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John Lennon tells all in 'new' interview
The legend lays into his old bandmates
John Lennon compared life in The Beatles with
decadent ancient Rome in an interview to be
roadcast in the UK for the first time.
The interview for Rolling Stone magazine in
December 1970, eight months after the band split,
will be aired on BBC Radio 4 at 7pm on December 3.
According to the BBC, Lennon, who was shot dead
on December 8 1980, said the circle around the
band was a "portable Rome" of money, sex and
drugs. "Everyone wanted in," he said.
In the interview, conducted by Rolling Stone
founder Jann Wenner, Lennon exploded the clean-
cut image of "the Fab Four".
"Everybody around you wants the image to carry
on," he said. "That's why some of them are
clinging to it.
"'Don't take away our portable Rome, where we
can all have our houses and our cars, and our
lovers and our wives, and our office girls and
parties and drink and drugs.'"
Lennon also revealed the band's darker side on
tour.
"If you couldn't get groupies, we had whores," he
claimed. "Whatever was going.
"There were photos of me crawling round on my
knees coming out of whorehouses in Amsterdam
with people saying: 'Good morning, John.'"
Lennon claimed the photos and other revelations
did not come to light because people did not want
"a big scandal".
The singer also attacked his former songwriting
partner and bandmate, Paul McCartney .
"We got fed up of being sidemen to Paul after Brian
Epstein (The Beatles' manager) died," he said.
"Paul took over and supposedly led us. What's
leading us when you wander round in circles?"
Lennon claimed the pair's songwriting partnership
had ended "around 1962 or something".
"All our best work, apart from the really early ones
like 'I Want to Hold Your Hand', were written
apart."
Amid the anger, Lennon still expressed respect for
his former partner McCartney.
"He's capable of great work and he will do it," he
admitted.
The ex-Beatle also complained about the personal
downside of his talent. "It's not fun being a
genius," he said. "It's torture."
John Lennon tells all in 'new' interview
The legend lays into his old bandmates
John Lennon compared life in The Beatles with
decadent ancient Rome in an interview to be
roadcast in the UK for the first time.
The interview for Rolling Stone magazine in
December 1970, eight months after the band split,
will be aired on BBC Radio 4 at 7pm on December 3.
According to the BBC, Lennon, who was shot dead
on December 8 1980, said the circle around the
band was a "portable Rome" of money, sex and
drugs. "Everyone wanted in," he said.
In the interview, conducted by Rolling Stone
founder Jann Wenner, Lennon exploded the clean-
cut image of "the Fab Four".
"Everybody around you wants the image to carry
on," he said. "That's why some of them are
clinging to it.
"'Don't take away our portable Rome, where we
can all have our houses and our cars, and our
lovers and our wives, and our office girls and
parties and drink and drugs.'"
Lennon also revealed the band's darker side on
tour.
"If you couldn't get groupies, we had whores," he
claimed. "Whatever was going.
"There were photos of me crawling round on my
knees coming out of whorehouses in Amsterdam
with people saying: 'Good morning, John.'"
Lennon claimed the photos and other revelations
did not come to light because people did not want
"a big scandal".
The singer also attacked his former songwriting
partner and bandmate, Paul McCartney .
"We got fed up of being sidemen to Paul after Brian
Epstein (The Beatles' manager) died," he said.
"Paul took over and supposedly led us. What's
leading us when you wander round in circles?"
Lennon claimed the pair's songwriting partnership
had ended "around 1962 or something".
"All our best work, apart from the really early ones
like 'I Want to Hold Your Hand', were written
apart."
Amid the anger, Lennon still expressed respect for
his former partner McCartney.
"He's capable of great work and he will do it," he
admitted.
The ex-Beatle also complained about the personal
downside of his talent. "It's not fun being a
genius," he said. "It's torture."
