I WANNA DIE

wait can you please post the pete shotten quote? im interested in it but dont gave access to the book

since other people asked me to publish it I’ll do it:

“I decided to wait another two days before calling John again; when I finally did so, it was Yoko who answered their private line. Several more minutes passed before John came to the phone, and it quickly became apparent that he wasn’t really taking in whatever it was I was telling him. I could also hear the muffled noise of Yoko talking in the background, causing John eventually to place his hand over the receiver and engage her in heated conversation. “Look, Yoko,” I heard John say, “he’s fucking come over, and that’s that!”

“Not again…” I groaned to myself. “After all these years….” I even toyed with the idea of canceling, but in the end decided that if John and I both wished to see one another, then that should be our preprogative - and Yoko be damned.

Unaware that I’d overheard any of their exchange, John suggested i give them a buzz when I arrived at the Dakota; we’d then proceed directly to his favorite Japanese restaurant.

When John and Yoko emerged into the Dakota’s foyer, both of them seemed unusually uptight - at least with one another. John, moreover, looked far more drawn and pale than he had two nights earlier; and throughout much of the evening, his features were to remain locked in an expression of grave intensity.

His dinner conversation, however, flowed as volubly as it had on the previous occasion - only this time he spoke almost exclusively about mysticism and the occult, while Yoko remained totally mute. He told me about his having sighted a flying saucer over the East River from his apartment window, and described in glowing terms the book of Carlos Castaneda. He also said he believed the theory that we all have two distinct selves - a “little I” and a “big I”.

“Still on the old fucking search, then, John?” I laughed.

“Yeah, Pete” he nodded. “It doesn’t ever seem to end, does it?”

John brightened up somewhat by the time we got back to Dakota, where we chatted in his white living room for another couple of hours. But he was plainly very tired, and since he had another Japanese lesson the following morning, I decided to push off at around two o’clock.

After I put on my shoes, John and Yoko walked me out to the lift. Before shaking hands with John, I gave Yoko a little goodbye kiss: a deliberately cheeky gesture that was nonetheless my way of saying, “Come on, Yoko, let bygones be bygones - there’s really no need for any of this shit.”

“Cheerio, then, Pete! See you again soon, I hope!” John called after me, as the doors of the lift slid back into place.

“Give my love to England!”.

- From Pete Shotton “John Lennon, In my life”

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5 years ago

led zeppelin moments i think about a lot and cherish (not including a lot of their song moments/improvises that i enjoy bc that’d be a lot)

“it’s a song.. of love…” “oh goddd.”

jimmy and the fucking bow during this performance

“i’d like to introduce led zeppelin to you..”

“I think football’s a load of bollocks.”

that time robert was asked about making solo albums and his response continues to break my heart

when robert, jimmy, and jonesy went on david letterman and john paul jones carried the whole interview with his perfect humor

“was there a leader?” and jimmy just sits there giddy and smirking

i just like how smiley and happy jimmy looks here

this whole interview with robert and bonzo

robert being silly

that one interview where the interviewer kept having to cut them off and tell them to speak into the mic. if you know you know.

if you want asmr just listen to jimmy page speak

the headley grange home movie footage

backstage at madison square garden

jimmy and bonzo dancing together while john paul jones plays the organ

“i’m a bit upset that there’s not a pool table..”

gotta get in my daily listening of the bible

“it’s a sign the years have passed by, he’s never complimented me before.”

this 1980 interview john bonham did where he was smiley and laughing

“why am i doing all the talking here?” “bc he keeps asking you all the questions..”

“of course i am in the 80′s i have my own career” followed by an eye roll from jimmy

“here’s a kid that’s getting all the chicks.” “yeah, yeah you’re right.”

jimmy ranking guitar playing

jan. 9, 1970 show. watch it.

madison square garden 1971. watch it.

the stairway to heaven kennedy center honors performance that had jimmy so excited and robert in tears

“oh gosh, i’m also very shy..”

japan 1971 immigrant song performance

please add on more if anyone has any

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innk-kk

3 years ago

I’m dead already

“Paul Plays “Strawberry Fields Forever” At The Piano While John Sits A Few Feet Away, Hunched Over

“Paul plays “Strawberry Fields Forever” at the piano while John sits a few feet away, hunched over his guitar, trying to act cool, pretending this moment doesn’t mean a thing to him.” — ROB SHEFFIELD

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innk-kk

4 years ago

fantastic writing