Hey, loves you, yes, yes.
That was the mutual feeling between Beatles John Lennon and Paul McCartney, the dynamic duo in The Fab Four, which is explored in the new book “John & Paul: A Love Story in Songs” by Ian Leslie.
“My feeling about his relationship has always been that it was notable intense, close and complex,” Leslie told The Post. “What seems to be a romance most … in the sense that it was, you know, stormy and jealous, full of tender and tender. It is a love story.”
In fact, the special link that began when McCartney, 15 years old met a 16 -year -old Lennon on July 6, 1957, when the latter played with the stonecutters in the church of San Pedro in the suburb of Woolton in Liverpool, it is a magical mystery that “is in the heart of the history of Beatles,” Leslie said.
In “John & Paul”, Leslie compares its complicated connection with “a relationship that is not sexual but romantic”, “a friendship that can have an erotic or physical component, but not sex.”
The publication communicated with the McCartney representative, who had no comments on the book.
“They are lit by each other,” Leslie said. “Creation and personally, they found themselves as the most fascinating and exciting person in their lives.”
“And others around them commented on the connection they had,” he continued. “They would say that they will have a telepathic connection son where they simply classify or in tune between them. And so, I really think that much of the music came out of that connection.”
While Leslie believes that there was “an erotic component” for the relationship of Lennon and McCartney, he emphasized: “I don’t think they were sleeping together.”
“I don’t think they had any sexual contact,” he said, “but I think John sometimes worried that maybe it was gay or having gay feelings towards Paul … The first time they meet, John talks about how beaten that was for how handsome Paul was.”
“Then, in a way, John or, as, questioned and worried a little,” Leslie said. “I don’t think Paul has done it.”
Leslie claimed that Lennon “felt insecure about their sexuality in general.” He pointed out the rumor that the late beatle once had an adventure with the group’s Gay manager Brian Epstein, in 1963.
“You can have a leg some kind of sexual contact between them when used on vacation in Spain,” Leslie said.
As a result of that rumor, there was an incident of 1963 in which Lennon assaulted Bob Wooler, DJ in the Cavern Club in Liverpool, where the Beatles were discovered.
“[Wooler] He joked about his possible sexual experience with Brian Epstein, and literally hit the guy, “Leslie said.” Then you can see that there is some kind of deep, such as insecurity or anxiety there. “
Pootoly, the intense link between the two Beatles tokts.
“I think they both realized around 1968 that they die to a child from both tangles in the other they needed to move forward,” said Leslie. “It was really intense, really, to maintain the personal relationship.”
And both found women who assumed that role in their lives: Yoko Ono and Linda McCartney (no Eastman).
“I think that once John joins Yoko, Paul says:” Ok, well, John is with Yoko. Now I’m going for Linda, “Leslie said.” And then they marry two weeks apart [in March 1969.]
“Both marry women with whom they collaborate, musically and artistically. The creative and the personal, they had to be intertwined. That is the relationship they had with each one there, except sex.”
Leslie believes that “Hey Jude” of 1968 captures the change in the relationship of Lennon and McCartney with their new partners.
“‘Hey Jude’ is a kind and loving song between two friends:” You found it, now you see and understand it. “Paul is talking to John, and he’s too speaking with himself.”