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The Beatles — Let It Be
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iTuner
Posted: May 28, 2013 - 23:25
 
 kingart wrote:
Because this is one of the closing anthems for the Beatles, I've always found it a bit of a downer, like the end of a long and wonderful relationship. It's a lovely, beautiful but wistful song but it's almost a lament about what is missing. 

 
Agree, definite feeling of closure and end. But still a great song. 
dig
Posted: Apr 27, 2013 - 15:07
 
 phlattop wrote:
Nice transition from the Wailin' Jennys Long Time Travell!

 

Yes, both repititious and boring. Although I do like both bands.

uilekiek
Posted: Apr 27, 2013 - 15:06
 
Paul.wrote it for his mother
uilekiek
Posted: Apr 27, 2013 - 15:03
 
 ThePoose wrote:
Paul's mother was named Mary.

 


phlattop
Posted: Feb 23, 2013 - 16:29
 
Nice transition from the Wailin' Jennys Long Time Travell!

Lazarus
(Bethany)
Posted: Jan 23, 2013 - 09:01
 

Everybody in my church loves this song...  and this great album...

impediguy
Posted: Sep 19, 2012 - 18:28
 
I like this version best. Seems to exude the "happening" between musicians in the studio.

Has anyone seen the movie "Across the Universe"? The version of this song sung in the movie is very powerful. This song swept across a nation, and a time, and will last forever.

dew34
(Wisconsin-quite woodsy)
Posted: Sep 19, 2012 - 18:25
 
 jberko wrote:
We were all so much younger then.  Where has the time gone?
 
I'm still that young in mind which is all that matters, I guess!    This is a better version.{#Cool}

Proclivities
(Carrboro, NC)
Posted: Aug 19, 2012 - 06:22
 
"So repetitive" many here may say - I'm surprised no one else has written it.  I've always preferred this version (with the guitar solo) to the single version.

jberko
(Franklin, TN)
Posted: Jul 18, 2012 - 19:55
 
We were all so much younger then.  Where has the time gone?

michaelgmitchell
(Ontario, Canada)
Posted: Jun 17, 2012 - 06:20
 
Yes, the "naked" version is far cleaner. Spector threw a lot of slop in this version. A shame.

PLezam9109
(Somewhere in... England?)
Posted: May 16, 2012 - 11:31
 
Spector's version is not my personal favourite, but the song survives to it. {#Angel}

max_p
Posted: May 16, 2012 - 11:29
 
A lil more of that Billy Preston we just heard on keyboards. vg

ThePoose
(Ottawa, capital of Canada)
Posted: May 16, 2012 - 11:28
 
Paul's mother was named Mary.

(former member)
(hotel in Las Vegas)
Posted: May 16, 2012 - 11:26
 
 kingart wrote:
Because this is one of the closing anthems for the Beatles, I've always found it a bit of a downer, like the end of a long and wonderful relationship. It's a lovely, beautiful but wistful song but it's almost a lament about what is missing. 
 
Yes, I know what you mean...  but I choose to revel in the glory of it all...  this whole album, with this anthem song, is as good as it gets...

 

kingart
(Brooklyn NY)
Posted: Apr 14, 2012 - 18:01
 
Because this is one of the closing anthems for the Beatles, I've always found it a bit of a downer, like the end of a long and wonderful relationship. It's a lovely, beautiful but wistful song but it's almost a lament about what is missing. 

(former member)
(hotel in Las Vegas)
Posted: Feb 11, 2012 - 08:04
 


marvelous...  love it...

 

rdo
(DC)
Posted: Feb 11, 2012 - 07:58
 
 james_of_tucson wrote:

That's ok.  It's not important what people see in the song.  What's important is what YOU see in it.  If that's "nothing", then that's ok.  Maybe nobody sees anything.  Why would that be an issue for you in the first place?

 

There is no issue - just a comment.  It has mainly to do with the high rating, which surprises me.  It's not a bad song at all.  I just checked the rating on my favorite Beatles song, Rain.  That is 8.3.  I think that is a really great song.  If we are going for popular McCartney Beatles, then I'd take Yesterday over this.  I would give that a 10.  I don't find this to be a very edgy or moving song.  Like I said, it's not bad.   9.1 puts it among the highest rated songs on RP. I am wondering why, that is all.


kaybee
(Lost in the Wilds of Toronto)
Posted: Jan 10, 2012 - 16:58
 
calypsus_1 wrote:
 
AvoidingWork wrote:

Ringo has to be thinking "I hate caricatures."  I'm sure he would approve of this drawing when the artist said, "Let me take the most obvious feature on your face and blow it out of portion until it's humiliatingly gross."   And I don't think his nose is large to begin with.
And yes, I think my nose is large as well and will NEVER have a caricature done.
 
 
But at least while looking at this picture, Ringo could take comfort in hearing George say, "Crikey, he's really highlighted me fangs!"  Or Paul freaking out over his Jack Nicholson eyebrows or John thinking: "I look like an anorexic rabbi!"

As far as the song itself goes, it's not bad, but I think it's one of the most overrated of the Fab Four oeuvre.  And I actually prefer "Long and Winding Road".  This piece sounds tired to me, whereas in "Road", you really get the sense of Paul's panic over the breakup.  ("Don't leave me standing here"  indeed!)



GrooVy
(Planet Earth, Mainly...)
Posted: Jan 10, 2012 - 13:31
 
Sorry ppl, but i did not click this link to join in an useless fight about which of a band members was more important or how that other musicians rate vs this group. Doesn't the word band imply that all of them matter? They were a great group and i think we liked the unity they showed at the time! Doesn't the top 100 song list for each year compare 1 musician to another? Didn't they top this list in their day? Rather then do that enjoy the music! As for more foolish squabbles, "Let it BE!"  ;-P

i thought we were all here to post our own thought(s) on the music. you got to think for yourself. in the long run, you will like who you are more if you do just that! forget about fitting in to an ever changing society. history shows us society is wrong most of the time! learn how to make yourself happy and others around you will also be more happy. =D

Still of all the posts below, i think this was the most funny . That has to count for something, non?

 Poacher wrote:

Well. Can I just drop in here there are occasions over the years when I have seen other members ratings have none in '10 godlike'. 

I have a strong suspicion it is because they are religious and can't bear to click something 'Godlike' or they will be expelled from THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN AND BE CAST ASUNDER TO THE HELLFIRE OF DAMNATION!

Me? Fuck it - I'll see you in damnation. 
 
Poacher, don't count on it. I'm not making plans that far ahead! Besides, if the bible said that we are all made in the image of god, doesn't that logic make us all "god" like? With this logic, a Ford has 4 wheels. This makes a Ford, Porsche like, but it's not a Porsche! It's the little things that would matter, like the handling, acceleration and oh yeah, who makes it that makes a car Porsche like! =) Have fun. Catch you later...



james_of_tucson
(Tucson AZ)
Posted: Jan 10, 2012 - 13:20
 
 rdo wrote:

I can't see what people see in this song. 


 
That's ok.  It's not important what people see in the song.  What's important is what YOU see in it.  If that's "nothing", then that's ok.  Maybe nobody sees anything.  Why would that be an issue for you in the first place?


james_of_tucson
(Tucson AZ)
Posted: Jan 10, 2012 - 13:14
 
 LPCity wrote:
I love a lot of what the Beatles did, but this song is not one of those things.

It's like a funeral dirge.
 
It does, after all, take an abbreviated form of Pachelbel's Canon, which is not infrequently literally used as funeral music. 


Proclivities
(Carrboro, NC)
Posted: Jan 10, 2012 - 13:14
 
 jktravl wrote:
I just listened to Jackson Browne's Late forthe sky album, cam in turned on RP, and this was on.  It almost sounded like Jackson Brown could have wrote it and Paul stole it.  Lots of the same riffs.  I don't like the beatles or McCartney much at all. Thay are way overated.  A solid 5
 

Did Jackson Browne have a time machine?  "Late For The Sky" was released about five years after this album.

james_of_tucson
(Tucson AZ)
Posted: Jan 10, 2012 - 13:10
 
 Poacher wrote:

Well. Can I just drop in here there are occasions over the years when I have seen other members ratings have none in '10 godlike'. 

I have a strong suspicion it is because they are religious and can't bear to click something 'Godlike' or they will be expelled from THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN AND BE CAST ASUNDER TO THE HELLFIRE OF DAMNATION!

Me? Fuck it - I'll see you in damnation. 
 
I rarely give "10's" to anyone living.  And to get "Godlike" from me (which I realize is indistinguishable from a regular "10"), I have to believe you're playing in the band either in Heaven, Hell, Mount Olympus, or Telluride or someplace like that, or else your sphere of influence has to be far greater than simply your expression as an artist.

Artists who I know personally get "9's", even those who have passed to the next life, and even those with whom I have had personal and professional disagreements. 

Personally I don't care which afterlife I reach, because I think they all have an awesome house band by now.


h8rhater
Posted: Jan 10, 2012 - 13:03
 
 gjr wrote:
sad to think that a junkie like keith richards out-lived john and george
 
Your ignorance is not becoming.  John and George were both junkies at the same time that Keith was one.  Eric Clapton was one too but he lives on just like Keith.  Who knows, maybe they all booted up together back in the day.


MiracleDrug
(Earth)
Posted: Jan 10, 2012 - 12:59
 
 dmax wrote:

And only 1962-1970 !
Amazing. Peter Gabriel would've only released two albums in that amount of time, and certainly wouldn't have changed the world's culture doing it... 
 

OR:

  • Peter Gabriel 3 (Melt) (1980)
  • Ein Deutsches Album (1980)
  • Peter Gabriel 4 (Security) (1982)
  • Deutsches Album (1982)
  • Birdy (1985)
  • So (1986)
  • Passion (1989)


    • ColdMiser
    (Out in the Cold)
    Posted: Jan 10, 2012 - 12:59
     
    nothing say Justin Beiber like "Let it be" {#Lol}

    MiracleDrug
    (Earth)
    Posted: Jan 10, 2012 - 12:57
     
     dmax wrote:

    And only 1962-1970 !
    Amazing. Peter Gabriel would've only released two albums in that amount of time, and certainly wouldn't have changed the world's culture doing it... 
     

  • From Genesis to Revelation (1969)
  • Trespass (1970)
  • Nursery Cryme (1971)
  • Foxtrot (1972)
  • Selling England by the Pound (1973)
  • The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway (1974)
  • Peter Gabriel 1 (Car) (1977)
  • Peter Gabriel 2 (Scratch) (1978)


    • Stingray
    (NWO reloaded)
    Posted: Jan 10, 2012 - 12:56
     

    The PETE BEST BAND...


    Matthew Fisher on the organ!



    (former member)
    (hotel in Las Vegas)
    Posted: Dec 09, 2011 - 17:42
     

    Everybody in my hotel room loves this song...  and this great album...

     

    LPCity
    (Salt Lake City, Utah)
    Posted: Oct 07, 2011 - 13:16
     
    I love a lot of what the Beatles did, but this song is not one of those things.

    It's like a funeral dirge.

    jktravl
    (Virginia)
    Posted: Aug 05, 2011 - 18:10
     
     dmax wrote:

    And only 1962-1970 !
    Amazing. Peter Gabriel would've only released two albums in that amount of time, and certainly wouldn't have changed the world's culture doing it... 
     

    Peter Gabriel achieves musical nirvana, Beatles make me yawn

    jktravl
    (Virginia)
    Posted: Aug 05, 2011 - 18:07
     
    I just listened to Jackson Browne's Late forthe sky album, cam in turned on RP, and this was on.  It almost sounded like Jackson Brown could have wrote it and Paul stole it.  Lots of the same riffs.  I don't like the beatles or McCartney much at all. Thay are way overated.  A solid 5

    (former member)
    Posted: Aug 05, 2011 - 18:00
     
     kingart wrote:
    It's a long way but a short road from I Saw Her Standing There to Let it Be, from elated youth to aching adult. Art sure does move in mysterious ways. 
     
    And only 1962-1970 !
    Amazing. Peter Gabriel would've only released two albums in that amount of time, and certainly wouldn't have changed the world's culture doing it... 

    kingart
    (Brooklyn NY)
    Posted: Jul 05, 2011 - 09:11
     
    It's a long way but a short road from I Saw Her Standing There to Let it Be, from elated youth to aching adult. Art sure does move in mysterious ways. 

    Poacher
    (Brighton, UK)
    Posted: Jul 05, 2011 - 09:10
     
     lemmoth wrote:
    How is this anything other than God like?
     
    Well. Can I just drop in here there are occasions over the years when I have seen other members ratings have none in '10 godlike'. 

    I have a strong suspicion it is because they are religious and can't bear to click something 'Godlike' or they will be expelled from THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN AND BE CAST ASUNDER TO THE HELLFIRE OF DAMNATION!

    Me? Fuck it - I'll see you in damnation. 

    lemmoth
    (NYC)
    Posted: Jul 05, 2011 - 09:04
     
    How is this anything other than God like?

    rdo
    (DC)
    Posted: Jun 03, 2011 - 17:43
     
     keller1 wrote:


    I give most of the Beatles stuff 8+, but The White Album and especially this one have a lot more 5s and 6s.  They were running out of ideas and the amalgam of Lennon and McCartney that made their other stuff so transcendent was melting down.  So yeah, I agree with you.
     

    I am starting to think that it was Lennon I love, and not the Beatles.

    (former member)
    (hotel in Las Vegas)
    Posted: Apr 10, 2011 - 20:37
     


    It has been a while since I have played this on my Yamaha Portable Grand...  love it...

     

    Peace_tode
    (Atlanta)
    Posted: Apr 01, 2011 - 12:33
     
     gjr wrote:
    sad to think that a junkie like keith richards out-lived john and george
     

    Keith has been free from Heroin for 30 years and hasn't touched cocaine since he fell out of the tree.

    amoreena
    (west whatnot)
    Posted: Apr 01, 2011 - 12:27
     
     gjr wrote:
    sad to think that a junkie like keith richards out-lived john and george
     
    Keith Richards was a close friend to all the Beatles, especially to Paul and John, and I doubt they would agree with your thinking.

    palad1
    (London UK. A froggie in exile.)
    Posted: Mar 10, 2011 - 08:22
     
    I was stressing out at work against a nasty piece of code, running out of ideas, fearing a deadline and Bill plays Let It Be...

     

    (former member)
    (hotel in Las Vegas)
    Posted: Dec 28, 2010 - 11:00
     


    perfect...



    jimbaca
    (Albuquerque)
    Posted: Dec 28, 2010 - 10:54
     
    The most downloaded Beatles song on iTunes!  Also, a great version of this song is in the movie "Across the Universe."

    On_The_Beach
    (Vancouver BC, Bud)
    Posted: Nov 26, 2010 - 20:53
     
     WonderLizard wrote:
    And John needed Paul.
     
    Too true! The whole was definitely greater than the sum of its parts.



    mandolin
    (...drifting...)
    Posted: Nov 26, 2010 - 18:39
     
    ...it gets a bonus point for the instrumental break; nice touch!..

    ...so that makes a two... 

    xtalman
    (What dimension?)
    Posted: Nov 04, 2010 - 09:38
     
    Probably my favorite Beatles tune.

    fast_eddie
    Posted: Nov 04, 2010 - 09:37
     
    Godlike is an understatement!!!

    (former member)
    (hotel in Las Vegas)
    Posted: Oct 03, 2010 - 19:00
     


    It is soooo soothing to hear this song...  love it...

     

    WonderLizard
    (2,755.46 mi. due east of Paradise)
    Posted: Sep 24, 2010 - 10:20
     
     jagdriver wrote:
    Why Paul needed John. (Thanks, hippiechick!)
     
    And John needed Paul.