Paul McCartney Talks About John Lennon | The Jonathan Ross Show 

I'm gonna assume that you're kidding...

Yes me too hahaha

I am like you, I wasn't born, til after John Lennon's murder, but why didn't anyone stop Mark David Chapman from killing John Lennon, as he stalked him for months, before killing 1 of the world's most famous musicians ?.

@@Lubbylove89 no its true I was the same. Was born in 98' but in like 05 or some time like that when someone told me that this musician I dug was fucking assassinated 25 years ago I was shocked. Like that kind of ahit just doesn't happen to celebs y'know.

He was murdered not assassinated

Ross did the mutiple guests 20 years ago. So no not like Norton.

Yes it is

This show though just looks like Rossy just directly copied an American talk show studio and he's a really poor interviewer because he just likes to hear his own voice too much.

***** This is typical of British chat shows

+Michael Parker He did. His former "Late night with Jonathan Ross" was a direct copy of David Letterman's format. He's aped it ever since. Ross lacks Letterman's easy charm though. He's too keen on controversy and exploiting easy targets. I once watched him interview a guest who didn't actually get to complete a full sentence. He's not unintelligent, but he is a dick. I can't get on with his personality at all. I find him endlessly irritating.

WarDaddy I saw it too

Marty heh Yesterday-The Beatles

........ I was a kid living in the same city (New York City {Manhattan}) where he was killed. I remember thinking how could such a huge icon like that be killed. I remember watching peoples faces in my neighborhood of all races just becoming very humble and did NOT joke around for days after that. If someone was arguing with someone else and the name Lennon was brought up, it was enough to end the argument about something else. It was amazing to watch how deeply sad we New Yorkers were and everyone was wearing the New York City T-Shirt Lennon made famous. When Elvis died it was different because Elvis was really overweight and everyone knew he was on a lot of drugs. So when Elvis died it wasn't a surprise. But, when Lennon died he had just released an album with songs like Women, Just Like Starting Over and The Merry Go Round. So everyone here in New York were getting ready for the announcement of his shows at our famous arena Madison Square Garden to see him perform his new songs. RIP John Lennon.

Paul McCartney lost his best friend, when John Lennon died. People will NEVER forget such a tragic event. Liverpool, and New York didn't lose a legend, the world lost 1, in my humble opinion.

I thought the same, I think there were more interesting questions to ask rather than this one, you can notice it still hurts him. But I haven’t seen the whole interview, so maybe they had a reason to ask it.

An asshole murdered his friend, of course he is upset.

Yup his voice was so shaky 🥺

Paul McCartney is known for a few other thing besides some guy who knew John Lennon

+ogbkballa ....Obviously Sir Paul's agent tells these people what questions he doesn't want to answer.. Funny Sir Paul and Ringo didn't show up for Lennon's 75th charity gig.. Yoko forgot to ask Pete Best and he actually played with john while most of the other superstar performers never even met Lennon

+D. Brown I think you misunderstood what he said. He wasn't saying that's what Paul was known for. He was saying he is known for more than that. He's saying he isn't just some guy who knew John Lennon. +JazzKeyboardist1 They probably didn't show up for the very reasons you stated, or the fact that as former Beatles they are very busy.

i WISH only once he just came up with a Lennonism like "Well a man on a flaming pie landed at my door and coughed for 4 hours . As I was ready to go back in , he undressed showing a rather tiny penis and said. The one John Lennon is no longer.... Now he is Peter Kringle and works at a carnival in New Zealand. He wants YOU to keep all the money , give some to Julian and tell Yoko I (John) shall shit on her grave if the witch ever dies. and with one reverential wave of his cape (Oh he did have a cape) he sang "Hey Dude". and just grabbed a bus.Which I found interesting.

It's important that he keeps retelling it so that we don't forget and we don't forget that moment whether you were aware of the moment or not or not even born yet. I was 6 or 7 when Lennon was shot and the tv stations played the Beatles' Yellow Submarine for months in the Bay Area on channel 2 and that's how I first heard the Beatles and I've loved them ever since.

it made me cry

+NightJet (me too)

bullshit

No he didn’t!

I'm a dove, grrr John was his best friend, imagine losing your best friend the man who you formed a band and career with.

Yes well said

Poor George :( I had no idea

F. Scott Fitzhemingway george got attacked in 1999 not 2000

George...

Да

Never say never. Of course he will be. There will also be a time when the Earth doesn't exist.

BayviewFinch thank you captain obvious.

Ricardo Miranda Well, clearly it wasn't that obvious to you.

+BayviewFinch true dat. This guy is getting a little too over dramatic..

John won't be forgotten, but his killer will

YEAH !😣

I think John's death came as a shock them all, including George, before he died, as he was stabbed in his own home. Ringo, and Paul will never forget the legacy that John, and George had left behind.

Agree. So hard and stupid.

@@michaelasquith9791 George said he was hoping that the gunshots were wounds that he’d recover from as said he missed hanging out with him and said that they’d see each other again down the line.

I think they're used to it. Now in their late 70s, with grown children and nothing to prove, it looks like they actually want to talk about their past and legacy at this point in time.

For what he has accomplished in his life, he's not arrogant at all.

He "was" that kind of guy

Even if he is, he’s Paul McCartney. He’s done everything. It would be hard not to be

+PaulGreen11 Yeah man. The same depressing question for 35 years!

Obviously Sir Paul's agent could have told the interviewer before every show that he wants questions about Dead Beatles to Live and Let die

JazzKeyboardist1 Or something like that.

+BeatleTales I don't agree. Paul has given so much to us Beatles Fans, how much do we have a right to ask of him. He lost alot more than we lost with John, let him have some memories of John for himself. We dont deserve it all.

+BeatleTales Well there's a reason why he keeps saying that. He clearly doesn't want the entire world to share his private and intimate feelings. I'd really like to know that too about how he felt, what he said, if he cried a lot or not, but being such a delicate part of his life, I totally comprehend him. What a great man, he will never stop being my reference point in life.

+464528 And when you asked him far more interesting questions, you will still ask about John Lennon.

+464528 Well, I'm sure he totally understands it. That was his best friend and songwriting partner, when it comes to Beatles history or music history in general, you can't have one without the other. If the same thing had happened to Paul instead, then John was going to be the one answering that question for the rest of his life.

I wonder if the best songwriter of almost all time every thought about having his agent tell these interviewers which questions he is tired of talking about?.... Heather Mills says my point hasn't a leg to stand on

464528 what would you ask?

Kevin Shaughnessy he has no interesting question to ask 😂😂😂😂

Alana H I would too

Can you honestly blame him? I mean, he lost one of his best and closest friends in one of the most horrific and unncessary ways possible. You can see how painful it is for paul to talk about this subject.

Paul does hate people asking that same question for nearly 38 years. You can tell how much Paul misses John, his singing, and songwriting partner, the 2 of them, together, Lennon, and McCartney wrote some of music's greatest, and best loved songs. Not only that, it was a partnership that would change music forever. Their partnership in music terms, was simply magical. They inspired kids of the 1960s, 1970s, and beyond, to pick up guitars, and write songs. They influenced Queen, Oasis, and Blur, to name, but a few bands, in my humble opinion.

@@michaelasquith9791 I love Queen And Beatles...

Who would like?..

You can tell in all his interview he holds it in

Ulysses M. a1974h who wouldnt i mean Paul and John were bestriends until 1970 when the beatles broke up, in 1974 they made an album together in 1976 he was at johns place and watched football with him and the next four years until 1980 they only talked on the phone.

I think Paul misses John for inspiration, and guidance, in my humble opinion. Paul referred to the other 3 Beatles, as his "brothers", John, as his "middle brother", Ringo, as his "big brother", and George, as his "little brother".

@@UlyssesM especially in the 1982 interview where his lip quivered listening to Beautiful Boy

I know how it feels to lose someone you love.

Same :)

May i ask y?

ellie anderson Well, I'm a fan of them both. And Martin is a Beatles fan of course. He actually was at an event that Paul was at, once, and he mentioned how he would love to meet him. So it's really cool that he finally got to :)

And it's all thanks to Ricky Gervais!

DolleHengst oh you too? 😂

Haha. Brilliant!

BAHAHAHAHAHA

+Gordon Fredrick I use the word 'jerk' sometimes and I'm English. It grates when I hear English kids say things like "Can I get?" instead of "Can I have?" ( It's fine when Americans say it, but when English people say it, it embarrasses me a bit), but I think words like 'jerk' are kind of universal now. However don't get me started on "go get...." instead of "go and get"...

I'm sure John situation been reversed, and not one to hold any punches would've simply referred to Chapman as a Fucking Jerkoff Piece of Shit!!

aerialkate It's awful when English people say things like 'asshole' instead of arsehole and jerk is definitely an Americanism and shouldn't be used by English people, as it denigrates our language.

@@elvisleeboy I agree. And as a good Liverpool man he should be saying arse and shite instead of jerk. I love American popular culture, but living in America, having American wives, band mates and managers has dented the very identity that made the young Beatle so charming.

I would stick Freddie Mercury in that slot.

​@@jopisano67yes absolutely

For me, Paul #1

he was devoted to his son? lmao u gotta be kidding me. shit father he was.

Exactly!! fuck lennon

You couldnt be more wrong Jade, you need to read more and learn more about power structures and History to know how these things work.

X FOREVER Fuck xxxtentacion

+Poop McStuffins Awesome name you got there..

+Poop McStuffins I'm probably wrong but I'm really curious - Is that John in your profile pic?

I think Paul McCartney was scared of getting shot, himself. The day after John Lennon had died, Paul McCartney went to work, as normal, and there was a massive police presence, and the journalists wanted their input. When he was asked about John's death, he said, "It's a drag". I think he was still in shock, as it was an early morning telephone call, that woke him up. The comment about John's death being a drag was Paul's way of saying "It's a shock", in my humble opinion.

Jerk Of All Jerks

Doctorunk agree jerk isn’t strong enough to describe him

Doctorunk I’m sure he has another word for him but can’t say it on tv

He didn't try to belittle the deed, he tried to belittle the Chapman guy. He tried to underline how Chapman is not special in any way, not even having a big motive. He is not even a lunatic.

Nah. Paul just didn't want to say the word for it, or probably just was out of words for what happened.

To be fair at the time of Johns death thats all he could sum up of Chapman as opposed to trying to anaylise and try and breakdown figure out what the guy was on or about but who would? his best friend just got killed thats where most if not all of his thoughts, emotions and mourning were focused!

I.doubt it he knows a lot more than he lets on but I believe he was threatened I'm 1980 just after it happened

Same...😔💔

Também tenho 13 anos e só escuto rock dos anos 60,80 do país dos beatles.. Amo os Beatles de mais mesmo

The killer was a catcher in the rye phony.. Thank goodness no one else is a Billy Connolly phony on youtube.

No, he's a psycho, shut up...

callum berrigan...Good one.. The fun is to make up a joke, Like drummer pete best hired the devil to take out John Lennon because the Beatles kicked Pete out of the band after years of paying his dues..

+Stewart Nicol as BILLY CONNOLLY Not even for a split second.

+Stewart Nicol as BILLY CONNOLLY Yep, that was definitely not a random murder by some random douche. Anybody that knows even a little bit how the world works will get. The same as Kennedy, Monroe, Martin L. King... and John Lennon... these are not out of the blue murders.

Every other day he used to be driven straight into the hallway of the Dakota but on that particular day he wasn't. 😔😭