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11-27-2021, 05:19 PM
I kind of scrolled through that video about the bass with the sound off. As soon as they showed Bert Kaempfert, I realized I knew that sound from his music, where there's always a prominent picked bass. I need to go back and listen to part of it. It's an interesting instrument, but I would have figured TG to be more drawn to the Chapman Stick.
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11-27-2021, 10:48 PM
e3 and done. That was very enjoyable. It renewed my love of the Beatles.
The rooftop concert was so mischievous, and such a grand finale to their live performances. I've seen footage of it before but not as well delivered as this. We'll probably watch it again, or just let it play in the background.
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A couple more comments I forgot to mention:
Shannon fell asleep during ep 1, so the next day, we had to rewatch part of it before ep 2. We both fell asleep during ep 2 and ended up rewatching what we missed tonight. I’m enjoying it, but the pacing is slow. Watching ringo drowsily watch Paul and John talk is tiring… So much smoking…how are Paul and ringo still alive? Mal is the fifth Beatle. It was funny to see ringo do Keith Moon This surprised me (and Peter…and Sir Paul): Still looking forward to ep3 —tg PS: I was totally into the Chapman stick, but I think they were out of my budget. There was someone giving lessons out of Guitar Showcase I think he was in the local Chapman stick rock band called “Stick men”. I have some cassettes from a busker that would play in Ghiradelli Square. The bass player from Dot 3 played stick on a few songs. It totally fit their jungle funk style. But Tony Levin is the master. The King Crimson Matte Kudasi is great. Emmett Chapman, stick inventor just passed away on Nov 1, at age 85, after a long battle with cancer. To bring it back around: 
11-28-2021, 07:16 AM
I did enjoy the Colbert Jackson interview. I did like Jackson's reasoning for why the Beatles broke up.
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11-28-2021, 07:25 AM
I watched about an hour of ep1. There's just so much of it. And a lot of talking and noodling and set up that could be cut. The main song they've worked on so far is Don't Let Me Down, and it made me wonder if Jackson could have cut it so it followed the development of each song rather than going through each day. And then end with the rooftop of course. Then use them playing other stuff as a bonus ep.
It seems obvious even at this point that Paul had more arranging ideas than the others (which shown as having become clearly annoying to George in the original film Let It Be), so he's probably far more responsible for the shape of all of their songs than he gets credit for.
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11-29-2021, 01:07 AM
Finished ep 3 of Behind the Scenes of “Let It Be”. This doc could have used an editor. I agree w/KB that some other tack, like following the evolution of each song, might have been a more interesting than the chronological format. The calendar constantly turned up the tension, but they could have tried to better underscore when milestones were achieved (like they actually got a successful take / the one we know and love, or someone proposed the rooftop finally!).
Also, the subtitling was inconsistent. I would have preferred it on for all the dialog, and if there were multiple people talking, to anchor each’s subtitles to a different part of the screen. Other thoughts: John is a crackup. Ringo never looks like he’s working hard. Michael Higgs-Boson or whatever his name is seems like a jerk. The Bobbies were so patient. Brits (on the street) are funny. I want toast with marmalade. Question: who owns the rights to the songs these days? Did they have to pay to license them? —tg
11-29-2021, 06:49 AM
I know Michael Jackson owned the songs for awhile. That caused the rift between him and Sir Paul.
As a matter of fact, my anger does keep me warm
11-29-2021, 11:15 AM
If the cats have spots, you shouldn't eat them...
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11-29-2021, 11:26 AM
Just looked it up: McCartney owns most of the songs now.
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11-29-2021, 02:07 PM
The Onion has a funny piece on this: New Beatles Doc Gives Man Greater Appreciation For How Long 8 Hours Feels
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11-29-2021, 05:03 PM
(11-29-2021, 11:15 AM)thatguy Wrote: If the cats have spots, you shouldn't eat them... fair The first time I saw Paul he was following Linda’s vegan ways. They banned any animal products backstage, including shoes & belts. Staff was annoyed. That was such an epic show - one of my top 10.
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12-01-2021, 08:40 AM
Finally finished episode 1. Watching the Peter Jackson interview with Colbert helped. I liked the idea that the Beatles were hiding from the cameras and the microphones and basically had to be tricked to be on camera. The director hid microphones and made it look like the cameras were off when they were actually on.
tQ was confused they weren't singing the actual lyrics to the songs instead they were just mumbling nonsense. That's when we had the discussion that the songs weren't songs yet. Lightbulb moment. You could see it coming with George Harrison. No one listened to him. Paul kept asking for songs. George would say he had songs. No one listened. I think the show needs more smoking.
As a matter of fact, my anger does keep me warm
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