Paul McCartney talks about his 10 days in japanese jail [1980]

[asdgjasdjghw3h]

jeez. Can't believe a Beatle was in jail. Must have sucked, even if they treated him well to be in a place where you can't leave if you wanted to... they should have just told him to leave the country rather than arrest him.

[lokalllize]

wonder if he got raped

[tsukasakasa]

Terrible subs even considering it was 30 years ago. When he says "guards", the caption says "girls" in Japanese! lol

日本の娘さん達！×

↓

日本の看守さん達！○

Paulはguardsって言ってるのに、girlsに聞き間違­えたんだねw

ってか他にも誤訳多すぎだしはしょりすぎ。

「看守の人たちも優しくて、友達になれたよ。」

みたいなこと言ってるのに。

[seasonedsevencolors]

Yoko got him arrested there - by tipping off.

[vmackey11]

Bunch of Tight Asses back then, It's just pot.

[therealdefpunk]

He must have had a good time in jail according to 2:10

[pakalolo8888]

日本人はただの大麻ヒステリー、思考停止してアホ丸出し。

[123ihatethiscrap]

Take the crime out of it and tax it

[translucentimp]

Eight ounces of weed? Keep it real and say a pillowcase rofl.

[was4dem]

Nice try Paul! LOL

[was4obama]

Paul has some underlying tension and cleverly covered it up in this interview.

What would happen if he said he wanted to nig [renege] out of a situation. He's was upset and used his music to express it. Pot, now this. Paul, you can't erase an album!

[Masajager]

In 1979(1980?) Jan. Paul was arrested in Narita Airport. All Japanese fans were so shocked and cried everyday and everynight. All TV and nespaper and radio talked about Paul. Still rememver when I was 14 or 15 years old. Everybody sang

yesterday , Hey Jude and so on. Everybody knows he did not hate Japanese people and fans, We are afraid Paul never come to Japan anymore. In 2005

I went to concert US tour. This was the first time to saw Paul. He is a extraordinary talent and NO.1 musician.

[aiyer1978]

ポールは大好きだが、この言動には失望したよ！

[nawel76]

Paul is sooo cool,the reporter's voice Is so sweet man

[MrJoelalcasey1971]

The story I read is that Yoko had family or friends who worked in the airport security and Macca went to NY and seen Lennon, and told him he had some good hash and was going to tour Japan and is going to stay in the hotel where john and yoko normaly stay and when lennon found out that macca was staying in the presidential suite he told yoko and she said, dont worry I will do some black magic. she phoned the airport security , according to Fred seaman love and peace nomore mail , RINGO

[Papatorrejano]

4:31 Japanese cop pushes Macca and he is like WTF?

[MandyVin17]

Almost 8 ounces?? That's enough weed for 6 months to a year. Why would anyone do that? He was only gonna be there a few days. Something's fishy.

[TheOneartist]

4:44 "I don't wanna preach for marijuana...." Paul's just trying to be modest and wants to avoid controversy. Can't blame him, but we know how much you love the stuff, Paul. ;)

I remember reading or seeing an interview about how excited Paul was when he first got high with The Beatles. haha

[TheIntruders]

He touched his face when he said "it was just a mistake" (3:41) and then touched his nose when he said "I don't see marijuana as being very dangerous" (4:01). These gestures indicate deliberate misleading or doubt. It was not a mistake. He thought they would overlook it like many of the other customs and security agents had done for years. He also doubts the statement about the drug being dangerous. He knows he is no authority on the subject. Paul is a marijuana dependent and smokes it everyday.

[itsbridgetlogann]

I just have to say this, ANY idiot who thinks Paul is dead needs to watch this, just look at his mannerisms!

[plotchickens]

It's the one place where you can go to jail, get raped in the arse, and never feel a thing because Jap cocks are SO SMALL :D

[matooli]

Paul nails the hypocrisy of the weed laws brilliantly in this interview. The worst I've ever had from a joint was puking up & a bit of paranoia. And that was due to mixing it with booze, & my underlying personality!

Yet I took one sleeping pill and it not only zonked me out for hours, when I woke up I didn't have a bloody clue where I was... & my GP gave me it!

Paul knows all too well what can happen when someone takes too many prescribed pills... look what happened to Brian Epstein. :(

[TheOneartist]

@matooli Melatonin sleeping pills aren't that bad for you to take, but I think it's not good to be taking it long-term. And my insomnia can be so bad that it doesn't work all the time for me, either.

If I wasn't dry, I would use cannabis for my insomnia all the time.

[ChiroQuacker]

he wrote "frozen jap" about yoko ono's vagina...thats what he told me

[wecanworkitout2]

Luckiest prisoners ever.

[solidbeaver]

Lol "So I changed it...you changed it? Yes In japan it's called frozen japanese :)" Lol it's like the same thing

[jasonaldeanqueen24]

Being arrested for the possesions of drugs. Man, what a....bad boy...I LIKE IT!!!

[georgiee25931]

imagine paul high...

i bet those 10 days were relaxing.

no fans or stalkerazzi people...

[mandy9371]

fesrdfgtfdgf in can't stop laughing i just love paul so much sdfgfnhgnjthrg

[tomas520ify]

@Maxshard true

[Harleyquinn191]

i wanna see his mug shot LOL

[wisesatyr72]

they have good foods in the Japanese Prison lol..Paul doesnt fancy Japan too much

[candygal32]

haha toyota

[PhantomKitty957]

Paul always has such a good attitude about everything. 

[jbcoastline]

@PhantomKitty957 There is something angelic about Paul, he is a very sweet guy.

[xXloverchic17Xx]

God paul is so gorgious. look at how sexy he is. awww him going to jail, i was never attracted to those kinda men, but him god it makes it even more sexier.

[OlaNATungee12]

he wasn't even allowed to eat a banana because the guards could have slipped on it!! What nonsense! XDDD

[FlameHound99]

I wanna be in jail with Paul McCartney too! :(

[Simonebr]

For someone who took LSD, marijuana is nothing, he is absolutelly right. International Law is very tricky haha he was lucky in a way..

[Sanana135]

Oh my gosh Paul McCartney's cool

[overban888]

he made Linda roll up the joints to him and started her to smoke them, that's the truth. He wanted her to light them up, but she wasn't really that kind of girl, so she never didn't breath very much of them. By the way she preferred black Ganja from Jamaica *

[wilsondylanmccartney]

Paul's ego was very prominent in this interview. You don't really get to see the real Paul in it.

[TheJonasClub]

paul... :( how could u do marijuana!!! i didnt think that paul would ever do something that bad

[DeluxeReissue]

@TheJonasClub

Are you being serious???

[Anakin19791]

@TheJonasClub

[splintercellfan2007]

@TheJonasClub lool. There's nothing wrong with marijuana at all. And Paul smoked way before '79. He first smoked as well as the other Beatles with Bob Dylan in late 1964.

[QueenBeatlesWings]

@TheJonasClub Paul and all rock n roll musicians of the 50's-80's took drugs. it was considered normal back then. People didn't realize how bad drugs or smoking were. Paul and the other Beatles never abused drugs or did anything serious while on them, it was kinda like their leisure/entertainment time in their private lives as well as in early Beatle days a way to stay awake during the late night shows at clubs

[matooli]

@QueenBeatlesWings

That's a little bit naive. John had a very serious heroin problem in '69/70... you didn't think 'Cold Turkey' was a Christmas song, did you?!?! :P

[Cidantis]

christ

[Doleafol]

LOL Other things for Paul to shout: "Sushi!" "Nissan!" "Runaway cars!" "Yoko!"

Other things for the Japanese prisoners: "Low math scores!"

[artbasss]

Hai!!!Lol

[frankysandwich]

I'd love to get high with Paul. i really would. i'll have to get famous somehow in the near future and meet him and then become friends with him.

[tommyandtammy1]

great video.5. God bless.

[KeepinItRealMofo]

damn i wanna session with paul!!! :D

[taxmonkey123]

218 grams of weed? Holy shit, was he trying to get a horse high?

[Bearram1]

That is how he paid the band maybe. Great artist all the same.

[brendanbuyers2009]

@taxmonkey123 Funny!

[therealdefpunk]

@taxmonkey123 I think it was a normal band weekend, having a gig. You know, some people come, having a party with you....

[honeypie0814]

Yeah! I'm watching you, Paul! LOL

[BillyBobbJoeRayCyrus]

"Frozen Jap". xD

Yeah, nothing AT ALL wrong with that title!

[winkenburger]

There's a rumor (that seems to be more credible than just a rumor) that Paul visited John and Yoko in NY right before his trip to Japan and Paul told them that he had some amazing marijuana that he had and was taking with him to Japan. Yoko then called the Japanese consolate and tipped them off, resulting in Paul's arrest.

[kitty9tales]

@winkenburger there's also rumors that Yoko claims she cursed Paul so he got busted

[brucewayne909]

it was actually Linda that had the pot but Paul took the rap for it so she wouldn't have to go to jail ... it's amazing how much Paul has aged in the last 25 + years but I guess it happens to everyone eventually if we are lucky enough to stick around for a while

[boyhey1]

why does he go to jail?

[565tsunade565]

its cause he had marijuana in his luggage

[boyhey1]

did he just do that? or its an accident.

[565tsunade565]

he just did that but i saw another interview where he talked about it and recalls how that wasnt one of his smartest things

[sophss122]

paul is sexy i dont care what he takes! he's amazingly talented

[iridescentg]

hahahaha paul sounds so funny when he speaks japanese or in this case blurts out japanese words.

[PRETALIATION]

PLEASE - KILL YOURSELF.

Workcamp ?

You are NOTHING and that's why you need to attempt to CONTROL others.

Pot smoking is not drug addiction.

Again - DIE

[quiznationrules]

Anyone who says Paul is dead, shut your jap! XD

[wonka8880]

it was 9 days

[russelljdj]

I bet they all yelled, Yoko Sucks!!

[malicea4thought]

How do you think she got John to marry her?

[handovblood]

ass

[mozo2112]

YEAH! Who do they think they are, a country? With laws? People shoule be able to do whatever they want! Like they do where you come from! Where is that, anyway?

[wonka8880]

i know1 if we are ever going to be all in peace, you should be amune to insults, becuase they wont be insults!

[matthew19881221]

ozverenok you stupid

[mostrovolante]

...right...

[fotromba]

imagine being a prisoner and suddenly paul mccartney walks in and just starts playing in the cell. They got private free shows for 10 days xD!

[yesiamize]

@fotromba He asked but wasn't allowed a guitar in the cell.

[plotchickens]

Frozen Jap - the BEST kind!!!!

[gards2]

she sounds loveley!

[reystevens]

I never took mariguana but mariguana is harmless lol i have friends that take it all the time lol and to arrest Mccartney for that its retarted.EVen at that time everybody knew that McCartney was taking it ,they knew he tooked mariguana

[NonStopRocker]

is mariguana anything like marijuana??

[Youngandwilde]

it's the spanih spelling, dickhead

[Youngandwilde]

lol, you're sad, get an education, moron!

[NonStopRocker]

ok...send your Mom over and i,ll get an education alright....dickbreath!

[tistinti]

that´s what happens when you enter uncivilized, savage eastern islands:-own fault, no pity, Paul, did you learn nothing on your phillipines-trip?//;-)

[trashysinatra]

i notice, tistini, that you are austrian. you say the japanese are uncivilised. i wonder why?

they did not vote for hitler. they did not have a concentration death camp?

do you think austria to be civilised?

[tistinti]

First of all, it was exaggerated and not very earnestly meant, but there is some truth about it.

Yes I think Austria is civilised, and apart from Adolf H. becoming almost THE Icon of Evil, Germans/Austrians neither Invented Mass Murder nor dictators or antisemitism. I definitely don´t think Japan is uncivilized, but many countries in Asia are, and the west is often very naiv and sentimental about it.

I´M TIRED OF POLITICAL CORRECTNESS

[Augenschwert]

The japanese albums of McCartney II feature a song called "Frozen Japanese" instead of "Frozen Jap". Hurt feelings will hurt the revenue ...

[redredroselass]

Hypocrites Japs!

[limunan]

if no troubles

wings would go tour in japan for 10 shows?

what song mc played? the same with 1979 uk tour?

[thenewrapstyle]

i think it's a poke a yoko....

[jacenty841]

no, he was there in january '1980 - for the long 10 days in japan jail :( instead going to a gig :(

[RossingtonRules]

@jacenty841 although it was bad for Paul-the rest of the World thought it was pretty funny.We here in the USA had public service commercials from our government warning us-when you are busted for drugs over there-you are in for the hassle of your life-those were taken off the air-after all what were they going to do? add the phrase"unless of course,you are Paul McCartney ?"I'm sure John Lennon thought it was funny....

[limunan]

he never go to japan since 1966 ?

[kva1978]

Yes it was his first time in Japan since he has gone there as a Beatle..

[57greg]

I can't believe that after all this time, people are still persecuted for smoking weed...even more these days. I guess some people just hafta have somebody to hate or fear...I dunno what it is. I don't get it !

[rachcc4]

He's so beautiful. He takes my breath away.

[simplyrahil]

haha

thanks for posting

[puppies21616]

i love Paul

[vytautas70]

ah where did you get these extremely rare videos from, jacenty? anyway Paul is such a... Paul. just watch him in 1963 and there in 1980, like no difference XD he never gets old.

amazing video, can you give me a link of these videos? I want to download in my CD !?

[Crisstti]

What does he say at 0:43?. Japanese are what?.

[greetsfrombasel]

sounds like "japanese are oriental to me"