Julian Lennon made Beatles fans happy this weekend by posting two pictures on his social media alongside Paul McCartney. The eldest son of the late singer and his first wife, Cynthia Powell, met the musician by chance at an airport and did not miss an opportunity to share his euphoria.
“It's amazing who you meet in an airport lounge! With none other than Uncle Paul…. So, so charming, and what a coincidence... ”, he points out in reference to what was playing on Spotify on McCartney's phone at the time: a song by none other than John Lennon.
The snapshots caused a sensation among the fans of the British band, who soon shared them on their profiles. And it is that the contribution that Julian has made to the history of the Beatles is great. When he was just a five-year-old boy, he already inspired legendary songs like Hey, Jude. A topic that the firstborn does not have very good memories of, as it is related to the separation and subsequent divorce of his parents.
“I didn't really realize what was going on until I started seeing Yoko Ono around. Obviously that had an impact on me, and apparently I had problems with the separation, especially when I was five years old. I had moments of rage in which I became a screaming child, but that is something that has not stayed in my memories, ”she declared to the press years later about that time.
That dark moment that Julian went through inspired McCartney, as he set out to write a ballad to comfort him. The problem is that the song, far from being a tearjerker, became a continual reminder of his parents' divorce. Over the years, he managed to make peace with the classic.
It is not the only song that was inspired by him. Good night, composed by John and sung entirely by Ringo Starr, would not exist without Julian either. And it is that the last song of the album The Beatles, also known as The White Album, was written by his father as a lullaby at the same time that he planned to end his marriage with Cynthia.
Another of the hits in which Julian contributed his grain of sand was Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds. The theme, written by John Lennon and also attributed to McCartney, is inspired by a drawing that Julian brought from school and that had been drawn by his classmate Lucy O'Donnell, who died in 2009, at the age of 46, after falling ill with arthropathic psoriasis. and lupus.
"I don't know why I called it that or why it was separated from my other drawings, but obviously at that age I felt affection for Lucy," he admitted years later to the press. What is clear is that the anecdote united them, because whenever there was a friendly encounter between them, the press did not hesitate to portray them.
