Remembering Linda
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Are the people looking at it part of the piece? That guy with the hat is in the same pose in both shots.
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HaileyMcComet:
Are the people looking at it part of the piece? That guy with the hat is in the same pose in both shots.
It's a segment of the same photo. I put the closeup in because I was wondering if that was Linda on top of the pink Fleur-de-lis. It must be...right? Symbolically
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love2travel:
HaileyMcComet:
Are the people looking at it part of the piece? That guy with the hat is in the same pose in both shots.
It's a segment of the same photo. I put the closeup in because I was wondering if that was Linda on top of the pink Fleur-de-lis. It must be...right? Symbolically
Looks like her.
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It's hard to tell.
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ewanme:
thank you for posting this, I've never seen this before. it is one of the better interviews with Linda, I think. I like Linda's answers, they are always so honest and direct. Miss her.
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Wanted to go to this retrospective of Linda's photos. In South Korea. Just found this PDF of some of the photos!! I love her photos!!! http://www.lindamccartney.com/files/Linda-McCartney-Retrospective-Brochure-2016.pdf
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One of the retrospective photographs:
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I have a bag of Stella's that has that image. ![](http://i.ebayimg.com/t/Stella-Linda-McCartney-Horse-Promo-Tote-Bag-Paul-McCartney-MPL-Wings-Beatles-/00/s/MTU3MVgxMjI4/$(KGrHqEOKikE5hCZM34iBOjrSQIP!g~~60_35.JPG)
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May 15, 2017 - Article about 50th Anniversary of Paul meeting Linda at the Bag O'Nails Club http://ultimateclassicrock.com/paul-mccartney-meets-linda-eastman/ http://ultimateclassicrock.com/files/2017/05/PaulLinda.jpg
During Georgie Fame's set that night, McCartney remembers that he caught Eastman's eye. He's said that he was attracted to her smile. "The band had finished and [Linda and the Animals] got up to either leave or go for a drink or a pee or something, and she passed our table," McCartney told Barry Miles in Paul McCartney: Many Years From Now. "I was near the edge and stood up just as she was passing, blocking her exit. And so I said, 'Oh, sorry. Hi. How are you? How're you doing?' I introduced myself, and said, 'We're going on to another club after this, would you like to join us?' That was my big pulling line! Well, I'd never used it before, of course, but it worked this time! It was a fairly slim chance but it worked." Down the road, after becoming a family man, McCartney would often make fun of his corniness when telling the story. Apparently being a Beatle in 1967 didn't require one to be too slick with pickup lines. As McCartney said, his line worked and they moved on to the next location, the Speakeasy. Eastman remembered the night not just for meeting her future husband, but for hearing a certain song for the first time. "I remember everybody at the table heard 'A Whiter Shade of Pale' that night for the first time and we all thought, 'Who is that? Stevie Winwood?' We all said Stevie," she told Miles. "The minute that record came out, you just knew you loved it. That's when we actually met." Years later, the McCartneys would consider Procol Harum's "A Whiter Shade of Pale" to be their song, because of their musical memory. But the night didn't end at the Speakeasy. McCartney, soon to be 25, welcomed Eastman, soon to turn 26, back to his place under the auspices of showing the photographer his original paintings by the surrealist Rene Magritte. The Beatle was impressed that Eastman was also a fan of the Belgian painter. Memories are hazy as to if the pair impressed each other in any other ways that evening.
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Sign outside the Bag O'Nails Club in London
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That article kind of skipped over all the stuff that happened between mid-May 1968 and mid-Sept. when Linda arrived in London to stay with Paul! (And Heather did not come over until late October) Paul was a footlance and fancy free single guy (to put it delicately!)
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Nancy R:
That article kind of skipped over all the stuff that happened between mid-May 1968 and mid-Sept. when Linda arrived in London to stay with Paul! (And Heather did not come over until late October) Paul was a footlance and fancy free single guy (to put it delicately!)
I know what you mean he had a lot going on, he was a very busy guy Loved the very last sentence:
"I remember everybody at the table heard 'A Whiter Shade of Pale' that night for the first time and we all thought, 'Who is that? Stevie Winwood?' We all said Stevie," she told Miles. "The minute that record came out, you just knew you loved it. That's when we actually met." Years later, the McCartneys would consider Procol Harum's "A Whiter Shade of Pale" to be their song, because of their musical memory. But the night didn't end at the Speakeasy. McCartney, soon to be 25, welcomed Eastman, soon to turn 26, back to his place under the auspices of showing the photographer his original paintings by the surrealist Rene Magritte. The Beatle was impressed that Eastman was also a fan of the Belgian painter. Memories are hazy as to if the pair impressed each other in any other ways that evening.
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Journalists even asked some of the other people who were there at his house, like Lulu, but nobody remembered. Danny Fields, Linda's friend who wrote a bio on her (which The Linda McCartney Story was based on) claimed that Linda got a cab and left when everyone else did (or before) Even though Jane was out of town (acting) maybe Linda felt like "playing hard to get." She knew she'd for sure see him in 4 days. Danny said she actually went back to his house a day or so later, but Paul was in Liverpool. You have to read the book for what he said happened next (or send me a PM!)
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[quote="HaileyMcComet"]One of the retrospective photographs That's called Lucky Spot in Sussex. I always liked that one...
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Journalists even asked some of the other people who were there at his house, like Lulu, but nobody remembered. Danny Fields, Linda's friend who wrote a bio on her (which The Linda McCartney Story was based on) claimed that Linda got a cab and left when everyone else did (or before) Even though Jane was out of town (acting) maybe Linda felt like "playing hard to get." Laughing She knew she'd for sure see him in 4 days. Danny said she actually went back to his house a day or so later, but Paul was in Liverpool. You have to read the book for what he said happened next (or send me a PM!)
Danny Fields quoted Lulu as saying both Paul and Linda seemed interested in each other that night, but Linda left about halfway through the gathering at Paul's house. They met again four days later at the Sgt. Pepper launch party at Brian Epstein's house and after that, didn't meet again for a year. Danny Fields said both Paul and Linda told him they didn't have sex for the first time until June 1968 at the Beverly Hills Hotel. Howard Sounes in his book interviewed "Prince Stash" (the nickname for painter Balthus' son, Stanislaus de Rola) who said he was staying at Paul's house at the time in 1967. Stash said that weekend in May 1967, Linda called at Cavendish. He told her Paul was away in Liverpool but she nonetheless came over and Stash and Linda watched a movie together then had a one night stand. Stash said Paul didn't care because he barely knew Linda at that point, however he did kick Stash out of his house for letting Brian Jones come over and steal all of Paul's drugs.
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soymilk:
Journalists even asked some of the other people who were there at his house, like Lulu, but nobody remembered. Danny Fields, Linda's friend who wrote a bio on her (which The Linda McCartney Story was based on) claimed that Linda got a cab and left when everyone else did (or before) Even though Jane was out of town (acting) maybe Linda felt like "playing hard to get." Laughing She knew she'd for sure see him in 4 days. Danny said she actually went back to his house a day or so later, but Paul was in Liverpool. You have to read the book for what he said happened next (or send me a PM!)
Danny Fields quoted Lulu as saying both Paul and Linda seemed interested in each other that night, but Linda left about halfway through the gathering at Paul's house. They met again four days later at the Sgt. Pepper launch party at Brian Epstein's house and after that, didn't meet again for a year. Danny Fields said both Paul and Linda told him they didn't have sex for the first time until June 1968 at the Beverly Hills Hotel. Howard Sounes in his book interviewed "Prince Stash" (the nickname for painter Balthus' son, Stanislaus de Rola) who said he was staying at Paul's house at the time in 1967. Stash said that weekend in May 1967, Linda called at Cavendish. He told her Paul was away in Liverpool but she nonetheless came over and Stash and Linda watched a movie together then had a one night stand. Stash said Paul didn't care because he barely knew Linda at that point, however he did kick Stash out of his house for letting Brian Jones come over and steal all of Paul's drugs.
I knew all of that except the bit about Brian Jones!
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P.S. Stash's full real name is Stanislaus Klossowski de Rola. He turned 74 last October. http://dandyinaspic.blogspot.com/2012/03/prince-stash-klossowski-de-rola-1960s.html
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Interesting... there is a guy near to where I live who has the same Prince Valiant haircut.
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oobu24:
I have a bag of Stella's that has that image. ![](http://i.ebayimg.com/t/Stella-Linda-McCartney-Horse-Promo-Tote-Bag-Paul-McCartney-MPL-Wings-Beatles-/00/s/MTU3MVgxMjI4/$(KGrHqEOKikE5hCZM34iBOjrSQIP!g~~60_35.JPG)
Do you remember where you got it?
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HaileyMcComet:
oobu24:
I have a bag of Stella's that has that image. ![](http://i.ebayimg.com/t/Stella-Linda-McCartney-Horse-Promo-Tote-Bag-Paul-McCartney-MPL-Wings-Beatles-/00/s/MTU3MVgxMjI4/$(KGrHqEOKikE5hCZM34iBOjrSQIP!g~~60_35.JPG)
Do you remember where you got it?
ebay. It supposedly came with some kind of perfume...probably Stella's. Just the bag was up for auction.