#paul mccartney
PAUL McCARTNEY, CBS Studios, New York, 1970.
“We like to say Apple is high and rising” says Lennon grinning, although his clashes with his song writing partner McCartney led to much publicised inevitable break-ups.
“Oh, I speak to Paul on the phone,” says John. “And someone told me Paul said we were only a decimal point from settling everything.”
“But I wish he would just send me a letter now and then…with all the legal stuff we’ll be tied together for a long time to come.”
“John Lennon: The Beatle in exile” by Ivor Davis for Daily Express (November 1973).
Interview for Melody Maker by Chris Welch (September 1975).
They both fascinate and exhaust me all at once.
1967.
From the Abbey Road hardbound book, included in the 50th anniversary Super Deluxe box set.
Ringo’s quote really hits hard.
One of my favourite little stories of ‘The Lost Weekend’!
Clip from the documentary, “The Lost Weekend: A Love Story”, premiering at The Tribeca Film Festival on June 10.
I’ve seen this footage a few times but not in this quality so I’ve only just noticed…is that a painting of John and Paul behind Dick James in their Apple office?
- Paul’s computer art.
- Macca, Hazza and Lennie.
Linda and Paul. From the 1975 Wings Over The World tour program.
Heather, Paul and Mary. Photo by Linda McCartney.
Paul McCartney on holiday in Corfu, March 1969.
John and Paul perform during the Beatles concert at Johanneshov Stadium in Stockholm (July 1964).
I remember a young man once, looking in through Mum’s net curtains. Our kid said “I’ve just met this bloke and we’re working together. He’s my new mate, called John, he’s coming round.” He looked a bit cool - he had sideburns, ‘sidies’, and skintight jeans, ‘drainies’. Dad wouldn’t let us have drainies, though our kid found a way to get around that! And I thought, “Whoa, it’s gotta be this John bloke.” That was the first time I met Johnny Moondog, here in this room.
Those two boys had an affinity. I always got on with John, like my brother did, because we all had tragedy in our lives at an early time. We had a natural understanding of what it is like to lose someone at that early age, and we had our own way of expressing it.
– Interview with Mike McCartney for National Trust Magazine (Summer 2022)
FromI, Me, Mine by George Harrison.
Three standout points:
- George was not playing around when it came to pushing the boundaries of fashion as a teen.
- The fact that George/Paul/John were sharing clothes since the beginning…so many questions.
- Pretty cheap and sloppy: A look.
Trying to read through an old article about Paul and George at the Liverpool Institute but these photos and accompanying captions just took me out.
I think about this interview at least once a month.
Reading about Paul’s time at the Liverpool Institute and wondering why we don’t talk about Paul’s close friend from the ‘Inny’ Ian James more often. Especially considering Ian has provided quotes like:
“What brought us together as soulmates was our love of music.”
And:
“Paul and I would walk to my home from school and sit in the back yard where I taught him his first chords, before he bought his own guitar, and I’d change the strings around so he could practice. I still have the guitar although it’s barely playable now.”
And:
“Immediately following the Skiffle craze, Rock ‘n’ Roll arrived and we couldn’t get enough of it. We’d go to all the travelling fairs where they played it non-stop and where we wore our infamous matching white jackets (with sparkles in the material) and drainies [fancied being the British Everly Brothers].
And:
“Paul and I would visit all the record shops in Liverpool and know all the female staff by name. They would play us all the R ‘n’ R and R & B records that had just been released. I remember the record shop where I bought my first rock record—the double-sider Don’t Be Cruel/Hound Dog. Paul was with me at the time and he was with me when I bought Lend Me Your Comb by Carl Perkins which I’ve probably still got in the original 78 rpm.
Which decades later resulted in:
“On the last visit to his office I walked up the last flight of stairs and just as I turned the corner into his office I heard the strains of Hound Dog blasting from the juke box he keeps in one corner. A nice thought from an old pal.”
Plus:
Picture of Paul strumming Ian’s guitar in his office at MPL in London. Note the vintage photo of Ian propped up on the guitar – the same photo seen above.
“Show me a video that describes The Beatles.”
The video:
“The Beatles were shown two episodes [of their cartoon series], I Want To Hold Your HandandA Hard Day’s Night, and two sing-alongs. Lance Percival was listening closely to the reactions of Paul and Ringo since he was their voices in the series. Paul seemed to enjoy it and so did Ringo but Ringo was concerned that they had made him the ‘dummie.’ Lance explained that he was just following the script. John asked why there were no bouncing balls in the sing-alongs like the old time toons. The group was photographed in front of the cartoon mural and then asked some questions by the press before settling in at the tables of food and drinks. Ed Vane, ABC-TV executive remembered the mood of each Beatle during the party. He said that Ringo was very quiet until the cameras started rolling. George was uncomfortable from the start by the blinding flashing lights of Norman’s camera. Paul was very polite and charming, asking incredibly sophisticated marketing questions, and John was the clown, running around on all fours and playing under the buffet table.
Yes, in typical Lennon fashion, John went underneath one of the buffet tables. Each Beatle bodyguard was on their fifth or sixth pint of beer and hadn’t taken notice of where the guys were by that point. Norman Kauffman was lucky enough to be personally involved in the event. He noticed that John had gone under one of the tables. He went underneath to ask if everything was alright. John said yes and that he could do with a bottle of wine if one was available. Of course Norman got a bottle and a glass and poured the wine and chatted with John for fifteen minutes before John’s bodyguard noticed that his Beatle was missing and got very anxious and nervous. Norman actually tried to come out from under the table when John pulled him back and said, ‘let them worry.’ Norman got quite a talking to by his superiors, who thought he should have coaxed John out from under the table a little sooner.”
– “The Fabs Meet The Toons” by Mitchell Axelrod from Beatlology Magazine (Nov/Dec 2004 Edition)
Paul when he realizes it’s been 30 minutes since he last spoke about his best friend Ringo:
bro
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