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The Beatles: Get Back - A Sneak Peek from Peter Jackson
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Lupingosei
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I did not have that on my radar.
Thank you.
Thank you.
Rock And Roll
Member
That was fantastic! It's great to see them in the studio having fun during this session after years of hearing how it was a disaster and they all hated each other.
Maiden Voyage
Gold™ Member
Looks great. I am excited for this to come out.
GreyHorace
Member
Goddamn that is beautifully restored 1960's footage. Not sure if I want to watch another Beatles documentary but I'm a fan of Peter Jackson. Definitely will see this if I get the chance.
My understanding is the John and Paul were the ones who had a falling out (though they made up later). No offense to George and Ringo, but those two were really the heart and soul of the band.
My understanding is the John and Paul were the ones who had a falling out (though they made up later). No offense to George and Ringo, but those two were really the heart and soul of the band.
#Phonepunk#
Banned
very cool.
im kind of a Beatles superfan, had a VHS bootleg copy of Let It Be back in the late 90s. it's a fascinating watch. the last time i saw it was with my band, and it was so clear that being in a band with Paul McCartney at that point of time would have been torture. i think the scene where he tells George Harrison how to play guitar is the reason why that movie still has not had an official re-release. it makes Paul look like a giant jerk.
anyways, this will be cool. there are endless bootlegs from these sesssions and yeah a lot of great music. looking forward to it.
George quit the band in 1966 but was coaxed back into it with the promise that they would no longer tour. i think he quit during the Get Back sessions as well.
Ringo tried to quit the band during the White Album sessions because all the "hahah Ringo is the worst" shit had finally cracked him. this is why Paul ended up playing drums on the first two songs on the album. they all had to coax him into coming back.
after Abbey Road they had a band meeting wherein they suggested breaking up the Lennon/McCartney label they used on everything and allowing George more material. Paul objected saying it was "too democratic for it's own good". he wanted to keep running the show.
by 1970 Lennon was going around suggesting it might be the end, even threatened to quit the band he started, but Paul kept him on. then Paul's album comes out and all hell breaks loose.
im kind of a Beatles superfan, had a VHS bootleg copy of Let It Be back in the late 90s. it's a fascinating watch. the last time i saw it was with my band, and it was so clear that being in a band with Paul McCartney at that point of time would have been torture. i think the scene where he tells George Harrison how to play guitar is the reason why that movie still has not had an official re-release. it makes Paul look like a giant jerk.
anyways, this will be cool. there are endless bootlegs from these sesssions and yeah a lot of great music. looking forward to it.
the ironic thing is they all tried quitting for years but Paul kept holding the band together. then, out of nowhere, he announced the breakup in a press release included in his own solo album. without telling anyone. that's shitty!
George quit the band in 1966 but was coaxed back into it with the promise that they would no longer tour. i think he quit during the Get Back sessions as well.
Ringo tried to quit the band during the White Album sessions because all the "hahah Ringo is the worst" shit had finally cracked him. this is why Paul ended up playing drums on the first two songs on the album. they all had to coax him into coming back.
after Abbey Road they had a band meeting wherein they suggested breaking up the Lennon/McCartney label they used on everything and allowing George more material. Paul objected saying it was "too democratic for it's own good". he wanted to keep running the show.
by 1970 Lennon was going around suggesting it might be the end, even threatened to quit the band he started, but Paul kept him on. then Paul's album comes out and all hell breaks loose.
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GreyHorace
Member
Thanks for the info. Yeah, that does sound like something Paul would do. I've read that he could be quite the slimy manipulator behind the scenes, and that he actually was the brains in the band by being more involved with the business and public relations side of things. The others didn't care much about that stuff, especially John.
NeoIkaruGAF
Gold Member
Beautiful footage. They’re all ridiculously photogenic, and they look so spontaneous and vibrant.
I love their music. The variety and experimentation they did in just 8 years as The Beatles is insane.
I love their music. The variety and experimentation they did in just 8 years as The Beatles is insane.
pauljeremiah
Gold Member
You’ll be happy to know that Jackson is also cleaning up and restoring the original documentary too and will release it too on home media.
J-Roderton
Member
Awesome. I’ll have to check this out.
diffusionx
Gold Member
By early what do you mean, like pre Rubber Soul?
AJUMP23
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#Phonepunk#
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George looking fly af per usual. imo he was always the most stylish.
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GreyHorace
Member
George looking fly af per usual. imo he was always the most stylish.
Even as a cartoon George was the coolest.
Catphish
Member
I was never much of a Beatles fan, and for years actually lived with the embarrassingly daft conviction (especially as a kid and young adult) that they were overrated.
Then my daughter came along, and she became fans of them. For her, I compiled a complete studio playlist on Spotify of everything the Beatles did. I've listened to that playlist many times now and have seen pretty much every movie and documentary we could get our hands on, because of her.
I was a fool. The Beatles were amazing. Abbey Road has nestled into my #2 all-time favorite album slot, behind Pink Floyd's Dark Side of the Moon.
I love them. Can't wait to see Jackson's film.
Then my daughter came along, and she became fans of them. For her, I compiled a complete studio playlist on Spotify of everything the Beatles did. I've listened to that playlist many times now and have seen pretty much every movie and documentary we could get our hands on, because of her.
I was a fool. The Beatles were amazing. Abbey Road has nestled into my #2 all-time favorite album slot, behind Pink Floyd's Dark Side of the Moon.
I love them. Can't wait to see Jackson's film.
NecrosaroIII
Ultimate DQ Fan
The quality of the restoration is incredible.
Aesius
Member
Seeing really high quality old footage like this is so weird to me, especially knowing that so many of the people in it are dead. John has been dead for 40 years, George for nearly 20. Linda McCartney for 22 years, Maureen Starkey for 26, Billy Preston for 14.
But this footage is so high quality and clear it looks like it could have been shot yesterday. It's going to be an absolute trip for people to have access to 4K videos of their grandparents, great grandparents, etc., when they were young. It's already weird to me that many college kids have access to high resolution digital photos of themselves as babies.
But this footage is so high quality and clear it looks like it could have been shot yesterday. It's going to be an absolute trip for people to have access to 4K videos of their grandparents, great grandparents, etc., when they were young. It's already weird to me that many college kids have access to high resolution digital photos of themselves as babies.
QSD
Member
It's hard to overrate The Beatles. I'd personally rate them maybe slightly lower than the wheel and the germ theory of disease. But certainly higher than the printing press! ;-)
I just never quite understood how that beatles vs stones things worked... if you look back at it now there's maybe 7-8 classic/unforgettable stones songs max, the rest just sounds like generic blues rock. It's not that there's not a place for some blues rock, but yeah, the creativity in the beatles catalogue is just something else.