Here’s the Let it Be excerpt spliced with the Get back scene. (Basically I synched the original audio with Peter Jackson’s restored film) see this post for more
Look at these children.
““I know for a fact Paul returned to Liverpool a few nights after this a few nights before the vigils for John in New York & Liverpool & was driven around by Taxi at around 2 in the morning to all the landmarks the city that were special to him & John. I know this to be true because my granddad was the driver. Paul told him he didnt want anyone from the tabloids following him so he took the taxi. He went to a place particularly special to him & John & buried something before returning to the taxi & breaking down. He actually told my granddad how bad he felt about the “it’s a drag” comment but he had flash bulbs, autograph hunters etc in his face & he was too Ill to be interviewed & my granddad reassured him that the people of Liverpool were pissed off at the media for cornering him & not for the “it’s a drag comment” adding that John would have understood. He also told my granddad that his hair had turned gray over the course of a few hours after being told & he was expecting to be ridiculed in the papers for it. My granddad dropped him off at a location, he went inside & got a huge hamper & gave it to my granddad & gave him £200 & wished him a merry Christmas. We still have the box & the envelope.””
— A comment under a Youtube video about The Beatles Reaction to John Lennon’s Death. I know that comments like these are usually not to be trusted and sort of impossible to verify, but for some reason this particular one sounds believable to me. Details sound true. What do you think?
Who is the weirdest Beatle?
They all were 💖
I am a big fan of @orphanbeat's analysis. They really all were different types of weird, and I adore them for it.
Ringo is the sort of kooky uncle/grandpa that makes strange mspaint art that stirs up feelings of profound awe and fear and falls asleep in the middle of the family bbq and eats broccoli for breakfast.
George is a strange little gremlin. A gnome living in your garden. The scarecrow on the farm. The philosopher that lives in a cave to recieve visions from God but emerges every other hour for a snack.
Paul is a bizarre man. Throat kissed by an angel. Too much energy stuffed in a human form, and his seams are about to snap at any given moment. He hops onto a stage and you see those threads strain. He's not quite attached to the earth. This is his brain, but it's always in motion.
John is a weird raccoon man. A crazy cat lady. Something a grandmother would knit on a weekday morning. A trembling teacup of emotion. Take the calming painting in your therapist's office and put it inthe microwave... John is the result. He is a gangly puppet that will offer you his strings himself.
"This blurring of sexual lines was part of the creative mix of the culture, but it also had its dark side. The homoerotic subculture had as a nasty by-product a virulent strain of misogyny. .. the [redlands] trial and acquittal bonded Mick and Keith--but it created a very odd dynamic. For Keith it was just an alliance within the group, but for mick it was a lot more than that. It has all the irrationally and passion of a love affair. Lennon and McCartney had a similar bond between them".----Marianne Faithfull
Marianne Faithful with Paul
yeah imagine
Paul’s message to his most loyal Spotify listeners, 2023
“I luv ya. And…you love me! So, thanks a lot”
I stumbled upon this in the mall once (lured over by a large Magical Mystery Tour poster in a clothing store window), and it's probably my favourite article of clothing. A $450 (CAD) band shirt that will most likely be identified as a band shirt by nobody, even without a jacket.
PAUL: As long as you’re this close all day, something grows. And then when you’re not this close all day, just physically, something goes.