‘The Beatles: Get Back’ sets the band’s record straight
3 years ago

‘The Beatles: Get Back’ sets the band’s record straight

Live Mint  

When I was a teenager, I had two deeply cherished time-travel fantasies. Scenes from ‘The Beatles: Get Back’ As The Beatles: Get Back shows, the band had to first work through many internal contradictions. At one point, Lennon even jokes that they often forget he’s there, and when Harrison temporarily quits the group in a huff, it’s Starr who brings Lennon and McCartney together in a tender group hug. The Beatles are short of new songs and McCartney picks up his bass and starts strumming chords and a rhythm, and before our eyes, Get Back, the band’s chart-topping single from April 1969, is created from thin air. They rehearse and demo songs, including Harrison’s Something, Lennon’s Gimme Some Truth and McCartney’s The Back Seat Of My Car, which would go on to feature in their final album, Abbey Road, as well as in their respective solo albums in the early 1970s.

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'Beatles '64' revisits an intense two-week period in musical and cultural history
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'Beatles '64' revisits an intense two-week period in musical and cultural history

NPR  

'Beatles '64' revisits an intense two-week period in musical and cultural history A new Disney+ documentary chronicles the Beatles' first trip to America. Disney+, which already gave us the three-part Beatles documentary "Get Back" and the restored version of their "Let It Be" film, has another Beatles documentary to present called "Beatles '64." DAVID BIANCULLI, BYLINE: Sixty years later, what …

Beatles ’64: Disney’s new documentary shows another side of the Fab Four.
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Beatles ’64: Disney’s new documentary shows another side of the Fab Four.

Slate  

Most accounts of Beatlemania begin by dropping viewers in the midst of the fray, ears ringing from the ecstatic shrieks of teenage girls. The brief introduction sets up the idea, voiced by Paul McCartney toward the end of David Tedeschi’s feature-length documentary, that the U.S. was especially primed for the band’s arrival by JFK’s assassination—that their appearance on The Ed …

When myth and music make it to the movies
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When myth and music make it to the movies

Hindustan Times  

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What we learned from The Beatles' new Now and Then documentary
1 year, 1 month ago

What we learned from The Beatles' new Now and Then documentary

ABC  

On Friday morning Australian time, The Beatles will release Now And Then — their final ever song. Peter Jackson's technology pried John Lennon's voice and piano apart A John Lennon demo tape titled For Paul emerged in 1994, and the remaining Beatles worked with producer Jeff Lynne to bring the songs Free As A Bird and Real Love to life. …

Peter Jackson on The Beatles and Get Back: ‘I get the feeling now that history has arrived’
2 years, 7 months ago

Peter Jackson on The Beatles and Get Back: ‘I get the feeling now that history has arrived’

The Independent  

Sign up to Roisin O’Connor’s free weekly newsletter Now Hear This for the inside track on all things music Get our Now Hear This email for free Get our Now Hear This email for free SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. “The most remarkable thing about this isn’t what I’ve …

Think 'Get Back' was epic? You should see Paul McCartney's new memoir
3 years ago

Think 'Get Back' was epic? You should see Paul McCartney's new memoir

ABC  

Across 960 pages, we get to know a little more about the man and his songs. The memoir Paul McCartney has never had time to write Get Back has blanketed the media so comprehensively, that another large-scale work tailored for Beatles obsessives hasn't had the cut-through you might expect. The memoir-via-lyrics format isn't new – Paul Kelly and Don Walker …

‘The Beatles: Get Back’ review: Peter Jackson’s love letter to the greatest of them all
3 years ago

‘The Beatles: Get Back’ review: Peter Jackson’s love letter to the greatest of them all

The Hindu  

By the end of watching 468 minutes of John, Paul, George and Ringo goof off, snipe at each other, create and perform beautiful music, I felt wrung out and also like I had created my own masterpiece. Just watching Macca pull out ‘Get Back’ out of thin air is worth the eight-hour slog, and also McCartney’s headmaster-like domination of the …

And in the end: A fan’s notes on Peter Jackson’s Beatles doc
3 years ago

And in the end: A fan’s notes on Peter Jackson’s Beatles doc

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — Peter Jackson’s Beatles documentary “Get Back” runs for nearly eight hours and the only real criticism you can make is that it doesn’t last longer. A few notes from one fanatic: A MOMENT’S NOTICE “Get Back” closely follows the band in January 1969 as it hurries to record an album and plan a concert for an intended …

And in the end: A fan's notes on Peter Jackson's Beatles doc
3 years ago

And in the end: A fan's notes on Peter Jackson's Beatles doc

The Independent  

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Get Back review: The Beatles documentary is eight hours long for a reason.
54 years, 11 months ago

Get Back review: The Beatles documentary is eight hours long for a reason.

Slate  

The Baby-Faced Bobbie is one of the many indelible additions to Beatles lore to be found in director Peter Jackson’s new documentary Get Back, which premiered in three parts over the Thanksgiving weekend on Disney+. I’ve seen many viewers on social media marveling at how Paul seems to generate the pith of the song “Get Back” one day in minutes, …

The Beatles: Secret conversation featured in Get Back reveals John Lennon’s ‘only regret’ about Beatles songs
3 years ago

The Beatles: Secret conversation featured in Get Back reveals John Lennon’s ‘only regret’ about Beatles songs

The Independent  

Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter for all the latest entertainment news and reviews Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy A secret conversation featured in new documentary Get Back reveals John …

How much Beatles is too much? Our experts gorge on the new docuseries ‘Get Back’
3 years ago

How much Beatles is too much? Our experts gorge on the new docuseries ‘Get Back’

LA Times  

Paul McCartney sits in a chair, bass guitar propped on his knees, and plucks out a riff — nothing fancy, not yet, though he can tell he might be onto something. McCartney looks over at George Harrison, his band mate in the Beatles, who’s lounging across from him inside a cold London studio in January 1969, and lets his eyes …

‘Get Back’ series dispels, and confirms, some Beatle myths
3 years ago

‘Get Back’ series dispels, and confirms, some Beatle myths

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — For 50 years, the fixed narrative had the Beatles’ “Let it Be” recording session as a miserable experience with a band where members were sick of each other, sick of their work and in the process of breaking up. That moment unfolded after a morning where Harrison watched, silently stewing, as Lennon and McCartney displayed their tight …

It's the year of The Beatles: Legendary band to release reworked final album, documentary, and book
3 years, 2 months ago

It's the year of The Beatles: Legendary band to release reworked final album, documentary, and book

Firstpost  

The Beatles will not only release a reworked version of Let It Be, but also a book, and a documentary by Peter Jackson, documenting the studio sessions. The Beatles are back this autumn with a new book, reworked final album, and much-anticipated documentary that sheds new light on their fraught final days. A new remix of the album by Giles …

This Book Will Reveal How The Beatles Came Up With Their Last Original Album 'Let it Be'
4 years, 3 months ago

This Book Will Reveal How The Beatles Came Up With Their Last Original Album 'Let it Be'

News 18  

Even 50 years after their separation, the Beatles continue to make headlines. John Lennon, Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr and George Harrison will be at the heart of a new book in which they recall the recording of their last original album, “Let It Be." “The Beatles: Get Back" is a 240-page account of the creation and recording of the Fab …

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