#linda eastman photo

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#this exhausts me#never knew that 'me' could be pronounced 'the three of us' (via drivenalphabitchpaulmccartney)

#forever fascinating clusterfuck (via goldslick)

#george martin their producer equivocating deftly (via stephantom)

#what homophobia does to a man (via 4headedmonster)

#George Martin throwing his hat into the ring (via underthecitysky)

#george m getting involved in this nonsense#god (via muzaktomyears)

#some of the more insane things paul has said make me feel so sad#like That quote about John no longer being in love with the three other Beatles#hes like no i wasn’t in love with John haha everyone was and he was in love with us three#like bro your mind is WARPED#You’re being a little silly like mentally (via paulic)

#this is so trippy (via meanmistermacca)

#they really did that#the bailey photoshoot#and i think the wives photos are released before these bailey photos bc brian held them back in the 60s#so they are pointedly meant for each other alone#i’ve replaced you#what do you call a love triangle with four sides square doesn’t cover it lol#triangulated#for some reason in my head that’s what it looks like#i just found the year for the j&y one it’s dec 68#not sure when the p&l one is#80s?#paul has some eye crinkles and there’s no bad 70s mullets (via get-back-homeward)

#Linda and Yoko are stronger than I could ever be (via majinmelmo)

#George Martin demonstrating his considerable verbal skills (via crepesuzette2023)

#mclennon is real the only people who deny it are mclennon. lmao (via lazarus-lazuli)

#a comment i saw that was like ‘they got married at each other’ still haunts me#because what was the reason for this#there is no mentally stable explanation (via noreplymp3)

#even as a mclennon girl with terminal brainrot i am too much of a feminist to not be annoyed they dragged these women into their mess#get a job stay away from them (via sohardlovingyou)

#I always said Linda and Yoko should have been Yuri just to like complete every quardrent of codependency (via scary-ivy)

“I only ever asked two people to work with me as a partner. One was Paul McCartney and the other Yoko Ono” -John Lennon “The Beatles are over. It has been exploded, partly by what we have done, and partly by other people. We are individuals - all different. John married Yoko, I married Linda.” -Paul McCartney “I think that it’s like [John] was married to Paul, and now he was married to me” -Yoko Ono “John’s in love with Yoko, and he’s no longer in love with the other three of us.” -Paul McCartney “I don’t think Linda is a substitute for John Lennon, any more than Yoko is a substitute for Paul McCartney.” -George Martin

[lindaslover]

Linda and Paul McCartney on their wedding day. March 12th, 1969.

“ Linda means beautiful in Spanish, and my Linda was certainly that - inside and out. — Anyone who met her, however briefly, was touched by her genuine interest and gentle kindness. —I never stop thinking of her as my girlfriend, even though she became my wife, my children's mother, and my Lady. — The beauty of her spirit never failed to communicate itself to those she encountered, whether they were young or old, male or female, or whatever, they were worthy of respect and so she treated them exactly the same and they invariably felt very comfortable being with her. — Our love of animals was something we discovered, we shared as time went by, and they too enjoyed the same deep respect given to them by her. Her vision of the world was, and is, a simple one. — Love, kindness, respect and thoughtfulness for one another and for our fellow species and a deep distrust of people who neglect these values. I am blessed to have shared thirty loving years with this uniquely special woman, a fact which I will remain eternally grateful for. “

— Paul McCartney on Linda, Club Sandwich - 1998.

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Linda and Paul's Moon Photoshoot

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Janis Joplin. San Francisco, 1967🪷

📸Linda Eastman🌼

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#omg cool#1976#june 19#this is reportedly the day paul & linda recorded pure gold backing track for Ringo so im gonna take that as the photo date barring alt info#linda's photo idk (via the-bluebird-you-need)

#girlfriends sharing clothes <333 (via barelyaveragebarley)

#everything going on in these pictures is unbearable (via wereonourwayhome)

#i <3 lesbians (via planetwaving)

#lesbianas.... (via imeminemp3)

[laurolive]

What is toddler James McCartney trying to tell his Dad?

Ah, the possibilities…

Little James: Daaad, you’re supposed to give me all your attention every second of the day, 24/7 !!!

More:

Little James: Mommy’s trying to feed me vegetables. Quick, daddy, hide me under your shirt!

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Little James: You’ve got three seconds. Give me my pacifier or your shirt is going in my mouth.

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Little James: Daddy, it’s an emergency! My nappy’s gonna need changing soon, and I’m not even wearing one yet.

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Little James: Will somebody PLEASE finish dressing me?

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Little James: I feel a draft. Daddy, lend me your shirt.

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Little James: Don’t worry daddy, I’ll have this shirt stretched into a horse blanket in no time.

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Little James: 🎵 I’ve got a feeling 🎵 … that my nappy needs changing. [Pretend he’s wearing one.]

Little James: That reminds me, where’s my pacifier?

More:

Little James: Daddy, why do I have to give up my pacifier but you get to keep yours?

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Little James: Daddy, I know that’s not a pacifier in your mouth. I wasn’t born yesterday.

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Little James: Either give me pants or you’ll have to hold me like this all day to keep my bottom warm.

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Paul: When James said, “Daddy, I wanna get high,” I was so relieved when I realized he just wanted to be picked up.

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Paul: His first words were “fag” and “pot.” Do you think that’s a sign that I smoke too much around the kids?

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More McCartney Photo Captions

Linda, reading an excerpt of a Paul biography: Paul, you had THAT MANY girlfriends?

Paul, reading an excerpt of a Linda biography: I’m not even mentioned in here at all!

More:

Linda: I can't believe they gave us such a bad review!

Paul: I can't believe they gave us such a good review!

Linda: Are you sure this dance is the twist?

Paul: Yeah, it’s the latest one. You twist your partner into a pretzel!

Linda: I don’t get the joke.

Paul: Linda hon, my 70s facial hair IS the joke… so let’s laugh it up. 😆

More:

Linda: Ho hum, another day, another platinum record.

Paul: Yeah, we can make a platinum record anytime, but this fashion ensemble only comes around once an era.

Paul: Who needs two ears anyway?

More:

Paul: Linda said, “Hey Paul, lend me an ear,” and next thing I know, this was happening.

Paul: She’s the boss. Nothing I can do.

More:

Paul: When the argument gets to the lapel-grabbing stage, I’m just gonna say, “Yes, dear, you were right and I was wrong.”

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Paul: When she says, “Drive my car,” I say, “What time do you want me to pick you up?” I can’t help it. I’m at her command.

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Paul: When she says, “Get back,” I say, “How soon do you want me there?” I tell you, I CANNOT help myself! I have no willpower with her.

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Paul: When she says, “Carry that weight,” I say, “How many kilos? How far? Where to? When?” If you haven’t yet noticed, I CAN’T help myself!!! I am putty in her hands.

Sign Language for Rock Music Couples (L to R)

(1) Muted husband sign: Wife puts hand over husband’s mouth when he says something stupid like, “I could have had Billy Preston on keyboards.”

(2) Permission to speak sign: Muted husband raises index finger, which means, “I’m ready to apologize now.”

(3) Argument over sign: After proper apology, husband playfully nibbles on wife’s thumb, which means, “Let’s be besties again. You know it’s only fun for me when you’re part of the music.” This sign only works when you’re Paul McCartney.

Linda: Paul, if your right hand is in your pocket, and your left hand is on my back, what on earth is that on my shoulder?

Your expression during your interview for a secretarial job, when the manager asks if you can play keyboards and sing harmonies. 🤔 🫤

More:

Secretary’s face when the boss asks her to take a letter and it ends up being the lyrics for “Jet.”

Wardrobe Dept: Mr. McCartney, would you like your attire to be comfortable or flashy?

Paul: Yes.

Paul: What do you mean we HAVE TO get married?

More:

Linda: You look like the cat who swallowed the canary.

Paul: No, I’m just the groom who hid the ring in his fly.

Paul practicing his Santa Claus impression. Ho Ho Ho!

Now asking Linda’s opinion:

Paul: Linda, how do you like my Santa Claus impression? Ho Ho Ho!

Linda: It’s good, but I think you’d be the type of Santa to say, “Hi Hi Hi!”

What’s the better encore? Linda’s leaning toward “Let It Be,” but Paul’s trying to pull her to the “Hey Jude” side.

True Love: When Paul says he's got a new Beatles joke, and Linda still laughs even though she's heard it a hundred times.

More:

Paul: So, I was thinking, Let’s go on a date night. I can take you to dinner somewhere close by, then we can stroll arm-in-arm in the moonlight on the way to the theatre.

Linda: You had me at “Let’s go.” 😊

May 14, 1968. John & Paul at a press conference at the Americana Hotel in New York City to promote Apple Corps. Linda was one of the press photographers taking pictures.

But who cares about Apple Corps. This day is momentous in Beatles history because on this occasion Paul McCartney obtained Linda Eastman’s phone number‼️ 📞

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Paul is too distracted after seeing Linda

John: Paul, what have you been smoking? You look like you’re in dream land. You better let me do the talking.

Paul: Nonsense. My clear is perfectly head.

John: And I suppose you’re capable of questioning any answers.

Paul: Of course. That says without going.

John: This should be interesting…

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➡️ Crave more McCartney captions? See these posts:

Paul and Linda: Fun with Captions

Paul and Linda: More Fun with Captions

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Martha & Paul - Regent's Park, London, 1968. Photo: Linda Eastman.

the beatles,

[bambi-kinos]

I am not a native English speaker, but I want to express my love for you. I think your understanding of Paul Mccartney is the closest to the truth (at least in my opinion) on this website. Please share your opinions, i'd love to read them!

In addition, I couldn't agree with you more about John and Paul's relationship. I have a very unpopular opinion. I always thought John Lennon was the love of Paul Mccartney's life, paul loved John with a passion that went against his own nature, and has not yet fully reconciled himself with this violent love.

Oh my god I'm gonna cryyyyyyyy holy shit ya'll you're too nice to me

John Lennon was the love of Paul Mccartney's life, paul loved John with a passion that went against his own nature, and has not yet fully reconciled himself with this violent love.

Man I think it goes even further than that. For Paul McCartney John Lennon is simply The Answer. That's the other reason he brings up John so much, everything in Paul's life eventually comes back to him and Paul's great life challenge has been accepting this.

Paul wants to be a fully rounded person like we all do and I think part of his struggle with his Shadow Self (in addition to the absolute multitudes Paul contains) is that wherever Paul goes, John is there. Even Paul's marriage to Linda could not fully escape this, one of his most devoted Linda ballads "My Love" cannot escape the ghost of John and his beautiful hands.

Very astute of you to note that it goes against Paul's own nature; someone I used to know made that observation to me around two years ago now. The thing with Paul is that he is a control freak. One of the reasons that Linda appealed to him is that she was willing to take a backseat for the sake of Paul's public image. Check it out:

With modern eyes we can see that Paul and Linda's relationship was on a much more even footing than Paul wants us to believe, hence all those jokes about Linda pegging him. However that is not necessarily the construct Paul wants The Public(tm) to see. Linda often takes subservient poses in her PR photos with Paul and this combined with Paul's babbling about his trad fetish and that he "likes" the set up of a woman handling all the domestic chores communicates a very clear and intentional message.

These poses and photos are simple and innocent enough but they are a specific genre that communicates the message of 1) Paul's heterosexuality 2) his status as the dominant partner in the Paul&Linda relationship 3) the fact that Linda is supposedly accepting Paul's directives and leadership. The fact that we are having to argue with deniers about Paul's bisexuality is due to Linda Eastman's sacrifice: Paul's public image is Linda's greatest creation, even surpassing the birth of her children. She realized that Paul's preoccupation with what other people think of him is simply a part of himself that cannot be excised or gotten rid of. By being married to Paul she chose to help him achieve his goal of a having an unassailable image as a heterosexual family man that was done with his tomcatting days; an image that I would guess did not match reality in any way but still was essential to Paul's nature. And that nature is indeed a controlling one.

John himself is totally antithetical to that. He does like his measure of control for sure, but John himself lived by the ethos that life is an endless nonsensical carnival and that the universe is too chaotic and unpredictable. I think that's part of why John tended to go along with whatever was happening to him at the time (which makes his rebellion against Mimi an interesting outlier in John's behavior IMO. I'll try to develop that later.) John fully believed in the random chaotica of life and I think his conflict with Paul ultimately boiled down to John not wanting to hand Paul that level of control because John believed it was pointless and insulting. John instead handed it off to Yoko because he would be less curtailed with her whereas maybe being with Paul would have meant giving up a certain amount of freedom to do what John wanted, whatever that may have been. (And really the possibilities are endless on that score, it's almost pointless to speculate.)

Paul enjoys being loved but his specific breed of control freak finds the idea of being in love absolutely terrifying. John in many ways created Paul McCartney; he remade Paul's fashion sense, his haircut, his sensibilities, even successfully made Paul into a sexy little housefrau:

And check out this bit from Phil Norman' George biography:

George and Ringo then took up residence in a second-floor flat at Whaddon House, a modern block in William Mews, Knightsbridge, where Brian himself lived on the top floor. To this point both had been looked after by doting mothers, so they possessed no domestic skills -- another reason why the highly domesticated Paul had jumped ship.

There's only one useless bum Paul will cook and clean for, and it's not George and Ringo. (And keep in mind all of that was happening against the backdrop of Cynthia and the new baby.)

I think the truth of the matter is that Paul is a great deal more submissive and wifeable than he wants to let on, hence that weird comment to the apple scruffs about how he didn't want to be some queer that never got married. Paul is always very concerned about what people think of him and finds it genuinely threatening. It's an open question if he ever has or will open himself to reconciling himself to it as you said; though I'm hoping that he's made some strides in that direction. John Lennon was totally antithetical to that and disrupted Paul's attempts at creating a normal heterosexual life.

And look I'm focusing on the domestic roleplay aspect of McLennon here but I think what it really indicates is that Paul was telling the truth when he described himself as a second in command and that he doesn't like being the leader. Due to the heteronormativity of the time Paul couldn't really conceive of himself as not being insulted by being a man stuffed into a woman's traditional role and he may have even been negatively effected by how much he enjoyed being dominated and lead. As well as how much he enjoyed being overpowered by John in such matters which I'm sure extended to their musical, professional, emotional, and sexual relationship.

That was one of the qualities that John seeded and grew in Paul, unwittingly, which went against everything Paul had been taught to believe and what he was supposed to value. I think that the latter half of the 1960s and then Paul growing into his own talent as a musical leader, also turned over the apple cart because suddenly Paul outgrew the Work Wife role he had with John and was becoming something much bigger. John in the meantime couldn't keep up due to his drug abuse and also due to how stifled he felt by the Beatles machine and that he couldn't record or publish the music that he wanted to, being forced to endlessly compromise with three other guys. One of which was supposed to be more submissive to him but then suddenly stopped being so easy to keep at John's side.

And yes, you're right there is a "violence" to what they felt for each other. John stirred up incredibly powerful feelings in Paul. He did it from the very beginning when Paul saw John on the bus and fell in love with him. Can you imagine being a control freak that's terrified of Being Seen for what you really are by the general public, when all it took for you to fall madly in love with another man...was to look at him during a fucking bus ride?

I would probably freak the fuck out and shack up with a Yankee too.

[beatlblog]

#finding a straight man photo was so hard#and narrowing down the gay man photo to just one was also so hard (via @menlove)

#no wonder he's so obsessed with duality I know he sees it too (via @asurrogateblog)

#OMG FOR REAL WHAT LMAOOOO#That 3rd photo 😳#Linda/Paul lesbian couple supremacy (via @ralexsol)

#he is lgbt (via @loureeddyke)

#excellent research (via @confortinbeingsad)

#last one literally looks like my grandma if i don't look at it too closely lmao (vi @innitmarvellous)

Paul is the way that he is because he's a straight man a gay man a lesbian and a straight woman all at once. I hope this helps.

straight man:

gay man:

lesbian:

straight woman:

[beatleswings]

Enprint of Paul. London, 1967.

Photo taken by Linda McCartney (then Eastman). (x)

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The Quarry Men with Arthur Kelly, George Harrison and John Lennon (circa 1958)

The Fritz Session, 9th April 1969, photo by Bruce McBroom

The cover of Rolling Stone №57 (April 30, 1970 with interview about Paul's first solo album McCartney), photo by Linda Eastman (McCartney)

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Linda Eastman McCartney and Mick Jagger during a photo session in New York City.

[beatlblog]

#two incredibly strong women#i think they should've left their husbands and ran away to scotland together (via @repressedgaymer)

“The first time I met Linda was at one of the Beatles’ recording sessions. Paul introduced her to us. She was attractive, obviously—she had a sunshine smile—but I thought that there was a certain vulnerability about her. Later I came to understand that that impression was wrong, because when I think of Linda’s life, I think of a very strong woman. One day, around the time of that first meeting, Paul brought in to the studio some photographs of Linda in New York, in front of the building where she grew up. She was wearing a camel coat and a white scarf, just looking casual and glancing around. That is the Linda I remember from that time. During the Beatles’ sessions, Linda and I quickly learned that our husbands were not all buddy-buddy. John and Paul were both talented but very strong-willed people. There was some tension there. Linda and I left them alone. But we didn’t go chummy-chummy, wink-wink, ‘Aren’t they silly boys?’ either. We both stood by our men. That was how we were. Then came the Beatles’ breakup. The world blamed it on Linda and me. The attack was like a storm. I think the fans needed a scapegoat, and they chose us! We both had the love and protection of our husbands. Linda had that very much from Paul. But still, it could not have been easy for her. The long years after the breakup were not easy, either. John and Paul were not talking. John and I would play Paul’s latest Wings record in our kitchen. John would say some nice things. He couldn’t say it to Paul, but when Paul was not around, John would say nice things about Paul. When Paul and Linda got a farm in Scotland, John said, ‘That’s Linda. She’s good for him.’ Was the ice finally starting to melt? In the late Seventies, Paul and Linda came to visit us a few times in New York. In a fine old Liverpool tradition, the two guys did most of the talking, and we sat beside them as Paul held Linda’s hand and John held mine. It was nice to see the guys talk after all those years, even if a little stiffness existed between them. After John’s passing, Sean and I started to receive Linda’s beautiful calendar every year. We felt her warmth; and as a photographer she was getting into her most creative years. We both wanted to show our farms to each other. I was about to go to London with Sean at the time. ‘Mine first, then,’ Linda said. So Sean and I were invited to her farm. I say Linda’s farm, because you really felt Linda’s energy there - you just knew that she was the one who had created this environment for her husband and their children. There was something very real about the way they lived. They weren’t surrounded by servants or anything. And it was wonderful. Linda had horses and sheep - it was a working farm, not a manicured estate. She and her children were doing things together. Seeing them with Sean was great. Hopefully, our children will be wiser than us. What I noticed with sadness was that Paul and Linda’s children were living with the pain of what their mother went through. Their mother was attacked by the world and for a long time not recognized for her achievements. Everything that was good was considered the work of her husband, and everything the public did not approve of was considered her doing. I didn’t hear any of this from Linda. But when I met her children and saw how protective they were of their mother, I felt the pain of their knowledge that the world was not always kind to her. When I heard of her illness, my first instinct was to share that with the fans at the concert I was giving in London and to pray together. But, of course, I couldn’t. So I dedicated the concert to ‘a friend in England who has been taken ill.’ ‘Names!’ they shouted. ‘No names!’ I shouted back. That’s how it was. We were no-name friends. The last conversation I had with her was in January this year. She sounded like the usual powerful and energetic Linda. I thought she had beaten the disease. Linda and I did not meet up and have coffee and muffins in a corner cafe or anything like that. But we communicated. We communicated in deeds more than in words. When she was strong, I felt strong. She took a sad song and made it better. Her commitment to vegetarianism and animal rights brought her message to a wider audience than that of rock & roll. But her most important contributions were all made in private. Just like so many women before her, she made a difference in silence. It was nice to know you, Linda. With love,” Yoko Ono, 1998

[crepesuzette2023]

Your top 5 favorite Mclennon quotes?

Hi Anon, thank you for asking! The following aren't quotes I'd construct into any kind of 'proof' (whether I'm into this or not is another set of footnotes, which I'll spare you), but quotes that illustrate that John and Paul's relationship was fascinating and intense, and puzzling to themselves and others (incl. yours truly). 1.) “Meeting Paul was just like two people meeting. Not falling in love or anything. Just us. It went on. It worked.” — John Lennon - The Beatles by Hunter Davies

2.) “Lennon had attitude, and, taking his lead from Lennon, McCartney could be similar. At times, they reminded me of those well-to-do Chicago lads Leopold and Loeb, who killed someone because they felt superior to him. Lennon and McCartney were ‘superior human beings’.” — Bob Wooler in Mark Lewisohn’s Tune In

3.) “John and Paul paired off - only to find themselves stuck together for life. For John, Paul was the boy who came to stay; for Paul, John was the song he couldn’t make better” — Rob Sheffield, Dreaming The Beatles

4.) TELL ME WHO HE IS. Early song by Paul McCartney, included in The Lyrics (2021). Written in the late 50’s/early 60’s, according to the caption. (photo of journal page)

Tell me who he is Tell me that you’re mine not his He says he loves you more than I do Tell me who he is

Tell him where to go Tell him that I love you so He couldn’t love you more than I do Tell me who he is

5.) John Lennon's word association list from 1976 New York: great Elvis: fat Ringo: friend Yoko: love Howard Cosell: hum George: lost Bootlegs: good Elton: nice Paul: extraordinary Bowie: thin MBE: shit John: great

BONUS TRACK: “I had signs that the group was gonna break up, because… I mean, I think really what it was, really all that happened was that John fell in love. With Yoko. And so, with such a powerful alliance like that, it was difficult for him to still be seeing me. It was as if I was another girlfriend, almost. Our relationship was a strong relationship. And if he was to start a new relationship, he had to put this other one away."— Paul McCartney (1985), link to interview here

PLAY IT BACKWARDS: "LONDON (AP) — John Lennon wrote vitriolic comments about fellow-Beatle Paul McCartney in a picture biography of the famed pop group, providing new evidence of the tensions between them, the Observer newspaper said Sunday. [...]

"Lennon marked almost every one of the 76 pages with corrections and comments, including one that the Observer took as an indication the group already was experimenting with drugs in the 1960s. [...]

"In an entry noting McCartney’s marriage to Linda Eastman, Lennon crossed out “wedding” and wrote “funeral”, the Observer said. [...]

"But in a final tender moment, the Observer said, Lennon wrote under a photo of himself with McCartney: “The minutes are crumbling away.” (full article.)

[mclennonlgbt]

I was thinking about the very beginning of "How Do You Sleep?":

So Sgt. Pepper took you by surprise

You better see right through that mother's eyes

And I thought that the mention of "mother" (Linda) and Sgt. Pepper's side by side is not accidental.

Wikipedia says: "On May 15, 1967, while on a photo assignment in London, Eastman met Paul McCartney at the Bag O'Nails club, where Georgie Fame was performing. They met again four days later at the launch party for Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band at Brian Epstein's house."

I think John alludes to this. IMO he's sort of accusing Linda of breaking into the Fab Four's circle. Or rather, he's accusing Paul of choosing Linda over the Beatles (over John).

[jimmorrison-blues]

March 1967: Clay Cole's Diskotek WPIX-TV New York City

During their stint at Ondine in March 1967, The Doors would appear on a local New York television show called Clay Cole’s Discotek where they lip synced a performance of Break On Through. This one hour teenage dance program with various performers is shown on Saturdays at 6:00pm on WPIX Channel 11. The Doors return for their second appearance on June 24 where they most likely perform Light My Fire. Linda Eastman who would marry a Beatle was present and took some interesting photos.