#happy mclennon day

[handfetis]

In my life, I love you more

On July 6th, 1957– John Lennon and Paul McCartney met at St. Peter's, Woolton's Parish Church in Liverpool. Changing music history forever <3

[dimetrodonz]

july 6th 1957

[exhausted-think-bucket]

Paul's first glimpse of John as described in The Day John Met Paul by Jim O'Donnell

A small shred of grass away, both thumbs in the corners of his peg-legged pants pockets, another teenager is also having fun. Fifteen-year-old guitarist Paul McCartney listens for a rock and roll heartbeat; looks down Lennon’s throat for inflammation of the lyric. He finds the older teenager’s health to be solid as a rock. This may be a garden party, but McCartney can tell that the guitar player is not garden variety. In frisking Lennon’s technical knowledge, he follows the guitarist’s fingers and deciphers the fact that he’s playing banjo chords. In taking an inventory of Lennon’s singing background, he can tell that Lennon doesn’t know all the words to all the songs. The young man makes note of and accepts these limitations. But, laserlike, he transpierces the limitations—sees past the banjo chords and wrong words and comes up with other perceptions. To start with, Lennon’s creative extemporaneousness etches itself across McCartney’s mind. He likes how Lennon makes up words on the spot—suffuses the music with a teenage Liverpool touch. In addition, without even knowing all the words, the guy still captures the triumph of each song.

Secondly, the fifteen-year-old is taken by the concrete actuality of the band—the simple fact of its existence in the real world. Here’s a cluster of local blokes—around his own age—up on a stage playing not-half-bad rock and roll. And thirdly, McCartney realizes that, for the first time in his life, he’s looking at someone who cares about this crazy new music as much as he does. He knows that he and Lennon share a good friend—rock and roll. He can tell that they both listen to the same sounds and, more importantly, hear the same messages. And, most importantly, the music really matters to them. It has been one thing for McCartney to hear the music on the radio or on records or to see it in the movies or on stage, or even to see local bands that fool around with it. But he can tell that this guy isn’t fooling around. This music means something to Lennon—and he means business. McCartney holds a sharp eye on this fellow who is in his own age group, in his own city, and playing his own music. It is as if Lennon is incarnating the music for McCartney—rendering the sound waves into something as real as shore waves; taking the notes McCartney hears in each ear and bringing them together into sharp focus behind his eyes, lifting the music off the radio air-waves and putting it into Liverpool air. The deeper mysteries of rock and roll begin to crystallize behind McCartney’s long, dark brown eyelashes.

[mysweetmustaine]

HAPPY MCLENNON DAY!!!!! 🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳

[whenyourbirdisbroken]

Fics for your McLennon Day Celebration!

Here are some recent-ish (completed) fics that I've been reading on repeat recently:

Past Tense by paisana

tomorrow, i'll miss you by moeexyz

The Jumper by merseydreams

Double Fantasy by javelinbk

Bermuda by obstinatrix

I Don't Care Too Much by notgrungybitchin

Read them to get into your McLennon feelings today!

[theoldmixer]

17 & 20 for the mclennon asks <3

17. What’s the thing about them that makes you tear up?

I think just the tragedy of it all. Like this post that goes around often comparing them to brokeback. I swear one day I'll finish my bbm inspired fic!

20. Which (non-Beatles related) songs always make you think of them?

I have so many playlists for fics and JP vibes but in keeping with the theme of the first question:

[lord-pain]

My cheri my pau pau

[adriennefrombrooklyn]

I would like to go on the roof

Happy Birthday Ringo [July 7th, 1940]

[sgtpeppers]

I heard if you go to a church fete today and say mclennon three times, you'll meet someone who will change the entire course of your life and you'll love each other so much and cause each other soul crushing amounts of pain. so you know, be careful out there

[ringosmistress]

happy global beatles day everybody

[paulmccartneyexplodingonstage]

“I’d just sit around and hug him forever.”- Paul

or, alternatively

That one fucking couple that every high school had

[pitchthepeach]

The Beatles

[franklyimissparis]

the way that both john and paul describe 6th july 1957 is soooo “sailor sees girl across crowded dance hall and vows that one day she’s going to be his wife”

[exhausted-think-bucket]

Today is McLennon day, yes, but it's also International Kissing Day and there's just something about that

[mysweetmustaine]

HAPPY MCLENNON DAY

[ghostie-boo]

"I know I'll often stop and think about them,"

Happy McLennon Day <3 Here's to 67 years of the greatest musical duo to ever walk the Earth