Interesting comments made by Francie Schwartz

"Paul still hasn't come to terms with the way his relationship with John foundered after John chose Yoko after a life being John Beatle. Which explains, in part, his tendency to distort the role he played in his estrangement from the first great love of his life."

"I think it was as close as he could come to expressing his great envy of Yoko. The truth is Paul McCartney has been twice widowed. The first great love of his life was John Lennon, and the second, Linda."

"That Paul started painting after John's death is no coincidence. That competition, the clash, the ebb and flow of *that* relationship, was so central to Paul's being, the only love that comes close to being a reasonable comparison is his marriage to Linda and the births of his children."

"For a reason to hold a grudge [against Yoko], think about the possibility of this: She took John from him. And she didn't particularly want to share John with his "ex significant other" on certain levels."

"Paul hates Yoko for stealing the love of his life away from him. No, not Linda.... John! Paul has never forgiven her for that."

"When John and Paul split up (think of them as a couple for a moment) their second mates had to stand by them."

@underthecitysky thank you for the important context in your tags.

16 January 1980

Paul McCartney arrives in Japan for a brief Wings tour and is subsequently held for ten days on the charge of smuggling almost half a pound of cannabis into the country in his luggage and in the hood of one of his children's jackets.

For the record, John doesn't care. At all. He wants you to know.

Of course I don't have factual basis for this but I would be really surprised if there weren't ever instances of John spotting some guy flirting with Paul and then flipping out and scaring him off

"John's sister Julia Baird remembers the early duets between John and Paul at her mother's house, and Paul's undaunted optimism. She recalls little of the reportred jealousies between the boys, but Paul's determination was clear and present. She says of Paul,

"He was jubilant and buoyant, he played the major role buttressing John, but he wasn't the only one influencing John. There was Rod Davis. Rod left the band because of Paul, but also because his parents pulled him out to get ready for higher education. John loved Rod. There was later Stu Sutcliffe whom John loved. Paul understood that and let that friendship play out. Although Paul was present, he stayed away from that and from John's obsession with Cynthia. It was like a little ménage à trois with Cynthia, Stu, and John. Paul was smart; he knew when to distance himself."

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The legend of John and Stu's relationship is also confirmed by John's sister, Julia Baird, who says, "He was a lovely boy. He moved with grace, and John was so dependent on him."

When They Were Boys: The True Story of the Beatles' Rise to the Top by Larry Kane

I need to mission impossible into Kenwood and airlift her out of there

"It's time to spread our Wings and fly, don't let Another Day go by My Love" - seriously impressed that he gaslit people about this being a coincidence and they believed him

Paul McCartney, Many Years From Now

speechless.

how do we feel about him…without the coat