Let It Be (1970) Drums 0:00 Bass 3:29 Guitar 6:33 Vocals 10:21 Fender Rhodes 13:37 Personnel Drums (1968 Ludwig Hollywood Maple): Ringo Starr Bass (1963 Hofner 500/1): Paul McCartney Rhyth Guitar (1965 Epiphone ES230TD Casino): John Lennon Lead Guitar (1968 Fender Rosewood Telecaster): George Harrison Organ (1968 Fender Rhodes Seventy-Three Sparkle Top Electric Piano): Billy Preston Vocal: Paul McCartney and John Lennon
Not one of the most popular tracks from The Beatles, (you would never hear this on the radio, and probably not even from 1970 radio), but these tracks...for the true Beatles fans...are what we as true Beatles fans...KNOW how to enjoy. It is all 4 of them...raw...having fun...playing their hearts out. This is truly magic...by the 'Greatest Rock and Roll Band', of all time. (Who are the Rolling Stones...???). Lol. (Don't get me wrong...I love the Stones...but The Beatles own that title...not The Stones). Whose with me!!! Beatles fans...UNITE!!! 'I've Got A Feelin'...you will feel the same!!! ✊🙆♂️🙆♀️✊
I agree 100%. Listening to this, fifty - FIFTY! - years later, and *especially* seeing them play it on the rooftop (when you can 😬), I had the same reaction: four guys you just make fantastic music, no studio tricks, no backup orchestra, no laying down tracks, no mixing, just them playing, they were amazing! They could have just continued, as a group, just jamming, improvising, and going with whatever licks and lyrics were interesting… and turn them into albums full of the best music anyone made in the 1970s… and 80:… Pure dynamite! God I miss them
George Martin said John wanted an 'honest album,' with no overdubs and didn't even want any editing. I know there are probably some dubs, and definitely editing, but it comes off as pretty much live.
I've mentioned it on other videos, but when Paul plays the shorter-scale Hofner bass, the strings tend to bend out of pitch when you hit them extra hard, as the string tension is reduced. The Rickenbacker and Jazz Basses don't go through as much detuning when you dig in.
You are soooo right!! When I watched them perform this in the Get Back documentary I got a little emotional because through all the crap they were going through at that time they could STILL pull out a great performance. At some point they were like, "yeah we still got it"!
I completely agree. I remember back to the first time I heard Real Love. It was as if the Heavens opened up to let me hear a brief bit of what it sounds like up there. A cathartic few minutes, to be sure. Call it catching fire in a bottle or call it whatever you choose to, there will never be another band like them come 'round this way again.
Arranged jamming, still totally strange and as if it was needed before Abbey Road. Dull note on the Rhodes but even out of tune in the last chorus and during the outro. Yes, and Paul's bass as well, throughout the song. And they couldn't care less.... That was such a cry for freedom of creativity. Reminds me of Jimy Hendrix. I would have gone mad after a minute and asked for a tuning session though.
If the Beatles had continued on, making Billy Preston a permanent member of the band would've been a great choice. He added a touch of soul and depth to make their music even more awesome. And who knows what the other 4 could've have added to his original tracks that he wrote. He definitely had great chemistry with them.
12:48 Paul's brilliant scream going back into the verse...one of my favourite parts of the song. Macca has talked about stage singing vs. studio singing before, with "Oh! Darling" being one of the examples given; Geoff Emerick stating that McCartney said five years earlier (1964) he could've knocked the vocal out in one take, instead he tried over a period of 5 days to get it right. By the end of the January "Get Back/Let It Be" sessions McCartney's voice sounds very strong, noticeably better than earlier in the month. The being on stage vibe of the project had a big time effect.
This type of music is alright in this place, it's quite enjoyable, but I think it’s a bit of an imposition to absolutely disrupt all the business in this area.
@@julianciahaconsulting8663 Also: "It's coming down too fast, the notes... it shouldn't be any recognizable jumps....just like falling....I'll try and sort of sing it!"
Yeah, what an ass! 😄 Probably some salesman trying to convince a client he didn’t care about anything but his Gizmo-2000 😂. Whatever, dude, I’ll bet you’ve spent fifty years wishing you had just ditched your stupid business lunch and appreciated the MAGIC!
Paul sings it so well, so so good. And John's whimsical melody + words are so warm and beautiful. A Too often ignored song! Thankyou for doing these, btw. As a musician, I really appreciate it!
God i love that song paul and john both sing leads. I loved the roof version so much! So wild great and i will see exactly what guitar john was playing and George. I love the drums.
I didn’t realize how much I like that song till now after the deconstruction I let my imagination run too far and I imagined Jimi Hendrix taking this song and turning it Purple.The birth of psychedelic repetitive hypnotic trances and chords.
DLD2 Music! I wonder if they were inspired by Jimi’snew take or Jimi heard from it from them. Also has the vibe from Helter skelter Ringo and John’s perspective
Everyone is talking about Paul's bass being out of tune but nobody is taking into consideration that this is from the rooftop show, where they did song after song after song. They began the first take of this song immediately after the first take of Don't Let Me Down, and none of them take a tuning break.
His bass was always out of tune. During the entire get back recording sessions and the rooftop, lol. The hofners just have very poor intonation. There is a scene in the Get Back documentary where Glyn is recording one of their rehearsals for playback afterward and he tells Paul that his bass is out of tune, Paul is shown tuning it on camera and in the next shot, it's just as out of tune as it was before he was bothered to do it, lol. It's just the way those basses are.
@@DLD2Music I just looked through your other videos. You've got some really great Beatles stuff! Thank you for uploading these! Do you have any other of these "Deconstructed" videos you could upload? There are around 50 of the full multitracks on RUclips and I'd give anything to listen to the rest :)
Cold weather knocks all instruments out of tune. The Beatles showed just how seasoned they were as live players when they played on the rooftop in cold, windy weather. They really knocked the performance out of the park that day. George's lead playing is marvelous throughout "I've Got a Feeling." And John provides a rock-solid bottom for him the pick around over.
That's absolutely NOT true. He is singing a dedicated harmony vocal through the stanzas, with a clearly defined set of notes designed to compliment Paul's melody vocals. And, in the later lyrics, beginning with "Everybody had a hard year"..... John is definitely singing a clearly defined MELODY line", intersected by Paul coming back in with his MELODY lines from the first stanzas. If John were only "speaking" his parts, there would be very little actual musicality to it.
One of the first thing I noticed as a player from the visual perspective is that all of the backline including Billy's keys are all brand new Fender gear, which in '69 is early Silverface production. And then someone told me that there was a Fender endorsement deal here, just like with Vox in their younger days, and that made perfect sense, because in the full-monty footage of this performance with headphones on, I can hear someone...either a cinematographer or someone in management say "...Ok, did we get a good shot of the Fenders?" --which, I thought was awfully specific, not..."Did we get good shots of the amps". Just an observation from a hardcore vintage Fender amp guy myself. There aren't enough superlatives to describe this entire performance, the musicianship of it, the kinship, the friendship and love, the fun and intimacy of it. And you can just feel how cold and chilled raw they are, January in London with the wind blowing. Probably 45-50F degrees out. Brrrr! But what a piece of history. And could there be any better endorsement for those reissue blonde John Lennon Epiphone Casinos than this? Damn, those old ones sure sounded good. All bridge pickup with the tone rolled off on "I Got A Feeling". So good.
I have never heard the base isolated I’ll never be the same person again what’s happened to my walk why am I speaking differently everything looks chill
DLD2 Music! This is the Tempo he should’ve used for freedom after September 11 instead it was more of a we will rock you style . It wasn’t as popular although he had the right idea needed the right tempo
Even aside from John's verse 1, line 3 bit, this is one helluva naughty tune. Paul can't *hide* his feeling that everybody knows... Hmm. Reminds me of that Easter egg in "Please Please Me" ha ha. Those guys were always up for sneaking the naughty particles into songs that got the girls screaming, passing out, and peeing in the seats.
It's ironic all the trouble Paul gave George about the descending riff at 7:58 and later being "slower" George got his way and plays it the same up tempo way live and here on the record too. Way to go rebel George.
Is this the track, The Beatles were working on, when in the movie, 'Let It Be', one can see and hear Paul and George get into a little row? I always wondered which track it was they were working on during that tiff. Should you see this, and answer...many thanks to you kind sir..or ma'am. Whichever may apply.
@@NoirFan01 During the Let it Be filming at Twickenham, George was playing it too fast for Paul's tastes and they got into a row (a heated verbal argument) That is why they stopped filming at Twickenham. George left until they went into a proper studio setting and he brought in Billy Preston to make them be more on their best behavior w/ an "outsider" in their midst. I don't know if John played that part on the final record or rooftop version. I thought it was still George though.
@@denisbrouillard5443 His bass was out of tune even in some studio takes. I don’t know if he was too lazy to tune it or if those strings needed to be changed. He was made aware of the poor tuning in this new documentary and it still didn’t do much good.
12:35 This settles it: John is absolutely saying "Everybody put the fool down" the first time he sings the line. (Also, John's "Oh, yeah" at 13:21 sounds a little contemptuous.)
Not necessarily. It might be a case of Lennon simply not precisely enunciating the "t" at the end of "foot" and then having to precisely enunciate the "d" in "down". Try it yourself, if you sharply enunciate both letters, it does not roll off the tongue very well. However, if you eliminate the "t" and substitute it with "d" it works more smoothly in the context of not jumbling up the delivery. It may have all been just a happy accident, but I believe he is saying "foot" and not "fool". Somebody needs to get Macca on the line and get this cleared up.
It is what gave The Beatles their Golden Midas, magic touch. In a time before auto tune...Paul's bass' 'wonky sound's, fits in perfect with the final mix this track. It is what they were trying to accomplish, in the Get Back sessions. Rawness. Realness. Who else...but The Beatles...could play an out of tune bass...and make it work in a final track? I think is a testimony, once again, to their musical genius. It is magic...if you ask me. I love it.
@@baberoot1998 that doesn’t make any sense. The Beatles’ magic touch was their impeccable songwriting and production. the bass is objectively terribly out of tune. The song’s good, but not because of the bass tuning- and no one ever autotuned a bass! Justifying it with the fact that it was a “time before autotune” makes less sense when one considers the bass on all the other album tracks were in tune
Yes...but this is a time before 'auto tune', and honestly...I think that 'wonky', sound is what gives Beatles tracks like this..their magic Gold Midas touch. It works so well with the mix. It wouldn't be the same if it were in tune. I think it...is absolute magic. Perfect.
This is also the bass track from the rooftop performance... It was very cold that day at the end of January in England so the temperature probably played the biggest part in out of tune instruments on this performance
@@samsunsamsun2271 al considerar que es una grabación en vivo, el bajo tenía casi 4 años de no ser tocado y que aparte tenía cuerdas viejas... Bueno, es normal. De igual modo funciona bien en la mezcla
George's amp is breaking up heavily during the harder parts, and John's is audibly breaking up just a little bit when he goes to the bridge right before the final verse. Raw and nasty tone that you can only get with a Casino. George's tone is just insane, it's impossible to get it unless you crank up the twin. With a tele too.
Paul's (most probably accidentally?) out of tune bass most likely produced a chorus effect that makes this song sound great and might answer why today's music, being so perfected in the studio and sounding its best 'above' us mere humans, makes them mostly boring
I honestly think that has a lot to do with the strings McCartney was using at the time. Tapewounds have such low tension that playing with a pick with any sort of force will make them sound out of tune. I've had tapewounds on my Hofner for about 4 years now and it always does that.
I don't think the Fender Rhodes piano is actually out of tune; it had a bum key. We used to cart one around for gigs back in the 60s and while they weren't especially fragile sometimes they'd develop a bit of an electronic frizzle. It's clear that Billy Preston discovered the problem and was diddling around for a bit to figure out how to melodically work around the bad key problem: his volume and chord complexity decreased until he jumped back in on the important interludes between the vocals.
@@mikemyers1912 Agreed...it sounds fine. The bass though...that's an entirely different story. And I believe it had nothing to do with the type of strings Macca was using. If that were the case you'd hear the same thing reproduced on more recordings.I think that, if it were a case of tapewound strings having a lot of free play, you would have it on more than one string, which does not seem to be the case in this cut. If, in fact, this recording was the exact same performance that was recorded on the rooftop, there could have been issues with the weather contributing to the out of tune string. They all looked pretty cold and were bundled up very well, except for Paul.Or it might have simply been that someone else tuned the bass for McCartney that day and they failed to do a good job. We may never know.
Not really. This is before auto tune...and honestly...that wonky sound...is what gives tracks like this...their solid gold Midas touch. It is perfect in my eyes. Goes perfect with the mix. Just my opinion. Peace and Love, brother Beatles fan.
Let It Be (1970)
Drums 0:00
Bass 3:29
Guitar 6:33
Vocals 10:21
Fender Rhodes 13:37
Personnel
Drums (1968 Ludwig Hollywood Maple): Ringo Starr
Bass (1963 Hofner 500/1): Paul McCartney
Rhyth Guitar (1965 Epiphone ES230TD Casino): John Lennon
Lead Guitar (1968 Fender Rosewood Telecaster): George Harrison
Organ (1968 Fender Rhodes Seventy-Three Sparkle Top Electric Piano): Billy Preston
Vocal: Paul McCartney and John Lennon
Thank you DLD2!!! You...are the man!!!
That Fender Road not Hammond Organ 😉🎹
Thank you so much for the break down. I believe Georgie should be in the vocals as well
@@Mina-ok5qm Where?
Who loves George's timing and fills just amazing
Not one of the most popular tracks from The Beatles, (you would never hear this on the radio, and probably not even from 1970 radio), but these tracks...for the true Beatles fans...are what we as true Beatles fans...KNOW how to enjoy. It is all 4 of them...raw...having fun...playing their hearts out. This is truly magic...by the 'Greatest Rock and Roll Band', of all time. (Who are the Rolling Stones...???). Lol. (Don't get me wrong...I love the Stones...but The Beatles own that title...not The Stones). Whose with me!!! Beatles fans...UNITE!!! 'I've Got A Feelin'...you will feel the same!!! ✊🙆♂️🙆♀️✊
When I first heard this song, I thought how come this is not famous?
The reason it didn't get on the radio is "wet dream".
It is brilliant.
You don’t have to mention about the Rolling Stones, it’s understood 😷
It’s my favorite from Let It Be, alongside One After 909.
I agree 100%. Listening to this, fifty - FIFTY! - years later, and *especially* seeing them play it on the rooftop (when you can 😬), I had the same reaction: four guys you just make fantastic music, no studio tricks, no backup orchestra, no laying down tracks, no mixing, just them playing, they were amazing! They could have just continued, as a group, just jamming, improvising, and going with whatever licks and lyrics were interesting… and turn them into albums full of the best music anyone made in the 1970s… and 80:… Pure dynamite!
God I miss them
The more I listen to the Beatles (& I've done so for almost 50 years) the more I love Ringo.
Wow - never realized how out of tune Paul's bass was!!
In the full mix, it gives the tune such great edge!
George Martin said John wanted an 'honest album,' with no overdubs and didn't even want any editing. I know there are probably some dubs, and definitely editing, but it comes off as pretty much live.
I've mentioned it on other videos, but when Paul plays the shorter-scale Hofner bass, the strings tend to bend out of pitch when you hit them extra hard, as the string tension is reduced. The Rickenbacker and Jazz Basses don't go through as much detuning when you dig in.
I think that Hofner *really* needed a set-up around then; the octaves on Get Back are just as bad. :)
@@PeteZolli Yeah, I wouldn't be surprised if it needed a little action and intonation adjustment.
Does it really matter? (I have a Hofner with tapewounds too lol)
I rate this as one of the greatest songs of the Beatles. Probably top 10.
Totally agree
You are soooo right!! When I watched them perform this in the Get Back documentary I got a little emotional because through all the crap they were going through at that time they could STILL pull out a great performance. At some point they were like, "yeah we still got it"!
No one seems to notice but the drums adds up so much in the greatness of this song! ❣️
7:58 The solo guitar of George is unreal! What a wonderful sound!
Paul told George what to play
@@ewest14 oh, I see. Anyway, George was ana amazing guitarist ♡
The beatles, out of tune guitars, sour notes here and there, but I've never heard anything so wonderful and magical in my 66 years.
I completely agree. I remember back to the first time I heard Real Love. It was as if the Heavens opened up to let me hear a brief bit of what it sounds like up there. A cathartic few minutes, to be sure. Call it catching fire in a bottle or call it whatever you choose to, there will never be another band like them come 'round this way again.
Arranged jamming, still totally strange and as if it was needed before Abbey Road.
Dull note on the Rhodes but even out of tune in the last chorus and during the outro.
Yes, and Paul's bass as well, throughout the song.
And they couldn't care less....
That was such a cry for freedom of creativity.
Reminds me of Jimy Hendrix.
I would have gone mad after a minute and asked for a tuning session though.
Amazing keyboard work by Mr. Preston. So nice to finally hear it so clearly
:)
Yep, he also did the organ solo on "Get Back".
Yes it’s the weirdest sounding Hammond organ I’ve ever heard though!
That Rhodes has a dud note - all credit to BP for working around it
If the Beatles had continued on, making Billy Preston a permanent member of the band would've been a great choice. He added a touch of soul and depth to make their music even more awesome. And who knows what the other 4 could've have added to his original tracks that he wrote. He definitely had great chemistry with them.
Not the just the greatest rock n roll band ....the greatest band in all of history
12:48 Paul's brilliant scream going back into the verse...one of my favourite parts of the song. Macca has talked about stage singing vs. studio singing before, with "Oh! Darling" being one of the examples given; Geoff Emerick stating that McCartney said five years earlier (1964) he could've knocked the vocal out in one take, instead he tried over a period of 5 days to get it right.
By the end of the January "Get Back/Let It Be" sessions McCartney's voice sounds very strong, noticeably better than earlier in the month. The being on stage vibe of the project had a big time effect.
I love that warm guitar riff at the start
John Denver ripped for his Sunshine On My Shoulders.😄
That is John playing that.
@@YARROWS9but Paul wrote it
This type of music is alright in this place, it's quite enjoyable, but I think it’s a bit of an imposition to absolutely disrupt all the business in this area.
possibly the best moment of the flick haha
@@julianciahaconsulting8663 Also: "It's coming down too fast, the notes... it shouldn't be any recognizable jumps....just like falling....I'll try and sort of sing it!"
_"I just don't see that they make sense!!"_
"... all that I was looking for was somebody who looked like you. (8)
GOOD MORNING!!!!"
Yeah, what an ass! 😄
Probably some salesman trying to convince a client he didn’t care about anything but his Gizmo-2000 😂. Whatever, dude, I’ll bet you’ve spent fifty years wishing you had just ditched your stupid business lunch and appreciated the MAGIC!
Paul sings it so well, so so good. And John's whimsical melody + words are so warm and beautiful.
A Too often ignored song!
Thankyou for doing these, btw. As a musician, I really appreciate it!
Without a doubt one of the best songs in terms of vocals
As a hard core Beatles fan this is in my top three all time favorite Beatles songs!
Paul is one of the best bassist ever!
that falling, lilting guitar break is one of those things that i'm just happy is there.
Amazing Billy Preston!
Out of tune or not, that's a great bass line, especially at the break where it becomes even more melodic.
How lucky was Billy Preston to be there on the making of such legendary songs with the legends themselves.
Dude, that voice… 🔥
God i love that song paul and john both sing leads. I loved the roof version so much! So wild great and i will see exactly what guitar john was playing and George. I love the drums.
One of my favourite tracks of theirs :-) ty God bless Billy Preston....Awesome guy !
Como armonizaban los sonidos. El grupo más importante en la historia de la música.UN PUNTO Y APARTE.
They're playing like this. ..👍
and Fender Rhodes piano rolling feeling
Not a hammond but a fender rhodes :)
I didn’t realize how much I like that song till now after the deconstruction I let my imagination run too far and I imagined Jimi Hendrix taking this song and turning it Purple.The birth of psychedelic repetitive hypnotic trances and chords.
Yesss, youre right
DLD2 Music! Hey what’s going on my phone is full of data I can’t even take a picture after I get a new one I’ll send you some music
DLD2 Music! I wonder if they were inspired by Jimi’snew take or Jimi heard from it from them. Also has the vibe from Helter skelter Ringo and John’s perspective
Never paid attention to the organ, but it’s what really fills out the song.
What a great picture of george and John then John and paul. John looked so good with glasses and long hair. Also Billy was great on piano
Everyone is talking about Paul's bass being out of tune but nobody is taking into consideration that this is from the rooftop show, where they did song after song after song. They began the first take of this song immediately after the first take of Don't Let Me Down, and none of them take a tuning break.
@N.W. Stuff - AND it was cold and probably humid! Not the best conditions for guitars.
I think it actually adds to the song. It may have been on purpose. But even if not, it gives this song an edge it wouldn’t otherwise have.
And it's the tapewound strings which bend out of tune easier. They are so comfortable though.
His bass was always out of tune. During the entire get back recording sessions and the rooftop, lol. The hofners just have very poor intonation. There is a scene in the Get Back documentary where Glyn is recording one of their rehearsals for playback afterward and he tells Paul that his bass is out of tune, Paul is shown tuning it on camera and in the next shot, it's just as out of tune as it was before he was bothered to do it, lol. It's just the way those basses are.
Brilliant song. Thanks for your time, dedication and love.... 🙏🏻
The "Hammond organ" is a Fender rhodes piano :)
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@@DLD2Music Why the sad face? Thank your for uploading this! :)
@@w.k.4995 be welcome :)
@@DLD2Music I just looked through your other videos. You've got some really great Beatles stuff! Thank you for uploading these! Do you have any other of these "Deconstructed" videos you could upload? There are around 50 of the full multitracks on RUclips and I'd give anything to listen to the rest :)
@@w.k.4995 like which (if it's from the white album better)
JEEEEZ!! THAT SOME SWEET ASS DRUMMING!!!
69’ fender rhodes is on point, thanks mr billy preston
Cold weather knocks all instruments out of tune. The Beatles showed just how seasoned they were as live players when they played on the rooftop in cold, windy weather. They really knocked the performance out of the park that day. George's lead playing is marvelous throughout "I've Got a Feeling." And John provides a rock-solid bottom for him the pick around over.
Man O man!!! Billy Preston is going off!!! Thank God for RUclips.
Good lord, Billy's restraint rivals Ringo. Just enough. Never too much. Serving the song.
Never noticed before that Lennon just speaks his part, not sings. Great contrast to the Paul’s part. Thank you for posting!
That's absolutely NOT true. He is singing a dedicated harmony vocal through the stanzas, with a clearly defined set of notes designed to compliment Paul's melody vocals. And, in the later lyrics, beginning with "Everybody had a hard year"..... John is definitely singing a clearly defined MELODY line", intersected by Paul coming back in with his MELODY lines from the first stanzas. If John were only "speaking" his parts, there would be very little actual musicality to it.
Preston's Organ is just singing along Lennon and McCartney
I love the Lennon/Harrison tandem
One of the first thing I noticed as a player from the visual perspective is that all of the backline including Billy's keys are all brand new Fender gear, which in '69 is early Silverface production. And then someone told me that there was a Fender endorsement deal here, just like with Vox in their younger days, and that made perfect sense, because in the full-monty footage of this performance with headphones on, I can hear someone...either a cinematographer or someone in management say "...Ok, did we get a good shot of the Fenders?" --which, I thought was awfully specific, not..."Did we get good shots of the amps". Just an observation from a hardcore vintage Fender amp guy myself. There aren't enough superlatives to describe this entire performance, the musicianship of it, the kinship, the friendship and love, the fun and intimacy of it. And you can just feel how cold and chilled raw they are, January in London with the wind blowing. Probably 45-50F degrees out. Brrrr! But what a piece of history. And could there be any better endorsement for those reissue blonde John Lennon Epiphone Casinos than this? Damn, those old ones sure sounded good. All bridge pickup with the tone rolled off on "I Got A Feeling". So good.
Wow, Paul's D string is almost a full semi-tone out of tune. It's sounding almost at Bb on the 7th fret and the song is in A.
I have never heard the base isolated I’ll never be the same person again what’s happened to my walk why am I speaking differently everything looks chill
Yesss, this song is mu favourite, you know, because the paul voice is perfect.
DLD2 Music! This is the Tempo he should’ve used for freedom after September 11 instead it was more of a we will rock you style . It wasn’t as popular although he had the right idea needed the right tempo
yeah! i love this song! 🍏🖒🖒
Even aside from John's verse 1, line 3 bit, this is one helluva naughty tune. Paul can't *hide* his feeling that everybody knows... Hmm. Reminds me of that Easter egg in "Please Please Me" ha ha. Those guys were always up for sneaking the naughty particles into songs that got the girls screaming, passing out, and peeing in the seats.
It's ironic all the trouble Paul gave George about the descending riff at 7:58 and later being "slower" George got his way and plays it the same up tempo way live and here on the record too. Way to go rebel George.
Is this the track, The Beatles were working on, when in the movie, 'Let It Be', one can see and hear Paul and George get into a little row? I always wondered which track it was they were working on during that tiff. Should you see this, and answer...many thanks to you kind sir..or ma'am. Whichever may apply.
I thought the descending riff was John
@@NoirFan01 During the Let it Be filming at Twickenham, George was playing it too fast for Paul's tastes and they got into a row (a heated verbal argument) That is why they stopped filming at Twickenham. George left until they went into a proper studio setting and he brought in Billy Preston to make them be more on their best behavior w/ an "outsider" in their midst. I don't know if John played that part on the final record or rooftop version. I thought it was still George though.
@@ghramsey1681 George played it on the roof.
@@NoirFan01 George played it on the roof
That fill at 1:36 goes crazy
Paul, "I don't need no tuning, no stinking tuning." The cold January day probably played a big roll. It's what he plays though!
This was all recorded live!!!
Ringo, Ringo, Ringo, but deserved! He shows why Drum machines SUCK
ufff la voz de paul
Noticed that the a string on the base is tuned down
0:35 Nice grab of the stabbing guitar lick
How is this hardly ever played on radio?
I too wish radio stations would play 17min long deconstructed tracks
Is that their new record? I think I’ve got a new favorite already!
actually he said, "Oh, great, I'm all in favour of it!"
Jesus, those octaves on A in the bass are really OUT. Sounds like the Hofner needed intonating :-)
I thought it was me!
That's the open A. Not very excusable if that is the case
Paul probably had a hard time with the tuning, being outside in the damp weather in January.
@@denisbrouillard5443 His bass was out of tune even in some studio takes. I don’t know if he was too lazy to tune it or if those strings needed to be changed. He was made aware of the poor tuning in this new documentary and it still didn’t do much good.
@@Nerkin610 yea, I remember listening to some of the deconstructing stuff, and the bass was way out of tune. Surprised the hell out of me.
The real time for the vocals is around 10:05 cause i noticed it started somewhere else
That hi-hat sound though. Lol
12:35 This settles it: John is absolutely saying "Everybody put the fool down" the first time he sings the line. (Also, John's "Oh, yeah" at 13:21 sounds a little contemptuous.)
Not necessarily. It might be a case of Lennon simply not precisely enunciating the "t" at the end of "foot" and then having to precisely enunciate the "d" in "down". Try it yourself, if you sharply enunciate both letters, it does not roll off the tongue very well. However, if you eliminate the "t" and substitute it with "d" it works more smoothly in the context of not jumbling up the delivery. It may have all been just a happy accident, but I believe he is saying "foot" and not "fool". Somebody needs to get Macca on the line and get this cleared up.
it's foot down !!!
now that's what I call out of f'n tune
Sounds amazing, Is there a version of Let it be song on the internet? I've been looking for it and can't find it anywhere.
Which take did they use for the album? The rooftop version really doesn't sound like the one they used.
maybe the instrumenal
Take 1 was used on the Let It Be film and album, Take 2 was shown in the Get Back doco and edited together with parts of Take 1 for LIB Naked
What do you call the setting on the keyboard that Preston is using for this song
It's a standard Fender Rhodes. That's the way they sound normally.
Que parecido con Ruben Rada el que toca con The Beatles!!!
Ugh that bass...! How they made that work is beyond me
It is what gave The Beatles their Golden Midas, magic touch. In a time before auto tune...Paul's bass' 'wonky sound's, fits in perfect with the final mix this track. It is what they were trying to accomplish, in the Get Back sessions. Rawness. Realness. Who else...but The Beatles...could play an out of tune bass...and make it work in a final track? I think is a testimony, once again, to their musical genius. It is magic...if you ask me. I love it.
They did not follow any rules they made there oun ,if it sounded good to them that's all that mattered
@@baberoot1998 that doesn’t make any sense. The Beatles’ magic touch was their impeccable songwriting and production. the bass is objectively terribly out of tune. The song’s good, but not because of the bass tuning- and no one ever autotuned a bass! Justifying it with the fact that it was a “time before autotune” makes less sense when one considers the bass on all the other album tracks were in tune
It's a Rhodes Electric Piano not a Hammond Organ
16:13 is that George on the backing vocal of “oh no”? Was cut from the album
Idk, maybe
It's John
It's George. He does the higher ''oh no's on this song. It can be clearly heard on the 'Naked' version. Also on the rooftop.
No. I think it's Paul double tracking.
It's clearly George
5:12 maybe some palm muting by Paul
Esa voz de 10:21, realmente sonaba así? 🤭
Very cool😃😅😂🥰🌪
07:49 George's or John's Guitar Solo?
where is the solo?
Not is a solo?
@@derekcastillo8549 is george solo, you can see paul teaching the solo to george in Let It Be Movie
@@DLD2Music Ok, Well is George's Guitar Solo
that is John with the descending notes
Paul's bass is soooooooooooo out of tune. I really don't mind as it shows the Beatles were human too.
Yes...but this is a time before 'auto tune', and honestly...I think that 'wonky', sound is what gives Beatles tracks like this..their magic Gold Midas touch. It works so well with the mix. It wouldn't be the same if it were in tune. I think it...is absolute magic. Perfect.
@@baberoot1998 I get what you mean but... you don’t need autotune to tune a bass properly lol
But it works in the mix!
This is also the bass track from the rooftop performance... It was very cold that day at the end of January in England so the temperature probably played the biggest part in out of tune instruments on this performance
@@DaFreezeey Is it just as out of tune on Dig a Pony?
El bajo de Paul sonaba como di ko estuviera afilando
@@samsunsamsun2271 al considerar que es una grabación en vivo, el bajo tenía casi 4 años de no ser tocado y que aparte tenía cuerdas viejas... Bueno, es normal. De igual modo funciona bien en la mezcla
The still image for this video looks like Ringo is in hotpants 😁
I don't understand how John's guitar gets saturation.
It's impossible to overdrive a Twin Reverb without going deaf
Maybe a Vox Tone Bender with low gain
He probably turned the guitar volume all the way up and placed his amp further away from George and Paul's.
Ha ha, I was thinking the exact same thing. There so loud, but they don't break up.
George's amp is breaking up heavily during the harder parts, and John's is audibly breaking up just a little bit when he goes to the bridge right before the final verse. Raw and nasty tone that you can only get with a Casino. George's tone is just insane, it's impossible to get it unless you crank up the twin. With a tele too.
@@NWStuff-yl5jm this recording took place on the roof, right?
I’m shocked McCartney let his bass playing on this get on the record. It’s so bad I would have thought he’d overdub a much better version.
I hate the fact that all of these are slightly faster than the album version
this is the album version 💀
Paul's (most probably accidentally?) out of tune bass most likely produced a chorus effect that makes this song sound great and might answer why today's music, being so perfected in the studio and sounding its best 'above' us mere humans, makes them mostly boring
Wow Paul's bass playing starts off pretty sloppy 😯
It was fucking freezing outside.
13:44
This late Lennon and McCartney number to other bands would be there greatest tune. Instead it's a Beatles album filler.
The Höfner is out of tune! You don't realize it by hearing the whole mix.
Rhodes is also out of tune!
I honestly think that has a lot to do with the strings McCartney was using at the time. Tapewounds have such low tension that playing with a pick with any sort of force will make them sound out of tune. I've had tapewounds on my Hofner for about 4 years now and it always does that.
I don't think the Fender Rhodes piano is actually out of tune; it had a bum key. We used to cart one around for gigs back in the 60s and while they weren't especially fragile sometimes they'd develop a bit of an electronic frizzle. It's clear that Billy Preston discovered the problem and was diddling around for a bit to figure out how to melodically work around the bad key problem: his volume and chord complexity decreased until he jumped back in on the important interludes between the vocals.
@@mikemyers1912 Agreed...it sounds fine. The bass though...that's an entirely different story. And I believe it had nothing to do with the type of strings Macca was using. If that were the case you'd hear the same thing reproduced on more recordings.I think that, if it were a case of tapewound strings having a lot of free play, you would have it on more than one string, which does not seem to be the case in this cut. If, in fact, this recording was the exact same performance that was recorded on the rooftop, there could have been issues with the weather contributing to the out of tune string. They all looked pretty cold and were bundled up very well, except for Paul.Or it might have simply been that someone else tuned the bass for McCartney that day and they failed to do a good job. We may never know.
Unusual to hear the bass so out of tune.
Not really. This is before auto tune...and honestly...that wonky sound...is what gives tracks like this...their solid gold Midas touch. It is perfect in my eyes. Goes perfect with the mix. Just my opinion. Peace and Love, brother Beatles fan.
Its just terrible intonation of hofners, i own one and its definitely a struggle but i guess they made it work
It’s the tension of the black Nylon strings of Paul that make the “out of tune”
@@baberoot1998 Do,You think ,He was shooting for a more Upright natural sound ...
4:53 Lol Out Of Tune 😎🤙🏻
John would be 84;84,84,84...
Is this Original or Naked?
Original
Great electric piano but not a hammond.
Not only the Hofner is out of tune, the Rhodes is as well!
Perhaps they used the rhodes (which is also out of tune) as reference to tune the bass...
The bass is out of tune. I dont know why they let this happened. Man, Im a huge fan of Macca as a bass player, but this is kinda awful.
No George Martin perhaps?
It's really out.
How is it awful? The Beatles themselves are human as well, if anything it gives it a little bit of a spark
If you think this is bad check out Yer Blues
He's on a roof in the freezing cold. So is his bass.
oh god, I can't unhear Paul's out-of-tune bass anymore.
this video ruined my experience of the song :(
😔
@@shahaffiq5860 try playing your bass with paul
i always love the sound of Ringos snare