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Paul McCartney and George Martin at EMI studios (Blackbird Rehearsal Session, June 11, 1968)

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69 years ago today john lennon and paul mccartney met and fell in love and had a beautiful baby girl called Music

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Paul McCartney in Miami, February 1964

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Paul McCartney during the Free As A Bird/Real Love sessions. As featured in the newly released episode nine of The Beatles Anthology

I would say somebody stop him, but I fear he cannot be stopped

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Hi javelin,

I’ve been thinking about your post with Anthology gifs, where Paul is talking about feeling paranoid during the 1968 NYC Apple Launch.

In the tags you said, “what happened in New York?” and I said, “the terrible divorcemoon,” which we all know is true.

But I’m wondering: do you have a specific take/idea of what happened in New York that you would be willing to share?

Alternatively, if you want to keep it light, and going with the Top Five Anything game that’s been going around lately:

What are your top 5 moments/facts/images/fics/… related to the May 1968 NYC trip to launch Apple Corps?

Thank you!

Well, thank you for this nice easy ask 🤪

The main reason I use the ‘what happened in new york’ tag is as a jokey counterpoint to the whole ‘what happened in India’ thing, largely because I don’t think anything happened in India (not between John and Paul, anyway).

As to what actually happened in New York… honestly, I think the answer is also probably ‘nothing’, other than they took a lot of drugs, John slept with the housekeeper, and Linda gave Paul her phone number. But it is interesting that John doesn’t really get serious with Yoko until he gets back from New York (although he was clearly well on the way), with Paul dating Francie and bringing her into the studio soon afterwards. At a minimum, the NY trip was probably one of the last times John and Paul were ‘alone’ together (even though people like Derek and Alex were on the trip), so that in itself is pretty significant.

In terms of my top 5 moments of the trip, let’s see

1. We’ve got to start with them spending the whole trip looking like they’re jetting off to get married (John always wanted a destination wedding, and Paul couldn’t say no)

2. I love all the chatter between John and Paul as they wait for the press conference to start, but especially John’s enthusiastic rendition of Long Tall Sally

3. The reaction to John’s ‘down on their knees in somebody’s office… probably yours’ line, but especially Derek’s enthusiastic clapping and Paul’s ‘sock it to him, Johnny’

4. The drama of Paul meeting Linda again (especially her jumping in their taxi) and that she was at the press conference… particularly apt given that Paul arrived to NY wearing a badge saying ‘if no one claims me in 30 days, I’m yours’. Something that Linda clearly took as a personal directive. Anyway, I’m pretty sure this is her here…

5. These faces

I’m sure there’s plenty more I could add (someone could probably write a book about this trip alone) but these were the first 5 that came to mind

Thanks for the ask, and sorry it took me so long to respond. It’s been a busy couple of weeks!

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John and Paul supporting each other might be one of my favourite things

John Lennon and Paul McCartney at the Apple Corps press launch in New York, 14th May 1968

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The Beatles Anthology Master Post - Part 2!

Turns out I have over 100 posts on Anthology (it's a problem), and since you can't have more than 100 links on tumblr, here is part 2, focusing just on the 2025 re-release. Any footage that was in the original version but has been updated for 2025 can still be found in Part 1 here

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The Beatles Anthology Master Post - Part 1

In celebration of its 30th anniversary, a summary of my posts about The Beatles Anthology (there's been a lot!)

Note re the 2025 re-release: I’m going to gradually upgrade the quality of my old posts, where the 2025 version contains the same footage as the original version. In cases where the 2025 contains new footage or a different edit, I’ll keep them as separate posts. All of the new posts about the 2025 release can now be found in Part 2 here

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For people that didn’t meet him… what was he like? Describe him to us.

John? He was beautiful. Very beautiful.

Paul McCartney interviewed by Michael Parkinson, December 1999 (link)

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are you just a girl in the world

In some ways aren’t we all?

#non-mclennon #not mclennon related #reblogging because I love javelinbk’s answer lol #miscellaneous

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“Sometimes you wonder, I mean really wonder. I know we make our own reality, and we always have a choice, but how much is preordained? Is there always a fork in the road, and are there two preordained paths that are equally preordained? There could be hundreds of paths where one could go this way or that way — there’s a chance, and it’s very strange sometimes.”

John Lennon, Rolling Stone Magazine, 5th December 1980

#john lennon #lennon interview #december 1980