June 11, 1964 || Paul At The Group’s First Australian Press Conference In Sydney.

This is a clip from the BBC interview Idris Elba did with Paul McCartney. It was produced by Mary McCartney. I just thought these were interesting visuals to put with this song.

“At the beginning it was very hard, knowing that we were going in there to do this track with him. It was pretty emotional. He wasn’t there. I loved John. We had to imagine he’d just gone for a cup of tea, that he’s gone on holiday but he’s still here. That’s the only way I could get through it.”

Ringo Starr, The Beatles Anthology

John, Julian and George

Is it true that after recording "real love" Paul took jeff lynne in his arms and said "oh john, give us a kiss"?

It didn’t happen during “Real Love” recording, but during  ‘Free as a bird’ recording. Jeff Lynne said it in 2007, in an interview for Q Magazine.

At the end, after he heard ‘Free As A Bird’, Paul gave me this great big hug and said, ‘Oh, John, give me a kiss.“

The Beatles Anthology - Director’s Cut

The Beatles - “Day Tripper” (1965)

You could almost be forgiven for thinking “Good Night” was mine, because it’s so soft and melodic and so un-John. I believe John wrote this as a lullaby for Julian, and it was a very beautiful song that Ringo ended up singing to the accompaniment of a big string orchestra. I think John felt it might not be good for his image for him to sing it but it was fabulous to hear him do it, he sang it great. We heard him sing it in order to teach it to Ringo and he sang it very tenderly. John rarely showed his tender side, but my key memories of John are when he was tender, that’s what has remained with me; those moments where he showed himself to be a very generous, loving person. I always cite that song as an example of the John beneath the surface that we only saw occasionally. I think that was what made us love John, otherwise he could be unbearable and he could be quite cruel. Now that I’m older, I realize that his hostility was a cover-up for the vulnerability that he felt, and if you look at his family history it’s easy to see why. But this is an example of that tender side.

Paul McCartney, Many Years from Now

Three camera angle set-up of John singing “and if somebody love me like she does” while looking at Paul because why not?

Early Paul McCartney song lyric and a doodle.