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shadowkatWatched a bit more of the Beatles Documentary Get Back - I'm on part III.
It's interesting, the lads really aren't united on much of anything at all, which is a problem. John is in love with the notorious Allen Klein, who Glyn Johns (the sound recorder) states is a weird guy. "If you ask him a question, and he doesn't like it - he'll either ignore it or just change the topic." The others see him as a conman who is on their side (except possibly for Paul who says nothing about him). They all had a falling out with him eventually. The other problem?
Paul: We should lead up to something other than just making another album, which is fine, but that's all we do. Which is fine, but we need something visual. That people can see.
John: But that's what we're doing making an album. (He's clearly fine with just making an album.)
Later...about the rooftop concert.
Michael: But are you doing the rooftop concert tomorrow.
Paul: Look let's not get into this right now, again. Let's go through the songs. We can perform when we want - we're the band.
Michael: Yes you are.
George: So you are expecting us all to go up with a bunch of people and perform on the chimney?
Michael: No, not expecting. No expectations. Hoping really. Actually praying, we're praying.
George: Look, whatever..you want..
Paul: Is this what you want -
George: No, I don't want to go up on the roof, of course I don't want to go up on the roof
Ringo: I want to go up on the roof
Paul & George look up at Ringo: You do?
John: I'd also like to go up on the roof.
Paul: Oh, what a diverse group of individuals, very very diverse.
Also impossible to produce, because they are all very strong individuals. George tells John after Paul and Ringo leave, that he wants to do his own album, with his own songs. He has a ton of songs in his head that he wants to get out, play, and record. And would like to take off and do that. And couldn't they all take some time off to write their own stuff and produce their own albums?
I noticed during the sessions that Lennon is unfairly co-credited for songs that were developed by Paul and George and Ringo. It's really a group effort. But either Paul or John lead the others, which I think got on George's nerves after a while. George and Ringo add more than we realize and its subtle. The Beatles don't write their own music at all - they do it all by sound and ear, figuring out what sounds right. Basically they'll play something and throw in various words until it sounds right.
For example? George is working on the song "Something in the Way She Moves". He's struggling with the first verse.
George: Paul can you help with this? I can't get the words right.
John: Just play it and throw in different words until one sounds right.
Paul plays some of it without words.
John: Something in the way she moves, like no other cauliflower...
George: Like no a moth to candlelight?
They are intuitive musicians - they play with it until it sounds right to their trained ears. They can play anything they hear. There's another scene with Get Back - where Paul riffs on the song, Ringo and George are half listening, then Paul gets the beat, they pick it up to see where it goes, George begins to play the chords and says it works (that's in episode 1).
In episode 3 - Paul's struggling with Let it Be (which he nicknames Mother Mary) and the Long and Winding Road (which he nicknames Brother Jesus, and is also at one point called the Long and Windy Road, the Long and Winding Scrotum...).
If you are a serious musician or into music - this is an amazing thing to watch. You watch a musician create a song from scratch, play with it, and fine tune it over time, and stress over it. Of the four, Paul had the most musical background - his family were musicians and trained him. John less so. (I found this out via an interview with Scean Lennon - who interviewed Paul.)
It's interesting to watch - because they were in the midst of going their separate ways, but weren't really that acrimonious about it. They seemed to get along fairly well, and were somewhat tolerant of each other's differences. They also, and this is important, besides being like-minded individuals with similar values/goals, and views regarding music, were mainly "recording artists". Of the four - Paul wanted to perform the most.
*****
It was a pretty day today. Cool but not necessarily cold. Clear blue sky. I need to get out and walk in the morning, it's fading into twilight by 3pm now, and dark by 4:45. The weekends go by quickly. I feel like life is both endless sometimes, and seeping through my fingers like sand from an hour glass.
At the pharmacy - everyone had a mask on, but one older woman with a cart behind me who couldn't be bothered. She also wouldn't social distance in line. I resisted the urge to yell at her.
Menopause or perimenopause makes me snapish. I keep getting intermittent hot flashes that last a minute and go away.
I'm off to watch television, my shoulder hurts. Bye now.
It's interesting, the lads really aren't united on much of anything at all, which is a problem. John is in love with the notorious Allen Klein, who Glyn Johns (the sound recorder) states is a weird guy. "If you ask him a question, and he doesn't like it - he'll either ignore it or just change the topic." The others see him as a conman who is on their side (except possibly for Paul who says nothing about him). They all had a falling out with him eventually. The other problem?
Paul: We should lead up to something other than just making another album, which is fine, but that's all we do. Which is fine, but we need something visual. That people can see.
John: But that's what we're doing making an album. (He's clearly fine with just making an album.)
Later...about the rooftop concert.
Michael: But are you doing the rooftop concert tomorrow.
Paul: Look let's not get into this right now, again. Let's go through the songs. We can perform when we want - we're the band.
Michael: Yes you are.
George: So you are expecting us all to go up with a bunch of people and perform on the chimney?
Michael: No, not expecting. No expectations. Hoping really. Actually praying, we're praying.
George: Look, whatever..you want..
Paul: Is this what you want -
George: No, I don't want to go up on the roof, of course I don't want to go up on the roof
Ringo: I want to go up on the roof
Paul & George look up at Ringo: You do?
John: I'd also like to go up on the roof.
Paul: Oh, what a diverse group of individuals, very very diverse.
Also impossible to produce, because they are all very strong individuals. George tells John after Paul and Ringo leave, that he wants to do his own album, with his own songs. He has a ton of songs in his head that he wants to get out, play, and record. And would like to take off and do that. And couldn't they all take some time off to write their own stuff and produce their own albums?
I noticed during the sessions that Lennon is unfairly co-credited for songs that were developed by Paul and George and Ringo. It's really a group effort. But either Paul or John lead the others, which I think got on George's nerves after a while. George and Ringo add more than we realize and its subtle. The Beatles don't write their own music at all - they do it all by sound and ear, figuring out what sounds right. Basically they'll play something and throw in various words until it sounds right.
For example? George is working on the song "Something in the Way She Moves". He's struggling with the first verse.
George: Paul can you help with this? I can't get the words right.
John: Just play it and throw in different words until one sounds right.
Paul plays some of it without words.
John: Something in the way she moves, like no other cauliflower...
George: Like no a moth to candlelight?
They are intuitive musicians - they play with it until it sounds right to their trained ears. They can play anything they hear. There's another scene with Get Back - where Paul riffs on the song, Ringo and George are half listening, then Paul gets the beat, they pick it up to see where it goes, George begins to play the chords and says it works (that's in episode 1).
In episode 3 - Paul's struggling with Let it Be (which he nicknames Mother Mary) and the Long and Winding Road (which he nicknames Brother Jesus, and is also at one point called the Long and Windy Road, the Long and Winding Scrotum...).
If you are a serious musician or into music - this is an amazing thing to watch. You watch a musician create a song from scratch, play with it, and fine tune it over time, and stress over it. Of the four, Paul had the most musical background - his family were musicians and trained him. John less so. (I found this out via an interview with Scean Lennon - who interviewed Paul.)
It's interesting to watch - because they were in the midst of going their separate ways, but weren't really that acrimonious about it. They seemed to get along fairly well, and were somewhat tolerant of each other's differences. They also, and this is important, besides being like-minded individuals with similar values/goals, and views regarding music, were mainly "recording artists". Of the four - Paul wanted to perform the most.
*****
It was a pretty day today. Cool but not necessarily cold. Clear blue sky. I need to get out and walk in the morning, it's fading into twilight by 3pm now, and dark by 4:45. The weekends go by quickly. I feel like life is both endless sometimes, and seeping through my fingers like sand from an hour glass.
At the pharmacy - everyone had a mask on, but one older woman with a cart behind me who couldn't be bothered. She also wouldn't social distance in line. I resisted the urge to yell at her.
Menopause or perimenopause makes me snapish. I keep getting intermittent hot flashes that last a minute and go away.
I'm off to watch television, my shoulder hurts. Bye now.