The Beatles "Get Back" (Disney+)
*Waiting for Billy!
yep, watched the first hour and a half this morning, but had to shut it off because I was getting a little annoyed with it to be honest. Even though it's great to experience an intimate look at how they worked, and yes, "Played" with these songs; there is also a lot of just horsing around. So I'll need to pace myself for this and watch it in chunks. And we're really only seeing an edited down version of all the available material. Even at that, I'm thinking they should have done a "Documentary" (like this is) and a second version further edited down into a quicker paced film.
So I'm waiting for when Billy Preston shows; because I just have a feeling he'll help re-invigorate and focus them. Watching the interaction between Paul and George on the mechanics and process of writing these songs was a little painful. I was also surprised, so far at least, just how little input and vocalized John was in this process; I was imagining he'd take more of a commanding role in keeping everything rolling along, but he seemed just as lost as the rest of them. Maybe, I was just expecting a more regal and experienced process from them, but I see them pulling away from each other as the band that was nearing the end and losing focus and inspiration as a unit.
One little thing on a musician aspect, was how Paul was playing some things with his 4 string bass, and strumming it like a guitar during initial development for the song, to better display and bring out the rhythm.
*Waiting for Billy!
yep, watched the first hour and a half this morning, but had to shut it off because I was getting a little annoyed with it to be honest. Even though it's great to experience an intimate look at how they worked, and yes, "Played" with these songs; there is also a lot of just horsing around. So I'll need to pace myself for this and watch it in chunks. And we're really only seeing an edited down version of all the available material. Even at that, I'm thinking they should have done a "Documentary" (like this is) and a second version further edited down into a quicker paced film.
So I'm waiting for when Billy Preston shows; because I just have a feeling he'll help re-invigorate and focus them. Watching the interaction between Paul and George on the mechanics and process of writing these songs was a little painful. I was also surprised, so far at least, just how little input and vocalized John was in this process; I was imagining he'd take more of a commanding role in keeping everything rolling along, but he seemed just as lost as the rest of them. Maybe, I was just expecting a more regal and experienced process from them, but I see them pulling away from each other as the band that was nearing the end and losing focus and inspiration as a unit.
One little thing on a musician aspect, was how Paul was playing some things with his 4 string bass, and strumming it like a guitar during initial development for the song, to better display and bring out the rhythm.
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