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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region Forums‘The day my mum looked after the Beatles’
1966 flight dodged a storm, JAL attendant recalls, but that was nothing compared to the tempest that awaited the Fab Four at the Budokan
by David Mcneill
In rock mythology, John Lennon was the cynical, acid-tongued Beatle, Paul McCartney was friendly and open, George Harrison was the quiet one and drummer Ringo Starr was the groups clown, always joking around. Satoko Condon remembers it a bit differently.
Ringo was a bit difficult, says the Osaka native, recalling how he snapped out orders for food. He hardly spoke and never smiled. McCartney wrote a love letter to his girlfriend. Harrison was reliably shy. And John Lennon? I found him the friendliest, she says. He was so comical.
Forty-seven years ago, the Liverpool mop tops came to Tokyo for a historical and ill-fated visit that helped seal the fate of their live tours. Then a young stewardess with Japan Airlines known by her maiden name Kawasaki, Satoko found herself catering to the four most famous men in the world.
fter years of seeing them on television, she was surprised to find that they were just ordinary people, she says. They were trying their best to be friendly but we knew their only privacy was when they were traveling between places, so our aim was to leave them alone.
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/community/2013/03/26/issues/the-day-my-mum-looked-after-the-beatles/#.UVRnVjeDo5j
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‘The day my mum looked after the Beatles’ (Original Post)
AsahinaKimi
Mar 2013
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Tuesday Afternoon
(56,912 posts)1. K&R for The Beatles!
thanks, AsahinaKimi
AsahinaKimi
(20,776 posts)2. YW
Wilms
(26,795 posts)3. "...our aim was to leave them alone.”
Very thoughtful.
niyad
(113,213 posts)4. very nice indeed.
Leslie Valley
(310 posts)5. One of the best of their concerts on the YouTube
Boomerproud
(7,949 posts)7. I agree-it is very special
Last edited Fri Mar 29, 2013, 12:48 AM - Edit history (1)
IIRC Ringo was very unhappy on that tour because his wife was home expecting a baby.
On edit: another cute story is from their 1st American tour. The security guard from the Deuville (sp) Hotel in Miami Beach needed a babysitter for his four kids and the Beatles volunteered. Can you imagine the story those kids told all their friends?
Art_from_Ark
(27,247 posts)6. Kono kiji wo nosete kurete arigatou gozaimasita.
Totemo omoshirokatta
xtraxritical
(3,576 posts)8. They busted Paul at the airport with a big sack in his suitcase!
rhett o rick
(55,981 posts)9. I had a big sack in my suitcase when I was younger. Just sayin. nm
edbermac
(15,936 posts)10. Too bad she didn't go with them to the Philippines.
They turned down an invitation from Imelda Marcos and were lucky to get out of the country in one piece.
libodem
(19,288 posts)11. Totally imptessed
What a family legacy story. I love it. You should cherish this. Wow.