#twospiritsdancing

[eppysboys]

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Save Me From What I Want - St. Vincent

Fly on Your Wall - Angel Olsen

Tight A$ - John Lennon

I Want You - The Beatles

Old Devil Moon - Chet Baker

[motherlennon]

I think the situation is not that George didn't like Paul, it was more that they weren't compatible. You can love someone very much but not get along with them well. In my opinion, George and Paul could only handle each other in moderation, for short periods of time and specific purposes. I think the Anthology experience is a good example. It started fine but it only took a couple of days for all the differences to raise their ugly head. It was often that way with them, even when they were in relatively good terms. Personality wise, George had more in common with John. He expressed that in so many words, saying that "on the odd occasion I saw him (John), just by the look in his eyes I felt we were connected". Because they had a similar energy in many aspects, it was probably more natural for George to overlook John's faults than Paul's. In fact, if it wasn't for Yoko's influence and John's navel gazing, they would've probably stayed good friends until 1980. In the end, people don't talk enough about Ringo being the real diplomat of the group, keeping the tensions between the other three at bay. The real adult in the room for a long time.

Absolutely agree, like with all of it. Really great points.

[monkberries]

I'm not exactly a fan but I don't mind Yoko for most part. There are aspects of her personality I can't stand, such as her penchant for ridiculous PR stunts and how she erases people from John's life. She's hardly a supervillain, though.

Part of Yoko actually enjoys that label because it frames her as a feminist icon in control of the most famous man in the world, instead of a vulnerable heroin addict who got way more than she bargained for with her Beatle.

Yoko is haughty, attention seeking and money grabbing but also genuinely funny, resilient and independent minded. Whether you love or hate her, that's a fascinating individual.

In a lot of ways Yoko was the only possible successor to Paul McCartney. John would never settle for a less bright and forceful personality in his life after years with him. It is no wonder Paul himself admitted he came to respect her. He saw a worthy opponent there and there's nothing a competitive person likes most.

Yeah, I think the parallels between Yoko and Paul’s personality are really interesting. They’re, unfortunately, very similar.

[quinnallerton]

Funny how everyone who knew these guys shipped them but the fans are the crazy ones, right? I reblogged earlier that Gerry Marsden quote about Paul being left handed so he and John could share a mic and I'm surprised the guy said that out loud. For male boomer fans, their idols being hot for each other and not for a mystery groupie means their whole belief system was a lie. It's blasphemy! This is why I'm very entertained watching them talk about a song like You've Got to Hide Your Love Away without addressing the elephant in the room. I can't even get mad anymore.

You know, as I’ve delved deeper into songs like YGtHYLA there is Minimal context from the male writers. Like bro, do you even know what a Beatles biographer is!?

But let’s talk more about how A Hard Days Night came about....

[monkberries]

I remember Olivia's words in the Living in the Material World documentary, when she's discussing I'd Have You Anytime. She did say he was very unabashed and romantic in his feelings towards his friends. Actually that whole doc is a collection of famous dudes talking about how in love they were with George. There are many examples but here's an excerpt from Eric Idle's book:

"Funny and serious and wise, he changed my life. We played together, partied together, argued together. He was irresistible. It was definitely love at first sight."

They even talked about their Johns (Cleese and Lennon) in their first encounter in 1975.

thanks! clearly i need to watch that doc at some point

[monkberries]

@twospiritsdancing which stories turned out to be true? I haven’t read the book tbh so I’m curious.

I was under the impression anyway that the apart from the fabrications, of which there are many among the truths, one of the main problems with the book was that the authorial slant toward a negative interpretation of every single thing was so severe as to be almost completely sideways. And I think Yoko would have had to sue for libel towards herself; you can’t sue on behalf of a dead person from what I understand (though to be clear I am not a lawyer lol). That would likely have 1) been incredibly hard to prove and 2) would have looked very bad for her. Not that those things stopped her before, but it seems like the way she went about it worked - most people don’t believe the book anyway.

[pleasantlyinsincere]

I actually listened a similar tape on Youtube. I believe it was recorded on Denmark, if I'm not mistaken.

It starts with John and Julian, but Kyoko, highly intelligent and extroverted, soon takes over. She and John seemed to have a similar wit and imagination. I got the sense they adored each other. My regret is that I didn't download a copy while it was still there :(

Wow. Oh, it sounds so intrigueing. Too bad I missed it. If you ever come across the audio again, please download and share! I love every little bit of hometape in general, they are always captivating and this one also sounds really adorable. It would be fascinating to get more of an impression of John and Kyoko’s interactions at the time. (Not sure if it could have been Denmark if Julian was there. I don’t remember him ever being mentioned as coming on that trip.)

As a side note, I feel like Beatles things turn up and then have gone poof from the internet for some time now. It used to be so much easier to find stuff, so there was never much of a need to download. And now I often wonder if I made memories of audio/video/articles/interviews up, because I just can’t find what I think I’ve seen before. (Or I am just growing more incompetent at searching.)

[archived-themagicalmysticalboy]

What's your favorite random story about Bob? It's hard to choose but I have a soft spot for that time he was throwing oranges at Elton John (as one does).

AND

Did you enjoy "I'm Not There"? I don't recall ever asking you that!

P.S.: the blog layout is looking super cool, I dig it 😊.

oh in the early 60s Bob made friends with this guy who had a whip and he loved it so much that the guy gave it to him and he carried it around for days on end and would take it on stage with him. he also brought it to the pool and would whip over chairs and empty guitar cases

also i didn’t finish the movie 😬😬😬😬 i got bored and didn’t like that they casted a white lady to play the Joan character