#in my life

[mclennonlgbt]

And what if "Here, There and Everywhere" is a response to "In My Life"?

Excerpt from the video on the Fathom channel in which the host talks about "Here, There and Everywhere" (I recommend watching the whole episode, it's great!)

We all know/suspect it's a song to John. And it's certain "In My Life" is a song to Paul. Here's another piece of evidence and another example of them communicating through music.

I'm gonna cry.

#mclennon #paul mccartney #love song #john lennon #here there and everywhere #in my life #revolver #rubber soul

[mousemarner]

Like yes tonight is the NHL Awards but more importantly it’s also the night my hockey friends and I do OUR awards................a few highlights

#yes i spent multiple days on this presentation why do you ask #in my life #hockey tag

[got-ticket-to-ride]

Paul Mccartney: How lucky was I, to have those men in my life...

WEEPING.. PAUL SAYS IN MY LIFE... AND THE VIDEO PANS OUT TO JOHN

I can totally hear the words "in my life, I love you more" but this time, it's Paul saying it.

#NOW and THEN #The Beatles #Paul Mccartney #John Lennon #George Harrison #Ringo Starr #I love them to bits #In My Life #Mclennon

[bananadramaaa]

A historical painting study gift for my wonderful friend @mirrorbird with characters from her amazing book. Blorbos my blorbos.

#reference “Angel of Death” #friend's OCs #aopc #the abduction of peter cordove #selene and peter #Finally had some time to finish this #I have never had blorbos adoption paper appear in front of me so quickly #in my life #really want to see this book on my bookshelf one day #myart

[skywarpie]

He's so girlypop

#the band ghost #okay to reblog i guess #ive never seen someone more 💅💅 #in my life #ghost band #ghost bc #cardinal copia #papa emeritus iv

[crepesuzette2023]

I dont think I've ever heard the take that girl seems to be about Paul, I mean, it makes sense absolutely, but can you expand some more?

Gladly, Anon.

Rob Sheffield (Dreaming the Beatles) said he thinks Girl is about Paul in this episode of @anotherkindofmindpod. The episode is actually an in-depth discussion of In My Life, but Girl came up a number of times, since it's also on Rubber Soul.

I thought Sheffield's statement was interesting, and not in a silly “John saw Paul as a girl” kind of way.

Summarizing mercilessly, and taking a few steps back before returning to Girl:

RS argues that Rubber Soul marks a moment when the Beatles’ songwriting moved from a commercial/craft perspective towards a more open/confessional/personal tone, In My Life being an example of this, with John examining his feelings for all his friends and lovers, and singling out a new kind of love that transcends the loves he’s known before. According to RS and the hosts, In My Life is not only addressed to Paul (I personally feel it could also be about Julian, or about both; as someone who writes, I really feel the “a piece of art is never about just one thing” argument)— it also, by summoning a group of dear people and openly expressing his feelings for them, emulates Paul, who, in John’s eyes, is the more extrovert and socially comfortable of the two. The song is a two-fold tribute.

Girl, still according to RS, forms a matched pair with In My Life, because it, too, concerns complex and intimate emotions; in this case being unsettled by a complex, alluring and confusing person (Paul/the girl). It's a non-generic, specific, highly personal song you wouldn't have found on earlier albums. (You Won’t See Me is Paul’s reply to John.)

Whether you agree with these interpretations or not (by the way, instead of trusting my summary, it’s probably a better idea to listen to RS and the hosts in their own words), I’m happy to see the acknowledgment of the depth of John and Paul's relationship.

RS also makes a beautiful point about If I Fell (which, as we know, John saw as a continuation of In My Life): That John and Paul, as always, tell the truth about each other by the way they sing together.

(Cue the If I Fell/marriage vows quote from Gould’s Beatles bio).

Ian Leslie (no introduction needed) was more direct in his “Hidden Gems” episode on @onesweetdreampodcast. He stated he believes that If I Fell was written for Paul, commemorating their Paris ‘honeymoon’.

And look—people are free to go as far as they want in how they interpret all this, but I personally feel it liberates and elevates the discussion of their songwriting and relationships to include the romantic love or friendship or X or [redacted] or 'tender and tempestuous' but ‘not sexual as far as we know’ relationship between John and Paul as one of its many possible inspirations.

It just feels silly to me to ignore it or act all offended at the mere suggestion.

And when RS writes in Dreaming the Beatles “For John, Paul was the boy who came to stay; for Paul, John was the song he couldn’t make better,” it just feels right.

My two cents.

P.S. When I'm inclined to accept that Girl is about Paul, I immediately want to ask follow-up questions. Because this is a song about a fraught relationship, right? In what sense did John try to leave Paul? In what sense did Paul promise him the earth and cry? I know it doesn't have to be literally true, but some extrapolation, please? This didn't happen in the episode—obviously, since its focus was another song, In My Life. PPS: I wrote this in a bit of a hurry so feel free to get back to me for clarifications, etc.

#rob sheffield #dreaming the beatles #girl #rubber soul #the beatles #john lennon #paul mccartney #if i fell #in my life #AKOM #mclennon #asks #one sweet dream podcast

[rosesutherlandwrites]

TODAY'S THE DAY! A Sweet Sting Of Salt is finally out in the world, and I can't wait to see her in the wild—if anyone happens to spot her somewhere fun, please snap me a picture, I'd love to tour vicariously through Salty's travels. Thank you so much today to Tumblr in general, and the Les Mis fandom (celebrating 162 slutty, slutty years) in particular: Without you, I'm not sure this would ever have happened, and for me, it's truly been a life-changing miracle. I love you guys. ❤️ And I hope you enjoy the book.

#a sweet sting of salt #in my life #assos #anyway I'm going to stop crying into my keyboard(happy) #because my notifs are blowing up across three platforms and we won't talk about my email #I'll see you all soon when things calm down

[slidart1]

In my life, I’ve loved them all

#the beatles #the beatles art #the beatles fanart #the beatles fandom #ipad drawing #procreate #digital art #john lennon #paul mccartney #john lennon fanart #john lennon art #paul mccartney fanart #paul mccartney art #yoko ono #in my life #beatles art #beatles

[acinonyxxx]

hardest set of drawings anyone can come across (takahashi bros r a wip)

#own art #artists on tumblr #clip studio paint #fanart #ryosuke takahashi #keisuke takahashi #keisuke #takumi #takumi fugiwara #ive never drawn this many men #in my life #initial d #initial d propaganda #takahashi bros #my meow meows #wip

[honestlyaromantic]

Man is the definition of "wtf is romance"

#cuphead #cuphead show #wtf is going on #lmfaooo #braindead brothers #mostly cuphead #he has the most intense aroace energy i have ever seen #in my life #its crazy

[crimson-nail]

why she ourple

#charlie’s art #rem saverem #the woman that you are #i adore her so much i think #i think i need more big eyebrows smile lines rem #in my life #of the warm toned beautiful brown eyed stunner #alexandria’s skintight spacesuit can stay in baby jail #she doesnt mentruate but shes fertile

[mousemarner]

I do wonder if maybe perhaps one day fandom can open their hearts enough to learn that “attended catholic school largely for private school/sports reasons for a couple years” does not actually mean a person is A Good Catholic Boy Wracked With Guilt And Trauma

#so endlessly funny tbh #in my life

[got-ticket-to-ride]

For one thing, there is still speculation if John Lennon really wrote "In My Life" for Paul Mccartney. This is me purely theorizing.

I've always wondered why Paul was so pissed at Phil Spector's changes for the Let It Be album, and dismissed it to Paul's "artistic controlling" personality (which is quite understandable).

But what if it was because of the erasure of the baroque sounding part in "Long and Winding Road" which sounds similar to the one in "In My Life"?

Was Paul trying to remind John of his words? "In my life, I love you more"?

The Long and Winding Road's naked version from 2003 shows the rawness of the song.

"Don't keep me standing here…

Lead me to your door...

*piano*

But still they lead me back to the long, winding road."

Also going back to the origin of the song's title (source Barry Miles) : Paul McCartney said he came up with the title "The Long and Winding Road" during one of his first visits to his property High Park Farm, near Campbeltown in Scotland, which he purchased in June 1966.

The old man farm dream was never fulfilled in the end.

Check my other post about "In My Life"

#In my life #The Long and Winding Road #The Beatles #Mclennon #John and Paul #John Lennon #Paul Mccartney #Long and Winding Road #lyrics

[fidjiefidjie]

Bon Matin 💙🎸🥁🆕️

The Beatles 🎶 In My Life

#official video #the beatles #new clip #in my life #music video #60s music #clip music video #youtube #bon matin #fidjie fidjie

[sir-meows-a-lot]

gonna be real with you guys, despite having reposted content of it, I have never ever watched everymanHYBRID…

like almost all I know is some freak ate a baby

#Like #ever #in my life #im working on correcting this #But I’m gonna have to do it when I have time #Like this Sunday or sum #Emh #everymanhybrid

[boohoos]

DUA LIPA 2023 MET GALA via VOGUE

#( noel ) #dua lipa #I PROMISE YOU I WILL NEVER RECOVER FROM THIS #EVER #IN MY LIFE #( * )