Like all moments in life, they will never come back again. What I find interesting about this moment is none of the spectators (nor the Beatles) realized this was going to be their last live concert. It’s a break of the Peace.” One businessman on the street says the performance, “absolutely disrupted all the business in this area.” The London police soon appear, and tell the studio’s receptionist, “We don’t appreciate this.
Given this was in a business district of London, a crowd quickly gathers on the streets below, but not everyone is happy. Towards the the end of the film, the Beatles go onto the roof of their studio building, and stage what would later famously be their last live performance… ever. Minor inconveniences are just that: minor inconveniences. However, “Get Back” constantly features them laughing, goofing off, and breaking into silly versions of cover songs…as well as the true joy you can see in their faces when finally playing live again.Įmbrace the moment. A few setbacks occur because of the tension that came with the enormity of this constraint… including George Harrison quitting the band for a few days. It had been three years since they last performed in public, and there was a lot of pressure on them to prepare for a planned upcoming televised concert in just three weeks. One thing these films really highlight is how much fun the Beatles were having. Watching Jackson’s films gave me a greater appreciation in the creative process the Beatles went through in creating songs for an album, and I felt their experience offered some mindful lessons that can be adapted into everyday life: The previous 1970 documentary “Let it Be” made it appear as a much more somber ordeal (it should be mentioned that if you have not seen “Get Back,” this blog post may contain some minor spoilers, but most of the events are already pretty well known in Beatles lore). Much like Jackson’s other ambitious projects such as “The Lord of the Rings” and “The Hobbit,” this also had to be divided into a trilogy, totaling nearly 10 hours, given the immense amount of source material.Īs a lifelong Beatles fan, I appreciated the new positive perspective offered on the Beatles’ relationships with each other during this time in their career.
I recently watched Peter Jackson’s amazing documentary, “ Get Back”Ībout the Beatles during their recording of the “Let it Be” album. Guest Post by Shane Ledford, CMT-200, CYT-200 Shane Ledford recreating the Beatles famous walk across Abbey Road
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