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this makes me so embarassed for him i want to hide in a dark hole

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"how can you like this objectively bad thing!" because i have bad taste. move on.

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Oh my god I almost forgot to post this

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"John was a big softy, but his shield was hard. So that was very good for the two of us. Opposites attract. I could calm him down, and he could fire me up. We could see things in each other that the other needed to be complete." —Paul (The Lyrics, 2021)

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how absolutely off the rails do u got to be to write this to ur Best friend

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Paul's stepsister calls John Paul's "wife"

"Paul and the world had just lost someone very dear to them. I had lost my Uncle John, the myopic, misunderstood, manipulative, mystifying Mop-Top who had helped me to learn to ride a bicycle; Julian and Sean had lost a father; Cynthia, her knight in shining armour; Yoko, a fellow artist, contemporary and house husband...and Paul? Well, call me crazy, but he lost the wife. I’m certainly not implying anything of a carnal nature here, but to almost all intents and porpoises (as John would have put it), what they had was a marriage. Mark David Chapman’s selfish quest for his Warhol-esque fifteen minutes of fame was the fatal wound to an injured relationship that had lasted almost 23 years. This unconventional partnership, much like a paradigmatic marriage, had endured its sundry situations...its honeymoon period; its seven year itch; the adoption of its offspring by Northern Songs and some time foster parent Michael Jackson; the tender temptations of Jane, Cynthia, Yoko, Linda, May Pang and others. [...] On the February 9, 1964, Ed Sullivan shone the proverbial light on the viewing public. The long night was over. The Beatles had conquered America. For the next two and a half years, John and Paul, (together with George and Ringo), would travel, eat, rehearse, write, play, record and “sleep“ (again, not literally) together." ---Ruth McCartney

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"Honeymoon period", "the tender temptations of Jane, Cynthia, Yoko, Lina, May Pang", "they would 'sleep'(not literally) together", "Im certainly not implying anything carnal here"......JESUS

Source: https://articles.absoluteelsewhere.net/Articles/ruth_mccartney.html

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John Lennon, 1972 Paul McCartney, 1976

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Understanding Lennon McCartney Rewatch Part 2.1

Cynthia and John are worse and crazier for admitting what they admitted in the bio. But Jane and Paul are not exempt.

Will forever love this pic of Paul and Julian. He does not look like the fun uncle. He looks tired and dependable. Just stepped out of the womb as a father, didn't he? The sperm that fertilized his egg probably passed some fatherly advice and hair tussles to the other sperm as it passed them. 

They should've bought the fucking island.

They never look more like a couple than when the women they're actually dating are right next to them. 

The India footage actually looks so beautiful. Obviously it's a beautiful place, but they all genuinely look so free and at peace there. It really could've been so good for them. Getting enlightened, getting soberish, growing closer as a band, taking a much-needed rest. It should've been good. 

The music choices in this documentary! The drastic shift from, “all you need is love” and “the dream I had was true” and “I don't need much to set me free.” to Paul leaving to “yes I'm lonely. Wanna die.” “I'm going insane.” “Look at me. Who am I supposed to be?” 8d8 psychic damage. And the thing is it's real. John really did flip a switch, just like that.

Smashing my head into a wall. It's the same as Yoko's quote about how ‘nobody hurt John more than Paul.’ Really Pete? Worse than after his mum died? Really Yoko? More than that drunk cop? Paul, what the fuck did you do to him in India, seriously, because at this point in the doc I can't accept the theory that it was just some lack of communication, I just can't. 

It's also telling to me that when John's losing it, everyone's solution is some time alone with Paul. Nobody panic. Paul can fix him. Little do they know Paul's the one that broke him. Or maybe they do know and that's only another reason they know Paul's the only man for the job?

Old-fashioned ad voice: You liked Protective Jesus Scandal Paul? You'll love Protective LSD Scandal John! Really. Before the question is even out, he's making fun of it. I think he cuts off the interviewer at least three times with jokes before he can get the sentence out, and by the time he is, Paul's giggling too hard to feel bad about his little PR fuck-up.

Then he lets Paul talk a bit before jumping back in, this time with his Hard Man suit on. It's just so good. A testament to their unconditional love, really. Because, clearly, Paul's just hurt John pretty bad. And yet, here John is. Using every trick he's got to defend his friend. 

But actually, though John is supposedly the one everyone's worried about, Paul's doing a pretty shit job of being the “stable” one. This entire press tour he's either fucking blazed and laughing at everything or disassociated and not contributing.

(((except during that political discussion – again! Paul secretly has actual thoughts on actual things?!)))

But for the most part, John's absolutely holding down the fort. I wonder if this is another case of everyone – all their friends and business associates, just like we as a fandom still do now – assuming John is the problem child, and Paul's the strong one, but actually they're both both. 

Back to the political interview. They're just so in sync. Finishing each other's sentences when you're talking about the weather or your shared work is one thing. Finishing each other's sentences on complex topics like why poor whites often vote bigots in or the cause of rampant misinformation is quite another. 

“Letting his dad cut his hair at sixteen, seventeen.” You all know that John hates Jim quote. 

John: so there's war, and vegetables. There's relativity and absolute.  Paul (absolutely smitten): that's great Johnny. Int: that's rather hard for people to interpret. John: well if they can't interpret it now, maybe they will later..... 1. John really was extremely intelligent. 2. That last statement sums up Beatles historiography.

Paul really just Won't be alone with John, will he? Well, two can play at that game, Paul, and John's going to win, let me tell you. 

But he's going to do one last panic grab for attention first.

I really do think if John had done something like that *before* Paul would've given him that attention. Told him he's being insane and taken him home to splash some cold water on him or something and then given him whatever softness Paul was capable of. But not anymore. 

I wonder if Paul could go back to 1966 if he just wouldn't have taken John to that Indica show where he met Yoko. If he would've just said “okay John, sure, let's just stay home and trip on the couch tonight.” I don't know.

Anyway, Yoko gets an A+ for persistence. Imagine being Paul, George, or Ringo, though, and John is suddenly madly in love with this woman whose been begging you all (and then him specifically) for a platform for over a year? It would be weird to say the least. 

John: don't you hate me? I'm crazy, you know. Paul: no I don't hate you. John: aren't you pissed at me now, Paul? Even a little bit? Paul: I'm very proud of you. It's the unstoppable force (“Don't ‘nore me, Mimi!”) vs the immovable object (“I learned to put a shell around me”.) Someone get them some professional help before they nuke the whole world. 

“There is, however, a desire to get power in order to use it for good.” One of those quotes that just really lets you see a person, you know? Benevolent dictator Paul. 

Yoko, why are you talking about how bad your boy doesn't want to fuck you right in front of all his closest friends and on record for posterity? If you have to be talking about your sex life, shouldn't you be lying about how insanely horny he is for you? Oh, right, she will think of that, just not yet. 

And then she waxes poetic about how turned on John is when he's working on music with Paul. Cool. Smart. Thanks for that, though, genuinely.

And Then (gosh, Yoko is such an asset to Beatles history when she's not actively spreading misinformation. Everyone give her a hand) she goes on about how Paul goes out of his way to make her feel respected and even valued. Compare that to John and Linda, anyone? And I want to be clear, I'm not saying this means John cares too much and Paul doesn't care at all, which might be the surface read. I just think John's reaction was to scream in everyone's face that he was in pain and Paul's was to insist ad nauseam that he was fine. You know?

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ideal beatles biopic is an extremely goofy satire nothing-is-serious improvised musical comedy and then randomly in the middle is an artistically shot five minute long gay sex scene and then they never address it again

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“Paul and I have been talking about Brian. Linda rejoins us with fresh drinks, starts to turn away. LINDA: Oh! PAUL: It’s me, I’m your husband, sit down. DANNY: Yeah, sit down, we’re talking about the movie The Hours and Times in which the John Lennon and Brian Epstein characters spend a weekend in Spain in 1963. And the premise is that Brian is in love with John and that they have sex. That’s implied, it’s not on screen or anything. PAUL: Well, I’m sure Brian was in love with John, I’m sure that’s absolutely right. I mean, everyone was in love with John; John was lovable, John was a very lovable guy. DANNY:That’s not exactly what this is about. PAUL: (to Linda) Hey, this is supposed to be your interview. LINDA: Carry on. PAUL: But this is relevant in a way. OK, Brian was a lovable guy. And John was sort of more, you know, very middle class, and Brian was middle class, and they could relate to each other. DANNY: As opposed to working class – John, I mean? PAUL: Yeah, as opposed to working class. So they would kind of know about this, what’s expected of them, a little above people, a little superior. Then Brian invited him to come away to Spain. A couple of the guys whom we knew were sort of gay, with a bit of money, were going to Spain. I think the rest of us were a little peeved not to be invited, because somebody was getting a free holiday here. DANNY: Did you think John was going to have a gay sexual experience, or might have? PAUL: No, no, no, it didn’t occur to us. And to this day I don’t know. Now the gay bit, you tell me what you’ve heard, because I don’t know anything. DANNY: It doesn’t matter what I’ve heard. I want to know now, if you think it’s possible that something happened between John and Brian? PAUL: It’s more than possible, it’s more than possible, but, as I’ve said, ‘Come on, this is the fucking Beatles, everyone wants to imagine everything.’ I never got any clue of anything but total hetero. If I saw John doing something, it would be ass bobbing up and down, fucking some chick. There were no real clues whatsoever of John’s possible gay encounter with Brian. There were other clues, there were what straight people might call sexual deviancies. I wouldn’t call them that. I’d call it a bit of a lad on the loose. You’ve got to remember, we all got out of home, we got out on the loose, we got into the Reeperbahn, we got into London, it was all kind of there, and all possible.”

— Paul McCartney and Linda McCartney, interview w/ Danny Fields, c/o Danny Fields, Linda McCartney: A Portrait. (2001)

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“He spoke the way James Joyce wrote. And to me he was the Beatles. He was always the spark. In a late wee-hour-of-the-morning talk, he once told me: “ I am just like everybody else, Harry, I fell for Paul’s looks””

— Harry Nilsson, on John Lennon (via ksenonna)

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Octopus’s Garden fan art

ig: @giorgio.draws.things

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happy its like you and me are lovers 24th of january

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me when i finally meet paul mccartney and get to talk to him

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happy its like you and me are lovers 24th of january

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Read someone saying that John and Paul had normal hetero relationship, because apparently every staright male friends be slight homoerotic like that, and I felt so offended.

Look bub, John Lennon and Paul McCartney had anything but normal friendship.

The good thing is...we have them being "normal slightly gay" with other friends like the wanking sessions, or even the whole inner Beatles dynamic.

John made Paul fluster by asking him about what they were doing in India while simmulating fel***o with his microphone. That is not normal behaviour.

John wrote the lyrics of If I Fell, a song he had already written and had even recorded a demo weeks prior, on a Valentine's Day card and gave it to Paul. It wasn't a spur of the moment, "oh my god he's such a genius" thing. The song was ready! It was the final lyrics even!

Even the The Divorce, that was about John leaving The Beatles, was ultimately targetted at Paul. Like almost everything about the split can be boiled down to his relationship with Paul in contrast with his relationship with Y*ko (No, not implying it's Y*ko's fault, she was just there, being John's love interest instead of someone else). It didn't have to be like that, but there was a tension so dense about it that it only makes sense when viewed as "we broke up and now we're both seeing someone else and we're doing our best but we can't stand for much longer" sort of thing.

No, John and Paul is just not like every other slightly homoerotic straight friendship. They were soulmates and they knew it, who knows how much they did or didn't fought the feelings that undeniably came with it. They surely poured it into their songs, go have a listen. They wrote them together.

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it's not that I'm a mclennon shipper.

I'm a mclennon truther.