My Old Friend | Carl Perkins & Paul McCartney

[@rubbersoul728]

Hay algunos errores en la letra de la canción que no noté al escribir y ya no pude corregir:( La palabra "quite" debería ser "quiet"; y "king" es "kin". Gracias a quienes respetuosamente me lo hicieron saber

[@easykaraokemusic]

THANK YOU BEATLES ,YOU'RE MUSIC ARE STILL INFLUENCE TO THE WHOLE WORLD!

[@MatthewM.-it3yu]

From what I heard, Carl Perkins wrote this song not knowing the last words from John to Paul were think about me my old friend.

[@MrArtTuro]

In 1981, just after John passed, Paul and Linda invited legendary rockabilly musician Carl Perkins to stay with them on the Island of Montserrat. It was literally just weeks after John’s murder, and both George and Ringo also came to spend time with their former bandmate. The night before Carl was scheduled to leave, a song came to him that summed up his warm feelings about the visit. The song was so clear in his mind that he didn’t even write it down, which was unusual for Carl. He played the song, “My Old Friend”, for Paul and Linda, explaining that it was a gift for having him as a guest. Halfway through the song when Carl sang the words: “If we never meet again on this side of life, in a little while, over yonder, where there’s peace and quiet, my old friend, won’t you think about me every now and then?”, Paul stood up and abruptly left the room with tears streaming down his face. Not sure what had happened, Carl stopped playing, and Linda hugged him. She thanked him for helping Paul grieve, explaining that he hadn’t been able to fully break down since John passed. Paul later explained that the last words John spoke to him, in the hallway of the Dakota building, were, “Think about me now and then old friend”...💖

[@PaulaJames-e3t]

It was the last words John said to Paul over the phone !

[@mibeatleman6767]

When Carl Perkins sang this song to Paul the first time, Paul started crying. The line "Won't you think about me every now and then." was what John said to Paul the very last time they talked before John passed away. Carl didn't know this, he thought that Paul didn't like the song, it was Linda that told him about John's last words to Paul. Rest in peace, Carl Perkins, Linda McCartney and John Lennon. 🕯🕯🕯

[@finoroverato7640]

Beautiful song with deep meaning to Paul. Carl hit it out of the park with this song

[@patboggio3193]

Incredible❤

[@patboggio3193]

Incredible❤

[@julieverdusco5402]

Omg😢

[@katiecollison6629]

🥺😢SO emotional 💔💯

[@DavidB-mo9lf]

I do not believe in coincidences! this WAS from beyond! I know this all too well when I lost my son! And he took me briefly home!

[@BeatlesLover39]

Those Paul McCartney harmonies ❤

[@IamTheeEgg]

when we lose those we love, we realize that life goes on and thats a hard fact to face..when my wife passed away at Christmas, i woke up after her funeral and just walking through our home looking at all the things that were part of her life and that feeling hit me like freight train that i would never see her again until my last breath was taken and i could do nothing but break down and the tears came like a river..and here i am 9 years later still hurting..i think about her every moment of every day,,if only i could tell her one more time how much i loved her..

[@frankcaurso1314]

Don't be down , the love of your life knew how much you loved her !! May God bless 😢

[@angelovenuto3049]

Same here my friend. I feel like I’m in a bubble waiting just for something . Life is different.

[@angelovenuto3049]

Same here my friend. I feel like I’m in a bubble waiting just for something . Life is different. 😢🙏🏻

[@coolbeans1998]

She knows how much you love her, even now :)

[@SteevThompson-k5i]

I felt this way when my cat Althea died. People don’t like it when people mention their pets in this context, like as if they are lesser than a relationship to another human, but I don’t agree with that logic anyway. I still feel this way four years later. It feels weird to admit but the way I found to “go on” was very selfish, like just focusing back on myself again entirely. Idk.

[@msoiseth3419]

What a beautiful song, it's said that Carl wrote this thanking Paul for putting him up. When he sang the second verse Paul broke into tears, possibly the first time since John Lennon's death. Understandable.

[@jeffbarrie8576]

Show us how all interconnected things are in the Universe. Really something.

[@martypaxton7668]

And the words now and then lennon's tune kismet call. It what you will

[@CJ-hc9ud]

Thank you Carl Perkins. Rest in peace John. Paul ❤

[@lindabryan1659]

That was so lovely. To see so many times with John and Paul laughing. So glad that they reunited before John died.

[@MP-vy7ot]

I would like to highlight that the original lyrics are "you treated me like kin" which means like family 😊

[@lornahutchison6907]

What a beautiful song it sounds like some think John Lennon would have wrote.. for his old friend Paul ! .

[@gregoryyoung8823]

I was thinking that too. Maybe John's spirit was coming through Carl's songwriting, especially since it included the last words that John ever said to Paul. Coincidence?

[@JacksonBegleymusicguy]

One of the only songs ever written that actually brings water to my eyes.

[@potterwalker4823]

Forget, all of John and Paul stuff that’s a really good song all on its own. I had never heard that before and I am not a big country fan so this is a nice surprise.

[@gretchennelson7056]

Sorry but the whole point of this video IS the John/Paul stuff.

[@paulbetka6477]

Me neither ❤️😔😢

[@CB-xr1eg]

Are you an idiot? The song was written for Paul, and it reminded him of John's last words. So how can we forget the John and Paul stuff? Some people just don't bother thinking before they type garbage.

[@beatlemaniacwaltdisneyfan4753]

Always life goes on in such a cruel way

[@boxianparkk]

maldita sea esta canción jamás falla en hacerme llorar, ugh te extrañamos John 😭😭

[@gretchennelson7056]

We miss him SO much💔

[@campbellarmstrong2134]

Me too.

[@MP-vy7ot]

Beautiful and heartwrecking as much as the story behind it. When I pass away I'd like this to play ♥️

[@ferea_896]

Is “ you invited me in. And you treated me like kin not like king One mean you treated me like family and the other means you treated me like royalty The lyrics of the song are. “Treated me like kin

[@josephweaver5385]

I always treat my Kin like royalty so........?

[@duruuzun1355]

i mean it works both ways so...

[@jamesmonahanmusic]

Holy-smoke,what a beautiful performance. 😊

[@jamesmonahanmusic]

Wonderful video. MY OLD FRIENDS (C)2006

[@cecyelsa1479]

La amistad perdura siempre hasta después de la muerte, me hizo llorar Is Beatiful **

[@josephweaver5385]

Lovers go away and old friends pass away! Yes it is heartbreaking and the son Lennon sang about nobody told me there would be days like this says it all! Life is very difficult. God Bless us All!

[@georgeharrison3647]

Gracias amigo por contar el origen de la canción Esta canción sin duda es una de las mejores que he escuchado

[@TuckFEMU]

Listening for the first time.

[@dondamon4669]

Paul never gave himself to the public

[@gavinthorburn5385]

This album features mccartney and harrison surely needs a re-release

[@cactuseli]

No comment. Thanks for sharing this one.

[@campbellarmstrong2134]

I am reduced to tears every time I hear this.

[@MicheleHuffman-d8c]

Wow, that is a really beautiful song.

[@jamesmonahanmusic]

MY OLD FRIENDS. 😊

[@briantaylor8279]

That's beautiful! Thanks for sharing, rubbersoul - and special thanks for the bilingual subtitles!

[@Libraman1953]

Made me cry

[@darkphoenix2275]

❤️❤️Gracias por hacer esto❤️❤️

[@AlexDisaier]

gracias

[@chelseasorsa5730]

My dad said his sound is inspired by John Entwhistle, and John Paul Jones. He also expressed that he loves the Beatles a whole Lot. Perhaps without Noticing his sound is actually Inspired by Paul McCartney and John Entwhistle, as well as John Paul Jones. With great Emphasis on Paul McCartney and John Entwhistle. Also I think his music was also heavily inspired by the Guitar in this song and they didn't even realize it lol. P.S. My father is Robert (Bob) George Vincent. From the old band Balls Against the Wall (B.A.T.W.) as well as the Studio Project they had called Crossroads. My father was the Bassist, Guitarist, Occasionally Keyboard, synth, also was the one whom owned, worked the Studio. Sadly he retired from Playing aswell as working for Xerox. He writes Horror Fiction Books now under the Pen name G.A. Miller. PPS: I own his Fender Stratocaster BlackTop HH in Candy Apple Red, and Roland MicroCube now for roughly 3 or 4 in a half years now. Not all of his songs are on Yt but some are, his website link on his channel is no longer valid but you can still find his music on SoundClick, Off of another part of his website where he's Archiving his Music, you can find plenty of his Book stuff as well as his Photography. Additionally you can find plenty of my step mother Anita's stuff there as well ^_^

[@mariafernandamontes9347]

.......carajo........

[@theloniouscoltrane3778]

Me...

[@lorensmith4111]

Esta cancion me hace llorar lennonDEP

[@pgroove163]

Carl Perkins 🎶🎵

[@christianeroberto7944]

Linda esta musica ..paul john lennon ringo starrgeorge herrisonpau mccartney....❤❤❤❤❤❤the Beatleas ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@danielriverosapes5050]

Hermosa 🎸🎸🎸👏👏👏👏👏👏🙏🙏🙏🙏🇺🇸🇬🇧

[@pgh45rpms]

Couple of word corrections -- :28 "treated me like kin" (not king) / 1:15 and 2:46 "Where it's peace and quiet" (not quite)

[@dazzlingdavedainty]

Nice video

[@toddsaedify]

that hurt, cried for hours in the laundromat when Lennon shot, as did all of Santa Cruz, gives some healing here

[@CB-xr1eg]

Yoko had him killed, no doubt about it, she wanted his money.

[@ManubibiWalsh]

Why can’t I find this on Spotify? 😢

[@KIRYUKHIN_A4]

Клёво!!

[@LaIrisBlanca]

💔

[@giuseppecastiglione1709]

Why is this not on Spotify

[@libena1973]

I'm wondering the same thing.

[@PaanyaPie]

Still saddned by this. I wish I could listen to it there.

[@christianeroberto7944]

Paul

[@MateHebo]

But wait, there's a new song called Now and then!!! Oh, the deeep connection Paul and John had....

[@katlamb4606]

It’s “you treated me like kin” not “king”. Cheers anyways!❤

[@paulbetka6477]

😍😍😍😍🥰🥰

[@toddsaedify]

Guitar , our dog ten years, and his best buddy Taeng Kwah, licked me ten minutes with Taeng Kwah when I got back from the US, then in January after months in and out of the vet hospital , from prolapse, only surgery can cure it, he died at home, while I was cooking, came back in the living room , he was stiff, had been on IV a day, breathing hard, just before that I said whoo whoo, whoooooo, a call to him, he smiled a little, so died happy at home, just crying , all family dead too

[@donearl6675]

😇😇

[@dondamon4669]

You can't get closer people

[@cristianavalosz]

Curioso que Now And Then fueron las ultimas palabras de John a Paul y que su ultima canción como banda se llame Now And Then...

[@therealfronzilla]

Carl Perkins "The night before I was supposed to leave, I thought I might run short of words telling Paul how much I appreciated him having me down there, so I wrote down some words and put a little tune to them. I called it ‘My Old Friend’, and sang it to him the next morning. Then I had to stay another day, because he said, ‘This is one we have to record.’ Linda told me, ‘He doesn’t cry a lot, but you touched him with that song.’ I only meant the song to be from me to him, but it turned out that it sounds like John Lennon is talking to him."

[@manuelbonillabonilla954]

Sad

[@WhitbyStuff]

Was this ever on an album?

[@LeonardAaronCaplan]

It's on Paul's Tug of War album.

[@Diidier_Moreno]

Una duda, ¿de donde sacaste los clips? Es que me gustó mucho como están los clips

[@rubbersoul728]

Todos los saqué de aquí, KZbin, sólo los acomodé. Lamentablemente ya no tengo los links de cada uno:((

[@lorensmith4111]

Piensa en mi viejo amigo lennona paul

[@davidbeard6154]

a couple of the lyrics were written incorrectly. King should be Kin and Quite should be Quiet. Thank you...

[@rubbersoul728]

yeah :( I didn't realize I put it wrong and I couldn't correct this post

[@jp2ndtime]

In the lyrics....it's "peace and quiet"...not "peace and quite"...could be a dyslexic slip.

[@rubbersoul728]

Haha, it was :( sorry btw

[@dondamon4669]

Everyone Paul loved died! He messed with darkness to much

[@ManubibiWalsh]

Or, hear me out… he’s 81 and it’s normal at that age losing a lot of people you love.

[@kiddozoo]

Oh for crying out loud. We all mess with darkness....every night.

[@tonymacho4489]

Sorry Im just not a big fan of this composition. Sounds as if an amateur wrote it.

[@stevenbalfour6001]

Carl Perkins was no amateur. He was iconic. That’s why Paul invited him.

[@liamchavez595]

Siempre serás mi hermano DAVID y te recordaré para siempre