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[b]Rick wrote:[/b]
[quote]The series will be too long for some, but if you're a fan it's absolutely astonishing.

There's a moment where McCartney, fed up after a row, sits playing his bass and suddenly improvises a riff and you realise it's the actual moment when the song 'Get Back' starts being written. You're just there, watching, this incredible moment of creativity.

McCartney's form as a songwriter at that point is just astonishing - he just seems to casually turn up with Get Back, Let It Be, Oh Darling, She Came in through the Bathroom Window, The Long and Winding Road, Another Day, Golden Slumbers - he just keeps them flowing out. Whereas John, on heroin and distracted by Yoko, basically has about four bits and pieces he needs help with.

The there's the moment after George has flounced off, and John hasn't arrived, and Paul sits there, stares into space and then says, 'And then there were two,' and his eyes fill up at the thought of it. Amazing scene.

You also see John come back enthusing about meeting Alan Klein for the first time, and Glyn Johns trying tactfully to suggest that the guy isn't to be trusted, but John not wanting to know.

Then there's the amusing trivia. I particularly enjoyed George (who gets through toast at positively Olympian rates), sitting at the piano working on the lyrics to Old Brown Shoe, suddenly look up and say, 'Mal, are there any good shoe shops around here? Cos I never go in them, but I've just thought I haven't got any black shoes...' Then he goes back to the song.

It's an unmissable series.[/quote]

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Topic History of: Get Back - the new Beatles film
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Green Man	Rumble and Youtube had or have lots of clips. It dosen't appeal to me in the slightest nor wants to make take out a subscription. I watched Let It Be back in the 80's on a CED at a mates house and found it quite dull. However that's only my opinion. I thought Eight Days A Week doc was appaling most of the footage was taken from the Anthology tapes in which most Beatles would of seen. Whoopi and Eddie Izzard added nothing to the rockumentary.
robbiex	Finally forked out the £7.99 subscription fee to watch this series. There seems to be nothing else on Disney+ to watch unless you are a child or an infantilized adult (star wars, marvel, etc.). It's an interesting insight into how the Beatles worked, but I couldn't really watch more than 1 hour at a time. The picture quality is superb, it's unbelievable that this was made over 50 years ago. Paul and George seem to do most of the talking, whilst John is much quieter and Ringo barely utters a word, from what I have seen so far. It would be interesting to see the original "Let it Be" film again, as I haven't seen it for decades. Is it just an edited version of what we are seeing here.
Onsker Deg	'adapt' The Shirelles Which Shirelles adaptation is that?
Green Man	robbiex wrote: I remember seeing the "Let it be" film on bbc2 on a Saturday afternoon about 25 - 30 years ago. I remember finding it a bit boring, seeing lots of clips of the Beatles doing small talk, and finding it bizarre that it was shown on a Saturday afternoon in the days before streaming services or satellite tv. I believe that the new series are outtakes and unseen footage from the "Let it be" film. However, seeing the trailer brings a different perspective on the story with the group enjoying each other's company and still having a lot of chemistry. I guess the passage of time increases the significance of this footage as a historical document. I'm just disappointed that a free-to-air channel wasn't given access to this footage as it is surely a work of historical significance. The BBC funds are minuscule compared to Disney. Sky could of shown it but with their ad breaks it would be much longer and even worse on USA TV. Also isn't Apple Corp now part of Disney ? I know Disney bought a lot of Fox properties. I can't mention the content of Get Back because I haven't seen it; I heard about 50 different bootlegs over the years of Let It Be; at my friends house. Many of the bootlegs have recorded conversations that aren't on the Let It Be film. If Ken Burns did Get Back the film would be even longer, Ken Burns is a master of documentaries.
robbiex	Rick wrote: robbiex wrote: I'm looking forward to seeing this series, however I wish that it was edited and shown as a film at the cinema, as was the original intention. Instead the series is behind a paywall, so I will have to subscribe to Disney+ for a month just to watch this. I wouldn't dream of paying these channels for this kind of one-off attraction. It's easy enough to, er, acquire the episodes elsewhere for free. I'd also recommend the Rick Rubin/McCartney programmes - once you get beyond Rubin's 'just slept in a hedge' look it's a fascinating set of discussions. I'd rather just pay the small fee for a month than get a pirate copy. I'll probably watch it over xmas. I really enjoyed the Paul McCartney inside the songs podcast, which gives a great insight into what several of McCartneys songs were about and why he wrote them. www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p09zfgch