They all sat there, unsure of what to do next, and John playfully said “Send Paul out first, he’s the prettiest.” I’m not being vehement. The band was being shepherded around New York during their first visit, and when they came to a stop the fans swarmed the car, as usual. I always interpreted that comment as John’s acknowledgement of finding Paul attractive and of being attracted to him, rather than seeing it as a slight.Įdited to Add: I also remember reading a story by one of the Maysles Brothers. Which then implies that John asked Paul because of Paul’s appearance. His quote regarding Paul is tumblr-famous - “I’m just like everyone else, Harry I fell for Paul’s looks” - until you consider that the context of the quote is regarding why John wanted and asked the other members to join the band. One of the essays is from Harry Nillson, who was recounting a conversation with John during the Lost Weekend where John was discussing how and why the other Beatles entered the band. There’s also a quote in the hagiographic “The Ballad of John and Yoko” booklet (published by Rolling Stone in 1982, which should tell you all you need to know). Yes, in particular the “a pretty face may last a year or two” line. In “How Do You Sleep” he certainly intended it as a put-down. I’m waiting for the book, for example, that sees Paul’s bossiness in these terms: the oldest son who loses his mother, with whom he has a particular bond, in his early teens a boy who discovers the guitar as a tonic for his grief and untapped creativity a left-handed boy, forced by his teachers for many years to write right-handed, but fails (being left-handed myself, it wasn’t a picnic in the 60’s and I’m sure it was worse in the 40’s and 50’s) a boy whose left-handedness was not understood in terms of brain lateralization and cognitive processing, which could explain why that boy was likely a gestalt learner–someone who conceptualizes things in their gestalt, or wholeness, rather than in their sequential parts, thereby explaining why this kid came to the studio with the entire song thought out–he wasn’t being uppity–it was simply how his brain worked how this style of learning shaped the creative process, which put him at odds with his bandmates, particularly George, who by all accounts was perhaps a sequential learner, approaching the creative process in a way diametrically opposite to Paul how this boy grew up to be a man who became perfectionistic, maybe even bossy, because that’s how he managed to maintain a sense of control, living the most bizarre life imaginable. It’s just that it’s not being done as accurately as it should be. ![]() Maybe–but the speculation is happening anyway–it’s unavoidable. It is easy a few millions in the long run (over ten years) My financial instinct suggest $ 200.000,- per year is needed to raise the level of research to what would make all of us very very happy. He doesn’t have a supporting staff, and that’s what he might need. Well Michael, I suggest to kickstart your kickstarter because quite a few times Mark Lewisohn has explained that the research needed for the level of quality he aims for is very hard to achieve on his own. They’ve stopped, and that’s good.Ībout Kickstarter. The best thing both Conan and Lewisohn concluded was that the Beatles started to separate the moment they got together, because of their curious personalities – and of course the stopped at their best moment,: they wanted to stop, ok, McCartney didn’t want to stop, and other configurations would have been possible. What I really like about an interview like this, that it undermines most fan-phantasies based on nothing but air. This is a very good interview, I’ve watched it twice now, sitting in my mountain lodge caught in torrents of rain for a few days. Now is the time that the history should be codified.Īnyway, go watch it at Team Coco. He’s in a sweet spot - the Beatles story is pretty much concluded, but many of the most important sources are still alive. If his three-book advance runs out before he’s done, I’ll run a Kickstarter to get it finished. ![]() Said it before, I’ll say it again: we all owe Mark Lewisohn a tremendous debt. Particularly the documents tell a radically different story.” And it’s shown, because I found so many people who’d never been a book before, who tell completely different stories. ![]() I always felt this was a subject that would merit much deeper research. And in that time, they’ll do six to nine months of research, six to nine months of interviews, and then they’ll write. ![]() “Most of the books you have read, upon which you base your knowledge,” Lewisohn begins, “in terms of biography they only skim the surface. Comedy legend (and serious Beatle fan) Conan O’Brien has just interviewed Beatle legend (and serious Beatle fan) Mark Lewisohn on his chat show “Serious Jibber-Jabber.” It’s well worth a listen.
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