Kinda based on this photo
People questioning the whole re-release of Now and then 50+ years after the Beatles broke up is missing the point. The song is a gift to us who are lucky enough to enjoy the magic of the Beatles, of course, but it was never made for us. Alexis Peditris described this perfectly in the last paragraphs of his review for the Guardian:
This is McCartney letting go. This is him saying one last proper goodbye to the people he loved the most, the music that defined his life, his past mistakes, his wrong choices, his "what-ifs", his family, alongside Starr, the only person who knew exactly what it was like and who's been on this journey with him together.
This is the end of 40 years of grieving that began when that gun was fired in front of the Dakota in 1980 and continued when Harrison left them on a bed in his house in 2001.
This is him, at 81 years old, knowing this could be his last decade singing the songs that he wrote with John and George because there in the songs there will always be a part of them with him, and finally being at peace with it.
This is him saying,
Thank you for the good memories.
Goodbye.
Now and theeeennn……..
John looking mischievously Paul while the pretty boy is oblivious
Jeremy just wants to escape from the creepy hug
Bonus
Paul is so happy to fly, he is too much innocent in this movie, a wild John behind him as usual
John: [about his haircut] I've had it on and off for five years. Paul: Yeah. You should've seen it off.
I'm so normal about Banshees of Inisherin
Happy 50th anniversary to the last known photography of George and John together.
November 12th 1974.
It was the morning that we recorded 'Arrow Through Me'. The night before had been a particularly long one, it was the only time he ever spoke about it, nothing about his relationship, it was just more of a feeling that I had than anything, that he just missed that closeness... just a perception. My God, he misses John - that it was a huge hole in his life.
- Steve Holley [Wings' drummer from 1978 to 1981].
can we all just stop a minute and consider how extremely ready for hot girl autumn john lennon was in september 1966?
what would you do if this darling amie sent you a telegram saying:
Come too quickly. Stop. Try again. Stop. Am waiting in Paris. Stop me if you’ve heard it. Stop. Stuff yourself with artichokes and live. Stop. Don’t stop. Stop.
It would get me out of my stoner dome, I tell you what.
the beatles biopic casting announcement
IT'S TIME FOR THE MAKE OVER MONTAGE