#j&p

[paulnnccartney]

“and you don’t stroke hands with guys”

“not unless you’re secure..”

—

ringo is so tired

[icriedforthemoon]

Frankly, I miss Paris.

this piece tastes like tears and unsaid words.

[jawhole]

[todayesterday]

“Some people think John was speaking directly to me [in Now and Then]. And you know what? That is very nice to think about, so I’ll stick with that interpretation.”

— Paul McCartney about being the inspiration for Now and Then to Brazilian journalist Pedro Bial (Dec. 01, 2023) (translated from portuguese version of the interview)

[saint-mona]

I hope Paul McCartney knows there are beautiful stories written in elegant prose about him getting his back blown out.

[undying-love]

"I thought Paul's was rubbish,' opined Lennon, saying that he preferred George's All Things Must Pass. McCartney studied the article with the morbid fascination of a jilted lover receiving a kiss-off letter."

-Fab: An Intimate Life of Paul McCartney by Howard Sounes

"John said that no one ever hurt him the way Paul hurt him. The words suggested a far deeper emotional attachment between the two than the world ever suspected - they were like those of a spurned lover."

-Paul McCartney: The Life, by Philip Norman

[dylarrisoncel]

i'm watching the understanding lennon-mccartney doc series for the first time. im like an hour and a half into episode one. whats everyones opinions of it??

[nowordsmp3]

come on bro...you almost got it you're almost there.....

[paulnnccartney]

“Why can’t men say ‘I love you’ to each other? I don’t think it’s as true now as it was, back in the 1950s and 60s. But, certainly when we were growing up, you’d have to be gay for a man to say that to another man. So that blinkered attitude bred a little bit of cynicism. If you were talking about anything soppy, someone would have to make a joke of it just to ease the embarrassment in the room. But there’s a longing in the lines… ‘if you were here today / and I am holding back the tears no more’. Because it was very emotional, writing this song. I was just sitting there in this little bare room, thinking of John. And realizing I’d lost him. And it was a powerful loss. So to have a conversation with him, in a song, was some form of solace. Somehow, I was with him again.‘And if I say / I really loved you…’ There it is, I’ve said it. Which I would have never said to him.”

- Paul McCartney talking about Here Today; for BBC’s Paul McCartney: Inside the Songs (October 2021)

[icriedforthemoon]

Guys, I'm genuinely curious..

Do you think Paul is self aware of his homoerotic psychosexual relationship he had with John?

I've read a lot of things that are in favour of him being oblivious or him knowing everything and acknowledging it.

I just don't know what to believe, honestly.

[jawhole]

no I'm sorry....I can't be normal about the beatles and I especially can't be normal about John and Paul's relationship bc what do you mean their partnership ( very much a love story ) literally altered the course of musical history.... the beatles being one of the biggest bands in the entire world is just crazy because like. do people even know that at the center of it all is a love story. do they know

[todayesterday]

the fact that the majority of the mainstream coverage about now and then is like “yes this is about paul isn’t that sweet and heartbreaking” is so insane to me and also probably so vindicating to paul. i wonder if this newfound post-get back media acceptance/acknowledgment of their love for each other changes the way paul’ll talk about john in future in-depth interviews. wonder if someone’ll outright (finally) ask him about it in a serious tone instead of “what do you think about this conspiracy theory?”. things are changing in the outsider narrative – i wonder if there will be chances (or more openness?) in paul’s narrative too

[saint-mona]

Fic inspiration....

[dylarrisoncel]

my hungry ass could never be john lennon

[nowordsmp3]

im sorry it's giving cliche fanfiction like if i read this in a fic i'd be like "thats so cliche..."

[todayesterday]

i often find myself thinking about how 1969 was supposed to be the years of john and paul falling out, the years of them fighting and being far away from each other, married to their wives and angry. then get back comes out and the reaction of everyone that watches it, even casual fans, is “oh yes, they loved each other. were they having gay sex? because they look like they were having gay sex”. and that’s for the period where they were supposed to be hating each other. like, i can only imagine what it would be like if something like get back came out but for 1964