Paul later admitted that he didn't come across well in those comments, but later when it sunk in he broke down crying. People don't all process shock and grief the same.
Right. When I lost my best friend I was in such a state of shock that I didn’t know what to do. It took a while to really set in but when it did I completely fell apart.
@@cosmofoxgaming1268 really sorry to hear that…Its so difficult when you lose someone that close to you. My best friend only made it to 18. Murdered. the worst part is, I didn’t even get to attend the funeral because it happened when the Covid pandemic was in full swing.
@@cooldolphiin that’s terrible mate. My thoughts are with you and your friend and his family .This Covid shit really robbed a lot of people of a lot of things.
I used to think Paul's reaction was wrong. But after losing both my parents from 2018 to 2021 this was my exact reaction. It takes awhile to process it.
That was exactly the way I did when my grandma died... I was laying in bed and my mom came into my room telling me my gradma was dead. I just sat in the bed for a while and I... I just layed back and slept a bit more. And she was still dead after I woke up. It wasn't a dream. It felt she will always be there and that feeling didn't go away. Only after weeks, months. No. To be honest, I feel her still whenever I step into her room.
Yes I bet George meant it was like a bad dream and when he woke again it wasn't a dream. Either way I'm sure John would have loved to hear George say that, it was just a great one liner.
The way Paul reacted to his death is so similar to the way I’ve reacted to death in my family as well. It’s just a numbing feeling and there’s no proper way to describe how you feel when someone asks about it. Like he said “it’s a drag.” and it really is, you can’t do much about it.
It's also worth pointing out that he had cameras shoved in his face, and fairly rapid-fire questions being asked. I'm sure that part of him probably wanted to say "Mind your own fucking business" but he was on autopilot.
Paul's "It's a drag" comment is actually a nod to John. That was an inside joke between Paul and John that they used to say to each other as a cynical teenagers when something bad happened to someone else.
Yes! I saw an interview with Paul and John done in 1968 and Paul was asked about the student protest and racial strife in the US, Paul’s reply was “it’s a drag”. Apparently, a common refrain from Paul when dealing with bad news. The criticism of Paul was unwarranted.
Actually it was disrespectful... stop trying to defend his cold reaction to the death of a former band mate. Paul really didn't care and that was the truth and it was evident in that clip.
@@ericdraven7185 utter nonsense, even if him and John weren’t on best terms at that time. It still would have been earth shattering news. Paul was clearly angry at having a camera shoved in his face so didn’t want to engage with the press so gave them nothing , you could tell by the way he wanted to get out of there asap
@@ericdraven7185 whatare you..some superstar psychologist of human emotions. Are you best friends with Paul? Like wtf are you to even fathom that you could possibly know his thought process,. I have to assume you are of an adult age so its even more sad that you lack the mental expertise to understand this. But its prob the way you are and there are countless low quality people on you tube that are self professed hotshots of all human knowledge. Wow literally unreal
Paul was clearly in shock. When someone dies it doesn't always sink in & the last thing you want is press hounding you. Not everyone reacts the same way. When my Dad died I laughed silently at his funeral as I literally couldn't cry, it just wouldn't come out in any other way it was the strangest feeling I ever had to laugh while being grief stricken. John obviously didn't want a funeral. George's way of thinking is amazing & Ringo has always been more the emotional one. You don't have to be a crumbling mess ,crying all the time to be devistated by someone's death.
Paul probably broke down hours before he made the public appearance, which makes things worse. The fact that they had the audacity to shove microphones, lights, and camera's in his face when he was clearly traumatized is mind boggling. There were most likely hundreds of people swarming him. He looked like he could barely think or function. I'm glad that he remained kind-hearted.
I totally understand. I don't think I was able to even really feel sad for a year. Your brain knows better. Now it's been 9, and still, I don't know how to really move on. That's love, I guess.
Not that I know anything about the personal lives or personalities of the Beatles other than what I’ve seen on tv and internet but Ringo seems to be the most down to earth. I love when the crowd comes in to sing the outro on the live performance of Hey Jude and Ringo has a big smile on.
The video of Paul listening to Beautiful Boy when he’s trying his best to hold back tears is heartbreaking and raw. We all handle death and tragedy differently and I can’t imagine how I’d feel trying to answer reporters questions when I’d just learned my best friend and band mate had been murdered.
When I saw Paul live back in 2002, it was the first tour since George died, and Paul played something for him on stage and got emotional. When I saw Ringo just 4 months ago, he choked up on stage when the band played give peace a chance. I know those guys love eachother
@@mvlletmn4477yet in the ringo interview after george harrison died he says that he is the last remaining beatle? not original member as ringo replaced the drummer so maybe he isn’t including faul the now right handed guitar player but when you see the clips from the 60s he was left handed also his ears changed they never really played live much and they all grew beards
They were in shock. Paul was beyond words. No one handles death the same. I am dealing with many deaths of people I knew and looked up to. John's death altered my life.
@@dip_doop I feel you are the only one that realized this in this comment section. The scumbag paparazzi are harassing him right after his friend was murdered. What a terrible thing to do. He just wants to get away from them, and I would do the same exact thing. George and Ringo's reactions were later, and in scheduled interviews. I'm not sure why no one but you is realizing this.
I always feel so bad for Paul with that interview. His best friend was brutally murdered, he was in a state of shock, and then the press got in his face. Usually, he's a very chatty interviewee and knows how to take control of the interview, but here he was giving the briefest possible answers. And then EVERYONE vilified him for that "it's a drag" comment. Honestly, if he was able to say something more eloquent, that would probably be more indicative of antipathy since it would show that he's composed enough to make an official statement. But here, he can barely put anything into words. He got so much shit for not being able to compose a eulogy on demand. I'm glad you put the "Beautiful Boy" bit in there to show how hurt he truly was.
He looked like he was just kicked in the stomach. Just look at his eyes, as he nervously chews gum. Paul's and Ringo's reactions, although different, get to me the most. It's just such a damned tragedy. We miss ya Johnny.
Ringo is such a lovely guy.. So sweet and tender . I see the emotion in his eyes , how much he was holding back the tears . I'm so happy he still lives.
You could feel the pain coming out of Paul at the end. When beautiful boy was playing he was trying so hard not to cry, so I cried for him. R.I. P John I wish you knew the world still loves you ❤
I agree, Paul wanted to die right away while listening to "Beautiful boy". The song turns into a different twist with John being dead. Paul attemped not to cry and he failed... There is no way he would not have cried. He was his friend, no... His brother. No matter how bitter the relationship over the years was. He was his brother no matter what or how.
George's vision of death is something I find really fascinating, he thinks that life is all material, it's all maja. He potrays that in his songs too, like in Beware Of Darkness or All Things Must Pass. "Sunrise doesn't last all morning" "Sunset doesn't last all evening" He believes that his friend is still with him, just not physically. "A mind can blow those clouds away"
@@benjack8477 God… for sure! Not only lost his (best) mate, but lost him so violently, so suddenly. Poor guy wouldn’t have known if he was on his arse or his elbow.
youre completely wrong. you could tell he was grieving... everyone mourns differently and he was getting asked horribly dumb questions AND was bombarded with cameras and reporters. they shouldve laid off @@olskzeri782
@@olskzeri782 He was in denial; going in to the studio, chewing gum, acting nonchalently. He didn't really feel like it was only 'a drag.'; he just didn't want to think or speak about it.
Honestly, poor Paul. He lost not only his best friend, but his wife as well in the span of a few years. Now he's 80, and Ringo just celebrated his 82nd birthday a few days ago. It's unbelievable to imagine outliving your friend for that long. Ok, I am gonna make an edit because if you counted the number of times people have said "uM acTuaLly, iT'S nOT a fEw YEaRs, iT's 18 🤓" You would be counting forever I swear to God shut up. Ok, A. It's not a few, but 18 years is a short time compared to the entire 80 years you have been alive, and even if it hasn't been a few years, it's still very tragic to lose your best friend AND your wife regardless. And B. Yes, I made a mistake, I DON'T NEED A TON OF PEOPLE TELLING ME THE EXACT SAME THING! YOU'RE NOT TELLING ME ANYTHING NEW.
They each had such a different reaction to it. George believed his spirit was still there with him which I found the most fascinating. Ringo was so upset he even asked the lady if he could stop (Which she really should have) and I know he probably took it the worst. But Paul. The reaction was so raw, you could tell how traumatized he truly was. Rest in peace John.
@@butterflymustfly_1232 because his best friend since childhood had just been murdered and the press is hounding him with questions while he's just trying to leave. You can't expect someone in that position to act in a normal manner. He's also probably scared for his own safety and just wants to get home to his wife and kids.
My parents were married that day, December 8th, and they always said they felt it was a poor omen that they shared that date with him. They were married for 28 years before my father was killed in an accident. They loved each other very much, though, and I always think about how in those 28 years that they were married, John's legacy only continued to grow. They raised three children who incidentally adored The Beatles' and John's music long after his life had ended. The pieces we leave behind of ourselves are the pieces that those who loved us will carry after our time has come.
I sing Beautiful Boy to my son all the time. The lyric "I can hardly wait, to see you come of age" is always moving to me, as Sean was only five when John died.
RIP the two members of The Beatles John Lennon (October 9, 1940 - December 8, 1980), aged 40 George Harrison (February 25, 1943 - November 29, 2001), aged 58 You both will be remembered as legends.
So terribly sad, recently saw Paul Mccartney in concert. John was up on the big screen and Paul was singing along and it felt like John was there. Definitely brought a tear and sounded so great! Such a great concert, one of the most memorable shows I've been to.
My music teacher, who we believed to be an absolute hater of any music other than classical, was crying in front of our class that morning, talking about John Lennon.
57 and it still hurts me.....I have been unable to listen to his solo work ever since.....cant make it through a single one without choking up. I couldn't sleep the night it happened so i put on my headphones and tuned in my radio...it was almost one thirty and when i heard every station playing the beatles i was sure they had announced a reunion.......then i heard the news...i was devastated......utterly and completely.....i ran down the hall and woke my brother with the news.....he instantly started crying....we were beatles maniacs.... i reiterate,,,,,im 57 and it still hurts me
George's reaction resonated most with me. My perspective is that when people die, they're never really gone. In our current state we can't see them anymore, but when we die, we'll see them again because then we'll be on the same plane, level, dimension, state of existence, whatever you want to call it. Under normal circumstances, we all have a duration in life and when it's finished, it's done and we're moved on to the next phase. You see it when people die naturally in old age and you look back/reflect on their life. Quite often, you see that they had their timespan with a definitive start, the things they did, impact they had on other people's lives and the world around them, and then everything gets tied up naturally and then the body breaks down and they pass away. Sometimes, if you think about events and changes that occurred after their death, it's quite easy to see how they would have struggled and/or would have hated it. It's kind of difficult to explain but there really is a tine and place for everything. Similarly, when we meet someone we love or conceive a child, there are so many variables that - had one or two been different - an entirely different chain of events could have unfolded.
42 years later and John’s senseless killing remains to be the most painful moment in music history. I would have cried rivers if I were any of the remaining Beatles.
When Chester Bennington died, it kind of shocked me. That's someone I listened to as a teen child. I can only imagine the impact Lennon's death had on people who grew up listening to the Beatles.
@@allisonj905 dang, me too. When I heard the news about Chester's death from my sister, my vision suddenly went grayscale. I dunno how to explain it but colors had died out in my eyes for half a minute. It was shocking and depressing to me because a few months before he passed, I had a sudden thought about Chester like, out of the blue. And I felt afraid for his life but I dunno why I suddenly felt that. And I told myself, no. Maybe my imagination is just running wild. He won't die Anytime. But a few months in that same year, he died. So, yeah, I understand how Beatles fans felt.
My parents came home from Christmas shopping and me and my sister were preparing Lunch . We turned on the news and heard that John Lennon had been shot. That night I think I watched every thing about John Lennon and The Beatles that BBC had to show. I was 10 and although it was tragic news, it was when I became very interested in The Beatles and wanted to know everything about their music. That day is still a profund memory that shaped my life. That is why I’m a musician and teach the Guitar for a living. Thank you Beatles 💜
@@Maw0 I don't know how many thousands of people started to play guitar because of John Lennon, even indirectly (I started to play guitar because of Kurt Cobain, and Kurt started because of John) 🤣
This is my favorite John Lennon song. I would sing it to my son when he was a baby. Every so often I’ll forward the song to him to let him know I’m thinking of him. He turns 40 in a few months! After John was shot the song makes me cry because I would think of him singing this to his own son Sean, and now he’s gone. RIP John 🥰🇺🇸
You can’t compare comments in an arranged interview years, even decades, later to comments made when someone shoves a microphone in your face a few hours after it happened. The latter is what happened to McCartney in the first one. Anyone who criticizes McCartney or suggests he wasn’t deeply affected by Lennon’s death has never suffered loss.
My brother slated Paul mccartney for that comment. He did the same to me when I was working and heard the news that my other brother had died and I stayed at work. People are so quick to judge but I was accustomed to death by the time my brother died as I had 3 cats die the previous 2 years. I even buried one then went out to work after doing so. Sorry I'm grieving for my pet cuts no ice with my employer. And what good would staying home, or, in my brother's case, racing home do? Wouldn't bring anyone back.
It's obvious to a normal human being that Paul was in shock. Complete and utter shock. Look how we all felt. My mother said she was very depressed for over a week. She finally realized how much John's death affected her. Can you imagine how Paul felt? Probably like part of his heart and soul was ripped from his mortal body. When we went and watched Get Back in the theater, I'd say 80% of the audience ( my wife and included) just started to sob. There was no controlling it, nor did we feel we had to. It was a beautiful shared moment amongst us old Beatles fans.
Yeah, and he also gave that interview hours after John died. The fact that people shoved cameras, lights, and microphone's in his face when he was clearly traumatized is unbelievable. There were probably hundreds of people swarming him and he looked like he could barely get his thoughts together. It's impressive how he remained gentle and kind-hearted. I can't imagine how much stress he must've felt. It's one thing to lose someone, buts it's another thing to have cameras shoved in your face after that loss. I would've probably started crying so props to him for keeping his composure.
@@E_Clampus_Vitus Hippies used pot. We used coke. You're attacking the wrong generation. I was born in 58. I've been clean since 89.83-89 was nothing but a cocaine alcohol fuled porn movie. It cost me my restaurant,car,dignity and almost my life. I wish I just ran around with flowers in my hair. It would have saved alot of heartache and a few dead friends from drugs and alcohol abuse.
Wtf are you to say that? Maybe you’re not the normal human being, assuming you know exactly how someone you didn’t know felt about another person you didn’t know.
I visited the Dakota one week later. My sister and I had planned a trip to NYC for weeks. I was 14 and Double Fantasy was all over the radio. People were happy to hear Lennon's music on FM radio. The huge crowd outside the Dakota was united in sorrow and wailing, performing and singing his songs but mostly screaming and crying. No doubt, Lennon could hear such cries from high above.
I spoke with Ringo on the phone in 1981, and I asked him (among other things) if the remaining Beatles had taken serious precautions to insure their protection in the wake of John’s assassination. He replied that, at first, they had bodyguards and took security measures for not only themselves, but their families as well. But after awhile, he commented, they eased up and didn’t feel they needed that degree of protection. (On a side note, George would later be attacked at his home by a knife-wielding assailant.)
The difference was his attacker did not have a gun, or he and Olivia would have been dead. They were able to overpower him, and hit him with a lamp till the cops came. If he had intended to shoot them, they would have died instantly.
@@Mr007jamster I spoke with Ringo on a Radio program hosted by Gary Owens. I had to wait quite a while for the screener, but when I finally spoke with him, I asked the question that I mentioned above. I was so excited that I took a cassette and recorded it. I found it online and I think that the program was called Ringo’s Magical Submarine Tour or something similar; I’ll have to check on that and get back to you.
I heard about John being killed, from the radio, on the freeway. I violently pulled over. The DJ said, 'Tonight a wacko emptied a gun into John Lennon' that word emptied got to me I went into shock
I admire and revere them and there are not many people who don't. But the person i really feel for is Yoko. I choke a bit when i hear her reminiscence of the past. Lennon was a magnificent man, talented beyond the norm, soulful in the way he put out those lyrics and interpreted them - best of all cutting edged in his appraisal of people and events. There's a bit of John in all of us maybe this why we love him so much and can't let him go.
I wonder.? How would ahve they / the media felt like, if they would of been, in either of the former Beatle's place? I'll bet, they would of loved it = ( NOT ! )
@@alfredbenedek3398 When you are part of one of the most successful bands in history it comes with the territory I'm afraid. It's not like it was a small event, it was a huge loss and the whole world was in mourning whether you liked Lennon or not.
He was mocking the interviewer he wasn't saying John's death was a drag. Why don't people get that? He was mocking the interviewer for trying to pry stuff out of him then not being happy about not getting much from paul. Plus he was also gobsmacked and wasn't prepared to have to deal with media after his best friend was killed. No one can be ready for that.
Yes, he was being sarcastic and was pissed that these people were in his face so soon after such a tragedy. I would have told them to shove off, I have no patience for this stuff.
This was the darkest day I can remember involving the death of a celebrated person. I know I could hardly function myself. I was 21 at the time. John's death marked the end of childhood/adolescence for me and many others.
I was very young when it happened (I didn’t fully understand what had happened) and my parents and I were going somewhere in the car. I remember the news came on the radio and my mom was shocked. My mom is a big Beatles fan and she would play all of her Beatles albums for me when I was little which made me become a fan.
Paul handled that very well in that first clip. He didn't bite when they pried, he didn't elaborate for personal gain, he just processed it and answered the questions and when he could tell it wasn't going to go anywhere else he called for a cheers and called it a day. So many people nowadays want to make it about them. It wasn't about Paul, it was about John. Not the Beatles, not about the current politics, it was about John getting killed and he had the tact to know that.
People forget that each member of the Beatles is not only part of a generation where men were punished for public displays of emotion, but are all British besides, with their customary reticence. It's only after a long time passed that the three survivors felt they could say what was in their hearts, but that doesn't mean their hearts were never broken, because of course they were.
I was 12 when this happened the Beatles were and still are my favorite band i remember where I was when I heard the news and it just seemed so unbelievable rip John and George
What a great loss. It seems like it was just yesterday we lost John and, at the same time, an eternity. Condolences to all his family, friends and all those that miss and love him.
I have to say that John’s death was one of the saddest days of my life! I was 6 years old when he was assassinated! My mother told me the news, and my heart was pulverized! He was my musical, humanitarian, and spiritual hero! He still is now, at my age of 47, and he will always be!
I remember my mother getting me dressed for school and I asked her why dad seemed so sad, she whispered, ‘John Lennon died last night’. I knew who he was but more so, I knew how important he was to my dad and it just made me feel sad all day in school
Well said George... Nobody 'really' dies. It's just a body condition. The human suit remains here, but the spirit breaks free and never dies! God bless everyone.
@tommyagresti4797 - Cheers. Well said. George Harrison is/was one of those super rare, extremely talented, an amazing artist/musician - way wise beyond his years (or lifetimes/reincarnations). He was always tuned in and turned on to this journey of ours, here on Earth, we call 'Life'. ..and I'm rather sure he was rarely 'a drag'. Kind. Loving. Sweet. Honest. Funny. Generous. Humble. Sensitive. Patient. Gentle. Thoughtful. Spiritual. Lovely. BEAUTIFUL. RIP George. ...The most under-rated, under-appreciated Beatle. ..I hope I can be 1/1000th of the person you are/were.
The Beatles NEVER forgot who they were, or where they came from. They were 5, then 4 working class fellas who wanted to make music. They made the most surreal music this planet has ever heard, or ever likely to hear again. I often wonder if John had lived, could he have handled the way the world is now? Whether it would have worn him down until he faded? He should have had that choice. John was killed when his spirit was at its strongest, he was free, and he still remains as such. Nothing ever dies.
Never forgot where they came from, but certainly didn't want to live in it! They would not be seen dead in Liverpool once they made it big. I once read there was a celebration in Liverpool, and Paul would not attend. They all bought houses in the south - didn't even move to the Wirral, or a posh part of Liverpool. Left it completely. Like Cilla Black, and Michael Jackson would not live in Indiana, once he had cash. Wanted luxury in California.
@@treasurehunteruk9718 people move on with their lives, just because you grow up somewhere doesn't mean you're suddenly obligated to live there and grow old there your whole life.
@@Ahnock Ringo was interviewed and said he misses nothing about Liverpool. Folks were so annoyed, they chopped his head off on a statue. They did not repair it, so now he is headless, really appreciated his roots .... Dolly Parton and Elvis both stayed in Tennessee, they did not scoot off somewhere better, once they were famous.
3:18 poor Ringo. So drunk, so sad, his whole face gives us a window into what it must’ve felt like. He’d lost another close friend Keith Moon so recently, too. He must’ve wondered what the fuck was next
It must have been such a surreal time for his loved ones. When someone passes so suddenly it almost doesn’t feel real and then one day it hits you and the pain of their loss is there forever. Ringo’s interview showed such a gentle and deep side of him. I lost my best friend tragically, it felt like I had been hit upside the head and my whole world was altered.
Well than, think 10Milloan more times? I went though thre agony of loding several of my beloved ones! In short, not ONE single person can be replaced, thatpassed away? Toomany people are going under ground, too many people want that piece of cake. . . !
I was 15 when it happened..I was watching the 11 I 'clock news with my mom, in my home I grew up in, Deer Park NY. It was as though a floor dropped out from under my feet. It was surreal. Rip John.
16 in HS, it was a huge shock. In NYC living in The Bronx, school was somber, we played Beatles music and school was let out half day. I heard it on the radio getting ready to leave for school. It was a huge shock.
Don’t know how anybody can claim that Paul was cold and unmoved in the face of John’s demise. He is blatantly in shock. Hasn’t had chance to process properly. People who don’t get the “it’s a drag” comment aren’t understanding the British method of dealing with the immediate aftermath of devastating tragedy, grief or trauma. Additionally, shame on Barbara Walters for the “no” when Ringo requests to stop filming due to how upset he feels.
That 60s optimism died in 1970. Marvin’s What’s Going On, Johns Plastic Ono Band LP and Sly’s There’s a Riot Going On really portray that time period as a dark time for many people.
I was working at a California Tower Records location when John Lennon was shot and killed. On the next day (mid-morning) after his death, one of my work mates requested of me to conduct a moment of silence in tribute to him at 2pm. I do not remember everything I said, However I do recall expressing my heartfelt thanks to his greatness (along with the Beatles) for the musical joy and harmony he brought to our planet. I loved tved the Beatles , and I loved/luved John Lennon. Thanks Mark Swann for asking of me that day.
That’s very understandable and kinda morbidly relatable, the thing George says about just going back to sleep after getting the horrible news. If you’ve never gotten news like that it might seem callous or like he just didn’t care, but in reality it was exactly what he said. It’s your brain just trying to reject the information, and you just go back to sleep to avoid the reality of it. The sad thing with that is I’m sure when he woke up again there was a fraction of a second where he thought it was just a dream, or he forgot about the news he initially woke up to. But then that realization sank in that it was real and that’s just the worst feeling ever I can’t imagine their pain
I’ll always remember what I heard that night. I was in Dallas for a business meeting and had been in a crowded in-house bar watching Monday Night Football with the others. I decided to go up to my room and hit the bed. After a shave and a shower I climbed into bed and turned on a clock radio that was sitting on a nightstand next to the bed. At the time, Larry King had a nighttime radio talk show and I tuned into that. The very first words I heard him say were “And now for some unbelievably terrible news.” I got very little sleep that night.
I agree with the other posts here - Paul had to be in shock - still trying to process what happened. And then he has all these microphones in his face - he’s human - no way he should be expected to give a composed and thoughtful statement then.
yoko is sweet and kind and you can see that while she accepts his passing it still hurts her and she speaks of him with such love and with such longing
@@lylahsworld3930 she's an avant garde artist and was john lennon's wife. apparently she wrote much of the 'imagine' lyrics and a few of john's songs but his pride wouldn't let her have the credit.
Wow. Thanks for sharing. ..I was born in '81. ..Was listening to the cassette tapes of MMT, Seargent Peppers, Revolver, and the White Album regularly by age 7 or 8. (Thanks Dad for recording your Vinyl to tape (major downgrade), and saturating my mind with what is now such a SOLID musical foundation I will carry with me through this lifetime - and hopefully several more.) Even though John was 'tecnically' before my time, he has been one of my strongest influencers to this day. I've teared up several times while lost in thought about that TRAGIC night. How? What? of ALL people.. -As I entered my teens, I found grunge - or it found me. I was no longer an innocent, naive 7 yr old spinning in circles to I am the Walrus, Penny Lane, Rocky Racoon, and Bungalo Bill!! ..The wicked 90's form of 'teenage angst' ended up delaying my innevitable transition to an easy going Deadhead thats been to over 50 Phish shows - for about 10-15 years. lol) NiRVANA was it. Kurt was all over my walls. I listened often. I read & analyzed every lyric - then wrote them all over my notebooks in school, etc. I couldn't wait for In Utero and MTV Unplugged to be released. Was always thinking about/planning on going to my very first concert. I found 'my Beatles'. Etc. Etc. ..Then it happened. It just seemed - and still seems, just really weird. My thoughts didn't make sense. Kurt was supposed to get all old looking and make a YT video of him playing 'Old Age' in acoustic-Unplugged style - SEE: th-cam.com/video/Tp6Y38EyAuQ/w-d-xo.htmlsi=wQX3gp6-Ivwwvts6 OK. Full Circle: Kurt was a huge Beatles fan - especially of John. ..It wasn't until Kurt died that I even thought about John Lennon's beyond tragic murder. As incomprehensible and worrld-shattering as it was; I wasn't a born-too-late-soul that will never understand Beatlemania or John Lennon. It took death to understand death. John Lennon and Kurt Cobain were very different people in many ways - but, also very similar in many others. .. I missed out on the life and death of John Lennon/the Beatles - but I found my own John.. and my own Bealtlemania.. -Nirvanamania. .....Sorry for soooo many words. I got a bit carried away in my thoughts. If it ends up just being incoherant rambling, it's prob bc I'm still struggling to make sense of the tragically short lives of such culture-changing geniuses - John & Kurt, ..and Jerry & PigPen, ..and Jimi, ..and Janis, ..and The Lizard King, ..Brian Jones, ..Shannon Hoon, ..Tupac, ..Biggie, ..Ronnie VanSant & Duane Allman, ..Elvis, ..Buddy Holly & Richie Vallens, ..Otis Reading, ..Freddie Mercury, ..Amy Winehouse. (off top of my head)
You know, for all the memes about Yoko’s singing it was very welcomed and refreshing to hear her speak for herself. She definitely has an eloquence to her.
Hard disagree. I've read all the books and she was always portrayed as a horrible person with a very selfish agenda. She got what she worked for, the wealth and everyone knows who she is. No shade on you but this is how most people see her.
Paul’s real reaction was the song "Here Today", the video you put is his reaction after being harassed by the press asking him about the death of his best friend
People are saying they didn't care but when someone dies your brain just shuts off like you're just standing there frozen and you can't process it that's why they spoke weird bc it just feels like a dream almost, and of course they cared they were like 4 brothers
For all of those judging Paul's reaction to the press. You are basing how you think he felt by a 10 second news clip. Did he only find out right then and there so that is his first reaction? How would you feel if you were upset all day but then have people you don't know throwing microphones in your face expecting you to fall to the ground sobbing for the camera, when you just wanted to get home to grieve? Linda said she came home that morning to find Paul in the doorway crying. His brother said Paul could barely talk on the phone when he called. Denny Lane was in the studio with him and other friends that day and said they talked about John all day with Paul holding back tears. Should they have taken cameras into his home that morning to get his reaction when he first woke up to hear the news?
Paul was fucking annoyed. His best friend in the world just fucking died and he's being heckled and nobody will let him be. People really took that out of context.
Him and John both went through many struggles as teenagers. Both lost their mothers. Both went through a lot of trauma. Both recorded many tapes and played at many stages. Lennon and Paul were a great duo. John Lennon did beat up a dj at Paul’s birthday party which made Paul kinda mad but they were still friends
The guy was trying his hardest not to break apart in front of everyone, when he said “ it’s a drag isn’t it?”, he was basically telling the reporter to get lost
I feel so sad about the criticism Paul got for his comments in the immediate aftermath and shock of grief. I handle grief similarly; dry humor creates distance from the pain. He’s clearly far away and struggling but the press wouldn’t leave him alone, and people are still criticizing his response to this day. He loved John and is still grieving him now.
The rutten media was abusing the situation, for their benefits! With moronic questions! They didn't even say John's name right?! They, al of thegussip medial should get back this kinde of a treatment one day,while they are alive, under a simmilar circumstances! I would like to see, how they like it??!
Their reactions all felt so different but alike at the same time. Paul didn't seem to know what to say, George sounded like an enlightened monk, Ringo looked like he was going to break down and Yoko sounded so wise. But what they all had in common was that they spoke from the soul.
"A drag isn't it" was clearly said as a snarky remark to the intrusive reporter. The reporter asks for the SECOND time when exactly did he hear about it, thus forcing to get back into that godawful moment which probably was the last drop for Paul. So he looks at the reporter with contempt and says the phrase snarkily as in 'yeah, you're enjoying this, aren't you' and then quickly bids farewell and retreats. If anyone doubts how Paul felts/feels - check a by now famous video of Paul talking about Chris and Val and afterwards listening to "Beautiful Boy." 'nuff said.
William did not handle Lennons death well and that is why he made a cold "It's a drag" statement. When George Harrison died William had learned his lesson and did not make "It's a drag" 2.0.
More of a British thing I'd say back then before we became americanised and the old stiff upper lip got tossed away. Nowadays everyone's supposed to spill their guts and cry their eyes out so those living vicariously can get their fill. It's obscene,
Sometimes in some John songs I hear a Paul influence, either directly or indirectly. I hear the same with some of Paul's songs. It makes sense that Paul liked Beautiful Boy. It sounds like it could have been a Paul song.
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Paul later admitted that he didn't come across well in those comments, but later when it sunk in he broke down crying. People don't all process shock and grief the same.
Right. When I lost my best friend I was in such a state of shock that I didn’t know what to do. It took a while to really set in but when it did I completely fell apart.
It’s insane that he was slagged for a comment after his friend died. No empathy at all, fuck that
@@cooldolphiin I lost my best friend too. He was 27 I was 22. Still miss him every day.
@@cosmofoxgaming1268 really sorry to hear that…Its so difficult when you lose someone that close to you. My best friend only made it to 18. Murdered. the worst part is, I didn’t even get to attend the funeral because it happened when the Covid pandemic was in full swing.
@@cooldolphiin that’s terrible mate. My thoughts are with you and your friend and his family .This Covid shit really robbed a lot of people of a lot of things.
I used to think Paul's reaction was wrong. But after losing both my parents from 2018 to 2021 this was my exact reaction. It takes awhile to process it.
William's reaction still is wrong.
@@olskzeri782who?
@@caseyshapirodon't mind that guy he has schizophrenia and thinks there's a Beatle named William
Paul McCartney died in car crash on September 11 1966 and was replaced by William (Billy). This is THE TRUTH no matter what.
They never really loved ole Bill the same as the deceased Paul.@@olskzeri782
"I went back to sleep and he was still Dead in the morning" Is such a... Profound way of handling trauma.
That was exactly the way I did when my grandma died... I was laying in bed and my mom came into my room telling me my gradma was dead. I just sat in the bed for a while and I... I just layed back and slept a bit more. And she was still dead after I woke up. It wasn't a dream. It felt she will always be there and that feeling didn't go away. Only after weeks, months. No. To be honest, I feel her still whenever I step into her room.
It’s all good. Bottom line they all love each other.
English are built different
Me when my little brother died in an accident I kept waking up wanting to text him but it would hit again everytime
Yes I bet George meant it was like a bad dream and when he woke again it wasn't a dream.
Either way I'm sure John would have loved to hear George say that, it was just a great one liner.
The way Paul reacted to his death is so similar to the way I’ve reacted to death in my family as well. It’s just a numbing feeling and there’s no proper way to describe how you feel when someone asks about it. Like he said “it’s a drag.” and it really is, you can’t do much about it.
As he said it it looked like he felt a lump in the throat and broke the interview.
It's good he wasn't a phony about it. And gave some alligator tears type of response.
Add to that being asked about it by 50 journalists shoving microphones, lights and cameras in your face *on the day*.
It's also worth pointing out that he had cameras shoved in his face, and fairly rapid-fire questions being asked. I'm sure that part of him probably wanted to say "Mind your own fucking business" but he was on autopilot.
It’s also an inside joke between Paul and John. So it’s a bit sadder.
Paul's "It's a drag" comment is actually a nod to John. That was an inside joke between Paul and John that they used to say to each other as a cynical teenagers when something bad happened to someone else.
Yes! I saw an interview with Paul and John done in 1968 and Paul was asked about the student protest and racial strife in the US, Paul’s reply was “it’s a drag”. Apparently, a common refrain from Paul when dealing with bad news. The criticism of Paul was unwarranted.
Actually it was disrespectful... stop trying to defend his cold reaction to the death of a former band mate. Paul really didn't care and that was the truth and it was evident in that clip.
@@ericdraven7185 Wrong.
@@ericdraven7185 utter nonsense, even if him and John weren’t on best terms at that time. It still would have been earth shattering news. Paul was clearly angry at having a camera shoved in his face so didn’t want to engage with the press so gave them nothing , you could tell by the way he wanted to get out of there asap
@@ericdraven7185 whatare you..some superstar psychologist of human emotions. Are you best friends with Paul? Like wtf are you to even fathom that you could possibly know his thought process,. I have to assume you are of an adult age so its even more sad that you lack the mental expertise to understand this. But its prob the way you are and there are countless low quality people on you tube that are self professed hotshots of all human knowledge. Wow literally unreal
Paul was clearly in shock. When someone dies it doesn't always sink in & the last thing you want is press hounding you. Not everyone reacts the same way. When my Dad died I laughed silently at his funeral as I literally couldn't cry, it just wouldn't come out in any other way it was the strangest feeling I ever had to laugh while being grief stricken. John obviously didn't want a funeral. George's way of thinking is amazing & Ringo has always been more the emotional one. You don't have to be a crumbling mess ,crying all the time to be devistated by someone's death.
Paul probably broke down hours before he made the public appearance, which makes things worse. The fact that they had the audacity to shove microphones, lights, and camera's in his face when he was clearly traumatized is mind boggling. There were most likely hundreds of people swarming him. He looked like he could barely think or function. I'm glad that he remained kind-hearted.
@@ave9962 yeah exactly I did hear he wasn't feeling well anyway. But that's what most of the press do don't they.
I totally understand. I don't think I was able to even really feel sad for a year. Your brain knows better. Now it's been 9, and still, I don't know how to really move on. That's love, I guess.
@@kristinj3339 So long as you're happy in your life that's the most important thing. You have nothing to prove to anyone else. 👍💖💖💖☺️
@@kristinj3339 You'll get there ,just live your life the best way you can try to be as happy as you can be. Wish you well. ,👍💖☺️
Ringo was being as strong as he possibly could in his interview. The hurt and sadness in his eyes is heartbreaking.
He is a good man.
Not that I know anything about the personal lives or personalities of the Beatles other than what I’ve seen on tv and internet but Ringo seems to be the most down to earth. I love when the crowd comes in to sing the outro on the live performance of Hey Jude and Ringo has a big smile on.
The video of Paul listening to Beautiful Boy when he’s trying his best to hold back tears is heartbreaking and raw. We all handle death and tragedy differently and I can’t imagine how I’d feel trying to answer reporters questions when I’d just learned my best friend and band mate had been murdered.
John and William were not best friends. You misstake him for JPM.
@@OlskZeri-sc9egyou’re insane
@@OlskZeri-sc9eg i hope you're joking
He isn't, Paul is dead and William took over@@jamesdanson6433
It's crazy to think that he's been gone now for longer than he was around. Time flies.
Time keeps slipping though our fingers... it's like holding water.. in our hands"....Lu~Nicola ("Tomorrow's Yesterdays")
Time will fly more speedily and tremendously if the beatles survived till this minute.
And his kids are now older than he was when he died ⏳
That is actually crazy to think ! Time waits for no man is an understatement 👍
Did you not hear what they said about the bagavad Gita.
When I saw Paul live back in 2002, it was the first tour since George died, and Paul played something for him on stage and got emotional. When I saw Ringo just 4 months ago, he choked up on stage when the band played give peace a chance. I know those guys love eachother
*each other.
I thought he died in 2004 or 2014
@@thedarkmarvelitelouieGeorge harrison died in 2001, John Lennon died in 1980 as the video says. Ringo and Paul are still alive
@@mvlletmn4477yet in the ringo interview after george harrison died he says that he is the last remaining beatle? not original member as ringo replaced the drummer
so maybe he isn’t including faul the now right handed guitar player but when you see the clips from the 60s he was left handed
also his ears changed they never really played live much and they all grew beards
@@alvallac2171 No one cares
The violent way he died after writing “Imagine” is unimaginable. Miss you John Lennon
What living in Yankland does to a MF.
If he'd stayed in England he'd still be alive.
Was that a pun
@@user-cx4pe5ml4hreally lol
All the man wanted was peace, and someone killed him for it. Why?
I wonder if he didn't get killed if he didn't release IMAGINE.
They were in shock. Paul was beyond words. No one handles death the same. I am dealing with many deaths of people I knew and looked up to. John's death altered my life.
"Sir Paul" (William) did not handle this well. He came across as very arrogant.
One is always free to say "No comment.". This was pretty bad. A real drag, so to say.
@@olskzeri782well when your friend dies we’ll make sure to broadcast your immediate reaction on television and pick it apart.
@@dip_doop I feel you are the only one that realized this in this comment section. The scumbag paparazzi are harassing him right after his friend was murdered. What a terrible thing to do. He just wants to get away from them, and I would do the same exact thing.
George and Ringo's reactions were later, and in scheduled interviews.
I'm not sure why no one but you is realizing this.
@@olskzeri782 i think you're an old fucking codger who had too much lead in his drinking water
I always feel so bad for Paul with that interview. His best friend was brutally murdered, he was in a state of shock, and then the press got in his face. Usually, he's a very chatty interviewee and knows how to take control of the interview, but here he was giving the briefest possible answers. And then EVERYONE vilified him for that "it's a drag" comment. Honestly, if he was able to say something more eloquent, that would probably be more indicative of antipathy since it would show that he's composed enough to make an official statement. But here, he can barely put anything into words. He got so much shit for not being able to compose a eulogy on demand. I'm glad you put the "Beautiful Boy" bit in there to show how hurt he truly was.
I agree. He looks like he's in an altered state of mind.
Unforgivable what they did to him.
Nobody should be able to judge how another processes loss. That is all.
He looked like he was just kicked in the stomach. Just look at his eyes, as he nervously chews gum. Paul's and Ringo's reactions, although different, get to me the most. It's just such a damned tragedy. We miss ya Johnny.
He is clearly moved to tears and must turn away from the camera.
Poor lads
Ringo is such a lovely guy.. So sweet and tender . I see the emotion in his eyes , how much he was holding back the tears . I'm so happy he still lives.
I still cry.
ringo is the best
I agree same here. So sad and tragic. Ringo just a lovely soul..I love all the Beatles though.
82 years and stronger than ever.
@@Basilandpotatoes so what lol
You could feel the pain coming out of Paul at the end. When beautiful boy was playing he was trying so hard not to cry, so I cried for him. R.I. P John I wish you knew the world still loves you ❤
I agree, Paul wanted to die right away while listening to "Beautiful boy". The song turns into a different twist with John being dead. Paul attemped not to cry and he failed... There is no way he would not have cried. He was his friend, no... His brother. No matter how bitter the relationship over the years was. He was his brother no matter what or how.
Poor Ringo. I feel so bad for him. He was as influential to the group as Lennon or McCartney.. Sheesh..
George's vision of death is something I find really fascinating, he thinks that life is all material, it's all maja. He potrays that in his songs too, like in Beware Of Darkness or All Things Must Pass. "Sunrise doesn't last all morning" "Sunset doesn't last all evening" He believes that his friend is still with him, just not physically. "A mind can blow those clouds away"
Lennon suggested the word "mind" for that line of All Things Must Pass. It occurs in a scene of Peter Jackson's Get Back documentary.
I agree
Yes, it’s a comforting way to make sense of it. It makes a lot of sense to me. Beautiful
Well his right people judge others on what material possessions they own eg house car clothes
George's reaction was sincere and hopeful. Clearly losing John still sucks, though. And, George too, for that matter.
Paul would still not be registering what had happened, still processing it. It would have been an extremely traumatic event for him.
I think Paul was doing very well. I think it was about 0:45 when he lost it and just thought, "what the fuck is this cunt asking me?"
He seems in shock
Yes & he was probably panicking & in fear for his own safety & probably just wanted to get home to linda & the kids.
@@benjack8477 God… for sure! Not only lost his (best) mate, but lost him so violently, so suddenly.
Poor guy wouldn’t have known if he was on his arse or his elbow.
You know him? How do u know how he feels? Thats amazing
Paul's immediate reaction footage doesn't really depict him badly. It mostly shows how heartless People journalists are sometimes.
Come on. They just did their job and all William could come up with was a cold "It"s a drag" statement.
@@olskzeri782Go away
youre completely wrong. you could tell he was grieving... everyone mourns differently and he was getting asked horribly dumb questions AND was bombarded with cameras and reporters. they shouldve laid off @@olskzeri782
@@olskzeri782 He was in denial; going in to the studio, chewing gum, acting nonchalently. He didn't really feel like it was only 'a drag.'; he just didn't want to think or speak about it.
43 years without John Lennon💔😭
10/9/1940 - 12/8/1980
Hello how are you doing today 😊
Тебе самой то сколько лет?😅
Honestly, poor Paul. He lost not only his best friend, but his wife as well in the span of a few years. Now he's 80, and Ringo just celebrated his 82nd birthday a few days ago. It's unbelievable to imagine outliving your friend for that long.
Ok, I am gonna make an edit because if you counted the number of times people have said "uM acTuaLly, iT'S nOT a fEw YEaRs, iT's 18 🤓" You would be counting forever I swear to God shut up. Ok, A. It's not a few, but 18 years is a short time compared to the entire 80 years you have been alive, and even if it hasn't been a few years, it's still very tragic to lose your best friend AND your wife regardless. And B. Yes, I made a mistake, I DON'T NEED A TON OF PEOPLE TELLING ME THE EXACT SAME THING! YOU'RE NOT TELLING ME ANYTHING NEW.
Yeah
And how the reporters talked to him about it. Like "it must've been a drag", what a stupid thing to say
It was a bit more than a 'drag' John Lennon dying though !!!!
@@Alekskauff He said 'drag' not the media dude !!!!
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They each had such a different reaction to it. George believed his spirit was still there with him which I found the most fascinating. Ringo was so upset he even asked the lady if he could stop (Which she really should have) and I know he probably took it the worst. But Paul. The reaction was so raw, you could tell how traumatized he truly was. Rest in peace John.
Yes......poor Paul.....his mom at 14 and then John whom he such a special relationship with and then....Linda.😥
😭 he didn't look phased.
@@butterflymustfly_1232 because his best friend since childhood had just been murdered and the press is hounding him with questions while he's just trying to leave. You can't expect someone in that position to act in a normal manner. He's also probably scared for his own safety and just wants to get home to his wife and kids.
lol i love referring to barbara walters as “the lady”
Ringo and his wife were on a plane to New York right away,to see how they could help his family.
My parents were married that day, December 8th, and they always said they felt it was a poor omen that they shared that date with him. They were married for 28 years before my father was killed in an accident. They loved each other very much, though, and I always think about how in those 28 years that they were married, John's legacy only continued to grow. They raised three children who incidentally adored The Beatles' and John's music long after his life had ended. The pieces we leave behind of ourselves are the pieces that those who loved us will carry after our time has come.
I had a friend who's birthday is 8 December, and another who's birthday was 16 August, the day Elvis died - to save you looking it up!
I sing Beautiful Boy to my son all the time. The lyric "I can hardly wait, to see you come of age" is always moving to me, as Sean was only five when John died.
Why did the guy neglect his oldest son?
RIP the two members of The Beatles
John Lennon (October 9, 1940 - December 8, 1980), aged 40
George Harrison (February 25, 1943 - November 29, 2001), aged 58
You both will be remembered as legends.
Wait goerge died??!
@@SpicyCoffee yup
@@SpicyCoffee dude it was only 20 years ago...
As you get older you realise how young George also was
Rip John Lennon, George Harrison, Stuart Sutcliffe, Pete Shotton, Eric Griffiths, Ivan Vaughan and Ken Brown
So terribly sad, recently saw Paul Mccartney in concert. John was up on the big screen and Paul was singing along and it felt like John was there. Definitely brought a tear and sounded so great! Such a great concert, one of the most memorable shows I've been to.
Reminds me of a Brian May performance when a halogram of Freddie Mercury came up and he reached out to him. It was incredibly heartbreaking.
I was there too!! Made me cry honestly. First time I heard the song, I didn’t even need to look it up, I instantly knew it was about John…
me too!! in orlando
@@storythief5887 Never heard the song??
saw "Got Back" in Syracuse, how cool
Ringo had the most sincere reaction to his old friend dying
I remember the day, I heard the news. Deep sense of losing an entire era in one moment, and it was indeed the loss of an era. Miss you John
I've seen Ringo's interview before, he looks so pained. So sad.
He does, doesn’t he?!!
In utter agony, bless him!!
Man, watching Ringo's response is totally heart wrenching.
John and ringo really loved eachother!even john before his death wrote song for ringo.
He asked them to stop and she said no.
@@Dontblamethemonkey yeah, heartless media witch
My music teacher, who we believed to be an absolute hater of any music other than classical, was crying in front of our class that morning, talking about John Lennon.
57 and it still hurts me.....I have been unable to listen to his solo work ever since.....cant make it through a single one without choking
up. I couldn't sleep the night it happened so i put on my headphones and tuned in my radio...it was almost one thirty and when i heard
every station playing the beatles i was sure they had announced a reunion.......then i heard the news...i was devastated......utterly and completely.....i ran down the hall and woke my brother with the news.....he instantly started crying....we were beatles maniacs....
i reiterate,,,,,im 57 and it still hurts me
George's reaction resonated most with me. My perspective is that when people die, they're never really gone. In our current state we can't see them anymore, but when we die, we'll see them again because then we'll be on the same plane, level, dimension, state of existence, whatever you want to call it.
Under normal circumstances, we all have a duration in life and when it's finished, it's done and we're moved on to the next phase.
You see it when people die naturally in old age and you look back/reflect on their life. Quite often, you see that they had their timespan with a definitive start, the things they did, impact they had on other people's lives and the world around them, and then everything gets tied up naturally and then the body breaks down and they pass away.
Sometimes, if you think about events and changes that occurred after their death, it's quite easy to see how they would have struggled and/or would have hated it.
It's kind of difficult to explain but there really is a tine and place for everything.
Similarly, when we meet someone we love or conceive a child, there are so many variables that - had one or two been different - an entirely different chain of events could have unfolded.
42 years later and John’s senseless killing remains to be the most painful moment in music history. I would have cried rivers if I were any of the remaining Beatles.
They have..most likely not in public tho.
I would've done the same thing when George died in 2001.
When Chester Bennington died, it kind of shocked me. That's someone I listened to as a teen child. I can only imagine the impact Lennon's death had on people who grew up listening to the Beatles.
@@allisonj905 dang, me too. When I heard the news about Chester's death from my sister, my vision suddenly went grayscale. I dunno how to explain it but colors had died out in my eyes for half a minute. It was shocking and depressing to me because a few months before he passed, I had a sudden thought about Chester like, out of the blue. And I felt afraid for his life but I dunno why I suddenly felt that. And I told myself, no. Maybe my imagination is just running wild. He won't die Anytime. But a few months in that same year, he died. So, yeah, I understand how Beatles fans felt.
Death of freddie mercury has to be up there as well. I know his death didn't come as a shock to him or his band, but it came as a shock to many people
My parents came home from Christmas shopping and me and my sister were preparing Lunch . We turned on the news and heard that John Lennon had been shot. That night I think I watched every thing about John Lennon and The Beatles that BBC had to show. I was 10 and although it was tragic news, it was when I became very interested in The Beatles and wanted to know everything about their music. That day is still a profund memory that shaped my life. That is why I’m a musician and teach the Guitar for a living. Thank you Beatles 💜
So glad you too had a chance to dismiss John's aunt Mimi wrong prophecy ("... The guitar's all right, but you'll never make a living out of it ...")
@@simpego81 Except tons of people have, Aunt Mimi. 😂
@@Maw0 I don't know how many thousands of people started to play guitar because of John Lennon, even indirectly (I started to play guitar because of Kurt Cobain, and Kurt started because of John) 🤣
I am happy for you to know that you are a guitar teacher that teaches music. Thank you for that.
That was beautiful. I'm a music lover as well. I don't think I'd be who I am today without rock music.
“It’s a drag, isn’t it?” will forever live on.
This is my favorite John Lennon song. I would sing it to my son when he was a baby. Every so often I’ll forward the song to him to let him know I’m thinking of him. He turns 40 in a few months! After John was shot the song makes me cry because I would think of him singing this to his own son Sean, and now he’s gone. RIP John 🥰🇺🇸
You can’t compare comments in an arranged interview years, even decades, later to comments made when someone shoves a microphone in your face a few hours after it happened. The latter is what happened to McCartney in the first one. Anyone who criticizes McCartney or suggests he wasn’t deeply affected by Lennon’s death has never suffered loss.
Exactly, mate - never ever suffered loss
And he suffered from loss twice only a few years later.
right
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My brother slated Paul mccartney for that comment. He did the same to me when I was working and heard the news that my other brother had died and I stayed at work. People are so quick to judge but I was accustomed to death by the time my brother died as I had 3 cats die the previous 2 years. I even buried one then went out to work after doing so. Sorry I'm grieving for my pet cuts no ice with my employer. And what good would staying home, or, in my brother's case, racing home do? Wouldn't bring anyone back.
It's obvious to a normal human being that Paul was in shock. Complete and utter shock. Look how we all felt. My mother said she was very depressed for over a week. She finally realized how much John's death affected her.
Can you imagine how Paul felt? Probably like part of his heart and soul was ripped from his mortal body. When we went and watched Get Back in the theater, I'd say 80% of the audience ( my wife and included) just started to sob. There was no controlling it, nor did we feel we had to. It was a beautiful shared moment amongst us old Beatles fans.
Yeah, and he also gave that interview hours after John died. The fact that people shoved cameras, lights, and microphone's in his face when he was clearly traumatized is unbelievable. There were probably hundreds of people swarming him and he looked like he could barely get his thoughts together. It's impressive how he remained gentle and kind-hearted. I can't imagine how much stress he must've felt. It's one thing to lose someone, buts it's another thing to have cameras shoved in your face after that loss. I would've probably started crying so props to him for keeping his composure.
✌🏻 and ❤
My parents were devastated too. Unfortunately, they consoled themselves with copious amounts of cocaine. Fucking hippies.
@@E_Clampus_Vitus Hippies used pot. We used coke. You're attacking the wrong generation. I was born in 58. I've been clean since 89.83-89 was nothing but a cocaine alcohol fuled porn movie. It cost me my restaurant,car,dignity and almost my life. I wish I just ran around with flowers in my hair. It would have saved alot of heartache and a few dead friends from drugs and alcohol abuse.
Wtf are you to say that? Maybe you’re not the normal human being, assuming you know exactly how someone you didn’t know felt about another person you didn’t know.
I visited the Dakota one week later. My sister and I had planned a trip to NYC for weeks. I was 14 and Double Fantasy was all over the radio. People were happy to hear Lennon's music on FM radio. The huge crowd outside the Dakota was united in sorrow and wailing, performing and singing his songs but mostly screaming and crying. No doubt, Lennon could hear such cries from high above.
Any time I'm grieving I'm going to come back to George's comments. That was beautiful. ❤
I spoke with Ringo on the phone in 1981, and I asked him (among other things) if the remaining Beatles had taken serious precautions to insure their protection in the wake of John’s assassination. He replied that, at first, they had bodyguards and took security measures for not only themselves, but their families as well. But after awhile, he commented, they eased up and didn’t feel they needed that degree of protection. (On a side note, George would later be attacked at his home by a knife-wielding assailant.)
Yeah. In Henley of all places, wouldn’t have surprised me as much if he lived down the road in Reading
The difference was his attacker did not have a gun, or he and Olivia would have been dead. They were able to overpower him, and hit him with a lamp till the cops came. If he had intended to shoot them, they would have died instantly.
Yep that's the difference alright. Seems any nutjob in america can get hold of a gun. Sometimes freedom's not all its cracked up to be
Can I ask why you got to speak with him?
@@Mr007jamster I spoke with Ringo on a Radio program hosted by Gary Owens. I had to wait quite a while for the screener, but when I finally spoke with him, I asked the question that I mentioned above. I was so excited that I took a cassette and recorded it. I found it online and I think that the program was called Ringo’s Magical Submarine Tour or something similar; I’ll have to check on that and get back to you.
I heard about John being killed, from the radio, on the freeway.
I violently pulled over.
The DJ said, 'Tonight a wacko emptied a gun into John Lennon' that word emptied got to me
I went into shock
hey
I GET U. MY SISTER SENT ME A MESSAGE WHEN PRINCE DIED. I HAD TO PULL OVER, GET OUT THE CAR AND VENT. HE WAS MY BIGGEST HERO.
I admire and revere them and there are not many people who don't. But the person i really feel for is Yoko. I choke a bit when i hear her reminiscence of the past. Lennon was a magnificent man, talented beyond the norm, soulful in the way he put out those lyrics and interpreted them - best of all cutting edged in his appraisal of people and events. There's a bit of John in all of us maybe this why we love him so much and can't let him go.
So sad. I am glad that you ended with the second clip of Paul. He had all his defences up in the first clip, the second was very tender.
William had learned from his misstake. Altough i am sure he did wake up people to the fact that he is not the real James Paul McCartney.
Wow. Imagine grieving the loss of a friend and people asking you all these questions and filming and taking pictures. (Paul)
"I didn't wanna sit at home today"
"Why?"
I wonder.? How would ahve they / the media felt like, if they would of been, in either of the former Beatle's place? I'll bet, they would of loved it = ( NOT ! )
@@alfredbenedek3398 When you are part of one of the most successful bands in history it comes with the territory I'm afraid. It's not like it was a small event, it was a huge loss and the whole world was in mourning whether you liked Lennon or not.
@@alfredbenedek3398 Take some English lessons ...........
He was mocking the interviewer he wasn't saying John's death was a drag. Why don't people get that? He was mocking the interviewer for trying to pry stuff out of him then not being happy about not getting much from paul. Plus he was also gobsmacked and wasn't prepared to have to deal with media after his best friend was killed. No one can be ready for that.
Yes, he was being sarcastic and was pissed that these people were in his face so soon after such a tragedy. I would have told them to shove off, I have no patience for this stuff.
absolutely, he was not going to give that interviewer what he wanted, he stayed aloof
Thats what i think, if my close friend died, last thing i need would be cameras and questions in my face
Yea I hope the people who criticised him for that took a good hard look at their own lives afterwards
I don't see any mockery. Nothing indicates that.
This was the darkest day I can remember involving the death of a celebrated person. I know I could hardly function myself. I was 21 at the time. John's death marked the end of childhood/adolescence for me and many others.
I was very young when it happened (I didn’t fully understand what had happened) and my parents and I were going somewhere in the car. I remember the news came on the radio and my mom was shocked. My mom is a big Beatles fan and she would play all of her Beatles albums for me when I was little which made me become a fan.
Paul handled that very well in that first clip. He didn't bite when they pried, he didn't elaborate for personal gain, he just processed it and answered the questions and when he could tell it wasn't going to go anywhere else he called for a cheers and called it a day. So many people nowadays want to make it about them. It wasn't about Paul, it was about John. Not the Beatles, not about the current politics, it was about John getting killed and he had the tact to know that.
People forget that each member of the Beatles is not only part of a generation where men were punished for public displays of emotion, but are all British besides, with their customary reticence. It's only after a long time passed that the three survivors felt they could say what was in their hearts, but that doesn't mean their hearts were never broken, because of course they were.
When you lose someone close to you and the shock wears off, you still deal with it the rest of your life.
Loved George 's reaction and explanation of how things really work.
I was 12 when this happened the Beatles were and still are my favorite band i remember where I was when I heard the news and it just seemed so unbelievable rip John and George
What a great loss. It seems like it was just yesterday we lost John and, at the same time, an eternity. Condolences to all his family, friends and all those that miss and love him.
Yes the all of us lost John, and it's obviously and undeniably we were all not able to forget John Lennon's musical ability.
I have to say that John’s death was one of the saddest days of my life! I was 6 years old when he was assassinated! My mother told me the news, and my heart was pulverized! He was my musical, humanitarian, and spiritual hero! He still is now, at my age of 47, and he will always be!
I remember my mother getting me dressed for school and I asked her why dad seemed so sad, she whispered, ‘John Lennon died last night’. I knew who he was but more so, I knew how important he was to my dad and it just made me feel sad all day in school
You are very very lucky in your life then
I wasn’t even born when he was murdered and yet it makes me unbelievably sad. I adore the Beatles‘ music 🎼❤🎼
Well said George... Nobody 'really' dies. It's just a body condition. The human suit remains here, but the spirit breaks free and never dies! God bless everyone.
If only that were true.
That is budist bullshit!
@@GreggyAck it is frfr
It is @@GreggyAck
George sees reality as it is. I always loved his spiritual songs and listening to the rare clips showcasing his wisdom.
Yes that was George's a kind of music the My Sweet Lord.
I wouldn't say, "showcasing". Rather, expressing or sharing ...
i mean not really. it's one perspective.
In a way his Persephone of death is both spiritual and philosophical.
@tommyagresti4797 - Cheers. Well said. George Harrison is/was one of those super rare, extremely talented, an amazing artist/musician - way wise beyond his years (or lifetimes/reincarnations). He was always tuned in and turned on to this journey of ours, here on Earth, we call 'Life'. ..and I'm rather sure he was rarely 'a drag'.
Kind. Loving. Sweet. Honest. Funny. Generous. Humble. Sensitive. Patient. Gentle. Thoughtful. Spiritual. Lovely. BEAUTIFUL.
RIP George. ...The most under-rated, under-appreciated Beatle. ..I hope I can be 1/1000th of the person you are/were.
The Beatles NEVER forgot who they were, or where they came from.
They were 5, then 4 working class fellas who wanted to make music. They made the most surreal music this planet has ever heard, or ever likely to hear again.
I often wonder if John had lived, could he have handled the way the world is now? Whether it would have worn him down until he faded? He should have had that choice.
John was killed when his spirit was at its strongest, he was free, and he still remains as such.
Nothing ever dies.
I believe that had he lived, the world today would have been a better place, or at least different.
Never forgot where they came from, but certainly didn't want to live in it! They would not be seen dead in Liverpool once they made it big. I once read there was a celebration in Liverpool, and Paul would not attend. They all bought houses in the south - didn't even move to the Wirral, or a posh part of Liverpool. Left it completely. Like Cilla Black, and Michael Jackson would not live in Indiana, once he had cash. Wanted luxury in California.
@@treasurehunteruk9718 people move on with their lives, just because you grow up somewhere doesn't mean you're suddenly obligated to live there and grow old there your whole life.
@@Ahnock Ringo was interviewed and said he misses nothing about Liverpool. Folks were so annoyed, they chopped his head off on a statue. They did not repair it, so now he is headless, really appreciated his roots .... Dolly Parton and Elvis both stayed in Tennessee, they did not scoot off somewhere better, once they were famous.
3:18 poor Ringo. So drunk, so sad, his whole face gives us a window into what it must’ve felt like. He’d lost another close friend Keith Moon so recently, too. He must’ve wondered what the fuck was next
It must have been such a surreal time for his loved ones. When someone passes so suddenly it almost doesn’t feel real and then one day it hits you and the pain of their loss is there forever. Ringo’s interview showed such a gentle and deep side of him. I lost my best friend tragically, it felt like I had been hit upside the head and my whole world was altered.
What they felt for each other was their own business, not ours.
George- what a beautiful soul
I honestly love Yoko Ono’s views on it. Her comment talking about the last version of John she knew is really touching to me
"Death is not the greatest loss in life. The greatest loss is what dies inside of us while we live."
- Norman Cousins
Well than, think 10Milloan more times? I went though thre agony of loding several of my beloved ones! In short, not ONE single person can be replaced, thatpassed away? Toomany people are going under ground, too many people want that piece of cake. . . !
Agreed. Grief does change us.
Death is only a loss to the living.
@@octavius8562 and, unless you believe in an after life, a loss of consciousness to the deceased
Amen 🙏💯
I was 15 when it happened..I was watching the 11 I 'clock news with my mom, in my home I grew up in, Deer Park NY. It was as though a floor dropped out from under my feet. It was surreal. Rip John.
16 in HS, it was a huge shock. In NYC living in The Bronx, school was somber, we played Beatles music and school was let out half day. I heard it on the radio getting ready to leave for school. It was a huge shock.
I love George's perspective!
Don’t know how anybody can claim that Paul was cold and unmoved in the face of John’s demise. He is blatantly in shock. Hasn’t had chance to process properly. People who don’t get the “it’s a drag” comment aren’t understanding the British method of dealing with the immediate aftermath of devastating tragedy, grief or trauma.
Additionally, shame on Barbara Walters for the “no” when Ringo requests to stop filming due to how upset he feels.
Oh come on. No one forced William to make a cold "It's a drag" statement. Real Paul would have mourned Lennon for real.
The beginning of the sixties was magic: the music, the culture, the color of everything, the optimism.
The beginning of the eighties however...
That 60s optimism died in 1970. Marvin’s What’s Going On, Johns Plastic Ono Band LP and Sly’s There’s a Riot Going On really portray that time period as a dark time for many people.
"Hold my beer" - 2000s
"Hi, we are the 2020s.. welcome to Jackass"
@@usagi18 funny how the theme song was called corona
The beginning of the 80s was fantastic for music
Ska two tone the mod revival
60s was the time where people came out of world wars and explore the world.
Imagine the day you found out your best friend died, pretty much family to you, and you have reporters asking you such absurd questions.
I was working at a California Tower Records location when John Lennon was shot and killed. On the next day (mid-morning) after his death, one of my work mates requested of me to conduct a moment of silence in tribute to him at 2pm. I do not remember everything I said, However I do recall expressing my heartfelt thanks to his greatness (along with the Beatles) for the musical joy and harmony he brought to our planet. I loved tved the Beatles , and I loved/luved John Lennon. Thanks Mark Swann for asking of me that day.
That’s very understandable and kinda morbidly relatable, the thing George says about just going back to sleep after getting the horrible news. If you’ve never gotten news like that it might seem callous or like he just didn’t care, but in reality it was exactly what he said. It’s your brain just trying to reject the information, and you just go back to sleep to avoid the reality of it. The sad thing with that is I’m sure when he woke up again there was a fraction of a second where he thought it was just a dream, or he forgot about the news he initially woke up to. But then that realization sank in that it was real and that’s just the worst feeling ever I can’t imagine their pain
I’ll always remember what I heard that night. I was in Dallas for a business meeting and had been in a crowded in-house bar watching Monday Night Football with the others. I decided to go up to my room and hit the bed. After a shave and a shower I climbed into bed and turned on a clock radio that was sitting on a nightstand next to the bed. At the time, Larry King had a nighttime radio talk show and I tuned into that. The very first words I heard him say were “And now for some unbelievably terrible news.” I got very little sleep that night.
I agree with the other posts here - Paul had to be in shock - still trying to process what happened. And then he has all these microphones in his face - he’s human - no way he should be expected to give a composed and thoughtful statement then.
Its amazing how much george's view on eternal souls negates all fear of death and grief of loss❤ amazing really
paul being sad is possibly one of the most heart breaking things anyone could ever see.
William was not sad. He was stone cold when he got the news.
When Ringo started to talk, I couldn't hold my tears. Such a big loss! We ❤️ u John...
yoko is sweet and kind and you can see that while she accepts his passing it still hurts her and she speaks of him with such love and with such longing
It's probably worse for her than anyone else, since she was standing there with him when he was shot
Who is she, I don't know much about the Beatles and Ive never heard of a yoko ono
@@lylahsworld3930John’s wife at the time
@@lylahsworld3930 she's an avant garde artist and was john lennon's wife. apparently she wrote much of the 'imagine' lyrics and a few of john's songs but his pride wouldn't let her have the credit.
I suppose over the years she traversed through the 5 stages of greaf to find acceptance.
Wow. Thanks for sharing. ..I was born in '81. ..Was listening to the cassette tapes of MMT, Seargent Peppers, Revolver, and the White Album regularly by age 7 or 8. (Thanks Dad for recording your Vinyl to tape (major downgrade), and saturating my mind with what is now such a SOLID musical foundation I will carry with me through this lifetime - and hopefully several more.)
Even though John was 'tecnically' before my time, he has been one of my strongest influencers to this day. I've teared up several times while lost in thought about that TRAGIC night. How? What? of ALL people..
-As I entered my teens, I found grunge - or it found me. I was no longer an innocent, naive 7 yr old spinning in circles to I am the Walrus, Penny Lane, Rocky Racoon, and Bungalo Bill!! ..The wicked 90's form of 'teenage angst' ended up delaying my innevitable transition to an easy going Deadhead thats been to over 50 Phish shows - for about 10-15 years. lol) NiRVANA was it. Kurt was all over my walls. I listened often. I read & analyzed every lyric - then wrote them all over my notebooks in school, etc. I couldn't wait for In Utero and MTV Unplugged to be released. Was always thinking about/planning on going to my very first concert. I found 'my Beatles'. Etc. Etc.
..Then it happened. It just seemed - and still seems, just really weird. My thoughts didn't make sense. Kurt was supposed to get all old looking and make a YT video of him playing 'Old Age' in acoustic-Unplugged style - SEE: th-cam.com/video/Tp6Y38EyAuQ/w-d-xo.htmlsi=wQX3gp6-Ivwwvts6
OK. Full Circle: Kurt was a huge Beatles fan - especially of John. ..It wasn't until Kurt died that I even thought about John Lennon's beyond tragic murder. As incomprehensible and worrld-shattering as it was; I wasn't a born-too-late-soul that will never understand Beatlemania or John Lennon. It took death to understand death.
John Lennon and Kurt Cobain were very different people in many ways - but, also very similar in many others. .. I missed out on the life and death of John Lennon/the Beatles - but I found my own John.. and my own Bealtlemania.. -Nirvanamania.
.....Sorry for soooo many words. I got a bit carried away in my thoughts. If it ends up just being incoherant rambling, it's prob bc I'm still struggling to make sense of the tragically short lives of such culture-changing geniuses - John & Kurt, ..and Jerry & PigPen, ..and Jimi, ..and Janis, ..and The Lizard King, ..Brian Jones, ..Shannon Hoon, ..Tupac, ..Biggie, ..Ronnie VanSant & Duane Allman, ..Elvis, ..Buddy Holly & Richie Vallens, ..Otis Reading, ..Freddie Mercury, ..Amy Winehouse. (off top of my head)
You know, for all the memes about Yoko’s singing it was very welcomed and refreshing to hear her speak for herself. She definitely has an eloquence to her.
Hard disagree. I've read all the books and she was always portrayed as a horrible person with a very selfish agenda. She got what she worked for, the wealth and everyone knows who she is.
No shade on you but this is how most people see her.
Paul’s real reaction was the song "Here Today", the video you put is his reaction after being harassed by the press asking him about the death of his best friend
i didnt know that! thanks for letting me know
John a Paul - Mí viejo amigo, piensa en mí de vez en cuando -.
You never die when you're such a legend. His legacy and music made him eternal. ❤
His eternal time is now with the devil.
He died just fine when the guy shot him.
People are saying they didn't care but when someone dies your brain just shuts off like you're just standing there frozen and you can't process it that's why they spoke weird bc it just feels like a dream almost, and of course they cared
they were like 4 brothers
Ringo asks for the reporter to stop and she's just like "no."
For all of those judging Paul's reaction to the press. You are basing how you think he felt by a 10 second news clip. Did he only find out right then and there so that is his first reaction? How would you feel if you were upset all day but then have people you don't know throwing microphones in your face expecting you to fall to the ground sobbing for the camera, when you just wanted to get home to grieve?
Linda said she came home that morning to find Paul in the doorway crying. His brother said Paul could barely talk on the phone when he called. Denny Lane was in the studio with him and other friends that day and said they talked about John all day with Paul holding back tears. Should they have taken cameras into his home that morning to get his reaction when he first woke up to hear the news?
Exactly. Thank you!
Sudden or slow, when death comes its never what one expects.
*it's
i can’t imagine yoko’s pain. watching that happen. i wouldn’t wish it on anyone.
Think about Seddy Boone
The pain in ringo’s eyes. :(
Paul was fucking annoyed. His best friend in the world just fucking died and he's being heckled and nobody will let him be. People really took that out of context.
"let him be" lol
Him and John both went through many struggles as teenagers. Both lost their mothers. Both went through a lot of trauma. Both recorded many tapes and played at many stages. Lennon and Paul were a great duo. John Lennon did beat up a dj at Paul’s birthday party which made Paul kinda mad but they were still friends
The guy who shot John Lennon is so evil
My cousin was in the same class as George in junior school, he said he was a really quiet lad, who at at the back.
John Lennon will always be missed such a wonderful talent and good soul
He's a genius! That's why!
The guy was trying his hardest not to break apart in front of everyone, when he said “ it’s a drag isn’t it?”, he was basically telling the reporter to get lost
You could see Paul was in total shock.
Then why did William make a cold "It's a drag" statement ?
I feel so sad about the criticism Paul got for his comments in the immediate aftermath and shock of grief. I handle grief similarly; dry humor creates distance from the pain. He’s clearly far away and struggling but the press wouldn’t leave him alone, and people are still criticizing his response to this day. He loved John and is still grieving him now.
William did not handle the media well in this video. Real Paul would have mourned Lennon. The real Paul was a class act.
Paul was expecting someone to say a word, not for him, but for him. Shock was a commodity abundant in that clip.
The rutten media was abusing the situation, for their benefits! With moronic questions! They didn't even say John's name right?! They, al of thegussip medial should get back this kinde of a treatment one day,while they are alive, under a simmilar circumstances! I would like to see, how they like it??!
@@alfredbenedek3398 they should’ve been kneeling before their lords imo
Their reactions all felt so different but alike at the same time. Paul didn't seem to know what to say, George sounded like an enlightened monk, Ringo looked like he was going to break down and Yoko sounded so wise. But what they all had in common was that they spoke from the soul.
I was 4mo old when John was killed but I have seen Ringo Starr and his AllStar band twice in the following years. Beatles rip !
"A drag isn't it" was clearly said as a snarky remark to the intrusive reporter. The reporter asks for the SECOND time when exactly did he hear about it, thus forcing to get back into that godawful moment which probably was the last drop for Paul. So he looks at the reporter with contempt and says the phrase snarkily as in 'yeah, you're enjoying this, aren't you' and then quickly bids farewell and retreats.
If anyone doubts how Paul felts/feels - check a by now famous video of Paul talking about Chris and Val and afterwards listening to "Beautiful Boy." 'nuff said.
William did not handle Lennons death well and that is why he made a cold "It's a drag" statement. When George Harrison died William had learned his lesson and did not make "It's a drag" 2.0.
Ringo was the only one that really showed emotion. It's tough to be a man sometimes and let that show. He showed his colors. Great guy.
It was a Liverpool thing to not show much emotion.
More of a British thing I'd say back then before we became americanised and the old stiff upper lip got tossed away. Nowadays everyone's supposed to spill their guts and cry their eyes out so those living vicariously can get their fill. It's obscene,
@@catscan2022lol, expressing your emotions is healthy, please
@@littlemissmello maybe but some people emote far more than they rationalise which is definitely not healthy
@@catscan2022 And some people rationalize far more than they emote, equally bad, so don't see your point.
Sometimes in some John songs I hear a Paul influence, either directly or indirectly. I hear the same with some of Paul's songs. It makes sense that Paul liked Beautiful Boy. It sounds like it could have been a Paul song.
I’ve heard Paul refer to John as a beautiful boy many years later before he inducted him into the rock and roll hall of fame.