And now: The Beatles!

Welcome to my beatlemaniac blog

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Rip the Beatles you guys would’ve loved taking silly snaps

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Pretty Paul

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PAULIE 🤍🤍

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John Lennon during rehearsals for their first appearance on Ready, Steady, Go!, 4th October 1963. Part 8 (part 1, part 2, part 3, part 4, part 5, part 6, part 7, part 9, part 10)

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John Lennon and Paul McCartney performing ‘I’ll Get You’ during rehearsals for The Beatles' first appearance on Ready, Steady, Go!, 4th October 1963. Part 7 (part 1, part 2, part 3, part 4, part 5, part 6, part 8, part 9, part 10)

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John Lennon, Paul McCartney, Brian Epstein and Tony Barrow during rehearsals for The Beatles' first appearance on Ready, Steady, Go, 4th October 1963. Part 5 (part 1, part 2, part 3, part 4, part 6, part 7, part 8, part 9, part 10)

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John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr during rehearsals for The Beatles' first appearance on Ready, Steady, Go, 4th October 1963. Part 4 (part 1, part 2, part 3, part 5, part 6, part 7, part 8, part 9, part 10)

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John Lennon and Paul McCartney during rehearsals for The Beatles' first appearance on Ready, Steady, Go, 4th October 1963. Part 2 (part 1, part 3, part 4, part 5, part 6, part 7, part 8, part 9, part 10)

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John Lennon, Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr during rehearsals for The Beatles' first appearance on Ready, Steady, Go, 4th October 1963. Part 1 (part 2, part 3, part 4, part 5, part 6, part 7, part 8, part 9, part 10)

With thanks to @i-am-the-oyster for bringing this video to my attention!

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Paul McCartney gets manhandled while talking to Tony Barrow, while Ringo Starr chats to Dusty Springfield, during rehearsals for The Beatles' first appearance on Ready, Steady, Go, 4th October 1963. Part 3 (part 1, part 2, part 4, part 5, part 6)

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The Beatles visit Central Park in New York City on February 8, 1964.

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It's so funny how some people are getting upset about Now and Then being promoted as a "Beatles song" when George didn't want to do it and is no longer here to have a say in it... if anything George not wanting to do it but not getting a say is exactly what makes it a fully authentic Beatles song

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on track one of the beatles' debut album paul mccartney counted them all in with a loud "1, 2, 3, 4!" and now on their last song he counts them in, more quietly, one last time, fading before we hear past 2.

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Random soft McLennon things I really love (and can't stop thinking about at any given moment):

John's tendency to rest his chin on/around Paul's shoulders (and his head).

On the topic of shoulders, that curled fist-grip-thing John does when holding onto Paul, and just the gentle way he touches him in general.

That distinct smile both of them break out into when John manages to make Paul laugh during interviews/performances. Or vice-versa; when Paul cracks a joke and makes John laugh.

That smiley glance John will sometimes shoot to his side, even when the camera is focused only on him during preformances. We all know who he's looking at/trying to gauge the reaction of.

Glances/smiles shared at the microphone, aka how those two publicly smooch.

Hand. Size. Difference. I'm weak for that.

No concept of personal space around one another.

The standard stuff, of course: spider hands, ear tickles, fond gazes. Gay-zes.

How much joy and comfort John seems to get out of making Paul laugh/smile, no matter where.

I could go on forever about the Shakespeare skit, but, in general, John's willingness to play Thisbe and how much fun he had with Paul in the role.

(Y'all can add more if ya want, these were just my sporadic, soft musings.)

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Paul’s tendency to point things out to blind-as-a-bat John and sometimes even turn his head towards the cameras himself

The equally endearing way he straightens John’s ties to keep him looking fresh and professional

How hyper-aware of each other they are during interviews (*cough* sick Paul *cough*) (*cough* George ‘pushing’ John into traffic *cough*)

The two of them being so in-tune that sometimes they sit the same way or do certain actions in perfect synchronization

Just wanna re-emphasize the spider-hand cuz !!!!!!

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John Girls mobilising in 1963 (from the Evening News and Chronicle, 12 December)