IT'S TIME FOR THE MAKE OVER MONTAGE

big fan of them actually, they know what they're doing

Guys, guys stop being gay, Ringo is going to get killed because of that ring, guys-

2003: The Quarrymen talk about Paul and the immediate influence he had on the group. 

LEN: I think he was, uh, he was quite a clever lad actually. Quite good, you know, at languages and maths and stuff, he was quite bright. I think he was under an obligation if you’d like to his father Jim in a lot of ways to do well at school, because his mum passed away fairly quickly. So Jim wanted him to do well and I think he felt obligated to progress in school.

COLIN: Paul would have allowed John to feel that he was the boss anyway. Paul wouldn’t have gotten head to head with John, but Paul would have got his own way if you’d like, carefully, by maneuvering and perhaps letting John think it was his idea. I think that’s the way Paul was.

LEN: I think it was part of his characteristic, really. Part of his characteristic. You know, when we started off as The Quarrymen, we were a gang of scruffs, we could dress whatwe’d like, checked shirts, anything we would like. But I’m pretty sure it was Paul’s idea that one night at Clubmoor we dressed a bit smarter – you know, the white coats and the black ties. I think – it wouldn’t be John’s idea. John was more interested in the music and the entertainment. “We can dress what we like as long as we’re enjoying ourselves.” But I think Paul was more… I don’t know. Image-minded, you know. Worried more about the image.

COLIN: Paul was very much the diplomat. He would never get a quick answer off Paul. He would always think about what was the right answer; not what the answer should’ve been, but perhaps what you wanted to hear.

The Magical Mystery Tour!

Why I’m obsessed with this scene from Get Back - Part 3:

A very human Paul McCartney being nervous and anxious about the progression of the project.

Paul’s only responding to John and discussing his worries with him and remains quiet while the others talk.

Several people trying to talk to John but his eyes constantly shift back to a silent Paul (of course the camera decides to zoom in on John’s face at that moment)

John’s attentiveness and trying to talk Paul through his worries.

George’s coat.

Paul McCartney selecting John Lennon’s “Beautiful Boy” as one of his Desert Island Discs for the programme, broadcasted on January 30, 1982.

(Why did I only just realize he’s singing along to the “it’s getting better and better” lyric. Reminiscent of a Beatles song with that title perhaps..? I chose pain today.)

RINGO STARR lighting PAUL MCCARTNEY’S cigarette, early 60s

On this day 54 years ago (April 25, 1967), the Beatles began recording the song “Magical Mystery Tour”. The song would become the title of their third film, the surreal and psychedelic Magical Mystery Tour. The film was burned by critics, citing a lack of coherent plot line and sloppy acting. The movie was Paul McCartney’s attempt at motivating the band to work again after the untimely death of their beloved manager Brian Epstein.

Today in McLennon… Quotes where they are compared to famous love affairs

“John and Paul are essentially a legendary world-changing love affair that ends in heartbreak — like Burton and Taylor, but with no touching. They are the thing the other was looking for. A major part of their lives was settled the day they met at Woolton fair — they were completed, reborn and undone with each other.”  (Caitlin Moran)

“Out of the mouth of anyone else, “John” is just a name, a mere monosyllable. But when the name is uttered by McCartney, the ghostlike presence of John Lennon suddenly descends on the evening. Lennon’s name, so simply invoked by McCartney, takes on the power of a talisman, conjuring up an entire shared cultural scrapbook of images defining musical collaboration and the purest of camaraderie. McCartney owns the pronunciation of “John” the way Katharine Hepburn made “Spensah” Tracy her own.” (Interview with Paul McCartney, 2001)

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