#john & yoko

[johns-prince]

“I’m sure that if [Paul] had been a woman or something, he would have been a great threat, because there’s something definitely very strong with me, John, and Paul.”

— Yoko Ono, Revolution Tape, June 4th 1968. [x]

“. . . I mean, I think really what it was, really all that happened was that John fell in love. With Yoko. And so, with such a powerful alliance like that, it was difficult for him to still be seeing me. It was as if I was another girlfriend, almost. Our relationship was a strong relationship. And if he was to start a new relationship, he had to put this other one away. And I understood that. I mean, I couldn’t stand in the way of someone who’d fallen in love. You can’t say, “Who’s this?” You can’t really do that. If I was a girl, maybe I could go out and… But you know I mean in this case I just sort of said, right – I mean, I didn’t say anything, but I could see that was the way it was going to go, and that Yoko would be very sort of powerful for him. So um, we all had to get out the way.”

— Paul McCartney, interview with German tv program Exclusiv, April 1985. [x]

“It’s just handy to fuck your best friend… and once I resolved the fact that it was a woman as well, it’s all right. I liked her cause she was like a bloke in drag… like a mate.”

— John Lennon talking about Yoko Ono - Powers of Two by Joshua Wolf Shenk. [x]

“I still think at the back of John’s mind was this fascination of wanting to get back with the first girlfriend, if you like, and that was to get back with Paul, who he had so much history with.”

— Tony Barrow, The Beatles’ press officer, on the Lennon/McCartney reunion that was never to be. [x]

“My “simplest, most logical” reason that Yoko treated Paul as her main rival for John’s affections was… he was the main rival for John’s affections… How many books have been written about Lennon and McCartney, and on that period specifically, and not one of them has seriously suggested that John might be a bisexual man in love with his songwriting partner and closest adult companion? Now, we have writers timidly peeking out and saying, “Gee, it’s almost as if John was in love with Paul.” Has the evidence changed? Not much. Have we as a society become more educated and tolerant? Yes.”

— Michael Gerber, Hey Dullblog. [x]

#mclennon #paul mccartney #john lennon #yoko ono #anthology of mclennon #i just needed these grouped together because there's definitely significance

[magzthemad]

maybe John just loved the tension he created here and wanted it 24/7 like he seems the type to crave chaos

#john lennon #paul mccartney #the beatles #mclennon #john and yoko #jyoko #john lennon craving chaos

[ringosmistress]

#lovely yoko #it's high time we stop hating on yoko #and start hating on that f- #jahn lemon #yoko was very pretty #i get what john was feeling back then #the beatles #john lennon #paul mccartney #george harrison #ringo starr #beatles #yoko ono #memes

[midchelle]

In the audience during Bob Dylan's concert at the Isle of Wight Festival: Pattie Boyd, George Harrison, Ringo Starr, Maureen Starkey, John Lennon, and Yoko Ono | August 31, 1969 © Jeffrey Mayer

#the beatles #pattie boyd #george harrison #ringo starr #maureen starkey #john lennon #yoko ono #jeffrey mayer #you can get a tag too #bob dylan #1960s #isle of wight festival #john #yoko #ringo #mo #george h #pattie #midposts #1969

[justlikedylansmrjones]

Paul with John's Two Virgins album circa 1975.

Do you guys think he, you know, looked?

#god knows i looked when i first found out about it #but is paul a better person than me? #the beatles #paul mccartney #mclennon #john lennon #yoko ono #linda mccartney #1975 #70s #wings #two virgins

[twixnmix]

John Lennon with Yoko Ono, filmmaker Jonas Mekas, and Andy Warhol's boyfriend Jed Johnson during a party at Allen Klein's home in Riverdale, Bronx, 1971.

Photos by Andy Warhol

#john lennon #yoko ono #jonas mekas #1971 #jed johnson #1970s #1970s fashion #the beatles #andy warhol #polaroids

[acrosstheeuniv3rse]

i was just trying to live when i started thinking about jawn and pol and then of course i started crying. i miss their "friendship" 🤭☹️

#the beatles #mclennon #john lennon #paul mccartney #john and paul #yoko ono is bad #i hate yoko ono #she changed john for the worst #i miss john lemon

[doctorcurdlejr]

Well actually I think John Lennon would ask you why more people aren't writing rpf about him and what you have against his ass getting blasted in every universe. But unfortunately he'll never get to say it, will he? Because something else was blasted, wasn't it :/

#i can never stop thinking about that excerpt auguste posted about john making them listen to him have sex with yoko #a day in the life #Beatles

[rockytheraccoon]

why does he sleep like a baby in the womb??? 😭😭

somebody tell him to clean his feet

#john lennon #HES SO CUTIEEE #beatles #plastic ono band #yoko ono #george harrison #paul mccartney #ringo starr #the beatles #beatlemania #mclennon

[reflectismo]

Get up, new apple promo footage from 1968 just dropped!

Source: Full video can be viewed here, which includes Paul playing Mother Nature’s Son / Blackbird.

#The Beatles #John Lennon #Paul McCartney #Yoko Ono #Francie Schwartz #(John’s sign!) #(Any footage of John explaining his musical ideas I will be seated and listening!) #(And I like being a fly on the wall during John/Yoko’s conversations lol) #George Martin #1968

[m1ssunderstanding]

Understanding Lennon McCartney Rewatch Part 2.1

Cynthia and John are worse and crazier for admitting what they admitted in the bio. But Jane and Paul are not exempt.

Will forever love this pic of Paul and Julian. He does not look like the fun uncle. He looks tired and dependable. Just stepped out of the womb as a father, didn't he? The sperm that fertilized his egg probably passed some fatherly advice and hair tussles to the other sperm as it passed them. 

They should've bought the fucking island.

They never look more like a couple than when the women they're actually dating are right next to them. 

The India footage actually looks so beautiful. Obviously it's a beautiful place, but they all genuinely look so free and at peace there. It really could've been so good for them. Getting enlightened, getting soberish, growing closer as a band, taking a much-needed rest. It should've been good. 

The music choices in this documentary! The drastic shift from, “all you need is love” and “the dream I had was true” and “I don't need much to set me free.” to Paul leaving to “yes I'm lonely. Wanna die.” “I'm going insane.” “Look at me. Who am I supposed to be?” 8d8 psychic damage. And the thing is it's real. John really did flip a switch, just like that.

Smashing my head into a wall. It's the same as Yoko's quote about how ‘nobody hurt John more than Paul.’ Really Pete? Worse than after his mum died? Really Yoko? More than that drunk cop? Paul, what the fuck did you do to him in India, seriously, because at this point in the doc I can't accept the theory that it was just some lack of communication, I just can't. 

It's also telling to me that when John's losing it, everyone's solution is some time alone with Paul. Nobody panic. Paul can fix him. Little do they know Paul's the one that broke him. Or maybe they do know and that's only another reason they know Paul's the only man for the job?

Old-fashioned ad voice: You liked Protective Jesus Scandal Paul? You'll love Protective LSD Scandal John! Really. Before the question is even out, he's making fun of it. I think he cuts off the interviewer at least three times with jokes before he can get the sentence out, and by the time he is, Paul's giggling too hard to feel bad about his little PR fuck-up.

Then he lets Paul talk a bit before jumping back in, this time with his Hard Man suit on. It's just so good. A testament to their unconditional love, really. Because, clearly, Paul's just hurt John pretty bad. And yet, here John is. Using every trick he's got to defend his friend. 

But actually, though John is supposedly the one everyone's worried about, Paul's doing a pretty shit job of being the “stable” one. This entire press tour he's either fucking blazed and laughing at everything or disassociated and not contributing.

(((except during that political discussion – again! Paul secretly has actual thoughts on actual things?!)))

But for the most part, John's absolutely holding down the fort. I wonder if this is another case of everyone – all their friends and business associates, just like we as a fandom still do now – assuming John is the problem child, and Paul's the strong one, but actually they're both both. 

Back to the political interview. They're just so in sync. Finishing each other's sentences when you're talking about the weather or your shared work is one thing. Finishing each other's sentences on complex topics like why poor whites often vote bigots in or the cause of rampant misinformation is quite another. 

“Letting his dad cut his hair at sixteen, seventeen.” You all know that John hates Jim quote. 

John: so there's war, and vegetables. There's relativity and absolute.  Paul (absolutely smitten): that's great Johnny. Int: that's rather hard for people to interpret. John: well if they can't interpret it now, maybe they will later..... 1. John really was extremely intelligent. 2. That last statement sums up Beatles historiography.

Paul really just Won't be alone with John, will he? Well, two can play at that game, Paul, and John's going to win, let me tell you. 

But he's going to do one last panic grab for attention first.

I really do think if John had done something like that *before* Paul would've given him that attention. Told him he's being insane and taken him home to splash some cold water on him or something and then given him whatever softness Paul was capable of. But not anymore. 

I wonder if Paul could go back to 1966 if he just wouldn't have taken John to that Indica show where he met Yoko. If he would've just said “okay John, sure, let's just stay home and trip on the couch tonight.” I don't know.

Anyway, Yoko gets an A+ for persistence. Imagine being Paul, George, or Ringo, though, and John is suddenly madly in love with this woman whose been begging you all (and then him specifically) for a platform for over a year? It would be weird to say the least. 

John: don't you hate me? I'm crazy, you know. Paul: no I don't hate you. John: aren't you pissed at me now, Paul? Even a little bit? Paul: I'm very proud of you. It's the unstoppable force (“Don't ‘nore me, Mimi!”) vs the immovable object (“I learned to put a shell around me”.) Someone get them some professional help before they nuke the whole world. 

“There is, however, a desire to get power in order to use it for good.” One of those quotes that just really lets you see a person, you know? Benevolent dictator Paul. 

Yoko, why are you talking about how bad your boy doesn't want to fuck you right in front of all his closest friends and on record for posterity? If you have to be talking about your sex life, shouldn't you be lying about how insanely horny he is for you? Oh, right, she will think of that, just not yet. 

And then she waxes poetic about how turned on John is when he's working on music with Paul. Cool. Smart. Thanks for that, though, genuinely.

And Then (gosh, Yoko is such an asset to Beatles history when she's not actively spreading misinformation. Everyone give her a hand) she goes on about how Paul goes out of his way to make her feel respected and even valued. Compare that to John and Linda, anyone? And I want to be clear, I'm not saying this means John cares too much and Paul doesn't care at all, which might be the surface read. I just think John's reaction was to scream in everyone's face that he was in pain and Paul's was to insist ad nauseam that he was fine. You know?

#paul mccartney #the beatles #john lennon #mclennon #ringo starr #george harrison #yoko ono #linda eastman #ulm #understanding lennon mccartney

[wingsoverlagos]

"When John and Yoko were photographed in the nude for the Two Virgins cover, they showed Sir Joe the photograph. He refused to allow EMI to distribute the record. John asked him if he were shocked. He told him that he wasn't, that they should have had better bodies on the cover. 'They're not very attractive,' he said, referring to the figures of John and Yoko, 'Paul McCartney would look better than you.'"

The Beatles Encyclopedia by Bill Harry (2000 ed.)

Not Sir Joseph Lockwood, Chairman of EMI, telling John that he'd rather publish Paul's nudes than John and Yoko's, I--

#8d8 psychic damage #The Beatles #John Lennon #Paul McCartney #Yoko Ono #Two Virgins #Joseph Lockwood #The Beatles Encyclopedia

[odieh3g]

Yummy, my first time on tumblr

#the beatles #paul mccartney #john lennon #mclennon #fanart #artwork #digital art #tumblr fyp #ilustration #doddles #sketch #yoko ono #linda mccartney #dtiys #now and then #doddle #sketchs #music #intagram #wahoo #hey #yey :3 #buzldoo #beatles #strawberry fields forever #tumblr culture

[foryouwereinmysong]

John Lennon talking to David Bailey about his 1965 photoshoot with Paul McCartney during the shoot with Yoko Ono in 1971

DB: Do you remember when I first photographed you, John? JL: Yep. With Paul. DB: Yeah. You came in like two yaybos. JL: Two what? Two what? DB: Yaybos. JL: What’s that? DB: It’s cockney. I don’t know really what it means. But you came in full of power and overpowered us all. JL: You were quite powerful yourself.

JL: We were nervous as shit. DB: Were you? JL: Yeah. YO: It shouldn’t be like that  JL: What? YO: We shouldn’t have… JL: No, we were nervous as shit when we first came, Paul and I. DB: Don’t say that  JL: Cos you were the great David Bailey. It was life or death whether you came out all right or not. DB: Life or death whether they came out. JL: We were really nervous. The photo sessions were nerve-wracking cos you’re always so phoney DB: I didn't make you feel phoney, did I

Well, they covered up the alleged nervousness quite well

#I got the spelling of yaybos off subtiltles #I have no idea if it's accurate #power couple #john lennon #paul mccartney #the beatles #john and paul #yoko ono #david bailey

[franklyimissparis]

what do you mean ‘what happened in india between john and paul?’ THIS is what happened in india between john and paul

#i can’t watch this scene without thinking of Them #it’s no use paul. paul we’ve gotta have it out. i have loved you ever since i’ve known you paul #i jest i jest #but sometimes i think this might not be too far off #other times i think it was more to do with blowjobs and internalised homophobia or depression and john’s fear of abandonment #or all of the above #who knows yoko! but i do love a bit of speculation #i can never quite decide how i think it happened or even how i view paul’s side of things in their relationship #mostly i think if older paul could go back he’d love john in whatever way he could #they’re very ‘right person wrong time’ in that sense #paul mccartney #john lennon #mclennon #john and paul #the beatles #beatles rpf #what happened in india #little women

[erinarigby]

#the beatles #yoko ono #john lennon #really like doodling yoko #my art