One of the most beautiful songs in the White Album. Often described as a hauntingly beautiful song which can become addictive. Once you start listening to it, you cannot stop !!! A beautiful song to remember a beautiful lady written by a genius !!!
How extraordinary it must feel to be the muse of such a wonderful and iconic song that will be played by generations to come. That's as close to immortality as anyone can get.
What a wonderful interview and fascinating background information about the song written about her. She beautifully articulated the times and what we were all trying to accomplish. When she mentions the advances, she might have included that because of our Women's Movement, women are now doctors, lawyers and CEO's of companies, which was unheard of in the 60's. I'm proud to have grown up in that era of tremendous (and painful) change. The interviewer is marvelous. He asks a question and then lets her articulate. WELL DONE!
For me it’s so like John to write such a song to entice someone to come out. He was probably telling her not to take everything so seriously and it would be better for her to be with people more. It’s very cute and playful. She’s so lucky to have that memory.
One of the clearest memories from my childhood was sitting alone in a room, listening to the White Album for the first time, and being blown away by the song, Dear Prudence, one of my favorite songs to this day. That was back in the early '70's, and this is the first time I ever saw the Prudence that John sang about. The song definitely captured her spirit, which I'm glad to see she still has today.
Dear Prudence, thanks for coming out to play! It's amazing how I keep getting my eyes opened as part of the Collective conscious Prudence spoke of. We all seen a vision that life was more then we could ever have expected. 🙏
What an ironically impersonal and analytical discussion of such a personal and endearing work of art. Thank you for the context and history lesson, Prudence, but now I really think I know what John meant.
Kuddo's to CoolCleveland's Thomas Mulready most excellent interview tech's in and getting the most out or Prudance and not interrupting her and ur train of thought(s) in explaining the overall concept in what was happening at the time. Very insightful interview... tyvm for the time and You Tube for presenting this Video
Fascinating interview on the tumultuous mood of our day. I fondly remember the strong sense of community and mobility as we hitch hiked across the country (Canada.) The only tragedy I heard from happening on the road was from my uncle who was a social worker officer in Saskatchewan. We never saw it though. Never worried about our stuff being stolen. Met some really cool, very clear thinking and people. Felt compassion for the Nam. draft dodgers coming up from the states. And oddly, never ran into over zealous drug pushers or even over zealous RCMP officers. Though was frisked by one. Oddly again, I was so high on the community spirit, drug taking was not required, didn't need it. I'm in my mid sixties now. We have to work continuously on giving Peace a chance. Must find a copy of her book.
That really was a perfect interview. Never insinuated himself into it. Never tried to show off what he knew. Relevant questions and observations that she could work with.
Good questions pose by the interviewer. I am glad that he allowed Prudence talked without interrupting her. I hate interviewer who constantly interrupt their guest
wow...all teary eyed now after listening to her....i am a burly overweight 68 year old man that volunteered for the army and vietnam....while in service from 1968 to 1971 did not realize it at the time but i was walking the middle path of my life....became confused as to which direction i wanted to go towards....meeting different people(s) listening to different music, doing different drugs decided to take the path less traveled as prudence did....that song has always impressed me....to see the actual and listen to her 50 years later still espousing the same sentiments and emotions just made weep with joy as the dream is not totally dead
Prudence Farrow earned a BA, an MA, and a PhD from the University of California, Berkeley, where she majored in Asian studies. She is a Sanskrit scholar. Her doctoral dissertation was on pulse diagnosis, titled 'Nadivijnana, the Crest-Jewel of Ayurveda: A Translation of Six Central Texts and an Examination of the Sources, Influences and Development of Indian Pulse-Diagnosis'. Farrow has presented at conferences held at the University of California at Berkeley, Rutgers University and the University of Wisconsin. She has taught Maharishi's Transcendental Meditation to well over 1,000 people. As John Lennon said: "The sun is up. The sky is blue. It's beautiful and so are you, dear Prudence."
I read her book. It's a must read! It captures what so many of us have gone through, and is totally honest and revealing. Kirkus Reviews named it one of the best books of 2015, for a very good reason.
"The magic of the 60's- a lot of us on the same page" " It was magic and it was painful" She got it, She lived it. I have always loved her sister Mia and now, I am beside myself over how well this person speaks about the scene that was and how it is now. It's truely so great how clear and on point this woman is. I love how she is so not about Prudence and so much about peace. This is one very rare person who was born into quite a family, yet has remained incredibly grounded. This is the real deal ladies and gentlemen and yes, the interviewer too was great at getting to the heart of things.
Prudence looks more like a sister of Joni Mitchell than Mia Farrow. Even the way she speaks it sounds a little like the way Joni would talk in an interview. I think Prudence expressed herself quite well -- usually, people of that era are a little flakey and hippie-dippie (and I am from that era) but she was interesting and not really impressed with herself as someone who had a Beatle song written about her. Good little interview -- questions by Tom Mulready were better than some PBS would have asked and he let her answer.
a really thoughtful, kind woman, just like her sister. Note to camera man, don't shoot from a selfie angle under her nose. Her true beauty comes out from a higher vantage point.
Dear Prudence is one of the Beatles' finest. It's playful and child-like and so wonderful. The song, for me, was a mystery - what the song might be about. 'Prudence' is such an unusual and old fashioned name - very uncommon and fulfilling - as the inspiration with meditative finger pattern - exciting and new for John Lennon at that time, and bravo to Donovan too. The fingering technique brought us "Julia" and the intro too to "Happiness...." (Which of Donovan's songs have the pattern?) But this very shy young lady, in a tent meditating away, inspired a #1 first and arguably finest Beatles song. Thank you Dear Prudence.. you were and are so dear!
The guitar part of John (Donovan fingerpicking) really made the song in my opinion… the lyrics ~ so beautiful .. probably my fav. song on the white album ✌🏽😎❤️🇦🇺🎶
Willswalkingwest As opposed to you, who no one knows from Adam, who gives everyone a 10-minute update, for all 43 of the people who watched your rambling video.
@Hi I don't like being rude, contrarily to you. But sometimes one cannot help it. If you don't like this interview, what are you doing here? Oh, I get it. You cannot read the video titles!
As a fellow survivor from the 60s, I've never heard anyone articulate more clearly the ideals of our generation--and the pain of seeing so much of it dissipate. Hopefully the generations to come will carry that weight further.
What a beautifully articulate and intelligent woman. Seems like from what was an incredibly hopeful and optimistic time, how tragically wrong it all worked out.
This is really cool. Kind of like Paul Cole on the cover of Abbey Road. A brush with the Beatles at the right time and place then welcomed to immortality.
So many sixties people are wise elders - make sure your knowledge is passed on to younger people. It want all in vain, even though we all feel a long way away from that vision at this present time.
I agree. Many college professors nowadays are from that generation. (Though they have begun retiring, sadly.) Many share similar values and life experiences. (Especially those in the arts and humanities departments.) In retrospect, I have felt fortunate to have had college professors both from the pre-60s era, as well as from the 60s generation: Both have their strengths - but they are worlds apart.
Yes. You are right. For me, their value lie in their professional expertise. Despite a jaded review by word of mouth, I never turned down an instructor´s expertise over his/her ability to entertain a class. If, in addition to the expertise the professor happened to be witty as well, then - well, yes, I enjoyed taking the course even better! Because teaching is, to an extent, a performative act as well: And because professors from different generations approach content delivery differently, often originally; not solely based on their scholarship, but also driven by the values and life experiences as they were within the environment that they came of age into themselves, it is indeed refreshing to transition between styles. Each one, having a different background, being capable of handling instruction differently. Scholarship and life experiences do not contradict, but reinforce the other in the context of the class situation but, in essence, merits due to hard work is what should matter the most, I agree. Thanks! for addressing my comment.
I really don't think she fully understands what John was saying within the song Dear Prudence, in my opinion, and that is that you are part of everything and not just an observer after all "the sun is out, the sky is blue....open up your eyes". So you can close your eyes and retreat within and it doesn't make a difference
One seed of peace can become a whole field with time. keep planting everyone. Leave me in a little piece of me. 💙 The sun is up Dear Prudence and you're everywhere, greetings.
Another song penned by Lennon, Sexy Sadie was supposedly about his disappointment in the maharaja, whom I believe they thought eventually took advantage of or manipulated their innocence and celebrity.
@@RockHardRiffs No, it was not Prudence. The rumour was that it was an American woman called Pam. However, there is some evidence the rumour about the Maharishi is not true - as Alex, a hanger on of John Lennon, spread the rumour to get John away from the Maharishi.
I wish somebody would do a three hour documentary with her telling about the sixties. Not that every word out of her mouth is so fascinating, but she has a lot of memories.
I was born 10 yrs too late. All my friends have been 10 yrs older all through the years. I am sure I would be a much better song writer had I been born in 52. The 60's was an amazing time.
Wow, she needs to make a documentary if she hasn't already. OR, even a feature film needs to be made about her journey. It's fascinating. She is Maurine O'Sullivan's daughter (one of, if not the original, Jane) in Tarzan and Jane movies. Her father was a famous director for his time. Her sister is Mia Farrow who was married to Frank Sinatra and had a long relationship with Woody Allen and was in many of his movies. And, the Beatle's, John Lennon wrote a song that captured what was going on at the time with her and the journey of that age group. That age group was actually born during or right after WWII. Bombs were dropping on Liverpool during the time John was born. Paul's parents met in a bomb shelter and Paul was born right after the German's turned from England to go after Russia. And, she did pick up on more of the spiritual aspects that were going on during that time period. I just think her story would make a strong message for the youth and all age groups today that would be heard in a way that is was not heard back then. We know from research that if a group of at least one percent meditates on peace focused on a war zone while doing it, that violence in that war zone can drop by a significant amount. I want to say somewhere between 70 and 80 percent. Now is the time because the powers that be are censoring the Internet by leaps and bounds. Look at what has happened to You Tube alone. If not now, the Internet will be too censored in the near future to do what the powers that be fear the most and that is bringing humans together in large numbers at the same time focusing on peace and happiness. One percent of 7 billion people on the planet is not an unreasonable number with the Internet to bring us together and to focus their thoughts, prayers and meditations on peace on the Earth at a specific time -- all together now.
God consciousness should be a common phrase in any language. Waking up to evil that his been thriving is just the beginning on this planet to the eventual journey we all are on. Great smile at the end.
This is a great and interesting story, but the first thing that I was surprised by was how similar she and Mia’s voice sounds alike. Which are just like that of their mother’s.
Wrong era. Say what you want about the Boomers, but these people were very grown up for their age, nearly all of them worked summer jobs starting at 13 or 14 and most lived on their own and were married with children by their early 20s. This doesn't mean they were any better or worse than any other generation, its just that the 1960s was the apex of the postwar liberal order and welfare state; college was low cost and owning a house was a dream even lower middle class people could hope to achieve. They were afforded a world that came under attack almost immediately by conservatives who detested a "nanny state" and thought their Ayn Rand fantasy of libertarian independence would create a truly great world. Unfortunately many od these same Boomers who lived to benefit from rhis generous state suddenly resented it when the next generation began to take advantage of it and turned towards their new savior, Reagan. The cointry has yet to recover bc wekeep returning yo a revised version of an anti welfare state. Resentment will always be a powerful motivator in politics. I'm happy to see people be given some help from the state even if I'm blessed enough to not need it. Because I grew up adjacent to areas that did not have thr same luck as Me. But others feel resentment when viewing the same situation. Meanwhile thjs resentment leads people to vote in politicians who further fuel abd normalize this resentment while putting in policies that hurt the very people who voted them in. Nowhere is thks more evident then the deep south, where racial resentment has allowed to GOP a stranglehold on politics, leading states like Mississippi to have Elizabethan style poverty and maternal death rates on par wkth Afghanistan. The poor white people who vote these people in are hurt nearly as much but your social status is based on those around you, so as long as you're doknt better than "them". ⁶A famous politician from thr Soutb had a quote where he told a fellow pol "these people don't care jf they have paved roads, schools worth a damn, or a hospital to treat basic infections, as long as they know they're doing better than the n!@@#$ across town, abd that they ain't getting a penny. " Ultimately the acceptance of that attitude by the Boomers throughout the US has led to the situation we're in now where they were largely responsible for the entire Trump phenomenon and it won't be until this conflicted generation passes from the scene that the newer Generations will be able to move out from under their shadow. My mother, who is a boomer, once said to me "you know, we lit a match and blew up the world in the 60s which provoked a massive massive reaction in politics that took us back 60 years in response. It took us 30 years and two new generations of Americans to finally decide the Mad Max world of the Reagan 80s was not benefiting anybody just as we were putting the pieces back together and finally getting somewhere constructive, our generation decided to become old, scared, and racist and did it all over again and voted this clown in in 2016. I think it's time that we remove ourselves from the scene and let someone else have a say for once. we become awful haughty" So lazy and living off their parents? That's simply was not the case for the hippies or any other part of that generation nearly all of them lived on their own by the time they were 18. What they were guilty though of is forgetting their roots and forgetting how they were able to accomplish those very things and taking away the ability of future generations to do the same. And that's why children are living with their Boomer parents until they're 30 because of the world the Boomers themselves created so I do not feel bad for them I feel bad for the kids
George went India for meditation, John, Paul & Ringo went because of George, that was maybe the last real group activity. But every one of them was a different person and each reaction was divergent because of that. (Ringo and Paul found polite explanations to leave). Each one of them made his own music from this point onwards. When the "national (global) dream" broke up, our personal dreams didn't collapse. No Nixon (or Reagan or Tratcher) has that power, we simply rearrange our future projections and plans and move forward . . . and we are still on that.
Dear Prudence, I believe you just dont undesrstand the cosmic magnitude, of being the inspiration of one of the top music composers in World and in All Time. It would be similar if you were Mona Lisa of Leonardo.da Vinci. About Dear Prudence will be many, many books.... Gracias.
Who played the drums? Did anybody ask Ringo or Paul? They're amazingly candid about most things. I can't believe too many actually care. I would just say that they certainly didn't mind allowing different mic set ups and sounds. Today, they would be executed.
And the moral is that psychedelic drugs, as in LSD, can mess you up and lead to an identity crisis. So many casualties, Brian Wilson, Peter Green, Brian Jones, etc etc
George Martin said that George was very "influential" in the group. And he surely was. He introduced them to the Indian music, got them to collaborate with Eric Clapton & Billy Preston, who was black, and at the time black musicians would not collaborate with white groups, in the British music scene. He was the first Beatle to have Phil Spectra produce one of his albums...and so on and so forth.
They did not collaborate with Eric Clapton. George brought him in because John and Paul were not overall interested in doing George's song's on the White Album. Lennon also was instrumental with Phil Spector producing the Let It Be album - McCartney hated the end product and that was the final part that ended the Beatles.
Is that correct? That black musicians would not collaborate with white groups in the UK? I hadn't heard that before. I thought Billy Preston was American though so, if correct, he may not have been aware if that was a political stance at the time. Or may not have agreed with it.
@@herseem The fact is that black musicians and artists did not have free access to mainstream tv shows, records charts etc. Mingling was not a possibility. When the Beatles toured USA they refused to perform if black people were made to sit in separate stands. Naturally, it was Frank Sinatra who first stood up for black people's rights in the American showbiz, refusing to have the black components of his band stay and eat in specific hotel and restaurants.
@@lilise3965 yes, I'd heard that Frank Sinatra had taken a stand although what you've described goes further than what I'd heard mentioned previously. And i knew the Beatles had refused to play to segregate crowds. And i understand about black musicians not having the same access, i was just surprised to hear that you described black musicians refusing to collaborate with white groups in the UK.
Prudence was simply dong as her master suggested , which was to devote as much time to meditation as one could comfortably handle . she was very one pointed and others may have viewed that as being anti social , hence the " come out and play" line. She was making good use of her precious time with Maharishi, while others chose to socialize and goof off. Prudence in my view is the personification of devotion to the truth of what we are as consciousness awake to itself .
My cousin was the head of the US Consulate in Bordeaux in the summer of 1968. Prudence was arrested for being naked in the streets one night. My cousin had to coordinate getting Prudence out of trouble with the French authorities. Lots of calls to Maureen O'Hara, etc.
Unfortunately what killed the movement of the 60's was when the draft was ended. People no longer cared if there was war as long as they did not have to fight in war. I went to Vietnam in 1969 and I was proud of the protestors who I thought were protesting man's inhumanity to man. Now I think we have had many more wars that need the same movement of peace but the sounds of silence is all I hear. The majority of the protestors back then were only afraid for their lives and not the lives of the innocent people being killed in the name of war. John was a hero but unfortunately he was writing songs that mostly cowards could care less for they only care about themselves. I wrote a letter of apology to vietnam and I tell that to veterans today who ask be to proudly join a veterans organization. There is nothing to be proud of by going to war only shame.
Rothschild family (federal reserve board/bank of England) started world war I and in 1917 made an agreement to start world war ii. This same bank burned down the white house in the war of 1812. We lost that war and Andrew Jackson won it back 20 years later. Israel attacked the USS Liberty in 1967 killing many sailors and america did not retaliate - I would have been proud to fight against Israel for attacking us but we did not defend ourselves but work for the Rothschild bank.
The 60's were an age of enlightenment that quickly dissolved. This woman was awesome however she was from a small sect that really believed in the message of the time. Yes more people are into yoga and eating right but they are also consumed into themselves and the material things in life. Still loved this interview.
Nice interview. Prudence did not finish her thought comparison between the famous but ass...e types and her Beatle impression. I assume she was going to say the famous Beatles ... but were down to earth. Prudence has completely missed that one of the century's best composers was telling her "Life is what happens when busy making other plans" - from Beautiful Boy (and I know it was a 1957 quote in Readers Digest). The evidence... .. on a demo of Prudence at the end John says "I just wanted the girl to know that will sooner or later go insane". "All the people around her are very worried about her." He had a soft spot for Prudence but probably felt she was too much in her head looking when he is saying look open up your eyes look around, around around... judging from the interview still doing it. ua-cam.com/video/OKUgZ7foKuw/v-deo.html .. from the 4 minute mark With respect, I do not agree everyone was doing what Prudence was saying... just for the historical record of accuracy. Her assessment of being lost wasn't mine, but I was younger and I just loved that life seemed an endless river of awesome songs, not realising of course the wheels would wobble off through the 70's as Skyhooks sang and is more realistic and here Prudence was correct about that.... "Well all my friends are getting married Yes they're all growin' old They're staying home on weekends..
Mia's and Prudence's brother, John Villiers-Farrow, was charged with 39 counts of child sexual abuse six years ago. He pled guilty to two of the charges in a deal with prosecutors that resulted in a sentence of 25 years, 15 of which were suspended. He thereby avoided spending the rest of his life in jail and reduced his sentence to 10 years. One of the two boys John admitted molesting was abused by him repeatedly from the age of 9 to 16. The other was abused a dozen times over 5 years. He was 6 years old when it began. Both were in their twenties when they made their accusations. Mia supported her brother throughout his prosecution and trial and served as a character witness for him. He is now more than halfway through his sentence and will be released from jail in 2023. As vocal as Mia has been about the unproven, thoroughly investigated allegations about Woody Allen, she has consistently refused to criticize her brother or even comment on his admitted guilt to what amounts to serial child molestation over decades. Quite a double standard on Mia's part.
One of the most beautiful songs in the White Album. Often described as a hauntingly beautiful song which can become addictive. Once you start listening to it, you cannot stop !!! A beautiful song to remember a beautiful lady written by a genius !!!
How extraordinary it must feel to be the muse of such a wonderful and iconic song that will be played by generations to come. That's as close to immortality as anyone can get.
Like Rikki Ducornet.
@@hoz49 or Pattie Boyd. She inspired quite a few masterpieces by more than one person.
...................... *_NO_*
Like Don McLean possibly
What a wonderful interview and fascinating background information about the song written about her. She beautifully articulated the times and what we were all trying to accomplish. When she mentions the advances, she might have included that because of our Women's Movement, women are now doctors, lawyers and CEO's of companies, which was unheard of in the 60's. I'm proud to have grown up in that era of tremendous (and painful) change. The interviewer is marvelous. He asks a question and then lets her articulate. WELL DONE!
Prudy is a great teacher...I met her in NY 1968 she helped me so much...Thank you...God bless you...50 years.. ago. Praise the Lord.
For me it’s so like John to write such a song to entice someone to come out.
He was probably telling her not to take everything so seriously and it would be better for her to be with people more. It’s very cute and playful. She’s so lucky to have that memory.
Such a lovely, genuine lady. Cudos to the interviewer as well. Well done!
The best analysis and description of the magical 60s I've ever heard. Thank you, Prudence, and Thomas, the interviewer.
One of the clearest memories from my childhood was sitting alone in a room, listening to the White Album for the first time, and being blown away by the song, Dear Prudence, one of my favorite songs to this day. That was back in the early '70's, and this is the first time I ever saw the Prudence that John sang about. The song definitely captured her spirit, which I'm glad to see she still has today.
Dear Prudence, thanks for coming out to play!
It's amazing how I keep getting my eyes opened as part of the Collective conscious Prudence spoke of. We all seen a vision that life was more then we could ever have expected. 🙏
I don't know how many times they would sing this to me when I introduce myself to someone. My Dad named me from the White Album.
Do you enjoy your name btw?
That’s pretty cool.😎
Nice! I would usually hear Martha my Dear. Being a dog lover (inspired by Paul's sheepdog, Martha) I appreciated the song even more!! 🐕💖
What a great song. It’s just perfect for the White album
What a lovely lady! Dear Prudence
What an ironically impersonal and analytical discussion of such a personal and endearing work of art. Thank you for the context and history lesson, Prudence, but now I really think I know what John meant.
Kuddo's to CoolCleveland's Thomas Mulready most excellent interview tech's in and getting the most out or Prudance and not interrupting her and ur train of thought(s) in explaining the overall concept in what was happening at the time. Very insightful interview... tyvm for the time and You Tube for presenting this Video
Fascinating interview on the tumultuous mood of our day. I fondly remember the strong sense of community and mobility as we hitch hiked across the country (Canada.) The only tragedy I heard from happening on the road was from my uncle who was a social worker officer in Saskatchewan. We never saw it though. Never worried about our stuff being stolen. Met some really cool, very clear thinking and people. Felt compassion for the Nam. draft dodgers coming up from the states. And oddly, never ran into over zealous drug pushers or even over zealous RCMP officers. Though was frisked by one. Oddly again, I was so high on the community spirit, drug taking was not required, didn't need it. I'm in my mid sixties now. We have to work continuously on giving Peace a chance. Must find a copy of her book.
What a cool lady! 👌🙏😌
That really was a perfect interview. Never insinuated himself into it. Never tried to show off what he knew. Relevant questions and observations that she could work with.
The interviewer blew it by not ending the interview with “Dear Prudence, thanks for coming out to play.”
The best version, ever. ua-cam.com/video/KhyygqGMiAo/v-deo.html
cheeseball!
Just my thoughts.
Good questions pose by the interviewer. I am glad that he allowed Prudence talked without interrupting her. I hate interviewer who constantly interrupt their guest
Thank you, Prudence, for your lovely explanation.
The White Album is my favourite Beatles album and Dear Prudence is one of my top five songs of it
Yes. Absolutely !!!
wow...all teary eyed now after listening to her....i am a burly overweight 68 year old man that volunteered for the army and vietnam....while in service from 1968 to 1971 did not realize it at the time but i was walking the middle path of my life....became confused as to which direction i wanted to go towards....meeting different people(s) listening to different music, doing different drugs decided to take the path less traveled as prudence did....that song has always impressed me....to see the actual and listen to her 50 years later still espousing the same sentiments and emotions just made weep with joy as the dream is not totally dead
Thank YOU Mr. Ronnie Brown
Prudence Farrow earned a BA, an MA, and a PhD from the University of California, Berkeley, where she majored in Asian studies. She is a Sanskrit scholar. Her doctoral dissertation was on pulse diagnosis, titled 'Nadivijnana, the Crest-Jewel of Ayurveda: A Translation of Six Central Texts and an Examination of the Sources, Influences and Development of Indian Pulse-Diagnosis'. Farrow has presented at conferences held at the University of California at Berkeley, Rutgers University and the University of Wisconsin. She has taught Maharishi's Transcendental Meditation to well over 1,000 people. As John Lennon said: "The sun is up. The sky is blue. It's beautiful and so are you, dear Prudence."
In short, an indictment of our educational system.
I wonder if she came out to play.
No,she never did.Poor John And George, Tried so hard but couldn’t even get her to open up her eyes.
helpful and insightful she is. Going to get her book after hearing her speak. Thank you for posting.
An extremley honest and factual interview...thank you, Peace & Love.
I read her book. It's a must read! It captures what so many of us have gone through, and is totally honest and revealing. Kirkus Reviews named it one of the best books of 2015, for a very good reason.
Fascinating interview, thank you for sharing this.
What a great interview, great questions.
Thank you for this interview this was totally interesting. I relate to Prudence and all she shared.
One of their best songs. I always find it so moving. And Paul put such a great bass line to it.
When it came out, I liked it, but didn't quite get it. Now I can hear it better.
Great interview, Prudence talks well and the interviewer must be complimented for engaging and listening.
"The magic of the 60's- a lot of us on the same page" " It was magic and it was painful" She got it, She lived it. I have always loved her sister Mia and now, I am beside myself over how well this person speaks about the scene that was and how it is now. It's truely so great how clear and on point this woman is. I love how she is so not about Prudence and so much about peace. This is one very rare person who was born into quite a family, yet has remained incredibly grounded. This is the real deal ladies and gentlemen and yes, the interviewer too was great at getting to the heart of things.
Amazing interview! Very enlightening.
Outstanding interview, Very, uh, cool!
I wonder If she realized that she said "Bungalow BILLding" @1:40 ;)
Cj Murray good catch
i always thought they were saying buffalo bill. which would have been better don't you think?
@@tomitstube No.
@@charleslascari7191 "hey buffalo bill, what did you kill". better.
It's @ 01:39
Prudence looks more like a sister of Joni Mitchell than Mia Farrow. Even the way she speaks it sounds a little like the way Joni would talk in an interview. I think Prudence expressed herself quite well -- usually, people of that era are a little flakey and hippie-dippie (and I am from that era) but she was interesting and not really impressed with herself as someone who had a Beatle song written about her. Good little interview -- questions by Tom Mulready were better than some PBS would have asked and he let her answer.
She looks like her mom!!
Prudence is still a teacher of TM, her sister Mia explains in a recent documentary.
a really thoughtful, kind woman, just like her sister. Note to camera man, don't shoot from a selfie angle under her nose. Her true beauty comes out from a higher vantage point.
haha Mia Farrow is not a kind person.
🤣 @ shooting angle. The camera can be a friend or enemy.
Wasn't she sexually assaulted by maharishi?
Dear Prudence is one of the Beatles' finest. It's playful and child-like and so wonderful. The song, for me, was a mystery - what the song might be about. 'Prudence' is such an unusual and old fashioned name - very uncommon and fulfilling - as the inspiration with meditative finger pattern - exciting and new for John Lennon at that time, and bravo to Donovan too. The fingering technique brought us "Julia" and the intro too to "Happiness...." (Which of Donovan's songs have the pattern?) But this very shy young lady, in a tent meditating away, inspired a #1 first and arguably finest Beatles song. Thank you Dear Prudence.. you were and are so dear!
The guitar part of John (Donovan fingerpicking) really made the song in my opinion… the lyrics ~ so beautiful .. probably my fav. song on the white album ✌🏽😎❤️🇦🇺🎶
I just watched an old clip of her sister MIA talking about this on an old LETTERMAN show!
how odd, I just did too!
So did I - just now.
so did I!
Ditto
lol! i just did exactly the same! I saw the Mia's clip with Letterman and then came right here! (btw, Mia was damn freaking gorgeous!)
Cool video.....very intelligent person.I really don't like to compare people to their famous siblings but she has the same voice as her sister.
For a woman who wouldn't talk to the press for decades, she has a lot to say now....
Hi I wished you had more manners, she is being interviewed and talks about a period you probably did not experience.
Willswalkingwest As opposed to you, who no one knows from Adam, who gives everyone a 10-minute update, for all 43 of the people who watched your rambling video.
Spot on!
@Hi I don't like being rude, contrarily to you. But sometimes one cannot help it. If you don't like this interview, what are you doing here? Oh, I get it. You cannot read the video titles!
She's "hawking" her book.
Beautiful soul 😊
What a lovely woman. I quite enjoyed getting to "meet" her.
Robert Durst liked her too.
Prudence totally nailed it in terms of my experience and younger people I meet these days with music and poetry. Very clear thinking.
As a fellow survivor from the 60s, I've never heard anyone articulate more clearly the ideals of our generation--and the pain of seeing so much of it dissipate. Hopefully the generations to come will carry that weight further.
Beautiful song about a beautiful woman.
This is the woman my parents named me after history is crazy
I never knew the background of this beautiful song. Dear Prudence; what a cool lady.
What a beautifully articulate and intelligent woman. Seems like from what was an incredibly hopeful and optimistic time, how tragically wrong it all worked out.
This is really cool. Kind of like Paul Cole on the cover of Abbey Road. A brush with the Beatles at the right time and place then welcomed to immortality.
"There ain't no guru who can see through your eyes". J.L. 1970
I WANT YOU TO KNOW ME (C)2006
Nice song that.
great interview... glad I got to see this
So many sixties people are wise elders - make sure your knowledge is passed on to younger people. It want all in vain, even though we all feel a long way away from that vision at this present time.
I agree. Many college professors nowadays are from that generation. (Though they have begun retiring, sadly.) Many share similar values and life experiences. (Especially those in the arts and humanities departments.) In retrospect, I have felt fortunate to have had college professors both from the pre-60s era, as well as from the 60s generation: Both have their strengths - but they are worlds apart.
Yes. You are right. For me, their value lie in their professional expertise. Despite a jaded review by word of mouth, I never turned down an instructor´s expertise over his/her ability to entertain a class. If, in addition to the expertise the professor happened to be witty as well, then - well, yes, I enjoyed taking the course even better! Because teaching is, to an extent, a performative act as well: And because professors from different generations approach content delivery differently, often originally; not solely based on their scholarship, but also driven by the values and life experiences as they were within the environment that they came of age into themselves, it is indeed refreshing to transition between styles. Each one, having a different background, being capable of handling instruction differently. Scholarship and life experiences do not contradict, but reinforce the other in the context of the class situation but, in essence, merits due to hard work is what should matter the most, I agree. Thanks! for addressing my comment.
That´s fine ;-)
Great to hear from her point of view.
I really don't think she fully understands what John was saying within the song Dear Prudence, in my opinion, and that is that you are part of everything and not just an observer after all "the sun is out, the sky is blue....open up your eyes". So you can close your eyes and retreat within and it doesn't make a difference
One seed of peace can become a whole field with time. keep planting everyone.
Leave me in a little piece of me. 💙 The sun is up Dear Prudence and you're everywhere, greetings.
Another song penned by Lennon, Sexy Sadie was supposedly about his disappointment in the maharaja, whom I believe they thought eventually took advantage of or manipulated their innocence and celebrity.
And something about the Maharishi putting the moves on Prudence, which was why she wouldn’t come out to play....or so the story goes
@@RockHardRiffs No, it was not Prudence. The rumour was that it was an American woman called Pam. However, there is some evidence the rumour about the Maharishi is not true - as Alex, a hanger on of John Lennon, spread the rumour to get John away from the Maharishi.
@@dannyvine3605 interesting
Peace and Love are alive and well.
Thank you!
I wish somebody would do a three hour documentary with her telling about the sixties. Not that every word out of her mouth is so fascinating, but she has a lot of memories.
I was born 10 yrs too late. All my friends have been 10 yrs older all through the years. I am sure I would be a much better song writer had I been born in 52. The 60's was an amazing time.
Sue Phelps try 1946
I wish every young person who growls, “boomer” would listen to her.
Wow, she needs to make a documentary if she hasn't already. OR, even a feature film needs to be made about her journey. It's fascinating. She is Maurine O'Sullivan's daughter (one of, if not the original, Jane) in Tarzan and Jane movies. Her father was a famous director for his time. Her sister is Mia Farrow who was married to Frank Sinatra and had a long relationship with Woody Allen and was in many of his movies. And, the Beatle's, John Lennon wrote a song that captured what was going on at the time with her and the journey of that age group. That age group was actually born during or right after WWII. Bombs were dropping on Liverpool during the time John was born. Paul's parents met in a bomb shelter and Paul was born right after the German's turned from England to go after Russia. And, she did pick up on more of the spiritual aspects that were going on during that time period. I just think her story would make a strong message for the youth and all age groups today that would be heard in a way that is was not heard back then. We know from research that if a group of at least one percent meditates on peace focused on a war zone while doing it, that violence in that war zone can drop by a significant amount. I want to say somewhere between 70 and 80 percent. Now is the time because the powers that be are censoring the Internet by leaps and bounds. Look at what has happened to You Tube alone. If not now, the Internet will be too censored in the near future to do what the powers that be fear the most and that is bringing humans together in large numbers at the same time focusing on peace and happiness. One percent of 7 billion people on the planet is not an unreasonable number with the Internet to bring us together and to focus their thoughts, prayers and meditations on peace on the Earth at a specific time -- all together now.
God consciousness should be a common phrase in any language. Waking up to evil that his been thriving is just the beginning on this planet to the eventual journey we all are on. Great smile at the end.
Thank ya for sharing this ✌❤
Brilliant!
Smart lady
What an interview!! 🥰
Awesome.
This is a great and interesting story, but the first thing that I was surprised by was how similar she and Mia’s voice sounds alike. Which are just like that of their mother’s.
I want the Paper back white, the story behind the music.
"when that dissipated and we all had to survive..." translation: when we all had to move out of our parents house and get jobs
Wrong era. Say what you want about the Boomers, but these people were very grown up for their age, nearly all of them worked summer jobs starting at 13 or 14 and most lived on their own and were married with children by their early 20s. This doesn't mean they were any better or worse than any other generation, its just that the 1960s was the apex of the postwar liberal order and welfare state; college was low cost and owning a house was a dream even lower middle class people could hope to achieve. They were afforded a world that came under attack almost immediately by conservatives who detested a "nanny state" and thought their Ayn Rand fantasy of libertarian independence would create a truly great world. Unfortunately many od these same Boomers who lived to benefit from rhis generous state suddenly resented it when the next generation began to take advantage of it and turned towards their new savior, Reagan. The cointry has yet to recover bc wekeep returning yo a revised version of an anti welfare state.
Resentment will always be a powerful motivator in politics. I'm happy to see people be given some help from the state even if I'm blessed enough to not need it. Because I grew up adjacent to areas that did not have thr same luck as Me. But others feel resentment when viewing the same situation. Meanwhile thjs resentment leads people to vote in politicians who further fuel abd normalize this resentment while putting in policies that hurt the very people who voted them in.
Nowhere is thks more evident then the deep south, where racial resentment has allowed to GOP a stranglehold on politics, leading states like Mississippi to have Elizabethan style poverty and maternal death rates on par wkth Afghanistan. The poor white people who vote these people in are hurt nearly as much but your social status is based on those around you, so as long as you're doknt better than "them".
⁶A famous politician from thr Soutb had a quote where he told a fellow pol "these people don't care jf they have paved roads, schools worth a damn, or a hospital to treat basic infections, as long as they know they're doing better than the n!@@#$ across town, abd that they ain't getting a penny. "
Ultimately the acceptance of that attitude by the Boomers throughout the US has led to the situation we're in now where they were largely responsible for the entire Trump phenomenon and it won't be until this conflicted generation passes from the scene that the newer Generations will be able to move out from under their shadow. My mother, who is a boomer, once said to me "you know, we lit a match and blew up the world in the 60s which provoked a massive massive reaction in politics that took us back 60 years in response. It took us 30 years and two new generations of Americans to finally decide the Mad Max world of the Reagan 80s was not benefiting anybody just as we were putting the pieces back together and finally getting somewhere constructive, our generation decided to become old, scared, and racist and did it all over again and voted this clown in in 2016. I think it's time that we remove ourselves from the scene and let someone else have a say for once. we become awful haughty" So lazy and living off their parents? That's simply was not the case for the hippies or any other part of that generation nearly all of them lived on their own by the time they were 18. What they were guilty though of is forgetting their roots and forgetting how they were able to accomplish those very things and taking away the ability of future generations to do the same. And that's why children are living with their Boomer parents until they're 30 because of the world the Boomers themselves created so I do not feel bad for them I feel bad for the kids
I really enjoyed reading this. Thank you
George went India for meditation, John, Paul & Ringo went because of George, that was maybe the last real group activity. But every one of them was a different person and each reaction was divergent because of that. (Ringo and Paul found polite explanations to leave). Each one of them made his own music from this point onwards.
When the "national (global) dream" broke up, our personal dreams didn't collapse. No Nixon (or Reagan or Tratcher) has that power, we simply rearrange our future projections and plans and move forward . . . and we are still on that.
Dear Prudence, I believe you just dont undesrstand the cosmic magnitude, of being the inspiration of one of the top music composers in World and in All Time.
It would be similar if you were Mona Lisa of Leonardo.da Vinci.
About Dear Prudence will be many, many books....
Gracias.
My favourite Lennon song.
Who played the drums? Did anybody ask Ringo or Paul? They're amazingly candid about most things. I can't believe too many actually care. I would just say that they certainly didn't mind allowing different mic set ups and sounds. Today, they would be executed.
lovely name for her "prudence"
She sounds exactly like her sister
Goofy AF!
I wonder what the replacement song would have been had she came out of the tent?
Interesting and funny thought.
Get back.
@@dukeemzworth3005 Good one!
And the moral is that psychedelic drugs, as in LSD, can mess you up and lead to an identity crisis. So many casualties, Brian Wilson, Peter Green, Brian Jones, etc etc
But the Maharishi and Ravi Shankar were vehemently against using drugs- especially LSD.
Syd Barrett
The Professor needs to see this.
George Martin said that George was very "influential" in the group. And he surely was. He introduced them to the Indian music, got them to collaborate with Eric Clapton & Billy Preston, who was black, and at the time black musicians would not collaborate with white groups, in the British music scene. He was the first Beatle to have Phil Spectra produce one of his albums...and so on and so forth.
He introduced the west to Indian mysticism and therefore away from Christ. The was the jump off point.
They did not collaborate with Eric Clapton. George brought him in because John and Paul were not overall interested in doing George's song's on the White Album. Lennon also was instrumental with Phil Spector producing the Let It Be album - McCartney hated the end product and that was the final part that ended the Beatles.
Is that correct? That black musicians would not collaborate with white groups in the UK? I hadn't heard that before. I thought Billy Preston was American though so, if correct, he may not have been aware if that was a political stance at the time. Or may not have agreed with it.
@@herseem The fact is that black musicians and artists did not have free access to mainstream tv shows, records charts etc. Mingling was not a possibility. When the Beatles toured USA they refused to perform if black people were made to sit in separate stands. Naturally, it was Frank Sinatra who first stood up for black people's rights in the American showbiz, refusing to have the black components of his band stay and eat in specific hotel and restaurants.
@@lilise3965 yes, I'd heard that Frank Sinatra had taken a stand although what you've described goes further than what I'd heard mentioned previously. And i knew the Beatles had refused to play to segregate crowds. And i understand about black musicians not having the same access, i was just surprised to hear that you described black musicians refusing to collaborate with white groups in the UK.
Cool
She sounds so much like Mia
Prudence was simply dong as her master suggested , which was to devote as much time to meditation as one could comfortably handle . she was very one pointed and others may have viewed that as being anti social , hence the " come out and play" line. She was making good use of her precious time with Maharishi, while others chose to socialize and goof off. Prudence in my view is the personification of devotion to the truth of what we are as consciousness awake to itself .
My cousin was the head of the US Consulate in Bordeaux in the summer of 1968. Prudence was arrested for being naked in the streets one night. My cousin had to coordinate getting Prudence out of trouble with the French authorities. Lots of calls to Maureen O'Hara, etc.
Unfortunately what killed the movement of the 60's was when the draft was ended. People no longer cared if there was war as long as they did not have to fight in war. I went to Vietnam in 1969 and I was proud of the protestors who I thought were protesting man's inhumanity to man. Now I think we have had many more wars that need the same movement of peace but the sounds of silence is all I hear. The majority of the protestors back then were only afraid for their lives and not the lives of the innocent people being killed in the name of war. John was a hero but unfortunately he was writing songs that mostly cowards could care less for they only care about themselves. I wrote a letter of apology to vietnam and I tell that to veterans today who ask be to proudly join a veterans organization. There is nothing to be proud of by going to war only shame.
What if you defeat Nazis, is that a shame?
Rothschild family (federal reserve board/bank of England) started world war I and in 1917 made an agreement to start world war ii. This same bank burned down the white house in the war of 1812. We lost that war and Andrew Jackson won it back 20 years later. Israel attacked the USS Liberty in 1967 killing many sailors and america did not retaliate - I would have been proud to fight against Israel for attacking us but we did not defend ourselves but work for the Rothschild bank.
Her mother is Maureen O'Sullivan........Jane of the "Tarzan Movies"
The 60's were an age of enlightenment that quickly dissolved. This woman was awesome however she was from a small sect that really believed in the message of the time. Yes more people are into yoga and eating right but they are also consumed into themselves and the material things in life. Still loved this interview.
"Dissolved"?
Boy do you read that wrong.
The principles grew and spread and changed the world.
She does not seem at all materialistic to me!
❤
Nice interview. Prudence did not finish her thought comparison between the famous but ass...e types and her Beatle impression. I assume she was going to say the famous Beatles ... but were down to earth. Prudence has completely missed that one of the century's best composers was telling her "Life is what happens when busy making other plans" - from Beautiful Boy (and I know it was a 1957 quote in Readers Digest). The evidence...
.. on a demo of Prudence at the end John says "I just wanted the girl to know that will sooner or later go insane". "All the people around her are very worried about her." He had a soft spot for Prudence but probably felt she was too much in her head looking when he is saying look open up your eyes look around, around around... judging from the interview still doing it.
ua-cam.com/video/OKUgZ7foKuw/v-deo.html .. from the 4 minute mark
With respect, I do not agree everyone was doing what Prudence was saying... just for the historical record of accuracy. Her assessment of being lost wasn't mine, but I was younger and I just loved that life seemed an endless river of awesome songs, not realising of course the wheels would wobble off through the 70's as Skyhooks sang and is more realistic and here Prudence was correct about that....
"Well all my friends are getting married
Yes they're all growin' old
They're staying home on weekends..
Siblings Mia and Prudence look so much alike
It's an exclusive club of people who can say that the Beatles wrote a song about them.
I’d meditate for 5 mins and be like ok what else we doing…
Mia's and Prudence's brother, John Villiers-Farrow, was charged with 39 counts of child sexual abuse six years ago. He pled guilty to two of the charges in a deal with prosecutors that resulted in a sentence of 25 years, 15 of which were suspended. He thereby avoided spending the rest of his life in jail and reduced his sentence to 10 years. One of the two boys John admitted molesting was abused by him repeatedly from the age of 9 to 16. The other was abused a dozen times over 5 years. He was 6 years old when it began. Both were in their twenties when they made their accusations.
Mia supported her brother throughout his prosecution and trial and served as a character witness for him. He is now more than halfway through his sentence and will be released from jail in 2023. As vocal as Mia has been about the unproven, thoroughly investigated allegations about Woody Allen, she has consistently refused to criticize her brother or even comment on his admitted guilt to what amounts to serial child molestation over decades. Quite a double standard on Mia's part.
Dear Prudence I'm a Prudence too
I'm Prudence Ann