It would be to me, if it was, for example, Mick Jagger's pictures of the Rolling Stones or something - I'd be interested to see that, just because it's a unique perspective that you can’t get anywhere else. I think that will be attractive to people. Paul : I think it’s similar to what the book gives to me, which is taking you back in time and behind the scenes. Is there anything you hope visitors will take away from that experience? When it comes to the exhibition, it's a much more physical and visceral experience because you're going into a space where your photos are blown up, some to be larger than life. : With the book you have these images and memories all collected nicely together. She was a great, fun character with a lovely distinctive voice. But it's still lovely to see her again: there she is, our Cilla. They have sadness in their lives, they get ill and stuff. In my head, she's still just a young woman, you know?īut people have passed. She was a little cloakroom girl in The Cavern, so for some reason I just thought she would easily outlast me. And I would never have thought one of them would be Cilla. Cilla, oh my gosh! Of course, when you get to my age now, so many of the people who feature in the book have passed away. So, that's what this picture and really the whole book reminds me off - it just brings back all those little memories which make up a life. And because nobody in my family had glasses, I'd never seen someone just chatting and absent-mindedly cleaning them. I’d be chatting with him, or writing a song, and he would take his glasses off and clean them. For some reason people think they look better without their glasses! And now, whenever other people do that it always reminds me of John. Whenever I see John with these sorts of glasses, it reminds me of the way he would take him off when there were girls around. But this just reminds me of growing up with him and all the pleasant memories. I love just looking at old pictures of the guys, for example, ones of John with his glasses obviously it's hugely sad, because I miss him so much. ![]() After all these years, it was lovely for me to be taken backstage again. ![]() Paul: Well, I mainly see it as a ‘behind the scenes’ publication. : Is there anything in particular you hope people will get from reading your new book? What do you hope their main takeaway will be? A couple of weeks ago, we flipped through this astonishing book with Paul and got his thoughts on the project – including an insight into some of his favourite featured photographs… ![]() Now, a selection of these photographs are available for the world to see in Paul’s new book, 1964: Eyes of the Storm, and will soon go on display at the National Portrait Gallery in London in his exhibition Paul McCartney Photographs 1963-64: Eyes of the Storm. There are also unique photos of the crowds chasing the band’s car through New York streets – a scenario which went on to inspire scenes in A Hard Day’s Night – intimate photos of their entourage from inside a plane, and photos from the rehearsals of their historic performances on The Ed Sullivan Show. Paul said… You Gave Me The Answer The Beatles Eyes of the Storm 19 June 2023Įver rediscovered a memento from your past, which brought back long-forgotten memories from a special time in your life? That’s exactly what happened when Paul unearthed an extraordinary trove of nearly a thousand of his own photographs, taken in 19 when The Beatles were fast becoming the most famous people on the planet.įrom photos of John pulling faces and Ringo trying on hats in Paris, to George swimming in Miami and Paul taking an atmospheric self-portrait in London, the photos are an inside view into the ‘storm’ The Beatles found themselves in as Beatlemania went global.
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