My favourite part of "Let it Be" is George helping Ringo work out "Octopus' Garden". My favourite part of "Get Back" is when the cops arrive and one tells the Apple staff that if they're filming the playing they can just dub the sound in later.

Billy Preston saved the Let It Be project - without him it was going nowhere…….

@erniericardo8140

14 күн бұрын

He certainly lightened the mood between the Fab 4.

@BDHO73

13 күн бұрын

100%

how could you left out them singing Besame Mucho! The man can opera! I truly believe that young Paul can sing anything, the man’s voice/range is so versatile

@williamlangan5902

12 күн бұрын

I hope it’s in the movie like it was the original. Interesting combination- Paul sings opera to a reggae arrangement.

Thanks for the upload. Let It Be wasn't as cringey as I remember it. I think after the Get Back movie, I'm kind of jaded towards Beatle drama.

@ConglomerationCat

15 күн бұрын

You and me both. I'm more prone to celebrate their accomplishments more than the drama barrel.

@simonhodgetts6530

15 күн бұрын

Same here - I found Get Back a bit of an ordeal to watch, after all the hype and anticipation!

Agree 100% on The Long And Winding Road👍

@retrovirus_exe

15 күн бұрын

there is a need for a beatle bossa nova 'Long and Winding Road' although there are numerous cover versions being recorded in that genre.

I really really want a soundtrack of the Get Back doc. I hope they release the Let It Be movie on Blu-ray. I really want to have it on my shelf and not have to worry about Disney removing it.

Great review! Let It Be is about the music! We get complete serious performances of most of the songs. It's not depressing as many people remembered. It IS the Beatles breaking up. No amount of positive footage changes that. It is what it is. We need a physical release containing the entire rooftop show with a soundtrack maybe as a bonus

Great point about a theatrical release. Disney could have absolutely made fans happy and made some money by giving Let it Be a two-week run in theaters before releasing it on Disney+

@bubba99009

15 күн бұрын

Yea I would have gone to see it in theater - but I guess they are pretty desperate for subs and they probably figure this will get them a bunch who sub for this one thing only and then just forget to cancel.

Was officially released on both VHS and laserdisc in the 80s.

@continentalgin

12 күн бұрын

I have a bootleg DVD that looks and sounds pretty raunchy (inside joke 'raunchy' refers to George Harrison).

I have come to see Let It Be as the "official album" and Get Back as the "Super Deluxe" version. Need both, but agreed that it's nice to have a choice between one hour of viewing vs 8

I totally get what you are saying about the "alternate" version of Long and Winding Road. I was in a band and we were working on a song and (for reasons I don't really remember) one time we just suddenly started playing it double time. It totally changed the feel from like a strange pop song to a high energy ska type tune and we all loved it. That then became the permanent version of the song. But sometimes an artist has a particular song feeling locked into their minds are just aren't open to having it changed.

Had no idea Michael LH was still around. Happy he finally got to see his film get the recognition it was due.

@c.f.mixolydian8926

13 күн бұрын

Definitely. It’s still a shame that Billy Preston wasn’t around to see Get Back…

@continentalgin

12 күн бұрын

In the Get Back series, L-H looks like a kid with a cigar trying to get decisions out of very indecisive Beatles! Hats off to Michael for seeing it through.

You got me excited to see it, Eric. And yes, they should’ve put this in theatres!

I saw it on vhs back in the 90s. All I remember is George getting mad at Paul and John flubbing the lyrics for Don’t Let Me Down.

@continentalgin

12 күн бұрын

Back when it was first released, I saw it in the theater and I swear the print looked dirty and grimy.

Downplaying depression, or being self deprecating by juxtaposing sad lyrics to upbeat melodies was always the approach I took when writing songs back in high school. It felt more interesting than a “Good Day Sunshine” approach to writing. With both lyric and melody being defined as “happy”. I love your ramblings, geek! Keep it up. ✌🏼

Still hoping for a Blu-ray release with a complete, uninterrupted edit of the roof top concert as a bonus feature. Would be great to get the complete roof top concert on CD and vinyl as well, as I like to have a physical copy and I believe that releasing it only on streaming services was a missed opportunity, both financially and for the fans. It´s The Beatles, it will sell!

That upbeat version of The Long and Winding Road is actually a very cool Bossa Nova version. It was COOL!!

I cannot understand how any Beatle fan cannot like Long & winding Road. It's one of Paul's most beautiful ballads. In terms of melody & lyrics & what constitutes a great song, It's so obviously a 10/10.

@josephblue4135

15 күн бұрын

Are you talking about how it is in the film or how it was released on the album? I listened to the original album version , the Giles Martin remix & the Let It Be...Naked version. I think it sounds great without the strings , horns & Choir. The Giles Martin remix is good also.

@lynnturman8157

14 күн бұрын

@@josephblue4135 I think any of them are great. It would be a great song if you just played it on a kazoo.

I totally agree about theatrical release, it should definitely get a special IMAX showing or two, and yes, I am counting on being able to get a Blu-ray of it eventually.

I agree with you about Billy Preston, how he suddenly appears with no introduction. The reason why the film took so long to come out originally was they edited it severely, removed a lot of footage of John & Yoko etc. If they left the footage in, it would have made more sense.

@continentalgin

12 күн бұрын

Yeah, the original was very choppy.

I think it'd be fun if you did a review on The Rutles.

Dang you about covered everything I was thinking about this. It was a nice way to complete this era of the Beatles after get back, and am for sure looking out for a physical copy of this in the future. Really nice movie imo

literally!! why not release it in theaters too along side streaming.

A soundtrack release would be awesome.

I think there will be a physical release I’m hoping for a physical release of B so I can actually buy the DVDs of get back and let it be that would be great.

I haven’t seen the film yet but I can’t wait it see what the differences are between get back and let it be

Yes I need the dvd and blu-ray release

I would instantly buy no questions asked a physical copy of Let It Be I just hope Disney don't lazily slap it together like they did get back

I’m glad you mentioned Billy Preston. It was too bad that they didn’t mention him in the let it be movie but I’m glad they talked about him in get back and how much better things were once Billy started playing with them!

It had a official release on laserdisc, but a lot of the discs ended up getting laser rot

Disney doesn't do the whole "pleasing the customers" thing.. they do the "you accept whatever we give you and you thank us for the table scraps." thing.

I was a projectionist back in the day of film prints, platters and Xenon bulbs. One of the best jobs I had as a “kid” except when I encountered “brain wraps!” 😊

“More square aspect ratio” 😂 It’s called 4:3 versus the more common 16:9.

Well done.

i saw it for the first time and people made it sound so much worse that it actually is also a good reminder of how people tend to glorify the past whether positively or negatively, and you don’t actually know until you see it with your own eyes

@josephblue4135

15 күн бұрын

I know what you mean. I'm 70 years old and I saw it for the first time this week. I thought it was delightful, insightful and a lot of fun with great music. I only signed Up for Disney plus last week so I could see it. I hadn't seen the get back Peter Jackson film yet. Since then I have seen all 3 parts of the get back film.

I would love to hear a Bossa Nova version of Sergio Mendes & Brasil 66 doing The Long and Winding Road 👍

I disagree about 'The Long and Winding Road'... I think the more somber album versions better reflect Paul's feelings, and you can hear that in his mournful vocal delivery.

you are right, putting onto a REEL role of Movie tape would of been great 😃😃⭐⭐⭐⭐

very good

Good grief!! The Long And Winding Road is one of the most brilliant songs ever written--certainly musically.

I'll wait for it to come out on Blu-ray to see it. I saw a crappy VHS copy years ago.

@Psyclonus7

15 күн бұрын

If that happens

@kennethmarchesani9823

15 күн бұрын

​@thefonzkiss of course it did. Where are you getting your information from lmao..Get Back is available both in DVD and Blu Ray formats. Let It Be will most certainly get a 4K HD release by summers end...its a gaurentee and you can say you heard it here first.

I was steeling myself for the doco to be miserable but I didn't find it that way at all. But it was very incomplete, like a random collection of clips with no connecting 'narrative', jumping from place to place etc. Odd. Thank god Sir Peter got hold of all of the original footage.

The lore around this movie was completely nonsensical. People made it out to be this terribly negative, oh so dreary movie, the Beatles were miserable, they were fighting blah blah blah. Absolutely incorrect. I saw it last week (first time ever) and it's like an abridged version of Get Back or like a 90 minute music video block on MTV. Really enjoyed it and cannot believe why it was so hated in the past. Huge injustice to Michael Lindsay Hogg.

@thefonzkiss

15 күн бұрын

Take it up with John Paul George and Ringo because they all said the film was miserable.

@nolarobert

12 күн бұрын

It was the context of the time Let It Be was released that gave it such a negative impression. The movie came out as The Beatles were breaking up and fans were mourning the loss of their favorite band. It was difficult to remove that context from Let It Be until enough time had passed for people to revise their opinion after seeing Let It Be again decades later. Now we can watch it removed from the strong negative emotions felt in 1970.

If you have seen 'Get Back' the 'Let it be' film is really disappointing. It was great that the footage was originally collected by Michael Lindsey Hogg and it goes to show what a fantastic job Peter Jackson did in turning it into something watchable.

Dude your tie is so sick where did you get it?

Really enjoyed rewatching Let It Be in really good quality. But I'll probably stick to just watching Get Back.

I remember a few official releases being announced, and they were all also cancelled. If there had ever been an official release issued, I'm sure I would have bought it. That's at least how I remember it.

You know I was not aware of any unofficial VHS copies but I do have a unofficial DVD copy

The rationale for streaming only is that lots of people will sign up for Disney + just to see "Let It Be" and then stay subscribers. It may only be $8.00/month, but that's $96/year for those who don't cancel their subscription. And for those who can't stand the ads, Disney makes $139.99/year, possibly for many years. That's far more than a family would have spent to see this film once.

After watching this film prior to Get Back a few times, I never understood the sentiment of others. Besides the opening and the argument between Paul and George the film is relatively upbeat and a fun time listening to them play those songs live, especially Two of Us and Let It Be..

There was plenty of billy preston in the 468 minute Get Back, this seems like the sequel since i've haven't seen it yet.

Get Back wove a better story and I didn't mind the brighter colors either. Let It Be was a bit of a kludge and ended with a klunk..way too unresolved. Peter Jackson rocks!

Definitely a head scratcher why they didn’t do a theatrical release. To be honest I haven’t even seen Get Back purely because it’s on Disney+. I just don’t want to sign up with them, and if there’s adds too, what exactly am I paying for?

@goncaloveiga

15 күн бұрын

I don’t have ads on my Disney sub.

@marivg8948

15 күн бұрын

There is an ad-free version of Disney+ but it's slightly more expensive.

@jongerdemann2824

14 күн бұрын

Thanks but I don’t want to subscribe just to watch Beatles content. I have no interest in their other content.

The people running Disney are not renowned for their intelligence 😀 Great that a cleaned up version is 'out there' (is it ??? - DVD / Blu Ray???) but I think Peter Jackson did those of us who grew up with the Fabs (and later generations, of course) a great service by opening things up and showing a far more balanced version of what was going on.

I just watched the other night. George Martin is more present in Let It Be than Glyn Johns, if Johns is even present at all.

I think the same

As a massive beatles fan I watched both get back an let it be an yes the clean up is exceptionally on both an they are interesting to watch but they are two things that personally I'm not gona watch again it could be time to stop scrapping the bottom of the barrel when it comes to beatles products

James Paul McCartney died in car crash on September 11 1966 and was replaced by William (Billy). This is the truth no matter what!

When you watch Let it Be.....it's not hard to see the Beatles breaking up within a year. Oddly enough, the Peter Jackson film (which, unlike LIB mentions George's quitting) makes it look like the Fabs were in great shape and ready to take on the 1970s. My fave moments from LIB: the Paul-Ringo piano duet, John's ragged-and-righteous take on Across the Universe, George helping Ringo write Octopus' Garden, the jam with Billy Preston and the entire rooftop concert.

☢Warning: Rant Coming. I watched "Let It Be" on May 8th and now I'm slowly watching "Get Back" for the very first time. I'll get my pet peeve out of the way. My #1 pet peeve by far when directors/cameramen are shooting a musician who is singing and playing guitar at the same time is when they frame the shot from the eyebrows to the lower lip. The eyebrows.....to the lower lip. Utterly ridiculous. There are countless shots like that and it's very annoying. I want to see both their face and the instrument. I don't want to see the boogers in their nose or the pores in their skin. Okay, done with rant. "Let It Be" is great for casual fans. I thoroughly enjoyed it. "Get Back" is a much tougher watch. I'm finding John Lennon to be incredibly annoying in "Get Back". He can't ever sing a song straight he has to do it in a "comedy" style and after a while it just gets old. It's like Uncle Willy telling the same joke over and over. I thought that Yoko Ono would be the annoying one in "Get Back", but I was totally wrong about that. It's John Lennon. And I'm a big John Lennon fan his songs are freaking brilliant. But there's lots of great stuff in both "Let It Be" and "Get Back". One is for casuals and the other is for diehards. And yes release "Let It Be" in theaters and also a hard copy.

@graniterhythm53

15 күн бұрын

Paul does his fair share of 'comedy' singing but on the roof is where the singing & playing is seriously excellent value for money!

@johnurban7333

15 күн бұрын

I agree with you on the head shots. There was some where you just saw Paul’s nose and mouth. And while Paul was singing they would fixate the camera on George. Some bad editing on which camera to use

@erniericardo8140

14 күн бұрын

If Im right thats just the way they always wrote their songs, they started them with funny lyrics until they found the right mood and tempo of the song and then they would put down the right words to the song, for example the song Yesterday had these funny lyrics of Scrambled eggs and how I Love your legs, It just Liverpudlian humor that they would do to amuse each other or to lighten the mood.

DISNEY PUT OUT A REMASTER HIGHLIGHTING FOUR WHITE ,HETEROSEXUAL MEN.FROM ENGLAND?! RIIIIGHT!! IF PAUL AND RINGO TRANSITIONED & FELL IN LOVE-KATIE BAR THE DOOR,ITD BE IN EVERY MOVIE HOUSE,IN EVERY STATE! BUT AS IS? NOTHIN DOIN!!

:P

I like to watch lib then getback. Also i prefer the remastered lib album and sum get back album. Naked should never been made its not needed anymore.

Thanks to Peter Jacksons Get Back we see a top class director not like lynsey hogg who was terrible as you see in the Let it be film.

It’s The Beach Boys turn my friend

Are you aware of the Mike Williams Sage of Quay KZread channel? There are episodes where he adamantly claims The Beatles didn't write any of their own material until after 1966 and that they didn't play on any of their albums! The guy talks absolute nonsense.

@catherinewilson3880

15 күн бұрын

Yet fools willingly buy into his drivel despite there being loads of evidence to the contrary. The human race is too stupid to survive. I'm amazed we've got this far, tbh.

Sorry but I always thought Let It Be was a depressing mess. Hogg left out Paul composing Get Back on the spot? Are you kidding me? Plus he left out all of John’s humor, made Paul out to be a God when he was actually very sensitive to his band mates feelings. And George and Ringo were depicted as sidemen.

A mi en lo personal nunca me gustó la película ni el álbum, los veía tan desconectados entre sí, estaban físicamente pero espiritualmente estaban cada quien por su lado, como que se sentian obligados a estar juntos y componer algo, eso siempre me pareció muy triste y más por ser su último lanzamiento.

Yeah, The Long and Winding Road. Although I can still see much to admire about it, it's always struck me as a not-as-good Let It Be. If I want what The Long and Winding Road is offering, I'll just listen to Let It Be, you know?

My favorite part when when it was over as I am burning out on the Beatles at this point.

A little bit of documentary, yeah like 2% and the rest of it is just song after song after song yeah I’m a Beatles fan but this is just a compilation of music clips. Nothing more. There’s no actual story to this. Of video Of video

First

The Beatles and mainly Paul did not like this film.

Yes, it's great to have it out at last, but a few quibbles with the review: First, I get you like the peppy version of _The Long And Winding Road_ but why go on about it for twice as long as the actual song? One or two sentences would be enough; not roughly a third of the time you talk about the entire movie in total. And second, same thing with Disney not putting this in theaters. I'm not interested in you fumbling around trying to describe the "thing next to the projector". It's irrelevant to what you're supposed to be doing, which is reviewing the movie. In an eight and a half minute video, you go on about these two things for nearly half that time (from 4:10 to 7:52). And as people in the comments are saying, what about other aspects of the film, such as _Besame Mucho,_ etc. Sorry Eric, I think this could have been fixed in editing. When you are actually talking about the movie, I quite enjoy what you have to say. But I suppose a four-minute review isn't worth posting.

@stanleyferdinand5979

15 күн бұрын

Personally,I really enjoyed the review.I liked the fact that Eric didn't edit those bits out.Made it natural and interesting.

@mcarp555

15 күн бұрын

@@stanleyferdinand5979 I know that what I wrote might come across as snotty, but I genuinely enjoy Eric's channel. Maybe in a 20 or 30 minute review those asides wouldn't seem so out of place, but when they're almost half the video, I felt it was a distraction from the main point. Natural and interesting is good, but I would have liked these digressions to have been much shorter. Hopefully he will take it as constructive and not sniping.

It was nothing new at all