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yourlibrarian ([personal profile] yourlibrarian) wrote in [personal profile] shadowkat 2021-11-28 12:10 am (UTC)

We haven't quite finished the first episode of the Beatles doc. One of the truest things said about The Beatles is that there will never be another Beatles (regardless of how, for a decade, a lot of bands were said to be the next Beatles). And a good part of the reason is that even The Beatles couldn't support their own mythos. One of the things I've found most striking so far is how all the band members just want to play a club date but they're steered away from this time and time again by their collaborators who keep reminding them that they are "The Beatles" and people expect a certain level of quality from them. And Paul's original idea, of doing a sort of surprise, guerilla concert, eventually happens even if in a very limited way.

I am reminded of their conversation about money and EMI, how they're such a huge asset to the company, yet they get very little from them in return. One of the things relates to where they record, which ends up always being in London. There are these grandiose ideas for a concert but George keeps reminding them of costs and practicalities, and how they still haven't been repaid for the film costs alone of the Magical Mystery Tour's movie. There are a lot of interesting little details there.

I remember one of the Beatlemania performers once quoted Ringo's line about how "Me and George played our best on John and Paul's records." And that clearly was the case. Because even if Paul and John aren't always working together, the partnership there is clear, how they really rely on one another in a professional sense and how the writing goes well together even if most songs come from one or the other.

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