AUCKLAND, June 24, 1964 by Bob Rogers ROYAL INTERNATIONAL HOTEL
Q: Is there any chance that either Ringo or George is going to start writing
some songs? I mean, will they -
RINGO: Well, actually, George has written a few songs, and he'll tell you
all about them now.
GEORGE: I'll tell 'em what - yeah. Actually, I wrote one that was recorded.
PAUL: "Don't Bother Me", only one of the most sensational songs ever.
GEORGE: Tried writing a few more, but they were laughed off.
PAUL: No, no George!
JOHN: They weren't, George.
PAUL: [hums a bit of "You'll Know What To Do"] Copyright!
GEORGE: That's my tune.
JOHN: George wrote a very good tune on the second LP.
GEORGE: Oh! John'll tell 'em.
JOHN: Which is called "Don't Bother Me". Which a lot of people won't e-
they'll think it's ours, anyway, but George did write it, and a very strong
tune, George.
GEORGE: But, as far as Ringo and I are concerned, we'll leave the
songwriting to...
RINGO: Excuse me! Paul's gonna sing the one I've written!
PAUL: No, I can't re- I can't quite remember it.
RINGO: Well, I'll get - just for a plug, Paul.
PAUL: But even so, we just - Ringo has written one called "Don't pass me by,
don't make me cry, don't make me blue." A beautiful melody. Sincere, folks.
RINGO: That's it, yeah.
PAUL: "Don't Pass Me By," it's called.
RINGO: That's what it's called.
GEORGE: But Elvis killed it!
PAUL: Sincere thought, sir, but...
RINGO: Elvis killed it.
Q: What?
GEORGE: When he did it.
RINGO: Oh.
Q: Elvis killed it.
RINGO: No, he didn't.
PAUL: No, but you really - this is Ringo's first venture into songwriting.
JOHN: And are you going to sing it for us now, Ringo?
RINGO: I'm not going to sing it, Paul's going to sing it.
PAUL: [singing] "Don't pass me by/don't make me cry/don't make me blue,
yeah".
RINGO: It's got a blues feeling.
PAUL: A blues feeling, y'know. "You know darlin' I love onl-"...
JOHN: Country and western. Crumbly and western, one of those.
RINGO: Well, it was gonna be a western, but Paul sang it the other night as
blues feeling, and it knocked me out.
JOHN: It knocked you out, even though you wrote it?
RINGO: In fact, I'm gonna get a tape of him singing it for me very own.
Q: Are The Beatles going to record it?
RINGO: I don't know.
PAUL: You never know.
RINGO: But I don't think so, actually, I keep tryin' to push it on them
every time we make a record.
JOHN: And we always try and do, but... unluckily, there's never quite enough
time to fit Ringo's songs on. Because he never finishes it!
RINGO: It's finished!
PAUL: It's finished.
RINGO: We finished it.
JOHN: After 18 years...
Q: Ringo, why don't you give it to The Rolling Stones?
[pause]
JOHN: Well, answer that, Ringo!
RINGO: I - I don't -
PAUL: Answer that...
RINGO: I refuse to answer that one.
PAUL: You know why? Because this song has got a sentimental attachment for
us. And it's just one of those songs, like a old ring, that he'd never give
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