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old man….

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OMG what mclennon secret meeting evidence? I need to know you can't leave me hanging like this

Yay thank you for asking!

Carl Perkins says so.

Carl is recounting something Linda told him here, after Paul's emotional reaction to Carl's song 'my old friend.' "we stopped by the Dakota about three weeks I believe she said before John died something like that". -- 1996

James McCartney remembers seeing John at the Dakota.

"I know John held me as a baby. Then I have memories of the Dakota building, very white, lots of sunlight pouring in" -- 2012. James was born in 77. Most people don't remember anything before two years old. So at the earliest, he must've been in John's apartment in 79.

They had studio time booked.

When John died, Paul actually got the news from a radio broadcaster named Richard Skinner. He was too upset to go on the air (obviously) but he talked privately with the guy. "we talked about John, and we talked about plans that he tells me he and John had to get together and to try and write music together again. That would've been happening that December. But the studio they'd wanted to use was booked out so they didn't work together and they were going to meet together in the new year." Going back into the studio to write and record was a huge step and would've been scary for both of them, scary enough that I seriously doubt they would've had the courage to set that up. Unless! They were spending frequent quality happy time together and they both felt like they were in a good place in the relationship.

Like everything else, it's in their music.

The lyrics of "(Just Like) Starting Over" are about rekindling an old flame with a romantic getaway. He talks about screwing someone in a motel in Montauk and doing it in the road and staying in bed with the walrus. The lyrics of the chorus are a triple Paul reference. "It's time to spread our WINGS and fly. Don't let ANOTHER DAY go by MY LOVE." The main melody comes from a beach boys song, and he's got Elvis affects on his voice. None of those musical choices were made for Yoko's benefit.

Then there's, along with "Coming Up", Paul's side of things. "Secret Friend": For most repetitions of the chorus, he says "feel like you've never felt before" but the first time he sneaks in "feel like you've never FIT before," which can only be referencing a dick, especially if he's being that coy about it. "Cast adrift on some uncharted sea" -- John's constant nautical metaphors, calling Paul his boat, his recent solo sea voyage. "I know we'll find a way. I know we'll reach the end. If you will be my secret friend." I mean. And then "Nobody Knows".

btw couldn't have found the Carl Perkins thing without Jazz! TYSM @sleeper9

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sir paul mccartney you are more than a historic and national treasure to me. you are a mother and a father. a daughter and a mouse. a musical beast, a mythical archangel, and the most annoying person to exist. you are the virgin mary and the best juggler at a circus. you are a pin up doll and the 20th century mozart. all that.

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day 19384747208 of paul mccartney being normal

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i appreciate that beatlemania happened and all those men were medium ugly at best. they don’t let medium ugly people even exist in the public eye anymore

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it's 2025 it's time for the world to acknowledge that the beatles all had ravenous sexual tension with eachother

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The Beatles celebrate Paul McCartney's 23rd birthday | 18 June 1965

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Happy 3 year anniversary to the john lennon instagram making me crash out Birthday Paul!!

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Not him having a push-button groinal response to John's... sultry voice... and having to disguise a literal moan. Like Pavlov's dog over here.

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leaning in leaning back

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it's 2025 it's time for the world to acknowledge that the beatles all had ravenous sexual tension with eachother

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Tripping

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Derek Taylor, the Beatles' publicist, once told me he was sure that no matter how Paul was standing or moving, he always knew just how the crease at the back of his trousers was falling or how his jacket was hanging at the waist. This was not a narcissistic thing as Paul wasn't a dandy; it was just an incredible level of show-business professionalism.

In the Sixties, Barry Miles (2002)

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my babies😞😞

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Im a day late but happy pride to the most iconic polycule

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"dear boy was about lindas first husband" okay liar. you wrote that about john you know you did.

"jealous guy was about yoko" okay liar. you wrote that about paul you know you did.

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The Beatles: Get Back (2021) Directed by Peter Jackson