Beatles Los Angeles Press Conference 1966
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The Beatles gave this L.A. 1966 press conference at the Capitol Records Tower, Los Angeles on August 28th, 1966, before their Dodger Stadium show.
The press ask Lennon questions about his recent "Bigger than Jesus" remarks. A condescending reporter takes a shot at Ringo while the cameraman can't tell Ringo from John.
David Crosby, who at the time was a member of The Byrds, can occasionally be spotted in the film. Crosby means there's an excellent chance they were high on marijuana at the time.
Later presented with steak branding irons (huh?) and gold records from RIAA for Revolver. Closeups show Brian Epstein lecturing John and Ringo. Later Interviewed by a Dick Clark stand-in, the announcer from the L.A. TV show "Where the Action Is." George is in a whimsical mood, and Paul makes a pun with the name of the TV program.
Following this interview the Beatles returned to the tour with their penultimate--second to last-- performance at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles.
I was there! It was an incredible show...
The next day, the group would close out their 1966 tour with their historic finale at Candlestick Park in San Fransisco - their last-ever concert.
In the coming years, while there would be no more touring, the Beatles would focus on creativity in the recording studio, producing some of the finest albums of their catalogue.
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Am I the only one who thinks George helping Paul fix the microphone in the beginning is the cutest thing ever?!!! Love those boys!!❤❤
That's the main thing I noticed. A very lovely scene between Paul and George. Paul seems challenged and George comes in to help his pal. Simply beautiful!
It’s not cute it’s just normal
I thought that was George being funny🤣
@@BlacklightSummerOfficial agree
@@moeb434 didn't george apprentice as an electrician for a little while?
John Lennon's body language! He so doesn't want to be there.
Ringo, " if they don't wear miniskirts, how do they know their legs are ugly " ? Regarding a report that American women's legs are ugly. Ringo many times was just as quick witted as John. Pretty cool.
Who made the original remark, the fellow countryman, I couldn't make it out...
i can taste john lennon's disdain for the press . and I love it .
John didn't suffer fools gladly.
The Beatles just demonstrate how much smarter they are than the reporters
i think they were so bright and smart....also Paul trying to protect John about the „jesus thing“ 🥺😍
The questions that the press asks today are just as stupid as they were back then.
Amazing 😔
It’s like they all took 3 minutes to prepare.
How true
John was so fucking done with these press conferences at that time. Such a big contrast from 1964
I would be too if what had happened days before had happened to me
Danjoker .....yeah the US press were just asking fuckin' loaded questions......absolute Nob heads!....The Beatles were too clever for them ..us scousers are just too witty for those dim wits!.....
It's amazing how polite they were. They were funny, articulate, intelligent and down to earth.
yes...…...
The four coolest guys in the world.
Only a few months from recording Strawberry Fields and Penny Lane.
Maverikk68 ... as you say this interview was just on the eve of them creating truly mind boggling milestones in western music! What a dauntless group of individuals they were.
Actually, a little more than a few months. I like their older stuff better, actually.
Looking at George at this age and pictures of Dhani at George's age here, it's uncanny.
It's a lot like that with John and his father when they were both around 40, and John and Julian. I don't quite remember right now what Zak looks like, but Paul's genes seem to be not too dominant when it comes to looks.
George and Dhani are both beautiful beautiful men.
I have a friend who met John and Yoko outside the Dakota a few months before John Lennon’s death. He says that John could not have been nicer. My friend said, “ Thanks for the music and good luck in the new album.” John took time to talk with my friend and a young woman, a fan and nurse also waiting to meet them. I know OF a woman who delivered flowers to John in a hotel room in NYC. Again, very pleasant. She spent several hours there. I have read other reports of how grateful John acted toward fans. Read that when fans were writing on his Rolls Royce with lipstick, he said, “ Leave them alone. They paid for it.” I think John was a very appreciative person when it came to his fans.
John was straight up you got to respect the man for that.
John's not happy here. He's fed up with explaining himself and being judged.
He's obviously fed up with having to apologize for his remarks about the Beatles being "more popular than Jesus"!
Exactly. You can see how he changed from interviews at 64, 65, when being happy and joking...enjoying himself. 66 he's unhappy and fed up with being attact. And he never said anything bad about Jesus or people who believe. He only noted they reached out to so many people all over the world. That's what he talked about. They misunderstood him completely.
I love the way Paul handled the question about the prostitutes and lesbian.
Hilarious!
I thought the 'two queers' response was up there too.
And this is when The Beatles started not giving a fuck about the media!
3:00 "Well, you just try to write songs about prostitutes and lesbians, that's all". The genius of Paul McCartney!
5:00 "May I ask about the song Eleanor Rigby, what was the motivation or inspiration behind that"?
John: "Two queers". The genius of Lennon!
Musically, they bounced off each other and even when it came to witty quips they were doing the same thing. Those two!
The body language of The Beatles at this point looked like " We are fed up with this touring ". " Let's go home ".
John has had enough and George looks like he had to bite his tongue. Good god these interviews must be hard
yeah it must have sucked to have been paid all that money for people to worship you and be bothered to answer questions.... I feel bad for them
What stands out to me was Paul standing up for John on the more popular statement. That is what brothers do. Watch John’s face. It meant the world to him. No doubt he never forgot.
Mike Dengler Please explain to me how Paul stood up for John? Because it sounded to me like he was blaming him when he said”Did you know that John? You created it” Kind of rubbing his nose in it a little?
@@barbaranelson8617 He was clearly being ironic, anyone with half a brain would realise. But you are well known around the comment sections for hating Paul, so there is that.
Paul was being sarcastic towards the press. It's plainly obvious that he was standing up for John.
@@barbaranelson8617 He relentlessly stood up for John every time the press brought up the Jesus thing.
Crazy to realize how articulate and well spoken these guys were at 23-25 years old here. They were all under the age of 30 when the band broke up. So young and brilliant. Wish we could have had them all for longer.
Don't wanna be a smartass...just noticed that Ringo was 26 here
But I agree completely with everything you said
"When I was 17, we were playing bars in Hamburg. By the time I was 25, we had recorded Sgt Peppers. Every year in between, was like living 10 years...You gave us your screams and money. We gave you our nervous systems.' George Harrison., This was how famous and fab the Beatles truly were, and will be, for centuries to come. Musical magic and genius; a very close brotherly friendship that blew the entire Earth's mind.
So you were just seventeen?
@@dc3189 you know what I mean
Way beyond compare.
This is proof the media has never been able to ask a important question.
The Beatles patience is amazing at being asked so many mundane & idiotic questions.
What time of day do you like to write music....lol
I agree that one guy about are umyoy use to so many reporers following you around a real ass
After making Revolver. One of the best albums in history. The four of them are sitting there thinking, hear we go with all the dumb questions again.
LOVE GEORGE'S ACCENT. HIS VOICE IS JUST OUT OF THIS WORLD. NICE. RIP GEORGE, WE MISS YOU
All of them had that accent---it's called "scouse". Scouse is the Liverpool accent.
I always loved Georges accent too.It was more pronounced than the others
One thing for sure the media hasn't changed. They still ask stupid questions.
Yes like what time you write your songs.
Amazing to see this after so many years! My friend and I presented the Beatles with the gifts after Dick Clark arranged for us to get seats right up front. We wanted to give them something from Texas (our home state) and branding irons in a Los Angeles gift shop was the closest thing we got to. We got the black hats around the same time so we would be recognizable by Mr. Clark's staff to present our gifts. Luckily it was George who motioned for us to come forward and we eagerly yet shyly walked forward. At the time I couldn't possibly foresee the impact the band we loved and adored would have on the world. Thank you so much for posting this video.
Unbelievable! Which one are you? How did you come to meet them?
@@brainylass3372 I am or depending on how you look at it, I was the brunette standing between George and Paul. I was a member of the Dallas Beatles fan club and this was actually my 2nd time meeting the fellas.
@@yolandahernandez8450 you are so pretty and extremely lucky! Amazing story!
Hi Yolanda, so great of you to supply this story! I hope you are still in touch with your fan club mates. Ever been to a Mccartney concert?
@@yolandahernandez8450 wow you are gorgeous! 2nd time meeting them? How, when, and where did you meet them the first time?
Paul (shrugging): "We were just trying to write songs about prostitutes and lesbians, that's all." Well said.
I love that the reporters not only laughed, but applauded him for that. As if they, themselves, knew that the Time magazine analysis was stupid.
It's almost impossible to believe that "Sgt. Pepper" would be released nine months later.
Amazing isn’t it? The clip of Lennon with the glasses interviewed on the steps of Abbey Rd during the making of Pepper looks like it was years and years later. That’s why George Harrison said that during the 60’s things “moved so fast that 1 year was like 10 years, we were force grown”
@@johnp515 I'm sure LSD facilitated the process. I seem to recall George once saying that he "woke up" after taking LSD. I can only imagine the existential dread of "waking up" spritually, then donning the ol' Fab gear for another gig.
Paul's answers are hilarious xD how he calls out the reporter "well you just said they did" xd genius
Yeah I love that moment aswell 😊
His voice is so cute
These guys were around 24 and 25 years old.. Hard to imagine how they handled these press idiots so well.
They did seem wise beyond their years.
Love John and his barely controlled anger. Bless him.
You mean like...John, what is Eleanor Rigby about? "A couple of queers."
Main stream media: stupid then and stupid now. These are just young boys really, so much more mature than the "adults" questioning them. WOW!
Not just stupid, slightly sinister. They want to put them on the spot and hopefully get the lads to say something contentious. You could see the Beatles knew they were in a nest of potential vipers, because they had been bitten badly before.
REPORTER: What time of day do you prefer to write songs?
Paul: Daytime certainly. Oh, and nightime
Just anytime, really....
Their Body language said " We are fed up with Touring and do not want to be here".
No, I think they were fed up with the way they were questioned, like it was an interrogation. The press were definitely not friendly, but were hostile in my opinion.
The media was just as thick back then. Not a single original or insightful question among the lot. Pathetic.
Exactly
3:00 The Answer Paul Gave To That Question? Priceless!
When Lennon made the Jesus remarks in the UK in a girl mag, it barely made a ripple, in the USA, well, it became a witch-hunt.
When the bubble bumbs... 55 years later Paul is still filling every stadium in the world and if they were all alive and together, they would fill entire cities just for being there
FACTS!!
Yup.
however you came by this; wrap this film in lead, bury it where no one can find it..... what a fabulous piece of archival material. four totally unpretentious artists who probably had no idea of their totally positive cataclysmic impact on the world .. we will not see their like for many a millenia ...... God I miss them
"We were just trying to write songs about prostitutes and lesbians, that's all." Ladies and gentlemen, Paul Fucking McCartney
That's four very fed up people up there.Not surprised they stopped touring.
Paul's quote at 3:22 and John's quote at 5:08 2 of the best comebacks ever.
What did John say at 5:08? Too queer?
The reporters are annoying and they’re still annoying today
You can tell John is so done with these events. He barely spoke and looked like he just wanted to be over.
They look tired, irritated, done touring.
They look tired because not only were they fed up with it all, but they were likely stoned as well xD
1:51 , that close up of Lennon is amazing. He looks just as cute as Paul does. I can tell, and I'm totally straight. No wonder that band attracted just about everybody in the world. All of them oozed charisma.
You are about as straight as a circle; not that there's anything wrong with that.
Without the music, nobody would even know who they are, and wouldn't care about their "looks" to begin with.
Fer Abra Much better looking than Paul.
16:20 - Paul's best response to any question, ever.
1:44 That fucking flippant "Do you know that John? You've created a controversy." gets me every time.
The stupidest, most redundant questions that the band probably heard a thousand times. They looked so annoyed and bored in this interview. No wonder why they stopped touring.
They were amazingly patient considering the inanity of most of the questions
Add it all up: Exhausted. Still Witty. Stupid Questions. Funny Answers. They flew in from New York overnight. They played Shea Stadium Aug. 23rd 1966. For the last time. We were there.
watching this , makes the decision not only understandable but smart
I never ever notice how frigging attractive Paul Mccartney was when he was so young, he was gorgeous!
Hahahahahaha sorry...I'm 64 and have been in love with him since I was 9.
He changed an awful lot in 1966.
They each were, in their on ways.
💖
@David Roberts just gonna try and spread that shit wherever you can, huh?
This is when Revolver dropped and these are the questions they chose to ask??? C’mon 🤦♂️
Is it just me or is Ringo the most awesome person to ever walked on this earth? "Because we're on tour people know where we are, and that's why we have a crowd" - Ringo being genius xD
no its not just you
You'd imagine most of those reporters with the fullness of time would have regretted their questions.
I so would have wished The Beatles would have done another movie. I heard it was to be a western (with Brigitte Bardot), but they couldn't agree on the script. And they all looked so good in '66. They never looked this good again.
Yup…. Them in ‘66 is my fave style of them😜👍
I couldn't imagine the Beatles as dramatic actors.
@@allenjones3130 The movie would have had to be another comedy. 🙂
@@4Barbe I have no doubt about that. "A Hard Day's Night" and "Help!" proved how great the Beatles were when it came to starring in comedies.
I love the bit with Paul and George fixing the microphone
I still love them as much as I did back in the 60's. R.I.P. John and George.
Sharp young men. Some of the media still thought they could "defeat" them.
Stark difference fron their first convference where they smiled from ear to ear, cracked jokes with the reporters. Here, hardly any smiles, and sarcastic wit. They were tired of the same old by then.
Definitely
Everyone underestimated Ringo......He was just as quick-witted as the rest of them. His response about women who don't wear miniskirts is priceless.
Paul and Ringo are still answering these types of questions today
Ederson Mosley or the “do you miss John and George” questions, as if they’d say “no” or something lol
Just the fact that I can stand in my kitchen and watch this on TH-cam in 2019 blows my mind.
Paul looks so pleased with himself after that "prostitutes and lesbians" quip, lol!
He should be, that was a great reply, especially at that point in time.
He's a Gemini, master of words (and lyrics).
Ringo will always be a national treasure
George loved California and that's where he passed.
I remember . Sad ...
these guys were utterly priceless in interviews
The greatest band ever and no band is close to the Beatles.
The Beatles were being themselves, but the world was acting crazy.
5:55 asking Ringo how much he contributes to the bad?? Jeeez man he's fuckin Ringo!
Ringo contributed more to his band, than this jackass did for journalism!
I was a big fan who saw them 2x (1965 & 1966) and can shed some light on this. They were tired and weary of press conferences like this. They were asked the same stupid questions over and over and over again. Can you imagine how awful their lives were on tour? They were jostled from one place to another, planes, limos, hotel rooms, people pushing and trying to pull off pieces of their clothing, even clip hunks of their hair. They never got to really see anything in any of the cities they were in. They were prisoners in their hotel rooms. Oftentimes being rushed from one place to another no one thought of asking them if they’d eaten on not. Many times they hadn’t, and would eagerly devour whatever food was put in front of them. In Manila, they were tired & chose to not go to a party the dictator’s wife Imelda Marcos had prepared for them. Because of that, they were punched and kicked by police and guards, even had to perform on a stage with faulty electricity. It was damp and wet and they could’ve been electrocuted. They got no police escort or guards on their way to their plane to leave. They all said later they were terrified and feared for their lives. That happened shortly before this interview. You’ll hear George refer to it. Not one of you reading this who wasn’t alive then can possibly imagine how famous they were. Their very last public concert was at Candlestick Park in SF. After years of this they’d had enough and decided to never appear in public again. I was crushed, because I had seen them a week before this on 8/12/66 in Chicago. I remember crying because I’d never see them again. That autumn they announced their decision to stop touring.
I was around then too. It was heartbreaking when they stopped touring. And then we got Sgt. Pepper's... and the White Album... and Let It Be and Abbey Road. Man, those guys knew how to use a studio., with a ton of help from Sir George Martin. We will never see anything like the Beatles again, at least not in what's left of my lifetime.
Paul is particularly amazing and clearly not phased and in control.
A real wise man given all that was happening to them.
Paul is the best PR man in history
It's "fazed," not phased. Is English your first language?
In America, we say “phased”.
@@shootfirst2097 Why do you care so much?
@@PorcelainSubmarine No we don't.
I feel they felt uncomfortable from the questions they were ask. They did a good job just trying to stay polite.
It’s so awkward when people ask questions to just one or two of them! Love them so much
Paul: “You hear all that, John? You created it.”
Have to feel sorry for John over the endless grief he took regarding his 'Beatles more popular than Jesus' statement!
They'd grown up a bit by then, and had obviously had enough of the whole Beatlemania thing, and the constant inane questions. They look thoroughly pissed off with it all but were no doubt obliged to do the interview.
Lennon, especially appears annoyed.
They are very clever lads.
True scousers. Love it.
Yep,too fast for the press,scouse and proud.
They're very CLEAN.
ringo’s pants are fire tho
This interview was made almost 53 years ago, and this was how the media was back then. The media certainly has not changed. If anything they have gotten worse. You would think that after all this time they would have learned something from their behavior. No improvement. smh
You should be happy to live in a free society. Nobody forces you to watch an interview nor to give one.
Really? Based on what? You people who hate on the media really don't have a clue what you are talking about. You make comments like this when you have no experience at it at all. It's like saying: "'These doctors today have no clue what they are doing." When you work as a janitor in a school. WTF?
If it ain't broke don't fix it. The media would change if the money didn't roll keep in.
Ringo’s reply about mini skirts was epic. George’s opinion on his lost fans was 👌
George wasn’t asked the question he wanted, he looked like “not this again”.
I truly believe that The Beatles suffered from a sort of P.T.S.D.
Talk about relentless stupid questions over and over and over.
Never ending groping by fans.
People broke up The Beatles not Yoko.
Jim C to some extent what you say is true. But there’s detailed reports from Paul’s own words about the division John created by having Yoko
present without previous discussion-in what were once band only meetings and recordings. Having a fifth voice from a non professional musician speaking on the same level of all things was too much
From what I can gather it was what you said and Brian dying with Paul more or less taking over. Sounds like George and John had enough of being Beatles and anything that came between them continuing was just an excuse to end it.
"It doesn't really matter what clothes I wear, or how I fare, or if my hair is brown, 'cause it's only a "Northern Song"".
@@jamesmcdonald2244 Paul has explained it many times. Yoko had nothing to do with it.
John was so handsome here! ❤
''When they spoke in interviews together, they were like one person. One would talk, but it did not matter who it was; it came from them all. This is really different, and shows the spiritual factor that sets them apart."
-from "The Beatles" section of ºThe Presentº
Read the full section at •The Truth Contest• website
Evan Simmons Stop posting this already.
They were one person.
George has the greatest vibes. Great voice.
Oh Lord, George had me in stitches at the end. "Ringo likes him a lot".
I have several color polaroid photos made during this press conference.
Have you contacted the beatles company about it? They would probably be delighted to see them, as would the fans!
I love John's response to what inspired "Eleanor Rigby."
They were so young. Thank you for sharing this.
They didn't need media training. They trained the media. Authenticity was a major part of their genius.
That guy smiling in the back with the long hair is david crosby, from the group the byrds and later crosby stills and nash.
"Middle-aged DJs and 12 year olds burning a pile of albums" -- right on, John Lennon.
Incredible. Thank you for sharing. My friends and I plus one parent attended the concert that night at Dodger Stadium. 'Twas my first concert. I was 15. I still have my ticket stub and the program. 'Tis a magical musical memory in the windmills of my mind.
That was my first concert too.Pretty good for a first one.
Look at these interviews and the big difference between them in 1964 and 1966. 2 years of super stardom makes a difference in attitude and the general change of who and what the Beatles were. No questions of hair styles and girls but a more an adult setting. More political and more mature.
Also LSD.
4 normal working class lads from Liverpool. They are so out of place here which made the Beatles even more unique!
These reporters are hostile. John looks pissed and like he doesn't give a rats bottom.
Yes !!! Thanks for this video! they were so cool and funny