#lennon english

[culturalappreciator]

[lennonenglish]

Surely (Answer Me)

“Surely (Answer Me)” is an #Afrofuturistic #SoulFusion #Music groove from the distant futures of M👁️ past. Mother Earth is awake and shifting and moving. Everything is about to change. Put this on the timpanic membrane & Follow the light…

[midasmen]

an assortment of polish beatles-related posters i could find!

A Hard Day’s Night, Waldemar Swierzy (1965) / A Hard Day’s Night, Unknown, (1965, as it looks to be a poster used by polish movie theatres to dictate individual showtimes) / Help!, Eryk Lipinski (1967) / Yellow Submarine, Zygmunt Bobrowski (1970) / Unknown, Waldemar Swierzy (1978) / Yellow Submarine, Waldemar Swierzy (2009)

BONUS: VERY STRANGE poster from 1985 by Waldemar Swierzy. i wish i knew the context.

[doyoulikethissong-poll]

John Lennon - Imagine 1971

"Imagine" is a song by the English rock musician John Lennon from his 1971 album of the same name. The best-selling single of his solo career, the lyrics encourage listeners to imagine a world of peace, without materialism, without borders separating nations and without religion. Shortly before his death, Lennon said that much of the song's lyrics and content came from his wife, Yoko Ono, and in 2017 she received co-writing credit.

"Imagine" peaked at number three on the Billboard Hot 100 in US, and number one in Canada on the RPM national singles chart, but was only first issued as a single in UK in 1975, to promote the compilation Shaved Fish, and reached number six on the UK Singles Chart that year. It later topped the chart for four weeks following Lennon's murder in 1980.

BMI named "Imagine" one of the 100 most performed songs of the 20th century. In 1999, it was ranked number 30 on the RIAA's list of the 365 "Songs of the Century", earned a Grammy Hall of Fame Award, and was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's "500 Songs that Shaped Rock and Roll". In 2023, the song was selected for preservation in the United States National Recording Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant".

"Imagine" received a total of 54,6% yes votes.

[icriedforthemoon]

I feel so comfortable on Tumblr because you guys GET IT.

Like, I got insulted for calling Paul a twink (people can't take a joke anymore what the hell) and I can share fanart i wouldn't share elsewhere for fear of being judged as obsessive or weird. I like to make AUs ok???

But like, especially on the McLennon part. If I mention that I might believe that something had happened between Paul and John I would be publicly executed for being a perv or something LMFAO (literally received death threats I'm not joking). I love history and analyzing facts so I can have my own opinion.

Also I like feeling like I belong and you guys help a lot <3 thank you Tumblr community, we can be insane about 4 gay British men together 🫶🏼

[j0h4nne]

I don't usually publish my drawings, this is my first, I hope it doesn't look like a ham I did my best LOLL

[bigbreadpedlarandconnelwaldron]

im so glad that they collaborated and made these wonderful songs together that aren't just songs they hold a special memory every single one of them. I'll never be the same person i was before I started listening to the beatles and that's something im glad to be

[bambi-kinos]

I wonder what you think of if think they ever saw themselves together as (secret) gay couple, like marrige,boyfriends or was it more like "we are friends and song writing partners" that happend to do more "drunk things together" and that's what messed it up in the end, or do you think it was a pulling-pushing type of relationship? like did they break it up more than one time, all the time and the final drop was India?

Sorry for bad English!

John and Paul have a few things going for them and against them with regards to their perception of their relationship:

Pretty much any sexual activity between men was permitted without it being "gay" or "queer" or anything like that so long as the men involved didn't admit that they were gay. I guess kissing and penetration is what makes sex acts gay or queer to the early 20th century guy who was jerking off with his mate in the back of a car or whatever. Since this was just "getting off" and it was kept far away from their wives and families, it didn't count as gay. This means John and Paul grew up at a time where it wasn't considered particularly bad to get off with your mate, do frotting and handjobs/blowjobs, whatever. It definitely wasn't something that you talked about openly (that's indecent) but it didn't make you a gay guy either. Even now in TYOOL 2024 men are weird about this and insist that getting aroused and climaxing with other men is not sexual at all and definitely not gay. That means that John and Paul had a large, large gamut to run without ever having to call themselves gay. My opinion is that they did not call themselves gay or queer, or acknowledge that side of themselves for the beginning stages of their friendship. I think Paul has always had some inkling or self knowledge but honestly, from 15-18 years old that doesn't mean much lmao. I don't think John figured himself out for a longer period of time because he already had so much stress heaped on his plate, there was no need for him to add concerns about his sexuality onto them. If John and Paul were doing anything "extra" in addition to the group wanks at this early stage then they just tossed it all under the "boys will be boys" column. And if everything stayed that way then nothing else would have happened.

Then they go to Hamburg. It's a brand new continent and a brand new world. This is where they see crazy ass sex stuff and more importantly, they encounter men and women who don't wrap delusions around their sexual activity. This is where they met gay men, lesbians, transgender people, cross dressers, etc. We can't know what it was really like but the point is that Hamburg was a huge turning point for them and it turned John and Paul from simple provincials into much more sophisticated sex havers. John got off with crossdressers and kissed other men on the mouth; Paul found a boytoy and comforted himself with his presence when John-and-Stu became too difficult to bear. I doubt they considered themselves gay at this stage but their minds were broadened in a big way. They were exposed to different lifestyles and mindsets. And they had to learn fast and get used to it because their livelihoods depended on that.

After this, things become more slippery slidey. They could very well have gone on this way forever, doing gay sex stuff and refusing to call themselves gay. Except then Paris happened and neither of them forgot it. It never left their heads. Something happened there that we don't know about that, memories that they cherish. Who did John give a pearl necklace to considering there's no mention of him and Paul hooking up with ladies on this trip? Why did John hold on to the memory of couples tenderly kissing each other for so long? Why did John and Paul come back exploding with life and energy? It's almost as if something happened where they convinced each other that they were a sure thing, that they could depend on the other one no matter what. That there was something else for them that wasn't just being mates or being part of a band. And the rest, as they say, is history.

They didn't understand what they were to each other for a long time but that's because they were teenagers. It was a genuine friendship that they built in the beginning which honestly? I'm really glad that they had that. I also think that it's exactly this which lead to their relationship lasting for so long.

Like, John's problem was that he jumped into relationships and intimacy too quickly and it inevitably blew up in his face somehow. Paul's problem is that he's too cautious and he holds everyone at arms length. But by having a concrete friendship to build off of that they grew over time and through ups and downs, they ended up becoming each other's steady. It gave them stability and a deeper relationship that they never really managed with other people. That means that, for a long time, John and Paul would call themselves "mates" and it would be completely accurate. It wasn't until much later that the sex stuff started and then when it did, they still had the strength of that initial friendship to rely on.

When it comes to the "push/pull" dynamic you mentioned, they did have their ups and downs where they got used to "crisis moments" to pull them back together after being emotionally distant from each other (and I do have thoughts about that). But I don't think they went through a series of break ups and "we're back together" moments. I think that their relationship simply strained and strained and strained until it finally snapped under the weight of everything they couldn't bring themselves to say. I don't think they suffered any serious moments of breaking up once they put 1960 Hamburg behind them.

There are lots of people who think that John and Paul never figured out their mutual attraction due to their upbringing and while this is a possibility I do not think this is true at all. John Lennon and Paul McCartney are the most revolutionary minds of the 20th century, I don't believe for a second that they were just sitting there and didn't understand what was happening to them. I absolutely think that they figured out that they were queer and in love with each other. Maybe it was in 1961, maybe it was in 1967, but they did eventually figure it out.

The problem for John and Paul is that this revelation did not make their lives better and freer. It arguably made their lives much worse. I don't know if they could even consider the possibility of being together in some capacity because of the sheer virulence against homosexuality in the 1960s and that they were both raised to think that it was moral depravity. We can see that this provided roadblocks for both of them: John and Paul had to get wasted in Key West to simply say the words "I love you."

On the third hand, they did have examples of homosexual men like Victor Spinetti, who was apparently in a committed relationship with another man, to look at. Once they got to know Brian, they were introduced to the world of gay men, not all of whom were married to women. This once again broadened their minds and they had the revelation that you could just go off with another man and be his steady.

John and Paul would probably have liked it very much if they could be a couple together with their version of fidelity in the works. I doubt they would have made a legal commitment to each other in the form of marriage (their business relationship was certainly much closer than trivial marriage documents) but they would have liked being romantic partners. The roadblocks to this were 1) John's son Julian 2) their status as public figures 3) their upbringing telling them that this was wrong.

I have no doubt that John revealed something to Paul in India, more than his 🎤. As one of those revolutionary minds of the 20th century, John may have offered something similar to the above paragraph to Paul, hoping that if he presented it all of a piece then Paul would have to answer sincerely, from the heart. After all, John could be sure that Paul loved him, right?

Well. We know what happened after that.

[relaxedstyles]

The Beatles perform David Frost's theme music ...

[cartoon-beatles-blog]

I just had a dream where I met the whole fab four!! It was their time together when they for some reason decided to remember the time in the band (everybody were alive in the dream) and to sing and play some songs with everybody

I heard "Hey, Ringo"!!! That one never finished song that George made for Ringo! I wish i could carry music from the dream to the real world haha, because I liked it. From other songs there were a lot of songs from the White Album and I heard Good Night with John Lennon's vocal. Thanks, dream, for such a treasure!

After some time I realized "Wait. What am I doing here? Also it's *their* time together, I'm definitely an extra person here and maybe they didn't say anything about my presence because they don't want to be mean." So I left saying goodbye to everyone with a smile on my face

Later I was at grandmother's house and excitedly told to my grandfather what just happened. He didn't respond anything. I decided to go home (why it was happening in the small town in Russia?).

But of course I wanted to back to fab four. I remembered that there was hot place so i thought it'll be nice if I'll buy mineral lemon water for them and just came there, left it and go home. (Dreams are weird yeah)

While I was walking in the dark streets, my dad called me and asked where I am. Before I responded, I heard noises that remind me Gameboy Advance crash sound. So i got scared and I woke up

So because of the dream, I met fab four, I heard "Hey, Ringo" (the mood of the song was as in "Living in the material world") and I heard "Good Night" with John Lennon's vocal

Awesoooome

[t4bb1th4]

Doctor who the devils chord English book doodle dump

[lennonenglish]

Gratitude For Supporting Me As I Heal

[george-harrisons-last-biscuit]

I basically put the Beatles in my lesson plan for my ESL methods class.

Also one of the things I think about about is John Lennon and his attitude towards school. I think if John Lennon was put in a classroom environment that was student focused and supportive he probably wouldn’t have barely passed high school.

Idk I like to think if he was in the classrooms I see nowadays he wouldn’t have struggled so bad. Our education system isn’t perfect but it’s a lot more researched based than it was when he was in school.

[warmrevolver]

Doodled Johnny on my essay and got this back as feedback from my english teacher… he thinks he’s SOOO funny *eye roll*

[tilbageidanmark]

From B3ta

[kavalyera]

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