I’ve been watching Get Back, the Beatles documentary, over the past few days. It’s a massive undertaking and, understandably, drags in parts (any time when the filmmaker is the primary is tedious), but, man, this little segment is worth the price of admission:
McCartney goes from joking with the techs, to some random strumming, to hitting on what would turn out to be a number one single in a matter of a minute or two. It’s remarkable.
Get The Picture 
We’re trying to watch it but it does really drag.
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It’s difficult but it gets better. There are magic moments; Billy Preston’s arrival is another. The payoff, the rooftop concert, is incredible, IMO.
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Biiiy Preston was a genius. He comes by to say hello to his friends and they tell him they need him to play keyboard for them. He says OK and the next thing you know, he’s improving these amazing riffs without appearing to ever write anything down. He constantly had this huge grin on his face. You could tell he was having the time of his life.
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Also, did you see where youtube tv may lose all the disney stuff Friday. Hello Hulu.
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“So I quit the police department (Get a job cop!)
And got myself a proper job (bloody ’bout too, time if you ask me!)”
McCartney and Lennon interactions released in bits and parts on YouTube are amusing and interesting. I don’t think I’ll ever slog through the entire thing.
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One thing that struck me about the documentary was that for all the stories about how the Beatles couldn’t get along, you could see that these guys loved each other and they loved playing music together.
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They did, but they also had grown up together and spent so much time together (it’s amazing just how much they did in 7-8 years) that they were sick of each other’s company and of being in a fish bowl. And all so talented that going on their own was a natural step.
For years now a band member would just make a solo album and then come back to the band later, but they didn’t do that back then, and the concept of the Beatles was cut short in large part because of it.
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Yea, Petty did solo projects and the Traveling Willbury’s
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Yeah , even when George quit, it was the most low key separation…no arguing, no shouting, no smashing of equipment
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That clip so far has been my fav. Just watching a classic pop from the ether, into Paul’s
head and then you’ve got “Get Back” left me shaking my head in awe. Also watching Lennon and McCartney harmonizing on “All Things Must Pass” in what could’ve been a Beatles tune was damned cool, too.
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And watching George smoke constantly left no wonder why he died of cancer.
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Well, and they didn’t even mention/show that Lennon and Yoko were completely strung out on heroin at that time.
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“Everybody gotta die sometime, Red.”
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Man, that’s like Jordan in the playoffs.
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I’m still mired in part 2…but when I saw the part Bluto partitioned out, for me it was like watching life being created…kinda like watching some ancient protozoan pond and seeing little sea creatures leap from water and start walking on land…it was freaky, I knew that Get Back evolves…I was just sat there watching, rooting for it to take shape…admittedly though, I didn’t know the xenophobic backstory of the song…
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They did allow the lyrics to morph into inscrutability. (Good thing they didn’t have Clapton on that one–people would have thought “get back to where you once belonged” was meant literally.)
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This is me exposing my nerd underbelly, but I like that nuance…it’s why I watch these documentaries to get that context that is overlooked too often these days.
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I hear you, frozendawg. Me too.
If you like Velvet Underground, I watched a Youtube doc a week ago that I thought was really quite interesting…
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The underground…wonder why Lou Reed had those sunken dark rings around his eyes? What was the doc called?
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“ancient protozoan pond…walking on land”. That’s trippy, FD. You’re gonna have to hook me up, pal.
😉
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Shit, with all this inflation…it’s getting harder and harder for me to sap and impurify my precious bodily fluids…licking toads ain’t where it’s at, 2/3 of them identify as geckos, huffing gas, well you know that ain’t cheap…Uncle Got mentioned something about snorting doe scent until your lower intestines poke out your sphincter…you either reach true zen or you might not be able to wear sweatpants ever again…he sort of trailed off at the end.
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Uncle Got is old school. Alcohol only with the random experiment with nub extenders. That fucker’s mainlining cheap vodka. If I find he’s been butt-chugging we’ll paint his orange tractor Georgia Bulldog Red and ship his ass to the Knoxville franchise.
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Fucking orange tractors. As much as I would benefit, won’t do it.
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I’m only a third of the way through it, but so far it’s like the White Album of documentaries. Which means I’m really enjoying it, but I’d also be enjoying it if it was about half this long.
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7.5 hours of band practice, .5 hours of great music
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Definitely the highlight of the show so far, though watching McCartney work at the piano is also pretty magical.
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There is and remains no doubt Paul & John could bring some tunes to the table…
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Genius. Just an effing genius.
And “music” today is untalented hacks singing about money and cars using electric beats and auto tune. No wonder why the last two generations suck; their music blows.
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What do you think people like you were saying about the Beatles, dude? “Untalented leftist hacks singing about drugs and screwing in the street”
There’s great music in every era. You just have to put some effort into finding it.
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This I agree with.
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“Get Back”…
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I’d rather listen to someone tune up their chainsaw.
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I can dig that, PTC dawg. You mean ol bastage.
😉
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Piss on Mickey and their copyright.
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