Beatles Wives

xxtimboxxtimbo Posts: 8,870
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Bit ironic is nt it....... they all had english wives
Ringo ... Maureen
John...... Cynthia
George Pattie Boyd
Paul .... Jane Asher

But they all ended up marrying foreign women ! from as far apart as Japan and New York
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  • lexi22lexi22 Posts: 16,394
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    Ironic? How so?
  • sidsgirlsidsgirl Posts: 4,425
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    xxtimbo wrote: »
    Bit ironic is nt it....... they all had english wives
    Ringo ... Maureen
    John...... Cynthia
    George Pattie Boyd
    Paul .... Jane Asher

    But they all ended up marrying foreign women ! from as far apart as Japan and New York

    Paul was never married to Jane Asher.
  • Rose BuddRose Budd Posts: 4,178
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    Paul's first wife was Linda
  • Misty08Misty08 Posts: 1,113
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    Don`t quite get how it`s ironic.It`s also not true. Paul has had an American wife, an English wife and an American wife.
  • xxtimboxxtimbo Posts: 8,870
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    The Beatles got famous for singing in front of thousands of English girls
    who swooned for their idols.... dreamed of a Beatles romance, marriage and living happily ever after.

    I think its a bit ironic that they ended up marrying a United Nations of wives.
  • xxtimboxxtimbo Posts: 8,870
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    Ringo married a German
    Paul married a Yank
    George married a Bolivian
    John married a Japanese

    When the guys and their wives all got together, it must
    have been like a meeting of the United Nations !
  • Misty08Misty08 Posts: 1,113
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    They were famous all over the world. They really hit the big time when they went to America. Anyway, yes, of course - it`s ironic.
    Barbara Bach is American.
  • xxtimboxxtimbo Posts: 8,870
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    Glad you agree
  • GrecomaniaGrecomania Posts: 19,580
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    xxtimbo wrote: »
    The Beatles got famous for singing in front of thousands of English girls
    who swooned for their idols.... dreamed of a Beatles romance, marriage and living happily ever after.

    I think its a bit ironic that they ended up marrying a United Nations of wives.

    Yeah you're right Beatlemania was entirely A British thing, no screaming at Airports all over the World at all.

    I think it quite ironic that someone who seems to be making a vaguely British point has no concept of the word Irony, which is what the British are famous for.
  • xxtimboxxtimbo Posts: 8,870
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    you d think a tv crew would get going , visit all the ex wives
    and make a documentary..... Life after the Beatles.....

    and tell us how they are going on these days .... contrast their lives now compared
    to the swinging 60s ...
    Whats Maureen up to for eg ?
  • xxtimboxxtimbo Posts: 8,870
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    Similarly Its ironic that millions of girls swooned for pop idol George Micheal who turned out to be gay...

    am I using the word ironic in the wrrong sense ? please educate me
  • Misty08Misty08 Posts: 1,113
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    xxtimbo wrote: »
    Whats Maureen up to for eg ?

    Still dead, I believe.
  • Betty BritainBetty Britain Posts: 13,721
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    xxtimbo wrote: »
    Bit ironic is nt it....... they all had english wives
    Ringo ... Maureen
    John...... Cynthia
    George Pattie Boyd
    Paul .... Jane Asher

    But they all ended up marrying foreign women ! from as far apart as Japan and New York

    Paul DID NOT marry Jane Asher
  • BathshebaBathsheba Posts: 6,654
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    The Beatles travelled all over the world so they were bound to meet women from different countries.
  • Vodka_DrinkaVodka_Drinka Posts: 28,740
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    xxtimbo wrote: »
    you d think a tv crew would get going , visit all the ex wives
    and make a documentary..... Life after the Beatles.....

    and tell us how they are going on these days .... contrast their lives now compared
    to the swinging 60s ...
    Whats Maureen up to for eg ?

    There is an E! True Hollywood Story about The Beatles Wives. Haven't seen it repeated in years though.

    Maureen is dead BTW. She died of leukaemia about twenty odd years ago.
  • xxtimboxxtimbo Posts: 8,870
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    xxtimbo wrote: »
    Similarly Its ironic that millions of girls swooned for pop idol George Micheal who turned out to be gay...

    am I using the word ironic in the wrong sense ? please educate me

    Sean no name has gone quiet !
  • xxtimboxxtimbo Posts: 8,870
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    Wonder what Pattie Boyd is up to these days ?
  • Misty08Misty08 Posts: 1,113
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    She wrote her autobiography and has had several photography exhibitions. Have you heard of something called Google? You might like it.
  • xxtimboxxtimbo Posts: 8,870
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    Pattie Boyd was a model who must have
    become very much in demand when she became the girlfriend of Beatle George.
    Maureen was a looker too, she could have done a little modeling and become more famous and in the public eye, but she did nt get out there in the limelight.
  • misslibertinemisslibertine Posts: 14,306
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    Misty08 wrote: »
    Have you heard of something called Google? You might like it.

    :D:D:D
  • barbelerbarbeler Posts: 23,827
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    xxtimbo wrote: »
    The Beatles got famous for singing in front of thousands of English girls
    who swooned for their idols.... dreamed of a Beatles romance, marriage and living happily ever after.

    I think its a bit ironic that they ended up marrying a United Nations of wives.
    I think this has to be just about the flimsiest basis for a thread ever :D
  • misslibertinemisslibertine Posts: 14,306
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    barbeler wrote: »
    I think this has to be just about the flimsiest basis for a thread ever :D

    And the OP has the flimsiest grip on the word "ironic".
  • jerseyporterjerseyporter Posts: 2,332
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    barbeler wrote: »
    I think this has to be just about the flimsiest basis for a thread ever :D

    Unless you count the rhetorical question "isn't it" in their opening post (which really you can't!) the OP hasn't even invited, or opened anything up for, debate in this thread anyway, just basically stated a view they hold!

    Even the follow-up posts from him/her haven't opened up any debate opportunities, but have merely asked questions that anyone could answer with a good Beatles biography or a quick google search. Why the OP hasn't done either of those first, before coming on here, is anyone's guess - too lazy maybe? (I hope he/she doesn't think that not doing so, and then asking those questions here, counts as 'inviting debate' because it doesn't - any more than their opening post does!)

    Also, a quick bit of googling and/or biographical reserach would have prevented the OP from looking crass, insensitive and rather ignorant by asking the question about Maureen Starky - something I note that he/she conveniently hasn't responded to, even though their crassness/insensitivity/ignorance was quickly pointed out, and corrected by least two posters! Too embarrassed by their faux pas, maybe, to thank them? After all, they did answer the question that was, apparently, supposed to invite debate!

    Strange thread all round.
  • Glenn AGlenn A Posts: 23,797
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    Yoko is the one I admire most. She has just got on with her life and is a respected artist. I know John being killed was terrible for her, but she's never cashed in on it.
  • duffsdadduffsdad Posts: 11,143
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    Glenn A wrote: »
    Yoko is the one I admire most. She has just got on with her life and is a respected artist. I know John being killed was terrible for her, but she's never cashed in on it.

    I have always had a huge admiration for her. She has been hated for mostly no reason. And you have to admire someone who sticks a sanitary towel to their head and calls it art.
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