The Beatles: Get Back

by Simon 9 Replies latest social entertainment

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  Simon

  Anyone watching this? I've just started the 3rd and final episode which starts with I presume Stella (no, Heather) McCartney as a little kid playing in the studio while they record.

  Overall it's an amazing behind the scenes view of how they created the album and likely how they worked, the past songs and times they referred to and the camaraderie they had most of the time.

  McCartneys song-writing and musical brilliance comes through of course.

  Overall I give it 5 stars if you're a Beatles fan but can see it being too long if you're not.

  Personally, I have an ever-growing collection of outtake recordings of the Beatles and Bob Dylan and have often come to like them more than the released tracks because they are just so raw and unpolished and you often get to hear how a song developed and evolved over time to the version you finally heard released.

  Who knew we'd be getting some fresh Beatles material all these years later?!

  Who knew so many fluffy coats and jackets could be worn by so many people in one place.
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  Simon

  Also, Billy Preston made a HUGE difference to the final result.
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  LoveUniHateExams

  I love the Beatles.

  Not having netflix or a tv, I haven't seen this. I guess I could buy it when it is released on dvd.

  I was lead to believe that the Get Back recordings were a very miserable time for the fab four.

  Was it really not as bad as all that?

  I love Lennon's voice - so raw!

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NCtzkaL2t_Y
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  punkofnice

  I used to be a real Beatles 'completist'. That was my trouble, I've heard those song too many times that I need a bit of a rest from them, as great as they are.

  I still love Penny Lane though.

  My 1st wife's Dad used to 'roadie' for them in the Cavern days.

  Which reminds me, I must catch up with the Rutles.
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  Simon

  They had a few odd moments but most of it seemed to be a fun time with lots of larking about and silliness, interspersed with songs evolving and performances being honed.

  It's strange when you see them getting close to the tune or words you know, I kept thinking "oooh, you're so close!!!"

  Yeah, it wasn't as portrayed but I think they all just wanted to do their own thing and it seemed to be George that was most keen to escape from the Beatles shadow (where Paul and John dominated).

  Yoko didn't seem to cause much tension although she does seem incredibly clingy and just "there" all the time like none of the others wives were. If she starts doing her ... lets calling "singing", just FFWD. You'll thank me.
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  Simon

  One of my earliest memories was seeing that performance on TV, I must have been 3 and a bit at the time. We were at my grandparents house with some extended family and everyone was talking about them, it was obviously a big deal to everyone there. It probably stuck out because back then, and especially as a JW kid, I'd never seen men with beards and long hair.
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  nowwhat?

  It's on Disney+ for those who don't know. I plan on seeing it!
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  LoveUniHateExams

  Yeah, it wasn't as portrayed but I think they all just wanted to do their own thing and it seemed to be George that was most keen to escape from the Beatles shadow - yeah, it seems that the Beatles were kinda just drifting apart as they pursued other things.

  George was into transcendental meditation/Hinduism, John was, er, into Yoko, and Paul and Ringo had other projects, too.

  If she starts doing her ... lets calling "singing", just FFWD. You'll thank me -

  
  
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  LoveUniHateExams

  I've always liked this song.

  You've got Paul on lead and then John comes in with a little verse of his own.

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RUOBHutWMKw
  
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  Simon

  The other part that was interesting, toward the end, was the police coming to shut it down.

  They claimed they'd had 30 complaints in half an hour, but all the people interviewed outside were overwhelmingly positive about it, even the old folk they asked. There only seemed to be one guy who didn't like it.

  But that all seemed to be part of the 'plot', 'cause they only had a certain number of pieces they planned to do outside and, in fact, repeated some of them.