McLennon

So ridiculous.

Psychotherapist Hugo G. Beigel analyzes the sexual appeal of the Beatles. Circa 1964.

Gorgeous

Paul gazing at John in the Beatles’ Rain music video

Paul's favorite subject - John

Listen to this one, “Girl”. John’s been reading a book about pain and pleasure, about the idea behind Christianity – that to have pleasure you have to have pain. The book says that’s all rubbish, it often happens that pain leads to pleasure but you don’t “have” to have it, all that’s a drag. So we’ve written a song about it, with I suppose a little bit of protest – though we really don’t protest. Listen to John’s breath on the word “girl”: we asked the engineer to put it on treble, so you get this huge intake of breath and it sounds just like a percussion instrument.

[…]

I don’t read as much as John does. My main thing is, I’ve got to be settled to read. The times I would read are on a holiday, or in bed at night. The other day I took John to the Times Bookshop. I’d been there before and bought a copy of “The Emperor Jones” signed by Eugene O’Neill which really knocked me out, and the fellow there showed me the original manuscript of “Under Milk Wood”. The great thing about the Times Bookshop is that nobody’s going to bother about who you are. Well, John spent an hour there, and £150. It was a good day for the Times Bookshop and a good day for John.

— Paul interviewed for London Life Magazine (4th/10th December 1965 Issue)

Good lord this man is gorgeous

You were only waiting for this moment to arrive...

Sweet

"We did the Shirelles’ “Soldier Boy,” which is a girl’s song. It never occurred to us. No wonder all the gays liked John. And Ringo used to sing “Boys.” Another Shirelles number. It was so innocent. We never even thought, Why is he singing about boys? We loved the song. We loved the records so much that what it said was irrelevant, it was just the spirit, the sound, the feeling" - Paul McCartney

This is just too much for me.

The Beatles | 1965 © Robert Whitaker

2003: The Quarrymen have conflicting hazy memories on what happened the day John and Paul first met. (Note: In order of appearance: Rod Davis, Len Garry, Colin Hanton, Eric Griffiths. Ignore the erroneous lower third that pops up indicating Len Garry; it’s Eric Griffiths.) 

I never realized John joined Paul on the stairs. I thought John had left by then. Good show of support.

John Lennon & Paul McCartney at the British Embassy after their concert in Washington, DC | 11 February 1964 © Fred Ward