I also love how everything in the 60's was so lazily planned/winged

They are looking at sketches of the set for the "TV Special" like 2 weeks before its supposed to happen! Then a few days before the deadline they're like "I don't think we're ready" - I was like no shit. The fact that some of the managers were pumping up them going to some amphitheater in the northern Africa and bringing over a boat load of brits for the audience is hilarious. It seemed VERY amateur hour for the biggest band in like the history of the world.

I also love how everything in the 60's was so lazily planned/winged

They are looking at sketches of the set for the "TV Special" like 2 weeks before its supposed to happen! Then a few days before the deadline they're like "I dont think we're ready" - I was like no shit. The fact that some of the managers were pumping up them going to some amphitheater in the northern africa and bringing over a boat load of brits for the audience is hilarious. It seemed VERY amateur hour for the biggest band in like the history of the world.

would consider myself a fan of the music and late 60s culture in general. My memories of events from the late 60s are just out of reach.

Only watched about 40 minutes yesterday, and will watch some more later. i was (unfairly) a bit disappointed. For the real fans i am sure this will be great; seeing the interactions and how the songs are constructed. However, i found watching the fly-on-the-wall footage with no narrative hard going and slow. i think it would have been more accessible to a wider audience if he had broken up the footage with interviews with those still alive, TV clips, and other tools to tell the story - like a documentary film maker would do; but that would take something away from the real fans who can see the story unfolding without needing anything else. Peter Jackson has multiple oscars and i don't, so i expect he has got this right and i am in the minority.

I was particularly amazed at how Get Back just flew out of Paul off the top of his head. He is a melody machine!

https://youtu.be/qzihz9k2B1E

That was a pretty cool react video…but…

Beato seems waaaay too amazed that the Beatles are just able to break into old cover songs. I mean…even crappy garage bands do this at the beginning of every band practice. Of course the Beatles could do this.
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The Beatles play over 100 songs during the 6hrs of coverage in this documentary, and reportedly played roughly 300 more during the total sessions that weren’t shown in this film.

I suspect lots of really good bands can’t do that, much less “crappy garage bands.”

The Beatles play over 100 songs during the 6hrs of coverage in this documentary, and reportedly played roughly 300 more during the total sessions that weren’t shown in this film.

I suspect lots of really good bands can’t do that, much less “crappy garage bands.”

Crappy garage band here (raises hand). Okay, average bar band.


Nevertheless, we could play about 40 songs at any given time.....and we were a cover band. It was our job to know cover songs as we were not spending our time writing songs. Oh, and if we hadn't touched something in a while, we'd have to go through the learning process again.

400 songs? Yeah......I don't know anyone with even close to that repertoire.

FWIW, I believe the E Street Band had a similar reputation.

Crappy garage band here (raises hand). Okay, average bar band.


Nevertheless, we could play about 40 songs at any given time.....and we were a cover band. It was our job to know cover songs as we were not spending our time writing songs. Oh, and if we hadn't touched something in a while, we'd have to go through the learning process again.

400 songs? Yeah......I don't know anyone with even close to that repertoire.

FWIW, I believe the E Street Band had a similar reputation.