Post by daveyo on Dec 12, 2009 2:22:11 GMT
Hi Members:
Came across this yesterday and its some tit for tat news and I wonder just how genuine this is but if some of you can look into it to verify all this it might also be worthy to add to Essentials of the reasons involved with the Beatles overall.
Here is the link I found it in:
news.superiorpics.com/2009/08/20/LENNON_TAPES_REVEAL_THE_BEATLES_BICKERING.html
The Imagine singer sat down with Rolling Stone publisher Jann Wenner shortly after the Fab Four parted ways and revealed a few home truths about the real reasons behind the split - something the four former Beatles have rarely spoken about.
Wenner released the tapes for celebrated rock journalist Mikal Gilmore's study on what tore the band apart, which appears in the upcoming issue of the publication.
The 1970 tapes have also been released to U.S. TV news show Entertainment Tonight, which aired Lennon's comments on Wednesday (19Aug09).
Lennon can be heard telling Wenner, "We sold out... and I felt sick."
He also takes aim at longtime songwriting partner Paul McCartney, stating, "We got fed up with being sidemen for Paul."
Lennon suggests the Beatles break-up was a long time coming and the "music died" when they first hit the big time in the early 1960s, adding, "That's why we never improved."
And he was less than happy when his bandmates disrespected and "insulted" his wife Yoko Ono, adding, "They despised her... It seemed I had to be happily married to them or Yoko - and I chose Yoko."
Lennon goes so far as to suggest that the Beatles' most peaceful member, George Harrison, was the one who really drove wedge between Lennon and the band over his treatment of Ono.
He states, "George insulted her right to her face and I didn't hit him, I don't know why. Ringo (Starr) was alright but the other two really gave it to us. I'll never forgive 'em."
Gilmore's Why The Beatles Broke Up article appears in the upcoming issue of Rolling Stone.
Last updated: Monday, August 31, 2009
LENNON 'WOULD HAVE LOVED' THE BEATLES: ROCK BAND
YOKO ONO has dismissed criticism of the new BEATLES Rock Band game, insisting her late husband JOHN
Fans of the Fab Four will be able to play along to 45 of their hits when The Beatles: Rock Band hits stores in September (09).
Surviving Beatles billy McCartney and Ringo Starr have been accused of "selling out" by allowing their music to be used.
But Ono - who runs Lennon's estate - insists it will introduce the band to a whole new generation of fans.
She says, "(John) would have loved it. The Beatles: Rock Band is about to create another revolution."
Feel free to comment on it and let me know what you think.
Daveyo
Came across this yesterday and its some tit for tat news and I wonder just how genuine this is but if some of you can look into it to verify all this it might also be worthy to add to Essentials of the reasons involved with the Beatles overall.
Here is the link I found it in:
news.superiorpics.com/2009/08/20/LENNON_TAPES_REVEAL_THE_BEATLES_BICKERING.html
The Imagine singer sat down with Rolling Stone publisher Jann Wenner shortly after the Fab Four parted ways and revealed a few home truths about the real reasons behind the split - something the four former Beatles have rarely spoken about.
Wenner released the tapes for celebrated rock journalist Mikal Gilmore's study on what tore the band apart, which appears in the upcoming issue of the publication.
The 1970 tapes have also been released to U.S. TV news show Entertainment Tonight, which aired Lennon's comments on Wednesday (19Aug09).
Lennon can be heard telling Wenner, "We sold out... and I felt sick."
He also takes aim at longtime songwriting partner Paul McCartney, stating, "We got fed up with being sidemen for Paul."
Lennon suggests the Beatles break-up was a long time coming and the "music died" when they first hit the big time in the early 1960s, adding, "That's why we never improved."
And he was less than happy when his bandmates disrespected and "insulted" his wife Yoko Ono, adding, "They despised her... It seemed I had to be happily married to them or Yoko - and I chose Yoko."
Lennon goes so far as to suggest that the Beatles' most peaceful member, George Harrison, was the one who really drove wedge between Lennon and the band over his treatment of Ono.
He states, "George insulted her right to her face and I didn't hit him, I don't know why. Ringo (Starr) was alright but the other two really gave it to us. I'll never forgive 'em."
Gilmore's Why The Beatles Broke Up article appears in the upcoming issue of Rolling Stone.
Last updated: Monday, August 31, 2009
LENNON 'WOULD HAVE LOVED' THE BEATLES: ROCK BAND
YOKO ONO has dismissed criticism of the new BEATLES Rock Band game, insisting her late husband JOHN
Fans of the Fab Four will be able to play along to 45 of their hits when The Beatles: Rock Band hits stores in September (09).
Surviving Beatles billy McCartney and Ringo Starr have been accused of "selling out" by allowing their music to be used.
But Ono - who runs Lennon's estate - insists it will introduce the band to a whole new generation of fans.
She says, "(John) would have loved it. The Beatles: Rock Band is about to create another revolution."
Feel free to comment on it and let me know what you think.
Daveyo