#peacock john lennon

[iamsigningmylifeaway]

‘Paul McCartney is convinced that John Lennon haunted the recording of the 1995 Beatles single “Free As A Bird” – in the form of a white peacock.  McCartney, Ringo Starr and George Harrison were posing for a photograph outside the studio where the track was recorded when a rare white peacock wandered in the shot at the last minute.

About the peacock McCartney said,

“I said to the other guys, ‘That’s John!’ Spooky, eh? It was like John was hanging around. We felt that all the way through the recording.”

“Free as a Bird” is a song originally composed and recorded in 1977 as a home demo by John Lennon.  The Beatles then made a studio version of the recording, incorporating contributions from McCartney, Harrison and Starr.  The song was released the week of the 15 year anniversary of Lennon’s death on The Beatles Anthology 1 record so it makes sense that the presense of Lennon was felt in the studio and during photo sessions.

Here is the photo of them after the peacock went away…

McCartney also believes John made his presence felt on the single.  He said,

“We put one of those spoof backwards recordings on the end of the single for a laugh, to give all those Beatles nuts something to do. I think it was the line of a George Formby song. Then we were listening to the finished single in the studio one night, and it gets to the end, and it goes, ‘zzzwrk nggggwaaahhh jooohn lennnnnon qwwwrk.’ I swear to God.  We were like, ‘It’s John. He likes it!”’

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[johns-prince]

Y'all I see talk about John being the codependent one between the Lennon-McCartney pair, as if Paul wasn't off in Scotland having a literal spiraling breakdown over the heartbreak and shattering of his world and reality as he'd always known it, of no longer having John, his partner since they were teens, and the band they'd put their spark to give it life (George's words not mine), whilst freshly married with a wife and kid(s).

As if Linda didn't out Paul as being desperate to write with John again.

Paul the family-man man, had to be told by John, the not-so serious family-man man, that he couldn't just come showing up around to play guitar and hangout whenever he'd like, like it was the old days again—I've got a baby in the house Paul you can't just come ringing and knocking at whatever time you want, I'm a (her) husband™ now.

It wasn't John doing that, it was Paul.

I can't stress this enough that both of them were literally balls-to-the-walls crazy about their relationship to each other, their collaborative partnership. Like it was borderline unhealthy, let's be real, let's be frank, how territorial and possessive and near obsessive (full obsessive let's be real Paul's just a teeny bit better at masking it) they were about each other.

The codependency came from both of them.

Not for nothin' if it hadn't been for Linda, Paul might've gotten just as bad about the whole divorce and heartbreak as John had (not just the substance abuse like alcohol but going from one extreme to the other about what they had)

But like all you gotta do is look at how Paul always seems to find a way to bring up and mention John in nearly every interview, or how he dreams of John often and they're usually good dreams, or that he'll imagine John's with him in the room and like they're having a jam session to work out his music, or Paul labeling what they had as soulmates, or how he almost fully insinuated that if he'd been a girl then maybe he could've done something about Yoko, or the fact Paul had (has?) A six foot tall photo of him and John taken by Linda writing lyrics sitting very close in an office, or Paul refusing to acknowledge the fact John was dead and gone for like months, or Paul locking himself in his studio after John's death and blasting (Just Like) Starting Over on repeat for like days, or how apparently for awhile Paul kept talking about John in the present tense (even though John was dead) and it low-key freaked some people out, or Paul believing he witnessed John's spirit in the studio he was during the interview, or him thinking a white peacock that appeared suddenly during a photoshoot of him, Ringo, and George, was John, or the playback static at the end of their recording 'Free as a Bird' was John because Paul swears he heard in that static John Lennon, or his once joking? of wanting his son to name his grandson Lennon so that put together his grandson would be named Lennon McCartney, or—

Basically what I'm trying to say is John wasn't the codependent bff here like he was but so was Paul they were each other's codependent butt-buddy bffluv4eva.

[buttahpie]

beginner beatle lore: bob dylan introduced them to weed

beatle lore stage im currently in: john lennon was reincarnated as an albino peacock

[get-back-homeward]

On the way back downstairs, he pauses to show me a photograph on the wall, a portrait of George, Ringo and himself, standing under a tree. It was shot for a magazine cover in the grounds of this very studio while they were working on 'Free As a Bird' in 1995, the song, written and sung by Lennon as a demo tape in 1977, that subsequently became the first Beatles single in 25 years. There's something ineffably sad about the photograph, the fact that it is just the three of them, and that since, another one of them has gone. Then McCartney points to a white peacock that seems to have sneaked into the picture, stage left, and is peering directly at the camera. 'That's John,' he says, smiling. The bird, which had strayed from a neighbouring farm, walked into shot just as the photographer pressed the shutter. 'Spooky, eh?' says McCartney. 'It was like John was hanging around. We felt that all through the recording. We even put one of those spoof backwards recordings on the end of the single for a laugh, to give all those Beatles nuts something to do. I think it was a line of a George Formby song. Then we're listening to the finished single in the studio one night, and it gets to the end, and it goes "zzzwrk nggggwaaahh joooohn lennnnnon qwwwwk". I swear to God. We were like, "It's John. He likes it!"'

Spending even a little time with McCartney is a salutary lesson in the art of survival. We tend to forget that, though. We forget that he, too – Fab Macca, forever grinning, thumbs aloft – is a fully qualified survivor. We forget that he survived the whirlwind of the Beatles, and the long years of living in their shadow, and the terrible fallouts and the recriminations. We forget that he has had to deal not just with the loss of John and George, but that he somehow has made it though the capsizing grief of losing his wife, and long-term soul mate, Linda. And, still, the tabloids scoff at his so-called cheeriness, and his choice of new partner. And still, we, the public, want more. We want ‘Yesterday’ and ‘Penny Lane’ and ‘Hey Jude’, as if those songs, and all the others like them, were not more than enough already. We want yesterday.

There’s a sense on Chaos and Creation in the Back Yard, though, that Paul McCartney is finally at ease with his legacy, with the weight of myth and history that he has had to carry, and has tried to shrug off, for so long. There’s a strange little song on the album called ‘How Kind of You’, on which he sings: ‘How kind of you to stick by me during the final bout / And listen to the referee when I was counted out’. It seems both poignant and pointed, sincere and yet sarcastic. It doesn’t seem half-hearted, half-baked, or half-finished.

‘Well, it’s about all the tragedies,’ he elaborates, ‘the Beatles’ break-up, things going wrong, and people writing me off . There’s this sort of therapy aspect in songwriting sometimes, and that’s one of the reasons I love it. If I’m feeling really low, I’ll take my guitar into the darkest corner I can find in the house, and go there and sit with it, and talk to the guitar, explain it all to the guitar. And it works,’ he says, as if he can barely believe it himself. ‘You come out of there, and it’s magical.’ With that, he starts singing another line from the same song: ‘I thought my time was up…’ And you can tell he really means it, even though, just by singing it, he seems to banish the very thought.

From Paul McCartney interview with the Guardian, September 18, 2005

[greensparty]

Stuff I'm Looking Forward to in November

How is it now November? In addition to All Saints Day (Nov. 1), Day of the Dead (Nov. 1-2), All Souls Day (Nov. 2), Daylight Savings Time Ending (Nov. 5), Election Day (Nov. 7) Veterans Day (observed on Nov. 10, officially on Nov. 11), Diwali (Nov. 12), Thanksgiving (Nov. 23) and Native American Heritage Day (Nov. 24) here is what's on my radar this month!

Movies:

Priscilla

After last year's Elvis biopic, The King's Queen Priscilla Presley gets the biopic treatment courtesy of Sofia Coppola. Opens 11/3.

Sly

Director Thom Zimney has done a ton of great docs on Bruce Springsteen including Letter to You as well as Elvis: The Searcher. Now he is turning his eye to Sylvester Stallone. Premieres 11/3 on Netflix.

The Killer 

A David Fincher film is always an event. But when he reunites with Seven screenwriter Andrew Kevin Walker, it's an even bigger event. After a limited release on 10/27, it premieres 11/10 on Netflix.

Thanksgiving

In 2007's Grindhouse, one of the highlights of the fake movie trailers they had between Robert Rodriguez and Quentin Tarantino's features was Eli Roth's trailer for Thanksgiving about a Thanksgiving-themed slasher film. It took a while, but now Eli Roth's actual feature film is finally dropping on 11/17 (just before Thanksgiving)!

Next Goal Wins 

Taika Waititi is one of the most interesting directors working today. In addition to what he has brought to MCU with the last few Thor movies, his Jojo Rabbit deservedly won the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay. Now he's back with a sports dramedy. Opens 11/17.

May December 

This drama had me at "Todd Hayne directs Julianne Moore and Natalie Portman". Opening 11/17.

Please Don't Destroy: The Treasure of Foggy Mountain

The comedy writing team of Please Don't Destroy have stolen many an SNL show in recent years. Now they are starring / writing their own film produced by Judd Apatow. Premiering 11/17 on Peacock.

Napoleon 

Napoleon Bonaparte gets the biopic treatment from Ridley Scott. Opens 11/22.

Maestro

After his directorial debut with A Star is Born, Bradley Cooper's next directorial effort is a Leonard Bernstein biopic. Martin Scorsese and Steven Spielberg are producers on this as well! Opening 11/22 before a Netflix premiere on 12/20.

Music:

Snail Mail Valentine (Demos)

I was a huge fan of Snail Mail's excellent 2021 album Valentine. Now she is releasing an EP of demos and outtakes. EP drops 11/3.

The Beatles' Final Song and Reissues

Possibly the biggest deal for Beatle fanatics since The Beatles Anthology in the 90s is happening this month. Their final single "Now and Then" containing John Lennon's 1979 recording combined with George Harrison's 1994 recordings (when they attempted to record it for Anthology) with Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr's modern day recording. While AI was used for the production, contrary to some interpretations this is NOT a Beatles song created by AI. Single is dropping 11/2. As if this weren't exciting enough, the remastered re-release of 1973's The Beatles 1962-1966 (AKA The Red Album) and The Beatles 1967-1970 (AKA The Blue Album) are being re-released on 11/10. (Review coming soon).

Scream DC Special

D.C. punk legends Scream (the band that Dave Grohl joined as a teen and was in pre-Nirvana) have not released an album in 30 years (Fumble, which featured Grohl re-joining for that album). Now the group is releasing a new album (featuring tons of special guests including Grohl) on 11/10.

Conventions:

NorthEast Comic Con

Over the last few years I've been lucky enough to cover the NorthEast Comic Con, a fun MA-based celebration of comics, collectibles and pop culture. Guests for the Winter edition include Heather Matarazzo, Dave Foley, Kevin McDonald and more. Con takes place at Boxborough Regency (Boxborough, MA) from 11/24-26.

Fake Holidays:

In addition to actual holidays this month, there are also fake or unofficial holidays like Black Friday (11/24), Record Store Day Black Friday Edition (11/24), Cyber Monday (11/27) and Giving Tuesday (11/28).

[lowryinbohemia]

Prague - Day 3

Another beautiful day in The City of a Thousand Spires! The day started with us traveling up to the other side of the river to visit the Prague Palace and surrounding monastery. We got to see some beautiful vistas and views of the whole city, as well as get to see some of the old areas of the town that have been walked by various politicians & royalty. We also got to see the area known as “The Gate to Hell” where a prince’s mother once allegedly was dragged to hell because she cursed out the Almighty when her driver was trying to pray. This is of course a legend, but it is a GOOD one. We also got to see members of the castle band, on their way to preform.

We then made our way to the castle, and especially the Viritus Cathedral. The castle has its own set of guards, their uniforms designed by Theodore Pištêk, the Oscar winning costume creator for the movie “Amadeus”, and the choreography of the changing of the guard developed by Miloš Forman, who choreographed “Hair”. We did not get to go into the castle but we did get to go inside the cathedral. The stained glass was utterly gorgeous (as to be expected) and it was so cool to see how the cathedral has grown and developed through the ages. The gargoyles were pretty cool to see as well, even more fun than the ones I used to see outside the National Cathedral in DC.

We took the longer way through towards lunch, getting to walk through some beautiful gardens, including one with a koi pond in the middle. There were peacocks walking around the gardens, who were very pleased to be appreciated by passerby’s. After a filling lunch, we made our way towards the Charles Bridge, and in doing so passed by the John Lennon wall. I had only read about this piece of artwork but seeing it in person was seriously really cool. Especially to see all the different messages and artwork from the years layered on top creating a unique mosaic of statements of goodwill and love. Mom of course had to get a picture of me in front of it; its only fair since I’ve loved The Beatles since I was in the womb.

The afternoon saw us on a tour of the Jewish Quarter of the city. I was very excited to see this area of the town because I had read stories of the strength of the Czech people during WWII and I also wanted to see some of the synagogues of the area. My mother & I are not Jewish but some of the people we have loved the best are Jewish & we have been honored to witness some of the Jewish traditions throughout the years. The focus of the tour spoke on the struggles of the Jewish community prior to WWII and during it, and then the effects of the rise of communism in the area. Turns out that due to the collection of interconnected synagogues in the city, along with the memorial stones (called “Stumbling Stones”) along the streets of the quarter, make Prague the location of the largest Jewish museum in the world & the largest Holocaust Memorial in the world. We got to visit some gorgeous synagogues, two which are still active & holding routine prayer services. The highlight was getting to visit the Old-New Synagogue, the oldest synagogue in all of Central Europe. In one of the the non-active synagogues, it was created into a memorial of the all of the names of Jews lost in the Holocaust that lived in the area previously known as Czechoslovakia, which we found out also contained the names of the grandparents of Madeline Albright. Upstairs was a collection of children’s artwork that have been preserved from art therapy sessions given to the children of the Terezin ghetto, as a way for the children to process the changes in the world around them and find hope even in what could be construed as ultimate darkness. As someone who has used art as a way to help her own clients heal and find meaning in their complicated world, seeing all the beautiful pieces of artwork just reminded me how powerful visual media can be for someone so young.

After the tour Mom & I made our way back to the hotel and later out to grab some pizza at a nearby restaurant with our companions on the Jewish Quarter tour. A long day, but so incredibly interesting.

Tomorrow we head to Česky Krumlov, which I hear will be absolutely gorgeous. So I say farewell for now & I will report back again tomorrow evening!

Lowrs💜

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[ad_1] “It’s simply cringe-making,” mentioned Glyn Johns, the recording engineer and manufacturer who performs a distinguished function in “The Beatles: Get Again,” Peter Jackson’s marathon documentary collection concerning the fateful Beatles periods in 1969 that culminated within the “Let It Be” album.Mr. Johns used to be no longer speaking concerning the just about eight-hour collection, which critics and fanatics have embraced as a watershed tv match, however of the Austin Powers-esque outfits his 26-year-old self wears right through it. “I appear to be a bloody clown,” he added.His yeti-like goatskin coat. His dandyish Oscar Wilde jackets. His Capri-ready neck scarves and Janis Joplin sun shades.It's not simple to face out in a documentary that includes 4 of the twentieth century’s most renowned folks. However together with his aptitude for equipment and slinky-pants-cool, Mr. Johns has discovered a brand new spherical of appreciators a part century after the truth.For Mr. Johns, 79, the revel in has been fun — to some extent.“I’m bored to death with it now, I’ll inform you,” he mentioned with fun in a phone name from his house in Chichester, England. “I've 9,000 emails and texts from folks from my previous, all taking the Mickey unmercifully.”“Some persons are pronouncing, ‘Oh, the jacket you wore on X day used to be improbable,’ or ‘The place did you get the goatskin coat?’ However on the whole, they’re guffawing at how ridiculous I regarded, which after all is right.”Mr. Johns used to be infrequently the one peacock throughout the ones fateful weeks, because the Beatles worked to recover from their variations and get again to their roots with a no-nonsense rock n’ roll album, accompanied, in idea, through a live performance tv particular.What to Know About ‘The Beatles: Get Again’Peter Jackson’s seven-plus hour documentary collection, which explores probably the most contested length within the band’s historical past, is to be had on Disney Plus.Whilst John Lennon and Paul McCartney usually appeared to be dressed for convenience, befitting lengthy hours toiling within the studio, Ringo Starr confirmed as much as one consultation in a lime-green pinstriped swimsuit with a woodland inexperienced musketeer blouse. George Harrison wore a identical ensemble in red and crimson. (Type websites together with W and Marie Claire have introduced guides on how one can store the appearance in “Get Again.”)In such corporate, this is a little unexpected that Mr. Johns has garnered such a lot consideration. He used to be already an trade heavyweight, who would later transform the go-to sound guy for The Who, Eric Clapton, the Eagles and lots of others. However at that time, Mr. Johns used to be the rest however a Beatles insider. He used to be related to the Rolling Stones, whom he had labored with because the early days. In reality, when the Beatles first reached out to him, he used to be doubtful.“I used to be at house on an overly uncommon evening off and the telephone rang, and the individual at the different finish introduced themselves in a Liverpudlian accessory as being Paul McCartney,” he mentioned. Mr. Johns idea it used to be Mick Jagger pulling a realistic comic story, so he informed him to get misplaced, albeit in saltier language.“And naturally there used to be silence at the different finish of the telephone,” Mr. Johns added. “He began in all places once more, and I assumed, ‘Oh, it is Paul McCartney, Jesus Christ!’”The Stones’ model affect on Mr. Johns is plain. “I consider Brian Jones taking me to a shop in Carnaby Boulevard as soon as, and we purchased stuff,” he mentioned. “I consider Mick gave me a marvelous blouse.”“The best factor I feel I wore within the movie used to be the crocodile Levi jacket, which in reality have been given to me through Keith Richards,” he added. “We have been in Paris, and Keith had this jacket made for him in France, and it have been dropped at the lodge. He took it out of the packaging, put it on and mentioned, ‘Right here you could have it, I don’t need it.

’ I do not know what took place to it. Possibly I gave it away.”Nor can he consider the place he were given the goatskin coat that audience are obsessive about, even supposing he does consider the way it smelled after a rainstorm.“I distinctly consider queuing for an aircraft dressed in that coat, and the folk in entrance and at the back of me moved clear of me as it if truth be told stank,” Mr. Johns mentioned. “And naturally in the ones days, in case you had lengthy hair you have been suspect anyway.”Fanatics rightly laud Mr. Johns’s seems within the movie because the epitome of ’60s British rocker cool, and the costume-like whimsy he (and quite a lot of Beatles at quite a lot of occasions) show in “Get Again” has the entire colour and enthusiasm of the peak-psychedelia second.By means of 1969, then again, rock used to be taking a more difficult, darker flip, as evidenced through the Rolling Stones’ “Let it Bleed” and Led Zeppelin’s eponymous first album (either one of which Mr. Johns labored on), to not point out Beatles songs like, sure, “Get Again.”The Beatles’ public symbol used to be beginning to replicate that. For the quilt shot of “Abbey Highway,” taken on Aug. 8 of that 12 months (coincidentally, the similar day 4 contributors of the Manson circle of relatives set out for Sharon Tate’s space in Los Angeles), Mr. McCartney and Mr. Starr opted for somber military and black, Mr. Lennon blank-slate white and Mr. Harrison, “gravedigger” denim — no less than in step with the viral Paul-is-dead conspiracy idea of the day.Nor did the Beatles appear to gussy themselves up a lot for his or her final public look on a London rooftop — the climax of “Get Again.”Long gone have been the Technicolor satins. Mr. McCartney used to be principally dressed for the workplace in a somber black three-piece swimsuit and open-collar blouse. Mr. Lennon, in shoes, and Mr. Starr went minimalist black-on-black, even supposing the previous wore a fur coat borrowed from Yoko Ono and the latter, his spouse Maureen’s shiny crimson raincoat, probably to gird themselves towards the iciness relax. George Harrison regarded quite festive, if somewhat thrift-store sublime, in shiny inexperienced pants and a grizzly-like Mongolian lamb-fur coat. After which after all there used to be the ever present Ms. Ono herself, in her ever-present black.A conventional research used to be that the Beatles had stopped placing on showbiz airs through then as a result of they have been bickering over cash and control, and have been headed towards a breakup. That view turned into canonical after the discharge of “Let It Be,” the downbeat 1970 documentary through Michael Lindsay-Hogg, who performs a distinguished function in “Get Again,” and captured the hours of unseen pictures that looks within the collection.To Mr. Johns and lots of others, “Let It Be” has the entire pleasure of a divorce continuing.“It’s terrible, horrible,” Mr. Johns mentioned of the sooner movie. “My reminiscence used to be that we if truth be told had a truly just right time and everyone were given on nice. The truth that George left the band for twenty-four hours isn't any other from every other band I ever labored with, or any individual who works in an workplace. Individuals who paintings in combination for years on finish, they fall out, and so they patch it up on the finish. It’s standard.”He would by no means have guessed the Beatles have been heading towards a cut up.“The 4 of them had long past via this mammoth revel in, from once they have been unknown, to being 4 of probably the most well-known folks on this planet,” he mentioned. “There used to be this huge bond between them. They have been like circle of relatives, truly.”He remembers so much much less about what he used to be dressed in, and why.“Pay attention, mate, it used to be 50 years in the past, how can I consider?” Mr. Johns mentioned with fun. “Everybody has a method of their very own, I assume. However I used to be busy operating.”

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[lmortem]

keanu reeves, genderfluid, he/they /  if i was your vampire by marilyn monroe + the stain of red wine / stuck in an eternal dance between life & death / classic horror / the icy ache of feeling like a monster / transforming pain into art / dancing underneath the moonlight / gothic royalty / shakespeare plays / broken and bleeding hearts   ⧽   ━━   hey, isn’t that LORCAN D’EATH? i read a daily prophet article on them, once ; the immortal vampire WIZARD is a MUSICIAN/WRITER/FASHION DESIGNER. i’ve heard they can be quite CHARMING & PHILANTHROPIC, but i don’t know… they came off very MYSTERIOUS & INDIFFERENT in that interview. it really is hard to know what to believe these days though, isn’t it?   [ m, 28, est, they/them ]

✗ BASICS

NAME: Lorcan Dezmond Enfield D’Eath

D.O.B: November 6th

GENDER IDENTITY: Genderfluid

SEXUAL ORIENTATION: Pansexual

PLACE OF BIRTH: Edinburgh, Scotland

✗ PHYSICAL

HEIGHT: 6′3

HAIR & EYE COLOR: Hazel Black / Red when feeding

GLASSES / CONTACTS: Used to wear reading glasses. Now their vampirism allows them acute eyesight and glasses are no longer needed

SCARS: a long hairline scar on each wrist, chest scars from battle

PIERCINGS: Earlobes

TATTOOS: one, two, three

CLOTHING STYLE: link

EXTRAS: Fangs, pointed ears, Shadow is its own entity

✗ TRAITS

ZODIAC: Scorpio sun, Libra moon, Gemini rising

LIKES: -

DISLIKES: -

VICES: Lust, Greed, Pride

VIRTUES: Diligence, Kindness, Patience

PERSONALITY TYPE: ESFP (the Entertainer)

MORAL ALIGNMENT: Chaotic Neutral

DOMINANT HAND: Left

CHARACTER PARALLELS: Barnabas Collins (Dark Shadows 1966), Laszlo Cravensworth (What We Do in the Shadows 2019), Elim Garak (Star Trek: Deep Space 9)

OTHER PARALLELS: Lady Gaga, Freddie Mercury, John Lennon

✗ LIFE

HOMETOWN: London, England

FINANCIAL STATUS: Unknown, but rumored to be of high class

EDUCATION: Beauxbatons Graduate 

OCCUPATION: Musician, Writer, Model & fashion designer

AFFILIATION: Civilian

RELIGION: Atheist, Eclectic Witch  

LANGUAGES SPOKEN: English, Latin, Gaelic, French, Italian

✗ HEALTH

MENTAL ILLNESSES: Depression, Substance Abuse, Disordered eating

SMOKING / ALCOHOL / DRUGS: Yes, yes, and yes

✗ MAGICAL

BLOOD: Halfblood

SPECIES: Vampire

WAND: 13″ Pine, Dragon heart string, flexible

ABILITIES: Immortal, Unnatural Strength, Unnatural Senses, Unnatural Speed, Unnatural Healing, Shapeshifting (wolf & bat), Animal Control, Telepathy, Night Vision

WEAKNESSES: Stake to the heart, Invitation, Decapitation, Fire, Running water

PATRONUS: Peacock →

Like the bright colours of a peacock, the personality of those with this patronus is one that tends to capture attention. They are what society may often see as eccentric, being very comfortable with the way in which their spirit guides them. They have a confidence, and very in tune with themselves. However, they tend to have trouble trying to see in the shoes of others, and do not realize others can see them as very strong or intimidating.

✗ BIOGRAPHY

for biography please click HERE. *coming soon

✗ WANTED CONNECTIONS

affiliates/collaborators

manager!!!

familiars !! (0/6)

romantic partner

enemies to friends

roommates

one night stand(s)

ex fiancé(s)

competition/rivals

frenemies

[heroinsight]

The Beatles at Paul’s 7 Cavendish Avenue flat for a meeting with Mick Jagger and Stuart Kendall, (bottom Photograph by Stuart Kendall), 1967

[nic-214]

In 1996, the three remaining Beatles reunited. They were feeling empty during the photoshoot without John Lennon being there. A white peacock then mysteriously appeared behind George for one of the photos. When they saw it, they all felt John's presence and the mood was lifted.

[peacockstalemusicalstorytelling]

It was 43 years ago today...

[natromanxoff]

Daily Mirror - November 26, 1991

Credits to Louise Belle and Queencuttings.com

FREDDIE

THE LAST MOMENTS

THE LAST MOMENTS

By pop legend at his bedside

By Geoff SUTTON

WEEPING 60s pop star Dave Clark told last night how he watched alone as AIDS-stricken Queen singer Freddie Mercury "just went to sleep."

Millionaire Clark, 49, called Freddie a "special friend" as he described the tragic rock idol's final moments.

He said: "It was very peaceful. He just went to sleep and passed on. He didn't say anything — he simply went. It was completely unexpected. I was with him alone."

Drummer Dave, whose band The Dave Clark Five topped the charts with Glad All Over and Bits and Pleces, added: "Freddie's doctor had left five minutes before [Turn to Page 2]

[Photo caption: WEEPING: Dave Clark]

[Photo caption: THE GREAT SHOWMAN: Tragic Freddie Mercury at his peak]

MY PAL FREDDIE

[From Page One] because we thought he would be all right. I cried, but the full tragedy didn’t hit me until later.

“Death always comes as a shock.

“Now I feel numb. Freddie was like a rare painting — a complete one-off.”

Gay Freddie, 45, died on Sunday after a long and painful battle against AIDS.

Dave, now a top showbiz impresario, was among the close friends who gathered at the brave star's bedside.

He said: "I have known him since the 70s. We had a very special relationship. He was a mate and the finest of friends."

Dave, who has a penthouse in London's Mayfair, added: "To be with him when he died was so special."

Freddie refused to go into hospital to fight his illness. Instead he turned his Kensington mansion into a private clinic.

Round-the-clock nurses were hired and his bedroom, which is full of priceless art objects, was fitted with an oxygen tent to help ease his AIDS-induced pneumonia.

A friend said he wanted to stay at home so he could enjoy his beautiful garden.

The friend added: "It is hardly in keeping with his image but Freddie loved going out in the garden and just smelling and looking at the flowers.

Fighter

"Of course some days he would cry about the fact he was going to die but he would always bounce back. He was a great fighter."

Freddie's last hours were soothed as he lay on his kingsize bed beneath a satin Japanese bedspread, wearing a Harrods towelling gown.

[Photo caption: SORROW: Dave Clark gathers flowers left outside Freddie’s mansion yesterday]

MIRROR COMMENT

FREDDIE Mercury joins John Lennon and Elvis Presley in the elite ranks of the giants of pop who will be mourned by millions not for a day, or a week, but for decades.

His public performances were an innovative delight. His brilliant voice, his strutting peacock showmanship and his originality gave rock a new dimension.

Bohemian Rhapsody pushed pop farther than it had been before. He broke fresh grounds, too, as the originator of the pop video.

Yes, he WAS a champion.

HOW FANS CAN SAY FAREWELL

FLOWERS for Freddie’s funeral should be sent to Queen’s fan club, 46 Pembridge Road, London, W11.

A spokesman for the band said that cash donations would help AIDS victims, through the Terrence Higgins Trust.

I kissed him on the cheek, held his hand, and said ‘I love you very much’

By FRANK GILBRIDE

THE only woman to share Freddie Mercury's life told yesterday how she said her last farewell with a tender kiss as the rock star lay close to death.

Mary Austin, 38, sobbed: "I kissed him on the cheek, held his hand and told him I loved him very much and how brave I thought he had been."

The AIDS-stricken singer — pencil-thin, virtually blind and unable to speak — could not respond. And Mary, who for 21 years regarded herself as Freddie's "wife" despite his string of gay lovers, was so upset that she had to leave his £4 million mansion in Kensington, West London.

Moments later, friends told her Freddie had gone. And she rushed back to be once more at his side.

Clutching her three-year-old son Richard — Freddie's godchild — she said: "It was so sad. The suffering I witnessed from Freddie is something I never want to see again. It was awful.

"He had terrible suffering, mental and emotional as well as physical.

"In the last couple of days he couldn't even speak and his sight faded fast in his last few hours. He was very, very thin and couldn't eat much."

Mary, who lives in a flat bought for her by Freddie near the mansion, said the star was heavily sedated when he died.

But she added: "The end came so suddenly. It was not expected on Sunday.

"Even when we knew this was going to come it was still very much a shock.

"But I will remember Freddie with a lot of love and respect. He was brave right up until the very end.

"He was not bitter. He told me he would not have done anything any differently.

"He had no regrets but obviously the fact he had AIDS hurt him deeply."

Weep

Mary said it was she who broke the news of Freddie's death to his parents, devoutly-religious Bomi and Jer Bulsara, who moved to England from their Zanzibar homeland.

They rushed to the mansion from their terraced house in Feltham, Middlesex, to weep with Mary and Freddie's other closest friends.

Mary said the parents were "totally devastated".

And she insisted the star was "very close" to them, despite their strict religious belief that homosexuality was "unclean".

She added that Queen drummer Roger Taylor managed to spend some time with the singer just before he died.

Mary met Freddie when she was working in the trendy Biba fashion store in Kensington and he was helping to run a clothes stall at the nearby market.

They lived together for six years in what Mary called an "affair".

It broke up when Freddie admitted he was gay.

Mary said she was “devastated”. But the couple stayed the closest of friends.

Mary said: "I never stopped loving him and I don't think he stopped loving me either.

Pregnant

Mary, who is pregnant and lives with an interior designer, revealed that Freddie was told he had AIDS months ago.

She said: "He realised the end was coming and he faced it with incredible bravery.

"He still tried to carry on working despite knowing the end was near. He was very creative and positive.

"Even though he was in a great deal of pain he managed to record Queen's last album.

"He carried on working because that's what he enjoyed. He lived from day to day and working helped him have the courage to face his illness.

"I've been seeing him every day recently and we talked about the usual things.

"He enjoyed people and he was a good gossip. Despite everything he kept a sense of humour.

Mary, who stands to inherit much of the star's £25 million fortune, said she thought it would be difficult for her to cope with his sickness.

But she added: "When you really love somebody you can be strong.

"And I was strong for him and with him. My strength came from knowing him.

"Now, I'm suffering a great sense of loss.

"And I feel for the fans who will miss him and are going through their own grief — and the people who have lost loved ones through this disease."

[Photo caption: A STARK look of stunned disbelief was frozen on the face of Mary Austin, above, just hours after Freddie's death.]

[Photo caption: Gone was the laughter which lit up her eyes in the 21 fun-filled years they spent as devoted friends, left.]

QUEEN SET TO SPLIT

They can’t replace him

QUEEN are set to split up following Freddie's death. But first they are promising a huge party to celebrate his life.

The band, together 20 years, will not seek a new leader. A close source said: "There's no way they could replace a unique vocalist like Freddie."

Queen — who have sold 100 million discs and are now favourites for a Christmas No 1, whatever single they release — have not toured for five years.

Roger Taylor, Brian May and John Deacon are expected to concentrate on solo projects. The band said last night: “We have lost the greatest and most beloved member of our family. We feel overwhelming grief that he has gone.”

They said they shared “great pride in the courageous way that he lived and died. It has been a privilege for us to have shared such magical times.”

They added: “As soon as we are able, we would like to celebrate his life in the style to which he was accustomed.”

Freddie had to keep resting while making his last video — I’m Going Slightly Mad.

But a crew member said: “He soldiered on and gave the filming his everything. He was a born trouper.”

[Photo caption: GOING SOLO: Brian May]

His cash for AIDS

FREDDIE earmarked a large chunk of his £25 million fortune for AIDS research.

The star told executors of his will to make sure the money goes to specialist charities.

The rest of his cash is believed to be set aside for long-time friend Mary Austin.

He bought ten homes as gifts for friends earlier this year.

Weeping fans say farewell to the king of Queen

He WAS the champion!

[Photo caption: DESOLATE: A fan’s face of anguish yesterday]

By GEOFF SUTTON

AT first light yesterday, the fans began to arrive. With tears and flowers, the devoted followers of Freddie Mercury emerged from the gloom to pay tribute.

As radio stations played We Are The Champions and Bohemian Rhapsody in the dead Queen star's honour, the people who idolised him made their way to his London home.

They just felt they had to be there.

Among them was tiny, sobbing Sachiko Sato, who flew halfway around the world from Tokyo and walked the streets of Kensington to find his house.

Sachiko, 30, had left her husband at home to try to see her hero.

She said: "I'll be sad forever now Freddie has gone. Nothing matters anymore. I wanted to be with him for his final hours, but it is enough just to be here."

THERE, too, was 75-year-old Glenys Mayo, who recalled a Queen concert as an "unforgettable religious experience".

A 21-year-old shop assistant risked the sack by reporting sick and travelling from Bushey, Herts, with her mother and a bunch of carnations.

"I needed to say thank you for the music," she said simply.

Hospital porter Chris Girling, 23, from Southall, Middlesex, showed off the Mercury and Queen tattoos on his legs and arms and said: "I had nowhere else to go to show how I feel.

"Freddie was sheer brilliance, there will be no other band to beat Queen. I am here to pay my last respects."

Housewife Janet Findlay, 46, who appeared in Freddie's spectacular Barcelona video, said tearfully: "I hope people remember him for the pleasure he gave and not the darker side of his life."

The flamboyant singer's body had been quietly taken away during the night and there was silence behind the 12-ft walls in Logan Place.

A FLORIST'S delivery of red roses was answered by a burly minder who gently picked up the floral tributes.

Bouquets of flowers — including red roses, white carnations, and yellow freesias — were laid at the front door.

One message read: "To Freddie, We'll never forget you, Your Fans."

Others said: "Rest in Peace, your memory will live forever," and "To the Great Performer, the world will be a sadder place without you.”

The Queen fan club office was besieged with calls.

Secretary Jackie Gunn said: "The fans have just been so shocked. They all feel they've lost a very good friend.”

Freddie's celebrity friends joined in with heartfelt tributes to the great pop showman.

Genesis drummer PHIL COLLINS said: "This is a tragedy. I admired Freddie as a performer and for his honesty in admitting he had AIDS. It is all so Bad."

FRANCIS ROSSI, of Status Quo, said: "Freddie was one of the elite few who could really set a stadium alight.

"Along with millions of fans throughout the world I will miss his exceptional performance and brilliant voice."

DAVID Bowie, who shared the 1980s hit single Under Pressure with Freddie, said: "We will all miss him a lot.

"Together with his band he made a great contribution to popular music.”

Spanish soprano MONTSERRAT CABALLE, who duetted with Freddie on Barcelona, yesterday dedicated to him a song on her new album.

The song, Phantom Of The Opera, contains the line: “I hope you are here in someway another time.”

Montserrat said: “This song at this moment has taken on a very special meaning.”

American superstar DIANA ROSS, top of the […] at the Royal Variety performance, praised Freddie last night for admitting he had AIDS.

She said: “There is […] a stigma attached to the disease and it was wonderful for him to have done that.

“I have lost a lot of showbiz friends to the disease. I only wish there was a cure.”

[Photo caption: TOGETHER IN GRIEF: Two sobbing friends embrace each other]

[Photo caption: PAYING TRIBUTE: Fans, and flowers, outisde the house.]

[Photo caption: IDOLISED: Freddie the flamboyant Queen pop singer at his peak]

"FREDDIE'S FEARS ABOUT HUGE HIT'

EXCLUSIVE By ALEC LOM

FREDDIE Mercury was a genius plagued by doubts, his pal Kenny Everett said yesterday.

The DJ said Freddie was even unsure about releasing Bohemian Rhapsody, which became Queen's greatest hit.

Kenny, 46, recalled the singer phoning him soon after completing the song in 1975.

"He said, 'Ken, I don't know what I've done.

"I've finished off this new single and it's about eight minutes long.

"I don't know whether it's going to be a hit'."

Kenny invited the star to bring the recording to his home.

He went on: "Freddie plonked it on my tape machine and, of course, this glorious operatic […]

[Photo caption: WONDER: Kenny]

[…] wonder came out. I remember him being so unsure about this piece of genius.

"When you look back, it was silly really.

"It was so great, it's like Mozart saying, 'I don't know whether my clarinet concerto is going to take off.’ I mean, Bohemian Rhapsody had Number One written all over it."

The song went on to top the charts for nine weeks.

Kenny added: "God gave Freddie gigantic talent and he made full use of it.

"He was never out of the studio and was always playing piano and composing.

“He really did God proud."

Kenny revealed he would not be going to Freddie's funeral.

"They will probably turn it into a party and play lots of his hits," he said.

"But I hate funerals. Why should I go?

"After all, Freddie won't be there.”

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"I realised this was the girl for me. I hadn't tried to grab her or make her. I told her, 'It appears you're a nice girl'" -Paul McCartney

"Paul fell like a ton of bricks for Jane. The first time I was introduced to her was at her home and she was sitting on Paul's knee. My first impression of Jane was how beautiful and finely featured she was. Her mass of Titian - coloured hair cascaded around her face and shoulders, her pale complexion contrasting strongly with her dark clothes and shining hair. Paul was obviously as proud as a peacock with his new lady. For Paul, Jane Asher was a great prize" -Cynthia Lennon

"I love Paul. I love him deeply, and he feels the same. I don't think either of us has looked at anyone else since we first met ... I want to get married probably this year and have lots and lots of babies. I certainly would be surprised indeed if I married anyone but Paul" -Jane Asher

"Jane and Paul were openly tactile and affectionate" -Paul Saltzman

"When I came back after five months, Paul had changed so much. He was on LSD, which I hadn't shared. I was jealous of all the spiritual experiences he'd had with John. There were fifteen people dropping in all day long. The house had changed and was full of stuff I didn't know about" -Jane Asher

"My whole existence for so long centred round a bachelor life. I didn't treat women as most people do. I've always had a lot around, even when I've had a steady girl. My life generally has always been very lax, and not normal. I knew I was selfish. It caused a few rows. Jane left me once and went off to Bristol to act. I said: OK then, leave, I'll find someone else! It was shattering to be without her" -Paul McCartney

"He pleaded with Jane to forgive him but she was implacable. She didn't want to know. She is a very strong and highly principled lady. I think she was deeply in love with Paul. And it wasn't just the Beatle stuff; she wasn't interested in fame or money. She loved Paul for himself. She loved his humour and his energy and she believed in him. Paul literally cried on my shoulder" -Alistair Taylor

"I haven't broken it off, but it is broken off, finished. I know it sounds corny, but we still see each other and love each other, but it hasn't worked out. Perhaps we'll be childhood sweethearts and meet again and get married when we're about 70" -Jane Asher

April, 18. 58 years ago

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