#derek taylor

[muzaktomyears]

Derek Taylor, the Beatles' publicist, once told me he was sure that no matter how Paul was standing or moving, he always knew just how the crease at the back of his trousers was falling or how his jacket was hanging at the waist. This was not a narcissistic thing as Paul wasn't a dandy; it was just an incredible level of show-business professionalism.

In the Sixties, Barry Miles (2002)

[jammbutties]

underrated george boyfriend

[eppysboys]

John Lennon and Paul McCartney in New York

[thehuxler]

Could not imagine being in the Beatles inner circle, having to witness and be in the general fallout of whatever shit John and Paul had going on. Like oh they're fighting again because Paul didn't want to drill a hole in his head? And John's so upset he's showing up to recording with visible stink lines and pissing in random corners? And Paul's desperately flirting with anyone without the self preservation instincts to reject him? But also you walk in on the two of them desperately making out in the toilet?

Anyways that's what it was like to be Derek Taylor.

[harrisonarchive]

George Harrison, Bahamas, 1965; photos by Henry Grossman.

“George looks as I would expect Hamlet to look. Early morning, totally open, something going on in the mind, not trying to put anything on. It’s one of my best portraits.” - Henry Grossman, Brandeis Magazine (2013) “I call this [second photo] my ‘Hamlet Portrait.’ Having been an actor, I said to myself, Wow, that look is how I would want the actor playing Hamlet to look: direct, simple, at ease, no put-on, no pretense.” - Henry Grossman, CBS 60 Minutes Overtime (2013) “We were having breakfast in Nassau. George came in; he was still in his pajamas, had just awakened. I wasn’t taking pictures at breakfast, or not intending to, and he looked so totally undefended, and different from any time I’d seen him that I said, ‘George, I gotta take a picture.’” - Henry Grossman, CBS This Morning (March 23, 2013) “[Derek Taylor] taught me to just be myself… which I always tried to be.” - George Harrison; interview conducted by Larry Kane in the mid-1960s, quoted in When They Were Boys (2013) “With the gentle swish of the Caribbean behind me, this is Derek Taylor, sitting thankfully in the sun on the beaches, Nassau, with George Harrison […] [who] looks extremely well. His — his long, dark hair is curly.” - Derek Taylor, on location interviewing George (1965) “Just remember, he [George] has enormous intellectual curiosity; he wants to know everything. […] George may be the youngest Beatle and all that, but he is beyond his years in his values, and in his pursuit of the truth, and I might add quite candidly, his ability to [be] direct and sometimes painfully honest.” Derek Taylor; interview conducted by Larry Kane, quoted in When They Were Boys (2013)

[beatlepaul4ever]

Every time I see this photo I think Paul is pulling Derek’s hand onto his crotch 🤪

[sgtpeppers]

Happy Birthday, Derek Taylor (b. 7 May 1932)

I don't think that if you have a tidy mind you will find this book easy to follow. But who needs a tidy mind? Who has one? No one I know. Open it at any page. Keep it by the bed. It is written for you and only for you. You know who you are. And I know who I am. - As Time Goes By, Derek Taylor

[eggieeggsta]

WHOS THE 5TH BEATLE😳😳😳😳😳

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Derek Taylor

Voting ended onJun 22