John Lennon and George Harrison in the Beatles home movie at the Gresham Hotel, Dublin, 7th November 1963 (x)
I think John was quite defensive when he realized that through most of his “career” with the Quarrymen, he had been playing two-fingered banjo chords on a guitar. The thought was tempered by the fact that nobody had noticed. John once told me, “Only that fookin’ McCartney sussed me out. I love him, but he’s such a good musician I could kill him.” – Tony Bramwell Nowhere Boy (2009) dir. Sam Taylor-Wood
George Picture of the Day 4-15-24
George kissing Pattie's wedding ring. So sweet ❤️🥰!
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“Yeah. That line was a joke, you know. That line was put in partly because I was feeling guilty because I was with Yoko, and I knew I was finally high and dry. In a perverse way, I was sort of saying to Paul, ‘Here, have this crumb, have this illusion, have this stroke… because I’m leaving you.’”
- John, when asked about the lyric ‘The walrus was Paul’ in “Glass Onion”. (Playboy Interview, 1980)
1996: Paul talks about the take of ‘Mr. Moonlight’ on Anthology II.
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.
Paul’s message to his most loyal Spotify listeners, 2023
“I luv ya. And…you love me! So, thanks a lot”
JOHN LENNON + PAUL MCCARTNEY 1964, Australia
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]
Beatles in Paris. 1964.
Brian with the Beatles: Parts 1 & 2