The Infamous “if I Was A Girl, Maybe I Could Go Out And…” Paul Quote Is So Insane To Me Because

such a small syntax thing but paul writing ‘john and i and yoko’ in this bit of the lyrics is soooo telling and crazy. even though grammatically it should be ‘john and yoko and i’ he still can’t bear to separate himself and john/give yoko credit before himself/see john and yoko as an entity. he’s literally putting himself in between the two of them, whether consciously or not.

John Lennon is slowly taking over my mind I don’t know how to feel I’ve been drawing him and listening to his albums so much

On January 16 1980, Paul McCartney and the Wings arrived In Tokyo for upcoming 11-dates Wings tour in Japan. Customs Officials found 219 grams (7.7 ounces) of cannabis in Paul’s luggage and arrested him.

Paul was sent to the local jail and spent 9 days there while the Japanese government decided on what to do with him. He was facing a possible seven-year sentence for smuggling if convicted.

"When the fellow pulled it out of the suitcase, he looked more embarrassed than me. I think he just wanted to put it back in and forget the whole thing, you know, but there it was. I didn’t try to hide it. I had just come from America and still had the American attitude that marijuana isn’t that bad. I didn’t realize just how strict the Japanese attitude is. I made a confession on the night I was arrested and apologized for breaking Japanese law, but they still wanted to know everything. I had to go through my whole life story—school, father’s name, income, even my medal from the Queen." Paul McCartney

While in jail, Paul was known as inmate #22 and impressed the guards with his politeness. He passed the time with exercising, talking to other prisoners and overall, Paul said he was treated well. On the sixth day, Linda was allowed to visit, giving him clothes and new books.

"It’s really very silly. People certainly are different over here. They take it so very seriously. Paul is now in some kind of detention place and I have not been allowed to see him. As soon as they get someone nice like Paul, they seem to make a field day of it! I’ll never come back to Japan again. It’s my first trip and my last!" Linda McCartney

On the eighth day, the Japanese government decided to immediately deport Paul without charges. On January 25th, Paul was released from the jail, placed in a car and was driven straight to the airport when Linda, his children and fellow Wings members were waiting for him and flew back to England.

George Harrison was the only Beatle to send a telegram to the McCartneys during the nine days:

Thinking of you with all love. Keep your spirits high. Nice to have you back home again soon. God bless. Love, George and Olivia.

According to a housekeeper of the Lennon's, John's supposed reaction was, "If he really needs weed, surely there's enough people who can carry it for him. You're a Beatle, boy, a Beatle. Your face is in every damn corner of the planet. How could you have been so stupid."

Years later, Paul has acknowledged the foolish of his decision and the challenges he faced during that period. Paul did return to Japan in 1990 for a tour without incident.

Photograph of John Lennon taken in the late Stuart Sutcliffe’s studio in Hamburg, Germany | April 1962 © Astrid Kirchherr (I) (II) (III)

George Harrison and Paul McCartney at Abbey Road Studios during the recording session for “Happiness is a Warm Gun” during the making of the White Album. Photographed by Linda McCartney circa September 25-26, 1968. Linda Enterprises Ltd. © Paul McCartney (https://www.lindamccartney.com/)

I have still never recovered from how efficiently aidan quinn suspends your disbelief in the opening scene two of us. at first you’re like idk he doesn’t really look or sound at all like paul but then he pulls out the little facial mannerisms and suddenly you’d recognize that man anywhere

sorry but i’m just too shy to draw dicks..so here they are in the underwear. Paul is “the man” this time.

GEORGE HARRISON The Beatles: Get Back (2021) dir. Peter Jackson

(Order of people from left to right: Linda & Paul McCartney, Bebe Buell and Mick Jagger, Ava Cherry and David Bowie.)

“Someone’s knocking at the door…”

“We decided to find a permanent home in New York in May 1974. My cramped studio on East 89th was fine for a pit stop, but it wasn’t going to work for the long term. While John was working on Pussy Cats, Eddie Germane, general manager of Record Plant Studios, told us there was an apartment available in his building.

The address was 434 East 52nd Street. The apartment we looked at was called the Penthouse Tower B. When we opened the front door, we were greeted by a steep staircase that led up to a rooftop apartment.

[…]

We brought in a platform king-size bed and the largest-screen TV available in those days: a twenty-seven-inch Sony Trinitron. Our bed became “Lennon Central”- with the cable box, telephone, and sound system all within reach. John dreamed his hit song “#9 Dream” in this bed.”

– FROM MAY PANG’S INSTAMATIC KARMA (2008)