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Masterpost: Where to find everything
The McLennon Files digital archive
My posts about interesting finds while archiving:
John's demos
John's collage for Paul
Whose minutes are crumbling away?
Who's sleeping and where?
My fics.
Novel-length fic: Pentimento
My essays/meta.
Beatles (and solo) albums through the McLennonlens.
Beatles book reviews.
Excerpts from Lennonology: A Scrapbook of Madness
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Ringos so cutie
Actual publication from Northern Songs circa 1970.
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wow!! that was a great article!! thanks for writing it.
i wondered if you could supply more insight into the quote from paul's bio:
I’d sit and talk to her, and I guess people could tell that it wasn’t worth pulling me. I think you’ve got to give off scents, and respond correctly to certain things, whereas with me it was just flirting.
i thought I was getting better at interpreting him but this leaves me flummoxed. who are the "people" who can tell he's "not worth pulling??" "people" in general, not just April. am I just being dense or is he not fully making sense here?
does he mean he likes flirting with trans people, plural, April being one of them, or something else? (it's ok if you can't explain but I am trying to figure it out and failing...)
Hey! So yeah, this kinda jumps out at me too. I'm not quite sure what Paul means by this, but given the full quote I'm led to two conclusions:
1.) Perhaps because of his level of fame and notoriety, especially at this time during the 1960s, it may not be worth trying to "pull" him (aka, get him in bed).
2.) Still because of reason #1, it might be harder for him to have queer experiences and not worth "pulling".
Now, this was written in the early 90s, so it's possible Paul is fluffing it up a little bit to make it sound vague, essentially to make himself sound less like a slag (lmao). We all know of Paul's exploits in his own accounts and other people's accounts who were close to him during that time, and was known to have multiple girlfriends at once. Paul might have been trying to be like "oh but I wasn't pullable! It wasn't worth pulling such a celebrity like me!" It's sort of his defense mechanism to be like "oh no, not me" but when in reality it's a bit different than that. Think of that one interview during the Wings era where Paul is talking about his romantic encounters before Linda, and then gives a vague answer and asks to clarify and goes "boys" but "IN MY CASE anyways it was girls."
I definitely think he could have meant "people" as in general, rather than a specific group or gender. There are a few instances, like the Wings interview, where he talks in a neutral pronouns about his past experiences, and I'm not one to speculate on Paul's sexuality...but 🤷 He did say he enjoyed being flirted with when April Ashley was flirting with him. So it's not out of the realm of possibility he liked having attention from all genders, just maybe "not worth pulling" or not worth having sex as it might be scandalous since he was such a big star of the era.
Now IF he did (and that's a big if), he probably wouldn't be discussing it. And I also think April Ashley probably wouldn't have said anything about it either. She made some boisterous claims in her life, but I wanted to point out that it could have been rooted in some truth. Either way, it is an interesting aside Paul makes in that quote that makes me wonder if he was truly "worth pulling" after all.
New Weekly Article!! 🏳️⚧️💕✨
Happy last day of Pride Month, Beatle People! Today, we have a fantastic article written by @monkberryfields about the British trans icon April Ashley, and her association with The Beatles. The article provides an introspective look into her life as well as analyzing how the band interacted with her. Give it a read to end Pride Month off strong!! Check out the link below to read 😁
The Story of April Ashley and The Beatles
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what are you're favorite paul/george quotes?
“I’ve never known two people that love each other so much, and don’t even realize it.” – Eric Clapton
“ I believe Paul missed George as much as — if not more than — anybody.” – Eric clapton
“I got married in 1966 and Paul was my best man. He cancelled his holiday to do it. Then he got drunk and put a bow-and-arrow through the car window. But until then it was great.” – George
“I just know that whatever we’ve been through, there’s always been something there to tie us together” – George
‘The last time I met him, he was very sick and I held his hand for four hours. As I was doing it I was thinking “I’ve never held his hand before, ever. This is not what two Liverpool fellas do, no matter how well you know each other.” I kept thinking, “he’s going to smack me here.” But he didn’t. He just stroked my hand with his thumb and I thought “Ah, this is OK, this is life. It’s tough but it’s lovely. That’s how it is.” I knew George before I knew any of the others and I loved that man. I’m so proud to have known him.” - Paul
“Underneath it all, I believe that Paul sincerely loved George; and at some level George loved Paul as well. ” – Peter Dogett
“George told me once that I smelt like home. I got all paranoid, you know, thinking I smelt of fish and chip shops or dirty bars or something. But he said no, I just always smelt of home.” - Paul
“Paul is very protective of George.” – Bob Smeaton
“George was always known as the quiet one, but he had a wicked sense of humour. He and Paul tricked two fans into thinking that they were really brothers and George signed his name “George McCartney” for them.” - Denise Theophilus
““They used to jump on me. George used to wake me up by tickling my feet.” – Paul
“There was this guy called Ritter who was in our group at school, and George was in the younger group, and I remember we’d been standing around at playground and I’d tried to introduce George to Ritter, introduce him into my peer group. And being a year younger it was kind of difficult. I said, ‘Hey, this is George Harrison. He’s a mate of mine. We get on the same bus together.’ And we’d been sitting around, and George suddenly head-butted this friend of mine.When asked for the reason for the headbutt, George replied: ‘He wasn’t worthy of your friendship.” – Paul
Interviewer: Is matrimony in the immediate future for the two unmarried members of your group? Paul: Matrimony is not in the immediate future. George: Paul won’t have me.
“God, my mate George, isn’t he a good-looking boy!” - Paul
“Thing is, there’s a lot about me and George that the public don’t know about, and I like it better that way. That night was very personal, and very special to me. It’s one of my favourite memories.” – Paul
“I knew George long before the others. We were good chums despite his tender years as it seemed to me then. We were always together.” – Paul McCartney
“It used to be PaulnGeorge… as one word. They were the kids from the grammar school. That’s how we referred to them. For ages we didn’t even know George really, he was just ‘Paul’s mate’.” – Len Garry
“In Liverpool, Paul would come round my house and we’d play in the living room. Paul knocked me out with his singing especially, although I remember him being a little embarrassed to really sing out, seeing as we were stuck right in the middle of my parents place with my whole family walking about. He said he felt funny singing about love and stuff around my dad.” — George
I think we have now grown old enough to realize that we’re both pretty damn cute!” - George
“He was my little baby brother” - Paul
A little anecdote by Neil Apsinall I just had to share because I somehow never heard about this 😭
and I'm adding this one about george and his tea
This global Beatles day, tell us the story of how you got into the Beatles!
Several days late, apologies! Thanks to all who tagged me <3
I said in a post before that "Help!" was a song I always remember knowing, it's like it was part of the universe. I think it was the staggered harmonies, they just embedded myself in my child brain. Aside from that, there wasn't a particular focus on the Beatles when I was growing up. That changed in the mid-1990s when Anthology/Real Love/Free As A Bird came out. My older sister had the first Anthology CD and I remember looking at the collage cover and loving the studio chatter ("Paul's broken a glass, a glass, a glass he's broke today" is wired into me haha).
My sister and I got very into the Beatles then. I remember loving Strawberry Fields Forever and writing "Living is easy with eyes closed" on my school textbooks like an angsty teen lol. I also have a vivid memory of us making the family dog listen to the silent bit before the fadeout of SFF because we'd heard that there was a ultra-high frequency hidden in the audio that humans couldn't hear but dogs would start barking to. (He remained unmoved).
Around the same time I became obsessed with Brian and his relationship with John, so I was interested in an aspect of queer history and the Beatles even then. I read a couple of John biographies but I don't remember which ones.
I stayed liking the band all through college and beyond but they were on the back burner. I remember when George died I thought it wasn't a big deal because he was "old" (SMH). Then was just puttering along for many many years until Get Back came along. I watched it twice and did not pick up on one single thing between J and P lmao! But I really enjoyed it and it got me interested in the music and the drama again. I can't remember when or how I became aware of mclennon, I know it must have been tumblr but I don't know why I was back on tumblr in the first place because I hadn't used it in years. Anyway, when I came across the concept my first thought was utter confusion, as it had literally never occurred to me before. Then I remember having the strangest feeling: It was as though I had just realised something I already knew. That was it for me!
One of the nicest things about getting into the fandom is getting a new and renewed appreciation for this music I've loved for so long. I still adore Strawberry Fields Forever <3
yoko ono with her short-term boyfriend david spinozza, 1973.
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thanks for the review!
could you expand on seaman being abducted?
"However, I do believe his story about being abducted and beaten up by off-duty cops working for Yoko, prior to being arrested."
In the book, Seaman says he took a set of diaries from the Dakota that covered the years 1976-1979 - he makes a point of saying he didn't have the diary for 1980. Is this true? Who knows Yoko! He defends taking the diaries by referring to a conversation with John in which John supposedly said "If anything happens to me, I want Julian to have my diaries." This conversation could have happened, but I don't believe that Fred's only motivation was altruistic, as shown by his immediately showing the diaries to his then-friend Robert Rosen, who was allegedly supposed to copy them so Fred could return the originals, but Robert allegedly kept them and Fred allegedly had to get his therapist (?) and his therapist's other client (???) on the case to get them back. (Rosen eventually wrote a book based on his alleged copies of the diaries). Already sounding very dodgy. Anyway, Fred says his apartment was burgled and he was informed (I forget how) that the Dakota people were looking for the 1980 diary, which he maintained he didn't have. Some time later, Fred says he was grabbed off the street by a pair of off-duty cops who he says he knew moonlighted as security guards for Yoko. He says he was driven to the East River, beaten up and threatened with murder if he didn't return the 1980 diary, which he says he kept telling them he didn't have. Eventually he was brought to a police station and charged with theft of the diaries. A complicated series of lawsuits and counter-suits ensued, and Fred was eventually charged with (I think) a misdemeanor and got a suspended sentence. He says he wanted to bring charges against the cops that abducted him but says he was advised against it because there were no witnesses (though he does say he was in the company of a friend when he was grabbed off the street). The reasons I believe that some version of this story is likely true are 1) Fred names the cops and the precincts they worked in. 2) It's not unheard of for super-rich people to use security guards as goons in this way, especially in the past, and 3) Jack Douglas tells a story about his apartment being burgled in a similar way, and he's a more reliable source than Fred.
I don't think Fred's account should be believed without qualification, and he well could have had the 1980 diary at some point, and he was obviously lying about other things in relation to his taking the diaries etc. But at the same time for the reasons above I can believe that Something like this happened.
(The 1980 diary eventually turned up in a defunct auction house in Germany, where it had arrived via another disgruntled ex-employee of the Dakota. The Story of the Diaries can be read about in more detail at https://www.heydullblog.com/uncategorized/from-victoria-the-lennon-diaries-a-multi-decade-adventure/)
Book review: The Last Days of John Lennon
The Last Days of John Lennon by Fred Seaman was published in 1991, after several years of legal fighting between Seaman and the Estate, including a criminal conviction for Seaman. He's still persona non grata from the Estate and many observers' POV, with some good reason, though the Estate's hands don't seem to be clean either. You can read about it all here.
Seaman worked as a personal assistant to John, and in the Dakota Studio One office, in 1979 and 1980. He got the job via his uncle and aunt - his uncle was friends with Yoko and his aunt was Sean's nanny for a while. He stayed on for a while after John's death, until the Drama unfolded and he was gone. Apparently he was trying to get the book published for many years before it finally came out, and he's been known to pop up on Beatles forums with various takes (including getting into fights with Francie Schwartz, lmao).
It's hard to establish how reliable Seaman is. His history with the Estate, his taking of John's diaries and his strong bias against Yoko all work against him. He's also been accused (by Mike "Tree" Medeiros) of passing off other people's experiences and conversations with John as his own. I would say he is a less reliable source than John Green, but is not totally unreliable either.
When the Abbey Road Studios IG account posts a lovely “Happy Pride Day” message today….
And then proceeds to * ❤️/like” a comment that says:
“anybody opposed to this obviously doesn't realise john and paul were exploring each others bodies” 🫡🥹🙌💪
👇 This is the way ✨
George Harrison and possibly one of the owners of the hotel Stanglwirt (the website didn’t specify), Tyrol, Austria, 1990s. Photo courtesy of stanglwirt dot com.
George, Olivia, and Dhani vacationed in Tyrol, and invited Klaus Voormann to join them. The following excerpt was translated from Voormann’s German-language only autobiography Warum spielst du Imagine nicht auf dem weißen Klavier, John?:
“‘We’re at the Stanglwirt in Tyrol, fancy visiting?’ […] We hugged again. He felt a bit chubbier, did good old George, and he looked like a good-natured elderly gentleman in his slippers, the green cord pants, a wool vest and a gray, plain sweater. His apartment was not very large, but comfortable. It consisted of a living area as well as a bedroom for himself and Olivia and a small room for Dhani. […] While we ate, I constantly had to look at little Dhani. I felt like I had little, seventeen-year-old George from the Hamburg times in front of me. He looked unbelievably like his father, even though his face seemed narrower and his hair was darker. Also he didn’t speak with the Liverpool accent his father had at that time spoken heavily. Dhani seemed hyper and talked nineteen to the dozen. George turned to me. ‘I love my little Dhani more than anything… if only he wouldn’t talk so much,’ he whispered.” - Klaus Voormann, translated from Warum spielst du Imagine nicht auf dem weißen Klavier, John? (x, x)
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An anti-war gay protester at the first Christopher Street Gay Liberation Day Parade in NYC, June 28, 1970, photographer unknown
Another Paul' senseless absurd song (honestly, one of my fave) - Morse Moose And The Grey Goose All these Morse Moose and Grey Goose, "As we were sailing 'round the rocks" sounding a bit like "rock around the clock": One, Two, Three O'clock, Four O’clock rock…
Grey Goose flew away and that's all Morse - whoever he is - ever thinks about (that's why every verse ends with this - But the Grey Goose flew away) And now Morse Moose is calling Grey Goose - whoever he is - calling from the bottom of the sea (and by all accounts, Morse doesn't feel good here at all) But the more desperate his calls, the more they seem like shouting into the void. Maybe he knows that wild goose chase means chase a ghost - and he is afraid he is looking for something that doesn't exist?
Morse could mean Samuel Morse (and Morse code which Paul uses can implie that this is the case)
Or it could mean a walrus (because - yeah, "morse" also is the archaic or alternative English term (derived from Russian morž - морж) for the walrus, and it remains the standard word for "walrus" in French - un morse)
My name is Morse Moose and I'm calling you Right on down to the bottom of the sea Tell me are you receiving me? My name is Morse Moose and I'm calling you (This is the Morse Moose calling) (This is the Morse Moose calling) (This is the Morse Moose calling) (This is the Morse Moose calling) Right on down to the bottom of the sea (This is the Morse Moose calling) Tell me are you receiving me?
(also it's 1978)
All of the lonely nights Waiting for you to come Longing to hold you tight I need you so desperately Waiting for you to come Bringing your love to me But I'd wait a million years Walk a million miles Cry a million tears I'd swim the deepest sea Climb the highest hill Just to have you near me As love is reality When you are near to me I am in ecstasy (Whoa, whoa, whoa) I'd swallow the pain and pride Baby, I just can't hide All that I feel inside
