It's so funny how some people are getting upset about Now and Then being promoted as a "Beatles song" when George didn't want to do it and is no longer here to have a say in it... if anything George not wanting to do it but not getting a say is exactly what makes it a fully authentic Beatles song
if you google "what is it called when" and the first letter of a beatle, autocomplete writes you a little poem about their apocalyptic destiny.
john paul
george ringo
(I'm sorry, but "rats get stuck together, reality feels like a dream, rocks fall down a mountain" has more emotional comprehension of the beatles story than many nine hundred page biographies.)
The parents of Shea Stadium, 15th August 1965
petition to start answering "why did the beatles break up?" with "because they died for our sins"
January 24th, 1969: After John and Paul run through another take of ‘Two Of Us’, Paul comments on the narratives and discreet emotional correlation between their songs.
PAUL: It’s like, uh, “We have to get back.” “We’re on our way home.” JOHN: Yeah. PAUL: There’s a story. There’s another one – ‘Don’t Let Me Down’. “Oh darling, I’ll never let you down.” Like we’re doing— JOHN: Yeah. It’s like you and me are lovers. PAUL: [reserved] Yeah. [pause] JOHN: We’ll just have to camp it up for those two. PAUL: Yeah. Well, I’ll be wearing my skirt for the show, anyway.
10. You take a shower and still feel disgusting
9. can't have intrusive thoughts if you're asleep... unless...
8. Your family blames you for everything
7. Your meals consist of a handful of chips and 5 cups of soda
6. You fantasize about making inflammatory instagram posts revealing how they treat you
5. Your recent web searches have brought up the "you're not alone, here's a hotline" google popup
4. Your only motivation rn is outliving all your enemies (relatives)
3. You don't understand why your relatives have more sympathy for their pets than you, even when you were a small child
2. If you alternate sides of the bed, you can go twice as long without changing the sheets
1. Last night you dreamt you got enough sleep
1 of my 4 parental figures is dying of dementia and it's on my mind a lot and I feel like everyone's abandoning me for it
they're sick of hearing me complain and talk about it as if I'm not SICK OF LIVING IT. or they say it's not my responsibility to deal with when there's nobody else that's going to step up!! spend your xmas vacation taking care of someone who used to take care of you who now won't go to sleep, won't shower, can't be left alone for more than like, 30 seconds or will start packing random shit into plastic bags to "go home" and see how fast you get over it
just joked about the final scene to my bf, saying "she left her caboodle here! she's coming back! she left her caboodle!" and he started crying.
text from my bf: "You are the light of my life 💖 Here's to many more days, weeks, months, and years together 🥰"
my text in response: "lol look at the haircut my friend had in 2017"
uncle: (is not a dick to me)
my brain: huh. uncle is not being a dick to me today. you know, he's actually a kind and generous person. i should reflect on what feelings he's evoking in me to discover why i'm so hard on him. this is actually a "me" problem.
uncle: (is a dick to me yet again)
my brain: yeah no forget everything i said
Drawings by Paul McCartney of John Lennon and George Harrison | 1967
You can immediately spot John Lennon’s sideburns and glasses, as well as George Harrison’s distinctive hair and eyebrows. The artist of the exquisite pen sketch? Their bandmate Paul McCartney.
It was 55 years ago today (or thereabouts) when the Beatle was asked by the journalist Hunter Davies how Lennon and Harrison had looked when they played in their previous incarnation, the Quarrymen. Rather than answer the question, McCartney grabbed a notebook and drew them.
Beatles’ biographer donates his magical mystery hoard The Sunday Times | 25 September 2022
George Harrison, what is it about motor racing that attracts you?
Uh, I don’t know… just… I think it’s the waste of money. Really. It’s such an amazing waste of money!
George Harrison, you are a serious fan. Who do you think is going to win the British Grand Prix?
Well I’ve no idea who will win… I know who I’d like to win
Who’s that?
Nelson
Why would you like to see Nelson Piquet win?
Because he’s such a nice person!
Paul McCartney to himself c. 1971
Tom Petty... he seemed so down-to-earth, and of course he’d been popular for years, and all my family had loved him for years, and that’s probably why it had always felt like he was an old friend or relative. Even the part of me that realized I didn’t actually know him was convinced, I think, that one day we’d meet and become close. The day he died my aunt was in a medically-induced coma after suffering a massive stroke. It actually felt strange how different our connection to the second event was... that we weren’t all sitting vigil for Tom Petty... that the news updates came online from TMZ rather than hushed phone calls between us... I had never actually had to come to grips with the fact that he wasn’t family, just a famous, talented singer that had had no clue I existed. And grieving him did feel different than worrying about my aunt. Although it hurt to admit, I didn’t have the right or desire to mourn him like a relative. For months after my aunt got out of the hospital, I woke up crying about Tom Petty’s death. I still can’t believe he’s gone.
I’m not your average skateboarder. I don’t “dress like a stoner.” I don’t “know how to skateboard.” I don’t “disrespect authority.” I’ve never “been on a skateboard.”
