You could see it in his eyes when he said "and then there were two". He didn't want to Beatles to split.

Everyone wanted Paul to cry and talk constantly about it in public…time has vindicated his hard work and dignity

My poor Paulie. He has a softer disposition then John but a stronger will. It had to really hurt to get him that down and out. I've heard stories about it. He wouldn't bathe for days and lived out in the barn for a while. He has spoken of being like this before when he said as a kid, after his Mom died he just be so sad while trying to go about his daily life there's times he felt like he'd pass out from grief. Something magical happened with Paul and John meeting. They the same dream of finding buried coins. That just doesn't happen. I believe John was as hurt as Paul but didn't process grief the same. John would be mean rather then cry. I love them both, the whole group but there's something special about Paul for me.

When John and Yoko co-hosted The Mike Douglas Show, John called Paul "me best friend." And when John appeared with Elton John at Madison Square Garden, he introduced the first number as one "written by an old estranged fiance of mine named Paul," then launched into "I Saw Her Standing There."

“Breathless” documentary …”Understanding Lennon McCartney” is reaaally awesome in helping understand the 70s

You have made one of the more incredible assessments of the end of The Beatles. It was a difficult period for true Beatles' fans, and the press manipulated the situation by elevating John to preeminence. You have spoken so honestly about those days; I really appreciate your thoughts and your analysis. Thank you! I was a true fan, having grown up in the 60s. It took me a long long, long time to accept their break-up. I still listen more to their music than any other one group or artist. Their development of and influence on Rock and Roll is immeasurable. Each album starting with Rubber Soul was revolutionary; nothing like what they were doing had ever been done. And they never stopped exceeding the bar that they had established. I think your work on this, and everything you do is very good. Keep up the great work!

Nice way to bring light to such an interesting yet tragic part of Paul’s life. He made mistakes and so did they all but it’s just so crazy how few people know how bad it got for Paul. I mean he was literally just ready to die. He loved the group and having them torn away couldn’t have been easy.

Some of you need to visit my hometown Liverpool to feel the vibe of this great city.. The Beatles are all around us in spirit and the legends will never die.. ❤❤❤❤

Great video! No one really talks about the depression Paul went through after the Beatles split up and how Linda was the glue that put Paul back together.

Wow! I’m 57 and have watched and listened to everything Beatles I could since I was a kid. I think this is the best interpretation of their break up I’ve ever seen. Good job!

They were all amazing. Paul still is... and they all blow me away.

Really appreciate your insight into this story. Great presentation as always...thank you Guitar Historian...

Excellent timeline of the events leading to the break-up-- thank you for doing this

Great video. You managed to weave a story that many knew a bit of the information, but you added details that clarified the situation.

Very thorough, thanks for taking the effort to investigate and post this fine video.

Good episode on Paul McCartney and his post Beatles life, and how eventually they were able to patch things up friendship wise. They both hurt eachother, but they both were able to reignite their friendship. Before John was murdered. And I’ve seen videos of John where he told the interviewer that he and Pail were Good friends again, and that he could see possibly getting together with the guys again. That alone is worth your episode.

Great to get more details filled in here, thanks! Been a Beatles fan since college in the 90s, but Get Back put me down the rabbit hole. Never knew just how resilient Paul was/is.

Dude i just found your channel and im very impressed! im a huge fan of The Beatles, this video essay was done quite well. Keep it up

Incredibly informative and assertive assessment of the beatles around that time, you've earned a subscriber, you also deserve a lot more, greetings from Liverpool!

Awesome vid! Well researched and entertaining as always!

Paul had the last laugh. After 1971. John, George and Ringo went out of steams. Paul's Wings piled hit after hit and never looked back.

There’s the Beatles, then there’s everyone else. I simply can’t see that ever changing.

John and Paul were more or less good with each other after the Apple dissolution in 1974, and their unscheduled little studio session together during John's lost weekend. Despite a few rocky moments thereafter, they very much mended their friendship, and listening to or reading them carefully it's hard to know who missed the other most. You have to remember that for nearly 13 years, these two men, who both lost their mothers at a young age, both of whom no one really expected anything from and who had a typically 'Scouse' brass face to the outer world were closer than most brothers. They had been in a unique position not unlike the closest of close war buddies - and survived. They both felt for a while that the one had betrayed the other, but all that history eventually broke through that. A lot of people close to the two say that at the time of John's death, just after his emergence from 5 years of quiet life, he and Paul planned to work together again, Ringo was supposedly up for it, only George was still to be brought in. Studio sessions were supposed to be set for December 1980, but the studio they wanted was booked up, so it was agreed to wait until sometime in the New year...a New Year which of course for John, never came. Whether this is true or not (I have seen and heard enough to believe it probably was), it doesn't affect how they were at the end. They were a lot closer than many would believe.

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This is brilliant. You wrote it exactly, How I remember it. Thanks

Brilliant explanation! Thank you!

Well done and interesting.

Great selection of records behind you!! Great play list.

Great presentation! I learned a couple of things and I'm a long-long fan of the Fabs. I never know that John wanted to create a tenable way the Beatles could stay together in 1970. Allen Klein really was an opportunist that came on as a friend and father-figure to John. I always wondered if all 4 Beatles could find an Apple head that they all could agree on. Maybe the Beatles would have worked together more, and Apple Records might have stayed an active company for other artists as well!

Losing a best friend so suddenly is one of the most traumatic things I've ever gone through. I know so because I lost mine to a car accident 3 years ago. She was my age, early 20s... I know how Paul felt :(

I absolutely love this episode. The Beatles are timeless and this is an interesting look into the years between 70 & 80. Crazy that even someone as talented and successful as Paul could have self doubt… he’s only one of the best to ever come along. Now can someone tell Mark Lewisohn to hurry up with #2 already? Thank you.

Great collection you have! I really like the Bowie, Smiths, and Supertramp records.

Wow. That was so impressive. I'm well versed in all of these details, and you did SUCH a concise, condensed, review of the entire breakup chronology...all in 21 minutes! Your use of just the right, relevant photos, and details of each of their emotional states throughout, was unmatched in any such review that I've ever seen, or read. I can't say enough to express how impressed I am. I've also, now subscribed, and look forward to seeing your other videos. I know they'll be great as well. Thanks, Chuck Rawlings

Good job. Well researched. Very enjoyable.

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GH, I'm here. 08:04 GMT. Gonna listen right now......🙂👍. Best channel on KZfaq

I can tell you're a real fan. I've just watched the documentary. It was very interesting.

Great content as always.

excellent piece, thank you

Thank you for the great content!

Well done thanks man.

Great video. I learned some new stuff today.

I enjoyed that. Well done.

Great stuff we can carry on.

Bravo! That was excellent!

What a messy situation the Beatles should have bought that island so they could have privacy John and Paul marooned on that island could have talked by them selfs but I will say this when people argue it shows to me they careforeach other this band always fascinated me thanks for this 👏👏👏👏

This is great and sad. yeah, i saw The Beatles debut on Ed Sullivan. I also recall the local AM station (KYA or KFRC) saying they'd broken up. While the 'barbs' part appeared, I thought of Silly Love Songs. I'd hear this everyday on the radio at work then. Never tired of it. btw, i used to drive by Candlestick daily. Dang thing's gone now.

This is all water under the bridge - but I'm sure glad we have their music.

Very interesting. As I've said all I really knew was what I read. Thanks.

When Paul was talking about writing Dear Friend in his Lyrics book, he said it could have been called”What the fuck man?”😂

Excellent video 👍

Thank You So Much 😊❤️Love Everything Beatles

The break up of the Beatles was just so sad and there are so many what ifs remaining even after half a century. I find it frustrating they couldn't find a way of carrying on but as George said, all things must pass and I'm just grateful we had them at all as they are the greatest band the world will ever see.

Thanks for posting, fella. When I was a kid, before i discovered other music, I loved The Beatles ESPECIALLY Johns songs, hé was my hero and for a long time I thought Paul was too "nice" and that most of his songs werent that edgey. But now , many years later, I really like the guy. He's a great musician, a funny, genuinely cool "chap" and fair-dooz, Thé Beatles just wouldnt have been Thé Beatles without him. They were brilliant.

I have been a devoted Beatles fan since I was ten, and have read widely about the band and their career/s. I knew that there had been angst around the Beatles break up and subsequent legal battles, but I had no idea until now of the effect that all this had on Paul. I had never imagined the effect of it all on Paul was so bad. He'd always seemed to me self sufficient and and immune to the scorn of press, public and his fellow Beatles. It just shows how wrong you can be.

Paul McCartney was 100 percent right about Allen Klein. George Harrison wrote my Sweet Lord which sounded like the song "He's so fine. "Instead of Klein seeking out the other group and offering them songwriters royalties or credits, Klein bought the song and turned around and sued Harrison. That's comparable to Klein stabbing Harrison in the back, then throwing him under the bus. Yoko telling John you're so much better off without them(the other three Beatles) was a big mistake. The four of them individually would never be as great as they were as a group. And thank God, Yoko Ono never became a member of the Beatles. John had her come in like she was kind of some musical advisor when she had very little talent. A joke emerged around 1969 was Yoko going to scream and wail out of tune while Linda McCartney played tambourine solos?

Well done!

Great analysis 👍

You passed the audition!!! Well done!

Bless Paul. He’s been through it in his life for sure. Incredibly famous and talented and seemingly has it all. But he’s really been dealt some hard hard blows in his life. And he always comes out on the other side a little better than before.

That was a great assessment of the Beatles and Paul McCartney. John later admitted in an 1973 interview that Paul was right about Klein.

Great commentary,wished it had gone longer,thank you

Well done 👍🏻

Great video, subscribed 🤘

Good work sir

I am reminded of these lyrics John wrote in 1970. I edited it to avoid repetition. "God is a concept, by which we measure our pain. I don't believe in magic, I Ching, Tarot, Hitler, Jesus, Kennedy, Buddah, Mantra, Gita, Yoga, kings, Elvis, Zimmerman, Beatles. I just believe in me ,Yoko and me and that's reality. Yesterday I was the dreamweaver, but now I'm reborn. I was the walrus, but now I'm John. And so dear friends, you just have to carry on. What can I say? The dream is over." According to John it was over for him by the White Album. I don't blame Yoko as John was a big boy and able to make his own decisions. Paul tried to keep it together and he did enough to leave us with Abbey Road and Let it Be. I am good with that.

It takes a lot of love to recover from How Do You Sleep. If I were Paul I'd cut John out of my life completely after that scathing song. It was just brutal and oh so childish.

Great vídeo!

Good job.

Love yer show mr

I’m a BeatleFan for 58 yrs ♥️🌟💙🇺🇸🇺🇸

Great to see the Trower album cover behind you. He is absolutely criminally underknown and underacknowledged.

Well done. You really do such an excellent and researched job on these. Love to see you present something on Bowie’s Berlin Period. As a teen, for me Bowie’s legend mushroomed during this period, as he laid low, became influenced by Kraftwerk and Cluster and then popped up in odd ways; producing Iggy Pop albums, then touring as his keyboardist. You’ve got the movie Man Who Fell To Earth, Bowie overcoming drugs and regaining his health, The making of Heroes, collaborating with Brian Eno, Robert Fripp and Tony Visconti, The Xmas duet with Bing Crosby, finally touring again with a monster band featuring Adrian Belew and Roger Powell from Utopia, and the triumphant appearance on SNL. Check out the live concerts here on KZfaq from ’78, astonishing. And, absorb Low, Heroes and Lodger.

I remember listening to my car radio back in 1969 or 1970 when it was announced the Beatles were no longer together. Though shocked by the news, I imagined they would always have get togethers and possibly release new records. The news of what happened was just opinions and none could be held as truth. It wasn't until John was killed that I realized they would never be together again. In the meantime, I was happy that each found success releasing individual songs, but the death of John finalized the obvious. I had bought all the Beatles albums as they were released, but not one of each individual since their breakup. Once CDs replaced LP records, I rebought all the Beatles albums again!

That was really good. Pretty fair. I think the last tricks up the Beatles re-releases sleeve should include, 1) Mixing the singles and EP's they made at the time, with the Albums they made at the time- New running orders and new album covers- And making 13 new albums/song collections. Would be nice to hear Paperback Writer and Rain on the Revolver Album and a MMT/ Yellow SubMarine/Lady Madonna mashup. 2) Gathering the BBC songs together into a cavern-like concert experience. Eschew most of the originals and focus on the covers; just make a bad ass circa early 1962 'concert' 3) releasing the Decca Tapes in full.

I wouldn't say Paul positioned himself as the de facto leader so much as he was always the bandleader in the studio (which is why you hear him counting off the songs) and John abdicated due to drugs and other interests. Paul was ascendant, John was absentee, no one else was qualified or interested in leading. Someone had to do it. Paul did. It's amazing he kept them going so long, really, after Brian died.

Even though he doesn’t appear in Peter Jackson’s film, when Allen Klein’s name comes up, it’s gripping, especially the look on Paul’s face . . . .

“Something” my favorite Beatles song. George wrote it. 🖤

It just goes to show what a shock it was to people that the beatles split up when you consider that at the time bands split up and changed members all the time. To last 9 years was incredible. People kind of assume that because they were so successful they would stay together forever.

Loved this. Just subscribed. Have been a fan of the Beatles since I bought my first sound system back in the early 80's. You can see a lot of love between Paul and John in Get Back. Just the eye contact. Feel a bit for George being dismissed by BOTH of them. Pissed off at "Rolling Stone " and other snarky reviewers for shitting on Paul's solo work. Anyway , cheers.

Good video. Nice to hear some different opinions on the breakup. One wonders if Paul had not been so dismissive of George's material they might have stayed together?

Yes.

I saw Paul on the "Driving Rain" tour. It was THE best concert I've ever seen, and probably ever will see.

i wish George was still with us R.I.P.

I disagree that the press set up John as a hero to the working class and a counter culture icon. He WAS a hero to the working class and a counter culture icon. These two men certainly loved each other and had a complicated personal and professional relationship over the years. We can't truly understand the dynamics and pressures of being a Beatle during those times. Only they know what it was really like. They produced a huge catalog of some of the best music of modern times, pioneered many aspects of music for every band that followed, and blazed a trail of success and influence not likely to ever be approached by another musical group. It was, in a word, magical.

Great piece and timely but wish you’d mentioned “Real Love” and “Free as a Bird,” which put the most bittersweet coda on the whole thing.

Mick Jagger wrote and mailed a letter to PM warning him to not allow AK to manage or handle the affairs of the Beatles. Also in the book Life by KR. He states that AK or his heirs own the rights to satisfaction.

❤️ The Beatles Forever ❤️

1st time watcher. I hope I like it.

I think Paul's major "fault" in the breaking up of the Beatles was his disregard for George. You can see it throughout Get Beck sessions, he is so intent on reconnecting to John (and, obviously, getting his own musical visions through), that he can't see how much he is sidelining George. George was the first one who tried to leave.

I remember all those "lyrics" during that time. In fact, after the album Ram, Lennon's Imagine album included a little post card insert showing him holding a pig by the ears and head over a a handful of peanuts on the ground. Kinda similar to Paul holding the ram's horns. Does anyone remember that or still have that insert? I do.

No views! I watched every bit of it.

A if guitars could speak episode on Stevie ray Vaughan’s number one would be really cool

Legend

Paul is a sweetheart

the man who wrote(or was about to write) 'maybe I'm amazed' had a crisis of confidence? damn. Allen Klein played ''divide and conquer'' w/ the BEATLES.

Dick James selling their catalog out from under them played a large role in Lennon's decision. "why should I work for suits I don't even know?" or something similar. McCartney. Swing your partner, do-si-do. That's what John thought of Teddy Boy. Bottom line is, George and John didn't want to work with Paul anymore. You see how George gets slighted by both John and Paul in Get Back, but mostly by Paul.

John wasn't furious about the credit on Give Peace a Chance. He chose to do that. He even later said he realized it was a sort of subconscious guilty parting gift. Their songwriting agreement only applied to Beatles tracks. This is why, for instance, The Family Way music is not credited to Lennon at all.

Great vid, I had no idea Paul had all these issues. It's a bit true, Paul's solo career was mostly soft pop with a few great moments. Having said that, he kept the The Beatles together from Pepper to the end. We owe Paul quite a lot.

My hands didant open,and were twisted to the side (genectic disorder shorter tendons) but i opened my left by playing bass in my first band a beatles copy band age12 in 1976,no i never got the fame i wanted,but i did get the music,and far less disabled hands..this is how much an effect the beatles had on some people,,as they say in liverpool YNWA