#pickledbeatles

[ladyjaneasher-blog]

“Ringo talked about his first face-to-face meeting with Paul in many months, on a plane, on the way to Mick Jagger’s wedding [in May], and then said, “I love Paul, you know. I really do,” and for a moment, all the neatly printed legal statements I’d pored over, so formal, signed by all the Beatles, one against another, and entered in evidence in the English High Court, numbering the reasons the partnership should or should not be dissolved, seemed strange and distant. Even Klein, in Western gear, a prop holster and six-gun on his waist, the toughest, fastest wheeler-dealer in town, any town, sat there stuttering a moment when Ringo was finished. The drummer’s eyes were moist.”

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[stonedlennon]

this is really really nicely thought out. i tend to align more with your recent assessment: that it was not one dumping the other but something much more nuanced and complex; a general sense of drifting apart (not being in the same place in their lives anymore as you said) combined with some truly epic miscommunication. i’m very much of the opinion that they hardly ever spoke about their relationship to each other, and if they did, they danced around the stuff that really mattered. @pickledbeatles

(made into new post, if that’s alright) i think you’ve hit the nail on the head. it was extremely nuanced and i think we really only know a fraction. i mean obviously all of this is just hearsay anyway, but i think we can make a number of educated guesses. i completely agree with them not overtly discussing their relationship. i don’t necessarily think that’s for want of trying. i think there were a number of pivotal moments over the years in which one of them, at different points, maybe off-handedly mentioned something (i always think that the use of the word “love” is extremely fortunate to be so ingrained in the british vocab, because you can say so much without saying anything at all; likewise with any endearments that blur the lines between platonic and romantic affection; bless paul and his consistent use of “baby” to anyone he loves) - whether that “something” was as explicit as “i love you” or whether it was strictly left to songs.. i mean, we’ll never know. it’s extremely painful to think about how different things could have been if they did tell each other how much they loved each other. what would that have changed? if anything? what would that have meant? it’s so horrible to think about. similarly - i agree with dancing around stuff that really mattered. i’m of the mind that you can apply that to things beyond their romantic feelings, although in a weird way so much of what happened with john and paul was simply and totally hung up on their relationship, in whatever capacity. it’s almost like you can’t stretch it to encompass anything else because in so many ways they were all-encompassing. 

[ladyjaneasher-blog]

"If we’re [Ringo and Paul] in the same town, a lot of times we hook up. We’re the two people left who actually experienced the life we led in the Beatles. Besides that, we have the rest of our life to relate to.”

— Ringo Starr

"Paul has been recently quoted as saying that Ringo Starr is still his favorite drummer, much to the amazement of the drumming community and the world at large. McCartney’s worked with Steve Gadd, Jeff Porcaro - He can have the pick of anyone, just about, but he still loves Ringo."

— Deborah Parisi

[ladyjaneasher-blog]

At Wimpole Street, he and Jane had kept their social lives mainly separate. At Cavendish, she naturally wanted to entertain her theatre friends, and the mix of luvvies and rockers could sometimes be awkward. One evening when she had some fellow actors to dinner, Paul arrived home with John, who–whether the result of drink or pot or just plain Lennonness–was at his most maliciously provocative. When one of the actresses at the table nervously requested an ashtray, he knelt beside her and facetiously offered one of his nostrils for the purpose. Jane, with her usual sangfroid, simply extended a foot and pushed him over.

paul mccartney: the biography, philip norman

[ladyjaneasher-blog]

john and paul + hp au for @pickledbeatles

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[ladyjaneasher-blog]

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[ladyjaneasher-blog]

The Beatles knew Rory well, having shared a bill with him many times at the Casbah. Less well did they know the Hurricanes' drummer, Ritchie Starkey, whose penchant for wearing three or four chunky rings on each hand -- together with the band's previous Wild West persona as the Ravin' Texans -- had inspired his stage name of Ringo Starr. Though Ringo was only a few months John's senior, he seemed much older and more worldly than any of them with his Ford Zephyr car and taste for American Lark cigarettes. [...] Paul would be hugely flattered when Ringo came to watch them perform, which he usually did late at night when they on to very slow numbers like Duane Eddy's 'Three-30-Blues'. But never did it cross any of their minds that one day he would join them.

paul mccartney: the biography, philip norman