The Beatles - The Making Of Get Back Part I

[alvinsinge98]

@daliraygun first of all get back is awesome and @matchbox555 said that strawberry fields forever is one of john's songs

[daliraygun]

One of the worst Beatles songs ever recorded. It's awful. And I LOVE the Beatles. The song is shit. I can't believe it's written by the same guy that wrote "Here, There, and Everywhere" and "Helter Skelter".

[matchbox555]

@daliraygun get back is awesome

[daliraygun]

@matchbox555 See what I wrote to TyVerte. it goes for you too.

Peace,

DR

[TyVerte]

@daliraygun Get Back is great!

[daliraygun]

@TyVerte I'm afraid not. It's a crappy, simple song that would have been a throwaway in their prime. Like it or not. In the end they didn't have a lot of Beatles songs. Which is why the medley on Abbey Road exists in that form. Read up. Do your homework. I'm totally right.

DR

[TyVerte]

@daliraygun Simple is never bad. I did have a lot of songs that's why all four of them produced very successful albums after breaking up with all the stored songs they had. Either way, I still enjoy Get Back. Certainly it's not their best but it still beats anything on the charts today.

[matchbox555]

@daliraygun whether they had a lot of songs at the end or not.. get back isdefinitely awesome which is why it was released as a single

[daliraygun]

@matchbox555 I guess this is just a useless debate. If you like get back then I guess you have simple tastes that are very easy to please. And there's nothing wrong with that. It's a matter of personal taste. But please, if you know anything at all about music, and you play "Penny Lane" for instance, and "Get Back" one right after the other. I really don't see how there is an argument about the fact it's an inferior song by a genius songwriter. It's a little ditty at best, nothing more. Fact.

[matchbox555]

@daliraygun the bit where get back stops and then ringo comes in with "dum dum dum dum dum dummm!" is my favorite thing ever... see here>>> watch?v=U4G35BO8fTc#t=2m19s lol@penny lane... penny lane is a fairly simple song.. you should have said something like strawberry fields, a day in the life or the b side version of revolution.. wait those are johns songs... ok then maybe helter skelter or hey jude........ look get back is awesome... being simple is part of whats cool about it.

[daliraygun]

@matchbox555 I wouldn't say something like Strawberry Fields because if you know anything about the Beatles you would know Strawberry Fields is Lennon song. I was comparing McCartney to McCartney. See? OK, I used "Here, There, and Everywhere" as an earlier illustration of what I was saying. You can't call that a simple song. (Actually, neither is Penny Lane, you try writing that). Either song is far superior to Get Back. Look, if you like it, you like it. Good for you.Still a throwaway for Mac.

[matchbox555]

@daliraygun still better than "another day" or the "frog chorus"

[daliraygun]

@daliraygun mmmm... Not sure I would argue that. : )

[jsteelman1000]

who was JoJo in song ?

[dorfliedot]

Love this video. I can watch this all day long.

[MrROTD]

I'd be pissed if I had Yoko sitting there the whole time I was trying to work wtf John?

[nikon052952]

get a life yoko

[Aithers1996]

@nikon052952 oh give it a rest. it's not her fault. the break up of the beatles was inevitable

[kingofthebottomrow]

i think ringo just gave up at the end

[Anakin53Padme]

so this is how geniuses make there work eh?

and i just witnessed history.

[ragamuffing]

I've watched this vid like 20 times just to get to the "fuck face" part xD

[Wooooo28]

who they call fuck face??

[lees2oo8]

Yoko was his muse of the later days. Whether it's annoying to see her or not, she deserves some credit for inspiration.

[fretbuzz59]

@lees2oo8 Having her there really is pretentious bullshit, which the other guys rightfully disliked. And one could argue she wasn't much of a muse b/c his best stuff was arguably pre-Yoko. That aside, what occurs to me is that, WTF was wrong w/her that allowed her to just sit there? She had her own life & interests, how could she not be bored out of her mind while they screwed around like this? Unless she enjoyed the power, not only of being a Beatles insider, but as the center of John's world.

[lees2oo8]

@fretbuzz59 yeah she was a bitch, but she was john lennons bitch, if i were a beatle i'd keep shum

[mrfester42]

@fretbuzz59 Why do people still get worked up about her. The only real truth is that she was the love of Johns life. He lived what he wrote. He was devoted to her and she to him. Learn from the music and from that love. True the others weren't too thrilled with her at times but only because John was focusing more on her and less on them as time passed. It was nothing she did. That's what happens with a man and a woman. All 4 loved each other and in the end, the love remained.

[fretbuzz59]

@mrfester42 Of course they loved each other. And if they were 16 it would be one thing. But as adults it's both pretentious & juvenile. Was she IN the band? No. So she had no business being there. Period.

[TailsMoFan25]

I think it would be funny if someone tabbed the "Help!" part just for the hell of it XD

[nattiiizz]

THIS, is how music is made!

[TheMrX93]

LOL Help XD 6:25

[TheMrX93]

XD 05:05 

[crabag]

@littleitalyblogspot I thought she was reading a mag or something?? I'm probs wrong!? Lol

[littleitalyblogspot]

What was Yoko doing anyway? Is that knitting she's playing with?

[Jbugg12321]

john was smiling because of george. NOT yoko..

[dieselmac]

4:24 nose pick !

[starryian007]

Billy Preston was one of the greatest keyboard players around at the time. He also had a very calming influence on the boys - who at this point were starting to argue and bicker amongst themselves. Sadly Billy passed away in June 2006. A great musician sorely missed.

[rulo1256]

my god, what a genius is lennon in 5:08

LMAO!

[jilluvv11]

hahahah 4:16 iis paul pickiing hiis nose??? LOL

[MontegoJoker14]

I read that every time Paul song the part get back to where you once belong he looked at Yoko

[Ropid]

@MontegoJoker14 well thats all taken out of context. becuase lenno qouted in the famous playboy interview 1980 that HE FELT like paul was looking at yoko every time he sang get back to where you once belong

[nunupower]

paul said fuckface around 5:43 real funny

[johnnyharpe]

I wish they would record like that today, with everybody in the same room. I hate all this modern, sterile bullshit today.

[MoveOverCasanova]

yoko ono the communication genius -- just see how her presence makes everybody feel at ease, -- great vibes, jolly good humor, just lifts the whole scene up ))

[united016]

the real making of get back starts at the "Commonwealth Song" and "no pakistanis" look up the Beatles Black album bootleg

[fakeplasticman]

This is awesome.

Thanks!

[jilluvv11]

omg im in love with themm

[gigisdad]

I love Paul but it seems like he could be a continuous giant pain the ass at times..lol.

[PrincessAngelStar12]

Tell me how Get Back went to Ive Got A Feeling To Help, I think dey were frustrated but dey turned anger into funny play so I'm all good

[supercat1997]

lol Help! and Please Please Me

[jayrox40]

Yoko GET BACK!

[AlejandroMendoza2010]

No wonder The Beatles broke out!!!

It must be extremely hard to rehearse with one of te musicians´s wife sitting there all the time!!! I guess that sometimes a band need some kind of privacy... camera´s presence all the time must have benn annoying, too....but if there´s something that they certainly were used to was the presence of cameras!!!

Anyway it´s wonderful to see tihis AMAZING band rehearsing!!! Thanx for possting this treasure!!!

[ExileNJ]

@AlejandroMendoza2010 It wouldn't have been bad if she was hot, but Yoko wasn't.

[KwEs154]

hahaha aay fuckface

[MoveOverCasanova]

the camera and yoko ono in the neck / what a comfortable situation to compose

[doforanimals]

Pure gold. Glad to see there were lighter moments during this time and it wasn't always so tense and grim.

[fruitfairy23]

5:38-5:52

How I wish they were talking to Yoko!

[BS1965able]

@fruitfairy23 joh said "everytime Paul sang Get Back he looked at Yoko", but John and her were both paranoid at this stage my opinion.

[USAMicrosoftGuy]

billy preston yay!!!!!!

[HeltoSkelto]

is that in the movie?

[lilfudd312]

hey fuckface

[anakin20ellyn]

at 6:29 I can not believe John started singing Help!!!!! XD

[emiparlophoneuk]

Very nice....

[macyskid]

lennon was a little bit punk! 0:20

[phreaker92]

cartney picks his noise . by drug? :O

[007bond189]

lol fuck Bass

[splinterx3]

the beatles pretty much owned abby road.. i dont think studio time was a problem after they made it big.. especially after they formed apple.. they probably paid them to come in. haha

[LeoHareMusic]

I think this is actually Twickenham Studios, not Abbey Road, but the point is still taken.

[99rh]

@LeoHareMusic

its apple studios as far as i know

[LeoHareMusic]

@99rh - You may be right, thanks!

[ManfredDeJesus]

@LeoHareMusic No this was filmed in the basement of their Savile Row office building where they later opened a recording studio in 1971.

[Rockgod10210]

lol hey fuck face!! lmao paul

[GalaxyHorse]

Talk about stuffing around..this would drive me mad...Studio time is expensive, they must have had money-to-burn.

[GalaxyHorse]

LOL...yeah must rank as the obvious comment of the month

[NELSONCOLOMBIAN]

at 6:32 sonds very good

[farje996]

5:36 "Don't interrupt stars when we're recording...We're bloody stars you know"

haha classic Lennon...

[LtStarkiller]

It's odd to think, if the Beatles had gained their US popularity in 2003, they would be broken up by now. To a 29 year old, it seems like they made music for so long.....but 10 years is seeming smaller and smaller every day.

[LeoHareMusic]

Or to look at it the other way round, considering the longevity of The Rolling Stones and The Who--and even U2, for that matter--the merely seven years The Beatles were a functioning, active recording group were just jammed with amazing creativity. They did more in that short time than longer lived groups do in entire careers.

[dabble778]

0: 36 approx Paul talking about poor old Jimmy Nichol (Ringo's replacement on the 1964 Australian tour)

[willymeaux]

it looks like paul called yoko a fuck face

[KickingTelevision7]

Well... She is one.

[dickburns75]

He's actually calling Glyn Johns (in the control room) "Fuck Face" because the tape was not ready when they wanted to go....

[thebeatles4664]

i thought he said it to ringo

[SuperUpstairs]

ringo lights up a cigarette ^^

[robertnobody]

Awesome footage, watch when Ringo lights up a cigarette like it is candy, what an unhealthy thing to go while you are playing.

That is like a runner smoking a cigarette while running a race!

[appleboy62]

you yoko ono haters need to get a life...totally pathetic after all these years to read such crap.

[earlogisman]

Completely agree with you.

Everytime I whatch a video and yokos in it yoko haters are complaining and i'm getting sick of it..

[russelljdj]

Yoko destroyed a perfectly good band. Give her credit for being the amazing Con Artist she was/is. She pulled the wool over Lennon's eyes somehow, then hooked him on Heroin so she could really have control. She is really a despicable person. Watch the Imagine Film when John & George start talking about the Beatles days and having a good laugh. She shoots Lennon a look and the good times ended right there.

[burnsybaby1987]

Lennon seemed to be losing interest before he brought Yoko into the deal...Magical Mystery Tour etc. According to Revolution In The Head, the Revolver sessions were tense, with Lennon and McCartney falling out occasionally. Harrison quit after the Phillipines disaster, and it was touch and go whether they'd carry on. Epstein promised no more touring (assuming they'd want to 'get back' to it eventually) so Harrison re-joined.

[burnsybaby1987]

Add to that Lennon's annoyance at the way singles were going (ie. his efforts as b-sides)...Harrison's interest in Indian/more jam friendly group like The Band and Delaney and Bonnie. Harrison enjoyed a more free-thinking and open rehearsal which he was not getting under McCartney's direction. Add to that enormous backlogs of songs by all concerned and there is plenty of non-Yoko related reasons as to why The Beatles came to an end.

[m3dion]

Yeah, Yoko isn't really responsible for breaking the Beatles, but her being there when they were recording made the session very tense.

[girasun]

what happened in the Phillipines?

[TheMANright101]

watch anthology we arnt gunna make a comment super long to tell ya

[Free411]

yoko definetly had a high influence on the beatles break up but john wuz fading away from the beatles a little b4 and wen he met yoko it all sped up and went into the toilet....

[russelljdj]

Oh I agree. There's no way they would have went on for more than a few of more years. J,P, & G certainly realized they could stand on their own. If Yuko wasn't in the picture, than there's a good chance Klein wouldn't have been either. But it was the Management/Business issues that would have been the main problem. Not Yuko's interference and the heroin problem she helped Lennon acquire. They didn't need to continue forever like the Stones or Who. Their legacy was set.

[Free411]

:) :) well said

[scattypants]

I WISH McCARTNEY WOULD LEAVE HIS FUCKING 'HAIR' ALONE - HE SOOOO LOVES HIMSELF

[54spiritedwill54]

Nice to see them laughing as a group....right at the end.

[alphadogstudio]

I read that billy preston really changed the sessions (for the better) when he arrived it sure seems like it here they seem to having a good time

[fonbou66]

Yoko the witch was there.... the begining of the end.

[majesticmeteor]

Ringo seems to be like, "W-h-a-t-e-v-e-r, do your thing and I'll lay down the drum track later... I got a groupie girl that needs boinked right now..."

I wonder why Phil Spector ended up being the one that mixed the Master Tapes for this "Let It Be" album?

[1peoplesun]

is that in dubbly john ?

[dtbakerqwe123ou]

Just imagine that life - the stress of public expectation that they had to bear - and still turning out some of the best music ever.

I always wished they were better managed and also happier than we were allowed to believe..

Their legacy is astounding...Wow.

Thank you for posting this. Thank you.

[warner1959]

u hit the nail on the head...

[ARAL2]

WTF the piano player is Frank the mithic black pianist that died on a car crash in london...this guy was promising.

[rnstuffy]

The piano player is Billy Preston

[woode699]

paul starts cracking up at 6:38

[johnnyharpe]

Why did Yoko have to be with John every second, stupid troll

[BS1965able]

@johnnyharpe From what Yoko says John wanted her therer all the time so it all depends on what you believe as John is not here to answer, It must have been hard when she was commenting on evryones work, if you look at the part when Lennon was doing how do you sleep in his documentary you can see her whispering to him aboutt he band kind of vamping he would never had said anything but it seemed to me he did to keep her happy just my observation.

[JLiqour]

@johnnyharpe She was a troll, wasnt she? An ugly.....just constant troll

[johnnyharpe]

@johnnyharpe ah, I don't know why I had to say something so mean. It's not her fault, I think John reeally needed a mommy. I think that was what was going on there.

[SirBrianCabrera]

@johnnyharpe cuz when u love someone, there is a great pain when you are apart.

[DUCTTAPE1995]

@johnnyharpe Maybe it was because they where married, you fucking idiot

[njriley55]

@DUCTTAPE1995 Actually, they weren't married yet when this was filmed in Jan. 1969. They got married Mar. 20, 1969, 8 days after Paul & Linda.

[Standrew777]

@johnnyharpe well John loved her so Leave her alone

[dsccanada]

The US government feared Lennon for a while, and a lot of others too. That's not the point of this video. Isn't it wonderful to be watching one of the original Beatles videos on You Tube for everyone to see. I bet Paul, Ringo and Yoko get a kick out of it. I know I look better when I was young!

[trainzvideo08]

HAHAHA i love it when they start playin help

[johnnyharpe]

Man, it is so weird to see the greatest musicians in history run through these bits and pieces of songs like it was nothing. All those riffs and verses are historic. It's like watching Beethoven fart around with the 5th Symphony.

[dsccanada]

Absolutely. I don't exactly know where they were. It's weird. Was that Abbey Road Studios?

[buffalobraves9]

It's actually at Apple Studios, 3 Saville Row, ...where they played on the roof.

[collegeme2006]

It's Apple Records, a recording studio they started

[BonelessSausage]

Paul was a bad-ass and not to be messed with. Ed

[baloisaac]

fantastico !!!!!!!!

[ywba]

This is great!

[manixxxo]

The Beatles are my favourite groups since childhoos, although to be honest I think Lennon was a nutty. He wanted to promote "peace" yet he didn´t know anything about politics, he just wrote senseless songs regarding hell and heaven. I also respect Lennon as a songwriter, he was greeeeat but due to drugs he lost prespective. The US government had something to do with his murder, there´s no doubt about it, although he was not Martin Luther King.

[jackogatoner]

john was killed by a crazed fan

[manixxxo]

No my friend, the US government feared Lennon more than you think.

[stealingTHEspotlight]

Two words for you, manixxxo;

fuck you.

He knew a lot of peace and politics; and you can't combine the two anyway. Peace is a subject on which war is washed away; politics are a state of perspective and controversey in where people try to rule what they can.

[manixxxo]

And I suppose you are one of his followers? I suppose you also know the way to peace, ¿Don´t you? IMAO. I hope you don´t promote peace the rude way you do. IMAO Let me clarify your statement: ¿You say that the US government didn´t fear Lennon because he was very influential or that he was not nuts? One thing is that he was a great wongwriter, another that he wanted a world withoul rules, without heaven or hell, or no religion too.

[manixxxo]

Lennon is one of my favourite singers, so don´t misunderstand me. Another thing is to say that because he was one, his opinions are always valid. ¿Give peace a chance and also dope and LSD? C´mon, A lot of people do not do weed nowadays because it´s harmful, also LSD. Since you are so nice, I assume this is the kind of peace you also promote. :-) Your words define your character.

[Theeggman18]

McCartney is definitely stoned.

[BonelessSausage]

But the leader. Ed

[marvelfan281]

"We're bloody stars, ya know!"

[mtopper66]

No, they were surely stoned during the sessions on pot.

[lucybeev]

'Well, we'll have to do it sitting down, or we get too excited.'

Brilliant!

[Tyronethe23rd]

Would you trade living in the age of the Internet for living in the era when an electric piano sounded so cool and hip?

I know what my decision would be.

[marvy1118]

Good thing they didn't have to pay the studio by the hour!

[NiklasBredband]

People always seem to say"They were so high" when they watch beatles clips. But they were actually never high during the recording sessions with a few exceptions. They've said it themself you know. One time John was going to take an "upper" but accidentaly took drugs when he was on his way to the studio. I think it was when they were recording 'Pepper.

[PoochDoobie]

A upper? To make him high? Isnt a 'upper' drugs By drugs do you mean, acid?

Neways, john is a nerd, paul is high, great clip.

[Tyronethe23rd]

Look, fook face, we're the Jacaranda!

[GingerGilligan]

Paul picks his nose!

[KnowGuitar]

paul was so high there

[wurmholesshadow]

Paul actually got high the least out of The Beatles, so the chances of him being stoned during recording sessions are pretty slim.

[Theeggman18]

Well, he was the first to be on cocaine actually.

[KnowGuitar]

lol john at 00:20

[Cryo837]

Nice to see them laughing as a group....right at the end. Probably forced by the presence of Billy Preston, but laughing nonetheless. The creative process laid bare...endless takes and lots of sitting around.

[alramone1]

where we are... the jacaranda

[ganacha]

Beatles, for ever and ever, the best. ganacha