The Beatles - the best of friends (jncludes rare footage)

"There were some really loving, caring moments between four people: a hotel room here and there - a really amazing closeness. Just four guys who LOVED EACH OTHER. It was pretty SENSATIONAL" - Ringo

The thing is, were all really the same person. Were just four parts of one. - Paul

We do need each other a lot. When we used to meet again after an interval we always used to be embarrassed about touching each other. Wed do an elaborate handshake, just to hide the embarrassment. Or we did mad dances. Then we got to hugging each other. Now, we do the Buddhist bit, arms around. Its just saying hello. Thats all. - John

"They became the closest friends I'd ever had. Suddenly I had three brothers. We really looked out for each other and we had so many laughs together. In the old days we'd have the biggest hotel suites, the whole floor of the hotel, and the four of us would end up in the bathroom, just to be with each other." - Ringo

"We were tight. That was one thing that really could be said about us; we were really tight at friends. We could argue a lot amongst ourselves, but we were very, very close to each other and in the company of other people and situations we'd always stick together." - George

John most of all cant be without the other three for very long. Hunter Davis

"We spent more time together than John and Yoko: the four of us sleeping in the same room, practically in the same bed, in the same truck, living together night and day, eating, shitting and pissing together! Doing everything together!" - John

I know now that they are all part of one thing. They all belong to each other. No one person belongs to one person. George has a lot with the others that I can never know about. Nobody, not even the wives, can break through or even comprehend it.
It used to hurt me at first, as I slowly began to realize there was a part I could never be a part of. Cyn used to talk to me about it. She said they would always be a part of each other. -Patti Boyd

We talk in code to each other as Beatles. We always did that, when we had so many strangers around us on tours. We never really communicated with other people. We understand each other. John Lennon

"We were so dependant on each other it was ridiculous. We'd never go anywhere without one another. It was like being a quater of one person, but it was great. I still love those guys. John, Paul, George and Ringo go on." - John

The only live stimulus John gets is from the other Beatles. No one has been within light years of taking their place in his life. - Hunter Davis, early 1968.

"Paul and I went to the Virgin Islands. It was great. The funny part was that we'd been given John and George's passports, and they'd been given ours. It was still 'Oh, it's just one of them, give them any passport; they're all the same!' " - Ringo

"After recording sessions we'd be careering through the villages, shouting 'wa hey' and driving too fast. George would perhaps be in his ferarri - he was quite a fast driver - and John and I would be following in his Rolls Royce. John had a mike in the rolls with a loudspeaker and he'd be shouting at George 'It is foolish to resist! Pull over!' It was insane. It was great." - Paul

The Beatles spent their lives not living a communal life, but communally living the same life. They were each others greatest friends. - Hunter Davis

They had a great time in the studio and there were enormously happy times. They would fool around a lot and have a laugh, particularly when overdubbing voices. They were very funny. - George Martin

"The four of us were very close. Very possesive of each other in a way. We didn't like strangers much." - Ringo

They nearly didnt go on the Australian tour. George is a very loyal person and he said If Ringos not part of the group, its not The Beatles. I dont see why we should do it, and Im not going to. It took Brians an my persuasion to tell George that if he didnt do it he was letting everybody down. - George Martin

We pulled up at some big gates and someone said Oh yeah, were going to see Elvis, and we all fell out of the car laughing, and trying to pretend we werent silly; just like a Beatles cartoon. - George

"Our friends called us the four-headed-moster because we were never apart." - Paul

Each others presence seemed to bring out the best in them. - Hunter Davis

Category:

Music

Tags:

• the
• beatles
• paul
• mccartney
• george
• harrison
• ringo
• starr
• john
• lennon
• with
• little
• help
• from
• my
• friends
• rare
• footage
• best
• exclusive
• home
• videos

[LXAZ1996]

john once said in a interview him and paul where best friends

[msradx]

there's plenty of interviews from the 60s to now where they all refer to each other as their best friends or brothers.

[ThatBeatlesGirl]

Where did you get the part at 1:10 that's a great one! =)

[msradx]

It's them outside BBC studio. I'll upload the whole footage soon because I don't think it's on YouTube. :)

[dontreallycare3]

no words can describe how much this warmed my heart! i love hearing about how close these guys were/are. THANK YOU!

[JPGRism]

that pic on 0:31 ... that is so cute! john looks so little, haha <3

[aftergeography]

your videos make me cry :( they are so beautiful,I love to see that they loved each other so much. <3 Great job

[jadaskylar]

The footage from 1:10 - 1:12 made me melt. If John made that face at me, I'd probably haved passed out. rofl. He was just sooo adorable. <333

[Ohgeeitvienna]

the description made me cry!!

[7tHeBeAtLeS7]

:56 and 1:23! Awwwwwww :) and 2:06 is so funny!

[aftergeography]

this made me smile :) they were great friends,love to see them in this way :)

I wish they were all happy all the time :( FAB video,very well done,thank you

[HippieChick445]

I read all the quotes in the intro before the video and just that made me cry a little.

[Coocey]

It's so lovely that despite all you hear about their fueds later on, it's clear that they truly were great friends. There will never be another band like them <3