Got Frustrated So I Drew Yaoi To Ease My Nerves

Paul came across in 1963 as a fun-loving, footloose bachelor who turned on his charm to devastating effect when he wanted to manipulate rivals, colleagues or women he fancied. (...) He had enormous powers of persuasion within The Beatles. He would get his own way by subtlety and suaveness where John resorted to shouting and bullying. John may have been the loudest Beatle but Paul was the shrewdest. I watched him twist the others round to his point of view in all sorts of contentious situations, some trivial, some more significant, some administrative, some creative. George told me that when he joined Paul and John in the line-up of The Quarry Men in 1958, Paul was already acting as though he was the decision-maker in the group. According to George: "I knew perfectly well that this was John's band and John was my hero, my idol, but from the way Paul talked he gave every indication that he was the real leader, the one who dictated what The Quarry Men would do and where they should be going as a group." This made sense to me because, from what I saw for myself in 1963 and later, Paul's opinions and ideas tended to prevail with The Beatles, particularly on matters of musical policy such as whether a new number was worth recording or whether the running order for the group's stage show needed altering slightly. I didn't see any of the others resist him. They seemed to welcome Paul getting his way by winning arguments with John. When Paul wanted something badly enough from Brian Epstein he would speak softly, wooing the man rather than intimidating him. Epstein's defences would melt away as Paul looked him straight in the eye. In terms of song lyrics, Paul's idea of romantic was 'Michelle', John's was 'Norwegian Wood'.

John, Paul, George, Ringo & Me: The Real Beatles Story, Tony Barrow (2005)

bugs

the one time mclennon doesn’t top and tail it

Hey hey hey I heard it’s McLennon day

Happy july 6th for those who celebrate

The Beatles - picture sleeve from Portugal - 1967.

klausvoormannofficial: October 9th is John's birthday. Thinking about him it makes me sad. The two of us have shared so many unforgetable experiences e.g. our concert in Toronto 69.

When John called me to join his new band, I didn't know that our first concert as the Plastic Ono Band was supposed to be in Toronto the next day. When I asked him how we were going to rehearse in this short time, he said: "No problem, we'll have at least 8 hours to rehearse." I answered: "But the flight to Toronto takes 8 hours?" John answered: "That's exactly what I mean."

John Lennon • October 9, 1940

Photographs by:

Cynthia Lennon / Yoko Ono / May Pang Kishin Shinoyama / George Harrison / Ringo Starr Paul McCartney / Astrid Kirchherr / Linda McCartney

McLennon Memes (Pt. 2/?)

(Pt.1)

✨VAMPIRE PAUL✨

I know George’s our vampire bug, but I kinda got obsessed with this idea and wanted the others to be vampires too, this one was supposed to be John btw, but Paul came out

It was a quick one. Hope y’all like it