Respond to this video... He sued the others so he could release his solo album. He did not want Klein to handle the group's business affairs but he was outvoted. He had to sue them to get out of the contract that stated they were a partnership and Klein was getting the money from his songs.
@paxsedan The reason he wanted to put his name first before John's name is that he said John agreed to it. But it sounded better as Lennon-McCartney. But I don't know if George hated him. They still did Anthology together so it couldn't be he really hated Paul like you say. I can't find any quotes on that hate thing or information on it. I know he bought more stocks than Lennon in the music publishing company that owned their songs, Northern Songs.
I have seen just about ALL the interviews with Mccartney and for some reason he is being 100% candid and honest. he is not playing the 'role" of Paul which he now does in nterviews ..he no longer speaks Absolute truth..he speaks what he thinks the people would like to hear. But this is rare in his honesty.
They were already having problems before Yoko came around. I don't think John and Yoko's relationship was the sole reason for the breakup but I think it was the final straw for them like you said.
Really, I think Lennon was the one that drove the band apart. He started focusing on Yoko and ignored his other bandmates.
he just said, the beatles beat off the competition with big mal the roadie..... he just said it.... they harmed people to make it .. ...it was not gay.... mostly
@knightofjustic thats true, but back then when they first decided to break up, they wanted to go their own way and make their own music. None of them really disliked one another, they were probably all still close... I think they wanted to be more in life than just the Beatles. Either way, incredible band with incredible people.
What they really needed was a break from each other, with an opportunity to do their own solo records. They'd have continued as the Beatles had that happened. Unfortunately, Yoko came along with her own massive, overbearing personality, and convinced a paranoid Lennon that McCartney was sabatoging his own talent and artistic integrity. Paul filed a lawsuit dissolving the band, further driving a wedge between he and Lennon and they never really reconciled.
one common bond I think they both had besides both being musical genuises is they were both very insecure people ..!!! for paul to get up tight about some book writer saying john was more great is kind of childish... and john and paul were both like that ... that made there realtionship very complex but also helped to create some great art having that creative competitive tension interwined with mutal respect in some ways but in the end it helped to self destruct the realtionship..!!!
Lennon had one hell of a temper ... a real hothead at times. Over-exposure to one another set the stage for in-fighting among themsleves. Yoko had nothing to do with it. she was John's tag-along. Paul and John were fighting, George and Ringo were fighting, George was mad at John for breaking up the group and on and on it went !
IF IT WASN'T FOR YOKO YHE BEATLES WOULD STILL BE TOGETHER AND JOHN WOULD BE ALIVE. YOKO GOT HIM SHOT CUS SHE SAID "LETS GO TO THE dAKOTA JOHN" WHAT HAPPENED IS HISTORY.
@uncatila Yes, the Beatles argued, but like any marriage between/among people who are constantly together, disagreeing is inevitable. IMO, they should have taken a break from each other. See if and how it worked. Deep inside they loved each other, worked well, and when a question needed answering they asked Brian E, then discussed it as a whole. Ono wanted to move to NY, John agreed. If he remained in England he would probably be alive today. She's to blame. Obnoxious Bitch! Toni
@scarvesonguitars oh yeah dude! John was angry mabey beacuse he had a bad childhood but people say he was a bad fater to Julian he tried he was not ready to raise a child thats how he was raised being left but then he realized with Sean that all he needed was love and peace and he would not change to please anybody he would be him self and i love him for that. So dont ever say the word hate abot 6 things #1 John Lennon #2 Peace #3 Love #4 Family ( Even if it may seem like it) #5 music #6 you.
NO. Their split up was caused by her presence. Let's not deny that fact. I hate the part of John where he let Yoko take away what could have been the better of music of today. But what can we do? Shit happens.
PEOPLE SHOULD STOP BLAMING YOKO BECAUSE SHE FELL IN LOVE AND SO DID JOHN. THEY SPLIT UP BECAUSE GOOD THINGS DON'T LAST FOREVER, THEIR MUSIC DOES, BUT THEY COULDN'T EVER LAST ANY LONGER. THEY WERE GROWN MEN WHO HAD BEEN TOGETHER SINCE THEY WERE TEENAGERS AND WERE ONLY HELD TOGETHER THROUGH BRIAN EPSTEIN. WHEN HE DIED, IT STARTED TO FALL APART. SO PLEASE STOP BLAMING YOKO BECAUSE SHE ACTUALLY SOUNDS QUITE SWEET.
@Rocker9514 True.... But its kind of awkward being left with a kid who isn't yours and she was probably very unstable and upset because John died... but true it was unfair... But the thing is my dad met her and said that she was really sweet and nice...
@nowheregirl007 she actually IS sweet but even after many years of John being dead she was still cruel to Julian he had to pay at auctions so he could own some things that belonged to his father also she cremated John and John was afraid of cremation and even wanted to make a protest song against it
@Rocker9514 I know thats mean, I'm not saying she's perfect :P I'm just saying it wasn't her fault that the beetles broke up. I know that the way she treated Julian was unkind and cremating John when he was afraid of it was kinda strange. But all I'm saying is that it isn't her fault, and I get a bit mad when I see the comments that are seriously rude to her. Even people who don't know about the way she treated Julian get at her just because they can.
@nowheregirl007 It actually was somewhat her fault. I saw interviews with people that worked with the Beatles and told us the truth. Paul will tell us it wasn't her fault, but she was a big part of the break up, or at least the part that dragged John away.
It always amazes me in every interview with an ex-Beatle that they're still willing to talk about it after almost fifty-plus years. You'd think they'd be sick to death of repeating the same information, but they always seem willing to discuss it. And they always seem shocked at what the Beatles accomplished even after all these years. I really admire that.
The Beatles were/are modern prophets, and there are hidden messages and meanings in many of their songs. To learn how to perceive these hidden meanings, search "Truth Contest" in Google and click the 1st result, then open The Present and read through the section about The Beatles.
man think of the logistics John said it , they went around the world & all they saw was the inside of hotel rooms all because of silly little girls. Lucky in a way so confined & deprived (not depraved learn english) in many. They feared 4 their lives from fans. I was mobbed by women 1 time & it is actually a bit scarey. They just got sick of the limited company wouldnt anyone get sick of constant isolation w/the same people. Eat your favourite food for 3 years and c if u dont dont get sick it
Paul states, "After about five years they missed the Beatles less and less as we each formed our new lives". It sounds the same as getting over a marriage that ended, or a lover that went astray. Time heals.
@Msemospongebob Brinkley was supposed to shoot Paul but Yoko pissed him off at the last minute when she reneged on the deal. and refused to pay the vet bill and Wrinklies dog died after McCartney kicked it. Poor Pusang.
Yoko certainly sped up the process of the Beatles breaking up, but something happened after they returned to India that split the Beatles for good. John Lennon's drug abuse certainly didn't help.
@DayTripper12880 I think Brian Epstein's death was only another factor, since they had to become businessmen and they were trying to build Apple Music while being artists too. There's also John's heroin abuse, the trip to India, Magic Alex and all of John's hanger-ons, etc. I guess, quite simply, they were all fed-up with each other. Only they know. All I meant was that Yoko wasn't the only guilty party, although she was indeed a factor.
@DayTripper12880 Very true. It all starts spiraling downward right from the point of Brian's death. What they didn't need was Apple to have to look after and take care of. That was a huge strain on them and brought on more pressure than they needed. And Apple was, as George said, John and Paul's egos running away with each other. They took on too much during a stressful time in their career.
@MattHatter yeah man, but george got his ego too.. and a lotof revenge, that took more time to heal than John and Paul´s revenge.But the only thing that matters is that i´m watch paul for the third time in as month here in Brasil!!yeah!Galo!
@heartofzorro Of course they would have. The three of them reunited for The Beatles Anthology and played over a couple of Lennon's demos. If John was alive, they would have most likely done a whole album and even played a reunion show.
Thats what I reckon too...maybe earlier than they did as well, I mean yeah - McCartney had had enough of Wings by the 80's, but then by the end of the 80's George went into the Travelling Wilburys obviously missing the "band" thing a bit...but I DO think John and Paul would've probably played on each others solo albums in the 80's and allowed each other some collaborative artistic freedom before getting the Beatles back together
@addylewis Yeah John dug Paul's McCartney II stuff, saying that "Coming Up" got him back into music. It pretty much encouraged him, and that means he probably wouldn't have made "Double Fantasy" without it.
Paul looking so handsome here. He is 100% right in stating that John did have a lot of bravado about him and did hide his true feelings. I think it came from the trauma and pain of his chaotic early life and was a habit he formed for his own self protection.
When Lennon and Ono got together, Lennon made Ono write down the name of every man she'd slept with. This upset Ono and Lennon ended up writing a song called 'Jealous Guy' as an apology to her.
Yeah paul! stick it to the man! and hey, you the man!!! :D i mean come on, we all knew john was like that, but if ur asking paul, its like getting the scoop from your brother. thats what they were after all.
I have read that John did not allow Ono out of his sight, as he was an incredibly jealous man, and that is why she was always in the studio, etc. Point is, how many of us have first hand knowledge? Hell, even the people who were there couldn't tell you with any certainty what was driving anyone else's actions.
ah fuck it i somewhere in another alternate universe the beatles never broke up and are still making great music you check out a website called the beatles never broke up a guy claimed he met a dude from another parallel unirverse and hijack a copy of some beatles music lol.
Peter Brown who was best man at J&Y's wedding said, "If there's one crucial element in the break up of the Beatles, it was John's heroin addiction......
john found happines by making music with the beatles then met yoko ono who controlled him by "heroin" after they got married she even kicked him out of her life , when she realize john needed help she went back with him because if something bad had happend to him the media and the fans would have blame her forever, without yoko he is in a better place....
@selenaandany I'm so tired of everyone blaming Yoko Ono for the break up. The Beatles were four fully grown men who had grown up together. They knew each other very well & were as close as anything. But like in any relationship sometimes things don't work out & they fall apart. They were already falling apart when Yoko entered the scene. Yoko is just blamed by people who can't accept that the Beatles, their heros, had flaws. But they did. Get over it & stop blaming the poor woman. She loved him
@Browncoatt22 Der Tod von Brian Epstein war der "Break Point", der "Vermarkter* weg.Jetzt konnten sie erwachsen werden, jeder für sich. Und das war gut. Was dann an Musik kam, war "Revolution Number XXX) und Leben. I Love The Beatles, never missing but each of them by his own gave us mor until these days.
@Browncoatt22 So you say she's not to blame? Hmmm... So how do you explain the fact that she didn't exactly champion the cause of keeping them together. You know if Yoko wanted to she could have talked John into staying with the Beatles, but she didn't do that did she? NO! she wanted to be the star! She could have insisted on staying home instead of being in the recording studio messing things up. And she should have stayed out of their music....Revolution number 9 anyone?
@InstantMagic It wasn't Yoko's job to maintan the friendship of the four Beatles, you can't talk someone into doing something they don't want to do. And why should she stay at home if she didn't want to? If anyone felt threatened by her being there then that was their problem not hers for being in the room. And no one really knows what truly went on anyway. As for Revolution No.9, it's not exactly the only poor Beatles song is it? There's plenty of bad ones that don't include any input from Yoko
John is a creative guy that has been on the party for many years with the beatles doing all sorts of drugs. he had just found himself when he got killed.
Basic TRUE info I learned in school on Body Language. When people are asked a question and if they answer back looking to the LEFT, that means they are lying in what they are saying.
John did NOT miss the Beatles because of the song "GOD" when John said "I don't believe in Beatles."
@JAtria Well i don't know im not against you or anything BUT I mean, John and them spent COUNTLESS
hours in the studio together, and even before they became legend. They been doing music For years together.
They did drugs together, do you know how it is being on drugs with your friends? Its a connection no one can have with you not only that. they did MUSIC together..everything they did together was deep. Plus John and them had a great sence of humor so idk im just saying lol
@uncatila No she wasn't! That's unfair of you to say that! People grow apart and want to do different things. Sadly this was the case with the beatles and their seperate tastes in music were clear. In fact their tastes in music were so different that by the end, they wouldn't play in the same studios and when they did, it just ended up in fights. Yoko loved John very much and helped his career when the others wouldn't.
if john had never met yoko john probably would have done alot of horrible things and hurt alot of people, including people he loves. he would also probably go into depression and commit suicide. we wouldn't want that would we?
And, John loved Yoko. It's not your choice who he loves. So back off.
@Msemospongebob lol,yeah,instead,after being with Yoko, John cut off all ties with his family and friends from England, thus ended up hurting a lot of people, got hooked on heroin, sank into depression in second half of the 70s and lost his creativity (until hearing Paul's latest album apparently).the one difference is that he didn't commit suicide but was shot...Am not disputing that he loved her at some point though. He had to if he listened to her singing and still performed with her.
@uncatila your a dumbass the beatles didnt break because of yoko, john and paul did, they were like brothers and like brothers they also fought like brothers. they split up because of their defferences not because of a girl even though paul did despise her. stop being a retard
@jesse23ify Don't judge. The Beatles had problems that 'could' have led to a temporary break-up, then in time resolved their differences. Ono convinced John he'd do better solo. Paul wasn't the only one who dispised her-George and Ringo hated her, a zillion fans, & friends/family of Cynthia. Ono wasn't an ordinary Girl! She was and still is a Witch in disguise, using John's name as a way to stardom. I doubt she loved him for himself, but adored his bank account. She even denied Julian. Toni
@BirdsnBlooms1 umm dude paul even said it in an interview, it wasnt her fault. why cant you accept the fact that the beatles couldnt just last forever and they were good doing solo anyways, they created very good songs alone. i am not saying they were better apart but they were very good too.
@jesse23ify 1st, I'm NOT a dude. I'm F. Paul, as well as the other Beatles, and most if not all famous ppl say many untruths during interviews. Again I repeat. Can you imagine him stating, 'It was Ono's fault!' There would be an outburst. It'd be headline news. I don't want to see her dead but some nut might go after her like they did John. The Beatles probably wouldn't have lasted forever. John was too naive, did what she said. She was jealous of the others, so that was that. Toni
@BirdsnBlooms1 if they tried to last forever they would have eneded up like a band that hated eachother, they needed to make there own music, even if she wasnt there they probably would've broken up for oter reasons, they were moving apart before yoko was in the picture.
@jesse23ify Possibly. Over the years they would have made many changes. If there was one reason we were told, we'd be discussing the why and how it happened. When (as in time) they started having problems isn't a reason. They continued recording. One problem, George wanted to perform songs he wrote; John & Paul weren't that interested. A problem that could have been easily resolved. Ono WAS in the picture when John stated he wanted a divorce. Do you not think she voiced an opinion to him? Toni
@BirdsnBlooms1 how would you know, the beatles would have failed if they were still together, if john and paul were not interested then they would have made terrible music, they split, it was a good idea too, they made good music, they were very successful and Ono and John were in love, ou can say shit to that, it happened you cant blame her, and it was an opinion, like the beatles were gonna have a girl ruin the band, no. they also split for many other reasons not just because of Ono.
@jesse23ify How would I know what? I have a question for you. How do YOU know they'd have failed or made terrible music? I doubt they'd put out a bad song, as a group. I enjoy John and Paul's music after the split, (Wings/Plastic) but prefer Beatles songs much much more. Double Fantasty was a flop until John, RIP, passed away. Its reviews were terrible. Although I have every Beatles album, I only purchased 2 DVDs, 1 John & 1 Paul, after they separated. Entitled to my opinion. Toni
@BirdsnBlooms1 i would know, because they were splitting up, like you said, they werent interested in their music, it would've ended up as band that hated eachother, just sitting around not even wanting to be in the same room. i also have all their albums, and prefer beatles songs too. also in this interview, like paul said, john said he hated the beatles but he actually missed them, he talked to Ono on the phone she told him, what's to say that they probably lied about her spltting up the band?
@jesse23ify What's to say someone would lie in an interview? Come on! Stars lie all the time. Mainly to protect themselves from 1. the truth, 2. getting sued. Again, if Paul had admitted Yoko was even partly to blame, it'd had made the headlines, from sea to shining sea. Ono would have taken Paul to court, greedy witch that she is. Several millions more in her bank acct wouldn't hurt.
@jesse23ify Example: Paul was interviewed. The host asked, "How many times have you taken LSD?" Paul grinned, 'w/his sexy smile,' replied, "3 times." Three times? I'd bet it was a heck of a lot more, but he had to fib so people wouldn't deem him a druggie, moreso now that he's older. The host even laughed, knew Paul was not quite telling the truth. This is one example out of millions. Jim Morrison might have openly admitted the truth, but Paul has to keep up an image..'nowadays.'
@uncatila In the end, Yoko had NOTHING to do with the break-up of the Beatles. They outgrew the Band.
They had stopped touring in 65, they had spent the next 6 years in studios together. That had to get old. There were going to be fights. Then as they began to realize that their personal writing talents had grown they wanted to do solo albums. Yoko was a stooge used by the media who needed someone to blame. She is a very nice and warm individual.
@bashfulbrother Yoko is like a lot of predators. She destroyed the house of Lennon and produced a bastard. This caused an avalanche of celebrity bastard babies unto today
@uncatila You need to do some research. Think about this for a minute. Do you really believe that after 20+ years of knowing each other and playing together that all it took to destroy their friendships was the presence of a tiny woman from Japan??????
These guys were brothers, but the Beatles were a business. And as such it ran it's course.
Every one of the 4 of them and their families and friends have all said the same thing. "We wanted to move on in our solo projects." That was it.
@uncatila Oh, I know there was bad blood between them. That song that you are talking about was written after the break-up and it was in response to a tune that McCartney wrote. On his first solo album McCartney had written "too many people" and "3 Legs" as a slam against Lennon, so John wrote How do .....
I never said that there wasn't tension in the situation, but you can't lay it all on Yoko. She was John had a eratic personality. Many extremely creative people do.
@uncatila From what I have read McCartney and Lennon were like fire and water right from the start. It was that friction that produced their great songs. Look at some of the later Beatles vids and you can see the tension that existed. This was the result of living in the same room, with the same people for YEARS. No one can live under the circumstances that these guys did for eternity. Check out the Dick Cavett interview. They discuss her role in the situation.
Sorry, don't buy it. Yoko got Lennon hooked on hard drugs and that excerbated his already paranoid personality. For whatever reason, he took his paranoia out against his best friend, McCartney, without whom, there wouldn't have been the later classic albums.
@bashfulbrother 2 words that have never been applied to Ono are "nice" & "warm." Your statements are incorrect, but I'm sure you'll stick to them. If they outgrew the band, why did John, George, and Ringo speak of staying together right after the split in 1970? What killed them was when Paul sued them at the end of '70. He had to in order to extricate himself as they were all tied together in business. It was only after that point that John started saying they were destined to split.
@Toodlem Have you ever met Yoko Ono? Have you ever worked as a professional national act musician? Until you can answer yes to that you have nothing to stand on. Try a little empathy here.
How would you feel if you were accused of being the central reason in the break up of one of the most influential and popular acts in music? You don't know what you are talking about. Try to imagine walking into your house one night with your spouse and someone blows their head off.
@bashfulbrother You never answered me. I'll respond to your Q's even though they're irrelevant. Never met Ono but why is it ALL the people who did know her & John during the Beatles despised her? Find 1 exception. Never worked as a musician. So? And Ono was so shaken by the murder that she had a new BF within 6 wks. If I were accused of breaking them up I'd fess up, especially if time served to condemn me. You have nothing to stand on but your belief that your own ignorance+denial=enlightenment.
@Toodlem I'll begin by answering your question. You seem to have answered your own question though.
You state that it was Paul who broke them up. I agree. Paul never felt good about being second fiddle to Lennon. Lennon was the genius behind the band. Yes, Yoko began a relationship about 5months not 6 weeks after John's murder. She also spent the next 10 years doing charitable work in which she credited John. We have different ideas. I can say that I am not speaking from books or writings.
@bashfulbrother Lennon was the genius of the band according to who? Lennon admitted that he had gone through a fallow period prior to hooking up with Ono. He was clearly not the force behind the beatles after 1966. McCartney lead the band and came up with the blockbusters from Revolver onward. It was Lennon's band initially - that is beyond question. It was Paul's band until the end.
@genericgeorge In all sincerity, you are the most uninformed human being that I have ever encountered.
Paul McCartney himself said that it was John who was the leader. There is a scene in hard days night where John asks the other 3, "Where we going, fellas?" They would respond "To the toppermost poppermost'. Anyway, it has been fun but I am through with this.
@bashfulbrother You are a comic right? You cant be so stupid as to label me as " the most uninformed human being you have ever met" and then type up the worst disinformation ever written, if you were anywhere near serious. Lennon NEVER that in a Hard Days Night, except for maybe the dickhead's cut - Seen only be you. He used to say that in Hamburg when they were low in spirits to lift the band. It was also used in Birth Of The Beatles - a biographical movie in 1979. You are a total flip.
@genericgeorge I totally, yet respectfully disagree with the amount of credit you give Paul. Yes, he was talented, however John was the creative genius & largely responsible for the band's evolution. If you listen to the music, look at the crediting of the songs, listen/read what Ringo & George had to say, they all agreed that John (& George) were the ones bringing in the new ideas/sounds. Look at their post-beatles work, Paul made catching jingles, John continued to grow & made timeless hits.
@dwayners13 If it wasnt for Paul, John;s apathy would have seen The Beatles fall by the wayside. He said himself Pepper was only created becuse Paul phoned him up to say were doing an album. "Suddenly I had to write a stack of songs" as if it were a choir. He only wrote three but they were three classics. Suppose Paul didnt lay down the challenge to John what would he have done? Exactly what he was doing prior - aka after the touring ceased - laying on his bed wasted doing nothing
@dwayners13 It was Paul, via Jane Asher's influence, who lead him to new ideas like conceptual art. John resisted at first, just like he resisted Dylan, but ultimately embraced it. If you dont believe me just listen to all that was going on in Tomorow Never Knows. All those amazing loops were McCartney's he did at home. Around this time McCartney engineered a seesion titled Carnival Of Light which was exactly what Revolution 9 became two years later - weird shit. It has never been released.
It's a matter of preference who's music you prefer. Some prefer George's to either Lennon or McCartney. This matter were discussing here is who lead The Beatles. Lennon lead them from the time he formed the band in the 50's until 1966 when he succumbed to drugs and apathy. McCartney lead the band after that as he was the only interested. Just watch Let It Be film to see how the others just didnt care. Lenon even in apathy still wrote great stuff though, he just wasnt the main voice anymore.
@genericgeorge You said it youself, the others weren't interested . . . in letting paul lead them. they simply didn't respect him or his ability to lead. Watch the Imagine scene where John, George & Ringo basically make fun of him while sitting around the table. He simple didn't inspire or lead them as John did. At that time they were ready to quit but agreed to 1 more record & make their announcement to split after. That is why they were pissed when Paul made it look like he was leaving them,.
@dwayners13 Like it or not, if it wasnt for McCartney there wouldnt have been Sgt Pepper, Magical Mystery Tour, White Album, Abbey Road or Let It Be. He instigated all these projects and he lead them through their most acclaimed period. That's right he LEAD them because the others didnt have the motivation. So if it wasnt for him they wouldnt be THE BEATLES as we know them. They probably would have folded after Penny Lane, Strawberry Fields. Why do people have such comtempt towards this guy?
I am at times quite critical of McCartney as his style of writing overly commercial hits just doesnt do it for me as much. Revolver, Let it Be and Sgt Pepper were unquestionably 'his' albums in terms of 'hits' but generally i prefer John and George's stuff the most. They werent as commercial but listen to Blue Jay Way, Love you to, Lucy in the Sky, Because, Tomorrow never knows, Strawberry Fields and I am the Walrus....John and George were pushing the boundaries more.
@BOSIE321 The point I tried to make here was not about hits or who is better then who. It's a matter of preference just like there are those who think The Stones are superior. John and Paul were equeals in different ways, and it was McCartney who lead the band after they quit touring and instigated all their most acclaimed projects thereby forcing the others to come up with their great stuff. McCartney wrote the hits that a band needs to have while the other two were coming up more avant garde
@BOSIE321 and make no mistake Paul was pushing the boundaries in pop music unlike no-one else. Eleanor Rigby, For No-one, were baroque in their influence that the others were not doing or even capable of in their writing at that time. Truly unique. Yesterday, Michelle, Got to get you into my life, were ground breaking stuff as well. Helter Skelter isnt exactly softcock pop either. It was proably the heaviest rock song ever until that point. John George Paul were all great as they were different
@genericgeorge Paul contributed much more than than just pop side to The Beatles. He was the one who introduced the others to avant-gardism. The first to use tape loops and backward tracking. He was involved with Indica Books (very avant-garde and underground). McCartney lived in the heart of Swinging London while Lennon was home still trapped in an unhappy marriage. It was only after he met Yoko, (who, by the way, he met at Indica Gallery) that he came to overshadow Paul in that category.
@Toodlem I can't even know if you have ever had a spouse die. Not just die, but be one of the most popular celebrities in the world, but then stand there and watch as a lunatic slams 4 slugs into their back. Being covered in their blood as you try to hold them together as the ambulance's come.
John Lennon loved Yoko Ono. George, Ringo, John, even at times Paul have all said that Yoko wasn't the cause of the breakup. John said that he put it together and it was HIS idea that they go no further.
@Toodlem At the time they broke up, they were still on highly popular and commercial. A lot of their fans had grown up with them in the 60's and their break-up was taken very personally by most of their fans. They couldn't believe that they had run their course, there had to be an evil person who broke them up. Yoko was the newest so it was her. WHY she would want to do this goes without ever being talked about. Anyway, I'll never convince you and vice versa. Have a great life.
@bashfulbrother Why break them up? To get in on the act, which she did. She couldn't join the Beatles, they (& everyone) hated her. So she got into John's solo act with no talent or credentials. She influenced John to hire Klein which caused a huge rift & had the balls to bark orders at them in the studio. She's a HUGE reason for the split. You still haven't answered my Qs or supported your belief that she had nothing to do with the split. Many of your "facts" aren't facts & I'm just starting.
The only thing that strikes me as out of place is that all of the Beatles, ALL of them all said that Yoko had nothing to do with their breakup.
If they hated her so much, why did they all say that? I mean, if she was solely responsible for their demise you would think that at least one of them would mention it. But they all said that it had nothing to do with her.
@CanKuman8 That's weird. For some reason my response to your correction. I really thought that they stopped in 65, so thanks for pointing that out. Sorry about the screw up.
Yeah he also said that the Beatles were just a rock band, not important. That is like Michelangelo saying that the Sistine Chapel is just a really big graffiti. Cognitive Dissonance at its best.
@YoshiTheBlue John Lennon doesn't care about any laws, he just does the right thing even when everyone else thinks its crazy ;) He was my awesome butler in another universe, and in another universe I was a tree and he was a nearby dog. and I felt honored, I'm sure.
@Timeofflux There's also a Universe where John Lennon was considered the savior of the world and 1968 years later Jesus Christ was considered an upity know it all long haired freak, doing weird things to promote peace. Trippy, isn't it?
@mohawksoccerplayer How did Paul McCartney betray John Lennon? I am confused about your statement. As far as I know Paul had to break up the Beatles as relations between them all had irrevocably broken down. John, George and Ringo opted to go with new manager Alan Klein - whom Paul knew was a crook - so naturally he refused. Paul turned out to be 100% accurate in his suspicion of Klein who was later imprisoned in the US for financial irregularities.
John & Yoko get the most stick for being open about the problems in the band, but you can't deny that Paul was just as responsible for the Beatles' breakup, for doing weird stuff that caused aggro (Like randomly going off and recording Beatles songs by himself), or generally being a patronising dick during the Let It Be sessions. Watch Anthology- 90% of the problems they talk about are because of something Paul did.
I know why John said those things about The Beatles. He got drunk alot. Thats why. Paul's right, he doesnt mean it.
BeatleManiaForver99 1 month ago
Respond to this video... He sued the others so he could release his solo album. He did not want Klein to handle the group's business affairs but he was outvoted. He had to sue them to get out of the contract that stated they were a partnership and Klein was getting the money from his songs.
jpsmart59 2 months ago
@paxsedan The reason he wanted to put his name first before John's name is that he said John agreed to it. But it sounded better as Lennon-McCartney. But I don't know if George hated him. They still did Anthology together so it couldn't be he really hated Paul like you say. I can't find any quotes on that hate thing or information on it. I know he bought more stocks than Lennon in the music publishing company that owned their songs, Northern Songs.
jpsmart59 2 months ago
I have seen just about ALL the interviews with Mccartney and for some reason he is being 100% candid and honest. he is not playing the 'role" of Paul which he now does in nterviews ..he no longer speaks Absolute truth..he speaks what he thinks the people would like to hear. But this is rare in his honesty.
DavelovesRealMusic 3 months ago
Yoko ruined the chemistry the 4 of them had. She was the acid that mixed with their water. The result was disaster.
LiquorWreckedEmGood 3 months ago 3
@LiquorWreckedEmGood
They were already having problems before Yoko came around. I don't think John and Yoko's relationship was the sole reason for the breakup but I think it was the final straw for them like you said.
Really, I think Lennon was the one that drove the band apart. He started focusing on Yoko and ignored his other bandmates.
PatrickTX100 2 months ago
The greatest band of all times and the world Sir Paul!
Cleatusbodean 4 months ago
Oh my gosh, I just sent a letter to Paul McCartney, about him missing The Beatles... I guess I don't need a letter back.
FeliciaDHU 4 months ago
Gosh Damn silly love songs.
wheelmanstan 4 months ago
he just said, the beatles beat off the competition with big mal the roadie..... he just said it.... they harmed people to make it .. ...it was not gay.... mostly
cshargeit 4 months ago
Google "The Beatles Timeline Pierocarey"
Page through their history and you will be struck by several facts
1. They lived life from a suitcase from 1963-1966
2. They hardly had ANY time off for themselves for 10 years
3. They were insanely prolific (writing/recording during breaks from touring)
They spent 14 years of their life together - They were ready for a change.
myrtlebox 4 months ago
John's response as to why the Beatles broke up:
"They remembered that they were four individuals."
It wasn't really anyone's fault they split.... they sort of grew apart.
heyimmabanana 5 months ago
@heyimmabanana well ringo and paul still seem to be close they did a few concerts together over the last few years like ringo 70th
knightofjustic 4 months ago 6
@knightofjustic thats true, but back then when they first decided to break up, they wanted to go their own way and make their own music. None of them really disliked one another, they were probably all still close... I think they wanted to be more in life than just the Beatles. Either way, incredible band with incredible people.
heyimmabanana 4 months ago
They were all great guys.
rangergxi 5 months ago
He knew him best!!!
curio46 5 months ago
@Emileman, when he thought Paul had written a hate song about him he didn't hesitate to write "How do you sleep?" as a reply to his song.
Icymarky0123 5 months ago
@Emileman, yes he does
Icymarky0123 5 months ago
@Icymarky0123 No he'd probably ignore it
Emileman 5 months ago
@maruciao, John would fucking hate you to death for saying that
Icymarky0123 5 months ago
@Icymarky0123 John doesn't hate
Emileman 5 months ago
McCartney is THE BOSS!
TheGibson5150 5 months ago
What they really needed was a break from each other, with an opportunity to do their own solo records. They'd have continued as the Beatles had that happened. Unfortunately, Yoko came along with her own massive, overbearing personality, and convinced a paranoid Lennon that McCartney was sabatoging his own talent and artistic integrity. Paul filed a lawsuit dissolving the band, further driving a wedge between he and Lennon and they never really reconciled.
vgr112261 6 months ago
one common bond I think they both had besides both being musical genuises is they were both very insecure people ..!!! for paul to get up tight about some book writer saying john was more great is kind of childish... and john and paul were both like that ... that made there realtionship very complex but also helped to create some great art having that creative competitive tension interwined with mutal respect in some ways but in the end it helped to self destruct the realtionship..!!!
refusetolose103 6 months ago
ha aha ha paul "not that i did thump him in the mouth"
tinseth7 6 months ago
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yoko put herself between John and the Beatles
but she should have put between John and the bullet
maruciao 6 months ago 17
@maruciao Very respectless, no one deserves to die a death like John's. At least not good-hearted people.
cocoskanin 5 months ago
@maruciao It's much harder to be the one left behind.
benmeltzer 5 months ago
Lennon had one hell of a temper ... a real hothead at times. Over-exposure to one another set the stage for in-fighting among themsleves. Yoko had nothing to do with it. she was John's tag-along. Paul and John were fighting, George and Ringo were fighting, George was mad at John for breaking up the group and on and on it went !
orbitring 7 months ago
IF IT WASN'T FOR YOKO YHE BEATLES WOULD STILL BE TOGETHER AND JOHN WOULD BE ALIVE. YOKO GOT HIM SHOT CUS SHE SAID "LETS GO TO THE dAKOTA JOHN" WHAT HAPPENED IS HISTORY.
uncatila 7 months ago
@uncatila Yes, the Beatles argued, but like any marriage between/among people who are constantly together, disagreeing is inevitable. IMO, they should have taken a break from each other. See if and how it worked. Deep inside they loved each other, worked well, and when a question needed answering they asked Brian E, then discussed it as a whole. Ono wanted to move to NY, John agreed. If he remained in England he would probably be alive today. She's to blame. Obnoxious Bitch! Toni
BirdsnBlooms1 5 months ago
@BirdsnBlooms1 well said. john aught to have remained in London
uncatila 5 months ago
Faul...
godamndude 7 months ago
@scarvesonguitars oh yeah dude! John was angry mabey beacuse he had a bad childhood but people say he was a bad fater to Julian he tried he was not ready to raise a child thats how he was raised being left but then he realized with Sean that all he needed was love and peace and he would not change to please anybody he would be him self and i love him for that. So dont ever say the word hate abot 6 things #1 John Lennon #2 Peace #3 Love #4 Family ( Even if it may seem like it) #5 music #6 you.
JohnLennonmyworld 8 months ago
NO. Their split up was caused by her presence. Let's not deny that fact. I hate the part of John where he let Yoko take away what could have been the better of music of today. But what can we do? Shit happens.
chainSm0kr 8 months ago
PEOPLE SHOULD STOP BLAMING YOKO BECAUSE SHE FELL IN LOVE AND SO DID JOHN. THEY SPLIT UP BECAUSE GOOD THINGS DON'T LAST FOREVER, THEIR MUSIC DOES, BUT THEY COULDN'T EVER LAST ANY LONGER. THEY WERE GROWN MEN WHO HAD BEEN TOGETHER SINCE THEY WERE TEENAGERS AND WERE ONLY HELD TOGETHER THROUGH BRIAN EPSTEIN. WHEN HE DIED, IT STARTED TO FALL APART. SO PLEASE STOP BLAMING YOKO BECAUSE SHE ACTUALLY SOUNDS QUITE SWEET.
nowheregirl007 8 months ago 2
@nowheregirl007 everything you said was true but yoko's way of treating julian after john dies was cruel and uncalled for
Rocker9514 8 months ago
@Rocker9514 True.... But its kind of awkward being left with a kid who isn't yours and she was probably very unstable and upset because John died... but true it was unfair... But the thing is my dad met her and said that she was really sweet and nice...
nowheregirl007 8 months ago
@nowheregirl007 she actually IS sweet but even after many years of John being dead she was still cruel to Julian he had to pay at auctions so he could own some things that belonged to his father also she cremated John and John was afraid of cremation and even wanted to make a protest song against it
Rocker9514 8 months ago
@Rocker9514 I know thats mean, I'm not saying she's perfect :P I'm just saying it wasn't her fault that the beetles broke up. I know that the way she treated Julian was unkind and cremating John when he was afraid of it was kinda strange. But all I'm saying is that it isn't her fault, and I get a bit mad when I see the comments that are seriously rude to her. Even people who don't know about the way she treated Julian get at her just because they can.
nowheregirl007 7 months ago
@nowheregirl007 It actually was somewhat her fault. I saw interviews with people that worked with the Beatles and told us the truth. Paul will tell us it wasn't her fault, but she was a big part of the break up, or at least the part that dragged John away.
jasonaldeanqueen24 7 months ago
did anybody see paul mccartney is really dead??
danieluzumaki14 8 months ago
@danieluzumaki14 No, it's such a waste of time.
yesiamize 8 months ago
It always amazes me in every interview with an ex-Beatle that they're still willing to talk about it after almost fifty-plus years. You'd think they'd be sick to death of repeating the same information, but they always seem willing to discuss it. And they always seem shocked at what the Beatles accomplished even after all these years. I really admire that.
Guigley 8 months ago
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vividDC 8 months ago
man think of the logistics John said it , they went around the world & all they saw was the inside of hotel rooms all because of silly little girls. Lucky in a way so confined & deprived (not depraved learn english) in many. They feared 4 their lives from fans. I was mobbed by women 1 time & it is actually a bit scarey. They just got sick of the limited company wouldnt anyone get sick of constant isolation w/the same people. Eat your favourite food for 3 years and c if u dont dont get sick it
lazyishardwork 8 months ago
Paul states, "After about five years they missed the Beatles less and less as we each formed our new lives". It sounds the same as getting over a marriage that ended, or a lover that went astray. Time heals.
jimidee33 9 months ago
yoko will probably outlive everyone...God works in mysterious ways.
ChiroQuacker 9 months ago
John wanted to be the tough rock n roller smart-ass (in a good way!) but also wanted world peace.
Msemospongebob 10 months ago 23
@Msemospongebob Brinkley was supposed to shoot Paul but Yoko pissed him off at the last minute when she reneged on the deal. and refused to pay the vet bill and Wrinklies dog died after McCartney kicked it. Poor Pusang.
uncatila 7 months ago
Paul was more talented than John but John was a genius and Paul needed him. John had the spirit of The Beatles and Paul was the best seller.
PhillyDippy5 10 months ago 3
Yoko certainly sped up the process of the Beatles breaking up, but something happened after they returned to India that split the Beatles for good. John Lennon's drug abuse certainly didn't help.
bastardoi 10 months ago 2
@bastardoi The death of Brian Epstein was the major catalyst to the break-up.
DayTripper12880 10 months ago
@DayTripper12880 I think Brian Epstein's death was only another factor, since they had to become businessmen and they were trying to build Apple Music while being artists too. There's also John's heroin abuse, the trip to India, Magic Alex and all of John's hanger-ons, etc. I guess, quite simply, they were all fed-up with each other. Only they know. All I meant was that Yoko wasn't the only guilty party, although she was indeed a factor.
bastardoi 10 months ago
@DayTripper12880 Very true. It all starts spiraling downward right from the point of Brian's death. What they didn't need was Apple to have to look after and take care of. That was a huge strain on them and brought on more pressure than they needed. And Apple was, as George said, John and Paul's egos running away with each other. They took on too much during a stressful time in their career.
MattHatter 9 months ago
@MattHatter yeah man, but george got his ego too.. and a lotof revenge, that took more time to heal than John and Paul´s revenge.But the only thing that matters is that i´m watch paul for the third time in as month here in Brasil!!yeah!Galo!
vitornoel13 9 months ago
What is this called, and is the whole interview uploaded
Honey059 10 months ago
@Honey059 This was on the CBS Show ' 48 Hours'-I think it was 1989 or 1990 and the guy doing the interview is Bernard Goldberg.
libralady1010 9 months ago
John is one of the most arrogant people I have ever heard interviewed. He just continually praises himself above others
sunderlandoful 10 months ago
@sunderlandoful not in his later interviews, but his early ones i agree.
tauntingfrenchman1 10 months ago
@sunderlandoful B.S.
DayTripper12880 10 months ago
If John was alive they would have made another album for sure.
heartofzorro 11 months ago 60
@heartofzorro Of course they would have. The three of them reunited for The Beatles Anthology and played over a couple of Lennon's demos. If John was alive, they would have most likely done a whole album and even played a reunion show.
TheOneartist 6 months ago
@TheOneartist
Thats what I reckon too...maybe earlier than they did as well, I mean yeah - McCartney had had enough of Wings by the 80's, but then by the end of the 80's George went into the Travelling Wilburys obviously missing the "band" thing a bit...but I DO think John and Paul would've probably played on each others solo albums in the 80's and allowed each other some collaborative artistic freedom before getting the Beatles back together
addylewis 5 months ago
@addylewis Yeah John dug Paul's McCartney II stuff, saying that "Coming Up" got him back into music. It pretty much encouraged him, and that means he probably wouldn't have made "Double Fantasy" without it.
TheOneartist 5 months ago
@heartofzorro they were in the process of making one..
paulftw4life 5 months ago
Paul looking so handsome here. He is 100% right in stating that John did have a lot of bravado about him and did hide his true feelings. I think it came from the trauma and pain of his chaotic early life and was a habit he formed for his own self protection.
TheHartlepoolgirl 11 months ago
John probably missed the Beatles, but I'm pretty sure that George doesn't. sometimes i think he actually hates the Beatles.
RubHerSoul1 11 months ago
@RubHerSoul1 Ummm...George is no longer with us.
DayTripper12880 10 months ago
When Lennon and Ono got together, Lennon made Ono write down the name of every man she'd slept with. This upset Ono and Lennon ended up writing a song called 'Jealous Guy' as an apology to her.
derekdextremist1 11 months ago
Yeah paul! stick it to the man! and hey, you the man!!! :D i mean come on, we all knew john was like that, but if ur asking paul, its like getting the scoop from your brother. thats what they were after all.
rollingstonesgirl99 11 months ago
I have read that John did not allow Ono out of his sight, as he was an incredibly jealous man, and that is why she was always in the studio, etc. Point is, how many of us have first hand knowledge? Hell, even the people who were there couldn't tell you with any certainty what was driving anyone else's actions.
lewkitty 11 months ago
ah fuck it i somewhere in another alternate universe the beatles never broke up and are still making great music you check out a website called the beatles never broke up a guy claimed he met a dude from another parallel unirverse and hijack a copy of some beatles music lol.
skeaneable 11 months ago 2
Peter Brown who was best man at J&Y's wedding said, "If there's one crucial element in the break up of the Beatles, it was John's heroin addiction......
derekdextremist1 11 months ago
john didnt meant any of those bad words
the beatles was his biggest part of the curriculum
people love them more for the beatles than for the individuals
chdchafa 1 year ago
john found happines by making music with the beatles then met yoko ono who controlled him by "heroin" after they got married she even kicked him out of her life , when she realize john needed help she went back with him because if something bad had happend to him the media and the fans would have blame her forever, without yoko he is in a better place....
selenaandany 1 year ago
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Browncoatt22 1 year ago
@selenaandany I'm so tired of everyone blaming Yoko Ono for the break up. The Beatles were four fully grown men who had grown up together. They knew each other very well & were as close as anything. But like in any relationship sometimes things don't work out & they fall apart. They were already falling apart when Yoko entered the scene. Yoko is just blamed by people who can't accept that the Beatles, their heros, had flaws. But they did. Get over it & stop blaming the poor woman. She loved him
Browncoatt22 1 year ago
@Browncoatt22 Der Tod von Brian Epstein war der "Break Point", der "Vermarkter* weg.Jetzt konnten sie erwachsen werden, jeder für sich. Und das war gut. Was dann an Musik kam, war "Revolution Number XXX) und Leben. I Love The Beatles, never missing but each of them by his own gave us mor until these days.
"
stjohnspoint 1 year ago
@Browncoatt22 So you say she's not to blame? Hmmm... So how do you explain the fact that she didn't exactly champion the cause of keeping them together. You know if Yoko wanted to she could have talked John into staying with the Beatles, but she didn't do that did she? NO! she wanted to be the star! She could have insisted on staying home instead of being in the recording studio messing things up. And she should have stayed out of their music....Revolution number 9 anyone?
InstantMagic 1 year ago
@InstantMagic It wasn't Yoko's job to maintan the friendship of the four Beatles, you can't talk someone into doing something they don't want to do. And why should she stay at home if she didn't want to? If anyone felt threatened by her being there then that was their problem not hers for being in the room. And no one really knows what truly went on anyway. As for Revolution No.9, it's not exactly the only poor Beatles song is it? There's plenty of bad ones that don't include any input from Yoko
Browncoatt22 1 year ago
@Browncoatt22 I think you must read cynthia's book... you talk too much!
netonuno 1 year ago
John is a creative guy that has been on the party for many years with the beatles doing all sorts of drugs. he had just found himself when he got killed.
Ziocarominnola 1 year ago 2
Basic TRUE info I learned in school on Body Language. When people are asked a question and if they answer back looking to the LEFT, that means they are lying in what they are saying.
John did NOT miss the Beatles because of the song "GOD" when John said "I don't believe in Beatles."
JAtria 1 year ago
@JAtria So.. he also said he didn't believe in Elvis and that was his BIGGEST inspiration.
pounceroreo2 1 year ago
@JAtria Well i don't know im not against you or anything BUT I mean, John and them spent COUNTLESS
hours in the studio together, and even before they became legend. They been doing music For years together.
They did drugs together, do you know how it is being on drugs with your friends? Its a connection no one can have with you not only that. they did MUSIC together..everything they did together was deep. Plus John and them had a great sence of humor so idk im just saying lol
AboveCommonInsyt 1 year ago
@JAtria If you think you're that smart, you might want to realize he is looking to the right. It's a mirrored image. Lol.
itsbridgetlogann 9 months ago
In 1980 John and Paul had both agreed to help Ringo with his new album. Maybe they would have bumped into each other in the studio.
ADAM79929 1 year ago
paul is da shit
Dimplesx2x 1 year ago
Paul and Ringo still miss the Beatles, its just getting harder because it was so long ago, there lived more longer know.
BWEE1000 1 year ago
Yoko was a cyborg sent from the future to terminate the Beatles.
uncatila 1 year ago 109
@uncatila you idiot
marycockburn1 9 months ago
@uncatila And she failed because right here, right now, more then 50 years later, we still listen to them! :D
132Reinier 9 months ago
@uncatila No she wasn't! That's unfair of you to say that! People grow apart and want to do different things. Sadly this was the case with the beatles and their seperate tastes in music were clear. In fact their tastes in music were so different that by the end, they wouldn't play in the same studios and when they did, it just ended up in fights. Yoko loved John very much and helped his career when the others wouldn't.
mariomaniac6411 9 months ago
@uncatila Ja ja she was a futuristic japanese robot
MrDavid0808 8 months ago
@uncatila and she succeeded O_O
TwistNipple3OOO 7 months ago
@uncatila youre a beatle fan you like John Lennon so who the FUCK are YOU to judge the person he loved
019freak9111 7 months ago
@uncatila
Right on...and very funny.
leonardodalongisland 7 months ago
@uncatila shame on you.
if john had never met yoko john probably would have done alot of horrible things and hurt alot of people, including people he loves. he would also probably go into depression and commit suicide. we wouldn't want that would we?
And, John loved Yoko. It's not your choice who he loves. So back off.
Msemospongebob 7 months ago
@Msemospongebob lol,yeah,instead,after being with Yoko, John cut off all ties with his family and friends from England, thus ended up hurting a lot of people, got hooked on heroin, sank into depression in second half of the 70s and lost his creativity (until hearing Paul's latest album apparently).the one difference is that he didn't commit suicide but was shot...Am not disputing that he loved her at some point though. He had to if he listened to her singing and still performed with her.
sscourtney 7 months ago
@sscourtney yes. that is all i can say. YES.
(teehee. lennon-meeting-yoko-reference)
Msemospongebob 7 months ago
@uncatila your a dumbass the beatles didnt break because of yoko, john and paul did, they were like brothers and like brothers they also fought like brothers. they split up because of their defferences not because of a girl even though paul did despise her. stop being a retard
jesse23ify 7 months ago
@jesse23ify Don't judge. The Beatles had problems that 'could' have led to a temporary break-up, then in time resolved their differences. Ono convinced John he'd do better solo. Paul wasn't the only one who dispised her-George and Ringo hated her, a zillion fans, & friends/family of Cynthia. Ono wasn't an ordinary Girl! She was and still is a Witch in disguise, using John's name as a way to stardom. I doubt she loved him for himself, but adored his bank account. She even denied Julian. Toni
BirdsnBlooms1 5 months ago
@BirdsnBlooms1 umm dude paul even said it in an interview, it wasnt her fault. why cant you accept the fact that the beatles couldnt just last forever and they were good doing solo anyways, they created very good songs alone. i am not saying they were better apart but they were very good too.
jesse23ify 5 months ago
@jesse23ify
hell when the reporter asked him, he got really annoyed because its a stupid question
funnyjunkvmkman 5 months ago
@jesse23ify 1st, I'm NOT a dude. I'm F. Paul, as well as the other Beatles, and most if not all famous ppl say many untruths during interviews. Again I repeat. Can you imagine him stating, 'It was Ono's fault!' There would be an outburst. It'd be headline news. I don't want to see her dead but some nut might go after her like they did John. The Beatles probably wouldn't have lasted forever. John was too naive, did what she said. She was jealous of the others, so that was that. Toni
BirdsnBlooms1 5 months ago
@BirdsnBlooms1 if they tried to last forever they would have eneded up like a band that hated eachother, they needed to make there own music, even if she wasnt there they probably would've broken up for oter reasons, they were moving apart before yoko was in the picture.
jesse23ify 5 months ago
@jesse23ify Possibly. Over the years they would have made many changes. If there was one reason we were told, we'd be discussing the why and how it happened. When (as in time) they started having problems isn't a reason. They continued recording. One problem, George wanted to perform songs he wrote; John & Paul weren't that interested. A problem that could have been easily resolved. Ono WAS in the picture when John stated he wanted a divorce. Do you not think she voiced an opinion to him? Toni
BirdsnBlooms1 5 months ago
@BirdsnBlooms1 how would you know, the beatles would have failed if they were still together, if john and paul were not interested then they would have made terrible music, they split, it was a good idea too, they made good music, they were very successful and Ono and John were in love, ou can say shit to that, it happened you cant blame her, and it was an opinion, like the beatles were gonna have a girl ruin the band, no. they also split for many other reasons not just because of Ono.
jesse23ify 5 months ago
@jesse23ify How would I know what? I have a question for you. How do YOU know they'd have failed or made terrible music? I doubt they'd put out a bad song, as a group. I enjoy John and Paul's music after the split, (Wings/Plastic) but prefer Beatles songs much much more. Double Fantasty was a flop until John, RIP, passed away. Its reviews were terrible. Although I have every Beatles album, I only purchased 2 DVDs, 1 John & 1 Paul, after they separated. Entitled to my opinion. Toni
BirdsnBlooms1 5 months ago
@BirdsnBlooms1 i would know, because they were splitting up, like you said, they werent interested in their music, it would've ended up as band that hated eachother, just sitting around not even wanting to be in the same room. i also have all their albums, and prefer beatles songs too. also in this interview, like paul said, john said he hated the beatles but he actually missed them, he talked to Ono on the phone she told him, what's to say that they probably lied about her spltting up the band?
jesse23ify 5 months ago
@jesse23ify What's to say someone would lie in an interview? Come on! Stars lie all the time. Mainly to protect themselves from 1. the truth, 2. getting sued. Again, if Paul had admitted Yoko was even partly to blame, it'd had made the headlines, from sea to shining sea. Ono would have taken Paul to court, greedy witch that she is. Several millions more in her bank acct wouldn't hurt.
BirdsnBlooms1 5 months ago
@jesse23ify Example: Paul was interviewed. The host asked, "How many times have you taken LSD?" Paul grinned, 'w/his sexy smile,' replied, "3 times." Three times? I'd bet it was a heck of a lot more, but he had to fib so people wouldn't deem him a druggie, moreso now that he's older. The host even laughed, knew Paul was not quite telling the truth. This is one example out of millions. Jim Morrison might have openly admitted the truth, but Paul has to keep up an image..'nowadays.'
BirdsnBlooms1 5 months ago
@uncatila In the end, Yoko had NOTHING to do with the break-up of the Beatles. They outgrew the Band.
They had stopped touring in 65, they had spent the next 6 years in studios together. That had to get old. There were going to be fights. Then as they began to realize that their personal writing talents had grown they wanted to do solo albums. Yoko was a stooge used by the media who needed someone to blame. She is a very nice and warm individual.
bashfulbrother 6 months ago
@bashfulbrother Yoko is like a lot of predators. She destroyed the house of Lennon and produced a bastard. This caused an avalanche of celebrity bastard babies unto today
uncatila 6 months ago
@uncatila You need to do some research. Think about this for a minute. Do you really believe that after 20+ years of knowing each other and playing together that all it took to destroy their friendships was the presence of a tiny woman from Japan??????
These guys were brothers, but the Beatles were a business. And as such it ran it's course.
Every one of the 4 of them and their families and friends have all said the same thing. "We wanted to move on in our solo projects." That was it.
bashfulbrother 6 months ago
@bashfulbrother listen their was bad blood. look up "how do you sleep at night" a song where john and George let Paul know what they thought of him.
uncatila 6 months ago
@uncatila Oh, I know there was bad blood between them. That song that you are talking about was written after the break-up and it was in response to a tune that McCartney wrote. On his first solo album McCartney had written "too many people" and "3 Legs" as a slam against Lennon, so John wrote How do .....
I never said that there wasn't tension in the situation, but you can't lay it all on Yoko. She was John had a eratic personality. Many extremely creative people do.
bashfulbrother 6 months ago
@uncatila From what I have read McCartney and Lennon were like fire and water right from the start. It was that friction that produced their great songs. Look at some of the later Beatles vids and you can see the tension that existed. This was the result of living in the same room, with the same people for YEARS. No one can live under the circumstances that these guys did for eternity. Check out the Dick Cavett interview. They discuss her role in the situation.
bashfulbrother 6 months ago
Sorry, don't buy it. Yoko got Lennon hooked on hard drugs and that excerbated his already paranoid personality. For whatever reason, he took his paranoia out against his best friend, McCartney, without whom, there wouldn't have been the later classic albums.
vgr112261 6 months ago
@bashfulbrother 2 words that have never been applied to Ono are "nice" & "warm." Your statements are incorrect, but I'm sure you'll stick to them. If they outgrew the band, why did John, George, and Ringo speak of staying together right after the split in 1970? What killed them was when Paul sued them at the end of '70. He had to in order to extricate himself as they were all tied together in business. It was only after that point that John started saying they were destined to split.
Toodlem 5 months ago 17
@Toodlem Have you ever met Yoko Ono? Have you ever worked as a professional national act musician? Until you can answer yes to that you have nothing to stand on. Try a little empathy here.
How would you feel if you were accused of being the central reason in the break up of one of the most influential and popular acts in music? You don't know what you are talking about. Try to imagine walking into your house one night with your spouse and someone blows their head off.
bashfulbrother 5 months ago
@bashfulbrother - good for u..good for u..GOOD 4 U!!
curio46 5 months ago
@bashfulbrother You never answered me. I'll respond to your Q's even though they're irrelevant. Never met Ono but why is it ALL the people who did know her & John during the Beatles despised her? Find 1 exception. Never worked as a musician. So? And Ono was so shaken by the murder that she had a new BF within 6 wks. If I were accused of breaking them up I'd fess up, especially if time served to condemn me. You have nothing to stand on but your belief that your own ignorance+denial=enlightenment.
Toodlem 5 months ago
@Toodlem I'll begin by answering your question. You seem to have answered your own question though.
You state that it was Paul who broke them up. I agree. Paul never felt good about being second fiddle to Lennon. Lennon was the genius behind the band. Yes, Yoko began a relationship about 5months not 6 weeks after John's murder. She also spent the next 10 years doing charitable work in which she credited John. We have different ideas. I can say that I am not speaking from books or writings.
bashfulbrother 5 months ago
@bashfulbrother Lennon was the genius of the band according to who? Lennon admitted that he had gone through a fallow period prior to hooking up with Ono. He was clearly not the force behind the beatles after 1966. McCartney lead the band and came up with the blockbusters from Revolver onward. It was Lennon's band initially - that is beyond question. It was Paul's band until the end.
genericgeorge 5 months ago
@genericgeorge In all sincerity, you are the most uninformed human being that I have ever encountered.
Paul McCartney himself said that it was John who was the leader. There is a scene in hard days night where John asks the other 3, "Where we going, fellas?" They would respond "To the toppermost poppermost'. Anyway, it has been fun but I am through with this.
bashfulbrother 5 months ago
@bashfulbrother You are a comic right? You cant be so stupid as to label me as " the most uninformed human being you have ever met" and then type up the worst disinformation ever written, if you were anywhere near serious. Lennon NEVER that in a Hard Days Night, except for maybe the dickhead's cut - Seen only be you. He used to say that in Hamburg when they were low in spirits to lift the band. It was also used in Birth Of The Beatles - a biographical movie in 1979. You are a total flip.
genericgeorge 5 months ago
@genericgeorge I totally, yet respectfully disagree with the amount of credit you give Paul. Yes, he was talented, however John was the creative genius & largely responsible for the band's evolution. If you listen to the music, look at the crediting of the songs, listen/read what Ringo & George had to say, they all agreed that John (& George) were the ones bringing in the new ideas/sounds. Look at their post-beatles work, Paul made catching jingles, John continued to grow & made timeless hits.
dwayners13 5 months ago
@dwayners13 If it wasnt for Paul, John;s apathy would have seen The Beatles fall by the wayside. He said himself Pepper was only created becuse Paul phoned him up to say were doing an album. "Suddenly I had to write a stack of songs" as if it were a choir. He only wrote three but they were three classics. Suppose Paul didnt lay down the challenge to John what would he have done? Exactly what he was doing prior - aka after the touring ceased - laying on his bed wasted doing nothing
genericgeorge 5 months ago
@dwayners13 It was Paul, via Jane Asher's influence, who lead him to new ideas like conceptual art. John resisted at first, just like he resisted Dylan, but ultimately embraced it. If you dont believe me just listen to all that was going on in Tomorow Never Knows. All those amazing loops were McCartney's he did at home. Around this time McCartney engineered a seesion titled Carnival Of Light which was exactly what Revolution 9 became two years later - weird shit. It has never been released.
genericgeorge 5 months ago
It's a matter of preference who's music you prefer. Some prefer George's to either Lennon or McCartney. This matter were discussing here is who lead The Beatles. Lennon lead them from the time he formed the band in the 50's until 1966 when he succumbed to drugs and apathy. McCartney lead the band after that as he was the only interested. Just watch Let It Be film to see how the others just didnt care. Lenon even in apathy still wrote great stuff though, he just wasnt the main voice anymore.
genericgeorge 5 months ago
@genericgeorge You said it youself, the others weren't interested . . . in letting paul lead them. they simply didn't respect him or his ability to lead. Watch the Imagine scene where John, George & Ringo basically make fun of him while sitting around the table. He simple didn't inspire or lead them as John did. At that time they were ready to quit but agreed to 1 more record & make their announcement to split after. That is why they were pissed when Paul made it look like he was leaving them,.
dwayners13 5 months ago
@dwayners13 Like it or not, if it wasnt for McCartney there wouldnt have been Sgt Pepper, Magical Mystery Tour, White Album, Abbey Road or Let It Be. He instigated all these projects and he lead them through their most acclaimed period. That's right he LEAD them because the others didnt have the motivation. So if it wasnt for him they wouldnt be THE BEATLES as we know them. They probably would have folded after Penny Lane, Strawberry Fields. Why do people have such comtempt towards this guy?
genericgeorge 5 months ago
@genericgeorge Excuse me, Lennon and McCartney.
themaniacboy 5 months ago
@genericgeorge If it weren't for Let it Be, the band would have probably survived... lol
folkyukulele 4 months ago
@folkyukulele What's wrong with Let it Be?
bashfulbrother 4 months ago
@genericgeorge
I am at times quite critical of McCartney as his style of writing overly commercial hits just doesnt do it for me as much. Revolver, Let it Be and Sgt Pepper were unquestionably 'his' albums in terms of 'hits' but generally i prefer John and George's stuff the most. They werent as commercial but listen to Blue Jay Way, Love you to, Lucy in the Sky, Because, Tomorrow never knows, Strawberry Fields and I am the Walrus....John and George were pushing the boundaries more.
BOSIE321 4 months ago
@BOSIE321 The point I tried to make here was not about hits or who is better then who. It's a matter of preference just like there are those who think The Stones are superior. John and Paul were equeals in different ways, and it was McCartney who lead the band after they quit touring and instigated all their most acclaimed projects thereby forcing the others to come up with their great stuff. McCartney wrote the hits that a band needs to have while the other two were coming up more avant garde
genericgeorge 4 months ago
@BOSIE321 and make no mistake Paul was pushing the boundaries in pop music unlike no-one else. Eleanor Rigby, For No-one, were baroque in their influence that the others were not doing or even capable of in their writing at that time. Truly unique. Yesterday, Michelle, Got to get you into my life, were ground breaking stuff as well. Helter Skelter isnt exactly softcock pop either. It was proably the heaviest rock song ever until that point. John George Paul were all great as they were different
genericgeorge 4 months ago
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@genericgeorge Paul contributed much more than than just pop side to The Beatles. He was the one who introduced the others to avant-gardism. The first to use tape loops and backward tracking. He was involved with Indica Books (very avant-garde and underground). McCartney lived in the heart of Swinging London while Lennon was home still trapped in an unhappy marriage. It was only after he met Yoko, (who, by the way, he met at Indica Gallery) that he came to overshadow Paul in that category.
Tommydutch09 4 months ago
@Tommydutch09 Yes if you go through all the silly people who disagree with me I've responded to in the last month you'll read just what you wrote
genericgeorge 4 months ago
@genericgeorge It's not about who agrees or disagrees it's about getting the facts straight.
Tommydutch09 4 months ago
@Toodlem I can't even know if you have ever had a spouse die. Not just die, but be one of the most popular celebrities in the world, but then stand there and watch as a lunatic slams 4 slugs into their back. Being covered in their blood as you try to hold them together as the ambulance's come.
John Lennon loved Yoko Ono. George, Ringo, John, even at times Paul have all said that Yoko wasn't the cause of the breakup. John said that he put it together and it was HIS idea that they go no further.
bashfulbrother 5 months ago
@Toodlem At the time they broke up, they were still on highly popular and commercial. A lot of their fans had grown up with them in the 60's and their break-up was taken very personally by most of their fans. They couldn't believe that they had run their course, there had to be an evil person who broke them up. Yoko was the newest so it was her. WHY she would want to do this goes without ever being talked about. Anyway, I'll never convince you and vice versa. Have a great life.
bashfulbrother 5 months ago
@bashfulbrother Why break them up? To get in on the act, which she did. She couldn't join the Beatles, they (& everyone) hated her. So she got into John's solo act with no talent or credentials. She influenced John to hire Klein which caused a huge rift & had the balls to bark orders at them in the studio. She's a HUGE reason for the split. You still haven't answered my Qs or supported your belief that she had nothing to do with the split. Many of your "facts" aren't facts & I'm just starting.
Toodlem 5 months ago
@bashfulbrother they stopped touring in '66
CanKuman8 4 months ago
@CanKuman8 really? I guess i didn't know that. I thought that their last performance was the one in LA in '65.
Sorry, my mistake.
bashfulbrother 4 months ago
The only thing that strikes me as out of place is that all of the Beatles, ALL of them all said that Yoko had nothing to do with their breakup.
If they hated her so much, why did they all say that? I mean, if she was solely responsible for their demise you would think that at least one of them would mention it. But they all said that it had nothing to do with her.
bashfulbrother 4 months ago
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@bashfulbrother They don't say it because they want peace now!
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@bashfulbrother Yes mate, I agree with you on that I was just correcting your little mistake about stopping tours in 65 :) Peace
CanKuman8 4 months ago
@CanKuman8 That's weird. For some reason my response to your correction. I really thought that they stopped in 65, so thanks for pointing that out. Sorry about the screw up.
bashfulbrother 4 months ago
@uncatila If it's some kind of joke, I'm not laughing.
RileySkye100 6 months ago
@uncatila No, read the definition of Narcissist in the DSM-V and then put a picture of Morticia sama there.
garotadagavea 6 months ago
Yeah he also said that the Beatles were just a rock band, not important. That is like Michelangelo saying that the Sistine Chapel is just a really big graffiti. Cognitive Dissonance at its best.
garotadagavea 6 months ago
im going to grow my hair lik paul
cloudchaser07 1 year ago
Paul speaks the truth.
Rushgoon1 1 year ago 4
@Timeofflux Gotta love the infinite universe theory =) In some universe John Lennon was my bulter :O
stfwho 1 year ago
@stfwho
No. John Lennon is awesome in all universes. It's just the law of John Lennon.
YoshiTheBlue 1 year ago
@YoshiTheBlue John Lennon doesn't care about any laws, he just does the right thing even when everyone else thinks its crazy ;) He was my awesome butler in another universe, and in another universe I was a tree and he was a nearby dog. and I felt honored, I'm sure.
stfwho 1 year ago
@stfwho
I guess you have a point there.
YoshiTheBlue 1 year ago
@Timeofflux There's also a Universe where John Lennon was considered the savior of the world and 1968 years later Jesus Christ was considered an upity know it all long haired freak, doing weird things to promote peace. Trippy, isn't it?
stfwho 1 year ago
@Timeofflux There's also another universe out there where they turned into emos and were doing a concert on top of the WTC on 9/11...
stfwho 1 year ago
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Paul McCartney is a musical genius, same that John Lennon was.
WiltatKansas 1 year ago
paul mccartney if ur reading u betrayed john lennon but ur music was good
mohawksoccerplayer 1 year ago
@mohawksoccerplayer How did Paul McCartney betray John Lennon? I am confused about your statement. As far as I know Paul had to break up the Beatles as relations between them all had irrevocably broken down. John, George and Ringo opted to go with new manager Alan Klein - whom Paul knew was a crook - so naturally he refused. Paul turned out to be 100% accurate in his suspicion of Klein who was later imprisoned in the US for financial irregularities.
starryian007 1 year ago
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John & Yoko get the most stick for being open about the problems in the band, but you can't deny that Paul was just as responsible for the Beatles' breakup, for doing weird stuff that caused aggro (Like randomly going off and recording Beatles songs by himself), or generally being a patronising dick during the Let It Be sessions. Watch Anthology- 90% of the problems they talk about are because of something Paul did.
videogamenostalgia 1 year ago
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videogamenostalgia 1 year ago
Yoko fue la razon por la que john fue lo que fue, si yoko no hubera existido, john hubiera hecho