John Lennon - The Last Interview, 12/8/1980 Part 3

[geiadude]

The Break up of the Beatles was in the cards.It's as they Always said "That gang of ours can't go on forever" It's like the Song "Real Life" We have friends We Change and go on with our lives And we sometime leave our old friends behind.This is the story of the end of the Beatles The Beatles in a short synoptic is a story of all our lives

[tuskedbeast]

No one cares about Yoko? Oh brother. Listen, huge thanks for sharing this, but how about finally, finally waking up and stop bashing Yoko.

[NeilFraudstrong]

@tuskedbeast

But she deserves it. I mean, she's not a very good person, but because you seem like a nice person I am not going to get into another tirade about YO. Thank you for viewing.

[tuskedbeast]

@NeilFraudstrong I'm fine with Yoko and I like some of her music a lot. I LOVE John just like you. I see Yoko as the person that meant obviously so much to my hero, primarily, and his muse for what it was worth (plenty). I am a nice person and I try to look for the best in others.

[NeilFraudstrong]

@tuskedbeast

John and Yoko's relationship was more complex than they would have you believe.

[boobah1067]

@tuskedbeast She says a lot of good things here and about John and what pop as street music is. I don't like her music but her comments here are quite wonderful.

[vgr112261]

Not really. They needed a break from each other. Lennon and Harrison both said that they expected to break for awhile, do their solo stuff, and then record again as the Beatles.

[mccartney2006]

You can doubt it all you want but without Yoko. It would have never been.

[mccartney2006]

Thank Yoko for at least giving John the inspiration and drive for his offerings to the White Album, Let it be and Abbey Road.

I also thank her for teaching him that abusing women is a bad thing, that violence is a bad thing, that being a father is important and that there still was plenty in life worth living for. Through her he became more focused on the plight of all. He became a voice for freedom. He became a voice for the abused, the lost and the seekers of peace and unity.

[mccartney2006]

Be happy for the Beatles. While the ending was not nice for those involved they ended at the peak of their output. The ended being the best band in the world. Going on would have tarnished the Beatles. I don’t think the continued drive for them would have still been there anymore and who would have wanted to say that the Beatles had been great until their last years? That in the end they had….sucked?

[mccartney2006]

Frankly I think John would have washed out musically and you would have either seen four or five more years of Paul projects that had less enthusiastic participation from the others in the band or John Lennon leaving the band with the others as they lost drive and spirit and John Lennon became bitter and probably another causality of the 1960's.

[mccartney2006]

While the art of the Beatles is timeless, one could argue that the coming decade would not have boded well for the group. The 1970's were not made for the Beatles. Their music would have not been able to adjust to meet disco and other mediums. Or knowing Paul, they would have half assed tried to adapt to it. On another note look at how the Stones tried disco and tell me what you think.

[mccartney2006]

I think without her, John would have gone on, but the Beatles would have become a weak and has been group. With Lennon going deeper and deeper into a mental funk, he just never would have been the same. He would have become bitter and pushed everyone away.

[mccartney2006]

A little Asian woman who was blunt, mysterious and not afraid of doing shocking things in public was just the inspiration Lennon was looking for. It gave him just a little extra mileage with the Beatles. In fact John himself had given the same explanation as well.

[mccartney2006]

While most of his post 64 pre 68 work had merit, it lacked spirit. The White Album was the first album where you start to see the new Lennon emerge. If you want to point out the White album as having some quality John, well frankly Yoko came into his life at that time. That is why he has such energy on it.

Once more John had inspiration.

[mccartney2006]

Before Yoko he was aimless and just wandering. We can all sit here and bash Yoko. But doing so is pointless and immature. While I for one do not care for all the stuff like her getting in on the Beatles recording sessions and causing tensions, she gave John focus and reason once more.

John was always attracted to inspiration. When he found it he clung on to it for dear life until he grew bored or disappointed or he could prove it wrong.

[mccartney2006]

Also at this point he felt constricted by the Beatles image. He longed to be in a band like the Stones or to do raunchy and direct music like theirs.  He was not a bashful man yet he was trapped in a group that had been endeared by millions and he could never act out because of the effect it caused in the fans and the population. Every decision made by any member greatly affected the group.

[mccartney2006]

When he met Yoko before going to India he became intrigued by her. When he returned he escalated their relationship to being sexually involved. He was blunt and quick in asking for a divorce from Cynthia. When Cynthia became scorned and angry after having put up with so much crap, Lennon made arrangements for her to go on vacation with an Apple hanger on and then she was drugged and made drunk and pretty much raped in an effort to make it look like she herself had committed adultery.

[mccartney2006]

He sought enlightenment in religion. He went to India and became burned by the experience. He found out that people were just people no matter what robes or mantras they chanted.

[mccartney2006]

Cynthia held on to hope that he would turn around. She only saw him degrade more and more with time. There was no sex life and frankly Cynthia kept quiet because the Lennon she was married to was a wife beater, a bad father and spiteful man.

Everyone has this novel idea that John was a saint. He was far from it. While later he made atonement for his actions, before Yoko he was not a good man and even after her he still did make some mistakes.

[mccartney2006]

When Julian was born he went to the hospital and popped in for an hour. He then took off with his Manager to Spain where they vacationed.

Time went by and Lennon became depressed. He wrote songs mourning the life he had knew and how aimless and frankly, how worthless he felt. He gained weight. His depression led him into trying harder and harder drugs.

Most people never ask why they never had a second child. It was because the marriage had dissolved to a point of just mutual tolerance.

[mccartney2006]

He was married to a woman that loved him dearly, but it was a placid marriage that had only been because she had been pregnant and that when he had made his fame and fortune, he was tied down. He resented Cynthia for it and he felt that he had really lost out when the other members of the band had enjoyed the fruits of their labor.

[mccartney2006]

Most followers of John would note that before Yoko he was miserable. He pretty much stepped to the side and let Paul take over the Beatles. He was not happy in his marriage. He felt lost and did not have much reason or purpose.

[mccartney2006]

I can't believe people still argue over this. That they still argue about such a moot point. The Beatles ended almost 41 years ago. John has been dead for almost 31 years.

I only hope to shed some light and some peace on the subject.

First and foremost John Lennon was a human being. Like all of us he was not perfect nor was he any better or worse than most human beings. He stood tall and proud at times and at others he stumbled and he would fall.

[mccartney2006]

I can't believe people still argue over this. That they still argue about such a moot point. The Beatles ended almost 41 years ago. John has been dead for almost 31 years.

I only hope to shed some light and some peace on the subject.

First and foremost John Lennon was a human being. Like all of us he was not perfect nor was he any better or worse than most human beings. He stood tall and proud at times and at others he stumbled and he would fall.

[artmonkid]

Stop the Yoko bashing c'mon!!! She loved John and he loved her. They just made their own project as we would all do with the person we love, Can't you understand that???

[MarquisEstelle]

Seems that, as a whole, that Yoko pretty much planned the whole thing from the beginning. To take over and control John, a consequence of which happened to be the breakup of the Beatles. I don't think she is solely responsible, but she certainly capitalized (pun intended) on the pre-existing tensions within the group. Implicating herself directly in the creative life of the Beatles, which no other Beatle had allowed their wives to do, had a profound influence. She's a miserable creature.

[MattHatter]

@MarquisEstelle John knew what he was doing. He wanted Yoko and DIDN'T want The Beatles anymore. John could have very well said to Yoko, "Listen, me and the guys have to rehearse and get this track right so just sit in the control room with George and the guys and watch and come out when we're done." But no, he didn't do that did he. He forced Yoko's presence down everyone's throat because he cared more about her than his band. I don't HATE Yoko but they did it together.

[MarquisEstelle]

@MattHatter I really don't have that much insight into John's brain to say definitively...we only go by what we saw on this end. He could have just really wanted out, probably did. But just the way it was done seemed so much like she just took him out of the picture.

[miceskin]

Why do you tease me like this? John talks in part 3, no actually part 4, before you know it we will get to 100 and I will lose my boner.

[NeilFraudstrong]

@miceskin

It's not a tease when it is clearly stated in the video description that John appears in part 4.

[tall32guy]

I actually like listening to Yoko and her interview. I am finding it interesting. I like her way of speaking. :)

[hnksnw]

boy, listening to yoko could be a form of torture.

[NeilFraudstrong]

@hnksnw

I agree. That's why I included the fact that John appears in part four in the video description for parts 1-3.

[AGfan5210]

I care about Yoko, I would love to talk to her someday-she is a very enteresting woman to me.

[jpsmart59]

This is what really happened. Nixon didn't like John's meddling in politics and had the FBI watching him. Then he had the CIA program Mark David Chapman as a

ULTRA Mind control slave who said he heard voices in his head to shoot Lennon

which he dead. It was before Reagan came into office so he stood in their way.

[tranmer3]

@jpsmart59 GROW YOU WHOPPAH!!

[jpsmart59]

@tranmer3 What's up with you? Did I say anything to you? Yoko is a witch and deserves to be burned at the

stake. She's luck this isn't Salem Days. I wish it was....lol 

[IamAsi94]

@jpsmart59 can you calm down? youre simply just jumping on the "i hate yoko" bandwagon because you heard her singing avant garde and didnt like it-or youre probably one of those idiot cunts who blame her for the beatles break up-get over it-john and yoko did more for peace than anyone in the 20th century, why would you piss on that?

[NeilFraudstrong]

@IamAsi94

John and Yoko did a lot for peace, but not more than any other person in the 20th century. That's a big overstatement.

The "I hate Yoko" crowd is not a bandwagon. There are reasons for why people dislike her and it has nothing to do with her singing, but I am not going to get into that here. My opinions on the subject are well known.

[IamAsi94]

@NeilFraudstrong its not an overstatement-john and yoko dedicated their lives to peace for the betterment of society and influenced masses of people to wake up simply by writing a song, doing an interview, or personally talking to them on the phone-im not saying there werent others who helped the peace movement because thats not true-all im saying is that john and yoko helped get the message out internationally as well as nationally-they had a big part in the peace movement thats all my point is

[NeilFraudstrong]

@IamAsi94

Gandhi had a bigger role in peace than John and Yoko ever had.

[IamAsi94]

@NeilFraudstrong the reasons for not liking yoko are personal-a reason can be bullshit and fake-calling her a witch and wishing death on her is insane-of course we all have people we dont like-thats natural but wishing death upon somebody is totally unnecessary especially for someone like yoko or john-this is a bandwagon-its been a band wagon since the beatles broke up and shes been getting it ever since-why should she have to take that kind of shit?-an opinion can be bullshit

[NeilFraudstrong]

@IamAsi94

The reason people dislike Yoko is because she has lied on numerous occasions about her relationship with John, the fact that she was a horror of a human being to John's first born son, the fact that she has tried the marginalize the impact that Cynthia, Julian, and May Pang had in John's life, and the fact that a lot of what is told about John's life by her is either not true or extremely exaggerated. She has whored John out for money for 30 years and she has shown no shame.

[1365225]

Woman problems Yoko, did you think about Cynthia's problems.

[tranmer3]

@1365225 here here!

[Beatlelover7]

Read the discription, John comes in on part 4.

[NeilFraudstrong]

@Beatlelover7

Thank you for being one of the smart ones. Every time I see a comment that says someone read the description, I give them a pat on the back. Congratulations to you. I greatly appreciate it!

[JeremysVideos2]

@NeilFraudstrong Well as you know most people don't read the descriptions but so what? Maybe it is our fault but cmon you could have also put "Yoko Ono" at the end of the title or something for parts 1-3... I mean it does say Interview with John Lennon not John Lennon and Yoko Ono. Oh and thanks for uploading! :)

[NeilFraudstrong]

@JeremysVideos2

Of course I know that most people don't read the descriptions, but that doesn't make it okay. All of the information is always included in every single video description for every video that I upload. It's already there. If people choose not to take the half a second to read three sentences then what can I do about it? The information is there and they're just stupid or they're just lazy or both. I'm not going to have sympathy for people who are too lazy to click one time.

[NeilFraudstrong]

@scrollandkey

People who do not take the microsecond to make one mouse click over the info box, with which they could answer any questions they may have, and then comment about something that's already answered in full in the info box are stupid. Sorry. Were you one of the ones who didn't read? It's okay, a lot of people don't, but that still doesn't make it okay.

[jzerony]

It's not let's discuss about this, you annoying nip, it's let's discuss this!! Ooooooohhh she makes me sssssssick!!!!! heh heh heh

[wheatbull]

John Lennon -The Last Interview ? Bull$#it ! I can't stand Yoko's Voice !

[mazyrun09]

i dont hear John Lennon in this interview !

[NeilFraudstrong]

@mazyrun09

So help me god.

[mazyrun09]

@NeilFraudstrong ....relax max , im only kiddin' ! Its a cool interview !

[iowdave]

Yoko, the last.......... sort of, interveiw. Very very badly titled

[NeilFraudstrong]

@iowdave

Very very badly comprehended.  I include video descriptions for a reason.

[iowdave]

@NeilFraudstrong . No one reads them hardly, why title it like that?? Very misleading.

[NeilFraudstrong]

@iowdave

It's not my fault that people are too lazy to answer their own questions with one mouse click.

[p0llenp0ny]

@NeilFraudstrong I feel bad for you, man. Some of the Yoko comments are just brutal. I don't care for Yoko but I found she made some good points. I think she was good for John. Seems like she really understood him.

Anyway... Thanks for posting this. Yoko section and all.

[halt20]

This is the statement I read on the description of this video on my youtube .....

"This is part three of John Lennon's absolute last interview ever with RKO Radio."

Regardless of anything written from that point on..........that sentence above is a lie, and the person who wrote it, is the lowest form of life.............someone who exploits the suffering of others.

NeilFraudstrong is a liar and an exploiter. I spit on him.

[NeilFraudstrong]

@halt20

Mother of god, SHUT UP. I am assuming you saw parts one and two WHICH CLEARLY STATE THAT IT'S ONLY YOKO UNTIL PART 4.

[simonpenum]

@halt20 bruv. get a grip haha

[rabidgoldfish65]

Yoko's background was upper crass.

[laosandburma]

EVERYOBE ON YOUTUBE...You have become so lazy looking in the middle of your screens that you don't notice on your own INFORMATION that is wriiten in English! The top right of this - 1 inch eye movement or less - tells you what is in the video!!!

[Catlovertea4]

Why are these videos titled "John Lennon" when they're not??  What is she doing on here? Who IS SHE?

[NeilFraudstrong]

@Catlovertea4

I'm not even going to respond to this question anymore when it is fully stated in the video description.

[Catlovertea4]

Unfortunately, if more than ten people view these clips, you may just have to. I don't go back through all the threads to find an answer I can only presume exists somewhere back in space.

[juliannisaakfan]

Catlovertea4, he didn't say read the threads, he was talking about the video descriptions, in the upper right hand corner...:-)

[Catlovertea4]

whatever - the title should match the voice... especially when you're expecting the one you like and admire.

[MusicIan423]

actually... it doesn't mention Yoko Ono, if he didn't know

[NeilFraudstrong]

Okay, I forgot one time. It's in parts 1 and 2.

[nano952]

WOW FAIL

[CrazyDiamondCat]

@nano952 Catlovertea4, could you please do us all a favor and just go away, or, at the very least, stop your caterwauling? Talk about beating a dead horse. You are a major pain in the ass.

[splintercell2002]

Everyone knows that The Beatles were having before Yoko showed up. Me Personally, I think it started when their manager Brien Epstein died in 1967.

[MatthewBreenOfficial]

yeah i noticed in some interviews/footage that once Brian died, Paul began to sort of take his place and call the shots etc

[Friendpersonkid]

The beatles themselves thought the same thing. i saw on a special on TV once where someone was discussing the Death of Brian and someone said that john had said "well we're fucked now"

[chrisandalec]

The Beatles probably were going to break up; however, YOKONO has good ideas (who's listening now)? So, let her give her ideas to someone who the public likes to listen to....John or John's sons....just a thought. Did she really just auction John's stuff off and not pass his belongings down to his two sons? Incredibly cruel, if true!

LOVE

[greeniem]

yoko, when she "sings" sounds like a dying horse

[NeilFraudstrong]

A dying horse or a Native American war chief.

[PeaceX200]

PIP John Lennon

[greeniem]

yeah PIP

[beckware]

Yoko

VietCong

enemy

[NeilFraudstrong]

Yoko didn't break up The Beatles. The Beatles broke up The Beatles.

[timandrew614]

Yoko was a contributing factor to the breakup.George resented the fact that she had as much input as he did.Ringo even said to John once something to the extent of that she's not a Beatle.I thought that Yoko was a victim in the Beatles breakup for years.A recent article in Rolling Stone woke me up.I wish Chapman had missed and shot that witch instead.

[thejesman]

Wow, that really says something about what kind of person you are.

[8aetroya8]

@timandrew614 Jesus you're a sad fucker... shoot yourself and be done with it.

[laosandburma]

Em well....Who cares? John HAD to have a Yoko in his life....It was an extention of "mum" and he found comfort in her...(literally) Yoko is not a bad person....The guy whom shot John is the bad person...Yoko is alright....She can't sing to save her life but then again John Lennon could not save his own life at the end.

[badabingyanks]

agreed

[onmyaxe]

Its Amazing How People Say They Love

John Lennon But They Dont Respect

His Wife Well Its A Total Package

I Listen'd To This For The Fact That

John Loved Her And Valued Her Thoughts

Thanks Niel

[NeilFraudstrong]

It's hard to respect his wife when it has been well documented by many people that she's a cold and vindictive person.

[onmyaxe]

I Understand But Im Thinking John's Watching Remember The Light He Told

Sean!!

I Think You And I Would Be Different after

We Seen Our Spouse Murdered In Font Of Us

Trust Me Im Not A Great Yoko Fan But A Lennon Fan To The Max He Loved Her I Love Her Make Sense!

Thanks For Replying Great Stuff Sir!

[onmyaxe]

You Know John Loved Her So I Respect That! But I Dont Think Yoko Has Ever Suffered Poverty Being The Daughter Of A Banker