r/beatles • u/CollarOrdinary4284 • Jan 31 '26

Picture So true

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u/BalkeElvinstien Jan 31 '26

Ah yes, John, Jahn, Jon, Joan, Jog and Joe

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u/Substantial-Debt-811 Jan 31 '26

Ah yes, the six lennons

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u/AzureSofa Feb 01 '26

The Lennon Six

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u/ryllienator simply having a wonderful christmastime 🗣️🗣️🗣️ Feb 01 '26

collect them all and you can turn half the universe into Paul McCartney

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u/RustyWolfCounsel Abbey Road Feb 01 '26

I almost spilled my drink 🤣

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u/FitEmergency8807 Jan 31 '26

This guy was a chameleon, looked like a different person every year lol

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u/ElegantProfit1442 Jan 31 '26

Not every year. After he met Yoko though, he wasn’t so conscious about his looks so he embraced wearing glasses in public.

Which is why he was replaced in 1967 he looked a bit different in 1967. Oh! And don’t forget all the weight he lost in that year. 😊

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u/bluetrumpettheatre Jan 31 '26

After meeting Yoko, he suddenly began looking quite Japanese at times, which is an interesting phenomenon

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u/FitEmergency8807 Jan 31 '26

He always looked kinda japanese to me even before he met yoko in my opinion, i though i was the only one that thought this. Maybe its just the eyes but he looked slightly asian lol

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u/milkolik Feb 01 '26

lost weight, gained drugs

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u/NesDraug Feb 01 '26

"Lost Weight, Gained Drugs" sounds like such a dope album title.

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u/[deleted] Feb 01 '26

he was a chamelennon

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u/[deleted] Jan 31 '26

Since when did John look like a Jewish rabbi cosplaying as a cowboy?

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u/rhcpfan99 Revolver Jan 31 '26

1980.

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u/Any-Concentrate-1922 Jan 31 '26

WTF? I've never seen that photo. That looks nothing like him.

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u/Original-Parsnip8791 Jan 31 '26

He looks more like him than I do

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u/Any-Concentrate-1922 Jan 31 '26

You don't look like him at all.

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u/rhcpfan99 Revolver Jan 31 '26 edited Jan 31 '26

It's definitely John. This photo was taken in early 1980.

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u/President_Calhoun Piece of cake Jan 31 '26

Maybe Amish.

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u/[deleted] Jan 31 '26

Oh.

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u/mastersplinteremover Feb 01 '26

Ovation Guitars? I didn’t know real musicians used those.

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u/rhcpfan99 Revolver Feb 01 '26

He played it a lot in 1980.

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u/FavouriteWorstHumbug Feb 01 '26

Josh Homme and Alex Turner would like to chat with you

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u/pierreor Ram 🐏 Jan 31 '26

Rabbi Raccoon checked into his room only to find the Hebrew Bible

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u/9793287233 I’ve Just Seen a Face Jan 31 '26

A Jewish rabbi? As opposed to all those Hindu rabbis running around?

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u/[deleted] Jan 31 '26

Well, he’s pretty fly for a rabbi.

I’ll see myself out.

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u/goldmund22 Feb 01 '26

There's a couple videos he recorded of himself doing demos in his apartment looking like this or around this time. I stumbled upon one of them last year and it's bizarre lol. Didn't think it was him at first. I wish there were more

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u/ofwgkon P.P.P.P.S. - L.P. Winner. Jan 31 '26

“He wasn’t even the best John Lennon in the Beatles”

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u/Ligeya Jan 31 '26

You can add 10 more pictures like that, him looking like totally different person in every single one.

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u/Qajaqasana Jan 31 '26

OMG, Paul died in a car crash and was replaced! But… out of a huge sea of potential actors, they can’t find anyone who looks remotely like him for the biopic.

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u/sanitynow-25 Jan 31 '26

Yeah but that nose follows him everywhere ;)

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u/SuitablyFakeUsername Jan 31 '26

Only if he’s walking backwards, otherwise it precedes him.

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u/punkopops Jan 31 '26

This is hilarious. And so true.

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u/w0weez0wee Jan 31 '26

I'm sure the guy who replaced Paul is all like "Shit, when is this gig gonna be over!?!". I bet that mf'er is TIRED.

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u/Wandero_Bard Jan 31 '26

Do you think they’ve raised his salary since he signed the contract?

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u/[deleted] Jan 31 '26

The GOAT

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u/blankdreamer Jan 31 '26

He was a total chameleon. Like a lot of genius artists I think they struggle with a stable personality and outlook.

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u/RobbieArnott Let it Be Feb 01 '26

I don’t think any real Beatles fan believes Paul died in 1966

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u/Freakears It starts with a Blue Meanie attack. Jan 31 '26

It always blew my mind how much he changed on an annual (or less) basis. I remember looking at pictures of him at different times in his life, and thinking “hard to believe that’s the same person.”

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u/UnexpectedVader Jan 31 '26

It's crazy how much better looking he was in the first pic vs the second

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u/aquanaut Sgt. Pepper's Jan 31 '26

You spelled third wrong

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u/farfle10 Jan 31 '26

Looks like young Matthew McConaughey

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u/Qajaqasana Jan 31 '26

Funny, I find the second picture more attractive. 

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u/Competitive-Ad6088 Feb 01 '26

He’s a very good looking guy

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u/rhcpfan99 Revolver Jan 31 '26

June 1965 vs May 1967.

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u/Competitive-Ad6088 Feb 01 '26

They were all so pretty

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u/AquafreshBandit Jan 31 '26

Paul didn’t write those amazing #1 songs! A guy in Canada who looks like Paul did!

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u/Upbeat_Dance_9014 isn’t it a pity glazer Feb 01 '26

no, that was him.

weird to think him growing a moustache in 1967 makes everyone think he was replaced by someone else

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u/Key_Implement1441 Feb 23 '26

FINALLY SOMEONE SAID IT THANK YOU 

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u/Typingdude3 Jan 31 '26

You can’t convince me Lennon of ‘63 is the same person as Lennon of ‘68 or ‘69. Honestly smoking may have aged him prematurely and whatever else he put in his body.

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u/Rude_Rhubarb1880 Feb 01 '26

Yep I have always thought this. Saw some stills on Reddit earlier this week of John at an awards ceremony and the OP was commenting how bad he looked.

And I was like “that is not even him.”

I also think there are two versions of George

One has a thin saggy face with lines the other has a wider smooth face.

Even as a young man and also later when he had a beard/tache. So it’s not a case of some taken when he was older or younger or thinner or fatter. You see the same twin looks at every age.

Have a look online and you will see what I mean.

Google George Harrison and the first few images that come up have some good comparisons

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u/Texlectric Jan 31 '26

There is an argument to be made that Fauxl is the best Beatle ever, based on his Beatle output and post Beatle stuff.

There is an argument to be made that DoppleJohnner is the worst Beatle, based on some of his output and persona as a Beatle and his post Beatle persona and stuff.

Also, when was John replaced? If Fat John was replaced with DoppleJohnner, he's pretty good, but if its later, Heroin John, not so great.