On This Day: The Painful Mishap That Led to Paul McCartney's Iconic Mid-1960s Beatles Style
While many of us most commonly associate December 26 with Boxing Day or the start of Kwanzaa, for Fab Four Fans, the day after Christmas also marks the anniversary of Paul McCartney’s painful mishap that led to his iconic mid-1960s Beatles style.
Indeed, one of the oft-forgotten perks of being one of the biggest rock stars of the time is that when you suffer a blunder that alters your physical appearance, you can start a whole trend around it. Paul McCartney’s Blunder Led To Beatles’ Iconic Style.
On December 26, 1965, Paul McCartney was visiting his family over the winter holidays when his friend, Tara Browne, paid him a visit. The Beatle, at the height of his fame and enjoying the trappings of the well-to-do rock star life, had a couple of mopeds at his disposal, so he thought he and Browne could take a joy ride together. While the friends rode to McCartney’s cousin’s house, the pair admired the scenery, including the night’s full moon.
“It was an incredible full moon. It was really huge,” McCartney later recalled in Anthology. “I said something about the moon, and [Tara] said, ‘Yeah,’ and I suddenly had a freeze-frame image of myself at that angle to the ground when it’s too late to pull back up again. I was still looking at the moon, and then I looked at the ground, and it seemed to take a few minutes to think, ‘Ah, too bad. I’m going to smack that pavement with my face.’ Bang!”
Source: americansongwriter.com
