‘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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Girl activities ( trigger warning for mentions of the thoughts of a person in recovery? Mentions of d1s0rd3r3d thoughts. )
wondering how many bodies are hidden in your hometowns hills and forests
laying naked in bed tracing your scars
daydreaming about your future
pretending to look mysterious and read in front of your cafe crush
wondering what you would look like 50 lbs lighter than trying to decide if you want to relapse or not
brushing your hair with vintage silver hair brushes than wondering who all the women were who brushed their hair with it before you
writing poetry at 4 am
falling in love with your best friend
cleaning your room on a sunday
picking at your skin in the mirror till your whole face is red and swollen
daydreaming about bleaching your hair
cuddling your dog
remembering your dreams while sitting on the shower floor
watching movies, reading books, and watching shows, pondering the stories and characters and fantisizing about your life being like those stories
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Lyrics for the 10 year anniversary of our album, Going To Hell
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