Both George and Ringo were talking and had collaborated with John after the band split. But what about Paul? I've been r
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Archived from the IMDb Discussion Forums — Paul McCartney
Dreamcatcher9000 — 11 years ago(September 13, 2014 06:55 PM)
Both George and Ringo were talking and had collaborated with John after the band split. But what about Paul? I've been reading about the Beatles for 25 years, and I never read / heard about any encounter between John and Paul from 1970 to 1980.
Also, do you think that John would agree to join them when they did the Anthology reunion in the mid-'90s? -
spyders — 11 years ago(September 13, 2014 07:58 PM)
Hi Dreamcatcher,
Yes, Paul and John saw each other many times in the 70's. One interesting time was a Saturday evening when Paul and John were sitting in the Dakota watching Saturday Night Live. Lorne Michaels came on and as a joke brought out an oversized check made out to The Beatles for $3000 if the Beatles would re-unite on Saturday Night Live. Lorne said something to the effect that Paul, John, and George could each take $1000 and they really didn't have to give anything to Ringo if they didn't want to.
The Dakota was 20 or 30 minutes away from the NBC studios at 30 Rock and John and Paul debated whether they should go down there and surprise the world by showing up live. In the end they decided not to go but rest assured that they saw each other many times in the 70's. It was Paul who convinced Yoko to take John back after his wild weekend.
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Dreamcatcher9000 — 11 years ago(September 13, 2014 08:06 PM)
Oh, really? I thought they weren't talking to each other. If I'm not mistaken, John was making "bitter" comments about Paul after they split. He even wrote the song "How Do You Sleep?" for him. In which, obviously, he doesn't express very positive feelings for him!
Is the information you gave me accurate? Do you have a link?
And what "wild weekend"? -
spyders — 11 years ago(September 13, 2014 08:28 PM)
dreamcatcher: "Oh, really? I thought they weren't talking to each other. If I'm not mistaken, John was making "bitter" comments about Paul after they split. He even wrote the song "How Do You Sleep?" for him. In which, obviously, he doesn't express very positive feelings for him!
Is the information you gave me accurate? Do you have a link?"
Yes, you are quite correct. In fact at one point Paul sued all three of the other Beatles and wasn't speaking to any of them. Time healed those wounds and those things passed. Eventually, all of the Beatles made up with each other.
As for John, he had a very volatile personality and was all over the map on his feelings. One day he hated Paul and the next day he loved him like a brother. One day he was a radical liberal and the next day he was Ronald Reagan supporter.
Sorry, don't have any links for you but I've read something like 25 books about the Beatles and those books are where most of my information comes from. In fact, I just picked up Lewisohn's book "Tune In" and will start reading it shortly.
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Dreamcatcher9000 — 11 years ago(September 13, 2014 09:00 PM)
Why did Paul sue the other 3?
How could John be a Reagan supporter? Reagan a became president a month after John died!
But even if he was a supporter, why was he??
And what was his "lost weekend" about? -
spyders — 11 years ago(September 13, 2014 09:28 PM)
"Why did Paul sue the other 3?"
In order to dissolve the Beatle's business partnership.
"How could John be a Reagan supporter? Reagan a became president a month after John died!"
Dreamcatcher, Are you being serious? John was a Ronald Reagan supporter in the same way that many people today are supporting Hillary Clinton for President in 2016 even though that election is more than 2 years away.
"But even if he was a supporter, why was he??" At some point John had met Ronald Reagan and was quite impressed by him.
"And what was his "lost weekend" about?"
Try googling the term "John Lennon's lost weekend". I suspect you will find dozens of links that will explain it to you.
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darrin-02363 — 9 years ago(August 29, 2016 11:32 PM)
Actually, McCartney and Lennon went back and forth, bashing each other, via song. "How Do You Sleep" was in response to Paul's "Too Many People" and "Dear Boy" off of "Ram". The cover of "Ram" showed Paul clutching the horns of a ram. Lennon mocked this in the Imagine album, showing himself clutching the ears of a pig.
By '75 they had resolved their differences and Paul would visit John frequently at the Dakota. -
kapnkirk — 9 years ago(September 08, 2016 08:09 AM)
In that Playboy interview John said that Paul and Linda would just drop in without calling first. He grew a little tired of it and asked Paul to call first and Paul got in a snit about it. So going by that and the SNL reunion request I would say their last meeting (not counting phone calls) was probably 1976. Didn't Paul tour the US in '76 with Wings (Wings Over America)?
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