@@Sanderus It's surprising, but Yoko's voice isn't completely useless. I read that the very threat of playing recordings of her singing scared Al Qaeda terrorists into spilling the beans. Give credit where it's due.
Julian was once removed from the Lennon estate and somehow Yoko allowed him a bridge back into that realm of possibility being an heir along with Sean. Julian bears such close resemblance to his father Yoko probably felt she had to change her mindset about John's first son.
@@ericscottstevensYoko removed Julian. He had to sue her to get back in. Yoko forced May Pang to lie to John telling him Julian hadn’t called, and lie to Julian saying his dad was busy. Watch May Pang’s documentary. The stories are super disturbing.
It wasn’t until John went to LA with May that he was able to see Julian. In fact Julian and his mom came out to LA, and she and May became great friends. Because May was a respectful person who felt it was important Julian see his dad.
I used to think Yoko wasn’t too bad, but then i heard those May Pang stories, ugh. Yoko’s a schemer and a liar. Paul is being generous, he’s a class guy.
I've always thought so. While Ringo had a distinctive style and sound, George as well on guitar. Their vocal harmonies required Paul, John and George, so they all were absolutely essential to the Beatles sound, but - I see more and more how Paul was the stronger song writer/composer. John had great facility with words/language, but Paul wrote stronger melodies, and wrote stronger chord changes. I find Paul's solo output more interesting and enjoyable than John's solo work.
Sitting here thinking the exact same thing.... well said, and thanks for posting my comment. (I second that!!) You can see how determined Paul is to give people a fair chance, to not judge too quickly, etc. etc.
Yoko’s cruelty toward Julian revealed her dark heart, and John was no better for his own abandonment of his son. Although I loved John’s music, I didn’t respect his selfishness and lack of integrity. I also found it shocking that Yoko planted herself in the studio while they worked. She had so much control over John that he went along with this flagrant disrespect of his band mates.
I totally agree with your comment, I’m a musician, when my band maids and I were recording, our girlfriends never invaded that part of our privacy, and it’s like we would not invade their privacy as well, I think she just had a power trip over Everything, and have John Lennon hypnotized
We were all a lot more honest & happy before the Internet was invented,and it continues to have an insidious effect on civilised societies all over the world.
No one is mentioning how awful John was as well. The way he treated Julian was heartless and cruel. Yoko not giving him part of the inheritance was criminal. I'm glad that Sean and Julian are forging a relationship.
@@John-nz5vd It's on both of them. If she had truly loved John, she wouldn't have done that to his son. She just wanted control--especially over $$$. And there was lots of it.
Before she met John Lennon, Yoko was heavily involved in the Avant Garde NYC art scene. There is NO WAY she could've gone that many years without ever knowing who The Beatles were. Absolutely ridiculous.😂
she was "associated" with the so-called Avant Garde NYC scene. But, like many "scenes" in the Art world, there's a few originals; there's a few iconoclasts and there's 100's of hangers-on, fakes and no-talents. Unfortunately for the general public, Press, Media, Pundits spin up 'scenes' for the sake of it and make them attractive enough to pull-in floating idiots; rich-kids with no life, and, cultural nomads. Ono was "part of" ( i.e. a insignificant satellite) of the Fluxus art movement/gang. Fluxus threw up some talented and interesting people (Beuys, Paik, Riley) But , like any new concept, it also had 100s of other "performers" that had no idea and no talent. Lennon got sucked in...and was quite rightly, intrigued with the idea of breaking convention - which he was inherently skilled in, before that. Ono got lucky and got possessive. She wasn't the first, and will not be the last, to bump into a very advantageous event. There's no point in punishing her or being nasty. After all, Hollywood, Haute Couture, ''Design' , Journalism, Authors ...and music, is full of 'lucky' passengers, family connections and fads.
Very well said. And at the end of it all. I think people often forget the point that he was in love with her and she was in love with him. No matter how she influenced him, or what actions he decided to take, you definitely can't punish Yoko Ono for what happened, I think it would be even more of an argument to say that it was John's fault for everything that happened. But even that is I think a silly thing to say because, again he was in love with her, and obviously his relationship with her had a lot to do with the end of the beatles, but it's no one's fault it's just how his life played out. Also she came along at a time where the Beatles were increasingly becoming incompatible with each other creatively. If there was no Yoko ono, John likely would have found another way out not long after 1969 anyway. She was just the first reason big enough for him to prioritize over the Beatles. The Beatles were just so beloved, people think that anything other than the band playing forever until they're too old and retired, means that things played out the way they weren't supposed to. Like we strayed from the correct timeline and we're in some alternate universe where the Beatles broke up haha. It's just life. Also there's something nice about their catalog being fairly succinct and everything from start to finish being absolutely brilliant. Based on SOME of the solo records john, Paul and George all put out in the coming decades, maybe it was a good thing and they went their own ways. I would not want to live in the timeline where there were bad Beatles records haha. When the dynamics in a group gets stale, the music suffers. But as it is every record they put out is gold 😎. Well okay... Maybe I wouldn't mind ONE OR TWO more albums lol
the only way someone can be fixated on something so trivial and unimportant is that they are inspired by the character assassination which was motivated by the woman hating racism aimed at yoko.
Of all the four beatles, no one's solo career was even a distant success, what's your point? And even then, Paul managed to be part of another great and successful band, Wings. Of course not anything like The Beatles, no one could get there
@@dyanapomp , there were two years in the '70s when Wings had the biggest album of the year. What would he have had to do for his solo career to be a success?
@@GutzmanK I was replying to the first comment. In my opinion no beatle achieved what they achieved as a band, but that does not mean Paul was not succesful on his own, ofc he was. To me the most successful beatle
He's done enough interviews that he knows very well what he'll be up against and asked about, so he's either prepared to be a perfect diplomat, and make himself look good, fair and honest, or just pass on the interview. It's going to be the same with any celebrity. Most of them are experienced enough with interviews to know what they have to say to not come off as an a_hole, and that is going to be their M.O. for every interview. We usually refer to it as "lot's of practice".
He's had a lifetime of dealing with the press and public sentiment, and has refined his ability to paint himself as a good guy and say all the right things, to avoid conflict, controversey and disapproval from his fans, other famous musicians and the music industry itself.
@@heyday179 We're talking about a guy who's quite guarded in most interviews, it's not out of the question. Paul has said things in interviews that are open to interpretation while having plausible deniability.
@@mr_bassman6685 i don't agree. i think in every interview he seems to work hard to be as truthful and transparent as possible. if you asked him if he did LSD, he would admit it. he always seemed very candid to me. all of them seemed that way
@@heyday179Those things can actually co-exist. I know ambassadors who are guarded and diplomatic but also open and honest. I have no idea how they do it, but they do. They're the best ones.
“Maybe it’s my mistake.” How many people are bold enough to think this about a major life event and actually act on it. We should all hope for that wisdom.
If she's got narcissistic traits that would make him a 'flying monkey'. He is very intelligent so maybe he is trying to play her or survive, achieve his goals, avoid 'smear campaign', triangulation', war.
What should he complain about ... The biggest catastrophe is not the end of the Beatles because many bands naturally come to an end. The worst thing ever is that John was murdered (Yoko has nothing to do with that). I guess that a vast majority would agree here. And so would Paul. All quarrels before that are Kinkerlitzchen (frills and furbelows).
Yoko has been difficult about the rights to sing songs Paul wrote alone. That’s one reason to be pissed off. She was also responsible for making his best friend a heroin addict for 10 years
He has to be because legally the creature represents John in all Beatles business and legal dealings...:)....I you got them by the balls their hearts and minds will follow!
@@ooops372 He does miss John....but it's all the money and legal stuff she represents. Watch the Anthology which she had to sign off on. He tip toed around that issue very carefully otherwise she would have blocked the project. Like many of us, he will rejoice when she's gone. But then he (and we) have to deal with Sean.
My mom (also named Yoko with a son named Sean) met Yoko Ono when they were both college kids in Tokyo. Said she was a spoiled brat whose dad was a high level banker. Brat her entire life.
Paul has to be one of the most gracious people i have heard of. His willingness to put up with that woman and to do his best to try to make amends with her when she was clearly in the wrong says a ton about his character.
If she's got narcissistic traits that would make him a 'flying monkey'. He is very intelligent so maybe he is trying to play her or survive, achieve his goals. Being professional, courteous is very important with a narcissist or narcissistic person.
I saw Paul live in concert in Buenos Aires only five days ago. I am still in awe and now I can't stop listening to The Beatles and whatever videos RUclips decides to recommend, like this one. My heart is now full of Paul's beautiful eternal music. What a wonderful unique artist.
Thank you for sharing this video. My main takeaway from it is not about John or Yoko, but rather about Paul as a very decent, sensitive, and intelligent person. God bless.
i guess aside from being racist and sexist he was all that. there was no reason she should not be in the studio, as john wished, contributing as a band member, contributing as an artist. that's what he wanted her there for. john wanted to work with yoko creatively the same way he wanted to work with paul. no difference except that paul was a woman hating racist, not like he minded asian women as long as they were just doing his laundry.
@@heyday179 That's not how that works. You can't just call people whatever you want, just because you believe it to be true. There's a time and place for everything, and there's a need for the studio to be free of distractions (for optimal focus and creativity). Who knows what hits we missed out on, because of John's selfishness.
@@shefalichow7917 i guess i could repeat the same thing over and over again and you would never hear it. she was not a distraction. she was a member of the band because john said so, because john invited her, he invited her into the band the same way he invited paul to work with him. no difference unless you are a woman hating racist. but what is the point of repeating the point if you don't comprehend it, like the darkness.
If Yoko was so soft and loving, why was she so horrible with John's family? She blocked him from visiting his sisters and blocked phone calls from Julian etc. She took away a house John had purchased for his sisters. She influenced John during his divorce from Cynthia, leaving her with a very small settlement. Of course, John bears full responsibility by acquiescing to Yoko's preferences. But, a kind and soft woman would have demanded he financially support Julian and Cynthia.
Part of it, specifically how she acted towards Cynthia & Julian, likely is cultural. She actually treated them better than most Japanese of her generation would've at that time period.
Did John fall completely in Love and become a devoted man to his Wife - Yes! Did John lose a lot of his own values when he changed his view of the World, he must of been all over the place, Loved up like never before, only seeing or hearing hate towards the woman he considered his soul mate? Sadly for his family and particularly his first Son, who must of been hurt by his actions towards them after meeting Yoko and thus blaming her for his breakdown of relationships - when in reality, John with his emotions fixed in one direction was the one who did exactly what he swore not to do - be like his own Father? True Love can hurt I guess?
He was totally under her control. Narcissists are experts at manipulating peoples' emotions. She saw a gold mine and went for it. This is not uncommon among Japanese women.
john demanded her presence and wanted to work with her creatively the same way he wanted to collaborate with paul. the only difference is that you are woman hating racist.
john brought yoko into the studio to work with him. he wanted to collaborate with her the same way he wanted to collaborate with paul. no difference except that paul is a woman hating racist. that was his problem with yoko
As much as folk want to put so much on Yoko you have to acknowledge John as a grown man who enable, encourage, and even participated in what contributed to the break up.
Brother you wouldn’t believe me but she was a witch and she had him , I’m from the Middle East and in eastern countries this story’s happening everyday a girl wants as man for his money or his status so do a spell on him and make him hate his on family and tons of things that happened to John are similar to what happened to those men it can’t be normal when you have the same patterns , also you can check this time when she went to South American country to learn a new spells from this old lady or when she asked for Salvador Dali hair ‘em that’s what witches do
Part of why I love this dude. He's a class act and he doesn't air his dirty laundry in public and doesn't have a bad word to say about anyone. Yoko is clearly a horrible person.
You admire the qualities embodied in Paul's character, his tact, generosity and consideration and then go on to show you have none of them? Perhaps it would have been better to not bring it up.
@@amandabeaty1492 Ehhh. He suggests Michael was a soft spoken backstabbing deceptive person. Buying the publishing rights to his music to get one over on him. But true. Even in that interview. Paul always keeps it classy.
@@TA-to7kt this is correct. As a histrionic personality, any competition to her being the center of attention would not be tolerable for Yoko! It did not matter that her artistic contribution to the Beatles was a negative value or that her main draw for John was that she provided a distraction that served to help John avoid his own personal demons. That is not love, but an unhealthy codependency.
@@kennethgarcia25 You do know Yoko admitted to being a witch so that could explain her hold on John. I couldn't imagine waking up to that each morning I'd jump off the roof!
When Paul began calling her to check in on her and to get to know her after John's death, she was not gracious. Instead, her response was atrocious. Unfortunately she convinced Paul that he was treating her poorly. I will also never forget her refusal to have McCartney-Lennon as the credits on "Yesterday," which everyone knows John had nothing to do with. The way she treated Julian after John died was also horrible.
If what Paul says is accurate there, it certainly seems a very odd response to Paul's distinctly generous olive branch. It strikes me as a bit of a power game, at worst. Maybe it was too soon for her to accept olive branches from Paul, or maybe she'd lost patience with all the many millions who just came along with 'pity', so an interpretation on it would be her questioning Paul's sincerity in calling. How one would respond to that would be Paul's call. Tricky stuff.
@@jonblackers4339 Maybe, but no harm in that I'd say, and that Paul says it with Linda nodding beside him suggests the ring of sincerity here. I'd agree he's often inconsistent with regards to Yoko, but then who wouldn't be, she's a slippery customer also. Lots more going on that we don't know about, would be my guess.
@@MJ-pb4eu I'd say that was highly unlikely - scheming and manipulative she may be, but a murderer? I think not. However, for reasons we don't know, she may blame herself in some weird way; there's a fair few people who say she was very controlling of John's movements, for example.
Agreed! And the band wasn't just John. There were three other people in the group, and their opinions mattered. She just walked in there. So rude. She must be very un-Japanese, because the Japanese understand and appreciate decorum. She doesn't.
Paul handled this situation incredibly well but I would disagree with one of his statements at the end of this video about John not being stupid. John could be incredibly stupid at times! Yet exhibit pure genius in the studio.
In the "Get Back" documentary Paul makes a comment about 50 years later people are going to say The Beatles broke up because of Yoko. No way he could have known how true that statement would become.
@@Edoorardo The true part was the fact that people were going to blame Yoko, not about whether it was her actual fault. She was who people blamed for decades no matter how many times Paul tried to say it wasn't true. My parents were huge fans and they absolutely always said that they wouldn't have broken up if it wasn't for Yoko. Paul did predict accurately that she would be blamed.
@@AdamBrinkmann oooh, yeah. Definitely, they where drifting apart long before yoko came into the scene. Did her presence help things out? Not really, but they were already on the way out
@@Edoorardo So much easier now to do a deep dive into what happened. At the time though and for a long time the fans thought they were doing just fine until Yoko came along. There was no social media and there was a lot less news back then. It was just so funny to hear Paul back in the 60s say that people were going to blame her and it turned to be a true statement, she got blamed.
Paul is so amazingly gracious about her.Paul would never disrespect John or his memory or George.Ringo and Paul are the only my two left and they are so loved and respected.amazing talent.their will never ever be anyone like the Fab Four ever again.their music is timeless and relevant and so important
Allen Klein was the biggest factor in the breakup. Also, not touring caused the breakup - they no longer needed each other ... they became each other's session men.
Paul was right about Alan Klein. John wasn’t. Paul was right about Phil Spector. John wasn’t. Paul was right about Yoko. John wasn’t. Those three influences were the most destructive in the Beatles. What was John thinking!
@@BassicVIC The decision on Yoko was up to John wasn't it. She's not my cup of tea, but if that's what Lennon wanted to do then that's his choice. I doubt John would say Paul was right about Yoko. And Paul made mistakes that hurt the band. The Magical Mystery Tour was his idea and it was the first time they were slammed by critics. Paul even had to apologize on tv for it. The Let It Be live album was a big mistake, mainly because Paul didn't tell everyone that he changed the plan. They show up in Jan expecting to rehearse for a live tv show of White Album music and Paul tells them that they will write a new album of 14 songs that month and play it live on tv at the end of the month. An impossible idea that could only end up in failure. Paul's management after Epstein died was poor, but not that surprising. He'd never done it before. The others were obviously getting tired of it. The only reason Abbey Road was successful was because they went back to the old way.
Another point is that every band ever but the Stones, split, and The Beatles were no different. But the Beatles were the greatest band and that's why we are still arguing about something that happens to every band.
@BaronVonMunch The other three were very apathetic so someone had to keep it together. And I watched Peter Jackson's Get Back about 10 times and I loved every minute of it. Just watching Paul write Get Back was amazing. I watched it 50 times.
It doesn’t matter, in the end, we could have gone on, loving the great music they made. And would have gone on, but the end of that.. was Yoko. It was John’s decision, his need. It’s the antithesis of being in band. We have our hearts to mend now. Thank you Paul for being so gracious. And to Ringo and George as well. A fond farewell, hearts on our sleeve.
He probably didn’t say anything to John about it because he knew John well enough to know he’d have gotten pissed right off, and just gotten defensive and it wouldn’t have changed anything.
Yeah, it’s a wonder people didn’t see John for the manchild he was. John was a member of a musical group, Yoko was his partner. It’s ridiculous to take away John’s autonomy by saying his partner forced him to do anything. It’s obvious from this clip that Paul was scared to put up boundaries with John about letting Yoko in the studio. John was a bully and the other Beatles enabled him, at least in those days, to get what he wanted- his partner in the recording studio.
@@larrymiller4 . I have known men about whom I've asked the exact same question. The ones I knew were skillfully manipulated once the women were secure in their power over these men---who were often needy for a mother figure to give them the time and attention not received during their growing years. Abandonment issues rooted in death, desertion, incarceration, voluntary or involuntary removal from the home---come into play and trigger fears and old insecurities. In the minds of the men, the women who were chosen filled those voids but did not do right by these men in return.
It was explained in the video. John wanted a strong woman. But a lot of strong women can just be manipulative and narcissistic. They can be anything from an aggressive woman who uses her looks to charm and seduce men to black widows who marry men and take their possessions. Some of what she says is true. But she seems like some kind of narcissistic drama queen. She shouldn't be in the studio when the boys are working. Respect boundaries.
@@patof72clune51 What? Left? Took? She was amicably divorced from Joseph Melville in 1965 (after just 18 months of marriage and well before she met Paul of course) who raised no objection to Heather's mother having full custody.
Paul nailed the problem in four words, "We were at work." They weren't at jam sessions kicking back and having fun. Friends and family were not invited to sit in while they were working. The Beatles (Apple Corps Limited) was a multi-billion dollar company (inflation adjusted) and the guys were trying to do their jobs. Yoko was not an employee of the corporation, wasn't a partner in the corporation and was not an independent contractor hired by the corporation to assist them and was not voice/musician talent contracted to perform with them. She was a "hang around", annoyed the other band members, annoyed and distracted actual hired musical talent, generally in the way, selfish and clueless. Who gives a rat's furry rodent behind that "it was love." Everyone is in love with someone - but they don't take them to work.
He was the number 1 shock jock for a reason. Although he’s mellowed a bit over the years, he was an awful person in the past. He never cared about what he said and that was the reason he shot to fame. But now that he’s made his fortune he’s toned down a bit. Hell, he even had Biden on recently and that should tell a person everything they need to know. There’s no way Biden would have went on the show 20 years ago.
That’s what he does and it’s why he’s considered the best interviewer in media. He’s trying to get the guest to say “juicy” things. He dances around quickly switching between subjects and frequently saying things like “I bet you feel like this” or “I totally understand how you’d feel like this” to try to get the subject to reveal something they wouldn’t ordinarily say.
Props to Paul for extending the olive branch, but we watched Yoko and how she treated everyone and how John was about the same, especially with Julian! So NO, she doesn't get a pass on the world stage.
@jefferypadgett334 There is no love lost in this NOW triangle you injected your very important but useless opinion into. She is wealthy and famous ONLY because of John Lennon, nothing more.
He has to be because legally the creature represents John in all Beatles business and legal dealings...:)....I you got them by the balls their hearts and minds will follow!
Thankfully she holds nothing over us so we're free to think and say whatever we want about her but unfortunately as for Paul she holds John's share so he has to tap dance around that B!/@$
Sorry Paul, actually Cynthia was an incredibly strong woman to survive everything John put her through, in a very public and humiliating way. She raised her son to be a good man and she did it with grace and kindness. She wasn't hard, manipulative and an ice queen, that's the main difference between her and the other "strong" women in John's life.
Yeah totally agree with that - an odd thing to imply, and very harsh on Cynthia, who had all those qualities you say and more - the quiet dignity she showed after everything she had to put up with speaks volumes for her strength of character. That said, Paul probably is probably trying to imply that such a woman (sadly) wouldn't be the sort of person John would want, which for me says more about John than Cynthia.
I don't think he meant to demean her, I took it more like he was describing their personality. I came away from it thinking Cynthia was shy or anxious or something, not a bad thing just 'unattractive' to Lennon
There are different kinds of strength. Paul meant the strength of inspiration, taking initiative and leadership, while you mean bravery, dignity and patience. Both are valid.
Yet you are completely fine with male artists who mistreat their wives and abandon their children, right? Oh that's right you're not. You don't demonise male artists who do these things. It's almost as if morality is not the issue and thereal issue is you hold women to a higher standard and you have a special prejudice against women who do not behave "as they should" meanwhile your male hero's can do what the f they want. You ire should be towards John. It's his son not Yokos. BlameJohn otherwise you're just a racist misogynist like other yoko hating Beatles fans.
@@amandaalma7288exactly. The Beatles fans are not moral at all. They pretend to be but if they were they would be angrier at John and demonise him. He abandoned his own son.this isn't about morality it's all about racism and misogyny.
If you watch that recent Get Back film, Yoko looks quiet and respectful. She actually looks to he bored out of her mind but stayed there to help John during a very difficult period in his life.
lol ... yoko on the other hand ... "was so obviously johns soul mate, tolerated him taking off for a year to get over his arrested adolescent kicks, helped mellow him out so he became a more decent chilled guy, a good husband and loving father ... " That's what you were going to say right?
@user-ho7xb5el5v Paul is fully aware of Sean's presence, and paul is not about to publicly upset sean by attacking his mother. Her behavior speaks for itself.
Well beauty is the eye of the beholder, as they say, and many in the art world considered (and consider) her to be highly talented - as someone says here, her 'avant-garde' work obviously appealed to John, as did her obviously high intelligence. But his seeming obsession with her is admittedly a bit baffling. Part of it I think was that John, for all his genius, was immensely insecure and, much as he courted fame, also hated much of which came with it; the ebullient charisma was in many ways a 'shell' to mask an awful of psychological issues, and he came to believe Yoko could help him with all of these things (and much more). He certainly felt the overpowering nature of love ('for the first time' as it seemed). Moreover, musically speaking, Yoko became his new 'muse', without which, as Paul says, works like 'Imagine' could not have been written.
@@janebraun4482 Oh, he had many, many women. He had other women when he was with Yoko. Lennon always knew that. Who knows exactly what he saw in her, but most likely the artistic part had a lot to do with it. It seems the only thing that really interested John was art and with Yoko they could work on it all the time.
I will say that Yoko has kept the memories of John alive. For that I am thankful. John and Paul were without question the greatest songwriters who graced the Earth. I am thankful to have known them. I grew up listening to the Beatles .
Yoko's voice would be perfect for every establishment's speaker system that is trying to have patrons leave by closing time. 🏃♀️🏃♂️🏃♀️🏃♂️🏃♀️🏃♂️💨💨💨👟👟👟👟
Yoko always reminded me of "Cousin It" from the Addams Family. Always hiding behind her long frizzy hair, huge dark sunglasses & hats & the squeaky annoying voice!
I was born in 1990, and discovered The Beatles when I was 10. The boys had been disbanded for 30 yrs, and John had been gone for 20. Yet even I felt vitriolic toward Yoko as though I’d known them personally and as if she’d poisoned my best friends. On one hand it’s insane for me to harbor negative feelings toward someone I never knew; however, I think that also speaks to just how deeply impactful these men were on my life through their music, and how beautiful a concept it is that the love they manifested will continue to thrive long after they’ve departed this world.
Which in my view is precisely why fans look for scapegoats and why she (all-too conveniently imo) fitted the bill. Agree on your last sentence, though - beautifully put.
The ignorance, vitriol and misogyny aimed at Yoko Ono, is effed up! This is analogous to the bullshit blame game with, Kurt Cobain/Courtney Love, Jessica Simpson/Tony Romo, Kim Kardashian/Reggie Bush, and Taylor Swift/Travis Kelce...
Linda was truly a beautiful lady who if she was in the studio, everyone woukd adore her...while Yoko was manipulative and generally not a woman of grace and respect! Linda helped Paul while Yoko ruined John.
Paul is a rarity in that he displays genuine exceptional character. It was always Paul who was the first to reach out, whether it be John or people who loved John. He was the loyal spokesman optimist who helped the Anthologies, and the new in depth re-releases into existence, even when others objected. In a way, ultimately, he is the Beatles biggest fan along with Ringo, who is also someone who lived to tour. They are the greatest of the "Band" guys.
If she has narcissistic traits he could be (sorry for this expression but it's a technical term, reference to Wizard of Oz): a 'flying monkey'. He is too intelligent for that. Being polite towards narcissists is a survival skill.
And Aunt Mimi. Yoko sold the small house John bought for Mimi and his sisters. Yoko is a bitch. She would not give a guitar Julian played with John to Julian, which had special meaning for him. Yoko made Julian buy back postcards Julian had mailed to his dad. What an asshole!
@@TA-to7kt And yet John stayed with her. I say trust his judgment, he obviously loved the woman and unless you were a friend of John and Yoko, your information is fifteenth hand through some tabloid. He's dead, Paul and Yoko are both old and the Beatles broke up over a half century ago. It's time to move on.
When people say things like “well John loved her, I trust his judgment”, I wonder if they’ve ever heard of what malevolent narcissists do to people and how they manipulate their emotions to create a crippling dependency. This is what happened to John.
I have personally seen at least four or five men victimized by women who did exactly what you described. It was nothing short of mind control accomplished through expert manipulation. Every one of those men was targeted for exploitation after revealing vulnerabilities during a low point in their lives to a woman they believed to be trustworthy. Only one eventually wised up to reality and dumped her. The rest continued to be played for fools.
Paul for all the incomparable fame, talent and life he's led, seems to be a down to earth and caring man. Life's too short. And he's maintained an avuncular relationship with Julian, also a very lovely intelligent man (fm what I can tell through the media all these years lol).
Paul is a compassionate person, aside from being an artist. He has tons of empathy. He must've also recognized the sheer train of women they both had come in contact with and how a woman can influence your life. I mean, all those songs didn't come from nuthin'.
Very true ... in 1981 in San Francisco, as a young artist myself, I was walking thru the area where it was known Ms.Ono had her apartment. Of course it seems silly now, but at the time I thought it a good idea to walk by the building and see if I might run into her or something. The bland multi-story building she lived in was fronted by a large concrete yard, surrounded by tall iron gates and fence. I had just walked into the courtyard, and it being seemingly devoid of life, had the second thought about how embarrassing to self I was being, so I decided to lower my head and cut straight thru across the yard to the main outlet, as quickly as possible. Somehow, not more than a second later, humanity and other beings had returned to the yard. It was only by reflex did I manage to catch the small woman and child I had just blindly plowed straight into. This is the part towards her character I wished to share here: As I spun her around keeping each of us on our feet, I saw exactly whom I had collided with. Yoko's beaming smiling face looking straight into my eyes. Seemed to be wearing head to toes black feathers, perfectly framing the face. She was with Sean I believe ... who was maybe 6-7 years at the time. There are not many who would have had such a reaction, and with such peace as this all occurred. Especially when you remember John had just been shot 6 months earlier in front of their NY apartment. I made sure she was okay, and after profoundly apologizing, to both of them, I quickly continued my egress and retreat, with head UP, EYES WIDE OPEN this time, finding myself very moved by her self-composure during such a potentially ugly situation. I didn't at the time, but Ms. Ono, thank you for being human and real.
I always thought that Yoko's voice when she sings sounds like someone's pulling the end of a balloon with fingers on both hands and letting the air slowly.
Yoko is the most brilliant example of being in the right place at the right time. She went from impoverished trippy artist basically starving to….inheriting one quarter of the Beatles wealth…. Because she was there…putting on a show at the Indica Gallery. Wow. Amazing. But I still think it’s weird she took her bed into Abbey Road. Give me a break. Ps. One of my fave John songs is Oh Yoko. Pss. A plug for Paul. A truly great guy who has been poorly treated. He was the avant- gard one. The rest were all living in the Burbs in their mansions - Paul was checking it all out in St John’s Wood. Love you Paul.
This is John fault's not Yoko. She probably asked him "May I come to see you working ?" and he replied "of course love, you can stay with me all the time" . But he didn't ask to the others about it. There were already many people in the studio, so one more or less ...
@@scopius2 They were very young -- Paul turned 30 in 1972, after the breakup, Ringo and John were each just a year or two older than he -- and back then, "passive aggressive" wasn't a term most people knew or used, especially not a bunch of working-class guys from Liverpool. Most people didn't have heart-to-heart talks back then, rarely sought therapists or therapy, it took the much-maligned personal development and self-help movements of the 70s and 80s to get people there. John was just breaking through the substance abuse and psychological issues he had when he was murdered. The album Double Fantasy reflects that change, and it's tragic that we didn't get more of his music, given the songs he recorded for that record. But before that? He was out in L.A. living the bad-boy life with May Pang (for whom I have a lot of sympathy, Yoko really manipulated both John and May Pang in that situation) until he decided to go back to Yoko. No deep psychological insights from him before that.
Ive been head over heels in love with my wife for 14 years. Im a musician. She aint TOUCHING my musical writings, and im a pissant compared to the Beatles
Wait! Yoko didn't know who the Beatles were? This sounds remarkably like Meghan's protest that she had no idea who Harry was or anything about the Royal Family. Sounds like history repeating itself here. Similar story with a similar outcome!
…I remember back in the 6O’s …John’s first wife Cynthia said in an interview that this woman ( a stranger) who no one knew , had been standing outside the family home for hours in the rain , Julian was a baby at the time…..Cynthia said that she felt sorry for her and invited her in for a cup of tea….The rest is history…..& YES she is certainly cut from the same cloth as Meghan Markle ….They set their eyes on a wealthy target , hone in & then pretend it was all Kismet….serendipity….destiny….Then laugh all the way to the bank….IMO 🇨🇦✝️🇬🇧
@@lefuedebout the relationships are strangely mirrored. Lennon lost his mother at an early age too. But certainly both men are controlled by very dominant women.
Anyone who can understand such a situation knows that nothing interfering with a musician's creativity and concentration should be present in the studio. The whole idea is to support maximum-productivity and musicians getting along as best as possible. Yoko Ono was on the whole disruptive to the situation. No business at all being right in the midst of the players. "No added value", as they always say.
I think it's pretty clear she wanted John to leave the Beatles. He did that to be with her. His choice, but I'd have to say it must have come from only him being a very troubled individual.
What a fantastic overview this is. Having lived through the dawn and sunset of The Beatles, my experience and perception of the events says this is an excellent presentation of the facts. Thank you
As John said, Paul is a brilliant pr man. He has business interests with Yoko so he needs to get along, and he makes himself look magnanimous at the same time.
Paul also comes from a family that was close and got along. It's much easier for someone that has that kind of background to stay more in balance than for people like John that had so much trauma.
It's always worth remembering, Paul and John were best mates, soulmates, due to a shared a love of songwriting when they first met all those years ago. Up to Yoko's appearance, that friendship had sustained everyone and the band for a VERY long time and beared all the fruit in the songs we know and love today. But it was always going to come to a point where it wasn't going to sustain the band anymore. Yoko was the first sign of that and nothing more. When suddenly John's new love interest appeared on the scene, whom he required to have around ALL the time and be with all the time, it very much upset the applecart. As before her It would have mostly been Paul, George and Ringo that John hung around with most of the time. It's hardly surprising no-one else in the band knew what to do about that situation, or speak up about it, as they'd never had to before and as they were all four of them good working friends, no-one much wanted to be the one to pipe up and seem rude by saying, 'Ok look what's going on here then?' It would have maybe been a better plan for John to have explained things a bit in hindsight, even if he'd known what to say which i doubt he would have. But I guess everyone was really used to not having to explain themselves to the other at any point. They all just did as they wanted to do, without question. Just up until that point, everyone else was always cool with what the other did, or wanted to do. I suspect Paul didn't at the time completely realize it, but his position as John's soulmate was coming to an end and he had an inkling that due to it, the end of the band wasn't going to be that far away either. A situation that would get anyone frustrated in his position, it's not nice when things you love very much start drifting away from you and you can see it happening in front of your very eyes. It's scary and upsetting, when that's all you've known for as long as Paul had. Much like as happens for most best mates, when one of them finds a girl/boy they fall for, that mate and everything else for that matter, goes out of the window, as love is really good at blinding you towards all around you, other than the one you love. John was departing the band, without really saying it or probably even realizing it and it's down to him mostly that the Beatles split, not Yoko, Paul, George or Ringo. But Like Paul said, 'You can't blame John for simply falling in love'
Generally it is accepted that love is blind. Thanks to John Lennon we know it is also deaf.
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@@Sanderus It's surprising, but Yoko's voice isn't completely useless. I read that the very threat of playing recordings of her singing scared Al Qaeda terrorists into spilling the beans. Give credit where it's due.
Boring joke that's been said a million times before
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@@lawman3966 I listen to songs like Remember Love and wonder why she didn't want to sing like that instead of scream.
Just remember, Yoko made Julian Lennon buy letters that John had sent him when he was a kid at an auction.
Julian was once removed from the Lennon estate and somehow Yoko allowed him a bridge back into that realm of possibility being an heir along with Sean. Julian bears such close resemblance to his father Yoko probably felt she had to change her mindset about John's first son.
I'm pretty sure Yoko is despised by many for a variety of reasons.
@@ericscottstevensYoko removed Julian. He had to sue her to get back in. Yoko forced May Pang to lie to John telling him Julian hadn’t called, and lie to Julian saying his dad was busy. Watch May Pang’s documentary. The stories are super disturbing.
It wasn’t until John went to LA with May that he was able to see Julian. In fact Julian and his mom came out to LA, and she and May became great friends. Because May was a respectful person who felt it was important Julian see his dad.
I used to think Yoko wasn’t too bad, but then i heard those May Pang stories, ugh. Yoko’s a schemer and a liar. Paul is being generous, he’s a class guy.
As time goes by, I understand and appreciate Paul's personality more and more. Perhaps we owe him the most for the Beatles
I've always thought so. While Ringo had a distinctive style and sound, George as well on guitar. Their vocal harmonies required Paul, John and George, so they all were absolutely essential to the Beatles sound, but - I see more and more how Paul was the stronger song writer/composer. John had great facility with words/language, but Paul wrote stronger melodies, and wrote stronger chord changes. I find Paul's solo output more interesting and enjoyable than John's solo work.
It's ok😅
Sitting here thinking the exact same thing.... well said, and thanks for posting my comment. (I second that!!)
You can see how determined Paul is to give people a fair chance, to not judge too quickly, etc. etc.
Oh absolutely.
Yes, well more like Paul and George
Yoko’s cruelty toward Julian revealed her dark heart, and John was no better for his own abandonment of his son. Although I loved John’s music, I didn’t respect his selfishness and lack of integrity. I also found it shocking that Yoko planted herself in the studio while they worked. She had so much control over John that he went along with this flagrant disrespect of his band mates.
I totally agree with your comment, I’m a musician, when my band maids and I were recording, our girlfriends never invaded that part of our privacy, and it’s like we would not invade their privacy as well, I think she just had a power trip over Everything, and have John Lennon hypnotized
@@moisesperez4605sorry I just pictured you in a studio surrounded by girls in “maids” costumes lol
Very true. I feel the same.
As much as I love him he was a spineless simp 😢
she is a hateful being. Narcissist. John was a spineless little boy his whole life. Never liked him or his work either.
One thing that always impressed me about the Beatles is that when interviewed they were always pretty honest and down to earth, not full of B.S.
George Martin met them, and before he heard any of their music, he said he knew they'd be big because they all had "interesting" personalities
@@djf750 Fascinating
Sort of like people in general back then. A bit more candid honesty.
We were all a lot more honest & happy before the Internet was invented,and it continues to have an insidious effect on civilised societies all over the world.
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No one is mentioning how awful John was as well. The way he treated Julian was heartless and cruel. Yoko not giving him part of the inheritance was criminal. I'm glad that Sean and Julian are forging a relationship.
The fact that Yoko never accepted Julian as John's son and treated him badly is on John.
@@John-nz5vd It's on both of them. If she had truly loved John, she wouldn't have done that to his son. She just wanted control--especially over $$$. And there was lots of it.
Agreed. He wasnt a nice man. He was selfish.
@@suz632 He was a dreadful bully too if he thought he could get away with it.
If any Stepmother treated my children badly she wouldn`t last five minutes in our home,I would give her a One-Way Ticket to the front door.
Before she met John Lennon, Yoko was heavily involved in the Avant Garde NYC art scene. There is NO WAY she could've gone that many years without ever knowing who The Beatles were. Absolutely ridiculous.😂
Yoko lied. She was a stalker.
she was "associated" with the so-called Avant Garde NYC scene. But, like many "scenes" in the Art world, there's a few originals; there's a few iconoclasts and there's 100's of hangers-on, fakes and no-talents. Unfortunately for the general public, Press, Media, Pundits spin up 'scenes' for the sake of it and make them attractive enough to pull-in floating idiots; rich-kids with no life, and, cultural nomads.
Ono was "part of" ( i.e. a insignificant satellite) of the Fluxus art movement/gang. Fluxus threw up some talented and interesting people (Beuys, Paik, Riley) But , like any new concept, it also had 100s of other "performers" that had no idea and no talent. Lennon got sucked in...and was quite rightly, intrigued with the idea of breaking convention - which he was inherently skilled in, before that.
Ono got lucky and got possessive. She wasn't the first, and will not be the last, to bump into a very advantageous event. There's no point in punishing her or being nasty. After all, Hollywood, Haute Couture, ''Design' , Journalism, Authors ...and music, is full of 'lucky' passengers, family connections and fads.
Very well said. And at the end of it all. I think people often forget the point that he was in love with her and she was in love with him. No matter how she influenced him, or what actions he decided to take, you definitely can't punish Yoko Ono for what happened, I think it would be even more of an argument to say that it was John's fault for everything that happened. But even that is I think a silly thing to say because, again he was in love with her, and obviously his relationship with her had a lot to do with the end of the beatles, but it's no one's fault it's just how his life played out. Also she came along at a time where the Beatles were increasingly becoming incompatible with each other creatively. If there was no Yoko ono, John likely would have found another way out not long after 1969 anyway. She was just the first reason big enough for him to prioritize over the Beatles. The Beatles were just so beloved, people think that anything other than the band playing forever until they're too old and retired, means that things played out the way they weren't supposed to. Like we strayed from the correct timeline and we're in some alternate universe where the Beatles broke up haha. It's just life. Also there's something nice about their catalog being fairly succinct and everything from start to finish being absolutely brilliant. Based on SOME of the solo records john, Paul and George all put out in the coming decades, maybe it was a good thing and they went their own ways. I would not want to live in the timeline where there were bad Beatles records haha. When the dynamics in a group gets stale, the music suffers. But as it is every record they put out is gold 😎.
Well okay... Maybe I wouldn't mind ONE OR TWO more albums lol
@@d-rockanomaly9243 i guarantee that if john was a plummer she wouldn't fell in love with him
the only way someone can be fixated on something so trivial and unimportant is that they are inspired by the character assassination which was motivated by the woman hating racism aimed at yoko.
Paul McCartney is genuinely a beautiful person
Paul was trying very hard to bring the band back together to cash on the goodwill and his solo career wasn't even a distant sucess
@@bobburns7277 The Wings weren't a success?
Of all the four beatles, no one's solo career was even a distant success, what's your point? And even then, Paul managed to be part of another great and successful band, Wings. Of course not anything like The Beatles, no one could get there
@@dyanapomp , there were two years in the '70s when Wings had the biggest album of the year. What would he have had to do for his solo career to be a success?
@@GutzmanK I was replying to the first comment. In my opinion no beatle achieved what they achieved as a band, but that does not mean Paul was not succesful on his own, ofc he was. To me the most successful beatle
he doesn't ever seem to get irritated about being asked about things he's already spoken about over a dozen times, incredible patience
@@StyledObject Imo, calculated is a more accurate word. Waay Smarter than most. Just not obvious about it 😎
He's done enough interviews that he knows very well what he'll be up against and asked about, so he's either prepared to be a perfect diplomat, and make himself look good, fair and honest, or just pass on the interview. It's going to be the same with any celebrity. Most of them are experienced enough with interviews to know what they have to say to not come off as an a_hole, and that is going to be their M.O. for every interview. We usually refer to it as "lot's of practice".
Paul is unbelievably generous.
Harrison may not agree.....
He's had a lifetime of dealing with the press and public sentiment, and has refined his ability to paint himself as a good guy and say all the right things, to avoid conflict, controversey and disapproval from his fans, other famous musicians and the music industry itself.
I think you have to read between the lines to what Paul says about Yoko. Paul is a natural-born diplomat.
or you could actually listen to what he says without listening to the voices in your head and just turn your dingbat off
@@heyday179 I find your technique basic and unsophisticated to say the least, HD.
@@heyday179 We're talking about a guy who's quite guarded in most interviews, it's not out of the question. Paul has said things in interviews that are open to interpretation while having plausible deniability.
@@mr_bassman6685 i don't agree. i think in every interview he seems to work hard to be as truthful and transparent as possible. if you asked him if he did LSD, he would admit it. he always seemed very candid to me. all of them seemed that way
@@heyday179Those things can actually co-exist. I know ambassadors who are guarded and diplomatic but also open and honest. I have no idea how they do it, but they do. They're the best ones.
“Maybe it’s my mistake.” How many people are bold enough to think this about a major life event and actually act on it. We should all hope for that wisdom.
If she's got narcissistic traits that would make him a 'flying monkey'. He is very intelligent so maybe he is trying to play her or survive, achieve his goals, avoid 'smear campaign', triangulation', war.
Paul is remarkably graceful about Yoko. Class guy.
What should he complain about ... The biggest catastrophe is not the end of the Beatles because many bands naturally come to an end. The worst thing ever is that John was murdered (Yoko has nothing to do with that). I guess that a vast majority would agree here. And so would Paul. All quarrels before that are Kinkerlitzchen (frills and furbelows).
Yoko has been difficult about the rights to sing songs Paul wrote alone. That’s one reason to be pissed off. She was also responsible for making his best friend a heroin addict for 10 years
He has to be because legally the creature represents John in all Beatles business and legal dealings...:)....I you got them by the balls their hearts and minds will follow!
@@richbailey8174 ... and perhaps he also misses John personally. Is everything linked to deals, law and money?
@@ooops372 He does miss John....but it's all the money and legal stuff she represents. Watch the Anthology which she had to sign off on. He tip toed around that issue very carefully otherwise she would have blocked the project. Like many of us, he will rejoice when she's gone. But then he (and we) have to deal with Sean.
My mom (also named Yoko with a son named Sean) met Yoko Ono when they were both college kids in Tokyo. Said she was a spoiled brat whose dad was a high level banker. Brat her entire life.
despicable person
Yup, how else do you get into avant garde art and go frolicing around the world than being a spoiled brat with rich parents
A perfect fit for John
@@X9523-z3vLol so true
Why am I not surprised
Paul has to be one of the most gracious people i have heard of. His willingness to put up with that woman and to do his best to try to make amends with her when she was clearly in the wrong says a ton about his character.
@@WallStWarrior11 he had to deal with het
If she's got narcissistic traits that would make him a 'flying monkey'. He is very intelligent so maybe he is trying to play her or survive, achieve his goals. Being professional, courteous is very important with a narcissist or narcissistic person.
@RG-iw7py of course he is had no choice
I saw Paul live in concert in Buenos Aires only five days ago. I am still in awe and now I can't stop listening to The Beatles and whatever videos RUclips decides to recommend, like this one. My heart is now full of Paul's beautiful eternal music. What a wonderful unique artist.
Thank you for sharing this video. My main takeaway from it is not about John or Yoko, but rather about Paul as a very decent, sensitive, and intelligent person. God bless.
i guess aside from being racist and sexist he was all that. there was no reason she should not be in the studio, as john wished, contributing as a band member, contributing as an artist. that's what he wanted her there for. john wanted to work with yoko creatively the same way he wanted to work with paul. no difference except that paul was a woman hating racist, not like he minded asian women as long as they were just doing his laundry.
@@heyday179Do believe John got busted for beating his first wife the mother of his children
You are hilarious!
@@heyday179 That's not how that works. You can't just call people whatever you want, just because you believe it to be true. There's a time and place for everything, and there's a need for the studio to be free of distractions (for optimal focus and creativity). Who knows what hits we missed out on, because of John's selfishness.
@@shefalichow7917 i guess i could repeat the same thing over and over again and you would never hear it. she was not a distraction. she was a member of the band because john said so, because john invited her, he invited her into the band the same way he invited paul to work with him. no difference unless you are a woman hating racist. but what is the point of repeating the point if you don't comprehend it, like the darkness.
A nice lady does not make her husband‘s son. Have to buy private letters that he sent to his dad.
John beat his first wife and freaked out on his sons when they were little.
Exactly
& cut him out of $200M inheritance
@@peanut1001x God damn dragon lady.
she is terrible
Paul is even in his 80 s he is cute and honest. Fantastic human and artist. A legend.
Paul seems to be a genuinely nice guy; sensitive and understanding. He didn't let his fame and money get to his head too much.
Ofc he is. He still riding the bus and the metro if you lucky enough you’ll see him in one like some ppl in england
If Yoko was so soft and loving, why was she so horrible with John's family? She blocked him from visiting his sisters and blocked phone calls from Julian etc. She took away a house John had purchased for his sisters. She influenced John during his divorce from Cynthia, leaving her with a very small settlement.
Of course, John bears full responsibility by acquiescing to Yoko's preferences. But, a kind and soft woman would have demanded he financially support Julian and Cynthia.
narcissistic traits
Absolutely, anybody with even the smallest amount of common sense has that very clear.
Part of it, specifically how she acted towards Cynthia & Julian, likely is cultural. She actually treated them better than most Japanese of her generation would've at that time period.
Textbook
Did John fall completely in Love and become a devoted man to his Wife - Yes!
Did John lose a lot of his own values when he changed his view of the World, he must of been all over the place, Loved up like never before, only seeing or hearing hate towards the woman he considered his soul mate?
Sadly for his family and particularly his first Son, who must of been hurt by his actions towards them after meeting Yoko and thus blaming her for his breakdown of relationships - when in reality, John with his emotions fixed in one direction was the one who did exactly what he swore not to do - be like his own Father?
True Love can hurt I guess?
Yoko in the studio was all Lennon's fault. He was responsible for forcing her into their sessions. He could have said no and respected his bandmates.
He was totally under her control. Narcissists are experts at manipulating peoples' emotions. She saw a gold mine and went for it. This is not uncommon among Japanese women.
At least she could sing.
john demanded her presence and wanted to work with her creatively the same way he wanted to collaborate with paul. the only difference is that you are woman hating racist.
john brought yoko into the studio to work with him. he wanted to collaborate with her the same way he wanted to collaborate with paul. no difference except that paul is a woman hating racist. that was his problem with yoko
@@heyday179Yoko could scream into a bag but Paul McCartney wrote half the Beatles songs. See any difference?
its also horrible how Yoko treated Johns 1st son after he died.
He was a bad person
She’s a disgusting person
Yeah but everything is good now That's all that matters Life is short
Who cares dude
Not as bad as John did, they deserved each other
As much as folk want to put so much on Yoko you have to acknowledge John as a grown man who enable, encourage, and even participated in what contributed to the break up.
Brother you wouldn’t believe me but she was a witch and she had him , I’m from the Middle East and in eastern countries this story’s happening everyday a girl wants as man for his money or his status so do a spell on him and make him hate his on family and tons of things that happened to John are similar to what happened to those men it can’t be normal when you have the same patterns , also you can check this time when she went to South American country to learn a new spells from this old lady or when she asked for Salvador Dali hair ‘em that’s what witches do
Part of why I love this dude. He's a class act and he doesn't air his dirty laundry in public and doesn't have a bad word to say about anyone. Yoko is clearly a horrible person.
He's not the biggest Michael Jackson fan...
@@bwgti No, but even there he never said anything bad about him.
You admire the qualities embodied in Paul's character, his tact, generosity and consideration and then go on to show you have none of them? Perhaps it would have been better to not bring it up.
@@amandabeaty1492 Ehhh. He suggests Michael was a soft spoken backstabbing deceptive person. Buying the publishing rights to his music to get one over on him.
But true. Even in that interview. Paul always keeps it classy.
@@jameslong9921 Ah, you know yourself, like. We can't all be Macca.
Paul put it best in the Beatles Anthology: "I always looked at it like John had to clear the decks of us in order to give her enough attention."
@@TA-to7kt this is correct. As a histrionic personality, any competition to her being the center of attention would not be tolerable for Yoko! It did not matter that her artistic contribution to the Beatles was a negative value or that her main draw for John was that she provided a distraction that served to help John avoid his own personal demons. That is not love, but an unhealthy codependency.
@@kennethgarcia25 You do know Yoko admitted to being a witch so that could explain her hold on John. I couldn't imagine waking up to that each morning I'd jump off the roof!
@@batphink2655Yoko admitted to being a practicing witch 🧙♀️?
@@kennethgarcia25 You never knew any of these people so your biased psychoanalysis of them isn’t worth anything.
@@batphink2655 Are you insane?
0:10 Thought I was hearing a mosquito in my living room.
😂OMG!! I CAN'T BELIEVE THAT CAME OUT OF HER MOUTH??
I can't believe that came out of anyone's mouth!! 😩
that’s offensive to mosquitos…
😂😂😂😂😂 me too
What is her talent?
i had to turn the volume down omg...imagine being in the same room with that 😂
Not a fan of the Beatles but always liked Paul and George. They both made some great music as solo artists!!!!!
When Paul began calling her to check in on her and to get to know her after John's death, she was not gracious. Instead, her response was atrocious. Unfortunately she convinced Paul that he was treating her poorly. I will also never forget her refusal to have McCartney-Lennon as the credits on "Yesterday," which everyone knows John had nothing to do with. The way she treated Julian after John died was also horrible.
If what Paul says is accurate there, it certainly seems a very odd response to Paul's distinctly generous olive branch. It strikes me as a bit of a power game, at worst. Maybe it was too soon for her to accept olive branches from Paul, or maybe she'd lost patience with all the many millions who just came along with 'pity', so an interpretation on it would be her questioning Paul's sincerity in calling. How one would respond to that would be Paul's call. Tricky stuff.
@@28johann1 It feels like flip flopping what Paul did/does. May I assume he wanted to appeasse her because of buisness/money?
@@jonblackers4339 Maybe, but no harm in that I'd say, and that Paul says it with Linda nodding beside him suggests the ring of sincerity here. I'd agree he's often inconsistent with regards to Yoko, but then who wouldn't be, she's a slippery customer also. Lots more going on that we don't know about, would be my guess.
Yoko had something to do with his death, I feel.
@@MJ-pb4eu I'd say that was highly unlikely - scheming and manipulative she may be, but a murderer? I think not. However, for reasons we don't know, she may blame herself in some weird way; there's a fair few people who say she was very controlling of John's movements, for example.
Paul is always a very sensible gentleman.
God bless him.
King of Cosmania has surely mastered it
She didn't belong in the studio with the them. She belonged outside.
She can't understand the situation and doesn't know her limits! This is disgusting.
Agreed! And the band wasn't just John. There were three other people in the group, and their opinions mattered. She just walked in there. So rude. She must be very un-Japanese, because the Japanese understand and appreciate decorum. She doesn't.
It's like bringing your wife to work with you every day,
100% agreement
or in the kitchen
Paul handled this situation incredibly well but I would disagree with one of his statements at the end of this video about John not being stupid. John could be incredibly stupid at times! Yet exhibit pure genius in the studio.
Not to mention his impulsivity and that he could be rather gullible at times (case in point: Allen Klein).
In the "Get Back" documentary Paul makes a comment about 50 years later people are going to say The Beatles broke up because of Yoko. No way he could have known how true that statement would become.
That statement is NOT true, though
@@Edoorardo The true part was the fact that people were going to blame Yoko, not about whether it was her actual fault. She was who people blamed for decades no matter how many times Paul tried to say it wasn't true. My parents were huge fans and they absolutely always said that they wouldn't have broken up if it wasn't for Yoko.
Paul did predict accurately that she would be blamed.
@@AdamBrinkmann oooh, yeah. Definitely, they where drifting apart long before yoko came into the scene. Did her presence help things out? Not really, but they were already on the way out
@@Edoorardo So much easier now to do a deep dive into what happened. At the time though and for a long time the fans thought they were doing just fine until Yoko came along. There was no social media and there was a lot less news back then. It was just so funny to hear Paul back in the 60s say that people were going to blame her and it turned to be a true statement, she got blamed.
'Loving and caring woman' ha ha who made Johns son even buy back at auction letters and cards he had sent his own father
Yaa this was diabolical but have seen such women in Japan.
She is the meanest rottenest TNUC .
Really shows the character of a person, doesn’t it?!
If there is one thing I believe I have learned about Yoko is that money is very, very, very important to her.
Absolutely ridiculous. 😡
Paul is so amazingly gracious about her.Paul would never disrespect John or his memory or George.Ringo and Paul are the only my two left and they are so loved and respected.amazing talent.their will never ever be anyone like the Fab Four ever again.their music is timeless and relevant and so important
Allen Klein was the biggest factor in the breakup. Also, not touring caused the breakup - they no longer needed each other ... they became each other's session men.
Paul was right about Alan Klein. John wasn’t.
Paul was right about Phil Spector. John wasn’t.
Paul was right about Yoko. John wasn’t.
Those three influences were the most destructive in the Beatles. What was John thinking!
@@BassicVIC Amen
@@BassicVIC The decision on Yoko was up to John wasn't it. She's not my cup of tea, but if that's what Lennon wanted to do then that's his choice. I doubt John would say Paul was right about Yoko.
And Paul made mistakes that hurt the band. The Magical Mystery Tour was his idea and it was the first time they were slammed by critics. Paul even had to apologize on tv for it. The Let It Be live album was a big mistake, mainly because Paul didn't tell everyone that he changed the plan. They show up in Jan expecting to rehearse for a live tv show of White Album music and Paul tells them that they will write a new album of 14 songs that month and play it live on tv at the end of the month. An impossible idea that could only end up in failure. Paul's management after Epstein died was poor, but not that surprising. He'd never done it before. The others were obviously getting tired of it. The only reason Abbey Road was successful was because they went back to the old way.
Another point is that every band ever but the Stones, split, and The Beatles were no different. But the Beatles were the greatest band and that's why we are still arguing about something that happens to every band.
@BaronVonMunch The other three were very apathetic so someone had to keep it together. And I watched Peter Jackson's Get Back about 10 times and I loved every minute of it. Just watching Paul write Get Back was amazing. I watched it 50 times.
It doesn’t matter, in the end, we could have gone on, loving the great music they made. And would have gone on, but the end of that.. was Yoko. It was John’s decision, his need. It’s the antithesis of being in band. We have our hearts to mend now. Thank you Paul for being so gracious. And to Ringo and George as well. A fond farewell, hearts on our sleeve.
It's strange to me that the man who wrote Imagine also beat Yoko Ono into a miscarriage, cheated on her, disinherited his first born and first wife.
Truly one of those “separate the artist from the art” type of moments.
Lennon did not write that one as per 2023 Memoirs of Billy shears
@@verbalkint4258disgusting
Is this factual?
@@nicoyabeauty I do not know about the beating, but he Did cheated on her. In her face and in public.
Paul is a lovely person ... He makes me want to cry...
He probably didn’t say anything to John about it because he knew John well enough to know he’d have gotten pissed right off, and just gotten defensive and it wouldn’t have changed anything.
I know people like that and treat them the same way
Yeah, it’s a wonder people didn’t see John for the manchild he was. John was a member of a musical group, Yoko was his partner. It’s ridiculous to take away John’s autonomy by saying his partner forced him to do anything. It’s obvious from this clip that Paul was scared to put up boundaries with John about letting Yoko in the studio. John was a bully and the other Beatles enabled him, at least in those days, to get what he wanted- his partner in the recording studio.
She was a real piece of work. A genuine oddball. What possessed John to be taken by this individual? But it's all behind us now.
@@larrymiller4 . I have known men about whom I've asked the exact same question. The ones I knew were skillfully manipulated once the women were secure in their power over these men---who were often needy for a mother figure to give them the time and attention not received during their growing years. Abandonment issues rooted in death, desertion, incarceration, voluntary or involuntary removal from the home---come into play and trigger fears and old insecurities. In the minds of the men, the women who were chosen filled those voids but did not do right by these men in return.
How about she made him happy
I met Yoko once, she's a great woman
It was explained in the video. John wanted a strong woman. But a lot of strong women can just be manipulative and narcissistic. They can be anything from an aggressive woman who uses her looks to charm and seduce men to black widows who marry men and take their possessions. Some of what she says is true. But she seems like some kind of narcissistic drama queen. She shouldn't be in the studio when the boys are working. Respect boundaries.
@@Horsemanray rarely. she wasn't there very often and yoko ono was there almost every day. idk where you get your information from.
Linda was a classy, beautiful person
Ask her hubby ....the one she left & took his daughter
@@patof72clune51 What? Left? Took? She was amicably divorced from Joseph Melville in 1965 (after just 18 months of marriage and well before she met Paul of course) who raised no objection to Heather's mother having full custody.
@@28johann1 Christ who is God said to separate & be with another is wrong.
I'll go with what God says.
@@patof72clune51 if youve nothing sensible to add to the discussion then please fk off. Plenty of God websites out there you can spout it.
I like Linda more than Yoko money grab ono
Paul nailed the problem in four words, "We were at work." They weren't at jam sessions kicking back and having fun. Friends and family were not invited to sit in while they were working. The Beatles (Apple Corps Limited) was a multi-billion dollar company (inflation adjusted) and the guys were trying to do their jobs. Yoko was not an employee of the corporation, wasn't a partner in the corporation and was not an independent contractor hired by the corporation to assist them and was not voice/musician talent contracted to perform with them. She was a "hang around", annoyed the other band members, annoyed and distracted actual hired musical talent, generally in the way, selfish and clueless.
Who gives a rat's furry rodent behind that "it was love." Everyone is in love with someone - but they don't take them to work.
Best comment of all.
It's very annoying to hear Howard Stern interrupt only to incite his guest to say incendiary remarks.
Thats howard stern for ya
He was the number 1 shock jock for a reason. Although he’s mellowed a bit over the years, he was an awful person in the past. He never cared about what he said and that was the reason he shot to fame. But now that he’s made his fortune he’s toned down a bit. Hell, he even had Biden on recently and that should tell a person everything they need to know. There’s no way Biden would have went on the show 20 years ago.
That’s what he does and it’s why he’s considered the best interviewer in media. He’s trying to get the guest to say “juicy” things. He dances around quickly switching between subjects and frequently saying things like “I bet you feel like this” or “I totally understand how you’d feel like this” to try to get the subject to reveal something they wouldn’t ordinarily say.
the guy is absolutely insufferable. 😂
She was is annoying and always Will be. Oh Yoko. 🙄🙄🙄👈
Props to Paul for extending the olive branch, but we watched Yoko and how she treated everyone and how John was about the same, especially with Julian! So NO, she doesn't get a pass on the world stage.
I'm sure Yoko is just crushed that you aren't giving her a pass.
@jefferypadgett334 There is no love lost in this NOW triangle you injected your very important but useless opinion into. She is wealthy and famous ONLY because of John Lennon, nothing more.
He has to be because legally the creature represents John in all Beatles business and legal dealings...:)....I you got them by the balls their hearts and minds will follow!
@@jefferypadgett334 The fact that she isn't displays the pathology and cruelty.
Thankfully she holds nothing over us so we're free to think and say whatever we want about her but unfortunately as for Paul she holds John's share so he has to tap dance around that B!/@$
Sorry Paul, actually Cynthia was an incredibly strong woman to survive everything John put her through, in a very public and humiliating way. She raised her son to be a good man and she did it with grace and kindness. She wasn't hard, manipulative and an ice queen, that's the main difference between her and the other "strong" women in John's life.
Yeah totally agree with that - an odd thing to imply, and very harsh on Cynthia, who had all those qualities you say and more - the quiet dignity she showed after everything she had to put up with speaks volumes for her strength of character. That said, Paul probably is probably trying to imply that such a woman (sadly) wouldn't be the sort of person John would want, which for me says more about John than Cynthia.
I don't think he meant to demean her, I took it more like he was describing their personality. I came away from it thinking Cynthia was shy or anxious or something, not a bad thing just 'unattractive' to Lennon
There are different kinds of strength. Paul meant the strength of inspiration, taking initiative and leadership, while you mean bravery, dignity and patience. Both are valid.
She was emotionally strong but didn’t have a strong will/personality.
Paul is being very gracious and generous towards his old pal.
Band drama..when I read how Yoko treated Julian that says it all. John's peace and love rap apparently didn't apply to his first born.
Me too it was so wrong
John treated him even worse.
@@amandaalma7288 for all Lennon's peace and love spouting..he turns out to be a phony to his first born.0
Yet you are completely fine with male artists who mistreat their wives and abandon their children, right? Oh that's right you're not. You don't demonise male artists who do these things. It's almost as if morality is not the issue and thereal issue is you hold women to a higher standard and you have a special prejudice against women who do not behave "as they should" meanwhile your male hero's can do what the f they want. You ire should be towards John. It's his son not Yokos. BlameJohn otherwise you're just a racist misogynist like other yoko hating Beatles fans.
@@amandaalma7288exactly. The Beatles fans are not moral at all. They pretend to be but if they were they would be angrier at John and demonise him. He abandoned his own son.this isn't about morality it's all about racism and misogyny.
Yoko was like a dark cloud in the room, just sullen and brooding.
She admitted to being a Witch and form what I see one who practiced Darek Magick hence the brooding presence and massive ego, I knew some well!
@@batphink2655 You keep repeating this nonsense. There are no real witches or "Darek Magick."
Unfortunately, she didn’t stop with the sullen brooding - she insisted on “singing”, too.
@@theoldman2821 black magic is real. Demons and ghosts are real
If you watch that recent Get Back film, Yoko looks quiet and respectful. She actually looks to he bored out of her mind but stayed there to help John during a very difficult period in his life.
Sir Paul is a very gracious and peace-loving man. God bless him.
Yoko, on the other hand, .......
Know her, do you?
Sir? 🤣🤣🤣 What a BS tittle.
lol ... yoko on the other hand ... "was so obviously johns soul mate, tolerated him taking off for a year to get over his arrested adolescent kicks, helped mellow him out so he became a more decent chilled guy, a good husband and loving father ... "
That's what you were going to say right?
@@jamiemorgan4146 And Billy is his REAL name
@user-ho7xb5el5v Paul is fully aware of Sean's presence, and paul is not about to publicly upset sean by attacking his mother. Her behavior speaks for itself.
Paul is the definition of a class act
Paul McCartney forever the forgiving gentle man,and that's why He's loved and adorned by billions of people!!!!❤
Yeah, man of a thousand voices been doin it for so long now, he is a MASTER
Okay. I learned a great deal from this video. Good job.
Glad to hear it!
I have never understood John’s obsession with Yoko. She isn’t very attractive or talented imo and the horrible screaming on the song was unreal!
Don't know if he had that confidence, he could have had himself anyone!
Well beauty is the eye of the beholder, as they say, and many in the art world considered (and consider) her to be highly talented - as someone says here, her 'avant-garde' work obviously appealed to John, as did her obviously high intelligence. But his seeming obsession with her is admittedly a bit baffling. Part of it I think was that John, for all his genius, was immensely insecure and, much as he courted fame, also hated much of which came with it; the ebullient charisma was in many ways a 'shell' to mask an awful of psychological issues, and he came to believe Yoko could help him with all of these things (and much more). He certainly felt the overpowering nature of love ('for the first time' as it seemed). Moreover, musically speaking, Yoko became his new 'muse', without which, as Paul says, works like 'Imagine' could not have been written.
Thats when they knew that he was on fucked up drugs.
You think SHE'S hot ?
All the Beatles swore off drugs that day...true story
@@janebraun4482 Oh, he had many, many women. He had other women when he was with Yoko. Lennon always knew that. Who knows exactly what he saw in her, but most likely the artistic part had a lot to do with it. It seems the only thing that really interested John was art and with Yoko they could work on it all the time.
I will say that Yoko has kept the memories of John alive. For that I am thankful. John and Paul were without question the greatest songwriters who graced the Earth. I am thankful to have known them. I grew up listening to the Beatles .
Yoko's voice would be perfect for every establishment's speaker system that is trying to have patrons leave by closing time. 🏃♀️🏃♂️🏃♀️🏃♂️🏃♀️🏃♂️💨💨💨👟👟👟👟
Perfect .😂
Yoko always reminded me of "Cousin It" from the Addams Family. Always hiding behind her long frizzy hair, huge dark sunglasses & hats & the squeaky annoying voice!
You don't have to go home but you *don't wanna stay here*.
Yes, authorities trying to get 'tent dwellers' to leave parks and streets should play her 'records' at 2 am for about an hour or so.
Yah! Like the air raid siren. Nobody likes it but have to put up with it.
This was an awesome informative video. I love it
Thank you!
I was born in 1990, and discovered The Beatles when I was 10. The boys had been disbanded for 30 yrs, and John had been gone for 20. Yet even I felt vitriolic toward Yoko as though I’d known them personally and as if she’d poisoned my best friends. On one hand it’s insane for me to harbor negative feelings toward someone I never knew; however, I think that also speaks to just how deeply impactful these men were on my life through their music, and how beautiful a concept it is that the love they manifested will continue to thrive long after they’ve departed this world.
Which in my view is precisely why fans look for scapegoats and why she (all-too conveniently imo) fitted the bill. Agree on your last sentence, though - beautifully put.
Yoko ruined John Lennon's life. That much is clear. He gave up everything when he moved to NYC with her.
The ignorance, vitriol and misogyny aimed at Yoko Ono, is effed up! This is analogous to the bullshit blame game with, Kurt Cobain/Courtney Love, Jessica Simpson/Tony Romo, Kim Kardashian/Reggie Bush, and Taylor Swift/Travis Kelce...
I was born in 1954. When beatlemaynia came around we all wanted beatle boots and let our hair long.
This was a very nice compilation, well-done. I know a lot of work went into it and I was glued from the start. Thank you!
Glad you enjoyed it!
Love that comment "Time, the great healer".
Linda was truly a beautiful lady who if she was in the studio, everyone woukd adore her...while Yoko was manipulative and generally not a woman of grace and respect!
Linda helped Paul while Yoko ruined John.
Agree 100%
Nobody knows
oh like you know anything at all except a bunch of racist dingbat gossip fit for the slowest persons.
Linda had talent, Yoko didn't.
Not sure about that , and she definitely was not in the beauty line
Paul is a rarity in that he displays genuine exceptional character. It was always Paul who was the first to reach out, whether it be John or people who loved John. He was the loyal spokesman optimist who helped the Anthologies, and the new in depth re-releases into existence, even when others objected. In a way, ultimately, he is the Beatles biggest fan along with Ringo, who is also someone who lived to tour. They are the greatest of the "Band" guys.
Wow what a grand man Paul, to be able to recognize his own misjudgment and to reach out to her ❤. That’s maturity and wisdom.
If she has narcissistic traits he could be (sorry for this expression but it's a technical term, reference to Wizard of Oz): a 'flying monkey'. He is too intelligent for that. Being polite towards narcissists is a survival skill.
You should read about the way Yoko treated Johns half sisters.
And Aunt Mimi. Yoko sold the small house John bought for Mimi and his sisters. Yoko is a bitch. She would not give a guitar Julian played with John to Julian, which had special meaning for him. Yoko made Julian buy back postcards Julian had mailed to his dad. What an asshole!
And the way she later treated Julian. She's evil.
@@TA-to7kt And yet John stayed with her. I say trust his judgment, he obviously loved the woman and unless you were a friend of John and Yoko, your information is fifteenth hand through some tabloid. He's dead, Paul and Yoko are both old and the Beatles broke up over a half century ago. It's time to move on.
It's been 50 fucking years and you weren't there.
@@TA-to7kt Were you there? is it your business? It's been 50 years. let it go and STFU.
He carries himself pretty well, doesn't he, Paul? A beautiful person - intelligent and intensely talented.
Yes, VERY well!🎉
What's yer view on ole Paulie flashin pics of Crowley onstage?
I don't care what people say. Paul has CLASS .
So does YOKO
@@BillBiggs1no she doesn't.
@@freakyninja3545 lol that was a gag
Yoko is the biggest pain in the S ever.But John brought it to Beatles.He just didn't care.
Good on you Paul! “Time the great healer” what a wise affirmation.
Paul is such a great man 💞!!!
Son of the magician keeps rockin on.....
Thank you, Paul!🙏♥️
Live and Let Live…🫶🏻
Wow look how crystal clear these old clips are.
Beautiful.
When people say things like “well John loved her, I trust his judgment”, I wonder if they’ve ever heard of what malevolent narcissists do to people and how they manipulate their emotions to create a crippling dependency. This is what happened to John.
Exactly. She is a scheming manipulator.
I have personally seen at least four or five men victimized by women who did exactly what you described. It was nothing short of mind control accomplished through expert manipulation. Every one of those men was targeted for exploitation after revealing vulnerabilities during a low point in their lives to a woman they believed to be trustworthy. Only one eventually wised up to reality and dumped her. The rest continued to be played for fools.
John was pretty bad himself with women…
@@OrangeTabbyCat Yes, he was, but he met his match in the wretched Yoko. Karma perhaps?
@@msr1116 You know there are male manipulators as well, right? It's not a man/woman thing...
Paul for all the incomparable fame, talent and life he's led, seems to be a down to earth and caring man. Life's too short. And he's maintained an avuncular relationship with Julian, also a very lovely intelligent man (fm what I can tell through the media all these years lol).
Narcissists and people who suffered from early childhood trauma tend to find each other.
You’re saying, in the case of yoko (the narcissist) and John (the trauma receiver) I presume?
Please don't use the n word
@@bertposton589That isn't the N word.
@@bertposton589🤡🤣
Narcissists ARE people who suffered from early childhood trauma.
His "Feud" with Yoko and it's 13 minutes of Paul saying he doesn't blame her at all and how important she is to John's life/career.
Yoko don't sing don't interrupt the Beatles. Yoko singing like a hyena is embarrassing.
She packed 'em in at her shows. I guess there is a market for awful.
@@billwendell6886 Screwballs do tend to flock together.
@@BaronVonMunch What flock do you belong to???
At San Quention I understand the prisoners choose to be executed rather than listen to one of her records
@@GeeBee909 I bet you no one wants to listen to your semi-literate drivel either.
What a nice guy Paul is and as for Yoko well my opinion has not changed
Paul ...I'm still waiting...61 yrs now😢😢😢😊😊😊
Genuinely fucking insane that he’s still alive after all these decades
Only the GOOD die young/////
This is a great compilation!!! Thank you
Glad you enjoyed it!
Paul is a compassionate person, aside from being an artist. He has tons of empathy. He must've also recognized the sheer train of women they both had come in contact with and how a woman can influence your life. I mean, all those songs didn't come from nuthin'.
He's weak
@@maximisatwat compared to who and why do you say that?
Very true ... in 1981 in San Francisco, as a young artist myself, I was walking thru the area where
it was known Ms.Ono had her apartment. Of course it seems silly now, but at the time I thought it a good idea to
walk by the building and see if I might run into her or something. The bland multi-story building she lived in
was fronted by a large concrete yard, surrounded by tall iron gates and fence. I had just walked into the courtyard, and it being
seemingly devoid of life, had the second thought about how embarrassing to self I was being, so I decided to lower my head and cut straight thru across the yard to the main outlet, as quickly as possible. Somehow, not more than a second later, humanity and other beings had returned to the yard.
It was only by reflex did I manage to catch the small woman and child I had just blindly plowed straight into. This is the part towards her character I wished to share here: As I spun her around keeping each of us on our feet, I saw exactly whom I had collided with. Yoko's beaming smiling face looking straight into my eyes. Seemed to be wearing head to toes black feathers, perfectly framing the face. She was with Sean I believe ... who was maybe 6-7 years at the time.
There are not many who would have had such a reaction, and with such peace as this all occurred. Especially when you remember
John had just been shot 6 months earlier in front of their NY apartment. I made sure she was okay, and after profoundly apologizing, to both of them, I quickly continued my egress and retreat, with head UP, EYES WIDE OPEN this time, finding myself very moved by her self-composure during such a potentially ugly situation. I didn't at the time, but Ms. Ono, thank you for being human and real.
I love the kids face in the beginning..
Lmfao
Priceless ...
If i had a choice between Yokos screaching in a song or nails screaching across a chalk board, id pick the chalk board every time.
Even other Japanese can’t stand what she calls singing.
Sure lol
I always thought that Yoko's voice when she sings sounds like someone's pulling the end of a balloon with fingers on both hands and letting the air slowly.
@@HikaruKatayamma Why ''even''? It's not like she employs some traditional Japanese singing or compatriots always loving each other...
I agree with you 100%. She is a weirdo.😂
0:07 my cat heard Yoko screeching and became visibly disturbed and took off 😅
😂😂😂
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Yoko is the most brilliant example of being in the right place at the right time. She went from impoverished trippy artist basically starving to….inheriting one quarter of the Beatles wealth…. Because she was there…putting on a show at the Indica Gallery. Wow. Amazing.
But I still think it’s weird she took her bed into Abbey Road. Give me a break.
Ps. One of my fave John songs is Oh Yoko.
Pss. A plug for Paul. A truly great guy who has been poorly treated. He was the avant- gard one. The rest were all living in the Burbs in their mansions - Paul was checking it all out in St John’s Wood. Love you Paul.
Paul is actually a gentleman, I love how he stands up for Yoko. She got so much hate and he is very clear that it's not on her. I like to see that.
This is John fault's not Yoko. She probably asked him "May I come to see you working ?" and he replied "of course love, you can stay with me all the time" . But he didn't ask to the others about it. There were already many people in the studio, so one more or less ...
Agree
From what I just watched in the video, Paul was as much to blame for being passive aggressive and not having a man to man talk with John.
Lennon was certainly messed up. Too bad Yoko got her fangs into him.
@@scopius2 They were very young -- Paul turned 30 in 1972, after the breakup, Ringo and John were each just a year or two older than he -- and back then, "passive aggressive" wasn't a term most people knew or used, especially not a bunch of working-class guys from Liverpool. Most people didn't have heart-to-heart talks back then, rarely sought therapists or therapy, it took the much-maligned personal development and self-help movements of the 70s and 80s to get people there. John was just breaking through the substance abuse and psychological issues he had when he was murdered. The album Double Fantasy reflects that change, and it's tragic that we didn't get more of his music, given the songs he recorded for that record. But before that? He was out in L.A. living the bad-boy life with May Pang (for whom I have a lot of sympathy, Yoko really manipulated both John and May Pang in that situation) until he decided to go back to Yoko. No deep psychological insights from him before that.
its both their fault, she was a grown adult and John wasnt her chaperone.
Ive been head over heels in love with my wife for 14 years. Im a musician. She aint TOUCHING my musical writings, and im a pissant compared to the Beatles
The big star of the show is Heather evaluating Yoko's what ever she was doing and when she hits Ringo's drum and laugh's.
@@alexmaremaa7057 Yes , thank you.
Gotta love people who whine about Yoko then put the one or two minutes of this in a 3 hour film up for personal attacks.
Where is that to be seen? Heather was Pauls last wife or daughter?
@@jonblackers4339 Heather is Linda's daughter,Paul adopted her.
@@jonblackers4339 It's his daughter on the video you are inquiring about.
I've never seen a less talented human being then Yoko. She never fails to blow my mind. Just goes to show you. It's all who you know.
Wait! Yoko didn't know who the Beatles were? This sounds remarkably like Meghan's protest that she had no idea who Harry was or anything about the Royal Family. Sounds like history repeating itself here. Similar story with a similar outcome!
Exactly!
…I remember back in the 6O’s …John’s first wife Cynthia said in an interview that this woman ( a stranger) who no one knew , had been standing outside the family home for hours in the rain , Julian was a baby at the time…..Cynthia said that she felt sorry for her and invited her in for a cup of tea….The rest is history…..& YES she is certainly cut from the same cloth as Meghan Markle ….They set their eyes on a wealthy target , hone in & then pretend it was all Kismet….serendipity….destiny….Then laugh all the way to the bank….IMO 🇨🇦✝️🇬🇧
@@lefuedebout the relationships are strangely mirrored.
Lennon lost his mother at an early age too. But certainly both men are controlled by very dominant women.
Histrionic women or?
Heather Mills said the same thing about Paul. Meghan Markle is the biggest wicked witch ever. Same level as Heather Mills and Yoko but worse!!!!!!
Anyone who can understand such a situation knows that nothing interfering with a musician's creativity and concentration should be present in the studio. The whole idea is to support maximum-productivity and musicians getting along as best as possible. Yoko Ono was on the whole disruptive to the situation. No business at all being right in the midst of the players. "No added value", as they always say.
I think it's pretty clear she wanted John to leave the Beatles. He did that to be with her. His choice, but I'd have to say it must have come from only him being a very troubled individual.
What a fantastic overview this is. Having lived through the dawn and sunset of The Beatles, my experience and perception of the events says this is an excellent presentation of the facts. Thank you
Glad you enjoyed it!
I love yoko. I wrote her a letter and she wrote back to me. I see why john loved her so.
As John said, Paul is a brilliant pr man. He has business interests with Yoko so he needs to get along, and he makes himself look magnanimous at the same time.
Agreed 👍🏻! 💯
BINGO.
Paul also comes from a family that was close and got along. It's much easier for someone that has that kind of background to stay more in balance than for people like John that had so much trauma.
Cool that you guys are branching out beyond MJ. Good luck with this channel!
Thank you!
It's always worth remembering, Paul and John were best mates, soulmates, due to a shared a love of songwriting when they first met all those years ago. Up to Yoko's appearance, that friendship had sustained everyone and the band for a VERY long time and beared all the fruit in the songs we know and love today. But it was always going to come to a point where it wasn't going to sustain the band anymore. Yoko was the first sign of that and nothing more.
When suddenly John's new love interest appeared on the scene, whom he required to have around ALL the time and be with all the time, it very much upset the applecart. As before her It would have mostly been Paul, George and Ringo that John hung around with most of the time. It's hardly surprising no-one else in the band knew what to do about that situation, or speak up about it, as they'd never had to before and as they were all four of them good working friends, no-one much wanted to be the one to pipe up and seem rude by saying, 'Ok look what's going on here then?'
It would have maybe been a better plan for John to have explained things a bit in hindsight, even if he'd known what to say which i doubt he would have. But I guess everyone was really used to not having to explain themselves to the other at any point. They all just did as they wanted to do, without question. Just up until that point, everyone else was always cool with what the other did, or wanted to do.
I suspect Paul didn't at the time completely realize it, but his position as John's soulmate was coming to an end and he had an inkling that due to it, the end of the band wasn't going to be that far away either. A situation that would get anyone frustrated in his position, it's not nice when things you love very much start drifting away from you and you can see it happening in front of your very eyes. It's scary and upsetting, when that's all you've known for as long as Paul had.
Much like as happens for most best mates, when one of them finds a girl/boy they fall for, that mate and everything else for that matter, goes out of the window, as love is really good at blinding you towards all around you, other than the one you love. John was departing the band, without really saying it or probably even realizing it and it's down to him mostly that the Beatles split, not Yoko, Paul, George or Ringo. But Like Paul said, 'You can't blame John for simply falling in love'
Paul is my favorite human ever. Such class.
So Paul had the grace to offer an olive branch, but Yoko didn't seem to meet him halfway. I have to say I'm not surprised.