Robert Freeman was still taking pictures of the Beatles during the Revolver sessions. There are a few well known pictures of John wearing some cool shades and playing his Epiphone Casino that were taken by Freeman during those recordings. Freeman also released a book containing all the photos (it's a bit pricey now) and his album cover was finally included in the Revolver deluxe release last year. I guess he got over it pretty quickly :)
It’s mental how Liam G can have affairs and secret kids and we all go “you rascal, what are you like?!” Yet when Dave Grohl does it he’s essentially finished
That's down to a difference in culture. In the UK, no one would bat an eyelid at Grohl having affairs etc, and would likely be more surprised if he wasn't. Ludicrous to single out a rock star for behaving like a rock star. @@blairhatton3066
Eric Clapton told Larry King on his show that he wouldn't be surprised to learn that he had more children "out there." It goes back to the Ancient Rule: A man is as faithful as the number of options that he has.
Amazing stuff. Regardless if you’re arriving at the ”truth” or not, the detective work is highly convincing and entertaining! ❤️ Regarding the use of the terms middle eight/chorus I do agree with Paul in this case. A refrain serves as a climax, a release of tension built up during the verse . A middle eight is a stand-alone section that isn’t an immediate ”answer” to the verse but serves as a more independent variation/extension to the themes of the song. ”Norwegian wood”, ”Something” and ”While my guitar gently weeps” all lack choruses but have prominent, repeated middle eights. IMHO🙂!
Amazing research man , that’s fantastic, yeah- I think your conclusion is what the song was about- but why don’t you interview Yoko about it ? She’s still here - just ,
One of Elvis's Memphis mafia mentioned catching Joan Baez in a Beatles' room after the whole gang was being shown around the Beatles hotel shortly after Elvis met the Fabs.
Also John Lennon was heavily into Bob Dylan in 1965. And Dylan had a lot of songs about affairs. Girl from the North county springs to mind. Latter on of course he took the tune of Norwegian Wood for his song 4th time around. I wonder if Bob knew about the affair? Perhaps Lennon boasted about it to him ? It contains the line “ I never asked for your crunch now don’t ask for mine”. In other words don’t lean on me and my material about affairs in my songs. Go find your own subjects to write about. Just a theory but it’s interesting to speculate about.
Isn't it good, Natalie Wood...Wood was Russian, not Norwegian...Wood was in the movie "Love with the Proper Stranger" (1963) where she gets pregnant by a musician...Wood was in the movie "Inside Daisy Clover" (1965), which ends when she lights a fire and she burns down the house..."In the 1965 film Inside Daisy Clover, Natalie Wood's character Daisy Clover floats in a scene with wires to make her look like a bird"...Wood was a big fan of the Beatles, John Lennon in particular.
So Bob Freeman did the photo cover for Rubber Soul and John wrote a song about having an affair with the photographer's wife? That really is not good on all levels.
I thought it referred to Sonny (Drane) Freeman, Robert Freeman's wife. The same Freeman who shot the album covers for With The Beatles and Rubber Soul.
Singling out John Lennon, lol. EVERYBODY in rock was like that, even roadies. People fucked left and right, and being married didn't stop them. The Beatles did (including the other Beatles, with wives or steady girlfriends), Bowie did (including when married), The Stones did, Led Zep did, the Byrds did, and so on. It's called "Sex, and Drugs, and Rock and Roll" and not "Sleeping pills, and Tea, and Classical Music" for a reason.
Oasis Did Too Every Greatest Fuckin Rock N Roll Band In History Both Past And Present Always Live The Sex Drugs And Rock N Roll Lifestyle To The Letter ❤❤❤❤❤❤x
From what I’ve gathered the Stones were on another level to the Beatles for the numbers of girls bedded down. Brian Jones and Bill Wyman were the big hitters.
Tawdry. A waste of time, too. Who cares? The Beatles were for the most part ridiculously bad lyricists; in fact, while the older generation of Americans songwriters might have grudgingly conceded The Beatles' musical genius, they uniformly despised their dopey, artless lyrics.
Cynthia was far more likeable and normal than yoko....BUT in some ways she had no sense. It was a shameful thing for her to announce to the whole world that she was pregnant by accident. That is a terrible embarrassment to do to your child who would grow up with the entire world knowing that, and almost as bad to tell everyone that she bleached her hair. Some things should be kept PRIVATE rather than to be made public....HELLOOOO
Don't you have anything better to do really? I don't mind digging into the details of what did the songs mean, I don't mind hearing about the Beatles Antics on the road to a certain extent. But when you start to try to get into John Lennon's head when he didn't even admit or say who it was about, that's just Criminal. And it's 17 days till the anniversary of the man's assassination, so why don't we just assassinate his character some more. And for the record, a lot of the stuff that John Lennon said in the 1970 Rolling Stone interview he already said was a lie. He debunked a lot of the stuff that he said in that interview as just stuff that he was you know making up or lying about or whatever. He was in a bad place, and he was just spouting off to Jan Wenner. (Sp?) Now we know they all had groupies okay, but it's always oh John was the most salacious, oh they were all so just screwing everybody everywhere up against the wall. But how come Paul McCartney never gets dragged into this and he's had two is it called palimony suits against him, I think he does actually have other children. But no we got to go after John Lennon, it's always got to be about John Lennon. So then you quote Cynthia's book "John," oh yea he had the hots for Alma Cogan. It was Alma that flirted with John, Cynthia plainly said that, but you convieniently leave that out. Due to her strict Jewish upbringing, there is no way in hell that they ever got between the sheets. Whether he got with Maureen Cleave it doesn't matter she pretty betrayed him, by printing what he said about we are 'more popular than Jesus,' so yeah that's real nice. But I would think that there are other things to discuss about John Lennon rather than his bloody sex life. And it's never George Harrison sex life, it was never Paul McCartney's sex life, or Ringo Starr's sex life. And apparently Ringo got his fair share okay. Can we have a little dignity here, I will make sure I don't watch any more of your videos that I'm absolutely sure of. 17 days till the anniversary and this is the kind of s*** you put out, you should be ashamed of yourself. I'm done, if I see your name come up on a RUclips video I shall pass it by.
Hmmmm. Confused by your cooment and your anger. This video merely speculates about information well-known to most hardcore Beatle freaks. I didn't see it in any way as being disrespectful or salacious. I thought it was interesting and well presented. We all love Lennon no matter what, but he certainly wasn't a saint. It's history. Lighten up.
I had a chance meeting with Cynthia. When she had he book released. We talked for sometime. I happened to mention to her. That the flat that John, Her and Baby Sean. Were living had been pulled down and replaced with apartments. She said Great. Because she hated living there. 13 Emperor's Gate. Being they lived on the top floor. Cyn hated it because taking a Pushchair up 3 flights of stairs. Their name on the bell was Hadleigh. The fans found out straight away. It was Definitely Sunny he had the affair with.
@@grahampratchett8207No they didn't dude. Sean was John and Yoko's child who was born later than all of this. John hadn't even met Yoko yet. The son he shared with Cynthia is Julian.
There was a v.brief period that John, Yoko, and Cynthia had a strange relationship pertaining to their estranged children..I cannot remember Kyoko's fathers name, but I think you are confused if you remember Sean residing with John and Cynthia.
Great video, but wrong. John wrote it about a clandestine affair with Jane Asher's brother Peter, who had his room done out in Norwegian Wood. He made it obscure to hide the fact that it was an affair with a guy. 🙃
i bloody love these James...keep them coming!
Lennon met Yoko 2 weeks after Cogan's funeral. Both were opder women.
He was always looking for a mother.
Older women?
Robert Freeman was still taking pictures of the Beatles during the Revolver sessions. There are a few well known pictures of John wearing some cool shades and playing his Epiphone Casino that were taken by Freeman during those recordings. Freeman also released a book containing all the photos (it's a bit pricey now) and his album cover was finally included in the Revolver deluxe release last year. I guess he got over it pretty quickly :)
Dave Grohl should cover Norwegian Wood
No. Nooooooooo!!!
Grohl needs to go away
It’s mental how Liam G can have affairs and secret kids and we all go “you rascal, what are you like?!” Yet when Dave Grohl does it he’s essentially finished
That's down to a difference in culture. In the UK, no one would bat an eyelid at Grohl having affairs etc, and would likely be more surprised if he wasn't. Ludicrous to single out a rock star for behaving like a rock star. @@blairhatton3066
@@blairhatton3066 Different Times Now Sadly They'll All Try And Fuckin Cancel People For Anything These Days Luckily LG Got In Early x
Eric Clapton told Larry King on his show that he wouldn't be surprised to learn that he had more children "out there." It goes back to the Ancient Rule: A man is as faithful as the number of options that he has.
I must say this makes a lot of sense. You've done a real detective work. Congratulations.
I’m sure that there are quite a few dark stories about The Beatles from that era.
Already a classic
I think you're right James.
With this level of detail, who needs Lewisohn?
Amazing stuff. Regardless if you’re arriving at the ”truth” or not, the detective work is highly convincing and entertaining! ❤️ Regarding the use of the terms middle eight/chorus I do agree with Paul in this case. A refrain serves as a climax, a release of tension built up during the verse . A middle eight is a stand-alone section that isn’t an immediate ”answer” to the verse but serves as a more independent variation/extension to the themes of the song. ”Norwegian wood”, ”Something” and ”While my guitar gently weeps” all lack choruses but have prominent, repeated middle eights. IMHO🙂!
Its amazing how little info there is about their life on tours in the early years, esp the content of this video!
He was an idiot...Cynthia was a classy lady who deserved better.
All those goregeous women, and who does he end up with. No wonder people say she hypnotised him and was an intelligence asset.
Maybe some truth in that, however, when you can literally pump any woman on earth you can’t blame a guy for being tempted
Eleanor Bron. She’s in the film Help !
Need a video on the Collapse of Man City in relation to the Oasis Coneback.
There can be only one....
Nice job dude, I would of never guessed who it was, if not for this.
Waiting for the sacking of Pete Best...Neil/Mona/Roag etc etc!!
Amazing research man , that’s fantastic, yeah- I think your conclusion is what the song was about- but why don’t you interview Yoko about it ? She’s still here - just ,
One of Elvis's Memphis mafia mentioned catching Joan Baez in a Beatles' room after the whole gang was being shown around the Beatles hotel shortly after Elvis met the Fabs.
Great vid James 👍
Also John Lennon was heavily into Bob Dylan in 1965. And Dylan had a lot of songs about affairs. Girl from the North county springs to mind. Latter on of course he took the tune of Norwegian Wood for his song 4th time around. I wonder if Bob knew about the affair? Perhaps Lennon boasted about it to him ? It contains the line “ I never asked for your crunch now don’t ask for mine”. In other words don’t lean on me and my material about affairs in my songs. Go find your own subjects to write about. Just a theory but it’s interesting to speculate about.
Mccartney taking credit for John's songs again.
That sickens me.
Exactly! I have the same toughts...thank You. Xxx
Isn't it good, Natalie Wood...Wood was Russian, not Norwegian...Wood was in the movie "Love with the Proper Stranger" (1963) where she gets pregnant by a musician...Wood was in the movie "Inside Daisy Clover" (1965), which ends when she lights a fire and she burns down the house..."In the 1965 film Inside Daisy Clover, Natalie Wood's character Daisy Clover floats in a scene with wires to make her look like a bird"...Wood was a big fan of the Beatles, John Lennon in particular.
Very possible you'd think.
Yes I think you’ve cracked it
Apart from Ringo, none of them could keep it in their trousers.
Do you blame them?😂
@@conormccolgan4758they had sex with many underage girls
You're only young once.
Even Ringo swung. Swapped with George once
He didn’t swap with George. George slept with his wife. Ringo didn’t sleep with George’s wife.
So Bob Freeman did the photo cover for Rubber Soul and John wrote a song about having an affair with the photographer's wife?
That really is not good on all levels.
Excellent, my dear Sherlock🎉
Hey james, love your contemt
I thought it referred to Sonny (Drane) Freeman, Robert Freeman's wife. The same Freeman who shot the album covers for With The Beatles and Rubber Soul.
And so i lit a fire, wasnt it good, Norweigan Wood......
Singling out John Lennon, lol. EVERYBODY in rock was like that, even roadies. People fucked left and right, and being married didn't stop them. The Beatles did (including the other Beatles, with wives or steady girlfriends), Bowie did (including when married), The Stones did, Led Zep did, the Byrds did, and so on. It's called "Sex, and Drugs, and Rock and Roll" and not "Sleeping pills, and Tea, and Classical Music" for a reason.
Oasis Did Too Every Greatest Fuckin Rock N Roll Band In History Both Past And Present Always Live The Sex Drugs And Rock N Roll Lifestyle To The Letter ❤❤❤❤❤❤x
Oasis are my least favourite Beatles tribute band @@rizlahillofficial
Doesn’t make it fucking right tbf
@@Thefamousoibruv Well Yer Clearly Not Rock N Roll Enough Innit?
Well in lad. You're a fantastic detective.
From what I’ve gathered the Stones were on another level to the Beatles for the numbers of girls bedded down.
Brian Jones and Bill Wyman were the big hitters.
"I set a Fire, isn't it good Norwegian Wood"
Death Metal Church Burnings
The original title was meant to be, 'I knew she would', but George Martin deeded it to risqué.
How intresting Sherlock.. although it bugs me that McCartney likes to take credit, after Lennon's death
4th Time Around, Dylan.
Bingo!!
John and Yoko were hardcore satanists. Ugh.
Tawdry. A waste of time, too. Who cares? The Beatles were for the most part ridiculously bad lyricists; in fact, while the older generation of Americans songwriters might have grudgingly conceded The Beatles' musical genius, they uniformly despised their dopey, artless lyrics.
Natalie Wood. In love with John...
Its about a lesbian innit
Correct. They just wanted to write about prostitutes and lesbians 😂
@@malabuman2463 i recognize a true blue Beatle fan!
@@buttercup1765blue? No buttercup 😊
Cynthia was far more likeable and normal than yoko....BUT in some ways she had no sense. It was a shameful thing for her to announce to the whole world that she was pregnant by accident. That is a terrible embarrassment to do to your child who would grow up with the entire world knowing that, and almost as bad to tell everyone that she bleached her hair. Some things should be kept PRIVATE rather than to be made public....HELLOOOO
Don't you have anything better to do really? I don't mind digging into the details of what did the songs mean, I don't mind hearing about the Beatles Antics on the road to a certain extent.
But when you start to try to get into John Lennon's head when he didn't even admit or say who it was about, that's just Criminal.
And it's 17 days till the anniversary of the man's assassination, so why don't we just assassinate his character some more.
And for the record, a lot of the stuff that John Lennon said in the 1970 Rolling Stone interview he already said was a lie. He debunked a lot of the stuff that he said in that interview as just stuff that he was you know making up or lying about or whatever. He was in a bad place, and he was just spouting off to Jan Wenner. (Sp?)
Now we know they all had groupies okay, but it's always oh John was the most salacious, oh they were all so just screwing everybody everywhere up against the wall.
But how come Paul McCartney never gets dragged into this and he's had two is it called palimony suits against him, I think he does actually have other children. But no we got to go after John Lennon, it's always got to be about John Lennon.
So then you quote Cynthia's book "John," oh yea he had the hots for Alma Cogan. It was Alma that flirted with John, Cynthia plainly said that, but you convieniently leave that out.
Due to her strict Jewish upbringing, there is no way in hell that they ever got between the sheets. Whether he got with Maureen Cleave it doesn't matter she pretty betrayed him, by printing what he said about we are 'more popular than Jesus,' so yeah that's real nice.
But I would think that there are other things to discuss about John Lennon rather than his bloody sex life. And it's never George Harrison sex life, it was never Paul McCartney's sex life, or Ringo Starr's sex life. And apparently Ringo got his fair share okay.
Can we have a little dignity here, I will make sure I don't watch any more of your videos that I'm absolutely sure of. 17 days till the anniversary and this is the kind of s*** you put out, you should be ashamed of yourself. I'm done, if I see your name come up on a RUclips video I shall pass it by.
Hmmmm. Confused by your cooment and your anger. This video merely speculates about information well-known to most hardcore Beatle freaks. I didn't see it in any way as being disrespectful or salacious. I thought it was interesting and well presented. We all love Lennon no matter what, but he certainly wasn't a saint. It's history. Lighten up.
Well said me mate John always cops it and it pisses me off big time....
I had a chance meeting with Cynthia. When she had he book released. We talked for sometime. I happened to mention to her. That the flat that John, Her and Baby Sean. Were living had been pulled down and replaced with apartments. She said Great. Because she hated living there. 13 Emperor's Gate. Being they lived on the top floor. Cyn hated it because taking a Pushchair up 3 flights of stairs. Their name on the bell was Hadleigh. The fans found out straight away. It was Definitely Sunny he had the affair with.
Don't think that John, Cynthia and Sean ever lived together
Julian maybe?
They did in 13 Emperor's Gate
@@grahampratchett8207No they didn't dude. Sean was John and Yoko's child who was born later than all of this. John hadn't even met Yoko yet.
The son he shared with Cynthia is Julian.
There was a v.brief period that John, Yoko, and Cynthia had a strange relationship pertaining to their estranged children..I cannot remember Kyoko's fathers name, but I think you are confused if you remember Sean residing with John and Cynthia.
Great video, but wrong. John wrote it about a clandestine affair with Jane Asher's brother Peter, who had his room done out in Norwegian Wood. He made it obscure to hide the fact that it was an affair with a guy.
🙃