John Entwistle, Interview (1996)

[jessnjerryk]

NOBODY should have expected him to smash an instrument, that wasnt his thing..... pete and keith were the ones for smashing things up

[StoneColdFuhrer]

Best guest ever on Conan's show...wonder if he knows it

[48dodea]

imagine showing up with your free conan tickets and getting to hear a live Entwhistle concert during commercial breaks

[ptamras5]

@fontanalu they had temporarily broken up at that time.

[fontanalu]

What this guy mean about John being a FORMER bass player at The Who?????? 

[frozenyoghurtify]

@fontanalu when Keith Moon died they werent officially a band anymore

unlike the other old great bands who still tour when they are 80 and half of them are dead or halfdead

[fontanalu]

@frozenyoghurtify Thank for you and ptamras answer. Oh, I see..that very sad Roger`s concerning about Pete`s life. But even so that sounds strange to me, because here says that the interview was in 96. That same year the Hyde Park concert (with David Gilmour and the eyepatch) took place, if I am not mislead in the dates. So, that concert was a kind of partial reunion, but not a official Who concert?

[flushsucks]

THE MOTHAFUCKIN' OX!!!

[beeroosterm]

Entwistle was not the FORMER bass player for The Who - he was the ONLY one. Stupid fuck...

[ThorXMK]

@beeroosterm The Who had broken up at this point. Stupid fuck...

[beeroosterm]

@ThorXMK What kind of fucking idiot are you? Fuck off, you fucking fuck.

[leonoff89]

he seems like a super chill guy

[chipper246]

Conan was and still is very annoying..

[Nacho66]

Serves him right! A Fender bass is a coupla serious pieces of wood under high tension.

I knocked some biker asshole off of the stage in Wilmington NC with my old '73 P Bass once. He didn't come back for more.

His buddies bought us beer all night after that.

[Calummcntsh6]

Thanks for everything John. Gone but not forgotten.

[nirvanafan91ify]

best bass player ever no one can match his speed not even paul mccartney

also i've never seen him smash a bass before

[432ps1]

Man I miss this guy.

[Neil7026]

when his he touring?

[Timmy4pawz]

@Neil7026 LOL.

[DarklingStar1969]

Happy birthday John. Not forgotten.

[evilemperordude]

Heh. I think John was usually the one band member not destroying shit at the end of a performance.

[tommyrockon]

Former bass player with the Who.... Former ... what a twat!!

[CraigSpannier]

conan looks plastic

[YouzTube99]

Entwistle is messing with Conan, making it up as he goes along and CO has NO clue. Hilarious!

[TheDudeMinds89]

"I've lost some weight" lol

[who27moon]

"Well it took us five minutes, it took him an hour."

[BlackHoleSun1921]

If Conan had done his homework, he'd know that John Entwistle never EVER smashed a bass guitar on stage. He'd just stand there and play furiously.

[BlackHoleSun1921]

@BlackHoleSun1921 Nevermind, I was wrong. I'm a moron.

[paulo35961]

Conan should win an award for greatest talent for turning an interview with a great rock and roll legend into an inane waste of time.

[jcfbell3001]

@paulo35961

wow...you just summed up coco AND leno....

[WhiplashAlex]

who are you uuuuuuuu!!)))))))))))

[theslipknotfan111]

i think john must be the only bassist who wasn't looked down on by the rest of the band, quite rightly too! :)

[Chrisdrumz]

Conan is acting like an idiot.

[mrsleep0000]

John only smashed a bass on stage once when he was pissed at Roger for telling him to turn down. He just wasn't into it. Pete, on the other hand, had attended some lectures on auto destructive art, and it took hold, and of course, once Moony saw Pete smash stuff, he was all in just cause he was fuckin' mental.

[TheHoleBag]

Conan came off as a nervous fanboy

[klee13401]

@TheHoleBag Yeah, I know right? I've noticed that when Conan interviews someone he's a fan of, he acts like a crazy fanboy lol...It's like he gets too excited and psyches himself out! :P

[GeddoLee]

Conan Looks Asian.

[TheGeneLightShow]

john would never smash his bass!

[rocktenniscat]

Still hard to believe he died from cocaine....he seemed so past all that....a real tragedy. Such a talented man. Beatles have 50% of band left, Who the same.

[bensimps123]

CONAN DOESENT LET JOHN TALK !!! BIG MOUTH CUNT

[pumkinbreath]

any who fan would know that the ox never smashed his gear . he loved his guitars .

[JNDGuitarman]

@pumkinbreath Actually, he smashed 9 of this guitars.

[StretchPhotography]

"Many of us expect you to smash an instrument"

Conan = Idiot

[ZachValkyrie]

BASSBASSBASSBASS!!!

...

BASSBASSBASSBASS!!!

...And we're ba-- BASSBASSBASSBASS!!!

You don't fucking interrupt the ox!

[BLEACH01Z]

COCO!!!!!!

[ClassicRockMan95]

thank you john

*shakes hand*

conan explodes

[aydooknow]

he's teaching god how to play bass now...

[clank4001]

Conan is the funniest host ever, he makes Leno (barf) and Letterman (yawn) look like they are cold dead

[22jace22]

The Cone looks like all of 18 y/o! I think its 1994...with the Depp comment and all.

[N53Nick]

@zephranna01 hes that good

[bondurango]

Conan is THE WORST talk show host of all time. He just runs on & on. The man has diarrhea of the mouth.

[metastasisman]

Hey Conan, shut up. Let the man talk.

[DarkeningSkies1]

@metastasisman John was a pretty quiet fella, and deaf as a stone as well... so he wouldn't have said much, anyway. Check other youtube interviews with him. Conan was awkward in these early days, but he really is a Who fan and good on him at least for letting Ox sit in with Weinberg through the whole show.

[kernowbysvykken1]

what a shite interviewer, love the ox though.

[Lowclef]

they called him ox because of his constitution. He was always the quiet one in the band and against people like Moon and Townshend he seemed almost like a statue. A big quiet animal like...an ox!

[borombon]

"I don't call myself The Ox anymore, I lost some weight!"

[niamhorourke]

Someone please post from the VH1 "Six Quick Ones" special, wherein The Ox demonstrates the difference btwn bass playing and bass guitar playing. He has become a legend, for damn good reason!

[tommyrock69]

One Chris Squire fan still holding out with the "thumbs down" vote!

[ShadowOfADoubt9]

John: None of us could drive. I still can't drive.

Conan O'Brien: You guys shouldn't be allowed to drive. Who's gonna let you guys have a car? That's a mistake.

John: Me. I've got six.

Conan: Oh, you've got six?

John: Yeah, I don't drive any of them.

Conan: What do you have them for?

John: To drink in.

XD

[thefallofoscar]

If conan can get John "The Ox" Entwistle on his show. Then he is truly the king of late night.

[Exilemainstreet]

John was involved in some of Moonie's destructive hijinks.

[MiffsMedia]

Ahahahaha, I love 0:26. :D

[fart813]

@mulhane89 .....you're a dick....

sorry Rosie O'Donnell got canceled.......sucks for you......

but that's ok ............i'm sure you'll still go on suckin'.....like a chizzzamp..

or should i say Jizzzzzzamp......

[KingMoses3]

weinberg!

[1dgkonig]

let john talk!!!

[ShadowOfADoubt9]

@1dgkonig omg I know, I was thinking the same thing. Conan just went on and on. But it was still great.

[1dgkonig]

@ShadowOfADoubt9 tell me about man. The guy was a legend. He had more talent in his whole body than I have in my pinkie.

[1862727]

lol I smash of in the hotel roofs

[CallMeLightning905]

Awesome interview!

[atgskater14]

lol that guitarist cant keep up with john looks like john was just teasing him i mean no guitarist can keep up with john

[jbassman666]

@atgskater14 Townshend could

[atgskater14]

@jbassman666

townshend was a very great guitarist however he has even admitted that john could out play him. by the way pete is my favorite guitarist i love the who

[cookmoore]

:D

Yeah! He needs to be in the orchestra pit.

[Whogrl16]

he had the greatest expressions of anyone

[ox092]

John Entwistle was just a fabulous player there isn't hardly anyone that can play as fast as him.

[smitty01209]

@ox092 It's not even the speed, but the accuracy.

[xplay108]

@ox092 Or as well.

[GrungeMetalRocker]

@ox092

Yeah like no one can play like him.....

[slashsdevil]

@ox092 It's really not about speed. If you want speed, look at Billie Sheehan, or Joe Demio. John excels at playing an actual groove, with both power and speed. He was amazing.

[zangazoo2007]

We need the rest of this uploaded. This is too good of an interview to not have the whole thing. LONG LIVE THE OX!

[WhtevrHpnd2Mary]

Agree, I so want to see the rest! My God, he's in excellent form. LOL

[ShorthandedGoal]

This is a brilliant clip! Especially I love Ox's expression at 0:43 as Conan introduces him as "major figure in rock'n roll history", heheh.

[777jackpot1]

Wow imagine how my generation would sound now if keith and john were still alive.

[RavinRavenclaw]

oh MAN... wish there were more, but even just this is AMAZING for me... 2 of my favorite famous people... how I'd love to meet Conan and quote TKAA together!

[scartissue94]

Where's the rest??