Post by jonna on May 1, 2004 8:21:29 GMT -5
I think these were posted somewhere before but it thought it was worth putting here anyway
Paul in Melody Maker:
PAUL: "There was a bit of hype on the back of the (Let It Be) sleeve for the first time ever on a Beatles album. At the time, the Beatles were very strained with each other and it wasn't a happy time. It said it was a 'new-phase Beatles album' and there was nothing further from the truth. That was the last Beatles album and everybody knew it... (Allen) Klein had it re-produced because he said it didn't sound commercial enough."
"I just want the four of us to get together somewhere and sign a piece of paper saying it's all over and we want to divide the money four ways. No one else would be there, not even Linda or Yoko or Allen Klein. We'd just sign the paper and hand it to the business people and let them sort it out. That's all I want now, but John won't do it. Everybody thinks I am the agressor but I'm not, you know. I just want out."
"John and Yoko are not cool in what they are doing. I saw them on television the other night and thought that what they are saying about what they wanted to do together was basically the same as what Linda and I want to do."
"John's whole image now is very honest and open. He's alright, is John. I like his 'Imagine' album but I didn't like the others. 'Imagine' is what John is really like but there was too much political stuff on the other albums. You know, I only really listen to them to see if there's something I can pinch." (laughs)
"'How Do You Sleep'? I think it's silly. So what if I live with straights? I like straights. I have straight babies. It doesn't affect him. He says the only thing I did was 'Yesterday.' He knows that's wrong. He knows and I know it's not true."
"John wanted to do a big thing in Toronto (9/13/69 concert, Toronto Rock and Roll Revival) but I didn't dig that at all. I hear that before he went on stage he was sick, and that's just what I didn't want. Like anybody else I have been nervous because of the Beatles thing."
"I wanted to get in a van and do an unadvertised concert at a Saturday night hop at Slough Town Hall or somewhere like that. We'd call ourselves Rikki and the Red Streaks or something and just get up and play. There'd be no press and we'd tell nobody about it. John thought it was a daft idea."
"Before John was leaving the Beatles, I was lying in bed at home one night and I thought we could get a band together, like his Plastic Ono Band. I felt the urge because we had never played live for four years. We all wanted to appear on a stage but not with the Beatles. We couldn't do it as the Beatles because it would be so big. We'd have to find a million-seater hall or something."
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John's side of the story relating to the breakup is a bit different than Paul's, you can't just sign a letter between the 4 of them and have it legally binding on Apple records. Corporate taxation rates have a thousand more loopholes for hiding money than an annual personal income tax, especially when their revenue sources were from record sales in England as well as America.
John:
"I emphasized especially Maclen [Lennon and McCartney’s songwriting company] which is mainly our concern, but you refused, right?" With the legal nightmare of royalty taxation not only between Maclen, but also Northern Songs who had publishing rites in the UK. there is no way Paul would get into that one without a lawyer being present, which is contrary to what Paul was previously inferring. John points him to the task.
Paul had warned them of Klein and John seems to concerned he was right, but warns of Paul's relative Eastman (father in law??) "you know WE'RE right about him." Well, Paul did do much better financially than the others as time has told.
John then addresses Paul's initial remarks concerning hype in the Let it Be album cover, and John sarcasically blasts him: "Remember Tony Barrow?" I am not sure what to make of this as I am under the impression Tony was their press manager. If John is writing in response to 'Faul' (not convinced here), John is letting 'Faul' know about Please Please Me and other hype that Paul should have been well aware of in the XMas records. John then asks Paul about his Life interview (denying the death rumors) and compliments him on his PR success.
John performed several times live without the Beatles, so if Paul wanted to do so, John just says go ahead and do it. Maybe Paul needed to learn how to play first. John's wit and originality in expression never ceases to amaze me, he could be the most sarcastic SOB you'd ever run into and seems he was always a step ahead of everyone else.
Paul in Melody Maker:
PAUL: "There was a bit of hype on the back of the (Let It Be) sleeve for the first time ever on a Beatles album. At the time, the Beatles were very strained with each other and it wasn't a happy time. It said it was a 'new-phase Beatles album' and there was nothing further from the truth. That was the last Beatles album and everybody knew it... (Allen) Klein had it re-produced because he said it didn't sound commercial enough."
"I just want the four of us to get together somewhere and sign a piece of paper saying it's all over and we want to divide the money four ways. No one else would be there, not even Linda or Yoko or Allen Klein. We'd just sign the paper and hand it to the business people and let them sort it out. That's all I want now, but John won't do it. Everybody thinks I am the agressor but I'm not, you know. I just want out."
"John and Yoko are not cool in what they are doing. I saw them on television the other night and thought that what they are saying about what they wanted to do together was basically the same as what Linda and I want to do."
"John's whole image now is very honest and open. He's alright, is John. I like his 'Imagine' album but I didn't like the others. 'Imagine' is what John is really like but there was too much political stuff on the other albums. You know, I only really listen to them to see if there's something I can pinch." (laughs)
"'How Do You Sleep'? I think it's silly. So what if I live with straights? I like straights. I have straight babies. It doesn't affect him. He says the only thing I did was 'Yesterday.' He knows that's wrong. He knows and I know it's not true."
"John wanted to do a big thing in Toronto (9/13/69 concert, Toronto Rock and Roll Revival) but I didn't dig that at all. I hear that before he went on stage he was sick, and that's just what I didn't want. Like anybody else I have been nervous because of the Beatles thing."
"I wanted to get in a van and do an unadvertised concert at a Saturday night hop at Slough Town Hall or somewhere like that. We'd call ourselves Rikki and the Red Streaks or something and just get up and play. There'd be no press and we'd tell nobody about it. John thought it was a daft idea."
"Before John was leaving the Beatles, I was lying in bed at home one night and I thought we could get a band together, like his Plastic Ono Band. I felt the urge because we had never played live for four years. We all wanted to appear on a stage but not with the Beatles. We couldn't do it as the Beatles because it would be so big. We'd have to find a million-seater hall or something."
**************************
John's side of the story relating to the breakup is a bit different than Paul's, you can't just sign a letter between the 4 of them and have it legally binding on Apple records. Corporate taxation rates have a thousand more loopholes for hiding money than an annual personal income tax, especially when their revenue sources were from record sales in England as well as America.
John:
"I emphasized especially Maclen [Lennon and McCartney’s songwriting company] which is mainly our concern, but you refused, right?" With the legal nightmare of royalty taxation not only between Maclen, but also Northern Songs who had publishing rites in the UK. there is no way Paul would get into that one without a lawyer being present, which is contrary to what Paul was previously inferring. John points him to the task.
Paul had warned them of Klein and John seems to concerned he was right, but warns of Paul's relative Eastman (father in law??) "you know WE'RE right about him." Well, Paul did do much better financially than the others as time has told.
John then addresses Paul's initial remarks concerning hype in the Let it Be album cover, and John sarcasically blasts him: "Remember Tony Barrow?" I am not sure what to make of this as I am under the impression Tony was their press manager. If John is writing in response to 'Faul' (not convinced here), John is letting 'Faul' know about Please Please Me and other hype that Paul should have been well aware of in the XMas records. John then asks Paul about his Life interview (denying the death rumors) and compliments him on his PR success.
John performed several times live without the Beatles, so if Paul wanted to do so, John just says go ahead and do it. Maybe Paul needed to learn how to play first. John's wit and originality in expression never ceases to amaze me, he could be the most sarcastic SOB you'd ever run into and seems he was always a step ahead of everyone else.