So You Mean To Tell Me That Every Song In The Gimme Some Truth Deluxe Book Is Accompanied By Commentary

JOHN PULLED THE “no actually we’re just good friends” 😭😭😭😭😭 madness.

The relevance of "I saw her standing there" between John and Paul

Paul considers "I saw her standing there" one of the best song he has ever written in his book "the lyrics" from 2021.

I think John thought the same? Because he sung this with Elton in 1974 telling the world it is a song from "his enstranged fiance Paul". John thought it would be funny to sing it and wondered how Paul would react about it in 1974.

Maybe the song has significance to the both of them? It's the first song on their first official album "Please, Please, Please" from 1963.

The first draft from Paul was genderneutral? IT COULD BE ABOUT JOHN. "You're just seventeen." Which is when Paul met him in 1957.

You're just seventeen

You act like a queen

You.....are beyond compare

So how could I dance with another (feels like a love declaration that's meant to last forever)

When I see you standing there.

"You are beyond compare", remember Paul saying everyone else just faded into background at the Fete when The Quarrymen was performing? You act like a queen would fit John too.

Update: Added Toot and Snore Session from March 1974 his only known jamming session with Paul post The Beatles break up where John said "When I saw me standing there, and I said gee is that me?"

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If you’re not Paul

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#absurd favoritism #you did ringo dirty #john stop grinning and gawking you look pathetic #ok everyone pay attention to him

JOHN LENNON + PAUL MCCARTNEY 1964, Australia

“Now and then, I miss you / Now and then, I want you to be there for me / Always to return to me,” (...) It’s a passage where Lennon’s yearning for McCartney intertwines with Paul’s mourning for John, a shared grieving for the partnership that defined both their lives. link

"Now and Then" is 81-year-old Paul McCartney finishing a song of John Lennon, who has been gone for almost 43 years.

But it is also 15-year-old Paul finishing a song of the boy who wandered around Liverpool with him, talking about their future and love of music.

It is 18-year-old Paul finishing a song of the guy who picked him as his partner and took him to play nightclubs in Hamburg.

It is 20-year-old Paul finishing a song of the lad who wanted to write song after song with him.

It is 23-year-old Paul finishing a song of the man he made history with.

It is 24-year-old Paul finishing a song of the soulmate who shared his visions.

It is 26-year-old Paul finishing a song of the person who serenaded him eating a cupcake.

It is 31-year-old Paul finishing a song of John, who loved him in his own way.

And it is 39-year-old Paul finishing a song of the friend he just lost.

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I think John was quite defensive when he realized that through most of his “career” with the Quarrymen, he had been playing two-fingered banjo chords on a guitar. The thought was tempered by the fact that nobody had noticed. John once told me, “Only that fookin’ McCartney sussed me out. I love him, but he’s such a good musician I could kill him.” – Tony Bramwell          Nowhere Boy (2009) dir. Sam Taylor-Wood

Paul McCartney, Nov. 16, 2023

photo by: Miguel Cabrera

paul crying while singing Here Today 😭😭😭😭😭😭 omg

John Lennon and Paul McCartney met on July 6th, 1957. The rest is history.

32 years 🥺

We miss you, Freddie Mercury 🎶