My biggest takeaway is that Paul McCartney has been vilified for decades. As the one who supposedly broke up The Beatles (in the documentary this theory is utterly debunked), we are able to see that he reluctantly took the role of "the leader" when the others weren't emotionally available or motivated enough. I love that scene in which Paul is trying to explain this very thing to George. It makes me think about how self-aware these guys were in 1969.
This. One thing that the documentary makes clear is that The Beatles would have split up years earlier if it wasn't for Paul. He's the one that kept the whole thing together, constantly coming up with creative ideas and brilliant tunes. At the beginning of the session he seems to be the only one really invested in the project, and while he could be bossy and dominant he's the one that eventually lights that fire with the other three. The brilliant end result is all thanks to him. I always loved Lennon, and Harrison even more, but my respect for McCartney is growing every day.
@@TotalBB When I was younger, I was more a Lennon guy. Why? Because he was such a cool person and sad (I might be misled by his songs like Strawberry Fields Forever, In My Life, Julia, Across The Universe, Mother, etc) which was proven so much wrong by this Get Back Documentary. But then I grow older, I admire Paul more because he was actually the one who gave us Sgt Pepper's and Abbey Road. And if people think that he was not as talented as John (which is not true), he has shown to the world that hardwork and consistence are the key of success. And wow, what a success he has earned.
@@kurniadi9829 That's true, although Lennon did write some of The Beatles' best songs, especially for the Revolver album and also a year later (I absolutely adore Strawberry Fields, A Day In The Life and I Am The Walrus). I think the combination of - and even the competition between - those two geniuses is what the band made so great. It also inspired Harrison to become an amazing song writer on his own.
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Paul was in a tough position, like the brother who’s had to step it up after dad dies. I don’t take anything away from that, but I do feel that his vision and always wanting to push into novel areas did contribute to their tensions. After being a studio band for 2-3 years, suddenly they’re discussing taking a cruise ship to perform in Libya 😂, and whenever someone tries to bring it back down to earth Paul’s response was “Then we’re back to just making an LP”, like the Beatles simply making music wasn’t good enough. I feel like George often didn’t feel heard musically by John (most acutely when he mocked I, Me, Mine) but I feel like he also didn’t feel heard by Paul either, in terms of what venue/medium the band would take.
He made those songs extra special. Adding him was was neccecary because they wantd to record it live, but it turned out to be more than that. He brought a great vibe to those tracks and to me get back and Don't let me down would not have been as great without him.
The timing of Billy arrival is too much of a coincidence and I'm betting George Martin called him and invited him to pop in w/o telling the group. After all they did mention using BP stating he's great. It really gave the documentary more depth as George probably knew it would
I would love to see the initial 18 hour cut that Peter Jackson did, maybe some day. One of my takeaways from watching was just how solid Ringo was. He was just always on it, always nailing it with no real instruction or comment. What a legend.
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It’s been said before and I will say it again. Peter Jackson’s Get Back is a gift to hardcore Beatles fans. The fact it isn’t made for the casual fan, is what makes it so great.
The funny thing is, I am just a casual fan, yet I found the entire thing absolutely mesmerising. I could have watched even more to be honest and stay in there company and I did think " if its having this effect on me, what's it doing to hard core fans? It must be trancendental"
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I said to myself, "Oh yeah, you're a Beatle fanatic," when I watched this documentary not once, not twice, but three times. I also would replay my favorite parts over and over again.
One of the things that really stood out to me was how John and Paul came to life at the rooftop concert. Man, they really loved performing together. No crowd, freezing out, chaos around them with the cameras, cops, and crew, and they just had joy and music flowing out of them. Quite remarkable.
Ken Wharfe, the young cop doing most of the talking, went on to be a personal bodyguard for Princess Diana. He reflected on the concert and said it was his favorite moment on the force. He also prefers "Naked" to the Phil Spector production🤭.
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_Get Back_ is a seven hour masterpiece. Jackson & Hogg deserve an Oscar. It's like watching Michaelangelo paint the Sistine chapel. And movingly, as fans, we've never spent so much time with John. Yep, Yoko's unjustly vilified. She's respectful, supportive, & unobstructive during the sessions. Gotta remember, she was getting ripped apart in the UK press in 1969, John was sniffing heroin to deal with the pressure while struggling to produce new songs & keep the band going, & they were protective of each other. Cool moment: Yoko asks George Martin where she can buy sheet music - interesting because she met John searching for sheet music for John Cage's birthday. Re: Yoko's "singing" - it doesn't sound great but she wasn't doing anything Damo Suzuki wouldn't do a couple years later. Cool moment: when Ringo plinks at the piano, plays the first verse of "Octopus's Garden", stops, and says "That's all I've got". Then George steps in to help write it.
Much praise should be given to PJ and his team for editing, compiling, and restoring all this footage. But don't forget that Michael Lindsey Hogg was the original director of the film. It was his initial decisions and camera crew that captured all of this original footage in the first place back in 1969. Michelangelo used to say that the sculpture is within the marble, he is just setting it free. That was PJ's job, and he did it well.
Don't forget Yoko's also a producer for this movie. Without her Peter Jackson couldn't have been allowed to make this documentary, so she might have had her say here. Check deeper into the Beatle's history, bootleg tapes of the let it be sessions, and you'll realize she was a much bigger problem than what the documentary is showing us.
I agree totally. Yoko was not the nasty, disruptive influence she's been painted as. Her shrieking is funny, I think. To object would be to say "how dare she mess about with the band's equipment when they weren't using it", which is a little po-faced and humourless, really. The only people that could end the Beatles were the Beatles, and they did, leaving behind an incomparable body of work. Yoko did nothing wrong.
It felt more like an "Immersive Experience" than a documentary. It was at times jaw dropping, at times a little bit boring...but overall it was just fascinating and fantastic. Felt like a priveledge to get to see these guys up close.
That falling guitar is a 1959 Les Paul worth today about $350,000. Considering it was George Harrison’s and he gifted it to Eric Clampton soon after this session it’s worth several million dollars to a collector.
As a retired performer of 3 decades, and a guitar player of 4 decades, the series brought The Beatles down to Earth for me. A lot of the banter, the problems, the ego contests, the disagreements, the camaraderie, and all the fooling around - it was all VERY familiar! It reminded me of - and made me miss TERRIBLY - my time of being in bands when I was a much younger man! Those years were just pure gold - no matter WHAT happened! This made me feel a kinship with The Beatles - which is something I've NEVER felt before.
reminded me of Spinal Tap a little bit too btw - I always thought the wife in Spinal Tap was based on Yoko, but I think Linda Eastman gets the trophy for most interfering Beatles wife
@@billymuellerTikTok "I think Linda Eastman gets the trophy for most interfering Beatles wife" Explain how. They didn't even get married until March 1969, and the Abbey Road session finished that August. Your timeline doesn't even add up.
@@herbie747 because she's arguing with the director about who is the bigger Beatles fan, brings her kid to the studio, takes photos and injects her opinions into the music... Yoko just sits there quietly knitting and then sings during downtime
I’m 44. My whole life the Beatles were these mythic heroes who wrote timeless songs and brilliant albums and had 30 number one hits when a great band is usually successful at 3-5 number ones in their career…… they’ve been like a story in a book, not human. Jackson’s film made them human. He brought them into my living room. You not only feel for George when he leaves the group but then you feel for John and Paul during the secretly taped conversation in the cafeteria, and you see how they both understand how their success and demands and egos as these brilliant song writers stifled George and they realized they need to work with him better. It just brought every human emotion to them. As you could see them as your friends and not “The Beatles” They were 4 guys who really loved each other.
Loved Loved Loved it all. Coll moment: People randomly standing around talking while in the background you can see and hear Paul creating Let It Be. OMG.
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I'm 68 years old and grew up with the Beatles as the soundtrack of my youth. This documentary is everything I always hoped for... to be the proverbial fly on the wall to witness genius at work. I loved every minute of it (except for Yoko's screeching).
You hit on everything that made Get Back so good, well done. Billy Preston's arrival in particular brought everything up to a higher spiritual plane, it was awesome. To see Paul in unguarded moments was surprising and sweet soulful George being ignored was tough to watch, but he got his redemption! I now call Ringo "The Hawk" because his eyes were glued on JPG and ready to lay it down in a second, fascinating to watch how they crafted a song. And of course now we know that Paul always thought Lennon was the "Boss", such is his esteem. Thanks for your recap on this wonderful series.
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Ringo was right there with exactly what was needed exactly when it was needed, just waiting for his spot and striking with surgical precision to serve the song. The story of Ringo's whole time with The Beatles.
Revolver is definitely the one i would have liked to see. It's my favourite Beatles album just because they start to really use the studio as an instrument but also because the songwriting is next level too, especially George. That would have been a great crux time to have captured on film.
That was a sweet story about you, your father, a legend and a report card. This film flips the narrative and reveals the genius of music, of aural art,; elevation of sound and feeling, not by super-humans, but by the flawed, funny, and inspired.
Funny: I thought the cops thing was a bit staged but no….they were there to turn off the sound. Agree with take on Yoko. Seriously, Billy just dropped in right after they said they needed a keyboardist? Wow. Liked that George came back and was positive. Appreciate Get Back LP much more after seeing this film. What a blast overall.
The movie gave me a greater appreciation of how good Paul and John are as singers and performers. Also the movie shows what kindred spirits John and Paul were.
I wish I could take the clip of Paul McCartney defending John's right to have Yoko with him, and calling her 'great' and show it to John in around 71. He spent a decade believing that Paul hated her, and thinking all kinds of things that turn out to be wrong. Maybe if he'd known... well, maybe there'd be a 70s Beatles album.
God, I really agree with not seeing enough of Billy on the roof. You can tell by his playing that he was really jamming out but you don't get to see him bop.
I was surprised at how much fun they had, how often they smiled, and how much they really enjoyed each other. These guys were truly like brothers who loved each other, sometimes fought but mostly cared about each other. However, it does mark a stage in the Beatles where it was the beginning of the end.
I've recently started thinking of Yoko as John's emotional support person. Also, John and Yoko suffered a miscarriage very recently, and they were both very fragile emotionally and needed each other.
Agreed! Very true! They'd already been through a lot plus the addictions had just taken hold, unfortunately. They were trying to self medicate and manage the pain.
That's my take as well. I'm sure Paul, George, and Ringo would prefer it just be the four of them but they realized that John and Yoko were tied at the hip so they went with it.
Yeah. Screw being professional right? They may have needed each other but there’s a time and place for things. The studio is the studio. Work is work. She should have respected the band and gave them space. They’re not the only ones that have dealt with a miscarriage and other hardships. Yoko is inexcusable. She’s a POS
I've seen people say "Ringo did nothing" and stuff like that because of this documentary... But as someone that has been in a messy band for years I can say, the fact that he was always there, all the time, behind his drums, constantly jamming with the guys, and listening to Paul's and John's opinions for his drumming is REALLY important, stuff like that really shows that he, in fact, cared about the proyect and the rest of the band.
Thank you for your thoughtful discussion of Yoko, and kudos to your mature and serious followers-it’s refreshing not to see the mass hate. This documentary will forever be the biggest gift for all of us Beatles fans. I will cherish this forever.
Great channel. Both the furniture and the decor at this program are early sixties. Nice detail. Even his hairstyle and sideburns are so retro! Like we used to say back in 1969, “that was so groovy man…”
It's impossible not to absorb the honest affection you feel for the documentary and the band. It's very sweet. Bravo, and thank you. ... As for the hypothetical - that is, What other Beatles album would you have wanted to observe the making of, as we observe their process in "Get Back"? - Well, one of the great revelations for me of the Peter Jackson movie is that we can now extrapolate from "Get Back" and conjure the making of any of their albums. "Get Back" gives us license to imaginatively enter their creative process for just about everything they did. What a gift!
Great vid man! You can really see how much you enjoyed watching (as we all did!) but the passion you have when talking about it is unmatched. The Billy Preston Autograph is very rad indeed!
Sgt Pepper! Always wanted to be a fly on the wall watching that creation process! Loved the Get Back documentary!! Totally agree with all your points!!
yeah it definitely made Yoko look a bit better than the mainstream villain aspect of her, but like you said its more on John, from what i have read and heard others explain is john was pretty in the depths of his of few years long heroin addiction during this time and that yoko was kind of like his anchor, not saying she was necessarily good for him or anything, but he would at least show up and record if she was around and kind of "taking care" of him and watching over him, a sort of sid and nancy before sid and nancy.
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Your channel is perhaps the best when it comes to The Beatles, so I was looking forward to your thoughts on the documentary. I have to say, you did not disappoint, this video is excellent.
Just finished watching this weekend... You nailed it in your comments. - Watching Paul write “Get Back” was one of the most amazing things to witness. So much new respect for Paul. As an artist, a leader, and all-around great guy. - Yoko was vilified. John needed her there. He brought her everywhere. - Billy Preston was a ray of sunshine. He was the 5th Beatle. He definitely deserved screen time on the rooftop. - Your heart did go out to George when he said, “Get Clapton.” - How goofy John was Paul said he has a new perception of the Beatles breakup after seeing this film. I bet John would have too. But we should be grateful to Michael Lindsay-Hogg for filming this. I’m kind of a newer Beatle fan. They were the band my big sister loved. But my fun take-aways are: 1. I never realized how stylish Ringo and George were? 2. How much toast the Beatles ate! 3. How young they were when they broke up. 4. How much they accomplished from 1964 to 1969.
What found interesting was that they were actually working on songs (Silver Hammer, Something, Octopus' Garden, etc.) that they would later record for the Abby Road album, but the songs they recorded during this time did not show up until Let It Be which was released after Abby Road. They had so many songs.
Those hours watching this will be remembered as long as I live. What I didn’t expect was to discover the staff involved, especially Mal Evans, Glyn Johns and Ethan Russell (photographer). I’m actually a much bigger fan of the film than I am of the album.
Yes you are right mate - it was like being in the room with them. Peter Jackson is amazing putting this together. One thing for me is the conversation that John and Paul had over lunch when they didn't know they were being recorded. Some major issues with the band were discussed and John and Paul cleared the air a bit. Some 'home truths'. I think John wasn't fussed that Paul wanted specific playing styles and arrangements in their songs, it was more about how he put it across. A communications thing maybe. Paul is brilliant after all and John certainly knew and respected that. Vice versa too. I felt that this conversation which happened because George had left, was a catalyst for John to take more of a leadership role for the rest of the sessions and at the same time Paul pulled back a bit. It was almost like Paul wanted John to take that role again, like the old days perhaps. Sometimes Paul seemed to struggle in articulating what his vision was with songs and didn't really feel comfortable taking the lead. I thought John showed great leadership skills - he did it in a way where it wasn't obvious. Like when George Martin questioned why re-record Georges song again and John replied, we have to keep recording it until George is happy with the guitar bits. They clearly loved each other - you can feel the bond between them. They loved playing together - you can see it in their eyes. They looked after each other. After watching this awesome documentary, it seemed to be John was the glue that kept them together and of course we know, once that glue was gone, they all went their separate ways.
its funny, ive watched the documentary 2 and some change times now. i paused through part 2 on my 3rd watching last night, because yoko was really getting to me for some reason. i did a lot of reasearch to try and gain some perspective on her, and its true that john is mostly at fault for not setting boundaries. but its odd to see some of the greatest music, ever, being written with her as a permanent fixture next to john. i think unobstructive is a word that can be used to describe her presence in the sessions, so far as shes largely not interjecting comments or bringing attention to herself in dramatic ways. sure. but i think having anyone but the "fab four" huddled together is obtrustive to the way they did their best work, if that makes any sense. not that we really have a point of reference, and again in fairness it could have been because they knew they were being recorded, or any dozen reasons. but they just didnt seem to be playing off of each other in a very natural way. and pauls comment in the doc even shows he feels his chemistry with john is affected simply by how much less time paul and john were spending together since yoko entered the picture... anyway, georges hare krishna friends, linda eastman, maureen starkey... really all but the literal child heather, drew (as far as the documentary showed) respectful boundries just observing the beatles at work from outside their literal and figurative circle. i know all 4 beatles, yoko, and everyone involved in production, were nuanced complicated human beings. to me, this documentary left me feeling that yoko was one of many rifts that eventually led to the beatles breakup. seemingly the largest factors being: brian epsteins death (first and foremost), the beatles having a harder and harder time communicating with each other and agreeing on a shared vision, georges growing chops and repitoire as a songwriter going largely unused, and johns relationship with yoko as well as drug abuse alienating him from the group. certainly open to any thoughts, rebuttals, or more context. (side note, one other thing ive been thinking about from this doc is the conversation when ringo is the only one in the studio. someone asks him if he "enjoyed india" or something to that effect. and his response was plainly "not really". no elaboration, just that. says a lot about him i feel)
I've got so much respect for Macca after watching it. Nobody would have been arsed to do anything if it wasn't for him and he's really nice about it. Also Yoko didn't seem to be a problem for anyone there.
Yoko was a major problem and distraction. She spoke for John in meetings and got John hooked on heroin. Why would Paul say what he said about her breaking up the band? Read what he says in The Lyrics under the song Get Back.
I've read all the major books and seen all the documentaries and had got to the point where I didn't think there was much more to learn about these guys. Then I watch this series and I really feel like I know them better as people. History has painted Yoko and Paul as the villains of this story. I have a new feeling now that if there is a villain to the Let it Be saga it is Michael Lindsay Hogg. He edited this wonderful footage into that dark, miserable, and misrepresentative film. I think even The Beatle's own memories were clouded by the selective editing of the original film. Maybe Mr. Hogg is filled with self doubt because he isn't the filmmaker his real father (Orson Welles) was.
Agree with you on all five counts. That was exciting to watch, though punctuated by long periods of boredom. All gratitude to Peter Jackson for the amazing restoration job on this footage. It's a drastic improvement on the original. Wonderful.
I don't understand why so many reviewers are complaining about the length. I loved every minute of it. I wish we could see all 18 hours that Peter Jackson was able to sync the video/audio of.
With the Ed Sullivan show, we got to see the Beatles for the first time. It was life changing. With Get Back, we get to see the Beatles for the first time again.What a gift.
great that you reviewed this one, and you are right, it's an amazing and important doc on what went on between them at the time. im still on part three.
Peter Jackson has given all us Beatle fans a beautiful gift. As I recover from a back issue, I have watched GET BACK 5 times, I’m obsessed with it, and each time I hear or see something I didn’t see before, I wear my headphones, it just makes it all the better. I agree with all you said, I feel the same way. George I seem to appreciate and understand him all the more. Yoko wasn’t as annoying as I imagined her to be. John was a goofball, and his humor helped keep the spirits up during the filming . Ringo although he doesn’t talk much, he as you said was a HAWK just watching and it’s almost like he could read their minds what they needed from him, he is so talented. Loved seeing the love between Paul and Linda.. for me when Paul says “Then there were two” you could feel his emotions, and I have never seen that side of Paul ever in all the videos I have watched of him. Well I can go on and on so I will say I never really cared to purchase this vinyl or CD, and I did immediately after I watched Get Back… they were 4 friends, and thanks to Peter Jackson we could see the human side of them ❤️🎶❤️
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Billy Preston also had several hits on his own including two number one hits, “will it go round in circles”, and “nothing from nothing”. Also note worthy is the fact he was the very first musical guest on Saturday night live
Another great show from one of the best musik youtube channels. Nail on the head with our observations. For me George was the most intereresting. Loved seeing that.
Great series. To me it looks like Yoko was accepted into the circle. The others seem very happy jamming with her, particularly Paul as well as John. I think the series shows the Twickenham sessions didn’t work - alien environment, cameras in their faces the entire time, it was too much, and the added pressure of learning songs and performing a concert in just a few weeks clearly added to that. The famous argument between Paul and George looks like it stems from Paul having a panic attack. Once the decision was made to ditch the concert and move to Apple, this looked like a band relaxed and having fun. And John was clearly having a great time, and was great with Heather.
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You hit all the spots for me..I didn't think after all these years..I could become a BIGGER Beatles fan..I was 8 ..In 1968 when Hey Jude came out ..then less then 2 years they were gone..great video..thanks
Outside of all the takeaways from this video, one that sticks out for me is that the only time I got a sense of foreboding that the band doesn't have that much longer is whenever John talks about Allen Klein. I think the band was still suffering the lose of Brian as a manager and as a friend. I'm glad to see this film has exonerated Yoko and Paul as potential villains of the Beatles story and we can see that once the band got out of Twickenham and Billy Preston came on board, things were pretty good. What still blows my mind is by the time they began work on Get Back/Let It Be, the White Album was only about two months old.
Let It Be, as Beatles albums go, is one of the lesser ones, in the sense that it broke no new ground, which is what one came to expect from a Fabs LP. It's still a great record. Even at the point of collapse they could make a collection of mainly brilliant songs. They couldn't help themselves.
I finished watching it a few days ago, long series but really worth it. I was in tears by Don't Let Me Down on the rooftop and came close more than once during the course of the series. I laughed a lot too. Just an incredible achievement of a documentary.
The documentary made me feel so much empathy for Ringo ❤️ Like, in every scene he seems very down and sad, and then sometimes for brief moments he just lights up and smiles and it just gives me fuzzy feelings ❤️ Also, this helped me realize that the world owes Yoko an apology.
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On the album _The Beatles' Story_ the narrator talks about Ringo, he says something like "Ringo always looks so serious all the time, but every once in a while a smile appears as if to say _[narrator takes on a Liverpudlian accent]_ 'I'm not sad it's just me face.'"
Much praise should be given to PJ and his team for editing, compiling, and restoring all this footage. But don't forget that Michael Lindsey Hogg was the original director of the film. It was his initial decisions and camera crew that captured all of this original footage in the first place back in 1969. Michelangelo used to say that the sculpture is within the marble, he is just setting it free. That was PJ's job, and he did it well.
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I loved watching this and feeling like I was there back in 1968 or 69. My existence was about eight years away. I love seeing the way the buildings were at one time and now they are no longer like that. The building or house you’re reading this may not exist 10, 15 years from now.
It truly was incredible! ..a real treat for hardcore Beatles fans, like myself. I'd like to watch it a 2nd time, TBH. 😎 Too many amazing moments for me to even list, but one of my favorites was the ventriloquist Paul & John bit. Hilarious! If I could watch a different Beatles album "in the making", it would either be Sgt Pepper or Abbey Road, just to see all the studio trickery that went on. Fascinating stuff! Let it Be was one of my least favorite Beatle albums, but I now have a much stronger appreciation of it and will definitely play it more often. 👍
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I really enjoyed hearing the beginnings of some of their Abbey Road songs. Also seeing how easy it was for Paul to come up with melodies. Great video and great suit as always!!
It was a remarkable look at a band making an album from scratch, who happen to be the biggest band in the world. I love that we already know the classic songs before they start to create them which adds a level of fascination. My biggest take away was George Harrison. He was incredibly involved in the creative process the whole way through and the narrative has always been he gets two songs per album, but he is really part of most of their songs in a very real creative way. The conversation where he wants to do a solo album but keep producing Beatle albums is remarkable as that could have been the Beatles blueprint in the 1970s. If only Paul had been in the room to be part of that discussion. Imagine.
It was amazing. I heard rumors that it would reverse your perceptions, and they were right. Critics ruin everything. Glad you liked it as much as I did
Wow, you went to Aptos High... I'm from Soquel and my brother went to Soquel High in the mid to late 70's. I use to go to the Boardwalk all the time. Small world!! Fantastic video by the way. Cheers from Sam in Portland, OR. and Happy Holidays to you and yours.
You weren’t naive at all about your assumptions about the Get Back sessions. For the last 50 years that was the impression left by the the original 1970 movie. It was edited at the time in a way to highlight that two day walkout by George and ignore most of the other 28 days they were in the studio. Fans thought that argument represented the entire month long session. Now we see that 80% of the time everything was pretty normal.
I do not accept “it’s really long” as a viable criticism. It’s made for more than just a casual fan, however casual fans can enjoy it as well. If it gets too long for you, just watch the last episode and that will be more than enough for you to appreciate and enjoy. Just recognize that for the rest of us Beatles nuts, the length is one of the greatest things about the doc. I absolutely loved every single second of it. Hell, I could’ve watched even more honestly. If there is one good thing that came from covid, it’s that Peter Jackson had the time to give us a longer finished product.
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My biggest takeaway is that Paul McCartney has been vilified for decades. As the one who supposedly broke up The Beatles (in the documentary this theory is utterly debunked), we are able to see that he reluctantly took the role of "the leader" when the others weren't emotionally available or motivated enough. I love that scene in which Paul is trying to explain this very thing to George. It makes me think about how self-aware these guys were in 1969.
This. One thing that the documentary makes clear is that The Beatles would have split up years earlier if it wasn't for Paul. He's the one that kept the whole thing together, constantly coming up with creative ideas and brilliant tunes. At the beginning of the session he seems to be the only one really invested in the project, and while he could be bossy and dominant he's the one that eventually lights that fire with the other three. The brilliant end result is all thanks to him. I always loved Lennon, and Harrison even more, but my respect for McCartney is growing every day.
@@TotalBB When I was younger, I was more a Lennon guy. Why? Because he was such a cool person and sad (I might be misled by his songs like Strawberry Fields Forever, In My Life, Julia, Across The Universe, Mother, etc) which was proven so much wrong by this Get Back Documentary. But then I grow older, I admire Paul more because he was actually the one who gave us Sgt Pepper's and Abbey Road. And if people think that he was not as talented as John (which is not true), he has shown to the world that hardwork and consistence are the key of success. And wow, what a success he has earned.
@@kurniadi9829 That's true, although Lennon did write some of The Beatles' best songs, especially for the Revolver album and also a year later (I absolutely adore Strawberry Fields, A Day In The Life and I Am The Walrus). I think the combination of - and even the competition between - those two geniuses is what the band made so great. It also inspired Harrison to become an amazing song writer on his own.
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Paul was in a tough position, like the brother who’s had to step it up after dad dies. I don’t take anything away from that, but I do feel that his vision and always wanting to push into novel areas did contribute to their tensions. After being a studio band for 2-3 years, suddenly they’re discussing taking a cruise ship to perform in Libya 😂, and whenever someone tries to bring it back down to earth Paul’s response was “Then we’re back to just making an LP”, like the Beatles simply making music wasn’t good enough.
I feel like George often didn’t feel heard musically by John (most acutely when he mocked I, Me, Mine) but I feel like he also didn’t feel heard by Paul either, in terms of what venue/medium the band would take.
Billy Preston wasn’t just a ray of sunshine, he was like the sun personified. He brought the smiles back to them.
So that’s who “Here Comes The Sun” is about.
He made those songs extra special. Adding him was was neccecary because they wantd to record it live, but it turned out to be more than that. He brought a great vibe to those tracks and to me get back and Don't let me down would not have been as great without him.
When Billy Preston's electric-piano started playing, my brain immediately said: "that's the sound I remember." especially on Don't let me down.
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The timing of Billy arrival is too much of a coincidence and I'm betting George Martin called him and invited him to pop in w/o telling the group. After all they did mention using BP stating he's great. It really gave the documentary more depth as George probably knew it would
Paul was 26, George 25, John & Ringo were both 28. They did so much in such a short time.
George was actually still 24... Just. Amazing.
@@MsSteve70 Putting it into context, Justin Bieber is now 27.
@@MsSteve70 no he wasn’t, born in Feb 1943 so 25 is correct.
@@MsSteve70 no. He turned 25 on February 25, 1968. He was born in 1943.
it's truly breathtaking to think how young they were when they already had their entire catalog completed for eternity
I would love to see the initial 18 hour cut that Peter Jackson did, maybe some day. One of my takeaways from watching was just how solid Ringo was. He was just always on it, always nailing it with no real instruction or comment. What a legend.
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Huge huge respect for Ringo. Just sitting in his office doing incredible work without getting in anyones way.
I want to see the Helter Skelter sessions
If all the Beatles sessions were recorded like Get Back then the world would be at peace
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@@ka5333 Probably the world being the public but they didn’t like the idea of being filmed all the time
I got blisters on my fingers in 4k
@@ka5333 Unlikely...the music didn't bring it.
It’s been said before and I will say it again. Peter Jackson’s Get Back is a gift to hardcore Beatles fans. The fact it isn’t made for the casual fan, is what makes it so great.
The funny thing is, I am just a casual fan, yet I found the entire thing absolutely mesmerising. I could have watched even more to be honest and stay in there company and I did think " if its having this effect on me, what's it doing to hard core fans? It must be trancendental"
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It is a gift to the world.
I said to myself, "Oh yeah, you're a Beatle fanatic," when I watched this documentary not once, not twice, but three times. I also would replay my favorite parts over and over again.
One of the things that really stood out to me was how John and Paul came to life at the rooftop concert. Man, they really loved performing together. No crowd, freezing out, chaos around them with the cameras, cops, and crew, and they just had joy and music flowing out of them. Quite remarkable.
Ken Wharfe, the young cop doing most of the talking, went on to be a personal bodyguard for Princess Diana. He reflected on the concert and said it was his favorite moment on the force. He also prefers "Naked" to the Phil Spector production🤭.
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Ken Wharfe was doing crowd control in the street. The two bobbies in reception were PC Ray Dagg and PC Ray Shayler.
_Get Back_ is a seven hour masterpiece. Jackson & Hogg deserve an Oscar. It's like watching Michaelangelo paint the Sistine chapel. And movingly, as fans, we've never spent so much time with John.
Yep, Yoko's unjustly vilified. She's respectful, supportive, & unobstructive during the sessions. Gotta remember, she was getting ripped apart in the UK press in 1969, John was sniffing heroin to deal with the pressure while struggling to produce new songs & keep the band going, & they were protective of each other.
Cool moment: Yoko asks George Martin where she can buy sheet music - interesting because she met John searching for sheet music for John Cage's birthday.
Re: Yoko's "singing" - it doesn't sound great but she wasn't doing anything Damo Suzuki wouldn't do a couple years later.
Cool moment: when Ringo plinks at the piano, plays the first verse of "Octopus's Garden", stops, and says "That's all I've got". Then George steps in to help write it.
Completely agreed!
Much praise should be given to PJ and his team for editing, compiling, and restoring all this footage. But don't forget that Michael Lindsey Hogg was the original director of the film. It was his initial decisions and camera crew that captured all of this original footage in the first place back in 1969. Michelangelo used to say that the sculpture is within the marble, he is just setting it free. That was PJ's job, and he did it well.
Don't forget Yoko's also a producer for this movie. Without her Peter Jackson couldn't have been allowed to make this documentary, so she might have had her say here. Check deeper into the Beatle's history, bootleg tapes of the let it be sessions, and you'll realize she was a much bigger problem than what the documentary is showing us.
I agree totally. Yoko was not the nasty, disruptive influence she's been painted as. Her shrieking is funny, I think. To object would be to say "how dare she mess about with the band's equipment when they weren't using it", which is a little po-faced and humourless, really. The only people that could end the Beatles were the Beatles, and they did, leaving behind an incomparable body of work. Yoko did nothing wrong.
@@tonybates7870 that is 100% right. The band ended not because of Yoko, they’d all had enough in the end…
It felt more like an "Immersive Experience" than a documentary. It was at times jaw dropping, at times a little bit boring...but overall it was just fascinating and fantastic. Felt like a priveledge to get to see these guys up close.
Best experiences are when you even get bored... It's the total experience.
That falling guitar is a 1959 Les Paul worth today about $350,000. Considering it was George Harrison’s and he gifted it to Eric Clampton soon after this session it’s worth several million dollars to a collector.
As a retired performer of 3 decades, and a guitar player of 4 decades, the series brought The Beatles down to Earth for me. A lot of the banter, the problems, the ego contests, the disagreements, the camaraderie, and all the fooling around - it was all VERY familiar! It reminded me of - and made me miss TERRIBLY - my time of being in bands when I was a much younger man! Those years were just pure gold - no matter WHAT happened! This made me feel a kinship with The Beatles - which is something I've NEVER felt before.
Thanks for sharing this.
reminded me of Spinal Tap a little bit too
btw - I always thought the wife in Spinal Tap was based on Yoko, but I think Linda Eastman gets the trophy for most interfering Beatles wife
@@billymuellerTikTok "I think Linda Eastman gets the trophy for most interfering Beatles wife"
Explain how. They didn't even get married until March 1969, and the Abbey Road session finished that August. Your timeline doesn't even add up.
@@billymuellerTikTok dumb take
@@herbie747 because she's arguing with the director about who is the bigger Beatles fan, brings her kid to the studio, takes photos and injects her opinions into the music... Yoko just sits there quietly knitting and then sings during downtime
Also, their ages during filming in January 1969:
John and Ringo - 28
Paul - 26
George - 25
They were so freaking young!
And Billy Preston was only 22!!
My main takeaway is this...after 50 years they still caused so much excitement and buzz...amazing
The documentary is honestly Oscars worthy, it's everything a Beatles fan could wish for, i felt like I WAS THERE with them.
I’m 44. My whole life the Beatles were these mythic heroes who wrote timeless songs and brilliant albums and had 30 number one hits when a great band is usually successful at 3-5 number ones in their career…… they’ve been like a story in a book, not human.
Jackson’s film made them human. He brought them into my living room. You not only feel for George when he leaves the group but then you feel for John and Paul during the secretly taped conversation in the cafeteria, and you see how they both understand how their success and demands and egos as these brilliant song writers stifled George and they realized they need to work with him better.
It just brought every human emotion to them. As you could see them as your friends and not “The Beatles”
They were 4 guys who really loved each other.
Loved Loved Loved it all.
Coll moment: People randomly standing around talking while in the background you can see and hear Paul creating Let It Be. OMG.
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You nailed it regarding Billy Preston. He changed the whole thing when he showed up. He was a big reason they actually got to the end of the project.
Takeaway #6 - The mic on the plant. Incredible conversation between John and Paul.
I'm 68 years old and grew up with the Beatles as the soundtrack of my youth. This documentary is everything I always hoped for... to be the proverbial fly on the wall to witness genius at work. I loved every minute of it (except for Yoko's screeching).
I cried with joy and spontaneously laughed when the lads made it up to the rooftop. That was something very special.
You hit on everything that made Get Back so good, well done. Billy Preston's arrival in particular brought everything up to a higher spiritual plane, it was awesome. To see Paul in unguarded moments was surprising and sweet soulful George being ignored was tough to watch, but he got his redemption! I now call Ringo "The Hawk" because his eyes were glued on JPG and ready to lay it down in a second, fascinating to watch how they crafted a song. And of course now we know that Paul always thought Lennon was the "Boss", such is his esteem. Thanks for your recap on this wonderful series.
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Ringo was right there with exactly what was needed exactly when it was needed, just waiting for his spot and striking with surgical precision to serve the song. The story of Ringo's whole time with The Beatles.
I'll cherish this documentary forever.
The album that I'd love if they could have made a documentary of would hands down be St. Pepper!
Revolver would’ve been better
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Mr Pepper was only a sergeant at that point, I'm afraid - his sainthood came much later.
As Tom Petty said the Rolling Stones are a great band, but the Beatles changed the world 🌎
Totally agree with you about Billy Preston. It’s amazing how the band comes alive when he comes into the room.
Revolver is definitely the one i would have liked to see. It's my favourite Beatles album just because they start to really use the studio as an instrument but also because the songwriting is next level too, especially George. That would have been a great crux time to have captured on film.
That was a sweet story about you, your father, a legend and a report card.
This film flips the narrative and reveals the genius of music, of aural art,; elevation of sound and feeling, not by super-humans, but by the flawed, funny, and inspired.
Funny: I thought the cops thing was a bit staged but no….they were there to turn off the sound.
Agree with take on Yoko.
Seriously, Billy just dropped in right after they said they needed a keyboardist? Wow.
Liked that George came back and was positive.
Appreciate Get Back LP much more after seeing this film.
What a blast overall.
Well, that was Apple Studio, and Billy was on Apple and livin in London so...not quite so weird.
It wasn't staged. It was just planned though
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The movie gave me a greater appreciation of how good Paul and John are as singers and performers. Also the movie shows what kindred spirits John and Paul were.
I wish EVERY Beatles album was filmed like this....imagine an eight hour film of the guys making the White Album....
I wish I could take the clip of Paul McCartney defending John's right to have Yoko with him, and calling her 'great' and show it to John in around 71. He spent a decade believing that Paul hated her, and thinking all kinds of things that turn out to be wrong. Maybe if he'd known... well, maybe there'd be a 70s Beatles album.
It is my belief that there was no bigger fan of The Beatles than Mal Evans. RIP, Sir.
God, I really agree with not seeing enough of Billy on the roof. You can tell by his playing that he was really jamming out but you don't get to see him bop.
I was surprised at how much fun they had, how often they smiled, and how much they really enjoyed each other. These guys were truly like brothers who loved each other, sometimes fought but mostly cared about each other. However, it does mark a stage in the Beatles where it was the beginning of the end.
I've recently started thinking of Yoko as John's emotional support person. Also, John and Yoko suffered a miscarriage very recently, and they were both very fragile emotionally and needed each other.
Agreed! Very true! They'd already been through a lot plus the addictions had just taken hold, unfortunately. They were trying to self medicate and manage the pain.
She introduced him to smack and it didn't agree with him
Yes. Also they were both into avant garde art and I believe they saw their being together all the time as an art project.
That's my take as well. I'm sure Paul, George, and Ringo would prefer it just be the four of them but they realized that John and Yoko were tied at the hip so they went with it.
Yeah. Screw being professional right? They may have needed each other but there’s a time and place for things. The studio is the studio. Work is work. She should have respected the band and gave them space. They’re not the only ones that have dealt with a miscarriage and other hardships. Yoko is inexcusable. She’s a POS
I've seen people say "Ringo did nothing" and stuff like that because of this documentary... But as someone that has been in a messy band for years I can say, the fact that he was always there, all the time, behind his drums, constantly jamming with the guys, and listening to Paul's and John's opinions for his drumming is REALLY important, stuff like that really shows that he, in fact, cared about the proyect and the rest of the band.
Thank you for your thoughtful discussion of Yoko, and kudos to your mature and serious followers-it’s refreshing not to see the mass hate. This documentary will forever be the biggest gift for all of us Beatles fans. I will cherish this forever.
I would've loved to have seen this kind of documentary for the white album. hands down
Great channel. Both the furniture and the decor at this program are early sixties. Nice detail.
Even his hairstyle and sideburns are so retro!
Like we used to say back in 1969, “that was so groovy man…”
It's impossible not to absorb the honest affection you feel for the documentary and the band. It's very sweet. Bravo, and thank you. ... As for the hypothetical - that is, What other Beatles album would you have wanted to observe the making of, as we observe their process in "Get Back"? - Well, one of the great revelations for me of the Peter Jackson movie is that we can now extrapolate from "Get Back" and conjure the making of any of their albums. "Get Back" gives us license to imaginatively enter their creative process for just about everything they did. What a gift!
Great vid man! You can really see how much you enjoyed watching (as we all did!) but the passion you have when talking about it is unmatched.
The Billy Preston Autograph is very rad indeed!
My favourite moments are George and Ringo collaborating on Octopuses Garden and when John was singing Help! in monotone and Paul is dying laughing
I would have loved to see the making of both Rubber Soul & Revolver in the similar fashion of “Let It Be”
Its not documented. Most of it was in picture format only. Maybe Magical Mystery Tour with no cuts. Fully restored.
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I know it’s not documented. That is why said I would’ve loved to see the making of both Rubber Soul & Revolver.
Thank you, a lovely take on an amazing moment that captured the band in all their multi faceted glory
I have watched a bunch of these reaction vids this was by far the most fun of all them! Thank you!
Sgt Pepper! Always wanted to be a fly on the wall watching that creation process! Loved the Get Back documentary!! Totally agree with all your points!!
yeah it definitely made Yoko look a bit better than the mainstream villain aspect of her, but like you said its more on John, from what i have read and heard others explain is john was pretty in the depths of his of few years long heroin addiction during this time and that yoko was kind of like his anchor, not saying she was necessarily good for him or anything, but he would at least show up and record if she was around and kind of "taking care" of him and watching over him, a sort of sid and nancy before sid and nancy.
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One of my favorite bits included the slo-mo closeup of Paul's face lighting up, as the producers suggest playing the concert on the roof.
Your channel is perhaps the best when it comes to The Beatles, so I was looking forward to your thoughts on the documentary. I have to say, you did not disappoint, this video is excellent.
Great summary, and you never even mentioned the Flowerpot conversation. So much to take in, it'll be dissected for years. Masterpiece
This is such a really good and insightful commentary about Get Back.
Just finished watching this weekend...
You nailed it in your comments.
- Watching Paul write “Get Back” was one of the most amazing things to witness.
So much new respect for Paul. As an artist, a leader, and all-around great guy.
- Yoko was vilified. John needed her there. He brought her everywhere.
- Billy Preston was a ray of sunshine. He was the 5th Beatle. He definitely deserved screen time on the rooftop.
- Your heart did go out to George when he said, “Get Clapton.”
- How goofy John was
Paul said he has a new perception of the Beatles breakup after seeing this film. I bet John would have too. But we should be grateful to Michael Lindsay-Hogg for filming this.
I’m kind of a newer Beatle fan. They were the band my big sister loved. But my fun take-aways are:
1. I never realized how stylish Ringo and George were?
2. How much toast the Beatles ate!
3. How young they were when they broke up.
4. How much they accomplished from 1964 to 1969.
I've Got a Feeling we're going to see a full review of the Let It Be album
The Two Of Us have the same feeling.
Kind of feeling you can't hide
I’d Dig It
Will it be a long and winding read? 😁
@@sureshmukhi2316 Let it be with the Beatles puns....
What found interesting was that they were actually working on songs (Silver Hammer, Something, Octopus' Garden, etc.) that they would later record for the Abby Road album, but the songs they recorded during this time did not show up until Let It Be which was released after Abby Road. They had so many songs.
Those hours watching this will be remembered as long as I live. What I didn’t expect was to discover the staff involved, especially Mal Evans, Glyn Johns and Ethan Russell (photographer). I’m actually a much bigger fan of the film than I am of the album.
Yes you are right mate - it was like being in the room with them. Peter Jackson is amazing putting this together. One thing for me is the conversation that John and Paul had over lunch when they didn't know they were being recorded. Some major issues with the band were discussed and John and Paul cleared the air a bit. Some 'home truths'. I think John wasn't fussed that Paul wanted specific playing styles and arrangements in their songs, it was more about how he put it across. A communications thing maybe. Paul is brilliant after all and John certainly knew and respected that. Vice versa too. I felt that this conversation which happened because George had left, was a catalyst for John to take more of a leadership role for the rest of the sessions and at the same time Paul pulled back a bit. It was almost like Paul wanted John to take that role again, like the old days perhaps. Sometimes Paul seemed to struggle in articulating what his vision was with songs and didn't really feel comfortable taking the lead. I thought John showed great leadership skills - he did it in a way where it wasn't obvious. Like when George Martin questioned why re-record Georges song again and John replied, we have to keep recording it until George is happy with the guitar bits. They clearly loved each other - you can feel the bond between them. They loved playing together - you can see it in their eyes. They looked after each other. After watching this awesome documentary, it seemed to be John was the glue that kept them together and of course we know, once that glue was gone, they all went their separate ways.
its funny, ive watched the documentary 2 and some change times now. i paused through part 2 on my 3rd watching last night, because yoko was really getting to me for some reason.
i did a lot of reasearch to try and gain some perspective on her, and its true that john is mostly at fault for not setting boundaries. but its odd to see some of the greatest music, ever, being written with her as a permanent fixture next to john. i think unobstructive is a word that can be used to describe her presence in the sessions, so far as shes largely not interjecting comments or bringing attention to herself in dramatic ways. sure. but i think having anyone but the "fab four" huddled together is obtrustive to the way they did their best work, if that makes any sense. not that we really have a point of reference, and again in fairness it could have been because they knew they were being recorded, or any dozen reasons. but they just didnt seem to be playing off of each other in a very natural way. and pauls comment in the doc even shows he feels his chemistry with john is affected simply by how much less time paul and john were spending together since yoko entered the picture... anyway, georges hare krishna friends, linda eastman, maureen starkey... really all but the literal child heather, drew (as far as the documentary showed) respectful boundries just observing the beatles at work from outside their literal and figurative circle.
i know all 4 beatles, yoko, and everyone involved in production, were nuanced complicated human beings. to me, this documentary left me feeling that yoko was one of many rifts that eventually led to the beatles breakup. seemingly the largest factors being: brian epsteins death (first and foremost), the beatles having a harder and harder time communicating with each other and agreeing on a shared vision, georges growing chops and repitoire as a songwriter going largely unused, and johns relationship with yoko as well as drug abuse alienating him from the group.
certainly open to any thoughts, rebuttals, or more context.
(side note, one other thing ive been thinking about from this doc is the conversation when ringo is the only one in the studio. someone asks him if he "enjoyed india" or something to that effect. and his response was plainly "not really". no elaboration, just that. says a lot about him i feel)
I've got so much respect for Macca after watching it. Nobody would have been arsed to do anything if it wasn't for him and he's really nice about it. Also Yoko didn't seem to be a problem for anyone there.
Yoko was a major problem and distraction. She spoke for John in meetings and got John hooked on heroin. Why would Paul say what he said about her breaking up the band? Read what he says in The Lyrics under the song Get Back.
I've read all the major books and seen all the documentaries and had got to the point where I didn't think there was much more to learn about these guys. Then I watch this series and I really feel like I know them better as people. History has painted Yoko and Paul as the villains of this story. I have a new feeling now that if there is a villain to the Let it Be saga it is Michael Lindsay Hogg. He edited this wonderful footage into that dark, miserable, and misrepresentative film. I think even The Beatle's own memories were clouded by the selective editing of the original film. Maybe Mr. Hogg is filled with self doubt because he isn't the filmmaker his real father (Orson Welles) was.
Loved this documentary so so much. I watched it bit by bit and it was so joyous. Reignited my love for the Beatles
Agree with you on all five counts. That was exciting to watch, though punctuated by long periods of boredom. All gratitude to Peter Jackson for the amazing restoration job on this footage. It's a drastic improvement on the original. Wonderful.
I was in George's proximity for an eternal moment in 1977. I compelled him to smile.
I don't understand why so many reviewers are complaining about the length. I loved every minute of it. I wish we could see all 18 hours that Peter Jackson was able to sync the video/audio of.
I won't complain about it, though I did some fast-forward and wouldn't watch it twice. (Fan since the Ed Sullivan show appearance)
With the Ed Sullivan show, we got to see the Beatles for the first time. It was life changing.
With Get Back, we get to see the Beatles for the first time again.What a gift.
great that you reviewed this one, and you are right, it's an amazing and important doc on what went on between them at the time. im still on part three.
Peter Jackson has given all us Beatle fans a beautiful gift. As I recover from a back issue, I have watched GET BACK 5 times, I’m obsessed with it, and each time I hear or see something I didn’t see before, I wear my headphones, it just makes it all the better.
I agree with all you said, I feel the same way. George I seem to appreciate and understand him all the more. Yoko wasn’t as annoying as I imagined her to be. John was a goofball, and his humor helped keep the spirits up during the filming . Ringo although he doesn’t talk much, he as you said was a HAWK just watching and it’s almost like he could read their minds what they needed from him, he is so talented. Loved seeing the love between Paul and Linda.. for me when Paul says “Then there were two” you could feel his emotions, and I have never seen that side of Paul ever in all the videos I have watched of him. Well I can go on and on so I will say I never really cared to purchase this vinyl or CD, and I did immediately after I watched Get Back… they were 4 friends, and thanks to Peter Jackson we could see the human side of them ❤️🎶❤️
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Half a century later and still so much interest in these four fellows! At 1:28 in part 3, the enjoyment at being a band again was wonderful to see.
Billy Preston also had several hits on his own including two number one hits, “will it go round in circles”, and “nothing from nothing”. Also note worthy is the fact he was the very first musical guest on Saturday night live
And he wrote “ you are so beautiful” which Joe Cocker turned into a ATM generator.
Another great show from one of the best musik youtube channels. Nail on the head with our observations. For me George was the most intereresting. Loved seeing that.
Great series. To me it looks like Yoko was accepted into the circle. The others seem very happy jamming with her, particularly Paul as well as John. I think the series shows the Twickenham sessions didn’t work - alien environment, cameras in their faces the entire time, it was too much, and the added pressure of learning songs and performing a concert in just a few weeks clearly added to that. The famous argument between Paul and George looks like it stems from Paul having a panic attack. Once the decision was made to ditch the concert and move to Apple, this looked like a band relaxed and having fun. And John was clearly having a great time, and was great with Heather.
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100% with you, it's remarkable in all aspects. Great documentary. (Probably the best thing Peter Jackson will ever do.)
You hit all the spots for me..I didn't think after all these years..I could become a BIGGER Beatles fan..I was 8 ..In 1968 when Hey Jude came out ..then less then 2 years they were gone..great video..thanks
Thanks for an informative and completely motivational video that made me want to binge-watch even more!
Never realized how awesome of a song get back is until I saw the film
The Orson Welles joke was awesome, saying "See you in the clubs", as a jab at George's callous parting from the group.
How this channel doesn't have ten times the subs is bizarre, best music account on UA-cam.
Outside of all the takeaways from this video, one that sticks out for me is that the only time I got a sense of foreboding that the band doesn't have that much longer is whenever John talks about Allen Klein. I think the band was still suffering the lose of Brian as a manager and as a friend.
I'm glad to see this film has exonerated Yoko and Paul as potential villains of the Beatles story and we can see that once the band got out of Twickenham and Billy Preston came on board, things were pretty good. What still blows my mind is by the time they began work on Get Back/Let It Be, the White Album was only about two months old.
Great observations. I completely agree with them. Especially, your thoughts on Billy Preston being an integral part of the Let It Be sessions.
dude i had like all the same takeaways really such a great documentary and great vid too
Let It Be, as Beatles albums go, is one of the lesser ones, in the sense that it broke no new ground, which is what one came to expect from a Fabs LP.
It's still a great record. Even at the point of collapse they could make a collection of mainly brilliant songs. They couldn't help themselves.
I finished watching it a few days ago, long series but really worth it. I was in tears by Don't Let Me Down on the rooftop and came close more than once during the course of the series. I laughed a lot too. Just an incredible achievement of a documentary.
Btw I would love to see behind the scenes of revolver, or rubber soul, where they each developed their own styles
The documentary made me feel so much empathy for Ringo ❤️ Like, in every scene he seems very down and sad, and then sometimes for brief moments he just lights up and smiles and it just gives me fuzzy feelings ❤️
Also, this helped me realize that the world owes Yoko an apology.
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On the album _The Beatles' Story_ the narrator talks about Ringo, he says something like "Ringo always looks so serious all the time, but every once in a while a smile appears as if to say _[narrator takes on a Liverpudlian accent]_ 'I'm not sad it's just me face.'"
Yes. Seeing that rooftop concert. Even though most of this footage has been shown on TV hundreds of times over the last 45 years.
Much praise should be given to PJ and his team for editing, compiling, and restoring all this footage. But don't forget that Michael Lindsey Hogg was the original director of the film. It was his initial decisions and camera crew that captured all of this original footage in the first place back in 1969. Michelangelo used to say that the sculpture is within the marble, he is just setting it free. That was PJ's job, and he did it well.
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Nice program! You have a talent yourself! I enjoyed this.
Great recap, VR! To your question, I'd have enjoyed watching this process for The White Album.
I loved watching this and feeling like I was there back in 1968 or 69. My existence was about eight years away. I love seeing the way the buildings were at one time and now they are no longer like that. The building or house you’re reading this may not exist 10, 15 years from now.
Your reaction is awesome. Thanks for your video.
It truly was incredible! ..a real treat for hardcore Beatles fans, like myself. I'd like to watch it a 2nd time, TBH. 😎 Too many amazing moments for me to even list, but one of my favorites was the ventriloquist Paul & John bit. Hilarious!
If I could watch a different Beatles album "in the making", it would either be Sgt Pepper or Abbey Road, just to see all the studio trickery that went on. Fascinating stuff! Let it Be was one of my least favorite Beatle albums, but I now have a much stronger appreciation of it and will definitely play it more often. 👍
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If I could have a magic documentary where none exists, it would be The Shags "Philosophy of the World". 😀
I really enjoyed hearing the beginnings of some of their Abbey Road songs. Also seeing how easy it was for Paul to come up with melodies. Great video and great suit as always!!
Can’t get enough. Could watch all 60 hours❤️❤️❤️❤️
It was a remarkable look at a band making an album from scratch, who happen to be the biggest band in the world. I love that we already know the classic songs before they start to create them which adds a level of fascination. My biggest take away was George Harrison. He was incredibly involved in the creative process the whole way through and the narrative has always been he gets two songs per album, but he is really part of most of their songs in a very real creative way. The conversation where he wants to do a solo album but keep producing Beatle albums is remarkable as that could have been the Beatles blueprint in the 1970s. If only Paul had been in the room to be part of that discussion. Imagine.
It was amazing. I heard rumors that it would reverse your perceptions, and they were right. Critics ruin everything. Glad you liked it as much as I did
Wow, you went to Aptos High... I'm from Soquel and my brother went to Soquel High in the mid to late 70's. I use to go to the Boardwalk all the time. Small world!! Fantastic video by the way. Cheers from Sam in Portland, OR. and Happy Holidays to you and yours.
Awesome good to hear from you! Merry Christmas 🎄 and thank you. ✌️
You weren’t naive at all about your assumptions about the Get Back sessions. For the last 50 years that was the impression left by the the original 1970 movie. It was edited at the time in a way to highlight that two day walkout by George and ignore most of the other 28 days they were in the studio. Fans thought that argument represented the entire month long session. Now we see that 80% of the time everything was pretty normal.
I do not accept “it’s really long” as a viable criticism. It’s made for more than just a casual fan, however casual fans can enjoy it as well. If it gets too long for you, just watch the last episode and that will be more than enough for you to appreciate and enjoy. Just recognize that for the rest of us Beatles nuts, the length is one of the greatest things about the doc. I absolutely loved every single second of it. Hell, I could’ve watched even more honestly. If there is one good thing that came from covid, it’s that Peter Jackson had the time to give us a longer finished product.