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Side Blog for my Beatles obsession…

[elvisqueso]

john calling paul "gorgeous" in the novelization of a hard day's night

[monkberries]

Okay. So in the Hunter Davies bio, the quote that starts “we do need each other a lot” from John has always been equally endearing and baffling to me. Endearing because he talks about how they were embarrassed to be physically affectionate (“we did mad dances” omg); baffling because I had no idea what he meant by “now we do the Buddhist bit, arms around.” Sheffield mentions this quote in Dreaming The Beatles so I decided to look it up and found the sweetest most wonderful thing I have ever read.

From Thich Nhat Hanh, a Vietnamese Buddhist monk who invented the practice of “hugging meditation" in the late 1960s:

“Before hugging, stand facing each other as you follow your breathing and establish your true presence. Then open your arms and hug your loved one. During the first in-breath and out-breath, become aware that you and your beloved are alive; with the second in-breath and out-breath, think of where you will both be three hundred years from now; and with the third in-breath and out-breath, be aware of how precious it is that you are both still alive.”

Please imagine the Beatles doing this with each other and be happy.

[amoralto]

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September 5th, 1971 (St Regis Hotel, New York): In an interview with Peter McCabe and Robert Schonfeld, John talks about Brian Epstein, and describes the night he punched Bob Wooler at Paul’s 21st birthday party in 1963.

JOHN: I mean, [Brian] literally cleaned us up. And there were great fights between him and me over years and years, of me not wanting to dress up, and he and Paul wanting me to dress up. And, in fact, he and Paul had some kind of collusion, to keep me – straight, you know. Because I kept spoiling the image by beating up Bob Wooler at the 21st— The first national paper press we got was the back page of the Mirror, with me beating up Bob Wooler at Paul’s 21st. That was the first “Lennon Hits Out” story. That’s when I discovered I was going to be a kind of, you know, Errol Flynn, or one of them people that was always in the paper – like Peter Finch, or some of those ones who’re always like – Sinatra, something like that. That’s the first time I noticed I was gonna be him.

And that was the first national stuff we got. And that was terrible. And I was so bad the next day, they had a BBC appointment, and they all went down the train, and I wouldn’t come. And Brian came into me house in Mendips, and was pleading with me to go down there, and I was so afraid of – of the outcome of nearly killing him, because I nearly killed him. Because I think he’d said something about, he’d insinuated that me and Brian had had an affair in Spain.

I remember it, vaguely. I was out of me mind with drink – when you get down to the point where you drink all the empty glasses, that drunk. And he was saying, “Well, come on, John, tell us,” something like that, “Tell me about you and Brian, we all know,” like that. And obviously, I must have been un– uh, f– frightened of the fag in me to get so angry at that. You know, when you’re twenty-one, you want to be a man, and all that. And for the first time I thought, “I could kill this guy.” I just saw it, like on a screen, that if I hit him once more, I – that’s gonna be it.

And that’s when I gave up violence. Because all me life had been like that, and that’s when I really got a shock. Apart from occasionally hitting my dear wife, in the early days, [laughs; nervous] when I was a bit – when I was a bit, you know. Crazy.

[paulmacca1966]

OFF THE RECORD An Oral History of Popular Music Peter Asher by Joe Smith 1988

Paul McCartney heard the stuff I was doing with Paul Jones, and he asked me if I'd produce something for Apple. I'd already known about Apple at that point because we'd all hung out at Paul's house quite a bit, and we'd all sit around and explain our plans for changing the world. Anyway, Paul asked me if I wanted to produce something for Apple, and I said, "Great, I'd love to." A little later on, he asked me if I wanted to be head of A & R for Apple, and I said, "Great." I didn't quite know what the head of A&R did, but it seemed like it would be a good job. With all the accounts of the madness at Apple, one tends to forget that for two or three years it was an effective record company. There were so many lunatics and weird people hanging around that you get the impression in books that the whole Apple thing was one amazing party. In fact, there were alot of people who came in every day, did their jobs, and got everything done. But there was a lot of lunacy. We had an A&R meeting once a week with a sort of quorum of Beatles in attendance. they tended to be more interested in their own projects than in anything else. George was more concerned about the Jackie Lomax record, and John was more concerned about the Plastic Ono Band. You really didn't get the feeling you were dealing with a board of directors who were terribly concerned with the corporation as a whole. Everyone was sort of running in different directions. So, while the responsibility was mine to decide whom to sign and whom not to sign, signing anyone who didnt have a couple of Beatles as supporters was a futureless prospect. It was very hard for any of us to imagine what it was like to be a Beatle. Whatever degree of success of adulation any of us have every been subjected to, it's incomparable to what they went through. They used to have a lot of arguments among themselves about one thing or another. Expecially after Brian Epstein died. Brian ran things a certain way. It later dawned on the Beatles that Brian didn't know much more than they knew, but he was so well-meaning, so honorable. Without him, they argued a lot more. Normal questions could easily become an argument, and often did. Sometimes we'd be having an A&R meeting, playing tapes, and they'd start arguing about something else. Or one of them would moan to you at dinner about the others. Paul was the one I knew the best. He sometimes moaned to me about how unreasonable John was being. I'm sure if John had been my friend, he'd be moaning to me about one of the others. I think Ringo said the least, but he would get very upset sitting at this drums waiting for the others to stop yelling at each other.

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[ry-nines]

uh-huh 🤨

[loveonthelips-blog]

Yeah to you.

[cynthialennon-daily]

Cyn at Kenwood 1967 (X)

[oneafter909]

rip john lennon you would have loved the smiths

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rip john lennon you would have loved the term “metrosexual”

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rip john lennon you would have loved vaping

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rip john lennon you would have loved the word bedrotting

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rip john lennon you would have loved calling other people’s music derivative and masturbatory

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rip john lennon you would have loved guest starring on south park as yourself

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rip john lennon you would have loved getting banned on twitter and remaking and getting banned again and remaking again and getting banned again and r

[oneafter909]

rip john lennon you would have loved podcasting

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rip john lennon you would have loved kratom kombucha

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rip john lennon you would have loved fan art of you getting paul mccartney pregnant

[oneafter909]

rip john lennon you would have loved picking the one girl character in every video game

[oneafter909]

rip john lennon you would have loved the FDA approved standalone use johnson and johnson ketamine nasal spray

[certifiedbeatlesposts]

certified beatles post

[hydranomago]

Paul McCartney on various instruments

[waveofahand]

Macca was a restless boy

While waiting to shoot a scene for A Hard Day’s Night, Paul McCartney dangles from a rope high above everyone’s head while director Dick Lester is wandering about, below, calling for Paul, who has gone missing. I may have to write a 30 second fanfic on this one, if I get the chance. 

Paul always was a bit of a daredevil. Smashed his face when he was a kid while trying to stand on his bicycle. Was photographed dangling from a high diving board while there was no water in the pool. Also: Standing on the narrow edge of a boat in deep water; Trying to mow your ass down in a go cart; Jumping off a moving bike, and so forth. And of course, driving his car fast enough to get airborne.

Or, scurrying up a tank like the nimble little minx, he was…

Once again climbing up a rope (or chain) while waiting to film “Let it Be/Get Back”. Hey, hey, he’s a monkey!

PS: The pic of him on the diving board? Must have been the same day as this:

[festerwounds]

im beatling out

[michonnegrimes]

Paul McCartney and John Lennon editing Magical Mystery Tour (1967)

[thedyingcowboy]

No one told me John had the Vivienne Westwood tits t-shirt

[maclen100-deactivated20230619]

“John: I’m just trying to ask, do you want it back, Paul? I’m just asking do I want it back, whatever it is. Enough. And if it is enough, I’d have to swallow me ego for you. I’d have to smother me jealousy for you, to carry on for whatever reason there is. I can’t–I’m not putting any blame on you for suddenly realizing it, see, because it was my game, you know. It might have been masochistic, but the goal was still the same: self-preservation. And I knew what I liked about that. Paul: I know, I know that this thing–I feel whatever is it that you have– John: I feel that you have. Because suddenly you’ve got it all, you see. I know that–because of the way I am, at Mendips and I said ‘do you like me?’ or whatever it is. I’ve always um, played that one.”

— Audio recording of John and Paul during the Get Back sessions, discussing the furture of the Beatles.

[motherlennon]

Correction to the above:

“John: I’m just trying to ask, do I want him back, Paul? I’m just asking do I want it back, whatever it is.”

timestamped link to audio (45:59)

[pleasantlyinsincere]

Royal Albert Hall, 18 Dec. 1968 Alchemic Wedding Party

[epiphainie]

the disbelieving laugh that just left my lips

[undying-love]

Wow, that quote about Paul not handling criticism well (unless it came from John) is new to me. Do you know of any more quotes that show this?

"Paul usually knew exactly what he wanted and would often take offense at criticism; John was much more thick-skinned and was open to hearing what others had to say." (Geoff Emerick)

"Perhaps the most important role each played for the other was that of unbiased critic. John was pretty much the only person in the world who could turn to Paul and say, “That song is shit”—and Paul would take it. Conversely, Paul was the only person who could look John in the eye and say, “You've gone too far.” [...] Certainly George Martin couldn’t get away with that. If he dared try, they would bite his head off." (Geoff Emerick)

"This is not good." Eric said: 'Paul, that vocal's not right.' Paul asked Hugh Padgham his opinion. Hugh agreed with Eric."I don't think it's good enough,' he said, suggesting some more writing might be required. Paul's response shocked both Hugh and Eric."Hugh, when did you write your last number one?" McCartney asked, nastily. [...] Eric later realised that he should have stood up to Paul at this point, and thrashed out whatever the problem was. But it was hard to argue with the man. 'It's difficult to tell Paul McCartney, isn't it? He's a great singer, he's written the greatest songs of all time and you're saying, "That's not good enough"?. [...] Eric wished he'd been strong enough to stand up to Paul when he'd snapped at Hugh Padgham. That was the key moment. John Lennon would have challenged Paul and resolved the problem..." (from Howard Sounes' Fab : An Intimate Life of Paul McCartney)

[another-artist-here]

DID SOMEBODY SAY MCLENNON??? (cricket noises)

Im back after MONTHS oh my goodness I don’t even know if anyone will see this… sorry byler they’re all I ever think about anymore…