bring a little lovin’

John Lennon on the roof of his East 52nd Street penthouse, New York, photographed by Bob Gruen. (August 29th, 1974)

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“Writing songs,” says Paul McCartney, “is like following a trail – and you never know where it will lead you.”

Today, the trail has led us to McCartney’s studio in rural Sussex. Rabbits snuffle around the garden and the English Channel shimmers in the distance. There are worse places to work. A quick scan of the studio kitchen reveals a copy of Mary McCartney’s recipe book and a John Lennon calendar; March’s pin-up is “Moody John” in sunglasses posed against the New York skyline.

— Paul McCartney, interview w/ Mark Blake for Q: Songs in the key of Paul. (May, 2015)

Phenakistoscope disc, 1893.

John’s an absolute menace behind the wheel. His poor car.

happy pride to the beetles fucking on the back cover of paul mccartney’s RAM (1971)

Paul is so quaint

Paul attempting to fish. As he recalls in his book, “fishing didn’t suit me, so I put this one straight back!”

Paul Binnie, Morning Tears, 2009, color woodblock print on paper

Tranvestitenlokal (1931) — scene at an unspecified trans bar in Berlin, painted by Jeanne Mammen

John and George enjoying glasses of milk during a trip to the Netherlands on june 6, 1964

Paul McCartney said he still talks to former Beatles bandmate George Harrison through a tree the musician gave him.

“George was very into horticulture, a really good gardener,” McCartney told host Mary Louise Kelly. “So he gave me a tree as a present. It’s a big fir tree, and it’s by my gate. As I was leaving my house this morning [December 11], I get out of the car, close the gate and look up at the tree and say, ‘Hi, George.’ There he is, growing strongly.”

McCartney added that he feels Harrison’s spirit present in the tree.

“It’s lovely. He gave it to me, so I just planted it,” McCartney told NPR. “But then, as the years go by, every time I look at it I go, 'That’s the tree George gave me.’ George has sort of entered that tree for me. I hope he’s happy with that.”

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The Beatles riding some burros, July 1963. Photo by Dezo Hoffmann.

[Text ID: I want you.

Everything I say sounds like that. /End ID]

amazing double dance by hao ruoqi ( in blue)and wang xuerou(in red)

"are you okay?" NO i've been the same height since i was 14

grandma's night out with her friends

these are my dads

This rapid slide from attempted machismo to sweet tender feelings is what happened to the show, too.