Yoko Ono Reflects On Her Feud With Paul McCartney & Working With The Beatles | tribuune.

[@kathyshore1004]

Yoko Ono critiquing Beatles music? She sounds like a screaming banshee when she sings.

[@tribuune]

😂

[@mrfester42]

She sure as hell does sound like a screaming banshee when she sings and I hate to listen to that BUT, the fact is that she's an incredibly accomplished classical pianist so she knows what she's talking about when it comes to music.

[@SuperAnimelover100]

She needs an Exorcist !

[@sexobscura]

So, what. Don't listen to her. It even baffles me why you even came to this site at all (although we both know why)

[@TheTriplelman]

@@mrfester42 she may know piano, but MISSED the singing lessons!

[@zitherzon2121]

The way she cut John completely off from his very young son from his first wife is unforgivable.

[@bombaybeach208]

"Working" with the Beatles? NO ONE wanted her there except John.

[@PaulFormentos]

Working to make sure John was supplied

[@dominiclewington]

In fairness to Yoko, she never really implies she worked with The Beatles, in fact she implies quite clearly that she worked with just John.

[@SuperAnimelover100]

Exactly !!

[@leof2497]

This has to be said: her constant presence at the band's rehearsals and recording sessions was an imposition by John, not hers.

[@sexobscura]

*As no one wanted Linda there but Paul*

[@max17ren]

Yoko came along when the Beatles were already breaking up. Her presence just sped up their split. It didn’t help that John wanted her with him ALL the time.

[@sexobscura]

*... as Paul did with Linda*

[@Nalberto-k6w]

Typical Japanese woman not only very controlling but also too egotistic who wanna date Japanese women nowadays vs latinas or even Filipinas better right 🥰

[@Tusrista]

Yoko ended up prospering by meeting John, but the end of the day it came down to John. It was up to him to read the room allowing her to sit in on recording sessions and it was up to him how much effort he wanted to put into The Beatles. What I can say from experience is how when spouses get involved with family wills and business deals. Nobody really likes an "outsider" having a say but John entrusted her to speak for him and be his partner, not only in his personal life but in his business as well. The relationship between John, Yoko and Julian also speaks volumes.

[@igorm4406]

that's not true, Yoko appeared during the Sergeant Pepper LP, long before the group broke up.

[@max17ren]

@ White Album. Not Sgt Pepper

[@humanversion3163]

She did make one very important point. They *were* all trying to break out of the mould that they were content to maintain for 8 years. George wanted to start writing, Ringo wanted to start writing, Paul and John were trying harder to establish their personal vision for certain songs instead of relying on the collaboration. You can see it all happening in “Get Back”. And it was a natural evolution for 4 artists with so much success in such a short period of time, and, we were the better for it (eventually) with the amazing music they continued to make as individuals. We all would have preferred to see what would have happened if they had stayed together, but I don’t think that hypothetical dream outweighs the continued contributions to popular music they all had.

[@quillber]

The more you find out about Yoko the less you like her, its as simple as that.

[@hanikirana]

too simplistic as opposed to her aaaa oh oh aaa oh aoaa aaoaaaa aaauu aaaa ?

[@mrturtleturtle7878]

Lmao, exactly. Some of her music on John’s albums weren’t bad, but they certainly weren’t Lennon material

[@jimilee4609]

Total Jerk

[@Biscuitdough]

Actually its aaa oh oh aaa oh aaaaaa aaoaaaa

[@JayRasheed718]

Was looking for this comment 😂😂

[@raydecampos7327]

😂🤣😂

[@Dana-wq5tp]

She refers to the Beatles music as "simplistic" yet what has she ever written that even comes close to that brilliant simplicity? Nothing, that's what.

[@goregrindisthebestgenre]

Sad hearing her say “We own a company together called Apple”. John really fucked the rest of the band by her being a permanent fixture for the rest of their lives.

[@spiritualparadise4887]

Yoko was not the reason the Beatles broke up. They had come full circle and needed their own space. The studio was becoming increasingly fractious, with John wanting to experiment and move in the direction of avant garde, while Paul wanted to stay commercial and became increasingly controlling. If you want to blame an individual for the break up, that would have to be the "soft shoe shuffler" Alan Klein. If it wasn't for his greed and manipulation, maybe the Beatles could have continued in some form. But as Klein tried to suck the Beatles dry, as he had already done with the Stones, Paul said enough was enough, and legally dissolved the partnership, thus ending the Beatles.

[@resurrectionsunday]

She did contribute to it

[@CRlMSONSTARS]

⁠@@resurrectionsundaybut it wasnt completely her fault. Thats the issue that people keep blaming her specifically for the end of the Beatles when they were already having issues

[@bayricker]

Lennon's dream gig was playing with Chuck Berry and there he was, playing with Chuck on the Merv Griffin show with Yoko on the stage. Out of nowhere Yoko breaks out shrieking - not the way Berry wrote the song and worse, not musical. Berry does a WTH double take while Lennon just pretends nothing's going on. She didn't break up the Beatles but her level of self regard for her artistic "talent" was boundless.

[@thunderbirdmcfly8657]

She played "I don't really know who they were " 🙄 She knew he was needy, he needed to have a strong woman behind him. Controlled him. Isolated him even from his son Julian, manipulation to the extreme

[@Ganderlow]

John enabled her to destroy his relationship with the band. She actually tore apart one of the most legendary bands ever.

[@Jiu-Jitsu-Robot]

Yoko had a negative impact on John and she has been publically deceptive about the events that played out for 60 years. She absolutely knew who the Beatles were like everyone else on the planet and went to see Paul FIRST believing that he was the easy one. Turns out it was John. Aside from that she’s said for 60 years that she met John “as a person” in his multi million dollar house? She just stumbled upon John? Get real. She was a fan then looked the boys up and found Paul and John then John was taken with her and she went with the lie that she didn’t know who he was which is completely absurd. Yoko criticizing their music is like Hobo Joe critiquing the technique of red belts in jiu jitsu. She can say whatever she wants to but she isolated John from his family (his son specifically) and took every aspect of his life over. She still runs Apple and tried her damndest to keep a penny from Julian. Why in the world would she keep money from Julian? He’s a single person and the only other son John had but she didn’t care about Julian whatsoever and there’s no reason she would do this other than not actually caring about John. If she would have been the one and John would have survived do you think he would have kept money from Yoko’s daughter or Sean? Not hardly. If only he had stayed with May Pang.

[@SuperAnimelover100]

Can't stand Yoko Oh No ! The way she treated Julian Lennon was the lowest of LOW !

[@donnaleach8119]

@SuperAnimelover: exactly! Mistreating Julian was the worst of all!

[@SuperAnimelover100]

@@donnaleach8119 She was cold hearted and evil !

[@rashmita916]

''Without much awareness of who The Beatles were".sure.............

[@JC-jr9hw]

She’s full of shit. She went after Paul first. And before that she was in New York going after other famous musicians. Bob Dylan tried to warnLennon about her, but he didn’t listen because he was tripping high drunk etc.

[@sexobscura]

*She moved in circles that were experimental and had nothing to do with popular culture. Just because The Beatles were world famous, doesn't mean that everyone on the planet was aware of them. She was Avant-Garde (and despised)*

[@BeatlesCentricUniverse]

@@sexobscura One of the only comments you've made on this video that even makes sense. But Yoko was VERY aware of them. She STALKED Mr. Paul McCartney first. FACT.

[@tubalcain1039]

Life is very short and there's no time for fussing and fighting my friend.

[@tjay84]

I see what you did there! 😊 But at the same time a perfect take! ✌

[@PaulFormentos]

Ya should write a tune round that lyric, maybe call it "WE Can work it Out"

[@Isaiahsenders1788]

And I must agree yoko handled herself well

[@susanrike7476]

Yoko is a classic narcissist. Little talent. Spoiled rich Japanese woman. Married twice and abandoned her daughter from marriage #2. Came onto Paul first. He rejected her and pointed her to John. She latched onto him and never let him go. Divide and conquer was her m.o. She was/is nothing without him.

[@jelenaunite4490]

First of all she lost custody of her daughter after a lengthy legal battle and has said that losing her was one of the great pains of her life... She did not "come onto Paul" which he himself has clarified. Also what does her being Japanese or married twice have to do with any of this? All of The Beatles were married more than once. She was a respected artist before meeting john which the video covers. Your entire comment is just dumb and riddled with misogyny

[@samnous2002]

She thinks The Beatles' powerful appeal was not because of their "simplistic" lyrics or "simplistic" music, but because they were physically attractive and had good public relations. Their music and lyrics would not have outlasted them beyond 1970 if that had been the case. I think you were thinking of The Bay City Rollers or The Osmonds, darling.

[@tribuune]

That’s a very good point, Beatles music is timeless

[@rebekahbjackal2818]

What I've noticed is that, incredibly, she doesn't even " get " the Beatles herself...its like she was seconded by the Japanese secret service and only read a quick brief...

[@sexobscura]

*Rock n Roll is renowned for its simplicity and their looks certainly played into their popularity. Most film stars are popular based on their looks and acting abilities. It's just how human nature works. Okay, The Beatles embellished their music with 'weird' and experimental things, but so did many around that time. The Beatles are far from being sacrosanct, they were four musicians from England who luckily became famous. Yoko does have a point, though, but she can't be dismissed just because she's Yoko Ono. Unfortunately, she's at a hiding to nothing regardless of what she says*

[@vecernicek2]

She thinks the Beatles' music is 'simplistic', because she is a pseudo-intellectual snob. Her own attempts at art are all exploits of the Emperor's new clothes principle.

[@ronniechilds2002]

Actually, there is some truth to that. In addition to their unbelievable talents, their looks and personal charm helped propel them along the way.

[@highl54]

Simplistic???!!! Who the hell is she to evaluate the music of the Beatles?! Where is her music, apart from her ridiculous so-called avant-garde art? Let’s hear it.

[@mrfester42]

Who the hell is she? She's an incredibly accomplished classically trained pianist so she knows what she's talking about when it comes to music. Her screaming nonsense is not my cup of tea but the woman knows music.

[@highl54]

@@mrfester42 “Incredibly accomplished classicaly trained pianist”? How many piano solo concerts has she given? How many albums of classical piano music has she recorded?

[@mrfester42]

@@highl54 You're reasoning is as flawed as it gets! Playing solo concerts and recording albums is not the measure of musicianship. My brothers friend, who I have known for almost 50 years, is an unbelievably accomplished jazz guitarist who was trained by Joe Pass and became close friends with him. He has never recorded an album or played publicly. I'm a musician myself and have heard him play many times. He often played with Joe Pass privately in his home. He was good enough to play with one of the best jazz guitarists who ever lived yet he was not a professional musician although Joe tried to get him to make his living with music. He loves music and plays privately and sometimes sits in when some of the greats play in small clubs in NYC. He's never been interested in making a living as a musician yet he can play with any of the greats. He is a highly successful advertising executive on Madison Ave in NYC.

[@BeatlesCentricUniverse]

@@mrfester42 Your reasoning is as delusional as it gets.

[@JasonRobards-v3v]

Yoko didn’t want John having much to do with his past life. She further alienated John, from his young son, Julian. She inserted herself into the recording sessions, and, by her own admission, she didn’t like the Beatles music; she thought it was “too simplistic”. That attitude influenced John, to move away from his band mates. Had John never involved himself with Yoko, he wouldn’t have been murdered that awful night, and might be alive, and writing music, today.

[@teresajennings1243]

Total narcissist. She thinks the "simplistic" lyrics are not as great as her screeching sounds??! Wow. Just wow.

[@rishwiz]

The Beatles are the only reason someone has bothered to put a microphone to Yoko Ono and asked her to speak. So simplicity goes a long way.

[@mariushellesfjord5298]

The idea that Yoko Ono would sit there trying to pretend to be talented enough to ACTUALLY ANALIZE THE BEATLES IS A JOKE!!!!!!!!!!! NO YOKO, SCREAMING INTO A MIC IN THE MIDDLE OF A SONG IS NOT ART. IT'S SHIT!!!!

[@dr.robertt.mullaneiii1561]

Everyone has a right to analyze any art.

[@ghostagee5232]

​@@dr.robertt.mullaneiii1561I thought you meant the brains!

[@ghostagee5232]

For a second.

[@braemtes23]

The truth about the Lennon-McCartney name order is that originally, the person who was the main writer would have his name first. I have seen copies of early releases in which a Paul song was McCartney-Lennon. John went to Brian and manipulated him into making every future song Lennon-McCartney. They did that without consulting Paul at all, and it probably always bothered him. Yoko has no right to speak about this since she was not there when it happened and only has John's extremely unreliable word on what took place and Paul's reason for wanting to restore the name's to the origanal arrangement.

[@michaelofarrell5025]

Parasite

[@woodsroamer6175]

John Lennon was a spoiled little man. He was an easy target for a manipulative grifter like Yoko Ono. Her pushy behavior was obnoxious, and she knew exactly how to use him. As individuals the four Beatles were never as charismatic and creative as they had been as a group. Yoko had zero talent although she believed otherwise.

[@samcad-ho3ze]

Totally agree. And I think was trying to recreate the f’d up relationship with his mother.

[@armandoucles5346]

Nothing against Yoko Ono. She's a talented artist in her own, eccentric way. But I will wipe my ass with her views and opinions on the Beatles music.

[@erzsebetcstoth1513]

Yoko Ono egy SENKI. OSTOBA LIBA

[@erzsebetcstoth1513]

MIBEN VOLT TEHETSÉGES AZ A NŐ??????? EGY NYOMORULT SENKI VOLT

[@rotagbhd]

You have an extremely liberal view of what talented means.

[@n.f.7342]

@@rotagbhd Grapefruit is really neat

[@PaulFormentos]

@@n.f.7342 gotta put sugar on it, too sour without

[@simonhoulding4414]

Yoko Ono said that McCartney’s music and lyrics were simplistic, this coming from a woman with absolutely no talent whatsoever

[@mrfester42]

Really? You know her that well do you? She's an incredibly accomplished classically trained pianist so she knows what she's talking about when it comes to music. She just chooses not to make a big deal of that so knuckleheads like you make assumptions which are not facts. You don't know what you're talking about.

[@FishIde418]

​​@@mrfester42 "Incredibly accomplished" is too much. Just write she had a classical formation please, that's enough. Because she had no musical talent... And couldn't sing too (i don't mean when she shouts, but when she sings. She had a very unpleasant voice. Elle ne savait pas poser ou placer sa voix.. It's obvious... just listen... she sings out of tune

[@mrfester42]

@@FishIde418 She is incredibly accomplished as a classical piano player and saying that is not "too much" as you say. As for her singing, I can't stand to listen to it either but she doesn't sing that way because she has no talent. She knows very well how to use her voice and she sings that way because she chooses to and to make some kind of artistic statement. Exactly what that artistic statement is , I couldn't tell you because when she and John spoke about her singing it made no sense to me.

[@FishIde418]

@@mrfester42 Talentless opportunist. Just opportunist. She had no musical legitimacy. Without Lennon, no Ono... There is no artistic justification to her way of singing Can say the same for her "writing". Grapeful is such a poor, mediocre book. She absolutely wanted to be famous, too bad for us !

[@MikeBUSA]

Nobody could ever convince me Yoko didn't break up the Beatles. But then I listened to the complete Anthology of the Beatles front to back. I could listen for myself how wrong I was. You can hear them going their own ways. Yoko had nothing to do with it. The Beatles were like a flame that burned bright and fast. It's that simple. It doesn't require a villain.

[@ВалентинаИзтитова]

The one whose opinion about the Beatles is absolutely UNINTERESTING is the opinion of Yoko Ono.🤔🤔

[@Gamersilentgod]

Now one liked her except John I think she should apologise to Paul and, Ringo

[@Butch_XR7]

Hearing her. Helps me realize why Paul and the guys hated her. She thinks she's to great. So sad. John left her 800 million bucks. Like I said so sad.

[@jaceconverse6337]

Yoko was not into pop music, she was into screaming and making lots of ear shattering noise. If it wasn't for Lennon and the Beatles, no one would have paid any attention to her or known she existed . She's incredibly wealthy today only because of Lennon and the Beatles.

[@billyhall53]

She is the number one reason for the Beatles going down. John was self-centered to bring her into the sessions. That's when they lost the "band"

[@CRlMSONSTARS]

How ignorant. She wasnt the number 1 reason they split stop ignoring the other factors that were happening at the time. I do believe that yokos presence in the studio was causing a lot of tension on the band but they were already falling apart way before that. TO NAME A FEW: Brian Epsteins unexpected passing, Paul was too controlling (i understand this was cause he didnt want them to split but imo he didn’t handle it properly), CREATIVE DIFFERENCES, John didnt care as much as he did before, and George was just fed up with not being taken seriously/ overshadowed (FFS SO MANY SONGS ON ATMP WERE SONGS HE HAD WRITTEN FOR THE BAND THAT WERE REJECTED), Allen Klein wasn’t an efficient manger for them. SO MANY FACTORS leading up to their breakup. It takes a quick search to learn all of this and yet you people still continue to place all the blame on Yoko and her weirdness. Stop using her as a scapegoat and just fucking accept the fact that the Beatles were going to breakup anyways and be thankful that they didnt end with shitty half assed album AND that all of their albums were good. You people annoy me. Anyways THANK YOU YOKO BECAUSE OFNIT WERENT FOR YOU "breaking up the beatles" THEN I WOULDNT HAVE GOTTEN THE ALL THINGS MUST PASS ALBUM AND THATS ALL I REALLY CARE ABOUT 🗣️🗣️🗣️🗣️

[@SkinnyShrimp]

People still blaming yoko for "breaking up" the band when it was already falling apart before she got there she definitely didnt contribute to the longevity but she didnt break up the beatles everyone played a factor.

[@Irys1]

Paul said it in an interview. John was in other thing in that moment, wanting to fly away from the nest, and the presence of Yoko gave him the impulse to do it.

[@JM-Niagara]

Alan Klein was the first big problem after Epstein died, then John's drug fueled laziness during the white album recording evolved into Yoko Ono and having her attached at the hip during recording Let It Be which annoyed Paul, she's a major cling on gold digger "artist", George didnt get enough opportunities to create, and then Paul played drums on Ballad Of John And Yoko which alienated and upset Ringo. They started playing separately, John was late, George was creatively stifled and Paul was a workaholic who had more work to do but the group was no longer keeping up with him. That's why Paul's solo record was ready first and the Beatles sued him to stop its release date

[@erzsebetcstoth1513]

PAUL McCARTNEY átllátott a szitán Tudta, hogy barátja egy manipulativ boszorkány csapdájába került Yoko Ono gyűlölte, mert tudta, hogy átlát rajta

[@JJFHNREHJEDK]

What an excellent new channel - it is going to blow up extremely fast!

[@tribuune]

Thank you, Glad you think so!

[@goldenhourkodak]

You are watching AI generated content. How sad.

[@DragonNinja3121]

After watching the Peter Jackson’s documentary it was quite clear yoko had nothing to do with the split. George quit first then it was over after that.

[@joegordon2915]

you do realize that she had final approval and the most critical remarks by the group about how much of a problem she was were cut out? right? you can hear them blaming her on the Nagra reels. also, George quit because john had elevated her to his creative equal and still treated George as a second rate talent? You do further realize that Paul stated during the sessions that SHE was the reason he no longer wrote with John, right? and do you further realize that SHE was the reason John hired Alan Klein despite Pauls objections? Right? you do realize she had all the calls to their apartment rerouted to her office so john wouldnt know when friends were calling, right? do you know she escaped from a mental hospital before she went to england and started stalking musicians to support her? she has used lawyers to keep the truth from getting out and the Get Back doc was quite white washed, right???

[@sexobscura]

@@joegordon2915 *Do you realise that Paul speaks as if he's Moses on Mt Sinai. He thinks his word holds sway in anything discussed. I put the band's breakup solely on him. The Beatles were great, but the people in it weren't saints by any degree. People have to learn they were just four guys playing music that got exceptionally lucky* *PS: They were 'broken' upon Epstein's death*

[@TheTriplelman]

thats because SHE told George in the studio he was playing a song wrong, George looked at John and said, "fuc this!"

[@BeatlesCentricUniverse]

@@sexobscura It is beyond comprehension you state the Beatles "were just four guys that got exceptionally lucky." Remain clueless.

[@BeatlesCentricUniverse]

@@joegordon2915 EXACTLY right. Get Back was edited in a way to make Yoko look like an innocent and unobtrusive attendee. The reality is that she was meddling and interfering and a malignant presence.

[@gregt2141]

there was too much song writing talent in one band, the split was inevitable.

[@sexobscura]

*Thank you*

[@newbreathproduction]

Yoko seems to know about music more than anyone else even John Lennon as perhaps one of the most inspirig legend in music.,,,,,,,,

[@billjones261]

One should keep in mind that 1970 and those close joining years were the peak drug taking years. They were obviously other circumstances to why the group broke up, one of the other reasons was they knew by then (1970) that they were millionaires . They all seemed to want to do other solo artistic things after being together as a group for almost 10 years.

[@sexobscura]

*Correct. Although being a millionaire (or money in general) has nothing to do with being a creative unit*

[@RhouranP]

John's work after The Beatles broke up is even better. Yoko is the daughter of the Yasuda family, one of the four major conglomerates in Japan, so they were financially well-off and Yoko's mother was also an artist. John took a break from music for five years to raise Sean, and often spent time at Yoko's villa in Karuizawa, Japan. There's no doubt that John's great solo work would not have been created without Yoko.

[@VAPIDISM]

She mentions the song being “a little bit too simplistic, you know.. the chords ..and the beat being the same”. Yet her own style of vocals is just the same screaming and screeching. In that regard I dont think she is well placed to to criticise.

[@sagittariusa4855]

This woman is delusional and disrespectful to a whole nation by degrade that we loved. What if we said the same degrading comments about her culture and music they like in Japan???!!!😢😢😢

[@thebordenasylum7726]

If you didn't like Yoko before, this video certainly isn't going to be swaying any opinions or changing any minds lol

[@mariyelko958]

Okay Yono really treated his first son Julian completely terrible which I think she had alot to do with her control over John. I think she is lying in this interview.

[@Koake1002]

Let’s be clear yoko was an opportunist nothing more. Someone who acted as if she was this artist musician who manipulated someone who was an actual artist musician and who had huge success. Downplaying what John did as if it wasn’t art. This was why John always downplayed everything he done with the Beatles. He would say he never liked most the Beatles songs and maybe just did them for the money. She used John bottom line. She made him feel like what he was doing with the Beatles isn’t real art. Which made John leave and focus on her and her career. Yoko never accomplished anything in music other than accomplishing the phase keep a N… baby. She’s the cause of why John and Paul couldn’t have a friendship after the split. Why Julian grew up without a dad and why the fans never got more from John and the Beatles. She’s an evil women. Even down to making John’s first child buy back personal items like postcards he sent to his dad and his dad sending to Julian. She’s the root cause of the problems and she robbed the world of John’s talents claiming if John really wanted to be a true artist he needed to do the things she likes. Like making weird sounds into the mic. That’s art.

[@joeya8721]

Billions of people are familiar with and love many works of the Beatles. No one knows any of YO's works except for its insane screeching on Chuck Barry's song. That thing has no say on Yellow Submarine or any Beatles works.

[@marinakaye8284]

Her contribution to Chuck Berry and Lennon singing together, (until her mic. got cut), masterful! No autotune back then, just raw talent. lol

[@SuperAnimelover100]

Chuck Berry was sick of Yoko Oh Nooooooooo !

[@sexobscura]

Please stop parroting what you know will give you points

[@sexobscura]

@@SuperAnimelover100 *Good one* 👍

[@JulienCohenMusic]

Ha ha

[@pierrebenoit-j1q]

For the umpteenth time...Yoko Ono did not break up the Beatles.They all went their Separate way.

[@jlouis4407]

Lennon used her to break up the Beatles

[@lucone2937]

Yoko Ono introduced how to snort heroin to John Lennon in 1968. It would estrange him further from other three Beatles.

[@vecernicek2]

For the umptwelfth time... Of course she did. Yes, she made John to do it himself, just like Meghan Markle made Harry to break up with his family. That's what manipulative partners do. They isolate you from your friends and family (by convincing you you have to do it yourself) to have you 100 % under their thumb. Then they'll take you as far away from your old life as possible. They must be your only "support" system. Break up with this really time consuming and inseparable band of yours and move over to New York (Yoko). Break up with this extremely cohesive and tightly hierarchical family of yours and move over to California (Meghan). See the pattern? Yoko was a mastermind in manipulation, as anyone who knows the first thing about her life and has a shred of life experience would know.

[@ronniechilds2002]

No, not single-handedly, but she was one of the many factors that led to their breakup.

[@pierrebenoit-j1q]

@@ronniechilds2002 ....

[@paulascott5701]

Yoko was from a wealthy family. She never had to work, she played "artist". She is a master manipulator. Notice how she boasts of attending Sarah Lawrence and they were jazz fans there. She criticizes Paul's song that he intentionally wrote to be simple and fun by looking down her nose while calling it "simplistic". Every complement from her is backhanded. She likes to make people feel bad about themselves while pretending to be "Miss Positivity". John was insecure and raised by a harsh critic - she sensed this weaknesses immediately and exploited them. The Beatles broke up because they lost John - to mental illness, drugs and Yoko.

[@susanrike7476]

A classic narcissist. No real talent of her own. Wealthy background. 2 failed marriages and an abandoned daughter. She wanted control and fame. She achieved that through John. Nasty woman with no compassion.

[@brigwood7658]

yeah, that's why paul made a joke in the doco about 'imagine in 50 years if it was said that the beatles broke up because Yoko sat on an amp!" because that was the extent of her influence in the studio i.e 'quietly being there'. The Beatles were dying from the day they got off the road and started living their own separate lives and epstein died. They still made their best, most memorable music then, and mainly because Paul was pushy ... thank god (i.e 3/4 of which was with yoko sitting in the studio .... hey maybe her presence enabled and enhanced such classics like the white album and abbey road. wow! lol. funny now nobody ever offers THAT thesis; no less ridiculous than any of the the other bullshit). And when they did inevitably break up, the most notable thing about John over the next 10 years is that he was deeply in love with Yoko (short of his ridiculous 'man/child' lost weekend) it was obviously a genuinely equal partnership with, he mellowed out (from the wife beating, philandering, cild neglecting passive aggressive prick he could be) grew up and became a good dad. Effn yoko haters ... man.

[@paulascott5701]

@@brigwood7658 Hi Yoko!

[@brigwood7658]

@@paulascott5701 Didn't think that would penetrate your echo chamber. (What possibly could)

[@paulascott5701]

@@brigwood7658 Penetrate my echo chamber? What? As if I haven't heard all this shit for 50 years? Yoko fans are smug, low IQ assholes who want to appear brilliant. Eff off.

[@CherCow92]

Reading through these comments today and I realise that even today, she is a witch to be hunted, as we do with a lot of women. Interesting.

[@rares_21]

I only have respect and appreciation for Mr. McCartney.s way in understanding Yoko and John relationship.

[@brianholmes8230]

She was a spectator and an irritant with the Beatles. She used John as a meal ticket and has always been a wacko.

[@christophwagner8659]

„Outgrow blah blah …“ Well who is she?? No one would ever even heard of her, if she weren’t together with John Lennon.

[@NickiMinajIsCancelled]

Yoko was one of the most talented people to ever exist. Her work with the Beatles helped them succeed and they would have flopped without her talent

[@ProfessorKenneth]

Im not doubting they were in love, but John should have had more respect for everyone else.. specially his band mates. They do a Beatle photoshoot does Yoko really have ti be with them during a BEATLES photoshoot? John bringing in a bed to the studio... bloody ridiculous. He did that knowing it made the others cross, and Yoko should have known better to say.."nah mate ill just stay home till you get home" The Beatles were broken by let it be, but Yoko didn't help. You can see her in the new get back doc, just sitting there bored. She was annoying. I love the Beatles,my favourite band, but John was bullshite, he was a fraud,so was Yoko. This peace and love cause was because they were bored. She didn't show Julian love after John died. John neglected his son to "stop war"🙄 i didn't John, George was my favourite. Paul we spine that held it all together, he was the boss.

[@TheTriplelman]

- says the screaming cat in heat, when she "sings" - she's Johns bad heroin trip that NEVER ENDS!

[@TheCrackerBox]

She destroyed one of the biggest bands in history !

[@kbeatnik6285]

That's not true. The Beatles were broken before Yoko came along. No matter how close your friends were in high school, once you become an adult you won't be able to spend 24 hours together!

[@PaulFormentos]

Don't forget George was fed up with Paulie at the end

[@mariahelenasilveiradonasci2961]

Não foi desse jeito.Ela não destruiu nada. Eles eram demais talentosos por isso tiveram que atuar individualmente.

[@pmdk1953]

@@PaulFormentos who can blame George.

[@lpadron13]

Lennon loved her. Her son is a sensible, good man. All else is nothing.

[@dorothyfromoz6360]

She is an example of the ultimate con artist. She operates off of fear, which is what every masterful con artist is acutely aware of Instinctually. But then again, I could be wrong 🤷‍♂️

[@Kermit_T_Frog]

Misleading. A compilation of Ono interviews given over the years. Ono doing what she does best. Promoting herself.

[@StephenBiesiada]

Yoko did not break up the Beatles, they reached the point in their lives, growth, wanted to separate move into solo works, they were married, had families, it was time, and yoko in the studios was of no consequence it disrupted a little , dingo had no problem with yoko, George was George, Paul had his opinions at that time , but all was okay they were growing,some disagreements but that was part of their growth, they always loved each other , Brothers Forever ! !

[@marylouleeman591]

disagree They would have worked it out differently.

[@CRlMSONSTARS]

@@marylouleeman591how would you know? Were you part of their inner circle?

[@CRlMSONSTARS]

I agree. People keep ignoring the other events happening at the time leading of to their break up. They just keep using her as a scapegoat.

[@StephenBiesiada]

@@CRlMSONSTARSyou just don’t understand all that was going on, but that’s your opinion but is not fact

[@StephenBiesiada]

@@CRlMSONSTARSBeatles Forever No Matter What

[@mikevale3620]

Below you will read some bitter and nasty bile about Yoko.

[@BeatlesCentricUniverse]

More like accurate observations and truth.

[@FricelesteMaquinas]

Yoko talks about simplicity of Beatles bars like 4/4 .Witch does mean. She doesn’t understand music. The Beatles use many different bars in to the songs. She’s wrong.🎉

[@clorindacivitarese1552]

What is Yoko’s claim to fame? John Lennon.

[@goregrindisthebestgenre]

Yoko “The Beatles are kinda simplistic” Ono

[@CarlosVelasquez-k4l]

yoko was johns opportunity to get the hell out of the Beatles , by letting Yoko being in the studio the Beatles were over.

[@kennyblack-w4m]

I just wasted 14:00 minutes of my life that I'll never get back again to hear this foolish nonsense. FOR REAL!!

[@TheRubberStudiosASMR]

The balls on that woman telling Lennon how to write a song

[@weicoams]

This comments section is gross. Clearly a very sweet honest woman who just fell in love with a man and his artistic capabilities. She even expresses remorse for being in the wrong place at the wrong time, when all she was doing was being there for a man she loved.

[@philblane5752]

If he had found someone who actually had talent, the music would have been incredible.

[@davidl3805]

My wife doesn't go to work with me. Yoko should have stayed out of the studio and let the band do there thing. It had to be really uncomfortable for the other three. However, this was not the only reason they broke up. They were all drifting apart in there own ways. Just enjoy all the great music they gave us.

[@ClaudioGabrielSalgado-qt5ee]

Journalist:-What do you think 'bout her art, John? John Lennon:-Can't see art on it, you know. She can do anything but need my money of course. (from Jujuy,Argentina)

[@BeatlesCentricUniverse]

Watch the Get Back documentary. At the end of their final song on the rooftop, everyone is clapping. The camera immediately cuts to Yoko sitting on a bench. She is expressionless. Speaks volumes.

[@Ianspiegel]

I think you're reading into her expressions a little too much, pal. Besides, if you're going to dig deep, then you're forgetting the cultural boundary. Japanese people, especially back then, weren't so outward with their emotions, especially when surrounded by people who were. I also watched the Getback documentary, and she didn't strike me as some demoness trying to break up the band. Most of the time, she just quietly minded her own business, did she not? If anybody was responsible for the breakup of the group, it's all four of them who wanted to go their separate ways. Moreso, John.

[@BeatlesCentricUniverse]

@Ianspiegel With respect to your insightful comment, I stand by mine. Literally, EVERYONE on that rooftop and beyond, are cheering and clapping. Including the 2 people sitting next to Yoko, Maureen Starkey and Chris O'Dell. No one, including me, is saying she's an evil force. But regarding Yoko, the evidence speaks for itself. She was disinterested in their music and thought very little of it. That's not even debatable. As years passed, she changed her POV.

[@BeatlesCentricUniverse]

Also, the Get Back documentary was edited intentionally to place her in a better light. The original Let It Be film, and extant audio outtakes, show her in a completely different light: she was 100% intrusive. Irrespective whether John wanted her there or not. It speaks for itself.

[@BeatlesCentricUniverse]

@Ianspiegel Hey pal, she was the literally the opposite of "just quietly mind[ing] her own business." Watch Let It Be and listen to ALL the available audio outtakes. Then we'll resume this thread.

[@Ianspiegel]

@BeatlesCentricUniverse Sounds like you made up your mind quite some time ago, but once again, I think you're investing too much of your opinion into facial expressions. What I was saying regarding Japanese people -especially fifty years ago- is that they would most likely feel awkward about outwardly expressing their emotions when other people around them were doing so. So you then go back to the people surrounding her expressing themselves, because...why, exactly? You keep saying it "speaks volumes" but you're yet to prove your point as to why. Everyone knows she wasn't into their music; she was never a fan, and found their material too simplistic. She never denied that. That also doesn't mean she championed their breakup, though. So I fail to understand where you're going with that, if I'm honest. Besides her facial expressions being the "evidence that speaks for itself", of course.

[@DavyoInVegas]

Yoko was a cancer to the Beatles. As a professional musician I can say from experience that having girlfriends, wife’s, husband’s or even friends come to rehearsals or recording sessions is never a good idea, it’s extremely distracting during a creative process.

[@ajrimmer7231]

As Paul said after they sincerely connected. "A very nice lady" and that definitely comes out in these interviews. She's a sweetheart. Very misunderstood and wrongly vilified.

[@Wildrover82]

I detect sarcasm in that comment. Lol.

[@Rosemary-u5z3y]

"" Two Troubled Souls , both John & Yoko ""...This is what the learned and sages will say.

[@jamiej14544]

I thought the quality of his music went downhill after he met Yoko.

[@samcad-ho3ze]

Imagine is trite sh!te

[@CRlMSONSTARS]

THANK YOU YOKO ONO FOR "BREAKING UP THE BEATLES" BECAUSE OF YOU I GOT THE ALL THINGS MUST PASS ALBUM AND IN THE END THATS ALL I REALLY CARE ABOUT‼️🗣️😻

[@teresajajamadriaga9242]

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 WHAT A JOKE LADY

[@giuliadannibale9752]

When she said she regrets meeting John it kinda broke my heart

[@BassicVIC]

7:46 Dick Cavvet -You were the wedge… Yoko -The witch!? 😂😂😂😂

[@stephensmith60]

Pin-head!

[@billmitchell3329]

Notice how she picked Yellow Submarine, a novelty song, to critique the Beatles. After bringing up Yellow Submarine she claimed the beat was simplistic, to quote; 1-2-3-4 like it applied to all their music. In truth, famous composers like Leonard Bernstein were astounded by their ability to construct complicated music, namely, A Day in the Life or She’s Leaving Home and many others

[@pitbullwinkle]

Does Yoko and PAul still get paid or perks EVERYTIME they Mention John's name? He was supposedly homesick for England and planning on a trip/move back there, and a divorce from the self-admitted WITCH.

[@stephenedgecock]

yoko is my favorite beatle

[@BeatlesCentricUniverse]

I've said the same thing in other threads!

[@1512592011]

" You know"....etc. It's damn annoying she says that..all the time.

[@alexhudson810]

From a young age, Lennon wanted not only to perform, but also to shock the audience. As he grew older, this desire only grew in him. His first wife wanted him to lead a calm, measured life. Meeting with Yoko is a meeting of two kindred spirits. Then they began to work together on what they loved most in life - outrageous. Life in plain sight, loud statements, press conferences lying in bed, slogans, marches in columns. As a result, John's name became a household name. He was perceived by everyone as an extravagant star from the TV screen. This was the reason for his murder at the hands of an abnormal person. Unfortunately, this was predetermined in his life. His life with Yoko Ono was coming to this end. The psycho wanted to kill George too. He was very lucky with his last wife.

[@thombran]

No, she was not a factor in the Beatles' inevitable breakup - the writing was already on the wall. But even if it were the case, then we should be thanking her for it. Beatles already by 1970 gave us plenty to enjoy, and our timeline got the additional bonus treat of all the gilded treasure trove of solo Lennon, Wings, and of course Harrison's work. The best of both worlds, who could ask for more?

[@juerv1]

This person is uninteresting. NOBODY, absolutely NOBODY would be interested in her if she wasn't John Lennon's widow. She pushed herself into the spotlight alongside John because she wanted to be famous. The Beatles' "simple" lyrics and melodies are world heritage, while Yoko only has a few idiotic "installations" to show for it.

[@humanbeing5300]

None of the other Beatles blame her for the breakup so strange why fans do

[@BeatlesCentricUniverse]

You are deeply mistaken and uninformed.

[@LucyLennon909]

Exactly! Beatles Fans should move forward and stop blaming Yoko Ono Lennon for the Beatles breakup.

[@humanbeing5300]

@@BeatlesCentricUniverse well then I guess the Beatles are wrong because my opinion is based off interviews in which they said she was not to blame. Maybe they were lying

[@BeatlesCentricUniverse]

@@humanbeing5300 You are misinformed

[@humanbeing5300]

@@BeatlesCentricUniverse sorry man I’ll trust the people who were there

[@ИринаНикитина-х7й]

Оо,верно французы говорят:"Ищите женщину!" Неужели художник-авнгардист Йоко Оно не заметила,что на групповом фото битлов её лицо лишнее?

[@thebordenasylum7726]

Something else that I think is overlooked about John & Yoko is the fact that she was 37 when she first met 27 year old John. There's a 10 year age difference between them, which is just plain weird to me. John was still a "kid" in a sense and here he is with this near middle aged woman letting her control his life- I can't attack her for anything really, because in the end John was in love with her and wouldn't have it any other way- but there is a hint of grooming involved there I think with their relationship initally

[@brigwood7658]

Seriously? A 27 year old strong headed man who had already been married was groomed by by a 34 year old? (she was born in 33, him 40) God the ridiculous pains people go to vilify yoko ... but this one takes the cake

[@Wildrover82]

John was born in 40. Yoko in 33. Your maths are off a little.

[@ice-iu3vv]

she's somewhat similar to bjork. toxic short women who are very artistically eccentric, and whose english speech cadence is closely related.

[@Rebeyvapara]

Well Bjork is legit

[@brigwood7658]

yeah ... nothing more unattractive than a strong, intelligent eccentric artistic woman from 'weird countries' who speak their own minds. Esp when John could have had any bland bimbo model who would leave her career to be his house wife. Get a life

[@alisoncleeton877]

Respect the man's choice💗

[@GencGEGA]

She first destroyed John Lennon's family and then The Beatles! What an artist who ruins many of Lennon's concerts with her screams! Then not not only imposed herself with her presence in the studio, but also wanted to be involved in the music of The Beatles and even took courage to express critically about some of The Beatles' musical works!

[@ValerieFelitto]

She was also looking for money to invest in her work

[@anthonyvono2878]

She is the very worst thing that could ever have happened to the Beatles.

[@BeatlesCentricUniverse]

Agreed!

[@PaulFormentos]

Second to the "accident" in late 66

[@BeatlesCentricUniverse]

@@PaulFormentos 3rd to the dim folks who subside to that idiocy.