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Ken Burch

(50,254 posts)
38. Paul has some good points
Sun Jun 3, 2012, 08:46 PM
Jun 2012

I still remember, though, the humiliating way he treated George and Ringo at times during the Beatles' existence(Ringo caught Paul removing HIS drum parts and overdubbing drumming of his own, and there was that scene where Paul brought George nearly to tears by telling him EXACTLY how to play the guitar part and treating George not as the great guitarist he was, but rather as a slow-learning three-year-old. If you treat the people you work with like that, you've probably treated other people lower on the food chain far worse. Paul also cheated on his longtime 60's fiancee, Jane Asher, on many, many occasions(it's a miracle that he never passed on any std's to her after all that, since most of his philandering would have been unprotected sex) and was quite hostile to Yoko for getting involved in John(even though Paul himself wasn't in any position to judge anybody on that score)

George was a total shit to Yoko when John first got together with her(When Yoko had never done anything to George at all, and when George had shagged just as many groupies after marrying Patti Boyd as John and Paul had done, thus ALSO losing any right to judge Yoko OR John for anything, and then went on to sleep with Ringo's wife Maureen while Ringo was still married to her) and Ringo himself had a massive problem with booze for years that probably led him to do a great number of things that weren't particularly pleasant.

Yet all three of them, as well as John, had good sides, massively good sides, in spite of all that and brought much joy and hope to this world.

Look at anyone you admire long enough...and you'll find that they're a fdeeply mixed bag at best.

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I see he takes after his dad. polmaven Jun 2012 #1
That was kicking around in January dipsydoodle Jun 2012 #2
True...I reposted it months ago... regnaD kciN Jun 2012 #12
is there a reason you doubt that Julian could have written it himself? Ken Burch Jun 2012 #18
There would be trace dipsydoodle Jun 2012 #19
....um. He'd have typed it in his status? alphafemale Jun 2012 #20
Could? yes - likely - no karynnj Jun 2012 #32
I will repost that on my fb page!! jillan Jun 2012 #3
Great stuff, whoever posted it first. n/t whathehell Jun 2012 #4
K & R !!! WillyT Jun 2012 #5
Good post, EXCEPT - could we please just STOP with the "I bet 99% of you won't .." MH1 Jun 2012 #6
Thank you, I agree... richmwill Jun 2012 #7
whenever I see that I think someone at FB wrote it Mosby Jun 2012 #8
Yeah I don't like being bullied into reposting a graphic about bullying wial Jun 2012 #10
AMEN!!!!!!!! drmeow Jun 2012 #13
It's the social media version of the threat found in every chain letter Tom Ripley Jun 2012 #16
+1 JVS Jun 2012 #22
hate that nt alphafemale Jun 2012 #21
Excellent point - and from now on I will do the same thing karynnj Jun 2012 #33
I hate that too! dana_b Jun 2012 #36
So true, beautiful and profound. reading that made my day. n/t NRaleighLiberal Jun 2012 #9
What you said! K&R DianaForRussFeingold Jun 2012 #15
K&R. n/t DLevine Jun 2012 #11
Tears. Thanks, Julian. freshwest Jun 2012 #14
That could be set to music Ken Burch Jun 2012 #17
His dad was a douchebag who beat his mother... Frank Cannon Jun 2012 #24
I'd say even "great musician" is kind of debatable Spider Jerusalem Jun 2012 #25
Well, yeah, you're right. Frank Cannon Jun 2012 #26
I think you should listen to the better solo songs he did karynnj Jun 2012 #34
I don't. Always thought they way John treated Cindy was indefensible. And 1monster Jun 2012 #28
John admitted to all that, and then CHANGED. He stopped being violent(most violent people don't) Ken Burch Jun 2012 #30
I agree with you on that, he did recognize liberalhistorian Jun 2012 #31
You had some good points in that post Ken Burch Jun 2012 #37
Um...first of all, I AM a woman. liberalhistorian Jun 2012 #39
I apologize for the assumption that you were male. Ken Burch Jun 2012 #40
I don't think any musician - or politician - is a model of perfection karynnj Jun 2012 #35
Paul has some good points Ken Burch Jun 2012 #38
Oh, my.... hlthe2b Jun 2012 #23
He is his father's son. baldguy Jun 2012 #27
The kid has great parents! RoccoR5955 Jun 2012 #29
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