#paris 61

[flowersintheram]

John and Paul as little rats finaly living happily in their favorite place in the world

[paul-mccartney-official]

more scribbles of j+p ; paris 61 inspired

[youwereinmysong]

That John was taking Paul, no one else, accentuates the renewed closeness since Stu quit the Beatles. They were the Beatles' force, an unstoppable and authentically powerful pair.

"You'd always see them together, in the pub or walking along the street," says Johnny Gustafson of the Big Three. "They were a duo, and seemed each other's equal." Bernie Boyle, the young lad hanging around with them at every opportunity (and they made him suffer for it), says, "They were like brothers, with John as the elder, Paul's mentor. They were so tight it was like there was a telepathy between them: on stage, they'd look at each other and know instinctively what the other was thinking."

They were brothers. They were the Nerk Twins, and now they were taking a break from the Beatles and going off to Spain. En route, they'd stop a day or two in Paris, to size up the Brigittes, check out the kind of clothes Jurgen Vollmer wore, and perhaps see Jurgen himself, if he was around.

Gustafson happened to bump into them the day they left, Saturday 30 September. "They both had bowler hats on, with the usual leather jackets and jeans. They said they were off to Paris, so I walked down to Lime Street station with them and watched them go. They were an incredible pair: always great fun, irreverent, and so close."

All These Years: Volume One, Mark Lewisohn

[bewaremylove]

JOHN: "Paul got me a wimpy (a hamburger) and a coke for my 21st."

PAUL: "Mind you, that was back in '39!"

JOHN: "I know!"  (laughter)

PAUL: (jokingly) "They were more expensive."

[ineffablemars]