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[mydaroga]

@idontwanttospoiltheparty and I figured it out:

Mark L's veiled, possibly unconscious antipathy towards Paul can only be explained by his failed love affair with same.

Further, he's convinced John and Paul never did it because the latter once turned to him and said, "you're the best I ever had." Which means 1) he cannot possibly have had John, who is categorically the Best Ever, and 2) he can't admit where he got this information.

#Kris talks a lot #idontwanttospoiltheparty #Beatles crack #taking rpf in a whole new direction

[pennielane]

CARO!!!! What's a skill people are surprised you have?

(Get to know you questions! Send a get to know you question on anon or not to 5 people!)



Hieeeee!!!!

Hmmm….surprised is hard….probably my film photography! I don’t know if I’m particularly good or bad but people tend to be surprised when they see all my cameras

#idontwanttospoiltheparty #ask #thx for the question bestie 🥰

[big-barn-bed]

noooooo don't come for John's white album songs :(((((((((( Happiness Is A Warm Gun is my LIFEBLOOD

Ahh I do like happiness is a warm gun and glass onion alright, but across the universe and dig a pony are top tier for me! I’ve never been able to force myself to listen to the white album all the way through 🥲

#ask #idontwanttospoiltheparty

[eclipsedsuns]

Happy birthday!! will be thinking about Clara loving to lie in your honour today <3

thank you, fiona!! and she’s so flawed i love her💖

#she’s actively lying in this scene. iconic. #<3 #idontwanttospoiltheparty #answered

[beatlestshirt]

HELP

how is he supposed to be the main character without his coat collection?

#idontwanttospoiltheparty #A's asks

[themagicalmysticalboy]

36 and 37!

i wish i had a stylus near me. it would only be slightly better tho

#ask game #idontwanttospoiltheparty

[the-bluebird-you-need]

WAIT can you explain how Ticket To Ride and That Means A Lot are related? (also I LOVE That Means A Lot tbh)

YES so Paul said at some point That Means A Lot was his attempt at Ticket to Ride but it didn't work out (hence their version being unreleased until anthology). Let me find the direct quote real quick.

So nevermind whatever I thought Paul said I must be misremembering because as far as I can tell when i look for it now, it was Ian MacDonald who compared the two songs saying it was "an attempt to rewrite Lennon's 'Ticket to Ride' ... to which take 1 of 'That Means a Lot' bears a blatant resemblance" among other even less nice things.

Personally I do hear the resemblance (especially with the can't you see fade-out vs the my baby don't care fade-out), but I really like the song too, and I don't think of it in the way Ian put it because it's really cool to see how John and Paul inspire each other in their song-writing.

Edit: also here's a sort of mash up from the Beatoons studio gags. That Means A Lot goes over the Ticket to Ride instrumental pretty well

#ask #idontwanttospoiltheparty #if anyone does know what I'm thinking of lmk lol #might be for another song or my brain made it up idk

[glorioustyrantcollectorlove-blog]

No reply

#idontwanttospoiltheparty #illfollowthesun #noreply #paulmccartney #thebeatles

[monkberries]

@idontwanttospoiltheparty Sometimes on main but it posts at normal hours, and never here

#I’m a mystery #or it’s a time zone thing lol #idontwanttospoiltheparty

[phoneybeatlemania]

not you having pete best in your cover...... anyways love the new theme!!!

Honestly, big respect for anyone who would name their album The Best Of The Beatles…….and then proceed to put precisely zero Beatles songs on it

This man wanted to make war not love

#but ty 🤠🤠🤠 #i wanted a more october-y feel to the blog #even tho i loved my old theme :( #because i DO have long blonde hair and eyes of blue #(or like i did when i made the old theme) #(my hairs this stupid blue colour now but im not even gonna get into that 🤦‍♂️) #@idontwanttospoiltheparty #pete best

[mydaroga]

1, 10, 19

1. Unpopular John opinion?

This is one of those questions where I can't quite land on what is a *popular* John opinion to go against. Popular with the jean jackets? Popular with the Tumblr crowd (which one?)? Popular with the Lennon Industrial Complex?

I don't think John should be cancelled.

I do think we should be able to talk about the good and bad of our heroes/public figures with nuance and respect and that you can discuss complicated people with compassion.

I actually... Don't enjoy most of his solo work, which frankly is one of the most shocking and upsetting things about finally becoming a Beatles fan.

I guess that's enough for now. ;)

10. If you were going to blame a single person for the Beatles' break-up, who would it be?

I don't love reducing such a complex dynamic to this question, but that's why it's here, isn't it? Ha.

Can I blame John and Paul equally? At its root, I believe the breakup was caused by a fundamental breakdown in communication (or really, possibly a failure to establish actual, sustainable communication strategies from the beginning). Everything and everyone else is an accessory to that central tension. Now, I think I understand (as well as anyone can) why that happened and I'm not saying it doesn't make sense, this breakdown. It's not like MOST people would know how to handle this. But blaming Klein or Yoko or the Eastmans ignores the actual problem.

And I don't think it's a cop-out to say John and Paul were equally responsible for their relationship and equally deficient--in various ways, mostly unintentional IMO. They each got hurt and each blamed the other and I actually think both were right and wrong. And that's what is so tragic about it.

But feel free to try to pin me down, if you have to.

19. Was John's activism pure narcissism or simply misguided?

Leading question innit?

I think it's a mixture of real enthusiasm/idealism, the zeal of the high he and Yoko were riding, and an ability they both had to self-promote. And there's nothing wrong with that, and I think there's value in much of what they did. But I also think it was terribly naive and born of an interesting need John had to back away from what he'd been while remaining in the spot light.

I guess I think he believed it, but he intensely believed so many things, and in part this was powered by the narcissism of falling for his own line.

At the same time, I also kind of feel like they were laughing the whole time, well aware of the limitations of their stances (while still believing, don't get me wrong), and I'm not entirely sure how to square both of these thoughts.

I guess I don't think it was pure narcissism at all, but I also don't think the other answer is "simple."

#love these #Beatles asks #the ask box #kris talks a lot #idontwanttospoiltheparty

[pennielane]

okay but Baby's In Black is an Insane Song because........ it's like the opposite of A Day In The Life (or We Can Work It Out and Michelle to a lesser extent), where each individual's part is so Distinct and it's like two very different flavours combining in one mouthful (like sea salt chocolate or smth I can't think of a good example) but Babys In Black is this perfect emulsion. They Are One. you can't even fucking tell which melody is the main one and they REFUSED to name one as the main one and both said it was one of their most pure 50/50 songs. Insanely underrated as a composition on its own but it's SUCH a uniquely insane Lennon-McCartney moment

PERIOD. Literally mic drop I have nothing to add except yes yes yes and also they did that and in WALtZ TIME

Also now I will forEvermore™ think of sea salt when I listen to Baby’s In Black

#idontwanttospoiltheparty #ask #talk JP music analysis to me 😩

[idontwanttospoiltheparty]

LOVE (2006) BEST COMPILATION !!!!!!!!!!!

#seasoned idontwanttospoiltheparty followers will know: I am first and foremost a mashups girly #fiona.docx #bugs

[eclipsedsuns]

hoax >:) but you CANNOT cop out and paste the entire song

grrrrr you know me well💖

“you knew the password so i let you in the door” is one of my favorite lyrics ever ever ever

send me a taylor swift song and i’ll reply with my favorite lyric!

#every hoax lyric is one of my favorite lyrics ever #but you get the point #idontwanttospoiltheparty #answered #ask games

[beatlestshirt]

orchid, cactus, and nutmeg!!

orchid ⇢ what’s a song you consider to be perfect?

goddd i really don't want to be basic but: cardigan and yesterday. feel like i've got to explain my choices so, i love nostalgic songs the most and these two, i feel are two very different shades of nostalgia. they're both sad but like SO DIFFERENTLY sad and i love that.

cactus ⇢ something you’re currently learning (about)?

structuralism (the literary theory, not the psychological one). took me forever to wrap my head around it but now that i've got the basic idea, i'm just like words are so cool!!! though now i keep second guessing everything i say/write

nutmeg ⇢ how’s your room/home decorated? do you have a specific theme or style going on?

my room looks VERY different from my house. my room is just stark and white. literally not a trace of paint. it's just white walls, my bed and a hardwood table with all my college stuff. my house is idk how to put this but...very indian? like there's drapery everywhere and paintings and statues and random idols on every shelf (lots of krishna lol george would've loved it here)

#thank you for the ask fiona <3 #idontwanttospoiltheparty #a's asks

[themagicalmysticalboy]

Magical Mystery Tour :)))

hehe i very much enjoyed going through this album again 🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰 MMT is so fucking good

Magical Mystery Tour- The Magical Mystery Tour/ Is waiting to take you away/ Waiting to take you away <- i just like how paul says it. i listen to this song a lot actually

The Fool On The Hill- And nobody seems to like him/ They can tell what he wants to do/ And he never shows his feelings <- someone get paul and me therapy

Flying- no lyrics but again i listen to this a lot. i genuinely love it so much and it should probably play at my funeral for a laugh

Blue Jay Way- Now it's past my bed I know/ And I'd really like to go/ Soon will be the break of day/ Sitting here in Blue Jay Way <- idk this song is just like so good and perfect and george knew what the fuck was up. sorry i actually didn’t know i staned this album til rn but yeah i do

Your Mother Should Know- Lift up your hearts and sing me a song/ That was a hit before your mother was born <- relatable content

I Am The Walrus- Boy, you've been a naughty girl, you let your knickers down <- anyone remember that one? lol

Hello, Goodbye- Hela, heba, helloa, hela heba, helloa, hela <- from the end? yeah it’s cute and makes me happy

Strawberry Fields Forever- Living is easy with eyes closed/ Misunderstanding all you see/ It's getting hard to be someone but it all works out/ It doesn't matter much to me

Penny Lane- And the banker never wears a Mac in the pouring rain/ Very strange <- i always wondered what is was like growing up in suburbia and i really enjoy all the imagery in this song

Baby You’re A Rich Man- How does it feel to be/One of the beautiful people/ Tuned to a natural E/ Happy to be that way/ Now that you've found another key/ What are you going to play

All You Need Is Love- Nothin' you can make that can't be made/ No one you can save that can't be saved

#ask game #idontwanttospoiltheparty #magical mystery tour