Lennon Wanted A Beatles Reunion, Says Lover

When did you know him, Lucy? I'm curious.

And I still find it offensive to keep on using the word whore, sorry.

Originally Posted by HMVNipper

When did you know him, Lucy? I'm curious.

Hmm...I'm quite CURIOUS too...Do tell...

Donna~

May got a paycheck from Yoko a few years before Yoko gave them permission to become an 'item.' May was their secretary...she did the usual duties that a secretary does. In May's book, May explains that Yoko had cut off her checks, once they went to LA. So, she wasn't getting paid while getting laid. Have you read May's book?
-Kristi

So, May was not a 'whore' as you think she was.
-Kristi

It's still a very strange arrangement and not one that most people would be comfortable in and agree to!

Originally Posted by Zimmerman The Gnome

It's still a very strange arrangement and not one that most people would be comfortable in and agree to!

That is true, but it does not make May a whore. And thank you for quoting that information, Kristi...I knew that was the case, but I could not lay my hands on my copy of the book to confirm it.

Hello,

I'm sorry but I must tell you the truth. I worked for Yoko as bookeeper and payroll accountant for the servants and staff from 1971 through 1978.

Dut to Yoko's arrangment and Yoko's desire to keep things legitamate and business like during the time May worked for her, May Pang did indeed continue to recieve paychecks regularly until she was fired in 1975.

I know this for a fact as I was the one who processed the payroll checks for the staff. I am very surpised that she would lie about this in her book, because when I knew her she was very nice to me.

Suki

Like buses, you don't get anything for ages and then two people who knew John come along at once.

When it rains, it pours...

I guess I should've added that it was John who told May that her checks had been cut off. Also, he was drunk at the time when he said it. This was in L.A. during Phil Spector "Rock 'n' Roll" sessions.
-Kristi

I have to say that I also take exception to your calling May a 'whore'.
I believe that she truly loved John, and that he also loved her; in fact, he told me he loved her on more than one occasion, and he felt badly that if and when Yoko decided to call him back, he would go and leave her behind. He didn't think she deserved to have her heart broken, but he knew the day would someday come when that would happen. Knowing that bothered him a lot.
I have never met May, but I have corresponded with her by mail and email for a few years, and she is every bit as sweet and nice as he described her. Please do not call her a whore again on this board. Not only do many of our members, myself included, feel that this is inappropriate, but John would think so too.
Thanks for being here, though. It's always nice to hear from another friend of John's.

Originally Posted by LucyLennon4me

SEX+MONEY=WHORE.

Here's another equasion for you all--
LucyLennon4me+Suki_Kobayashi=SamePersonPlayingMind GamesWithUs
(and I'm being kind )

Just my astute opinion.

Very astute, Magill. Isn't it a fabulous coincidence that Suki managed to find the forum, then this discussion and post in exactly the spot that LL4M needed her to? Hmm...LL4M is a very lucky gal, indeed.

You mean...?? that these people did'nt...?? actually know John?

That's very pessimistic of you!

Originally Posted by Magill

Here's another equasion for you all--
LucyLennon4me+Suki_Kobayashi=SamePersonPlayingMind GamesWithUs
(and I'm being kind )

Just my astute opinion.

Yeah, I agree with Magill's point above. Susan, Angel and Rell said it far better than I could, but Lucy's cruel comments about May were really getting to me. Calling her degrading names and pronouncing harsh judgment on her character is not only cruel, but counterproductive.

I met May Pang at a Beatles' convention many years ago and she was gracious and lovely. She clearly loved John; they cared a lot about each other. That came through in her talks and in her book, which I unfortunately don't have.

I was always under the impression that John cared a lot about May and ending the relationship was hard for him as well. However, Yoko was the great love of his life and it was a joyous moment when they reunited. With regard to May, John was lucky to have found someone to share love with and to care about him and vice versa. May impresses me as being a nice person and I don't think she has any agenda. Ending the relationship was hard for her, yeah, but who are we to judge them? Or anybody else who knew them personally?

Originally Posted by LovinLennon909

Very astute, Magill. Isn't it a fabulous coincidence that Suki managed to find the forum, then this discussion and post in exactly the spot that LL4M needed her to? Hmm...LL4M is a very lucky gal, indeed.

Yeah, gee, and isn't it interesting how Lucy disappeared once people started asking her exactly HOW and WHEN she knew John?

Convenient, I say. TOO convenient. Gimme a break.

I agree, Susan. As Ringo said in Help!, "there's more to this than meets the eye.

As John said, "Gimme Some Truth."

We're so bad!

I really believe that this topic was suppose to be about a Beatles reunion, not May Pang. Shall we get back to the original subject.

OK I don't know much about May Pang or her relationship with Yoko, but ever since I read Bill Harry's Beatles Encyclopedia there is something pertinant to this discussion that's been on my mind. In his book, Harry says that on November 28, 1980, John Lennon testified in a legal deposition that the Beatles would be reuniting for a project called The Long and Winding Road which would climax with an onstage reunion with the other Beatles at some point during the mid-80s.

This deposition was part of a lawsuit against the show Beatlemania and I guess the "Beatles will reunite" declaration was meant to explain how Beatlemania would take money away from them. I get the feeling that John didn't really intend to go through with this, and yet Paul, George, and Ringo did do the Anthology.

So, does anyone know anything else about this or what role John intended to play in the Anthology?