WOGAN interviews Sir George Martin... 

It has been 55 years since Beatles hit it big, and nothing remotely close has happened. As I have said many times: never happened before, will never happen again. It was lightening in a bottle.

Totally love George's humility here. That '5th Beatle' barely.said a word about himself. Great man.

RIP George Martin.

I'd never heard of him until he was pointed out to me in 1999 on the Island of Alderney for the total eclipse

7:50 This guy doesn't know what he is talking about. Madonna has never been close to The Beatles in record sales.

2:03 "I think we're going to see the end of the hype now" HA WRONG We're just as obsessed now as ever

What a lovely, lovely man George was.

A very humble and very talented man..who played a big part in the Beatles success story.

It can't be overstated the impact that George Martin had on the Beatles and, in the bigger picture, the history of music. A true great!

Beatles & Madonna in the same sentence pfftt

Was Midge on drugs during this interview? Madonna never came close to outselling the Beatles.

George was a really handsome elegant man,charming.

George says in 20 years you would have to dig him up. But he actually lived another 29 years. Legend

...George "something big will happen!".... Sorry to disappoint you George, but through the 90's and 00's the Beatles were and are in Peppers 50th year, still the bench mark!

George Martin was instrumental in guiding the Beatles creativity. His suggestion of a string quartet for " Yesterday, " his piano solo on " In My Life, " arrangements for many songs, " Eleanor Rigby, " " I am the Walrus, " etc. A genteel, musical man! God bless him!

Such a gentleman and artist, thank Sir George Martin rest in heaven

Madonna has not sold anywhere near the records that the Beatles have sold, Midge....nowhere near

The fifth beatle say no more

Sorry Midge, but Madonna outsold the Beatles.by 1987 ??? Don't think so bud

Martin is one of the most important people in music!

i am still listening to the beatles today (2018) however the last time i heard madonna was ........... uh cant remember and further more i dont want to remember.as far as mr ure goes his career was not as big as ringos career .

It’s George Martin’s interview and the other guest is talking and bragging for 5 minutes

The decade of the 60's was full of good groups and wonderfull musicians the young guy in the show should know but the Beatles had a very complex music , they were ahead all along the decade . Sorry to say that Madona will be soon forgotten and her music never studied

I disagree w George Martin, no, there will never be another phenomenon like the Beatles. People will be studying them for the next 500 years.

Lets ask the expert Midge urr about what will be the next Beatles, what he should have said is there will NEVER be another, glad I was there from the start and took the ride

George...a true English gentleman......

Wogan looks like a priest

Fantastic stuff! Thank you for preserving the tapes and digitizing them for delight!

Madonna, to her credit, was an 80s phenom with a very compelling story AND talent. Am shocked she has sold so many albums but it is nowhere near Beatle sales, talent, or impact The Fab Four are still #1 and will probably remain there for eternity. YEAH YEAH YEAH!!

George Martin being the beatles. Smiliar to Quincy Jones with Michael Jackson. MJ was massive for those 3 albums that Jones produced then then good times were over.

What most need to remember is what the Beatles did to American youth on that famous Sunday evening. I was there watching with my Mom and Dad and my 2 sisters. I was 7 1/2 years old and totally went greaseless with my hair the next Monday morning at school. I was NOT alone with that. Yeah, Yeah, Yeah rolled off your tongue. Yes, it was who they were and their music, what it did to us in the US and the whole world. The girls still screamed a day later, and I never did get that. Rock ON!

I like yhe way george pays attention to the other guest when they speak

I was fortunate enough to meet Both Sir George Martin and Sir Terry Wogan professionally. Two finer, more well mannered gentlemen you couldn't hope to meet. However I will say George was profoundly deaf when I met him some years after this interview, and I had to repeat each question three of four times before he heard me! I think he is lip reading here - he always looks very intently at the person speaking. I believe it was all those years at Abbey Road that did for his ear drums, God love him! I would have liked a question about John Lennon, who was always the most intriguing Beatle by a million miles.

Its strange listening to this interview now, 34 years later. The significance of Midge Ure and Madonna as far as their footprint on the history of rock music and recorded sound is concerned is quite obvious. But this George Martin chap, and the beedles???? Who were they?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????

The Gentleman of English Pop Music.

nice intaview the scottish bloke seemed a little smug thou seems Gorge is more well known none then this bloke.

George Martin produced an album for Ultravox in the early 80's and was very impressed with the group and their leader, Midge Ure. They became very good friends.

...oops - yes, the audio is slightly out....!

Last day of the hype! In 1984. Cmon George. Modesty quite unnecessary here.

A real Gentleman

Brian Epstein, John Lennon, George Harrison, George Martin and Geoff Emerick. The Beatles inner circle are inexorably exiting the stage. Then there is Billy Preston, Linda McCartney, Maureen Starkey, and much earlier Stu Sutcliff. I am certain I missed some. All gone now.

Why did Wogan mention Billy Shears?

Cool interview. However, you should definitely tell us in the info below the video WHEN that was broadcast .

Who was the other guy in black and why was he there ?

great interview but I didn't like his tie ;-)

Midge Ure is so far off the subject

Midge Ure is the other guest.

It's hard for me to believe that these 80s interviews took place less than 20 years after the Beatles split up. Think about it: for them, reminiscing about Sgt Pepper was like us reminiscing about Amy Winehouse's first album, or Jay Z's The Black Album 🤯

I first heard U2 in 84. They became my 2nd most important band. They take over where The Beatles left off

IT WAS INCREDIBLE (SOME WOULD SAY ,SPOOKY) THE WAY ALL THE RIGHT INGREDIENTS CAME TOGETHER, AT THE RIGHT PLACE AND TIME. ---BRIAN EPSTEIN, HAD NO EXPERIENCE OF MANAGING, LET ALONE A ROCK MUSIC BAND, HAVING BY CHANCE, SEEN THEM PERFORM IN THE CAVERN, BECAME THEIR MANAGER, TOOK THEM TO LONDON SMARTENED UP, INTRUDUCED TO GEORGE MARTIN, RINGO WAS BROUGHT INTO THE BAND. AND THEY ACHEIVED THEIR FIRST EMI SINGLE HIT; BINGO!

From 1st June 1987. Amusingly he thought that this was as far as the Beatle obsession would go and in 20 years (2007) they'll all be mostly forgotten. But in fact it has just grown and grown with more and more pouring over the story. And sales too. That was un-predictable, but as the world opened up from the 90s onwards, open borders, trade, China etc, though the Beatles were a niche interest people in places like Korea followed them and bought the back catalogue and films etc, and out of those 2bn new emerging consumers, even though only a couple percent of them are interested enough to pay for Beatles stash, that still translates into huge revenues for the individual Beatle estates and Apple.

so lovely thanks for sharing

RIP Terry and George.

2024

Gawd. That nicotine stained, M.U. only, intro performed by old time servers...

I always knew Limmy could be a bit random, but he's outdone himself here!

ahh...the true 5th Beatle.

All about balls - Who would have put this innovative compositional stuff on vinyl? George was the MAN who decided these guys were open to his input - this other guy is a great fairy

It's wonderful to be here, it's certainly a thrill ..🎼🎼🎵

Wogan shouldn't be able to be part of this genius !

The guy who ruined the Beatles . Control freak 😎