Ian Leslie - Blog Posts
Done! Here are my very brief immediate thoughts based on the main reason many of us chose to read this book--the possibility of a published author confirming McLennon that goes beyond platonic. It's a fascinating book, never boring, full of deep information that carries you along like the ship John piloted through a massive Atlantic storm (near Bermuda of all places? Could you imagine if John had disappeared in the Triangle?? ๐ฎ.) Leslie does not end up with a sexual McLennon conclusion, though I disagree with him based on his very own book. I guess it's only fair though, none of us outside the most intimate of the Beatles circle can be absolutely sure, and that's just a simple fact. He gets as close as possible though, comparing John and Paul to a very deep and meaningful friendship between two French men in the late 1500s, Michel de Montaigne and รtienne de La Boรฉtie, which was also cut short by the death of one, while the other grieved for the rest of his life. In conclusion, the book is beautiful, John & Paul were beautiful, their love was beautiful. Read it, but know that he sees a very complex soul mated platonic love. Just so, you know, you're not disappointed waiting for the secret Liverpudlian wedding reveal. ๐โบ๏ธ๐
Dammit! I'm out of listening for the month. Good thing I also bought a copy. Just gotta read the last hundred plus pages.
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I'm on chapter 33 Oh! Darling and istg if Ian Leslie doesn't mention the Oh! Johnnys I'm going to riot. This guy LISTENS to music, he catches the theme, the meaning, the secret messages of every single note so if he somehow misses that very obvious switch from darling to Johnny and back... Seriously, the Johnnys are screamed in your face, babe.
It goes darling, darling, Johnny, Johnny, darling-- God, I love that song! Grrrr!!
Dearest Ian Leslie, why do I feel like I'm listening to a slow burn romance?
OK, finally, I'm roughly 61% through listening to John and Paul: A Love Story in Songs on Spotify and Leslie has just mentioned all of the photos and videos of John and Paul staring at each other on YouTube and Tumblr. Kind of feel like we all got a shout out ๐๏ฟผ
If you like John and Paul: A Love Story in Songs, then you're sure to love Producing The Beatles, hosted and written by Jason Kruppa.
I'm on chapter 11 of the new book. I have lots of thoughts so far but will wait until I've finished it to share them.
Oh yeah! In my grubby little hands ๐๐ป๐คฃ
Hey guys ๐ We can pre-save John & Paul: A Love Story in Songs to our Spotify libraries now ๐๐๐
Ian Leslie's favorite songs that remind him of John + Paul โค๏ธโค๏ธโค๏ธ
He has Jealous Guy and (Just Like) Starting Over on the list! That is huge! Those songs are both very important to the McLennon story. This is amazing. According to Paul, John told him that he wrote Jealous Guy because of the way he had treated Paul. It was a song of love, asking for forgiveness. (Just Like) Starting Over is also for Paul from John. As far as I know Paul has never talked about this, but his old Wings bandmate, Denny Laine, said that after John died, Paul locked himself in his studio, bawling and playing that song over and over. It obviously means a great deal to him.
One very important song that's missing is the collaboration between Paul and Carl Perkins, My Old Friend. The lyrics came to Carl, almost out of nowhere, and they reminded Paul so much of John that he started crying and excused himself. Carl felt bad but Linda reassured him that Paul finding an outlet for his emotions was exactly what he needed.
(Hopefully I didn't get any facts wrong. I'm having trouble finding everything I'm looking for tonight, to double check.)