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robert said
So here’s my 2 cents – and over priced at that.

It would not have been at unusual or unlikely that when John and Paul were young teenagers they may have experimented sexually with each other – or that they may have experimented with other male friends when younger but not each other.

This behavior amongst adolescents is quite common (for boys and girls – especially in the 50’s and 60’s). This had less to do with being gay or bisexual and more to do with growing awareness of sexuality and what young teens do as they explore – they explore with their friends never considering the gay/hetero implications – again that was more true in the 50’s and 60’s when such activities were less public.

After that, I personally believe that John had some sort of crush on Paul – sexual and romantic – and that Paul used it to control John in the emerging years of Help , Rubber Soul etc.

I believe that during Pepper MMT days, Paul overplayed this hand with John who then met Yoko – I think John shared with Yoko his feelings about Paul which is why Yoko began her fierce campaign of keeping John and Paul apart from each other (all through White Album etc to John’s death). And she eventually turned John against Paul. Yoko’s demeanor towards Paul always struck me as jealous more than anything else. John talked about Paul and Yoko in equal emotional terms.

I think in a strange ironic twist, once John’s relationship with Yoko was cemented John began to be colder to Paul, this rejection hurt Paul in a deep way – all of which shows up during Let It Be and Abbey Road and the breakup years following.

During Let It Be the movie, what I see is Paul trying to win John’s affections back – but it was too late.

But I see Paul desperately trying to reignite John’s love for him.

I don’t think John and Paul actually had a physical or sexual relationship – unless during their early teen years they might have, as some close boys will- but that sort of “love” was there between them. I think “Oh Darling” was written for John – I think I read that they actually called each “darling” as jokey nicknames. And I know John once said that he thought a lot of Paul’s songs were written about him (Beatle songs – not just Ram – but like Hey Jude ).

And there are the stories of John crying for Paul or whatever during their early years.

So overall I think John had a strong attraction for Paul, Paul manipulated John with that attraction, they never really consummated, Yoko eventually stole John from Paul, and then Paul acted like a jilted lover. Which over the years is how John described their relationship.

Very little fact, just my opinion.

 

That makes perfect sense to me. Good insights!

For whatever reason, Paul had something against Yoko.  If he was jealous because he himself liked Yoko, that could explain why he left that hateful note for John and Yoko that said “You and your Jap tart think you’re hot s**t.”

…or maybe it was John he liked.

Yes, it was in a typewritten note that Paul left in an envelope on his mantel, addressed to John and Yoko with no stamp or mailing address.  When they opened it up, it was just that one sentence.  Their jaws dropped and then Paul walked into the room and said, “Oh yeah, I just did that for a laugh,” or something like that.  It was when they had no place to go and were staying with Paul, after John separated from Cynthia.

meanmistermustard said
There are rumours that Yoko made a beeline for Paul before John but there is nothing substantial to back them up. As for that letter Paul supposedly left on the mantelpiece what is the source? From what i’ve read Paul put both John and Yoko up for a while in his house when they needed a place to stay (no doubt leading to stories that Paul slept with John (reviving a 6 day romance back in 1960 for a few nights) and wrote on the walls in bright paint that Yoko was a foreign bitch and should piss off back to Japan).

There has been so much written about Paul, Yoko and John over the years of which so much should be ignored or at the very least highly questioned. Its what makes this thread pretty tiresome on a personal level.

The source was Paul’s girlfriend, Francie Schwartz, who was an eyewitness to the event.