January 24th, 1969: After John And Paul Run Through Another Take Of ‘Two Of Us’, Paul Comments On

the roman fucking empire:

gif by @autechres

Rewatching parts of Get Back and I am once again asking—why does John only direct his comment regarding Yoko’s divorce coming through to Paul? Like not even a glance at George or Ringo or Billy? Excuse me, what is going on?

Paul McCartney and George Harrison messing around backstage before their gig at the ABC Cinema in Manchester. The footage is from The Beatles Come To Town. (20 Nov. 1963)

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Here’s the Let it Be excerpt spliced with the Get back scene. (Basically I synched the original audio with Peter Jackson’s restored film) see this post for more

there's no escape ☆

“You know, I think he would like it. In fact I said to them I hope somebody does this to all my crap demos when I’m dead… make them into hit songs”

With thanks to Joe Wisbey from the Beatles Books Podcast

Candid style photos of the boys during their Paris shows in January 1964. These photos, taken by Harry Benson, are studio prints originally owned by John Lennon and given/sold to ‘Bernard Brown’ (which I think could be Peter Brown?) when John moved to New York. They’re up for auction next week. 

Pics: Harry Benson.

john lennon’s word association questionnaire, 1976.

paul mccartney, the lyrics, 2021.

Can you imagine being John Lennon in 1974, and you’re about to see your ex-best friend/pseudo husband/songwriting partner for the first time in years, plus its a really big moment cause you’re tentatively thinking about working with him again, then the motherfucker shows up looking like this unironically: