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obsessed with the paul design from this one pinky and the brain episode
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Not to victim blame The Beatles for getting drugged without their consent but like who the fuck hangs out with their dentist
@jarsfullofstarrs yup! here’s her description of this (w/ John Riley being the dentist)
somehow this feels connected to me to peter jackson’s description of them trying to find ways to avoid having their conversations be recorded during get back instead of just. telling the camera crew THEY had hired and were paying to stop filming. an “us vs. them” mentality and the duality between having an immense amount of money and power while also feeling completely out of control about your life circumstances.
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"He's so cute, our Ringo." -George Harrison
the-60s reblogged
Not to victim blame The Beatles for getting drugged without their consent but like who the fuck hangs out with their dentist
@jarsfullofstarrs yup! here’s her description of this (w/ John Riley being the dentist)
somehow this feels connected to me to peter jackson’s description of them trying to find ways to avoid having their conversations be recorded during get back instead of just. telling the camera crew THEY had hired and were paying to stop filming. an “us vs. them” mentality and the duality between having an immense amount of money and power while also feeling completely out of control about your life circumstances.
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The Beatles (1965)
Directed by Richard Lester
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The Beatles - Hello, Goodbye / I Am The Walrus (1967)
Germany
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The Beatles
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Yellow Submarine (United Artists, 1968).
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Help! (1964)
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paul not approving of george’s mystery sandwich
Paul McCartney & Jane Asher - March 1968
Nilsson/Beatles
[John] was a creative producer, was productive, and got a lot of work done in a short time. He’d wake up in the morning five minutes before you would and he’d be shining your shoes. I’m serious, literally shining your shoes, really manic. [...] The most important thing I learned from him was to follow through, to finish what you start. If you say you’re going to send someone a postcard, send a postcard. He always followed through.
"I wasn’t a very close friend – no one was a very close friend to John other than the Beatles."
There's no way to hide if you're Ringo. John could walk around invisibly. I walked down the street with him many times and if he wanted to be invisible you just wouldn't spot him.
“George was talking about how wonderful the whole thing was going to be, trying to convince Harry to join the company,” Mr McLean recalled. “It was all great until Harry said, ‘The only thing is, I don’t think I could be managed by a gay man.” (Mr. Epstein’s sexuality was known by many in the industry at the time.)
Incensed, Mr Harrison gave his assistant a nod. “In a heartbeat, Harry was out of the house.”
-- the gay architects of classic rock, (courtesy of @harrisonstories)
“...we are all sad and sullen and standing around the grave and George goes, ‘Fuck You.’ And we are all shocked, and we thought he was having some kind of angst. And then he says, ‘That was always my favourite song: ‘You’re Breaking My Heart, Tearing it Apart, Well Fuck you,’ so then we all joined in and sang it.”
"I am sending you this note to encourage you to be strong and positive. I was very privileged to know your Dad whom I knew as a lovely guy and a great talent. [...] Sending the very best vibrations to you, love Paul."
To my mind, he’s an almost equal mix of Paul’s talents and John’s damage. […] Nilsson is Paul without the drive to achieve, to show off, to show up. He’s Paul without the bossiness, a Paul more interested in being John’s buddy than his equal…