Peter Asher talks about his sister Jane and Paul McCartney

Dakota Jazz Club, Minneapolis, June 5, 2018

[@bethvirginiaphillips4583]

I saw Peter and Gordon in Troy, New York in 1965 when they were first wave British invasion stars. Peter's flaming red hair was unforgettable. I always wondered about sister Jane's red hair and seeing Peter it was like seeing her. She was the girl the entire world wanted to be, Paul McCartney's girl. What a time it was. They were on the same bill as Manfred Mann (Do Wha Diddy Diddy)................the time was indescribable to anyone not there. No words possible.

[@electricdumpling6069]

This is beautiful. Love how Peter Asher is open and warm to the audience here!

[@troygaspard6732]

For years I thought of Peter Asher as Linda Ronstadt's producer/manager. I had no idea he was also part of the British invasion with the Beatles. This was a great story!

[@lyrebird9749]

This is not about Jane, it's about how even a song the Beatles decided not to record became a #1 hit when Peter Asher asked if he & Gordon could record it. Paul kindly finished it off and gave it to them. What a guy.

[@glennfleming]

And he did the same with Cilla Black.

[@docsavage8640]

And some random band in Spain.

[@ewest14]

@@docsavage8640 yup Paul changed some random guy’s life in Spain with a throwaway called Penina. Crazy how many lives he’s changed. There’s so many stories like this

[@janiceastets5425]

What a great story! I loved he & Gordon's harmonies! Love hearing these stories from the early days straight from the person who lived it. 👍

[@maureenjurmann1916]

Very cool to hear Paul sing World Without Love. A fave of mine. Always enjoyed Peter and Gordon. Peter became such a talent on his own!

[@imsocuteimsorich4952]

Pete and golden still have that sound and voice today as they did 60year's ago,my favorite song by them is distant shore ,their harmonies were so easy to the ear ,other songs they had were good sang by others every ones gone to the moon a world without love but I loved their version,BA DSY of those early days of the 60s were great ,and still today they sound like they did 60year's ago ,the only thing now is there known all over the world now,,✌👍😘💛💜💓💚🙌😎💏💓👏🌸🌹🍁🌻🌼☀🌈👍✌🌈

[@billcollins2525]

I love Peter Asher! What a great man.

[@senseichess8688]

Yes

[@iamcoreilly]

Two of my favorite songs from the 60's were world Without Love and Nobody I Know.

[@KabobHope]

This isn't the video I thought it was, but it's wonderful. What incredible stories.

[@ARIZJOE]

Peter is very knowledgeable. He got a lot from Paul, as well as George Martin and became a very successful producer. His father was a famous physician, and he's just very naturally bright. And Jane got over Paul, and had a wonderful life.

[@davanmani556]

Peter’s mom was a music professor

[@usuk9316]

​@@davanmani556 she taught the hobo

[@muchorelaxo5580]

I loved the demo, amazing.

[@drummerboy1390]

Peter Asher has been James Taylor’s manager since the Apple record days. James Taylor’s first album was on the Apple label, Peter saw Taylor’s potential and became his manager and produced a lot of his albums.

[@judymarasco4231]

He also managed Linda Ronstadt

[@MD-lf3gt]

Thank you so much for this piece of music history!

[@jamestilby2223]

JANE WAS AND IS STUNNINGLY BEAUTIFUL WE ALL LEARN A LESSON. I STILL LOVE HER (A BIG FAN 🥰👍

[@zakmartin]

JP Tilby, I presume? I remember that Tilby gear...

[@jamesw9971]

RIP PAUL X

[@vlaekershner7305]

At a time when everyone talks about their exes it's refreshing how neither Paul nor Jane ever discuss their relationship, and Peter respects that (and apparently didn't take sides). The other thing I get from this is that being upper class (Iike Jane and Peter) doesn't necessarily make you an a-hole.

[@docsavage8640]

Only an a-hole assumes character based on class or status.

[@dennysmith7862]

Peter & Gordon were brilliant... Just Brilliant...

[@cfcantagallo]

The beginnings stories are always so fascinating!

[@jchow5966]

Wonderful!!!!!!!!

[@thinkerbelle2]

Beautiful song.

[@charwest9449]

very interesting about how Jane and Paul met and then he moved in for 2 years! THANKS!

[@aBeatleFan4ever]

Would have been nice to hear all of the song....

[@silvialeprattomazza6214]

Paul’s voice and talent are legendary.

[@docsavage8640]

No, they really existed and we have recordings. Not legendary at all as it's factual and verifiable.

[@milliehernandez5050]

Peter was so cute when he was younger with his neat looking red hair and his smile

[@suechun8871]

Jane taught Paul a hard lesson...he was a better man for Linda....she should have thanked Jane.

[@taylorcala12]

What?

[@thealiengirl104]

Don't say this again he loved him

[@karenelizabeth1590]

@@taylorcala12 Paul cheated on Jane. She didn't tolerate it.

[@guyincognito5706]

@@karenelizabeth1590 She tolerated it for five years, darling.

[@32mybelle]

Huh? He cheated on Jane, so she dumped him.

[@marilynpastor6401]

I was 13 when this song came out! Great song

[@NYNick49]

Paper Cup....it's Jeremy Clyde. He and Chad Stuart combined to form Chad and Jeremy, at about the same time Peter and Gordon were starting out.

[@FeatnikSF]

Thank you for pointing this out. I heard Peter say "Jeremy" but couldn't find any other reference. Chad and Jeremy were quite good back in the day as well. I met Peter Asher backstage when his management company worked with Little Feat in the early 1990's.

[@janiceickes740]

Loved this!

[@metafis2490]

still got the voices..age doesn't seem to have affected them vocally...nice!

[@BETSYSUEU]

SOUNDS LIKE KARAOKE.....

[@ruiseartalcorn]

Awesome stuff!!! :)

[@jimsquick]

Great song.

[@christinepaige2575]

What a handsome man Gordon was.

[@gtrdoc911]

Great story!

[@isanewday]

Sounds great . . .

[@normanacree1635]

I can't imagine writing a song like World..... and just letting it sit, even if king John didn't like it. What talent those guys had.

[@jeffryphillipsburns]

The song was unquestionably wrong for the Beatles. Broadway songwriters cut songs constantly, sometimes very good songs.

[@docsavage8640]

😆 🤣 😂 most Broadway songwriters are pretty schmaltzy

[@Accam570]

So John rejects AWWL because the lyric ; 'Please lock me away, and don't allow the day,' are laughable to him; and not very long after that he writes; 'If I could get my way, I'd get myself locked up today but I can't, so I'll cry instead.' And how about the really tough rock lyrics; Don't want to cry when there's people there, I get shy when they start to stare, I' m going to hide myself away....... Yes, I can see how McCartney's lyrics weren't tough enough ¬‿¬

[@charmainepowell6066]

I had World Without Love on a 45.

[@ianbentley7276]

ended suddenly, but that was great, thanks.

[@harrypainter7472]

ian bentley Just like their relationship

[@dabreu]

Yes. Just when I was so happy singing long...Birds sing out of tune...it was over. Oh, too bad! Where is the rest of the video?

[@Ian-Steele]

Aw it stopped too soon ! 😫

[@jameswarrren2545]

PETER---Thank you much for your KZbin videos. And I LOVE your program on SIRIUS radio. I am an old Peter & Gordon fan. Before I pass away [and All Things Must Pass Away] I am hoping you can answer my question,..,, At the beginning of "A Day in the Life" I can hear the fade out of Sgt. Pepper's Reprise and Paul's voice can be heard yelling something, Do you know what he is saying? Thanks in advance, sir!

[@eugenioitem4969]

Wow.....Paul wrote the Bridge only for 8 minutes!🎉❤😊

[@Historian212]

You cut off the song in the middle?? ARGH!!!

[@josemalvarez560]

Hey Dean! Why does it end so abruptly?

[@deanschieve6674]

...because I couldn't resist the urge to sing along, at least for a few bars...without ruining the video.

[@willm623]

Peter sounds like an American now.

[@Juju-wl6qg]

you can hear his british accent but yeah he doesn't sound as British as Paul

[@yensilluap]

@@Juju-wl6qg Paul was from northern England - different accent than in the south.

[@Historian212]

Peter has lived in the US for a long time.

[@claudioramos3844]

Tinha que ser legendado em português. É uma pena.

[@jeanmyers1787]

Paul wrote a song for Peter Asher

[@SuperNevile]

Four

[@hannahg8439]

What song?

[@funkycriiiiimeee]

@@hannahg8439 and i love her

[@hannahg8439]

@@funkycriiiiimeee he wrote that song for Jane, not Peter.

[@twinsuns6629]

@@hannahg8439 And I love her, We can work it out, I’ve just seen a face and things we said today and the break up song which was “for no one”.

[@Dan-nt2yb]

Yeah…I would imagine the written lyrics would be worth a few quid.😃👍🏾

[@moronicpest]

I think I recall hearing an interview with John where he said he didn't like the "please, lock me away" part of the song. Perhaps that was enough for them to give the song away, rather than work on changing the lyric.

[@docsavage8640]

Yes, apparently that cracked up John & George as it sounded like he was being sent to a loony bin.

[@carolleib5797]

Peter knows and had stated that JPM died and Billy came in

[@PerfectedInDeath]

Where did he state this?

[@hiccups55]

Jeremy has a great voice😮.

[@ferkara8223]

My God! He is like the Grand Father of Paul....

[@beatlepaul77]

Paul is a couple of years older than Peter.

[@32mybelle]

More like his brother.

[@jeffryphillipsburns]

@@32mybelle He nearly became his brother-in-law.

[@docsavage8640]

Who gives a shit? It's the music that matters.

[@HotVoodooWitch]

Is that Jeremy Clyde?

[@shuddupeyaface]

And a very nice house it is too

[@College-Boy]

Paul was/is flawed -- like the rest of us. Some Beatles fans -- only some -- have a problem seeing Paul as imperfect, i.e., as someone who cheated on his fiance'. The truth always sets you free.

[@willemvandeursen3105]

I think Jane got over Paul all right. Usually what happens with young people.

[@johngoldsmith9752]

Jane was only 17 when she started dating Paul. I don't know about you guys, but there is a huge difference between the 17 year old version of me, and the 22 year old version. The further I get from the 22 year old version, I'm different from that, and it's almost like the 17 year old version was a different person, in a different life. I'm sure she looks back at that, and just considers it a learning experience, and she moved on and became an adult, and did well for herself, as did Paul.

[@johngoldsmith9752]

@Kate like I said Kate, people change, and there is a myriad of factors that go into that. For Paul, he became one of the most famous people in the world, so there is definitely a change that occurs when that level of fame is reached. We are only left to speculate how Jane really feels because as you said, it is something she chooses to be private about, and that leaves us to try and read between the lines about what that means. I know her brother remained close with Paul over the years, and can be heard to this day on the Sirius Beatles channel. Whatever went down between Paul and Jane didn't affect that friendship, so hopefully that means Jane is truly happy with her life, and her choices and not scarred by the years with Paul. We'll never really know unless she has a public, candid conversation about it.

[@angelicaquirarte]

Agree a the end of the day they were just 4 Liverpool very lucky guys to have the chance to do something they like, but they are human beings with mistakes thats all

[@angelicaquirarte]

@@johngoldsmith9752 agree

[@maxcuthbert100]

Nice,but he didn't talk about Jane.

[@Lmclean89]

yes he did?

[@maxcuthbert100]

Much?

[@dabreu]

Of course not. She would not have approved. He respect his sister.

[@judymarasco4231]

That looked and sounded like Jeremy Clyde of Chad and Jeremy…..

[@captainmoretokin2172]

that was a rude ending

[@ryanbearse8831]

The Tigger Movie

[@lamper2]

2:18 John doesn't like World Without Love but had no problem with Revolution # 9! R.I.P. GORDON WALLER 7/17/2009

[@docsavage8640]

No accounting for taste. He also liked Yoko.

[@usuk9316]

RIP dear Gordon.

[@jacobjinglehymer8789]

I didn't go to one concert in those 4 years without any any of the artists not making some dig at the Orange man and how everything sucked then because of him. These 2 didn't fail. Your sick hatred brought on the REAL mess we're actually living now. I hope you're all happy with yourselves.

[@terri6854]

Yeah, right. Blame the victims for complaining and making the perpetrators worse. How stupid. The REAL cause is NOT ENOUGH people complaining, and too many ignoring their responsibility to complain.

[@papercup2517]

Who's Jeremy?

[@theodorabruin4601]

The one half of Chad and Jeremy...wonderful duo!

[@haroldsteinblatt2567]

Fake headline, but a great story told beautifully. And I loved that sly, quick attack on Trump.

[@ernestturriziani2489]

Paul McCartney said he never trusted Jane Asher. Jane wanted a career and Paul wanted a wife dedicated to him. Jane was not that woman.

[@janpangilinan2979]

Peter and Jeremy with love

[@haunanihowell1468]

I remember this was sung by Chad and Jeremy.

[@BETSYSUEU]

SUMMER SONG...

[@sjgmac9161]

The Hit was done with Gordon Waller. Peter and Gordon.

[@mangomonkey6938]

This was originally a Peter and Gordon song. Peter tells the story of how they ended up with the song

[@Kate1Chopin]

Wasn’t this act Peter and Gordon? I think so.

[@jchow5966]

Paul never talks about Jane & Jane never talks about Paul.

[@docsavage8640]

And we shouldn't talk about people we don't even know. Who gives a shit? It's the music that matters.

[@BillDerBerg]

Faul

[@stink..]

Why is he telling it all about his sister’s relationship about Paul. Desperate for relevancy.

[@hollytree3379]

Well he was friends with Paul, too. And Paul wrote several of Peter and Gordon's hits. So obviously he's a part of his personal and musical history, even outside of Jane's relationship.

[@hollytree3379]

​@@katy8334 Cause it’s interesting and a part of music history. Paul’s relationship with Asher was inspiration for famous love songs and he wrote songs like Yesterday in the Asher household. I always like hearing all I can about that time-period of his writing, before the serious growth that occurred in the likes of Sgt Pepper.

[@dalfifran7572]

Because that story relevant to how Peter could know and became friend with Paul. That is... through her sister, Jane Asher. It's an interesting story, and without this backstories... it's uncomplete. I don't know why it's bother you.. Since Peter obviously talked about it fondly and cherrish that moment.

[@usuk9316]

Lovely to hear Peter sharing his memories. This show is great and well worth seeing. R.I.P dear Gordon. Miss you.

[@jimward6586]

Jane's not talking, she knows the whole story