John Lennon - Weekend World, April 8, 1973

John and Yoko discuss firing Allen Klein as business manager of the now ex-Beatles. John begrudgingly admits that "Possibly Paul's suspicions were right." John would stick by this analysis for the remainder of his life.

[@buffalobraves9]

1:00 "Paul's suspicions were right (about Klein)". It's so nice to hear John say this. He's being extremely honest here.

[@karenboromeo899]

I believe John was mostly always honest...even if it meant it would hurt other people. Not many men would write lyrics like the song Jealous guy...or Woman or even...lm a loser . All honest worded songs

[@mtp4430]

@@karenboromeo899 What about Mother? And My mummy's dead? John had brass balls as an artist. Name another songwriter you know who would bear their souls and exercise their demons in song like that? The John Lennon Plastic Ono Band album is a brutally honest account of his early life experiences. It's psychotherapy set to music. He was one of the most famous men on the planet, and yet he let his guard down and reduced himself to that little boy inside screaming, "Momma Don't Go, Daddy Come Home." He sang lines like, "I can't explain so much pain. I could never show it, but my mummy's dead" In fact at the same time he was singing lines like that, McCartney was singing lines like, Bip bop-bip bop bop-bip bop bip bop bam. I loved both Lennon & McCartney. But McCartney never gave you any insight as to what made him tick. Like I stated earlier, John Lennon had Brass Balls.

[@EmileJoulbert]

@@mtp4430 John had a miserable childhood, Paul didn't. John had a lot of mental issues, Paul didn't. Paul was always, by and large, a well-functioning human being - with flaws, as everyone else - and if Paul had done what John did, it would have sounded fake. Paul was more content with trying to make people happy, which would have been completely OK were it not for Paul's association with John. I mean, Paul is the only person in the world being criticized for *not* being John Lennon. Other successful artists/writers from the 70s, like Paul Simon, Elton John, Bjørn and Benny, the Gibb brothers and...Billy Joel never really had to endure this.

[@mtp4430]

@@EmileJoulbert Where exactly did I criticize McCartney? I'm a huge John Lennon and Paul McCartney fan. John had a lot of pain, and wrote of those experiences. Paul had a much happier childhood to draw off of. But Paul's Mother died when he was fifteen so he was no stranger to loss or pain either. However, John Lennon always revealed more of himself in his songs, like I'm a loser, Help, etc. He wasn't afraid to let you know what made him tick. McCartney was more the writer who creates characters and storylines. But he never went below the surface in anything personal. The only time Paul ever came anywhere near anything personal to him was to sing the lyric "Mother Mary comes to me." They we're both great songwriters with much experience to draw off. But Paul always had the rosier outlook and it came through in his music. That's not criticizing him, that's just a fact. So I'm not sure what you're talkin about?

[@EmileJoulbert]

@@mtp4430 I can't help feeling that people who idolize Lennon tend to fetishize pain/being miserable, and those artists who don't quite fit into that niche are somehow looked down upon. "The only alternative for me is to wish for a painful life, which I'm not going to do. If that is what I require to be a great artist, then I don't want to be a great artist." McCartney to Bob Costas in 1991

[@JStarStar00]

Even though smoking was very common and totally legal at the time I would have told Yoko to ditch the damn cigarette which was distracting.

[@Fool3SufferingFools]

Yoko just casually lighting up in the middle of an interview is so 1973.

[@asgo7320]

Yoko wanted Klein and she knew Paul didn't. She wanted to separate John and Paul and she got what she wanted. Very manipulative, and I think John is starting to realize it here.

[@maxfrudd7666]

Exactly,plus the rest,silly man...

[@stupendous1068]

It's hard to believe that John Lennon is only 32 years of age here.

[@hakancevikel7368]

he looks much older IMHO.

[@thew0man.119]

he looks 50

[@BlackLung1900]

CAtta. A 50 year old with no wrinkles in their face impressive

[@BlackLung1900]

CAtta. Fuck I wish I looked like him at 50 no wrinkles

[@jtwinny4105]

Hard drugs makes u look 10 years older

[@regaltip8A]

McCartney was spot on about Klein.

[@AudiophileTommy]

So true ! Klein was a money sucking worthless pos !!!

[@larryjenson8368]

@@AudiophileTommy jew ?

[@AudiophileTommy]

@@larryjenson8368 Jew doesn’t have anything to do with it . There are money suckers from each and EVERY walk of like all around this blue marble we are riding! People will take advantage of you in a bloody heartbeat if they smell money for nothing.

[@pintpot]

@@larryjenson8368 Oh dear. Linda was also a jew. So is Nancy, but hey, stick with your dumb prejudices if you like

[@ideastoragedb]

Klein had Sam Cooke killed i bet you!

[@louisspeciale]

It's amazing how much John Lennon did in only 40 years of living. RIP Great One!!🎸🎙️🎧🎼🔊

[@AnaFerreira-h4k]

Delegada de policia federal Df Doutora FBI Princesa original ❤❤

[@AndySalinger33]

3:14 Brother John breaks out of “tv-interview-mode” for a sec and says hi to Aunt Mimi. That was brilliant! Dropped the whole facade. Anyone ever read about Aunt Mimi? She was a true original. Opinionated. Often brash. Always elegant. Always seeing that Mendips was conducted with style and culture. I always loved her. And it’s clear that Dr. Winston O'Boogie did, too! He always was loving towards her in interviews. And if you understand the conflict that they had, that’s a really sweet thing. Viva Lennon.

[@JoaoGabriel-lk9cv]

Viva John!

[@AndySalinger33]

@@JoaoGabriel-lk9cv ¡siempre!

[@ustheserfs]

The love was always reciprocal. She only knew to be tough w/John, knowing her sister and her choices up to her death. John always looked after her as well. In fact he'd planned to come back to England in '81 to visit her and other family members.

[@AndySalinger33]

@@ustheserfs you’re exactly right. 🎯

[@RedheadLondon]

@@ustheserfs He offered to let her go and live with them in NY, but she said no and he bought her the house in the UK, when she wanted to leave Liverpool.

[@richbailey8174]

Nice that the creature shut the hell up.

[@t.p.s.musicacademy9301]

“Paul’s suspensions were possibly right...” that’s a huge statement right there

[@ThisBirdHasFlown]

*suspicions

[@karenboromeo899]

It's funny...like we are professors from uni...and as though the Beatles was a philosophy...not a rock group.😃

[@genericgeorge]

more like understatement

[@jimmycampbell78]

No possibly about it.

[@RandyR]

Been a fan since May 63 an I miss John worse than words can describe

[@jeerapaul]

bless you )

[@techtipsuk]

How can you miss someone you didn't know? Grow up.

[@jeerapaul]

@@techtipsuk you better grow up

[@jchow5966]

I miss him too. ☮️💟

[@waynej2608]

@@techtipsuk Jerk. Why tf are u even here.

[@Mister_Jimmy]

Anyone who’s ever played in a musical group knows how fluid and contentious the relationships, musical interests, money, etc. inevitably become. I cannot imagine the creative and business pressures these young men faced. Amazing they did it as long as they did.

[@cidaalmeida9811]

julian em avo que morre esta paz de deus com senhor jesus cristo amem

[@sambradley2975]

John was right again, if The Beatles had reunited (& they had many opportunities in the '70s to do so), they would under tremendous pressure & scrutiny, they would always be compared to what they did back in the day by both fan & critic alike.

[@frankshailes3205]

It didn't work out well for the Small Faces so I'm glad they didn't.

[@coopergleason5022]

Paul was NEVER going to do it! John wanted it badly because he knew he needed Paul. Paul, at one point needed John but that ended in the late 60s. Paul never wanted John back in his life like it was. He was toxic and made him crazy. Once Paul got his freedom from John he lived again and was truly happier than he ever was! John never found happiness- he was always sad, depressed and lonely.

[@TheCliffandPhilShow]

@@coopergleason5022 BS! :)

[@jchow5966]

He was so damn cool.

[@JoaoGabriel-lk9cv]

@Tony Yes, he was so damn cool. And you are the opposite of it.

[@sevtel6355]

I like his cannabis T shirt, it was quite daring to be TV broadcast with it on in 1973!

[@JA-ou7nt]

Is there more from this interview? Seems like John had more to say.

[@belenramires1]

I’d like to see some more too!

[@codiehill5314]

Yoko's hair looks so good

[@fshoaps]

Agreed - she looks good here.

[@adamcarrey9115]

@@fshoaps It helps that she wasn't talking.

[@1898L7]

@@adamcarrey9115 A definite correlation there no question

[@abimorelikeapee]

i don't usually see people complimenting yoko lmao

[@markknopflerisnot]

Yes and she looked even better when lighting the cigarette......real classy

[@LennyJohnson5]

Love John - always honest, always humorous, always witty, but never the most accurate when it came to precise dates or facts! Wish he was still here, causing mischief and mayhem.

[@timburr4453]

Yea his memory was spotty. I think the 60s just really took its toll on him

[@jayalan2223]

I don't think any of them were good on when what happened. They were too busy with what was happening then at the time. And looking forward, not back.

[@annalisavajda252]

Well when you are just living your life and it's busy and complex your mind does not know what all it needs to remember unless you write it down will you remember every exact detail from years ago?

[@rickyreeve9360]

John quite often says hello to his aunt Me Me on British tv interviews it always makes me laugh

[@johnt7630]

Yeah, he used to say hello to Julian too. When John Lennon left the UK in late 1971, he never came back. Neither for business meetings with Apple nor to see the family. He never returned.

[@twinray27]

Mimi....

[@guyincognito5706]

@@johnt7630 at the time, he couldn’t leave the country or he wouldn’t be allowed back in. He was set to go back in 1981. He had already made contact with his English family for the first time in years and arranged plans for a big reunion and was going to look after his family, but his death changed everything. His family never saw his body, were never invited to any service, received none of his possessions, and were left in the dark as to what happened with his remains. Yoko quickly had him cremated and kept his ashes

[@johnt7630]

@@guyincognito5706 Lennon received his green card in 1976, so he could have come back anytime after this.

[@guyincognito5706]

@@johnt7630 I know, but he was busy being trekked across the globe by the wife or drugged out of his mind at the time.

[@rayj7273]

"I hate to say 'definitely' anything, because everytime I make a definite statement, I change my mind." For anyone trying to understand John Lennon, I think this is one of the most pertinent truths of his career.

[@yasaminpanahi5572]

Exactly

[@ysgol3]

Was he definite about hating to say anything 'definitely' ?

[@joysynmonds9082]

That's me pretty much.

[@wwekane2468]

@@ysgol3 he just never liked to say anything as a definite because he often changed his opinion of things

[@luisspeciale4675]

He always said "Never say Never".

[@heliopolis]

"I'm happy now." Don't think so, sadly.

[@timburr4453]

John is talking to Mimi here exactly like somebody talking to their fretful always concerned Jewish mother. "We're doing good we're eating well. Haven't given up my citizenship!" He forget to say we wear our jackets when it's cold ;-)

[@1898L7]

I can imagine how much she must've adored that shout out

[@jv-ep2tc]

yoko can barely tolerate the fact that they are talking about the Beatles. she is also glassy eyed and teeter totters slightly. in spite of the tinted lenses, john is also glassy eyed. I think they are both high as kites.

[@joshowenby6408]

Anytime you're in a band, no matter how good it is, you only get to paint a part of the picture. It just got to the point where they each wanted to paint a complete picture of their own.

[@louiso.4325]

Beautifully and poetically said

[@markmontieth8815]

Too much talent for one group to contain.

[@tejasmohite2651]

Thats why we could get All things must pass

[@lindakelly9552]

Did anyone else notice Yoko rolling her eyes about firing Allen Klein? I have read that she was one of the ones who backed him completely.

[@4637812648]

Yes. She looks very sulky here.

[@andydixon2980]

Indeed, and I also think it pisses her off that John admitted on film, that Paul was right all along. I guess to Yoko, Paul is/was the ex wife.

[@duffbaker9554]

Klein had always come through and backed John and Yoko's projects financially, no matter what, while John's money was tied-up at Apple. Klein eventually had to counter-sue John (and George as well) to get his money back (which he succeeded in doing). Yoko knew the score on that, hence the eye-rolling.

[@Lennonlover06]

Seems to me the whole klein situation was a drag to them both, hence the eye roll

[@lindakelly9552]

@@Lennonlover06 honestly I believe Yoko rolled her eyes because she didn’t like that John admitted Paul was right, John and Yoko split up for 18 mos or so shortly after this interview.

[@finckel2682]

John Lennon looks good with his iconic hair, glasses and face. It's a shame The Beatles' are over.

[@jeerapaul]

They are not over in that sense they have been preserved forever for future generations to enjoy

[@grahamjarman]

well yea, they dead lol

[@End-Result]

He must have been insane to want to live in the U.S. It literally killed him in the end. If he had moved back to the UK - or pretty much anywhere else, he would probably still be alive, or at least lived much longer.

[@gerrypeet4861]

What? George almost got killed by someone that broke into his home in England. If a crazy person wants to kill you they aren't waiting until you get to the United States to try. That said, there are plenty of crazy people in the United States and the indifference to proper gun control is even crazier. So fuck, maybe you are right. John died and George lived after their respective attacks.

[@nadarajahrajah8158]

I read yours comments late but totally you are Right lf he is in UK he Will be alive There is a lot of lunatic guys in America

[@PaulFormentos]

@@nadarajahrajah8158 Don't forget George attacked in merry ole UK

[@aerialtour]

This really was a good Lennon interview the questions dug a little deeper & John gave some answers a little more pertinent than in previous ones. Especially when he’s mentioning he made a mistake about Klein (glad McCartney didn’t give his ok to Klein for total takeover) the early days of signing contracts & breakup. Would love to hear the full interview.

[@barbatkinson7347]

Klein managed Apple from 1969 until 1973. McCartney’s disapproval had zero effect, he was outvoted.

[@aerialtour]

@@barbatkinson7347 Klein did make royalty deals for the Beatles ect. But was Allen Klein officially named the Beatles manager?

[@barbatkinson7347]

@@aerialtour Yes.

[@michaelterry1000]

This was 3 months before he split with Yoko and hooked up with May Pang.

[@Jalapablo]

Yep. Pang was a nice piece of ass. I wonder if she and Yoko ever had a threesome with John.

[@cleopatracleopatra7544]

@@Jalapablo 😄

[@charwest9449]

Yeah, you can see the strain in the John&Yoko 'love of the ages', where he speaks and she rolls her eyes at one point. And they've only been married about 2 years! It's obvious that Yoko is extremely uncomfortable the entire time they're discussing Klein, as if she's the one who was pushing FOR Klein, against Eastman and Paul. And there's another interview somewhere where John's talking about how he and Yoko basically MANIPULATED George and Ringo into siding with them for Klein, against Paul. And now Yoko's been proven wrong. First she rolls her eyes. Then they cut a bunch of the interview. Next we see her lighting a cigarette.

[@vinnysamways63]

@@Jalapablo Only a Yank could come up with something like that.

[@duffbaker9554]

@@charwest9449 *4 years, but yeah...

[@stephenkennedy8767]

Yoko is thinking “please let me sing!!!!”

[@NxDoyle]

Whenever I think of Yoko and "singing", I am reminded of the look on Chuck Berry's face when Yoko started with her dolphin noises during a rendition of Memphis.

[@jchow5966]

Lol!!!!!!!

[@markknopflerisnot]

"Singing" is definitely the wrong word to descibe what this woman used to [and still] does......wailing, screeching. yodelling, gibbering, groaning, moaning with a touch of huffing and puffing......in short, absolute sh!te

[@LdevArt]

@@NxDoyleshows how programmed to ignorance you are.

[@LdevArt]

you spout nonsense and hate

[@eyesonherhorizon4753]

3:03 - "gardening" AKA smoking weed.

[@JeffRebornNow]

This is the only interview I've watched where Yoko doesn't constantly interrupt.

[@johnsain]

It was edited out.

[@lastsonshine]

To me, John interrupts way more. I've noticed when John and Yoko are both interviewed, (in reality, it's only John being interviewed and she's just beside him) she's really quiet.

[@Lennonlover06]

@@lastsonshine john promoted yoko, supported her, relentlessly

[@limitededition1053]

@@Lennonlover06 She irritated the hell out of everyone but he loved her and that has to be respected. Even PM realised that eventually.

[@EmileJoulbert]

I don't think she was edited out, but comparing this to their '71/'72 interviews, it's hardly surprising they were separated three months later.

[@johnt7630]

Hurry up and finish Week-end World, I wanna watch Thunderbirds !

[@Redhotshawntexas]

The whole time, I’m just watching Yoko, sitting there silently, obviously uncomfortable. She’s always got her piece to speak, but this time, she’s just sitting there, eyes darting all over the place. Her and John were having troubles for nearly a year at this point, and she could feel John slipping out of her talons. Can’t help but wonder what she was thinking here, as her eyes give her away.

[@EmileJoulbert]

The words of John Lennon, in an angry letter to Paul(1971): [...] of course, the money angle is important - to all of us - especially after the petty shit that came from your insane family/in-laws - and GOD HELP YOU OUT, PAUL - *see you in two years* - I reckon you'll be out then[...] Weekend World interview, April 1973(two years later): Q: John, can you tell me what happened with Allen Klein, why you and the other two[George and Ringo] finally try to get rid of him? John: Well, there are many reasons to finally give him the push. Although I don't want to go into details of it...let's say that..possibly Paul's suspicions were right ...and the time was right. It sure was, John.

[@johnp515]

Good for you. You found an instance in his life when John Lennon made a mistake in business. To be fair, it’s no surprise considering they all said constantly throughout their lives that they weren’t businessmen

[@EmileJoulbert]

​@@johnp515 Luckily for John, not only did he have support from Allen Klein - counterweighting the insane Eastmans - but he also "...had Yoko there and Phil[Spector] there, alternatively and together, who sort of love[d him][...]so he [could] perform better." Quoting/paraphrasing 'Lennon Remembers'[page 5 in my edition]. Perhaps John would have performed even better if he still had Magic Alex hanging around? I guess we'll never know.

[@gemeu1129]

It’s crazy to see how young John looked in 65, to how he looks in 73. That’s only 8 years…he looks like he’s aged 20. I’m sure most of the reason is hard drugs but still..

[@PaulFormentos]

Death's of Paul and brian did not help....

[@robphilpott43]

@@PaulFormentoskeep taking the pills.

[@chantelleadlington]

This interview was on his son, Julian's 10th birthday

[@EmileJoulbert]

It was transmitted on Julian's 10th birthday. The interview itself took place a couple of days before.

[@sandraurbina3152]

Yes ❤️

[@rabblerousin8981]

That’s so sad. I bet he didn’t call.

[@woodewoode]

Yoko saying nothing indicates things not going well. Three months later she kicks him out of the house.

[@nathanadnitt]

Yeah that he worked for lol, poor old John

[@Clare-tea]

@@nathanadnitt yep he paid the bills.

[@nathanadnitt]

@@Clare-tea she was a money grabbing cos bag like most rock and roll stars girlfriends

[@waynej2608]

​@@Clare-teaHe's still paying them.

[@kittycat6195]

John took on some of Yoko’s facial expressions and speaking mannerisms. She was extremely influential on John. ...he was desperate from insecurity most of his life. A strong spirit, but desperate mortal. Yoko had an easy mark in John.

[@JohnNiemsMusic]

John's not telling the whole story here because TAVISTOCK will not let him.

[@albertochoa7331]

I love the fact that he give his ant mimi plug super.

[@mrenigma4641]

Why is Yoko always there?

[@PaulFormentos]

To supply the H

[@robphilpott43]

She was his wife.

[@yuriitai4552]

In here john’s talk like he’s ready to leave klien and yoko to get back with paul.

[@sambradley2975]

John was correct, The Beatles would have split even if he hadn't met Yoko. It was the handwriting on the wall. Epstein's passing was the catalyst. The Beatles broke up The Beatles, time broke up The Beatles.

[@mrfester42]

He was correct, was he? Of course he was correct for chrissake! As if you had to point it out. he was, after all, speaking about his personal experience, so no one needs you or anyone else to point out the he's correct.

[@reeceschrock396]

I still blame Yoko. They would have lasted a hell of a long time if he hadn't met her.

[@reeceschrock396]

@@es-lb4mw Make me

[@BeeBwakka]

@@reeceschrock396 No one wants to make you. No one gives enough of a fuck what you think. It's pretty obvious John was heading in his own direction whether he met her or not tho

[@reeceschrock396]

@@es-lb4mw How do you know it's a fact? They probably would have broken up but maybe would have been able to put out maybe like 3 albums.

[@wildbill5670]

Been a Beatles fan since Feb 64 from Ed Sullivan show. It was just a matter of time before they would have gotten together even if just for one song and maybe another album. Once the P.O.S. Chapman did his evil deed that put a terminal end to that.

[@hunkhk]

love him so much - smart honest down to earth, amazing when you think what they all went through #Legend

[@seagullshame]

John being pretty insightful here.

[@chezzer58]

Being insightful after the fact

[@EmileJoulbert]

And it sounds a bit odd coming from a man who, two years earlier, had railed against Paul in the Rolling Stone interview. There he and Yoko gave the impression that Paul was the one being duped. "I can't believe he fell for it" said Yoko.

[@chezzer58]

John Lennon was always changing his story depending on what mood he was in. In this interview John is was obviously feeling very contrite. Very rare for JL especially where Paul is concerned.

[@mrfester42]

Why do you call it insightful? He's talking about himself Why is that insight?

[@markbailey1970]

The story goes that he ditched Klein because Klein wasn’t keen on Yoko. Quel surprise.

[@johnnada6855]

In this interview JOHN tells the whole truth about the Beatles break up and the reason they couldn´t do ANYTHING together., reasons? the awful contracts and the lawsuits, those lawsuits weren´t just about John suing Paul or something., was that the rights to everything also belonged to other people., the investors, in the song "you never give my money" Paul also tells everything

[@dhaley8847]

I like how John admitted that Paul was possibly right about Allen Klein! Klein was a snake and he broke up the best band in the world! I am sure The beatles would have done a reunion had John lived at least in album form. by 1980 Paul had ended the Wings band and John was recording again! it would have been a natural thing for John and Paul to want to work together again but 1980 was John's last year alive. such a pitty

[@EmileJoulbert]

The last Wings album was in 1979, but in '80/'81 Paul was still working with Denny Laine on what was to become Tug of War, so I don't think the band had officially disbanded when John died. I've even come across a Paul interview from early 1982 where he's talking as if the band still exists; not unlike John, George and Ringo during 1970.

[@derrickbird9676]

1981 would have been the year of the Beatles reunion

[@llongdong]

Ole Yoki looks particularly miserable here. I believe this is shortly afore John smarted up and headed West without her. If only he'd of stayed.

[@69birdboy]

He shoulda just gone back to England

[@k.theartist3940]

"Hey, Mimi!"

[@errorsofmodernism9715]

Before Covid there was Yoko

[@LdevArt]

and wtf is that meant to mean?

[@JoeRivermanSongwriter]

I had a dream about meeting John Lennon last night. I told him he was a great artist and he said he’d heard my music. I hugged him and let him go.

[@rainbowrotcod]

that's really sweet.

[@coopergleason5022]

Paul was right! Oh it had to kill them all especially Yoko and George who really thought Paul was crazy! Paul stuck with the Eastmans who made him very very very rich. I often wonder is John would have ever had close to Paul’s wealth today if he had lived.

[@liverpoolstreetvideos2712]

For historical context, this interview was just a few weeks after John, Ringo & George had recorded 'I'm The Greatest' for the 'Ringo' album. According to some biographers, the three ex-Fabs (together with Billy Preston and Klaus Voormann) had discussed forming a new band called 'The Ladders'.

[@cam21333]

Well known myth and clearly it didn’t happen. Stop spreading lies.

[@jasmineisidore2261]

I did not understand. Yoko was always. With John 24/7. cant she stay home. or find Something to do. Omg As we will say now. She was his. Underwear.

[@michaelquinn8618]

Paul was smart got away from John and Yoko

[@JoaoGabriel-lk9cv]

Hahaha. It happened the other way around, actually.

[@johnmc3862]

Lol!

[@felixthelmocevallosmorales41]

John Winston Lennon (Liverpool, 9 de octubre de 1940-Nueva York, 8 de diciembre de 1980).

[@chrisnolan5607]

"He's up in Campbell town" he he he. William Shears Campbell - Paul #2.

[@marshallhood9220]

It's "Campbeltown", and that is a town in Scotland - where Paul's farm is.

[@DavidMcdonald-df8tb]

Please grow up. Paul is still alive. Do you feel special when you act like a silly child thinking you know something others don't?

[@chrisnolan5607]

I've done my research and I do know the TRUTH.​@@DavidMcdonald-df8tb

[@chrisnolan5607]

@@marshallhood9220 Yup, and the guy who replaced Paul was William Shears Campbell. A HUGE CLUE.

[@PaulFormentos]

@@chrisnolan5607 Reverse of USSR...."Say Say Willy Cambell"

[@MSYNGWIE12]

'Up' the monster who murdered John...I welcomed John and Yoko to Canada, Montreal for the bed in, I wanted a hug, but security, but I got very close because they weren't elitist. I still can't believe John died in such an untimely way...23, a naive John, hard to believe ! Rock on with Charlie Watts on drums. Namaste, Z

[@philblane5752]

Its odd how these interviews just cut off in the middle of a sentence. Like...where's the rest of it?

[@8rr725]

They edit them

[@rayj7273]

For me "All Things Must Pass" + "Plastic Ono Band" are two great albums that I may never have got to listen to had it not been for the Beatles splitting.

[@jaysmith3095]

As a kid I didn’t get it. As an adult I’m so thankful that what happened indeed happened. They kept playing on each other’s albums for a few years which was always satisfying.

[@thedogwoods5716]

They should have just took breaks many other bands and then come back when they’re ready

[@DARKOvibrations]

@@thedogwoods5716they would of if it wasn’t for chapman

[@PaulFormentos]

@@DARKOvibrations next time write CRAPMAN...please

[@jchow5966]

This is especially interesting ☮️💟

[@rpkietur]

this right after he cheated on her. notice how silent she is.

[@georgehorner1578]

Yoko had to be in on every interview , like she was even relevant.

[@michaelquinn8618]

Bottom line John broke up the Beatles

[@Адам-г6ъ]

Джон всегда выглядит современно

[@antoniosantorini9355]

He's only 32 here he looks like he's a sixty-year-old tired old man

[@JoaoGabriel-lk9cv]

No

[@mJoN3s-w6l]

Joko looks weird any which way. And JL looked 60! Drugs. Bad choice plus a smoker!

[@statsrogers9297]

12/08/80 💥💥💥💥💥 Imagine it was Yoko.. It's easy if you try..

[@KlausSgroi]

In case anyone would ever wonder when the interview was recorded, 1:51 is the answer. I can't imagine something like that being done on TV in the last 30 years.

[@michaelquinn8618]

Yoko broke up the Beatles

[@robphilpott43]

🥱

[@ianmcpherson3615]

Very interesting

[@ciscokid516]

Does it seem that when John was interviewed without Yoko, he seemed so much happier?

[@TheBeatles..]

Not really.

[@dondamon4669]

Why is she there?? If she loved him she wouldn't of been there

[@ThisBirdHasFlown]

…why?

[@michaelquinn8618]

Yoko had a hand in it

[@hazelwalsh3269]

Yoko is a very strange lady!!!

[@jasrust]

1:02 - that had to hurt!

[@johntudorhallelujah2976]

Aye, ouch........JL showing some humility and friendship here. 'Neither Bastard nor Saint' as i once read about him. Cheerz

[@paul195614]

For you maybe jasrustloos

[@Price70]

Sign of maturity admitting one was wrong.

[@michaelquinn8618]

Yoko is a creep helped break up the band

[@kavalere]

it’s nice that witch kept her mouth shut the whole time. She was great at interjecting nonsense

[@PaulFormentos]

Don't yell, but Yoko looks attractive here

[@beatlemay1332]

That’s exactly what I was thinking. This may be the best she’s ever looked. 😮

[@Rob-ht8or]

"paul was right"

[@dalesmith1584]

Yoko can’t stand what’s not about her.

[@Raider577]

I can remember as a small kid in London watching this on Sunday, around midday on ITV. I was steering at the TV not knowing who these people were but my much older sister was watching with great interest.

[@andrew1212w]

Everyone smoked back in the 60’s and 70’s 😊

[@charlenewebb5893]

What the hell did John see in her

[@missyb9438]

charlene webb maybe he likes monkeys🤷🏼‍♀️

[@maxineneild7352]

MissyB 75 oh come on monkeys are beautiful creatures she’s nothing but a dirty old boot

[@CertifiedSlacker]

a strong woman.

[@StratoHari2]

she's an artist and he maybe thought they were soulmates...

[@chezzer58]

Wow, the music to Weekend World, that takes me back to my youth.

[@howardryding]

Mountain, Nantucket sleigh ride!

[@NickGambino-vn6yh]

The more I read about and see interviews of John post Beatles, the more I dislike him, same with George. They love to shit on the Beatles yet owed the money they had and the lifestyle they enjoyed to their time as members of that group. Paul & Ringo actually understood and appreciated their legacy. John was a drug addicted, cheater, spouse abusing deadbeat dad. George was a hypocrite. Mr. Hare Krishna, my sweet lord, yet cheated on his wife and played on a John song which eviscerated Paul. He seemed so bitter, and never heard of him giving up his wealth to live “spiritually”. It’s pretty easy to sit around and meditate when you have tons of money. Paul and Ringo were like: yep, we were Beatles, and we’re proud of it. When we play concerts we’re going to show our appreciation by playing the Beatles songs.

[@JoaoGabriel-lk9cv]

Err, I think they are humans with flaws? John didn’t even live enough to play Beatles songs like Paul and Ringo. Both of them had this stance you mention about The Beatles AFTER 1980. After John’s death.

[@michaelquinn8618]

Look at yokos face she convinced John not to allow Eastman as manager

[@muldridfardonu833]

Yoko (I first tried to hook up with Paul) Ono the gold digging Beatles destroyer. Yoko (I sat on an amp one foot away from John during the Beatles last couple albums and stared at John and yelled his name like a sociopathic) Ono.

[@nonebusiness4488]

it is a lie that she first tried to hook up with paul. but you are too stupid to get it. big fking deal if she sat on an amp you moron and she can say anyone's name she wants you nazi freak preoccupied with who says whos name you freak show.

[@nonebusiness4488]

@Craig wells are an idiot or something. she didn't turn up at pauls house one day. paul is lying. she has no MOTIVE to lie about knowing john or paul before she met john, but paul did have a reason to lie. he was being isolated by the other bandmembers because they began to resent him acting like he was the boss of the band and his emotional rejection by the other bandmembers of course stressed him out. he blamed that on yoko because she was a woman, a foreigner and a different race. pretty ugly realy. he lied because he was trying to break up john and yoko, how pathetic. it is a lie she turned up at his house one day looking for sheet music for john cage. how stupid. why would john cage want paul's sheet music. have you listened to john cage's music. like ono, john cage didn't know who paul mccartney was or give a shit about his music or the beatles. they were doing something else. you almost have to be a moron to listen to paul tell the story and believe it. he was lying because he was jealous of yoko, jealous like a little girl because she was john's new creative partner and he was feeling a rejection vibe from the other bandmembers. but instead of being jealous like a little girl he could have collaborated with john , yoko and the other bandmembers more skillfully and stop acting like he was the boss. of course they resented that. listen to paul tell the story again. he says ono knocked on his door. oh yeah, how did yoko ono know which door belonged to him in london to knock on, right, to meet a musician she didn't know whose music she didn't care about, cuz she was doing her own thing, and the idea that john cage would ever give a shit about paul mccartneys sheet music (at the time) is so brain dead i can't even describe how stupid the idea is. yoko being gracious and loving towards the world and john inparticular forgave paul for this moronic lie the way you forgive your autistic little brother for their deranged behavior. john knew he was lying and why, but he was pissed at paul for so many reasons that it was just one more thing. john left the band because he didn't want to work with paul anymore. you've got your facts assbackwards on the yoko ono getting in the car. it is a fact, according to john and yoko based on a story they told thousands of times over and over again, they met at the indica gallery at her art exhibit. they did not meet on the side of the road with her trying to get into a car. sounds like she needed a ride, who knows. either way big fuking deal. she got in a car? that is what you think youve got on her...she got in a car. ridiculous. that whole story was told by john's wife cynthia, who probably remembers things all wrong. all she knew was john did not love her anymore and that was traumatic, so a friend of john's needing a ride took on a different dimension. big deal. you are so stupid it is unbelievable.

[@nonebusiness4488]

@Craig wells why are you so mute

[@nonebusiness4488]

@Craig wells first of all paul told this story retrospectively so it doesn't matter when he first became jealous of yoko becoming john's new creative partner. you also don't know the exact moment bandmembers became resentful of paul. it wasn't all conflict all the time and john explained it this way in recorded interview here on youtube you can listen to. it doesn't matter when they started to not get along if he is making this story up retrospectively so all your eternal blah blah is pointless. paul is lying about meeting yoko first. it is an obvious lie. listen to the interview again and try to figure out how yoko ono knew which door to knock in london that belonged to him. it is lie and you have to be brain dead to not comprehend it. yoko ono was not from london, she was in london exhibiting her work. even if she heard of the beatles, they had no resonance in her mind, the same way they had no resonance in john cage's mind. my parents were young in the 60's in NYC. they had heard of the beatles, but they were not interested in them enough to know their last names or even all their first names. john, paul, mark and luke or whatever, or know them of they saw them. they were not the only ones for whom the beatles had no resonance, who did not occupy any space in their minds. there is a world full of people, now and then, who may have heard of the beatles but find them uninteresting, who feel they lack all resonance in their lives and they wouldn't know a beatle if they were sitting opposite them on a train. i was there. i saw it. yoko ono was one of those people. so was john cage. they were not interested in paul, his music, his manuscript or where he lived in london. they would not know which door to knock on in london to find him. probably many of his screaming teenagers would not know which door to knock on in london to find paul mccartney and ask him for a manuscript as a present from someone they don't know or care about to give to another person who does not know or care about what he is doing even if they did hear about the beatles. my parents were young in nyc, i was there with them. they had many friends. nobody was THAT interested in the beatles. i remember it. there were other phenomena occuring. there was a war. we went to the moon. there was lots to talk about and the beatles were never a topic of conversation. more importantly, she has no motive to lie about whether she knew who john was when she met him. she has no motive to lie about her interest in the beatles at the time, which was zero. she was doing her own thing. what is confusing to you about understanding that she has no reason to lie about being interested in them. Paul has been described as a historical revisionist by phil norman, a respected beatles historian. that is a polite way of calling someone a liar. he is widely known a historical revisionist, which can be lying or just remembering thing the way you like to either exhault yourself, your position or your beliefs. you don't know what john called paul. john knew he was lying about that, but john was more consumed about what he felt was financial misdealings. john was very guarded as a rule about the interpersonal conflicts they had. you can here him talk about it on youtube also. john did miss opportunities to attack paul and was pretty tightlipped about his resentments. yoko is still alive. you can ask her. she is so dignified though, i can't imagine her even responding to such nonsense. you are simply stupid if you can't comprehend that she had no reason to lie about being interested in the beatles. what about that is confusing to you about this? i realize you don't get what i am saying, but i will say again that paul did have a reason, his almost blinding jealousy against her, and the way he scapegoated her because he was so emotinally crippled by the bealtes ending and his isolation amoung bandmembers. instead of acknowledging his own part in not cooperating successfully enough with the other bandmembers, he blamed her for his isolation only because she was a woman and a different race. it is pathetic. it is pathetic he made up an obvious lie any HALF thinking person can see right through. right, she wanted a manuscript of his...for john cage. unbelievable. but i guess there are some idiots who can somehow believe something so idiotic it is almost shocking. as far as yoko using heroin again around the time of johns death and not telling him about it, i don't get how you would know what she tells john, or how it is significant to you whether or not she took heroin or not. you don't know anything about her heroin use or what she tells john and it isn't your business and it is completely freakish of you to imagine this is somehow meaningful to your life. yoko ono spent her life campaigning against war, fighting for the environment, women's rights and the democratization of art. what she tells her husband doesn't seem like it should be your business. that is oddball of you. it isn't your business if she hooks up with another person before during or after her marriage to john lennon, you should keep your creepy mind off her body it isn't your business, how creepy. her grieving isn't your business and it is really creepy you dare to make an assessment of her grief or what it should be like as though she is somehow supposed to suit you. freakish. yoko ono is an artist. she can put anything she wants on her album cover and a nazi, fascist album cover lunatic will not be able to control what an artist decides to do until you are the facist nazi leader of the world controlling artists like the freak show you are. you don't know anything about john's inheritance except some moronic gossip you heard from her bitter stepson julian. they settled out of court. there was one person guilty of disenfranchising julian, that was john. he neglected him so much he didn't even bother to put him in his will. john was the responsible party, but you irrationally blame her for john's failure, typical moronic woman hating racist. how would a simpleton like you who can't think on your own, almost utterly devoid of reason, know what yoko ono thinks or feels when you have never bothered to listen to what she is saying because you are too busy listening to music. im sorry you couldn't understand my simple statements about yoko ono getting in a car. both john and yoko have told the story a thousand times how they met. they didn't meet with her getting in his car. whether or not yoko tried to get a ride with her friend, john lennon, once upon a time, is really a non event, turned into something by his ex wife who made much about nothing because she was retrospectively traumatized by johns abandonment and she remembered a non event as meaningful. you are simply an idiot to not understand something so mind numbingly uneventful and why. john loved her. i get it. if you are so idiot you can't figure it out, why don't you ask yoko ono if she met paul first. she may have talked about it. it is so pathetic. paul was trying to break them up. that is so jealous like a little girl pathetic. they forgave him for it the way you forgive your autistic little brother. and i believe it was so beneath both of them to even acknowledge that kind of idiocy. you are an idiot. really. that is what i am dealing with and i typed so much to an idiot who doesn't get what i am talking about. an idiot who really thinks they should decide what to put on someone else's album cover who can't even reason logically for sentence.

[@nonebusiness4488]

@Craig wells you ridiculous idiot. creepy too. creepy nazi fascist album cover freak. creepy.

[@mariafunch2669]

❤️❤️❤️❤️👍JOHN LENNON ❤️❤️🥰😭

[@druidbeliever269]

Yoko Ono used her sorcery to bring her husband to his end or something like that

[@mJoN3s-w6l]

Sir Paul McCartney has put it out there. The truth that is. Joko and sad sack john wasted their time singing 'peace songs like H&M and Wallis Simpson and little ted they did the wrong things just to be noticed and selling magazine shots if themselves. Parody.

[@johnurban7333]

I’m mesmerized by his sideburns

[@jemima216]

The Rolling Stones had had serious trouble with Klein's Management - AKC. Mick Jagger called John and asked to come over in person to discuss Klein. John knew Jagger was going to talk about The Beatles going against Klein, so he secretly asked Klein to be there. When Jagger walked in and saw Klein, he was silenced in a very insidious way by Lennon. So screw Lennon. I feel sorry for George and Ringo, who went with Lennon's decision, with less information, to enlist Klein as manager. Admitting Paul was right was the least he could do. Lennon caused a lot of bad feeling for years with Paul over backing a chancer.

[@TheGoldtopdude]

Mick and Keith told them Klein is a crook.

[@dr.buzzvonjellar8862]

The more John I get, the more love I have for him. Just a brilliant, loveable guy, all day long, John was.

[@JohnEdwardBerry]

he beat the shit out of his first wife and may pang.

[@yuriitai4552]

@@JohnEdwardBerry well he’s not a saint, what do u expect from him? He just some men who make stupid mistakes. He is a bastard but also real soft sweetie. He’s no idol for u to set example. For someone who have mental breakdown he try his best to lived. Just listen what he wrote in his song. He got beautiful soul and fragile.

[@JohnEdwardBerry]

@@yuriitai4552 Sometimes the truth is painful.

[@hw343434]

@@JohnEdwardBerry jajajaj just making things up, beat up May Pang? Never heard that one

[@JohnEdwardBerry]

@@hw343434 “ When we got back to the hotel, Harry said: “Let’s take a Jacuzzi,” and, as usual, following his lead, we changed into our bathing suits. When we met at the Jacuzzi, we found that Harry had brought a bottle of liquor with him, despite the fact that we were supposed to be drying out. “To our health,” he said, took a slug, and passed the bottle around. John took a drink. “Have another one,” Harry told John. “John’s had enough,” I said. John looked at me and frowned. He was having fun and did not want me to interfere with it. Harry gave John the bottle, and John took another gulp. Half the bottle was gone before Harry said, “Now it’s time for the Jacuzzi.” He got into the water; so did John. As he was about to pass John the bottle I slipped in between them. My intent was not to stop John from getting the bottle, but it appeared that way to him. He turned and looked at me, a hurt expression on his face. He was drunk and looked very confused. Slowly he reached out, put his hands around my throat, and proceeded to strangle me. As his hands closed tighter I screamed and tried to pull away, but he was incredibly strong. Everything froze. It seemed as if no one could believe what they were witnessing. It couldn’t have been more than a few seconds, but it seemed an eternity with John’s hands around my neck. Harry snapped to life and pulled John off me. I must say I believe Harry Nilsson saved my life that night.“ - May Pang “Loving John” pg 200-201

[@cookiemanlives]

Looks like Yoko is trying to decide what she wants for lunch.

[@teofistatutor8793]

He is not a good father never

[@jayalan2223]

With Julian he wasn't. Though towards the end they were getting closer With Sean he only had 5 years.

[@JoeD60]

That is the sh*t.