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This Is Not Here Press Conference @ Everson Museum in Syracuse, NY (October 8, 1971).

Reporter: What do you think of Paul, John?

John: I’ve changed, you know, he’s still the closest friend I’ve ever had except for Yoko. So I mean I’m still close to him whatever goes on.

In terms of timeline, the next day was John’s 31st birthday, where I believe we have audio recording of John conducting a nostalgic singalong of Yesterday during the party.

#reblogs #nothing will give you whiplash like tracking mclennon through 1971 #ops tags: this being only a month after HDYS makes absolute sense #in that it makes no sense at all #and therefore is logical John behaviour #John Lennon #McLennon #Paul McCartney

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people rediscovering my “shit John has said about Paul” posts is bringing me such festive cheer

#a toast #to johns supreme ability to turn what could have been a perfectly normal friendship into a hyper intense pseudo sexual war zone #mclennon #paul mccartney #john lennon #sjhasap

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saw your post about the Duke of Buckingham series (the trailer looks awesome) and may i ask what's this letter about a master and a dog?

Here you go! I will be watching 😌 respectfully 😌

#asks #[ashley from recess voice] scandalous #George Villiers #History #James I #Mary and George

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Bill Maher talking to Julian about John & Paul being in love in Get Back..

& Julian, once again, talking about Paul wanting to get together so he can tell him stories about John “that he hasn’t told anyone”.

#firstly #bill mahers a scab #so jot that down #(he’s also a shitty interviewer) #but those things aside #AAAAAAAARRRRRRRGGGGGGHHHHHH #where’s that gif of cpr holt screaming vindication #cause that’s how all the post-get back takes got me #all these casually informed people suddenly clocking it like #’…hold on a darn minute’ #‘at least one of these men is in love’

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#Paul McCartney #In the Eye of the Storm #John buyin 300 from beyond the grace

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#reblogs #time to whip out my favourite tag #they look like a couple #amazing how many photos this applies to #McLennon

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Lennon & McCartney: The Break-Up Begins

(thanks to the ultimate Beatles’ source @amoralto for the video)

#‘’who’s gonna help you with a thing like that?’’ #Paul sat there like ‘’wtf I literally helped you’’ #’’does my foreword mean nothing to you??’’

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paul & yoko whenever the topic of john’s hands comes up

"I know I speak of his hands a lot. I loved his hands. He used to say he had wanted hands like Jean Cocteau — long and slim fin­gers. But I grew up surrounded by cousins with those aristocrat­ic hands. I loved John’s, clean, strong, working-class hands that grabbed me whenever there was a chance."

John Lennon’s Last Days: A Remembrance by Yoko Ono Rolling Stone | 23 December 2010

#they agree on about 3 things and one of them is John having nice hands #reblogs #Paul McCartney #Yoko Ono

[james-winston]

GET BACK, PART III — Ringo doesn’t talk much, but when he says he’s not going abroad, they are not going abroad. And when he says “I wanna go on the roof”, they’re going on the roof. (x)

#Paul bootin about later on givin it “you’d be surprised how tough that time was for me’’ #babe we wouldn’t #we wouldn’t

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“We did not see Ringo until the next night when he arrived at the session. He walked in and went straight to his drums…fiddled with them, then fiddled with them some more. “Somebody did something to my snare drum,” he said irritably. “Paul was here last night. He played them,” explained John. "He’s always fucking around with me things!” It sounded as though Ringo were back in Liverpool and all of them were still teenagers and nothing in their lives had changed. I realized then, that no matter what might happen among them, this was the way they would always relate to each other.” ~ May Pang

#not me forgetting I was in my likes and scrolling past this all #‘’who would put that quote with those pictures 🥺’’ #👉me that’s who👈

[james-winston]

omfg I am so behind on this (and yes I’ve only become aware of it because Nicholas Galitzine offof rwarb is in it) but they’re making a fucking Duke of Buckingham series!!!

And you’re all sitting there like “who??” well let me tell you about this absolute fuck.

George Villiers, Duke of Buckingham was the favourite of King James VI&I and by favourite I do mean it in the gayest of ways. (He started life as Sir George, the shittest of titles, and fucked his way to a Dukedom.)

Long story short, here’s a list of things I need to see in this series or I will SUE:

George slut dropping his way into James’s bed. (I mean, he danced for him, but whatever the 17th century equivalent to slut dropping was you can bet George was doing it.)

The exasperation of James’s advisors when he picks yet another beautiful young man to fuck and give totally unreasonable amounts of money and power to.

Even funnier if they show them actively helping George overthrow James’s old favourite before realising “oh shit this one’s worse.”

George failing consistently at every job he was given. (Yes I know he didn’t actually but where’s the comedy in competency? Give me himbo George or give me death.)

Parliament calling James to task on George being a fucking useless nuisance and James standing up in front of parliament and literally saying, “You may be sure that I love the Earl of Buckingham more than anyone else, and more than you who are here assembled. I wish to speak in my own behalf, and not to have it thought to be a defect, for Jesus Christ did the same, and therefore I cannot be blamed. Christ had his John, and I have my George.” (Huge points for throwing Jesus under the gay bus too.)

James practically arranging George’s marriage for him and then riding his horse around the park crying because George, shock, got married.

What better be the dirtiest sex scenes ever broadcast on British television that lead to the “master and dog” letter.

The consistent drama queenery from James, e.g:

I refuse to tag this as a spoiler because it happened 400 years ago: George smothering James and then playing the heartbroken widow to his son. (Historically debated, if anyone wants details shoot me an ask.)

George getting stabbed to death in what was probably the justified climax of him being the most irritating man alive.

George’s assassin getting the warmest send off ever given by any crowd at a public execution cause the people hated George so fucking much.

#Nicholas Galitzine #literally zero interest in historical accuracy beyond these points #I do think the series is going to focus on George being evil tho #which is a shame #cause he was James’s favourite for 10 years and I genuinely think there was affection from George #I also hope they don’t try and hammer home that he was totally straight #I know there’s a chance he was but I still don’t find it very likely at all #lots of straight men at court didn’t fuck the king for power #also to be clear I love George and will be defending him to the death #but he was also useless and stupid and possibly a murderer #but also he’s my baby :) so :) #and he died 400 years ago so he’s essentially a fictional character and therefore he’s allowed to be my problematic fave #AND HE PROBABLY DIDNT KILL JAMES ANYWAY #George and Mary #History #George Villiers #James I #LGBT History #Gay History

[james-winston]

I feel like Mark Lewisohn can’t finish vol 2 of his series because shit is too gay to explain away and he doesn’t know what to do with it

#having just been to see his live show #can confirm #see upcoming posts for further deets #reblogs #Mark Lewisohn

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Paul McCartney, 1981.

#reblogs #Paul McCartney #are these pictures the closest I’ve come to finding him attractive? #yes :)

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#reblogs #McLennon

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#it never got better than this in the mclennon fandom #we reached the peak

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Paul was insane for this

#reblogs #Paul McCartney #‘it won’t be half as good as this’ #Paul what the fuck man #this is not normal behaviour #and don’t believe him when he tries to gaslight you with the big innocent eyes and benign tone #’me and John were just typical mates when it comes down to it’ #bitch no the fuck you weren’t get out of my house

[james-winston]

John in the 70s: [talking about his psychic connection to Paul, calling Paul an estranged fiancé, collecting all of Paul's records, being able to hear his music from a distance of 5 miles]

John in the 70s: I loathe him, you understand.

#The Beatles #John Lennon #Paul McCartney #original #McLennon