Honestly is such a good song and her voice is so gentle and warm
The McLennon song that ruined my day, now here to ruin yours
Grief is a crazy crazy beast
They should have recorded this masterpiece
1963 the beatles perform at the beatles christmas show, at the astoria cinema, finsbury park, london, new years eve, dec.31st
They are oblivious as usual, nothing new in the west
I love this clip. george and ringo are exactly two and a half seconds away from murdering them.
[John] was so excited about Yoko’s arrival that he could not stop talking and the subject on his mind was sex. He said that working always made him very “horny” and that he could not wait to “jump Mother’s bones.” He told me that when he appeared on stage with the Beatles, he would often demand that a female fan be held in the wings so that he could have a “knee-trembler” – which was Liverpool slang for quick stand-up sex – before or after the performance (or, occasionally, even between songs). “I was always obsessed with sex,” John confessed. “I’d run after girls and feel them up, put them up against a wall, that sort of thing.” He said he lost his virginity at age fifteen with his first girlfriend, Barbara Baker, a buxom, buck-toothed beauty. John then described the deflowering. “Barb wasn’t wet and I had a hell of a time shoving it in,” he said nonchalantly. “I was frantic to get inside her, and when I couldn’t, I got so frustrated and angry that I started to curse her: ‘You dumb cow, what’s wrong with you? You’re tight as a rat’s ear!’” John paused, shook his head and smiled. “It wasn’t her fault, of course. But what did I know? I was just a weird, psychotic kid covering up my insecurity with a macho façade.” Ruminating about his clumsy, often violent approach to love-making, he said that he never used to engage in foreplay; he would immediately attempt penetration. “I had no idea you were supposed to take your time,” he laughed nervously. “I thought the idea was to get in and out as quickly as possible.” He also told me that he would sometimes write his girlfriends erotic letters. “I wouldn’t be surprised if they show up one of these days, hopefully after I’m dead.” John paused briefly to sip the beer a light a fresh Gitane. “I think after my mother was killed, I felt betrayed by all womankind,” he continued. “I used to have fantasies about torturing women to death. I still have a lot of violent fantasies, but I manage to keep them under control.” He said that if he let his imagination run wild, he would imagine crucifying women, actually nailing them to a cross, and then disemboweling them. “It wasn’t until I met Yoko that I realized that men didn’t have to be aggressive, didn’t have to be macho, that men could be gentle and tender. That’s the lesson Yoko taught me.”
John Lennon: Living on Borrowed Time, Frederic Seaman (1991)
✽ Brian Epstein & George Harrison ✽
‘Strangers find him an easy conversationalist because he is a good listener and shows a genuine interest in the outside world. He wants to know and I find this an endearing trait in a young man who is so successful and so rich that if he never learned anything new he would not suffer any loss.’ - Brian
‘We didn’t think we were going to make it at all. It was only Brian telling us we were gonna make it. Brian Epstein our manager, and George Harrison.’ - John Lennon
‘From the beginning we’ve always met the right people. Before we got wise to the business, we heard and experienced so many sharks who were raking in the loot and paying the groups nothing. […] But this is where I can give an example of our luck: we were lucky to meet Brian Epstein.’ - George
‘I always think of George as a friend.’ - Brian
He is so versatile he is even a dancer
middle aged man tries to dance. 100 injured 50 dead
Now and Then: The Last Beatles Song - isolating John’s voice
Lennon-McCartney
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A little bit more of my Beatles art. I’ll try not to spam you all with too much of it…I’m sure most of you are here for SPN!
Just what is with the tension between John and Paul at the Plaza?
Paul not making eye contact with John as he walks past
John whistling in response because he, as we all know, doesn't care
George and Ringo's smiles immediately dropping when they see John come over
John barely able to raise a smile at Ringo's joke
What is going on?!
Weird behaviour between John Lennon and Paul McCartney at the Plaza Hotel, New York, February 1964 - part two (part one)
This is the take of (Just Like) Starting Over that includes the line
"the time has come the walrus said for you and me to stay bed again"
I have read about this take before, but the links to it are always dead. So I was super excited to find it.
I've decided not to credit my source for the sake of their privacy, but I hope they know I'm very grateful.
Full lyrics (my transcription):
Take 3
Our life together Is so precious together We have grown We have grown
Although our love is still special Let's take a chance and go away Somewhere alone
It's been too long since we took the time No one's to blame I know time flies So quickly
But when I see you darling It's like we both are falling in love again It'll be just like starting over Starting over
Everyday we used to make it, loveSo why can't we be making love It's easy
The time has come the walrus said For you and me to stay in bed again It'll be just like starting over Starting over
Why don't we fly off alone Spend a weekend at some old motel A little place without a phone A second honeymoon would do us well
Well well well well well
It's been so long to take the time No one's to blame I know time flies So quickly
But when I see you darling It's like we both are falling in love again It'll be just like starting over Starting over
Our life together Is so precious together We have grown We have grown
Although our love is still special Let's take a chance and go away Somewhere alone
Why don't we fly off alone A dirty weekend in some low motel A little place little place without a phone A second honeymoon would suit us well
Well well well darling
Ever think we used to make it love Why can't we be making love It's easy
The time has come the walrus said For you and me to stay in bed again It'll be just like starting over Starting over
Let's take a chance and go away Somewhere alone
In the third one they were clearly enjoying poor Georgie. Flirty Paul in leather was ready for that moment
beatles photos where it looks like they’re trying to dispose of a dead body