read body count and you’ll know what i mean. other such claims include paul having been sent love letters from brian a claim just as insubstantial and without any actual tangible proof.įirst off, to get a more personal picture of francie during the time she wrote and published her book you have to ackowledge her agenda as the scorned ex-lover as is evidenced by the book itself as it displays a great deal of vindictiveness towards paul. what’s more important in this particular case: she relies almost exclusively on sensational claims to make her book body count (1972) more palatable and exciting to a general and broad public instead of actual proof. ask any beatles researcher worth their salt on their opinion about francie and her book. Why is it bullshit? i have several points to make:įrancie schwartz is one of the most unreliable sources in beatles history. francie wrote a book about her relationship with paul where francie claims that while john and yoko stayed at cavendish, they received a note saying “you and your jap tart think you’re hot shit”. Now, where does the claim come from? it comes from an ex-girlfriend of paul’s from the late 60s, who he has parted not on the best terms with: francie schwartz. the discrepancies here alone should tell you something. Putting aside that you can already read the clear bias between the lines, sometimes in other retellings of the story, it’s said to be a postcard and other times it’s a typewritten message left in an envelope. I was sad to see the Lennons go, even though it took the pressure off of Paul.” Yoko simply rose above it, feeling only sympathy for John. The three of us swiveled around, staring at him. ‘Oh I just did that for a lark…’ he said in his most sugar-coated accent. John put it on the mantle, and in the afternoon, Paul hopped in, prancing much the same self-conscious way he did when we met. ‘You and your Jap tart think you’re hot shit’, it said. When they go to the anonymous note, they looked puzzled, looking at each other with genuine pain in their eyes. Paul put most of his fan mail in a big basket and let it sit for weeks, but John and Yoko opened every piece. He even sent them a hate letter once, unsigned, typed. Yoko could see it too.īut Paul was treating them like shit too. “John obviously loved Paul enough to let him run wild if it would help ease the tension Paul was creating in the studio and at home. The full message – if you believe francie, that is – was “you and your jap tart think you’re hot shit” and the full quote reads: So it's not true? (because thank god if it's not true) Anonymous asked: Wait I'm sorry for being misinformed, but the info about Paul calling Yoko a jap tart is not true? From what i read he sent a letter to john (i think) saying this.
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