Over Thanksgiving break I, like many Beatles fans I'm sure, watched the entirety of The Beatles: Get Back documentary on Disney+. It's a marathon, there's about eight hours of footage split into three parts. But man is it fun to watch!
You really feel as though you're in the studio with the musicians, seeing them have these intimate conversations and recording sessions. There's footage of Paul McCartney just pulling "Get Back" out of thin air, or John taking playful bites out of his microphone. There's many instances of them just noodling around and playing songs that they enjoy on their instruments. And slightly meta conversations about what they want this project to look like. It's all been wonderfully restored too, I cannot believe that this is from 1969!
Of course it culminates in the performance on the roof of their recording studio, with Paul gleefully embracing the possibility of them being arrested. The entire concert was included, along with captions detailing which recordings made it on the album, which in nice. In general I think it's edited really well, they tell you who everyone is and explain obscure references with images and text so it isn't hard to follow.
I totally get it if an 8 hour Beatles documentary isn't your thing, but it was a ton of fun to watch! You can put it on in the background, or sit and pay attention to every detail. The project rewards you either way.
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