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"Get Back" film

#61
I got Disney + off my kids' account. I can't find anything else on it that would interest. Its clearly aimed at the young. a lot of cartoons and kiddie stuff. Get Back is a bit more unusual. I was actually surprised how little content in general D+ has compared to Netflix or Prime.

If I was a temporary subscriber, I wouldn't be staying with them permanent.
 
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Negative comments here are mad jealous. They wrote and recorded the whole album in a month and they played so well as a band that all the tracks were recorded live. Don’t Let Me Down has always been a favourite of mine. To realise that what I’ve always been listening to is a live take from a rooftop flies in the face of everything I learnt about recording. Amazing.
 
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SeanStewart said:
Negative comments here are mad jealous. They wrote and recorded the whole album in a month and they played so well as a band that all the tracks were recorded live. Don’t Let Me Down has always been a favourite of mine. To realise that what I’ve always been listening to is a live take from a rooftop flies in the face of everything I learnt about recording. Amazing.
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Agreed, and such good quality recordings, in cold weather, wind, outside, with idle crowd talking, traffic noises etc, running lines to the basement, with the tech of the day. Amazing.
 
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I was fortunate enough to work with a producer/song writer who has dozens of platinum records to his name. One thing I learned was creative minds and the creative process are essentially the antithesis of structure. They dispise structure, efficiency or repeatability. They do what they do. If it turns out you can make a song or record out of it than great. If not, that's fine as well. Believe me, when Warewolfs of London, I love rock n roll, and Who Let the Dogs Out we're being recorded, others were saying we need to get back to being serious.
 
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One thing I loved, that you'd easily miss if you ff'd through parts, is how you'd get subtitles noting when recordings ended up on the final album. It was like little easter eggs. From this slog through productive and unproductive days, BOOM there was a recording that became part of the album. Another thing I found really impactful was the ending: hours of watching this thing unfold, then they're on the rooftop, then the cops shut them down. And then the text "This was The Beatles' last public performance." It hit me in a really sad way to think that this huge band had this struggle to put together this project, they get out in front of everyone, and then so unceremoniously they were done, and that was it forever -- like, you just watched the final moment, and nobody on the screen knew it. I thought it was brilliant, and I think it worked for me because of the time invested in the earlier episodes. Oh, and the reactions from people in the street were priceless.
 
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Oddly said:
I'm more surprised anyone could hear it, with that little PA set-up...but maybe they had more speakers placed in all Apple's windows?
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I recently saw (here on TB ?) a comment that the bass cab must have been the 2x12 instead of the 2x15 version because nobody would heave the heavier kit up to the roof. I thought that was a hilarious and sharp bit of analysis.
 
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lethargytartare said:
Another thing I found really impactful was the ending: hours of watching this thing unfold, then they're on the rooftop, then the cops shut them down. And then the text "This was The Beatles' last public performance." It hit me in a really sad way to think that this huge band had this struggle to put together this project, they get out in front of everyone, and then so unceremoniously they were done, and that was it forever -- like, you just watched the final moment, and nobody on the screen knew it. I thought it was brilliant, and I think it worked for me because of the time invested in the earlier episodes. Oh, and the reactions from people in the street were priceless.
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I agree, and at the same time, it helps to remember that if they had wanted to simply put on a concert, or go back on tour, they could have done that easily. A great deal of the struggle was due to the constraints they put on themselves; not to play their existing hits, but do a show of all-new material, and to do it in a unique, news-making kind of a way, and to do all that in a ridiculously short time frame. Getting the concert shut down by the cops was deliberate, as part of the publicity stunt aspect - that's why they put a hidden camera in the lobby, and the Apple Studios staff were clearly coached to delay and obfuscate and draw out a little drama in front of that camera. Heck, I wouldn't be shocked to learn that half the noise complaints the cops got were phoned in by the producers. I think an important driver in the whole thing was to get a movie made, and the director wasn't sure what the plot line of the movie was going to be, until he decided what he was filming was the Tragic Death of the Beatles, which is what the original Let It Be documentary made it look like.

I also loved the vox pops in the street, especially from such a variety of people, including many of the older ones. What struck me was the shortness of the time frame - this was '68 and they had only been a hitmaking band since '63. That's like asking someone today in 2022 what they think of an act that's only been around since 2017. So when someone on the street says yes, they love Beatles music, are they thinking of I Am the Walrus or Love Me Do?
 
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SeanStewart said:
Negative comments here are mad jealous. They wrote and recorded the whole album in a month and they played so well as a band that all the tracks were recorded live. Don’t Let Me Down has always been a favourite of mine. To realise that what I’ve always been listening to is a live take from a rooftop flies in the face of everything I learnt about recording. Amazing.
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Remember how many times they tried to make a releasable album out of these sessions. Until Let it Be Naked, which took a LOT of digital editing, the only thing good enough to release was Let it Be, with the walls of Spector echo, strings, and choirs.
 
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Jeff Hughes said:
This seemed like the fastest Apple repackaging of Beatles material ever. I would have thought the imax film would be at least two years after the Get Back release.
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I'm actually kind of surprised it didn't happen quicker. Jackson was responsible for the entire package so he probably was working on everything concurrently so he could get to whatever his next project is. Also, I know the Beatles are always "hot" but times have changed, obviously. With same day theater and streaming, waiting 2 years isn't going to happen.
 
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StereoPlayer said:
$7.99 to start the Disney channel.
Watch Get Back.
Cancel subscription.
Cheaper than going to the movies.
Cheaper than Starbucks.
Cheaper than beer.
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Yeah...we tried that...
Then Mandalorian, then Boba Fett...now my kids need to see the Adventures of Buck...CRAP! But yeah, 4 months is still cheaper than taking the family to a movie in the theaters...
 
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