re: Beatles Get Back trailer. Airs on Disney+ November 25 in 3 parts

Yeah George was kind of an a-hole for the most part. And it makes sense as to why he’s so bitter, but man he was so dry in interviews that he comes off as just an a-hole most of the time.

Can’t wait to start this tonight. I’ve been really looking forward to this.

quote:

---

The last part I saw was when Get Back was originating. That was pretty incredible to watch it just come to life out of basically thin air while they waited for John who was late that morning. It’s cool to see them just work through songs and create masterpieces.

---

Insane they are just writing out of thin air songs that changed the history of music.

I cannot wait to see that.

it’s a spellbinding moment.
Paul starts strumming his bass like a guitar and within seconds the familiar rhythm of the song emerges and he has the complete chorus composed

it has to be seen to be believed

I will watch get back this weekend so I will comment on it later

george went to woodstock ny and hung out with dylan in fall 68 (I would have you anytime is the song he wrote for dylan) and dylan told him you can be happy on your own and do your own thing.

so lennon pulling away and macca driving the train pushed george to resentment, lennon was honest with george but he also protected him. paul really drove a wedge between all of them with maxwell’s silver hammer

I watched let it be last night and there is a nice section where ringo is working on the chords to octopus’s garden on the piano with george on guitar. macca walks in all smiles and you can physically see george set back and recoil a bit like he is expecting some remark from macca that actually never comes

let it be has no narrator and it is edited and chopped up in a non-linear way so it comes across as confusing and too negative. billy preston jidt appears halfway th rough the movie with no explanation

lyndsey-hogg made it to be a runup to a show that never happened, but the rooftop concert was the compromise to finish the movie. george refused to play live in front of an audience because he was a perfectionist and he felt rushed.

in the concert for george in 2002 they played wah wah with paul on piano and I find it weird him playing on a song about the strife that he was a big part of during the get back sessions

listen to run of the mill and read the lyrics, it is 100% about paul and it is brutal

I, me, mine and isnt it a pity are also about his sadness and frustration being in the beatles. I am still amazed I, me, mine made it onto a beatles album knowing what it is about

my sweet lord was rejected by john, he didnt want a song about God on a beatles album

also think about this junk and maybe I’m amazed were also in the works by paul and could have been beatles songs too

It's interesting the line "Get back to where you once belonged" almost became an un-characteristically clear/overt political comment mocking those who opposed middle-eastern/muslim immigration into the UK. In effect, satire of a Brit that might say "Hey Pakistanis, go back to your home country!" which unintentionally could have been used as an anti-immigration anthem by those they were mocking.

Since we know the Pakistanis/Puerto Rican verses were ultimately changed, I wonder if this change will be addressed later in this series as "too overt" or just for a creative lyrical preference.

quote:

---

George Harrison is the reason Paul learned the bass.

---

Speaking of which, while I've read album liner credits where various Beatles played various instruments on various songs, it was cool to finally "see" Lennon on bass (and George & Paul playing on drums).

I never heard that Spector story.

On the Let It Be…Naked album, you can here the bass (and other instruments) pretty clearly.
The Long And Winding Road (stripped down with no orchestra)

There is a lot true in this comment. Not sure why you’re being downvoted. He was a founding member and contributed a lot, but was held back. He was also not very confident. John and Paul were absolute alphas and pushed him very hard. When they did let him shine, he did.