I appreciated your and George's shout out for the song from Beatles for Sale - Every Little Thing. It continues to be the most played song on my computer's playlist. It is such a brilliant 'little' song. It kinda comes on gently with the opening guitar riff, a verse sung in a folky way (kinda like In My Life reflecting on love) and THEN the chorus and it's like a Broadway showstopper song and then it gently glides back to the verse and one looks forward to that awesome showstopper chorus...so brilliant...great to hear George loved it too :)
I was impressed by Lennon's guitar playing especially when he does that take off on The Third Man. George's playing got really good by 69 great solos on Something, Let it Be, and Old Brown Shoe.
John was and still is massively underrated as a guitarist, but for me personally i think he was brilliant. The right hand technique (listen to All my Loving) and his chord vocabulary was excellent. He was a feel player for sure. I thought his guitar playing on Harry Lime ,Third Man theme was brilliant in Get Back Doc.
Thank you for your video! I'd like to share my experience as a viewer of Get Back, it's probably anecdotal and it doesn't matter much but in case someone wants to read. I'm 35 and up until December 2021, I'd only been a casual fan of The Beatles. I've liked many of their most popular songs but I didn't know much about them anyway. And this last December I caught a few videos on RUclips from the Get Back movie, I got interested, I found the whole movie and I started watching it in parts. And even when I had only seen half of the first part of it, I was already obsessed. Ever since then, I've been listening to their songs, watching ''deconstruction videos'', watching discussion like yours, reading forums, reading wiki articles, reading books about them, watching stuff like the Anthology and ''8 Days a Week", watching interviews with the Beatles from various era-s.... every minute of my free time these past two months, it's been entirely devoted to The Beatles. It's almost embarrassing! But the first few weeks of my own personal Beatle mania were just surprisingly exciting. I wasn't just very interested, I was actually feeling tangibly happy excitement, sadness (that it all happened so long ago, that they broke up, etc), inspiration to create myself, just big feelings. That probably sounds very silly, but I just wanted to share, because I'm still surprised by my own reaction. It's truly fascinating and so far still mostly mysterious to me exactly why and how The Beatles managed and apaprtently still manage to inspire such excitement (and I was born four decades after they were, and last November I had no idea what the album '"Revolver" was, for example). In short, in relation to the significance of "Get Back", I think it's telling that just that movie alone made me a huge fan of The Beatles. Now after two months of intense research of other Beatles material, rewatching some scenes of Get Back is still maybe the most pleasurable source of good Beatles feelings for me. I think just seeing them in good video quality is pretty cool on its own, but also in many ways the format of the movie creates a unique window to their complexity, talent, humanity, attractiveness. I think that the fact that it caught them in their more adult years also helps - because as much as they were adorable when younger, they are more relatable later. So I find it a bit sad what you say about Nielsen Ratings. I'd been thinking that if Get Back was devided into 8 one-hour long episodes and released on a more popular platform like Netflix it should have been a big hit so far. It's possible that I'm wrong and that I'm an unusual 35-y.old myself, but I still think Get Back manages to transmit a lot of their universal appeal. I think that for many people it sounds like a big time investment to watch three 2,5 hour long documentary films though and that's why probably mostly people who were already fans watch it. I hope that over time more people will discover it! I have many other thoughts, but this comment got too long, for which I appologise! :) Thank you for making and publishing your discussions.
I'm very happy to hear how profoundly Get Back affected you. I have a video coming out shortly that shows some analytics depicting an increase in the purchase of 60s music, so those Nielsen ratings are perhaps a sign of an upswing in this type of music. What better place to start than the Beatles! I appreciate the comment, Leonora.
@Leonora What a wonderful story! I feel happy for you because you have so much magnificent Beatles material and history still to discover and that journey will undoubtedly bring you countless hours of joy and pleasure.
Hello Leonora. As an original Beatles fan since Ed Sullivan, it makes me happy to see that another generation is able to share the same love we have. After the breakup, my interest waned for years. John's death brought a new realization of how great they were. George's death has done the same. My recent, first trip to Liverpool re-ignited my interest. After getting back, I finally watched GET BACK and fell in love, again. I do enjoy when they make old references like the one about Jimmy Nichols where my memory proves to still be keen. Finally, the ratings are meaningless. I'll upgrade my equipment when the dvd/blue-ray comes about. Thank you!
It just occurred to me the other day that the rooftop concert was just 2 1/2 years after their last gig at Candlestick Park. How is that even possible? And how is George only 25 when they were making Get Back? Time did funny things in the 60s.
The Beatles may not have been virtuoso lead guitar players, but I prefer their style to the guys who are able to improvise all day. As a result, Beatles guitar solos are very melodic, and often have that “song within a song quality.” Stuff like “Michelle”, “Fixing A Hole”, “A Hard Days Night.” I’ll have to check out Antony’s RUclips show too. Thanks guys, I enjoyed this!
Good discussion, especially about guitar playing. While they may not have been happiest at improvising solos (like Page, Beck or Hendrix), John, Paul & George were extremely effective at crafting licks & solos to fit with the song. That meant that the guitar parts took longer to develop (like the Let It Be solo). Perhaps that approach wouldn't have worked in a pure blues/rock band, but then the fabs are known for great tunes, where the instrumentation accompanies the vocalists.
Well-put, Paul. Yes, I think the Beatles as guitarist had to work things our more. Their contemporaries were far more blues based which I believe led those players to have an easier time improvising on the spot or in the studio.
You hit on a few things that were in the back of my mind. John playing lead on get back, Paul isn't dead and their musicianship. Beatles have always been good at playing what they very well. They are self-taught and didn't have great equipment early, and I think that makes a difference.
I love this and other series by Matt. I think George’s guitar playing reflects the way all The Beatles thought about the role of instruments in Rock & Roll. They were tools to express ideas and emotions. Nonetheless, George could stand his ground with some of the best. A perfect example is his work on Alvin Lee’s song, The Bluest Blues.
I just watched Get Back and I love it, watching the Beatles do their thing, great. I got very emotional at the rooftop concert, the last live performance, a great ending to the film/documentary. From the Cavern to the top of the roof, top of the world.;-) I have enjoyed you're discussions very much, it is always great to listen to Beatle enthusiasts who see the band as they are, warts and all.. My 2 cents is that great as Get back is, they were getting into it too late and time ran out, they did not give themselves enough time. I think Paul got frustrated because he was aware that a more dedicated approach was needed and he came up with most of the songs. A couple of days before the rooftop concert there is a discussion about how many songs they have for the album and 5 or 6 is mentioned but then as they start counting we get the song list for the Let It Be album. So there are enogh songs but at what state are the songs? As a 16 year old I was at first disapointed in the Let It Be album when comparing it to the White Album which was the first Beatles alnum I ever owned and I wore it out., Let It Be had a very incomplete feel. I should have known better They were making a live album and the songs that are complete are great songs, The atmosphere improved when they got to Apple and when Billy Preston arrived, there was a sense of enthusiasm but I think they ran out of time, that and other things. I love your channel Matt ;-)
Great insights as always. As I watched the rooftop concert one more time, couldn't help but wonder how much longer the Beatles might have played had the police not arrived. But I then realized that, despite the police shutdown, this 42 minute show is longest "public" concert these guys have performed since probably 1963(?). So for those of us who regret that they "were just getting started" in this event - think of the hundreds of concerts from 1963-1966 that were all shorter that this 5 song show (yes, some of the songs were repeated). One comment regarding guitar expertise - I recall hearing an audio of John Lennon saying that Paul and George were hanging around and jamming with the likes of Cream in the mid-to-late 60's, but he had never been a part of that scene. Perhaps this is why the one can see more growth Paul and George's playing.
I read that during their touring years, 63 to 66, they never did any shows longer than 33 minutes! And pretty much always the same set. No wonder they got burned out, that and the noise from the crowd would have gotten old real quick.
Great series Matt and Antony podcast is great as well. I'm also for more releases of Star Club more dates exist and the 40 plus hours of Let it Be why not the market will support this. Appreciate your series and insight. Take Care and God Bless.
Thank You brothers.. my two favorite shows...perfect!! Much love Ron. Ps.Im into the Beatles since I was borno in 73, but now, is a great time to be a fan....xxx
To both, thank you, excellent again i think the best review/discussion of Get Back! As a player of bass/ guitar and keyboard ! I think they could play perfectly for a studio band ? In Hamburg don’t forget they soloed for hours? But in a 50s rock style? Of Lennon Yer Blues performance at the rock and roll circus is strong ? Clapton said he was a good guitarist! George Martin says he came up with brilliant riffs ? Paul is an incredible natural musician his bass playing is inspired, Lennon said in rock and roll the bass used was often ineffective, Paul made the bass a powerful continuation to the rock sound ! George didn’t use effects pedals well but was a top guitarist his slide playing on gimme some truth etc was gut wrenching, Lennon could also play slide really effectively! George i think did like it to be note perfect hence improvisation was boring to him ? Ringo i think is not John Bonham but his feel for a song is unique and i feel unmatched? The Stones PR always gives the perception they came from blues so better musicians ! I think the mop top boy band label given to The Beatles is an insult and ignorant of their abilities? I sat in Gerry Marsden’s of the pacemakers kitchen ( long story) he told when he watched the Beatles play the hairs on the back of his head stood up, he said they just cut right through you, the powerful beat and playing ! He said as a foursome unmatched! The roof top demonstrates they could play, the four had a telepathic sync ? Thanks again Look forward to your next videos Stay safe x
@@popgoesthe60s52 Mat, i was walking around Liverpool today listening to the video! Always so well considered ! Had a coffee just by the Cavern ! There is a pub close by called the Grapes i can remember seeing Alan Williams in there holding court ! If you’re ever this way let me know! I look forward to the next post ! Kind regards tim
Ably House, I've been recommending your channel to people for ages, even forcing it down their throats at times haha. Please check out my podcast (this is Antony from the video)
@@glassoniononjohnlennon6696 Hey Antony, that's awesome to hear, thanks! I looked up your podcast as soon as I heard it mentioned in this video, excited to check it out. And I would agree John's a great guitar player, the things he does are sometimes the hardest to recreate. For instance, the final riff of the first guitar solo (and it happens again at the end of the verse after the rhodes solo)
The Paul-Is-Dead thing has always been silly to me because no one EVER mentions the compositional aspects. They always focus on someone LOOKING like Paul, but it'd be way harder to find someone with the same compositional style who can then continue along the same creative trajectory as Paul. This video mentioned the handwriting thing, which I never thought of, which is another example of something that would add endless multiples to the difficulty. Replacing a dead person with a fake of unimaginable similarity is so silly anyway, obviously, many pop stars died early, this was never done, it's just such a crazy rumor which falls apart so easily, it's amazing it's gone on so long.
Greetings from England!, it’s ironic when they were touring the complaint was the Beatles themselves could not hear what they were playing and fans couldn’t either with all the screaming, three years later they were shut down for making too much noise, but what a great last concert, they were clearly enjoying themselves and playing brilliantly.
Enjoyed listening to all 3x episodes, I’ve only watched “get back” once so far but will (obviously) watch again but will take some of your observations with me. Thanks for all you do on both your channels etc …
I haven't seen the Get Back "film" yet, and it's been many years since I watched the original Let it Be film. (I'm waiting for Get Back to come out on DVD). I enjoy seeing the clips showing those 1968 Fender Twin Reverbs and Bassman Amps. I am fortunate to own a 1968 Bassman and 1969 Super Reverb, along with a few other Fender Silverface amps from the 1970's. I've been working my way thru your video series over the past couple of days, and find it very interesting. Keep up the good work. I even listened to the Let It Be CD last night. I have all of the original (US) vinyl Beatle albums and a number of 45's, but would probably have to find a drive belt for my old turntable to listen to any of them.
On the subject of the "Paul is Dead" controversy. Could a better case be made that the Beatles wanted some kind of publicity event? And added suggestions in their work to promote it?
No. All the so called clues are so far fetched as to be laughable. After watching Get Back I don't know how anyone would think that band would waste energy over 4 years on something so beneath them. Not their kind of project.
Fantastic once again Matt, l would love to see the same kind of film of the Guys during the recording of ABBY ROAD, it is just a pity that it never happened. Anyway Matt, great work mate, just love your channel !!!!!!!!!!
Thanks again for more “Get Back” analysis. I still haven’t tired of discussion about the documentary. As a budding guitarist, I feel like John’s skills are underrated. I appreciate his work on the Third Man Theme, “I’ve Got a Feeling,” and his Hawaiian-style guitar playing on “For You Blue.”Johnny B. Goode. :) And I’m a big fan of George. I’ll try to check out Antony’s podcast as I continue to absorb more shows about the Beatles.
Really interesting discussion guys - well done! Have you thought about re-watching the Let It Be film and discussing it in light of the Get Back documentary? I have a bootleg dvd of it and watched it again recently and found it to be nowhere near as bad as some people would have you believe. In fact it has the bonus of full performances of many songs and jam sessions and although the quality of the film is very grainy I'm hoping that there will be a new remastered release that would make a great companion piece to the Get Back doco. Would then show a more complete overview of those times. Cheers Pete
Hi Peter, I'd definitely like to see an HD version of it as that would add yet another interesting angle. That film is very much (though not totally) defined by its darkness and graininess (this is Antony)
I've been fulltime working with music for 40 years, teaching students in a music school and as a musician playing all kinds of music. So I have trained ears. I think John Lennon is very underrated as as a gutarist and even as a pianist. When you watch him playi it can look quite odd, but it always sounds very good. And he always come up with very interesting and nice riffs. Listen to his guitar on Abbey Road. It is so good. I think he developed just as much as Paul and George during the Beatles period. I always thought that the great guiarplaying and riffs on Milk and Honey came from the studio guitarists, but when I heard the demos I realised that it actually John who came up with all that stuff by himself. I was very impressed. All three guitarists in The Beatles are good, but in different ways, so its hard to compare them. I know this is gonna upset some Beatle fans, but George and John always sounds good. Paul doesn't. When George are playing you can hear every string ringing out. It is very clean. He touches the strings just perfectly with his picker. It's crispy and clear. John also touches the strings good, but just a little bit ruffer. And he his very good at fingerpicking. Paul always find good stuff to play on his guitar, but it doesn't sounds good! Not even today, 50 years later! He hit the strings to hard and he use his fingertips when he is strumming the guitar. It makes the guitar sound like noice. You cant hear every string clearly as when George are playing. Pauls guitar thunders. The guitar solo on Taxman is great. George couldn't come up with that. Paul could because he is a musical genius. But it's not good guitarplaying. Believe me. If George had played exactly the same solo, note by note, it would have been on different level.
I may expand on their musicianship more because they are not known so much for their playing but some is so good! Their playing is often overshadowed by the song itself. I alway refer to their playing as "teamwork" such as on Dear Prudence, The End, I Feel Fine, etc. This would make a great topic!
@@popgoesthe60s52 Yes, I think that the narrativ always has been that "The Beatles can't play". And the reason is maybe as you said becase the songs and their singing is so strong. People can't imagone you can do more than that. And Ringo is the one that suffered the most from that.
@@tomasfagerberg6323 Agreed. Ringo is probably the most consistent player in the band - including McCartney. Drummers even find it difficult to explain his great value but we are finally hearing Ringo get the praise for his playing that he deserves.
@@popgoesthe60s52 Yes, and If you do a video on this topic, I can give you more examples on what I hear in their playing. For example Pauls guitarplaying on Good Morning G M and on Helter Skelter. Talking about Ringo and John as a guitarrist. Ringo says in so many interviews, that John is the best rythm guitarist in the world. I think he knows what he's talking about. John was a great guitarist. And interestingly enough, on Rolling Stones latest "100 greatest guitarst" John is about no 45. He has never appered on any list before. And this is made by guitarists!
Yoko released that CD, John Lennon - Acoustic, and it has some of the best guitar playing on it I've ever heard. It's exquisite. A professional told me John had developed a 'feel' and a signature tone that can only happen with practice hours in the thousands of hours.
Thanks guys, great series. Finally tracked down the story of the Nagra tapes so plenty of listening to come! Good October '21 interview with Giles on RUclips. I was surprised and impressed with John's guitar on the roof. (From NZ).
I listened to a "Paul is dead" report once. My favorite bit: they had a song on Rubber Soul (Maybe "You Can't See Me) as a clue - Released December 1965. Another clue was Revolver album cover where Paul is looking to the left - Released August 1966. Date of "death" - November 9, 1966. Talk about time travel!
I too was surprised that All Things Must Pass was only included for a few scenes, and for that matter, was surprised that none of George's other "rejected" songs weren't used in the film. I know that on Day 1, he ran through All Things Must Pass, Let it Down and I think Hear Me Lord, yet no sign of the latter two
I have been confused by what exactly is available to non Disney subscribers in terms of Get Back footage. Please correct me if incorrect but my current understanding is that Jackson originally intended for his new GB to be released as a film for general audience. Due to covid this didn’t happen, the film was sold to Disney who offered it to their subscribers only. So the only way to access GB was via Disney however it seems Amazon was / is selling a DVD set but edited and not all the footage that PJ intended for his original film. Anyway what’s the story please?
The Star Club tapes, and the Decca tapes were already remastered/mixed by the same person.. (they sound great) though Peter Jackson himself said he wanted to restore the Star Club tapes. Last year a first gen dub (let's call it "reel A") was found and had in between dialogue that is NOT bootlegged before. Anyways, great episode here.
Matt, Even though the topic of the three part series was over the top for me, I did watch every second - despite not seeing the Jackson movie. While I am a Beatles fan, "Let It Be" has never appealed., so I regard myself as a fan of Beatles music (as a whole), that does not mean that I like everything equally. But, your podcasts are always worth watching, and, despite myself, I will take "Get Back" out of the local library as soon as I finish the CD set that I am watching. Living in the past as I do, I am back in the sixties watching the complete Emma Peel "Avengers."
Matt, I meant to ask if you deleted episodes 99 & 100. When I watched this episode (#97), I noticed that those twom were not posted at the moment. (I need all your podcasts!)
I was 17 years old in Sept-Oct 1969, when the Paul Is Dead thing kind of blew up in the U.S. I listened to all the album clues and looked at all the album cover "hints". It interested me for about 6 hours. Then I decided it was bullshit. It's amazing that people are still talking about it.
Agree, it was ridiculous. I was 17 too and couldn’t understand why people wanted to keep this scenario going on and on. Now I watch the news and wonder the same thing! 🤣😂🤣
@@popgoesthe60s52 It was a made-up story by a college newspaper writer at Drake University in Iowa supposedly from unknown sources. Then the Michigan DJ picks it up. It's just like fake stories now and how they pick up steam. No credibility. BUT it was fun playing the records backwards - back in the day.
@@popgoesthe60s52 there is one person who trolls several videos with the Faul remarks. He believes it with a passion and nothing is going to change his mind.
Matt...great series, man...very cool! I thought you would be interested in knowing that my 21-year-old son (and I raised him well on the 60s) says he thinks there is a new and strong trend, even groundswell in the Beatles direction - channels now everywhere redoing the music, pods, etc. His friends say it is because the songs, now really being "released", if you will, to many new generations, are just as good as they were when my generation discovered them as youngsters in the 60s. I just thought it was interesting and I am in the process of spending hours checking out everything myself (invalids confined to chairs have very busy brains! LOL)
That's good to hear. I have a video coming out shortly that discusses perhaps what your son has been experiencing, which is a increase in popularity of 60s and 70s music. Thanks Bill!
Always good to see you together, easily the best two Beatles bods for me. I've always considered J Lennon along with Syd Barrett to be an early anti-guitarist in the style of the much later Post-punk era as found in groups like Public Image and Gang of Four .Indeed "Why" is very similar to some early Public Image tracks. In the "Lennon Remembers" interview he describes himself as a "primitive" guitarist and says that rock is going through its "jazz stage" with an emphasis of technique over simple expression. I'm with John ; give me 4 bars of "Why" over the majority of "proper" guitarists and their tedious soloing.
Thank you, Shadow Stealer, that is high praise. Yes, Lennon is certainly a "primitive' player and his style sounds primal which fits many of his songs. I wish that he spent more time on his instruments. I'm sure the results would have been worth it!
This is my favorite Beatles channel. Superb research and level headed opinions frequently spot on. This particular series has been both enlightening and fun.
I love all your videos and agree with your views completely! I must correct my post- the song Anyway You Want Me is the b-side of Love Me Tender, (Stu's song with the band) , Don't Be Cruel was paired with Hound Dog , the greatest double single until Strawberry Fields Forever/Penny Lane superceded it a decade later - only Come Together/Something can compare as a double A sided single.. Having listened to the bootlegs for years , I always thought Suzy Parker was an old cover but I see it credited to all 4 Beatles. Is that correct? My last comment is the amazing depth of song knowledge of the band. They play SO many covers human jukebox style it's incredible! This is a key insight into the quality of their prolific output- they loved every genre of music and it shows! If anyone doubts John's guitar abilities listen to his triplet rhythm on All My Loving and his lead on You Can't Do That, or his riffs on I Feel Fine and Day Tripper- the guy was amazing!!
I always get a good laugh when folks downplay the importance of great rythym and fills playing. It always seems to be the folks that don't play. For anyone that questions the ability of John's playing, take a listen to what Earl Slick has to say about his playing. He called him one of the best guitar players he's ever played with. As a matter of fact he was far and away the most soulful player of the three.
Enjoyed listening to part 3 of your discussion and, once again, you both raise some interesting points. "Paul Is Dead" rumour - I do recall an entertaining and tongue in cheek hour long presentation at one of the Beatles Conventions in Liverpool in the 80s from an American chap (can't recall his name now) and it got really forensic at times ! Interesting comment on Lennon's humour - the funny names he uses are typical scouse humour (I should know as I am a scouser and have plenty of "funny names"). Plus Lennon was a fan of the Goons as well and he was a big reader too so he enjoyed wordplay. In terms of his humour, I do think he loved making McCartney laugh and that he enjoyed the banter with Paul. Personally, I do think he used humour to patronise George occasionally as his comments about "I Me Mine" walk a fine line between banter and putting George down (just my own view). Finally, the musicianship - I think it may be in the "Living In The Material World" documentary where George says he basically gave up playing the sitar in 1968 and went back to the guitar; and, for me, that's why George's lead guitar playing is brilliant on Abbey Road and Let It Be because he's fallen back in love with the guitar and probably having a break from it helped. I think his finest lead is on "Octopus's Garden". Paul was by far the best musician in the band; I think at one point in Get Back Lennon actually says something like "that's why I don't do solos" and Paul and George join in saying similar things ! Matt, I see you have another video with Antony specifically about his Glass Onion podcast so going to watch that now ! Great work on your channel !
18:30 That's true about JL even to the end of his life - - I remember the Playboy interviewer saying when he knocked on the door he heard JL coming to open the door singing "Here's David She-ff, Come to ask questions with answers that no one will hear", to the tune of 'Eleanor Rigby.' It seemed to be PM's songs that he lampooned. 22:20: 'I Me Mine' waltz - - I haven't researched how it was composed, but I wonder if GH added that raunchy middle-8 to cut up the waltz in self-conscious response to JL's dig at a 'waltz'? 1st time we hear GH's run-through it's slowly gently maudlin with no indication it could detour into a hard-rock middle-8... And I wonder how far away technologically we are from a H-D disc that holds enough data to contain 8 hrs of footage from each of 4 cameras - - 32 hrs - - and maybe the same duration of Nagra tapes. And a hub menu capacity to mix our own GET BACK edit, either on the fly or preprogrammed. And maybe give ourselves a Director's credit onscreen. An interactive boxset. I'd probably just watch each camera's footage right through x4. Two or three viewers with good rhythm might edit a better cut than what we're got. A known director with time on his hands might want to take a crack at it from his living room. I want to see a Woody Allen cut of GET BACK, even though it would probably be 1 hour and 15 minutes. And Francis Coppola's 33-hour cut. There could be hundreds of alternate bootlegs on disc and online of different GET BACK versions. Does this undermine the director's status? I thought that had already been done. But I can't see Peter Jackson enjoying that prospect for one second, though that's what he's expecting Michael Lindsay-Hogg to do.
Chris Farley (and Conan O'Brian?) started off an interview with Paul with the question, and Paul said "No I'm not really dead" or something like that, it was VERY funny!
Great three part series, thanks for putting this together. I’ve watched Get Back four times and the one thing that always upsets me is my perception of their inability to come up with a complete, defined set list that would’ve flowed in such a way that would’ve worked for a live show, a la “Unplugged” as George suggested the “Let It Be” concept was during the Anthology interviews. I imagine if Epstein had been there, then perhaps he could’ve gotten them to come up with a final set list, to include four of George’s songs such as All Things Must Pass, Old Brown Shoe, For You Blue, and I, Me, Mine. All that was missing was a Ringo song. They could’ve had the 14 numbers. The set list could’ve progressed from all of the electric rockers to the more acoustic pieces, and then finished up with the piano ballads. The whole “Get Back” concept for the live recorded album, documentary, and TV show was a great idea that could’ve hit the bullseye with more time and some singular and effective direction.
I have a book called Beatlesongs by William J. Dowlding which lists the instrumentation for each song. Not vouching for it, but it doesn't have Harrison playing much lead guitar on Let It Be. What do you make of this guitar listing?: "Dig a Pony," "I've Got A Feeling," "One After 909," "Get Back": Lennon lead, Harrison rhythm "Dig It": Harrison lead
@Matt, what is that theme music you close the show with? Sounds like some Gentle Giant bluegrass bit that Kerry Minnear tossed out and had Ray Shulman play a banjo riff on!
@@popgoesthe60s52 Matt, It sounds great! The clavinet part in particular gives it the Gentle Giant sound. Since you're a banjo lover, check out my Cosmi-Sonic Trance Banjo - you've not heard banjo like this before!! ;-) There's something about the "first recording" piece that I really like, but the other one is much better filming etc: ruclips.net/video/mEEZnd1dQhw/видео.html (Better quality video and sound etc) ruclips.net/video/Jwk7HWWIaQU/видео.html (first recording)
Loved this one the best. Paul is dead: people who believe crap like that are the same kind of people that believe the earth is flat or in things like the Sandy hook conspiracy. I never want to be in the same room as any of those people because I would be afraid to breathe in the fungal stupid-spores they breathe out. John's humor: I totally get John because I do much the same. Peoples names being played with was just word play. At one point he also referred to The Beatles as, The Bottles. When I was around his age, I used sarcasm as a humor tool. Eventually I made it all about being self-deprecating so as not to hurt anyone's feelings. But I just love word play, and so did John. Musicianship. It surprised me to learn how any of them knew about music theory. Although they did not seem to know the details and terminology of music theory, they did still have a quirky intuitive understanding of theory. None of them were virtuosos as you said and that is part of the reason, they were so great. I am a Waylon Jennings fan in the same way you guys are into the Beatles but I am the first to say, he was not that good of a player. But there was something about his style of playing that still fires my blood like no one else can. There is nothing more boring than listening to technically perfectly played music. It has no soul. It was the combined talents of four so-so musicians that made them great. In my opinion, the imperfections in music is where the soul lives. This was the best show out of the three
I saw Williams in one of them. I just watched the main trailer and sneek peek but didn't see him. He was there on the 21st. Here is a photo of him: www.meetthebeatlesforreal.com/2021/10/allan-williams-gets-back.html. Now I must find the video!
Matt, have you had an opportunity to read the memoirs of Billy Shears, encoded by Thomas Uharriet. I’m like you. I hear the description of stories that happened pre 66 and say to myself that puts the nail in the coffin to the PID conspiracy. But then when you read memoirs you ask yourself how in the hell have there not been any libel suits filed by Paul, Apple, the Stones, The Who, Elton John etc. If you have not read it, I encourage you to give it a read. If you have read it, I would love to see you do a show on it.
Thank you Daniel, I've not read it. This is one of those topics where I don't feel I'm the guy to take this to the end, though my position may change. To tackle this properly would be to distinguish the methodology of conspiracy theorism from the methods of historiography - essentially separating the goofs who connect unconnectable facts from actual historians. As for libel suits, the people you name couldn't possible go after every crazy claim. For example, Apple lets $1 billion in unlicensed merchandise get away annually because it's simple not worth chasing it down.
Thank you for taking the time to reply. It is much appreciated. Your points are perfectly reasoned. I am far from a conspiracy nut. And while I totally get why you would not want to do a show on the topic, give the book a spin. It is not a crazy wack job presentation. At the very least it is a page turner. Should you read it, I hope that you will come back and give me your thoughts. Or, if you want me to send you a copy, just let me know where. I’d be glad to on my dime. I really appreciate your presentations. Your great at what you do. All the best!
@@DD-rr6gm my pleasure, Daniel. I can’t let you buy it but I will research it based on your recommendation. Maybe it will pull me in. Thanks for the support.
I'm Intrigued by Peter Jackson's comments during the Imax interviews that there are several more hours of GET BACK content that are worthy of inclusion for bonus footage. Obviously Beatles fanatics want all 60+ hours but him saying its quality stuff makes me want to have a "Bonus cut" of some kind down the road, hopefully soon. I too would like more full length songs that we know they did but matts earlier point about the harrison estate perhaps not wanting his songs used, or more Yoko participation be filtered out (by lennon estate).
Lads, It's interesting to see the number of people who said the "Get Back" film was to long. Who now say," Oh, I've been back and watched it again." So it can't have been to long. Peter Jackson also did a lot of radio interviews,so he put in the extra yards. Peter said, "When you make a film you plan it all out so you know as best as you can how each day will go." " I could'nt believe how much the Beatles had painted them selves into a corner before they began." He also said, " I wonder if there might be a T.V. show to be found in all the cans of film for Magical Mystery Tour?" " I'm waiting for Paul and Ringo to get back to me." I also heard another radio broadcast with a speech expert who said, " Speech on it's own can be very cold." " But when you see the person's face and body lanquage the speech takes on a new tone with warmth and not so harsh a meaning." Thanks for a great series. Cheers, Chris Perry.
To the point of the popularity, fandom, what-have-you of The Beatles "falling off" due to the mortality of Boomers, then Generation X: my daughter is in her early 20s and is a MASSIVE Beatles (and Paul McCartney and George Harrison) listener. Passionately so. As are many of her friends. Something I have seen my self with her age group, Generation Z. I take heart in this. To a later point, when available she purchases the vinyl. The apple fell near the tree.
Matt referring in this part 3 issue to John Lennons humour and peoples opinion without digesting his personality. I thought it was his humour too. My boss comes from Liverpool and says that they typically have caustic humour and his humour was definitely something they related to about JL.
Glynis Johns sang Send in the Clowns - I think her version was initially the best-known. Many of the PIDders seem to have doubled down, remarkably. So that was Billy Shears being a bit bossy, reminiscing about Hamburg and when Jimmy Nicol missed the count-in, etc.
I think they have no where to go but parody themselves or move toward the ridiculous to make light of what they now have to admit, is a ridiculous argument.
@@CathalBui Yes, she half sang/half spoke it. Judy Collins had a hit with it, which my mother thought lacked the emotion of Johns's version and, though I love Judy Collins, I think my mum was right.
Your guest makes a great point how scary it could be if people accepted a dead Paul and moved on. Which begs the question if the Beatles came out and said we replaced dead Paul with this lookalike, would the public have said, "Yeah right." ?
I've been watching a lot of Paul interviews lately and he said something to the effect of how they could've gone down a road of (I think) satanic type messages in their music but they never did. I wish I could remember more details. I don't remember what the benefit to the band would've been but I'm guessing maybe more money. Have you heard this from Paul and, if so, what do you think he was referring to? In the meantime, I'll see if I can find the interview (I think there were actually 2 different interviews where he said this).
John's Beatle playing always fit the time that it was in and if you are doing a project like "Get Back" to your roots and there he is with the Get Back and For You Blue solos AND his classic rhythm playing throughout. He was a writer and creator first and foremost, but the playing always fit the bill and did very much here - an extemporaneous free-form that definitely "got back". And with "Across the Universe" - now considered a standout track on Let It Be. It's brilliant. And yes, I bought the original album back in the day. When you follow up the release of an album like Abbey Road, just about any effort would pale. So glad that Peter Jackson took on this project to tell the tale of the January 69 sessions so we could ALL be hanging out with the Beatles as they showed their creative process, which had a different mindset per album. Matt, your casts are very well done with excellent guests. Keep producing.
Important comment you made about how as baby boomers and gen x dies out there will be a narrower and narrower group of fans. I highly doubt it. I know so many people in their 20s that are extremely passionate Beatles fans that have grown up with the internet meaning they’ve spent their lives searching for everything they can and will continue to do so
I'm glad to hear that. I don't have a good feel on the multiple generations behind me and how they view the Beatles - or music in general. I like to think that the cream rises to the top, so we'll see. I appreciate the comment, Bobby.
did the Beatles ever acknowledge the whole manson thing? I can see how it wouldn't really benefit them to ever talk about it, but also figured you'd know if anyone did.
Re: I Me Mine.... watch George talking about writing it, he was inspired by a waltz on tv the night before! He describes the show. Then when John and Yoko dance while George Paul Ringo are playing, George has his huge George grin on his face... he's clearly loving it! And then as the song concludes, George says that they should dance to the song on the (tv) show... of course that never happens as they drop the tv show idea. But I really am disgusted by the misunderstandings about John and his relationship with the other Beatles...they so clearly love each other... and like all families they have complex stuff going on. But this particular episode of I Me Mine... and this story that John made fun of it in a mean way is just completely exposed as the LIE that it is by the PJ doc...
Some people's comfort zone is in creating negative drama that often times isn't there. It says more about them than about the subject they are talking about.
I want to say thanks to Matt for saying what he said about people that just can't see how John used to be and stick the same old narrative he was dismissing George's songs. No, he was not. That is John being John. People watch the movie with old ideas in their mind. Therefore they just can't see. Yes, best part for me was exactly they singing together. Harmonizing. I could not see anything good in Yoko Ono in any moment. She looked totally fake all the time. Phony. Acting. I doubt she decided to knit because she need that...She did that so catch attention only. I am sure about it. Worst part: John being rude to the little girl heather asking if she would eat cats. No, that was not John being John who loved cats really very much. The reason he decided to say those insensitive things is a mystery to me. Impossible not to think it was only because the girl was Linda's daughter. But of course, I can't be sure about that. I only know I could not recognize John at that moment. But...my favorite moment was also thanks to John. Commonwealth...Yes! Some moments I loved is not related to music. For instance: George saying to Paul he liked his looks with that beard. So cute. I loved when Ringo informing about his fart! I laughed out loud. Paul and John talking about the connection between some of their songs. John would say Don't let me down and Paul would say I will never let you down...Like if they were lovers. Paul playing Oh Darling alone letting clear it was for John. Paul singing Straweberry Fields Forever Paul composing Get Back BIlly Preston arriving bringing light and joy to everybody The whole concert at the roof too. They looked like Gods up there. And they way it ended. Good Night, John...Good Night Paul... As for streaming...I don't think they could really know about it. Here in Brazil lots of people saw it not on Disney. I am one who saw it in another place I don't even know the name. People in Brazil are not very honest about such things. People started making copies. As I have no Disney Channel I was delighted to see that I could see it somewhere else. I got worried about it...If lots of people making copies it could be bad for The Beatles...it would not be in charts and yet we were watching it over and over again. But I had to accept that because otherwise I would not able to see it. In the second week I already had my own copy as a gift. I didn't ask for it. It just arrived in my hands from a friend that know how I love the Beatles. Yes, he made a DVD out of it. Lots of people did it, Matt. So, it is amazing it was number seven in the originals chart. I really thought most would not pay for that knowing we could watch for free. And I also saw that the Album Let it Be was number one that week! And it was mainly thanks to the documentary. What else? People would talk only about Get Back anywhere I would go. I do believe it can be considered a tremendous success.
One thing the Get Back movie shows is how intuitive their work was. It falls into place almost by itself, although with the help of a lot of work. But it's still true. I hope it's ok - here's a personal cover with a video of Get Back. ruclips.net/video/VfbfjZHs2KU/видео.html I
re: the "Paul is Dead" discussion... Paul is Paul. I looked into it back in the 70s, and from what I saw, the "clues" were REALLY reaching. I'm willing to entertain a conspiracy theory as long as it can be rationally possible AND within the laws of physics. "Paul is dead" fails too many tests to entertain. Related: One of the bands I'm with (we started by accident in 1991 and have had a decent measure of success over the ensuing decades in our VERY niche genre) performed at a festival in Poland in 2001. I was finishing college and couldn't go on the trip. But in the last few years, it's been accepted as 'canon' that I was there. I have a few stories the band has given me to help 'keep it real,' and it's become a great in-joke.
Welcome MARVK. I don't know one test the 'Paul is dead' claim passes! Perhaps the low point of all conspiracy theories. "In jokes" are one thing, which is understandable in your scenario. Did people find clues in your albums to 'claim' your presence? Fun stuff!
Paul obviously never died but it make you think if there was some sort of organized effort/marketing campaign behind some of the album covers. The sgt peppers mirror trick, 28if and the corpse /undertaker thing, the walrus was paul etc.. In the end there will always be contrarians and flat earthers out there
Greetings Matt ✌, Last Saturday night I watched all 3 of your great and interesting videos with Antony 👍 -No such thing as Beatle or Get Back fatigue for me, its Never enough for me to hear, watch, or read ANYTHING on The Beatles. Ever since I was 10 when John was killed in 1980, my fascination of The Beatles has Not ceased, and Now 40 years later with You Tube (such as Your channel Pop Goes the 60's) and Podcasts like Anthony's- its an Endless treasure trove of Beatle topics and music in general.The One thing that I absolutley do Not have any patience for is this "Paul is Dead" Bull Sh*t, I just roll my eyes when I come across somebody with this nonsense-Im sure when Paul really dies these same Loons are later going to say "He's Alive" like Elvis sightings of him at some Burger joint LOL!!! -Finally I just want to add this tid bit of information that Last week Peter Jackson was saying that He would like to add 3 MORE hours of footage on top of the 8 hours on a DVD Directors cut with the Full length performances of songs, if Apple and Disney allow him, He urges us Beatle fans to petition this to happen.
This 'special edition' seems to be gaining momentum. The delay of the bluray/dvd may be an indication they will try to replace it with a set with extras. I hope!
Come on, guys, how can you even discuss this Paul-is-dead topic? Paul has a unique talent. He has proven that so many times through all these years. How do you copy that? Do you really think you can find a guy similair to that? This enormous flow in songwriting. This capacity in playing all this instruments. His unigue style on piano because he is lefthanded. Playing bass and guitar lefthanded PLUS being able to pick up a righthanded guitar and play it (Georges brown Telecaster). The same high pitched voice. Same abilities in harmony voicing. Same sound in his voice. Same personality!!! etc etc. Do you really think you can find a guy like that? A guy that had been hiding all this unique talent, and never try to fly on his own wings? And above all this, a guy with exactly the same face. Same asymmetrical Eyed and eyebrows. Same nose (it's not straight) same ears, same teeth. Same forehead. Same everything!!! Do you really think it's possible to copy all that? It's only in bad movies you can do that. So why do you even discuss this topic? You are feeding this sick people who believes in that. If you look at the people who claims all thise theories abaout Elvis is not dead, Paul is dead, They were never on the moon, There wasn't any world championship in soccer 1958, The earth is flat ... If you look at the people who believes in that. It's always some strange guys living alone in the desert or something like that. Strange people with strange minds. Sorry for my bad english and for being upset.
You've missed the point Tomas. I was sending those assholes up! What is obvious to you and me occasionally needs mention and this is that time. I've been doing Beatle videos for over 2 years and this is the first mention, so calm down, Thomas. Your slip is showing.
@@popgoesthe60s52 I'm sorry, I didn't mean to offebd you. I think there's some misunderstandings here. Because I'm a swede and I'm not good at english. It's more swenglish than english. I don't believe for a second that you think Paul is dead. My arguments against the Paul-is-dead theory is not me trying to convince you that Paul is not dead. What I mean is that memories from the beatles history you can learn in theory. Remembering old songs is possible to learn. Falling in when George is singing Every Little Thing is quite possibly. In theory. Those arguments is not strong arguments. If you whant to "send those assholes up", use strong arguments! And the strongest arguments are these about talent, musical and songwriting skills, physical things like face and lefthanded etc etc, and one that I forgot to mention: Time! How do you transform yourself into one of the greatest musicians and composers in such a short time? One week, two weeks? The Beatles had a very tight scedule. And when you're talking about the Nagra tapes, as If they made you sure that Paul is not dead, it's easy to think: "Oh, so he wasn't sure about it earlier", So what I mean is, if you use these weak arguments, you're not convincing these freaks. You are feeding them. My suggestion is: Do a video about this topic only. Use strong arguments. But do it yourself. I always like your videos. I think they are very professional and interesting. You are prepared and you know what's valid and what to say. I'm sorry, but these three videos with your friend is party like a chat in a pub over a beer. Antony is a nice guy, but he tends to talk to much. But one of his own videos did impressed me. The one when he had Erin as a guest.
@@tomasfagerberg6323 Thank you for the reply, Tomas. I didn't misunderstand you and I'm not offended. You must realize that the purpose of this video is not to debunk the 'paul is dead' conspiracy. It was merely one observation about Get Back for which I have offered many. I may do this paul topic in the future but many have already complained that I am giving it credibility, so we'll see. I appreciate you watching and commenting, but it is impossible to satisfy everyone. I have done 8 lengthy discussions on Get Back already and the three with Antony covered 9 topics for which we prepared, so it wasn't a party chat, though I would love to chat with him in a pub someday over a beer. This video may be the closest we get to that!
@@popgoesthe60s52 Thanks for your answer. Yes I've listen to all your Beatles videos. I think they are good and I've noticed that you are prepared and that you are trying to hold it together, but your friend ... well maybe he's prepared to, but it seems that he has so much he want to say but maybe he should'nt let everything come through. And as I said, I think he's nice and I would also be hapoy to chat with him in a pub. But that's another thing. No, you can't satisfy everyone, but to me, I think the other videos you made are better. They are interesting and valid all the way through.
Again thank you for this great discussion. Psychological analysis of John? I don't think that is wise or even accurate absent months of interviews and interaction with the patient. I think even a causal Beatles fan, with knowledge of Aunt Mimi's tapes, knows that John had a troubled childhood with his mother living only a few miles nearby. The feelings of abandonment and feelings of loss cannot be underestimated, particularly for a sensitive young lad. John's songs generally are always about him, his mood, his feelings, his observations--he was an only child and his music is self-centered. Polythene Pam was a real person, probably the close as John ever got to writing a "Paul" song.
If Paul had confessed that he is really the replacement, within a few weeks there would have been conspiracy theorists screaming that it is in fact Paul and he isn't dead.
I'd love to hear your take of this alternate edit of the "Then There Were Two" conversation. It appears Peter Jackson left out quite a bit of conversation. Now I wonder what else he left out. ruclips.net/video/IaZuMdfCjjY/видео.html
Yes, he really took some cinematic license that didn't tell it like it was. That comment "then there was two" was a joke and drew a laugh, which is the opposite of how it was portrayed.
@@popgoesthe60s52 Interesting. Kinda disappointed in Peter Jackson now. In the alternate edit of the scene, Paul and the others are quite unhappy with Yoko and how interfering she is. They say they could deal with her if she would just talk less. Watching the Jackson film, you get the idea that Yoko was quiet and not much of a problem at all.
Just learned and subscribed to your channel because I watch John Heaton. Listening to this Get Back discussion makes me appreciate how much I don't know as a life long fan. It's an absolute pleasure taking in such an articulate and knowledgeable discussion. Well done.
On :wings of Pegasus: episode he totally debunked the Paul is dead narrative. From Paul’s style of playing bass to how he breaths while singing and hitting the high notes. Proves it’s Paul. Lol also if Paul did die does anyone believe John would let a fake Paul take the Beatles over. Sgt. pepper. Mystery tour. Let it be. Lol I don’t see George playing second fiddle to a fake Paul. Also. John wouldn’t split royalties. I can go on and on. Lol.
Software isn't needed to compare Paul's combined sing/shout on Long Tall Sally with the loud, revved up verse of I've Got A Feeling. Pretty close match.
Re-Paul is dead. Surely the key to debunking this is PM's girlfriend at the time Jane Asher. If PM apparently died in 1966, why would Jane continue on in a sham relationship with an imposter for the next 18/24 months, going to such places as India for all the Maharishi stuff and i suppose sleeping in the same bed with a bloke who had taken lessons in how to be her dead boyfriend in 1966. Plainly she would not have gone along with such an elaborate plot.
My wife (who is Japanese) said Yoko was writing ‘The coming of spring’ on the paper on the wall
I was going to ask a Japanese friend later regarding that very question. Thanks Richard!
Very helpful - thank you, Richard!
Lennon's essential guitar work on Get Back turned a shuffle into an original and iconic statement.
Yeah, and John is just perfect on that lap steel playing slide.
I appreciated your and George's shout out for the song from Beatles for Sale - Every Little Thing. It continues to be the most played song on my computer's playlist. It is such a brilliant 'little' song. It kinda comes on gently with the opening guitar riff, a verse sung in a folky way (kinda like In My Life reflecting on love) and THEN the chorus and it's like a Broadway showstopper song and then it gently glides back to the verse and one looks forward to that awesome showstopper chorus...so brilliant...great to hear George loved it too :)
I was impressed by Lennon's guitar playing especially when he does that take off on The Third Man. George's playing got really good by 69 great solos on Something, Let it Be, and Old Brown Shoe.
Nowhere Man Solo is one of the most unique lead bits ever,1964 .I can name dozens of others if interested.
John was and still is massively underrated as a guitarist, but for me personally i think he was brilliant. The right hand technique (listen to All my Loving) and his chord vocabulary was excellent. He was a feel player for sure. I thought his guitar playing on Harry Lime ,Third Man theme was brilliant in Get Back Doc.
Thank you for your video! I'd like to share my experience as a viewer of Get Back, it's probably anecdotal and it doesn't matter much but in case someone wants to read.
I'm 35 and up until December 2021, I'd only been a casual fan of The Beatles. I've liked many of their most popular songs but I didn't know much about them anyway. And this last December I caught a few videos on RUclips from the Get Back movie, I got interested, I found the whole movie and I started watching it in parts. And even when I had only seen half of the first part of it, I was already obsessed. Ever since then, I've been listening to their songs, watching ''deconstruction videos'', watching discussion like yours, reading forums, reading wiki articles, reading books about them, watching stuff like the Anthology and ''8 Days a Week", watching interviews with the Beatles from various era-s.... every minute of my free time these past two months, it's been entirely devoted to The Beatles. It's almost embarrassing! But the first few weeks of my own personal Beatle mania were just surprisingly exciting. I wasn't just very interested, I was actually feeling tangibly happy excitement, sadness (that it all happened so long ago, that they broke up, etc), inspiration to create myself, just big feelings. That probably sounds very silly, but I just wanted to share, because I'm still surprised by my own reaction. It's truly fascinating and so far still mostly mysterious to me exactly why and how The Beatles managed and apaprtently still manage to inspire such excitement (and I was born four decades after they were, and last November I had no idea what the album '"Revolver" was, for example).
In short, in relation to the significance of "Get Back", I think it's telling that just that movie alone made me a huge fan of The Beatles. Now after two months of intense research of other Beatles material, rewatching some scenes of Get Back is still maybe the most pleasurable source of good Beatles feelings for me. I think just seeing them in good video quality is pretty cool on its own, but also in many ways the format of the movie creates a unique window to their complexity, talent, humanity, attractiveness. I think that the fact that it caught them in their more adult years also helps - because as much as they were adorable when younger, they are more relatable later.
So I find it a bit sad what you say about Nielsen Ratings. I'd been thinking that if Get Back was devided into 8 one-hour long episodes and released on a more popular platform like Netflix it should have been a big hit so far. It's possible that I'm wrong and that I'm an unusual 35-y.old myself, but I still think Get Back manages to transmit a lot of their universal appeal. I think that for many people it sounds like a big time investment to watch three 2,5 hour long documentary films though and that's why probably mostly people who were already fans watch it. I hope that over time more people will discover it!
I have many other thoughts, but this comment got too long, for which I appologise! :) Thank you for making and publishing your discussions.
I'm very happy to hear how profoundly Get Back affected you. I have a video coming out shortly that shows some analytics depicting an increase in the purchase of 60s music, so those Nielsen ratings are perhaps a sign of an upswing in this type of music. What better place to start than the Beatles! I appreciate the comment, Leonora.
@Leonora
What a wonderful story! I feel happy for you because you have so much magnificent Beatles material and history still to discover and that journey will undoubtedly bring you countless hours of joy and pleasure.
Hello Leonora. As an original Beatles fan since Ed Sullivan, it makes me happy to see that another generation is able to share the same love we have. After the breakup, my interest waned for years. John's death brought a new realization of how great they were. George's death has done the same. My recent, first trip to Liverpool re-ignited my interest. After getting back, I finally watched GET BACK and fell in love, again.
I do enjoy when they make old references like the one about Jimmy Nichols where my memory proves to still be keen.
Finally, the ratings are meaningless. I'll upgrade my equipment when the dvd/blue-ray comes about. Thank you!
Yes much too long and rambling IMO.
Sure you could have cut to the chase in a few paragraphs!
@@andrewarthurmatthews6685 Haha. Well, you didn't have to read it ;)
Ringo is super cool without ever being cooler than the room.
It just occurred to me the other day that the rooftop concert was just 2 1/2 years after their last gig at Candlestick Park. How is that even possible? And how is George only 25 when they were making Get Back? Time did funny things in the 60s.
2 1/2 years was a long time in The Beatles career and their personal lives. It seems short to us, but look at their high output.
The Beatles may not have been virtuoso lead guitar players, but I prefer their style to the guys who are able to improvise all day. As a result, Beatles guitar solos are very melodic, and often have that “song within a song quality.” Stuff like “Michelle”, “Fixing A Hole”, “A Hard Days Night.” I’ll have to check out Antony’s RUclips show too. Thanks guys, I enjoyed this!
Good discussion, especially about guitar playing. While they may not have been happiest at improvising solos (like Page, Beck or Hendrix), John, Paul & George were extremely effective at crafting licks & solos to fit with the song. That meant that the guitar parts took longer to develop (like the Let It Be solo). Perhaps that approach wouldn't have worked in a pure blues/rock band, but then the fabs are known for great tunes, where the instrumentation accompanies the vocalists.
spoken like a musician.Much harder to write a solo than to just riff.
I love George's solo on Free As A Bird, seems a perfect fit to that song.
This is why George is a much more interesting guitarist than Clapton.
@@juliosanchez95 George underrated himself, as did John and Ringo. Paul to a lesser extent. The modesty of them is quite charming.
Well-put, Paul. Yes, I think the Beatles as guitarist had to work things our more. Their contemporaries were far more blues based which I believe led those players to have an easier time improvising on the spot or in the studio.
Excellent series! 🙂
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You hit on a few things that were in the back of my mind. John playing lead on get back, Paul isn't dead and their musicianship. Beatles have always been good at playing what they very well. They are self-taught and didn't have great equipment early, and I think that makes a difference.
great discussion guys....thoroughly enjoyed it!!
Thank you, John!
@@popgoesthe60s52 I really enjoy you channel. I will love to have the opportunity to chat with you in a video.
I love this and other series by Matt. I think George’s guitar playing reflects the way all The Beatles thought about the role of instruments in Rock & Roll. They were tools to express ideas and emotions. Nonetheless, George could stand his ground with some of the best. A perfect example is his work on Alvin Lee’s song, The Bluest Blues.
I just watched Get Back and I love it, watching the Beatles do their thing, great. I got very emotional at the rooftop concert, the last live performance, a great ending to the film/documentary. From the Cavern to the top of the roof, top of the world.;-) I have enjoyed you're discussions very much, it is always great to listen to Beatle enthusiasts who see the band as they are, warts and all.. My 2 cents is that great as Get back is, they were getting into it too late and time ran out, they did not give themselves enough time. I think Paul got frustrated because he was aware that a more dedicated approach was needed and he came up with most of the songs. A couple of days before the rooftop concert there is a discussion about how many songs they have for the album and 5 or 6 is mentioned but then as they start counting we get the song list for the Let It Be album. So there are enogh songs but at what state are the songs? As a 16 year old I was at first disapointed in the Let It Be album when comparing it to the White Album which was the first Beatles alnum I ever owned and I wore it out., Let It Be had a very incomplete feel. I should have known better They were making a live album and the songs that are complete are great songs, The atmosphere improved when they got to Apple and when Billy Preston arrived, there was a sense of enthusiasm but I think they ran out of time, that and other things. I love your channel Matt ;-)
Hey Jim! Thanks for watching and for the comments. More to come!
Great to listen in to two thoughtful well-spoken fans. Well done. Keep good stuff like this coming…
Great insights as always. As I watched the rooftop concert one more time, couldn't help but wonder how much longer the Beatles might have played had the police not arrived. But I then realized that, despite the police shutdown, this 42 minute show is longest "public" concert these guys have performed since probably 1963(?). So for those of us who regret that they "were just getting started" in this event - think of the hundreds of concerts from 1963-1966 that were all shorter that this 5 song show (yes, some of the songs were repeated).
One comment regarding guitar expertise - I recall hearing an audio of John Lennon saying that Paul and George were hanging around and jamming with the likes of Cream in the mid-to-late 60's, but he had never been a part of that scene. Perhaps this is why the one can see more growth Paul and George's playing.
I read that during their touring years, 63 to 66, they never did any shows longer than 33 minutes! And pretty much always the same set. No wonder they got burned out, that and the noise from the crowd would have gotten old real quick.
The rooftop concert would have been over anyway, because John was complaining about how the cold was making it hard for his hand to shape chords.
Great series Matt and Antony podcast is great as well. I'm also for more releases of Star Club more dates exist and the 40 plus hours of Let it Be why not the market will support this. Appreciate your series and insight. Take Care and God Bless.
Thank you, Jim!
Thank You brothers.. my two favorite shows...perfect!! Much love Ron. Ps.Im into the Beatles since I was borno in 73, but now, is a great time to be a fan....xxx
To both, thank you, excellent again i think the best review/discussion of Get Back!
As a player of bass/ guitar and keyboard ! I think they could play perfectly for a studio band ? In Hamburg don’t forget they soloed for hours? But in a 50s rock style?
Of Lennon Yer Blues performance at the rock and roll circus is strong ? Clapton said he was a good guitarist! George Martin says he came up with brilliant riffs ? Paul is an incredible natural musician his bass playing is inspired, Lennon said in rock and roll the bass used was often ineffective, Paul made the bass a powerful continuation to the rock sound !
George didn’t use effects pedals well but was a top guitarist his slide playing on gimme some truth etc was gut wrenching, Lennon could also play slide really effectively!
George i think did like it to be note perfect hence improvisation was boring to him ?
Ringo i think is not John Bonham but his feel for a song is unique and i feel unmatched?
The Stones PR always gives the perception they came from blues so better musicians ! I think the mop top boy band label given to The Beatles is an insult and ignorant of their abilities?
I sat in Gerry Marsden’s of the pacemakers kitchen ( long story) he told when he watched the Beatles play the hairs on the back of his head stood up, he said they just cut right through you, the powerful beat and playing !
He said as a foursome unmatched!
The roof top demonstrates they could play, the four had a telepathic sync ?
Thanks again
Look forward to your next videos
Stay safe x
Much thanks, Tim!
@@popgoesthe60s52 Mat, i was walking around Liverpool today listening to the video! Always so well considered ! Had a coffee just by the Cavern ! There is a pub close by called the Grapes i can remember seeing Alan Williams in there holding court ! If you’re ever this way let me know!
I look forward to the next post !
Kind regards
tim
@@timsinnott386 Thank you, Tim - I hope to make the pilgrimage there someday.
Great discussion, loved all three parts!! I've been watching and recommending this channel for a couple years. Thanks for the shout out!!
Thank you! I've been going through many of your videos and I love the channel!
Ably House, I've been recommending your channel to people for ages, even forcing it down their throats at times haha. Please check out my podcast (this is Antony from the video)
@@glassoniononjohnlennon6696 Hey Antony, that's awesome to hear, thanks! I looked up your podcast as soon as I heard it mentioned in this video, excited to check it out. And I would agree John's a great guitar player, the things he does are sometimes the hardest to recreate. For instance, the final riff of the first guitar solo (and it happens again at the end of the verse after the rhodes solo)
The Paul-Is-Dead thing has always been silly to me because no one EVER mentions the compositional aspects. They always focus on someone LOOKING like Paul, but it'd be way harder to find someone with the same compositional style who can then continue along the same creative trajectory as Paul. This video mentioned the handwriting thing, which I never thought of, which is another example of something that would add endless multiples to the difficulty. Replacing a dead person with a fake of unimaginable similarity is so silly anyway, obviously, many pop stars died early, this was never done, it's just such a crazy rumor which falls apart so easily, it's amazing it's gone on so long.
Some people buy into every conspiracy the comes their way. The Paul is dead is for the lowest of the bottom feeders.
Excellent guys. More please!
Greetings from England!, it’s ironic when they were touring the complaint was the Beatles themselves could not hear what they were playing and fans couldn’t either with all the screaming, three years later they were shut down for making too much noise, but what a great last concert, they were clearly enjoying themselves and playing brilliantly.
FAB discussion thanks! And thanks for the Ably House recommendation as well.
Enjoyed listening to all 3x episodes, I’ve only watched “get back” once so far but will (obviously) watch again but will take some of your observations with me.
Thanks for all you do on both your channels etc …
Thanks for the comment, Richard and happy re-watching!
I haven't seen the Get Back "film" yet, and it's been many years since I watched the original Let it Be film. (I'm waiting for Get Back to come out on DVD). I enjoy seeing the clips showing those 1968 Fender Twin Reverbs and Bassman Amps. I am fortunate to own a 1968 Bassman and 1969 Super Reverb, along with a few other Fender Silverface amps from the 1970's.
I've been working my way thru your video series over the past couple of days, and find it very interesting. Keep up the good work. I even listened to the Let It Be CD last night. I have all of the original (US) vinyl Beatle albums and a number of 45's, but would probably have to find a drive belt for my old turntable to listen to any of them.
Welcome Michael and thank you watching all the past vids - more to come!
Given all the footage that Get Back and Let it be had left on the shelves, I wonder if any at all is left of Magical Mystery tour in cans ?
There is probably some. I'm sure any dialog outside of the filming has to be more interesting than the finished tv show!
@@popgoesthe60s52 I have to disagree with you there, Magical Mystery Tour is my favourite of the Beatles' films.
I saw that the fish and chips scene came out years after the movie. There's bound to be more.
On the subject of the "Paul is Dead" controversy. Could a better case be made that the Beatles wanted some kind of publicity event? And added suggestions in their work to promote it?
No. All the so called clues are so far fetched as to be laughable. After watching Get Back I don't know how anyone would think that band would waste energy over 4 years on something so beneath them. Not their kind of project.
Fantastic once again Matt, l would love to see the same kind of film of the Guys during the recording of ABBY ROAD, it is just a pity that it never happened. Anyway Matt, great work mate, just love your channel !!!!!!!!!!
Thank you so much, Jesse!
Thanks again for more “Get Back” analysis. I still haven’t tired of discussion about the documentary.
As a budding guitarist, I feel like John’s skills are underrated. I appreciate his work on the Third Man Theme, “I’ve Got a Feeling,” and his Hawaiian-style guitar playing on “For You Blue.”Johnny B. Goode. :) And I’m a big fan of George.
I’ll try to check out Antony’s podcast as I continue to absorb more shows about the Beatles.
Thanks for watching, Michelle!
Really interesting discussion guys - well done! Have you thought about re-watching the Let It Be film and discussing it in light of the Get Back documentary? I have a bootleg dvd of it and watched it again recently and found it to be nowhere near as bad as some people would have you believe. In fact it has the bonus of full performances of many songs and jam sessions and although the quality of the film is very grainy I'm hoping that there will be a new remastered release that would make a great companion piece to the Get Back doco. Would then show a more complete overview of those times. Cheers Pete
I have a bootleg DVD of Let It Be and my favorite part is Paul singing Besame Mucho, a song I know they did in Hamburg.
I may once there is a re-release. I did a review of the film off my bootleg copy about a year ago but it does need an update.
Hi Peter, I'd definitely like to see an HD version of it as that would add yet another interesting angle. That film is very much (though not totally) defined by its darkness and graininess (this is Antony)
Another great episode. Wonderful insights and information. Thanks so much for sharing these great conversations!
Lennon had a productive way of turning his problems into music: From Help! Nowhere Man to Cold Turkey and tons of songs about Yoko!
Not tons of songs about Yoko. Most songs people was about Yoko was not about her at all.
Mostly songs about Paul. Not very many about yoko. A lot of people assume they’re about yoko but most were for/ about Paul McCartney.
@@dabreu Do you think "Starting Over" was really directed to Paul?
I've been fulltime working with music for 40 years, teaching students in a music school and as a musician playing all kinds of music. So I have trained ears.
I think John Lennon is very underrated as as a gutarist and even as a pianist. When you watch him playi it can look quite odd, but it always sounds very good. And he always come up with very interesting and nice riffs. Listen to his guitar on Abbey Road. It is so good. I think he developed just as much as Paul and George during the Beatles period.
I always thought that the great guiarplaying and riffs on Milk and Honey came from the studio guitarists, but when I heard the demos I realised that it actually John who came up with all that stuff by himself. I was very impressed.
All three guitarists in The Beatles are good, but in different ways, so its hard to compare them. I know this is gonna upset some Beatle fans, but George and John always sounds good. Paul doesn't.
When George are playing you can hear every string ringing out. It is very clean. He touches the strings just perfectly with his picker. It's crispy and clear.
John also touches the strings good, but just a little bit ruffer. And he his very good at fingerpicking.
Paul always find good stuff to play on his guitar, but it doesn't sounds good! Not even today, 50 years later!
He hit the strings to hard and he use his fingertips when he is strumming the guitar. It makes the guitar sound like noice. You cant hear every string clearly as when George are playing. Pauls guitar thunders.
The guitar solo on Taxman is great. George couldn't come up with that. Paul could because he is a musical genius. But it's not good guitarplaying. Believe me. If George had played exactly the same solo, note by note, it would have been on different level.
I may expand on their musicianship more because they are not known so much for their playing but some is so good! Their playing is often overshadowed by the song itself. I alway refer to their playing as "teamwork" such as on Dear Prudence, The End, I Feel Fine, etc. This would make a great topic!
@@popgoesthe60s52 Yes, I think that the narrativ always has been that "The Beatles can't play". And the reason is maybe as you said becase the songs and their singing is so strong. People can't imagone you can do more than that. And Ringo is the one that suffered the most from that.
@@tomasfagerberg6323 Agreed. Ringo is probably the most consistent player in the band - including McCartney. Drummers even find it difficult to explain his great value but we are finally hearing Ringo get the praise for his playing that he deserves.
@@popgoesthe60s52 Yes, and If you do a video on this topic, I can give you more examples on what I hear in their playing. For example Pauls guitarplaying on Good Morning G M and on Helter Skelter.
Talking about Ringo and John as a guitarrist. Ringo says in so many interviews, that John is the best rythm guitarist in the world. I think he knows what he's talking about. John was a great guitarist. And interestingly enough, on Rolling Stones latest "100 greatest guitarst" John is about no 45. He has never appered on any list before. And this is made by guitarists!
Yoko released that CD, John Lennon - Acoustic, and it has some of the best guitar playing on it I've ever heard. It's exquisite. A professional told me John had developed a 'feel' and a signature tone that can only happen with practice hours in the thousands of hours.
Thanks guys, great series. Finally tracked down the story of the Nagra tapes so plenty of listening to come! Good October '21 interview with Giles on RUclips. I was surprised and impressed with John's guitar on the roof. (From NZ).
I listened to a "Paul is dead" report once. My favorite bit: they had a song on Rubber Soul (Maybe "You Can't See Me) as a clue - Released December 1965. Another clue was Revolver album cover where Paul is looking to the left - Released August 1966. Date of "death" - November 9, 1966. Talk about time travel!
Cracking content yet again. Thank you
I too was surprised that All Things Must Pass was only included for a few scenes, and for that matter, was surprised that none of George's other "rejected" songs weren't used in the film. I know that on Day 1, he ran through All Things Must Pass, Let it Down and I think Hear Me Lord, yet no sign of the latter two
Excellent analysis guys!
This was recorded on January 2nd? That's so very cool.
I have been confused by what exactly is available to non Disney subscribers in terms of Get Back footage.
Please correct me if incorrect but my current understanding is that Jackson originally intended for his new GB to be released as a film for general audience.
Due to covid this didn’t happen, the film was sold to Disney who offered it to their subscribers only.
So the only way to access GB was via Disney however it seems Amazon was / is selling a DVD set but edited and not all the footage that PJ intended for his original film.
Anyway what’s the story please?
The DVD is the same as the Disney streaming version. Both are about 7 hours, 45 minutes.
The Star Club tapes, and the Decca tapes were already remastered/mixed by the same person.. (they sound great) though Peter Jackson himself said he wanted to restore the Star Club tapes. Last year a first gen dub (let's call it "reel A") was found and had in between dialogue that is NOT bootlegged before. Anyways, great episode here.
Matt, Even though the topic of the three part series was over the top for me, I did watch every second - despite not seeing the Jackson movie. While I am a Beatles fan, "Let It Be" has never appealed., so I regard myself as a fan of Beatles music (as a whole), that does not mean that I like everything equally. But, your podcasts are always worth watching, and, despite myself, I will take "Get Back" out of the local library as soon as I finish the CD set that I am watching. Living in the past as I do, I am back in the sixties watching the complete Emma Peel "Avengers."
Matt, I meant to ask if you deleted episodes 99 & 100. When I watched this episode (#97), I noticed that those twom were not posted at the moment. (I need all your podcasts!)
I would recommend Get Back. I was surprised at how interesting it all was, albeit a bit long.
I don’t believe I deleted any. I will have to check.
I was 17 years old in Sept-Oct 1969, when the Paul Is Dead thing kind of blew up in the U.S. I listened to all the album clues and looked at all the album cover "hints". It interested me for about 6 hours. Then I decided it was bullshit. It's amazing that people are still talking about it.
What's amazing is that people BELIEVE it! Thanks for the comment.
@@popgoesthe60s52
I loved Mike McCartney's (McGear) comments about this on the Mike Douglas show.
ruclips.net/video/jCYh1pcrR4U/видео.html
Agree, it was ridiculous. I was 17 too and couldn’t understand why people wanted to keep this scenario going on and on. Now I watch the news and wonder the same thing! 🤣😂🤣
@@popgoesthe60s52 It was a made-up story by a college newspaper writer at Drake University in Iowa supposedly from unknown sources. Then the Michigan DJ picks it up. It's just like fake stories now and how they pick up steam. No credibility. BUT it was fun playing the records backwards - back in the day.
@@popgoesthe60s52 there is one person who trolls several videos with the Faul remarks. He believes it with a passion and nothing is going to change his mind.
Matt...great series, man...very cool! I thought you would be interested in knowing that my 21-year-old son (and I raised him well on the 60s) says he thinks there is a new and strong trend, even groundswell in the Beatles direction - channels now everywhere redoing the music, pods, etc. His friends say it is because the songs, now really being "released", if you will, to many new generations, are just as good as they were when my generation discovered them as youngsters in the 60s. I just thought it was interesting and I am in the process of spending hours checking out everything myself (invalids confined to chairs have very busy brains! LOL)
That's good to hear. I have a video coming out shortly that discusses perhaps what your son has been experiencing, which is a increase in popularity of 60s
and 70s music. Thanks Bill!
Always good to see you together, easily the best two Beatles bods for me. I've always considered J Lennon along with Syd Barrett to be an early anti-guitarist in the style of the much later Post-punk era as found in groups like Public Image and Gang of Four .Indeed "Why" is very similar to some early Public Image tracks. In the "Lennon Remembers" interview he describes himself as a "primitive" guitarist and says that rock is going through its "jazz stage" with an emphasis of technique over simple expression. I'm with John ; give me 4 bars of "Why" over the majority of "proper" guitarists and their tedious soloing.
Thank you, Shadow Stealer, that is high praise. Yes, Lennon is certainly a "primitive' player and his style sounds primal which fits many of his songs. I wish that he spent more time on his instruments. I'm sure the results would have been worth it!
This is my favorite Beatles channel. Superb research and level headed opinions frequently spot on. This particular series has been both enlightening and fun.
@@continentalgin Thank you, multiverser - great to have you along!
I love all your videos and agree with your views completely! I must correct my post- the song Anyway You Want Me is the b-side of Love Me Tender, (Stu's song with the band) , Don't Be Cruel was paired with Hound Dog , the greatest double single until Strawberry Fields Forever/Penny Lane superceded it a decade later - only Come Together/Something can compare as a double A sided single..
Having listened to the bootlegs for years , I always thought Suzy Parker was an old cover but I see it credited to all 4 Beatles. Is that correct? My last comment is the amazing depth of song knowledge of the band. They play SO many covers human jukebox style it's incredible! This is a key insight into the quality of their prolific output- they loved every genre of music and it shows!
If anyone doubts John's guitar abilities listen to his triplet rhythm on All My Loving and his lead on You Can't Do That, or his riffs on I Feel Fine and Day Tripper- the guy was amazing!!
Thank you Ron! I thought Suzy Parker was a traditional song like Maggie Mae, and they seem to be confused whether it's Suzy Parker or Suzy's Parlour.
I always get a good laugh when folks downplay the importance of great rythym and fills playing. It always seems to be the folks that don't play.
For anyone that questions the ability of John's playing, take a listen to what Earl Slick has to say about his playing. He called him one of the best guitar players he's ever played with. As a matter of fact he was far and away the most soulful player of the three.
Loved the podcast - hated the jacket hanging on the door 😅
What is the Beatbat (37:33)?
21:25 Surprised you didn't bring up the Jim Tucker story from your Turtles videos ;)
Nice Job! I watched all 3 parts (about 3 hours) and really enjoyed it. Should I be worried about my obsession with all things Beatles?
That obsession is completely normal for this channel!
Enjoyed listening to part 3 of your discussion and, once again, you both raise some interesting points. "Paul Is Dead" rumour - I do recall an entertaining and tongue in cheek hour long presentation at one of the Beatles Conventions in Liverpool in the 80s from an American chap (can't recall his name now) and it got really forensic at times ! Interesting comment on Lennon's humour - the funny names he uses are typical scouse humour (I should know as I am a scouser and have plenty of "funny names"). Plus Lennon was a fan of the Goons as well and he was a big reader too so he enjoyed wordplay. In terms of his humour, I do think he loved making McCartney laugh and that he enjoyed the banter with Paul. Personally, I do think he used humour to patronise George occasionally as his comments about "I Me Mine" walk a fine line between banter and putting George down (just my own view). Finally, the musicianship - I think it may be in the "Living In The Material World" documentary where George says he basically gave up playing the sitar in 1968 and went back to the guitar; and, for me, that's why George's lead guitar playing is brilliant on Abbey Road and Let It Be because he's fallen back in love with the guitar and probably having a break from it helped. I think his finest lead is on "Octopus's Garden". Paul was by far the best musician in the band; I think at one point in Get Back Lennon actually says something like "that's why I don't do solos" and Paul and George join in saying similar things ! Matt, I see you have another video with Antony specifically about his Glass Onion podcast so going to watch that now ! Great work on your channel !
Thank you, sir! Yes George kicked it into high gear for Abbey Road. Thanks for the comment.
When Mal had to remove the windscreen from the van (the Beatles sandwich story), were they going to London for the Decca Audition (the day before)?
18:30 That's true about JL even to the end of his life - - I remember the Playboy interviewer saying when he knocked on the door he heard JL coming to open the door singing "Here's David She-ff, Come to ask questions with answers that no one will hear", to the tune of 'Eleanor Rigby.' It seemed to be PM's songs that he lampooned. 22:20: 'I Me Mine' waltz - - I haven't researched how it was composed, but I wonder if GH added that raunchy middle-8 to cut up the waltz in self-conscious response to JL's dig at a 'waltz'? 1st time we hear GH's run-through it's slowly gently maudlin with no indication it could detour into a hard-rock middle-8... And
I wonder how far away technologically we are from a H-D disc that holds enough data to contain 8 hrs of footage from each of 4 cameras - - 32 hrs - - and maybe the same duration of Nagra tapes. And a hub menu capacity to mix our own GET BACK edit, either on the fly or preprogrammed. And maybe give ourselves a Director's credit onscreen. An interactive boxset. I'd probably just watch each camera's footage right through x4. Two or three viewers with good rhythm might edit a better cut than what we're got. A known director with time on his hands might want to take a crack at it from his living room. I want to see a Woody Allen cut of GET BACK, even though it would probably be 1 hour and 15 minutes. And Francis Coppola's 33-hour cut. There could be hundreds of alternate bootlegs on disc and online of different GET BACK versions. Does this undermine the director's status? I thought that had already been done. But I can't see Peter Jackson enjoying that prospect for one second, though that's what he's expecting Michael Lindsay-Hogg to do.
I read somewhere that Paul came up with that rock section in I Me Mine, but it wasn't a credible source, so who really knows?
Chris Farley (and Conan O'Brian?) started off an interview with Paul with the question, and Paul said "No I'm not really dead" or something like that, it was VERY funny!
yes it was Farley. The 'interview' was a skit bit on SNL
@@cajunqueen5125 I well remember Chris's skit, but I kind of think Conan may have also asked Paul if he was dead . Did he?
Great three part series, thanks for putting this together. I’ve watched Get Back four times and the one thing that always upsets me is my perception of their inability to come up with a complete, defined set list that would’ve flowed in such a way that would’ve worked for a live show, a la “Unplugged” as George suggested the “Let It Be” concept was during the Anthology interviews. I imagine if Epstein had been there, then perhaps he could’ve gotten them to come up with a final set list, to include four of George’s songs such as All Things Must Pass, Old Brown Shoe, For You Blue, and I, Me, Mine. All that was missing was a Ringo song. They could’ve had the 14 numbers.
The set list could’ve progressed from all of the electric rockers to the more acoustic pieces, and then finished up with the piano ballads.
The whole “Get Back” concept for the live recorded album, documentary, and TV show was a great idea that could’ve hit the bullseye with more time and some singular and effective direction.
I think they were tired and stressed out for various reasons. The looming deadline of Ringo being in The Magic Christian was also causing stress.
@@continentalgin yes, absolutely. Bad timing played a part for sure.
Thanks for another interesting program. =^..^=
J started doing lead on Get B, when George left...
I have a book called Beatlesongs by William J. Dowlding which lists the instrumentation for each song. Not vouching for it, but it doesn't have Harrison playing much lead guitar on Let It Be. What do you make of this guitar listing?:
"Dig a Pony," "I've Got A Feeling," "One After 909," "Get Back": Lennon lead, Harrison rhythm
"Dig It": Harrison lead
Harrison plays lead through out the album except Get Back, which is Lennon. The songs were there is only one guitar is him as well.
@@popgoesthe60s52 Thanks!
Good to see Arlo Guthrie's Washington County in the background.
@Matt, what is that theme music you close the show with? Sounds like some Gentle Giant bluegrass bit that Kerry Minnear tossed out and had Ray Shulman play a banjo riff on!
I created that track myself in Garage Band. I'm a sucker for the banjo.
@@popgoesthe60s52 Matt, It sounds great! The clavinet part in particular gives it the Gentle Giant sound.
Since you're a banjo lover, check out my Cosmi-Sonic Trance Banjo - you've not heard banjo like this before!! ;-)
There's something about the "first recording" piece that I really like, but the other one is much better filming etc:
ruclips.net/video/mEEZnd1dQhw/видео.html (Better quality video and sound etc)
ruclips.net/video/Jwk7HWWIaQU/видео.html (first recording)
Loved this one the best.
Paul is dead: people who believe crap like that are the same kind of people that believe the earth is flat or in things like the Sandy hook conspiracy. I never want to be in the same room as any of those people because I would be afraid to breathe in the fungal stupid-spores they breathe out.
John's humor: I totally get John because I do much the same. Peoples names being played with was just word play. At one point he also referred to The Beatles as, The Bottles. When I was around his age, I used sarcasm as a humor tool. Eventually I made it all about being self-deprecating so as not to hurt anyone's feelings. But I just love word play, and so did John.
Musicianship. It surprised me to learn how any of them knew about music theory. Although they did not seem to know the details and terminology of music theory, they did still have a quirky intuitive understanding of theory. None of them were virtuosos as you said and that is part of the reason, they were so great. I am a Waylon Jennings fan in the same way you guys are into the Beatles but I am the first to say, he was not that good of a player. But there was something about his style of playing that still fires my blood like no one else can. There is nothing more boring than listening to technically perfectly played music. It has no soul. It was the combined talents of four so-so musicians that made them great. In my opinion, the imperfections in music is where the soul lives.
This was the best show out of the three
Thanks for commenting, Minton. Yes, their teamwork almost created a "fifth player."
Was Allan Williams really in one of the trailers? I don't recall that
I saw Williams in one of them. I just watched the main trailer and sneek peek but didn't see him. He was there on the 21st. Here is a photo of him: www.meetthebeatlesforreal.com/2021/10/allan-williams-gets-back.html. Now I must find the video!
@@popgoesthe60s52 wow!
I just would like to make everybody notice that the Nagra tapes were missing from 1970 to 2003. An Apple emply stole them.
Matt, have you had an opportunity to read the memoirs of Billy Shears, encoded by Thomas Uharriet. I’m like you. I hear the description of stories that happened pre 66 and say to myself that puts the nail in the coffin to the PID conspiracy. But then when you read memoirs you ask yourself how in the hell have there not been any libel suits filed by Paul, Apple, the Stones, The Who, Elton John etc. If you have not read it, I encourage you to give it a read. If you have read it, I would love to see you do a show on it.
Thank you Daniel, I've not read it. This is one of those topics where I don't feel I'm the guy to take this to the end, though my position may change. To tackle this properly would be to distinguish the methodology of conspiracy theorism from the methods of historiography - essentially separating the goofs who connect unconnectable facts from actual historians. As for libel suits, the people you name couldn't possible go after every crazy claim. For example, Apple lets $1 billion in unlicensed merchandise get away annually because it's simple not worth chasing it down.
Thank you for taking the time to reply. It is much appreciated. Your points are perfectly reasoned. I am far from a conspiracy nut. And while I totally get why you would not want to do a show on the topic, give the book a spin. It is not a crazy wack job presentation. At the very least it is a page turner. Should you read it, I hope that you will come back and give me your thoughts. Or, if you want me to send you a copy, just let me know where. I’d be glad to on my dime. I really appreciate your presentations. Your great at what you do. All the best!
@@DD-rr6gm my pleasure, Daniel. I can’t let you buy it but I will research it based on your recommendation. Maybe it will pull me in. Thanks for the support.
I'm Intrigued by Peter Jackson's comments during the Imax interviews that there are several more hours of GET BACK content that are worthy of inclusion for bonus footage. Obviously Beatles fanatics want all 60+ hours but him saying its quality stuff makes me want to have a "Bonus cut" of some kind down the road, hopefully soon.
I too would like more full length songs that we know they did but matts earlier point about the harrison estate perhaps not wanting his songs used,
or more Yoko participation be filtered out (by lennon estate).
Lads, It's interesting to see the number of people who said the "Get Back" film was to long. Who now say," Oh, I've been back and watched it again." So it can't have been to long. Peter Jackson also did a lot of radio interviews,so he put in the extra yards. Peter said, "When you make a film you plan it all out so you know as best as you can how each day will go." " I could'nt believe how much the Beatles had painted them selves into a corner before they began." He also said, " I wonder if there might be a T.V. show to be found in all the cans of film for Magical Mystery Tour?" " I'm waiting for Paul and Ringo to get back to me." I also heard another radio broadcast with a speech expert who said, " Speech on it's own can be very cold." " But when you see the person's face and body lanquage the speech takes on a new tone with warmth and not so harsh a meaning." Thanks for a great series. Cheers, Chris Perry.
I agree that the video in addition to the audio adds so much more! I would love to see Magical Mystery Tour done in a similar fashion.
Where is part 2?
Right after part one: ruclips.net/video/2XUSt6g9pi4/видео.html
To the point of the popularity, fandom, what-have-you of The Beatles "falling off" due to the mortality of Boomers, then Generation X: my daughter is in her early 20s and is a MASSIVE Beatles (and Paul McCartney and George Harrison) listener. Passionately so. As are many of her friends. Something I have seen my self with her age group, Generation Z.
I take heart in this.
To a later point, when available she purchases the vinyl.
The apple fell near the tree.
It appears old music is still selling well. But it will have to be the younger generations to support it long term if it's to be remembered at all.
@@popgoesthe60s52 This is happenning. Doubt not lest ye doubt.
You wasted 4 mins on the Paul is Dead thing?
Yes.
Matt do you have a web site, Instagram etc?
No, not yet.
Matt referring in this part 3 issue to John Lennons humour and peoples opinion without digesting his personality. I thought it was his humour too. My boss comes from Liverpool and says that they typically have caustic humour and his humour was definitely something they related to about JL.
Glynis Johns sang Send in the Clowns - I think her version was initially the best-known. Many of the PIDders seem to have doubled down, remarkably. So that was Billy Shears being a bit bossy, reminiscing about Hamburg and when Jimmy Nicol missed the count-in, etc.
I think they have no where to go but parody themselves or move toward the ridiculous to make light of what they now have to admit, is a ridiculous argument.
@@popgoesthe60s52Hasn't the whole Paul is dead stuff always been ridiculous?
@@knockknock705 Always.
Sondheim wrote Send in the Clowns specifically for Glynis Johns' voice, in the original cast of 'A Little Night Music'.
@@CathalBui Yes, she half sang/half spoke it. Judy Collins had a hit with it, which my mother thought lacked the emotion of Johns's version and, though I love Judy Collins, I think my mum was right.
Your guest makes a great point how scary it could be if people accepted a dead Paul and moved on. Which begs the question if the Beatles came out and said we replaced dead Paul with this lookalike, would the public have said, "Yeah right." ?
Or "yeah, Yeah, Yeah"!!!
I've been watching a lot of Paul interviews lately and he said something to the effect of how they could've gone down a road of (I think) satanic type messages in their music but they never did. I wish I could remember more details. I don't remember what the benefit to the band would've been but I'm guessing maybe more money. Have you heard this from Paul and, if so, what do you think he was referring to? In the meantime, I'll see if I can find the interview (I think there were actually 2 different interviews where he said this).
yeah I'd like to hear that. Thanks!
John's Beatle playing always fit the time that it was in and if you are doing a project like "Get Back" to your roots and there he is with the Get Back and For You Blue solos AND his classic rhythm playing throughout. He was a writer and creator first and foremost, but the playing always fit the bill and did very much here - an extemporaneous free-form that definitely "got back".
And with "Across the Universe" - now considered a standout track on Let It Be. It's brilliant. And yes, I bought the original album back in the day. When you follow up the release of an album like Abbey Road, just about any effort would pale. So glad that Peter Jackson took on this project to tell the tale of the January 69 sessions so we could ALL be hanging out with the Beatles as they showed their creative process, which had a different mindset per album.
Matt, your casts are very well done with excellent guests. Keep producing.
Thank you, allen!
Its got “TRUTHINESS”.
Important comment you made about how as baby boomers and gen x dies out there will be a narrower and narrower group of fans. I highly doubt it. I know so many people in their 20s that are extremely passionate Beatles fans that have grown up with the internet meaning they’ve spent their lives searching for everything they can and will continue to do so
I'm glad to hear that. I don't have a good feel on the multiple generations behind me and how they view the Beatles - or music in general. I like to think that the cream rises to the top, so we'll see. I appreciate the comment, Bobby.
did the Beatles ever acknowledge the whole manson thing? I can see how it wouldn't really benefit them to ever talk about it, but also figured you'd know if anyone did.
Re: I Me Mine.... watch George talking about writing it, he was inspired by a waltz on tv the night before! He describes the show. Then when John and Yoko dance while George Paul Ringo are playing, George has his huge George grin on his face... he's clearly loving it! And then as the song concludes, George says that they should dance to the song on the (tv) show... of course that never happens as they drop the tv show idea. But I really am disgusted by the misunderstandings about John and his relationship with the other Beatles...they so clearly love each other... and like all families they have complex stuff going on. But this particular episode of I Me Mine... and this story that John made fun of it in a mean way is just completely exposed as the LIE that it is by the PJ doc...
Some people's comfort zone is in creating negative drama that often times isn't there. It says more about them than about the subject they are talking about.
Was John making a Monkees joke? Mike Nesmith's wife at the time was named Phyllis.
Doubt it
I want to say thanks to Matt for saying what he said about people that just can't see how John used to be and stick the same old narrative he was dismissing George's songs. No, he was not. That is John being John. People watch the movie with old ideas in their mind. Therefore they just can't see.
Yes, best part for me was exactly they singing together. Harmonizing.
I could not see anything good in Yoko Ono in any moment. She looked totally fake all the time. Phony. Acting. I doubt she decided to knit because she need that...She did that so catch attention only. I am sure about it.
Worst part: John being rude to the little girl heather asking if she would eat cats. No, that was not John being John who loved cats really very much. The reason he decided to say those insensitive things is a mystery to me. Impossible not to think it was only because the girl was Linda's daughter. But of course, I can't be sure about that. I only know I could not recognize John at that moment.
But...my favorite moment was also thanks to John. Commonwealth...Yes!
Some moments I loved is not related to music. For instance: George saying to Paul he liked his looks with that beard. So cute.
I loved when Ringo informing about his fart! I laughed out loud.
Paul and John talking about the connection between some of their songs. John would say Don't let me down and Paul would say I will never let you down...Like if they were lovers.
Paul playing Oh Darling alone letting clear it was for John.
Paul singing Straweberry Fields Forever
Paul composing Get Back
BIlly Preston arriving bringing light and joy to everybody
The whole concert at the roof too. They looked like Gods up there.
And they way it ended. Good Night, John...Good Night Paul...
As for streaming...I don't think they could really know about it. Here in Brazil lots of people saw it not on Disney. I am one who saw it in another place I don't even know the name. People in Brazil are not very honest about such things. People started making copies. As I have no Disney Channel I was delighted to see that I could see it somewhere else. I got worried about it...If lots of people making copies it could be bad for The Beatles...it would not be in charts and yet we were watching it over and over again. But I had to accept that because otherwise I would not able to see it. In the second week I already had my own copy as a gift. I didn't ask for it. It just arrived in my hands from a friend that know how I love the Beatles. Yes, he made a DVD out of it. Lots of people did it, Matt. So, it is amazing it was number seven in the originals chart. I really thought most would not pay for that knowing we could watch for free.
And I also saw that the Album Let it Be was number one that week! And it was mainly thanks to the documentary. What else? People would talk only about Get Back anywhere I would go. I do believe it can be considered a tremendous success.
One thing the Get Back movie shows is how intuitive their work was. It falls into place almost by itself, although with the help of a lot of work. But it's still true. I hope it's ok - here's a personal cover with a video of Get Back. ruclips.net/video/VfbfjZHs2KU/видео.html I
Who was that dude who kept walking in and out of shot behind Matt, that would be annoying when you are filming.
Faul is dead, NOT Paul...
Don't forget about Fohn Fennon.
re: the "Paul is Dead" discussion... Paul is Paul. I looked into it back in the 70s, and from what I saw, the "clues" were REALLY reaching. I'm willing to entertain a conspiracy theory as long as it can be rationally possible AND within the laws of physics. "Paul is dead" fails too many tests to entertain. Related: One of the bands I'm with (we started by accident in 1991 and have had a decent measure of success over the ensuing decades in our VERY niche genre) performed at a festival in Poland in 2001. I was finishing college and couldn't go on the trip. But in the last few years, it's been accepted as 'canon' that I was there. I have a few stories the band has given me to help 'keep it real,' and it's become a great in-joke.
Welcome MARVK. I don't know one test the 'Paul is dead' claim passes! Perhaps the low point of all conspiracy theories. "In jokes" are one thing, which is understandable in your scenario. Did people find clues in your albums to 'claim' your presence? Fun stuff!
Paul obviously never died but it make you think if there was some sort of organized effort/marketing campaign behind some of the album covers. The sgt peppers mirror trick, 28if and the corpse /undertaker thing, the walrus was paul etc.. In the end there will always be contrarians and flat earthers out there
The "organized effort" is there because people want to see it. Not that it means anything, which it doesn't.
Some of it does smack of Lennon's mischievous, sardonic humor, but on talk shows he denied knowing anything about it.
Greetings Matt ✌, Last Saturday night I watched all 3 of your great and interesting videos with Antony 👍 -No such thing as Beatle or Get Back fatigue for me, its Never enough for me to hear, watch, or read ANYTHING on The Beatles. Ever since I was 10 when John was killed in 1980, my fascination of The Beatles has Not ceased, and Now 40 years later with You Tube (such as Your channel Pop Goes the 60's) and Podcasts like Anthony's- its an Endless treasure trove of Beatle topics and music in general.The One thing that I absolutley do Not have any patience for is this "Paul is Dead" Bull Sh*t, I just roll my eyes when I come across somebody with this nonsense-Im sure when Paul really dies these same Loons are later going to say "He's Alive" like Elvis sightings of him at some Burger joint LOL!!! -Finally I just want to add this tid bit of information that Last week Peter Jackson was saying that He would like to add 3 MORE hours of footage on top of the 8 hours on a DVD Directors cut with the Full length performances of songs, if Apple and Disney allow him, He urges us Beatle fans to petition this to happen.
This 'special edition' seems to be gaining momentum. The delay of the bluray/dvd may be an indication they will try to replace it with a set with extras. I hope!
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Come on, guys, how can you even discuss this Paul-is-dead topic? Paul has a unique talent. He has proven that so many times through all these years. How do you copy that? Do you really think you can find a guy similair to that? This enormous flow in songwriting. This capacity in playing all this instruments. His unigue style on piano because he is lefthanded. Playing bass and guitar lefthanded PLUS being able to pick up a righthanded guitar and play it (Georges brown Telecaster). The same high pitched voice. Same abilities in harmony voicing. Same sound in his voice. Same personality!!! etc etc. Do you really think you can find a guy like that? A guy that had been hiding all this unique talent, and never try to fly on his own wings? And above all this, a guy with exactly the same face. Same asymmetrical Eyed and eyebrows. Same nose (it's not straight) same ears, same teeth. Same forehead. Same everything!!! Do you really think it's possible to copy all that? It's only in bad movies you can do that.
So why do you even discuss this topic? You are feeding this sick people who believes in that.
If you look at the people who claims all thise theories abaout Elvis is not dead, Paul is dead, They were never on the moon, There wasn't any world championship in soccer 1958, The earth is flat ... If you look at the people who believes in that. It's always some strange guys living alone in the desert or something like that. Strange people with strange minds.
Sorry for my bad english and for being upset.
You've missed the point Tomas. I was sending those assholes up! What is obvious to you and me occasionally needs mention and this is that time. I've been doing Beatle videos for over 2 years and this is the first mention, so calm down, Thomas. Your slip is showing.
@@popgoesthe60s52 I'm sorry, I didn't mean to offebd you. I think there's some misunderstandings here. Because I'm a swede and I'm not good at english. It's more swenglish than english.
I don't believe for a second that you think Paul is dead. My arguments against the Paul-is-dead theory is not me trying to convince you that Paul is not dead.
What I mean is that memories from the beatles history you can learn in theory. Remembering old songs is possible to learn. Falling in when George is singing Every Little Thing is quite possibly. In theory.
Those arguments is not strong arguments. If you whant to "send those assholes up", use strong arguments! And the strongest arguments are these about talent, musical and songwriting skills, physical things like face and lefthanded etc etc, and one that I forgot to mention: Time! How do you transform yourself into one of the greatest musicians and composers in such a short time? One week, two weeks? The Beatles had a very tight scedule.
And when you're talking about the Nagra tapes, as If they made you sure that Paul is not dead, it's easy to think: "Oh, so he wasn't sure about it earlier",
So what I mean is, if you use these weak arguments, you're not convincing these freaks. You are feeding them.
My suggestion is: Do a video about this topic only. Use strong arguments. But do it yourself.
I always like your videos. I think they are very professional and interesting. You are prepared and you know what's valid and what to say.
I'm sorry, but these three videos with your friend is party like a chat in a pub over a beer. Antony is a nice guy, but he tends to talk to much. But one of his own videos did impressed me. The one when he had Erin as a guest.
@@tomasfagerberg6323 Thank you for the reply, Tomas. I didn't misunderstand you and I'm not offended. You must realize that the purpose of this video is not to debunk the 'paul is dead' conspiracy. It was merely one observation about Get Back for which I have offered many. I may do this paul topic in the future but many have already complained that I am giving it credibility, so we'll see. I appreciate you watching and commenting, but it is impossible to satisfy everyone. I have done 8 lengthy discussions on Get Back already and the three with Antony covered 9 topics for which we prepared, so it wasn't a party chat, though I would love to chat with him in a pub someday over a beer. This video may be the closest we get to that!
@@popgoesthe60s52 Thanks for your answer. Yes I've listen to all your Beatles videos. I think they are good and I've noticed that you are prepared and that you are trying to hold it together, but your friend ... well maybe he's prepared to, but it seems that he has so much he want to say but maybe he should'nt let everything come through.
And as I said, I think he's nice and I would also be hapoy to chat with him in a pub. But that's another thing.
No, you can't satisfy everyone, but to me, I think the other videos you made are better. They are interesting and valid all the way through.
@@popgoesthe60s52 And you're right. I should have try to calm down before I wrote my first comment. I'm sorry for that.
Your girlfriends are just off screen. 😂And they’re very clean. 😉
Again thank you for this great discussion. Psychological analysis of John? I don't think that is wise or even accurate absent months of interviews and interaction with the patient. I think even a causal Beatles fan, with knowledge of Aunt Mimi's tapes, knows that John had a troubled childhood with his mother living only a few miles nearby. The feelings of abandonment and feelings of loss cannot be underestimated, particularly for a sensitive young lad. John's songs generally are always about him, his mood, his feelings, his observations--he was an only child and his music is self-centered. Polythene Pam was a real person, probably the close as John ever got to writing a "Paul" song.
If Paul had confessed that he is really the replacement, within a few weeks there would have been conspiracy theorists screaming that it is in fact Paul and he isn't dead.
I didn't like the Every Little Thing moment because John had just said he'd been doing Help! well recently and was ignored...or cut off by George
I'd love to hear your take of this alternate edit of the "Then There Were Two" conversation. It appears Peter Jackson left out quite a bit of conversation. Now I wonder what else he left out.
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Yes, he really took some cinematic license that didn't tell it like it was. That comment "then there was two" was a joke and drew a laugh, which is the opposite of how it was portrayed.
@@popgoesthe60s52 Interesting. Kinda disappointed in Peter Jackson now. In the alternate edit of the scene, Paul and the others are quite unhappy with Yoko and how interfering she is. They say they could deal with her if she would just talk less. Watching the Jackson film, you get the idea that Yoko was quiet and not much of a problem at all.
@@moonmad7 Yes, Jackson needs to be taken to task on the Yoko matter. His treatment of her skirted issues and didn't "offer the truth" like he claims.
Just learned and subscribed to your channel because I watch John Heaton. Listening to this Get Back discussion makes me appreciate how much I don't know as a life long fan. It's an absolute pleasure taking in such an articulate and knowledgeable discussion. Well done.
@@glennfancher8762 Welcome Glenn! Thank you for the kind words - plenty more to come!
Have you guys seen this interview with Fred Goodman, who wrote a book about Allen Klein? Any thoughts?
ruclips.net/video/3c0MtHqPa_8/видео.html
Watching it now! Thanks!
On :wings of Pegasus: episode he totally debunked the Paul is dead narrative. From Paul’s style of playing bass to how he breaths while singing and hitting the high notes. Proves it’s Paul. Lol also if Paul did die does anyone believe John would let a fake Paul take the Beatles over. Sgt. pepper. Mystery tour. Let it be. Lol I don’t see George playing second fiddle to a fake Paul. Also. John wouldn’t split royalties. I can go on and on. Lol.
Yes, I did see that video. A great way to debunk via computer voice software! Thank you, Mark.
Software isn't needed to compare Paul's combined sing/shout on Long Tall Sally with the loud, revved up verse of I've Got A Feeling. Pretty close match.
Paul McCharmley George Parasol......
Re-Paul is dead. Surely the key to debunking this is PM's girlfriend at the time Jane Asher. If PM apparently died in 1966, why would Jane continue on in a sham relationship with an imposter for the next 18/24 months, going to such places as India for all the Maharishi stuff and i suppose sleeping in the same bed with a bloke who had taken lessons in how to be her dead boyfriend in 1966. Plainly she would not have gone along with such an elaborate plot.
That is another good reason. There have also been software analysis of the voices and as you might guess, they are the same.