Yet this was the bed-hopping, do-what-you-feel 70s, so it all seemed a little less weird at the time. John Lennon: The Beatles star's former lover May Pang spoke out about reunion plans (Image: GETTY) It was in 1973 that Lennon embarked on an 18-month affair with his and Ono's assistant,. Lennon and Ono were having marital problems and Ono suggested to Pang that she become Lennon's companion. Despite her love of the Beatles music, Pang says she had no fantasies about Lennon at that time. To say that she was in over her head would be an understatement. In June 1974, Lennon and Pang returned to live in Manhattan. The idea that one of the greatest artists of all time was highly depressed and suffering from alcaholism at the height of his youth and fame fascinates me to no end, as it proves that some truly gifted people's struggle to find happiness can span throughout their lifetimes, however long or short. documentaries to Albert Goldmans The Lives of John Lennon. Like many Lennon observers, Ive always felt like I knew the basic bones of it. After working for John Lennon and Yoko Ono as their. All Rights Reserved. The original 500-page Loving John book focused mainly on Pang's role on Lennon's albums and sessions. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band on the Road' on November 17, 1974, in New York City Photo: Getty Images Lennon drank. On Sunday, April 23, Kenyon will be with May Pang for a conversation following the 6:50 p.m. showing of "The Lost Weekend" at the Angelika Cinema, and she will be answering questions from those in attendance. And ya know what? He couldnt stop. Then Lennon moved back into The Dakota with Ono. Victorian postmortem photos did exist, no one denies that, however, they were never taken in a standing pose using a stand. No one experienced it like I did. Walls and Bridges rose to the top spot on the album charts. John Lennon's lover May Pang has revealed the incredibly uncomfortable and 'bizarre' interaction she had with his widow, Yoko Ono, 30 years after the couple's former assistant enjoyed an 18-month . ABOUT JOHN AND MAY PANG. He understood what to do to make it work in the media, she said. "He was getting to hang out with his friends and have a lot of fun,". John had also begun visiting Yoko, for "business matters" and to possibly arrange a divorce. The film was produced and directed by Eve Brandstein, Richard Kaufman and Stuart Samuels. For a person who is not supposed to be in his life, I was in his life, she said. And they are going to lie about it.. The couple later moved back to New York City. Stevie Wonder was there. She would say: I just wanted you to know that I took a walk around the block.. In the trailer, Pang says the romance which was later dubbed Lennon's "lost weekend" "wasn't so lost; people saw more of John than they had in previous years," and rattles off a list of stars with whom they hung out, including Mick Jagger, Ringo Starr, Harry Nilsson, Elton John and David Bowie. Pang went on to reveal how her path had unexpectedly crossed with Ono's many years after Lennon's death, calling it his "cosmic joke". [15][16] "Dad and I got on a great deal better then," recalls Julian. That in L.A., John, for the first time since the breakup of the Beatles (and maybe since the Beatles began), let his hair down and began to enjoy a more relaxed, fraternizing, at times carousing rat-pack existence. When Pang telephoned the next day, Ono told her that Lennon was unavailable because he was exhausted after a hypnotherapy session. (In the early 70s, hed become a real political scold; after the drubbing received by 1972s Some Time in New York City, that was part of what he was letting go of.). The period became notorious due to a few incidents in LA of very public drunkenness while the star was out in public. [10], Pang still resides in New York City. [42] She was an invited guest at The Concert for George in 2002 and remained close to Cynthia Lennon and Lennon's first son, Julian. Its no coincidence that he reconciled with Paul during this period. [32] It was edited down to 300 pages, concentrating mostly on the sensational aspects of their relationship. The music was what got me to where I was. Ono told Pang he would start seeing someone new and suggested the two get together, she said. Then she walked out the door. At various times, Lennon, Ono and Pang have given their versions of the story to the press. Half a century ago, the former Beatle was living apart from his wife Yoko Ono in a relationship with the couple's assistant, May Pang. And what is she doing with all those mementos Lennon left behind, the doodles, drawings and photographs? He had his first No. "I was devastated," she said of Cynthia Lennon's death. Gruen suggested Lennon should call the police, but Lennon laughed it off, saying, "Im not going to call up the newspaper and say, 'This is John Lennon and I saw a flying saucer last night.'" May Pang In Beatles lore, it's known as John Lennon's "Lost Weekend" the 18-month period starting in 1973 where Lennon and Yoko Ono separated, and Lennon lived with May Pang, the. But talking to her by Zoom from her home in Queens and understanding her background complicates that view. "Well are you kidding? She pointed out that Lennon had said he found Pang sexually attractive. May (Fung-Yee) Pang (born October 24, 1950) was a personal assistant to former Beatle John Lennon and his wife Yoko Ono.She later became Lennon's companion and lover, when he separated from Ono in the mid-1970s. I was able to do whatever they asked me to do, she said. After graduating high school in the early seventies, May decided against college, wanting instead to get in on the ground floor of the music industry, and make the business end of music her career. Few people knew John Lennon as intimately as May Pang. John Lennon is pictured above with May Pang in 1974. I had no idea, and neither did John. The documentary chronicles how after about a year there, they returned, just as impulsively, to New York, moving into a small apartment on E. 52nd St., where they lived through the first months of 1975. Pang was present during a jam session on March 28, 1974, that would be the last time Lennon would record with McCartney. Yoko was calling 10-15 times a day wanting to know what was going on. [4][7] Ono explained that she and Lennon were not getting along, had been arguing and were growing apart, and said that Lennon would start seeing other women. I found myself shaking my head at times, laughing out loud and wiping tearsI really enjoyed the film. The pair moved in together, renting a 900 sq. But the film makes clear that she did fall in love, and so did he. She was a schmoozer, and when she began to work for John and Yoko, doing every makeshift task available avant-garde film production assistant, costume designer she had an ebullient smile and an easy-to-be-with vivacity. [20][21] In the early summer, Lennon was working on his Walls and Bridges album when the couple moved into a penthouse apartment at 434 East 52nd Street. She also designs a line of stainless-steel feng shui jewelry. [20] Lennon called Bob GruenLennon's "official" photographerand told him what had happened. Pangs parents, who had an arranged and unhappy marriage, were Chinese immigrants who, before coming to America, endured the Japanese invasion of their country that killed millions. We found out together. So what would he be doing right now? 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The first time she saw Lennon and Ono at the office, she was a bit taken aback. Music was my passion, explains the Spanish Harlem-born author and subject of the upcoming documentary, The Lost Weekend: A Love Story, premiering at the Tribeca Film Festival for a sold-out show on June 10. Pang said she and Lennon remained romantically involved for several years afterward. The first guy I ever lived with turned out to be John Lennon Imagine that.. He always had a pad and his pencil or Flair pen, and he writes it down," Pang said. Read Next: CinemaCon Report Card: Scorsese and Barbie Impress, Wonka Confounds and Christoper Nolan Takes Big Swing, That Old Jack Black Magic: As the Villain of The Super Mario Bros. Movie, the Actor Gives His Peachiest Performance in Years, Big George Foreman: The Miraculous Story of the Once and Future Heavyweight Champion of the World Review: Its Conventional but Delivers, Four Quartets Review: A Film of Ralph Fiennes One-Man Show Channels the Majesty of T.S. Published on April 5, 2023 10:00 AM As a lifelong fan of the Beatles, May Pang was, in 1973, living what many would consider the dream. Yoko wasnt even aware we had gone until after we left.. In October 1973, Lennon and Pang left New York for Los Angeles to promote Mind Games, and decided to stay for a while, living at lawyer Harold Seider's apartment for a couple of days and then Lou Adler's house. "I always say, 'Music saved my life,'" said Pang, who dropped out of college after her freshman year. PEOPLE is exclusively premiering the trailer for The Lost Weekend: A Love Story, which will tell the tale of a young Pang's 18-month relationship with the former Beatle during his marriage to Yoko Ono. She was reluctant at first, but Pang and Lennon were soon together. Ono ignored Pang's protests and said that she would arrange everything. We didnt know that at the time, Pang said. Tips for dealing with flood-related losses after the storm, Manhunt enters 3rd day for alleged Texas mass killer. It was all a lark; Pang was just going with the flow. Pang said Lennon eventually asked her out. Variety is a part of Penske Media Corporation. I had no real abilities, she admits of getting her start at Apple, but answering the phone was easy enough. Although May has written a pair of books about her relationship with Lennon including 1983s Loving John: The Untold Story and 2008s Instamatic Karma: Photographs by John Lennon she has hesitated until now to participate in a documentary, finally agreeing to work with a trio of producer-directors in Eve Brandstein (best known as the casting director for This Is Spinal Tap), Richard Kaufman (Real Life: The Musical) and Stuart Samuels (docs on Bob Marley and Midnight Movies). May Pang and Julian you're wonderful! She and Lennon were planning to meet up with Paul and Linda McCartney in New Orleans, where the couple were recording a new album. Have a breaking news tip or an idea for a story we should cover? Its your life. I wanted it to be just me and him.. Lennon asked a real estate broker to put in an offer for it in February 1975. Also, she said Ono grew jealous as time went on and began to call a million times a day, Pang said. Theyve read about it by other people. After Lennon returned to Ono, Pang started working for United Artists Records and Island Records as a PR manager,[19] working on albums by Bob Marley and Robert Palmer. Pang stayed close to Cynthia Lennon, who died on April 1 of cancer, but doesn't talk to Ono, she said. May and John returned to New York in the late summer of 1974, to begin work on John's album Walls And Bridges and "get away from the bottle". Go for it.. Free from both the demands of Beatlemania and his tensions with Ono, Pang said that Lennon got to do normal things. I felt awful, and I told John that, she says. Maybe not to anybody else. The Lost Weekend: A Love Story (directed by Eve Brandstein, Richard Kaufman and Stuart Samuels) had its debut at the Tribeca Film Festival in 2022, and will hit theaters in April. ", "I'm not even gonna say what happened, some of it was ridiculous," he says. With May's help, Lennon reunited with his son Julian and had his most artistically and commercially productive period post . Yet, according to May Pang, who was Lennons 22-year-old live-in lover during that time, that was anything but the case. She is the daughter of Chinese immigrants and grew up in New York's Spanish Harlem with an elder sister and an adopted brother, both of whom were born in China. I took him on bus rides. [6], In mid-1973, Pang was working on the recording of Lennon's Mind Games album. She also told her not to tell Lennon about the calls. He really enjoyed Julians company., Pang said she also helped reconnect Lennon with Julians mother, his first wife, Cynthia. a line of stainless-steel feng shui jewelry, Your California Privacy Rights / Privacy Policy. She was 10 years younger than Lennon (and 17 years younger than Yoko), who was her boss and a Beatle. Its a portrait of the May Pang who grew up in Spanish Harlem as a second-generation Chinese-American (a minority among minorities, she says), and how she fell in love with rock n roll and fell into fame with a kind of karmic destiny. [40][41], Pang married record producer Tony Visconti in 1989; the couple divorced in 2000. [43][44], Although having had no contact for 30 years, on October 9, 2006, Pang accidentally met Ono in Iceland, on what would have been Lennon's 66th birthday. [3][4], Pang was asked to help Lennon and Ono with their avant-garde film projects, Up Your Legs Forever and Fly, in December 1970. He asked me if I thought it was a good idea for him to write with Paul again. "[17] The cover of Julian's seventh album, Jude, features a childhood photo of him taken by Pang.[18]. I just wanted to treat him as a regular person. Lennon later referred to this time as his Lost Weekend. "She looks at me and says, 'I know he likes you," Pang recalls. [6] Ono's show coincided with Lennon's 31st birthday, and a party was held at the Hotel Syracuse, which was attended by Ringo Starr, Phil Spector, and Elliot Mintz, among others. Lennon later referred to their time together as his "Lost Weekend." It is perhaps one of the most unusual love affairs of all-time, still perplexing Lennon fans around the world after almost 30 years. He grew up on American films.. They looked like they hadnt taken a bath in months, she said. [8] Ono later confirmed this conversation in an interview. "And still making music.". Lennon told Pang he had reconciled with Ono and their relationship was over. 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[2], While visiting Mick Jagger at Andy Warhol's compound in Montauk, New York, Lennon and Pang saw a Scottish-style cottage for sale close to the Montauk Point Lighthouse. What do you think I said?. The couple had a daughter, Kyoko. John Lennon (1940 - 1980) with Yoko Ono, December 1968. Once we got together, I no longer worked for him. I'm not interested in him.'". The romance between the two started just shortly before they left for Los Angeles in 1972. Lennon and Ono reunited in 1975, although he and Pang remained close up until his death. American former music executive May Pang worked for John Lennon and Yoko Ono as a personal assistant and production coordinator, and when Lennon and Ono separated in 1973, Pang and Lennon began a relationship that lasted more than 18 months. Wow! I took him to parks., She also helped him re-connect to his life before Ono entered the picture. He and Ono had not divorced, only temporarily. So that's where I started out.". He was getting to hang out with his friends and have a lot of fun, she said. At this time, Pang encouraged Lennon to reach out to family and friends. On Sunday, April 23, Kenyon will be with May Pang for a conversation following the 6:50 p.m. showing of "The Lost Weekend" at the Angelika Cinema, and she will be answering questions from those in . The lyrics moved me. May has defended herself in the past from reporters asking if she has exploited her brief affair with Lennon, and she admits being the other woman wasnt something she was proud of. The dark side is very much there. One morning, Pang said, Ono came into her office and told her that she and Lennon were "not getting along." But I was eager to learn the music business. [33], Pang's book of photographs, Instamatic Karma, was published in 2008. A love story that took 50 years to tell, "The Lost Weekend: A Love Story" explores the 18-month romantic relationship between John Lennon and his Chinese-American assistant May Pang, See production, box office & company info. But it's not the whole story. [1] In 1970, she began work in New York as a receptionist at ABKCO Records, Allen Klein's management office, which at that time represented Apple Records and three former Beatles: Lennon, George Harrison, and Ringo Starr. With a shock of purple hair, present-day May Pang looks very much the same as she did then, and looking back, she remembers the Lost Weekend as anything but lost. next to the Roxy. Ive been told by men that Ive gone out with that Im stronger than most women. By what name was The Lost Weekend: A Love Story (2022) officially released in Canada in English? If attaching a video or photo, terms of use apply. At 7 p.m. Monday, Pang is scheduled to talk about her life with Lennon and the Beatles at the Haverstraw King's Daughters Public Library in Garnerville. What doesnt seem convincing, at least as the film presents it, is the final twist in this extraordinary rock n roll soap opera. Later, John told me that she went to him after and said: I fixed it for you., Pang asserts that Lennon wasnt initially on board. While working at their home office at the Dakota building, however, Pang immediately sensed a chill between her bosses. Send it to Eyewitness News using the form below. Lets put it this way. [34][35] Besides the candid personal portraits, the book contains some historically important photographs, such as Lennon signing the official dissolution of the Beatles' partnership,[36] and one of the last known photographs of Lennon and Paul McCartney together. Lennon later referred to this time as his "Lost Weekend". She was a real warrior, Pang said. In 1971, Lennon and Yoko Ono hired Pang as their personal assistant. [20] Lennon references the incident in the song, "Nobody Told Me". And there are startling photographs that document the recording of Rock n Roll, the album of early rock chestnuts that Lennon made with Phil Spector, who was entering his full mad-dog phase. She said: Happy? Once they started to sing She Loves You, I was smitten, says Pang. I loved this woman (Pang), I made some beautiful music and I got so fucked up with booze and shit and whatever."[30][31]. The Pang family left when the tenements where they lived were scheduled to be razed, and moved to an apartment near 97th Street and 3rd Avenue in Manhattan. Asked if he was a good lover, she smiles a Cheshire cat grin. May Fung Lee Pang will be 72 in October, but was barely out of her teens when she boldly entered Apples New York offices, lied about being able to type, and secured a job at the Beatles multimedia company. They were having problems in their marriage; they actually werent talking to each other. I dont know if Ill ever be happy. To me, that didnt sound like somebody warmly inviting that person back into their life., When Pang talks about Ono, either in our interview or in the documentary, she paints a consistent picture of her as manipulative and controlling, yet shes careful never to directly describe her that way. John was drinking, but that was overblown in retrospect, says Pang. Journalist Larry Kane, who befriended Lennon in 1964, wrote a comprehensive biography of Lennon which detailed the "Lost Weekend" period. Im just tired of being pushed around. Its been covered by everything from E! She was fun but circumspect (she didnt drink or do drugs). After the split from Lennon, Pang was married to David Bowie producer Tony Visconti from 1989 to 2000, with two children now in their early 30s. Not so much Ringo, but with George.". Pang and Visconti have since divorced. 1 solo single with Whatever Gets You Through the Night, a collaboration with Elton John; she recalls John being inspired for the title by a sermon by eccentric TV evangelist Reverend Ike. The film shows her and Lennon decades later attending an AFI Life Achievement Award ceremony in Los Angeles in Cagneys honor, where the one-time Beatle and Mick Jagger mingled amid the likes of Hollywood icons John Wayne, Steve McQueen, Mae West, Cary Grant, Kirk Douglas, then-governor Ronald Reagan and George Burns. He came from a lower middle class background, says Pang, "so he appreciated people. That he became a fixture at the Rainbow Bar & Grill on Sunset Boulevard along with Harry Nilsson, Alice Cooper, Bernie Taupin, Mickey Dolenz, and others who became known as the Hollywood Vampires. I told her I wasnt interested at all. 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May Pang said John Lennon liked when his partner controlled him Over the course of their relationship, Pang got to know Lennon well. May Pang The album Walls And Bridges was recorded in July and August 1974. [9] Ono later confirmed this conversation in an interview.[10]. Her particular experience with it could be seen as an HR departments worst nightmare. On October 28, 2002, I had a candid conversation with May, in which she . Another factor that made her sanction the new documentary is the cultural moment were in right now. At one point, he even asked Pang: "what do you think if I write with Paul again? . His comment suggests that their separation was always contingent on an understanding between them. I thought the animation was brilliant, just so clever, says Pang. The lovers were together about 18 months, and Pang said their physical relationship continued for awhile after Lennon returned to Ono in The Dakota. Born in 1950, the daughter of Chinese immigrants, Pang was raised in Spanish Harlem. May Pang plans to talk about her life with John Lennon and The Beatles at 7 p.m. Monday at the Haverstraw King's Daughters Public Library, 10 West Ramapo Road, Garnerville. Pang subsequently produced two books about their relationshipa memoir called Loving John (Warner, 1983) and a book of photographs, Instamatic Karma (St. Martins Press, 2008). As someone who grew up a fan of the Philadelphia sound she cites singers like Bobby Rydell and Fabian as well as the Beach Boys, she says the shock of seeing these British moptops gave way to pure affection. He cut the RocknRoll album, which featured cover versions of rock songs that had influenced him, in the process bringing him a nostalgic joy and relieving the pressure of having to write new material. [11] While there, Lennon was inspired to embark on two recording projects: to make an album of the old rock 'n' roll songs that inspired him to become a musician, and to produce another artist. "George and him had to mend fences. About two years after she was first employed there, Ono came to the young assistant with a startling proposal. Perhaps Ill pass them on to my kids, but I cherish all of it. Our thanks to Viv Goldberg for her help in arranging the interview. The Preston & Steve Show had the opportunity to speak with May via Zoom before the debut of her movie, The Lost Weekend: A When it came to the political scene, Pang said she was motivated by what she called the deterioration of the East Ramapo school district, where her two adult children had attended high school, and other village issues. Running time: 104 minutes. Im just going for it. He wasnt happy in his marriage, and it made life miserable for everyone working around them.. Pang replied that she could never start a relationship with Lennon, as he was her employer and married. All Rights Reserved. Moving into a penthouse apartment, both May and John claimed later to have seen a UFO, hovering around their block. So was Lennon's drinking buddy, Harry Nilsson. My father was more afraid of her than the other way around. All rights reserved. Pang pulled out her Nikkormat and captured the moment. She became his short-term companion and lover at Yoko's scheming behest . The documentary is Pangs diary-like account of how the Lost Weekend played out, week by week, emotion by emotion, and on that score it offers a fascinating, revealing, and sometimes moving portrait of John Lennon unmoored, trying to find himself in a world that had caught up to him. He wouldve been very vocal about what he was going on in the world. [9], At the time Lennon had his 18-month relationship with Pang, he was in a period of his life that he would later refer to as his "Lost Weekend", in reference to the film and novel of the same title.[10]. When May Pang's name appeared on a village election ballot last month, some of her neighbors may not have realized how interwoven her life has been with rock and roll history. Pang replied that she could never start a relationship with Lennon, as he was her employer and married.
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