Klein was probably the biggest reason why the Beatles broke up. Get back shows a band that probably needs a break but isn’t breaking up. In Apple studios George said he was considering putting a solo album out and John encouraged him. If Klein didn’t come around they probably would have taken a couple years off, recorded a couple of solo albums and would have released another Beatles record in the early 70s. They probably would have broken up eventually but it would have been far less contentious. Paul was 100% right about Klein.
They probably would have broken up anyway but Klein made sure that the breakup was hostile and that they wouldn’t get back together in the 70s. I blame John 100% for Klein. He got conned by Klein and then gave the hard sell to George and Ringo. John said something along the lines of “anyone who is talked about as being so bad, by so many people, must actually be good.” That shows how easy it was to con John.
hey! one of my friends told me you mentioned me and i'm so glad they did! that was so sweet, thank you! are we saying historian? because that feels insane. thanks again!!!
This is definitely the most accurate, objectively, knowledgeable and fun Beatles review I’ve ever seen in TH-cam. One thing I hated about reviews in 2023 was the constant a** kissing dedicated to Paul, naming him as “the leader of The Beatles” because of his protagonic role during those sessions without understanding his attempts to keep the band together. Yours is a very balanced and detailed overview of John and Paul dynamic without tilting to one side or the other. And yes: John definitely had AHDH. I consider myself a true 60s fan, but girl, you’re an encyclopedia. Where the heck do you get access to 60s Rolling Stone magazine articles? I’m subscribing.
I FOUND THE PERFECT SEQUENCE FOR THE ALBUM!!!!!! It actually feels like a real Beatles album with the cohesion all of their best work had. The first 4 songs are all from the rooftop and the band members' lead vocals are spread out evenly. I'm using Let It Be Naked, as it fits better with the rest of their catalogue and their vision for the project. Give this sequence a try, I promise you won't regret it! I also call it Get Back because that makes more sense with the material. 1. One After 909 2. Dig A Pony 3. I've Got A Feeling 4. Don't Let Me Down 5. Get Back 6. Let It Be 7. For You Blue 8. Two Of Us 9. I Me Mine 10. The Long And Winding Road 11. Across The Universe (12. Get Back (Reprise) - my own unique edit starting at the single version coda drum intro from Take 19 in the box set. it works fine without though)
My family and I growing up in the 1960’s watched the Ed Sullivan show! When I saw the Beatles that night I was hooked! There will never be a band like them again! I’m so glad I grew up in that era! Brian Epstein said in the 60’s that people will still be talking about them in the year 2000! Sixty years later so true! 💙
Larsland mentioned in an Abigail Devoe video! The collaboration all the Beatles girlies want and need! We love to see Beatles gals supporting Beatles y’all’s
Lennon praised the Spector treatment on the Let It Be album. I tend to agree with him. Its fashionable for Beatles fans to dismiss the production but I actually like it. The orchestra overdub on the Long and Winding Road adds to the emotional impact on the song. It moves me every time. Great review as usual.
I don’t think his treatment was the best for Across the Universe but it was definitely better than the previous one included in Past Masters, that John hated.
16:39 I ended up really loving the end result. You watch take after take after take And then, late in the game, the glorious subtitle appears: "This is the version that appears on the Let It Be album" I nearly jumped off my couch and screamed like i was at a wrestling match, but i was watching with headphones late at night
An excellent breakdown of the film and the album. We look back at Let It Be much differently than the folks who viewed it at the cinema in 1970 did. Now we have the context that was missing all those years ago.
The biggest problem with "Let It Be" will always be that it doesn't sound like a funeral. Sure The Title Track, "Long and Winding" and "Across the Universe" are great Funeral Songs, but the album doesn't sound like the end of anything. It still sounds like four guys in a room making the best music ever. "Let it Be" goes to prove the old Show Biz saying, "Always leave them wanting more." Excellent job, Abby.
Wow! Thanks so much for this. This is a record that for me is more fondly remembered than enjoyed (though there are great songs on it). When I was 13 my brother would come home for the Christmas holidays with an entourage and suitcases of records. I sampled many but The Beatles hooked me the most. I had no timeline for this. They looked different on each cover (Pepper to Let it Be) but to me they were just a bunch of records. Whenever it was I got to LiB I was struck by the casualness of it. The chatter and audience sounds as well as false starts and breakdowns made it sound like a band so self-confident they left all that in knowing how good the rest was. It made me feel grown up just by listening. On the other records, Strawberry Fields and Revolution 9 scared me a little (ok, a lot) but this was friends gathered around a table, playing songs. If I noticed the orchestral and choral arrangements it just felt that they were part of the packaging. I saw the film a few years later and had a similar response. There must have been a print doing the rounds locally as I saw it in a few different cinemas in the '70s. I thought it was lacklustre at the time until the rooftop set which was great. Later reading and interviews etc disabused me of my initial impressions but it is forever there in my mid 1970s as friends jamming on a rainy afternoon (well, it was raining where I was and I just projected). Favourite track is I've Got a Feeling, especially Paul's screaming middle 8. Great video. And props for the sing out of Lars Land's channel. Along with this, Vinyl Rewind and Fathom, there's so much fine in-depth commentary on music happening. It's much appreciated.
Some `Trivia` for Abigail and those from the U.S. `Charles Hawtrey` was a British character actor who is most well known in the U.K for his many comedy stints in the long running `Carry On` British series of comedy films. He appeared in many from 1958 to 1972. My own favourite of his `Carry On` appearances was his cameo in 1966s `Carry on Screaming` as `Dan Dann, the Lavatory Man` . Great comedy character actor.
Don't Let Me Down was excluded from the Let It Be LP because it was slated for the Hey Jude LP, released three months prior. They should have put it on Let It Be and included The Inner Light and I'm Down on Hey Jude instead, IMHO. Love Vinyl Monday!
It might've been a late birthday present, but it was worth the wait! The end of the Beatles has always intrigued and saddened me, it must have been difficult for their collaborators and friends to watch the slow, and sometimes awkward, demise of the most famous rock band in the world, and the realisation that the end was near. It's a shame really, because they're the biggest band of all time for a reason, worldwide success, groundbreaking albums, wide reaching influence on the music world, all achieved by four incredibly talented boys from my part of the world, the great city of Liverpool, and the incredible chemistry that was shared within that group, will never be topped. The band might've ended, but their legacy never ends... Thank you, John, Paul, George & Ringo ❤
“Across The Universe” had already been released on the No One’s Gonna Change Our World charity album a year prior . I prefer that version, as it had two of the “Apple scruffs” singing on it, Gayleen Pease and Lizzie Bravo, and a more psychedelic vibe……As always, Abigail, great show!
Get Back IS the father. After getting "the box" I began to appreciate the Glyn Johns mix - where he got what "the project" was about. Of course, it had to be rejected but it was the spirit of what it was intended to be: Beatles creating out of the blue. The Spectorization put a very weird spin to it. We all became flies on the wall of The Beatles creating an album and film/concert project. Glyn Johns was the unsung hero - indeed - created the set up FOR the rooftop. Plus, it fits the sequence of White Album-Get Back/Let It Be-Abbey Road. The Let It Be album effectively became promo for the eventual film - which wasn't very good - and was timed even worse - at the break-up of The Beatles.
It was May 1970 & I was in 3rd grade. I’d been a huge Beatles fan since February when I bought my first singles (Paperback Writer/Rain & EIGHT Days a Week/I don’t want to Spoil the Party. My older brother took me to see Let it Be. I knew they were no longer the cheeky lads of A Hard Days Night. I remember liking the rooftop concert a lot, but also just enjoyed watching them. I’ve Got a Feeling is one of many (fairly) obscure gems in The Beatles catalog. It could also be the last time they wove two separate song sections together as one (a La We Can Work it out, Day in the Life).
For me, the time the og United Artists release of Let It Be came out was "the day the music died." The colors were gone, the very introspective singer-songwriter era had began, counterpointed by Led Zeppelin's high decibel music. Followed by Black Sabbath and Deep Purple. God bless Paul for his persistent optimism because RAM and BOTR saved us from a lot of bitterness.
for real! ram is so whimsical and fun. it got TRASHED for it in the 70s but people love it for those same qualities today. admiral halsey is doing numbers on tiktok right now, i’m glad to see it getting its dues
Some critics in the UK music press gave the `Let it Be` album short-shrift! My namesake (Alan Smith) in his `New Musical Express` review, `damned` it. He used a hitting phrase of "Cardboard Tombstone" in his review. Even though he had been a long-time supporter of the Beatles since 1962 he did not hold back on his `slamming` of the album. In the UK the album was on Green Label `Apple` as United Artists had no sway in that territory. You could actually get the album at regular price (sans book) from November 1970. Its ultra rare to find original UK box sets with booklet fully intact as its binding was so poor it `fell to bits` virtually the second you opened it!
Abby, for historical context, my first exposure to the "Let it Be" was in 1996 from a very overwatched 1981 VHS from a local audio/video independent that specialized in hard to find/foreign distributors. It most likely was the only copy available in Houston, TX.
This is a wonderful, insightful synopsis of Get Back / Let It Be, Abigail, you did a wonderful job. Your passion for the artists and their music is visceral and inspired. I think you will go far. And I truly hope you do! Thank you! ♥🙂
I want Miss O’Dell to get the recognition she deserves, damnit...she was up there at the rooftop concert and wrote a great chapter about it in her book
@@abigaildevoe She basically used her feminine wiles and smooth-talked her way up onto the roof, lol. Sat next to Yoko, I believe? Anyway, the woman had chutzpah!
This was an absolutely spectacular watch Abby. I don't think anyone could've summed it up better than that. The Get Back/Let It Be period is one which I've, admittedly, not tackled yet as far as my Beatles research is concerned. One day I will but there's just soooooo much to unpack. Besides, there are fans that know about the sessions inside and out to a level I can only dream of. haha
I find it interesting that watching Let it Be, you can see how the Beatles were running out of steam and would break up in about a year. However, watching Get Back makes it look like the Fabs were heading toward the 1970s with a full head of steam.......somewhat ironically, because Get Back mentions George's quitting and LIB doesn't. Great video once again!
Since this was amongst the first albums I listened to since I was a kid, it will always hold a special place in my heart for me. After all these years, I’m glad that there’s now finally an official release of the LIB movie that came out before I died. For a while, I thought that neither Paul nor Ringo would let it be released while they were still alive. I thank Peter Jackson and Get Back for probably changing their minds. The album is a mixed bag at best for me. All the stuff from the rooftop concert absolutely belongs here. Phil Spector’s mixes however, tend to make me feel like I’m drowning in a vat of syrup so overly sticky and sweet that even Willy Wonka would tell him to take it down a notch. It boggles my mind that All Things Must Pass came out so great while this was so overdone. Glyn Johns’ mix for me is way better overall, specially “The Long and Winding Road”. Thanks for all the work you did putting this video together. It’s much appreciated.
i'm glad you have beautiful the deluxe "let it be" set, abigail. you deserve it...i adore the spector produced album. the title track has never been a favorite but it's meaningful if far, far less enjoyable than "for you blue". they didn't have to break up. the author of "the long and winding road" had better ideas about group management but my favorite beatle thought he knew better and led the other 2 beatles to follow.....i haven't heard the 4 minute "dig it" since i was your age!
Sorry it took me most of a week to comment. I've had this box set since release 30 months ago, only listened to it now because I needed the time to devote to it. It Is Great. " ABBY GETS HER OATS " "We dumped your tea in the Harbor" OK I interpret Harrison's song as..."I hear and feel everybody's plight! But NO ONE HEARS MINE!!!" That's all I hear day after day...I ME ME MINE !!! and Paul's song... When something goes against your grain...don't fight about it...don't argue about it...take notice of it. THEN....LET. IT. BE. It will work itself out. Across the Universe...outstanding lyrics. Whenever I ask someone to do something for me...I always hear these words in the back of my mind... Don't Let Me Down... I was surprised to learn back in 1996 that the Rolling Stones Circus cd was released, the dvd not until 2004. Blu-Ray & LP 2019. So White Album released 22 Nov 68, then within weeks, John Lennon was with Mick, Keith, Mitch, and Eric playing as a band and Filmed. And there is a photo of Julian Lennon sitting with Yoko & John, 11 Dec 1968. GREAT JOB ABBY - YOU PULLED IT ALL TOGETHER - The only problem I have with Lennon was the album cover Two Virgins. I was glad to hear Ringo say "Come on John, people see this stuff and WE ALL have to answer for it"
I'm just a silent watcher, but I must say that this is a remarkable piece of research, scripting, and narration, Abigail - better executed than nearly anything presented to us by legacy media. Very entertaining and re-watchable - Congratulations!
For me, the heartache, the anguish is seeing them, the greatest band in the world at the time and arguably of all time, so smokin' hot, in the groove, all of them so into it, that old magic still there. Nothing like playing live. They could have played anywhere in the world, mega concert of the century, even Live Aid in 1985 and there they are just playing on the roof like it's their dad's garage. And that was it. Cops come. Hey you kids knock off that racket.
For all of its context and storytelling, I think it's more interesting to watching Get Back first. Then follow it up with Let It Be as a kind of highlights/recap experience.
Let it Be is great, but it doesn't hold a candle to the classic Rutles album Let it Rot. I mean, the lawsuit release in particular is a marc of the final moments of Rutlemania and marks the end of the legend of the pre-fab four
When get back came out on Disney plus streaming I was mourning the loss of my grandmother whose name to us grandchildren was Nama. She was the light of my life growing up as a child who was in therapy she never judged and always made me feel special and at age 21 I found out that as the late great genius that was George Harrison said, all things must pass away and that it’s not always going to be this gray” and he was right. When my mother was pregnant with me she and my nana and her bridge friends went shopping for baby gifts and my mother was at Macy’s department store when she stumbled upon the carters label John Lennon collection… I still have my elephant that is baby blue and used to play a lullaby chime of imagine… I am in happy tears mode typing this because she asked my nana to get it and she did… well when she was passing I remember telling her that I was excited to be waiting for the Beatles documentary and she asked me all about it because my father and uncle are both classic rock heads and my dad in particular loves the Beatles and solo works… we mourn the deaths of John and George in remembrance every year since I turned 18… if I have a son or daughter that elephant is an heirloom… take care Abi thank you for all of the amazing content 😊
shout out for the hanif kureishu intro to the get back book: also the little piece by john harris where he talks about them still being undecided, john saying let's do it and 'they turned around and walked up that little staircase into history ' which sends a shiver up my spine. the thing about choosing what interpretations i prefer, which recordings, is that i want the whole thing now, the confusion, the game of cluedo. it's remarkable that a remarkable narrative and amount of unprecedented interest has coagulated around this album. have to admit i find the Johns sequencing insensitive but i like the sound, long and winding road in particular. I also need this video added to the picture. important, unafraid of the complexity, loving ( number 2 WOW) : another adventure in this mind blowing vinyl monday series.
The Long and Winding Road is sheer genius! My God!--you'd have to be utterly daft and deaf not to see that! I suspect its detractors feel embarrassed by sentimentality generally. Get over it. Its brilliance is almost shocking!
I have been a Beatlemaniac since January of 1964. Being such a mega-fan I have zero compunction about not ever listening to these two albums. Abbey Road is the best part of Get Back and Let It Be. I love the Magical Mystery Tour record (la-la-la-la-la-la, la-la-la-la-la-ah-ah...flying!). I like to pretend that Strawberry Fields is on the album. Blue Jay Way? I spent one night sleeping at the Blue Jay Way crumbling mansion in the West Hollywood Hills and I woke up to 7 hungry punk-rock stars (L.A.). I collected 9 bucks from the youngsters and got a ride to Ralph's to purchase eggs, potatoes, mayo and oranges. I prepared egg-spud hash for breakfast (with oranges for a healthy breakfast dessert) and the kids loved it. Blue-frikkin'-Jay Way. I despise what Phil Spector did on Beatles songs. I met George, I met Ringo, I saw Cream twice, Jimi once (please do Band of Gypsys!). I can die now.
Please do a review of John Lennon’s Plastic Ono Band…. You did a review of Paul and George’s first album post-Beatle and their perspectives, so it would only be fitting for you to do one for John at the very least. Not expecting it for Ringo
Again it's great to see you holding a place to feature the music of old, and thanks for the music history lesson this young geezer from the mid 70's enjoys from the Gemini Moon that rules my inner sky being night born, 9th house loves to find the deeper, more human stories behind this period of music history that still shines a bright light for those who aren't blinded by the scrim of robot junk obscuring human ingenuity. Speaking of, with the computer geeks power grab to suck in everything that humans once did into a mechanical facsimile more like a stack of exquisite corpses than anything I'd call music afoot you vinyl disc enthusiasts are holding pentacles of power that have sonic evidence of what humans can do when we train a little bit, show music some respect instead of just treating her like garbage. There's still lots of us young and not so young geezers alive and kicking with our skills still advancing to bring this kind of music to the stage as is still happening, but amidst a rising tendency for the humans to be mere mimes, or everyone is chained to a click to the tempo never breathes, the human suffocated by the robot invented by little men with low power in their manhood, crouching in their jealousy powering the AI hubris, So what if AI can make a copy and stamp out a finished product? While humans still live and breathe in this world there will be those of us who have the passion and skill to do this kind of music with actual instruments in the same room together and no click tyrants holding us in some idiot box called 'perfection' that's the epitaph of the life of humans and all that breathes on this garden world Earth.
Cool to see a redux on Let It Be. I always felt that while Let It Be is a very flawed album, it is also one of the most interesting & underrated albums (well, as underrated as an album by The Beatles can be). I agree that there really is no perfect Let It Be album. It’s why this album has had the most remixes & alternative versions out of any Beatles album. For me, neither Let It Be (by Phil Spector), Let It Be…Naked or Get Back (by Glyn Johns) really fits what I think Let It Be should’ve been. If it was up to me (in a totally imaginary world where I was involved with The Beatles 😅) I would’ve split the live material recorded on the rooftop & the studio material on their own separate sides to have a much more cohesive listening experience. Something like: Side A - Apple Studios: 1). Two Of Us 2). Maggie Mae 3). For You Blue 4). Dig It (Glyn Johns 4:09 Mix) 5). The Long And Winding Road 6). I Me Mine 7). Across The Universe 8). Let It Be Side B - Rooftop Concert: 1). Get Back (Live - Take 2) 2). Don’t Let Me Down (Live - Take 1/Naked Version) 3). I’ve Got A Feeling (Take 1) 4). One After 909 5). Dig A Pony 6). Get Back (Reprise/Live - Take 3) It’s still not perfect & there’s still some stuff I’m not sure on, but for what I would’ve liked, it fits for me. I’m sure other people would have it completely different, and that’s cool! It’s great hearing different opinions & ways albums could be presented & that’s what Let It Be has that other albums don’t. 😊 On your previous video on Let It Be, you mentioned that you thought that Don’t Let Me Down should’ve been on Abbey Road and The Long And Winding Road should’ve been a McCartney solo song. Do you still think that or has your opinion changed?
The Let It Be sessions are a great example of the insane work ethic creative output of the Beatles. The Beatles spent from April to October 1968 making the White Album, which was one of the most difficult records any band has ever made and almost broke the band up. Mortal bands would have toured for a year and then taken a year off after such an experience, if for no other reason than it would take at least two years to have the creative energy to start writing new material again. The Beatles were back in the studio three months later and by August of 1969 had finished Abbey road and would have finished Let It Be if they could have agreed on a mix. That is four full LPs worth of material (a double album plus two single albums) in the span of 17 months. Moreover, each of the three records produced during that time (Let It Be, The White Album, and Abbey Road) rank among the top 50 records of all time. So, it is not like the Beatles cheated and put out a record of outtakes and covers the way some bands do. The Beatles creative output remains absolutely staggering.
Even though I have seen the Get Back documentary your dry delivery of how George Martin "sees the disarray the sessions are in" with the clip of John hopping around with his T-shirt over his knees had me crying with laughter 😂 Great episode!
Hi Abi, you remind me quite a bit on Liv Struss aka Nerine Skinner. Both of you have very refreshing attitude. Before I can comment more in details about your content, I need to catch up with your videos. First impression is very entertaining.
Wonderful review as always Abby. Let it Be is close to being my favourite Beatle album, if I even have one that is. I've got a Feeling and Get Back are two numbers I've always loved to play and sing. Just out and out good fun. I think the closer you get to the end of the Beatles the more half done and fragmented they become, largely saved by good production. The reasons for that have been gone over ad infinitum. The thing that really gets me though is that despite all the gumf surrounding the Beatles at the late stage, they still made some of the best music ever written/performed. Eidt: Oh, and Ringo is a superb drummer. I've always tried to play like him.
I find every one of odd couplets in 'Dig A Pony' perfectly comprehensible; it's been a fave since the 70s and after years in original bands I finally started performing it at around 36, 1992, busking, at jams and in my own classic covers band. I won't parse them for you, dig it or don't. Mox nix. Enjoyed this overall, don't usually devote this much time to critics blithering on. Cheers, Abby. 😉 ❤
How could Hogg leave out Paul, pulling Get Back out of his ass, George singing, attracts me like a pomegranate and Ringo coming up with the first couple lines of Octopus. What a numbnut.
I'm with you on the Long and Winding Road. It gets a bad rap. But I think what they should have done is included Don't Let Me Down on Let It Be (it's featured prominently in the movie after all!), and then featured the original versions of The Long and Winding Road, I Me Mine and Across the Universe on the album. They could have still put out the fully-orchestrated The Long and Winding Road/Across the Universe as a Spector-produced single separately. I don't think I Me Mine needed strings at all. It rocks with just the band playing.
I would like to see someone do a study of the story of 'One After 909', just as a song. Paul refers to it being one he and John wrote while skipping school. The Beatles Anthology includes a couple of passes at doing it in one of their early sessions, including a take that breaks down into a discussions of how many bars are in the guitar solo, then it finally appears on what would be their final release of "new" material. It just seems like it would be a commentary on the history/evolution of the band...
I haven't bought it yet- there is just so much out there. Thanks for everything you've done- I never laughed so hard when you said Eric Clapton is a blues purist and doesn't steal. But he stold his best friends wife!!!!! Rock On! PS- Beatlefans- Linda Eastman is not related/connected to Eastman- Kodak! I wish I had a nickel everytime I heard that....
It's nice that the Naked version is out there, but the Phil Spector versions were a huge part of our lives and are beautiful. History can't be rewritten. Minimalist tastefulness is not necessary superior to the sincere extravagance of Spector. But having both options (unlike the Lucas approach to the Star Wars reedits) is great.
That outfit is really great. The violet colored blouse. Violet is the thinnest, and last color in the color spectrum ( I think). Great earrings. The feather coat, and round glasses. When you put the glasses on the top, of your head, you look like Mini Mouse. Yeah I thought that red apple label was different. Thanks again. I will check out, that other Beattle show channel; that you just recommend. I always loved that Epiphone guitar; that John played. With all the blue meaneeness in the world right now. John would've suggested that we start singing. Time to get Beatlefied.
That was a clever nod to Andy Warhol's films 😆 Well done video. Some bands from that era you may like if you haven't heard them are The Action (Rolled Gold sessions) + T2
The Get Back For You Blue mix is actually from 1970 using George's January 8 vocal overdubs. The 1969 mix was only released on the Japanese SHM-CD box set, and it turns out the overdubs were very much needed.
I just finished your video Abigail, awesome! I was recommending it shortly after I began tonight. The Beatles (and Pink Floyd) have been a huge longtime part of my life, maybe some post 1985 Floyd videos in the future? Anyway, I like your style and deeply admire all young people who possess an attention span long enough to listen to a vinyl album. 👍🎶
Abby, loved this episode! Read Chris O'Dell's book "Miss O'Dell" ... Chris was on the roof next to Maureen and Yoko. She has a hell of a story and was best friends with Layla! In other business, pivot to a Vinyl Monday featuring Jellyfish's one-two punch, then breakup ... 1990 Bellybutton and 1993 Spilt Milk ... and then wear Roger Manning's top hat and psychedelic threads ... it'll be fun!
what was your favorite moment from get back/let it be? comment below!
Harrison's outfit from the roof concert is next level
The Long & Winding Road
Not a 'favourite moment' as such, but seeing Paul welling up at the thought that The Beatles could be over and breaking up was very moving.
Rooftop 🎸 rooftop 🎸 always 🥁 the rooftop 🎸🎵🎶🎵🎶🎵 🎹
George showing something
Klein was probably the biggest reason why the Beatles broke up. Get back shows a band that probably needs a break but isn’t breaking up. In Apple studios George said he was considering putting a solo album out and John encouraged him. If Klein didn’t come around they probably would have taken a couple years off, recorded a couple of solo albums and would have released another Beatles record in the early 70s. They probably would have broken up eventually but it would have been far less contentious. Paul was 100% right about Klein.
glyn knew allen klein was bad news too, he said as much in get back. the red flags were so obvious even newbies to the beatles circle could see them
Klein’s estate still has the Stones publishing before 1971, they sued 17 times trying to get it back to no avail. Welcome to the music business
@@konowd Dick-move Central
They probably would have broken up anyway but Klein made sure that the breakup was hostile and that they wouldn’t get back together in the 70s.
I blame John 100% for Klein. He got conned by Klein and then gave the hard sell to George and Ringo. John said something along the lines of “anyone who is talked about as being so bad, by so many people, must actually be good.” That shows how easy it was to con John.
Bob Guccione used to say something similar, so many people have told me I’m wrong, I know I must be right
hey! one of my friends told me you mentioned me and i'm so glad they did! that was so sweet, thank you! are we saying historian? because that feels insane. thanks again!!!
thank YOU for your work! i'm so sorry about your let it be video. for what it's worth the youtube cut was great
everybody say thank you lars!
@@abigaildevoe aww thank you!!! 🥲🥲 btw it’s they/them ;)
@@larsland i'm so sorry my bad! correction will be issued moving forward.
@@abigaildevoeong thank you so much! ❤❤❤ I appreciate you!!
Paul: Any ideas on the ending for Hey Jude?
John: Nah.
George: Nah.
Ringo: Nah.
The old jokes are the best jokes
"Right then, we'll just keep playing it forever."
This is definitely the most accurate, objectively, knowledgeable and fun Beatles review I’ve ever seen in TH-cam. One thing I hated about reviews in 2023 was the constant a** kissing dedicated to Paul, naming him as “the leader of The Beatles” because of his protagonic role during those sessions without understanding his attempts to keep the band together. Yours is a very balanced and detailed overview of John and Paul dynamic without tilting to one side or the other. And yes: John definitely had AHDH. I consider myself a true 60s fan, but girl, you’re an encyclopedia. Where the heck do you get access to 60s Rolling Stone magazine articles? I’m subscribing.
I FOUND THE PERFECT SEQUENCE FOR THE ALBUM!!!!!!
It actually feels like a real Beatles album with the cohesion all of their best work had. The first 4 songs are all from the rooftop and the band members' lead vocals are spread out evenly. I'm using Let It Be Naked, as it fits better with the rest of their catalogue and their vision for the project. Give this sequence a try, I promise you won't regret it! I also call it Get Back because that makes more sense with the material.
1. One After 909
2. Dig A Pony
3. I've Got A Feeling
4. Don't Let Me Down
5. Get Back
6. Let It Be
7. For You Blue
8. Two Of Us
9. I Me Mine
10. The Long And Winding Road
11. Across The Universe
(12. Get Back (Reprise) - my own unique edit starting at the single version coda drum intro from Take 19 in the box set. it works fine without though)
I will never not crack up when I hear John start with the "And now, your host..." bit.
Always find you delightfully enriching!
No band ever surpassed the coolness of the Beatles. They were always in the vanguard. Everyone else followed.
My family and I growing up in the 1960’s watched the Ed Sullivan show! When I saw the Beatles that night I was hooked! There will never be a band like them again! I’m so glad I grew up in that era! Brian Epstein said in the 60’s that people will still be talking about them in the year 2000! Sixty years later so true! 💙
Larsland mentioned in an Abigail Devoe video! The collaboration all the Beatles girlies want and need! We love to see Beatles gals supporting Beatles y’all’s
Lennon praised the Spector treatment on the Let It Be album. I tend to agree with him. Its fashionable for Beatles fans to dismiss the production but I actually like it. The orchestra overdub on the Long and Winding Road adds to the emotional impact on the song. It moves me every time. Great review as usual.
Spector destroys The Long and Winding Road with his wall of sound crap.
I like the Phil Spector production on the album too. Adds more emotional weight as you said. Even to Across the Universe.
Good for you. I tend to agree with the guy who actually wrote the song. Just to be fashionable, of course.
@@donna25871People said that because Paul disliked it.
I don’t think his treatment was the best for Across the Universe but it was definitely better than the previous one included in Past Masters, that John hated.
Abigail is The One Person who can make the Beatles interesting to me.
Great job, doll.
For a 'non-musician' you really know how to talk about music. Love the music that came out of this Beatles time era, thanks Abigail!
I’ve always loved the song Let It Be, a beautiful message, love Billy Preston’s keyboards on it. It’s my personal Imagine
16:39 I ended up really loving the end result. You watch take after take after take
And then, late in the game, the glorious subtitle appears: "This is the version that appears on the Let It Be album"
I nearly jumped off my couch and screamed like i was at a wrestling match, but i was watching with headphones late at night
John and Paul’s “confidential” conversation after George has split.
I'm going to listen to that again.
An excellent breakdown of the film and the album. We look back at Let It Be much differently than the folks who viewed it at the cinema in 1970 did. Now we have the context that was missing all those years ago.
If they had just released Glyn Johns’ Get Back mix right off, they may have avoided the courts.
just discovered Lars a few weeks ago and im lowkey OBSESSED!
The biggest problem with "Let It Be" will always be that it doesn't sound like a funeral. Sure The Title Track, "Long and Winding" and "Across the Universe" are great Funeral Songs, but the album doesn't sound like the end of anything. It still sounds like four guys in a room making the best music ever. "Let it Be" goes to prove the old Show Biz saying, "Always leave them wanting more." Excellent job, Abby.
Wow! Thanks so much for this. This is a record that for me is more fondly remembered than enjoyed (though there are great songs on it). When I was 13 my brother would come home for the Christmas holidays with an entourage and suitcases of records. I sampled many but The Beatles hooked me the most. I had no timeline for this. They looked different on each cover (Pepper to Let it Be) but to me they were just a bunch of records. Whenever it was I got to LiB I was struck by the casualness of it. The chatter and audience sounds as well as false starts and breakdowns made it sound like a band so self-confident they left all that in knowing how good the rest was. It made me feel grown up just by listening. On the other records, Strawberry Fields and Revolution 9 scared me a little (ok, a lot) but this was friends gathered around a table, playing songs. If I noticed the orchestral and choral arrangements it just felt that they were part of the packaging. I saw the film a few years later and had a similar response. There must have been a print doing the rounds locally as I saw it in a few different cinemas in the '70s. I thought it was lacklustre at the time until the rooftop set which was great. Later reading and interviews etc disabused me of my initial impressions but it is forever there in my mid 1970s as friends jamming on a rainy afternoon (well, it was raining where I was and I just projected). Favourite track is I've Got a Feeling, especially Paul's screaming middle 8. Great video. And props for the sing out of Lars Land's channel. Along with this, Vinyl Rewind and Fathom, there's so much fine in-depth commentary on music happening. It's much appreciated.
Some `Trivia` for Abigail and those from the U.S. `Charles Hawtrey` was a British character actor who is most well known in the U.K for his many comedy stints in the long running `Carry On` British series of comedy films. He appeared in many from 1958 to 1972. My own favourite of his `Carry On` appearances was his cameo in 1966s `Carry on Screaming` as `Dan Dann, the Lavatory Man` . Great comedy character actor.
"Let it be is a whole package, no an ecosystem, a living, breathing thing with history." That is such a great line! Thanks for the awesome video!
Don't Let Me Down was excluded from the Let It Be LP because it was slated for the Hey Jude LP, released three months prior. They should have put it on Let It Be and included The Inner Light and I'm Down on Hey Jude instead, IMHO. Love Vinyl Monday!
I love the touch with the Layla riff when you talk about Patti.
It might've been a late birthday present, but it was worth the wait!
The end of the Beatles has always intrigued and saddened me, it must have been difficult for their collaborators and friends to watch the slow, and sometimes awkward, demise of the most famous rock band in the world, and the realisation that the end was near.
It's a shame really, because they're the biggest band of all time for a reason, worldwide success, groundbreaking albums, wide reaching influence on the music world, all achieved by four incredibly talented boys from my part of the world, the great city of Liverpool, and the incredible chemistry that was shared within that group, will never be topped.
The band might've ended, but their legacy never ends...
Thank you, John, Paul, George & Ringo ❤
“Across The Universe” had already been released on the No One’s Gonna Change Our World charity album a year prior . I prefer that version, as it had two of the “Apple scruffs” singing on it, Gayleen Pease and Lizzie Bravo, and a more psychedelic vibe……As always, Abigail, great show!
Well finally! That version is on Past Masters CD.
Wow, this was a quick hour. Very nice work, Abby
Obvious I'm afraid Get Back! Joy oh joy! Another wonderful video Abi! You just get better and better! 👍
Get Back IS the father. After getting "the box" I began to appreciate the Glyn Johns mix - where he got what "the project" was about. Of course, it had to be rejected but it was the spirit of what it was intended to be: Beatles creating out of the blue. The Spectorization put a very weird spin to it. We all became flies on the wall of The Beatles creating an album and film/concert project. Glyn Johns was the unsung hero - indeed - created the set up FOR the rooftop. Plus, it fits the sequence of White Album-Get Back/Let It Be-Abbey Road. The Let It Be album effectively became promo for the eventual film - which wasn't very good - and was timed even worse - at the break-up of The Beatles.
It was May 1970 & I was in 3rd grade. I’d been a huge Beatles fan since February when I bought my first singles (Paperback Writer/Rain & EIGHT Days a Week/I don’t want to Spoil the Party. My older brother took me to see Let it Be. I knew they were no longer the cheeky lads of A Hard Days Night. I remember liking the rooftop concert a lot, but also just enjoyed watching them. I’ve Got a Feeling is one of many (fairly) obscure gems in The Beatles catalog. It could also be the last time they wove two separate song sections together as one (a La We Can Work it out, Day in the Life).
I love putting the album Abigail talks about in the background at a low sound and watching the video it just adds to the experience
I put on said album afterwards while reading all these comments!
For me, the time the og United Artists release of Let It Be came out was "the day the music died." The colors were gone, the very introspective singer-songwriter era had began, counterpointed by Led Zeppelin's high decibel music. Followed by Black Sabbath and Deep Purple. God bless Paul for his persistent optimism because RAM and BOTR saved us from a lot of bitterness.
for real! ram is so whimsical and fun. it got TRASHED for it in the 70s but people love it for those same qualities today. admiral halsey is doing numbers on tiktok right now, i’m glad to see it getting its dues
Some critics in the UK music press gave the `Let it Be` album short-shrift! My namesake (Alan Smith) in his `New Musical Express` review, `damned` it. He used a hitting phrase of "Cardboard Tombstone" in his review. Even though he had been a long-time supporter of the Beatles since 1962 he did not hold back on his `slamming` of the album.
In the UK the album was on Green Label `Apple` as United Artists had no sway in that territory. You could actually get the album at regular price (sans book) from November 1970. Its ultra rare to find original UK box sets with booklet fully intact as its binding was so poor it `fell to bits` virtually the second you opened it!
Abby, for historical context, my first exposure to the "Let it Be" was in 1996 from a very overwatched 1981 VHS from a local audio/video independent that specialized in hard to find/foreign distributors. It most likely was the only copy available in Houston, TX.
This is a wonderful, insightful synopsis of Get Back / Let It Be, Abigail, you did a wonderful job. Your passion for the artists and their music is visceral and inspired. I think you will go far. And I truly hope you do! Thank you! ♥🙂
Excellent job on this Abby! Funny post-credits gag! Also glad you mentioned Dennis Thompson's passing at the end, I thought of you when I heard
I want Miss O’Dell to get the recognition she deserves, damnit...she was up there at the rooftop concert and wrote a great chapter about it in her book
i have that book! not sure why she wasn’t shown in get back
@@abigaildevoe She basically used her feminine wiles and smooth-talked her way up onto the roof, lol. Sat next to Yoko, I believe? Anyway, the woman had chutzpah!
OMG it’s here! The let it RE 🍏
Plus A Rock and Roll Circus vinyl monday would be cool 🤹♀
This was an absolutely spectacular watch Abby. I don't think anyone could've summed it up better than that.
The Get Back/Let It Be period is one which I've, admittedly, not tackled yet as far as my Beatles research is concerned. One day I will but there's just soooooo much to unpack. Besides, there are fans that know about the sessions inside and out to a level I can only dream of. haha
I find it interesting that watching Let it Be, you can see how the Beatles were running out of steam and would break up in about a year. However, watching Get Back makes it look like the Fabs were heading toward the 1970s with a full head of steam.......somewhat ironically, because Get Back mentions George's quitting and LIB doesn't. Great video once again!
Since this was amongst the first albums I listened to since I was a kid, it will always hold a special place in my heart for me. After all these years, I’m glad that there’s now finally an official release of the LIB movie that came out before I died. For a while, I thought that neither Paul nor Ringo would let it be released while they were still alive. I thank Peter Jackson and Get Back for probably changing their minds.
The album is a mixed bag at best for me. All the stuff from the rooftop concert absolutely belongs here. Phil Spector’s mixes however, tend to make me feel like I’m drowning in a vat of syrup so overly sticky and sweet that even Willy Wonka would tell him to take it down a notch. It boggles my mind that All Things Must Pass came out so great while this was so overdone. Glyn Johns’ mix for me is way better overall, specially “The Long and Winding Road”. Thanks for all the work you did putting this video together. It’s much appreciated.
i'm glad you have beautiful the deluxe "let it be" set, abigail. you deserve it...i adore the spector produced album. the title track has never been a favorite but it's meaningful if far, far less enjoyable than "for you blue". they didn't have to break up. the author of "the long and winding road" had better ideas about group management but my favorite beatle thought he knew better and led the other 2 beatles to follow.....i haven't heard the 4 minute "dig it" since i was your age!
Excellent Video 👍
Thank you 🥂
What a great video essay/mini-doc. Thank you so much to doing this and sharing it. I found it both interesting and strangely healing.
Sorry it took me most of a week to comment. I've had this box set since release 30 months ago, only listened to it now because I needed the time to devote to it. It Is Great.
" ABBY GETS HER OATS " "We dumped your tea in the Harbor"
OK I interpret Harrison's song as..."I hear and feel everybody's plight! But NO ONE HEARS MINE!!!" That's all I hear day after day...I ME ME MINE !!!
and Paul's song... When something goes against your grain...don't fight about it...don't argue about it...take notice of it. THEN....LET. IT. BE. It will work itself out.
Across the Universe...outstanding lyrics. Whenever I ask someone to do something for me...I always hear these words in the back of my mind... Don't Let Me Down...
I was surprised to learn back in 1996 that the Rolling Stones Circus cd was released, the dvd not until 2004. Blu-Ray & LP 2019. So White Album released 22 Nov 68, then within weeks, John Lennon was with Mick, Keith, Mitch, and Eric playing as a band and Filmed. And there is a photo of Julian Lennon sitting with Yoko & John, 11 Dec 1968.
GREAT JOB ABBY - YOU PULLED IT ALL TOGETHER -
The only problem I have with Lennon was the album cover Two Virgins. I was glad to hear Ringo say "Come on John, people see this stuff and WE ALL have to answer for it"
I'm just a silent watcher, but I must say that this is a remarkable piece of research, scripting, and narration, Abigail - better executed than nearly anything presented to us by legacy media. Very entertaining and re-watchable - Congratulations!
Wow! I have just discovered this channel and I am smiling constantly. Absolutely great work, Thanks for putting this out there.
Oh my goodness Abby, I knew I loved you on Instagram, but this is next level! I’m sooo so glad this is my first TH-cam video of yours….subscribed ✅
For me, the heartache, the anguish is seeing them, the greatest band in the world at the time and arguably of all time, so smokin' hot, in the groove, all of them so into it, that old magic still there. Nothing like playing live. They could have played anywhere in the world, mega concert of the century, even Live Aid in 1985 and there they are just playing on the roof like it's their dad's garage. And that was it. Cops come. Hey you kids knock off that racket.
To me, the rooftop concert is the most important musical event in my lifetime. I flippin love the album…even the fillers.
I love it whenever Clapton comes up, the Layla riff plays. 😂😂
For all of its context and storytelling, I think it's more interesting to watching Get Back first. Then follow it up with Let It Be as a kind of highlights/recap experience.
Let it Be is great, but it doesn't hold a candle to the classic Rutles album Let it Rot. I mean, the lawsuit release in particular is a marc of the final moments of Rutlemania and marks the end of the legend of the pre-fab four
Get up and go!
@Abby The Rutles now there's a great idea for a vlog!
I personally love most the film and album tragical mystery tour by the ruttles.
No no no! A Hard Day's Rut!
Also of note is the film and its soundtrack, “Yellow Submarine Sandwich”.
When get back came out on Disney plus streaming I was mourning the loss of my grandmother whose name to us grandchildren was Nama. She was the light of my life growing up as a child who was in therapy she never judged and always made me feel special and at age 21 I found out that as the late great genius that was George Harrison said, all things must pass away and that it’s not always going to be this gray” and he was right. When my mother was pregnant with me she and my nana and her bridge friends went shopping for baby gifts and my mother was at Macy’s department store when she stumbled upon the carters label John Lennon collection… I still have my elephant that is baby blue and used to play a lullaby chime of imagine… I am in happy tears mode typing this because she asked my nana to get it and she did… well when she was passing I remember telling her that I was excited to be waiting for the Beatles documentary and she asked me all about it because my father and uncle are both classic rock heads and my dad in particular loves the Beatles and solo works… we mourn the deaths of John and George in remembrance every year since I turned 18… if I have a son or daughter that elephant is an heirloom… take care Abi thank you for all of the amazing content 😊
I remember seeing them in that film; performing on Get Back; on the roof.
shout out for the hanif kureishu intro to the get back book: also the little piece by john harris where he talks about them still being undecided, john saying let's do it and 'they turned around and walked up that little staircase into history ' which sends a shiver up my spine.
the thing about choosing what interpretations i prefer, which recordings, is that i want the whole thing now, the confusion, the game of cluedo. it's remarkable that a remarkable narrative and amount of unprecedented interest has coagulated around this album. have to admit i find the Johns sequencing insensitive but i like the sound, long and winding road in particular.
I also need this video added to the picture. important, unafraid of the complexity, loving ( number 2 WOW) : another adventure in this mind blowing vinyl monday series.
Thank You. It is amazing that we got any The Beatles music.
The Long and Winding Road is sheer genius! My God!--you'd have to be utterly daft and deaf not to see that! I suspect its detractors feel embarrassed by sentimentality generally. Get over it. Its brilliance is almost shocking!
I have been a Beatlemaniac since January of 1964. Being such a mega-fan I have zero compunction about not ever listening to these two albums. Abbey Road is the best part of Get Back and Let It Be. I love the Magical Mystery Tour record (la-la-la-la-la-la, la-la-la-la-la-ah-ah...flying!). I like to pretend that Strawberry Fields is on the album. Blue Jay Way? I spent one night sleeping at the Blue Jay Way crumbling mansion in the West Hollywood Hills and I woke up to 7 hungry punk-rock stars (L.A.). I collected 9 bucks from the youngsters and got a ride to Ralph's to purchase eggs, potatoes, mayo and oranges. I prepared egg-spud hash for breakfast (with oranges for a healthy breakfast dessert) and the kids loved it. Blue-frikkin'-Jay Way. I despise what Phil Spector did on Beatles songs. I met George, I met Ringo, I saw Cream twice, Jimi once (please do Band of Gypsys!). I can die now.
She already DID do Band Of Gypsies. Go back and check it out.
@@sugadelicsavagesoul8623 - O.k.
What they saw in Phil Spector I’ll never understand, yeah the Ronettes etc. but still. Great review and commentary. Thanks Abigail
Please do a review of John Lennon’s Plastic Ono Band…. You did a review of Paul and George’s first album post-Beatle and their perspectives, so it would only be fitting for you to do one for John at the very least. Not expecting it for Ringo
Again it's great to see you holding a place to feature the music of old, and thanks for the music history lesson this young geezer from the mid 70's enjoys from the Gemini Moon that rules my inner sky being night born, 9th house loves to find the deeper, more human stories behind this period of music history that still shines a bright light for those who aren't blinded by the scrim of robot junk obscuring human ingenuity.
Speaking of, with the computer geeks power grab to suck in everything that humans once did into a mechanical facsimile more like a stack of exquisite corpses than anything I'd call music afoot you vinyl disc enthusiasts are holding pentacles of power that have sonic evidence of what humans can do when we train a little bit, show music some respect instead of just treating her like garbage. There's still lots of us young and not so young geezers alive and kicking with our skills still advancing to bring this kind of music to the stage as is still happening, but amidst a rising tendency for the humans to be mere mimes, or everyone is chained to a click to the tempo never breathes, the human suffocated by the robot invented by little men with low power in their manhood, crouching in their jealousy powering the AI hubris,
So what if AI can make a copy and stamp out a finished product? While humans still live and breathe in this world there will be those of us who have the passion and skill to do this kind of music with actual instruments in the same room together and no click tyrants holding us in some idiot box called 'perfection' that's the epitaph of the life of humans and all that breathes on this garden world Earth.
Yeeeeessss the outfit is PERFECT.
Wow! Thanks Abigail! Keep up the good work!
As much as I love this channel unconditionally, I just can’t sit through the Reduxes. Keep up the good work!
Cool to see a redux on Let It Be. I always felt that while Let It Be is a very flawed album, it is also one of the most interesting & underrated albums (well, as underrated as an album by The Beatles can be).
I agree that there really is no perfect Let It Be album. It’s why this album has had the most remixes & alternative versions out of any Beatles album. For me, neither Let It Be (by Phil Spector), Let It Be…Naked or Get Back (by Glyn Johns) really fits what I think Let It Be should’ve been. If it was up to me (in a totally imaginary world where I was involved with The Beatles 😅) I would’ve split the live material recorded on the rooftop & the studio material on their own separate sides to have a much more cohesive listening experience. Something like:
Side A - Apple Studios:
1). Two Of Us
2). Maggie Mae
3). For You Blue
4). Dig It (Glyn Johns 4:09 Mix)
5). The Long And Winding Road
6). I Me Mine
7). Across The Universe
8). Let It Be
Side B - Rooftop Concert:
1). Get Back (Live - Take 2)
2). Don’t Let Me Down (Live - Take 1/Naked Version)
3). I’ve Got A Feeling (Take 1)
4). One After 909
5). Dig A Pony
6). Get Back (Reprise/Live - Take 3)
It’s still not perfect & there’s still some stuff I’m not sure on, but for what I would’ve liked, it fits for me. I’m sure other people would have it completely different, and that’s cool! It’s great hearing different opinions & ways albums could be presented & that’s what Let It Be has that other albums don’t. 😊
On your previous video on Let It Be, you mentioned that you thought that Don’t Let Me Down should’ve been on Abbey Road and The Long And Winding Road should’ve been a McCartney solo song. Do you still think that or has your opinion changed?
Charles Hawtrey was the skinny guy with glasses on the Carry On gang movies the guy was hilarious.
I agree The Long And Winding Road is Pauls best. Amazing song.
Great review! Thanks for taking the time in this vlog to thoughtfully unravel the Let It Be backstory. 👏👏👏
Totally Awesome Review 😊
❤ hell yeah ready for this one
very enjoyable well done 👏 some great observations. will watch some of your other posts.
Great video!!
The Let It Be sessions are a great example of the insane work ethic creative output of the Beatles. The Beatles spent from April to October 1968 making the White Album, which was one of the most difficult records any band has ever made and almost broke the band up. Mortal bands would have toured for a year and then taken a year off after such an experience, if for no other reason than it would take at least two years to have the creative energy to start writing new material again. The Beatles were back in the studio three months later and by August of 1969 had finished Abbey road and would have finished Let It Be if they could have agreed on a mix. That is four full LPs worth of material (a double album plus two single albums) in the span of 17 months. Moreover, each of the three records produced during that time (Let It Be, The White Album, and Abbey Road) rank among the top 50 records of all time. So, it is not like the Beatles cheated and put out a record of outtakes and covers the way some bands do. The Beatles creative output remains absolutely staggering.
Even though I have seen the Get Back documentary your dry delivery of how George Martin "sees the disarray the sessions are in" with the clip of John hopping around with his T-shirt over his knees had me crying with laughter 😂 Great episode!
Hi Abi, you remind me quite a bit on Liv Struss aka Nerine Skinner. Both of you have very refreshing attitude. Before I can comment more in details about your content, I need to catch up with your videos. First impression is very entertaining.
Wonderful review as always Abby. Let it Be is close to being my favourite Beatle album, if I even have one that is. I've got a Feeling and Get Back are two numbers I've always loved to play and sing. Just out and out good fun.
I think the closer you get to the end of the Beatles the more half done and fragmented they become, largely saved by good production. The reasons for that have been gone over ad infinitum.
The thing that really gets me though is that despite all the gumf surrounding the Beatles at the late stage, they still made some of the best music ever written/performed.
Eidt: Oh, and Ringo is a superb drummer. I've always tried to play like him.
Your name is ABBEY!
Not only do you have a lot of records, you must also have a huge wardrobe. I'm impressed with the outfits you have for each Vinyl Monday!
I find every one of odd couplets in 'Dig A Pony' perfectly comprehensible; it's been a fave since the 70s and after years in original bands I finally started performing it at around 36, 1992, busking, at jams and in my own classic covers band. I won't parse them for you, dig it or don't. Mox nix. Enjoyed this overall, don't usually devote this much time to critics blithering on. Cheers, Abby. 😉 ❤
WHITE ALBUM IN DECEMBER RAAAHGG
I really love the Beatles.
How could Hogg leave out Paul, pulling Get Back out of his ass, George singing, attracts me like a pomegranate and Ringo coming up with the first couple lines of Octopus. What a numbnut.
I'm with you on the Long and Winding Road. It gets a bad rap. But I think what they should have done is included Don't Let Me Down on Let It Be (it's featured prominently in the movie after all!), and then featured the original versions of The Long and Winding Road, I Me Mine and Across the Universe on the album. They could have still put out the fully-orchestrated The Long and Winding Road/Across the Universe as a Spector-produced single separately. I don't think I Me Mine needed strings at all. It rocks with just the band playing.
Your video was suggested. I clicked. Loved it. Love the Beatles. I have subscribed.
Wow what a great review Thanks Abby
I would like to see someone do a study of the story of 'One After 909', just as a song. Paul refers to it being one he and John wrote while skipping school. The Beatles Anthology includes a couple of passes at doing it in one of their early sessions, including a take that breaks down into a discussions of how many bars are in the guitar solo, then it finally appears on what would be their final release of "new" material. It just seems like it would be a commentary on the history/evolution of the band...
I have to say I looove your earrings! 😍
As always. Thank you
Listening to Abigail is a real tonic I must say.
I haven't bought it yet- there is just so much out there. Thanks for everything you've done- I never laughed so hard when you said Eric Clapton is a blues purist and doesn't steal. But he stold his best friends wife!!!!! Rock On! PS- Beatlefans- Linda Eastman is not related/connected to Eastman- Kodak! I wish I had a nickel everytime I heard that....
It's nice that the Naked version is out there, but the Phil Spector versions were a huge part of our lives and are beautiful. History can't be rewritten. Minimalist tastefulness is not necessary superior to the sincere extravagance of Spector. But having both options (unlike the Lucas approach to the Star Wars reedits) is great.
That outfit is really great. The violet colored blouse. Violet is the thinnest, and last color in the color spectrum ( I think). Great earrings. The feather coat, and round glasses. When you put the glasses on the top, of your head, you look like Mini Mouse. Yeah I thought that red apple label was different. Thanks again. I will check out, that other Beattle show channel; that you just recommend. I always loved that Epiphone guitar; that John played. With all the blue meaneeness in the world right now. John would've suggested that we start singing. Time to get Beatlefied.
Thank you very much, Abby! Really good job! And I agree, Don`t Let Me Down was the best song on Let It Be album 🥲
That was a clever nod to Andy Warhol's films 😆 Well done video. Some bands from that era you may like if you haven't heard them are The Action (Rolled Gold sessions) + T2
The Get Back For You Blue mix is actually from 1970 using George's January 8 vocal overdubs. The 1969 mix was only released on the Japanese SHM-CD box set, and it turns out the overdubs were very much needed.
I just finished your video Abigail, awesome! I was recommending it shortly after I began tonight. The Beatles (and Pink Floyd) have been a huge longtime part of my life, maybe some post 1985 Floyd videos in the future? Anyway, I like your style and deeply admire all young people who possess an attention span long enough to listen to a vinyl album. 👍🎶
Abby, loved this episode! Read Chris O'Dell's book "Miss O'Dell" ... Chris was on the roof next to Maureen and Yoko. She has a hell of a story and was best friends with Layla! In other business, pivot to a Vinyl Monday featuring Jellyfish's one-two punch, then breakup ... 1990 Bellybutton and 1993 Spilt Milk ... and then wear Roger Manning's top hat and psychedelic threads ... it'll be fun!