(Yeah, that was a HDN reference.) My favorite zone: His hair – it always made me crazy (hope he’s not reading this!) because it’s so very silky and thick, and smells like a freshly shampooed show dog, and I mean that in the nicest possible way.Īs for his personal aroma, his skin had a very very mild, almost morning-sunny scent, but everso subtle. Q&As with Francie posted to the Macca-L listserv (via Wayback Machine)- among other questions, the one where Francie tells us what Paul smelled like:įrancie, one of the questions macca-listers frequently ask those who have had a “macca encounter” but for which we have yet to get a definitive answer is “how does he smell?” Those sessions are something I’ll remember in great detail when I’m 90, in a rocking chair or floating in virtual reality. The sessions were like a long long dream, punctuated with odd mini-nightmares, and almost always stoned (hashish, mostly - reefer was rarely available in London then). This answer in particular drives me wild, because if she is going to remember them in great detail when she’s 90 throw us a bone here! Interview on “Oldies Music” page (via Wayback Machine)- interesting, but again, devoid of the kind of details I would expect. There are so many strange little tidbits- on her second night in London she went to a club, met Paul’s brother, and gave him a silver roach clip? There’s very little explanation about how she actually ended up moving in with Paul at Cavendish- I feel like that would be a very specific memory worth including? To be honest, after reading this chapter my only thought was “that was exhausting, I literally can’t understand how that entire situation lasted a couple of months.” In that way, I suppose it does remind me of hazy summer days melting into each other when you’re a young twenty something just hanging out all the time. This is a strange read, it’s like there are huge chunks of stories left out, and the sense of timeline is hard to follow. This got very long, read more under the cut.īody Count on the internet archive - missing some pages but the Paul chapter is intact. There are also points in interviews where it reads like she is very informed by other people’s writings on the band and general received wisdom. I feel like she consistently gets close to saying things but then kind of veers around saying anything substantive. It was hard to find this stuff so I’m posting some links here in case it helps people who want to read it, too. I am fascinated by whatever toxic concoction of bad vibes was going on in Summer 1968 Beatledom, and while I’m very aware Francie is an unreliable source, I’m insatiably curious. I went down a bit of a rabbit hole tracking down some old Francie Shwartz interviews.
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