Paul McCartney On Yoko Oko, John Lennon and The Beatles Split | RARE Candid Interviews | tribuune.

[@clairedisapia]

John and Paul really loved each other like brothers. I’m glad they made up before John’s death.

[@williambault2469]

i think by 82 the Beatles would have made a record

[@scrambaba]

@@williambault2469That is based on what, exactly?

[@williambault2469]

@@scrambaba IF JOHN WOULD HAVE LIVED

[@scrambaba]

@@williambault2469 Duh, assuming that he would have lived, what do you base that on?

[@MrOctober44]

​@@williambault2469and wvy do you think that? John had stopped doing music and just did an album with Yoko.

[@Ron-p6g]

I AGREE WITH PAUL 100%.

[@immaterialimmaterial5195]

Paul is such a nice guy! God bless him!

[@clairedisapia]

John, George and Ringo should have apologized to Paul because he tried to warn them about Allen Klein.

[@lawlor28]

John said in an interview that Paul was right about Kline.

[@Octavian7771]

There was a great article in Rolling Stone "Why the Beatles broke up" (Sept 3, 2009) that directed the breakup, I recommend reading it. Paul was constantly prolific, and his enthusiasm challenged Johns supremacy in the group. This led him to seek out a partnership outside the Beatles which allowed him to be the uncontested leader. Yoko provided John with this and introduced him to heroin. George greased the wheel of the breakup with his sour attitude . In the 'Get Back' movie, there is the scene where Paul and John are talking, after George had left the group, and Paul is reassuring John, telling him that he is the leader. That's just my read of the situation

[@carlsaganlives5112]

I always thought the fellas enjoyed any input from her, and the eye candy factor in the studio was a bonus, providing inspiration along with a calming effect when she napped over in the corner.

[@frankkeller3772]

I thought of her as OhNo Yoko instead of Yoko Ono...

[@RiverDanube]

Paul is such a down to earth fellow, very understanding and compassionate.

[@PatriciaReinhold-s5g]

He took care of Cynthia and Julian after John left them

[@HerveMendell]

One thing I didnt know about Yoko until recently which I think is an important insight into her character, is that she was actually upper-middle class in Japanese society. That is she had a sense of entitlement and self-importance; its actually a feature of people from that segment of society world-wide. So combine that with John's need for a mother figure, and his ongoing identity crises and angst, its easy to see that it was just the perfect storm. So Yoko just glommed on to him and rode his success for her own ego trip to be a famous and important artist. Otherwise she would have lived her whole life in obscurity (like the rest of us).

[@dansavik7137]

People are still totally in to the Beatles.

[@scottudell7202]

The number one biggest thing that broke the Beatles up, by all accounts, was Allen Klein. Paul, George and Ringo put up with Yoko when she emerged, she wasn't as big a problem as it has been made out to be, really. But Allen Klein was the straw that broke the Beatles' back.

[@PaulFormentos]

Nah it started on sept 11 1966 when Paul was done in

[@501sqn3]

Klein certainly played a major role in the break up.

[@hkpr-ro6ui]

Of course Yoko was a big problem: She schemed her way into the Beatles, opting for John after Paul rejected her. She was in Cynthia's home cheating with her husband and never said a word when Cynthia turned up. Her life was so empty she was in the studio all of the time interfering with their creative process. Paul, Ringo and George are on record as having hated it. John would have gone ballistic had any of the other wives been around all of the time. Their tolerance was extraordinary. She sang like a squealing cat on recordings like Bungalow Bill. She took John to NY, one of the most violent cities in the world where he was shot dead. She has treated Julian like he's dirt. She set Paul up to be busted in Japan. She has claimed joint writing credit for Imagine. Virtually everyone skips her tracks on Double Fantasy as they're unlistenable. She arranged for John to have an affair with May Pang. She's a sociopath who has done no good and been motivated at all times by personal gain.

[@nisar8009]

It was because John wanted a change. He was tired of the same old thing. He met Yoko and she brought a new wild perspective to his life and he ran with it. You can tell by the freakish music they made of them yelling and recording it. It was total bs. He thought it was new age. John was so incredibly talented, but Yoko brought him down. They were both doing heroin and it was his undoing.

[@toddkurzbard]

@@PaulFormentos He blew his mind out in a car. He didn't notice that the lights had changed.

[@wheelinthesky300]

If Yoko was anything, she catalyzed an existing disenchantment in John vis a vis The Beatles. If Yoko hadn't shown up, it would have been something else.

[@kevinw712]

i can't fathom how at least anyone can come away with a good faith reading of the GET BACK doc with any other conclusion than this. the lady doesn't deserve the level of ire she gets (at least for this)

[@lacieheart3915]

for what john and yoko did to julian..shameful.

[@lisica8458]

John was a first class jerk. His treatment of Julian was despicable.

[@lesleyhughes3174]

🤔🙄

[@James-p8u]

Stop, gets some help .

[@RBRN_69]

Do you have daddy issues too? Toughen up

[@HerveMendell]

It might be true, but I still love his songs.

[@anneflynn9614]

It is absolutely true.

[@nvm9040]

Yoko certainly was a disturbance in the studio but the rest of the band got used it in hindsight even though John could have said that he was deeply in love with Yoko which probably would less awkward than what actually happened

[@hkpr-ro6ui]

They never got used to it, as Paul states in these clips. Read May Pang's book - John's marriage to Yoko was a scam. he planned to leave her many times but she trapped him. Even the album Double Fantasy gives the game away that it was all a scam fantasy.

[@nvm9040]

@@hkpr-ro6uihow in double fantasy

[@vicmerle57]

Very well done! Enjoyed watching!

[@tribuune]

Thank you! Cheers!

[@petercrick-y6t]

Even George Harrison said that it was time for the group to take the next step forward never looked back Pete from the land down under

[@johns.1508]

I remember reading an interview with George talking about how Yoko always smelled bad “like rotting fish” because of her poor hygiene from never showering.

[@dcoff2]

Paul has way more patience with these repetitive questions year after year than most people would. He's always acknowledged that the extreme level of fame that came with the Beatles is decidedly a two-edged sword and that he had to go back through this over and over. At the end of the day they are four guys that grew up in that incredibly intense environment and, as adults, had to move on. There was plenty of magic in that particular combination of talents and I'm glad we got Abbey Road before they had to let it go.

[@g3everex]

Sorry I’ve never understood Jon and Yoko. John needed a mother figure.

[@tyronewhitehead2737]

End of an era ❤️

[@JerseyLynne]

That was so long ago, i got i wisp of youth

[@Ron-p6g]

NO WOMEN IN THE STUDIO WHILE THE GUYS ARE WORKING! NO EXCEPTIONS!

[@keanul.5216]

Right. The Beatles didn’t have a man cave to escape too back then! 😂

[@brunosc4378]

Imagine how tiring it is for them to still have to talk and answer about these things after so many years... come on, guys, turn the page, enjoy the music and art of them

[@munimathbypeterfelton6251]

I agree! But because there are so many different angles of thought on Paul’s, Ringo’s, and Rock and Roll historians’ parts regarding every moment of The Beatles’ existence, there will always be old-new insight to share and explore with the world. Plus, regarding John and Yoko specifically: the fact that December 8th marks the anniversary of his assassination always causes the topic of their relationship to boomerang back into the media spotlight.

[@blackspace007]

13:55 Paul said the last time he's spoken to John, John expressed not being all that interested in music anymore. Double Fantasy came out that year. Either John kept it from Paul, or it was a good stretch since they'd spoken. Either way is kind of sad.

[@munimathbypeterfelton6251]

Makes sense. John was veering off into more political territory toward the end of his life. Who knows; had he lived, he may have become a politician! It reminds me of how Jim Morrison was fast losing interest in recording and performing music with The Doors at the tail end of his own tragically short life.

[@paulbrion2227]

He seems like a normal guy who just happens to have a boatload of talent

[@diz7595]

If they would have confronted John about loco Yoko, John would have left and there would not have been the Beatles.

[@felixmidas2020]

The Beatles DID end shortly after Lennon met Ono.

[@scottudell7202]

Yoko was a bit of a sore, yes, but they learned to put up with her. The real break up came once Allen Klein came into the picture.

[@501sqn3]

That's probably right, yes.🤷

[@hkpr-ro6ui]

@@felixmidas2020 Nonsense. John met Yoko in 1966. The Beatles ended in 1969.

[@hkpr-ro6ui]

@@scottudell7202 Paul states in the clips here that they hated her presence in the studio from when John met her in 1966 right up to 1969. Three years of, rightly, being sick of her is not "learned to put up with her".

[@petercrick-y6t]

And don't forget that John loves to love he lost his own mum and his family was Paul McCartney it's only human to be confused

[@RB-pq9ld]

Love that Too Many People is Howard’s favourite McCartney track

[@MrOctober44]

Howard has probably never heard the song.

[@lesleybrown2985]

Yoko Ono as eye candy? I have never met the guy yet that fancied her, in fact she is much more attractive nowadays and she is 90 odd!

[@petercrick-y6t]

First and foremost I have to say that I am sad about Linda, Paul live is not fair I have been in the same place as you it's not fair but keep your chin up and have a good cry now and then get it all out you will have a chance to get over it for a little while and enjoy live music and memories for your prayers will be in the world

[@tubalcain1039]

All families have their feuds. It was all just part of the zeitgeist and similar things happened to other groups. The Supremes broke up in 1969, Janis Joplin died in 1970, Jim Morrison died in 1971,Jimi Hendrix died in 1970. The Rolling Stones didn't matter much after 1971 or 1972. It was all just meant to go that way.

[@scrambaba]

That is true but obviously they were not a family, not brothers. They were some teenagers that made music together for 10 years, for fun and profit. After 1969 they never played together or were photographed together again. If that is a family, it’s a very bad family!

[@albertmontes11]

Paul you feelings are correct. I'm on your side Paul

[@GillMac666]

John Lennon was a complicated man, but so it goes with a genius. People who knew him well held him in high esteem and spoke of his kindness and compassion. To call him a jerk, and never having known him, is nothing short of wretched arrogance.

[@foxydelice333]

The ending where he says "yes, we were friends"😪

[@lisaakinlabi]

It's so sad that Paul has to answer to this constantly to this day. This is a sad side of their legacy which I wish could fade to the background.

[@frednerk8366]

''How do you sleep'' is not a spur of the moment thing. It took weeks of writing and recording.

[@Tom-j2t]

I never understood the breakup thing. If you're getting on each other's nerves or if you want to spend time with Bob Dylan and the band or do something different for a while take a break from each other. Take a year or two off. Why do you have to legally break up the band? I don't know, maybe my ignorance is showing.

[@susancoffey9632]

I think Paul would make an effort get along with anyone. Even yoko

[@nicke.3782]

Yoko could have at least stayed in the control room... out of the way. She knew what she was doing and didn't care. Unfortunately John didn't care either.

[@massdebated]

I watched the Get Back film when it came out and there is this moment where Paul McCartney's wife Linda is shown with Yoko and they are talking back and forth just chatting. All through that film you can see how they really were all close and the one moment when George Harrison walks out over a legit problem. They all went to him and fixed that. I never understood why John and Paul never made the other 2 equals. It never made sense to me that they just seemed to not see that this was pretty much the most largest thing. I mean you can see GH just over it... and had decided to just be more assertive and demand songs of his be on albums, and you can sense that 2 people are working long hours to make Paul and John wealthy and when they came with music John and Paul just did not place that same energy. I still love them... but I think Ringo and George should have been made equals. However clearly Paul IMO was like the one who not only wrote his own stuff but saw many times a song that John was just starting Paul was able to arrange it and John needed Paul... It just shows you that the media creates all this friction and even shows them reading the papers laughing at all the stuff written about them when there was no way that the media could know this since they were on film all day in the studio and anyone who believes anyone in the media or manipulates the media are suckers.

[@johnsdao3917]

She set up meeting him 😢

[@roywatson8133]

i think lennon got fed up with mccartney because he was taking control of the band he was always writing more songs than lennon and lennon could not keep up with him and yoko was a lot of surrport to him and doing stuff with her

[@hkpr-ro6ui]

Lennon got lazy. The Get Back film shows that he was not creative as he was on heroin and was subject to Yoko's scheming. As Ringo said: had McCartney not pushed the band they would have been finished after 3 albums.

[@nisar8009]

After John met Yoko he was doing heroin and he lost his ability somewhat. He was angry that Paul was taking the reins, but it was his own fault. Then when the Alan Klein thing happened it just pushed everything over the edge. If Paul would have chosen someone other than his father in law to represent the band it might have been better, but that didn’t happen. Starting with St. Pepper, Paul was pushing his influence and it was working. I don’t think John liked it, but he didn’t step up.

[@jamesschwartz3837]

@@nisar8009 true about Eastman. I can understand the 3 being concerned with Eastman. Klein and Eastman should have both been out of the running.

[@keanul.5216]

From watching the get back three DVD set Yoko Ono definitely looks like a fifth wheel in the studio. I don’t understand why she doesn’t realize that these are some of the best recording artist in history trying to create music and she just sitting there in the middle of it all.!

[@alexdelarge8772]

Yoko didn't break up the The Beatles, John did. He didn't much care about the band at that point because he was tired of it and he found a great love and relationship. He was also resentful of Paul calling the shots trying to keep the band together because John wasn't passionate about it anymore. What they did or said to each other is gossipy bullshit. The band was done at that point anyway. We were lucky they made it to Abbey Road. Abbey Road was a great last album for them and done properly with George Martin (Let it Be and Abbey Road were released in reverse from when they were recorded). Basically, leave Yoko alone. As John said about the break-up, "It's just a rock and roll band. You can go listen to the albums." (paraphrased).

[@petercrick-y6t]

I'm still trying to make sense of the best thing to say about this roller-coaster.Only John lennon knows how much yoko loved him, I have never heard abad word from her

[@nisar8009]

Then you have never listened. She told John multiple times how he couldn’t sing. Why do you think he became a house husband? Look deeper! You really need to research the facts. I’ve been following the Beatles since the beginning.

[@TinyPple45]

24:05 the implicit agreement with the framing of this clip as being that Yoko Definitely interpreted “knocked off” to mean killed and there’s no chance she actually understood the interviewer was talking about the charts is so dishonest🙄🙄 Like there’s a difference between laughing mean-spiritedly at somebody you don’t like not doing well, and laughing because you think they’ve been killed. Especially when they literally show how the media did the exact same thing with the “it’s a drag” comment. Dishonest as hell

[@paulc80]

I love The Beatles! I always have and I always will! However, they were some of the worst hypocrites who ever lived. Singing songs about peace a love to the world while getting filthy rich and fighting amongst themselves! That’s hypocrisy alright!! I still love them though.

[@B4LOL-p8l]

You can’t sing about peace and love while getting rich? Why do some people get so upset about others getting rich?

[@paulc80]

@ I’m happy for anyone who gets rich but they got so petty and childish about it at the same time they were trying to tell everyone else what to do. That’s hypocrisy whether you like it or not.

[@susancoffey9632]

@@paulc80. Once they got rich, they said “All you need is love.” Before they got rich, “Give me money, that’s what I want.”

[@TheMockatiel]

3:30 proof the Beatles invented diss tracks

[@carolsherman9817]

Its amazing how Paul for 44 years now can say whatever he wants. John is not here to defend himself and he shouldn’t speak.

[@paulc80]

Defend himself from What exactly?

[@Trayotoo-ny3pj]

I don’t believe he his attacking John, at all. I think he’s trying to be very objective. If anything John’s 1970 Rolling Stone article hung over Paul for a long time. It was horrible and vindictive.

[@californiadreaming567]

John used Yoko to break away from Yoko just wanted to be a Beatle. She hope they would let her scream on their songs

[@P.Galore]

Yoko was the reason The Beatles broke up WHEN they did. She robbed the world of several more albums of music.

[@bdso9593]

Is there really anything else we don’t know about the Beatles at this point??

[@pissedatyoko]

the word "chemisty" never gets used...it should be.

[@tylergoodman3560]

Yoko was a disturbance. 🎉

[@bigbadbuckinboots]

Paul McCartney On Yoko Oko, John Lennon and The Beatles Split Who is Yoko Oko?

[@johnorgan3]

John used Yoko to split the group. He was just a jealous guy. Paul certainly did take the reigns after Brian died, but John still wrote all the songs that mattered and changed the culture.

[@lesleyhughes3174]

🤔🙄

[@tuveuxlademocratieoutuveux4692]

*"Yoko Oko" ?????... Are you sure ?...*

[@petercrick-y6t]

And unty Mime Julian, synthea to be honest I think that this guy is going through the blues

[@Tdiddy477]

Yoko is a crank

[@bigtonese15]

What did mother Mary comes mean I worry

[@PaulJones-i7k]

I'm sick of hearing of Yoko and the Beatles it's over who cares?

[@jamesmccown2024]

And yet, here you are... 🙂

[@MimonJesus67]

He's old.

[@jamesschwartz3837]

Indeed he is and quite accomplished. With any luck one day you will be old but will you have Paul's accomplishments?

[@B4LOL-p8l]

And?

[@DarkoDixit]

😻 Espectacular estilo 💎 Chequea el tema JUQUIAO remix con Bordón y Brittoo! ❤️

[@robbedontuesday]

Linda was too in the Studio... Stoppppittt....!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@gloriahornes4743]

Nunca me hizo mucha gracia Lennon creo que el verdadero líder fue Paul

[@reneharmsen5403]

Again? How many times does he have to tell the story.

[@Rosiedelaroux]

It’s so strange he always now reminds me of my late grandmother. Kind of same hair ( rag grey ) and lined dropped face.

[@paddy.7784]

Jeez .. Who cares, it's December 2024 .. They all made millions. Get over it.

[@localbod]

Yoko Oko. 😂

[@richardschley4110]

👍✌❤😎

[@lom218]

No one is perfect. I’m glad Paul found some peace with their friendship. They both lived and respected each other, but I can see in the old photographs and video and in interviews to this day how much Paul admired and adored John. He always got the shit end of the stick in the press when he was definitely the only reason they ever made it. Paul was the one into the art seen and added all the sound effects on Tomorrow Never Knows while John was stoned all day. Don’t get me wrong. I probably listen to John a little more than Paul. His bratty anti behavior resonated with me when I was a kid. But if you look into the music you can see that Paul had plenty of music with just as much balls as John and I love his upbeat songs too. Paul pushed them to practice and record. John was apparently quite lazy when it came to recording, which is why I love him so much. The guy was limited in music theory and created some of the best work of all time. He didn’t have all 6!strings when he met Paul and played banjo chords. He went from zero knowledge to throwing away songs that are better than most musicians will ever create. Anyway, that was my gay take. I love this band. They have been a constant in my life and they split 20 years before I was born. John had been dead for 8 years when I was born. They were special. All that talent in that band coming from the same English city is remarkable. I get excited when I catch something Beatlie in other artists songs. They’ll always be my number 1

[@LordEriolTolkien]

50 years or so after the events described and he's Still riding those coattails of fame. Half the kids today don't even know who any of these people are.

[@JoanneJaworski]

@LordEriolTolkien you must not be paying attention to the age diversity in his audiences and the fact that he sells out arenas @ 82 yrs. old! That's hardly riding coattails of fame. He is massively famous and still very popular today. They are many "kids" in his audience along with a wide variety of ages. Paul didn't post this either...someone else did so why so salty toward Paul?

[@LordEriolTolkien]

@@JoanneJaworski Not at all, but I am saying 50 years after the events he describes (that have already been rehashed to high heaven) is the events surrounding his former bandmate Really still important? It is merely self promotion. And frankly i am sick to the back teeth with celebrities. Especially super pretentious has beens...

[@501sqn3]

Actually, there are people in all sorts of remote corners of the Earth who don't know who their president, dictator or monarch is, but they do know of The Beatles!. 🙄

[@nisar8009]

@@LordEriolTolkien. Aww jealousy doesn’t become anyone. If you are so uninterested why are you even watching this post in the first place? You wouldn’t have clicked on the video if you weren’t interested. Don’t lie and then say you weren’t interested. You have egg on your face, you better wipe that off.

[@anneflynn9614]

People are still interested in the Beatles, or these videos wouldn't even be made in the first place.

[@kk19240415]

なんだか聞きづらいインタビューだなぁ、、変な雑音も入ってくるしwwなんなのこれ

[@paulc80]

Probably Yoko 😏

[@brainbaskerville3341]

he should go and get a decent haircut he made millions and still wants more not much to charity

[@MUE4731]

This video is a bunch of crap, it starts out with the two biggest jerks around stern and McCartney.

[@EricVoegelin]

I skipped the Stern section. I always skip the Stern sections.

[@robinmurphey4708]

This video is just rehashing OLD NEWS! What a pathetic attempt to act like the vid creator has any real authority in this matter. You're a freeloader!

[@jimfry2748]

Click bait rubbish

[@charliem9579]

a thought hit me while listening to this - was Paul jealous of Yoko? i.e. the closeness John and Yoko had

[@munimathbypeterfelton6251]

I don’t think Paul was jealous of Yoko. He knew that she and John were lovers. But he was also skeptical of her influence on John and her interference in The Beatles’ studio rehearsals.

[@Enerki]

Sir Sellout.

[@bolivianprince7326]

women

[@bonfireballads]

McCartney allowed his girlfriend to sit in the studio during the White Album sessions.

[@nisar8009]

Were you there? And it was only for one song and there were others there as well. It was on purpose. Get your facts straight.

[@hkpr-ro6ui]

Linda did something useful, i.e., was the band's studio photographer. She didn't act like Yoko saying Beatles do this, Beatles do that.

[@munimathbypeterfelton6251]

Linda kept her mouth shut. Yoko didn’t.

[@robbedontuesday]

Could not care less about PMC opinion on John and Yoko.

[@BOSSposes]

holy every video is the exact same copy pasted bullshit from 10 years ago

[@spitfireaace]

Ever see a Paul McCartney concert? Tells the same jokes.. lol.

[@nisar8009]

Did you expect history to rewrite itself? What the hell did you expect? Some new revelations to pop up? Get serious! The past is what it is. Get over it!

[@johnkiernan287]

@@BOSSposes ye so bloody boring, specially more so when your not a Beatles fan 🥱👍

[@robbedontuesday]

It is so little elegant to speak about John after his murder... PMC deserves no respect in my opinion.

[@johnkiernan287]

Who wants to know, find it very boring, specially listening to McCartney, 🤮🤮

[@jamesschwartz3837]

Yet apparently you did listen. 😆

[@johnkiernan287]

@@jamesschwartz3837 oh we all need a bit of comedy , there’s not a lot on tv anymore, 😂😂😂😂

[@jamesschwartz3837]

@@johnkiernan287 😆

[@nickpaine]

John's side is not heard. Imagine that.