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muzaktomyears · 3 months

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messages from Paul McCartney and Yoko Ono on the 40th anniversary in 1997 of the Woolton church fête where John and Paul first met

John, Paul & Me Before the Beatles: The True Story of the Very Early Days, Len Garry (2014)

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A MESSAGE TO WOOLTON FROM PAUL MCCARTNEY

Ah yes, I remember it well.

I do, actually. My memory of meeting John for the first time is very clear. My mate Ivan Vaughn took me along to Woolton here and there were The Quarry Men, playing on a little platform.

I can still see John now - checked shirt and slightly curly hair, singing Come Go With Me by The Del Vikings. He didn't know all the words, so he was putting in stuff about penitentiaries - and making a good job of it.

I remember thinking 'He looks good - I wouldn't mind being in a group with him'.

A bit later on we met up; I played him Twenty Flight Rock and he seemed pretty impressed - maybe because I did know all the words.

Then, as you know, he asked me to join the group, and so began our trip together. We wrote our first songs together, we grew up together and we lived our lives together.

And when we'd do it together, something special would happen. There'd be that little magic spark.

I still remember his beery old breath when I met him here that day. But I soon came to love that beery old breath. And I loved John. I always was and still am a great fan of John's. We had a lot of fun together and I treasure all those beautiful memories.

So I sent you all in Woolton and Liddipool my best wishes today.

And thanks for remembering - there's no way that when we met here we had any idea of what we'd be starting. But I'm very proud of what we did. And I'm very glad that I did it with John.

I hope you all have a wonderful day and God bless all who sail in you.

PAUL MCCARTNEY

MESSAGE FROM YOKO ONO

What a sweet celebration!

Yes, the meeting of John and Paul was an important event not only for those of us who loved their songs, but for the whole world which went through a social change for the better as a result of their words and music.

John's first thought as Paul showed him what he could do was: "Okay - this guy is good and already the girls are flocking around him - not around me! So if I let him in, he'd going to be a tough one to handle - but I'll have a strong band."

So John took Paul in. I think this story is important in that it shows as a creator and a leader of the band, John went for getting a strong band rather than having an easy time. And John was only a teenager. What a brain! What a guy!

By the way, it's interesting that the meeting took place at a church. Also, the main bulk of their songs were recorded in Abbey Road Studios, in London. Am I the only one who thinks of these coincidences as interesting?

John and Paul were traveling minstrels, who spread the word of love throughout the world. Through their songs, they brought the energy of love to the then gray world, which was still coping with the aftermath of the second world war.

With their words and music, John and Paul showed the world that law and order was not necessarily the most important force in the world. Love was the power and the energy that could change the world. And it did.

But it all started at the Woolton Fete forty years ago. As you celebrate this day, the world joins you in your celebration. Those who cannot come physically to Liverpool join you in spirit. It's a nice day to celebrate and I thank you for doing it. Peace.

#'and when we'd do it together something special would happen'#'he's going to be a tough one to handle'#'so john took paul in'#paul mccartney #yoko ono #john lennon #there's also messages from the queen and tony blair ghjskdhgdksl

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good-to-drive · 8 months

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SO I managed to get the iconic millennial PC game The Oregon Trail 5 (a la “you have died of dysentery”) working on my laptop, and for obvious reasons* I'm fascinated by both The Beatles and the Donner Party so naturally I've decided to take The Beatles on the Donner Party route. *I'm a big fan of suffering.

They're leaving Independence, Missouri in June 1846 just like the Donner-Reed Party, and are headed for what is now California. John is in charge (I imagine he wouldn't go otherwise) so if/when he dies it's game over.

(btw I don't want to clog up anyone's dashboard so you might want to block the tag 'the beatles oregon trail 5' bc I'll tag everything with that.)

#the beatles oregon trail 5 #sorry I took the picture with a potato screenshots crashed the game #I mean it's 22 years old and I'm running it on windows 11 so that's fair #the beatles #the oregon trail #the oregon trail 5 #the donner party #the donner-reed party #paul mccartney #john lennon #george harrison #ringo starr

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beatleswings · 3 months

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THE BEATLES performing "I Want to Hold Your Hand" on THE ED SULLIVAN SHOW. February 9, 1964.

#finally!#gif'd all their performances #took forever but it was fun to do!#happy 60th anniversary to their first appearance!#precious smiley boys #i love them so much #the beatles #john lennon #paul mccartney #george harrison #ringo starr #the ed sullivan show #<- go to that tag to see the previous gifsets!#1960s #60s #1964 #my gifs #beatlesedit #thebeatlesedit

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elvispresley · 10 months

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The Beatles singing Ticket To Ride in the movie Help! (1965)

#it took me 2 hours to make this so please appreciate it 😭#i feel like mobile ruins the quality but whatever. i tried.#the beatles #john lennon #paul mccartney #george harrison #ringo starr #help!#1960s #1965 #movie #classic rock #beatlesedit #edit

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javelinbk · 6 months

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The Beatles interviewed by Stuart Hutchison for 'Move Over, Dad' in Plymouth, 13th November 1963 - part 1 (part 2, part 3, part 4) (x)

#john always there with a drugs joke #must be a preludin reference right?#love the way the others laugh at the idea of paul's collapse #wasn't so funny yesterday though was it johnny?#and it's not suspicious at all how john is now ill #I'm sure he just took really good care of him #really good #paul mccartney #john lennon #george harrison #ringo starr #the beatles #november 1963 was just the best month #november 1963 #it was sixty years ago today #javelin's gifs

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pennielane · 9 months

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Baby's In Black THE BEATLES in MUNICH, GERMANY — June 24, 1966

#tbh he might not say 'everybody' but it's the most likely unless he's saying something in german? but it sounds quite unintelligible to me-#-so just took my best guess #a professional in lip reading i am not #the beatles #mine #paul mccartney #john lennon #george harrison #ringo starr #jp #mclennon

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reflectismo · 1 year

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“I heard a lot of that stuff [‘I’ll Build a Stairway to Paradise’, Paul Whiteman Orchestra, ‘Chicago’] and I think that filled my computer with data. So that when I came to print out later, it was all in there. One of the great things about me and John was we both had that. We talked about some of the songs we liked, and he liked ‘Little White Lies’ … The night that you told me! Those little white lies! I knew that, so it gave us little bonds. That was his print-out. So when we came to write together we had similar print-outs, similar data from our upbringing. People tended to think of John as just a rebel or something; there was this whole other side to him that I liked, and that allowed me to get on better with him than if he’d just been a rebel.”

— Paul McCartney, interviewed in 2019.

#Paul McCartney #John Lennon #(So much love)#(His point about similar data points from our upbringing)#(Reminds me of one reason why I think John really liked Here There Everywhere so much)#(Paul has said before that Julia would often teach them new tunes and in the later Beatle years)#(Him and John often tried to write songs with the same feeling as the songs she taught them.)#(And he mentions that Here There Everywhere was one of those songs that took that inspiration.)#(Which I suspect John would recognize. And perhaps cherishing the song a bit more because of the similar data point/memory they both shared)#(They were so connected in music and Get Back just reinforced it for me)#(Especially when they went back to singing old tunes)#Flaming Pie #The Beatles

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m1ssunderstanding · 3 months

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On the John/Paul opposite roles thing, Paul said himself a couple of years back: "[John] could be quite caustic and witty, but once you got to know him he had this lovely warm character. I was more the opposite: pretty easygoing and friendly, but I could be tough when needed." That kind of thing can be easily oversimplified but I do think in broad strokes it's true. I guess that's another way they worked well together: they both had their soft and hard sides but proportioned in such a way that they balanced out well and made up for where the other lacked when working towards the same goal.

I do think their "armours" for the world served their purposes well too. The image the press takes is always going to be crude caricature of whatever you show regardless, I just wish more of the people doing the deeper dives would recognise how misleading extrapolating purely from their public faces can be. But I guess many of them just don't want to let go of their tough-John soft-Paul images for various reasons. The general reaction to Get Back was somewhat encouraging along those lines though, quite a few journos made note of how Paul drove forward and John supported the band in ways that go against those preconceived images.

Thanks for finding that quote anon. Every once in a while Paul is able to articulate a coherent introspective thought and this is one of them. And you sum it up so well. They could both be both but in exactly the ways and amounts and times that the other lacked.

And yes. They did too good a job with their suits of armor. Not only are they extremely difficult to penetrate, but they are so attractive that no one wants to open them for fear of damaging the pleasing exterior. You're right. Even supposed experts "don't want to let go of their tough-John, soft-Paul images". It's a very marketable story they created. The trouble is, it's not the truth. Luckily the trend seems to be with younger, non-casual fans, and with a select few creators of docs, pods, books, and articles, that we actually are interested in the more complex humans who created and wore the armor, why and how they created it, etc.

#thanks for the ask!#I really love that you took the time to find that quote and share your thoughts #It's so fun to me to discuss this stuff with you all #paul mccartney #the beatles #john lennon #mclennon

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nilla-bear · 4 months

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#hamish linklater #father paul hill #midnight mass #father john pruitt #having so so many thoughts about this screencap i took #hands mmm

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silverfoxstole · 7 months

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Paul as Mark North in Luther, Series Five Episodes Three and Four.

#'don't drink all the orange juice and don't get blood on my sofa!'#poor innocent mark #you'd think by now he'd know that wouldn't be the worst-case scenario with these two #as is proven not long later when he gets held at gunpoint #sees someone shot dead in his living room #and is locked in a freezer #paul mcgann #ruth wilson #idris elba #luther #i haven't seen a lot in the way of gifs for this final series so i thought i'd work backwards #my gifs #mark and alice look remarkably well for two people who should probably have been suffering from at least mild hypothermia #it took john a while to get to them

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grxtsch · 1 year

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happy birthday geo <333

#george harrison #the beatles #beatles fanart #george harrison fanart #john lennon #paul mccartney #ringo starr #classic rock #classic rock fanart #this literally took less than a day im so happy with it #he lowkey looks like roger waters but no hes not so 🫵🫵#my art

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muzaktomyears · 2 months

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When we met the Beatles they were undressed and dripping with sweat

That day the Beatles were playing, all kitted out in black ties, white shirts and black trousers. It was so hot and crowded in the Cavern that, as usual, sweat was dripping off the ceiling, but we didn’t mind. The Beatles’ rhythm and harmonies were so tight and focused that we couldn’t stop dancing. They played covers of Barrett Strong originals, like Some Other Guy and Money. They did a raucous version of Twist and Shout, and wild rock’n’roll songs like Chuck Berry’s Roll over Beethoven and Little Richard’s saucy Long Tall Sally. More than ever, we wanted to be up on stage like them, playing our guitars and making the crowd rock.

After the set Wooler [Bob Wooler, the Cavern’s compere and DJ] said, “Come on, I’ll take you to meet the lads.” It was so exciting. He grabbed us and we threaded through the audience backstage where George Harrison was standing in the corridor talking to a very good-looking blonde girl. He was wearing a fantastic black leather coat, and later walked out of the Cavern with her, already like a rock star.

In the dressing room John Lennon and Paul McCartney were in their undies, getting changed. They were drying themselves with towels because they had just come off stage and were dripping with sweat. They were very handsome. Apart from our brothers, we’d never seen men in underpants before, so us four teenage girls just stood there staring at them. They were very down to earth, and Paul was particularly kind.

“Hiya girls, y’all right?” he said, while John sat there looking at us in a way that was direct and penetrating.

Bob Wooler told them, “This is the Liverbirds, they’re gonna be the first all-girl group.”

“What a great idea,” said Paul, but Lennon was sarcastic. “Girls don’t play guitars,” he said.

After we left the dressing room we huffed, “The cheek of it! We’re going to prove him wrong.” Years later we found out more about Lennon, that although he often made sardonic comments he was also sensitive and intelligent, an artist who regretted his disdainful treatment of women in his early career. “We can’t have a revolution that doesn’t involve and liberate women. It’s so subtle the way you’re taught male superiority,” he said in 1971, in an interview with Tariq Ali and Robin Blackburn for the underground paper Red Mole. It’s clear his feelings about women evolved, but we also wonder if what he said that day in the Cavern dressing room was meant to test us, provoke us into making a success of the band. If so, it certainly worked.

from The Liverbirds: Our Life in Britain’s First Female Rock’n’roll Band by Mary McGlory and Sylvia Saunders (source)

#thanks for that image! :)#the beatles #the liverbirds #paul mccartney #john lennon #(this took place in '63 so i'm not sure why the article has a '62 image but oh well i like it so i kept it)

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good-to-drive · 8 days

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