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    The new Beatles film/series

    Anyone watching? Quite fascinating to see how they compile their songs, some very famous ones with music but not the lyrics on yet. Quite surprising to see how quiet JL is also, macca and George doing most of the talking and sorting it out in the studio. JL happy to go along with stuff, maybe he’s just so stoned he doesn’t care but you can see why they made such an amazing collaboration. Genius.

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    Not many Beatles fans on here?? Or just not many got Disney+?

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    Quote Originally Posted by goats View Post
    Not many Beatles fans on here?? Or just not many got Disney+?
    Cheers for the heads up butt. Didn't realise it was had it on Disney+, gonna give it a whirl now.

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    Looking forward to setting some time aside to watch it without interruption.

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    Quote Originally Posted by splott parker View Post
    Looking forward to setting some time aside to watch it without interruption.
    You'll need about 8 hours

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    Quote Originally Posted by lardy View Post
    You'll need about 8 hours
    Oh I could watch The Fab Four for eight days a week

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    Quote Originally Posted by goats View Post
    Anyone watching? Quite fascinating to see how they compile their songs, some very famous ones with music but not the lyrics on yet. Quite surprising to see how quiet JL is also, macca and George doing most of the talking and sorting it out in the studio. JL happy to go along with stuff, maybe he’s just so stoned he doesn’t care but you can see why they made such an amazing collaboration. Genius.
    Not sure if John Lennon’s heart was really in it by the time it got Let it Be.

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    The Beatles have been well documented over the last 50 years and I know the story, bit sick of it if I’m honest.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Whisperer View Post
    The Beatles have been well documented over the last 50 years and I know the story, bit sick of it if I’m honest.
    I recall watching that 6 part series on tv about 20 years ago, the anthology was it? That was good but I think this is just covering the live recording of the album as they constructed it over two weeks…..

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    Quote Originally Posted by goats View Post
    I recall watching that 6 part series on tv about 20 years ago, the anthology was it? That was good but I think this is just covering the live recording of the album as they constructed it over two weeks…..
    So they’ve made a series and stretched it to 8 hours, can’t see it throwing up anything we don’t know.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Whisperer View Post
    So they’ve made a series and stretched it to 8 hours, can’t see it throwing up anything we don’t know.
    Tell Me Why you say that, you need Help if you can’t find Something new, I reckon it may throw up unknown anecdotes Here, There and Everwhere.

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    Can't see the point of watching 463 minutes of film when you can see 365 x 1min 14secs segments of it on Youtube

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    Quote Originally Posted by Whisperer View Post
    So they’ve made a series and stretched it to 8 hours, can’t see it throwing up anything we don’t know.
    Oh Darling, don't be like that!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Whisperer View Post
    So they’ve made a series and stretched it to 8 hours, can’t see it throwing up anything we don’t know.
    Surely you didn’t expect some new info about them?
    I’m just happy to see how they function and work together to be honest

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    Quote Originally Posted by Whisperer View Post
    So they’ve made a series and stretched it to 8 hours, can’t see it throwing up anything we don’t know.
    They made a 6 hour fly on the wall documentary from 60 hours of footage. There is most definitely and undeniably things you didn't know and things you've never seen before in this film.

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    Quote Originally Posted by NYCBlue View Post
    They made a 6 hour fly on the wall documentary from 60 hours of footage. There is most definitely and undeniably things you didn't know and things you've never seen before in this film.

    Exactly. Why did George leave the group. 2 weeks ago, we all thought it had something to do with the bust-up with McCartney. Turns out he was whinging a bit, some justified because his songs were being ignored, some not. Paul working closely with John on Two of Us upset him, he flounced.

    John Lennon was, we are constantly told by people who don't know a lot, THE main guy in the Beatles. McCartney, him of the Frog Chorus, was supposedly hanging onto him. This documentary proves otherwise. Lennon was addicted to Heroin at this time. McCartney is working on 2/3 songs some days, and not just fillers. The Long and Winding Road, Get Back,Two of Us, Let it Be. Three would become number 1s. Two of Us is one of their most underrated songs. He was also shaping "Don't Let me Down". Judging by the documentary, I think you could easily make that Lennon song a 30-70 split in Lennon's favour. Also interesting that Lennon - the hard rocker - wants the lyrics to be corny. So, McCartney wasn't always the corny one as the NME (under the influence of pro-Lennon journalists) portrayed. Remember, NME gave Ram a very good review, but this was pulled and a negative review was set up instead.

    McCartney holding back tears after saying "Then there were two" as Harrison left, and Lennon hadn't shown up. The guy was under huge pressure, and was showing huge productivity as his way to hold the band together. "I'm scared to be the boss". Harrison is already talking about doing solo stuff, Lennon's head is elsewhere.

    Complaints about McCartney spending lots of time on his own songs seem founded, but I think his songs had a bit more complexity - certainly Let it Be, and he plainly had more songs than the others to work on.

    Harrison having a number of really good songs, Old Brown Shoe written in a day.

    Nostalgia, very interesting to see how often they refer to the past. Comparing Beatles '65 with Beatles '66 is like decades have passed. That is how much they changed music, and in a short time. They already view songs like "Help!" as an oldie. It was only 3 years old. Artistically, they were moving ahead. Full steam. But, an "unplugged" type album after the variety of the White Album and the extravagance of Pepper seemed to be the wrong choice.

    Unable to write music, they could communicate what was needed. Lennon and McCartney still had a working relationship, but Lennon was veering in directions that McCartney would not consider - especially some substances.

    The documentary is worth watching for the birth of "Get Back". It takes McCartney minutes. It's worth it for the rooftop concert which, in my opinion, is one of their best ever performances as a group.

    If Starr was able to go abroad, if they had more time, and if they did a live show somewhere then, in my opinion, there was a chance that they would have stuck at it a bit longer. It is clear they are fed up of just producing albums and are feeling a bit constrained. "What's the end product" McCartney comments. "It's not just for the money now".

    And "On the Road to Marrakech" (Jealous Guy) had really nice lyrics too.

    It's history, but it hasn't gone. Their influence can be heard to this day.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Whisperer View Post
    The Beatles have been well documented over the last 50 years and I know the story, bit sick of it if I’m honest.
    Well, you say goodbye, I'll say hello

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    Quote Originally Posted by bobh View Post
    Well, you say goodbye, I'll say hello
    Hey Bungalow Bob

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    Quote Originally Posted by goats View Post
    Anyone watching? Quite fascinating to see how they compile their songs, some very famous ones with music but not the lyrics on yet. Quite surprising to see how quiet JL is also, macca and George doing most of the talking and sorting it out in the studio. JL happy to go along with stuff, maybe he’s just so stoned he doesn’t care but you can see why they made such an amazing collaboration. Genius.
    I saw it yesterday.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Eric the Half a Bee View Post
    I saw it yesterday.
    I'm going to wait till the paperback comes out.

    I hear they have advertised for a writer

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    Quote Originally Posted by splott parker View Post
    Oh I could watch The Fab Four for eight days a week
    You can't do that

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    Quote Originally Posted by the other bob wilson View Post
    Not sure if John Lennon’s heart was really in it by the time it got Let it Be.
    I've seen about 1/2 an hour of it and, just by seeing how close Yoko was sat to them rehearsing, you could see how much of an influence she was over John Lennon.

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    Quote Originally Posted by The Bloop View Post
    I've seen about 1/2 an hour of it and, just by seeing how close Yoko was sat to them rehearsing, you could see how much of an influence she was over John Lennon.
    She’s like the girl who’d always be over Pontcanna or The Racecourse all on her own on the touchline watching her boyfriend play. Then be sat with him in the pub/club straight after the game like a spare prick at a wedding. John should have told her he was at work and she should piss off, how were the others so tolerant?

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    Quote Originally Posted by splott parker View Post
    She’s like the girl who’d always be over Pontcanna or The Racecourse all on her own on the touchline watching her boyfriend play. Then be sat with him in the pub/club straight after the game like a spare prick at a wedding. John should have told her he was at work and she should piss off, how were the others so tolerant?
    I don't know about the ins and outs over the longer course of their relationship but she'd had a miscarriage after carrying a baby for 6 months about a month before the recording of the footage in this documentary so maybe she was there because she needed the support from John, and the rest of the band understood that

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    Quote Originally Posted by delmbox View Post
    I don't know about the ins and outs over the longer course of their relationship but she'd had a miscarriage after carrying a baby for 6 months about a month before the recording of the footage in this documentary so maybe she was there because she needed the support from John, and the rest of the band understood that
    Well in that case she shouldn’t be going over Pontcanna or The Racecourse in the winter!

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