#John & Astrid

[stargiirl27]

the early beatles collection by astrid kirchherr

#aka one of my favorite photos of the boys #the beatles #astrid kirchherr #early beatles #john paul george and ringo

[ceofjohnlennon]

"I have never claimed divinity. I have never claimed purity of soul. I have never claimed to have the answer to life. I only put out songs and answer questions as honestly as I can - no more, no less."ㅡ John Lennon for Jonathan Cott, December 05, 1980. Photos taken by Astrid Kirchherr.

#john lennon #60s #1980 #1960 #astrid kirchherr #my:read #h:q

[semioticapocalypse]

Astrid Kirchherr. John Lennon.. Hamburg. 1960

I Am Collective Memories   •    Follow me, — says Visual Ratatosk

#BW #Black and White #Preto e Branco #Noir et Blanc #黒と白 #Schwarzweiß #retro #vintage #Astrid Kirchherr #John Lennon #Hamburg #portrait #肖像 #画像 #retrato #Porträt #1960 #1960s #60s

[imdcathsmeow]

Me every time I listen to the HTTYD score

#httyd #how to train your dragon #john powell #hiccup #astrid #toothless #hiccstrid

[eppysboys]

Astrid Kirchherr and Stuart Sutcliffe, from the Museum of Liverpool

#Astrid Kirchherr #Stuart Sutcliffe #the clearest version of this I've seen #Cyn in the background....does that mean John took the photo? 👀if so...that's incredibly sweet #Cynthia Lennon #Stuart #Astrid #Cynthia #Stuart and Astrid

[evrythingisabeatlesreferance]

On this day in 1962, the original bassist of the Beatles Stuart Sutcliffe died of a brain haemorrhage. Stu died on the way to hospital in Hamburg, Germany, and in the arms of his girlfriend Astrid Kirchherr. He was only 21.

#stuart sutcliffe #astrid kirchherr #the beatles #george harrison #john lennon #paul mccartney #ringo starr

[legendarytragedynacho]

George Harrison, Stuart Sutcliffe, & John Lennon in Hamburg, 1960

Stuart used to play bass with The Beatles

📷 Astrid Kirchher

#george harrison #john lennon #stuart sutcliffe #astrid kirchherr #music #musician #musica #rock #rock music #the beatles #rock & roll #classic rock

[dbp]

John in Hamburg

#the fab four #the beatles #john lennon #astrid kirchherr

[kaiserkeller]

Remembering Stuart Sutcliffe, who passed away on this day in 1962.

‘Come Foreward’ [sic] by Stuart Sutcliffe, February 1958:

“Perhaps when spring is near with skies and conscience clear will come the breath of light which through my sight will puff and blow the webs away will break the chains one day until through my lazy eye I’ll see all.”

Photo: Astrid Kirchherr, 1961/62.

#photo enhanced by me #stuart sutcliffe #astrid kirchherr #the beatles #1962 #1960s #60s #fifth beatle #classic rock #british invasion #paul mccartney #john lennon #george harrison #ringo starr

[ceofjohnlennon]

John Lennon always comforted people who were grieving because he knew the feeling so well:

"There was one thing about John Lennon. In his steel-trap mind, he never forget what was important to people. Fast forward to May 1975. I had become an anchorman in Philadelphia, and combined with a radio station, our TV station sponsored what was called the "Helping Hand Marathon", a weekend-long radio fund-raiser to benefit area charities, including the one most important to me, the battle against multiple sclerosis (n/t: Larry Kane's mom passed away in 1964 because of sclerosis). With the help of our sales manager, Gene Vassall, I was able to put together a real coup — John Lennon to cohost the marathon for the weekend. From the time I picked him up at the railroad station to his departure on Sunday night, John was sensitive, giving and tireless. On the phone days ahead of the event, he said "Larry, I know this is being done in memory of your mother. I will make this happen and it will be great, baby!".

ㅡ Larry Kane in the book "Memories of John Lennon" by Yoko Ono.

"I've always admired him, and was very proud of the friendship we had together, and the first time John really showed his love for me was after Stuart's death, when he helped me such an awful lot to try and understand my loss —and his as well — and we used to talk about Stuart, and he really got me together again. He wasn't like Paul or George, who felt really sorry for me, and said "Oh, everything will be fine". John just said — it to me one day when I was really, really down and didn’t know what to do — he said "Well, you have got to decide what you want: Do you want to live or do you want to die? Decide that, but be honest". And that helped me tremendously to go on. And then he said that there are so many things we haven't even discovered yet, and life has got to go on, and you can't sit down and cry all the time, you have got to get on, and if it's not for me, he said, it's for Stuart. And he said that in a very harsh voice, not like nice and sweet, but very directly, so that was the real John who was talking. And that made me really think twice about it. It helped me tremendously. That is what I'm still thankful for (...)"

ㅡ Astrid Kirchherr in the book "Memories of John Lennon" by Yoko Ono.

"While they were there, Lily's father, William White, succumbed to a heart attack at age sixty-seven. Over the past few years, Mal had shared with her how intimidating John could be, so Lil was surprised when the Beatle brought her a cup of tea, let down his guard, and showered her with consolation. Like Mal, Lily would always remember John's tender gesture. 'It's very hard at times like these to give verbal comfort to anybody,' Mal wrote, 'but John was fantastic, and I knew that he gave Lil a lot of comfort in her hour of need — something I have always blessed him for.'"

ㅡ Mal Evans in his diary, from the book "Living The Beatles Legend" by Kenneth Womack.

#john lennon #the beatles #60s #yoko ono #mal evans #larry kane #astrid kirchherr #memories of john lennon #living the beatles legend #kenneth womack #my:read #john....... #the man that you were #:')

[semioticapocalypse]

Astrid Kirchherr. John Lennon. Hamburg. 1962

I Am Collective Memories   •    Follow me, — says Visual Ratatosk

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[got-ticket-to-ride]

He say I know you, you know me, one thing I can tell you is you got to be free

Astrid Kirchherr remembers taking this picture in 1962, John requested her to take a picture of him like she did with Stuart, in the attic of her mother's house which Stuart had used as his atelier while he was alive. She remembers John's immense sadness and George's strength, George seeming quite protective of John who was very affected by Stuart's death.

In connection with this closeness and brotherhood. We take on John's description of George from his song "Come Together" where he repeated George telling him that they know each other well and that he has to be free.

At this stage, he had divorced Cynthia, married his new wife, collaborated with different artists (Dirty Mac and The Plastic Ono Band) while being politically active in his messaging. John was freer than he could've ever been.

But why was George's message to him like this?

I pose this question, but I think most of us know the answer and it's heartbreaking.

#George Harrison #John Lennon #mclennon #The Beatles #lyrics #Stuart Sutcliffe #John and Paul #Astrid Kirchherr #George knew

[terapsina]

Your favorite ship involving that 'Why The Fuck Are They Always Staring Into Each Others Eyes' energy?

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[crepesuzette2023]

So whats like the general consensus about Stu and John? Do we think they ever messed around or not?

Ooooh, I won't burn and scar my typing fingers on anything like "general consensus," and my cop-out answer is: depends on who you ask. I mean, if you're living in a world where 'a man being with a woman' = straight, or 'a man who never came out unequivocally as queer' = straight, then John and Stu very much never messed around, and, more importantly, didn't feel the desire to.

But I think if you look at it with an open mind, without being afraid of the possibility, you'll see it's more likely they did than that they didn't.

First, you have John, with his life-long romantic idea of being in love with your creative partner (see: his comments on Yoko and Paul)—an idea that fits Stu seamlessly, and perhaps even started with him. In the Hunter Davies bio, John (in '67) calls Stu Paul's predecessor in the 'my trusted partner in art' role.

There is also this conversation with Stu's girlfriend, Astrid Kircherr, as related by Backbeat director Iain Softley:

Paying tribute to Astrid this week, film director Iain Softley revealed her moving words from his interviews with her when he made 1994 movie Backbeat about her and Stuart’s romance.

They hint at a complex relationship between her, Stuart and John. She said it was only after Stuart died that she and John “took a load of pills” and talked for 12 hours about “all the things on our minds about Stuart”. “‘He was jealous when Klaus and I fancied Stuart more, and took him home and left John out,” she told Iain.

“He told me he really loved Stuart, but was afraid of the feeling.”

Iain adds: “I think she thought he meant as a friend, I don’t think there was any suggestion they were in a relationship. But Stuart had always been John’s best friend, they shared a flat in Liverpool. John would write to Stuart as ‘Jesus Christ to John the Baptist’, in the sense Stuart was showing him the way. He looked up to him.

“There was a sense John didn’t want Stuart taken away from him, he didn’t want Stuart to stay in Hamburg.

“At the same time he was very fond of Astrid, but I think there was a conflict there.”

If John was afraid of the feeling, then I'm thinking he felt something that, at the time, and probably still today, was a scary thing to feel. I'll leave it at that.

Also, they were, what? 18, 19, 20 years old? At that age, odds are you do fool around, even if you regret it afterwards. Nothing wrong with that.

Look at this picture of Stu (r.) with Astrid and Astrid's ex, Klaus Voormann. Klaus, who later said he and Astrid didn't work as a couple because she wanted him to be exactly like her image of him, and whose marriage (to a woman) was a platonic marriage of convenience, according to himself. We have now reached the beautiful stage of come onnn! "Straight" was at the party, but so were many others. These relationships were messy! That's awesome!

And how do we feel about John feeling up Gene Vincent, while Paul and George look on knowingly, and Pete Best blanks out? We feel joyous and unsurprised.

A word about Paul vs. Stu, since we're (sort of) at it.

It's possible (what an understatement) to think of their rivalry as sexual rivalry. This is, once more, hinted at in Backbeat, where Stu is more or less giving away John to Paul.

And yet. I think it was more than that. I think everyone, back then, was fighting for more than a bed-partner. They were fighting for their future, for a life unlike their parents'. Paul was fighting for the band, Stu was fighting for John to join him on his artist's way (even giving 'rock'n'roll' a try), and John..

John was, on the one hand, the person either of the others felt he needed in order to realize his dream. But on the other hand, he was the least decided of the three. He may have perceived that, within the trio, he had the fewest fall-back options: Stu had his obvious, much-mentored artistic talent. Paul had a possible academic future bwxt to his musical talent, plus a clear determination to make it in music. John had talent in spades, but perhaps less of a clear-cut idea of where and how to apply it. So he tried keeping both of them close...?

With fun scenes like these as a result:

John sure is feeling campy/cuddly, while Paul is incandescent with rage. A hot look for both of them.

In the end, we don't know if they ever did fool around. My usual reply in those cases is: I hope they did, if they both wanted it. I hope it was good.

I need to check out this book:

John and Paul look happy.

#asks #Stuart Sutcliffe #John Lennon #Astrid Kircherr #Paul McCartney #Backbeat #Iain Softley #mclennon #lenncliffe #it's just handy to fuck your best friend #until it isn't

[adreciclarte4]

John Lennon, 1960 by Astrid Kirchherr

#John Lennon #Astrid Kirchherr

[eppysboys]

“Astrid and The Beatles became even closer when she invited them to her home in Altona. For the first time since arriving in Hamburg, the five boys were able to enjoy some home comforts and escape the desperate privations of their hovel like accommodation at The Bambi Kino. They also enjoyed some sorely missed English food: “They loved visiting my house. For their first visit, my mother asked me what they liked to eat, and so she cooked them mashed potatoes, steak and peas – the first proper English meal they’d had since arriving in Germany. She even got them some strawberries, and made tea with milk and sugar. John and my mother got on like house on fire – even though they did not understand a word each other was saying. It was lovely to see. The boys had a good time – they had a bath and enjoyed looking through our records and books. It was to be the first of many such visits.”

Through such occasions, Astrid was able to get to know The Beatles as individuals. 

“Paul is still like he was then, very lovely, deeply modest, and very well mannered. He nearly broke his tongue talking German to my mother. He had his phrase book with him. He always tried to be the translator, because he had these three or five words of German that he knew. George was the sweet one. He was just 17, and he would sit and look at things, politely asking “Can I please look at that book, that magazine?” He is one of my closest friends. I am so pleased to know that he is in England watching over me. He had had tough times recently, and so I am pleased he has his family and his religion to help him. He lost John, his parents, he was almost killed during that terrifying attack, and he had that bad cancer, but through all these tragedies he is still the George he has always been; kind, helpful and full of love for his friends. He is very caring toward me.

...

John was the strong one, always asking questions. All that anger that people associate with him and that was showing the film “Backbeat” in several scenes, where he shouts “It’s all dick!” at everyone and anyone - including me – was not the John I knew. That’s fiction, I never heard him say that. We got on every well – he was never hostile towards me.

“And Stuart!!! Well, by the time they visited my home we really had a crush on each other, so we just sat gazing into one another’s eyes, as the rest carried on. Neither of us actually made the first move, it was both of us - like magnets. At that time, Klaus was my boyfriend, but he sensed what was happening. He saw it and, in a way, forced it, which is strange to understand now, but Klaus always wanted me to be happy. He knew I wasn’t happy in our relationship. He and I were great friends, we shared the same tastes, the same sense of humour, but we just could not live together as lovers, that was impossible. So he encouraged Stuart and me a little bit.”

Astrid Kirchherr on the personalities of The Beatles. Interviewed by Colin Hall for Get Rhythm, August 2001

#astrid kirchherr #the beatles #Paul McCartney #George Harrison #John Lennon #Stuart Sutcliffe #the front line #Astrid #Paul #George #John #Stuart #Stuart and Astrid #quotes #Frau Kirchherr #the food details!! #all my love to frau kirchherr #'so we just sat gazing into another's eyes as the rest carried on' #'Can I please look at that book that magazine?' 🥺 #Klaus Voormann #Klaus #'He nearly broke his tongue talking German to my mother' #'John and my mother got on like house on fire – even though they did not understand a word each other was saying' #❤️ #interviews #colin hall #get rhythm