Los Beatles llegan a Hong Kong

Q: Mr Nicol, how do you feel being rushed into this vast world of publicity all at once?Jimmie Nicol: It’s a most exciting experience.John and George: Correct.Q: According to the Newsweek article, George and Paul are supposed to have said that you people are ‘just a bunch of crummy musicians.’ How were you able to get to the top, then?Paul McCartney: Who said we were?John Lennon: You said.George Harrison: We said.Paul: I remember.John: We told ’em we couldn’t play.Paul: You said we were crummy.George: Well, I dunno.Paul: What’s that, George… What’s your answer?John: You said in the paper you couldn’t play. How come you’ve got all that money?George: We don’t profess to be good musicians. But, whatever it is, it sells. And, you know, we don’t know why.Q: How did you pick the name ‘Beatles’?George: John picked the name Beatles. Why did you pick the name Beatles, John?John: It’s not my fault. It’s just a name by any other. But why does anybody pick any name, you know, ’cause it’s the one they like best.Paul: Beatles seemed like a good name, at the time.Q: Is it supposed to mean the crawly-crawly…John: Well, you ought to see us at night.George: That’s the double-e, crawly-crawly.Paul: Crawly-crawly, you see. It’s a pun. Jolly good.John: Pun, pun.Q: Gentlemen, you’ve had a chance to see something of Asia’s beauty.Paul: Lovely, yes.Q: What’s your impression?Paul: Lovely. Marvellous. Beautiful. Very good, isn’t it?John: Yeah.Paul: Very great. Marvellous. Love it.Q: With all this travelling about, how do you get time to rehearse?John: We don’t!Q: You don’t rehearse?John: We do, a bit. We rehearse with Jimmie ’cause he’s new.Q: One of the reports made here was that you’d chosen Hong Kong yourselves. You’ve been offered several places and that you, yourselves had chosen Hong Kong. Is that true?John: Yes.Q: Why was that?John: ‘Cause we wanted to see it.Q: Any reports from other showbusiness personalities coming back?John: All of them. All like it.Paul: We heard a lot about it, anyway…John: They all like it.Paul: …since we were kids.