I dont think Patty had 4 happy years with George. It was always said (even by George) that he didnt pay any attention to her.
Sorry, Tk, what I meant to say was, this is how the book is written. We have the falling in love and the dating and the setting up house chapter and all that, and Pattie doesn't begin to go into any troubles until at least 4 nice George chapters. It is pretty easy to see the problems lurking when you read it, but it's not a George-bashing book on balance. She doesn't get upset (in print) until '68, and then she just seems mystified.
All you've got to do is choose love. That's how I live it now. I learned a long time ago, I can feed the birds in my garden. I can't feed them all. -- Ringo Starr, Rolling Stone magazine, May 2007
For all I know, Ringo might be a yogi disguised as a drummer! - George Harrison
Why are you sure that I'm so sure? I said seems. She seems out of her depth when George got a bit momentous. I think that you can grow out of people and social groups. Is that a clear answer?
Why are you sure that I'm so sure? I said seems. She seems out of her depth when George got a bit momentous. I think that you can grow out of people and social groups. Is that a clear answer?
On recent trips to the library I've been reading Pattie Boyd Harrison Clapton's autobiography, titled You Look Wonderful Tonight (I think), featuring a colorful cover photo of Pattie in hippie regalia circa late '60s. Yesterday I finished the chapter documenting the end of her marriage to George, the chapter ending with Pattie leaving England and joining Eric Clapton during his U.S. tour.
Has anyone else read it?
I think it's a long-overdue book; Pattie has a perspective unique among famous rock wives -- although I'm sure no one's been counting, I'd bet that Pattie has inspired more great love songs than any other woman.
Pattie seems down to earth (possibly due to her less than ideal family life during childhood) yet unaffected by the whirlwind going on around her. She's open and not ashamed of the drug use which she partook in, including a one-time experiment with heroin, even after she was fully aware that Eric had sunk into a 4-year smack addiction, ostensibly because of her (he showed her a packet of heroin in 1970 and told her that if she didn't leave George for him, he'd use the stuff; and he did). She justifies it by saying "I'll try everything once."
George doesn't come off looking so great in this book (maybe Pattie was reluctant to write this while he was still alive). The first two years of their marriage seem idyllic, but when George went deeper down the Eastern spiritual path, things started changing. He flaunted his affairs in front of her, even sometimes moving girlfriends into the house for short periods. He spent long stretches of time doing his chanting and was impossible to communicate with during these times. He moved the Hare Krishnas into their Friar Park estate; besides taking over the house, they basically drove Pattie out of the kitchen -- cooking had become Pattie's love in life and when she could no longer cook for her husband, she became more unhappy, and was finally driven into the arms of Mr. Clapton -- before she rejected him and he turned to the smack.
And am I the only Beatles fan who didn't know that George cheated on his wife -- openly -- with Maureen Starkey, RINGO'S WIFE?! That was a shocker.
Any thoughts on the life story of Pattie Boyd? It's been a pretty good read so far.
My one complaint about Pattie's story (so far) is that up until the last chapter or two, it didn't feel that 'in-depth.' I mean, Pattie described the vacations and honeymoons and how cute George was, yet it all seemed a little shallow. I wasn't necessarily hoping to read all about George's lovemaking techniques or genitalia size, but.... I wanted more from Pattie in terms of what she was really experiencing during that era. Ultimately -- and this is not a slam on Pattie, even though it may sound that way -- Pattie was/is what she was/is.... a great-looking model who married a Beatle and then Eric Clapton. She's no idiot; and she's not Einstein -- or even Yoko Ono -- either.
There's a great passage in the book when Eric Clapton visits Friar Park around '74, and George (feeling the heat that Eric is putting on his marriage) pulls out a couple guitars and two amps into the hallway. In front of Pattie, they do an old-fashioned duel on guitars.
I want to know every dirty little details! is that too much to ask
Yeah please give us the second craziest thing you can find.(I found out about the affair reading a review or something about the book and yeah, it was pretty freaking shocking.)
Haha so far I've read that pretty much every Beatle was an total jerk, except for maybe Ringo, but I don't think that there are too many biographies out there for him, so, who knows?
It's really surprisong what all these Beatles did in their prime back in the 60s. You have this idea of how they are and then WOW you read something that totally freakin blows your mind about them.
Another crazy fact (or myth): The Beatles were all in the room while George was losing his virginity!How crazy is that!?!?
I've giving this thread a much-deserved bump because the thread I started a couple of days ago ("Who's read Pattie's autobiography?," post #52) was moved to this forum and then merged with this thread, which is buried god knows where in the books forum.
Having read the other posts in this thread, I find it a little surprising that a few posters have taken a self-righteous attitude toward Pattie's decision to write her story. I'm surprised she didn't write it years ago. It's certainly a story worth telling, even if Pattie doesn't appear to be the world's deepest thinker. Clapton wrote his (which comically is sitting right next to Pattie's book at the local library), and George wrote his autobiography. So why not Pattie? As far as it being gossipy, well duh! Isn't that a lot of what makes these forums fun?
Yesterday I finished the chapter about Pattie's pre-marriage relationship with Clapton. More craziness, non-stop drinking, being forced to watch boring movies with Elvis, Pattie putting up with Eric's bad table manners and (compared to George) less-refined social skills.
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