Another King disaster was the Eric Clapton interview. Too many missed opportunities and lame ‘tabloid’ questions. The kicker was, “Do you write your own music?”

John lennon is one of the greatest rock musicians of all time. His music makes you think.

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As The All Music Guide says in their excellent Beatles biography,”So much has been said and written about The Beatles and their story is so mythic in it’s sweep that it’s difficult to summarize their career without restating cliche’s that have already been digested by tens of millions of rock fans.To state the obvious,they were the greatest and most influential act of the rock era,and introduced more innovations into popular music than any other rock band of the 20th century,moreover they were among the few artists of *any* discipline that were simultaneously the best at what they did,*and* the most popular at what they did Relentlessly imaginative, and expermintal The Beatles grabbed a hold of the international mass consciousness in 1964 and never let go for the next 6 years always staying ahead of the pack in terms of creativity but never losing their ability to communicate their increasingly sophisticated ideas to a mass audience.Their supremacy as rock icons remains unchallenged to this day decades after their breakup in 1970.”

“Even when couching praise in specific terms, it’s hard to convey the scope of The Beatles achievements in a mere paragraph or two. They synthesized all that was good about early rock & roll and changed it into something orginal and exciting. They established the prototype of the self-contained rock group that wrote and performed it’s own material. As composers their craft and melodic inventiveness were second to none and key to the evolution of rock from it’s blues R&B- based forms into a style that was far more eclectic but equally visceral. As vocalists John Lennon & Paul McCartney were both among the best and most expressive vocalists in rock;the groups harmonies were intricate and exhillarating.”

“The Popularity Of The Beatles as a unit proved eternal. In part this is because the group’s 1970 split effectively short-circuited the prospects of artistic decline;the body of work that was preserved was uniformly strong. However it’s also because like any great works of art,The Beatles records carried an ageless magnificence that continues to captivate new generations of listeners. So it is that Beatles records continue to be heard on radio in heavy rotation,continue to sell in massive quanities and continue to be covered and quoted by rock and pop artists through the present day”

Also if anyone with an open mind really wants to have this stupid myth that The Beatles are overrated debunked,than please get from your library,The Beatles Recording Sessions by Mark Lewisohn. It’s an excellent very thorough detailed music diary of their amazing just 8 year recording career!

Many of their recording engineers and tape operators are interviewed in this book,and some of them were innovative as well. They all describe just how truly innovative,creative and prolific The Beatles really were in the recording studio especially John Lennon and Paul McCartney.

A 15 year old guy said on a message board that he read this book and he’s been loving THe Beatles ever since! And in an online interview in Bass Player Magazine from February 2005,Wilco’s Bass player John Stirratt was interviewed and he was asked which bass players have had the most impact on your playing. And the first thing he said is,” Paul McCartney is one of the greatest bass players of all time,if you listen to what he was tracking live in the studio it’s unbelievable.” “With his tone and musicality he was a huge influence,he covered all of his harmonic responsibilities really well but his lines were absolutely melodic and inventive.” Bass Player Magazine recently also voted Paul McCartney the # 5 Greatest Bass Player of All Time and # 2 creator of the best and creative inventive bass lines!

On Yesfans.com they had the topic,Are The Beatles Overrated? going on from 2004-early 2007 and 75% of Yes fans voted the first option,NO Of Course Not How Dare You Question Their Greatness!Many Yes fans said that they couldn’t even believe that this is a serious question and one said it’s weird! Another Yes fan asked is Beethoven Overrated too then?

Infact one Yes fan said The Greatest Band Of All Time Overrated? Phuck No! Another Yes fan quoted him and said exactly what he just said! And one Yes fan had posted his own quotes from a year before saying he thought The Beatles are overrated,now he posted an emoticon holding a lame sign under his old quotes,and he said “Lame thats just what I was, how did I ever post that? I love The Beatles time changes everything I guess .”

Also there is an excellent online article by musician and song writer Peter Cross called,The Beatles Are THe Most Creative Band Of All Time.And Bassist and music teacher Andrew Pouska lists Paul McCartney first on his websiote Houston Bass Lessons and he says,The impact The Beatles had on music history is stupendous,likewise the impact The Beatles bass player Paul McCartney had on rock bass was huge too,his basslines are very melodic and intelligent,one of the best.

Ken Also Runs A Rolling Stones and A John Lennon Fan Site

Keno’s Classic Rock n Roll Web Site

And what Michael Fraiman says in the beginning of his post,that he’s not going to argue that The Beatles were a lousy band, even though thats what his side of the debate seems to be implying, is just so beyond stupid and ludicrous! I know we live in a crazy world and this is furher proof! The site It’sOnlyRocknRoll.com reports that The Beatles won more than 20 prestigious Ivor Novello awards for song writing in just 7 years from 1963-1970! They also won an academy award for the song score they wrote for their Let It Be Film in 1970! And in May 2000 Paul McCartney was received The Fellowship of The British Academy Of Composers and Song Writers the first the Academy had given,Paul McCartney was cited as a true giant of the world of song writers and composers.

And next month Paul is getting a special prize for oustanding contribution to music by The Brit Awards.The Brit’s Commitee’s Ged Doherty said that McCartney’s citation would be an historic moment and he explained that Paul McCartney is one of the greatest song writers of all time and a member of Britain’s biggest group ever. Paul McCartney has won many Ivor Novello awards on his own and he got an honorary doctorate in music from Sussex University in 1986!

And bassist and music teacher Andrew Pouska lists Great Rock Bass Players on his web site Houston Bass Lessons. And he lists Paul McCartney first.He says,”The impact The Beatles had on music history is stupendous,likewise the impact The Beatles bass player Paul MCartney had on rock bass was huge too his basslines are very melodic and intelligent,one of the best.”

There is also a recent interesting online interview with Roger Daltry of The Who. He was asked if The Who had screaming teenage girls and he said after Can’t Explain they did. He said it was the screaming era and every band had one on the way up.He says it was fun but the trouble for a performer when your that young and inexperienced,you start to judge your performance by the amount they scream it’s nonsense which is why Lennon gave up. Roger also says that The Who’s new manager in the mid 1960’s wanted them to change their image into Mods,and he says so overnight they went from scruffy looking rockers into Mods. Which is similar to The Beatles fake cleaned up image created by their manager Brian Epstein.

Roger Dalty also said when he was asked,Can he explain The Who’s success that he asks himself how it did come together how? THen he said it’s like Lennon and McCartney the sound of their voices together was so unique,you think of all the billions of f***ing people on the planet,so how they go on stage and do what they did? He says there must be a God.He also said after The Beatles arrived it was like whoa,whoa,whoa this is all different,and we started doing their numbers and then we discovered Tamla Motown and the blues.

Another thing I want to debunk is that many people have a misperception that The Beatles were a pop band and not a rock band.But this is not true at all,The Beatles were mostly a great innovative,creative,diverse prolific *ROCK* band *not* a “pop” band! John Lennon always aid he just really loved rock n roll and he and Paul wrote plenty of great rock n roll in The Beatles and in their early solo careers! It really would have been news to John that he wasn’t the founder and leader of a true rock band!

The Beach Boys were a true pop band because all of their hits were that beach surfing sound. Even The early Beatles had a harder electric guitar sound than The Beach Boys and I have never heard a Beach Boys song played on classic rock stations only oldies stations, But many classic rock stations still play The Beatles! And The Beatles are rightfully categorized as a *rock* band by most rock and music critics and rock journalists,and Rock On The Net says few could argue that one of the best if not the best rock groups was The Beatles. And The Wikipedia the free online encyclopedia as well as the Websters College 2000 Dictionary defines The Beatles as a British Rock Group. And most record stores classify The Beatles correctly as the rock band they were.And a guy on the web site Votenumber1.com said of course The Beatles were a great rock group he said they were the greatest rock group ever and he said he can name about 100 great rock Beatles songs!

And I and many people understandably feel that John Lennon had the best rock voices ever! George Martin said John’s voice was one of the best he ever heard,and in May 1967 when The Beatles were recording their song,Baby You’re A Rich Man,two recording engineers said they were always fascinated with the sound of John Lennon’s voice,and they always wanted to record it live and when they heard him singing this song live they said they couldn’t believe how great his voice was and that anyone could sing that well live.

The Beatles wrote many great rock songs that were pretty rocking for the time,John’s great song You Can’t Do That from early 1964 which he played lead guitar on for the first time,Paul’s great blues rocker,She’s A Woman from late 1964,John’s I Feel Fine from late 1964, with the first use of feedback guitar,and one of the first songs to have a great guitar riff,a year before The Rolling Stone’s Satisfaction came out,Paul’s screaming hard rocker especially for 1965,I’m Down which they played even louder and more screaming at the August 1965 Shea Stadium concert, and as The All Music Guide says I’m Down was one of The Beatles most frantic rockers,and they said they did a really wild performance of this at The Shea Stadium concert. The All Music Guide also says The Beatles showed they could rock really really hard with their early songs,John’s I Feel Fine,Paul’s She’s A Woman,and the peerless I’m Down.

Plus Day Tripper,Paperback Writer,She Said She Said,And You’re Bird Can Sing, Taxman,all with heavy electric guitar sounds,John’s 1968 hard rocking single Revolution,Yer Blues,Birthday,Back In The USSR,While My Guitar Gently Weeps,Everybody’s Got Something To Hide Except Me &My Monkey,Get Back,He Bulldog,Polythene Pam,She Came In Through The Bathroom Window plus Paul’s Helter Skeklter which as many people have pointed out was the first heavy metal songs,plus John’s I Want You She’s So Heavy on Abbey Road which many people have also pointed out was one of the first heavy metal songs,plus his great rocker Come Together,Paul’s Oh Darling,You Never Give Me Your Money,and the hard rocking jam of Paul,George,and John on the song The End,etc!! So anyone saying THe Beatles were not a rock band You Are Wrong!!

The Rolling Stones were very good friends and fans of The Beatles and Mick Jagger was at 4 Beatles recording sessions and Keith Richards was at 2 of them with them! The Beatles even wrote one of The Rolling Stones first hits with the song,I WAnna Be You’re Man in late 1963.

Mick Jagger was such a big Beatles fan that when The Beatles were recording their song,Baby You’re A Rich Man in May 1967,he came there and stood on the sidelines just to watch and listen to them record it and his name was on the tape box because he likely sang at the end verses.

The Rolling Stones could also be considered a pop band since they too were very popular,had many hit songs and albums and some of their songs could be classified as pop,Ruby Tuesday,Angie,She’s A Rainbow,Lady Jane,As Tears Go By,Waiting On A Friend,Emotional Rescue, their whole Sgt.Pepper rip off Their Satanic Majesties Request and they also put out many greatest hits albums.

This is to the ignorant poster theworldsforgottenboy (and the world should definitely forget you!) and a few others.

Bob Dylan actually gave the ultimate praise to Paul McCartney and John and George in a Spring 2007 Rolling Stone interview! He said he’s in awe of Paul McCartney and that he’s the only music artist he’s in awe of! He said that Paul has the melody,he’s got the rythym,he can sing the ballad really good,and he can play any instrument and that he’s so darn effortless! Bob Dylan also said that George Harrison was a very good song writer in his own right and that he would have emerged big anyway but he was stuck behind John and Paul,and Bob said who wouldn’t get stuck behind them! He also said there are no greater singers than John Lennon and Paul McCartney!

Even, Ozzy Osbourne said in an online 2002 Bender Magazine interview that The Beatles Are The Greatest Band To Ever Walk The Earth! He’s been a huge fan since he’s been a teenager and he says not loving The Beatles is like not loving oxogen! The Rolling Stones were very good friends and fans of The Beatles and Mick Jagger was at 4 Beatles recording sessions and Keith Richards was at 2 of them with them! Also,The Beatles even wrote one of The Rolling Stones first hits with the song, I Wanna Be You’re Man in late 1963.

And The Beatles Were *NEVER* a boy band at all not even in their 1963,1964,1965 and 1966 period. The Beatles started out playing 8 hours a night for two years in a row in the sleazy strip clubs of Hamburg Germany wearing tight black leather jackets and pants ,smoking,drinking,cursing and taking speed pills to stay awake and going to bed with a lot of young women groupies. There were a lot of rough German thugs that came into those clubs and if The Beatles didn’t play good live they would have beaten the crap out of them playing for 8 hours a night for two years,instead they became the most successful and popular group in Hamburg even with a lot of competition from other German and English groups playing in those clubs. The Beatles cleaned up image was a totally fake image created by their manager Brian Epstein which John hated and resented the most.And The Beatles also played successfully at The Cavern Club in Liverpool for several years before their manager Brian Epstein discovered them. too.

And John and George hated Beatlemania the most,and they had no life because of it,they had to live trapped in hotel rooms most of the time. And George Harrison said in the great Beatles Anthology video series that the fans gave their money and their screams and The Beatles kind of gave their nervous systems. He also said that the world used them as an excuse to go mad and then blamed it on them.And in a recent online interview with Roger Daltry he was asked if THe Who had screaming teenage fans and he said after Can’t Explain they did. He said it was the era of the sreaming teenage girl fans,and that every group had one on the way up. Roger said that it was fun but the trouble for the performer when you’re that young and inexperienced,you start to judge your performance by the amount they scream it’s nonsense which is why Lennon gave up.Roger Daltry also says that their new manager in the mid 1960’s changed their image to mods overnight,similar to The Beatles fake cleaned up image created by their manager.

As for the other inaccurate comments that some people say The Beatles didn’t even stay together for 2 decades,well they didn’t have to because they did about 50 years worth of innovative,creative,diver se,pr olific great critically acclaimed popular songs and albums in just a remarkable 8 year recording career! The Beatles are in The Song Writing Hall Of Fame &The Vocal Hall of Fame,and As The All Music Guide says in their excellent Beatles biography,”So much has been said and written about The Beatles and their story is so mythic in it’s sweep that it’s difficult to summarize their career without restating cliche’s that have already been digested by tens of millions of rock fans ,to start with the obvious,they were the greatest and most influential act of the rock era ,and introduced more innovations into popular music than any other rock band of the 20th century.” “As vovalists John Lennon &Paul McCartney were among the best and most expressive in rock and the groups harmonies were intricate and exhillirating.”

And music critics as well as brilliant classical composer Leonard Bernstein called John &Paul the most brilliant song writers of the 20th century when they were still a band . As for The Beatles playing live,they sounded pretty good playing live considering that when they were playing in 1963,1964,1965,and 1966 the sound systems back then were very limited and primitive,they only had 100 watt amplifiers,no feedback monitors so they couldn’t even hear themselves play and sing,yet they amazingly played in tune and in sync anyway,and at the August 1965 Shea Stadium concert which was the first big outdoor rock concert with over 55,000 fans,they were plugged into the PA system that they announce baseball games with plus the screaming crowds drowing out their great music! Can you imagine The Rolling Stones and The Who playing on these very limited primitive sound systems? They wouldn’t have sounded much better! Thats why they gave up touring,because they were serious music artists,composers,and musicians and they wanted their great music to be heard and valued. It would be like Beethoven playing on these limited primitive sound systems and screaming crowds! Also they were now writing music that was too complex to reproduce on stage at that time. I also forgot to mention two more great Beatles rockers, Paul’s Get Back and John Lennon’s great 1968 rocker Hey Bull Dog.

On the roof top concert in The Let It Be Film,they sounded great,because by January 1969 the sound systems had improved somewhat(although not anywhere near the 1970’s,1980’s,1990’s and especially today’s!) and they had changed and people had changed so there were no more screaming crowds so they could be heard.When I was a teenager I met 3 people who saw The Beatles in concert two of them were teachers who saw them in 1966 and he and she told me they were great,and my cousin saw them at age 16 at The Baltimore Colsieum in 1964 the year before I was born,and she said they were great. Former Kiss guitarist and grammy winning producer Bob Kulick who made the heavy metal Beatles tribute album Butchering The Beatles last year,says in an online interview,that he saw The Beatles at Shea Stadium in 1966 and that he could only make out pieces of the songs because of the screaming,but he could make out the songs Baby’s In Black and Paperback Writer and he said they sounded amazing! He also calls The Beatles The Greatest Rock Band Ever!

George Harrison at only age 14 would stay up playing his guitar until he got all of the chords exactly right and his fingers wer e bleeding! And One of The Beatles engineers Geoff Emerick says that in early 1966 when The Beatles were recording John’s song I’m Only Sleeping,George Harrison played backwards guitar the most difficult way possible even though he could have taken an easy way,and it took him 6 hours just to do the guitar overdubs! He then made it doubly difficult by adding even more distorted gitars and Geoff says this was all George’s idea and that he did all of the playing! Eric Clapton said in a 1992 interview when he and George were asked what they admired about each other during their Japan tour,that George is a fantastic slide guitar player. He and George were very good friends and they obviously admired and respected each others guitar playing and George played guitar on Cream’s song Badge. Roger McGuinn of The Byrds says The Beatles used unusual folk rock chords in their early music and that they invented folf rock without even knowing it! He started to play a 12 string guitar after he saw and heard George Harrison playing one in The Beatles great film A Hard Day’s Night in early 1964.

In an online Eric Clapton interview called,Eric Clapton In His Own Words he says that John Lennon was a pretty good guitar player and he would have known since he played live in concert with John as a member of John’s 1969 Plastic Ono Band! On an excellent site called,The Evolution Of Rock Bass Playing McCartney Style by Dennis Alstrand Stanley Clarke,Will Lee,Billy Sheehan,Sting,George Martin,and John Lennon are all quoted saying what a great,melodic,influential bass guitar player Paul McCartney has always been! The 1992 Rolling Stone Album Guide calls Paul a remarkable bass player and rightfully calls John &Paul the 2 greatest song writers in rock history! Both Phil Collins and Max Weinberg both Beatles fans and both praise Ringo’s drumming and Phil Collins says that Ringo’s great drumming on A Day In The Life can’t even be repeated even by him!

Also on Rankopedia The Beatles are # 1 Greatest Rock Band,# 1 Greatest Most Innovative Rock Band,John &Paul are # 1 Greatest Rock Song Writers,John &Paul are on The Greatest Rock Male Vocalist list,and Paul McCartney is # 2 after John Enwistle as Greatest Rock Bass Players,John Paul Jones is # 6,and Bill Wynman is # 20! And on Digitaldreamdoor where many musicians post,The Beatles are # 1 Greatest Rock Artists,John &Paul are # 1 Greatest Rock Song Writers,they are both on The Greatest Rock Male Vocalists list,and Paul McCartney is # 8 out of 100 Greatest Rock Bass Players,John Paul Jones is # 21,and Bill Wynman is # 95! George Harrison is # 54 On The Greatest Rock Guitarists out of over 100.

And there are many music professors teaching music courses at good universities on the brilliance of The Beatles especially of John &Paul,including by award winning music professor and composer Dr.Glen Gass,who has been teaching a course on The Beatles and rock music at Indiana University since 1982. On his web site for his course it says the main purpose of this course is to get students to have a better appreciation of this extraordinary group and their remarkable recordings. Dr.Gary Kendal’s Beatles course is the most requested course at North Western University. And a music professor by the last name of Heinonen teaches a Beatles course at JYVASKYLA University in Finland,and the university of California also teaches a Beatles course etc.

Also check out Ken’s Classic Rock n Roll Site he also runs a Rolling Stones &John Lennon fan site. And he made a Top 10 List and voted and the fans voted. He voted John &Paul # 2 after Bob Dylan as Greatest Rock Song Writers,the fans voted them # 1! He voted Paul McCartney # 2 after John Entwistle as Greatest Rock Bass Player,the fans voted Paul # 3. He voted John Lennon # 2 after Keith Richards as Greatest Rock Rhythm Guitarist,and the fans voted John in a tie with Jimi Hendrix and Brian Jones at # 4 ! He voted John Lennon # 1 in a tie with Elvis as Greatest Male Rock Vocalist and the fans voted John # 1,he voted Paul # 6 and the fans voted him # 7. Ken says Darn The Beatles were one great group in his review of The Beatles album 1967-1970,and he also says that John on Get Back showed why he should have played lead guitar more often because he did such a good job! He also said that John on their hard rocking great 1968 single Revolution,played one of the first and best acid guitar parts.And he also said that John played a pretty good slide guitar on George’s For Your Blue. And he says in his review of The Beatles 1962-1966,that if you don’t love or at least like The Beatles and their music than you are not a true rock fan and more than likely will never get it.

And Brian Wilson said on a 1995 Nightline TV Beatles tribute show,that Sgt.Pepper is the single greatest album he ever heard,and he played With A Little Help From Friends on the piano and he said I just love this song. He also said he thinks John Lennon &Paul McCartney were the 2 greatest song writers of the 20th century! He also said when he first heard The Beatles great 1965 album Rubber Soul,that he was blown away by it,he said all of the songs flowed together and it was pop music but folk rock at the same time,and this is what he couldn’t believe. He said this inspired him to make Pet Sounds. Elton John said in a 1991 CBS morning news show,when he was asked who he musically admires,he said You can talk about your Rogers &Hammerstein but for the quality of quanity songs that Lennon &McCartney did in that short period of time,they were the 2 greatest song writers of the 20th century! Most music artists want to believe and want the public to believe that *their* the greatest so when they say other music artists are the greatest it really means a lot!

The Beatles are also the most covered music artists of all time with everyone from Motown,jazz,classical,and even heavy metal music recording their great diverse music! And in 2001 VH1 had a panel of well known musicans and music critcs,that voted The Beatles The Greatest Rock Band Ever,and in 2004 Rolling Stone did the same thing and several people said on message boards that Rolling Stone had a recent pael poll like this and The Beatles were voted # 1 again and for darn great reasons too! Nobody created as much innovative,creative,quali ty,cr itically acclaimed,popular diverse songs and albums in such a short amazing period of time as The Beatles and thats why most people know that The Beatles Are The Greatest Rock Band That Ever Was Or Will Be!!!!

Oh and A Day’s Night is a great pop rock album!!!! And even Bob Dylan said decades ago about The Beatles early music,that their chords were outrageous,and the harmonies were wonderful and they were doing things in music that nobody had done before,and music critics of The London Times were praising their interesting and unusual chords that they used even in early songs like She Loves You &I Want To Hold Your Hand. Which were not as simple as they seemed and had clever subtleties in them.Infact Bob Dylan said in a Rolling Stone interview this Spring that he’s in awe of Paul McCartney and he said he’s the only one he’s in awe of. He said that Paul has the melody,he has the rhthym and he can sing the ballad very good,and he can play any instrument. He also said there were no better singers than John Lennon &Paul McCartney and he said if George wasn’t stuck in the shadow behind John &Paul and he said who wouldn’t get stuck,he would have emerged as a great song writer in his own right anyway.

And by the way I have read some people saying on message boards that they don’t think The Rolling Stones were the best technical musicians,and many even some fans have said they haven’t done anything good in 35 years, and that their overrated and I have also found many people saying they hate or don’t like The Rolling Stones and many people say the only Rolling Stones song they like is Paint It Black! Oh and by the way,in every major poll of The Beatles vs The Rolling Stones,The Beatles always win as # 1 even on sites and message boards that are not Beatles fan sites!

And when we look at the solo career comparison of Mick Jagger’s and Keith Richards solo careers with John,Paul &George’s,the facts are John Lennon’s first brilliant solo album,and his second great album Imagine are rightfully critically acclaimed, and I love John’s Walls &Bridges album and Paul McCartney’s first solo album McCartney is very good,and he played every instrument all by himself at age 27,and he played so many different instruments great! Wings 1975 Venus &Mars is a great rock album too! And he and Denny Laine are the only musicians on Paul’s great 1973 Band On The Run album,which is critically acclaimed and popular,and he played every instrument by himself again on McCartney 2 in 1979,and most of the instruments on his 1997 Flaming Pie album,and his 2 recent acclaimed popular albums,Chaos And Creation In The Backyard,and Memory Almost Full.And John Paul Jones,David Gilmore,John Bonham &Pete Townsend all played on 2 songs with Paul and Wings on the last Wings album Back To The Egg, in 1979,and they played in the last Wings concert too in December 1979. You know I have found over 50 former Beatles haters on many message boards and web sites that are noe HUGE Beatles fans and many say they are now their favorite band and that they were the Greatest Band Ever! I didn’t communicate with these people but they said in their posts that they had a lot of inaccurate misperceptions of The Beatles and they hadn’t even heard most of The Beatles great songs and albums! Most people don’t hate The Beatles in the first place,most people of all ages all around the world love or at least like their music,but it’s really something for former haters to turn into big fans and it just goes to show how Great The Beatles music is!!!!

Didn’t Ringo refer to Yoko as “the widow cranky” when Larry said she would be on?

Ringo had the right attitude. Big deal, give Larry a break, shut up Paul.

long time ago the prime minister of Slovakia was on Larry s show, and he said he was from Romania. Different country.They even had the map all wrong. so sad…

replace Larry with Howard Stern on CNN at least he is prepared to do an interview with some bite.

This Larry King is so overrated with his soft questions and no preparation for interviews — anyone could do his job and look better doing it. Anyone.

As horrible as this interview was, the transcript reads not unlike the Beatles’ early press conferences.

A human error, perhaps, but King not only also mispronounced Cirque du Soleil founder Guy Laliberte’s name earlier that day at The Beatles LOVE media event in honor of George and John, but he also said that they were there to “honor John Lennon and George HAMILTON.” For an event that was as important as this, by day’s end King was a total embarrassment. (I’m just honestly surprised he didn’t also refer to John as Jack Lemmon).
For more coverage and photos of the Beatles 06.26.07 dedication ceremony, check out: http://www.concertlivewire.com /beatles.htm

retire mr K

Never really watched Larry before. He’s pathetic! But to be fair… the 2 Beatles chose him to be the interviewer, I LOVE THE BEATLES, will always, but times change, was a bizarre coming together, what would George and John have thought? Hopefully by now, they would have laughed it all off, like Ringo did. Still love Paul, but

What’s the big deal? The guy made an error. Is this really newsworthy? I mean, who cares?

This name slipup is actually very minor and understandable. Larry’s question *actually* was “Where were you when George died”, and it came out “George, where were you?” That’s the kind of silly slipup anyone could make.

For those who think Larry was confused as to who he was talking to, why would he ever ask someone “Where were you when you died?”

But I have to admit it’s still a funny scene, blown out of proportion it may be.

You make a mistake in your transcription. Paul doesn’t yell “George?!”, that’s Ringo.

Here’s what that section *should* be:

KING: George, where were you?
STARR: George!
KING: Ringo.
MCCARTNEY: No, this is Ringo here.

Has anyone ever seen Larry King and the GEICO Lizard in the same room??? I think they are one in the same.

I saw the King interview the next day and really enjoyed it,and I must have had jet-lag because the name thing passed me right on by.Now if we could get Paul and Ringo on Charlie Rose ,that would be sweet.

Worst interviewer on the Planet, put that Old Mule out to Pasteur, he has zero credibility,

I don’t care who did the interview with Paul & Ringo. The Beatles were a magnificent group and no one can touch them.

Larry sure seems to be taking a beating here, I really cant post much criticism of his performance cuase I really havent cared much for his show, but anyway whats the deal with the farting? Ive seen the clips on youtube but I’m not to sure if its really farting and if it is how many times has he done it. I must admit it the thougt of it happening is pretty damm funny!!

It was great to see Paul and Ringo together. Larry needs to get a grip. He asked really dumb questions. I thought it was funny when Paul called Larry on calling Ringo “George.” BEATLES ROCK!!!

Yes Paul did seem stoned didn’t he? Mumbly, rambly Paul. Who knew Ringo would rein him in. Larry King did an OK job. No questions to satisfy Beatle people, but it was a nice way to spend an hour. And kudos to Yoko for calling Paul magnificent. A really interesting interview would be with the Beatle kids.

Chris Farley did a better job of interviewing McCartney.

Its funny that so much is made of Larry’s incompetence.

Has anybody listened to Back to the Egg?

To the worldsforgottenboy. Yes, that is why you are the world’s forgotten boy.

Sorry marnr67,I wish I could agree with you that nobody cares about Paris Hilton,but did you see the press outside the jail when she got out? My hubby and I were watching the news channels that day,and they were all over it! What a sad sad world we live in!!!

I’m disappointed that so many of these postings are by those who feel it’s clever to talk about Larry King as an ancient relic. That’s called uniformed ageism. Larry never does his homework before these interviews. He often sounds like he’s a 12 year old asking questions of celebrity guests of whom he is familiar only because of the headlines he has read. It is common for Larry to not have prepared by reading thorough bios let alone listen to their music, read their books, see their movies, etc. It has little to do with his age and much to do with television culture where the uniformed see to be leading the way hosting shows that promise to inform the public. They and Larry are shallow and predictable!

This is a magazine that is celebrating it’s 40th anniversary. 40 yrs. ago you were all yelling about the “establishment”, never mind that you have become the establishment now. You should be happy Larry King made that gaff, cause in your nostalgia for the past you can claim it was an establishment screw-up. After all, Larry would have been “the man” in that era as well…

Larry King has a history of asking inappropriate questions.
During an interview with Nancy Reagan he asked her, “Nancy, don’t you wish your husband would just pass awary already.” This acutally happened!

I think Larry is stoned at that time. Give him a break. His the only one whos stoned, his living the beatnik era man..gooooooooo laarryyy gooooooooo!!!!!!!

F-ck you Steven. ha ha ha

Hahaha, a few things here:

1. Larry King is 1000 years old. He probably doesn’t even know his own address at this point in his life. That’s not his fault, people do get old, but seriously he should just retire…it’s not like he’s had a bad run of things or that he needs the money. He should just stop embarassing himself.

2. An important thing to remember when interviewing somebody is their name. I’m pretty sure that should be the first item of business when you’re writing out your questions. In a book about how to interview someone, I think the first step is: Know The Name Of The Person You’re Interviewing.

3. Is this really newsworthy? I mean, yes it’s funny, but is it really all that important what a few old farts in expensive suits (a.k.a. The Beatles) think?…the two guys in discussion here (Paul and Ringo) have never made a good solo record. Yes, I said it. Just because you’re in one of the most famous bands of all time doesn’t give you a license to make mediocre music the rest of your career. And I know a lot of you will say, “F-ck you Steven! You don’t know what you’re talking about!” Maybe you’re right, maybe you’re wrong…but maybe you’re being so defensive because you know I’m right. Just compare their music to the Beatles music. The reason they were so magical was the combination of them, not just one. So lets do the math here. A couple of washed up musicians + a washed up tv personality = no reason to get uptight.

I’m surprised Larry didn’t call Paul “John”; Yoko “Cynthia; Olivia “Patty”; and Ringo “Pete Best”!!! Actually Larry was thinking that he was probably really talking to George since Larry’s like 300 years old and is basically death warmed over!! Keith Richards IS better and healthier looking than Larry!!! Paul and Ringo are soooooo totally wonderful!!!!! Beatles Forever!!!!

P.S. - I’m the matt who left the last comment but I’m different from the 12,946 people who have already posted with the same name

Wow, McCartney is kind of a jerk.

“How dare you forget the name - OF A BEATLE!”

Dude is older than you, he probably listened to Frank Sinatra. You should be flattered that he knows the names of any Beatles besides the two he’s interviewing that night.

I think people are taking this too seriously… Larry King was being himself, Paul busted on him, I was way too fascinated watching the fynamics the questions didn’t really matter. In a way, since they were unpredictable, it made for more interesting viewing. Yoko especially was quite diplomatic when asked if John had missed the beatles- changing the subject to how un-serious she’s found them all. It was very emotional for me, too… I’m surprised that the bulk of these comments instead focuses on poor Larry’s questions rather than what we got a chance to witness.

His “name” mix-up was the least egregious of Larry’s boners. Worse, was asking George’s widow if it’s painful seeing his image now. Even worse, Larry informing Paul: “You changed the world!” Absolute worst, Larry’s pathetic attempt to bask in Beatlemania by walking out first, beaming, in front of Paul & Ringo, to the live crowd as “The Fifth Beatle for a Night.” What a dork.

an interview with one beatle can be serious, but if you have multiple beatles you know it’s going to be hilarious.

At least it was fun to see Paul and Ringo interacting and carrying on, to the extent that they could. You could still see some of the magic when they were talking to each other.

Chill out beatle people. Its an interview of a celebrity - very famous ones. This isn’t the OSLO accords or anything that important. I’m a beatlemaniac, but all the Qs. have been asked a gazillion million times. There isn’t anything new. I though King choking up showed real emotion, which made the interview matter.

Larry King asked Olivia about the song “Something”. Guess he didnt know that the song was written for George’s first wife Patti…

He should do more research.

Anna…. everyone knows who the Beatles are. Everyone. Even us Young ‘uns. That is why they are the Beatles. Because they and their music (except for Macca) are timeless. You could ask some unborn babies to sing a Beatles song and they’d sing you the one their mom sings to them 3248573474 times a day.

When I was six, I used to go around singing “I wanna hold your hand” all the time. I pronounced Ringo “Wingo” and that was still getting his name better than Larry King.

Ten years ago.

Ahahahahahahahaahahahahahaa

What idiot can’t tell them apart? That’s just SAD.

I thought it was bad when Larry asked Olivia what ‘Something’ meant to her… um, Larry, George wrote that for his first wife…

they should have gone on jonathan ross or something.

at least someone who knows who ringo is.

Please take a look at the photo for me, I’m slightly color blind, but do you think Larry and Paul use the same kind of hair dye?

My favorite moments were
1) Larry asking Paul and Ringo if George’s death was a shock. Um considering he had been dying for months…probably not so much, huh?
2) Larry asking Olivia what “Something” meant to her. Um, Considering it was written for another woman, um Larry — it probably means big fucking royalty checks and not much else!

larry king did a bad job.
ringo was sorta grouchy, which is good because it goes against his clownish reputation.
paul did his duty and showed up totally stoned.
good form, my man.

Tell us Paris- Do you still miss John…
Were you thinking of Ringo..err..George in your celebrity jail cell??
Tommorrow night- dogs that walk on all fours heheheheheheheheh

Richard… I totally agree… It was such a shame to see… the best part of the show was the cut ins before and after the commercials… this was unforgivable… Let Larry King go!!!

I too was very excited to hear that Paul and Ringo, Yoko, Olivia were going be on. This may be the last time all four will ever appear in public. And what did we get? NOTHING! Larry just can’t do it anymore. I’m surprised he didn’t ask someone what their favorite ice cream and tv show was! He could have let them sing a short little song together. How about some questions about Paul touring next year, and Ringo too! What a waste of time. Too bad!

Larry king was kissing Pauls butt so bad last night. Once they headed off to the “love” show, larry goes to Paul “theres my family sitting over there” and points. Paul seemed like he could of cared less. It was awesome.

And yeah, he totally cut Yoko off last night…that was funny!

Do you guys FRANKLY pinch yourselves??

Clapping his hands

Cutting from early Beatles history to Howdyou feel when John died

Calling Ringo the wrong name.

Asking interesting questions but not memorable ones at all.

Asking Olivia a thousand time so how are you dealing with George being dead?

Really it was sad to see old Larry.

The Lauren Hill thing was a joke made by Mccartney because they introduced her incorrectly….

Another time Paul was on the show with Larry. He asked him “Do you talk to John these days?”

Um, the show was done in like 2000 or something. King’s absolutely terrible. He just made a mistake last night, probably heading to the next question, but still, he asked the dopiest questions. It was also annoying that he’d say “Beatles Reunion- all 4 are here”.
WHAT?!!?!

Lawrence Hill…

I saw this & at that moment realized how out of touch Sir Paulie really has become; he means well but he’s out to lunch. Last night he looked like he was at rehab

It’s not just that Larry called Ringo “George”, or that he aksed some tactless questions, or even that at one point he referred to is guests as “the widows and the living”. It isn’t even about the Beatles. The issue is that this man is paid a lot of money to do what he does, and has people on his staff to do research for him. All he needs to do is spend 10 minutes going over the notes and questions before the show. If you did your job as poorly as he did his last night, you’d be looking for another job.

Just a heads up to the comment made by “bbb” - Paul was exercising a sense of humour at the MTV awards a few years back. His “I love that guy” remark followed his send-up of Lauryn Hill’s name as “Lawrence.” It was a brief giggle in an otherwise mundane show.

I’m sorry I missed the interview- it looked hilarious. All I know is that tonight’s interview with Paris will be the greatest interview that has ever been, ever been concieved, or ever will happen in the future of mankind!!!!!!!!!

You know the kid in class who was always saying the most outrageous / stupid things to try to get attention? That’s what the majority (if not all) of the folks who say “the Beatles suck” or comments of that caliber remind me of. There’s never any kind of intelligence behind WHY they think the music sucks / is over-rated / is dumb / etc., it just generally seems to be a comment to be shocking, without the balls to back it up. Go expose yourself to some different sorts of music and come back with a remark that’s not so lame, with something that shows that you know what’s going on in the world musically (beyond the popular realm), and perhaps someone would give a crap.

i’m 17 years old and from semi-rural georgia and many of my friends are diehard beatles fans… of course young people love the beatles, they’re freakin’ awesome

Paul makes good music, but is also an incredible ass. He should be embarrassed for the shit show he put on last night. Good thing Ringo still has a little bit of sense.

It definitely was a funny interview and I did (at points) feel a little uncomfortable. Of course, it was hard hearing what Yoko had to say, but it was great when Larry cut her off. But was worse was when Larry was trying to clap along to Paul’s “Dance Tonight” It was just embarassing. Ringo just gave a look of extreme horror. But it was an interesting look at the Beatles now.

Larry missed a huge opportunity and asked some really stupid questions. “Did you guys ever think you would be as big as you were?” “Ringo, do you practice the drums a lot?” Come on. How about, “John was very vocal about his hostility toward the Beatles. George even played on ‘How Do You Sleep’. Paul, did you ever get outwardly hostile with the other guys after the breakup?”

It was great to see Paul & Ringo together… Ringo seemed a bit cranky at Paul’s clowning around, giving a nice edge to the interview. And was it just me, or was there a bit of awkwardness when Larry asked Paul why he didn’t ask Ringo to play drums on his new album?

A Dumb Ass interviewing bigger Dumb Asses.

So, worldsforgottenboy, why did you read this story? I don’t care if you hate the Beatle’s, that is fine. You have a right to your opinion…but stick with the facts. You shouldn’t be making yourself look like a complete idiot just by voicing your opinion! It renders your opinion worthless.

Wow, after reading the comments of Rolling Stone readers, Larry King suddenly looks like a genius!

I’m surprised Larry didn’t ask Olivia what its like to have inspired a song like Something, I thought he was going in that direction at one point.

Big deal. What about when announcing Lauryn Hill at the MTV Music Awards, McCartney threw in, ‘I love that guy!’

Ringo and George… yeah those are like way close to each other i can see why he mixed them up….and i dont even know who Micheal Moore is so he should be bumped for the blonde bimbo who at least is famous enough for me to know

I think he was about to get to the subject of George’s death and that’s what probably threw him. That’s live t.v. Besides, let’s face it, Larry belongs to a pre-Beatles generation. Unlike today, In those years a generational gap of even a few years made a huge difference. He was probably never completely culturally clued in to the Beatles anyway.

It’s time to euthanize Larry King.

maybe if we’re lucky he’ll call paris hilton “michael more”…

Larry’s slip-up wasn’t as bad as Rolling Stone is making it out to be. The three were just talking about George and Larry had it on his mind. Ringo nor Paul were offended. Paul just wanted to make some light-hearted jabbing at Larry.

What I think was more interesting was how Larry asked about Paul’s traumatic times (i.e. the divorce). Paul got a smirk on his face, looked at Ringo as if to say “is he really asking me this?”, and basically told Larry he wasn’t going to talk about it. I think there must have been some pre-interview guideline that prevented Larry from asking those questions.

Bob Costas is the worst interviewer jungle and so is kirk loder the only person who should be able to interview a beatle is charlie rose

At least he didn’t release the hounds.

Kirk Loder and Bob Costas should be the only people allowed to interview a Beatle. Everyone else askes the same borring questions and then gets the same re-run answers.

The slip up is no big deal, the idiodic questions are another matter. If your Beatle knowledge is the “Red” and “Blue” albums then you have no business doing this interview.

haha hey he slipped up. sure it was pretty bad but maybe he needs some bigger glassses…though i cant imagine how much bigger they could get :]

haha hey he slipped up. sure it was pretty bad but maybe he needs some bigger glassses…though i cant imagine how much bigger they could get :]

Who cares about the Beatles - highly overrated syrupy crap…. Larry should have called Ringo out as Heather and made him do a dance on one leg. Larry should have addressed Yoko as “the first” Mark David Chapman. The Beatles are lame - you all need to let go of this nostalgic sewer water of a band.

At least Sir Paul busted out the mandolin for some shameless self-promoting of his new Starbuckz record.

Yay.

I agree that the interview was poorly planned and executed but I did enjoy Paul and Ringo who was a bit less forgiving, playing along, albeit with some level of discomfort. When Larry asked why they still do what they do and Ringo turned the tables on him, that was great.

Larry King is long over-due to retire. He is the most over-rated talk show host on tv.
Unless his guests are personal friends, he knows NOTHING! If someone did not write his questions for him, he would be lost.

The man wears a diaper for cripes sake!

Who’s George again?!

I like the way we’re all sitting around discussing Larry King. Ha! Incompetent? The man’s a self-promotion genius.

It was a simple mistake, but seriously, how can you get the guy’s name wrong? I thought the program was dull, and it shouldn’t have been. King didn’t ask good questions, and the show suffered in the process. To actually bump Michael Moore back just to interview Paris Hilton is absurd as well. The guy has an important film coming out, and will surely be an interesting guest. In fact, bumping anyone back to interview her worthless ass is pathetic.

What’s the big deal? So some old guy got some other old guy’s name wrong. Happens everyday at a Tim Horton’s near you.

Who’s this Ringo fellow anyway? Isn’t he Zak Starkeys dad?

I forgive Larry the lapse memory. What was unforgivable was the rest of the interview. This circus act is the most controversial presentation of Beatle music since the Ed Sullivan show and all Larry can think to ask is “Olivia, do ya’ miss him?”, “What it’s like being a Beatle?”. Time to thin the herd.

Give Larry’s show to Imus.

Yeah, there’s no excuse for Larry being so terrible. If you’re going to suck (even if it’s because of his age) then get off the air, and let somebody who actually knows what they’re doing interview them. Paul was great though.

He is the worst interviewer on TV -retire already! Paul is so damn gracious - he’s always so kind to people like Larry King who go over the same old ground.

How pathetic was Larry at the end, pointing out his kid to Paul, then bringing his kid over and making Paul shake his kid’s hand? And Larry said that same “you might’ve heard of her” line twice in the same show. What a witty guy

this kind of crap almost makes me want to watch his interview with Paris Hilton tonight: “Were you distressed in prison?” “Did you ever think of escaping?” “Were allowed to take your dog tinkerbell?”

and then I remember it’s Paris Hilton… and nobody cares.

KING:You know Paul, it wasn’t long ago I embarrassed myself even worse by molesting your wifes prothetic limb…It was quite real to the touch.

MCCARTNEY: Do you juggle too? You sad Clown.

john lennon would think all this to be absolute b/s

Many have comment that Larry is a senior citizen but really you don’t make such a mistake during a live interview with a icon not only of the 20th century also of the present, the good thing is that Ringo take it easily!!!!

if ringo didn’t mind, and paul did (surprise surprise) then oh well! anyway think of the bigger slip ups in the past, i.e. - sinatra giving credit to mccartney for “Something”, the queen of england thinking ringo was the leader of the band! haha when i saw this slip up I JUST KNEW rolling stone was a-gonna jump on it, what a nice headliner that made

he is just a human being that can make an error, who can`t! I often confuse my students` names lol, he was probably tired and the Beatles were popular so many years ago, young people don`t even know them

Senior citizen or not…. NO EXCUSE… If he’s not fit to interview… take him off hte air… What a Joke !!!!!

I don’t think there’s any excuse for such a terrible interview, whether Larry King was ‘out of his element” or not. Sorry. The Beatles have been a part of our culture for forty years. Larry could have spent 10 minutes of his time doing a little background research. This was possibly the worst interview I have ever seen or heard conducted with Beatles.

Another cringy moment:

Larry: (to Olivia Harrison): Do you miss George?

WTF!!!!

give larry a break he is a senior citizen

That had to be the most aweful interview I have ever seen… I was so excited when I heard it was going to be on. I have seen the Beatles Love show in Vegas 4 times, and there aren’t really words to describe how cool it is. With an hour interview, Larry king could have had one of the greatest interviews in history… instead, he asked Nothing… and then when they were answering the questions, he’d cut them off…. JUST SHUT UP !!!
I am so upset about this, I could spit… What a shame…

i agree with david. cut the old geezer some slack. it was pretty funny though how paul wouldn’t let him get away with it.

I was cringing the whole time. What a horribly wasted opportunity. Banal, boring questions. Misccues. Reading straight off that blue paper. Pathetic. Good thing Paul called him out!

oh-my-god!!!!! Someone said the wrong name!!!!! End of the World!!!! (Larry may be senile, but Paul is an ass-hole)!! Is this really important??

C`mon! at,like, 75, im suprised he wasnt so burnt that he forgot who the beatles were

KING: I was getting to (INAUDIBLE) George.
STARR: I was…
MCCARTNEY: No, you weren’t, Larry. You said his name wrong.
STARR: Shut up, it’s my turn.
MCCARTNEY: I know, but he got your name wrong, Ringo, on national television.
STARR: I know. Give him a break.
MCCARTNEY: We can’t cut it. It’s live.

Me: “HAHAHAHA”

another crazy bit was just before this, where he went right from asking how special it was when the beatles made it big in 1964 to where Paul was when he heard John died.

Nice segue, buddy.

LOL!
I watched as he threw it to the Paris Hilton interview “You might know who she is!” slapping Paul on the knee…
Yeah Larry- as if the king of pop gives a flying f**k about Paris the alcoholic criminal

Larry King is the worst interviewer on television. He never knows the person he’s interviewing or the story line. Clearly he relies on others to do his research. Simply awful

I love how Paul called him out on that. Paul was making a mockery of the interview the whole time with his sarcasm. It mostly just seemed like he was thinking “please stop asking me about how the beatles began.” I loved his answers to the questions about the greatness of the beatles: “yeah, I knew we were awesome, and going to live on forever. we’re the effin’ beatles!” hilarious!

HAHAHAHAHAHAH!!!! i love how pissed off Larry King made macca.

This is really a non-issue. Larry is old and very out of his element in talking with people such as Paul, Ringo, John (as represented by Yoko) & George (as represented well by Olivia). Larry should stick to politics, current events, such as gruesome murders, and leave the celebrity interviews to Entertainment Tonight etc.

Pretty funny stuff. Ringo and Paul I’m sure just took it in humor. Larry King is CNN’s Harry Caray.

this is hilarious! larry has been f-ing up words and people’s names for the past 50 years. give him a break

Seriously He didn’t insult the beatles. He is old. He made a mistake. It was a slip up.

Give Larry King a break! He was already 150 years old when the Beatles played on the Ed Sullivan Show!