The Beatles - Press Conference at JFK Airport (1964)
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- The Beatles (John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr) press conference (interview) at JFK airport in New York (USA), from their first visit to the United States in 1964.
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The boys already knew how to handle reporters....Mick Jagger called them "a four headed monster' when it came to handling the press
Didn't that nickname refer to how any one of them could be lead singers?
I think that was in general. He said they moved like one entity, had all these inside jokes that no one else understood, etc. Like Ringo said, until the end when they started arguing, “we were just four guys who were like brothers. We really did love each other.”
@@1982pencil And even if Paul and Ringo are still with us, Ringo still calls Paul his brother.
A rare time when popularity and talent intersected.
The most cliched comment from every sour old goat in the comments following every vintage music and film video on UA-cam.
@@generalyellor8188 True though. Name a good song in the last 20 years?
@@dontshootimfri3ndly853 Mr. Brightside
@@raghuvansh1293 I rest my case
love the way they handle the press, by just using their own humour and personalities
glad you spelt humour the right way.
Troy Boyle excuse me?
@@troyannbladsacker1811, if you spell humor with a "U", then it's perfectly acceptable to use "spelt", instead of "spelled". The commenter is a Brit, after all.
Its funny how they got shit about how long their hair was considering this was pretty much the shortest it ever was.
mynameishunter12345 not true it was shorter in 1962-1963
that's true, but they weren't famous in the states then.
mynameishunter12345 true
Ringo Starr's response to the question about being Elvis rip-offs is the greatest piece of wit and improvised humor in the history of mankind.
That's what i thought too.
I have watched that part hundreds of time, really historical moment for ringo.
@@beatlelennon9168 He was more 'Mature than the other's and had a great wit, which came to our attention much later.
I liked Georges response to the bland question----''When are you going to have a haircut'' ''I had one yesterday''
@ C Thompson. I wouldn't go that far. Have you ever seen Curb Your Enthusiasm?
Second to " ...rattle your jewelry "....from Lennon to royalty..
Pure cheek without being vulgar, and no pre-scripted "talking points." Truly they were the Fab Four.
If this happened in 2023....they'd be lecturing us about climate change, racism, and telling us their pronouns.....
"Will you have haircuts?". "No." (George) " I had one yesterday,"
Akcent918 and how they all say “it’s truth!” I love them!
the joke that no one would get today
I don't think he was lying or joking. Imagine if you were a Beatle, going to a country like the US for the first time, not knowing the reception you were going to get but knowing most other English acts have failed there, wouldn't you try and look as good as possible, including having a haircut?
@@auteurAM It got a good laugh from the reporters; that was good enough for everyone in the room.
What the press didn't know was by the time they came to the US, they were veteran performers in every sense of the word.
The reason they made American press look stupid is because the Americans thought they could outwit Liverpudlian humour.
Haha true that!
No one can outwit a mickey mouser
annie, terrible accents though.
And they didn't understand sarky sarcasm either. US Stars were always reverential to the press and media, which CAN, and often did, destroy careers with bad reports, misquotes and false 'facts'. The Beatles either didn't care or were ignorant of this.
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I am always impressed by The Beatles' poise when watching this. Their first U.S. press conference really sealed the deal for them in America. The Beatles outwitted the press and beat them at their own game.
huascar66 That's because they were seasoned pros by this point. They'd been dealing with the British press for over a year and those guys were the biggest bastards in the world (Lennon's words).
I mean, what were these 4 British kids to the American press by that time?
TheSMLIFfilms Nothing but the latest fad whose fans would move on to the next thing in two or three months. Whodathunk?
Lynn Turman
Exactly. They had played at The Royal Variety Performance in November '63, had 2 albums out, been major stars since '62 and had the Liverpool cheek. After dealing with the British press the US reporters were a cakewalk.
Lynn Turman has
You'll never know pain until you fall in love with the twenty year old version of a seventy year old Beatle...
Lifes a bitch innit.
SOOOO TRUE 😒
For real
i think it's more difficult if your fave beatle's d*ad already shskdnskfndhf
80 now!!!!
Wow, none of those men took them seriously. And the Beatles kept their cool. They were so ready for their success and couldn't care less what the naysayers were up to...
Reporter: How much money do you expect to take out of this country?
John: About half a crown.... 10 dollars hahahahhahaha
but then again this whole interview was hilarious
half a pound
@@anshuldinger1425 No. An eighth of a pound. There were 4 crowns in a pound.
I pound = 20 shillings. 1 crown = 5 shillings. 1/2 crown = 2.5 shillings. (2 & 6. 2 shillings & six pence.).
Still the GREATEST rock n roll band in the world on earth today
No doubt about it.
David Roldan True!!!!
You mean 3 are dead. Ringo is the only one left.
@@troyannbladsacker1811 Paul McCartney isn't dead though
@@lukemoore9726 he's been dead since 1966. Listen to Mike Williams, Tina Foster etc. I just stumbled upon it 4 months ago. William Campbell or Shepherd is an impostor. There are many sites where you can compare faces, voices, etc. We've all been duped.
The absolute very first time that America saw the Beatles as people, just speaking and being themselves and not performing.
I'm sure the press was ready to crucify these British invaders who had turned their daughters into screaming lunatics, but instead found themselves laughing during the entire press conference. Ringo Starr is THE star of the conference!! He seems so cool and down-to-earth. I can watch his response to the Elvis question over and over again.
dueroden Yes me too. He has always been my favorite.
"Not True, Not True, That's just not True." All the while impersonating the King. Love them all back then.
For me, it was George's haircut line: said with perfect tone and timing.
@@kchishol1970 would you mind explaining that joke to me? I never understood it.
It was more the idea that his hair was even longer earlier before coming to America.
@@ashith1297 Reporters were constantly asking them when they'd get a haircut.
"If we knew we'd form other groups and be managers." - John Lennon. lol
Thanks couldn’t tell what he said
The beatles can never be repeated in thousands of years..
They charmed the press and off they went - charming everybody else too. They had magic, that's for sure.
This was one of the great events for The Beatles. They changed the world and their music will be heard forever.
I don't think anything has changed. We still have poverty, wars, serial killers, bad people, etc.
This is a big reason why the Beatles made it in America when others had failed. The press were out to get them and they gave it to them right back. Not in a rude or nasty way, but by winning them over with their sense of humor.
Ring has always been my favorite. I laughed so hard the first time I seen him do The Elvis impersonation. Love it.
2:11
CBS reporter :
'Will you tell Murray the K to cut that crap out' !
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This is the stuff of legend! Thank God we have it on film.
Beatles 1, Press 0 = Beatles Win!!!
The best
John is the quickest wit of them all!! I love The Beatles!!
They said the same about Ringo.
So much for reporters.... most intelligent thing they could talk about was their hair...
Imagine how long they had to think of some decent questions, and that crap was all they could come up with!? Imagine being set an assignment at school and handing those questions - you'd be lucky to get an F
It was meant to slander them but they failed horribly
@@TheJellyfish800 I have always felt that way, and they handled it great!
you have to admire their fearless irreverence at such a young age. this was out of the norm at the time, and considered disrespectful by many... they were in uncharted waters and handled it beautifully. george was 20, paul 21, ringo and john both 23. they were going toe to toe with the american press, who were largely skeptical of their talent and popularity, treating it like a fluke, and mocking their hair was a way of discrediting them as serious musicians.
typically american in that way, the "establishment" reviling change as a threat to their "traditional values". young people immediately saw the value in adopting this cultural change, if nothing more than to ridicule the status quo.
Don't forget, they had been handling the British press for a year, and they are much nastier.
@@loosilu Bullshit. The American press in 1964 were remarkably mindless.
@@SgtPeppersLonelyHeartsClubBand The US press had no idea what to ask. Nothing like this ever happened in the history of the world. They did ask a lot of questions about songwriting,.
@@SgtPeppersLonelyHeartsClubBand If you were a journalist at the time, what would you ask? keep in mind everyone else is screaming questions at the same time
To think that their hair was considered "long" back then! :D
Yes, to us familiar with Eddie Van Halen or Dee Snider in the 1980s, these guys' hair is so neat and trim that the comments about it feel completely incomprehensible.
My God those are some stupid questions.
Incredibly stupid questions.
With the suddeness and mass hysteria that came from nowhere, I got the impression that the press was totally out of their depth, the Beatles might just as well have been aliens from another world. They Looked and acted like nothing / nobody they were familiar with, with their lack of deference and sharp wit.
America has 3 times as many people sick with covid than any other country and media still asking the wrong questions. It was always this way.
hard to believe just 3 years later these 4 made Sgt. Pepper...
Jake Mackie wow they really went through music phases pretty fast
That was part of their genius, how they evolved with every LP.
3 of them, anyway.
@@cheryllakin3077" IT SHURE IS A BUMMER GETTING OLD "
They were so funny and cute, such naturals.
50 years ago...Wow.
I can't believe music is so dead today....Sure, some people are popular today, but I can honestly predict 50 years from now and people will look at music from 2014 and just roll their eyes.
Osc1llateW1ldly
Of course I understand that SOMEBODY, SOMEWHERE is playing a guitar, but there is no quality music scene today. Imagine the musical "energy" of those times compared to today.
You shouldn't have to search for it
That's what I thought about the 80s music. Now here we are listening to Mr. Mister and Mike and the Mechanics all over again. yeesh.
Older people in the beatles time said the same thing, tastes change. However it is true alot of music now is derivative and manufactured compare to the hard work put into music in the past. But it is funny how older people dislike music now when it was exactly the same in the past, people never change.
I think this is already happening!
I like the way John used to say smart-ass stuff and then just duck his head and give that impish grin like "what, me?" Paul mentioned he used to do that with his glasses when it was just the two of them. He'd say something biting or nasty and then slide the glasses down and say, "it's just me."
It's quite a contrast seeing how relaxed they are and how they are genuinely enjoying the moment here with their press conferences from their final tour in 66. You can tell how just two years of Beatlemania has worn them down by that point. By the time you get to that last conference they gave in L.A., even Paul, who was usually the Pollyanna type was giving smart-ass sarcastic answers to dumbass ridiculous questions. It seems the bigger they got, the dumber the press became.
Anyway, this was neat. Thanks for posting. I was feeling kinda down and needed a pick-me-up and the Beatles are always good for that.
"You can tell how just two years of Beatlemania has worn them down by that point" - yes, I mean it's easy to see how fun it would have been, but on the flip side, also sort of a trauma because no human is really going to come back from such an experience. I think they might have described it as being like going to the moon. The astronauts are never the same afterwards, often they are broken by it, it seems, as readjusting to regular life on earth after going through something like that is impossible.
John's "Bigger than Jesus" comment wasn't far off the mark. This level of adulation and societal hysteria is reserved for living saints or Gods themselves.
Nothing's changed in 50 years! Reporters still ask the dumbest questions.
I 👍💯
Yes its true but now a reporters are prestitutes!
i had one yesterday aww that was the cutest thing
Everything scripted now, this is a complete free-for-all handled flawlessly. Beyond amazing
Ringo got the most fan mail!
"Can you please sing something"
*GEORGE'S MIND* "I have an idea"
"would you please sing something?" NO!! 😂😂😂
"Is it because you can't sing?" "No, we need money first."
George needs to write it first
Ringo was so SMALL.
Imagine if they'd been surly and quiet. A huge part of their charm was how FUNNY they were
1:56 REPORTER 1: Could you please sing "Something"?
BEATLES: NO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
REPORTER 2: Is there doubt that you can sing?
GEORGE: No, I haven't written it, yet!
+LandondeeL Actually it goes more like this:
REPORTER 2: There's some doubt that you _can_ sing.
JOHN: No, we need money first. (George was silent during that particular exchange.)
+Minooch Lighten up, pal....that was supposed to be a joke! Don't you know anything about Something? Eleven people do!
+LandondeeL Ahhh, I get it now. I didn't notice the quotation marks. Honest mistake. Carry on. :)
LandondeeL we need money first😂😂
You never give us your money, you only send us your funny papers.
1:55 "No, we need money first" - Hilarious!
2:02
Very Very Very good answer to cut off of more stooped questions...
Just think about it Rock and Roll was not just new at the time but I'm sure there were still some around thinking it was going to be a fad. " " Good going you 4 bug dudes what ever you called themselves " "
lol,,,, Very funny!! Ringo Starr @ 2.21 impersonating Elvis saying "It's not true,,,, it's not true"
Never seen it on video but at the end of the press conference the reporters ask " what do you think of Beethoven?" and Ringo says " I love him, especially his poems"...
58 years ago today...Feb.7, 2022-Feb.7, 1964....and NOTHING has ever been the same!!!
The greatest of all time and there will never be another..glad I was old enough to witness and enjoy it all.
"Let the feasting beginnn"
Part of their greatness was not taking themselves or things too seriously. They were as funny as JFK during a press conference.
Really funny and witty for such young guys. And totally off the cuff too.
Genuine wit and charm the likes of which no longer exists.
God, George's just laughing and I find it too cute. Ahh, their humor is so out of this world hahaha 😂. John and Ringo is so funny here especially that elvis one... And George about haircut hehe.
Also George was definitely feeling the first stages of the flu here. So his being sick here and then being bedridden while John, Paul, and Ringo went out sightseeing in Central Park was a big reason why he became forever more known as “the quiet one.”
I really love their wittiness PLUS their CUTENESS in this eraaaaaa
Thanks for posting! Some parts I never saw before.
I think of this press conference when I think of trying to pinpoint a real changing of the times. Not just for the press, stuck in the 50's, but everything, music, fashion and a new way of thinking.
the way the policemen practically had to drag each of one of them out of the limo and rush them inside. beatlemania. wow
Reporter: Will you sing for us?
John, adjusting cufflinks: No. We need money first.
Game, set, match
I saw them at the Baltimore Civic Center in Sept of 1964. What a thrill!
4 lads from my city. They make me so proud
Me impresiona tanto el carisma con el que brillaban!!! A pesar de haber atravesado el Océano Atlántico, era para que estuvieran cansados y fastidiados de un viaje tan largo, sin embargo, cada uno de ellos era sumamente ocurrente y simpático con la prensa!!! Nadie como estos legendarios monstruos sagrados de la música. Fueron y serán la mejor banda de todos los tiempos!!!
I was in a Chicago highrise elevator (lift) with several other passengers going way up.
The elevator music played softly as we traveled. Suddenly I recognized the tune... Ticket to Ride. I made a face, looked at the man next to me, we all looked at each other... and shared a laugh and a moment of appreciation.
The year was, 1980ish.
3:57 Jeez, the hysteria was absolutely incredible.
feb 7 1964 the beatles arrived in america
What a memory i will never forget
That Elvis part gets me everytime
1:00 John's first impression of Americans. "They're so rude.. I like it."
thanks much....well done
The Beatles really was a great entertainer group icon way back in the day in the 60s just rocking and rolling and touring around the world and singing and playing their 🎶 music and performing in a stadium of screaming fans that was the Days of Beatlemania when the Beatles was the Famous fab 4
American reporter: "Are you going to get a haircut at all while you're here?"
JOHN: "No."
PAUL: "No."
RINGO: "No."
GEORGE: "I had one yesterday."
STILL TO THIS DAY my favorite part of this press conference.
The Beatles are brilliant.
- Are you for real?
- Come and have a feel
Hah hah
I love the Beatles, and don’t think there will ever be anyone else like them, but all the comments about how no modern popular artists are good or talented are just so pretentious and stupid. I’m not a huge fan of a lot of popular modern music, but thats just my opinion, and I think plenty of people in the mainstream are incredibly talented, and there always will be. There will never be another Beatles, so people are just going to have to do something new.
People forget that we only remember the best. There were thousands of bands and singers in the 1960s who never made it and some really bad music too. The Beatles and the Stones were the exception, not the rule. In 20 or 30 years people will remember 2 or 3 artists from 2020 and say "Wasn't it great then?"
@@landl47 i agree with ur statement
One of the funniest interview they have.. 😂 i love the beatles tha best forever!
George 'let the feasting begin!' Lol
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Turn left at Greenland.
Although they were virtually unknown to America, they had a huge amount of experience not only musically, but with handling audiences. At the time of their arrival in America, Lennon and McCartney had been together for 7 1/2 years and the Beatles had been performing in England and in Germany for nearly 4 years. Also, they were very well coached by Brian Epstein. So they were definitely up to the challenges of the American press and performing on nationally broadcast TV.
How the hell they were unknown when so many turned up at the airport and you saw what happened at the shearwater stadium,that's virtually unknown ?? 😂.wake up
@@mikeymike1854 I Want To Hold Your Hand was released on Dec 26, 1963 and went #1 about a month later. The Beatles had a fan base in America due to a massive PR campaign by Capitol Records in Jan 1964. When I said virtually unknown, I was referring to the press. Maybe you need to wake up. 🙄
The press was so rude to them...harassing them for their hair of all things.
Some US politicians still blame the Beatles & their long hair for teenagers behaviour in the 60/70's, long hair = subversion
@@jrgboy whatmore can u expect from politicians anyway
John laughing at that guy telling everyone to shut up is everything.
Mclennonbeatlesstarrison60 : That was their shortly used press officer Brian Sommerville, replaced soon after by Derek Taylor.
1:55 "Could you please sing something?" "NO!!"
That big "No!" gets me every time. Who was that woman anyway?
In February 1964, Paul was 21, Ringo was 23, George was 20, and John was 23. Beatlemania was mass insanity.
The press turned up to put a pin in the balloon but finished with egg on its face.
Hmm. Kinky.
Would loved to have heard there reaction before the interview and even more after. "It was called Beatlemainya for a reason "
The press thought they had only just formed i think, and tried to make them look silly and put them down, but they were well seasoned in handling the press, they ended up making the press look silly.
Aren't you afraid of what the American Barbers Association is going to think of you?
Hhahahaha laughed my ass of at that question
The press were ready to savage them but fell in love with them instead
Silly questions vs the greatest band on earth.
Too bad the quality wasn’t better….getting off a plane, shoved into that and being so great!!! Love them :-)
These four cheeky lads outsmarted all those journalists.
absolute legends.
This is sad when you think of how John died.
The arrival of the four-headed beast.
they really knew exactly where they stood it seems hard to stay clear headed in that situation
It's funny how only the left handed Beatles are alive (Paul and ringo)
Clock Guy actually George wrote left-handed.
Ringo is not left handed
Yes he was born left handed but forced to use the right hand as a kid. They did the same to my mum.
they did same to me, but i do use my left hand still. Ive never seen ringo do anyting wit his lef hand. He is rigthanded now
You do not live with him!
The stuffy, arrogant and often intimidating US press corp. was simply out-matched & out-witted by four lads from "across the pond." For good or bad, this truly was a turning point in American journalism. Suddenly, it became acceptable to fight "fire with fire." Newsmen are also human and, like the rest of us, can act stupidly at times.
Beatles!!!
Do ya feel like Sampson, if you lost your hair you'd lose what you have? WTF clown question is that. Ringo, it's not true, best part.
I always liked John’s dry humor by saying “quiet please” mixed in with the clowns asking stupid questions.
I loved them since day 1. They came and got us out of our grief over the killing of President Kennedy.
When someone talked and they all moved in unison hahaha.
@ 2.20 Ringo Starr, doing the Elvis shuffle ,,,Its not true,, its not true. We love u man .) :)