Bye George

what is the story behind your blogs header photo (if you know it)? i love it and it raises so many more questions than it answers😭 is that john on the ground with paul ?

ahhhhh it's one of my fave beatle photos!!

i don't know if there's a specific story to this night, it just looked really fun. it's them playing at the top ten club in hamburg. i just adore the energy of it though. the way paul and john are singing and playing to each other and just feeding off each other's delight, and it's so much fun that george and stu are also smiling just watching them. it really captures how infectious their joy for playing is. also just the rare occasion when they're not matching, so they really look like any random band, it's very humanising. paul's dressed like an IT guy! he doesn't even have a guitar at this show (i think his broke at some point in hamburg so he was on piano and drums for the rest of their time there), he's just singing! it's very informal in a way.

the composition is so great too. the presiding impression most people have of beatles shows is girls screaming, so it's really cool seeing a couple dancing and completely ignoring them (while being completely ignored back because the beatles are performing for each other). also, if i remember correctly the guy on the bottom right corner is some hamburg ganster, which is really funny. these children are performing to thugs! and having the best time!

the other pics from this night are delightful as well:

The Beatles in Miami, FL | February 1964 © Paul McCartney

"The four of us spent so much time working together that it's good to see us just relaxing and enjoying ourselves." ~ Paul McCartney

Brian as the new teacher at his first day of job in suburban school

Ringo’s ‘I got you girl’ hand: a study

i could never really live without you

so come on back and see just what you mean to me

Can the Baby’s In Black live in Munich 1966 aficionados please stand up.

John and Paul being protective over each other

Sources: ULM vol. 1 Paul McCartney & John Lennon 1968 Full Interview ULM vol. 5 I'm sorry but I really don't remember where I got the discussion about an old Winch :( It was somewhere on tumblr.

Guys new footage...

JANUARY 30, 1969 “I love when Paul jumps up and down on the plank, to see if it’s going to hold his weight. He comes across being as hard as nails. They’re all complaining about the cold, but he’s wearing less clothes than anyone else. He’d like to do a two-hour set—impervious to any temperature whatsoever.”— Giles Martin