The Beatles: Get Back Rehearsal

[spobs1]

john lennen i love you!!!!!! R I P

[WillMGlynn]

John and Paul have written the vast majority of the Beatles songs together. Here they were not intending to do any public performance but this was a rehearsal in their business work day

[Philiphray]

John was an absolute asshole here

[normdug]

on behalf of turning his thong 7 times in his mouth,Paul is turning his finger 7 times into his...OK! i admit it's funny! but that reflex of nervosity demonstrate

how it was difficult at that time to work with John.Paul is trying to arrange the song

and John is trying to discredite him acting like a fool! it's the end of the Beatles!

[gunboundmunkey]

And this was so close to the end, imagine the tension.

[TheseFilthyHands1]

Ahhh, yes...1969......explains why this song was so fucking sexxy.

[krimhi]

¿Qué hace Yoko metida entre ellos????? GRRRRR

[Pollandtheawesome]

its funny to think that if they felt any bit different about something that day that song could've been something completely different from what it is.

[CheckTheMeaning00]

Considering how much they could improvise and how funny John is, it's a wonder they got anything done in the studio. I'd be laughing too much and just bringing up random chords and riffs to just jam around.

[abrahamnonnel]

que tal esto

[serg123ish]

esto vale oro como realizaron esta fantastica cancion es importante saber esto...

[imcarrying]

We tried this voice interval that Paul's struggling to teach to John ay the beginning of the video (never included in their original song) and it worked.

[Lizardcuckoo]

George was always my favorite. Why shouldn't Yoko be there? She was his muse.

[1982pencil]

"now i remember why i stopped getting solos" haha i love it. does anyone know why george didn't do the solo on this one?

[lillewilli]

Tai to me

[StampsGuys]

GET BACK YOKO

[subterraneanblues1]

lennon`s lead guitar is fantastic in get back

[miss9starr7]

Paul is a douche...

[tauntingfrenchman1]

@miss9starr7 you produce music of their magnitude.

[ozoshah]

paul looks like the che in some moments...

[lacomadrejacoja]

esta genial just great¡¡¡¡

[affalaffaa]

Paul's uncomfortable at 4.24 when John jumps in. i have no preference over either of them because they both produced classics together and on their own, i just wish they were on better terms when John was taken

[heartagramkid123]

4:06 paul's digging for gold! LOL! xD

[rclarked]

I guess they were hammering things out

[davemudge1]

Why is there an ANVIL in the middle of the studio?

[quarryman88]

@davemudge1 They had begun rehearsing "Maxwell's Silver Hammer" during these sessions.

[tauntingfrenchman1]

@davemudge1 in the let it be movie they rehearsed a few songs from abbey road, one of them was maxwell's silver hammer, and whilst they were playing, mal evens hit the anvil with a hammer at the specified moments :)

[Hammersley1967]

They were the best when they had Billy Preston in the studio...

[TheBunnySensation]

Get back to where you once belonged.. Get back Yoko!

[rickys162]

iam not going to say yoko was the reason the beatles split up but god damn i wish she would have pissed off

[musicxcraze]

poor ringo he looks so depressed during the let it be sessions... & i wonder why yokocoughcough.

[redtoymachine]

what kind of person would DISLIKE this video ?

[marshja56]

You wonder what Billy Preston is thinking...Maybe something like "I'm glad to be here but THIS is the world's best rock band?"

[romelovesdan]

@marshja56

He did work with the "Greatest Rock and Roll band in the world" ie on his Apple solo album with Keith Richards and on Rolling Stones Tours and albums 1973-1977......

[animaliista]

true, but I think the least appreciated musician here is preston... that's got to be one of the best key solos ever played.

[thisisbulltiful]

george's role is very diminished in this song.

[Concertanti]

While I believe that Yoko is the target of much misogyny, I really don't think it was appropriate for her to be there.

[muskokan59]

Ringo's reminding me how much I miss smoking : )

[M374EVL]

why didnt yoko just fuck off the scrounging cunt hanging onto johns coatails fucking hateful bitch

[arffrossco]

Didnt Paul write the song with Yoko in mind? I heard he used to sing the chorus and give her death stares at the same time. lol

[katotheother]

John: "We're not as hip as we were this morning, Paul." :-)

[deesroll]

Yoko, Oh , NO!!!

[TheNewfairytale]

Ein Stück Zeitgeschichte

[nancydrew5]

Dang Paul digging deep for boogers at 4:04 hahaha

[arffrossco]

@nancydrew5 Well he wont eat meat. He has to get nutrients from somewhere.

[benjammin8807]

yoko looks like the girl from the grudge. only scarier.

[cracks21229]

Dang, Ringo smoked a lot. I wonder if he still does?

[jeffkahl]

@cracks21229 no apparently he quit years ago.

[dougplank]

@garyburge- anvil for "maxwell's silver hammer" which they were working on at the time

[EyesForYou21]

I love it how George and John keep looking at each other and laughing..so sweet :].

It's sooooo cute when George laughs at 5:39 (I love his laugh!!) and says "Are we ready?" and John says "Oh aye." :))

[Eagmr]

4:03 ieuww :D

[Decoy8]

Poor George... he didn't do anything but Paul flips him off lol 3:55

[musicxcraze]

@Decoy8 lmao!

[garyburge]

But what's the anvil for?

[dougplank]

@garyburge anvil for "maxwell's silver hammer" which they were working on at the time

[imemine5]

At the end George looks bored too(like Ringo). As if to say yeah I can do so much more than play 3 or so muted chords. Big whoop. RIP George & John. Peace and Love.

[muziktrkr]

@imemine5 They did an insane amount of takes of "Get Back". All the footage shows is how mundane a recording session can be. Plus this was prob. after he "quit" the band for a bit and talked him into coming back.

[YARROWS]

To think the Spice Girls still say they wrote there own songs,and then you see this real songwriting and arrangements taking place.

[chilibro]

i love how john george and paul are just discussing this and that and ringo's just off in the back smoking his cig 

[addzack11]

Ringo looks so badass

[rhcp500]

5:20-5:28  n_n

[ddayrocks]

Haha, from 0:48 to 1:13, Ringo looks pretty bored! :)

[PimpBrovasTV]

1:55 where can i get a microphone like THAT???

[miguelcontrol]

is perfect very very perfect!!

[musicislyfe357]

love it

[alfredonoize]

larga vida Beatles!

[DCAreaguy2001]

this is faul mccarntey, pale imitation of the original

[xxbrotam]

This video should be seen by all the young bands that are starting around there. It is a lesson on how a great song born. They took a very little piece of melody, and see what they got !! Thanks very much pixaninny.

[RelicScribe]

Maybe this is why the Beatles were so great. They were all so talented but it takes patience, teamwork, imagination and the willingness to keep pushing to make the music a little bit better. It is hard work but when it gets better and the groove happens, it's magic.....

[jackpfree]

watching this makes me not feel bad about my band just lounging around trying to make a song work lol

[ZJProz]

Cool.......

[jacksdeos]

Love it at 5:24 when Harrison slowly looks at the camera and cracks a smile. God these guy were great.

[JAARNO88]

paul is just a major talent! always was my favourite beatle.

[tazrevo]

mine too i without him the beatles would be nothing. (no offense to john george and ringo, who were also amazing.)

[Kridane]

Billy preston looks like a shadow on this camera xD

[Suryavideo]

I never in my life thought I'd see a video of McCartney picking his nose

[tommyandtammy1]

great video.5. God bless.

[stefanienoerholm]

"I remember why I stopped getting soloes" :D

[carney2000]

i like seeing john do the lead guitar on this song

[KedmenecMartin]

apple studios london...

xD George at 5:24

[TdrummerD]

nah man i believe this is twickenham movie studios

[MrSimonGirty]

Why is there an anvil in the middle of the fuckin room?

[aznfrets]

Listen to maxwell's silver hammer on abbey road

[Pianolisticer]

idk, but maybe they needed i to record maxwell´s silver hammer... because they hve a noice in the song, what sounds like a hammer on an anvil^^

[phreaker92]

for a song! Maxwell'sSilver hammer

[loutufillaro]

@MrSimonGirty it's for the "bang bang" of maxwells silver hammer

[Sabrina1822]

You know what everyone just needs to leave Yoko alone... John Loved her and that is all that mattered..I am sure John would not give a fuck if any of you did not like her.. so just drop it and shut up.

[bucks1955mjm]

I'm sure Paul is looking at Yoko when he sings get back @4:20. Too bad she didnt get the hint. Otherwise this is historical. Cool.

[Andreas748]

Good vibe there. -but Yoko should've waited outside.

John couldn't be without her for a few hours? How pussy whipped can you get?

[aero96ify]

@Andreas748 well its love you know how love makes you

[Kickingit06]

Yoko needed to get a fucking life! Go to a museum or the beach or workout or whatever. At least get the fuck out of the fray when she knew the other band mates couldn't stand her. One dumbass chick was the death of the Beatles. If that's not a metaphor for life then I don't know what is!

[mrchristkngo]

LOL

[Leyvegetayable]

watch my vids

[Sawyerbabe1968]

Thank you sooooo much for posting this amazing footage. RIP dear John, George, and Billy xxxxxxxx

[agbz]

Thanks for posting! This is great historical stuff for us Beatle people. Despite the negativity that I read about for the "Get Back" sessions, everyone seems to be enjoying it; yes, even George. This is what The Beatles was about, making music. They all said it and so I'm saying it. Rock on! Thanks, again, for posting!!!!!

[lalahanley]

geniuses at work

[Beetlezfann]

I believed everyone on Earth was a smoker in 1969...including Ringo

[UnitedKingdomLove]

Great Video!!

Thannks!

[koenenbw]

they used to smash the anvil with a hamer at "bang bang" in the song Maxwell's SIlver Hamer

[Sogecyborg]

ahahaha it is very odd just to see a Anvil in the middle of a room

[pierre59000live]

Have you noticed the anvil next to bill preston ?

[metricfoot]

the anvil was for the "bang bang" in Maxwell's silver hammer rehearsal..

[ivanthebeatle]

The Beatles forever!!!!!!!!!!

[offthewallsince66]

screwvilletx obviously doesnt get it.LET IT BE!

[tomypaes]

" i bet none of you people watching this would expect me, a 12 yr old. to be obsessed with the beatles" - Cmon, really? Noone senses a nonchalant -self exalting tone in that?

[MariusIonescu]

Nonchalant?? Ignorant, maybe!!

[tomypaes]

Both

[irishelvissox]

did all yall goofy sheetz know that actually, this is rite at the BEATLES dismize? no u dont cuz, aint old enough or care for the moment; this close as u can get to last session/and about -thats the way it was-check em out?ya think john mite have a BUZZ?=i still luv me BEATLES!!!

[libithia]

lol paul picks his nose at 4:05

[transmembrane]

You're just not very bright, are you?

[432F01]

yeah yeah yeah, Lennon was great and I dig him the most but he was wrong to bring that dumb howling cunt into the studio........

[savagerory]

Tomypaes how can you put down a liittle 12 yo girl's opinion in such a disparaging way?Bloody hell,just kerb your anger about nothing and channel it into something worthwhile!--Like cutting down your coffee intake?

[drewburt89]

I just hate how yoko had to be right next to john all the time! fuck! i hate her!

[faridjabba]

jaaja, like Courtney ON CObain peahps a litlte ?

[annaray817]

i absolutly love the beatles, im obsessed. i bet none of you people watching this would expect me, a 12 yr old. to be obsessed with the beatles. im sorta sad they broke up, but everything happens for a reason. at one point i saw paul pick his nose, lol. the beatlees wrote amazing TIMELESS music, i love this song, I love all there songs, one song i think is really beautiful was till there was you. its beautful.

[tomypaes]

Oh wow - You must be so special then...

GIve me a break - You and another thousand 12 year olds like the beatles just like the rest of'em. And you go against one of the main characteristics enforced by the beatles -PRETENSION.

Your just like all the other twelve year olds who think they have a head start because they feel different from most kids in their class - The struggle for individualism...pfff - Killing eh?

[screwvilletx]

YOU sir, are a dick! You have no right to beat a 12 yr old down. From one beatles fan to "another", you sir, are a disgrace to beatles fans. Because it's OBVIOUS you missed the message they were trying so spread. LOVE. FREE SPIRIT...and you ridiculing a 12 year old because she doesn't fit what you think a REAL beatles fan should be..That sir, is revolting. You no more than her, are more of a beatles fan than her. Infact I applaud her more...She's approaching their music with purity and and

[screwvilletx]

innonence, where as you're trying to be somewhat elitist about it. Do all of us real beatles fans that got their music/message and understood it a favor, stop/dont call yourself a beatles fan, because you, OBVIOUSLY DONT FUCKING GET IT.(Btw, these remarks are aimed at tomypaes)

[tomypaes]

Gimme a break will ye - Im 13. Dont make it seem as if I were an old man breaking down on a little kid. And excuse me but who are you to say what right I do or dont h./// Know what?]\

Fuck this, haha, Im not gonna engage in the mediocrity of arguing through youtube, with people I dont know actually judging me for what I wrote to a separate person, forget this -

Cheers

[8crazy88]

13 and a Beatles fan? o.O lol jk I'm 13 and I LOVE the Beatles! ^.^

[Killinfloor]

I'm a little puzzled as to how a 13 year old has a vocabulary like yours.....

[ClueSign]

They didn't write "Til There Was You." That's from the American musical The Music Man and was written by Meredith Wilson. However it is a very good tune and keen of Paul to want to cover it. Now go study the difference between "there" and "their" and don't watch too much Hannah. Montana

[HiggyVasquez]

no doubt!. I one herd a interview were John said "we were kids in liver pool and all we really wanted to do was play rock and roll and blues covers" , the song writing came later when they were managed and of course the rest is history and some amazingly composed songs!

[HiggyVasquez]

wow so obvious what a pain in the ass John had become... sad. Said he was doing lots of acid those days. But great musician never the less

[abeatlesguy]

Apparently John and Paul had both become pretty arrogant by the end. George and Ringo had both already left and returned. In my opinion George was as good of a writer as John or Paul with the late Beatles, but he could still hardly get any songs on the albums. But with four talents as great as the members of the Beatles, and the huge personality differences, it had to end sometime.

[michaelmyers204]

i never realised how mutch my uncle looks like george harrison.

[theZodiacDigital]

BILLY PRESTON

[fuzzypige222]

amazing guys, ...you can tell they have a vision what they want the song to be... and they keep working it until they get it right...i was 15, and used to just wait for the next time the radio played this song...me and my silvertone

[kearney19]

absolute geniuses

[stuff038]

this is one of the best things i've ever seen :)

[daniel602602]

I just love the visual connection between John and George, they were having so much fun, what a shame those types of harmony didn't carry on for many more years between John and Paul...

[bauersnarky]

in some ways i wish billy preston was with the beatles from the start. just imagine billy sitting on stage at Shea Stadium playing the Hammond or the vox continental or whatever he would use on "I'm Down"... it would have opened up oodles of more songs for the beatles to play live, too, and probably would have at least lightened up the mood on tour. oh well, a person can dream...

[Tendoking]

well said, snarky.

daniel602602, twas well said as well.

[memphisguy55]

fascinating! love it. thanks for posting!

[olavodeepbassyeah]

terrific video!

[MadestBob]

Yeah, cool! John is practicing his greatest solo.

[TheSigma6]

Lennon made some great music over his lifetime...

However, I think that he was more or less a dick of a person in real life...

It aggravates me how Yoko decided she had to be at the rehearsals like that.

[conor30000]

this is fascinating

[DiegoRyu12]

Hahahaha Ringo rlz!!

[MBArkestra]

+1 on cropping out Yoko. I don't even have anything against the woman and I understand that John loved her, but the degree of her presence (sitting RIGHT next to him) was ridiculous and over the line. Imagine walking in to an important meeting at work and having your wife sit next to you the entire time for no reason other than to whisper in to your ear and give everyone else icy stares. I'm not saying writing music should be a "business", but Yoko had no place in that room.

[54spiritedwill54]

awesome

[EGGMAN909]

They like to goof around a lot but when it comes to doing it ...They just do it

[LINKthePIRATE913]

guys, please stop hating yoko. shes just a part, a little part of teh reason why they broke up, like not even big enough to start hating her for it, they had there time, and by the end, they were getting interesting in doing there own stuff, nothin lasts forever. i like yoko, sure she may be a bit diferent from your avrage famouse singers girlfriend, but so what. stop hating. peace.

[stany003]

----- lead man

on the record...

he plays the little 2 string shuffle in the verses and then the slidy bit and all the little guitar solos

[limunan]

what george's part when he play this song?

[HalfEatenDimSim]

You are an extremely gay man.

[uncobone71]

GET THE F U CK BACK JO JO!!!!!!!!

[OroborusFMA]

This is like looking under the hood of a Rolls and discovering a VW engine held together with duct tape.

[dvs1572]

perfect

[PsychicKnife]

Suprised Paul doesn't call BP "boy".

[476892]

The Beatles had respect for Billy Preston(Obviously,you are a racist,and you hate all blacks!).In fact he recorded so many times,with the Beatles that Billy was considered "5th Beatle"!!!! Billy is also on the "White Album"!!! However, Billy died in 2006... May he rest,forever,in peace!

[McQueen808]

Two things... 1. Fuck Yoko 2. This is seriously awesome to watch them work. I love this song. Get back yoko

[leonardoboy2]

Good stuff!

[Beatleschick1]

Get Back Yoko!

[mcgiver02]

i had no idea they worked so hard on ONE song

[Petiber]

yep, it's harder then it looks.

[arnoldwarrior15]

i guess he did that as a joke

[roxdbox]

look at 3:55= look very closely at paul's hand!! "FUCK YOU"

[nulofka]

He's left handed. He's holding the pick between his index finger and his thumb. He therefore is simply pointing with his middle finger. It's nothing.

[michaeld82]

love how there cropping out yoko. johns always been my fav. but seriously, she would irritate the shit out of me

[BeverlyHills666]

lennon = bad karma here... the guy is really borin'...

[BeverlyHills666]

at 3:33 : the man is not here

[dvs1572]

how did you get the time "3:33" to serve as a link?

[ywba]

If you just post a comment with a time on it(uninterrupted by any other punctuations), it would be linked to the time in the vid automatically.

[anniexanonymous]

its so cute how george is all into playing and then looks up at the camera and grins at 5:24. (:

[osbvrs35]

this is an interesting video. I think it says a lot about their breakup, and it points to what most people don't like to hear.  But the real cause was john. He, with yoko's aid, had gotten too into himself, a big head. As a result his musical abilities started to suffer and he alienated himself from the others. This is clear from johns frequent mess up's in this video and you can tell the others are frusterated with him.

[BeverlyHills666]

that's true

[sneha1965]

Paul digging for Gold 4:05

[add504]

i sent this link to my brother, he asked who the african american guy is....I did a little research and I found out that that person is no one other the great singer...BILLY PRESTON. He passed away June 6, 2006.

[haltzy]

are they smoking weed?

[sideaccount72]

aw man this is amazing. wow.

[Sukriti]

HOLY CRAP this is so cool!

And George and Ringo look FABULOUS! Especially George~