![]() ![]() ![]() One of the most common misconceptions about the Beatles is that Yoko Ono is responsible for the Beatles’ breakup, but Get Back does its best to dispel that rumor. Paul wasn’t that annoyed by Yoko’s presence And of course, musically, his contributions on organ and electric piano are enormous. His presence very obviously lifts everyone’s spirits, and the Beatles are able to stop squabbling long enough to actually get some work done. There’s a noticeable shift in Get Back‘s second episode when Preston - dubbed the “Fifth Beatle” - shows up. We shudder to think of what Let It Be might have been without the contributions of Billy Preston. ![]() Billy Preston got roped into playing on the album after stopping into the studio to say hi With that in mind, we’ve rounded up some of the biggest takeaways from the doc below. The lengthy doc - which is advertised as six hours long but actually clocks in closer to eight hours - draws from over 60 hours of footage originally filmed for Michael Lindsay-Hogg’s Let It Be documentary, and it captures the Fab Four on the verge of breaking up while they struggle to write and record one last album in roughly two weeks.Īny Beatles fan surely already knows the lore, but The Beatles: Get Back provides some much-needed context and delivers some incredible fly-on-the-wall footage. Over the holiday weekend, Peter Jackson’s highly anticipated docuseries The Beatles: Get Back made its debut on Disney+, and since then, we’ve been reeling from some of its major revelations. ![]()
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