Reminding Myself Of The Existence Of This ABSOLUTE MASTERPIECE That Came Out Around This Time Last Year

“Pass me a ciggie will ya?”

Hands hands hands 😍 which color is your favorite? 💙💚

“How Lucky Was I, to have those men in my life?”

I think Paul really spoke for all of us 😭

(The cropped versions are wallpaper friendly! 🥰)

nobody move.... paul drawing of the four of them in august 1969

Sooo how are we feeling beatles people? 👀 are we feeling good, are we feeling normal, not even just a tiny bit insane right now? 🫠

Beatles' 'Now and Then': The story behind their last song - Los Angeles Times

Los Angeles Times

The untold story behind the last Beatles song

John Lennon's late-’70s song 'Now and Then,' now featuring all four Beatles, serves as a fitting conclusion, conveying what the band both ac

Robbed of the opportunity to participate in a true final collaboration with his greatest muse, McCartney instead elevates this suggestion of a song into a realized record, one where its elegant, softly psychedelic flow lets Lennon’s longing linger in the subconscious. That regret is articulated clearly in a chorus of “Now and then, I miss you / Now and then, I want you to be there for me / Always to return to me,” words that sharpen John’s original intention with its second newly written clause. It’s a passage where Lennon’s yearning for McCartney intertwines with Paul’s mourning for John, a shared grieving for the partnership that defined both their lives. In that sense, “Now and Then” does provide something of a fitting conclusion to the Beatles’ recorded career — not so much a summation but as a coda that conveys a sense of what the band both achieved and lost.

Excuse me while I go cry forever at this paragraph

In the end, it seems as if the musicians don't want to part with the song at all; as if every new verse they add - every variation they unfold over the base melody - not only prolongs the song, but also their lives. And with each new variation, the music gains even more power, even more euphoria, even more conciliation. As long as we are playing, we are still here.

(translated quote from an article in Zeit Magazine)

i think ANOTHER thing that drives me up the wall insane is that john sounds so alone in the demo well because he was! now and then was him singing by himself in his apartment. but this sound wall technique fills up your whole body with the love that paul, ringo and george poured into it, there isnt a moment where he has to sing alone anymore, theyre all with him again

Some John Lemon sketches 🤎 which one is your fav?

MAGICAL MYSTERY TOUR (1967)