I would play my guitar for tips in Central Park in the late Seventies. I’d see John and Yoko sometimes strolling the park together but I’ll never forget how he put a $20 in my guitar case. I immediately started playing The Ballad of John and Yoko and Yoko smiled and John looked genuinely touched. That was a special moment in my life. RIP John.
@@teddy1066 $20, would have been a decent tip in the seventies. You did well and clearly you impressed. The memory is a treasured encounter that few could imagine.
How was your day after taking to the legend of humanity, of love and peace found?yoko is a real homosapim for us al l to learn from .john is the lucky man to have his equal
Good interview nothing really negative about the Beatles at all if anyting it's just very retrospective and cathartic. He gives Paul his due as well. I'm convinced that if he had lived a Beatles reunion would have been inevitable. I'm also sure that had he gotten older he would have looked at his time with the Beatles in an even better light than he was already starting to at this point. One of the most heartbreaking parts of this whole video is when he says "I've got another forty or fifty years to live or whatever."
He did have plans to record on Ringos album with Paul. The Anthology was being put together from 1974. He would have been more prominent. At this point he was starting to enjoy his royalties from The Beatles
The thing about the 1980 interviews was that it was a reinvigorated John. He had time away from the public to do a lot of thinking and after everything he finally was happy. People tend to forget that his longest interview besides these ones, is the ones given in 1970 and 1971 at the height of the anger, frustration, and dissolution of the Beatles partnership. He was mad because in a way Paul screwed him and the others. If anyone who truly loves John knows that he really could hold a grudge for a long time, it’s in all the biographies, and all the interviews by people who loved him and were around him. Even May Pang has her story of how when he finally signed the paperwork in 1974, that he was incredibly sad. He needed a break and his 5 years out of the public’s eye was exactly that. It’s truly sad because he and Yoko had many many plans for the 1980s including a sort of Beatles reunion and a return to England
@@jlennon80231ifyPaul saved them all. It didn’t seem like it at first because of the word ‘lawsuit’ but that’s what happened. He saved all of their asses and all of their pennies. It’s been 50 years, this is a matter of public record.
@@cam21333 I never said anything bad about him suing the others, I was merely stating a fact as to why this interview sounds so much nicer than interviews from previous decades from John and an explanation why. Paul has done a lot for the groups memory, but he also is not solely the Beatles and I’ve seen you hold Paul to such a standard in other Beatle groups and posts before. Each member plays apart of it, and the irony here is no matter how good any of them were solo, they’ll all die as Beatles, which is a quote from Ringo Starr himself
@@jlennon80231ifyyou have not seen me hold him to such a standard because I don’t. I was simply stating the facts, which have been distorted over the years. Interesting thing for someone with your username to say, given how for many years, saying the Lennon was the Beatles was ‘the thing’, every journalist did it.
Listening to this 1980 interview right after the listening to the notorious 1970 Rolling Stones interview is quite illuminating. In 1970, he was intelligent, sharp and raw as always, but he was resentful and mean-spirited. In this 1980 he´s no longer resentful and mean-spirited, but still very intelligent, raw but now also wise.
Even in Russia, despite the repressive gov't, "The Beatles" were known to exist -- and were loved. But Yoko, who lived in New York, in the US, claimed never to have heard of "The Beatles".
@@ponzo1967 The reporting of the Julian situation has only ever been reported from his side. Ringo has stated in interviews that Julian is much more looked after than he claims to be but otherwise who knows the truth. All that we do know for sure is that John was a terrible father at that stage in his life and died before he got the chance to make up those failings to Julian.
@@dralfredcarroll9567 When I was 17 (circa 1966) I got the flash insight that John, having been abandoned by his father, was repeating that pattern. (We've since learned that his mother also abandoned him.)
Mind was clear and sharp, found inner peace. Johnny was in his own focused clear insight of who he was as a 40 year old man who knows! Fuck I miss him and that steady rhythm hand with banjo D My man go Johnny go
Finally., Great to hear these never before released interview. Westwood One owned the tapes with Yoko I was told and they were never to leave their studios. There are maybe 2-3 clips around like "Oh! Darling" and "I Feel Fine"....havent heard much more than those clips.
He seemed to realize so much in the last days, hours, the very, last moments. He seemed to realize what really matters and prayerfully seemed to of found peace or choosing to accept the peace that is offered to everyone. An original. Thank you for sharing amazing, fleeting moments. So, tragic that John apparently fought hard to live in America. When everything was settled John was murdered after taking the time to sign John and Yoko's album. I never agreed with everything John said. But, John Lennon did not deserve to be murdered.
He must've been bored out of his mind by 1980. Sitting in that apartment for 5 yrs and forget the "househusband" bullshit. Sean had 3 nannies so he wasn't babysitting all day. It must have been hard for him seeing Paul producing album after good album and he was doing nothing. Very sad!
@@LeighRichards27YOU are the one who is ill informed, his reality was far from happy. He was being creative again which made him happier in 1980 than he had been for years but there’s enough information out there that proves the ‘John and Yoko’ pretence was just that a pretence, this interview and the others around that time were merely promotion for the album. People who knew them and their staff knew the real truth, they witnessed it.
@@Mary-mw7ve So much wasted emotion. And you go off of the word of the "staff" which is always found to be unreliable. Bottom line - who cares? The closest that you or I or anyone else will be to John Lennon is by his music. Try enjoying that and give up on what you don't know. As Lennon said himself "You bought my music, but you did'nt buy me.
I love how John Lennon was so honest and open in the interview study games during his lifetime but I think this is the best any game apart from the last interview on December 8, 1980. I think a John Lennon been alive he would’ve celebrated the Beatles legacy and music and there would’ve been a full Beatles reunion that would have been great as his time with the Beatles was healed and as he softened up to the Beatles legacy then he did back in his Rolling Stone interviews in 1971. we would have had a wonderful autobiography from John Lennon honey been alive as well.
One segment in the article I reread after learning about the accident in 1966, was the interviewer asked a second time if a Beatles reunion would ever happen in the future. John stated "You don't understand, it is PHYSICALLY IMPOSSIBLE for the Beatles to ever reunite on stage again." That was confirmation of what really happened with the Beatles.
It's so strange hearing John name check Johnny Carson and The Price is Right. His life just barely touched what was contemporary for people who grew up in the 80s.
Re Elenor Rigby and who wrote the lyrics - John’s story sounds (to me ) very plausible . I’ve read all the interviews from Paul and John… And unlike what other people have said, John doesn’t discredit Paul, for Ellen and Rigby. Rather, he explains that he supported a lot of the additional verses. Paul song and that was his idea… His vision… And John sort of went with it… My experience with Paul is that he tends to rewrite history a bit… if you look at what just happened with yellow submarine were for years, he took full credit and now it turns out that John played a big part in it. I realize I sound like a bit of a John got here, but… I think John’s level of brutal truth on virtually every subject rings true here.
Agree. I love Paul's music and slightly prefer his music - ONLY because he wrote a bit more of it. But Paul is full of shit on many songs- selective memory. One example and then this stranger (me) won't trouble you further in comments. Pau lsaid "If I Fell" was about 50-50% and composed at the time of the film, AHDN. The problem Mr. McCartney, is that a complete demo, John only, turned up, a year earlier, in 1963! The entire song, complete with the weird but beautiful guitar intro, attempted in several keys.
@@allancerf9038I'm sure it's tempting to do that when the one and only person who could dispute it is dead. I just feel like in general John doesn't give a shit enough to lie except when taking an occasional stab at his old buddy Paul.
@@ponzo1967 Dude Ponzo, since my remark is no longer visible I have no idea what you're talking about but if it provoked you into bad syntak - is reason enough for me to block you. Who needs a 'Ponzo' scheme?
THANKYOU for this TREASURE. Bought the original paperback and the reissued Hardback of David Sheffs 1980 Playboy Interview with John & Yoko way back in 1981 & 2000 so to FINALLY hear the snippets of Audio of John & Yoko Interview after all these years of reading the transcripts in the books is literally a DREAM COME TRUE. so THANKYOU. I always thought the entire Interview would be released after all these years so to get these snippets is Gold for us who love John & Yoko, REMEMBER LOVE REMEMBER JOHN LENNON
This is awesome. I have the book David Sheff wrote of this interview “All We Are Saying” Also the Steve carrell movie beautiful boy is about his sons experience as an addict. Obviously got his tittle from John’s song
There seems to be so much more here than was published in the book ( from what I can remember of it ). There's been a lot of negative stuff said and written over the years about how sincere they were at this time, in what they were saying. When you actually listen to these tapes it seems incomprehensible ( at least to me ) to imagine they're putting on some kind of an act. What is being expressed here is so real, natural and spontaneous, and gives the lie to all the snide and pernicious myths that have been propagated ever since, even by people who really should've known better. What motivates such spite ? Just some weird, resentful defect in human nature, I suppose. Who knows ? These tapes are so abundant in truth, warmth, wisdom and sanity. Give yourself a treat. And try not to feel too sad.
I love John and I get what he’s saying, however, speak to him on another day & he’ll say something different…like most of us, our opinions will change from week to week. Meaning, songs John hated one day he’d think are alright the next day ✌🏻
I've listened to probably every interview John and Yoko gave and I can never understand what Yoko is adding to the conversation. Now, my mind just clicks off until she's done talking and then clicks back on when John speaks.
Exactly. We don't tune in to hear what she thinks. It was super annoying to see her at the studios with the Beatles to begin with where she interjects herself where she doesn't belong. I guess she had nothing better to do than be an inappropriate. annoyance.
He even talks about it, how most people in their company would ask him not her, ignoring her, & as we know that pissed john off, he was forever promoting her, but then would stop, & say i dont want it to sound like im promoting her i dont have to her work speaks for itself. Look at any footage of her screaming john was the only one who seen that as talent, because he was ga ga over her, people tolerated yoko because thats the only way they could get to john
@@SuperLennon78 As for John saying her art speaks for itself, I've heard him say that too, but I also heard him refer to Yoko's title as a, 'conceptual artist'. John would shorten it to 'Con Artist', which I also think he believed her to be.
Probably David sheff. He’s the writer for this Playboy article. Have you seen the Steve carrel movie Beautiful boy? It’s about his son’s experience as an addict. He named the book and movie after John’s song
It’s easy to dislike Yoko but John clearly needed a strong woman I’ve read the book of the interviews many times. He seemed very content with his life.
John says Rod Stewart ripped off Don't Let Me Down in the Maggie May song. Actually, it was in the middle eight of The Killing of Georgie song. However, John himself ripped off Black Dog by Koerner Ray and Glover for the bridge of his Crippled Inside on the Imagine album.
In the printed interview, in the middle of talking about Don't Let Me Down, John appears to be taking credit for writing Two of Us. It's nice to have it verified that it was really just an editorial error.
This interview is interesting and this is my first time seeing this I've been a Beatle fan since I was 13 now I'm 70 will be 71 in April I miss John Lennon and George Harrison so much but never met neither of them or Paul and Ringo either but it's as if I know all of them thru their music . All of them are amazing singers musical instrument player's and nice dressers. P.s. John Lennon is so cool and I will always love him and the. Other 3 Lads from Liverpool Thanks Liverpool It's been a long and Winding road and I'm loving the ride Oh yeah oh yeah Oh Yeah
Thank you, samnous. I've been wondering what song John was talking about, because Maggie May doesn't sound like Don't Let Me Down. I'd never heard The Killing of Georgie before. I just went and listened... actually it's "Part 2" of the song. Really interesting how John mixes things up. It's not even talking about a woman. Anyway thank you for solving that mystery for me. Now I have to go listen to that Black Dog song.
Thank you so much for posting this. I wish we had access to this (and all the other hours) when we made Rubber Soul: ruclips.net/video/kB8Z1LRBmTA/видео.html
Man I can't look at a photo of John sitting or standing next to "The Thing" without provoking a visceral gag response. Still, nearly 44 years after the death I hold "It" responsible for. Just gross...
Kind of sad hearing John defending Yoko's musical "knowledge" by pointing to her official qualifications. If he had been talking about anyone else, he would laugh if someone leaned on their training instead of their actual talent.
@thebeatlesinterviews7924 yep I have been lucky enough to learn from John since I was just a teenager 40years ago thank you . I think this is the best bnch of interviews I've ever heard ,peace and love .
Unlike what John says here, Let It Be was not inspired by Bridge Over Troubled Water. Let it Be was composed first. It was the other way around. After he composed it, Paul Simon said Bridge Over Troubled Water sounded like Let It Be.
@@strangebrew1231 He was specifically asked by Playboy to go through the Lennon McCartney catalogue and say who's song was who's. That was the point of one of his interviews. No different to Paul answering individual questions post 1980 and saying who wrote what. Except in John case, he seems very honest. With Paul, he's slowly made out he pretty much wrote everything.
Here's btw the proof that this gossip rumour claiming w.r.t Lennon saying he also wrote some songs known to be by McCartney to be untrue. And it wouldn't make sense anyway, e.g. Two Of Us about Linda and Paul McCartney though intermingled with McCartney's Lennon allusions - but revealing the usage of any text that suited the song, so typical of McCartney. In fact, the song is not even registered by Lennong during the interview when asked, he just goes on an on about his "Don't Let Me Down".
Is there anything in here about Lucy in the sky? John had an interview with playboy where he talked about it and I’ve only read it , I can’t find the audio
Legend has it its about LSD but john swears it was from a pitcure sean ( julian) brought home of a little girl & stars etc, & said oh thats lucy in the sky
What a interview John had a very witty perception on life. Yoko is a lot more intelligent than i possibly imagined. I could listen to them all night, thanks again for posting this. Happy Holidays
Personal opinion and not meant to offend. Had John lived he and Yoko would have irritated me. Love John as a solo artist or Beatle but Yoko was no singer, or not to my taste. Double Fantasy went to number 1 when he was taken from us. If he was serious about touring he would have had to do it on his own. Yoko was an artist and has a good business brain. She looked after John's Beatles contract and royalties. This is only my opinion.
I wonder at that myself. I've wanted to hear the portion revolving around the discussion of a Beatles reunion. I've read the printed interview, and from the wording of John's responses to the questions, I imagine that that portion of the interview got pretty heated.
You're at least in the ballpark but Chapman didn't do the shooting. It was Jose Perdomo. Was she in on it? Not sure. But what's certain is she's kept the truth silent in the aftermath.
John was extremely insecure and moody, you couldn't take him seriously, and he would have a opinion, that would be different the day after, he loved to troll the media, he was never 100% honest, he hid his issues well, except his skinnyness and insecurity.
He was the most honest celebrity you´ve ever seen, hence the changing opinions at times. He didn´t try to project an image of a non-contradictory person, he was just himself in every moment. Which naturally means you contradict yourself at times, because we humans have a constant flow of changing thoughts, opinions, feelings. THAT is what´s real.
I think he was usually honest about how he felt at the time, it's just that that was very changeable. He acknowledged himself that his emotions would rapidly swing from different highs and lows and he struggled to deal with this, but that doesn't mean he's not honest about how he felt at the time. I also highly disagree that he hid his issues well, he wore them on his sleeve. I remember one journalist remarking that unlike most of his interviewees, John would be the same off the record if they just went out to lunch or something - I think that's what appeals to many of us about his interviews, he brings this kind of closeness as having a casual chat.
It's my considered opinion that what Lennon divulged in the Playboy interview was worth wrapping fish and chips in and not much more. His largely negative opinions about the Beatles and their musical input make for dismal reading and dismissal.
After all these years, the truth is so true, John was a musical genius but unfortunately his childhood life affected his adult life. Sadly his confused life lead him to the nut job of Yoko Ono, a manipulative controlling dragon who ultimately ruin Johns life and brainwashed him into a crazy world and even if John had not been shot, he’s demise would have been his ultimate failure. She ruined him and cashed up on his life. A crazy disgusting person Yoko Ono is…. Nothing will ever change that.
Lennon detested George during the Beatle era, mainly due to George being much younger and John's perception of George being lyrically immature, while acknowledging his proficiency in guitar playing, he expressed his further disdain in the BBC Andy Peebles interview in 1980, complaining of George hanging around him too much. In other interviews he expresses antisemitic views towards Linda McCartney's Father and her brother. Lennon hardly liked anyone, even himself, he was a "Jealous Guy" particularly of Paul's solo career, his writing and musical talent. He got on better with Ringo as he was the same age and never posed a threat to John's fragile ego. An absent father (Julian) and an admitted adulterer, even with Yoko, he preached the talk, without ever completing the walk. He penned a few tunes but Paul was the more accomplished wordsmith and musician, with an inherited inate talent.
@@Ripwejustkilleddaclub Lennon certainly had talent, yet unlike McCartney he lacked the confidence to regularly perform publicly, post Beatles. Paul was musically and lyrically the more accomplished and by far the more prolific over time. Without doubt, the pair were gifted and showed their determination to graft their way to early success. Upon the death of Brian Epstein, the dynamics of the Beatles changed forever, leaving a void that Lennon never overcame. Yoko, astutely managed John's personal business finances, but without the musical collaboration he craved, Lennon's US 🇺🇸 experience was much less productive than the other Beatles. George was perhaps the more rounded individual, producing movies and developing his interest in Formula One racing, while still recording successfully independently. Ringo became the unlikely conduit who couldn't quite understand the deep seated antagonism that materialised once the Beatles' company was dissolved by the Courts.
@@giffgaffnettwork5626 Lennon stopped the live performing because of the FBI surveillance. Yoko has said they were advised that their lives would be in danger if they toured as originally planned in late 1972 or 73. Meanwhile McCartney who wrote about nothing was in no danger. Don't know where you got the idea he was a great lyricist. Totally uninspiring in that regard.
@@gettinhungrig8806 Yoko's prophecy proved accurate, because Lennon failed to take security issues seriously and despite threats on their lives, boasted of their freedom of movement on New York sidewalks. The flawed decision, deprived Sean and Julian of their father. The FBI had a constitutional responsibility to monitor foreigners on home soil, especially if their actions gave anarchic impressions. McCartney's body of work has survived the test of time. You don't have to admire his skill as a songwriter and musician, taste is always subjective! Without doubt one of the most prolific composers of his generation and the awards, tributes and longevity of his popularity leave nothing to prove to the industry. He continues to work in his 8th decade, simply because he loves what he does and most impartial observers accept that for what it is and not speculate on what others might or might not have achieved, had they lived. Sadly we will never know.
I would play my guitar for tips in Central Park in the late Seventies. I’d see John and Yoko sometimes strolling the park together but I’ll never forget how he put a $20 in my guitar case. I immediately started playing The Ballad of John and Yoko and Yoko smiled and John looked genuinely touched. That was a special moment in my life. RIP John.
You must have lived quite a life if that was "a" special moment.
For me it would likely be more of a "the" special momemt :-)
このエピソードをお聞きして私は、涙がこぼれてきましたよ！本当に素晴らしい出来事でしたね！若し私だったら一生の心の宝物にするでしょう！人ごとですがとても嬉しいお話しです。とても感動しましたからコメントを入れました。
Yeah, that never happened.
@@teddy1066 $20, would have been a decent tip in the seventies. You did well and clearly you impressed. The memory is a treasured encounter that few could imagine.
How was your day after taking to the legend of humanity, of love and peace found?yoko is a real homosapim for us al
l to learn from .john is the lucky man to have his equal
What a beautiful gift to those of us who love John. Happy Christmas everybody
Whatever the subject, just listening to him talk is highly entertaining - "I could listen to him for hours". (sorry, couldn't resist)
Good interview nothing really negative about the Beatles at all if anyting it's just very retrospective and cathartic. He gives Paul his due as well. I'm convinced that if he had lived a Beatles reunion would have been inevitable. I'm also sure that had he gotten older he would have looked at his time with the Beatles in an even better light than he was already starting to at this point. One of the most heartbreaking parts of this whole video is when he says "I've got another forty or fifty years to live or whatever."
He did have plans to record on Ringos album with Paul. The Anthology was being put together from 1974. He would have been more prominent. At this point he was starting to enjoy his royalties from The Beatles
The thing about the 1980 interviews was that it was a reinvigorated John. He had time away from the public to do a lot of thinking and after everything he finally was happy. People tend to forget that his longest interview besides these ones, is the ones given in 1970 and 1971 at the height of the anger, frustration, and dissolution of the Beatles partnership. He was mad because in a way Paul screwed him and the others. If anyone who truly loves John knows that he really could hold a grudge for a long time, it’s in all the biographies, and all the interviews by people who loved him and were around him. Even May Pang has her story of how when he finally signed the paperwork in 1974, that he was incredibly sad. He needed a break and his 5 years out of the public’s eye was exactly that. It’s truly sad because he and Yoko had many many plans for the 1980s including a sort of Beatles reunion and a return to England
@@jlennon80231ifyPaul saved them all. It didn’t seem like it at first because of the word ‘lawsuit’ but that’s what happened. He saved all of their asses and all of their pennies. It’s been 50 years, this is a matter of public record.
@@cam21333 I never said anything bad about him suing the others, I was merely stating a fact as to why this interview sounds so much nicer than interviews from previous decades from John and an explanation why. Paul has done a lot for the groups memory, but he also is not solely the Beatles and I’ve seen you hold Paul to such a standard in other Beatle groups and posts before. Each member plays apart of it, and the irony here is no matter how good any of them were solo, they’ll all die as Beatles, which is a quote from Ringo Starr himself
@@jlennon80231ifyyou have not seen me hold him to such a standard because I don’t. I was simply stating the facts, which have been distorted over the years. Interesting thing for someone with your username to say, given how for many years, saying the Lennon was the Beatles was ‘the thing’, every journalist did it.
Listening to this 1980 interview right after the listening to the notorious 1970 Rolling Stones interview is quite illuminating. In 1970, he was intelligent, sharp and raw as always, but he was resentful and mean-spirited. In this 1980 he´s no longer resentful and mean-spirited, but still very intelligent, raw but now also wise.
John gave the best interviews. He was considered to be highly intelligent.
and Yoko has always been unappreciated
Even in Russia, despite the repressive gov't, "The Beatles" were known to exist -- and were loved.
But Yoko, who lived in New York, in the US, claimed never to have heard of "The Beatles".
@@jnagarya519 right! And what she did to Julian appears unexcusable .
@@ponzo1967 The reporting of the Julian situation has only ever been reported from his side. Ringo has stated in interviews that Julian is much more looked after than he claims to be but otherwise who knows the truth. All that we do know for sure is that John was a terrible father at that stage in his life and died before he got the chance to make up those failings to Julian.
Yoko?
@@dralfredcarroll9567 When I was 17 (circa 1966) I got the flash insight that John, having been abandoned by his father, was repeating that pattern. (We've since learned that his mother also abandoned him.)
beautiful, simple, complicated, relatable, human human
Hypocritical, maddening, full of crap.
Mind was clear and sharp, found inner peace. Johnny was in his own focused clear insight of who he was as a 40 year old man who knows! Fuck I miss him and that steady rhythm hand with banjo D
My man go Johnny go
Just like ringing a bell
Finally., Great to hear these never before released interview. Westwood One owned the tapes with Yoko I was told and they were never to leave their studios. There are maybe 2-3 clips around like "Oh! Darling" and "I Feel Fine"....havent heard much more than those clips.
He truly was one of kind
Incredible to hear this Playboy audio. Thank you x
I was looking for these interviews for so long.thanks for sharing
He seemed to realize so much in the last days, hours, the very, last moments. He seemed to realize what really matters and prayerfully seemed to of found peace or choosing to accept the peace that is offered to everyone. An original. Thank you for sharing amazing, fleeting moments. So, tragic that John apparently fought hard to live in America. When everything was settled John was murdered after taking the time to sign John and Yoko's album. I never agreed with everything John said. But, John Lennon did not deserve to be murdered.
No-one does, after all.
@@pereldh5741 Ted Bundy , maybe ?
Fantastic! Thank you
Miss you so much John rip forever in our hearts
That was nice of Yoko to give John permission to do the interview.
The guy is so intelligent except when it comes to hanging on Yoko's hine tit.
what about her pushing him out and on to May Pang?
@@lynnhubbard844 let it go stop it
He must've been bored out of his mind by 1980. Sitting in that apartment for 5 yrs and forget the "househusband" bullshit. Sean had 3 nannies so he wasn't babysitting all day. It must have been hard for him seeing Paul producing album after good album and he was doing nothing. Very sad!
Lol what ill informed claptrap! John wasnt sad - or bored - like he said he was "sitting there watching the wheels go by" and he was perfectly happy!
@@LeighRichards27YOU are the one who is ill informed, his reality was far from happy. He was being creative again which made him happier in 1980 than he had been for years but there’s enough information out there that proves the ‘John and Yoko’ pretence was just that a pretence, this interview and the others around that time were merely promotion for the album. People who knew them and their staff knew the real truth, they witnessed it.
He watched a lot of tv and smoked a lot of weed
@@Mary-mw7ve So much wasted emotion. And you go off of the word of the "staff" which is always found to be unreliable. Bottom line - who cares? The closest that you or I or anyone else will be to John Lennon is by his music. Try enjoying that and give up on what you don't know. As Lennon said himself "You bought my music, but you did'nt buy me.
@@bingohhhhhhhhhhhh bottom line - who cares? Why comment then.
This is such a phenomenal interview. I love it.
I love how John Lennon was so honest and open in the interview study games during his lifetime but I think this is the best any game apart from the last interview on December 8, 1980. I think a John Lennon been alive he would’ve celebrated the Beatles legacy and music and there would’ve been a full Beatles reunion that would have been great as his time with the Beatles was healed and as he softened up to the Beatles legacy then he did back in his Rolling Stone interviews in 1971. we would have had a wonderful autobiography from John Lennon honey been alive as well.
John’s take on long term relationships @13:50 is on point 💯
John Lennon accomplished a lot during his time on this Earth even though his time was cut short but our souls go back to God
You seem certain his soul went back to God. He was a devout occultist and disciple of notorious Satanist Aleister Crowley.
One segment in the article I reread after learning about the accident in 1966, was the interviewer asked a second time if a Beatles reunion would ever happen in the future. John stated "You don't understand, it is PHYSICALLY IMPOSSIBLE for the Beatles to ever reunite on stage again."
That was confirmation of what really happened with the Beatles.
Which article ? Can you explain please
@2:51:39 mentions ELO and I got a feeling and a line in All over the world !
Thank you for this
It's so strange hearing John name check Johnny Carson and The Price is Right. His life just barely touched what was contemporary for people who grew up in the 80s.
Both of those had been around longer than the 80s. Carson had been the nightly talk show since the 60s
@@strangebrew1231exactly lmao what a dumb post from op
interesting in the same time 27 mins in this video solitude is playing in the background
Lennon❤❤❤❤
With all the heroin Yoko supposedly took, John could have either cited that as grounds for divorce or...slipped her a mickey.
Stop It
I wonder if Instant Karma was really about Paul. I think John is probably right about Hey Jude, I've thought that myself.
Re Elenor Rigby and who wrote the lyrics - John’s story sounds (to me ) very plausible . I’ve read all the interviews from Paul and John… And unlike what other people have said, John doesn’t discredit Paul, for Ellen and Rigby. Rather, he explains that he supported a lot of the additional verses. Paul song and that was his idea… His vision… And John sort of went with it… My experience with Paul is that he tends to rewrite history a bit… if you look at what just happened with yellow submarine were for years, he took full credit and now it turns out that John played a big part in it. I realize I sound like a bit of a John got here, but… I think John’s level of brutal truth on virtually every subject rings true here.
Yes I think John did the final draft of the lyrics, pulled it all together, is what he meant.
Agree. I love Paul's music and slightly prefer his music - ONLY because he wrote a bit more of it.
But Paul is full of shit on many songs- selective memory. One example and then this stranger (me) won't trouble you further in comments.
Pau lsaid "If I Fell" was about 50-50% and composed at the time of the film, AHDN. The problem Mr. McCartney, is that a complete demo, John only, turned up, a year earlier, in 1963! The entire song, complete with the weird but beautiful guitar intro, attempted in several keys.
There is a demo of "If I fell"? Wow. I'm not aware of that. I need to check that out. @@allancerf9038
@@allancerf9038I'm sure it's tempting to do that when the one and only person who could dispute it is dead. I just feel like in general John doesn't give a shit enough to lie except when taking an occasional stab at his old buddy Paul.
@@ponzo1967 Dude Ponzo, since my remark is no longer visible I have no idea what you're talking about but if it provoked you into bad syntak - is reason enough for me to block you. Who needs a 'Ponzo' scheme?
Brill ! Mate you gotta new subscriber. Sincere thanks.
this is awesome!
Long live John’s memory.
xoxo The Clarences
Imagining John's lost potential. Utterly tragic fate.
@@arricammarques1955 VERY tragic indeed!!! xoxo The Clarences
THANKYOU for this TREASURE. Bought the original paperback and the reissued Hardback of David Sheffs 1980 Playboy Interview with John & Yoko way back in 1981 & 2000 so to FINALLY hear the snippets of Audio of John & Yoko Interview after all these years of reading the transcripts in the books is literally a DREAM COME TRUE. so THANKYOU. I always thought the entire Interview would be released after all these years so to get these snippets is Gold for us who love John & Yoko,
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This is awesome. I have the book David Sheff wrote of this interview “All We Are Saying”
Also the Steve carrell movie beautiful boy is about his sons experience as an addict. Obviously got his tittle from John’s song
There seems to be so much more here than was published in the book ( from what I can remember of it ). There's been a lot of negative stuff said and written over the years about how sincere they were at this time, in what they were saying. When you actually listen to these tapes it seems incomprehensible ( at least to me ) to imagine they're putting on some kind of an act. What is being expressed here is so real, natural and spontaneous, and gives the lie to all the snide and pernicious myths that have been propagated ever since, even by people who really should've known better. What motivates such spite ? Just some weird, resentful defect in human nature, I suppose. Who knows ? These tapes are so abundant in truth, warmth, wisdom and sanity. Give yourself a treat. And try not to feel too sad.
I'd like to hear the whole story from you.I'm very interested in a great way to learn from John and Yoko thanks
I love John and I get what he’s saying, however, speak to him on another day & he’ll say something different…like most of us, our opinions will change from week to week. Meaning, songs John hated one day he’d think are alright the next day ✌🏻
Of course to the right of John in the thumbnail is Baba-Booey himself, Gary Del’Abate…
He looks good
I've listened to probably every interview John and Yoko gave and I can never understand what Yoko is adding to the conversation. Now, my mind just clicks off until she's done talking and then clicks back on when John speaks.
Exactly. We don't tune in to hear what she thinks. It was super annoying to see her at the studios with the Beatles to begin with where she interjects herself where she doesn't belong. I guess she had nothing better to do than be an inappropriate. annoyance.
He even talks about it, how most people in their company would ask him not her, ignoring her, & as we know that pissed john off, he was forever promoting her, but then would stop, & say i dont want it to sound like im promoting her i dont have to her work speaks for itself. Look at any footage of her screaming john was the only one who seen that as talent, because he was ga ga over her, people tolerated yoko because thats the only way they could get to john
@@SuperLennon78 As for John saying her art speaks for itself, I've heard him say that too, but I also heard him refer to Yoko's title as a, 'conceptual artist'. John would shorten it to 'Con Artist', which I also think he believed her to be.
She definitely adds to the conversation why do ppl hate her
I thought I was the only one that did that!! LOL
Who is Yoko talking to in the beginning of the video before John speaks? Appreciate your reply ♡
Probably David sheff. He’s the writer for this Playboy article. Have you seen the Steve carrel movie Beautiful boy? It’s about his son’s experience as an addict. He named the book and movie after John’s song
It’s easy to dislike Yoko but John clearly needed a strong woman I’ve read the book of the interviews many times. He seemed very content with his life.
John says Rod Stewart ripped off Don't Let Me Down in the Maggie May song. Actually, it was in the middle eight of The Killing of Georgie song. However, John himself ripped off Black Dog by Koerner Ray and Glover for the bridge of his Crippled Inside on the Imagine album.
In the printed interview, in the middle of talking about Don't Let Me Down, John appears to be taking credit for writing Two of Us. It's nice to have it verified that it was really just an editorial error.
This interview is interesting and this is my first time seeing this I've been a Beatle fan since I was 13 now I'm 70 will be 71 in April I miss John Lennon and George Harrison so much but never met neither of them or Paul and Ringo either but it's as if I know all of them thru their music . All of them are amazing singers musical instrument player's and nice dressers. P.s. John Lennon is so cool and I will always love him and the. Other 3 Lads from Liverpool Thanks Liverpool It's been a long and Winding road and I'm loving the ride Oh yeah oh yeah Oh Yeah
Thank you, samnous. I've been wondering what song John was talking about, because Maggie May doesn't sound like Don't Let Me Down. I'd never heard The Killing of Georgie before. I just went and listened... actually it's "Part 2" of the song. Really interesting how John mixes things up. It's not even talking about a woman. Anyway thank you for solving that mystery for me. Now I have to go listen to that Black Dog song.
Thank you so much for posting this. I wish we had access to this (and all the other hours) when we made Rubber Soul: ruclips.net/video/kB8Z1LRBmTA/видео.html
That's how I adjusted to listen to John's albums, if Yoko had songs on it or songs she sang on.
Man I can't look at a photo of John sitting or standing next to "The Thing" without provoking a visceral gag response. Still, nearly 44 years after the death I hold "It" responsible for.
Just gross...
Kind of sad hearing John defending Yoko's musical "knowledge" by pointing to her official qualifications. If he had been talking about anyone else, he would laugh if someone leaned on their training instead of their actual talent.
John was such a whipped joker it was pretty pathetic the way he grovelled to yoko
Stop it
Nobody gives Interviews like this one anymore, most interviews are rather boring!
John certainly said he was thinking.
@thebeatlesinterviews7924 yep I have been lucky enough to learn from John since I was just a teenager 40years ago thank you .
I think this is the best bnch of interviews I've ever heard ,peace and love .
Unlike what John says here, Let It Be was not inspired by Bridge Over Troubled Water. Let it Be was composed first. It was the other way around. After he composed it, Paul Simon said Bridge Over Troubled Water sounded like Let It Be.
John gets a lot wrong here. Supposedly this was when he was getting nicer but I’m not hearing it. He sounds really fixated on who wrote which song
That’s funny because neither song sounds like the other, unless you’re going by every piano-played song in the books.
@@MeeMee-gz5vp It was Paul Simon's opinion, not mine.
@@strangebrew1231 He was specifically asked by Playboy to go through the Lennon McCartney catalogue and say who's song was who's. That was the point of one of his interviews. No different to Paul answering individual questions post 1980 and saying who wrote what. Except in John case, he seems very honest. With Paul, he's slowly made out he pretty much wrote everything.
@@strangebrew1231 And you should know what John gets wrong. Imbecile.
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I remember the little mini, gold brown with tinted windows
Why is the interview all shopped?
Here's btw the proof that this gossip rumour claiming w.r.t Lennon saying he also wrote some songs known to be by McCartney to be untrue. And it wouldn't make sense anyway, e.g. Two Of Us about Linda and Paul McCartney though intermingled with McCartney's Lennon allusions - but revealing the usage of any text that suited the song, so typical of McCartney. In fact, the song is not even registered by Lennong during the interview when asked, he just goes on an on about his "Don't Let Me Down".
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Is there anything in here about Lucy in the sky? John had an interview with playboy where he talked about it and I’ve only read it , I can’t find the audio
Legend has it its about LSD but john swears it was from a pitcure sean ( julian) brought home of a little girl & stars etc, & said oh thats lucy in the sky
Who knows what songs John would have done if he had MDA
This interview was definitely from the time him & paul was not getting along.
It was 1980. He died a couple months after this interview. Their relationship by then was better than the how do you sleep/ too many people era
@@strangebrew1231 you know who how do you sleep was about right? . ( although) john belives its about him)
@@strangebrew1231 Did i tell you i was the mailman on penny lane?
@@SuperLennon78they met once in 1974 and twice in 1976
I know what you are saying ,Do you know Lucy Lennon?
He seems hyper focused on who wrote what rather than giving detailed opinions or stories on the music
I cannot understand half of what yucko is saying. Even when I can understand her broken English it is gibberish.
What a interview John had a very witty perception on life. Yoko is a lot more intelligent than i possibly imagined. I could listen to them all night, thanks again for posting this. Happy Holidays
Yoko is an interesting artist.
Yoko is still completely annoying to this day.
1:48:20 John comments on the songs.
I totally love these interviews to John that are 40+ years old, to compete with the nonsense Paul is lately speaking just because he is still alive.
Paul has been telling the same family friendly stories since the 80s
@@strangebrew1231 John was already dead in "the 80s". Paul is just an excellent merchant. He always was and will die being one. Just like Brian May.
Personal opinion and not meant to offend. Had John lived he and Yoko would have irritated me. Love John as a solo artist or Beatle but Yoko was no singer, or not to my taste. Double Fantasy went to number 1 when he was taken from us. If he was serious about touring he would have had to do it on his own. Yoko was an artist and has a good business brain. She looked after John's Beatles contract and royalties. This is only my opinion.
A horrible husband to his first wife and even worse of a father to the first child. Julian said so himself.
Who are you to judge
@@ExcitedAnacondaSnake-hg8ec he's not he is stating a fact stated by John's first son who can judge.
1:36:30 "I've got another 40 or 50 years to live, or maybe longer, whatever it is" :(
Yoko was clearly an appointed controller , all old news
Is the complete interview out there? This one skips around when they get to talking about the songs
I wonder at that myself. I've wanted to hear the portion revolving around the discussion of a Beatles reunion. I've read the printed interview, and from the wording of John's responses to the questions, I imagine that that portion of the interview got pretty heated.
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She did a real job on a very damaged individual. She may have paid Chapman too.
You're at least in the ballpark but Chapman didn't do the shooting. It was Jose Perdomo. Was she in on it? Not sure. But what's certain is she's kept the truth silent in the aftermath.
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This picture was taken the day he was murdered!
John was extremely insecure and moody, you couldn't take him seriously, and he would have a opinion, that would be different the day after, he loved to troll the media, he was never 100% honest, he hid his issues well, except his skinnyness and insecurity.
He was the most honest celebrity you´ve ever seen, hence the changing opinions at times. He didn´t try to project an image of a non-contradictory person, he was just himself in every moment. Which naturally means you contradict yourself at times, because we humans have a constant flow of changing thoughts, opinions, feelings. THAT is what´s real.
@@comedyriff5231 he mocked paul many times in the media
I think he was usually honest about how he felt at the time, it's just that that was very changeable. He acknowledged himself that his emotions would rapidly swing from different highs and lows and he struggled to deal with this, but that doesn't mean he's not honest about how he felt at the time. I also highly disagree that he hid his issues well, he wore them on his sleeve.
I remember one journalist remarking that unlike most of his interviewees, John would be the same off the record if they just went out to lunch or something - I think that's what appeals to many of us about his interviews, he brings this kind of closeness as having a casual chat.
You knew him so well. Tosser.
@@eivindgjengstjohansen9625 Awwww poor baby - get over it buttercup.
2:10:45 here there and everywhere
It's my considered opinion that what Lennon divulged in the Playboy interview was worth wrapping fish and chips in and not much more. His largely negative opinions about the Beatles and their musical input make for dismal reading and dismissal.
And then - who better to have an opinion than the most prolific member of the band.
Everything was ok for john until he met yoko and moved to america ..
After all these years, the truth is so true, John was a musical genius but unfortunately his childhood life affected his adult life. Sadly his confused life lead him to the nut job of Yoko Ono, a manipulative controlling dragon who ultimately ruin Johns life and brainwashed him into a crazy world and even if John had not been shot, he’s demise would have been his ultimate failure. She ruined him and cashed up on his life. A crazy disgusting person Yoko Ono is…. Nothing will ever change that.
Gosh you knew him so well. Twit.
Hmm hmm
Yoko Ono you used John for his money, cheating on him and broke up the Beatles
All these guys that talk shit about yoko... wish they had their own yoko...
Who cares if her music sucks and she's pontificating nonsense
Lennon detested George during the Beatle era, mainly due to George being much younger and John's perception of George being lyrically immature, while acknowledging his proficiency in guitar playing, he expressed his further disdain in the BBC Andy Peebles interview in 1980, complaining of George hanging around him too much. In other interviews he expresses antisemitic views towards Linda McCartney's Father and her brother. Lennon hardly liked anyone, even himself, he was a "Jealous Guy" particularly of Paul's solo career, his writing and musical talent. He got on better with Ringo as he was the same age and never posed a threat to John's fragile ego. An absent father (Julian) and an admitted adulterer, even with Yoko, he preached the talk, without ever completing the walk. He penned a few tunes but Paul was the more accomplished wordsmith and musician, with an inherited inate talent.
Most of this is valid but it's wrong to say he isn't talented and that Paul wrote most of the Beatles.
@@Ripwejustkilleddaclub Lennon certainly had talent, yet unlike McCartney he lacked the confidence to regularly perform publicly, post Beatles. Paul was musically and lyrically the more accomplished and by far the more prolific over time. Without doubt, the pair were gifted and showed their determination to graft their way to early success. Upon the death of Brian Epstein, the dynamics of the Beatles changed forever, leaving a void that Lennon never overcame.
Yoko, astutely managed John's personal business finances, but without the musical collaboration he craved, Lennon's US 🇺🇸 experience was much less productive than the other Beatles. George was perhaps the more rounded individual, producing movies and developing his interest in Formula One racing, while still recording successfully independently. Ringo became the unlikely conduit who couldn't quite understand the deep seated antagonism that materialised once the Beatles' company was dissolved by the Courts.
@@giffgaffnettwork5626 Lennon stopped the live performing because of the FBI surveillance. Yoko has said they were advised that their lives would be in danger if they toured as originally planned in late 1972 or 73.
Meanwhile McCartney who wrote about nothing was in no danger. Don't know where you got the idea he was a great lyricist. Totally uninspiring in that regard.
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@@gettinhungrig8806 Yoko's prophecy proved accurate, because Lennon failed to take security issues seriously and despite threats on their lives, boasted of their freedom of movement on New York sidewalks. The flawed decision, deprived Sean and Julian of their father. The FBI had a constitutional responsibility to monitor foreigners on home soil, especially if their actions gave anarchic impressions. McCartney's body of work has survived the test of time. You don't have to admire his skill as a songwriter and musician, taste is always subjective! Without doubt one of the most prolific composers of his generation and the awards, tributes and longevity of his popularity leave nothing to prove to the industry. He continues to work in his 8th decade, simply because he loves what he does and most impartial observers accept that for what it is and not speculate on what others might or might not have achieved, had they lived. Sadly we will never know.