Rellevart
Jan 10, 2001, 04:02 AM
After reading Hofner Girl's account of meeting Paul, it occurs to me it might be interesting to ask if any of the rest of you have had personal encounters with any of the Beatles. Here's mine:
September, 1989, London. It's the day of Paul's annual Buddy Holly lunch and a friend of mine who knows somebody who works at MPL has found out where the lunch is going to be. We hop in a cab and when we get to the club, there are about 10 other people hanging around. A few minutes later, a TON of photographers show up, so we know we're in the right place! Moments later, Paul and Linda come strolling up right past me! He was very personable, but in a hurry and more interested in posing for the pro photogs than chatting with the fans, so we didn't get any "quality time". My friend (who had done this before) said that he'd be in the lunch for a while, so we might as well go off and have some lunch ourselves and try to catch him on the way out. A couple hours later, we did just that! All the photographers had left and only maybe 10-15 fans were left, so he took the time to talk to each of us, sign autgraphs, shake hands, etc. As he was signing my autograph, he could not get my pen to work, so he looked up at me (with those EYES!) and said "Sorry it looks a bit dodgy there, but I couldn't get the pen to work!" Totally moronically star struck, I gazed worshipfully at him and said "Oh...that's ok..." So much for eloquence! I got Linda's autograph too (she seemed surprised and pleased that I asked, as most people were understandably focused on Paul) and then they took off in their car. I tell you, by the end of that day, my face hurt from grinning so much!!
Now your turn!
September, 1989, London. It's the day of Paul's annual Buddy Holly lunch and a friend of mine who knows somebody who works at MPL has found out where the lunch is going to be. We hop in a cab and when we get to the club, there are about 10 other people hanging around. A few minutes later, a TON of photographers show up, so we know we're in the right place! Moments later, Paul and Linda come strolling up right past me! He was very personable, but in a hurry and more interested in posing for the pro photogs than chatting with the fans, so we didn't get any "quality time". My friend (who had done this before) said that he'd be in the lunch for a while, so we might as well go off and have some lunch ourselves and try to catch him on the way out. A couple hours later, we did just that! All the photographers had left and only maybe 10-15 fans were left, so he took the time to talk to each of us, sign autgraphs, shake hands, etc. As he was signing my autograph, he could not get my pen to work, so he looked up at me (with those EYES!) and said "Sorry it looks a bit dodgy there, but I couldn't get the pen to work!" Totally moronically star struck, I gazed worshipfully at him and said "Oh...that's ok..." So much for eloquence! I got Linda's autograph too (she seemed surprised and pleased that I asked, as most people were understandably focused on Paul) and then they took off in their car. I tell you, by the end of that day, my face hurt from grinning so much!!
Now your turn!