I met Pete in Austin, Texas in 2008 when he was touring with a band doing Beatle songs. She was selling T-shirts, drum sticks ect. with his daughter and we talked for a few minutes. Very nice man. But the act was bad. He drummed, but not well. He didn't sing a song, had some younger kids doing that, but I can't fault him for trying to make a few bucks off of this past. THE REAL 5TH BEATLE IS JIMMY NICOL!!! Check out my article on Jimmy in the 1984 issue of Modern Drummer mag.
In the 2008 movie "The Rocker," about a hair band drummer who gets kicked out of the group just before they make it very big, the booted drummer sits at a bus stop in one scene coming home from his lame job, and Pete Best in a cameo is the man sitting next to him.
I had the pleasure & thrill of meeting Mr.Best while touring with The Quarrymen as their guest bass player in 2008 & opening(along with The Cryers) for The Pete Best Band at The Sellersville Theatre in Pa. I will never forget how gracious he was when introduced to me during our soundchecks & how even more impressed I felt seeing him again 8 hours later when I asked to photograph with him & he not only said yes, but remembered my name . Pete Best - a truly "Class Act" !!
Pete Best " A great example of forgiveness and how to move on from what could have been, lok forward not back, and not live in regret and bitterness. Most wouldn't get over it and even he had a hard time for a while which is understandable. A few years after this interview he got back into music and has been playing and touring the world ever since. The anthology made him some good financial reward. A nice dose of karma for a good guy.
@liarsclub75 From the time this was recorded it was probably canned laughter, they used it all of the time on shows, mechanical recordings, so it might not have been the audience.
I saw an interview of one of the A & R reps that was there at the first recordings.
He said that it was totally his idea to fire Best. He said he was new at the company and was trying to assert his authority. He also said that he has beaten himself up for years because of his ego. He then apologized to Pete.
I was so taken by the audience rude reaction but then I thought about where Letterman studio was New York City.It all made sence some of the rudest people and fan's in sports are from there.
I feel sorry for Pete Best. His story sums it all up. Pete forever....Ringo never! Pete had a following back in the day. Funny how Ringo never mentions Pete's name.
@Fooblestheclown Presumably all of the Beatles members and business associates were told early on NEVER to discuss the ousting of Pete from the band. Why? Potential legal (and possibly financial) implications.
A very cool customer. The little twists & body language queues were played off in the funniest manner. Audience laughs at perfect time. Mr Best certainly has my respect as an excellent interviewee. Also, in case one might forget, although Ringo will always be known as the BEATLES' drummer, Pete Best was far up the ladder as drummer for the SilverBeatles and was taken down to be replaced by one of the world's most famous drummers of all time! Who else could aim that high?
Typical Letterman audience full of immature liberal jackasses. What a disgrace. The man is a notable part of Beatles history and should be respected for it. None of those giggling losers can claim an experience even remotely as cool as being in the fucking Beatles at the start. Besides, it's not like he broke up with a girl who won the lottery a week later. He was fired. The choice to continue with them was taken out of his hands. Grow the fuck up already.
@NomadRepublic Well where are stories of the drummer he replaced and others that were there for a bit and it did not work out, this happens, and has with many groups. It's life.
What an admirable man in the face of a dirty lowdown trick, Lennon himself admitted that The Beatles were"big bastards". There must have been time's when Lennon would have been jealous of Pete's freedom to walk down the street!!!!!
We did a song called Human Rights (Direitos Humanos) and dedicated to Bono Vox (U2) and John Lennon(Beatles). Estúdio RDP-Brazil, Brasília-Alberto Dias
I can't believe the audience laughing at him and why were they laughing? It doesn't make any sense, their the kind of people that take pleasure in someone else's misfortune.
20 Seconds into this.. the reaction of some of the audience is an example of why most of the world hate Americans.There was once a time that the world loved,envied & admired Americans.
No less a professional than George Martin stated that Best had to be replaced, which, considering who Martin was, and what he has accomplished, carries a lot of weight.
@JeffersonDinedAlone George Martin say's that he did not ask that Best be replaced& was surprised to find that they did because he considered Best visually,they're most appealing asset.He only insisted that a professional session drummer be used for the first record...I suspect Best was not a flexible a character and the guys needed someone they could dictate "how they want it played" to. From what I have understood Best was about as tough as Lennon.
@merseybeat1963 Yes and no. Martin was not pleased with the possibility of Best for session work, however, as Lennon stated, "Pete was a drummer. But Ringo was a Beatle." There may have been jealousy over Best's physical appearance, but Ringo fit in with the others, and, as we all know, it proved to be the right fit.
They really did Pete Best wrong, they should pay him make up money now, Paul can afford it! How dirty to do that to him......I think John was jealous of his looks...too
I'm glad with the comments about audience reaction. This is typical of DL's show where audience is primed to laugh at ANYTHING that comes out of his mouth. To his credit in this interview, however, he tried his best to maintain a dignified demeanor and act. seemed annoyed at times at aud. response. I wish in the Best interviews there was more focus on later emotions as The Beatles skyrocketed. I think I heard he attempted suicide at one point. What karma to be kicked out of that iconic band!
@Beatles265 He's a part of the Beatle's lore and history, though, just like Stu Sutcliffe. I can't blame him for sounding a bit "sour grapes" about it, considering how the group took off afterwards.
he must have been so gutted....something he could never get away from seeing as how famous the beatles became...thats the muic business though but still ..he seems a kind of quiet guy..bless him though he was to much of an individual to fit with them maybe..respect to you mr best x
"these guys are your friends then suddenly theyre not your friends" how fuckin stupid can this guy be?! i hate him! im sure bill hicks wanted so bad to stomp out this piece of shit
The Letterman show is an off balance setting for a study of a "nearly man". The audience is laughing, I guess, because of the format. They expect Dave and Pete to chum up and make light of it all.
Guys, you have to understand, in these types of events, when there is an excessive amount of cheering or laughter, the audience is just doing what the producer or whatever tells them to do. When you hear stray laughter or applause, that is what is not planned.
I think Peter Best handled himself gracefully. I also think the 1982 vintage audiance at the time acted like typical NYC assholes, mocking the Mr. Best the whole time. I also believe that jealosy WAS the reason he was replaced with Ringo Starr. It is sad how David Lettermann, although gracefull in 1982, has become the same kind of prick that he had for audiances back then.
The audience are knobheads...whats funny about a man LOOKING like he's gonna start crying in places? ...and lets be honest - with FUCKING good reason when you think about it!
Pete seems like a nice and cool guy in this interveiw and yet the audience had the audacity to laugh at him. Nobody deserves to be laughed at in an interveiw by the audience that is just not right.
Pete Best shows to be a nice and honest man - gee, I would be way town in the cellar for the rest of my life, being given that chock - i saw pete band just the other night at jelling festival i denmark may 2011, and he is in fact a soid drummer !!
All the videos i have seen on YT, this one has really pissed me off, the JOKERS in the audience, laughing at Pete, Pete might realise now that David Letterman was taking the Mickey and trying to embarrass him. No audience in the UK would behave like that. He left the Beatles with Grace and to this day does not hold any grudges.
even letterman looks embarressed at the end, there were some real pigs in the audience that day, so over the top in their disrespect towards Pete Best, that I feel they may have even been hired.
@RockStarJmac ..So wrong on so many levels. You arrived very late in the second world war because your a bunch of overweight cowards at heart. In Europe recently and the Arab desert you shot allies in the back and bombed innocent people. The world dislikes America and your the ideal example of why! Your an obese twat with a fatter spotty hunk of a slag wife, now fuck off hombre or I might just get irksome on your head, prick.
@reg123wan He was so sincere and low key that he came across kinda funny to a few. I see him as very down to earth and refreshing. Also, Letterman was kind of condescending and the audience played off of that as well.
What a dumb audience of imbeciles. How can you laugh at a guy simply telling a truthful and exetremely interesting story that will always be a part of music history. Everyone with a brain knows who Pete Best was and is and McCartney in partic;ular is cowardly for not recognising Pete Best;s influence on the Beatles. I have an original photo of Pete Best with The Beatles. It;s worth a small fortune already. Best/Beatles memorabilia from those days are becoming priceless auction house lots..
@panadevulpe I'm Australian ...and i say IGNORANT fucking Americans {as usual } Listen to the appalling mass consciousness of these FOOLS ...this man has a dignity and grace that you fuckwits could not even begin to understand ..i love the beatles ....but they gave pete a shitty time -all they had to do was acknowledge it -instead of being cowardly ...and could have been supportive of him through the years -even , gulp, friendly?
He deserves their respect and ours -he's got mine .
@TheMichaelseymour although i agree the true ignorance is you generalizing a whole entire country by an audience Americans are like anyone else, individuals. Every person is different, those audience members unfortunately were all asses... plus they're at a letterman show so they are expected to laugh.
@TheMichaelseymour Are you actually judging all Americans on these twats that were bored enough to go to a lame ass Letterman show? If you are, you're no different than these fucks laughing at Pete, which btw, pisses me off as well.
In defense of the audience, Pete Best is a somewhat intense dude (wasn't the big complaint about him that he didn't have a sense of humour?) and the audience probably laughs at inappropriate times to break the tension. Americans are not hearing someone speak of himself as having "mediocre success".
@fueradeljuego - also. that's the nature of Letterman's show. His stock in trade is being cynical and ironic and he was a comedian before he was a talk show host. People expect him to make fun of almost everything. And it's a pretty unique situation- a man who missed out on the biggest brass ring of all time.
Having said that, I was embarrassed for Pete and even for the audience after hearing them laugh. If they came for a cheap laugh Pete definitely showed them a lot of class instead.
Mr Best is a nice and decent guy who didnt badmouth the guys who voted him out from the band. Hats off to you Mr Best! I dunno what the audience laughin about. Whats so funny with his experience being booted out?
Why is that idiotic woman laughing? I remember this Letterman tit hosting a show in London a few years ago. As the British didn't know who the f*ck he was, they had to fill the studio with a lot of American tourists to do the requiredwhooping and screaming at everything he said.
Best has lived in the shadow of what happened to him almost fifty years ago and regardless of his claims that he got over it, I don't think he has. On balance, I think he got off lightly, all things considered.
He seems like a really nice fellow. But the thing about jealousy; I find it quite strange. Sure,according to Norman,he might have been actually the most fan supported one of them. But for example Paul being jealous of him because of the way Pete looks? No way...My personal guess is that the three of them were closer to each other than Pete was to them
Comments like cessna65423's, while not as insane as bluecrabs, are dopey in their own way. You obviously don't know what the David Letterman show was like in the 80s. It wasn't mainstream like it is today. It was edgy and crazy and low budget and the kind of audience they got in would giggle at everything, all the way through, no matter what.
Too bad the audience didn't have heavy lighting equipment fall on their heads killing them. I don't understand how they could be so insensitive to Pete. This has to be one of the hardest things anyone has ever had to endure outside of losing a loved one or illness.
In the nineties Pete finally got some of that beatle money for himself with The Anthology project. The fist disc has a bunch of tunes with him, and he was paid his due, reportedly pleased with the deal. It is good to know he eventually got something for his troubles, after so many years. Rock On Pete Best!
The Inappriate laugher coming from the audience was tough to hear; and turned what could have been a rare piece of television history into an embarressment for Dave Letterman and America.
Jealousy? I do remember that was true. Paul McCartney was jealous of Pete Best, because he received a lot of attention from females. Hmmm, maybe if he had remained on of the Beatles, he may have been labeled 'The cute one', not Paul McCartney.
man the audience members were some assholes, laughing at him during his interview like he was a joke. he played with three of the best musicians EVER. something none of them or any1 else in the world will EVER accomplish.
@DeMers10 - Put yourself in the audience's shoes for a moment: they were there to attend the taping of a comedy program, and here's Pete Best, dressed all in black, telling his rather sad story in a quick and quite serious fashion, with no attempts at comedy, and consequently, little room for Letterman to get a joke in edgewise. It would have been a little awkward for the crowd members, so any laughter on their part was almost certainly a collective nervous release and not at all spiteful.
@DeMers10 I wouldnt say three of the BEST MUSICIANS. Three of the best songwritters, three of the of the most intelligent and or lucky guys? But musicianship def. not the best... Of coarse dont forget opinions are like assholes, everyone has one :p.
Imagine being in a band, only to get the boot. Then they go on to be the most famous band of all time, and you end up loading bread into trucks to earn a living. SACKED!
I enjoyed this interview, but seriously, what a rude crowd!! Every time he expressed some of the sad emotion he encountered, they laughed at him. SACKED again! For fuck sakes, show the guy some respect!
Pete seems like a nice fellow. But then again, business is business. The one thing he deserved an apology for was the WAY they kicked him out. The band should have spoken to him directly about it instead of getting Brian to do it.
Interesting interview. There is a distinct difference in personality between Pete and Ringo (who was more experienced by far). Whilst we feel sorry for Pete Best, at missing out on the Beatles fame, and the way the Beatles got Brian Epstein to get rid of him. However how about Colin Hanton, Tommy Moore, and Norman Chapman, they all drummed for the beatles/Quarrymen before Pete, they missed out too. Pete was a last minute recruit before Hamburg, because they had lost Norman to National service.
RE: "Pete's so honourable - how on earth does he do it, poor ol' Pete?". Nothing against Pete - but everyone has a hard luck story - worse than getting kicked out of a provincial pop band with a less-than-impressive demo record. Best had been on his "Feel Sorry For Pete Tour" ever since 1964, when he went on "I've Got A Secret" to share his tale of woe. 20 years later - and he was still at it. Jealousy? Pete - you were just an average drummer - even by 1962 standards. They'd been carrying you.
The Beatles did Pete Best a favor. He wasn't in their league - so much so that George Martin intended to use studio drummers on all The Beatles' songs. Imagine the humiliation Pete would have suffered once word got out that he wasn't even on any of The Beatles records.
Say what you want but the fact is, Pete wasn't a good drummer. His beats were always the same, his fills were the same song after song and his footbeat was pathetic. Ringo was the best drummer in Liverpool and after being denied by record companies because of their drummer, they wanted the drummer with the best skills. Jealousy? Try being kicked out because you were a very poor drummer. He was only in the group in the first place because he was one of the few in town with a kit. I don't mean to
Thirdly, don't go saying that the Beatles had no reason whatsoever to kick Pete out. They had many reasons. Yes, some of them were jealousy, but it was also partly because of Pete's personality. He just didn't have the necessary charisma that Ringo had. I agree that what happened to Pete would have been and still would be devastating, and I respect the way he's handling it.
Fourthly, more famous people get attacked and killed than
Ok, some people are WAY too ignorant on the subject of the Beatles.
First of all, to the few people who blamed Yoko for Pete being kicked out, Yoko wasn't even around then. John met Yoko in Spain at her art exhibit in 1966, and Pete got let go in 1962.
Second of all, you ignorant little nobodies who said John was a fluke need to grow up. Sure, he was immature earlier, and he got in a lot of fights and everything, but look at what the man had to deal with up to that point in his life. Would
I've heard speculation that Paul didn't want competition from Pete (as Pete was good looking). It probably was jealousy. Did any Beatle ever mention Pete's name publicly? Pete Best got the worst screwing in music history. My sister heard him on Howard Stern some years back, and Stern got him to admit that he hates the Beatles. How could he not? He has a lot of class, though. I wish him well.
The fact that Pete handled things as he did showed amazing strength. He finally got his much delayed payday once the Anthology came out with him playing on a few tracks. Class act all the way.
Pete Best WAS a Beatle so why shouldn't he talk about it and benefit financially from it. The others did the dirty on him , whether justifiably or not , and they never had the decency to tell him to his face. To me that shows that they were ashamed by what they did and didn't have the balls to sack him themselves. He spent 2 yrs performing & living with these guys , going through the highs and the lows. He considered them his friends and they basically stabbed in the back.
@bluecrabs08 Try doing some history lessons before commenting. Concentrate on the chronological accuracy of events then you won't make a berk of yourself.
A note to 26highstreet: And what exactly would YOU do?
Pete is charming and candid and has a sense of humour in this video. Think of how difficult is must have been for him. I've been in bands, I know sometimes changes need to be made, and it's painful, but years later even Lennon admitted they were cowards in the way they handled letting Pete go. Do some research before you make stupid comments on youtube.
The girls use to scream for Pete. You know that the other 3 were very jealous of his looks and his chrisma. What is worst is that Pete stuck it out during the begining and just as they were ready to hit it big, they drop the ball.
They just wanted to get ringo in...This man was great......They just kicked him out....I hate the beatles for that...they were jelous of his good looks and personality and the fans chanted his name
When a soccer player is put on the transfer list for underachieving noone blinks but when it comes to a music group we consider it a social injustice.
he still proably achieved more than these assholes in the crowd laughing. Seems like a cool guy.
supak108 4 hours ago
Right on Pete Best!!
teppie3000 1 day ago
I met Pete in Austin, Texas in 2008 when he was touring with a band doing Beatle songs. She was selling T-shirts, drum sticks ect. with his daughter and we talked for a few minutes. Very nice man. But the act was bad. He drummed, but not well. He didn't sing a song, had some younger kids doing that, but I can't fault him for trying to make a few bucks off of this past. THE REAL 5TH BEATLE IS JIMMY NICOL!!! Check out my article on Jimmy in the 1984 issue of Modern Drummer mag.
taypar11 1 week ago
"Where were you on the night of December 8th, Pete? You know where I think you were? 8 feet behind John Lennon".
BarryDennen12 2 weeks ago
This audience is so dumb
TheCocky69 4 weeks ago 2
In the 2008 movie "The Rocker," about a hair band drummer who gets kicked out of the group just before they make it very big, the booted drummer sits at a bus stop in one scene coming home from his lame job, and Pete Best in a cameo is the man sitting next to him.
1957pinup 4 weeks ago 2
I had the pleasure & thrill of meeting Mr.Best while touring with The Quarrymen as their guest bass player in 2008 & opening(along with The Cryers) for The Pete Best Band at The Sellersville Theatre in Pa. I will never forget how gracious he was when introduced to me during our soundchecks & how even more impressed I felt seeing him again 8 hours later when I asked to photograph with him & he not only said yes, but remembered my name . Pete Best - a truly "Class Act" !!
jbyesterday 1 month ago in playlist Favorite videos
when the box set was released he made some money off of it.
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trinketbox1 1 month ago
What a shame. I will never buy another Beatles Record again. Period. Good luck to you Mr, Best. We all feel for you buddy.
jhowej3 1 month ago
Pete Best " A great example of forgiveness and how to move on from what could have been, lok forward not back, and not live in regret and bitterness. Most wouldn't get over it and even he had a hard time for a while which is understandable. A few years after this interview he got back into music and has been playing and touring the world ever since. The anthology made him some good financial reward. A nice dose of karma for a good guy.
genericgeorge 1 month ago 3
poor guys been to hell and back, God bless him.....
justclassicalguitar 1 month ago
Dam Pete, just a little hairdo could have made you rich.
Raman711 2 months ago
What weirdos were in the audience? Makes me feel ashamed to be an American. Should've ushered them out and tested them for drugs.
pnutbutrncrackers 2 months ago 4
Why in the ass is the audience laughing? I am from NY, but these people laughing are cunts.
liarsclub75 2 months ago 2
@liarsclub75 From the time this was recorded it was probably canned laughter, they used it all of the time on shows, mechanical recordings, so it might not have been the audience.
bd9598 1 week ago
Seems like a classy guy.
llorensl 2 months ago 9
I saw an interview of one of the A & R reps that was there at the first recordings.
He said that it was totally his idea to fire Best. He said he was new at the company and was trying to assert his authority. He also said that he has beaten himself up for years because of his ego. He then apologized to Pete.
bashfulbrother 2 months ago in playlist Great!
I was so taken by the audience rude reaction but then I thought about where Letterman studio was New York City.It all made sence some of the rudest people and fan's in sports are from there.
keeneglass 2 months ago
@keeneglass Boston is worse. If you felt bad buy the album.
MELLSBAD 2 months ago
was the audience drunk? WTF is so funny? He is talking about his life and how he lost out on millions and this is funny?
wannabenj 2 months ago
Every time some unfortunate incident is mentioned the audience are cracking up. Seems like they're taking the piss out of him.
MrWhoswho1 3 months ago
STOP RANTING & MOVE THE FUCK ON ALREADY!!!!
MrHouseofdrums 3 months ago
I feel sorry for Pete Best. His story sums it all up. Pete forever....Ringo never! Pete had a following back in the day. Funny how Ringo never mentions Pete's name.
Fooblestheclown 3 months ago
@Fooblestheclown Presumably all of the Beatles members and business associates were told early on NEVER to discuss the ousting of Pete from the band. Why? Potential legal (and possibly financial) implications.
spidpower 3 months ago
I love the face Pete made when Dave asked "what does this do to a person?".
lastdaysguitar 3 months ago
A very cool customer. The little twists & body language queues were played off in the funniest manner. Audience laughs at perfect time. Mr Best certainly has my respect as an excellent interviewee. Also, in case one might forget, although Ringo will always be known as the BEATLES' drummer, Pete Best was far up the ladder as drummer for the SilverBeatles and was taken down to be replaced by one of the world's most famous drummers of all time! Who else could aim that high?
thedriverguy 3 months ago
Typical Letterman audience full of immature liberal jackasses. What a disgrace. The man is a notable part of Beatles history and should be respected for it. None of those giggling losers can claim an experience even remotely as cool as being in the fucking Beatles at the start. Besides, it's not like he broke up with a girl who won the lottery a week later. He was fired. The choice to continue with them was taken out of his hands. Grow the fuck up already.
NomadRepublic 3 months ago
@NomadRepublic Well where are stories of the drummer he replaced and others that were there for a bit and it did not work out, this happens, and has with many groups. It's life.
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NomadRepublic 3 months ago
What an admirable man in the face of a dirty lowdown trick, Lennon himself admitted that The Beatles were"big bastards". There must have been time's when Lennon would have been jealous of Pete's freedom to walk down the street!!!!!
johnbarry1965 4 months ago 2
Pete Best is the Rodney Dangerfield of music history. I wouldn't be laughing, considering how coldly he was dumped.
greenwich1754 4 months ago
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We did a song called Human Rights (Direitos Humanos) and dedicated to Bono Vox (U2) and John Lennon(Beatles). Estúdio RDP-Brazil, Brasília-Alberto Dias
MegaCongresso 4 months ago
Why do they keep laughing?
Naitch1981 4 months ago 2
yes assholes
sampson3121 4 months ago
@sampson3121 Eat a dick
RockStarJmac 3 months ago
BIggest Jinx of all times
americansongbooker1 4 months ago
Let go of your past and the bitterness it carries with it.
bertweedon100 4 months ago
I can't believe the audience laughing at him and why were they laughing? It doesn't make any sense, their the kind of people that take pleasure in someone else's misfortune.
kjaco56 4 months ago
I love Pete. Poor guy.
TheFpuff 5 months ago
20 Seconds into this.. the reaction of some of the audience is an example of why most of the world hate Americans.There was once a time that the world loved,envied & admired Americans.
merseybeat1963 5 months ago
No less a professional than George Martin stated that Best had to be replaced, which, considering who Martin was, and what he has accomplished, carries a lot of weight.
JeffersonDinedAlone 5 months ago
@JeffersonDinedAlone George Martin say's that he did not ask that Best be replaced& was surprised to find that they did because he considered Best visually,they're most appealing asset.He only insisted that a professional session drummer be used for the first record...I suspect Best was not a flexible a character and the guys needed someone they could dictate "how they want it played" to. From what I have understood Best was about as tough as Lennon.
merseybeat1963 5 months ago
@merseybeat1963 Yes and no. Martin was not pleased with the possibility of Best for session work, however, as Lennon stated, "Pete was a drummer. But Ringo was a Beatle." There may have been jealousy over Best's physical appearance, but Ringo fit in with the others, and, as we all know, it proved to be the right fit.
JeffersonDinedAlone 5 months ago 2
@JeffersonDinedAlone Definitely the right fit.
safarygirl 5 months ago
They really did Pete Best wrong, they should pay him make up money now, Paul can afford it! How dirty to do that to him......I think John was jealous of his looks...too
handsome....perhaps?
wjv4me 5 months ago
@wjv4me he got 2 million odd kwid
waster1976 5 months ago
@wjv4me No they liked Ringo better in the band, that's it, plain and simple.
bd9598 1 week ago
I'm glad with the comments about audience reaction. This is typical of DL's show where audience is primed to laugh at ANYTHING that comes out of his mouth. To his credit in this interview, however, he tried his best to maintain a dignified demeanor and act. seemed annoyed at times at aud. response. I wish in the Best interviews there was more focus on later emotions as The Beatles skyrocketed. I think I heard he attempted suicide at one point. What karma to be kicked out of that iconic band!
Richard40171 5 months ago
I once heard George say Pete was a better drummer but Ringo was a better Beatle
VictorRcp 5 months ago
Some people in the audience think pete's story must be funny, because they're in a funny tv show. morons.
roederism 6 months ago
THIS JUST PISSES ME OFF BECAUSE HE WAS NEVER IN ANY ALBUM RINGO IS THE ONLY BEATLES DRUMMER
Beatles265 6 months ago
@Beatles265 He's a part of the Beatle's lore and history, though, just like Stu Sutcliffe. I can't blame him for sounding a bit "sour grapes" about it, considering how the group took off afterwards.
diewasseratte 6 months ago
he must have been so gutted....something he could never get away from seeing as how famous the beatles became...thats the muic business though but still ..he seems a kind of quiet guy..bless him though he was to much of an individual to fit with them maybe..respect to you mr best x
ellie11000 6 months ago
the audience are faggots.
TheGrotesqueReality 6 months ago
"these guys are your friends then suddenly theyre not your friends" how fuckin stupid can this guy be?! i hate him! im sure bill hicks wanted so bad to stomp out this piece of shit
creatorofk 6 months ago
The Letterman show is an off balance setting for a study of a "nearly man". The audience is laughing, I guess, because of the format. They expect Dave and Pete to chum up and make light of it all.
asceticification 6 months ago
Guys, you have to understand, in these types of events, when there is an excessive amount of cheering or laughter, the audience is just doing what the producer or whatever tells them to do. When you hear stray laughter or applause, that is what is not planned.
allyouneedislove1030 6 months ago
The audience are frigging wankers.
Dogheadj 7 months ago 4
Nervious laughter.....plus Pete almost comes over as a comic as us scoucers are known for our timeing etc.Pete i has a hada bad deal.
ROCKYBLUEDOGS 7 months ago
I think Peter Best handled himself gracefully. I also think the 1982 vintage audiance at the time acted like typical NYC assholes, mocking the Mr. Best the whole time. I also believe that jealosy WAS the reason he was replaced with Ringo Starr. It is sad how David Lettermann, although gracefull in 1982, has become the same kind of prick that he had for audiances back then.
SteveLLW 7 months ago 3
how fucking long has Letterman been doing that show? christ.
Zimnyification 7 months ago
The audience are knobheads...whats funny about a man LOOKING like he's gonna start crying in places? ...and lets be honest - with FUCKING good reason when you think about it!
addylewis 7 months ago 2
The Unluckiest Man To Ever Live.... BUT !!!! Finally got his "due" 40 years later when the "Beatles Anthology" releases came out.
He's doing FINE now..... but seriously, I would have gone insane. ;-)
TacomaPaul 7 months ago
@TacomaPaul Did Pete Best Get Royalties From The Beatles Anthology??
Lovemyselfidoes81 3 months ago
@Lovemyselfidoes81 OH yes ! Millions ! And well deserved.
TacomaPaul 3 months ago
Pete seems like a nice and cool guy in this interveiw and yet the audience had the audacity to laugh at him. Nobody deserves to be laughed at in an interveiw by the audience that is just not right.
samusic160 7 months ago 41
Asss...pin...alll...
ThomasDeLello 7 months ago
did anyone shotgun the audience?
Kuplungmaster 7 months ago
Love his accent! Hate the audience!!
mimzy84 7 months ago 18
Some of the JOKERS in audience sound like Koo Koo birds.
boobj 7 months ago
Pete Best shows to be a nice and honest man - gee, I would be way town in the cellar for the rest of my life, being given that chock - i saw pete band just the other night at jelling festival i denmark may 2011, and he is in fact a soid drummer !!
carstenlinde 8 months ago
All the videos i have seen on YT, this one has really pissed me off, the JOKERS in the audience, laughing at Pete, Pete might realise now that David Letterman was taking the Mickey and trying to embarrass him. No audience in the UK would behave like that. He left the Beatles with Grace and to this day does not hold any grudges.
desperadoxl 8 months ago
You can't help feeling really sorry for him
IamTheWalrus025 8 months ago 2
@IamTheWalrus025 i know i love ringo and all but damn poor guy
pacificasucksballs 8 months ago
Anyone else think he says "oh yeah, sure" way too much?
GuyWithNoName67 8 months ago
I want to jump into the screen, find every person who laughed in that audience, and beat them for being classless assholes.
JesusEffingChrist69 8 months ago 2
@JesusEffingChrist69 I'd help yeh with that mate. Idiots laughin at his situation. I think it must have been soul destroying for Pete.
2011TREADSTONE 8 months ago
I heard they kicked him out because he was either better looking or he wasn't very social...
musicdork4ever 8 months ago
Pete Best is a very classy man, and to hear the chuckling of the cunts in the audience laughing at his story is really making me angry.
NamIsIll 8 months ago 2
The reason wasnt jealousy its cause he wasnt good enough
ratchetxrc 9 months ago
@ratchetxrc Exactly
bd9598 1 week ago
PETE BEST IS THE DRUMMER ON THAT
ALBUM THERE "THE SILVER BEATLES"
(THE DECCA AUDITION TAPES 1962)
HE IS "BEATLE PETE"
(Once a Beatle, Always a Beatle).
IGOROZKARSKY 9 months ago
Why does the audience laugh at the most random points in the interview?
reg123wan 9 months ago 28
@reg123wan He makes some weird grimace faces at 2:08 and 2:26. I think he's joking, but it's not coming across quite right.
NotADood 9 months ago
@reg123wan Because some of the audience members find the suffering of another person funny. sick
MrVeryStrangelife 8 months ago
@reg123wan because their just dumb arseholes, Pete is too classy a guy to even notice them, and they are too dumb to even realise that.
Zephyesa 5 months ago 3
even letterman looks embarressed at the end, there were some real pigs in the audience that day, so over the top in their disrespect towards Pete Best, that I feel they may have even been hired.
Zephyesa 5 months ago
@reg123wan ..Because ALL Americans are tits.
TheLordMilton 4 months ago
@TheLordMilton We saved your limey asses in WWII so fuck off!
RockStarJmac 3 months ago
@RockStarJmac you didnt do anything jack,
and you are a perfect puppet for the elite,
thank you you modern day nazi.
willie1490 3 months ago
@RockStarJmac ..So wrong on so many levels. You arrived very late in the second world war because your a bunch of overweight cowards at heart. In Europe recently and the Arab desert you shot allies in the back and bombed innocent people. The world dislikes America and your the ideal example of why! Your an obese twat with a fatter spotty hunk of a slag wife, now fuck off hombre or I might just get irksome on your head, prick.
TheLordMilton 3 months ago
@reg123wan because all american are full of american.
willie1490 4 months ago
@willie1490 America fuck yeah!
RockStarJmac 3 months ago
@reg123wan because they're dumb !
jmbacon01 3 months ago
@reg123wan He was so sincere and low key that he came across kinda funny to a few. I see him as very down to earth and refreshing. Also, Letterman was kind of condescending and the audience played off of that as well.
baseballeddie1177 3 months ago
Wow what a well spoken man
thoughtsrmisgivings 9 months ago
What a dumb audience of imbeciles. How can you laugh at a guy simply telling a truthful and exetremely interesting story that will always be a part of music history. Everyone with a brain knows who Pete Best was and is and McCartney in partic;ular is cowardly for not recognising Pete Best;s influence on the Beatles. I have an original photo of Pete Best with The Beatles. It;s worth a small fortune already. Best/Beatles memorabilia from those days are becoming priceless auction house lots..
Maxshard 9 months ago 2
What a truly humble, respectful and funny human being. He has behaved with dignity - many individuals could learn from this example.
I was very shocked that no-one from the Beatles ever acknowledged him afterwards - VERY poor show.
I wonder if he would have ever accepted money by them, if it was offered to him?
GuyMagicFingers 10 months ago
How can you NOT laugh at the guy ? So many brits complain that Americans laughed at him .
Obviously the guy has a huge sense of humor since he didn't jump off a building
panadevulpe 10 months ago
@panadevulpe I'm Australian ...and i say IGNORANT fucking Americans {as usual } Listen to the appalling mass consciousness of these FOOLS ...this man has a dignity and grace that you fuckwits could not even begin to understand ..i love the beatles ....but they gave pete a shitty time -all they had to do was acknowledge it -instead of being cowardly ...and could have been supportive of him through the years -even , gulp, friendly?
He deserves their respect and ours -he's got mine .
TheMichaelseymour 10 months ago 2
@TheMichaelseymour although i agree the true ignorance is you generalizing a whole entire country by an audience Americans are like anyone else, individuals. Every person is different, those audience members unfortunately were all asses... plus they're at a letterman show so they are expected to laugh.
gtarsk8er 9 months ago
@TheMichaelseymour Are you actually judging all Americans on these twats that were bored enough to go to a lame ass Letterman show? If you are, you're no different than these fucks laughing at Pete, which btw, pisses me off as well.
ToddSweeneyOnce 8 months ago
far more humbled than the remaining beatles.
laneatlileden 10 months ago
In defense of the audience, Pete Best is a somewhat intense dude (wasn't the big complaint about him that he didn't have a sense of humour?) and the audience probably laughs at inappropriate times to break the tension. Americans are not hearing someone speak of himself as having "mediocre success".
fueradeljuego 10 months ago
@fueradeljuego - also. that's the nature of Letterman's show. His stock in trade is being cynical and ironic and he was a comedian before he was a talk show host. People expect him to make fun of almost everything. And it's a pretty unique situation- a man who missed out on the biggest brass ring of all time.
Having said that, I was embarrassed for Pete and even for the audience after hearing them laugh. If they came for a cheap laugh Pete definitely showed them a lot of class instead.
BobTheRecordGuy 9 months ago
Wow, Americans have lame humour. Laughing about Pete Best having 'mediocre success".
Mazza4Azza 10 months ago
Mr Best is a nice and decent guy who didnt badmouth the guys who voted him out from the band. Hats off to you Mr Best! I dunno what the audience laughin about. Whats so funny with his experience being booted out?
dnumde69 10 months ago 3
BOOOOOO I LIKE RINGO BETTER!!!!!!!
PEACE AND LOVE!!!!!
TheCooltrix 10 months ago
What the eff... the audience are laughing at bits where the is no inkling of humour whatsoever.
ChiliPeppz 10 months ago 3
poor guy.
Pianolisticer 11 months ago
Why is that idiotic woman laughing? I remember this Letterman tit hosting a show in London a few years ago. As the British didn't know who the f*ck he was, they had to fill the studio with a lot of American tourists to do the requiredwhooping and screaming at everything he said.
Best has lived in the shadow of what happened to him almost fifty years ago and regardless of his claims that he got over it, I don't think he has. On balance, I think he got off lightly, all things considered.
Snedger 11 months ago
He seems like a really nice fellow. But the thing about jealousy; I find it quite strange. Sure,according to Norman,he might have been actually the most fan supported one of them. But for example Paul being jealous of him because of the way Pete looks? No way...My personal guess is that the three of them were closer to each other than Pete was to them
albuorkka 11 months ago
Comments like cessna65423's, while not as insane as bluecrabs, are dopey in their own way. You obviously don't know what the David Letterman show was like in the 80s. It wasn't mainstream like it is today. It was edgy and crazy and low budget and the kind of audience they got in would giggle at everything, all the way through, no matter what.
Shad0wN5 11 months ago
Too bad the audience didn't have heavy lighting equipment fall on their heads killing them. I don't understand how they could be so insensitive to Pete. This has to be one of the hardest things anyone has ever had to endure outside of losing a loved one or illness.
kingofallwhites 11 months ago
In the nineties Pete finally got some of that beatle money for himself with The Anthology project. The fist disc has a bunch of tunes with him, and he was paid his due, reportedly pleased with the deal. It is good to know he eventually got something for his troubles, after so many years. Rock On Pete Best!
phlpsvll 11 months ago
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phlpsvll 11 months ago
poor guy, octopuses garden in the shade..
rotolo 11 months ago
bad audience. ignorants of history.
xxbotzz 11 months ago
Shit I think Pete must be angry and/or envious of Ringo Starr
cabrerajohnny15 1 year ago
The Inappriate laugher coming from the audience was tough to hear; and turned what could have been a rare piece of television history into an embarressment for Dave Letterman and America.
cessna65423 1 year ago 3
No matter how bad things get in your life....REMEMBER......you could have been PETE BEST!!!
FOSEEBOY 1 year ago 2
When was this interview?
TheCocky69 1 year ago
@TheCocky69
1982
Chimbo65 10 months ago
Jealousy? I do remember that was true. Paul McCartney was jealous of Pete Best, because he received a lot of attention from females. Hmmm, maybe if he had remained on of the Beatles, he may have been labeled 'The cute one', not Paul McCartney.
winscott9601 1 year ago
@winscott9601 yeah he was definatly better looking than the rest of them. He was the kind of James Dean of the band.
unfortunatebeam 8 months ago
man the audience members were some assholes, laughing at him during his interview like he was a joke. he played with three of the best musicians EVER. something none of them or any1 else in the world will EVER accomplish.
DeMers10 1 year ago 84
@DeMers10 you said it brother...well put.
adampower1973 9 months ago
@DeMers10 You can almost see the pain in his eyes when they start to laugh. Seems like quite a decent guy.
isles727 9 months ago 2
@DeMers10 - Put yourself in the audience's shoes for a moment: they were there to attend the taping of a comedy program, and here's Pete Best, dressed all in black, telling his rather sad story in a quick and quite serious fashion, with no attempts at comedy, and consequently, little room for Letterman to get a joke in edgewise. It would have been a little awkward for the crowd members, so any laughter on their part was almost certainly a collective nervous release and not at all spiteful.
johnnytastetest 4 months ago 2
@johnnytastetest very true, haha never thought of it that way
DeMers10 4 months ago
@DeMers10 I wouldnt say three of the BEST MUSICIANS. Three of the best songwritters, three of the of the most intelligent and or lucky guys? But musicianship def. not the best... Of coarse dont forget opinions are like assholes, everyone has one :p.
pearlgrooves 4 months ago
Imagine being in a band, only to get the boot. Then they go on to be the most famous band of all time, and you end up loading bread into trucks to earn a living. SACKED!
I enjoyed this interview, but seriously, what a rude crowd!! Every time he expressed some of the sad emotion he encountered, they laughed at him. SACKED again! For fuck sakes, show the guy some respect!
MilitaryMan68564 1 year ago 4
Pete seems like a nice fellow. But then again, business is business. The one thing he deserved an apology for was the WAY they kicked him out. The band should have spoken to him directly about it instead of getting Brian to do it.
BTW, the audience is for the most part classless.
Reggie1971 1 year ago
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Reggie1971 1 year ago
Interesting interview. There is a distinct difference in personality between Pete and Ringo (who was more experienced by far). Whilst we feel sorry for Pete Best, at missing out on the Beatles fame, and the way the Beatles got Brian Epstein to get rid of him. However how about Colin Hanton, Tommy Moore, and Norman Chapman, they all drummed for the beatles/Quarrymen before Pete, they missed out too. Pete was a last minute recruit before Hamburg, because they had lost Norman to National service.
minicrow9 1 year ago
RE: "Pete's so honourable - how on earth does he do it, poor ol' Pete?". Nothing against Pete - but everyone has a hard luck story - worse than getting kicked out of a provincial pop band with a less-than-impressive demo record. Best had been on his "Feel Sorry For Pete Tour" ever since 1964, when he went on "I've Got A Secret" to share his tale of woe. 20 years later - and he was still at it. Jealousy? Pete - you were just an average drummer - even by 1962 standards. They'd been carrying you.
TheBingsTV 1 year ago
The Beatles did Pete Best a favor. He wasn't in their league - so much so that George Martin intended to use studio drummers on all The Beatles' songs. Imagine the humiliation Pete would have suffered once word got out that he wasn't even on any of The Beatles records.
TheBingsTV 1 year ago
Say what you want but the fact is, Pete wasn't a good drummer. His beats were always the same, his fills were the same song after song and his footbeat was pathetic. Ringo was the best drummer in Liverpool and after being denied by record companies because of their drummer, they wanted the drummer with the best skills. Jealousy? Try being kicked out because you were a very poor drummer. He was only in the group in the first place because he was one of the few in town with a kit. I don't mean to
westftballstar31 1 year ago
Mind you Pete can comfortably live until he dies off the royalties from anthology 1. Some people have it dead easy.
tnuke1 1 year ago
The bitch at 3:08 will roast in Hell for that giggle. Nice leading questions, Dave. You're always a clASS act.
GATisdale 1 year ago
@GATisdale That bitch is probably already roasting.
GreatVideos4You 1 year ago
Without Ringo The Beatles were have been duller & lacked a certain charm.
flaxonx3 1 year ago
Seems like a nice guy, but didn't have the pizazz Ringo had or has. Pete was a little too laid back-and the group needed to show LIFE.
TheDorr71 1 year ago
Pete looks about one station break away from committing suicide on TV.
SubconsciousGatherer 1 year ago
*Comment continued*
Would you have been completely mellow?
Thirdly, don't go saying that the Beatles had no reason whatsoever to kick Pete out. They had many reasons. Yes, some of them were jealousy, but it was also partly because of Pete's personality. He just didn't have the necessary charisma that Ringo had. I agree that what happened to Pete would have been and still would be devastating, and I respect the way he's handling it.
Fourthly, more famous people get attacked and killed than
myhorsiegirl 1 year ago
Ok, some people are WAY too ignorant on the subject of the Beatles.
First of all, to the few people who blamed Yoko for Pete being kicked out, Yoko wasn't even around then. John met Yoko in Spain at her art exhibit in 1966, and Pete got let go in 1962.
Second of all, you ignorant little nobodies who said John was a fluke need to grow up. Sure, he was immature earlier, and he got in a lot of fights and everything, but look at what the man had to deal with up to that point in his life. Would
myhorsiegirl 1 year ago
Yoko was not around when Pete Best left the group!!
soccerdadmike 1 year ago
I've heard speculation that Paul didn't want competition from Pete (as Pete was good looking). It probably was jealousy. Did any Beatle ever mention Pete's name publicly? Pete Best got the worst screwing in music history. My sister heard him on Howard Stern some years back, and Stern got him to admit that he hates the Beatles. How could he not? He has a lot of class, though. I wish him well.
Glannmore 1 year ago
eh. Ringo was better
nintendo123ish 1 year ago
he seems quite similar to Ringo to me:-)
TheMartras 1 year ago
poor guy, he looks like such a sweet guy :( (i still love ringo ;) )
5thfemalebeatle 1 year ago
wow, he was really handsome
5thfemalebeatle 1 year ago 2
@5thfemalebeatle
He was good looking. And John and Paul resented it.
RockinBobXYZ 1 year ago 2
The fact that Pete handled things as he did showed amazing strength. He finally got his much delayed payday once the Anthology came out with him playing on a few tracks. Class act all the way.
cranie4 1 year ago
Pete Best WAS a Beatle so why shouldn't he talk about it and benefit financially from it. The others did the dirty on him , whether justifiably or not , and they never had the decency to tell him to his face. To me that shows that they were ashamed by what they did and didn't have the balls to sack him themselves. He spent 2 yrs performing & living with these guys , going through the highs and the lows. He considered them his friends and they basically stabbed in the back.
theselector 1 year ago
This comment has received too many negative votes show
Crazy bitch Yoko probably was behind him getting kicked out.
bluecrabs08 1 year ago
@bluecrabs08 ,
Yoko wasnt even around then!
You have no clue about the history about the band.
dlc54 1 year ago 46
@dlc54bluecrab was kidding....you gotta do better that that.....
itmsjim 1 year ago
@dlc54 pretty sure it was a joke....
pguiver 1 year ago
@dlc54
ZOMG! UR RITE!!!!! Bluecrab knows nothing about the band. Or maybe he was joking...
shadrach051 1 year ago
@dlc54 yoko probably went back in time, remember, shes a crazy bitch
Monehan 1 year ago
@bluecrabs08 Ha Ha Ha ! Too funny... probably was. Wasn't she always all of their problems?!!
RevRonL 1 year ago
@bluecrabs08 Try doing some history lessons before commenting. Concentrate on the chronological accuracy of events then you won't make a berk of yourself.
flaxonx3 1 year ago
@bluecrabs08 troll?
gitrplaya4u 1 year ago
@bluecrabs08 You're so uneducated ....
McMoxiee 9 months ago
@bluecrabs08 actually it was cuz he kinda sucked at drumming. listen to his recordings hes no good needs more practice
lookout4kneegrows 8 months ago
what a nice guy.
clsarashimmer 1 year ago 2
The audience...?...whats up with some of those low life responses..
merseybeat1963 1 year ago
A note to 26highstreet: And what exactly would YOU do?
Pete is charming and candid and has a sense of humour in this video. Think of how difficult is must have been for him. I've been in bands, I know sometimes changes need to be made, and it's painful, but years later even Lennon admitted they were cowards in the way they handled letting Pete go. Do some research before you make stupid comments on youtube.
Davian67 1 year ago
The girls use to scream for Pete. You know that the other 3 were very jealous of his looks and his chrisma. What is worst is that Pete stuck it out during the begining and just as they were ready to hit it big, they drop the ball.
khj93play 1 year ago
If we consider the success of bands like Grateful Dead or The Allmans, what would the Beatles have been like with 2 drummers?
cshubs 1 year ago
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tomcat13claws 1 year ago
They just wanted to get ringo in...This man was great......They just kicked him out....I hate the beatles for that...they were jelous of his good looks and personality and the fans chanted his name
KINGMJ1990 1 year ago
When a soccer player is put on the transfer list for underachieving noone blinks but when it comes to a music group we consider it a social injustice.
August1977 1 year ago