#Ringo knew

[got-ticket-to-ride]

During the recording of Revolution. 1968. After India. The mood on Ringo and George's faces is indescribable. "Here we go again..."

[punklovrgirl23]

100000% George & Ringo knew…do doubt I my mind & by the time Get Back was a thing, George was over it with both of them which I can kind of understand lol cause John & Paul make me insane 🥹🥹🥹

I’ve been wondering whether if anything happened between John and Paul in India, how much Ringo and George knew about it.

I feel like it would’ve been hard for them to keep it under covers (lol) and just say ‘oh we had a row’, because they all had rows all of the time. They needed something to explain a reaction that strong (Paul leaving early, John writing happy songs and then the most heartbreaking ones the second Paul leaves). Ringo left early too and I know it’s always said it was because of his issues with the food but somehow it would be very like him to support Paul like that.

There are so many scenes of ringo and Paul in get back where ringo is quietly supporting him and showing him affection which you can clearly see the man desperately needed (‘and then there were two’, ringo hugging him, ‘good morning rich!!!’ and then playing their happy tune on the piano together, ringo saying he wants to go on the roof after George gets pissed off at Paul who’s trying to keep everyone happy etc etc)

I’m not saying everything Ringo did was to soothe Paul but he does seem very aware of what’s going on? I think ringo’s view on everything is the least discussed which is kind of sad, really.

Something else that really stuck out to me is the expression on Ringos face after Paul seems to say ‘the cameras’ when ringo is hugging him. Paul indicates that he wants ringo to stop but not because he’s not comfortable, but because it’s dangerous for them to be seen so comfortable. Ringo doesn’t seem afraid of that one bit, he hugs the others all of the time. But Paul’s paranoid and ringo respects his wishes immediately. I think Paul’s very weird about touching men so he might have said that because he wasn’t comfortable? I don’t buy that, though, he and ringo hugged a lot and still do, their relationship seemed more physical than for example Paul’s and George’s. So, if Paul truly only meant ‘hey man we can’t be seen like this’ and he was more paranoid than ringo, why was that? They were both in heterosexual relationships at the time and I’m guessing both had only brotherly feelings towards each other. Ringos expression seems annoyed in an empathetic and understanding way, as if he’s thinking ‘paul you idiot you have nothing to worry about’ with an eye roll and a platonic kiss on the head.

So it made me think, if something happened in India, might the others even have known about it? Might ringo have thought back to it and been like ‘Paul nobody thinks you shagged John’ (which…I mean they do) in an affectionately annoyed way? I really don’t know please someone discuss

[javelinbk]

John Lennon begins to realise that Paul McCartney is broken. The Beatles, interviewed by Jeremy James for Day By Day. Portsmouth Guildhall, 12th November 1963 - part 2 (part 1, part 3)

[pennielane]

GET BACK, PART III — Ringo doesn't talk much, but when he says he's not going abroad, they are not going abroad. And when he says "I wanna go on the roof", they're going on the roof. (x)

[elvispresley]

John Lennon looking extra fine in Austria (1965)

[ringosmistress]

[fiiction-fixates]

think yall would appreciate knowing I am using the Beatles in my essay about moral panics

[klazje]

things i knew abt the beatles b4 i got into the beatles:

-circlejerk

-paul lighting a condom on fire in germany

-john lennon womb envy

-something homosexual is going on between those two

[crystalpallette]

get you a girl who can give you everything

this started a long long time ago when I made a joke about how sega should put ringo in more dresses, and then my friend reminded me that oh yeah!! I can do that instead!!! and then one thing led to another and we joked about punk ringo and I drew that too. using ringo like a dressup doll is so cathartic it's kinda crazy

some bonuses (original designs, timelapse) under the cut bc I like these designs!! I might do some more with them!! please disregard the band poster in the first second of the timelapse that's something else!!!

[spockvarietyhour]

The Sad Tale of Henry The Engine, Last Week Tonight "Train Derailments" (2023)

[tanglecolors]

I love their dynamic sm lol

[zingaplanet]

✨️ So Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr officially has the cutest -hey man it's been 62 years I'm the only one who knows all your shit- chaotic bestie vibes on social media✨️

[paulic]

petition to have Mads Mikkelsen play GM in upcoming Beatles movies

[javelinbk]

Brian Epstein teaching the 'Beatle bow', Midas Man (2024)

[nevereverywhere]

Paul McCartney Interview 1982

Q: "Let me ask you what everybody wants to know. How did you feel when you heard the news about John's murder?"

(at that precise moment my cassette auto-stopped)

PAUL: "You see, your cassette didn't even like the question. (laughs) Listen, John would be the first guy to laugh about that. How did I feel? I can't remember. I can't express it. I can't believe it. It was crazy. It was anger. It was fear. It was madness. It was the world coming to an end. And it was, 'Will it happen to me next?' I just felt everything. I still can't put into words. Shocking. And I ended up saying, 'It's a drag,' and that doesn't really sum it up."

Q: "Were you actually still close to him?"

PAUL: "Yes, yes. I suppose the story was that we were pretty close in the beginning when we were writing stuff together. We felt alot of sympathy for each other, although on a personal level, based on a lot of stuff that went down later, I obviously wasn't that close to him. To me, he was a fella, and you don't get that close to fellas. I felt very close to him, but from alot of what he said later, obviously, I was missing in the picture. But anyway, I felt very close to him then and when the Beatles started to feel the strain towards the last couple of years, it was getting to be a bit of a strain and we were drifting more apart. I think the kind of anchor that had held us together was still there. I think that we all, in a way, started to get really angry with each other, annoyed and frustrated, but we were still very keen on each other, loved each other, I suppose, because we had been mates together for so long. Like Ringo says, 'We were as three brothers.' It's that kind of a feeling. I mean, I didn't realize that, but Ringo would tell me later, 'You are like my brothers, you lot.' We all knew that there was some kind of deep regard for each other."

Q: "When the rift started, it was more like a divorce, like a love/hate relationship, coming apart. Is that true?"

PAUL: "Yes. It sounds weird when you use that analogy because then it takes on another meaning. But yes, it's true. What I mean is that there was that kind of deep feeling and deep heat. (laughs) Then we started arguing about the business and we just started to drift apart, as you say, like a kind of divorce. The bitchiness set in and everyone started going, 'Oh you say that, do you? Well, I'm really gonna let you know what I've been thinking all these years.' And we tended to go over a little bit over the top, I suppose. So it started to split apart. We got very estranged because John went to live in New York with Yoko and they were very much their own couple and there weren't many people that could get into that thing. I really think that was one of the best things that ever happened to him, for his personal happiness. It wasn't too easy for all of us, because he was sort of leaving us and going off on a new life and, whether you like it or not, we felt that each one of us had been each other's crutches for a long time. Then, with John moving away, there was a lot of bitchiness carrying on."

"I talked to Yoko the day after John was killed and the first thing she said was, 'John was really fond of you, you know.' It was almost as if she sensed that I was wondering whether he had... whether the relationship had snapped. I believe it was always there. I believe he really was fond of me, as she said. We were really the best of mates. It was really ace."

Ray Bonici for Canadian music magazine Music Express

the whole interview

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