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It [the Beatles’ first visit to the U.S. in February 1964] was as legend has it: the ten thousand screaming girls at the airport; the madness outside New York’s Plaza Hotel; the seventy million viewers who watched “The Ed Sullivan Show”; the nonsense of the British Embassy reception in Washington. But it was when they flew south to Miami that Dezo Hoffman first saw Paul McCartney at peace. The police sergeant in charge of their security at the Deauville Hotel, Buddy Bresner, invited the group to his home for supper. “And I saw how comfortable he suddenly seemed, with the two children there—the smallest was about four, the other about nine. And the unbelievable patience he had with those kids was incredible—they didn’t let him alone for a moment. He sat there reading to them, in a way that was obviously not an inconvenience to him at all—he was completely at home. “The others were sort of embarrassed, especially John—he couldn’t stand that sort of thing. The other three didn’t know how to speak to those kids—they were uncomfortable, they had nothing in common with that age group. It was all right if kids were screaming in a concert hall for them, but they didn’t have time for them privately. All John had time for was any girl he could make a date with. “Paul was the only one who always had time for kids. He was in his element there. It was just something born into him. That’s why I say he should have been a teacher—which, in a way, he was.”

[—from McCartney: The Definitive Biography, Chris Salewicz]

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Left to right : Paul McCartney/ Pete Best (back)/ Sturat Sutcliffe/ George Harrison and John Lennon .

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Paul McCartney, George Harrison, and John Lennon during the filming of Help!, Bahamas, 1965.

“George Harrison strolled in from the outside and was told, by Lennon, ‘You’ve got to get dressed. Goin’ out, you know.’ George nodded, then picked up a guitar from the floor, plopped on a chair and began strumming it romantically. (George, the lead guitarist and ‘baby’ of the Beatles, is a fan of the concert great, Andres Segovia.) ‘This is a good guitar. Whose is it?’ John grunted a name. George continued to strum, a soulful ballad, looked happily transported by the sound. ‘You’ve got to dress,’ repeated John. ‘I know.’ George left.” - Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, April 27, 1965

“[George] has the warmest grin of all the Beatles, and possibly the quickest wit. […] ‘They say I’m shy, sometimes, in the papers, but it’s not true in the least,’ he said. ‘It just depends on when I don’t want to talk to somebody.’ […] [H]e indicated there was no real ‘leader’ among the quartet. ‘It’s like that old thing, you get to look like your dog. We’re so much together, and alike, we’re getting to look like each other. You notice it?’” - Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, April 30, 1965 (x)

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Anyone know where it's from?

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Ringo Starr & Maureen Cox (Beatles) in Hungary,Original Signed pres photo 1972

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as someone who was in midsummers night dream, i love watching those clips of the beatles performing it 😭

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there’s a lot of bullshit lennon/mccartney quotes out there, misattributed by biases in biographers or straight-up fabrications. but there’s also “if i was a girl”. there’s also “if he had been a woman”. there’s also “is this a self-portrait?” there’s “in bed.” there’s “maybe that would’ve satisfied it”. there’s “nothing to worry about”, and “life begins at 40”, and “it’s only me.” there’s “the emperor of eternity”. “he chose me.” “i’m still in love with you”. there’s “i can always deny that it was ever written about him.” so who cares

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unfortunately it all goes back to elvis. like thank you elvis presley for making john and paul want to be cool rockstars and impress each other with lame elvis impressions and dress in tight leather pants together.

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#they should have. like the monkees but less exploitative (viaa zippcity)

Oh me oh my, apparently they were going to make an animated series about The Travelling Wilburys... Look, I've found this old concept art! Why didn't it become reality?!

(yeah, I can humour, can't I? and I've made this very detailed concept art only to make this joke... well, and because I adore Wilburys, that's the most important point.)

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I have like, negative brain power atm for Fandom Thoughts, but I'm still fascinated on an almost philosophical level, scientific even, with the comments on hdb about how John (slash) Paul is an invention of straight women who also want to turn J&P into women !

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Johnny

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Neither I, a well aloud declared all-people-liker-no-matter-their-gender, look at Paul the way this fella is looking him right here, he was gone guys, i'm sorry 🤕

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#my mum was there that day#she saw them walk in#well#saw the backs of their heads#she was with grandma and was quite young#but she remembers the screaming#so when i walk past there when i'm at uni#i think of that (via thepalincleeselovechild)

George Harrison backstage at Gaumant Cinema, Southampton (November 6, 1964)

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“What you say? This is the famous "butcher” cover. I'ts too horrible e blaahhh to even be seen! (So don’t look) but can sell it for 11 million dollars. My original idea for the cover was better - decapitate Paul - but he wouldn’t go along with it.

John Lennon"

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Perfección (via angelicacuario)

#always a bridesmaid (via origami-money)

#how much of their press conference entrances are planned bits do you think?#like i can both see john actually doing that to george for real#and also as a 3 stooges sort of thing#paul should not be excused either - he's being just as much of a butthead here he's just slightly more subtle about it hahaha (via 13eyond13)

mclennon: 1, george: 0

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Some of my favorite proto-Beatles band names