Wow! and holy shit they just threaded a 60-year-old tape onto a machine and let it roll? Without hooking it to a system to digitize it on the first pass? Crazy! But I want to hear it.
Yeah, I would love to hear it, too. I hope that it gets released in some form, if not to buy, just to be able to listen.
Wow! and holy shit they just threaded a 60-year-old tape onto a machine and let it roll? Without hooking it to a system to digitize it on the first pass? Crazy! But I want to hear it.
Caught Todd, Christoper Cross, Joey Holland, Denny Laine, and Jason Scheff with Prairie Prince & Gil Assayas doing Revolver/Rubber Soul and some of their individual hits over the weekend.
LOTS of fun, since they got to walk on/off as the songs required, and that kept them interested.
Recommended it theyâre coming around your way.
Very enjoyable show. Not bad for a bunch of "old" guys. Prairie did a good Ringo impersonation I thought. Joey Molland seems like a fun guy to hang out with.
Caught Todd, Christoper Cross, Joey Holland, Denny Laine, and Jason Scheff with Prairie Prince & Gil Assayas doing Revolver/Rubber Soul and some of their individual hits over the weekend. LOTS of fun, since they got to walk on/off as the songs required, and that kept them interested.
"The rise of rock and roll couldn’t be ignored, so “The Carol Burnett Show” did its best to embrace “what the kids are listening to” and this is what you got. Bobby Gentry as “Paul,” jamming her long hair under a Beatles wig and pretending it wasn’t all pointy. (We’ll forgive that Paul’s a lefty.) Gwen Verdon as “George” but playing a keyboard for some reason. “John” – aka Phyllis Diller – wiggling her fingers on a mellophone and definitely skipping the “I’ll get high” part of the song."
"The rise of rock and roll couldnât be ignored, so âThe Carol Burnett Showâ did its best to embrace âwhat the kids are listening toâ and this is what you got. Bobby Gentry as âPaul,â jamming her long hair under a Beatles wig and pretending it wasnât all pointy. (Weâll forgive that Paulâs a lefty.) Gwen Verdon as âGeorgeâ but playing a keyboard for some reason. âJohnâ â aka Phyllis Diller â wiggling her fingers on a mellophone and definitely skipping the âIâll get highâ part of the song."
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Has anyone else watched Peter Jackson's "Get Back" documentary on Disney+?
I sat through all 8 hours...mostly watching...sometimes as background music... and found it to be amazing, insightful, boring, extraordinary, repetitive, and captivating.
Almost finished it.
Yes to what you said.
Ringo cracked me up. He was just a steady man behind the drum set. Seemed to stay away from any controversy. Interjected his wit when needed.
George looked upset most of the time. I can understand that. He was ignored most of the time.
It was amazing watching John and Paul work songs out together.
And Paul was a work horse... cranking out song after song.
I really liked when they were just having fun together... like buddies playing in the band.
Yoko can't sing.
Has anyone else watched Peter Jackson's "Get Back" documentary on Disney+?
I sat through all 8 hours...mostly watching...sometimes as background music... and found it to be amazing, insightful, boring, extraordinary, repetitive, and captivating.
Great review! I have yet to watch and am probably hesitating for those expected reasons....
not yet, but I read the reviews. Macca sitting in a corner playing with a riff on his bass guitar that subsequently evolved into Get Back.. i wanna see that.
Saw that last night. The Better Half™ was nonplussed that I had trouble speaking and my eyes were tearing up.
Macca sitting in a corner playing with a riff on his bass guitar that subsequently evolved into Get Back..
i wanna see that.
I was amazed by the relationships. I never liked Paul much, but appreciate his driving the band (at this point in the band's history). The talent of the entire band (even Ringo) is undeniable.
Like I said...it can be very slow...but all of the slow bits are Jackson "setting up" a "wow" moment. As you noted, there is a lot of lyric banter to get the songs just right, and seeing them solve issues and move on is amazing.
Has anyone else watched Peter Jackson's "Get Back" documentary on Disney+? I sat through all 8 hours...mostly watching...sometimes as background music... and found it to be amazing, insightful, boring, extraordinary, repetitive, and captivating.
not yet, but I read the reviews.
Macca sitting in a corner playing with a riff on his bass guitar that subsequently evolved into Get Back..
Has anyone else watched Peter Jackson's "Get Back" documentary on Disney+?
I sat through all 8 hours...mostly watching...sometimes as background music... and found it to be amazing, insightful, boring, extraordinary, repetitive, and captivating.
Looking back 50 years now, I'm glad that this was done as it wraps up everything nicely and leaves a good, happy taste to remember the four lads from Liverpool and just how important they were, at that point in time which was basically the entire 1960's. Edit: I just remembered that I forgot to mention the impact that Billy Preston had on The Beatles in this phase of the band. That was perhaps the greatest revelation I gained from listening. He became the foundation or soul of the band in its final years. He added that tangible intangible to their music. Taken for granted at the time but now fully appreciated, at least by me looking back now.
The Billy Preston (at age 22) injection was huge. What I never realized until reading the past few days was that Let It Be was recorded before Abbey Road. Like I said before... I like the music, but was obviously never a real "fan" per se. What I'm looking forward to the most is seeing them play. I've always thought of them as a band, but the documentary looks like we'll see each of them as musicians, and apparently, they're pretty good.
The organ is one of my favorite instruments, right up there with a sweet slide guitar. The Allman Bros has both, all the time.
I just tore through the All Things Must Pass 50th box set and Preston was all over it. Such a vital part of the music's texture. So I had that recent experience coming into Let It Be and there he was, weaving in and out in the background and sometimes into the front. He made their music fun again.
Yeah, this was done before Abbey Road and you hear some of that in the outtakes including a peak at Harrison's yet to come ATMP.
What was most striking was hearing the live band rawness on the Get Back version of Let It Be compared to the finished, polished product that you would expect from something Beatles at that time. I can see why Get Back was held back for release. The world just wasn't ready to hear what they really sounded like without all of the studio effects.
Special mention is Across The Universe. There are several versions included and all of them are simply outstanding in their own way.
This does reinforce just how good they all were as musicians. I remember a "discussion" between Lennon and Harrison when they were trying to figure out a lead guitar part on one of Lennon's songs (I forget which) where George plaintively says "I can play anything you want" with a gimme a clue what you want add on after that. You will certainly enjoy seeing them noodle around in the studio and especially Paul on the piano.
Joey Molland seems like a fun guy to hang out with. 
Edit: I just remembered that I forgot to mention the impact that Billy Preston had on The Beatles in this phase of the band. That was perhaps the greatest revelation I gained from listening. He became the foundation or soul of the band in its final years. He added that tangible intangible to their music. Taken for granted at the time but now fully appreciated, at least by me looking back now.