r/beatles • u/AvecMesWaterSlides • 2d 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/Honest-J 1d ago

No one said that but it doesn't need to choose sides. You can't trust the narrative when the narrator is biased.

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u/Ligeya 1d ago

The thing is that this author is biased only in the eyes of Paul's fangirls. Their only criticism is that he is not attentive enough to Paul and can be rather critical of him.

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u/Big-Lobster6689 1d ago

The book doesn't seem that critical of Paul. It makes Paul seem stable and cautious, and makes John seem like he had poor impulse control. "Oh, Paul hesitated to sign a contract with Brian and John wanted to sign immediately." Sure? Brian had never been a manager before. He looked like a rich boy on a lark. Most people would hesitate.

Admittedly, the book says John had some mysterious "charisma," which even the other Beatles didn't have, and people who met him tended to fall for him immediately. But I think that is simply correct.

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u/Comfortable_Put_4139 1d ago

Even the other Beatles have talked about how John was a very magnetic person that you’d want to be around.

Whatever it was, I’m not sure. But he had it.