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

[@JohnDoe-tw8es]

Ringo said once when asked who were the Beatles? He answered " they were just four guys who really loved each other ". And I find that comforting .

[@dcore64]

Ringo was the coolest Beatle for sure. 8^)

[@jillferrier8715]

Right!

[@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.

[@SticksAandstonesBozo]

My thoughts exactly. Enough. He admitted after Peter called him in while editing get back that none of those stories were what they became over the years.

[@crashburn3292]

He does _rarely_ speak to the media

[@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

[@johnkiernan287]

@@RiverDanube sorry it’s just I’m not a Beatles fan, never was in fact, my brother tourtured me as a kid with Beatles music, he wasn’t a musician , I was , but hey dude and let it be broke my heart, it’s all he listened to, 😂, while I was on learning stuff , on the likes of free, Rory Gallagher, Floyd , thin lizzy and so on, every time I wanted to learn stuff, the bloody record player would be banging out Beatles, it was tourture, specially having to hear him trying to sing along 😂😂😂

[@louiseanderson1505]

Never was a Beatles fan either. Never could work out what all the fuss was about.

[@E.T.S.]

Amazing talent stack. Music is the least priority to him it seems, people have always come first. John and Paul were like close brothers.

[@dcore64]

@@johnkiernan287 That's funny. Great story.

[@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%.

[@suqmadic6672]

What part?

[@NeOnBOOST1]

Probably the 100% part ​@@suqmadic6672

[@immaterialimmaterial5195]

Paul is such a nice guy! God bless him!

[@IndigoAquarius1980]

billy shears

[@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.

[@seanpages__]

Ya they didn’t trust the other option going with Pauls girlfriends dad

[@heather6668]

@@seanpages__ Probably because they thought it would give Paul an unfair advantage in dealings. Probably should have gone with a totally different option altogether.

[@IndigoAquarius1980]

billy shears

[@lacieheart3915]

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

[@robinhannon3488]

What did they do to him?

[@Wade_Wilson64]

@@robinhannon3488 she wanted John to distance from Julian and make him buy his father’s things from auction

[@JzeroGarzo]

I read somewhere that Sean would make it right when he's mother expires.

[@IsaanMan]

I seen John’s sister Julia being interviewed and she is a no nonsense woman. She didn’t like Yoko and said it was her that told him not to have contact with his family but she also said she didn’t blame her and blamed John as he was a grown man and what type of grown man woman let’s a woman tell him not to contact his family and especially his son and she said it was how he treated Julian that made her really angry. She had nothing but good things to say about May Pang and said it was her that got through to John that he had to get in touch and be part of Julian’s life.

[@Aranck-kcnarA]

​@@robinhannon3488.. They treated Julian horribly.. John once shouted at Julian and told him he hated the sound of his laugh, and that he never wanted to ever hear him laugh again. And in a September 1980 Rolling Stone interview, John spoke of how Sean was a planned child and Julian was "born out of a whiskey bottle on a Saturday night"

[@The_whimsickal_artist]

They all defo loved each other like brothers. I'm glad Paul and John were cool before John was passed. 🙏🏻👍🏻 I love the Beatles, even when they all went their own was,they were still brilliant.

[@jimfry2748]

Yoko was out of her mind, even if Lennon said he wanted her there she should of said ....John I’m flattered you wanna spend all your time with me but go to the studio and work with the guys and I’ll be her when you get home.....I’ll feel stupid just sitting there while you guys are working.....instead she sat down and just stayed there like a crank, sitting there not saying a word while they’re trying to write music and work, who does that??? Imagine if your wife came to work with you and just sat there all day while you’re working??? Lol

[@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).

[@patricias5122]

Total racist nonsense. Paul has said over and over, Yoko Ono did not break up the Beatles. You've just made up this nonsense about she "glommed" onto him.

[@michellemabelle5]

​@@patricias5122​ OMG can we please stop labeling every critique about Yoko as 'racist' or 'sexist'? It literally has nothing to do with her being japanese or a woman, TF. I swear... Everytime someone makes an observation about Yoko it's always the same type of answer from her defenders. Such a stupid way of arguing. Everything the commenter said is true and is a well-known fact about Yoko. Also, the fact that Yoko wasn't the main reason Beatles broke up doesn't exclude her from any type of criticism. Yes, the Beatles could've broken up if Yoko was never there, but her presence made things worse 100%, and that's something fans don't appreciate for obvious reasons. She knew her presence there was making things worse but who cares, right? It's not her fault after all 🙄. She never cared about the Beatles, and that's a fact she herself admitted. She actually encouraged John (while still in the band) to start a new project with her. She totally is an entitled person who didn't care about anything but her own intentions. So yeah, was Yoko the main reason The Beatles broke up? No. So what? Does that excuse her from every responsability and consecuences of her actions? Also no. She's no saint and as Julian Lennon said about her: she knew what she was doing from day 1.

[@Goldenowl66]

@@patricias5122 Would you say that any criticism of Yoko is racist?

[@hollystiener16]

@@patricias5122 She did indeed glom onto him. And this, has nothing to do with race. It is the story, and a true one, about a dynamic that was very toxic.

[@bobbys4327]

@@patricias5122 you must be a true blue dem/lib for bringing race into it.

[@russelljdj]

Paul used to say in the early 70s, I didn't leave the Beatles, The Beatles left The Beatles and no one wants to admit the party's over.

[@keanul.5216]

George walked out for the recording session and went to Liverpool for a few days. It was clear that the Beatles were near the end.

[@foofookachoo1136]

I really think that Paul’s got all of the info RIGHT!! He seemed to want to be as clear and honest about the Beatles in general, and about John, as much as he could be.

[@russelljdj]

@foofookachoo1136 George was the most honest and accurate. Paul tends to rewrite history. John's story changed depending on if Yucko was around. Just compare interviews when he was with May and when he wasn't.

[@keanul.5216]

@@foofookachoo1136 paul wants to run the show

[@butterfliesarefreetofly6964]

Its sad that John gave up his own son Julian for yoko. Im glad Paul was there for Julian.

[@allkindsamusicchick]

How do you know that Paul was 'there' for Julian? Did he adopt him? Julian adored his mommy....and....it takes a village.

[@bobbys4327]

@@allkindsamusicchick Hey Jude was for Julian

[@allkindsamusicchick]

@@bobbys4327 So the story goes...but that doesn't necessarily mean that Paul McCartney had an ongoing 'significant' role in Julian's life.

[@JosepMascort-ik4gg]

Quien hiso hey jude?😂

[@JosepMascort-ik4gg]

Julian le llamaba tio!no tienes puta idea

[@chriscaldwell7656]

The Beatles gave us 100 years of amazing music in 7 years. Appreciate what we have. I always felt like all their amazing solo work would have just been Beatles songs. Feel glad for George to get all his music out. Arguably the best solo album out of them all after the breakup…

[@chriscaldwell7656]

@@elizabethchase6528 he gave us….a shoe!

[@albertbrooklyn]

Paul McCartney is impressive even aside from his creativity in music. He is the consummate diplomat.

[@heather6668]

Diplomat is right - says exactly what he thinks the interviewer wants to hear. His story's changed so much over the years it's hard to know what is true and what is a lie. He doesn't come across as likeable at all for me. I think he's just got a spiel now that he trots out when asked about certain things. I believe there is Paul's side of the story, John's side of the story and somewhere in the middle, there's the truth.

[@IanZWhite00]

@heather6668 You're like a port in a storm, friend. I was a bit uncomfortable with how willfully Paul seemed to be abusing his charm and public goodwill as "the favorite" to imply some pretty nasty and dishonest narratives, especially after John's death when he couldn't even respond, and then turn around and use that same charm to wash his hands of them as if we aren't watching the clips back to back! But of course that's the natural advantage of the charmer, and so 99% of the comments are going to be fawning over how well spoken and gentlemanly he is about it anyway. It's a bit depressing at times, how much of politics really just comes down to aesthetics for people. Because you know if you had someone like Paul turn on you it'd be over before it started, no matter what "the truth" really was. Stars just know how to get people on their side, that's why they're stars!

[@heather6668]

@ I've really never liked him or his crappy music - The Beatles were great. As solo artists, none of them were anything exceptional apart from the odd good song. Ringo is probably the only close to genuine one of the four. George was nasty about other bands and artists if he didn't like their music when he could have just said nothing. Thanks for the response. I don't believe in idolising these people and fawning over them because they were once in a great band. They had their internal issues that probably had nothing to do with Yoko.

[@IanZWhite00]

​@@heather6668 I agree about the solo stuff. A song might approach a familiar moment of magic here and there, but yeah, "the machine" never really comes together for any of them besides maybe John. I might be biased, growing up with Imagine is pretty undeniable. But he at least always had a writing partner haha. George's compositions always felt pleasant but a bit aimless (never knew about the mudslinging, maybe he felt similarly lol) Paul can't really help himself flying off the handle, and funnily enough I do also find Ringo's stuff, like you said, at least earnest enough to be interesting. "16 and mine" is just such an unfortunate black mark lol, even as a cover. But it goes to show they really were greater than the sum of their parts. I think that helps it feel less.. disappointing, if I'd go that far. Because none of these guys really needed to be gods or idols to make truly beautiful music together. If you agree at all about Lennon, it does seem mostly to be about collaboration, and sharing a cohesive and honest mindset. Some hope for all of us, if we're willing to do the same. The one thing I might want to offer that softened me on the otherwise dour mood I was in was the clip at 22:32. For all his posturing this felt quite honest, and like a real effort to understand someone who (rightfully) wasn't interested in doing him any favors. He may have wobbled back and forth on that line over the years, progress isn't linear, but it was heartening to see the empathy for his late friend push this superstar into a moment of vulnerable humility. Like the music, they really seemed to bring that out of each other. Again, hope for the rest of us, right? And thanks for your response as well!

[@heather6668]

@@IanZWhite00 Well thought out and said. I loved Imagine first time I heard it and still love it today. It's still just as relevant. Ringo LOL - yeah but I did like Photograph back in 1973. George's music I didn't really warm to but he did a nice tribute song to John on Somewhere in England and did write a couple of great Beatles tracks. The best tribute song to John I've heard was Elton John's Empty Garden. I think I saw something where he only performed it live once and could never bring himself to do so again. They collaborated on Whatever Gets U Through the Night.

[@albertmontes11]

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

[@crashburn3292]

I'm glad The Beatle broke up and remained broken up, instead of being begrudgingly talked into "one more album" and "one more tour" while secretly hating each other, writing mediocre crap, then going on tour, riding in separate buses/planes, only seeing each other on stage, a la Rolling Stones, Fleetwood Mac, The Eagles (pt 1 & 2) Oasis, Stone Temple Pilots, Guns N Roses, etc. - A lot of bands had an amazing window of creativity and growth which finally ended, and they'd be considered bigger *legends* if they'd just stopped when it was truly over.

[@NikhilSenan]

Yeah. But Oasis I think, of all “reunions” cannot be put down to being “talked into it”. You can’t talk those brothers out of a burning building. They finally made up. And unlike McCartney and Lennon, in their solo work they always revelled in their earlier days. “Once” by Liam Gallagher was a telling track. When I heard it, I thought “this might actually work, there’s no ego in this at all.” Point I’m making is, Oasis will blow your top off any given Sunday. If they’re getting back, they’re doing it for the right reasons.

[@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

[@thewalruswasjason101]

A lot of what you say is likely true

[@seanpages__]

Paul and John had higher song writing royalties basically because they were the main songwriters and had the most hits. This was going to change but they broke up before it happened. This creates animosity in your group from the get go. Considering Harrison is quoted to have written a few lines of Eleanor Rigby as an example. But remember lennon Macca and harrison knew each other since grade school and were playing already for years before 64 happened.

[@MicrophonesInTheTrees]

She got him on smack as a further way of manipulating him, isolating him and bonding with him away from the others. From day one she did a mind job on him. Without him she would've been a no one.

[@markdoughty8780]

Just simply brilliant; moving and touching. Thanks for compiling and uploading - liked and subscribed.

[@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.

[@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.

[@keanul.5216]

true that bro

[@lacy.knickers146]

You’re absolutely right!

[@heather6668]

I imagine the other members of Wings were perhaps put out a bit by Linda always being there. Yes she was part of the band but only because Paul wanted her there as his wife and didn't want to be away from her. Bit of a hypocrite it seems. Nothing against Linda personally. I'm sure she was a very nice person, however she couldn't sing and really didn't contribute that much.

[@nicke.3782]

@@heather6668 That's apples and oranges. Wings was Paul's band... The Beatles were not. Talent wise... Linda was passable as a background vocalist. On the other hand, Yoko sounded like a cat being thrown into a paper shredder.

[@heather6668]

@@nicke.3782 LOL and sorry but to me Paul sounds like a scalded cat on the back fence trying to free its bits from the barbed wire. Linda was far from a passable vocalist. Totally agree Yoko was terrible. Linda was in Wings because Paul couldn't go to work without her so he couldn't say much about John really. Also John didn't have Yoko howling on Beatles records. Wings may have been Paul's band but that doesn't excuse bringing the wife to work 24/7

[@vicmerle57]

Very well done! Enjoyed watching!

[@tribuune]

Thank you! Cheers!

[@LexiconDevil]

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.

[@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.

[@mikahattunen4502]

wow I couldn't stand a woman with poor hygienia. I have read that John smelled bad too, they didn't take showers often

[@heather6668]

George wasn't a nice person and has said a lot of nasty things about a lot of other musicians. Maybe he should have looked inward to what kind of person he was himself before attacking others.

[@gasmith7486]

@@heather6668Being bold enough to speak facts and truth when other people don’t isn’t “attacking” people. Truth sounds like hate (or in this case “attacking”) to those who hate the truth and enjoy living in a bubble.

[@heather6668]

@@gasmith7486 Often that's the case however he had no need to disrespect other bands and artists. He wasn't exactly the epitome of music himself. He was a Beatle - big deal - as a bad they were something new at the time and they were very good at what they did. No more no less. As individual artists they weren't as great. It's fine that he didn't like some bands and their music - probably a lot didn't like his either. They mostly had enough class not to insult him publicly.

[@Katnip452]

She wasn’t the only stinky hippie at that point. According to the Lennon biography by Goldman, there were times the Lennons were both so wasted all the time on smack that they just stayed filthy in bed for days and days, leaving Yoko’s toddler daughter Kyoko in a room alone to poop on newspaper flooring like an animal. Seems to me the drug aspect in the saga is overlooked when most of these people were no doubt completely immersed in that rock star excess of the time that would have substantially contributed to all the erratic and volatile relationships.

[@craiganczelowitz7225]

Yoko was a 4th-rate artist who identified Lennon's weakness in needing a controlling mother figure. Plus she knew of Johns desire to be welcomed into the 'fine art' world and be taken as a serious artist (sans Paul). Yoko has long proven her true nature, selfishness and manic controlling personality (I guess we can confirm with Julian Lennon about that). Paul is a real gentleman about the whole situation but deep down I believe he knows she is simply an untalented artist who wielded a powerful puppet-like grip over Lennon

[@rosemontoya3656]

JOHN AND PAUL HAD BROTHERLY LOVE FOREVER!

[@BeauDare-ov7py]

Paul is really a thoughtful, intelligent person. Great sense of humour. A very rare individual... Always speaking the truth. ~ "To thine own self be true". Shakespeare

[@BeauDare-ov7py]

"Whisper words of wisdom... let it be.."

[@christopherbasile1205]

Excellent Excellent Video. A Beatles fan must watch for sure.

[@jaquelinekatsch8098]

Paul is so gracious.

[@kingslaphappy1533]

When Paul talks, I believe him, his words are considered, thoughful. Can’t say the same about John.. as great as he was.

[@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

[@Maria-g3m2s]

I am a John Lennon fan but he treated Cynthia and Julian like dirt

[@heather6668]

Couples break up all the time for all sorts of reasons and their children have to learn to deal with it. Unfortunately that's how it is. Yoko possibly wasn't great to Julian but does anyone also consider the fact that perhaps he wasn't accepting or nice to her either when he was younger?

[@cookie-dough-fox69]

​@@heather6668doesn't matter whether he was nice or not. He was a little kid

[@barbarabonnette2705]

Couples may break up……that’s true. But real men don’t leave their flesh and blood behind. Plus no child needs to “ learn to deal with it”. Who’s the adult in the room?

[@stratplayr6997]

I love John Lennon's music and his role as a Beatle. Does it mean that I agree with 100% of his life? Not at all. Same goes for Paul. I think he's an amazingly talented musician and songwriter, and I think that over time he was the guy who kept it all going. But once he starts talking about politics and things like that and I have to turn the channel.

[@cmecre8629]

this is an excellent compilation.

[@tribuune]

Thank you!

[@thereseember2800]

Paul has a transcendent outlook.

[@d.g.degennaro2464]

At this last concert in London when Paul sang "Now and then" he was emotionally choked up because at this late stage in his life he wishes he had back his other two mates. I would not be surprised the day when he passes his last words are he gets to be with his mates.

[@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.

[@heather6668]

@@munimathbypeterfelton6251 Also perhaps because he's changed his tune so many times in interviews over the years people don't know what is the truth anymore. They keep asking hoping for a real answer. Truth is probablyi somewhere between his and John's stories.

[@chrisbaines1146]

If I ever have the chance to meet McCartney I would tell him I myself am a paul lyric fan I would also say my nephew is a Lennon fan and named his first born Lennon and now he is the bass player for Chicago. The Beatles set the bar for all future bands.

[@kraven505]

Yoko ono is the worst, and she made John a worse person. The way they treated Julian is unforgivable.

[@JamesMcGuy]

Nonsense. Just another knock on John when he's not here to defend himself.

[@normatible9795]

Dont judge! Do you know Yoko? Did you make john happy Did you live HIS LIFE

[@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

[@Goldenowl66]

There is a difference between genuine love and codependency.

[@lornahuddleston1453]

​@@Goldenowl66 Correct. That wasn't love, that was drug addiction and 2 people doing heroin together. It's really not pretty.

[@spitfireaace]

I feel that Paul is the Beatles. John was a creative person, and obviously co founded. I feel that Paul really is still the Beatles.

[@heather6668]

Except that there is no BEATLES now. Hasn't been since 1970.

[@dansavik7137]

People are still totally in to the Beatles.

[@keanul.5216]

because that's quality music compared to the trash now days!

[@paulbrion2227]

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

[@paulanders4339]

Spot on lol

[@xeniavader]

amazing how consistent Paul was about all this..... pretty honest guy

[@3allz]

"There can't be another Beatles or a reunion because John is dead" - Funny how Paul had seemed to come to terms with this fact and yet the majority of the public haven't or didnt... and in his own words, John's death impacted him more than most people.

[@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)

[@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.

[@flashflame4952]

LMFAOOOO not really.

[@michellemabelle5]

Is this comment sarcastic? I hope it is...

[@Terri1373]

Eye candy 😂😂😂😂😂

[@susancoffey9632]

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

[@abc456f]

I think the only reason he made the effort to get along with her is money. Besides needing George's, then Olivia's, and Ringo's approval for any post Beatles projects, he needs Yoko's ok as well. And we're talking a lot of money. So better to have a reasonable relationship with her and rake in the dough, than hold a grudge and give up all that green. It's in her best interest too. And if anyone wanted to make a dollar off of John's memory, it's Oh No.

[@lornahuddleston1453]

Yoko definitely knew precisely what she was doing. Malignant Narcissist through and through. 👎

[@SarahGreen523]

Yep. Got him hooked on smack to better control him. She's an awful person.

[@fwfulton]

The Greatest Thing the Beatles ever Did was "Not Reunite". The Second was "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band"

[@heather6668]

I absolutely hated that album - loved the earlier ones and even Abbey Road but just couldn't get into Sgt Pepper at all. That's the point where they started writing a load of rubbish that carried on into the White Album - which had a couple of really good tracks

[@dannsherstone1037]

In this timeline of clips Paul comes to terms with what happened and made peace with it. And now he has made the best he can of the situation. Yoko may not have been the reason the Beatles broke up but she was the catalyst. Very clearly Yoko knew exactly what she was doing from the start and John was a willing participant.

[@jtb1245]

4 young lads from Liverpool 💫💫💫💫 .. anything outside of there Music is none of our business ❤️

[@LaylaLux777]

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

[@michaelhiatt7377]

Howard just baits Paul. Howard acts as if Paul has never answered these questions before so it makes Stern look like he thought them up all by himself. Howard must be so proud.

[@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.

[@heather6668]

I don't believe Paul that they made it all up and spoke regularly. I think he just doesn't want to be though of as uncaring about John's death as he did come across like that at the time. Now he keeps trying to say what he thinks John's fans want to hear. Sorry, not buying it.

[@Kinann]

This might sound funny but I grew up with the Beatles, I Saw Her Standing There was the first 45 I bought when it was first out. I've heard so many conflicting stories over the years about why the band broke up that I could never form a solid opinion either way. This video really gave me closure about that. Thanks.

[@EmeraldWoodArchives]

I really did not feel like crying today. Thanks....

[@frankkeller3772]

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

[@patricias5122]

Isn't it about time to let go of this ridiculous hate of Yoko Ono?

[@coolgameboy8077]

@@patricias5122I know, right? It’s so old now.

[@frankkeller3772]

@@patricias5122 It's not hate, it's more of a nauseous reaction, much like Chuck Berry's reaction to her caterwauling screaming during his performance one time. His expression says it all...

[@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.

[@fernandoaraiza2138]

My interpretation of Get Back was that in many ways, Ringo was the leader of the band. When George walked, they said they could get Clapton in a second. When Ringo walked they really didn't know what to do.

[@heather6668]

George didn't seem like a nice person to be honest. He made a lot of nasty comments about other musicians and bands and artists over the years because he didn't like them. Doubt it ever occurred to him that maybe, just maybe, a lot of us weren't fans of his solo music either. Also, basically the fans didn't seen George and Ringo as equals with Paul and John. Happens in most bands. One or two are singled out and the others are treated as appendages by the public.

[@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! 😂

[@Goldenowl66]

Or spouses in general. My husband and I don't follow each other to work. We support each other and if there is a work related function where significant others are invited we attend meet their colleagues.

[@JRAw89]

While I agree, it’s a bit ironic Paul would say that while Linda was hanging out with the band taking photos of them at the time

[@keanul.5216]

@@JRAw89 Linda sits on the side when the Beatles are working on a song while yoko sits there in the group like a bump on a log! That's what is shown on the get back dvd's

[@heather6668]

Funny how Paul the hypocrite got around that issue by putting wife Linda in the band Wings. I doubt everyone in the band was thrilled about that given her lack of musical talent and inability to sing. I didn't dislike Linda at all. I though she seemed pretty nice but he can't moan and bit** about Yoko being in the studio when he shoved Linda down everyone's throats later.

[@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

[@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.

[@lornahuddleston1453]

Grow up Junior. You weren't around when Beatles were. Believe us, you don't know what you're talking about.

[@GillMac666]

@ - I was around, since 1963, and you are an ignorant fool.

[@Tdiddy477]

Yoko is a crank

[@brainatoms7259]

I love Paul

[@heidim6468]

I do think they would have broken up eventually if Yoko wasn’t in the picture most groups rarely stay together. The stones are a rare group. Money is usually a factor as well as ego.

[@lisica8458]

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

[@lesleyhughes3174]

🤔🙄

[@James-p8u]

Stop, gets some help .

[@RUNLONG88]

Do you have daddy issues too? Toughen up

[@HerveMendell]

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

[@anneflynn9614]

It is absolutely true.

[@3allz]

Without Johns death, im 99% certain a proper Beatles reunion wouldve happened and it wouldve blown the world away. "You can't reheat a Souffle" says Paul, I rebuttle with "The Beatles were more than a Souffle pal".

[@heather6668]

For that to happen they would all have had to want it and John didn't want it. I don't believe for a second that Paul made up with John and they were oh so close and spoke so often yada yada. He's just trotting out what he thinks John's fans want to hear. I'd have more respect for him if he just admitted they didn't get along and didn't reconcile that far and leave it at that instead of keeping banging on about it. Interviewers ask, yes, but he could just say, 'sorry, I'm not going to discuss that'.

[@JohnWilson-yp9gh]

My greatest sadness was how many wonderful songs we lost when John was no longer amongst us.

[@Carlos-o3l1j]

you didn’t loose any of johns songs when he died? any worthwhile songs he wrote were with the Beatles and they broke up 10 years before

[@Zirin-md7pg]

I don't care what was written about whom!! All I know is I loved everyone of the Beatles and all their tunes and always will! They were very young for this BS no one was more than 28 wen it ended 🤔 so they sort of grew up in the tabloids and every newspaper and news edition in the world! 💛💚💙💗

[@medievalladybird394]

I was 17 when the Beatles split up. I liked their music, but there was so much new, unusual music out there and so many great musicians were already dead or were to die in 1970 and 71 like Janis Joplin, Jimmy Hendrix, Jim Morrison (the list of the 27year-olds). So I didn't care much that they had split up. It's nice though that Paul and Ringgo are still around. Merry Christmas 2024 zu everyone.

[@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!

[@g3everex]

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

[@shmataboro8634]

He called her Mother, even before they ever had a child.

[@sylviabriggs4087]

Wake up, see the truth about the agenda

[@Nicksonian]

I loved the Beatles, but I always felt John was kind of a jerk, and Yoko a manipulative opportunist.

[@cookie-dough-fox69]

​@@Nicksonian I don't know...as far as I'm aware she never had another relationship after John died.

[@jlf1309]

I think so too. 👍

[@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

[@rachelk7555]

Well done.

[@scottspencer4603]

Since 1970 I've heard the same damn thing over and over and over. It wasn't just John, it wasn't just Paul and it wasn't just Yoko. These are the reasons The Beatles broke up: 1. Their Manager, friend and the man who discovered them, Brian Epstein, died of an accidental drug overdose. 2. The Beatles tried to run their own company which they had named Apple. They failed. 3. John, George and Ringo wanted Allen Klein as their manager. 4. Paul wanted his future father in law and brother in law of Eastman and Eastman to run Beatles Management because he didn't trust Klein. 5. Paul was out-voted which lead to his resentment of Klein and the other three. 6. John wanted to make records with Yoko. When he brought her to the studio, it lead to tension with the other three. 7. George wanted more of his music and songs on the Beatles albums and wanted more of a say in the group. 8. Ringo wanted to do a solo album and also pursue his acting career. 9. Ringo left, thinking that he wasn't doing a good job and was tired of the bickering but later returned. 10. George Martin departed because of all the in fighting and disagreements. 11. John left to do an album called "Plastic Ono Band" with Yoko and later returned to record Abbey Road. 12. George left during the filming of "Let It Be" but returned after 3 days. 13. Paul records "McCartney". 14. The Beatles record "Abbey Road". "Let It Be" is shelved". 15. Paul wants to sue Klein but can't do so without suing the other three. 16. John, George, Ringo and Klein want "Abbey Road" released. 17. Paul wants "McCartney released. 18. After Paul is outvoted and it is decided the "Abbey Road" will be released first, Paul throws Ringo out of his house and decides to sue Klein, John, George, Ringo and Apple to end the Beatles partnership. 19. The Beatles record as a group for the last time on August 20, 1969 for "I Want You (She's So Heavy)" from "Abbey Road". 20. Paul begins legal procedures to end the Beatles partnership on December 30, 1970. 21. John, George and Ringo sue Allen Klein. 22. Ruling in favor of Paul McCartney, the Judge declares the Beatles partnership "officially dissolved" on January 9, 1975. __________________________________________________________________________________________ In short, The Beatles broke up because of gross mismanagement, incompetence and egotism. ©2003 - 2025 Spencer's Corner Productions

[@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.

[@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).

[@garyhillman4993]

He was finished once Paul died late 66. Read Billy s book. Memoirs of Billy Shears. He never got over Paul’s death

[@PaulFormentos]

@@garyhillman4993 Careful, man, don;t dream of Paul as book suggests

[@jayinaz3221]

Lorne Michael's offer was $3000.00. I think SNL's standard fee for a live music act, at the time. Hilarious, as there'd recently been a promoter who floated $50 million for a single show (which would be filmed), which garnered press since in 1975 that was a ginormous sum.

[@dgling5017]

It would be interesting to see their sons play on stage together

[@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!

[@lornahuddleston1453]

There really aren't really good people on both sides. Truth exists no matter what some of you history-deniers would love to believe. No, there are not alternative facts.

[@-Pol-]

I wouldn't be so quick to discount her "didn't know the Beatles" comment. In 2005 I was sitting in a park with close to Twickenham Stadium with my Japanese girlfriend when there came the sound of lots of cheering and music. "What's all that noise?" she asked. "Oh it sound like U2 are playing a concert" I said. She looked at me blankly... "What is U2?"

[@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

[@frednerk8366]

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

[@PaulFormentos]

John told ya this, when?

[@frednerk8366]

@@PaulFormentos If you knew anything about writing, recording and releasing then you might understand.

[@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.

[@LexiconDevil]

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]

@@LexiconDevil 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".

[@CA-lf7jt]

I’m a female musician and we would NEVER have a boyfriend girl friend etc be IN the recording studio. That’s so distracting and unprofessional

[@MsDana-mo9fp]

I will never understand what attraction or allure Yoko ever had!

[@tylerdurden2518]

21:40 it would have broken the internet. If there was internet back then 😂😅 Can you inagine Lennon/McCartney dropping by at SNL? 🤯

[@AdZS848]

Yoko never leaving John’s side is weird.

[@Mellie_H]

John and Yoko's relationship has always perplexed me; was it love, abusive, an illness, or all of the above? She always struck me as someone who was controlling, and mentally ill.

[@BarbaraHubbell-x7h]

From the snippets from the past re John and his less than humble opinion of himself, it's fair to say nobody thought more of John Lennon than John Lennon. Not only that, but Yoko was nothing but a gold digger from the get go. At one point she even told people she knew she was out to get him. She set her sites on him for his fame and money. When they had a child together, that little boy was an unbearable spoiled brat. They had an interview with the kid around, and the kid was a little creep. Funny you don't see or hear anything about him these days. I always felt sad for his son Julian and his mom. All in all, the Beatles had to break up sometime, and Yoko gave John his out.

[@generovinsky7228]

If it was'nt yoko it whould have been someone else, John wanted to move on, yoko just happend to be at the right place at the right time. I think? the beatles will always be in my heart forever. glad I lived in these 60 plus decades, live on paul and ringo.

[@johnsdao3917]

She set up meeting him 😢

[@bobbalcom2658]

One could look at the Beatle's breakup as a rose. Before we see the petals, we see the bud. The beatles were the bud. The petals were each's solo career Without the bud there can be no flower.

[@tylergoodman3560]

Yoko was a disturbance. 🎉

[@grokeffer6226]

When John Lennon was shot and killed, my heart quite literally ached. I felt as if something were squeezing the happiness out of me. My depression persisted for several months. I'm still bummed about it, actually.

[@TheMockatiel]

3:30 proof the Beatles invented diss tracks

[@LeeHill66]

The most important photo Paul was talking about, covered up in the end👎

[@mickymantle3233]

Obviously, from an outsiders point of view..I really can't think of one poingnent & meaningful 'artistic' creation that Yoko (by herself)..ever did ! I don't think many can. Whilst respecting John's love for her..I think she was a parasitic entity.

[@bladerunner1b]

They could have done a "reunion" in the early 80's when Julian was having success and it would have been a big hit. But it's really cool they stuck to their guns and didn't.