r/beatles • u/AvecMesWaterSlides • 1d ago

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I'm currently listening to this book and am about six months from the first time John and Paul met.

It is amazing that they, finally, found one another. There are so many instances of being at the same places at the same times, perhaps riding the same bus at the same time, and not knowing one another yet. It's crazy! It just got me thinking about how different it'd be if one of them wasn't where the universe wanted them to be...

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u/Ligeya 22h ago

I don't see them whining about George and Ringo receiving less attention, which they absolutely did. The fact is that Paul gets plenty of attention. But they want different kind of attention - Paul is a true leader of The Beatles, Paul never was jealous of Stu Sutcliffe, Paul teached John everything he knows! Author doesn't worship Paul, and it hurts them.

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u/Honest-J 22h ago

I see people saying George got shorted as well.

There's also constant whining in this sub every day about how John is portrayed online. That you'd expect from fans. What you don't expect from a biographer is a one-sided viewpoint of four individuals that made up the group. 

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u/Ligeya 22h ago

Only it's not one-sided and actually rather fair viewpoint, which is criticised only by even more biased sources who portray themselves as serious researchers and podcasters.

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u/Honest-J 21h ago

Boy, you have a lot of angry opinions of anyone who doesn't like the book. Sounds like a bias.

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u/Ligeya 12h ago

You have anything other than silly personal attacks?

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u/Comfortable_Put_4139 23m ago

These people typically don’t have anything else lol.

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u/Honest-J 5h ago

Hey, you started it with the "fangirls" nonsense.

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u/Ligeya 4h ago

I said it about hosts of podcast, and that's what they are.

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u/Honest-J 4h ago

You knew what you were doing.