John And Paul - Blog Posts
March 18th, 1965
such a small syntax thing but paul writing ‘john and i and yoko’ in this bit of the lyrics is soooo telling and crazy. even though grammatically it should be ‘john and yoko and i’ he still can’t bear to separate himself and john/give yoko credit before himself/see john and yoko as an entity. he’s literally putting himself in between the two of them, whether consciously or not.
My headcanon about The Lovers That Never Were is that Paul pulls a No Words situation. Like in No Words -where he inserts a deeply personal thing we later (way after the fact) find that it was something John used to say to him- Paul throws in TLTNW phrases that are not his but Johns. Like, for instance, "if we can't be lovers we'll never be friends", that sounds sooo much like something 67/68 (specially 68) John would say. That kind of black/white yes/no relationship breaker.
But at the same time, the protagonist of TLTNW complains that the other person is running away from him and does not answer anymore, as if that person had thrown the stone and then hidden his hand, as if he did not want to take charge of the situation that he himself started. And that also feels like John hiding behind other people or not going to face to face meetings.
Anyway, TLTNW, nice vocals.
I love how the director of let it be watched John and Paul interact and was like "I NEED to make a film with you two making out in an elevator."
And he did
John Lennon noticing fans waving at The Beatles during the Rooftop Concert on January 30th, 1969
Paul McCartney and John Lennon in Get Back
Cavern Club, July 1961
"A look emphasised by the unusual clothes - leather trousers and cotton tops. No other photos show them dressed this way."
"Three months from here, John and Paul went to Paris and returned with what became known as 'The Beatle haircut'.
John Lennon & Paul McCartney in Amsterdam, Netherlands | 6 June 1964 © David Magnus
Throwback to when the John Lennon Instagram account (probably Sean) posted this very obvious series of photos captioned by the lyrics to In My Life, making it very clear who the song is about:
★ : John and Paul at The Cavern Club in 1961
