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John Lennon talking about his gay experiences with Paul McCartney:
During one Wings live performance's at The Rock Show Wings Over America Tour, in 1976, the band was playing the song "Call me Back Again", and during the performance, McCartney changes the lyrics to the chorus. As what was meant to be "I've called your name, every night since then", was changed to "I've called your name, John, every night since then".
McCartney has made this change of saying "John" not once, but twice (he does it at the Myer Music Bowl, in Melbourne 1975, and he did it again during The Rock Show Wings Over America Tour, in LA 1976). This lyric change is solely featured of live performances of the song, and cannot be found on any official releases.
Him including "John" in the lyrics isn't the sole reason why this song might be about John; The song takes place during McCartney's teenage years (implied from the lyrics; "I was just a little baby boy"), and he talks about conversing with someone on the phone almost every night of his youth. One of the closest people to McCartney during this time would've been John, so he is the only person I could imagine to have been speaking with on a daily basis via telephone or even just conversing in real life.
Now the part that confuses me is when McCartney brings up John "not calling him back", and the lyrics "I've heard your name every night since then", which leads me to think that the song is shifting from McCartney's youth to the moment in which the Beatles had broken up and it's aftermath. "I've heard your name every night since then" can be a reference to the interviews in which Paul was being asked if he and the other three Beatles (or maybe just John) might reunite. Paul's response to that being that John won't respond back to Paul about the offer.
Vincent Benitez (a music theorist) took on this perspective of the song as well, saying: “An Intimate Portrait intersperses a performance of Call Me Back Again with McCartney’s explanation of a short poem he had written at the time about his feelings about the possibility of a Beatles reunion”.
The demo of the song features different lyrics to the official release. Said lyrics being: "Call me back again, Only it's for one time, Come on Call me Back Again".
The demo also includes a lot more of a melancholic and feeling of longing to it, unlike the official release which is very upbeat and jazz-like. I can't think of anyone/anything McCartney would have such a longing for except for John and the relationship they had either in their teenage-hood or their time in the Beatles.
brilliant insights
Dare I say… MOTHER
For real though, Paul is so female coded. So many Beatles girls love him for a reason. Seeing him with small children…. OMGGGGGG
My Beatles Biopic actor suggestions:
John Lennon- Chris Fleming, because FUCKING GENDER GOALS
Paul McCartney- Clara Bow, because FUCKING DIVA
George Harrison- Rasputin, because FUCK EVERYTHING & THEIR WIVES
Ringo Starr-This 'My Little Pony', because FUCK the Haterz
Some more goodies. Two photos of Paul McCartney in knitted sweater cardigans both from 1967. As before, these are scan sent to us from a fan who was the copyright to both photos. PLEASE just enjoy and do no repost.
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making beatles memes is my passion
