UNA POLEMICA CARTA DE JOHN LENNON CRITICANDO A PAUL Y LINDA MCCARTNEY FUE SUBASTADA POR 30.000 DOLARES
Una polémica
carta que John Lennon escribió en 1971, atacando a Paul y Linda McCartney, después
de la separación de los Beatles, fue vendida recientemente por treinta mil dólares
a través de la empresa RR Auctions de Boston a un apostador que no revelo su
nombre.
La
carta, de dos páginas, está escrita en máquina de escribir y contiene algunas
correcciones hechas a mano por el propio Lennon, quien arremete particularmente
contra Linda McCartney y su familia a quien le hace una serie de reclamos
bastante “subidos de tono”.
En la
misiva Lennon, entre muchas otras cosas, increpa a la esposa de McCartney preguntándole
“qué diablos crees que eres” y luego le
escribe: “espero que te des cuenta de
toda la plasta que tú y el resto de mis amigos nobles y no egoístas pusieron
sobre Yoko y yo
La
carta demuestra el grado de tensión y rivalidad que para ese momento existía
entre las dos parejas que en lo sucesivo grabarían por separado.
En 2014 McCartney comento que las diferencias
entre Lennon y el habían sido un asunto de “negocios” y con el tiempo se
normalizaron.
Dijo que pocos meses ante de que lo
asesinaran, Lennon y él habían rescatado su amistad y solían conversar
frecuentemente por teléfono, algo de lo cual se siente particularmente
bendecido.
La carta fue escrita justo antes de que Lennon
se mudara a Nueva York y forma parte de un lote de 300 manuscritos del músico
perteneciente a la empresa privada llamada Profiles in History.
Una copia de la misma vio la luz pública por
primera vez hace tres años en un libro titulado “Las Cartas de John Lennon” que
publico el escritor Hunter Davies el mismo que en 1968 publicara la única biografía
autorizada del cuarteto de Liverpool.
Texto completo de la carta en ingles:
Dear Linda and
Paul,
I was reading
your letter and wondering what middle aged cranky Beatle fan wrote it. I
resisted looking at the last page to find out - I kept thinking who is it -
Queenie? Stuart's mother? - Clive Epstein's wife? - Alan Williams? - What the
hell - it's Linda!
You really
think the press are beneath me/you? Do you think that? Who do you
think we/you are? The 'self-indulgent doesn't realize who he is hurting' bit-I
hope you realize what s**t you and the rest of my 'kind and unselfish' friends
laid on Yoko and me, since we've been together. It might have sometimes been a
bit more subtle or should I say 'middle class' - but not often. We both 'rose
above it' quite a few times - & forgave you two - so it's
the least you can do for us - you noble people. Linda - if you don't care what
I say - shut up! - let Paul write - or whatever.
When asked
about what I thought originally concerning MBE, etc. - I told them as best as I
can remember - and I do remember squirming a little - don't
you, Paul? - or do you - as I suspect - still believe it all?
I'll forgive Paul for encouraging the Beatles - if he forgives me for the same
- for being - 'honest with me and caring too much'! F**king hell, Linda, you're
not writing for Beatle [sic] book!!!
I'm not ashamed
of the Beatles - (I did start it all) - but
of some of the s**t we took to make them so big -
I thought we all felt that way in varying degrees - obviously not.
Do you really
think most of today's art came about because of the Beatles? -
I don't believe you're that insane - Paul - do you believe
that? When you stop believing it you might wake up! Didn't we
always say we were part of the movement - not all of it? - Of
course, we changed the world - but try and follow it through - GET OFF YOUR
GOLD DISC AND FLY!
Don't give me
that Aunty Gin s**t about 'in five years I'll look back as a different person'
- don't you see that's what's happening NOW! - If I only knew THEN what
I know NOW - you seemed to have missed that point….
Excuse me if I
use 'Beatle Space' to talk about whatever I want - obviously if they keep
asking Beatle questions - I'll answer them - and get as much John and Yoko
Space as I can - they ask me about Paul and I answer - I know some of it gets
personal - but whether you believe it or not I try and answer straight - and
the bits they use are obviously the juicy bits - I don't resent your husband -
I'm sorry for him. I know the Beatles are 'quite nice people'
- I'm one of them - they're also just as big b*****ds as anyone else - so get
off your high horse! - by the way - we've had more intelligent interest in our
new activities in one year than we had throughout the
Beatle era.
Finally, about not telling anyone that I left the Beatles - PAUL and
Klein both spent the day persuading me it was better not to say anything - asking me not to
say anything because it would 'hurt the Beatles'- and 'let's just let it
petre [sic] out' - remember? So get that into your petty little perversion of a
mind, Mrs. McCartney - the c**ts asked me to keep quiet about
it. Of course, the money angle is important - to all of us -
especially after all the petty s**t that came from your insane family/in laws -
and GOD HELP YOU OUT, PAUL - see you in two years - I reckon you'll be out then
-
In spite of it
all
Love to you
both,
from us two
P.S. about
addressing your letter just to me - STILL….!!!
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