Those Occasional Beatles Biopics
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Audley's Piano:
Mick Jagger?? Now I'm trying to remember who threw the stone at the window. Ah, my poor memory of that night on CBS. Was it John who threw the stone at The McCartney's window and then shouted something like, "What is Wrong With You McCartney? How did that scene go?
That was my friend Tim Piper as John! He just yells "McCartney!" He said they told him to find a big rock, climb over the gate, and throw it through the glass outer door! He looks around, finds a rock and goes to climb over the gate. Well, they had given him a jacket that was too small for him, and he said he had a hell of a time doing it!
I think then, or at some point, Paul & Linda invite him in (Paul had not showed up for a recording set at Abbey Road because they were supposedly celebrating their 2nd anniversary--and Mary was just a baby! That was the only screw-up of the movie.) Then John took or tore up a drawing he had done that he had given Paul which was on the wall. I've seen the movie about 6 times, but not for a while. Every time I see Tim we crack up over that "jumping the gate" scene!
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Audley's Piano:
Mick Jagger?? Now I'm trying to remember who threw the stone at the window. Ah, my poor memory of that night on CBS.
Yeah, and then later when Paul is complaining about Mick Jagger saying he would never have his "old lady" in the band, Paul says "Screw Jagger!" and Linda replies, "I already did."
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Nancy R:
Audley's Piano:
Mick Jagger?? Now I'm trying to remember who threw the stone at the window. Ah, my poor memory of that night on CBS.
Yeah, and then later when Paul is complaining about Mick Jagger saying he would never have his "old lady" in the band, Paul says "Screw Jagger!" and Linda replies, "I already did."
Didn't Linda screw Jim Morrison too?
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jl4761:
Nancy R:
Audley's Piano:
Mick Jagger?? Now I'm trying to remember who threw the stone at the window. Ah, my poor memory of that night on CBS.
Yeah, and then later when Paul is complaining about Mick Jagger saying he would never have his "old lady" in the band, Paul says "Screw Jagger!" and Linda replies, "I already did."
Didn't Linda screw Jim Morrison too?
Yes, they had a fling in '66 or '67. There is a lengthy scene with the 2 of them talking, sitting in a window and later in bed.
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Nancy R:
jl4761:
Nancy R:
Audley's Piano:
Mick Jagger?? Now I'm trying to remember who threw the stone at the window. Ah, my poor memory of that night on CBS.
Yeah, and then later when Paul is complaining about Mick Jagger saying he would never have his "old lady" in the band, Paul says "Screw Jagger!" and Linda replies, "I already did."
Didn't Linda screw Jim Morrison too?
Yes, they had a fling in '66 or '67. There is a lengthy scene with the 2 of them talking, sitting in a window and later in bed.
Being a photographer, Linda must have screwed a lot of Rock Stars in the roaring 60's!!!
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jl4761:
Being a photographer, Linda must have screwed a lot of Rock Stars in the roaring 60's!!!
Yep, also Tim Buckley (father of Jeff Buckley if you know him), Chris Stamp (actor Terrance Stamp's brother), Warren Beatty, and also rumored Jimi Hendrix. This info is in the book Linda McCartney: The Biography by her friend Danny Field (which the movie was based on) P.S. The Beatles music in the movie was performed by my favorite tribute band The Fab Four!
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Nancy R:
Audley's Piano:
Mick Jagger?? Now I'm trying to remember who threw the stone at the window. Ah, my poor memory of that night on CBS. Was it John who threw the stone at The McCartney's window and then shouted something like, "What is Wrong With You McCartney? How did that scene go?
That was my friend Tim Piper as John! He just yells "McCartney!" He said they told him to find a big rock, climb over the gate, and throw it through the glass outer door! He looks around, finds a rock and goes to climb over the gate. Well, they had given him a jacket that was too small for him, and he said he had a hell of a time doing it!
I think then, or at some point, Paul & Linda invite him in (Paul had not showed up for a recording set at Abbey Road because they were supposedly celebrating their 2nd anniversary--and Mary was just a baby! That was the only screw-up of the movie.) Then John took or tore up a drawing he had done that he had given Paul which was on the wall. I've seen the movie about 6 times, but not for a while. Every time I see Tim we crack up over that "jumping the gate" scene!
Nancy - Here is that scene. Start at 3'30".
"McCartney! Who the hell do you think you are!!" No offense to your friend Tim, but that scene is so bad it's funnyIs your friend English?? Because he sounds nothing like Lennon, unless John grew an American accent in 1971.
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It was the 60s. Everyone was screwing everyone. Paul certainly was no celibate. I'm not saying it was a great thing or a bad thing. Just that, it is what it is. Or it was what it was.
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JoeySmith:
Nancy R:
Audley's Piano:
Mick Jagger?? Now I'm trying to remember who threw the stone at the window. Ah, my poor memory of that night on CBS. Was it John who threw the stone at The McCartney's window and then shouted something like, "What is Wrong With You McCartney? How did that scene go?
That was my friend Tim Piper as John! He just yells "McCartney!" He said they told him to find a big rock, climb over the gate, and throw it through the glass outer door! He looks around, finds a rock and goes to climb over the gate. Well, they had given him a jacket that was too small for him, and he said he had a hell of a time doing it!
I think then, or at some point, Paul & Linda invite him in (Paul had not showed up for a recording set at Abbey Road because they were supposedly celebrating their 2nd anniversary--and Mary was just a baby! That was the only screw-up of the movie.) Then John took or tore up a drawing he had done that he had given Paul which was on the wall. I've seen the movie about 6 times, but not for a while. Every time I see Tim we crack up over that "jumping the gate" scene!
Nancy - Here is that scene. Start at 3'30".
"McCartney! Who the hell do you think you are!!" No offense to your friend Tim, but that scene is so bad it's funnyIs your friend English?? Because he sounds nothing like Lennon, unless John grew an American accent in 1971.
No, he's American (from CA) I forgot about the "Who do you think you are!"
ETA: I thought his accent was fine in the part in the studio where he tells Paul he's quitting the Beatles. To each his own.
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Tim Piper is listed as being from Australia, at least originally. Maybe that's not so. He is currently playing Lennon on tour in his one-man show, "Just Imagine". This is a creation of a fictional Lennon concert (with a band) that just finished its local run down the street from me in North Hollywood, in the NoHo Arts districxt. And I didn't know about it. Well. I guess I'll just stay home instead.
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Audley's Piano:
Tim Piper is listed as being from Australia, at least originally. Maybe that's not so. He is currently playing Lennon on tour in his one-man show, "Just Imagine". This is a creation of a fictional Lennon concert (with a band) that just finished its local run down the street from me in North Hollywood, in the NoHo Arts districxt. And I didn't know about it. Well. I guess I'll just stay home instead.
That is a different Tim Piper! https://au.linkedin.com/in/tim-piper-46683111 My Tim is from CA. And I've seen him do his Just Imagine show on 3 Beatles cruises and one destination Beatles get-together in Cancun (Riviera Maya at The Hard Rock Hotel) The show is not a fictional Lennon concert. Tim tells the story of John's life with music, guitar playing & singing with wardrobe changes. It is amazing! http://www.justimaginetheshow.com/
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That book by Danny Fields about Linda is trash or "rubbish" as Paul would say. Fields gets in a lot of digs at Linda and comes across as resentful and envious, too often. You get the impression he's exaggerating and downright lying about some things.
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SusyLuvsPaul:
That book by Danny Fields about Linda is trash or "rubbish" as Paul would say. Fields gets in a lot of digs at Linda and comes across as resentful and envious, too often. You get the impression he's exaggerating and downright lying about some things.
I don't agree. Did you actually read it?
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Yes. I had ordered it off eBay, I think. This was several years ago. I do recall that he complimented her at times, also. Maybe he mainly praised and admired her, you imply? Don't you recall the aspersions?
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SusyLuvsPaul:
Yes. I had ordered it off eBay, I think. This was several years ago. I do recall that he complimented her at times, also. Maybe he mainly praised and admired her, you imply? Don't you recall the aspersions?
I don't recall any huge aspersions. The one thing I remember is that he talked about how after she moved to London with Paul, she gradually dropped all her friends in NY. In other words, she stopped communicating with them. In those days (no internet, email, etc) I can understand. Plus, she was a busy mother of two in 1969, married to Paul F r e a k i n g McCartney!