【合集】各种传记里的Lennon-McCartney关系

首先还是要搬出The last days of John Lennon A Personal Memoir这一本，由陪伴列侬度过生命中最后两年多时光的私人助理Frederic Seaman所作。作者对列侬有着深厚的感情，又因为列侬死后的一些事情与Yoko的关系相当紧张，书中内容根据他个人日记整理而成，详实丰富，记述了列侬生活中的大量细节，从一个不一样的角度展现了我们所爱的约翰·列侬。

在写到保罗时，作者还是以站在列侬的立场为主，对保罗不加过多的个人评述，这也是我比较喜欢的一个方面。
书后索引部分列出了谈及保罗的部分，虽不是很多，却也有些不常见的爆料。今天发上来的这一段主要讲两个人的矛盾：John's breakup with Paul。Sorry，不要嫌我弄太虐哦~

背景是上世纪七十年代末，当时的列侬成了名副其实的家庭妇男，与妻儿暂居百慕大。得知即将到纽约办事处新近租得的Villa Undercliff别墅居住后，列侬颇为高兴，并嘱咐助理Fred不要告诉现在的工作人员他的最新动向，因为他不想和这些人再有过多联系。Fred说那些人会很失望的，他们还以为自己已经在这次旅途中成为了列侬的亲密朋友呢，此话一出，引发了John关于友情和Paul的一番评论。
正文：
“I don't have any friends!” John reminded me. “Friendship is a romantic illusion!”
“我没有朋友！” John提醒我说。“友谊不过是个浪漫的幻象罢了！”

He said that he had learned this the hard way after the breakup of his relationship with Paul McCartney, whom he had once regarded as his close friend. John's features hardened as he launched into a terse monologue on the subject. Using his relationship with Paul McCartney as an example, John asserted that most “so-called friendships” were based on a symbiotic exchange of services. “The basis of our friendship was an intuitive understanding we had as musicians,” he said. John explained that when he and Paul first started working together, he needed Paul more than Paul needed him, because in addition to being a well-rounded musician who could help John translate rough ideas into songs, Paul had a secure family background. “Being around Paul gave me a sense of stability,” John said. “When I met Yoko, I knew it was time to cut myself loose. Paul hated me for turning my back on him and did everything he could to turn the others against me. He saw that he couldn't compete with Yoko, so he tried to stab us in the back. He was absolutely vicious, and it shattered whatever illusions I had about our so-called relationship.”

啊啊又有新帖啦!话说我买的anthology也到了~~

上文大意：
他（列侬）说自己是在与Paul的友谊破裂后才痛苦地意识到这一点的，他曾把Paul当成是密友。John神情严肃，开始就这个话题言简意赅地谈起个人看法。他以和Paul的个人关系为例，称大部分“所谓的友谊”都建立在互为利用的基础上。他说：“我们友谊的基础是出于音乐人所具有的一种本能。” John进一步解释道，当他和Paul最初在一起创作时，他对Paul的需求要大于Paul对他的，因为Paul不仅有着扎实的音乐功底，能够帮他把原始理念转化为成型的乐曲，还具备稳定的家庭背景。“和Paul在一起能给我带来安稳的感觉，” John说，“而当我遇到Yoko，我知道是时候给自己松松绑了。Paul因为我开始疏远他而恨我，为了让别人也站在我的对立面儿而无所不用其极。他见自己不是Yoko的对手就在背后捅我们刀子。他是条不折不扣的毒蛇，他的所作所为让我对我们所谓友谊所存的幻觉统统灰飞烟灭。”

好评

加一小段关于嫉妒的片段，依然是在百慕大，John与助理Fred一同外出购物，之后在一家咖啡馆小憩，店里有三个小青年正在与服务生挑逗，John显得很不安。
“They'll beat us up just to impress her,” John said, only half in jest.
He appeared to be most intimidated by a handsome, athletic kid whose “deliberate moves” reminded John of Pete Best, the Beatles' drummer who was replaced by Ringo Starr in 1962. John hinted that it was Paul's jealousy that led to Best being fired from the Beatles. “Pete gave Paul competition in the pretty-face department.”

大意：
John半开玩笑地说：“他们会为了博她一笑而把咱们揍一顿的。”
他似乎对其中一个长相英俊、身手矫健的男孩儿颇为忌惮，他的一些刻意举止让John想起了Pete Best——披头士乐队前鼓手，1962年Ringo Starr取代了他的位置。John暗示是Paul的嫉妒心把Best逐出了乐队：“Pete在外貌方面给Paul造成了威胁。”
（让人想起白雪公主的故事，“Mirror mirror on the wall, tell me who is the fairest of all？” 保罗成了恶毒的皇后……）

今天的内容是关于John和Paul在音乐创作上的一些对比，时间依然是在百慕大时期，列侬与助理、孩子和保姆一起，Yoko在纽约协调专辑发行的事情，期间John在经过一段时间的休息后，开始迸发创作灵感，作出不少作品，这给Yoko带来一定的压力。

John did not let Yoko's foot-dragging slow him down. He kept working on the album, refining songs an...

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