I Never Realized John Joined Paul On The Stairs. I Thought John Had Left By Then. Good Show Of Support.

Paul gazing at John in the Beatles’ Rain music video

Gorgeous

PAUL MCCARTNEY being interviewed after the Beatles received their MBEs from the Queen; October 26th, 1965.

Great picture

The Beatles

Looks like rehearsals just after Ringo joined

Young Beatles at the Cavern Club

McCartney didn't give two hoots about being cool, about being a social rebel. In particular, he couldn't care less that he was not John Lennon.

We cringe to think that he can have fun making A Wonderful Christmastime with absolutely no embarrassment whatsoever.

How dare he not despise the world and not torture himself?

An almost Lennonesque arrogance, one might think, but carried out by McCartney with a sense of fun so guileless that he is hated for it.

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Imaginative storytelling is nothing less than the basis of all art and science.

McCartney's songs tend to be blown like bubbles and have a life of their own. He watches them at play with a certain detachment. [...] Even when profound they often have a sort of tenuous, weightless quality. This I believe is part of their peculiar charm.

The meringue-light medium is the message.

It is almost physiological. Prick him, and a song wells up.

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Truant Boy, by Martin Shough

I just love hearing Paul sing Oh Johnny Johnny over and over and over again

So I just spent the last 4 hours painstakingly updating the lyrics to I don’t know (Johnny Johnny).

I only subbed what I could confidently hear and what I thought was really accurate. Please do enjoy :)

Also I have no idea if this is gonna get removed by tumblr or something but it’s worth a shot 🤷🏻‍♀️

‘It’s a more expansive, inclusive version’: how women reshaped the history of the Beatles

For decades, academic appreciation of the fab four was an overwhelmingly male pursuit. Meet the female scholars, musicians and podcasters redressing the balance

A great article on a topic of great interest!

So ridiculous.

Psychotherapist Hugo G. Beigel analyzes the sexual appeal of the Beatles. Circa 1964.

“The last time John Lennon set foot on a concert stage, it was Thanksgiving 1974, making a surprise appearance with his friend Elton John at a sold-out Madison Square Garden. When he and Elton cut “Whatever Gets You Thru” together, Elton proposed a bet - if it hit Number One, John would sing it with him live. John agreed, never thinking he’d get called on it. But he was. The performance sounds shaky - John’s all nerves after a few years of hiding from live shows - but he steps up there to mach shau with Elton, doing the hit as well as Elton’s remake of “Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds.“ John announces, “We thought we’d do one last number so I can get out of here and be sick. This is a number of an old estranged fiancé of mine called Paul.” They do “I Saw Her Standing There,” their big finale. Even in the raw recording Elton released as a B-side, you can hear John get caught up in the crowd’s excitement. It’s his night to shine - onstage in New York, for the first time in years and the last time ever. Why is he doing a Paul song? Why is he making this moment about him and Paul, when all anybody wants is to cheer and shower John with love? But in the middle of the crowd, he calls Paul’s name.”

— Dreaming the Beatles by Rob Sheffield