asia looming on the horizon. america needed hope and a diversion. the energy and the freshness of those four young men from liverpool ignited something that could not be quenched. as our parents screamed, turn that noise down, we turned it up. who would have thought that 50 years later we would tell our grandchildren, turn that music up, it s the beatles. if you want to learn more about the beatle s early days let me add vise you to check out a wonderful book called when they were boys by larry king. it s an amazing book especially if you are a beatles fan. larry had unprecedented access to the beatles during their first u.s. tour. when they were boys is available at amazon.com. a little secret. everybody in the audience will go home with a copy of larry cane s wonderful book about the beatles. from new york this is mike
migrant workers and freedom of speech and against wars everywhere. not just in our country. he was an equal opportunity protester. and he said, why are they trying to condemn this guy? why are they trying to hypocritically attack him for just speaking his mind? he said he stays in the country. and that was the day before his 35th birthday in the united states. last word from you, nigel. well, i think our cycles might be different, but the basic truths remain. the 60s was a time of great optimism. i agree with what was said about this being sort of a liberating period. the 7 0s was different in the , economics and socially different. it felt different. the music was different by the time you got to the mid- 7 0s. it was very baroque. i m a 60s guy. thank you, nigel and larry cane, the great larry cane from philly. up next, the governor of louisiana, bobby jindal, joins us. he s, of course, a rising star in the republican party. he s coming here next. we ve got all the big sta
of mine and the great larry cane who was lucky enough to be the only american to travel with the beatles back in the 60s. larry, i want you to start. we re looking at a still picture of you with paul mccartney. what were they like? what was john lennon like when he was young before he realized he was going to be one of the great figures, i think, culturally in history? he was an anarchist in school. he drew sexually oriented pictures of his typers. he was irate as a teen. he revolted in his late teens, 19, 20 years old. but most of all, he was a pan and i ve got to tell you the truth he was a man who said in public what he thought in private. yes, there were sexcapades. this is not the night for that. but what s so amazing about john to me, he taught me a lot and taught other people a lot. and he did that by vigorously pursuing special interests. whether it was migrant workers who were in trouble, whether it
hypocritically attack him for just speaking his mind? he said he stays in the country. and that was the day before his 35th birthday in the united states. last word from you, nigel. well, i think our cycles might be different, but the basic truths remain. the 60s was a time of great optimism. i agree with what was said about this being sort of a liberating period. the 7o on 0s was different in the uk, economics and socially different. it felt different. the music was different by the time you got to the mid- 70 0 0s. it was very baroque. i m a 60s guy. thank you, nigel and larry cane, the great larry cane from philly. up next, the governor of louisiana, bobby jindal, joins us. he s, of course, a rising star in the republican party. he s coming here next. we ve got all the big stars on tonight. this is hardball. stelara® hl moderate or severe plaque psoriasis with 4 doses a year, after 2 starter doses.
today. police in california say bullets used in a suicide matched the gun used to kill ronni chasen. welcome back to hardball. 30 years ago today, john lennon was shot outside his apartment in new york city. joining me to talk about the legacy of lennon and the beatles are the british ambassador to the united states and a friend of mine and the great larry cane who was lucky enough to be the only american to travel with the beatles back in the 60s.