#rory storm

[candicoated]

Ringo with Rory Storm and The Hurricanes.

[dreamingofthepast]

🎶WALK A MILE IN THESE LOUBOUTINS 🎶

BUT THEY DON'T WEAR THESE SHITS WHERE I'M FROM

I'M NOT HATING, I'M JUST TELLING YOU

I'M TRYNA TO LET YOU KNOW WHAT THE FUCK THAT I'VE BEEN THROUGH

THREE JOBS TOOK YEARS TO SAVE

BUT I GOT A TICKET ON THAT PLANE

PEOPLE GOT A LOT TO SAY, BUT DON'T KNOW SHIT 'BOUT WHERE I WAS MADE

OR HOW MANY FLOORS THAT I HAD TO SCRUB JUST TO MAKE IT PAST WHERE I AM FROM

NO MONEY 🗣️ NO FAMILY 🗣️ EIGHTEEN IN THE MIDDLE OF HAMBURG

NO MONEY 🗣️ NO FAMILY 🗣️ EIGHTEEN IN THE MIDDLE OF HAMBURG

NO MONEY 🗣️ NO FAMILY 🗣️ EIGHTEEN IN THE MIDDLE OF HAMBURG

[dailyhowl]

I have been reading more about Bob Wooler for fic purposes, and the way he talks about his gay friends and homosexuality in general is revealing and quite sad. Wooler was very conscious of his public-facing role involving teenagers and the danger of being percieved as homosexual, and clearly felt he had to protect himself with cruelty while holding a lot of affection for Brian and his other gay friends.

To my mind it squashes that fringe speculation that he was reaching out to John at Paul's 21st in good faith or even as a friend in the know, and perhaps provides some clarity as to why Brian never outright told Bob he was gay despite being out to many other friends at the time. Provided, of course, that Bob was being truthful. But anyone familiar with the book knows that if Bob didn't want to reveal something, he was more inclined to shut down rather than lie. His story and quotes about Brian and John are very consistent, which also gives me the impression he was giving as much as he knew.

A few pages and quotes below the cut — they are quite interesting and provide important context for the Liverpool scene.

[harrisonarchive]

Iris Caldwell (George's first girlfriend, who later also went on to date Paul for a time); George, Paul, and John with Rory Storm (Iris's brother) and fans at the Cavern (photo by Dick Matthews); Violet Caldwell with Rory. (Iris is often misidentified as appearing in photos taken in Liverpool in 1962 — more on those images later this month.)

“My first girlfriend was Rory Storm’s sister, Iris Caldwell. She was really nice and had cotton wool in her bra. (She probably didn’t ever think she was my girlfriend. You know when you’re young; you just fancy somebody, or someone’s in the same room as you, and you end up thinking they’re your girlfriend.) So I knew Rory before I knew The Beatles. I’d met Iris a couple of times and went round to her house and hung out. […] Rory’s real name was Alan Caldwell. Ernie was their dad. They were a great family and very friendly to all of us. Later — after we’d come back from Hamburg and were doing loads of gigs in Liverpool and the North of England — we used Rory’s house as a place to hang out when we got back to town after shows. His mother Vi would make endless pots of tea and toast for us all.” - George Harrison, The Beatles Anthology “[W]hich Beatle [George or Paul] was the better kisser? ‘George,’ [Iris] says with a smile. 'He gave me my first kiss. He was lovely. Paul was charming. George had something else.’ […] 'They’d all come round at two in the morning and my Mum Vi made chip butties. I met George at the ice rink when I was 12 and he was 14. Every night he would come round to our house after school. 'He used to play guitar and wanted to get into Rory’s band but Rory said he was a bit young. We went out for ages – but it was a totally different concept to boyfriend and girlfriend today. 'We’d walk down Lilly Lane which was like a lovers’ lane and kiss and cuddle. George was the best kisser ever. 'Rory opened a skiffle club and I wasn’t supposed to go because I was under 15 so I put cotton wool in my bra and blue blusher on my eyes. 'At the end of the night, Rory made a joke about his little sister having cotton wool down her bra. I was so embarrassed I ran out in tears. 'Then I heard footsteps behind me. It was George. I ran into his arms and he gave me the best kiss ever. 'I can still feel it right in my tummy, even now. He was lovely.’” - Mirror (October 6, 2012) “Iris’s mother, Mrs. Caldwell, remembers George as: ‘The boy who used to come round and watch television three nights a week. He and Iris used to sit there holding hands. As far as I remember, it was the first time that either of them had ever taken any interest in the opposite sex. At Iris’s 14th birthday party, I remember George turned up in a brand-new, Italian-style suit with covered buttons. He looked very grown-up. As in most teenage parties, they kept on playing kissing games and somehow or other, George and Iris always ended up together.’” - The Beatles Monthly (September 1965) About that tailored suit: “[George’s] idea, which he ordered [in Liverpool in the 1950s], was a four-button jacket with cloth-covered buttons. Two breast pockets which were slitted (jetted) and in the shape of a bird in flight, the two side pockets corresponded. The cuffs had to be folded back with a cloth-covered button. His trousers had no pleats in the front, not normal in those days, and he was by far the very first person to have two slits at the bottom side seam of the trouser and he wanted them folded back with cloth covered buttons to match the cuffs on his jacket. The workshop queried the order when they received thinking we had gone bonkers. George got his suit and was pleased with the outcome. Later lots of guys were walking about town with cut back cuffs and side seams on their trousers, but George was the first.” - Rollo Torpey, The Beatles and Me (2015)

[quarrymengirl]

This is kdrama poster to me

[spacestation-l7]

Very quick Zootles Rory Storm cause I was crashing out today LMAOO Zootles asks will resume tomorrow hopefully!! :)

Anyways some Rory Stork lore cause why not!

The Zootles weren't the only bands around! Presenting; Rory Stork and His Hurricanes! Avian folks were natural performers with their unmatched charm and gracefulness and Alan was no different. The difference with Alan and most of the Avian performers would be the rough and tumble edge. He has a speech impediment that he tries to mask with the clicking of his beak, giving his voice a sort of jitter effect whenever he performs. He wasn't a good singer by any means, but he was a performer. Alan throws himself around stage a lot, mirroring the energy from his bandmates as he takes over the crowd. Sometimes he goes too far and a stage or two would be broken afterwards. Along with his bones cause, y'know, Bird Bones Are Hollow

The Hurricanes consisted of an all Carnivore lineup; Johnny The Spotted Hyena, Ty the Red Fox, Lou the Monitor Lizard, and Ringo the Asiatic Lion. And while Carnivore bands were pretty common in this age, it was very rare to see a Carnivore band so willing to perform in a mix of Herbivore and Carnivore audience. Which was how Rory Stork became a pretty big name in Liverpool

Rory Stork and The Hurricanes might lack The Zootles' natural musical prowess, but they make up for it with their energy, performance, and fairness. Sometime Ringo thinks about how he'd turn out if he had stayed with his old Pridemates. Maybe he wouldn't have become as popular or as big but he does miss getting along on equal terms with his pridemates

[waveofahand]

When Paul is REALLY not in the mood...

This is very interesting. Here is a pic of John and Paul during a party at Rory Storm's house. John is being John. Rory is reaching out, touching Paul's hand, trying to get his attention. And Paul seems like, "don't bother me, you..."

And here, around 7 years later, we see John and Yoko and Paul (without Jane) attending the premier for "Yellow Submarine." And John is reaching out, touching Paul's hand, trying to get his attention. And Paul's expression is nearly identical to the first picture -- a clear, "don't bother me, you."

Compare:

Look at Paul -- these pictures are remarkable because for once, Paul McCartney is NOT BLANK-FACING. What's on his face is REAL, and so is the body language:. His eyes are hooded, his lips are tense, narrowed and pressed closed. His body is a subtle turn (or half-turn, as that was all he could manage) away from John Lennon. My GUT says that in both cases John said or did something that really hurt Paul -- made him feel betrayed or reduced to a punchline, and Macca (probably quite rightly) minded that. Note that Yoko looks amused and is looking directly at Paul. The sort of thing you see when a companion of a bully scores a direct hit. I mean, John was known to go for a fast laugh at Paul's expense, or to make a caustic remark, loudly, if he wanted to embarrass Paul or get a little vengeful smack against him.

In the first pic it almost looks like Rory is saying, "don't be upset, Paul, it's just John being John." And perhaps John is saying exactly the same sort of thing to him. "It's just me, Paul..." "That's just him being him" has never been an excuse I've accepted easily from people. It's usually a cover for cruelty, made by people who can actually see your pain but just want it all to go away and for things to be peaceful again. But (assuming both pics are showing us Paul's reaction to John's endless mouth), to be turned into a punchline in front of mutual friends (or a new, bizarre lover who has displaced you and dissolved a decade's long partnership) could not have felt good. And you can see in both of these shots (neither of which hide the asymmetry of Paul's messed up lower lip) an identical expression of anger, and pain and confusion, and perhaps a sense of betrayal.

No one has ever said John Lennon was easy to be around, and if he could sometimes be kind, he was notorious for going for one's soft-underbelly when he wanted to. Paul was known as being able to do the same, but much more rarely. John would lash out, cause real pain and mental anguish -- lots of people have said it, including Cynthia and his own children.

I think in both pictures, we're seeing a moment when Paul was hurting and couldn't hide it, couldn't get that habitual, learned blank expression into place fast enough. He couldn't hide it, and I feel really sad to see it. A lot is made of Yoko Ono saying "John said no one ever hurt him like Paul McCartney did." There is never any real talk of how John must have hurt Paul. And not just the once.

I believe only John could have hurt Macca enough to let the well-controlled blank mask slip.

But Paul McCartney always forgave John Lennon. I wonder if Lennon ever considered that what he had in Paul, and threw away, was unconditional love. Which is exactly the sort of love we "all need." And all look for. And is so rare that mostly only parents can manage it (and John never got it from his parents), if they're not too wounded, themselves. What a complicated world and complicated relationship. Colorized:

[eggshell-seas]

Obsessed with how this photo could’ve easily been taken yesterday. Aka Rory Storm always takes me out cause he looks like he knows exactly what an iphone is and how to use it. Like that’s not Rory, that’s some kid from Toronto named Kyle who plays lacrosse and consumes three monsters daily