He was still in a state of shock. I honestly don’t know how anyone would not understand that. Paul was never one to cry in public or be overtly emotional before the cameras.
He was in shock and regret about not having their closeness again. It was too brutal and he had to walk away when the guy said ... something about a bummer.
He also may have thought that any of the people in the crowd might shoot him at any moment.. I think it's pretty brave of him to hang around and say anything to anyone. Jeez.. Give the guy a break..
"Paul was criticized for giving the press a cold statement..." His friend and colleague for so many years had just been gunned down and mics were being thrust in his face as he was asked stupid questions. What did the vultures expect?
Paul was still going through the seven stages of grieving and his statement may have had some denial in it. If ever there is a time when Paul can not come up with the perfect lyric it could be the day his lifelong friend is murdered.
Paul and John were so close for so many years. When Lennon was shot, it's quite possible that Paul knew he couldn't talk to the press without breaking up, so he avoided them. The press is often too aggressive with people as well known as the Beatles.
Could you "imagine" the crowd reaction if they did show up at SNL? Even if they didn't play anything, it would have been incredible to see them together one more time.
That happened to me with a friend of mine. He connected after he passed . He was 44. A hell of a lead . He taught me guitar. Knew all on The Beatles! Charles Maldera. I was 46! He was my little brother! Rest well Charles! Miss ya! All those happy years that use to be! My friend & brother! See ya in my dreams!
The song that really made McCartney cry was John Lennon's "Beautifiul Boy". In a televised interview for BBC Radio's "Desert Island Disks", he selected the song and visibly broke down as it played, folding his arms, biting his lip, looking away from the camera, and swaying from side to side in his chair until the the camera panned away to spare his embarrassment. The song includes the words "every day, in every way, it's getting better and better", which were Lennon's last words to McCartney not long before he was murdered.
His Last Words to Paul Were something like "Think of me every now and then my old friend". Words of a True Friend...and I would like to believe they will remain Friends through all of Eternity. We are all Blessed to have recieved a "Huge Slice of That Partnership" through all the Lovely Words that they formed into Beautiful Songs...that surely "Will Last Through Eternity" ! 😇💕
I believe that song was absolutely channeled from John to Paul. What a lovely story. So many people wanted to see them together just one more time. Wouldn’t that have been amazing? 💕😪
Paul is british, He doesn’t show his emotions in public during those times. For all we know he must have been on denial that it was true. He had to process it first or ask the other Beatles first. Imagine yourself being asked, shoved microphones on your face asking you what can you say about your dad or your husband’s sudden death. It was sudden. It’s hard to process and accept that it’s true. It’s real. They had bitter split but they love each other. They were happy as kids and young man until their manager passed suddenly too.
The narrator said with the world was in shock, but Paul, his longtime friend, massive music collaborator and band mate isn't supposed to be in shock???? Everyone doesn't react the same after hearing traumatic and shocking news and to criticize Paul in that moment, was very ignorant & cruel! Perkins woke up in the middle of the night with those lyrics to My old Friend! There is no doubt that John channeled Carl for Paul. What an amazing connection!
Oh God, now i am sitting here blubbing... so touching, so sad, but so glad that Paul got that message from John and i don't doubt for one minute that it came from him...
What a beautiful song!! I also believe it was channeled through John. They had a special bond which was unique in the music industry in the late 50’s. They changed the world of music that can never be compared or forgotten. Each one of them brought their own unique talents. Thank God we still have their music.
The passing of my wife makes me think of her and everything. I say it long to her if ever, I would leave you a few weeks before she passed away, and I always thought of her like that she was my princess.
@hitPaulmccartney5ontele_gram My view is this: For many years now, whenever some tragedy falls upon people, there is always some media individual there, putting a microphone in people's faces, asking them how they feel. Good grief! These people are in shock, with loved ones seriously harmed or killed. They do not need microphones in their faces, nor do they need strangers asking ridiculous questions. Whether the person is famous or not, they need to be given proper regard. This kind of exploitation is reprehensible.
The thing is, over a lifetime time, that type of separation can happen in friendships. I believe it is not uncommon for friends to drift apart over a long period of time. It is just a part of life.
True … it happened in my life … perhaps because old friends can get so close that we eventually become … with all the protocol barriers let down … annoyed and annoying.
Yes, it does happen, it happened to me. It is heartbreaking, but life interferes and people drift apart. I tried to reconnect with my old friend, but my attempt was not reciprocated.
@@ladymarjorie3777 thank you for your comment. I can feel the sadness in your comment. Grief from the losses in our lives, is probably the toughest thing about being alive.
Best friends often separate after one or both get married.The best man at my wedding got married himself. I was never invited to the wedding, and only found out years later from someone. I have only seen him once or twice in 25 years or more, and then for only perhaps 5 minutes. You never know someone until you know they were a complete pos all along. I deeply regret ever becoming friends with someone who turned out to be a cold hearted asshole, possibly due to a controlling wife.
There is something to be said about not leaving things too late, to make it up with an old friend. As long as it doesn't tale you to the reason why you broke up your friendship -
Beautiful video and makes us realise what gifts we were given by Paul and John, if indeed it was ever doubted and such a wonderful touch the words from the universe via Carl!
A long time ago I was an announcer for a Radio Station KVLY in South Texas. I worked the overnight shift. When I reached the lobby it was dark with just a candle. Went to the recording studio and another candle. The evening announcer Don Crow burst out “John Lennon got shot and he is dead.” I didn’t react and went about my business. Sometimes amidst tragedy the brain filters things out. Don knew I loved John and Paul’s work. My memory if correct would show me that night as, so what. I deeply loved the lads and perhaps some day I’ll see them again yonder where things are better.
My heart breaks for Paul. The most generous and warm of them all. He has always been selfless. McCartney 3 is a great record if you want to really hear the pain that he still lives with.
The news of John's death came as breaking news during the Tonight Show. The next evening a friend and i went to the Dakota. Outside of the entrance gate people started leaving flowers and things. We didn't have anything to leave. The only store open nearby was a fruit stand so I bought a green apple and put it on top of the pile. I still see it when they show old news clips of the people gathered outside the Dakota on that sad, sad day.
The media seldom got anything right when talking about the Beatles. I loved them at first sight and song. John and George were my crushes. John's biting wit captured my 13 year old heart❤ George was so shy.... I always thought Paul was so full of himself and Ringo... I never really paid attention to him until late in life. He's a gem❤
@AndersonSmith-kk8vr Well, funny you mentioned that because I am working on an art project about that very topic but it's going to be expressed in a very original way. I'm going up to New York City next month to have a gallery take a peek at my new collection. I don't know what they will say but I know I've done something different and I'm glad about it. Where are you writing from? It looks European but you sound American.
You can tell how much he liked George Harrison too, when they did the Carl Perkins & Friends concert in the mid 80's with other guest artists. George was a big fan of Carl's growing up, as was Ringo. I think Carl was thrilled that the Beatles, in their prime, played some of his rockabilly music.
I'm a huge 'Beatles" fan ever since "I Want To Hold Your Hand" and I never heard this story. I was aware of the close friendship between Paul McCartney and John Lennon. Their friendship seems a bitter sweet ending after the death of John Lennon. Very sad.
@@optimusprime732able Yoko Ono was not very well liked by most people, especially by Beatles fans.She tried to control every aspect of his life. Example: None of the Beatles's wives were not ever allowed in their recording studio while they were recording their songs. Ringo Starr's wife and Paul McCartney's wife understood the importance of that rule but not Yoko. She demanded to sit in on their recording sessions right next to John Lennon and would openly critique what she thought was wrong with a particular song and often disrupted the Beatles sessions. There was an incident when John Lennon tried to make her stay home while the band was recording Abby Road. But she got so angry that she actually tied herself to a fence that was near the studio and screamed, causing so much disruption to the whole area until John had to let her inside the studio. Eventually her shameful and shameless behavior caused serious descention among the other members of the band, especially Paul McCartney and Richard Starkey that they parted ways and broke up forever. She also isolated him from his son, Julian and family. She was a very controlling and disgraceful woman who not many people like to this day. I never liked her. And I felt very sad for his son, Julian who she refused John to even acknowledge as his son.
This was magic to find this gem out about McCartney and Lennon. I would have loved to have seen these 2 just show up at SNL to collect that $3,000 check. That would've been one epic moment 4-Sure. Fate had it that them getting together was just not to be. What a legacy that's left to the world, and for generations 100 yrs. from now can enjoy both on video and audio. Peace Out.
The skit on SNL was George Harrison was the musical guest that night and Lorne Michaels joked that Michaels expected all the Beatles would have to show up for the $4000 so he'd only give Harrison 1/4 of that. Probably because GH was scheduled to be on that's the only reason John and Paul had their TV turned on and heard the offer.
@@dannyvine3605 I heard another version long ago of the story. But in that story, all four of them had gathered at John's apartment. Lorne repeated the offer on air and they all hopped in a car to go down there. But they got lost and went back to the apartment. Beatles stories seem to be like that - they change as to who is telling them. But it was at the time of the Saturday Night Live show offer when they were getting all kinds of offers. They had insisted they would NOT do it just for money. The biggest at that time was something ridiculous like 5 million (I even want to say $500 million, but at the time, those amounts for singing a few songs was super ridiculous) from Lew Grade. Doing SNL would have been so like them.
@@karenp1687 The version I gave I read somewhere from an interview with Paul. He mentions them being "too tired" due to drinking wine and smoking dope. The Beatles were offered £2 million ($4 million) in 1969 to do 13 USA shows. Then again in 1976 they were offered in the region of $30 million. According to the Beatles promoter, Sid Bernstein, John considered the latter offer then changed his mind. Paul wanted to do the 1969 shows because he felt the Beatles had lost their audience, but did not want to do the 1976 shows (not surprising as he was doing tours with Wings). George and Ringo I am not sure of their replies. Probably waiting for John's reply?
They were all under tremendous pressure most of their lives on top of dealing with the normal troubles of family and daily life there will never be again music like there music was and is
I agree. It would be a major shock to learn of the death of a life long friend. Plus factor in the media people getting in your face asking about it. It brought me to tears that the last words John ever spoke to Paul ended up as a line in Perkin's song. It was meant to be. It was John reaching out to Paul from beyond. His way to say hey, I'm okay and we will meet again.
I remember watching that episode of SNL the night Lorne Michaels offered that money to the Beatles to perform on the show. What a piece of history that would have been for them to show up on set.
Definitely and it was completely normal. I didn't believe it myself. Senseless act of horror by a sick individual who should never be paroled. Paul remains by favorite Beatle.
I always think of the music that they could have contributed to the great stuff that they made together! A sad musical break up indeed! But thats life ay.
I like that.........as someone who plays for fun......it's always amazes me you get a good night sleep wake up happy pick up the guitar and out comes an idea like it just arrived from something from a mysterious place and expressed itself thru the fingers. Lyrics arrive like that to. Early bike rides can turn up treasures too.......I'm always finding money and jewelry.
They were fine...this intense rivalry everyone talks about only lasted a couple of years. They only met up a few times after not because of any animosity, but because they both had other priorities. Their families, their own careers. It's like moving out of your parents house. Its not like you feel any less about your brothers and sisters, but youre obviously not going to see them as often anymore. Paul and John were just as close as ever when they almost appeared on SNL, they just had other things going on. Me and my husband had to tell one of his friends that hes had since high school to stop just turning up at our door and to call first because well, WE WERE MARRIED and sometimes dont want him randomly there or god forbid while were in the middle of some...marital times. John had a baby that he was taking care of full time, something that he wasnt used too doing and that he was trying to make up for failing at in his past. Its perfectly understandable to want him to call first. there wasnt any really big rift here, just two friends growing up.
haha, that's sweet! My mom and Gram lived in Liverpool but left in 1924 for Canada. They actually lived in the Beatle's neighborhood. It was West Derby. I was told that by a Beatle friend named John Quinn who still lives there. He is my Facebook friend. My Gram has a Paul Mc Cartney accent. But she passed in 1976 from the flu vaccination shot, jab. It gave her a massive heart attack. I didn't realize till covid came to us.
Paul and John were as close as two people can be. They started from nothing and changed the world together. In a normal lifespan, there was plenty of time to let things settle. That’s all they needed. MDC and a handgun took it all away.
I was a US Navy Corpsman stationed at Camp Lejeune in 1980. I was 28 years old. When I heard of John's passing 😢. My first response was to call my best friend. I'm 70 years old now. Still haunts me every day 😢. Peace ✌️ to all!
Exactly, we don't know how their "rift" would have healed over the years. I mean, Lennon died only 10 years after the "divorce". They simply didn't have time to heal, but I think they would have.
The words spoken between John/Paul, and then ending up in hands of their beloved icon, was what is known as a synchronicity (and a STRONG one!). Not a mistake, and you know you are on the right path in life, when they happen often! They are meaningful, they are real, and they are borderline paranormal, if not actually paranormal!
Synchronicity and Synchronicity II are The Police’s’ best songs, in my opinion. And yes, Paul was in complete shock and denial. I remember seeing that clip when it happened. I was 14, and I could easily see Paul was being cornered by cruel and vicious reporters who cared nothing for him or John.😢
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I'm not really one of those "Do you remember where you were" kind of people, with the exception of the death of John Lennon. I was a teenager at the time, and was extremely into everything Beatles. I was asleep (half asleep anyway) laying in bed with the radio playing, and it came on the radio, which caused me to immediately shoot awake. I can remember the entire day was spent in disbelief. I spent the next days, and weeks searching for every article/ story about the event I could find. His death just really hit me hard.
Paul wasn't working on Tug Of War yet, it was his Cold Cuts album project he was working on at the time on December 8,1980, it was permanently shelved. After John's murder, Paul began work on theTug Of War album.
Actually , he was working on Tug Of War while also working on Cold Cuts, TOW was supposed to be the next Wings album, but became the next solo album after disbanding Wings in the wake of John’s passing. He also didn’t stop working on Cold Cuts, the final session for it was in 1987 and was supposed to come out but instead we got All The Best, which was supposed to include Waterspout
Paul only wanted that early friendship that was so important to both of them. It was wrong for Lennon to turn him away, even if he was polite. Sean would have loved that his father stopped paying attention to him because Paul McCartney was visiting. The song Here Today is another to hear about the post-Beatles friendship among them
@@lanho3856 As a matter of fact I had some good pot. John didn't have to ignore Sean but include him. "Look kid, this is Paul. Him and I had a band called The Beatles"
@@GargeBarge I guess I'm an 80's kid. Parents were doing their thing and we were trying motorcycles, listening to Rock 'n' Roll albums they hated. I love my folks, but I Iove the fact that I was free.
Wow... Crazy and somewhat sad history. I was a freshman in HS when Lennon was shot. I think I was the only kid in the classroom that understood the significance. A few years later I worked across the street from the Dakotas, walking past it's castle-like ominence, to sunbathe in Central Park. After college, a good friend of mine became Yoko Ono's art-assistant for quite a long while, and another was her music-manager. I met Yoko, briefly, at a gallery opening, and also saw McCartney at another. Random (useless) social archives from a native NYer... 🤫
@@amypagekaviani5661 I agree. It still bothers me from time to time that, as far as I know, John and Yoko never used the services of bodyguards. The Killer, apparently, knew that also.
I had a difficult time with johns death. I grew up with the Beatles. One evening as I lay in bed a message came into my heart. It was John. The first thing he was relating to me was that if I kept grieving I would be helping to bind him to the earth where he didn't belong anymore. He had to grow in death just as in life. I know now there are different levels in death as there are in life. Then I heard the music....... Death means " so long" it don't mean I'm gone. Death is * so long* but it don't mean I'm gone. Sounds exactly like something John would say. I felt the communication with him in my heart and soul. I learned something that nite. Thank you brother John. ❤❤❤❤😢❤❤❤❤❤
I remember when the Beatles were younger, just starting out. They were amazing and every girl wanted to be theirs. Even though we all knew that was ridiculous and nothing more than childish imaginings. Still…we wondered. Mostly about Paul. Who wouldn’t be crazy about that dreamy smile and dark hair that we loved watching him shake when the lyrics of a song called for it? ***SIGH*** a girl can dream!!
As short at it is this is a good summation of the relationship between John and Paul after the Beatles split. They were never able to get back to the friendship they'd had. It was perhaps the biggest price they paid for the fame and success they'd had (it was even sadder between Paul and George). But there was always love there. Hard for either to express but they had it.
That was sad. Who would have ever thought that could be a situation. I'm sure we eventually have our regrets in our lives. We eventually have no choice but to move on.
From seeing the Beatles at our lunch time sessions at the Cavern as a kid in Liverpool, doing cover versions of American Artist thy loved, which they learnt from records brought back from New York, by the Liverpool Cunard Yanks, Liverpool lads who worked on the Cunard Liners sailing between Liverpool & New York. To become the biggest covered group in the World.
McCartney wrote Silly Love Songs after a meeting with John at the Dakota. He offered John and Yoko tickets to his show at Madison Square Garden and John declined, saying it would just be a load of silly love songs.
What were the chances that two once in a lifetime talents like Lennon and McCartney would meet and be in the same band? To lose such a close friend in that way hurts.
Paul McCartney was hurting so bad when he heard about John's death and is still hurting to this day and so am I and I will think about John Lennon and George Harrison every now and then forever Beatle fan forever and a Day
Such a lesson for us; death is final we can not say goodbye { think about me know and them my old friend}♡♡♡ nor I am sorry or I LOVE you ♥️ not matter what
"Some guy turns up at the door". Some guy, huh? Lennon was a sob, but I have to think that Yoko was worried Paul was stealing John away and planted that bad seed. Paul was on top of the music scene while John was absent. So Paul was probably stopping by for charitable reasons as I'm sure he was concerned about John's mental state. And he had good reason to be concerned wondering how John was dealing with Yoko's mind games.
The original Paul died. The new Paul was not as close with John. How come Sir Paul seems to have blue eyes? And his ears don't stick out as much as they used to.
@@SusanGoldberg-l9p - I didn't think there were any brain rots left posting these Paul comments that have not aged well. Tell Elvis hello as I'm sure he must be staying at your house too.
I think you are right and I thought that same thing. JL was basically a househusband and sort of getting stale with the whole music scene. I think McCartney just wanted to get him a little more enthusiastic about music. Plus, he genuinely cared about him. I was sort of like that with a guy that I played in a band with for over twenty years, who died of pancreatitis last year. You can be close than brothers at times, when you are involved in music.
I like Carl Perkins. I could see why the Beatles liked him. The Beatles done some of his songs I believe Ringo son honey don’t. Paul had said one time and my Beatles anthology DVD set Paul, said that they were like old army buddies. I think if John would’ve never died over a period of time they would’ve gotten back to gather. But with the death of George Harrison in 2001 and John’s death in 1980 left no hope for them ever being together again. In a way that’s kind of sad. I’m just glad Paul and Ringo are still alive. I have a lot of musicians that have passed away that I dearly love and miss John Lennon are two of them. Glenn Frey of the Eagles is another one. But some of the old rock legends are still alive and I’m glad they are. Thanks for the video. Have a beautiful day.👍🏼🎸❤️😪
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Paul was not cold, he was in disbelief. He was in denial while being interviewed.
TRUE! Very True!
He was still in a state of shock. I honestly don’t know how anyone would not understand that. Paul was never one to cry in public or be overtly emotional before the cameras.
He was in shock and regret about not having their closeness again. It was too brutal and he had to walk away when the guy said ... something about a bummer.
He was actually empathizing with the reporters who were also distraught about Lennon’s murder when he said it’s a drag, isn’t it! Imo.
He also may have thought that any of the people in the crowd might shoot him at any moment.. I think it's pretty brave of him to hang around and say anything to anyone. Jeez.. Give the guy a break..
"Paul was criticized for giving the press a cold statement..." His friend and colleague for so many years had just been gunned down and mics were being thrust in his face as he was asked stupid questions. What did the vultures expect?
Paul was still going through the seven stages of grieving and his statement may have had some denial in it. If ever there is a time when Paul can not come up with the perfect lyric it could be the day his lifelong friend is murdered.
Death is a heartache no one can heal, but love is a memory no one can steal.
Solid
Aww yes indeed.
excellent
Beautiful statement!
Wow!❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
Paul and John were so close for so many years. When Lennon was shot, it's quite possible that Paul knew he couldn't talk to the press without breaking up, so he avoided them. The press is often too aggressive with people as well known as the Beatles.
Yes I feel your right.
Could you "imagine" the crowd reaction if they did show up at SNL? Even if they didn't play anything, it would have been incredible to see them together one more time.
They did boss ..
@@fovea3263 No ! But sometime ?
@@fovea3263 George Harrison did but Lennon/McCartney never did.
It sucks that that didn't happen. It's unbelievably sad, and it sucks!
Everyone watched SNL back then. I can remember watching and everyone was hoping that it would happen but unfortunately, it didn't.
Paul wasn’t cold to the media. He didn’t want to talk to them about John Lennon dying!!!
I didn’t want to talk about it either. Only the vultures from the media looking for sound bites who showed no respect for someone’s grief.
That happened to me with a friend of mine. He connected after he passed . He was 44. A hell of a lead . He taught me guitar. Knew all on The Beatles! Charles Maldera. I was 46! He was my little brother! Rest well Charles! Miss ya! All those happy years that use to be! My friend & brother! See ya in my dreams!
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Feel really sorry about what happened to John Lenton, but the wacky baccy will help Paul
These musical geniuses gave the world volumes of unmatched work that will never be forgotten and will never get old.
Just the story of the first time Paul heard the last verse and burst into tears was enough to make ME cry.
The song that really made McCartney cry was John Lennon's "Beautifiul Boy". In a televised interview for BBC Radio's "Desert Island Disks", he selected the song and visibly broke down as it played, folding his arms, biting his lip, looking away from the camera, and swaying from side to side in his chair until the the camera panned away to spare his embarrassment. The song includes the words "every day, in every way, it's getting better and better", which were Lennon's last words to McCartney not long before he was murdered.
That song makes me cry because Sean was 5 when his father was murdered. The realization that Sean had to grow up without a father was painful.
@@melissacooper8724What about Julian? He basically grew up without him too, and John was still alive.
@@chrispavlich9656 I almost forgot about Julian. And I agree that he had it worse than Sean.
His Last Words to Paul Were something like "Think of me every now and then my old friend". Words of a True Friend...and I would like to believe they will remain Friends through all of Eternity.
We are all Blessed to have recieved a "Huge Slice of That Partnership" through all the Lovely Words that they formed into Beautiful Songs...that surely "Will Last Through Eternity" !
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Thanks for the info and not have to listen to an overly drawn out narrative.
I believe that song was absolutely channeled from John to Paul. What a lovely story. So many people wanted to see them together just one more time. Wouldn’t that have been amazing? 💕😪
You know you’re an icon when ‘some guy’ in your life is Paul McCartney.
i would hazard that he was being a bit sarcastic. the liverpudlian way
I feel so bad for Paul. One of your closest friends just died and the whole media was all over you.
He and John both had that same look when the reporters were shoving microphones at them when they had just found out Brian had died.
Paul is british, He doesn’t show his emotions in public during those times. For all we know he must have been on denial that it was true. He had to process it first or ask the other Beatles first. Imagine yourself being asked, shoved microphones on your face asking you what can you say about your dad or your husband’s sudden death. It was sudden. It’s hard to process and accept that it’s true. It’s real. They had bitter split but they love each other. They were happy as kids and young man until their manager passed suddenly too.
Terrible.
The narrator said with the world was in shock, but Paul, his longtime friend, massive music collaborator and band mate isn't supposed to be in shock???? Everyone doesn't react the same after hearing traumatic and shocking news and to criticize Paul in that moment, was very ignorant & cruel!
Perkins woke up in the middle of the night with those lyrics to My old Friend! There is no doubt that John channeled Carl for Paul. What an amazing connection!
Oh God, now i am sitting here blubbing... so touching, so sad, but so glad that Paul got that message from John and i don't doubt for one minute that it came from him...
Paul McCartney was a great friend to John Lennon.Paul McCartney a awesome singer and song writer.May John Lennon RIP 💐
I will think of John and George every now and then Rest in Peace because we fans miss and love you both always Amen
What a beautiful song!! I also believe it was channeled through John. They had a special bond which was unique in the music industry in the late 50’s. They changed the world of music that can never be compared or forgotten. Each one of them brought their own unique talents. Thank God we still have their music.
Yes indeed.
A beautiful and sad story, so well told, so well told.
John and Paul, two amazingly talented men, but ultimately just 2 guys who were friends and liked to bake bread.
The passing of my wife makes me think of her and everything. I say it long to her if ever, I would leave you a few weeks before she passed away, and I always thought of her like that she was my princess.
That is exactly right, "Cold attitude TOWARD THE MEDIA,". The media asks ridiculous, callus questions of people in shock. They deserve cold answers.
The media are nothing but vultures!
Yes!
@hitPaulmccartney5ontele_gram My view is this: For many years now, whenever some tragedy falls upon people, there is always some media individual there, putting a microphone in people's faces, asking them how they feel. Good grief! These people are in shock, with loved ones seriously harmed or killed. They do not need microphones in their faces, nor do they need strangers asking ridiculous questions. Whether the person is famous or not, they need to be given proper regard. This kind of exploitation is reprehensible.
Right. Paul wasn't cold to them, they were cold to Paul.
The thing is, over a lifetime time, that type of separation can happen in friendships. I believe it is not uncommon for friends to drift apart over a long period of time. It is just a part of life.
True … it happened in my life … perhaps because old friends can get so close that we eventually become … with all the protocol barriers let down … annoyed and annoying.
Yes, it does happen, it happened to me. It is heartbreaking, but life interferes and people drift apart. I tried to reconnect with my old friend, but my attempt was not reciprocated.
@@ladymarjorie3777 thank you for your comment. I can feel the sadness in your comment. Grief from the losses in our lives, is probably the toughest thing about being alive.
Best friends often separate after one or both get married.The best man at my wedding got married himself. I was never invited to the wedding, and only found out years later from someone. I have only seen him once or twice in 25 years or more, and then for only perhaps 5 minutes. You never know someone until you know they were a complete pos all along. I deeply regret ever becoming friends with someone who turned out to be a cold hearted asshole, possibly due to a controlling wife.
I lost track of several friends and when I tried to re-connect found out they had died.....haunts me
Paul sang this song when he was live in Pittsburgh. It brought tears to my eyes. RIP John and may your memory be blessing.
Well that's two of us who shed a tear.
There is something to be said about not leaving things too late, to make it up with an old friend. As long as it doesn't tale you to the reason why you broke up your friendship -
Beautiful video and makes us realise what gifts we were given by Paul and John, if indeed it was ever doubted and such a wonderful touch the words from the universe via Carl!
I always wished that they went down to SNL. I was watching that night and I kept my fingers crossed!!!!
I'm from Liverpool and my Dad took me to my first ever concert when I was 10 and it was Carl Perkins in 1979.
A long time ago I was an announcer for a Radio Station KVLY in South Texas. I worked the overnight shift. When I reached the lobby it was dark with just a candle. Went to the recording studio and another candle. The evening announcer Don Crow burst out “John Lennon got shot and he is dead.” I didn’t react and went about my business. Sometimes amidst tragedy the brain filters things out. Don knew I loved John and Paul’s work. My memory if correct would show me that night as, so what. I deeply loved the lads and perhaps some day I’ll see them again yonder where things are better.
My heart breaks for Paul. The most generous and warm of them all. He has always been selfless. McCartney 3 is a great record if you want to really hear the pain that he still lives with.
What!? I never thought I’d ever hear the words Paul McCartney and selfless in the same sentence 😂
@@markstrugnell well, technically you didn’t. But you did read them in the same comment😘
Paul is famously stingy. Ask his employees.
What a touching story. Love to them both.
True friends can never be erased from heart and mind.
The news of John's death came as breaking news during the Tonight Show. The next evening a friend and i went to the Dakota. Outside of the entrance gate people started leaving flowers and things. We didn't have anything to leave. The only store open nearby was a fruit stand so I bought a green apple and put it on top of the pile. I still see it when they show old news clips of the people gathered outside the Dakota on that sad, sad day.
The green apple was a nice touch!
@@melissacooper8724 Thanks!
Aw. love that thanks for sharing as tears slid out to fill my eyes.
The media seldom got anything right when talking about the Beatles. I loved them at first sight and song. John and George were my crushes. John's biting wit captured my 13 year old heart❤ George was so shy.... I always thought Paul was so full of himself and Ringo... I never really paid attention to him until late in life. He's a gem❤
The ending of this video is so very beautiful. Seems like there really is something out there.
@AndersonSmith-kk8vr Well, funny you mentioned that because I am working on an art project about that very topic but it's going to be expressed in a very original way. I'm going up to New York City next month to have a gallery take a peek at my new collection. I don't know what they will say but I know I've done something different and I'm glad about it.
Where are you writing from? It looks European but you sound American.
Carl Perkins is one of the inventors of rock n roll . He was excited that Paul called him! That’s how big the Beatles are ❤incredible story ❣️❤️🩷🧡🖤💜💙🤎
You can tell how much he liked George Harrison too, when they did the Carl Perkins & Friends concert in the mid 80's with other guest artists. George was a big fan of Carl's growing up, as was Ringo. I think Carl was thrilled that the Beatles, in their prime, played some of his rockabilly music.
@@jimcoleman598 Carl was a brilliant writer. That was the connection he had with the lads. Elvis couldn’t write .
They knew Carl Perkins. They had visited him at his home & studio in Tennessee. Still there, east of Memphis..
He was freaked out because he wrote that song for Paul and Paul called while he was playing it!
I'm a huge 'Beatles" fan ever since "I Want To Hold Your Hand" and I never heard this story. I was aware of the close friendship between Paul McCartney and John Lennon. Their friendship seems a bitter sweet ending after the death of John Lennon. Very sad.
yoko took john away from Paul. they drifted apart. their relationship was never the same again.
@@jrd690 Yoko is the reason why the Beatles broke up. 💔
@@lindahunter4545 True!
@@optimusprime732able Yoko Ono was not very well liked by most people, especially by Beatles fans.She tried to control every aspect of his life. Example: None of the Beatles's wives were not ever allowed in their recording studio while they were recording their songs. Ringo Starr's wife and Paul McCartney's wife understood the importance of that rule but not Yoko. She demanded to sit in on their recording sessions right next to John Lennon and would openly critique what she thought was wrong with a particular song and often disrupted the Beatles sessions. There was an incident when John Lennon tried to make her stay home while the band was recording Abby Road. But she got so angry that she actually tied herself to a fence that was near the studio and screamed, causing so much disruption to the whole area until John had to let her inside the studio. Eventually her shameful and shameless behavior caused serious descention among the other members of the band, especially Paul McCartney and Richard Starkey that they parted ways and broke up forever. She also isolated him from his son, Julian and family. She was a very controlling and disgraceful woman who not many people like to this day. I never liked her. And I felt very sad for his son, Julian who she refused John to even acknowledge as his son.
@@lindahunter4545 Instant karma is gonna get her..
This video made me cry. So many memories. So many different ways their friendship and John’s life could have ended.
I've never heard of this. Beautiful story.
This was magic to find this gem out about McCartney and Lennon. I would have loved to have seen these 2 just show up at SNL to collect that $3,000 check. That would've been one epic moment 4-Sure. Fate had it that them getting together was just not to be. What a legacy that's left to the world, and for generations 100 yrs. from now can enjoy both on video and audio. Peace Out.
The skit on SNL was George Harrison was the musical guest that night and Lorne Michaels joked that Michaels expected all the Beatles would have to show up for the $4000 so he'd only give Harrison 1/4 of that. Probably because GH was scheduled to be on that's the only reason John and Paul had their TV turned on and heard the offer.
@@RobinGlover-bs1jp Haha
When Paul said that they were "too tired" to attend SNL, the truth was that John, Paul, Linda and Yoko had been drinking wine and smoking pot lol
@@dannyvine3605 I heard another version long ago of the story. But in that story, all four of them had gathered at John's apartment. Lorne repeated the offer on air and they all hopped in a car to go down there. But they got lost and went back to the apartment. Beatles stories seem to be like that - they change as to who is telling them.
But it was at the time of the Saturday Night Live show offer when they were getting all kinds of offers. They had insisted they would NOT do it just for money. The biggest at that time was something ridiculous like 5 million (I even want to say $500 million, but at the time, those amounts for singing a few songs was super ridiculous) from Lew Grade.
Doing SNL would have been so like them.
@@karenp1687 The version I gave I read somewhere from an interview with Paul. He mentions them being "too tired" due to drinking wine and smoking dope.
The Beatles were offered £2 million ($4 million) in 1969 to do 13 USA shows. Then again in 1976 they were offered in the region of $30 million. According to the Beatles promoter, Sid Bernstein, John considered the latter offer then changed his mind. Paul wanted to do the 1969 shows because he felt the Beatles had lost their audience, but did not want to do the 1976 shows (not surprising as he was doing tours with Wings). George and Ringo I am not sure of their replies. Probably waiting for John's reply?
So sad even it's been nearly 43 years after his death.😥😢😭
Woooooooow, this gave me serious goosebumps 😮
This was an interesting thing I'd never heard about before. Thanks for posting.
Its not only our stomach its our soul too that needs to be fed!!
Really so sad but in spirit John will always be remember by Paul
They were all under tremendous pressure most of their lives on top of dealing with the normal troubles of family and daily life there will never be again music like there music was and is
aww...Paul McCartney crying is just too sad.
I agree. It would be a major shock to learn of the death of a life long friend. Plus factor in the media people getting in your face asking about it. It brought me to tears that the last words John ever spoke to Paul ended up as a line in Perkin's song. It was meant to be. It was John reaching out to Paul from beyond. His way to say hey, I'm okay and we will meet again.
I remember watching that episode of SNL the night Lorne Michaels offered that money to the Beatles to perform on the show. What a piece of history that would have been for them to show up on set.
Fabulous!!!
Yes, anyone who understands shock will see all the traits in Paul's mannerisms after John death.
Exactly, ya.
You mean Billy's
Definitely and it was completely normal. I didn't believe it myself. Senseless act of horror by a sick individual who should never be paroled. Paul remains by favorite Beatle.
I always think of the music that they could have contributed to the great stuff that they made together! A sad musical break up indeed! But thats life ay.
Carl Perkins was just the sweetest man ever. I was privileged to meet him twice in Houston in the '80s. Just an angel.
I read somewhere that the Beatles had a particular fascination for serendipity or happenstance (especially when songwriting).
I like that.........as someone who plays for fun......it's always amazes me you get a good night sleep wake up happy pick up the guitar and out comes an idea like it just arrived from something from a mysterious place and expressed itself thru the fingers. Lyrics arrive like that to. Early bike rides can turn up treasures too.......I'm always finding money and jewelry.
The song was a snapshot of the sunset...between the communication of John and Paul...while both were still on this plane.
It was a monday!!! My dad had to tell me I cried for months Weirdly Georgie was my puddin pie. Took me 5 years to listen to Image again
What a beautiful tribute ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
They were fine...this intense rivalry everyone talks about only lasted a couple of years. They only met up a few times after not because of any animosity, but because they both had other priorities. Their families, their own careers. It's like moving out of your parents house. Its not like you feel any less about your brothers and sisters, but youre obviously not going to see them as often anymore. Paul and John were just as close as ever when they almost appeared on SNL, they just had other things going on. Me and my husband had to tell one of his friends that hes had since high school to stop just turning up at our door and to call first because well, WE WERE MARRIED and sometimes dont want him randomly there or god forbid while were in the middle of some...marital times. John had a baby that he was taking care of full time, something that he wasnt used too doing and that he was trying to make up for failing at in his past. Its perfectly understandable to want him to call first. there wasnt any really big rift here, just two friends growing up.
Some people grew on Wheaties. Me and Charles grew up on THE BEATLES!
haha, that's sweet! My mom and Gram lived in Liverpool but left in 1924 for Canada. They actually lived in the Beatle's neighborhood. It was West Derby. I was told that by a Beatle friend named John Quinn who still lives there. He is my Facebook friend. My Gram has a Paul Mc Cartney accent. But she passed in 1976 from the flu vaccination shot, jab. It gave her a massive heart attack. I didn't realize till covid came to us.
Paul and John were as close as two people can be. They started from nothing and changed the world together. In a normal lifespan, there was plenty of time to let things settle. That’s all they needed. MDC and a handgun took it all away.
So sad. That idiot was brainwashed I think to kill John Lennon. He is rotting in jail I hope.
I was a US Navy Corpsman stationed at Camp Lejeune in 1980. I was 28 years old. When I heard of John's passing 😢. My first response was to call my best friend. I'm 70 years old now. Still haunts me every day 😢. Peace ✌️ to all!
@@patrickdonahue8384
I am retired Air Force.
Peace to you Patrick. Be blessed.
My 1st major news cast I remember as a child was John's murder
Exactly, we don't know how their "rift" would have healed over the years. I mean, Lennon died only 10 years after the "divorce". They simply didn't have time to heal, but I think they would have.
Unrequited love on John’s part …. It can turn a person to bitterness and turmoil. Also Paul was the tallest .
The words spoken between John/Paul, and then ending up in hands of their beloved icon, was what is known as a synchronicity (and a STRONG one!). Not a mistake, and you know you are on the right path in life, when they happen often! They are meaningful, they are real, and they are borderline paranormal, if not actually paranormal!
Synchronicity and Synchronicity II are The Police’s’ best songs, in my opinion. And yes, Paul was in complete shock and denial. I remember seeing that clip when it happened. I was 14, and I could easily see Paul was being cornered by cruel and vicious reporters who cared nothing for him or John.😢
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I'm not really one of those "Do you remember where you were" kind of people, with the exception of the death of John Lennon. I was a teenager at the time, and was extremely into everything Beatles. I was asleep (half asleep anyway) laying in bed with the radio playing, and it came on the radio, which caused me to immediately shoot awake. I can remember the entire day was spent in disbelief. I spent the next days, and weeks searching for every article/ story about the event I could find. His death just really hit me hard.
BLESS YOU SIR ❣️
During the Get Back Sessions.
Paul mentions, with tears in his eyes
And, tomorrow, the bulletins
will read....
The Beatles are no more!
My dad liked John. He played in a resident band. The Beatles performed at the venue twice. John smoked with dad in a small band room. Love.
I still think Yoko was what influenced John to break up The Beatles. So sad.
😂 she had nothing to do with it. Do a bit of research on it and you’ll find that the problem was Paul.
Drugs and Yoko Ono!
Thank you for sharing. I never knew this.
Incredible talents. 🎶🎵🎸🎵🎶🎵🎸🎵🎶🎵🎸🎵🎶😍😍😍😍
Paul wasn't working on Tug Of War yet, it was his Cold Cuts album project he was working on at the time on December 8,1980, it was permanently shelved. After John's murder, Paul began work on theTug Of War album.
Actually , he was working on Tug Of War while also working on Cold Cuts, TOW was supposed to be the next Wings album, but became the next solo album after disbanding Wings in the wake of John’s passing. He also didn’t stop working on Cold Cuts, the final session for it was in 1987 and was supposed to come out but instead we got All The Best, which was supposed to include Waterspout
1600. He also said he cried for a year after Linda's passing
@@markfencke4348of course!
This is so untrue! There were meetings between them and many great moments were kept private.
Paul only wanted that early friendship that was so important to both of them. It was wrong for Lennon to turn him away, even if he was polite. Sean would have loved that his father stopped paying attention to him because Paul McCartney was visiting. The song Here Today is another to hear about the post-Beatles friendship among them
“His kid would have loved him ignoring him” cool
What are you high on drugs? Ok kids, my friend is here, I am going to ignore you now.
@@lanho3856 As a matter of fact I had some good pot. John didn't have to ignore Sean but include him. "Look kid, this is Paul. Him and I had a band called The Beatles"
@@GargeBarge I guess I'm an 80's kid. Parents were doing their thing and we were trying motorcycles, listening to Rock 'n' Roll albums they hated. I love my folks, but I Iove the fact that I was free.
Paul loved kids and they would not have ignored the kid, in fact he would have had twice the attention.
This made ME cry 😢
Private personal things should never be public but kept in the heart. Their product is for sale, not they, themselves.
that saturday night live appearance would have been so sick
Another thing that Yoko messed up
I love Paul and John and George and Ringo!
That's a beautiful story. Truly..
Wow... Crazy and somewhat sad history. I was a freshman in HS when Lennon was shot. I think I was the only kid in the classroom that understood the significance. A few years later I worked across the street from the Dakotas, walking past it's castle-like ominence, to sunbathe in Central Park. After college, a good friend of mine became Yoko Ono's art-assistant for quite a long while, and another was her music-manager. I met Yoko, briefly, at a gallery opening, and also saw McCartney at another. Random (useless) social archives from a native NYer... 🤫
Totally Cool!!!! I had just been given John Lennon's last album by my Uncle Russ. I was very sad and still am that John Lennon's life was cut short!!
@@amypagekaviani5661
I agree.
It still bothers me from time to time that, as far as I know, John and Yoko
never used the services of bodyguards. The Killer, apparently, knew that also.
I had a difficult time with johns death. I grew up with the Beatles. One evening as I lay in bed a message came into my heart. It was John. The first thing he was relating to me was that if I kept grieving I would be helping to bind him to the earth where he didn't belong anymore. He had to grow in death just as in life. I know now there are different levels in death as there are in life. Then I heard the music....... Death means " so long" it don't mean I'm gone. Death is * so long* but it don't mean I'm gone. Sounds exactly like something John would say. I felt the communication with him in my heart and soul. I learned something that nite. Thank you brother John. ❤❤❤❤😢❤❤❤❤❤
@@GlendaSmith-c9e So sad. I sure wish he did. and many others feel the same way. John was super special.
My old friend,
think of me every now and then...
- John Lennon
c/o Carl Perkins
John& Paul
Really
Loved Each Other
I don’t care
What you
Say
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Hi Debra💐💐
I remember when the Beatles were younger, just starting out. They were amazing and every girl wanted to be theirs. Even though we all knew that was ridiculous and nothing more than childish imaginings. Still…we wondered. Mostly about Paul. Who wouldn’t be crazy about that dreamy smile and dark hair that we loved watching him shake when the lyrics of a song called for it? ***SIGH*** a girl can dream!!
Paul McCartney cried at a music event decades ago when Sarah McLachlan
sang “Angel”. He was sobbing.
Rather about Linda, don't you think? The song was released in 1998...
I guess you mean the PETA concert that he hosted in 1999, right?
The entire thing makes me sad. As I understand it, the only one left really left would be Paul. 😢
As short at it is this is a good summation of the relationship between John and Paul after the Beatles split. They were never able to get back to the friendship they'd had. It was perhaps the biggest price they paid for the fame and success they'd had (it was even sadder between Paul and George). But there was always love there. Hard for either to express but they had it.
So sad to hear both masters of music
That was sad. Who would have ever thought that could be a situation. I'm sure we eventually have our regrets in our lives. We eventually have no choice but to move on.
Very Touching
From seeing the Beatles at our lunch time sessions at the Cavern as a kid in Liverpool, doing cover versions of American Artist thy loved, which they learnt from records brought back from New York, by the Liverpool Cunard Yanks, Liverpool lads who worked on the Cunard Liners sailing between Liverpool & New York.
To become the biggest covered group in the World.
McCartney wrote Silly Love Songs after a meeting with John at the Dakota. He offered John and Yoko tickets to his show at Madison Square Garden and John declined, saying it would just be a load of silly love songs.
That's our John to a tee . . .
What were the chances that two once in a lifetime talents like Lennon and McCartney would meet and be in the same band? To lose such a close friend in that way hurts.
Paul McCartney was hurting so bad when he heard about John's death and is still hurting to this day and so am I and I will think about John Lennon and George Harrison every now and then forever Beatle fan forever and a Day
Such a lesson for us; death is final we can not say goodbye { think about me know and them my old friend}♡♡♡ nor I am sorry or I LOVE you ♥️ not matter what
They shouda gone to that SNL show. Make history one more time. Eff Yoko.
I love you Paul
Friends all start at the beginning and how many are left at the END???? Maybe one and he might just mess it up! Only memories remain!
THE SONG THAT MADE PAUL MCCARTNEY CRY ........................... HOW DO YOU SLEEP. 😥 😥 😥
"Some guy turns up at the door". Some guy, huh? Lennon was a sob, but I have to think that Yoko was worried Paul was stealing John away and planted that bad seed. Paul was on top of the music scene while John was absent. So Paul was probably stopping by for charitable reasons as I'm sure he was concerned about John's mental state. And he had good reason to be concerned wondering how John was dealing with Yoko's mind games.
How do you know? There has not been a hint of this from Paul.
@@chrishyde1216 - Was there any part of my comment that stated fact versus speculation?
The original Paul died. The new Paul was not as close with John. How come Sir Paul seems to have blue eyes? And his ears don't stick out as much as they used to.
@@SusanGoldberg-l9p - I didn't think there were any brain rots left posting these Paul comments that have not aged well. Tell Elvis hello as I'm sure he must be staying at your house too.
I think you are right and I thought that same thing. JL was basically a househusband and sort of getting stale with the whole music scene. I think McCartney just wanted to get him a little more enthusiastic about music. Plus, he genuinely cared about him. I was sort of like that with a guy that I played in a band with for over twenty years, who died of pancreatitis last year. You can be close than brothers at times, when you are involved in music.
I like Carl Perkins. I could see why the Beatles liked him. The Beatles done some of his songs I believe Ringo son honey don’t. Paul had said one time and my Beatles anthology DVD set Paul, said that they were like old army buddies. I think if John would’ve never died over a period of time they would’ve gotten back to gather. But with the death of George Harrison in 2001 and John’s death in 1980 left no hope for them ever being together again. In a way that’s kind of sad. I’m just glad Paul and Ringo are still alive. I have a lot of musicians that have passed away that I dearly love and miss John Lennon are two of them. Glenn Frey of the Eagles is another one. But some of the old rock legends are still alive and I’m glad they are. Thanks for the video. Have a beautiful day.👍🏼🎸❤️😪
Omg that’s got me crying 💔
Ok , I’m in tears!
Excellent Video! Great Job!