Posted on 03/17/2024 12:38:49 PM PDT by DallasBiff
Paul McCartney, during the tense recordings of the White Album and the early days of the Get Back project, his mother Mary appeared before him in a dream, calming him and saying "Let it be." Paul took the song to Twickenham Studios, where he presented it to John, George and Ringo, and together they polished it as McCartney finished the lyrics.
After the band's last concert on the roof of the EMI studios in Abbey Road on January 30, 1969, The Beatles returned the next day to finish recording and film promotional videos for most of the album's songs. After the band broke up in 1970, the latter were
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Surprised they didn't edit out George smoking a cigarette.
On Netflix, they will show the viewer "warnings" at the start of a movie :
violence
nudity
language
smoking.
Always makes my laugh a bit.
If you are interested in creativity, the human condition, and conflict resolution, the entire “Get Back” documentary is worth the multiple hour investment.
Watching these guys effortlessly writing and refining songs that stand the test of time is incredible.
It is also informative to see how marginalizing “the little people” unleashes destruction. George walking out reduced the Beatles to a hot mess.
Billy Preston played piano on that song. He’s the only non-Beatle to be given credit for his performance in the album notes.
In a library on a table someone left an old book about the Beatles lying open. George Harrison was quoted as saying the new, healthy Maharishi inspired diet and meditation lifestyle for the Beatles “is adding years to our lives.”
Sad.
“Let It Be Naked” is the best version of the album and especially the track, “Let It Be” - both sonically and without the extra garbage Phil Spector added.
Great documentary. Took awhile to get through watching the movie, but it was worth it.
Nice to see a glimpse in the creative process.
Sad they broke up like they did, but it is better than fading away like a lot of bands do.
His problem was he couldn’t quit smoking.
perfect last song, to an era...
Many years later someone ahead of me in traffic had a bumper sticker:
I Still Hold A Grudge
Against Yoko
"Abbey Road" was recorded AFTER "Let It Be" but "LIB" was the LAST Beatles album released.
Yoko seemed clingily. She was at John’s side all the time in the movie. I couldn’t work if I was a part of the band. No wonder why the band broke up.
Yes.
Funny irony was that after Paul grumbled and resented having Yoko interfering with the Beatles’ chemistry and longstanding compatible creativity, saying a wife shouldn’t be given a session vote and so on, the following year his own wife Linda was an integral part of the new Mccartney recording sessions (including singing harmony).
I listened to the White Album recently. It was neat to hear some Beetles music I had never heard before. Like it was waiting for me , undiscovered, because some of the tunes never become hits. While I can deny their politics made any sense I can’t deny their musical talent.
My second favorite after Blackbird... Or maybe tied with Lady Madonna.
Abbey Road is the eleventh studio album by the English rock band the Beatles, released on 26 September 1969. It is the last album the group recorded,[2] although Let It Be was the last album completed before the band’s break-up in April 1970.[
Is “Mother Mary” in the song a reference to Mary, the mother of Jesus? Or someone else?
As I noted, Abbey Road was the last album recorded by The Beatles.
LIB was the last album released thanks in part to it being set aside for the despicable post-production of Phil Spectre.
Thankfully, “Let It Be Naked” was released years later after removing the Phil Spectre post-production.
“LIBN” was the last & final Beatles album released...and superior to the Phil Spectre version.
“Mother Mary” was Paul’s deceased mother who came to him in a dream and urged him to just “let it be”.
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