Wow, he seems so warm and personable here. Keep in mind this was during his separation from Yoko. I lot of people in a lot of books say he was a different person during this period, that it wasn't as 'lost' or traumatic as he later said it was. Miss him.
I've read that this was his 'Lost Weekend' period...sure seems together and happy to me...can't imagine (lol) why, was a millionaire, on a break from his wife for a while, barely into his mid-30s, ANYTHING he wanted was easily bought and brought to him...this period would have been IDEAL to reunite with the other members...Paul's solo stuff sucked a$$ compared to the Beatles and John knew it...if only...
John sounded sincere when he said that hearing the song Yesterday cheered him up when he came to the game. It's still a Lennon- McCartney tune, even if Paul composed it. It seemed like it was the first football game he had ever been to, an unfamiliar environment to him, so hearing the tune probably made him feel at home.
I love this :). He seems to be in such a good mood which just makes me really happy since it feels like he wasn't very often in those days. Thanks for posting :D
"OK, Giffer, over to Giffer, bye bye..." Perhaps the greatest farewell in Monday Night Football history, and only topped by his statement on football: "...it's an amazing sight, makes rock concert look like tea parties." IF THAT doesn't endeer you... I sincerely hope Mr. Lennon got to see many more games and learn the rules of football before his tragic demise...hopefully he threw a football--and with Lennon, every throw would've been spiralling through the sky (with Diamonds!) ;) RIP
Cosell was so unique. He was part of American culture and just as big a part of the story as the athletes and celebrities he covered. John Lennon pops into the broadcast booth during Monday Night Football, and Howard nails the impromptu interiview.
"I'm not saying I'm better or greater than the Giffer as a person or a thing ,or whatever he is...I said what I said, and it was wrong..or it was taken wrong, and now there's all this..."
Boy, how deliciously lovely was John when he was in a good mood. I can see why people would tolerate so much shit just to bask in his light when he was feeling like this.
I regard Lennon's murder as the greatest individual tragedy in modern history. He really was just reaching the prime of his life, and I believe he still had some of his greatest music to write. And were it not for that nameless piece of shit who stole his life, I believe The Beatles would have reunited and recorded and toured again, probably sometime in the 90's. It would have been the greatest thing in entertainment history, and would have made the Eagles reunion look insignificant.
Ronald Reagan was also on this broadcast...and according to an interview clip I once saw with Frank Gifford, it ended up being Ronald who explained the game to John and answered the questions John was wondering in this clip.
Lennon had won his battle with the Nixon administration over being allowed to remain in the country (Nixon had resigned earlier that summer). He loved New York, and was tremendously happy to be permitted to continue to live there. The album was "Walls and Bridges", which contained the hit single "Whatever Gets You Through The Night". By then, it seemed John's ill will towards his former bandmates had pretty much passed. His relationship problems with wife Yoko were over, too; son Sean was born the following year.
I think this was the time Ronald Reagan was seen at Monday night football with his arm around John Lennon attempting to explain American football to him. Howard told Frank to interview Reagan and he’d take the Beatle. 😃
Elton John has stated this as well. John would talk to anyone, no matter whom,and he was friendly to everyone. He was "a Beatle" yet he would treat everyone the same exact way.
@gnossticc -Even though I like earlier U2, Bono has been trying so hard to be the John Lennon of our times..Gallagher and Bono combined have only a fraction of the wit and talent John had.
May Pang said that Lennon really wanted a reunion.. but Yoko told him he do well by himself. oh well. it could've happend. (just watched a BBC documentary last last night)
I believe this is the same night Lennon met Ronald Reagan (The Gipper). Lennon's personal assistant from 79-80 said that Lennon met Reagan at a sporting event and had a really good time together. He also said that if Lennon was a citizen he would have voted for Reagan for President in 1980. How cool is that? He was finally maturing as he reached 40 years old.
***** Lennon was against everything Reagan was about. He was just being friendly. Reagan raged class warfare against the country. He destroyed the middle class, and turned what once was a country of unity, into a country of greed. John Lennon would never have voted for Reagan. Those reports were all exaggerated. It was the damn Republican Party that tried to deport Lennon in the first place, until Carter came into office. Don't be naive.
Love watching old TV. It was different when I was a kid or even before (as in this clip). Wild seeing Lennon pop in for a visit on Monday Night Football of all places.
All young forget and never remember... The Beatles came from the ground - UP not from criminal money or any shit like that! THATS why they were the same as the rest of us. Not because they made it big but because they NEVER let it go to their heads no matter what because they knew would NEVER BE great all the time but as long as we loved them they did there best. BEAT THAT YOUNGER GANG ASSES! can't do it cause there is none of you that CARE, SHARES, LOVES, NEEDS without hurting one another!(.)
Throughout the 1970s, every interview w/ a Beatle of course had the obligatory get back together question. Even Cosell had to ask the question. Ironically 6 years later Cosell was the one who broke the news to a lot of us that Lennon had been shot...
@alfriendo2008 They would have reunited had it not been for Yoko. May Peng was encouraging a reunion and John was seriously considering. As soon as Yoko got him back with her in NY, all hope of a reunion was lost.
Funny how much older these 2 looked for their ages. Cosell is only 56 and Lennon only 34 here. They both look at least 10 years older than their age. Shows you what drinking and drugs will do to you
My brother and I cried for two days, got drunk playing Imagine over and over. I remember Cosell announcing Lennons death because we had the game on. Can you imagine the shock sent through the establishment and communities? Geraldo Rivera, Tom Snyder and Howard Cosell all loved him and knew the man over the Beatle. I was a senior in high school.
@obiwanobiwan13 However, if John and George are keen on coming back to us and literally ressurecting the Beatles, I think the whole Western World would be so overcome with shock and joy it'd be instant peace... And a hell of a show. ;)
wow i've never seen this before. really cool to see john so upbeat in this. it's sad to think that 6 years later howard was one of the first people to break the news of john's death
John was a pretty cool guy. He retained the charm from the early days. With Beatles in mind, I've posted the video, "40 years in 3 minutes", which is a music video containing the Beatles' rooftop performance, historical events over the last 40 years and 8mm film antics from the period, all cut tightly to GET BACK and GLASS ONION. Hope you enjoy!
A Classic !! Rest In Peace -- John Lennon!! A Mellow 5!! This clip from 1974 will be remembered for his appearance on ABC's "Monday Night Football" as an all time favorite.
It's weird. I was never alive while John was alive, yet, I feel like I know him so well. I have a real love the for the guy, fucking great in so many ways.
How strange, considering we first learned of John Lennon's murder on a December night in 1980 when Howard Cosell announced it on Monday Night Football.
Can we stop Talking about Religious Rubbish in here. This is the great Howard Cossell & John talking American Football. God is just a concept by which we measure pain....
While I do understand how you feel, I cannot say what you said since Mark's mother never knew what her son was going to do later in life and what mother or father can predict what their child is going to become? Hopefully, the child will be raised to be a fine person but as we all know, that is not always the case in this life. I just cannot use the word "abortion" in my reasoning like you but thanks for sharing your comment anyway.
well unfortunately it's in our constitution under the 2nd ammendment which allows our citizens the right to bear arms and at the time it seemed like a logical idea since there were concerns about (ironically) the British coming back to re-invade. Along with the having the ability to protect themselves from renegade Indians and wild animals. keep in mind the country at that time was a vast wilderness who knows what... Personally, I'd like to see that ammendment abolished or re-written (continued
there was a good chance they would have got together in the 80's...at the time of lennons death mccartney had disbanded wings and his release in 80 Mccartney II was a dud ...john's album double fantasy probably would have only been a moderate success if not for his death...and with the emerging video and cd market starting in the 80's the opportunities for success were there...probably not as "the beatles" per se but perhaps something like a supergroup name like "the travelling wilbury's" did
People forget the reason he did this appearance was because nobody was buying his albums bck then. All the way up right to Double Fantasy his career was pretty much shot, he couldn`t even get a record deal. He didn`t record safe songs like Paul McCartney. And people who bash Yoko, Lennon was pretty much broke when he met her. Apple has destroyed him financially and she was the one who invested what little money he had and made him a millionaire.
I myself might be shot for saying this... but perhaps its for the best that the Beatles never reunited. Don't get me wrong, it would have been GREAT... but think about it- you think of the Beatles, you instantly think of the 1960s. They ARE the Sixties, and still transcend it, so powerful... maybe that specialness would be lost if they reunited, they'd be the Stones- a great band, but not LEGENDS (they had the perfect beginning and ending in their story already, how do you top that?)
I personally think "The Beatles" would have got back together if Chapman had not shot Lennon dead. Relations with McCartney had improved, John was hoping to tour the UK to promote his album "Double Fantasy". And he may have hooked up with Paul for a session or two at Abbey road just for old times sake. Of course this is all conjecture but one thing is for sure when Chapman shot Lennon one of the 20th Century's most tantalising prospects-a reunion of the Beatles-was laid to rest. R.I.P.
Would the Beatles have ever reunited?.. I think probably not. Remember, it was not just Lennon and McCartney, but Starr and Harrison. I think Harrison would've said "what's the point?" Only unless all four thought there was something musically significant that they could accomplish, I don't think it would've happened. Definitely NOT for nostalgia's sake, or because everyone wanted them to.
@popmalevoo of course he was that man you said he was. he even says it in his book. he mentions that in order to become a peaceful guy, you have to be an abusive person verbally or physically or somthin like that. but i remember reading somthing like that in the rolling stone interviews book from 1980. i know what you speak of man and your right but he wasnt like that by the time of his 2nd child being born.
@prrolg Yes, they were a great team. I can't pick one over the other but I recall Meredith was funnier and Gifford was generally the "straight" man. It seems like both did some acting too - I know they both did some commercials but I seem to recall some TV or movie appearances for both. Maybe I'm thinking of Merlin Olsen?
@richmjr67 I'm guessing the Dec 9 game at the LA Coliseum. The Nov 4 game was at Candlestick in SF. 1974 would have been while John and Yoko were seperated, he was spending time with May Pang in LA. Also Ringo's album that he references ( Goodnight Vienna) was released on Nov 15 1974, so it would have been out on Dec 9, but not Nov 4. over to the Giffer, bye bye.
Anything I've read indicates John kinda pulled the band apart at the end, as he was fairly insecure even with all their success. Paul refused to sign with that new manager Allen Klein. The other 3 all later admitted that signing with him had been a huge mistake. Hardly matters now. Things happened just as they were meant to & they went out at the top of their art.
who are intent on doing you harm,,This is a very large country with a large DIVERSE population.. John was loved and admired by many millions of americans and if I think too much about his murder even after 32 years, I still get sick to my stomach. sorry about rambling
it's pretty easy. one team has the ball and has 4 chances to gain at least 10 yards. if they gain 10 yards, it starts over. they want to get the ball behind the 0 yard line or the goal line. if they don't make the 10 yards, they have to give the ball to the other team. that's it.
you're right, anyone who knows any basic beatles history knows that, his mother abandoned him for the most part, and i would bet he had many fantasies of loving her, and of killing her, and maybe some other weird fantasies in betwee, because you don't know how to deal with that kind of situation
and the 80s couldn't stop the 90s where all from the 80s was crushed. and Lennon never became a Reaganite and lived in the city not the suburbs. please get your facts straight. (Oh wait...conservatives don't like facts. they get in the way of a good rant)
Yes, back in the days when American football was still watchable, thanks in part to talents like Cosell. Today, a cliche-fest run by dullards in the broadcast booth, breaking only for displays of militaristic fetish and the ever-present commercials...
As much as I agree, I HATE seeing his name come up in John Lennon videos. I hate what he did, but what I hate even more is that that fucker actually accomplished becoming as famous as Lennon. And we fucking gave it to him.
Of course he liked ' Yesterday ' ...he even Saud it in the lyrics ' How do you sleep ' ..." The only thing you done was Yesterday...and since you've gone , you're just another day....."...... Got to pay attention.!
@ghb61 u clearly never played American football haha it's much more violent and dangerous then rugby we are equipped with weapons like a football helmet and pads that increase the collision way more then any rugby hit
Yeah because they grew up and became Reaganites and moved out into the suburbs and watched Alf. The problem with the 60s and 70s is that it couldnt stop the 80s. Oh well. Fuck it lets have pie.
it was interviews like this that mad MNF the event it was. The last thing you would what to have happen was someone to ask you the next morning, if you saw John Lennon on MNF, and you ha dn't!
McCartney made the point that the Beatles would have gotten back together, to at least record a few tracks on the Anthology DVD set. It probably would have happened in the mid to late 80's if he had not been killed.
and who is 'they'? I"m speaking of Lennon and he is singular. You did learn grammar in school, right? I know they don't teach Science anymore but they did teach English back then.
@terrythekittie totally agree. "Bono has been trying so hard to be the John Lennon of our times..Gallagher and Bono combined have only a fraction of the wit and talent John had"
Football is one thing (Best sport on earth) and Northamerican disgusting football is another thing. Don't call the latter just "football". It's a total lack of respect.
Just the same, a rugby player wouldn't last 10 minutes in a football game... They're quite different sports, you see. And what a coincidence, I'm American too!!
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He called Yesterday a "Beatles" tune and it cheered him up. I love that.
Wow, he seems so warm and personable here. Keep in mind this was during his separation from Yoko. I lot of people in a lot of books say he was a different person during this period, that it wasn't as 'lost' or traumatic as he later said it was. Miss him.
I've read that this was his 'Lost Weekend' period...sure seems together and happy to me...can't imagine (lol) why, was a millionaire, on a break from his wife for a while, barely into his mid-30s, ANYTHING he wanted was easily bought and brought to him...this period would have been IDEAL to reunite with the other members...Paul's solo stuff sucked a$$ compared to the Beatles and John knew it...if only...
It brings me tears that he said "you never know" about the Beatles reuniting. How optimistic ;) God bless John Lennon RIP
It’s so nice to hear that John say that he was not promoting his new album. He had such a wonderful sense of humour.
He was quite the charming bloke.
Almost exactly 6 years before Johns death, in the same place and interviewed by the same guy who announced the death.
😢
John sounded sincere when he said that hearing the song Yesterday cheered him up when he came to the game. It's still a Lennon- McCartney tune, even if Paul composed it. It seemed like it was the first football game he had ever been to, an unfamiliar environment to him, so hearing the tune probably made him feel at home.
He had a good appreciation though of the differences between soccer/rugby and American football which shows what a bright chap he was.
I love this :). He seems to be in such a good mood which just makes me really happy since it feels like he wasn't very often in those days.
Thanks for posting :D
He was separated from Yoko.
@@cynthiaforsythe8989 AND had a #1 song in America!
@@cynthiaforsythe8989 That would make me very happy.
"OK, Giffer, over to Giffer, bye bye..."
Perhaps the greatest farewell in Monday Night Football history, and only topped by his statement on football: "...it's an amazing sight, makes rock concert look like tea parties." IF THAT doesn't endeer you...
I sincerely hope Mr. Lennon got to see many more games and learn the rules of football before his tragic demise...hopefully he threw a football--and with Lennon, every throw would've been spiralling through the sky (with Diamonds!) ;)
RIP
*John:* im gonna take a shit
*boomers:* that is the greatest statement anyone has ever made in human history
Back to the GIPPER. Outgoing California governor Ronald Reagan was in the booth the same evening, invited by Frank Gifford aka "Giff".
Cosell was so unique. He was part of American culture and just as big a part of the story as the athletes and celebrities he covered.
John Lennon pops into the broadcast booth during Monday Night Football, and Howard nails the impromptu interiview.
John is so happy and "on" in this. Nice to see.
Great clip.
Long live the Beatles!
RIP John & George.
What a gem. John looked so happy here. God bless ya old son I miss ya.
Very cool, it seems like he was genuinely trying to follow the game!
"I'm not saying I'm better or greater than the Giffer as a person or a thing ,or whatever he is...I said what I said, and it was wrong..or it was taken wrong, and now there's all this..."
GIPPER. Cosell was referring to Ron Reagan
Boy, how deliciously lovely was John when he was in a good mood. I can see why people would tolerate so much shit just to bask in his light when he was feeling like this.
So sweet to hear that Yesterday cheered him up. :)
How ironic Howard announced John's assassination on The Monday Night Football Game 6 years later, on December 8th..
John Lennon - Class Act
I regard Lennon's murder as the greatest individual tragedy in modern history. He really was just reaching the prime of his life, and I believe he still had some of his greatest music to write. And were it not for that nameless piece of shit who stole his life, I believe The Beatles would have reunited and recorded and toured again, probably sometime in the 90's. It would have been the greatest thing in entertainment history, and would have made the Eagles reunion look insignificant.
Ronald Reagan was also on this broadcast...and according to an interview clip I once saw with Frank Gifford, it ended up being Ronald who explained the game to John and answered the questions John was wondering in this clip.
What a charming man , what a great loss.
He never liked Strawberry Fields. Or what George Martin did with it. And that is one of his most regarded songs.
Lennon had won his battle with the Nixon administration over being allowed to remain in the country (Nixon had resigned earlier that summer). He loved New York, and was tremendously happy to be permitted to continue to live there. The album was "Walls and Bridges", which contained the hit single "Whatever Gets You Through The Night". By then, it seemed John's ill will towards his former bandmates had pretty much passed. His relationship problems with wife Yoko were over, too; son Sean was born the following year.
Nice to see John happy
Love how Lennon raises his eyebrows @ 0:08
I know my! Cosell was hilarious too.
I love Ringo.
Mark David Chapman disliked this video.
He's at Singsing; How did he get a UA-cam account ?
I think this was the time Ronald Reagan was seen at Monday night football with his arm around John Lennon attempting to explain American football to him. Howard told Frank to interview Reagan and he’d take the Beatle. 😃
Yes, outgoing Governor Reagan aka THE GIPPER was referenced at end of Cosell interview.
Elton John has stated this as well. John would talk to anyone, no matter whom,and he was friendly to everyone. He was "a Beatle" yet he would treat everyone the same exact way.
YOKO ONO ruined the Plastic Ono Band.
not really
He seemed really really happy here, I'm glad
Two of the all time greats in their own fields. John was the King of his.
"I promised I wouldn't mention my own, which is out now too." See, guys? See? I told you John was awesome.
@gnossticc -Even though I like earlier U2, Bono has been trying so hard to be the John Lennon of our times..Gallagher and Bono combined have only a fraction of the wit and talent John had.
May Pang said that Lennon really wanted a reunion.. but Yoko told him he do well by himself. oh well. it could've happend. (just watched a BBC documentary last last night)
"Tootch-down" and "scroom"
I believe this is the same night Lennon met Ronald Reagan (The Gipper). Lennon's personal assistant from 79-80 said that Lennon met Reagan at a sporting event and had a really good time together. He also said that if Lennon was a citizen he would have voted for Reagan for President in 1980. How cool is that? He was finally maturing as he reached 40 years old.
Uh, no. John would have sen through Reagan's bullshit act before too long, as anybody with a brain did..John hated liars.
Austin Young uhh...yes, Lennon said himself that he would vote for Reagan rather than the phony Jimmy Carter. Those were his words.
They said "The Giffer"....as in Frank Gifford, MNF announcer at the time...shees. Nothing to do with Dutch.
Spy 65 Maybe he said "the Giffer: but Lennon did meet Reagan that night at the game.
***** Lennon was against everything Reagan was about. He was just being friendly. Reagan raged class warfare against the country. He destroyed the middle class, and turned what once was a country of unity, into a country of greed. John Lennon would never have voted for Reagan. Those reports were all exaggerated. It was the damn Republican Party that tried to deport Lennon in the first place, until Carter came into office. Don't be naive.
John, it's your birthday tomorrow. You would have been 71. Just ** imagine** if he were still alive.
John: I still miss your presence in this world...
Love watching old TV. It was different when I was a kid or even before (as in this clip). Wild seeing Lennon pop in for a visit on Monday Night Football of all places.
oh man i just love the fact he liked football
Who’s here from Joe Buck talking about this on MNF tonight?
All young forget and never remember... The Beatles came from the ground - UP not from criminal money or any shit like that! THATS why they were the same as the rest of us. Not because they made it big but because they NEVER let it go to their heads no matter what because they knew would NEVER BE great all the time but as long as we loved them they did there best. BEAT THAT YOUNGER GANG ASSES!
can't do it cause there is none of you that CARE, SHARES, LOVES, NEEDS without hurting one another!(.)
Throughout the 1970s, every interview w/ a Beatle of course had the obligatory get back together question. Even Cosell had to ask the question. Ironically 6 years later Cosell was the one who broke the news to a lot of us that Lennon had been shot...
@alfriendo2008 They would have reunited had it not been for Yoko. May Peng was encouraging a reunion and John was seriously considering. As soon as Yoko got him back with her in NY, all hope of a reunion was lost.
I believe he hung out with Ronald Reagan whom he admired just before this interview
Yeah the Beatles got back together between 1995-1996 the 3 living 1's that is :~)
He seems very happy-was he with May Pang during this time?
he was so much happier without yoko. she controlled the fuck outta him
Funny how much older these 2 looked for their ages. Cosell is only 56 and Lennon only 34 here. They both look at least 10 years older than their age. Shows you what drinking and drugs will do to you
6 years later Cosell would be announcing John's murder during Monday Night Football.
Both of these guys are really missed very very intelligent well spoken guys geniuses at their respective professions.....
I was watching that night when Cosell announced it ..he was holding back tears ...
My brother and I cried for two days, got drunk playing Imagine over and over.
I remember Cosell announcing Lennons death because we had the game on.
Can you imagine the shock sent through the establishment and communities?
Geraldo Rivera, Tom Snyder and Howard Cosell all loved him and knew the man over the Beatle.
I was a senior in high school.
@obiwanobiwan13
However, if John and George are keen on coming back to us and literally ressurecting the Beatles, I think the whole Western World would be so overcome with shock and joy it'd be instant peace...
And a hell of a show. ;)
wow i've never seen this before. really cool to see john so upbeat in this. it's sad to think that 6 years later howard was one of the first people to break the news of john's death
This was held at the Los Angeles Coliseum where the Los Angeles Rams hosted the Washington Redskins and lost.
John was a pretty cool guy. He retained the charm from the early days.
With Beatles in mind, I've posted the video, "40 years in 3 minutes", which is a music video containing the Beatles' rooftop performance, historical events over the last 40 years and 8mm film antics from the period, all cut tightly to GET BACK and GLASS ONION. Hope you enjoy!
It's both funny and sad at 1:13 to see that even at a football game, John just couldn't escape THE question.
Sad?! It’s not sad. I think it warms most of our hearts that when John was asked “the” question, he never ruled a reunion out!
howard and john were good friends
This, is proof, God Has A Sense Of Humour.
A Classic !! Rest In Peace -- John Lennon!! A Mellow 5!! This clip from 1974 will be remembered for his appearance on ABC's "Monday Night Football" as an all time favorite.
It's weird. I was never alive while John was alive, yet, I feel like I know him so well. I have a real love the for the guy, fucking great in so many ways.
How strange, considering we first learned of John Lennon's murder on a December night in 1980 when Howard Cosell announced it on Monday Night Football.
"You never know.." :'(
Can we stop Talking about Religious Rubbish in here. This is the great Howard Cossell & John talking American Football.
God is just a concept by which we measure pain....
Who's the giffer? Exactly.
how ironic that Howie would announce John's death almost exactly 6 yrs later
MY GOD, John actually being genuinely nice, now that's rare.
No it wasn't
While I do understand how you feel, I cannot say what you said since Mark's mother never knew what her son was going to do later in life and what mother or father can predict what their child is going to become? Hopefully, the child will be raised to be a fine person but as we all know, that is not always the case in this life. I just cannot use the word "abortion" in my reasoning like you but thanks for sharing your comment anyway.
well unfortunately it's in our constitution under the 2nd ammendment which allows our citizens the right to bear arms and at the time it seemed like a logical idea since there were concerns about (ironically) the British coming back to re-invade. Along with the having the ability to protect themselves from renegade Indians and wild animals. keep in mind the country at that time was a vast wilderness who knows what... Personally, I'd like to see that ammendment abolished or re-written (continued
there was a good chance they would have got together in the 80's...at the time of lennons death mccartney had disbanded wings and his release in 80 Mccartney II was a dud ...john's album double fantasy probably would have only been a moderate success if not for his death...and with the emerging video and cd market starting in the 80's the opportunities for success were there...probably not as "the beatles" per se but perhaps something like a supergroup name like "the travelling wilbury's" did
People forget the reason he did this appearance was because nobody was buying his albums bck then. All the way up right to Double Fantasy his career was pretty much shot, he couldn`t even get a record deal. He didn`t record safe songs like Paul McCartney. And people who bash Yoko, Lennon was pretty much broke when he met her. Apple has destroyed him financially and she was the one who invested what little money he had and made him a millionaire.
I myself might be shot for saying this... but perhaps its for the best that the Beatles never reunited. Don't get me wrong, it would have been GREAT... but think about it- you think of the Beatles, you instantly think of the 1960s. They ARE the Sixties, and still transcend it, so powerful... maybe that specialness would be lost if they reunited, they'd be the Stones- a great band, but not LEGENDS (they had the perfect beginning and ending in their story already, how do you top that?)
I personally think "The Beatles" would have got back together if Chapman had not shot Lennon dead.
Relations with McCartney had improved, John was hoping to tour the UK to promote his album "Double Fantasy". And he may have hooked up with Paul for a session or two at Abbey road just for old times sake.
Of course this is all conjecture but one thing is for sure when Chapman shot Lennon one of the 20th Century's most tantalising prospects-a reunion of the Beatles-was laid to rest.
R.I.P.
Would the Beatles have ever reunited?.. I think probably not. Remember, it was not just Lennon and McCartney, but Starr and Harrison. I think Harrison would've said "what's the point?" Only unless all four thought there was something musically significant that they could accomplish, I don't think it would've happened. Definitely NOT for nostalgia's sake, or because everyone wanted them to.
@popmalevoo of course he was that man you said he was. he even says it in his book. he mentions that in order to become a peaceful guy, you have to be an abusive person verbally or physically or somthin like that. but i remember reading somthing like that in the rolling stone interviews book from 1980. i know what you speak of man and your right but he wasnt like that by the time of his 2nd child being born.
@prrolg Yes, they were a great team. I can't pick one over the other but I recall Meredith was funnier and Gifford was generally the "straight" man. It seems like both did some acting too - I know they both did some commercials but I seem to recall some TV or movie appearances for both. Maybe I'm thinking of Merlin Olsen?
@richmjr67 I'm guessing the Dec 9 game at the LA Coliseum. The Nov 4 game was at Candlestick in SF. 1974 would have been while John and Yoko were seperated, he was spending time with May Pang in LA. Also Ringo's album that he references ( Goodnight Vienna) was released on Nov 15 1974, so it would have been out on Dec 9, but not Nov 4. over to the Giffer, bye bye.
Anything I've read indicates John kinda pulled the band apart at the end, as he was fairly insecure even with all their success. Paul refused to sign with that new manager Allen Klein. The other 3 all later admitted that signing with him had been a huge mistake. Hardly matters now. Things happened just as they were meant to & they went out at the top of their art.
who are intent on doing you harm,,This is a very large country with a large DIVERSE population.. John was loved and admired by many millions of americans and if I think too much about his murder even after 32 years, I still get sick to my stomach. sorry about rambling
it's pretty easy. one team has the ball and has 4 chances to gain at least 10 yards. if they gain 10 yards, it starts over. they want to get the ball behind the 0 yard line or the goal line. if they don't make the 10 yards, they have to give the ball to the other team. that's it.
you're right, anyone who knows any basic beatles history knows that, his mother abandoned him for the most part, and i would bet he had many fantasies of loving her, and of killing her, and maybe some other weird fantasies in betwee, because you don't know how to deal with that kind of situation
and the 80s couldn't stop the 90s where all from the 80s was crushed. and Lennon never became a Reaganite and lived in the city not the suburbs. please get your facts straight. (Oh wait...conservatives don't like facts. they get in the way of a good rant)
Yes, back in the days when American football was still watchable, thanks in part to talents like Cosell. Today, a cliche-fest run by dullards in the broadcast booth, breaking only for displays of militaristic fetish and the ever-present commercials...
God, just six years later, Howard would be making a very different announcement! 😭
As much as I agree, I HATE seeing his name come up in John Lennon videos. I hate what he did, but what I hate even more is that that fucker actually accomplished becoming as famous as Lennon. And we fucking gave it to him.
Of course he liked ' Yesterday ' ...he even Saud it in the lyrics ' How do you sleep ' ..." The only thing you done was Yesterday...and since you've gone , you're just another day....."...... Got to pay attention.!
@ghb61 u clearly never played American football haha it's much more violent and dangerous then rugby we are equipped with weapons like a football helmet and pads that increase the collision way more then any rugby hit
Yeah because they grew up and became Reaganites and moved out into the suburbs and watched Alf. The problem with the 60s and 70s is that it couldnt stop the 80s. Oh well. Fuck it lets have pie.
it was interviews like this that mad MNF the event it was. The last thing you would what to have happen was someone to ask you the next morning, if you saw John Lennon on MNF, and you ha
dn't!
McCartney made the point that the Beatles would have gotten back together, to at least record a few tracks on the Anthology DVD set. It probably would have happened in the mid to late 80's if he had not been killed.
and who is 'they'? I"m speaking of Lennon and he is singular. You did learn grammar in school, right? I know they don't teach Science anymore but they did teach English back then.
@terrythekittie
totally agree. "Bono has been trying so hard to be the John Lennon of our times..Gallagher and Bono combined have only a fraction of the wit and talent John had"
"You never know". For 10 years many of us hoped it would happen. I personally thought it was a matter of time.
Football is one thing (Best sport on earth) and Northamerican disgusting football is another thing. Don't call the latter just "football". It's a total lack of respect.
Just the same, a rugby player wouldn't last 10 minutes in a football game... They're quite different sports, you see. And what a coincidence, I'm American too!!
During this game John sat and had a conversation with----wait for it------Ronald Reagan. Supposedly they got along and had a good conversation.
that was the South. Not the North. a lot of us thought he was right. also note the films: Middle age djs, football players and 12 year old girls
Is this the same John that wrote "How Do You Sleep?"...he actually complimented "Yesterday"? I thought he thought that song was crap?
See? Breitbart says Lennon was a repuglican. Why? Because John used the word "TEAPARTY" at 0:24 in this video. Breitbart says that's proof!
Not talking music or politics, just talking about a sporting event and having a good time. A side of him we didn't get to see enough of.
Apparently also in the wings that night was Ronald Reagan and he and Lennon had a very pleasant and jovial discussion off camera.
@prrolg I think he is talking about Frank Gifford the former football star turned announcer. He was on as an announcer for years.