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Originally Posted by ewomack
...and I used to be an enormous Beatles fan, but for some reason this documentary hasn't reeled me in yet. I'm sure it has great parts and music, but maybe I spent too much time with the Beatles over the years to spend another 8 hours with them?
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Welcome to MB, ewomack!
You have exactly expressed my attitude too.
I've seen various bits of the new documentary on Youtube and even re-watched the rooftop concert in its entirety. The problem for me is that this is a band who are past their co-operative prime, when, together, they were so inventive. Back in the day, the Beatles made albums on which every track, as George Martin famously insisted, had the quality of a potential single: no fillers.
From what I've seen of the Get Back sessions, it's mostly filler, occasionally rising to a few decent songs being wrung out of a band who at times could barely endure each other's company. How many studio run-throughs of
Don't Let Me Down do I want to hear? Having heard the song repeatedly in the 50 years since it was released, the answer to that question is "not many". Same goes for the other songs really.
Tellingly, in the rooftop concert, after about 25 mins they start playing
Get Back for the second time: incredibly, The Beatles have become a band who turn up at a gig with insufficient material.
(Sorry, ribbons; perhaps you have more interest in seeing the interplay of the Fab Four and the nuts and bolts of their music-making process than me. I just want that pop-single product!
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