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“Ringo talked about his first face-to-face meeting with Paul in many months, on a plane, on the way to Mick Jagger’s wedding [in May], and then said, “I love Paul, you know. I really do,” and for a moment, all the neatly printed legal statements I’d pored over, so formal, signed by all the Beatles, one against another, and entered in evidence in the English High Court, numbering the reasons the partnership should or should not be dissolved, seemed strange and distant. Even Klein, in Western gear, a prop holster and six-gun on his waist, the toughest, fastest wheeler-dealer in town, any town, sat there stuttering a moment when Ringo was finished. The drummer’s eyes were moist.”

for @pickledbeatles

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“Paul is asked what he’ll do when the bubble bursts. He explains he and John will write songs for other artists…Paul predicts he and John will outlast the Beatles as a team. When they’re done performing, he and John will hover behind the scenes, giving their music away to younger people. In so many ways, this is exactly what happened.”

— Rob Sheffield, Dreaming the Beatles.

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John trying (and succeeding) to make Paul laugh in We Can Work It Out (1965)

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Dear John,

Don’t be hard on yourself, give yourself a break

Life wasn’t meant to be run

The race is over, you won

[demo from early November 1980]

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"Like any bereavement, the only way out is to think about how good it was with John. Because I can't get over the senseless act. I can't think about it. I'm sure it's some form of denial. But denial is the only way that I can deal with it."

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John Lennon sledding with his kids is arguably the softest thing that’s ever occurred on this planet

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there’s a madman-a-comin’ gonna do you no harm

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But love is like a precious plant. You can’t just accept it and leave it in the cupboard, or just think it’s gonna get on with itself. You gotta keep watering it. You’ve got to really look after it, and be careful of it. 

Remembering John Winston Lennon (9 October 1940 – 8 December 1980)

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Donna Summer performing “I Feel Love,” 1977.

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Steve Lukather and Jeff Porcaro of Toto, 1980

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Jeff Porcaro (with his little brother Steve in the background)

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Toto at work on the ‘Toto IV’ album, 1981

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hello my fellow classic rock fans! how y’all doin? I’m just coming on here quick to inquire about something (and also spread a word of warning). For many months, there’s been some individual who continues to bombard me with messages through various different accounts. I’m assuming they keep making a ton of accounts as a means to contact me. The first account was an apparent fan account dedicated to Joe Strummer of The Clash. The latest messages I received were through their newest account I believe called brittanymurphyforever or something along those lines. There have been a ton more accounts they’ve tried to contact me through. I blocked the person so quickly that I didn’t even retain the Brittany Murphy blog name. I keep blocking the accounts, however, this person will not stop harrassing me. I get constant DMs from this person asking me questions and being very pushy and invasive. if anyone has any idea who they are or if anyone else has been having strange encounters with this same person, PLEASE let me know! And if who I’m talking about is reading this, PLEASE, let me be. Thank you.

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Steve Lukather being interviewed on TARATATA, 1995 (looking so unbelievably PRETTY) - part two

part one

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Steve Lukather being SO PRETTY I WANT TO CRY!!! on Taratata, 1995 - (PART ONE)