George Harrison: Living in the Material World Page #3

all the Beatles were in the frame.

Ringo was a member of the band.

It's just that he didn't

enter the film

until that particular scene,

you know.

We were always, kinda, you know,

a little nervous before each step

we went up the ladder.

And that was the good thing

about being four together.

We all shared the experience.

How many Beatles does it take

to change a light bulb?

Four!

Well, she was just seventeen

You know what I mean

And the way she looked

was way beyond compare

So how could I

dance with another

Oh, since I saw

her standing there?

We just went in. We were punks,

really, you know what I mean?

We were like just these punks.

We went in. We're all incredibly

grateful to be on vinyl.

You know,

the idea of getting a record.

Then, when it was going up the charts

in England, we'd stop the car,

cos you'd know when it was coming on.

BBC at, uh, 4.19.

"Stop the car!"

And then we'd listen to the record

and then drive on up to the gig.

Now I'll never

dance with another

Ooh, since I saw

her standing there

Waaah!

Does the continuous living

and working together

impose any temperamental

stress upon you?

No, actually, it's quite lucky,

cos we've been...

We've been together now

for 40 years.

You know, we have all been mates

for quite a long time,

so we don't get on each other's

nerves as much as we could.

I think I saw you being greeted

by somebody outside.

No, no, that was George.

That was me. That was me. Uh-huh.

Well, actually, it was,

um, my mother.

Your mother has to come to Ireland

to see you? Yeah!

Well, we danced

through the night

And we held each other tight

And before too long

I fell in love with her

Now, I'll never dance

with another, ooh.

Do you find any difficulty

in keeping up your public image?

No. What image?

Our image is just us,

you know, as we were.

We didn't try and, uh,

make an image. It just happened.

And so we don't have to keep it up.

We just remain ourselves,

don't we, Ringo?

Well, we do. It's the other two

we're worried about!

The general atmosphere,

we all loved it.

We all dug it, but you know,

still in the band,

we all had personalities

and attitudes.

We stopped at a motorway cafe,

you know,

eat some grease.

Paul had the keys and George

was sitting behind the wheel,

as we came up.

And so an argument went on

for at least an hour and a half.

"I've got the keys." "Well,

I'm sittin' behind the wheel."

And it was like, we had

to sit there and go through this,

cos no-one was going give up.

"I got the keys."

"I've got the wheel."

So please listen to me

if you wanna stay mine

I can't help my feelings

I'll go out of my mind

I'm gonna let you down

Let you down

And leave you flat

Gonna let you down

and leave you flat

Because I've told you before

Oh, you can't do that

O-o-o-o-oh!

You can't do that...

"Dear Mum and Dad,

"The shows have been going great,

with everybody going potty.

"And everywhere we go, we have about

"We have had two Cadillacs

every place, but

tonight, when we finished

the show and ran out,

"the cars weren't there

and had gone to another door.

"So we went back inside

until we could get out.

"All the kids came out of the show

and saw the two cars around the side

"and stormed them

and jumped all over them."

"The drivers had to get out

and both cars were completely

wrecked - the roofs were

right down on the seats.

"Some girl fell through a

skylight from the roof

of a building and 45 more

were put in hospital.

"In the end,

we escaped in an ambulance,

"but don't worry,

because no-one can get

near us, for all the

police and security."

I got something to say

that might cause you pain

If I catch you talking

to that boy again

I'm gonna let you down

And leave you flat

Because I told you before

Oh, you can't do that.

What actors would you

like to meet in Hollywood?

Paul Newman. What actresses?

Jayne Mansfield.

We were all in our early

twenties, so were just going with it.

The good side of it was that

you could really go shopping!

You know, there's the great line

that the Beatles,

they had one day off a month.

And on the day off,

Paul would judge a beauty pageant.

Everybody's green

Cos I'm the one who won your love

But if they'd seen

you're talking that way

They'd laugh in my face

So please listen to me

if you wanna stay mine

I can't help my feelings

I'll go out of my mind

I'm gonna let you down

Let you down

And leave you flat

Gonna let you down

and leave you flat.

The Beatles only ever had one car

and two rooms, in any hotel,

between them.

We got closer together.

The bigger it got,

the closer we became, because

from the minute you sort of left

the security of your apartment,

the heat was on.

People wanted a piece,

wanted to talk, wanted their photo.

And so we sort of, you know,

kept each other company.

When we first came to New York,

it's a great story

because we had the whole floor

in the Plaza

and the four of us

ended up in the bathroom.

We were just sitting in there,

"Hey, how you doin'?

What's goin' on?"

just to get a break from,

you know, the incredible pressure.

Money don't get everything

it's true

What it don't get, I can't use

Now give me money

That's what I want

That's what I want

That's what I want.

The next song I'd like to sing...

..is our latest record...

..or our latest electronic noise,

depending on whose side you're on.

That's what I want

That's what I want

That's what I want

That's what I want, yeah.

Are you individually

millionaires yet?

No, that's

another lousy rumour. I wish we were.

All right then,

where does all the money go?

Well, a lot of it

goes to Her Majesty.

She's a millionaire.

That's what I want

A lot of money

That's what I want

That's what I want

A lot of money

That's what I want.

"This morning,

we're off to Wellington.

"We've been

and played here in Sydney

"and it was the biggest drag

of all time.

"The stage revolves

every three minutes and

we have to walk right

down the aisles,

"like boxers, to

get to the stage.

At the first house, I

punched a policeman,

"because he was shoving me.

And some kids had a

hold of me when I was trying

to get off the stage.

"I was swearing my head off

at one policeman. Sorry.

"Later, the chief apologised to me.

"After the show, there was a party

in the hotel for Paul's birthday."

It's great at the beginning,

You know, where, you know,

you're recognised,

you get a great seat

in a restaurant and, you know,

things are bigger and things

come to you faster.

Um, you know, all that is great.

And then you really

want that to end.

Thank you very much, ta.

Erm, this...

This number... Shush.

Shush.

This number we'd like to sing now...

You fight for it,

and then when you get it,

you want it to end,

but it never ends.

That's the deal.

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