A Beatles Press Conference

The Beatles talk to the press.

[@LonesomeJojo]

John and Ringo are cute as hell together.

[@sebasdebordeaux8347]

born same year, they're twins in chinese astrology ..

[@AnnaTheGothicGirl]

@@sebasdebordeaux8347 They're dragons like me. 😄 (I was born on the year of dragon too)

[@mallorga1965]

4:58: Historical moment! George receives his second Rickenbacker twelve string electric guitar. Marvelous!

[@karaamundson3964]

...but John took it & George couldn't get another bc the guitars weren't imported to England

[@rachelthompson7487]

@@karaamundson3964 why did John take it?

[@hollytree3379]

0:11 That girl weaved passed security and made it 😂

[@skysmindgarden]

She got to Paul lol

[@Nina_realismo]

Claramente eu, mas com o George 😂😂😂😂❤️

[@Bellyflops2]

1:56 John if you only knew lol

[@meganl2527]

How George Harrison uses the paper as a microphone to speak in the microphone @1:03

[@morriszachrisson8359]

2:18 Look Beatles were even first to invent Internet.

[@marie_01s]

www

[@Priapus212]

It was literally created in 1965 which is basically around this time. This is August 21 1965

[@marinahansen5964]

Morris Zachrisson I heard, www

[@marissavaliquette9200]

Mufaromuzik I think he means google or something because I’m not sure www was a thing then like what you put before a link on google

[@ajaypoudel810]

I had forgotten that there was no internet then

[@imogencarney3421]

John's in a good mood

[@romans52345-cy3tq]

He was smoking lots of weed

[@_unaa_6]

Yes,but Paul isn't Lol

[@shadykrogerus1196]

On uppers maybe?

[@jk4675]

@@shadykrogerus1196 or just in a good mood 🤨

[@foofookachoo1136]

Exactly what I thought:!!

[@gyuspoppinstar]

I CRIED WHEN JOHN AND RINGO HUGGED EACH OTHER ❤️

[@mandypainise1949]

YOU SHOULD DO A VIDEO WITH IT 😭

[@treasurehunteruk9718]

I read he was devastated when John died and rang Yoko, but Paul famously said: 'Yeah, it's a drag'!

[@mri3388]

Gosh George is cute! Just look at him accept that gift, you can hear him say "you shouldn't have done it!" to the man presenting. What a sweetheart! And to think, some years before this he couldn't have dreamt of receiving such a nice guitar. He earned this one, for sure!

[@marjanp4784]

He was so surprised and happy 😁

[@Gerardoooooooo]

Well, you know, the Rickenbacker representative was just doing business, it was not a present (Rickenbacker was making millions of dolars by then because of The Beatles using their gear). And knowing George, he was probably being sarcastic. 😉

[@jk4675]

@@Gerardoooooooo but you didn't know George, why would it be sarcastic ?

[@marjanp4784]

@@Gerardoooooooo were you there?

[@marisarico4933]

@@Gerardoooooooo George sarcástico? Cuando? Nunca, era muy directo y respetuoso en sus respuestas, sin sarcasmo.

[@sanseverything900]

3:55 John's comment about drumming being replaced by a machine was very prophetic. Most drumming you hear in today's pop music is done with the help of a computer.

[@nilen8676]

My poor boys dealing with stupidity :)) I've never seen Paul so annoyed in a press conference :D He usually handled them with more patience. It goes to show how it was starting to get on their nerves at this point.

[@HannahFaith69]

+Nile N I think everyone has their "off days" no matter what

[@martinleavitt6094]

Everybody smoked in those days.....

[@silvialeprattomazza6214]

Nile N Paul suffered no fools. That always showed up in the press conferences.

[@JollyBard]

3:53 Referring to a 14 year old who's learning to play the drums, I think John says "by the time he learns a machine will do it!" Good one, John.

[@janebraun4482]

Well, they did later have 'drum' machines'!!!!

[@foofookachoo1136]

@@janebraun4482 YUP!!! John Knew!!!

[@user-bv5yw2oi1o]

john seemed so happy here :")

[@4Barbe]

He's sexy as hell here, as well!

[@HannahFaith69]

3:55 John: By the time he learns, they'll have a machine do it

[@criskatan]

Hanna, Yeah, I caught that, too.

[@green7412]

He’s right tho lol

[@valinormons]

He also said in 1980 that very soon there won't be singing in music, it'll just be talking. It'll be, Talk Music... The reporter thought that was a far fetched idea...

[@nathancook4611]

John just being prophetic as usual

[@aina6398]

john and ringo interactions is so cute

[@spy1965]

George obviously appreciated the gift guitar

[@RandyResnick]

He did!

[@hoboroadie]

That is the moment that Rickenbacker gave George the very first custom made version of their new electric 12-String which they went on to sell like hotcakes (the second guitar I ever played was one). I am just seeing this and recognizing the moment. Do you hear the fellow telling John "No this is for George." John was already playing a small one, I guess they were casting bread on the water.

[@BleedBNG]

@@hoboroadie Francis Hall “When I heard The Beatles were coming to the United States, I called Brian Epstein and made a date with them in New York for their first appearance in the States, when they were on the Ed Sullivan Show. “They came over to our suite, except for George Harrison who was ill that day, and we showed them the new 12-string we’d just developed [a ’63 prototype 360/12]. John Lennon wanted to know if he could take it back and show it to George Harrison. He asked me if I would go with them back to their suite, so we carried it across the park there in New York. “George was playing it, and the telephone rang. John went to answer it in another room and he came back pretty soon, and he said some radio station, I forget which, wanted to talk to George Harrison, because they’d heard he was ill. I heard him tell them that the doctor told him he was to stay in bed, except for their program that evening. “Pretty soon I heard him telling about the instrument that John had brought over for him to look at. They said do you like that instrument? And he said, ‘I sure do.’ They said, ‘Well, if we buy it for you, will you play it?’ And he said yeah [laughs]. To shorten the story, he took it back to London, and they made A Hard Day’s Night with it. Their first recording with George using that guitar was I Call Your Name.

[@marjanp4784]

@@BleedBNG WOW!!! Great story👍

[@rachelthompson7487]

He did! So cute

[@julietatorres9039]

I JUST LOVE GEORGE'S VOICE. ANYONE CAN SHARE MORE OF THESE? SPECIALLY GEORGE'S. MOST HANDSOME

[@anneteller3128]

It's funny how one of them mentioned www and we automatically think the world, wide, web, but they didn't have that concept back then. In one interview clip, Paul mentions a computer in 1964. It's funny to catch these little futuristic tidbits, even though they were yet to be developed.

[@oldfogey4679]

Anne the British intelligence agency during war 2 had computers but they were all large until gates made the first small size in 1982! So computers had been around years before home usuage!

[@Marina-pe1gx]

Aw George is so nice and appreciative there at the end. More reasons to call him my fave

[@markruane3660]

I like ringos answer to the kids comment "I'm going to start playing the drums like you" then ringo's answer 'youlll never get any where if you play like me" that was great!

[@jk4675]

it's true, already one Ringo

[@vgr112261]

@@jk4675 what’s true?

[@spockboy]

Actually he said "You'll never get anywhere if you listen to me" : )

[@hajerhasbigbumbum8464]

1:11 im gonna cry

[@spockboy]

3:54 John sees into the future of electronic drums "By the time he learns (the drums) they'll have a machine doin' it"

[@bravesoul5743]

Mcca looks so annoyed in this conference lol

[@eightinches6094]

That's because the reporters ask the dumbest questions. I'm surprised they even did these.

[@sebastienmerlin1760]

they were doing A LOT of these back in the early days, and the questions they were asked were most of the time.. well, useless

[@j.sherlock7213]

@Shoshanna smoking with his right hand. Did you see John point to him and say, "Or he tells them how to do it". That's Beatle Billy.

[@javiergilvidal1558]

@@j.sherlock7213 Well, George smokes with his left hand, Sherlock!

[@beckysberries4441]

@@j.sherlock7213 Well this was in 1965 before Paul “died” anyways..

[@jonathaninkent]

This was August 21, 1965 in Minneapolis

[@pierrepetit2448]

Thanks !

[@catnc1]

This, I think, is where the police find girls in Paul's hotel room and charge the Beatles with "unregistered hotel occupancy" or some such nonsense.

[@bettyhinman8517]

I love John and Ringo hugging

[@keysmashingnerd]

1:58 lmao “we’d never start our own label!” **starts apple a few years later**

[@donaldkelley5885]

George's gift Rick-12 is the one he used on the last tour,1966.

[@RandyResnick]

and then it was stolen or disappeared.

[@hoboroadie]

The first hand made 12-string that they ever made, using the existing headstock. Good marketing.

[@eightinches6094]

Was it explained why it was given to him and by whom?

[@FenderBassMustang]

This was George's second Ric 12-string, a 360/12 "new style" production model that was persented to him by a Minneapolis music store owner in August 1965. It had the more rounded body, similar to the one Jim (Roger) McGuinn used with the Byrds. He played this one on "Rubber Soul" ("If I needed Someone"), "Revolver" ("Here, There and Everywhere" and the alternate Anthology version of "And Your Bird Can Sing") and on the final '66 tour. His first Ric 360/12 "old style" (with the pointed horns) was the 2nd prototype ever made, and given to him by Rickenbacker owner F.C. Hall when they were in New York for the Ed Sullivan Show in early 1964. That was the one used on many songs and tours in 1964-65 from "a Hard Day's Night" through "Ticket to Ride". The second Ric 360/12 was stolen some years later, but George kept the first one until he passed away, and his son Dani owns it now. Probably worth millions.

[@eightinches6094]

@@FenderBassMustang ....thanks for the info.

[@raccuia1]

These guys can even make bullshit sound fascinating.

[@namesareoverratedlol2229]

and i live by that

[@mez5590]

Still to this day the press wants to knock down things that make people happy...

[@1982pencil]

is that when George got his Rick? he looks so happy with it!

[@mallorga1965]

Yeah. The second one.

[@marjanp4784]

Awww my baby George was given his second Rickenbacker... look at his face....he was sooo happy 😁🥰

[@NxDoyle]

You can understand why the energy and enthusiasm plummeted quickly in pressers like this one. It took very little time for reporters to descend into asking trite questions about money and long hair, as well as fatuous nonsense about free time. Consider. The reporter questions about hair length started as soon as the boys broke through and continued unabated for years. Hearing the same tired questions repeated over and over must have been draining. For some reason, reporters couldn't come up with anything much outside of long hair, despite the fact that The Beatles were cultural icons who were changing popular music. Even excluding their musical greatness, the boys were more than capable of being open, charming and funny. So why those reporters resorted to hair hair hair is just so stupid.

[@user-yz9kz6vt9y]

I noticed as well how incredibly hostile the press had become towards them. I really think that The Beatles were a lot more controversial than what we are now told.

[@BeatlemaccaAR]

SOOOO many interesting questions to be asked... about songwriting process, studio work, arrangements, music in general, etc etc. Years wasted by the darn media on repetitive annoying boring questions 😒

[@matthatter2849]

At 4:43....so THIS is where that photo of Ringo in The Beatles' 1966 tour program comes from! I knew Ringo looked familiar in this clip. Clicking on this video proved more of a revelation that I thought.

[@4Barbe]

This is one of the best Beatles' press conferences! Love it!

[@aina6398]

my baby george look so happy received the guitar

[@skysstillblue1123]

i wonder how would ringo react now seeing him hugging his buddy 50 yrs ago...🥺🥺

[@MrThedonhead]

Love the way so happy with the guitar! Shows how mentally there not thinking there rich now!

[@sabinewei3041]

1:00, Paulies 🤗🤗😍😍

[@BrianJohnstonTrombone]

0:42 did someone get punched and say: "AH!" ?

[@jamesgrange9774]

Ha ha sounds like it.

[@skysmindgarden]

Haha I wonder what that was lol

[@shelleywantiez7964]

I think it most fitting that George got the guitar in the end. He can't ever get a word in edgewise.

[@unclebobunclebob]

John: We'd never start our own label.

[@NxDoyle]

1:26 John says, "You put the bullet in the furnace," a line from a Bill Cosby bit. I wish I could work out the context for John saying it.

[@GuppyPupples]

What’s the context of the line in the Cosby bit?

[@lennybustratt7024]

John's hat is the master of fucking everything here :D

[@tonybates7870]

They go on and on about their bastard hair. Every bloody press conference was like that. Their hair was great, but it became an obsession with journalists, like they couldn't think of anything else to say.

[@namesareoverratedlol2229]

paul looks so pissed. i believe something was bothering him

[@someone9687]

the questions they were asked are dumb

[@donjohnson7550]

Such a nice conference!!! Loved it!!!

[@56BUICKRiviera]

Really good. Thanks for posting!

[@charwest9449]

OMG this is so great! I've never seen this.

[@vgr112261]

Paul was uncharacteristically grumpy here.

[@lennybustratt7024]

And when John tried cheering him up by doing the "Shazamm" and "ZAP!"-things, Paul just gives him the "yeah, right -.-" look. Something was bothering him, he looked almost angry here.

[@jeffolson7853]

This press conference comes from Minneapolis 1965.

[@MJEvermore853]

Yep! 😊 My 2 older sisters went to the concert at Met Stadium. I wasn't born till '68, but I clearly remember WDGY. If I'm not mistaken, this station began playing country music not too long afterwards.

[@someone9687]

those annoying reporters pretending they never saw long hair before

[@josephforest7605]

John is wearing Toronto Metropolitan Police badges on his hat .

[@juangarduno4764]

that's charisma

[@peterlagroove6555]

Absolutely ridiculous questions!

[@eightinches6094]

The best press conference they did was In New York when they first landed in America. After that it seemed and it showed that the Beatles dreaded these press conferences. I mean, the questions are stupid...@ 2:30, "how can you sleep at night with that long hair". Really? I would've stood up and walked out.

[@chuckselvage3157]

I JUST GOT BOMBARDED WITH 2 ADS NOT EVEN A FUCKING MINUTE INTO THIS VIDEO NO SOUP FOR YOU YOU TUBE LACKEYS.

[@skysstillblue1123]

1:07 im melting they're so cuteeeee ffs

[@timothylines3867]

George said[www]be for internet.

[@rossdelain1645]

No he didn't! He was trying to say WDGY but just forgot the rest of it.

[@Macjam44]

I think this is in Minnesota in 1965

[@leonardhevia5452]

Minnesota 1965 U.S. tour.

[@areareare9953]

"We pay alot of taxes - you're in a high tax bracket - Yeah, that's why we pay alot of taxes". Ringo, having to point out the obvious again.

[@ferabra8939]

"That's fab...that's great....you got one for me?". Lennon was jealous....I think Rickenbacker gave McCartney his 4001 bass around the same time. He began using it in recording sessions from late 1965 onwards almost exclusively until the early 80s. Harrison didn't use his Ricks much longer than 1966 for live shows, opting for Fender and Gibson.

[@JoaoGabriel-lk9cv]

But John already had a Rickenbacker

[@tdunph4250]

I believe the boys had just come from Toronto Canada Aug 65'

[@josephforest7605]

The Toronto Police badges are on John's cap.

[@jonswenk8073]

I think this is Minneapolis .

[@kennethkilleen8758]

The beatles invented www.

[@karaamundson3964]

George got the guitar... John took it, George couldn't get another Rickenbacker bc those guitars were not imported to the UK and, truthfully, none of them had enough $/£

[@MrDaiseymay]

WHAT YEAR IS THIS ? It all seems nice and controlled, even the cops were smiling

[@calebproductions5970]

Isn't he giving George a Rickenbacker guitar?

[@garyreidmusic]

Yep, a 12 string that he played forever!

[@leonardsalinas2002]

The same guitar he will use on Rubber Soul on the song “If I Needed Someone”

[@Vingul]

@@garyreidmusic it was stolen a few years later. The first one he got is the one he had till he died (this was the second).

[@lolly9080]

They were such a team loving brothers then something occurred after 66

[@JoaoGabriel-lk9cv]

The “bigger than jesus” statement

[@skysmindgarden]

They were probably just spending less time with each other since there were no more tours

[@user-yz9kz6vt9y]

@@skysmindgarden I doubt that. They tried to purchase a Greek island where they would all live together in '67. But Brian died, and I think that kind of ruined the plan. They also had some difficulties with the purchase.

[@marisarico4933]

@notThatBad411 estás fatal.

[@marurbina353]

@notThatBad411 crazy crazy crazy crazy crazy crazy crazy

[@lizaginandoy197]

What's their issue with long hair?? They keep on asking that! WTF! 😂😂

[@maciejkowalski2759]

Yeah and their hair aren't even that long lol. I wonder what would they say in 1969? :)

[@timothysullysullivan2571]

It was radical for the time.

[@eightinches6094]

@@timothysullysullivan2571 ....radical or not, the question about sleeping with long hair is plain stupid.

[@engagementengagement8836]

Shoshanna it’s not wigs lmao

[@mri3388]

@Shoshanna get well soon

[@donaldkelley5885]

Yeah,somebody stole it from the studio,I think.

[@skysmindgarden]

Does the sign in the back say "Welcome to Wedgy Land"??

[@genemars5158]

Welcome to WDGY Land. WDGY was the radio station.

[@m.e.d.7997]

What city is this?

[@beatleschick]

Minneapolis

[@gailg2327]

No dates, no context! No subscribed or thumbs up. Context please.

[@rayuela100]

marketing 100%

[@EDGE71]

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