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John Lennon gets his sweet revenge from the grave
By Matt Born November 21 2005
John Lennon's “definitive” account of the break-up of the Beatles is to be heard for the first time in Britain.
In it, he accuses Sir Paul McCartney of being all “form and no substance” and treating the rest of the group as little more than his backing band.
He also says the other Beatles “despised” Yoko Ono and forced him to choose between them or her.
The interview, which exposes the raw bitterness Lennon felt towards the other Beatles, and McCartney in particular, was recorded in 1970 by the editor of Rolling Stone magazine, Jann Wenner.
It is being broadcast next month by Radio4 as part of a season of programmes to mark the 25th anniversary of Lennon's murder.
The remarkably candid interview is regarded as a key document of Beatles history, charting everything from their early days in Hamburg to the eventual, acrimonious split. Lennon himself described it as “definitive”.
In it, he talks bitterly about his tumultuous relationship with McCartney. “One of the main reasons the Beatles ended is because we got fed up with being sidemen for Paul,” he says
“After Brian [Epstein] died we collapsed. Paul took over and supposedly led us. But what is leading us when we went round in circles? Paul had the impression that we should be thankful for what he did, for keeping the Beatles going. But he kept it going for his own sake. Not for my sake did Paul struggle.”
Discussing his bandmates' hostility towards Yoko, Lennon says: “It seemed that I either had to be married to them or Yoko. I chose Yoko – and I was right. They despised her. They insulted her and still do – they can go stuff themselves.”
Despite almost 35 years having passed since the Beatles split, the enduring bitterness of the feud was evident recently when Yoko denounced McCartney as an inferior song-writer to Lennon.
At an awards ceremony last month, she mocked his lyrics, suggesting he did no more than rhyme “spoon” with “June”.
Lennon was 40 years old when he was assassinated outside his New York apartment block on December 8 1980. His killer, Mark Chapman, is currently serving a life sentence for the crime after repeatedly being turned down for parole.
By Matt Born November 21 2005
John Lennon's “definitive” account of the break-up of the Beatles is to be heard for the first time in Britain.
In it, he accuses Sir Paul McCartney of being all “form and no substance” and treating the rest of the group as little more than his backing band.
He also says the other Beatles “despised” Yoko Ono and forced him to choose between them or her.
The interview, which exposes the raw bitterness Lennon felt towards the other Beatles, and McCartney in particular, was recorded in 1970 by the editor of Rolling Stone magazine, Jann Wenner.
It is being broadcast next month by Radio4 as part of a season of programmes to mark the 25th anniversary of Lennon's murder.
The remarkably candid interview is regarded as a key document of Beatles history, charting everything from their early days in Hamburg to the eventual, acrimonious split. Lennon himself described it as “definitive”.
In it, he talks bitterly about his tumultuous relationship with McCartney. “One of the main reasons the Beatles ended is because we got fed up with being sidemen for Paul,” he says
“After Brian [Epstein] died we collapsed. Paul took over and supposedly led us. But what is leading us when we went round in circles? Paul had the impression that we should be thankful for what he did, for keeping the Beatles going. But he kept it going for his own sake. Not for my sake did Paul struggle.”
Discussing his bandmates' hostility towards Yoko, Lennon says: “It seemed that I either had to be married to them or Yoko. I chose Yoko – and I was right. They despised her. They insulted her and still do – they can go stuff themselves.”
Despite almost 35 years having passed since the Beatles split, the enduring bitterness of the feud was evident recently when Yoko denounced McCartney as an inferior song-writer to Lennon.
At an awards ceremony last month, she mocked his lyrics, suggesting he did no more than rhyme “spoon” with “June”.
Lennon was 40 years old when he was assassinated outside his New York apartment block on December 8 1980. His killer, Mark Chapman, is currently serving a life sentence for the crime after repeatedly being turned down for parole.
