Sorry to hear you lost the channel but glad youre back and feeling better.... this is a really cool interview. Here's a personal Beatle story for you (well my Dad's): In the late 50'searly 60's my Dad ran a dance band in Burnley, not far from Liverpool. To increase the "young person" attendance the manager of the dance hall would bring in local rock 'n roll bands with "the new sound" for a few sets on Saturday nights. My Dad's band (the house band) wasn't allowed to drink in the hall so they would dash to the pub across the road during their 30 minute breaks. One of those Saturday nights (he thinks it was maybe 1958 or '59) it was the Beatles or whatever their name was at the time (Quarrymen ? Silver Beetles ?). Anyway, my Dad and his bandmates weren't there - they were across the road at the pub because these bands all sounded the same to them. A few years later of course, he heard the name again and vaguely remembered the unusual name. So now I can tell the celebrity story to top them all : The Night The Beatles Opened For My Dad's Danceband.
@FakingANerve
2 жыл бұрын
That's fantastic!
@ineverglid
2 жыл бұрын
Great story.
@yannfernandes1
2 жыл бұрын
🤩🤩
@Ardistan667
2 жыл бұрын
Such a lovely story, thank you for sharing!
@Fetterkuss1983
2 жыл бұрын
That’s so cool!
@80steen44
2 жыл бұрын
John wasn't just coming back with his own music he was embracing the contemporary music scene. His entire attitude about life had changed and he was becoming such a joyous middle aged man. All the more why his murder was so devastating
@captainblimp4133
2 жыл бұрын
He left his son Jullian with nothing and completely disowned him. Lennon was a fake.
@80steen44
2 жыл бұрын
@@captainblimp4133 lol he never disowned him not even close. John was in Julian's life just not full time
@erepsekahs
2 жыл бұрын
I think you are correct. As is said, He'd seen it all, he'd done it all, he'd had everyone. Time to settle down with The Wife.....he decided he'd come to the end.
@wide_awake
2 жыл бұрын
💯
@wide_awake
2 жыл бұрын
@@captainblimp4133 troll
@polnoeceloe
2 жыл бұрын
When I was young, I liked two bands: the Beatles and the Sex Pistols. I was told that it was strange, no one had the same hobby. And now, 35 years later, John Lennon is the first person to agree with this.
@raceyboy
Жыл бұрын
Nothing strange about that. Makes perfect sense!
@2nd100k
Жыл бұрын
ironic, love it.
@Starman2099
Жыл бұрын
I love this bands too
@disgracelandpod
Жыл бұрын
You guys would’ve been buds
@calvinfeustel2147
Жыл бұрын
That’s not true, Lennon hated the Beatles!
@hellooutsiders6865
2 жыл бұрын
I love that John digged the Sex Pistols...Many punks will say they hate hippies but they have more in common than they think.
@HC-cb4yp
2 жыл бұрын
John and Yoko owned a $32 million dollar mansion in West Palm Beach in the '70s. He's not quite the hippie folks think he was.
@hellooutsiders6865
2 жыл бұрын
@@HC-cb4yp John was a long haired, free loving preacher of peace, he just so happened to be in the biggest band ever which resulted in him becoming filthy rich. He worked with and gave to charities, tried to end the war and just so happened to spend some of his money, I think most hippies would've done the same.
@re1840
2 жыл бұрын
Hippies use the side door.
@danmoll7069
2 жыл бұрын
Agreed. I was heavily into the punk scene in the 90s and a lot of the punkers hated the Beatles and 60s music in general. But in my mind I always saw punk as an offshoot of 60s music. A lot of it sounded punk at least in attitude. Certainly the Ramones were heavily influenced by 60s music and they were the band that inspired the rest of the punk scene.
@Prometheus833
2 жыл бұрын
@@hellooutsiders6865 “Suddenly, you are twice the man you used to be Excessive fame in quick death. Would it be different If Paul gone instead Would you be so hot if you weren't dead? Famously, you spoke of love philosophy You're a hypocrite, your Cruel lack of empathy is long forgot Would you be so hot if you weren't dead?”
@SW-fn7cl
2 жыл бұрын
Is like to have seen what John would have made of Nirvana, I think he'd have loved Kurt's sense of melody and how hard they rocked.
@stevecarey2030
2 жыл бұрын
Kurt was a huge Beatles fan when he was a kid. I think he got his sense of melody from them and combined it with the punk rock he got into later. Perfect combination IMO.
@Hist_da_Musica
2 жыл бұрын
Lennon and Kurt are very similar in their "verismo" style of songwriting and performing! Both held raw honesty as the highest criterium in art
@liborsionko
2 жыл бұрын
I suspect he would've felt the same sense of 'I've heard all this before INCLUDING the angst' as many did when Nirvana shot to fame.
@SW-fn7cl
2 жыл бұрын
@@stevecarey2030 yeah I remember reading he didn't want to double track his vocals when recording Nevermind but Butch Vig told him Lennon did it so he was fine with after that 😄
@Draefend
2 жыл бұрын
Nirvana is god awful whiner music
@halfwaydowntheroad
Жыл бұрын
This only confirms all the collaborations we missed out on. Brings tears to my eyes.
@Beatlestories
Жыл бұрын
Absolutely
@Tolbiny
2 жыл бұрын
The mid 70s was such a fantastic time for new music. I was 11 in 1976 and just absorbed it all.
@BazookaToe
2 жыл бұрын
Same here, same age as yourself. My first memory of music is The Beatles “Something”. My 2nd memory is CCR “Down on the Corner”. After that it’s all a blur.
@jobenjazz238
2 жыл бұрын
Lucky you!
@jonathanj.7344
2 жыл бұрын
I was 17. It was a long hot Summer and it's songs were Don't Go Breaking My Heart, Fernando and Young Hearts, Run Free.
@swingersonian
2 жыл бұрын
To me, all of the really cool stuff was between 1977 and 1986. That was just my style, and MTV videos really helped. Like John said, he first saw the Pistols video on cable TV. Early 70s was too folky with the rise of dreaded singer-songwriters of the period. That's just me.
@Paul-dv4dr
2 жыл бұрын
& I was 12! Brilliant times for kids to get into music. Punk, ska, reggae, rockabilly, prog-rock, skinhead, 2-tone, mod revival, Bowie, Saturday Night Fever, disco, even eurovision was at its height, then new wave, post-punk, and the birth of electronic music... yayyyy!
@jaelge
2 жыл бұрын
Lennon talking about that new fangled ¨cable TV thing they have here¨. LOL!
@clownnookie
2 жыл бұрын
In an alternate universe, John is still alive and there are plenty more interviews with him weighing in on New Wave, MTV, grunge, rap, rock, hip hop, techno, CDs, autotune, and all the cheesy processed Top40 from the last twenty years.
@clownnookie
2 жыл бұрын
@Barbara Guest I'm pretty sure in NYC at the time, they had closed-circuit TV that featured local shows, crackpot talk show hosts looking for fame, all that. Lots of low-budget crap. CBGB and other small clubs might have been featured there, and Lennon, who was sitting around, probably tuned in and saw Blondie - before anyone knew the band - on their rise to fame. Then, when they became famous, John was able to note he had seen them at an earlier phase of their career.
@clownnookie
2 жыл бұрын
@Barbara Guest Lovemaking, for me, involves large shoes, a bottle of seltzer water, and a bowtie that spins in circles when I get excited. Still, I would not consider that... clownish sex.
@davidjames579
2 жыл бұрын
@Barbara Guest Are you having a Stroke?
@peterthirdandthebridges
2 жыл бұрын
@Barbara Guest judging by your ability to write, you are either a very angry 6 year old and or a terribly ill 70 something. Either way I worry of your access to the internet.
@daraorourke5798
2 жыл бұрын
The DJ John Peel said Lennon loved talking especially about music and liked to think if he'd survived he be ' talking bollocks in a pub'. Which is when he was happiest !
@theselector4733
2 жыл бұрын
"Someone once asked me what was the difference between us and The Beatles" "Soap and Water" Steve Jones - Sex Pistols Guitarist. That quote always makes me laugh.
@peterdunai4073
2 жыл бұрын
No no my friend. The difference between them is how many Number One Hits they made. Separately. I understand jokes, I know that Sex Pistols were a joke but come on son, they can't hold a candle to them.
@nelsonx5326
2 жыл бұрын
@@peterdunai4073 The Sex Pistols sound like noise to me, angry, always screaming. The Beatles made music.
@zackzallie8735
2 жыл бұрын
I believe both bands are legendary.
@theselector4733
2 жыл бұрын
@@peterdunai4073 This was a flippant, very "tongue in cheek" remark made by Steve Jones. Actually it was a line from the movie "The Great Rock n Roll Swindle". It was part of a movie script. You're taking it far too seriously LOL
@hellogoodbye4061
2 жыл бұрын
@@peterdunai4073 Both bands played an important part in rock and roll history. The Beatles ignited the British Invasion and evolved over the 60s, while The Sex Pistols were ignited the punk/new wave era, which, thankfully, brought about the end of the Disco Era.
@mrterrysilver
2 жыл бұрын
And a mutual inspiration for both the Beatles and the Sex Pistols was Eddie Cochran. Paul played Twenty Flight Rock to audition for John, and Sid Vicious covered Something Else.
@willmoore8708
2 жыл бұрын
Well, Hell. Anybody who is serious was influenced somehow by Cochran.
@aliceborealis
2 жыл бұрын
Covered it with vomit.
@jamaral81
Жыл бұрын
John Lennon also said he liked The Cars, or at least he gave them a listen, and as massive Cars fan that means so much to me that John even acknowledged them. I know most of The Cars loved the Beatles, especially keyboardist Greg Hawkes. Two of my favorite musical acts, the Beatles and The Cars
@natetheannihilnater1886
9 ай бұрын
Yep, all of them loved the Beatles, Elliot commented on his facebook he was really happy John liked them. The Cars also liked The Velvet Underground. Id say The Cars, The Beatles and VU are my top 3 bands. Ironically Lou Reed claimed to not like the Beatles, but did compliment them early on, and also loved 2 of John Lennon's solo career songs (Mother, Jealous Guy).
@wide_awake
2 жыл бұрын
Lennon was one of a kind for sure. Wish I was around to see him alive
@Boilingfrogg
2 жыл бұрын
Prefer the doors
@Beatlestories
2 жыл бұрын
Amen 🙏
@carmenandthedevil2804
2 жыл бұрын
@@Boilingfrogg There's the door. They were beginners.
@Boilingfrogg
2 жыл бұрын
@@carmenandthedevil2804 The beatles kiss arse.!! 💋
@chrisknight2631
2 жыл бұрын
@@Boilingfrogg Do they? Whose arse did they kiss?
@WinslowLeach1974
2 жыл бұрын
Great to see John give Madness some props. Such a great band, seeing them again this coming June. One step beyond! Edit 1/18/2022: Unfortunately, the word is sent out today that after two postponements in two years, the NYC show for June is canceled, as well as some other US shows. May have to do a road trip :)
@herbs4135
2 жыл бұрын
Lovestruck, Never Knew Your Name, So Close, Mr Apples, On The Town, Sugar and Spice - they never stopped making bangers even after their hay day 😁😁 one of my top bands ever
@newreast3904
2 жыл бұрын
love madness and mongoloids!!!
@liverpoolpictorial
2 жыл бұрын
I love Madness. My son got myself and the missus tickets for a Madness gig about 4 years ago. I hadn't seen them live since the early 80s and I went to the gig with trepidation, because I don't like seeing bands I loved in the past look and move around like old men. It was one of the best gigs I have ever attended! Absolutely amazing! I laughed and danced all through it. Guess who were supporting them? The Lightning Seeds. They could have filled out a venue just by themselves. What an evening. Have a great time in June, Steven.
@larryfutie581
2 жыл бұрын
MADNESS AND THE SPECIALS BIG HITS WERE JUST COVERS OF PRINCE BUSTER 1964. ONE STEP BEYOND, MADNESS, GANGSTERS (AL CAPONE song), MESSAGE TO YOU RUDY (DANNY LIVINGSTON 1967). etc....
@timgibson3754
2 жыл бұрын
so what?
@raindrops21_9
2 жыл бұрын
John Lennon was digging Madness? That just made my day 😁🤩
@nankypooh655
2 жыл бұрын
Sounds like the beginning of a great story. Shame it got cut off. It's well known that after John heard Rock Lobster, he became a big supporter of The B-52s. Also, anybody who has heard the Hamburg tapes, and knows about how they acted on stage, know that The Beatles basically started punk rock. You wouldn't believe how many arguments I've gotten into, and how many friendships have ended when I bring this up.
@barnacleburrito3728
2 жыл бұрын
😃
@fitless
2 жыл бұрын
You are absolutely right. Just listening to the Beatles performing a concert in Hamburg is enough proof
@viktorkaposi8256
2 жыл бұрын
I had the same feeling when I was listening to their Hamburg recordings. Punk before punk.
@roberttreborable
2 жыл бұрын
Sorry to hear you lose friends just because they have a different opinion on music, perhaps better off without them if they are so shallow ...
@no_Ray_bang
2 жыл бұрын
I'd wager if you are losing actual friendships over this point it might be worth considering your approach to dialogue.
@TxWIll
2 жыл бұрын
It's crazy to hear him talking about the B-52s they just seem worlds apart. I knew they were older but Love Shack happened in 1989 so it makes them seem much more modern.
@fmellish71
2 жыл бұрын
He famously told Yoko "They're ready for you!" when he heard Rock Lobster
@jojopuppyfish
2 жыл бұрын
When John is talking about B-52s, he's obviously talking about the early stuff......Love Shack is more pedestrian top 40.
@djstarsign
2 жыл бұрын
Early B-52s had a much more post punk feel. By the time Love Shack came out, they were much more polished and more conventional (same with U2, REM, and New Order) and their songs were more pop and commercial sounding. Early B-52s was clearly influenced by Yoko Ono and the Plastic Ono Band’s more avant-garde style. Even Stereolab ripped off Plastic Ono Band pretty blatantly (and amazingly).
@modoc97405
2 жыл бұрын
Well 1989 isn’t exactly that modern anymore
@rafflesxyz4800
2 жыл бұрын
@@jojopuppyfish / Oh really. You mean he's not talking about the later stuff! WOW!
@Chrissybimhotep
2 жыл бұрын
I could listen to Lennon for days, man. Love his Scouse humour and his points of views. As well as his stories. He loved Reggae too. I knew some members of The Beatles had met Bob Marley. I've seen pictures of Paul with Bob and George as well. Maybe a Lennon and Marley Collab could've been in the pipeline?? It's ironic how John dies in 1980 (the same year of this interview), Bob dies the following year.
@Raider577
2 жыл бұрын
Reggae a genre of music that has its roots in American Rnb.Check out Fats Domino, and the original version of My Boy Lollipop you will hear what the Jamaicans copied and called Ska .
@maakeklein4073
2 жыл бұрын
@@Raider577 yeh and yankee responded by taking toasting into rap. Reggae is not rnb.Reggae is a riddum that come from Africa as did your yankee rnb. Ska is the only music inspired by yankee. Anyway we in the Caribbean love we soca. One day yankee might steal that too!
@thepangwin902
2 жыл бұрын
Reading about the Beatles back in their early days it always sounded like John was a proto punk. So I love he confirming that basically.
@randalstilskin5266
2 жыл бұрын
Well any kind of proto rock is a blues driven guy screaming with a loud guitar a dude bashing the drums and a bass player all the other shit is layer cake.
@thepangwin902
2 жыл бұрын
@@randalstilskin5266 I'm talking about how John used to pull his pants down and moon the audience, throw beer bottles, get in fights with the audience and shout out cuss words. Not the music.
@panderson9561
2 жыл бұрын
@@thepangwin902 John used to yell at the audiences in the Reaperbahn "You fucking Nazis." And they loved it.
@commonman317
2 жыл бұрын
Talk about a badge of honor. Having a band, and getting praise from John Lennon. It must be satisfying on some level to those artists mentioned.
@56davidwright
2 жыл бұрын
Who's John Lemon?
@LeviBulger
2 жыл бұрын
If I were Blondie or the B52s being name dropped by Lennon, I'd have felt like I really made it. I bet they were ecstatic.
@alittlebitoflight
2 жыл бұрын
B-52s (just for searchability). Very much agree.
@poloistanina
2 жыл бұрын
”I saw Blondie when she was unknown”. Facepalm.
@LeviBulger
2 жыл бұрын
@@poloistanina to be fair almost everybody thinks Blondie is a solo act unless they actually get into their music. But yeah, it's pretty funny coming from John.
@78zappaf
2 жыл бұрын
Oddly enough, Debbie Harry was going to be at the Hit Factory on the day after Lennon was murdered. They were about to meet (not recording together but to say “hi”.
@smkxodnwbwkdns8369
2 жыл бұрын
I bet they didn’t care about what an old pop singer thought of them and they were into their own scene
@davidh.8798
2 жыл бұрын
Well, well, here's the word "Madness" coming out of the mouth of John Lennon. That was...somewhat unexpected.
@apathyintheuk265
2 жыл бұрын
I've never heard this before but to name check all those bands - surely a bit of a thrill for them? Including Lenny Loverich.
@jameslarson9583
2 жыл бұрын
Madness - great band.
@luckygitane
2 жыл бұрын
The Pretenders too... wild
@tonybates7870
2 жыл бұрын
Why is Madness unexpected?
@slashtrio
2 жыл бұрын
@@tonybates7870 because people in the states only know from the song Our House. Most don’t realize that they were basically a ska band.
@Ojb_1959
2 жыл бұрын
This made my day! Thanks for sharing this historical sound bite.
@Beatlestories
2 жыл бұрын
My pleasure :)
@iainholmes2735
2 жыл бұрын
Really interesting. Good to hear Lennon talking about the New Wave. Plus ça change: I remember reading an interview with a Liverpool girl who knew Brian Epstein in the early days of the Beatles. She and Brian helped behind the bar at someone's party in Knotty Ash, Liverpool. The Beatles were there amongst the party goers. This is her quote: '...They were just a scruffy bunch of boys. And who'd look at them?'. Well, they certainly tidied up! .
@jonathanj.7344
2 жыл бұрын
Very interesting to hear his thoughts on these late 70s bands.
@reggiejames7812
2 жыл бұрын
Great to hear Lennon speak of Madness. One of the UK's most underrated bands
@northernfireworks402
2 жыл бұрын
Post-punk and art rockers were doing Beatles covers around this period on both sides of the pond. Funny how it was 'no Elvis, Beatles or The Rolling Stones' but the Pistols covered The Who! But then The Who were an early punk band of sorts. Smashing guitars and Anarchy in the Keith Moon anyone? That bright Pistols and Damned spark gave way to the likes of Wire, The Fall and Crass who kept that creative purity and spirit alive and made it a thing of their own for years and sometimes decades to come. A truly remarkable period in popular music it was from around 1963 to 1982...'83......
@cinematicpassages8884
2 жыл бұрын
For whatever reason...the pistols disliked the stones and i'm seriously baffled on that one because early on (and latter on in some cases) the stones used to kick a$$ and be even more punky and all than the beatles and some others, iggy pop pointed them as a huge influence and the best of the scene. Even the stones in so many cases had more far out controversial lyrics than the who...and pete was greatly influenced by them too. They where mouthy, trashy, crazy and dynamic... .so that was weird coming from rotten.
@uverpro3598
2 жыл бұрын
I’d say those bands (including Pink Floyd) and especially the Beatles loomed over the head of any newer rock musicians, that they’d become the end all be all of music and a sign of the establishment. Despite being raised on these bands, I’m sure a lot of young bands at the time had to tear down the Titans to take their place in the spotlight. I’m sure later they grew a new appreciation tho.
@apathyintheuk265
2 жыл бұрын
Great bit of summing up.
@smkxodnwbwkdns8369
2 жыл бұрын
@@cinematicpassages8884 the pistols liked The Rolling Stones. The whole idea of them not liking big bands of the time was a pose invented by Malcolm which he sold to the press, like the original bass player getting fired for liking the beatles
@markusantonio4866
2 жыл бұрын
@@cinematicpassages8884 John goes back and forth on his reasonings about other artists. He says bad things about The Clash, but was on BAD’s video Medicine Show. That video had Rotten, Strummer, Paul Simonon, Jones.
@fluorosco
2 жыл бұрын
Wow John Lennon talking about all these great bands. And he loved them. Cool dude John Lennon
@steviedub9370
Жыл бұрын
Being from New York , I’m so happy John Lennon decided to move here .. this is a place we’re no matter how famous you are people don’t care they might wave but it’s such a fast paced life people don’t bother you. .. he must of loved it here .
@GrilloTheFlightless
2 жыл бұрын
It’s nice to hear John be so positive about the Pistols. I think it’s just such a shame that John Lydon is so dismissive of the Beatles and their work. I wonder if he’s ever heard this interview.
@hour_logic
2 жыл бұрын
Lydons not exactly the class act he likes to present himself as, if you ask me
@michaelterry1000
2 жыл бұрын
Lydon’s position on anything is usually simply anti establishment. Since the Beatles were well established and accepted it isn’t surprising that Lydon would say nasty things about them. It is all an act. Who knows what Lydon’s real opinion of anything is.
@christineusher6204
2 жыл бұрын
@@michaelterry1000 He new about Jimmy Saville and reported to the bbc, they never took any notice of him. The sex pistols loved children and would play music and entertain them, Lennon didn't have an ounce of time for his eldest son, if anything he was anti establishment campaigning for a rapist and murderer Hanratty because his family asked and a man he knew nothing about to be pardoned. DNA proved him wrong but he was dead by that time so he couldn't see what a fool he'd been. I didnt buy this peace and love with Lennon he was aggressive and anti social.
@arawn10
2 жыл бұрын
Wow! 😳😳.. Christine Usher brought this thread to a screeching halt!.. I wanted to comment about what an asshole Johhny Rotten is/was, and then I read your rambling, gossipy response. My goodness, what tf does any of that have to do with John Lennon's take on the Sex Pistols??
@christineusher6204
2 жыл бұрын
@@arawn10 You wanted to say what an asshole Johnny Rotton was and I said what a silly prat John Lennon was, I avoided the A word you used as Lennon was not quite bad as the A's that I have come across. As both names are around on these posts I thought I would add a bit of gossip. Now go off and have your booster, dont do a John Lennon and not have one.
@force263
2 жыл бұрын
Love that he mentions Lene Lovich lol, she’s mostly forgotten these days, but she was very Interesting back in the day… Another great commentary by Lennon on “punk” after Sid Vicious OD’d, he said: “Why did Sid Vicious die?!? So that we may “rock”?!?!? So there was a lot of common sense going on in Lennon’s mind along with all the brilliance.
@garyhunt8067
2 жыл бұрын
What an interview. He's a fan of Madness
@michaelgentiluomo5385
2 жыл бұрын
John was lucky to see all the performers of the 1960's and 1970's. I wonder what he would think about the 80's and today's Beatle tribute bands?
@mogadon7
2 жыл бұрын
JFK, Robert Kennedy, Martin Luther King...and JOHN LENNON. ASSASSINATED by 2 yes TWO gunmen. JOSE PERDOMO (the doorman) was CIA
@disgracelandpod
Жыл бұрын
Fascinating to hear this. I knew about the B52s affection. He saw them as proof Yoko could make it as a pop star-because they were so weird.
@Beatlestories
Жыл бұрын
Lol. And very true
@mrtulipeater
2 жыл бұрын
Madness gets his seal of approval. Right on!!
@patriciaeddy7629
2 жыл бұрын
John was every bit a real down to earth kind of guy,that enjoyed living life and wanted to break into the music scene all over again.He was beginning to be a whole new John Lennon ,promoting others not just himself. God knows what his future plans held,but one thing is for sure ....... He was in full control and really for more to come.Missing you so John!💜
@WonderfulWino
2 жыл бұрын
i got to agree with Lennon, I liked madness and the B52s
@MsAppassionata
2 жыл бұрын
And I still like The Pretenders
@THEQueeferSutherland
2 жыл бұрын
John was the most punk of the Beatles, his songs had that rawness
@scottjulie27
Жыл бұрын
I would've loved to have heard a conversation between John Lennon and Johnny Rotten.
@Beatlestories
Жыл бұрын
Yeah me too. It'd have been interesting, two wildly different personalities 💯
@FashionEnemy
2 жыл бұрын
Wow. I can't believe I am just hearing this. Long live John Lennon, a true Artist.
@randalstilskin5266
2 жыл бұрын
Man its just strange to me I was a little boy in 1980 and loved John Lennon and a few years later John Belushi died and they are such pop culture icons we were in shock even the kids that they had died.
@listentothenightfilms
2 жыл бұрын
Frederick Schneider said he nearly fainted when he heard this lol
@samsmith4216
2 жыл бұрын
Fred Schneider is a super nice guy. I met him and his mom in Red Bank NJ once shopping in a thrift store. Fredwas born and grew up a few towns over. As he was signing an autograph for me his mom actually looked at me and said like a proud mom... "That's my boy!" What a great moment for both
@DirtBoyTrucker
2 ай бұрын
This is mind-blowing, john mentioning the B-52s! I really forgot that they got started way ealy on. Crazy.
@Beatlestories
2 ай бұрын
He was still tuned in for sure
@paulgerard4503
2 жыл бұрын
Quality bloke. He was not stuck in a time warp.
@julianhermanubis6800
2 жыл бұрын
The thought of John Lennon listening to Lene Lovich makes me grin. I'll bet Yoko was like, "Oh, I like her."
@willieluncheonette5843
2 жыл бұрын
I know just what he means, taping over stuff. I did it too on all my TDK tapes when all I wanted to hear was rock steady and reggae. Just like John!
@MrMLHoganjr
2 жыл бұрын
For some reason it blows my mind to hear John Lennon talk about a mixed cassette tape with the B 52s and the Pretenders on it.
@dougsteel7414
2 жыл бұрын
Fair enough. It's weird for someone like me in the UK in the 2 tone generation to hear that Lennon heard Madness. Very interesting
@wesbeach69
2 жыл бұрын
John: we used to bite the heads off bats, drink each other's bodily fluids and throw feces at the audience... until Brian asked us to Tone it down for Ed Sullivan.
@jaelge
2 жыл бұрын
IKR? According to Lennon, the Beatles were shit unless he was in the mood to give them credit for something. Like the Donovan song that goes ¨first there is no mountain then there is no mountain then there is¨. LOL! Lennon bangs on that ¨first the Beatles are shit then I say they're not then I say they are¨. Lennon, at times could be reminiscent of Richard Penniman AKA Little Richard, when Penniman would bang on as to how he single-handedly invented Rock and Roll and everyone was just copying him. Penniman and Lennon: legends in their own minds. LOL!
@factorylad5071
2 жыл бұрын
@@jaelge John is our national treasure even though in many ways he could be seen to be the architect of his own destruction but then he was born during the blitz in Liverpool which was far times worse than London was. So go work it out.
@jaelge
2 жыл бұрын
@@factorylad5071: What you say may be true, but it doesn't contradict anything I said either.
@ots1634
2 жыл бұрын
@@jaelge In his own mind, and the mind of everyone else too.
@jaelge
2 жыл бұрын
@@ots1634: Many, yes. Everyone, hardly.
@themadmattster9647
2 жыл бұрын
John Lennon and his 70s records and even Yoko's Plastic Ono LP were more Punk than anything Mccartney and his corporate rock Wings ever did
@johngammon963
2 жыл бұрын
Lennon is always open to new stuff, I love how he works with others in Let It Be.
@Bonesph
2 жыл бұрын
Except when he wipes a tape clean lol
@lifemusic1980
2 жыл бұрын
Wow! Listening to John talk about the B52's and madass is wild.
@frankdiscussion2069
2 жыл бұрын
when the Beatles were in Germany the nightclub manager would feed them beers all night and demand that they "make show" meaning go nuts on stage....that's what the audience expected from rock n roll groups
@NxDoyle
2 жыл бұрын
That's what seedy Hamburg club owners expected from their imported talent.
@robbiehamilton447
2 жыл бұрын
Crazy to think of all the music he hasn't heard.
@finianlacy8827
2 жыл бұрын
He didnt need to....He invented it
@vangroover1903
2 жыл бұрын
And that the last he heard was also a pistol's song
@robbiehamilton447
2 жыл бұрын
@@finianlacy8827 wheesht
@jasonpalacios2705
2 жыл бұрын
I never heard in any John Lennon interviews that he ever mention on his opinion of the band The Police.
@Slig1977
7 ай бұрын
This just confirms what I believed all along. Very early Hamburg era Beatles were very punk.
@hjermsted22
2 жыл бұрын
Mark Mothersbaugh's story about meeting John Lennon briefly after a Devo concert is worth seeking out. If I'm not mistaken he talks about it on the WTF podcast.
@jerryeberts
2 жыл бұрын
They were all men. Doo doo doo doo.
@vincenttallarida6861
2 жыл бұрын
A great bit of JL I hadn't heard. Makes me furious to think of what else he would've given us...
@dp6297
2 жыл бұрын
Good stuff. Missed out on some great music probably made by Lennon in the 80’s. Could only Imagine
@PlanetoftheDeaf
2 жыл бұрын
It's quite interesting in this period, with McCartney still a major part of the current scene - Back to the Egg was influenced by New Wave - whereas Lennon had dipped out for a period of time, but then belatedly discovered it.
@eletricavenue
2 жыл бұрын
“We all want to change the world. But when you talk about destruction, don’t you know that you you can count me out…in” ~ John Lennon • Revolution
@RideAcrossTheRiver
2 жыл бұрын
I can just hear John in 1983 ... "Pawl's been playin' stuff with that Jackson 5 kid when he should be chatting with that Prince fellow."
@aboxofbroken8tracks983
2 жыл бұрын
Reminds me of a 1972 interview with John where he actually referred to "Little Stevie Wonder".
@theobserver9131
2 жыл бұрын
I wish he was still with us. What a wonderful person!
@handofsutekh8115
2 жыл бұрын
He mentioned Lene Lovich! I loved her 😍 she was so underrated
@erents1
2 жыл бұрын
Awesome to hear Johns voice and his options, he was such a normal intelligent person.
@mike196212
2 жыл бұрын
Lennon came of age in the 60s, but continued to look forward. He had a fondness for the 60s, but could appreciate new music. Many of his contemporaries were not so liberated. A few years ago I watched a UTUBE interview being given by Devo's Mark Mothersbaugh on the one time(I think) he ''met '' John Lennon after a Devo show. I think the band were piling their gear into a van when a face suddenly appeared and stuck itself to the passenger side of the van. Turned out it was Lennon,royally pissed and babbling some of the 'da-da-da-da' from Devo's ''Uncontrollable Urge,'' the first track on their first lp(I have a copy). He was a fan and Mothersbaugh admitted the riff was tweaked from ''I Wanna Hold Your Hand.'' I think this chance meeting happened in LA. Go figure.
@Meladjusted
2 жыл бұрын
He actually _came of age_ in the 50s. They're the years beginning in puberty and ending when you become an adult.
@booblikon
2 жыл бұрын
That's actually not a stretch, if you listen to the opening chord structure of both songs. Very similar, I can see that.
@bittmanbobby
2 жыл бұрын
This is awesome. Never knew John was around all of this at the time
@valmarsiglia
2 жыл бұрын
If "Cold Turkey" isn't a protopunk song, I don't know what is.
@finianlacy8827
2 жыл бұрын
Heavier and more raw !!!
@alexyerkey3141
2 жыл бұрын
New wave John would’ve been cool
@flo.rollercoaster
2 жыл бұрын
excellent stuff
@Beatlestories
2 жыл бұрын
I've got 2 terabytes to come. I'm hoping I get my 75,000 subscribers back but I think I might have problems uploading everything. Either way - stay tuned :)
@user-kl4bh4lq6r
9 ай бұрын
He dig's it great little interview this❤🎉
@exarkun8250
2 жыл бұрын
Interesting that John was reminded of the Beatles' Hamburg days when watching the punk rockers. Though I think their behavior in Hamburg was more a byproduct of having to work for days on end without rest than any conscious decision to be punk.
@robertolsen6720
2 жыл бұрын
Billy Joel said he regrets not getting with John in the late 70's. He thought he would eventually get around to it someday.
@barnacleburrito3728
2 жыл бұрын
eww gross. that is one name that does not fit with the others mentioned here
@vangroover1903
2 жыл бұрын
Well, he already knew only the good die young............
@MusclesHockeymask
2 жыл бұрын
I heard the Beatles were eating fried chicken on stage in Hamburg. Bloody legends.
@2011littlejohn1
2 жыл бұрын
I liked the story about them having breakfast and pouring beer over cornflakes.
@steveconn
2 жыл бұрын
The Stones who kicked fans in the face for spitting on Brian found the story cute.
@VolvoImpala
2 жыл бұрын
@@steveconn Oh man, that's awesome, too. Bob Dylan said it best. "The Rolling Stones are, were, and always will be the best rock and roll band ever. Period."
@pedromarques7457
2 жыл бұрын
@@steveconn Are you saying that a violent story is preferable or "cooler" than a cute story?
@pedromarques7457
2 жыл бұрын
@@VolvoImpala Bob Dylan's musical field is folk music. He doesn't really understand or feel anything about rock n roll.
@nallekarhu7994
2 жыл бұрын
Madness
@timeboy8770
2 жыл бұрын
Never heard this. Very cool
@maurogajardo620
2 жыл бұрын
Billy Idol covered "Gimme Some Truth"
@apollomemories7399
2 жыл бұрын
so what
@donnieshoaf
Жыл бұрын
Wow, must be cool for a guy to get him tapes to listen to
@markymarco2570
2 жыл бұрын
I bet he would have loved Soundgarden
@marlaflores3190
2 жыл бұрын
I remember when I worked at Phil Spector's office, seeing John and Oko standing in an elevator , door opens , no room for me, closes. Took me 10 seconds to realize it was them looking at me face to face !
@billyrocca9029
Жыл бұрын
John had open ears and open mind. Great bloke all 'round!
@Beatlestories
Жыл бұрын
Yeah. And he was a highly intelligent man too :)
@pobreprofe
Жыл бұрын
The name of the Ramones and the cover of their first album (the first true punk album) are direct homages to that Beatles Hamburg era. How are they not gonna like it?
@sonial1839
2 жыл бұрын
I'm sure Lennon would have loved acts such as Radiohead, Beck, Flaming Lips. He probably would have liked the Shoegaze and Dream Pop scene or even the hip hop evolution. He seemed like a very devoted music explorer that (just like his friend Bowie) would have been always surrounded by new obscure trends and doing his stuff with modern influences unlike many classical musicians. Sad for all the music he could not hear.
@deeg8849
Жыл бұрын
John always had a bit of a grudge after the fact that he “adapted” himself to get the record contract by changing how they dressed, behaved and most importantly - sounded. He didn’t mind while it was happening and they had the success they did, but once bands like the Stones go successful and we’re able to spin their story as bad boys and back it up in their much rawer playing, it pissed John off inside. By 65 and definately in 66, he in particular started to embrace his true self and project it externally as well through his songs (help) and his opinions (bigger then Christ). And when folks rebelled because good Beatles lads were not supposed to misbehave, it posed him off even more. Good on him. Deep down, he was really just pissed with himself for not being himself all the way through. Regardless, a legend in my book
@RogerPeet
2 жыл бұрын
I believe that John had a very high IQ. That's what's fun about listening to him. It just flows out. JohnYoko4Ever
@Beatlestories
2 жыл бұрын
He was highly intelligent, you can just tell
@RogerPeet
2 жыл бұрын
@@Beatlestories Thx
@jaysmith3095
2 жыл бұрын
“I dig it.”
@Danjoker.
2 жыл бұрын
Like a rolling stone
@NewFalconerRecords
2 жыл бұрын
@@Danjoker. Matt Busby.
@thewkovacs316
2 жыл бұрын
thank you for posting this i get bashed all the time for pointing out that before epstein molded the band, they were pretty much "punk" john was a bit confused pistols never played max's....sid did pistols didnt try to make it in ny...malcolm booked them into the worst venues going through the southwest and destroyed the band madness didnt cut a record until 79 sad that john resided in nyc and didnt catch any of the american "punk" bands that were playing in local clubs starting in 75
@porflepopnecker4376
2 жыл бұрын
Except the Beatles' music was great, and punk rock sounded like sh**.
@ktcarl
2 жыл бұрын
Anyone that followed The Beatles from their Hamburg days knew they were rock n roll punkers. It's just that it wasn't called punk back then.
@gregorymoore2877
2 жыл бұрын
Whoa! John Lennon name dropping Blondie and B-52s. Neat!
@ots1634
2 жыл бұрын
What's crazy is that the new bands weren't pushing the Beatle's out. Now Paul Mccartney and Ringo, (to a less obvious extent) are still interviewed, heralded as gods and their music is timeless and adored. The new bands that came a decade later didn't expand on and displace The Beatles, almost every band/genre since has been a fad- John never lived to see that the new stuff would fade and he would remain peerless.
@stevecarey2030
2 жыл бұрын
I still listen to the bands he was talking about. Just bought the Pretender's debut album last month. I knew their music back in the day but just never bought their albums. Good thing too cuz now I get to listen to it as if it's new. Just as timeless as the Beatles IMO. While some of the new bands at the time did want to push the old bands out, others loved them. The B52s were big Beatles fans, as was Kurt Cobain of Nirvana. The Ramones actually got their name from the Beatles (they used the fake name Ramone when booking hotels).
@markzappasodi
2 жыл бұрын
@@stevecarey2030 Paul McCartney breifly went by the name of Paul Ramone.
@stevecarey2030
2 жыл бұрын
@@markzappasodi Yep, that was to remain incognito. Booking a hotel as Paul McCartney would likely get leaked to the public.
@markzappasodi
2 жыл бұрын
@@stevecarey2030 he was Paul Ramone BEFORE he was famous.
@stevecarey2030
2 жыл бұрын
@@markzappasodi Oh, didn't know that.
@Inglese001
2 жыл бұрын
Very sad to say that John Lennon would die two days after this interview.
@hookywookywithmalarkyman704
2 жыл бұрын
I am a Liverpudlian age 72 now & 2 dates are locked into my head, the day JFK was assainated & Johns.
@johngore7744
2 жыл бұрын
@@hookywookywithmalarkyman704 the Two Johnnies. ( I’m second generation Canadian Montreal grew up with British everything including the telly) somehow I think John L would have seen the humor. I’m 60 and it hit me when he died. I grew up from 3 years old with them being played constantly by my older sister. Even saw them land at Doval (Montreal) airport with my family in 64 when I was 3. They were the musical backdrop of my formative years.
@hookywookywithmalarkyman704
2 жыл бұрын
@@johngore7744 I live Thailand now last 17 years & folks love my scouse accent, take care bro !
@henryortiz595
2 жыл бұрын
I like how he said they used to do that same stuff they where doing back in his day
@comeonman8191
2 жыл бұрын
Andy Peebles was the interviewer.
@lukethedrifter100
2 жыл бұрын
John still missed
@ge_mail
2 жыл бұрын
While I know John wanted to step back from the public ... care for his family and self ... i think he also secluded himself as he did not want to be reminded that music advanced and continued without him. [In my opinion]
@Beatlestories
2 жыл бұрын
That's a valid opinion. And isolation is dangerous in any walk of life, he wrote a song about it. Out of all the books I've read he more or less admits what you're saying. He asks John Peel if people will be interested in a John Lennon record!
@paulascott5701
2 жыл бұрын
I suspect that Lennon felt that he could't compete with McCartney's amazing success after the Beatles.
@gangnamchild6310
2 жыл бұрын
@@paulascott5701 what? John Lennon was successful as fuck post beatles. His first album had waaaaay better reception than mccartney 1 and ram lol
@paulascott5701
2 жыл бұрын
@@gangnamchild6310 You don't need to be vile. I like Lennon too, you don't need to defend him by putting McCartney down. I don't need to defend anybody either. McCartney's output speaks for its self. I never put Lennon down.
@gangnamchild6310
2 жыл бұрын
@@paulascott5701 read your own comment ”Paula”
@Lightner445555555555
2 жыл бұрын
I always thought John died long before these bands came out 😮!!
@gardenofeels6872
2 жыл бұрын
Those bands came out in the late 70s. John was killed in 1980.
@aylinguluzade5962
2 жыл бұрын
Taken from the interview Lennon gave to the BBC on 6th December 1980, 2 days before being killed.
@bellinghammond
2 жыл бұрын
what if Lennon HAD listened two years earlier?? I'll bet Double Fantasy would have been wildly different (better) than the MOR 'hit' it was
@anuraggdeshpande286
Жыл бұрын
So john was proto-proto punk
@johnran6015
2 жыл бұрын
Lene Lovich, hugely underrated check out The Bird Song
@buckshot4569
2 жыл бұрын
Sad cruel world. Out spoken forward thinking talent enjoying freedom. Live forever superstar 🌈💕
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