Candid Style Photos Of The Boys During Their Paris Shows In January 1964. These Photos, Taken By Harry

real talk paul mccartney is such a resilient guy if my mum died when i was a teenager and then my manager died at the peak of my fame forcing me to take a leadership position that all my bandmates/brothers would hate me for and then leave me and write songs talking shit about me and then my closest friend/songwriting partner/ex lover was shot outside his home and then my beloved wife and other musical partner died relatively young (of the aame disease that killed my mum) and then my baby brother died a couple years later (also of cancer) i wouldnt even be a recluse i would just kill myself.

In 1965 [the Byrds] toured England and Paul invited us to his club, the Scotch of St James’s [sic]. He sent a limo to pick us up. He said he had been listening to our music. We were blown away. He took us for a ride through London in his Aston Martin, at great speed. He was really hip, he and John were so tight it was like one person at times. Unlike the Byrds, [where] Crosby would just leave you out to dry, the Beatles all defended each other to the hilt. If you criticised, say, George then they would all respond.

[—Roger McGuinn, in Paul McCartney: Now & Then, Tony Barrow and Robin Bextor]

[John and Paul] sort of had their own way of communicating. Hardly anything was spoken, they just knew what the other wanted or was getting at and they had the most amazing talent. […] Paul was an awesome musical presence. He was, like, ten feet tall with music and it was everything: folk, rock, musical hall, choral, it was all there. He was like a different animal with Lennon. When they were together they became something else, more than just the two of them together. That communication was incredible. It was like two high-speed computers just fizzing between each other.

[—Steve Miller, in Paul McCartney: Now & Then, Tony Barrow and Robin Bextor]

The first attempt at “I Saw Her Standing There” from The Lyrics

(v. 1 p 327)

You’re just seventeen You act like a queen Your…..are beyond compare So how could I dance with another When I see you standing there.

i’m sorry…

YOU ACT LIKE A QUEEN?

Also, totally gender neutral. It started out totally and completely gender neutral.

Candid photographs of John Lennon and Paul McCartney during a press conference in New York City to promote The Beatles’ newly formed Apple Records on May 14th, 1968.

GEORGE HARRISON and PAUL McCARTNEY in THE BEATLES: GET BACK (2021) dir. Peter Jackson

Honestly, forget about India. I need to know in detail what occurred on that New York trip if we’re getting headlines from 1968 magazines like this:

Continuing yesterday's post. This is take three of "My Life" the early version of "(Just like) Starting Over". The lyrics were completely different from the final version. The early version shows the romantic plea, the offering of one's life to someone you love deeply. In the vein of "Can't Help Falling in Love With You" - "Take my hand, take my whole life, too"

Hey it says pause on the…. Argh! My life. Take three. Where is the mic? Oh, there it is. My life take it, it's mine to give Take it, let me live in you My life, take it, it's yours Do what you will, I dedicate it to you. What's the use in waking? If you're not there To share the dreams and nightmare My life, take it for better or worse Why waste time? We both know Together is the only way we'll make it Anyway, take it, my life. My life is you. What's the use in waking? If you're not there To share the dreams and nightmare I've only myself to… I've only myself to give For better or worse I dedicate, My life to you.

These pictures together are really good!

3 years can sometimes make quite a difference, can’t it?

The Beatles and George Martin in EMI studio 2, 27th February 1964. Photos by Dezo Hoffman

The Beatles and George Martin in EMI studio 2, 28th February 1967. Photos by Henry Grossman

john lennon’s word association questionnaire, 1976.

paul mccartney, the lyrics, 2021.