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  • MikM Mik

    It got kind of interesting in the last 20 minutes or so and had a cliffhanger about George, which I thought a very cheap trick. So far unimpressed. I suppose their process, or lack thereof, and seeing them interact is marginally interesting.

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    Copper
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    @mik said in Get Back:

    their process

    Yes, that is interesting, I hope we see more of it

    So far, Yoko is amazing, she just sits silently

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    • CopperC Copper

      @mik said in Get Back:

      their process

      Yes, that is interesting, I hope we see more of it

      So far, Yoko is amazing, she just sits silently

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      @copper said in Get Back:

      Yoko is amazing, she just sits silently

      You didn't watch the whole thing, eh?

      Missed the waltz and the scream.

      "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

      The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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        #7

        WW1 was more action-packed.

        So was the War of the Ring.

        Maybe the Uruk-hai will attack in episode 3.

        I was only joking

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        • MikM Away
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          I was gobsmacked they put that in.

          Makes me think Chapman missed his real target.

          “I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.” ~Winston S. Churchill

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          • MikM Mik

            I was gobsmacked they put that in.

            Makes me think Chapman missed his real target.

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            @mik said in Get Back:

            Chapman missed his real target.

            LOL.

            THere's no story. It's just a bunch of guys having irrelevant conversations and playing (badly, for the most part) through music, trying to figure it out.

            Blecch.

            "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

            The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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            • George KG George K

              @copper said in Get Back:

              Yoko is amazing, she just sits silently

              You didn't watch the whole thing, eh?

              Missed the waltz and the scream.

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              @george-k said in Get Back:

              You didn't watch the whole thing, eh?

              I think I have 20-30 minutes left in part 1.

              Now I have something to look forward to.

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                "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

                The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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                  I did find myself falling off to sleep a couple of times. Overall I am enjoying it from a somewhat nostalgic reason but I have to admit to having genuine curiosity and to witness the origins of some pretty cool songs, is well, kind of cool to me. I had no expectations going in so nothing bothers me that much that I won't finish watching the series.

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                    Sorry, just can't begin to enjoy.

                    In two hours of each video, there's about 15 minutes of storytelling, and 1:45 of the Beatles just "noodling around, " adding the wrong lyrics to songs they'd written in the past, and lots of irrelevant conversation.

                    I don't doubt that this is how their creative process worked, and I'm impressed with the ease of their musicianship.

                    But, I still find it boring. I suppose I'll finish, but it's not a "keeper."

                    "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

                    The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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                    • MikM Away
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                      Mik
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                      I'd have liked it better if they'd not included Yoko screaming, or whatever it was she was doing.

                      “I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.” ~Winston S. Churchill

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                      • MikM Mik

                        I'd have liked it better if they'd not included Yoko screaming, or whatever it was she was doing.

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                        @mik said in Get Back:

                        I'd have liked it better if they'd not included Yoko screaming, or whatever it was she was doing.

                        Agreed. It was a painful part of the episode, though thankfully brief.

                        That said, anything without Yoko Ono is better than anything with Yoko Ono.

                        Anything.

                        Somewhere I read that Jackson's project had to have Yoko's approval, painting her in a pretty benevolent light. Note the dialog amongst the guys talking about Yoko's influence and presence.

                        That's not an accident.

                        "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

                        The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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                          #16

                          Did the Billie Preston arrangement really happen like that?

                          He just drops in, to say hello

                          They show him the piano

                          He plays some chords

                          George says, "you are in the group"

                          The 5th Beatle

                          And that piano work that is all over the next 2 albums, I assume that is mostly BP

                          Everyone is happy

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                          • CopperC Copper

                            Did the Billie Preston arrangement really happen like that?

                            He just drops in, to say hello

                            They show him the piano

                            He plays some chords

                            George says, "you are in the group"

                            The 5th Beatle

                            And that piano work that is all over the next 2 albums, I assume that is mostly BP

                            Everyone is happy

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                            @copper That's the way God planned it
                            That's the way God wants it to be

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                              @george-k said in Get Back:

                              In two hours of each video, there's about 15 minutes of storytelling, and 1:45 of the Beatles just "noodling around, "

                              The rooftop concert was fun to watch. I would have been happy with just that.

                              As someone said, regarding this series, "Everyone loves the newborn baby, but nobody wants to watch the labor."

                              Yeah, true.

                              "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

                              The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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                                The Beatles were really pretty goofy.

                                At the time, I think, the image was more serious, like the music had a profound message. It seems they just wanted chords that didn't hurt your ears and words that rhymed.

                                And John spent a lot of time just doing silly stuff and acting cute. Ringo and George were saints putting up with all the nonsense.

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                                    If Horace told Apple to accept the Hell’s Angels he wouldn’t even have to give a reason.

                                    Only non-witches get due process.

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                                    • MikM Mik

                                      😴😴😴

                                      So far this is a snoozer. Even for a fan.

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                                      @mik said in Get Back:

                                      😴😴😴

                                      So far this is a snoozer. Even for a fan.

                                      https://www.theonion.com/new-beatles-doc-gives-man-greater-appreciation-for-how-1848132216

                                      "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

                                      The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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                                        The one thing this has given me is a realisation that the awful band I was in as a teenager (and we were genuinely, truly awful) wasn't actually as far away from The Beatles as I imagined. I generally used to switch off after about 30 minutes in those rehearsals, too.

                                        I was only joking

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                                          I finally decided to watch the second episode. Better than the first but still pretty snoozy.

                                          “I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.” ~Winston S. Churchill

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