Yeah, he was still broken up with Yoko at this point. The session he talked about where he played with Paul is called the Toot and Snort sessions. You can probably find some recordings from it of John and Paul singing together. It's the only recording of them ever singing together in the 70s. I use to have it on my old ipod when I found it on Limewire back in the day lol.
Yoko seemed to be willing to do anything to keep him from his previous partners (The Beatles) and his former family (Julian and Cynthia). His year and a half with May Pang shows his true inclinations regarding all those people: no ill will, no arguments, no public letters and songs excoriating them all. And visits with them all, Paul, Cynthia, Julian ... Then, the moment he gets back with Yoko it's all gone again. May was a jewel he should have stayed with then. A very secure loving woman, like Cynthia, who only had John's best interests at heart. She even ended up friends with Cynthia til the end. Like George and Eric. Yoko was far too controlling to let John have anyone in his life from his past. Because on some level, she must have sensed she couldn't compare with any of the Beatles as his musical partner, nor with Cynthia as his truly loving wife. So she just installed John at the Dakota and kept them ALL away. Whatever she needed to do she did -- didn't pass along phone messages, didn't mail postcards, told John her "astrologer" told her Paul was only visiting him to rub his success in his face, kept John well supplied with drugs, sent him on "trips" around the world, took him away to Japan for months at a time -- but never England, never Liverpool, never a visit to his son, or his aunties, or sisters ... So this is maybe one of the last times we see the real John and how he naturally felt about things.
'There will not be a Beatles reunion as long as John Lennon stays dead.' - George Harrison. The greatest band ever knew how to leave well enough alone. RIP, guys.
Well, having said that, a brand new Beatles record is going to be released later in 2023. And yes, all four Beatles play on it. Personally, I can’t wait.
Kind of a slap at Ringo too though. But that makes sense. Ringo wasn't a song writer so I think everyone would have been surprised at how well he was doing.
Not a slap at Ringo, IMO, just a sincere concern expressed. Ringo was the one in the group that led with his heart and was not afraid to show his love for each of them. Every team needs one of those, even if they are NOT appreciated.
Yeah, the 4 of them were like brothers.. they all loved each other but sometimes they fight. It was Paul McCartney's idea for Sgt. Peppers and Magical Mystery Tour, of course he would be all right.
Michael Brown More of a reflection on Paul's not liking how Ringo played on a recording which hurt his feelings and led to Ringo storming off. Paul played the drums on the recording of that song. John was throwing some shade on Paul if anything. Lennon's affection for Ringo was real...
And it's telling that the second he got back with Yoko, she began calling that year and a half breakup "HIS LOST WEEKEND" at once trivializing it to the status of a weekend, and taking a few out-of-control nights out to stand for the whole thing -- to put forth the fiction that he didn't know what he was doing then, and that he was miserable without her - - clearly from this interview, neither of which was true!! But that's the PR she demanded.
Im not sure who the interviewer was but he wasn’t pressing his questions and didn’t talk much which is very nice to see. And it almost seems like John knew who the interviewer was he seemed comfortable and gave honest rational answers
Water Falls On this clip you posted of John in that interview, I didn't hear John say that of Paul, but it is sad still that they didn't get together for a song.. wait, they DID, didn't they.
+Sincere ly__According to Harry Nilsson, (singer/songwriter/musician,& John's drinking buddy during his so called "Lost Weekend"), John told him; "I'm just like everybody else Harry, I fell for Paul's looks." John was also quoted as saying that; "Paul was a beautiful boy that looked like Elvis." Harry Nilsson was also quoted saying that John wore one of those Beatle fan buttons that said: 'I Love Paul.' When approached by a person on the street who asked him why was he wearing an "I Love Paul" button, John replied, "Because I love Paul." The myth is that John and Paul hated each other until John died, is just that...a myth. However when John was with Yoko, he was required to publically criticize, or show impatience with Paul and his music, and to heap adoring praise on Yoko to any print or broadcast media to make everyone believe that John was right to replace his unquestionably stellar songwriting/musical partnership with Paul, with that of an "equally brilliant" partnership with Yoko. To most discerning people though, that "equally brilliant" partnership with Yoko......is also a myth.
RE: "However when John was with Yoko, he was required to publically criticize, or show impatience with Paul and his music, and to heap adoring praise on Yoko."
I believe May Pang. Some people wonder how could Yoko get John back with hyposis. They believe that a person cannot be hypnotized against their own will. They forget that John smoked "like a chimney" and that he "willingly" went back expecting a smoking cure with hypnosis as part of the cure package, after all, Yoko claimed that it worked for her and that she was fully cured of smoking. I doubt seriously he expected to be tortured, deprived of sleep, given God-knows-what (Devil's Breath perhaps?)in his food and drink and God-know-what drilled into his mind as commands. People forget that John was so gullible, always looking to father figures with "the answers". His beloved Uncle George (Mimi's husband) whose death devasted young John. Brian Epstein, Magic Alex, Maharishi, Allen Klein, and Julia/Mimi mother figures. Cynthia, May Pang being kind, loving supportive like Julia and Yoko so much like Aunt Mimi, domineering but masking her stridency with a soft whispering voice. Some want to ignore how agenda driven Yoko was/is. Since John's death she has promoted the fictional JohnandYoko Love of the Ages, and as one of the "leading ladies" in Beatlelore, she wants to whitewash and reframe her story into that of a heroine, and sweep under the carpet, the reasons she got cut off from her rich family by continuously sullying the Ono family name with the type of behavior she used to "get" John Lennon in the first place.
..the same with Paul..and Linda. Maggie McGivern, ex-girl friend of Paul: "He’s a different person when he is with her.." Source: misanthrope1993.tumblr.com/post/121721044859/special-girlfriends-paul-mccartney
what makes me so happy about this video is how he speaks about Paul especially when he says 'but now we're pretty close'. You didn't see much of their friendship in the seventies but I'm glad it actually was there :))
letsHugElefanten they only really fell out from 1970 to 1974. And that was over legal disputes. Breaking up their songwriting partnership was painful, and nasty, in a legal sense
That's what I was thinking, too. I knew they had reconciled a bit. I remember that they talked about visiting a SNL show one night when SNL was joking about a Beatles reunion. Paul was in NYC with John and they were watching it together. They joked that they should head over. From how John was talking here, it really does sound like they had mostly recovered. I do think there was some problems or tension between George and John when John was killed, but I don't think it was friendship ending stuff. As some others have said, they would have gotten together for one of the big charity concerts that others were doing.
@@chrispalin4043 It wasn't even that long..... they had effectively "made up" by the end of 1971, just a case that when Paul and John where making up, George then had his "fall out" with John.... I think John and Paul had another fall out around 78-ish, but it was rather minor compared to what they were like in 69-71. I think had George and Paul's relationship (which even after Johns death seemed to never really ever be the same... apparently the Anthology opened up old wounds, and it was only on George's death bed they really made up) improved in the mid 70's, a 75-ish reunion would have very well happened.
+Jack Domeischel "He also looked healthy as well." That's because he was away from Yoko, keeping him on starvation diets. Part of her control was, starve his body, feed his insecurities. That way he'd stay dependent on her. Mindgames.
I think all of them were. His debut album had all 4 members on it, probably because they wanted to make sure he'd be okay. John and Paul knew George had a big catalogue of songs he'd written so he'd be fine.
Maybe the only John interview that I have seen where he doesn't come across as cynical, defensive, antagonist or aggressive. He actually comes across as a nice genuine fellow.
He was. He really was. At the end of it, He was an intelligent, funny, fun loving soul with a love for music and art. It's a shame he also had to be the other person he was, Though.. There's no excusing some of the things he did, of course, But at the end of the day, John Lennon was a Human Being.
His 74 interviews and the BBC 80 interview (as Yoko seems to keep quiet in that one and let him do 99% of the talking) are probably his best, as you can tell he is happy (this period he was dating Mae Pang, and she made him go the extra effort to get antiquated with Julian again) and everything sounds good when it comes to his relationship with the other Beatles (I think him and George fall out not long after this though.... but George was in a pretty bad place for 73-75 in his personal life)
Katanalord4Real There's a bootleg of a 1974 jam session. I don't know if that's the only jam session, but I think it's terrible to listen to. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Toot_and_a_Snore_in_%2774
@@Ratelzwatel I think the point is not whether the music was terrible, the bigger point is that there were 2 close friends hanging out in a studio both doing what they loved best, If you listion to the out takes from there sessions over the years there was just a lot of throwing bits and pieces of what they were each working on, not polished. If you have ever had a falling out with a close friend you bring that back with baby steps, Paul dropping in the studio was a baby step.
The biggest praise he could ever give Paul was saying: why the hell would I worry about him, I knew he’s be alright… that just speaks of how much he admired and respected Paul’s talent.
I remember watching Live Aid in 1985. At the end of the Wembley show, Paul McCartney got up on stage & did a loose rendition of Let It Be, with a number of other friends assisting. I got really ANGRY at that point, turned to my friend and said: "You know, if Lennon was alive, THAT would've been the perfect spot to turn the stage around and quickly announce "Ladies & Gentlemen, The Beatles!" Satellites around the world would've imploded. I was angry because Chapman had taken that opportunity away from me. Lennon did say in an interview (Playboy interview?) that The Beatles would never reform for money, and here was the perfect vehicle. Only to be taken away by a stalker with a gun. That anger has been fuelled more over the years when you see that Paul & John had reconciled & generally all four were capable of being civil & professional with each other.
There would have been a Beatles comeback if... The 80s was (musically) a very difficult decade for our heroes of the 60s and 70s. Dylan, Stones, McCartney... not much good stuff. But I'm sure the 90s would have been THE Beatles studio comeback decade.
One of the many reasons John is my favorite Beatle is that listening to him is just so great because he was real. I don't get that so much from the others. He was just so blunt and insightful that he was a joy just to listen to.
TheRedcandles if u have seen many of his interviews, he contradicts himself repeatedly, strikingly. He WAS LOOSE, as he says about himself here. He was all over the place, not honest, but appearing so. Paul is honest. With John, it was substances and Yoko and wanting to appear smart that had him talking so much and loosely, or provocotively. But he was interesting. He obviously loved Paul and knew Paul's gargantuan genius - and he loved Dylan as well. And nutty Yoko
I have seen Paul McCartney twice now in concert. Best concerts I have ever been too. In both those concerts, Paul sang twice in rememberance of John. And afterwards, the man was crying. He loved John, and vice versa. RIP john!
If I could go back in time only once to possibly change the course of history, I'd go to December 8, 1980 to stop Mark Chapman from killing John Lennon.
My friend and I talked of going to New York City to see if we could meet John Lennon in Nov-Dec 80....I wish to God I had been there I would have done anything to stop that asshole.
MP Pk so I'm gutless because I wouldn't give my life for somebody I don't know and who wouldn't have stopped to piss on me if I was on fire? okay. Well thank you for exposing yourself as the false bravado filled obnoxious lying douche bag that you are because there is no way you would either you are just trying to make yourself sound tough by saying that you would do something that you know you will never be forced to prove true. watch this. I would have singlehandedly killed every German in WW2 and then shoved a giant swastika baring flagpole right up Hitlers ass and out his mouth. Now, try to prove that I wouldn't. What's that? You can't? Why? Could it be because it is a situation that can never happen or be proved or disproved and so I can say any shit I want to try to sound tough? Similar to you saying that you would have taken a bullet for Lennon perhaps? He made great music but that doesn't mean I would take a bullet for him. My family? yup, absolutely, I would do ANYTHING for my loved ones and that is not balls or bravado that is just what you do for those you love, but to get online and brag that I would take a bullet for a celebrity I have never met or have no personal connection to just to try to make myself sound and feel tough? nah, I'll leave that for the pussy boys who need to compensate for something but who are in real life probably 135 pounds soaking wet, living in their moms basement and never touched a tit (btw that's you) So brag on little man. I look forward to hearing your response and next attempt to make yourself feel like the man you know you will never be
I've always thought that maybe at some point during the 70's all four of them got together and jammed secretly, Just that simple thought makes me happy, And who knows? Paul and john jammed together in 1974, Maybe they did jam but kept it to themselves.. But the legend lives on, The beatles are still sounding on the radio in 2015. What bigger accomplishment could a band possibly get?
+Giancarlo Santiago Actually, I have heard from very reliable private sources that they DID secretly get back together to make another album sometime in the mid 70s. Each of the Beatles make a pact with each other that the album was not ever to be released until all of them had passed on. The album has been locked away in a vault with those specific instructions which have been legally authorized..Yawwwwn. And back to sleep I go, into my next dream.
+The Skootles (Music Band) What "very reliable private sources" ?! Or do you really mean the total bullshit news item on a web report dated 18 December 2003, that declared that 1976 recordings took place at Davlen Studios, Los Angeles. It even went so far as to name the titles of 5 songs and state that the tape is held at Abbey Road vaults. Song titles were Happy Feeling, Back Home, Rockin' Once Again, People Of The Third World & Little Girl. I think someone was treating you like an asshole.
They were actually REALLY close to reuniting, at least for a concert. Fate had other plans. Like John himself said, "Life is what happens while you're making plans". John's whole attitude about everything is so awesome, isn't it?!
The greatest "lost moment" in the history of music. Imagine the fanfare if they had dome something together. Surely they would have by the mid-90s when the others did the Anthology series. Don't think they would have toured, maybe not even an album, but I bet they would have at least done a one-off concert for television or a movie. The world would have been on the edge of its seat.
IF John was still here, we would be closer to Imagine than the world we live in today. There is no one speaking out, telling it like it is in this time of lies.
Each time I hear Lennon on the radio I immediately think of that fateful night. We/the world, were cheated out of a great gift to all who loved him. I still miss him terribly!
Without a doubt John's best interview. The way he doesn't even let Bob ask the question, he asks it himself. Lennon did the interview for a packet of chocolate Bath Oliver biscuits because the BBC's standard fee of £15.00 was irrelevant.
As an obsessed life-long Beatles fan, I truly believe they would have reunited had John lived. The safest bet is in studio form via the Anthology, perhaps maybe even sometime in the 80’s because John would have been very active with touring the prospective albums he talked about releasing after Double Fantasy. Now, his most recent interviews before his death in 1980 (most notably Playboy), he was against it - referring to it as a high school reunion that he wasn’t interested in doing. But the thing about John like most humans: he changes his mind. He admitted that in this interview, and in most subsequent interviews from 73-75 he was very open towards a potential reunion whereas he was vehemently against it in the immediate years after the break up. To speculate a reunion concert is plausible, but only after a successful studio session where they all “turned each other on again.”
All four of the lads did great in their solo careers. I remember the songs. I remember "Instant Karma" when i was a kid. I remember "Photograph" by Ringo, and loved it! I remember "My Sweet Lord" by George. I remember "Band on the Run" by Paul. I REALLY loved that song! They were doing great, but alas, they wanted to focus on their solo careers instead of reuniting.
@@chanhjohnnguyen1867 Lennon mellowed out and became more open as he got older, so yes it was by this point. There’s no excusing the abuse, obviously, but he did talk about how wrong he was and how he was ashamed of himself for it. That doesn’t make it better or forgiven, but it shows that he became more self-reflective and aware that he needed to change.
Everyone was in love with John, even my stodgy, old British professor of poetry at Vanderbilt declared that John Lennon was one of the few rock stars who were true poets (along with Dylan). And this guy was head of The Movement in British Poetry. Donald Davie. He was in love with John Lennon, because Lennon was an artist-genius.
The main reason that John is in such a good pretty happy mood here is because,I knew already that he had been back with Yoko for 3 months by now and she was pregnant with their only child,their son Sean.I recently found a blog all about John and The Beatles that says that John found out on this very day before this interview was taped that Yoko was pregnant.So he had a lot to be happy about and to look forward to.
I doubt it. Sounds like another PR revision by Yoko. John was still with May Pang and had put an offer in on a house in 1975. So, IF he was back with Yoko at this exact point then why isn't she there? Everyone well knows she would never agree to allow him to do an interview alone! (She wouldn't even let him do one George's Bangladesh concert alone!) No, for interviews, she sat right beside him to make sure he kept to the party line, and to chime in and redirect him, and make sure he didn't say anything nice about Paul or Cyn especially. So here we see the real John, for WHATEVER reason, sans his barnacle. And he's happily contemplating a Beatles reunion! Clearly the optimistic effects of being with May Pang for a year and a half hadn't worn off yet.
Contrary to what most people think, I don't think John was ever the reason they never had a reunion, I think George is the one who was the problem there. He was the one who wanted to distance himself from the whole Beatles thing. Even in interviews when the Beatles were brought up he always seemed much less interested in discussing the subject than the other three. He just wanted to move on, but he knew that huge shadow would always be lurking. He even said that when he passed he didn't want any Beatles reference on his tombstone.
+lurch321 The only reason Paul and Ringo did it was to help out George. I don't think ANY of them wanted to do this project. But luckily for us they did!
+lurch321 It looks evident to me when they were outside sitting on the lawn. It looked like old tensions were still there, and Ringo, as always, was trying to keep the peace. However when they were sitting (in a kitchen?) with guitars they seemed to be enjoying it. In my view I always thought Ringo "missed" being a Beatle a lot more than the others. And George even less than John and Paul. He always seemed to want to distance himself from being a Beatle more than the others. Not because he wasn't proud of their accomplishments, but because he wanted to move forward with his life and had many other things he wanted to do. And he did!
@ Maybe because of the unfortunate circumstances for George having to be there. But I'm sure he liked seeing his old friends again. At least until Paul started his usual crap. But, that's Paul!
@@Mr.56Goldtop - What's Paul's "usual crap?" Bein a perfectionist and knowing how he wanted his own music to sound? He was a multi-instrumentalist. The Beatles last number 1 hit is just Paul and John as he was quite capable of playing the drums and lead guitar. If anyone was bitter it struck me it was George who had an inferiority complex and always sounded bitter in interviews after The Beatles. He even sued John and Paul for a larger share of royalties on songs they wrote which is why Paul didn't attend the Beatles induction into the RockN'Roll hall of fame. And also why he never made up with John. He'd blown mos of his millions on failed movies and in the end, it was Paul's idea for the anthology that made them all ultra-rich. Yet George was happy to rip off a poor black artist for "My Sweet Lord" John joked that maybe he thought God would let him get away with it. The irony of that case is that if he'd just offered some money he could have bought the right to the song and George's own lawyer did for himself. But he preferred to try and steal the song and moan about it and just pay rich white lawyers instead. Didn't see Paul pull that "crap."
I love this interview with John Lennon, and treasure what he said here because it's SO POSITIVE. It shows that by 1975, The 4 Beatles were in a much better place emotionally, than they were at the time of the break-up. John's words here prove that a Reunion was definitely possible. By 1980, When John made his return to recording with the Double Fantasy album, the future looked very bright indeed. I believe that The Beatles would eventually have Reunited in the studio. It's my opinion that they would have made records for very specific reasons, for Peace and Charity, like George's concert album for Bangla Desh. Such a shame that it ended so tragically.
I could listen to John when he is in this kind of mood for hours, such a nice , humorous and interesting bloke....not many celebrities can come close then or now ...RIP legend...
I can't help but feel that there's a tremendous amount of pain going on in every single one of these interviews that I watch... from john, paul, george, and ringo. Paul referred to the break up as being like a divorce, and you know, there's a reason why people get married in the first place... it's not so easy to completely reconcile change on that massive of a scale.
I remember someone telling me a few years ago that while before recording "Double Fantasy" that John Lennon was thinking about calling up George Martin to produce it. Before recording the song "Woman", John would say "Where are we goin', fellas?" which was a Beatles reference. Clearly, he was thinking about them. "Woman" always sounded to me like "Here There And Everywhere". John even said that it was very "Beatley" during interviews.
Makes me happy to see John's own thoughts on the subject. Things were not as twisted as media would have made it. Time softens a lot of things, doesn't it?
This is a cool clip of Mr. Lennon. I WISH he could’ve walked with LOTS of bodyguards. He’d still be around today. This interview shows a chill side to him. I like him ALONE sayin his own thoughts and ideas.
This interview really moves something inside me. John had sweetened his ways. Talks about "How do you sleep?" in a different way. Talks about possibilities about the Beatles. When I think to the craziness of his death, and to the death of these dreams well, I feel like crying...
What a nice guy that John. My favorite Beatle. It is so hard to be idiolised like a God when you are only human. John was seen as a God by many and that must of been real hard but he still somehow managed to remain a real nice person inside no matter what. I sure would love to have met him and shake his hand and just tell him how much his music had an influince on most of us. RIP dear John. We miss you. I listen to at least one of your songs eveyday. # 9 dream up in the sky. PEACE
That last line was Lennon is pure gold. Every musician needs to understand that being part of a band. If you cannot be friends with your band mates, then good luck with the career, haha.
I want to see a video of Paul watching this and hear his opinion of Johns kind words. I always hear that they hated each other after the Beatles, it warms my heart to see John speak of Paul lovingly.
They made up in 1972 after the post-Beatles fighting. There were probably some up and downs after that, but they loved each other and were mostly fine. They used to hang out at John´s apartment in NYC, Paul and Linda even celebrated Christmas with John one year.
It was nice what he said that Paul would do alright for himself, but when he said I'm more pleased that Ringo's doing well ah maaaan that was so nice of him to say. Cause Ringo always was in the shadow, still is.
It's so great to he him say that even though him and Paul were not close for a while after the break up but then they became close just made me happy knowing that they were getting along.
Fantastic interview and like others previous..John sounded so nice and sincerley caring. Made me quite happy to see this. But George and John are gone, Paul n Ringo one day...then us. But better to have lived thru this and have the Beatles so close to us. In a 100 years...people will only know them via records/film. We actually had them in our lives. RIP George/John, Male E, Neill Asp. Billy P, Brian E etc :(
I like what you've written here. It's a nice realisation and you're right...it's great to appreciate being here now and seeing this unfold compared to reading about it in 100 years.
Gore Elohim Seems simply poor Mal Evans was high on drugs etc & delusional. Cops went to his apartment, saw him w/ a gun in his hand & shot him. With all the police shooting shit going on in the USA last few weeks/years. ...almost wonder whether that story by the cops was true? Regardless, Mal didnt seem to have a great life post Beatles ..probably coz with after the Beatles ...he was just "lost". Sorta like Elvi's Memphis mafia falling by the wayside after Elvis's death.
Purple Peanuts Youre not thinking correctly here. Mal had a book he was publishing exposing everything. Yeah on drugs sure lol, Mal made three calls to friends to tell them if anything were to randomly happen to him, please get the book out. Fact. Nothing to do with Elvis.
I simply can't believe he's been gone for nearly 35 years. I still remember the awfulness of that day like it was yesterday. Such a terrible terrible shock and so so unfair. John's wonderful personality and talent is still so relevant and needed, and therefore still so missed, today. How sad that so many millions were denied the excitement of hearing a brand new John album, or of hearing his latest thoughts.
It's clear that at some point the Beatles would have recorded again. Too bad that crazy bastard killed poor John. Biggest tragedy in music history in my opinion. R.I.P. John and George.
@@moonbeamskies3346 it will be successful though the beatles reunion is the most awaited reunion in music history even if it happen today the beatles reunion will celebrate in any era.
The thing is though, all four of them said that a reunion wouldn't and couldn't be as good as people would be expecting. Now a one off at something like Live Aid or some other "big" event or cause? Yes, that would have been AMAZING!! But anything with new material would be a risk that, most likely, would only disappoint. Would they have been able to come up with something better than Revolver in 1978 or 1991? Not impossible, but not likely! Though I guess if anyone could have, THEY could have...
What could of been. I am and will always be, selfishly, sad that a reunion will never happen. Thinking about it ..my heart feels it to my soul. THIS is how these 4 guys were so extraordinary.
i really wish they did :( I was born too late to see the Beatles as a band or to see John alive as he's my idol I'm 15 and alot of girls I know are into one direction and justin bieber but not me BEATLES ALL THE WAY!!
1976 might have been the closest John, Paul, George, and Ringo came to a Beatles reunion until John's death in 1980. A new Beatles comp album was released "Rock and Roll music" which attracted a lot of new fans also Paul and Wings tour of the USA had rumours John might get on stage with Paul which didn't eventuate. Ringos "Rotogravure" album featured one song each from John, Paul, and George but the four were never in the studio at the same time. And there was the famous claim by John that he and Paul nearly appeared on "The Saturday night live" programme. But as we all know the fab four never reunited that year and with Johns semi-retirement until 1980 and death that was really the end of any reunions.
he looked so calm, nice and funny when he was alone.
Yeah, he was still broken up with Yoko at this point. The session he talked about where he played with Paul is called the Toot and Snort sessions. You can probably find some recordings from it of John and Paul singing together. It's the only recording of them ever singing together in the 70s. I use to have it on my old ipod when I found it on Limewire back in the day lol.
I think Yoko made him Crazy 😝 and irrational. I guess Deep down maybe he was a nice man.
Yoko seemed to be willing to do anything to keep him from his previous partners (The Beatles) and his former family (Julian and Cynthia). His year and a half with May Pang shows his true inclinations regarding all those people: no ill will, no arguments, no public letters and songs excoriating them all. And visits with them all, Paul, Cynthia, Julian ...
Then, the moment he gets back with Yoko it's all gone again. May was a jewel he should have stayed with then. A very secure loving woman, like Cynthia, who only had John's best interests at heart. She even ended up friends with Cynthia til the end. Like George and Eric.
Yoko was far too controlling to let John have anyone in his life from his past. Because on some level, she must have sensed she couldn't compare with any of the Beatles as his musical partner, nor with Cynthia as his truly loving wife. So she just installed John at the Dakota and kept them ALL away. Whatever she needed to do she did -- didn't pass along phone messages, didn't mail postcards, told John her "astrologer" told her Paul was only visiting him to rub his success in his face, kept John well supplied with drugs, sent him on "trips" around the world, took him away to Japan for months at a time -- but never England, never Liverpool, never a visit to his son, or his aunties, or sisters ...
So this is maybe one of the last times we see the real John and how he naturally felt about things.
No he always seemed calm. Always
He sounds and looks calm because Yoko wasn't near him. She manipulated him and he acted like an asshole when she's around.
If John hadn't died they may well have reunited by now.
Though George would've still died...
SuperEdge67 so true, and so aggravating because one asshole put an end to John’s life so early.
Chapman destroyed everything
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@@rafaelaugusto9865 I sure hope he doesn't get out on parole cause the mob won't forgive him for his sins!
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'There will not be a Beatles reunion as long as John Lennon stays dead.' - George Harrison. The greatest band ever knew how to leave well enough alone. RIP, guys.
Geo knew the score.💔😥
Well, having said that, a brand new Beatles record is going to be released later in 2023. And yes, all four Beatles play on it. Personally, I can’t wait.
@@THOMMGBdid you like it?
@@mojopin1997 Actually I did. It wouldn’t have been released as a single, but the more I hear it, the more I like it. It kind of grows on you.
@@THOMMGB I heard it is headed to number one. However I don’t think the charts have any importance anymore. But will be the Beatles 18 th number one.
Nice how he never doubted Paul would do alright for himself.
Kind of a slap at Ringo too though. But that makes sense. Ringo wasn't a song writer so I think everyone would have been surprised at how well he was doing.
Not a slap at Ringo, IMO, just a sincere concern expressed.
Ringo was the one in the group that led with his heart and was not afraid to show his love for each of them. Every team needs one of those, even if they are NOT appreciated.
Agreed and then he said I don't think Ringo is even the best drummer on the beatles... And stuff like that.
Yeah, the 4 of them were like brothers.. they all loved each other but sometimes they fight.
It was Paul McCartney's idea for Sgt. Peppers and Magical Mystery Tour, of course he would be all right.
Michael Brown More of a reflection on Paul's not liking how Ringo played on a recording which hurt his feelings and led to Ringo storming off. Paul played the drums on the recording of that song. John was throwing some shade on Paul if anything. Lennon's affection for Ringo was real...
I've never seen him that calm and introspective.
this was during hisbreak up with yoko -.-
It's because Yoko wasn't around.
And it's telling that the second he got back with Yoko, she began calling that year and a half breakup "HIS LOST WEEKEND" at once trivializing it to the status of a weekend, and taking a few out-of-control nights out to stand for the whole thing -- to put forth the fiction that he didn't know what he was doing then, and that he was miserable without her - - clearly from this interview, neither of which was true!!
But that's the PR she demanded.
All about Yoko
Im not sure who the interviewer was but he wasn’t pressing his questions and didn’t talk much which is very nice to see. And it almost seems like John knew who the interviewer was he seemed comfortable and gave honest rational answers
Paul was right - John is beautiful.
Yes Paul was right. And John thought Paul was beautiful too, because he told Nilsson; "I'm just like everybody else, I fell for Paul's looks."
Water Falls On this clip you posted of John in that interview, I didn't hear John say that of Paul, but it is sad still that they didn't get together for a song.. wait, they DID, didn't they.
+Sincere ly__According to Harry Nilsson, (singer/songwriter/musician,&
John's drinking buddy during his so called "Lost Weekend"), John told him; "I'm just like everybody else Harry, I fell for Paul's looks." John was also quoted as saying that; "Paul was a beautiful boy that looked like Elvis." Harry Nilsson was also quoted saying that John wore one of those Beatle fan buttons that said: 'I Love Paul.' When approached by a person on the street who asked him why was he wearing an "I Love Paul" button, John replied, "Because I love Paul." The myth is that John and Paul hated each other until John died, is just that...a myth. However when John was with Yoko, he was required to publically criticize, or show impatience with Paul and his music, and to heap adoring praise on Yoko to any print or broadcast media to make everyone believe that John was right to replace his unquestionably stellar songwriting/musical partnership with Paul, with that of an "equally brilliant" partnership with Yoko. To most discerning people though, that "equally brilliant" partnership with Yoko......is also a myth.
RE: "However when John was with Yoko, he was required to publically criticize, or show impatience with Paul and his music, and to heap adoring praise on Yoko."
I believe May Pang. Some people wonder how could Yoko get John back with hyposis. They believe that a person cannot be hypnotized against their own will. They forget that John smoked "like a chimney" and that he "willingly" went back expecting a smoking cure with hypnosis as part of the cure package, after all, Yoko claimed that it worked for her and that she was fully cured of smoking. I doubt seriously he expected to be tortured, deprived of sleep, given God-knows-what (Devil's Breath perhaps?)in his food and drink and God-know-what drilled into his mind as commands.
People forget that John was so gullible, always looking to father figures with "the answers". His beloved Uncle George (Mimi's husband) whose death devasted young John. Brian Epstein, Magic Alex, Maharishi, Allen Klein, and Julia/Mimi mother figures. Cynthia, May Pang being kind, loving supportive like Julia and Yoko so much like Aunt Mimi, domineering but masking her stridency with a soft whispering voice. Some want to ignore how agenda driven Yoko was/is. Since John's death she has promoted the fictional JohnandYoko Love of the Ages, and as one of the "leading ladies" in Beatlelore, she wants to whitewash and reframe her story into that of a heroine, and sweep under the carpet, the reasons she got cut off from her rich family by continuously sullying the Ono family name with the type of behavior she used to "get" John Lennon in the first place.
It's nice to hear John say he was pretty close with Paul again in the mid 70s.
Yeah, they spent a lot of time together between '74 and '76...
So glad that John & Paul healed their friendship before he died.
Why?? are you also a friend of them??
He always seemed more normal when Yoko wasn't around.
I AGREE
..the same with Paul..and Linda. Maggie McGivern, ex-girl friend of Paul: "He’s a different person when he is with her.." Source: misanthrope1993.tumblr.com/post/121721044859/special-girlfriends-paul-mccartney
He was always normal when Paul and Linda weren't around?????
+Raymond Johnson he's saying that paul is more normal when lisa is not with him
Who's the hell is Lisa?
what makes me so happy about this video is how he speaks about Paul especially when he says 'but now we're pretty close'. You didn't see much of their friendship in the seventies but I'm glad it actually was there :))
yes,me too :)
letsHugElefanten they only really fell out from 1970 to 1974. And that was over legal disputes. Breaking up their songwriting partnership was painful, and nasty, in a legal sense
thay also did an albun togheter in 1974, you can find in on youtube. They were still besties when john died and this makes me so happy
That's what I was thinking, too. I knew they had reconciled a bit. I remember that they talked about visiting a SNL show one night when SNL was joking about a Beatles reunion. Paul was in NYC with John and they were watching it together. They joked that they should head over. From how John was talking here, it really does sound like they had mostly recovered. I do think there was some problems or tension between George and John when John was killed, but I don't think it was friendship ending stuff. As some others have said, they would have gotten together for one of the big charity concerts that others were doing.
@@chrispalin4043 It wasn't even that long..... they had effectively "made up" by the end of 1971, just a case that when Paul and John where making up, George then had his "fall out" with John.... I think John and Paul had another fall out around 78-ish, but it was rather minor compared to what they were like in 69-71. I think had George and Paul's relationship (which even after Johns death seemed to never really ever be the same... apparently the Anthology opened up old wounds, and it was only on George's death bed they really made up) improved in the mid 70's, a 75-ish reunion would have very well happened.
John was in good form in that interview - nice to see.
+Jack Domeischel
"He also looked healthy as well."
That's because he was away from Yoko, keeping him on starvation diets.
Part of her control was, starve his body, feed his insecurities. That way he'd stay dependent on her. Mindgames.
during the lost weekend yoko was away :D
Fuck, I miss him.
+Another Beatles Fan Miss George , Too
I miss them all together!
sounds like the beginning of a song!
Beatlemania. I don't he Used beat his first wife and first Kid! John was a Asshole!
@@ironman9651 hey dckhead how would you feel if you were a wife and child beater huh how would you feel
John was worried about Ringo, he knew it Paul and George were gonna be fine lol
I think all of them were. His debut album had all 4 members on it, probably because they wanted to make sure he'd be okay. John and Paul knew George had a big catalogue of songs he'd written so he'd be fine.
@@queenfan45 Ringo was famous before being a Beatle
@@gonzaloleyvaquezada750 not internationally.
Maybe the only John interview that I have seen where he doesn't come across as cynical, defensive, antagonist or aggressive. He actually comes across as a nice genuine fellow.
Because Yoko isn't there.
He was.
He really was.
At the end of it,
He was an intelligent, funny, fun loving soul with a love for music and art.
It's a shame he also had to be the other person he was, Though..
There's no excusing some of the things he did, of course,
But at the end of the day,
John Lennon was a Human Being.
His 74 interviews and the BBC 80 interview (as Yoko seems to keep quiet in that one and let him do 99% of the talking) are probably his best, as you can tell he is happy (this period he was dating Mae Pang, and she made him go the extra effort to get antiquated with Julian again) and everything sounds good when it comes to his relationship with the other Beatles (I think him and George fall out not long after this though.... but George was in a pretty bad place for 73-75 in his personal life)
@Scott - Very well stated. I thought the exact same thing, but didn’t phrase it as well as you did.
@@lelk4682 what did he do? What do you mean by “it’s a shame he had to be the other person he was though”?
Just imagine a Beatles reunion at Live Aid opening with Come together and ending with Day in the Life. Seriously almost brings tears to my eyes.
Man, I wish he was still around. A jam session with Paul would be absolutely incredible. John really was a freaking legend.
Katanalord4Real
There's a bootleg of a 1974 jam session.
I don't know if that's the only jam session, but I think it's terrible to listen to.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Toot_and_a_Snore_in_%2774
@@Ratelzwatel I think the point is not whether the music was terrible, the bigger point is that there were 2 close friends hanging out in a studio both doing what they loved best, If you listion to the out takes from there sessions over the years there was just a lot of throwing bits and pieces of what they were each working on, not polished. If you have ever had a falling out with a close friend you bring that back with baby steps, Paul dropping in the studio was a baby step.
The biggest praise he could ever give Paul was saying: why the hell would I worry about him, I knew he’s be alright… that just speaks of how much he admired and respected Paul’s talent.
John was entering a real calm period in his life. Him and Paul had gotten their friendship back, which I'm sure deep down was a great relief.
I remember watching Live Aid in 1985. At the end of the Wembley show, Paul McCartney got up on stage & did a loose rendition of Let It Be, with a number of other friends assisting.
I got really ANGRY at that point, turned to my friend and said: "You know, if Lennon was alive, THAT would've been the perfect spot to turn the stage around and quickly announce "Ladies & Gentlemen, The Beatles!" Satellites around the world would've imploded. I was angry because Chapman had taken that opportunity away from me. Lennon did say in an interview (Playboy interview?) that The Beatles would never reform for money, and here was the perfect vehicle. Only to be taken away by a stalker with a gun. That anger has been fuelled more over the years when you see that Paul & John had reconciled & generally all four were capable of being civil & professional with each other.
There would have been a Beatles comeback if...
The 80s was (musically) a very difficult decade for our heroes of the 60s and 70s. Dylan, Stones, McCartney... not much good stuff. But I'm sure the 90s would have been THE Beatles studio comeback decade.
***** lennon would have been treated like a returning messia..you could never imagine the effect it would have had if he had been alive..
***** Well lucky you - we're now in the third decade of the 90's
Live Aid was not about Ego.
Ozzy Pete Testify, brother. Chapman stole a Beatles reunion at Live Aid from us all.
One of the many reasons John is my favorite Beatle is that listening to him is just so great because he was real. I don't get that so much from the others. He was just so blunt and insightful that he was a joy just to listen to.
TheRedcandles He was blunt and insightful, but that doesn't mean the others were any less real.
TheRedcandles if u have seen many of his interviews, he contradicts himself repeatedly, strikingly. He WAS LOOSE, as he says about himself here. He was all over the place, not honest, but appearing so. Paul is honest. With John, it was substances and Yoko and wanting to appear smart that had him talking so much and loosely, or provocotively. But he was interesting. He obviously loved Paul and knew Paul's gargantuan genius - and he loved Dylan as well. And nutty Yoko
I have seen Paul McCartney twice now in concert. Best concerts I have ever been too. In both those concerts, Paul sang twice in rememberance of John. And afterwards, the man was crying. He loved John, and vice versa. RIP john!
john lennon the world is poorer without you. our human soul needs you ... thank you for your music.
2023 the Beatles are back together with a new song!!! Can’t wait! Long live the Beatles! ❤
there's no point of comparing them separately coz they're the lennon/mccartney union. the greatest bond in the rock history
John Lennon was just so REAL. Like him or not, the man spoke truth and that's what made him the best.
If I could go back in time only once to possibly change the course of history, I'd go to December 8, 1980 to stop Mark Chapman from killing John Lennon.
My friend and I talked of going to New York City to see if we could meet John Lennon in Nov-Dec 80....I wish to God I had been there I would have done anything to stop that asshole.
RONALD BROKER
Would you have taken the bullet for John?
No I'd just stop Chapman
bigdroz1982 Thanks for exposing youself as the gutless, peabrained jagov that you are.
MP Pk so I'm gutless because I wouldn't give my life for somebody I don't know and who wouldn't have stopped to piss on me if I was on fire? okay. Well thank you for exposing yourself as the false bravado filled obnoxious lying douche bag that you are because there is no way you would either you are just trying to make yourself sound tough by saying that you would do something that you know you will never be forced to prove true. watch this. I would have singlehandedly killed every German in WW2 and then shoved a giant swastika baring flagpole right up Hitlers ass and out his mouth. Now, try to prove that I wouldn't. What's that? You can't? Why? Could it be because it is a situation that can never happen or be proved or disproved and so I can say any shit I want to try to sound tough? Similar to you saying that you would have taken a bullet for Lennon perhaps? He made great music but that doesn't mean I would take a bullet for him. My family? yup, absolutely, I would do ANYTHING for my loved ones and that is not balls or bravado that is just what you do for those you love, but to get online and brag that I would take a bullet for a celebrity I have never met or have no personal connection to just to try to make myself sound and feel tough? nah, I'll leave that for the pussy boys who need to compensate for something but who are in real life probably 135 pounds soaking wet, living in their moms basement and never touched a tit (btw that's you) So brag on little man. I look forward to hearing your response and next attempt to make yourself feel like the man you know you will never be
I've always thought that maybe at some point during the 70's all four of them got together and jammed secretly, Just that simple thought makes me happy,
And who knows? Paul and john jammed together in 1974,
Maybe they did jam but kept it to themselves..
But the legend lives on,
The beatles are still sounding on the radio in 2015.
What bigger accomplishment could a band possibly get?
+Giancarlo Santiago Actually, I have heard from very reliable private sources that they DID secretly get back together to make another album sometime in the mid 70s. Each of the Beatles make a pact with each other that the album was not ever to be released until all of them had passed on. The album has been locked away in a vault with those specific instructions which have been legally authorized..Yawwwwn. And back to sleep I go, into my next dream.
***** Well, that was a fun read..
+The Skootles (Music Band) yeah.....you must be dreaming to say that they got back together to record an album. 😭😭😭😭😭😭
+The Skootles (Music Band) What "very reliable private sources" ?! Or do you really mean the total bullshit news item on a web report dated 18 December 2003, that declared that 1976 recordings took place at Davlen Studios, Los Angeles. It even went so far as to name the titles of 5 songs and state that the tape is held at Abbey Road vaults. Song titles were Happy Feeling, Back Home, Rockin' Once Again, People Of The Third World & Little Girl. I think someone was treating you like an asshole.
+Giancarlo Santiago I remember playing all of the solo beatles stuff all the time back in the mid 70's and thinking they were back together.
Reporter: "John, what advice would you give to todays world?"
John: "Live while you're alive."
***** I just thought it would be something John would say.
PaulGreen11
Sounds more like Bon Jovi to me. :)
+Ratelzwatel Not even close!
I wouldn't quote it unless he actually said it
@@Ratelzwatel LoL, you're right, I'll take my comment down in a few minutes.
They were actually REALLY close to reuniting, at least for a concert. Fate had other plans. Like John himself said, "Life is what happens while you're making plans". John's whole attitude about everything is so awesome, isn't it?!
He was so damned charismatic when he wasn’t doing drugs or around Yoko.
The greatest "lost moment" in the history of music. Imagine the fanfare if they had dome something together. Surely they would have by the mid-90s when the others did the Anthology series. Don't think they would have toured, maybe not even an album, but I bet they would have at least done a one-off concert for television or a movie. The world would have been on the edge of its seat.
another reason why that fat fame-seeker needs to stay behind bars until he draws his last breath.
John...always interesting....never boring.
I hope and pray that you are in a beautiful place. I miss you.
A fan.
2:57 “Me and him are okay.” That made me happy
i love this interview. John seems less angry....... what if.... it hurts so much still that he's gone.
Thanks chapman all you cost us was 2 or 3 more masterpiece beatle records and 10 or so historical concerts . You don't deserve the air you breath!
IF John was still here, we would be closer to Imagine than the world we live in today. There is no one speaking out, telling it like it is in this time of lies.
John looked good in hats so cute
I'm glad there's validation from john that he was friends with paul again.
John is so absolutely together in this clip. Gives me goosebumps.
Mike L. Shows he's a regular, nice guy under all the rest.
Each time I hear Lennon on the radio I immediately think of that fateful night. We/the world, were cheated out of a great gift to all who loved him. I still miss him terribly!
Yes.:)
He "jammed with Paul" at 01:45 must have been the "toot and a snore" session from '74.
Yes, it was. John also says here that it happened in L.A., which is another evidence of it. Cheers.
around the "lost weekend"..
Without a doubt John's best interview. The way he doesn't even let Bob ask the question, he asks it himself. Lennon did the interview for a packet of chocolate Bath Oliver biscuits because the BBC's standard fee of £15.00 was irrelevant.
God I love this interview.. how he speaks so warmly of Paul.
This is the best lennon interview ever , the full 30 min version. Love the interviewer
As an obsessed life-long Beatles fan, I truly believe they would have reunited had John lived.
The safest bet is in studio form via the Anthology, perhaps maybe even sometime in the 80’s because John would have been very active with touring the prospective albums he talked about releasing after Double Fantasy.
Now, his most recent interviews before his death in 1980 (most notably Playboy), he was against it - referring to it as a high school reunion that he wasn’t interested in doing. But the thing about John like most humans: he changes his mind. He admitted that in this interview, and in most subsequent interviews from 73-75 he was very open towards a potential reunion whereas he was vehemently against it in the immediate years after the break up.
To speculate a reunion concert is plausible, but only after a successful studio session where they all “turned each other on again.”
"its not about the critics, they got nothing to do with it. the music is the music if we think its all worth while it goes out" guys the man.
Awww, John, I will always love him.
All four of the lads did great in their solo careers. I remember the songs. I remember "Instant Karma" when i was a kid. I remember "Photograph" by Ringo, and loved it! I remember "My Sweet Lord" by George. I remember "Band on the Run" by Paul. I REALLY loved that song! They were doing great, but alas, they wanted to focus on their solo careers instead of reuniting.
This is the Lennon you just totally like.
Hope this version was the closest to the real him.
It wasn’t lmao
@@chanhjohnnguyen1867 Lennon mellowed out and became more open as he got older, so yes it was by this point.
There’s no excusing the abuse, obviously, but he did talk about how wrong he was and how he was ashamed of himself for it. That doesn’t make it better or forgiven, but it shows that he became more self-reflective and aware that he needed to change.
Get Back is quite revealing.
For some reason this just makes me happy. Such a real, mature John. (:
Everyone was in love with John, even my stodgy, old British professor of poetry at Vanderbilt declared that John Lennon was one of the few rock stars who were true poets (along with Dylan). And this guy was head of The Movement in British Poetry. Donald Davie. He was in love with John Lennon, because Lennon was an artist-genius.
"If we got on a studio and turn each other on..again then it would be worth it." A day in a life's lyrics from John to Paul. ❤
This is an extremely intriguing interview. It seems to be a rare moment when John was a bit less cheeky, less guarded, and quite genuine.
Imagine Live Aid 1984
Queen and the Beatles with all 4 members
My brain can’t fathom such a show.
It would have happened...probably in the middle to late 80's...
i would give everything i have,to see my Forever-loved Band today,reunited !!!😔 Rest in peace John & George ☮
The main reason that John is in such a good pretty happy mood here is because,I knew already that he had been back with Yoko for 3 months by now and she was pregnant with their only child,their son Sean.I recently found a blog all about John and The Beatles that says that John found out on this very day before this interview was taped that Yoko was pregnant.So he had a lot to be happy about and to look forward to.
I doubt it. Sounds like another PR revision by Yoko. John was still with May Pang and had put an offer in on a house in 1975.
So, IF he was back with Yoko at this exact point then why isn't she there? Everyone well knows she would never agree to allow him to do an interview alone! (She wouldn't even let him do one George's Bangladesh concert alone!)
No, for interviews, she sat right beside him to make sure he kept to the party line, and to chime in and redirect him, and make sure he didn't say anything nice about Paul or Cyn especially. So here we see the real John, for WHATEVER reason, sans his barnacle. And he's happily contemplating a Beatles reunion!
Clearly the optimistic effects of being with May Pang for a year and a half hadn't worn off yet.
Contrary to what most people think, I don't think John was ever the reason they never had a reunion, I think George is the one who was the problem there. He was the one who wanted to distance himself from the whole Beatles thing. Even in interviews when the Beatles were brought up he always seemed much less interested in discussing the subject than the other three. He just wanted to move on, but he knew that huge shadow would always be lurking. He even said that when he passed he didn't want any Beatles reference on his tombstone.
+lurch321 The only reason Paul and Ringo did it was to help out George. I don't think ANY of them wanted to do this project. But luckily for us they did!
+lurch321 It looks evident to me when they were outside sitting on the lawn. It looked like old tensions were still there, and Ringo, as always, was trying to keep the peace. However when they were sitting (in a kitchen?) with guitars they seemed to be enjoying it. In my view I always thought Ringo "missed" being a Beatle a lot more than the others. And George even less than John and Paul. He always seemed to want to distance himself from being a Beatle more than the others. Not because he wasn't proud of their accomplishments, but because he wanted to move forward with his life and had many other things he wanted to do. And he did!
@ Maybe because of the unfortunate circumstances for George having to be there. But I'm sure he liked seeing his old friends again. At least until Paul started his usual crap. But, that's Paul!
@@Mr.56Goldtop - What's Paul's "usual crap?" Bein a perfectionist and knowing how he wanted his own music to sound? He was a multi-instrumentalist. The Beatles last number 1 hit is just Paul and John as he was quite capable of playing the drums and lead guitar. If anyone was bitter it struck me it was George who had an inferiority complex and always sounded bitter in interviews after The Beatles. He even sued John and Paul for a larger share of royalties on songs they wrote which is why Paul didn't attend the Beatles induction into the RockN'Roll hall of fame. And also why he never made up with John. He'd blown mos of his millions on failed movies and in the end, it was Paul's idea for the anthology that made them all ultra-rich. Yet George was happy to rip off a poor black artist for "My Sweet Lord" John joked that maybe he thought God would let him get away with it. The irony of that case is that if he'd just offered some money he could have bought the right to the song and George's own lawyer did for himself. But he preferred to try and steal the song and moan about it and just pay rich white lawyers instead.
Didn't see Paul pull that "crap."
@@AnyoneCanSee Now don't get all butt hurt, I know all of that.
I love this interview with John Lennon, and treasure what he said here because it's SO POSITIVE. It shows that by 1975, The 4 Beatles were in a much better place emotionally, than they were at the time of the break-up. John's words here prove that a Reunion was definitely possible. By 1980, When John made his return to recording with the Double Fantasy album, the future looked very bright indeed. I believe that The Beatles would eventually have Reunited in the studio. It's my opinion that they would have made records for very specific reasons, for Peace and Charity, like George's concert album for Bangla Desh. Such a shame that it ended so tragically.
Beatles were fab back in the day thank you paul and Ringo for continue appearance
I could watch him talk all day, every day.
It is so more than safe to assume that we would have gotten a reunion tour/performance or maybe another album from the FOUR of them....
GOD DAMMIT!!!
Great interview. John doesn't seem to have his usual wall up around him.
she (yoko) stayed home
THe BeAtles are by far The greatest group to ever exist on this earth,
I could listen to John when he is in this kind of mood for hours, such a nice , humorous and interesting bloke....not many celebrities can come close then or now ...RIP legend...
Long live the BEATLES.
I can't help but feel that there's a tremendous amount of pain going on in every single one of these interviews that I watch... from john, paul, george, and ringo. Paul referred to the break up as being like a divorce, and you know, there's a reason why people get married in the first place... it's not so easy to completely reconcile change on that massive of a scale.
He spoke so truthfully.
I remember someone telling me a few years ago that while before recording "Double Fantasy" that John Lennon was thinking about calling up George Martin to produce it. Before recording the song "Woman", John would say "Where are we goin', fellas?" which was a Beatles reference. Clearly, he was thinking about them. "Woman" always sounded to me like "Here There And Everywhere". John even said that it was very "Beatley" during interviews.
What an incredibly candid and delightful interview. Never saw it.
Makes me happy to see John's own thoughts on the subject. Things were not as twisted as media would have made it. Time softens a lot of things, doesn't it?
This is a cool clip of Mr. Lennon. I WISH he could’ve walked with LOTS of bodyguards. He’d still be around today. This interview shows a chill side to him. I like him ALONE sayin his own thoughts and ideas.
This interview really moves something inside me. John had sweetened his ways. Talks about "How do you sleep?" in a different way. Talks about possibilities about the Beatles. When I think to the craziness of his death, and to the death of these dreams well, I feel like crying...
What a nice guy that John. My favorite Beatle. It is so hard to be idiolised like a God when you are only human. John was seen as a God by many and that must of been real hard but he still somehow managed to remain a real nice person inside no matter what. I sure would love to have met him and shake his hand and just tell him how much his music had an influince on most of us. RIP dear John. We miss you. I listen to at least one of your songs eveyday. # 9 dream up in the sky. PEACE
That last line was Lennon is pure gold. Every musician needs to understand that being part of a band. If you cannot be friends with your band mates, then good luck with the career, haha.
Great interview. Wonderful to see no trace of bitterness there from John.
I want to see a video of Paul watching this and hear his opinion of Johns kind words. I always hear that they hated each other after the Beatles, it warms my heart to see John speak of Paul lovingly.
They made up in 1972 after the post-Beatles fighting. There were probably some up and downs after that, but they loved each other and were mostly fine. They used to hang out at John´s apartment in NYC, Paul and Linda even celebrated Christmas with John one year.
When he’s not on blow he’s so composed and relaxed. Sad he had to leave this earth. I wish I could’ve met him.
It was nice what he said that Paul would do alright for himself, but when he said I'm more pleased that Ringo's doing well ah maaaan that was so nice of him to say. Cause Ringo always was in the shadow, still is.
Beatles one of the greatest collaborations of all time and will be forever.
It's so great to he him say that even though him and Paul were not close for a while after the break up but then they became close just made me happy knowing that they were getting along.
I'm hopelessly head over heels in love with this man...
This breaks my heart... He is so missed!
2019 is almost over and I still love John’s legacy
Lennon seemed happier and more at peace with himself at this stage of his life. Thanks for uploading this.
Fantastic interview and like others previous..John sounded so nice and sincerley caring. Made me quite happy to see this.
But George and John are gone, Paul n Ringo one day...then us. But better to have lived thru this and have the Beatles so close to us. In a 100 years...people will only know them via records/film. We actually had them in our lives.
RIP George/John, Male E, Neill Asp. Billy P, Brian E etc :(
I like what you've written here. It's a nice realisation and you're right...it's great to appreciate being here now and seeing this unfold compared to reading about it in 100 years.
Wonder why Mal was killed mmmm
Gore Elohim Seems simply poor Mal Evans was high on drugs etc & delusional. Cops went to his apartment, saw him w/ a gun in his hand & shot him.
With all the police shooting shit going on in the USA last few weeks/years. ...almost wonder whether that story by the cops was true?
Regardless, Mal didnt seem to have a great life post Beatles ..probably coz with after the Beatles ...he was just "lost".
Sorta like Elvi's Memphis mafia falling by the wayside after Elvis's death.
Purple Peanuts Youre not thinking correctly here. Mal had a book he was publishing exposing everything. Yeah on drugs sure lol, Mal made three calls to friends to tell them if anything were to randomly happen to him, please get the book out. Fact. Nothing to do with Elvis.
RIP George Martin too
I simply can't believe he's been gone for nearly 35 years. I still remember the awfulness of that day like it was yesterday. Such a terrible terrible shock and so so unfair. John's wonderful personality and talent is still so relevant and needed, and therefore still so missed, today. How sad that so many millions were denied the excitement of hearing a brand new John album, or of hearing his latest thoughts.
It’s nice to have seen him come to grips of who he was and have love for his old band
This interview in '75 and the one with Tom Snyder in '75 are my favorite Lennon interviews. He's relaxed and down to earth.
The one in 74 with Howard Cosell is great. Yoko wasn't around.
A very lovely interview. He had worked through his pain and was in such a good mindset.
I love his voice
I love Johns voice :3
What a loss to all of us. Even now, at 60 years old, I still sing his music.
It's clear that at some point the Beatles would have recorded again. Too bad that crazy bastard killed poor John. Biggest tragedy in music history in my opinion. R.I.P. John and George.
Donald Lutkin It would not have been good, I promise you that. The music business had changed, and they had changed. They had their day.
@@moonbeamskies3346 it will be successful though the beatles reunion is the most awaited reunion in music history even if it happen today the beatles reunion will celebrate in any era.
The thing is though, all four of them said that a reunion wouldn't and couldn't be as good as people would be expecting.
Now a one off at something like Live Aid or some other "big" event or cause? Yes, that would have been AMAZING!!
But anything with new material would be a risk that, most likely, would only disappoint.
Would they have been able to come up with something better than Revolver in 1978 or 1991?
Not impossible, but not likely!
Though I guess if anyone could have, THEY could have...
I have so enjoyed this interview. Still loving John. :) thank you for posting this one
What could of been. I am and will always be, selfishly, sad that a reunion will never happen. Thinking about it ..my heart feels it to my soul. THIS is how these 4 guys were so extraordinary.
The love that comes through for his mates is beautiful.
i really wish they did :( I was born too late to see the Beatles as a band or to see John alive as he's my idol I'm 15 and alot of girls I know are into one direction and justin bieber but not me BEATLES ALL THE WAY!!
wow good for you ! :]
I'm 16 and I'm exactly the same :( Beatles Forever!!!
Bajoan you've both made pretty good decisions not to fill your ears with crap then :)
Bajoan whoo maybe we could become beatles friends :)
Chantelle Adlington Hell Yeah :)
1976 might have been the closest John, Paul, George, and Ringo came to a Beatles reunion until John's death in 1980. A new Beatles comp album was released "Rock and Roll music" which attracted a lot of new fans also Paul and Wings tour of the USA had rumours John might get on stage with Paul which didn't eventuate. Ringos "Rotogravure" album featured one song each from John, Paul, and George but the four were never in the studio at the same time. And there was the famous claim by John that he and Paul nearly appeared on "The Saturday night live" programme. But as we all know the fab four never reunited that year and with Johns semi-retirement until 1980 and death that was really the end of any reunions.
I miss John, He was the best musician and writer of The Beatles
We need John back :(