I wonder if the Elton song he's referring to is Talking Old Soldiers from Tumbleweed Connection?

I can’t stand how John tore George Martin’s work on his songs apart. Martin and Paul took John’s half-baked ideas and filled in the technical details John could never be bothered with.

Hi there, I am looking to use this interview in my research - do you have information on who the interviewer is, when and where it was recorded? thanks!

I wonder if Lennon knew anything about Jimmy Savile, as Johnny Rotten did.

It's a John song. Paul trying to claim credit is lack of respect.

It's not the same to sing, Ly-ser-gic acid die-thyyyyy-la-amide! Ly-ser-gic acid die-thyyyyyy-la-amide! Ly-Ser-Gic acid Die-Thyyyyyyy-la-amide! Aaahhh, ohhhhhh... If you sing that loud enough, it'd start sounding like Lucy in the Skyyyyyy with Diamonds.

Sure Paul, a picture drawn by Julian about some girl would cause your perception of reality to distort, cause you to trip out. Makes you see gigantic flowers, and kaleidoscopic gal. Not LSD. Surrrre.

If only John had not been traumatised as a boy; and had stayed with Cynthia.

I don’t believe Lennon’s explanation of Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds.kaleidoscope eyes LSD come now clearly about acid

In my life best lyrics of any Beatles song

Interviews conducted by David Wigg

He woulda had his next lost weekend in Athens and recorded with R.E.M.

Where is this from? Would be good to let us know the interviewer or station. Seems to be from 1976

He is so positive.

You can hear the gears in Paul's mind turning as he searches for the most careful response to being asked about Klein. 😂 Sadly, he privately already knows the Beatles are done.

Allen Klein the thief? How could they trust him after what he did to Keith and Mick?

Ringo sounds like such a good fellow--not to be confused with Goodfella!

This is the best explanation of why the Beatles broke up. This should be the official statement.

Epstein was the boy's friend and compadre, but he screwed them blue with his bad deals and decisions. He was so inexperienced when it came to such a new business as R & R in 1960s. But in the end, the love they make, is equal to the money crooks take

that is a really unique f'in' interview

Ironic...

After all of these years of following the Beatles, and now watching all these KZbin videos, and everyone’s opinion about everything. But most of all keying on John and what he says about Paul and the looks he gives to Paul and so on and so forth.. I have a new name for Mr. Lennon - Jealous john

The Beatles were quite real for the amount of fame they had, and Ringo is the realest of the four.

she is clearly english like him so not 1964 but 1962

Paul was always right.

All fingers point to George, John and Ringo wanting to get away from Paul's overbearing manner. THAT is what Broke up the Beatles. Neither Ringo or George cared about Yoko being in the studio. They found it "different", but for them it wasn't a deal breaker. It was only Paul that had a huge problem with Yoko being there. It was Paul that started (and kept up the rumors for years) that it had been Yoko that broke up the Beatles. Paul was being overbearing and the rest didn't enjoy the studio time any more because of Paul. John, George and Ringo have said so (if you read between the lines). They just said it in a nice way that gave them the option to deny they meant it that way. Listen to what Ringo says about Paul in this video and "read between the lines".

This is mind-blowing, john mentioning the B-52s! I really forgot that they got started way ealy on. Crazy.

It was written primarily by John. I would say 80-20 to John. Its the same story with Michelle

And Yoko wasn't there to tell him what to say. He never even mentioned her.

This is a nice interview but it's not a track by track commentary by Paul There is one of George talking about each song on Abbey Road though.

I like them all

I like how he names other songs he wrote besides yesterday, and in the same breath, says" f you John!" 😂

John's favorites: I AM THE WALRUS STRAWBERRY FIELDS HELP IN MY LIFE I WANNA HOLD YOUR HAND GIRL ACROSS THE UNIVERSE I wonder which ones Paul, George, and Ringo would mention as their favorites.

"it's always a great pity to see a baby turn into an adult"

We are all LUCKY to still have: Paul McCartney & Ringo Starr 😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊

1:25 I really like this photo

I just love listening to younger Paul talking.

I’m just going to go ahead say what most people already know - Paul was always the bigger man than John. What is really sad is that John never got a chance to apologize to Paul from his heart.

Huge shout out to John's co-worker Fred... Who has the most unfortunate last name in history.

Where’s Howard cosell in this interview ??

I would give more credence to Paul’s claims if he had made them whilst both John and George were alive. I tend to think he has a bit of selective memory knowing that he can’t easily be challenged.

The Beatles were protopunk when they started.

The entire lp is stunning..a masterpiece..the only poor song on it is Maxwell's silver hammer

This just confirms what I believed all along. Very early Hamburg era Beatles were very punk.

1:25 "there's not a bad track on it" - but Paul, track 3 is Maxwell's Silver Hammer - so that is not true.

Excellent information. Thank you!

Interesting how revisionism works in relation to John. There’s a danger in elevating him as a saint which he’d never claim for himself though he had massive wit, courage and artistic inventiveness. John could never have co-written with Paul if he hadn’t thought of Paul as an equal collaborator with his own talents that fitted like a glove with John with hardly any conflict as Paul says. It was functional in cranking out an astonishing body of work when they were so busy and demands placed on them. George and Ringo helped amazingly in arranging or rearranging their songs so it worked 100 per cent and George and finally Ringo started writing as well. The group was the ultimate group and operated as equals.

We're still all here for you Mark, mate. Just do whatever makes you happy. *hug* 😀

Lennon was also a wife beater and a violent asshole when drunk.