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Last year you visited more countries
than ever - Yeah, that's correct
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Which was your favourite?
- America, I think
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Why, in particular?
- Because you make a lot of... no!
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No, because it's good - it's like
Britain, only with buttons
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There's more people in America. You get
big audiences, it's all wild and happy
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When we were going back for the
second tour of America, they said:
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"We'll start in San Francisco
with a ticker tape parade"
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That was once when
I actually said I'm not going
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I'm not having a ticker tape parade
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It seemed like only a year since
they assassinated Kennedy
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I could just imagine, you know,
how mad it is in America
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It was just so much fun
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Everyone got into the mania
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We were getting a little crazy
with it all
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We called it the eye of the hurricane.
It was calmer right in the middle
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Altogether I think it's 30 days
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Stadiums hold more people,
we normally play theatres in England
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Haircuts, for instance?
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It just happened, you know, you
wake up one day and there you are
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We wrote them, we recorded them,
we play them every day
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Smiling - that's all we rehearse
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On this tour we don't get much
time to do anything
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I've just liked this kind of music for
about 8 years, or since it came out
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It's just good fun
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I loved it
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I loved all the decoy cars
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and all these intricate ways
of getting us to the gigs
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People would say, doesn't it drive
you mad, all these girls screaming?
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I'd say no. At a big football match
you'll see the men going 'ruuhhhrrrhh'
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This is the girls' equivalent
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We did the same thirty minutes
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Twenty-five if we didn't like you,
we'd play it fast
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You could never hear anything.
We played the repetition of our singles
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Just doing our hits, then we only
played twenty minutes anyway
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We never realised how fast we played
when we were live
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The adrenalin would sometimes
make you, instead of...
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Very fast, you know
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With all the adrenalin, we'd be talking
fast... and on with the next song
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We'd like to carry on with a song
which was on our first Capitol album
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We hope you enjoy the song.
It's called A!! My Loving
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The Hollywood Bowl
23rd August 1964
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The Hollywood Bowl
was pretty tatty
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lt'll probably go out
one day, I suppose
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But we were so nervous.
It was like going on at the Palladium
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I wanted to have a live concert
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George Martin
Record Producer
Capitol provided their engineers and
we recorded at the Hollywood Bowl
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but the techniques we had then in
America was three-track half-inch
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and the separation wasn't too great
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To begin with, you had
the voices in the centre
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and a mixture of drums, bass
and guitars on separate side-tracks
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But pervading the whole lot were
the screams from the audience
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It was like putting
a microphone by a 747 jet
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It was just one continual
screaming sound
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It was difficult to get a good recording
with the techniques we had there
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And in fact the Hollywood Bowl
tapes weren't issued
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But many years later I dug them up
and refurbished them
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And we did actually
issue a record
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My idols were Elvis...
pre-army Elvis...
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I still think that was
the most exciting thing going
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Little Richard - I was a big fan -
but we'd met him in Hamburg
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so we didn't have to go to America
to meet him. He was a big idol
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Chuck Berry, Jerry Lee Lewis, Fats Domino -
we met Fats in New Orleans
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He had a very big diamond watch
in the shape of a star
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which was very impressive
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We started to meet people who'd
been in the newspapers or on film
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We were actually rubbing
shoulders with them
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He was one of them
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He was our idol
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Bob was our hero
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Not an idol but we heard his record,
we'd listen to his album
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It really gave us a buzz
and we played it over and over
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I heard of Bob through John
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He played the records to me.
It was just great
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I think it was Freewhee! In'
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We loved Bob Dylan
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So by the time we met him
we'd heard much more about him
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It was a great honour to meet him.
We had a crazy party the night we met
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I thought I'd got
the meaning to life that night
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I said to our roadie "Mal, get a
pencil and paper. I've got it"
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Mal couldn't find a pencil
and paper anywhere
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Eventually he found it and I wrote down
my message for the universe
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I said "Keep that in your pocket"
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The next morning, he asked if I
wanted to see that bit of paper
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"Oh yeah" and I'd written...
"There are seven levels"
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There were two men in the room
and Bob's the well-known one
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Al Aronowitz was there -
a journalist, who's like a mate
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That was the first time for me
that I'd really smoked marijuana
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I laughed and laughed and laughed
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It was fabulous
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I remember travelling with the boys
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I was almost kicked out of an aircraft
by reporters wanting to get on
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I got stuck in a lift between floors
when too many people crowded in
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and being escorted by police cars
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It was just a three-ring circus
from which there was no let-up
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Peace only came when they were
alone in their hotel rooms
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hearing the screams outside
and watching television
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That was about it.
Hell of a life, really
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Yeah, there was all kinds of stuff
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We flew out of Montreal in order
to avoid Ringo getting killed
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We were playing Canada
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and they decided to make an
example of an English Jew
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One major fault is I'm not Jewish
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We were playing the gig
and I was always on a high riser
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I had a cop, a plain clothes
policeman sitting there with me
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Now for the first time I was worried,
really worried
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I had the cymbals a bit like this
to give me a bit of protection
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Usually they're like this,
but I had 'em up
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Then I started getting hysterical,
thinking...
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if someone in the audience
has a pop at me
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what is this guy going to do,
catch the bullet?
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It was getting funnier all the time
and this guy was just sitting there
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All that kind of stuff was happening
all the time. It was terrifying
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People would set off
firecrackers in the hall
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and you'd think
one of the others had got shot
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But on stage I always feel safe,
even though they break through
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I just feel as though I'm all right
when I'm plugged in
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I don't feel as though they'll get me
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If you look at any books that say
where the Beatles were working
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you'll find we hardly ever had a day off.
We'd have to complain to Brian
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He had all the pressure of people
wanting to book us, with high offers
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We'd say "We gotta have
a day off, man"
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Neil Aspinall
Tour Manager
We didn't get any time off - we seemed
to get five minutes here and there
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It might have been longer but it felt
like five minutes. But that was OK
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Everywhere, there were hordes of people
trying to get hold of them
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trying to get their autographs,
trying to touch them
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Everywhere they went they were
brought cripples
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There was a thing that went around -
look out, fellows, cripples coming!
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Paraplegics were wheeled in so that
they could touch them, like Jesus almost
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Derek Taylor
Beatles' Press Officer
There was without doubt
a lot of opportunism
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There were people pushing
wheelchairs who were bonkers
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The people in the wheelchairs were
victims of whatever had got them there
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and also the prisoners
of these people
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That situation did become nightmarish
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There were some really bad cases,
God help them
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but there was really some...
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Poor little children would be brought in.
Some actual basket cases
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I mean they were just in baskets,
you know
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and also some really...
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just sad thalidomide kids
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It's not very nice to be afflicted
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but John had this thing
that manifest as a joke
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He'd always joke about it because
the reality was too much for him
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I think it was fear or something
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You can see, actually,
in all these home movies
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every time the camera is on John,
he goes into a spastic kind...
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his interpretation
of what a spastic is
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John would always do daft clapping
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We couldn't really see ourselves as
the sort of 'yah', 'c'mon', 'get on'
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It was all...
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There was a lot of that,
but it kept us sane, I think
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A bit of irreverent humour. It meant
we weren't falling for the game too much
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It's dead easy.
All you've got to do is clap hands
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Clap your hands
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If you don't want to clap your hands,
you can stamp your feet on the floor
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When we left the screaming fans,
there were screaming policemen
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and the Lord Mayors and their wives
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and the hotel manager
and his entourage
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The only place we ever got any peace
was when we got in the suite
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and went to the bathroom
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That was about the only place
where you could have a bit of peace
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We'll probably never do
another tour like it
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It's been something we'll probably
remember for the rest of our days
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We just nipped about very quickly
and then we were back home
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Today the Beatles
returned from America
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London Airport
21st September 1964
where they played 32 shows
in 34 days in 24 different cities
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But there's no rest for the boys. In two
weeks, they'll be on the road in the UK
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John had mucked around with feedback
for a while. Yes, it was intentional
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He found it difficult to get
the right amount of feedback
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I think it was the first time
that feedback was used on a record
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He loved things like that.
He loved weird effects
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It was his idea, it was great
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I remember that John and George
had Everly Brothers 'Gibsons'
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We had these big Gibson round
sound-hole... electrics
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They looked like ones
the Everlys had used
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They were semi-electrics.
They had electric facilities on them
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And John leaned his against the amp
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We were starting to talk about the song
and the A string started feeding back
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What? Can we... can you do that?
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Oh yes, I can edit it on the front
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He figured how to do it.
We used to do it on stage then
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John figured out that you just hit the A
and get it buzzing by the amp
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So it was a start of all that...
- In a way, he invented Jimi Hendrix
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It probably was, actually
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Once you see somebody
messing with feedback
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it's a whole field of research, isn't it?
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But that's how it happened. It wasn't
engineered, it came from an accident
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and then we made it something
we could edit on to the front
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Funny chaps, who are they?
Maybe I'll find out as the show goes on
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Most of the boys' songs are taken
from their latest LP called...
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It's called Beat!es for Sa!e
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It's got eight of our songs
and the rest are...
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8 from 14... 9? Please,
I'm not very good at counting
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6, of course... yes 8 and 6
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Who are the other numbers...
- Kansas City for one
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Two Carl Perkins, one Little Richard,
one Chuck Berry and one Dr Feelgood
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What's the Chuck Berry number?
- Rock and Ro!! Music
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We like the old numbers
- Sing one for us, will you?
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All right then, Kansas City
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Shindig TV Show
London
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Palais des Sports
Paris
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A problem with their concerts was
that they couldn't hear themselves
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Today, everyone's used to the
technology and great concerts
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and everyone has a fold-back speaker
at their feet to hear what's going on
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Didn't have that in those days
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John, Paul and George would be
standing at microphones
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in front of a screaming crowd
of 60000
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Ringo would be at the back
on the drums and he said to me:
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"It was very difficult following,
I couldn't do anything clever
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"I couldn't do great drum kicks
or drum rolls or fills
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"I just had to keep that back beat going
to keep everybody together"
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Killer of demons, gorge on this flesh,
our offering... drink!
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Hold!
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The ring, she's not wearing
the sacrificial ring
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She cannot be sacrificed
without the ring
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We'd done the Hard Day's Night film,
which was great
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Dick Lester had done this artsy black
and white thing we'd all loved
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So the next things was: OK, what next?
Well, maybe a colour film
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In colour, yeah, wow, there you see,
they had more money for that one
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So then things went a bit awry
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We started saying:
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We've never been to the Bahamas,
could you write that in?
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It was fabulous
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But we went to the Bahamas for the
hot scenes and it was freezing
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We had to run round in shirts
and thin trousers
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but it was actually bloody cold!
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I've never been skiing - could
you write in a scene with skiing?
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First time I'd been on skis
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I loved that,
not that any of us could ski
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Dick Lester just put us on skis
and edged us down a mountain
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Boys! Are you buzzing?
231
00:35:51,896 --> 00:35:56,833
I think this was beginning
to get into that period
232
00:35:57,235 --> 00:36:02,104
when people were giving up the drink,
the stimulant of the times
233
00:36:02,240 --> 00:36:06,233
and were getting into
the herbal jazz cigarettes
234
00:36:06,478 --> 00:36:12,348
It was changing things a bit. Things
became more imaginitive, more crazy
235
00:36:12,550 --> 00:36:17,180
By then we were smoking
marijuana for breakfast
236
00:36:17,322 --> 00:36:19,313
Nobody could communicate with us
237
00:36:19,424 --> 00:36:22,723
It was just glazed eyes,
giggling all the time
238
00:36:22,827 --> 00:36:24,795
We had fun in those days
239
00:36:24,963 --> 00:36:27,932
I think that was one reason
for not learning the script
240
00:36:28,032 --> 00:36:32,867
We just showed up a bit stoned,
smiled and hoped we'd get through it
241
00:36:33,872 --> 00:36:36,705
'ere you are - cop this one hand
242
00:36:37,308 --> 00:36:39,276
Ugly though, aren't they?
- Hands?
243
00:36:40,245 --> 00:36:43,305
Some people's are
- You're light in the kitty again
244
00:36:43,448 --> 00:36:45,109
Show us your hand, Ringo
245
00:36:46,851 --> 00:36:49,081
You want to chuck one in
- Get on
246
00:36:49,354 --> 00:36:52,585
How about drumming?
- Won't affect it
247
00:36:52,724 --> 00:36:57,286
I don't know many...
- It appears I need one card...
248
00:36:57,896 --> 00:37:00,922
It's difficult when four people
249
00:37:01,032 --> 00:37:05,594
all have to say lines
one behind the other
250
00:37:05,837 --> 00:37:09,204
If one person forgets,
you've got to start again
251
00:37:09,307 --> 00:37:11,775
and then the next person forgets
252
00:37:11,876 --> 00:37:16,540
The scenes in Buckingham Palace
in He!p!
253
00:37:16,681 --> 00:37:19,844
We were doing that scene for days
254
00:37:20,285 --> 00:37:25,689
where they put some pipe...
and some red smoke comes through
255
00:37:25,790 --> 00:37:29,726
We shove it out of the window
and all the guards fall over
256
00:37:35,934 --> 00:37:37,401
It must be their tea break
257
00:37:37,635 --> 00:37:43,631
That scene just went on for ever,
we were in stitches, hysterics, laughing
258
00:37:44,108 --> 00:37:48,010
We pushed Dick Lester
to the limit of his...
259
00:37:48,112 --> 00:37:51,707
He was very, very easygoing
260
00:37:51,849 --> 00:37:54,682
He was a pleasure to work with
261
00:37:55,186 --> 00:37:57,984
There's one scene in the film
262
00:37:58,690 --> 00:38:04,151
where Victor Spinetti and whoever
else in the scene are curling
263
00:38:04,629 --> 00:38:07,393
You know those big stones they do
264
00:38:07,532 --> 00:38:09,432
And one of them has a bomb in it
265
00:38:09,834 --> 00:38:13,668
We find out about this
and we have to run away
266
00:38:16,808 --> 00:38:20,437
Paul and I ran about seven miles
267
00:38:22,046 --> 00:38:28,042
We just ran and ran so we could
stop and have a joint and come back
268
00:38:30,054 --> 00:38:33,421
We were just off...
You know we'd run to Switzerland
269
00:38:36,160 --> 00:38:38,185
I enjoyed filming it
270
00:38:38,329 --> 00:38:43,028
I'm sort of satisfied but not smug
about it, you know. It'll do
271
00:38:43,167 --> 00:38:48,696
We couldn't do it any better because
we're not capable enough actors
272
00:40:55,666 --> 00:40:57,998
We were searching around for a title
273
00:40:58,136 --> 00:41:03,005
That was crucial to us,
to get the titles good
274
00:41:03,107 --> 00:41:06,702
We'd had the Hard Day's Night thing
275
00:41:06,844 --> 00:41:11,076
which had been Ringo
just making a mistake
276
00:41:11,215 --> 00:41:14,309
He jumbles his words, not meaning to
277
00:41:16,487 --> 00:41:22,585
and you get a new phrase that's
better than the two he mixed
278
00:41:23,327 --> 00:41:27,423
We toyed with Tomorrow Never Knows
which was another of his
279
00:41:27,565 --> 00:41:30,830
We ended up using that
as a song title
280
00:41:33,304 --> 00:41:37,832
I remember us all sitting around
trying to think of stuff
281
00:41:38,209 --> 00:41:40,939
I think John went home
282
00:41:41,279 --> 00:41:46,342
We came up with... With Dick Lester,
we came up with the idea of He!p!
283
00:41:46,484 --> 00:41:49,453
Then John went home and happened
to write it that evening
284
00:41:50,555 --> 00:41:55,015
Wait a minute, hold on. That's wrong
285
00:41:55,760 --> 00:41:58,558
John got the idea, I think,
for the title He!p!
286
00:41:58,696 --> 00:42:02,723
From things he said later,
I think it was a bit his state of mind
287
00:42:02,834 --> 00:42:06,065
He was feeling a bit constricted
by the whole Beatle thing
288
00:42:06,237 --> 00:42:08,364
He never said that when he wrote it
289
00:42:08,472 --> 00:42:14,308
He said later that was how he felt
and that's why he wrote it
290
00:42:14,645 --> 00:42:17,478
But he was kind of plump
291
00:42:18,449 --> 00:42:23,546
I think that he just didn't feel right
292
00:42:23,721 --> 00:42:26,519
I think it was because he felt
he was a bit...
293
00:42:26,891 --> 00:42:30,987
He called it his fat Elvis period
294
00:42:31,128 --> 00:42:35,861
He got a bit podgy, in his own eyes
295
00:42:36,000 --> 00:42:39,299
That was depressing him a bit
296
00:42:39,570 --> 00:42:43,666
But I think John's done inverviews
and articles about that
297
00:42:43,841 --> 00:42:46,833
I'd go into these troughs
every few years
298
00:42:46,944 --> 00:42:51,210
It was less noticeable in the Beatles,
their image would carry you through
299
00:42:51,315 --> 00:42:55,911
I was in the middle of a trough
in He!p! But you can't see it
300
00:42:56,053 --> 00:42:59,147
I'm singing He!p! For a kick-off
301
00:42:59,290 --> 00:43:04,956
But you're protected by the image
of the power of the Beatles
302
00:43:07,999 --> 00:43:12,868
Big Night Out TV Show
Blackpool
303
00:45:31,709 --> 00:45:38,012
I used to live in a little flat
at the top of a house
304
00:45:38,115 --> 00:45:43,280
I had a piano by the bed and woke one
morning with this tune in my head
305
00:45:43,387 --> 00:45:49,383
I thought "I don't know this tune,
or do I?" An old jazz tune or something?
306
00:45:49,527 --> 00:45:53,987
My dad knew a lot of old jazz,
maybe I remembered it from somewhere
307
00:45:56,767 --> 00:45:59,565
I went to the piano
and found the chords to it
308
00:45:59,670 --> 00:46:03,868
It was like G, F sharp minor 7, B...
309
00:46:07,011 --> 00:46:10,139
made sure I remembered it
310
00:46:10,281 --> 00:46:15,344
then said to my friends "What's this?
It's got to be something"
311
00:46:15,486 --> 00:46:20,480
I couldn't have written it, I'd just
dreamed it. You don't get that lucky
312
00:46:21,125 --> 00:46:26,529
When he'd got the lyric together,
we decided to record it
313
00:46:26,630 --> 00:46:31,932
I said it's a lovely song,
I can't see what Ringo can do on it
314
00:46:32,036 --> 00:46:35,972
I can't really see what heavy
electric guitars are going to do
315
00:46:36,073 --> 00:46:41,841
Why don't you sing it to me
with a guitar and then decide?
316
00:46:42,146 --> 00:46:45,479
It was good because
all the others, the guys...
317
00:46:45,616 --> 00:46:48,949
I look at them, like ooops...
I mean, a solo record
318
00:46:49,086 --> 00:46:53,284
They said, it doesn't matter.
There's nothing we could add
319
00:46:53,757 --> 00:46:58,922
And so for Paul McCartney of Liverpool,
opportunity knocks!
320
00:49:16,867 --> 00:49:18,858
Thank you, Ringo.
That was wonderful
321
00:49:19,436 --> 00:49:21,802
I remember John listening to it
322
00:49:21,905 --> 00:49:26,308
There's a particular bit where the
cello moves into a kind of bluesy note
323
00:49:26,610 --> 00:49:28,908
John thought that was terrific
324
00:49:29,046 --> 00:49:34,245
It was applauded but it wasn't really
a Beatle record. I said to Brian:
325
00:49:34,351 --> 00:49:37,787
It's Paul's song, shall we call it
"Paul McCartney"? And he said, no!
326
00:49:37,955 --> 00:49:40,753
I can't remember him
making that suggestion
327
00:49:40,891 --> 00:49:44,327
but I wouldn't have done that.
We never entertained those ideas
328
00:49:44,428 --> 00:49:47,727
It was sometimes tempting.
People would flatter you and say...
329
00:49:47,831 --> 00:49:52,791
you should get out front, put this solo
record out, but we always said no
330
00:49:52,903 --> 00:49:57,101
We didn't even ever put it out
as a single in England
331
00:49:57,241 --> 00:50:01,837
We were a bit embarrassed. We were
a rock'n'roll band, a little R&B combo
332
00:50:43,954 --> 00:50:48,982
NME Poll Winners' Concert
London
333
00:52:41,038 --> 00:52:47,034
George's songwriting was painful for him
as he had no one to collaborate with
334
00:52:47,411 --> 00:52:51,347
John and Paul were such
a collaborative duo
335
00:52:51,482 --> 00:52:56,977
They would throw advice to George
but they didn't really work with him
336
00:52:57,721 --> 00:53:01,213
Paul and I really carved up
the empire between us
337
00:53:01,358 --> 00:53:05,692
George didn't even sing when we
brought him in. He was a guitarist
338
00:53:05,796 --> 00:53:09,391
He wasn't in the same league for a long
time. That's not putting him down
339
00:53:09,533 --> 00:53:12,661
He just hadn't had the practice
at writing that we had
340
00:53:12,936 --> 00:53:17,703
They'd been writing
since we were at school
341
00:53:18,041 --> 00:53:23,673
They'd written all -
or most of their bad songs
342
00:53:23,814 --> 00:53:26,977
before we got into
the recording studio
343
00:53:27,117 --> 00:53:30,109
I had to come from nowhere
and start writing
344
00:53:30,254 --> 00:53:34,384
and to have something
at least quality enough
345
00:53:34,525 --> 00:53:38,427
to put in the record
with all their wondrous hits
346
00:53:38,996 --> 00:53:42,727
He wrote Don't Bother Me,
I remember, one of the first ones
347
00:53:42,833 --> 00:53:46,428
Then he started to improve
and eventually...
348
00:53:46,570 --> 00:53:52,509
became very good with a classic -
Something in the Way She Moves
349
00:53:52,643 --> 00:53:57,239
which I think Frank Sinatra
still refers to
350
00:53:57,347 --> 00:54:01,511
as his favourite Lennon-McCartney
song. Thanks, Frank
351
00:54:01,885 --> 00:54:04,945
Now something we don't often do
352
00:54:05,088 --> 00:54:07,921
Give someone a chance to sing
who doesn't often sing
353
00:54:08,025 --> 00:54:12,428
All out of key and nervous,
singing Act Natura!!y... Ringo!
354
00:56:48,685 --> 00:56:52,314
Thank you very much, everybody
355
00:56:52,923 --> 00:56:55,084
It's lovely to be here
356
00:56:55,192 --> 00:57:00,653
We'd like to carry on with a song
which is our record before...
357
00:57:01,932 --> 00:57:06,426
This one's called Ticket to Ride
358
00:57:06,636 --> 00:57:11,369
I liked it because it was...
slightly a new sound at the time
359
00:57:11,475 --> 00:57:15,844
I used to like guitars. I don't want
anything else on the album -
360
00:57:15,946 --> 00:57:19,040
jangling piano, or whatever
361
00:57:19,149 --> 00:57:22,312
It's a heavy record, you know
362
00:59:32,749 --> 00:59:35,240
George Harrison MBE
363
00:59:36,052 --> 00:59:38,520
John Lennon MBE
364
00:59:39,556 --> 00:59:41,547
Ringo Starr MBE
365
00:59:43,593 --> 00:59:45,356
and Paul McCartney MBE
366
00:59:46,129 --> 00:59:50,725
We were in Twickenham film studios
when Brian showed up
367
00:59:50,834 --> 00:59:54,827
He took us to the dressing room rather
secretively. What's this about?
368
00:59:55,205 --> 00:59:58,003
Brian said:
369
00:59:58,875 --> 01:00:01,867
They want to give you these MBEs
370
01:00:02,412 --> 01:00:06,109
We're going to accept.
What do you think, boys?
371
01:00:06,549 --> 01:00:10,679
At first we were very impressed.
We said, what does it mean?
372
01:00:10,787 --> 01:00:16,384
You become a Member of the British
Empire. We were honoured, genuinely
373
01:00:16,760 --> 01:00:19,957
The lowest honour
that you could possibly get
374
01:00:20,530 --> 01:00:24,796
The cynicism crept in and we said,
what do you get for it?
375
01:00:24,935 --> 01:00:29,804
He said, �40 a year,
and we said, yeah
376
01:00:30,473 --> 01:00:36,241
He said, you can go into St Paul's
whispering gallery for nothing
377
01:00:36,346 --> 01:00:39,611
How much does it cost, anyway?
He said, about a shilling
378
01:00:39,749 --> 01:00:44,049
I can't really remember any sort of
Daily Mirror reaction, 'how dare they'
379
01:00:44,154 --> 01:00:48,318
A lot of the army...
that was the only other reaction...
380
01:00:48,625 --> 01:00:51,822
was soldiers sent theirs back
381
01:00:52,028 --> 01:00:57,728
This is a protest to the Queen
because this Order is being debased
382
01:00:57,834 --> 01:01:01,497
by giving this to people
who are not deserving of it
383
01:01:01,871 --> 01:01:06,205
The Beatles are already rewarded
with a tremendous amount of money
384
01:01:06,676 --> 01:01:09,804
If I had the MBE
385
01:01:09,913 --> 01:01:14,976
I should be put out at being placed
on the same level as a pop singer
386
01:01:15,385 --> 01:01:18,445
I don't think it was
a good idea to return them
387
01:01:18,555 --> 01:01:24,926
I undertand the surprise that the
Beatles would be given the award
388
01:01:25,362 --> 01:01:28,422
It's a little ridiculous on both sides
389
01:01:28,565 --> 01:01:32,057
One side values the honour too highly
and the other too lowly
390
01:01:32,469 --> 01:01:37,099
This medal raises the qustion:
Where is the British Empire?
391
01:01:37,507 --> 01:01:40,806
It's purely honorary.
I don't think it has any value at all
392
01:01:41,311 --> 01:01:44,508
Someone always takes exception
to someone else getting something
393
01:01:45,482 --> 01:01:47,575
Most people were pleased
394
01:01:47,717 --> 01:01:51,585
It's a very good thing,
they deserved it
395
01:01:51,721 --> 01:01:54,189
They're great
396
01:01:55,225 --> 01:01:57,386
I think they deserved it
397
01:01:57,560 --> 01:01:59,892
I think the MBE is a bit of a joke
398
01:01:59,996 --> 01:02:03,989
Hundreds of people have got it in
the past, why not the Beatles?
399
01:02:04,200 --> 01:02:05,462
I think they're great
400
01:02:05,935 --> 01:02:07,493
I'm glad everyone's delighted
401
01:02:07,837 --> 01:02:11,796
They deserve everything they've got.
They're very clever people
402
01:02:12,108 --> 01:02:16,807
They're young, vital, and they give
this country a kick and a lift
403
01:02:16,913 --> 01:02:18,904
And, my God, we need it
404
01:02:19,315 --> 01:02:24,150
How do you like having an MBE?
- Great. We're honoured
405
01:02:24,354 --> 01:02:27,346
I thought it was really thrilling
406
01:02:28,191 --> 01:02:31,592
We're going to meet the Queen
and they're going to give us a badge
407
01:02:31,728 --> 01:02:33,719
We thought, this is cool
408
01:02:34,464 --> 01:02:37,763
Buckingham Palace
London
In days gone by, they'd storm
the Royal Palace gates
409
01:02:37,867 --> 01:02:41,166
demanding bread or the right to vote,
or some other civil right
410
01:02:41,271 --> 01:02:43,796
These days, it's all for the Beatles
411
01:02:43,907 --> 01:02:50,073
The mop-haired quartet receive
their MBEs from the Queen today
412
01:03:45,335 --> 01:03:49,362
It was good fun. We ended up
at the Palace. Quite strange
413
01:03:49,472 --> 01:03:54,409
An equerry to the Queen,
a guardsman
414
01:03:54,511 --> 01:03:58,675
took us into a side room
and showed us what we had to do
415
01:03:58,815 --> 01:04:03,343
"You approach Her Majesty like this,
and never turn your back on her"
416
01:04:03,520 --> 01:04:06,956
The other part I remember...
417
01:04:07,323 --> 01:04:09,791
Paul and I went up together
418
01:04:10,593 --> 01:04:15,223
and first she said...
she felt I had started the band
419
01:04:15,365 --> 01:04:17,925
I said no, I was the last to join
420
01:04:18,034 --> 01:04:22,368
She said, well, how long have
you been together?
421
01:04:22,472 --> 01:04:26,101
Without a blink, both Paul and I said:
422
01:04:26,609 --> 01:04:30,101
We've been together nowfor forty years
423
01:04:31,748 --> 01:04:37,516
She just had this strange look on her
face like she wanted to...
424
01:04:37,654 --> 01:04:43,092
I don't know, laugh, or 'off with their
heads! ' You know what I mean
425
01:04:43,960 --> 01:04:46,895
Had you met the Queen before?
- No, first time
426
01:04:46,996 --> 01:04:49,191
What did she think of you in the flesh?
Did she tell you?
427
01:04:49,332 --> 01:04:55,100
No, she's not going to say, but she
seemed pleasant, made us relaxed
428
01:04:55,605 --> 01:05:01,271
We were standing in line, waiting
to go through, hundreds of people
429
01:05:01,411 --> 01:05:06,041
We'd been grilled by the guardsman,
saying, this is what you do
430
01:05:06,149 --> 01:05:11,382
We were so nervous,
we went to the toilet
431
01:05:11,521 --> 01:05:16,959
We smoked a cigarette there -
we were all smokers in those days
432
01:05:17,093 --> 01:05:22,861
But years later, I'm sure John...
thinking back and remembering:
433
01:05:22,999 --> 01:05:27,299
"We went in the toilet and smoked"
and it turned into a reefer
434
01:05:27,437 --> 01:05:31,897
Because the worst thing to do before
meeting the Queen is smoke a reefer
435
01:05:32,041 --> 01:05:34,532
But we never
436
01:05:35,278 --> 01:05:39,271
I was too stoned to remember.
I don't know
437
01:05:53,930 --> 01:05:56,364
After all we did for Great Britain
438
01:05:56,466 --> 01:06:01,870
selling all that corduroy
and making it swing
439
01:06:02,105 --> 01:06:07,600
they just gave us a bloody old leather
medal with wooden string through it
440
01:06:24,093 --> 01:06:29,725
It was like the whole momentum had
been going for years. It kept rolling
441
01:06:29,866 --> 01:06:31,800
And now we were playing stadiums
442
01:06:32,402 --> 01:06:38,034
That was in the days people were still
playing the Finsbury Park Astoria
443
01:06:38,174 --> 01:06:40,233
And to play at Shea Stadium...
444
01:07:26,122 --> 01:07:28,590
Now, ladies and gentlemen
445
01:07:29,492 --> 01:07:32,325
Honoured by their country
446
01:07:32,895 --> 01:07:35,864
decorated by their Queen
447
01:07:36,399 --> 01:07:38,560
and loved here in America...
448
01:07:38,668 --> 01:07:40,431
Here are the Beatles!
449
01:10:01,077 --> 01:10:03,671
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