Paul's reaction to John's death

jingle_jangle · Post by **jingle_jangle** » Thu Feb 02, 2006 5:18 am

I love you, too, Bob.

randyz · Post by **randyz** » Thu Feb 02, 2006 5:54 am

Paul: I've covered all of England, Wales, and Scotland by BritRail. I must say I enjoy train journeys. In Victoria Station in London, they have an interesting artifact on display. It is a part from a German bomber that fell through the glass ceiling during the Blitz. I like to conclude my British travels with a trip to Eastbourne and a hike to the top of Beachy Head for a view off the White Cliffs.

studiotwosession · Post by **studiotwosession** » Sat Feb 04, 2006 3:22 pm

>>Personally I don't think he deals with grief the way some of us do. Remember the "what will we do without her money" when his mom died? He didn't even attend his father's funeral. He deals with loss in his own way. Right or wrong.<<

I would suspect most people that lose parents during the first of their teen years don't deal with loss the way others do. But the money quote has been so blown out of proportion as to be ludicrous. Sure, he did say that, as a 13-year-old. It doesn't mean he didn't cry over his Mom's demise (certainly there is a vibe in Let It Be about her that is very real.) Also, as far as not attending his Dad's funeral, maybe he knew something we don't about the gutter press, and being a hounded celeb (the same reasons George didn't even have a funeral.) Maybe Paul learned all of that before the others did.

simer4001 · Post by **simer4001** » Sat Feb 04, 2006 3:45 pm

Glenn, I wasn't knocking Paul for his behavior in regards to his parents death, but rather showing that he definitely had a pattern of how he dealt with those close to him passing away. His comment about John's death was just another example of his way of coping. I'm not judging him for it nor being critical of it.

revolver323 · Post by **revolver323** » Sun Feb 05, 2006 1:37 am

Some of the funniest jokes I've heard were told to me by people who had a close relative lying in a coffin three feet away at the funeral home. People deal with death by avoiding the subject or making light of it -- at least in many Western countries, where public rending or garments and wailing and gnashing of teeth is not encouraged. We might be better of if it were.

studiotwosession · Post by **studiotwosession** » Sun Feb 05, 2006 5:26 am

Got it, still, I don't think the interview incident (which happened in public) is necessarily indicative of the way a public personality deals with issues privately. Macca got burned by the press the first time he was honest about them on anything substantive (LSD.) So, in that respect, anyone that deals with them in the future would tend to gives them the Rumsfeld treatment (says whatever they want to say or gives the answer to the question they wish they'd been asked.) And, other than the glib one liner, no one really knows what his entire reaction to his Mom's death was at the time.

revolver323 · Post by **revolver323** » Sun Feb 05, 2006 8:57 am

Amen to Glenn.

qmoder · Post by **qmoder** » Mon Feb 06, 2006 2:42 am

Well macca just said the wrong thing at the wrong time. We have all opened mouth and inserted foot at one time or another. But inside I think he has the right stuff. He went to visit Cindy and Julian right the divorce and wanted them to still feel like a member of the Beatles family.
He even wrote Hey Jude for Julian whom he affectionally called Jules.
My wife was upset when Paul waved and smiled at fans when Linda died at her funeral while the others just marched regally on and ignored the fans present..

studiotwosession · Post by **studiotwosession** » Mon Feb 06, 2006 7:19 am

This is not meant to contradict what I said earlier, but I do agree Paul has (or at least had earlier) a way of seeming to blot out negativity, and he has basically and I think rightly been accused of giving the same interview the past quarter century (perhaps another reaction to what was first learned during the LSD questions interview.) One of the few exceptions was in the wake of Lennon's murder, when he apparently was irked by the martyr feeling of some of the commentary at the time and commented on it with his "Martin Luther Lennon" quote, which was of course the most interesting thing he's said in 20 years. He should have made a song out of it. Also, I think it's funny how the ads a year or so ago, for the latest Wings anthology, blotted out the fact that anyone else was ever in Wings save Paul and Linda. How funny was that? After 20 years of claiming she just played a few keys in the background she was suddenly his second most important collaborator and there was hardly a shot in the spot of anyone else.