Really all that happened was that John fell in love. With Yoko. And so, with such a powerful alliance like that, it was difficult for him to still be seeing me. It was as if I was another girlfriend, almost." (1985)
As I've said before, it's so intriguing how all these marriage and romantic "metaphors" whenever he was explaining his relationship with John just completely vanished from his vocabulary after the 90s, even though he candidly and openly used them so many times during the 80s. Just like he randomly revealed (also in the 80s) that John told him that Jealous Guy was about him, but he has never brought it up that again. I feel like this isn't talked about enough...
(I sometimes can't help but wonder if the release of Goldman's book in 1988, claiming that John was gay, was one of the reasons why he decided to stop using that language. Because I haven't seen another explicitly romantic metaphor from him afterwards)
Something about the pattern of Paul's lyrics being vulnerable when he doesn't have to sing them himself and he can hide behind the voices of others.
(Or he just doesn't release them at all)
They said that love was a lie
Told me that I
Should never try to find
Somebody who'd be kind
Kind to only me
So, I just tell them they're right
Who wants a fight?
Tell them I quite agree
Nobody'd love me
It’s for you (1964) sung by Cilla Black
How can I understand,
When someone says to me,
"I don't want to see you again."?
Why do I cry at night?
Something wrong could be right.
I Don’t Want to See You Again (1964) sung by Peter and Gordon
Lock me away
And don't allow the day
Here inside where I hide
With my loneliness
World without love (1964) sung by Peter and Gordon
I know you never like to let them down
But would you rather be alive or dead?…
Simple as that (1968) -> Unreleased
Sunset's painting up the sky
There's something in my eye
Why am I crying?
It's the fourth of July
Friends come up to me and say
"It's gonna be your day"
Why are they lying?
4th of July (1974) sung by John Christie
He told me to tell you
That he hardly ever cries
But he cried for you last night
Cage (1978) -> Unreleased
Constantly drifting,
Endlessly lifting
More weight than one man can bear.
Into the future,
Ghosts of the past everywhere.
Liverpool Oratorio (1991?) sung by a choir
If I tell you how I feel
Would you be afraid and run away
I would say my love is real
If I take you home tonight (2011) sung by Diana Krall
Now you sit and cry
At the shadows on the ceiling
Songbird in a cage
Wings that never flutter
Songbird in a cage (2016) sung by Charlotte Gainsbourg
Tell them I quite agree
Nobody'd love me...
Young Paul wrote that. So poignant. Three Dog Night did a live version of "It's for You" as well.
The next verse...
Love comes
Love goes
I give my heart
And no one knows
that I do...
It's for you.
Hmmmm. I think young master McCartney always wanted to keep his heart's business to himself, and away from nosy speculators.
Something about the pattern of Paul's lyrics being vulnerable when he doesn't have to sing them himself and he can hide behind the voices of others.
(Or he just doesn't release them at all)
They said that love was a lie
Told me that I
Should never try to find
Somebody who'd be kind
Kind to only me
So, I just tell them they're right
Who wants a fight?
Tell them I quite agree
Nobody'd love me
It’s for you (1964) sung by Cilla Black
How can I understand,
When someone says to me,
"I don't want to see you again."?
Why do I cry at night?
Something wrong could be right.
I Don’t Want to See You Again (1964) sung by Peter and Gordon
Lock me away
And don't allow the day
Here inside where I hide
With my loneliness
World without love (1964) sung by Peter and Gordon
I know you never like to let them down
But would you rather be alive or dead?…
Simple as that (1968) -> Unreleased
Sunset's painting up the sky
There's something in my eye
Why am I crying?
It's the fourth of July
Friends come up to me and say
"It's gonna be your day"
Why are they lying?
4th of July (1974) sung by John Christie
He told me to tell you
That he hardly ever cries
But he cried for you last night
Cage (1978) -> Unreleased
Constantly drifting,
Endlessly lifting
More weight than one man can bear.
Into the future,
Ghosts of the past everywhere.
Liverpool Oratorio (1991?) sung by a choir
If I tell you how I feel
Would you be afraid and run away
I would say my love is real
If I take you home tonight (2011) sung by Diana Krall
Now you sit and cry
At the shadows on the ceiling
Songbird in a cage
Wings that never flutter
Songbird in a cage (2016) sung by Charlotte Gainsbourg
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